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The Art of Hanging Switching Sides Baskets / W.F. West Athletic Director Hired in Centralia / Sports Life $1 Early Week Edition Tuesday, May 20, 2014 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com Artistic License Spray Day Brings Legal Graffiti to Onalaska Cowlitz Tribe Seeks Change of Name for State Park HISTORY: Lewis and Clark State Park May Become Cowlitz Trail State Park By Kyle Spurr [email protected] The Cowlitz Indian Tribe is proposing a more historically accurate name for Lewis and Clark State Park in South Lewis County. As it turns out, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark never set foot in the area during their well-recorded expedition. Philip Harju, vice chair- man of the Cowlitz Tribe, said the tribe is petitioning the state to change the park’s name to “Cowlitz Trail State Park.” Christopher Brewer / [email protected] The Cowlitz Tribe used the Top: Justin Boggs wears a vapor respirator as he works on an art installation at the former Onalaska Transfer Station Saturday. trail while traveling from the Above: Graiti artist Dr. Phil puts the inishing touches on an art piece at the playshed at Onalaska Middle School as part of Northwest Spray Day on Saturday. Columbia River to the Olympia area. Ruts from the tribe’s wag- on wheels are still visible on the By Christopher Brewer trail, according to tribal leaders. [email protected] ONALASKA — Take a please see PARK, page Main 14 drive around Onalaska and you’ll likely see a bit more color added to a few struc- tures. Graffiti has carried with Packwood it a negative connotation for years among property own- ers who don’t welcome it, Woman but Onalaska rolled out the red carpet for 18 of the Pa- cific Northwest’s top graffiti Gets Three artists and gave them three venues on which to channel their creativity. Years in Justin Boggs, a 24-year- old Onalaska native who now attends the University Prison for of Oregon to study art, in- vited 17 other street artists to his hometown for the 2014 Threat Northwest Spray Day, made By The Chronicle please see ART, page Main 14 Graiti artists team up to paint the outside of the Onalaska Middle School playshed Saturday as part of Northwest Spray Day. A Lewis County judge sen- tenced a Packwood woman con- victed of felony harassment to more than three years in prison after she threatened to shoot Port of Centralia, Chehalis Clash on Rail Issues employees at White Pass School The Port of Centralia and earlier this year. TRAINS: Port Aiding Genesee & Wyoming are apply- Cheryl A. Strong faced up to Improvement of Rail 10 years in prison because a jury “They’d supplant one tyrant with another, ing for the Transportation In- found her guilty of two counts to Grays Harbor; vestment Generating Economic of felony harassment in addition Chehalis, Lewis County that’s all this is. That’s reality.” Recovery, or TIGER, grant, to two aggravating factors of to make improvements to Suspicious other foreseeable victims. Kyle Heaton Blakeslee Junction through Ab- Lewis County Deputy Pros- By Dameon Pesanti Port of Centralia executive director erdeen on the Puget Sound and ecutor Mark McClain requested Pacific Railroad line, which the judge sentence the 48-year- [email protected] is owned by the short line rail old woman to 43 months for Representatives of the Port fic flow more efficiently from company Genesee & Wyoming. each count to run consecutively, has them worried. of Centralia and Genesee & Centralia to Grays Harbor, but The grant would pay a lit- which would have totaled more At the heart of the conflict Wyoming Inc. say they are Chehalis and Lewis County of- tle more than $9 million and than seven years. is a $9 million federal grant to planning to work together in ficials say the lack of transpar- improve train traffic on short please see THREAT, page Main 14 an effort to make train traf- ency around the application line rail systems. please see RAIL, page Main 14 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Weather On the Street Dry Winter? Lewis County Area Since 1889 TONIGHT: Low 46 El Niño Follow Us on Twitter TOMORROW: High 72 Reporter @chronline Partly cloudy Experiences Predicted in see details on page Main 2 Southwest Find Us on Facebook Panhandling www.facebook.com/ Weather picture by Ruby / Main 4 Washington thecentraliachronicle Barnts, Boistfort / Main 5 Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, May 20, 2014 COMMUNITY CALENDAR / WEATHER Community Editor’s Best Bet Guitarist Bourbon to Perform at Matrix Coffeehouse Calendar Claude Bourbon will be Today performing at 6:30 p.m. to- WHAT’S HAPPENING? night at the Matrix Coffee- house in downtown Chehalis. Genealogical Society to If you have an event you would like Bourbon