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Soggy Egg Championship Effort Days in Twin Cities Takes Title With Win Over Mount St. Helens / Sports 1 Winlock / Main 11 $1 Early Week Edition Tuesday, July 1, 2014 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com $1 Million Bail for Home Intruder SHERIFF’S OFFICE: edly walked into a home with a reportedly entered into the his girlfriend were home when knife and was held at gunpoint man’s residence through an Ferrel allegedly entered their Centralia Man Held by the homeowner until law unlocked door. living room through a sliding Knife-Wielding Man at enforcement officials could ar- Ferrel, a 43-year-old home- glass door, according to court rive. less man, walked into the man’s documents. Gunpoint Friday A 62-year-old man used rural Centralia home on the The homeowner armed By Stephanie Schendel a shotgun to subdue Sean M. 2900 block of Little Hanaford himself with a shotgun while Pete Caster / [email protected] Ferrel until deputies could re- Road at about 7:30 a.m. Friday, his girlfriend called 911, ac- [email protected] Sean M. Ferrel looks over his shoulder at one spond to his rural home early according to the Lewis County cording to the sheriff’s office. of the victims of his alleged home invasion Bail was set at $1 million Friday morning. Sheriff’s Office. Monday in Lewis County Superior Court. Monday for a man who alleg- The knife-wielding intruder The 62-year-old man and please see INTRUDER, page Main 14 A Deadly Encounter Police: Centralia Officer Kills Shoplifting Suspect Who Pulled Gun Courtesy Photo This hoof was removed from an elk sufering from hoof rot by a hunter. Elk to Be Killed to Ease Hoof Rot NEW PLAN: Wildlife Officials Will Study Elk This Summer, Euthanize Those With the Worst Symptoms By Dameon Pesanti [email protected] Erik Free and his friends had a good hunt last Decem- ber. In the mountains along state Route 503 by the north fork of the Lewis River, the Pete Caster / [email protected] hunters came up on a herd of The body of a man who was killed after an encounter with a Centralia Police Department oicer is covered up with a plastic sheet in the parking of Anchor Bank on the about 35 elk with a solid mix 600 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia on Sunday morning. of bulls and cows. They watched the animals SHOPLIFTING: 43-Year-Old man Allegedly Stole graze for a bit and noticed a few were “walking weird,” but a Burrito, Fought the Responding Officer Before they didn’t think much of it. Pulling A Gun Out of His Pocket Out of pity, one hunter delib- erately shot one of the limping By Christopher Brewer and Stephanie Schendel elk while the other three took The Chronicle the easiest shots. There were A stolen burrito ended in a fatal shooting after police say the sus- so many elk running around pected shoplifter pulled a gun on the police officer who responded it wasn’t worth the risk of to the reported theft Sunday morning in Centralia. maiming one. While the investigation is still ongoing, preliminary information “Three of the four elk had released by the Centralia Police Department indicates the officer’s hoof rot,” Free said. “You police dog, which was involved in the fight preceding the shooting, know, I saw a lot of elk over delayed the 43-year-old Centralia man from pulling the gun out of the years, and I’ve hunted Various local law enforcement oicers stand adjacent to the Anchor Bank parking lot where a man was killed by an oicer Sunday. please see DEADLY, page Main 14 please see ELK, page Main 14 Youthful Charity The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Weather Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 TONIGHT: Low 57 Girl Leads Chinn, Dolores, 71, Follow Us on Twitter TOMORROW: High 78 Centralia @chronline Partly cloudy Effort Nyburg, Junior B., 79, see details on page Main 2 for Those Bucoda Find Us on Facebook With www.facebook.com/ Weather picture by Connor thecentraliachronicle Reed, Onalaska Cancer / Life 1 WITH ALL OUR FREE SERVICES, YOU WON’T FIND A BETTER VALUE! 