An Advertising Supplement of Teacher Named W.F. Best of Lewis County West Boys Basketball Presenting Your Choices for the Area’s Greatest Offerings / Inside Coach / Sports $1 2015 Weekend Edition Saturday, Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com July 25, 2015 Wonderland Trail Help for Rural Veterans 100 Reasons to Appreciate Mount Rainier Lewis County Among Few Areas Taking Part in National Park Trek on Centennial / Main 14 Pilot Program to Educate on Benefits / Main 6 Drought Effects Seeking Support Farmers for Heaven’s Sake Ordered Rochester Wild Animal Rescue Having Busiest Season Ever to Stop Pulling River Water LOW FLOWS: 90 Chehalis Basin Farmers to Be Forced to Cease Surface Water Diversion By Kaylee Osowski [email protected] Dozens of farmers in the Chehalis Basin will soon be forced to stop pulling water from the Chehalis River and its tributaries due to the current drought. On Tuesday, the Washing- ton Department of Ecology sent 90 warning letters to “junior” water right certificate hold- ers, those who acquired their surface water rights after the March 1976 adoption of regulat- ing code. The department expects to mail the orders to cease water diversion to the affected farm- ers next week. please see WATER, page Main 11 Lewis County Pete Caster / [email protected] Above: Claudia Supensky feeds a baby jay with a special bird formula on Thursday afternoon at For Heaven's Sake Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation in Rochester. On Track to Top: A bobcat kitten sits in the corner of its cage at For Heaven’s Sake Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation in Rochester on Thursday afternoon. Issue More FUNDING NEEDED: Injured, Abandoned Animals Housing Receive Second Chance, Permits but Resources Are Stretched Thin Than 2014 By Justyna Tomtas HOUSING STARTS: [email protected] ‘It’s Nice to See the For six years, injured and Economy Building,’ Says abandoned animals have been able to find sanctuary at a local Permit Technician animal rescue and rehabilitation By Kaylee Osowski center. As many of the animals as [email protected] possible are nursed back to An increase in housing per- health and returned to the wild. mits this year is part of recent a In some cases, if they are unfit trend in Lewis County. to survive in the wild, they are However, Cheryl McGee, kept in captivity but used to ed- lead permit technician with ucate the public on the dangers Lewis County, said at the be- of taking them in. ginning of the year, she thought For Heaven’s Sake Animal more development would be Rescue and Rehabilitation in happening in the county at this Rochester has been working Fawns gather near the fence of their large pen assuming that they will be fed on Thursday afternoon at For Heaven's Sake point. please see HELP, page Main 16 Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation in Rochester. please see PERMITS, page Main 11 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater JOIN THE Toledo Man Civil War Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 Sentenced for Battles to Glenn, John E., Follow Us on Twitter Pulling Gun on Be Focus of 68, Winlock @chronline Woman, Child Reenactments Find Us on Facebook He Mistakenly South of www.facebook.com/ Believed to Chehalis Today thecentraliachronicle Be Involved in and Sunday LewisCountyWatch.com facebook.com/lewiscountywatch Crime / Main 5 / Life 1 Main 2 The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Saturday, July 25, 2015 PAGE TWO News Daily Outtake: Who Are You Looking At? of the Weird Investigators say the man contacted them Thursday morn- ing and his story matched the evidence found at the scene. Nude Drunken Man Who Jumped in Lake to Avoid Rescuers Sent to Trial LEVITTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A district judge says a drunken- driving suspect who ran naked Maine Fisherman Finds from a hospital and jumped into an eastern Pennsylvania lake Bright Orange Lobster, must stand trial for disorderly conduct and other charges. His Second Rarity The defense attorney for RAYMOND, Maine (AP) — 29-year-old Gregory Morten, Pete Caster / [email protected] A Maine lobsterman has caught of New Hope, argued Thurs- A trip to For Heaven’s Sake Animal Rescue and Rehabiliation always results in more great photographs than we are able a rare bright orange lobster, the day that his client was so drunk to print in The Chronicle. This one shows a horned owl that is going to be released soon sits in its cage on Thursday second time he’s pulled an odd- and mentally disturbed that he afternoon. See more photographs online at www.chronline.com. colored crustacean from state couldn’t think clearly and didn’t waters. intend to disturb the public or Bill Coppersmith, of Wind- endanger rangers at Core Creek ham, told the Portland Press Park in Middletown. Herald