$1 Mid-Week Edition Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 Serving our communities since 1889 — www.chronline.com ‘A Generational Crossroads’ State Report Proposes Options for Future of Chehalis River Basin By Justyna Tomtas, Aaron Kunkler and Eric Schwartz grammatic Environmental Impact ery enhancement — will be pursued nothing would be to accept environ- The Chronicle Statement also reflects the culmina- amid the backdrop of climate change, mental consequences along with bil- tion of nine years of local flood pre- the impacts of which are analyzed lions of dollars in damage, economic Today, the state Department of vention work since the disaster of De- within the report. In short, it predicts and otherwise. Ecology released a comprehensive, cember 2007. an increase in the severity of flooding Failure to arrive at a decision on 1,000-page report that represents de- At its core, the report outlines four with a parallel decline in the popu- the available options would likely cades of studies, volumes of recent re- specific alternatives for restoring or lations of salmon and other aquatic result in a colossal setback follow- search and a period of unprecedented creating salmon and aquatic species species unless action is taken. ing years of advances, said J. Vander collaboration between the govern- habitat while also reducing flooding As always, doing nothing is an op- Stoep, a member of the Chehalis Ba- ments of the Chehalis River Basin in the basin, from the headwaters of tion, according to five people close to sin Flood Authority and the Gover- on the topics of flooding and aquatic Pe Ell to Grays Harbor. the efforts who met with The Chron- nor’s Work Group. species habitat restoration. The accomplishment of both icle for a briefing on the report Tues- The draft of the long-awaited Pro- goals — flood protection and fish- day. They caution, though, that to do please see CROSSROADS, page Main 13 Top: This Chronicle ile photo shows a Centralia neighborhood looded as a result of severe storms that caused record lood levels on the Chehalis River in December 2007. Bottom: This photo shows the results of the 1933 lood that devastated Centralia. It was submitted by Juanita Cole for The Chronicle’s Our Hometowns publications. The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Headed for Prison Releasing ‘America’ Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 Former Eagle Found Kempf, Bernard Dean Follow Us on Twitter Mossyrock Injured in “Dino,” 85, Yelm @chronline Clerk Gets Winlock Find Us on Facebook Five Years Released www.facebook.com/ for Theft During thecentraliachronicle From City Ceremony / Main 3 / Main 16 LOCAL PEOPLE, LOCAL DECISIONS! CHEHALIS CH563309ca.os 714 W. Main Street HOW CAN 360.740.0770 WE HELP Also TOLEDO, You? WINLOCK, TUMWATER & OLYMPIA Keith Macy Matt DeBord HOME | CONSTRUCTION | BUSINESS NMLS# 539574 Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 PAGE TWO News Framing the Celebration of the Weird the ring was lost. Several other Driver Uses fans joined the search, rooting Cardboard Trump around on the ground, some us- ing lights on their mobile phones. Head in Carpool Lane “I opened the ring box and SEATTLE (AP) — A card- got on my knee, and as soon board cutout of a head in a pas- as I opened it just fell, and we senger seat definitely caught the couldn’t find it for the longest attention of a Washington State time,” Fox said. Patrol trooper Tuesday morning. Finally, Terwilliger looked That’s because it wasn’t just down and saw something shiny any old cardboard head, but that in the cuff of her pants leg — of Republican presidential nom- earning a save. The crowd of inee Donald Trump. 35,161 roared. A trooper stopped the mo- “Everyone was trying to help torist who was driving with the us find it, and it ended up being cardboard likeness in a carpool in her pants leg, like the bottom lane south of Seattle on Highway of it,” Fox said. 167. The stunt netted the driver a Fox sank to a knee again to $136 ticket. present the ring. The 29-year-old Pete Caster / [email protected] Another trooper Tweeted a Terwilliger, who is from Fredo- The Color Guard from the Sons of the American Revolution, as well as the Daughters of the American Revolution, walk photo of the cardboard Trump nia, New York, said yes, then gave past the opening of a covered wagon on Tuesday afternoon during an unveiling ceremony for the restored and rededi- head affixed to the passenger him a long kiss and a hug. cated Toledo Oregon Trail Marker in Toledo. See more on page Main 4 and www.chronline.com. seat headrest. Yankee Stadium public ad- Washington State Patrol dress announcer Paul Olden in- spokesman Rick Johnson says formed