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Trash on TV

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Trash on TV

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When the students leave campus for the summer you find all kinds of things put into the trash. Can’t say I have seen someone put a tv in a small public trash can before.

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TV BIKE OOB

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OOB edit of a television bike used to cover Cape Town’s Two Oceans Marathon.
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Carl’s Radio • TV

Image by Chuck “Caveman” Coker
Carl’s Radio & TV
108 S Strong Drive (½ block south of Route 66)
Gallup, New Mexico

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Safe Haven for Vets
Old Carl’s TV building in downtown Gallup sold to CARE 66

By Gaye Brown de Alvarez

Friday, March 27, 2009

Gallup, New Mexio — It is a classic building, built by a Gallup builder around 1928, using Gallup bricks.

But like many old buildings, it has seen better days. It was originally constructed as the Liberty Hotel, then it was Carl’s TV.

Now it has been purchased by CARE 66, to be used for homeless veterans’ transitional housing.

"We bought it for less than the appraised value," CARE 66 Executive Director Sanjay Choudhrie said in an interview Monday, and he explained the money came from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The renovation money will mostly come from the Department of Veteran’s Affairs, he said, and imagines the renovation costs to be somewhere between million and .5 million to house about 15 vets.

The decaying structure will be fully rehabilitated for the purpose of providing supportive housing to area homeless veterans, male or female.

"That’s awesome," said Vietnam vet Dave Cuellar. "President Obama was just talking last night about how homeless veterans are a national problem. I know most of these homeless people around here are veterans. I see them walk around and I just know there are vets and many of them are Natives. Our group that meets every other Friday at Don Diego’s used to take up a collection to help the down and out vets. It wasn’t that we wanted to do because it’s out of our pocket but somebody has to help them. This is great."

Cassandra Morgan, a former Marine, and vice president of the Collegiate Veterans Association at UNM-Gallup said it was good people were thinking about women vets also. "But a lot of these women vets have dependents. They’re single moms. Would dependents be allowed to stay there? A lot of these ladies won’t utilize this because dependents won’t be included. But it is great."

CARE 66 just closed on the building with former owner Steve Garcia and also just closed on the deal in buying the downtown Lexington Hotel at 408 West Highway 66. In addition, the organization houses about 16 people in the Frances House on Boyd Avenue in Gallup.

The old Carl’s TV building at 108 S. Strong needs some serious renovation. It is a two-story building, and the second story caught fire about 10 years ago, charring many of the main roof supports. The floor and walls have some fire damage, but the building looks sound. Because it is an old building, the group must consult with the state Historic Preservation Office and make sure the facade and windows help preserve the historic architecture.

"Historical preservation puts a lot of regulatory burden attached to grants," Tim Kelley, Chief Operating Officer of CARE 66 said. "I’m not complaining. It’s challenging."

The plans include renovation of the 13 rooms upstairs, a kitchenette, lounge area, common bathrooms, a lounge in the front. The organization is in the process of selecting an architect for the project and is scheduling construction to begin in September-October of this year.

"We will get contractors who do this work and ask them to give our clients a shot. If they don’t work out, that’s OK," Choudhrie said. "But we haven’t gotten to that stage yet."

Brown de Alvarez, Gaye. "Safe Haven for Vets." Gallup Independent. 27 Mar. 2009. <www.gallupindependent.com/2009/03March/032709safehaven.html>

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