River Levels Recede, for Now on State’S Residents Asked to Be Prepared with More Rain on the Way COVID-19 Restrictions with Protests and Legislation

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No Good Deed Unpunished The Most Prized Fish Tenino Distiller Relieved After Federal Goverment Lifts Fisherman Takes Sports Editor on a $14,000 in Fees for Producing Free Sanitizer / Main 4 Hunt for Prized Steelhead / Main 6 Federal Agency Finds Chehalis Dam Merits Next Step By Dennis Waller flood retention facility on the not one of the other alternatives, natural condition, floodproofing, tion as a dam for a few weeks ev- The Chronicle Chehalis River above Pe Ell. without the proposed dam, mer- changing land use practices, cre- ery seven to 10 years when huge The Corps looked at 61 dif- ited further evaluation. The fed- ating emergency bypass for I-5 or winter tropical storms will cre- The U.S. Army Corps of ferent alternatives for protecting eral review included proposals to building dams in other locations. ate major flood events. During Engineers released its Environ- families and communities in the buy-out and remove thousands The proposed facility is regular operation, fish will be mental Impact Statement this basin from future catastrophic of families from their current unique in design and proposed fall evaluating the proposed flood damage and found that homes, returning the river to its operation. It would only func- please see DAM, page Main 9 Conservatives Push Back River Levels Recede, For Now on State’s Residents Asked to Be Prepared With More Rain on the Way COVID-19 Restrictions With Protests and Legislation

By Joseph O’Sullivan The Seattle Times OLYMPIA — Conservatives in Washington spent much of 2020 fuming that Gov. Jay Inslee used the broad powers given to him by the Legislature to enact restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19. And unlike other states Legislature where lawmak- 2021 ers held emergency sessions to respond to the pandemic, Inslee and Democratic leaders didn’t call a special session in Washington. Now, Re- Jared Wenzelburger / [email protected] publican lawmakers are propos- Lewis County Prosecutor Jonathan Meyer, left, and his wife, Michelle, load sandbags into the back of a truck while state Representative-elect Peter Abbarno carries ing bills to curb the governor’s more bags in downtown Centralia on Sunday. emergency powers and a consti- tutional amendment to make it By Claudia Yaw [email protected] please see PUSH, page Main 9 Although flood warnings Follow Us on Twitter were still in effect in the region, @chronline rivers were receding Monday and flooding is expected to sub- Find Us on Facebook side in the coming days, accord- www.facebook.com/the- ing to the National Weather Ser- centraliachronicle vice in Seattle. However, storms are still on Subscriber mailing label below this line the way, with potentially significant rainfall on Wednesday, and Lewis County Emergency Management is still warning residents to be wary of mud and landslides. “Even if the rains do subside, we still have the threat of landslides,” Lewis County Emergen- cy Management Deputy Direc- tor Andy Caldwell said Monday. “That’s something that, when the ground gets this saturated, we want to make sure we’re aware of.” Cheri Crossland, with Mrs. Kleaning, mops the floor of the Penny Lane Salon after they experienced flooding Monday afternoon in Centralia. The business was one of a handful to flood when China Creek spilled out of its banks in Centralia. please see RIVERS, page Main 9

First Baby of 2021 COVID Update Deaths Thurston County Navarro, Ramon, 73, Winlock County Sees 83 Nichols, Dallas, 76, Winlock The Chronicle, Sees Its New Cases Unzelman, Glen, 90, Chehalis Serving the Greater Lewis County Pickett, Laurel, 93, Chehalis Area Since 1889 First Birth of Virus Music, Victor, 88 Packwood of New Since Pikutark, Sally Marie Year Friday (Devlin), 73, Lacey / Main 3 / Main 3 Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 LOCAL New Lewis County Commissioners Sworn In NEW YEAR’S EVE CEREMONY: Political Newcomers Lindsey Pollock, Sean Swope Have Many Challenges in 2021 By Claudia Yaw [email protected] Lewis County Commission- ers Lindsey R. Pollock and Sean Swope were sworn into office Thursday, ushering in two first- time politicians to the three- member board that governs Lewis County. The New Year’s Eve ceremo- nies marked the end of a tumul- tuous year — for Lewis County and the rest of the country — but not the end of the pandemic, and the two newcomers inherit a host of complex issues, chief among them the out-of-control spread of COVID-19. Commissioner Pollock’s swearing-in also signaled a historic moment unrelated to the pandemic, as she became the third woman to serve on the Board of County Commission- ers. Wearing an all-white pant suit — a nod to the suffragettes and a modern political symbol Jared Wenzelburger / [email protected] of female solidarity — Pollock Sean Swope poses for a photo with his wife Suzi, and his kids Gracie, Finley and SJ at the Lewis County Historical Courthouse in Chehalis on Thursday. repeated her oath of office after exiting Commissioner Edna Fund. Fund pointed out that in at- tendance over Zoom was former commissioner Joanne Schwartz, who served from 1985-1992 as the first woman on the board. Edna Fund “We were former founded in commissioner 1845 as a state, and then I was number two. Sean Swope is sworn in by James M.B. And today we Buzzard at the Lewis County Historical have number Courthouse in Chehalis on Thursday. three,” she said. “So thank you for all that some locations becoming hot- you’re going to beds for protesters — some do for us.” armed — driving in from across the region to air their grievances Bobby Jackson Pollock former takes over for against the state government. commissioner Bobby Jackson While some county officials to represent Jared Wenzelburger / [email protected] have warned that such rebellions Commissioner District 2, which Lindsey Pollock poses with family Rene, Billie and Susan Remund at the Lewis County Historical Courthouse in Chehalis on could undermine long-term ef- includes Napavine, Winlock Thursday. forts to reopening, others have and some of Chehalis. publicly thrown their support “I really appreciate the honor ning for a third term. behind residents opposing Gov. and the opportunity to serve “I look forward to represent- Jay Inslee’s orders. The intra- the public of Lewis County,” ing us all well and look forward county divide may only grow as Pollock said after taking her to a great four years,” Swope restrictions, now extended until oath. “Hopefully going forward said. “Again, thanks for the sup- Jan. 11, continue to exhaust and we have plenty of opportuni- port and I’m going to do my best frustrate many local residents ties to move forward from 2020, to represent you well.” and business owners. and look forward to the future. As the commissioners spoke, In the first few months of Thank you.” vaccines for COVID-19 were their tenure, Pollock and Swope Swope, representing Com- actively being distributed across will face other important deci- missioner District 1, including the county to stamp out a pan- sions, such as how to handle a Centralia, Galvin and much of demic that has so far infected large Centralia homeless en- Chehalis, was sworn in by Dis- 2,252 county residents and campment with 25 locals likely trict Court Judge James M.B. killed 21. But even with a light to be displaced in coming weeks Buzzard. at the end of the tunnel, it’s no unless the county acts. They’ll “We’re here to witness and easy time to come into office, es- decide who to hire as the coun- celebrate Sean being sworn in as pecially with little political expe- ty’s new health officer, charged a new Lewis County Commis- rience. Pollock’s background is Lindsey Pollock is sworn in by Edna Fund at the Lewis County Historical Court- with making major public sioner and we’re also here to sup- in veterinary work, and Swope’s house in Chehalis on Thursday. health decisions and recommen- port Sean as he embarks on his experience is mainly in market- dations. And they’ll position the new journey as a representative ing and youth ministry. hospitals are reporting surges Management reported shortages county to move forward with of the people, and voice for our Commissioners must hit the in COVID-19 patients being ad- in gloves and potentially syringes. flood protection measures after community, and a leader of our ground running, as infections mitted, and the county recently Meanwhile, rebellion to the Legislature makes funding great county,” Buzzard said. are still on the rise, skyrocket- reported 10 ongoing outbreaks statewide orders meant to curb decisions about a proposed dam Swope was victorious in his ing in mid-November and show- at congregate care settings. Last the spread of the virus is grow- in the Chehalis River and other race against Fund, who was run- ing little sign of slowing. Local week, Lewis County Emergency ing within the county, with protective measures. Waller Returns to Temporarily Help Guide The Chronicle BACK AT IT: Dennis Waller, rary consulting role with the per family, spent his entire career Waller said his return is based newspaper and its sister publica- working at community newspa- in part on his desire to see The Who Served as President tions, the Nisqually Valley News pers, most often as an executive. Chronicle thrive. and Publisher From in Yelm and The Reflector in ‘‘I believe in the He’s a former president of the His decision to become in- Battle Ground. board for the Pacific Northwest volved came at the request of the 1992 to 2012, Hired For 20 years — from 1992 to hardworking people Newspaper Publishers Associa- Taylors, who have long worked as Consultant for CT 2012 — Waller held the top exec- tion and once served as interim in media, marketing and adver- utive role at Lafromboise Com- of Lewis County. I director of the Centralia-Cheha- tising but have up until now not Publishing munications, which last week think they deserve a lis Chamber of Commerce. He’s been directly involved in jour- By The Chronicle Staff sold its newspapers to Lewis also an author. nalism. County residents Chad and Co- good life and good Under his guidance and “Being new to the news in- Former Lafromboise Com- ralee Taylor. coverage from a good leadership, The Chronicle won dustry we were excited to have munications “I believe in the hardworking its first C.B. Blethen Awards for the opportunity to learn from president and people of Lewis County,” Waller newspaper.’’ Distinguished Reporting, which Denny’s two decades of expe- publisher Den- said. “I think they deserve a are among the highest honors rience,” the Taylors wrote in a nis Waller has good life and good coverage for a newspaper of its size. The statement. Dennis Waller been retained from a good newspaper.” newspaper has won many more Waller said he has known to consult at Editor-in-Chief Eric in the years since. the Taylors for 20 years and he The Chronicle Schwartz will work with Waller During his time as publisher believes they are well-suited to and its newly- to guide the newsrooms in the and president, The Chronicle publish high-quality newspa- formed parent months after the recent acquisi- per is positive and beneficial to was also nominated for a Pulit- pers. company CT Dennis Waller tion. the community. zer Prize for the staff’s coverage “We competed in some areas Publishing dur- acting executive Waller said he will be survey- “That means progressive, but of the devastating flooding of over the years, but I have always editor ing the ongoing ing the company, looking at the common sense and with people December 2007. had respect for Chad and the transition. organizational charts and mak- first,” he said. Now retired and living in Taylors,” Waller said. “Their en- Waller, 77, will fill a tempo- ing sure the direction of the pa- Waller, born into a newspa- Minnesota with his wife, Glynn, thusiasm is admirable.” • Main 3 LOCAL The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 Lewis County Residents Now Required to Sort Recycling By The Chronicle Now, customers will have to nificant amount of garbage, it At the Morton and Centralia Inc., from Pe Ell to Morton will In a “Recycle Reset,” Lewis sort their recyclables into con- isn’t cost-effective for the pro- transfer stations, color-coded no longer accept shredded paper, County will eliminate its com- tainers for glass bottles and jars, cessor to sort the garbage out,” recycling areas have been de- milk and juice cartons, or frozen mingled recycling program, in- corrugated cardboard (card- said Solid Waste Utility Man- ployed to help with sorting: food boxes. The items, accord- stead requiring residents to sort board with a wavy layer), metal ager Greg Gachowsky in the white for paper, blue for glass, ing to the press release, “pose their own recyclable products, and mixed paper. release. “The entire load is typi- brown for corrugated cardboard challenges to recycling sorting and no longer accepting any “When the county hauls large cally thrown away, and we are and gray for metal. facilities and paper recycling more plastic jugs or bottles. The loads of commingled or mixed charged for the disposal fee, plus Additionally, the county an- mills.” goal is to keep non-recyclables recycling away for processing, the round-trip hauling fee, and nounced that the curbside recy- Questions can be directed to out of the mix. and the containers have a sig- nothing is recycled.” cling program offered by LeMay 360-740-1451. County Reports 87 New Cases of COVID-19 Friday Through Sunday

By The Chronicle From Friday to Sunday, Lew- is County Public Health and Social Services reported 87 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total cases since March to 2,252. The county’s death count remains at 21. On Friday, 28 cases were reported, including 12 in Lewis County Commissioner District 1, 11 in district 2 and five in district 3. On Saturday, 11 cases were reported, with four in district 1, three in district 2 and four in district 3. Of the cases reported Friday and Saturday, six people were younger than 20, five were in their 20s, seven in their 30s, six in their 40s, seven in their 50s, four in their 60s, three in their 70s and one was eighty or older. On Sunday, 48 new cases were reported, 21 in district 1, 17 in district 2 and 10 in district 3. Ten people were younger than 20, 12 were in their 20s, six in their 30s, six in their 40s, five in their 50s, four in their 60s and five in their 70s. The county is still unable to conduct adequate contact trac- ing due to the high level of cases. More information, including weekly breakdowns of cases by ZIP code can be found at https:// Jared Wenzelburger / [email protected] phsscovid19.lewiscountywa.gov. A medical professional speaks to a patient at the Valley View Health Center drive-up COVID-19 testing location in Centralia on Monday. The First Thurston County Babies of the Year Arrived Late New Year's Day

