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Residents north of Las Vegas have complained since 2006 about a number of modulars that a church placed on its property, a problem a member says will be taken care of soon.

Seventh-Day Adventist Church member Nancy Kanode said the church would use the remaining nine modulars as part of its new building at its property on Hot Springs Boulevard, across the way from Luna Community College. The church will start laying the foundation in April or May, she said.

Kanode said the project has been delayed because of the amount of state requirements for construction.

Luna Community College has the potential of getting nearly $5 million for capital improvements as the result of the legislative session earlier this year. The cost of lobbying for that money was “unbelievably low,” an official says.

Sigfredo Maestas, Luna’s interim president, praised the work of Leroy “Huero” Sanchez, a temporary employee who served as the college’s lobbyist from October to February.

The costs associated with having a lobbyist amounted to a little less than $18,000.

Alex Sanchez told Robertson High School students last week that he has been shot, spent time in prison and was a person who got satisfaction from hurting others.

He was in Las Vegas on behalf of the United World College and the Las Vegas Peace and Justice Center to spread the word that there is a better and much safer way to lead one’s life.

A district judge lowered the bail for a Cleveland, N.M., man who is accused of sexual assaulting children in three cases.

Judge Eugenio Mathis lowered Clifford Gutierrez’s bond from $1 million to $300,000. That means Gutierrez, 34, will have to come up with 10 percent in cash, or $30,000, or provide real property worth $300,000 in collateral, the judge said.

If Gutierrez is able to get out of jail, he would be barred from living in San Miguel or Mora counties, Mathis said.