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9A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2017 WORLD IN BRIEF Associated Press Vegas shooter had interest in guns, video poker, real estate MESQUITE, Nev. — Stephen Paddock had a penchant for guns, high-limit video poker and real estate deals. His father was a notorious fugitive bank robber. He had a recent live-in girlfriend and two ex-wives and seemed to live a comfortable life in a Nevada retirement community. His life is the subject of a sprawling investigation into what drove him to show up at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas with at least 10 suitcases fi lled with guns and open fi re on a country music festival, killing 59 people and injuring nearly 530. Law enforcement and family members could not explain what would motivate a one-time accountant with no known crim- inal record to infl ict so much carnage. Police police said he had 23 guns at the hotel, including semiautomatic rifl es, and 19 at his home along with thousands of rounds of ammunition. The 64-year-old gunman killed himself in the hotel room before authorities arrived. On the surface, Paddock didn’t seem like a typical mass mur- derer, said Clint Van Zandt, a former FBI hostage negotiator and supervisor in the bureau’s behavioral science unit. Paddock is much older than the typical shooter and was not known to be suf- fering from mental illness. “My challenge is, I don’t see any of the classic indicators, so far, that would suggest, ‘OK, he’s on the road either to suicide or homi- cide or both,” Van Zandt said. Acts of heroism saved countless lives at Las Vegas shooting LAS VEGAS — Rob Ledbetter’s battlefi eld instincts kicked in quickly as bullets rained overhead. The 42-year-old U.S. Army veteran who served as a sniper in Iraq immediately began tending to the wounded, one of sev- eral heroes to emerge from the deadliest mass shooting in mod- ern U.S. history. Amid the massacre in Las Vegas, there were acts of compassion and countless heroics that offi cials say saved scores of lives. There was a man one survivor knows only as Zach who herded people to a safe place. There was a registered nurse from Tennes- see who died shielding his wife. Like many people in the crowd of some 22,000 country music fans Sunday night, Ledbetter heard the pop-pop-popping noise and fi gured it was fi reworks. Then he saw people dropping to the ground. When more booms echoed in the night air, he recognized the sound of automatic weapons fi re. The gunman, identifi ed as Stephen Craig Paddock, created his own sniper’s perch inside the 32nd fl oor room at the Mandalay Bay casino hotel, across from the concert grounds. He appeared to fi re unhindered for more than 10 minutes, according to radio traf- fi c, and then killed himself before offi cers stormed in and found 23 fi rearms. Trump heads to Puerto Rico to survey hurricane damage WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is heading to San Juan today to meet with some of the 3.4 million Puerto Ricans struggling to recover from Hurricane Maria, as criticism that the federal government’s response has been sluggish continues. The president is expected to spend more than fi ve hours on the island, meeting with fi rst responders, local offi cials and some of the residents struggling to recover from a hurricane that, in Trump’s words, left the island U.S. territory “fl attened.” “There’s nothing left. It’s been wiped out,” Trump said last week. “Nobody has ever seen anything like it.” The trip will be Trump’s fourth to a region battered by storms during an unusually violent hurricane season that has also seen parts of Texas, Florida, Louisiana and the U.S. Virgin Islands inun- dated by fl oodwaters and whipped by winds. 828 Misc for Sale Davidson 701D one color printing press Clean and in excellent shape. Has been running daily. New 208 ac motor. Extra supplies and parts. Services & parts manuals. $1,500 OBO Available Oct 1 in Astoria, OR you haul. Contact Tom or Carl at The Daily Astorian 503-325-3211 CASH buyers are reading your classified ad. 101 Legal Notices AB6488 Main Street Storage (North) Pursuant to its lien rights Intends to sell at Cash only Public oral auction The property of: Liz Nelson #103 Phil Spencer #74B Brandy Ahlers #141 Sale to be held at 51 NE Harbor Ct. Warrenton, Oregon 10/18/17 at 10:30am (503) 861-2880 Trump and fi rst lady Melania Trump are scheduled to attend briefi ngs and meet with Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, as well as the gov- ernor of the U.S. Virgin Islands. They’ll also meet with Navy and Marine Corps personnel on the fl ight deck of the USS Kearsarge. Nobel prize cites fi nding of ripples in fabric of universe STOCKHOLM — Three U.S.-based scientists won the Nobel Physics Prize today for detecting faint ripples fl ying through the universe — the gravitational waves predicted a cen- tury ago by Albert Einstein that provide a new understanding of the universe. Rainer Weiss of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Barry Barish and Kip Thorne of the California Institute of Technol- ogy won the 2017 prize for a combination of highly advanced the- ory and ingenious equipment design, Sweden’s Royal Academy of Sciences announced. The scientists were key to the fi rst observation of gravitational waves in September 2015. When the discovery was announced several months later, it was a sensation not only among scientists but the general public. The prize is “a win for Einstein, and a very big one,” Barish told the AP. Gravitational waves are extremely faint ripples