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Serving our communities since 1889 — www.chronline.com $1 Fire Burns 100 Weekend Edition Acres Near Saturday, Chehalis / Main 4 Aug. 6, 2016 Inaugural Season Classroom Drones On Area Soccer Talent Ready to Get Going With Students Focus on Technology at the Annual First Centralia College Soccer Team / Sports W.F. West STEM Summer Camp / Main 7 Pete Caster / [email protected] New College President Focuses Bob Mohrbacher talks about his goals for his tenure as president of Centralia College on Furthering Relationships on Thursday. BOB MOHRBACHER: In Bob Mohrbacher has only pool of about 40 applicants. been in his role for a little over “This is the fifth community His Role Since July a month, but he already says he college I’ve worked at in Wash- 1, Centralia College’s has no plans of leaving the helm ington, and I don’t have any of Centralia College until he re- plans to work at a sixth,” Mohr- President Centers on tires. bacher said in an interview with Programs, Enrollment Accepting his position as the The Chronicle on Thursday president of the college in April, morning. By Justyna Tomtas Mohrbacher was one of three fi- [email protected] nalists for the position out of a please see COLLEGE, page Main 16 In Centralia, Summer School Gives Temporary Bridge on Some Migrant Students a Head Start Chamber Way Opens Ahead of Schedule WHAT’S NEXT? Long- Term Fix in the Hands of the State Legislature By Natalie Johnson [email protected] Less than two weeks after an oversized load se- riously damaged the por- tion of Chamber Way over Southbound Interstate 5, the overpass reopened for traffic Thursday afternoon Washington State De- partment of Transporta- tion staff es- timated ear- lier this week that the tem- porary steel structure could be ready for traffic this weekend. “A lot of things were able to line up” to allow contrac- Pete Caster / [email protected] tors to finish the project ear- Steven V., 9, a soon-to-be fourth-grader, builds a toy car made out of recyclables on Tuesday morning during the Centralia School District's Migrant Summer Program lier than planned, said Bart at Edison Elementary. Treece, of the WSDOT South- 29 STUDENTS: Centralia Centralia’s migrant students The large number of moves, School District received a federal west Region Communica- are faced with a unique set of and other responsibilities at grant of over $16,000 to provide tions Office. Treece thanked area busi- Program Focuses on challenges that often hampers home, make it difficult for the the population with a Migrant nesses and travelers for being STEM, Academic their educational pathway. students to graduate, Shelley Summer School, a supplemental patient during the delays. Language The children make moves at Habenicht, the school district’s program aimed to help the stu- “We had a really good con- least every three years to accom- director of special programs dents further their education. tract and subcontractor that By Justyna Tomtas pany their parents or guardians and assistance, said. [email protected] who are a migratory workers. This year, the Centralia please see STUDENTS, page Main 16 please see OPENS, page Main 16 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Centralia Staple Signs of the Season at Mount Rainier Lewis County Area Since 1889 Tanning Beloved Follow Us on Twitter Business Wildflowers @chronline Has Four in Full Bloom Find Us on Facebook Decades of This Summer www.facebook.com/ History in at National thecentraliachronicle Hub City Park / Main 6 / Life 1 Stop by our new location at the GOODWILL SHOPPING CENTER in Centralia! Adult Cut Backpack Drawing $ ENTER TO WIN A 10% Off 6.99 BACKPACK AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES Professional Color Professional Haircut Expires 09/10/2016. No appointment necessary. Expires 9/10/16. No appointment necessary. Not valid Expires 9/10/16. No appointment necessary. Not valid Not valid with any other offer. Photo for illustration only. with any other ofer. Valid only at Centralia location. Valid only at Centralia and Lacey location. with any other ofer. 