FIRE AT WOOD MILL
• Firefighters in Onalaska extinguished a blaze at Alexanders Mill yesterday in a drying shed. Lewis County Fire District 1 was called at 11:23 a.m. to the 1600 block of state Route 508 and found flames from a piece of equipment had ignited the roof rafters, according to Chief Mark Conner. The damage was minor, he said.
MAYFIELD CABIN DESTROYED IN BLAZE
• The cause of a fire that gutted a small vacation cabin at Mayfield Lake on Friday night is still under investigation. Approximately 25 firefighters from two departments responded to the 7:27 p.m. call to the 100 block of Tanglewood Drive. Lewis County Fire District 8 Assistant Chief Don Taylor said as they prepared to attack the fire the entire structure became involved with flames. It was an unoccupied dwelling which had recently been refurbished, he said. Taylor said it was especially challenging because of the narrow road and driveway. While the area has fire hydrants, the fire department doesn’t use them because the system is unreliable, he said. They filled tenders with water from Mayfield Lake and fortunately it was a small house so they didn’t need much water, he said.
CHIMNEY FIRE IN RANDLE
• A resident on the 400 block of Cline Road in Randle used a garden hose to put out a chimney fire on Friday. Fire Investigator Ted McCarty said flames got into the attic a bit but caused minimal damage.
MAN TRASHES APARTMENT, SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning a 44-year-old Chehalis man was arrested after allegedly getting angry at his girlfriend and causing more than $2,000 damage to her Centralia area apartment. Michael T. Taylor was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree malicious mischief domestic violence very early yesterday, according to the sheriff’s office.
MORTON MAN BEATEN IN CHEHALIS
• Chehalis police were called just after 2 a.m. Saturday to the 500 block of North Market Street where a 25-year-old Morton man said he as beaten by two males. The victim was apparently punched and kicked and had lumps and bumps on his head, but didn’t want aid or to pursue making a report with arriving officers, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
COUNTY TRUCK TAKEN FROM FAIRGROUNDS
• A Lewis County work truck was stolen from the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds sometime between Wednesday and Friday, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. Somebody got into a shop and took the 1990 GMC truck as well as a 250-foot spool of cable, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. The area was searched and both were found down the road along the railroad tracks, Brown said.
CAMPER BREAK-IN
• Somebody broke into a camper on the 100 block of Hadaller Road outside Mossyrock and stole hunting knives, two-way radios, binoculars, a GPS device, a 13-inch television and a bottle of Crown Royal, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called Friday afternoon to take a report learned it happened sometime between Nov. 7 and Friday. The loss was estimated at $750, according to the sheriff’s office.
RIDING MOWER MISSING
• Centralia police took a report late Saturday afternoon of a theft of a black Craftman riding lawnmower from a shed on the 2400 block of North Pearl Street. Also missing was a hedge trimmer, according to the Centralia Police Department.
CAR PROWLS
• Chehalis police were called Saturday morning at 7:43 a.m. and again at 8:01 a.m. about vehicle prowls on Airport Road.
• An i-Pod and jacket were stolen from a vehicle on the 200 block of Latona Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police on Saturday morning.
• A Centralia police officer took a report about 9 a.m. on Saturday of a vehicle prowl on the 800 block of South Pearl Street in which a stereo was stolen, according to police.
• CDs and other items were missing after a vehicle prowl on the 1000 South Pearl Street, according to a report made to police just after 6 a.m. on Saturday morning.
• On Friday morning, an officer was called to a car prowl on the 300 block of East Magnolia Street in which a window was smashed out and a stereo and other items stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A Comcast cable box was reported missing from an unlocked vehicle on the 1200 block of H Street in Centralia, according to a report made about 7:15 a.m. on Friday to police.
FIRE DEPARTMENT RESCUES DOG IN WELL
• The Salkum area fire chief offered praise for his people today after a successful rescue last week of a dog from the bottom of a well he estimated was as much as 65 feet deep. Lewis County Fire District 8 was called Wednesday afternoon to the residence on U.S. Highway 12 near Leonard Road when the yellow Labrador’s owner discovered it had fallen into the old well. The department doesn’t have equipment to conduct such a rescue, but one of the members took the handle off his salmon net and tied a rope to it, Chief Dave DeBuhr said. He said the animal seemed to relax when he was caught by the net. The dog was tired, cold and wet and had probably been down there at least a couple of hours, DeBuhr said. “I give kudos to all my people, they are great innovators and thinkers,” he said.
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