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FRIDAY, SEPT. 5, 2014
Police recover 200 cans of black market baby formula BY DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com
Renton Police recovered more than 200 cans of baby formula destined for the black market in Vietnam Aug. 28, following a year-long investigation. The formula, worth about $5,400, was returned to Safeway and QFC, two of the retailers targeted by thieves in recent months, according to Terri Vickers, a spokeswoman for the Renton Police Department. The suspect, a 32-year-old Renton woman, was booked into the SCORE regional jail in Des Moines for investigation of felony first-degree attempted trafficking in stolen property. She was released on Aug. 29 and as of Wednesday had yet to be charged. The investigation is continuing. Police found the baby formula stacked in her living room and in bags on the sofa. Arrested the afternoon on Aug. 28 in Pierce County were a man and a woman who had offered to sell investigators several cans of stolen baby formula, according to Vickers. They were booked
First day flowers and photos Tuesday marked the first day of school for students in the Renton School District. Above, a pair of students offer flowers to Highlands Elemnetary School Principal Janet Fawcett while a parent, right, snaps a photo of his son’s first day. PHOTOS COURTESY RENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Renton woman won’t let MS slow her ride in Deception Pass Classic BY TRACEY COMPTON tcompton@rentonreporter.com
When Renton resident Scotia Brown was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, or MS, she was just one month away from delivering her third son. “I think I was just kind of in denial about it,” she said in a recent interview. “And being so young, I was just about to have my son and I just didn’t want to come to the conclusion, like I really have this
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disease.” It’s the conclusion some people come to at age 29, which is the average onset of MS. Brown was just 26 when she was diagnosed. Now at 32, she’s in a different place, ready to share her story and help raise awareness about the disease. She will ride with about 2,000 other bicyclists in the Bike MS Deception Pass Classic Sept. 6 - 7 in Mount Vernon. The event, which takes place nationwide on different weekends, is in support of the more than 400,000 people in the U.S. who live with multiple sclerosis. According to event organizers, women are two to [ more RIDE page 12 ]
Renton’s Scotia Brown will ride 160 miles this weekend to raise awareness for multiple sclerosis in the Bike MS Deception Pass Classic. TRACEY COMPTON, Renton Reporter
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Event raises awareness for disease that affects more than 400,000