Winlock Woman’s Loggers Jubilee Group Focuses on Brute Strength and Honed Talent on Display / Main 7 Healthy Living / Life $1 Early Week Edition Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com Morton Hospital Reaches Deal With Fired CEO SETTLEMENT: Board The board of directors for form of a statement on Morton Those who have followed the and the hospital. Morton General Hospital has General Hos- ongoing saga of Whitmer and In late April, Whitmer’s at- ‘Allowed Mr. Whitmer to reached a settlement agreement pital’s web- the hospital know that wasn’t torney sent a demand letter to Resign’; Hospital District with a former CEO who filed a site Monday the case, as the administra- the hospital that outlined what $987,500 claim against the dis- morning. tor was clearly fired following she believed was legal precedent Hasn’t Released How trict alleging he was fired for his Former an executive session in front of under state and federal case law Much of $987,500 Claim religious faith and hiring a gay CEO Seth members of the public in March. to file a discrimination lawsuit man. Whitmer The attempt to rewrite the against Morton General. The Will Be Paid Financial details of the deal wasn’t fired, conditions of Whitmer’s depar- letter alleges the board of com- have not been disclosed, though according to Seth Whitmer ture is part of the settlement missioners violated Whitmer’s By Dameon Pesanti one of Seth Whitmer’s demands the statement. former CEO made in mediation between [email protected] seems to have been met in the Rather, he was allowed to resign. lawyers representing Whitmer please see MORTON, page Main 11 Campaign Stop in Chehalis ‘Absence of Leadership’ Morton Native, Candidate for Governor Calls Out Inslee A lagoon at Fire Mountain Farms in Onalaska on July 23. Biosolids Operation Under Scrutiny From Elected Officials, State Agency CASE: Pollution Control Hearings Board Outcome Could Affect Permit Decision By Kaylee Osowski [email protected] Fire Mountain Farms, a company that receives, stores and applies bio- solids, has faced challenges in the past Pete Caster / [email protected] when it comes to its operations. Current Port of Seattle Commissioner Bill Bryant speaks at the Lewis County Republican Party picnic on Monday afternoon at Stan Hedwall Park in Chehalis. In the past year, the company owned Bryant, who grew up in Morton, announced last May that he would be running for governor. by Bob Thode has been hit with orders from the Washington State Depart- ment of Ecology involving material he 2016: Bill Bryant Shares received from Emerald Kalama Chemi- Platform With Lewis cal. The practice of Fire Mountain ac- County Republicans cepting industrial wastewater, which By Kaylee Osowski isn’t a biosolid, from Emerald had ap- parently been going on for years. [email protected] Both Fire Mountain and Emerald Morton-born Republican have appealed orders from Ecology. candidate for governor Bill A case on the matter is currently be- Bryant spent Monday eve- ing dealt with by the Pollution Control ning in Chehalis at the Lewis Hearings Board. County Republicans annual This is the first in a series of stories picnic. focusing on the company’s operations. Bryant, who currently serves as a second-term Se- Local Official, Neighbor to Biosolids attle Port commissioner, was Site Seek Local Oversight the guest speaker for the event. Penny Mauel, Lewis Coun- Currently biosolid operations are ty Republicans board member overseen by Ecology. Some people want at large, helped to organize that to change. the picnic. She said it’s been a Before this case was brought to the long time since Washington board, some government officials and had a Republican governor a neighbor to one of Fire Mountain who influenced her life. Farms’ sites have been seeking local “I so want to see Bill Bryant oversight when it comes to biosolids elected,” she said. from wastewater treatment plants. If elected, Bryant wants to Lewis County filed documents in a focus on education and help case supporting Wahkiakum County’s students prepare for college, court case with Ecology. jobs and trades. He hopes to Current Port of Seattle Commissioner Bill Bryant, left-center, talks with people at the Lewis County Republican Party picnic on Monday afternoon at Stan Hedwall Park in Chehalis, including J. Vander Stoep, center-right. please see BIOSOLIDS, page Main 11 please see BRYANT, page Main 11 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater ‘The Eternal City’ Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 Election SEE RESULTS Spillman, Elsie, 75, Follow Us on Twitter Centralia Visit www.chron- Chehalis @chronline Man Trains line.com at about 8 Rhoades Jr., Edward 2015 p.m. tonight to see in Rome Stanley, 