THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2016
YEAR IN REVIEW
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TOP SPORTS STORIES IN 2016
Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
Seaside players and coaches stand for a portrait after placing second in state after the 4A State Championship at Liberty High School.
The Daily Astorian
his year had many outstanding
games and achievements. Here
are the three top stories:
T
Astoria girls
track wins
state … again
The Astoria girls track team
successfully
defended
their
Class 4A state title by winning
their second straight state champi-
onship May 21 at Hayward Field in
Eugene.
Behind their record-setting, mul-
tiple state champion sophomore Dar-
ian Hageman, the Lady Fishermen
racked up a 4A record 109.5 points,
blowing out runner-up Siuslaw by
almost 40 points.
Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian
Knappa’s Dale Takalo delivers a pitch as the Knappa Loggers faced
off against the Burns Hilanders in the 2A/1A state championship
game at Volcanoes Stadium in Keizer. Burns defeated Knappa 4-3.
Gulls take second Loggers come
in boys basketball up short on the
In a record-breaking season for
Seaside boys basketball, the Gulls diamond
advanced all the way to the 4A state
championship game for the first time
in school history. Philomath scored a
55-45 win in the title contest in Hill-
sboro. Seaside junior Jackson Januik
was named the 4A’s State Player of
the Year.
two all-state pitchers — and will
be favored to recapture the 2A state
championship next spring.
The defending state champi-
ons of 2A baseball fell short of their
title defense in the 2016 champion-
ship game, won by Burns, 4-3, June
3 at Volcanoes Stadium. Still, the
Loggers have many of their play-
ers returning in 2017 — including
Astoria’s Darian Hageman
reacts after breaking the
Astoria school record during
the high jump at The Daily
Astorian Invitational Track Meet
at Seaside High School in April.
Joshua Bessex
The Daily Astorian
NOTABLE DEATHS IN 2016
Submitted photo
Jason Goodding
Feb. 5
• Sgt. Jason Goodding, a
39-year-old police veteran and
married father of two, was fatally
shot while trying to arrest a felon
outside a downtown restaurant in
Seaside. His partner returned fire,
hitting the felon three times. The
two men died at separate hospi-
tals. The tragedy and outpouring of
grief and support made Goodding
The Daily Astorian’s top story of
the year and The Oregonian’s Per-
son of the Year.
Feb. 25
• John Fraser, a colorful char-
acter and self-described Dada artist
and “Juan Man Band,” bought the
Once Upon a Breeze kite shop in
Erick Bengel/The Daily Astorian
Michelle Lindstrom/Courtesy Photo
Submitted Photo
Alex Pajunas/The Daily Astorian
John Fraser
John Lindstrom, left.
Hal Snow
Michael Foster
Cannon Beach in the ’80s. He was
active in the community with posi-
tions on the Cannon Beach City
Council, Planning Commission,
Design Review Board and commu-
nity policing team.
Terry, who passed away in Octo-
ber 2013.
before his death after Lindstrom
had a leg amputated. Friends and
local businesses came together and
raised more than $27,000 in a series
of fundraisers to aid in his recovery
Oregon Community Foundation
board, including a stint as presi-
dent, and helped to bring grants and
other charitable funds into Clatsop
County.,
March 23
• John McKibbin of Van-
cover, Washington, and Irene
Mustain of Woodland, Washing-
ton, who died in a plane crash in
the Columbia River in Astoria.
McKibbin, 69 — a former Wash-
ington state representative and
Clark County commissioner and
an amateur pilot — was in a pri-
vate plane with family friend Mus-
tain. They had planned to scatter
the ashes of Mustain’s husband,
June 12
• John Berdes, a banker who
was pivotal to Astoria’s rebirth over
the past two decades, was president
and CEO of Craft3, an unconven-
tional lending institution. Berdes
was central to the redevelopment
of Mill Pond, the restoration of the
Liberty Theater and the renovation
of the Clatsop Community College
campus.
Oct. 7
• John Lindstrom, the long-
time proprietor of Lindstrom’s
Danish Maid Bakery in downtown
Astoria. The shop closed a year
Dec. 15
Dec. 20
• Hal Snow, 75, was a com-
munity presence as a major donor
to local athletic programs and was
the prime mover in the creation of
the Lower Columbia Youth Soc-
cer Association and the Warrenton
soccer fields. Snow and his wife,
Jeanyse, were partners in Snow
& Snow, a law firm on Commer-
cial Street that traces back to the
1960s. For many years, Snow also
served as the city attorney of Asto-
ria and Warrenton. He was on the
• Michael Foster, 76, a teacher,
art lover and community booster
who was nicknamed “Mr. Astoria”
left his imprint on city landmarks.
A fourth-generation Astorian, Fos-
ter played key roles in many local
projects, such as the restorations
of the Astoria Column, the Lib-
erty Theater and the Flavel House
Museum, and the acquisition of the
old Astoria City Hall and its trans-
formation into Clatsop County His-
torical Society’s Heritage Museum.