Lewis County Lavender On Display / Main 6 $1 Mid-Week Edition Thursday, July 4, 2019 Serving our communities since 1889 — www.chronline.com Mineral Art Triumph and Tragedy Arts and Crafts Show Coming to Mineral Former Bearcat Steen Wins Championship School /Main 2 in First Collegiate Season /Sports Chronicle Editor Wins Man Dies After Arrest By Deputy CUSTODY: Law Office deputies say he appeared confirm deputies and law en- and pass other motorists on the Award for to have suffered from a medical forcement followed proper pro- I-5 shoulder. Enforcement Did Not event as he was being taken into cedure. LCSO Chief Deputy Dusty Coverage Use Force, Suspect custody in the Olympia area, According to a press release Breen said he hadn’t received following a high-speed chase on from sent out to media outlets any notification that the vehicle Suffered ‘Medical Event,’ Interstate 5 starting in Chehalis. Monday evening, at 5:20 p.m., a ever came into contact with of Alleged Sheriff’s Office Says The man’s name hasn’t yet deputy attempted to stop a ve- other motorists or pursuing po- been released and an autopsy hicle near exit 77 of I-5. The ve- lice vehicles. Harassment By Cody Neuenschwander is pending with the Thur- hicle was headed north, moving At one point, LCSO says, [email protected] ston County Coroner’s Office. erratically and at a high rate of the vehicle avoided a Washing- Meanwhile, a multi-jurisdic- speed. A high-speed chase en- ton State Patrol-deployed tire- by Judge A 36-year-old man is dead tional team of investigators is sued, with the suspect’s vehicle after Lewis County Sheriff’s looking into the incident, to continuing to travel erratically, please see DIES, page 12 By The Chronicle On Monday, Chronicle Edi- tor Natalie Johnson won first place in the comprehensive cov- erage category at the annual So- ciety of Professional Journalists Northwest Excellence in Jour- nalism awards in Seattle. Her entry, titled “Employ- ee Alleged 9 Years of Sexual Harassment by Judge in Claim Settled Out of Court,” focused on allegations Natalie Johnson against former Editor Lewis County Superior Court Judge Nelson Hunt. The series was among several stories that exposed turmoil in the Lewis County court system, and it was published in early 2018 when Johnson was assistant editor of The Chronicle. She was promot- ed to editor in late March 2018. “When journalists are at their best, they’re shining light into the darkness and providing transparency in government,” Regional Executive Editor Eric Schwartz said. “Natalie has done that consistently and successful- ly from the moment she started Jared Wenzelburger / [email protected] working for The Chronicle. Owner and Head Chef Elvie Croy, right, carries a tub of pre-rolled lumpia through her kitchen Thursday afternoon at her bistro in downtown Centralia. She’s a great watchdog journalist and a credit to our community.” It’s just the latest in a long ‘Elvie’s’ Inspired by Owner’s Love, Nostalgia for Home Cooking line of accolades for Johnson. Last December, for the sec- BISTRO: New Centralia downtown Centralia serves up Tuesday through Saturday from age of 19, with no cooking abil- ond straight year, Johnson won food that fuses various kinds noon to 8 p.m. ity. She found herself missing a first-place award for investiga- Restaurant Serves of Asian and American cui- “This has been my dream for the dishes that her mom pre- tive reporting in the prestigious sine — combinations the spot’s quite some time — ever since I pared for her back in the Philip- C.B. Blethen Awards for Distin- Filipino Favorites, Asian- American Classics co-owner, Elvie Croy, created came to America, ever since I pines, so they would talk on the please see AWARD, page 12 on her own through years of was a little girl,” said Elvie Croy, phone every week — racking By Cody Neuenschwander experimenting with the dishes who co-owns the spot with her up quite the long-distance bill of her native home, the Philip- husband, Buddy Croy, a Cen- along the way, she added. 