Serving our communities since 1889 — www.chronline.com Big Sweep Napavine Boys, Girls Top Onalaska / Sports 1 $1 Early Week Edition Tuesday, April 19, 2016 Catering to Catrina Ace at Northern State Friends, Community Members Come Together 2010 W.F. West Graduate Carves Out a Role to Raise Money for Business Owner / Life 1 Years After Tommy John Surgery / Sports 1 Warm With State Cash on the Way, Weather Work to Accelerate at the Fox ‘Smashes’ Previous Records MORE TO COME: Another Day of Heat in Forecast By Justyna Tomtas [email protected] A blast of hot, summer-like weather broke records Monday, and there is more to come. According to Andy Haner, meteorologist with the Nation- al Weather Service in Seattle, temperatures in the Southwest Washington area were hotter than any previous measurement at this time of the year. An observation site at a De- partment of Natural Resources facility off of the Rush Road exit on Interstate 5 recorded the temperature in Chehalis at 91 degrees Monday. Haner said he would be surprised if that num- ber did not break a previously set record, although numbers were Pete Caster / not available for Lewis County’s [email protected] record temperatures. Scott White, president of the nonproit Historic Fox Theatre Restorations, shows the remodeled women's bathroom on the second loor of the theater in Centralia on Monday afternoon. The theatre restoration project was awarded $250,000 in this year's supplemental capital budget, which was signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on please see WARM, page Main 11 Monday afternoon. $250,000 AWARDED: Scott White, president of Historic Fox Theatre Restora- New Roof, HVAC System, tions, said the money will go Firefighters and Repointing of South toward the replacement of the HVAC system, the main roof Prevent Wall Planned; More of the building, and repointing Funds Needed and rebuilding of the south wall of the theater. Winlock By Justyna Tomtas The money is only a portion [email protected] of what is needed to complete the project in its entirety, an A cash infusion from the Blaze From overall effort that will cost be- state Legislature will accelerate tween $1 million and $1.3 mil- the sweeping restoration project Spreading lion. at the Fox Theatre in Centralia. “The $250,000 is amazing be- After lawmakers approved cause it’s at least one step toward By The Chronicle the supplemental capital budget the summer project,” White said. Firefighters knocked down An artist rendering of what Scott White, president of the nonproit Historic awarding the nonprofit organi- Fox Theatre Restorations, hopes the rotary mezzanine will look like once it is “It’s definitely the biggest pot of a fire early Sunday morning in zation with $250,000, work will money we’ve ever received and Winlock and prevented it from inished sits alongside a window overlooking Tower Avenue on Monday after- pick up at the Tower Avenue spreading to a neighboring noon at the theater in downtown Centralia. landmark this summer. please see FOX, page Main 11 house. Crews from Lewis County Fire District 15 in Winlock were dispatched to the fire in the 900 Rollover Crash, Medic Vehicle Accident Slows Traffic on I-5 block of Southeast First Street at By The Chronicle and The Olympian taken to Providence St. Peter in John Smith / 5:28 a.m., Chief Kevin Ander- Olympia and two transported Courtesy Photo son said. A rollover crash on north- bound Interstate 5, followed by to Providence Centralia Hospi- A camper The first unit at the scene tal. trailer was reported heavy fire and began a an accident involving a Thur- ston County medic vehicle in About 9:30 a.m. Sunday, involved in defensive attack, Anderson told emergency responders were a series of The Chronicle. the southbound lanes, slowed or halted traffic in both direc- dispatched to a rollover acci- incidents The house was vacant at the dent in the area of milepost 86 that shut time of the fire. tions Sunday morning, accord- ing to the Washington State on northbound I-5. down Anderson said the owners Meanwhile, a Thurston Interstate had been working to renovate it Patrol. In total, six people were tak- County medic vehicle, which 5 Sunday morning. please see BLAZE, page Main 11 en to local hospitals, with four please see ACCIDENT, page Main 11 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Talented Youths Inked Up Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 Prizes Lucky No. Steig, Daniel D., 73, Morton Follow Us on Twitter Lanphere, Cathy M, 53, Toledo @chronline Awarded 3 Tattoo Mills, Roy H., 86, Tumwater at Annual Company Ahrens, Michael “Shane,” 50, Find Us on Facebook Show Held Finds Success Chehalis www.facebook.com/ Hokanson, Harry L., 98, Chehalis thecentraliachronicle