143RD YEAR, NO. 192
ONE DOLLAR
WEEKEND EDITION // FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2016
FRIDAY EXTRA: EXCHANGING CULTURES
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Man linked
to gun in
Goodding
shooting
Accused of witness
intimidation, drug
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By KYLE SPURR
The Daily Astorian
Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
Students from Knappa High School install rails along a dock in the Port of Astoria’s East End Mooring Basin Thursday.
Jamie Lee Jones, a former Nevada resi-
dent who was living in Seaside this year, was
indicted Thursday on
federal charges in con-
nection with the gun
used in the shooting
death of Seaside Police
Sgt. Jason Goodding .
Authorities allege
that a pistol tied to
Jones was used by
Phillip Max Ferry, who
shot and killed Good-
ding after a struggle in
Jamie Lee
downtown Seaside in
Jones
February.
Jones, 44, is accused of violently threat-
ening and intimidating witnesses against
sharing information with law enforcement.
STEEL RESOLVE Housing,
See SHOOTING, Page 8A
Knappa students help the Port fortify against sea lions
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
homeless
challenges
dominate
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t wasn’t anything like Fake Willy or the air
dancers.
But Knappa High School’s welding and
art students still had a small media entou-
rage this week as they welded, painted and
installed the steel railings the Port of Astoria
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lions off the docks at the East End Mooring
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air dancers with much fanfare but little suc-
cess. So far, surveying tape and multicolored
racing pennants have proven the most effective
hazing tools.
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hash out hot-button
issues in roundtable
By KYLE SPURR
The Daily Astorian
Simply railing
Inside metals and woodshop instructor Tim
Kamppi’s workshop this week, students started
fabricating what he estimates will eventually
total about 2 miles worth of railing to line the
docks .
“It’s pretty simple,” said Cody Carsner, a
Knappa student using the railings as his senior
project .
Carsner said students start by welding
90-degree elbows to a 14-inch end leg, then
attach the legs to longer metal spans of up to 20
feet. Every several feet are legs welded under-
neath longer span and bolted into the docks.
Welded onto each leg is a small metal loop
through which runs a line of pennants to keep
sea lions from going underneath the rails.
“I think it’s cool to be a part of it, and to
give back to the community,” said Knappa
junior Hailey Murray, a student in art instructor
Janet Sheridan’s class, as she painted a patch
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Tuesday.
See RAILS, Page 8A
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Knappa High School students are welding around 2 miles worth of metal railings
meant to keep sea lions off the docks.
Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian
Students in Janet Sheridan’s art class at
Knappa High School painted patches of
seaweed and sea creatures on the rail-
ings welded by students in her colleague
Tim Kamppi’s metals workshop.
Knappa High School junior Hailey Mur-
ray paints a patch of seaweed Tuesday
on railing being used to evict sea lions.
See more photos online at www.daily
astorian.com
Parks and Rec Department’s master
plan calls for bump in staff, revenue
ment’s vision and priorities —
focuses on improving how the
department operates, maintains park
areas, plans for future use and devel-
opment, markets its services and
works with partner agencies.
By ERICK BENGEL
The department has seven full-
The Daily Astorian
time employees, plus part time and
seasonal staff members, to look after
The Astoria Parks and Recre- 300 acres of parkland used by 9,500
ation Department’s draft master residents and even more visitors.
plan recommends the department
“We’re the largest parks and rec-
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ways to increase revenue to ensure Ian Sisson, the department’s plan-
high-quality parks, programs and ner, said, “and so we get people from
facilities .
across the bridge in Washington. We
The master plan — a work in get people from Knappa, Svensen,
progress that lays out the depart- Warrenton coming to use, not only
Community input
encouraged at
open house events
our facilities like the Aquatic Center
and Recreation Center, but also child
care, after-school programs and the
parks themselves.”
To boost revenue, the department
may look into several possible fund-
ing streams, some more likely than
others, including utility fees, system
development charges and regular or
incremental increases in user fees.
City Councilor Zetty Nemlow-
ill, a member of the c itizen a dvisory
c ommittee tasked with revising the
master plan, suggested at a recent
meeting that the city should consider
dipping into the Promote Astoria
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ers from each city in Clatsop County met
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ble discussion to hash out hot-button topics.
The conversation Thursday night at
McMenamins Gearhart Hotel centered
around the housing crisis, homeless prob-
lem, transportation woes and emergency
management.
“I think we should get together every
year and do this,” Clatsop County Board of
Commissioners Chairman Scott Lee said. “I
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that we are trying to work collaboratively
together.”
Rich Mays, the interim county manager,
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cials were joined by city managers, coun-
cilors and department heads from Astoria,
Warrenton, Gearhart, Seaside and Cannon
Beach.
Housing issues
Clatsop County Community Develop-
ment Director Heather Hanse n and Astoria
Community Development Director Kevin
Cronin gave a presentation on the housing
issues facing the county.
See HOUSING, Page 8A
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Community Development Director Kev-
in Cronin talks about issues involving
affordable housing during a meeting
between county and city leaders at Mc-
Menamins Gearhart Hotel on Thursday.