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Fire South of Packwood Grows to 225 Acres / Main 5 I-5 Construction In Today’s Edition Update Chehalis Plans 45 Percent Water/Sewer Rate Increase Over the Next Four Years / Main 4 Plans: Crews are Focused on Airport Road and Blakeslee Junction in Phase One / Main 14 Men Arrested After Threatening to Shoot Man and Topple Tree Onto His Randle-Area Home / Main 5 See the Back Page for More Renovation? No, Acceleration as Woman Guns Car Through Wall of Centralia Rite Aid / Main 5 $1 Pete Caster / [email protected] Early Week Edition Tim Hillebrand, the Washington State Department of Transporta- Tuesday, tion assistant area engineer, points to the China Creek mitigation site Oct. 9, 2012 just north of Mellen Street in Cen- Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com tralia on Thursday afternoon. Behind The Scenes in the Lewis County Jail Kitchen Jail James Miller, 33, lips - grilled cheese sand wiches on the griddle in the Lewis County Food Jail kitchen on Friday please see FOOD, page Main 3 afternoon. Pete Caster / [email protected] Mike Reddick, 25, serves up lunch trays to inmates in their cells on Friday afternoon at the Lewis County Jail in Chehalis. Friday’s lunch consisted of fresh corn, a grilled cheese sandwich and a stew-like soup. A lunch tray sits on the ledge of a small opening in a solitary coninement cell on Friday at the Lewis County Jail in Chehalis. The law requires inmates to receive 2,000 calories of food every day and the jail has to split that up into three separate meals. In Today’s Edition: Deaths Diesburg, Delores Elaine, 98, Centralia 1962 Columbus McKenna, Elizabeth Jo- sephine “Betty,” 83, Doty Roundtree, Richard John, 72, Curtis Day Storm Richards, Louella H., 83, Centralia Henriques, Allen E., 68, Send Us Your Memories of the Historic Storm of 50 Years Toledo Ago / Main 6 Weather The Chronicle, Serving The Greater TONIGHT: Low 40 Lewis County Area Since 1889 TOMORROW: High 66 Partly Cloudy Follow Us on Twitter see details on page Main 2 @chronline Weather picture by Nathen Lowe- Helland, Onalaska Elementary, 5th Find Us on Facebook Grade www.facebook.com/ thecentraliachronicle ...BEFORE The Rain Comes! - Special Ofer - Fix Your 10% OFF END OF Leaking Roof... SUMMER ROOFING SALE! www.chehalissheetmetal.com CH479905bw.cg 800-201-9221 • (360) 748-9221 FREE Estimates Lewis and Thurston Counties CHEHASM252MH Main 2 The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 COMMUNITY CALENDAR / WEATHER Community Editor’s Best Bet Legislative Candidates to Participate in Forum Candidates for the 19th and bent) and John Morgan. 20th Legislative District races Rep. Richard DeBolt (R) is Calendar will take part in a forum sched- running unopposed for his 20th uled for 7 p.m. Thursday in Cen- District seat. Tuesday, Oct. 9 Wednesday, Oct. 10 tralia College’s Corbet Theatre. Under the forum format, the Bingo, Chehalis Moose Lodge, doors Democratic Rep. Brian Blake candidates will each make an open at 4:30 p.m., game starts at 6:30 Lyceum Forum to and his 19th Legislative District opening statement and answer a p.m.; food available, 736-9030 Look at Obsessive- Position 2 challenger, Tim Sutin- set of predetermined questions. Community Farmers Market, 11 en (independent), have agreed to Questions from the audience a.m.-4 p.m., Boistfort Street, downtown Chehalis, 740-1212 or info@community- Compulsive Disorder take part in the forum . will be welcomed and will be farmersmarket.net Obsessive-compulsive disor- Sen. Brian Hatfield (D, in- screened by a bipartisan com- “Little Shop of Horrors” auditions, 6:30 der will be the topic of an educa- cumbent) and Rick Winsman (R), mittee. Jody Peterson, Centralia p.m., Evergreen Playhouse, 226 W. Cen- tional forum at 1 p.m. Wednes- candidates for the 19th District College professor of political sci- ter St., Centralia, (360) 358-3245 day as part of Centralia College’s Senate position, and Republicans ence, will serve as moderator. Public Agencies Lyceum Series. Sen. Dan Swecker (incumbent) The forum will be held in and John Braun, facing off for the the college’s Washington Hall at Centralia City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, The objective of the forum 118 W. Maple St., Centralia, 330-7670 will be to abolish stereotypes 20th District Senate seat, will also the corner of Walnut Street and Lewis County Public Facilities District, and misunderstandings about be on stage for the Oct. 11 forum. Washington Avenue. 