73, Find Us on Facebook results of the primary Ephrata to Become election. Stories will www.facebook.com/ Catholic be updated through- thecentraliachronicle Priest out the night. / Main 7 Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015 PAGE TWO News Daily Outtake: Breaking Out the Hose of the Weird Sheriff’s Office Asks A hen owned by a Massachu- Drug Dealers to Turn In setts woman who specializes in chicken rehabilitation and res- Their Rivals cue is getting fitted with a pros- FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — thetic leg Wednesday at Tufts A Kentucky sheriff’s office has University’s Cummings School posted a flyer on its Facebook of Veterinary Medicine. page asking drug dealers to turn Andrea Martin, of Clinton, in their rivals. told The Telegram & Gazette Multiple media outlets report she is paying for the $2,500 op- the Franklin County Sheriff’s eration out of her own pocket. Office posted the flyer Monday She says the alternative is eutha- afternoon. It features an image nization. of a marijuana leaf and says, “Is The chicken, named Cec- your drug dealing competition ily, was born with a damaged costing you money ? We offer a tendon in the leg that makes it free service to help you elimi- useless. The surgery will begin nate your drug competition!” when Emi Knafo, a specialist Franklin County Sheriff Pat in avian orthopedics, will am- Melton says the post is funny, but putate Cecily’s right leg. After the sheriff’s department is not a 10- to 14-day recovery period, joking around. At the bottom the prosthetic, made on a 3-D Pete Caster / [email protected] of the letter, people are asked to printer, will be fitted. Don Hemenway, who lives adjacent to where Thursday’s brush ire spread behind Orton Street, waters down dry grass fill out information about the surrounding his yard in Centralia as Riverside Fire Authority ireighters spray the charred grass next to the rail tracks. drug dealer they are reporting, Subway Sandwich including the dealer’s name and vehicle. Melton says he got the Artists Set World Record idea from the McIntosh County Notable Quote Sheriff’s Office in Georgia. As of in Las Vegas Tuesday morning, the post had LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sub- 394 online shares. way’s “sandwich artists” cranked out a record number of their lunchmeat masterpieces in Las “I don’t know when I’m going to stop. It has always been good German Mechanic Wins Vegas on Saturday. to me. I’m doing things people my age can’t do. No aches and Pay for Changing, but Franchisees and employees from around the world set a pains from doing the sport, but I logged all my life and cut Not for Showers Guinness World Record for the timber for 40 years. I ache from that. “ BERLIN (AP) — A German “most people making sandwich- court says a municipal bus me- es simultaneously” when 1,481 chanic can have hundreds of euros people built subs at the same David Moses Sr., 71 in back pay for time spent chang- time during the brand’s annual Loggers Jubilee competitor ing into his work clothes — but not convention in Las Vegas. for time he spent showering. All of the sandwiches were (see the full story on page Main 7) The state labor court in donated to the Salvation Army. Duesseldorf said the man and the local transport authority in Skunk Saved by Detroit- Oberhausen reached a settle- Editor’s Pick ment Monday that will see him Area Police Officer get 375 euros ($412) to cover the ROCHESTER, Mich. (AP) — Of Ballots and Candidates 10 minutes per day that he spent A hungry skunk whose head was changing into and out of his stuck in a yogurt container has a Hopefully, by now you’ve wait until then to see who came He didn’t shy away from uniform over a seven-month pe- hero: a suburban Detroit police riod last year. submitted your ballot for to - out on top. what was a controversial envi - officer. night’s primary election. Visit www.chronline.com to - ronment when taking his new The plaintiff also had sought Rochester Officer Merlin If not, and night after 8 p.m. for full results. job in the Hub City. to be paid for a daily 10 minutes Taylor’s encounter Sunday was spent in the shower after work, recorded from his police car. you’re already Our reporters will work to call Medicaid Match Program But the court questioned wheth- The video shows Taylor putting registered, you candidates and update stories as improprieties were still in cen - er that could be counted as time on a rubber glove and cautiously technically have the night goes on. ter focus when he started earlier on the job and also wondered approaching the skunk, which until tonight Interestingly, our front page this summer, but he seems in - “whether 10 minutes is not too was running in circles.