On the 36th annual celebration of Martin Luther King Day, people in the Gallup area gathered at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church at 1121 W. Lincoln Ave. to give and receive food and clothing donations and distributions following the principles of Dr. King to help those in need. The event was sponsored by the church, the City of Gallup and included help from the Gallup Community Pantry.

The Gallup McKinley County Schools District Spelling Bee contest at Gallup High School on Jan. 19 featured 24 contestants, two from Thoreau Elementary, two from David Skeets Elementary, two from Red Rock Elementary, two from Tobe Turpen Elementary, two from Catherine A. Miller Elementary, two from Jefferson Elementary, two from Rehoboth Christian School, two from Del Norte Elementary, two from Navajo Elementary, three from Lincoln Elementary, one from Ramah Elementary and two from Chief Manuelito Middle School.

The three finalists came from only two of the schools — Chief Manuelito Middle School and Rehoboth Christian School.

They are Srikar Venigalla, an eighth-grader from...

‘CURES WHAT AILS YOU’

All right everyone, time to gather around the kitchen table!

I’m about to unveil a sure-fire recipe for the world’s finest rum balls. If you follow this recipe closely, and have been very good this year, these delicious, delightful confections will melt in your mouth. They will ignite your taste buds and bring about the holiday spirit, and possibly the spirits of Christmas past, present, and future, and a new spirit named Bacardi, who occasionally appears from a bottle after several rum balls are consumed!

Along with a spirited desire to make the best rum balls, you need a strong pitching arm for mixing the heavenly concoction with a fork and rolling the...