Serving our communities since 1889 — www.chronline.com $1 Mid-Week Edition Rochester Wins Slugfest Thursday, Warriors Top Tenino in 17-11 Offensive Affair / Sports 1 April 28, 2016 Billie’s Designer Fabrics State Medal of Honor Downtown Chehalis Business Serves Up Chehalis Officer Rick Silva to Be Honored at Sewing Supplies and Expertise / Main 3 Washington, National Memorials / Main 4 County Humane Officer’s Hours Increased Due to High Demand “Hope for Okanogan” is emblazoned on the back of a backhoe in this photograph pro- vided by Restoration Hope volunteers from Bethel Church. Bethel Church Group Offers Helping Hands to Victims of State Wildfires RESTORATION HOPE: Church Behind Massive Effort to Help Afflicted Clean Up and Start Again By Jordan Nailon
[email protected] Fire and brimstone are staples of impassioned preaching from the pulpit, but for the flock at Bethel Church south of Chehalis, those iconic images have taken on a very literal context. Over the past two years, the Pete Caster /
[email protected] church has coordinated three trips Alishia Hornburg, the humane oicer for Lewis County, looks at a healthy horse at a farm in Winlock on Wednesday morning. Hornburg visited the farm, which to Central Washington in order to was not in an open investigation, in order to show the characteristics of a well-fed, older horse. provide wildfire relief to citizens who were afflicted by the torrents GROWING CASELOAD: Alishia of wildfire that blazed across that parched landscape. Each relief Hornburg Up to a Full-Time group has consisted of about 60 peo- Schedule With County ple, with the most recent group un- A special dertaking their work during April’s blend of By Natalie Johnson spring break from school.