Women of the Badge Profiling the Ladies of Lewis County Law Enforcement
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The Spring of Sommer Oakville Pot Rochester Boy Returns to Diamond After October Wreck / Sports 1 Cooperative Robbed / Main 3 $1 Midweek Edition Thursday, April 10, 2014 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com Women of the Badge Profiling the Ladies of Lewis County Law Enforcement The Chronicle / file photo A pocket gopher is held by a researcher in 2010 near the Mima Mounds. Mazama Gophers Get Endangered Species Status Pete Caster / [email protected] Centralia police oicer Angie Humphrey contacts a "suspicious person" on the side of Galvin Road near the Judy's Country Kitchen parking lot in Centralia on Wednesday, April 2. Humphrey explained to the man, who she recognized and suspected was on drugs, to get away from the road because it was LISTED: South Thurston County dangerous. The man obliged and went on his way. Farming Exempted Through Special Rule FIVE: Law Enforcement By Kyle Spurr Leaders Say Women Play [email protected] an Important Role Despite The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service an- Their Low Numbers nounced Tuesday it has listed four sub- By Stephanie Schendel species of the Mazama pocket gopher as protected under the Endangered Species [email protected] Act. Women are a minority in law The four subspecies, only found in enforcement agencies across the Thurston and Pierce counties, were con- United States. sidered threatened species and would In Lewis County, the number likely become endangered throughout all of female police officers is so few or a significant portion of their range in that they can be counted on one hand. please see GOPHERS, page Main 11 Law enforcement has always been, and continues to be, a male-dominated career. While the number of female officers has Centralia increased nationwide during the past 20 years, the U.S. Depart- College Names Lewis County Sherif's Deputy Sue Shannon drives along U.S. Highway 12 on her way to Morton on Thursday, ment of Justice estimates women Oct. 3, 2013. still make up only about 13 per- cent of police forces in county, city Four Candidates and state departments. For Lewis County’s biggest for President agencies — Chehalis, Centralia and the sheriff’s office — the per- By Christopher Brewer centage is less than half of the na- [email protected] tional average. While about 90 commissioned Centralia College has narrowed the police officers work in Lewis search for its next president to four can- County, excluding the Washing- didates, all of whom currently reside out- ton State Patrol, five are women. side Lewis County. The college’s Presidential Search THE CENTRALIA POLICE Depart- Committee has named the following ment has two female patrol of- candidates: Nathan Church, provost of ficers: Patricia Finch and Angie World Education University in Rancho Humphrey. The sheriff’s office Mirage, Calif.; Birgitte Ryslinge, inter- has Sue Shannon, who patrols in im president of the Sylvania campus of the east end of the county, and Portland Community College in Port- Stacy Brown, who is the spokes- land, Ivan L. Gorne, vice president of stu- woman and the chief civil deputy. dent services, facilities and operations at Chehalis Police Sgt. Gwen Bates Technical College in Tacoma; and Carrell, who has worked for the Patricia Finch maintains her post during a recent standof involving a suicidal man in the Logan District of please see COLLEGE, page Main 11 Centralia. She is one of two female oicers in the Centralia Police Department. please see BADGE, page Main 16 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Weather Taste of India Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 TONIGHT: Low 40 New Restaurant Opens in Beckham, Robert T., 72, Follow Us on Twitter TOMORROW: High 62 Downtown Centralia / Main 6 Ocean Park @chronline Partly cloudy Gross, Stephen Gary, see details on page Main 2 68, Silver Creek Find Us on Facebook www.facebook.com/ Weather picture by Joseph thecentraliachronicle Miess, Onalaska Main 2 The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Thursday, April 10, 2014 COMMUNITY CALENDAR / WEATHER Community Calendar Today WHAT’S HAPPENING? Open mic, 6:30 p.m., Matrix Coffeehouse, Chehalis, (360) 740-0492 If you have an event you would like Chris Guenther, 7:30 p.m., PJ’s Pizza, 1232 Alder included in the Community Calendar, St., Centralia, (360) 736-0101 please email your information to “Let’s Grow a Garden,” 10-11:30 a.m., 4162 Jack- [email protected]. Include a son Highway, free, (360) 262-0525 daytime telephone number where you Public Agencies can be reached. There is no charge for these listings. Centralia Planning Commission, 6 p.m., coun- For questions about calendar items, cil chambers, City Hall, 118 W. Maple St., Centralia, call Doug Blosser at The Chronicle, (360) 330-7671 (360) 807-8238. Centralia