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Winlock-Vader Food Bank Toledo to State Expands / Main 7 Indians Advance With Win Over Pe Ell-Willapa / Sports 1 $1 Early Week Edition Tuesday, Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com May 26, 2015 Mount Rainier Ethel Mud Bog Rescuers Ready for the Call if Trouble Hits Dirt Flies as Big Wheels Tear Through at Mount Rainier National Park / Main 9 Mud Run at Happy Trails Arena / Main 12 Winlock Honors Pete Caster / [email protected] a Vietnam POW A DNR supervisor looks at a ridge of burnt stumps at the Fork Peak Fire west of Pe Ell Stone Placed in Memory of Edward Leonard, last September. Who Returned to Lewis County a Hero in 1973 Summer Fire Fears Spike as Region Dries Out DNR: Firefighters Prepare for Wildfire Season Amid Low Snowpack, Statewide Drought By Natalie Johnson [email protected] Western Washington residents are often more concerned about floods than fires. This year, the opposite could be true. “If it stays as the predictions are for the state, then I think our fire risk is high,” said Gregg Pe- terson, chief of Lew- is County Fire Dis- trict 5 in Napavine Pete Caster / [email protected] and president of the People gather around to look at the newly unveiled memorial to Edward W. Leonard on Monday afternoon in Winlock. The memorial was put together as an Lewis County Fire Eagle Scout project by Aaron Bratina, of Boy Scout Troop 324 out of Winlock. Chiefs Association. State law des- Gregg Peterson the Winlock Veterans Club- ignates April 15 as Lewis County Fire REMEMBERED: Eagle Scout Chiefs Association house to dedicate a memorial the official start of Designed Memorial stone and walkway to Leonard, Washington’s wild- Stone Unveiled Monday a former Winlock resident who fire season. Gov. Jay Inslee declared a spent five years as a prisoner of statewide drought on May 15. By Natalie Johnson war during the Vietnam War. please see FIRE, page Main 14 [email protected] After returning to Winlock in 1973, he became a lawyer and Ask just about anyone in was later the mayor of Ilwaco for Winlock and they’ll tell you Ed- four years. ward Leonard lived an interest- “He was a really neat guy. I Troublemakers ing life. only met him a couple of times,” Trip up Centralia “I’ve known him since he was said Wendy Carolan, American a little kid,” Dean Hendrickson Legion Post 101 commander. Train Station said. “He was quite a fellow.” “The more I read about him, the more fun stories I’ve found.” Hendrickson and about 30 The newly unveiled memorial to Edward W. Leonard sits under an Ameri- Commuters other people attended a Memo- Leonard died on Veterans can lag on Monday afternoon in Winlock. The stone was donated by Cat- rial Day ceremony Monday at please see HONORS, page Main 14 termole Funeral Home. REQUEST: Station Agent, Local Businesses Frustrated With State Legislature Running Out of Time in Special Session Unsavory Lingerers By Dameon Pesanti SEATTLE (AP) — As the Avoid a Government never had a government shut- for fixing the way the state [email protected] Washington Legislature heads Shutdown down, but it came close in 1991, pays for public schools. The into the final week of its spe- 2001 and 2013, when budget Supreme Court ruled in Sep- Miscreants are making life diffi- cial session, few are predict- The new fiscal year begins talks extended late into June. tember that Washington state cult for commuters at the Centralia ing that lawmakers will finish July 1. If the budget for the was in contempt for failing Train Depot and surrounding busi- nesses. their work by Thursday. next two years hasn't been ap- Court Wants Funding to submit a complete plan for proved by June 30, the state Police say they are doing what But they do have lots of Fix for Schools implementing its response deadlines pressuring them to government may have to shut to the 2012 McCleary deci- they can, but some locals say the finish by the end of June, at the down some of its operations The Washington Supreme sion. Last month, the Supreme problem persists. latest. and furlough thousands of Court won't let lawmakers go Here are some: workers. 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On Saturday, while shooting Beef Jerky Comment of-road vehicles near Ethel, Caster Gets Northern Idaho got a little too Lawmaker a Whole Case close. This photo was taken after he Naked Man Rescued BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A positioned himself northern Idaho lawmaker’s near a particu- After Getting Stuck on comment that she could go for larly wet portion Florida Drawbridge days at a special session of the of the course. Legislature because she brought FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. See his photo- beef jerky has prompted a Wash- graphs on page (AP) — Firefighters in Flori- ington state company to prom- da have rescued a naked man Main 12. More ise to send her a case. photographs are trapped on a raised drawbridge. Republican Rep. Heather available to sub- The South Florida Sun Sen- Scott of Blanchard told The scribers at www. tinel quoted witnesses as saying Spokesman-Review in a story chronline.com. the unidentified man was walk- on Sunday that she considers the ing across the Florida East Coast gesture “awesome.” Railway railroad bridge in Fort Idaho lawmakers returned Lauderdale on Friday morning to Boise for a special session when it began to rise, forcing last week and passed legisla- him to scamper to the top, about tion to continue U.S. participa- 100 feet up. Notable Quote tion in an international treaty The man said he had been that aims to make it easier for swimming in the New River, parents worldwide to collect which flows under the bridge. child-support payments. Scott Officials from the Fort Lau- “High-altitude training like this translates to derdale Fire Rescue Department opposed the legislation, and her high-altitude combat or humanitarian missions said in a news release that the many questions slowed the pro- height was too much for their cess. When politely chastised, in places like Iraq, Afghanistan or Pakistan. Any ladders, so two rescue workers Scott responded she had brought time they operate that aircraft, they’re training.” climbed the remaining distance beef jerky and could go for days. and secured the man with a rope Oberto Brands in Seattle says harness. The bridge was then that’s worth a case of beef jerky. Capt. Alan Moss slowly lowered back down. spokesman for the 11th Theater Aviation Command, In October 2013, a woman King of Norway taking part in a 5K walk also got discussing Mount Rainier rescues caught on the bridge as it rose. in Washington for (see page Main 9 for the full story) Commencement Oregon Community SEATTLE (AP) — Pacific Takes Unusual Approach Lutheran University students Editor’s Pick will have a royal visit at their to Sea Lion Problem graduation: King Harald V of Floods and Fires BELLINGHAM (AP) — An Norway will deliver the com- Oregon community is bringing mencement address. The Chronicle’s former dark- the room, there are a few items as officials are predicting a wild in some unusual help to try to fix KING-TV reported that the room, a place once reserved for we hope we never have to use. summer for residents of West- their sea lion problem. They’re king will be in Tacoma Satur- the processing of film prior to A couple pairs of hip-waders ern Washington who are more hoping a fake killer whale from day to deliver the address and the arrival of still carry the scent of floodwa- accustomed to seeing fires on Bellingham, will do the trick. receive an honorary doctorate the digital age, ters from years past. They re- the other side of the Cascades. KING-TV reported that Ter- from the university. has been con- main tucked away out of sight You can take in some of the ry Buzzard, of Island Mariner King Harald began his visit verted to a por- each year, until the rain falls and details in a story by reporter Cruises, has used the life-size on Thursday by joining Gov. Jay trait studio and the rivers rise. Natalie Johnson on the front mock orca to promote his busi- Inslee for lunch at Restaurant storage unit of Likewise, we’ve long pre- page of today’s edition. ness during parades and events. Aqua on the Seattle waterfront. sorts. pared for the possibility of wild- We’ll work hard to keep you He heard about Astoria’s sea lion Fishermen in Ballard, a com- Large bind- fires.