in the fabric of space and time, generated by some of the most violent events in the universe. The waves detected by the laureates came from the colli- sion of two black holes some 1.3 billion light-years away. A light- year is about 5.88 trillion miles. The 2017 Nobel prizes kicked off Monday with the medi- cine prize being awarded to three Americans studying circadian rhythms — better known as body clocks: Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young. Tom Petty a rock classicist from the beginning NEW YORK — Given the leather jacket and sneer Tom Petty wore on the cover of his 1976 debut, many people assumed he was one of those cheeky punks bent on tearing down the walls of rock ‘n’ roll. He wasn’t. It’s not that Petty and his band, the Heartbreakers, didn’t have their share of energy and attitude. But the kid from Gainesville, Florida, was a rock classicist to the core, and he built a body of work to stand with his heroes. That debut contained songs that stood the test of time, the snaky “Breakdown” and “American Girl,” which so echoed the Byrds that it confused that band’s leader. “When did I record that?” Roger McGuinn recalled thinking when he fi rst heard it. Only a week before his death Monday night after suffering cardiac arrest, Petty and the Heartbreakers fi nished a triumphant 40th anniversary tour in his adopted Southern California home. His sturdy compositions built a discography so strong he couldn’t get to all of his hits. “The Waiting,” ‘’Listen to Her Heart,” ‘’Here Comes My Girl,” ‘’Refugee,” ‘’You Got Lucky,” ‘’Don’t Do Me Like That,” ‘’Even the Losers,” ‘’Don’t Come Around Here No More.” And so on. All are fi st-pumping favorites. It was melodic rock ‘n’ roll built with the solid structures of his favorites from the 1960s. Petty had an impish grin and playful drawl, and in concert he raised his arms to direct both his band and the thousands of fans singing along from the audience. Supreme Court takes up key case about partisan redistricting WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is taking up a case about political maps in Wisconsin that could affect elections across the country. The justices are hearing arguments today in a dispute between Democratic voters and Wisconsin Republicans who drew maps that have entrenched their control of the legislature in a state that is otherwise closely divided between the parties. The Democratic challengers are asking the court to declare for US to ask Cuba to cut most of its diplomats WASHINGTON — Only days ago, the United States and Cuba maintained dozens of diplomats in newly re-opened embassies in Havana and Washington, powerful symbols of a warming relation- ship between longtime foes. Now both countries are poised to cut their embassies by more than half, as uncanny, unexplained attacks threaten delicate ties between the Cold War rivals. The Trump administration will ask Cuba today to withdraw 60 percent of its diplomats from Washington, American offi cials said. The request is a direct consequence of last week’s U.S. move to cut its own embassy staff in Havana by a similar proportion. The request marks yet another major setback for relations between the two neighbors, less than three years after they renewed diplomatic relations. It comes as the U.S. seeks to protect its own diplomats from unexplained attacks that have affected at least 21 Americans in Havana, in some cases harming their hearing, cogni- tion, balance and vision. Pathologist: North Korean had low enzyme due to poisoning SHAH ALAM, Malaysia — Outcast North Korean scion Kim Jong Nam had extremely low levels of an enzyme vital for ner- vous system function in his body due to poisoning, a Malaysian government pathologist testifi ed today at the trial of two women accused of smearing VX nerve agent on Kim’s face in a brazen air- port assassination. Blood tests on the two murder suspects showed they had nor- mal enzyme levels, said chemical pathologist Nur Ashikin Othman on the second day of their trial in Malaysia’s High Court. The potency of VX depends on the dosage or concentration, the type and duration of exposure and whether decontamination mea- sures such as washing hands or taking an antidote were made, she added. Gooi Soon Seng, the lawyer for Indonesian Siti Aisyah, told reporters the normal enzyme levels supported their assertion that the two women were not exposed to VX. Please come join us for a Celebration of Life in honor of Gabe Anastasiadis Saturday, October 7 th 12:30 pm Fishhawk Fisheries # 1-4th Street, Astoria 101 Legal Notices 101 Legal Notices AB6489 Main Street Storage (South) Pursuant to its lien rights Intends to sell at Cash only Public oral auction AB6487 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS: AB6451 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR CLATSOP COUNTY In the Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Clatsop Juvenile Department In the Matter of BRYSON JOHN JAMES RYALS, The property of: Krysta Kelley #224 Nick Tagg #326 Sale to be held at 1805 S. Main Ave. Warrenton, Oregon 10/18/17 11:00 am (503) 861-2880 Go. Do. coastweekend.com dining • the arts • music shopping • museums • classes • movies gardening • news • blogs • more ERROR AND CANCELLATIONS Please read your ad on the first day. If you see an error, The Daily Astorian will gladly re-run your ad correctly. We accept responsibility for the first incorrect insertion, and then only to the extent of a corrected insertion or refund of the price paid. To cancel or correct an ad, call 503-325-3211 or 1-800-781-3211 coast weekend Your local guide to Art, Entertainment, Food & Fun In the Matter of the Estate of Willard Ray Harrison, deceased. Case No. 17PB06867 Notice is hereby given that Daniel Lynn Goodell has been appointed personal representative of the above entitle estate. All persons having claims against the estate are required to pres- ent them to the undersigned personal representative in care of the undersigned at: 1419 NE 310th Ave., Wash- ougal, WA 98671, within four (4) months after the date of first publication of this notice, as stated be- low, or such claims may be barred. All persons whose right may be affected by the pro- ceedings in this estate may obtain additional informa- tion from the records of the Court, the personal repre- sentative or the attorney for the personal represen- tative. Dated and first published October 3, 2017. Daniel Lynn Goodell Personal Representative 1419 NE 310th Ave. Washougal, WA 98671 Attorney for Personal Representative: Kelly M. Stearns, Attorney at Law, OSB 086717 1139 Exchange St. Astoria, OR 97103 503.468.3100 office kmstearns@gmail.com Published: October 3rd, 10th, and 17th, 2017. WE DELIVER! Please leave a light on or install motion detector lights to make your carrier’s job easier. Thanks! THE DAILY ASTORIAN coastweekend.com 101 Legal Notices the fi rst time that the inherently political process of redistricting can be too partisan. Republicans contend that courts have no business in decisions that should be left to the political branches of government. Courts have struck down districts as racially biased for decades, and other partisan districting lawsuits are moving through the courts in Maryland and North Carolina. FIND IT, TELL IT, SELL IT! Classified ads! 503-325-3211 101 Legal Notices 101 Legal Notices A Ward. Case No. 17JU06304 PUBLISHED SUMMONS TO: Jacklyn Jo Smith IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON: A petition has been filed asking the court to terminate your parental rights to the above-named child for the purpose of placing the child for adoption. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PERSONALLY APPEAR BEFORE the Clatsop County Court at Courtroom 100, 749 Commercial St., Astoria, OR 97103, on the 8th day of November, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. to admit or deny the allegations of the petition and to personally appear at any subsequent court-ordered hearing. YOU MUST APPEAR PERSONALLY IN THE COURTROOM ON THE DATE AND AT THE TIME LISTED ABOVE. AN ATTORNEY MAY NOT ATTEND THE HEARING IN YOUR PLACE. THEREFORE, YOU MUST APPEAR EVEN IF YOUR ATTORNEY ALSO APPEARS. This summons is published pursuant to the order of the circuit court judge of the above-entitled court, dated September 15th, 2017. The order directs that this summons be published once each week for three consecutive weeks, making three publications in all, in a published newspaper of general circulation in Clatsop County. Date of first publication: Date of last publication: September 26th, 2017 October 10th, 2017 NOTICE READ THESE PAPERS CAREFULLY IF YOU DO NOT APPEAR PERSONALLY BEFORE THE COURT OR DO NOT APPEAR AT ANY SUBSEQUENT COURT-ORDERED HEARING, the court may proceed in your absence without further notice and TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS to the above-named child either ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THIS SUMMONS OR ON A FUTURE DATE, and may make such orders and take such action as authorized by law. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS (1) YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY IN THIS MATTER. If you are currently represented by an attorney, CONTACT YOUR ATTORNEY IMMEDIATELY UPON RE- CEIVING THIS NOTICE. Your previous attorney may not be representing you in this matter. IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY and you meet the state’s financial guidelines, you are entitled to have an attorney appointed for you at state expense. TO REQUEST APPOINT- MENT OF AN ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT YOU AT STATE EXPENSE, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY CONTACT the Clatsop County Juvenile Department at 800 Exchange St # 200, Astoria, OR 97103, phone number (503) 325-8601, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. for further information. IF YOU WISH TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY, please retain one as soon as possible and have the attorney present at the above hearing. If you need help finding an attorney, you may call the Oregon State Bar’s Lawyer Referral Service at (503) 684-3763 or toll free in Oregon at (800) 452-7636. IF YOU ARE REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH YOUR ATTORNEY AND TO KEEP YOUR ATTORNEY ADVISED OF YOUR WHERE- ABOUTS. (2) If you contest the petition, the court will schedule a hearing on the allegations of the petition and order you to appear personally and may schedule other hearings related to the petition and order you to appear personally. IF YOU ARE ORDERED TO APPEAR, YOU MUST APPEAR PERSONALLY IN THE COURTROOM, UNLESS THE COURT HAS GRANTED YOU AN EXCEPTION IN ADVANCE UNDER ORS 419B.918 TO APPEAR BY OTHER MEANS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TELE- PHONIC OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS. AN ATTORNEY MAY NOT ATTEND THE HEARING(S) IN YOUR PLACE. PETITIONER’S ATTORNEY J. Dean Taylor Assistant Attorney General Department of Justice 100 SW Market Street Portland, OR 97201 Phone: (971) 673-1880 ISSUED this 20th day of September, 2017. J. Dean Taylor #903902 Assistant Attorney General Published: September 26th, October 3rd and 10th, 2017
