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Reggie Mitchell's career in profes-sional martial arts started as a child. His father was a Vietnam Veteran who served in an Underwater Demolition team and also a boxer for the Navy. "My dad was into Judo.” said Mitchell. "Jiu-Jitsu back then was for self defense. Now it's for competition." His grand-father also taught him knife and stick fighting. “Back then it was the old way. There were no mats and you would get thrown on a dirt floor and even cement and without any gear that is used today." His father and grandfather were a great influence in his life. His dad would tell him to practice under Martial Arts. Reggie first heard of BJJ ( Brazil-ian Jiu-jitsu) in 1988. BJJ was studied in ground defense at the time. "That is when I chose Martial Arts to be my career." said Mitchell. His train-ing started with Aikido, Kenpo karate and Jun Fan/ Jeet Kune Do. Jun Fan and Jeet Kune Do, is what the legendary Bruce Lee studied. "The way of no way". In 1993 Reggie wanted to expand his learning of MMA and traveled to California. This is where he took no-tice of Royce Gracie preparing and training for the first Ultimate Fighter competition. Royce went on to win the first UFC fight and the sport exploded thereafter. Mitchell fell in love with grappling. He was eager to learn more about MMA, but didn't have money. The sacrifices he made to achieve his dream were not homely. He was living out of his truck because he couldn't af-ford a hotel room. He would eat bologna and bread because he couldn't afford to get a groceries or eat from a restaurant. He has an impressive record compet-ing in over 150 GI or NO GI matches. Gold medalist in the Gracie Interna-tionals. Silver in the Texas Regional submission grappling tournament, 4th in the Pan American Brazilian Jiu Jitsu championships, despite competing with a dislocated shoulder. Also to include, two professional fights in the cage. Reggie leads by example by fight-ing and coaching. Some of todays coaches/ instructors never stepped into the cage. With over 20 years of expe-rience, this brings confidence in his fighters knowing their coach has the experience, strategy, knowledge, and the science they're learning, Reggie continues to update his tool box so his Warriors learn today's fighting skills. Reggie teaches his students to “train smart”, how to defend themselves, whether big or small, tall or heavy. You can tailor make that art. When you're able to understand it, then it makes that student successful. The science, etiquette, bowing and cleanliness. He has put on several seminars for the

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community and received great feed-back. “Our curriculum is traditional”. He trains law enforcement, college students, women, children and stu-dents in the medical field. Currently he has a Dr. that he teaches, so he has to be careful not to hurt anyone because their hands are vital concerning the circumstances of their profession. In saying this he has a customized train-ing program for any profession. They are trained so they have the ability to defend themselves. Elders are taught breathing tactics. He knows what level each student needs to succeed in learning MMA. Reggie said “the sport has grown through leaps and bounds” He teaches strength training, cog-nitive skills, strategy to be fast and healthy.The training students go through so they can compete in grap-pling or enter the cage. Each student learns self defense in case they en-counter a violent situation and how to avoid them. Yet if they can't avoid the situation they will have the skill set to prevail. “There is no winning or los-ing if they encounter this situation”. So they have the skill set to survive the situation and live to tell the tale. “I'm tired of the tough guy machis-mo.“ said Mitchell. "My goal is that my students know how to defend them-selves in the city or rural areas and that they know how to get out of a mount or rear naked choke hold if faced in

this predicament." Reggie expressed that the community needs to work on the reservation, “ they need help too”. Some of the students go on to com-pete in grappling matches and the high level to fight in the cage. Currently Reggie has two students that are train-ing to enter the cage, the Resurrection Fighting Alliance (RFA) that the Ulti-mate Fighter Anderson Silva promotes on September 12, 2014. One of the stu-dents happens to be his son Bronson Mitchell and the other Allison Price. Bronson has been learning MMA since he was a child. He has be-come one of the best athletes in the sport of MMA. The hard training has paid off where he has multiple medals to add to his list of grappling competitions he has entered na-tion wide. Just like his dad, he also entered the cage a couple of times. There is valuable meaning be-hind the symbol “Nayee'eji”. Reggie explains the East stands for Spring and “emotional”. The West stands for Fall and “mental”. The North stands for Winter and “spiritual”. The South stands for Summer and “physical” and the center stands for “love”. This is put together to create the symbol “Nayee'eji Fierce MMA/ Jiu-Jitsu”. “People don't understand how fortunate they are to have this training in town, woman and children to be safe with care”.

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It has been hectic, let me tell you. Well you guys have your own hectic lives so I'm sure I don't have to go into too much detail, but let me humor you anyways. I had to skip the August issue. No, I wasn't being lazy, I had many obstacles that decided that August was the right time to jump in my way. Let's see, my vehicle broke down, had to move twice in a week. Let me tell you how fun that is. No? Okay, I don't blame you. But the thing is, that regardless of the things that prevented me from being able to work on the newspaper didn't last long. I found ways to work around them and here we are again, on the second edition. It's a little late, but that's only because I did not have internet while I was in transit moving and CenturyLink decided to take their time turning it on at my new place. Something did strike my attention a few days ago. I was helping a teacher at Uplift. He was telling a story about a Dachshund. The story was called "The Heart Of A Hero" His name was "Super Dog" Well, I have a Dachshund named "Snoopy" so I found myself at his classroom with Snoopy and the kids absolutely adored him. They immediate saw him and called him "Super Dog" Well while explaining why Snoopy was a Service Dog in Training, and why he helps me as a Combat Veteran, I realized just how naive we, adults are to Combat related stresses like PTSD, hearing loss and injuries and how a third grader could totally get it. Evelyn was her name. She raised her hand and told me: "I know kind of what you mean. My Dad was in the Army too, and he had to go to Afghanistan" I wanted to cry. I paused for a moment and was very unsure what to say. I mean, what could you say? "Hey, he's home now sport" and give her a hearty slap on the back? I think not. It got me to thinking about it though during my drive back home. I mean, how is it that a eight or nine year old can totally get war and it's effects on us veteran's but we adults are just now getting it? I know for sure, because she lives with her Dad, she gets a different perspective, but it just goes to show just how bright these young minds can be and that's why we as parents can NEVER give up on them and never prevent them from learning.

