Oregon $1 Early Week Edition Trail Days / Tuesday, July 28, 2015 Main 3 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com Fish in Hot Water Redneck Car Show State Wildlife Officials Taking Measures to Relay for Life Team Prepares for Another Protect Fish From Drought Effects / Main 6 Round of Odd Vehicles in Napavine / Life 1 Report: Pe Ell Dam Horrors, Triumphs, Realities Would Use Civil War History Memorialized at Chehalis Re-enactment Most of County’s Sand and Gravel STUDY: DNR Says Dam Included Only as a Variable for Long Term Planning By Dameon Pesanti [email protected] A recent report released by the Washington Department of Natural Resources said Lewis County has raised some questions about how much of the county’s aggregate rock a proposed dam in the Pe Ell area would use. But officials involved with the report and the dam project Brandon Hansen / [email protected] say it would likely be built out Confederate and Union re-enactors battle just of Tune Road Saturday outside Chehalis. of a different material. In the report titled, Rock Aggregate Resource Inventory BATTLE: Civil War Map of Lewis County, Wash- ington, the DNR mapped the Re-enactors Dedicated county’s inventory of the ag- to ‘Living History’ gregate rock — the sand and gravel and crushed stone that By Natalie Johnson is typically used in cement, as- [email protected] phalt or graded fill. Cannon fire and rifle shots please see DAM, page Main 11 reverberated from the battlefield off Tune Road in Chehalis Sat- urday as hundreds of history en- thusiasts re-enacted one of the final battles of the Civil War. Blueberry Participants said re-enact- ments are the best way to com- Festival municate the horrors, triumphs and realities of the Civil War to Cyclists to a modern audience. “I love history. I have since, I’d say, the eighth grade,” said Ride Across Darna Michie, whose husband portrayed a Union Army ma- Dam in jor Saturday. “When history became something more than dates and numbers, that’s when Mossyrock it became interesting.” The Veterans Memorial Mu- THIS WEEKEND: New seum in Chehalis has presented the re-enactments each year Event Meant to Draw Natalie Johnson / [email protected] since 2011 to celebrate the Civil More People to the Area Above: Barbara War’s sesquicentennial, or 150th anniversary, said Chip Duncan, By Dameon Pesanti Smith brings water to Union soldiers executive director of the mu- [email protected] after they inished seum. “Our mission is to honor vet- A new event in the Mossy- re-enacting a battle Saturday in Chehalis. erans. There are no living vet- rock Blueberry Festival will erans of the Civil War,” he said. give festivalgoers an opportu- Left: Union soldiers “Once you have veterans passing nity to burn off all that pie. away, that part of history is rel- Now, for the first time, stand behind a cannon during a re- egated to the history books.” people will have the oppor- The Veterans Memorial tunity to ride their bicycles enactment Saturday. please see CYCLISTS, page Main 11 Brandon Hansen / [email protected] please see REALITIES, page Main 11 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Legion Baseball Crime Costs Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 Washington Eastman, Mary Follow Us on Twitter Chehalis Carmen, 93, @chronline Squad Counties Bremerton Stays Alive Struggle With Find Us on Facebook Expenses of www.facebook.com/ at State High-Profile thecentraliachronicle Tournament Cases / Sports 1 / Main 16 Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, July 28, 2015 PAGE TWO News Daily Outtake: Ann Rule in Lewis County of the Weird be a large cat, “he’s not supposed to be an obese cat.” Putrid-Smelling Flower Attracts Large Crowds in California BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Officials with UC Berkeley’s botanical garden say the garden had its busiest day in more than a decade as people flocked to get a whiff of the “corpse flower,” a plant known for its pungent odor. KPIX-TV reported that the Owl With an Sumatran titan arum nick- named “Trudy” came into full The Chronicle / File Photo Attitude Wins Face-Off bloom Sunday and brought out Author Ann Rule attempts to pass questions written on small slips of paper forward to Barb Thompson, the mother of With Deputy about 1,000 visitors. The garden Ronda Reynolds, during the Lewis County Coroner’s inquest into Reynolds’ 1998 death in November 2011. Thompson, wrote on Twitter that the plant classiied by the coroner as a “Person Especially Interested” in the case, was permitted to submit questions that the BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A would only be smelly on Sun- coroner would put to witnesses, but in this instance the coroner did not accept Thompson’s questions because they Boulder County sheriff’s deputy day and would begin