Chehalis City Council Eyes Upgrades to Recreation Park
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Pilot Recovering After Crash / Main 3 $1 Mid-Week Edition Thursday, Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com April 30, 2015 Beavers Prevail Pe Ell Veteran’s Gift Tenino Baseball Team Defeats Rochester Flag That Flew Over Military Base in Iraq 12-5 With Offensive Explosion / Sports 1 Given to City for Use at Park / Main 4 Police: Imposter Takes Driver for Ride ARREST: Centralia By Kaylee Osowski iner’s instructions lead to a ca- Casino in Rochester and then [email protected] sino, he might be an imposter. allegedly stole money from Man Accused of One man trying to take his him. Impersonating Usually, a driving test con- driving test learned that lesson Daniel L. Norby, 47, of Cen- sists of making a few turns and recently after a man allegedly tralia, was arrested Tuesday Pete Caster / [email protected] Licensing Employee, stops and some parallel parking. posing as a licensing examiner Napavine School District Superintendent Stealing Money If a driving license exam- had him drive to Lucky Eagle please see RIDE, page Main 14 Rick Jones, right, and school board member Ellen Munson react after hearing the results of a Napavine school bond on Tuesday night at the Lewis County Courthouse in Chehalis. Voters Reject Chehalis City Council Eyes Napavine Upgrades to Recreation Park School Bond OFFICIALS DISCOURAGED: Bond Was Opposed by Over 68 Percent of Voters By Justyna Tomtas [email protected] A bond of $17.995 million was roundly rejected by voters on Tues- day night. The bond — which needed 60 percent of the vote to pass — was op- posed by 68.56 percent of the 1,199 ballots cast in the election. Napavine Su- INSIDE: perintendent Rick Jones said he was • Mossyrock Bond Failing discouraged to see the outcome, but see page said that he knew Main 11 the comprehensive plan to upgrade fa- • Riverside cilities was a costly Levy Passed one. He commended see page the groups of people Main 11 who worked to put the bond together and promote it. “They have been an inspiration to me through this whole process and I feel badly for them because of the Pete Caster / [email protected] work they did,” Jones said. Jose Jimenez, left, of Chehalis, plays catch with his son, Andy, 9, at Recreation Park in Chehalis as the sun begins to set on the horizon. The superintendent said the dis- trict did not yet have a backup plan jewel of the Chehalis park sys- turn Recreation Park into a A bigger issue the city is if the bond failed, and said the school CHANGE: Alterations to tem, but now the Chehalis City “first class facility.” grappling with is replacing board would discuss the outcome at Facilities, Parking and Council wants Recreation Park Before that happens, city its next meeting to decide what steps the equipment at Penny Play- should be taken. He said the problem Layout; Preliminary to match its luster. staff must first figure out what ground. of aging facilities — especially those Figures Call for Up to “We’re trying to capture the that means. The playground equip- of the old portables housing middle enthusiasm around the pool A few major elements city ment was purchased 22 years school students — would not go away. $2 Million and put into upgrading the staff members are looking at ago with a projected lifespan “I will follow (the school board’s) By Dameon Pesanti park,” Councilor Terry Harris include fixing drainage issues of 20 years. The wood it’s built said. and adding parking on the direction on what they want to do, [email protected] from has significant dry rot is- but I’m sure that there will be a good A few months ago, the north side of the park and up- sues and was treated with toxic The Gail and Carolyn Shaw council directed city staff to grading the Fred Hess Kitchen, please see BOND, page Main 11 Aquatic Center is the finest explore what it would take to or replacing it all together. please see CITY, page Main 14 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Fairgrounds Fun Prep Baseball Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 Spring Youth Thomsen, Lester S., 65, Follow Us on Twitter W.F. West Centralia @chronline Fair Begins Bearcats Barksdale, Carl R., 85, Friday, Lasts Down Mossyrock Find Us on Facebook Black Hills, Kline, Ted, 94, Centralia www.facebook.com/ Through Hanstad, Charlotte Marie, 77, thecentraliachronicle Weekend / Again Morton Main 12 / Sports 1 A CENTURY OF HELPING OTHERS. CHEHALIS 714 W. MAIN ST. EXIT 77 360.740.0770 100 YEARS OF COMMUNITY BANKING HOME | CONSTRUCTION | BUSINESS CH536945cz.sw Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Thursday, April 