Students of Mr. Williams third grade class at Upllift School enjoyed play-ing with Snoopy “Super Dog” as related to their story. “The Heart Of A

Hero”

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(NewsUSA) From the perspective of many veterans, their military service is merely a duty. They were doing their job. They don't look in the mirror and see a hero. When wounded Air Force sergeant Tom Marcum returned home from Iraq, he was his family's hero every day. But his wife April would soon step up to become the second hero in the Marcum family. Tom's injuries were ex-tensive, and the impact on April and their two sons was enormous. In two years, Tom endured four separate mortar explosions. He faced a traumatic brain injury (TBI), hear-ing loss, vision problems and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). April faced a whole

new reality. Her days were a flurry of doc-tor appointments, therapy and home health-care, not to mention raising two boys. For 18 months straight, she was the sole nurse, driver, maid and mother to three. She had to meet her husband -- a friend since grade school -- all over again. "I missed the help my husband gave me with the kids and errands," says April. "And some time to myself. I don't like to admit this, but I think I was close to a breaking point in my own emotional health." Due to Tom's brain injury, he wasn't the same man whom April married. He experienced behaviorial changes, mood swings and memory loss that he could not control. Despite the tenacity of her love for him, April was nearing her break-ing point -- until she got a call from Wounded Warrior Project. April went to a Spouse Re-treat hosted by WWP, where she was able to meet other people in situations like hers. "I made some deep, emotional connections with

several women," April says. "It was just the right thing at just the right time. I came home ready to get back into the fight again. I was re-energized and happy when I came home." Both Tom and his sons, Gabe and Jared, saw a positive change in their mom after the retreat. Slowly but surely, the family knit itself back together through love, humor and fierce dedi-cation. As Tom says, "Family is our lifeline." Wounded Warrior Project has 19 programs and services to nurture the mind and body, and en-courage economic empowerment for injured service members from post-9/11 conflicts. Believe in Heroes is a fundraising campaign .

One Family, One Veteran, Two Heroes

Last CallA somber group of men stand before it stoic.

A display of a man so heroic. The sun is hot as names are called as we wait.

He does not respond, for we know his fate.

He has taken his last breath, laid down his life. An action that for a moment ended the strife.

Though his battle is over the war rages on. His actions saved many due to his brawn.

Though you may think him gone. He is not, he lives within us, a new dawn.

For we will carry him till the end of our days. When given the chance we will sing his praise.

A Soldier lost is loved and remembered. Though his body may be buried.

His sprit is carried by the men he fought with. His duty and honor will never be a myth.

For we will remember and honor. There will be times that we may ponder.

What might have been, why you. But in the end just know, you are not forgotten.

Rest easy brothers, for your mission is complete. Watch over and guide until we meet again.

Aaron PollockUS ARMY

A VETERAN’S POEM

Coming back from deploy-ments is generally a happy but daunting task. Even more is trying to reintegrate back into soceity. It just doesn't happen like it is portrayed in the bro-chures. It would be nice, but it isn't. I have always used writ-ing as an outlet to calm my-self and that's when my wife asked me "Why don't you write about PTSD, you'll be helping yourself, and hopefully non-military will get a better under-standing of it from a soldier's point of view" I paused for a moment and thought to myself "Why haven't I thought of this before" Such a simple concept. I sat their silent for a moment. After twiddling my thumps at the kitchen table, I spoke up "You know what, why not?"

I suppose we all have our own ways of dealing with PTSD. Some of us like to draw and paint. Some of us like listen to music or play video games. Hell, I even know a few people that love watching war movies. I'm not sure how that is working out for them, but hey, it's okay--it works for them. I am hoping this will be something that vet-erans can relate to and I am al-most positive they will. But I am also hoping, as was stated, that maybe through the words of myself and other contributing soldiers, more awareness can be brought to the table allow-ing the average day to day citi-zen to understand what exactly we soldiers are going through. I know we are not crazy. Okay well, maybe some of us are, but generally speaking, we're all okay, at least we think are. Or maybe we want to think we are. You figure that one out…it's still mystery to us veterans as well. The truth is, is that we are screwed up. We were forced to see, experience and commit to things we thought we would only see in the movies. It was once said that PTSD is what happens when you have been strong for too long and didn't break. That could be very true and on so many levels. Think of the last time you were in a fire-

fight, you didn't cry. You held your gun tight, grit your teeth, prayed and pushed on. Some of us did this many times.These events messed with our heads. They changed who we were. Moments like that made us see things in a different light, whether it be positive or nega-tive. Some of us grew more pas-sionate about human life. Some of us lost faith in God. We start-ed to question Him. We think everyday of the brothers we lost. We think of all the things we could have done differently. These thoughts run through our heads at all hours of the day. We dont’ get to pick and choose when it will happen. Any random thing can snap us back to a moment in time where we were overseas. It could be a smell, it could be a song, a scene, terrain, weather pattern. Honestly anything. we as veter-ans do know of some “triggers” and will do our best to aviod them, but there will come a time just as the many times in the past, where we will be faced with a scenario that we didn’t not anticipate such triggers to happen. It’s a day to day thing. At this point, I realize that I am just rambling on...so for now, here is Starks signing off...

