sábado, 31 de octubre de 2020

Wendy Stockings in Purple Corset

Wendy pays her bets from a poker game. The boys were rewarded with personal attention - fucking and sucking for all!

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Added: 31/10/2020

Scat Session With Scatmuschi

"Scatmuschi" in part one of a two-part dirty encounter with a masked man. He scoops out some shit from Scatmuschi's open asshole. He buries his face in her shit smeared ass. More diggin...

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Added: 31/10/2020

This NBA offseason could be one of wildest we’ve ever seen

Utah Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey and head coach Quin Snyder talk to journalists at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 9, 2018. Utah Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey and head coach Quin Snyder talk to journalists at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 9, 2018. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News

Imagine that you’re an executive working in the front office of an NBA team.

You’ve been bobbing and weaving and navigating through the weirdest year of your career. You were already planning for the offseason months before the pandemic upended the 2019-20 campaign, and even though there are still some details being ironed out, you’ve had an inordinate amount of time to analyze, strategize and plan for the time between draft night and the start of the next season.

Some could say you’ve had too much time. Maybe you’ve overanalyzed, gone down some weird rabbit holes and started planning 10 steps ahead, rather than five. I don’t blame you, this could be a pivotal moment for your team.

I have a theory about how this NBA offseason is going to shake out. For years now, pundits, analysts and reporters have been talking about how the weak free agent class of 2020 and lack of money to be spent will make for a quiet offseason. I don’t think that’s the case at all. I think this offseason is going to be one of the most interesting and wild that we’ve ever seen.

Once the NBA comes out with its salary cap and amended collective bargaining agreement plans for next season, it’s absolutely going to shape the league for the next few years.

Teams have been bracing for the financial hit caused by COVID-19 that’s going to bring the cap down, at least for a couple seasons before it rebounds, and that probably means maneuvering a little differently when planning for the future of a team. And make no mistake, every single team is planning for every possibility.

While it’s true that this year’s free agent class isn’t the most exciting (Fred VanVleet and Danilo Gallinari are headliners) and that there is likely going to be even less cap space than originally predicted, that doesn’t mean there won’t be movement, and it sounds like it’s all going to come at an incredibly accelerated pace.

We’ve already seen front office turnover on multiple teams (Daryl Morey just took over in Philadelphia), nine coaching changes (the Oklahoma City Thunder still haven’t replaced Billy Donovan, who is now the head coach of the Chicago Bulls), and plenty of trade rumors (most of them ridiculous). Meanwhile, teams that are planning for this offseason are also planning for future offseasons when bigger fish (I’m looking at you, Giannis Antetokounmpo) could be up for grabs.

 AP
Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo tries to shoot past Miami Heat’s Jae Crowder during the first half of an NBA conference semifinal playoff basketball game Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

The Nov. 18 NBA draft is less than three weeks away, and if the league gets its way, the 2020-21 season will begin before Christmas Day. That means that we could be approaching a free agency window that opens up before draft picks even have a chance to settle in, and trades could be happening while training camp is going on.

As some teams might be looking to dump contracts and save money, others will take on luxury tax burdens to stockpile for the financial rebound. Meanwhile, restricted and unrestricted free agents could be pressured to make quicker decisions and deals than they would have during the course of a normal offseason. And, of course, there will be trades.

It happens every single offseason. An unexpected deal is made and the ripple effect is far-reaching.

Again, if this all happens on the timeline that the league is proposing, teams, players, families and fan bases will barely have time to breathe or blink before settling in for opening night, which, by the way, could be fanless, adding a whole other wrinkle to the decision-making process.

Sure, there are teams that are willing to shell out big and spend money for a legitimate contender, but owners faced with losing nearly half of their revenue from having no fans in attendance could give penny-pinching a new definition.

Imagine being faced with making these decisions. Maybe you freeze up and worry that moving too quickly or making too many moves could jeopardize things. Maybe you just throw caution to the wind and dominate the offseason news cycle. Either way, this offseason is going to be crazy.

Buckle up.



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This NBA offseason could be one of wildest we’ve ever seen

Utah Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey and head coach Quin Snyder talk to journalists at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 9, 2018. Utah Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey and head coach Quin Snyder talk to journalists at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 9, 2018. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News

Imagine that you’re an executive working in the front office of an NBA team.

You’ve been bobbing and weaving and navigating through the weirdest year of your career. You were already planning for the offseason months before the pandemic upended the 2019-20 campaign, and even though there are still some details being ironed out, you’ve had an inordinate amount of time to analyze, strategize and plan for the time between draft night and the start of the next season.

Some could say you’ve had too much time. Maybe you’ve overanalyzed, gone down some weird rabbit holes and started planning 10 steps ahead, rather than five. I don’t blame you, this could be a pivotal moment for your team.

I have a theory about how this NBA offseason is going to shake out. For years now, pundits, analysts and reporters have been talking about how the weak free agent class of 2020 and lack of money to be spent will make for a quiet offseason. I don’t think that’s the case at all. I think this offseason is going to be one of the most interesting and wild that we’ve ever seen.

Once the NBA comes out with its salary cap and amended collective bargaining agreement plans for next season, it’s absolutely going to shape the league for the next few years.

Teams have been bracing for the financial hit caused by COVID-19 that’s going to bring the cap down, at least for a couple seasons before it rebounds, and that probably means maneuvering a little differently when planning for the future of a team. And make no mistake, every single team is planning for every possibility.

While it’s true that this year’s free agent class isn’t the most exciting (Fred VanVleet and Danilo Gallinari are headliners) and that there is likely going to be even less cap space than originally predicted, that doesn’t mean there won’t be movement, and it sounds like it’s all going to come at an incredibly accelerated pace.

We’ve already seen front office turnover on multiple teams (Daryl Morey just took over in Philadelphia), nine coaching changes (the Oklahoma City Thunder still haven’t replaced Billy Donovan, who is now the head coach of the Chicago Bulls), and plenty of trade rumors (most of them ridiculous). Meanwhile, teams that are planning for this offseason are also planning for future offseasons when bigger fish (I’m looking at you, Giannis Antetokounmpo) could be up for grabs.

 AP
Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo tries to shoot past Miami Heat’s Jae Crowder during the first half of an NBA conference semifinal playoff basketball game Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

The Nov. 18 NBA draft is less than three weeks away, and if the league gets its way, the 2020-21 season will begin before Christmas Day. That means that we could be approaching a free agency window that opens up before draft picks even have a chance to settle in, and trades could be happening while training camp is going on.

As some teams might be looking to dump contracts and save money, others will take on luxury tax burdens to stockpile for the financial rebound. Meanwhile, restricted and unrestricted free agents could be pressured to make quicker decisions and deals than they would have during the course of a normal offseason. And, of course, there will be trades.

It happens every single offseason. An unexpected deal is made and the ripple effect is far-reaching.

Again, if this all happens on the timeline that the league is proposing, teams, players, families and fan bases will barely have time to breathe or blink before settling in for opening night, which, by the way, could be fanless, adding a whole other wrinkle to the decision-making process.

Sure, there are teams that are willing to shell out big and spend money for a legitimate contender, but owners faced with losing nearly half of their revenue from having no fans in attendance could give penny-pinching a new definition.

Imagine being faced with making these decisions. Maybe you freeze up and worry that moving too quickly or making too many moves could jeopardize things. Maybe you just throw caution to the wind and dominate the offseason news cycle. Either way, this offseason is going to be crazy.

Buckle up.



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This NBA offseason could be one of wildest we’ve ever seen

Utah Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey and head coach Quin Snyder talk to journalists at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 9, 2018. Utah Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey and head coach Quin Snyder talk to journalists at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 9, 2018. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News

Imagine that you’re an executive working in the front office of an NBA team.

You’ve been bobbing and weaving and navigating through the weirdest year of your career. You were already planning for the offseason months before the pandemic upended the 2019-20 campaign, and even though there are still some details being ironed out, you’ve had an inordinate amount of time to analyze, strategize and plan for the time between draft night and the start of the next season.

Some could say you’ve had too much time. Maybe you’ve overanalyzed, gone down some weird rabbit holes and started planning 10 steps ahead, rather than five. I don’t blame you, this could be a pivotal moment for your team.

I have a theory about how this NBA offseason is going to shake out. For years now, pundits, analysts and reporters have been talking about how the weak free agent class of 2020 and lack of money to be spent will make for a quiet offseason. I don’t think that’s the case at all. I think this offseason is going to be one of the most interesting and wild that we’ve ever seen.

Once the NBA comes out with its salary cap and amended collective bargaining agreement plans for next season, it’s absolutely going to shape the league for the next few years.

