Mayor Paul Vesco reads the Oath of Office to Winnemucca Police Officer Rudy Garcia Monday at City Hall.
Humboldt County News
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Winnemucca Police Department hires another veteran office
Winnemucca Police Department happily announced that their newest officer has completed POST Certification.
The newest officer on the Winnemucca Police Department is Rudy Garcia. Garcia formally completed his police academy training on Friday, November 17, at a graduation ceremony held in Carson City. Garcia graduated from the four-month-long Nevada Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Academy with high honors. The POST Academy instructs the new cadets in all aspects of a law enforcement career.
Officer Garcia became the last Winnemucca Police Officer to have the honor of being sworn into office by Mayor Paul Vesco. Mayor Vesco has been swearing in new police officers for the past twenty years. During that time every new WPD Officer has started his career by repeating the "Oath of Office" as recited by the Mayor.
Mayor Paul Vesco reads the Oath of Office to Winnemucca Police
Officer Rudy Garcia Monday at City Hall.
Following this swearing in procedure Officer Garcia will go into the Police Department’s Field Training Program or FTO training. During the next three and a half months Garcia will be taught how to implement all the skills he learned at the POST Academy in an intensive period of on the job training. Working alongside veteran Winnemucca Police Officers who have been certified by the State as Filed Training Officers, Garcia will be evaluated daily to ensure he meets the high marks required of a Winnemucca Police Officer.
Garcia will make his home here in Winnemucca along with his wife and children. Garcia brings many years of experience to the job. He served as a United States Marine, he is a five year veteran of the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, where he worked in the Detention Facility, and most recently for three years as a Department of Corrections Correctional Officer. The Winnemucca Police Department congratulates Officer Garcia on his POST Academy accomplishments and welcomes him back to our community.
Winnemucca Mayor Paul Vesco (right) congratulates Winnemucca
Police Officer Rudy Garcia. Garcia was the last
WPD Officer to be sworn in by Vesco before his retirement. (photos
courtesy of Winnemucca Police Department)
McDermitt Man charged with DUI-2
Sheriff's Deputies responded to investigate a driver near McDermitt after two calls came in, one report of reckless driving on US 95 and the second, a report of an accident in McDermitt at the Ideal Market. It turned out that both calls involved the same vehicle.
Deputies found Louella Pete behind the wheel of a vehicle which had been involved in an accident at the market in McDermitt. Further investigation led to her arrest for driving under the influence. A records check turned up a previous DUI conviction within the last 7 years, so Pete was charged with DUI-2. Pete was also charged with driving with a revoked driver's license. Three other occupants of the vehicle were also charged with misdemeanor open container in a vehicle and disturbing the peace; they were Harlan Pete, Larry Tom and Gaylene Tom.
Assistant Superintendent Mike Bumgartner
announces
changes to School Improvement Planning process
At this weeks' Humboldt County School Board meeting, Assistant Superintendent, Mike Bumgartner announced that the District is changing the way schools do the self-evaluation process that results in each years' School Improvement Plan. In past years, each school has formed a School Improvement Committee, and then evaluated their school's progress, set goals, and noted areas in need of improvement. Principals and assistant principals from each school have presented those School Improvement Plans in great detail at a school board meeting. In past years, that process of School Improvement Plan presentation has taken the better part of half a dozen school board meetings, but that presentation process has allowed the board an in-depth look at each of the schools.
Bumgartner said the administrators will no longer present their school improvement plans to the School Board.
Assistant Superintendent Mike Bumgartner announced to the School Board this week that the decision has been made to change the School Improvement Plan process. Rather than each school coming up with their own way to put together the plan, all schools will now use the same form and framework for their self evaluation and plan development. Each school will go through the same five evaluation and planning steps.
Bumgartner said when the plans are completed, the administrators bring the plans to him and he reviews them using a rubric that checks each step of the evaluation and planning and measures whether it contains what is needed to actually bring about the improvement in areas identified as needing improvement. He said he goes through each step and gives guidance about anything additional that should be in each section. Then the administrators and school improvement committees have the opportunity to make any changes or additions necessary.
Bumgartner said, "By having common form and structure for the actual plans, I think this will help our schools write better school improvement plans."
GBC Elko hosts National League of Nursing
Accreditation Commission Evaluation Committee
The Great Basin College Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program hosted evaluators from the National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission (NLNAC) during a recent visit to the Elko college campus. NLNAC is recognized as a specialty accrediting agency for nursing education by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. The Commission accredits the five types of post-secondary and higher degree education nursing programs in the country. NLNAC accreditation assures rigor and quality across all levels of nursing practice, from professional to advanced practice.
The NLNAC accreditation visit was the last step in the process that affirms the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program's full accreditation status. During the three-day visit, the evaluators met with about 40 individuals from the college and community including registered nurses currently enrolled in the program. The site visit was very successful according to Great Basin College Health Sciences Department and Bachelor of Science in Nursing Progeram Director, Dr. Margaret Puccinelli, who said, "The evaluators recommended initial accreditation of our Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program for the maximum of 5 years based on the program's compliance with all accreditation standards."
Puccinelli noted that the college's Associate of Applied Science in Nursing Program hosted a similar accreditation visit in 2003 and was approved for continuing accreditation until 2011.
An informational session about Great Basin College's Certified Nursing, Associate of Applied Science in Nursing and Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing Programs will be held on January 4, 2007, from 7-8 p.m. in the Health Sciences Building on the Elko campus, room 109. The event will begin at 7:00 p.m.
The three programs prepare students for different levels of health care provision. The Certified Nursing course provides students with the classroom, lab and clinical experience to prepare them to take the State Certified Nursing Assistant Examination. A CNA licensee qualifies for an entry-level position in the health care industry. It also opens the door to further study and advancement in health care.
The Associate of Applied Science in Nursing integrates courses in nursing with general education requirements in a variety of areas, lab and clinical experience are offered on campus and at the Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital, long-term health care centers and other community health facilities.
GBC's Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree provides a high-quality and innovative educational opportunity for Registered Nurses. Graduates will be prepared for enhanced practice and leadership in a variety of rural health care settings. Students may be admitted to the program after having completed an approved Associate of Applied Science degree program in nursing. Many practicing nurses have chosen to return for the BSN degree. The program has been designed to make it possible for working professionals to complete the degree in a timely manner. For more information on the nursing programs at Great Basin College, call 775-753-2301.
Reduced holiday hours at GBC
Services at Great Basin College will be reduced during the week between Christmas and New Year's Day, December 26 through 29. During that time, most college services will be unavailable and the college will be closed on Christmas and New Year's Day.
On-line registration for spring, 2007 courses will be available continuously during the reduction in services. Normal operations will resume on Tuesday, January 2, 2007. Most spring classes begin on January 22.