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Vehicles Parade for Culp $1.75 / Main 7 Early Week Edition Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020 Serving our communities since 1889 — www.chronline.com Freedom Rally Good Health Morton Event Draws Local, State Republican Good Health Nutrition Owner Julie Candidates for Office / Main 2 Shaffley Celebrates 30 Years / B1 In-Person Learning Put Army Corps Releases NEPA Review on Dam EIS: State Environmental ronmental Impact Statement to cost more than $400 million, The proposed project would on Hold After (EIS) under the State Environ- would impact fish species, water create a new 1,550-foot wide Policy Act Impact mental Policy Act (SEPA) was quality, wetlands and other en- dam structure near Pe Ell, Mossyrock Statement Completed completed for a proposed flood- vironmental facets of the land. which would close only during Early This Year; Now retention dam on the Chehalis Public meetings will be held flooding events. The project Student Tests River, a national review of pos- from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 8 would also raise the existing le- Residents Can Comment sible environmental impacts and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 14, at vee near the Chehalis-Centralia Positive for on National Review of the project has now been re- which individuals can comment airport. The goal is to miti- leased. on the proposed project. Com- gate the effects of major floods, By Claudia Yaw The EIS required by the Na- ments can also be submitted be- which occur, on average, every tional Environmental Policy forehand. Details can be found COVID-19 [email protected] seven years, and catastrophic Act was released Friday. It de- at https://chehalisbasinstrategy. By Celene Fitzgerald Months after a draft Envi- tails how the project, estimated com/eis/nepa-process/. please see NEPA, page Main 14 [email protected] The Mossyrock School Dis- trict returned to a full distance learning model on Monday, Queer Pride and Anti-Racist Signs Get Stolen and Sept. 21 from a hybrid model after a student tested positive for COVID-19 after one week of in- Vandalized, but Lollipop Guild Vows to Continue person schooling. At the start of the 2020-21 school year, Mossyrock School District was the only public school district in Lewis County that decided to defy the Lewis County Public Health & Social Services (LCPHSS) recommen- dation of beginning the school year with distance-only learning. “Out of an abundance of cau- tion, we will be pivoting to virtual instruction only tomorrow (Monday), all students will stay home and receive their instruction virtually,” read a Facebook post from the Mossyrock School District from Sunday, Sept. 20. The district said they will use Monday as a day to clean the school building and work with the health department to establish a list of the students and teachers the infected student was in contact with at school. The Facebook post from the district went on to say that they hope to return to their regular hybrid learning schedule on Tuesday. After one week of the parent- teacher conferences and virtual learning to start the year off, Mossyorck began their in- Jared Wenzelburger / [email protected] please see LEARNING, page Main 14 A sign reads, ‘Lewis County Welcomes Everyone’ is seen Saturday evening south of Chehalis. The sign was later vandalized and removed. ‘VISIBILITY AS ACTIVISM’: On Friday, a large rainbow tion behind the sign — the here to build people up,” the pride sign was erected in Che- Lewis County Lollipop Guild — post reads. “And we’re not going How the Lollipop Guild halis, with the words “LEWIS posted a photo on Facebook. In anywhere.” Is Trying to Make Lewis COUNTY WELCOMES EV- it, founder Kyle Wheeler stands Wheeler hoped that the sign Follow Us on Twitter County More Inclusive ERYONE.” Before the weekend tall where the sign once was, would counter the decades-old @chronline was over, it was torn down and waiving a large pride flag. Uncle Sam billboard nearby, which has famously projected Find Us on Facebook By Claudia Yaw destroyed. “Y’all may have torn down www.facebook.com/the- [email protected] In response, the organiza- our sign last night, but we’re please see GUILD, page Main 12 centraliachronicle

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By Claudia Yaw [email protected] Republican county and state officials rallied around gun rights and property rights at a Morton “freedom rally” Sat- urday, where few people in the crowd of about 50 people wore masks. In Gust Backstrom Park, State representatives Ed Orcutt, R-Kalama, and Jim Walsh, R- Aberdeen, both evoked the idea of property rights and the fear of home invasions. “If a criminal knows you don’t have a gun, are they going to have any reservation about robbing you? No,” Orcutt said, noting his membership with the NRA. “But the fact that you have the right to own it, the fact that the criminals don’t know whether you own it, is the reason why we’re as safe as we are in this country.” Walsh echoed that sentiment, telling residents that their ability to protect their own homes in turn protects the community. “That collective good, that deterrence to bad actors trying to break into your house, starts with the individual right to protect your home and your per- Claudia Yaw/[email protected] son,” Walsh said. Lewis County Commissioner Edna Fund greets “freedom rally” attendees decked out in USA gear and sporting a Trump ﬂ ag. In keeping with the trend of gun rights, Lindsey Pollock, running for county commissioner district 2, whipped out her concealed carry permit, tell- “If a criminal knows ing attendees “this should be all the paperwork we need.” you don’t have a gun, Many speakers also expressed appreciation for law are they going to enforcement officers, including have any reservation gubernatorial candidate and Republic Police Chief Loren about robbing Culp, as well as Morton Police Chief Roger Morningstar, who you? No.” was in attendance. State Rep. Ed Orcutt, “I think we should back the R-Kalama blue every time we get an opportunity,” County Commis- sioner Bobby Jackson said, gesturing to Morningstar. “I hope you love on this guy every currently recommending a chance you get.” more moderate approach than Morningstar recently some schools are pursuing and faced backlash after erecting a some parents have demanded. “Trump Tower” in his front lawn, Jackson, who went on to en- with some saying it resembled a dorse President Donald Trump Ku Klux Klan hood. to much applause, didn’t at- COVID-19 restrictions were tempt to downplay the effects State Representative Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, voices his support for Republican gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp at Mor- also discussed and condemned of the pandemic, which has at the rally. Jackson posed one ton’s Sept. 19 “freedom rally.” claimed over 2,000 victims in question that evidently resonat- Washington and nearly 200,000 “In the name of health, our fight against the government’s ing residents to a brief round ed with Morton residents. nationwide. Neither did other businesses have been shut down, petty tyrants,” he said. “Espe- of Morton trivia and sporting “How many of you are done our schools and places of wor- cially Jay Inslee, a small man with COVID?” Jackson said. speakers, instead honing in on a Morton-White Pass baseball ship have been told we can’t “We’re done with this, we’ve had it a sense of unfairness when it with an enormous ego, a thirst cap. Jackson followed suit, remi- with this, we’re tired of it … and comes to COVID-19 restric- gather with our friends and for power and a job he treats as niscing on his time announcing I’m going to tell you something tions. family,” Swope said. “These a throne.” Morton’s high school sports on right now, our schools need to Sean Swope, running for are the basic fundamental Swope’s competitor, Com- the radio. reopen, plain and simple.” county commissioner district rights, and yet we see how easily missioner Edna Fund, didn’t The rally’s loosely-planned Jackson assured attendees 1, delivered a more theatrical they’ve been surrendered.” focus on the Second Amend- parade did not end up happen- that he and his fellow county speech on the topic, referencing Although not directly refer- ment as much as other speakers. ing, although a raffle did take commissioners are “pushing the 1995 film “Braveheart” and encing the Second Amendment, Instead, Fund used much of her place. Several items were given this idea very strongly” with characterizing COVID-19 re- Swope told Morton residents to time appealing to Morton voters away, including Trump gear Lewis County Public Health strictions as an erosion of free- be ready to “fight.” by emphasizing her connection and a “make liberals cry” T- and Social Services, which is dom. “We need to be prepared to to the community, challeng- shirt. The Weather Almanac

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Gauge Flood 24 hr. Forecast map for Sept. 22, 2020 Today Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Height Stage Change Chehalis at Mellen St. 151.90 168.3 -0.16 Skookumchuck at Pearl St. 176.72 188.7 -0.10 Cowlitz at Packwood 0.74 10.5 -0.10 Cowlitz at Randle Mostly Cloudy Rain Likely Rain Likely Rain Likely Scattered Rain 3.79 18.0 +0.01 Cowlitz below Mayfield Dam 70° 56° 65° 54° 62° 52° 63° 50° 68° 52° 9.90 -- +0.00 Almanac Regional Weather Sun and Moon

Data reported from Centralia .Sunrise ...... today ...... 6:59 . . . .a.m...... Temperature .Sunset ...... tonight...... 7:08 . . . .p.m...... Bellingham Brewster .Yesterday's ...... High ...... 69...... Moonrise ...... 1:38 . . . .p.m...... National ...... Cities .Yesterday's ...... Low ...... 50...... 67/58 80/56 .Moonset ...... 10:31 . . . . .p.m...... Normal ...... High...... 72...... Port. . . . . Angeles...... Today Wed. .Normal ...... Low...... 48...... 61/53 . . . City Hi/Lo Wx Hi/Lo Wx .Record ...... High...... 92 . . in. . 1952...... Seattle Anchorage 54/45 cl 56/42 cl .Record ...... Low...... 34 . . in. . 1902...... Boise 77/55 sm 80/56 cl 69/61 Precipitation Olympia Ellensburg First Full Last New Boston 71/55 pc 79/58 s .Yesterday ...... 0.00" ...... 68/57 75/50 9/23 10/1 10/9 10/16 Dallas 73/64 sh 76/65 sh .Month . . . . . to. . .date ...... 0.71" ...... Tacoma Honolulu 88/73 s 89/75 sh .Normal ...... month...... to. . date...... 1.03" ...... Centralia. . . . . 62/57 Pollen Forecast Las Vegas 99/72 s 98/73 s Nashville 77/58 pc 76/59 cl .Year . . . .to . . date...... 30.06" ...... 70/56. Yakima .Normal ...... year. . . . to. . .date ...... 28.63" ...... Chehalis Allergen Today Wednesday Phoenix 103/78 s 104/77 s 78/55 Longview 70/57 Trees None None St. Louis 76/57 mc 73/58 cl Area Conditions Grass None None Salt Lake City 87/59 pc 85/60 pc 71/57 Weeds None None San Francisco 70/58 pc 72/60 s Yesterday Vancouver Shown is today's Mold None None Washington, DC 73/53 pc 79/57 s City Hi/Lo Prcp. The Dalles weather. Temperatures 70/57 Portland are today's highs and 71/58 79/55 tonight's lows. World Cities

Regional Cities Today Wed. Today Wed. City Hi/Lo Wx Hi/Lo Wx City Hi/Lo Wx Hi/Lo Wx Today Wed. Today Wed. Baghdad 112/86 s 109/84 s New Delhi 99/87 ra 96/85 ra City Hi/Lo Wx Hi/Lo Wx City Hi/Lo Wx Hi/Lo Wx Beijing 80/66 ra 67/62 ra Paris 79/60 s 72/62 ra Weather (Wx): cl/cloudy; mc/mostly Bremerton 64/58 mc 61/55 ra Spokane 76/51 pc 72/54 ra London 76/62 s 64/61 ra Rio de Janeiro 70/67 ra 74/68 ra cloudy; pc/partly cloudy; r/rain; rs/rain & Ocean Shores 66/59 mc 67/57 ra Tri Cities 79/56 s 78/59 cl Mexico City 75/59 ra 78/59 ra Rome 82/70 ra 79/70 ra snow; s/sunny; sh/showers; sn/snow; ss/snow showers; t/thunderstorms Olympia 68/57 mc 63/55 ra Wenatchee 78/59 s 70/53 ra Moscow 68/53 mc 69/53 s Sydney 76/64 ra 70/58 s • Main 3 LOCAL The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020 Lacamas Bridge in Vader to Open on Tuesday After Year-Long Closure