at the Fox in Downtown Powell, Ralph M., 65, Winlock Theatre Lawrence, Troy E., 49, Winlock Centralia Dorothy A. Riley, 79, Tacoma / Main 4 / Main 3 Harper, Joy E., 71, Vancouver Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, April 19, 2016 PAGE TWO News Outtake: Sunshine & Baseball in Onalaska of the Weird its peak a decade ago. Real estate University Mistakenly construction represents close to Sends 5,000 Students a quarter of China’s economy, a far higher proportion than other Acceptance Emails major countries, and its slow- BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — More down is now sending ripples than 5,000 prospective students through industrial sectors such have mistakenly been notified by as steel, glass and cement, caus- email that they’ve been accepted ing waves of layoffs. into an upstate New York uni- versity. University at Buffalo spokes- Madrid Mayor: Dog man John DellaContrada says Poop Culprits May the mistaken email was sent Wednesday to students whose Have to Clean Streets applications hadn’t been fully MADRID (AP) — Dog own- reviewed. He says the university ers in Madrid beware: Pick up sent a second email about three after your pooch or face working to four hours later notifying the as a street cleaner. students of the gaffe and apolo- Madrid Mayor Manuela Car- Matt Baide / [email protected] gizing for it. mena is warning dog owners Onalaska’s Trace Lawrence can’t get to a lyaball as teammate Tyler Wallace (12) looks on while Napavine’s Nate Rodri- The university posted a state- they’ll face stiff fines or possibly guez (23) watches during the second game of a Central 2B League doubleheader on Monday in Onalaska. The story ment on its website saying the weekend work as street cleaners is in today’s Sports section. See more online at www.lewiscountysports.com. “miscommunication occurred if they are caught in an upcom- when an incorrect email list was ing dog poop crackdown. Car- generated from an applicant da- mena says Monday that police Notable Quote tabase.” will initially focus on two city The statement says it’s im- districts where many dog own- portant to note the students who ers are not cleaning up after their received the mistaken email are pets. still being considered for accep- Dog owners could be fined “Having someone’s best friend or mom stand over tance by the university. up to 1,500 euros ($1,700) if you ... is terrifying. You just sweat bullets.” The university at Buffalo has caught. Carmena also says she’ll about 30,000 students. propose to city councilors that offenders perform street clean- Alex Cook, ing assignments on Saturdays or co-owner, Lucky No. 3 Tattoo Company Angry Chinese Sundays as a possible substitute Construction Workers for the fines. (see page Main 3 for the full story) Duel with Bulldozers BEIJING (AP) — Police in Rock Ramps at North northern China say an argument Texas Park Help Turtles between construction workers Today in History escalated into a demolition der- Exit the Water by-style clash of heavy machin- BEDFORD, Texas (AP) — Today’s Highlight in History: In 1935, the Universal Pictures In 1975, India launched its ery that left at least two bulldoz- Some turtles having a tough horror film “Bride of Franken- On April 19, 1966, Bobbi first satellite atop a Soviet rocket. ers flipped over in a street. time crawling out of an updated stein,” starring Boris Karloff Gibb, 23, became the first wom- In 1989, 47 sailors were killed In online video taken Satur- North Texas pond can now use with Elsa Lanchester in the title an to run the Boston Marathon when a gun turret exploded day, several bulldozers are seen special exit ramps. role, had its world premiere in at a time when only men were aboard the USS Iowa in the Ca- ramming each other while pas- The Fort Worth Star-Tele- allowed to participate. (Gibb San Francisco. ribbean. (The Navy initially sus- senger cars scurry away from the gram reported Thursday that the In 1943, jumped into the middle of the during World War pected that a dead crew member cloud of dust. small lake at Boys Ranch Park in pack after the sound of the II, tens of thousands of Jews in had deliberately sparked the The video shows one driver Bedford was lined with concrete starting pistol and finished in the Warsaw Ghetto began a val- blast, but later said there was no running unhurt out of his top- and has steeper embankments. 3:21:40.) iant but ultimately futile battle proof of that.) pled bulldozer, a fast-moving The reptiles were having a tough against Nazi forces. In 1993, the 51-day siege at type also known as a wheel load- time getting in and out of the wa- On this date: In 1951, Gen. Douglas Ma- the Branch Davidian compound er, while a friendly bulldozer tries ter.