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Celebrating the Swedes Large Crowds Flock to Rochester to Let Their Inner Viking Out / Main 3 Hiker Found Dead / Main 5 $1 Early-Week Edition Tuesday, June 24, 2014 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com Hoping for a Return on Investment in the Cowlitz Pete Caster / [email protected] Judy C. Chain sits with her attorney, Sam Experimental Run of Salmon, Net Pens to Yield Better Harvest Groberg, during the irst day of her trial in Lewis County Superior Court on Monday. Trial for ‘Rising Son’ Head Starts ACCUSED: Judy Chafin Faces 30 Felony Charges for Allegedly Collecting $90,000 From Labor and Industries While Running the Controversial Group of Halfway Houses By Stephanie Schendel [email protected] At the peak of the House of the Rising Son organization, Judy Cha- fin ran numerous halfway houses for recently released convicts throughout Pete Caster / [email protected] Lewis County. Mossyrock Fish Hatchery Supervisor Tim Summers feeds fall chinook on Monday morning at the Mayield Net Pen Project at Silver Creek. The Washington De- She collected rent, went grocery partment of Fish and Wildlife is raising nearly 2 million fall chinook in these pins. The ish will eventually be released in the lower Cowlitz River near the salmon shopping for the tenants, enforced hatchery. house rules and dealt with all finan- cial transactions of the business. All FISH STORY: Money Secured in Part by Sen. John the while, she was allegedly collect- Braun Put to Use on Mayfield Lake ing disability checks from the De- partment of Labor and Industries, By Dameon Pesanti claiming she was unable to work. [email protected] L&I and prosecutors allege that Chafin submitted a claim for work- SILVER CREEK — On Monday morning, 2 million tiny er’s compensation on Sep. 22, 2006, kings leaped for their breakfasts before a small group of curi- to L&I after she sustained an on-the- ous onlookers on Mayfield Lake. job injury while working as a care Representatives from several government agencies, sports- provider. Shortly after her injury, she men groups and Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, watched as helped form House of the Rising Son. workers tossed scoops of feed into brand new net pens to the For seven years, L&I paid the hungry little smolts. Chehalis woman more than $90,000, These particular fall run chinook salmon represent a new court documents state. In order to and experimental effort to boost the historically low numbers continue receiving the work-loss of hatchery kings on the Cowlitz River and give anglers a bet- check, Chafin signed forms that said ter chance at catching fish. she “did not perform any work, paid In this photo taken underwater, thousands of fall chinook are fed on Monday morning at the new Mayield Net Pen Project in Silver Creek. please see COWLITZ, page Main 14 please see TRIAL, page Main 14 Kyle Spurr / Jeeps Line Rochester [email protected] More than 125 Jeeps lined the for Teen’s Funeral streets of Roch- ester Sunday fol- SUPPORT: Father Awed Highway 12 on Sunday after- lowing a request noon to give a final sendoff to for support by Show of Support from one of their own. from Rochester Strangers Sunday Mark White, of Yelm, resident Mark reached out to fellow Jeep own- White, whose By Kyle Spurr ers Friday on Facebook asking son died unex- [email protected] them to line the roadway while pectedly earlier he drove his son’s remains to the this month. ROCHESTER — Jeep en- thusiasts assembled along U.S. please see JEEPS, page Main 14 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Weather Volunteers and Donors Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 TONIGHT: Low 53 Merzoian, Alice M., 92, Follow Us on Twitter TOMORROW: High 71 Centralia @chronline Few showers Changes Beksinski, Ruth Pearl, 90 see details on page Main 2 Coming to Morton Find Us on Facebook www.facebook.com/ Weather picture by Andrea thecentraliachronicle Halloway, Onalaska Fort Borst Park Trails / Life 1 HEAT WAVE IS COMING! CHEHALIS SHEET METAL OFFERS SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR HOME COMFORT CONTROL. Celebrating 52 Years www.chehalissheetmetal.com FREE ESTIMATES 1-800-201-9221 CH522617bw.jd Heating, Cooling • 24 Hour Service (360) 748-9221 Rooing • Generators Lewis and Thurston Counties Financing Available OAC CHEHASM252MH Independent Trane Dealer Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, June 24, 2014 COMMUNITY CALENDAR / WEATHER CalendarCommunity Today WHAT’S HAPPENING? Bingo, Chehalis Moose Lodge, doors open at 4:30 p.m., game starts at 6:30 p.m.; food available, If you have an event you would like (360) 736-9030 included in the Community Calendar, Health and Hope Medical Outreach, free medi- please email your information to cal clinic, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Northwest Pediatrics, 1911 [email protected]. Include a Cooks Hill Road, Centralia, for those whose income daytime telephone number where you is less than 200 percent of the poverty level, (360) can be reached. 