ENDORSEMENTS
ENDORSEMENT IN LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL ELECTIONS INSIDE
144TH YEAR, NO. 76
ONE DOLLAR
WEEKEND EDITION // FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2016
Storms rumple coast, more to come
High winds cause
power outages,
downed trees
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Check for storm updates
throughout the weekend at
DailyAstorian.com
The Daily Astorian
and Associated Press
In the fi rst taste of what could be a
series of storms, power was knocked
out Thursday night for thousands of
customers in Warrenton, Hammond,
Gearhart, Seaside and Cannon Beach.
Pacifi c Power restored electricity Fri-
day morning.
Gusty winds and rain could pose
dangerous conditions this week-
end on the North Coast and south-
west Washington as powerful storms
move through the region.
Scattered power outages were also
reported in Astoria.
Tornado warnings were issued Fri-
day morning for southwestern Clat-
sop County and in Tillamook County,
causing jitters in Cannon Beach, Elsie
and Manzanita.
A tornado caused wreckage in
Manzanita. Tillamook County Sher-
iff Andy Long said it touched down
in the city at about 8:20 a.m. There
were no reports of injuries, but there
Officers walk
past storm
damage that
can be seen
along Laneda
Avenue on
Friday morning
in Manzanita.
Danny Miller
The Daily Astorian
See STORMS, Page 9A
A walk to
remember
Dorothy Wing
Slain
toddler’s
mother
testifi es
Nearly 90, Law takes a hike across
the Columbia with loved ones
By ERICK BENGEL
The Daily Astorian
lora Lee Law is preparing to walk
the Great Columbia Crossing on
Sunday for the fi rst time — three
days before her 90th birthday.
The Astoria native will be embarking
on the scenic 10-kilometer trek across the
50-year-old Astoria Bridge along with a
contingent of about 35 relatives and fam-
ily friends from different generations.
“My children kept asking me if I
wanted to do it, and I thought, ‘Well,
yeah, I had no reason not to do it,’” Law
said with a laugh. “They had the enthu-
siasm, and I just kind of went along with
it.”
All six of Law’s children, most of
their spouses, eight of her 17 grandchil-
dren and other loved ones have signed
up for the c rossing.
F
Preparing for decades
Law’s family may have convinced
her to participate, but in a way, she has
been preparing for the walk for decades.
“She does better than people 20 years
younger than her,” Flora’s son, Ron
Law, of Astoria, said. “She’s pretty spry
for her age.”
See CROSSING, Page 8A
GREAT
COLUMBIA
CROSSING
Death penalty trial
for Roden continues
The 35th edition of the Great
Columbia Crossing over
the Astoria Bridge kicks off
Sunday morning. There is no
registration on race day. The
bridge turned 50 years old this
summer.
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
• What: A 10-kilometer — or 6.2
mile — run or walk.
• When: 8:45 a.m. for runners; 9
a.m. for walkers.
• Packet pick up: 9 a.m to 6
p.m. Friday and Saturday at the
Astoria-Warrenton Chamber
of Commerce at 111 W. Marine
Drive in Astoria. Last-minute
pick up from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m.
Sunday at the Port of Astoria at
the foot of Basin Street.
• Traffic: One lane on the
bridge will be closed from 8:30
a.m. to 11 a.m. Drivers can
expect 20 - to 30 -minute delays.
Results early next week in The
Daily Astorian and dailyastori-
an.com
MORE INSIDE
View the course map. Page 8A
Flora Lee Law, 89, who was born in Astoria and lives in
Uppertown. She plans to participate in the 35th annual Great
Columbia Crossing, on the verge of her 90th birthday.
Randy Roden
Submitted
Photo
“My children kept asking me if I wanted to do it, and I
thought, ‘Well, yeah, I had no reason not to do it.’ They had
the enthusiasm, and I just kind of went along with it.”
Flora Lee Law
89-year-old who plans to participate in the 35th annual Great Columbia Crossing
Dorothy Wing testifi ed Wednesday and
Thursday in the murder trial against former
boyfriend Randy Roden.
The state has accused Roden of murder-
ing Wing’s 2-year-old daughter, Evange-
lina Wing, and abusing her two sons, now 3
and 7, in a Seaside apartment the two shared
two years ago. He faces the death penalty if
convicted.
The couple called 911 Dec. 20, 2014,
after discovering Wing’s daughter unrespon-
sive. Her two sons were also found injured
and taken into protective custody.
Prosecutors believe the children were
tortured, burned, bitten and caged in the
months before Evangelina Wing’s death.
Copious blood spatter was discovered
around the apartment. It has been described
as one of the worst cases of child abuse in
Clatsop County’s history.
Wing pleaded guilty in January to
fi rst-degree manslaughter and two counts
of fi rst-degree criminal mistreatment. She
agreed to truthfully testify on behalf of the
prosecution in exchange for a plea deal that
brought her prison sentence down from life
to more than 15 years.
Deputy District Attorney Ron Brown
asked Wing on Wednesday why she accepted
her charges.
“Because I do feel responsible for what
happened to my kids and my daughter,”
Wing said, adding she should have done
more to protect them.
See TRIAL, Page 8A
Sherwood names athletic fi eld after Goodding
Honor for
Seaside offi cer
killed in the
line of duty
By BARBARA
SHERMAN
Sherwood Gazette
SHERWOOD — The sec-
ond time turned out to be the
charm for supporters want-
ing to name the Sherwood
High School playing fi eld after
Jason Goodding, a Sherwood
graduate and Seaside police
sergeant who was killed in the
line of duty in February .
After
months
at the school, made
of efforts by com-
an
impassioned
munity members,
plea to name the
the school district’s
playing fi eld after
Board of Direc-
the fallen offi cer .
tors voted unani-
Another name
mously Wednesday
Previously, in
to begin the renam-
2004, the school
ing process.
board agreed to
Goodding, who
name the Sher-
left a wife and two
Jason
wood High School
young
daughters
Goodding
stadium the Aaron
behind, had served
with the Seaside department J. Contreras Memorial Sta-
dium, after another graduate
for 13 years .
The renaming effort who joined the Marines and
started at a June meeting of was killed while serving as
the district’s school b oard . a helicopter pilot in Iraq in
There, Goodding’s friend and 2003.
fellow Sherwood graduate,
See FIELD, Page 9A
Jon Dickover, now a teacher
Sherwood Gazette/File Photo
The Sherwood School Board has approved naming the
football field at Sherwood High School after Jason Good-
ding, the Seaside officer and Sherwood High School grad-
uate who was shot and killed earlier this year. Two days
after Goodding was shot in February, family and friends
gathered on Sherwood’s football field to pay tribute to him.