$1 Early Week Edition Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com Brush Fire Near Ony Scorches 103 Acres By Natalie Johnson njohnson@@chronline.com A 103-acre wildfire off Gish Road near Onalaska was 20 percent contained Tuesday morning, according to the Department of Nat- ural Resources. Fire crews have completed a fire line around the perimeter of the fire, said Allen Lebovitz, DNR public information officer. Crews are now working to establish a water line around the fire, to completely encircle the 103 acres af- fected with fire hoses, he said. Each day, crews will work inward from that water line until the fire is extinguished, Lebo- vitz said. “I think we’ve gotten a good handle on it,” he please see FIRE, page Main 14 Pete Caster / [email protected] Main: A Department of Natural Resources ireighter looks on as ire retardant is dropped from an airplane onto the Gish Road ire outside of Onalaska on Sunday afternoon. Inset: Trees painted with ire retardant, which was dropped from a plane yesterday afternoon, stand behind members of the PatRick Crew, a private group based out of Redmond, Oregon, as they put out hot spots at the Gish Road ire on Monday afternoon. The Chronicle, Serving The Greater CodeRED Loggers Jubilee Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 County Images From Dunivin, Dakota Follow Us on Twitter Lloyd-Lee, 18, @chronline Program ‘The Grand- Onalaska Alerts daddy of Gonzalez, Kelsie, 31, Find Us on Facebook Residents Them All’ in Chehalis www.facebook.com/ to Pending Morton thecentraliachronicle Disasters / Main 4 / Main 6 Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015 PAGE TWO News Daily Outtake: A Firefighter’s View of the Weird Pennsylvania bank has been Paraglider Prompts identified as the suspect in a Strange Sky Chase After drug store robbery two days lat- er in a neighboring county. Jail Flyover For now, 61-year-old Cecil CASTAIC, Calif. (AP) — A Barnhart, of Connellsville, is midair traffic stop? Almost, as jailed in Centre County only on a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s charges that he robbed the Citi- helicopter pursued a powered zens Bank in Patton Township paraglider that had just flown on Wednesday. past a jail, raising concern. But police in Richland Town- A KABC-TV helicopter cap- ship, Cambria County, near tured the brief chase that took Johnstown, says a clerk has iden- place when the man in the tified Barnhart in a Friday heist paraglider flew near Los Ange- at the Rite Aid pharmacy in that les County’s Pitchess Detention community. Police say they’ll Center Monday. file robbery and related charges Jail deputies saw the fly-by in a few days. and a sheriff’s helicopter began Online court records don’t following him. He at first didn’t list an attorney for Barnhart, obey orders to stop, but landed a who faces a preliminary hearing few minutes later near a paint- Aug. 12 in the bank robbery. ball playing field. A sheriff’s statement says the 67-year-old was very apologetic Police Say Dogs Seeking and said he hadn’t heard them Cupcakes Cause Fire because of the motorized fan at ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — Po- his back. He said the winds took lice say dogs trying to get at a him near the jail. box of cupcakes left on top of a Authorities say they’re still stove apparently started a small investigating, but the man had fire in a central Pennsylvania no contraband, was not spotted home. dropping anything and was not The landlord tells police in arrested or cited. Logan Township that he stopped by his tenants’ home to let out Police: Man in Clown the dogs about 8 p.m. Sunday. That’s when the landlord saw Costume Swings a small stovetop fire and called firefighters. Ax at Woman Police say it appears the dogs HICKORY, N.C. (AP) — Po- were trying to get into the cup- lice say a man wearing a clown cakes and not only knocked off costume swung an ax at a wom- the stove’s control knobs, they an, but she wasn’t hit. also turned on the stove, causing Stephanie Kassel / Courtesy Photo Authorities say the man came the fire. to the woman’s house about 4:30 This photograph submitted by a ireighter who was on the ground during Sunday’s blaze near Gish Road shows a a.m. Friday wearing a clown unique viewpoint behind the ire line as a plane drops ire retardant on the ire. More photos are available for view- mask and a multicolored wig. Massachusetts Police ing online at www.chronline.com and www.lewiscountywatch.com. Authorities told the