Show i— vv vr wi1 lili‘ii i w ww w w i m'W11 44'r-fr’4l- mu ''4 lit iT''cwii'r‘r'i4‘' m-- 4 I'H't'l ' mt 'If i 'rf‘ yr ir-- Pago 20— TTMHwaM Journal Logan Utah Wednesday July 8 1998 ' I courage to take die dare" as Alexander puts it and Bridgerland's cutting edge attitude it seems a little aatkhmactic to acknowledge dial this is actually a pretty tame place with corridors and Grads Continued from Page 11 again "We know we’re a school school is what we do we can't get away from that” says Director of Student Services Jim Shea as if begging our pardon And it's with a sigh that Alexander allows They don’t mind They're eating up the math they may have spit out in high school The only person not gang anywhere at BATC is Deena the statue in the that yes there is actual reading and writing — books and forms to fill out tests to take that sort of old hat But Shea's point is that Bridgerland’s edge is "simulating the work environment We try to give them as many reality experiences as possible” The truck in courtyard She's so into her book There’s no student center out on 1301 N 600 West no serious teams no mascot They do have die motto and a summer softball team and colors maroon and gray But what Bridgeriand is about is green the shop for instance "is not a shop model that comes apart and goes right back together like it’s supposed to It's going to be a truck that's been over the road 2 million miles" That’s about how far the vocational schools have come since the days when as Shea says "you put kids in a shop to get 'em a job because they couldn't make it in school" At least that's the traditional perception before “They're making money hand over fist" counselor Alexander says He's talking about sheetrockers and building but the phrase could fact if the school had a song it could be “Money (That's What I Want)" "Some of them are making more than me" says Steve Soulier an associate subcontractors apply to lots of BATC alumni In so-call-ed professor at Utah State University More power to them he might add As an assistant dean of technology Soulier's well aware of what makes the modern world go round Universities he says vocational became technological But these days you can't tell a TechieO from an Aggie Take Alexander's sister-i- n law a magna cum laude r" graduate at Utah State and a "great Should she go for her PhD in history? Or would it be archeology? Without even the benefit of Soulier's advice — “We encourage too many people to go for PhD's" — she went instead to BATC Just then instead of a PhD she needed a JOB And you'll find her today in accounts payable on her feet instead of out in the street "That's a very bright person who went the tech route” Alexander says -- have become "less practical" than ever Where would they the creators and dreamers be without the doers? “When a student leaves a university" test-take- Alexander says "they know how to write papers and use the library and have lots of theory When they leave a technical education school they know how to do something" One of the things they do at Bridgeriand is remind themselves they are a school With a student body that "has the Wedding versity Blvd Logan Friends and relatives are invited Amanda is a 1996 graduate of Sky View High School and LDS seminary She is a senior at Utah State University majoring in Malt-o-Me- finance She is employed at IHC Logan Regional Hospital and Amanda Summon and Jason L Brady - - Paid announcement Summers-Brad- y Edwin D and Annette G Summers of Clarkston announce the Lee’s Marketplace Jason is a 1993 graduate of Sky View High School and LDS seminary He served in the Canada Toronto East LDS Mission He is employed at Herff Jones Jason is attending USU this fall cation? 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IMATIMIS AUSUMMIR ns o M0VIES5 "Out Of (PhfaJlniLtqt (Ptetogwti J Ml 8 MM a mmm the school’s health In fact he says students discipline themselves respect the building tell each other to keep their feet off the walls In winter they give Deena the statue outside a scarf andhaL ni£tsiMsats ms mi ms assists of-- l Fuo Confidential help with domestic violence field He’s learned not to wony about nursing homes for clinical coop- Lost In bAISbkiiiOlatuhalilkai asked about mistakes He’s still trying to think of one Then there's the ninth and final remodel to the southwest comet the future home of the health occupations Maughan's own eration and then advertises cut- - Summer Photo Special dents out there” Maughan says So far every program has drafting autos On the other flown Maughan Monday was hand Today he says your basic Bridgeriand student is "nice need and interest" They started with a meat Call For "There's a difference here in Cache Valley We have a higher class of humans" "It's destiny” says Maughan "Coming of age An upsurge of FOR ABUSE Eagle scout announcements as a public service and on a space available basis Forms may be obtained from The Herald Journal office 73 W 300 North Logan ple" population you wouldn't have wanted to scratch your dog” bright young possibly frustrated with traditional academic education People who you would sit next to on an airplane or in Romney Stadium Mainstream” The building's time has come Tech Center was scattered north and south east and west Plans in west Logan This is a happy place as offices go with people dropping by and the counselor constantly waving and waggling to pals in the outer office He's not confident you'd find that same atmosphere at other state tech schools whkh he says are loaded with "agency-sponsore- d peo- dental hygiene and communications Each program is anchored by an advisory committee of professionals in die field Before set- Baled hay suddenly didn’t sound so bad For a decade or so Logan's ject John cleaned a drainage ditch school