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The Brooklyn Daily re- ports Schnitzel Haus owners Playstations Stolen Fred and Amber Urban say the From Pawn Shop Owner photo of the Republican presi- dential nominee had been there Pawned; 2 Arrested since the restaurant opened in CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) 2007. The Urbans were friends — Authorities say two people with Trump’s head of security who tried to pawn some stolen Pete Caster / [email protected] at the time and they say Trump PlayStations didn’t realize that A home owner with land adjacent to a large brush ire southeast of Rice Road grabs a hose in order to water down his dropped by to wish them good they had burgled the home of property on Thursday afternoon. The story and additional photographs can be seen on page Main 4 and online at www.chronline.com. luck. He sent an autographed the pawn shop owner. photo the next day. Citing a Clarksville, Ten- The photo is a topic among nessee, police report, The Leaf- Notable Quote online reviews on Yelp, with Chronicle said 30-year-old Jer- diners saying they were uncom- emy A. Watts and 24-year-old fortable or offended. Jessica F. Heady tried to sell two Fred Urban said on Facebook PlayStation systems along with “At this juncture of American history, ‘To Trump or not to Trump?’ is the that some people have canceled controllers, video games and best personal barometer we’ve got, and maybe that’s why it feels like reservations over the photo, DVDs. while others want to take selfies The pawn shop owner, Ed- a cop-out when a politician won’t take the bait — even though it’s with it. ward Dial, said he recognized the items and went home to probably the one question a GOP candidate can answer that’ll instantly Philadelphia Tells check. Sure enough, his house alienate half of their potential voters.” had been broken into. Watts Residents: Don’t Swim and Heady were arrested Tues- in Dumpster Pools day and charged with aggra- Aaron VanTuyl vated burglary. Both were held Chronicle columnist and sports editor PHILADELPHIA (AP) — on $50,000 bond. It is unclear Philadelphia is urging residents whether either has an attorney. (see page Main 9 for the full commentary) not to swim in dumpsters after a Police say the stolen property rented trash bin was filled with was valued at more than $1,000. fire hydrant water and trans- Today in History formed into a pool. Today’s Highlight in History: ferent settings and time periods, declaration: “I am Eagle!” The online news site Billy Montenegro’s Last was sneak-previewed in River- In 1965, President Lyndon On Aug. 6, 1945, during World Penn first reported the she- side, California. B. Johnson signed the Voting ‘Virgina’ Dies War II, the U.S. B-29 Superfortress nanigans at a weekend block In 1926, Gertrude Ederle be- Rights Act. PODGORICA, Montenegro Enola Gay dropped an atomic party. The party’s organizers came the first woman to swim In 1978, Pope Paul VI died at told the site they power-washed (AP) — Montenegro’s state TV bomb code-named “Little Boy” on the English Channel, arriving Castel Gandolfo at age 80. the dumpster, lined the bottom says the Balkan country’s last Hiroshima, Japan, resulting in an in Kingsdown, England, from In 1986, William J. Schroeder with plywood and tarps and known ‘virgina,’ or sworn virgin estimated 140,000 deaths. (Three France in 14 ½ hours. Warner died at at Humana Hospital- cushioned the corners with pool who lived her life in a role of a days later, the United States ex- noodles. man, has died in her mid-80s. ploded a nuclear device over Na- Bros. premiered its Vitaphone Audubon in Louisville, Ken- However, filling it with hy- Stana Cerovic had promised gasaki; five days after that, Impe- sound-on-disc movie system tucky, after living 620 days with drant water caused the biggest her father she would spend her rial Japan surrendered.) in New York with a showing of the Jarvik 7 artificial heart. “Don Juan” featuring synchro- In 1991, the World Wide Web issue with city officials. life unmarried and as a man to On this date: The Department of Licenses preserve the family name and nized music and sound effects. made its public debut as a means and Inspections issued a state- serve as head of family after her In 1813, during the Venezue- In 1930, New York State Su- of accessing webpages over the ment saying the city won’t issue two brothers died young with- lan War of Independence, forces preme Court Justice Joseph Force Internet. TV newsman Harry permits for block party dump- out children. led by Simon Bolivar recaptured Crater went missing after leaving Reasoner died in Norwalk, Con- ster pools.
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