Teams have been bracing for the financial hit caused by COVID-19 that’s going to bring the cap down, at least for a couple seasons before it rebounds, and that probably means maneuvering a little differently when planning for the future of a team. And make no mistake, every single team is planning for every possibility.

While it’s true that this year’s free agent class isn’t the most exciting (Fred VanVleet and Danilo Gallinari are headliners) and that there is likely going to be even less cap space than originally predicted, that doesn’t mean there won’t be movement, and it sounds like it’s all going to come at an incredibly accelerated pace.

We’ve already seen front office turnover on multiple teams (Daryl Morey just took over in Philadelphia), nine coaching changes (the Oklahoma City Thunder still haven’t replaced Billy Donovan, who is now the head coach of the Chicago Bulls), and plenty of trade rumors (most of them ridiculous). Meanwhile, teams that are planning for this offseason are also planning for future offseasons when bigger fish (I’m looking at you, Giannis Antetokounmpo) could be up for grabs.

 AP
Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo tries to shoot past Miami Heat’s Jae Crowder during the first half of an NBA conference semifinal playoff basketball game Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

The Nov. 18 NBA draft is less than three weeks away, and if the league gets its way, the 2020-21 season will begin before Christmas Day. That means that we could be approaching a free agency window that opens up before draft picks even have a chance to settle in, and trades could be happening while training camp is going on.

As some teams might be looking to dump contracts and save money, others will take on luxury tax burdens to stockpile for the financial rebound. Meanwhile, restricted and unrestricted free agents could be pressured to make quicker decisions and deals than they would have during the course of a normal offseason. And, of course, there will be trades.

It happens every single offseason. An unexpected deal is made and the ripple effect is far-reaching.

Again, if this all happens on the timeline that the league is proposing, teams, players, families and fan bases will barely have time to breathe or blink before settling in for opening night, which, by the way, could be fanless, adding a whole other wrinkle to the decision-making process.

Sure, there are teams that are willing to shell out big and spend money for a legitimate contender, but owners faced with losing nearly half of their revenue from having no fans in attendance could give penny-pinching a new definition.

Imagine being faced with making these decisions. Maybe you freeze up and worry that moving too quickly or making too many moves could jeopardize things. Maybe you just throw caution to the wind and dominate the offseason news cycle. Either way, this offseason is going to be crazy.

Buckle up.



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Several scenarios still exist for Real Salt Lake to sneak into playoffs, but they all start with a win at the Galaxy on Sunday

Real Salt Lake players hurdles before an MLS soccer game against FC Dallas at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. Real Salt Lake players hurdles before an MLS soccer game against FC Dallas at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. | Yukai Peng, Deseret News

Real Salt Lake’s doubtful path to a playoff berth became more of a long shot earlier this week with MLS’s anticipated announcement regarding playoff qualification.

Because COVID-19 canceled numerous games in October — most involving Colorado — the league announced that playoff qualification would be determined by points per game, not total points.

The announcement vaulted Colorado from 11th place to eighth in the Western Conference standings with one week remaining, and conversely dropped RSL down a spot from ninth to 10th.

Climbing back into a top eight playoff position will be extremely difficult for RSL with just two games remaining, beginning on Sunday at the L.A. Galaxy (8:30 p.m., KMYU).

RSL wraps up the regular season next Sunday at home against Kansas City.

“To have a shot to win it, we have to win both games,” defender Justen Glad told the media in a Zoom call earlier this week.

Even with a pair of victories to close the season, RSL isn’t guaranteed a playoff spot. The maximum points per game that RSL can finish with is 1.272. On Saturday afternoon, Colorado sat on 1.266 ppg, and the Rapids still have three games remaining over the next week. Four points over those three games would guarantee they finish higher in the standings.

Colorado’s last three games are against Seattle, Portland and Houston, so collecting four points won’t be a walk in the park, but the Rapids aren’t the only team RSL needs to worry about. It must also leap ninth-place Vancouver, which has two games remaining. If Vancouver wins out against Portland and the Galaxy, it’s guaranteed to finish higher in the standings than RSL.

A Vancouver win and a tie, however, would allow RSL to slip ahead by .05 ppg with a pair of victories. But it would still need to leapfrog Colorado.

Lastly, there’s still an outside chance RSL could slip ahead of seventh-place San Jose — which it just lost to on Wednesday 2-0. San Jose sits five points ahead of RSL in the normal standings, but it needs to win one of its last two games, against Seattle and LAFC, to prevent the possibility of being vaulted over by RSL.

None of those scenarios matter if Real Salt Lake doesn’t start winning games, which it has only done five times in 2020. One of those five wins came against the Galaxy back on Sept. 23, a result it desperately needs to replicate on Sunday.

“What we can control is going over there with the right attitude, putting in the right energy and looking to win the game. There’s six points out there,” coach Freddy Juarez said in a Zoom call with the media this week.

The Galaxy are 1-8-1 over the past 10 games and this week fired head coach Guillermo Barros Schelloto.

Juarez said it’s not an ideal time to be playing the Galaxy.

“We all know how teams react when they get a new guy in,” he said.

Even the Galaxy are still mathematically in the hunt for the last playoff seed if they win out and get some help, which illustrates the potential for a wild finish to end the season.



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Why there’s global significance at a geothermal project in Beaver County

Drilling of a deep “deviated” well near Milford, Beaver County, recently began in project known as FORGE, which is using the first-of-its-kind technology to tap deep, renewable geothermal energy resources. | Eric Larson, Flash Point Salt Lake City

This is the ‘heat beneath beneath your feet’

SALT LAKE CITY — Imagine having an unlimited supply of clean, renewable energy at your feet that could revolutionize the nation’s — and even the world’s — approach to turning on the lights in billions of homes and powering up economies across the globe.

A Utah project playing out near a little town of less than 1,500 residents could transform what is only imagination into a formidable reality by using the first-of-its-kind technology that reaches thousands upon thousands of feet underground to harness geothermal resources on a commercial scale.

 Eric Larson Flash Point, Salt Lake City
A drone view overlooks the sight of the FORGE Project in Beaver County that seeks to use the first-of-its-kind technology to tap renewable, geothermal energy deep under the ground.

The possibilities are endless if the technology is proven successful, and the project in Milford, Beaver County, spearheaded by the University of Utah’s Energy & Geoscience Institute is being watched by a lot of counties — Germany, Japan, China, the United Kingdom.

“There’s worldwide interest,” said Joseph Moore, principal investigator of the Utah Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy, or what they call FORGE, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy at a tune of some $200 million.

The project hit a milestone recently with the start of the drilling of one of two deep, deviated wells that ultimately reach depths of 10,800 feet underground and are seeking to capture geothermal energy bubbling at 437 degrees.

The enhanced geothermal technology works like a radiator, if you will.

The well will go vertically to a depth of 6,000 feet and make a 65-degree turn. The total length of the well will be approximately 11,000 feet with the “toe” — or the end of the well — reaching a vertical depth of 8,500 feet.

The Utah FORGE Project

This well will serve as the conduit of injected water, at 2,000 gallons per minute, to be circulated through the fractures it makes in the hard granite underground rock. The second deviated well will then bring that water up, only to be injected again, over and over.

This is the first project of its kind to tackle this challenge while drilling in hot, hard crystalline granite.

Ultimately the idea is to use this “radiator” process to generate steam to power a turbine to turn it into energy.

This is the first research attempt to harness geothermal energy using such a drastic angle of 65 degrees, Moore said.

“Most geothermal wells are pretty close to vertical and about 30 to 40 degrees.”

While geothermal resources across the United States are being used for energy — Utah ranks third in the country for its geothermal energy output — no one has been quite able to figure out how to make it economically viable on a commercial scale.

That challenge is what is fueling the U.S. Department of Energy’s interest and funding. It picked Utah out of four other competitors across the country to test this technology and to take it to market.

“What we are doing is engineering a geothermal reservoir,” Moore said.

He added: “Our goal is not to generate electricity but to prove the technology so we can take that technology to Salt Lake City, to New York, Iowa or to Mumbai (India.)”

The project has the enthusiastic support of not only the federal government but state agencies such as the Governor’s Office of Energy Development, the little town of Beaver, Millard County and others.

Moore says this is why you, the average energy consumer, should care.

“Let’s say we extract 2% of the geothermal energy that is between 2 and 6 miles down. We would have more than 2,000 times the amount of energy used in the United States per year. Just imagine how much energy that is stored below our feet that is virtually free. It is just up to us how to extract it. Conceptually that blows my mind,” Moore said.

That amount of energy is so large, Moore said, it dwarfs in comparison to other resources such as wind and solar — renewable energy workhorses that admittedly now take up a larger racetrack in terms of the ground they occupy.

While solar and wind farms have a generally large geographic footprint, the potential for this technology is at a much reduced scale.

