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Wednesday, August 5, 2015 NATION/WORLD )R[1HZVVHWV*23GHEDWH¿HOG By STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press CLEVELAND — Billionaire busi- nessman Donald Trump has scored the top spot for Thursday night’s leadoff debate of the 2016 presidential race, joined by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and seven other Republican contenders ZKRPDGHWKHFDPSDLJQ¶V¿UVWFXW Seven others will be excluded, including former technology executive Carly Fiorina and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, relegated to a pre-debate forum and second-tier status in the SDUW\¶VFURZGHG¿HOG Fox News announced the 10 GOP White House hopefuls who will take part in the prime-time debate in the crucial swing state of Ohio. Beyond Trump, those selected among the top 10 — based on recent national polls — include Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, New Jersey Gov. 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The announcement concludes an DQ[LHW\¿OOHGSURFHVVIRUD5HSXEOLFDQ Party that worked aggressively to improve its debates ahead of the elec- tion season. <HW ZLWK WKH ODUJHVW ¿HOG RI contenders in modern memory, orga- nizers say something had to give to ensure the debate in Cleveland didn’t turn into a nationally televised circus. “We never ever envisioned we’d have 17 major candidates,” said Steve Duprey, New Hampshire’s repre- sentative to the Republican National Committee who helped craft the debate plan. “There’s no perfect solution.” 5HSXEOLFDQ RI¿FLDOV ZRUNHG closely with TV executives, although WKHQHWZRUNVKDYHWKH¿QDOVD\DERXW AP Photo/Jim Cole, File In this Aug. 3 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks in Manchester, N.H. Kasich’s recent poll results earned him a place in the first prime time Republican presidential de- bate, Thursday. which candidates will be allowed on stage for their televised events. Fox News is the host of Thursday’s HYHQWWKH¿UVWRIVL[SDUW\VDQFWLRQHG debates before primary voting begins in February. The network says it used a selection of national polls to make this week’s cut. 5HSXEOLFDQ RI¿FLDOV ZHUH SDUWLFX- larly concerned about Fiorina’s status, hoping she would help balance Hillary Rodham Clinton’s push to rally women to her candidacy. Trump’s recent surge in the polls was particularly damaging to Fiorina. The reality television star’s rapid rise has surprised many Republican RI¿FLDOV VRPH RI ZKRP IHDU KLV rhetoric on immigration and other divisive issues could hurt the party. In a Tuesday interview, Trump said he’s been defying expectations all his life. “I think people are tired, they’re sick and tired of incompetent politicians,” he said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” when asked to explain his rise. Fox didn’t say before Tuesday’s announcement which polls it would use to determine its top 10. Many candidates are grouped together in the single digits, most separated by a number smaller than the margin of error. For example, in a Monmouth University survey released Monday, Kasich was the 10th candidate with the support of 3.2 percent of voters. But after taking the margin of error into account, Monmouth noted that Kasich’s support could be as low as 1.5 percent, while almost any of the candidates who polled lower could be that high or higher. 0RQPRXWK IRXQG WKDW RQO\ ¿YH candidates — Trump, Bush, Walker, &UX]DQG+XFNDEHH²ZHUHGH¿QLWHO\ in the top tier of candidates, while just two —Pataki and Gilmore — would not make it into the top 10 even when margin of error was taken into account. Some candidates looked at the polls on Tuesday, and then looked past the ¿UVWGHEDWHDQGDLPHGIRUWKHVHFRQG ³7KLV¿UVWGHEDWHLVMXVWRQHRSSRU- tunity of many,” Amy Frederick, an aide to Fiorina, wrote to supporters. “With many more debates to come, we fully expect that Carly will soon stand on the stage and show America what real leadership looks like.” 6KDFNOLQJYLGHRLJQLWHVGHEDWHRQVFKRROGLVFLSOLQH you want the handcuffs off, you’ve got to stop kicking. Do you want them off or LOUISVILLE, Ky. — not? It’s up to you if you The boy sat in a chair, the want them off.” sound of his whimpering “I’m devastated to see a LQWHUUXSWHG EULHÀ\ E\ WKH child treated this way,” said clank of metal handcuffs Lisa H. Thurau, founder closing around his arms. Strategies for Youth, an “You don’t get to swing organization meant to at me like that,” a deputy improve the relationship says to the 8-year-old child, between children and police. the interaction caught by a “But this is not an isolated video camera. “You can do case. We’ve heard of these what we asked you to, or cases before.” you can suffer the conse- Districts across the quences.” American Civil Liberties Union via AP county began placing The video — entered as Exhibit A in a lawsuit In this image made from video taken in August 2014, RI¿FHUV LQ VFKRRO LQ WKH provided by the American Civil