Thoreau youth pitch in to make center a home
Eight-year-old Virgil Manuelito Jr. takes a breather after sweeping away dust on the walkway around the Thoreau Community Center in Thoreau on Saturday. 2010 Gallup Independent / Adron Gardner

By Vida Volkert
Staff writer

THOREAU — As a young girl growing up in rural Thoreau, Priscella Manuelito would have liked a community center like the one she and her children are now helping build.

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