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DailyAstorian.com // TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 144TH YEAR, NO. 63 ONE DOLLAR Clinton, Trump battle over taxes, race, terror Clinton puts Trump on the defensive in combative debate UPCOMING DEBATES Vice Presidential Debate Tuesday, Oct. 4: Elaine Quijano of CBSN will moderate. Second and Third Presidential Debates Associated Press and The Daily Astorian AP Photo/Julio Cortez Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton laughs with Republican presi- dential nominee Donald Trump following their presidential debate at Hofstra Uni- versity in Hempstead, N.Y., Monday. HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Donald Trump blamed the moderator, a bad microphone and anyone but him- self today after he was forced onto the defense by Hillary Clinton’s cas- cade of attacks about his taxes, hon- esty and character in the fi rst presi- dential debate. Trump tried aggressively to pin Sunday, Oct. 9: Anderson Cooper of CNN and Martha Raddatz of ABC will moderate. Wednesday, Oct. 19: Chris Wallace of Fox News will moderate. Times: Upcoming debates will start at 6 p.m. America’s problems on Clinton at Monday night’s debate. But Clin- ton, showing her intensive prepa- rations, went after him as hard or harder, including sharp criticism of his business practices and crude comments about women. She also attacked his false assertions about President Barack Obama’s birthplace, calling it part of a pattern of “racist behavior.” And she repeatedly criticized Trump for breaking tradition by refusing to release his tax returns, declaring, “There’s something he’s hiding.” Still, Trump insisted today he’d gotten the better of Clinton, award- ing her a C-plus while declining to assign himself a grade. Unsurpris- ingly, Clinton’s aides and running mate took to television to argue she’d accomplished precisely what she’d set out to do. Eye of the beholder Local conservatives gathered at the Uptown Cafe in Warrenton to watch the debate. Asked who won See DEBATE, Page 10A Robust SHERWOOD CELEBRATES jobs, SGT. GOODDING anemic Slain Seaside offi cer played football at high school in ’90s When getting a new job is easiest part of moving By ANDREW DYMBURT KOIN 6 By R.J. MARX The Daily Astorian S HERWOOD — It was an emo- tional night at Sherwood High School Friday as they honored an alum who died this year. Seaside Police Sgt. Jason Good- ding Goodding, who was 39 at the time of his death, grew up in Sherwood and attended Sherwood High School, where he played bas- ketball, base- ball and foot- Sgt. Jason ball. He was Goodding shot and killed in Seaside on Feb. 5 while trying to arrest a man who had a warrant out for his arrests. Goodding’s former coach spoke in front of a sellout crowd and his wife and two daughters looked on as the team retired his number. After Friday night, No. 85 will never be worn by another Sherwood Bowman again. “It’s special for us to be able to honor Jason and his family,” assistant coach Mark Gribble said. Friends and family in the stands wore shirts with the number on the back, and proceeds from the sale of the shirts will benefi t a scholarship fund in Goodding’s name. “I’m really happy about what we’re doing and recognizing Jason and his memory and things like that, but what we do tonight and things like that, doesn’t replace him,” retired Sherwood coach Roger Seh- enk said. Goodding grew up in Sherwood and attended Sherwood High School from 1990-1994, where he played football, basketball and baseball let- tering several times in both sports. housing Photos by Kai Davidson/For The Daily Astorian TOP: A Sherwood football player cradles a helmet bearing Sgt. Jason Goodding’s number before their game Friday. ABOVE: Sherwood football players present a team jersey with Goodding’s No. 85 to his wife, Amy, and daughters Friday. More photos at DailyAstorian.com LEFT: Current and former coaches spoke before the game. From left to right, Sherwood football coach Greg Lawrence, former Sherwood football coach John Hackworth and assis- tant Sherwood football coach Wes Montgomery. RIGHT: A memorial plaque was displayed during the Sherwood High School game Friday. SEASIDE — Pointing to a surge in jobs that has surpassed available housing, Kevin Leahy of Clatsop Economic Development Resources went before the Seaside City Council Monday calling for new affordable and workforce housing. “Every community is different,” Leahy said. “Everybody has different rules and reg- ulations. At the end of the day, we know we have a problem.” Between 2000- 2014, available hous- ing in Clatsop County failed to match employ- ment gains in Seaside, Cannon Beach, Gear- hart and Warrenton. Countywide, occupied housing went up 7 per- Kevin cent while in Seaside, Leahy employment went up 8 percent. In surrounding communities, Gear- hart’s employment surged 34 percent; Cannon Beach, 61 percent; and Warrenton’s 27 per- cent, leaving many employees without hous- ing options. Of 21,693 housing units in Clatsop County, only 197 new units have been built since 2010, less than 1 percent of the housing stock, Leahy said. “This is a call for action for coming up with discussions and dialogue, and most importantly, solutions for this issue.” CEDR’s emphasis is on workforce and affordable housing, Leahy said. Affordable housing is defi ned as 30 per- cent of a person’s income. “If you make $15 per hour or $30,000 annually, you can afford $750 a month for your housing,” he said. Those making $20 per hour or $40,000 annually can afford a little more than $1,000 per month. Forty-fi ve percent of the housing in Clatsop County is unaffordable by those standards, he said. See HOUSING, Page 10A Cannon Beach: ‘No’ to newer lodging Commission nixes proposed hotel expansion By LYRA FONTAINE The Daily Astorian CANNON BEACH — The Cannon Beach Planning Com- mission has blocked a proposed expansion of the Inn at Cannon Beach , prompting conversation about whether more hotel units are needed. The commission voted 4-1 Thursday to deny Hospital- ity First a conditional use per- mit to develop 18 guest suites in a two-story building in Tolo- vana Park. The addi- “Do we really tional units would need to keep encour- be located on a .65- aging more and acre vacant lot at 132 more development E. Surfcrest Ave. of motels or hotels?” and would meet Kerr said. “I don’t demand for lodging think you can take during peak summer things like this indi- months and week- vidually. To me, it’s ends throughout the a slippery slope. You year, the application have to look at the Lisa stated. whole impact, not Kerr “I don’t see the just this one motel.” purpose of creating more and Half the general fund more hotels,” Commissioner Commissioners said the Lisa Kerr said. “I see it as a det- project could lead to more traf- riment to the town.” Kerr said the additional fi c in the area, though the appli- units could impact traffi c and cation stated that the site’s water use and lead to further See INN, Page 10A development. Submitted Graphic The Planning Commission denied Hospitality First’s re- quest to expand the Inn at Cannon Beach to a vacant lot on East Surfcrest Avenue, shown here.
