Winnemucca Blog

The Infidel Bloggers Alliance has named Winnemucca-native US Army Pfc. Jessica Lynn Nicholson “Infidel Babe of the Week”:

Pfc. Jessica Lynn Nicholson, 21, a 1st Armored Division soldier with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 40th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade, Division Engineers, found out how true that adage is recently when she was working at a security checkpoint in Baghdad. The reason she, a tracked-vehicle mechanic, was assigned to the checkpoint was to search women.

“But, that day (about 9 a.m. on June 7) there were a lot of people gathering at this checkpoint and it was very busy. So, I was asked to search some men, too,” said Nicholson.

“While other soldiers were searching a car, the driver had stepped out of the car and I was searching the driver. He didn’t have any weapons on his person,” she said.

“The other soldiers checking the vehicle at first thought it was clear. Then one of the soldiers thought that something didn’t seem right. So, he searched the car again,” she added.

During the second search, the soldier spotted a grenade hidden behind the visor on the driver’s side. The soldier shouted, “Grenade!”

“I immediately got man down on the ground, face down, and I remember pressing his face into a sandbag,” Nicholson said.

She continued to hold him down until other soldiers came over and zip-cuffed the man. […]

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CCN Matthews:

Evolving Gold Corporation reports today that Meridian Gold Inc. has begun an initial round of reverse circulation drilling at the Winnemucca Mountain property in Nevada. Meridian Gold Inc. has obtained permits for construction of 21 drill sites over the epithermal gold vein system.

AP:

For the third month in a row, Nevada motorists enjoyed a double-digit drop in prices at the gas pumps this month but the cost already has started to rebound as next week’s Thanksgiving holiday approaches.

“In the past week, gas prices have started to inch upward,” said Michael Geeser, spokesman for AAA Nevada in Las Vegas.

Photo by caseyhelblin….

Associated Press:

Casinos in places that have banned smoking in gambling areas have suffered major revenue losses, though increased marketing and investment can lure customers back, a panel of experts told a gambling conference Tuesday.

Since the Canadian province of Ontario imposed a smoking ban in public places in May, casinos along the border with the United States have suffered a revenue drop of 10 percent to more than 20 percent, said Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. vice president Karl Gagesch.

“Short-term pain,” Gagesch said. “Long term, we think we’re going to be OK.”

Photo by myrtepeert.

KESQ 3:

A 22-year-old man has been killed in a single-vehicle rollover accident on a state highway about seven miles west of Winnemucca.

Cody Thomas Louk of Winnemucca was traveling westbound on State Route 289 near Rose Creek when the accident occurred about six o’clock Sunday morning.

Ken Lund:

The Humboldt County Courthouse in Winnemucca, Nevada. Taken on a trip to arrange for an apartment in Winnemucca. The old part of the courthouse is very impressive on the inside.

Photo by Ken Lund

From Craigslist:

I have an extra room for rent in Winnemucca. 350 a month, plus utilities.

Jobs from Yahoo! Jobs:

• Part-Time Merchandiser, REPS LLC
• International Police Officer, DynCorp International Inc

Associated Press:

Six people, including two children and their mother, were killed in three separate accidents on Northern Nevada highways over the weekend, authorities said.

All involved single-vehicle rollovers and were blamed in part on driver inattention, the Nevada Highway Patrol said Monday.

Nevada Appeal:

The total human West Nile cases in Nevada has reached 17, which is one less than last week because of a duplicate reporting out of Washoe. Carson City has had two cases. Last year, there weren’t any reported for Carson City.

Humboldt County is the highest with eight human cases, only two months into the West Nile virus season that stretches from July to October.

“Roughly 80 percent of those who are infected show no symptoms or very mild symptoms,” said health division spokeswoman Martha Framsted. “And in that case, you wouldn’t necessarily be sick enough to go to your doctor.”

About one in 150 experience the more severe form of the disease, West Nile encephalitis or meningitis or West Nile poliomyelitis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.