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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2021
Gunman kills eight in
Atlanta-area shootings
OBITUARIES
Dr. James H. Gilbaugh Jr.
Gearhart
Feb. 23, 1937 — Feb. 24, 2021
James Herbert Gilbaugh Jr., of Gearhart,
Jim and Marilyn Gilbaugh married in
died one day into his 84th year, from a heart 1983, blending a family of six active chil-
condition.
dren, James H. “Jay” Gilbaugh III (Che-
Born to James H. and Lil-
rie), Mollie Suits, Wendy Kelley
lian Gilbaugh and raised in Port-
(Steve), Rogan Sloan, Molly Sloan
land, he was lovingly known
and Annie Sloan (Bryan Wadding-
as Dr. Gilbaugh, Dr. Jim, Jim,
ton). Ten grandchildren completed
Jimmy, Dad and Papa. He wore
the happy tribe: Katie Gilbaugh,
many hats and titles, to and for
Matthew Gilbaugh, Austen Suits,
the many who loved him, and he
Ryan Suits, Olivia Kelley, the Kel-
loved back; his family, extended
ley triplets, Tanner, Quinn and Car-
family, nieces, nephews, friends
son, Marigold Waddington and Far-
and patients.
rallon Waddington.
A lifelong Catholic, Jim was
A true renaissance man, Jim
born the second child of four. He
Dr. James
never met an activity or craft he
Gilbaugh Jr.
is survived by sisters Suzanne
didn’t explore. An inventor, he
Anderson and Maryann Wood;
held several patents and he was an
and brother, John Gilbaugh (Mary). Raised author of two books, “Men’s Private Parts”
in Eastmoreland , he often referred to his and “Retirement RX,” co-authored with
idyllic childhood and the many lifelong Fritz Fraunfelder.
friends he made there.
He
wrote
numerous
magazine
Attending Portland’s Duniway grade articles; a monthly Q & A for Men’s
school and Cleveland High School, Jim Health, New England Journal of Medicine
graduated from the University of Oregon, and Cosmopolitan among them. He and
remaining a lifelong Duck fan and loyal Marilyn traveled the world lecturing and
Alpha Tau Omega member.
learning.
He entered Oregon Health & Science
He was a skilled woodworker and bench
University, earning his medical degree. He maker. With partner George Beall, you can
completed his urologic training at the Mayo ﬁ nd over 40 of their benches along the Ore-
Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, while mar- gon Coast and in California and Washing-
ried to Linda Mongomery Gilbaugh and ton state.
raising a young family.
Jim was a printmaker, water color artist,
He spent the next two years at Flori- metalsmith, creator of Portland’s City View
da’s Eglin Air Force Base, where U.S. Air Vineyards, single-digit golfer and a terriﬁ c
Force Major Gilbaugh, M.D., was a part of ﬁ sherman. His interests never lagged.
the m edical c orps. During that time he was
To those of us who knew him well, his
appointed to the medical group assigned to best talent by far, was remaining a loving
Cape Canaveral’s Apollo 11 standby emer- husband, father, family and friends guy.
gency team for the ﬁ rst moon landing.
Due to the the COVID-19 pandemic, no
Completing his military obligation, he service is planned.
returned to Portland and began his four
To honor Jim, please purchase something
decade medical practice, Urologic Consul- at a small, locally owned business in your
tants, at St. Vincent Hospital. He belonged area and say: “This is from Jim and a life
to numerous professional organizations, well lived.” Hats oﬀ to all of you who were
receiving distinctions in many.
a part of his life.
Lawrence E. Reierson
Monterey, California
Feb. 27, 1934 — March 7, 2021
It is hard to summarize a life lived as Candalee, and two biological children,
fully as Lawrence Reierson’s, who died Careen and Lorrie. His stepson, Lonnie,
March 7, 2021, at home in Monterey, preceded him in death in 2010. There are
California.
four grandchildren and one god-
Born Feb. 27, 1934, and grow-
child, Rabecca Hand.
ing up in Elsie, a small logging
Leaving Tektronix after 20
community in the Nehalem Val-
years, he went to work for Wey-
ley, Larry was one of six children,
erhaeuser in management devel-
with four older sisters and one
opment, shifting to Pro-Log,
younger brother.
a Monterey electronics com-
His early education was in
pany, becoming general manager,
a one-room school. A crack
where he liked to say his real job
shot, Larry hunted elk and deer,
was keeping the owners from kill-
learning basic life skills that
ing each other.
helped feed the family during Lawrence Reierson
By this time he had remar-
the Great Depression. Spearing
ried; this time, successfully, to
salmon in the Humbug Creek and picking Star Van Valkenburgh. They were happily
elderberries provided supplements to their married for 52 years, completing projects,
diet.
including building an oﬀ -the-grid house in
His Uncle Albert, living in a shack on Boulder Creek, California.
the Reierson homestead, made his living
Leaving Pro-Log in 1986, Larry
as a bootlegger. He was full of intriguing started a management consulting company,
stories. When Larry was a teenager, brag- Saltwater Institute. This job required exten-
ging to his uncle about soon becoming “a sive traveling in the U.S., Europe and Asia
loggin’ man like my Pappy,” Uncle Albert training executives of Fortune 500 compa-
said, “Look here you little s--t, you get the nies in techniques to better manage their
h--l out of here; you don’t belong here. You companies for employee satisfaction and
have more to oﬀ er!”
company success. Larry, a natural peo-
Although very confused and disheart- ple-person, taught leaders how to “make
ened at the time, Larry would soon ﬁ nd it organizations safe for humans.”
would be some of the best advice he ever
In retirement, Larry continued to be
got.
active in community organizations, serv-
After getting over the shock, Larry ing on the board of the Kernes p ool, as a
joined the U.S. Navy. He served in the member of St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church
Korean War, and when discharged, went to and as president of his homeowners asso-
work for Tektronix as an electronic techni- ciation, where his skills in management
cian, a skill he gained in the Navy.
proved useful.
