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Monday, March 8, 2010
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Leader
Candidates eye Commission seats
INSIDE Leaders vie for two San Juan County districts up for election
And the — B y J a m e s M on t e l e o n e —
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sioner for the district, but
he is ineligible for re-
the Navajo communities
on the western portion of
gained on the Commis-
sion since 2006 gives
winner is ... AZTEC — County elections may
election after serving two
consecutive terms.
San Juan County.
“I feel like I’m still
her the tools to best
serve the communities
be months away, but candidates County elections are healthy and capable to of District 1, she said.
already are putting their names in the held every four years, help my district, so I Todacheene faces at
hat for two County Commission seats but the commission dis- want to run for re-elec- least two challengers.
up for election this year. tricts alternate elections tion,” she said. “I know Seeking the District 1
Voters will select commissioners to vary the start of new this is only a two-term seat is former Commis-
for District 1, which encompasses county officials. The Todacheene (position), so I feel after Charley sioner Wallace Charley. Anthony
communities stretching west from remaining county dis- that, people that are Charley served two
Kirtland, through Shiprock, to the tricts will be up for election in 2012. aspiring to do public service, they’ll terms as a County Commissioner
Arizona state line. The district cur- Candidates for election to the have an opportunity.” through 2006 when he reached his
rently is represented by GloJean Commission can file with the county Todacheene, a Navajo Tribal Coun- limit. After sitting out one term,

uA3. ‘The Hurt

Todacheene, who is seeking re-elec- clerk an intent to run beginning cil member representing Shiprock, Charley is again eligible to serve.
tion to the post. March 16. said addressing the economy remains A former state legislator and tribal
Also up for election is District 2, the top issue for the Commission to councilor, Charley said many of the
Locker’ wins big including land to the south and east of District 1 manage, and jobs in the energy indus- remote Navajo chapters have
with six awards Bloomfield, such as Huerfano and Commissioner GloJean Todacheene try need to be preserved while indus- expressed concern their needs are
other checkerboard reservation lands, said after serving a first term on the tries work to improve the environ- under-represented on the county
East Hammond, Blanco and Navajo County Commission and learning the ment.
uA4. Vets need

Dogs get their day

Dam. Ervin Chavez is the commis- ropes, she is eager to continue serving Todacheene’s experience already See Commission A2.
help getting to
Albuquerque Investigator
VA hospital
seeks judge
uA4. Legislature
grants Richardson
broad
position
— B y E li z a b e t h P ia zza —
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powers
FARMINGTON — Chief
Criminal Investigator Mark

uA4. Grand
Hawkinson officially
announced his candidacy for
Canyon mines Farmington Magistrate
Judge, citing years of experi-
closed off ence working with the law.
to hikers Herald and Debbie Sherlock’s “chug” Sassie, a Chi-
“When you have the
knowledge, experience and
huahua and pug mix, peers at strangers from behind education in the field you are

uA5. Civil rights

Herald’s legs Sunday while taking a break from run- going to, you
ning free at Westland Dog Park. make the right
decisions much
protesters recall easier and the
Selma, Ala. bad are few and
far between,”
Hawkinson
uA8. Iraqi voters
said.
Hawkinson
turn out in spite began a career
in law enforce- Hawkinson
of violence ment in 1976 in
California. He moved to
Farmington several years lat-
uA8. NATO
er, where he worked for the
Farmington Police Depart-
discontinues ment for 20 years.
training of After retiring from the
department, Hawkinson
Kosovo militia switched gears and became a
medical investigator for the
LEFT: Courtney Bennett holds Murphy, her “puggle,” a breed of pug and beagle, while he strains to keep an eye on District Attorney’s Office.
uB1. Busch wins
something that holds his attention Sunday. Bennett and her in-laws took Murphy and Captain Chaos, also Bennett’s He is confident his long
dog, to Westland Dog Park. “It’s a hidden treasure of Farmington,” Bennett said, “I think they need to publicize it more.” history working within the
testy Atlanta race It’s a great place to take dogs instead of cooping them up all day, she added, and said she hopes to see more people at guidelines of the law, gives
“bark park,” which is the nickname her family has for Westland Dog Park. him the necessary training to
fulfill the responsibilities of a

uB1. Boys hoops

RIGHT: Debbie and Herald Sherlock sit on a bench at Westland Dog Park on Sunday while a pack of pets, including their judge.
“The most important
dogs Sara and Sassie, welcome a couple of newcomers to the park and play “follow the leader” for a lap around the aspect of being a judge is the
teams winless bench. integrity of the position,”
again Hawkinson said. “Integrity is
Photos by Xavier Mascareñas • The Daily Times
See Judge A2.
uB1. Economists
can’t decide on
state of American
Archaeology seminar examines Lake Powell’s origins — B y A lysa L andr y — phone interview. “I just eration and tourism,” he said.
economy The Daily Times turned 23 when I went out in “I’m using photos and film