the crowd the ring had every now and then they get been found. Notable Quote somebody trying to be funny Fox took Terwilliger to the and says they’ve seen everything game as a belated present for her from teddy bears to mannequins Sept. 21 birthday and bought all sitting beside drivers. Yankees jerseys as an extra gift. “Almost everyone who embezzles in my experience But Trump’s head? That was, He wore a Mariano Rivera No. to borrow a catchphrase — huge. 42 and Terwilliger sported Der- … realizes when they’ve been caught, comes up with ek Jeter’s No. 2. “I wanted to get two great some excuse (and) is very sorry.” Fan Drops Ring During players,” Fox said. Judge Nelson Hunt Televised Yankee Satanic Temple Brings Stadium Engagement Lewis County Superior Court After-School Club to (see page Main 3 for the full story) NEW YORK (AP) — In the end, Andrew Fox wasn’t charged Elementary Pupils with an error. The 29-year-old PORTLAND (AP) — The had everything he needed to Portland chapter of The Satanic Today in History make one of life’s biggest deci- Temple has succeeded in its ef- sions on Tuesday night: the en- forts to bring an after-school gagement ring, the perfect wom- Today’s Highlight in History: In 1943, General Dwight D. area. (To date, the case remains program to a Portland elemen- Eisenhower and Italian Marshal unsolved.) an and a beautiful early autumn On Sept. 29, 1789, the U.S. tary school. Pietro Badoglio signed an ar- night at Yankee Stadium, which War Department established a In 1986, the Soviet Union re- The Oregonian/OregonLive mistice aboard the British ship focused a camera on the couple regular army with the strength leased Nicholas Daniloff, an reported the organization has HMS Nelson off Malta. and broadcast the big moment of several hundred men. American journalist confined been approved to begin a pro- In 1955, a one-act version of on the center field video board. gram on Oct. 19 at Sacramento On this date: on spying charges. What the New Castle, Penn- the Arthur Miller play “A View In 1990, the Washington Na- Elementary School. From the Bridge” opened in sylvania, resident didn’t have Finn Rezz, one of the group’s In 1829, London’s reorganized tional Cathedral, begun in 1907, New York. (Miller later turned it was steady hands. When Fox leaders, says their program fo- police force, which became was formally completed with into a two-act play.) pulled the precious item from cuses “on science and rational known as Scotland Yard, went President George H.W. Bush In 1965, President Lyndon his pocket and dropped to one thinking,” and it will promote on duty. overseeing the laying of the final knee before girlfriend Heather “benevolence and empathy for In 1907, the foundation stone Johnson signed the National stone atop the southwest pinnacle Foundation on the Arts and the Terwilliger to propose during everybody.” was laid for the Washington Na- of the cathedral’s St. Paul Tower. Humanities Act of 1965, creat- the middle of the fifth inning, The Satanic Temple has been tional Cathedral. In 2005, John G. Roberts Jr. In 1910, the National Urban ing the National Endowment for the ring fell to the ground in the targeting schools that have a was sworn in as the nation’s 17th League had its beginnings in the Humanities and the Nation- second row of section 228 in the Good News Club. chief justice after winning Sen- ballpark’s second deck. That club is put on by the New York as The Committee on al Endowment for the Arts. Urban Conditions Among Ne- In 1978, Pope John Paul I was ate confirmation. The crowd gasped and then Child Evangelism Fellowship, Ten years ago: Rhode Island jeered the fumble. Fox and Ter- groes. found dead in his Vatican apart- “a Bible-centered organization nightclub owner Michael Derde- williger scrambled to find the composed of born-again believ- In 1938, British, French, Ger- ment just over a month after rian was sentenced to four years jewelry, and the search was tele- ers whose purpose is to evange- man and Italian leaders con- becoming head of the Roman vised between pitches by the lize boys and girls with the Gos- cluded the Munich Agreement, Catholic Church. in prison and his brother, Jeffrey, Yankees’ YES Network. The pel of the Lord Jesus Christ and which was aimed at appeasing In 1982, Extra-Strength Tyle- to probation under a plea agree- hunt under the chairs went on to establish (disciple) them in Adolf Hitler by allowing Nazi nol capsules laced with deadly ment, angering relatives of the for nearly five tense minutes the Word of God and in a local annexation of Czechoslovakia’s cyanide claimed the first of 100 people who had died in a as Fox began to cry, fearing church for Christian living.” Sudetenland.