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THE ASTORIAN • SATuRdAy, dEcEmbER 7, 2019
Pensacola shooter was
Saudi aviation student
By BILL KACZOR
and BRENDAN FARRINGTON
Associated Press
PENSACOLA, Fla. — An aviation stu-
dent from Saudi Arabia opened fire in a class-
room building at the Naval Air Station in Pen-
sacola on Friday morning, a U.S. official said,
an attack that left three dead in addition to the
assailant.
The assault was the second at a U.S. Navy
base this week and prompted a massive law
enforcement response and a lockdown at the
base.
The student, who was fatally shot by a
sheriff’s deputy, was a second lieutenant in the
Saudi Air Force, said two U.S. officials who
spoke on condition of anonymity to disclose
information that had not yet been made public.
The officials said authorities were investigat-
ing whether the attack was terrorism-related.
Saudi state media did not immediately
report on the shooting. The kingdom has
relied on the U.S. to train its military. Base
commander Capt. Tim Kinsella confirmed at
a news conference that the shooter was an avi-
ation trainee at the base. He would not com-
ment on his nationality or possible links to
terrorism.
Twelve people were hurt in the attack,
including two sheriff’s deputies who were
the first to respond, one of whom killed the
shooter, Escambia County Sheriff David Mor-
gan said. One of the deputies was shot in the
arm and the other in the knee, and both were
expected to recover, he said.
All of the shooting took place in one class-
room and the shooter used a handgun, author-
ities said. Kinsella noted that weapons are not
allowed on the base.
The base remained closed until further
notice and those still there would be evacu-
ated when authorities decided it was safe to do
so, Kinsella said.
Lucy Samford, 31, said her husband, a
Navy reservist and civilian worker on the base,
was about 500 yards from where the shooting
happened. She said she got a call from him a
little after 7 a.m. and “one of the first things
out of his mouth was, ‘I love you. Tell the kids
I love them. I just want you to know there’s an
active shooter on base.’”
Her husband, whom she declined to iden-
tify, later told her he was OK.
President Donald Trump tweeted his con-
dolences to the families of the victims and
noted that he had received a phone call from
Saudi King Salman. He said the king told him
that “the Saudi people are greatly angered by
the barbaric actions of the shooter, and that
this person in no way shape or form represents
the feelings of the Saudi people who love the
American people.”
One of the Navy’s most historic and sto-
ried bases, Naval Air Station sprawls along
the waterfront southwest of downtown Pen-
sacola and dominates the economy of the sur-
rounding area.
Part of the Pensacola base resembles a col-
lege campus, with buildings where 60,000
members of the Navy, Marines, Air Force
and Coast Guard receive training each year
in multiple fields of aviation. The base’s train-
ing program includes a couple hundred from
countries outside the U.S., Kinsella said.
The base is home is home to the Blue Angels
flight demonstration team, and includes the
National Naval Aviation Museum, a popular
regional tourist attraction.
The shooting is the second at a U.S. naval
base this week. A sailor whose submarine was
docked at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, opened fire
on three civilian employees Wednesday, kill-
ing two before taking his own life.
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced
Thursday that the House is moving forward
to draft articles of impeachment against
President Donald Trump.
nation.
The speaker delivered her historic
announcement in solemn tones at the Capitol,
drawing on the Constitution and the Found-
ing Fathers in forcefully claiming Congress’
oversight of the president in the nation’s
system of checks and balances. Democrats
are already beginning to prepare the formal
charges, pushing toward House votes, possi-
bly before Christmas.
“Sadly, but with confidence and humility,
with allegiance to our founders and a heart
full of love for America, today I am ask-
ing our chairmen to proceed with articles of
impeachment,” Pelosi said.
Seemingly eager to fight, Trump tweeted
that if Democrats “are going to impeach me,
do it now, fast.” Though he has fought the
House investigation, trying to bar current
and former officials from testifying, he said
he now wants to move on to a “fair trial” in
the Senate.
