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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2016 Probe:+HLVWKH¿UVWRI¿FHUVKRWDQGNLOOHGLQWKHFRXQW\LQ\HDUV Continued from Page 1A law enforcement agencies. Sea- side Police will not be involved in the investigation, but will conduct an internal review. The focus of the investiga- tion is whether the shooting of )HUU\ZDVMXVWL¿HG At this point, Clatsop County District Attorney Josh Marquis said, it appears the shooting was MXVWL¿HG Once Marquis receives the ¿QDOUHSRUWIURPWKHVWDWHSROLFH he will either be able to release a detailed account of the inci- GHQW FRQ¿UPLQJ LW ZDV MXVWL- ¿HGRUKHZLOOFRQYHQHDJUDQG jury to investigate any possible wrongdoing. Investigators are interview- LQJ WKH RI¿FHU ZKR VKRW )HUU\ and a fourth man, possibly a friend of Ferry’s, who was present during the shooting. Their names have not yet been released. Body camera footage from police will also be used in the investigation. The autopsies on Good- ding and Ferry have been com- pleted, but results have not been released. The Oregon Medical Exam- iner did release Goodding’s remains. He was escorted by law enforcement agencies back to Seaside. ‘Extremely unusual’ Goodding, 39, is the 183rd ODZHQIRUFHPHQWRI¿FHULQ2UH- gon to die in the line of duty VLQFHUHFRUGVZHUH¿UVWNHSWLQ the 1880s. +HLVWKH¿UVWRI¿FHUVKRWDQG killed in Clatsop County in 35 years. ³+DYLQJDSROLFHRI¿FHUVKRW and killed (in Clatsop County) is extremely unusual,” Marquis said. The last shooting occurred on May 22, 1980, when Ore- gon State Police Sgt. James Shepherd, 49, was shot and killed after being ambushed by a 23-year-old man, Michael Sture, RV park: Chinook pastor has managed the park for decades Continued from Page 1A to renew the Mauch’s oper- ating license — a move that would effectively shut down the park. In a January interview, Lloyd said she wanted “to get the county’s attention.” “Take care of the solid waste. Take care of the sew- age. Take care of the water that piles up here. Register the vehicles and make sure the people who live here are not walking through sewer water. There are too many vehicles crammed in here. Make it orderly so people don’t have to walk in the mud to get to the bathroom,” Lloyd said. “The reason I am asking to have this park closed is that I have asked a less extreme question mul- WLSOH WLPHV RYHU ¿YH DQG D half years, and received no answer.” Community Develop- ment Director Faith Tay- lor-Eldred and Assistant Director Tim Crose say they are working with owner Pior to address problems at Mauch’s. However, they say their authority to act is lim- ited, because the county’s RV park ordinance is too vague. Furthermore, they say that they can’t take any serious action without risk- ing displacement of vulnera- ble, low-income people. Pior, a Chinook pastor who has managed the park for decades, did not grant an interview. “I have no comment,” Pior said in late January. “I have found that it’s better to keep my mouth shut.” Fish camp in decline Founded in the 1970s, Mauch’s has long been pop- XODU ZLWK ¿VKHUPHQ ,W ZDV never a fancy place even in its heyday, but it provides scen- ery and convenience at an affordable price. From the highway, the park still looks pleasant, if a bit shabby. However, the view from Lloyd’s or the Mauros’ yards provides a strikingly different perspec- tive. Moss and vine-covered RVs are packed in close to the property line. Many haven’t been registered or moved in years. Some sites are littered with junk. Blackberry bram- bles and tangled power lines proliferate. Rooftop tarps ÀDS LQ WKH EUHH]H /OR\G¶V kitchen window looks out on an ancient white school bus with a skeleton painted on the door, and a Clampett-style mountain of decaying furni- ture piled on top. It’s true that the park was well-established when Lloyd and Mauro bought their homes. However, both neigh- bors needed to be close to Astoria, and quickly found that there were very few prop- HUWLHV WKDW ¿W WKHLU QHHGV DQG budgets. So, just like many Mauch’s