$1 Weekend Edition Saturday, May 11, 2013 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com Prep 2A Softball W.F. West Takes Down Centralia / Sports Lafond Conservatory in Debt, Forced to Sell Personal Property SOLD: Public Auction Will items later this month to sat- the auction include a variety of Zegulas was not released by the Henry Zegula, a dentist, isfy a debt filed against them by furniture, a grand piano, three sheriff’s office. founded the conservatory Take Place 10 a.m. May Floor Express Inc., a carpet and Yamaha pianos, a small cello, For the past six years, San- that doubles as their home, in 31 at Main Street Storage floor showroom in Tumwater. sets of silver, a golf club set and dra Zegula has operated the 2007. Floor Express Inc. filed a other personal items. Lafond Conservatory, located The building was built in in Centralia judgment against the Zegu- The public auction will be where Roanoke Street dead- 1982 by Centralia Attorney Jer- las last month with the Lewis held at 10 a.m. May 31 at Main ends overlooking Centralia. ry Moore, who is known in the By Kyle Spurr County Superior Court, accord- Street Storage, on 21 E. Main The conservatory is used to area for his suicide in 1991 and [email protected] ing to the Lewis County Sher- Street in Centralia. host musical retreats periodi- iff’s Office. Each personal item will be cally throughout the year. a jury trial two years later for al- Henry and Sandra Zegzula, The court directed the sher- sold to the highest bidder for The 5,800-square-foot con- leged financial misdeeds. who run the Lafond Conserva- iff’s office to sell the property cash to satisfy the judgment and servatory houses 10 guests in Attempts by The Chronicle tory atop Davis Hill in Centralia, listed in the judgment. cost, the sheriff’s office said. four suits and two additional to reach the Zegulas were un- will have to sell 140 household The property up for sale at The amount owed by the rooms. successful. Mount Miller: Guilty Of Murder Rainier National Park CONVICTED: After More Than Three Hours of Deliberation, the Affected by Jury Found Weston G. Miller Guilty of First-Degree Murder Sequestration REDUCING: Cuts This Year Could Be Put in Place Indefinitely By Lisa Broadt [email protected] On March 1, Congress de- cided Mount Rainier National Mark must reduce its annual op- erating budget by 5 percent for Fiscal Year 2013. The reduction is due to se- questration, a series of automat- ic, across-the-board, permanent spending cuts. Mount Rainier must absorb the 5 percent, park-level cut by Sept. 30, the end of the federal budget cycle. Typically, the sum- mer months are the busiest for Mount Rainier, Donna Rahier, of the Park Superintendent's Of- fice, said in a press release about the sequestration. Mount Rainier’s annual bud- get last year was about $12.1 mil- lion; that sum included fund- Pete Caster / [email protected] ing passed through the park to With his defense attorney, Joseph Enbody, at his side, Weston Miller, left, reacts after a Lewis County jury found him guilty of irst-degree murder on Friday afternoon at human resource and resource the Lewis County Law and Justice Center in Chehalis. inventory and monitoring pro- grams utilized by national parks By Stephanie Schendel shot Carson in his chest in- in the Pacific Northwest. [email protected] side Miller’s Centralia home on About $11.4 million went March 13, 2012. directly to Mount Rainier's op- A jury found Weston G. The jury, however, disagreed, Miller guilty of premeditated erations, according to the Park and after deliberating for more Superintendent’s Office. murder Friday afternoon fol- than three hours Friday after- lowing a four-day trial in Lewis From this budget, the park noon, found him guilty of first- will cut $603,000 — slightly County Superior Court. degree murder with a firearm Friends and family of the more than the required 5 per- enhancement. cent — in planned FY13 expens- victim, David W. Carson, in- Carson’s daughter, Caitlin cluding his former girlfriend, es. This reduction leaves $10.75 Carson, smiled and looked re- million available for 2013 opera- Sara DeSalvo, sat on one side lieved as she heard the verdict. of the courtroom gallery. As tions. “I’m happy justice has been “We’ve had to make some dif- the court clerk read the verdict served,” she said outside the aloud, Miller hung his head ficult yet necessary adjustments courtroom. in operations this year and have while DeSalvo, as well as other Lewis County Prosecu- strived to minimize the impact family and friends, cried, smiled tor Jonathan Meyer said Miller of those decisions on visitors," and hugged one another. Lewis County Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor Brad Meagher, left, points to the faces between 20 and 27 years Park Superintendent Randy Miller claimed he was acting defendant, Weston Miller, during the closing arguments of Miller’s murder trial on in self defense when he fatally please see MURDER, page Main 7 Friday morning at the Lewis County Law and Justice Center in Chehalis. please see PARK, page Main 7 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Weather Leo B. 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Fundraiser, Lewis County Marine Corps League Auxiliary, 8-10 a.m., Ap- If you have an event you plebee’s, Chehalis, $10, scrambled eggs, would like included in the two pancakes, two pieces of bacon, two Community Calendar, please sausages, choice of apple or orange email your information to juice or coffee, to raise funds for postage [email protected]. for Christmas care packages to Marines, Include a daytime telephone (360) 280-6827 number where you can be Louie Anderson, comedian, Lucky reached. Eagle Casino, tickets start at $20, Tick- etmaster.com or Lucky Eagle box office, For questions about (800) 720-1788 calendar items, call Doug The Chronicle, file photo Games Day, traditional and modern Blosser at The Chronicle, (360) About 250 cyclists took part in the 30th annual Lewis County Historical Bike Ride board games, card games, 1 p.m., Matrix 807-8238. last year. The 31st annual Lewis County Historical Bike Ride is planned for today. Coffeehouse, Chehalis, (360) 740-0492 The Stravinsky Riots and Less Likely, The Centralia Optimist Club routes — from 20 to 100 miles. 9 p.m., Matrix Coffeehouse, $6, (360) Sunday, May 12 will hold the 31st edition of the This ride is enjoyed by all cy- 740-0492 Lewis County Historical Ride clists, from young to old and cy- “Peter Pan,” 2 and 7 p.m., W.F. West today. clists with leisure to faster pace Theatre, W.F. West High School, tickets Allison and Victor This rural bicycle ride preferences. $6, (360) 807-7235 Returning to Riverside through Lewis County begins There are five food and rest Sway, dance/top 40, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., and ends at Stan Hedwall Park, stops, support vehicles and Scatter Creek Grill, Lucky Eagle Casino, Eclectic acoustic duo Allison located west of Interstate 5 at exit monitoring by Chehalis Valley (360) 273-2000, ext. 301 Scull and Victor Martin will 76. Cyclists can register at the Amateur Radio volunteers. Rainier Independent Film Festival, perform at the Riverside Golf Ashford, www.rainierfilmfest.com park between 6:30 and 9 a.m., or For more information and Club for a Mother’s Day brunch by going to the website at LCHR@ registration, visit http://cy- Gardening workshop, 10 a.m, Sal- 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday. kum Timberland Library demo garden, CycleLewisCounty.org clelewiscounty.org/lchr/ or call pop bottle cold frame construction, Brunch begins at 10 a.m. and There are a choice of four (360) 262-9647. preregistration required, (360) 740-1212 music starts at 11 a.m. Weather or email Debbie Burris at Debbie.bur- permitting, music will be out on [email protected] the patio. Food preserving workshop, 10 a.m., With guitar, vocals and sax- Fort Borst Park, Kitchen 2, canning ba- ophone, their acoustic sound Mother’s Day train ride, 11;30 a.m., has taken her on many foreign sics, (360) 740-1212 or http://lewis.wsu.