$1 Weekend Edition Saturday, April 21, 2012 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com Activators Kicks Off in Chehalis / Sports 1 Firefighters Honor Fallen Mossyrock ‘Mission Nutrition’ Chief / Main 3 ... at Centralia College Family Fun Fest / Main 16 Search for Missing Man Deputies Pull Daniel Kuhn’s Ends in Tragedy Body From Chehalis River By Kyle Spurr and Eric Schwartz ties who were planning a Sunday effort The Chronicle to find 24-year-old Daniel Kuhn discov- ered his body under about five feet of DOTY — The search for an Olympia water upstream from the Chandler Road man who went missing on the Chehalis Bridge early Thursday evening. River during the Pe Ell River Run came to an abrupt end Thursday. Lewis County Sheriff’s Office depu- please see TRAGEDY, page Main 12 Lewis County Sherif’s Oice and Coroner’s Oice person- nel work to remove the body of Daniel Kuhn from a steep bank along the Chehalis River upstream from the Chandler Road Bridge early Thursday evening. Chris Geier / [email protected] Sherif’s oice and coroner’s oice personnel work along the bank of the Chehalis River upstream from the Chandler Road Bridge Thursday evening. The body of 24-year-old Olympia man Daniel Kuhn was found about 450 yards upstream from the Willapa Hills Trail where a former railroad trestle was washed away during the 2007 Chehalis River lood. Kuhn went missing during the Pe Ell River Run last weekend. His body was found by two deputies Thursday. 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Shalina Knight, Elma, said the At 3:15 p.m. will be a showing of the movie “Na- purpose of the event is to increase tional Velvet” at the Roxy. The 1944 film is a story Saturday, April 21 awareness of the health benefits about a horse, a girl (Elizabeth Taylor) and a trainer of cloth, and how easy cloth is (Mickey Rooney). It’s April Pools Day at to use. Knight owns a business A drawing will be held for a rainy-day basket. called Swirkles, which sells hand- Drawing cards may be picked up at BCJ Gallery. Centralia Thorbeckes made items for mothers. Complete the card by visiting at least five of the Today is April Pools Day at Knight said 25 participants listed businesses. You must be at the Rain Festi- Thorbeckes FitLife Center in Cen- are needed to qualify for the val to win. tralia, a free community event. event, which is free. Gift bags Admission for the event is $7 adults, and $5 From 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. will be a will be given to the first 25 peo- seniors and children, Tickets may be purchased Water Fitness Jamboree, which is ple who show up. at the door, or by calling BCJ Gallery, 496-0542, a fundraiser for Keep Our Pools. Information about the Great to reserve. This event is for 18-year-olds Cloth Diaper Change can be ac- The event clearly will take place rain or shine. and up. The jamboree is free, but cessed at greatclothdiaperchange. donations will be sought for the com nonprofit Keep Our Pools group. From noon to 2 p.m., River- Raymond Museum to side Fire Department and Cen- tralia Police vehicles and repre- Host Sea Chantey Camp night at the church in Chehalis. Breakfast, $5, Olequa Senior Cen- sentatives will be there for tours Sea Chantey Camp 2012, a The Italian cuisine is being ter, 785-4325 and information for kids. workshop featuring songs of Folk-Americana music, featuring prepared by chef Jerry Carlson. Tim McBride and Matt Alexander as During that time will be the the sea, will be held today at Prices are adults $6, 12 and un- The Deep Wile, Justin Linson and Kim Optimists Club Bike Rodeo, a the Willapa Seaport Museum in der $4, and families of four or Sorenson as Plain & Simple, Franic safety day for kids.Bikes will be set Raymond. more $20. Additional informa- Brennan as Onemanband, 8 p.m., $6, up in the parking lot between the The camp will feature an all- tion is available by calling the Matrix Coffeehouse, 434 N.W. Prindle parks building and the rifle club. day workshop that will include St., Chehalis, 740-0492 church, 748-4741. Breakfast, 8-10:30 a.m., Winlock Se- Kids can bring their bikes, learn many different types of chan- nior Center, $5, meal includes biscuit about safety and have their the ties, musical instruments, pirate and sausage gravy, hash browns and bikes checked for mechanical safe- songs and instruction for people Library Talk to Focus on eggs or eggs, sausage and all-you-can ty. There will be an obstacle course, on how to write their own songs. Rockhounding eat hotcakes, benefit for senior center and bike helmets will be sold for $7. Faculty members will be Washington Old Time Fiddlers As- Catch the rock hounding bug sociation, Lewis/Thurston County The Keep Our Pool Dunk Hank Cramer; Burt and Di Chapter, jam session and potluck, 1-4 Tank will be at the jamboree. The Meyer, of the Budd Bay Bucca- from Brittany Burkhardt when p.m., Cooks Hill Community Church, dunk tank costs $2 for three balls. neers; Dan Roberts, of Victory she speaks on the geology of the 2400 Cooks Hill Road, Centralia, 736- Water Safety & Skills will be Sings at Sea; Matthew Moeller Pacific Northwest and the ins 0275 or 736-7282 1-3 p.m. at the pool. Stations will (son of Chronicle columnist and outs of rock hounding in set up all around the pool that Bill Moeller), of the Whateverly Washington. Burkhardt will be Rosie and the Posers teach safety around water and life- Brothers; Tugboat Bromberg; at the Centralia Timberland Li- jacket fittings. Kids will be tested and Pete Darrah, director of the brary today from 2 to 4 p.m. to Headline Grace for their level of swimming ability. Willapa Seaport Museum. The discussion will include Between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., Fee is $20 for adults and $10 what a rock cycle is, how minerals Foursquare Concert kids who participate in the water for children age 10 and under. form and ways to identify a fossil Rosie and the Posers will be safety activities get to swim for The fee includes admission to a as well as how to get into the rock performing at a free concert and free in the pool for that last hour 7 p.m. concert, which is a benefit hounding loop and where to look dessert auction tonight at the of open swim time. for the museum. The museum is for specimens. People may bring Grace Foursquare Church, 3030 located at 310 Alder St. a specimen or two of their own Borst Ave., Centralia. Program details are available for Burkhardt to look at. At 6:30 p.m., there will be Centralia Store to Host at www.geoducmusic.com. The Centralia Timberland free dessert samples and coffee Diaper-Changing Event Library is located at 110 S. Silver in the foyer. At 7 p.m,, there will St.. For more information, please be a concert, with a “halftime” Parents in the Lewis County Lutheran Women to contact the library at 736-0183 featuring a dessert auction. area today will be helping to at- Serve Italian Dinner or go to www.TRL.org. The event is a fundraiser for tempt to break the world record Grace Foursquare’s “Celebrate for changing babies from dispos- St. John’s Lutheran Church Wine tasting, Scatter Creek Winery, Recovery” program. able diapers to cloth. Women’s Ministries is hosting noon-6 p.m., 3442 180th Ave.