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Nike settles trademark lawsuit with Japanese fashion brand BAPE
Nike says BAPE has agreed to stop making imitations or modifications of some of its most famous designs.
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Rainier Oregon Historical Museum to break ground at new space May 6
LONGVIEW — The Rainier Oregon Historical Museum plans to hold a groundbreaking ceremony May 6 in the organization’s new space near Rainier City Park. |
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Congress honors deceased Korean War hero with lying in honor ceremony
WASHINGTON — Congress gave one of its highest final tributes on Monday — a lying in honor ceremony at the Capitol — to Ralph Puckett Jr., who led an outnumbered company in battle during the Korean War and was the last surviving veteran of that war to receive the Medal of Honor. |
The Chronicle - Centralia
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Death notices: April 29, 2024
• JACK EDWARD BRENNEMAN, 69, Toledo, died April 27 at Providence Centralia Hospital. Arrangements are under the care of Funeral Alternatives of Washington. • ROBERT EUGENE SCHILT, 78, Rainier, died at home April 19. There are no services scheduled at this time. All arrangements are under the care of Sticklin Funeral Chapel. • JEREMY DION LYNCH, 55, Chehalis, died April 26 at the Swedish Hospital Cherry Hill Campus. There are no services scheduled at this time. Arrangements are under the care of Sticklin Funeral Chapel. |
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Sirens: 25,000 gallons of milk spilt; ex-girlfriend spray-paints car; teenager seen with possible gun
CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT Theft • Two unknown suspects stole cheesecake and soda from a grocery store in the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue at 10:05 a.m. on April 26. • Just after 10:25 a.m. on April 26, portable toilets and a trailer were reported stolen from the 1600 block of South Gold Street sometime overnight. • A male subject reportedly stole “numerous food items, to include a 24-pack of Mountain Dew soda” from a store in the 400 block of east Summa Street just after 9:30 p.m. on April 26. • A license plate was reported stolen in the 2300 block of North Pearl Street at approximately 9:45 a.m. on April 27. • A bicycle that was left outside a business in the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue was reported stolen at approximately 12:30 a.m. on April 28.
Vehicle accidents • A non-injury collision was reported in the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue just before 12:20 p.m. on April 26. • Minor injuries were reported following a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Belmont Avenue and Haviland Street at 1 p.m. on April 26. • A vehicle crashed into a pole in the 1000 block of North Scheuber Road just before 10:50 a.m. on April 27. The driver was not injured. • A non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported in the 300 block of east Locust Street just after 1:30 p.m. on April 27. One driver reportedly failed to yield the right-of-way to the other. • A non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported at the intersection of South Tower Avenue and East Chestnut Street at 10:50 a.m. on April 28.
Disorderly conduct • Officers “received multiple calls about the same male yelling and screaming in the downtown area” at 12:25 p.m. on April 26. Officers contacted the male “several times” and offered him services, “but he refused,” according to the Centralia Police Department. • A woman was reportedly acting disorderly and blocking traffic at the intersection of Mellen Street and Old Airport Way at approximately 10 a.m. on April 28. When officers contacted her, the woman “was not causing an issue but (was) clearly under the influence of a mind-altering substance.”
Criminal trespass • A 44-year-old homeless Centralia woman was cited for trespassing after “being disorderly and refusing to leave a local convenience store” in the 1200 block of Mellen Street just after 1:50 p.m. on April 26. Officers “gave her multiple opportunities to leave on her own, but she refused,” according to the Centralia Police Department. • A homeless Chehalis man was trespassed for life from a business in the 600 block of South Tower Avenue just after 10:30 p.m. on April 26 for “being disruptive and blocking the doors when customers were trying to go in and out.” • A 27-year-old homeless man accused of trying to steal coffee from a business in the 100 block of South Tower Avenue was trespassed from the business at 12:25 p.m. on April 27. • A 49-year-old Centralia man and a 24-year-old Centralia man were cited for first-degree criminal trespass in the 700 block of Harrison Avenue at approximately 4:30 p.m. on April 27 after they allegedly trespassed inside a building on a fenced property with posted no-trespassing signs. • Two homeless people who were “being disorderly” on private property in the 200 block of North Railroad Avenue were trespassed from the property at employees’ request at 2 p.m. on April 28.
