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COMMENTARY •
MLB, union
meet, discuss
next step in
labor talks
By RONALD BLUM
The Associated Press
New York • Deputy
Commissioner Dan Halem
and chief union negotiator
Bruce Meyer met for 1 1/2
hours Thursday and dis-
cussed the major issues in
the stalled talks to reach a
deal that would end Major
League Baseball’s lockout.
Union general counsel
Ian Penny and MLB Exec-
utive Vice President Mor-
WILFREDO LEE | The Associated Press gan Sword also participat-
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred gestures as he answers questions during a news conference after ed in the session.
negotiations with the players’ association toward a labor deal on Tuesday at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla. The players’ associa-
tion executive board was
to hold a conference call
areas that include the key
economic components of
the luxury tax, pre-arbi-
tration bonus pool and
minimum salaries. The
sides expressed anger at
each other’s proposals
when talks resumed later
that day.
Fitch Ratings said the
cancellation will not im-
pac t M L B a nd st ad i-
um-level debt ratings for
now due to liquidity that
included dedicated debt
reserve funds sufficient
for a season-long stoppage.
Fitch said MLB’s media
contracts are structured
for continued payments

Don’t bother coming back until later Thursday. The sides

then may decide the next
step in the drawn-out ne-
in 2022 during a lockout,
with the possibility of re-
payments due later.

baseball has been made better

gotiations.
Baseball’s ninth work
stoppage was in its 92nd
day Thursday and is the
sport’s first labor conflict
By TIM DAHLBERG — and maybe they really didn’t. can bring in young fireballers at a to cause games to be can-
The Associated Press Outside of opening day, early sea- fraction of the price to replace them celed since the 1994-95
“The coronavirus-af-
fected 2020 sea son
demonstrates that the
league and its teams have
financial resources to
withstand a shortened
season, albeit with reli-

T
he talks are over, at least for
now. Opening day is gone, too,
and now we’re forced to wait
to see if we get any baseball
at all.
If there was any good news
coming out of baseball’s labor talks
in Florida it was this: At least now
we know who to blame.
Here’s a hint: It’s not anyone
wearing a uniform.
No, baseball players aren’t blame-
less in any of this, far from it. They
keep wanting more when they his-
torically have always had the best
deals in all of professional sports.
But this one is mostly on the 30
miserable, conniving owners who
have always cared more about
squeezing every last dollar out of the
game than they ever cared about the
game itself.
Once again, they’ve stolen from
baseball fans. This time they made
off with opening day and at least six
games out of the regular season.
Sadly, that may just be the begin-
ning. The temperatures could easi-
ly hit 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 de-
grees Celsius) in Arizona by the time
spring training begins, if it ever does.
For what purpose, it’s hard to fig-
ure out. Yes, the players’ union can
be demanding and is prone to asking
for far more than owners are will-
ing to deliver.
But the issues weren’t so complex
they couldn’t be solved with some
more time at the table. And the
truth is, there was nothing on that
table that would tilt the playing field
so badly that franchises around the
country would start bleeding money.
It’s almost like the owners didn’t
want the season to start on time
son games are not generally mon-
eymakers for owners despite Com-
missioner Rob Manfred’s contention
that missing the games would be a
tragedy for baseball.
For weeks, owners refused to
negotiate at all. When they finally
did, it was with warnings of missed
games and salaries and, finally, an
ultimatum that opening day would
be scratched if players didn’t agree
to a last and best offer.
Afterward, they cried poor, as if
anyone believed them.
“The last five years have been very
difficult years from a revenue per-
spective for the industry given the
pandemic,” Manfred said.
They’ve been difficult for baseball
fans, too, though that’s another sto-
ry. The fact that fans are fleeing the
game isn’t all economic, but they’ve
certainly grown weary of paying $75
for a mediocre seat, $25 for parking
and $18 plus tip every time the beer
guy comes down the aisle.
No one should feel sorry for base-
ball players, either, who make an av-
erage of $4 million a year to play a
child’s game. Indeed, the argument
advanced by the union that they
are bargaining for a system where
all teams are competitive is simply a
smokescreen for higher payrolls on
smaller market clubs.
But salaries that once seemed
to have no ceiling in the past have
slipped a bit in the last few years — a
trend players want reversed. That’s
largely because front offices now
use analytics to figure out value
and teams know that — except for a
few superstars — players are pretty
much exchangeable.
