Former Toledo Coach Still Going Strong at 91
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DISTRICT CHAMPS! MAT CLASSIC XXVI W.F. West Girls Top Mark Morris for District 4 2A Title / Sports 1 DAY ONE RESULTS / Sports 7 & 8 Weekend Edition Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com College Science Center Named for Walton By The Chronicle The newest building on the campus of Centralia College “You can’t have a higher honor.” now bears the name of the man who presided over the college Dr. James Walton during its construction. college president The Centralia College Board of Trustees voted Wednesday to name the Science Building after society Phi Theta Kappa asked of the science center. A formal President James Walton, who the board to consider naming naming ceremony will take will retire in June. The board’s place during commencement decision was unanimous. the building in Walton’s honor. week, which begins June 9. According to a news re- Walton, whose time as presi- “You can’t have a higher hon- lease from the college, the dent of the college began in Centralia College President James Walton poses for a portrait in front of the or, I think,” Walton said Friday. student government for the 2002, will get a chance to choose New Science Building last year on the Centralia College campus. 2012-13 school year and honor the exact wording for the name please see WALTON, page Main 13 No Passage Former Toledo Coach for $1.5 Billion Flood Still Going Strong at 91 Legislation DEADLINE: State Rep. Richard DeBolt’s Bill Failed to Reach Senate for Final Consideration By Lisa Broadt [email protected] The proposed Flood Hazard Reduc- tion Act of 2014 — which would have al- located $1.5 billion to water management issues throughout the state — will not be- come law this year. Rep. Richard DeBolt’s bill failed to make it out of the House before Feb. 18, the date by which bills must make it out of their house of origin. The Flood Hazard Reduction Act died in the rules committee Rep. Richard DeBolt without ever making it to R-Chehalis the floor for a vote. DeBolt’s legislation would have au- thorized the issuance of approximately $750 million in general obligation bonds to finance flood hazard reduction proj- ects and $750 million in bonds to finance storm water projects. please see LEGISLATION, page Main 13 Pete Caster / [email protected] Basin Leaders: Sandy and Primo Brusco pose for a portrait on Friday. Sandy, 75, and Primo, 91, both live in Kelso. They were married Aug. 31, 2013. Recent Flooding Francis Brusco Will Be on Toledo Basketball Bench Tonight Provides Proof By Kyle Spurr title game in Kelso tonight. [email protected] “We’ll be front row,” Sandy of Real Progress “Holy Toledo! I remember all of it.” said. “It will bring back a lot Ninety-one-year-old “Pri- of old memories. It will be an SMOOTH: Authority’s Work mo” Francis Brusco first met exciting time for him.” his new bride at the 2012 To- ‘Primo’ Francis Brusco Brusco — who was previ- Continuing as Hoped, Members Say ledo Cheese Days shortly af- former Toledo basketball coach ously married 69 years before By Lisa Broadt ter she was named Big Cheese his first wife Rose died in at the annual celebration. 2010 — is entering his first [email protected] Brusco, the original Big day.” schools. He spent the follow- year of marriage with Sandy Recent heavy rain and high waters Cheese, introduced himself Brusco, known for his ing 30 years as a high school and said he has never been have provided a trial run for the Chehalis to his new bride, Sandy Miller. wide smile and charismatic and college basketball referee happier. River Basin Flood Authority, a chance to “He walked up and put his demeanor, is a big name around the region. Sandy, a 1956 graduate of see if its variety of small, local improve- arm around me and said, ‘Hi around Toledo, where he Brusco and his wife, have Winlock High School, was ments impact flooding. Big Cheese. I was Toledo’s taught and coached basket- been invited to sit on the married for 56 years before For the most part, the Flood Author- first Big Cheese in the 1950s,” ball in the 1950s. He went on bench with the Toledo High her husband died in 2011. ity discovered, its completed projects have Sandy, 75, said. “He said he to teach and coach at Doug- School boys basketball team fell in love with me that very las, Canby and Kelso high as they play in the District 4 please see COACH, page Main 13 please see PROGRESS, page Main 13 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Weather Sheriff’s Approval Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 TONIGHT: Low 35 Mansfield Bornstein, Elliot B., 56, Chehalis Follow Us on Twitter TOMORROW: High 48 Henderson, Frances W. (Luman), @chronline Rain likely Endorses 96, Centralia see details on page Main 2 Snaza to DeGross, Dennis