$1 Serving our communities since 1889 — www.chronline.com Mid-Week Edition A Story Thursday, May 12, 2016 Within a Story Theater Leader Presents Final Play / Main 14 Bearcats Seal Berth Willie’s Sports Shop W.F. West on to Regionals After a 5-3 Downtown Centralia Business Thrives on Semifinal Win Over Hockinson / Sports 1 Its Connections With Customers / Main 4 Centralia, Chehalis Schools Get Grants for STEM Facilities Pete Caster / [email protected] $9.1 MILLION TOTAL: than $9.1 million to build new Centralia High School. Centralia High School STEM education facilities on At W.F. West, the prelimi- Principal Josh Lowe, High Schools to their respective campuses. nary design of the wing has left, Centralia School The Chehalis School District six science labs and two class- Board member Bob Build New Facilities was awarded $5,505,822 for a rooms, although that number Fuller, center, and Cen- By Justyna Tomtas may change throughout the tralia School District new STEM wing to be built onto [email protected] design process, Chehalis Super- Superintendent Mark W.F. West High School, while intendent Ed Rothlin told The Davalos stand outside Two Lewis County school Centralia School District was Chronicle Thursday. the high school after districts received big news on awarded $3,602,072 to fund the The new facility at Centralia a press conference on Wednesday as they were award- construction of a new STEM ed- Wednesday afternoon. ed a combined total of more ucation facility on the campus of please see STEM, page Main 9 Tenino Police Chief Takes ‘Breakdown in Communication’ the Helm Tempers Flare Over Accusations of Mismanagement at 911 Center POSITION FILLED: Don Moody Sworn In and Excited for Duty By Jordan Nailon [email protected] Wednesday was the first day on the job for Tenino’s new chief of po- lice, Don Moody, and the new boss is ready to get to work. Moody, 53, was Mayor Wayne Fournier’s personal appointee to the position. He was unanimously confirmed by the city council dur- ing a meeting on March 31. On Tuesday night, he was officially sworn into duty, and by Wednes- day he was answering phone calls at the police station. please see TENINO, page Main 9 Sheriff’s Office Investigates Report of Bullying, Dead Birds, Pete Caster / [email protected] Racial Slurs A dispatcher transcribes a phone call during her shift at the Lewis County 911 Communications Center in Chehalis in 2012. By Natalie Johnson [email protected] DISGRUNTLED: Commissioner say management and performance prob- and the county’s ability to replace it. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Of- lems still have not improved. However, county staff and the Board fice is investigating a report from Says Complaints Not Geared “I think it’s actually falling apart be- of Commissioners have a dramatically May 2 of extreme bullying involv- Toward Improvements cause of a lack of leadership over there,” different view of the matter. ing Adna High School students. said Chief Carl Nielsen, of the Centralia “That’s hogwash,” said interim dis- On May 2, the alleged victim’s By Natalie Johnson Police Department. patch Manager David Anderson. Commissioner Bill Schulte was less grandfather reported that dead [email protected] Police and fire chiefs say dispatchers baby birds were thrown on his miss radio traffic and sometimes do not diplomatic. grandson’s car and that a racial slur Four months after a management speak clearly or relay new information. “Or, in Schulte language, bullshit,” he was written in dust on the vehicle, change and an influx of cash at Lewis They say a lengthy list of immediate and said. “… Their agenda is not fixing the problem. They have a different agenda, County’s 911 Communication Center, po- long-term needs is not being addressed. please see BIRDS, page Main 10 lice and fire chiefs throughout the county They worry about the state of equipment please see 911, page Main 9 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Centralia Trains Pe Ell-Willapa Valley Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 Council Arrington, Giesy, Russell, 56, Centralia Follow Us on Twitter Pedersen, Gloria “JoAnn,” 87, @chronline Debates Titans Prevail Centralia Creation in Pitching Morgan, Tammy Kay, 49, Centralia Find Us on Facebook of ‘Quiet Duel With De Young, Bruce Edward, 50, www.facebook.com/ Centralia thecentraliachronicle Zones’ in 1-0 Win Over Enger, Arlee Erick, 101, Rochester Hub City Adna Catlin, Ila R., 69, Toledo / Main 3 / Sports 1 LOCAL PEOPLE,LOCAL DECISIONS! CHEHALIS 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 CH557409kc.do Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Thursday, May 12, 