CARSON CITY, Nev., Sept. 11 -- Western Nevada College issued the following news release:

All 127 of his students in Winnemucca earned their commercial driver's licenses under his tutelage



Western Nevada College (WNC) has announced the retirement of Earl "Butch" Gordo, who has served as the college's Commercial Driver's License (CDL) instructor in Winnemucca for the past three years. Gordo leaves behind a program record that speaks for itself: a 100 percent pass rate among his students and a lasting scholarship fund built from his own paycheck.

When Gordo joined WNC's CDL program, he set a personal goal of helping 100 students earn their CDLs. He surpassed that mark, ultimately guiding 127 students to licensure. Every WNC student who tr...