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Serving our communities since 1889 — www.chronline.com $1 Early Week Edition Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017 Farewell to K9 Lobo Centralia Police Dog to Be Retired / Main 3 New Home for Dancing ‘Expanding Horizons’ Southwest Washington Dance Center Seeks Program Seeks to Give Young Girls a Look at Volunteers, Donations for New Space / Life Several Potential Career Options / Main 6 Mossyrock Native Takes Part in Centralia WSU ‘Smart-Home’ Research Team Officer Saves $1.77 Million Grant Awarded for Study of Health-Monitoring Equipment Woman From Overdose By The Chronicle Less than a month after Lewis County law enforcement officers began carrying the opioid antidote naloxone, also known as Narcan, a Centralia police officer used the drug Monday to revive a woman believed to be overdosing on heroin. At 12:46 a.m. on Tuesday, an officer responded to the 800 block of Euclid Way in Centra- lia to a report of a suspected heroin overdose. The officer arrived to find a 36-year-old woman who was not breathing and had no pulse. please see OFFICER, page Main 14 ‘There’s Courtesy Photo Shelly Fritz points out a sensor in a test home used for her grant research. An assistant professor at Washington State University, Fritz is part of a research team striving a Lot to create prolonged in-home independence for the elderly, injured and disabled. Going On’ By Jordan Nailon School of Electrical Engineer- [email protected] ing and Computer Science, as well as Maureen Schmitter- in Hank Shelly Fritz believes that Edgecombe, a professor in the in-home sensors and informed Department of Psychology. She Case, Notes artificial intelligence could be says that the process to obtain the ticket to increased at-home federal funding was laborious independence and overall lon- but the quality and extensive Attorney gevity for at-risk populations experience of her partners ulti- such as the elderly, injured or have been pursuing together home” technology. mately paved the way forward. APPEAL PROCESS permanently disabled. since 2012. After much persis- Work on the officially fund- “Yes, it was a lot of work, Fritz, a Mossyrock native, is tence, that team received the ed project began post-haste on however, we received the grant CONTINUES: After Dog an assistant professor of nurs- good news they’d been waiting Aug. 1. in-part because of their repu- Declared Dangerous ing at the Washington State for on July 31 when they were “That’s the way government tation as researchers. They University College of Nursing informed that their team had works,” laughed Fritz. “They have been doing smart home Was Adopted Out to in Vancouver. For the last two been awarded a $1.77 million tell you today and expect you to research together for about 10 Unknowing Family, years, she has been angling for grant by the National Institute get started tomorrow.” years. I am one of the newer federal grant funding in order of Nursing Research in order to Fritz is flanked on the re- members of the Center for Several Court Actions to spur on the research that she conduct further study on the search team by Dr. Diane Remain Underway and a team of WSU scientists use of groundbreaking “smart- Cook, chair professor in the please see RESEARCH, page Main 14 By Justyna Tomtas [email protected] A superior court judge in Audit of Lewis County Generates ‘Clean Opinion’ Grays Harbor County signed an order on Monday that af- firms a previous decision in on Financial Statements and Federal Awards Lewis County District Court that a dog adopted out to its 2016 AUDIT: Two Material Auditor’s Office last week, staff informed ing too concerning.” owner after its name was the Board of Lewis County Commissioners The state Auditor’s Office found one changed cannot have its clas- Weaknesses Identified by State they received a “clean opinion” on a finan- material weakness during its financial sification of “dangerous” Auditor’s Office cial statement and federal awards audits for statement audit, which looks at major funds. dropped. 2016, although material weaknesses were The office looked at two programs dur- The move now allows the By Justyna Tomtas found in both categories. ing its audit — the Schools and Roads fund appeal process to continue in and the Airport Improvement Project. the case of Hank the dog. [email protected] Bryson Bristol, the audit manager for the Office of the Washington State Auditor, In an exit conference with the state’s said the deficiencies identified were “noth- please see AUDIT, page Main 14 please see HANK, page Main 14 2B Boys Golf Deaths The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Lewis County Area Since 1889 Wiester, William, 91, Centralia Daugherty, Kenneth J., 68, W.F. 