Gov. Cox on LA riots, Trump response

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Plus, on their way to BYU, teens first help run the Senate.

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By Sarah Gambles

Wednesday June 11, 2025

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Faith and baseball — that’s what Matthew Hutchings hoped to bring together in a unique quest.

What he was seeking? To find the players who served Latter-day Saint missions before playing Major League Baseball and to get them in a room to sign a baseball and share their mission stories.

He was able to do it and got each of them a ball labeled “Called to Serve” with each of their signatures.

Here are the names of six of the major leaguers who also served missions:

McKay Christensen Taylor Cole Jeremy Guthrie Jacob Hannemann Matt Lindstrom Justin Sterner

Read more about the major leaguers who first served Latter-day Saint missions.

On their way to BYU, teens first help run the Senate

Witnessing history firsthand is what twins Nathan and Preston Neuhaus experienced after being sponsored by Sen. Mike Lee to attend the Senate page program. The pages worked around the clock during Sen. Cory Booker’s record-breaking speech that lasted more than 25 hours.

“Just the feel in the room was something that (had) never occurred,” Nathan said. “Like for the whole gallery to be full and everybody on the floor, Republicans and Democrats, to stand up and clap together — it was really cool to witness just like the kind of bipartisanship, and just see history occur.”

The program consists of 30 pages in total — 16 dedicated to the majority party, 14 assigned to the minority — and each student must be sponsored by a senator in order to be considered for the program, Cami Mondeaux reported.

Here are three key points:

The Senate page program involves high school students who deliver legislative materials, greet senators and provide support during debates. Lee also worked as a Senate page in high school, and he also graduated from Brigham Young University — where the twins will attend in the fall. The program has strict rules and a packed schedule. Students must adhere to a strict code of conduct. Despite the long hours and stringent guidelines, Preston and Nathan viewed the program as a “once in a lifetime opportunity.”

“(It was) an experience that we couldn’t pass up,” Preston said. “When are we ever going to be on the floor every single day and witness history being made? It was just something that we had to do.”

Read more about the Senate page program.

Gov. Cox supports Trump sending National Guard troops to quell LA riots

Gov. Spencer Cox said that President Donald Trump’s approach deploying National Guard troops to address the Los Angeles riots is a constitutional use of presidential authority.

Despite his preference for state rights, Cox said Trump had the obligation to get involved as protests escalated into chaos, Brigham Tomco reported.

“When things get out of control, somebody has to stop it,” Cox said during his monthly PBS broadcast. “I’ve seen the videos. The damage that is being done is unconscionable, and we just can’t have that in a civil society.”

He was hesitant to fully endorse Trump’s entire approach — an approach that involved the deployment of 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines in a stated effort to protect federal buildings and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.

Will protests come to Utah?

Cox said that Utah law enforcement will be “overprepared” for any incidents this weekend if anyone in Utah wishes to engage in violent protests.

“I want Utah to be the best place in the United States to protest,” Cox said. “I also want Utah to be the worst possible place to riot.”

“The minute you start to spray paint the Capitol, the second you implement violence or property destruction, we will arrest you, and we will hold you accountable.”

🗓️ Events Calendar

We put together a calendar list of events and activities going on around the state of Utah during this month. Check it out and let us know if we are missing anything!

Here are some highlights for events in Utah today:

Springville Art City Days | Springville Saratoga Springs Splash Days | Saratoga Springs Park City Farmers Market | Park City Resort, Park City Orem’s Farmers Market and Food Fest Wednesdays | City Center Park, Orem Styx and Kevin Cronin | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre “Peter and the Starcatcher” | Midvale Performing Arts Center, Midvale “James and the Giant Peach Jr.” | Old Barn Community Theatre, Collinston

Please reach out to me at sgambles@deseretnews.com if you have any thoughts, feedback or ideas you would like to share!

✨ Cheers ✨

— Gambles

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