He never graduated from college, but
Larry mused frequently how unbeliev-
was admitted to a master’s program in orga- able it was for a logging camp kid to end up
nization development at Pepperdine Uni- as a corporate executive and international
versity, based on his life experience.
management expert. He enjoyed playing his
His ﬁ rst marriage ended in 1969, after 12 guitar, owning a 1960 Corvette and writing
years.
poetry. He was quick to smile, to laugh and,
He is survived by one stepdaughter, mostly, to listen.
SEVENDAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
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President Joe Biden said the FBI briefed
him on the shootings and noted that Asian
Americans are concerned about a recent rise
in violence, a surge he has previously con-
ATLANTA — A white gunman was demned. He called the attack “very, very
charged Wednesday with killing eight troublesome” but was waiting for answers
people, most of them women of Asian on the shooter’s motivation.
Vice President Kamala Harris oﬀ ered
descent, at three Atlanta-area massage par-
lors in an attack that sent terror through the condolences to the victims’ families.
“We’re not yet clear about the motive.
Asian American community that’s increas-
ingly been targeted during the coronavirus But I do want to say to our Asian Ameri-
can community that we stand with you and
pandemic.
Robert Aaron Long, 21, told police that understand how this has frightened and
the attack was not racially motivated and shocked and outraged all people,” said Har-
claimed to have a “sex addiction,” with ris, the ﬁ rst Black and South Asian woman
authorities saying he apparently lashed out to be vice president.
The attack was the sixth mass killing this
at what he saw as sources of temptation. Six
year in the U.S., and the
of the victims were iden-
deadliest since the August
tiﬁ ed as Asian and seven
IT FOLLOWS A 2019 Dayton, Ohio, shoot-
were women.
ing that left nine people
The shootings appear
LULL IN MASS
dead, according to a data-
to be at the “intersec-
base compiled by The
tion of gender-based vio-
KILLINGS
Associated Press, USA
lence, misogyny and xeno-
DURING THE
Today and Northeastern
phobia,” state Rep. Bee
University.
Nguyen said, the ﬁ rst Viet-
PANDEMIC IN
It follows a lull in mass
namese American to serve
killings during the pan-
in the Georgia House and
2020, WHICH
demic in 2020, which had
a frequent advocate for
HAD THE
the smallest number of
women and communities
such assaults in more than
of color.
SMALLEST
a decade, according to the
Atlanta Mayor Keisha
database, which tracks mass
Lance Bottoms said that
NUMBER
killings deﬁ ned as four or
regardless of the shooter’s
OF SUCH
more dead, not including
motivation, “it is unaccept-
the
shooter.
able, it is hateful and it has
ASSAULTS IN
Many suspects who
to stop.”
MORE THAN A commit mass shootings
Authorities said that
have a history of violence
they didn’t know if Long
DECADE.
against women. The kill-
ever went to the massage
ings horriﬁ ed the Asian
parlors where the shoot-
ings occurred but that he was planning to go American community, which saw the shoot-
to Florida in a plot to attack “some type of ings as an attack on them, given a recent
wave of assaults that coincided with the
porn industry.”
“He apparently has an issue, what he spread of the coronavirus across the United
considers a sex addiction, and sees these States. The virus was ﬁ rst identiﬁ ed in
locations as something that allows him to China, and then-President Donald Trump
go to these places, and it’s a temptation for and others have used racially charged terms
him that he wanted to eliminate,” Chero- to describe it.
The attacks began Tuesday evening,
kee County sheriﬀ ’s Capt. Jay Baker told
when ﬁ ve people were shot at Youngs Asian
reporters.
When asked whether somebody could Massage Parlor near Woodstock, about 30
have sexual encounters at the businesses, miles north of Atlanta, authorities said. Two
Bottoms did not answer, saying she did people died at the scene, and three were
not want “to get into victim blaming, vic- taken to a hospital, where two died.
About an hour later, police responding to
tim shaming here.” She said police have
not been to the parlors in her city beyond a a call about a robbery found three women
dead from apparent gunshot wounds at Gold
minor potential theft.
Sheriﬀ Frank Reynolds said it was too Spa, which is in a strip of tattoo parlors and
early to tell if the attack was racially moti- strip clubs in one of the last ungentriﬁ ed
vated — “but the indicators right now are it holdouts in an upscale area of Atlanta. Oﬃ -
may not be.” Neither he nor Baker clariﬁ ed cers then learned of a call reporting gunﬁ re
their statements, and Baker did not return a across the street, at Aromatherapy Spa, and
found another woman apparently shot dead.
text message seeking more details.
By KATE BRUMBACK
and ANGIE WANG
Associated Press
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Tonight’s Sky: High above the
southwest horizon is Mars, at
magnitude of +1.13.
Astoria / Port Docks
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Record high .................. 69 in 1941
Record low .................... 27 in 2021
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Cape Disappointment
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Hammond
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Warrenton
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54/44
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51/43
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53/42
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