Mill Lane Winery: New Winery Opens Tomorrow in Tenino / Main 14 Cowlitz Wildlife Refuge Kosmos Release Site Fosters Pheasant Hunting Fun / Sports: Outdoors $1 Midweek Edition Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com Mossyrock Park Advocate Wins Statewide Award / Main 3 Centralia Printing Historic Downtown Building to Sell Inventory, A Cappella at Repurpose as Apartments and Offices / Centralia College Local Volleyball Main 12 LC Concerts to Host Vocalists / Life: A&E Scores & Stats / Sports Tumultuous Tenino Recalls, Scandal, Illegal Use of Office and the State of Affairs in a Once Quiet Thurston County Town By Kyle Spurr “I didn’t break any laws,” [email protected] Strawn told the audience Tues- day night. “I probably broke a ‘‘Integrity has been compromised across the board.’’ TENINO — Residents of this few people’s support.” once quiet city spoke up Tuesday While the mayor defends his Wayne Fournier Tenino City Councilor night as a standing-room only innocence, Councilor Robert crowd challenged the city council Scribner was discovered to have for bringing consistent controver- used resources when working at sy to the south Thurston County the Washington State Depart- town over the past eight months. ment of Labor and Industries in ‘‘I didn’t break any laws. I probably broke a In the past two weeks alone, June to access personal and con- the city’s mayor, Eric Strawn, fidential records on the mayor few people’s support.’’ was accused of having sexual and other city employees, ac- Eric Strawn contact with a woman inside a cording to internal investigation city vehicle, but did not face any Mayor of the City of Tenino charges for the incident. please see TENINO, page Main 11 Weather Deaths The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Hawes Leads Lewis County Area Since 1889 TONIGHT: Low 48 Stanley, Ronald Follow Us on Twitter TOMORROW: High 72 “Corky” Glen, 67, @chronline Mostly Sunny Warriors / Morton see details on page Main 2 Bangs, Dorothy M., Find Us on Facebook Sports 4 87, Salkum www.facebook.com/ Weather picture by thecentraliachronicle Renate Prazak, Onalaska Elementary, 2nd Grade CH479846cz.db Main 2 The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 COMMUNITY CALENDAR / WEATHER Community Calendar Editor’s Best Bet Fourth and Main, Morton, 330-2640 Thursday, Sept. 27 Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30- 6:30 p.m., Immanuel Lutheran Free Women’s Health Church,1209 N. Scheuber Road, Cen- tralia, 736-9268 Fair to Be Held at Great Senior Centers Wolf Lodge Twin Cities Senior Center, 748-0061 Dr. Phoebe Ashley will give Music, 11 a.m. tips and explain the unique risks Lunch, noon, $3 suggested donation and symptoms in women’s heart Pinochle tournament, 1 p.m. health during “The Heart of the Morton Senior Center, 496-3230 Matter,” a free seminar to be held Tai Chi exercise, 8:30-9 a.m. Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Great Open recreation, pool, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Courtesy Photo Wolf Lodge, Grand Mound. Pinochle, 10 a.m. Carol Downing, owner of Olympia Carriage, will be ofering her horse-drawn car- Ashley is a board certi- Crafters 10 a.m.-2:20 p.m. riage rides at Autumn in the Country in Oakville this Friday and Saturday from 10 “Hamburgers & Fixins” community a.m. to 5 p.m. fied cardiologist at Providence lunch, noon, $5 Cardiology Associates with Olequa (Winlock) Senior Center, a special interest in women’s 785-4325 and preventive cardiovascular Flu/pneumonia shots, 11 a.m.-1 p.m Cedarville Barn to Host ‘Autumn in the Country’ medicine. Cook’s choice lunch, noon-12:30 p.m. She was the medical director The fifth annual “Autumn carvings, pumpkins, mums and Bingo, 12:30-2 p.m. in the Country” is coming to more. Food, beverages and a ci- of the Cardiovascular Wellness Packwood Senior Center, 494-6331 and Rehabilitation program at Women’s pool, 10 a.m. Oakville’s Cedarville Barn Fri- der press will be part of the event. the Oregon Heart & Vascular Sit & Be Fit, 11 a.m. day and Saturday. Hours are 10 Horse and carriage rides will Institute and a clinical professor Entertainment, presentation or mov- a.m.