The Winnemucca Police Department is pleased to announce that Sergeant Mike Pardovich has successfully completed a specialized course of instruction in Criminal Investigation. Sponsored by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and instructed by the Public Agency Training Council, the course covered such topics as investigation of injuries, death, homicide and sexual battery cases. Post-mortem examinations were also covered, as was the skills and knowledge to bring such cases to a successful conclusion. According to Sergeant Pardovich this multi disciplinary training was conducted with the view that every ounce of collective energy can be funneled in the victim’s direction for a successful resolution. To that end, each student was trained to receive the specialized knowledge and skills which are needed to conduct a thorough and meticulous investigation concerning suspected criminal activity. Sergeant Pardovich will be assuming the post of Detective Sergeant on January 1st,  when current Detective Sergeant Ed Kilgore takes his new post as Sheriff of Humboldt County.

Tornado Gold International Corp. is pleased to announce additional geophysical synopsis of the Company's Nevada properties was completed by Wright Geophysics, Inc. The purpose of the synopsis is to review the regional geophysical setting for each of the properties using published gravity and magnetic data derived from the U.S. Geological Survey Nevada database. Combined with available geology and mineral occurrence information, this study provides a basis for subsequent property scale work. On the NT Green Property in Lander County, A total of 266 lode claims comprise the NT Green Property. It is located about 40 miles southwest of Battle Mountain, about 8 miles south of the operating Pipeline complex of mines, and about 4 miles west-southwest of the recently discovered Cortez Hills and Pediment deposits that are currently being developed by Barrick. The property falls on a gravity high in the Pipeline-Toiyabe Corridor. Paleozoic sedimentary rocks of various ages are exposed on the property in an erosional window through Tertiary volcanic rocks. Magnetic data indicate an intrusion along the eastern boundary of the property that may be the source of gold mineralization. Detailed aeromagnetic data acquired by Tornado Gold in late 2005 and announced in a news release last year confirms the presence of widespread Paleozoic sedimentary rocks and discovered evidence for the existence of a number north trending dikes traversing the property. The Company believes that these features are all favorable indicators that a gold deposit may exist at the NT Green Property, thus further exploration is in order to determine if such deposit is possible. On the Horseshoe Basin Property in Lander County, A total of 50 lode claims comprise the Horseshoe Basin Property. It is located about 30 miles south of Battle Mountain. The property is situated at a prominent westward bend in the south trending Virgin Fault Corridor. The Corridor runs from Copper Basin, the site of Newmont's 6 million ounce Phoenix gold and copper deposit, to the Fortitude gold deposit, and passes through the Horseshoe Basin Property. Intrusive rocks, similar to those found at the McCoy gold deposit and the Cove gold-silver deposit, are seen at the surface on the property and are inferred at depth. Tornado Gold believes that such intrusions are intimately associated with all of the significant gold and copper deposits in this area although, without further exploration of this property, there can be no assurance that any gold deposit exists or that it will be discovered at the Horseshoe Basin Property.

Shoppers looking for that last minute gift idea for the outdoors man or woman in their life may want to consider the Nevada Wildlife Record Book and its companion Field Guide. Published by the Nevada Record Book Committee, these books document the history of big game hunting in the Silver State. In their pages, readers will find stories detailing the hunts for Nevada’s largest elk, bighorn sheep, mule deer and other big game species. Hunters looking for a specific place they might want to hunt can search these books for those areas that seem to constantly produce large animals. For the sportsman interested in learning more about the big game scoring process, copies of the scoring sheets for the state record animals are included. While these books are generally sold as a set, they can also be purchased separately. The set sells for $85, but separately the record Book sells for $55 and the Field Guide for $30. Our local NDOW office is located at 815 East 4th Street.