Bail Set at $1 Million for Suspect in 6-Year-Old Girl’s Death / Main 13 $1 Early Week Edition Tuesday, Championship Aug. 12, 2014 Heartbreak / Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com Sports SWW Fair Now Underway Jubilant Jubilee in Morton Officials Scramble on Final Day to Prepare for For the 72nd Year, Loggers and Revelers Annual Showcase at Fairgrounds / Main 8 Decend on East Lewis County / Main 7 Record Crews Battle Wildfires Heat in DNR Firefighters Tackle Blazes Near Centralia, Tenino Twin Cities By Dameon Pesanti [email protected] Monday was a good day to stay inside. It was so hot that it might have set a new record. Tem- peratures at the Chehalis- Centralia Airport reached at least 100 degrees in the after- noon, peaking just past the 1990 record of 99 degrees. “It’s unofficial at this point,” John- ny Burg, a meteorolo- gist with the National Weather Ser- vice in Se- attle, said on Monday after- noon. “But there might be a new record for the area.” A couple things are hap- pening above us to make it so hot. please see HEAT, page Main 10 Pete Caster / [email protected] Cowlitz County Fire District 5 Chief Victor Leatzow, left, and Matt Hansen, from Washington Helitech based out of Ellensburg, watch as a Department of Natural Re- sources helicopter drops water on a hill at the Teague Road Fire west of Centralia on Monday. Onalaska ONGOING EFFORT: Alliance Resources Thin, But ‘‘We’re heating up, Dozens Join Firefighting Receives Effort on DNR Land and if the winds Near Teague Road pick up it would be a $90,000 big concern.’’ By Christopher Brewer VISION: Nonprofit Plans [email protected] to Add Boat Launch, More than 100 people are Janet Pearce DNR spokeswoman working to quash a fire that has Rest Rooms to Carlisle burned 40 acres between Roch- Lake Mill Pond ester and Adna, and fire crews will likely be on scene through arrived, Riverside stepped back By Kyle Spurr this weekend. into a support role, later trans- [email protected] Fire crews from the Wash- ferring operational command of Since the Onalaska Alli- ington State Department of Nat- the incident to them, Kytta said. DNR spokeswoman Janet ance purchased the Carlisle ural Resources are fighting the Lake property in 2012, the Pearce said late Monday morn- blaze that began Sunday after- nonprofit has raised funds noon on DNR-owned land just ing that the fire, which has to pave the gravel parking lot south of Teague INSIDE: burned at least 40 acres so far, area, upgrade the boat ramp Road and north is 10 percent contained. Crews and restore the forested prop- • Crews Battle of Deep Creek dropped three loads of fire re- erty around the lake. Three Fires Road. Smoke tardant from the air Sunday, On Monday, the Lewis Near Tenino was visible and helicopters were to be called County Commission ap- see page throughout the in throughout Monday to con- proved a $90,000 grant for Main 10 Chehalis and tinue the aerial attack. the nonprofit to use on a 24- Centralia area Meanwhile, the Seattle office foot by 28-foot restroom fa- Sunday evening, of the National Weather Service cility at Carlisle Lake. and the DNR said there was po- has issued a red flag warning for The grant funds come tential for the fire to grow and most of Western Washington from the county’s distressed threaten structures. through 11 p.m. Tuesday, citing counties fund for economic Riverside Fire Authority the possibility for dry and un- development and public fa- Chief Mike Kytta said fire crews stable conditions and forecasted cilities. from Centralia responded to the lightning. “The Onalaska Alliance fire with two engines, two brush Red flag warnings are issued has previously done some trucks and three water tenders, when conditions are ideal for work out there and are work- but found the site of the fire rela- fires to ignite or rapidly spread. ing toward improving that A Department of Natural Resources ire crew from Naselle puts out hot spots on a tively inaccessible to their equip- hill at the Teague Road Fire west of Centralia on Monday. ment. Once DNR firefighters please see FIRES, page Main 10 please see $90,000, page Main 10 Secrets to Long Life The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Weather Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 TONIGHT: Low 59 Woman Celebrates Montgomery, Norman Follow Us on Twitter TOMORROW: High 72 Century Mark / Main 3 Richard, 90, Tenino @chronline Few showers Ptolemy, James Alexander, see details on page Main 2 63, Chehalis Find Us on Facebook www.facebook.com/ Weather picture by Madison