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Our Loss – September 2016

28 September , 201628 September , 2016 Alexis Arquette, Arnold Palmer, Charmian Carr, cricket, Curtis Hanson, golf, Greta Friedman, Greta Zimmer, Greta Zimmer Friedman, Max Walker, Sound of Music

September 2016 saw us lose Max Walker, Arnold Palmer, Charmian Carr from the Sound of Music, the nurse in the famous VJ Day photo and more.

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Amah's Kitchen 

Zucchini Carpaccio, Tatin and Rösti

28 September , 201627 September , 2016 amah's Kitchen, Carpaccio, courgettes, food, Italian recipes, recipes, rösti, Summer Squash, tatin, upside-down tart, zucchini, Zucchini Carpaccio, Zucchini rösti, Zucchini taitin

Zucchini or courgettes? Same difference; it just depends where you live. here are three more ways to tackle the amazing zucchini.

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Police Media Regional 

Missing Melvin Leonard, plus three children

28 September , 201629 September , 2016 Algester, Burpengary, Defiance Road, Logan Central, Melvin Leonard, missing boy, missing children, missing girl, missing man, missing people, missing persons, missing teenagers, missing teens, Sarina, Woodridge

Police are seeking public assistance to locate Melvin Leonard, a man missing from Sarina plus, a boy from Woodridge and girls from Burpengary and Algester.

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Arts & Entertainment Years Ago 

September 2006 – 10 years ago

28 September , 201621 September , 2016 Anastasia Rebecca De Sousa, animals, Anna Quindlen, Batt Reef, Blue Fin, Brad Meltzer, Brian Herbert, Changi Prison, Choy Khun Heng, Colin Thiele, coup d'état, Crocodile Hunter, Dawson College, Dawson College shooting, digital television, digital TV, Dune, Elizabeth Choy, Embraer Legacy 600, fatality666, fish, Frank Herbert, Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907, Goth, Gunner Choy, Hunters of Dune, I Don’t Feel Like Dancing, I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker, Into the Storm, James Patterson, John Tucker Must Die, Judge and Jury, Justine Timberlake, Kevin J Anderson, Kimveer Gill, Lady Mountbatten, Lathen, Luxembourgh, maglev train, marshal law, Ocean's Deadliest, Port Douglas, Ricochet, Rise and Shine, Royal Thai Army, Sandi Thom, Sandra Brown, Scissor Sisters, SexyBack, Silent Hill, Singapore Volunteer Corps, Steve Irwin, stingray, Storm Boy, Suzanne Brockman, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Thaksin Shinawatra, The Book of Fate, Transrapid magnetic levitation train, war, Will Farrell, World War II

We loss Steve Irwin, Colin Thiele and heroine Elizabeth Choy in September 2006. There were disasters and shootings, but there was Sandi Thom’s Punk Rocker.

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How Bizarre 

The Clown Motel and the Old Tonopah Cemetery

27 September , 2016 Christopher Sebela, Clown Motel, clowns, coulrophobia, fear of clowns, ghosts, hauntings, Kickstarter, Nevada, the Old Tonopah Cemetery, Tonopah

It may sound like the setup of a horror book, but the Clown Motel is very real. It isn’t the place to spend the night if you suffer from coulrophobia.

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Police Media Regional 

Andreas Begnis, Wesley Dye, Caiser McMillan, one boy

26 September , 201628 September , 2016 576SOQ, 946-TAZ, Andreas Begnis, Caiser McMillan, Eli Waters, Greenslopes, Macgregor, missing boy, missing child, missing children, missing man, missing people, missing persons, missing teenagers, missing teens, Toowoomba, Wesley Dye

Police are seeking public assistance to help locate Andreas Begnis (Macgregor), Wesley Dye (Eli Waters), Caiser McMillan (Greenslopes) and a Toowoomba boy.

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Quick Quiz 

The Local Quick Quiz #28

22 September , 20162 September , 2016 general knowledge, quiz, trivia

What are the clay targets in trap shooting called? Plus nine more questions to test your general knowledge… Give it a go!

