🌱 How did a Gallup power outage set up a 55-0 football rout?

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In today's newsletter:

• How did a Gallup power outage set up a 55-0 football rout?

Also on today's calendar: Craft workshop for seniors and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one wall say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 70 and low of 51 degrees.
• Wednesday: Rain and a thunderstorm, temps: high: 66, low: 46.
• Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 72 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Piedra Vista blanks Miyamura, improves to 4-1 this season (tricityrecordnm.com) — Gallup residents just saw a dominant football performance as Piedra Vista routed Miyamura 55-0 in a game delayed by a major citywide power outage that kept the visitors in town an extra day. The mercy-rule win, played in Gallup, featured five touchdowns from quarterback Rueben Marquez and several key turnovers that quickly turned the matchup into a blowout.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Gallup

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday September 24
• The University of New Mexico-Gallup 2026 Campus Safety Fair →
  UNM-Gallup Bookstore, 705 Gurley Ave, Gallup
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday September 24
• Craft workshop for seniors →
  Northside Senior Center, 607 N. 4th St., Gallup
  11:00 am
Friday September 25
• Navajo rug weaving workshop →
  Octavia Fellin Public Library, 115 W. Hill Ave., Gallup
  10:00 am
• Football – Away – Hózhó Academy →
  Hózhó Academy, 515 Park Ave, Gallup
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 26
• Journey Church- Securing Sacred Spaces 9/26/26 →
  Journey Church Gallup, 501 South 3rd Street, Gallup
• Journey Church- Securing Sacred Spaces →
  Journey Church Gallup, 501 South 3rd Street, Gallup
• Shop the Flea Market! →
  Gallup Flea Market, 340 9th Street, Gallup
  9:00 am
• Rio West Mall health fair →
  Rio West Mall, 1300 W. Maloney Ave., Gallup
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 8
• Sandia Prep Boys Varsity Soccer @ Rehoboth Christian →
  Rehoboth Christian School, 211 Tse Yaaniichi St, Rehoboth
  3:30 pm
Friday October 9
• Shiprock at Tohatchi →
  1 Cougar Trail, Tohatchi
Thursday October 22
• Navajo Prep Girls Varsity Soccer @ Miyamura →
  Miyamura High School, 680 Boardman Ave, Gallup
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• HAPPENING TODAY!!!!
  right by lighthouse church behind Allsups near the hospital! (Nextdoor Gallup South)

• Golden Corral posted a job opening for Dishwasher in Gallup. Apply here.
• Home Depot (Retail) posted a job opening for Customer Service/Sales in Gallup. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Gallup here.

🗞 Nearby News

Grants

• Grants resident crowned 2027 New Mexico State Fair Queen (cibolacitizen.com)
• Grants, NM: Police Ask for Help Finding Missing 15-Year-Old Kalenia Shorty (theunionstar.com)
• NASCAR at Kansas September 2026: Odds and more info (theracingexperts.com)

Shiprock

• Flooding prompts inspection of Shiprock bridge (navajotimes.com)
• Documentary 'Silence in the Sand' sheds light on case of missing Shiprock women (tricityrecordnm.com)
• 3 killed in Navajo Nation flood include 7-year-old preparing for her birthday (knau.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I'll meet you at the corner! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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