Phelps Won’t Testify in Rape Trial / Main 3 $1 Midweek Edition Thursday, April 26, 2012 www.chronline.com — Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online Lots of Shows to See This Spring Musicals / Life: A&E Get Ready for Summer With the 2012 Fighting for a Southwest Washington By Amy Nile [email protected] Tourism Guide Ten years ago, Nic Kuning traded drum lessons to learn / Insert how to fight. “Now, all my free time is de- Better voted to helping people punch Southwest people and I think I’m doing some good while I’m at it,” said Washington the now professional fighter. Kuning, who also owns and Tourism Guide 2012-2013 operates Arsenal Combat Sports in Longview, has partnered with Steve Coleman, of Centralia, to expand to a new location in Chehalis. The new site on Geary Street Life once housed a boxing club. Its New Business Aims closure left local kids with no- where to train, Kuning said. Kuning and Coleman to Help Struggling are working to remodel the 11,000-square-foot facility to Kids Stay Off Drugs open a combat sports academy and Out of Trouble please see FIGHTING, back page Warriors Win Wild Rivalry Match / Sports 1 Chris Geier / [email protected] Dustin Meyer, right, raises his hands in victory after winning a mixed martial arts bout against Centralia resident Rich Reevis at the Arsenal Combat Sports gym in Chehalis Saturday night. The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Weather Fishing Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 TONIGHT: Low 39 Lowland Lakes Open Watterson, Leonard Ray Follow Us on Twitter TOMORROW: High 57 (Leo), 59, Anacortes @chronline Few showers Saturday; More Than Francy, Margaret Louise, see details on page Main 2 300,000 Expected to 90, Toledo Find Us on Facebook Hit Trout Waters Kuhn, Daniel Charles, 24, www.facebook.com/ Weather picture by Trent Olympia thecentraliachronicle Sherwood, fourth grade, / Sports 2 Langley Jr., Merton David, Onalaska Elementary 60, Centralia School Sharp Sr., Larry Alfred, 71, Rochester CH466944cz.cg Main 2 The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Thursday, April 26, 2012 FROM THE FRONT PAGE / WEATHER Community Editor’s Best Bet Fairgrounds to Host Cat Show The Cat Fanciers’ Associa- tion, Rip City Cats and Seattle Calendar Cat Club will be holding an all- breed and household cat show Submit Your Items The musical is loosely based 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April on the 1957 memoirs of Gypsy If you would like to add an 28, in the Community Events Rose Lee, the famous striptease item to this listing of events, building at the Southwest Wash- artist, and focuses on her mother, please email Doug Blosser at ington Fairgrounds. Rose, whose name has become [email protected] or call The show will feature cham- synonymous with “the ultimate him at 807-8238. pionship, premiership, kittens, show business mother.” veterans and household pets cat- Music for “Gypsy” was writ- egories. There will be five judg- Thursday, April 26 ten by Jule Style, with lyrics by ing rings for competitive cat en- Stephen Sondheim. The book tries. More than 100 pedigree Public Agencies was written by Arthur Laurents. cats and household pets, coming Lewis-Mason-Thurston Area Agen- Director for the Evergreen from all over the United States, cy on Aging, Council of Governments, Playhouse version of “Gypsy” is will compete in their own divi- 2 p.m., 4419 Harrison Ave. N.W., Olym- Norma Rogers. sions. Vendors will be on hand pia, (360) 664-3162, ext. 112. Performances will be Friday, selling cat related items. Organizations Saturday and Sunday, April 27 Admission is: general admis- Bucoda Rebekah Lodge 144, 7 through May 13. An additional sion, $4; seniors and students, p.m., Bucoda Oddfellows Community “pay what you will” performance $3; under 5 years of age, free; Center, 202 S. Main, Bucoda, potluck, is Thursday, May 10. families, $10. 273-9724 Tickets for the Friday and Parking is free at the fair- Lewis County Democrats, 6:30 p.m., Saturday shows (8 p.m.) are $15, grounds, which is located at Centralia Deli, 708 Harrison Ave., Cen- tralia, precinct committee officers and with a $2 discount for patrons The Chronicle, file photo 2555 N. National Ave., Chehalis. Lewis County Democrats invited, 864- with Evergreen Playhouse mem- Arwen, a Persian cat, plays with a toy during the second 6500 or 259-8641 bership cards. annual Responsible Cat Fanciers of the Northwest House- Libraries Admission for the Sunday hold Pet Cat Show in January 2012. performances (2 p.m.) is $10 for Junior PageTurners Book Group for Kids, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Winlock Timber- all. land Library, grades 1-3, register at the Tickets may be purchased library