spirit surfaces in Alexander's dike Utah State At first as counselor Steve Alexander recalls "We appealed to a bizarre population I mean a ls machine shop than in the school administration — something suspiciously like around here with cows Dairy Herd Management credit is transferable to ed taxcli- no-fril- tures cover Maughan's wall and his son wore not one but two Aggie uniforms football and basketball In fad there's cooperation with Utah State It begins as have many things walls Even remodeled it seemed almost ridiculous "How are we going to fill it?" the staff won-dre- The payoff would come through future payers and a better business mate J Carlisle Carlisle it" But Logan? "We’re confounded” Alexander says "We offer foil tuition scholarships S3 a year We schmooze the Logan counselors all the time — is there anyone there that can benefit? Can you send a few up? And if we have three people show up from Logan we’re flabbergasted that we have that many” school For a stripped-dow- n — more money is in the million dollar them assuring you that they're no "threat" to colleges Aggie football pic- ly able to secure a $9 million building for $15 million "Maughan" his fanner friends said "this building will hold a lot of baled hay" It was gargantuan 197000 square feet with three bearing or are well represented with Bridgeriand administrators without departed Maughan was magical- al then-may- Eagle Scout The tech schools am making the pursuit of happiness less monotonous if more mysterious to the older genera- lions Alexander’s father is still waiting for Steve's sister to go to college even though she’s rolling in money as a massage therapist “I know at some time she’ll recognize the value of going to college" the old man says leu convincingly as the vahie of her business increases If University Avenue is not the only toad to the American Dream you can’t tell it by Logan High SchooL Bear River High sends some of its best students to BATC Sky View and Mountain Crest Maugjb-a- n suggests — pay for a degree with were to build near Utah State University but when Wurlitzer 2300 high schoolers (16 or Utah Hut's what your skill It may lead to a home career a supplemental income Maughan recalls teaching at University of Northern Colorado and being sur- The next thing you know Alexander says you're changing your major five times and spending money "and ending up with a C average that they can't do anything with” Not that the BATC entrant has made a decision about his future But he has an idea about a start He says "I need some training and 1 want it now Here’s my money when do 1 start?" Who knows where that skill will lead? older) along with 12000 adults all at a cost to each of 85 cents an hour That leaves state taxpayers to kick in the budget of $35 million plus the capital improvements For what? A trained workforce means more taxpayers and more businesses expanding and moving in cereals for instance recently checked out BATC and decided to set up in Box Elder which has a Tech Center along with Logan and Rich County So back in 1984 when Maughan talked about the immediate tax bath Logan City would take with Newel a state facility Dairies said "For vocational edu- USU Alumni Center 7300 Uni- maybe ns Continued from Page 11 that evening at the 6:30-8:3- 0 lb college State and was adding a room to his house He wound up also adding a career A flier advertising an 11 week and class in cement forming and framing led rounded by professors administrators "paranoid" about losing turn to a job site T standing around with a couple their jobs of accountants with little arenas oo and 1 didn’t have to worry about that I could go to work the next day as a brickour new hammers No book just handouts and an instructor who said This is layer orplumber" BATC has its searchers youngsters how to build a wall guys’ The class was jokingly inexpensive sorting things out One student for Oh my gosh we pud something like $12 instance thought she'd like fashion merfor 11 weeks” chandising but tried it and found it "too Alexander argues dial the turn toward prissy" Auto collision repair now that was tech can be the route of the thinking per- son the independent person the person more like it So now she's happily sandwho is being true to himself rather than ing away in the shop Tin the 1970s who knows what she to his high school teachers or his parents "You come for a year spend $1300 in would have done? The big push then" tuition have a 90 to 100 percent chance says Alexander "was MBA and college of getting hired you've got a skill for The Asian markets opened and the life " Alexander holds his palms up as Asians started kicking our butts They and the European markets have always if to say What's wrong with mat? to if go been technical and ahead of us They you're programmed Plenty directly to college In that case you're helped us think differently "Now technical education has come to not supposed to actually think about your next direction after high school As the forefront We used to say we're an Alexander sees it you just keep it on alternative Now we're totally valid in a cruise control and follow the same old great place” A harmonious place they hasten to signs saying “College college college add You don't get far in a conversation college Building marriage of their daughter Amanda Summers to Jason L Brady son of John L and Marilyn F Brady of Hyde Park The couple will be married July 9 1998 in the Logan LDS Temple A reception will be from v 4 Or look at himself the son of a doctor hard by Beverly Hills He was a teacher and coach who had graduated from Utah i M - I I - I- - this charmingly funny comedy as the Reverend Toop’s vicarage is caught in a scandal of gambling secrets and mayhem! 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