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West in Five-Set Battle / Sports 1 Lewis County 911 Center Twin Cities Police, ‘Meaningless’ Dispatcher Vote Not Considered in Hiring of Manager RESPONSE: County Lewis County officials are Lewis County Central in a positive direction with as “bullsh-t.” Walton on defending their recent decision Services Director Steve Walton that communications center,” Wednesday continued to brush Defends Decision as to hire controversial interim summed the matter up as “old Walton told The Chronicle off criticism of Anderson as Dispatchers Reaffirm manager David Anderson to news” while confirming that the Wednesday. invalid. continue leading Lewis County’s Centralia and Chehalis police In May, Anderson said Specifically, he said Lack of Confidence in E911 Communications Center, departments were not involved a list of concerns from law the dispatchers’ vote of no Commissioners’ Choice despite continued concerns in the process, despite pointed enforcement and fire chiefs confidence was “meaningless.” from law enforcement leaders criticism of Anderson earlier about his leadership were “The vote of no confidence By Natalie Johnson and Aaron Kunkler and a vote of no-confidence this year. “hogwash,” while Commissioner The Chronicle from his own staff. “We are moving forward Bill Schulte dismissed them please see 911, page Main 9 Mossyrock Fire Station Crumbles Strong From Dry Rot, Rust and Rain Winds a Concern as Storms Approach NO FLOODING PREDICTED: Wind Events to Occur Tonight, With Potential for Stronger Winds Saturday By Justyna Tomtas [email protected] The first series of fall storms began Wednesday night and will continue through Sunday with high winds that may result in downed limbs and power outages. Forecasters expect the change in weather to intensify tonight. “There are periods of rain and a blustery, windy couple of periods of winds strong enough to maybe knock some Pete Caster / [email protected] trees down and the power Lewis County Fire District 3 Chief Doug Fosburg, left, and Fire District 3 Commissioner Marty Majors, right, hold a ladder for Ron Palmer as he points out holes in the out,” National Weather Service ceiling of the aging ire station in downtown Mossyrock on Tuesday afternoon. Meteorologist Mike McFarland said. VOTERS WILL DECIDE: District For three Lewis County Fire District were aware that the November ballot would Tonight, winds are forecast 3 residents, a routine visit to the district’s include a third attempt by the district to to be between 20 and 35 mph Residents List Holes in Roof, main station in Mossyrock last month replace the cramped, aging building, but with gusts of up to 50 mph. Disintegrating Support Beams as served as a major wake-up call. didn’t understand the scope of the problem The wind event is expected “We have natural skylights — that means until they saw the rust-pitted walls and roof to peak in the middle of the Reasons to Support Replacement night, McFarland said, a better holes,” said Ron Palmer. for themselves. Now, they have formed an informal scenario than during the day. 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WINLOCK, TUMWATER CH564689cd.cg & OLYMPIA Keith Macy Matt DeBord HOME | CONSTRUCTION | BUSINESS NMLS# 539574 Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 PAGE TWO News Award-Winning Product at Dick’s Brewing of the Weird Vandpleje Fyn is urging anglers Elephant Seal Sets to “grab their rods and catch as Record By Swimming many as possible. I’ll join them this weekend.” Farthest West “Get yourself a fishing license SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — and get out there. The more the Researchers with the University better,” he said jokingly. of California, Santa Cruz say an Knabe said Wednesday that elephant seal has set a record by the rip happened “at the worst swimming farther west than any time” because sea trout “are other tracked elephant seal. about to spawn and their eggs UC Santa Cruz officials said are ‘yummy’ for rainbow trout.” Wednesday that by the time Phyllis arrives back in California in January, she will have com- Crews Pull Down Old pleted a 7,400-mile foraging ad- Arkansas Bridge After venture. The 853-pound mother of two covered about 3,700 miles Implosion Fails of ocean before turning around LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Pete Caster / [email protected] and heading home. It turns out a 93-year-old bridge The average distance north- Dave Pendleton, the brewmaster at Dick’s Brewing, carries empty kegs that need to be illed on Wednesday afternoon deemed structurally deficient at Dick’s Brewery in Centralia. At the recent 35th annual Great American Beer Festival in Denver, the brewery earned ern elephant seals usually swim wasn’t so weak after all. during their eight-month migra- a silver medal for its barley wine. It was the irst time the business entered beers in the competition. See a story in Despite triggering explosives the upcoming Saturday edition, and read more about local businesses online at www.chronline.com/business. tion is 2,000 miles. to bring down the Broadway Año Nuevo Reserve director Bridge between Little Rock and Patrick Robinson said UC San- North Little Rock on Tuesday, a ta Cruz researchers have been demolition crew needed five hours Notable Quote tracking the marine mammals to fell the structure. Severing the for 22 years at the reserve in Pes- steel arch and bridge deck should cadero, California. have taken about 30 seconds. He said they have compiled Arkansas highway de- one of the planet’s largest ma- partment spokesman Danny “Out of all the co-defendants in this case, I’m rine mammal diving and track- ing record. Straessle says the blasts weak- the one who came clean and told the truth.” The adventurous animal was ened the span, but parts of the bridge fell against themselves named after Phyllis Sooy, a late Deandre J. Perry newspaper reporter and philan- and none fell into the Arkan- thropist. sas River. Ultimately, crews at- sentenced for robbery of pot grow tached a cable to the bridge and pulled it down. (see page Main 5 for the full story) Danish Angling Three other implosions are planned during a six-month Bonanza: 80,000 Trout project to bring down the old Set Free by Accident bridge and put up a new one. Today in History COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish anglers are rush- Thief Makes Off With Today’s Highlight in History: In 1944, during World War In 1981, voters in Egypt par- ing to a western Denmark fjord II, American troops entered ticipated in a referendum to On Oct. 13, 1792, the corner- to catch some of the up to 80,000 Trailer Used as Mobile Aachen, Germany. elect Vice President Hosni stone of the executive mansion, farmed rainbow trout that have In 1957, CBS-TV broadcast Mubarak the new president, one Pretzel Parlor later known as the White House, been accidentally released, hop- “The Edsel Show,” a one-hour week after the assassination of FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) was laid during a ceremony in ing to keep them from upsetting live special starring Bing Crosby Anwar Sadat. the area’s ecological balance. — It’s a twisted crime: Someone the District of Columbia. stole the Pretzel Chef trailer, a designed to promote the new, ill- In 1999, the Senate rejected A cargo ship on Monday acci- On this date: fated Ford automobile. (It was the Comprehensive Nuclear Test dentally tore apart a fish farm net food truck that operates in Fair- banks, Alaska. In A.D. 54, Roman Emperor the first special to use videotape Ban Treaty, with 48 senators vot- off Assens, 200 kilometers (124 technology to delay the broad- ing in favor and 51 against, far miles) west of Copenhagen in the The Pretzel Chef is a fixture Claudius I died, poisoned cast to the West Coast.) short of the 67 needed for rati- western Baltic Sea, setting free at summer events such as the apparently at the behest of his In 1962, Edward Albee’s four- fication. In Boulder, Colorado, the entire trout farm, which was Tanana Valley State Fair, selling wife, Agrippina. estimated to hold 250 tons of fish. pretzels in various flavors, in- In 1775, the United States character drama “Who’s Afraid the JonBenet Ramsey grand jury The incident is being inves- cluding a pizza pretzel. Navy had its origins as the Con- of Virginia Woolf?” opened on was dismissed after 13 months tigated by the Danish Maritime Co-owner Michelle Hajdu- tinental Congress ordered the Broadway.