is known Have Presentation on included in the Community Calendar, throughout Europe and please email your information to America for amazing guitar Legacy Family Tree [email protected]. Include a performances that take blues, daytime telephone number where you Spanish, Middle Eastern and A presentation on the Legacy Family can be reached. Tree will be given at the Lewis County There is no charge for these listings. Russian stylings into unchart- Genealogical Society meeting at 7 p.m. For questions about calendar items, ed territories. Each year Bour- tonight in the Lewis County PUD audito- call Doug Blosser at The Chronicle, bon plays more than 100 shows rium, 345 NW Pacific Ave., Chehalis. (360) 807-8238. around the world. His latest Jerri McCoy, who has 15 years of Leg- tour features music from his acy experience, will present a program on latest double CD “Over The using the Legacy Family Tree program Centralia Bridge Club, 6:30 p.m., Unity Mountains.” which once again the world; he has followed by a Q & A session. Those at- Church, 800 S. Pearl St., Centralia, (360) 748-1753, incorporates a variety of influ- crafted a fusion of classical tending can bring their laptop, tablet or [email protected] ences and makes them his own. and jazz, with ethereal Eastern other electronic device with Legacy on it Lewis County Genealogical Society, 7 p.m., influences, Spanish and Latin Family History Center, Church of Jesus Christ of Born in France in the early and get hands-on help. Latter-day Saints, 2195 Jackson Highway, Chehalis, `60s, Bourbon grew up in Swit- elements with strains of West- McCoy has been active in genealogy (360) 237-4797 zerland, where he was classical- ern folk. for about 40 years. She is a member of ly trained for many years. This Admission is $15. For more the Daughters of the American Colonists, Support Groups finger picking guitarist has information, call the Matrix at the Daughters of the American Revolu- performed and studied all over (360) 740-0492. tion, the Daughters of the Founders and Support for mothers, 9:15-11:15 a.m., Bethel Patriots of America, the Mayflower So- Church, for mothers with children pregnancy through 6 years old, sponsored by Chehalis MOPS ciety, the Associated Daughters of Early (Mothers of Preschoolers), (360) 520-3841 or (360) space is needed, Corbet Theatre. Organizations American Witches, the New England 864-2168, email [email protected] or visit For more information, call Jody Peter- Take Off Pounds Sensibly, 10:15 a.m., Assembly www.facebook.com/chehalismops Historic Genealogical Society, the Olym- son, (360) 736-9391, ext. 209, or email her of God church, 702 SE First St., Winlock NAMI Lewis County Connections Support pia Genealogical Society and the Wash- at [email protected]. Seniors on the Go, potluck and meeting, noon, Group, 5:30-7 p.m., Twin Cities Senior Center, (360) ington State Genealogical Society. She Onalaska First Church of God Fellowship Hall. 880-8070 or [email protected] is a past president of two genealogical Bingo, doors open 5 p.m., bingo starts 6:30 p.m., Tenino/Bucoda Community Coalition, societies, and has held numerous lineage NAMI Support Group, 2-3:15 p.m., Centralia Tim- Forest Grange, 3397 Jackson Highway, Chehalis 6-7:30 p.m., Tenino Elementary School, berland Library, for families of mentally ill persons, Taco Night, 6-8 p.m., Centralia Eagles, hard-shell (360) 493-2230, ext. 13 society offices. (360) 736-2073 McCoy published two books on her tacos, two for $1, other menu items, (360) 736-1146 Soroptimist International of Lewis County, Games Night, 5:30-9 p.m., Matrix Coffeehouse, 5:30 p.m., contact for location, (360) 748-7860, family, and is working on two more. She [email protected] wrote an article documenting an elusive Wednesday, May 21 Chehalis, free, (360) 740-0492 Mayflower line ancestor, which was pub- Worm composting, 6 p.m., Virgil R. Lee Building, Chehalis Recreation Park, pre-register at (360) 740- Support Groups lished in the “Mayflower Descendants.” CC Faculty Member to Talk 1216 to receive free worm bin, sponsored by WSU Visitors are welcome. For more in- Lewis County Master Recycler Composters, Domestic violence support group, 5:30-7 p.m., formation, call Teresa at (360) 237-4797 About Trip to Mesoamerica (360) 740-1212 or email debbie.burris@lewis- 125 NW Chehalis Ave., Chehalis, sponsored by Hu- man Response Network, 748-6601 or visit Genealogical Society’s website at Centralia College faculty member Liz countywa.gov. www.walcgs.org. Winlock Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Winlock Frey will be sharing her recent experi- Events Plaza on Kerron Street, (360) 785-4817 ences in Mesoamerica studying Maya Thursday, May 22 art history and textiles during a Lyceum Public Agencies presentation at 1 p.m.