Donating to the Cause: Gretchen Valencia, assistant Donor Care supervisor, searches for a vein to draw blood from Brianna Begay on Wednesday afternoon inside one of the two blood donation buses parked at the Gal A Bowl bowling alley. Begay traveled from Albuquerque to donate blood for her fourth time. The blood drive honors Gallup resident Willie Knight, who is suffering from a rare form of cancer. The blood drive continues today from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at RMCH inside the third-floor solarium. [Photo by Matt Hinshaw/Independent]

Golden arches: Michael Stechmesser, a technician with Commercial Lighting and Electric of Albuquerque, works on installing lights at the new McDonald's on East Highway 66 on Tuesday evening. Gallup's new McDonald's on East Highway 66 is the first in the state to receive the new design and look. If everything goes as planned, the new McDonalds should be open sometime late next week. [Photo by Matt Hinshaw/Independent]

Sleeping Tiger: Gallup Lady Tiger Patricia Billie catches up on her sleep while Lady Tigers assistant coach Ryan Daw keeps a watchful eye on the other Lady Tigers on Wednesday afternoon at Ford Canyon Park. The girls were goofing around while waiting for the Chooshgai Lady Broncos softball team to show up to the game. The Lady Broncos were enduring testing at school which made them a little late for the game. [Photo by Matt Hinshaw/Independent]

In Focus: Logan Desiderio, a fourth-grade student at the Baca Community School near Prewitt, looks through a phoropter wihile being given an eye exam Wednesday by Wills Vanray, an optometrist from GIMC. Vanray was working with ChildSight New Mexico, a program that provides eye exams and glasses for school children throughout the State. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent]