Serving our communities since 1889 — www.chronline.com $1 Mid-Week Edition ‘No, I’m Not a Terrorist’ Thursday, Muslim Woman Explains Faith During College Visit / Main 4 Jan. 28, 2016 Night of the Upsets Mount St. Helens Mining Adna Bumps Mossyrock, Pe Ell Tops Company Returns With Another Proposal for Napavine in Overtime in C2BL / Sports 1 Exploratory Drilling Near Volcano / Main 7 Cribbage King Racks Up Honors After Seven Decades, Napavine Man Earns Platinum Status Erich Jaber holds his daughter Rebekah, 6, as he testiies in support of a bill that would eliminate Washington’s new rule on public restroom use. State Senate Panel Passes Reversal of Transgender Bathroom Regulation OLYMPIA (AP) — A bill that would eliminate Washington's new rule allowing transgender people to use bathrooms and locker rooms in public buildings consistent with their gender identity passed out of a Senate committee 4-3 Wednes- day. Democratic Senators Bob Hasegawa of Seattle and Steve Conway of Tacoma voted against the bill, saying the rule, created by the state Human Rights Commis- sion, was protecting civil rights. Pete Caster / [email protected] Sen. Karen Keiser, a Kent Demo- Elmer (George) Rasmussen, of Napavine, the self-professed “Cribbage King” poses for a portrait in Centralia on Wednesday afternoon. crat, also voted against the mea- sure. By Natalie Johnson please see REVERSAL, page Main 14 [email protected] Elmer G. (George) Rasmus- sen, of Napavine, has been play- Officials Give ing cribbage since he was tall enough to rest his nose on the edge of the table where his par- Advice to Avoid ents played. That means he’s been en- Vehicle Prowls gaged in the game of skill and By Natalie Johnson chance for 74 of his 78 years. “I don’t remember her teach- [email protected] ing me,” he said, of his mother, When it comes to preventing his first cribbage partner. “She a prowler from stealing a phone, just gave me the opportunity to wallet or registration out of your learn.” car, the advice from law enforce- Rasmussen has come a long ment agencies is simple — lock way from his early days learning your doors, and don’t leave valu- cribbage from his mother’s ex- ables out in the open. ample. He was recently award- “They come in spurts,” Sgt. Gary ed the Platinum Award by the Wilson, of the Chehalis Police De- American Cribbage Congress, Based on his accumulation of over 6,000 Grass Roots Rating Points, earned through playing locally sanctioned crib- partment, said of vehicle prowls. “I bage games through the American Cribbage Congress, Elmer (George) Rasmussen, of Napavine, earned a platinum please see CRIBBAGE, page Main 14 ranking. In this photo taken on Wednesday, Rasmussen holds his Silver Club ranking ring. please see PROWLS, page Main 14 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Taste of Lewis County Hoof Disease Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 Rotary Citizens Young, Genevieve Riffe, Follow Us on Twitter Club Ask for 88, Chehalis @chronline Ready for Leadership Find Us on Facebook Another Roles on www.facebook.com/ Delicious WDFW Work thecentraliachronicle Fundraiser Groups / Main 9 / Main 3 LOCAL PEOPLE,LOCAL DECISIONS! CHEHALIS 714 W. Main Street HOW CAN 360.740.0770 WE HELP Also TOLEDO, You? WINLOCK, TUMWATER CH553414cz.sw & OLYMPIA Keith Macy Matt DeBord NMLS# 539574 HOME | CONSTRUCTION | BUSINESS Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016 PAGE TWO News Daily Outtake: Seeking Control of the Weird declaring the team champions of Turn ‘Silence Of The a game they never reached — yet Lambs’ House Into he says he has no regrets. Thirty-one-year-old Burke Animal Museum O’Connell says he strongly be- PERRYOPOLIS, Pa. (AP) — lieved the Patriots would win An animal rights group wants to the AFC Championship and ad- convert the western Pennsylva- vance to the Super Bowl. nia house used in the film “The The Massachusetts native Silence of the Lambs” into an had a friend ink the celebratory empathy museum, where visi- tattoo across his calf two days tors could wear the skins of slain before the Patriots lost to the and abused animals. Denver Broncos. The group People for the The black-and-white tat- Ethical Treatment of Animals too depicts a Lombardi Trophy says in a release that it has writ- rising above the Patriots’ logo, ten to the real estate agent han- along with the number “50” and dling the sale and wants to cre- the word “Champs.” ate a museum. The building was O’Connell, who now lives Brandon Hansen / [email protected] home to psychotic killer Buffalo in Los Angeles, tells The Bos- Players scramble for a loose ball during C2BL girls basketball action between Pe Ell and Napavine