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Inslee Says State Will Accept MWP Surges to Win Refugees / Main 9 Elledge’s Performance Highlights Upset / Sports 1 $1 Early Week Edition Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com Vader Councilor Meet the Reserves At the Age of 90, Andy Wilson Is In His fourth Trio of Volunteers Represent Newest Additions Decade of Serving in Government / Main 6 to Pe Ell’s One-Man Police Force / Main 4 Front Brings Fresh Set of Flood Fears morning, including Lewis and ment director. WATCH: Heavy Wind, Pete Caster / surrounding counties. It could result in road clo- Rain Expected Through [email protected] East Lewis County could sures and flooding of residential A Thurston County Mid-Week be the hardest hit if flood pre- areas, he said. street repair truck dictions hold steady, with the If the water reaches those drives through water By The Chronicle water level of the Cowlitz River levels, Mansfield said, the coun- covering a section of The National Weather Ser- expected to peak Wednesday at ty’s Emergency Management Independence Road vice is predicting more stormy more than 21 feet at Randle. Department will work with the Southwest on Mon- weather in Western Washington “That’s bumping right up Lewis County Sheriff’s Office day afternoon outside through the middle of the week. against a major flood up there,” and other agencies to set up of Rochester. The agency issued a flood said Steve Mansfield, Lewis watch bulletin early Monday County emergency manage- please see FRONT, page Main 14 Global Entrepreneurship Week Glenoma Chehalis Woman’s Man Saves Sowing the Seeds for Nonprofit Teaches Woman Who Youths Through Nutritious Food Drove Into Educational Farming High Water By The Chronicle The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office is crediting a 25-year-old Glenoma man with saving the life of a driver whose car became submerged in water over a road in Randle Saturday night. At 9:25 p.m. on Saturday, a 75-year-old Vancouver, Wash- ington, woman was driving north on Forest Service Road 25. She turned onto state Route 131 please see WATER, page Main 16 Commissioner Says No Reconsideration for Lodging Tax Dollars After Heated Debate WHITE PASS BYWAY: Schulte Stands by Decision, Cites Pete Caster / [email protected] Personal Requirements Kari Winsor, owner of the Barn on Jackson, poses for a portrait in the basement of her reception venue on Jackson Highway south of Chehalis on Monday afternoon. By Kaylee Osowski By Justyna Tomtas Kari Winsor wanted to give property with an old barn af- The nonprofit got involved [email protected] [email protected] back to the local community by ter she and her husband Mark with the area’s at-risk population The lodging tax allocations providing healthy, nutritious found what they were look- to offer alternative opportunities for 2016 are final — there will Editor’s Note: What fol- food to the area, while giving ing for outside Chehalis near to explore healthy lifestyles and lows is the first of three stories be no reconvening of the board students hands-on experience Napavine. living practices, from nutrition that makes recommendations celebrating the entrepreneurial in the garden. As a couple with no children, to alternative energy. spirit in the Lewis County area about funding for individual or- She started Blue Earth Farm Winsor said they began explor- In its first year, the nonprofit ganizations that promote tour- as part of Global Entrepreneur- to do just that. ing potential ways to work with worked in cooperation with ism. ship Week. Look for the next in- Winsor, who is originally the community. Northwest Pediatrics, providing The Board of Lewis County stallments in the Thursday and from Olympia, moved to Lewis In 2007, Blue Earth Farm Saturday editions. County in 1999. 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Pearl St. Centralia CH549010sl.cg Business Cards & So Much More (360) 736-6322 Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015 PAGE TWO News Daily Outtake: Eyes of the Forest of the Weird released. 