By Christopher Starks

To Be Continued...


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The World Health Organiza-tion indicates the world’s num-ber one environmental health problem is air pollution, but not the kind you may expect. Outdoor air pollution is a far smaller hazard than indoor. Indoor air pollution is num-ber one and it has very little to do with second-hand tobacco smoke and much to do with wood and coal burning stoves for heating and cooking. According to WHO’s fact sheet heart disease, stroke, lower respiratory infections and chronic obstructive pul-monary disease are the world’s top causes of death and all strongly associated with in-door air pollution from wood and coal burning stoves. You would think indoor burning of wood and coal might be at the top of the Gallup Indepen-dent’s environmental activism rather than their scientifically questionable concerns over outdoor air pollution and modern uranium mining yet it is rarely mentioned. Why isn’t this at the top of the EPA’s list as well? Does the EPA have a political agenda as well? The highly elevated respi-ratory illness on the Navajo Nation is not associated with tobacco since its use is very low. The correlation is with fuel poverty and the coal and wood burning stoves com-monly used. It is women,

children and elderly who suf-fer the most. Studies show that rather than the outdoor pollutants from Navajo coal-fired generating plants which peak during the summer it is the indoor pollution which peaks during the winter as the cause for the large increase, far above national averages, in respiratory illnesses dur-ing those months. In addition 25% of Navajo reservation homes burn coal in stoves not designed for that fuel. From what I can gather from my requests for data from the Window Rock IHS offices there appears to be as much respiratory illness morbidity across the Navajo Reservation as there is in the Shiprock re-gion which has the perception that high levels of outdoor pollution from power plants cause the health hazard rath-er than indoor air pollution. Where does this perception come from? That would be the Sierra Club environmentalists and their ability to influence a complicit media into chang-ing any and all focus from the need for more affordable energy to a false narrative of coal burning generators belching toxic fumes, greedy corporate moguls seeking profits at the expense of the poor, and nefarious capital-ists destroying sacred lands. Since indoor air pollution

does not fit the green template for evil-doers the do-gooders conveniently ignore it. That is reminiscent of the 1980s when overgrazing in the four corners region was ranked as the nation’s top environmen-tal disaster yet was ignored by green activists (such as myself with the Sierra Club) since big industry was not a culprit. Time and again, environ-mentalists oppose the energy production most likely to make the world cleaner and safer. Instead, they persuade politicians to spend billions of our dollars on feel-good symbolism like ‘renewable’ energy. Not that long ago if a Navajo lived to be 40 he was an old man. The Sierra Club and EPA would seem-ingly keep the Na-vajo Nation in stone-age fuel poverty by denying them affordable energy to extend their lives. The amazing number that most people haven’t heard is, if you take all the solar panels and all the wind turbines in the world, they have eliminated less CO2 than what fracking (cracking rocks below ground to extract oil and natural gas) managed to do. The USGS finds no evidence fracking causes earthquakes and gives its safety seal of approval. Even the anti-fracking EPA

has failed to provide evidence of groundwater contamina-tion from fracking and testi-fied to Congress of its safety. Neurotic distorted percep-tions of reality are a primary symptom of the eco-illness which I call Green Plague. This is common amidst left wing secularists who des-perately seek something to believe in. Beliefs in ghosts, witchcraft and other mystical superstitions are similar in fashion to much of the green doomsday hysteria encoun-tered nowadays. What once was fodder for the tabloid journalists such as the Na-tional Enquirer is now com-

monplace in mainstream me-dia such as the Independent and KGLP. Sensationalism sells and it doesn’t require investigation. When people in power ignore true environ-mental health hazards behind a self-righteous veil of con-cern while advancing a politi-cal agenda, the cost of Green Plague becomes human lives. Progressive statists Tom Udall, Martin Heinrich, Ben Ray Lujan, Gallup Indepen-dent, taxpayer funded KGLP

and the EPA appear to be on board with the agenda of po-litically correct green hysteria as they target fossil fuel min-ing and power plants while promoting pie-in-the-sky wasteful and expensive proj-ects such as wind and solar energy which have the unin-tended consequence of leav-ing an even larger footprint, a footprint which includes the deaths of thousands of Navajo every year from the world’s greatest environmental health hazard, indoor air pollution. In socialist Europe WHO esti-mates tens of thousands die ev-ery winter due to the fuel pov-erty of massive wind and solar

energy costs, often triple our own fossil fuel energy costs. Affordable energy across the reservation such as natural gas or electricity from fossil fuels should be the primary goal of the Navajo Nation, however the Green Plague is bound and determined to eliminate fossil fuels. How many more Navajo women, children and elderly will die from fuel poverty in the false name of environmental conservation?

