LOS PADILLAS COMMUNITY CENTER IN BERNALILLO COUNTY IS BACK OPEN AS OF TUESDAY. IT WAS CLOSED MONDAY AFTERNOON BECAUSE OF A NATURAL GAS LEAK. A COUNTY SPOKESMAN SAYS CREWS HAD THE GAS LINE FIXED BY MONDAY NIGHT.
ABOUT A DOZEN KIDS ARE ENROLLED IN THE CENTER'S PRESCHOOL PROGRAM … AND ANOTHER 20 CHILDREN ATTEND AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM THERE. THEY WERE ALL SENT TO MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY CENTER WHILE THE LEAK AND PIPE WERE BEING REPAIRED.