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Show It TOWNS . tf .i' ; 2008 SATURDAY, MARCH 29, V L METRO EDITOR I Amie Rose 344 2530 aioseSlhei dkWta com Pacific States plant to reopen : : . l V SECTION are no surprises, Jeremy Duda . DAtLY it will begin operating again at full capacity by midweek. Pacific States, a division of McWane Inc., manufactures pipe for the water and sewer industry. About 120 of the plant's 320 employees will be working on Monday, Balian said. Once the plant is fully operational, the entire staff will be back on the job for the first time since the explosion. "So far it's looking real good," Balian said. "We're almost there." The plant, located at 2550 S. Industrial Parkway between Provo and Spring-ville- , has been closed since Feb. 17, when an explosion destroyed the build :. HERALD Company officials expect the Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe Company to open for business next week, a month and a half after an explosion ripped through the casting floor and shut the plant cast-iro- down. Plant spokesman John Balian said on Friday that cleanup and repairs have gone according to schedule and are Photo courtesy Pacific States nearly complete. On Monday, the plant Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe Company will open again for business on will start operating its equipment without iron to make sure all of the equipMonday, six weeks after an explosion damaged the casting-floo- r ment is functioning properly, if there building and sent 11 employees to the hospital n ing that houses the casting .floor, sending 11 employees to the hospital. One of those employees. Tim Beardall, spent more than a week at the University of Utah Medical Center after suffering burns to his face and hands and inhaling an unknown amount. of toxic chemicals. Beardall was operating a crane when the explosion occurred and was the employee closest to the blast. About 100 employees were at work at the plant on Friday, including Beardall, who Balian said Is doing office work while the company monitors his health. See CAST IRON, B3 Future forecaster? Planners want hel with Utah Lake's future Caleb Warnock HERALD DAILY r Utah Valley residents are being asked to help plan the future of Utah Lake. The Utah Lake Commission, which is a new government agency tasked with looking after all things Utah Lake, is beginning the process of creating a master plan for the largest natural freshwater body in the West and wants commu"I think this nity input on is a great what that plan i." ' '! f , ." k ' I I i! ' i ' 1 K 111 . r 1! should be. project Residents can comment on for the everything from community a proposed Utah Lake causeway, to be to hunting, lake doing." access, water quality, services Cindy Gubler they would like Utah Lake to see added, Commission beaches that spokeswoman should be devel oped, areas that should be left untouched, lakeside trail systems and more, said Reed Price, commission director. ,4?. UTAH LAKE, f CRAIG DILGERDaily Herald Danielle Runner from Sharon Elementary laughs as she tries to point to Texas on the green screen at the BYU broadcasting department on Friday. "It was really hard, because you had to point to the opposite side of how things really are since its all backwards," says Runner. Planning will include land roughinland around the ly a quarter-mil- e lake. "The purpose is to create a vision and management plan for Utah See jr- B3 School kids make the rounds at BYU Brittani Lusk DAILY HERALD BYU chemistry professor Steven Wood grimaced, looked at the room s full of fifth- - and and the match to the ball. Poof! The ball was gone changed into gas in a fast chemical reaction and a burst sixth-grader- He had a captive audience, what looked like a cotton ball on his bare hand and a lighted match. Wood was giving a chemistry demonstration for a portion of the 1,200 students from 12 Title I schools across the valley who went to Brigham Young University to get a Home Expo r I fit taste of college life on Friday. Title I schools receive extra funds due to the percentage of students lunch, ceiving free and reduced-cos- t of light. re-p- ut See .4 Janice Peterson 1 I'LAY TO WIN DAILY HERALD PORTABLE A March 30 is National Doctor's Day, and hospitals around the county are gearing up to celebrate. SPF t B3 Hospitals get ready for National Doctor's Day i ' APPti BYU, i t.i Janet Frank, spokeswoman for Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo, said all three Healthcare hospitals in Utah County are decorated to let doctors and visitors know it is the hospitals' time to honor the vi - do, is help people." Janet Frank UVRMC spokeswoman ,. f " "A lot of doctors are very humble, and they are in the profession because that's what they like to V ' ':' iSSIONA'WQR. u 1 T MARIO RUIZAssociated Press niff!n event ore than 10,000 people are expected to attend the Utah Valley Spring Home Expo, a two-da- y Orem. is in The expo one of that began on Friday at Utah Valley University's McKay Events Center The expo fea Kendall Bennett. run five annual expos organized by Utah Valley Expos, which is by 10 as last interior more design, landscaping and tured 180 exhibitors this year, up percent from year, business. their as a to venue promote Among the exhibitors are Orem-base- d companies saw the expo will stimulate of "We the more people to want to buy expo Sunroc and Maple Landing Mapleton. hope of low now because interest rates. We have two time the to a home it's a great a home, because we think buy home to a those time event: know a it's who now, and those who great buy groups of people at this year's Bennett said. The expo ends in their are interested but home," remodelling can't afford to buy a new home, today at 8 p.m. uvu home-furnishin- gs doctors. "This year we are putting up banners in all three of our hospitals to honor our physicians," she said. At UVRMC, Frank said the hospital has also chosen to honor its physicians who have retired. There was no consistent way to honor these doctors before, she said, and staff recommended a wall display. Work will continue on the display throughout the weekend, and it will be unveiled Tuesday. Frank said the hospitals honor their physicians every year as close to the national holiday as possible. This year hospitals chose either Friday or Monday. Brenda Lovelll chairwoman of the Utah County Medical Alliance, said the group has chosen to honor doctors throughout the month. Dr. Howard Reichman was named Doctor of the Year for Utah County, and children across the state were invited to submit essays about why doctors are great. Lovell said some second-gradclasses even drew pictures to send to hos-e See DOCTORS, Five car accident shuts down DAILY HERALD An accident in Orem on Friday briefly closed part of Interstate 15. Utah Highway Patrol reported five cars were involved in the ac 1-- B3 15 cident, on southbound Interstate 15 near Center Street at about 5 p.m. One person was injured and transported to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo with minor injuries. |