$1 Serving our communities since 1889 — www.chronline.com Weekend Edition Saturday, July 2, 2016 Swinging ’til the End Former Pe Ell Star Wraps Up College Career / Sports Chehalis to Pay Fire District to Defray Annexation Losses REGIONAL FIRE AUTHORITY Chehalis city councilors agreed dur- In return, the fire district promised to at 6:30 p.m. at Fire District 6’s Jackson ing a special meeting Thursday to sup- withdraw an appeal to the state Bound- Highway station, included lively debate POSSIBLE: City Will Give Fire port a plan to pay Lewis County Fire ary Review Board challenging the an- about whether the groups should focus District 6 $60,000 District 6 approximately $60,000 over the nexation. more on long-term or short-term plan- next three years to make up for revenue While city council and fire district ning with regard to fire service in the By Natalie Johnson lost by the district in the city’s recent an- commissioners ultimately came to an [email protected] nexation of industrial park land. agreement, Thursday’s meeting, held please see CHEHALIS, page Main 11 Tribe’s Firework Sales Strengthen Rochester Man, 43, Family Bonds and Home Displays Drowns in Mayfield Lake By The Chronicle A 43-year-old Rochester man drowned late Friday in May- field Lake, according to a press release from the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The man’s wife reportedly swam out in an attempt to save him, but was unable to keep him afloat, according to the Sheriff’s Office. His body had not been recovered as of press time Friday. His name has not been re- leased. please see DROWNS, page Main 11 Animal Shelter Paul Dunn / [email protected] Urging Woodland resident Carolyn Trice, 48, center in dark-blue shirt, helps load a portion of the $1,000 worth of ireworks she purchased Thursday at the Chehalis Tribe 8-Ball Fireworks stand on Anderson Road and U.S. Highway 12. Stand owner Darrin Jones, right, and stand employee Casey Pickernell, back in red, help Trice load. Caution for CHEHALIS RESERVATION: Canines as Wetter Weather Welcomed By Those Fourth of Who Sell Explosives By Paul Dunn July Arrives [email protected] FIREWORKS: Shelter Herbie’s loaded. Explosive, too. Typically Sees Surge And he hates confined plac- of Lost Dogs After the es. Holiday Weekend But we’ll tell you about all of that after this brief introduc- By Justyna Tomtas tion … [email protected] Like a rectangle of wagon trains around a campfire, 39 As people prepare for their fireworks stands roost on a Fourth of July barbecues and large graveled lot near the inter- local fireworks displays, some section of U.S. Highway 12 and of the most vulnerable are often Anderson Road, a firecracker’s not considered. spark from downtown Roches- For many dogs, the loud ter. booms and erratic light caused The multi-colored, wood- by fireworks is frightening, framed structures comprise the causing an increase in lost dogs bulk of the 60 or so fireworks Chehalis Tribe member Russ Baker, 31, works at the 8-Ball ireworks stand Thursday on the Chehalis reservation site near who flee their homes in hopes of respite from all the chaos. stands on the Chehalis Tribe the intersection of Anderson Road and U.S. Highway 12 in Rochester. Stand owner Darrin Jones is Baker's father-in-law. Amy Hanson, manager at reservation. Others dot the the Lewis County Animal Shel- landscape further down Ander- Trice has visited the grand site And here she was again on a al men from 8-Ball Fireworks looking for just the right blend cloudy morning last week, this struggled to load a gargantuan ter, said the number of dogs son Road as it meanders toward the shelter receives could easily the nearby tribal offices. of fireworks for her annual, at- time with her three daughters, box of explosives into Trice’s For the past five years, home Independence Day barbe- mother and two grandkids. Woodland resident Carolyn cue. They watched as two burly trib- please see TRIBE, page Main 11 please see CANINES, page Main 11 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Quarry Pool Rescue on Rainier Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 South Responders Emmenegger, Phillip A., 70, Follow Us on Twitter Winlock @chronline Thurston Have Had Krueger, Gary C., 61, Swimming Their Hands Centralia Find Us on Facebook Hole Now Full in the www.facebook.com/ Open for National Park thecentraliachronicle Business This Year / Main 5 / Main 16 Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Saturday, July 2, 2016 PAGE TWO News Outtake: Tommy Gun’s Name Claim of the Weird joining the contest, growing it Behind Famed quickly into a full-fledged com- Hot Dog