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Loggers Chop Down Titans in $1 Opener Early Week Edition / Sports Tuesday, March 12, 2019 Serving our communities since 1889 — www.chronline.com Cribbage Kings Rest in Peace Lewis County Home to Some of Nation’s Top Local House Reps Work to Help Neglected Players /Life 1 Cemeteries /Main 3 Twin Transit Centralia Man Arrested in Grand Mound Shooting REPORTS: Shooting Victim murder for allegedly shooting Boundaries and killing 27-year-old Pedro Also Was Centralia Beltran Palomares, also of Cen- Did Not Resident, Second Suspect tralia. On Saturday, deputies ar- Expand Last Accused of Altering rested Romulo Yanez Jr., 38, Crime Scene on suspicion of first-degree rendering criminal assistance Year, Despite By Cody Neuenschwander in connection to the investiga- [email protected] tion. According to a press release Claims Thurston County deputies from the Thurston County arrested a Centralia man Mon- Sheriff’s Office, Sanchez and By Will Rubin day on suspicion of, on March 7, Beltran were drinking and par- [email protected] shooting and killing a man dur- tying at a residence on Shamon ing a verbal argument in south- The boundaries of the Lewis Court Southwest in Grand western Thurston County. Mound when they started a ver- Public Transit Benefit Area were Adan Sanchez, 37, of Centra- Courtesy photo not expanded last year during lia is accused of second-degree please see ARRESTED, page Main 12 The scene of a fatal shooting March 7 in Grand Mound. a transportation improvement conference, contrary to recent claims by Lewis County Com- missioner and former Twin Transit Advisory Board chair Bobby Jackson. Deputy Prosecutor Eric Eisenberg told the Lewis County Board of County Commission- ers on Monday that after re- searching the issue, he did not believe the boundaries were properly expanded at the con- ference or as part of a failed bal- lot initiative last fall. “I can see why people might have been confused,” Eisenberg said. “There are two processes by which the boundaries could expand and in hindsight, it looks like both were overlapping and neither process was fully done.” Jackson claimed at a Win- lock City Council meeting and on local talk radio that a vote taken at the conference served to broaden the LPTBA county- wide from its current territory of Centralia and Chehalis. To do so under the appropriate state statute, the BOCC would have needed to convene a sec- ond conference to affirm such a move, which did not happen. Jared Wenzelburger / [email protected] Eisenberg revealed that the Mary Isabel Yu, Associate Justice of the Washington Supreme Court, talks with students of Wade Fisher’s mass media class Monday morning at Centralia College. paperwork filed by the county in conjunction with the trans- portation improvement confer- ence cited a state statue that al- State Supreme Court Visits Centralia College This Week lows for creation or expansion of a public transit benefit area All nine justices of the tice Steven C. González, who is to Olympia the chance to hear by a vote of the people, not the MOBILE JUSTICE: Court Washington State Supreme also a co-chair for the traveling oral arguments, we travel.” one that allows a conference of Based in Olympia, But Court were at Centralia College court committee with Justice Each justice visited a differ- please see TRANSIT, page Main 11 Travels Three Times early this week to meet with Susan Owens. “Normally we ent class at Centralia College Each Year Throughout students, hold an open public hear arguments at the Supreme Monday to speak with students. At 2 p.m., four of the justices the State to Hear Cases forum and hear oral arguments Court Building, which is called Follow Us on Twitter in three cases. the Temple of Justice, in Olym- — Owens, González, Debra L @chronline Katie Hayes “We travel three times per pia. But as a way to allow people Stephens and Charles K. 