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Message in a bottle sender found in Richland

May 23, 2013 - Andrew Glaister, of Scotland, holds a handwritten note he discovered in a plastic bottle while walking on the beach on the Pentland Firth between the Scottish mainland and the Orkney Islands.

Martha Leam, 16, is the girl who put a message in a bottle two years ago while riding on a ferry off the coast of Scotland. She is a junior at Richland High School.

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LOCAL NEWS

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CRIME

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EDUCATION

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LOCAL NEWS

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LOCAL BUSINESS

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CRIME STOPPERS

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LOCAL NEWS

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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

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