Inside: Centralia Baseball Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com Wins EvCo Title / Sports United Wins Title Winlock, Toledo Boys Take League Crown / Sports 1 $1 Early Week Edition Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Green Hill Inmate Escapes Through Fence By Natalie Johnson Hill School in Chehalis. school staff during a mainte- through a hole cut in the facil- escaped. The car may be associ- [email protected] According to the Chehalis nance detail Sunday evening on ity’s fence. ated with the incident, accord- Police Department, Dominic A. the Green Hill School campus. A staff member reported see- ing to the Chehalis Police De- A 19-year-old with both ju- Adams, 19, had not been appre- The facility reported the escape ing a red car outside the fence partment. venile and adult convictions es- hended as of this morning. at about 9 p.m. School staff de- and hearing the driver honk the caped Sunday night from Green Adams allegedly ran from termined he probably got out horn at around the time Adams please see ESCAPE, page Main 13 New Flood Keeping Anglers Honest Maps Strong Fish Returns Mean Extra Work for Wildlife Officials Include Changes SMALL DIFFERENCES: Same Areas Subject to Flooding; Water Depths a Concern By Kaylee Osowski [email protected] A new floodplain map us- ing the “best available science” shows the areas subject to flooding aren’t much differ- ent from the 2006 and 1982 maps. However, it may change the projected depth of flood- ing. While Chehalis uses a 2006 floodplain map, Cen- tralia uses a 1982 map; no study was done for Centralia in 2006. Centralia Director of Community Develop- ment Emil Pierson said the new data doesn’t expand the floodplain, but he is con- Pete Caster / [email protected] cerned that it may change the An angler shows Washington State Fish and Wildlife oicer Scott Schroeder, left, his ishing license on Friday morning in Salkum. depth. Pierson said if the change in depth is significant, he is By Dameon Pesanti concerned about standards [email protected] for building and development, especially for the Port of Cen- With the salmon and steel- tralia. head returning and the fishing “If we adopt a higher season in full swing, anglers standard base flood eleva- from all over the state descend tion, now they have to go to on Southwest Washington. a different elevation … which Those big crowds mean a lot means money,” he said. of work for wildlife law enforce- The city is using the 1982 ment officials. standards, but offers builders According to Mark LaRiviere, the standards based on the Tacoma Power's senior fisheries 2007 base flood elevation and biologist, about 5,500 chinook they can decide if they want have moved up the Cowlitz as of to build that high. Monday morning. Pierson expects the new “We’re having a record spring data will show depths closer chinook season,” he said. to the 2007 flood. Whether It’s no secret that the Cowlitz to adopt a higher standard is River can be a great spot to catch a decision for the city council, fish. During a strong salmon or he said. steelhead run, fishermen practi- However, if the Mellen cally stand elbow-to-elbow. Street to Blakeslee Junction The latest Creel Survey from project, including the dike, is the Washington Department worked into the model, then of Fish and Wildlife shows the it should lower the depth. season is going well. So far, 2,655 Jim Kramer, of Kramer spring chinook have come out of Consulting, hired to facilitate the Cowlitz this year, compared and oversee Flood Authority with 213 at the same time last year. A line of anglers celebrates after a ish is caught on Friday morning at Barrier Dam on the Cowlitz River in Salkum. please see MAPS, page Main 13 please see ANGLERS, page Main 13 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Triple Threats in Tenino Weekend Fun Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 Volland, Mark Alan, Follow Us on Twitter Class Youth 51, Chehalis Combines Fair, Vader @chronline Singing, May Day Find Us on Facebook Attract www.facebook.com/ Dancing thecentraliachronicle and Drama Crowds / Life 1 / Main 4 Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, May 5, 2015 COMMUNITY CALENDAR / WEATHER News Daily Outtake: Inside Look at Tiny House of the Weird great sport, and he’s fortunate to be married to someone like her.” Tatge also apologized for any embarrassment the search may have caused. “I just wanted her to know that the media firestorm stemmed from my loving daughter’s good- hearted dare,” she said. “I didn’t want to cause any discomfort to him or his family.” Tatge said