War on Weeds Continues Lewis County KNOTWEED: Herbicide Sive Plant — Because Eradicating 30 Miles of the Chehalis River
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Bearcats Best Tigers W.F. West Tops Centralia in Crosstown Golf Meeting / Sports 1 $1 Early Week Edition Tuesday, Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com Sept. 15, 2015 My Little Hobby Chehalis Livestock Centralia Woman’s Colorful Creations Chehalis Livestock Market Shifting to New Leader- Carry a Worldwide Appeal / Life 1 ship as Father, Owner Makes Way for Son /Main 6 Bill Wamsley, the program director for the War on Weeds Continues Lewis County KNOTWEED: Herbicide sive plant — because eradicating 30 miles of the Chehalis River. Weed Control it just isn’t possible at this point. “I’m totally obsessed with Board, points out Brings Invasive Plant Mostly using herbicide, the this,” she said. knotweed along Lewis County Noxious Weed Each year she surveys and the south bank Under Control in Some of the Chehalis Control Board has been battling maps growths and then has River of of state Areas After 10 Years knotweed for about 10 years about three months to knock Route 603 near By Kaylee Osowski now. down as much of the noxious For eight of those years, weed Adna on Monday [email protected] weed as she can with limited afternoon. technician Denise Wagner has funds and only in Lewis County When it comes to knotweed, been on the frontlines trying to it’s about controlling the inva- keep the weeds from overtaking please see WEEDS, page Main 11 Lake Scanewa Drawdown Exposes Banks Centralia Teachers Consider Vote to Strike NO CONTRACT: Ninth Bargaining Meeting Scheduled for Tonight By Justyna Tomtas [email protected] Centralia School District teachers have worked five school days without a new contract as the district and the Centralia Education Association continue the mediation process with their ninth bargaining meeting set for tonight. The Centralia Education As- sociation has voted to give au- Pete Caster / [email protected] thority to call a vote for a strike Above: On Monday afternoon, the original river conditions prior to the first day of school. On of the Cowlitz River were able to be seen after engineers Wednesday, the association will at the Cowlitz Falls Dam lowered the water level of Lake decide whether the bargaining is Scanewa nearly 100 feet in order for construction crews to progressing or if a vote to strike is work on the Cowlitz Falls North Shore Collector. While initial necessary. construction work began earlier this year, the lower water A strike vote authorizes union levels will allow for actual boring into the gravity dam to be- leadership to go ahead with a gin in the next few weeks. Joe First, project superintendent strike, usually within a fixed pe- for the Cowlitz Falls Hydroelectric Project, said the draw- riod after the ballot. down of the reservoir’s levels began this week and will go “I’m very hopeful we’ll make from about 860 feet elevation to about 740 feet. The draw- good progress and will resolve down begins slowly to allow for ish recovery in shallow ar- this soon,” Superintendent Mark eas. Davalos said of the bargaining meeting to be held tonight. “... We Left: A construction worker contracted by Tacoma Power love our teachers here and respect hangs in a basket below the top of the Cowlitz Falls Dam on them and value them. We hope Monday afternoon near Glenoma. we can all come to an agreement please see TEACHERS, page Main 11 Campfires Allowed: Lewis County Commissioners Modify Outdoor Burn Ban MOISTURE: Chehalis, ing restrictions took effect at 10 fires to reflect the county’s deci- larger than 3 feet in diameter a shovel and a 5-gallon bucket of a.m. Monday after the Board of sion. The modification in Cen- in a metal, stone or brick ring 8 water or a water hose. Centralia Also Changing Lewis County Commissioners tralia took effect at 12:01 a.m. inches above the ground. • The fire must be extin- Burn Restrictions approved the change. Tuesday. • The fire must have a 2-foot guished with water or moist soil “It looks like conditions are Chehalis plans to lift its ban area of exposed soil and a 10- and stirred with a shovel until By The Chronicle improving, so we feel the fire on campfires in city limits. foot area cleared of flammable the pit is cool to the touch. With cooler, wetter weather danger threat is less,” said acting In those jurisdictions, recre- material surrounding it. It must Restrictions of other types in the extended forecast, ap- county fire marshal Lee Napier, ational fires are once again OK also have 20 feet of overhead of burning will be in effect until proved campfires are now al- director of community develop- in designated campgrounds