Rolf Boone The Olympian EDITOR’S NOTE Chris Thomas / The first babies born in The first birth of 2021 at Providence Centralia Hospital Courtesy Photo Thurston County, both girls, are had not occurred as of press Rosalie Marie bound to be night owls after they time. Look for a story and Howe weighed arrived late New Year's Day. photo in Thursday’s edition of 7 pounds, 15 The county's first baby of the The Chronicle. ounces and was year arrived at 8:30 p.m. at Capi- 21.5 inches when tal Medical Center, although de- salie and it's my grandma's name, she was born at tails about the baby girl were not 10:43 p.m., Jan. immediately available. too," Howe said in a statement. Marie was chosen for the 1, at Providence Providence St. Peter's first St. Peter Hospital. middle name in memory of baby almost missed New Year's She is shown here Day, arriving at 10:43 p.m., ac- Crookshank's mother, who died being held by new cording to a hospital news re- 10 years ago. The couple had mother Lokelani lease. chosen the name Mason if it had Howe. Rosalie Marie Howe weighed been a boy. 7 pounds, 15 ounces and was 21.5 Dr. Laura Hanks of Olympia inches long when she was born. delivered Rosalie, the second She is the daughter of Lokelani straight year the doctor has de- Howe and Brian Crookshank of livered the first baby of the year Tenino. It is their first baby. at the hospital. she said in a statement. The baby's name is a family "I guess I will have to request Providence reported that LONGVIEW RADIOLOGISTS name. working New Year's Day again 2,030 babies were born at St. Pe- "I've always liked the name Ro- next year to go for three in a row," ter Hospital in 2020. Now offering News in Brief ultrasound five days a week at Seventh State prison system struggles to deal Officer David A. Christensen, with a growing number of cas- one of 63 Stafford Creek Correc- the Centralia Prison Inmate Dies es. Here is the data provided by tions Center staff members who DOC: had tested positive for the virus, location. From COVID-19, • 15,111 November 2020 total was the second death of a DOC staffer. Washington average daily population of in- (360) 736-0200 carcerated individuals in prison As of Monday, the agency Longview longviewradiology.com Department of had received limited doses of and work release facilities Radiologists CH605025eh.cg P.S. Inc. 910 S. Scheuber Rd., Corrections Announces • 1,959 total active incarcer- COVID-19 vaccines that are be- MRI-Ultrasound Centralia, WA 98531 ated cases ing distributed according to the By Rolf Boone • 2,442 total recovered incar- state’s Phase 1a plan. Call us for Healthy Savings and compare prices! The Olympian cerated cases A seventh state prison inmate • 824 total staff cases to date has died from COVID-19, the • 18th out of 50 states for state Department of Corrections number of positive cases (Data Thank you, Lewis County residents, announced Friday from covidprisonproject.com) for eight years as your Lewis County The unidentified inmate, • 23rd out of 50 states for cas- who was incarcerated at the es as a percentage of the popula- Commissioner for District 1. We have Washington State Penitentiary tion (Data from covidprisonpro- in Walla Walla, died Thursday ject.com) traveled from Pe Ell to Packwood, at a local health care facility due A 62-year-old correctional from Centralia to Vader, and have to the virus, according to a press officer at a prison in Aberdeen release from the state. died from COVID-19-related loved every mile of The death comes as the state complications on Tuesday. our county. The memories made with you are our lifetime treasures. 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Fund Main 4 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 LOCAL Tenino Distiller Grateful After $14,060 in Fees for Making Sanitizer Are Eliminated ‘NO GOOD DEED UNPUNISHED’: Business That Stepped Up to Provide Needed Product Relieved After Federal Government Lifts Fees By Celene Fitzgerald [email protected] A Tenino distillery is among those relieved by the elimination of more than $14,000 in fees the government saddled many businesses with for making much needed sanitizer. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S., personal protective equipment and other supplies — specifically hand sanitizer — were scarce. Craft distillers across the state and country made the decision to transition from spirits to sanitizer to help meet the enormous demand for the product. Sandstone Distillery in Teni- no, with its tasting room closed due to the pandemic, was one of the distilleries working around the clock to produce the much- needed disinfectant. John Bourdon, the owner, said that over the course of the Celene Fitzgerald / [email protected] pandemic so far, they have given Distiller at Sandstone Distillery Justin Bourdon explains the ingredients needed to make hand sanitizer last March. away more than 11,000 small bottles of hand sanitizer for free age and realized there was some- and all others were revoked by along with several hundred gal- thing we could do about it, we the end of the day on Friday. lons to various organizations and went into full-scale production,” “We are incredibly grateful to people in need. Justin Bourdon, a Sandstone HHS for opening a dialogue with The distillery produced about distiller, told The Chronicle in us, and look forward to working 7,000 gallons of the hand and March of 2020. more collaboratively together surface sanitizer in total. “Well, no good deed goes in 2021 with FDA to ensure our “It was at a time when even unpunished, huh?” Sandstone members are treated fairly for the federal government couldn’t Distillery posted on Facebook the challenges they face to sup- get hand sanitizer. We had the after learning that distillers who port their hometowns via hand Army come here, the Navy, the stepped up to make the hand sanitizer production in the wake Air Force, the post office, medi- sanitizer during the pandemic of COVID-19,” Becky Harris, cal facilities — and I’m out in the president of the ACSA, said. were hit with $14,060 in fees is- woods,” Bourdon said. Fortunately, the anxious Much like seamstresses who sued by the Food and Drug Ad- feelings caused by the looming began sewing masks at the start ministration (FDA), with a due $14,060 in fees from the federal of the pandemic, the distillers date of Feb. 11. government only lasted a few Prior to issuing the fees, there saw a way they could help in a A box of free hand sanitizer on the bar at Sandstone Distillery in Tenino. days for distillers and their fami- time of need and got to work. was a provision of the CARES lies. However, with the closure Act that reformed the regulations Sandstone Distillery followed like a bait and switch. They said On behalf of distillers, the of bars, tasting rooms and res- the guidelines from the World of non-prescription drugs, which, taurants, most distillers are still Health Organization and pro- in turn, classified distilleries that ‘you can do this’ and then they American Craft Spirits Asso- struggling to get by after a tough duced sanitizer that was at least produced sanitizer as "over-the- say, ‘oh, we’ve got to charge you ciation (ACSA) contacted law- year. 80 percent alcohol. counter drug monograph facili- for what you’ve already done’... makers and the Department More information about “It’s been really, really cool to ties." It saddled the distilleries Most of the distilleries are just of Health & Human Services Sandstone Distillery in Tenino see how the community pulls with the fees that come with that ‘mom and pop’ and it’s putting (HHS) to fight the unexpected can be found at www.sandstone- together quickly. Once we heard classification. them through a lot,” Bourdon fees — and won. The fees issued distillery.com/ or on their Face- about the hand sanitizer short- “It just doesn’t seem right. It’s said early Friday afternoon. to Tenino’s Sandstone Distillery book page @SandstoneDistillery. These New Rules Congresswoman Takes Oath of Office Limiting Vaping and Smoking Took Effect Jan. 1 in Thurston County

Martín Bilbao the start of the new year, but The Olympian there will be a six-month phase in period focused on education New rules limiting smoking and outreach rather than en- and vaping in public spaces took forcement actions, according to effect Friday, Jan. 1 in Thurston the release. Enforcement and le- County. gal proceeding may be initiated People who smoke may al- beginning July 1, 2021. ready be familiar with some of Enforcement usually begins these rules, but those who vape with a written notice that gives may have to adjust their habits. the person time to comply with The changes adopt the state laws the rules, The Olympian previ- around smoking in public spaces ously reported. From there, en- into Thurston County's sanitary forcement can escalate to a civil code and apply them to vaping, infraction or even a misdemean- according to a county news re- or violation. lease. Businesses will be required to Starting 2021, smoking and display signage where smoking vaping will be banned in indoor and vaping are prohibited under public spaces, places of employ- the new rules, the release read, ment and certain youth-orient- and the county will offer free ed public spaces such as play- signs for order or download. grounds and childcare centers. Any business that wishes to Additionally, the rule that pro- allow smoking within 25 feet hibits smoking within 25 feet of of a window or door can sub- indoor public places and places mit an application and pay a fee of work also will apply to vaping, to have their request reviewed, the release read. The Olympian previously re- "We know that policies like ported. this support health by protect- The Thurston County Board ing people from exposure to sec- of Health unanimously ap- ondhand smoke and vapor emis- proved the changes Oct. 13 after sions," said Schelli Slaughter, the receiving no public opposition. county's public health and social The county health depart- services director. "They also sup- ment has been increasingly Courtesy Photo port our young people in mak- concerned with vaping among Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, signed her oath of office Sunday to continue representing ing healthy decisions by encour- young people. A 2018 study the 3rd Congressional District. “Today I signed the oath of office to serve Southwest Washington in the 117th Congress,” aging the norm as being smoke found 48 percent of high school she wrote on Facebook. “I’m deeply humbled that you’ve placed your trust in me to be your voice in D.C. and to con- and vape free." seniors had tried vaping at some tinue fighting for solutions that make Southwest Washington a better place to live, work, and raise a family. I’m ready The changes apply every- point and 32 percent actively to get to work.” where in Thurston County with vaped, according to the release. The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 • Main 5

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STEELHEAD: I Follow Fisherman Garrett Dokter Along a Southwest Washington River in Search of Washington State’s Highly Sought- After Steelhead By Eric Trent [email protected] SOUTHWEST WASHING- TON — I cast into a deep hole, waiting for the lure to reach the bottom before slowly reeling back in. It takes mere seconds before feeling the unmistakable tug of a fish striking. Ten more seconds of fighting before the beast emerges and I see a flash of the chrome body. No way. Is this the fish I’ve been searching for the past month? Have I finally hooked my first steelhead in 15 years? Please don’t spit the hook.

From the depths Steelhead, coastal rainbow trout, are perhaps the most popular sport fish in the state. They are what Washington anglers look forward to every winter, typically starting December and Eric Trent / [email protected] ending in March, depending on Garrett Dokter, 32, steelhead fishes on a Southwest Washington river on Jan. 1, 2021. the river. Revered for their high- search of the Shangri-La of sport Dokter, who’s been a com- of kings and silvers the past few kept to yourself. intense battles when hooked, fish in the Pacific Northwest, mercial fisherman his entire months, I’ve yet to even see even these giant trout look similar to and we’re looking to start the adult life — gillnetting, crabbing, one steelhead in the past month Numbers declining salmon, though unlike their sal- New Year with a bang. dragging and so forth — might or so that people have been land- To say steelhead are on the monid counterparts they do not even be more skilled sport fishing them on this undisclosed die after spawning in rivers and decline in Washington state is to ing from a bank. He knows how river in Southwest Washington. streams. No. These powerhouses From the beginning put it mildly. All but one coastal are hatched from eggs, migrate Dokter grew up on the banks to find fish and, most important- The reason I keep this river steelhead run in the state is ex- to the ocean, return to the riv- of a coastal river in Southwest ly, how to catch them. under wraps is for a multitude pected to have well below its es- er they were born in to spawn Washington, one that meanders For me, I’m the exact oppo- of reasons, many of which fish- capement goal in 2021. The Che- themselves and then repeat the in a horseshoe around his moth- site. I grew up salmon fishing ermen already know without halis River is expected to have process several times over the er’s property. It’s prime grounds as a teenager, but fell out during mentioning. For those who don’t, 2,000 fish fewer than its spawn- duration of their lives. for cutthroat trout year-round, a 10-year drug addiction and I simply do not want to put any ing goal of 8,600; Queets/Clear- That’s why Garrett Dokter, 32, Chinook salmon in late sum- subsequent recovery. I only just extra pressure on a river system water 637 fewer, the Humptulips of Southwest Washington, and I mer, coho in the fall and — you got back into fishing in August that is already under intense 534 less and the Willapa 344 few- are tromping through a cowfield guessed it — steelhead each win- 2020. And while I did find some force from out-of-the-area fish- er. The Quillayute, located on the early Friday morning. We’re in ter. minimal success with a handful ermen. In short, rivers are better Olympic Peninsula near Forks, is the only coastal river expected to have more fish (3,376) than its escapement goal. That prompted the Wash- ington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WFDW) to announce new restrictions Dec. 8 that prohibit fishing from floating Granny Bunch Navel Celery devices and the use of baits or Smith Spinach Oranges scents in coastal rivers. The restrictions went active Dec. 14. Apple 69 Fishing from jet sleds, drift 79 lb 1 ea 69 lb 99 ea boats and pontoons are all prohibited, greatly limiting the areas fishermen can harvest from and eliminating popular boat- Broccoli Bunch Cello Loose fishing methods such as plug- ging, side drifting and bobber Crowns Kale Carrots Beets dogging. Selective gear rules are 5 lb bag also in effect, except one single- 149 229 point barbless hook is allowed, lb 99 ea ea 99 lb and all rainbow trout must be released. No bait is allowed either, eliminating the popular Cucumbers Ginger Organic Organic method of drifting and floating Earthbound eggs. 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game for steelhead.” We continue on until we Steelhead And even when Dokter does reach the final hole on our jour- land one, he mostly lets them ney. This bend of the river looks Continued from page Main 6 go. He’ll usually keep the first promising, deep, dark and slow- few nice ones he catches, baking moving. I decide to switch back river trending toward flood stage, them with onions and lemon or to my trusty spinners that have we’ll be using a jig and bobber. lime. He likes them even bet- awarded me eight or so cohos Dokter rigs our poles up, mine ter for eating than salmon, even the past two months. I pick up with a nightmare-style jig that’s though their meat is more pink- “old faithful,” also known as the red and black, and he begins ish than the red flesh of wild all-gold No. 4 Blue Fox. It’s been teaching me the nuances. First salmon. That’s mostly due to my top salmon-catcher this year. cast should always be 6 feet or so how rare they are. During salm- Then I see an all-gold spinner back from the bank, he says, to on season, a fisherman can easily that I bought on a whim at Sun- prevent the fish from spotting fill their freezer and eat salmon birds in Chehalis. It even says you. Cast lightly, so the bobber every day. Not so with steelhead. “Steelhead” on the blade. This is and jig don’t splash the water too They’ve been referred to as the the one. This is it. hard. Make sure your bobber is fish of a thousand casts. I slowly approach the hole as pointing straight up. Mend your He hasn’t noticed a huge de- Dokter heads to the rapids off to extra line in the water as it drifts cline in steelhead numbers on my left to cast his bobber. First so when you do get a bite you this river over the years. It var- cast, I fling the spinner about 20 don’t have a bunch of slack and ies. Last year, he was on the river feet out and let it sink to the bot- can set the hook. It takes a while almost every day and caught tom. I reel back in a short, quick but I start to get the hang of it as just one all year. Two years ago, burst to engage the spinner and we slowly make our way down- he caught nine without putting slowly retrieve it as I feel a hard river hitting each slow-moving much time into it. But he usually tug and wiggle. NO. WAY. My hole. likes to dedicate an entire month line peels to the left as I hold to steelhead fishing. tight, my heart thumping in my Background “You don’t just walk out and chest. go, ‘OK, we’re going to catch a “I got one!” I yell to Dokter. Dokter began fishing when steelhead,’” Dokter said. “You He comes running over as he was 6 years old, entering appreciate it after you’ve put in the fish surfaces for a second and a youth derby at a local pond. the work and know-how. It’s al- we see the flash of silver in the There were two prizes; one for most like hunting steelhead is green water. This is it. It has to be the biggest fish and one for the what I like to call it.” a steelhead! most fish. He ended up nabbing I finally horse it next to a log the most for his age group, land- One last chance that juts out a few feet from the ing five trout. bank. Dokter tightropes the log, Eric Trent / [email protected] “I was hooked ever since,” We finally arrive at what will grabs it by the head and carries The Chronicle Sports Editor Eric Trent with a coho salmon he caught while steel- Dokter said. be the final half-mile of river. It’s it to shore. It’s chrome bright! head fishing on Jan. 1, 2021. He began fishing regularly Dokter’s secret fishing grounds. Dokter opens its mouth and goes, when he moved to his mom’s A place few people can access. “Nope. It’s a silver.” current house, with the river that Four hours in, we’re getting to Dang. The excitement evapo- horseshoes the property. That’s the point where it’s more about rates as I notice the black mouth, where he learned to track down the appreciation of being out- a telltale sign of a coho. Steel- and target salmon and steel- doors and having the opportu- head have white mouths. Plus, it head, having a stretch of prime nity to even fish for steelhead. I doesn’t have the dark green back river to himself. Into adulthood, couldn’t imagine living in a state of a steelhead. there were many years he didn’t without salmon and steelhead. It I thump it over the head with fish, spending months at a time gives me gratitude just being able a stick, bleed it and we begin our commercial fishing in Alaska or to be here right now; among the walk back to the car. I feel a sense on the ocean miles off the Wash- trees and moss and birds. Not a of accomplishment as we ad- ington coast. Even then, he never vehicle in earshot. Waiting for mire this chrome-bright fish and gave up his No. 1 hobby. that bobber to go down. This is wonder how the heck such a nice “I drove my mom and every- what it’s about. coho was still in the river when body else nuts,” Dokter said. “I’d “It’s nice to get up, get out, do we figured the run was long over. be home for one day and I’d be something and, even if you don’t It’s a worthy consolation prize on the river fishing.” catch anything, it’s still a good after five hours today of no luck It really wasn’t until these walk in the woods,” Dokter said. with steelhead. Some days, you Eric Trent / [email protected] past few years that he began “Time to think, and collect your take what you can get. I’ll gladly Assortment of jigs used for bobber-fishing steelhead. getting back into sportfishing ideas. It’s a good time.” take this. heavily. He’s been off from com- -mercial fishing since November, and doesn’t plan to return until CURBSIDE PICK-UP CENTRALIA WESTPORT SEAVIEW dragging season in April. 