Dinner Jacket: Ralph Richards and his mother, Sharon Richards, help longtime restaurant customer Eurell Malone put on the jacket they presented to him in appreciation for his continued patronage at Earl's Restaurant on Rt. 66 in Gallup. Malone and Tommy Gasparich were both presented with jackets for having been customers since the restuarant opened its doors in 1947. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent]

Math Counts: Leslie Radosevich, 12, works out a geometry problem on the chalkboard during a Math Counts practice session after school at Gallup Mid School. The GMS Math Counts team recently went to the regional competition in Farmington and brought home first place. The team will now move on to state competition in Albuquerque. [Photo by Matt Hinshaw/Independent]

Area ranchers may soon have a local outlet for their sheep as the City of Gallup has approved a propsed meat packaging plant for Industry Drive in Gallup. Mike Minifie of Western Way Custom Meat in Moriarity says the plant would look to local sheep ranchers to supply them. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent] Full Story