by Peter Abbarno | Jul 4, 2024 | Elect Peter Abbarno
The Reflector- When Centralia teen Zachary Lee Rager swam in a chilly river on a warm spring day in 2021, a cooling swim soon turned into tragedy when he suddenly experienced cold water shock and passed away.That day, the 18-year-old Rager, an experienced swimmer,...
by Peter Abbarno | Jun 24, 2022 | Elect Peter Abbarno
Health officials and local emergency management crews are urging caution around the water ahead of forecasted high temperatures in western Washington this weekend. The first ‘real’ warm weekend of the year in 2022. Although temperatures are forecasted to...
by Peter Abbarno | Mar 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
Had it been raining on March 23, 2021, like it was that same day a year later, it’s unlikely Zachary Rager would have jumped into the Chehalis River from the railroad trestle bridge along the Willapa Hills Trail. But it was sunny and 72 degrees that day in 2021,...