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Chad Taylor, Publisher Eric Schwartz, Editor-in-Chief Columnists, Our Views, Coralee Taylor, CEO Opinion Letters to the Editor Franklin Taylor, Vice President Braun Bill Would Make It Easier to Get Kids in School If there’s one area surround- publican from Centralia, has nity’s test positive rate fell below rate. It’s a better indicator.” ing the pandemic where consen- Publisher’s Notes produced bipartisan legislation 5 percent for two consecutive Inslee has spent the better sus has begun to grow, it’s that in-person schooling is no more along with Democratic Sen. weeks. part of nine months managing our children need to be back in dangerous than virtual learning Mark Mullet that would force “This metric does not punish the ongoing pandemic with little school. when it comes to spreading the schools to reopen when they communities for testing more, to no input from lawmakers. Teachers and administra- virus. hit a benchmark reflecting the as does a metric tied to cases per Braun’s bill is just one example tors have performed admirably It’s worth pointing out that prevalence of COVID-19 in a population,” the bill reads. “The why the governor should have these last nine many of our local districts have given community. The deci- legislature intends to establish called a special session of the months, but taken the lead, first with smaller sion to shift to virtual learning clear school opening metrics Legislature long ago. it’s clear now local schools such as Mossyrock would still be left to local school based on the positivity stan- Now, with the 2021 session that days and and Adna opening their doors districts. dard within counties, so these quickly approaching, we’re weeks spent in According to previous re- decisions are transparent and and more recently with the pleased to see practical and in- front of com- porting by The Chronicle, “the uniform throughout the state of novative solutions to issues that puter screens Chehalis School District. The metric most commonly used Washington.” Centralia School District plans a have for far too long been man- and away from to inform policy and gauge a This is, simply put, a more aged only from the governor’s March return. educators and region’s risk-level is new cases mathematically accurate way of office. It was encouraging when, classmates By Chad Taylor per 100,000 people, with 75 offering guidance to local school Our kids need to be in school. have been last month, Gov. Jay Inslee an- or more cases per 100,000 districts that can vary vastly This legislation will create clear- damaging. nounced significantly reduced conferring a high-risk designa- when it comes to the amount of er guidelines and more clarity, This message is nothing new restrictions and recommendation. Braun’s bill would mark testing taking place. and we urge lawmakers on both to residents of Lewis County, tions for a return to classrooms. a shift to the new metric of “The problem is when you sides of the political aisle to sup- many of whom have lobbied for But more must be done so test positivity — the percent of don’t have even testing around port it for the health and better- their children to return to in- that the state is not attempting COVID-19 tests coming back the state,” Braun told The ment of our state’s children. person instruction for months. to manage 295 school districts positive.” Chronicle. “So if you have to ••• The science and data have that face completely different Under his plan, public pick between the two, until you Chad Taylor is publisher of increasingly shown that, along circumstances. schools would have to offer in- can get the exact same amount The Chronicle and owner of CT with precautionary measures, Sen. John Braun, a Re- person learning if the commu- of testing, you pick the positivity Publishing. COMMENTARY: Eye on Business State Lawmakers Can Use the 2021 Legislative Session to Help Economy Recover Stronger Ten months after the arrival of the unemployment insurance crisis. the coronavirus in Washington, the Unless lawmakers act, Washington Legislature is convening on Jan. 11 employers will see increases in for a new legislative session amid UI taxes of up to 500 percent as a a pandemic that will shape every result of the COVID-19-induced aspect of the session, from the layoffs and the subsequent need to way lawmakers conduct business replenish the state’s unemployment (over computer screens instead of fund. That’s a huge tax increase on beneath the Capitol dome) to the is- employers through no fault of their sues they debate. own. Fortunately, lawmakers are There is cause for optimism as working to address the issue and a vaccine begins to roll out here we’re hopeful they arrive at a solu- in Washington and around the tion early in the session. country, but a return to “normal” There are other ways lawmakers life is likely many could promote economic recovery. months away. For They could pass a transportation many businesses, package that puts people to work especially those and invests in Washington’s infra- in the hard-hit structure. They could approve tax restaurant, hospi- increment financing, giving the In Your Best Interest — The Local Newspaper tality, and retail state a tool for economic develop- industries, this ment that most states already have. Editor’s Note: See a story on the author on I am grateful for 20 good years as Chronicle will be too long They could push “pause” on the ex- page Main 2 of today’s edition. publisher, with oversight in Yelm and Battle to wait. Without By Kris Johnson pansion of child care regulations to There are good reasons for a person to Ground. Much has changed on the media further assistance, help parents get back to work, and come out of a comfortable retirement – even if landscape since my retirement but the need for many will close they could prioritize the reopening only in a temporary, limited role. Several ob- dynamic local newspapers remains. We have their doors for good. of schools. servations that made my participation easy. family and many dear friends living among Although federal support is a As is often the case in a time of First, I believe a solid, assertive newspa- you and we enjoy returning to the natural critical element, the actions state crisis, there are opportunities to be per is vital to a community. Despite the fact beauty of the Pacific Northwest after settling lawmakers take — or don’t take — found during this time. 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Continued from the front page Approximately 3 inches of rain fell in the last 48 hours, NWS meteorologist Jacob De- Flitch said Monday morning. The rain on the forecast is “not a drier pattern at all,” but will likely be more spotty, with breaks between systems to allow for water levels to recede. Over the weekend, the Skoo- kumchuck River near Bucoda hit the moderate flood stage, and is currently receding into the preliminary “action” stage. The Chehalis River near Grand Mound is still in the moderate phase, but near Doty, Chehalis and Porter, are in lower-risk categories. The Satsop and Newau- kum Rivers also both hit or ap- proached the moderate flood stage this weekend, and have since receded. No major roadways were impacted over the weekend, though urban flooding closed many roads. China Creek also Water levels rise along Interstate 5 on Sunday in Chehalis. spilled out of its banks in Cen- tralia, inundating some homes break between systems.” available throughout the county Residents can monitor local struggling to connect Spanish- and businesses. Higher snow lines also for residents concerned with lo- levels at rivers.lewiscountywa. speaking residents with the “It just so happened we did meant more rain flowing into cal flooding. Stations are across gov and at https://bit.ly/38TE2bz. emergency service. have a number of systems move river systems. According to De- from Centralia’s City Hall, in Caldwell urged all residents “It’s a great time to think through in the last few days that front of the county’s Law and to sign up for Lewis County about preparedness,” he said. were pretty damp,” DeFlitch Flitch, it will take a few days for Justice Center in Chehalis and Alert as well, a system that will “Think about how your 72-hour said. “That combined with more levels to recede. Flooding season in most public work yards in the call, text or email participants kits are prepared. Are you ready rain up in the mountains led may be exacerbated this year by county, according to Caldwell. If with emergency notices. Mes- if power goes out? Have you to the rise of the rivers, and we an ongoing La Niña event. assistance is needed after hours, sages are also available in Span- checked your batteries? Is your didn’t really see too much of a Sand and empty bags are residents can call 360-740-1105. ish, although the county is still car serviced?”

which is the project applicant. Dam "Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife conducted Continued from the front page an extensive search for upper Chehalis river salmon and steel- able to pass unimpeded both up head between 2013-19. Their and downstream through the published findings show that in open base of the structure. The 2019, there were three Chinook Corps found that the proposed salmon spawning fish found in facility, when combined with the main stem above the city of raising of the Chehalis-Centra- Chehalis. Only one of those three lia Airport levee, would protect spawned above the site of our Interstate 5 in floods as large as proposed facility. We will need the forecasted 100-year flood to mitigate or avoid impacts to event. Interstate 5 has been the fishery. We think we can and closed through the Twin Cities then make that a condition of our in flood events of 1990, 1996 federal and state permits." and 2007, when the freeway was The Office of the Cheha- overtopped for five days. lis Basin is also developing an The Office of the Chehalis aquatic species restoration plan Basin is directed by a seven- to restore lost fish habitat along member board, including two hundreds of miles of the Cheha- members from Lewis County lis river system. and representatives from both “We see an opportunity to the Quinault Nation and Che- turn a decline in the fishery here halis Tribe. Under state law, the to an enhancement,” said former board’s responsibility is to find Image from Chehalis River Basin Flood Control Zone District proposal document Lewis County Commissioner solutions to both catastrophic This illustration shows what the proposed Chehalis River dam near Pe Ell will look like under normal conditions, allowing the Edna Fund, a Chehalis Basin flood damage and aquatic spe- river to run without impediment. Board member. “The model- cies decline. ing forecast near extinction for "Both of these problems are cess is making real progress strategy." spring Chinook if no mitigation some of the runs in the coming getting worse. Since 1986, the with more than 100 local fish The Army Corps EIS also measures were taken. decades unless dramatic action floods have gotten larger, and and flood projects completed evaluated the potential impacts "The environmental impacts is taken. We are working to see the fishery has been in decline if we can combine dramatic ac- on time and on budget. This of the proposed flood structure outlined in this federal EIS and for decades" said Dr. John Hen- tion to restore a fishery as well as ricksen, of Chehalis, who chairs proposed facility above Pe Ell on aquatic species. The Corps’ the earlier state EIS will have protect families and communi- the citizens group One Voice. is critical to protecting more basinwide look showed that the to be avoided, minimized or ties in the basin. We are all seek- "After 90 years of pointless gov- than 1,300 homes, schools and proportional impact on Coho mitigated, if we proceed to seek ing a win-win when it comes to ernment studies followed by no small businesses, but it is only and fall Chinook salmon and a permit," said Lewis County flood and fish. All the science action on both of these prob- one piece of a basinwide flood steelhead would be 0 percent, Manager Erik Martin, direc- shows that we can do both at the lems, the Chehalis Basin pro- protection and fish restoration with a 2 percent potential loss of tor of the Flood Zone District, same time.”

old for the Legislature to call it- breaks, is too much of a broad- those proposals, conservative proceedings should be in public Push self into a special session to a 60 stroke response on the state’s demonstrators are planning a unless the legislature reasonably percent vote of lawmakers, rath- part,” said Walsh. “And I think daily protest at the Capitol. Or- (non-arbitrarily) determines Continued from the front page er than the two-thirds majority in many cases where state action ganizer Tyler Miller said the that there is a legitimate reason needed now. and even dramatic action was demonstrations are against the to keep a particular deliberation easier for the Legislature to call “Certainly I’ve heard from warranted, it should have been closure of the Capitol building in secret.” itself back into session. constituents all throughout the focused more narrowly on those because of the pandemic. That language is focused on With Democrats controlling year wondering, ‘Where is the geographic hot spots …” The legislative session that open debates and open govern- strong majorities in both the legislative branch, and what And there are other propos- begins in January will be held ment, Spitzer wrote, “much more House and Senate, the propos- are you doing to represent me?'” als. Rep. Brad Klippert, R-Ken- largely remotely, with commit- than whether the building happens als are not likely to pass, but they said Gildon, a state representa- newick, has sponsored House tee sessions, public hearings and to be open to the public or not.” pose a philosophical debate over tive who won election this No- Bill 1013, which seeks to rein in floor sessions conducted by tele- “If, because of the pandemic, executive power and checks and vember to the Senate. rule-making by state agencies conference. the legislature decides to close balances in government. “As we certainly have seen carrying out emergency orders “We’re protesting the uncon- the building but continue to The legislation comes as conservative organizers plan to this year, we can never fully an- and House Bill 1004, which stitutional way that this session hold its sessions publicly on protest at the Legislature this ticipate all future circumstances would curb the state health sec- is going to be conducted, with Zoom or otherwise, the state month when lawmakers con- we’re going to be faced with,” retary’s emergency powers. locking the public out, specifi- constitution is not being violat- vene, in a session that will take added Gildon. “And when those Under Inslee’s orders, Wash- cally of the legislative building,” ed,” Spitzer added. place mostly remotely due to the circumstances arrive, I think it’s ington has seen some of the few- Miller, 40, an engineering tech- Miller said he would cancel pandemic. really vital that the people have est coronavirus deaths per capita nician and Bremerton resident, the demonstrations if the Leg- The lack of a special session a voice, and that their elected and cases per capita of any state, said in an interview. islature allowed at least a few last year frustrated Republicans, representatives can thoughtfully according to data compiled by Miller — who organized one members of the public in to wit- who since spring had sought to and vigorously debate whatever The New York Times. of last spring’s protests at the ness activity on the House and gather to cut the budget amid the topic is at hand.” Asked about the GOP pro- Capitol against pandemic re- Senate floors — where a handful a then-bleak projected revenue Meanwhile, Rep. Jim Walsh, posals, Inslee spokesperson strictions — cited Article 2, Sec- of lawmakers and staff are ex- shortfall, and later to provide R-Aberdeen, is sponsoring Mike Faulk pointed to states tion 11 of the state constitution. pected to be on hand. business relief, or weigh in on House Bill 1029, which would with fewer restrictions — and Part of that section states that, Demonstrators will seek to other pandemic issues. limit the scope of a governor’s more confirmed cases and “The doors of each house shall be enter the closed Capitol each day, Under current law, the gover- emergency declaration. That deaths per capita. kept open, except when the pub- but, “We’re not there to cause nor can call a special session, or order is the foundation that has “During the pandemic, we lic welfare shall require secrecy.” trouble, we’re not there to break lawmakers can call themselves served as the basis for Inslee’s re- have seen in many states what That