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COMEBACK AT THE CLINK / Sports Play Ball (Inside) Taste of Lewis Indoor Softball Begins in Centralia Complex / Main 14 County / Life $1 Early Week Edition Tuesday Jan. 20, 2015 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com ‘Come Together’ Adventurous DNA Volunteers Plant Vegetation on Son of Mossyrock Native Seeks Tribute to Discovery Trail to Mark MLK Day / Main 3 First Washingtonian in Antarctica / Life 4 ‘Most Hacking and Kicking Wanted’ Pro Seeks Golf Options for Everyone at Newaukum Course Suspect Arrested Outside Winlock BRIEF STANDOFF: Kyle E. Rogers Apprehended on Byham Road By Christopher Brewer [email protected] Authorities arrested a man wanted for an outstand- ing warrant for robbery after a brief standoff at a Winlock- area home Monday. Kyle E. Rogers, 33, sur- rendered peacefully to Lewis County Sheriff’s Office depu- ties at 11:48 a.m. when depu- ties responded to a home in the 900 block of Byham Road after receiving information Rogers was likely at the house. Lewis County Sheriff Rob Snaza told The Chronicle just after noon Monday that Rog- ers was in custody. please see WANTED, page Main 7 Pete Caster / [email protected] Rich Lange, Chehalis, reacts as one of his putts on the practice green falls short of dropping in the cup on Wednesday morning at Newaukum Valley Golf Course. In the coming months, the Newaukum Valley Golf Course plans to alter the nine-hole west course by adding FootGolf and Hack Golf in order to spur interest from casual golfers. School JUST FOR KICKS: Leaders Specialized Games Coming to Newaukum Weigh Valley in Effort to Bring Golf to More People Legislative By Christopher Brewer Priorities [email protected] If you’ve ever kicked some- WANTED: Employee thing out of frustration because Compensation, of an errant golf shot, you might be pleased to learn you will soon Funding, Timely Finish be able to kick something as a le- By Justyna Tomtas gitimate part of a sport that nor- mally relies on one’s precision [email protected] with a set of clubs. With the legislative ses- Casey McCoy, PGA Direc- sion underway in Olympia, tor of Golf at Newaukum Valley local superintendents are pay- Golf Course, is about to embark ing close attention and hop- on a bold initiative he hopes will ing the session wraps up in a grow the game of golf locally by timely manner. reaching out to people who find The McCleary decision the game difficult or just want is at the forefront of the dis- to play it with a twist. cussion. In January 2012, the McCoy and his staff at the Washington State Supreme course will soon install holes Court unanimously ruled in that allow for two twists on the the case McCleary v. State game: Hack Golf, which adheres Casey McCoy, course pro at Newaukum Valley Golf Course, points to an example of the larger cup sizes for Hack Golf that the that the state was violating course plans on implanting, along with Foot Golf, on the west nine-hole section of the golf course in the coming months. please see KICKING, page Main 7 please see LEADERS, page Main 7 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Weather Powerful Gusts Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 TONIGHT: Low 29 High Godsey, Margaret June, Follow Us on Twitter TOMORROW: High 48 84, Napavine @chronline Partly cloudy Winds DeWolfe, Leland Edwin, see details on page Main 2 Knock Out 76, Centralia Find Us on Facebook Power www.facebook.com/ Weather picture by Brady thecentraliachronicle Moen, Grand Mound for Many / Main 5 Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 COMMUNITY CALENDAR / WEATHER Community Editor’s Best Bet CC Faculty Member to Talk About Beekeeping in Africa Centralia College faculty Lyceum is free and may member Susanne Weil will be also be taken as Humanities talking about “Beekeeping in 286, one credit. Lyceum class- Calendar Africa” during a Lyceum pre- es are held in WAH 103 or, if sentation at 1 p.m. Wednesday more space is needed, Corbet at Centralia College. Theatre. Today Weil spent the fall quarter For more information, call WHAT’S HAPPENING? in Africa teaching beekeeping. Jody Peterson, (360) 736-9391, LDS Librarian to Speak She will share her experience ext. 209, or email her at jpeter- If you have an event you would during the presentation. [email protected]. at Genealogical Society like included in the Community Calendar, please email your Meeting information to calendar@chronline. port Group, 5:30-7 p.m., Twin Cities Senior Get Crafty!, for all ages, 12:30 p.m., Jarlee McCormick, librarian com. Include a daytime telephone Center, (360) 880-8070 or sherry500us@ Winlock for the Chehalis LDS Family His- number where you can be reached. gmail.com Pizza and Paperbacks, for teens, 3:30 There is no