623-1485 There is no charge for these listings. Community Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., For questions about calendar items, Boistfort Street, downtown Chehalis, (360) 740- call Doug Blosser at The Chronicle, 1295 or email [email protected] (360) 807-8238. Public Agencies Centralia City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 118 W. Maple St., Centralia, (360) 330-7670 Napavine City Council, 6 p.m., Napavine City Libraries Hall, 407 Birch St., (360) 262-3547, ext. 213 Wacky Wednesdays, for children, all day, Lewis County Planning Commission, meeting Chehalis canceled Preschool Story Time, for children 3-6 years, 10:15 a.m., Tenino Making Sense of Your Five Senses, for children Libraries 1-6 years, 11 a.m., Chehalis Gravity Catastrophe, Physics and Comedy, for Buck & Elizabeth: Sing, Dance, Laugh!, for all all ages, by Alex Zerbe, 10:30 a.m., Packwood, 2 ages, 2 p.m., Salkum Editor’s Best Bet p.m., Randle Experiments of a Mad Scientist, for all ages, 2 Great Egg Drop!, for all ages, 5 p.m., Winlock p.m., Tenino Utah Group Coming to McMenamins Teen Writing Group, for teens, 5:30 p.m., Steampunk Party, for teens, 2 p.m., Centralia Chehalis Raucous Utah-based rock band to pursue music and their dream of Desert Noises will play at McMe- being a touring band. They quickly Organizations namins Olympic Club in downtown Organizations began building a reputation as a must- Chehalis Valley Evening Garden Club, 7 p.m., call Centralia at 7 p.m. tonight as part of see live act by touring relentlessly and Forest Grange, 3397 Jackson Highway, 7 p.m. for meeting location, (360) 748-6189 McMenamin’s Great Northwest Music bringing their signature brand of un- Senior Song Birds, 9:50 a.m., Twin Cities Se- Take Off Pounds Sensibly, 10:15 a.m., Assembly Tour. There is no admission charge for bridled, infectious rock to clubs and nior Center, 2545 National Ave., Chehalis, (360) of God church, 702 SE First St., Winlock the event. 740-4199 Cowlitz Prairie Grange, business meeting 7:30 major festivals throughout the U.S. In support of their label debut At 24, lead singer/songwriter Kyle Centralia Bridge Club, 6:30 p.m., Unity Church, p.m., potluck dessert to follow, (360) 864-2023 album, “27 Ways,”Desert Noises has 800 S. Pearl St., Centralia, (360) 748-1753, hraj@lo- United Women in Business, 5:30 p.m., Kit Carson Henderson has an extraordinary pen- calaccess.com banquet room, Chehalis, (360) 388-5252 toured with Local Natives, Blitzen Trapper and The Head and the Heart. chant for blending pop composition Two Town Tuners, 7 p.m., Lewis and Clark Hotel, with primal rock swagger. Hender- 117 W. Magnolia St., Centralia, (360) 269-8146 or The band will be making ma- (360) 748-3531 Support Groups jor music festival debuts this sum- son’s voice is complemented by bass- Domestic violence support group, 5:30-7 p.m., mer with upcoming performances at ist Tyler Osmond’s harmony vocals, Support Groups 125 NW Chehalis Ave., Chehalis, sponsored by Hu- Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza. which elevate the intensity without man Response Network, (360) 748-6601 Raised Mormon in the Utah Valley, sacrificing an ounce of melody, and NAMI Lewis County Connections Support the burning energy of Patrick Boyer’s Group, 5:30-7 p.m., Twin Cities Senior Center, (360) the four bandmates chose to distance 880-8070 or [email protected] Thursday, June 26 themselves from the religion when surging guitar and drummer Brennan NAMI Support Group, 2-3:15 p.m., Centralia Tim- they set out in a van three years ago Allen’s rolling beats. berland Library, for families of mentally ill persons, Open mic, 6:30 p.m., Matrix Coffeehouse, Che- (360) 736-2073 halis, (360) 740-0492 “Let’s Grow a Garden,” 10-11:30 a.m., 4162 Jack- Libraries p.m., Matrix Coffeehouse, Chehalis, http://lewis- son Highway, free, (360) 262-0525 countywriters.wordpress.com Wednesday, June 25 CC Grow, farmers market, noon-3 p.m., Centra- LabARTory: Cloud Jars, for all ages, all day, Lewis County Republican Club, lunch served at lia College, across from Health & Wellness Center, Tenino noon, Woodland Estates, Chehalis, (360) 740-9868 Bingo, doors open 5 p.m., bingo starts 6:30 p.m., (360) 736-9391, ext. 650 Stuffed Animal Sleepover, for children, all day, Lewis County Democrats, 5 p.m. no-host din- Forest Grange, 3397 Jackson Highway, Chehalis Basket making workshop, 10 a.m., iWhite Pass Chehalis Games Night, 5:30-9 p.m., Matrix Coffeehouse, ner-social, 6:30 p.m.