specific language origi- down doors, to occupy the into one with a two-thirds ma- strictions this year. happens when decisive action nally came from Wisconsin’s building,” Miller said. “We’re jority in both chambers. If approved, HB 1029 would is not taken: Large increases in constitution in 1889, according there simply to observe our con- In response, Chris Gildon, a restrict emergency proclamations infections, hospitalizations and to Hugh Spitzer, a professor at stitutional right.” Republican senator-elect from to 14 days before they must be re- deaths,” Faulk wrote in an email. the University of Washington Miller’s demonstration Puyallup, is sponsoring Senate authorized by the Legislature or “The focus on proclamations is School of Law, “and we don’t comes as tensions during politi- Joint Resolution 8201, a pro- legislative leaders. The proposal misplaced, in that the real limi- have any Washington court de- cal protests at the Capitol have posed amendment to the state would also require a separate tation in our lives comes from cisions on it.” gradually escalated. Shootings constitution. proclamation for each county. the destructive nature of the In an email, Spitzer said that have occurred during two po- If approved, it would ask “What we’ve seen, I believe, in pandemic itself.” in his view, the “provisions state litical clashes last month around state voters to lower the thresh- our response to the COVID out- As the Legislature considers a basic principle that legislative the Capitol. Main 10 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 NORTHWEST As Washington Rolls Out New Jobless Benefits, Some Get a Windfall While Others Face Snags JOBLESS: Most Won’t In December, roughly 95,000 as PUA, that were about to ex- Washingtonians were receiving pire. "There's some stuff that See a Significant PUA payments, which as of Sep- we're moving forward on and Interruption in Benefits tember averaged $323 a week. then there are some things that But the new federal benefits we're really holding off on be- By Paul Roberts came with numerous challenges. cause it requires much more The Seattle Times Fears that the PUA benefits clarification," said LeVine. would expire before new ben- LeVine said the $300 pay- State officials spent the week efits went into effect led Inslee ments will be paid automati- racing to deliver a complicated to authorize one-time $550 pay- cally — claimants needn't take package of federal benefits for ments as a stopgap for PUA re- any action. For other benefits, more than 280,000 Washing- cipients. such as PUA, LeVine said claim- tonians left jobless by the pan- Though it turns out that ants should continue filing their demic. most PUA recipients won't see a weekly claims, and that ben- The good news: most claim- big interruption in their federal efits, even if delayed, will catch ants who were getting federal benefit, the agency is issuing up. She also urged claimants to unemployment benefits in De- the $550 payments anyway, us- avoid calling the ESD "if it's not cember won't see a significant ing $54 million left over in fed- absolutely necessary." interruption, even though Presi- eral pandemic funding. An ESD Some claimants may be skep- dent Trump let the programs spokesperson confirmed that tical of such assurances. ESD expire, the state Employment agency spokesperson attributed efits from last March's CARES the more than 90,000 eligible has received heavy criticism for Security Department (ESD) in part to disruptions from the Act — but will also require con- PUA claimants were paid this delays in payments, a glitchy confirmed Thursday. Christmas holiday. siderable bureaucratic effort. week. website, and hourslong waits to And some 90,000 Washing- And many claimants say These benefits include a new "From the state's standpoint, get through on the phone to cus- tonians will even see a mod- they're still struggling to reach $300 weekly payment, known as it has to hurt that they are pay- tomer service. est windfall: the $550 one-time the agency to deal with prob- Federal Pandemic Unemploy- ing $54 million ... that they ESD says it has addressed payment Gov. Inslee authorized lems on their claims. "I sat on ment Compensation, for any- could have theoretically avoid- some of those problems. last week in case federal ben- hold on the phone [to ESD] for one now receiving state or fed- ed if Trump hadn't waited un- But this week, some claim- efits lapsed is being paid anyway, hours yesterday and eventually eral unemployment benefits; as til Sunday to sign the CARES ants said they had trouble fil- starting this week. gave up," said Olivia Spencer, a of last week, 281,328 people in continuation bill," said Anne ing new claims. Others said "We're following through on Whatcom County resident who Washington were receiving ben- Paxton, policy director at the their ESD accounts showed that that commitment," said ESD applied for benefits after losing efits and would likely be eligible. Seattle- and Spokane-based Un- their claims were "pending." On Commissioner Suzi LeVine. her restaurant hostess job in The $300 benefit runs from employment Law Project. "But Thursday, an ESD spokesperson "And if some people get an ad- March, and who didn't get her Dec. 27 (retroactively) to March Inslee is honoring his promise." said that was due to a computer ditional payment, I think our expected payment the week be- 14, and is intended to partly re- However, roughly 4,000 error that occurred as the ESD economy and our people need it." fore Christmas. place a $600-a-week federal ben- Washingtonians who have ex- responded to the delayed bene- But some of the good news is The challenges come amid efit payment that expired in the isting problems with their PUA fits after Trump was late in sign- on hold. An extra $300 a week a surge in layoffs as continued summer. claims won't receive that paying the legislation, the agency. in new federal unemployment public health restrictions put Congress also extended sev- ment until those issues are re- The error affected 28,000 ac- benefits for all claimants won't pressure on employers. eral pandemic benefits that ex- solved, the ESD said. counts and has been corrected, be paid until after Jan. 15 as the Last week, Washington re- pired Dec. 26. The federal benefits also pose the spokesperson said. ESD focuses on rolling out other ceived 19,192 new, or "initial," The Pandemic Extended technical challenges for the ESD. Stephanie Lynn Hagelgans, federal benefits first. claims for unemployment ben- Unemployment Compensation For example, ESD is still 40, a Pierce County resident The week also brought a efits, an increase of 1,596, or 9.1 provides additional weeks of awaiting for full details on new who lost her job at a local pre- storm of new complaints from percent, from the previous week, benefits to workers whose regu- verification requirements that school in March, says her fam- claimants over payment delays the ESD reported Thursday. lar state unemployment benefits the federal government is mak- ily relies on her PUA benefit and other problems. Nationally, initial claims last have run out. ing on PUA beneficiaries that for household expenses that her On Thursday, the ESD web- week fell 2.4 percent to 787,000, Congress also extended "may require a lot of program- husband's salary can't cover. For site showed that nearly 40,000 the U.S. Labor Department re- through March 14 the Pan- ming and customer service them, the payment delays and claimants were not receiving ported. demic Unemployment Assis- training," LeVine said in an other glitches were agonizing. benefits as of last week and were On top of surging claims, tance (PUA) program for work- email earlier this week. "We — and I feel like a lot of waiting for the ESD to resolve Washington, like other states, is ers, such as the self-employed or That's one reason the ESD is families or individuals — are a problem with their claims. rushing to roll out delayed fed- part-timers, who don't usually delaying the $300 weekly pay- one missed payment away from That's an increase of 56 percent eral legislation that will replace qualify for regular state unem- ment until after Jan. 15 while it disaster and ... financial ruin," over the week before, which an or extend expiring federal ben- ployment. focus on other programs, such Hagelgans said. Are You Eligible for a COVID-19 Vaccine? State to Launch Tool, Rely on Honor System By Evan Bush vouch for workers’ eligibility. committee. “We really wanted ple to determine their eligibil- essential” jobs: food and agricul- The Seattle Times “This tool will help with all to relieve the burden of the vac- ity, and suggested that providers tural workers, U.S. Postal Service the questions we’re getting from cination site to have to assess could ask questions in person workers, manufacturing workers, Washington state will rely on people about which phase I’m in, phase eligibility. It’s just awk- at vaccination sites, provide an grocery store workers and others an honor system to determine where can I get vaccine?” said ward conversation ...” iPad or other device for people whose jobs are critical for society eligibility for COVID-19 vacci- Huynh, of PhaseFinder, during a As hospitals vaccinate health to use Phasefinder on-site or rely and require them to be on-site nations, so those administering Thursday meeting of the state’s care providers outside of their on voucher letters. and in proximity to others. vaccines do not have to police vaccine advisory committee. systems — nurses from small Dr. Jeff Duchin, of Public A national grocery chain may who qualifies. community clinics, dental hy- Health — Seattle & King County, have human resources personnel The state plans to launch an As Washington seeks to speed its vaccine rollout, these tools gienists and others — it is diffi- who said he had used a demo ver- who could notify workers when online questionnaire — called cult to know who is eligible, said sion of the PhaseFinder tool, not- it’s their turn, and provide a cor- PhaseFinder — soon, where could be efficient means to clar- ify who is eligible for vaccination, Darcy Jaffe, the vice president of ed that people could repeat the porate voucher letter, but a small people can determine their own safety and quality at the Wash- questionnaire to get the desired deli, for instance, may not have eligibility for vaccination. but they’re reliant on Washing- ton residents to faithfully repre- ington State Hospital Associa- results about their eligibility. the same capacity and employ- When more vaccination sites tion. “We recognize people can ees may have to vouch for them- sent themselves. And efficiency are available, members of the “The hospitals have been game the system. That’s going selves, said Dr. Amesh A. Adalja, public could present screenshots comes at a cost — health officials pretty clear that they don’t want to happen. We really wanted to a senior scholar at Johns Hopkins of their questionnaire results acknowledge people will likely to be the vaccine police,” she stick to principles of having this Center for Health Security. at vaccination sites, said Mary take advantage of the system and said. be trust-based,” Huynh said. Preexisting medical condi- Huynh, a deputy director at attempt to jump their spot in the Administrators don’t want Duchin said he suspected tions will pose another challenge. the state Department of Health. priority line. to have to “interrogate someone” it will soon become common Medical records are generally The state also plans to provide a “It’s all self-reported. It’s all who shows up requesting a vac- knowledge how to manipulate not centralized. A pharmacy, for template letter for employers to trust-based,” Huynh told the cine, Jaffe added. the questionnaire and get vacci- instance, wouldn’t have time to Department of Health of- nated more quickly. verify if someone has type 2 dia- ficials have told hospitals they “We don’t have a good sys- betes. Again, it will require trust. wouldn’t face official repercus- tem set up to easily create veri- “The majority of people sions if they happen to vaccinate fication, so we want to err on would follow the honor system, The Books of Lewis County someone ahead of their priority the side of vaccine getting into I would hope,” Adalja said. He phase, Jaffe said. arms,” said Michele Roberts, the noted that during the H1N1 Available now! 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Lewis County use an online tool. Huynh said That group recommends gibility is essential because no- Historical Museum the health department wants to Phase 1b include people 75 and body will trust a system that can provide multiple routes for peo- older, and people with “front line be easily gamed.” • Main 11 NORTHWEST The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 Amazon Surpasses Boeing as Washington State’s Biggest Employer By Katherine Khashimova Long 787 Dreamliner in Washington, It’s not that Boeing supports The Seattle Times shifting the jobs to South Caro- unions, said Jon Holden, the lina. president of the local represent- Move over, Boeing. Washing- Amazon does not benefit ing Seattle-area Boeing machin- ton state is now Amazonia. from state tax breaks. Compared ists. He believes Boeing is mov- Last year, Amazon — which to Boeing, though, “Amazon en- ing the 787 to South Carolina, a in the 26 years since its found- gages with a little more toxicity,” right-to-work state, in part due ing in CEO Jeff Bezos’ Clyde Reifman said, pointing to the to the company’s turbulent rela- Hill garage has emerged as a ma- company’s unsuccessful $1 mil- tionship with organized labor in jor player in retail, logistics and lion investment in pro-business Washington. cloud computing — surpassed candidates during Seattle’s 2019 But the company has been Boeing as the state’s largest pri- City Council race. forced to negotiate with unions vate employer, usurping a title Some criticisms may be over- for most of its 104-year history the airplane manufacturer had blown. Seattle is not getting more after voluntarily recognizing the likely held since the post-World diverse, but it hasn’t gotten much International Association of Ma- War II era, said aerospace histo- whiter in the past decade either, chinists and Aerospace Workers rian Cory Graff. census data shows. in 1935 — resulting in famously The milestone speaks to the And while corporate Amazo- sturdy wages and ample benefits new economic realities wrought nians are typically seen as hard- for union members, who at one by the pandemic, experts say, but driving adherents to the compa- point constituted 60 percent of also to the increasingly tenuous ny, some take pains to point out Boeing’s workforce but now make nature of much blue-collar work, that Amazon is not a monolith. up roughly one-third. Last year, employers’ changing relation- Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times “I’m a nerd, but I’m defi- Boeing machinists earned, on av- ship with labor and the rise of a Employees at packing stations are seen at Amazon’s Kent fulfillment center, June nitely not a tech bro,” said Amy erage, $35.88 an hour, said union class of highly paid technology 11, 2020. Jimenez Marquez, a senior de- spokesperson Connie Kelliher. workers whose preferences are signer on the Alexa team tasked Charlie Grieser, who worked remaking the Seattle area. rate headquarters grew to sprawl officer of on-demand warehous- in part with making the voice- for 37 years as a Boeing machin- Amazon thrived during the across more than 40 buildings, ing provider Flexe. activated assistant seem more ist, quality-control inspector and pandemic, due both to booming the neighborhood transformed “Then around 2014, every- human. in experimental flight testing online shopping and increasing from a low-slung, light-indus- thing changed,” said Glick. “We Marquez, a former theater and robotics before retiring in reliance on its cloud-computing trial district into a glassy work/ became the enemy.” actress, lives on Bainbridge Is- 2016, said the job brought him services, which power many of playground with some of the Amazon’s growth was mak- land with her family and a small a lifestyle of plenty: A golf- and the technologies behind remote most expensive rents in the city. ing Seattle whiter, more male, menagerie of animals, including fishing-filled retirement in sun- work and life under lockdown. In Nor has the rest of Seattle less interesting and harder to a peacock named Kevin who en- ny Sequim. Educational benefits. its most recent quarterly earnings been untouched by the changes find a date in, critics contended. joys salmon-flavored cat treats. New trucks. An adage Grieser is report, Amazon charted record- wrought by an influx of tens And as Seattle grappled with a “I think a lot of people have fond of repeating about his time high sales and profits; its share of thousands of highly paid rising number of people sleep- misconceptions about what it at Boeing: “Come for the fun. price rose 72 percent last year workers from Amazon — and ing outdoors, in no small part takes to work ... at Amazon,” said Stay for the money.” while Boeing’s dropped 36 percent. also, now, from companies like due to affordability issues, many Marquez, who attended Texas That money, as well as pref- Alongside Amazon’s record- Google, Facebook and Apple blamed Amazon for not taking A&M and said her first job out erential hiring policies for senior setting financial performance that have established footholds enough responsibility for driving of college was dishing frozen union members, birthed genera- was a record-setting hiring spree. in Seattle in part to