No reason to pay a veteran reliev-
er $15 million a year when teams
without skipping a beat. strike wiped out the World ance on liquidity support
“The game has suffered damage Series for the first time in from ownership or debt fi-
for a while now. ... The game has 90 years. nancing,” Fitch said. “Un-
been manipulated,” union chief Negotiations broke off der a one-month cancel-
Tony Clark said. “The value inherent Tuesday after the ninth lation, we expect MLB
and how players are respected and straight day of meetings will be able to preserve
viewed has changed. Players have in Jupiter, Florida, and national media revenue
been commoditized, monetized in baseball Commissioner at levels close to those
a way that is really hard to explain.” Rob Manfred announced agreed to under contract.”
What neither side seems to realize that opening day on March Fitch added “a pro-
is that fans don’t really care. Not about 31 and the first two series longed work stoppage
revenue sharing, not about how many for each team this season could also alienate fans
players get to go to arbitration and not had been canceled. He said and corporate sponsors,
about whether each club has a person- there would be insuffi- which could not only af-
al chef in the clubhouse. cient training time for the fect revenue in the cur-
They just want to go to the ball- March 31 openers. rent season but could drag
park, drink their $18 beer and see Negotiating teams then on the growth of the sport
some baseball. headed home. in the longer term.” It also
Unfortunately, there’s nothing The sides had made said “team and stadium
in the negotiations that will make progress during 16 1/2 financings will face rating
that baseball any better. While the hours of bargaining that pressure sooner than the
players and owners argue about eco- ended at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday league if the lockout ex-
nomics, the game is dying a slow but were still far apart on tends beyond April.”
death because it is simply becom-
ing unwatchable.
So here’s a thought. Return to Bruce Mey­
the bargaining table and figure out er, chief union
what to do about arbitration years negotiator, left,
and luxury taxes. Go ahead and ex- and Tony Clark,
pand the playoffs, put ads on uni- executive direc­
forms and adopt the DH in the Na- tor of the play­
tional League because those are ers association,
done deals already anyway. arrive at Roger
Then stay at the table. Figure out Dean Stadium
what to do about the shift. Put a lim- for labor ne­
it on the number of pitchers in any gotiations be­
game. Come up with a way to speed tween Major
up the game and reintroduce the League Base­
strategies — the bunt, hit-and-run ball and the
and sacrifice — that once made it so players’ associa­
interesting. tion Tuesday in
Do something for the fans for Jupiter, Fla.
once instead of chasing the last dol-
lar they have in their pockets. LYNNE SLADKY |
Or, in the alternative, just don’t The Associated Press
play at all.

McIlroy with 65 off to another great start at Bay Hill

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS times failing to break par year when he had the lead on Nos. 9, 13, 16 and 18.
on the weekend. the back nine in Dubai until The event is being played
Orlando, Fla. • Rory But there is a rhythm a series of bogeys cost him. opposite the Arnold Palm-
McIlroy opened with a to playing Bay Hill that His lone victory at Bay er Invitational in Orlando,
7-under 65 on Thursday makes McIlroy comfort- Hill was a 67-64 finish, so Florida. The winner will re-
and had reason to expect able, mainly taking advan- he does know how to close. ceive a two-year exemption
a score like this at Bay Hill, tage of the par 5s and some McDowell has a pair of and gets in the PGA Cham-
not so much because of the of the shorter par 4s. He had runner-up finishes in the pionship, but will not be ex-
course but rather the day of eagle putts on three of the Arnold Palmer Invitation- empt for the Masters.
the week. par 5s, making the long one al and now is one of the big- Rya n Brehm was a
Good starts have not up the ridge on the 16th, his gest supporters of the lone stroke back, and Kiradech
been a problem for McIlroy seventh hole of the round. PGA Tour event in his ad- Aphibarnrat and Aaron
at the Arnold Palm- “I played the par opted hometown. He is try- Baddeley shot 67.
er Invitational the G O L F • 5s particularly well, JOHN RAOUX | The Associated Press ing to get his game pointed LPGA Tour • In Singa-
last two years. Now and that was the Rory McIlroy hits from the third tee box in the first round in the right direction and pore, Patty Tavatanakit shot
it’s about keeping bulk of the score,” of the Arnold Palmer Invitational Thursday in Orlando, Fla. feels it is trending. a 5-under 67 to take a one-
them going to the finish line. he said. “I’ve said this all His last win on the PGA stroke lead after the first
With three birdies and along, you can play with- didn’t stop,” Rahm said. “I wasn’t even sure what he Tour was in the Domini- round of the HSBC Wom-
a 40-foot eagle on the par in yourself here and still don’t know. It was very odd.” would do Friday. can Republic in 2019. His en’s World Championship.