For example, the test site about 10 miles away from Milford occupies about a quarter of an acre, and the entire demonstration site encompasses just a few acres.

“What could be a better power source? I am not limited to where I can put it. I could put it in the governor’s mansion’s parking lot,” Moore said.

That is something to consider, if FORGE proves out.

“Just imagine getting all the energy you needed, anywhere you wanted. I guess that is the bottom line with this project,” Moore said.



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Utah football gets commitment from Georgia safety, former Duke commit Cole Bishop

A utah fan shows his “U” as the team runs onto the field as Utah and Arizona State prepare to play Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015, at Rice Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. A Utah fan shows his “U” as the team runs onto the field as Utah and Arizona State prepare to play Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015, at Rice Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News

A week before the Utah football program is set to kick off its 2020 season, it got a commitment for its 2021 recruiting class from a prospect who was previously committed to another Power Five school.

Georgia safety Cole Bishop announced his pledge to the program via Twitter, a declaration that came two weeks after he decommitted from Duke (he had committed to the Blue Devils in late March).

Listed by 247 Sports at 6-foot-3 and 200 pounds, Bishop is designated as a 3-star prospect. According to 247 Sports, he also holds scholarship offers from a number of Power Five programs around the country.

A senior at Starr’s Mill High School in Fayetteville, Georgia, Bishop becomes the 13th prospect to commit to the Utes as part of their 2021 recruiting class.



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Max Knudson, longtime business editor for the Deseret News, dies at 80

Max Knudson, Deseret News business editor, pictured in this file photo taken Jan. 27, 2002. Max Knudson, longtime Deseret News business editor, is pictured in this file photo taken Jan. 27, 2002. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News

SALT LAKE CITY — Max Knudson, former longtime business editor for the Deseret News, died peacefully in his home Wednesday after a fight with cancer.

He was 80 years old.

During his life, Knudson occupied myriad roles, including a coffee shop manager, a folk singer and even a military man after being drafted into the Army in the 1960s — but he spent the majority of his career as a newspaperman.

His first taste of reporting came while he was in the Army, serving as an information specialist — the role being “the Army’s term for a reporter or an editor or a PR guy,” he said in an interview in 2001.

His career in journalism was somewhat serendipitous, then, as the position was supposed to go to a college graduate with the last name Knudsen, not to a man who had only attended one quarter of college.

Before being drafted, he had been busy with his other pursuits. He married for the first time in 1964, but the relationship ended in divorce.

He gave college another shot in 1967, returning home to Salt Lake City and attending the University of Utah after his time in the Army and a rather dismal job as a manager at 7-Eleven.

“By now I know that the world’s a cold, cruel place, and this is my last chance to make something of my life other than the fast-food industry, so man, do I study,” he said in 2001. “I started out in the hole because I had all those E’s and incompletes from that first quarter in 1958, but I eventually overcame it. I majored in English, because that seemed like the logical thing for somebody who enjoyed reading and was good at writing.”

He later switched to a journalism degree and graduated in 1969. While he was in college, he met his eventual second wife, Karen Christensen, and they married in 1970.

Knudson was a loving father and had three children — a son, Erik Byron Knudson, and two daughters, Kelly Peters Christensen Knudson and Lindsay Elizabeth Knudson Williams.

Knudson found his first newspaper job the same year he graduated, becoming an intern with the Salt Lake Tribune in 1969. He later left Salt Lake City to work for The National Enquirer, which offered to pay him triple what he was making.

He was fired after just four months.

“It was probably the hardest job I’ve ever had,” he said. “The hours were absolutely relentless. You worked seven days a week, 13 or 14 hours a day.”

“It had sounded so easy before I went down there. I thought that if you were willing to just pervert your journalistic instincts and sell yourself for money, all you had to do was make the stuff up. But it didn’t work that way. It actually was journalism of a kind, but it wasn’t what I had been trained in. I was the only American there. Everyone else was from Britain or Australia and knew all about tabloid journalism.”

After another stint at the Salt Lake Tribune and a couple public relations jobs, he found his longtime home with the Deseret News in 1979.

Knudson had originally applied for an investigative reporting position but was told it was being filled in-house. He was instead offered the business editor position, which he accepted.

“It was quite a relief to me to get this job,” he said. “It’s where I belonged. It’s what I do best.”

Knudson worked as the Deseret News’ business editor for 22 years. Among his many articles, the automotive stories he wrote were among his most popular.

“If I have any fame at all, it’s for the car reviews,” he said. “All the other thousands of stories I’ve written on finances and banking and retail and development, that isn’t what people ask me about. They always ask me, ‘Hey, Max, what are you driving today?’”

He put down the pen and retired in 2002.

“Max leaves a legacy of well-crafted newspaper stories, always clearly written, without typos and made every deadline,” his obituary states. “Please continue to support our precious newspapers as they are a lifeline to understanding our ever-changing world.”



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Max Knudson, longtime business editor for the Deseret News, dies at 80

Max Knudson, Deseret News business editor, pictured in this file photo taken Jan. 27, 2002. Max Knudson, longtime Deseret News business editor, is pictured in this file photo taken Jan. 27, 2002. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News

SALT LAKE CITY — Max Knudson, former longtime business editor for the Deseret News, died peacefully in his home Wednesday after a fight with cancer.

He was 80 years old.

During his life, Knudson occupied myriad roles, including a coffee shop manager, a folk singer and even a military man after being drafted into the Army in the 1960s — but he spent the majority of his career as a newspaperman.

His first taste of reporting came while he was in the Army, serving as an information specialist — the role being “the Army’s term for a reporter or an editor or a PR guy,” he said in an interview in 2001.

His career in journalism was somewhat serendipitous, then, as the position was supposed to go to a college graduate with the last name Knudsen, not to a man who had only attended one quarter of college.

Before being drafted, he had been busy with his other pursuits. He married for the first time in 1964, but the relationship ended in divorce.

He gave college another shot in 1967, returning home to Salt Lake City and attending the University of Utah after his time in the Army and a rather dismal job as a manager at 7-Eleven.

“By now I know that the world’s a cold, cruel place, and this is my last chance to make something of my life other than the fast-food industry, so man, do I study,” he said in 2001. “I started out in the hole because I had all those E’s and incompletes from that first quarter in 1958, but I eventually overcame it. I majored in English, because that seemed like the logical thing for somebody who enjoyed reading and was good at writing.”

He later switched to a journalism degree and graduated in 1969. While he was in college, he met his eventual second wife, Karen Christensen, and they married in 1970.

Knudson was a loving father and had three children — a son, Erik Byron Knudson, and two daughters, Kelly Peters Christensen Knudson and Lindsay Elizabeth Knudson Williams.

Knudson found his first newspaper job the same year he graduated, becoming an intern with the Salt Lake Tribune in 1969. He later left Salt Lake City to work for The National Enquirer, which offered to pay him triple what he was making.

He was fired after just four months.

“It was probably the hardest job I’ve ever had,” he said. “The hours were absolutely relentless. You worked seven days a week, 13 or 14 hours a day.”

“It had sounded so easy before I went down there. I thought that if you were willing to just pervert your journalistic instincts and sell yourself for money, all you had to do was make the stuff up. But it didn’t work that way. It actually was journalism of a kind, but it wasn’t what I had been trained in. I was the only American there. Everyone else was from Britain or Australia and knew all about tabloid journalism.”

After another stint at the Salt Lake Tribune and a couple public relations jobs, he found his longtime home with the Deseret News in 1979.

Knudson had originally applied for an investigative reporting position but was told it was being filled in-house. He was instead offered the business editor position, which he accepted.

“It was quite a relief to me to get this job,” he said. “It’s where I belonged. It’s what I do best.”

Knudson worked as the Deseret News’ business editor for 22 years. Among his many articles, the automotive stories he wrote were among his most popular.

“If I have any fame at all, it’s for the car reviews,” he said. “All the other thousands of stories I’ve written on finances and banking and retail and development, that isn’t what people ask me about. They always ask me, ‘Hey, Max, what are you driving today?’”

He put down the pen and retired in 2002.

“Max leaves a legacy of well-crafted newspaper stories, always clearly written, without typos and made every deadline,” his obituary states. “Please continue to support our precious newspapers as they are a lifeline to understanding our ever-changing world.”



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Taylorsville Utah Temple groundbreaking signals ‘special’ era of Latter-day Saint temple building

Elder Gerrit W. Gong, a member of Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, left, watches as Hannah Rupp and her father, Mark Rupp, turn soil during the groundbreaking of the Taylorsville Utah Temple in Taylorsville on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. Elder Gerrit W. Gong, a member of Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, left, watches as Hannah Rupp and her father, Mark Rupp, turn soil during the groundbreaking of the Taylorsville Utah Temple in Taylorsville on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News

Church now has nearly 70 temples in design, development or construction phases, Elder Dean M. Davies says

The ambitious global temple-building effort undertaken by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints strode forward again Saturday as church leaders broke ground on the Taylorsville Utah Temple along I-215 in the western Salt Lake Valley.