poach from up the cost of housing. yogurt. “They think you have tions of Boeing “lifers.” On aver- Globally, the company added Amazon’s massive concentration King County home prices to have a master’s degree or you age, machinists work at Boeing for more than 400,000 workers in of tech talent. have risen nearly 140 percent have to have an education at a more than a decade, Kelliher said. 2020 in what it says is the largest In 2009, when Amazon relo- since the market bottomed out fancy college. I work side by side Meanwhile, in a reflection of peacetime worker mobilization cated from Beacon Hill to South in 2012, to a median of $730,500 with people who don’t have col- falling union membership na- in history. More than 16,500 of Lake Union, it employed fewer at the end of last year. Rents have lege degrees who are amazing tionwide, as well as changing le- those new hires were in Wash- than 5,000 headquarters employ- climbed close to 65 percent in designers.” gal standards that make it easier ington state, where Amazon end- ees. By the end of 2020, it em- the past decade. Amazon’s local employee for employers to thwart union ed 2020 with more than 80,000 ployed nearly 60,000, across an There’s no question the influx growth isn’t expected to recede organizing, none of Amazon’s American warehouses are union- employees, according to a com- urban campus stretching from of tens of thousands of well-paid in 2021. The company is hiring pany spokesperson, a nearly 25 ized. The company has employed Seattle to Bellevue. tech workers has helped push for more than 7,500 software de- percent increase over 2019. a suite of tactics to keep worker An Amazon spokesperson housing prices up, said Redfin velopers, product managers and Boeing, meanwhile, slashed organizing at bay, including declined to specify how much chief economist Daryl Fair- other corporate roles at its Puget its Washington workforce by closing job sites, training man- its corporate employees earn, weather. Sound headquarters, according nearly 13,000 people last year, as agers to extol the merits of a citing a desire to maintain a But, she said, “It’s not clear to a review of its open positions. the travel industry’s plunge into non-unionized workplace, moni- competitive edge in hiring. But how much of that is the Amazon While Amazon’s Washington the red compounded Boeing’s toring warehouses for pro-union a prospectus for its 2017 search effect. Seattle is transforming workforce is dominated by head- pre-pandemic financial pain sentiment and firing employees for a second headquarters in- into an employment hub with quarters employees, the com- from the lengthy grounding of pany’s greatest Washington job who speak out about safety con- dicates base pay for new hires high-paid workers from all over its 737 MAX aircraft. growth in both 2019 and 2020 ditions at warehouses. averages roughly $150,000, in- the country. Amazon’s growth At the start of 2020, 71,829 was among blue-collar workers, In a statement, the company cluding stock options. Since has mattered, but its actual im- Washingtonians worked for Boe- whose numbers have quadrupled said it respects employees’ right Amazon shares have more than pact is hard to pin down.” ing, according to disclosure forms since 2017. to “join, form or not to join a quadrupled in value in the past When Amazon and Bezos filed with the state Department of By the end of 2020, Amazon labor union or other lawful or- Revenue. By year-end, a combina- four years, the typical Amazon pledged to give millions to lo- employed nearly 20,000 Wash- ganization of their own selection, tion of voluntary buyouts, layoffs tech worker likely earns more cal groups serving homeless and ingtonians to load and unload without fear of retaliation, intim- and attrition reduced that num- than that today, and well over Se- low-income people, some react- planes and trucks, store millions idation or harassment.” ber 18 percent to roughly 58,800 attle’s median household income ed with scorn, saying the dona- of items of merchandise and In contrast to Boeing’s “lifers,” people, with analysts warning job of $102,500. tions were primarily about im- pack boxes at its 13 warehouses a job at an Amazon warehouse cuts could continue in 2021. “Amazon taking root here in age management. At last count, around the state. Some of those for most workers is a tempo- Boeing and its employees are Seattle has left a permanent mark Amazon and Bezos have donated workers also filled roles at Ama- rary gig, one whose rhythms are no strangers to cycles of boom on the city,” said Jeff Shulman, a more than $200 million com- zon’s expanding physical retail oceans removed from the techni- and bust, and the effects of the marketing professor at the Uni- bined to local nonprofits, busi- footprint in the state — 11 Whole cal complexity of assembling an pandemic and reputational fall- versity of Washington, where he nesses and Seattle Public Schools. Foods locations and at five Ama- aircraft — and from the wages out from faulty engineering that studies why Seattle is attractive An emerging consensus, in zon Go, two Amazon Books and commensurate with such high- caused two 737 MAX plane to tech employers. Gone are “the some circles, that Amazon was one Amazon 4-star storefronts. skilled work. crashes are likely to recede even- bars with $2 PBRs,” he said, re- devouring the city found a policy For those employees, a job at Pay starts at $15 an hour, or tually. placed in many cases by luxury voice in City Councilmember Amazon looks much different more in some places. About 813 Nonetheless, Amazon’s emer- apartment buildings, restaurants Kshama Sawant. Her 2018 pro- than the view from South Lake full-time Amazon workers in gence as Washington’s top em- and pubs “catering to tech work- posal to level taxes on Amazon Union. Washington use food stamps, the ployer signifies more enduring ers with money, more so than and other large businesses to fund fifth-highest number of any em- changes to the state’s economy, some of the blue-collar workers affordable housing development ployer in the state, after Safeway, who were here before.” passed the City Council, only to Companies’ relationships said Margaret O’Mara, a profes- with labor Wal-Mart, Uber and McDon- sor of history at the University of Many have benefited from be repealed a month later after ald’s, the federal Government Washington, where she research- Amazon’s rise, Shulman said. The Amazon threatened to pull as “Boeing and Amazon are Accountability Office estimated es the high-tech industry. company, which says it has spent many as 8,000 jobs out of Seattle. such stark contrasts. It’s two in November. “These two companies are nearly $100 billion in Washington Amazon’s pressure campaign models of the U.S. economy, one Starting pay at Amazon ware- shorthand examples of the since 2010, estimates it indirectly echoes how other large Wash- based around manufacturing, houses is higher than Washing- changing contours of American supports more than 220,000 jobs ington employers engage with one around consumption,” said ton’s minimum wage, and many capitalism,” O’Mara said. Boeing statewide. By its own accounting, the state, including Boeing, said Andrew Hedden, the associate workers are afforded a suite of and Amazon, she said, are “em- Amazon has added $87.7 billion activist and tech entrepreneur director of the Harry Bridges benefits, including health care, blems of ... the bigger trajectory to Washington’s economy over Jeff Reifman, who has written Center for Labor Studies at the upskilling and paid parental of labor, of what opportunity is the past decade. pointed critiques of Amazon’s University of Washington. “It’s leave, the company said in a afforded to an American worker.” As Amazon has expanded, growth. Since 2004, the state has fascinating that Seattle has been statement. That some Amazon though, local attitudes toward granted Boeing tax breaks worth headquarters for both of them.” workers rely on food stamps pos- the company have shifted. hundreds of millions of dol- Another major contrast, sibly reflects that Amazon hires Remaking Seattle When he joined Amazon in lars annually to incentivize the translating into a gulf of differ- a large number of seasonal and Nowhere in Washington 1998, the company was a brash manufacturer to keep building ences in how blue-collar work- temporary employees who may is Amazon’s spiraling growth startup going toe-to-toe with planes in Washington. Never- ers are paid and treated, Hedden have qualified for assistance if more tangible than South Lake Barnes & Noble, said David theless, Boeing last year perma- said, is the companies’ relation- they only worked at Amazon part Union. As the company’s corpo- Glick, now the chief technology nently halted production of the ship with labor. of the year, the company added.

on Jan. 1, a caller reported that approximately 4 p.m. on Jan. 1 Shoplifting Crashes Sirens someone was trespassing in the at the intersection of Northwest • A caller reported that two 1400 block of Northwest Loui- West St. and Northwest State Av- • A two-vehicle crash oc- Continued from page Main 5 people shoplifted from a store curred in a parking lot in the siana Avenue. A man allegedly enue. in the 1700 block of Northwest spit at the caller and “all over the 1300 block of Northwest Mary- stolen from a vehicle in the 1400 Louisiana Avenue at approxi- store,” including on $20 worth of land Avenue at approximately block of Northwest Louisiana Assault and Theft mately 8 p.m. on Jan. 1. sodas. He reportedly entered the 5:40 p.m. on Jan. 3. The caller Avenue at approximately 10:40 • A caller in the 1700 block store three times to try and get • At approximately 7 p.m. reported some damage but no a.m. on Jan. 1. of Northwest Louisiana Avenue gas but left, slamming the doors, on Jan. 1, a man reported that injuries. • A second-degree robbery reported a woman shoplifting when he didn’t have enough a woman and a couple of her was reported in the 1700 block of some electronics and tools at ap- money. friends assaulted him and took Northwest Louisiana Avenue at proximately 2 p.m. on Jan. 2. The LEWIS COUNTY JAIL STATISTICS • A caller in the 1400 block all of his belongings. The man 7:15 p.m. on Jan. 2. The incident suspect left on foot before getting As of Monday morning, the of Northwest Louisiana Avenue was reportedly sleeping in the is under investigation. into a vehicle. Lewis County Jail had a total sys- reported two “rude customers” passenger seat of the woman’s car when she pulled into a park- tem population of 150 inmates, at approximately 5:40 p.m. on Sparking Street Lamps including 125 in the general Sexual Misconduct Jan. 1. A man was reportedly up- ing lot in the 1200 block of South Market Boulevard. population and 25 in the Work • A case of potential sexual set because he refused to wear a • Multiple callers near the Two male subjects who ar- Ethic and Restitution Center. Of misconduct, reported 11:35 a.m. mask, and he and a woman were intersection of Northwest Loui- rived in a separate car pulled general population inmates, 102 on Jan. 1, is under investigation. allegedly cussing at the caller. siana Avenue and Northwest him out of the vehicle, punched Chamber of Commerce Way re- were men and 23 were women. him in the mouth and took his ported street lights sparking be- All WERC inmates were male. Rude Customers Hit and Run wallet, backpack and phone between 5:57 p.m. and 6:38 p.m. on ••• • At approximately 1:30 p.m. • A hit and run occurred at fore driving away. Jan. 2. By The Chronicle Staff Main 12 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 NORTHWEST Washington Legislature 2021: A Chance of Fuel Taxes Ahead By Mike Lindblom The search for money The Seattle Times Previous versions would cost Washington state’s clogged equivalent to 15 cents per gallon, transportation network caught a through either direct gas tax or break in 2020, when COVID-19 the effect of carbon taxes passed slashed driving by 15 percent from refineries to consumers. and erased 60 percent of transit Other options exist, such as ridership, giving public officials a pay-by-mile user fee, but that a year to punt on solutions. takes years to establish, said Now that a new year has ar- retired Rep. Judy Clibborn, D- rived, state leg- Mercer Island, who worked on a islators will feel study group to consider 10 to 13 new urgency concepts. to tackle grid- Mullet, who drives an elec- lock, under- tric Tesla, predicts the public and funded roads lawmakers may have an appetite and bridges and for an 8- to 10-cents-a-gallon the question of gas tax. He said a similar-sized whether to pass carbon fee is also needed to help a massive mo- Jay Inslee the state fight global warming. bility plan. governor Hobbs said he’d support a car- Steve Hobbs, bon tax if at least half flows back D-Lake Ste- to the transportation budget. vens, who chairs the Senate But groups such as the pro- Transportation Committee, transit Transportation Choices says he’ll take a hiatus from Coalition will seek money to help National Guard deployment so bus agencies weather COVID- he can make a third attempt at related sales-tax and fare losses, brokering a multibillion dol- along with equity programs to lar Forward Washington plan. aid communities who are subject Without a statewide package, File Photo to pollution. They’ll need full Hobbs will lose another year in The Washington State Legislature convenes for its 2021 regular session on Jan. 11. transit access again soon, coali- his quest to replace the jammed tion lobbyist Bryce Yadon said. Highway 2 westbound trestle, “If we wait a week or month which connects his constitu- cation; $1 billion to highway preservation; a toll-funded $470 too long, we’re going to have big ents to Everett. impacts in terms of people being Gov. Jay Inslee, burned by ‘‘This is a democracy. It’s about trying million to widen an I-405 bot- tleneck through Bothell; and a able to get to work, or a doctor’s voters’ and lawmakers’ rejec- appointment,” Yadon said. tion of carbon pricing, will try to get more votes.’’ $300 million widening of High- way 3 at Gorst on the Kitsap One idea making the rounds again to jump-start his climate is to push salmon-stream resto- agenda by proposing $318 mil- Sen. Steve Hobbs, Peninsula. D-Lake Stevens ration — pegged at $3.5 billion to lion for ferry electrification along replace damaging road culverts with low-carbon fuel standards, Mullet factor — out of Forward Washington $20 million for pedestrian, bike This past fall’s 57-vote victory into the general fund. and school-zone improvements Sen. Curtis King, R-Yakima, nal list, is the I-5 Columbia River That way, the transportation Crossing. Oregon and Washing- by Sen. Mark Mullet, D-Issaquah, and $3.25 million to plan future forecasts a tough path to agree- budget would have more slack to ment, because at least three or ton last year resumed planning over progressive challenger In- high-speed rail. fund more bond debt and proj- four versions will be proposed. after a 2014 political collapse. grid Anderson, adds horsepower “To meet our greenhouse-gas ects. reduction targets, we must ag- Lawmakers must reach a biparti- The states would replace freeway to Forward Washington. That begs the question of gressively diversify our trans- san, 60 percent agreement to sell drawbridges built in 1917 and “I 100 percent feel conges- whether the Legislature should portation infrastructure,” Inslee bonds to finance projects. 