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OFF PAGE ONE Tuesday, August 28, 2018 BRIEFLY Iran asks UN’s court to suspend U.S. sanctions THE HAGUE, Nether- lands (AP) — Iran warned Monday that re-imposed U.S. sanctions would crip- ple its economy and plunge the volatile Middle East deeper into crisis as it urged the United Nations’ highest court to suspend the Trump administration’s economic pressure on Tehran. In a written statement about the case at the Inter- national Court of Justice, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called Iran’s claims “meritless” and defended the sanctions as a way of keeping Americans safe. The world court’s Great Hall of Justice in The Hague is the latest backdrop for Washington and Tehran’s high-stakes dispute about Iran’s nuclear ambitions. President Donald Trump said in May that he would pull the U.S. out of a 2015 agreement over Iran’s nuclear program and would re-impose sanctions on Teh- ran. Washington also threat- ened other countries with sanctions if they don’t cut off Iranian oil imports by early November. Alleged cover-up pivots on when, if sanctions imposed Poll: Few Dems favor closing ICE WASHINGTON (AP) — The rallying cry from some liberals to abolish Immigra- tion and Customs Enforce- ment isn’t a likely winner this election year, as a new poll finds only a quarter of Demo- crats support eliminating the agency that carried out the Trump administration’s pol- icy of separating immigrant children from their parents. But even as they don’t want to fully dismantle ICE, 57 percent of Demo- crats view the agency nega- tively, including nearly three- fourths of those who describe themselves as liberal, accord- ing to a poll released Mon- day by The Associated Press- NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The findings demonstrate tension among Democrats about how to address the cri- sis at the border that intensi- fied in June when the Trump administration instituted a family separation policy to deter illegal immigration. President Donald Trump has seized on the Democratic criticism of ICE to paint the party as weak on immigra- tion and national security. The administration reversed its separation policy amid an international outcry, but hun- dreds of children remain sep- arated from their families. Overall, opinions about ICE are divided along parti- san lines. A sizable chunk — a full one-third of Americans — are too unfamiliar with the agency to form an opinion. Page 9A MAIOCCO: Purpose was to give district more stability Continued from 1A students. “The current world situ- ation demands that I remain in uniformed active mil- itary service beyond the term which we originally contemplated when the board granted me a leave of absence,” he wrote. In March of 2017, the board approved a three-year employment contract with Maiocco, with an annual salary of $165,753.95. Interim superintendent Tri- cia Mooney said Maiocco does not get paid by the school district while he is on military leave, and that his contract is on hold during that time. According to documents provided by the school dis- trict, Maiocco received a letter from the U.S. Army dated June 29, 2017, stat- ing that he was required to report by July 27. He informed the school board of his impending leave on July 10, 2017, at a board meeting. Under the Uni- formed Services Employ- ment and Reemploy- ment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA), Maiocco’s con- tract is protected while he is on active duty, and guaran- tees him re-employment for three years from the date of his return. Had the dis- trict refused to approve his BUY ANY 5 leave when he was called to duty in July 2017, they would have had to buy out his contract. Goller said the full buy- out of Maiocco’s contract would have been some- where in the neighborhood of $786,000, including benefits. To arrive at the agree- ment of $281,346, board vice-chair Ginny Holthus said it was the equivalent of one year’s worth of his contract, plus some money from benefits. Mooney said the pur- pose was to offer the district some more stability. “I am not speaking for the board, but I know that Hermiston School Dis- trict is the largest district in Eastern Oregon,” she said. “When you have an organization of our size, it requires some stability and leadership.” She said while the board’s job is to represent the community, their main task is to hire and evaluate the superintendent. “This is out of an inten- tion to move the district for- ward and do what’s best for our community,” she said. Goller added that the board is pleased with the job Mooney has done, but the situation has put some uncertainty on her role, too. “It’s a difficult posi- tion for an interim superin- tendent to be accountable to both the board of direc- tors and the superintendent when he returns,” Goller said. Mooney’s contract as interim superintendent ends June 30, 2019. Sherman said that the board’s two options were to appoint Mooney as full-time superintendent, or search for another perma- nent superintendent. She said the board would dis- cuss it at their next meeting, on September 10. –—— Contact Jayati Ramakrishnan at 541-564- 4534 or jramakrishnan@ eastoregonian.com. participating items and receive a code to enter for a *NO PURCHASE NECESSARY to enter or win. Open to legal U.S. residents, residing in Oregon or SW Washington, 18 years and older (must be 21+ to purchase alcohol). 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