Tigers Win Finding the Over Rival Perfect Pumpkin/ W.F. West / Life 1 Sports 1 $1 Mid-Week Edition Thursday, Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com Oct. 15, 2015 Centralia Dive Teams Find No Signs of Missing Councilor Centralia Woman in Cowlitz River Proposes SEARCH: Elizabeth Pham Was Last Water Team spent five and a half hours mas Saturday near Exit 59 off Interstate 5, Wednesday searching the Cowlitz River for staring into the Cowlitz River. Her family ‘Drastic Seen Staring Into Cowlitz River signs of a Centralia woman missing since reported she might be suffering from post- Near Toledo Saturday. partum depression, according to the Sher- Policy Shift’ The Sheriff’s Office is asking for the iff’s Office. By The Chronicle public’s help finding mother of three Eliza- The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office Swift beth A. Pham, 33. She was last seen in paja- please see MISSING, page Main 16 on Streets BUDGET: Bart Ricks Proposes Adding More Funds to Fix Roads By Dameon Pesanti ‘A Lot of Experiences [email protected] Centralia City Councilor Bart Ricks wants to see the city be more aggressive about fixing streets. During Tues- day’s meeting he proposed two Are Unbelievable’ amendments to the city’s bud- get to speed things up, but only one passed the council. Lewis County WWII Veteran Finally Receives Deserved Medals “In my estimation we need to take aggres- sive approach to building up a fund we can allocate specifically to streets,” he said just be- fore the coun- cil was ready Bart Ricks to vote on the councilor 2016 budget. Ricks proposed two amend- ments to the city’s budget: one to increase the 2016 proposed budget by $200,000 and use that much from the city’s un- dedicated reserve funds so the public works department can purchase the equipment it needs, but does not have, to fix the roads. The other was to not set aside $200,000 from the city budget to create a dedicated please see STREETS, page Main 16 Law Makes Carrying Open Containers of Marijuana Near Pete Caster / [email protected] Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Camas, shakes the hand of World War II veteran Roy Long after pinning the Bronze Star medal onto the lapel of his jacket during a Driver Illegal ceremony on Wednesday afternoon at the Veterans Memorial Museum in Chehalis. By The Chronicle time serving overseas. MUSEUM CEREMONY: Drivers in Washington “I told him I wanted my should be sure to keep open con- Congresswoman Jaime grandchildren to know what he tainers of marijuana products went through so that they could Herrera Beutler Gives out of reach while on the road. live free,” Roy’s son, Jim Long, A new law, which went into Lewis County Man said. effect on Sept. 26, makes it ille- After hearing and recording Bronze Star, Combat gal to consume marijuana in a his father’s stories, Jim knew car or to carry open containers Infantryman Badge his 91-year-old father deserved of marijuana or marijuana-in- more recognition than he had By Kaylee Osowski fused products in vehicles. received for his service. [email protected] The law is very similar to one Jim Long worked with Con- making it illegal to carry open Just over two years ago, gresswoman Jaime Herrera containers of alcohol in a car, World War II veteran and Lew- Beutler, and her office for the said Sgt. Paul Cagle, a Washington is County resident Roy Long past two years to get his dad the Roy Long holds the box the Bronze Star he was awarded on Wednesday came opened up to his son about his please see BADGE, page Main 16 in after a ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Museum in Chehalis. please see LAW, page Main 16 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Pinchot Partners Failing Foundation Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 Forestry Vader Jail Edwards, Jerald A., 76, Follow Us on Twitter Toledo @chronline Practices in Need of Dougherty, Kelly V., 59, on Display Repairs Toledo Find Us on Facebook / Main 3 / Main 5 Bogle, Bernice Ann Splin- www.facebook.com/ ter, 80, Silver Creek thecentraliachronicle Davis, Flora, 92, Centralia Cook, William Ernest, 67, Winlock A CENTURY OF HELPING OTHERS. It’s Easy START How can we ONLINE! CHEHALIS CH545543cz.cg help you? 714 W. Main Street 360.740.0770 HOME | CONSTRUCTION | BUSINESS Also TOLEDO, WINLOCK, TUMWATER & OLYMPIA Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015 PAGE TWO News Daily Outtake: What Are You Looking At? of the Weird but thinks he should be held ac- Union Says countable. Pennsylvania Health She said when the child jumped she tumbled to the Department Has Mold, ground as she tried to catch