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the canyon with a crew.” clips from the ’50s.”
CORTEZ, Colo. — Two Lipe spent four years in Lipe also will talk about
million visitors per year fish, the late 1950s leading crews archeological sites found in
Yesterday’s top-read play or soak in the waters of through the many archaeo- the area and the implications
Lake Powell, but the area logical sites destined to be of flooding it, he said.
stories at once was the heart of the destroyed by the proposed The Glen Canyon Dam
Daily-Times.com. most rugged and least popu- lake. was completed in 1963, and
lated part of the American In his presentation Friday, Lake Powell began to fill,
1. St. Pius ruins Southwest. Lipe will draw from his own extending more than 180
Kirtland's return Archaeologist William recollections and show 50- miles up the Colorado River
to state tournament Lipe, professor of anthropol- year-old photos and film to from the dam site and has
2. Chieftains foiled by ogy at Washington State Uni- discuss the flooding and nearly 2,000 miles of shore-
hot-shooting Pirates versity, will be in Cortez, what crews learned of the line.
3. Tattoo marathon Colo., on Friday to present archeology before water cov- “Before Lake Powell:
benefits new animal memories of Glen Canyon, a ered it. Memories of Glen Canyon
shelter place transformed forever “I will talk about how Archaeology,” will be at the
4. Polite bank robber when the man-made lake Lake Powell got named, Crow Canyon Archaeologi-
escapes after heist Courtesy photo flooded the area. when the dam was built and cal Center, in Cortez, Colo. It
5. Shiprock treatment This 1958 photo shows Glen Canyon prior to the construc- “This was my first why, what the lake is for, is part of the center ’s
center opens doors to tion of the Glen Canyon Dam which created Lake Powell in responsible job in archeolo- what it does in terms of
adolescents Cortez, Colo. gy,” Lipe said during a water storage, electrical gen- See Lake Powell A2.
Weather . . . A8
American-born al-Qaida spokesman arrested in Pakistan
— By Ashraf K han — Gadahn follows the recent KYRGYZ. “It’s a blow to al-Qaida
UZBEK.
The Associated Press detention of several Afghan CHINA and a boost to the U.S. when
TAJIK.
Taliban commanders in TURKMEN. a guy that has been taunting
KARACHI, Pakistan — Karachi, including the the U.S. for years has been
Two Pakistani officers and a group’s No. 2. Those deten- captured,” Rowan said.
Kabul
High 47, low 33 government official said Sun- tions have been seen as a Gadahn was arrested in the
day that an American charged sign that Pakistan, which AFGHAN. Islamabad sprawling southern metropo-
Classifieds
with treason for working with has been criticized as an lis of Karachi in recent days,
B5 PAKISTAN
al-Qaida had been captured, a untrustworthy ally, was The Associated Press two officers who took part in
Comics B7 development that could deliv- cooperating more fully with In these undated file photos Al-Qaida
spokesman
the operation said. A senior
Crossword B8 er another significant blow in Washington. released by the FBI, Adam arrested government official also con-
INDIA
Obits A5 the U.S.-led battle against the Some observers were cau- Yahiye Gadahn is shown. firmed the arrest, but said it
Stocks A6 terror network. tious about giving credence to Karachi 0 300 mi
happened Sunday. The dis-
Viewpoint A7
U.S. defense, intelligence the claim that Gadahn was in “If this is him, it’s a big Arabian Sea 0 300 km crepancy could not immedi-
and law enforcement officials custody as reports emerged capture and a morale-boost- ately be resolved.
SOURCE: ESRI AP
could not immediately verify that the man arrested might er,” said Patrick Rowan, the They spoke on condition
the reported detention of instead be a Taliban militant former top anti-terrorism offi- of anonymity because they
Adam Gadahn, a 31-year-old leader. There was no way of cial in the Bush Justice dozen al-Qaida videos, taunt- <AP> were PAKISTAN ARREST
not authorized to030710:
release
spokesman for al-Qaida who independently verifying the Department. ing the West and calling for Map thelocates Karachi, Pakistan; 1c x 3
information.
has appeared on videos threat- arrest or identity, and deten- Gadahn, the first American its destruction. The video that 1/2 inches; The 46.5 mm x 89 mm; with
intelligence officials
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NUMBER 220 The reported arrest of by conflicting reports. appeared in more than half a attack their own country. See al-Qaida A2.