By The Chronicle The Lacamas Bridge in Va- der is set to reopen on Tuesday, Sept. 22, after being closed to be replaced for over a year. The bridge needed replacement because the former timber bridge, originally built in 1951, no longer met modern bridge standards. The bridge closed in June of 2019 and Farline Bridge, Inc. began work on replacing the bridge on June 18. Farline Bridge, Inc. was contracted for the project by the Washington State Department of Transpor- tation (WSDOT). “We appreciate the public’s patience in detouring around the closure while our crews worked to build the new bridge,” said WSDOT project engineer, Colin Newell. “While the original plan was to have the bridge open by the end of 2019, due to several unforeseen circum- stances, the reopening was de- layed and we thank travelers and community members for bearing with us.” The Lacamas Creek Bridge was the connection along SR 506 between the City of Vader and Interstate 5. Jared Wenzelburger / [email protected] “The newly constructed The newly constructed bridge sits over Lacamas Creek seen Saturday afternoon. bridge has a wider structure that includes pedestrian and bicycle travelers on Tuesday unless it is plete.” dards and widen the bridge to wsdot.com/traffic/trafficalerts/ access, improving the safety for postponed due to rain, but WS- The main priorities of the provide more biker and pedes- SouthWest.aspx and Lacamas all travelers,” stated a press re- DOT crews still have “additional bridge replacement project were trian accessibility. Creek Bridge project updates lease from WSDOT. weather-dependent work to fin- to provide a safe concrete bridge Travelers can get up-to-date at wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr506/ The bridge will be open to ish before the project is com- that meets current bridge stan- roadway information at www. lacamas-creek-bridge/home. ‘Titan,’ ‘Folk Hero’ and ‘American Patriot’: The Northwest Remembers Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By Jim Camden fought a hard fight against can- pared for months for a 1996 case The Spokesman-Review cer, and her legacy will continue before the U.S. Supreme Court . for many more generations.” Most U.S. circuits along the way Ruth Bader Ginsburg was Inslee called Ginsburg “one had ruled in his favor in a case being remembered throughout of the greatest American patri- that argued civil forfeiture and the Northwest Saturday as a ots to ever serve on the U.S. Su- criminal prosecution for the trailblazer, a champion of equal preme Court ... she was one of same offense violated double- rights, a tough questioner and a America’s greatest champions jeopardy protections in the U.S. brilliant jurist. for justice, in the truest sense of Constitution. But Ginsburg, who died Fri- the word.” In front of the nation’s high- day at age 87 from pancreatic Her legacy includes uphold- est court court, Finer faced a cancer, also was described as ing reproductive rights, fighting new line of tougher inquiries. a famous but friendly pop cul- to preserve the Voting Rights “She came up with questions ture icon who could awe visitors Act and enshrining equality that no one had asked before,” while putting them at ease. under the law for the LGBTQ Finer said. He recalled her ask- Gonzaga Law School Dean community, Inslee said. She was ing why the court should agree Jacob Rooksby recalled a trip a public servant who kept the with him, setting aside the some GU law students and country true to its purpose and premise that he thought he was alumni made to the Supreme her legacy will reshape America right. Court in November 2018 for a forever, no matter what happens He lost 9-0. swearing-in ceremony. They Courtesy Magnolia Pictures / CNN Films/TNS next, he added. “Even losing her vote — and had written the justices to ask Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg mid-workout in ‘RBG,’ a Magnolia Pictures movie. “Generations of Americans, I could tell I had lost it — I was if they could meet with any of from those who fought at her so impressed with her and the them after the day’s court busi- lumbia University tied for first a fellow Democrat, agreed. side for decades to young people questions she asked,” Finer said. ness and Ginsburg was one of in her class but couldn’t get a job “I believe the voice of the inspired by her guts and bril- “I found her refreshing, brilliant those who wrote back saying as a lawyer with a major firm. American people will be heard liance, will remember her as a and tough.” she’d be happy to meet. She was rejected for a Supreme to make sure we will honor the folk hero,” he said. He called her “a titan,” and a But shortly before the trip, Court clerkship because she was life, the career and the legacy of On the bench, she could be “true judge,” who had a profound Ginsburg was injured in a fall a woman. At her first teaching Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” Inslee tough, as Spokane attorney Jeff ability to explain complex and and Rooksby thought it wasn’t position at Rutgers she was told said in a statement released Fri- Finer recalled. profound legal concepts in ways likely she’d be available. she would be paid less than male day night. “As she once wrote, He and other attorneys pre- that people could understand. They had a great meeting colleagues because her husband ‘The greatest menace to freedom with John Roberts in a confer- had a good-paying job. is an inert people; that public ence room, and when the chief Later she co-founded the discussion is a political duty; justice left they assumed it was Women’s Rights Project with the and that this should be a funda- time to leave. But suddenly, American Civil Liberties Union, mental principle of the Ameri- without any fanfare, Ginsburg became its general counsel and can government.’” entered the room. was involved in a series of cases University of Idaho professor “It was like a superstar had ar- arguing that women and men of law Shaakirrah Sanders said ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL rived,” Rooksby remembered. should be treated equally on is- one of the early cases tackled by Hybrid Learning Plan - virtual instruction She was soft-spoken and at sues involving the military, So- the Women’s Rights Project ties and limited in-person instruction to begin that point quite frail. The stu- cial Security and jury duty. Ginsburg to Idaho. the 2020 school year. dents, alums and family mem- “She was a rock in how she Reed v. Reed challenged an (360) 748 - 0961 • [email protected] bers huddled around carefully. viewed equal rights,” said retired Idaho law that said men should She answered all their questions, Spokane County Superior Court be given preference over women 123 SW 6th St. Chehalis, WA 98532 CH607442jl.cg from points of jurisprudence to Kathleen O’Connor, who was in appointing administrators to how she felt about being a pop the first woman elected to that estates. It went all the way to the culture figure. judicial post in Spokane County. Supreme Court, where the jus- A spouse of one of the alums “She never waivered. She was tices issued a unanimous land- had an RBG action figure and dedicated to equal rights, par- mark ruling that the 14 Amend- asked if she would sign it. She ticularly for women.” ment forbids discrimination on said she was happy to do it. Still, Ginsburg, who was the basis of sex. “It was a remarkable capstone born in 1933, was “very much When she thinks about to the trip,” he said. a lady of her generation,” Ginsburg’s death, Sanders said Mike Anderson

Like many interviewed for O’Connor said. “She really tried she thinks about that connec- [email protected] CH607650jl.cg this story, Rooksby cited Gins- to work with people. She was not tion and legacy. 360-304-8595 burg’s work on equal rights as really combative...but she would Sanders teaches constitu- one of her legacies. He recalled not change her mind.” tional law, which can include her 1996 opinion in the case that When appointed to the U.S. race and gender. A Black wom- opened Virginia Military Insti- Supreme Court in 1993 she was an, Sanders said she equates tute, essentially striking down only the second woman to serve Ginsburg’s legacy to that of civil any law that denies women an as a justice. rights activist, lawyer and Su- LONGVIEW RADIOLOGISTS equal opportunity “simply be- Sen. Patty Murray, a Wash- preme Court Justice Thurgood cause they are women.” ington Democrat, was elected in Marshall. Spokane County Superior 1992, and Ginsburg was the first “For me that legacy of fight- Now offering Court Judge Maryann Moreno justice for whom she would vote. ing for equality and justice and said Ginsburg had a way of Friday night she was remember- equity is one I get to share every- ultrasound five speaking that was so compel- ing her friend, role model and day with students,” Sanders said. days a week at ling. In arguing cases before “North Star.” U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, an the court when it was made up “My heart is breaking for a Idaho Republican, also men- the Centralia of all men, most of them white, million reasons,” Murray said tioned her work on Reed v. Reed she explained to them that their in a prepared statement. “That to overturn sex-based discrimi- location. definition of equality was not fight for justice, which she led so nation as he looked back on equality for women. passionately for so long, is now Ginsburg’s career. (360) 736-0200 “Her work on the bench was ours to take up in her memory.” “While I did not agree with Longview longviewradiology.com excellent, of course, but I’ve al- Murray said she will work some of her opinions on matters Radiologists CH605025eh.cg P.S. Inc. 910 S. Scheuber Rd., ways been impressed by her sto- hard to make sure the presiden- of legal doctrine, I respect her MRI-Ultrasound Centralia, WA 98531 ry,” Moreno said. tial election is decided before her courage to hold steadfast to her Ginsburg studied law at Har- replacement is sworn in. beliefs.,” Crapo said in a state- Call us for Healthy Savings and compare prices! vard and graduated from Co- Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, ment released Friday night. “She Main 4 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020 LOCAL Cold Creek Fire Sees Improved Containment Over the Weekend Despite Growing an Additional 200 Acres

By Jackson Gardner highway, which won’t necessar- pelhof told The Chronicle a type [email protected] ily show up in the containment 2 incident management team numbers, but it does help secure would likely be coming in to re- Fire crews fighting the Cold “On Saturday we had some good rain come in, the fire and keep it away from the lieve the Southeast Washington Creek fire saw improvement to so that helped a little bit.” highway. their containment lines over the Interagency Management Team, The threat posed on houses a type 3 incident management weekend, despite the fire grow- Mick Mueller, near the fire remains unchanged ing an additional 200 acres from Southeast Washington Interagency Management Team team. The type 2 team would and a level 2 “be set” evacuation Friday to Saturday, according to have more resources to tackle the notice is still in place for the en- the Southeast Washington Inter- growing fire. agency Management Team. compassing area of Clear Lake However, due to better condi- in some respects. clear enough that helicopters and Rimrock Lake, as well as ar- As of Monday, the fire, which “On Saturday we had some could fly in and provide air sup- tions and less complexity of the has been burning approximately eas on both sides of Highway 12. fire, it was determined a type good rain come in, so that helped port on the fire over the weekend, Fifty households are still de- five miles east of the White Pass 2 team would be unnecessary, a little bit,” Mueller said. “With Mueller said. termined to be threatened by the summit, has burned 616 acres the moisture kind of dampen- “It allowed us to get closer to Mueller said. with 35 percent of it being con- fire. ing the fuels and then afterwards, the fire, get the fire line in clos- The most active portion of As of Monday morning, tained and 267 fire personnel kind of the next day, while we got er, work the more active parts of Highway 12 remains closed in working to contain it. the fire, according to Mueller, is a little more sunshine, that hu- the fire, kind of get some anchor both directions for about a five- According to Southeast Wash- northwest of the White Pass sum- mile stretch near the White Pass ington Interagency Management midity stayed up, and since it was points in,” Mueller said regarding mit burning into the wilderness. Team Public Information Offi- a cold front the humidity stayed the weather conditions. “Also, on Mueller said the priority for fire summit, Mueller said. cer Mick Mueller, the weekend’s up and the temperatures stayed Sunday night, we were able to do personnel right now is securing Mueller added that the Wash- weather — which did bring high lower, so that was a plus.” a burnout operation next to the the south, north and east flanks ington State Department of wind speeds and a lightning Mueller estimated that the highway.” of the fire because that is where Transportation would be discuss- storm that halted the entire relief area saw about a quarter to a half- Mueller explained that the the more populated areas are. ing opening up the highway by operation while it passed on Sat- inch of rainfall over the weekend. operation was to eliminate a lot On Friday, U.S. Forest Ser- Monday night, after The Chron- urday — lended a helping hand Additionally, the skies were of the unburned fuel near the vice spokesperson Heather Ap- icle’s press deadline News in Brief County Reports 17 cases are in County Commis- 152#, or by visiting Twin Tran- trol. Thurston County Ends sion District 1, 10 are in district sit’s website at twintransit.org/ Behind that vehicle, which New COVID-19 Cases 2 and one is in district 3. authority-board/. was driven by 51-year-old An- Week with 41 COVID-19 One person was in their 20s, drea Drewery, was a 2016 Jeep Over Weekend four in their 30s, one in their driven by 37-year-old Erik A. Cases, Lowest By The Chronicle 40s, three in their 50s, two in Driver Faces Vehicular Scott, of Olympia. Since June their 60s, one in their 70s and Scott’s vehicle struck the Al- On Saturday and Sunday, Homicide Charge By Rolf Boone Lewis County Public Health two in their 80s. tima, causing both vehicles to and Social Services reported On Sunday, two recoveries After Fatal Crash on leave the roadway to the left, ac- The Olympian a total of 17 new cases of CO- were also reported. Old Highway 99 cording to the state patrol. Thurston County ended the VID-19, bringing the county’s Dale Drewery was declared By The Chronicle week with 41 COVID-19 cases, total to 417 since March. Twin Transit Schedules deceased at the scene. Andrea the lowest weekly total since the No new cases were reported The Washington State Patrol Drewery was injured and trans- week of June 22, county health Friday. Next Virtual Board says drugs or alcohol are be- ported to Providence St. Peter data show. On Saturday, three new lieved to have been a factor in a Hospital. Although cases have de- cases were reported, with one Meeting for Sept. 29, crash that resulted in the death Scott, who was not injured, clined here, the state has not in each commissioner district. Public Is Invited to Join of a 54-year-old Olympia man is facing charges of vehicular seen a uniform statewide de- Two were in their 40s and one on Old Highway 99 in Thurston homicide, vehicular assault and cline, state Department of in their 50s. No additional re- By The Chronicle County on Saturday night. felony hit and run, according to Health officials said Sunday. coveries were reported. A re- Twin Transit will hold its Dale Drewery was a pas- the state patrol. “While we continue to see covery is considered to be a per- next board meeting virtually at senger in a 2007 Nissan Altima The cause of the crash re- some encouraging declines in son alive and not hospitalized 8 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 29. that was traveling northbound mains under investigation, case counts, it is clear we can- 28 days after their diagnosis. The meeting can be accessed on the roadway near Waldrick though the state patrol noted in not let our guard down,” said On Sunday, 14 new cases by calling 509-824-1900 and en- Road Southeast just after 9:30 a media release drugs or alcohol Secretary of Health John Wies- were reported. Three of the tering the ID number 302-123- p.m., according to the state pa- were involved in the crash. man in a statement. 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By mail outside the area or to another state chael A. Kauer, 47, of Centralia, ethic and restitution center. Of One month ...... $17.05 / $19.60 Man Arrested on Suspicion of in the 1100 block of South Mar- the 140 inmates in the general Hit and Run ket Boulevard on suspicion of population, 115 were male and Three months ...... $50.50 / $58.80 Violating Protection Order • At 4:03 p.m. on Sunday, po- disorderly conduct after he al- 25 were female and of the 13 in Six months ...... $99.15 / $115.40 • At 10:44 p.m. on Friday, police sent Andrew M. Kidd, 39, of legedly attempted to start a fight WERC, all 13 were female. One year ...... $194 / $227.45 Online subscriptions to chronline.com One day ...... $2 One month ...... $8 Researchers Attach Cameras to Pacific Northwest One year ...... $84 Print subscribers always have full access to chronline. Orcas, Revealing a Marvelous Underwater World com. Subscriptions are non-refundable but the printed subscriptions can be started and stopped for vacations or By Lynda V. Mapes eat while in their core summer ference. The northern residents populations. when extended breaks in service are requested. Balances The Seattle Times foraging ground? live in cleaner, quieter water with “We may find what people may be held on account or can be donated to Newspapers No one disputes that Chinook access to a greater variety of fish. suspect, or we may find there is in Education. For nearly a month the team salmon, the orcas’ primary sum- They are far more abundant than no difference (between the two has been at sea, marveling at the mer food, have declined over- the southern residents, with 310 populations), or that the south- BACK ISSUES prowess of southern and north- all. The more precise question is northern residents counted in ern residents have an easier time, Limited copies of back issues of The Chronicle are ern resident killer whales as they whether the orcas have enough 2019. The northerns also have which would be a real surprise,” follow the orcas’ foraging rounds, available at $1.75 per copy. Back issues greater than salmon to stay fed while in the been steadily increasing for de- Trites said. “But the point is to two weeks old are $2 per issue. using a drone and stick-on cam- Salish Sea, the transboundary cades, while the southern resi- find out, by gathering data and eras to record the daily lives of waters connecting the U.S. and dents are battling extinction. not just assume that food, and THE NEWSROOM orcas, even underwater. Canada, at this time of year. There are only 73 southern in particular food at this time of The surprises keep coming: For news tips, corrections or story ideas, please con- To find out, researchers have residents left, counting the new- year in this region, is the prob- How far the orcas, especially the tact the appropriate person listed below. followed the whales, filming est baby, born to Tahlequah, or lem.” EDITOR southern residents, travel in their them with a drone, and sticking hunt for salmon. How affection- J35, on Sept. 4. That birth in The stakes are high, with ex- Natalie Johnson ...... 807-8235 tags the size of a paperback book tinction stalking the southern ate the orca families are with one particular was a ray of hope for a [email protected] to the orcas with suction cups, mother whale who raised world- residents. “It would be tragic if another, constantly touching. Sports Editor transforming the orcas into vid- wide concern when her last calf we let them go extinct because And their incredible athleticism, eographers, recording their trav- Eric Trent ...... 807-8227 as orcas hunt down and kill their died after living only one half- we were blinded by our convic- els and hunts underwater. hour in the summer of 2018. She tions, and were not looking for [email protected] prey. The tags are loaded with de- Centralia and Chehalis City Government, “They are really efficient fish refused to let the calf go, travel- the problem in the right spot,” he tectors that record the sounds of ing for 17 days and more than said. Schools, South and West Lewis County slayers,” said Andrew Trites, the orcas: their breathes, clicks, Communities head of the Marine Mammal 1,000 miles with the dead calf. Even these experienced kill- buzzes and calls. They can track The new calf is healthy so er whale observers have been Celene Fitzgerald ...... 807-8245 Research Unit at the University the direction and speed of their [email protected] of British Columbia. He is lead- far, and is the third born to the astounded at the underwater movement in the dark to see how Crime, Courts, Fire, East Lewis County ing this team on a monthlong southern residents since 2019. world that has unfolded as the they dive, roll and sprint. They The scientific consensus, howev- whales carry a camera on their Communities research trip with eight others even film their social interac- er, is that the southern residents skin for hours or even days. The Jackson Gardner ...... 807-8208 packed aboard the Gikumi, a tions as they swim, play and hunt, remain at acute risk of extinction tag is designed to pop off and [email protected] 1954 wooden work boat. share food and touch. By day 27, the team had due to at least three main threats: float to the surface, where scien- Lewis County Government, South Thurston tracked the whales from the pollution, vessel noise and dis- tists retrieve it. County Communities northernmost end of Vancouver Southern Residents Struggle turbance, and lack of readily The team is posting their Claudia Yaw ...... 807-8230 Island to its southern tip; along The northern and southern available quality food. daily activity on Facebook, and [email protected] the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and resident orcas are the same ani- That last bit is what Trites and has already shared remarkable Photos out to the open ocean and back mal. But they differ in their pri- the team want to test. They seek videos and photos for the public Jared Wenzelburger ...... 807-8224 in their quest to get to this truth: mary foraging range. And that, to learn if there are differences in to enjoy. 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Normal in Nearly Every Jennifer Zuber THE CHRONICLE Jennifer Louise Zuber was Sales Manager Corner of Washington State born April 12, 1966 at the Centralia General Hospital, Brian Watson ...... 807-8215 By Hannah Furfaro Centralia Wash., to Joyce L. [email protected] Farland said — the second day (Knowles) Zuber and David F. The Seattle Times in a row the region has seen a Zuber. She was a healthy and decent amount of rain. happy child. LAFROMBOISE COMMUNICATIONS, INC Residents of nearly every cor- More is expected. A couple Jennifer went to school in ner of Washington were finally Olympia, Wash., and graduated Regional Executive Editor of wet systems are expected from Capitol High School in Eric Schwartz ...... 807-8217 able to breathe easy on Sunday to move into Washington on the Willows program. She had [email protected] as smoke began to clear on the Wednesday and Friday. On many friends and loved them all. Jennifer worked 27 years Printing and Distribution ...... 807-8716 East side of the state. Westerly Wednesday, 1 to 3 inches of rain through Lewis County Work winds on Saturday swept away is expected to fall in the moun- Opportunities mostly assigned Sign Pro Project Manager the smoke from the state’s West tains; Seattle and surrounding to Aluminite Northwest Inc. Mandy Klemola ...... 736-6322 side. She loved her job, had a great [email protected] areas can expect a half inch to 1 work ethic. She hardly missed “Just about every sensor in inch, McFarland said. a day of work in that long time. FAX NUMBERS Washington state has good air The rain should keep smoke Jennifer competed in Special quality except for three up in Olympics. She bowled, she Advertising Fax ...... 736-1568 from California and Oregon loved to dance, and loved to travel with her family. Music was huge in the northeast corner of the state wildfires from creeping up to her life. Classified/Circulation Fax ...... 807-8258 which have moderate,” said Washington, McFarland said. Jennifer was preceded in death by her mother, Joyce. She is survived Obituaries ...... 807-8258 Mike McFarland, meteorologist by her brothers, Jeff Zuber and Mark Zuber; her father David; and Roberta It took a “special set of circum- Field who she called her second mother; special cousins, Laura Lee Ball, Newsroom Fax ...... 736-4796 for the National Weather Ser- stances” to bring it past the Tracey Hall, and Shari Haskins. vice office in Seattle, on Sunday. state’s borders over the past few Sincere Thank You to the nurses at Centralia Providence Hospital for 132nd VOLUME, 29th ISSUE “But, after having unhealthy air, weeks. their very compassionate care of Jennifer. She could not have had better THE CHRONICLE (USPS - 142260) moderate probably seems pretty care. “I think now that it’s out of Jennifer’s funeral service will be graveside at Mt. View POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Chronicle, good over there.” here there will be some hand- Cemetery, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 at 1 PM. 321 N. Pearl St., Centralia, WA 98531. The Seattle metro area got a wringing,” he said. “It’s not go- To view the obituary, please go to chronline.com/obituaries. The Chronicle is published three times a week at 321 N. Pearl St., trace to two-thirds of an inch of ing to come back like it did be- Centralia, WA, 98531-0580. Periodicals postage paid at: Centralia, rain over the past 24-hours, Mc- fore.” WA and at additional mailing offices.

