Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com $1 108th Swamp Cup Mid-Week Edition Special Insert inside Thursday, Battle of the Twin Cities Oct. 22, 2015 LEWIS COUNTY: Highs and Hopes Higher Education One Student’s Story of Battling Drug Use and a Painful Past By Justyna Tomtas [email protected] Editor’s Note: In order to protect the privacy of the Centralia High School student interviewed for this story, his name has been changed. Tyler Phillips says he grew up with a mother who was addicted to meth and drank heavily. During his childhood, Phillips remembers having little supervision. His mom was preoc- cupied with seeking her next high, or spending time with her occasionally abusive boyfriends. With a lack of guidance, and the regular role of narcotics and alcohol in his life, Phillips be- gan to experiment with drugs at an early age. His experiences would open doors to more serious drugs, escalating until he spiraled down- ward and sought help. please see HIGHER, page Main 10 Pete Caster / [email protected] A Centralia High School student who has struggled with drug use poses for a portrait Wednesday. For Centralia Counselor, Helping At-Risk Students Succeed Starts Before Sunrise HELPING: The Changing Landscape of Drugs in Schools and One Employee Who Works to Keep Students on Track By Justyna Tomtas [email protected] For many educators, workdays start at the crack of dawn. While teachers are getting up early and heading to class, Jessica Boeck is exceeding her assigned du- ties as a Centralia School District employee to make sure the most at-risk students are getting the added help they need to be successful. Boeck, the educational advocate counselor for the district, starts off many of her days picking up Pete Caster / [email protected] Centralia High School Educational Advocate Counselor Jessica Boeck looks over at Malia, one of the students she regularly drives to school, please see COUNSELOR, page Main 7 on Monday, Oct. 10. The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Mary McCrank’s Unemployment Rate Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 Historic Number Hack, Alma Lucille, 83, Follow Us on Twitter Chehalis @chronline Business of Jobless McGraw, Billy Ray, 61, Tenino Property Residents Halstead, Paul, 63, Silver Find Us on Facebook Gets New Continues Creek www.facebook.com/ Treen, Laura, 53, Morton thecentraliachronicle Buyer to Decline Dobias, Anna “Lou,” 92, / Main 3 / Main 4 Auburn A CENTURY OF HELPING OTHERS. It’s Easy START How can we ONLINE! CHEHALIS CH545543cz.cg help you? 714 W. Main Street 360.740.0770 HOME | CONSTRUCTION | BUSINESS Also TOLEDO, WINLOCK, TUMWATER & OLYMPIA Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015 PAGE TWO News Daily Outtake: A Drone’s View of Whales of the Weird Alleged Wedding Man Reunites With Crasher Bites Officer, Stolen Car After More Police Dog Than 30 Years SANTA BARBARA, Calif. NORTH CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Santa Barbara police (AP) — A northeastern Ohio have detained a 22-year-old man has been reunited with his man they said crashed a wed- car after it was reported stolen ding, then bit an officer and a more than 30 years ago. police dog during a six-minute The (Canton) Repository re- melee. ported that 52-year-old Ron Re- Sgt. Riley Harwood says po- olfi bought the 1968 Chevrolet lice were called Saturday night Camaro for around $600 when after a stranger — who may he was 19. have been on drugs — crashed The North Canton man last the wedding at the Santa Bar- saw the car on Oct. 24, 1981. He bara Carriage Museum. parked it outside a grocery store Harwood said guests evicted where he worked, and it was NOAA Fisheries / The Associated Press him. But during a confronta- gone 20 minutes later. This September 2015 photo provided by NOAA Fisheries released Wednesday shows a female orca and her two of- tion with two arriving officers, Reolfi says he thought he’d he punched one in the face and spring. Federal biologists lying a drone have taken thousands of rich images of endangered Puget Sound orcas, show- never see it again. ing the whales are in good condition this year and that several appear to be pregnant. bit his shoulder, then bit a police He said someone in Mary- dog on the leg. The confused land sold the car to a person in dog also bit an officer. Delaware. Authorities were then Harwood says after he was alerted that it had been stolen. Notable Quote handcuffed, the man attacked a third officer. Reolfi’s dad, whose name Two officers were treated for was on the title, received an various injuries. email last year with a photo of Harwood said the man the vehicle. “Schools always have concerns about drugs and alcohol. I don’t have was hospitalized with non-life Reolfi said recovering the car greater concern now than six years ago, they are just different. It’s