Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com Voetberg Family Christmas / Life $1 Early Week Edition Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015 Little Lifesaver Toledo Business Theft Fire Authority Honors 12-Year-Old Centralia Judge Hands Lighter Prison Term to Thief Girl Who Saved Choking Infant Sister / Main 4 After Appeal Overturns Sentence / Main 5 ‘Atmospheric River’ Fuels Flood Fears NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE: The National Weather Service is ably warm weather is courtesy of a pine- strong corridor, or spots of jet stream predicting heavy rain in much of West- apple express weather system, now more winds across the Pacific,” he said. “It Major Flooding Possible ern Washington over the next two days, commonly referred to among meteorolo- picks up moisture down in the tropics Through Thursday which is predicted to cause moderate or gists as an “atmospheric river,” said Andy and very quickly scoots it up here to the major flooding in many Lewis County Haner, meteorologist from the National Pacific Northwest.” By Natalie Johnson rivers. Weather Service in Seattle. [email protected] The heavy rain, wind and unseason- “Basically you end up with a really please see FLOOD, page Main 11 County Walk-N-Knock Delivers Success Commission Approves 2016 Budget With $2.5 Million Use of Reserves GOING UP: General and Road Levies Increased by 0.251 Percent By The Chronicle The Board of County Com- missioners adopted the 2016 budget Monday. The county balanced its gen- eral fund budget using $2.5 mil- lion in reserves. Commissioner Bill Schulte has repeat- edly said the county would use that much in reserves in a “worst-case sce- nario.” Dameon Pesanti / [email protected] Throughout the year, adjust- Volunteers sort donated food into boxes at the Greater Chehalis Food Bank on Saturday afternoon. About 75 people participated in the second year of the revived Bill Schulte Walk-N-Knock in that chehalis. ments are made to reserves and commissioner IMPROVEMENT: Campaign For some communities, expenditures, Saturday was the first revival and the county budgeted as if Far Surpasses Drive-N- of Walk-N-Knock after an ex- every position would be filled all Drop, But Falls Short of periment with Drive-N-Drop year. turned out to be much less ef- The total general fund rev- Years Past fective. enues for 2016 are estimated at $33.6 million; general fund ex- By Dameon Pesanti In Centralia, the amount of donations far exceeded last penditures are predicted to be [email protected] year’s totals brought in by Drive- $36.1 million. N-Drop, but it still fell short of The total revenue for all The rain and heavy winds funds is $104.5 million and ex- weren’t enough to stop volun- what Walk-N-Knock brought in years past. Randy Stokes, ware- penses are $106.7 million. teers from combing the county Former county commission- for donations of food while doz- house manager of the Salva- tion Army, said as of Monday er Ron Averill was the only per- ens of people hunkered down at son to provide public comment local food banks, weighing sort- Dozens of people sort donated food into boxes during the Walk-N-Knock food ing and storing the haul. please see SUCCESS, page Main 11 drive at the Centralia Salvation Army on Saturday afternoon. please see BUDGET, page Main 11 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Pearl Harbor Santa Parade Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 World War Rain Doesn’t Kerr, George Earl, 82, Follow Us on Twitter Ethel @chronline II Veterans Dampen Wallace, Suzanne C., 76, Honored Spirits During Toledo Find Us on Facebook at Annual Downtown Stromseth, Alvin Sigvort, www.facebook.com/ Museum Chehalis 91, Rochester thecentraliachronicle Event Tradition / Main 3 / Main 14 Celebrating Over as 50 Years ristm customers! 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On Monday, police remained mys- by Name on Shirt tified about how they got there, LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — Po- and who the owner is. lice say a suspect had his first He suggests that if the search name stenciled on a sweat shirt for the owner fails, it could be he wore while breaking into a a case of finders’ keepers for a western Pennsylvania taxi com- man who discovered the large pany where he used to work. denomination notes on Saturday That’s why 26-year-old Josh- and then dove into the water to ua Jording, of Latrobe, faces a start recovering them. preliminary hearing on burglary, theft and related charges Dec. 14. State police security video Police: Drunken Driver showed the suspect wearing a Didn’t Realize She Was shirt with the name “Josh” on in New Jersey it. They searched Jording’s home Pete Caster / [email protected] and found that shirt, as well as JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Napavine’s Jake Johnston tackles Okanogan’s Morgan Poulin during the fourth quarter of the State 2B Football Cham- two guns and two smartphones Authorities in New Jersey say a pionship game at the Tacoma Dome on Saturday. See more in today’s Sports section and online at www.lewiscoun- taken during the burglary Dec. 2 motorist who repeatedly told tysports.com. at the Veterans Cab Co. in Unity police she was “looking for New Township. Jersey” has been charged with Jording is free on bond. He drunken driving. didn’t immediately respond to Port Authority police say of- Notable Quote a Facebook message and The ficers approached 31-year-old Associated Press could not im- Karol Andino around 2:30 a.m. mediately locate a listed phone Saturday after the North Bergen number for him. woman stopped her car near the Holland Tunnel entrance in Jer- “I still owe back taxes. I still haven’t been able to pay some of my sey City and got out of her vehicle. creditors. We almost gave it up December of last year.” Austrian Police Find When she told them she was More Than 100,000 “looking for New Jersey,” the of- ficers told her that’s where she Gordon Lovell Euros in Danube River was. But Andino continued to business owner speaking at sentencing hearing for former VIENNA (AP) — The say she was “looking for New banknotes were wet, but Aus- Jersey,” and she was charged a employee who stole from the company for several years trian police are not treating the short time later. find of more than 100,000 euros Authorities say Andino’s (see page Main 5 for the full story) found in the Danube river as a blood alcohol level was .25 per- classic case of money laundering. cent. The state’s legal limit is .08 Firefighters fished the percent. Today in History Today’s Highlight in History: In 1940, the Chicago Bears Hunt, wife of Watergate con- defeated the Washington Red- spirator E. Howard Hunt, U.S. On Dec. 8, 1941, the United skins, 73-0, in the NFL Champi- Rep. George W. Collins, D-Ill., States entered World War II as onship Game, which was carried and CBS News correspondent Congress declared war against on network radio for the first Michele Clark. Imperial Japan, a day after the time by the Mutual Broadcast- In 1980, rock star John Len- attack on Pearl Harbor. ing System (the announcer was non was shot to death outside On This Date: Red Barber). his New York City apartment In 1765, Eli Whitney, inven- In 1949, the Chinese Na- building by an apparently de- tor of the cotton gin, was born in tionalist government moved ranged fan. Westborough, Massachusetts. from the Chinese mainland to In 1982, a man demanding In 1854, Pope Pius IX pro- Formosa as the Communists an end to nuclear weapons held claimed the Catholic dogma pressed their attacks. the Washington Monument hos- of the Immaculate Concep- In 1962, the first session of the tage, threatening to blow it up tion, which holds that Mary, the Second Vatican Council was for- with explosives he claimed were mother of Jesus, was free of orig- mally adjourned. Typographers inside a van. (After a 10-hour inal sin from the moment of her went on a 114-day strike against standoff, Norman D. Mayer was own conception. four New York City newspapers. shot dead by police; it turned out In 1865, Finnish composer In 1972, a United Airlines there were no explosives.) Mel Evans / AP Photo Jean Sibelius was born in Hae- Boeing 737 crashed while at- In 1987, President Ron- World War II veteran and original crew member of the battleship New Jersey, Rus- meenlinna. tempting to land at Chicago- ald Reagan and Soviet leader sell Collins, left, salutes with others on the battleship during a commemoration In 1914, “Watch Your Step,” Midway Airport, killing 43 of Mikhail S.