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Plus, he’s Pack’s Running Back not only dreamed of playing college football since he was little, Coach but he wants to eventually reach By Eric Trent the NFL someday, as well. “It’s a really big step in the [email protected] right direction for me,” Hickle TENINO — When Universi- said. “This is a really big mile- ty of Nevada football reached out stone. It’s really great. Getting to Takari Hickle on Aug. 27 ask- the offer has made me more ad- ing him to fill out its recruiting justed to the fact that this will be questionnaire, he didn’t think a my future.” whole lot of it. The University of Nevada, lo- Sure Hickle, a soon-to-be ju- cated in Reno, currently has four nior at Tenino High School, was commits from the class of 2022. a star defensive end for the Bea- The Wolf Pack went 7-6 overall vers his sophomore year in 2019, and 4-4 in the Mountain West earning first-team all-1A Ever- Conference in 2019, highlight- green honors. But what would a ed by a comeback victory over Division-I football team really Big Ten Conference foe Purdue. want from a Class 1A football They qualified for the Famous player from a rural town of 1,800 Photo courtesy of Heidi Russell Idaho Potato Bowl, a 30-21 loss people in Washington state? Tenino junior Takari Hickle, a 3-star prospect, was a ﬁ rst-team 1A-Evergreen League defensive lineman in 2019. to Ohio. There are no plans for More than he ever imagined. a football season this fall as the There was only one problem. “I was in shock,” Hickle said. NCAA announced on Aug. 12 mention offensive line pick as a Mountain West board of direc- “Every single time I tried to “It was crazy. It’s everything I’ve that it was extending its recruit- freshman. It’s with cleats and a tors voted to postpone 2020 fall do it, my phone would glitch ever wanted in life. I was so ing dead period to Sept. 30. A helmet on that he’s most happy. sports on Aug. 10 due to the CO- out,” Hickle said. “I felt really shocked about it. It still blows my dead period is a time when “a “I love everything about it,” VID-19 pandemic. bad because I didn’t want them mind that this happened.” college coach may not have face- Hickle said. “I want to make my Hickle hasn’t committed yet to think I was ignoring them or It was Hickle’s first scholar- to-face contact with college- future out of it. It’s kind of every- and plans to wait and see what something.” ship offer, and he wasn’t expect- bound student-athletes or their thing I live for.” happens next as he has two full After two weeks and still no ing it to be from a Division-I pro- parents, and may not watch What he most likes about years of high school ball left. He form from Hickle, the Wolf Pack gram. Only about 2 percent of student-athletes compete or visit football, which he’s been playing wants to keep his options open went on the offensive. On Sept. high school athletes are awarded their high schools. Coaches may since he was little, is the energy and think things through before 11, Nevada running back coach athletics scholarships to com- write and telephone student- and the team aspect of it. making a life-changing decision. Vai Taua, who had played with pete in college, according to the athletes or their parents during “Once you put your cleats on For now, he’ll just revel in his Colin Kaepernick at Nevada NCAA. a dead period,” according to the and get on that field, there’s no newly-borne future and prepare from 2007-10 and later with the Hickle, at 6-foot-4, 230 NCAA’s official definition. other feeling in the world like for basketball this winter, where Seattle Seahawks’ practice squad pounds, is rated a 3-star strong Hickle was a captain on both it,” Hickle said. “All the problems he hopes to lead the Beavers to in 2011, asked Hickle for his cell- side defensive end by 247Sports. the Beavers’ football and basket- and stuff you go through is gone. state as a returning captain. phone number. Two hours later, He is the 25th-ranked prospect ball teams. He was the starting All you’ve got to do is lay your “I know for a fact that Nevada Hickle received the call of a life- in Washington and the 46th- center for the basketball team in heart out on the field, and I think will always have a place with me time. Taua offered him a scholar- rated strong side defensive end 2019, averaging a team second- there’s something really special because they’re the first,” Hickle ship to come play football for the in the nation for the class of 2022. best 12.9 points per game. On about a sport that can make you said. “And I think that’s pretty Wolf Pack. His offer comes after the the field, he was an honorable- feel that way.” special.”

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News in Brief Rochester Friends and Leaders of the Washington The organizations also cios Isidra said her parents lost some expressed concern about State League of United Latin urged the Federal Emergency all their possessions, including working the fields while air Neighbors Still Selling American Citizens (LULAC), Management Agency to assess two cars and their mobile home, quality is still poor. Others told Raffle Tickets for Pickup Latino Community Fund of the region as a disaster area and and have been staying with stories about struggles to main- Washington and residents of provide mobile homes. relatives since Labor Day. Her tain social distancing in emer- Truck, Raising Funds for Bridgeport and other Doug- “Who are we going to be parents have lived and worked gency shelters. Community Tragedies, las County towns where fires holding accountable for the lack in Bridgeport for more than a “We’re the ones on the front ripped through this month of information, masks and mis- decade; her mother packs ap- line and bearing the brunt of Traumatic Events made the plea during a Sunday treatment and disrespect of our ples and her father works in the call with reporters. community? Is it our state, is it fields. Her parents and siblings climate (change) and all the By The Chronicle It’s unclear how many labor and industry or is it the are now living in a donated injustices that happen to farm- Volunteers with Rochester families have been affected, employers? 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Columnists, Our Views, Richard Lafromboise, Publisher, 1966-1968 Kim Proffit, Chief Operating Officer J.R. Lafromboise, President, 1968-2011 Eric Schwartz, Regional Executive Editor Opinion Letters to the Editor Jenifer Lafromboise Falcon, Chairman Natalie Johnson, Editor COMMENTARY: Highlighting Lewis County Historic Lindeman Home May Be Preserved After All

A decade ago, I wrote about a historic wooden house alongside U.S. Highway 12 near the Ethel store slowly falling into disrepair. When nobody stepped forward to fix the two-story pioneer home built in 1886 by German immigrant Paul C. Lindeman, I feared yet another historic site would sim- By Julie McDonald ply fade away. That is, until I received an email this week from Onalaska’s Bryce Blair. He and his father, Rob, purchased Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle the White Pass Highway proper- This two-story pioneer home built in 1886 by German immigrant Paul C. Linde- ty from the Perry family in 2018. man. “Last weekend we cleared all built without nails still stands. the brush away from it,” Bryce save it if possible,” Blair wrote. “I Blair wrote. “It’s in pretty tough A historic marker in a stone think it would have to be taken shape now.” block in front of the house down and ‘rebuilt.’” recounts the significance of More than a century ago, The porch is gone. Tar paper A historic marker at the Lindeman house. covering the dilapidated roof the Lindeman House, which that’s how the St. Helens Club has peeled back from the edges, “possesses particular value in in Chehalis restored the nearby Matilda Jackson and her sons, Paul Lindeman was born in commemorating or illustrat- historic Jackson House at Mary’s leaving holes in the corners with Barton and John Koontz, who January 1841 in Kreupe, Ger- exposed wood. Boards block the ing American history.” It was Corner, which was literally fall- many, grew up around the placed on the Washington State ing down by 1915. Workers pre- crossed the Oregon Trail in 1847, narrow windows. Weather has Hamburg docks, and signed on faded much of the once-white Register of Historic Places Feb. served as much of the original probably considered Lindeman as a cabin boy at 15, traveling to trim to gray. 25, 1977. wood as possible, including the a newcomer when he arrived in Yet the 134-year-old house “We would like to try and steep staircase. the mid-1880s. please see MCDONALD, page Main 13

