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Show VOL 86 . ISSUE 8 THE TUESDAY JULY 28, 2015 WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY Professor wins athletic trainer award By KARISSA WANG END OF WSU PREP CAMP page 8 WWW.WSUSIGNPOST.COM Ogden Pioneer Days Davis reporter | @karissawang Weber State University received national attention last month as Valerie Herzog, director of the WSU Graduate Athletic Training Program, was named one of the 2015 Most Distinguished Athletic Trainers by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association. “The Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer award recognizes NATA members who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to leadership, volunteer service, advocacy and distinguished professional activities as an athletic trainer,” reads the NATA See HERZOG page 3 N EWS IN BRIEF Weber State In a release from the Weber State Parking Services office, the A8 parking lot will reopen for use on Tuesday after being closed for nearly a week. The release said that the parking lot and the Central Campus Drive roadway had been closed since last Wednesday while the roadway was being demolished. The roadway will also reopen on Tuesday and will be controlled by the contractor to allow traffic in and out as they finish repaving the street. (Left) Children eating icecream bars as they sit on the sidewalk and await the Ogden Pioneer Days parade on Friday, July 24. (Above) Ogden Pioneer Days royalty participate in the Pioneer Day parade on Friday, See more on page 7 PHOTOS BY EMILY CROOKS | THE SIGNPOST Ogden Two men were shot in front of a Madison Avenue house Saturday morning in a gang-related drive-by shooting. A 23-year-old man was shot in his right leg and a 37-year-old man was shot in the chest. Both men were taken to the hospital and were released later that afternoon. Lt. Kevin Cottrell of the Ogden Police Department said that both victims, as well as witnesses of the attack, were uncooperative and did not provide officers with details about the shooter. Detectives from the Ogden Metro Gang Task Force and the Ogden Investigations Bureau are conducting the investigation. Ogden Police are asking for anyone with information to contact the department at (801)629-8221. Compiled from Standard-Examiner Nation A man authorities referred to as “kind of a drifter” from Phenix City, Alabama fired more than a dozen shots at a movie theater audience on Thursday, killing two women before shooting himself. Police said that about 20 minutes into a screening of the film “Trainwreck,” 59-year-old John Russell Houser began firing into the crowd, wounding nine people and killing 33-year-old Jillian Johnson and 21-year-old Mayci Breaux. Houser attempted to leave the theater by blending in with the crowd, but when he saw police approaching, he went back into the theater and shot himself. Compiled from Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Michael Grennell IN THE SIGNPOST CALENDAR ........................................ 2 SPORTS ............................................. 5 A&E ................................................ 6 SCIENCE & TECH .................................... 8 Miss Rodeo Utah reigns By ABIGAIL PAYNE editor-in-chief | @AbbyPayne94 Many girls, at some point in their lives, want to be a princess and wear beautiful clothes and tiaras. For Cassidy Black, Miss Rodeo Utah 2016, that dream came true at the Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo on July 24. The Miss Rodeo Utah scholarship pageant began 60 years ago and is an affiliate of the Miss Rodeo America scholarship pageant. According to past participants, the Miss Rodeo Utah and America pageants are very similar to other beauty pageants with interview and runway portions. However, instead of the traditional talent portion of the competition, participants show off their horsemanship skills. Participants in the Miss Rodeo Utah pageant compete in five categories: horsemanship, personality, appearance, public speaking and photogenics. Horsemanship, personality and appearance count for 30 percent each, with public speaking counting for 7 percent and photogenics for 3 percent. “It takes a lot of time, preparation and is definitely nerve-wracking,” said Mary Shaw Drake, Miss Rodeo Utah 1997 and Miss Rodeo America 1998. “You have hours upon hours of study and improving your talent and your knowledge range goes from current events to equine science.” Cassidy Black is a student at Weber State University studying professional sales. A native of Coalville, Utah, Black will not officially take over as Miss Ro- “Queening is something that is very hard and very expensive but if you love it, then go for it... I absolutely love being a rodeo queen.” BAILY JO WOOLSEY Miss Rodeo Utah 2015 crowned in July won’t actually wear the crown until January, and then they compete in December at Miss Rodeo America in Las Vegas.” In this landmark 60th year of the Miss Rodeo Utah, Cassidy Black is a second-generation Miss Rodeo Utah. Her mother, Gena Blonquist Black, won the queening competition back in 1981 and went on to be an attendant to Miss Rodeo America. Shaw, Black and Woolsey all said that being involved in a rodeo queen pageant—especially to the extent it takes to win—takes quite a bit of time and commitment. According to Woolsey, it is very intense but it can also be very rewarding. “Queening is something that PHOTO BY ABIGAIL PAYNE | THE SIGNPOST is very hard and very expensive, (Above) Weber State student Cassidy Black is queened Miss but if you love it, then go for it,” Rodeo Utah 2016 by Miss Rodeo Utah 2015, Bailey Jo Woolsey Woolsey said. “I absolutely love who is also a student at WSU being a rodeo queen. When you start out, be in as many deo Utah until after Miss Rodeo Chenae Shiner won, Miss Ro- competitions as you can beUtah 2015, Bailey Jo Woolsey, deo America, Utah was without cause that’s how you gain expehas competed in Miss Rodeo a queen, and we initiated a la- rience and confidence.” America, in December. In total, dy-in-waiting program,” said that makes Miss Rodeo Utah a Gena Blonquist Black, HospiComment on this story at 17-month commitment. tality Director for the Ogden Piwsusignpost.com “Several years ago, when oneer Days Rodeo. “Whoever is |