Humboldt County News

The Winnemucca Recycling Center has requested Gap funding from the city council. The annual cost of operation for the center is $80,000 and the yearly recycling grant awards are made by the landfill committee in January. The funding will be enough to keep the center running until the yearly grants. With only $245 left in the bank for the month of December and two payrolls left, there is talk of closing the recycling center. However, the costs to close the center is significant. Another big concern is that people will continue to drop items off even after it is closed. Bill Sims, director of the Small Business Development Center, is helping the Recycling Center with a business plan.

A Big KWNA Tip of the hat to Officer Duco who retired from the Winnemucca Police Department after 8 ½ years on the force. The 11 year old Belgian Malinois along with all the on duty officers were present at Tuesday’s City Council meeting to commend the officer. During the 81/2 years of his service, Duco specialized as a narcotics canine and criminal apprehension. He was also recognized as the city’s ambassador and good for the department’s public relations. The city awarded Duco with his last mission ball to commemorate his years of outstanding service to the city of Winnemucca. Duco is being adopted from the city to his former handler Matt Morgan.

The UNLV architectural students have submitted their ideas for improving Winnemucca, specifically Haskell Street and the Riverwalk. Their efforts and ideas, which consist of beautifying the downtown area, were praised by the mayor and some council members during Tuesday’s meeting. Both projects are already funded and expect to go out for bid this summer.

Gold Canyon Resources Inc. is pleased to announce drill results from the resource conversion and delineation drilling program at the Cordero Gallium Project. Cordero is recognized as the largest known primary gallium occurrence in North America. Drilling in the C-15 zone has significantly expanded the known high grade gallium mineralization. The C-15 zone is named after drill hole C-15, completed in 2001, containing a 55 ft intercept, from 45 ft to 100 ft depth, with an average grade of 183 g/t gallium, that included a 25 ft intercept grading 266 g/t Ga. The high grade gallium mineralization in the C-15 Zone shows excellent continuity and remains open in three directions. The Company has recently concluded phase I of a reverse circulation delineation drilling program consisting of 72 drill holes for a total of 15,455 ft, with a nominal step-out spacing of 100 feet. Additional analytical results are pending for the C-15 Zone and for the NE Bradley Pits Area.

The Winnemucca Police Department is pleased to announce the promotion of Detective Matt Morgan to the rank of Sergeant. In a competitive testing held December 2-6, Detective Morgan achieved the high score to advance to the new position. Morgan’s promotion will become effective January 01. Morgan is a twelve year veteran of the Winnemucca Police Department and has served there in many different capacities including K9, DARE, SWAT, FTO, Background Investigator and two stints as Detective. The Winnemucca Police Department congratulates Sergeant Matt Morgan on this career achievement. I’m Eric Skye and you’re listening to KWNA News.

Caroling in the Park will be held on Friday at 7PM in Paul Vesco City Park. Come join neighbors and friends to celebrate the season by singing Christmas carols. Words to th song will be provided and hot chocolate will be served. Come and join the fun at this first time event and don’t forget to bring the family.

The December community breakfast will be held on Friday at 8am in Sid’s Restaurant. Superintendent Dr. Del Jarman will be the guest speaker. Guests are responsible for buuyin their own breakfast. For more information, please call Chelle Robinson at 623-1887