The Bloomfield Athletic Department hosted Veterans Appreciation Day before the Bloomfield-Grants football game Friday, Oct. 31, at Bobcat Stadium. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
The Bloomfield Athletic Department hosted Veterans Appreciation Day before the Bloomfield-Grants football game Friday, Oct. 31, at Bobcat Stadium. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)

Tony DeHerrera, Bloomfield school board president, welcomed and thanked the family of the late Richard Platero, a Navajo Code Talker, during Veterans Appreciation Day on Friday, Oct. 31, at Bobcat Stadium. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Tony DeHerrera, Bloomfield school board president, welcomed and thanked the family of the late Richard Platero, a Navajo Code Talker, during Veterans Appreciation Day on Friday, Oct. 31, at Bobcat Stadium. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)