Environmentalists oppose the energy production most likely to make

the world cleaner and safer.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

I continue to undertake discrimina-tion from the Pastor at my church, St Paul Baptist on Lincoln Ave..He has discriminated against me due to my disability with PTSD and for having a " Service Dog". I am a dis-abled veteran of 23 years of military service and two combat tours to Iraq. The first incident was where I was nominated to become a "trustee" for the church. The pastor denied me the position during a closed meet-ing because of my PTSD. Not only because of my PTSD but because it was "documented" PTSD. He went on later to say "I don’t feel he is stable." and went on to quote an-other lady. "I just talked to Michelle Varche who runs this department that helps these guys who is the “top dog” and she said be careful of those that have PTSD they’re not stable." The church Trustees told him that

was discrimination against me. But he said it wasn’t, that he was look-ing after the church, saying “I’m pro-tecting the church that is my job”. In addition with an angry outburst of his which was observed by my son as witness, he shared something that was private between him and I with the trustees. I have filed a grievance on him which should be in his file. Now he is involving my "Ser-vice Dog" named Bunny. He instructed me to put my service dog in her satchel bag I sometimes use, “because the carpet has been shampooed.” He didn't want her to get the carpet dirty from her paws. My "Service Dog" is a Chihuahua who is very clean, well mannered and highly disciplined. She is also involved with "Veteran's Helping Veterans". She has attended several funerals for our fallen Soldiers. Two weeks later he

had an usher ask me the same thing, if I can have my dog in her bag be-cause he didn't want the carpet to get dirty from my dog walking on it. I asked him "What if a blind person at-tends church with a German Shepa-rd? Is that person suppose to put his/her dog in a bag also?:" This defeats the purpose of having a "Service Dog". and the dog is too big to have in a bag. His behavior is unethical and unprofessional. I'm sorry pastor but I'm not one of your yes-puppets. You should be ashamed of yourself for acting this way but calling your-self a man of God. Because a godly man wouldn't turn anyone away, es-pecially a veteran from the Lord just because he has a service animal or a disability. My fellow church mem-bers are wonderful people, but the pastor needs to reevaluate his ethics.

Got A Service Animal? Wanna Get To Know God? Not At My Church...

St. Paul BaptistLincoln Ave


Imagine one of those inflamma-tory political cartoons you see on the left wing Gallup Independent opinion page but with the shoe on the other foot. Tom Udall, Ben Ray Lujan and Barack Obama are dressed up in their Colonel Sanders southern plan-tation owner garb and while we’re at it let’s toss in Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi in antebellum gowns. With noses held high they offer vot-ing ballots to kneeling Navajos with arms outstretched, palms cupped. Shackles on their ankles read ‘wel-fare handouts’. Two plantation fore-men labeled ‘BIA’ and ‘Navajo Na-tion bureaucrat’ stand by with whips. The caption reads “You just check these democrat boxes by our names and we promise to continue feeding, clothing and sheltering you on our new improved progressive plantation. There is no need for you to work, have property rights or for fathers to remain with their children. You will squander your land if you are allowed owner-ship. You have no self control so we cannot allow you access to liquor. We are your parents and caretakers now and if you stray off our plantation in an attempt at freedom and indepen-dence we will label you an Uncle Tom Indian and there will be no more free stuff for you. Just do as we say.” If you ask democrats they will in-sist their pro-slavery history of rac-ism, Jim Crow laws, Ku Klux Klan and anti-civil rights legislation was left behind in the 1960s. Slavery is more than just physical bondage though and the legislative policies of democrats have continued to enslave Americans of all colors. First of all you must understand that socialist statism is slavery and then consider the radical left agenda which demo-crats refer to as ‘progressivism’. The progressive principles of depen-dency which democrats such as Udall, Lujan, Heinrich and Obama live by include redistribution of wealth (force and coercion), collectivist priority of the group over the individual (slaves to the state), politically correct multi-culturalism (Cultural Marxism), cen-tral economic planning (Obamacare etc), a classless society with income equality (class envy), confiscation of property (BIA, EPA, IRS, BLM etc), and hyper-regulation of industry with crony corporatism the modus ope-

randi (at the expense of small business and middle class) in place of free mar-ket capitalism. When we scrutinize the agenda and voting records of demo-crats in Washington we find consistent compliance to all of those principles

and when we further examine their environmental, labor union, minimum wage, welfare handouts, open borders and unlimited expansion of bureaucra-

cy we discover that all their so-called compassion and utopian good inten-tions lead to horrific unintended con-sequences of increased poverty, men-tal illness and societal breakdown just like Ben Franklin observed in 1760

and occurring over and over again in history for hundreds of years. Indeed, progressivism-fascism-socialism has been a 100% failure world-wide