1958. tion relief has got to be the No. 1 make fish compete against edu- said. “Electrifying our vehicles, Sen. Rebecca Saldaña, D- Hobbs said he’s inclined to priority in a transportation bill,” cation, law enforcement, public vessels and buses is one of the Seattle, drafted a 12-year, $14.3 add $75 million toward repair of Mullet told the pro-driving East- health and other state services. If most effective ways to reduce billion Evergreen Plan heavy on the cracked West Seattle high- side Transportation Association. money or credit runs low, may- carbon pollution.” carbon fees, plus a tax on luxury rise bridge. He sees that of state- His district was already nom- be culverts can be funded by a The state is far behind its tar- aircraft and yachts. She would wide value for port trade and inated for $285 million to widen get of reducing carbon emissions fund maintenance at $1.9 billion, regional travel. It also encour- Highway 18 along Tiger Moun- yearly fee of $50 on each parcel 25 percent by 2035. which is far above other propos- ages Seattle lawmakers to back a tain where four lanes narrow to of land in the state, Mullet men- On the minority side, Rep. als but avoids lane additions — statewide plan. two. People have died in head-on tioned. Andrew Barkis, R-Olympia, sup- except for counting Hobbs’ fa- “This is a democracy. It’s wrecks. A loss of toll-lane traffic in ports minimal or zero new taxes vored Highway 2 as “deferred about trying to get more votes,” But Mullett now proposes 2020 brings another dilemma. in 2021 while citizens are still preservation.” Hobbs said. another Eastside project — in- Though reduced income won’t hurting from COVID-related “In the Puget Sound region, That’s far beyond the $19 terchange expansion where I-90 tarnish the state’s credit, it could business restrictions. Lawmak- managing traffic requires mak- million grant the Seattle De- meets I-405 in Bellevue, espe- hinder an effort by suburban ers should limit their ambitions ing sure we’re not just adding partment of Transportation cially coming from Issaquah cities and legislators to build to maintenance and projects al- stuff to our system, and pushing suggested in talks with other toward Lake Washington. It’s projects in the I-405 and linked ready approved, he said. traffic down to the next exit,” she lawmakers. common for 60-mph traffic to Highway 167 corridors. Expect a tug of war over said. “I really appreciate Sen. Hobbs pass exiting 20-mph traffic when Now that thousands have whether carbon taxes should be She called for “environmen- expressing an interest in the approaching the junction. practiced working from home, funneled to transit as opposed tal justice” in neighborhoods West Seattle Bridge,” said Heath- “You basically back up all the it’s unclear when travel demand to plain gasoline taxes which the like those around the Duwamish er Marx, Seattle mobility direc- way to Bellevue College, trying might revert to pre-COVID days. state constitution’s 18th Amend- River, divided by historical free- tor, when told about the higher to make that turn,” he said in an Does Washington still need ment reserves for roads. way projects. Aircraft, fossil- target. Sen. Joe Nguyen, D-West interview. greater capacity? As these visions compete, fueled ships and freight trucks Seattle, called bridge funding Lawmakers should focus Sen. King, of Yakima, said drama in the virtual Capitol will course through there even dur- part of “a grand bargain of pro- transportation dollars in cities he’s open to a big package — and be compounded by less transpar- ing the epidemic. That will con- posals” being circulated. that will welcome rapid business is even writing a version himself. ency, as public testimony and tinue, she said, so cleaner fuels Forward Washington’s sec- growth, he argues, namely Bel- But he’s reluctant to raise fuel committee hearings move online, are a must. ond-costliest road project is levue as contrasted with Seattle. costs immediately. said Barkis. Highway 2, at $1.5 billion in the Hobbs replied he was will- “How do you put more taxa- Hobbs joked in a phone inter- initial plan. Traffic has tripled ing to add a I-90/I-405 project to tion on people who are strug- view that, “I would rather do my Forward Washington since 1980, and a new westbound Forward Washington. gling just to survive in 2020? military duty, because at least I Hobbs said he’s rewriting the trestle may add a bus-carpool He declined to release a draft We have people who have been know who my enemy is. Do I re- package he proposed in 2019 for lane or rely partly on tolls. list until he can fact-check de- living on unemployment insur- ally want to go there [Olympia] $16.6 billion and 10 years. Other big-ticket items in- tails of certain projects with the ance and doing what they can and get the crap beat out of me? The biggest project, nominat- clude $1.7 billion toward ferries, Washington State Department of to scrape through and feed their Anything you do will be judged.” ed for $3.175 billion in his origi- terminals and vessel electrifi- Transportation (WSDOT). families,” he said. Eviction Moratorium Has Been Extended, But Debate Likely to Continue in Olympia LONG-TERM IMPACT: "We know a lot of people are said that if you can pay your rent, falling behind," he said, adding you should pay it and that the Renters May Be Unable ‘‘If you want to cause an economic crisis, that this could shrink the pool debt has not been eliminated," he to Afford Back Payments of affordable housing and hurt said. you create this big default on mortgage renters in the long run. "If you Faulk also said when the When Moratorium want to cause an economic cri- White House and Republican- is Eventually Lifted payments.’’ sis, you create this big default on led U.S. Senate failed to sign a bill mortgage payments." that would provide continued By Janelle Retka Rep. Chris Corry, More than 171,000 Washing- Pandemic Unemployment As- Yakima Herald-Republic ton renters are behind in rent. sistance to Americans, Inslee's R-Yakima The debate over help for rent- The governor's proposed op- office stepped in to provide local ers and landlords during the erating budget includes $17 mil- support — a decision it main- pandemic is likely to spill into policy during a virtual Greater icy would be to provide rental lion to support an anticipated tained even after the federal increase in homeowners seeking government approved new as- the 2021 legislative session in Yakima Chamber of Commerce vouchers to individuals who foreclosure relief when moratori- sistance funds after the old plan Olympia, even with the exten- meeting on Wednesday. proved that they lacked a job or sion of the eviction moratorium ums lapse. lapsed. State Sen. Curtis King, R- income, providing payment to Inslee's press secretary, Mike "The fact that it's 2020 matters and more federal help. Yakima, said for those who have landlords and ensuring renters Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday Faulk, also pointed to $100 mil- and the fact that it's a pandemic not paid rent in several months, weren't left with overwhelming lion in rent assistance for low- matters in these debates," he said. officially extended the state's there will be thousands of dollars repayments. rental eviction moratorium income individuals at risk of "These are unprecedented times of back payments owed when the "I think obviously when we homelessness distributed in late that require support from the through the end of March, with moratorium lifts that renters will get back into session we're going new supports for landlords and June directly to landlords state- state. It requires support from be unable to afford. to have to look into what funding property owners. The morato- wide. Another $20 million was the federal government, and the rium prevents landlords from Sen. Jim Honeyford, R-Sun- is available to do this. But I think distributed in November and the federal government has been ex- evicting tenants for failure to pay nyside, agreed, saying he worries we also need to rein in this mora- governor's budget proposal asks tremely lacking in leadership, in- rent during the pandemic. It also renters will move out, leaving torium," state Rep. Chris Corry lawmakers to approve another cluding getting funds to people requires tenants to pay back any landlords without payment. echoed. $100 million in rent assistance in to be able to actually pay their past rent once it lapses. It mirrors State Reps. Gina Mosbrucker He said had lawmakers been the upcoming session. bills. a federal eviction moratorium and Jeremie Dufault — who is involved, safeguards to require He said he was not familiar "People are on hard times that was extended through Jan. a landlord himself — said the proof of inability to pay rent with rent voucher proposals, so through no fault of their own, 31 as part of the federal COV- moratorium left landlords pay- would have been put into place. could not comment on the pro- and we think and have been en- ID-19 relief package. ing or defaulting on mortgages He also said supports would have posal. But he defended the gov- couraging the federal govern- Several Yakima Valley law- without the same government been created for landlords, to ernor's approach to maintaining ment for a long time now to get makers expressed concern over moratorium to help them. They prevent them from defaulting on stable housing. benefits into people's pockets the long-term impact of the both suggested that a better pol- mortgages. "We have openly, repeatedly who need it." • Main 13 NORTHWEST The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 New State Law Now Caps Monthly Insulin Copay at $100 Mike Lindblom It includes language to protect partment of Health. factor for COVID-19 complica- 2021 and 2022. Many hope state The Seattle Times people who have "high deduct- The law, sponsored by Sen. tions. lawmakers can come up with ible" insurance from paying Karen Keiser, D-Des Moines, was The American Diabetes As- long-term cost solutions for con- Many Washington residents more than $100 per 30-day sup- approved by the Legislature in sociation has praised the Wash- sumers before the cap expires. with diabetes will have an easier ply. March to ease a crisis that can ington law and urges state gov- The American Diabetes As- time affording insulin this year, About 686,000 people in lead to medical complications. ernors "to ensure continuous sociation lists seven states as hav- as a law imposes a $100 cap on Washington state have diabetes, Studies show an estimated-one access to health care for residents ing approved co-pay caps as of patient copayments. and 226,300 rely on insulin. In quarter of patients ration the with diabetes who have lost their spring 2020: Washington, Colo- The law applies to any health- 2017, diabetes was the seventh medication because of cost or dif- jobs to the economic impact of rado, Illinois, Maine, New Mex- care plan issued or renewed after leading cause of death in the ficulty obtaining steady supplies. the pandemic." ico, New York, Utah and West Jan. 1 that covers insulin drugs. state, according to the state De- Diabetes is a potential risk The copay cap lasts through Virginia. News in Brief “Our Infection Prevention PeaceHealth, a nonprofit tion fees of at least $1,900. It was travel agencies like Voyageurs Vancouver’s specialists immediately began Catholic health care organiza- $2,675 for 23 students who had cancel a trip, they can only PeaceHealth Hit With conducting a thorough review tion, is located at 400 N.E. Moth- planned to go on an extended charge consumers for the can- to understand the root causes of er Joseph Place, Vancouver. trip to Greece. cellation penalties imposed by COVID-19 Outbreak this situation, and to ensure fur- At least 70 of those students its third-party vendors — such Among Staff, Patients ther protection for our patients are from Pierce County, the At- as airlines or hotels — and only and caregivers,” said Lawrence Company to Refund torney General's Office said. if those penalties are timely and The Columbian Neville, MD, chief medical offi- Unlawful Fees for "Avoiding travel during a properly disclosed in a written An outbreak of COVID-19 cer, in the news release. “This is worldwide pandemic is the right statement to the consumer," the spread to 30 patients in the past a highly complex exposure, and Canceled Student Trip, thing to do," Attorney General press release from the Attorney week at PeaceHealth Southwest we are continuing to look into Attorney General's Bob Ferguson said in a statement General's Office said. 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Additionally, six employees news release stated. for a canceled trip to Europe will ny violated the Sellers of Travel student that it couldn't recoup, who were caring for the patients “Unfortunately, this is a remind- refund the families, the Attorney Act and the Consumer Protec- but: "In reality, the company was also tested positive for the vi- er that COVID remains in our General's Office said this week. tion Act, and a consent decree able to recoup more than 60 per- rus, and PeaceHealth placed 86 community and can spread very Voyageurs International filed in King County Superior cent of what it charged consum- employees in self-quarantine rapidly,” Neville said. “We must all canceled the July 2020 trip in Court now requires the company ers," the news release said. because of the outbreak. 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A Platform for Establishments Local Business to Share Their Offerings Husband and Wife Dog-Grooming Team Turns Pups Into Prideful Pets FRESH CUTS: Guy and Shannon Rose MORE INFORMATION ON Work With the Skin, THE GROOMING GUY Coat, Ears, Nails and Owners: Guy and Colleen Rose Location: 301 NE 1st St., Teeth of Dogs to Make Winlock Them Look Top Notch Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tues- day to Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., By Eric Trent Saturday Phone: 720-909-4112 [email protected] Email: thegroomingguy303@ Editor’s Note: The Chronicle gmail.com is working to assist local business- Social media: facebook.com/ es suffering from the effects of the pg/guysgrooming COVID-19 virus spread and asso- ciated government orders to close or limit commerce. There will be fur washed and they get a new a feature on a local business in haircut. each edition of The Chronicle and “You can just tell they don’t at chronline.com moving forward. feel themselves but after they get To be considered, email reporter a bath and the extra hair cut off Eric Trent at etrent@chronline. them, you can see they look in com. Additionally, The Chronicle the mirror and hold their head will continue to offer its coverage higher,” Colleen said. “They just of the coronavirus and its effects walk a little bit differently and across the community, state and it’s one of the best experiences to nation free outside of our paywall watch. The dog and their pet par- at chronline.com. ent just look like they feel a million times better.” WINLOCK — When Guy Jared Wenzelburger / [email protected] Another big plus for clients and Colleen Rose traded city Colleen and Guy Rose pose for a photo with King Marshall, an American Bulldog with Valhalla Rescue, and their dog GiGi, a is that because Guy and Colleen life to take over a dog grooming German Shorthaired Pointer and logo for their shop, Thursday afternoon in Winlock. have their hands on the pets so business in Winlock, one of the much, that they can often find biggest advantages they started vice grooming salon. They work clippers. He uses a grooming something happens in a house- hidden illnesses that are some- with was taking over the past with the skin, coat, ears, nails lube and a happy hoodie, a piece hold, a pet usually isn’t left out, times missed by pet owners or owner’s clientele. It was a much and teeth of a dog. of cloth that goes over a dog’s they said. In the decade Guy has even vets, who aren’t always easier transition than building a One of the more difficult ears and quiets the dryer during been dog grooming, he’s found looking at the undercarriage. business from the ground up. parts of the job is working with the drying process. He also uses that people are usually more “I realized in my career that That was February 2019, after an animal that isn’t familiar music to help calm dogs. willing to spend money at the I’ve saved dogs’ lives by finding Guy spent 10 years working in with them. Over the past decade, “To basically set the tone for groomer than at the vet. illnesses or something that was the dog grooming business. Guy has learned that part of the the dogs when they walk in the The Grooming Guy has mul- later diagnosed as something that He started his career as a job is training the animal to be- door; for us to be ready for them,” tiple clients that take care of their could have been deadly when we dog bather for 2 ½ years at a big come comfortable while being Guy said. pets real well, he said, but their caught it sooner,” Guy said. “The corporation. He moved up the groomed. He’s built a repertoire The pandemic hasn’t had a veterinarians are turning away dog doesn’t know exactly what’s ranks and began running salons of techniques to help him and the huge affect on the business, Guy nail trims because they don’t see going on and the pet owner sees when corporate noticed he was animals. and Colleen said. They were it as a necessity during the pan- what they see. So it’s nice to use improving sales. Eventually, he Keeping the dog close to a forced to close from March to demic when appointments are every bit of time we spend with decided to leave the corporate person, which one might not June, and stayed afloat from get- difficult to obtain. the dog to find out how the dog world and start his own business think would help, offers emo- ting the first round of federal “I just think that, overall, CO- is doing.” with his wife, Colleen. tional support to them. He also stimulus checks. VID-19 has impacted the clients The Grooming Guy also The duo, Guy as the groomer uses anything that will vibrate to And when they were able to who’ve walked through the door works with Valhalla Canine Res- and Colleen as the dog washer get the dogs attention so they’ll open back up, their clients came because they’re wanting to take cue, also located in Winlock, and and dryer, now operate a full-ser- get used to the buzzing of the back strong. Typically, when care of their pets and it’s kind of does all of their grooming for hard to figure out how to do that free. Many of the dogs there are now,” Guy said. in dire need of grooming when Find answers to the puzzles in the Being small business own- they first arrive at the rescue. Puzzles next edition. ers themselves, Guy and Colleen “We love to help them out be- offered a 20 percent discount to cause that’s what here we’re for; Crossword anyone who made a purchase at we’re here for the pets,” Colleen any of the other small businesses said. “At the end of the day, if in Winlock this Holiday season. we haven’t quite cleared what we They said it may be a thing they need to clear, but we’ve helped extend until after the pandemic four or five dogs feel better, we is over. count it as a successful day.” Clients and their dogs get the ••• full treatment when they come Reporter Eric Trent can be to The Grooming Guy. 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ARE YOU LOOKING the claim is not presented tact Tammy Baraconi at the Creek and the Cowlitz River. within this time frame, the phone number or email listed Any persons desiring to pres- FOR A claim is forever barred, except SPECIFIC ITEM? Parcel-14511320300 above. ent their views to the Washing- as otherwise provided in RCW Also a tract of land being a part ton State Department of Ecolo- 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This ***PLEASE REFERENCE THE gy regarding this Application, We will run your ad of the Northwest Quarter of the bar is effective as to claims Southwest Quarter (NW1/4 FILE NUMBER(S) WHEN or interested in Ecology's 3 days, 4 lines long, against both the Decedent's SW1/4) of Section 11, Town- CORRESPONDING.