-5 p.m. be provided by Olympia Car- in the Division of Human Anat- ie, 12:30 p.m. More than 40 vendors will riage. omy and Physiology at the Uni- Quilting project class, 3:30 p.m. be showing primitives, antiques, Cedarville Barn is located versity of Oregon before moving Toledo Senior Center, 864-2112 country collectibles, signs, gar- at 85 Lewis Road, Oakville. For to Washington. Watercolor class, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. den art, plants, linens and quilts, more information, call 273-5233 A health fair will be held pri- Zumba, 6-7 p.m., Toledo Senior jewelry, wood works, chain saw or email [email protected] or to the presentation. Attendees Center to the health fair, from 5 p.m. to Open pool, 9:30 a.m., Toledo Senior Center 7 p.m., will receive free health screenings, including for blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sug- Friday, Sept. 28 ar, hand grip strength, diabetes Sussex Ave. E., Tenino, (360) 480-0592, and heart disease. Oregon Trail music and dancing, [email protected] Saturday, Sept. 29 open mic with Side Kicks Band, 7 p.m., Cowlitz Prairie Grange, 864-2023 Open mic, 7 p.m., Matrix Coffee- Senior Centers Music, 10:30-11:45 a.m., Twin Cities Voetbergs to Perform house, 434 N.W. Prindle St., Chehalis, Twin Cities Senior Center, 748-0061 740-0492 Senior Center, 748-0061 Rummage sale, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Music, 10:30-11:45 a.m., at Fundraiser for Public Agencies Oakview Grange, 2715 N. Pearl, Centralia, Lunch, noon, $3 suggested donation Possibilities, Love INC Lewis-Mason-Thurston Area Agency lunch available Pinochle tournament, 1 p.m., on Aging, Council of Governments, 2 Oktoberfest, fundraiser, 4:30-7 p.m., Friday night dance, 7-10 p.m. A fundraiser for the Possibili- Toledo Senior Center, bratwurst, Ger- p.m, 4419 Harrison Ave. N.W., Olympia, Morton Senior Center, 496-3230 ties Pregnancy Center and Love (360) 664-3162, ext. 112 man sausage, green beans, red pota- INC will be held 6:30-8:30 Sat- toes, sauerkraut, apple strudel and bev- Tai Chi exercise, 8:30-9 a.m. Libraries urday evening at the Centralia erage, $8, 864-2112 Open recreation, pool, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Community Church. Youth PageTurners Book Group, Rickey Otto Gabbard and The Blue Pinochle, 10 a.m. Music will be provided by grades 4-6, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Winlock Emerald Cowboys, 8 p.m., Matrix Cof- Crafters, 10 a.m.-2:20 p.m. feehouse, Chehalis, $6 ($5 for Narcotics the Voetbergs. Also, comedian Timberland Library, “Far North,” by Will “Hamburgers & Fixins” community Hobbs, 785-3461 Anonymous or Alcoholics Anonymous Mike Williams will be perform- members), 740-0492 lunch, noon, $5 ing. A dessert will be served by Organizations Stir Crazy, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Scatter Creek Olequa (Toledo) Senior Center, 785-4325 Catrina’s Catering. Bucoda Rebekah Lodge 144, 7 p.m., Grill, Lucky Eagle Casino, 273-2000, ext. Bucoda Oddfellows Community Center, 301 Nutrition lunch, noon-1 p.m. 202 S. Main, Bucoda, potluck, 273-9724 Organizations Packwood Senior Center, 494-6331 Florida Musicians Lewis County Democrats, 6:30 p.m., Coffee klatch, 9 a.m. Skookumchuck I.O.O.F. Lodge 129, Rib Eye Restaurant, exit 72 off I-5, room Sewing and crafts, 10 a.m. Coming to Centralia available at 5 p.m. for those who wish to 7:30 p.m., Bucoda Oddfellows Com- eat munity Center, 202 S. Main St., Bucoda, Pinochle and Scrabble, 12:30 p.m. College 273-3604 Toledo Senior Center, 864-2112 Support Groups 42Five, which puts on a full Support Groups Nutrition lunch, noon, suggested theatrical performance re-creat- “Up From Grief,” for those grieving the donation $3 for 60 and over, under 60, loss of a loved one, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., H.O.P.E., all addictions, 7:30-9 p.m., $6.74 ing the orchestrated sound of an Heritage Baptist Church of Tenino, 1315 Morton Community Methodist Church, Acrylics class, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. please see CALENDAR, page Main 11 The Weather Almanac 5-Day Forecast for the Lewis County Area River Stages National Map Forecast map for Sept. 27, 2012 Gauge Flood 24 hr. Today Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Height Stage Change 110s Chehalis at Mellen St. 100s 48.10 65.0 0.00 90s L Skookumchuck at Pearl St. 80s M 85.0 M 70s Cowlitz at Packwood 60s H 1.08 10.5 -0.12 50s Cowlitz at Randle 40s L Mostly Sunny Cloudy Mostly Sunny Sunny Cloudy 4.26 18.0 0.00 30s 75º 48º 72º 51º 71º 46º 76º 47º 68º 44º Cowlitz at Mayfield Dam 20s 4.70 ---- 0.00 10s 0s This map shows high temperatures, type of precipitation expected and Centralia Regional Weather Sun and Moon location of frontal systems at noon. L H Data reported from Centralia Sunrise today . .7:06 a.m. Cold Front Stationary Front Warm Front Low Pressure High Pressure Temperature Bellingham Brewster Sunset tonight . .6:59 p.m. Yesterday’s High . .64 81/47 Moonrise . .5:37 p.m. National Cities Yesterday’s Low . .45 66/51 Moonset . .4:35 a.m. Normal High . .72 Port Angeles Today Fri. Normal Low . .48 64/51 City Hi/Lo Wx Hi/Lo Wx Record High .