How Cheese Days Keeps its Mojo / Main 5 Weekend Edition Saturday, July 14, 2012 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com 100 Miles for a Cure Man Jogs From Yakima to Morton, Raises Funds for Cancer Research By Stephanie Schendel [email protected] Tired, sweaty and with aching feet, Tom Callas, a five-year cancer survivor and a detective with the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, finished his 100-mile run from Yakima to Morton Friday evening. please see MILES, page Main 15 • Recycling-Composting Group Proposes a German Technique for Yard Waste / Life 1 Animal Shelter Letting CatsLizards Out Win of Cages Two as Tourney / Main 16 Commences / Sports 1 Lizards Win a Pair as Tourney Commences / Sports 1 • Rochester Business Owner Earns Patent for Latest Invention / Main 7 On the Editorial Pages: • Cartoonist Frank Frazee Provides the Latest Adventure John McCroskey Gordon Aadland James Shephard Hallie Simons Musings from the Saturday’s Child The Gust Call to Youth of Walter Middle Fork Wader / • Catch up with The Chronicle’s Team of Columnists as They Main 9 Explore Cold Case Murders, Centralia College History, Small Town Manners and More / Opinion: Main 8 and 9 Interstate Construction The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Weather Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 TONIGHT: Low 56 Garland, Pauline Ruth, 91, Follow Us on Twitter TOMORROW: High 71 Lane Centralia @chronline Mostly Cloudy Closures Allen, Ivy, 64, Winlock see details on page Main 2 Coming Hackett, Dean Irving, 88, Find Us on Facebook Packwood www.facebook.com/ Weather picture by Cole Monday Hunter, S. Irene, 93, Chehalis thecentraliachronicle Zandell, Third Grade, Onalaska /Main 4 Armstrong, Glenn T., 79, Elementary Morton Aust, Valarie, 91, Winlock Main 2 The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Saturday July 14, 2012 FROM THE FRONT PAGE / WEATHER Community Calendar Editor’s Best Bet Today drawings. Trains will depart at 11 a.m. as well as the regular Satur- day departures of 1, 3 and 5 p.m. Seattle to Portland The Chehalis-Centralia Rail- Bicyclists to Pass road & Museum is located at 1101 Sylvenus St., Chehalis. It Through Twin Cities can be reached by phone at 748- The Centralia-Chehalis area 9593, by email at info@steam- is the midpoint for the Seattle to trainride.com or on the web at Portland Bicycle Classic, a ride www.steamtrainride.com. through Washington into Oregon taking place today and Sunday. Centralia Ballet Because of construction on Airport Road, the riders this Academy to Hold year will be directed onto the Garage/Bake Sale couplet between the Twin Cities and into Chehalis. Motorists are The Centralia Ballet Acad- urged to use extra caution when emy is holding a garage/bake driving in this area. sale 10 a.m.-3 p.m. today at Yard Riders and support crew Birds to raise funds for the Oc- spend the evening in our area to tober production of “The Sor- relax, sleep and be entertained. cerer’s Apprentice.” You’ll often find live perfor- Available for purchase will be mances and specialty events that baby/kids clothes, books, DVDs, occur in conjunction with this tools, toys and more. There also famous bicycle tour. For more will be prizes and a kids’ area Courtesy Photo information, call 748-8885. with games, crafts, face painting and dance activities. Patrick Teitzel is a father of four children between the ages of 3 to 11. Annie Henry to A special guest will be the Garrison Titan, Seattle’s “Star Benefit Planned for Centralia Resident Entertain at Matrix Wars” re-enactment society. It will be at the sale 11 a.m.-3 p.m. A benefit garage sale/bake tors did a few tests and said ev- Coming to the Matrix Cof- People can have their picture sale is being held for Centralia erything was fine. But he went to feehouse at 8 p.m. tonight is taken with a Storm Trooper. resident Patrick Teitzel from 9 a different doctor in November fiddle player and singer Annie More information may be ob- a.m. to 6 p.m. today at 2911 San- 2011 and they again told him Henry. tained by calling (360) 623-9010 dra Ave., Centralia. his liver count was high. So they Henry, a Pacific Northwest or visiting the academy’s website Teitzel, who is undergoing did extra testing and told him he native, has been entertaining at www.centraliaballet.com. chemotherapy, is fighting hepa- had hepatitis C. audiences for 10 years with her titis and cirrhosis of the