College Board of Trustees, 3 p.m., Cen- Editor’s Best Bet tralia College East, Morton, (360) 736-9391, ext. 231 Libraries 7-9:30 p.m., Twin Cities Senior Center, $5, ‘The Uninvited’ to Be Performed (360) 262-3041 Book Babies, for babies birth-245 months, Whiskey & Roses, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Scatter Creek at Evergreen Playhouse 10 a.m., Chehalis, 11 a.m., Centralia Grill, Lucky Eagle Casino, (360) 273-2000, ext. 301 “The Uninvited,” a ghost story be a Thursday pay-what-you-can The Chancy & Narly Show: Playing With Words, Vinyl Roulette, 7 p.m., Matrix Coffeehouse, by playwright Tim Kelly, opens night at 7:30 p.m. April 17. for all ages, with Nancy Stewart and Charlie Wil- Chehalis, free liams, 2 p.m., Chehalis Friday at the Evergreen Playhouse Tickets are $15 on Fridays and Junior PageTurners Book Group for Kids, for chil- in Centralia Saturdays, and $10 on Sundays. dren grades 1-3, “The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders,” Libraries The play, directed by Shane They can be bought at Santa Lucia by Jack Prelutsky, 3:30 p.m., Tenino Family Story Time, for all ages, 10 a.m., Salkum Rivers, will be presented in a film- Coffee, Centralia; Sterling Bank, The Knitting Circle, for adults, 4 p.m., Salkum Preschool Story Time, for children 3-6 years noir style, complete with grayscale Chehalis; brownpapertickets,com; Sing Along Family Story Time, for children, 10 a.m., Chehalis set, costumes and makeup or the Evergreen Playhouse web- 5:30 p.m., Centralia Family Story Time, for children, 10:30 a.m., The play will run April 11-13, site www.evergreenplayhouse. Schafer Bros. Logging Fim and Book Signing, by Winlock 17-20 and 25-27. Show times are Peter Reid, member of the Schafer family, 6 p.m., com. All proceeds from the play Youth PageTurners: The Shakespeare Stealer, for Oakville 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and will go to help support Evergreen children grades 4-6, 3:30 p.m., Winlock 2 p.m. on Sundays. There also will Playhouse. Organizations Stuffed Animal Sleepover, for children, 4 p.m., Tenino Bucoda Rebekah Lodge 144, 7 p.m., Bucoda Oddfellows Community Center, 202 S. Main, Friday Family Films, all ages, 4 p.m., Tenino Bucoda, (360) 273-9724 Organizations United Women in Business, 5:30 p.m., Kit Carson kovich, the latter had by far the most diffi- lunch for the first 100 guests. banquet room, Chehalis, (360) 388-5252 Skookumchuck I.O.O.F. Lodge 129, 7:30 p.m., Bu- cult life. When the Soviets came to power Admission to the gallery is $4, but Chehalis-Centralia Cribbage Club, 6:30 p.m., coda Oddfellows Community Center, 202 S. Main in 1917, unlike other great composers such there is no charge for the Civil War pro- Chehalis Moose Lodge, 1400 Grand Ave., Centralia, St., Bucoda, (360) 273-3604 as Stravinsky and Prokofiev, Shostakovich gram. The museum is located at 100 SW (360) 485-2852 Lewis County Writers critique session, 5:30 p.m., chose to remain in Russia. This decision led Veterans Way, Chehalis. For more infor- Mary Lacy Chapter, Daughters of the American Matrix Coffeehouse, Chehalis, http://lewiscounty- mation, call (360) 740-8875. writers.wordpress.com/ to a life of nightmares and constant fears of Revolution, 10 a.m., St. John’s Lutheran Church, being imprisoned because the political elite 2190 Jackson Highway, Chehalis, September-May, Support Groups didn’t care for his music, and caused spiral- (360) 740-5899 ing physical and emotional health problems. Lewis County Writers, critique session, H.O.P.E., all addictions, 7:30-9 p.m., Heritage Marine Corps Auxiliary Plans 5:30-7:30 p.m., Matrix Coffeehouse, Chehalis, Baptist Church of Tenino, 1315 Sussex Ave. E., But, out of this hard life came some of http://lewiscountywriters.wordpress.com Tenino, (360) 480-0592, [email protected] the greatest music composed in the 20th Flapjack Fundraiser Chehalis Lions Club, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Community Life Recovery Group, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Dayspring century. Tickets are $12; students get in free Room, Vernetta Smith Chehalis Timberland Library, Baptist Church, 2088 Jackson Highway, Chehalis, with a paying adult. The Lewis County Marine Corps (360) 785-0210 (360) 748-3401 For more information, visit League Auxiliary will be holding a flap- www.northwestwindsymphony.org. jack fundraiser 8-10 a.m. Saturday at Support Groups the Chehalis Applebee’s. Breakfast will “Up From Grief,” for those grieving the loss of a Saturday, April 12 include scrambled eggs, two pancakes, loved one, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Morton Commu- two pieces of bacon, two sausages and a nity Methodist Church, Fourth and Main, Morton, (360) 330-2640 Wind Symphony to Feature Veterans Museum choice of coffee, tea, apple or orange juice. Parkinson’s Disease Support Group (Chehalis Music of Shostakovich Plans Program on 1864 Tickets are $10 per person.