$1 Tenino Drill Mid-Week Edition Team / Life 1 Thursday, June 18, 2015 Dry Weather Brings Early County Burn Ban EFFECTIVE FRIDAY: will be in effect beginning Fri- Lewis County Director of now,” she said at a Wednesday porated Lewis County except day. Community Development Lee meeting with Fund and Com- federal and state Department of Campfires Still Allowed It is one of the earliest bans Napier, who is acting as the fire missioner Gary Stamper. Natural Resources forest lands. in Approved Areas the county has seen, according marshal, said moisture readings Napier said the ban is also If enacted, the ban allows for to elected officials. taken last week showed dry con- being enacted as a precaution recreational campfires in desig- By Kaylee Osowski “It’s pretty notable we’re do- ditions. The readings, wind and for the predicted drought. The nated campgrounds and on pri- vate property. [email protected] ing this before the Fourth of a dry forecast have caused con- county will continue to take July,” County Commissioner cerns. moisture readings. A burn ban for Lewis County Edna Fund said. “It seems wise to impose it The ban applies to unincor- please see BAN, page Main 13 Journey on the Cowlitz 105 Miles of Paddling Ends in Longview Soaring to the Finish Mount Rainier to the Columbia River Roy Wilson, honorary chief of the Cowlitz Tribe and chairman of the cultural committee, talks about the villages that were once scattered along the banks of the Cowlitz River. Creating a Life Along the Cowlitz COWLITZ TRIBE: The River Was Used as a Source of Food, Transportation By Justyna Tomtas [email protected] For one American Indian tribe, the Cowlitz is far more than a river: It’s a place they used to call home, a resource that provided them food and a channel for transportation. The Cowlitz Indian Tribe once had the largest land use area in the state, stretching into six counties in please see CREATING, page Main 11 Pete Caster / [email protected] A bald eagle lies of with a ish in its talons on Tuesday afternoon 5 miles west of Toledo above the Cowlitz River. June 16-17: The Big Push from Toledo to Cowlitz River Gave Castle Rock and on to Longview Birth to Town of Toledo By Dameon Pesanti FLOWING: A Look Back at the Watery [email protected] History of a South Lewis County City Editor’s Note: Reporter Dameon Pesanti and Visuals Editor Pete Caster finished travel- By Julie McDonald ing from the headwaters of the Cowlitz River For The Chronicle to its confluence with the Columbia River in Longview Wednesday. Read about their journey The wild river winding its way southwest toward online at cowlitz.seesouthwestwa.com. the mighty Columbia brought early pioneers to Lewis County and the Puget Sound aboard shallow, stone- In its continuous march to the sea, the chiseled canoes and flat-bottomed bateaux, provided Cowlitz River has meandered like a snake passengers travel upstream aboard steamboats that slithering through the grass. Winding through hauled farmers’ produce downstream and loaned its Southwest Washington, it has eroded curved name to the first newspaper ever published in Toledo. stretches of the shore while leaving rocky banks But over the decades, the Cowlitz River also claimed on the other side. Jesse Smith / For The Chronicle the lives of many people and overflowed its banks, Reporter Dameon Pesanti, left, and Visuals Editor Pete Caster pose for a portrait please see FINISH, page Main 10 near Castle Rock Tuesday. please see TOLEDO, page Main 11 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Winlock Departs Take a Hike Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 Medic One Follow Aaron Ellison, George O., 96, Follow Us on Twitter Morton @chronline Toils With VanTuyl Hansen, Steven Lee, 70, Departure on a Climb Centralia Find Us on Facebook Bell, Kevin Dean, 38, www.facebook.com/ of Partner as Through the Rochester Negotiations Outdoors thecentraliachronicle Continue Section / Main 4 / Sports 2 A CENTURY OF HELPING OTHERS. CHEHALIS 714 W. MAIN ST. EXIT 77 360.740.0770 100 YEARS OF COMMUNITY BANKING HOME | CONSTRUCTION | BUSINESS CH539932cz.sw Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Thursday, June 18, 2015 PAGE TWO News Daily Outtake: Pigging Out at Winlock Baseball Tourney of the Weird Three Little Pig Houses Ohio Man Pleads Not Removed From Ohio Guilty to Accepting Crash Site Cash Stolen From Teen’s XENIA, Ohio (AP) — Three Grandfather miniature houses modeled after the “Three Little Pigs” folktale MEDINA, Ohio (AP) — A have been removed from the side 70-year-old northeast Ohio of an Ohio road where a truck man has pleaded not guilty to a hauling 2,200 piglets crashed — charge