Contest, a petition with weigh-ins and elaborate introductions similar Whopper of a Legend to those of a heavyweight cham- NEW YORK (AP) — Na- pionship fight. than’s Famous may be in the hot Joey “Jaws” Chestnut set the dog business, but for decades world record in 2013 when he they’ve been peddling a whopper. polished off 69 dogs in 10 min- Showmen behind Nathan’s an- utes. His run of eight straight nual Fourth of July hot dog eating victories ended last year when he contest have long claimed the tradi- lost the Mustard Yellow Interna- tion began in 1916 as a showdown tional Belt in an upset. between patriotic immigrants on the Coney Island boardwalk. That would make this Mon- German Writes day’s contest a centennial, except Own Obit, Bans for an inconvenient truth: The contest and its backstory were Relatives From Funeral Paul Dunn / [email protected] invented in the 1970s by PR men BERLIN (AP) — A German trying to get more attention for Chehalis Tribe member Tom “Tommy Gun” Colson, 46, works at the Black Magic Fireworks stand on the reservation site man has taken his grudges to near the intersection of Anderson Road and Highway 12 in Rochester. Colson got his nickname from the “Tommy Gun” Nathan’s, which had just be- the grave, telling relatives in a ireworks inale cake that shoots 360 ireworks displays before it burns out. He shows a similar display on his cell phone come a publicly traded company. posthumous newspaper notice Thursday. The full story is on today’s front page. “Our objective was to take that some of them aren’t wel- a photograph and get it in the come at his funeral. New York newspaper,” acknowl- News agency dpa reported Notable Quote edges Wayne Norbitz, who Friday that Hubert Martini pub- served as president of Nathan’s lished his own obituary in the for 26 years and still sits on the Trierischer Volksfreund, a news- board of directors. paper in western Germany. “Not only does it, as a spiritual matter, challenge whether God Norbitz is careful to say The deceased describes him- that the company’s source for self as “open, honest and unforgiv- actually made us male or female, but as a practical matter, it provides the 1916 story is “legend has it.” ing” and says his five siblings and He says the first contest actu- opportunity for people who are predators to have access to places they their families are forbidden from ally happened in 1972, and the attending his memorial service. don’t belong and to do harm. We know it’s a problem.” early chowdowns were all small, It is unclear what made Mar- sparsely attended affairs. tini want to have the last word, “We’d honestly wait for a Joseph Backholm but the 64-year-old notes that in couple of fat guys to walk by and Family Policy Institute ask them if they wanted to be in life “I have hurt some people — a hot dog contest,” he says. and that’s good.” (see page Main 6 for the full story) The legend of the hot dog Dpa quoted a local undertak- contest conveniently dates to er, Martina Schmidt, calling the 1916, the same year Polish im- obituary “out of order.” migrant Nathan Handwerker “He wanted to settle scores This Weekend in History opened his Coney Island hot dog and now the relatives have to Today’s Highlight in History: versary reunion at Gettysburg, In 1986, President Ronald Rea- stand using a $300 loan from live with that,” she says. Pennsylvania, Civil War veterans gan presided over a gala ceremo- On July 3, 1976, Israel two friends. re-enacted Pickett’s Charge, which ny in New York Harbor that saw As the story goes, an Irish Police: Man Punches launched its daring mission to ended with embraces and hand- the relighting of the renovated immigrant named James Mul- rescue 106 passengers and Air shakes between the former enemies. Statue of Liberty. Singer-actor len had been walking in Coney Another for Refusing France crew members being held In 1938, President Franklin D. Rudy Vallee died at his North Island when he challenged a at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by Roosevelt marked the 75th an- Hollywood home at age 84. group of recent immigrants to Ramen Noodles pro-Palestinian hijackers; the niversary of the Battle of Gettys- In 1988, the USS Vincennes prove who was the most Ameri- MOHTON, Pa. (AP) — Po- commandos succeeded in rescu- burg by dedicating the Eternal shot down an Iran Air jetliner can. Of course, they decided to lice say a central Pennsylvania ing all but four of the hostages. Light Peace Memorial. over the Persian Gulf, killing all settle it by eating hot dogs. It was man beat his friend for refusing On this date: In 1944, during World War II, 290 people aboard.