Navajo President Shelly Assures Navajo Safety
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly said he assures Navajo
people and surrounding communities that the Navajo Nation is safe.
"We are doing everything we can to ensure that all our residents are safe
right now," said President Shelly in response to shootings in the Gallup area
last night.
"We are actively investigating the Fire Rock shooting and robbery," said John
Billison, division of public safety director.
Shootings reported at Tohatchi, Newcomb and Mexican Water are all false,
Billison said.
"The Navajo police will partner will necessary law enforcement agencies to
assure that all people involved in these crimes are held responsible,"
Billison said.
President Shelly agreed with Billison.
"We are going to work together to assure the safety of our people. The Navajo
Nation's thoughts and prayers are with the victims of these crimes, and we
will do out part to make sure these criminals are held responsible for their
actions," President Shelly said.
According to reports, about 7:30 p.m. last night, Gallup police responded to a
call reporting gunshots near the Pinon Hills Apartments near Dairy Drive.
Two people, one victim age 14 and the other victim was in his 40s, were in
critical condition after they were shot near the apartment complex.
Information about the victims is not being released at this time according to
officials.
The individuals were taken to Gallup Indian Medical Center, where one victim
was flown to University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque.
According to Navajo Police, the altercation that started at Pinon Hills
Apartments continued at the Gallup Indian Medical Center and another person
was shot about 8:30 p.m.
The assailants fled the scene in a car, but was stopped shortly afterward near
the Gallup UNM campus, where the driver, unknown age, surrendered himself to
the McKinley County Sherriff's Deputies.
While deputies were arresting the individual, the teenage passenger drove off
and led deputies and Navajo police on a chase south of Gallup on Highway 602.
The teenage driver then turned on a dirt road near milepost 20, where Navajo
police apprehended the teen after he wrecked his car and fled on foot.
Around 9 p.m., law enforcement agents responded to a separate call from a gas
station near I-40.
A victim reported that a man with a BB gun attempted to rob a customer of the
gas station.
While police responded to that call, about 9:15 a report about shots fired at
Fire Rock Casino.
According to a Navajo Police report, a male, age unknown, attempted to rob a
man and his wife.
The robber approached the man and asked for money. When the victim said he
didn't have any money, the robber then shot him in the face with a BB gun. The
victim then covered his wife to protect her, while the robber shot 10 bb's
breaking the passenger window of the car.
Fire Rock Casino was locked down until shortly after midnight, while
investigators cleared the area.
"We believe the BB gun shootings and the earlier shootings at Pinon Hills
Apartment Complex and GIMC are unrelated. However, we believe the incident's
involving the BB gun are related," Billison said.
People with information about the shootings are asked to call the Navajo
police at (928) 871-6112 or (505) 786-2050 .
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A retired nurse, Wauneka has been living in substandard housing for 15 years, while suffering from a variety of chronic medical conditions. Lack of familial support and loneliness only aggravated these conditions for the senior citizen.
Stanley Yazzie, deputy director for Division of Community Development (DCD), said the joint efforts of the chapter, Indian Health Services (IHS), Southwest Indian Foundation (SWIF) and DCD have made the new home possible. “The chapter coordinator Dorothy Upshaw played a key role in making sure the house was built,” Yazzie said. “It is now 90 percent completed.”
DCD worked to ensure the chapter was purchasing materials and providing manpower for the construction. Carpenters from the chapter’s Personnel Employment Program completed the construction, including activation of the waterline in the home. Presently, Wauneka still needs electrical line connection to the one-bedroom, one-bathroom home.
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Community services coordinator Dorothy Upshaw said Wauneka first approached the chapter for housing 15 years ago and that an assessment was completed by the Navajo Environmental Protection Agency. EPA deemed her living conditions very poor.
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“Currently, she is in Payson doing rehabilitation for strength and learning to take care of herself,” Upshaw said. She added that the home has been in development for years, but the major block to timely completion was the lack of funding.
Milan, NM Energy Producer to Expand Operation
Milan, NM Energy Producer to Expand Operation
USDA RD Financial Support Helps Mt. Taylor Machine, Inc Increase Production
(March 7, 2012 Albuquerque, NM) USDA Rural Development State Director Terry
Brunner will present a certificate of obligation and congratulate the owners
of Mt. Taylor Machine, Inc. in Milan, New Mexico for their successful
application of funds for the expansion of creating wood pellets.
The presentation to Mt. Taylor Machine is being made to highlight USDA Rural
Development's financial support for businesses that take advantage of Advanced
Biofuel Payment Program.
The Advanced Biofuel Payment Program provides payments to producers to support
and ensure an expanding production of advanced biofuel. Advanced biofuels are
produced from renewable biomass crops such as cellulose, sugar and starch
(other than ethanol derived from corn kernel starch), waste materials, biogas,
butanol, diesel-equivalent fuel, sugarcane, and nonfood crops such as poplar
trees or switchgrass.
The Mt. Taylor Machine project will receive a $4,105 grant under the Advanced
Biofuel Payment Program to expand its operations of taking recycled pallets,
recycled crates, yard waste and other recycled wood waste to manufacture wood
pellets used for heating. Currently, the company is taking 10 to 12-million
pounds of wood waste to produce a high quality wood pellet which is then sold
throughout New Mexico.
Friday March 9, 2012
11:00 AM
What? Terry Brunner, USDA Rural Development State Director will present
a certificate of funding obligation Matt Allen the owner of Mt. Taylor
Machine, Inc.
Where? Mt. Taylor Machine, Inc. plant located on Old Route 66 just west of
Milan, NM
Contact: For information on this advisory contact Ernie Watson, USDA Rural
Development, Public Affairs Specialist during business hours at 505-761-4951
or at ernie.watson@nm.usda.gov<mailto:ernie.watson@nm.usda.gov>
USDA RD Financial Support Helps Mt. Taylor Machine, Inc Increase Production
(March 7, 2012 Albuquerque, NM) USDA Rural Development State Director Terry
Brunner will present a certificate of obligation and congratulate the owners
of Mt. Taylor Machine, Inc. in Milan, New Mexico for their successful
application of funds for the expansion of creating wood pellets.
The presentation to Mt. Taylor Machine is being made to highlight USDA Rural
Development's financial support for businesses that take advantage of Advanced
Biofuel Payment Program.
The Advanced Biofuel Payment Program provides payments to producers to support
and ensure an expanding production of advanced biofuel. Advanced biofuels are
produced from renewable biomass crops such as cellulose, sugar and starch
(other than ethanol derived from corn kernel starch), waste materials, biogas,
butanol, diesel-equivalent fuel, sugarcane, and nonfood crops such as poplar
trees or switchgrass.
The Mt. Taylor Machine project will receive a $4,105 grant under the Advanced
Biofuel Payment Program to expand its operations of taking recycled pallets,
recycled crates, yard waste and other recycled wood waste to manufacture wood
pellets used for heating. Currently, the company is taking 10 to 12-million
pounds of wood waste to produce a high quality wood pellet which is then sold
throughout New Mexico.
Friday March 9, 2012
11:00 AM
What? Terry Brunner, USDA Rural Development State Director will present
a certificate of funding obligation Matt Allen the owner of Mt. Taylor
Machine, Inc.
Where? Mt. Taylor Machine, Inc. plant located on Old Route 66 just west of
Milan, NM
Contact: For information on this advisory contact Ernie Watson, USDA Rural
Development, Public Affairs Specialist during business hours at 505-761-4951
or at ernie.watson@nm.usda.gov<mailto:ernie.watson@nm.usda.gov>
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