NATION/WORLD
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
East Oregonian
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McDonald’s
nixing some
unpalatable
ingredients
Criticism grows within GOP for Trump’s
assailing of Muslim veteran’s family
NEW YORK (AP) —
McDonald’s, which is trying
to shake its image for serving
processed junk food, said
Monday it’s eliminating
some unpalatable ingredients
from its most popular menu
items.
That includes making
Chicken McNuggets and
other items without artiicial
preservatives, and removing
high-fructose corn syrup
from its burger buns. McDon-
ald’s did not immediately
respond when asked about
which speciic preservatives
are being removed.
The changes come as the
world’s biggest burger chain
ights to win back customers
after three straight years of
declining guest counts at its
established U.S. locations.
Major restaurant chains are
scrambling to step up the
image of their food as they
face more competition from
smaller rivals promising
wholesome alternatives.
“Why go to the position of
trying to defend them, if the
consumer is saying, I prefer
not to have that particular
ingredient in my food?” said
Mike Andres, president of
McDonald’s U.S., during
an event at the company’s
headquarters in Oak Brook,
Illinois, about its “food
journey.”
How meaningful the
changes are to customers
remains to be seen.
Michael Jacobson, exec-
utive director for the Center
for Science in the Public
Interest, said the moves by
McDonald’s don’t seem
to address the big-picture
problem with restaurant
food — the overabundance
of calories.
For instance, he said
swapping out high-fructose
for sugar doesn’t make
burger buns any healthier.
WASHINGTON
—
Angry and anxious, Repub-
lican lawmakers and veterans
groups hastened to disavow
Donald Trump’s repeated
criticism of a bereaved mili-
tary family Monday, but the
GOP presidential nominee
refused to back down. He
complained anew that he had
been “viciously attacked”
by the parents of a Muslim
U.S. Army captain who was
killed in Iraq.
Arizona
Sen.
John
McCain, a former prisoner
of war, led the charge, saying
Trump did not have “unfet-
tered license to defame those
who are the best among us.”
The Veterans of Foreign
Wars, the nation’s oldest and
largest veterans organization,
called Trump out of bounds
for tangling with Khizr and
Ghazala Khan, whose son
was killed in 2004.
“Election year or not,
the VFW will not tolerate
anyone berating a Gold
Star family member for
exercising his or her right of
speech or expression,” VFW
leader Brian Duffy said.
Democratic
President
By JULIE PACE
Associated Press
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
AP Photo/Evan Vucci
Khizr Khan, father of fallen US Army Capt. Humayun
S. M. Khan holds up a copy of the Constitution of
the United States as his wife listens Thursday during
the inal day of the Democratic National Convention
in Philadelphia.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump
speaks during a campaign rally at Cumberland Valley
High School, Monday, in Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Barack Obama chimed in,
too, addressing the Disabled
American
Veterans
in
Atlanta. He said of fami-
lies who have lost family
members in the military
service: “No one has given
more to our freedom and our
security than our Gold Star
families. ... They represent
the very best of our country.”
A growing chorus of
GOP lawmakers chastised
Trump for sparring with the
Khans, who appeared at the
Democratic convention on
behalf of Hillary Clinton.
But like McCain, none
revoked his support of the
GOP nominee in the White
House campaign.
In an emotional appear-
ance at last week’s conven-
tion, Khizr Khan criticized
Trump for proposing to
temporarily freeze the entry
of foreign Muslims into
the U.S. and accused him
of making no sacriices for
his country. The billionaire
businessman
challenged
that assertion and also
implied Ghazala Khan’s
religion prevented her from
speaking. On Monday, he
tweeted that “Mr. Khan, who
does not know me, viciously
attacked me from the stage
of the DNC and is now all
over T.V. doing the same.”
In his irst rally after
the controversy blew up,
Trump spoke at length and
took several questions at a
town hall rally in Columbus,
Ohio, on Monday — never
once mentioning the Khans.
Nor did he mention them
at a Monday night rally in
Mechanicsburg, Pennsyl-
vania.
But when asked about
Khizr Khan on Fox News
Channel’s “Hannity,” Trump
responded, “I guess it’s part
of my life.”
“His son died 12 years
ago,” Trump added. “If I were
president, his son wouldn’t
have died, because I wouldn’t
have been in the war, if I was
president back then.”
His
running
mate,
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence,
was confronted at an event
in Nevada by a woman who
said her son serves in the
U.S. Air Force. The woman
asked Pence how he can
tolerate what called Trump’s
constant disrespect of Amer-
ican service members.
Hot air balloon pilot was able to keep lying despite drunken-driving record
LOCKHART,
Texas
(AP) — The pilot of a hot
air balloon that crashed in
Texas, killing 16 people, was
able to keep lying despite
having at least four convic-
tions for drunken driving in
Missouri and twice spending
time in prison.
Whether the pilot’s
drinking habits had anything
to do with the crash was
unclear. A former girlfriend
described Alfred “Skip”
Nichols as a recovering alco-
holic. She said he had been
sober for at least four years
and never piloted a balloon
after drinking.
Nichols, who had been
stripped of his driver’s license
at least twice, “couldn’t drive
a car but he could pilot a hot
air balloon,” said an attorney
who represented a passenger
who sued Nichols in 2013.
The passenger said she was
hurt when Nichols crash-
landed a balloon in the St.
Louis suburbs.
Authorities say the
balloon, which was operated
by Heart of Texas Hot Air
Balloon Rides, hit high-ten-
sion power lines before
crashing into a pasture
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pilot could show that he or
she was being successfully
treated, said John Gadz-
inski, an airline captain and
aviation safety consultant.
