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Liquor Control Board posts lottery results for marijuana retail shops SAMANTHA PAK spak@redmond-reporter.com
Earlier this week, three Redmond applicants were selected as part of 75 marijuana retail store lotteries by the Washington State Liquor Control Board (WSLCB). The independent, double-blind process took place April 21-25 and produced ordered lists of applicants that the agency will use to continue its retail licensing process. If an applicant is within the maximum number of stores allotted for that jurisdiction but fails to pass the licensing process, the WSLCB will withdraw the application and move to the next license application on the list. The three Redmond retail applicants are listed in the lottery results on the WSLCB website in the public records section. They are listed in the following order: The Grass is Always Greener (7867 Leary Way N.E.), W&L Holdings (8210 Avondale Way N.E.) and Diamond Medical (8771 148th Ave. N.E.). These are the top-three ranked businesses; Redmond is allotted two potential retail spots.
An eventful Saturday in Redmond Redmond residents had two events to choose from last Saturday: Top, Artists participate in the Promenade of the Golden Eggs at Lucia Neare’s “Recipe for Love” on City Hall’s Great Lawn. Bottom: Abigail Horoho, 2, feeds an alpaca as Julia Ruan, 6, watches at the opening day of the Redmond Saturday Market on Leary Way. More photos on page 10 and at www.redmond-reporter.com. PHOTOS — TOP: MATT LOSCHEN, Courtesy photo BOTTOM: ANDY NYSTROM, Redmond Reporter
POTENTIAL SITES
The proposed location for The Grass is Always Greener is in downtown between Palmers East and Mieko’s Clips. Currently, the storefront is empty with the words “Walk-ins Welcome” painted on the glass door. The Reporter was unable to connect with anyone affiliated with the proposed business. The proposed site for W&L Holdings is located at Championship Motors, a used car facility that was built in 2002 and is owned by brothers David Spencer and Steven Spencer. David said they were recently approached by a business venture interested in leasing their facility as a retail marijuana facility. “As owners of commercial property, (Steven and I) are interested in ascertaining the highest and best use for that property, and being selected in the lottery only enhances our commercial property value,” David said. He added that with the City of Redmond’s current moratorium on all marijuana-related regulations, he and his brother entered a non-binding letter of intent [ more POT page 7 ]
Redmond woman charged with assault, domestic violence in stabbing ANDY NYSTROM anystrom@redmond-reporter.com
A 54-year-old Redmond woman has been charged with assault in the first degree — domestic violence for reportedly stabbing her 66-year-old husband on the morning of April 28, according to King County Superior Court documents. Defendant Christine Welker was charged on April 30 and is being held
in King County Jail in Seattle on $500,000 bail. She is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday, according to a press secretary for the King County Prosecuting Attorney Office. Redmond Police Department (RPD) spokesperson and officer Julie Beard said the victim has been released from Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he and his wife were transported after the
incident. Police responded to the home in the 9600 block of 173rd Place Northeast at about 3:54 a.m. on April 28. According to the police report, the victim “woke up after being smacked in the head by a knife.” The victim added that he and his wife struggled to gain control of the knife and “she was determined to kill me and herself.” While questioned in the
hospital, the defendant said there was a struggle, but she couldn’t remember what happened, the police report states. When told she was under arrest, the defendant said, “I’m sorry.” According to charging documents, another struggle ensued after the victim went downstairs and fell down. With a knife sticking out of his neck, the documents continue, he
managed to flee the scene and make it across the street to a neighbor’s house to ask for help. The neighbor told police that the victim had multiple stab wounds to his neck, documents state. Police arrived to find the victim lying in a pool of blood on his neighbor’s front porch with multiple stab wounds to his neck and back. Police found the knife underneath his back.
Across the street, the defendant barricaded herself in the house, according to documents. Police entered the house and found her in the bedroom with what appeared to be self-inflicted injuries to her wrist and throat, the documents continue. According to RPD, there was no one else in the residence and there is a history of domestic violence between the two.