5s, McIlroy had his lowest shoot a good score, I feel, if McIlroy played along- It still was a comfortable victory in the Saudi Inter- Danielle Kang was tied
start at Bay Hill and a two- you’re just disciplined and side Scott, a delight for the start, especially playing with national a year later got for the lead before bogey-
shot lead over Billy Horschel, pick off the birdies where largest gallery of the morn- McIlroy and seeing the four- him back into the top 50 in ing her final hole. She was
Beau Hossler and J.J. Spaun. you’re supposed to.” ing who enjoy watching two time major champion make the world and earned him tied for second with Inbee
Adam Scott, Graeme Jon Rahm, the world’s pure swings with the driver. it look easy on a course that another spot in the Mas- Park and A Lim Kim.
McDowell and Ian Poulter, No. 1 player, made his Bay There was an exception this held its own in ideal weather. ters. Since that Saudi win, European Tour • In Nai-
who dressed in Ukrainian Hill debut with a 72 that in- time. Scott decided to leave “I like playing with Rory. McDowell has only one top robi, Kenya, English golf-
colors, were in the group cluded one extra stroke he driver out of the bag in an I really enjoy watching him 10 and is at No. 399. er Daniel Gavins went on
three shots behind at 68. didn’t anticipate. He went to attempt to hit more fair- play,” Scott said. “He’s a guy PGA Tour • In Rio a run of six birdies in sev-
“I think you turn up rap in a 10-inch par putt on ways and avoid rough that I can watch play and get Grande, Puerto Rico, Chase en holes around the turn
at any golf course where the seventh hole, didn’t feel is thicker than usual. positive swing thoughts for Seiffert started fast and in shooting 7-under 64 to
you’ve had success, and au- right and tried to stop the How did it work out? myself. I love watching him closed with a birdie for a lead the Kenya Open by one
tomatically you’re going to stroke only for it to nudge “Not bad for me — 68 swing a golf club. I think al- 7-under 65 and a share of stroke after the first round.
have some confidence com- the ball an inch. — I mean, that’s not bad,” most everyone in the world the Puerto Rico Open lead Gavins made nine bird-
ing in,” said McIlroy, who “I wish I could give you Scott said. would say that.” with Michael Kim. ies in total at Muthaiga
won at Bay Hill in 2018 and all the excuses in the world, As for his accuracy, he McIlroy already has one Trying to win for the first Golf Club in Nairobi.
hasn’t finished out of the but no, it’s as simple as it hit only seven of the 14 fair- win this season on the PGA time on the PGA Tour, Seif- Johannes Veerman of the
top 10 the last five years. just didn’t feel good in my ways. Asked if he would go Tour, at the CJ Cup in Las fert birdied Nos. 2-5 at breezy United States and Shubhan-
He opened with a 66 each hands, and I tried to stop, without a driver at the TPC Vegas last fall, though he let Grand Reserve, bogeyed the kar Sharma of India were
of the last two years, both and I didn’t. I just simply Sawgrass next week, Scott one opportunity slip this sixth and added birdies on tied for second after 66s.
A12 » Friday, Mar 4, 2022 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

Paralympians although he’s no stranger to competition,

BYU guard Spencer Johnson (20) drives the ball against Utah Valley on Dec. 1, 2021, in Orem.
Johnson
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Johnson said.
The long and winding road
Johnson has basketball in his DNA.
His father, Darren, played at Utah State.
His mother, Emily, received a scholarship
to play collegiately, instead chose to fo-
cus on her studies. His older brother, Alex,
played in high school. And his younger sis-
ter, Gracie, plays for Nyssa High School in
Oregon and is getting attention from some
universities.
Johnson’s entire family is intimately fa-
miliar with his militaristic passion for bas-
ketball. Darren Johnson said Spencer was
the one child who he didn’t have to moti-
vate to practice. It was his son who sug-
gested waking up at 5:30 a.m. to go to the
nearby church that housed a gym. When
he went on his mission to northern Italy
right after high school, “it truly was a sac-
rifice for him” to be away from basketball
that long, Emily Johnson said.
Johnson was so dedicated to the sport
that he drafted a makeshift contract on
a piece of notebook paper that stated he
would do whatever it took to become a pro-
fessional basketball player. Both he and his
dad signed the contract, which hung un-
framed at the head of his bed so he could
see it when he woke up.
