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Show Page 5 Tuesday July 3, 2007 The Signpost FOOu rf ""'"" w ' from front d from front supervisor Candy Stevens brought going," Fuchs said, "I had a really good time here at Weber cinnamon rolls to sell. "I wanted to support a great State, and I hope people enjoy cause," Stevens said, "and 1 want Sodexho. By tomorrow [June to see what I might buy today." 301 we will have our things out "I wanted to donate these," and be gone, and I hope we have said WSU student Kenee Moniot. adequately prepared everything "If I needed a transplant I would for them [Sodexho] to come in." hope that people would help As of July 2, Chartwells was me." Moniot created bouquets still in the process of leaving. of "flower pens" and decorated Some students seem to several hats and wreaths for the welcome the change in food sale. Despite not knowing Watkins service providers. personally, Moniot said she was "A lot of students that I glad to help him. "It's just the right have spoken with thought that thing to do." Chartwells was too expensive," Not everyone involved in said Chris Foote, night manager the event was a WSU student or of the Student Union Building, faculty. Thirteen-year-old Brayden "and so they go elsewhere to Antonich got out of bed early to eat if they have a chance. I've help set up for the sale. only personally eaten here at "My mom just woke me up," Weber five times in my entire Antonich said, "but I'm happy college career. Hopefully the to be here." Antonich's aunt and new company can do something grandmother also helped by to entice students to eat at donating several items for the school." fundraiser. Although the sale was a success, You can reach refX)rters Misty Evans Meyer said that there is still a lot and Molly Bennett by calling 626of money to be raised. The total 7655 amount raised for Watkins is still only around $11,000. Despite d from front having so far still to go, Meyer remains optimistic. "We're trying of 2007. Several researchers to do something each month," report on techniques for Meyer said. "We did a garage improving developmental sale in May which raised about programs. Statistics showing $3,600 and we will be holding the importance of mandatory several raffles in July." She said Accuplacer testing; help she has been impressed with the generosity WSU students, faculty outside the classroom, such and alumni have shown. "It's that as supplemental instruction kind of spirit at Weber that keeps and tutoring and study skill me here." workshops and freshman orientations are Watkins has been a WSU seminar employee since 1983. He was documented for those diagnosed with liver cancer in readers who would like more 2005. Since then, his medical information. insurance coverage has been Ostlie gave this advice to depleted by surgeries, doctors visits and medication. He is now struggling Math students: faced with the task of raising the "You don't become a good $60,000 his transplant will cost. skier by watching it on television. Donations can be made at You don't become a great pianist the WSU Credit Union under the by watching concerts. You must "Watkins Transplant fund." For practice, practice, practice. This more information on how to get involved in the fundraising efforts, isn't a course where you just or to donate raffle items, contact memorize a bunch of facts and Cindy Meyer at 626-7289 or by e- formulas. You have to put in the mail at cmeyer@weber.edu. hard work." You can reach reporter Stevenson by calling Shane 626-7655 You can reach reporter Burningham by calling Lori 626-7655 Florida Gators' Big 3' taken in top 10 "Their selections tonight are a true testament of how hard they've NEW YORK _ At a quiet spot in worked/' UF Coach Billy Donovan midtown Manhattan on Wednes- said in a statement. "To have three day, three old teammates savored players selected in the first nine picks of the NBA draft is truly another few moments together. Ex-Gators Joakim Noah, Al Hor- incredible." "Truly incredible" ford and Corey Brewer laughed at would identify the the old jokes, reflected on the old last two calenstories, and wondered about their dar years for future. Inside them, unspoken all these players, night, lay a frightening question: When would they find a time and who establish a place to enjoy an evening like this one of the greatest legaagain? "We're always going to keep in cies in coltouch," Brewer said. "We never talk lege basketabout not seeing