The church has 168 temples in operation but 35 more will be under construction by the end of the year, including Taylorsville. More than 30 additional announced temples already are in design and development prior to actual construction, said Elder Dean M. Davies, a General Authority Seventy who recently left the Presiding Bishopric, which oversees temple building.

“It’s a special time to gather Israel on both sides of the veil,” said Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Elder Gong presided Saturday over the groundbreaking and said the dedicatory prayer on the site three weeks after he and his wife, Sister Susan Gong, recovered from COVID-19 infections.

“We’re doing wonderfully,” he said. “We’ve been so grateful for the many thoughts and prayers on our behalf by so many. ... We’re completely recovered, according to our doctors, and grateful for that, and have all the certifications from the health offices and medical experts that say it’s OK to be back in the wild, and so we’re glad to be out in public again.”

The Gongs have a special connection to the Taylorsville temple site, 2603 W. 4700 South. Sister Gong’s father was bishop of the local Latter-day Saint ward when a chapel opened on the site. That chapel was razed earlier this year to make room for the temple, which will be a three-story building with approximately 70,000 square feet and a central spire.

“It’s a very special blessing to participate in any temple groundbreaking and site dedication,” Elder Gong said. “All of us feel connected in each of those, but for us here particularly with the multiple generations in our own family, it is a special privilege. ... Our father and grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather all had served as bishops here in Taylorsville. So many of those that we love have been associated here over many generations, so it’s a very special blessing.”

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the groundbreaking ceremony was private. About 25 people attended the event by invitation, wearing masks and sitting in upholstered folding chairs spread far apart in an open field under a cloudless but hazy blue sky on a cool morning. Neighbors from the homes on the temple’s southern border peered over a cinderblock wall to watch and listen to the ceremony.

At times, the speakers competed with the drone of airplanes passing overhead on approach to Salt Lake International City Airport and cars and trucks driving by on I-215 or the on-ramp that directly abuts the temple site.

Speakers stood at a wood podium placed in the field and sat on the upholstered wooden chairs in front of a few dozen potted plants and small trees brought to the field for the ceremony.

Taylorsville Mayor Kristie Overson said she was “rocked and shocked” when she learned a temple was coming to her city, an announcement she said “sent a lightning bolt through our community.”

“It’s a dream come true. This location is incredible,” she said. “The access is unbelievable with I-215. It will be seen citywide and valleywide.”

In his site dedication prayer, Elder Gong mentioned the settlement of the west side of the Salt Lake Valley, when Joseph and Susanna Harker, of England, crossed the Jordan River in 1848 to establish a fort and a home right in the valley’s center.

“Gathered in these times in-person and via technology, we acknowledge and rejoice with faithful generations, including in historic over-Jordan communities who have, here at its heart, made this valley home,” Elder Gong said.

The Harkers’ great-great-great grandson, Max Harker, 17, spoke at the groundbreaking and related how they gave up their home, their country and lost two children traveling to Utah. He encouraged those in attendance and those who will watch video of the ceremony to engage in family history and temple work.

“I am thrilled for a temple to be built here in Taylorsville,” he said. “I’m excited to continue the legacy of Joseph Harker.”

Among the two dozen invited to attend were West Valley City’s Hannah Rupp, 8, who earlier this year had what her father Mark called a Zoom-COVID baptism, with 15 people in attendance and 35 families online, and Murray’s Hailey Bowen, 9. The girls helped turn over shovelfuls of dirt to symbolize the start of construction and said they enjoyed meeting Elder Gong.

Also on hand were 83-year-old Hazel Weight and Sister Gong’s mother, 91-year-old, Marion B. Lindsay, both longtime area residents.

“I thought it was a tender thing,” Elder Gong said afterward, “that we have an 8-year-old and a 9-year-old and an 80-year-old and a 90-year-old here who span the generations. We have a six-generation member of the Harker family. We have those who represent all the different cultures and languages in this community. This is a great community and it represents such a wonderful part of the church.”

In his site dedication, he prayed that the temple would radiate as a blessing to the community, which was named for John Taylor, the third president and prophet of the church.

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A rendering of the Taylorsville Utah Temple. The groundbreaking for the temple was held Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020.

“It’s a wonderful day to have that whole spectrum of all of us who are here,” he said, “one in heart, one in mind, part of the household of faith, and our neighbors, good citizens, here together. A temple is a blessing in a community for all of its citizens.”

The Taylorsville Temple is expected to be completed by 2023, Elder Davies said. It will be the fifth in the Salt Lake Valley, sitting about halfway between the Salt Lake Temple and Jordan River Temple. It will become one of 25 temples in Utah.

The Taylorsville temple marks the 10th of 21 groundbreakings in 2020. The previous nine were for the Alabang Philippines, Richmond Virginia, Layton Utah, Auckland New Zealand, Feather River California, Orem Utah, San Pedro Sula Honduras, Brasília Brazil and Moses Lake Washington temples.

The church has scheduled groundbreakings for eight temples in November — the Bentonville Arkansas Temple, Antofagasta Chile Temple, Salta Argentina Temple, Red Cliffs Utah Temple, Coban Guatemala Temple, Davao Philippines Temple, Mendoza Argentina Temple and McAllen Texas Temple.

Three more are planned in December for the Harare Zimbabwe Temple, Bengaluru India Temple and Okinawa Japan Temple.



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Taylorsville Utah Temple groundbreaking signals ‘special’ era of Latter-day Saint temple building

Elder Gerrit W. Gong, a member of Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, left, watches as Hannah Rupp and her father, Mark Rupp, turn soil during the groundbreaking of the Taylorsville Utah Temple in Taylorsville on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. Elder Gerrit W. Gong, a member of Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, left, watches as Hannah Rupp and her father, Mark Rupp, turn soil during the groundbreaking of the Taylorsville Utah Temple in Taylorsville on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News

Church now has nearly 70 temples in design, development or construction phases, Elder Dean M. Davies says

The ambitious global temple-building effort undertaken by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints strode forward again Saturday as church leaders broke ground on the Taylorsville Utah Temple along I-215 in the western Salt Lake Valley.

The church has 168 temples in operation but 35 more will be under construction by the end of the year, including Taylorsville. More than 30 additional announced temples already are in design and development prior to actual construction, said Elder Dean M. Davies, a General Authority Seventy who recently left the Presiding Bishopric, which oversees temple building.

“It’s a special time to gather Israel on both sides of the veil,” said Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Elder Gong presided Saturday over the groundbreaking and said the dedicatory prayer on the site three weeks after he and his wife, Sister Susan Gong, recovered from COVID-19 infections.

“We’re doing wonderfully,” he said. “We’ve been so grateful for the many thoughts and prayers on our behalf by so many. ... We’re completely recovered, according to our doctors, and grateful for that, and have all the certifications from the health offices and medical experts that say it’s OK to be back in the wild, and so we’re glad to be out in public again.”

The Gongs have a special connection to the Taylorsville temple site, 2603 W. 4700 South. Sister Gong’s father was bishop of the local Latter-day Saint ward when a chapel opened on the site. That chapel was razed earlier this year to make room for the temple, which will be a three-story building with approximately 70,000 square feet and a central spire.

“It’s a very special blessing to participate in any temple groundbreaking and site dedication,” Elder Gong said. “All of us feel connected in each of those, but for us here particularly with the multiple generations in our own family, it is a special privilege. ... Our father and grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather all had served as bishops here in Taylorsville. So many of those that we love have been associated here over many generations, so it’s a very special blessing.”

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the groundbreaking ceremony was private. About 25 people attended the event by invitation, wearing masks and sitting in upholstered folding chairs spread far apart in an open field under a cloudless but hazy blue sky on a cool morning. Neighbors from the homes on the temple’s southern border peered over a cinderblock wall to watch and listen to the ceremony.

At times, the speakers competed with the drone of airplanes passing overhead on approach to Salt Lake International City Airport and cars and trucks driving by on I-215 or the on-ramp that directly abuts the temple site.

Speakers stood at a wood podium placed in the field and sat on the upholstered wooden chairs in front of a few dozen potted plants and small trees brought to the field for the ceremony.

Taylorsville Mayor Kristie Overson said she was “rocked and shocked” when she learned a temple was coming to her city, an announcement she said “sent a lightning bolt through our community.”

“It’s a dream come true. This location is incredible,” she said. “The access is unbelievable with I-215. It will be seen citywide and valleywide.”

