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Trial: More Witnesses Identify Rick Riffe at Crime Scenes / Main 6 Local Homes Are $1 Labors of Love Midweek Edition for Petersons / Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013 Life 1 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com The Great Outdoors Agricultural Trust Weekly Hunting and Fishing Report, Groups Come Together to Buy 147 Photographs and More / Sports 2 Acres Near Rochester / Main 4 Answers Come in Chehalis Taking Body Switch MISHAP: Brown Mortuary a Stand Manager Speaks Out; Kelso Funeral Home Cremated Centralia Veteran Joins in Wrong Body, Leading to Shocking Discovery Removing Barricades at War By Kyle Spurr Memorial During Shutdown [email protected] Jerry D. Moon never wanted to be cremated. Robert Petitclerc didn't want to be buried. Neither of the men got the final sendoff they wanted. Now, a Kelso funeral home is taking responsibility for cremating Moon while the state Department of Li- censing has opened an investigation into Pete Caster / [email protected] the incident, which resulted in the Paul "Pee Wee" Justice, a Navy and Marine veteran from World War II, poses for a portrait on Tuesday afternoon in Centralia. wrong body being displayed at Moon’s By Kyle Spurr funeral Monday in [email protected] Jerry D. Moon Chehalis. “If we could take Mount Suribachi, we can cremated against Moon’s family Paul Justice, a Marine wishes has hired an attor- who served in Iwo Jima see the memorial that our blood won.” ney and are voicing their outrage over and Okinawa during World the mishap. War II, was eager to see the United States Marine Corps Paul Justice Ken Dahl, owner of the Dahl Centralia veteran McVicker funeral home in Kelso, told War Memorial in Washing- The Chronicle Wednesday that his ton, D.C., last week during business mistakenly cremated the an Honor Flight, organized government shutdown. where the barricade was and body of Moon. and paid for by the nonprof- “It broke my heart,” Jus- two men came down and The 72-year-old Castle Rock man it Puget Sound Honor Flight. tice said. “I wouldn’t have threw the barricade,” Jus- died Oct. 13 at Community Home The 86-year-old Centra- come if I had known I tice recalls. “We broke down Health Care & Hospice in the same lia resident approached the wouldn’t get to see it.” the barrier. If we could take general time frame as Petitclerc. Both monument memorializing As Justice and the other Mount Suribachi we can see men had been taken to Dahl McVick- the Marines who fought in veterans on the Honor Flight the memorial that our blood er Funeral Home at the same time. Iwo Jima on Sunday, Oct. 13, started to lose hope in see- won.” After not commenting this week, but barricades kept the visit- ing the memorial, protesters Justice, a minister for Dahl said Wednesday he called ing veteran away. broke through the barricade more than 60 years, said he The monument was to allow the veterans access. please see BODY, Main 14 Paul "Pee Wee" Justice enlistment photo closed due to the federal “We went around to please see VETERAN, Main 14 Longview Man Carjacks Woman Centralia City Council After Collision Near Napavine Approves a ‘Balanced’ Budget without dipping into reserves — and By The Chronicle from Exit 72, according to the Lewis BALANCED: City Council boasted slightly higher sales tax rev- County Sheriff’s Office. A 34-year-old Longview man car- Expresses No Complaints, enue from last year. Michael A. Vienola, 34, Longview, jacked a 2009 Chevrolet Equinox from The city council voted unanimous- drove the Equinox north on Rush Road Applauds Structurally a 50-year-old Chehalis woman Tuesday ly 6-0 to approve the first reading of and then Jackson Highway, when Cheha- night after the man rear-ended the Equi- Balanced Budget the proposed budget. A second and fi- lis Police and the Lewis County Sheriff’s nox while pulling onto northbound Inter- nal vote is scheduled for the council’s Office began a pursuit. By Kyle Spurr state 5 in Napavine. next regular meeting Nov. 12. Vienola then drove back onto In- [email protected] Both drivers stepped out of their ve- Matt Trent, an ardent conservative terstate 5 and traveled north to Thur- hicles after the collision. The man report- On Tuesday, Centralia city staff who voted against the budget the past edly walked passed the woman, got into presented the city council with a struc- two years, said he is impressed with her car and took off north on Rush Road please see CARJACKS, Main 14 turally balanced 2014 budget — one in which revenues match expenses please see BALANCED, Main 14 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Weather High School Golf Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 TONIGHT: Low 44 Hartley, Edwin, 69, Glenoma Follow Us on Twitter TOMORROW: High 57 Voetberg Osborn, Belvia Lynn, 80, Centralia @chronline Cloudy Brothers Scott, Mary Eileen, 69, Randle see details on page Main 2 Headed to Kay, Glenn LeRoy, 75, Centralia Find Us on Facebook Williamson, Sidney “Lynn,” 60, www.facebook.com/ Weather picture by Joseph State Medford, Ore. thecentraliachronicle Miess, Onalaska Middle School / Sports 1 Kramer, Jeremy Scott, 24 days, Centralia CH506849cz.drb Main 2 The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013 COMMUNITY CALENDAR / WEATHER Community Editor’s Best Bet Students Have Opportunity to See ‘Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ Presentation Public, private and home- have an opportunity to observe Calendar school students will have an students demonstrate exercises Today opportunity to attend a special done in the class. Cast members WHAT’S HAPPENING? presentation of the Centralia will perform fully produced ex- Ballet Academy’s “The Sorcer- cepts from the show. Extension to Present If you have an event you er’s Apprentice” today. For more information or Beginning Beekeeping Class would like included in the The event will be at Cen- to reserve a spot at the Corbet Community Calendar, please tralia College’s Corbet Theatre Theatre presentation, call the Today and again on Oct. 31, email your information to from 10 to 11 a.m. Students Centralia Ballet Academy at Nov. 7 and Nov. 14, Lewis County [email protected]. will be given a brief history of (360) 623-9010 or email info@ Include a daytime telephone Extension will be offering an ap- the art of ballet, and will also centraliaballet.com. prentice beekeeping class. Hours number where you can be each day are 6:30-9 p.m. reached. The class will introduce bee- There is no charge for these listings. keeping to novices. It will cover bee p.m., Odd Fellows Hall, Seventh and Main For questions about calendar Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. biology, equipment, seasonal man- streets, Bucoda items, call Doug Blosser at The Tickets are $10 each, with all agement skills, pest management Lewis County Writers critique session, Chronicle, (360) 807-8238. profits benefiting the Lewis County and honey processing. Foster Parent Association. They 5:30 p.m., Matrix Coffeehouse, Chehalis, Cost is $30 per person or $45 per http://lewiscountywriters.wordpress.com/ Chehalis-Centralia Cribbage Club, 6:30 may be purchased at Holley’s Place Life Recovery Group, 6:30-8:30 p.m., couple or family. That Includes an in Centralia, Book ‘n’ Brush in initiation fee for the Lewis County p.m., Chehalis Moose Lodge, 1400 Grand Dayspring Baptist Church, 2088 Jackson Ave., Centralia, (360) 485-2852 Chehalis, through the CBA or at Highway, Chehalis, (360) 748-3401 or email Beekeepers’ Association. Lewis County Writers, critique session, the door. [email protected] For more information, visit 5:30-7:30 p.m., Matrix Coffeehouse, Che- http://goo.gl/dh5H8M, email su- halis, http://lewiscountywriters.wordpress. Oregon Trail music and dancing, open Support Groups [email protected] or com/ mic with Side Kicks Band, 7 p.m., Cowlitz call (360) 880-8130. Newaukum Grange, Booster Night, pot- Prairie Grange, (360) 864-2023 H.O.P.E., all addictions, 7:30-9 p.m., Heri- luck 6:30 p.m., meeting 7:30 p.m., (360) Music, 10:30-11:45 a.m., Twin Cities Se- tage Baptist Church of Tenino, 1315 Sussex Open mic, 6:30 p.m., Matrix Coffeehouse, 262-3887 nior Center, (360) 748-0061 Ave. E., Tenino, (360) 480-0592, hopedirec- Chehalis, (360) 740-0492 Bob Garcia and Melodies Recycled Band, [email protected] Clarissa Gifford, noon-1 p.m., Jeremy’s 7-9:30 p.m., Twin Cities Senior Center, $5, Life Recovery Group, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Cafe, 576 W. Main St., Chehalis, (360) Support Groups (360) 262-3041 Dayspring Baptist Church, 2088 Jackson Highway, Chehalis, (360) 748-3401 748-4417 “Up From Grief,” for those grieving the Ryderwood Fall Arts & Crafts Fair, 10 Oil painting, by Bill Callahan, Bob Ross loss of a loved one, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Mor- a.m.-4 p.m., Ryderwood Community Hall, method, 10 a.m., White Pass Country Mu- ton Community Methodist Church, Fourth handmade items, bake sale, hot lunch, seum, 12990 U.S. Highway 12, Packwood, and Main, Morton, (360) 330-2640 (360) 295-0096 Saturday, Oct. 26 (360) 494-4422 Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Hair Nation, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Scatter Creek Immanuel Lutheran Church,1209 N. Scheu- Grill, Lucky Eagle Casino, (360) 273-2000, SWW Fair Association Public Agencies ber Road, Centralia, (360) 736-9268 ext. 301 Beef stew dinner, 4:30 p.m. until gone, Holding Fundraiser Lewis-Mason-Thurston Area Agency Toledo Senior Center, 150 Coal St., $6, (360) on Aging, Council of Governments, 2 p.m., Friday, Oct.