charge for these NAMI Lewis County Family Support p.m., Tenino tory Center, will be speaking at listings. tonight’s meeting of the Lewis Group, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Vernetta Smith Che- Knit Together at the Library, for teens For questions about calendar halis Timberland Library, (360) 880-8070 or and adults, 5:30 p.m., Chehalis County Genealogical Society. items, call Doug Blosser at The [email protected] Also speaking will be Devon Chronicle, (360) 807-8238. Life Recovery Group, 7-8 p.m., Day- McCosh, whose topic will be spring Baptist Church, 2088 Jackson High- Organizations “Treasures in Our Olympia Tim- way, Chehalis, (360) 748-3401 Take Off Pounds Sensibly, 10:15 a.m., berland Library.” Assembly of God church, 702 SE First St., governing board and advisory board an- Winlock The meeting will be at 7 p.m. at nual meeting, 10 a.m-1 p.m., 102 Main Wednesday, Jan. 21 St. John’s Lutheran Church, 2190 St., Suite 25 Broadway, Cathlamet, (800) Seniors on the Go, potluck and meeting, noon, Onalaska First Church of God Fel- 392-6298 Jackson Highway, Chehalis. Bingo, doors open 5 p.m., bingo starts lowship Hall. 6:30 p.m., Forest Grange, 3397 Jackson The LDS Church has one of the Tenino/Bucoda Community Coalition, largest free genealogy databases. Libraries Highway, Chehalis 6-7:30 p.m., Tenino Elementary School, McCormick will give an update Taco Night, 6-8 p.m., Centralia Eagles, (360) 493-2230, ext. 13 on changes to the church’s library, Preschool Story Time, for children 3-6 hard-shell tacos, two for $1, other menu Seniors’ Bible study, 2 p.m., Calvary As- years, 10:30 a.m., Centralia items, (360) 736-1146 and provide information about sembly of God, Centralia, (360) 736-6769 or PageTurners Book Discussion, for adults, Games Night, 5:30-9 p.m., Matrix Cof- (360) 324-9050 new tools and resources. “Orphan Train,” by Christina Baker Kline, feehouse, Chehalis, free, (360) 740-0492 For more information, call 5:30 p.m., Centralia Open mic, 6-10 p.m., Jeremy’s Farm Sam, (307) 631-2347, or visit the “Open Wide, Look Inside,” for children, to Table, 476 W. Main St., Chehalis, (360) Support Groups Genealogical Society’s website at storytime in conjunction with National 748-4417 Domestic violence support group, 5:30- www.walcgs.org Children’s Dental Health Month, 10:30 Second Time Around Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 7 p.m., 125 NW Chehalis Ave., Chehalis, a.m.-noon, Chehalis Toledo Senior Center, goodies also for sale, sponsored by Human Response Network, Bingo, Chehalis Moose Lodge, doors proceeds benefit the senior center, (360) 748-6601 open at 4:30 p.m., game starts at 6:30 p.m., Organizations 864-2112 NAMI daytime family support group, food available, (360) 736-9030 for family members of those suffering Health and Hope Medical Outreach, Senior Song Birds, 9:50 a.m., Twin Cities from mental illness, noon-1 p.m., upstairs, free medical clinic, 5:30-8:30 p.m., North- Senior Center, 2545 National Ave., Chehalis, Public Agencies Fiddlers Coffee, 1220 Mellen St., Centralia, west Pediatrics, 1911 Cooks Hill Road, Cen- (360) 740-4199 Regional Fire Authority Planning Com- (253) 273-6035 tralia, for those whose income is less than Centralia Bridge Club, 6:30 p.m., Unity mittee, 6:30 p.m., Riverside Fire Authority, 200 percent of the poverty level, (360) Church, 800 S. Pearl St., Centralia, (360) Harrison Avenue station, Centralia, (360) 623-1485 748-1753, [email protected] 345-3225 Thursday, Jan 22 Worm composting, 6 p.m., Fort Borst Two Town Tuners, 7 p.m., Lewis and Centralia Civil Service Commission, Park Kitchen 1, free, sponsored by Lewis Clark Hotel, 117 W. Magnolia St., Centralia, 5:15-6 p.m., City Hall, 118 W. Maple St., Cen- Games Night, 6 p.m., Matrix Coffee- County Master Recycler Composters, (360) (360) 269-8146 or (360) 748-3521 tralia, (360) 330-7671 house, Chehalis, (360) 740-0492 740-1212 Tuesday Quilting Rebels, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., DUI Task Force, 11:30 a.m., Lewis County “Let’s Grow a Garden,” 10-11:30 a.m., Oakview Grange, 2715 N. Pearl St., Centra- Sheriff’s Training Room, Law and Justice 4162 Jackson Highway, free, (360) 262-0525 Public Agencies lia, (360) 736-4671 Center, Chehalis, (360) 740-1450 Lewis County Citizens Commission Public Agencies Napavine Planning Commission, 6 p.m., on Salaries for Elected Officials, 5:45 p.m., 407 Birch Ave. SW, Napavine, (360) 262- Support Groups County Meeting Room, 156 NW Chehalis Lewis-Mason-Thurston Area Agency 3547, ext. 213 Support for mothers, 9:15-11:15 a.m., Ave., Chehalis, (360) 740-2747 on Aging, Council of Governments, 2 p.m., Lewis County Interlocal Organization Bethel Church, for mothers with children 2404 Heritage Court SW, Suite A, Olympia, (360) 664-3162, ext.