In his site dedication prayer, Elder Gong mentioned the settlement of the west side of the Salt Lake Valley, when Joseph and Susanna Harker, of England, crossed the Jordan River in 1848 to establish a fort and a home right in the valley’s center.

“Gathered in these times in-person and via technology, we acknowledge and rejoice with faithful generations, including in historic over-Jordan communities who have, here at its heart, made this valley home,” Elder Gong said.

The Harkers’ great-great-great grandson, Max Harker, 17, spoke at the groundbreaking and related how they gave up their home, their country and lost two children traveling to Utah. He encouraged those in attendance and those who will watch video of the ceremony to engage in family history and temple work.

“I am thrilled for a temple to be built here in Taylorsville,” he said. “I’m excited to continue the legacy of Joseph Harker.”

Among the two dozen invited to attend were West Valley City’s Hannah Rupp, 8, who earlier this year had what her father Mark called a Zoom-COVID baptism, with 15 people in attendance and 35 families online, and Murray’s Hailey Bowen, 9. The girls helped turn over shovelfuls of dirt to symbolize the start of construction and said they enjoyed meeting Elder Gong.

Also on hand were 83-year-old Hazel Weight and Sister Gong’s mother, 91-year-old, Marion B. Lindsay, both longtime area residents.

“I thought it was a tender thing,” Elder Gong said afterward, “that we have an 8-year-old and a 9-year-old and an 80-year-old and a 90-year-old here who span the generations. We have a six-generation member of the Harker family. We have those who represent all the different cultures and languages in this community. This is a great community and it represents such a wonderful part of the church.”

In his site dedication, he prayed that the temple would radiate as a blessing to the community, which was named for John Taylor, the third president and prophet of the church.

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A rendering of the Taylorsville Utah Temple. The groundbreaking for the temple was held Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020.

“It’s a wonderful day to have that whole spectrum of all of us who are here,” he said, “one in heart, one in mind, part of the household of faith, and our neighbors, good citizens, here together. A temple is a blessing in a community for all of its citizens.”

The Taylorsville Temple is expected to be completed by 2023, Elder Davies said. It will be the fifth in the Salt Lake Valley, sitting about halfway between the Salt Lake Temple and Jordan River Temple. It will become one of 25 temples in Utah.

The Taylorsville temple marks the 10th of 21 groundbreakings in 2020. The previous nine were for the Alabang Philippines, Richmond Virginia, Layton Utah, Auckland New Zealand, Feather River California, Orem Utah, San Pedro Sula Honduras, Brasília Brazil and Moses Lake Washington temples.

The church has scheduled groundbreakings for eight temples in November — the Bentonville Arkansas Temple, Antofagasta Chile Temple, Salta Argentina Temple, Red Cliffs Utah Temple, Coban Guatemala Temple, Davao Philippines Temple, Mendoza Argentina Temple and McAllen Texas Temple.

Three more are planned in December for the Harare Zimbabwe Temple, Bengaluru India Temple and Okinawa Japan Temple.



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Taylorsville Utah Temple groundbreaking signals ‘special’ era of Latter-day Saint temple building

Elder Gerrit W. Gong, a member of Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, left, watches as Hannah Rupp and her father, Mark Rupp, turn soil during the groundbreaking of the Taylorsville Utah Temple in Taylorsville on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. Elder Gerrit W. Gong, a member of Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, left, watches as Hannah Rupp and her father, Mark Rupp, turn soil during the groundbreaking of the Taylorsville Utah Temple in Taylorsville on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News

Church now has nearly 70 temples in design, development or construction phases, Elder Dean M. Davies says

The ambitious global temple-building effort undertaken by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints strode forward again Saturday as church leaders broke ground on the Taylorsville Utah Temple along I-215 in the western Salt Lake Valley.

The church has 168 temples in operation but 35 more will be under construction by the end of the year, including Taylorsville. More than 30 additional announced temples already are in design and development prior to actual construction, said Elder Dean M. Davies, a General Authority Seventy who recently left the Presiding Bishopric, which oversees temple building.

“It’s a special time to gather Israel on both sides of the veil,” said Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Elder Gong presided Saturday over the groundbreaking and said the dedicatory prayer on the site three weeks after he and his wife, Sister Susan Gong, recovered from COVID-19 infections.

“We’re doing wonderfully,” he said. “We’ve been so grateful for the many thoughts and prayers on our behalf by so many. ... We’re completely recovered, according to our doctors, and grateful for that, and have all the certifications from the health offices and medical experts that say it’s OK to be back in the wild, and so we’re glad to be out in public again.”

The Gongs have a special connection to the Taylorsville temple site, 2603 W. 4700 South. Sister Gong’s father was bishop of the local Latter-day Saint ward when a chapel opened on the site. That chapel was razed earlier this year to make room for the temple, which will be a three-story building with approximately 70,000 square feet and a central spire.

“It’s a very special blessing to participate in any temple groundbreaking and site dedication,” Elder Gong said. “All of us feel connected in each of those, but for us here particularly with the multiple generations in our own family, it is a special privilege. ... Our father and grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather all had served as bishops here in Taylorsville. So many of those that we love have been associated here over many generations, so it’s a very special blessing.”

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the groundbreaking ceremony was private. About 25 people attended the event by invitation, wearing masks and sitting in upholstered folding chairs spread far apart in an open field under a cloudless but hazy blue sky on a cool morning. Neighbors from the homes on the temple’s southern border peered over a cinderblock wall to watch and listen to the ceremony.

At times, the speakers competed with the drone of airplanes passing overhead on approach to Salt Lake International City Airport and cars and trucks driving by on I-215 or the on-ramp that directly abuts the temple site.

Speakers stood at a wood podium placed in the field and sat on the upholstered wooden chairs in front of a few dozen potted plants and small trees brought to the field for the ceremony.

Taylorsville Mayor Kristie Overson said she was “rocked and shocked” when she learned a temple was coming to her city, an announcement she said “sent a lightning bolt through our community.”

“It’s a dream come true. This location is incredible,” she said. “The access is unbelievable with I-215. It will be seen citywide and valleywide.”

In his site dedication prayer, Elder Gong mentioned the settlement of the west side of the Salt Lake Valley, when Joseph and Susanna Harker, of England, crossed the Jordan River in 1848 to establish a fort and a home right in the valley’s center.

“Gathered in these times in-person and via technology, we acknowledge and rejoice with faithful generations, including in historic over-Jordan communities who have, here at its heart, made this valley home,” Elder Gong said.

The Harkers’ great-great-great grandson, Max Harker, 17, spoke at the groundbreaking and related how they gave up their home, their country and lost two children traveling to Utah. He encouraged those in attendance and those who will watch video of the ceremony to engage in family history and temple work.

“I am thrilled for a temple to be built here in Taylorsville,” he said. “I’m excited to continue the legacy of Joseph Harker.”

Among the two dozen invited to attend were West Valley City’s Hannah Rupp, 8, who earlier this year had what her father Mark called a Zoom-COVID baptism, with 15 people in attendance and 35 families online, and Murray’s Hailey Bowen, 9. The girls helped turn over shovelfuls of dirt to symbolize the start of construction and said they enjoyed meeting Elder Gong.

Also on hand were 83-year-old Hazel Weight and Sister Gong’s mother, 91-year-old, Marion B. Lindsay, both longtime area residents.

“I thought it was a tender thing,” Elder Gong said afterward, “that we have an 8-year-old and a 9-year-old and an 80-year-old and a 90-year-old here who span the generations. We have a six-generation member of the Harker family. We have those who represent all the different cultures and languages in this community. This is a great community and it represents such a wonderful part of the church.”

In his site dedication, he prayed that the temple would radiate as a blessing to the community, which was named for John Taylor, the third president and prophet of the church.

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A rendering of the Taylorsville Utah Temple. The groundbreaking for the temple was held Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020.

“It’s a wonderful day to have that whole spectrum of all of us who are here,” he said, “one in heart, one in mind, part of the household of faith, and our neighbors, good citizens, here together. A temple is a blessing in a community for all of its citizens.”

The Taylorsville Temple is expected to be completed by 2023, Elder Davies said. It will be the fifth in the Salt Lake Valley, sitting about halfway between the Salt Lake Temple and Jordan River Temple. It will become one of 25 temples in Utah.

The Taylorsville temple marks the 10th of 21 groundbreakings in 2020. The previous nine were for the Alabang Philippines, Richmond Virginia, Layton Utah, Auckland New Zealand, Feather River California, Orem Utah, San Pedro Sula Honduras, Brasília Brazil and Moses Lake Washington temples.

