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$1 Early Week Edition Tuesday, May 29, 2012 www.chronline.com — Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online Tandem Titles Pe Ell and W.F. West Fastpitch Win State Championships / Sports 1 and 8 Remembering Family, Koralynn Community Courtesy photo Memorialize Slain Toddler at George Washington Park By Stephanie Schendel [email protected] About 250 people came together to pray, cry and mourn the death of 2-year- old Koralynn Fister during a candlelight vigil in downtown Centralia Monday night. Koralynn, or “Monkey” as she was referred to by some of her family, report- edly died of abuse last Thursday. Candles lined the paths of George Washington Park where the family of Ko- ralynn, along with friends and communi- ty members, gathered to share a moment of silence. Some wore blue ribbons on their chests to show their support for protect- ing children. Many cried. Everyone held a candle. “During the moment of silence all I could hear was all the little kids,” said David Fister, Koralynn’s biological father. “And I don’t have mine.” Koralynn was living with her mother, sibling and mother’s boyfriend at the time of her death. She was pronounced dead Thursday after her mother’s boyfriend, James Maurice Reeder, 25, brought her body to a neighbor’s home, claiming she had drowned in a bathtub. THE AUTOPSY of Koralynn, however, re- vealed extensive injuries to the girl that indicated prolonged abuse, according to the Lewis County Coroner’s Office. Ko- ralynn’s mother, Becky Heupel, was not home at the time of her death. Reeder is being held in the Lewis County Jail as investigators continue to gather evidence pointing to the possibil- ity of rape and murder charges, accord- ing to court documents. Pete Caster / [email protected] Koralynn’s sibling has been placed in Above: David Fister, right, the biological father of the late Koralynn Fister, stands next to his mother, Sandy Fister, far left, behind a Child Protective Services as the investi- table full of pictures of Koralynn and a guest book at a vigil for her at George Washington Park in Centralia on Monday. gation grinds on. Top left: Koralynn Fister is pictured here in a photograph from her father David Fister’s Facebook proile. She died Thursday after what prosecutors are calling prolonged abuse by her mother’s boyfriend. please see KORALYNN, back page The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Weather Memorial Day Lewis County Area Since 1889 TONIGHT: Low 46 Fallen Veterans Remembered Follow Us on Twitter TOMORROW: High 72 @chronline Isolated rain at Claquato Cemetery / Main 3 see details on page Main 2 Find Us on Facebook www.facebook.com/ Weather picture by Taylor thecentraliachronicle Bowen, kindergarten, Morton Elementary School Grand $ 99 7 haircut CH473242sl.cg 360-736-1230 • 1112 View St., Centralia Opening! 360-748-6425 • 1640 NW Louisiana Ave., Chehalis Haircuts that it you. M - F: 9-9 • Sat: 9-6 • Sun: 10-5 Main 2 The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, May 29, 2012 FROM THE FRONT PAGE / WEATHER Community Editor’s Best Bet Community Band Giving Free Concert in Centralia The Lewis County Commu- nity Band will be performing at Calendar Corbet Theatre, Centralia Col- Organizations lege, at 7:30 p.m. tonight. Tuesday, May 29 “Features” will showcase soloists Senior Song Birds, 9:30 a.m., Moun- and small ensembles from within Senior Centers tain View Baptist Church, 273-3231 Pool tournament, 1 p.m., Twin Cities the band. “At a Dixieland Jazz Cook’s choice lunch and paper party, Senior Center, 748-0061 Funeral” will feature Ryan Brum- 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Olequa Senior Center Music, 11 a.m., Twin Cities Senior baugh (clarinet), Enoch Newkirk Pinochle, noon, $1, Toledo Senior Center, 748-0061 (trumpet), Jerry Mollerstuen Center, 864-2112 (trombone), Jeff Grimm (tuba) and Pinochle tournament, 1 p.m., Twin Cities Senior Center, 748-0061 Wednesday, May 30 Johnny Toulouse (drums). Lunch, noon, $3 suggested donation, Works with soloists are: Twin Cities Senior Center, 748-0061 “Latinata” (David Hoogkamer, Lunch, noon, $3, Morton Senior Cen- Juarez to to Talk alto saxophone), “Clarinet on ter, 496-3230 About Undocumented the Town” (Selah Newkirk, clari- Zumba class, 6 p.m., Olequa Senior net) and “Prayer of St. Gregory” Center The Chronicle, file photo Students (Enoch Newkirk, trumpet). The Lewis County Community Band Cook’s choice lunch, 11:30 a.m., To- The band is also planning to ledo Senior Center, 864-2112 “Undocumented Students: will be performing this evening, featur- play “Of Sailors and Whales” by ing local musicians and various song Wood carving class, 1-3 p.m., Toledo Hope for Higher Education” will W. Francis