Health Department Asks Clinics, Hospitals to Prepare for Ebola
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Titans Bearcats Take Break Down Loggers Prairie / Sports 1 44-13 $1 / Sports 1 Weekend Edition Saturday, Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com Oct. 18, 2014 County Treasurer Cries Health Department Asks Clinics, Foul Over Assessor’s Home Improvement Hospitals to Prepare for Ebola NOT A THREAT YET: County are taking no chances could somehow make their way Wood said. Tax Exemption when it comes to preparedness to Lewis County. Lewis County’s largest hos- While Virus Hasn’t against a disease that has prov- Wood told The Chronicle pital, Providence Centralia Hit Washington State en deadly where it has broken Monday that the chances of Hospital, is educating staff on CLAIM: Bowman how to screen people admit- Yet, Officials Want to out. such happening are slim right Contends Assessor Dorey Five days after the first now, but doctors and nurses ted to their building for pos- Exercise Caution American diagnosed with Ebola are asked to screen patients that sible Ebola cases. One way is to Uses Exemption That ask questions about travel, said By Christopher Brewer died in Dallas, Texas, Lewis may have traveled to West Af- She Didn’t Market to County Health Officer Dr. Ra- rica and have returned Gerda Barlow, the hospital’s di- Others Who Could Have [email protected] chel Wood sent a health update “The point is for people to rector of quality who oversees The Ebola virus has not to area clinics and hospitals be comfortable with screenings, infection prevention. Used it To Help Recover been found in Washington state asking them to be aware of and and for what providers should If a patient does turn up From Flood yet, but health officials in Lewis prepare for possible cases that do if a test comes up positive,” please see EBOLA, page Main 16 By Christopher Brewer [email protected] The race for the assessor’s seat in Lewis County is getting Toledo Couple to Talk Life on Pacific Crest Trail a bit frosty, just as ballots are arriving at homes of registered voters. Dianne Dorey is in the mid- dle of a spirited push to keep her elected position for a fifth term, facing up-and- coming chal- lenger Candy Hallom. The two have main- tained different platforms, with Dorey citing Diane Dorey her experience Lewis County assessor in the office and Hallom stating her wish for a change in the style of leader- ship and customer service. Now the voices from sup- porters have started to be heard. A recent letter to the editor from an elected official, Lewis County Trea- surer Rose Bowman, to The Chronicle in support of Hallom for as- sessor has con- tended that Dorey is one of Rose Bowman only two peo- Lewis County ple currently treasurer using a tax ex- emption on a home she owns Courtesy Photo that flooded in 2007. Former teachers Chuck and Sally Caley, of Toledo, enjoy a break on the Paciic Crest Trail in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. The letter states Dorey hasn’t widely made the availability of WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES: walking the Pacific Crest Trail. the PCT. Although the journey and the experiences they had that exemption — a home im- With only 91 days to travel as was at times physically exhaust- along the way. The Caleys will provement exemption that is Caleys Will Present far as they were able, Chuck and ing, the duo continued their 38- share their story during a pre- good for three years while reno- Their Trip at Toledo Sally Caley trekked through the year tradition of hiking togeth- sentation at the Greater Toledo vating or improving property desert portions of the trail near er, creating countless memories Community Library. — known to other people who Library Los Angeles and into the Sierra along the way. This year 1,500 people start- could have used it while recover- By Justyna Tomtas Nevada, checking one hike off The former teachers of lan- ed the trail, which stretches over ing from the flood as well. of their bucket list. guage arts, reading and a vari- 2,600 miles through 25 national [email protected] The Chronicle has not run The Caleys, longtime resi- ety of different sciences, includ- forests and seven national parks. the letter, instead offering to Two Toledo community dents of Toledo and former ing physics, are at it again and The PCT extends from the U.S. provide Dorey a chance to ad- border with Mexico to the Ca- dress the claim. members set out to complete teachers in the community, plan to educate those in the Dorey said she simply can’t one of their long-held dreams of traveled almost 