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Program Helps Athletes Reach Potential / Main 7 $1.75 Weekend Edition Saturday, Serving our communities since 1889 — www.chronline.com Sept. 12, 2020 Hub City Art Smokey Skies Events Scheduled Downtown During Virtual Smoke From Wildfires Expected to Stick ARTrails Weekends / Main 2 Around Through Weekend / Main 3 Suspect Chehalis Man Charged With Charged in Vehicular Homicide in SR6 Crash ARREST: Driver Pleads Reece W. Giddings, 21, was charged with vehicular homi- 2018 Killing Not Guilty to Charge in cide on Sept. 2 and made his Crash That Killed preliminary appearance and ar- of Randle raignment hearing on Thursday. Erin McLeod The crash killed Erin E. Teen Released By Jackson Gardner McLeod, 42. Lewis County Prosecutor From Jail [email protected] Jonathan Meyer requested that A Chehalis man accused bail stay at $500,000 based on Pending of causing a fatal car crash on the warrant that was issued for state Route 6 west of Chehalis his arrest, noting recent convic- tions that he said demonstrated a in August pleaded not guilty in Jared Wenzelburger / [email protected] Sentencing threat to public safety, including Lewis County Superior Court Reece W. Giddings makes an appearance in Lewis County Superior Court via CUSTODY: Murder Charge on Thursday. please see CRASH, page Main 14 Zoom Thursday afternoon in Chehalis. Dropped in May Plea Agreement; Salazar Convicted on HUBBUB Prepares For Move Home Assault, Witness Tampering Charges By Jackson Gardner [email protected] A suspect formerly charged with murder in the death of Randle teen Benjamin Eastman III in June 2018 was released from the custody of the Lewis County Jail on Thursday pend- ing sentencing, after a request from his attorney that was granted by a Lewis County Su- perior Court Judge, according to court documents. Lewis County Prosecutor Jonathan Meyer contested the release of Michael D. Salazar, 18, of Randle, who had reached a plea agreement with the state in May that dropped the sec- ond-degree murder charge he was facing. Meyer argued that based on the allegations, Salazar should not be released. Salazar pleaded guilty to sec- ond-degree assault, three counts of first-degree attempted ren- dering criminal assistance non- please see RELEASED, page Main 14 Follow Us on Twitter @chronline Carrina Stanton/For The Chronicle David Kiedrowski of Fruff els works with HUBBUB owner Rebecca Staebler on designing a refreshed look for the downtown Centralia shop, which is set to reopen at Find Us on Facebook its original location in mid to late October. Kiedrowski designed the original interior for the store and Staebler said she decided to turn the construction into a chance www.facebook.com/the- to re-brand. centraliachronicle Subscriber mailing label below this line 505 Tower: Building Expected to Be Open by End of October By Carrina Stanton 100-year-old property that Stae- For The Chronicle bler had owned since 2005. The “Now, it’s all about what I want to do incident damaged the portion If everything goes well, Re- that housed the storefront so becca Staebler’s wish to cel- with the space.” badly that it was not safe to use ebrate the 15th anniversary of without repairs. HUBBUB at the shop’s original Rebecca Staebler, HUBBUB owner Staebler’s living quarters location will come through. in the back were unharmed While there’s still much to but she was forced to move her be done at 505 N. Tower Ave., it business to a vacant space at the looks likely Staebler can resume do it pretty efficiently,” Staebler that started more than three nearby Wilson Hotel. Still, she business there by mid to late said of the work yet to be done. years ago. In May 2017, a mo- said she had always planned October. The move would end an torist driving under the influ- to rebuild and return to the “We think we have every- unfortunate chapter for the ence struck the building that thing lined up so that we can downtown Centralia business housed HUBBUB, a more than please see HUBBUB, page Main 14 Diversifi ed Games Guilty Plea Deaths Chehalis Pawlikowski, Janice Kay, 72, DOC Officer Centralia Store Charged Mott, Kimberly, 64, Lewis The Chronicle, Weathers with County Serving the Greater Lewis County Armstrong, Robert L., 92, Silver Area Since 1889 Many Misconduct Creek Storms Pleads Smith, Brian, 46, Kelso / B1 Wallin, Terry A., 77, Winlock Guilty Days, Edythe D., 96, Chehalis / Main 9 Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020 LOCAL Local Artists to Hold Two-Weekend Event in Downtown Centralia; ARTrails Studio Tours Go Virtual for 2020 By Celene Fitzgerald [email protected] The usual ARTrails of South- west Washington event, a