(and currently failing on a very large scale in the European Union). Now imagine another cartoon with

our smiling democrat officials not just throwing their own children under the bus but loading our nation’s children and grandchildren in shackles onto the bus and then sending it over the cliff of $18 trillion debt. The caption reads “Sorry kids, we prefer to retire in lux-ury at your expense and will not sacri-fice one penny of our Social Security, Medicare and wasteful bureaucracy in order to save you. You will forever be shackled to the ball and chain of debt in order to finance our free stuff, greed, incompetence, frivolous spend-ing, mismanagement and corrup-tion. Thanks for your votes suckers.” There are others though who are willing to make sacrifices for fu-ture generations. They are of the Constitutional, Libertarian and Tea Party persuasions whose principles of limited government and personal responsibility represent a major-ity of Americans. Their ‘live and let live’ view (preferred over authori-tarian) that all peoples are created equal and capable of independence, judged by content of character rather than skin color is in direct contradic-tion to democrat plantation ideology. Yes folks, dependency is slavery. When your food, shelter and life sus-tenance are all provided to you, in time you lose the skills and capabili-ties to be self-sufficient, and the will to be your own master. Indeed, the intent of progressivism is dependency and the Democrat Party is still the par-ty of slavery and division. American Indians, blacks and Hispanics contin-ue to be shackled by the soft bigotry of low expectations from their elect-ed snake oil salesmen however most Asian-Americans, Jews and Indian-Americans have escaped the welfare handout dependency of the democrat plantation, attaining higher average education and income levels than whites and doing it without the spe-cial treatment of affirmative action. Considering their 70% disap-proval rating hasn’t the time come to rid ourselves of democrat ‘public servant’ (that’s a laugh) authoritar-ian slave drivers in New Mexico-Arizona and grant property rights to the citizens? Isn’t it time to free the people from their shackles?

The Middle College High School, a unique charter school housed on the UNM-Gallup Campus, announces it received an overall rating of “A” on its 2014 school report card as issued by the New Mexico Public Education De-partment. The Middle College High School serves 68 students in grades 10-12 and operates in partnership with UNM-Gallup to provide a seam-less educational continuum that ben-efits students as they move from high school to post-secondary education. The collaboration with UNM-Gal-lup allows high school youth an op-portunity to self –direct their learning with the support of an enriched cur-

riculum and individual programs of study based on their aptitudes and in-terests. The MCHS mission is to sup-port the educational goals of students by easing the transition to higher edu-cation and career technical education. According to Middle College High School Principal and Chief Executive Officer Mr. Walter Feld-man, “This is the second year in a row we have received an A for our school. We would like to thank all of the UNM-Gallup faculty and staff for their hard work in teaching and pro-viding services for our students. It is through the dedication of the UNM-Gallup branch that our students are getting a heads-up on their education

and receiving a first class education.” The Gallup McKinley County School District is the charter school authorizer for the state of New Mexico. Through a unique combination of high school and college level coursework, students are able to complete require-ments needed to receive their high school diploma while working towards a certificate or degree from UNM-Gal-lup. One third of the graduating class of 2014 received both a high school diploma and an Associate’s Degree. The charter school is directed by a governing board consisting of President Tony Major and members Laverne Chischilly, Lisa Bracken, Dale Buser and Tara Lucio. Mr.

Feldman is assisted by Assistant Principal Connie Torres and instruc-tors Joanne Snowdon, Francis Paw-lowski, Gwen Carla, and Mike Starr. The New Mexico Public Education Department scores all public schools based on performance indicators such as subject area proficiency, gradua-tion rates, college and career readi-ness and student growth. Schools receive a grade in sub-categories as well as an overall grade. Mr. Feldman noted that in addition to an overall grade of “A” they also received an “A” in the subcategory of “Growth of Highest Performing Students.”



TRADITIONSINCE 1921

Photos By: Christopher Starks


CONSIDER THIS... By Mike Johnson

In the dream, he looked just like Ein-stein. I knew this couldn’t be, but the professor’s hair was so wild, his speech so impassioned, and his pac-ing so intense that his trailing lab coat snapped as he spun to amplify his point. Breathing hard, he paused near the blackboard equations, his final question lingering uneasily over the classroom of one.What if everyone was only one second old? It was a wacky theory. I’d listened patiently to it for the last ten minutes, so I certainly knew I’d been alive for more than a second. And I’d watched him deliver the theory with passion, so I knew he shared equal longevity, too. But his questions still haunted. What if our memories of the past were nothing but elaborate programming that arrived with our bodies? Similar to the automatic systems that cause us to breathe, pump blood and heal cuts, what if our memories weren’t created by us at all? What if everything we see - every tree, every building, every mountain, every person, is nothing more than a prop provided to maintain the dream that we’ve been alive for a lifetime? “MICHAEL!” The full power of his personality bored into my eyes. “Prove that my theory is not the case. Prove to me you’ve lived for decades and not just an instant.” I swallowed hard. After all, he did look like Einstein. “What about my parents?,” I offered. “They remember raising me.” “Of course they do. And that proves my point. They have programmed memories.” “But I have a birth certifi-cate to prove it!” “Provided props. Just like your body. It was provided automatically.”“What about my friends? The people who know me and those I know?”“Where is any relationship but in your mind? Your friends are merely pro-grammed memories.”

