Tuesday, $1 March 19, 2013 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com Bearcats Over Bobcats W.F. West Takes Down Aberdeen / Sports Tenino Car Glenoma Landslide Victims Councilor Claims Mayor Versus to Appeal Court’s Decision Became Violent SCUFFLE: Wayne Fournier Building Says Eric Strawn Elderly Man Uninjured Threw Chair Following After Driving Through Contentious Meeting By Lisa Broadt Centralia Business [email protected] / Main 5 Tenino Councilor Wayne Fournier said on Monday he has filed a report documenting an alleged violent incident, insti- gated by Mayor Eric Strawn, that occurred after last Tuesday’s city council meeting. According to the councilor, the incident began when he ac- cidently bumped Strawn with his chair at the end of the three- hour meeting. Already frustrat- ed from the contentious evening, the mayor allegedly started screaming and throwing his please see VIOLENT, page Main 4 Group Hopes to Save Pearl Street Pool courtesy photo, Washington Department of Natural Resources Several landslides can be seen along U.S. Highway 12 near Glenoma on Jan. 8, 2009. Residents in the area are still trying to exact damages from the logging company that clear-cut the hillsides above the valley. ONGOING: Landslide are expected to seek reversal of a Lewis County Superior Court Pete Caster / [email protected] Victims Want Justice, order that set a higher bar than Centralia Community Development Then Closure the legal team had expected. Director Emil Pierson shows how During pretrial proceedings, ‘‘Most of us have some of the edges on the Pearl Street By Lisa Broadt the court ruled that instead of Pool are deteriorating on Monday in [email protected] having to prove strict liability been in the timber Centralia. — or simply that Menasha clear- industry most of our Four years after the slopes cut and that contributed to the REJUVENATED: Citizens along U.S. Highway 12 gave in landslides — the plaintiffs had lives. We know how and released water, earth and to prove negligence. Gather Tuesday to debris upon East Lewis County, Bricklin and Wright had to it’s supposed to be Formulate a Plan the victims of that disaster face convince the jury that Menasha done. They left stuff By Kyle Spurr another powerful force. had erred in their clear-cutting Multinational logging com- of the surrounding slopes and (logs and debris) [email protected] pany Campbell Menasha has that their mistake contributed taken a hard stance with regard lying around, and The effort to restore the Pearl to the landslide. Street Pool in downtown Cen- to a collective lawsuit filed by 17 They were unable to reach anybody with any Glenoma residents. Last fall, the tralia gained momentum Mon- Hoping that standard. day night. corporation bested the plaintiffs, sense could see what Now, the Martin Road plain- Local citizens met in the known collectively as the Mar- tiffs have pinned their hopes on tin Road plaintiffs, in a six-week they were doing was Centralia Timberland Library the appeal. to hash out a plan to save the for Help trial in Lewis County Superior Though the group collec- wrong.’’ outdoor pool and possibly re- Court. tively was awarded an estimated Centralia Nonprofit Could Undeterred, the plaintiffs’ start the nonprofit organization $250,000 in damages from other, Mark Dantinne Friends in Need, which operated legal counsel filed a notice of smaller companies involved Martin Road resident in statement the pool for more than two de- Close Without Funding / appeal on Feb. 14. While the with nearby logging, the plain- to The Chronicle last week cades before the city took back exact grounds for appeal are Main 6 tiffs have not seen a penny. managment five years ago. not yet published, attorneys David Bricklin and Bob Wright please see LANDSLIDE, page Main 7 please see POOL, page 4 Former ‘Beef Shop’ to Reopen The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Weather Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 / Main 5 TONIGHT: Low 44 Ammons Jr., Follow Us on Twitter TOMORROW: High 50 Henry, 64, @chronline Rain Likely Winlock see details on page Main 2 Stuefen Find Us on Facebook Sierra, 14, www.facebook.com/ Weather picture by Sofia Winlock thecentraliachronicle Sand, Grand Mound Elementary, 3rd Grade Main 2 The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, March 19, 2013 COMMUNITY CALENDAR / WEATHER Community Editor’s Best Bet Randle Subject of Historical Presentation “Historic Randle: Then and Now,” history of Randle and the sur- will be presented by the White Pass rounding area. Calendar Country Historical Society. The presentations will be at Today Historic photographs of 6 p.m. tonight, at White Pass WHAT’S HAPPENING? buildings, schoolhouses, people High School commons, Randle. Public Agencies and bridges will be shown, along The event is free. Call (360) 494- If you have an event you with a video. There will also 4422, (360) 494-4007 or (360) Napavine Planning Commission, 6 would like included in the be discussions focused on the 494-4031 for more information. p.m., 407 Birch Ave. S.W., Napavine, Community Calendar, please (360) 262-3547, ext. 213 email your information to Lewis County Interlocal Organization [email protected]. of Fire Districts 2, 15 and 7, 7 p.m., Fire Include a daytime telephone District 20 (Vader) main station, (360) 7 p.m., call for location, sponsored by Hu- from a Blank Screen to a Finished 864-2366 number where you can be man Response Network, (360) 748-6601 Story in Two Hours” and other reached. Libraries Senior Centers writing tips, including insights For questions about into what editors look for. Preschool Story Time, for children calendar items, call Doug Twin Cities Senior Center, (360) 748-0061 The second half of the meet- 3-6 years, 11 a.m., Centralia Blosser at The Chronicle, (360) ing will be devoted to critique 807-8238. Dance refresher class, 10-11 a.m. Organizations Clint Clark 100th birthday celebra- circles, and writers are asked to Senior Song Birds, 9:30 a.m., Moun- tion, 11 a.m. bring five copies of a piece of their tain View Baptist Church, (360) 273-3231 Wednesday, March 20 Music, 11 a.m. writing, not to exceed 500 words. White Pass Historical Society, 6 p.m., Lunch, noon, $3 suggested donation Aspiring and accomplished White Pass High School commons, Bingo, doors open 5 p.m., bingo Pinochle tournament, 1 p.m. writers are all invited to attend. video presentation on historical photo- starts 6:30 p.m., Forest Grange, 3397 Write your life, 1 p.m. For more information, call graphs of Randle area Jackson Highway, Chehalis Martial arts/Kokondo, 6-8 p.m. (360) 754-2723. Lewis County Genealogical Society, 7 Taco Night, 6-8 p.m., Centralia Eagles, p.m., Lewis County Public Utility District Morton Senior Center, (360) 496-3230 hard-shell tacos, two for $1, other menu Energy efficiency forum, 6 p.m., Pe Ell auditorium, 345 NW Pacific Ave., Che- Tai Chi exercise, 8:30-9 a.m. items, (360) 736-1146, NW Prindle St., Veterans Hall, presented by Rulon Crawford, halis, speaker will be Margaret Iverson, Open recreation, pool, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Chehalis, (360) 740-0492 Centralia College faculty member, spon- regent of the Daughters of the Ameri- Pinochle, 10 a.m. sored by Economic Development Council, can Revolution, (360) 269-7772 or www. Libraries Live music by Highway 12 East band, 748-0114 or email [email protected] walcgs,org. Book Babies, babies birth-24 months, 11 a.m.-1:30pm Open mic, 6:30 p.m., Matrix Coffee- Hub City Community Garden, 5 10 a.m., Tenino CCS Nutrition lunch, noon, $3 house, 434 NW Prindle St., Chehalis, $2 p.m., Centralia Timberland Library, (206) Preschool Story Time, children 3-6 donation donation, (360) 740-0492 484-8445 years, 10:20 a.m., Tenino “Writing from Within” writer’s group, Foundation Night, Centralia College Support Groups PageTurners book discussion, for 12:30 p.m. Foundation, 5 p.m. until closing, Olympic Club, Centralia, half of all proceeds from Survivors of sexual assault/abuse, adults, 11 a.m., Tenino, “The Whistling Packwood Senior Center, (360) food, beverage, theater and hotel sales 5:30-7 p.m., call for location, sponsored Season,” by Ivan Doig 494-6331 go to foundation, 736-9391, ext. 516 by Human Response Network, (360) Toddler Story Time, for children age 2, Sweet treats, 9:30 a.m. 748-6601 11 a.m., Centralia Bunco, 10:30 a.m. All Washington Academic Team lun- cheon/ceremony, noon, Student Union Support for mothers, 9:15-11:15 a.m., Early Release Wednesdays, for Pool or cribbage, 1 p.m. Building, South Puget Sound Community Bethel Church, for mothers with children school-age children, 12:30 p.m., Winlock Horticulture project, 2 p.m. College, honoring Centralia College stu- pregnancy through 6 years old, spon- Wacky Wednesday, for children, Olequa (Winlock) Senior Center, (360) dents Edward Riley and Delanie Willows sored by Chehalis MOPS (Mothers of Pre- 12:30 p.m., Winlock 785-4325 Free movie, “Fall of the Republic,” 7 schoolers), (360) 520-3841 or (360) 864- Lego Club, for children, 3 p.m., Low impact exercise, 9-10 a.m. p.m., Lewis & Clark Hotel, 117 W. Magnolia 2168, email [email protected] or Tenino visit www.facebook.com/chehalismops Nutrition lunch, noon-1 p.m. St., Centralia, sponsored by Lewis County Meet the New Director, 6-7:30 p.m., Tea Party, lewiscountyteaparty.org. Senior Centers Chehalis, meet Cheryl Heywood, the new Zumba class, 6-7 p.m. Timberland Regional Library director Packwood Senior Center, (360) Public Agencies Twin Cities Senior Center, (360) 494-6331 748-0061 Public Agencies Twin Transit board, 8:15 a.m., Twin Free whooping cough shots, 10:30 Transit office, 212 E.