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Local 10-month-old takes home Enchanting Miss Mini National Finals awards
![The Enchanting Miss Mini National Finals was a three-day-long pageant from July 22 - 24, held at the MCM Elegante Hotel in Albuquerque.](/images/resized/images/news/2016/71_aug12/15_200_200.jpg)
Kids are invited to enter the ‘Healthy Sheep are Happy Sheep’ photo contest
![It’s all about sheep! NM Livestock Board and NM Wool Growers, Inc. hold photo contest. Photo Credit: New Mexico Livestock Board](/images/resized/images/news/2016/71_aug12/10_100_100.jpg)
The contest supports the local economy; displays New Mexico-raised sheep in our environment; and creates youth awareness about Scrapie — a fatal, degenerative disease that affects the nervous systems of sheep and goats — eradication.
A first-prize win includes a $100 Tractor Supply gift card, and the winning photograph will be featured in the NM Stockman magazine.
Pictures must be of sheep and goats, any breed or number, and contestants can enter all the pictures they want. The sheep can be owned by the participant or belong...
Gallup police build relationships through National Night Out
![Community members enjoy the National Night Out event. On the far left front of photo, wearing light blue, City Manager Maryann Ustick; next to lady in red, wearing purple is City Councilor Linda Garcia; City Councilor Fran Palochak; Mayor’s wife Sandra McKinney; and city Tourism & Marketing Director Catherine Sebold. Photo Credit: NativeStars](/images/resized/images/news/2016/70_aug05/13_100_100.jpg)
With many police-community relations broken across the nation, the Gallup Police Department continues their efforts to forge positive relationships with the community by hosting its annual “National Night Out.”
The Aug. 2 event, held at the east-wing parking lot of Rio West Mall, 1300 W. I-40 Frontage Road, and amid balmy weather, marked new Gallup Police Chief’s Phillip Hart’s first year attending the family-fun affair that included helicopter landings, fire department demonstrations, bike safety courses, a climbing wall, three-on-three basketball games, hot dogs, and, of course, Hart’s officers.
“This is about community...
TCC packs a load of TLC
![David Madrid leads a team from The Cellular Connection that fully funded a backpack giveaway Saturday July 30 at the Rio West Mall. Photo Credit: Andy Gibbons III](/images/resized/images/news/2016/70_aug05/11_100_100.jpg)
What happens when a business wants to do more than take money from strangers? What if a business actually wants to be a valuable member of its community?
This is the case for The Cellular Connection. TCC is the authorized Verizon dealer you might have seen in the Rio West Mall, 1300 W. Maloney Ave. They’ve been around for 40 years as a family-owned business, and they even have a division called “Community Matters.”
It’s this part of the business that aims to give back to the Gallup community every three months.
On July 30, TCC participated in multiple events happening at the mall. Volunteers handed out 250...
Local fifth grader nominated to visit U.S. Capitol for Envision conference
![Mr. Newkeller, the advisor of the group, stands with Nathan George, who visited D.C. in July for an Envision conference. Photo Credit: Nathan Jacob George](/images/resized/images/news/2016/70_aug05/10_100_100.jpg)
The name of the group that organized the conference is called Envision. The conference started on July 9 and ran through July 14.
There were 150 students from all over the country. There were four different activities on each day. The first activity was to get to know each other. The second was a conference site tour. The third was...
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