Malicious mischief • A 31-year-old Centralia woman was arrested for third-degree malicious mischief, domestic violence in the 700 block of North Pearl Street just after 1 p.m. on April 27 after she allegedly damaged her ex-husband’s property. • Damage to the glass door of a building in the 200 block of Centralia College Boulevard was reported just after 9:55 a.m. on April 28.
Attempted burglary • Just after 8 p.m. on April 28, a resident in the 1000 block of L Street called 911 to report a male suspect had just kicked in the back door to their residence. The male ran from the residence when the homeowner confronted him, then fled in a vehicle. This case is under investigation.
CHEHALIS POLICE DEPARTMENT Welfare check • A citizen requested a welfare check on a neighbor in the 300 block of South Market Boulevard just after 9:35 a.m. on April 26. The citizen said they are “concerned he is still driving” and said “he shouldn't be driving because he’s weak and unable to even stand.” The citizen reportedly took the neighbor’s keys, and the neighbor “is upset by that.”
Theft • Just after 10 a.m. on April 26, a check was reported stolen from a P.O. box in the 200 block of Northwest Cascade Avenue between Feb. 9 and Feb. 21. • Items were reported stolen from a business in the 1000 block of Northwest Maryland Avenue just before 6:50 p.m. on April 26. A male suspect reportedly distracted a cashier while a female suspect stole the items. • A male suspect reportedly tried siphoning gas out of a vehicle in the 500 block of Northwest Sitka Street just after 7:05 p.m. on April 26. • A purse was reported stolen in the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue at approximately 1:50 p.m. on April 18. The purse was found with nothing missing just before 2:10 p.m. that same day. • A slice of cake was reported stolen from a business in the 500 block of West Main Street at 7:55 p.m. on April 28. The man was trespassed from the business.
Counterfeiting • A report of counterfeiting in the 700 block of South Market Boulevard made just after 12:30 p.m. on April 26 is under investigation.
Harassment • Possible ongoing email harassment was reported in the 400 block of North Market Boulevard just after 1:10 p.m. on April 26.
Hit-and-run • A hit-and-run was reported in the 10 block of Southwest Chehalis Avenue just after 1:10 p.m. on April 26.
Vehicle accidents • A non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported at the intersection of Northwest Chamber of Commerce Way and the southbound Interstate 5 Exit 79 onramp at 6 p.m. on April 26. • A non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported at the intersection of Northwest Chamber of Commerce Way and Northwest Louisiana Avenue just after 5:05 p.m. on April 27. • A non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported in the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue just after 12:35 p.m. on April 28.
Suspicious circumstances • A woman was reportedly “slamming” the passenger door of a vehicle into a dumpster in the 1400 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue just before 2:05 p.m. on April 26. • Just after 3 p.m. on April 26, a caller reported his 12-year-old neighbor told him four teenagers in a vehicle “possibly had a gun and looked like they were pointing it out the window as they drove by” in the 600 block of Southeast Dobson Court. The vehicle was found unoccupied at a dead-end. The teenagers “possibly went into the woods,” according to the Chehalis Police Department. • A woman was reportedly hitting things with a bat and screaming in the 1400 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue at approximately 6:30 p.m. on April 26. • Just after 7:20 p.m. on April 27, a citizen reported someone was locked in the laundry room of a building in the 300 block of Southwest Third Street and a male was “outside beating on the door.” • At 8:50 p.m. on April 28, a citizen reported a man in a car reportedly asked her daughter and her daughter’s friend “about their underwear” near Penny Playground in the 200 block of Southwest 14th Street at 2:30 p.m. that day. • A citizen reported being in the drive-thru of a business in the 1400 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue at 10:15 p.m. on April 28 and seeing “what she believes is the manager throw a cup at an employee” at 10:15 p.m. on April 28.
