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  • Ex-Luna leader faces bias claim

    The director of the Luna Community College Foundation has filed a discrimination complaint against the school’s former interim president, Gilbert Sena.

    Sena is the second former Luna leader now facing a sexual harassment claim. His predecessor, Leroy “Huero” Sanchez, is also the target of a complaint.

    Foundation Director Diana Abeyta, whose last day is today, submitted the grievance to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on May 19.

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  • Residents walk at anti-cancer event

    Peter and Sylvia Garduo had a reason to keep walking around the Highlands University track over the weekend.

    They were honoring Stephanie Griego, who has been diagnosed with cancer. They were among the many taking part in the eighth annual Relay for Life event, which was held at Perkins Stadium.

    Sylvia said her mother and father both died of cancer, and the couple said they have also lost other beloved relatives to the disease. She and her husband said they hope a cure will be found one day soon.

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  • College trustees select bidder for field renovation

    Luna Community College has picked a company to improve one of the city’s ball fields at Rodriguez Park, where the school’s softball team is expected to play next year.

    The Board of Trustees last week unanimously voted for the low bidder, Las Vegas’ Franken Construction, which came in at $81,000. The other bidder, Bosque Farms-based Lone Mountain Construction, submitted a $93,000 bid.

    Under an April agreement with the city, Luna is required to provide topsoil for the field, expand dugouts and make other improvements.

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  • Complex remains school's property

    An $11.5 million multipurpose educational complex remains Luna Community College’s top priority for funding.

    This week, the college’s Board of Trustees approved a five-year capital projects plan. The college has been trying to secure money for the complex for five years, and it’s now $4 million away from getting all the funding, as long as voters statewide pass a general obligation bond in November.

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  • Hospital ordered to negotiate

    In its struggle with Alta Vista Regional Hospital, a union has won every single legal battle since the spring of 2007. Last week, that win streak continued.

    The National Labor Relations Board, in a June 30 opinion, ordered the private hospital to bargain with District 1199 of the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees. The agency has ruled that the hospital had broken federal law by refusing to sit down with labor.

    The decision was in response to the union’s filing of an unfair labor practices complaint.

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  • Woman acquires sculpted body

    The shedding of 20 percent of one’s body weight can be daunting, but when such a loss, for a woman who stands at five-feet, is planned, then it’s called “training.”

    The statistics for Felicia Armijo: 21 years old; five feet tall; previous weight, 117 pounds; current weight, six months later, 97.

    Felicia, the twin of Francheska and older sister to Seth, 15, Victoria, 13, and Darian, 12, is the daughter of Darren and Darlene Armijo of Las Vegas.

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  • Times publisher pleads guilty

    Las Vegas newspaper publisher Chris Lopez pleaded guilty Tuesday to graffiti in connection with the vandalizing of an Optic employee’s car.

    Lopez entered into a plea agreement to a reduced charge of unauthorized graffiti in Magistrate Court. He was ordered to perform 100 hours of community service at the city’s solid waste department, donate $100 to the Las Vegas-San Miguel Crime Stoppers organization and pay a fine of $500, which was deferred.

    Lopez was also given a 180-day deferred jail term and ordered to pay $67 in court costs.

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  • Police: Man had crack in his car

    A man who was arrested in June on a drug trafficking charge has found himself in hot water less than a month later, police said.

    According to a criminal complaint, a Las Vegas police officer stopped Walter Padilla, 52, 410 Perez St., Saturday afternoon. Padilla was in a car parked near the north entrance of the Inn of Las Vegas; an open bottle of beer in the car was in plain view, police said.

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  • Campos takes Luna's reins

    Pete Campos has been on the job for a week and is settling into his new job as the president of Luna Community College.

    “Change is going to come through the teachings, and the teachings that I bring are going to be the daily lessons of patience, discovery and observations,” said Campos, a state senator and former superintendent of the Las Vegas City Schools.

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  • State changes way licenses issued

    The state Motor Vehicle Division is deploying a new system to produce and issue drivers’ licenses, identification cards and permits at a secure, central location, officials said.

    This means that applicants for driver’s licenses, permits and IDs will leave field offices with paper cards. Their new permanent cards will be mailed to them and should be received within two weeks from the date. However, due to security checks and mail delivery, it could take longer. That’s why the paper extension card is good for 45 days.

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