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COMMUNITY REMEMBRANCES My Sister’s Final Goodbye: Roll Call of House Offers Some of Who Died in 2018
a Safe Haven BY BERNARD MCGHEE • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • In a year filled with heightened political vitriol, two deaths brought for Survivors the nation together to remember men who represented a seemingly bygone era of U.S. politics. of Abuse George H.W. Bush was a president, vice president, congressman, CIA director and Navy pilot during World War II, where he flew 58 BY CHELSEY VORST missions and was shot down over the Pacific. As a politician, he had his fair share of critics and was voted out of office after one term as The holidays may be over, but president. But the Republican reinvented himself in the years after his the season’s spirit of generosity time in the White House, becoming a fundraiser for disaster relief and helping those in need can and forming an unlikely friendship with the man who ousted him be found year round at My Sis- from office, former President Bill Clinton. ter’s House. This non-profit or- Archives National John McCain was a political giant in his own right. He served as ganization is dedicated to assist- President George H. W. Bush a senator for more than 30 years, ran for president twice and spent ing Asian, Pacific Islander and five years as a prisoner of war after being shot down during the other underrepresented women Vietnam War. In captivity, McCain endured torture and even turned down a chance to be released early, and children who have survived denying the North Vietnamese military a propaganda victory. domestic violence, sexual assault Bush died in November at age 94, just months after the death of his wife, former first lady Barbara and human trafficking. Bush, who died in April. McCain died in August at the age of 81 after a battle with brain cancer. My Sister’s House has been Their deaths prompted an outpouring of public mourning from across the political spectrum that was at active since 2000 and has been odds with a recent political climate that has been defined by intense partisanship, coarse insults and divi- offering services such as a 24- sive rhetoric. hour helpline, a safe haven shel- The year also saw the death of one of the world’s best-known singers, Aretha Franklin. The Queen of ter, counseling sessions, classes Soul’s death in August prompted a grand send-off during a week of mourning in her hometown of Detroit, (Continued on page 4) (Continued on page 7)
every type of immigration – a IMMIGRANTS F E A T U R E S bold follow-up to the opening salvo of President Donald Trump’s Hocus: 2 ‘Border Wall’: Immigration first year in office. Workplace 911: 6 For those who champion Trump Bottom Liners: 20 and believe that cracking down on Word Detours: 19 Dominated Headlines in 2018 immigration translates to better lives for Americans, it has been a ASK THE OLD BY MATT SEDENSKY AND borders. In a breathless 2018, they year of fulfillment of campaign FARMER’S ALMANAC JULIE WATSON were just a handful of headlines promises. For those who’ve on immigration, one of the year’s watched in horror, it harkened Page 2 NEW YORK (AP) – Children most dominant issues. back to other points in the coun- torn from their parents, refugees Combined with a relentless try’s history, when fear of new The Sacramento Gazette • $2.50 turned away, tear gas fired on stream of administrative memos arrivals led the U.S. to refuse en- asylum-seekers, and a president and changes in regulation and en- try to various groups and when who says he’s making good on forcement, it represented a govern- open discrimination of certain eth- promises to protect the nation’s ment bombardment on virtually (Continued on page 3)