Thoreau Community Center moves forward to help area youth
Ron Ortiz checks over his paint work on the roof of the Thoreau Convention Center in Thoreau on Saturday. © 2010 Gallup Independent / Adron Gardner

By Vida Volkert
Staff writer

THOREAU — About two decades ago, Peruvian activist Maria Elena Moyano was assassinated by the communist guerrillas, and her corpse blown up with dynamite in front of a shocked audience that included her children.

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