Approval of articles of impeachment is
considered likely in the Democratic-majority
House. Conviction in a following trial in the
Republican-dominated Senate seems very
unlikely.
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Beaverton
July 1, 1939 — Nov. 19, 2019
Tom Stokes Jr. passed away peacefully Brothers Big Sisters agency while teach-
in his home Nov. 19, 2019, after a cou- ing at Clatsop Community College. He
rageous battle with cancer. He was sur- and his “Little Brother” became lifelong
rounded by close friends and
friends. Tom’s support resulted
his beloved pup, “Sugar.” In
in his Little Brother attending
a university, growing the Port-
his 80 years, he lived a full life,
land/Vancouver, Washington,
and touched the lives of many
Big Brothers Big Sisters agency
people.
that serves thousands of chil-
Tom was born in Astoria,
dren and carrying on Tom’s leg-
Oregon, July 1, 1939, to Helen
acy with his own Little Brother.
and Thomas Stokes. After
A natural showman, Tom
graduating from Astoria High
drew people to him wherever
School, he served in the Air
he went. Describing himself
Force at Lackland Air Force
Base in Texas, and Thule Air Thomas Stokes Jr. as an “extrovert with a capital
E,” Tom learned to play piano
Force Base in Greenland.
Following his military service, Tom entirely by ear as a boy, and over the years
returned to San Antonio, Texas, to earn went on to entertain people in piano bars
his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in across the country.
Tom believed that living a successful
psychology at St. Mary’s University in
1971. In 1988, Tom fulfilled a lifelong life requires having healthy relationships,
goal when he earned his doctor of psy- first with oneself and then with others.
chology degree from Pacific University in He believed that the core component to
Forest Grove.
building healthy relationships is love and
Tom was dedicated to the idea that all acceptance. In 2013, Tom published his
people have value, potential and choice. book, “Putting Love First,” to share his
He was exceptionally gifted at helping insights and further his work in an inspi-
people navigate through their personal rational and actionable way. After Tom’s
challenges and improve their lives. His passing, it has been said we have one more
four-decade career included working with bright star in the heavens to guide us.
A celebration of Tom’s life will be held
people from all walks of life, and spanned
clinical psychology, chemical depen- in March in Beaverton, Oregon. You may
dency, trauma and crisis management and receive more information from Autumn
Funeral Home.
private practice.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to
Tom loved his many years of work at
Providence St. Vincent hospital in Ore- Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia
gon and all of the many employees he Northwest at bbbsnorthwest.org or call
interacted with over the years. Tom was 503-249-4859.
To help continue Tom’s work, please
touched by the compassion of so many
from the hospital, from the gym to the consider giving time or donating to a shel-
ter of your choice. As Tom believed, giv-
credit union, that reached out to him.
In the early 1970s, Tom started a Big ing of self is the highest gift you can give.
Portland
Dec. 14, 1971 — Nov. 8, 2019
By LISA MASCARO
and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Associated Press
SEVENDAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TODAY
SUNDAY
MONDAY
Thomas J. Stokes Jr.
Amy Sue Baker
Dems say Trump impeachment
charges must come swiftly
WASHINGTON — House Democrats
moved aggressively to draw up formal arti-
cles of impeachment against President Don-
ald Trump on Thursday, with Speaker Nancy
Pelosi saying he “leaves us no choice” but
to act swiftly because he’s likely to corrupt
the system again unless removed before next
year’s election.
A strictly partisan effort at this point,
derided immediately by Trump and other
leading Republicans as a sham and a hoax,
it is a politically risky undertaking. Demo-
crats say it is their duty, in the aftermath of
the Ukraine probe, while Republicans say it
will drive Pelosi’s majority from office.
Congress must act, Pelosi said. “The
democracy is what is at stake.”
“The president’s actions have seriously
violated the Constitution,” she said in a som-
ber address at the Capitol. “He is trying to
corrupt, once again, the election for his own
benefit. The president has engaged in abuse
of power, undermining our national secu-
rity and jeopardizing the integrity of our
elections.”
Trump has insisted he did nothing wrong.
He tweeted that the Democrats “have gone
crazy.”
At the core of the impeachment probe is a
July phone call with the president of Ukraine,
in which Trump pressed the leader to investi-
gate Democrats, including political rival Joe
Biden. At the same time the White House
was withholding military aid from Ukraine,
an ally bordering an aggressive Russia.
Drafting articles of impeachment is a
milestone moment, only the fourth time in
U.S. history Congress has tried to remove
a president, and it intensifies the rigid and
polarizing partisanship of the Trump era that
is consuming Washington and dividing the
OBITUARIES
Amy Sue Baker, 47, passed away on Portland.
With her sly charisma, soft chuckle and
Nov. 8, 2019.
Born on Dec. 14, 1971, Amy was sent acerbic asides, she drew people in. She
was often irreverent, like her
home in a Christmas stocking,
holy trinity of heroes, Johnny
a joyful move by nurses at the
Cash, Bill Murray and Kris
Tillamook County Hospital. Her
Kristofferson. She loved many
porcelain skin and ginger hair,
things purely, some things iron-
as bright as that stocking, were
ically, and some things both
the hallmarks of her beauty all
purely and ironically … like
her life.
pickles.
The eighth child in a fam-
Being a mother was the most
ily that grew to 12 children, she
important thing to her, and one
was sweet generosity bathed
of the last things she did to
in ferocity, shyness encased in
Amy Baker
show her love was to buy her
steel. She made her way in the
sons a brick in Pioneer Square,
world with passion, grit and
determination. She was kind and tough inscribed with their names, a permanent
remembrance of the completely urban life
and proud to be both.
While Rockaway was her first home, they all loved, and a token of their mutual
she mainly grew up in Astoria, graduating devotion to each other.
Amy is survived by her sons Ernie (15)
from Astoria High School in 1990. Like
several of her sisters, she attended the and Hank (8); their father Michael Camp-
University of Portland, earning her politi- bell, her former husband; her mother, San-
dra Baker of Seaside, Oregon; and her sib-
cal science degree in 1994.
Her year in Salzburg, Austria, on an lings, Angela Baker of Sarasota, Florida,
exchange program was a life-chang- Valerie Baker of Bend, Oregon, Mark
ing highlight. She loved urban life. She Baker of Vancouver, Washington, Brenda
got involved in politics working for Sen. Parker of Camas, Washington, Heidi Sue
Ron Wyden, where she met her husband, Baker of Portland, Travis Baker of Happy
Valley, Oregon, Sally Baker of Port-
Michael Campbell.
They later moved to Washington, D.C., land, Gabrielle Baker of Portland, Shani-
where she gained experience in a lobby- see Baker Eller of Portland and Jacob
ing firm, meeting luminaries along the Baker-Mendonca of Portland; as well as
way. She returned to Portland, Oregon, in many other loving relatives in her large
1998, to pursue a law degree from Lewis extended family.
Amy was preceded in death by her
& Clark College and to start a family. She
would likely say those were her greatest brother, Benjamin Baker, and her father,
accomplishments in life: becoming a law- Bruce Baker.
yer, becoming a mother.
A debt of gratitude is owed to the pro-
But another accomplishment is that she fessional team at Legacy Emanuel Med-
built circles of friends at every stage of ical Center in Portland for their loving
her life, concentric circles like the rings care of Amy, and her family and friends,
in an old-growth tree. She had lifelong during her time there.
A remembrance gathering will be held
friends from her Astoria adolescence, her
college adventures, her law school toils, in Amy’s honor on Dec. 14, 2019, at the
her workplaces and her extended Buck- Laurelhurst Club, 3721 S.E. Ankeny St. in
man neighborhood “family” in southeast Portland, between 1 and 4 p.m.
