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City imposes moratorium on additional retail pot shops BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
Current state law allows up to two retail marijuana stores in a city the size of Auburn, but as of year’s end there was only The Stash Box at 3108 A St. SE.
Given the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board’s recent decision to lift the limit on the number of such stores, allowing medical patients access to the products they need, however, more may come to Auburn. That possibility is what led the
Auburn City Council on Monday to impose a 12-month moratorium on the acceptance of applications, permits and licenses for additional marijuana retail stores. “What’s happened at the state Legislature is that the law has changed,” said City Councilman
John Holman, one of the supporters of approving marijuana sales in the City of Auburn. “And rather than be limited to two marijuana retail outlets in the City of Auburn, this kind of throws the floodgates open. … This gives us time to study; it does nothing
to change the existing businesses that we have right now. It does give us up to a year to consider the implications of how the state law will impact us.” Councilman Claude DaCorsi [ more MORATORIUM page 7 ]
Daisha Campbell and her friend, Nick Konkler, were homecoming king and queen as Auburn Riverside High School seniors. Campbell, now a University of Washington freshman, is raising money for Cancer for College through the Miss Greek Pageant in a tribute to Konkler, who died of leukemia in 2015. COURTESY PHOTO
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Winter came dressed in white last Sunday with light snow blanketing Auburn and much of the Puget Sound area. That snow, however, transitioned to rain early Monday. Light snow throughout the region,
coupled with freezing temperatures, made for some slick roadways. Some sunshine and slightly warmer daytime temperatures were forecast this weekend. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter
Student takes on challenge to honor a friend lost to cancer BY CHRIS CHANCELLOR cchancellor@auburn-reporter.com
“Everything is pretty much shutting down,” exhibitor Don Hagen recently said of the AVCA Gallery. “We were there from the first of November to the end of the year. There is talk about finding another more permanent home, and a whole bunch of people making decisions.”
Her friend didn’t get to live out his dream. But Daisha Campbell is helping others get that chance. Campbell, an Auburn Riverside High School graduate and University of Washington freshman, is representing her sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, to raise money for Cancer for College through the Miss Greek Pageant. She drew inspiration to enter the pageant and charitable contest from her late high school friend, Nick Konkler, who succumbed to leukemia on Feb. 23, 2015. A self-described “car nut,” Konkler was preparing to attend WyoTech in
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Arts group still chasing a permanent home BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
Just can’t wait to get on the road again. But unlike old Willie Nelson, Auburn Valley Creative Arts is downright tired of the highway. From storefront to office building to downtown mall and more, every few
months or so, the organization of local artists barely has a chance to settle into new digs before time comes to pack it all up again and move on. Often for rent reasons, once for a leaking ceiling. Beginning in November, artists called The Outlet Collection mall home, but as of Jan. 3 that too faded into the rear view mirror.
Comedy at the Ave | Jan. 15, 7:30 pm | $17/$15 | Auburn Ave. Theater (18 and over only) Cirque Ziva | Jan. 16, 7:30 pm | $25/$20 | Auburn Performing Arts Center AveKids: The Commedia Pinocchio | Jan. 23, 2 pm | $8 | Auburn Ave. Theater 1494615
Tickets: www.auburnwa.gov/arts | 253-931-3043