thecentraliachronicle Arndt, Grand Mound Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014 COMMUNITY CALENDAR / WEATHER Editor’s Best Bet Southwest Washington Fair Underway The Southwest Wash- ington Fair begins today and lasts through Sunday. A full schedule is avail- able on page Main 8. Visit southwestwash- ingtonfair.net for addi- tional information. Pete Caster / [email protected] People ride the ‘Ring of Fire’ as the sun sets on the Southwest Washington Fair at the 2013 Southwest Washington Fairgrounds in Chehalis. Community 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. CalendarAmerican Legion Hall, 111½ W. Main, Centralia, Bingo, doors open 5 p.m., bingo starts 6:30 p.m., Support Groups Today (360) 736-6852 Forest Grange, 3397 Jackson Highway, Chehalis Senior Song Birds, 9:50 a.m., Twin Cities Se- Young Professionals Lewis County Networking Domestic violence support group, 5:30-7 p.m., Bingo, Chehalis Moose Lodge, doors open at 125 NW Chehalis Ave., Chehalis, sponsored by Hu- nior Center, 2545 National Ave., Chehalis, (360) Social, 5-8 p.m., Riverside Golf Club Roof Top Bar, 4:30 p.m., game starts at 6:30 p.m., food available, man Response Network, (360) 748-6601 (360) 736-9030 740-4199 Chehalis, (206) 293-6126 Loss of a Child Support Group, 7-8:30 p.m., Prov- Health and Hope Medical Outreach, free medi- Rainy Daze Quilt Guild, 7 p.m., Cooks Hill Com- Games Night, 5:30-9 p.m., Matrix Coffeehouse, idence Professional Center, (360) 748-4347 cal clinic, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Northwest Pediatrics, 1911 munity Church, Centralia, (360) 262-3877 Chehalis, free, (360) 740-0492 Widows and Widowers Lunch, 11 a.m., The Res- Cooks Hill Road, Centralia, for those whose income Centralia Bridge Club, 6:30 p.m., Unity Church, Winlock Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Winlock taurant, 1757 N. National Ave., Chehalis, presented is less than 200 percent of the poverty level, (360) 800 S. Pearl St., Centralia, (360) 748-1753, hraj@lo- Events Plaza on Kerron Street, (360) 785-4817 623-1485 calaccess.com by Sticklin Funeral Chapel and Brown Mortuary Service, (360) 736-1388 Community Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Two Town Tuners, 7 p.m., Lewis and Clark Hotel, Boistfort Street, downtown Chehalis, (360) 740- 117 W. Magnolia St., Centralia, (360) 269-8146 or Libraries 1295 or email [email protected] (360) 748-3531 LabARTory, for all ages, all day, Winlock Celebration of 100th anniversary of Smith-Lever Thursday, Aug. 14 Library Scavenger Hunt, for all ages, all day, Act, creating Cooperative Extension Service, 5-7 Support Groups Winlock Southwest Washington Fair, Chehalis (details p.m., 4-H Building, Southwest Washington Fair Survivors of sexual assault/abuse, 5:30-7 p.m., Wacky Wednesday, for all ages, all day, Tenino available elsewhere in The Chronicle) 125 NW Chehalis Ave., Chehalis, sponsored by Hu- PageTurners Book Discussion, for adults, “Sto- “Music & Machines,” opening night, 5-9 p.m., Art Public Agencies man Response Network, (360) 748-6601 ries for Boys: A Memoir,” 3 p.m., Salkum Gallery 505, 205 Cowlitz St./state Highway 505, To- ledo, live music by Joe Green, (360) 864-2789 Centralia City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 118 W. NAMI Lewis County Connections Support Open mic, 6:30 p.m., Matrix Coffeehouse, Che- Maple St., Centralia, (360) 330-7670 Group, 5:30-7 p.m., Twin Cities Senior Center, (360) 880-8070 or [email protected] Organizations halis, (360) 740-0492 Napavine City Council, 6 p.m., Napavine City Hall, 407 Birch St., (360) 262-3547, ext. 213 NAMI Support Group, 2-3:15 p.m., Centralia Tim- Friendly Neighbors Garden Club, 11 a.m., call for “Let’s Grow a Garden,” 10-11:30 a.m., 4162 Jack- berland Library, for families of mentally ill persons, son Highway, free, (360) 262-0525 Lewis County Planning Commission, meeting meeting location, (360) 278-3377 (360) 736-2073 canceled, (360) 740-1284, http://goo.gl/1a1Zb Take Off Pounds Sensibly, 10:15 a.m., Assembly CC Grow, farmers market, noon-3 p.m., Centra- Al-Anon, Fellowship in Unity, 6 p.m., Unity Cen- of God church, 702 SE First St., Winlock lia College, across from Health & Wellness Center, ter, 800 S. Pearl St., Centralia, (360) 736-8104 or (360) 736-9391, ext. 650 Napavine American Legion Post 71, 7 p.m., (360) 736-6439 Libraries Napavine City Hall, (360) 295-3559 Teen Writing Group, for teens, 5 p.m., Centralia Lewis County Beekeepers Association, 7 p.m., Public Agencies Washington Hall, Room 103, Centralia College, Wednesday, Aug.