Other Views No Student Should Be Left Behind by Remote Learning The Seattle Times Philanthropy, private busi- While many of the state’s ness and other community students settle into new routines partners have stepped in to of remote learning, thousands help close the technology gap still don’t have the devices or for Washington students. All In connectivity they need to learn Washington is raising funds to online. That’s unacceptable. help close the digital divide and Basic education is the con- support remote learning. It was stitutional right of every child kickstarted by a $1.25 million in Washington. When students pledge from Microsoft. Amazon don’t have the essential tools for CEO Jeff Bezos has vowed to learning — regardless of wheth- match individual donations to er public school instruction this digital equity initiative up happens remotely, in traditional to $1 million per unique donor. classrooms or some shifting This admirable effort is sure to combination of the two — that make a difference in the coming right is compromised. weeks. Letters Even though school dis- But what about the longer tricts and state leaders have had term? The pandemic has clearly Vote for New Leadership of the Democratic and Republi- debates in 1960. months to prepare for this un- shown that student access to can parties will hold the first of There were four of these de- usual fall semester, somewhere technology is essential, not a From Long, Biden three televised debates. Forensic bates. The most influential was between 12 and 21 percent of luxury. As such, it calls for a Once the pandemic passes, encounters have been a staple of the first, which was held in Chi- Washington K-12 students still sustainable, secure source of we will need to refocus on the our presidential campaigns in cago on Sept. 26, 1960. do not have the technology or funding — no small task during long-term issues that confront recent decades and often have Nixon recently had had a internet connectivity required these uncertain times. our country. In my opinion, been decisive. lengthy hospitalization for a se- for remote learning, the Office And as districts are learn- the largest of these are climate While the era of mass com- vere knee injury, and his appear- of the Superintendent of Public ing, remote online instruction change, access to health care, munications began in the 1920s ance remained thin, haggard Instruction estimates. is about more than distributing the widening wealth gap and with the advent of radio, there and out of sorts. Even worse, he The greatest shortcoming laptops and wifi hotspots. It social justice. were no broadcast debates be- had banged this same knee on is in access to broadband. State requires ongoing support and Throughout her time in Con- tween presidential nominees at a car door while en route to the officials estimate that only systemwide change. This makes gress, Jaime Herrera Beutler has that time. Calvin Coolidge never debate, and was in heightened about 78 percent of students had a new grant-funded position not been a leader in addressing debated John W. Davis, nor did agony. So alarming was Nixon’s consistent access to a reliable in Seattle Public Schools worth any of these vital issues. Instead, Herbert Hoover with Al Smith demeanor that Chicago Mayor internet connection last spring. watching. Tableau Foundation she has consistently supported or Franklin Roosevelt with Alf Richard Daley remarked that he This fall, that number is a mere has provided the $200,000 grant President Donald Trump, who Landon, Wendell Willkie or looked “embalmed.” 83 percent to fund the new digital equity has tried to undo any progress Thomas Dewey. Nixon’s diffident verbal man- About 6 percent still need manager, who will be charged that has been made in the past. Television surpassed radio ner only made matters worse. learning devices like tablets or both with identifying and align- For new leadership, please vote as the preeminent means of The tanned and confident Ken- laptop computers. That’s a big ing resources to meet immediate for Carolyn Long for Congress mass communications in the nedy mopped the floor with improvement over March, when needs and identifying long-term, and Joe Biden for president immediate aftermath of World the vice president, and probably only about two-thirds of the systemic improvements to make War II. By the early 1950s, small, would have lost the election oth- state’s students had access to remote online learning a reality Michael Woods black-and-white TVs with either erwise. a device. Still, 6 percent is too for every student in the district. Longview ‘rabbit ears’ or rooftop aerials Mindful of Nixon’s fate, many. If this position works as in- held pride of place in most of the future presidential nominees These figures are only es- tended, crossing classroom and Presidential Debate nation’s living rooms. avoided debates until 1976, timates. OSPI created them by building boundaries to connect Obviously, this new elec- when beleaguered incumbent combining data from a number each student to remote learn- Promises to Be ‘Bumpy tronic medium had unique and Gerald Ford publicly challenged of sources, including district re- ing, it could be a model for other Night’ tremendous potential for public Jimmy Carter to a series of ver- opening plans, an August digital districts in ensuring remote in- enlightenment. The realization bal duels. The arrangements access survey and surveys construction isn’t leaving some kids On Sept. 29, in Cleveland, of this led to the famous John ducted last spring. behind. Ohio, the presidential nominees F. Kennedy/Richard M. Nixon please see LETTERS, page Main 12

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By Evan Bush avoid gatherings. “Human be- several tweaks to its reporting have come back positive). But, as dashboard a new metric -- test- The Seattle Times havior is driving transmission of COVID-19 data and applied the pandemic wears on, that fig- ing per capita -- which will help changes.” them retroactively. It was the lat- ure has become less important. officials examine and compare Things are looking better to No single behavior change est in a series of adjustments to Instead, the health department people’s access to testing across those of us who track the rise likely accounts for the reduc- its methodology that the agency highlights a seven-day average geographic areas. and fall of COVID-19 cases in tion in transmission. Instead, the hopes will give a more accurate positivity rate, which makes it And on Aug. 28, the state earnest. Daily confirmed case health department attributes the picture of the virus’s presence in easier to spot changes and trends. stopped reporting deaths from counts, hospitalizations and improvement to a combination of Washington. Since the pandemic began, COVID-19 on weekends. deaths have all dropped since factors such as wearing face cov- Because some people are get- the task of compiling COVID-19 “We made that decision due to spiking in July. The percentage of erings, limiting social gatherings ting tested multiple times, the data has been beset with prob- resource challenges at the state positive test results, averaged over and keeping physical distance in state is now counting the number lems as health departments na- and local level. Many medical a week, stood at about 3.3 percent public. Gov. Jay Inslee required of tests administered rather then tionwide scrambled to tweak certifiers and public health of- in early September. That figure people to wear face coverings in the number of people tested. health reporting systems to han- ficials we need to reconcile the spiked to nearly 6 percent in mid- public starting on June 26, as cas- “We feel that is a more ac- dle all the metrics needed to track count don’t work on the week- July, according to state data. The es trended higher. curate representation of testing the new virus. In Washington, an ends,” Wasserman said. state’s goal is 2 percent The encouraging drop in the volume,” said Wasserman, who is initial flood of data overwhelmed Dealing with resource con- “We are pleased to see the test- state’s positivity rate is one sign leading the health department’s the state’s disease reporting straints has been a theme at the ing positivity rate come down. transmission is slowing, but per- COVID-19 data efforts. The system, and then, a computer DOH. The pandemic’s magni- We know the number of cases haps more importantly, the fig- change will also help standardize workaround caused the state to tude has forced the department are decreasing across the state,” ure indicates that statewide test- Washington data for comparison double-count negative test results to reshape its data systems. Was- said Dr. Cathy Wasserman, a ing is keeping up with the rate of with other states, she said. for two months. Those problems, serman said the agency is cur- state epidemiologist with the De- the virus’s spread. Counting tests this way and several others, have been rently processing “more labs in partment of Health (DOH), who The health department also dropped the state’s overall, all- corrected. one day from COVID-19 than we added that people must remain is counting tests differently. The time positivity rate (the percent- Washington state also has were previously processing in a vigilant, keep their distance and department in late August made age of all tests in Washington that added to its COVID-19 data month” for other conditions.

