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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 Authorities release ‘manifesto’ from Roseburg mass shooting in a classroom at the college in Roseburg. It includes a lengthy tran- script from an interview with the mother of shooter Chris- topher Harper Mercer and an explanation of his actions that he wrote the day before the shooting and left on a thumb drive for police to fi nd. Harper Mercer shot him- self in the head after he was wounded by police. Authori- ties found nine guns stashed in his backpack, in a college restroom and at his home. In the document, the 26-year-old community col- lege student wrote that he is part of a “demonic Hierar- chy” and will become a demon Killer left behind an explanation By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND — Author- ities have released a detailed report on a mass shooting at Umpqua Community College that includes a six-page, type- written “manifesto” in which the shooter critiqued the meth- ods of other mass killers and said he was a follower of the occult. The report came almost two years after the Oct. 1, 2015, shooting that left nine people dead and nine others injured when he dies and return “to kill again and again” after pos- sessing someone else. He makes it clear that he idolizes other mass shooters and says he has studied their methods but faults them for not killing more people or for not killing police offi cers. He also paints himself as a “loser,” with nothing to live for and no successes in life. “My whole life has been one lonely enterprise. One loss after another. And here I am, 26, with no friends, no job, no girlfriend, a virgin,” he wrote. “But for people like me there is another world, a darker world that welcomes us. For people like us this (is) all that’s left,” he wrote. “My success in Hell is assured.” The report details how Harper Mercer singled out one student early in the attack and told him he would survive if he passed an envelope to police when they arrived. It held the thumb drive con- taining his so-called “mani- festo,” copies of newspaper articles about other high-pro- fi le mass shooters and a report on the killing of children at a Sandy Hook, Connecticut, ele- mentary school. Harper Mercer’s mother, Laurel Harper, told police in an interview the day of the shoot- ing that her son was “born angry” and would have fi erce Rummage sale for Astor Elementary library The Daily Astorian The Astor Parents Club is holding a rummage sale at Astor Elementary School from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Satur- day and Sunday . The club is accepting com- munity donations. The pro- ceeds from the event will go to the school’s library, which is in need of books. Due to budget shortfalls at the state level, the library services’ budget has been reduced . The average age of library TUESDAY 66 51 Clouds rolling in and not as warm Intervals of clouds and sun ALMANAC Ruth Janet (Westfall) Wollenbecker Astoria June 11, 1937 — Aug. 7, 2017 Times of clouds and sun New Salem 56/85 Newport 50/65 Sep 19 Coos Bay 52/67 Full Sep 27 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 12:25 a.m. 12:16 p.m. Low 0.0 ft. 1.9 ft. Ontario 54/89 Burns 48/86 Klamath Falls 53/83 Lakeview 53/81 Ashland 61/88 REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 88 87 77 86 71 90 93 91 71 72 Today Lo 44 54 58 54 57 53 61 54 50 52 W pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc Hi 87 87 72 85 65 83 88 85 65 67 Tues. Lo 48 48 56 50 55 47 55 49 50 52 W s pc pc pc pc pc pc s pc pc City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 83 87 87 90 90 76 82 89 88 87 Today Lo 50 57 59 59 56 55 54 54 57 50 W pc pc pc pc pc s pc pc pc pc Hi 76 90 81 86 85 67 84 87 82 91 Tues. Lo 47 58 54 55 51 54 55 50 52 53 W s s s pc s pc s pc s pc TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES Hi 63 79 75 86 83 75 91 52 86 75 80 98 88 77 92 69 84 78 82 78 79 88 81 80 76 Baker 44/87 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 Tonight's Sky: Mercury at greatest elongation west at 18 from Sun. Today Lo 60 60 56 59 61 54 65 42 71 57 56 78 69 59 77 58 64 62 57 58 60 66 64 59 61 La Grande 48/87 Roseburg 59/86 Brookings 58/73 Oct 5 John Day 60/88 Bend 54/87 Medford 61/88 UNDER THE SKY High 6.5 ft. 8.3 ft. Prineville 51/90 Lebanon 54/88 Eugene 54/85 First Pendleton 57/90 The Dalles 57/90 Portland 59/81 Sunset tonight ........................... 7:35 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday .......................... 6:50 a.m. Moonrise today ........................ 11:00 p.m. Moonset today ......................... 12:52 p.m. City Atlanta Boston Chicago Denver Des Moines Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Honolulu Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Memphis Miami Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Philadelphia St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC 68 49 Periods of sun with a shower or two Tillamook 53/71 SUN AND MOON Time 6:47 a.m. 6:23 p.m. 66 49 Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 54/68 Precipitation Sunday ............................................. 0.00" Month to date ................................... 0.21" Normal month to date ....................... 0.60" Year to date .................................... 50.27" Normal year to date ........................ 38.70" Sep 12 FRIDAY REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Sunday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 71°/51° Normal high/low ........................... 69°/51° Record high ............................ 91° in 1922 Record low ............................. 