Expired Meds Meet Fiery Fate with Sheriff's Office
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Super Hawks $1 Weekend Edition Take Center Saturday, Stage / Sports Jan. 31, 2015 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com ‘In the Shadows’ Capitol Roundup New Museum Display Dedicated to the Fantasy Football, Mental Health and the Volcanoes of Washington / Main 4 Supplemental Budget Discussed / Main 6 College Suspends 28 Athletes After Party Bust BASEBALL TEAM HIT HARDEST: 11 investigation of a Jan. 24 party busted by of the athletes from five different teams and the suspensions were determined on Centralia Police, who issued 42 minor in drank at the party, according to a press a case-by-case basis. Full Season Suspensions Given possession citations. release from the college. “Each case was different depending on to Baseball Team Members The college conducted dozens of in- Coaches recommended 21 full-season situations,” athletic director Bob Peters terviews this week that revealed 28 Cen- suspensions and seven suspensions be- said. By The Chronicle tralia College athletes attended the party tween one and 10 games. The administra- Centralia College has completed its in the 2200 block of Earl Street. Not all tion agreed with the recommendations, please see ATHLETES, page Main 7 Charity Expired Meds Meet Fiery Created in Fate With Sheriff’s Office Memory of Tenino Toddler OUT OF TRAGEDY: New Charity Comes in Wake of Rowyn Johnson’s Death in September By Dameon Pesanti [email protected] Sometimes beautiful things can rise out of a disaster. Last September, 18-month- old Rowyn Johnson was killed after she was accidentally struck by a car in her family’s drive- way. Her death sent shockwaves through Tenino and the South- west Washing- ton community at large. Now, the Rowyn Johnson killed in Johnson family September and friends have banded together and created a charity organization to help fam- Pete Caster / [email protected] ilies struck by unexpected trag- Stacy Brown, of the Lewis County Sherif’s Oice, looks at bags of assorted pills collected in January on a conference room table at the Lewis County Sherif's edies involving children. Department Evidence Oice on Friday morning in Chehalis. Raise for Rowyn plans on hosting at least one major event per year to raise money to help INCINERATED: Disposing You’ve probably seen them Office recently announced where do those pills actually pay for the medical or funeral ex- around the county: those white, more than 1,509 pounds of end up? penses after the loss of a child. of Drugs Keeps Them metal containers in the Lewis prescription drugs and over- The pills are collected at “We wanted to do some sort of Out of the Wrong County Law and Justice Center, the-counter medications have random times during the week charity and talked about a schol- Hands and the Packwood and other locations. been turned in since the Drug by Sheriff’s Office Property Di- arship fund, something we could They’re prescription medica- Drop Box program’s inception rector Isabelle Williams. Back do every year in Rowyn’s honor,” Environment tion drop boxes put out by the in 2011. at the evidence room, she emp- said Cassie Miller, a friend of the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. This January alone, the ties them out of their original Johnson family and one of the By Dameon Pesanti Maybe you’ve even used them. public has turned in over 25 [email protected] The Lewis County Sheriff’s pounds worth of pills. 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For questions about calendar Club Mom Children’s Clothing Bank and Ex- Burger Night, 5-7:30 p.m., Centralia Eagles, items, call Doug Blosser at The change, 1-3 p.m., Chehalis First Christian Church, quarter-pound hamburgers, $1.50, other menu Public Agencies Chronicle, (360) 807-8238. 