residents, they chose this location in spite of its ÀDZVEHFDXVHLWZDVWKHEHVW option available to them. “It was an answered prayer. There’s only two homes in the whole world that would have met that cri- teria. This was one of them,” Mauro said. “I think I just kind of assumed that the folks in charge would resolve it.” Statewide support shown to Goodding on duty and to family mem- EHUVRIRI¿FHUVZKRKDYHGLHG Multiple state agencies will on duty. Also on Tuesday, a moment take time this week to honor Seaside Police Sgt. Jason of silence will be held on the Goodding, who was shot and Oregon Senate and House killed Friday serving a felony ÀRRUVLQKRQRURI*RRGGLQJ The Governor’s Commis- warrant. The Public Safety Memo- sion on the Law Enforcement rial Fund Board will host a Medal of Honor will hold a meeting Tuesday to discuss special meeting Wednesday providing assistance to Good- to review a request to present ding’s family. The memo- the Medal of Ultimate Sacri- ULDOIXQGVXSSRUWVRI¿FHUVDQG ¿FHWR*RRGGLQJ¶VIDPLO\7KH families in time of need. The bronze medal is designated for program, established in 1999, RI¿FHUV ZKR KDYH GLHG ZKLOH SURYLGHV¿QDQFLDODVVLVWDQFHWR on duty. Gov. Kate Brown ordered RI¿FHUV ZKR DUH SHUPDQHQWO\ disabled from an injury while DOO ÀDJV DW SXEOLF LQVWLWXWLRQV The Daily Astorian in the woods in Knappa. Sture was arrested after a statewide manhunt. He pleaded guilty to murder, and was sentenced to life in prison. Ferry is known Local law enforcement was familiar with Ferry. Authorities describe him as a Seaside tran- sient who drifted in and out of WREHÀRZQDWKDOIVWDIIIURP sunrise to sunset on Friday in honor of Goodding. “Sergeant Goodding served the Seaside Police Department for 13 years, always putting the VDIHW\RIKLVFRPPXQLW\¿UVW´ Brown said. “Please join me in keeping Jason’s family, friends, and the community of Seaside LQ\RXUWKRXJKWV+LVVDFUL¿FH will never be forgotten.” Goodding is survived by his wife and two young daughters. The Goodding family has scheduled a memorial service at 1 p.m. Friday at the Seaside Convention Center. The public is invited to attend. Clatsop County and commit- ted crimes for more than two decades. Ferry’s criminal record in Oregon includes more than 40 cases. “He has been committing felonies on and off for at least 25 years,” Marquis said. Before the shooting Friday, the most recent criminal cases against Ferry involved him pos- sessing an explosive device, C4, in September and resisting arrest DQG VSLWWLQJ RQ WZR RI¿FHUV LQ December 2014. Ferry’s criminal history is lit- tered with aggressive interac- WLRQVZLWKODZRI¿FHUV In addition to Clatsop County, Ferry has committed crimes in Yamhill, Polk, Tilla- mook, Clackamas and Mult- nomah counties. As a felon, Ferry was not authorized to possess a gun. Marquis, who is not a propo- nent for either side in the national debate over gun rights, said the Seaside shooting points to issues with enforcing gun laws. “This is the problem with guns in our society,” Marquis said. “We have strict laws that say felons cannot have guns. He had a gun.” Auction: Foundation started in mid-1990s students then painted. The elk now stands outside The Log- ger Restaurant on U.S. High- way 30 in Knappa. At the Port of Astoria’s West End Mooring Basin stands a large painted salmon Kamppi’s and Sher- idan’s students partnered on for last year’s auction, with another salmon at the high school waiting to be hung at the East End Mooring Basin. Continued from Page 1A the U.S., schools have seen career-technical programs cut to the bone. Kamppi said Knappa’s program is just barely able to survive, often with decades-old equipment, and with support from locals and groups like the founda- tion, which asked his class to build the trailer and paid for the metal. Many of Kamppi’s stu- dents, while understanding the need to graduate high school, ¿QG VKRS FODVVHV WKH PRVW interesting part of coming to school, a way to make aca- demics more tolerable. “It’s exactly what I want to do, working with heavy machinery,” said