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Beaver Sweep Tenino Takes Three From Rainier / Sports 1 Music Takes $1 Students Early Week Edition Down Under / Tuesday, Life 1 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com Sept. 9, 2014 Ethel Farm Bets Business on Pot Local Vegetable Producer Sees Marijuana as Pete Caster / [email protected] Protesters rally in front of the Hamilton sign along Rush Road in Viable Alternative, but Moratorium Continues Napavine on Monday morning. Protesters Occupy Hamilton Sign A SHORT GATHERING: About 30 People Danced And Cheered in Support of Transgendered Awareness Monday Morning By Stephanie Schendel [email protected] The consistently conservative Uncle Sam billboard along Interstate 5 in Napavine briefly displayed a mes- sage from the opposite side of the political spectrum Monday morning. Individuals from a regional group who said they ad- vocate for transgender awareness staged a “dance party” on Hamilton Road underneath their banner that read “Transgender health, not fossil fuel wealth.” The banner was draped over the billboard between 9 and 11 a.m. and covered Uncle Sam’s current message of “When did science become subject to political whim?” “There is a lot of traffic that comes through here and this billboard has a reputation for putting up things that Pete Caster / [email protected] are not necessarily kind,” said a woman who would not Jonenao Lee, bottom, along with his wife, Ong Lee, and three other workers pick kai-lan, or Chinese broccoli, at their farm in Ethel on provide her real name, but asked that she be identified Monday morning. The ive-person crew spends much of the mornings harvesting various Asian crops, which then are sold to vendors as “Tiger,” and also said she is the group’s media liaison. in the International District in Seattle. “We wanted to put up our own message. We don’t agree with the ones on this billboard.” The group of about 30 dancing protesters were from MARIJUANA: Area Farmers all over the region, she said. See Perks in Growing While the group of dancing protesters initially staged Marijuana; Lewis County please see PROTESTERS, page Main 9 Less Certain By Dameon Pesanti [email protected] ETHEL — At around 7 a.m. Questions Arise on Monday, mud clings to Cania Lee’s work boots, and his pants are soaked County’s $1 Million at the shins from walking the crops on his family farm. Lee, his parents Ong and Jon- Failed Software enao and their three relatives have been up since 4 a.m. working on PUBLIC COMMENT: ‘Circumstances Beyond the family farm, OJ’s Produce near Ethel. Control’ of County, Contractor Led to Two large greenhouses stand along the road to OJ's Produce in Ethel. The greenhouse They’re bent over or kneeling in Termination of Contract; It’s Uncertain sits empty most of the year. Cania Lee, part owner of the family farm, hopes that they will a field of Chinese broccoli, breaking be the future home of his commercial marijuana grow operation. one stem at a time until their arms What County Will Do Next are full. By Christopher Brewer Nearby, a few wax boxes lie empty, tumbled into a loose pyra- [email protected] mid. Others are stuffed with pro- Questions about a failed conversion to new budget- duce, neatly stacked and waiting to ing software for Lewis County that to date has cost more be trucked to Seattle’s International than $1 million came up in the public comment session District. of Monday’s Lewis County Commission meeting. The night before, the six Hmong Chehalis resident Mike Coday posed several ques- farmers worked from 4 a.m. to 11 tions to Lewis County commissioners about the county’s p.m., using headlamps to see the purchase of Microsoft Dynamics GP budgeting software plants. It’s the end of the season, or- in 2009. That software was designed to replace the coun- ders are coming in daily and there’s ty’s current budgeting system, which is responsible for much to be done before the October holding digital records of every bit of money the county rains. has its hand in, from its own employees’ payrolls to the Cania Lee is a second generation ledgers for each taxing district throughout Lewis County. American. His parents were refugees Coday’s statement, which he cited from public re- from the Vietnam War and lived in cords he had requested from the Board of County Com- Laos until migrating to the United missioners, said the county bought the software at a cost States in 1980. For the last 13 years, of about $326,000, with an additional $788,000 autho- the Lees have lived in Lewis County rized to A Systems Integrator of Bend, Oregon, to consult and provided specialty Asian pro- on installing the system and migrating the data from the duce to grocers and restaurants current budgeting software to Microsoft Dynamics. from Seattle to Portland. please see SOFTWARE, page Main 9 A worker at OJ's Produce in Ethel picks mustard greens on Monday morning. please see FARM, page Main 9 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Weather What Research? Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 TONIGHT: Low 50 Larson, David Carl, Follow Us on Twitter TOMORROW: High 75 Bigfoot 71, Winlock @chronline Mostly Sunny Enthusiasts Hull, Bette L., 90, see details on page Winlock Find Us on Facebook Main 2 Not Fazed www.facebook.com/ Weather picture by by Skeptics thecentraliachronicle Greyson Harmon, Onalaska / Main 12 Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014 COMMUNITY CALENDAR / WEATHER Editor’s Best Bet Lewis County Courthouse Historical Celebration A celebration of the Lewis commissioners meeting room, County Courthouse being a reception for former commis- placed on the state and national sioners will be held. At the same historic registries at the court- time, music will begin on the house Wednesday. Following is first floor (or outside if weather the schedule of events: permits). • 3 p.m. — Tours of the 5 p.m. — The formal celebra- courthouse will begin, with tion will be on the north court- the Cowlitz Valley A’s bring- house steps, with retired Wash- ing their vintage automobiles. ingtonA Supreme Court Justice trivia passport will be available Gerry Alexander speaking. to go to the various areas of the 5:15 p.m. — A picture will courthouse; a completed pass- be taken on the north steps to port will entitle the bearer to a re-create a photograph taken in free-of-charge historical book (with stories about what has 1927. taken place in the courthouse) 5:20-7 p.m. — Tours con- entitled, “These Walls Can Talk,” tinue. authored by Julie McDonald Those attending are encour- Zander. The books will also agedbe to wear period attire from available for $10, including tax). the late 1920s. Some clothing • 4 p.m. — In the commis- ideas can be found at this link: sioners meeting room, a recep- http://www.thepeoplehistory. tion will be held for the family com/1927fashions.html/ of H.D. Boone, a commissioner For more information, call Pete Caster / [email protected] 1883-85. (360) 740-1120 or visiit www. The southwest corner of the Lewis County Courthouse is seen in Chehalis. • 4:30 p.m. — Also in the lewiscountywa.gov. WHAT’S HAPPENING? 880-8070 or [email protected] Cowlitz Prairie Grange, potluck dinner 6:30 p.m., Al-Anon, Fellowship in Unity, 6 p.m., Unity Cen- meeting 7:30 p.m., (360) 864-2023 If you have an event you would like included in the Community Calendar, please email ter, 800 S. Pearl St., Centralia, (360) 736-8104 or Good Sam RV Club, 10 a.m., Judy’s Coun- your information to [email protected]. Include a daytime telephone number where (360) 736-6439 try Kitchen, 3210 Galvin Road, Centralia, (360) you can be reached. 785-4139 There is no charge for these listings. For questions about calendar items, call Doug Blosser at The Chronicle, (360) 807-8238. Wednesday, Sept. 10 Support Groups Bingo, doors open 5 p.m., bingo starts 6:30 p.m., Domestic violence support group, 5:30-7 p.m., Forest Grange, 3397 Jackson Highway, Chehalis 125 NW Chehalis Ave., Chehalis, sponsored by Hu- Young Professionals Lewis County Networking man Response Network, (360) 748-6601 Social, 5-8 p.m., Riverside Golf Club Roof Top Bar, Loss of a Child Support Group, 7-8:30 p.m., Prov- Community Chehalis, (206) 293-6126 idence Professional Center, (360) 748-4347 Games Night, 5:30-9 p.m., Matrix Coffeehouse, Widows and Widowers Lunch, 11 a.m., The Res- Chehalis, free, (360) 740-0492 taurant, 1757 N. National Ave., Chehalis, presented Winlock Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Winlock by Sticklin Funeral Chapel and Brown Mortuary Events Plaza on Kerron Street, (360) 785-4817 Service, (360) 736-1388 Know Your Soils, 6 p.m., Packwood Senior Cen- ter, preregistration required, free worm bin includ- ed with registration, (360) 740-1216, sponsored by Thursday, Sept. 11 WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composters Calendar Steve Brown, noon-1 p.m., Jeremy’s Farm to Open mic, 6:30 p.m., Matrix Coffeehouse, Che- halis, (360) 740-0492 Libraries Table, 476 W. Main St., Chehalis, (360) 748-4417 Today Open mic, 6-10 p.m., Jeremy’s Farm to Table, 476 “Let’s Grow a Garden,” 10-11:30 a.m., 4162 Jack- Tai Chi Qi Gong, for teens and adults, 5 p.m., W. Main St., Chehalis, (360) 748-4417 son Highway, free, (360) 262-0525 Bingo, Chehalis Moose Lodge, doors open at Oakville Methodist Church, 203 W.