to go limp came from Rule. Rule, a true crime author known throughout the country for her work in the Paciic Northwest, died got into a face-off with an owl Monday. Monday. See a short news item on page Main 13. with an attitude, and the owl Associate director for visitors won. services Jonathan Goodrich says Deputy Sophie Berman came Trudy started to open and was across the raptor on a dirt road flowering when garden officials Notable Quote on Tuesday as Berman patrolled left for the day on Saturday. By an area near a campground west Sunday, the plant had run its of Boulder. course. Berman crouched down to Goodrich says the large take video of the owl and spoke plant’s smell is similar to “dirty “I would not characterize climate change to the owl, which answered Ber- socks wrapped around a rotting man’s words with clicks. steak.” as something to be feared, but rather as The owl stared wide-eyed at the deputy for a few minutes be- something to prepare for and adapt to.” fore turning around and flying Hair Dresser Faces away. Voyeurism Charges in Former 41-Pound Fat Arizona Cities Teresa Scott FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — WDFW drought coordinator Cat in Texas Slims Down A man who allegedly traveled (see page Main 6 for the full story) to 19 Pounds around Arizona pretending to be a hair dresser so he could take DALLAS (AP) — A former sexually explicit photos of his 41-pound cat dubbed Skinny has clients has been apprehended. lost more than half of his weight The U.S. Marshals Ser- Editor’s Pick to become the darling of a Dal- vice says a task force arrested las veterinary clinic. 53-year-old James Hickey on Helping You Help Dr. Brittney Barton says Friday while he was bike-riding the orange tabby she adopted in Flagstaff. One of the most important The popular facility is try- and Rehabilitation,” or call (360) in 2013 has slimmed down to Hickey is wanted on 14 facets of a news story detailing ing to keep pace with its busiest 273-0550. 19 pounds with exercise and a counts of surreptitious videotap- a person or cause in need of as- season ever, a time when fawns, special diet. Barton calls Skinny ing as well as charges of voyeur- sistance is infor- baby birds and every animal THERE IS at least one local the “resident cat” at her practice, ism and probation violation. mation allowing from bobcats to coyotes are in woman who has some extra HEAL Veterinary Hospital. Authorities say Hickey would readers to pro- need of food and shelter. money to throw around. Barton said Friday that Skin- approach homes and apartment vide it. If you’re looking to help, See the full story of a Che- ny spends weekdays roaming complexes and pose as a hair One criti- more information and volunteer halis resident who accidentally the clinic. The ex-fat cat’s week- dresser looking for in-home cism of our applications can be found on- purchased a lottery ticket on ends are spent at home with Bar- work. While cutting people’s hair, weekend story line at fhswildliferehab.org. page Main 5. It reminds me of ton and her family. he allegedly secretly recorded or focused on Donations can be sent to P.O. an interesting fact, though. Ex- Skinny was found aban- took sexually graphic pictures. the ongoing Box 12417, Olympia, WA 98508 perts say your odds of winning doned near Dallas in 2012 and He is suspected of offenses struggles of For Eric Schwartz or can be personally dropped off some lotteries by buying a ticket ended up at a shelter. The vet in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Flagstaff Heaven’s Sake editor at 16111 Case Road SW in Roch- is equivalent to the odds of you says Skinny just had his annual and Huntington Beach, Califor- Animal Rescue ester. finding a ticket without purchas- checkup and is healthy. nia. Hickey previously served and Rehabilitation in Rochester For more information check ing one. I’m not sure if that’s true, Barton says Skinny is living time for burglary and unlawful is that we fell short in that re- out their Facebook page, “For but I will keep my eyes open for proof that while he’s supposed to recording and videotaping. gard. Heaven’s Sake Animal Rescue stray tickets regardless. The Weather Almanac 5-Day Forecast for the Lewis County Area River Stages National Map Gauge Flood 24 hr. Forecast map for July 28, 2015 Today Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Height Stage Change Chehalis at Mellen St. 110s 100s 49.68 65.0 0.00 L Skookumchuck at Pearl St. 90s H H 80s 73.42 85.0 0.00 70s Cowlitz at Packwood 60s 2.23 10.5 -0.03 50s Cowlitz at Randle Partly Cloudy Sunny Sunny Sunny Sunny 40s 3.96 18.0 -0.01 30s L 83º 56º 90º 57º 91º 56º 88º 56º 89º 58º Cowlitz at Mayield Dam 20s 2.75 ---- 0.00 10s L 0s This map shows high temperatures, type of precipitation expected and location of frontal systems at noon.