sophomore Spencer Urie, pointing to the Hampton Lumber Mills logo on his T-shirt. Urie said he already has a job waiting for him at the mill. “There’s a lot of classes where you wonder when you’re going to use it in the real world,” said senior Cody Carsner, adding he will leave high school after graduation to weld on railroads. Kamppi said he would like the shop to do more repairs for locals and work for the auction. “It’s kind of neat to get these kids under the gun,” Kamppi said. “But we always seem to get it done.” Art for sale By Friday, Sheridan’s classroom was packed with large landscape paintings of local landmarks on canvas, watercolor papers, a two-per- son crosscut saw and a metal salmon. Her class will con- tribute 15 paintings to be sold in a silent auction. Sophomore Ryain Killion sat in front of the large can- Logger pride Behind the founda- tion is Shawn Teevin, a for- mer Knappa student, head of Teevin Bros. shipping com- pany and one of the most suc- cessful and philanthropic busi- nessmen in the history of Clatsop County, along with Knappa native Eileen Purcell and Michael Foster, an orga- nizer behind a scholarship foundation for Astoria High School. The foundation started in the mid-1990s, when Knappa was merged with nearby Clats- kanie School District. Knappa wanted to be independent, and created the foundation to sup- port that goal, with the auction to help sustain the foundation, which now has more than $1 million in assets. “Our goal is to always do a little better than we did last year,” said Jeanne Windsor, a foundation board member who works with Teevin. Windsor said one of the most satisfying parts of the auction is seeing the recipi- ents of the foundation’s schol- arships return decades later to help. “It’s nice to see some of those kids I interviewed for those scholarships now sitting on this (foundation) board,” she said. Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian A student welds a part of the trailer while in class at Knap- pa High School. vas on which she was putting WKH ¿QLVKLQJ WRXFKHV RQ WKH Peter Iredale. Next to her was MXQLRU-LOOLDQ0RRUH¿QLVKLQJ up a sunset behind the Asto- ria Bridge. The two have been working more than a month RQ WKHLU SDLQWLQJV WKHLU ¿UVW ever entries into the auction, DQGWKH¿UVWWLPHWKH\¶YHHYHU shown their art. “I’ve never done any- thing so big that’s going to be seen by so many people,” Moore said, adding it’s a bit nerve-racking. Killion said it has taken them more than a month to complete the paint- ings, learning to layer and blend the complex palette of colors that go into the sunsets so popular with Sheridan’s students. Sophomore Paris Vander- EXUJ DOUHDG\ ¿QLVKHG ZLWK D large rainbow trout oil paint- ing going into the auction, was painting the scales of a foot-long salmon on a sheet of steel that Kamppi’s students will hang on a mailbox stand and auction Saturday. “It goes to us, so we should be a part of raising money,” Vanderburg said, noting the art history textbooks the foun- dation provided helped her improve her photographic skills. The auction has also helped EXLOGKHUFRQ¿GHQFHDVDQDUW- ist. During last year’s auction, Vanderburg was babysitting her cousin’s children when she got a phone call saying a paint- ing of hers had sold for $500. “I was freaking out,” said Vanderburg. “Someone bought it and gave it to my grandma, so I get to see it in her living room.” For Sheridan, who since arriving several years ago has built up the art program and spread her student’s work throughout the high school, the auction provides the poten- tial to add materials for her class. This year, it was light- ing equipment for the cameras the foundation provided a few years ago. Sheridan said Kamppi came to her one day with an idea to build a large woolly mammoth to auction off. They never got to the mam- moth, but the year before last, his students cut and welded a steel elk, which Sheridan’s G u ess w h a t d a y it is! It’s Hump’s Day!!! 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