Even in his college apartment, posters
of Michael Jordan and other basketball fig-
ures blanket his walls.
“Every single piece of artwork he had in
this house included a basketball,” said Is-
abella Johnson, Spencer’s wife since last
May. “I’m not exaggerating.”
That dedication proved instrumental
when he embarked on the journey that
led him to BYU. Pope wanted him at UVU
when he returned from his mission, but
Johnson chose Weber State instead.
“We tried to recruit him really hard and
he was he was just not drinking the Kool-
Aid, man,” Pope said. “He could see right
through me.”
But the Wildcats weren’t the right fit for
Johnson, a realization his mother said he
had “almost instantly.” Isaac Johnson re-
called his brother saying he felt like he was
“kicking guys’ butts in practice” but was
frustrated that didn’t translate to minutes.
After a summer and just one semester at
Weber State, Johnson turned his attention
to Pope and UVU. But the former Wolver-
ines coach didn’t have any more scholar-
ships to give. Still, Johnson chose to stick
with UVU until he could figure out his
RICK EGAN | The Salt Lake Tribune
where he is now.”
Finding a home at BYU
Johnson credits his time at SLCC as the
turning point of his basketball journey.
“That was seriously the greatest thing
I could have done for my career,” John-
son said. “It really was just kind of take
a step back and reevaluate what I valued
and where I wanted to go. The options
were wide open at that point. I could stay
there, I could stop playing, I could go pret-
ty much anywhere I wanted that was re-
cruiting me.”
Johnson performed so well that he
started getting offers again. BYU, UVU,
Boise State. Nevada and Utah State mulled
over the same. He committed to Pope and
the Cougars, though, quite early.
“I think he just felt sorry for me,” Pope
joked.
But committing to BYU, in some ways,
was just the beginning for Johnson, who
continued to hone his craft in a way that
suggested he wouldn’t accept a repeat of
what he had already experienced. He was
going to stick with a program this time.
Isabella, who was in a new relationship
with Johnson, saw her future husband’s
dedication to basketball in the small mo-
ments. He’d bring it up during lunches,
study sessions, while making dinner. He
told her it’d be helpful if she asked him
about practices and what he was trying to
improve in his game. They stretched and
shot baskets together. She sat next to him
while he watched film and explained con-
cepts to her.
Johnson even still slept with a basket-
ball in his arms every night, Isabella John-
son said. It was a plush one his sister gift-
ed him, but it was a reminder that even as
a young adult, he still lived, breathed and
dreamt about basketball.
“It wasn’t even just on the top of his
mind,” Isabella Johnson said. “You can
tell it was in his heart.”
Isabella is also very much in Johnson’s
heart. He said that since he’s been mar-
ried to her, he’s become a better basket-
ball player.
Johnson is about to finish his second
season with BYU. He’s played in 56 games
and averaged 5.5 points, 2.6 rebounds and
0.9 assists per game in that span. And
while the numbers don’t leap off the page
in his role as a bench player, Pope has not
been shy about his impact for the Cougars.
“There’s zero chance we have the suc-
cess we had this year, last year,” Pope said.
“No chance without him.”
As the Cougars start their West Coast
Conference Tournament run on Friday,
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that stands for “Locomotion Winter,” and
means he has an impairment in one leg
only. He skis standing with a prosthetic
inside of a regular boot.
Although Keefe mainly trains at
his hometown mountain of Sun Val-
ley, he’s also spent a lot of time at the
NAC with Head Alpine Coach Erik
Leirfallom.
“They’ve helped me get to where I am
now, building up points and eventual-
ly getting to race against the national
team. Once I started beating some of
their guys, that’s how I got on,” he said.
“I could call Eric right now and ask him
for advice. It’s just that kind of relation-
ship.”
Haraghey, a Salt Lake native
Keefe will join 26-year-old Haraghey,
who raced at the 2018 Winter Paralympic
Games in PyeongChang and has been on
the national team for five years.
In early February, Haraghey raced
at the Huntsman Cup World Para Al-
pine Ski qualifying race, hosted by the
National Ability Center at Park City
Mountain. He had already qualified
for the Games, but the event was an im-
portant training opportunity, one of the
last in an intensive year of training and
preparation.
Haraghey skis under the LW1 designa-
tion and has lower-body impairment in
both legs due to Cerebral Palsy. He start-
ed skiing at age 7, and has been racing for
more than a decade, but it took some time
to find the best equipment.
