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Hello, I am Jennifer Kassebaum, Owner of Flint Hills Books in Council Grove, Kansas.For my first review for the High Plains Public Radio Readers Book Club, I have selected a University of Oklahoma Press publication titled FOR WANT OF WINGS: A Bird with Teeth and A Dinosaur in the Family (2022) by author Jill Hunting. This book is about Hunting’s great-grandfather, Thomas Russell, who discovered 83-million-year-old dinosaur bones in western Kansas during an expedition with the legendary paleontologist O C Marsh in 1872.

It's a tree you see everywhere on the High Plains, but did you know it has a secret? The Eastern Red Cedar isn't a cedar at all.

In this week's show Luke talks about his method of making 'smoked' chili...

Hello, Radio Readers; this is Kim Perez, and I am coming to you from Hays with a Book Byte for HPPR. I am here to discuss Nora Krug’s 2018 graphic novel, “Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home.” This book is about Krug’s journey to come to terms with the fact that she is German and the guilt that she feels because her family witnessed some of the atrocities leading up to the Second World War and the Holocaust.

Hello, Radio Readers! Miriam Scott here. I was born in a small town called Mechernich in western Germany in September of 1979. Those of you who are “nearest town people” would recognize my home area as near Cologne, which is about 1.5 hours from Mechernich. My parents owned a restaurant/hotel/ bowling alley/movie theatre -- yes, all in one weirdly shaped building.

I am Galen Boehme from Offerle, Kansas, for HPPR’s Radio Readers Book Club. I am covering Nora Krug’s novel Belonging where she pictures the desire of a German family to recognize the dignity of each individual in spite of the decisions that the individual has made.

Hallo zusammen -- and hello everyone. I’m Miriam Scott from Amarillo, Texas, back talking to you about the fantastic graphic novel written by my fellow German immigrant Nora Krug.

To be honest, I may put on a show of indignation about my husband’s old-fashioned ways, but secretly, I am glad that Joel feels it is a “man’s job” to gas up the car, change the oil, and complete basic maintenance on our vehicles in preparation for family vacations.

Luke visits with his long time friend Larry Weishuhn aka "Mr. Whitetail"

Tune in to hear my experience of choosing what to plant in a pot, as I hope it will help you decide your own plan for Spring!