10 a.m., county training room, 156 N.W. the condition. Centralia Col- They will be joined by 19th Dis- The public is invited to at- Chehalis Ave., Chehalis, 740-1115 lege student Trisha Burkhart trict, Position 1, candidates Rep. tend. There is no charge. Castle Rock School Board, 5:30 p.m., Dean Takko (D, incumbent) and Centralia College Phi Theta will share some of her personal Ryderwood Community Center, 305 Dixie Kolditz (R), and 20th Dis- Kappa and Associated Students experiences in dealing with this Morse St., Ryderwood, (360) 501-3140 trict, Position 2, Republican can- of Centralia College are spon- condition. didates Rep. Ed Orcutt (incum- soring the forum. Libraries Lyceum classes are held either Fire safety story time for children in WAH 103 or Corbet Theatre, age 2-6, Riverside Fire Authority, 11- depending on space needs. For 11:30 a.m., Centralia Timberland Library, 736-0183 more information, call Jody Pe- terson, 736-9391, ext. 209, or email and does it matter either way? Public Agencies Organizations her at [email protected]. John Corvino tackles these Riverside Fire Authority Governance Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2200, questions and more during a lec- Board, 5 p.m., Fords Prairie station, 1818 7 p.m., American Legion Hall, 111 1/2 W. ture 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at the Harrison Ave., Centralia Main, Centralia, 736-6852 Community New Science Center room 121. Senior Song Birds, 9:30 a.m., Moun- Libraries tain View Baptist Church, Centralia, Presentation to Focus Corvino is the chair of the phi- losophy department at Wayne PageTurners book discussion, for 273-3231 on Executive Function adults, “Spies of the Balkans,” by Alan Rainy Daze Quilt Guild, 7 p.m., Cooks State University in Detroit. He Furst, 3-4 p.m., Salkum Timberland Li- Hill Community Church, Centralia, Executive function will has spoken at more than 200 brary, 985-2148 262-3877 be the topic of a community university campuses on ethics, Organizations Support Groups presentation 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. sexuality and marriage. Friendly Neighbors Garden Club, 11 Survivors of sexual assault/abuse, Wednesday at Centralia College. The talk is free and open to Executive function is a term a.m., call for meeting location, 748-6189 5:30-7 p.m., 125 N.W. Chehalis Ave., Che- the public. Take Off Pounds Sensibly, 10:15 a.m., halis, sponsored by Human Response used to describe a set of mental Combining philosophical Assembly of God church, 702 S.E. First Network, 748-6601 processes that helps people con- rigor with sensitivity and humor, St., Winlock Senior Centers nect past experience with pres- Corvino examines the most com- ent action. People use executive Support Groups Twin Cities Senior Center, 748-0061 mon arguments against same-sex function when they perform such relationships — including those Domestic violence support group, Lunch, noon, $3 suggested donation activities as planning, organizing, 5:30-7 p.m., 125 N.W. Chehalis Ave., Che- Pool tournament, 1 p.m. based on nature, harm and re- halis, sponsored by Human Response strategizing and paying attention ligion. In the process, he invites Network, 748-6601 to and remembering details. Morton Senior Center, 496-3230 people on all sides to rethink easy Loss of a Child Support Group, 7-8:30 p.m., Open recreation, pool, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The free community presen- assumptions about homosexual- Providence Professional Center, 748-4347 Pinochle, 10 a.m. tations’ focus is generally on dis- ity and morality. Cowlitz Prairie Grange, potluck abilities, and may include health dinner 6:30 p.m., meeting 7:30 p.m., “Taco Tuesday” enrichment lunch, 864-2023 noon, $3 donation issues related to disabilities. Orga- Bingo, doors open 5 p.m., bingo Olequa (Winlock) Senior Center, nizers are Centralia College em- starts 6:30 p.m., Forest Grange No. 153, Senior Centers 3397 Jackson Highway, Chehalis 785-4325 ployees Joanie Meister and Nancy Twin Cities Senior Center, 748-0061 Young Professionals Lewis County Koffee klatch with maple bars, 8-10 Keaton, as well as three employees Music, 11 a.m. a.m., Networking Social, 5-8 p.m., Riverside from Reliable Enterprises. Lunch, noon, $3 suggested donation Garden club, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Golf Club Roof Top Bar, Chehalis, (206) The program will be in the 293-6126 Pinochle tournament, 1 p.m. Karate, 6-7 p.m. New Science Center, room 111. Write your life, 1 p.m. Packwood Senior Center, 494-6331 Games Night, 6:30-11 p.m., Matrix Coffeehouse, 434 N.W. Prindle St., Che- Morton Senior Center, 496-323 Sit & Be Fit, 11 a.m. halis, 740-0492 Tai Chi exercise, 8:30-9 a.m. Bingo, 12:30 p.m. Corvino to Talk About “Little Shop of Horrors” auditions, 6:30 Open recreation, pool, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Toledo Senior Center, 864-2112 p.m., Evergreen Playhouse, 226 W. Cen- Pinochle, 10 a.m. Oil painting class, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Homosexuality ter St., Centralia, (360) 358-3245 Live music by Highway 12 East band, Pinochle, noon, $1 Is homosexuality unnatural? Books Are Fun Book Fair, 10 a.m.-3 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.