The church has scheduled groundbreakings for eight temples in November — the Bentonville Arkansas Temple, Antofagasta Chile Temple, Salta Argentina Temple, Red Cliffs Utah Temple, Coban Guatemala Temple, Davao Philippines Temple, Mendoza Argentina Temple and McAllen Texas Temple.

Three more are planned in December for the Harare Zimbabwe Temple, Bengaluru India Temple and Okinawa Japan Temple.



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Taylorsville Utah Temple groundbreaking signals ‘special’ era of Latter-day Saint temple building

Elder Gerrit W. Gong, a member of Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, left, watches as Hannah Rupp and her father, Mark Rupp, turn soil during the groundbreaking of the Taylorsville Utah Temple in Taylorsville on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. Elder Gerrit W. Gong, a member of Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, left, watches as Hannah Rupp and her father, Mark Rupp, turn soil during the groundbreaking of the Taylorsville Utah Temple in Taylorsville on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News

Church now has nearly 70 temples in design, development or construction phases, Elder Dean M. Davies says

The ambitious global temple-building effort undertaken by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints strode forward again Saturday as church leaders broke ground on the Taylorsville Utah Temple along I-215 in the western Salt Lake Valley.

The church has 168 temples in operation but 35 more will be under construction by the end of the year, including Taylorsville. More than 30 additional announced temples already are in design and development prior to actual construction, said Elder Dean M. Davies, a General Authority Seventy who recently left the Presiding Bishopric, which oversees temple building.

“It’s a special time to gather Israel on both sides of the veil,” said Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Elder Gong presided Saturday over the groundbreaking and said the dedicatory prayer on the site three weeks after he and his wife, Sister Susan Gong, recovered from COVID-19 infections.

“We’re doing wonderfully,” he said. “We’ve been so grateful for the many thoughts and prayers on our behalf by so many. ... We’re completely recovered, according to our doctors, and grateful for that, and have all the certifications from the health offices and medical experts that say it’s OK to be back in the wild, and so we’re glad to be out in public again.”

The Gongs have a special connection to the Taylorsville temple site, 2603 W. 4700 South. Sister Gong’s father was bishop of the local Latter-day Saint ward when a chapel opened on the site. That chapel was razed earlier this year to make room for the temple, which will be a three-story building with approximately 70,000 square feet and a central spire.

“It’s a very special blessing to participate in any temple groundbreaking and site dedication,” Elder Gong said. “All of us feel connected in each of those, but for us here particularly with the multiple generations in our own family, it is a special privilege. ... Our father and grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather all had served as bishops here in Taylorsville. So many of those that we love have been associated here over many generations, so it’s a very special blessing.”

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the groundbreaking ceremony was private. About 25 people attended the event by invitation, wearing masks and sitting in upholstered folding chairs spread far apart in an open field under a cloudless but hazy blue sky on a cool morning. Neighbors from the homes on the temple’s southern border peered over a cinderblock wall to watch and listen to the ceremony.

At times, the speakers competed with the drone of airplanes passing overhead on approach to Salt Lake International City Airport and cars and trucks driving by on I-215 or the on-ramp that directly abuts the temple site.

Speakers stood at a wood podium placed in the field and sat on the upholstered wooden chairs in front of a few dozen potted plants and small trees brought to the field for the ceremony.

Taylorsville Mayor Kristie Overson said she was “rocked and shocked” when she learned a temple was coming to her city, an announcement she said “sent a lightning bolt through our community.”

“It’s a dream come true. This location is incredible,” she said. “The access is unbelievable with I-215. It will be seen citywide and valleywide.”

In his site dedication prayer, Elder Gong mentioned the settlement of the west side of the Salt Lake Valley, when Joseph and Susanna Harker, of England, crossed the Jordan River in 1848 to establish a fort and a home right in the valley’s center.

“Gathered in these times in-person and via technology, we acknowledge and rejoice with faithful generations, including in historic over-Jordan communities who have, here at its heart, made this valley home,” Elder Gong said.

The Harkers’ great-great-great grandson, Max Harker, 17, spoke at the groundbreaking and related how they gave up their home, their country and lost two children traveling to Utah. He encouraged those in attendance and those who will watch video of the ceremony to engage in family history and temple work.

“I am thrilled for a temple to be built here in Taylorsville,” he said. “I’m excited to continue the legacy of Joseph Harker.”

Among the two dozen invited to attend were West Valley City’s Hannah Rupp, 8, who earlier this year had what her father Mark called a Zoom-COVID baptism, with 15 people in attendance and 35 families online, and Murray’s Hailey Bowen, 9. The girls helped turn over shovelfuls of dirt to symbolize the start of construction and said they enjoyed meeting Elder Gong.

Also on hand were 83-year-old Hazel Weight and Sister Gong’s mother, 91-year-old, Marion B. Lindsay, both longtime area residents.

“I thought it was a tender thing,” Elder Gong said afterward, “that we have an 8-year-old and a 9-year-old and an 80-year-old and a 90-year-old here who span the generations. We have a six-generation member of the Harker family. We have those who represent all the different cultures and languages in this community. This is a great community and it represents such a wonderful part of the church.”

In his site dedication, he prayed that the temple would radiate as a blessing to the community, which was named for John Taylor, the third president and prophet of the church.

 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
A rendering of the Taylorsville Utah Temple. The groundbreaking for the temple was held Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020.

“It’s a wonderful day to have that whole spectrum of all of us who are here,” he said, “one in heart, one in mind, part of the household of faith, and our neighbors, good citizens, here together. A temple is a blessing in a community for all of its citizens.”

The Taylorsville Temple is expected to be completed by 2023, Elder Davies said. It will be the fifth in the Salt Lake Valley, sitting about halfway between the Salt Lake Temple and Jordan River Temple. It will become one of 25 temples in Utah.

The Taylorsville temple marks the 10th of 21 groundbreakings in 2020. The previous nine were for the Alabang Philippines, Richmond Virginia, Layton Utah, Auckland New Zealand, Feather River California, Orem Utah, San Pedro Sula Honduras, Brasília Brazil and Moses Lake Washington temples.

The church has scheduled groundbreakings for eight temples in November — the Bentonville Arkansas Temple, Antofagasta Chile Temple, Salta Argentina Temple, Red Cliffs Utah Temple, Coban Guatemala Temple, Davao Philippines Temple, Mendoza Argentina Temple and McAllen Texas Temple.

Three more are planned in December for the Harare Zimbabwe Temple, Bengaluru India Temple and Okinawa Japan Temple.



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Sheri Dew: ‘We’re not alone’

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High school volleyball: Valley holds off Rich to claim first state title in 35 years

Valley’s volleyball team experienced euphoria on Saturday that the program hasn’t experienced since the Reagan administration in the mid-80s.

No. 3 seed Valley edged No. 1 seed Rich 25-19, 26-24, 21-25, 27-25 to capture its first 1A volleyball state championship since back-to-back titles in 1984 and 1985.

Rich fought off match points at 24-23 and 25-24 in the fourth game, but senior Paige Harris finally secured the winning point for the Buffaloes on a kill that to a deflection off the top of the block.

Valley beat Pinnacle, Escalante and Panguitch en route to the final. The 25-18, 25-16, 14-25, 25-8 semifinal win over Panguitch on Friday night avenged a 3-2 loss to Panguitch in region play.



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An employee pulled a prank like ‘The Office.’ It didn’t turn out well

Steve Carell appears in “The Office.” Steve Carell appears in “The Office.” | Screenshot, NBC

Here’s what happened when someone tried to be like Jim from ‘The Office.’

An accounting worker recently said he caused a disruption in his office by performing a prank like Jim from “The Office.”

The employee shared his story on Reddit — it was later picked up by Fox News — about how he “thought it would be funny to put a Bluetooth speaker in the ceiling and play sounds of cats over it.”

The Reddit user said: “I found an eight-hour video of cats meowing on YouTube that was perfect.”

So he put the speaker under a ceiling panel. He paired a Bluetooth speaker with his phone and so it began.

  • “It was perfect,” the prankster recalls. “You could only hear the cats if you listened real close. It sounded like there was a cat in the ceiling, but you really couldn’t tell exactly where it was coming from.”

His office then had to shutdown the department so a team could go in and find the cats. The workers found the speaker system and asked employees to identify the person who performed the prank.

The office later developed conspiracy theories that the cats were real.

Performing pranks in real life isn’t anything new. And there are plenty of office pranks out there to use for April Fool’s Day.

Of course, the pandemic has forced a lot of people to work from home, or lose their jobs overall. So who knows when we might get another opportunity to prank our co-workers.



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13-year-old boy dies after being struck by car in West Jordan

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WEST JORDAN — A 13-year-old boy struck by a car early Thursday morning while crossing Redwood Road between 7300 and 7400 South died from his injuries, police said Saturday.

