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DailyAstorian.com // WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2017 144TH YEAR, NO. 219 ONE DOLLAR ‘Our Guardian anGel’ The Daily Astorian/File Photo The Port of Astoria is nearing an agree- ment to rent trucks for longshoremen to transport logs, ending a impasse with Astoria Forest Products. Goodding remembered at fallen offi cers memorial End of the ghost riders? Port looks at leasing trucks for longshoremen By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian T he Port of Astoria on Tuesday presented a tentative, six-month agreement to lease trucks for longshoremen to drive log loads from a processing yard on Pier 3 to Pier 1 for export. The agreement would end a long-stand- ing dispute between the Port’s dockside labor force and premier tenant, Astoria For- est Products, which at one point threatened to halt log exports, one of the Port’s main sources of revenue. Longshoreme n have a contract to handle cargo going across Port docks. But Astoria Forest Products has been using third-party trucks and drivers. To satisfy the longshore- men’s labor contract, the Port and the log See PORT, Page 4A Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian The Oregon Fallen Law Enforcement Officers Memorial c eremony was held Tuesday in Salem and included family mem- bers, friends and colleagues of slain Seaside Police Sgt. Jason Goodding, who was killed in the line of duty on Feb. 5, 2016. Goodding’s widow, Amy Goodding, second from the left, attended the ceremony. By JACK HEFFERNAN The Daily Astorian S ALEM — A misty -eyed Seaside Police Chief Dave Ham was in the middle of thanking Sgt. Jason Goodding’s family when he was abruptly interrupted. “They’re really helping me out,” he said. “The strength and resiliency I see in your family is amazing, and all the open arms and hugs …” Suddenly, a puddle of water from the top of a large tent covering the audience before Ham splashed to the ground near the stage. “Wow. Thanks, Jason,” Ham said. Memories of Goodding were heavily present at the Oregon Public Safety Acad- emy’s annual Fallen Law Enforcement Offi cers’ Memorial c eremony. Hundreds of people attended the 80-minute cere- mony Tuesday in Salem. Goodding’s name was the 183rd added to a memorial wall that served as a back- drop for the ceremony. The wall recog- nizes the law enforcement offi cers in Ore- gon who have died on the job since the 1880s. Goodding, 39, was shot and killed in February 2016 on Broadway in downtown Seaside while taking a man into custody on a warrant. Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian ABOVE: Seaside Police Chief Dave Ham spoke about the life and legacy of Sgt. Jason Goodding . BELOW: Seaside Police Sgt. Jason Goodding’s name was recently etched onto the Fallen Law Enforcement Officers Memorial . Phillip Ferry, 55, shot Goodding once before Goodding’s partner, David David- son, returned fi re and killed Ferry. Good- ding died at Providence Seaside Hospital later that night. Goodding is survived by his wife, Amy, and daughters, Joslyn and Jayden. “It’s been diffi cult driving by the drive- way every day for a year, but I know I don’t have it half as bad as those two lit- tle girls and the wife and mom, Amy,” said Clatsop County Sheriff Tom Bergin, the Gooddings’ next-door neighbor. “It strikes you at the core, it really does. Jason was a smart man, a young, just a steadfast indi- vidual that was not only a good neighbor, a good friend, but a great cop.” Honoring the service Bagpipes, drums, fl ag presentations with the American and Canadian national anthems, a roll call of all 183 slain offi cers and a 21-gun salute complemented other remarks made by offi cers, family and pub- lic offi cials. Guided by law enforcement offi cers from throughout the state, families of slain offi cers fi led into their seats to begin the ceremony. Jerry Gaidos, a former chap- lain for Clatsop County law enforce- ment who consoled local offi cers after Fulton chides airport head over bond Confl ict of interest alleged in staff letter By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian Port of Astoria Com- missioner Stephen Fulton has added Airport Man- ager Gary Kobes to the list of people he claims have a confl ict of interest on the Port’s bond measure for improvements at the Asto- Stephen ria Regional Airport. Fulton The Port is asking Clatsop County voters to fi nance $1.96 million in bonds over three years to develop the infrastructure for Life Flight Network to build a new hangar in a widely recommended spot Gary at the southeastern edge of Kobes the airport’s tarmac. The bond would also extend Flightline Drive to a new southern entrance at Airport Lane, while making 6 to 8 acres of See MEMORIAL, Page 9A See FULTON, Page 4A Cannon Beach adopts inclusivity resolution City Council’s vote met with standing ovation By BRENNA VISSER The Daily Astorian CANNON BEACH — The Cannon Beach C ity C ouncil’s decision to adopt an inclusiv- ity resolution to support the town’s immigrant and refugee community was met with a standing ovation Tuesday. The resolution, which “embraces, celebrates and wel- comes its immigrant and refu- gee residents and their con- tributions,” is not the same as becoming a sanctuary city. Cannon Beach joined the North Coast trend after Asto- ria and Warrenton passed simi- lar resolutions earlier this year. The resolution was drafted after several residents approached Cannon Beach Police Chief Jason Schermer- horn about wanting Cannon Beach to become an inclu- sivity city like Astoria did in March. “I know there is a lot of fear growing,” Schermerhorn said in April. “We want people to know we’re not actively seek- ing to deport undocumented folk.” Brenna Visser/The Daily Astorian Community members give the Cannon Beach City Council a standing ovation Tuesday after adopting an inclusivity resolution. ‘It’s about family’ Ann Fontaine was one of those concerned citizens, and she thanked the council per- sonally on Tuesday for adopt- ing the measure. “I’m an Episcopalian rever- end, and our church has been very proactive about accepting immigrants,” she said. “When it comes down to it, it’s about family. Immigrants are a part of our church family.” Fontaine has been a reli- gious leader on the North Coast for more than 20 years, and said the issue to her is about the core tenet of treating every- one with respect and dignity. She said she was pleased that Schermerhorn was so receptive to the idea, and thinks it is sig- nifi cant that this message come directly from law enforcement. See COUNCIL, Page 4A