“I use a regular set of two skis and
then outriggers, [which are] like fore-
arm crutches with skis on the bottom,”
he said. “They provide a little extra bal-
ance and support. I have my ski tips tied
together … because of my disability, some-
times my feet rotate outward, and it’s not
exactly fast to be going into reverse snow-
plow racing down the hill, so that helps
keep my skis more parallel.”
Haraghey initially raced without out-
riggers, but once he tried them, they
helped his form and technique.
“They just let me work around my dis-
ability a little better.”
A Utah native, Haraghey trains regu-
larly with the NAC. There, he benefited
from having an experienced and consis-
tent coach, he said.
“Having a solid coaching base and
someone who’s seen your progression,
can give you that feedback and know
what you need – or don’t need – to help
you develop is super helpful,” said Hara-
ghey, who recently has spent a lot of
training time at the center to get back
to competition level after a few injuries
last year.
X Games to Beijing
While Keefe and Haraghey ski upright
with two skis, 32-year-old Ravi Drugan
uses a monoski, or sit-ski. Like Keefe, this
will be his first Paralympic Games. And
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it was only recently he started turning his
sights toward Beijing.
“When I was a little kid, I always
wanted to be a pro skateboarder in the X
Games,” he said. “I ended up going to the
X Games for monoski and getting a med-
al there. But even being on the national
team was never something I necessarily
was striving to do.”
Still, Drugan, who lost both of his
legs above the knee at the age of 15 af-
ter being hit by a train, said he want-
ed to compete against the “best guys in
the world.”
“I just wanted to be the best skier I can
be,” he said. “It [wasn’t] until last season
[that] it started becoming apparent that
I was going to have a shot at going to the
Paralympic Games.”
Drugan’s racing expertise is in
monoski X, or monoski cross, a freestyle
event in which numerous skiers simul-
taneously race a course with jumps, gaps
and berms. But there are no freestyle
skiing events at the Paralympics. There,
he’ll be competing in slalom, giant slalom,
super g, slalom combined, and possibly
downhill. Adjusting his training to pre-
pare for those events has been reward-
ing, he said.
“I started ski racing because that’s what
I was bad at, skiing down a hard icy slope,”
he said. “I can go free ski anything, but
[with racing], setting up a certain turn ra-
dius and a designated number of turns?
Sounds good to me.”
While Drugan said he has enjoyed
training for events that are relative-
ly new to him and is eager to com-
pete at the most prominent event in
his sport, he has the long-term goal of
pushing the progression of adaptive
skiing. With his background in free-
style, he wants to show what is possi-
ble on a sit ski.
“Racing’s a fun challenge, and who
wouldn’t like timing themselves against
the best in the world, but I’m not just a ski
racer. I’m a skier,” he said. “I ski every-
thing, but I have the most fun skiing out
in the trees and out in the moguls and in
the terrain park, where there is so much
potential.”
After the Games, he said, he plans to
get back into the terrain park.
“Over the years, I’ve tried to show the
adaptive community that we can ski any-
thing a non-disabled skier can,” he said.
“I’d like to prove that.”
Drugan may not be a Utah native, but
he keeps finding the time to return to
Park City after a decade of competition.
Some of his first races were hosted by the
National Ability Center.
“The NAC kind of took me under the
wing,” he said. “They helped me be the
racer and freeskier I am now. Ripping
around Utah was the first time I ever
skied bottomless, super soft snow. It
keeps me coming back. It is like they say,
the greatest snow in the world.”
— Matt Didisheim wrote this story as a
journalism student at Salt Lake Communi­
ty College. It is published as part of a new
collaborative including nonprofits Amplify
Utah and The Salt Lake Tribune.
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next move. It was still his redshirt year. they’ll need all the help they can get. Alex
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NFL suspends all COVID protocols

League cites recent “encouraging trends”
regarding coronavirus for its decision.
By BARRY WILNER
The Associarted Press
The NFL has suspended
all aspects of its COVID-19
protocols, citing recent
trends showing that the
spread of the coronavirus
is declining.
In an agreement with
the players’ association,
the league sent a memo to
the 32 teams Thursday in
which it mentioned “en-
couraging trends regarding
the prevalence and severi-
ty of COVID-19, the evolv-
ing guidance from the CDC,
changes to state law and the
counsel of our respective
experts” as reasons for the
move.
Should the NFL find
reasons to reimpose any as-
pects of the protocols, it will
do so in conjunction with
the NFL Players Association.