Liberties Union early 1990s and the practice WKH$&/8 ¿OHG DJDLQVW WKH and on Aug. 4, an 8-year-old boy struggles and cries school, the sheriff and the out as he sits in a chair with handcuffs around his exploded in 1999, after RI¿FHU ² URFNHWHG DFURVV biceps and his arms locked behind him while a school two teenagers massacred the Internet on Tuesday and resource officer stands nearby, at an elementary their fellow students at Columbine High School in was shown again and again school in Kentucky. on cable news, reigniting a so Sumner put the cuffs restraining students that they Colorado. In the years since, the ¿HUFHGHEDWHRYHUDJJUHVVLYH around their biceps, the know have disabilities that OLQH EHWZHHQ SROLFH RI¿FHU policing in public schools. alleges. could cause trouble. and school administrator The sheriff defended his lawsuit In the video, the boy, who 7KHODZVXLWVD\VRI¿FLDOV had been muddled, experts deputy while experts insisted weighed 52 pounds, cried. at both schools were aware say. Schools now commonly that children shouldn’t be “Ow, that hurts,” he says. of the students’ disabilities, FDOO RQ WKHLU LQKRXVH RI¿- treated like adult criminals The boy had been which include “impulsivity, and bemoaned the lack of removed from class for DQG GLI¿FXOW\ SD\LQJ DWWHQ- cers to implement routine standardized regulations for failing to follow his teach- tion, complying with direc- discipline. At the same time, there restraining children. instructions, the lawsuit tives, controlling emotions has been no uniform method “It was hard to breathe,” er’s He tried to leave the and remaining seated.” RI WUDLQLQJ RI¿FHUV QR David Shapiro, who leads says. SULQFLSDO¶VRI¿FHVRDGPLQ- “An 8-year-old’s job universal oversight or stan- the National Juvenile istrators stopped him until description to be impul- dardized guidelines, Thurau Defender Center’s campaign 6XPQHUDUULYHG7KHRI¿FHU sive,” said is Julian Ford, a said. against child shackling, said took him to the bathroom professor of psychiatry at the Children with disabilities RIKLVUHDFWLRQZKHQKH¿UVW and the boy tried to hit University of Connecticut. make up 12 percent of the saw the video. “As someone Sumner with his elbow. $WWHQWLRQ GH¿FLW K\SHU- public school population. who has acted out in class 2I¿FLDOV ZLWK WKH activity disorder compounds But they make up 25 percent before, I really felt for that Covington Independent that problem, he said, of all school arrests. child. 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Teske, a concerns. kicks his legs in the chair. there,” she said. “And I think Georgia juvenile court judge Kenton County Sheriff Sumner bends down that there’s an increasing who has led the charge to Chuck Korzenborn and puts his hand on his awareness among folks that reduce restraints in schools, defended his deputy, who he shoulder. this has really, really got to as he watched the video for described as a respected and “Look at me for a minute, stop.” WKH ¿UVW WLPH ZKLOH RQ WKH VNLOOHGRI¿FHUYDOXHGE\WKH look at me,” he says. “If phone with The Associated community. Press. School administrators’ 7KHODZVXLW¿OHGE\WZR asked help after their mothers alleges that school “efforts for to his deescalate and UHVRXUFH RI¿FHU .HYLQ defuse a threat to others Sumner, a Kenton County had proven unsuccessful,” deputy sheriff, handcuffed Korzenborn said in a two children, the 8-year-old statement. “Deputy Sumner boy in the video and another responded to the call and 9-year-old girl in schools did what he is sworn to the Covington Independent do and in conformity with Public Schools district. Both all constitutional and law children have been diag- enforcement standards.” QRVHG ZLWK DWWHQWLRQ GH¿FLW Kentucky state regula- hyperactivity disorder WLRQV EDQ VFKRRO RI¿FLDOV DQG DUH LGHQWL¿HG LQ FRXUW from restraining in records only by their initials. a public school students unless the It’s also not clear who took “students’ behavior poses an WKHYLGHRZKLFKZDV¿OPHG imminent danger of physical in August. to self or others.” It The handcuffs were too harm also forbids personnel from big for the children’s wrists, Associated Press East Oregonian Page 7A BRIEFLY Sandra Bland’s family sues state trooper, wants answers HOUSTON (AP) — The family of a black woman found dead in a Texas jail three days after a confrontation with a ZKLWHVWDWHWURRSHU¿OHG a wrongful-death lawsuit 7XHVGD\DJDLQVWWKHRI¿FHU DQGRWKHURI¿FLDOVVD\LQJ it was a last resort after being unable to get enough information about the case. Sandra Bland, a Chicago- area woman, died by what authorities say was suicide in her Waller County jail cell on July 13. Her family and others previously questioned that, and criticized the trooper who stopped her for failing to signal a lane change. “The bottom line is she never should have been inside the jail cell. Period,” Bland’s mother, Geneva Reed-Veal, said at a news conference. Reed-Veal, her Bible within reach, said she ZDVFRQ¿GHQW%ODQG³NQHZ enough about Jesus” that she wouldn’t hang herself, and her feelings as a mother say her daughter didn’t. But “anything is possible,” she said. ³1RZ,¶PWKH¿UVWRQHWR tell you, if the facts ... show without a doubt that that was the case, I’ll have to be prepared to deal with that,” she said. Bland’s death came after nearly a year of heightened national scrutiny of police and their dealings with black suspects, especially those who have been killed E\RI¿FHUVRUGLHLQSROLFH custody. 