Local plea for aid: Deacon Armando Kramer, Father Edwin Bryan and Father Donald Richardson are looking for donations to send to victims of Hurricane Felix in Nicaragua. Deacon Kramer and Father Bryan are from the area while Father Richardson has done missionary work there for 28 years. So far 10,000 have lost their homes and 100 died in the hurricane that struck last week. [Photo by Brian Leddy/Independent] Full Story

$1,666 a second: Mary Ann Miller lasso's a calf during Sunday's Navajo Nation Indian Rodeo in Window Rock. Miller roped the calf in 3.3 seconds for a forth place finish but also won All-Around Cowgirl and took home $5000. [Photo by Brian Leddy/Independent]