Criminal trespass • A man who was charging his phone in the 600 block of Northwest St. Helens Avenue just after 6:10 a.m. on April 27 was moved along after a citizen followed him, reported he “just looked sketchy” and said he “didn’t think he belonged in the area.” • A customer who “threw ice water” on an employee of a business in the 1500 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue at approximately 2 p.m. on April 28 was trespassed from the business. • A disorderly man who was “bothering other customers” at a business in the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue and “tried to walk into the kitchen with a steak knife” just after 3:30 p.m. on April 28 was trespassed from the business. • A disorderly man who reportedly refused to leave a property in the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue just after 5:25 p.m. on April 28 was trespassed from the business. • Just after 6:35 p.m. on April 28, a man who was in the lobby of a business in the 600 block of Northwest Arkansas Way for over 30 minutes without ordering anything, asked employees for money and yelled at an employee was trespassed from the business. • A “disgruntled person” was trespassed from a business in the 1400 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue just before 10:40 p.m. on April 28. • A subject was arrested for trespassing at a business in the 1100 block of South Market Boulevard at 11:30 p.m. on April 28.
Found children • A citizen reported two unaccompanied toddlers were on their front porch in the 600 block of South 20th Street just before 5:10 p.m. on April 26. The children’s mother found them about 10 minutes later. • An unaccompanied child between the ages of 7 and 8 was reportedly walking up and down the street in the 200 block of Southwest 13th Street just after 8:20 p.m. on April 26.
Malicious mischief • Just after 8:55 p.m. on April 26, a citizen reported his ex-girlfriend spray-painted his car while he was at work in the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue. He advised that he doesn’t want to press charges, but “wants it documented in case things escalate further.”
Burglary • A subject was arrested for cutting a fence to break into a property in the 1500 block of North National Avenue at approximately 4:15 a.m. on April 27.
Dispute • A verbal dispute was reported at the intersection of Southwest McFadden Avenue and Southwest 11th Street just before 1:35 p.m. on April 27.
Assault • A citizen reported “he got punched and shoved around” by a subject in the 1200 block of Southeast Washington Avenue just after 8:25 p.m. on April 28.
Spilt milk • A milk tanker reportedly “came apart and spilt milk on the street” in the 10 block of Southwest Chehalis Avenue just after 11:30 p.m. on April 28. About 25,000 gallons of milk went into the treatment plant’s catch basin. The state Department of Ecology and the City of Chehalis Wastewater Division were notified.
FIRE AND EMS CALLS • Between Friday morning and Monday morning, Lewis County 911 Communications logged approximately 72 illness-related calls, eight injury-related calls, eight fire-related calls, three non-emergency service calls, six vehicle accidents, two 911 hangups, five Lifeline medical alert, one overdose, one public assist request and two other calls.
JAIL STATISTICS • As of Monday morning, the Lewis County Jail had a total system population of 131 inmates, including 119 in the general population and 12 in the Work Ethic and Restitution Center (WERC). Of general population inmates, 100 were reported male and 19 were reported female. Of the WERC inmates, 10 were reported male and two were reported female. • As of Monday morning, the Chehalis Tribal Jail had a total system population of 12 inmates, including seven booked by the Centralia Police Department, three booked by the state Department of Corrections, one booked by the Lummi Nation and one booked by Chehalis Tribal Law Enforcement. ••• Sirens are compiled by assistant editor Emily Fitzgerald, who can be reached at emily@chronline.com. |
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Letter to the editor: Stolen candidate signs cause frustration
The Semi Bird for governor, Joe Kent for Congress and Dale Whitaker for secretary of state signs that were placed on my neighbor's property on Highway 603 were stolen Friday, April 26, in the afternoon. The county did not remove them when they mowed, so I assume they were stolen by an opponent's backer. While at the GOP convention in Spokane, I was told 100 Semi Bird signs were stolen in that area. When people have so little faith that their candidate can win without stealing the opponent's signs, why support that candidate? I may not like to see my opponent's signs but I am not a thief. These signs cost money, and it takes time on the part of volunteers to put them out. I am praying for the souls of those who seem to disregard the 10 Commandments. I hope all those reading this will take the time to research the policies these candidates want to see implemented and not take the word of those that chose to smear their reputations and steal their campaign signs. Is the fact that Semi Bird and Dale Whitaker want a third party audit of all our state agencies the fear of the opponents? Our taxes increase, but our roads are falling apart, why?
