Kayenta Police District Officer Vernon Nelson demonstrates how the Intoxilyzer 8000 operates to Navajo Nation First Lady Vikki Shirley, Miss Navajo Nation Jonathea Tso and DUI Task Force member Bessie Yellowhair-Simpson as Chinle Police Officer Carlos Yazzie looks on. [Courtesy Photo]

Professional photographer Barak Naggan stands atop the red rocks on December 1, 2006, to photograph the hot air balloons as they fly around during the Red Rock Balloon Rally at Red Rock State Park, Church Rock, NM. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent]

An ounce of prevention: Percy Trujillo, a RN from RMCH, administers a flu shot to Francisco Cerna, 10, Thursday afternoon at the Gallup Community Service Center. In addition to three locaitons in town to give the free vaccines, nine other locations across the Navajo reservation offered the shots during National Influenza Vaccination Week. The program was not only a way to help the community, but also served as a Northern Region Emergency Preparedness Exercise thathad mulptiple agencies and departments working together. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent]

Left to right: Ann Urbina, Andy Urbina, Betsy Windisch, and Arlene High have helped organize the Alternative Giving Fair & Café at the First United Methodist Church in Gallup, N.M. The event will be held Struday, December 1, 2007 from 9:00am-1:00pm. [Photo by Daniel Zollinger/Independent] Full Story