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Bearcats Pirates Top Warhawks Deliver Adna Baseball Team Bests Toledo-Winlock Squad 7-2 / Sports Walk-off Victory / Sports Weekend Edition Saturday, April 12, 2014 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com Centralia Cemetery in Legal Limbo as Caretaker Pleads for Help Grave Concerns Pete Caster / [email protected] Pe Ell Marshal Anthony K. Corder makes his initial appearance in Lewis County District Court on Friday. Pe Ell Marshal Jailed for DUI in Patrol Car ARRESTED: Anthony Corder, 27, of Pe Ell, Was Arrested for Suspicion of Drunken Driving Early Friday Morning By Stephanie Schendel [email protected] Pete Caster / [email protected] The newly hired Pe Ell town Jennifer Duncan, the caretaker at Greenwood Memprial Park, shows trash in an open concrete burial plot on Wednesday morning at the Centralia cemetery. marshal was arrested on sus- picion of driving under the in- By Christopher Brewer fluence of alcohol early Friday morning while he was operating [email protected] the town’s patrol car. Take a walk around the Anthony Corder, 27, of Pe Ell, Greenwood Memorial Park just was driv- outside Centralia city limits and ing on the On the Web it becomes clear the grounds 500 block of are in serious need of mainte- Main Street DOCUMENTS: See nance. At least two graves have North in the full arrest Pe Ell when report at www. collapsed already, with one of chronline.com them covered by a tarp held he was con- down by cinder blocks. Garbage tacted by a fills some grave plots, and rain- Lewis County Sheriff’s Office water that has collected sits and deputy, according to the sher- stagnates in collapsed areas, of- iff’s office. fering a visual to accompany the Corder, a former Marine Washington State Funeral and from Montesano, was hired in Cemetery Board’s recommenda- February as Pe Ell’s sole law en- tion that its certificate of author- forcement officer. ity be suspended or revoked. Corder, who had no previ- It’s a sad state of affairs ous law enforcement experi- for a burial ground along Van ence, was scheduled to begin at Wormer Street and Reynolds the police academy in March Avenue that shows its roots to become a commissioned extending back to Centralia’s and certified officer through Jennifer Duncan, the caretaker at Greenwood Memorial Park, removes a thick layer of moss from a surface burial vault please see GRAVE, page Main 14 on Wednesday morning at the Centralia cemetery. please see MARSHAL, page Main 14 River Paddlers Gather in West Lewis County for Pe Ell River Run By The Chronicle paddle or float down the Cheha- they won’t have a dive team in The second Saturday of April lis River in extreme West Lewis the immediate area as they did brings about one of the more ad- County. in 2013, Chief Deputy Gene venturous events on the Cheha- The event, which has gone Seiber said. lis River: the Pe Ell River Run. on for more than three decades, “We’ll have a presence with It’s not advertised, and those has drawn more than 100 peo- deputies in the area, and we’ll that know about it have gener- ple in years past, organizers told have the capability to respond if ally been doing it for awhile — The Chronicle in a 2012 article. called,” Seiber said. “We put our but the river run always attracts The Lewis County Sheriff’s people on alert that the event is Pete Caster / [email protected] a crowd of people looking for a Office plans to maintain a loose Pe Ell river runners take on Rainbow Falls along the Chehalis River in April 2013. way to get outdoors and enjoy a presence in the area, although please see RIVER, page Main 14 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Weather Twister Season Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 TONIGHT: Low 38 Tornadoes Rare in Lewis County, Farrant, Judy Carol, 75, Follow Us on Twitter TOMORROW: High 69 But They Do Occur / Main 3 Rochester @chronline Sunny Larson, Walter Irvin, 92, see details on page Main 2 Rochester Find Us on Facebook Towne, Alan A., 57, Centralia www.facebook.com/ Boyer, John Raymond, 62, Weather picture by Kayla thecentraliachronicle Ward, Mossyrock Winlock Johnson, Randy Dale, 44, Centralia Main 2 The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Saturday, April 12, 2014 COMMUNITY CALENDAR / WEATHER Editor’s Best Bet Yard Birds Annual Easter Egg Hunt Community The annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Yard Birds Mall takes place today. The event, which begins at 10 a.m., will include more than 1,200 eggs and 200 prizes. There will be face painting and other attractions for children as well. Calendar The event is free. Today Call (360) 740-6900 for addi- WHAT’S HAPPENING? tional information. Wind Symphony to Feature If you have an event you would like included in the Community Calendar, Music of Shostakovich please email your information to [email protected]. Include a The Northwest Wind Symphony will daytime telephone number where you conclude this season’s tribute to three can be reached. 