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1 HOBBS NEWS-SUN SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2012 LOCAL & STATE 3. Mark the date T O D AY recent tour with Josh Groban at First United Methodist Church. Lovington City Hall. This meeting is open to the public. Educational retireees Jewish Pioneer exhibit Lea County Fair Board The Lea County Association of Educational Retirees will meet at Jewish Pioneers of New Mexico The Lea County Fair Board will the Lea County Center for the Arts, will be on display at the meet at 6 at the Lea County 122 W. Broadway in Hobbs. Lunch Scarborough Memorial Library Fairgrounds in Lovington. is at 11:30. The Hobbs members on the USW campus, located at 6610 N. Lovington Highway in will be providing the food and drink for this gathering. Carol Hobbs, throughout the month of Women's golf association Hammond, recently retired direc- March. The 30-panel display Ocotillo women's golf association tor of the Center, will present the details the day-to-day life of is having its annual sign-up day program, in which she will high- Jewish immigrants who arrived meeting from 9 to 10 at light the history of the to what would become New the Ocotillo Club House, West of Commission and the work of the Mexico between 1921 and 1917.

2 The Lovington Highwa. They will artist of the month. All Lea County A public reception will be held at play golf after the meeting. All retired educators and their spous- the Scarborough Memorial area ladies wishing to play golf es are invited to attend. Library Atrium on March 11, 2012 with a group of fun ladies are from 2 - 4 with Dr. Noel invited to join. For more informa- Pugach, a professor emeritus and tion call Sharon Sagerty at 575- Lovington VFW dance historian at the University of New 441-7812 or Joyce Tilley at 575- The Lovington VFW dance, one Mexico, providing a lecture. 392-4673. mile north of Lovington on the Tatum Highway, will be from 7- 9:30 Cost is $5 per person Lea County Archers Girls Scouts with potluck refreshments. The The Lea County Archers will have The Girl Scouts will celebrate their Class Act will play.

3 Their monthly shoot. Start time is 100th anniversary at 11 8 Cut off time for signing up at the Girl Scout Program 1 The shoot will be held at Center, 522 E. Broadway. There Open house the White Hills Archery Range on will be food and then a parade to SUBMITTED PHOTO the Eunice highway. For more City Hall to receive a mayor's Hobbs Masonic Lodge, 2400 N. Lea Regional Medical Center staff recently gathered to celebrate passing a Transitional Jefferson, by the Scottish Rite is hav- information call James Dean at proclamation. Care Unit survey. Pictured from left are Dawn Bliss, RN; Sami Harrison, RN; Kirk Roeske, ing an open house from 9-11 441-3469 or Jimmy King at 390- registered dietician; Kathy Sowers, administrator; Veronica Garcia, physical therapist; and 0068. GUIDELINES. Kathryn Hoover, occupational therapist. S U N D AY M O N D AY READERS ARE WELCOME to sub- mit items to Mark the Date cal- endar.

4 The event should have a LEA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Southwest Symphony Lovington Commission local connection and be open to Southwest Symphony Orchestra The Lovington City Commission the public. E-mail items to edi- Transitional Care Unit gets will feature Lisa Liu fresh off her will meet at 5:30 in perfect marks on review Former treasurer who stole NEWS-SUN REPORT. Lea Regional Medical Center's Transitional Care Unit recently passed an unannounced and stay in the hospital, yet still require round the clock skilled nursing, and other supportive care before returning home or to other living millions struggling to pay fine rigorous state recertification survey with fly- arrangements. Because the TCU is part of the ALBUQUERQUE (AP) once, in October 2010. prison, arguing that he was ing colors. hospital, every service provided by the hospital Former New Mexico state If Montoya gets a job or the most culpable of those The hospital's TCU is a separately licensed is available to TCU residents as needed.

5 Treasurer Michael Montoya starts receiving unemploy- involved in a long-running cor- long-term care unit also called a skilled nurs- admitted to stealing millions ment benefits, he must inform ruption scheme that also took The TCU provides a valuable service to of dollars while he was in ing facility, which is the same designation given patients by allowing them extra time in the hos- the probation office or the down his successor in the trea- to nursing homes located within the hospi- office, but now he's struggling Attorney's Office and submit a surer's office, Robert Vigil. pital to recover from an illness or injury, said to pay off a $25,000 fine tal. Kathy Sowers, director of the TCU. new verified financial affi- But Montoya pleaded guilty imposed on him by a federal davit. within two months of his The TCU successfully passed the New Mexico Sowers said the team approach to care on the judge.