she’s been touched Woman Seeking Man by the support she’s received but She Kissed at Marathon is happy to move on. She also hopes to run the Hears From His Wife Boston Marathon again but with BOSTON (AP) — A Ten- one important caveat: “Moving nessee woman searching for the forward, I’m going to revert to stranger she kissed while run- only kissing single men.” ning the Boston Marathon this Pete Caster / [email protected] year says she finally heard back Ron Blair has over a dozen tiny house plans, one of which is octagonal in shape and roughly 15 feet across with a stove — from the mystery man’s wife. Oyez! Town Crier at in the middle. His business, located in Grand Mound, was featured in Saturday’s edition. Many more photographs Barbara Tatge says her Royal Baby Birth remain available online at www.chronline.com daughter had dared her to kiss a random, good-looking man Captures Attention as she ran through the town of LONDON (AP) — As dozens Notable Quote Wellesley, where the women of of journalists trained their lens- Wellesley College traditionally es on a set of firmly shut double offer kisses to runners. doors, waiting for a glimpse of After the April 20 race, her Britain’s new baby princess, a “We are working real hard to make sure rather than daughter took to social media to man in an outlandish costume try to find the man, who clearly stepped in to capture the world’s competing with one another, because we are inexplicably left an impression on her mom. attention. linked economically, that we are mirroring each other’s Tatge says The Wellesley And it wasn’t for the first Townsman, a Boston-area news time. efforts and sharing ideas as opposed to creating silos.” outlet, passed on a letter ad- Town crier Tony Appleton dressed to her Sunday after the took to the steps Saturday out- Steve Koreis-Macleod campaign generated nationwide side London’s St. Mary’s Hospi- Centralia Downtown Association president on “Choose Local” plan attention. tal to loudly proclaim the birth (see page Main 6 for the full story) The unidentified man’s wife of Britain’s newest royal member, said the attention was fun but a baby girl born to the Duchess that the couple wanted to re- of Cambridge. main anonymous. But contrary to what some Staf Pick “When this story aired on the may believe, Appleton was no A Look at the Calendar news we were pretty surprised,” royal messenger. He says he’s the mystery man’s wife wrote simply a royalist and president Looking ahead at my calen- ing spent a few weekends out of old was able to get hands-on in a portion of the letter quoted of the Guild of International dar for the month of May and town recently and in other com- with some baby goats and a pig- by The Townsman. “For me, I’m Millennium Town Criers, which June, I’m struck with an exciting munities, I was reminded of how let on a harness and leash. What not mad. Believe me, our friends is not affiliated with Britain’s realization: My weekends are lucky we are to have such strong toddler would pass up that op- have gotten a lot of mileage out royal family. quickly filling up with festivals, local organizations and groups, portunity? of this story and I have thor- “Oyez, oyez (Hear ye)!” he events, camping that serve our towns and cities We spent Saturday morning oughly enjoyed watching them yelled before reading a birth an- trips, car shows by planning and hosting our in south Lewis County for the give my husband grief!” nouncement from a scroll. His and parades. trademark Lewis County events. Vader May Day Festival. It was The wife continued: “While booming voice, ringing bell and Summer in How did you fill up your a beautiful morning to zipline this may not be the ending that colorful costume was watched Lewis County is weekend? down the 100 block of A Street you had hoped for, that sponta- by TV viewers around the world. almost here! With the help of the Life sec- and take in a parade. neous, silly moment in Wellesley “I feel so proud, because I’m a No doubt, if tion calendar and a little plan- And, after a nap, Saturday eve- captured the fun, energy and real top royalist. I love the royal you picked up ning, our family filled our entire ning was spent with friends, bar- spirit of the Boston Marathon. I family,” he said. “They’re the a copy of the weekend with 100 percent local becuing and playing glow-frisbee greatly admire your spunk and best emissaries for our country. weekend edition Brittany Voie events. in the backyard, under the starry courage and wish you many They make us so much money, of The Chron- senior media We started Friday afternoon Southwest Washington sky.