2A • June 9, 2017 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com
Seaside students instrumental in tourney
Students keep
memory of
Goodding alive
By Katherine Lacaze
Seaside Signal
Friends of fallen Seaside
Police Sgt. Jason Goodding
remember him as someone
who wanted to be an educator
and guide those in need of ed-
ification, whether it be a child
he was coaching or a person at
odds with the law. They also
remember him as a keen corn-
hole player.
With that in mind, nothing
seemed more fitting than es-
tablishing a memorial schol-
arship in his name and then
hosting a cornhole tourna-
ment to raise funds for it.
The second annual Jason
M. Goodding Memorial Corn-
hole Tournament Fundraiser
will start at 11:30 a.m. June
17 at the Seaside Elks Lodge
on Avenue A. The event is
open to people of all ages.
Even those who don’t wish to
participate in the tournament
are encouraged to socialize
and have fun in memory of
Goodding.
Preserving
Goodding’s legacy
A few months after Good-
ding was shot and killed in the
line of duty in February 2016,
his two friends Steve Kuhl,
who once worked as a Seaside
police officer, and Jeff Roberts,
the current principal at Seaside
High School, decided to es-
tablish a new scholarship for a
Seaside student. They needed
to raise $25,000 to sustain the
$1,000-per-year scholarship
long-term through Seaside
Scholarships Inc., a nonprofit
foundation.
Next, Kuhl and Roberts put
together a memorial fundraiser,
bypassing the more traditional
golf game in favor of an activi-
ty Goodding preferred.
“Jason loved playing corn-
hole,” said Kuhl, who now
works as a firefighter in Port-
land. “When we would go to
the Ducks games, during tail-
gate parties, he’d have the corn-
hole boards out. … It was just
something he liked to do.”
The event was a simultane-
ously somber and celebratory
affair. Those in attendance
commiserated together and
also enjoyed the camaraderie.
Because the fundraiser was
year during college as long as
they satisfied certain criteria. In
that scenario, Kuhl said, they
would distribute $1,000 each to
a graduate, as well as a college
sophomore, junior and senior,
every school year.
2017 event details
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Community members play cornhole during last year’s Jason
M. Goodding Memorial Cornhole Tournament Fundraiser,
held at the Seaside Elks Lodge. This year’s event will start at
11:30 a.m. June 17.
primarily advertised through
word of mouth last year, Kuhl
said, “you had to know Jason to
show up.”
“It was good for everyone to
come together to remember Ja-
son and do something he liked
to do,” he added. “It was unfor-
tunate why we all got together,
but it was a good day.”
During the fundraiser,
they raised a little more than
$10,000. Throughout the sum-
mer, businesses and individuals
continued to donate, helping
them reach the $25,000 mark
they were shooting for so “a
Seaside senior will always have
a scholarship in Jason’s name,”
Kuhl said.
For the 2015-16 school year,
Morgan Matthews was award-
ed the scholarship. It is intend-
ed for a student pursuing a col-
lege degree in criminal justice
or education.
The committee behind
the scholarship — which has
grown to include Seaside Police
Chief Dave Ham and Paul Tice,
general manager at Gearhart By
the Sea — have set new goals
“to keep this thing going,” Kuhl
said. They want to turn it into
a four-year scholarship, so re-
cipients would get $1,000 each
For this year’s tournament,
the committee is working more
actively to spread the word.
They also have secured the ser-
vice of Seaside juniors Skyler
Yoshino and Michael Bailey,
who are volunteering for their
senior Pacifica Projects and
also as “a way to help carry
on Jason’s legacy, and what he
stood for as a person,” Yoshino
said. He and Bailey met Good-
ding a couple times, but not
enough “to actually develop a
super strong personal connec-
tion,” Yoshino said, adding,
“He influenced lots of people
in the community I believe. He
did everything in his power to
help others, and whatever he
could to better both himself and
the community.”
Kuhl agreed.
“Jason always just wanted
to help people better them-
selves,” he said. “Time is the
biggest thing anybody can
give, and he always gave his
time for people.”
Yoshino and Bailey are
helping to market the event and
obtain media coverage. They
also are organizing children’s
activities for the event.
The fundraiser will mirror
how it was run last year. The
event will have a two-person,
double elimination cornhole
tournament run by Cheyenne
Scrivner with the National
Cornhole League. The prize for
winning is a chartered salmon
fishing trip, valued at about
$600. The atmosphere is not
overly competitive, Kuhl said,
and “it’s open to everybody and
anybody.”
There also will be live mu-
sic by the band Fifth Alarm,
which is comprised of five
Portland firefighters; food; a
beer garden; and raffle and si-
lent auction for prizes includ-
ing trip and athletic packages,
rounds of golf and gift cards to
restaurants.
Pre-registration, which is
encouraged, is available online
through the event Facebook
page, Jason M. Goodding Me-
morial Cornhole Tournament.
Individuals also can register at
the door. The cost for a two-per-
son team is $100. All-day ad-
mission to the event is $5.
POLICE LOG
May 19
1:17 a.m., 1900 block Spruce
Street: Noisy neighbors said
to be yelling and playing loud
music are complained about
by another neighbor. Police
responding advise the com-
plained-upon of the complaint.