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Chuck Norris 

Chuck Norris likes Monopoly

22 September , 20162 September , 2016

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The Silly Side 

The Silly Side #29

22 September , 20161 September , 2016 funny, humour, jokes

A Buddhist walks up to a hot dog vendor and says “Make me one with everything.” … And there’s more on the Silly Side.

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Crime Police Media 

Patricia Schmidt murder investigation still ongoing

21 September , 2016 Burger King, cold case, coldcase, Darlington, Hallett Cove, murder, Patricia ‘Suzie’ Schmidt, Patricia Schmidt, Seacliff

Investigators continue to follow lines of inquiry in a bid to find who murdered Seacliff teenager Patricia Schmidt nearly 45 years ago.

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Stacey Williams, Lara Scholz and Redbank Plains girl

21 September , 201622 September , 2016 Birra Avenue, Campbell Court, Chermside West, Hamilton South, Lara Scholz, Mayfield, missing children, missing girl, missing people, missing persons, missing teenagers, missing teens, missing woman, Newcastle, Raymond Terrace, Redbank Plains, Stacey Williams

Police are appealing for assistance to help locate Stacey Williams (Newcastle), Lara Scholz (Chermside West) and a 14 year-old girl from Redbank Plains.

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Amah's Kitchen 

Popiah at Home – Amah’s Kitchen

21 September , 201613 September , 2016 Chinese New Year, hawker food, jicama, kueh pie tee, Kway Guan Huat Original Joo Chiat Popiah, Michael Ker, Peranakan, popiah, Quek Tren Wen, Singapore cuisine, Singapore food, Singaporean burrito, Singaporean recipes, Tan Ah Poh, Tomb Sweeping Holiday, Vicky Quek, water chestnuts

Fortunately ready made popiah skins are available in most Asian grocery stores making this dish now simple to do at home.

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Arts & Entertainment Sports Years Ago 

September 1991 – 25 years ago

21 September , 201612 September , 2016 1992 Olympics, Anne Tyler, Barcelona Olympics, basketball, Brad Roe, Bryan Adams, chicken processing, Dead Again, Dead Sea Scrolls, disaster, Dooms Day Conspiracy, Dr Seuss, Dream Team, Emmet Roe, Erika Simon, Everything I Do I Do It For You, factory fire, fire, Fisher King, Frank Capra, Freddy’s Dead, Hamlet, Hamlet grease fire disaster, Helmut Simon, I’m Too Sexy, Iceman, Imperial Foods, It All Happened One Night, It’s A Wonderful Life, James Hair, Jeff Bridges, Jerry Springer Show, John Grisham, Leningrad, Let’s Talk About Sex, Miles Davis, Mr Smith Goes to Washington, NBA players, Nightmare on Elm Street, North Carolina, occupational health and safety, OH&S, Ötzi, Ötzi the Iceman, Ötztal Alps, Petrograd, racial prejudice, Right Said Fred, Robin Williams, Saint Maybe, Saint Petersberg, Salt and Pepa, Sidney Sheldon, South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology, Sum of All Fears, The Firm, Theodor Geisel

September 1991 witnessed the Hamlet factory fire, the discovery of the Iceman, the long awaited publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls and much more.

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Crime How Bizarre 

Grimes sisters murder – 60 years ago

20 September , 201620 September , 2016 Addison, Barbara Grimes, Bonnie Leigh Scott, Brighton Theater, Charles Leroy Melquist, cold case, coldcase, Dorothy Weinert, Edward Lee Bedwell, Elvis Presley, German Church Road, Grimes sisters, Help Solve Chicago’s Grimes Sisters’ Murder, Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery, Illinois, Leonard Prescott, Loretta Grimes, Love Me Tender, murder, Patricia Grimes, Ray Johnson, St. Maurice Church, Willow Springs

In the mid-1950s, Elvis Presley was all the rage. Scores of teenage girls played his records and saw his films

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Old Fairy Tales Top Stories 

The Prince – The Wonderful Birch Part 2

19 September , 201629 August , 2016 Andrew Lang, Cinderella, evil stepmother, fairy tales, Finnish fairy tale, Prince, Russian fairy tale, witch

Included in Andrew Lang’s The Red Fairy Book which was published in 1890 is a variant of the Cinderella story. The Wonderful

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