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Safe Full of Jewelry Found at Dump, Returned to Owner / Main 5 Hammering Forward Utopian Future on Centralia High School Senior Has Collegiate Plans / Sports 1 Stage at Centralia College / Main 3 $1 Mid-Week Edition Thursday, May 14, 2015 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com Arrests Made After Shooting in Chehalis By The Chronicle Chan H. Oscar, 36, of Che- ing on the sidewalk at 8:30 p.m. vehicle, striking the rear quarter also sustained a head injury. He Police arrested a suspect just halis, was booked into the Lewis Wednesday on William Avenue panel. was transported to Providence after midnight Thursday in a County Jail on suspicion of first- when another 36-year-old Che- The driver pulled the car Centralia Hospital and treated non-fatal shooting in the 400 degree assault. halis resident drove by him in a over and got out. Oscar alleg- for non-life-threatening injuries. block of Southwest William Av- According to police, wit- car. Oscar allegedly pulled out a edly fired again, striking the enue in Chehalis. nesses said Oscar was walk- gun and fired one round at the victim in the hand. The victim please see SHOOTING, page Main 9 Proof of Bigfoot Is in the Centralia Owes Bones, Winlock Man Says $83,400 to IS BIGFOOT REAL?: Centralia, Lower Union for Columbia Professor Believes He’s Found Seasonal Proof the Beast Resides in the Mount Employees St. Helens Area AUDIT: City By Justyna Tomtas Overlooks Contract [email protected] Wording Requiring Is the mystery of Bigfoot’s existence finally solved? Additional Payments One Centralia College pro- By Dameon Pesanti fessor said he has discovered scientific evidence that proves [email protected] the creature’s existence. You might say it was a lesson He believes the information in reading contracts closely. will be one of the biggest scien- The city of Centralia recent- tific finds of the century. ly found itself on the hook for Mitchel Townsend, a Win- about $83,400 in union pension lock resident and teacher in the contributions and interest for college’s Continuing Education seasonal employees who aren’t program, said he was walking even in the union and won’t re- through the woods near Ryan ceive any of the benefits. Lake in East Lewis County The Western Conference when he came across a stack Courtesy Photo of Teamsters Pension Trust au- of bones. The find itself was This photo shows a bone with human-like teeth imprints, including a front incisor and lateral incisor, according to Mitch- dited the city’s payroll for 2011 unusual since predators typi- el Townsend . The research compiled by Townsend shows the bite ratio is 2 1/2 times larger than that of a human. through 2013 and found the city cally disperse remains rather hadn’t been paying into the trust quickly, he said. Upon further on behalf of its part-time and inspection, he noticed large from Lower Columbia College human behavior, he said. SEE THE PAPER seasonal streets and parks de- human-like teeth imprints in found two more stacks of bones Again, human-like teeth partment employees. To obtain a free copy of the bones. on the south side of Mount St. imprints were notched into the Street employees have partic- “I got to looking at the bones Helens, he said it became clear bones. Mitchel Townsend’s paper, contact the Centralia Col- ipated in the Teamsters Union and they had been gnawed on the “kill sites” were similar in No predator impressions and its pension for many years. a variety of ways. The bone or tool marks were found on lege’s Continuing Education by what looked to me to be gi- Department at (360) 736- Parks employees have since ant human teeth,” he said. stacking technique is specific 9391, ext. 427. After two of his students to a humanoid and was cited as please see BIGFOOT, page Main 9 please see UNION, page Main 9 Centralia City Council: Pearl Street Pool Supporters Out of Time MEETING: Centralia City to extend S.T.O.P. and Swim’s On Tuesday night, the group Coumbs, Canaday and Coun- money allocated to them by the deadline to raise money for res- and its supporters filled the cilor Ron Greenwood voted yes; state Legislature, but the re- Council Rejects Plea for toration of the Pearl Street Pool council chambers, with Har- Councilors Bart Ricks, John El- maining $100,000 was from pri- Fundraising Extension on Tuesday. land Forrest and Robert Logan more, Pat Gallagher and Gabe vate donations. In March 2014, the council speaking on its behalf. Anzelini voted no. They encouraged the city By Dameon Pesanti approved a plan dictating that Councilor Lee Coumbs At first, Logan and Forrest council to show support for the [email protected] if