30, 2015 COMMUNITY CALENDAR / WEATHER News Wet and Wild Wipeout at Toledo Lake of the Weird smallest of concerns. “I’ll take a drive by Lindström sometime soon,” Dayton said. Rhode Island Woman Returns Home, Finds In this photo provided by the Minne- Wild Turkey in Her sota Department of Transportation is a Bathroom new Lindstrom, Minn., highway sign in- stalled Thursday, April 16, outside town. WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — A At the governor’s orders, road crews Rhode Island woman thought restored the two small dots above the ‘o’ a pipe burst when she returned in the signs leading into the city. People home to find water pouring from her garage ceiling. But the in the city nicknamed America’s Little Pete Caster / [email protected] Sweden had complained when signs culprit turned out to be an un- Matt van Gaalen, of Paradise, British Columbia, crashes into the tan waters of Koppert Lake during the INT League without umlauts went up to suit fed- usual houseguest that dropped Spring Classic in Toledo on Saturday afternoon. Visuals Editor Pete Caster caught a ride aboard one of the boats during eral guidance for highway signs. in. WLNE-TV reported Nancy last weekend’s competition. Dozens of photographs remain available for viewing at www.chronline.com. Page went upstairs to find the Connect the Dots: source of the running water and Minnesota City Gets discovered a wild turkey had crashed through a bathroom Notable Quote Umlauts Back on Signs window and somehow turned ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — on the sink. Page says she imme- Minnesota’s Great Umlaut Cri- diately realized it was a turkey, sis is over — and without Gov. which left behind its own mess. One of the things we’re going to try to do is give people a taste Mark Dayton having to use his Police and a Department of paint and brushes. Environmental Management of the adventure that’s here in Lewis County … and provide a lot At Dayton’s order, road crews officer caught the turkey and re- of visual content. We want people to … just kind of salivate over earlier this month restored the leased it. two small dots above the ‘o’ in Page was forced to throw out what’s waiting for them in Lewis County Lindström on two highway signs the bathroom sink. She says it had been running for two to on the edge of the central Min- Steve Wohld nesota city. three hours. Page estimates the He got involved when he is- turkey caused thousands of dol- Lewis County Information Technology Service Manager on new tourism website sued an executive order direct- lars in water damage to her War- (see page Main 9 for the full story) ing the Minnesota Department wick home. of Transportation to change the signage. People in the city, nick- Miss Piggy Recipient of named “America’s Little Sweden,” had complained when highway Prestigious New York Editor’s Pick signs without umlauts were put up two years ago to suit federal Museum Award Memorial for Memorable Man guidance. The umlauts had ap- NEW YORK (AP) — A pres- peared on earlier signs erected tigious award from the Brooklyn Nothing has a greater ability while we should have confirmed tion, a celebration of life will be for a centennial celebration in a Museum honors women who to ruin my day than when we in- it. held at 6 p.m. Friday at Gather gesture of respect for the visiting have made outstanding contri- advertently print an error in the A reader recently sent along a Church, located at 100 S. Rock Swedish king and queen, said butions in their fields. newspaper. beautiful description of the man, St. in Centralia. The event is city administrator John Olinger. This year’s surprise honoree A couple of weeks ago, we re- who will be celebrated with a open to the public, and orga- Prior appeals were denied. is ... Miss Piggy. layed informa- memorial service on Friday. nizers have encouraged all who Then Dayton chimed in. The Muppets character joins tion provided to “He was born and raised right knew him to come out and show Dayton, who has German a distinguished list of recipi- us by the county here in Centralia. About the only support. heritage, offered to paint a new ents of the Sackler Center First coroner’s office time he ever left Lewis County is set of accent marks on the signs Awards. They include theater di- that described a when he signed up for the U.S. THE BRIGHT SUN and blue skies rector Julie Taymor and former himself. But transportation man struck and Army and served in Korea. mean it’s almost time to head department spokesman Kevin Supreme Court Justice Sandra killed by a train “Lester was one of the nicest out and enjoy the summer. Gutknecht said the simple fix Day O’Connor.