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Show BUILDING COMMUNITY IN OR E M AND VINEYARD UTAH PR-- EDITION THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2008 50 CENTS Z3 uwm SCHOOLS: OHS student wins 'Make il with Wool' TOWN HALL Fourth (ire station in the works SPORTS: UHSAA proposes realignment plan BUBIITESS CARDCAFE MAKES GREETINGS SIMPLE HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY 'U.. viA , - t .r m a J f VI I f X'ls V rl Iff A ....... - , . - .. - , - aUMO ftUZDaily HeraM Timpanogos leftonal Hospital CEO Keith fmtte hands a birthday cake to 10-year-old Brighton Thorn during a I O-year anniversary celebration at the hospital Jan. 28. Thorn was the first baby to be born at the hospital Jan. 27, 1998. A Decade of Healing Timpanogos Regional Hospital fetes 10th birthday with first baby Michael Rigert NQeTHCOWTY rv righton Thorn, a 10-j 10-j 1 year-old girl from Eagle ' Mountain who loves soc-"S soc-"S cer, the cofcr lime green J J and helping her grand-mother grand-mother plan weddings also has another claim to fame. , She was the first baby born at TimpanogcK Regional Hospital in Or em when the medical facility First opened its doors 10 years ago. Thus it was only appropriate that the hospital's first celebrity -of -sorts be on hand Monday when the hospital, hos-pital, located at 800 W. 800 North in Or em, threw a celebration for the birthday i shares with Brighton. Fresh from a day of birthday shopping and a visi to the salon on Saturday, Brighton modeled a pair of custom pink (her other favorite color) medical scrubs embroidered with her name and the tile TRH's first baby at Monday's celebration for family and hospital staff. Other gifts from the hospital included a birthday cake with pink icing and a pink soccer bafl. A fourth grader at Fony Express Elementary in Eagle Mountain, Brighton is the second oldest child of parents Jeff and Charee Thorn. Her mother says Brighton loves telling friends that she was the first baby born at Timpanogos Regional "Every time we drive by, she says. There's my hospital,' " Charee Thorn sa id Brighton aspires to one day design . See HOSPITAL, Page 2 DadyHefaW CAarec Thorn holds Brighton Thorn on Jan. 27, 1998. The baby was the first born at the then new Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Orem in 1998. 1, U VSC to pair up int'l students with families MARX JOHWTWIDafy Herald Left to right UV5C international students Ernesto Escobar of Chile, NapbuBah Niazi of Afghanistan and Eun Young Cho of South Korea. - , Michael Rigert NORTH COUNTY STAFf Like most individuals attend-ing attend-ing Utah Valley State Coflege, the school's foreign students hang out between classes at the Sorenson Center, know the closest clos-est parking is by the library or English building, and know that the McKay Events Center hosts some pretty phat rock concerts. But what many international students attending UVSC in Orem haven't been exposed to during their stay in the States is what American life is Eke from the perspective of an everyday family. In an effort to bridge that experience opportunity gap, UVSC is creating a new program dubbed "Adopt an International Student," that will attempt to pair students with area families fami-lies so both can participate in a meaningful cultural exchange, said Steve Crook, assistant director direc-tor of the college's IntematKHial Student Services. - The college, which wiB become a university in July, enrolls 600 See ADOPT, Page 2 Community Briefing VOTING IN THE WESTERN STATES PRESIDENTIAL PRESIDEN-TIAL PRIMARY Utah voters will participate in a presidential primary election Tuesday 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at consolidated polling locations. Early voter s for the Feb. 5 Western States Presidential Presiden-tial Primary can still cast a ballot through Friday. There are two locations for early voting in Utah County: Utah County Administration Building, Room LL900 100 E. Center St.; Provo, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and American Fork City Library, 64 S. 100 East, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. today and noon to 5 p.m. Friday. In order to participate in the Republican primary, voters must be registered members of the Republican Republi-can party. Individuals can register for the party at the polling locations. Any registered voter can vote in the Democratic primary. For a list of polling locations in Orem, visit www. co.utah.ut.usDeptClerkAudElectionsPollLoc.asp. QUICKUTZ CLOSING 53-WORKER MANUFACTURING MANUFAC-TURING PLANT IN OREM - QuicKutz, an Orem die-cutting company, is planning to outsource its manufacturing overseas a move that will result in layoffs and the closure of its 53-worker manufacturing plant in Orem, company officials told the Daily Herald on Monday. Erik Adams, president of QuicKutz, announced the planned layoffs to the workers on Thursday. He couldn't immediately provide a final figure on the number of manufacturing, packaging and assembly workers to be terminated. But he said the company is trying to keep as many of those workers as possible, and may relocate between 10 and 20 of them to its shipping and fulfilment center in Lindon. "To stay competitive in our market place and on pricing, we'll be sourcing our production from about 10 factories overseas. This move will give us 10 to 20 times more production capacity than we currently have, and enable us to move from being a manufacturer manufac-turer to a distributor," Adams said "We're already sourcing digital die-cutters like the Silhouette from overseas because the technology is not within our plant" No severance will be paid to the affected workers. But the company will provide job placement services. "We won't close the plant for 30 days at a minimum. mini-mum. The last thing we want to do is let workers find the doors locked when they get into work," he said. CITY Of OREM TO HOST CARE GRANT APPLICANT AP-PLICANT WORKSHOPS - Anyone interested in arts and recreation in Orem who wants to team more about the CARE grant program is invited to attend a free CARE workshop on Friday at 10 a.m.; Monday, Feb. 4 at 3 p.m.; or Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. Afl workshops win be held in the Media Auditorium of the Orem Public Library. Workshops will especially benef it nonprofit cultural arts organizations with a significant presence in Orem An overview of the CARE program and a walk-through of the application process will be provided, along with a question and answer period. Applications for the second competitive granting round of CARE (Cultural Arts and Recreation Enrichment) Enrich-ment) funds are being accepted until March 5 at 5 p.m. The Orem City Council approved a change in policy for this second year of granting. Request restrictions restric-tions based on operating expenses for "Mini Grants" ($5,000 or less) have been removed Information, instructions and applications are available avail-able at www.orem.org. CHARITY FILM VIEWING IN OREM TO BENEFIT CHILDREN IN UGANDA - Two BYU students have organized a charity film viewing of the documentary "Invisible Children" on Thursday, Feb. 7, to benefit the Invisible Children Fund. The organization raises funds and awareness about the trafficking of children chil-dren soldiers 'm war-torn Uganda and the horrors of the refugee camps. The movie will show at 7 p.m. at Festival Cinemas, 959 S. 700 E. in Orem. Admission is $2 though additional donations will be accepted. All proceeds from the event will go toward the fund. Each attendee will receive a free movie pass to Festival Cinemas and be entered into a drawing to win gift certificates cer-tificates for Provo restaurants. For more information about "Invisible Children," go to the film's Web site at www.lnvisibleChildren.com For more information about the Feb. 7 charity event, contact Connie Wagner at dearconnie89 gmail.com. 6 "'"61055 0005 Jakarta! (DUMP Wtf 4 , omiSvNfer i fcJflLUk M "V- A-F.br s iHtveia dozem..; , J I LIUUVS |