the group met seven fund- made a motion to give the group told the council S.T.O.P. and project. ing conditions and raised about an additional two years to meet Swim had collected $300,000 Elmore questioned the Despite the group’s impas- $1.6 million through grants and the original agreement, and that it would be able to use for group's ability to raise the $1.6 sioned pleas, the Centralia City donations, then the city would Mayor Bonnie Canaday sec- future grant applications. Then Council rejected a proposal open and operate it. onded, but the motion failed 4-3. they said $200,000 of that was please see POOL, page Main 9 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Prep Baseball Cowlitz Tribe Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 Centralia Leaders Keevy, Ted E., 56, Chehalis Follow Us on Twitter Hagen, Treva Mae, 82, Yelm @chronline Tigers Reach Discuss Peters, Elsie (Chappell), 91, Chehalis District Importance Westley, Kelly James, 47, Winlock Find Us on Facebook of New www.facebook.com/ Semifinals thecentraliachronicle With Win Reservation / Sports 1 Land / Main 6 A CENTURY OF HELPING OTHERS. CHEHALIS 714 W. MAIN ST. EXIT 77 360.740.0770 100 YEARS OF COMMUNITY BANKING HOME | CONSTRUCTION | BUSINESS CH539932cz.sw Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Thursday, May 14, 2015 PAGE 2 News Daily Outtake: Tossing Against a Blue Sky of the Weird Pranksters Plant Tree at Ohio Park — in Baseball Infield FRANKLIN, Ohio (AP) — Suspected pranksters have caused a stir by planting a tree at a southwest Ohio park in a Woman Receives particularly inconvenient spot: in the baseball field, smack be- Diploma 82 Years After tween home plate and the pitch- er’s mound. Leaving School The Dayton Daily News re- ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) — ported the tree was discovered An Indiana woman who will Saturday at Franklin Commu- turn 100 years old later this nity Park when Franklin High month has received her high School players showed up for a school diploma more than eight doubleheader. Brandon Hansen / [email protected] decades after she originally was A photo taken then by a play- Isaac Salquero of Morton-White Pass makes an attempt in the Javelin event during the Centralia Freshman Invitational supposed to graduate. er has circulated widely on social last Saturday at Tiger Stadium in Centralia. The story, and many other photos, is available at www.chronline.com Lora Lois LeMond White media. and www.lewiscountysports.com. Hardy received the certificate Officials with Franklin City Tuesday evening at the Ander- Schools are trying to determine son Community Schools board who’s responsible for the prank. of trustees meeting. Superintendent Michael Sand- Notable Quote Hardy needed just four more er says vandalism or criminal credits to earn her diploma damaging won’t be condoned or from Anderson High School in tolerated. 1933 — at the height of the Great Sander says the city about “This is quite a find, and it makes you feel really good when you Depression — when she was 20 miles south of Dayton paid forced to quit school and work to remove the tree and repair can give something back to the rightful owner.” at a company owned by General the damage. But he says anyone Motors to help support her fami- found responsible for the tree Steve Skinner ly, which included seven younger will get the bill. siblings, The (Anderson) Herald solid waste manager after discovery of safe at dump Bulletin reported. (see page Main 5 for the full story) “I lacked four credits when Driver Fined After Truck my dad got sick,” she said. “I Tipped, Spilled Millions got a job at Delco, and that was about as good as you could hope of Bees Editor’s Pick for back then.” LYNNWOOD (AP) — The Hardy initially worked on an driver of a semitrailer carrying Preparing for the Cowlitz assembly line making car horns. more than 13 million honeybees She retired from the automotive that overturned and scattered For centuries, ancestors of horseback to the point where the ney to do so. We’re interested in company more than 40 years hives on a Washington highway today’s Cowlitz Tribe used local Cowlitz River pours into the Co- hearing from people who live, later, in 1976. last month has been fined $550. waterways as highways of tran- lumbia River. work and recreate along the “She has stated that her big- The wreck backed up traffic portation and commerce. We hope to capture images river, as well as those who would gest regret in life is that she was for miles on Interstate 5 north of Read a nice piece about the of the people, places and wildlife like to join Pesanti and Caster not able to complete high school Seattle.