Why Washington State’s Guidelines to Open Schools Are More Cautious Than Others By Hannah Furfaro in nursing homes and prisons. The Seattle Times Justice called the tweaks “a real innovation from the Har- The numbers seemed “in- vard model, particularly when it credibly low.” comes to opening schools.” Tsai That’s how high schooler Ade- called them “inappropriate” and line Roza felt when she learned emphasized the importance of in August that her school would maintaining transparency. After use Washington’s recommended receiving an onslaught of criti- thresholds for determining when cism, Justice backtracked last to resume classes in person. week. Her private school’s decision Examples like West Virginia fit with guidance from Wash- reveal how fraught and complex ington’s top health officials. But it is to tie COVID-19 data to Roza, a senior at Seattle Prepa- policy decisions — even when ratory School, wondered what relatively objective metrics exist, was behind the numbers. So she such as HGHI’s and those from started pulling public health doc- the Centers for Disease Control uments from West Coast states and Prevention. and a handful of others. HGHI’s metrics didn’t make What she found surprised her: it into West Coast state guide- States are using vastly different lines, and 23 states have no pub- metrics to gauge when and how lic health benchmarks at all tied to reopen schools, and Washing- to school reopenings. Four of ton seemed to be among the most those states — Texas, Arkansas, cautious. Florida and New Jersey — actu- Roza’s findings were support- ally order in-person instruction ed by a national study: Nearly regardless of coronavirus trans- half of states have no clear health mission rates, CRPE found. benchmarks to guide reopen- The lack of coordination and ing, the Seattle-based Center on spread of requirements is feed- Reinventing Public Education ing into the current “crisis of (CRPE) found. Washington was confidence” and political fervor one of the few to provide clear around reopening schools, said guidelines that tied case counts Jochim. to in-person classes. And Wash- Washington has done a good ington’s guidelines are far more job making its recommenda- careful than what a panel of nations clear compared to other tional researchers has recom- places, she said. But the lack of mended. consistency with other states “That’s when I realized ... that will subject its guidelines to it doesn’t really look like I’m go- scrutiny beyond its control. ing back to school any time soon,” “I can’t say if it’s the right set she said. of benchmarks,” said Jochim. A majority of Washington’s “The consequences are stark — students have been away from Jared Wenzelburger / [email protected] a more conservative standard classrooms for more than half a A student protests with adults at a rally Thursday afternoon in Chehalis. means schools will remain year, though some large districts, closed for longer. The looser one including Bellevue and Tacoma, could contribute to a loosening are considering a partial return. classes — fewer than 25 daily districts and private schools don’t leaders were surprised by the di- cases per 100,000 residents — is have to follow them, and some versity of state responses. of the pandemic (response). At They’re making decisions based the very least, we need to see on a reopening road map Gov. roughly five times higher than are choosing not to. Other forces, “There was an incredibly Washington’s. such as teachers union negotia- broad range, which I think pret- more of a discussion around Jay Inslee and state health offi- these standards.” cials released in August: “The fact that Washington tions and pressure from families, ty much told us we didn’t really • Schools shouldn’t open, they state is more conservative is not play a significant role in reopen- know in terms of what would Taking Action ing decisions. recommended, if they are located a bad thing — the goal is to get be the best option,” Lofy said. In Washington, school clo- Most of the state’s counties in “high risk” counties, which lower and lower new cases per “But we opted for a cautious ap- sure policies are slowly loosening. were considered “high risk” at the they defined as having more than day,” said Dr. Thomas Tsai, as- proach.” When Pierce County moved time of Inslee’s announcement. 75 cumulative cases per 100,000 sistant professor of health policy To help standardize these from “high risk” to “moderate And by the start of the school residents over a two-week period. and management at Harvard metrics, Tsai, colleagues at the risk” as case counts fell in early year, districts tended to follow • In areas with fewer cases, University’s T.H. Chan School of Harvard Global Health Institute September, public health of- the state’s voluntary guideposts: considered “moderate risk,” dis- Public Health. (HGHI) and other institutions ficials wrote to school leaders Only a handful of the state’s 300- tricts could consider bringing But what went into the state’s used disease modeling and ex- that they could consider bring- plus school systems decided to risk calculus in deciding when pert consensus to come up with ing elementary students back to back elementary schoolers and reopen in person, state education school should resume as usual? a set of risk levels that could be school buildings. School districts those with disabilities; in “low department data shows. risk” areas, older students, who Unlike most other corners of used across states. When daily responded swiftly: the same day, are more prone to being infected public life — business, transpor- Cautious Approach case counts dropped below 25, a majority of the county’s dis- by coronavirus, could come back tation, religion — schools were At the same time Lofy and they said, schools could consider tricts, including Tacoma Public under a hybrid of in-person and left out of Inslee’s four-stage re- other states were devising plans, bringing some students back Schools, issued a joint statement remote learning. opening plan. When to reopen a group of researchers at Har- — primarily those in younger with their intention to draft re- When they first began to schools has been left up to each vard and other universities grades, and those with disabili- opening plans. consider reopening guidelines, county and school district, un- watched closely. ties — if they were able to take Last week, Tacoma made its Washington officials convened like Oregon and California, “There was a lot of confusion several safety precautions. plans official. Children in pre- teachers, advocacy groups, school where the benchmarks are legally at that time with state reopening When making such a deci- K through second grade will leaders and others. They weighed binding. plans,” said Tsai, who was one sion, the researchers said, states return for part-time in-person the academic and mental health “We’ve always felt this is really of several researchers following should also consider the rate of learning no sooner than Sept. 28. consequences of keeping chil- a local decision,” Dr. Kathy Lofy, states’ decisions. people who test positive for the Tacoma officials say the shifts dren away from school buildings the state’s health officer, said in One of the most confus- coronavirus, hospitalizations in guidance over the summer — against the risks of spiking infec- an interview. “This is one of the ing issues: States weren’t using and whether case counts are go- including initial direction from tion rates and harming school hardest decisions we’ve all had to uniform measures when they ing up — factors Washington the state’s superintendent in June, employees by opening class- consider during this pandemic.” reported coronavirus incidence, officials also urged districts to and the newest statements from rooms too early. Officials then Other states have also de- which refers to new cases in a account for. local health officials — have looked at what happened when ferred authority on reopening population over time. While “That was really the goal: to caused stress and confusion. other countries reopened schools. for schools, which have a long Washington was looking at cu- provide actionable data to in- “For heaven’s sake I hope They asked disease modelers. history of local control by school mulative case counts over two form policymakers,” Tsai said. families out there cut their And they checked to see what boards, said CRPE’s Ashley Jo- weeks, some states reported cas- The research made national school districts some slack and neighboring states and those fur- chim, the lead researcher on the es over shorter or longer periods. news and has been cited in some give them a little grace because ther afield were planning. recent report examining state re- Other states chose to calculate states’ reopening plans — but we’ve been pulled in multiple Washington state’s metrics opening guidelines. daily averages. Some, like New not Washington’s. different directions at different are in the middle compared to its “There’s a perceived power- York, are basing their guidelines In West Virginia, Gov. Jim times as the authorities have West Coast neighbors: more cau- lessness around education and a on the percentage of positive Justice said the state’s COVID-19 changed their guidance on what tious than California, looser than deference to locals that we haven’t coronavirus tests, an indicator risk model was inspired by we should be doing to serve Oregon. It appears much more seen in other parts of the pan- of how widespread infection is HGHI’s. But the state’s param- kids,” said Dan Voelpel, the dis- careful when compared with demic,” said Jochim. in a community. Attempts to eters for reopening schools were trict’s spokesperson. “It’s been some Midwest and Eastern states At the end of the day, the compare one state’s policy to an- far more relaxed than HGHI’s, frustrating for us and I can only such as Connecticut, where the state’s recommendations are just other’s were difficult. and excluded certain cases from imagine how frustrating it is for bar for restarting some in-person that: recommendations. School Like Roza, Washington state its overall counts, such as those our families.” Main 10 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020 NORTHWEST Thurston Commissioner Asked for Candidate’s Private Information From County HR Department By Sara Gentzler challenge. A judge recently dis- the request so he could put the The Olympian missed it and required Pettit to Social Security number issue to pay Mejia’s attorney’s fees and rest. Thurston County Commis- costs. “My whole career has been sioner Gary Edwards, who’s cur- gathering facts” and deliberat- rently running for re-election, ing based on those facts, he said has confirmed he asked county ‘My Whole Career has Been Gathering Facts’ in another phone interview. Human Resources for at least Auditor Hall told The part of the Social Security num- Edwards told The Olympian Olympian that Canvassing ber of Carolina Mejia, a can- he couldn’t remember how he Board meetings are considered didate for another seat on the learned of the allegations against special meetings, meaning only commission. Mejia, but that it was likely from items on the agenda can be dis- He made the request last an Olympian article, talking to cussed. The only items on the month, amid allegations ques- Pettit at a commission meeting hypothetical agenda for this tioning Mejia’s U.S. citizenship. or information Pettit provided meeting would’ve related to the Mejia, a Democrat who the county. The Olympian pub- recount. handily won the District 1 pri- lished its first article about the But Edwards said, having mary, works as a judicial assis- Jared Wenzelburger / [email protected] allegations online the morning never sat on the Canvassing tant at Thurston County Supe- Thurston County Commissioner Gary Edwards speaks during a rally in support of of Aug. 20, but Edwards said he Board, he’s not familiar with the rior Court. The HR department law enforcement last month in Olympia. doesn’t read the paper online. issues that come up. He thought did not provide Edwards with This would’ve been his first it was up to the Canvassing her private information, accord- is drafting a policy that will in final results, was considering time sitting on the Canvassing Board to verify “everything is on ing to Edwards. address the broader context making such a request. If he had, Board, he said, and it “came the up and up,” he said. Edwards, who’s running as around requests like this. the Canvassing Board would’ve about in a rush.” Commissioners Hutchings, an Independent to keep his Dis- had to meet Friday, Aug. 21, to He thought the number an Independent, and Menser, a trict 2 seat, said the request was What Led to Edwards’ Request set a meeting for the following would’ve been a simple way to Democrat, both said they would not politically motivated and week to conduct the recount, ac- show the allegations were “ma- not have requested Mejia’s in- that he made the request only The allegations against Mejia cording to Auditor Hall. larkey,” he said. He also planned formation nor would they have after County Manager Ramiro were launched the week of Aug. The county Canvassing to check with HR that they assumed the Canvassing Board Chavez asked him to serve on 16, in a letter resident Jon Pet- Board certifies elections and would know if something was would discuss the issue. the county Canvassing Board in tit emailed to the Canvassing recounts, rules on voter registra- off with an employee’s Social Se- “Absolutely not would I ever his seatmates’ stead. Board. tion challenges, and addresses curity number. have delved into that, because He thought he’d put the is- Pettit, a supporter of third- questions regarding voter eli- “I believe all public policy de- that’s not the purpose of sit- sue to rest, he said. place District 1 candidate Bud gibility for voter challenges. It’s cisions should be based on the ting on the Canvassing Board,” “Otherwise, I’m trying to stay Blake and frequent participant made up of the county auditor, most information you can get,” Hutchings said. “You’re certify- as far away from this controver- in local government affairs, al- county prosecutor and chair of he said. ing the election, not certifying sy as I can stay,” Edwards said. leged Mejia was not a U.S. citi- He asked HR staff whether whether the people are qualified “Obviously, that didn’t work very zen and ineligible to run for the Board of Commissioners or their designees. there was any reason he couldn’t to run for election. That’s not well.” office, based on an investiga- see “at least a portion of Caroli- my job.” Mejia told The Olympian tive report he’s said he commis- Commissioner Tye Menser had been sitting on the board, na’s Social Security number,” he When he found out about that, when she found out Ed- sioned from Lacey-based Cicero said. When staff said the infor- Edwards’ request, Hutchings wards had made the request, she Intel through an unnamed third and Commissioner John Hutch- ings has served on the board mation was protected, he asked said, he was “appalled.” found it “really disappointing,” party. if they could call the county Hutchings has also strongly especially since she’d already He questioned the validity of in the past. But, according to County Manager Ramiro prosecutor’s office for legal condemned Pettit’s actions in an turned in documents verifying Mejia’s Social Security number advice, according to Edwards, interview with The Olympian her citizenship to county Audi- as part of his allegations. Blake Chavez, Menser was scheduled to be out of the office the week since he’d need it the next morn- and endorsed Mejia to take his tor Mary Hall. has said he wasn’t aware of Pet- ing to “clear this issue up.” District 1 seat. “I am disappointed that tit’s allegations at the time, and of Aug. 24, when the recount would take place. And the re- He doesn’t remember the Asked his proactive response Commissioner Edwards re- Pettit has told The Olympian date, but it was likely Aug. 20, to the predictable accusation sorted to this,” Mejia said. “Like he also supports Republican C count was in the district where Hutchings ran for re-election, so the day of the deadline for re- that his actions went hand-in- any other employee of Thurston Davis, who finished second in count requests and the day be- hand with racist allegations County, I expect that sensitive District 1 and has since been he couldn’t sit in. Menser told The Olympi- fore the potential Canvassing against Mejia, Edwards said information be protected and embroiled in his own set of con- Board meeting. an he could’ve connected to a that’s “certainly not” the case. that elected officials do not vio- troversies. There was never an answer Zoom meeting remotely — like “I thought ‘Well, I’ll just go late this confidence. Identity Local and state Democrats from the prosecuting attorney’s he did for a work session Aug. 25 ask and that takes care of that theft is a serious crime, and as a immediately condemned Pet- office about the protected status, — but he asked for Edwards to piece of it,’” Edwards said. “It’ll former law enforcement officer, tit’s accusations as racist and an he said, and he was told later the be gone. One less thing to worry fill in as a courtesy, so he could Commissioner Edwards — he’s example of “birtherism,” and same day the Canvassing Board about. I’ve got nothing against spend time with his family dur- aware of this.” Auditor Hall said Mejia had sent wasn’t convening anyway. this young lady. I’m certainly ing his week off. Both of his fellow commis- her documentation showing “I’m OK with that, and now I not racist.” Chavez said he asked Ed- sioners say they would not have she’s a naturalized citizen and know that those issues are pro- In phone calls with The wards Aug. 19 to serve on the made the same request, and that holds a U.S. passport. tected,” Edwards said. “I didn’t Olympian, Edwards began voic- it doesn’t align with the role of Results for the August pri- board. know that until I went and ing suspicion, questioning why the Canvassing Board. Auditor mary election were certified the Blake ultimately did not ask asked.” he was asked to be on the Can- Hall confirmed the topic would same week, on Aug. 18, starting for a recount ahead of the Aug. It was a “simple conversa- vassing Board in the first place, not have been discussed at the a two-day countdown for candi- 20 deadline, so the Canvassing tion,” he said, and he didn’t try in light of what happened at the Canvassing Board meeting Ed- dates to request a recount. Board did not meet. to hide having it. next commission work session. wards is referring to. Bud Blake, who came in 165 Pettit has since brought his When asked why he felt he Commissioner Menser said Now, the county manager votes behind second-place Davis allegations to court as a ballot needed the information, after he heard from “more than Auditor Hall had already said one source” that Edwards had Mejia sent her documents veri- sought Mejia’s information from fying citizenship, he said he’s HR within days of it happening. not sure when he became aware He assumed it was connected You deserve a better of what Hall had seen. 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By Jim Brunner The Seattle Times LOREN CULP ON THE REPUBLIC, Ferry County ISSUES — On the dusty, unpaved road leading to Loren Culp’s house, By Jim Brunner a no trespassing sign calls out a The Seattle Times warning to “all public officials or Here are Republican candidate agents thereof.” Loren Culp’s positions on some of Quoting the U.S. Constitu- issues in the 2020 gubernatorial tion, the sign declares any officer race, drawn from interviews and or person who attempts to enter his campaign website: COVID-19: Culp would reopen the property without a warrant schools and businesses and end “will be treated as any other in- mask mandates. “You know, the truder would” when attempting elderly are the most vulnerable. to “extort, injure, oppress, threat- And we need to protect those en, harass, intimidate ...” people, but I’m not worried about In case that isn’t clear enough, catching the virus. 99.8 percent of people recover from it.” visitors may consider the mes- Climate change: Culp down- sage in the road’s name, which plays climate change and opposes Culp picked himself: Goa Way. government efforts to subsidize The prickly pun fits with the clean energy. “I don’t want gov- platform of the small-town police ernment picking winners or losers chief running as the Republican in the energy sector ... the free en- terprise system is great at finding challenger to Democratic Gov. solutions.” Jay Inslee. A proud conservative Drugs: Attributing the home- who rose to prominence for re- Jared Wenzelburger / [email protected] lessness crisis to addiction, Culp fusing to enforce a voter-passed Candidate for Washington State Governor Loren Culp smiles while speaking to crowds during a ‘Victory Protest’ in Brush supports arrests and mandatory treatment. “The left says that it’s gun-control initiative, Culp says Prairie on Friday. government should be small and not compassionate, to put an ad- dict in jail. But I found exactly the mostly butt out of people’s lives. getting a GED. 17-year-old girl who said a male signs he will reshape or soft-sell opposite of being true. ... It takes That means few or no re- that boot in the butt to get people strictions on firearms — Culp Culp said he was bored with relative had been sexually mo- his positions to appeal to the headed down the right path.” doesn’t support a ban on bump school. He had been working lesting her since she was 5. moderate-to-liberal voters in the Unions: Unlike some conserva- stock devices, which allow rifles in construction and wanted “to The lawsuit states Culp and a populous Puget Sound region, tives, Culp expresses support for learn things that would help me Ferry County deputy did not be- who determine statewide elec- unions and says he would not sup- to fire like machine guns. He’d port a “Right to Work” law. “I be- end mandatory mask orders and in life.” lieve the victim and even sought tions. He married his high-school to intimidate her with the threat Culp has not shied away lieve in the value and importance shutdowns of businesses meant of collective bargaining and I be- to slow the spread of COVID-19. girlfriend, Barb, when both were of a false-claims charge. even when his comments have lieve an honest day’s work is worth “I am not anti-government. I 17, at a church in town. A photo Rebuffed in Republic, the vic- drawn condemnation, such as an honest day’s wage.” am anti big government. They Culp posted on Facebook shows tim brought her allegations to the his repeated comparisons of his Taxes: Culp says he will veto tax the young couple in the 1970s, Benton County Sheriff’s Office, refusal to enforce Initiative 1639, increases and would cut the state need to stay in their lane and budget to deal with any deficit. mind their business,” Culp said. with Barb wearing a T-shirt for which quickly found support- the gun-control measure passed the rock band KISS and Culp in ing witnesses and arrested the by Washington voters, with civil “I’m tired of seeing the Olympia es- As the GOP standard-bearer tablishment using various types of in Washington this fall, Culp, a Budweiser shirt. They remain relative, Roy A. Moore Jr., in 2014. rights leader Rosa Parks’ refusal ‘crisis’ to justify raising taxes. 59, is in some ways an unlikely married, more than 40 years lat- He pleaded guilty to two counts in 1955 to give up her bus seat contender to govern a state of 7.6 er, and have two sons and seven of first-degree child molestation to a white man. In an interview, million people or manage a state grandchildren. and was sentenced to a mini- Culp referred to the U.S. and government with a $53 billion At age 19 in 1980, seeing con- mum of 67 months in prison. Washington state constitutions, schools, respectively. Their law budget and more than 68,000 struction in a downturn, Culp Culp has denied any wrong- saying a plain reading backs his schools, like others, teach the na- employees. joined the U.S. Army for four doing, saying he was not the lead view that restrictions on gun tion’s founding document as part He dropped out of high years, undergoing basic training investigator on the case. He also ownership, such as those enacted of required constitutional-law school, has never before run for in Missouri before being sta- has insisted Moore’s guilty plea by I-1639, are unconstitutional. courses, which examine the text public office and polices a town tioned at Fort Campbell, Ken- does not mean that he actually The measure — which raised the plus centuries of case law. with 1,100 people and no traffic tucky. He spent one year in South committed the crimes. age to buy semi-automatic rifles Culp’s stance against gun re- light. Even his title of police chief Korea. Culp’s police work is hailed from 18 to 21 and imposed other strictions goes further than the is somewhat misleading as he is After leaving the military, by plenty of residents of Republic, new restrictions — passed with Trump administration, which also the only police officer in Re- Culp went into the construction and he was awarded a “key to the 59 percent of the vote statewide. generally backs Second Amend- public. business, moving to the Olym- city” a few years ago. When asked why courts have ment causes but acted to ban If successful, Culp, whose pia area and starting out with While Culp was chatting with upheld the initiative as constitu- bump stocks after a man used campaign has raised $1.8 million his own small company, mainly Seattle Times journalists over tional, Culp argues that lawyers them to fire indiscriminately to Inslee’s $6.4 million, would building foundations for houses. coffee at a town diner, an em- and judges don’t know the U.S. into a crowd at a country music break some long-running his- By 2010, at age 49, Culp was ployee, Jennifer Hooper Rivera, Constitution because it is not concert in Las Vegas in 2017, kill- torical streaks. ready to make a career and life- approached, greeting Culp and routinely taught in law schools. ing 58 people. He’d be the first governor style change, and fulfill a dream telling him she’d completed part That’s not true, said Elizabeth “I don’t see where the govern- from Eastern Washington since of becoming a police officer. He of her rehabilitation through a lo- Porter and Andy Siegel, associate ment gets the power to ban any Cheney Mayor Clarence Mar- had bought a plot of undeveloped cal drug court. deans at the University of Wash- attachment to my car, or an at- tin, a Spokane County Demo- land outside Republic about five “This guy pulled me over. And ington and Seattle University law tachment to my rifle,” Culp said. crat, was elected in 1932 amid years earlier for $38,500, prop- I was on drugs. I had drugs, I was the Great Depression. And he’d erty records show. using drugs and I went to jail,” be the first Republican governor In a letter applying for a po- she said. “I was digging a big hole ROCHESTER LUMBER lice officer job, Culp wrote then- for myself. 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Continued from the front page messages criticized as being racist or bigoted in the past. He got the idea from a commentary in The Chronicle, in which columnist Julie McDon- ald wrote, “people who object to the messages on the Ham- ilton sign are free to purchase property along the freeway to share opposing views.” That’s exactly what Wheeler did. At first, layers of zoning restrictions threw a wrench in the plan, and after weeks of back-and-forth with the city of Chehalis, Wheeler felt as though he was being stone- walled. “I’m not necessarily seeking permission, I’m seeking participation,” Wheeler said. “Getting higher-up people to actually show those moments of solidarity are the things that we need right now.” Failing to see a way forward through the city, Wheeler erected the sign anyway. If zoning restrictions are enforced, Wheeler said there are plenty of other options, whether it be flags or a 600-foot rainbow fence. Jared Wenzelburger / [email protected] Critics have characterized Lucy Page puts up a “Rural Americans Against Racism” sign after one was stolen from the same location, Thursday afternoon in front of Santa Lucia in Centralia. the project as petty. Wheeler described one man calling him nervous, expecting racist back- a “trophy wife doing an expen- lash. Kyle Wheeler, who she sive art project.” had met over Facebook, gave But Wheeler doesn’t see it as her the push she needed. a tit-for-tat situation with the “He understood that fear, Hamilton billboard. Instead, but he was like ‘don’t worry, he describes it as “visibility as you’ll have support,’” Castro activism.” said. “I never really wanted it to be Wheeler showed up to the about speaking at the Hamiton event with his friends, where billboard as much as I wanted they tied black and white rib- it to be about speaking to the bons onto the Cowlitz Bridge people passing by,” he said. “If in a gesture of solidarity. He they see just a little rainbow remembers it as the day he saw flag in the background, maybe a hand-made “rural Americans that’s enough to let them know, against racism” sign for the ‘oh, I’m allowed here too.’” first time. The pride sign would have “A couple people at the made a big difference in his own protest were like, ‘that’s a re- childhood, Wheeler said. When ally good boiled down version. he was 18, living in a small Cali- It’s four words and it’s easy,’” fornia town, he came out of the Wheeler said. closet while the state was divid- Now, the Lollipop Guild ed over Proposition 8, an initia- has produced and delivered tive to ban gay marriage. over 600 signs throughout the “It was a very tough expe- county and nation. Wheeler rience for me to be one of the likes to think about one par- A rainbow flag sits placed in the area where a sign once stood seen on Sunday morning south of Chehalis. very few people standing up ticular customer, a woman for something that I believed in Kentucky, who now sports one of their “rural Americans Chehalis and come back, this is times. Sometimes they were recently tipped $20 so that in in such a small community,” a place we want to be in,” she left in a nearby trash can. One Page’s kids could buy more Wheeler said. “I knew how ugly against racism” stickers on her said. time, the sign was covered by a supplies to keep making signs. it got back then, and I knew it tractor. But according to Wheel- “white lives matter” sign. The And plenty of people have of- was something that had the po- “There’s this misconception that all of rural America has er, people are still nervous to incidents were especially hard fered to replace the shop’s sto- tential to get ugly here.” to explain to her 7-year-old. len signs. And for some members of a certain opinion about this,” openly support racial justice in Wheeler said. “The signs are Lewis County. Although more “It’s shocking to me,” she “What I’m telling people is the Lollipop Guild, the fight said. “I don’t understand how that we can manage our own for a more inclusive Lewis trying to highlight the fact that than 500 people interact and … there are people out here that lend support to the Lollipop people feel justified in damag- signs. We can do that,” Page County has already gotten ing or removing my property.” said. “What would be better is ugly. The most obvious exam- see racism as a problem and Guild over Facebook, Wheeler Then, people started steal- if they put up their own signs.” ple is the organization’s “ru- want it to be worked on.” said many aren’t willing to ing the “rural Americans But she knows that Lewis ral Americans against racism,” Castro’s family now has a publicly show their support. against racism” signs. County residents are still hesi- campaign. Just like Wheeler’s sign in their yard, too. They Although Page doesn’t tant to openly voice support pride sign, members displaying wanted an anti-racism sign long Stolen Signs and Racist Backlash agree, she can understand if for anti-racism. People have the anti-racism signs have seen before Wheeler started produc- ing his own. Castro described Lucy Page, co-owner of people associated “Black lives warned Page that the signs will them vandalized and stolen Centralia’s Santa Lucia Cof- time and time again. how welcome her family feels matter” signs with a move- impact her business, but Page every time they drive down to fee Roasters, began putting up ment or protests characterized said she doesn’t want custom- Portland and see “Black Lives “Black Lives Matter” signs af- as violent by some people. But ers who don’t support civil and Rural Americans Against Racism Matter” signs. But in a rural ter the death of George Floyd “rural Americans against rac- human rights. The idea for the “rural community that is largely white, at the hands of a police officer ism” is not directly linked to “There has to be a point Americans against racism” they were afraid that their home now being charged with mur- any movement. where we hold the line, even campaign came to Wheeler at might be targeted. der. It was her kids who wanted “That was far more upset- though businesses may be tar- a Black Lives Matter event this “It’s the fear of being the to put the signs up, and they ting to (the kids),” Page said. geted. I can’t say I’m not wor- summer. Erica Castro helped first and the only,” Castro said. worked with one of the shop’s “Because you’re pretty much ried someone’s going to throw organize the Toledo event for Now, Castro is seeing more employees to make them by saying, ‘I’m a racist, and I don’t a brick through my front win- her children, who are multi- and more signs pop up. hand. want anyone advertising that dow, especially now that it’s racial growing up in an over- “It truly is making our It wasn’t long before the they’re not racist.’ ” plastered with signs my kids whelmingly white town. homes feel more welcome, so signs started getting stolen. Despite the backlash, the made,” Page said. “But I love When it came time to post when we have to drive to the Page said the “Black Lives coffee shop has also seen com- their signs, and we’re not tak- about the event online, she was grocery store in Longview or Matter” signs were stolen five munity support. One patron ing them down.”

