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    Articles by Celeste Gracey
    Nich Sullivan stands outside Tyrannosaurus Records
    Tyrannosaurus Records to open in Renton this month
    By Celeste Gracey • August 3, 2009 4:34 pm

    “Where do you buy music?” Nich Sullivan asked.
    A concoction of honey and chocolate swirled in his coffee cup at Liberty Cafe on Third Street, the main road downtown.
    The last music shop closed its doors years ago.
    So when Sullivan decided to open Tyrannosaurus Records (TRx), an independent label and music store, it was about meeting a city’s need for music and promoting local musicians.

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    Crowds watch from along side the Cedar River Sunday as hundreds of rubber duckies make their slow way down the  river in the IKEA Renton River Days Rubber Ducky Race.
    River Days: It was just ducky
    By Celeste Gracey • July 30, 2009 2:37 pm

    Horns resonated down South Third Street, while drill teams clicked their shoes and about 1,500 parade participants shared their Renton…

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    From the left
    Out of necessity, learning the fine art of...
    By Celeste Gracey • July 30, 2009 2:24 pm

    This week’s record-high temperatures reminded one Auburn woman of her home in Dominica, an island in the Caribbean. “The water…

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    From the left
    Meet your neighborhood: Kennydale walkabouts
    By Celeste Gracey • July 30, 2009 12:48 pm

    A small group of long-time Kennydale residents paced up a hill once called Benson for its only residents. Though the…

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    Renton's Lenore Lee holds up one of the about 500 quilt tops she's sewn for charity in the past 7 years.
    Renton woman sews 500 quilts for charity
    By Celeste Gracey • July 30, 2009 12:28 pm

    Stacks of nine-inch fabric fill the room as a sewing machine rests in the window light. A counter was set…

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    Rachel Simmons
    Ice rink offers free admission during heat wave
    By Celeste Gracey • July 28, 2009 2:36 pm

    Beat the heat; hit the ice. In response to record-high temperatures, Renton’s ice rink, Castle Ice, is offering free ice-skating…

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    Renton reached a record-high temperature at 4 p.m. Wednesday
    Renton’s expected 102 high outdone, 105 at 4...
    By Celeste Gracey • July 27, 2009 7:15 pm

    Record temperatures have hit the Seattle area this week with Renton hitting 105 by 4 p.m. Sea-Tac shattered its 100-degree…

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    A Seafair pirate growls at the crowd
    Slide Show: Renton River Days parade BIG success
    By Celeste Gracey • July 25, 2009 8:14 pm

    Horns resonated down South Third Street, while drill teams clicked their shoes and about 1,500 parade participants shared their Renton…

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    Slide show: senior picnic at Renton Community Center
    Slide show: senior picnic at Renton Community Center
    By Celeste Gracey • July 23, 2009 8:04 pm

    As a part of Renton River Days, several hundred seniors packed the Renton Community Center for a picnic-style lunch and…

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    Burglars hit homes in Liberty Ridge area
    Burglars hit homes in Liberty Ridge area
    By Celeste Gracey • July 23, 2009 2:20 pm

    About nine homes were burglarized in the Liberty Ridge area this month, said deputy police chief Tim Troxel. At least…

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    Parents rally to save music program
    Parents rally to save music program
    By Celeste Gracey • July 23, 2009 1:45 pm

    Though the Renton School District faces $5.3 million in cuts, the most controversial issue – fifth-grade band and orchestra –…

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    Angelica Gonzalez (left) and Kyara Pierce (right) help Jeff Evans (center) with a magic trick at the Renton Public Library. Librarians planned several events
    Magic draws families to library, books
    By Celeste Gracey • July 23, 2009 1:40 pm

    Kids awed and bounced as they watched the magician’s crafty hands pull cards and coins from hats and ears. Working…

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    Michael Shaver
    South Renton group takes revitalization seriously, picks up...
    By Celeste Gracey • July 23, 2009 1:24 pm

    Taking responsibility for their neighborhood, a new South Renton group spent a Saturday morning picking up liquor bottles and trimming…

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    Nashca Gonzales
    Slide Show: Big air, big crowds, big snake...
    By Celeste Gracey • July 23, 2009 1:20 pm

    Two boys wrestled for a sword-shaped balloon, while a group of girls waited, knees wiggling, for ice cream cones to…

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    As a part of the Art Docent program at Sierra Heights Elementary School
    Sierra Heights students show off artistic talent
    By Celeste Gracey • July 17, 2009 6:36 pm

    Framed marker drawings and finger paintings line the walls of the theater foyer like little masterpieces. As a part of…

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    Youth pose in costume for the Summer Teen Musical
    Teen Footloose musical all about ’80s style
    By Celeste Gracey • July 17, 2009 6:31 pm

    With leg warmers, Air Jordan’s and parachute pants — this year’s youth musical plans to dish out ’80s style.
    Though most of the actors in 24th Annual Summer Teen Musical hadn’t seen the film Footloose, they’re excited about reliving their parent’s glory days.

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    Renton's Norm Abrahamson
    Parade floats about creative engineering
    By Celeste Gracey • July 17, 2009 6:30 pm

    With a pencil tucked away under an earpiece on his glasses, the engineer bobbed a wooden seagull up and down….

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    Recycling company catches fire fourth time in past few years
    Recycling company catches fire fourth time in past...
    By Celeste Gracey • July 17, 2009 6:10 pm

    This month, a recycling company caught fire for the fourth in the past few years, said Renton Fire’s Deputy Chief…

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    Potential utilities con-man, city warns
    Potential utilities con-man, city warns
    By Celeste Gracey • July 16, 2009 3:46 pm

    The City received multiple reports of a potential utility-bill scam, said communications director Preeti Shridhar. Someone posing as a city…

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    Meri England and Don Hanson in front of his 1929 Chevy at the Return to Renton Car Show. This year it attracted about 3
    Renton car show a success, despite rain
    By Celeste Gracey • July 16, 2009 2:16 pm

    Despite some rain, the Return to Renton Car Show endured, raising about $11,000 for the Renton Police Department Youth Fund.
    “We had a brief moment of panic when the rain started coming down,” said organizer Ryan Runge. “We lost a few cars, but nothing major. A lot of people toughed it out. We held the rain off the rest of the day.”

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