6 The court had been consider- Department of Health's re-survey inspection TCU involves the resident and family. arrest and testified extensive- with zero deficiencies in patient care or envi- The Albuquerque Journal ing whether Montoya was ly against others. For each resident, we create a plan to help reports ( ) complying with the conditions ronment of care. That cooperation, including them get back to the best possible health, as that there was almost nothing of his release. It really demonstrates our commitment to quickly as possible, she said. testimony at Vigil's two trials, left of the money Montoya If he fails to cooperate, his excellence in providing quality care and ongo- helped win him a reduced sen- ing compliance with the rigorous standards, Sowers also noted that in her career as an took by the time the FBI wages and his wife's wages administrator of skilled nursing facilities and caught up with him in 2006.

7 Tence. said Tim Thornell, chief executive officer of may be garnished. Lea Regional. We have an exceptional team of facilities like Lea Regional's TCU, she has only Now out of prison after fin- In addition to the fine, ALL SHOWS BEFORE 6 PM ($ ) EXCEPT 3D. professionals who have a gift for caregiving and had the pleasure of a zero deficiency survey ishing a 40-month sentence for Montoya was required to for- enjoy the opportunity to make a difference in one other time. an extortion conviction, feit property he bought with the residents' lives. Most of the employees in Judy Parks, acting director of the DOH's divi- Montoya is out of work, the kickback money and spend TCU have been there for quite some time, as sion of Health Improvement, said only about 10 although his wife is working. five years on supervised they appreciate the work and the environ- percent of the state's facilities receive a zero So far, he has paid about release after getting out of *DR.

8 SEUSS THE LORAX 3D. deficiency recertification each year. (11:45 2:25) 7:00 9:00 PG . ment. $8,000 of the fine imposed on prison. Restitution, interest Lea Regional's TCU provides transitional care I am really glad they can maintain their him, but has a balance of just and penalties were not *DR. SEUSS THE LORAX 2D. for patients who have completed their acute standing and compliance, Parks said. over $17,000. imposed at the time the fine (4:30) PG . Although he was ordered to was imposed. *JOHN CARTER 3D. pay $700 a month toward the Prosecutors had hoped the (11:20 2:45) 6:05 PG13 . Sunland Park election results certified fine, a court filing says that he has managed that amount just court would give Montoya at least six years in federal *JOHN CARTER 2D. 9:15 PG13 . SUNLAND PARK (AP) Sims, had said earlier in the day seek to be appointed mayor if *PROJECT X.

9 Elections officials in Sunland that he was hoping to find a way Salinas is unable to be sworn in (11:30 2:00 4:10) 7:25 9:30 R . Park on Friday certified results to have Salinas sworn in at and the seat is declared empty. Massive jury pool expected for sentencing from this week's bizarre elec- another location, but Duran, *SILENT HOUSE. Meanwhile, investigations SANTA FE (AP) A massive each will be individually inter- (11:40 2:20 4:45) 7:00 9:30 R . tions, but the border town's who was in town for the vote continue into allegations of jury pool is expected to begin viewed throughout the day. newly elected and newly indict- canvassing, said there are no widespread voter fraud in the descending on Santa Fe on ACT OF VALOR. The jury selected will decide (11:20 2:00 4:30) 7:20 9:45 R . ed mayor may not be able to exceptions to the rules.

10 Town. And the state auditor con- Friday to decide between a whether to sentence Michael take office. The official canvass showed tinues his probe of the city's sentence of life or death for a Paul Astorga to life in prison *JOURNEY 2 3D. Secretary of State Dianna Salinas won with 644 votes to finances. man convicted of killing a or the death penalty for killing (11:30 2:20 4:45) 7:00 9:30 PG . Duran said the law requires 556 for Hernandez and 66 for a On Thursday, a third person Bernalillo County deputy. Deputy James McGrane Jr. that all elected city officials be third candidate, Jose Luis *GHOST RIDER. was arrested on voting fraud The state District Court jury during a traffic stop in 2006. SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE 3D. sworn in by the city council. Hernandez. charges. clerk's office mailed out more (11:20 2:30) 7:10 9:40 PG13 . The jury selection process is That ceremony is scheduled Duran said Salinas has up to Former Sunland Park City than 3,100 jury questionnaires expected to take up to two months.