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$1 Midweek Edition Thursday, May 10, 2012 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com Going to State W.F. West Seals Fifth-Straight Trip to State / Sports 1 Learning the Chehalis Business Helps Students Hone Handwriting Skills Write Stuff College Play Brings Classic Tale to the Stage / Life: A&E The Dark Side of Nature / Outdoors: Sports 2 Chris Geier / [email protected] Red Pants Writing co-owner Angie Ferrier leads a handwriting class for irst graders at the Winlock Miller Elementary school May 1. Penmanship Can Predict Future Academic Success By Amy Nile [email protected] With today’s kids texting and typing more than ever, teachers are finding less time to help students hone that now seem- ingly archaic skill known as handwriting. Stepping into that gap, two former kindergarten schoolmates from Adna, occupational therapist Cyndi Cooley and health specialist Angie Ferrier, have built their business helping teachers develop a handwriting curriculum. Cooley and Ferrier are developing their program using emerging scientific research that suggests handwriting can engage the brain and predict a student’s future academic success in ways key- boarding cannot. Students collectively give the thumbs up during a handwriting drill in a irst grade class at please see WRITE, page Main 13 the Winlock Miller Elementary school May 1. The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Weather Fundraiser Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 TONIGHT: Low 32 Neighbors Shurtz, Duane “Al” Eugene, 81, Follow Us on Twitter TOMORROW: High 72 Rochester @chronline Sunny Raising Wood, Howard Arthur, 85, Bothell see details on page Main 2 Money for Christopherson, Freeman, 83, Napavine Find Us on Facebook Mother of Clark, Raymond H., 85, Winlock www.facebook.com/ Weather picture Marshall, Burt “Skip,” 69, Morton thecentraliachronicle by Joey Unger, third Boy who Sears, Howard Clinton, 87, Toledo grade, Jefferson-Lincoln Drowned Spady, Hester Lorraine, 99, Centralia Elementary School Gilbert, Mary Ann, 90, Centralia / Main 3 Baker, Grace Lillian, 83, Rochester CH471150cz.cg Main 2 The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Thursday, May 10, 2012 FROM THE FRONT PAGE / WEATHER Community Editor’s Best Bet Bowlers Holding Event Focused on CPR and Defibrillator Use The Lewis County Bowling Calendar Association, along with Dr. Isaac See Long-Term Calendar in loss of a loved one, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Pope and Pope’s Kids Place, will Today’s Life Section Morton Community Methodist Church, hold a CPR and auto external de- Plan ahead with our weekly Fourth and Main, Morton, 330-2640 fibrillator training event at Fair- Parkinson’s Disease Support Group long-term activities and events (Chehalis Shakers), 1 p.m., Bethel Church, way Lanes bowling alley tonight. calendar on today’s page Life 1. Kirkland Road, Chehalis, go to left and Riverside Fire Authority will enter at rear of church, 269-1916 provide three certified CPR in- Thursday, May 10 Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30-6:30 structors for the event, which is p.m., Immanuel Lutheran Church,1209 set to begin at 6:30 p.m. Partici- N. Scheuber Road, Centralia, 736-9268 pants will receive a Riverside Fire Supreme Court Senior Centers Authority CPR card of comple- Continues Centralia Cook’s choice lunch and bingo, 11 tion after finishing their training. a.m.-2 p.m., Olequa Senior Center Training is free of charge, but College Visit Low-impact exercise class, 3:30-4:30 participants are asked to RSVP The Washington state Su- p.m., Toledo Senior Center, 864-2112 to Fairway Lanes, 736-4100, or preme Court will hold court at Watercolor class, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., To- sign up at the bowling center ledo Senior Center, 864-2112 prior to May 10. Centralia College today during Pool tournament, 1 p.m., Twin Cities the second of a two-day visit. Senior Center, 748-0061 The event will also feature a The Chronicle, file photo The justices will hold two Lunch, noon, $3 suggested donation, recognition ceremony to honor Dr. Issac Pope sufered a heart-related morning open sessions and one Twin Cities Senior Center, 748-0061 the citizens who aided Pope medical emergency while bowling in afternoon session, each followed Nutrition lunch, noon, $3 suggest- when he collapsed at Fairway March. by a short recess. The final two ed donation, Morton Senior Center, Lanes back on March 8. The doc- sessions will have a 20-minute 496-3231 tor and Chehalis city councilor, The LCBA is also accepting question and answer session Zumba, 6-7 p.m., Toledo Senior Cen- 73, recovered after the cardiac donations for an AED system with the audience. The first ses- ter, 864-2112 Cook’s choice lunch, 11:30 a.m., To- arrest and was back in his seat at for the alley, and checks can be sion begins at 9 a.m., the second ledo Senior Center, 864-2112 Chehalis City Council meetings made out to Pope’s Kids Place at 10 a.m.; the afternoon session Wood carving class, 1-3 p.m., Toledo by the end of the month. Bowling Center AED. begins at 1:30 p.m. Senior Center, 864-2112 All sessions are in Corbet Quilt class, 1-3 p.m., Toledo Senior Theatre. The public is invited. Center, 864-2112 The justices will deliberate in private beginning at 2:30 p.m. Friday, May 11 at (360) 520-0163 (weekdays) or Support Groups before adjournment. 