Peter, 78, Find Us on Facebook Lead Sheriff’s Centralia www.facebook.com/ Weather picture by Jordan Perniconi, Sharon J., 80, Kelso thecentraliachronicle White, Onalaska Office / Main 4 Main 2 The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014 COMMUNITY CALENDAR / WEATHER Community Editor’s Best Bet Biggs to Hold Book Signing at Nazarene Church Michael Biggs, former worship soft-cover book. “The Letters” leader at Centralia Church of the contains 100 “letters from God,” Calendar Nazarene, will be holding a book offering hope, encouragement and inspiration. Today signing 2-4 p.m. Saturday at the Books will be available for WHAT’S HAPPENING? church. purchase and autographed by “Almost, Maine,” 8 p.m., Wickstrom Studio Theatre, Centralia College, tickets If you have an event you Biggs has published his first Biggs if desired. $10 for adults, $8 for students and senior would like included in the citizens. (360) 736-9391, ext. 525 Community Calendar, please “How to Start Beekeeping,” by Lewis email your information to County Beekeepers’ Association, 2:15- [email protected]. 3:30 p.m., Washington Hall 103, Centra- ment Program will be offering Centralia Bridge Club, 6:30 p.m., lia College, 701 W. Walnut St., (360) 880- Include a daytime telephone Unity Church, 800 S. Pearl St., Centralia, number where you can be a refresher course in defensive 8130 or [email protected] driving skills 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues- (360) 748-1753, [email protected] Games Day, traditional and modern reached. board games, card games, 1 p.m., Matrix There is no charge for these day at Woodland Estates Retire- Coffeehouse, Chehalis, (360) 740-0492 listings. ment Center. Support Groups Baked potato fundraiser, 11:30 a.m.- For questions about The course gives practical Survivors of sexual assault/abuse, 2:30 p.m., Adna Grange, toppings in- calendar items, call Doug guidance for traffic accident 5:30-7 p.m., 125 NW Chehalis Ave., Che- clude sour cream, chives, bacon bits, Blosser at The Chronicle, (360) prevention and enhances driver halis, sponsored by Human Response Network, (360) 748-6601 broccoli, cheese sauce, ranch dressing 807-8238. and butter, garden salad, beverage and safety and confidence. Success- NAMI Lewis County Connections dessert, $6 for adults, $5 for children un- ful course completion qualifies Support Group, 5:30-7 p.m., Twin Cities der 10, to benefit Grange roof repair, 123 drivers 55 years of age and over Senior Center, (360) 880-8070 or sher- Dieckman Road, Adna, (360) 740-1950 and Jim Walton, Wickstrom Studio The- [email protected] atre, Centralia College, co-sponsored by for automobile insurance premi- Broken Trail, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Scat- NAMI Support Group, 2-3:15 p.m., Centralia Rotary and Centralia College um discounts. Some companies ter Creek Grill, Lucky Eagle Casino, Centralia Timberland Library, for Foundation, (360) 736-9391, ext 516 give the discount starting at age families of mentally ill persons, (360) (360) 273-2000, ext. 301 50. Gardening for Everyone, 9 a.m.-2 Burger Night, 5-7:30 p.m., Centralia 736-2073 p.m., Washington Hall, Centeralia Col- Eagles, quarter-pound hamburgers, Cost is $18. The program is Al-Anon, Fellowship in Unity, 6 p.m., lege, sponsored by WSU Lewis County $1.50, other menu items, (360) 736-1146 operated by American Driving Unity Center, 800 S. Pearl St., Centralia, Master Gardeners, (360) 740-1212, Free community dinner, 5:30-7 p.m., Services. (360) 736-8104 or (360) 736-6439 http://lewis-mg-mrc.org Centralia United Methodist Church, 506. Woodland Estates is located “Brothers Grimm and the Showgirl,” 8 S. Washington Ave., (360) 736-7311 at 2100 SW Woodland Circle, Wednesday, Feb. 26 p.m., Evergreen Playhouse, Centralia, $15 Chehalis. Lewis County Home & Remodel Show, sponsored by Lewis County Public Agencies For enrollment information, Inspirational Speaker to chapter of Olympia Master Builders, 10 Lewis County Commission, 10 a.m., call (800) 462-3728. a.m-5 p.m., Southwest Washington Fair- BOCC board room, second floor, Lewis Talk at Lyceum grounds, free, (360) 75400912 or visit County Courthouse, agenda available Bingo, Chehalis Moose Lodge, doors “Life Happens, Live it!” will www.omg.org at http://goo.gl/agwWM, (360) 740-1120 open at 4:30 p.m., game starts at 6:30 p.m.; food available, (360) 736-9030 be a Centralia College Lyceum Weekend Games, 5 p.m., Matrix Chehalis City Council, 5 p.m, City Coffeehouse, Chehalis, free, (360) Hall council chamber, 350 N. Market Health and Hope Medical Outreach, presentation by 2008 University 740-0492 free medical clinic, 5:30-8:30 p.m., of Idaho graduate Jake French at Blvd., Chehalis, agendas available Northwest Pediatrics, 1911 Cooks Hill at http://ci.chehalis.wa.us/meetings, Road, Centralia, for those whose income 1 p.m.