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Lucky Deal NOW!!! $100000 OFF The Chronicle, RE-ROOF FREE Serving the Greater Lewis County Area Since 1889 1500sf or larger ESTIMATES 360.748.9221 chehalissheetmetal.com CH595468bw.do Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, March 12 LOCAL Morton Police Department Won’t Seek Violators Of I-1639 GUN CONTROL: Chief Sees ing their Fourth Amendment,” he said, referencing a person’s Conflict With Second, protection from unreasonable Fourth Amendments of search and seizures. Sheriff Rob Snaza has main- Constitution tained a similar stance since an- By Cody Neuenschwander nouncing last year that the de- [email protected] partment wouldn’t actively seek violations, either. In a letter echoing a stance The state Attorney General’s taken by the Lewis County office released a list of frequent- Sheriff’s Office late last year, the ly asked questions surrounding Morton Police Department an- some of the more contentious nounced it wont actively seek vi- elements of I-1639, many ad- olations to the controversial gun dressing similar concerns local control measure Initiative 1639. law enforcement officials have Morton Police Chief Roger expressed. Morningstar said the announce- The initiative does not, the ment (the letter is dated March 4 office says, require law enforce- and it was posted on the depart- ment officers to enter homes ment’s Facebook page Thursday) to ensure guns are secured in came after numerous civilians certain ways. The office addi- expressed concern about how the department would enforce tionally says that I-1639 doesn’t the new law. necessarily require a gun to be “We received several contacts stored in a certain way, but it Jared Wenzelburger / [email protected] does allow for possible criminal from social media specifically Chief Roger Morningstar talks with The Chronicle in February in Morton. asking about this, because they charges if someone, like a child, see everybody else coming out gets ahold of a gun and it was Washington state constitution be investigated and forwarded tutional rights are safe storage not in safe storage. about it, and they wanted to included the passage: “The U.S. to the prosecutor’s office for re- requirements, training require- know what our standpoint is. I “Effective July 1, 2019, a per- Constitution is the supreme law view,” the letter reads. ments and age restrictions. Oth- was kind of holding back a bit. son who fails to securely store a of the land.” Morningstar said I-1639, in part, raises the age er matters it addresses, like … I didn’t want to jump on the firearm could be charged with bandwagon with everybody else. elements of I-1639 are in viola- restriction of owning a semi- “increased attention towards a felony if a person who is in- I wanted to look into it a little bit. tion of the U.S. and state consti- automatic rifle to 21, encourages mental health concerns” and eligible to possess a firearm uses … I wanted to explain it, it’s not tutions. safe gun storage techniques, re- background checks are more it to injure or kill themselves or just a matter of opinion, it’s the “It is for those reasons the quires training and intensified valid, Morningstar said. someone else,” reads a page on supreme law of the land that we Morton Police Department will background checks and waiting “To penalize somebody be- the Attorney General’s website. can’t violate,” said Morningstar. not actively seek out violations lists. cause they didn’t safely store I-1639 passed with nearly 60 The letter kicks off with of I-1639 in our areas of juris- Morningstar specified that the weapon would require me percent of a statewide vote. It an historical take, noting that diction. However, any violations the parts of the sweeping mea- to enter the home to verify the was opposed by 70 percent of the delegates that drafted the brought to our attention will sure that he feels violates consti- weapon was safely stored, violat- Lewis County voters. County Looks at Expanding Street-Legal All-Terrain Vehicle Use to Western Region INTEREST: Commissioners side.” Chris Clowe, president of Commissioners voted last the Cowlitz Basin ORV Club Say Constituents Want June to allow ATVs on some that championed the ordinance Off-Road Vehicles in East County roads, following “We’re going to continue to work hard to see this summer, briefly sat in on strong advocacy from enthusi- the commissioners’ discussion. More Places asts in that region, including the how quickly we can get this done. I think we He noted that many areas of By Alex Brown Cowlitz Basin ORV Club. Ac- need to gauge community interest as well, Washington already allow ATV cess was opened for roads with use, meaning that Lewis County [email protected] speed limits less than 35 mph, but I think it’s growing.” won’t get inundated as the only Less than a year after they with the requirement that ATVs destination for riders. He said moved to allow all-terrain vehi- be licensed and have many of Bobby Jackson, the group is planning to meet on Lewis County Commissioner cles on some roads in East Lewis the same safety features found March 17, where members will County, commissioners are ea- on a car.