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VIP admittance and more will be offered. in Packwood will be held Fri- will include entry for Friday There will also be a vendor day through Saturday at the and Saturday, a chef-cooked village. Packwood Community Cen- authentic German meal, • Last call will be at 10:30 Calendar ter thanks to the Packwood schnapps tasting with com- p.m., and gates close at 11 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26 Improvement Club and oth- memorative Packwood shot THE CALENDAR ers. glass, a commemorative Ok- Health and Hope Medical Outreach, toberfest stein and private in- Saturday: free medical clinic, 5:30-8 p.m., North- HAS MOVED Cost for entry is $5 presale west Pediatrics, 1911 Cooks Hill Road, or $6 at the gate. Children door seating. • Gates open at 11 a.m. The Chronicle has moved its To learn more, visit desti- • Music and entertainment Centralia, for those whose income is less popular community calendar under 10 enter for free. An than 200 percent of the poverty level, ID will be required to receive nationpackwood.com. throughout the day. 360-623-1485 to the Main section in order Additional information: to provide more time for area a wristband. Another entry • Beer Haus will include Greater Lewis County Community root beer on tap, a vendor vil- Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Boist- organizations to report their package, which is $15 presale fort Street, Chehalis events for inclusion in The and $18 at the gate, will in- Friday: lage, dance floor, brats, pret- Chronicle. Previously, the clude entry fee, a commemo- • Gates open at 6 p.m. zels, authentic German lunch calendar was published in the Public Agencies rative stein and $6 in drink • A traditional Oktoberfest plates and more. Life section. By moving it to tickets. opening ceremony will in- • At 6 p.m., a VIP dinner Centralia City Council, 7 p.m., the Main section, events can A VIP dinner will also be will be held for a total of 50 City Hall, 118 W. Maple St., Centralia, clude the “tapping of the keg.” be accepted for publication as offered at a cost of $50, but pre-purchase ticket-holders. 360-330-7670 long as they are submitted by • Music by the Smilin’ Lewis County Planning Commission, 4 p.m. Monday for the Tuesday there will be no sales at the Scandinavians, beer haus, • Last call will be at 10:30 6 p.m., Lewis County Courthouse, 360- calendar, 4 p.m. Wednesday door and only 50 seats are dance floor, brats, pretzels p.m., and gates close at 11 p.m. 740-1284, http://goo.gl/1a1Zb for the Thursday calendar and Lewis County PUD Commission, 4 p.m. Friday for the Saturday 10 a.m., PUD auditorium, 345 NW Pa- cific Ave., Chehalis, 360-748-9261 or calendar. Send information on your events to Jackie Viall 1-800-562-5612 Bereavement Support, 10-11 a.m., tate Cancer Support Group, 7-8 p.m., large group 7 p.m., small groups 8 p.m., at [email protected] or Morton General Hospital conference Mother Joseph Room, Providence Cen- Grace Foursquare Church, 3030 Borst [email protected]. room, Diane Hurley, 360-496-3591, or tralia Hospital, 360-388-6271 Ave., Centralia, 360-736-0778, www. Organizations Lisa Reed, 360-807-7775 Connections, NAMI Lewis County, gracefoursquarechurch.com Forest Grange, 3397 Jackson High- “Up From Grief,” for those griev- recovery support group for adults with Jackson Highway, Chehalis Friday Night Live, Narcotics Anony- way, 7 p.m. ing the loss of a loved one, 10-11 a.m., mental illness, 2-3:30 p.m., Mary Room, mous, 7-9 p.m., Dayspring Baptist Two Town Tuners, 7 p.m., Lewis and Morton General Hospital, conference Centralia United Methodist Church, 506 Church Fellowship Hall, 2088 Jackson Clark Hotel, 117 W. Magnolia St., Centra- Public Agencies room 2, sponsored by Assured Hospice, S. Washington Ave., 253-468-7435 Highway, Chehalis, 360-508-6495 lia, tuners.groupanizer.com 360-807-7776 Riverside Fire Authority Board of Mount St. Helens Patchwork Quilters, Commissioners, 7:30 p.m., Headquar- 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Lewis County Historical Friday, Sept.