Centralia Tigers MWP Streak Ends Take Two From Timberwolves Halted at 60 Wins / Sports Rochester / Sports $1 Mid-Week Edition Thursday, Serving our communities since 1889 — www.chronline.com Dec. 31, 2015 Help for Homeless U.S. Highway 12 Work Service Organizations Asking for Volunteers WSDOT Engineers Set Ambitious Schedule as Annual Counting Event Nears / Main 3 for Repairs After Landslide Damage / Main 4 Road Rage Snaza Plans for Future After Sparks Eventful First Year as Sheriff Gunfire on Interstate 5 SHOOTING: State Patrol Still Looking for Man Who Fired at Motorist By Natalie Johnson [email protected] A man in a black Jeep Chero- kee reportedly fired several gun- shots into another vehicle after a road-rage incident Wednesday morning on Interstate 5 north of Centralia. The shooter then chased the victim’s vehicle more than 10 miles south, according to the Washington State Patrol. The Washington State Patrol is searching for the suspect, who disappeared between Exit 80 and Exit 77 of southbound I-5 after the incident, said Trooper Will Finn with the WSP. At 11:04 a.m. Wednesday, 25-year-old Spanaway man called 911 to report that another man was firing a gun at him on southbound I-5. please see GUNFIRE, page Main 16 Jesse Smith / For The Chronicle Lewis County Sherif Rob Snaza pauses for a selie with a spectator at the Summerfest parade Jan 4. in Centralia. Negotiations ADVANCES: Sheriff Has Ongoing More Plans Following Year of Partnerships With Possible By Natalie Johnson New Morton [email protected] During Lewis County Sher- Hospital CEO iff Rob Snaza’s first year in of- fice, the agency created a Spe- By The Chronicle cial Enforcement Team charged Morton General Hospital with investigating crime trends, hopes to bring a new chief ex- joined the Joint Narcotic En- ecutive officer on board in Feb- forcement Team, which recently ruary. arrested a high-profile cocaine Leianne Everett, an Idaho source, joined a regional SWAT resident, has been offered the team and has increased training position and is expected to be- for deputies. gin in early February if the pro- However, Snaza said he is al- cess continues to move forward. ways pushing for more. Between the hospital board’s “I have to learn patience,” he last meeting on Dec. 16 and its said. “I think about what we’ve next one Jan. 27, interim CEO done — I am always thinking Bob Campbell can negotiate the about what we can do better for terms of the offer with Everett. our community.” The board is expected to Lewis County Sherif Rob Snaza takes a video with his cellphone as a DNR airplane makes one of several passes around the please see SNAZA, page Main 16 Gish Road ire in August. 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Main Street 360.740.0770 HOME | CONSTRUCTION | BUSINESS Also TOLEDO, WINLOCK, TUMWATER & OLYMPIA Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015 PAGE TWO News Daily Outtake: Fighting for the Ball of the Weird New York Police Add Rhode Island Barber, 1,123 New Officers, 90, To Retire After 68 Including 3 Brothers Years, Laments Ugly NEW YORK (AP) — The Bowl Cut New York Police Department is welcoming 1,123 new officers — CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — A and for three of them the job is 90-year-old Rhode Island barber all in the family. is putting down his clippers after Brothers Alec, John and 68 years. Stephen Favale (fah-VAHL’-ee) Tony Manzi has cut five were among Tuesday’s graduates. generations of hair at Manzi’s And cheering them on was their Barber Shop in Cranston. The dad, Deputy Inspector Anthony Providence Journal reported the Favale. man known locally as Tony the Mayor Bill de Blasio (dih Barber is set to retire Thursday. BLAH’-zee-oh) saluted all the Manzi says he’s “down in the cadets for joining the nation’s Pete Caster / [email protected] biggest police department. He dumps” about leaving but it’s time. Glaucoma has blurred vi- Players battle for possession during non-league girls basketball action between Centralia and Rochester Wednesday, added special thanks to the Fa- in Rochester. See more in today’s Sports section and online at www.lewiscountysports.com. vales for their “family tradition” sion in one of his eyes. He wears of service. reading glasses for close shaves Alec and John are 22-year- around the ears. old twins. Stephen is 24. He describes the bowl cut as They say they’re proud of “just about the ugliest thing” he Notable