West Jordan police said it was dark, the boy was wearing dark clothing, the area was poorly lit and he did not cross at a crosswalk. The accident occurred about 6:30 a.m.

The driver of the car has been cooperative with police, officials said.

The boy, who was an eighth grader at West Jordan Middle School, was transported to a hospital where he died shortly after arrival, police said. Officials declined to release the boy’s named pending family notifications.

Jordan School District officials said a crisis counseling team was available at the school and will be available again all next week starting Monday for as long as they are needed.

“Our hearts, thoughts and prayers go out to the family at this very difficult time,” said school district spokeswoman Sandra Riesgraf.

Correction: An earlier version said the boy struck by the car was 12 years old. He was 13.



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13-year-old boy dies after being struck by car in West Jordan

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WEST JORDAN — A 13-year-old boy struck by a car early Thursday morning while crossing Redwood Road between 7300 and 7400 South died from his injuries, police said Saturday.

West Jordan police said it was dark, the boy was wearing dark clothing, the area was poorly lit and he did not cross at a crosswalk. The accident occurred about 6:30 a.m.

The driver of the car has been cooperative with police, officials said.

The boy, who was an eighth grader at West Jordan Middle School, was transported to a hospital where he died shortly after arrival, police said. Officials declined to release the boy’s named pending family notifications.

Jordan School District officials said a crisis counseling team was available at the school and will be available again all next week starting Monday for as long as they are needed.

“Our hearts, thoughts and prayers go out to the family at this very difficult time,” said school district spokeswoman Sandra Riesgraf.

Correction: An earlier version said the boy struck by the car was 12 years old. He was 13.



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Herbert: Utah’s situation with COVID-19 ‘remains critical’ as 1,724 new cases are reported

Chase Schumaker, a Salt Lake County mobile tester, smiles as he administer a COVID-19 test at the county’s testing site in the Maverik Center parking lot in West Valley City on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. Chase Schumaker, a Salt Lake County mobile tester, smiles as he administer a COVID-19 test at the county’s testing site in the Maverik Center parking lot in West Valley City on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. | Steve Griffin, Deseret News

Herbert was among Utah leaders who met with Dr. Deborah Birx and CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield in Utah on Saturday to discuss means to curb COVID-19 surge

SALT LAKE CITY — Dr. Deborah Birx and Dr. Robert Redfield met with Utah leaders Saturday to talk about strategies to curb the COVID-19 surge, according to a tweet by Utah Gov. Gary Herbert.

Utah’s situation “remains critical,” Herbert wrote.

“We discussed targeted strategies to end the current surge in infections. We will share more soon. In the meantime, mask up, and protect your extended family and friends by celebrating tonight only with those you live with.”

The tweet said in part that state data show social gatherings are the main source of COVID-19 spread. “Dr. Birx and Redfield confirmed this pattern is nationwide.”

The tweet continues: “Because of this, committing not to socialize with people outside your household is the best thing you can do to stop the virus, protect our hospital capacity, and save lives.

“Please resist the temptation to gather with extended family and friends this evening, and consider celebrating Halloween with a small party of those you live with.”

Redfield is the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ambassador Birx was appointed by the Trump administration as coronavirus response coordinator in the Office of the Vice President.

Herbert wrote that Redfield “confirmed that masks work. Wear one anytime you are near someone who doesn’t live in your house. Many who are infected with COVID-19 are asymptomatic and never know they have the virus. Wearing a mask is a scientifically proven way to prevent additional infections.”

Birx has been traveling the country observing how Americans are following public health recommendations intended to stem the spread of COVID-19. She meets with state and community leaders in closed-door gathering. Press reports indicate she has been critical of conditions she has observed.

According to CNN, she has been to more than 40 states, with stops this week in the Mountain West, including Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.

Meanwhile, Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson dropped off treats to public and health care workers Saturday, a nod to the Halloween holiday but more so to thank them for their committed service to community health in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wilson also visited with workers administering COVID-19 tests at drive-thru location at the Maverik Center in West Valley City.

“I wanted to come because it’s Halloween, but I also wanted to come to thank them, because of the negative comments that have been made recently in the community,” she said.

Wilson said she told one worker that for every negative uttered, “there are thousands of us that believe in you, that thank you and appreciate you and that know that you are the heart of this movement for our community to be safe again and healthy again.”

Wilson said recent events had been “heartbreaking,” both in terms of negative comments expressed against public health leaders and others waging the fight against coronavirus but worse, protests this past week outside the home of state epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn.

“The people that have assembled here doing this work, do it day in and day out, and have a belief in the work that they’re doing. We need to honor them,” Wilson said.

On Saturday, the Utah Department of Health reported 1,724 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the state’s total number of infections resulting from the widespread virus to 114,656 positive cases. This was down from a record number of cases reported Friday at 2,292.

The rolling seven-day average number of daily positive tests is 1,638 per day.

Meanwhile, the rolling seven-day average for percent of positive laboratory tests is 18.4%, slightly up from 18.2% on Friday, according to the health department.

The health department announced another three deaths throughout the state, bringing the total number of lives lost to COVID-19 in Utah to 604.

The deaths included a Washington County man between 65 and 84 who was hospitalized at time of death; a Utah County woman between 45 and 64 who was hospitalized at time of death; and a Duchesne County man between 25 and 44. It was unknown if he was hospitalized at time of death.

A total of 1,081,823 Utahns have been tested for COVID-19, which includes 8,186 people tested Friday.

There are 317 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Total hospitalizations from the beginning of the outbreak are 5,463, according to the health department.

This story will be updated.

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Coronavirus: Utah responds to the pandemic

Ruby Van Wagenen, 11, is held by her mother as she is tested for COVID-19 by medical assistant Nicole Paepke at Utah Valley Hospital in Provo on Friday, May 8, 2020. In an effort to help address COVID-19 hot spots that have been identified in Utah County, the Intermountain Healthcare Coronavirus Mobile Testing Unit provided testing to area residents. Ruby Van Wagenen, 11, is held by her mother as she is tested for COVID-19 by medical assistant Nicole Paepke at Utah Valley Hospital in Provo on Friday, May 8, 2020. In an effort to help address COVID-19 hot spots that have been identified in Utah County, the Intermountain Healthcare Coronavirus Mobile Testing Unit provided testing to area residents. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News

Utah has seen 114,656 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 604 total deaths as of Saturday, according to the Utah Department of Health. That’s an increase of 1,724 cases from Friday. Three new deaths were reported.

Here are the latest numbers.

  • Total number of COVID-19 cases: 114,656
  • Total reported people tested: 1,081,823
  • Total COVID-19 hospitalizations: 5,463
  • Current COVID-19 hospitalizations: 317
  • Total COVID-19 deaths: 604
  • Single-day high for reported cases: 2,292 (Oct. 30)
  • Single-day high for reported deaths: 15 (Oct. 2)

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12-year-old boy dies after being struck by car in West Jordan

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WEST JORDAN — A 12-year-old boy struck by a car early Thursday morning while crossing Redwood Road between 7300 and 7400 South died from his injuries, police said Saturday.

West Jordan police said it was dark, the boy was wearing dark clothing and he did not cross at a crosswalk. The driver of the car has been cooperative with police, officials said.

The boy, who attended West Jordan Middle School, was transported to a hospital where he died shortly after arrival, police said. Officials declined to release the boy’s named pending family notifications.

Jordan School District officials said a crisis counseling team was available at the school and will be available again all next week starting Monday for as long as they are needed.

“Our hearts, thoughts and prayers go out to the family at this very difficult time,” said school district spokeswoman Sandra Riesgraf.



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12-year-old boy dies after being struck by car in West Jordan

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WEST JORDAN — A 12-year-old boy struck by a car early Thursday morning while crossing Redwood Road between 7300 and 7400 South died from his injuries, police said Saturday.

West Jordan police said it was dark, the boy was wearing dark clothing and he did not cross at a crosswalk. The driver of the car has been cooperative with police, officials said.

The boy, who attended West Jordan Middle School, was transported to a hospital where he died shortly after arrival, police said. Officials declined to release the boy’s named pending family notifications.

Jordan School District officials said a crisis counseling team was available at the school and will be available again all next week starting Monday for as long as they are needed.

“Our hearts, thoughts and prayers go out to the family at this very difficult time,” said school district spokeswoman Sandra Riesgraf.



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Meet the highest ranking Latter-day Saint in the Trump administration

U.S. national security adviser Robert O’Brien gives the keynote address during the 6th annual Stewart Security Summit, hosted by Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. U.S. national security adviser Robert O’Brien gives the keynote address during the 6th annual Stewart Security Summit, hosted by Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News

SALT LAKE CITY — He is often the president’s first phone call in the morning and last phone call at night.

