Dunk it!: Jon Marc Sowers (54) of Gallup performs a spinning dunk during the All Star Dunk Contest on Thursday night at Gallup High School. The last Arizona versus New Mexico All Star Games of 2007 will be played this Saturday starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Gallup High Gym. [Photo by Matt Hinshaw/Independent]

Third Street paving: Vince Lewis of the Gallup Street Dept., directs a dump truck driver while Nelson Tso drives and controls the Bomag Street Machine by Martin on Thursday afternoon on the north side of Third Street. The Bomag is cutting down two inches into the asphalt so that Third Street can be repaved. Currently the Gallup City Street Dept. has been leasing the Bomag for the past week. One of the workers on site praised the machine because it cuts the time for repaving a street in half lessening the time that drivers are inconvenienced. [Photo by Matt Hinshaw/Independent]

Kick it: Christy Hathaway of Denver, Colo., kicks a ball while hanging out with her brother and sister at Gallup Middle School. Hathaway was visiting her brother, who lives in Gallup, for a couple of days. [Photo by Brian Leddy/Independent]

Wash, rinse and spin: Norm Bahe holds his four-month-old granddaughter Maiara Woody at Aztec Laundry on Tuesday in Gallup. Along with his wife and daughter, Bahe came to town from Woodsprings to do their weekly errands. "It's nice tonight, there's no crowd," Bahe said and added he normally comes on Saturday. [Photo by Brian Leddy/Independent]