Mineral's Ode to the Past
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Indians and Warriors, No More? Local Schools Consider State Native Mascot Guidance / Main 14 $1 Early Week Edition Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com Interstate 5: Construction Update / Main 4 Pirates Slay Beavers Gaffney Scores Apple Harvest Two Goals in Horses Seized Onalaska Celebrates With Annual 3-0 Victory Morton Couple Will Likely Face Abuse Festival / Life:Food / Sports Charges / Main 3 In Today’s Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad Maintenance Edition Shop will Transform into Logging Museum Centralia Hazardous Materials Spill Mineral’s Ode to the Past Caused by ... Tea? / Main 3 Girl, 14, Suspected of DUI After Rollover Crash Near Napavine / Main 6 Downtown Centralia Bank Opens in Dr. Matz Lot / Main 3 McKenna, Inslee Differ on Green Growth / Main 8 Pete Caster / [email protected] Stathi Pappas steps out of the front compartment of the boiler of a 1909 HK Porter Steam Locomotive that he purchased himself from a restaurant in California. Pap- Residents Can pas said that when he purchased the locomotive it cost less than what a car would. By Kyle Spurr “We try to do things the old- “The museum will Expect to See More [email protected] fashioned way,” Mt. Rainer Sce- nic Railroad Chief Mechanical create a destination Smoke from South MINERAL — The Mount Officer Stathi Pappas said. for the trains and Rainier Scenic Railroad main- Since the shop opened in Point Wildfire tenance shop in Mineral is Mineral in 1983, three years will give the public filled with tools, machinery after the scenic railroad began, an opportunity to Outside Packwood / and locomotives from the early General Manager Brian Wise 1900s, a time when loggers re- said the railroad has considered see what we do.” lied on the trains to transport Main 6 Brian Wise, general manager goods around the region. please see MINERAL, page Main 10 Main 6 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Weather Harvest Dinner / Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 TONIGHT: Low 38 Hallett, Greg, Follow Us on Twitter TOMORROW: High 67 47, Toledo @chronline Partly Cloudy Bryant, Danny see details on page Main 2 Allen, 58, Find Us on Facebook Olympia www.facebook.com/ Weather picture by thecentraliachronicle Vannessa Mercadio, Onalaska Elementary, 4th Grade ...BEFORE The Rain Comes! - Special Ofer - Fix Your 10% OFF END OF Leaking Roof... SUMMER ROOFING SALE! www.chehalissheetmetal.com CH479905bw.cg 800-201-9221 • (360) 748-9221 FREE Estimates Lewis and Thurston Counties CHEHASM252MH Main 2 The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 COMMUNITY CALENDAR / WEATHER Community Editor’s Best Bet Professor to Recount Training Iraqi Officers Centralia from June 1, 2005, to May 31, College crimi- 2006, where he initially wrote Calendar nal justice pro- curriculum for the reconstituted Today Libraries fessor Greg Baghdad Police College, and “Danger: Books!” featuring “Fahren- Gilbertson on later served as deputy director Bingo, Chehalis Moose Lodge, doors heit 451,” performed by Book-It Rep- Wednesday will of the United Kingdom’s Bas- open at 4:30 p.m., game starts at 6:30 ertory Theatre, Seattle, for adults and share a synop- rah Training College, where 500 p.m.; food available, 736-9030 teens, 6-7:30- p.m., in connection with sis of his expe- Iraqi police cadets were housed Banned Books Week, Vernetta Smith riences during Greg Gilbertson and trained in basic police pro- Public Agencies Chehalis Timberland Library, 748-3301 Chemical Dependency-Mental his 25 months criminal justice cedures. Health-Therapeutic Court Sales Tax Ad- Support Groups as an interna- professor Lyceum classes are held ei- visory Committee, 3 p.m., conference Domestic violence support group, tional police ther in WAH 103 or Corbet The- room, Lewis County Public Health & So- 5:30-7 p.m., 125 N.W. Chehalis Ave., Che- trainer in Baghdad, Iraq, and atre, depending on space needs. cial Services Department, 740-1148 halis, sponsored by Human Response Basrah, Afghanistan. More information is available Organizations Network, 748-6601 Gilbertson’s talk is part of the by calling Jody Peterson, 736- Senior Song Birds, 9:30 a.m., Moun- Organizations Centralia College Lyceum Series. 9391, ext. 209, or emailing her at tain View Baptist Church, Centralia, Take Off Pounds Sensibly, 10:15 a.m., Gilbertson served in Iraq [email protected]. 