a week before the program and in Centralia at Sterling Savings, pick up the featured book, “Spider Kane,” Santa Lucia Coffee and North- Oregon Band Witch During this period, the group by Mary Pope Osborne, 785-3461. west Party Outlet. They are became a live staple, touring Support Groups available in Chehalis at Book ‘n’ Mountain Performing with Weedeater and Spirit Cara- van, and gigging with the likes of “Up From Grief,” for those grieving the Brush. at Hub Bar & Grill loss of a loved one, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Also, you may call the play- Goatsnake, Acid King, High on Morton Community Methodist Church, house at 736-8628, leaving your The Oregon doom rock band Fire, Orange Goblin, Electric Wiz- Fourth and Main, Morton, 330-2640 name, phone number, amount of Witch Mountain will be giving ard, YOB, Unsane, EyeHateGod, Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30-6:30 tickets and the day of the show a free concert Friday at 9 p.m. at Clutch, Unida, Solitude Aetur- p.m., Immanuel Lutheran Church,1209 N. Scheuber Road, Centralia, 736-9268 you would like to see. the Hub Bar & Grill, Centralia. nus, Isis, Soilent Green, Agalloch, Membership forms for the For 15 years, Witch Moun- Thrones and countless others. Senior Centers Evergreen Playhouse are at the tain has flown the flag of doom From 2003-2008, the band stuck Cook’s choice lunch and bingo, 11 theater or online at evergreen- over its cloudy hometown of close to home. Family life and other a.m.-2 p.m., Olequa Senior Center playhouse.org. The theater is lo- Portland. Formed in 1997 by musical projects took precedence, Low-impact exercise class, 3:30- cated at 226 W. Center St., Cen- guitarist/songwriter Rob Wrong though the Mountain reared its 4:30 p.m., Toledo Senior Center, 864- 2112 tralia. and drummer/manager Nathan head when the urge arose. Pool tournament, 1 p.m., Twin Cities “Nanotear” Carson, the group Witch Mountain found a Senior Center, 748-0061 has prevailed through a variety voice to match its mighty in- Lunch, noon, $3 suggested donation, Suderman to Perform of lineups and musical epochs. strumental prowess in 2009. Uta Twin Cities Senior Center, 748-0061 at Centralia United Today, the band is recognized Plotkin is a highly skilled vocalist Nutrition lunch, noon, $3 suggest- as a leader in some of the most re- with soul to match. She also grew ed donation, Morton Senior Center, Methodist nowned metal communities in the up in Carson’s hometown of Cor- 496-3231 Zumba, 6-7 p.m., Toledo Senior Singer/songwriter Bryan world —locally alongside Agalloch, vallis, Ore. The chemistry was in- Center, 864-2112 Moyer Suderman will give a con- YOB and Red Fang — and interna- stantaneous. She made her debut cert at Centralia United Method- tionally as part of the Profound Lore in front of 400 diehard rockers at ist Church on Friday at 7 p.m. label and Nanotear Booking rosters. a Pentagram reunion show at the Friday, April 27 Suderman, who lives near To- From 1998-2002 Witch Moun- old Satyricon. Since that fateful ronto, Ontario, with his wife and tain established itself as a prime gig, things have only gone right. ‘Gypsy’ to Open at son, travels extensively through- force in the Northwest rock scene, Bassist Neal Munson joined out North America, sharing his releasing the critically acclaimed in this year, immediately lending Evergreen Playhouse music with people of all ages. demo Homegrown Doom and sub- his thundering talent to third al- The spring 2012 Broadway An offering will be taken. sequent full-length album …Come bum Cauldron of the Wild (due musical “Gypsy” will open More information is available The Mountain. Both were issued in June). Witch Mountain is now Thursday at Centralia’s Ever- from Carol, 736-7311, or online in the United Kingdom, and first preparing to headline its first green Playhouse. at www.smalltallmusic.com pressings sold out immediately. full U.S. tour since 2001. The Weather Almanac 5-Day Forecast for the Lewis County Area River Stages National Map Forecast map for April 27, 2012 Tonight Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Gauge Flood 24 hr. Height Stage Change 110s Chehalis at Mellen St. 100s 53.15 65.0 -0.44 90s L Skookumchuck at Pearl St. H 80s H 76.11 85.0 -0.10 70s Cowlitz at Packwood 60s 4.73 10.5 -0.08 50s L Cowlitz at Randle 40s Showers Likely Few Showers Few Showers Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy 12.12 18.0 -0.73 30s 39º 57º 40º 58º 44º 64º 42º 63º 40º Cowlitz at Mayfield Dam 20s 12.02 ---- +0.90 10s 0s This map shows high temperatures, type of precipitation expected and Centralia Regional Weather Sun and Moon location of frontal systems at noon. L H Data reported from Centralia Sunset tonight . .8:16 p.m.