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Show in 1 - Bradley choose 9 When the National Basketball Association conducts its annual draft this summer, Utahns will be paying very attention. Last week close Emery Countys Shawn Bradley announced that he will make himself eligible for the draft, giving up his three years of eligibility at Brigham Young University. According to Shawns mother Teresa, Shawn called from Australia, where he is serving an LDS mission, about 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 1, to tell the family of his Tuesday, April 6, 1993 decision. It was not an April Fools joke! In an interview on Monday, Teresa said that Shawn considered a number of things in making his decision to leave BYU and enter the draft. She said that a looming rookie salary cap was one factor he considered and that agents and pro scouts have projected that Shawn could go in the top five in the draft. That would mean a long-ter- lar deal multi-millio- n dol- for Shawn. Teresa said that Shawn is ready to go into professional fc ; JL i'O; basketbalL Hes given BYU one year and his chruch two years, and now hes ready to play in the NBA," she said. Shawn is expected to return from his mission by June although his release could come earlier. He will then meet with recently signed agent David Falk, who also represents Michael Jordan and John Stockton, in preparation for the July draft. According to Shawns mother, Shawn will be proud to play for any team in the NBA although his first choice J I J a n IH'-- ' . erBYU would be the Utah Jazz. When Shawns decision hit the news Friday, Teresa said that calls from throughout the country started to come in. Most, she said, were in support of Shawns decision, but she added that a few calls from disappointed BYU fans were not so supportive. Shawn, now 21, is still 76" tall, but he has gained about 35 lbs. on his mission, putting lbs. When him at 235-24- 0 Shawn gets back to America, hell begin right away getting into shape by competing in summer leagues. Also, Teresa said that Shawn plans to continue his education in the off season and will be working toward a college degree. Shawn played for coach James Nelson and coach Todd Jeffs at Emery High School where he was a member of a 2A state championship team in 1988 and a 3A championship team in 1989. As a senior, Shawn and his teammates were invited to tournaments in St. Louis and Raleigh, N.C. (Continued on Page 7) 50 Cents Shawn Bradley Volume 94 -- No. 14 USU president visits county, Aggie committee By LARRY W. DAVIS Progress editor CASTLE one-thir- DALE George Emert became president of Utah State University (USU) in July, and since that time he has done a lot of traveling H. throughout Utah spreading the word about USU. Last week Emert was in Emery County where he met with the local Aggie Committee as well as city and county officials. Making the introductions of President Emert was Dr. Robert L. Gilliland, vice president and Extension director at USU. He said that Emert came to Utah after working several years in the private sector as a biochemist, serving as vice president at the University of Arkansas and serving a stint in Vietnam while in the U.S. Army. The guest speaker told the audience that he came from a family with a farming background in East Tennessee. A from Thursthe During his nine months in Last week was a busy one for members of the Emery County anniversary of the Broadway premiere. scene from For more Utah, he said that he has photos day night performance is shown above. Commity Theatre as the organization presented the musical learned several things about Davis 2A. Photos by Zac the musical, see page Oklahoma" Wednesday through Saturday at the Emery High the state. He said that Utah auditorium. Opening night of the show came on the 50th has a healthy economy and is second among the 50 states in economic growth; Utah has a great work ethic and that he believes the culture has developed a sense of values which have come from various hardships and difficulties over the years. He praised the way Utahns have worked together sense of in a cooperation. Emert said that one of the major issues at Utah State University now is the completion of the restoration of Old Even the stormy skies Main, the schools administracouldnt ruin the festivities at tive building as well as the a the Emery District largest classroom facility on that was held Saturday, campus. He said that a fire 10 March 27. Holding it indoors years ago destroyed most of at Emery High kept all the the building and since then participants dry and allowed much of the facility has been them to more fully enjoy the restored but much remains to booths, races and food that was be done. He encouraged local available. This probably was Aggie Committee members to one of the most well attended encourage legislators to fund that the disthe completion of the project. trict has ever had. In praise of the USU faculMany children waited anxty, Emert said that there are iously in line for the opportu700 faculty members who Photo by Larry Davis District nity to have their faces painted A youngster enjoys getting his face painted by work an average of 53.7 hours a National Guardsman at the recent Emery by the members of the Utah and who spend time week per National Guard. The guard classroom activiin not only also took orders to send the in but research, advisory The for out. booths. first for The their award first ties, and children personalized dog tags for the Cub Scouts place place service. and work Scout Cub for Cub the booth went kits award community Scout Scouts also The a had Webelos. maiL in the genius Boy displayed They is the that noted He to to 902. 929 Pack faculty Pack Caleb with went Bott Rhett to ball took and foot 6 killer earth a play many weapons they Swasey taking second. There took second and Pack 306 re- paid on average less than staff lot of Scouts for rides in the with in the small gym. MemHUMMV (hummer). The bers of the Emery County was a tie for first place in Cub ceived third. The winning booth members at comparable Guard also signed three new Sheriffs Department were on Scout posters between Caleb for Boy Scouts went to Troop schools around the country. recruits, which made them hand at the shooting range for Bott and Rhett Swasey. 385. Troop 328took second and This puts us at risk," he said, because if some of the faculty the Varsity Scouts. There was Griffith Thomas took second Troop 395 took third. The winhappy. Some of the other activities a road rally held at the north in posters and Jared Monfredi ning booth for the Varsity members leave, then grant Scouts went to Troop 328. a which were held at the money could go with them." end of the high school for the took third. Scout for The school presently has The Cub winners were the pinewood Explorers.. Many Cub Scout packs and 14) on (Continued Page 17,114 students and a $250 derby and raingutter regatta Many awards were handed Scout troops received awards Scout meet huge success well-develop- ed Scout-o-Ram- Scout-o-Ram- as Scout-o-Ram- Scout-o-Ram- a. million budget. Of that of the funds d budget, come from state appropriations while the rest of the money comes from grants, donations and other sources. Emert said that the school has done an outstanding job of generating new products, processes and businesses and that 43 spinoff companies have come from USU in recent years. This, he said, has proven to be a great impact on the economy of the state. The USU president said that the Utah Legislature and Gov. Leavitt asked Utah universities to do things differently to accommodate the increasing demands of student growth. He said that the USU faculty is working to come up with innovative ways to provide programs to more students and he said that the school is reaching out to students through telecommuni-cation- s and satellite programs. Upon arriving at the Logan campus last summer, Emert said that he was pleasantly surprised at the type of students at USU. Students come from tradition-ric- h families," he said. The students seem to come to USU to study." He said the average GPA at the school is 3.07. Of the 17,000 students at USU, he said that 86 percent come from Utah. Thats up substantially from several years ago, and Emert said the difference lies in the increase tuition. About in 25 percent of the USU student body is married, and 60 percent of the students at USU have jobs. In talking about the USU alumni, Emert said that the school has eight alumni chapters. He said that he was surprised to learn that the school had an $8 million endowment fund which he said should be more in the $100 million to $150 million range. These funds are to be used for scholarships. The school is presently giving some $7 million in scholarship assistance, but $4 million of that is in tuition waivers. He told the guests that the school can increase its scholarship budget through the selling of license plates to alumni. For $50, a USU alumni licensing a vehicle in Utah can receive a Utah State Uniout-of-sta- te versity license plate. The funds go to the schools endow- ment programs. Scholarships from the license plate program can only go to Utah high (Continued on Page 3A) |