“But I have momentos from the past! What about the Little League picture? The rabbit’s foot? The High School Diploma?”Now he was smiling. “Provided props.”“But I remember how I got them!”“Programmed memories.”I was stuck. Everything I could think of to prove I’d existed longer than a second could easily be explained away as a programmed memory or a provid-ed prop. Then I caught his drift. What a refreshing thought! Was it possible? If all my memories and props weren’t “mine” at all, I was free to do or be-come anything different right now! Total freedom! Clean slate! I could do anything I’d ever wanted right now! He watched my sly grin just long enough for the first rush of possibili-ties to dash across my mind. “But what does it matter, Michael?,” he queried, bringing my attention back to the present. “Whether we’ve been alive an instant or a lifetime, whether we created our own memories or not? Isn’t time relative? Don’t we always return to the threshold of where we began -- this present instant?” “So each second is actually...” “An individual lifetime! Each sec-ond can be lived independent of the last one! Memories and props are merely the scenery that surrounds us when we choose to live in a past mo-ment instead of the fresh one we’re actually in.”“So you mean that most of us are actu-ally...” “Yes! Yes! Unaware that we’re lost in dreams of the past! We’ve forgot-ten we have the power this instant to change whatever we choose!” And with that, the professor vanished. And with his final words ringing in my ears, I remained in my dream thinking about that for a long, long time.

MOMENTARY LIVES

(StatePoint) While most schools of-fer a baseline level of music educa-tion, many programs are limited and sometimes classroom instruments can be scarce. Exposure to music, however, offers people of all ages a number of benefits - from reduced stress to improved coordination and academic outcomes. There are many things families can do to enrich their musical lives. September is National Piano Month, so here are some fun ways to make more music together.

Gather Round the PianoPlaying the piano can improve hand-eye coordination and can be a great way to gather the family together. Whether you have an ace musician or a beginner in your midst, no home should be without a piano or key-board. Look for features that allow a budding musician to pick up and play without any prior musical experience. For example, Casio offers a wide range of digital pianos and key-boards for every skill level. Its Priv-ia line of digital pianos is ideal for at-home music lessons; the PX-150 digital piano has a duet mode that splits the keyboard into two equal ranges, allowing student and teach-er to use the piano simultaneously. Designed with simulated ebo-ny and ivory textured keys, it re-produces the touch and feel of an acoustic piano, while its tri-sensor keyboard captures the dynamics of a performance with speed and ac-curacy. More information can be

found at www.CasioMusicGear.com. Sing-Along Night

You don’t need to be the Von Trapp family to exercise your lungs or expe-rience the benefits of doing so. Singing has been proven to improve quality of life, according to many studies. Wheth-er it is impromptu karaoke night or your family is watching a favorite mu-sical, don’t be shy about creating op-portunities for your household to sing.

Extracurricular ProgramsInvestigate your school’s extracurricu-lar programs. While general class sizes can be large, extracurricular programs such as band, chorus and school plays can offer a better teacher-to-student ratio and more access to instruments. The benefits of music education are numerous and learning piano can open the gates to a wide range of musical interests in the future. To get your chil-dren interested, encourage the whole family to make more music at home.

Making Music Part of Daily Life Can Benefit Kids

Yes, I said it. And all the Apple fans are going to be upset. I don't blame them. I'd be upset too if I paid hundreds of dollars above average market value for a phone and tablet to get a device that is subpar and loses functionality quickly. I am one of those people. See what you have to come to understand is that the Apple we have all grown to love, has disappeared. They're in the midst somewhere. In all honesty, I like Apple and their products, but lately I have been really concerned with their direction and ethics. I have pretty much every Apple iDevice made that I needed. The problem is that, while Apple users feel that Apple products are superior in that "They retain their value" this is simply not true anymore.I cannot recount how many times I've heard an older Apple user (1980's any-one?) complain about how much Ap-ple has changed. While the device may retain it's value, sort of, the software itself does not and that in turn brings down the value of the product. Let me clarify, because I can sense some stiff eyebrows at this point. Take the iPad 1. It was a great product. Heck it even

had more ram in it than my Desktop Computer did back in 2005. I think the storage space was much more as well. The iPad 1 seemed like a great buy, and for the time, it absolutely was. I ditched my Android tablet for an iPad. I'm an regretting that decision now. My iPad has pretty much become what I call and iToy and even that is giving it props in areas it is failing. "Well, what exactly are you talking about, Chris?" I can hear you think-ing to yourself, scary huh? Well, many of us use iPads to conduct real-world work on it. Lately, as time progress-es, the software we use to product that quality work in a compact mo-bile environment has deteriorated. Much of the software, oh I'm sorry Apple..the apps I use are becoming out of date and useless. Not out of date as in old, but out of date as in Apple decided to pretty much give many of us users the middle finger and wishful thinking on a new iPad. See, when you have old software on your computer or even your tablet, typically, even though it is out of date. Not with Apple. If they update their

Should You Upgrade Your iToy

software, or programmers update their third party apps, not only does the app state it is out of date, it will cease to function. This happened to me with LinkedIn, QuickOffice and others.Other software, oops I did it again, "apps" I mean, will still "work" per say, but usually end up just quitting at random on their own usually due to a overflow from a lack of ram. I know that 256MB of ram is quite darn small by todays standards, but hon-estly, If you pick up an old Windows XP, some old non-updated software, it WILL work. Why not with apps… why must we be forced to update our apps, and eventually be told we have to purchase a whole new device to access the same app we've been us-ing for months before without issue?

I don't know. maybe it's the whole "apps" thing, but I think it's Apple's plan for it to work this way, milk the consumer. Even Windows 8 is start-ing to head that direction, but hey I didn't expect much different from Mi-crosoft in the first place. Anyone up for paying $99 a year for Microsoft Office? I don't think so, not when I have a perfectly good working ver-sion of Word 2007 on a CD with a key that will last forever…and will still work with updated Word formats. Either way, Apple's ways has pretty much left my iPad a use-less thing to play Bejeweled on..and that's if it's willing. I couldn't even browse the net on Safari or Google Chrome without it just shutting down on me due to lack of memory.