38° in 1970 Last THURSDAY 68 52 54 Patchy clouds WEDNESDAY W r s s pc s s s c pc pc s pc pc pc c c s s s s s pc pc pc pc Hi 68 83 77 87 87 77 93 59 85 73 81 98 84 64 92 68 82 80 82 82 77 91 78 73 73 Tues. Lo 59 62 59 61 59 59 68 45 73 61 56 78 65 60 77 58 65 64 59 63 61 67 63 55 66 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W r s pc pc s pc s pc r r s pc pc r pc r s pc s pc r pc pc s pc Ruth Janet (Westfall) Wollenbecker, 80, ings, Oregon, they settled in Astoria. Ruth pur- died in Astoria, Oregon, on Aug. 7, 2017. She sued her degree in nursing, and in 1984 she had resided at St. Anne’s Adult Foster Care graduated from Clatsop Community College Home for the past eight years, receiving com- as a registered nurse , later fi nishing her bach- plete care for the debilitating disease elor’s of science degree in nursing. of Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s is a dis- She worked at Ocean Beach Hos- ease that robs a person completely of pital in Ilwaco, Washington. A jack their identity. of all trades, she covered all areas of Ruth was born June 11, 1937 the hospital as a nurse. She handled in Toledo, Ohio. Her parents were situations as they came at her, and Eugene Marion Westfall and Vera she never lacked a voice on what Marguerite (Grace) Westfall. She should be done for a patient. She was the youngest of three siblings, had compassion in geriatrics, joy in Mary and Marjorie (her older sisters) pediatrics, and savvy smarts in “t een t heatrics,” as she would call it. both of whom doted on their baby Ruth Ruth was a devout Catholic who sister. She was a “Great Depression Wollenbecker loved St. Mary, Star of the Sea Par- Era” baby, and the family had fallen ish. She was a longtime member on hard times. They didn’t have much, but they had each other. A strong faith, of St. Dorothy’s Circle, the Altar Society, a stout constitution and solace in the church the Catholic PTA and volunteered for var- ious events such as the rummage sale, hol- would shape Ruth later in life. On Oct. 10, 1959 Walt and Ruth were mar- iday potluck dinners and pancake break- ried in Toledo, Ohio, at Sacred Heart Catho- fasts. She would lend a hand anywhere, and lic Church. They celebrated 56 years of mar- made her faith and service to others a priority. riage prior to Walt’s death in 2015. Theirs was Ruth always felt at home in the church, and a marriage of longevity and an unprecedented she wanted others to feel the same way. This is how she will be remembered. She has, and loyalty, truly best friends to the end. Ruth attended Notre Dame Academy in will be missed. She is survived by her son, John W. Wollen- Toledo, Ohio, graduating in the top of her class in 1955. Ruth was a studious girl, often seen becker, and his wife, Joan M. Wollenbecker; with her nose in a book. Upon completion of her daughter, Mary J. Richard, and her hus- high school, she landed a job at the local phone band, Brent N. Richard; six grandchildren; a company, AT&T. When asked smugly, by a great-granddaughter; and a great-grandson. fellow male employee, if she was one of the She has several nieces and nephews. The funeral is scheduled for Sept. 16, 2017, new switchboard operators, she smiled politely replying, “No, I’m a draftsman!” She turned at St. Mary, Star of the Sea Church in Astoria. sharply on her heel leaving the rather red-faced The rosary is at 11 a.m., Mass is at 11:30 a.m., young man behind her. The girl who liked to and there is a reception to follow immediately study and read was a force to be reckoned with. after in the St. Mary, Star of the Sea School In 1981, Ruth pulled up her hometown roots Auditorium. Memorial contributions may be made to the and headed out to the Pacifi c Northwest with her husband and two children. 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Ocean View Funeral & Cre- mation Service of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. Sept. 7, 2017 VILLA-SANCHEZ, Lorenza, 90, of Sea- side, died in Portland. Hughes-Ransom Mortu- ary & Crematory of Astoria/Seaside is in charge of the arrangements. MEMORIALS Daytime-Nighttime appliance or DNA dramatically improves your ability to breath Before DNA from California to Roseburg, a small city about 180 miles south of Portland, she said. When she got an automated phone message about an active shooting on her son’s col- lege campus, she said she fi rst called a hospital to see if he was there and then called the jail to see if he’d been arrested. When Harper could not fi nd him, she checked his room to see if his guns were missing but could not tell because his room was so messy. At one point, offi cers asked if she needed anything. She replied, “I think I need my son back. I need to under- stand, really why he did this. I don’t. I’m guessing.” OBITUARIES books in Astor’s library is 17 years old, and a recent anal- ysis found that it would cost nearly $90,000 to bring the library up to date. Call 503-791-5953 to schedule gently-used dona- tions for the sale. FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT tantrums as a young child that required her to pin him in a “bear hug.” As a young child, he opened the door of a car while his mother was driving on a freeway and tried to jump out, she said. He was hospitalized and eventually placed on psy- chiatric medications, but he stopped taking the drugs when he turned 18, she said. He pointed a gun in his mother’s face after getting kicked out of U.S. Army boot camp when he was 19 or 20, she said, and watched videos of killings on a computer in his room. Harper Mercer seemed less volatile after they moved in 2013 HEADACHES, FACE PAIN, MIGRAINES, JAW PAIN, TMJ/TMD Tuesday, Sept. 12 VILLA-SANCHEZ, Lorenza — Visitation from 1 to 8 p.m., with a Rosary Vigil Service at 7 p.m., Hughes-Ransom Mortuary Chapel, 220 N. Holladay Drive, Seaside. To leave online condolences, go to www.hughes-ransom.com PUBLIC MEETINGS MONDAY Youngs River Lewis & Clark Water District Board, 6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway 101 Business. Cannon Beach Rural Fire Department Board, 6 p.m., Fire-Rescue Main Station, 188 Sunset Ave. Seaside City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. The Daily Astorian Established July 1, 1873 (USPS 035-000) Published daily, except Saturday and Sunday, by EO Media Group, 949 Exchange St., PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103 Telephone 503- 325-3211, 800-781-3211 or Fax 503-325-6573. 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