Area in brief

Daniel Mailman Jr. waits for the machine to start as he takes a turn on the mechanical bull at the Eastern Navajo Fair in Crownpoint Saturday. — © 2009 Gallup Independent / Cable Hoover

• Booster Club — GALLUP
• Board Meeting — GRANTS
• Support Group — CHINLE
• Party Meeting — GRANTS
• Housing Meeting — THOREAU
• Bookmobile
• Local Outreach — KAYENTA
• Planning Meeting — THOREAU
• Monthly Meeting — SHIPROCK

Booster Club

GALLUP — Gallup High School Cross Country Booster Club Parent meeting will be 6 p.m., Aug. 4, at Gallup High School. Info call Mr. Lash 505-863-9192.

Board Meeting

GRANTS — Grants/Cibola County school board regular meeting will be 5:30 p.m., Aug. 4, at GCCS Boardroom. Agenda available in superintendent’s office. Info call 505-285-2603.

Support Group

CHINLE — Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) education and support group for veterans (Avoidance) will be 10 a.m., Aug. 4, at Chinle Vet Center. Individual, couple, family counseling available. Info call NAVAHCS 1-800-949-1005 ext. 7806 or Chinle Vet Center 928-674-3682.

Party Meeting

GRANTS — Cibola County Democratic party meeting will be 5:30 p.m., Aug. 4, at Cibola County Convention Center, 515 High Street, Grants. Info call 505-862-7022.

Housing Meeting

THOREAU — Housing Committee Meeting will be 5 p.m., Aug. 4, at Thoreau Chapter. Info call Thoreau Chapter 505-862-0139.

Bookmobile

Rural Bookmobile West will be Aug. 4 at Pueblo Pintado Clinic, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Bluewater-Post Office, 10-11 a.m.; Thoreau-Senior Center, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Torreon Chapter House, 12:30-2:30 p.m.; Whispering Cedars-Fire Station, 2-3 p.m.; Fort Wingate Post Office at Bear Springs Plaza, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Books by mail provides library service to those who are not reached by bookmobiles or public libraries. Call 1-800-395-9144. Library for the blind and physically handicapped call 1-800-456-5515.

Local Outreach

KAYENTA — Department of Labor local outreach event, will be 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Aug. 4 and 8-4 p.m., Aug. 5, at the Hampton Inn Kaytena Conference room, Kayenta. Local Outreach is to assist claimants that may be eligible for benefits under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, which is set up to assist qualified uranium workers who were employed at a Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Section 5, uranium mine, uranium mill or buying stations at any time during the period Jan. 1, 1942 through Dec. 31, 1971. Call Espanola Resource Center 1-866-272-3622 for an appointment.

Planning Meeting

THOREAU — Planning meeting for Thoreau Chapter will be 5:30 p.m., Aug. 4. Info cal Thoreau Chapter 505-862-0139.

Monthly Meeting

SHIPROCK — Northern Navajo Agency Elder Care Task Force monthly meeting will be 1 p.m., Aug. 4, in the Nizhoni B. Conference Room, in top floor of the West Wing building which is adjacent to the at the Northern Navajo Medical Center, Shiprock.