DailyAstorian.com // TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 2017
144TH YEAR, NO. 193
ONE DOLLAR
Sheriff’s Offi ce will look
into Man Cave at airport
which hosts gatherings and contains a bar
and home theater.
Port Commissioner Stephen Fulton, in
announcing his campaign against fellow
By EDWARD STRATTON
Commissioner James Campbell in the
The Daily Astorian
May special district election , used Bales’
hangar as an attack, claiming
At the request of Port of
his opponent has condoned a
Astoria Executive Direc-
private club that poses liability
tor Jim Knight, the Clatsop
issues for the Port.
County Sheriff’s Offi ce will
Fulton has called for an
investigate allegations lev-
investigation into Bales’ hangar,
eled against Philip Bales’
which he has referred to as an
private hangar at the Astoria
“unlicensed speakeasy.” He also
Regional Airport.
called for an emergency meet-
Inside the hangar, Bales,
ing and for the Port to autho-
a retired dentist and avia-
rize a cease-and-desist letter to
tor, stores aircraft, a boat and
Bales, neither of which have
Jim Knight
motorcycles under a lease
happened.
with the Port. The hangar also houses
See MAN CAVE, Page 4A
his clubhouse, known as the Man Cave,
Port director asks
for impartial review
Jones apologizes for role
By STEVEN DUBOIS
Associated Press
Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian
Philip Bales sits in his favorite chair inside his airport
hanger and Man Cave, which includes a collection of
donated furniture arrayed like theater seating under a
large projection screen for watching movies.
Warrenton
library turns
a new page
City plans to move
book repository
from Hammond
to downtown
By ERICK BENGEL
The Daily Astorian
W
ARRENTON — Nearly one
year after an alarming build-
ing inspection, the Warrenton
Community Library in Hammond may
soon move into a new home downtown.
The city of Warrenton, which man-
ages the library, plans to lease the Ser-
endipity Caffe and Bakery building
from the Warrenton School District,
allowing the library crew to escape
a structure rated in critical condition
and begin brainstorming the library’s
future.
A contract has not been signed, nor
negotiations fi nalized, but “we are in
the fi nal stretch,” Library Site Man-
ager Nettie-Lee Calog said.
The library plans to close its cur-
rent location — the former Hammond
Town Hall on Pacifi c Drive — April 8.
Later that month, the library team and
volunteers will move the thousands of
books, shelving and other equipment
to the Serendipity site on South Main
Avenue.
Calog hopes to reopen in the new
location the fi rst week of May. “It’s
been a long time coming, and I want
to move this forward,” she said.
Mike Moha, the school district
business manager, said that if the
library wants to move in sooner, “we
See LIBRARY, Page 4A
Man linked
to gun in
Goodding’s
killing gets
12 years
PORTLAND — A felon whose pistol was
used in the February 2016 slaying of Seaside
Police Sgt. Jason Goodding was sentenced
Monday to 12 years in federal prison.
Jamie Lee Jones, 45, apologized at the
federal courthouse in downtown Portland,
saying never in his wildest imagination did
he think his actions would play a role in the
killing .
“It’s a nightmare that haunts me every
day,” he said. “My heart goes out to the fam-
ily, it truly does.”
Jones pleaded guilty in December to gun-
and-drug charges not tied to Goodding’s
death. Other charges
were dismissed in
a plea agreement,
including allegations
that he threatened wit-
nesses to keep them
from cooperating with
investigators
after
Goodding was shot
underneath his ballis-
tic vest while trying
Jamie Lee
to make an arrest in
Jones
downtown Seaside.
Goodding’s fellow
offi cer returned fi re, killing Phillip Ferry, a
55-year-old transient and drug user.
Investigators linked the gun to Jones by
happenstance the following morning. Police
responded to Jones’ house on a noise distur-
bance and noticed a round of ammunition on
the ground. It was the same brand used to kill
Goodding.
Prosecutors said Ferry stole the gun while
Jones was sleeping. When Jones awoke, he
became enraged after noticing the pistol was
gone, as well as some methamphetamine. He
punched a drug customer and fi red a gun in
the direction of several others.
Not an ‘excuse’
In seeking a sentence of less than 12 years,
defense attorney Gerald Needham said Jones
had a rough childhood that included an emo-
tionally distant father, a mother left disabled
by a suicide attempt and the suicides of two
grandparents.
“Not to say that this is an excuse,” Need-
ham said. “It’s just information for this court
to make a proper judgment about Mr. Jones.”
See SENTENCE, Page 3A
Photos by Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian
ABOVE: Nettie-Lee Calog, Warrenton Community Library site
manager, checks out books to Warrenton resident Constance Da-
vis on Monday at Warrenton Community Library in Hammond.
TOP: The Warrenton Community Library will soon be moving to a
new location from it s current location in Hammond.
Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
Seaside Police Chief Dave Ham hugs
Sgt. Jason Goodding’s wife, Amy, at
Goodding’s memorial service last year.
Seaside considers inclusivity resolution
Resolution stops
short of adopting
sanctuary status
By R.J. MARX
The Daily Astorian
SEASIDE — Threading the
politically volatile debate over
immigration, the Seaside City
Council will consider an inclu-
sivity resolution but will not
become a sanctuary city.
Astoria took the same track
this month after guidance from
Jorge Gutierrez, the executive
director of the Lower Columbia
Hispanic Council, who advised
that sanctuary city status could
MORE INSIDE
Attorney general: Sanctuary cities
are risking federal money • Page 3A
be too polarizing.
Inclusivity resolutions allow
cities to support and recognize
the contributions of immigrants
without getting drawn into the
national clash with the Trump
administration over immigra-
tion enforcement. Attorney Gen-
eral Jeff Sessions warned Mon-
day that sanctuary cities — like
Portland and Seattle — risk los-
ing federal grant money by not
cooperating with federal immi-
gration agents.
“We made it clear early on we
would not entertain that (sanctuary
city) proposal, but we are pleased
to be able to state we are an inclu-
sionary city,” Seaside Mayor Jay
Barber said. “It’s basically saying
we’re going to treat all of our citi-
zens equally, with respect, regard-
less of their status. We want to
make that clear. But we are not in
a position to be a sanctuary city.”
Gutierrez, who was not in
attendance at the City Coun-
cil meeting Monday night, is
expected to address the council
at its April 10 meeting.
Barber said the city’s resolu-
tion would communicate “who
we already are. W e’re not doing
something we want to become . ”
The resolution reads, “The
city resolves that Seaside is an
inclusive city that embraces, cel-
ebrates and welcomes its immi-
grant and refugee residents and
their contributions to the collec-
tive prosperity of all residents .”
The resolution recognizes
the contribution of immigrants
and refugees “of all nations” to
the state as workers and taxpay-
ers. Inclusion and integrat ion
“of all residents of Seaside is a
vital concern for the general wel-
fare of Seaside in all respects. …
Every Seaside resident should
be treated with compassion and
respect regardless of national ori-
gin or citizenship status.”
A similar resolution was
adopted earlier this month by the
Astoria City Council.
See SEASIDE, Page 4A
Jay
Barber
Jorge
Gutierrez