McBeth. Senior Center, 864-2112 be the topic when Jair Juarez selections. Quilting class, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Toledo Admission is free. makes a Lyceum Series presen- Those interested in joining Blaser at lewiscountycommuni- Senior Center, 864-2112 tation at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Bingo, Chehalis Moose Lodge, doors the Lewis County Community [email protected] or 330-7605, open at 4:30 p.m., game starts at 6:30 Centralia College. Band are asked to contact Louie ext. 6102. p.m.; food available, 736-9030 Juarez is a member of The Washington DREAM Act Co- Public Agencies alition, a grassroots student-led Lunch, noon, $3 suggested donation, Lewis County Solid Waste Disposal There will be a 6 p.m. social movement that focuses on advo- Twin Cities Senior Center, 748-0061 District, special meeting, 1:30 p.m., cating for the rights of undocu- hour, followed by the film at 7:15 Commissioners’ Hearing Room, Lewis Pinochle, 11 a.m., Morton Senior Cen- p.m. mented students. County Courthouse, 740-1451 ter, 496-3230 Admission is $12. The ticket A former Centralia College Lunch, noon, $3, Morton Senior Cen- price includes Santa Lucia Cof- Libraries student, Juarez is now a student ter, 496-3230 fee and an array of farm-fresh Teen Advisory Group, 3:30-4:30 p.m., at Washington State University Low impact exercise, 9-10 a.m., Ole- foods. Organic popcorn will be Winlock Timberland Library, 785-3461 Vancouver. qua Senior Center served. Lyceum classes are free and Zumba class, 6 p.m., Olequa Senior Support Groups Tickets may be purchased at open to the public. They are held Center Survivors of sexual assault/abuse, Santa Lucia Coffee, Centralia, or either in WAH 103 or Corbet Open pool, 9:30 a.m., Toledo Senior 5:30-7 p.m., 125 N.W. Chehalis Ave., Che- Center, 864-2112 Book ‘n’ Brush, Chehalis. Theatre. For additional infor- halis, sponsored by Human Response Bunco, 11 a.m. Packwood Senior Proceeds will benefit the Network, 748-6601 mation, contact Jody Peterson at Center, 494-6331 Community Farmers Market Senior Centers [email protected] or 736- Sweet treats, noon, Packwood Senior and Historic Fox Theater Resto- 9391, ext. 209. Center, 494-6331 Koffee Klatch, 8-11 a.m., Olequa Se- rations. Pool, 1 p.m.,Packwood Senior Center, nior Center Games Night, 6:30-11 p.m., Matrix 494-6331 Lyceum Series, Centralia College East, Low-impact exercise class, 3:30-4:30 Coffeehouse, 434 N.W. Prindle St., Che- p.m., Toledo Senior Center, 864-2112 Horticulture project, 2 p.m., RSVP registered dietitian Jody Kline speaking halis, 740-0492 by Monday, Packwood Senior Center, Oil painting class, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., To- on “The Politics of Food,” noon-12:50 494-6331 ledo Senior Center, 864-2112 Support Groups p.m., Roxy Theater, Morton, 496-5022 Pinochle, noon, $1, Toledo Senior Domestic violence support group, Organizations Libraries Center, 864-2112 5:30-7 p.m., 125 N.W. Chehalis Ave., Che- Take Off Pounds, 10:15 a.m., As- The Knitting Circle, 4-6 p.m., Salkum Free tax information for seniors and low- halis, sponsored by Human Response sembly of God church, 702 S.E. First St., Timberland Library, 985-2148 income, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., appointment neces- Network, 748-6601 Winlock sary, Twin Cities Senior Center, 748-0061 Vernetta Smith Chehalis Timberland Senior Centers Library closed for staff training, for Tim- Lunch, noon, $3 suggested donation, berland library locations, hours and oth- Twin Cities Senior Center, 748-0061 Nutrition lunch, noon, suggested Thursday, May 31 er information, see the library’s website Pinochle, 11 a.m., Morton Senior Cen- donation $3 for 60 and over, under 60, at www.TRL.org or call 1-800-562-6022 ter, 496-3230 $5.95, Toledo Senior Center, 864-2112 Nutrition lunch, noon, $3 suggest- Exercise class, 8:30-9:30 a.m., Toledo Documentary Senior Centers ed donation, Morton Senior Center, Senior Center, 864-2112 Low impact exercise, 9-11 a.m., Ole- 496-3231 Seniors’ Bible study, 10 a.m., Calvary ‘Ingredients’ to be qua Senior Center Zumba, 6-7 p.m., Toledo Senior Cen- Assembly of God, Centralia, 736-6769 or Cook’s choice lunch and bingo, 11 ter, 864-2112 324-9050 Shown at Fox a.m.-2 p.m., Olequa Senior Center Oil painting class, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., To- Pinochle tournament, 1 p.m., Twin The Community Farmers Computers level 2, 9-11:30 a.m., To- ledo Senior Center, 864-2112 Cities Senior Center, 748-0061 Market and the Fox Theatre are ledo Senior Center, 864-2112 Sweet Treats, 9 a.m., Toledo Senior Learn to dance, 10 a.m., Twin Cities presenting Movie Night Thurs- Low-impact exercise class, 3:30-4:30 Center, 864-2112 Senior Center, 748-0061 day at the Fox.