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
REGIONAL FORECAST
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Seattle
51 40
51 39
50 38
Cloudy, showers
Periods of sun
around
50 41
51 43
52 42
53 41
Rain
Cloudy, rain
possible
Cloudy, rain
Partly sunny Rain and drizzle
possible
Aberdeen
Olympia
52/43
53/45
Wenatchee
Tacoma
Moses
Lake
52/42
ALMANAC
UNDER THE SKY
TODAY'S TIDES
Astoria through Thursday
Tonight’s Sky: Auriga, the
charioteer, is low in the northeast
at nightfall and passes directly
overhead by around midnight.
Astoria / Port Docks
Temperatures
High/low ................................ 51/37
Normal high/low .................. 50/37
Record high .................. 59 in 1908
Record low .................... 22 in 2013
Precipitation
Thursday ................................. 0.00”
Month to date ........................ 0.38”
Normal month to date ......... 1.77”
Year to date .......................... 41.33”
Normal year to date ........... 59.14”
Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Sunrise today .................. 7:44 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............... 4:30 p.m.
Moonrise today ............. 2:30 p.m.
Moonset today ............... 2:42 a.m.
Last
New
9:38 a.m. 7.9 3:15 a.m.
10:19 p.m. 6.3 4:23 p.m.
Cape Disappointment
9:17 a.m. 7.5 2:38 a.m.
10:00 p.m. 5.8 3:47 p.m.
First
9:25 a.m. 8.2 2:50 a.m.
10:07 p.m. 6.5 4:02 p.m.
Warrenton
9:33 a.m. 8.3 2:59 a.m.
10:14 p.m. 6.7 4:07 p.m.
Knappa
10:15 a.m. 8.1 4:16 a.m.
10:56 p.m. 6.6 5:24 p.m.
Depoe Bay
Dec 11 Dec 18 Dec 25 Jan 2
8:34 a.m.
9:19 p.m.
8.1 2:01 a.m.
6.3 3:17 p.m.
2.3
1.5
2.3
1.5
2.5
1.7
2.4
1.6
2.0
1.3
2.7
2.0
City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Honolulu
Houston
Los Angeles
Miami
New York City
Phoenix
San Francisco
Wash., DC
Today
Hi/Lo/W
Sun.
Hi/Lo/W
61/45/pc
35/22/s
41/35/s
57/46/pc
52/33/pc
82/71/s
68/50/s
63/57/c
80/67/s
38/26/s
72/56/pc
61/52/r
46/30/s
55/47/c
38/34/pc
49/42/c
71/58/pc
50/24/s
84/72/s
74/64/pc
65/50/c
81/68/pc
44/40/pc
69/52/c
58/48/sh
48/41/pc
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy,
c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
47/39
Hermiston
The Dalles 44/38
Enterprise
Pendleton 42/35
48/39
42/38
La Grande
43/37
50/42
NATIONAL CITIES
High (ft.) Time Low (ft.)
Hammond
SUN AND MOON
Full
Time
44/36
Kennewick Walla Walla
46/36 Lewiston
44/36
51/46
Salem
Pullman
44/30
Longview
51/40 Portland
51/44
41/33
Yakima 42/33
50/42
Astoria
Spokane
38/31
Corvallis
50/40
Albany
51/43
John Day
Eugene
Bend
52/41
47/34
46/37
Ontario
44/37
Caldwell
Burns
43/29
45/37
Medford
54/39
Klamath Falls
45/33
City
Baker City
Brookings
Ilwaco
Newberg
Newport
Today
Hi/Lo/W
40/31/c
55/45/r
51/41/c
50/42/sh
54/43/sh
Sun.
Hi/Lo/W
42/22/sn
55/42/pc
50/41/pc
51/37/pc
53/39/pc
City
North Bend
Roseburg
Seaside
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Today
Hi/Lo/W
57/43/sh
54/44/c
52/42/c
54/44/sh
50/44/sh
Sun.
Hi/Lo/W
54/38/pc
52/39/pc
52/39/pc
52/35/c
51/39/pc