he was out on the Gulf of Morten was arrested June Notable Quote Maine on Wednesday when he 6 because police say his blood- caught the orange lobster. alcohol content was more than Robert Bayer, executive di- four times the legal limit after rector of The Lobster Institute a car crash. He’s still awaiting a “One definition of the group is a cult family that at the University of Maine, says hearing on the drunken driving the odds of catching an orange and related charges. worships the psychopathic record label and certain lobster are one in several million. That’s when he ran from dark music. The rap lyric included in one article listed Coppersmith caught a white St. Mary Medical Center and lobster in 1997; a one-in-100 jumped into the lake where he a couple things that make them happy; dead bodies million catch. kept authorities at bay by swim- Coppersmith has named the ming around, sometimes under- and mass murder were two that stuck out. Sick stuff.” orange lobster “Captain Eli,” af- water, for about an hour. ter his 4-year-old grandson. It John McCroskey will be kept at the Fishermens Catch, a restaurant and seafood Rocker Vince Neil Drops columnist market in Raymond, for about a Lawsuit Over Social (see page Main 8 for the full commentary) month and then released. Earlier this month, a one-in- Media Passwords 50-million orange-brown split- LAS VEGAS (AP) — A law- colored lobster turned up in yer for Motley Crue frontman Maine. Vince Neil says the rocker got Editor’s Pick back his social media passwords Helping Out BLM: Idaho Cyclist after suing a consultant he hired and accusing her of posting on- Sparks Fire by Burning line without his consent. Crime stories can become Councilor Gabe Anzelini, who gram that connects veterans in Attorney James Kohl con- a drag on the psyche. Most of has accepted responsibility for rural areas with benefits (see the Used Toilet Paper firmed Friday that Kristy Sin- them are overly negative, and one of the suspects who was re- full story on page Main 6). BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Au- sara handed over the passwords though impor- leased with unsecured bail. One of the issues organiz- thorities say a cyclist started a 73- and the case was dismissed in tant to cover, That means if the young man ers are facing is a reluctance by acre wildfire in southwest Idaho early June. In the March lawsuit they can be doesn’t make good on his prom- some military members to con- by lighting his toilet paper on filed in Las Vegas court, Neil draining on ise to appear for future proceed- sider themselves in need of as- fire after taking a comfort break. said he gave his Facebook and readers. ings, Anzelini could be paying sistance. U.S. Bureau of Land Man- LinkedIn profile passwords to There’s a bit the cost of the $25,000 unse- As the county’s veterans ben- agement officials say the cyclist Sinsara, who said she was a so- of a silver lin- cured bond. efits specialist points out in the stopped to defecate in a ravine in cial media branding expert and ing in a story on That’s a kindness rarely ex- story, that’s a bit backward. the Boise foothills on Wednes- would manage the accounts. ongoing pros- tended to those who find them- The benefits were earned ecution of those Eric Schwartz selves on the wrong side of the when they agreed to the pos- day afternoon. The man then lit The lawsuit accused Sinsara editor the toilet paper on fire but lost of holding the passwords hos- involved in an law. Hopefully he proves An- sibility of putting their lives on control of the embers in the dry tage and making unauthorized armed robbery zelini right. the line for the rest of us. grass while trying to extinguish- posts. Sinsara had said that it in Centralia in February (see Read the story, and be sure ing the waste. was a misunderstanding and page Main 5). LEWIS COUNTY is fortunate to to direct anyone you know who Firefighters contained the that she had handed over the in- Buried within the article be one of just a handful of coun- might qualify for the benefits to flames several hours later. formation in February. are words from Centralia City ties to benefit from a new pro- the program’s directors. The Weather Almanac 5-Day Forecast for the Lewis County Area River Stages National Map Gauge Flood 24 hr. Forecast map for July 25, 2015 Today Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Height Stage Change Chehalis at Mellen St. 110s L 49.64 65.0 0.00 100s 90s Skookumchuck at Pearl St. H 73.42 85.0 0.00 80s 70s Cowlitz at Packwood 60s 2.24 10.5 -0.03 50s H Cowlitz at Randle Few Showers Showers Likely Partly Cloudy Mostly Sunny Sunny 40s L 3.93 18.0 +0.05 30s 72º 55º 69º 54º 75º 53º 83º 56º 84º 56º Cowlitz at Mayield Dam 20s L 2.75 ---- -0.20 10s 0s This map shows high temperatures, type of precipitation expected and location of frontal systems at noon.