0RUH¿JKWV DKHDGRQ3ODQQHG 3DUHQWKRRGDIWHU Senate vote WASHINGTON (AP) — After the Senate’s derailing of Republican legislation halting federal dollars for Planned Parenthood, one thing seems clear: Many on both sides think they can ring up gains from the battle. Abortion-rights groups are already releasing TV ads attacking GOP supporters of the measure for stomping on women’s health care needs. Conservatives are accusing Democrats of voting to protect taxpayer funds for an organization whose campaign contributions tilt lopsidedly to Democratic candidates. And each party was bracing to revisit the ¿JKWQH[WPRQWKZKHQ Congress returns from its summer recess and considers legislation keeping government agencies open after their budgets expire Oct. 1. Conservatives see that as an opportunity to keep Planned Parenthood money out of those bills. GOP leaders, concerned that their party could be blamed, would prefer to avoid a government shutdown battle with President Barack Obama. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., repeated that sentiment Tuesday, telling reporters that while congressional investigations of Planned Parenthood were just beginning, “No more government shutdowns.” The Republican drive was prompted by graphic videos secretly recorded by anti- abortion activists that show 3ODQQHG3DUHQWKRRGRI¿FLDOV coolly describing how they sometimes provide fetal tissue to medical researchers. Abortion opponents say the recordings caught Planned Parenthood illegally selling WKHRUJDQVIRUSUR¿WZKLOH 3ODQQHG3DUHQWKRRGRI¿FLDOV — while apologizing for their workers’ businesslike words — say they’ve abided by laws that let them recoup the procedures’ costs. 6KHULIIPHQ ¿UHDWVROGLHUVLQ Mississippi HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Authorities are searching for two men who ¿UHGJXQVKRWVIURPDYHKLFOH at soldiers at a military facility in Mississippi, although no one was reported wounded, a sheriff said Tuesday. Perry County Sheriff Jimmy Dale Smith told WDAM-TV that the soldiers were training at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center near Hattiesburg. Mississippi’s National Guard said soldiers training at Camp Shelby reported KHDULQJVKRWV¿UHGDW a.m. along Peret Tower Road, near the training facility. The facility is secure and all personnel accounted for and unharmed, the guard said in a news release. Lt. Col. Christian Patterson said the shots were ¿UHGIURPDIULQJHURDGWKDW runs along the eastern side of the base. “We had soldiers who were training in the area and heard the shots. They reported it to their chain of command and then we reported it to the local authorities,” Patterson said. The guard made no mention of whether the shots were believed to have been ¿UHGDWWURRSVEXWPDGHFOHDU that the shots are believed to KDYHEHHQ¿UHGIURPRXWVLGH Camp Shelby. 0RUHWKDQLQ U.S. sickened by cilantro-linked infection DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — More than 380 people in 26 U.S. states have been diagnosed with a stomach illness tied to Mexican cilantro contaminated by human waste, two federal agencies said Tuesday. It’s the fourth consecutive summer in which the intestinal infection cyclosporiasis has been reported in the United States. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration are investigating the cause of the latest outbreak, which appears to have begun after May 1. The FDA said it suspects the contamination came from “contact with the parasite shed from the intestinal tract of humans” LQWKHJURZLQJ¿HOGV contaminated water or harvesting, processing and packing activities. It causes diarrhea, nausea and fatigue which can last several weeks to a month or more if untreated. Preliminary results indicate cases can be traced to cilantro from the state of Puebla, Mexico, supplied to restaurants. Agriculture & Youth Night Calf Dressing Event * Thurs., Aug. 13, 2015 • 7:30pm *Teams consisting of two FFA members from throughout the county compete in the "calf dressing" competition for bragging rights amongst FFA Chapters. Winning chapter will receive $1000, courtesy of Elmer's Irrigation, Inc.! Support FFA & 4-H Animal Sale Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015 Sponsored By ELMER’S IRRIGATION, INC. “The Best Little Irrigation Company in the Northwest” 80527 Hwy 395 N. • Hermiston • 541-567-5572 Event dates were incorrectly posted in the Umatilla County Fair Exhibitor’s Guide, these are the correct dates for the events
