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Spring Has Sprung in Here, Kansas   Date: April 23, 2009
   We're now more than a month into the official season of spring. Like

   everyone else, the residents of Here, Kansas have been patiently waiting all winter long for the flowers to bloom and the trees to come alive again. Commentator William Jennings Bryan Oleander (OH-lee-an-der) is one of those residents happy to see spring finally take hold.

   

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   (TAG) That's Commentator William Jennings Bryan Oleander (OH-lee-an-der) -- also known as Tom Averill (AAA-ver-uhl), writer-in-residence at Washburn University. You can hear more of Tom's essays online at kpr.ku.edu. Just search for "Tom Averill (AAA-ver-uhl)."

    
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