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Page 2 December 5, 2018 in Zoo Heartbroken The H.W. Bush Funeral Charged in Neighbor’s Death by Lily’s Death George Former Presi- Amber Guyger, a white former Week Review The Oregon Zoo is in mourning following the sudden and unexpected loss of Lily, the youngest of the zoo elephant family, one day before her sixth birthday. Despite exhaustive efforts by veterinarians and care staff to save her, Lily succumbed late Thursday night to a sudden onset of endotheliotropic herpesvirus, a rapidly progressing and often fatal disease to which calves are particularly susceptible, zoo officials said. “I can’t imagine a more devastating loss for this zoo family and our community,” said Dr. Don Moore, zoo director. dent George H.W. Bush, who died late Friday, was transported from Houston to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol Monday ahead of a state fu- neral on Wednesday at the Nation- al Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Wednesday was also designated as a national day of mourning by President Trump who will attend the funeral with the first lady. Dallas, Texas police officer, was indicted on a murder charge last week for the killing of Botham Jean, her black unarmed neighbor. Guyger has said she mistakenly went to his apartment instead of her own and shot him. Black Senator Again Objects A massive earthquake, -- register- ing 7.0 magnitude according to the U.S. Geological Survey -- rocked Anchorage, Alaska Friday, send- ing debris crashing to the ground, damaging buildings and causing “major infrastructure damage,” officials said. The quake broke store windows, opened cracks in a two-story building downtown, disrupted electrical service and dis- abled traffic lights, snarling traffic. It also threw a full-grown man out of his bathtub. For the second time, a controver- sial Trump pick for the U.S. Court of Appeals has been sidelined by Tim Scott of South Carolina, the only black Republican senator. Scott said Thursday he would op- pose the nomination of Thomas Farr because of accusations Farr previously supported measures to disenfranchise African-Amer- ican voters. Earlier this summer, Scott opposed court nominee Ryan Bounds, dooming the nomination of a person from Oregon who as a college student produced writings that mocked multiculturalism and cultural sensitivity. Major Quake Hits Alaska Officer Punched at Max Stop Authorities said an officer was punched in the face on Saturday night after police responded with pepper spray against one individ- ual while respoding to an “un- ruly” group at the Lloyd Center MAX platform. That person then punched the officer and ran from the area, according to police. How- ever, he was taken into custody without incident one block away Timbers Advance to Finals and charged with assaulting a pub- The Portland Timbers are headed lic safety officer. to Atlanta to play for Major League Intel Workers Sent to Hospital Soccer’s title game after beating A total of 22 Intel employees suf- Sporting Kansas City, 3-2, on the fered breathing issues Monday road last Thursday for a Western morning, sending 6 people to the Conference Championship. The hospital -- the second time within a Timbers’ MLS cup final against week Intel workers were overcome Atlanta United will be played on by something they breathed at the Saturday, Dec. 8. Ronler Acres campus in Hillsboro. Correction: Vanport to Maxwell Dr. Pearl Alice Marsh, whose father was a logger in the historical town of Maxville in northeast Oregon, helped Portland writer and poet S. Renee Mitchell make contact with and write about the expe- riences of the actual black descendants of the town. 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