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SEASIDESIGNAL.COM • COMPLIMENTARY COPY OUR 110th YEAR • February 19, 2016 Montero leaves Downtown Development Association SEASIDE SHOOTING Investigation clears offi cer in shooting By Kyle Spurr EO Media Group Board to search for replacement By Katherine Lacaze Seasude Signal Tita Montero has resigned as the executive director of the Seaside Downtown De- velopment Association . Her resignation was effec- tive immediately, although she has offered her assistance during the transition . Sarah Dailey, administra- tive assistant at the associa- tion since last -une , is ¿ lling in as interim executive di- rector while the nine-mem- ber board of directors searches for a Tita Montero replacement for Montero as soon as pos- sible. “In a small organization, with just two of us, it was just kind of a natural for us to con- tinue working together, me and the board,” Dailey said. Montero, who serves on the Seaside City Council, be- came the full-time executive director in February 2015 . She replaced Laurie Mespelt, who became executive direc- tor in 2007. Montero was the ¿ fth executive director for the association since it started in 1993. President Ruth Swenson said the board was meeting with Montero on Feb. 1 to discuss general business, and that was when she ¿ rst pre- sented her resignation. The move came as unexpected to the board. Montero said the position required a lot of abnormal working hours and brought the kind of stress she does not want in her life right now. “I’ve really come to a time where I don’t want to be the person in charge,” Montero said. “You’re basically on call weekends and for events.” She said she plans to “take a breather,” which will give her time to pursue other inter- ests and spend time with her mother, sister and brother-in- law who soon are moving to Prineville. Although the resignation was immediate, Swenson said, she has continued con- versing and holding confer- ence calls with Montero, who has offered her help until a new executive director is found. Offi cer David Davidson The ¿ ndings of the Seaside shooting investigation show Seaside Police 2f¿ cer David Davidson was legally and morally justi¿ ed in shooting and killing Phillip Max Ferry. Ferry was being arrested on a felony assault warrant Feb. 5 when he shot and killed Sea- side Police Sgt. Jason Good- ding. Ferry was then shot by Davidson and later died. Clatsop County District Attorney Josh Marquis, the Oregon State Police and Clatsop County Major Crime Team released the ¿ ndings and identi¿ ed Davidson, a Seaside Police of¿ cer since late 2012, during a press con- ference today at the Judge Guy Boyington Building in Astoria. “The purpose of the inves- tigation deals primarily with the shooting of Mr. Ferry,” Marquis said. “The murder of Jason Goodding was not the primary focus, not because it doesn’t profoundly affect us, but because the legal issue is whether the surviving of¿ cer was justi¿ ed in using deadly force.” Phillip Max Ferry See Findings, Page 6A OFFICER JASON GOODDING REMEMBERED PHOTOS BY JOSHUA BESSEX/EO MEDIA GROUP Pallbearers take Sgt. Jason Goodding’s casket into the memorial service. A heartfelt farewell to an everyday hero By Kyle Spurr EO Media Group E veryone who knew Jason Goodding says his smile could light up a room. ¶ Before giving the closing benediction at Goodding’s memorial last Friday afternoon inside the Sea- side Civic and Convention Center, Jerry Gaidos, a chaplain for Clatsop County law enforcement, paused to describe how he will always remember Goodding’s smile. See Farewell, Page 6A Emotions raw at Seaside Sgt. Jason Goodding’s me- morial at Seaside Civic and Convention Center Friday. See more related stories on Pages 4-6 PAID PERMIT NO. 97 ASTORIA, OR PRSRT STD US POSTAGE See Montero, Page 7A SHARED HOPE Local resident seeks to halt sex-trai cking industry By Katherine Lacaze Seaside Signal S easide’s Jay Barber is on a mission to promote the efforts of Shared Hope International, a nonproi t organization trying to erad- icate sex trafi cking at home and abroad. The nonproi t seeks to raise awareness and inl uence federal and state laws that strength- en the response to trafi cking. Barber i rst became aware of Shared Hope International, founded by former Washington congresswoman Linda Smith in 1998, while leading a training program called the Essentials of Development for the MJ Murdock Charitable Trust. See Hope, Page 9A