him. Asbestos “I remember him shouting, ‘Auntie Jen I love you,’ and there PITTSBURGH (AP) — A he was flying at me,” she testi- union and workers are com- fied. plaining about unhealthy work- Connell argued that her in- ing conditions at an unlikely juries severely disrupted her life place: the offices of a Pennsylva- in Manhattan. She told jurors nia county health department. last week that she was at a party WPXI-TV reported that the recently, and “it was difficult to Service Employees International hold my hors d’oeuvre plate,” the Union Local 668 says the Al- Post reported. legheny County Health Depart- Her lawsuit said: “The in- ment facilities in Pittsburgh juries, losses and harms to the have problems with mold and plaintiff were caused by the neg- asbestos. Pete Caster / [email protected] ligence and carelessness of the A baby goat turns its head to the side while standing on a pumpkin on Friday afternoon at The Pumpkin Patch on Go- The health department has minor defendant in that a rea- issued a statement saying it’s odrich Road in Centralia. See more photographs from the farm — and a comprehensive list of local pumpkin patches sonable 8-year-old under those — in today’s Life section. “working proactively to address circumstances would know or decades of deferred mainte- should have known that a force- nance” on the county-owned ful greeting such as the one de- buildings, including a clinic. livered by the defendant to the Notable Quote Workers say they’ve been plaintiff could cause the harms told the health department will and losses suffered by the plain- decide in December whether to tiff.” renovate or sell the buildings, The boy, the only defendant, but they’ve already worked too appeared in court with his father, “Whoever the next speaker is — I mean, I don’t even long exposed to the health haz- Michael Tarala. A listed phone know if Jesus could handle this group at this point, ards. number couldn’t be found for Employee Dawn Back tells Tarala. The boy’s mother died and I have high respect for my Lord.” the station she’s worked there last year. since 1999 and, “They’ve been telling us since then they’re go- Jaime Herrera Beutler ing to move us to a better build- Customs Agents: congresswoman ing.” Traveler Hid Cocaine in (see page Main 13 for the full story) Jury: Boy Not Liable for Oil, Vinegar Bottles NEW YORK (AP) — Law Exuberant Hello That enforcement officials say a pas- Today in History senger arriving at New York’s "La Mer" (The Sea), a trio of sym- against the Vietnam War. Injured Aunt Kennedy Airport had 11 pounds Today's Highlight in History: phonic sketches, premiered in In 1975, the book "Against BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) of liquid cocaine packed into oil On Oct. 15, 1915, "The Meta- Paris. Our Will: Men, Women and — A Connecticut jury on Tues- and vinegar bottles. morphosis," Franz Kafka's fa- In 1914, the Clayton Anti- Rape," a history of sexual assault day rejected a woman’s bid to U.S. Customs and Border mous absurdist tale about a man trust Act, which expanded on authored by Susan Brownmiller, sue her 12-year-old nephew for Protection says the cocaine was named Gregor Samsa who wakes the Sherman Antitrust Act of was first published. injuries she says she suffered found Oct. 5 when Andres Josue up one morning to discover that 1890, was signed into law by In 1990, Soviet President from his exuberant greeting at Leal Valle arrived with three he has been transformed into a President Woodrow Wilson. Mikhail S. Gorbachev was his birthday party four years ago. suitcases and a carry-on bag. huge, insect-like creature, was In 1917, Dutch dancer Mata named the recipient of the No- New York City resident Jen- Agents say they opened bot- first published in the German lit- Hari, convicted of spying for bel Peace Prize. South Africa's nifer Connell claimed the West- tles of oil and vinegar in Leal erary journal Die Weissen Blaet- the Germans, was executed by Separate Amenities Act, which port boy acted unreasonably Valle’s luggage and detected an ter (The White Pages). a French firing squad outside had barred blacks from public when he jumped into her arms at unusual chemical odor. Paris. facilities for decades, was for- his 8th-birthday party, causing Customs officials say the liq- On This Date: In 1940, Charles Chaplin's mally scrapped. her to fall and break her wrist. uid in six bottles tested positive first all-talking comedy, "The In 1991, despite sexual ha- She sued in Bridgeport Superior for cocaine. They say the total In 1783, the first manned bal- Great Dictator," a lampoon of Ad- rassment allegations by Anita Court for $127,000.