*** action on this Application, may DO YOU NEED probate and nonprobate as- notify Ecology in writing no BUSINESS CARDS? FOR FREE! ship 15 North, Range 4 West, sets. W.M., described as follows to Published: The Chronicle later than 30 days of the last Call Mandy, 360-807-8203 DATE OF FIRST January 5, 2021 date of publication of this Some exclusions apply. wit: Beginning at a point that 360-736-6322 PUBLICATION: bears North 35°36' East, notice. Ecology reviews public 116890 Notice of Application The Chronicle December 22, 2020. 1,643.93 feet from the South- comments and considers All real estate advertised /s/ west Corner of said Section whether discharges from this Richard D. Turner, NOTICE OF APPLICATION project would cause a measur- herein is subject to the 11; thence North 02°29' East, Tell Us Personal Representative 250 feet; thence East 350 feet; able change in receiving water Federal Fair Housing Act, Request: HAVE A NEWS TIP ATTORNEYS FOR thence South 00°29' West, 250 quality, and, if so, whether the You WANT Your Site Plan Review, which makes it illegal to OR STORY IDEA? ESTATE: feet; thence West 350 feet to project is necessary and in the Classified Ad Environmental Review advertise "any preference, Email: Mark C. Scheibmeir the Place of Beginning. 2.01 overriding public interest ac- Loaded On WSBA #12059 cording to Tier II anti- limitation, or discrimination Acre www.chronline.com news@ Hillier, Scheibmeir, Kelly Applicant: degradation requirements un- because of race, color, Fuller Designs - chronline.com & Satterfield, P.S. Bids will be opened at or after der WAC 173-201A-320. Com- IMMEDIATELY! 1101 Kresky Ave, religion, sex, handicap, 299 N. W. Center Street 11:00 A.M. on February 9, ments can be submitted to: Centralia, WA 98531 familial status, or national P.O. Box 939 2021 in the Commissioners [email protected], or ONLY: $5 more Chehalis, WA 98532 Hearing Room on the 2nd floor Department of Ecology, Attn: origin, or intention to make Land Use Case#: Investor looking for old Phone: (360) 748-3386 of the Historic Courthouse in Water Quality Program, Con- any such preference, limi- SEPA-20-0010 Fax (360) 748-3387 Chehalis, Washington. Proper- struction Stormwater P.O. Box tation or discrimination." dimes, quarters, 50 cent & CP-20-005 47696, Olympia, WA pieces, silver dollars, misc. ty information is available to all We will not knowingly Published: The Chronicle perspective bidders at the 98504-7696. December 22 & 29, 2020 Date of Application: accept any advertising for silver, Canadian coins, Lewis County Public Works & January 5, 2021 December 2, 2020 Published By: The Chronicle real estate which is in blacksmith tools, anvils, & Department. Sealed bids must be delivered January 5 & 12, 2021 old axes. 360-268-3549 or 116887 Road Construction Date of Complete violation of the law. All to the Lewis County Commis- 360-612-3691. Application: 116879 Conditional Use persons are hereby in- sioners Office by or before NOTICE OF 2021 December 30, 2020 Notice formed that all dwellings COUNTY FORCES 11:00 A.M., February 9, 2021, in an envelope clearly marked advertised are available on ROAD CONSTRUCTION Project Location: NOTICE OF PUBLIC "SEALED BID FOR SURPLUS 1336 SW McFadden Ave - HEARING During an equal opportunity basis. PROPERTY LOCATED OFF Free Hot tub, needs repair, Notice is hereby given that Lewis County The Toledo Planning INDEPENDENCE ROAD in- in good condition! U-haul Lewis County's adopted TPN 005411010000 Commission Meeting 2021-2026 Six-Year Transpor- cluding tax parcel number". Call: 360-623-0567 or 360- Selection of the successful tation Improvement Program Proposal: SUBJECT: TO CONSIDER A CNA 35 years experience 623-0568 bidder will be awarded by and 2021 Annual Construction Summit Child Development REQUEST FROM DAN AND looking for home care resolution on February 22, Program lists portions of 2021 Center is proposing to build a CHRISTINA GORTON (BO- FREE 2021 on recommendation of position, housework, trans- construction projects to be new commercial structure. NANZA BBQ) FOR A CONDI- 30" Maytag drop-in the Public Works Department. portation, personal care & constructed by County Forces. TIONAL USE PERMIT (TLC Any failure of the bidder to electric range, flat cook Any construction performed by City Contact: 3.03E. HOME OCCUPATION) wage negotiable. 360- make payment pursuant to the top, really good condition. County Forces where the To view the complete applica- TO RELOCATE THEIR EXIST- 669-9600 conditions of this resolution estimated cost of the work tion during normal business ING CATERING BUSINESS IN 21" Toro self propelled shall void the bid. Payment for exceeds $10,000 must be hours contact: THEIR RESIDENTIAL GA- lawn mower, runs good. the property shall be in the published in one issue of a Tammy Baraconi, Planning RAGE AT PT GL 1 & SE SE form of cash or cashier's 360-388-8773 newspaper of general circula- and Building Manager ADJ TOLEDO CITY LIMITS, All real estate advertised check. Said payment shall be tion in the county prior to Community Development OR COMMONLY KNOWN AS herein is subject to the delivered to the Property Man- construction. The Board of 1321 South Market Boulevard 121 ALDER STREET, TOLE- agement Office in the Public Federal Fair Housing Act, County Commissioners has Chehalis, WA 98532 DO. Services Building at 2025 NE which makes it illegal to determined that the following Phone: 360.345.2227 Kresky Ave., Chehalis, Wash- County Forces project funds Fax: 360.345.1039 PURPOSE: advertise "any preference, HAVING A ington. are to be expended in the Email: [email protected]. To Receive Public Input limitation, or discrimination GARAGE SALE? Dated: January 4, 2021 No time to stop calendar year 2021, for the wa.us because of race, color, estimated costs shown and are LOCATION: religion, sex, handicap, by the office? hereby published in compli- Comment Procedures: This Toledo Senior Center Rieva Lester Go to ance with RCW 36.77.070 decision has a 14 day public 150 Coal Street familial status, or national Clerk of the Lewis County chronline.com review period that ends on Toledo, WA 98591 origin, or intention to make Board to place your ad C.R.P. NO. January 19, 2021. Written of County Commissioners DRIVERS any such preference, limi- from home today! NAME OF PROJECT comments must be submitted DATE: Toledo Planning tation or discrimination." COUNTRY FORCES COSTS to Chehalis Community Devel- Commission Meeting Scot Industries is hiring a Published: The Chronicle opment at the address listed Thursday, January 21, 2021 full time driver. Class A We will not knowingly January 5 & 12, 2021 accept any advertising for 2192 2021 above. Only written comments CDL & clean driving record Countywide 3R Program will be accepted. If you have TIME: 6:02 p.m. are required. Must possess real estate which is in $700,000 further questions, please con- an enhanced license or violation of the law. All tact Tammy Baraconi at the A copy of the draft can be passport. Ideal candidate persons are hereby in- 2180 116889 Notice of Application phone number or email listed reviewed at City Hall during would have 3 years flatbed formed that all dwellings Paths & Trails above. regular business hours. The experience & must be able $20,000 NOTICE OF APPLICATION public is invited and encour- advertised are available on ***PLEASE REFERENCE THE aged to attend and give input to go to Canada. Home on Request: weekends. Canada route an equal opportunity basis. 2181 FILE NUMBER(S) WHEN in writing or in person. This 2008 NASH 25' all season Countywide Emergent Site Plan Review, CORRESPONDING.*** meeting will be available for drivers pay to be 55¢ per travel trailer, lightly used, Construction Projects Environmental Review mile plus drop. We offer live viewing on YouTube, City kitchen & waste system $15,000 Published: The Chronicle of Toledo Planning Commis- competitive pay, profit Applicant: never used, $10,500. Call January 5, 2021 sion Meeting 01/21/21. sharing, insurance, paid 2193 Fuller Designs - holidays, & paid vacation. 360-520-9388 or 425-549- 2021 Countywide Misc. 1101 Kresky Ave, 116891 NPDES Attest: Please apply in person RV Campsite: $550 first & 2290 Safety & Guardrail Centralia, WA 98531 Tacoma Power, Tim Nord- /s/ Michelle Whitten with complete drivers ab- last. 3 people, 2 vehicles, $50,000 strom, 3638 S 35th St Tacoma, City Clerk/Treasurer stract Mon - Fri 8am to no farm animals, responsi- Land Use Case#: WA 98409-3115, is seeking TOTAL: $885,000 SEPA-20-0009 & coverage under the Washing- Published: The Chronicle 5pm @ 3020 Foron Rd., ble for own trash, 30 amp CP-20-007, & EM-20-009 Centralia, WA 98531. ton State Department of Ecolo- January 5, 2021 power & water included. 116783 NTC: Turner *Costs shown do not include gy's Construction Stormwater Onalaska/Salkum area. engineering, right of way ex- Date of Application: NPDES and State Waste 116881 IDSPub#0172945 Jay, 360-827-2315. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT penses, or County Forces December 21, 2020 Discharge General Permit. The TS#WA-20-886653-RM HAVE OF THE STATE OF projects less than $10,000. proposed project, Cowlitz Bar- WASHINGTON FOR Date of Complete Application: rier Dam (FERC 2016), is NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S YOU LEWIS COUNTY Published: The Chronicle December 30, 2020 located at 279 Barrier Dam SALE Pursuant to the Revised IN THE MATTER OF January 5, 2021 Lane in Salkum in Lewis Code of Washington 61.24, et HEARD? THE ESTATE OF Project Location: county. This project involves seq.108 1st Ave South, Suite JAMES R. TURNER, 116888 Notice 179 Wallace Road - 15 acres of soil disturbance for 202 Seattle, WA 98104 Trust- You can get Deceased. Lewis County Utilities construction activities. ee Sale No.: No. 20-4-00380-21 NOTICE TPN 010811001002 Some discharges and runoff WA-20-886653-RM Title Order your ad into PROBATE NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the goes to ground water. The No.: 8766861 Reference Num- The Reflector & TO CREDITORS following described properties Proposal: receiving waterbody is Mill ber of Deed of Trust: Instru- [RCW 11.40.030] located off Independence Applicant proposes to bring in The Nisqually The Personal Representative Road near Rochester are 1,670 cubic yards of fill to Valley News. ORDER PHOTOS named below has been ap- declared surplus and will be grade flat area to accommo- you have seen in pointed and has qualified as sold to the highest and best date for a single-family resi- CASCADE HARDWOOD The Chronicle Personal Representative of bidder at or above the mini- dence and driveway. Call us at this Estate. Any person having mum bid price of $500.00 for ACCOUNTS PAYABLE & 360-807-8203 by going to a claim against the decedent tax parcel 14511330400 and City Contact: RECEPTION CLERK to ask how! chronline.com must, before the time the claim $2,200.00 for tax parcel To view the complete applica- would be barred by any 14511320300 under terms tion during normal business otherwise applicable statute of specified in the Surplus Prop- hours contact: Cascade Hardwood in Chehalis, WA is seeking a limitations, present the claim in erty Report: Tammy Baraconi, Planning full time AP Clerk and Receptionist. Candidate the manner as provided in and Building Manager must have basic accounting knowledge with RCW 11.40.070 by serving on Parcel-14511330400 Community Development Ten-Key proficiency. AP or AR experience or mailing to the Personal A tract of land being a part of 1321 South Market Boulevard preferred. We offer a very competitive wage & 1 CLASSIFIED 1 Representative or the Personal the Southwest Quarter of the Chehalis, WA 98532 benefit package with opportunities for career DEADLINES Representative's attorney at Southwest Quarter (SW1/4 Phone: 360.345.2227 advancement in an established essential compa- the address stated below a SW1/4) of Section 11, Town- Fax: 360.345.1039 ny that does business worldwide. Equal Employ- \ copy of the claim and filing the ship 15 North, Range 4 West, Email: [email protected]. er Opportunity and a Drug Free Workplace. Monday, 11:00 a.m. original of the claim with the W.M., described as follows to wa.us for Tuesday's paper. court in which the probate wit: Beginning at a point 19.5 \ proceedings were com- feet West of the Northeast Comment Procedures: Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. Send Resume to for Thursday's paper. menced. The claim must be Corner of the Southwest Quar- This decision has a 14 day \ presented within the later of: ter of the Southwest Quarter public review period that ends HR Department Friday, 11:00 a.m. for (1) Thirty days after the (SW1/4 SW1/4) of said Section on January 19, 2021. Written Cascade Hardwood LLC Saturday's paper. Personal Representative 11; thence West 132; thence comments must be submitted Po Box 269 served or mailed the notice to South 165 feet; thence East to Chehalis Community Devel- Chehalis, WA 98532 To place your ad, the creditor as provided under 132 feet; thence North 165 feet opment at the address listed RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) to the Place of Beginning. 0.50 above. Only written comments Fax 360-740-5118 call 360-807-8203! four months after the date of Acre will be accepted. If you have e-mail [email protected] [email protected] first publication of the notice. 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ment No. 3425042 Parcel cial interest in which was Grantor and all those who hold Loan Service Corp. of Wash- Number(s): 032843-001-004 subsequently assigned to Re- by, through or under the ington 108 1 st Ave South, 116873 SEP20-0030 DNS submitted to: Grantor(s) for Recording Pur- verse Mortgage Solutions, Inc., Grantor of all their interest in Suite 202, Seattle, WA 98104 116878 Surplus Property [email protected], or poses under RCW 65.04.015: the Beneficiary, under an the above-described property. For questions call toll-free: LEWIS COUNTY - STATE Department of Ecology CHERYL A. ROSEN, A MAR- assignment recorded under IX. Anyone having any objec- (866) 925-0241 Trustee Sale Surplus Property Sale. Attn: Water Quality Program, RIED WOMAN AS HER SEP- Number: WA-20-886653-RM ENVIRONMENTAL Auditors File Number 3535581 tions to this sale on any Lewis County is seeking Construction Stormwater ARATE ESTATE, Current Ben- xxx xxx II. No action com- grounds whatsoever will be Sale Line: 916-939-0772 or POLICY ACT P.O. Box 47696, eficiary of the Deed of Trust menced by the Beneficiary of afforded an opportunity to be Login to: http://wa.qualityloan THRESHOLD sealed bids for two vacant Olympia, WA 98504-7696 and Grantee (for Recording the Deed of Trust as refer- heard as to those objections if .com IDSPub #0172945 DETERMINATION parcels located in Thurston Purposes under RCW enced in RCW 61.21.030(4) is they bring a lawsuit to restrain 1/5/2021 1/12/2021 1/19/2021 County off Independence Published: The Chronicle 65.04.015): Reverse Mortgage now pending to seek satisfac- the sale pursuant to RCW DETERMINATION OF January 5 & 12, 2021 Solutions, Inc. Current Trustee tion of the obligation in any 61.24.130. Failure to bring Published: The Chronicle NONSIGNIFICANCE Rd., near Rochester, WA. of the Deed of Trust: Quality Court by reason of the Borrow- such a lawsuit may result in a January 5,12 & 19, 2021 (DNS) Parcel 14511330400 is Loan Service Corporation of er's or Grantor's default on the waiver of any proper grounds LEAD AGENCY: Lewis 0.50 acre, minimum bid Washington Current Loan obligation secured by the Deed for invalidating the Trustee's 116894 NNTC: Dotson $500.00 and parcel Mortgage Servicer of the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. III. The sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCU- County - Community of Trust: Reverse Mortgage default(s) for which this fore- PANTS OR TENANTS - The IN THE SUPERIOR COURT Development Department 14511320300 is 2.01 Solutions, Inc. I.NOTICE IS closure is made is/are as purchaser at the Trustee's OF THE STATE OF PROPONENT: acres, minimum bid is HEREBY GIVEN that Quality follows: BORROWER(S) Sale is entitled to possession WASHINGTON IN AND FOR Christine Gilmon $2,200.00. Submit bid be- Loan Service Corp. of Wash- HAVE DIED AND THE PROP- of the property on the 20th day THE COUNTY OF LEWIS fore February 9, 2021. For ington, the undersigned Trust- FILE NUMBERS: ERTY IS NOT THE PRINCI- following the sale, as against IN THE MATTER OF further information and bid- ee, will on 5/7/2021, at 10:00 PAL RESIDENCE OF AT the Grantor under the deed of THE ESTATE OF SEP20-0030, MSR20-0675 AM At the North entrance of LEAST ONE SURVIVING trust (the owner) and anyone KATHRYN DOTSON, & B20-00917 ding procedures contact the Lewis County Courthouse, BORROWER AND, AS A having an interest junior to the Deceased. DESCRIPTION OF Lewis County Public works located at 351 NW North St, RESULT, ALL SUMS DUE deed of trust, including occu- NO. 20-4-0039121 Department at 740-1123. Chehalis, WA 98532 sell at UNDER THE NOTE HAVE pants who are not tenants. NON-PROBATE PROPOSAL: Construct a public auction to the highest BECOME DUE AND PAYA- After the 20th day following the NOTICE TO CREDITORS new 36 foot by 80 foot and best bidder, payable in the BLE. IV. The total sum owing sale the purchaser has the RCW 11.42.030 storage building on site