2 Zebras Flee Circus, Police say that’s when Leon- Run Through ard offered a stranger $3 for a ride back to her crashed vehicle, Philadelphia Streets which she entered and began PHILADELPHIA (AP) — driving again. When you hear hoofbeats, the Police say Leonard again saying goes, you should think lost control of the car, and side- horses, not zebras. In Philadel- swiped a parked car in Somer- phia on Sunday, you would have set Township about 6 p.m., then been wrong. crashed into a garage. A pair of zebras escaped from a circus and went running through the streets of west Phil- Woman Who Stabbed adelphia before they were recap- Boyfriend with Pen tured, police said. The two animals somehow Pleads Guilty fled the UniverSoul Circus out- AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A side the Mann Center for the northeast Ohio woman accused Pete Caster / [email protected] Performing Arts in west Phila- of stabbing her boyfriend after WDFW Oicer Lance Martin utilizes an old map he carries with him to help Kyle May ind a new hunting location in delphia at about 2 p.m. Sunday. yelling at him for eating all of A circus spokesman told The West Lewis County on Saturday, Nov. 7. A story on a day in the life of May appeared in Saturday’s edition. The story the salsa has pleaded guilty to and many more photos are available online at at www.chronline.com and www.lewiscountywatch.com. Philadelphia Inquirer in a state- reduced charges. ment that the animals “briefly Ronnie Buckner told of- went on the loose.” No injuries ficers 50-year-old Phyllis Jef- were reported. ferson yelled at him in March Notable Quote Witnesses took to social me- at his apartment for finishing dia to post photos and video off the salsa. Buckner said Jef- footage of the animals running ferson then picked up a pen and through the streets before po- jammed it in the left side of his lice confirmed their recapture at pelvis. “We should not let our compassion blind us to legitimate about 3 p.m. Sunday. The 61-year-old Buckner “Zebras in custody,” police public and personal safety concerns and to those who said on their Twitter account. said he tried to catch a television might take advantage of our generosity and openness.” “They are already sporting old- that Jefferson had knocked over timey prisoner getup ahead of when she grabbed a small kitch- trial and sentencing. Have faith, en knife and stabbed him in the Bill Bryant stomach. Jefferson’s attorney, fellas.” Republican candidate for governor discussing acceptance of refugees Last month, a circus trapeze however, says the stabbing hap- artist at the UniverSoul Circus pened because she just learned (see page Main 9 for the full story) show fell into the crowd during a her boyfriend was a registered performance in Philadelphia. sex offender. Police said the 19-year-old performer fell about 30 feet from Saudi Arabia Cracks Today in History his apparatus on Oct. 31 and landed in the crowd. A witness Case of Smuggled Beer Today’s Highlight in History Taylor, better known as Lady 13 black and/or female Ameri- Bird, in San Antonio, Texas. can hostages being held at the told The Philadelphia Inquirer On Nov. 17, 1558, Elizabeth Disguised as Pepsi In 1947, President Harry S. U.S. Embassy in Tehran. that he bounced off a safety net I acceded to the English throne DUBAI, United Arab Emir- Truman, in an address to a spe- In 1987, a federal jury in then landed among the specta- upon the death of her half-sister, ates (AP) — Customs officials in cial session of Congress, called Denver convicted two white su- tors. No injuries were reported Queen Mary, beginning a 44- Saudi Arabia say they’ve cracked for emergency aid to Austria, premacists of civil rights viola- to anyone in the crowd and cir- year reign. cus officials said the performer a case — and then some — of Italy and France. (The aid was tions in the 1984 slaying of radio was expected to make a full re- smugglers trying to bring illicit approved the following month.) talk show host Alan Berg. (Both covery from a lower back injury. cans of beer through the king- On This Date In 1968, NBC outraged foot- men later died in prison.) dom by disguising them as Pepsi. In 1800, Congress held its ball fans by cutting away from In 1994, the Andrew Lloyd In a statement, customs offi- first session in Washington in the closing minutes of a New Webber musical “Sunset Boule- Pennsylvania Woman cials say they intercepted 48,000 the partially completed Capitol York Jets-Oakland Raiders game vard” opened on Broadway. Arrested for DUI Crashes cans of beer moving through the building. to begin the TV special “Heidi” Ten years ago: U.S. Rep. John al-Batha border crossing with In 1889, the Union Pacific on schedule.