Teams are required to
remain in compliance with
state and local laws and
may continue “reasonable
measures to protect their
staff and players,” said the
memo obtained by The As-
sociated Press.
Regardless of vaccina-
tion status, players and
staff no longer must wear
face coverings at team fa-
cilities, though each club
can require it individually.
Social distancing signs no
longer are required as well.
The league eliminated
mandatory testing of play-
ers and staff, regardless of
A video message reminds fans to wear masks before an NFL football game between the
Seattle Seahawks and the New Orleans Saints on Oct. 25, 2021, in Seattle.
vaccination status. Testing
will occur only when clini-
cally indicated or at the di-
rection of a team physician.
But each team must
have a facility to accom-
modate anyone who re-
ports symptoms that re-
quire testing.
TED S. WARREN | Associated Press file photo
Weight room restric- the service is being dis-
tions, including capacity continued.
limits, have been dropped, The league is encour-
though each team can aging everyone to contin-
impose its own rules for ue monitoring for symp-
weight room usage. toms of COVID-19 on a
Contact tracing de- daily basis before entering
vices have not been re- the team facility. Any indi-
quired since Jan. 3, and vidual who tests positive
must isolate for five days
after the positive test.
No NFL games were
canceled during the past
two seasons because of
the pandemic, though
many were moved during
the 2020 schedule. About
95% of the players and
nearly 100% of team per-
sonnel were vaccinated,
the league reported.
The NHL previously
dropped virus testing for
individuals without symp-
toms and other distanc-
ing protocols. MLB has not
made any moves due to the
lockout of players and no
new collective bargaining
agreement. The NBA hasn’t
altered protocols; Brooklyn
Nets coach Steve Nash and
Phoenix Suns All-Star play-
er Devin Booker both were
placed in health and safety
protocols this week.

Johnny Lorin
Higley
1947-2022
Magna—”Binky” Born April
1, 1947 to Lorin and Lila Higley
in SLC, Ut. Johnny was raised
in SLC, he stayed in Utah
throughout his life growing
up with cars, trucks, cousins,
friends and the war! He fondly
reminisced often of the times
and antics growing up with
his cousins. They all served
in the war at the same time
in different branches. Johnny
enlisted in the Navy and served
with the black berets, a special
forces unit of the navy. He
reenlisted for a second tour.
He was accommodated many
medals and received several
injuries before his honorable
Darrell LuRoy Deem discharge at the end of the war.
He is on the Veterans Memorial
1932 ~ 2022 plaque in the Veterans Park in
Darrell LuRoy Deem, a veteran pilot, earned his “wings” Magna, (to which he told no
February 26, 2022 as he passed from this life surrounded by one). He was a proud man and
loved ones in his home. He faced multiple health challenges didn’t boast but he also didn’t
talk much about his experiences
throughout his life resulting from his 40-year battle with in the war except the good
rheumatoid arthritis but he endured faithfully to the end. He ones, like him adopting and
was born on June 3, 1932 in a small community called Harper caring for an orphaned monkey.
Ward north of Brigham City, son of Ida and Lu Roy P. Deem. His He worked and retired from
father was a vegetable farmer and he and his five sisters were Kennecott Copper.Johnny was
taught the blessing of hard work in the fields alongside their a tease but he got his own
parents from a young age. teasing especially being born
Darrell attended Utah State University and was a member on April fool’s Day, he took it
of Pi Kappa Alpha and participated in plays and other well! He was a member of the
organizations including editor of the yearbook. During the VFW and spent a lot of time
summers he worked as a traveling salesman of women’s with the members in Magna.
apparel in North Dakota and Minnesota earning enough Johnny suffered for many years
money to support himself through college. He graduated from with heart failure, causing
edema and making it hard to
Utah State University with a degree in Business Administration
get around, he was homebound
and a commission in the US Air Force. He earned his wings as
a pilot and after his active duty he joined the Air Reserve out for many years. Johnny was a
very generous man and he gave
of Hill Field and later the Utah Air Nat’l Guard. He retired with
to anyone in need and every charity that asked! He said that
the rank of Lt. Col. His Air Force experience afforded him the “it is the only thing I can contribute” that was not true, he
opportunity to travel the world and participate in some rather contributed knowledge, advice, love, security and the faith
harrowing experiences including landing on one engine after that life is worth living and he gave with dignity and grace!
dumping all the cargo into the sea to lighten the load of his Johnny had two children and several grandchildren. He passed
C119. peacefully on January 6th 2022. No services were his wishes.