liver. He He was referred to a special- unique mix of Celtic, folk and contracted the hepatitis through ist, where he learned he needed contemporary music, both tra- Skookumchuck Grange a blood transfusion when he was to have a liver biopsy. He was in- ditional and original. Trained by to Hold Barbecue and a baby. formed that the biopsy showed some of the best, she has com- When he was born three that his liver was at stage 4 cir- peted and won awards for her Silent Auction months early, he had blood rhosis — the stage before failure. fiddle playing at regional and The Skookumchuck Grange transfusions his first three days The hepatitis C also was now national levels. Her pure voice will hold its fifth annual Bar- of life. He was pronounced dead type 1A. The doctor informed and guitar spin stories new and becue and Silent Auction today twice the first 8 years of his life. him that he needed chemother- old, and her fiddle is sure to get at the Grange Hall, 5345 Skoo- When he was in eighth grade, apy, which he started May 18. every toe in the house tapping. kumchuck Road S.E., Tenino. he had a benign tumor that was Teitzel is married with four She is in production on her A silent auction will run on a bone and had to have bone children, ages 3 to 11. debut solo CD. 3-4:30 p.m., featuring items do- marrow put in his knee. Those who would like to nated by local merchants and Eight years ago, he went for make any kind of donation, It’s Kids’ Day Saturday community members. a routine checkup and was told email atapril_ebeling@hotmail. A full steak dinner will be his liver count was high. Doc- com. at Chehalis-Centralia served 3:30-5 p.m. Ticket prices Railroad are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $8 for children ages 6-12. program and FFA scholarships. p.m., Napavine Ampitheater, perfor- Today is Kids’ Day at the Children 5 and under are free. For additional information, mance by Vibrant Praise, play by Jesus Chehalis-Centralia Railroad. Proceeds will help fund call Sally at 264-2480 or Judy at Name Pentecostal Church, sermon by Children will ride at half cost and Grange operations and mainte- 264-2494. Shannon Burgess, tickets $5 for adults there will be hand pump car rides, nance, as well as benefit Tenino and $3 for children ages 3-18 model trains, a coloring area, a schools in activities such as the Benefit concert, for Adna resident cookie walk and various prize “Words for Thirds” dictionary Beverly Edwards-Webb, noon and 6:30 please see CALENDAR, page Main 11 The Weather Almanac 5-Day Forecast for the Lewis County Area River Stages National Map Forecast map for July 14, 2012 Gauge Flood 24 hr. Today Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Height Stage Change 110s Chehalis at Mellen St. 100s L 49.08 65.0 +0.02 90s L Skookumchuck at Pearl St. 80s 73.45 85.0 0.00 70s H Cowlitz at Packwood 60s 3.41 10.5 -0.33 50s H H Cowlitz at Randle 40s L Isolated T-storms Mostly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny 8.11 18.0 +0.15 30s 79º 56º 71º 53º 76º 55º 78º 57º 78º 55º Cowlitz at Mayfield Dam 20s 9.51 ---- +0.17 10s 0s This map shows high temperatures, type of precipitation expected and Centralia Regional Weather Sun and Moon location of frontal systems at noon. L H Data reported from Centralia Sunrise today . .5:32 a.m. Cold Front Stationary Front Warm Front Low Pressure High Pressure Temperature Bellingham Brewster Sunset tonight . .9:03 p.m. Yesterday’s High . .64 91/64 Moonrise . .1:53 a.m. National Cities Yesterday’s Low . .55 75/56 Moonset . .5:32 p.m. Normal High . .79 Port Angeles Today Sun. Normal Low . .54 68/53 City Hi/Lo Wx Hi/Lo Wx Record High . .99 in 1935 Seattle Anchorage 60/49 mc 58/50 sh New First Full Last Record Low . .42 in 1969 73/56 Boise 91/63 t 90/61 s Precipitation Olympia Ellensburg 7/18 7/26 8/1 8/9 Boston 93/71 s 86/73 sh Yesterday . .0.00" 78/55 91/61 Dallas 93/76 t 92/76 t Month to date . .0.15" Tacoma Pollen Forecast Honolulu 87/74 s 87/73 s Normal month to date . .0.44" Centralia 78/57 Las Vegas 93/81 t 98/84 pc Year to date . .24.32" 79/56 Yakima Allergen Today Sunday Nashville 88/72 t 89/72 t Normal year to date . .25.30" Chehalis Trees Low None Phoenix 101/86 pc 102/84 s 90/66 Grass None None Longview 79/55 St. Louis 92/76 t 95/77 s AreaWe Want Conditions Your Photos 81/58 Weeds High High Salt Lake City 84/70 t 87/68 t Vancouver Shown is today’s Mold None None San Francisco 66/53 s 68/53 s weather.