Serving our communities since 1889 — www.chronline.com $1 Mid-Week Edition Rochester Wins Slugfest Thursday, Warriors Top Tenino in 17-11 Offensive Affair / Sports 1 April 28, 2016 Billie’s Designer Fabrics State Medal of Honor Downtown Chehalis Business Serves Up Chehalis Officer Rick Silva to Be Honored at Sewing Supplies and Expertise / Main 3 Washington, National Memorials / Main 4 County Humane Officer’s Hours Increased Due to High Demand “Hope for Okanogan” is emblazoned on the back of a backhoe in this photograph pro- vided by Restoration Hope volunteers from Bethel Church. Bethel Church Group Offers Helping Hands to Victims of State Wildfires RESTORATION HOPE: Church Behind Massive Effort to Help Afflicted Clean Up and Start Again By Jordan Nailon [email protected] Fire and brimstone are staples of impassioned preaching from the pulpit, but for the flock at Bethel Church south of Chehalis, those iconic images have taken on a very literal context. Over the past two years, the Pete Caster / [email protected] church has coordinated three trips Alishia Hornburg, the humane oicer for Lewis County, looks at a healthy horse at a farm in Winlock on Wednesday morning. Hornburg visited the farm, which to Central Washington in order to was not in an open investigation, in order to show the characteristics of a well-fed, older horse. provide wildfire relief to citizens who were afflicted by the torrents GROWING CASELOAD: Alishia of wildfire that blazed across that parched landscape. Each relief Hornburg Up to a Full-Time group has consisted of about 60 peo- Schedule With County ple, with the most recent group un- A special dertaking their work during April’s blend of By Natalie Johnson spring break from school. sustenance for [email protected] older horses please see WILDFIRES, page Main 13 includes oats, As winter transitions into spring, which contain Lewis County Humane Officer less sugar than Alishia Hornburg also sees a shift in Centralia Council other feeds, her ever-busy workload. and a regular “I’m almost on the cusp of the end Moves Forward farm feed. of my livestock crisis,” she said. “It’s Horses should actually fairly seasonal; as the sun With Grants for be fed about comes out, so do the dog bites.” 3-5 pounds Hornburg, the county’s humane Pearl Street Pool of feed per officer since 2009, sees an influx of complaints of undernourished live- By Justyna Tomtas day, accord- ing to Alishia stock in February and March. Be- [email protected] Hornburg, cause grass grows poorly in the win- The city of Centralia in conjunc- the humane ter, the animals at that point have tion with the Save the Outdoor Pool oicer for been struggling to forage for months. group will apply for two grants to Lewis County. “They’re relying on anything help resurrect the Pearl Street Pool they can find, plus any supplemen- in Centralia. tal feed,” said Bill Teitzel, supervisor The council on Tuesday unani- of the environmental services divi- mously passed a resolution in sion of Lewis County Public Health. please see POOL, page Main 16 please see HUMANE, page Main 16 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Mountain Festival Bearcats Beat Wolves Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 Production W.F. 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(AP) — A alive and well and I’m going to Rotary club in a small Massa- start killing again.” chusetts town is gearing up for Police stepped up patrols its annual rubber ducky race in and eventually discovered it was which the winner’s prize is a free done for an English class proj- dinner for two anywhere in the ect. Students were told to write world. a message in a public forum and The Boston Globe reports take a picture of it. that the winner of Harvard’s Ducky Wucky River Race will receive free airfare, a two-night Russian Girl, Age 10, Flies stay at a hotel and the fancy din- Without Ticket or ID ner. MOSCOW (AP) — Russian The Ayer Rotary Club will transport police say a 10-year kick off the festivities on May 7, old girl flew from Moscow to St. Matt Baide / [email protected] when a construction vehicle will Petersburg without identifica- From left, W.F. West players Blake Wichert, Kolby Steen, Nole Wollan, Tysen Paul and Max Miller watch during W.F. West’s dump thousands of numbered tion or a ticket. 10-0 win over Black Hills on Tuesday. The story is on page S1, and the story and many other photos are available ducks into the Nashua River to The incident that transport onine at www.lewiscountysports.com. float downstream. police reported Wednesday rais- Last year’s champion dined es questions about security at in Venice, Italy. Rotary member Russian airports. Notable Quote Jason Kauppi says past winners The girl, whose identity was have traveled as far as Paris, To- not revealed, left home for school kyo and Australia. on Tuesday and did not return. Alexander Rzhanenkov of “We miss him more like a brother or a family member Selfies With Suburban the St. Petersburg city hall told Russian news agencies the girl because we worked with him every day.” Atlanta Gator? Bad Idea, went to Moscow’s Vnukovo air- Police Warn port where she mingled with a Glenn Schaffer crowd boarding a flight to St. PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. Petersburg. The official said she Chehalis police chief (AP) — Fearing Snapchat could boarded the plane together with (see page Main 4 for the full story) take an ugly turn toward “snap a large family with children. Po- chomp,” police are warning peo- lice picked her up at St. Peters- ple not to take selfies with an al- burg’s airport where she was ligator in suburban Atlanta. wandering unaccompanied. Peachtree City police also Today in History advise residents not to feed the 6-foot gator known as “Flat Creek 12-Year-Old Girl Runs Today’s Highlight in History: in the South Pacific. (Bligh Eisenhower resigned as Supreme and most of the men with him Allied commander in Europe; he Floyd” as he soaks in the sun on NY Half-Marathon by On April 28, 1996, a man reached Timor in 47 days.) was succeeded by Gen. Matthew Flat Creek, about 30 miles south- armed with a semiautomatic In 1817, the United States B. Ridgway. west of downtown Atlanta. Mistake rifle went on a rampage on the and Britain signed the Rush- In 1967, heavyweight box- Peachtree City police Lt. ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Australian island of Tasmania, Bagot Treaty, which limited the ing champion Muhammad Ali Mark Brown tells WSB-TV that A 12-year-old western New York killing 35 people; Martin Bry- number of naval vessels allowed refused to be inducted into the the gator’s presence has “gone a girl has wound up running 10 ant was captured by police after in the Great Lakes. Army, the same day U.S. Army little crazy” on social media. extra miles after she got into the a 12-hour standoff at a guest In 1918, Gen. William C. Westmoreland wrong road race. cottage. (Bryant is serving a life Gavrilo Princip, School Project’s Graffiti LeeAdianez Rodriguez had prison sentence.) the assassin of Archduke Franz told Congress the U.S. “would registered for the 5K race that Ferdinand of Austria and the prevail in Vietnam.” archduke’s wife, Sophie, died in In 1974, a federal jury in Sparks Fears Zodiac was part of last Sunday’s Roch- On this date: ester Regional Health Flower prison of tuberculosis. New York acquitted former At- Killer is Back City Challenge. She thought she In 1758, the fifth president of In 1925, the International torney General John Mitchell TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — was arriving late at the start- the United States, James Mon- Exposition of Modern Industrial and former Commerce Secre- A Florida State University class ing line when the race started, roe, was born in Westmoreland and Decorative Arts, which gave tary Maurice H. Stans of charg- project about drug cartels and so she began running with the County, Virginia. rise to the term “Art Deco,” be- es in connection with a secret serial killers took a turn when rest of the runners. It turned out In 1788, Maryland became gan a six-month run in Paris. $200,000 contribution to Presi- students scrawled a message on she was running with the half- the seventh state to ratify the In 1945, Italian dictator dent Richard Nixon’s re-election a sidewalk associated with the marathoners on the 13.1-mile Constitution of the United Benito Mussolini and his mis- campaign from financier Robert infamous Zodiac Killer.