Darrell was an entrepreneur at heart and purchased his first
business, the Day/Nite Laundercenter in Ogden, Utah in 1958.
Two years later he sold the business and purchased an intimate
apparel store in Salt Lake. He changed the name to Juliette’s
and expanded from one to five locations between Ogden
Douglas James
and Orem which he managed for thirty-one years. He sold his Drolett
retail stores in 1993 and then began making bridge loans and 1953-2022
working in real estate. He loved investing. It was all a great
adventure, sometimes working out better than others. Most Salt Lake City, UT—Doug
recently he liked to talk about his 30,000 “girl employees,” the Drolett, 68, died at home
bees in his hive. on February 23, 2022, after
enduring cancer for eight years.
His biggest adventure was his marriage to Jean Messinger
He is survived by his beloved
that began on a blind date. His proposal was all business, family, wife Polly, sons Christian
asking Jean if she thought “they could make it work?” She & Scott, daughter Lauren and
laughed for years about the unromantic nature of the whole daughter-in-law Rachel. His
thing. She thought he might have said the same thing if passing leaves a hole in the
they were going into business buying a hot dog stand. Their hearts of many - his sister Anne;
marriage began in the Salt Lake Temple officiated by Gordon in-laws Tim, Tom, Kathy, Bill &
B. Hinckley. They made it work. They are the parents of three Pam, Chris & Bob, and Nancy;
daughters and two sons. All of the kids were taught the value his nephews, nieces, cousins, and their families; and his many
of hard work via the family vegetable garden and raspberry dear friends. He cherished you all.
patch and working various jobs at Juliette’s which included Doug derived much joy and camaraderie from bike riding.
If you’d like to honor him with a charitable donation, please
delivering merchandise and gift wrapping at Christmas. He
consider the Bike Collective SLC. Doug’s life will be celebrated
was a master storyteller, delighting his kids and sometimes
at a future date.
their friends with his fanciful tales of Jesse James and his gang,
and the real stories of his adventures as a kid with his dog,
“Old Red,” and the Baker mine and the rattlesnakes. He was a
BYU football fanatic unless they were playing the Aggies.
The driving force in Darrell’s life was his devotion to the
gospel of Jesus Christ. He loved the Lord and devoted many
Reed J. Aitken
hours to callings in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day- 1953 ~ 2022
Saints, ranging from branch pres., to bishop, to counselor in It is with profound sadness
the stake pres., and many others. He and Jean served two and heavy hearts that we
temple missions; Madrid, Spain and Veracruz, Mexico. He was announce the passing of our
an ordinance worker in the Salt Lake Temple for twenty years, kind, compassionate husband,
a calling he dearly loved and took great pride in. father, and grandfather Reed
He is survived by his wife Jean and their five children, Joseph Aitken on March 1, 2022
Julie Poll of West Jordan, Jeffrey (Jacqui) Deem of Grand (Born 1953).
Forks, ND, Karen Klomp of Park City, David (Jennifer) Deem He died at home of
of Canton MI and Kristen Deem of Salt Lake City and three Progressive Super Nuclear
sisters, Donna Beesley, Sharon Jensen and JoAnn Porter. The Palsy, a progressive brain
“tribe” increased to eleven grandchildren and seven great- disease, surrounded by his
grandchildren, jewels all. The family wishes to thank Craig and family.
Ellen Garrett who wrote the book on ministering, always there An Open House Celebration
for us and wonderful neighbors, Ellen Lambert and Craig Lelis. of Reed’s life will be on Tuesday,
March 8, 2022 from 6:00PM to 8:00PM at Starks Funeral
And most especially our granddaughter, Brooke Bastian, R.N. Parlor, 3651 South 900 East, Salt Lake City. Please share your
who stayed with Darrell around the clock for days, knowing
memories and photos with his family and view an extended
just what needed to be done and keeping him comfortable. obituary at www.starksfuneral.com.
Funeral service will be held Thurs., March 3 at the Ensign 1st
Ward located at 135 A St., SLC, UT, 84103, with a visitation at
9:30am and the funeral at 11:00 am.
Vivian V. Hadley
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed bids will be received at the office of the City Engineer, located at
349 South 200 East, Suite 600, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 until 2:00 p.m.
local prevailing time, on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, for the following:
ORANGE STREET BUS FACILITY, Job No. RDW21015. Electronically sub-
mitted bids or bids delivered to any other location will not be accepted.
