Napavine Prevails in Classic Clash With Toledo / Sports 1 $1 Early Week Edition Thursday, Nov. 29, Serving our communities since 1889 — www.chronline.com 2016 ‘I Hate White People’ It’s a Wonderful Life Man Accused of Threatening to Kill Over Holiday Classic Joins Charlie Brown in Argument at Transfer Station / Main 6 Opening at Evergreen Playhouse / Life 1 Woman Hides, Calls 911 During Alleged Home Invasion Burglary in Centralia NO CRIMINAL HISTORY: Suspect A 20-year-old man from Federal Way in Lewis County Superior Court with with no criminal history was arrested one count of residential burglary. Accused of Targeting Former Saturday on suspicion of breaking into “My concern here is community safe- Teammates’ Home the Centralia home of his former basket- ty,” said Deputy Prosecutor Sara Beigh. Pete Caster / [email protected] ball teammates while one terrified resi- “We have a home-invasion burglary. We Isaiah Kelly makes an appearance in Lewis County By Natalie Johnson dent hid in a bedroom and called 911. Superior Court on Monday afternoon at the Lewis [email protected] Isaiah M. Kelly was charged Monday please see BURGLARY, page Main 16 County Law and Justice Center in Chehalis. State Patrol Searches ‘Your Action in for Suspect After Tenino Reality Is to Close Pedestrian the Senior Centers’ Killed on Highway 12 Seniors Sound Off Over Funding Cuts at Commissioners Meeting By The Chronicle The Washington State Pa- trol is investigating a hit and run that killed a Tenino man Sunday. Kenneth James Rose, 36, of Tenino, was killed, according to the State Patrol. At 9:13 a.m. on Sunday, law enforcement responded to milepost 45 of U.S. Highway 12 about 10 miles west of Grand Mound to a report of a collision, which reportedly occurred in the early morning hours. please see PATROL, page Main 16 Winlock Council Affirms Vote on Police Contract, Is Puzzled Over Pete Caster / [email protected] Top Left: Nearly three dozen Lewis County residents showed up to Monday's commissioners’ meeting in opposition to the county's proposed budget cuts to local Changes senior centers. Several spoke during the public comment session, criticizing the decision. Above: Lewis County Commissioner Edna Fund, right, comments on the county’s proposed funding cuts to the senior centers as fellow commissioners Bill Schulte, By Natalie Johnson left, and Gary Stamper, center, look on during a meeting on Monday morning at the Lewis County Courthouse in Chehalis. Below: Lewis County Commissioner Bill Schulte listens as Ron Averill speaks during the public comment portion of a meeting on Monday morning. [email protected] On Nov. 21, Toledo city PROPOSED BUDGET: that would eliminate the county’s councilors expressed surprise funding to five area senior centers. and confusion at changes Commissioner Bill Schulte Former commissioner Ron proposed by the Winlock Says Matter Shouldn’t Averill addressed the board, which City Council to its contract included Bill Schulte, who has to provide police services to Have Waited Until ‘After been on a leave of absence since the neighboring south Lewis an Election’ September to undergo cancer County city. treatment, in addition to Edna On Monday, Winlock coun- By Aaron Kunkler Fund and Gary Stamper. cilors were just as confused. [email protected] Averill said many seniors in ru- “(There’s) stuff in there that ral Lewis County far from the In- we never approved,” Winlock Dozens of seniors filled the terstate 5 corridor rely heavily on Councilor Holly Orbino said Board of Lewis County Commis- the senior centers for services and Monday. sioners chambers during Mon- likely wouldn’t be able to self-fund The Winlock City Coun- day morning’s meeting, many the centers. cil voted 4-1, with councilor presenting fiery testimony in op- please see POLICE, page Main 16 position to proposed budget cuts please see SENIORS, page Main 16 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Educating Little Ones Jarring Crash Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 Preschool Vehicle Frady, James T., 59, Ethel Follow Us on Twitter Massey, Jimmie, 69, Centralia @chronline Has Been Strikes, Murphy, Betty Jo, 70, Centralia Preparing Damages Miller, Janet C., 82, Mossyrock Find Us on Facebook Kids for B&D Riffe, Hazeldean, 88, Morton www.facebook.com/ Cochran, Janice M., 69, Randle thecentraliachronicle Kindergarten Market in Riker, Walter R., 89, Winlock for 50 Years Centralia / Main 4 / Main 3 Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016 PAGE TWO News Preparing for Kindergarten of the Weird were purchased from a fish mar- Swedish Christmas ket, and were dead before the Goat Burns on 50th water was frozen. The operator plans to hold a memorial service Anniversary for the fish once they’re taken STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swe- out