Bearcats $1 Defeat Weekend Edition Crosstown Saturday, Rivals Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com May 2, 2015 / Sports 1 Harmony Plans Free Comic Books Mayfield Lake Camping Hotspot Plans to Chehalis Business Handing Out Freebies as Greatly Expand Offerings by 2017 / Main 3 Part of ‘Free Comic Book Day’ / Main 13 Centralia School District Medicaid Fraud Internal Reports Identify Lack of Oversight By Justyna Tomtas trict had fraudulently obtained another by interim Superin- tiative in Centralia that led the two years after former Edi- [email protected] federal dollars outline a lack of tendent Steve Warren — were Attorney General's Office to ask son Elementary principal and oversight that began with ad- released at a Centralia School for a repayment of $1.65 million current school board member A pair of internal reports de- ministrators and trickled down Board meeting Thursday night. before settling on an agreement Neal Kirby helped bring the is- tailing the failures that led the to those requesting the money. They deal with the Medic- of $372,000. sue to light in interviews and state Attorney General's Office The reports — one produced aid Match Program, and more The exhaustive, eight-month to find the Centralia School Dis- by investigator Alan Key and specifically the use of the ini- investigation comes nearly please see INTERNAL, page Main 11 County Big Vision, Tiny Houses Prepares Grand Mound Man Catches Mighty Momentum of Small Living to Give the OK to Delete TEN MILLION MESSAGES: County IT Manager, Clerk Work on Public Records Retention Policy By Kaylee Osowski [email protected] Lewis County has between nine million and 10 million emails in its system. The majority of those emails have no retention value, according to county officials. Officials say an estimated 90 percent of the emails, text messages and other records are transitory — messages that communicate short-term, non-formalizing or policy- setting information — such as meeting times or office events. While employees were previously told not to delete Pete Caster / [email protected] emails, Board of County Com- Rob Blair sits inside one of the tiny houses he sells at Blair's I-5 RV lot in Grand Mound during a tour on Thursday. missioners Clerk Kerri Muir and Information Technologies Services Manager Steve Wohld By Dameon Pesanti African delegates and a budding sitting in his office when a “guy him, but he did look through are now giving them the OK to [email protected] reality TV show, the houses dressed like a phone book sales- the documents. click delete for emails found to have dominated his business in men” walked in with a pam- “I saw the vision immediate- have no retention value. The houses on Ron Blair’s ways he never imagined. phlet of European designs of ly, but I didn’t see how big (the Wohld said the transition “Tiny Street of Dreams” are Blair, who owns Blair’s I-5 tiny cottages. market) was going to be,” Blair will likely be difficult for em- dwarfed by the rows of white RV just off the Grand Mound His salespeople accepted the said, reflecting on the day five ployees at first; the change will camping trailers looming be- exit and has been in the RV in- paperwork but ushered the guy hind them, but as a conduit to dustry for 40 years, said he was out before Blair could meet with please see TINY, page Main 6 please see DELETE, page Main 11 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Prep Tennis Visiting Nurses Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 Centralia Local Wells, Carl A., 58, Silver Creek Follow Us on Twitter Kimball, Donald J., 78, Lakebay @chronline Tennis Group Jung, Klarinell “Kacey,” 89, Auburn Team Expanding Ayers, Helen, 91, Centralia Find Us on Facebook Mission Gift, Charles, 79, Chehalis www.facebook.com/ Sweeps Mommsen, Bradley, 69, Centralia thecentraliachronicle W.F. 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(AP) — A plastic bag containing $63,000 Two Arrested in Florida in moldy bills has been found at for Stealing Hundreds a Pennsylvania state park. Police say the discovery was in Meat Products made Saturday by a park visitor DeLAND, Fla. (AP) — A in Bald Eagle State Park. That’s man and woman have been ar- about 90 miles northwest of the rested in central Florida after capital, Harrisburg. police say they stole more than Police say paperwork found $300 worth of meat from a gro- near the money apparently lists cery store. the name of the woman it be- Deputies told The Daytona longs to and other information Beach News-Journal 48-year- police believe will help them old Doris Rowe and 54-year- identify her. Authorities say a old Kenneth Edwards drove 26 Pete Caster / [email protected] woman reported the money miles to a Winn-Dixie store in Tucker Wilson, an employee with Davis Shows Northwest, unlocks the hinges to the top readerboard on the Mardi Gras missing nearly a year ago but DeLand where a store manager Funhouse at the carnival as it was being set up in the west parking lot of Yard Birds in Chehalis on Tuesday evening. The lives out of state and didn’t leave saw Rowe stuffing meat prod- carnival, which opened on Thursday and extends through Sunday, is free to enter, but tickets for the rides cost $3.75. any contact information. They ucts and other items into her are trying to reach her. pants. Deputies say the man- ager stopped Rowe and she hit the manager in the neck, drop- Notable Quote Two-Headed Calf ping pork ribs, two packs of de- Born on Farm in tergent and three water filters. Rowe fled the store and got into Northern Florida Edwards’ truck. Deputies ap- “He could be a pill at times, but he was MACCLENNY, Fla. (AP) — prehended them at a traffic stop. A two-headed calf was recently Both were charged with grand an affectionate fella. “ born on a farm in northern theft and robbery. Florida. Deputies found ribeye steaks, Bob Oja Multiple news sources report ground beef, bacon, pork ribs the calf was born Sunday in Bak- and a gallon of bleach in the car owner of Ben Hur the camel, who died last year er County. Dwight Crews, the valued at $361.00. (see the story on page Main 14) owner of the farm says he hadn’t seen one born in his more than 60 years of raising cattle. Thinking It’s a Joke, Man Crews says the female calf Hangs Up on Pope; Gets has trouble standing up, but Editor’s Pick has been feeding from a bottle. Papal Hug While one mouth suckles, the VATICAN CITY (AP) — When the Fur Flies other mouth moves. Hang up on Pope Francis and Ripley’s Believe It or Not has you might get a hug. With tongue firmly planted death of Wolfy, a Bucoda canine There are more examples, been in contact with Crews and Vatican newspaper says the longest a two-headed L’Osservatore Romano says ear- in cheek, a colleague noted this shot and killed after images of but those should suffice to ce- calf has survived is 40 days. lier this week, Francis dialed an week that The Chronicle should his neglected body were passed ment the point of my colleague. ailing Italian man to comfort build a memo- around on social media. After I’m not one of those people him. Francis has a habit of call- rial to all the preparing to write a story about who believe animals are fam- Man Turns in $1 Million ing people who he has heard are animals it has the lack of information provided ily members. I draw a mile-wide Lottery Ticket — suffering and telling them “Hel- reported on in by the Thurston County Pros- line between my loyal mutt and lo, I’m Pope Francis” when they the past year. ecutor’s Office, a decision to file my own son. Dusted With Flour answer their phone. I gave some charges was announced almost Still, animals represent a DETROIT (AP) — A postal The newspaper said the man, thought to the immediately. unique role in the lives of those worker says he couldn’t eat or Franco Rabuffi, hung up twice, impish critique, Then there’s Freddie, the cat who walk on two feet, providing sleep for three days because thinking it was a prankster. and realized we By Eric Schwartz who was bludgeoned to death in joy and entertainment as well as of something in a container of On the third call, he real- have had more editor a sort of mercy killing by a Cen- frustration and anger. flour. What was keeping him ized it truly was Francis and was than our fair tralia police officer, an incident We expend far more re- up? A $1 million lottery ticket.