Davis Life
THURSDAY
A15
February 18, 2010
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Sports
A25
Heart and fun in RMT show
Vikings win state title
Davis County Clipper State champions...again PHONE: 295-2251
Celebrating their dynasty
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VOL. 119
ESTABLISHED 1891
Mike Hart
FIFTY CENTS
Viewmont wrestling coach Brandon Ripplinger, center, is carried off in celebration by Viking state individual champions Mitch Rasmussen and Danner Kjar. At left is assistant coach Shay Lawrence. Viewmont won its third consecutive state 5A wrestling championship Friday at Utah Valley University in Orem. This is the Vikings’ 8th title in the last 10 years. (See story on p. A25.)
NO. 2
Spelling bee field is set
Tori Wichmann of Clinton Elementary School was one of the 15 winners from North Davis to advance to the final Davis County Clipper Spelling Bee, set for March 9 at Woods Cross High School. See story on p. A10.
After delay, Silver Eagle restarts one unit – but residents still apprehensive
BY MELINDA WILLIAMS Clipper Staff Writer
WOODS CROSS — Quietly, without much notice, Silver Eagle started up a low pressure crude oil unit early Wednesday morning after a one day delay, “and it’s working great,” according to refinery officials. But on Tuesday evening, one of a number of residents still reeling from the Nov. 4 plant explosion, wanted to know what time the unit was scheduled to start up,
“so I can hold my breath.” At a city council meeting, Alison Pickett, asked J. Michael Redd, vice president of refining and operations for Silver Eagle, about the time of the start-up, expressing an apprehension others at the meeting felt. Pickett also asked that as studies are completed down the line, where an acceptable line of risk would be drawn. “Is 925 West, the street I live on, going to blow up? I hope in the worst case scenario 925 West is not destroyed..”
The one day delay occurred because the Utah Labor Commission’s Division of Boilers and Elevators hadn’t posted its permit online, Redd said. It was posted Tuesday afternoon. Redd gave Woods Cross City Council members and the public an update on work being done at the refinery, saying that the catalyst from the reactor that exploded on Nov. 4, had only recently been removed for examination. “We know we had a mechanical failure, but we don’t know what that failure is,” he said.
Because the Chemical Safety Board had a number of other emergency situations at other plants across the United States at about the same time as the Silver Eagle explosion, they were not able to immediately provide safe procedures for the catalyst’s removal, Redd said. Now that the catalyst has been removed investigators will be able to conduct a final analysis to find the “root cause” of the explosion.
n See “SILVER EAGLE,” p. A4