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Summerfest Parade at 4 p.m., then Borst Home and One-Room School- to the Southwest Washington Fair- house Olympia Man to Give Talk at If you have an event you would like grounds in the evening for a Destruc- included in the Community Calendar, tion Derby and fireworks show. Mushroom Society Meeting please email your information to Downtown [email protected]. Include a Following is the schedule of Mushroom expert David Summer- events: 4 p.m. — Windermere Summer- lin, Olympia, will be giving a presen- daytime telephone number where you fest Parade, downtown Centralia can be reached. Fort Borst Park tation titled “What Is a Mushroom?” There is no charge for these listings. • 7-10 p.m. — free pancake break- today during the monthly meeting of For questions about calendar items, Southwest Washington Fairgrounds the Southwest Washington Mycological fast, Kitchen 1 call Doug Blosser at The Chronicle, 5 p.m. — tickets go on sale for De- Society. (360) 807-8238. • 7 a.m. — free kids fishing derby Sumerlin’s talk will cover basic iden- at Borst Lake struction Derby tification and taxonomy of mushrooms, • 8:30 a.m. — SWAT Challenge 5:15-6:45 p.m. — Bruce Maier and will serve as an introduction to any- • 8:30 a.m. — 10th annual “I Ran Band one wanting to start mushroom foraging. From the Cops” 8k run and 1.5-mile 7 p.m. — Destruction Derby All meetings of the mushroom group 6-7:30 p.m., Vernetta Smith Chehalis Timberland walk About 10:30 p.m. — Fireworks are at 6 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each Library, (360) 880-8070 or [email protected] • 10 a.m.-3 p.m. — free entertain- show (special ground displays can month in the WSU Extension meeting Senior Song Birds, 9:50 a.m., Twin Cities ment, games, trolley rides, hay rides, only be seen from the grandstands) room in the basement of the Lewis Coun- Senior Center, 2545 National Ave., Chehalis, cribbage tournament, horseshoes For more information, call (360) ty Courthouse. However, the society will (360) 740-4199 and historical military display 330-7688 Centralia Bridge Club, 6:30 p.m., Unity not meet in August. Church, 800 S. Pearl St., Centralia, (360) 748-1753, [email protected] Bingo, Chehalis Moose Lodge, doors open at Writer’s Forum, 1-3 p.m., 4162 Jackson Highway, 125 NW Chehalis Ave., Chehalis, sponsored by Hu- 4:30 p.m., game starts at 6:30 p.m.; food available, Public Agencies Chehalis, (360) 262-0525 man Response Network, (360) 748-6601 (360) 736-9030 Lewis-Mason-Thurston Area Agency on Ag- Two Town Tuners, 7 p.m., Lewis and Clark Hotel, Health and Hope Medical Outreach, free medi- ing Advisory Council, 9:30 a.m., LMTAAA Olympia 117 W. Magnolia St., Centralia, (360) 269-8146 or cal clinic, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Northwest Pediatrics, 1911 office, 2404 Heritage Court SE, Suite A, Olympia, Thursday, July 3 Cooks Hill Road, Centralia, for those whose in- (360) 748-3531 (360) 664-3162, ext. 112 come is less than 200 percent of the poverty level, Open mic, 6:30 p.m., Matrix Coffeehouse, Che- (360) 623-1485 Support Groups Libraries halis, (360) 740-0492 Community Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., CC Grow, farmers market, noon-3 p.m., Centra- Boistfort Street, downtown Chehalis, (360) 740- Support for mothers, 9:15-11:15 a.m., Bethel LabARTory, for all ages, all day, Winlock lia College, across from Health & Wellness Center, 1295 or email [email protected] Church, for mothers with children pregnancy Library Scavenger Hunt!, for all ages, all day, (360) 736-9391, ext. 650 through 6 years old, sponsored by Chehalis MOPS Winlock Regular excursion steam train ride, Mt. Rainier (Mothers of Preschoolers), (360) 520-3841 or (360) Wacky Wednesday, for all ages, all day, Tenino Scenic Railroad, 12:45 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., Elbe-Min- Public Agencies 864-2168, email [email protected] or visit and Chehalis eral, (360) 492-5588, reservations (888) STEAM11 www.facebook.com/chehalismops Chemical Dependency-Mental Health-Thera- Preschool Story Time, for children 3-6 years, Mineral Movement Lab, contemporary dance peutic Court Sales Tax Advisory Committee, 2:30 p.m., NAMI Lewis County Connections Support 10:15 a.m., Tenino performance that concludes five-day laboratory, conference room, Lewis County Public Health & So- Group, 5:30-7 p.m., Twin Cities Senior Center, (360) Experiments of a Mad Scientist, for all ages, 4-6 p.m., Mineral School gym, 114 Mineral Road cial Services Department, (360) 740-1148 880-8070 or [email protected] 1 p.m., Chehalis S., Mineral, light refreshments, children welcome, Friends of the Centralia Timberland Library/ NAMI Support Group, 2-3:15 p.m., Centralia Tim- Library Scavenger Hunt, for all ages, 1 p.m., www.mineral-school.org Timberland Regional Library Board of Trustees, berland Library, for families of mentally ill persons, Salkum joint meeting, 6 p.m., Centralia library (360) 736-2073 Jeff Evans’ Science Magic, for all ages, 2 p.m, Al-Anon, Fellowship in Unity, 6 p.m., Unity Cen- Salkum Public Agencies Libraries ter, 800 S.