Hub City Clubbing: $1 New Owners Building Family- Friendly Space / Main 11 Weekend Edition Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com Changes to I-5 Exit Revelation Brings in Centralia Hit Acupuncture to Ony Wednesday / Main 7 / Main 9 Last Call for Centralia Eagles LOCAL FIXTURE: Club, More on Aug. 31. currently down to about 240. He “After the mine shut down blames the drop on a combina- Than 110 Years Old, and the casinos opened, interest tion of older members dying off Shutting Down Aug. 31 in membership started dwin- and an apparent lack of interest dling,” said Brian Stark, secre- from upcoming generations in Due to Low Membership tary for the Centralia Eagles. “... joining fraternal groups. By Dameon Pesanti It seems like there’s too much Stark said they’ve tried to outside entertainment and bring in new members, but
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[email protected] Present and future Eagles of At the club’s height, Stark The aerie is supported by membership dues and revenue The exterior and logo of the Centralia Eagles Centralia will soon have to find said, there were over 1,500 mem- building is seen on Friday afternoon. The a new place to land, as the Cen- bers, but its ranks have steadily from the bar and events held there, but at about $800 per Centralia Eagles will shut down on Aug. 31, tralia chapter of the Fraternal declined to the tune of about 50 due to steadily declining membership.