Ocean Grocery sells $1,000,000 lottery winner

I’ll be claiming my prize later this week. Been meaning to get down to the lottery office but haven’t had the time.

I don’t like going negative on this good news, but this $$ could indirectly be a curse. (too much, too fast, plus people are jealous and could do harm). Still, congrats to the winner!

Ocean’s gets a percentage of the amount as well, right? Hopefully they use that to continue the work they’ve been doing on the place. Looking at the picture above helps me to appreciate the clearing of that lot and the mural (as interesting as it is…)

Winning ticket sold at Church Hill corner store known for hard luck
http://wtvr.com/2012/12/07/winning-ticket-sold-at-church-hill-corner-store-known-for-hard-luck/

In the late ‘80s, back when it was AJ’s Market, the place was robbed at gunpoint twice.

In ‘86, a security guard shot a 16-year-old robber inside, records show.

The area out back and down Venable was a notorious drug market for a generation. Old men and even an old woman were robbed at gunpoint outside in 2002 and 2003. (A large retirement home is right down the street.)

In 2008 a teen was shot and wounded out there. Another was injured by gunfire the next year.

But perhaps the unluckiest day was in October of 1990, when a female motorist drove her car into store, collapsing a brick wall that fell on store clerk Julian Wilson, who was crushed to death.

According to the article in #7, each store (Kroger and Ocean Grocery) also got $10,000 for selling the ticket. So Ocean Grocery got a nice chunk of change out of this.