Hicko- Reach Out to Drug ry Daily Record that the man didn’t hurt the woman, and she Dealers on Facebook Notable Quote was able to remove his mask and CHARLTON, Mass. (AP) — recognized him as an acquain- Authorities in a Massachusetts tance before he left. town are reaching out to drug Authorities say the woman dealers who want to eliminate decided to go to a judge and their competition. “It has become unbearable for me to continue as a request an arrest warrant after The Charlton Police Depart- talking to officers. ment made a tongue-in-cheek member of the Napavine City Council. I have found Police have not released the post on their Facebook page suspect’s name. A motive for the Friday offering drug dealers the myself embarrassed and ashamed when our citizens attack was not immediately clear. chance to provide information have questioned me about what is going on and I on their competitors. Man Held in Bank It asks dealers to complete a could do nothing much about it.” fill-in-the-blank form that gives Robbery Suspect in them the person’s name, address, phone number, what drugs Bob Wheeler Drug Store Heist, Too they’re selling and where they Napavine city councilor STATE COLLEGE, Pa. are being sold. A police depart- (AP) — Police say a man jailed ment in Kentucky made a simi- (see page Main 5 for the full story) on charges he robbed a central lar post last week. The Weather Almanac 5-Day Forecast for the Lewis County Area River Stages National Map Gauge Flood 24 hr. Forecast map for Aug. 11, 2015 Today Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Height Stage Change 110s Chehalis at Mellen St. 100s 49.54 65.0 0.00 L 90s L Skookumchuck at Pearl St. 80s L 73.42 85.0 0.00 70s H Cowlitz at Packwood 60s 2.19 10.5 -0.04 H 50s L Cowlitz at Randle 40s Partly Cloudy Mostly Sunny Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Mostly Sunny 3.86 18.0 +0.06 30s 91º 56º 88º 57º 78º 58º 76º 56º 78º 55º Cowlitz at Mayield Dam 20s 3.05 ---- 0.00 10s 0s This map shows high temperatures, type of precipitation expected and location of frontal systems at noon. Almanac Regional Weather Sun and Moon L H Cold Front Stationary Front Warm Front Low Pressure High Pressure Data reported from Centralia Sunrise today .............6:05 a.m. Temperature Bellingham Brewster Sunset tonight ............8:28 p.m. Yesterday’s High .........84 Moonrise .................3:24 a.m. National Cities Yesterday’s Low ..........61 86/58 100/68 Moonset..................6:30 p.m. Normal High .............80 Port Angeles Today Wed. Normal Low..............55 83/55 City Hi/Lo Wx Hi/Lo Wx Record High ..... 103 in 1981 Seattle Anchorage 65/47 pc 68/51 s Record Low....... 42 in 1949 89/59 Boise 98/68 s 99/70 s Precipitation Olympia Ellensburg New First Full Last Boston 74/68 ra 81/65 pc Yesterday .............0.00" 90/55 99/62 8/14 8/22 8/29 9/5 Dallas 100/81 s 98/80 s Month to date ..........0.00" Tacoma Honolulu 91/77 s 91/77 s Normal month to date ...0.28" Centralia 90/59 Pollen Forecast Las Vegas 102/83 s 100/82 pc Year to date...........17.40" 91/56 Yakima Nashville 88/67 s 84/62 s Normal year to date ....25.95" Chehalis Allergen Today Wednesday Phoenix 107/85 pc 107/86 s 99/65 Longview 89/55 Trees None None St. Louis 85/65 s 83/64 s Salt Lake City 91/69 s 89/69 t WeArea Want Conditions Your Photos 89/61 Grass None None Vancouver Shown is today's Weeds None None San Francisco 70/60 pc 70/59 s Yesterday weather. Temperatures Mold Moderate Moderate Washington, DC 87/71 t 85/65 s Portland 85/61 The Dallesare today's highs and SendCity in your weather-relatedHi/Lo Prcp. photo - graphs to The Chronicle for our Voices 86/65 96/68 tonight's lows. World Cities page. Send them to voices@chronline. com. Include name, date and descrip- Today Wed. Today Wed. tion of the photograph. Regional Cities City Hi/Lo Wx Hi/Lo Wx City Hi/Lo Wx Hi/Lo Wx Today Wed. Today Wed. Baghdad 111/90 s 111/90 s New Delhi 91/81 t 90/81 t City Hi/Lo Wx Hi/Lo Wx City Hi/Lo Wx Hi/Lo Wx Beijing 93/73 pc 95/72 s Paris 84/68 pc 90/70 cl Weather (Wx): cl/cloudy; pc/partly Bremerton 89/57 s 85/59 s Spokane 99/64 s 102/66 s London 72/61 cl 70/61 ra Rio de Janeiro 77/64 s 75/64 s cloudy; r/rain; rs/rain & snow; s/sunny; Ocean Shores 79/55 pc 70/57 pc Tri Cities 102/65 s 102/66 s Mexico City 77/55 s 73/55 pc Rome 81/72 t 91/72 s sh/showers; sn/snow; t/thunderstorms Olympia 90/55 s 87/56 s Wenatchee 98/69 pc 101/75 s Moscow 81/64 s 90/68 s Sydney 63/52 s 61/48 s The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, Aug.