threatening injuries and will be was “really emotional” for him. arrested when he’s released. really around what’s popular at the time.” Feds: Company Put Kim Frye Priests Hit by Paintballs Cheddar, Swiss in ‘Real’ Parmesan, Romano Rochester schools superintendent Outside Pittsburgh (see page Main 8 for the full story) SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. (AP) Orthodox Church — A Pennsylvania manufacturer PITTSBURGH (AP) — A is accused of selling imitation Pittsburgh church is consider- Parmesan and Romano cheese Today in History ing installing surveillance cam- that actually contained other eras after two visiting priests cheeses, including cheddar and were hit by paintballs during Swiss. Today's Highlight in History In 1883, the original Met- In 1986, President Ronald ropolitan Opera House in New Reagan signed into law sweep- the weekend. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Re- On Oct. 22, 1962, in a nation- York held its grand opening The Rev. Patrick Carpenter view reported Universal Cheese ally broadcast address, President ing tax-overhaul legislation. with a performance of Gounod’s is the pastor of Holy Assump- & Drying Inc. and International John F. Kennedy revealed the In 1991, the European Com- “Faust.” tion of St. Mary Russian Ortho- Packing LLC were charged Tues- presence of Soviet-built mis- munity and the European Free In 1928, Republican presi- dox Church. day with conspiracy. sile bases under construction in Trade Association concluded a dential nominee Herbert Hoover He said he and two priests Prosecutors said the cheeses Cuba and announced a quar- landmark accord to create a free spoke of the “American system from other churches went to labeled as “real” Parmesan and antine of all offensive military trade zone of 19 nations by 1993. of rugged individualism” in a dinner Sunday night. When Romano didn’t conform to U.S. equipment being shipped to the Ten years ago: Hurricane they returned, someone fired Communist island nation. speech at New York’s Madison Wilma punished Mexico’s Ca- Food and Drug Administration Square Garden. paintballs at Carpenter’s friends standards and contained trims ribbean coastline for a second as he went inside to disable a In 1934, bank robber Charles day. Meanwhile, a record 22nd of other cheeses. On This Date “Pretty Boy” Floyd was shot to security system so he could let tropical storm of the season Michelle Myrter, president of death by federal agents and local them in. In 1746, Princeton University formed about 125 miles off the The priest said his friends Castle Cheese Inc. and a corpo- was first chartered as the Col- police at a farm near East Liver- Dominican Republic; because weren’t badly hurt but were rate officer in both of the other lege of New Jersey. pool, Ohio. shocked by the attack. Carpen- companies, is charged with the In 1797, French balloonist In 1953, the Franco-Lao the annual list of storm names ter says he doubts the paintball misdemeanor of aiding and Andre-Jacques Garnerin (gahr- Treaty of Amity and Association had already been exhausted, shooter targeted them because abetting the introduction of mis- nayr-AN’) made the first para- effectively made Laos an inde- forecasters called the new sys- they were priests because the branded and adulterated food. chute descent, landing safely pendent member of the French tem Tropical Storm Alpha. A visitors were wearing civilian Her attorney, Stephen Stall- from a height of about 3,000 feet Union. Nigerian Boeing 737 passenger clothes. ings, says Myrter has a plea over Paris. In 1981, the Professional Air jet crashed after leaving Lagos, Police are hoping a witness agreement that involves proba- In 1836, Sam Houston was Traffic Controllers Organiza- killing all 117 on board. The will come forward to identify tion for her and $500,000 in res- inaugurated as the first constitu- tion was decertified by the fed- Chicago White Sox defeated the the car or the paintball shooter titution and forfeitures for each tionally elected president of the eral government for its strike the Houston Astros, 5-3, in Game 1 riding inside it. of the companies. Republic of Texas. previous August. of the World Series. The Weather Almanac 5-Day Forecast for the Lewis County Area River Stages National Map Gauge Flood 24 hr. Forecast map for Oct. 22, 2015 Today Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Height Stage Change Chehalis at Mellen St. 110s 48.63 65.0 0.00 100s Skookumchuck at Pearl St. 90s L 80s H 72.95 85.0 +0.03 70s Cowlitz at Packwood 60s 2.01 10.5 -0.04 50s L H Cowlitz at Randle Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy 40s 3.58 18.0 0.00 30s 62º 41º 60º 41º 61º 44º 62º 45º 64º 45º Cowlitz at Mayield Dam 20s L 3.59 ---- +0.03 10s 0s This map shows high temperatures, type of precipitation expected and location of frontal systems at noon.