United in Victory Toledo-Winlock Soccer Team Survives Dameon Pesanti / [email protected] Opponents of Oil Trains Show Support for a Speaker Tuesday
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It Must Be Tigers Bounce Back Spring; The Centralia Holds Off W.F. West 9-6 in Rivalry Finale / Sports Weeds are Here / Life $1 Midweek Edition Thursday, May 1, 2014 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com United in Victory Toledo-Winlock Soccer Team Survives Dameon Pesanti / [email protected] Opponents of oil trains show support for a speaker Tuesday. Oil Train Opponents Dominate Centralia Meeting ONE-SIDED: Residents Fear Derailments, Explosions, Traffic Delays By Dameon Pesanti [email protected] More than 150 people came to Pete Caster / [email protected] the Centralia High School audito- Toledo-Winlock United goalkeeper Elias delCampo celebrates after leaving the Winlock School District meeting where the school board voted to strike down the rium Tuesday night to voice their motion to dissolve the combination soccer team on Wednesday evening. concerns against two new oil transfer centers slated to be built in Grays Harbor. CELEBRATION: Winlock School Board The meeting was meant to be Votes 3-2 to Keep Toledo/Winlock a platform for public comments and concerns related to the two Combined Boys Soccer Program projects, but the message from attendees was clear and unified By Christopher Brewer — study as many impacts as pos- [email protected] sible, but don’t let the trains come WINLOCK — United they have played for nearly through Western Washington. two decades, and United they will remain for the Nearly every speaker ex- foreseeable future. pressed concerns about the Toledo and Winlock’s combined boys’ soccer increase in global warming, program has survived the chopping block, as the potential derailments, the unpre- Winlock School Board voted 3-2 against dissolving paredness of municipalities in the the team at a special board meeting Wednesday eve- face of explosions and the poten- ning. tially disastrous results for rail Nearly 20 years of history as a combined effort neighborhoods. hung in the balance leading up to Wednesday’s “There were two cars that meeting, as school board members mulled pulling went off the tracks (in Aberdeen) Winlock out of the partnership and creating its own today. That could have been team. Players from Toledo-Winlock United celebrate after hearing the Winlock School Board's decision please see UNITED, page Main 10 to strike down the motion to dissolve the combination soccer team on Wednesday evening. please see MEETING, page Main 10 Magma Recharging Mount St. Helens SCIENTISTS: Implications to erupt soon, federal scientists 2004 to 2008, but they have only said Wednesday. recently been able to confirm it, of Growth Unknown; No The magma reservoir about said Seth Moran, a volcano seis- Signs of Eruption 5 miles beneath the 8,363-foot mologist with the U.S. Geologi- volcano has been slowly repres- cal Survey. SEATTLE (AP) — Mount St. "This is giving long-term Helens is showing signs of long- surizing since 2008. Scientists have suspected (data) that it's getting ready to Pete Caster / [email protected] term uplift and minor earth- erupt again, but it could be de- In this Jan. 26, 2014, ile photo, Mount St. Helens is seen from a viewpoint along quake activity, but there are no that fresh molten rock has been cades before it does something state Route 504 near the Johnston Ridge Observatory. signs that the volcano in South- recharging the volcano since the west Washington state is likely last eruption, which lasted from please see MAGMA, page Main 10 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Weather Explosive Situation Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 TONIGHT: Low 52 Winlock Barn Burned After Grant, Norene Ann, 69, Pocatello, Follow Us on Twitter TOMORROW: High 67 Idaho / Main 12 @chronline Partly cloudy Explosives Found Holbert, Max Dale, 85, Onalaska see details on page Main 2 Hopwood, Emily Irene, 91, Find Us on Facebook Centralia www.facebook.com/ Weather picture by Kris Krauel, Sally Jo, 82, Chehalis thecentraliachronicle McGovern, Onalaska Boyce, Barbara J. Bigler, 78, Chehalis CH520380ca.jd Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Thursday, May 1, 2014 COMMUNITY CALENDAR / WEATHER Community Editor’s Best Bet Packwood Mountain Festival to Provide a Variety of Activities Calendar The three-day Packwood also have educational opportuni- Mountain Festival, hosted by the ties for people. White Pass Country Historical The United States Forest Society, gets underway Friday. Service will host a presenta- The annual festival — from tion through its volunteer ar- noon to 5 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m to chaeology and historic preser- 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 vation program “Passport in p.m. Sunday — will feature live Time, the LaWisWis Project,” at music, folk dancing, a craft show, 11 a.m. Saturday. a 5K fun run, a Native American Additionally, a Native Ameri- drumming