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News Briefs
Flood Relief Center Asking for Help
By The Chronicle
Help 4 Hard Times, an agency distributing flood relief supplies, has opened a building to take donations, distribute items, and provide assistance to flood survivors.
Anna Brown, co-founder and executive director of Help 4 Hard Times, is asking people to recycle their used, clean furniture, newer appliances, power tools and lawn mowers. Gift cards are also needed to help keep the building open and pay the utilities, as well as assist families with building materials and gasoline.
Help 4 Hard Times is located at 249 N.W. Chehalis Avenue, Chehalis, visit www.help4hardtimes.org, or call Brown at 349-5415. TelluRide to Perform for Benefit Concert
By The Chronicle
The country music group TelluRide will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 31, at Corbet Theatre at Centralia College to help raise money for the United Way Flood Relief of Lewis County.
Adam Craig, lead singer, and Ryan Jones, keyboards, both grew up in the area. Adam, who majored in music at Centralia College, said the band’s performance at Corbet Theatre has special meaning for him.
He said the inspiration for the benefit show came from a recent trip to the area.
“When I went back to Washington at Christmas and saw the devastation from the floods, I knew we had to do something,” Craig said in a news release.
Tickets are on sale at Toledo Pharmacy, Book ‘n’ Brush in Chehalis, and at www.tellurideband.com. VIP seating is $30 and general admission is $20. Sex Offender Living in a Van in Rochester
By The Chronicle
ROCHESTER -- The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office wants residents to know a registered sex offender is living in Rochester, and is listed as homeless.
Eric W. Clemens, 21, is a level two sex offender -- with a medium likelihood of re-offending -- but because he has no fixed address, the sheriff’s office is making a more widespread notification than it otherwise would.
Clemens was convicted when he pleaded guilty in March 2006 to downloading child pornography from a Centralia College library computer. He lived in a Rochester home following his 15 month sentence, but is now living in Rochester in his van, according to the sheriff’s office.
Clemens is described as a male, 6-feet 3-inches tall and weighing 305 pounds. He has brown hair and hazel eyes. Neighbors Learn to Help Neighbors in Flood
By The Chronicle
ROCHESTER -- Based on the presumption that the most immediate source of help during a major disaster is one’s neighbors, Thurston County officials will host a free class on the topic in Rochester.
The two-hour class, called Map Your Neighborhood, will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 20, at the new Rochester Fire Department main station at 18720 Sargent Road.
Topics include identification of neighborhood skills and equipment, nine steps to take immediately following a disaster, neighborhood contact lists and identifying locations of natural gas and propane tanks.
Those interested are urged to pre-register by e-mailing their name, phone number and agency or neighborhood to class organizer Vivian Eason at easonv@co.thurston.wa.us. The same information can also be faxed to (360) 786-5582. Further information is available by calling (360) 786-5243. Hazardous Waste Collection Scheduled
By The Chronicle
MORTON -- The Lewis County Solid Waste Utility will be holding its annual East Lewis County Household Hazardous waste collection event on Saturday at the East Lewis County Solid Waste Transfer Station, 6745 U.S. Highway 12, near Morton.
The event allows residents to properly and safely dispose of unneeded hazardous materials such as paint, thinner and solvent, used oil and antifreeze, lawn and garden chemicals, cleaners, car batteries, rechargeable batteries, propane tanks and fluorescent lamps. No business or medical waste, ammunition or explosives of any type will be accepted.
Large monitors and computer towers will be accepted for a small fee. Miscellaneous electronics, including keyboards, VHS and DVD players, telephones, and portable electronics will be accepted free of charge.
The event will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Household hazardous waste will not be accepted before or after the event. The transfer station will be open normal hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., for solid waste disposal and recycling.
For more information, call Mark Bronson at 740-1221 or 1-800-749-5980. Master Gardeners Plant Sale Today
By The Chronicle
Washington State University Master Gardeners of Lewis County will be holding its annual plant sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, at the Yard Birds Mall in Chehalis.
The sale will feature vegetables, fruits, annuals, perennials, shrubs, houseplants and handmade garden craft items.
For more information, call 740-1212 or e-mail baeastman@tds.net.
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