Tuesday in Napavine. Bill in the 1991 film. ton Globe he has no regrets. He See the story and additional photos in today’s Sports section and online at www.lewiscountysports.com. PETA says by wearing ani- says his chin tattoo of an ex-girl- mal skins, people would be re- friend’s name — now covered up minded that animals also are — was much worse. “made of flesh, blood and bone.” Notable Quote Scott and Barbara Lloyd listed the Layton home for sale last sum- Lizard Found in mer. It’s located about 28 miles Kindergartner’s Salad southeast of Pittsburgh. The ask- ing price dropped from $300,000 Becomes New Class Pet “We anticipate that the Gifford Pinchot Task Force will do whatever it can to $250,000 earlier this month. PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — A to delay this project, however we continue to be heartened by the strong New Jersey elementary school Decades Later, Western science class has a new pet after support we receive from the people of Lewis and Skamania counties.” a lizard was discovered in a stu- Michigan Library Gets dent’s salad after being refriger- Robert Evans ated for days. Book Back Riverside Elementary School CFO of Ascot Resources on Mount St. Helens mining HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) — A science teacher Mark Eastburn (see page Main 7 for the full story) book has been returned to a li- told NJ.com the 3-inch green brary in western Michigan — 49 anole lizard was found in a bun- years later. dle of tatsoi greens last week by a The borrower told the library kindergartner. Today in History that he was a college student The lizard had been cold and in 1967 when he checked out a lifeless after being confined in book about World War II from a refrigerator for days, but has Today’s Highlight in History: In 1939, Irish poet-dramatist hostage at their embassy in Teh- William Butler Yeats died in ran flew out of Iran with the the Herrick library in Holland. since been warmed and lives in On Jan. 28, 1915, the United Menton, France. help of Canadian diplomats. He wrote in a letter that the book a cage in Eastburn’s class. States Coast Guard was created In 1945, during World War II, In 1985, the charity super- was stored in a trunk that hadn’t “It’s a really fitting mascot for as President Woodrow Wilson Allied supplies began reaching group USA for Africa recorded been opened until recently. He our science lab,” he said. signed a bill merging the Life- China over the newly reopened the Michael Jackson-Lionel also provided a donation with The lizard, dubbed “Green Saving Service and Revenue Richie song “We Are the World” his letter. Fruit Loop,” came from Florida. Cutter Service. The American Burma Road. In 1956, at A&M Studios in Los Angeles. Library director Diane Kooi- Eastburn said green anole lizards merchant vessel SS William P. Elvis Presley made In 1986, ker declined to identify the title of live in the southeastern states, Frye, en route to England with his first national TV appearance the space shuttle the book or the man’s name, cit- from Texas to North Carolina. a cargo of wheat, became the on “Stage Show,” a CBS program Challenger exploded 73 seconds ing privacy. She said he sent $100. “It probably has some moder- first U.S. ship to be sunk during hosted by Tommy and Jimmy after liftoff from Cape Canav- In his letter, the man described ate adaptation to the cold which World War I by a German cruis- Dorsey. eral, killing all seven crew mem- it as a “modest donation” on what is why it made it through,” East- er, the SS Prinz Eitel Friedrich, In 1962, the last of Washing- bers, including schoolteacher could be a “tremendous fine.” burn said. even though the United States ton, D.C.’s original streetcars Christa McAuliffe. Kooiker tells The Grand The tatsoi had been bought was not at war. made its final run. In 2005, Iraqis overseas began In 1973, a cease-fire officially three days of voting in 14 nations. Rapids Press that honest people from Whole Earth Center, a On this date: sometimes can misplace a book. natural foods store in Princeton. went into effect in the Vietnam War. Senate Democrats criticized Pres- Mike Atkinson, the store’s pro- In 1547, England’s King Henry In 1977, actor-comedian ident George W. Bush’s plan to duce manager, said the greens VIII died; he was succeeded by Freddie Prinze, 22, co-star of add personal accounts to Social Patriots Fan Gets are cleaned as they’re stocked his 9-year-old son, Edward VI. the NBC-TV show “Chico and Security and accused his admin- Tattoo Declaring and that the lizard must’ve been In 1813, the novel “Pride and the Man,” shot and mortally istration of improperly using the tucked away in a leaf.