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2 pot shops stung in sting The recreational marijuana stores in the Everett area are cited for selling to underage buyers. By Rikki King Herald Writer
EVERETT — Two area marijuana shops are being cited for selling to underage buyers
during a recent sting. They are Purple Haze, 4218 Rucker Ave., and Green City Collective, 13601 Highway 99, which is south of city limits. Both businesses face a 10-day suspension or a $2,500 fine, said Brian Smith, a spokesman for the Washington State Liquor Control Board in Olympia, which oversees recreational marijuana businesses. The stores can appeal or request a hearing.
Other area shops were included in the sting but did not sell to the underage buyers. Those found in compliance were Kushmart, Bud Hut, Herbal Nation, High Times, Euphorium Lynnwood, Local Roots Marijuana and High Society. It was the state’s first sting at marijuana shops. The agency relied on undercover buyers who were at least 18 but also less than 21, the legal age to purchase
marijuana, Smith said. The underage buyers were required to present true identification if asked by the clerk. Similar stings are common for alcohol sellers, who also are prohibited from doing business with people under 21. Individual employees could face criminal sanctions for such sales. See STING, back page, this section
Going local in Stanwood
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Melissa Turkington works in the kitchen at her newly opened local food hub, Salt & Thistle, in Stanwood on Tuesday. After receiving a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Turkington opened the store that sells, among other local products, freshly prepared food with ingredients produced by farmers within a 50-mile radius.
Salt & Thistle aims to be a marketplace for small area farmers By Kari Bray
Food, a company focused on helping small, local farmers and producers succeed in a market that is dominated by massive farms and national corporations. Last year, Turkington landed a $98,700 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Local Food Promotion Program. She directed the money toward building a community kitchen and food processing workspace where farmers could bring their produce and turn it into a variety
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STANWOOD — Melissa Turkington’s dream of a local food hub that gives small farms a chance to compete with agricultural giants has taken some unexpected turns. The latest landed her in the bright, open space she turned into Salt & Thistle, a specialty shop that opened Mother’s Day weekend in the Stanwood Camano Village shopping center, 7009 265th St. NW, Suite 103. Salt & Thistle is the storefront for North 40 Farm
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Strawberry-rhubarb scones, made with rhubarb from Nelles Farms in Mount Vernon, and chocolate chip cookies are an example of fresh goods made in-house at Salt & Thistle in Stanwood.
A bone to pick Dem bones: Scientists say they have found Washington state’s first-ever dinosaur fossil, an 80 million-year-old leg bone that belonged to a cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex. Discoveries of dinosaur fossils are considered rare in the Northwest (Page B1). Not because there were Dear Abby . . . D5 Horoscope . . . B4
few dinosaurs in the Northwest, but because they usually retired to Arizona. Uneasy rider: Motorcycle sales in the U.S. were up 8.2 percent for the first three months on the year, but that may also mean an increase in deaths and injuries from motorcycle accidents. A report blames motorcycles’
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high death rate on lax helmet laws, unlicensed riders, speeding and impaired riders (Page A7). Noting recent events, add to those causes: riding in Texas while wearing a Texas patch on your jacket. Check the CEO’s couch for loose change: Four of the world’s biggest banks have Sports . . . . . . C1 Stocks . . . . . . A8
Man in chase ‘not very good at driving’ Pursuit in south Everett leads to arrest; a child’s bicycle was among the getaway vehicles. Police are investigating leads that may be related to other crimes. By Rikki King Herald Writer
EVERETT — In the end, the man wasn’t much of a getaway driver. He tried, though, using a pickup, a motorcycle and a child’s bicycle snatched from under the boy’s nose. The hurly-burly started about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at an abandoned home near McCollum Park. It ended in a new housing development, still under construction, in the Silver Lake area. Police caught the man and his girlfriend, and recovered four stolen Ford pickups. Now investigators with the Snohomish County Auto Theft Task Force are connecting leads from this case to other crimes. “It took us on new investigations that we’re going to continue to pursue to recover victims’ property,” Det. Terry Haldeman said Wednesday morning. Sheriff’s deputies had stopped by the abandoned house, known as “a drug house and a flophouse,” and found two stolen heavy-duty Ford pickups, Haldeman said. While they were checking it out, two Ford F-350s pulled into the driveway. Both drivers spotted the police and put the trucks in reverse, Haldeman said. The woman was stopped and arrested. The boyfriend sped away onto I-5, heading north. He tried to lose the cops by exiting into the park-and-ride lot near 112th Street SE. He then doubled back, headed toward 116th Street SE. “He drove into the back yard of two brand-new, unoccupied houses, and drove down a very steep ravine and crashed,” Haldeman said. The truck was about 60 feet down the ravine, Haldeman said. Two boys, who appeared to be about 12 years old, had seen the truck race by. “Out of curiosity, they followed it,” he said. “They were standing there staring at this pickup down this ravine.” They didn’t see the man, who had climbed out of the ravine and was watching from a nearby porch. “As soon as they dropped their bikes, he grabbed one of the See CHASE, back page, this section
agreed to pay more than $5 billion in penalties after their traders were caught rigging currency markets (Page A7). And just to show that the Justice Department means business, if any of the banks’ checks come back marked NSF, it’s tacking on a $35 fee for insufficient funds.
—Jon Bauer, Herald staff
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