1,100 miles on Toledo community on the PCT please see TRAIL, page Main 16 advertise every exemption avail- able to taxpayers, as there are many of them depending on people’s situations. Walk-N-Knock Comes Back to Lewis County “We don’t advertise every sin- BACK AGAIN: Two Men After the program’s several- up Dec. 6 by 130 teens combing in Lewis County.” gle one, and I don’t have the staff year hiatus, Bob Lund and Rick the greater Chehalis area with Their timing is good. Cur- to be able to figure how many Resurrect Community Borovec have spent 10 months the help of 65 drivers. All said rently there’s an inverse supply people could qualify for them,” quietly coalescing clubs, com- and done, the goal is to have and demand in the county’s Dorey said. Service Stalwart munity groups and schools 100,000 pounds of food for food food banks. From June 2010 to Dorey told The Chronicle By Dameon Pesanti around one big day of service. banks in Lewis County and June in 2011 the Lewis County that she does indeed utilize the [email protected] Food Bank Coalition distribut- three-year tax exemption on her In total, 26,000 paper bags Rochester. will be mailed out to the Cheha- “We like to say we’re the larg- ed about 1.5 million pounds of home as it was being remodeled Lewis County residents, food to just over 76,100 people. due to the 2007 flood. That ex- consider yourselves on notice. lis zip code and another 14,000 est single interservice club in will go to outlying communities. the county,” Lund said. “We’re During that timeframe in 2013 emption ends this year, and in Walk-N-Knock is coming back and 2014, they gave 1.4 million and its organizers have big All 40,000 bags will be folded by tying them all together (into) please see TAXES, page Main 16 plans. W.F. West students and picked the biggest multiservice project please see WALK, page Main 16 Weather Mitigating Flooding Deaths The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Lewis County Area Since 1889 Davis, William R., 57, Onalaska TONIGHT: Low 53 Flood Authority Juul, Peter, 60, Centralia Follow Us on Twitter TOMORROW: High 69 Approves Priority of Few Showers Novotny, Shirley, 75, Adna @chronline see details on page Main 2 Upcoming Projects Farrant, Billie, 97, Rochester / Main 11 Braaten, Terry, 85, Centralia Find Us on Facebook Weather picture by Paige www.facebook.com/ Whisman, Kenneth B., 80, Winlock Houghtelling of Mossyrock thecentraliachronicle Main 2 The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014 COMMUNITY CALENDAR / WEATHER Community Calendar WHAT’S HAPPENING? If you have an event you would like included in the Community Calendar, please email your information to [email protected]. Include a daytime telephone number where you can be reached. There is no charge for these listings. For questions about calendar items, call Doug Blosser at The Chronicle, (360) 807-8238. Editor’s Best Bet Today ‘Forbidden Planet’ to Be Shown at Fox Theatre Organizations Historic Fox Theatre Restora- Admission for the movie is $8 per stand supply movie snacks, including Men’s Fraternity, 6-7:30 p.m., Dayspring Baptist Centralia College tions today will screen the next film person, $7 for members and $20 per popcorn, nachos, hot dogs, pretzels, Church, 2088 Jackson High- to Host Beerfest in its 2014 Movie Series, “Forbidden family (three to four persons). drinks and more. way, Chehalis, (360) 748-3401 Planet.” Presale tickets are available at For more information, contact the or email dayspringbaptistch@ The Portland to Showtimes are at 2 and 7 p.m. at Book ‘n’ Brush in Chehalis and Fox Theatre at (360) 623-1103. All pro- gmail.com Seattle Beerfest will be the Fox Theatre in downtown Centra- Dorias Centralia, Holley’s Place, ceeds from the event benefit the resto- 6-11 p.m. tonight at the lia. As an additional treat, Fred Beeks HUBBUB, Santa Lucia Coffee and ration of the Fox Theatre. Monday, Oct. 20 Michael Smith Gym- will be on hand to play the Fox The- PostNet in Centralia. Holley’s Place “Forbidden Planet” is sponsored nasium on the Centra- atre organ before each screening. and the new Fox Theatre concession by Stuart and Polly Mackenzie. Burger Night, lia College campus. 5-7:30 p.m., Centralia Ea- The event will fea- gles, quarter-pound hamburg- ture tasting of beers Water, in the Woods and at the Table,” by Dylan ers, $1.50, other menu items, Cat’s Meow promotes a better future (360) 736-1146 from Portland to Seattle. Included will be en- Tomine, and/or “Eating on the Wild Side: The Miss- for feral felines through spaying, neuter- Cow sorting and pro-cutter flag, 6 p.m., Happy tertainment and a home-brew competition.