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Doug Ericksen, R-Ferndale, creates a new crime of “economic terrorism,” making trespassing and property destruction that disrupts business Legislature during a protest a class C felony. 2017 The bill has re- ceived mixed reac- Pete Caster / [email protected] tions from senators Colleen Brooks, left, owner of the Country Market in Pe Ell, and Pe Ell resident Brenda Schmit talk about the potential of a dam being built near the town. Brooks from the 19th and supports a lood mitigation option that would create a dam on the Chehalis River. 20th Legislative Districts. WEST LEWIS COUNTY: As Some “I respect the right to protest, but Residents Fear Possible Disaster when it endangers and Others See Big Opportunities people’s lives and property, it goes too far,” Ericksen for Recreation and Economic said in a press release. “Fear, intimi- Development, Town Council Votes dation and vandalism are not a le- gitimate form of political expression. to Support Water Retention Those who employ it must be called By Aaron Kunkler to account.” [email protected] please see LAWMAKERS, page Main 11 PE ELL — Residents are divided in this west Lewis County town following Tuesday’s vote by the Pe Ell Town Council to approve a resolution Crowdfunding in support of creating a dam on the Chehalis River near the city, provided it creates a perma- Underway for nent water reservoir and recreational activities. It was one of four alternatives presented by Victims of Fire a state-funded environmental impact statement to address flooding in the Chehalis River Basin. Matt Braaten, right, enjoys a burger at Evey's Cafe and Lounge in Pe Ell Thursday afternoon. He said in Toledo please see DAM, page Main 14 a dam being built near the town would be a good thing. By The Chronicle A crowdfunding effort has been launched to help Toledo residents Chehalis Community Renaissance Team Hires Executive Director whose home was destroyed early this week in a fire. By The Chronicle sion, the CCRT selected Annalee Tobey as chairwoman of the promotions commit- Lewis County Fire District 2 The new executive director of the Che- the first executive director for the organi- tee and of the overall program. crews in Toledo responded just be- halis Community Renaissance Team will zation, according to a press release. The primary purpose of the position fore 11 a.m. Tuesday to a report of a start in her role on Jan. 1. Tobey has served as a member of the After interviews and extensive discus- CCRT for six years, most recently as the please see RENAISSANCE, page Main 11 please see TOLEDO, page Main 14 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Chehalis Fire Department Family Found Safe Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 Repairs Grays Lyons, Calvin Neil, 95, Onalaska Follow Us on Twitter Lyons, Willard “Buck,” 82, @chronline Needed Harbor Onalaska at Historic Family Pena, Claudia, 67, Yelm Find Us on Facebook Downtown Found Safe, Kalista, Violet M., 80, Toledo www.facebook.com/ Weiher, Rolland D., 82, Onalaska thecentraliachronicle Chehalis Returns Morton, Duanne Lee, 52, Station Centralia Home Bigham, Mercedes, 88, Centralia / Main 5 / Main 7 CH554678kh.os MOONLIGHT Open Thanksgiving 9pm to 1am • Stores reopen Black Friday at 7am! MADNESS • Select stores open all night! 360-736-3900 • CENTRALIAOUTLETS.COM • I-5 EXIT 82 • BOTH SIDES • CENTRALIA Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Saturday, Nov.19, 2016 PAGE TWO News Protesters Get the Boot in State Capital of the Weird Webster, Erickson and a few others went back later and re- moved the animals from about 8 inches of ice covering open water, recovering some of the spoiled meat for dog food and trapping bait. 2 Moose Found Frozen Ohio Cops: Woman Mid-Fight Near Remote Offered to Sell Sex for Alaska Village $60 and Some Nachos ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two moose were recently discov- YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) ered frozen in battle and encased — Police in Ohio are accusing a in ice near a remote village on woman of selling sex for $60 and Alaska’s unforgiving western coast. some nachos. Brad Webster, a middle Officers near Youngstown school social studies and science say they arrested 36-year-old Tony Overman / The Olympian teacher in Unalakleet, captured Crystal Hotlosz during