Chubby Checker Moon, Gaffney Win Three at Invite / Sports Music Icon to Perform at Lucky Eagle Casino / Life 1 $1 Early Week Edition Tuesday, Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com April 1, 2014 Sports Complex Supporters Not Fazed by Slight Delays Pete Caster / [email protected] Cole Taylor, left, Benjamin Winebrenner, center, and Justin Hill wait to be called for their initial appearances in Lewis County Superior Court on Mon- day afternoon at the Lewis County Law and Justice Center in Chehalis. Bumbling Burglars: No Pants, No Shoes and No Ladder CENTRALIA : One Burglar Requires Rescue From Roof; Two Others Cuffed Without Pants, Shoes Pete Caster / [email protected] By Stephanie Schendel Jenni Bodnar stands on the east end of the new Lewis County Event Center and Sports Complex on Monday morning in Centralia. [email protected] STILL ON TRACK: Public Three men behaving in bizarre manners ended up in jail this weekend after police caught them breaking into separate Facilities District Centralia homes. Hopes to Hand Keys Police busted the first would-be burglar after the 22-year- old Chehalis man kicked in the door of one house at about 10 to the Building to p.m. Friday before running into a second house and taking Operators April 15 his pants off. Cole E. Taylor kicked in the back door of a house on the By Christopher Brewer 400 block of South Pearl Street, entered the home, and told [email protected] the occupants to not make any noise because he did not want They don’t have the keys to to hurt them, said Centralia police Sgt. Kurt Reichert. Taylor the building just yet, but the ad- then ran out of the first house, went a short distance away, ministrators of the new North- then entered a second house. west Sports Hub building at In the second house, Taylor told the occupant that he was the Lewis County Event Center scared because the police were after him, Reichert said. Tay- and Sports Complex are eagerly lor then took his pants off. awaiting that date. When police arrived at the second house, they arrested The 76,500-square-foot Taylor, and then found two baggies of suspected metham- building at 701 Pioneer Way phetamine in his discarded pants, Reichert said. in Centralia continues to take BUMBLING, shape as the calendar moves please see page Main 14 closer to the first major use of the facility. The Northwest Sports Hub is designed to be utilized by a variety of sports teams for tournaments and Split Influence events, and can also be sched- uled for concerts and other Bret Coleman, of Capital Electric, installs a light ixture on the south end of the Lewis in Washington's large-scale events. County Event Center and Sports Complex on Monday morning in Centralia. Construction crews began work on the facility in January 2013, with the original goal for Congressional Map the Lewis County Public Fa- cilities District to hand the keys REDISTRICTING: National Republican Election over to Northwest Sports Hub LLC by late February of this Advantage Not Mirrored in Washington year. That date has since been By Manuel Valdes moved to April 15, as several modifications to the building The Associated Press had to be made, one of which SEATTLE — After winning full or partial control of many was included to comply with state legislatures around the country in 2010, the Republi- the Americans with Disabilities can Party has a built an advantage in the upcoming midterm Act. elections because of its influence redrawing Those changes ranged from congressional districts, an Associated Press Election creation of an additional side- analysis found. walk from an emergency exit to But that edge doesn't translate to Wash- reconfiguring a classroom’s de- ington, which is among a handful of states 2014 sign to accommodate a change that redraws its congressional districts using to the structure of the roof. All a bipartisan commission. in all, Lewis County Public Fa- So far, it appears that the task of dividing cilities Manager Todd Chaput Washington into Democrat, Republican and said, those modifications didn’t competitive districts is working out for most set back the project too badly — people. he said the PFD still hopes to Russell Hardy, of Mechanical Systems Installation in Auburn, works on putting up insula- "We're a bit of anomaly," said Todd Donovan, a Western hand over the keys in two weeks. tion in one of the work rooms at the Lewis County Event Center and Sports Complex in Washington University political scientist. The Washington Centralia on Monday morning. please see DELAYS, page Main 14 please see CONGRESSIONAL, page Main 14 Robotic Champions The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Weather Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 TONIGHT: Low 39 W.F. 