2016 PAGE TWO News Outtake: As the Dust Settles of the Weird When they arrived, one offi- cer alerted the medical staff. But before doctors could get to the mother-to-be inside the car, she gave birth to a healthy boy with the assistance of the other officer. In a statement, police say, “Messiah Tindley was born on Mother’s Day, inside the vehicle escorted by LAPD officers.” Police later issued a photo of the newborn inside the hospital with his beaming parents — Sa- sha Murphy and Mohammed Tindley — and the equally beam- ing officers. Gail Floyd / Guinness World Records via AP This undated image provided by the Guinness World Records shows Scoot- New York Lottery Matt Baide / [email protected] er, owned by Gail Floyd. The Siamese Says Man Has Won $1 Hockinson’s Colton Wheeler tries to tag out W.F. West’s Nole Wollan at home plate during a District 4 2A semiinal game cat born during the Reagan adminis- against Hockinson at Wheeler Field in Centralia on Wednesday. Wollan was called safe on the play. The story and ad- tration has been named by Guinness Million for a 2nd Time ditional photographs are in today’s Sports section and online at www.lewiscountysports.com. World Records as the world’s oldest NEW YORK (AP) — A man living cat. Guinness said Scooter cel- ebrated his 30th birthday on March 26. has beaten the odds by winning $1 million in the New York Lot- Notable Quote tery for a second time. 30-Year-Old Siamese Lottery officials will be revealing the $1 million win- Cat Is Named World’s ner Wednesday on Long Island. Oldest Living Cat They say the same Suffolk Coun- “I figured I spent a lot of time in a jockstrap so I ty man won $1 million in 2012. MANSFIELD, Texas (AP) The check presentation will might as well start selling them.” — A Siamese cat born during be made at a gas station and con- President Ronald Reagan’s ad- venience store in West Babylon. ministration has been named by Dave Hall Repeat winners are rare, but Guinness World Records as the not unheard of, in New York and Willie’s Sports Shop world’s oldest living cat. Guinness says Scooter cele- other places. (see page Main 4 for the full story) brated his 30th birthday on March 26. He lives in Mansfield, Texas. Alaska’s Favorite Ice Owner Gail Floyd attributes Scooter’s longevity to staying ac- Guessing Game Has tive. She tells Guinness he keeps 44 Winning Tickets busy by traveling and has visited Today in History 45 of the 50 states. Some of his NENANA, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s favorite guessing game Today’s Highlight in History: Abbey; his wife, Elizabeth, was John Paul II. (In 2008, the pope’s favorite activities include getting crowned as queen consort. longtime private secretary re- blow-dried after baths and snack- didn’t appear to be too hard to On May 12, 1949, the Soviet predict this year. In 1955, Manhattan’s last ele- vealed that the pontiff was ing on chicken every other day. Union lifted the Berlin Block- vated rail line, the Third Avenue slightly wounded in the assault.) Scooter isn’t Guinness’ old- There were a whopping 44 ade, which the Western powers winners of the Nenana Ice Clas- El, ceased operation. In 1986, the military action- est cat of all time, though. That had succeeded in circumventing In 1965, West Germany and drama film “Top Gun,” starring mark belongs to a fellow Texas sic, evenly splitting the $300,000 with their Berlin Airlift. jackpot. The annual game is a Israel exchanged letters estab- Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis and cat, which lived to be 38. On this date: lishing diplomatic relations. The released by Paramount Pictures, prediction of when the ice will Rolling Stones recorded the fi- had its world premiere in New York. go out on the Tanana River in In 1780, during the Revolu- nal version of “(I Can’t Get No) In 1994, British Labour Party tionary War, the besieged city of Officers Stop Speeding Nenana. The tripod set up on the Satisfaction” at RCA Studios in leader John Smith died at age 55. ice was tripped at 3:39 p.m. Alaska Charleston, South Carolina, sur- Hollywood. In 2001, singer Perry Como Car, Find Mom in Labor, Standard Time on April 23. rendered to British forces. In 1975, the White House an- died in Jupiter Inlet Colony, Ice classic manager Cherrie In 1870, an act creating the nounced the new Cambodian Florida, at age 88. Help in Birth Forness says each ticket holder Canadian province of Manitoba government had seized an Amer- Ten years ago: Tony Snow LOS ANGELES (AP) — This will pocket $6,818. The winner’s was given royal assent, to take ican merchant ship, the Maya- made his debut as White House wasn’t your typical traffic stop.