Bids will be publicly opened online via Webex at or about 2:15 p.m., local
prevailing time on March 16, 2022.
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS: Contract Documents may be obtained for
free online via SciQuest (The Utah Supplier Portal)
The plans and specifications can be reviewed and downloaded at the fol-
lowing website: https://bids.sciquest.com/apps/Router/PublicEvent?Cus
tomerOrg=StateOfUtah
To ensure notification of addenda is received, BIDDERS please register
with Utah Public Procurement Place (SciQuest).
The construction contract will be awarded in compliance with the City’s
value-based procurement program which takes into account certain fac-
tors in the Bidder’s work environment. For more information about this
program please read SLC Administrative Rules, Procurement Roles Chap-
ter 19 (See document 00 22 18, Article 1.2 paragraph “A” for a link).
ATTENTION TO CONTRACTORS: On Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at 9:00
a.m. a pre-bid conference will be held online via Webex. Specific meeting
instructions will be found on SciQuest prior to the meeting. Attendance is
highly encouraged. All contractors intending to submit a bid are invited to
attend to obtain relevant information concerning the project. Bidders are
advised that information affecting drawings, specifications, conditions,
Scope of Work, etc. may be discussed. OWNER assumes no obligation to
disclose information discussed at the pre-bid conference to Bidders who
do not attend. Absent Bidders assume all risk of failure to attend.
The work to be performed consists of furnishing and installing the equip-
ment, facilities, services, and appurtenances indicated in the Contract
Documents. The Work generally includes, but is not limited to curb and
gutter, concrete flatwork and asphalt paving, pre-fabricated building, and
electrical work.
The City reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any infor-
mality or technicality in any Bid if deemed to be in the best interest of
the City.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the follow-
ing information is provided: FAX number 801.535-6093, TDD Number
801.535-6219, contact person: Dan Hanover, 385-315-0795, City Engi-
neer’s Office. If assistance is required, please contact the above office 72
hours before the bid opening.
Publication: February 27, March 6 & 13, 2022
SLT0015902
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE
The following described real property will be sold at public auction to
the highest bidder, purchase price payable in lawful money of the United
States of America at the time of sale, at the main entrance of the Cache
County Courthouse, a/k/a First Judicial District, 135 North 100 West, Lo-
gan, Utah, on Thursday, April 7, 2022, at the hour of 4:00 p.m. of that
day for the purpose of foreclosing a deed of trust originally executed by
Sidney Ray Blanchard, in favor of Mountain America Federal Credit Union,
covering real property located at approximately 396 East 200 South, Lo-
gan, Cache County, Utah, and more particularly described as:
BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 1, BLOCK 2, PLAT
“C” LOGAN ISLAND SURVEY; THENCE SOUTH 00°09’07” WEST ALONG
WEST LINE OF 400 EAST STREET, 68.50 FEET; THENCE WEST 166.86
FEET, MORE OR LESS; THENCE NORTH 0°37’50” WEST 68.50 FEET
TO THE SOUTH LINE OF 200 SOUTH STREET; THENCE EAST ALONG
STREET 166.86 FEET, MORE OR LESS TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
02-010-0028
The current beneficiary of the trust deed is Mountain America Federal
Credit Union, and the record owner of the property as of the recording
of the notice of default is Sidney Ray Blanchard. The trustee’s sale of the
aforedescribed real property will be made without warranty as to title,
possession, or encumbrances. Bidders must be prepared to tender a ca-
shier’s check in the amount of $20,000.00 at the sale. The balance of the
purchase price must be paid by cashier’s check or wire transfer received
by 12:00 noon the following business day. The trustee reserves the right
to void the effect of the trustee’s sale after the sale based upon informa-
tion unknown to the trustee at the time of the sale, such as a bankruptcy
filing, a loan reinstatement, or an agreement between the trustor and
beneficiary to postpone or cancel the sale. If so voided, the only recourse
of the highest bidder is to receive a full refund of the money paid to the
trustee. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMA-
TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
DATED this 25th day of February, 2022
Scalley Reading Bates Hansen & Rasmussen,
P.C., successor trustee
By: Marlon L. Bates
Its: Supervising Partner
15 West South Temple, Ste. 600
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101
Telephone: (801) 531-7870
Business Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
SLT0015915
Trustee No. 67008-3701F

1926~2022
OBITUARY INFORMATION Holladay, UT—Vivian Viola
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away on February 26, 2022 in
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