Little ones share culture while having fun

“Hard work pays off” were the encouraging words of one child’s father to help her win in the 2019 Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Tiny Tots Pageant program held Aug. 5 at the El Morro Theatre.

This year’s 2019 Tiny Tots contestants included five little girls ranging in age from 5 to 7 years old all competing to be “Little Princess”; Contestant #1  5-year-old Maya Faith Morez, of Gallup; #2 6-year-old Samiya Sage Curley, of Window Rock, Ariz.; #3 6-year-old Shanoah Largo, of Gamerco; #4 6-year-old Kimora Liah Hannaweeke, of Waterflow; and #5 5-year-old Destany Jaklyn Lutsie, of Gallup.

In the past couple pageants...

Long-term plan in place for center

A long-lasting retail center on the north side of Gallup is now in the hands of a new ownership group that has ideas to reinvigorate it.

Legacy Alliance Holdings, a real estate company based out of Addison, TX, recently finalized a deal to purchase El Mercado Plaza, 819 N. Hwy. 491, Gallup, N.M. Legacy first identified the plaza as a business opportunity about three years ago.

El Mercado Plaza, which is comprised of the Harbor Freight building, the former Payless store, and Little Caesar’s, was first developed by Munoz Properties, a Gallup-based company that provides commercial and residential real estate and construction services.

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