Mitt Romney in 2012. the matter rather than political shown up in an open public government employees would Letters In store for Sept. 29 is a con- doublespeak. meeting in years. Calls to her be given a private tutor, and be frontation between a former sen- I urge you to go to Carolyn D.C. office or in person visits to able to do their schooling with Continued from page Main 8 ator and vice president with 50 Long’s website and read her the staff office hours in Cheha- this tutor in government owned years experience and a desperate, pandemic recovery plan. It lis provides no information re- empty office buildings. were quickly settled. arm-flailing incumbent who has covers both the problems and garding her position on critical While the rest of the children But Ford committed a cata- problems with “alternative facts.” the actions needed to help our issues. Without exception, staff in Lewis County have to stay strophic gaffe in the second of It should be interesting. To country move forward. She representatives use the standard home, their parents are having these encounters with his ludi- quote the legendary actress Bette points out the critical role that line: “I haven’t talked to her to quit their jobs or scramble to crous assertion that “there is no Davis: “Fasten your seat belts. small businesses and working about that today.” Join me in find childcare. Soviet domination of eastern It’s going to be a bumpy night.” families play in the success of voting for a person of integrity I have not been able to find a Europe.” Again, this was in 1976, our nation’s recovery. Long’s who welcomes dialogue and will follow up piece on this, and the long before the fall of the Ber- Joseph Tipler plan includes the role of afford- provide collaborative leader- Moms of Lewis County group lin Wall and the Iron Curtain Centralia able healthcare and rural hospi- ship to get things done, Carolyn would like to know what the in 1989. Although indisputably tals, and the need for repairing Long. result of this proposal was. We a decent and well-intentioned Long Would Represent and rebuilding our infrastruc- have heard rumors that it passed man, Ford never recovered. ture for the sake of the economy, Bonnie Blake but no official word, and we are Chehalis Nevertheless, the precedent All Washingtonians jobs, and safety of our citizens. unsure how to find out. set by Ford and Carter seems A vote for Carolyn Long for She outlines the immediate We would greatly appreci- permanent, and debates have Congress is a vote for someone needs as well the necessity of a Please Follow Up on ate it if there was an update to continued to be of high promi- who has a deep understanding strong pandemic plan for the this story, or if you could email nence. Certainly crucial were of the issues facing this coun- future. County Learning Pods me back and let me know how Ronald Reagan’s upending of try. She will go to Washington It’s time to have a represen- A few weeks back you guys to find the info myself so I can Carter in 1980 and of Walter D.C. and truly represent all the tative that listens to the people did a story on Lewis County let the local moms in the group Mondale in 1984. Obviously people of Southwest Washing- of Southwest Washington, asks commissioners and local gov- know what is going on. damaged by subpar debate per- ton. Long believes in listening questions, and seeks a real ex- ernment employees’ children. formances were Michael Duka- and having those hard discus- change of ideas. The incumbent The commissioner proposed Natasha Baggett kis in 1988, Al Gore in 2000 and sions that get to the heart of Jaime Hererra Beutler has not that the children of these local Centralia • Main 13 LOCAL The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020

McDonald “In the 1995 Continued from Page Main 8 book ’Exploring

European ports, according to Washington’s Past: 1985’s “The History of Lewis a Road Guide to County” by Alma Nix and her son, John. At 21, he sailed History,’ authors Ruth around Cape Horn and settled Kirk and Carmela in San Francisco, where he ran a flower shop and later a gro- Alexander said the cery and fruit store. He married his sweetheart from Germany, Lindeman House Doris Cheerman, in 1867. ‘remains one of the The couple had two sons — William born in 1872 and least-altered pre- Rudolph in 1876 — when they moved north to Washington statehood houses in Territory, lured by tales of large Washington.’ “ wheat harvests in the Palouse, the book states. Their third son, Edward, was born in 1882 while Paul worked on construction of Courtesy Photo the Washington State Peniten- Paul and Doris Lindeman stand with their three sons Bill on the horse, Rudolph standing by the horse, and Ed standing by fruit farm. tiary, which opened at Walla the dog in this undated photo at the family’s historic Ethel cabin in this photo, used as part of the application to make the But the person who first Walla in 1887. house a historic site. brought the Lindeman home to By then, though, Paul Linde- my attention in 2009 was Dan man had moved west in search with notch supports visible postmaster for 32 years. He Gordon Harper of Centra- Forrest, a Morton native who of milder winters and found from outside. A rear expansion passed away in 1924 at the age lia, who hauls corn from East- was worried the historic home land at what later became Eth- for the kitchen and porch was of 82. Doris died in 1908. ern Washington for National would simply rot away. Unfor- el. He filed paperwork on the added in 1914 and a front porch Their son Rudolph, or Frozen Foods in Chehalis from tunately Forrest, who loved lo- property and lived in an old built in 1936. “Rudy,” and his wife, Margaret July through October, passes cal history and helped establish lean-to cabin while construct- In the 1995 book “Explor- Bowers Lindeman, raised their the house regularly and noticed the Cowlitz River Valley His- ing his family’s sturdy home on toric Society, passed away in Lacamas Prairie from a nearby ing Washington’s Past: a Road family of six girls and three boys the brush clearing. His family Guide to History,” authors Ruth in the historic home and oper- homesteaded in the Shoestring June. grove of virgin cedar trees. He I imagine he’d be happy to Kirk and Carmela Alexander ated a dairy farm and raised area near Cinebar so he’s in- used hand-hewn cedar — 2 feet know the Blairs plan to preserve wide and 6 inches thick — for said the Lindeman House “re- grain. Margaret sold the home trigued by old buildings. the historic home for posterity. the walls of the salt-box-shaped mains one of the least-altered to Roscoe Perry, who owned the He contacted Blair to talk house. Instead of nails, he used pre-statehood houses in Wash- grocery store at Ethel, before about the historic home. Harper ••• wedge cut joints at the corners ington.” her death in 1980. His children said he’d love to see it restored, Julie McDonald, a personal histo- and tightly spaced timbers. According to his obituary, owned the land until the Blairs perhaps turned into a bed and rian from Toledo, may be reached at The upstairs floor is anchored Paul Lindeman served as Ethel bought it two years ago. breakfast or the centerpiece of a [email protected].

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would make the area more vul- Operation of the facility could NEPA nerable to invasive plant spe- also reduce dissolved oxygen “There is no mitigation plan that has cies. The levee improvements concentrations upstream and Continued from the front page formally been submitted. ... So both the at the airport would also mean increase chlorophyll a levels a “medium loss” of 4.54 acres upstream. Groundwater im- floods which occur at a 100- State Department of Ecology and Army Corps of wetlands and 16.61 acres of pacts would be low. year interval. However, the wetland buffers. A 1,165-foot section of the Quinault Indian Nation and are looking at the worst case scenario.” “Although the affected wet- Chehalis River would be re- Chehalis Tribe have spoken out J. Vander Stoep, lands would continue to exist routed during construction, against the plan, which would Chehalis Basin Board in the reservoir footprint, the and about 450 feet of the river significantly impact fish popu- changes in vegetation com- would be permanently replaced lations, and have called for a munities and their associated by the retention facility, ac- functions and values would cording to the statement. Ma- non-dam alternative. mental impacts predicted by left open. The statement considered be permanent,” the statement haffey Creek would also need the statement is “high perma- Nine endangered species reads. to be temporarily diverted dur- the effects of project construc- nent impairment of habitat and three threatened species tion, which is estimated to last About 93.65 acres of other ing construction. function” for fish species. De- may be present in the project five years, as well as its opera- waters, including Crim, Rogers, The statement also predict- creased water quality and in- area, and could be impacted tions after-the-fact. Hull, Big, Lester and Browns ed significant long-term im- Chehalis Basin Board Mem- creased temperatures would due to the 485 acres of land Creeks, would also be impacted. pacts from soil erosion around ber J. Vander Stoep said the result in significant and long- that would need to be cleared of During flooding events, the retention facility. next step is for the board to term impacts for spring-run trees and other vegetation. which are likely to happen in An alternative project was consider mitigation efforts that and fall-run Chinook salmon, Construction of the project late fall and winter, about 500 also considered, which would could reduce these impacts. coho salmon and steelhead. would also require excavating acres of land could be under- be largely the same except for “There is no mitigation plan These impacts would be sus- material and placing it into 1.23 water by the temporary reser- its smaller foundation, which that has formally been submit- tained after construction is fin- acres of wetlands. voir for anywhere from 4-25 would produce less environ- ted,” Vander Stoep said. “So ished. However, on the scale of “Those impacts would be days, killing native species mental impacts and wouldn’t both the State Department of the whole Chehalis Basin, the direct permanent impacts be- including Douglas firs, red al- allow for future expansion of Ecology and Army Corps are statement concluded that the cause the affected resources ders, big leaf maples and west- the retention facility. looking at the worst case sce- impacts would only be high for would cease to exist following ern hemlocks. The application for the proj- nario.” spring-run Chinook. excavation and fill placement,” In terms of water qual- ect has been received by the U.S. Ecology completed the state Operations of the facil- the statement reads. ity, several short-term impacts Army Corps of Engineers, but EIS, while the Army Corps of ity would also significantly de- The tree removal at the res- would occur during construc- Project Manager Brandon Clin- Engineers completed the na- crease habitat for non-salmon ervoir site would significantly tion, which would be “low, tem- ton said there is no immediate tional EIS. fish and impact aquatic plants, impact about 340 acres of wet- porary and limited to the con- timeline for when the review of One of the major environ- even when the dam structure is land and stream buffers and struction phase of the project.” the application.