20th century composers with a perfor- There is no charge for these listings. mance at 7 p.m. tonight at Centralia For questions about calendar items, College’s Corbet Theatre. call Doug Blosser at The Chronicle, The concert will focus on the music (360) 807-8238. at noon, vendor fair free, luncheon $10, tickets lia Church of the Nazarene. for theme baskets $5 for six tickets or $1 each, Toloba’s theme will be “Don’t Just Sit of Dmitri Shostakovich, one of the most (360) 533-1713 famous Russian composers of the cen- There,” which is the motto for Curves. tury. Included on the program are his Marine Corps Auxiliary Organizations Also speaking will be Donna Paris, “Festive Overture,” his “Piano Concerto an inspirational speaker from Portland. Prairie Steppers Square and Round Dance Club, Admission to the luncheon is $10. To No. 2” and the finale to his energetic Plans Flapjack Fundraiser 7:30-10:30 p.m., $5, potluck at break, Oakview “Symphony No. 5.” The Lewis County Marine Corps Grange, Centralia, (360) 736-5172 or (360) 273-6008 make reservations, call Audrey, (360) Of the three composers the North- League Auxiliary will be holding a South Sound PEO, Reciprocity Brunch, 748-6751, or June, (360) 262-3296. Free flapjack fundraiser 8-10 a.m. today at 11 a.m., Indian Summer Golf Course, 4009 Yelm childcare is available by reservation only. west Wind Symphony has focused on Highway SE, Olympia, $16, (360) 736-2842 this season — John Williams, Gustav the Chehalis Applebee’s. Breakfast will The luncheon is sponsored by the Holst and Shostakovich, the latter had include scrambled eggs, two pancakes, Support Groups Centralia-Chehalis Christian Women’s by far the most difficult life. When the two pieces of bacon, two sausages and Alzheimer’s support group, 10:30 a.m-noon, Connection. Soviets came to power in 1917, unlike a choice of coffee, tea, apple or orange Cooks Hills Community Church, 2400 Cooks Hill Centralia Church of the Nazarene is Road, Centralia, (360) 628-4980 located at 1119 W. First St. other great composers such as Stravin- juice. Tickets are $10 per person. Proceeds will be used for postage to sky and Prokofiev, Shostakovich chose send care packages to overseas Marines, Burger Night, 5-7:30 p.m., Centralia Eagles, to remain in Russia. This decision led to local Marine families in need and for Sunday, April 13 quarter-pound hamburgers, $1.50, other menu a life of nightmares and constant fears items, (360) 736-1146 Operation Little Angels (school supplies, Bingo, doors open 5 p.m., bingo starts of being imprisoned because the po- Herbal Beginnings, 1-3 p.m., 4162 Jackson Christmas gifts, etc., for local children). 6:30 p.m., Forest Grange, 3397 Jackson Highway, Highway, Chehalis, (360) 262-0525 litical elite didn’t care for his music, and Tickets may be purchased at the door. Chehalis caused spiraling physical and emotional For more information, call Community meal, 1-3 p.m., Rotary Riverside Public Agencies health problems. Joey, (360)280-6827, or Kathy, Park, Centralia, free, sponsored by Jesus Name Pen- Lewis County Commission, 10 a.m., BOCC tecostal Church, Chehalis, (360) 623-9438 But, out of this hard life came some (360) 273-5105. board room, second floor, Lewis County Court- “The Uninvited,” 2 p.m., Evergreen Playhouse, house, agenda available at http://goo.gl/agwWM, of the greatest music composed in the Centralia, $10, tickets at Santa Lucia Coffee, Centra- Club Mom Children’s Clothing Bank and Ex- (360) 740-1120 20th century. Tickets are $12; students lia; Sterling Bank, Chehalis; brownpapertickets,com; Chehalis City Council, 5 p.m, City Hall council change, 1-3 p.m., Chehalis First Christian Church, or the Evergreen Playhouse website www.ever- get in free with a paying adult. 111 NW Prindle St., (360) 269-0587 or (360) 748-3702 chamber, 350 N. Market Blvd., Chehalis, agendas greenplayhouse.com available at http://ci.chehalis.wa.us/meetings, For more information, visit Whiskey & Roses, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Scatter Creek Twin City Gospel Jubilee, featuring Trammel (360) 345-1042 www.northwestwindsymphony.org. Grill, Lucky Eagle Casino, (360) 273-2000, ext. 301 and Co. and Billy Pollard, 6 p.m., Calvary Assembly Centralia Historic Preservation Commission, Borst Home Open House, 1:30-3:30 p.m., free of God, 302 E. Main St., Centralia, offering taken, 5:30 p.m., City Hall, 118 W. Maple St., Centralia, admission, donations accepted, Fort Borst Park, (360) 736-0788 (360) 330-7695 Veterans Museum Centralia, (360) 330-7662 Benefit bazaar, Chehalis Eagles Auxiliary, 10 Lewis County Board of Health, 9 a.m., BOCC Plans Program on 1864 “The Uninvited,” 8 p.m., Evergreen