Three Feared Dead After Winlock Blaze HOUSE FIRE: Home in 800 Block of House Early This Morning
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Teacher Leads Blind Through School / Life 1 Payback for CC Blazers Avenge Loss to Lower Columbia / Sports 1 $1 Mid-Week Edition Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com Three Feared Dead After Winlock Blaze HOUSE FIRE: Home in 800 Block of house early this morning. Fire officials say a woman and two girls Norteast First Street Destroyed; are believed to have died in the fire that Three Others Escape broke out in a two-story home in the 800 block of Northeast First Street sometime By Christopher Brewer and Kaylee Osowski after 2 a.m. Three others — a man and two The Chronicle boys — had escaped from the blaze, ac- cording to an early morning press release A woman and two children are feared dead after a blaze tore through a Winlock please see BLAZE, page Main 12 Relief The Snow Goes On for Local Despite Lack of Precipitation, White Pass Carnival to Continue Companies After Port Dispute Concludes WAITING: Contract Reached Between Longshoremen and Maritime Association, But the Backlog Still Has Yet to Clear By Christopher Brewer [email protected] Now that an agreement has been reached between the longshoremen’s union and maritime association in a months-long showdown, local com- panies impacted by the situation wel- come the news but realize that it still may be some time before any sort of normalcy resumes. The labor dispute between the International Longshore and Ware- house Union and the Pacific Mari- Pete Caster / [email protected] time Association had far-reaching Greg Parcher, of Vancouver, right, tosses a large handful of snow on to Steve Smith, center, who is packing down snow inside one of the elements used to effects, so much so that the White build the large snow castle for the White Pass' Winter Carnival on Wednesday afternoon at the ski resort. House sent Labor Secretary Thomas Perez to personally intervene. An an- nouncement came Friday night that a By Dameon Pesanti deal had been reached. [email protected] Two companies with local opera- Winter hasn’t been kind to ski areas in the tions, Northwest Hardwoods and Na- Pacific Northwest, and while that might have tional Frozen Foods, had previously put a damper on the spirits of snowsports spoken to The Chronicle about the enthusiasts, it hasn’t stopped White Pass Ski impacts their operations encountered Area from its annual celebration on the slopes. in the face of the shutdown. Leader- White Pass General Manager Kevin Mc- ship of both companies spoke to The Carthy said the snow is really good in the Chronicle Tuesday and said they were higher elevations, but it’s been thin at the base. excited about the development; how- He said crews have been making snow at every ever, in the short term it doesn’t mean opportunity they could, but weekend crowds much yet as cargo that piled up for are about half of what the ski area is used to. months remains backlogged. “We’re definitely overdelivering on our “We’re at the mercy of being able product,” he said. “But the Northwest skiers, Alba, a 4-year-old German shepherd, bites at snow thrown by its owner, to get the trucks and containers onto they want fresh snow.” Don Schut, of Yakima, as veteran snow castle builder Dave Ruby, left, digs the ships,” Brian Narramore, vice out snow from the base of the structure on Wednesday at White Pass. please see SNOW, page Main 12 please see DISPUTE, page Main 12 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Weather Top Performer Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 TONIGHT: Low 43 Providence Wright, Noreen Janice, Follow Us on Twitter TOMORROW: High 53 82, Glenoma @chronline Showers likely Centralia Burr, Beryl H., 73, see details on page Main 2 Hospital Centralia Find Us on Facebook Honored for Ahmann, Cornelius, 83, www.facebook.com/ Weather picture by Wyatt Chehalis thecentraliachronicle Wilson, Boistfort Practices / Main 4 A CENTURY OF HELPING OTHERS. CHEHALIS 714 W. MAIN ST. EXIT 77 360.740.0770 100 YEARS OF COMMUNITY BANKING HOME | CONSTRUCTION | BUSINESS CH536349cz.cg Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015 COMMUNITY CALENDAR / WEATHER Community Editor’s Best Bet Chehalis Wedding Show Coming to The Loft Calendar Future brides and grooms dors who are involved in wed- who are planning a wedding ding preparations. Thursday, Feb. 26 may be able to get some valu- Miss Lewis County contes- WHAT’S HAPPENING? able tips at Friday and Saturday’s tants will model dresses 2-4 p.m. “Let’s Grow a Garden,” 10-11:30 a.m., 4162 Jack- Chehalis Wedding Show. Saturday. Live models will also be son Highway, free, (360) 262-0525 If you have an event