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WINLOCK, TUMWATER Keith Macy Matt DeBord Pam Gonia Tim Collins & OLYMPIA NMLS# 539574 CH595502bw.do Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Thursday, July 4, 2019 LOCAL Mineral School to Host Annual Arts and Crafts Fair This Weekend By Alex Brown [email protected] For the fourth year in a row, artists from all over the region will descend on Mineral this weekend to show off and sell work ranging from paintings to wood carvings to sculptures. “There’s such an eclectic, wide variety of things, no two things alike,” said Dora Hale, one of the Mineral Lake Lions Club members who is helping coordinate the event. “People can’t believe there’s so much tal- ent back in these woods.” The event is organized by the Lions Club and hosted at the Mineral School, an artist-in-res- idence program run at the old schoolhouse in town. “There are a lot of artists liv- ing around Mineral and Mount Rainier, so it’s a chance for them to sell their stuff in a concen- trated way,” said Jane Hodges, the school’s owner. “It’s a nice mix for the artists to meet each other.” In the past years, the fair has drawn close to 500 people to Mineral, Hodges said, and orga- nizers are expecting turnout to be strong again this year. Hale said more than a dozen artists have registered to show their work. Plenty of other events will be happening during the fair, which runs from 10 a.m. to 5 Courtesy photo p.m. daily Friday to Sunday. A Attendees peruse the off erings at a previous Arts and Crafts Fair hosted at the Mineral School. The annual fair will be returning to Mineral this weekend. raffle will help fund residencies at the Mineral School, which last demonstration and quilt show. months of organizing the event. fellow Lions Club members Rose said the lead-up to the event year covered costs for nearly two In addition to art pieces like “As soon as everybody’s in Suter and Linda Gordon, and has been hectic, but Mineral is residents. On Saturday night, jewelry, the fair will feature there and set up, I get a lump in they’ve been planning the event poised to pull off another suc- the alt-country band The Drop products like soap and honey my throat,” she said. “You stand since last October. They really cessful fair. Shadows will be performing at — all handmade. Hale said the up in the bleachers and look “got to cranking,” Hale said, this “The last week is always a the Headquarters Tavern. The impressive array of artists al- down and see it.” February. Lynda Nanny helped scramble getting things pulled fair will also feature a printing ways makes her emotional, after Hale’s co-coordinators are coordinate the quilt show. Hale together,” she said. News in Brief Lewis County WIC check-out counter. one shopping trip. should expect the first ap- gie Rand was appointed by Cascades is the name of The store receipt will show pointment to take a little lon- Bishop Elaine Stanovsky to Nutrition Program the information management how much was spent and the ger than usual. WIC staff will serve the Centralia church Transitioning to New system Washington WIC staff remaining benefits balance on show each client how to get during the PNW Annual Con- will use to provide services to the card. started and answer any ques- ference in June 2019. Cascades Cards participants. The LCPHSS WIC office tions. Pastor Rand previously The cards will allow recipi- will be closed Aug. 26 through By The Chronicle For more information, call served as associate pastor at ents to scan their card at the 30 for staff to be trained on the 360-740-1255 or 1-800-562- Haller Lake in North Seattle, The Women, Infants, and grocery store line to purchase new computer system, soft- 6130 ext. 1255. and most recently at Oroville Children (WIC) Nutrition foods, eliminating the time- ware, and Cascades processes. UMC and Tonasket Commu- Program at Lewis County consuming process of filling During this closure week, Public Health & Social Ser- out WIC checks. All fam- no staff will be present and the New Minister Starts nity Church. vices (LCPHSS) will transi- ily member benefits will be WIC phone lines will not be Her work includes a sum- tion from WIC checks to a on one card, so families won’t answered. Participants seek- at Centralia United mer mission at a church in WIC EBT (Electronic Benefits have to keep track of separate ing breastfeeding support may Methodist Church Mexico City, and a year in Transfer) card on Sept.