DailyAstorian.com // WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2017
144TH YEAR, NO. 219
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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