of receiving stolen prop- but it wasn’t a big bad wolf that erty for allegedly accepting cash blew them away. from a 13-year-old boy accused The Dayton Daily News re- of stealing $25,000 from his ported the houses were removed grandfather. Tuesday by the Ohio Depart- The charge accuses the man ment of Transportation after of accepting less than $7,500. He they were discovered in Xenia pleaded not guilty Wednesday on Monday. It’s not known who in Medina. Pete Caster / [email protected] placed them there. Prosecutors say the man and A baseball player taking part in the Orzel Memorial Haymaker Tournament in Winlock chases greased pigs as part of One house was made from his wife received the cash from a fun break between games Saturday. The contest was created by RBI coach Jordan Nailon, who is also the outdoors straw, another was made of their 14-year-old grandson, who reporter for The Chronicle. The story and more photos are available at www.chronline.com. and www.lewiscoun- sticks and the last was made of accepted it from the 13-year-old. tysports.com. bricks. The man’s wife and a 31-year-old Authorities say they were re- woman also have been charged moved because they were a dis- with receiving stolen property traction for drivers. and contributing to the delin- Notable Quote Some pulled over to pose quency of a minor. with the houses and caused a Some money was recovered. traffic jam. The two teen boys are also facing Officials estimate 1,000 pig- juvenile charges. “The motion is on the ballot, and should it pass, the cost lets died in last week’s crash and The man’s attorney couldn’t some could still be on the loose. be immediately reached for of the change will be covered by a group that wishes to comment. remain anonymous — although it’s most certainly the Bank Robber Who Rebel Alliance, and should the measure be approved, Stopped for Biscuits Wisconsin City Bars Darth Vader is going to show up to the next town Use of Kangaroos Aaron VanTuyl, Gets State Prison columnist council meeting and use the force to raise the councilors’ GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) as Service Animals (see page Main — A man who was arrested for 6 for the full hands in a vote to overturn the change.” robbing a western Pennsylvania After Incident commentary) bank when he stopped to eat BEAVER DAM, Wis. (AP) — biscuits at a nearby restaurant Officials have changed a south- will spend two to four years in eastern Wisconsin city’s rules on Editor’s Pick prison. service animals after a woman The Pittsburgh Tribune- took a baby kangaroo into a Mc- Review reported 32-year-old Donald’s restaurant. Trip’s Over, Stories Aren’t Shane Lindsey, of Arnold, was The Beaver Dam Daily Citi- sentenced by a Westmoreland zen reports the city’s Common We hope you’ve enjoyed site dedicated to the project, gaging source material that County judge on Wednesday af- Council voted 14-0 Monday our past two weeks of coverage cowlitz.seesouthwestwa.com. courses from the past to the ter pleading guilty. night to define a service animal from the Cowlitz River. Our While our daily dispatches present. Lindsey was arrested about as a dog or miniature horse, but duo finished their 105-mile from the Cowlitz will cease, we Still, I believe the Journey on 20 minutes after he robbed the not a kangaroo. Police can cite journey when think many of the stories will the Cowlitz represents the best Citizens Bank in downtown they floated entertain and inform in the attempt to date at documenting New Kensington on Jan. 14. people who try to use other ani- mals. into Longview years ahead. the people, places, landscapes That’s when witnesses saw Wednesday af- We’ll combine the best ar- and wildlife in a river that starts a bald man matching Lindsey’s Beaver Dam police say the ternoon. ticles, photographs and graphics on the glaciers of Mount Rainier description run toward a restau- woman wrapped the baby kan- rant after the heist. garoo in a blanket and tucked it The trip is from the past two weeks into a and ends at the confluence of Police knew the business had in an infant car seat, then took it over, and there special section that will be in- the Columbia River. surveillance video and went in- inside a McDonald’s in February. are only a few serted in The Chronicle next It has been our pleasure to side to view it hoping for clues The woman has said the kan- more stories in month. provide this intimate portrait of as to where the suspect went — garoo is a therapy animal used the hopper left Eric Schwartz From the start, we knew it an endlessly interesting water- editor only to find Lindsey eating at a to help her cope with emotional to tell.