Coming home to America
BY CHRIS NEWMAN
Today, many immigrants to America celebrate their diversity and differences. When Harold Gero came over from Hungary in 1923, he, like his contemporaries at Ellis Island, wanted to blend in.
“What has Hungary done for me? I was glad to leave it. It wasn’t my decision, but as an adult that would have been my decision,” said Gero, 88, a resident of River Run Apartments in Woodbridge.
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Learning from life’s lessons
Firefighter says tragic loss propels his desire to serve
BY ADAM BEASELY
It didn’t take a pair of falling skyscrapers for Kalvyn Smith to feel loss. Those crumbling towers merely reminded him how badly it hurts. Twelve years to the month before the attacks of Sept. 11, Smith lost both a lifelong friend and an in-law in one horrific instant.
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Miles of patriotism
Company paints trucks with the American flag
BY AMANDA STEWART
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Land of Milko and honey
BY LACY LUSK
As a Class A minor league baseball player, Venezuelan-born Milko Jaramillo makes about $1,100 a month. Most months, he sends almost half of that home.
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Gar-Field teen counts her blessings in the land of the free
BY KEITH WALKER
Sara Gillespie, who likes to spend time at the mall and wants to be an actress when she grows up, said she feels fortunate to be alive and well in the land of the free and the home of the brave.
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Seeking a better life
BY KEITH WALKER
Ramzan Haq came to America from Pakistan in 1973 and became a naturalized citizen in 1979.
He said he came to America for the same reasons people have been immigrating here for centuries.
He came for a better life and better education for himself and his family.
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Seeking a better life
BY KEITH WALKER
Ramzan Haq came to America from Pakistan in 1973 and became a naturalized citizen in 1979. He said he came to America for the same reasons people have been immigrating here for centuries. He came for a better life and better education for himself and his family.
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Gar-Field teen counts her blessings in the land of the free
BY KEITH WALKER
Sara Gillespie, who likes to spend time at the mall and wants to be an actress when she grows up, said she feels fortunate to be alive and well in the land of the free and the home of the brave.
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