But the agency is unlikely to
accept an airline pilot with
convictions for driving under
the inluence, he said.
The 49-year-old Nichols
also had a long history of
customer complaints against
his balloon-ride companies in
Missouri and Illinois dating
back to 1997. Customers
reported to the Better Business
Bureau that their rides would
get canceled at the last minute
DRINK SOME WINE
DRINK SOME WINE
Agness Tomato Festival
Sunday, August 21, 2016 • 10:00 - 7:00pm
10:00 a.m. Garden Vendors Open
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. Master Preservers Lecture Demonstration
12:00 p.m. Americana Folk Musicians Daniel & the Blonde to
perform
3:30 p.m. Announcement of Contests and Auctions
4:00 p.m. Portland's Two Time Grammy Nominated Singer-Song
writer Ellen Whyte to perform
Saturday near Lockhart,
about 60 miles northeast of
San Antonio.
While there were patches
of fog on the day of the light,
the ground crew said it was
clear when the balloon took
off, and there was no sign of
any maintenance trouble with
the balloon, Sumwalt said.
Had he been a commer-
cial airplane pilot, Nichols
probably would have been
grounded long ago.
The Federal Aviation
Administration might allow
a recovering alcoholic to
ly commercial jets if the
AUGUST 23-27
& SOLVE A CRIME 2016
T
Drive. Pick up clues as you taste wine at participating Pr
Red
Mountain wineries.
Saturday,
August 13, 2016
• Check in 10am Southridge
and their fees never refunded.
When pilots apply for
a ballooning certiicate
with the FAA, they are not
required to disclose any prior
drunken-driving
convic-
tions, only drug convictions,
said Patrick Cannon, a
spokesman for the Balloon
Federation of America trade
group, who called that a
loophole in the law. He noted
that the ballooning certiicate
speciically says not to
include alcohol offenses
involving a motor vehicle,
as those are covered on the
FAA’s medical application.
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and tasting at 5 wineries and the W
Event includes
Center, stops
Kennewick
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5:30pm
auction items.
Saturday, August 13, 2016
Tri-Cities Crime Stoppers presents the 4th annual
Pick up clues as you taste wine
at
participating Prosser and Red Mountain wineries.
• Return by 5:30pm
Registration includes stops and tasting at 5 wineries
and the Walter Clore Center, where food will be
provided and you can bid on silent auction items.
• Check
10am Southridge
Who in Done
It? Drive.
Kennewick, WA
Participating Wineries
14 Hands
Fidelitas
Frichette
Monte Scarlatto
Tucannon
Daven Lore
Title Sponsor
Pontin Del Roza
Walter Clore Wine
J. Bookwalter Winery
& Culinary Center
Event Registration & Bus Transportation $60.00
$70.00 after August 1st
Wine Glass Painting Pre Event, 8/6/16 $20.00
(Limited Space so register early)
Group Sales Information or Questions:
Call 509-582-1351
Title Sponsor
Tickets available at tricitiescrimestoppers.org
Fun
Aumsville Corn Festival and Parade, August 27th, 2016
Theme for 2016: “Music’s Hoppin and Corn is Poppin”
6 AM – 10 AM
Aumsville Rural Fire Department Breakfast
11:00 AM
-Numerous Garage Sales all day
-Parade around down town Aumsville - Grand Marshall is Coach Steve Turner,
Cascade High
-Aumsville Corn Festival in Porter-Boone and Mill Creek Parks
-Bagged Corn for sale: 10 ears for $1.00 or 20 ears for $3.00 in an environmental
bag
12:00PM – 6:00 Pm
-Hot buttered corn-on-the-cob FREE – (Two ears per person)
-Live entertainment:
Downtown Devils Band – (12:00 to 13:00)
Free Whiskey Band – (1:30 to 5:30)
Cascade High School Band – (12:00 to 12:30)
Cascade Strings – (Young in training) – (12:30 to 1:00)
Old Time Fiddlers – (1:00 to 3:00)
Aumsville Community Theater – (Old Time Radio Shows) – (3:30 to 4:15)
Celebration Brass Oregon –(4:30 to 5:30)
-2nd Annual Skate Board Competition
-Food, Crafts, and Community Service vendors
-Raffl e drawing every hour:
-Seven Day Hawaiian trip (Dec 2016) provided by Riverview Community Bank,
tickets available at Riverview Community Bank, Aumsville City Hall, Neufeldt’s
Restau rant
1:00 Pm – 5:30 PM Family Games – (Different age groups for each event)
-Treasure Hunt – (1:00)
-3-Legged Race – (2:00)
- Individual Sack Race – (2:45)
- Egg Toss – (3:30)
- Corn Eating Contest – (4:30)
- Keg Toss – (5:15)
Sponsors for 2016 are:
Riverview Community Bank
Marion Soil and Water Conservation District
Hillyer’s Stayton Ford • Jim Reed Insurance
Pacifi c Power • Gerry Flowers • JMS Engineers
• Festival Information – 503.313.2325 or Email: ltcsonny@gmail.com
• Parade/Game Information – 503.749.2030 or City of Aumsville web page
•Skate Board Competition – 503.983.1555 or Email: dailyroutineclothing@yahoo.com
~(Brian Haney Memorial Skate Park) in Mill Creek Park
Sonny Newson - President Aumsville Corn Festival • 503.313.2325 • ltcsonny@gmail.com
Things
to do
in
August
JUNK REFUNK
Market 2016
Please join us again!
Saturday, August 20th,10 am - 5 pm
NW 1st Ave, Canby
120 Vendors, Music, VIP, Food!
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including Newsboys, Crowder,
For King & Country, Family Force 5,
Danny Gokey, Jordan Feliz, and more!
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