Centralia Planning Commission Votes to Extend Marijuana Garden Moratorium / Main 14 Weekend Edition $1 Saturday, Bearcat Victory Jan. 26, 2013 Aberdeen Takes a Loss Against W.F. West / Sports Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com Prep Girls Basketball Counting the Timberwolves Top Tigers / Sports Homeless Giving Back for His Birthday Pete Caster / [email protected] Chuck Mozingo, a volunteer with Homeless Connect, walks away from Justin Bedortha, 22, left, and Brian Bedortha, 45, center, at the Harrison Avenue exit in Centralia on Thursday morning. Mozinga, one of a handful of volunteers with Homeless Connect, ventured out early Thursday morning to make contact with the homeless in the Centralia area, urging them to attend the Homeless Connect event that was taking place that afternoon at Yard Birds in Chehalis. Locating and contacting the area homeless also helped in building an accurate census to send to government agencies in order for them to correctly al- locate money to local programs. EVERYONE COUNTS: Volunteers Spread Out Across County as Part of Annual Homeless Connect Event By Kyle Spurr 7-Year-Old Asks for Food Bank [email protected] Donations Instead of Presents Homeless Connect volunteer Chuck / Main 3 Monzingo followed well-worn trails through Fort Borst Park in Centra- lia before sunrise Thursday morning searching for occupied shelters in the thick brush. Monzingo, 52, an avid outdoors- man from Adna, used his hunting ex- perience to track footprints, empty soda bottles and other trash to find potential dwellings of local homeless. Instead of carrying a weapon on this hunting trip, Monzingo carried a clipboard to count the homeless people he encountered and invite them to the Weather sixth annual Homeless Connect event TONIGHT: TOMORROW: Low High at Yard Birds in Chehalis from 10 a.m. Showers Likely to 3 p.m. on Thursday. see details on 34 43 Above: Volunteer Chuck Mozingo surveys the property surrounding an abandoned home of of page Main 2 Mellen Street near the Chehalis River on Thursday morning in Centralia. Mozingo explained that please see HOMELESS, page 7 during the cold and rainy seasons in Lewis County, homeless people often ind abandoned houses Weather picture by Alyssa Pontes, Grand to live in by removing the plywood that covers the windows, which is what Mozingo uses as a clear Mound Elementary, third Grade indicator that there could be transients living inside. ‘‘I’d rather start at 6 a.m. Deaths because a lot of these Sabin, Marva B., 94, Onalaska people are up and gone, Justice, Harold Raymond, 92, Crescent City, Calif. Stephens, Marjorie I., 84, Ethel especially when it is wet Dillard, Jeffrey Micha, 24, Chehalis and cold.’’ Totten, Peggy Rosabel, 95, Centralia Chuck Mozingo The Chronicle, Serving The Greater volunteer Lewis County Area Since 1889 Follow Us on Twitter On the Web @chronline PHOTOS: Log on to chronline.com for Find Us on Facebook www.facebook.com/ Above: Chuck Mozingo inspects the interior of an abandoned home near the Chehalis River at Mel- additional photos len Street Thursday morning in Centralia. Mozingo did not ind any people residing within the prop- from Homeless thecentraliachronicle erty though he did ind a makeshift shelter built inside of the structure. Last year, 161 people were Connect by Visuals counted as homeless citizens in Lewis County. Editor Pete Caster / www.chronline.com MAKE FANTASTIC HAIR A FAMILY TRADITION. 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Fashion shows halis. begin at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Tickets, which are $10, may Following each fashion show, The Chronicle, file photo be purchased from Rainy City ballroom dancers will demon- The Northwest Wind Symphony, pictured here in 2011, will perform a concert skaters. All proceeds from the strate a couple’s first dance. called “Winter Winds” tonight at 7 p.m. at Harrison Square Presbyterian Church. breakfast will help fund Rainy At the door, couples will en- City’s 2013 skating season. ter to win prizes, and they will receive a complimentary copy of Roof replacement fundraiser, Adna South Sound Wedding & Event Northwest Wind Symphony to Perform Grange, 123 Dieckman Road, Adna, magazine. at Harrison Square 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., baked potato The show is sponsored bar, adults $6, kids under 10 $5, sour cream, bacon bits, broccoli, cheese by Great Wolf Lodge, Olym- The Northwest Wind Sym- works of Ludwig Van Beethoven, sauce, ranch dressing, chili and but- pia, Lacey, Tumwater Visitor & phony will be performing at 7 p.m. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, ter toppings, green salad, decaf and Convention Bureau and Mixx tonight at Harrison Square Presby- Henry Fillmore, Percy Grainger, regular coffee, tea, punch, milk, dessert, 96.com. terian Church in Centralia. Title of Jacobus Gallus Carniolus (aka 740-1950 Tickets are $8 at the door. the concert is “Winter Winds.” Jacob Handl), Pierre Max Du- Broken Trail Band, country music, 9 For information about the Included in the performance bois, Richard Strauss and Greg- p.m.-1 a.m., Scatter Creek Grill, Lucky Eagle Casino, 273-2000, ext. 301 show, visit www.southsound- will be small ensembles from the ory Yasinitsky. Breadmaking class, led by WSU Lewis weddingshow.com or www.wed- band, a humorous silent movie Tickets, $12, can be pur- County 4-H Food Safety Volunteers, 1-3 dingandeventmagazine.com. (with orchestra) and several full- chased at the door or in advance p.m., Fort Borst Park Kitchen 2, Centralia, band works. by emailing treasurer@north- no charge, pre-registration encouraged, The symphony plans to in- westwindsymphony.org. For 740-1212 Taste of Lewis County vite high school solo and en- more information, visit http:// Games Day, 1 p.m., Matrix Coffee- at Hotel Washington semble champions to perform northwestwindsymphony.org/ house, Chehalis, traditional and modern and http://www.facebook.com/ board and card games, 740-0492 Twin Cities Rotary Taste of during intermission. NorthwestWindSymphony The First and Final, 8 p.m., Matrix Cof- Lewis County 2013 is coming up The concert will feature the feehouse, Chehalis, $6, 740-0492 Sunday at the Hotel Washington Garage sale, Rochester High School, in downtown Chehalis. 8 a.m.-3 p.m., fundraiser for senior class There will be two seatings: “safe and sober” graduation night cel- at the Morgan Arts Centre in Eagles, quarter-pound hamburgers, ebration, sponsored by senior parent noon-2 p.m.and 3-5 p,m. $1.50, other menu items, 736-1146 committee The Taste of Lewis County Toledo. People of all ages will be sculpting, coiling, slabbing and Free community dinner, 5:30-7p.m., features food from some of the Centralia United Methodist Church, best restaurants in Lewis Coun- wheeling clay projects. 506 S. Washington Ave., Centralia, Sunday, Jan. 27 ty. Cost is $15 per child or $30 736-7311 Those interested in attending per family (parents and up to three children). A light snack South Sound Wedding are encouraged to purchase their Public Agencies tickets early; this event has been and all materials will be pro- Show Coming to Great sold out every year it has been vided. Chehalis City Council, 6 p.m., City Hall The projects will be glazed council chamber, 350 N. Market Blvd., Wolf Lodge held. Chehalis, 345-1042 Tickets, $20, are available noon-3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17. The South Sound Wedding Instructors will be Di and Centralia School District, discussion from Twin Cities Rotary mem- of “Title 1 Parent Involvement Plan,” 7-8 Show will be Sunday from 10 bers, Book ‘n’ Brush in Chehalis Mike Morgan. The Morgan Arts a.m. to 4 p.m. at Great Wolf p.m., district office boardroom, 2320 or Hall’s Pharmacy in Centralia. Center is located at 190 Plomon- Borst Ave., Centralia Lodge. The show is presented by Go to Twin City Rotary’s don Road. Telephone number is Lewis County Solid Waste Disposal South Sound Wedding & Event event page on Facebook for more (360) 864-4ART. District, 1:30 p.m., Commissioners’ Hear- Magazine, a local resource guide details: https://www.facebook.