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Page A-16 Shelton-Mason County Journal — Thursday, April 2, 2020
Essential: Businesses seeing changes With Inslee’s order
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“The phone was blowing up:
‘Are you open, are you open?’ ”
he said.
In response, “We loaded up
on edibles.” Goad said. “If peo-
ple have respiratory problems,
they will move toward edibles
and drinks We want to have
that for people.”
Cancer patients also made
a run on Rick Simpson Oils,
Goad said. .
“our cancer patients are
scared, so they’re trying to stock ,
up,” said Tia Fleming, a Shel-
ton native who is a budtender.
“They come in with masks and
hand sanitizer.”
Only four customers are al-
lowed in the store at a time,
and tape on the floor designates
where they should stand to get
service. Cleaning cabinets and
other surfaces is a constant.
“We want to keep an island
of normalcy,” Goad said.
“We just hope to be a bright
light in the dark,” Fleming said.
Batstone Bud Shop on Johns
Prairie Road also received a
rush of customers before the
governor declared that lmari-
juana shops can remain open,
said inventory manager Kiarra
Wiley.
“People bulk bought, then
realized they didn’t have to,”
she said.
Craig Hart, the store’s man-
ager, said he predicted Inlsee
would declare marijuana shops
essential after the governor of
California did so. V
Some of the new customers
live nearby, and decided not
to stop at their usual Olympia
area marijuana stores on their
way home from work, Wiley
said.
The gloves on the employees ,
are new, as is the roped off buf-
fer that provides distance be-
tween customers and employ—
ees. They also offer curbside
service in front of the business.
At Renegade Guns in Shel-
ton, owner Harry Heldreth
doesn’t have those options to
produce “social distancing” or
keep his doors open.
' Heldreth, who worked for
the Shelton Police Department
for years before retiring in
November 2017, bought the
business on Olympic Highway
North in Shelton in 2018.
Heldreth said be believes
guns should be considered an
essential business because the
firearms provide safety and se—
curity.
“I think people have the
right to defend themselves a
lot of the other states say they
are essential to public safety
and to protect themselves,” he
said.
When the coronavirus began
to spread, business doubled,
Heldreth said.
“(The customers) were say-
ing-it was just for self-protec-
tion, to' protect themselves,”
Heldreth said. Some of the buy—
ers mentioned home and busi-
ness invasions, and they fear
“public unrest,” he said.
Some were first-time gun
buyers, Heldrith said. He said
he directed them to get proper
training.
With the forced closure, “1
went from an average of $1,500
to $2,000 a week to zero,” he
said.
Steve Mutoli owns Steve’s
Munitions on East Mikkelsen
Road in Shelton. Before the
forced closure, business was
“fair, not great,” he said. Now
it’s temporarily on hold.
Mutoli points out that he
can’t do paperwork with cus-
tomers because it means sign-
AT TOP: From left, budtender Aaron Lambert, budtender Tia Fleming and
co—owner Tim Goad
are open for business at Bayshore Cannabis Co. in Shelton after Gov. Jay
lnslee declared
marijuana stores “essential” bu$inesses, allowed to remain open during
stay at home orders
that closed other businesses. ABOVE: Harry Heldreth with his dog Brody —-
worked for the
Shelton Police Department for years before buying Renegade Guns in Sheiton
in 2018. His
store is’closed after lnslee declared gun shops not essential businesses
as the coronavirus
spread prompted stay-at-home orders. Journal photos by Gordon Weeks
Mutoli said he understands
the magnitude of the pandemic.
“If you’re sick, stay home.
Don’t spread the germ It’s
not something to mess around
wit .”
ing contracts together. He’s also
not selling marine rust and cor-
rosion preventative lubricant.
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