Volume 12 , Issue 14

Duchess Mtn Spring Domain

Does anyone out there remember when Sand Plums ripen?

It seems like it is around the last of June or first of July when the sand plums are ready for picking, but I could be wrong on that. I am only a Pug Dog, you know!

If anyone from Kansas or Oklahoma knows for sure when sand plums ripen for the pickin', please inform us! The Prairie Connection would also like to have your sand plum recipes, stories, etc... for a future issue in The Prairie Connection. Contact: Rosalea Hostetler at Email: wepreserve@balmerfund.org with your sand plum recipes and stories.

A 7.2 earthquake shook up northern Mexico along the border between California and Mexico this weekend.

Los Angeles and San Diego were fortunate to escape Sunday's 7.2 earthquake without much damage, BUT ... Calexico, the California city right along the Mexican border, was not so lucky. Calexico, Mexico took more damage than any other American city, with old buildings from the 1930s and 1940s taking damage.

They say, "Buildings are tipped up. Cars are smashed. It's horrible. Everyone is running," said one eyewitness. Things were even worse in its twin Mexican border city, Mexicali, where both of the earthquake's reported deaths occurred.

As we leave you to finish off this first full week of April 2010, we leave you with the memory of a great civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinated over forty years ago (42 years), at 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, as a sniper shot rang out in Memphis, Tennessee, as Dr. King, Jr., was standing on the balcony of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. That sniper's shot left Dr. King sprawled on the balcony's floor, with a gaping wound that covered a large portion of his jaw and neck.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was a great man who had spent thirteen years of his life dedicating himself to non-violent protest.

The quote we leave you with today from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is, "Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it."

Good Night and Good Luck!
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