you would like A “Sneak Peek Party” will be at The Loft, showing tuxedos and included in the Community Calendar, 4-8 p.m. Friday, and the show dresses throughout the event. please email your information to Public Agencies will be 10 a.m-6 p.m Saturday. Miss Lewis County 2014 [email protected]. Include a Both will be at The Loft in Che- Jodee Hickman and Mrs. Lewis Lewis-Mason-Thurston Area Agency on Aging, daytime telephone number where you Council of Governments, meeting canceled, (360) can be reached. halis, 547 NW Pacific Ave. Ad- County Stacey Stoney will be in 664-3162, ext. 112, (888) 545-0910, ext. 112, or email There is no charge for these listings. mission is $5. attendance at the “Sneak Peek.” [email protected] For questions about calendar items, Formerly known as the Che- For more information on the call Doug Blosser at The Chronicle, halis Bridal Show, this event is show, visit www.chehaliswed- Libraries (360) 807-8238. expected to host about 30 ven- dingshow.com. Book Babies, for babies birth-24 months, 10 a.m., Chehalis Preschool Story Time, for children 3-6 years, Mother Goose Play Group, for children, 10:30 is coming to Morton’s Roxy Theater on Admission is $8 per person, $7 for a.m., Centralia 10 a.m., Chehalis Family Story Time, for children, 10:30 a.m., Saturday. members and $20 per family (three to Winlock The event is a celebration of the musi- four persons). Organizations Family Movie Matinee, for children, “Happy cal-theatre songwriting of Stephen Sond- Holley’s Place Frozen Yogurt and the Bucoda Rebekah Lodge 144, 7 p.m., Bucoda Feet,” 2 p.m., Centralia heim through the voices of Erin Bake, new Fox Theatre concession stand supply Odd Fellows Community Center, 101 E. Seventh St., Bob McKenzie-Sullivan, Joseph Brassey, movie snacks, including popcorn, nachos, second floor, Bucoda, (360) 736-6717 Organizations Catherine Brassey, Alan Newman, Paul hot dogs, pretzels, drinks and more. Chehalis-Centralia Cribbage Club, 6:30 p.m., Skookumchuck I.O.O.F. Lodge 129, 7:30 p.m., Bu- Brassey and Fiona Thornton, accompa- Sponsor of this screening is TwinStar Chehalis Moose Lodge, 1400 Grand Ave., Centralia, Credit Union. (360) 485-2852 coda Odd Fellows Community Center, 101 E. Sev- nied by Nancy Dillard and directed by For more information, call the Fox Lewis County Republican Club, lunch served at enth St., second floor, Bucoda, (360) 736-6717 Paul Brassey. noon, Woodland Estates, Chehalis, (360) 740-9868 The performance is at 7 p.m. Admis- Theatre at (360) 623-1103. All proceeds S.T.O.P. and Swim, 7 p.m., Fort Borst Park, Kitch- Support Groups sion price is $12, with open seating. To benefit the restoration of the theater. en 1, Centralia, (360) 388-0450 or (360) 736-4163 purchase tickets visit www.mortonroxy. Pinochle, 6 p.m., Chehalis Eagles, 1993 S Market H.O.P.E., all addictions, 7:30-9 p.m., Heritage org. Blvd, Chehalis, (360) 520-0772 Baptist Church of Tenino, 1315 Sussex Ave. E., Teni- Dinner, Auction to Raise no, (360) 480-0592, [email protected] Lewis County Democrats, Ramblin Jack’s Rib Celebrate Recovery, dinner 6 p.m., large group Money for Wheelchair Eye, exit 72, Interstate 5, 5 p.m. no-host dinner, 6 Historian to Speak About 7 p.m., small groups 8 p.m., Grace Foursquare p.m. meeting, (360) 978-5190 A benefit dinner and auction for Church, 3030 Borst Ave., Centralia, (360) 736-0778, Washington Railroads www.gracefoursquarechurch.com Brandin Spare will be held at 4 p.m. Sat- Support Groups Russell Holter, historian for the Wash- urday at the Fords Prairie Grange, 2640 ington State Department of Archaeology W. Reynolds Ave., Centralia. “Up From Grief,” for those grieving the loss of a Saturday, Feb. 28 and Historic Preservation, will tell the Spare, 17, was involved in a one-car loved one, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Morton Community Methodist Church, Fourth and Main, Morton, (360) story of railroads in Washington 2-3:30 rollover accident on Reynolds Avenue, 330-2640 Winter Carnival Coming p.m. Saturday at the Centralia Timber- leaving him paralyzed from the waist Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Im- land Library. down. The purpose of the event is to raise manuel Lutheran Church, 1209 N. Scheuber Road, to White Pass Ski Area Holter has spoken and written exten- money for an electric outdoor wheelchair Centralia, (360) 736-9268 Snow has not been plentiful this year, sively on the impact of railroads in this for Spare. Us Too Southwest Washington Prostate Cancer but it will not stop the White Pass Ski region. He credits the coming of the rails A spaghetti dinner is $10 per plate for Support Group, 7-8 p.m., Mother Joseph Room, with bringing many people to the region those age 11 and up; 10 and under it is $5.