jour- ney through the home studios of over two dozen local artists, has gone virtual this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to help make up for the lost ex- perience of seeing art in person, several local artists have planned a Centralia downtown art event on the same weekends as the AR- Trails studio tours. The event is scheduled for the last two weekends in September — 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 19, 20, 26 and 27. Artwork will be on dis- play and available for purchase at the Rectangle Art Gallery at 209 N. Tower Ave. Rectangle Gallery owner Jan Nontell said that she is planning to have some artists come in per- son to the gallery to talk with gallery spectators about their art and possibly give a live demon- stration. A few doors down from the gallery, at 211 N. Tower Ave., Fruffles, a home decor store, will be hosting about five artists and their work which will also be available for purchase. “It’s going to be a couple of weekends where people can come Celene Fitzgerald / [email protected] into the gallery, look at some art Art hangs in the Rectangle Gallery. and maybe talk to some of the artists. It will help fill that gap of be painting live during the event. sculptures and wall pieces. people who look forward to the He said that for those that usually Nontell said that as the event ARTrails studio tours since that “It will help fill that gap of people who look attend the ARTrails studio tours, draws nearer she is interested has gone virtual,” Nontell said. forward to the ARTrails studio tours since there will be new artists show- in partnering with downtown “There are some fantastic local ing their work that have not been businesses to display an artist’s artists.” that has gone virtual. ... There are some seen in the past by the studio tour work in their window so that all There are going to be live fantastic local artists.” attendees. of Tower Avenue can be involved demonstrations at Fruffles so “One of the painters that is with the Centralia Downtown attendees can see the artists’ cre- going to be at Fruffles is a gal- Jan Nontell, Art Event. Interested businesses ative process. A variety of art will lery owner in Aberdeen and he’s Rectangle Gallery owner can call Jan Nontell at the Rect- be available for purchase includ- going to bring paintings that are ing woodwork, watercolor paint- very, very good. Another artist angle Gallery at 360-669-5918. ings, acrylic paintings, pottery, paints in watercolors and she is The virtual ARTrails Studio with the ARTrails studio tours that there will be a lot of traf- Tours will be posted on its web- photography and possibly glass- for the past seven years and was fic,” Dittbrenner said. “We’re go- an extremely good artist and she work. is out of Raymond. People from site on Sept. 18 and will be avail- disappointed when the event de- ing to have some non-ARTrails Nontell said that a lot of art- all over this region will be there,” able to view for free for a full year ists have been busy creating while cided to go virtual. members displaying at Fruffles. he said. — www.artrailsofsww.org/. spending extra time inside due to “I’m disappointed but I can I expect that there will be about Dittbrenner said he enjoys ARTrails is “a non-profit or- the COVID-19 pandemic. understand why they would five artists in there showing their working with wood because of ganization dedicated to sharing, Stuart Dittbrenner’s art stu- change their minds on hold- goods on both the weekends.” the form and the feel of working educating and teaching. AR- dio is located in Chehalis, where ing the studio tours. I’m hoping Dittbrenner said a wood- with his hands. He enjoys mak- Trails contributes to our commu- he creates various art pieces out there’s enough draw from what carver will be giving a live dem- ing things that are useful such as nities and to the region’s art cul- of wood. He has been involved people have seen in past years onstration and painters will also tables and bowls but also makes ture,” states the ARTrails website. Chehalis Foundation Announces Carmelita and Marion Barr Scholarship By The Chronicle said Jenny Collins, executive family for their generosity, I sion era and worked hard to board member Dr. Linda Kay The Chehalis Foundation director of the foundation. will not take this for granted,” achieve goals.” Smith has helped the founda- has announced the creation The first $5,000 renewable said Santiago. After Marion worked to tion award scholarships to lo- of the Carmelita and Marion scholarship was awarded to The children of Carmelita put himself through college cal students. As of this year, Barr $20,000 scholarship fund W.F.