Published: The Chronicle form of credit bid or cash bid in on the obligation secured by right to evict occupants who The notice agent named below with an existing single January 5, 7, 9 & 12, 2021 the form of cashier's check or the Deed of Trust is: the are not tenants by summary has elected to give notice to certified checks from federally principal sum of $47,100.79, proceedings under Chapter creditors of the above-named family residence, well, sep- or State chartered banks, at together with interest as provi- 59.12 RCW. For tenant- decedent. As of the date of the tic system, small detached the time of sale the following ded in the Note, Deed of Trust, occupied property, the pur- filing of a copy of this notice 116866 Winlock shed and 60 foot by 34 foot Multi-Family described real property, situ- or other instrument secured chaser shall provide a tenant with the court, the notice agent workshop. ated in the County of LEWIS, from 12/11/2013 on, and such with written notice in accord- has no knowledge of any other State of Washington, to-wit: other costs, fees, and charges ance with RCW 61.24.060. person acting as notice agent LOCATION OF Jordan Opdahl, 6526 110th Real property in the City of as are due under the Note, THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL or of the appointment of a PROPOSAL: The project Ave SW Olympia, WA 98512, ONALASKA, County of Deed of Trust, or other instru- STEP BEFORE THE FORE- personal representative of the is seeking coverage under the is located at 576 Cousins Washington State Department LEWIS, State of Washington, ment secured, and as are CLOSURE SALE OF YOUR decedent's estate in the state Road, Chehalis, Lewis described as follows: LOT 4 provided by statute. V. The HOME. You may be eligible for of Washington. According to of Ecology's Construction OF SHORT PLAT NO. 98-033, above-described real property mediation. You have only 20 the records of the court as are County, WA - Section 27, Stormwater NPDES and State RECORDED NOVEMBER 25, will be sold to satisfy the DAYS from the recording date available on the date of the Township 13 N, Range 03 Waste Discharge General Per- 1998, UNDER RECORDING expense of sale and the of this notice to pursue media- filing of this notice with the W, WM on parcel mit. NO. 3054778, IN VOLUME 1 obligation secured by the Deed tion. DO NOT DELAY. CON- court, a cause number regard- 019040003000. OF SHORT PLATS, PAGE of Trust as provided by statute. TACT A HOUSING COUNSE- ing the decedent has not been The proposed project, Winlock 159, BEING LOCATED WITH- Said sale will be made without LOR OR AN ATTORNEY issued to any other notice THRESHOLD Multi-Family, is located at 208 IN THE NORTHWEST QUAR- warranty, expressed or im- LICENSED IN WASHINGTON agent and a personal repre- DETERMINATION: The State Route 505 in Winlock in TER OF SECTION 32, TOWN- plied, regarding title, posses- NOW to assess your situation sentative of the decedent's lead agency for this pro- Lewis county. SHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 1 sion or encumbrances on and refer you to mediation if estate has not been appointed. posal has determined that EAST, W.M. LEWIS COUNTY, This project involves 3.91 5/7/2021. The default(s) refer- you are eligible and it may help Any person having a claim it does not have a proba- WASHINGTON More com- red to in Paragraph III must be you save your home. See against the decedent must, acres of soil disturbance for monly known as: 128 LEO- cured before this sale date (if below for safe sources of help. before the time the claim would ble, significant adverse im- Residential construction activi- NARD ROAD # 1, ONALAS- curable) to cause a discontinu- SEEKING ASSISTANCE be barred by any otherwise pact on the environment. ties. KA, WA 98570 Subject to that ance of the sale. The sale will Housing counselors and legal applicable statute of limita- An environmental impact certain Deed of Trust dated All discharges and runoff goes be discontinued and termina- assistance may be available at tions, present the claim in the statement (EIS) is NOT 12/11/2013, recorded ted if the default as set forth in little or no cost to you. If you manner as provided in RCW to ground water. 1/8/2015, under Instrument No. Paragraph III is cured. For would like assistance in deter- 11.42.070 by serving on or required under RCW 3425042 records of LEWIS monetary defaults, payments mining your rights and opportu- mailing to the notice agent or 43.21C.030(2)(c). This de- Any persons desiring to present their views to the Washing- County, Washington, from must be in cash or with nities to keep your house, you the notice agent's attorney at cision was made after CHERYL A. ROSEN, A MAR- ton State Department of Ecolo- cashiers or certified checks may contact the following: The the address stated below a review by Lewis County of RIED WOMAN AS HER SEP- from a State or Federally statewide foreclosure hotline copy of the claim and filing the gy regarding this Application, ARATE ESTATE,, as gran- chartered bank. The sale may for assistance and referral to original of the claim with the a completed environmental or interested in Ecology's tor(s), to FIRST AMERICAN also be terminated any time housing counselors recom- court in which the notice checklist and other infor- action on this Application, may TITLE INSURANCE COMPA- before the sale date set forth in mended by the Housing Fi- agent's declaration and oath mation on file with this notify Ecology in writing no NY - Santa Ana, as original later than 30 days of the last this Paragraph if the Borrower, nance Commission: Toll-free: were filed. The claim must be agency and such informa- trustee, to secure an obligation Grantor or holder of any 1-877-894-HOME presented within the later of: date of publication of this in favor of MORTGAGE ELEC- recorded junior lien or encum- (1-877-894-4663) or Web site: (1) Thirty days after the notice tion is adopted herein by notice. Ecology reviews public TRONIC REGISTRATION brance pays the entire princi- http://www.dfi.wa.gov/consum agent served or mailed the reference. This information comments and considers SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMI- pal and interest, plus costs, ers/homeownership/post_purc notice to the creditor as whether discharges from this is available for public re- project would cause a measur- NEE FOR Reverse Mortgage charges, fees and advances, if hase_counselors_foreclosure provided under RCW view upon request. Solutions, Inc. dba Security, Its any, made pursuant to the .htm The United States Depart- 11.42.020(2)(c); or (2) four able change in receiving water Successors and Assigns, as terms of the Note, Deed of ment of Housing and Urban months after the date of first This DNS is issued under quality, and, if so, whether the original beneficiary, the benefi- Trust and/or other instrument Development: Toll-free: publication of the notice. If the WAC 197-11-340(2); the project is necessary and in the secured, and cures all other 1-800-569-4287 or National claim is not presented within lead agency will not act on overriding public interest ac- 116886 Competitive cording to Tier II anti- defaults. VI. A written Notice of Web Site: http://portal.hud.gov this time frame, the claim is this proposal for 14 days Bidding Default was transmitted by the /hudportal/HUD or for Local forever barred, except as degradation requirements un- Beneficiary or Trustee to the counseling agencies in Wash- otherwise provided in RCW from the issue date below. der WAC 173-201A-320. Resolution Number: Borrower(s) and Grantor(s) by ington: http://www.hud.gov/offi 11.42.050 and 11.42.060. This Written comments may be 21-001 both first class and certified ces/hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/index.cfm bar is effective as to claims submitted during the Comments can be WHEREAS, pursuant to mail, proof of which is in the ?webListAction=search&searc against both the decedent's 14-day period. Resolution No. 12-196 possession of the Trustee; and hstate=WA&filterSvc=dfc The probate and nonprobate as- Responsible Official: (RCW 39.04.190), Lewis the Borrower and Grantor were statewide civil legal aid hotline sets. personally served, if applica- for assistance and referrals to Date of filing copy of Lee Napier, Director County has identified its ble, with said written Notice of other housing counselors and Non-Probate Notice to Lewis County Community usual and customary Default or the written Notice of attorneys: Telephone: Creditors December 23, 2020 needs for leases or pur- Development Default was posted in a 1-800-606-4819 or Web site: Date of first publication: 2025 NE Kresky Avenue chases of any materials, conspicuous place on the real http://nwjustice.org/what-clear January 5, 2021 equipment, supplies or property described in Para- Additional information provided /s/ John Dotson Chehalis, Washington services (hereinafter refer- graph I above, and the Trustee by the Trustee: If you have BEVERLY J. DOTSON 98532 red to as leases or purcha- has possession of proof of previously been discharged Notice Agent Contact Person: Karen ses) valued between such service or posting. The through bankruptcy, you may C/o ALTHAUSER RAYAN Witherspoon, AICP, list of recipients of the Notice have been released of person- ABBARNO, LLP $10,000 (ten thousand dol- Senior Project Planner lars) and $50,000 (fifty of Default is listed within the al liability for this loan in which 114 W. Magnolia; Turn those unwanted items into cash. Notice of Foreclosure provided case this letter is intended to P. O. Box 210 for Responsible Official thousand dollars); and to the Borrower(s) and Gran- exercise the noteholders rights Centralia, WA 98531 Sell them in the Classiﬁ eds! WHEREAS, the county has Date of Issue: tor(s). These requirements against the real property only. Telephone: 1-360-736 1301 January 5, 2021 Th ey may be just the thing someone else is established a vendor list of were completed as of The Trustee's Sale Number is Subsequent Publications: current active vendors 11/24/2020. VII. The Trustee WA-20-886653-RM. Note: This January 12, 2021 This SEPA determination looking for. which is available for public whose name and address are form has been modified to January 19, 2021 may be appealed in writing inspection at the Lewis set forth below will provide in account for the breach type. Published: The Chronicle to the Lewis County Hear- County Auditor's Office, writing to anyone requesting it, Dated: 12/29/2020 Quality January 5, 12, 19, 2021 ings Examiner until 4 pm a statement of all costs and Loan Service Corp. of Wash- Financial Services Divi- on January 26, 2021 at sion; and fees due at any time prior to ington, as Trustee By: Maria the sale. VIII. The effect of the Montana, Assistant Secretary the Lewis County Com- WHEREAS, there are ven- sale will be to deprive the Trustee's Address: Quality dor information forms avail- munity Development Per- able on the county website mit Center. Appellants at www.lewiscountywa.go 116839 2021 MRSC ROSTERS should be prepared to v/auditor/vendor-applicatio make specific factual ob- n, for completion by pro- 2021 MRSC ROSTERS SMALL jections. The appeal prospective vendors to apply PUBLIC WORKS, CONSULTANT, cedure is established in to be included on the and VENDOR ROSTERS Lewis County Code (LCC) available vendor list; and FOR PARTICIPATING WASHINGTON Section 17.110.130 and WHEREAS, the county STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES shall publish in its official LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON LCC Section 2.25.130. The newspaper a notice of The Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington administrative appeal fee is existence of the vendor list (MRSC) hereby advertises on behalf of the below listed local established by Resolution and shall solicit the names government agencies in Washington State (local govern- No. 20-420 of the Board of ments) in Southwest Washington (Pacific, Lewis, Wahkia- Need to of vendors for such lists; kum, Cowlitz, Clark, and Skamania counties), including - but County Commissioners. and not limited to - cities (Title 35 RCW and Title 35A RCW), WHEREAS, leases or pur- counties (Title 36 RCW), port districts (Title 53 RCW), Published: The Chronicle chases may thereafter be water-sewer districts (Title 57 RCW), irrigation districts (Title access an January 5, 2021 entered into by securing 83 RCW), school districts and educational service districts telephonic or written quota- (Title 28A RCW), fire districts (Title 52 RCW), transit tions from at least three agencies (e.g., Ch. 35.58 RCW, Ch. 36.57A RCW, Ch. 36.73 archived different vendors whenever RCW, Title 81 RCW), and public utility districts (Title 54 The Chronicle RCW), for their projected needs for small public works, and possible to assure that a 321 N. Pearl St., Centralia • (360) 807-8203 competitive price is estab- for consulting services throughout 2021. Additionally, MRSC advertises on behalf of some local government for their legal? www.chronline.com lished and for awarding the projected needs for vendor services throughout 2021. contracts for such leases Interested businesses may apply at any time by visiting the or purchases to the lowest MRSC Rosters website at www.mrscrosters.org. For ques- responsible bidder. Author- tions about MRSC Rosters, email [email protected]. ity for such leases or purchases is effective for Some or all of the listed local governments may choose to the period of one year from use the MRSC Rosters service to select businesses. Master each publication of notice contracts for certain types of work may be required. and solicitation of vendors. Vendors responding to the SMALL PUBLIC WORKS ROSTERS: Service categories include construction, building, renovation, remodeling, solicitation will be given the alteration, repair, or improvement of real property as GuGuaranteedaranteed opportunity to submit quo- referenced in RCW 39.04.155. Sub-categories can be tations for items contained viewed on the MRSC Rosters website. in their response. NOW THEREFORE BE IT CONSULTANT ROSTERS: Service categories include RESOLVED that the coun- architectural, engineering, and surveying services as ty shall publish this notice referenced in Chapter 39.80 RCW, as well as other personal in its official newspaper; and professional consulting services. Sub-categories can be and viewed on the MRSC Rosters website. NOW THEREFORE BE IT VENDOR ROSTERS: Service categories include supplies, FURTHER RESOLVED materials, and equipment not being purchased in connection that the referenced vendor with public works contracts and limited service contracts as list is available for public referenced in RCW 39.04.190. Subcategories can be viewed inspection, and prospective on the MRSC Rosters website. vendors may request information forms, which must Currently subscribing local governments which have be completed in order to their Small Works Roster, Consultant Roster, and apply to be included on the Vendor Roster hosted by MRSC Rosters: Beacon Hill available vendor list from Water and Sewer District, City of Castle Rock, City of the Lewis County Auditor's Chehalis, City of Ilwaco, City of Kalama, City of La Center, City of Long Beach, City of Mossyrock, City of North Washington Office, Financial Services Bonneville, City of Ridgefield, City of Vader, City of Division. Leases or purcha- Vancouver, City of Washougal, City of Woodland, Clark ses may thereafter be County, Clark County Fire District #13, Clark County Fire Newspaper entered into by securing District 5, Clark Regional Wastewater District, Cowlitz 911 telephonic or written quota- Public Authority, Cowlitz County, Cowlitz County Fire Association to get a bite! tions from at least three Protection District #1, C-Tran (Clark County Public different vendors whenever Transportation Benefit Area), Fort Vancouver Regional has it for possible to assure that a Library District, Housing Authority of the City of Longview, competitive price is estab- Kalama School District No. 402, North Beach Water District, North Country EMS, Pacific County, Port of Longview, Port you When you let the Classifi eds do the lished and for awarding the of Skamania County, Public Utility District No. 1 of Lewis contracts for such leases County, Public Utility District No. 2 of Pacific County, work, you won’t get the runaround. or purchases to the lowest Ridgefield School District, Skamania County, Skamania at responsible bidder. Author- County Public Hospital District No. 1 (dba Skamania County Advertising with Th e Chronicle is a ity for such leases or EMS), The Southwest Washington Council of Governments purchases is effective for on Aging & Disabilities, Town of Pe Ell, Underwood sure way to get a bite on what you are the period of one year from Conservation District, Washougal School District 06-112. trying to sell. Call today or visit us each publication of notice and solicitation of vendors. Currently subscribing local governments which have only their Small Works Roster and Consultant Roster online at www.chronline.com. Vendors responding to the hosted by MRSC Rosters: Centralia School District #401, solicitation will be given the City of Battle Ground, City of Kelso, Evergreen School www.wnpa.com opportunity to submit quo- District #114, Port of Chehalis, Three Rivers Regional tations for items contained Wastewater Authority, Town of Cathlamet, Town of Yacolt, CC106127ac.dj in their response. The Wahkiakum County Port District #2. 321 N. Pearl St., Centralia Published: The Chronicle www.chronline.com Published: The Chronicle January 5, 2021 Chronicle (360) 807-8203 January 5, 2020