111 NW Prindle St., (360) 269-0587 or (360) 748-3702 items, (360) 736-1146 Chemical Dependency-Mental Health- Funaddicts, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Scatter Creek Grill, Cow sorting and pro-cutter flag, 6 p.m., Happy Therapeutic Court Sales Tax Advisory Commit- Lucky Eagle Casino, 21 and up, (360) 273-2000, ext. Trails Arena, 1489 U.S. Highway 12, Ethel, $20 per tee, 2:30 p.m., conference room, Lewis County 301 rider, (360) 978-6040 or happytrailsarena@gmail. Life Recovery Group, 6-7 p.m., Dayspring Bap- Public Health & Social Services Department, (360) tist Church, 2088 Jackson Highway, Chehalis, (360) Tyler Carson, 6-8 p.m., Jeremy’s Farm to Table com 740 -1148 Restaurant, 576 W. Main St., Chehalis 748-3401 “Unbroken,” 7 p.m., Roxy Theater, Morton, PG- Lewis County PUD Commission, 9 a.m., 240 Sev- Survivors of sexual assault/abuse, for people Boistfort Lions Club Hamburger Feed, 2-7 p.m., 13, adults $7, children, students, seniors $6, (360) enth St., Morton, (360) 748-9261 or (800) 562-5612 who speak Spanish, 5:30-7 p.m., 125 NW Chehalis Baw Faw Grange, 995 Boistfort Road, Curtis, all you 496-5599 Ave., Chehalis, sponsored by Human Response can eat, $8 per person, in conjunction with Boist- Foghorn String Band, 7:30 p.m., Tiller Arts Cen- Network, (360) 748-6601 fort Valley youth baseball singups, (360) 269-4478 ter, Morton, adults $10, children 12 and under $5, Libraries Auction, to benefit Leukemia and Lymphoma open seating, (360) 496-8975 Preschool Story Time, for children 3-6 years, Society, doors open at 7 p.m., Mackinaw’s Restau- 10:30 a.m., Centralia Wednesday, Feb. 4 rant, 545 N. Market Blvd, Chehalis, sponsored by Lewis County Fire District 6 Public Agencies “Unbroken,” 7 p.m., Roxy Theater, Morton, PG- Organizations CC Librarian to Give Talk 13, adults $8, children, students, seniors $7, (360) Lewis County Commission, 10 a.m., BOCC 496-5599 board room, second floor, Lewis County Court- NAMI Lewis County educational program, on Kenya Youth Project house, agenda available at http://goo.gl/agwWM, 6-7:30 p.m., Vernetta Smith Chehalis Timberland Garage sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Toledo Senior Center, (360) 740-1120 Library, (360) 880-8070 or sherry500us@gmail. Leah Hannaford, Centralia College’s 150 Coal St., (360) 864-2112 com open education librarian, will present her Hamburger feed, 2-7 p.m., Baw Faw Grange Hall, Lewis County Community Network Board, 3:30- 5 p.m., second floor conference room, Lewis Coun- Senior Song Birds, 9:50 a.m., Twin Cities Se- work with the Garissa Youth Project when 995 Boistfort Road, Curtis, hosted by Boistfort Li- nior Center, 2545 National Ave., Chehalis, (360) ty Public Health & Social Services Building, 360 NW ons Club, $8, proceeds go to Boistfort Valley youth 740-4199 she was a special operations soldier stationed North St., Chehalis activities, (360) 269-4478 Southwest Washington Mycological Society, 6 in Kenya in 2010 during a Lyceum presenta- “The Voyeur” burlesque show, performances p.m., WSU Lewis County Extension conference tion Wednesday at Centralia College. by Twin City Tease Burlesque, Bananas Foster and Organizations room, Lewis County Courthouse, guest speaker The project entailed a microeconomic Tootsie Spangles, doors open at 7 p.m., show at 8 Jim Freed, on mycorrhizal relationships between youth program focused on developing an p.m., Fox Theatre, downtown Centralia, $15 in ad- Lewis County Republican Central Committee, trees and mushrooms, (360) 740-1212 vance, $18 at the door, tickets available at Holley’s dinner, 5:30-6:30 p.m., meeting, 6:30 p.m., Che- Centralia Bridge Club, 6:30 p.m., Unity Church, open education initiative to teach youth Place, limited VIP seating halis Eagles, 1993 S. Market Blvd., Chehalis, (360) 800 S. Pearl St., Centralia, (360) 748-1753, hraj@lo- in the Northeastern province of Kenya 736-4500 calaccess.com skills to start their own businesses or ob- Centralia Lions Club, 6:30 p.m., Denny’s Restau- Writer’s Forum, 1-3 p.m., 4162 Jackson Highway, tain suitable jobs.