Quote their dad’s 30-year police ca- has seen and says he doesn’t un- reer. But Stephen Favale adds derstand modern “novelty” hair- the NYPD brothers are “just like cuts such as the Mohawk. everybody else who graduated” Manzi says he plans to do “(Pilot run) may not be very appropriate since these fish aren’t scouting after working hard. nothing but he has two children Anthony Favale says it “feels and five grandchildren to keep the waters and reporting back to the fish at sea that all is well.” amazing” to have three sons join him occupied. the police force at once. Olaf Langness ‘Dogs Eat Crazy Things’: Massachusetts Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Vets Remove Toys From Health Insurer Puppy’s Tummy Apologizes for Early (see page Main 7 for the full story) LEVITTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A Morning Robocalls Philadelphia puppy is getting QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — A back to his bouncy self after two Massachusetts health insurer is plastic squeaky toys were re- apologizing after sending auto- Today in History moved from his stomach. mated phone calls to as many as Doctors at Veterinary Spe- In 1946, President Harry S. In 1974, private U.S. citizens cialty & Emergency Center in 10,000 senior citizens in the wee Today’s Highlight in History: Truman officially proclaimed were allowed to buy and own Levittown say the only sign that hours of the morning. On Dec. 31, 1879, Thomas the end of hostilities in World gold for the first time in more 6-month-old Jasper was hav- Tufts Health Plan acciden- Edison first publicly demon- War II. than 40 years. ing problems was he couldn’t tally sent the robocall reminding strated his electric incandescent In 1951, the Marshall Plan In 1985, singer Rick Nel- keep food down. He otherwise patients to get their flu shots be- light in Menlo Park, New Jersey. seemed energetically normal. tween 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. Tuesday. expired after distributing more son, 45, and six other people than $12 billion in foreign aid. were killed when fire broke out They say X-rays showed the A spokeswoman for the in- On This Date: two balls were taking up most surer tells the Patriot Ledger of In 1969, Joseph A. Yablon- aboard a DC-3 that was taking of the space in the Cane Corso’s Quincy that the call was sup- In 1775, during the Revolu- ski, an unsuccessful candidate the group to a New Year’s Eve for the presidency of the United performance in Dallas. stomach. posed to go out between 3 p.m. tionary War, the British repulsed Mine Workers of America, was In 1986, 97 people were Dr. Scott Joudrey, who surgi- and 5 p.m. and attributed the an attack by Continental Army generals Richard Montgomery shot to death with his wife and killed when fire broke out in cally removed the red-and-green mistake to “human error.” and Benedict Arnold at Quebec; daughter in their Clarksville, the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San balls on Saturday, says “dogs eat She says the calls went out to Montgomery was killed. Pennsylvania, home by hitmen Juan, Puerto Rico. (Three hotel crazy things.” people over 65 enrolled in the In the last year, the suburban In 1904, New York’s Times acting at the orders of UMWA workers later pleaded guilty in Tufts Medicare Preferred HMO Philadelphia practice treated Square saw its first New Year’s president Tony Boyle. connection with the blaze.) a bulldog named Elvis that ate option. Eve celebration, with an esti- In 1972, Major League base- In 1995, the syndicated com- three pacifiers and a mixed- Several clients called the mated 200,000 people in atten- ball player Roberto Clemente, ic strip “Calvin and Hobbes,” breed dog that scarfed down a health care provider to ask about dance. 38, was killed when a plane he’d created by Bill Watterson, came pair of calf-high boots. the early call. In 1909, the Manhattan chartered and was traveling on to an end after a 10-year run. Jasper’s owner, Michael Ehrlich, One man said he was hav- Bridge, spanning the East Riv- to bring relief supplies to earth- In 1999, Russian President of Philadelphia, says he thinks ing coffee at 4:45 a.m. when the er between Manhattan and quake-devastated Nicaragua Boris Yeltsin announced his the dog swallowed the toys phone rang and thought it was Brooklyn, was officially opened crashed shortly after takeoff resignation (he was succeeded weeks ago.