ceremony, woodwork- can drumming ceremony will ing demonstrations and other ac- be led by spiritual leader of the tivities. Cowlitz Tribe Roy Wilson at WHAT’S HAPPENING? Registration for the fun run, 1 p.m. Sunday. at 9 a.m. May 4, is $20 per per- Various flint knapping and If you have an event you would like included in the Community Calendar, please son. Runners are encouraged to woodworking demonstrations will email your information to [email protected]. Include a daytime telephone dress in costumes. Medals will also be held during the festival. number where you can be reached. There is no charge for these listings. be awarded for first-, second- and For more infor- For questions about calendar items, call Doug Blosser at The Chronicle, third-place in the fun run. mation on the festival, (360) 807-8238. Along with a weekend of enter- call (360) 494-4031 or visit white- taining activities, the festival will passcountrymuseum.org. Today Organizations Groberg (360) 748-6641. ‘n’ Brush, Chehalis, or at the door. Pro- Oakview Grange, 7 p.m., 2715 N. Pearl St., Cen- ceeds will benefit P.E.O. scholarships tralia, (360) 736-5639 Bob Garcia and Melodies Recycled Band, for women. 7-9:30 p.m., Twin Cities Senior Center, $5, AAUW to Have Final Lewis County Robotics Society, 6 p.m., room (360) 262-3041 Book ‘n’ Brush will provide books for 128, Kemp Hall, Centralia College, (360) 304-9660 Meeting of Season Harmonious Funk, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Scatter Creek purchase and signing at the event. Chehalis-Centralia Cribbage Club, 6:30 p.m., The event will feature desserts and re- The Lewis Country Branch of the Chehalis Moose Lodge, 1400 Grand Ave., Centra- Grill, Lucky Eagle Casino, (360) 273-2000, ext. 301 freshments and includes a silent auction American Association of University lia, (360) 485-2852 “Rapunzel,” an OnStage Children’s Theatre production, 7 p.m., Roxy Theatre, Morton, of baskets with themes ranging from a ro- Women will hold its final meeting for Centralia-Chehalis Vintage Auto Club, 7:30 p.m., Ramblin’ Jack’s Rib Eye, 1336 Rush Road, $8 presales, $10 after April 29 mantic night to a day at a home spa to local the 2013-14 year at 6:45 p.m. tonight at Chehalis, (360) 767-0719 Lewis County Farmers Market, 10 a.m.-3 food and drink. The Gathering Place at Stillwaters Es- Lewis County Tea Party, 6:30 p.m., Lewis & p.m., corner of Pearl and Maple streets, Centralia, For more information, contact tates, 2899 Cooks Hill Road, Centralia. Clark Hotel, 117 W. Magnolia St., Centralia, featur- (360) 736-8977, [email protected] ing Trent England, Freedom Foundation Lewis County Spring Youth Fair, all day, South- Chapter J.E. President Nancy Simms, Guests are welcome. (360) 269-4113. At 7 p.m., Patrick Pringle, associate Support Groups west Washington Fairgrounds Plant and bake sale, Winolequa Garden Club, For more information on Lynch, visit professor of earth science at Centralia “Up From Grief,” for those grieving the loss of 10 a.m.-5 p.m., corner of Front and First streets, jimlynchbooks.com. College, will present “Mount Rainier, a loved one, 1-2:30 p.m., Assured Home Hospice, Winlock, proceeds for Winlock High School schol- 2120 N. Park St., Centralia, (360) 330-2640 the Volcano in our Backyard.” He will arships, (360) 785-3221 Dancing, Country Four, 7-10 p.m., South Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Im- give an update on the latest research on manuel Lutheran Church, 1209 N. Scheuber Road, Support Groups Union Grange, 10030 Tilley Road S., Olympia, Mount Rainier, learn how it influenced Centralia, (360) 736-9268 (360) 352-2135 H.O.P.E., all addictions, 7:30-9 p.m., Multiple sclerosis, 6-8 p.m., Providence Harmonious Funk, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Scatter Creek our landscape in the past, and hear what Heritage Baptist Church of Tenino, 1315 scientists expect it to do in the future. Centralia Hospital chapel conference room, Grill, Lucky Eagle Casino, (360) 273-2000, ext. 301 360) 736-5394, Facebook page: Lewis County Sussex Ave. E., Tenino, (360) 480-0592, Enter Stillwaters through the Colo- [email protected] “Rapunzel,” an OnStage Children’s Theatre pro- Multiple Sclerosis Support Group duction, 2 p.m., Roxy Theatre, Morton, $8 presales, Life Recovery Group, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Dayspring nial Residence gate off Scammon Creek $10 after April 29 Road. Exit out the main gate on Cooks Baptist Church, 2088 Jackson Highway, Chehalis, (360) 748-3401 Lewis County Spring Youth Fair, all day, South- Hill Drive. For more information, call Friday, May 2 west Washington Fairgrounds Judy Lyon, (360)-245-3999, or Jan Snider, Composting Techniques and Tools, 10 a.m., (360) 807-8391. Lewis County Bar Legal Aid to Saturday, May 3 Centralia Transfer Station Composting Demo Site, sponsored by WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Open mic, 6:30 p.m., Matrix Coffeehouse, Che- Have Fundraiser Luncheon Composter program, (360) 740-1212 or email deb- halis, (360) 740-0492 A Lewis County Bar Legal Aid lun- P.E.O.