In early August, Lewis American Academy of Pediat- Learning County Health Officer Dr. Ra- rics and they both recommend chel Wood issued a recommen- “We so appreciate your support and in-person schooling for chil- Continued from the front page dation that all public and pri- understanding as we continue to dren is the best option. We real- vate schools in Lewis County ize that the public schools have person schooling on Sept. 14, offer distance only learning for provide the best and safest educational a lot more issues to deal with according to the district’s Face- the start of the 2020-21 school than we do,” said Centralia book page. year. experience we can for our Vikings.” Christian School Principal Ann Mossyrock outlined some Centralia, Chehalis, Mossyrock School District Stout. “As a small school, we of the procedures they have in Napavine, Winlock, Toledo, can offer in-person education place during in-person school- Onalaska, Morton, Pe Ell, safely, we believe.” ing on their website which in- White Pass and Adna School Stout said that the parents of clude having a target of 15 or Districts all began the school students at Centralia Christian fewer students in a classroom, year with fully online learning. School are in favor of in-person maintaining 6-foot social dis- In mid-August, the Mossy- schooling in the fall. tancing, having everyone wear rock School Board voted 3-2 prefer their child learns from High school seniors have been On Sept. 13, the Boistfort a mask and health screenings to reopen the district with a home. attending in-person school four School District joined Mossy- upon arrival. hybrid learning model, which Mossyrock had kindergar- days a week. rock and became the second “We so appreciate your sup- means students will be in the ten through third graders in the Centralia Christian School, public school in the county to port and understanding as we classroom for a portion of the classroom four days out of the a private school, began the opt for a hybrid schooling mod- continue to provide the best week and learning remotely for week. The students in grades school year with fully in-per- el with some distance learning and safest educational experi- the other days. The Mossyrock four through 11 were split into son learning without a dis- days and some in-person days. ence we can for our Vikings,” School District has also been two groups and those groups tance-learning option. A Mossyrock School Board stated the district’s Facebook providing a fully online option alternated attending school “We’re following the guide- meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. post. for those families who would in-person for two days a week. lines by the CDC and the on Monday, Sept. 21.

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By Claudia Yaw [email protected] Julie Shaffley first visited Washington state when she was a teenager. She flew in from her home in Southwest Minnesota to visit her brother. “I remember thinking ‘this is where I want to live, this is where my future is,’” she said. “It was kind of weird.” At the time, she didn’t know she would end up being so passionate about health food. “I wanted to grow up and be an English teacher. Now I’ve done neither of those things,” Shaffley joked. Instead, she studied psychol- ogy in the Midwest and moved to the West Coast to manage a health store in Olympia. Fast forward to 2020 and she’s cel- ebrating her 30th year as the owner of Good Health Nutri- tion Center in Centralia. In the 1990s, after a decade in the health food industry, Shaffley bought the store from a friend, who originally opened it in 1976. “I just love what I do,” Shaff- ley said. “I’m working with customers that first came in and I’m now working with their grandchildren … we get to know each Jared Wenzelburger / [email protected] other on a very personal level.” Julie Shaffley smiles and poses for a photo outside Good Health Nutrition in Centralia, Monday morning. Shaffley remembers being in the industry in the ‘80s, long be- nolas,” Shaffley said. “People considers herself a “science me, and I don’t take that lightly,” When the pandemic hit, the fore health food or supplements kind of looked at you.” geek,” keeping up with scientific she said. “That’s a big responsi- store struggled to get in its in- came into the mainstream. Even things like yogurt studies about health food and bility.” ventory, as companies had a “I was very blessed to work hadn’t been widely popularized adapting accordingly. Because of that, Shaffley tough time sourcing ingredients with some pioneers in the health in the U.S. Shaffley said people Although she said the U.S. is only reps companies that offer from overseas. Pandemic-relat- food industry, so I got to wit- couldn’t believe that she and her behind in studying the efficacy a money-back guarantee. She ed shutdowns also threw some ness how passionate they were coworkers ate it. of medicinal herbs, she’s now offers the same thing to her cus- consumers into a frenzy, buying in helping people,” she said. “It Although the industry was seeing more studies validating tomers. up supplements that boost the was an upward battle to educate once niche, many of the things the efficacy of those herbs that “In good conscience, how can immune system. people about supplements and Shaffley and her coworkers were older generations have been us- I trust a product if the company “One of my manufactur- about food.” advocating have now become ing all along. that manufactures it doesn’t ers, an herbal company, went Back then, Shaffley and her mainstream in the U.S., includ- Shaffley also keeps up with stand behind it 100 percent?” through 11 months of inventory colleagues were talking about ing medicinal herbs and some the science in order to ensure she said. in three days,” Shaffley said. Vitamin C and multivitamins, relaxation techniques. that only the best products are She’s also cautious of com- Besides that, business has things now commonly found in One thing she loves about on her shelves. panies hyping up a product with been fairly stable during the grocery stores. the industry is the constantly “My customers have entrust- little science behind it. pandemic. Shaffley credits the “But we were called the gra- evolving science behind it. She ed their lives and their health to “They’ll say ‘it’ll make you supportive community. She did jump a tall building in a single describe a shift in pandemic bound,’ but if it sounds too good buying habits, though. Indi- Find answers to the puzzles in the to be true, it is,” she said. “If viduals are more interested in Puzzles next edition. there’s no science about it, I’m supplements to help their im- very leary about that.” mune system, for example. As Shaffley, who is also a Port stress levels skyrocket, chocolate Crossword of Centralia commissioner, said is also flying off the shelves. she also finds joy in the store be- As for the future, Shaffley cause of her passion for business. has no immediate plans to retire, “I didn’t realize how much I and she’d be happy to see the enjoyed business,” she said. “It’s store stick around 30 more years. a challenge and it changes all “Will it be in my hands? Prob- the time. Just the adventure and ably not. Thirty years is a long the challenges of business, I re- time,” she said. “But that would ally enjoy it.” be a blessing, a joy for me.”

