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Asparagus Wild Card — 5/15/09

On this day in history: In 1618, Johannes Kepler discovered his harmonics law. In 1970, President Nixon appointed America's first two female generals. In 1972, Alabama Gov. George Wallace was shot by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, MD. Wallace was paralyzed by the shot. In 1937, singer Trini Lopez was born. We're in the middle of National Asparagus month. In the news, RNC Chairman Michael Steele says Demos want to take away gun rights here. And the Wild Card for TGIF is in play ...



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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