White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien says President Donald Trump works “pretty long” hours.

“I’ve had my first call at 6 a.m. and my last call at midnight with the president. He’s an energetic guy, energetic president,” he said.

O’Brien — Trump’s fourth national security adviser in less than four years — has been on the job now for a little over a year. He marks a sharp contrast to a couple of his controversial predecessors, Michael Flynn and John Bolton.

Unlike Bolton, O’Brien is on the same page as the president. O’Brien said he has a “tremendous” amount of respect for Trump and they have developed a “very nice” relationship. He said he has never been worried about hanging on to any job and would go back to being a trial lawyer in the private sector if Trump fired him.

“I just go to work every day doing the best I can, and if there comes a point in time when the president wants somebody else, I’ll salute and applaud him and wish the new national security adviser luck,” O’Brien said in an interview during a stop in Salt Lake City earlier this month.

“But I think we’ve had a very good run of success over the past year.”

O’Brien, 54, has lived up to his characterization in the national media as an affable, sharp, team player and a tough negotiator. He is described by those who know him as warm, engaging, receptive, focused and a man of faith.

Raised Catholic and a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he is the highest ranking Latter-day Saint in the U.S. government.

O’Brien attended a Catholic high school but had Latter-day Saint friends growing up in California. He went to UCLA but took a semester off in his sophomore year to attend Brigham Young University, the Church of Jesus Christ’s flagship institution, to “see what it’s all about.”

“I’m not going to lie. I wanted to ski a little bit as well,” he said.

During his semester at the Provo-based private school, O’Brien said he developed a testimony of the restored gospel and joined the church. He returned to UCLA and received a degree in political science. He met his wife, Lo-Mari, who has a Dutch Afrikaans background, while studying abroad. She joined the church after they met.

O’Brien then earned a law degree from the University of California, Berkeley. “She was nice enough to put me through law school,” he said of his wife.

The O’Briens raised three children, Margaret, Robert and Lauren. Their oldest daughter graduated from BYU before heading to law school, while the youngest is in the aviation program at Utah Valley University.

The younger Robert O’Brien slipped, hit his head and fell into his home pool resulting in his accidental drowning in September 2015, a few months after graduating from high school and while planning to serve a mission for the church.

O’Brien said his son was a great young man.

“We certainly miss him. These are tough things to go through. There’s probably nothing tougher to go through,” he said. “Hopefully as a result you become more compassionate and more caring toward other people who are going through difficult times.”

O’Brien gets to Utah a couple of times a year to ski, visit friends or attend a BYU football game. He said the Cougars have a “heck of a team” this year, and it’s too bad they’re not playing their pre-pandemic schedule because “I think they finally beat the Utes.”

O’Brien said his faith informs how he does his job in that like many believers, he believes America was founded as a result of divine providence, that the Founding Fathers were inspired by God.

“There was divine inspiration in creating a land where there was religious freedom, where Catholics and Protestants and Jews and eventually Latter-day Saints could worship in freedom,” he said.

Freedoms of speech, religion and the press and the right to assemble are interwoven and must be fiercely protected, he added.

“We have adversaries around the world that take a very different view of those freedoms,” O’Brien said.

“So I think my faith, my belief that God looks after America is something that gives us confidence,” he said. “I don’t take any instructions from my faith on how we address policy, but I do think that America’s a very special place, and I think we have a Heavenly Father that looks after America.”

O’Brien said his beliefs are consistent with how Ronald Reagan talked about America as the last best hope on earth and a shining city on a hill.

“I believe that very much. I think that’s consistent with Latter-day Saint doctrine,” he said. “But I also think it’s consistent with Jewish and Christian and hopefully Muslim and other religions that are here in America, that we realize that there are great blessings that come to this country by providence.”

O’Brien was seen as a “safe option” to replace Bolton, who Trump fired after clashes over the administration’s approach to Iran, Afghanistan and other global challenges.

As national security adviser, O’Brien is the president’s principal staffer in the White House to advise him on foreign policy and national security affairs. The job entails pulling together various government agencies and departments on any given issue, whether it’s Middle East peace, nuclear arms control, U.S. policy on China or rebuilding the Navy.

At the time of his appointment, O’Brien was the administration’s chief hostage negotiator. He worked closely with the families of American hostages and advised administration officials on hostage issues. He helped secure the release of Andrew Brunson, a pastor held by Turkey for two years, and Danny Burch, an oil-company engineer kidnapped in Yemen.

He also worked with then U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr. to secure the release of two Latter-day Saint missionaries who were detained in Russia.

O’Brien’s career has been a mix of public service, including time as a judge advocate general officer in the Army reserve, and private practice.

He started a small law office with friends in Los Angeles that merged into a large national firm called Arent Fox in Washington, D.C.

O’Brien was the U.S. alternate representative to the United Nations General Assembly from 2005 through 2006, when Bolton was U.S. ambassador to the U.N. In 2008, O’Brien served a three-year term on a government committee that advises on the trafficking of antiquities and other cultural items. He was the founding co-chairman of the Department of State Public-Private Partnership for Justice Reform in Afghanistan from 2007 to 2011 and served under both Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton.

In 2004, O’Brien did some legal work for the George W. Bush reelection campaign, and promised his wife afterward that he wouldn’t do another presidential campaign.

But a friendship with Tagg Romney, who was working for the Los Angeles Dodgers, led O’Brien to getting involved with Mitt Romney’s 2008 run for president.

“I think he exceeded expectations and came very close to winning the (Republican) nomination,” O’Brien said.

Four years later, he worked on Romney’s 2012 campaign advisory team as co-chairman of the International Organizations Work Group.

Romney has since become one of Trump’s most vocal GOP critics. O’Brien said he probably doesn’t agree with Romney on all his positions, but said “he’s a good man with a great family.”

“I think highly of the governor as a person and his son is a close friend of mine,” he said. “But obviously, he’s got some pretty significant differences with the president and the administration.”

One of those differences is on foreign policy.

O’Brien lists standing up to China, sanctions on Russia and Iran, pulling the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal, bringing U.S. troops home from Afghanistan and the recent Abraham Accords among Trump’s achievements, many of which have transpired since O’Brien’s appointment.

“I want to make it clear these are accomplishments of the president of the United States. They’re not my accomplishments,” he said.

Though Trump is criticized for not getting along with allies, his approach to NATO resulted in nine countries agreeing to pay $400 billion more on defense through 2024, O’Brien said.

The president’s foreign policy achievements across the board have been good for the country, he said.

“But I think there are people that don’t want to recognize the accomplishments because they fear that it would give credit to President Trump, and that’s a shame,” O’Brien said.

O’Brien recently met with his Russian counterpart in Geneva to “see if we can unstick the logjam on the arms control negotiations.”

“We’re looking to see if we can get a good deal on arms control with the Russians because the president feels nuclear weapons are the greatest threat to humanity and America, so we’re working on that,” he said.

O’Brien serves on the administration’s coronavirus task force. He contracted COVID-19 in July but said he was “blessed” with a mild case. Other than feeling fatigued, he didn’t have the traditional systems.

“The worst part of it was the quarantine, being stuck in our apartment for 12 days. I was ready to get out. I certainly understand how the president wanted to get out of Walter Reed and get back to the White House,” he said.

O’Brien defended Trump’s response to the pandemic, saying he took decisive action early by closing off travel from China.

“People thought it would tank the economy and create great political trouble for him,” he said. “He was roundly criticized and yet that step probably saved hundreds of thousands of American lives.”

In February, O’Brien was part of a furious effort to replenish the nation’s vastly understocked supply of personal protective equipment and ventilators. He said about 100,000 ventilators were made in a matter of months, enough for the U.S. to give some to other countries.

O’Brien said he was with the president on calls to world leaders, some of whom weren’t friendly to the United States, offering ventilators.

“That was one of the neatest experiences I’ve had in government,” he recalled.

How long O’Brien remains in government might depend on the outcome of next Tuesday’s election.

The Washington Post reported this week that O’Brien visited two swing states, raising concerns about the use of taxpayer-funded official trips for what critics say are thinly veiled activities designed to boost Trump in political battleground areas.

O’Brien attended a roundtable on mining hosted by a Republican congressman in Minnesota and toured a shipyard in Wisconsin.

The trip came as officials across the Trump administration travel to swing states to deliver messages at events and in local media interviews, helping shore up support for the president, according to the Post.

National Security Council spokesman John Ullyot told the Post there is no greater priority than maintaining the national security industrial base and its highly skilled workers who deliver top quality products that help our servicemen and women keep the country safe.

“The important work of protecting our national security continues regardless of domestic political events,” he said.



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