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Include a Cooks Hill Road, Centralia, for those whose in- daytime telephone number where you come is less than 200 percent of the poverty level, AAUW Women to Hear (360) 623-1485 can be reached. There is no charge for these listings. Stained Glass Artist Public Agencies For questions about calendar items, Chemical Dependency-Mental Health-Thera- call Doug Blosser at The Chronicle, The American As- Social time is at 6:45 peutic Court Sales Tax Advisory Committee, 2:30 (360) 807-8238. sociation of University p.m. and Anholt’s pre- p.m., conference room, Lewis County Public Health Women, Lewis County sentation begins at 7 & Social Services Department, (360) 740-1148 Branch, will meet at p.m. Centralia City Council, workshop, discussion of Riverside Fire Authority Governance Board, Urban Growth Area policies, 6 p.m., City Hall, 118 W. 5 p.m., Fords Prairie station, 1818 Harrison Ave., 6:45 p.m. Thursday at Guests are welcome. Maple St. Centralia, (360) 736-3975 The Gathering Place at For more details, call Stillwaters Estates, 2899 Judy Lyon, (360) 245- Libraries Libraries Cooks Hill Road, Cen- 3999, or Kristi Nelson, Preschool Story Time, for children 3-6 years, Nursey Rhyme Scavenger Hunt, for children tralia. (360) 748-4203. 11 a.m., Centralia 2-6 years, all day, Tenino The meeting will If the main Stillwa- Organizations Preschool Story Time, for children 3-6 years, feature stained glass ters gate on Cooks Hill 10:15 a.m., Tenino artist Marcy Anholt, Road is closed, enter the NAMI Lewis County educational program, Toddler Story Time, for children age 2, 11 a.m., 6-7:30 p.m., Vernetta Smith Chehalis Timberland Centralia who also is an AAUW complex through the Library, (360) 880-8070 or [email protected] LEGO Club, for children, 3 p.m., Tenino member. She will show Colonial Residence gate Senior Song Birds, 9:30 a.m., Twin Cities Senior some of her work and off Scammon Creek Center, Chehalis Organizations tell about her designs. Road. Southwest Washington Mycological Society, 6 Take Off Pounds Sensibly, 10:15 a.m., Assembly p.m., WSU Lewis County Extension conference of God church, 702 SE First St., Winlock room, Lewis County Courthouse, (360) 740-1212 Seniors’ Bible study, 10 a.m., Calvary Assembly Centralia Bridge Club, 6:30 p.m., Unity Church, of God, Centralia, (360) 736-6769 or (360) 324-9050 800 S. Pearl St., Centralia, (360) 748-1753, hraj@lo- calaccess.com Soroptimist International of Lewis County, 5:30 p.m., contact for location, (360) 748-7860, Writer’s Forum, 1-3 p.m., 4162 Jackson Highway, [email protected] Chehalis, (360) 262-0525 Chehalis-Centralia Cribbage Club, 6:30 p.m., PageTurners Book Discussion, for adults, Senior Songbirds, 9:45 a.m., Twin Cities Senior Support Groups Chehalis Moose Lodge, 1400 Grand Ave., Centralia, “Defending Jacob,” by William Landay, 12:30 p.m., Center, Chehalis Domestic violence support group, 5:30-7 p.m., (360) 485-2852 Winlock Support Groups 125 NW Chehalis Ave., Chehalis, sponsored by Centralia-Chehalis Vintage Auto Club, 7:30 p.m., Show Me a Story Puppet Crafts, for all ages, Human Response Network, (360) 748-6601 Ramblin’ Jack’s Rib Eye, 1336 Rush Road, Chehalis, 3 p.m., Tenino Support for mothers, 9:15-11:15 a.m., Bethel (360) 767-0719 Support Groups Church, for mothers with children pregnancy Lewis County Tea Party, 6:30 p.m., Veterans through 6 years old, sponsored by Chehalis MOPS Thursday, April 3 Memorial Museum, 100 SW Veterans Way, Cheha- H.O.P.E., all addictions, 7:30-9 p.m., Heritage (Mothers of Preschoolers), (360) 520-3841 or (360) lis, debate on changing U.S. Constitution through Baptist Church of Tenino, 1315 Sussex Ave. E., Teni- 864-2168, email [email protected] or visit Open mic, 6:30 p.m., Matrix Coffeehouse, Article V, lewiscountyteaparty.org or email Dont- no, (360) 480-0592, [email protected] www.facebook.com/chehalismops Chehalis, (360) 740-0492 [email protected] Life Recovery Group, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Dayspring NAMI Lewis County Connections Support Chris Guenther, 7:30 p.m., PJ’s Pizza, 1232 Alder Baptist Church, 2088 Jackson Highway, Chehalis, Group, 5:30-7 p.m., Twin Cities Senior Center, (360) St., Centralia, (360) 736-0101 Support Groups (360) 748-3401 880-8070 or [email protected] “Up From Grief,” for those grieving the loss of a NAMI Support Group, 2-3:15 p.m., Centralia Tim- Public Agencies loved one, 1-2:30 p.m., Assured Home Hospice, berland Library, for families of mentally ill persons, Lewis County Mental Health Coalition, 10-11:30 2120 N.