273-3231 Assembly of God church, 702 S.E. First St., Winlock Support Groups Seniors’ Bible study, 10 a.m., Calvary Survivors of sexual assault/abuse, Assembly of God, Centralia, 736-6769 or ture will be preceded by a 6 p.m. quarter Lyceum Lecture Series 5:30-7 p.m., 125 N.W. Chehalis Ave., Che- 324-9050 potluck. The Oakview Grange is with a presentation on “The His- halis, sponsored by Human Response Over 50 Club, noon potluck, doors located at 2715 N. Pearl St. tory of Riffe” Thursday. Network, 748-6601 open at 11:30 a.m., Salkum Fire Hall, mu- The lecture, open to the pub- Support for mothers, 9:15-11:15 a.m., sic by Suszaanne Wallace and Mertice lic, will be noon to 12:50 p.m. at Bethel Church, for mothers with children Dills following potluck, 983-8474 Zonta Used Book Sale pregnancy through 6 years old, spon- the Roxy Theater in Morton. sored by Chehalis MOPS (Mothers of Pre- Senior Centers Coming to Lewis County Rose will be sharing photo- schoolers), (360) 520-3841 or (360) 864- Twin Cities Senior Center, 748-0061 graphs and stories from the early 2168, email [email protected] or Music, 11 a.m. Mall settlers, schools and businesses visit www.facebook.com/chehalismops Lunch, noon, $3 suggested donation The annual Zonta used book as well as a history of the dams. Community Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-4 Pinochle tournament, 1 p.m. He has written numerous histor- p.m., Boistfort Street, Chehalis, 740-1212 sale will offer thousands of or [email protected] Write your life, 1 p.m. hardcover and paperback books, ical articles for the East County Morton Senior Center, 496-3230 along with a small selection of Journal on this topic and will Senior Centers Tai Chi exercise, 8:30-9 a.m. music and movies, in the Lewis eventually be compiling these Twin Cities Senior Center, 748-0061 Open recreation, pool, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. County Mall from Thursday into a book. Lunch, noon, $3 suggested donation Pinochle, 10 a.m. through Saturday. Rose grew up in the middle Pool tournament, 1 p.m. Live music by Highway 12 East band, This year’s sale will include a of what is now Riffe Lake. His Morton Senior Center, 496-3230 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. large selection of science fiction, grandparents and parents set- Open recreation, pool 9 a.m.-3 p.m. CCS Nutrition lunch, noon, $3 donation catalogs of antiques, and paper- tled in the area in the early 1900s. Pinochle, 10 a.m. “Writing from Within” writer’s group, back fiction. Prices start at $1 for A schedule of fall quarter “Taco Tuesday”enrichment lunch, 12:30 p.m. for paperbacks and $2 for hard- speakers is available by stopping noon, $3 donation Olequa (Winlock) Senior Center, back books. Prices decrease each by Centralia College East or call- Olequa (Winlock) Senior Center, 785-4325 785-4325 day, concluding with a closeout ing 496-5022. Those who would Low impact exercise, 9-10 a.m. Koffee klatch with maple bars, 8-10 sale starting at 2 p.m. on Saturday. like to attend all the lectures and a.m., Nutrition lunch, noon-1 p.m. Hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. support the series may enroll in Garden club, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Zumba class, 6-7 p.m. each day. the non-credit lecture series for Packwood Senior Center, 494-6331 Karate, 6-7 p.m. Proceeds will support Zonta’s a $25 fee. Packwood Senior Center, 494-6331 Sweet treats, 9:30 a.m. scholarship programs and com- Bunco, 10:30 a.m. Sit & Be Fit, 11 a.m. munity charities, as well as in- Pool or cribbage, 1 p.m. Bingo, 12:30 p.m. ternational projects. Each year Walkowski to Speak at Toledo Senior Center, 864-2112 Toledo Senior Center, 864-2112 Zonta, an international service or- Exercise class, 8:30-9:30 a.m. AAUW Meeting Oil painting class, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. ganization for women and profes- Nutrition lunch, noon, suggested do- Riverside Fire Authority Pinochle, noon, $1 sional people who support women, nation $3 for 60 and over, under 60, $6.74 Chief Jim Walkowski will be giv- Zumba, 6-7 p.m. awards a full-tuition scholarship Open pool, 9:30 a.m. ing an update on the Riverside Sweet Treats, 9 a.m. to a student at Centralia College. The group also financially sup- Fire Authority and its services Thursday, Oct. 4 ports the Human Response Net- at the American Association Wednesday, Oct. 3 work and other charities. of University Women meeting at 6:45 p.m. Thursday at “The Bingo, doors open 5 p.m., bingo Artist, Traveler to Speak Gathering Place,” located at Still- starts 6:30 p.m., Forest Grange, 3397 Jackson Highway, Chehalis at Oakview Grange Buddy Rose to Speak waters Estates, Centralia. Walkowski will focus on fire Taco Night, 6-8 p.m., Centralia Eagles, Centralia artist and world hard-shell tacos, two for $1, other menu About the History of service consolidation efforts in items, 736-1146 traveler Hank Claycamp will Riffe Lewis County and across Wash- Games Night, 6:30-11 p.m., Matrix speak about his travels in Mon- ington state.