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right place but having the right/ correct spelling and words of our servicemen. But . . . I suspect I’m expecting too much.

● David Russell: What a shambles and shame on the NCC for desecrating the memory of servicemen who gave their lives for our freedom. It is, and always will be, the Napier War Memorial funded by public and central ● Colleen O'sullivan: I am appalled at the NCC and its constant ignorance re the War Memorial. The eternal flame and honour wall are yet to be put back in the rightful place. If the council thinks that putting paint on the side wall will be enough, it is so wrong. Put the flame and roll back now.

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National strike affects court sittings in the Bay

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5 Ex-sex workers can gain residency

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Quiz

1 Cotopaxi is a volcano in which country?

2 Mary Todd was the wife of which

United States president?

3 American businesswoman Florence Nightingale Graham, was better known by what name?

4 ‘‘Maybelline’’ was the first recording of which rock’n’roll icon?

5 Who was the first actor or actress to appear on the cover of ‘‘Time’’ magazine, achieved in July 1925?

Joke of the day

QWhat did the big chimney say to the little chimney?

You're too young to smoke.

ABible quote

The kingdom of God is within you. —Luke 17:21

History

1958: Martin Luther King Jr. was seriously wounded during a book signing at a New York City department store when he was stabbed in the chest by Izola Curry. (Curry was later found mentally incompetent; she died at a Queens, New York, nursing home in 2015 at age 98.)

1963: President Kennedy proposed a joint U-S-Soviet expedition to the moon.

1973: In their so-called "battle of the sexes," tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, at the Houston Astrodome.

1984: Family sitcoms "The Cosby Show" and "Who's the Boss?" premiered.

Birthdays

● Actress Sophia Loren is 84.

● Jazz musician Peter White is 64.

● Actor Gary Cole is 62.

● Rock musician Randy Bradbury (Pennywise) is 54.

● Actress Kristen Johnston is 51.

● Rock musician Ben Shepherd is

50.

● Actress Enuka Okuma is 46.

● Actor Charlie Weber is 40.

Quiz Answers

1 Ecuador; 2 Abraham Lincoln; 3 Elizabeth Arden; 4 Chuck Berry; 5 Charlie Chaplin

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