Grandmother Tied Up During Rochester Home Invasion / Main 11 Early Week Edition Tuesday, English Country Aug. 20, 2013 Dancing $1 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com / Life 1 Cross-Country Ride Babe Ruth World Series Local Cyclists Educating Communities Twin Cities 15-Year-Olds Start World Series About Human Trafficking / Main 7 Tournament 0-2 / Sports 1 Saturday Marks Record Day at Fair Pete Caster / [email protected] Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife employee Noelia Ragland brings her head slightly above water in order to see where she is going as she does an inventory PERFORMANCE: Hunter of ish species in the Chehalis River on Monday morning outside Pe Ell. Hayes, Bull Riding Highlighted Annual Fair as Vendors Report Record Revenue Chehalis River Research By Kyle Spurr [email protected] Experts Investigate Feasibility of Water Retention Structure From a Grammy-nominated country star performing in con- SNORKELING: Fish and cert to a first ever bull riding Wildlife Experts Take competition, the 104th annual Southwest Washington Fair was to the Chehalis River to a hit, Fairgrounds and Events Count Fish Species Manager Gale Sobolesky said. That success included a re- By Lisa Broadt cord-setting day on Saturday. [email protected] “I don’t have all the numbers The dramatic tale of 100 yet but Saturday years of flood mitigation ef- was a great day forts in the Chehalis Basin will with the Hunter peak next November when lo- Hayes concert,” cal flood experts report to Gov. Sobolesky said. Jay Inslee and recommend — or “Food vendors don’t recommend — continuing and the carni- progress with construction of a val had record Gale Sobelesky water retention structure on the days on Satur- fairgrounds and upper Chehalis River. day.” events manager In the 2013-15 capital budget, Sobolesky said the carnival flood mitigation efforts were revenue was up $30,000 on Sat- awarded $28.2 million; $5.6 urday, nearly double the revenue million was allocated specifi- from Saturday at the fair last year. cally for determining the permit About 4,000 people attended feasibility, engineering safety the Hunter Hayes concert at the and mitigation requirements of grandstands Saturday night. Amy Edwards of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife maneuvers her way down a rocky portion of the Chehalis building a dam. Hayes, 21, who won best River as she inventories wildlife in the river on Monday outside Pe Ell. To be prepared for that criti- New Artist of the Year at the cal juncture next November, lo- 2012 Country Music, was nomi- cal flood experts need concrete nated this year for three Gram- data — fast. GOVERNOR’S WORK my awards and one Academy of Planned work includes engi- Country Music award. neering analysis of alternatives, GROUP NOMINATED "Hunter Hayes performed a including fish passage require- FOR CROSSCUT phenomenal concert," Sobolesky ments, hydrology and hydraulic said. "It was fun to see all the analyses to define inundation COURAGE AWARD youth and parents lining up for and protection levels, quantified By The Chronicle that show. We had lines all the environmental impacts to, and way out to those gates." mitigation requirements for, The Chehalis River Basin The fairgrounds are now fish, water quality and sediment policy group, known as the preparing for the Chehalis transport, updated costs and Governor’s Work Group — Da- Garlic Fest, taking place on the benefits of the alternative designs. vid Burnett, Karen Valenzuela, north end of the fairgrounds, But even that list of work is Vickie Raines, Jay Gordon, J. this weekend. Vander Stoep and Keith Phil- general. Crews are busy cleaning the The work on the ground — lips — has been nominated for Crosscut’s first annual “Cour- fair buildings, picking up gar- such as that being done by the age Awards,” which will honor bage and clearing out the ani- Washington Department of Fish Northwest leaders from the mal exhibits to prepare for the and Wildlife — is completed me- worlds of business, culture and weekend events. ter by painstaking meter. public service, according to the On Thursday night during Mara Zimmerman, the re- nonprofit daily news magazine. the fair, the South Sound Bull search scientist who designed The Crosscut editorial team Bash was held at the grandstands. Fish and Wildlife’s current proj- will select, from the reader- The bull riding event, or- ect, said that broad data must be submitted nominees, three ganized by the newly formed collected and analyzed before award winners. Southwest Washington Rodeo the effects of a dam can be esti- Winners in each Courage Association, featured about 30 mated. Award category will be an- professional bull riders from “You’re going to change the nounced at a ceremony on Oct. 31. Washington, Oregon, Idaho, flow of the river and therefore Montana and California. "For the first year, we couldn't you’re going to change the habi- Right: Washington Department of have it go any better," Zach Eath- tat,” Zimmerman said. “Floods, Fish and Wildlife employee Amy Ed- erton, the Southwest Washing- from a Fish and Wildlife per- wards makes tally marks on a piece of spective, destroy but also cre- PVC pipe on her arm as to how many, ton Rodeo Association president, ate — that’s sort of a natural and the number of, species of ish that said. "We plan on having more process that happens, and when she saw while snorkeling a portion of events through the year and next you alter that, you’re altering the the Chehalis River on Monday morn- year we will definitely have it." please see RIVER, page Main 16 ing outside Pe Ell. please see FAIR, page Main 16 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Weather Chehalis Garlic Fest Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 TONIGHT: Low 51 Trez, Harry Follow Us on Twitter TOMORROW: High 86 Enjoy Garlic Beer, Brownies, Sylvester, @chronline Mostly Cloudy Ice Cream and Frozen 93, Ethel see details on page Main 2 Yogurt at Annual Garlic Stark, Ste- Find Us on Facebook ven www.facebook.com/ Weather picture by Celebration Wayne, thecentraliachronicle Ramsey Challis, Boistfort / Main 6 60, Pe Ell Elementary, Fourth Grade Main 2 The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013 COMMUNITY CALENDAR / WEATHER Community Editor’s Best Bet Winlock Timberland Library Offers ‘Dig Into Science’ Event Children and families of all will be the last summer program Calendar ages are welcome to the Winlock for the Winlock Timberland Li- Today Timberland Library on Wednes- brary. The library already hosted WHAT’S HAPPENING? day for a “Dig into Science” ac- a “Dig into Science” event earlier Community Farmers Market, 11 a.m.- tivity, a part of the Timberland this summer and a “Dig into Art” 4 p.m., downtown Chehalis, (360) 740- If you have an event you Library Summer Reading pro- event last week. 1212 or email info@communityfarmers- would like included in the market.net. gram. 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Monday. lock, sponsored by Lewis County Farm Children will be able to take For more information on the Forestry Association There is no charge for these listings. part in hands-on learning exer- “Dig into Science,” contact the li- Public Agencies For questions about cises revolving around science. brary manager Jamie Allwine at Napavine Planning Commission, 6 calendar items, call Doug The “Dig into Science” event (360) 785-3461. p.m., 407 Birch Ave. SW, Napavine, (360) Blosser at The Chronicle, (360) 262-3547, ext. 213 807-8238. Lewis County Interlocal Organization of Fire Districts 2, 15 and 7, 7 p.m., Fire Museum, 12990 U.S. Highway 12, Pack- District 2 (Toledo) main station, (360) thority, Harrison Avenue station, Centra- Her performance will be at 8 wood, (360) 494-4031 864-2366 lia, (360) 345-3225 p.m. Admission ranges from $7 Centralia Civil Service Commission, Public Agencies to $15. Libraries 5:15-6 p.m., City Hall, 118 W. 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