New Miss Yard Bird Big Book Success There’s New Royalty and Representation for Local AAUW Members Raise Money for Quirky Chehalis Home of the Bird / Main 3 Scholarships at Annual Sale / Main 6 Arrest for Burglary $1 With Sexual Early Week Edition Motivation Tuesday, / Main 4 Serving our communities since 1889 — www.chronline.com April 5, 2016 Chehalis Basin Habitat Projects Awarded $6 Million By The Chronicle are the initial phase of the long- Most of the projects are Lewis County proposed by the ducted the grant process. Twenty-eight habitat resto- term effort to restore habitat and scheduled to be complete by Lewis County Conservation Biologists, engineers and rations projects in the Chehalis reduce flood damage, according July 2017. They aim to restore District will open 68 miles of habitat restoration professionals River Basin are scheduled to re- to a press release. fish passages that are currently streams to fish passage. from WSDW, the U.S. Fish and ceive about $6 million in state Lawmakers included the blocked by culverts or dams, The Washington State De- Wildlife Service, the Quinault grants this spring. funds in the 2015-17 capital opening more than 130 miles of partment of Fish and Wildlife Indian Nation and a representa- The projects in Lewis, Thur- budget as part of a $50 million streams throughout the basin. and the Chehalis Basin Lead En- ston and Grays Harbor counties overall allocation. Eight culvert projects in tity’s Habitat Work Group con- please see BASIN, page Main 11 After an New Look and Layout, Same Eventful Session, Mission for Centralia Goodwill Sen. Braun Plans for Re-Election LOOKING FORWARD: Education and Chehalis River Basin Flooding Focuses Next Year By Kaylee Osowski [email protected] Sen. John Braun, R-Centra- lia, told The Chronicle on Fri- day he is seeking re-election to the District 20 Senate seat. Voters elected Braun to the seat in 2012. He is the vice chairman of the Trade and Eco- nomic Development Commit- tee, the Com- merce and Labor Com- mittee, the Ways & Means Committee and is the Sen- ate deputy ma- jority leader. Sen. John Braun Braun said Pete Caster / [email protected] R-Centralia he’s been mak- Workers from Go2 Property Services and Goodwill set up racks at the newly remodeled Goodwill on Friday afternoon in Centralia. ing the best of his time in the Legislature and REMODEL: working hard to get things done. Managers Braun, who is a key nego- Say Job Training Still tiator in the Key to Operation After Legislature state’s oper- 2016 ating budget, Improvements to Facility Shoppers spends much By Justyna Tomtas of his time in line up in the Legislature the new [email protected] working on check-out After sporting the same look the numbers. area at for 20 years, the Goodwill in It’s a chal- Goodwill Centralia recently underwent a on Friday lenging job, he remodel to make the experience afternoon in said, but it is for customers easier and quicker. Centralia. rewarding to Featuring large new signs, find a solution and new streamlined checkout that’s good for the 20th District stations, the store’s management and the state. hopes the changes improve the He said the current budget, shopping experience. including the supplemental “We hadn’t updated that store budget passed last week, sets in a number of years, so it was up a good foundation for the please see BRAUN, page Main 14 please see NEW, page Main 11 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Assault With Vehicle A Model Experience Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 Chehalis Model Train Hannum, Andrea, 41, Follow Us on Twitter Centralia @chronline Woman Enthusiasts Heuer, Margaret “Micky,” Accused of Gather at 81, Centralia Find Us on Facebook Going on Fairgrounds Cross, Betty, 93, Centralia www.facebook.com/ Rampage for First thecentraliachronicle in Van Spring Show / Main 5 / Main 14 April 7, 9am April 7 Enter to win GRAND REOPENING Ribbon KMNT 104.3 an iPad Mini cutting ceremony Radio Remote & CENTRALIA GOODWILL 519 Harrison Ave. + Enter to Win Prizes or one of three FREE GW April 9 $100 Goodwill Goody Bags LIVE 95.1 Radio YOU’LL LOVE OUR FRESH NEW LOOK! Gift CH555535jc.cg YOUR to the irst 50 Remote & Enter GIFT LET THE CHANGES LIVES Cards! to Win Prizes TREASURE HUNT • Modern design • Easy to read signage customers BEGIN! • Faster checkout • Electronics testing Apr station • Redesigned itting rooms 7 goodwillwa wagoodwill goodwillwa.org Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, April 5, 2016 PAGE TWO News Outtake: Booking the Weekend of the Weird euros ($320,000) and two kilo- Chihuahua Leads grams (4.4 pounds) of gold — all Police on Chase snatched from the headquarters of the Croatian police. Across