each other. But ball's last 30 it's going to be a little weird. It's an seasons. They adjustment because we were so won 68 games over that stretch, close." Southeastern Thursday night, Florida's "04's" two Conference tournament became the NBA "07's" during the and NCAA Tournament champiNBA draft at Madison Square Garonships, and a spot in the "greatest den's WaMu Theater. Horford went third to the Hawks, Brewer seventh team ever" debate. Horford, Brewer and Noah, along to the Timberwolves, and Noah ninth to the Bulls; together, they be- with point guard Taurean Green, came the first troika of teammates spent almost every instant of that selected in the top 10 of the same time together, as roommates, classdraft. mates and teammates on the court. Today, they'll split up to establish a pro legacy with teams in Atlanta, Minnesota and Chicago. "It's a new beginning for all of us," con tin uedfrom page 2 Horford said. "We're excited. We had B L A s THG|T £•<- D1 SA AP ST a great time at Florida. But it's time A 1 S L EIO I L | A D E T E R H O I N OIT E M P O for us to go our separate ways." 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You may qualify Call (435) 893-2232 or (435) 893-2228 www.snow.edu Three picks passed, and then the Timberwolves tapped Brewer. Then Noah sat alone, his jitters growing with each passing second. He had passed the time since Horford's selection by chatting with Brewer. Now Brewer was gone, and his absence added to his nerves. "When he wasn't there and I couldn't joke around with him," Noah said later, "those moments felt so long. But I'm really happy for all those guys." And they were happy for him 10 minutes later, when the Bulls added him with the ninth selection. Noah held his hands together in a prayerful pose as Commissioner David Stern announced his name, then buried his arm in the shoulder of his mother, Cecilia Rhode. Noah held a press conference later and, after listing his achievements and his family, labeled himself a candidate for luckiest person in the world. Sometime in the next few months, without his buddies flanking him, he might feel like the loneliest. Horford. Noah and Brewer were classmates, roommates and teammates. In the quiet Wednesday night, they promised they'd stay friends. And on a lord Thursday, they celebrated each r dier's accomplishments. "All this means a tot," Noah said. "I'm really proud of my teammates. This is such an exciting time for all of us." E D E D O[NM • PjL A S P|P|E|R[S T O T A 1 L • V 1 E 1 T • LA 1 o N i c E|E W E I N O L w Y A|T|T|S|N|LHO E L s 1 draft for in-state players. FSU's Al Thornton was picked 14th by the Los Angeles Clippers, giving the state of Florida four college players among the NBA lottery selections. But Thursday night at the corner of 8th Avenue and West 31st Street, about a mile from where Noah lived as a teenager, belonged to UF's Big Three. The NBA included them among the 15 players invited to watch the draft, and they sat with their families at a cluster of tables just below the stage. Each sported a suit _ Brewer wore gray, Horford donned a black suit with a white tie, and Noah flared out his hair and sported a seersucker suit and bow tie. They laughed with their parents as Greg Oden and Kevin Durant went first and second, clearing the way for a Gators parade. Horford went first, earning hugs from his two friends on the way to the stage. Horford delivered a Gator chomp as he strolled across that stage; below, his father Tito waved a small Dominican Republic flag. BAGHDAD - Iraqi civilian deaths in Baghdad dropped significantly in June, a possible indication that recent American military operations around the country and raids on car-bomb shops in the "belts" ringing the capital are starting to pay off. But June also marked the end of the bloodiest quarter for U.S. troops since the war began in March 2003. Unofficial figures compiled by McClatchy Newspapers' show 189 Iraqis, including police and government security forces, were killed in the capital through Friday, a drop of nearly two thirds since this year's high in February, when 520 were killed. The average monthly death toll of Iraqis in Baghdad was 410 from December through May. The downturn in civilian deaths in Baghdad, should the figures hold, could arm Lt. Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, with the kind of results he needs to forestall pressure to set timetables on troop withdrawals. He is scheduled to deliver a progress report on the war to Congress in September. Securing the capital remains the U.S. military's top priority. The trade-off for the decline in civilian deaths in Baghdad may be high U.S. casualties. The Web site icasualties.org tallied 101 U.S. soldiers killed in June, one of the deadliest months in Iraq for American forces. This raised to 330 the number of U.S. troops killed in the last three months. The U.S. military, having added 28,500 additional forces, are now at full "surge" strength of 150,000 and are engaged in high-profile military campaigns to pacify the country.' U.S. commanders warn a higher body count is in the offing, as forces step up fighting this summer. Forty-four of the U.S. casualties in June occurred in Baghdad, caused mostly by roadside bombs - five of them Thursday in an attack involving a roadside bomb, gunfire and grenades in Baghdad's southern TEETH I N A DAY TODAYTEETH.COM 888-900-GRIN 24hrs/day for FREE REPORT & DVD Hamblin Dental Implants, Aesthetics & Sedation Rasheed district. Seven soldiers an explanation of the Sadr City were wounded, the military attacks. He also said U.S. and said. Iraqi forces need to seek the govBut the same U.S.-led surge ernment's permission to launch that is taking the fight to insur- raids in Baghdad. gents in Iraq is apparently still Garver said U.S. forces atplacing civilians in the cross- tacked because the targets were fire. members of a "secret cell netAt least 22 Iraqi citizens have work" linked to Iran, "not bedied, mostly outside the capital, cause of their affiliation with a during U.S. clashes with Sunni militia or whatever." insurgents and Shiite militia Also on Saturday, two U.S. over the past eight days, accord- soldiers were charged with the ing to Iraqi police reports. The murdering three Iraqis, the U.S. U.S. military does not disclose military said. the numbers of Iraqi civilians The soldiers are accused of killed by American troops, de- killing three Iraqis in separate spite repeated requests from incidents, then planting weapMcClatchy. ons on the victims' remains, Civilian deaths seemingly the military said in a statement. are inevitable in urban guerilla Fellow soldiers reported the alwarfare that pits U.S. forces leged crimes, which took place against fighters who live among between April and June in the vithe population. U.S. military of- cinity of Iskandariyah, 30 miles ficials say they are sensitive to south of Baghdad, it said. potential backlash that could The U.S. military on Saturenflame anti-American opposi- day identified the soldiers as tion here. Staff Sgt. Michael Hensley from But civilian deaths occur. U.S. Chandler, N.C., and Spc. Jorge military officials said two pre- Sandoval from Laredo, Texas. dawn raids Saturday in ShiiteHensley is charged with three dominated Sadr City in eastern counts each of premeditated Baghdad killed 26 "terrorists" murder, obstructing justice and and captured 17 Fighters with "wrongfully placing weapons links to Iran. U.S. forces said with the remains of deceased they opened fire on fighters detonating roadside bombs or fir- Iraqis," the military said. He was ing guns and rocket-propelled placed in military confinement grenades from buildings and in Kuwait on ThursdaySandoval faces one count from behind parked cars. each of premeditated murder No U.S. casualties were re- and placing a weapon with the ported. remains of a dead Iraqi, a stateU.S. forces "were in the midment said. He was taken into dle of multisided firefight engaging enemy fighters," in Sadr custody Tuesday while at home City, said U.S. Army spokesman in Texas, and was transferred to Lt. Col. Christopher Garver. "We military confinement in Kuwait saw no evidence of any civilian three days later, it said. The U.S. military also is incasualties." vestigating the June 22 killings Iraqi police, however, reportof 17 people in a U.S. helicopter ed late Saturday that four Iraqi attack in Khalis, 30 miles north civilians were killed, and six injured during the American-led of Baghdad. Residents say the victims were not fighters from attack. Sadr City is the sprawling al-Qaida in Iraq, as the military stronghold of anti-American originally claimed, but memShiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, bers of a village guard force and where residents widely regard civilians. The killings took place during his Mahdi Army militiamen as the opening days of Operation freedom fighters. 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