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Americans across the nation have come to realize that the cost of everything seems to go up a lot faster than income. Even in Gallup, this seems to be the norm. Some people, usually those funded by taxes or other “state or federal shared money, do not seem affected by this situation. When things get tough, they merely find a way to raise taxes, which comes right back at you and me, us. We are not talking, naturally, about Social Security or other programs that we are demanded to pay into on a regular basis, but rather about the money the governments use to solve the problems caused chiefly by people that don't want to contribute to a bet-ter tomorrow, for them, not anyone else. The costs of these problems are extrava-gant and way out of the league of most Ameri-cans. Together though, or so the politicians and bureaucrats believe, we can all combine to overcome everything, if not today, then certainly next year after the powers that be are able to raise the taxes and penalties even more, to bring things closer to their reality. At the same time, monster corporations are forced to raise their wholesale prices in order to continue providing the same ben-efits for their stockholders and their em-ployees. Gasoline goes over $3 a gallon and so does milk; a regular cup of coffee is up around $2; and movie theater prices can go as high as $10-14, depending on the locale. And we sit and smile through it all, wonder-ing why we can't save money or why what we have doesn't last until the next payday. Maybe non-Americans are correct when they say, “Americans want too much!” We certainly don't want less, but this is forced down our throats when the cash runs out and the credit cards are already at the max. We want to be nice to everyone, but it is getting harder to do so, and the price of our needs is cutting drastically into the items we want. What a dilemma, almost equal to painting oneself into a corner with no exits.

EXAMPLES ABOUND There are so many example that even if they were listed one line at a time, it would take several issues of this paper to get them all included. Even grouping by sub-titles and leaving out the details of each would re-quire a full page or more. Think about it. Payroll, with benefits that include retire-ment, for the thousands of federal employees, then the same for two related headings, state and local employees. That figure is mind-bog-gling all by itself. Then you have buildings and maintenance, and security and landscaping, and the numbers keep going up, and up, and up. The chief cause for so many employees is directly linked to the programs promot-ed and established by our elected officials, whether they are truly beneficial or not. Over time, some become relics and have no meaning in this modern world, but are con-

tinued for the benefit of small select groups. It would be a simple matter if we could seperate the programs by political par-ties, but that doesn't work anymore either. Both have enough blame clinging to them for any jury to find guilty on several counts. And the problem goes far beyond the government, seeping into every aspect of the countless bureaucracies that shape our lives and determine our futures: schools and hospitals are the first that come to mind, but they are not the only ones. Many oth-ers are businesses that are so large that they control their own destinies, and ours.

WHAT CAN WE DO? The answer to the above question has many sides and foci. Is one more important that another, and who decides that? Certain-ly not our inactive Congress, and definitely not our one-sided Chief Executive, regard-less of his ethnic background, now or in the future. The Judicial system only consid-ers matters that have been decided in court, and they can't always get it right either. Even the ballot box is a poor answer as our technologically advanced country still has to count by some votes by hand and makes no effort to ensure that only qualified citizens can vote. That system is perhaps more rife with fraud then all three mentioned in the above paragraph. There is another, maybe more radical, solu-tion that is available to us, but that answer is terrifying to most citizens at a variety of levels.

REVOLUTION If you are a normal John or Jane Q. Citi-zen, you probably had to take an extra breath after reading that word. It conjures up images of armed crowds in the street, violent clashes with militarily-clad and armed law enforce-ment personnel and perhaps real military as well. Those conflicts would lead to a lot of deaths, even more injuries, and a devastating effect on the economy that would spiral down to hunger, homelessness, loss of jobs, and ev-ery other hardship and ill you can think about. Outright violence may be as American as apple pie, but it is not for the weak of heart. Even non-violent demonstrations, such as those espoused by Martin Luther King, take as much courage, or more, when push comes to shove, which it will at some point. I am not in favor of either one, though I would lean toward the non-violent program. How you lean depends on you, of course, but keep thinking about a solution that would or could pull America out of this hole in which we have made ourselves comfortable. Call me at 236-9028, e-mail me at [email protected] or simply chat me up if you catch me in public. Other than this rant-of-the-month, my time away from the computer has been rest-ful, if not totally serene. I have returned to the athletic fields to watch our kids and adults, which I'm sure entitles me to say, once again, that I'll see you in the bleachers!