736-5954 (evenings and week- H.O.P.E., all addictions, 7:30-9 p.m., There will be a photo opportu- ends) or email her at roseblc@ Heritage Baptist Church of Tenino, 1315 nity with the justices at 1 p.m. to- Rotary Clubs Holding wwestsky.net. Sussex Ave. E., Tenino, (360) 480-0592, day, in front of Washington Hall. [email protected] Auction at Fairgrounds “Gypsy,” 8 p.m., Evergreen Playhouse, Senior Centers “Footloose,” 7 p.m, Chester V. Rhodes Three Rotary Clubs in the 226 W. Center St., Centralia, $15, $13 for Auditorium, R.E. Bennett Elementary, Twin Cities will be hosting their playhouse patrons with membership Potato bar, 4:30-7 p.m., Olequa Se- Chehalis. cards. nior Center 14th annual auction at 6 p.m. Open mic, 6-30-10:30 p.m., Ma- Oregon Trail music and dancing, Nutrition lunch, noon, suggested trix Coffeehouse, 434 N.W. Prindle St., Friday at the Southwest Wash- open mic with Side Kicks Band, 7 p.m., donation $3 for 60 and over, under 60, 740-0492 ington Fairgrounds Blue Pavil- Cowlitz Prairie Grange, 864-2023 $5.95, Toledo Senior Center, 864-2112 “The Art of Photography,” Tom Kogut, ion. Pinochle tournament, 1 p.m., Twin Music, 10:30-11:45 a.m., Twin Cities wildlife biologist and nature photog- Funds raised from this year’s Cities Senior Center Senior Center, 748-0061 rapher, Lyceum Series, noon-12:50 auction will go to development Potato and taco salad bar, open to Lunch, noon, $3 suggested donation, p.m., Centralia College East, Morton, of the sports field at Olympic everyone, $6, 4:30-7 p.m., Olequa Senior Twin Cities Senior Center, 748-0061 496-5022 School in Chehalis. In addition Center, Winlock, 785-4325 Exercise class, 8:30-9:30 a.m., Toledo Public Agencies to being used by the school, the “Footloose,” 7 p.m., Chester V. Rhodes Senior Center, 864-2112 Auditorium, R.E. Bennett Elementary, Open pool, 9:30 a.m., Toledo Senior Centralia Planning Commission, 6 field will be available for youth Center, 864-2112 p.m., City Hall, 118 W. Maple St.. football and soccer programs. Chehalis Also, there will be a walking TRiO Club scrapbooking event, 4-10 Acrylics classes, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., To- Libraries p.m., Centralia College cafeteria, $20 ledo Senior Center, 864-2112 track, which can be used by resi- adults, $10 children 5 and up, dinner, Dance, Jack & the Roadrunners, 7-10 The Knitting Circle, for adults and dents of the neighboring Wood- teens, 4-6 p.m., Salkum Timberland Li- giveaways and scrapbooking supplies p.m., Twin Cities Senior Center, 807-1761 brary, 985-2148 land Estates. included, RSVP with $10 deposit, 736- or 520-6518 Youth PageTurners book group, for Admission to the auction is 9391, ext. 568 Coffee klatch, 9 a.m., Packwood Se- grades 4-6, “The Thief Lord,” Winlock $35, and advance reservations Beet Oven, rock/psychadelic/jazz nior Center, 494-6331 Timberland Library, 785-3461 are required. Those attending musicians from the Chehalis Valley, 8:30 Sewing and crafts, 10 a.m., RSVP p.m., Matrix Coffeehouse, 434 N.W. Prin- Organizations should mail checks and a list of by Monday, Packwood Senior Center, those attending to Lewis County dle St., Chehalis, $6, 740-0492 494-6331 Bucoda Rebekah Lodge 144, 7 p.m., Rotary Foundation, P.O. Box Pinochle, 10 a.m., Packwood Senior Bucoda Oddfellows Community Center, Organizations 1011, Chehalis, WA 98532. Center, 494-6331 202 S. Main, Bucoda, 273-9724 Skookumchuck I.O.O.F. Lodge 129, 12:30 p.m., pinochle and games, Individuals or businesses 7:30 p.m., Bucoda Oddfellows Com- Packwood Senior Center, 494-6331 Support Groups that would like to donate to the munity Center, 202 S. Main St., Bucoda, “Up From Grief,” for those grieving the auction may call Rose Bowman 273-3604 please see CALENDAR, page 13 The Weather Almanac 5-Day Forecast for the Lewis County Area River Stages National Map Forecast map for May 11, 2012 Tonight Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Gauge Flood 24 hr. Height Stage Change 110s L Chehalis at Mellen St. 100s H 52.93 65.0 -0.49 90s Skookumchuck at Pearl St.