and clearance. the county commissioners take lowed in unincorporated Lewis ment. on private lands if built accord- • Someone at least 16 yearsaction. County again. The city of Centralia is also ing to the following rules: old or older must attend the fire For more information call The modification in burn- lifting its ban on recreational • The campfire cannot be and be able to extinguish it with Napier at (360) 740-1146. The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Day of Service Dog Days of Summer Lewis County Area Since 1889 Churches Join Dozens Follow Us on Twitter to Improve of Breeds @chronline Surrounding Descend on Find Us on Facebook Communities Southwest www.facebook.com/ on Annual Washington thecentraliachronicle Work Day Fairgrounds / Main 3 / Main 14 Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015 PAGE TWO News Daily Outtake: Toledo Holds Helmets High of the Weird 39-year-old Jiang Xulian, and a Chinese man were arrested Thursday night at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on their way out of Thailand on the basis of surveillance video from the fair just outside Bangkok, where earlier that day the duo allegedly switched a fake stone for the real one after asking to inspect it. The dealer at the booth selling the diamond also identified the two. Kansas State Fair Offers The suspects initially denied involvement, but X-rays showed Hairy Competition a diamond-like object in the WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — woman’s intestine, and police Mustaches and beards will be said she then confessed. judged along with livestock for If convicted, the two face up the first time this year at the to three years in prison, accord- Kansas State Fair. ing to police. Pete Caster / [email protected] The Wichita Eagle reported The Toledo football team raises its helmets during the national anthem prior to the start of a Central 2B League game that the hairy competition is against Pe Ell-Willapa Valley on Friday night in Menlo. The story and hundreds of photographs from Friday night scheduled for Saturday after- Utah Twins Pregnant football are available at www.lewiscountysports.com and www.chronline.com. noon at the Nex-Tech Wireless Again With Second Set Stage at Lake Talbott on the fair- grounds. of Twins Among the categories in the LINDON, Utah (AP) — Ker- Notable Quote competition are best in show, ri Bunker and Kelli Wall know a natural mustache with no styl- thing or two about twins. ing, freestyle mustache, and fe- The two women are identical male’s fake facial hair, in which twins who already each have one “I prefer the classic look for him. A long beard. contestants will be allowed to set of twins. Now, they are get- use whatever materials they want. ting ready to each have a second Some people don’t like the longer eyebrows, The competition has room for 10 set of twins next spring, KSL-TV but I think they look nice.” contestants in each category. reported. The Wichita Beard and Mus- “To have twins twice is in- tache Club says it has wanted credible,” Wall said. Sara Reas-Rawls more people to get involved in The Lindon women both had dog owner facial-hair contests in the area their first set of fraternal twins and that the fair is helping make after using in vitro fertilization (see page Main 14 for the full story) that happen. after they struggled to get preg- nant. This summer, both found Colonoscope Helps Thai out they are having twins again. They are both due two weeks Police Recover Stolen apart next spring. Today in History “It was like just one shock 6-Carat Diamond after another all summer long,” Today is Tuesday, September Laws deprived German Jews of In 1985, Nike began selling BANGKOK (AP) — The said Bunker. 15, the 258th day of 2015. There their citizenship. its “Air Jordan 1” sneaker. good news for the Chinese visi- It marked the latest sign that are 107 days left in the year. In 1950, during the Korean In 1994, a tape recording of tor to Bangkok was that a doc- the two women are destined to conflict, United Nations forces John Lennon singing with his tor had successfully removed a live similar lives. They are both Today’s Highlight in History: landed at Incheon in the south teen-age band, The Quarrymen, and began their drive toward in a Liverpool club on July 6, 1957, foreign object from her large in- teachers at the same school, and On September 15, 1940, dur- testine that could have damaged they married best friends. Seoul (sohl). was sold at Sotheby’s for $122,500 ing the World War II Battle of In 1955, the novel “Lolita,” (it was at this gig that Lennon her digestive system. Their first sets of twins are Britain, the tide turned as the The bad news: It was a 10 similar in age, as well.