of the ice. den’s Christmas Goat — a giant decorative goat made of straw and wood — didn’t last long on Feds Show No ‘Love’ for its 50th anniversary. New York The straw goat, an annual Yuletide tradition in the city of Roadway Signs Gavle since 1966, went up in ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The flames just hours after it was in- Federal Highway Administra- augurated on Sunday. tion isn’t showing any “Love” for Arsonists just cannot stay some tourism signs along New away from the giant decoration, York highways. which seldom survives the sea- Officials with the FHA and son without someone trying to the New York state Department burn it down. of Transportation will meet next Pete Caster / [email protected] The local newspaper Gefle month to discuss the removal Kelly Wheeler, preschool director and teacher, helps her students Violet Swehosky, Ryder Davis, and Karson Bunch Dagblad said it was set on fire of more than 500 “I Love NY” make crafts on Monday morning at Westminster Preschool in Chehalis. The story is on page Main 4. late Sunday. signs from state roadways. A webcam run by the local Highway Administra- tourist office showed the frame tor Gregory Nadeau will meet of the goat was still standing but with DOT Commissioner Matt all the straw was gone. Driscoll at the FHA’s Washing- Notable Quote ton office sometime in Decem- ber to formulate a plan for tak- 5,000 Fish in Ice at ing down the signs. Japan Skating Rink The FHA has threatened to “Sweeping this election under the rug and simply cut nearly $1 billion in federal Election Sparks Uproar funding to the state if the signs carrying on as we have been is a recipe for disaster.” TOKYO (AP) — An amuse- aren’t removed. 2016 ment park in western Japan State officials have long State Democrats in open letter sparked an uproar after it dis- contended that the signs help played about 5,000 dead fish in promote tourism and provide addressing general election results the ice at a skating rink, forcing valuable information about New (see page Main 13 for the full story) the park to close the attraction. York’s attractions. Space World received a flood FHA officials say the signs of criticism on social media after don’t conform to federal stan- opening the rink on Nov. 12. It dards and are dangerous be- was closed Sunday. cause they contain so much About 25 different kinds of information that drivers can be- Today in History fish could be seen under the come distracted. 820-foot-long ice circuit. The Today’s Highlight in History: era “Turandot.” (It was finished In 1991, 17 people were killed park in the city of Kitakyushu Policeman Pops by Franco Alfano.) in a 164-vehicle pileup dur- opened the “Ice Aquarium” as On Nov. 29, 2001, George In 1947, the U.N. General As- Question At Parade Harrison, the “quiet Beatle,” ing a dust storm on Interstate 5 an “attraction never heard sembly passed a resolution call- near Coalinga, California. Ac- about.” NEW YORK (AP) — Talk died in Los Angeles following a ing for the partitioning of Pales- Japanese broadcaster NHK battle with cancer; he was 58. tor Ralph Bellamy died in Santa about a memorable trip to the tine between Arabs and Jews. Monica, California, at age 87. showed the fish frozen in ice on Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. In 1956, the musical comedy In 1996, a blue floor, so it looked like they The New York Police Depart- On This Date: “Bells Are Ringing,” starring John C. Salvi III, were swimming below the ice. serving a life sentence for fatally ment says an officer who was In 1530, Cardinal Thomas Judy Holliday, opened on Broad- Some formed a school to spell shot on duty last year proposed way. shooting two abortion clinic re- Wolsey , onetime adviser to Eng- out “HELLO” or make an arrow- to his girlfriend at Thursday’s In 1961, Enos the chimp was ceptionists, hanged himself in land’s King Henry VIII, died. shaped sign in the ice. parade. And the NYPD says in a launched from Cape Canav- his Massachusetts prison cell. In 1864, The general manager of tweet, “She said yes!!!” a Colorado militia eral aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 Ten years ago: The first of two Space World, Toshimi Takeda, The NYPD tweeted a photo killed at least 150 peaceful Chey- spacecraft, which orbited earth high-profile meetings in Jordan enne Indians in the Sand Creek said many critical messages of the happy moment, which twice before returning. between President George W. Massacre. were posted on social media, unfolded in front of the NYPD In 1972, the coin-operated Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister some condemning the concept band. The Daily News first re- In 1890, the first Army-Navy video arcade game Pong, created football game was played at Nouri al-Maliki was abruptly as abusing living things.