1:50 a.m., 1st Avenue: Some-
one having a smoke in their
hotel room set off an alarm
resulting in a visit by the fire
department. No fire was found.
8:01 a.m., 3rd Avenue and
Ocean Shore: Police advise
tourists they cannot camp on
the beach after observing them
sleeping in tents on the sand.
The people said they had just
arrived to the area and thought
it was ok. They were advised
otherwise.
11:13 a.m., Police Department:
A person comes in to register as
a sex offender.
1:03 p.m., N. Downing:
Subjects are warned that if
they continue to behave in the
manner that was reported, the
whole group will be charged
with disorderly conduct.
3:18 p.m., Avenue G and The
Bridge: Subjects in possession
of alcohol are warned of disor-
derly conduct.
4:51 p.m., 1100 block Broad-
way: A missing person is
reported.
11:11 p.m., Highway 101 and
Sunrise Ridge Road: Seaside
police assist another agency
at the site of a Gearhart motor
vehicle crash.
May 20
1:55 a.m., S. Wahanna: A miss-
ing person is reported.
12:06 p.m., 1200 block Avenue
F: Police return a second
time following a report of a
neighbor playing loud music.
The complained-on person told
police the first time they would
turn it down, but then turned it
louder. Officers say the person
was belligerent. After a lengthy
conversation with the police,
the person agreed to turn it
down and keep it down.
3:25 p.m., 400 block Broadway:
Officers respond to repeated
complaints from business
owners in the area regarding
subjects going through gar-
bage and littering the area with
hypodermic drug parapherna-
lia. Officers remove sharps from
the area.
May 21
2:18 p.m., N. Prom: A child
reported missing was subse-
quently found.
3:12 p.m., Broadway Park:
A child engaged in criminal
mischief was turned over to his
parents.
6:53 p.m., Avenue G and The
Prom: Police respond to a
report of one group of youths
chasing and antagonizing
another. Police contact subjects
who say they were just horsing
around. All parties are warned
to tone it down.
7:07 p.m., 12th Avenue and
The Prom: Police warn subjects
who are on the beach hitting
golf balls into the ocean,
striking people and cursing at
them. Police advise the party
of a local ordinance prohibit-
ing striking golf balls into the
ocean.
10:42 p.m., 1600 block N.
Roosevelt: Three bicycles are
reported missing, two men’s
cruisers (one bright blue, the
other red and white) and a
woman’s green Schwinn.
May 22
9:27 a.m., Beach and Avenue K:
Subjects are warned of unlaw-
ful lodging.
11:25 a.m., 1100 block N.
Roosevelt: Police are advised of
a confused girl; police contact
her parent. Girl is fine.
11:40 a.m., 400 block 12th
Avenue: Caller requests welfare
check on a possibly suicidal
person. Subject is contacted
and says they are fine. The call-
er/complainant is advised.
12:50 p.m., 1700 block 12th
Avenue: A disturbance is
reported.
stroke. Both parties were gone
prior to police arrival. Police
search for described vehicle but
are unable to locate.
9:30 p.m., 1200 block S. Colum-
bia: A big sinkhole is reported
in the roadway. Officers place
orange cones around it; public
works are advised.
May 23
8:57 a.m., Holladay and 2nd
Avenue: A person is arrested on
a warrant.
11:17 a.m., 1900 block N.
Holladay: Property crimes are
reported.
6:37 p.m., 1st Avenue: Man
came into police station to
report his wife missing. While
he was speaking to an officer,
his wife called to say she was ill
on the highway returning from
Portland.
May 24
8:11 a.m., 1400 block S. Roo-
sevelt: An anonymous caller
reports the sound of a woman
moaning in pain. Police contact
subjects who were engaged
in a consensual adult activity.
Subjects are advised of the
complaint.
10:34 a.m., Pizza Palace, High-
way 101: Ongoing complaint of
noise, vehicular horns honking
from highway near Pizza Palace,
while male stands and waves to
approaching traffic. Request by
complainant is that the waving
male move further south to
prevent noise associated with
his activity. Officer contacted
spouse of the waving male and
advised her of the complaint
and request for her husband to
move his location. The spouse
said she would talk with her
husband and have him move or
wait until after noon to begin
his activity. Officer contacted
the complainant and advised of
the contact and request passed
along to the spouse.
9:36 p.m., Beach and Tolavana:
Officers assist in search for a
possibly suicidal person.
May 25
11:59 a.m., 1100 block N. Roo-
sevelt: A motor vehicle hit and
run is reported.
5:53 p.m., 1200 block Avenue
B: Property crimes are reported.
May 26
4:41 p.m., Avenue G: A person
is arrested in possession of
methamphetamine.
6:46 p.m., 1100 block S. Wah-
anna: A person is arrested for
being in violation of a restrain-
ing order.
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2:51 p.m., Broadway: Caller
reports a dog locked in a car
panting heavily. The car and the
dog were gone prior to police
arrival.
6:44 p.m., 700 block Avenue H:
Caller reports a possibly intoxi-
cated person at the liquor store.
Caller calls back soon after to
say the person had suffered a
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