Gail Bonagofski Chehalis |
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Letter to the editor: We need to elect individuals who will work together to unite the country
In a few days, I will be 87 years old. I have never seen the country so politically divided. It would not be a problem except we have some serious issues to resolve. We need to elect individuals who will work together to unite the country and pass laws that make our nation stronger. Fortunately, we have two great representatives who are perfect examples of the kind of representatives that I am talking about: U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a Democrat, and Peter Abbarno, a Republican. Marie is a very pleasant surprise. I had never heard of her before the election. Now, she is everywhere. She seems to have boundless energy. She is involved in every important concern, often with the result that federal funds are made available to our community to help solve issues that will make Lewis County a better place to live. Marie is a strong supporter of veterans, and she is working to restore the clinic that supported veteran health in Lewis County. She often works with someone from across the aisle. As a former business person, she has a different perspective than most people — every person that walks through the door of your business is a potential customer no matter whether a Democrat or Republican. I believe she takes the same approach as our representative. On the other hand, her main opposition is just the opposite. He’s an angry young man who denounces everybody and refuses to accept the outcome of the presidential election of 2020. Elections are the very foundation of our country and our government. The election commissions are made up of our friends and neighbors. There are literally hundreds of thousands of people involved, and they are some of our best citizens. To say that these people are part of some vast conspiracy to control the outcome of our presidential election is just ridiculous. If you truly believe that our elections are not fair and impartial, then you cannot believe in our government. No one should be elected to any office if they do not believe in their government, in my opinion. If you want to make America Great Again, just announce that you believe in our election system because that is what makes America great. Peter Abbarno is probably one of the most experienced public officials currently holding office. The experience he has makes him particularly effective as our representative. He is a family man with abundant energy and works to solve problems that affect our everyday lives. I don’t know of him ever badmouthing any individual, which is one of the main ways that the country has become so divided. He works hard on the drug problem, but he also is willing to give a second chance to drug users. He believes in our public education system and in young people. Peter has been a strong advocate for child care and has called Lewis County a child care “desert.” If you want reasonable solutions to problems, vote for Peter Abbarno and Marie Gluesencamp Perez.
Robert Davis Ethel |
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Julie McDonald commentary: Herrera Beutler deserved more respect at GOP convention
For a dozen years, Republican Third Congressional District U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler represented Southwest Washington in Congress with a focus on helping her constituents. Before that, she served in the state Legislature as an 18th District House member for three years. Now, she’s campaigning for the open position of Washington state commissioner of public lands in the upcoming Aug. 6 primary election, but when she stood to speak at the state Republican convention in Spokane on April 19, about a third of the 1,800 delegates booed and several dozen turned their backs on her. “I was extremely disappointed,” Ruth Peterson, of Boistfort Valley, said last week at the Chehalis Eagles during a meeting of the Lewis County Conservative Coalition, which invited Herrera Beutler to speak. “I’m looking forward now to actually being able to hear what she has to say.” As public lands commissioner, Herrera Beutler said she’d focus on better managing nearly 6 million acres of state public lands to help schools, firefighters, police officers and communities while overseeing mining, shellfish management, forest management and timber harvesting. Better management of public forests would curtail wildfire risks and subsequent air pollution, she said. Devastating California wildfires in 2020 erased two decades worth of that state’s gains in curtailing carbon emissions, she pointed out. Doug Sutherland, the last Republican lands commissioner, has endorsed her. She’s second in fundraising for the campaign, lagging behind only Democrat Dave Upthegrove, King County Council chair. The actions by disrespectful Trump cultists at the state convention stemmed from Herrera Beutler’s vote to condemn the actions of former President Donald Trump, which led to the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the nation’s Capitol by a violent mob intent on preventing certification of the 2020 presidential election. Because she was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump, she lost her 2022 primary campaign to Republican Joe Kent who then went on to lose the general election to Third District Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a Democrat. “As I read the Constitution, impeachment is a grand jury,” Herrera Beutler told the Association of Washington Business during