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The Board of County Com- PLANNING COMMISSION experience & must be able which makes it illegal to LAND OWNERS FOUND to go to Canada. Home on missioners reserves the will hold a public hearing advertise "any preference, WE BUY CEDAR & right to reject any or all Keys, Rails to Trails area, weekends. We offer com- NOBLE BOUGHS. on October 13, 2020, 09-16-20, Chehalis area, petitive pay, profit sharing, limitation, or discrimination A #1 SOOT DR. bids, waive informalities, starting at or after 6:00 because of race, color, The season is on! Case #20C11940. Please insurance, paid holidays, & We do all the work. 35 year experience and to contract as the best p.m., to consider the fol- call Lewis County Sheriff's paid vacation. Please ap- religion, sex, handicap, Minimum 10 trees. 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Minority- County Washington out- ers' Hearing Room, at 351 Secretary to the Board Chehalis, WA 98532. and women-owned firms side the corporate City NW North Street, Chehalis, are encouraged to submit limits of WINLOCK and WA, with the maximum Dated: bids. lying westerly of I-5. number of people present September 18, 2020 DATED this 14th day of The franchise being con- being limited to ten (10). September 2020. sidered is for a period of The public may also join a MOLE CONTROL Clerk of the Board of five years. virtual meeting by logging Tell Us SOLUTIONS! County Commissioners The application and all in to https://zoom.us/j/ You WANT Your ANNUAL GRANGE related materials have No illegal traps, no ORDER PHOTOS Lewis County, WA 96070909116. At the hear- Classified Ad GARAGE SALE! been reviewed by the sod removal, no poison, you have seen in ing, individuals will be Loaded On Fri, Sat & Sun, BOCC and found appropri- guaranteed results. 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115855 Fire 3 Call For and furnish satisfactory personal representative served of the meeting. Bids contract bond within the Lewis County Code (LCC) or mailed the notice to the Dated: Room on the 2nd floor of 115861 SEP20-0022 time stated in the specifica- creditor as provided under Section 17.110.130 and September 21, 2020 the Historic Courthouse in LEWIS COUNTY FIRE tions, the bid proposal RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four LCC Section 2.25.130. The (4) months after the date of Rieva Lester Chehalis, Washington, LEWIS COUNTY - STATE DISTRICT #3 INVITATION deposit shall be forfeited to administrative appeal fee is first publication of the notice. If Clerk of the Lewis when and where all per- ENVIRONMENTAL TO BID: NOTICE TO the Fire District. established by Resolution the claim is not presented County Board of sons may appear and be POLICY ACT CONTRACTORS Lewis County Fire District within this time frame, the No. 19-351 of the Board of County Commissioners heard upon the granting of THRESHOLD NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- #3 shall have the right to claim is forever barred, except County Commissioners. as otherwise provided in RCW the franchise. Please note DETERMINATION EN that the Board of reject any or all bids not 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This Published: The Chronicle that the time may change DETERMINATION OF Commissioners of Lewis accompanied by bid secur- Published: The Chronicle bar is effective as to claims September 22 & 29, 2020 due to COVID-19. For NONSIGNIFICANCE County Fire District #3 or ity or data required by the against both the decedent's September 22, 2020 example, the hearing may (DNS) designee, will open sealed bidding document or a bid probate and non-probate as- 115722 Public Notice sets of the decedent. start after 10 a.m. as part LEAD AGENCY: Lewis proposals and publicly in any way incomplete or DATE OF FIRST of the only meeting of the County - Community read them aloud on or after irregular. PUBLIC NOTICE 115802 Budget PUBLICATION: day. Please look at the Development Department 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Lewis County Fire District SEPTEMBER 8, 2020. TransAlta Centralia Mining Commissioners' hearing Amendment Kathleen M. Sather PROPONENT: Onalaska October 13, 2020, at 238 #3 are equal opportunity LLC (TCM) is the Permit- schedule at https://lewisco Personal Representative tee/Operator of the Centralia School District #300 Mossyrock RD East, Mos- and affirmative action em- ATTORNEY FOR untywa.gov/offices/commi (Jeff Davis) syrock, Washington for the ployers. Small, minority- Coal Mine located at 1015 Big NOTICE OF PERSONAL Hanaford Road, Centralia, ssioners/agendas-calenda FILE NUMBERS: Lewis County Fire District and women-owned busi- REPRESENTATIVE: PUBLIC HEARING Washington. TCM's principle r/ as October 12, 2020, SEP20-0022, #3 Mossyrock Fire Station nesses are encouraged to LARRY W. FAGERNESS Before the place of business is the approaches for updated MSR19-0805 & Phase 2 - LCFD Project # submit bids. All work per- ADDRESS FOR MAILING Centralia Coal Mine at the LEWIS COUNTY AND SERVICE OF CLAIMS: details. B20-00680 MSR20-0213, CDBG Con- formed on the project will address above. TCM's corpo- BOARD OF COUNTY Fagerness Law Office rate mailing address is Trans- RCW 36.55.040 requires DESCRIPTION OF tract #19-62210-028. The be subject to the higher of P. O. Box 88 COMMISSIONERS Alta Centralia Mining LLC c/o that notice of hearing be PROPOSAL: Construct a project is a 3,025 SF single prevailing state or federal 3508 Galvin Road NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- TECWA Fuel, Inc., 110-12th posted in three public 24 foot by 24 foot metal story addition to the exist- Davis-Bacon wage rates. Centralia, WA 98531 Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta, EN that a public hearing (360) 736-7400 places in the county seat of carport within an existing ing fire station located at This project is funded by a Canada T2P 2M1. TCM has will be held before the COURT OF PROBATE filed a permit renewal applica- the county at least 15 days gravel parking lot. the above address. Work federal grant from the U.S. PROCEEDINGS AND Lewis County Board of tion with the Office of Surface before the day fixed for LOCATION OF associated with the addi- Department of Housing CAUSE NUMBER: Commissioners (BOCC) Mining, Reclamation and En- hearing, and also publish- PROPOSAL: The project tion includes, but is not and Urban Development Lewis County Superior Court forcement (OSMRE), Denver, in the Historical Court- # 20-4-0027221 ed two times in the official is located at the 540 limited to: wood framed and the Washington State Colorado. The permit renewal house, 351 NW North newspaper of the county, Carlisle Ave, Onalaska, construction with concrete Community Development application pertains to TCM's Street, Chehalis, Wash- Published: The Chronicle coal mining operation under the last publication to be Lewis County, WA - Sec- slab on grade, fiber cement Block Grant program. September 8, 15 & 22, 2020 ington, on the 28th day OSMRE Permit No. WA-0001E not less than 5 days before tion 29, Township 13 N, siding, and asphalt shingle Lewis County Fire District effective November 21, 2015 of September 2020. the day fixed for hearing. Range 01 E, WM on parcel roof. #3 in accordance with Title 115858 Ordinance 1321 to TCM under regulations All those wishing to Dated: 032786001000. The Architect's estimate for VI of the Civil Rights Act of promulgated by the Surface provide public comment Mining Control and Reclama- September 21, 2020 THRESHOLD work under this contract is 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 NOTICE OF PUBLIC can access the meeting tion Act of 1977, at 30 CFR Rieva Lester DETERMINATION: The $350,000 to $450,000. U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 HEARING BEFORE 947.774.15. online by following in- Clerk of the Lewis lead agency for this pro- SEALED BIDS MUST and Title 49, Code of THE LEWIS COUNTY structions and using the County Board of posal has determined that BE DELIVERED BY Federal Regulations, De- BOARD OF COUNTY Pursuant to 30 CFR Section call in number or Zoom 947.778.21 of the rules and County Commissioners it does not have a proba- OR BEFORE: partment of Transportation, COMMISSIONERS meeting link on the regulations of the Federal ble, significant adverse im- 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, Subtitle A, Office of the AND INTENT TO ADOPT Program for Washington State, BOCC agenda posted the Published: The Chronicle pact on the environment. October 13, 2020 Secretary, Part 21, Nondis- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- notice is hereby given of the Friday before the hearing September 22 & 29, 2020 An environmental impact (Lewis County official time crimination in Federally EN that the LEWIS filing of a permit renewal on September 28th. application for the Centralia statement (EIS) is NOT is displayed on phones in assisted programs of the COUNTY, WASHINGTON, Written comments also Coal Mine, located approxi- required under RCW the office of the Fire Chief. Department of Transporta- BOARD OF COUNTY mately six (6) miles northeast 115863 Special Meeting can be submitted by mail 43.21C.030(2)(c). This de- Bids submitted after tion issued pursuant to COMMISSIONERS will of Centralia, Washington. at 351 N.W. North Street, cision was made after 11:00 AM will not be such Act, hereby notifies hold a public hearing on Chehalis, WA 98532 or The attached map shows PORT OF CENTRALIA review by Lewis County of considered for this proj- all bidders that it will October 5, 2020, starting at NOTICE OF via email at bocc towns, highways, or other a completed environmental ect.) affirmatively ensure that in or after 10:00 a.m. The SPECIAL MEETING @lewiscountywa.gov - landmarks associated with the checklist and other infor- Sealed proposals must be any contract entered into public hearing will consider location of the permit area. The please include "Public Notice is hereby given that the mation on file with this delivered to the Clerk of pursuant to this advertise- Ordinance 1321, which will location and boundaries of the comment - budget permit are also shown on this Port of Centralia will be holding agency and such informa- the Board of Commission- ment, disadvantaged busi- establish statutory authori- a special meeting on Septem- amendment" in the sub- map. tion is adopted herein by ers of Lewis County Fire ness enterprises as de- ty for the Lewis County ber 22, 2020 at 2 PM to review ject line. the Qualification of Candidates reference. This information District #3 (238 Mossyrock fined at 49 CFR Part 26 Manager. Approval of the permit renewal The hearing will be held for Port Commissioner District is available for public re- RD E, Mossyrock Wash- will be afforded full oppor- The public hearing will would allow continuance of 1. Citizens may call into the on or after 10:00 a.m. to operations from November 21, view upon request. ington 98564), by or before tunity to submit bids in occur at the Lewis County meeting by calling consider an amendment 2020 to November 21, 2025 for This DNS is issued under 11:00 A.M. on the date response to this invitation Courthouse, Commission- 1-408-418-9388 using meeting to departments within TCM's Centralia Coal Mine. A access code 126 348 6974 WAC 197-11-340(2); the specified for opening, and and will not be discrimina- ers' Hearing Room, at 351 copy of the permit renewal the 2020 budget for Cur- and password 3527. lead agency will not act on in an envelope clearly ted against on the grounds NW North Street, Chehalis, application is available for rent Expense and vari- public inspection at the follow- this proposal for 14 days marked: "SEALED BID of race, color, national WA. At the hearing, individ- Dated this 18th day of ous funds. ing locations: September 2020. from the issue date below. FOR: Lewis County Fire origin, or sex in considera- uals will be invited to speak All those wishing to Written comments may be District #3 Mossyrock tion for an award. and/or provide written TransAlta Centralia speak for or against the submitted during the Fire Station Phase 2 statements regarding the Mining LLC Published: The Chronicle amendment shall be af- 14-day period. LCFD Project # Published: The Chronicle proposed changes. All indi- 1015 Big Hanaford Road August 25, 2020 forded the opportunity to Centralia, WA 98531 Responsible Official: MSR20-0213, CDBG Con- September 22 & 29, 2020 viduals wishing to speak be heard. This amend- Call for Apmt. (360) 330-8209 Lee Napier, Director tract #19-62210-028; TO are encouraged to attend. ment proposes increas- 115716 NTC: Blaser 115804 Theo Hoss Rd. Lewis County Community BE OPENED ON OR Written comments may be United States Department ing expenditures for vari- of Interior IN THE SUPERIOR COURT submitted in advance of Development AFTER 11:00 A.M. ON Office of Surface Mining ous funds and the Gener- OF THE STATE OF Notice 2025 NE Kresky Avenue TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, the hearings to: Reclamation and Enforcement al fund in the amount of WASHINGTON RCW 36.87 allows for the 2020". POINT OF CONTACT, Western Region Chehalis, Washington IN AND FOR vacation of a county road $6,798,741 and increas- One Federal Center, 98532 There will be no Pre-Bid THE COUNTY OF LEWIS Rieva Lester at ing revenue in the Building 41 that is found useless to the Contact Person: Karen Conference for this project. In the Matter of 360.740.1419 or amount of $5,501,674, of Denver, CO 80225-0065 needs of the County pend- Witherspoon, AICP, For more information or the Estate of rieva.lester this total $4,721,148 is MARY E. BLASER, ing a Report of the County Senior Project Planner inquiries about the existing @lewiscountywa.gov. Written comments, objections, Deceased. Road Engineer. Resolution related to additional or requests for an informal for Responsible Official site and building contact NO. 20-4-0027021 Details about the proposal COVID-19 grant funds conference regarding this ap- 20-290, passed by the Date of Issue: Doug Fosburg, Lewis PROBATE NOTICE is available at https://pack plication must be filed within Board of County Commis- through the CARES Act. TO CREDITORS September 22, 2020 County Fire District #3, by etwriter.lewiscountywa.go thirty (30) days after the last Additional adjustments (RCW 11.40.030) sioners (BOCC) August 24, This SEPA determination phone at 360-880-3262 or v/business_meeting_agen date of publication of this The personal representative 2020, directed the County for COVID-19 related newspaper notice. All written may be appealed in writing email at [email protected]. named below has been ap- da/140/. grant funds and expendi- comments, objections, or re- Road Engineer to examine to the Lewis County Hear- Informational copies of pointed and has qualified as Hard copies are available tures may be added prior quests for an informal confer- a portion of the Theo. Hoss ings Examiner until 4 pm maps, plans and specifica- Personal Representative of at the Lewis County Com- to the hearing on Sep- ence should be addressed to: Road No.132 right of way, on October 13, 2020 at tions are on file for inspec- this estate. Any person having missioners' Office at 351 a claim against the decedent and report his opinion to tember 28th. NW North Street, Chehalis Mr. Paul Clark, the Lewis County Com- tion in the office of the must, before the time the claim Said amendment can be Program Support Division the BOCC. On August 31, munity Development Per- County Engineer of Lewis would be barred by any WA. United States Department 2020 the Engineer's Re- obtained from the Budg- otherwise applicable statute of The meeting site is barrier mit Center. Appellants County in Chehalis, Wash- of Interior et Department, Room 209 limitations, present the claim in port on the matter of the should be prepared to ington. The contract docu- free. People needing spe- Office of Surface Mining the manner as provided in proposed vacation of a - 351 N.W. North St. - cial assistance or accom- Reclamation and Enforcement make specific factual ob- ments may be viewed and RCW 11.40.070 by serving on Chehalis, WA. Phone: Western Region portion of Theo. Hoss jections. The appeal pro- downloaded from Lewis or mailing to the personal modations should contact (360)740-1198, Email: PO Box 25065 Road No. 132, was filed cedure is established in County Fire District #3's representative, or the personal the Commissioner's Office beckybutler Denver, CO 80225-0065 with the BOCC. The report Web Site @ www.mossyr representative's attorney, at 72 hours in advance of the @lewiscountywa.gov. the address stated below, a and all related materials meeting at 360.740.1120. This public notice will be ockfire.com or you may call copy of the claim and filing the Written comments may published at least once per having been reviewed by the Lewis County Fire original of the claim with the be submitted to the week for four (4) consecutive the BOCC and found ap- District #3 office at Court. The claim must be Published: The Chronicle BOCC prior to the meet- weeks by the following: propriate for further pro- 360-983-3456 and request presented within the later of: September 22 & 29, 2020 ing. (1) Thirty (30) days after the ceedings. This resolution The Daily Chronicle a copy be mailed to you. personal representative served This meeting site is barri- 321 North Pearl sets October 12, 2020, at Proposals shall be submit- or mailed the notice to the 115856 Ordinance 1322 er free. People needing Centralia, WA 98531 or after the hour of 10:00 ted on the forms provided, creditor as provided under Need to special assistance or ac- RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four a.m., in the BOCC Hearing and all bid proposals shall NOTICE OF HEARING The Tenino Independent commodations should (4) months after the date of Room on the 2nd floor of NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- 297 W. Sussex Avenue be accompanied by a bid first publication of the notice. If the Historic Courthouse in contact the Clerk of the EN that the Board of Tenino, WA 98589 access an proposal deposit in cash, the claim is not presented Chehalis, Washington, as Board 72 hours in ad- County Commissioners, certified check, cashier's within this time frame, the the time and place for the vance of the meeting. claim is forever barred, except Lewis County, Washington check or surety bond in an hearing on the County Phone: (360) 740-1419 as otherwise provided in RCW (BOCC), will hold a hearing archived amount equal to five per- Engineer's Report. Please 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This on Ordinance 1322, pro- cent (5%) of the amount of bar is effective as to claims note that the time may Published: The Chronicle posed creation of an Air- such bid proposal. Should against both the decedent's change due to COVID-19. September 15 & 22, 2020 probate and nonprobate assets ports Division within the legal? the successful bidder fail to For example, the hearing of the decedent. Department of Public enter into such contract may start after 10 a.m. as DATE OF FIRST Works and promulgation of PUBLICATION: part of the only meeting of Rules and Regulations for September 8, 2020. the day. Please look at the PATRICIA A. LONGDEN the Lewis County Airports. Commissioners' hearing Personal Representative The hearing will take place schedule at https://lewisco ATTORNEY FOR on October 12, 2020, at or PERSONAL Published: The Chronicle untywa.gov/offices/commi after 10 a.m., in the September 8, 15, 22 & 29, REPRESENTATIVE: ssioners/agendas-calenda LARRY W. FAGERNESS Commissioners' Hearing 2020 r/ as October 12, 2020, ADDRESS FOR MAILING Room on the 2nd floor of approaches for updated AND SERVICE OF CLAIMS: the Historic Courthouse at 115857 Skate Creek Fagerness Law Office details. The resolution also 351 N.W. North Street in Franchise P. O. Box 88 calls for the Clerk of the Chehalis, Washington, 3508 Galvin Road Board to proceed with all Centralia, WA 98531 when and where all per- NOTICE OF HEARING the necessary notifications, (360) 736-7400 sons may appear and be NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- COURT OF PROBATE posting and publication. heard regarding approving EN that the Board of PROCEEDINGS AND All that portion of the Theo. the Rules and Regulations. County Commissioners, CAUSE NUMBER: Hoss Road No. 132 lying Lewis County Superior Court Please look at the Com- Lewis County, Washington within Lot 2 of Large Lot # 20-4-0027021 missioners' hearing sched- (BOCC), has received an Simple Segregation No. ule at https://lewiscountyw application for a non- Published: The Chronicle SS 20-00006, recorded a.gov/offices/commissione exclusive franchise from September 8, 15 & 22, 2020 May 12, 2020, under Audi- rs/agendas-calendar/ as the SKATE CREEK TER- 115705 NTC: Davis tor's File No. 3523270, October 12, 2020, ap- RACE COMMUNITY records of Lewis County, proaches for updated de- CLUB, INC to install, con- IN THE SUPERIOR COURT Washington, being located OF THE STATE OF tails. struct, operate, and main- in the North Half South- WASHINGTON The proposal may be tain water line facilities IN AND FOR west Quarter of the South- viewed on the BOCC's located within Lewis Coun- THE COUNTY OF LEWIS east Quarter (N1/2 SW1/4 Washington website and can be ob- ty road right of way in the In the Matter of SE1/4) of Section 22, the Estate of tained in writing from the following location descrip- 1. Have something new to talk Township 14 North, Range Newspaper RUBY E. DAVIS, Lewis County Prosecuting tion: Deceased. 2 West, W.M. about at the water cooler. Attorney's Office or Clerk The following described NO. 20-4-0027221 Dated: Association 2. Unlike television, you won’t miss a word. of the Board prior to the roads located in Skate PROBATE NOTICE September 14, 2020 3. TO CREDITORS hearing in person or by Creek Terrace Addition in Be warned that the latest must-see movie isn’t a Rieva Lester has it for (RCW 11.40.030) phone at 360-740-1240 or Section 9, Township 13 must-see for you. Clerk of the Lewis The personal representative 360-740-1120. Written North, Range 9 East, 4. named below has been ap- County Board of County you LOL at the comics. comments may be submit- W.M.: Valley View Court, pointed and has qualified as Commissioners 5. Get the 411 on the latest local hot spots. Personal Representative of ted to the BOCC prior to or Terrace Way, Cascade at this estate. Any person having during said hearing. Court, Belfair Court. Published: The Chronicle Want more reasons? Visit our a claim against the decedent This meeting site is barrier The franchise being con- must, before the time the claim sidered is for a period of September 15 & 22, 2020 website and find would be barred by any free. People needing spe- otherwise applicable statute of cial assistance or accom- five years. countless other reasons to read! limitations, present the claim in modations should contact The application and all the manner as provided in the Clerk of the Board by related materials have RCW 11.40.070 by serving on been reviewed by the or mailing to the personal phone at 360-740-1419 at representative, or the personal least 72 hours in advance BOCC and found appropri- www.wnpa.com representative's attorney, at ate for further proceedings. the address stated below, a A hearing on the non- CC106127ac.dj copy of the claim and filing the exclusive franchise will be original of the claim with the Court. The claim must be held on October 12, 2020, www.chronline.com presented within the later of: at or after 10 a.m., in the (1) Thirty (30) days after the Commissioners' Hearing