an un- Olympia police oicers, right, confront protesters as they set garbage on ire in downtown Olympia early Friday. Mate- images of the massive animals dercover operation Monday. rials used for hydraulic fracturing are one of the main imports coming through the Port of Olympia. Police removed an poking through the ice as they Beaver Township police say anti-fracking protest camp that occupied railroad tracks in the downtown area of the state capital. lay on their sides with antlers ap- an officer texted the woman af- parently locked together. ter seeing an online advertise- He had taken a friend who ment for sex services. recently moved to the village for Officers say she first wanted Notable Quote a walk on Nov. 2 near a frozen $50 and some nachos and later slough at Covenant Bible Camp, upped her price to $60. where Webster volunteers as a Police say that when the un- camp steward. dercover officer later met the “I think some people were afraid these stores would open and there’d “That’s when we saw it,” he woman in the parking lot of a said in a phone interview Friday. Mexican restaurant, she asked if be these long-haired people hanging around in vans. People have He initially thought it was just he had the extra money and her gotten used to the idea that these look like retail stores now.” one moose that had been shot nachos. but when he got a closer look, he WKBN-TV in Youngstown saw the second moose. reported Hotlosz has been Jim Doherty It took him a moment to re- charged with solicitation and legal consultant alize what he was seeing, he said. possession of criminal tools. It was the end of moose rut- A message seeking comment (see page Main 7 for the full story) ting season, and the animals was left with her attorney on Friday. likely were fighting over a female moose. Webster speculates that Hunt On for one of the animals was wound- Today in History ed by the other animal’s antlers, Spelling-Challenged and perhaps died as their antlers Today’s Highlight in History: In 1919, the Senate rejected as they began their summit in were caught together, dragging Bank Robber the Treaty of Versailles (vehr- Geneva. the rival down with it. BOSTON (AP) — A bank On Nov. 19, 1969, Apollo 12 SY’) by a vote of 55 in favor, 39 In 1996, 14 people were killed “It was a very interesting ex- robber dubbed the “spelling astronauts Charles Conrad and against, short of the two-thirds when a commuter plane collided perience,” Webster said of the bee bandit” because the notes Alan Bean made the second majority needed for ratification. with a private plane at an airport discovery. he’s passed to tellers contain the manned landing on the moon. In 1924, movie producer in Quincy, Illinois. The United On the way back to Unal- same misspelling is being sought On this date: Thomas H. Ince died after cel- States vetoed U.N. Secretary- for four robberies in Massachu- akleet, he and his friend kept In 1794, the United States and ebrating his 42nd birthday General Boutros Boutros-Gha- thinking about it and saying, setts. Britain signed Jay’s Treaty, which aboard the yacht of newspaper li’s bid for a second term. The “We really saw that,” in amaze- The FBI says the man’s notes space shuttle Columbia lifted off resolved some issues left over publisher William Randolph ment, Webster recalled. have just one word: “robery” Hearst. (The exact circumstanc- with the oldest crew member to from the Revolutionary War. Jeff Erickson, student ac- with one “B.” His latest target es of Ince’s death remain a mys- that time, 61-year-old mission In 1831, tivities director of Bering Strait was a TD Bank in Peabody on the 20th president of tery.) specialist Story Musgrave. School District in Unalakleet, Sunday. He’s also suspected the United States, James Gar- In 1942, during World War In 2005, two dozen Iraqi men, also captured the images when of hitting banks in Arlington, field, was born in Orange Town- II, Russian forces launched their women and children in Had- he went to check out the scene Reading and Burlington since ship, Ohio. winter offensive against the Ger- itha were slain by U.S. Marines a couple days later with Webster. Oct. 31. In all the robberies, he’s In 1863, President Abraham mans along the Don front. after a Marine was killed by a Erickson grew up in the area worn sunglasses and either a Lincoln dedicated a national In 1959, Ford Motor Co.