Bay Bridge Helena Biocic of the police SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A media office confirmed Monday Chihuahua is in animal custody that the theft had taken place, after leading police on a chase but refused to reveal any details. across the Oakland-San Fran- The Jutarnji List newspaper, cisco Bay Bridge. which reported what was taken, The California Highway Pa- says the heist occurred late Sunday. trol tweeted the small black dog The report says the thieves got in “led us on quite a chase” Sunday by the fire stairs and broke into and posted a video of it running the office of the organized crime furiously on the upper level of department chief, Zeljko Dolacki. the bridge while being trailed by a motorcycle officer. After it was captured, the Flock of Sheep Chihuahua was taken to a San Escape, Wander Along Kaylee Osowski /[email protected] Francisco animal shelter where Bibliophiles browse through hundreds of books at the AAUW annual book sale on Saturday at the Lewis County Mall staff members named it Ponch, Suburban Atlanta Road in Centralia. Money raised at the book sale goes to scholarships for women. The story is on page Main 6 of today’s after the CHP Officer Frank BROOKHAVEN, Ga. (AP) edition and online at www.chronline.com. Poncherello played by Erik Es- — Police in suburban Atlanta trada in the TV series “CHiPs.” found themselves counting A spokeswoman for the city’s sheep after a flock escaped an Department of Animal Care and enclosure and blocked a road. Notable Quote Control said the dog wore a tag Brookhaven police said in a decorated with a human skull, news release that about 20 graz- but it had no identification. Deb ing sheep and their security dogs Campbell said the dog was re- were spotted along a road early “People were horrified. The cost increase has been significant for covering from its misadventure. Wednesday. Police say they were able to some people. Some are on a very fixed income.” Runaway Bull Caught at contact the herder, who used a sheepdog to corral them back Beth Glennon NY College, Then Saved into their nearby enclosure. Investigators say they’re not End of Life Washington by Jon Stewart planning to file charges for block- NEW YORK (AP) — A bull ing the roadway or impeding traffic. (see page Main 9 for the full story) that escaped from a holding area and darted through the streets of New York City has been cap- Nevada Miner to tured and taken to greener pas- Keep Digging for Gold tures by Jon Stewart. Today in History Officials tell The New York Despite $12.5 Million Times that the black and white Today’s Highlight in History: nothing, lasted two months. In 1933, President Franklin D. Casino Win In 1621, the Mayflower sailed Roosevelt signed an executive or- Angus was spotted Friday in On April 5, 1976, during an ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Despite from Plymouth Colony in present- der creating the Civilian Conser- Queens. The bull was soon cor- outdoor demonstration against winning more than $12.5 million at day Massachusetts on a month- vation Corps and an anti-hoarding ralled at York College, where court-ordered school busing in a casino, a Nevada miner plans to long return trip to England. order that effectively prohibited students snapped pictures and Boston, a white teenager swung keep digging for gold. In 1764, Britain’s Parliament took videos. a pole holding an American private ownership of gold. Efren Aguirre told the Elko passed The American Revenue In 1955, The bull was dubbed Frank flag at a black attorney in a British Prime Minister Lee after a prisoner who escaped Daily Free Press that he loves his scene captured in a Pulitzer Act of 1764, also known as The Winston Churchill resigned his of- from Alcatraz. It was later taken job as rock breaker operator in a Prize-winning photograph Sugar Act. fice for health reasons. Democrat In 1895, to an animal shelter by the former gold mine and doesn’t intend to now known as “The Soiling of Oscar Wilde lost Richard J. Daley was first elected “Daily Show” comedian and his quit. The 64-year-old resident of Old Glory” that was taken by his criminal libel case against mayor of Chicago, defeating Re- wife, who are animal advocates. Elko hit the jackpot on a slot ma- Stanley Forman of the Boston the Marquess of Queensberry, publican Robert E. Merriam. In January, a cow that chine last week. Herald American. Reclusive who’d accused the writer of ho- In 1964, Army General Doug- fled from a slaughterhouse in Aguirre says he came to the U.S. billionaire Howard Hughes mosexual practices. las MacArthur died in Washing- Queens was taken in by an ani- from Mexico for “more money,” but died in Houston at age 70.