a March 6, 2023, interview. “It’s not a conviction. It just says evidence is there to take it to a trial. Well, there was definitely enough evidence that I lived through that to me said this definitely needs to go to trial. And that’s all impeachment is. So, I have no regrets about that vote. I wouldn’t change it.” In some ways, the actions of Republicans at the state convention didn’t surprise me given the decline in civil public discourse since 2008, when I attended the convention in Spokane as a delegate for U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona. “During my time in Congress, I really felt like there was an escalation of divisive speaking, really from the people at the top, from presidents,” Herrera Beutler told the Association of Washington Business. “I just heard a lot of us-versus-them, whether it’s class or age or minority status. And as a young Hispanic woman, I don’t say that lightly.” I consider the decline in respect for one another and increase in hateful rhetoric all part of Trump’s legacy. What’s sad is that the Republican Party used to encompass a large tent with moderates and conservatives working together to elect candidates who advocated for individual freedoms, limited government, fiscal responsibility and family values. The party tried to adhere to President Ronald Reagan’s 11th commandment: “Thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican.” Today, the party has moved far to the right, defends a presidential candidate who has cheated on several wives and paid hush money to a porn star, and no longer wants what it calls RINOs — Republicans in Name Only. Trump, a decade-long Democrat before seeking the Republican nomination in 2016, is well known for referring to anyone in the Republican Party who opposes him as “pathetic” or “horrendous” RINOs. It used to be that the party didn’t endorse before the primary, leaving it to Republican candidates to fight it out among themselves until the election. The party then supported the Republican winner in the general election. But that’s all changed. The state party had already endorsed Kent over fellow Republican Third District candidate Leslie Lewallen. At the convention, Republicans endorsed Semi Bird for governor over former King County Sheriff and Eighth U.S. District Rep. Dave Reichert, whom they consider a RINO, and seven other Republicans. They endorsed Sue Kuehl Pederson over Herrera Beutler for commissioner of public lands and, in the race to defeat Democrat Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs, they picked Dale Whitaker. The party supported Raul Garcia over five other Republicans in the race to unseat U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell and endorsed Ferry County Commissioner Brian Dansel in the U.S. House District 5 race to replace Cathy McMorris Rogers, despite seven other Republicans running — including Spokane County Treasurer Michael Baumgartner. In the race for attorney general to replace Democrat Bob Ferguson, who is running for governor, the party endorsed Pasco Mayor Pete Serrano. Delegates picked Matt Hawkins as the party’s pick for auditor. For the nonpartisan position of superintendent of the office of public instruction, the party endorsed David Olson, a Peninsula School District board member. While in Congress, Herrera Beutler, a mother of three, cofounded a bipartisan Maternity Care Caucus and pushed forth the Preventing Maternal Death Act. She advocated for services for military veterans. She spearheaded efforts to make it easier to kill sea lions to protect both endangered Columbia River salmon and federal investments to restore threatened fish runs. She pushed for legislation to protect timber harvests, endangered wildlife, agriculture, watersheds and energy from hydroelectric projects. She was willing to reach across the aisle and work with Democrats if that’s what it took to accomplish goals to benefit her district. When people contacted her office for help, she responded, which I know from firsthand experience. I helped a World War II veteran injured at Okinawa write and publish his life story, but despite trying for a couple of years, he couldn’t obtain copies of his medical records from the Veterans Administration. I contacted Herrera Beutler’s office, and he received the records within a month. During her tenure, her office returned $10 million to constituents — veterans, widows, people with disabilities — who were owed benefits. Whatever your beliefs about her vote to impeach Trump, Herrera Beutler deserved more respect than having people turn their backs and boo her. But that seems to be reflective of today’s Republican Party. ••• Julie McDonald, a personal historian from Toledo, may be reached at memoirs@chaptersoflife.com.
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Seattle Times Opinion
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Pass Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act for greater transparency
Despite his criminal history, any death of a detainee deserves public scrutiny and laws to protect those who remain in custody. |
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Boeing: Focus on excellence in engineering
Re: “Union: Boeing penalized its engineers over costly design recommendations” [April 24, A1], “Boeing bleeds cash with production slow after blowout” [April 25, A1] and “At Boeing, ex-manager says, you ‘get promoted by hustling parts’ ” [April 25, Business]: Boeing has, justifiably, been under intense public and Congressional scrutiny following two horrible plane disasters and the […] |