The cost of everything; a high price to pay for wantsBy Tom Hartsock


9/9 Girls Soccer vs Bloomfield, 4 p.m.9/11 Boy Soccer vs East Mountain, 4 p.m.9/11 Girls Soccer vs East Mountain, 4 p.m.9/11 Girls Volleyball vs Rehoboth, 4 p.m.9/12 Varsity Football @ St. Pius X 7 p.m.9/13 Cross County Miyamura invite 8 a.m.9/13 Boys Soccer @ Los Lunas 1 a.m.9/13 Girls Soccer vs Los Lunas 11 a.m.9/13 Freshman Football @ Bloomfield 12 p.m.9/13 JV Football @ Bloomfield 12 p.m.9/18 Girls Soccer @ Bernalillo 3:30 p.m.9/18 Girls Volleyball @ Shiprock 4 p.m.9/18 Boys Soccer vs Bernalillo 5:30 p.m.9/19 Varsity Football vs Santa Fe 7 p.m.9/20 Cross Country Four Corners Inv. 8 a.m. 9/20 Cross Country Ship Rock Invite 9 a.m.9/20 Girls Soccer @ Moriatry 11 a.m.9/20 Boys Soccer @ Moriatry 3 p.m.9/23 Girls Soccer vs Aztec 3 p.m.9/23 Boys Soccer @ Aztec 4 p.m.9/25 Girls Soccer @ Miyamura 4 p.m.9/25 Girls Volleyball @ Wingate 4 p.m.9/26 Cross Country Academy Invite 3 p.m.9/30 Girls Soccer @ Farmington 6 p.m.

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9/12 Varsity Football vs Bayfield 7 p.m.9/13 Varsity Football @ Tohatchi 1 p.m.9/13 Cross Country @ Sports Complex 8:30 p.m.9/15 JV Boys Soccer @ Rehoboth 6 p.m.9/16 Boys Soccer @ Rehoboth 5 p.m.9/18 Girls Volleyball @ Wingate 4 p.m.9/18 Boys Soccer vs Grants 4 p.m.9/18 Girls Soccer vs Grants 6 p.m.9/19 Cross Country Acoma Invite 3 p.m.9/19 Varsity Football @ Grants 7 p.m.9/20 Cross Country Belen Invite 9 a.m.9/20 Girls Soccer @ Del Norte 11 a.m.9/23 Girls Volleyball @ Grants 6 p.m.9/25 Girls Soccer vs Gallup High 4 p.m.9/25 Freshman Volleyball vs Kirtland 4:30 p.m.9/25 JV Volleyball vs Kirtland 4:30 p.m.9/25 Girls Volleyball vs Kirtland 7 p.m.9/27 Boys Soccer vs Carlsbad 1:30 p.m.9/27 Varsity Football @ Albq Acad. 2 p.m.9/30 Girls Soccer vs Piedra Vista 3 p.m.9/30 JV Soccer vs Piedra Vista 5 p.m.

9/9 Girls Soccer @ Bosque 4 p.m.9/9 Boys Soccer @ Bosque 4 p.m.9/9 Girls Volleyball @ Ramah 5 p.m.9/9 JV Boys Soccer @ Bosque 6 p.m.9/11 Girls Volleyball @ Gallup High 4 p.m.9/11 Girls Soccer @ Kirtland 6 p.m.9/12 Boys Soccer @ Monte Del Sol 4:30 p.m.9/13 Boys Soccer @ Santa Fe Prep 2 p.m.9/15 JV Boys Soccer vs Miyamura 6 p.m.9/16 Girls Volleyball vs Laguna Acoma 4 p.m.9/16 Boys Soccer vs Miyamura 5 p.m.9/18 Girls Volleyball @ Thoreau 4 p.m.9/18 Girls Soccer vs Bloomfield 4 p.m.9/18 Boys Soccer vs Bloomfield 6 p.m.9/19 Boys Soccer vs Aztec 4 p.m.9/23 Girls Soccer @ Sandia Prep 3 p.m.9/23 Girls Volleyball @ Navajo Pine 5 p.m.9/23 Boys Soccer @ Sandia Prep 5 p.m.9/23 JV Boys Soccer vs Sandia Prep 5 p.m.9/25 Girls Soccer vs Kirtland 4 p.m.9/25 Girls Volleyball vs Ramah 5 p.m.9/30 Boys Soccer @ Bloomfield 4 p.m.9/30 Girls Volleyball vs Crownpoint 4 p.m.9/30 Girls Soccer @ Bloomfield 6 p.m.

September is National Library Card Sign Up MonthJoin Stan Lee and your favorite Marvel Comic Superhero and vis-it the Octavia Fellin Library to sign up for your FREE library card. The library is a hub of community activity. A library card unlocks a world of adventure—giving everyone access to books, eBooks and other digital content, plus computers, homework help, music, mov-ies, and more. Resources at the Octavia Fellin Library are available to anyone who has a library card. Sign up for a library card and you will be entered in a drawing for a grand prize at the end of September.For more information on how to sign up for a library card, vis-it the Octavia Fellin Library in person or call 505-863-1291.

Saturday, September 27th:At 11 am: As part of National Library Card Sign Up Month, families are invit-ed to visit the Octavia Fellin Children’s Branch dressed as their favorite su-perhero for a super afternoon starting with a Marvel movie marathon. There will also be games, crafts, and prizes. Become a superhero with the power of a library card. For more information, call the library at 505-726-6120.

Free Computer Classes in September!The library is offering free computer training throughout the month of September at the Octavia Fellin Library. Class size is limited to 10 par-ticipants per session. Registration is required, to register call (505)863-1291 or email [email protected], or visit the front desk of the library.

Community Events

OCTAVIA FELIN FREE MOVIE NIGHTS STARTS AT 4:00 P.MSeptember 4th —The Monuments MenSeptember 11th —PompeiiSeptember 18th —RobocopSeptember 25th –300: Rise of an Empire

STARTS AT 2:00 P.M.

September 6th—Muppets Most WantedSeptember 13th—Gnomeo and JulietSeptember 27th—The Amazing Spider Man 2



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