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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/01/03
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Paul Ratsch ('58), Keith Arndt ('60)
Bob Grout ('66WB), Kim Richey ('74)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Shirley Pittman Molnaa ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lynn Johnson Andrews ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Chris Williamson Reuther ('65)
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>>From: Paul Ratsch ('58)
Re: Jim Crawford ('51RIP)
Jim Crawford passed away in his home in Richland
Thanksgiving Day. He was a 1951 Bomber.
-Paul Ratsch ('58) ~ Dallas, OR
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>>From: Keith Arndt ('60)
Re: Bob Cowan ('60RIP)
I just returned from a Thanksgiving trip to South
Carolina to discover via Alumni Sandstorm that my old
buddy Bob Cowan had passed away. I echo many of the kind
words expressed by Fred Phillips ('60) and Kathy Graham ('60).
Bob Cowan was one of a kind. I find it difficult to
think of him without smiling. Many of us could recount
numerous stories about him--from buying beer in high
school, to a classic boxing match at RHS to the infamous
Pullman grange hall incident. On that count I'll only
state that "we beat the rap," and Fred Phillips was
correct in stating that Bob soon thereafter departed for
San Diego State. Bob always valued his Bomber roots and
his Bomber friends. I know he counted Kathy Graham and
John and Connie Madron Hall ('60) among his very best and
long term friends.
We'll miss you, Bob, and as Fred Phillips said we'll
all be probably joining you sooner than we'd like. (Now,
Fred Phillips, there's a guy we could really talk about!)
-Keith Arndt ('60) ~ Parrish, FL - sunny and 70°... the
golf courses are green and the fish are biting.
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[FuneralNotices.tripod.com/pics03/RIP60CowanBob03.htm]
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>>From: Bob Grout ('66WB)
Re: Viet-nam Port visit
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=10767
For the Viet-Nam veterans from Columbia High, I'm
passing this article for information only.
-Bob Grout ('66WB)
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>>From: Kim Richey Dykeman ('74)
Re: My Dad - Don Richey ('47RIP)
Dad passed away at Kennewick General Hospital on
Friday, November 28th due to complications with phenomena.
His past 5+ years were spent at the Kennewick Life Care
Center due to a stroke he suffered shortly after a
successful open heart surgery in June of 1998. The stroke
left him paralyzed on his right side and he was also
unable to speak. I know there were many friends who came
to visit him over the years and as time passed, there were
fewer who stopped by. But I know it didn't stop people
from praying for him and being in their thoughts and in
their heart. For to know dad was to love him. Whenever I
ran into any of dad's friends, they always asked how he
was. In time, it became difficult for me to tell people
that dad's condition was never going to improve and that
he would never live the active life as he once did.
Although it's extremely hard knowing he is no longer
here, I know he is in a better place and he is no longer
suffering and in pain.
There will be a viewing at Einan's Funeral Home (By-
pass/Swift) in Richland. Monday, December 1st, from 4pm -
8pm. Grave side service will be held Tuesday, December 2 at
11am. Dad was truly one of a kind. He was a true Bomber
through and through. He continued to support Bomber
athletics over the years especially football and
basketball... and we all know how he loved those road
trips to State. Dad was one of the original founders who
helped create Club 40. Those who knew him best, knew he
was an avid UW-Husky fan, a New York Yankee fan, a Dallas
Cowboy fan, and of course he had a passion and love for
Golf. I truly hope he is teeing one up as I'm writing
this. He was loved by many and will be missed. I love you
dad......Kim
To: Dick McCoy ('46)
Thank you for your kind words. You of all people know
how much he loved those Huskies! I could see dad's eyes
light up when I told him of the victory over the Cougars a
few weeks back... He loved it! Your friendship over the
years was one of value. I truly appreciate your
correspondence with me as well.
-Kim Richey Dykeman ('74)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/02/03
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10 Bombers and 2 funeral notices today:
Dick McCoy ('46), Bill Witherup (53)
Tom Tracy ('55), Barb Isakson ('58)
Larry Holloway ('64), Jeff Michael ('65)
Bob Grout ('66), Suzanne Cowan ('71)
Kim Edgar ('79), Sue Oberg ('79)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Randy Rice ('73)
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('46)
To: Kim Richey Dykeman ('74)
I appreciate your words. I am one of those whose
visits to your dad, Don Richey ('47 RIP) tailed off in
the last couple years. I always had a tough time getting
him to respond. He would pretend to be asleep, so I would
pretend to kiss him. He woke pronto fast! I really feel
he didn't like the visits, that he resented being seen in
that helpless state, and I respected that. I used to visit
whenever I was in Richland, then once yearly. I did see
him last year. I sure wish I could have said goodbye, so
I'll say it here.
Kim, you didn't ask for Husky tickets last year, but
if you want a pair in the future, let me know. We have to
have a Richey at least at one game.
-Dick McCoy ('46), Bomber as always
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>>From: Bill Witherup ('53)
Did anyone one else live in the trailer camp at Pasco,
summer of 1944, while the prefabs and other houses were
a-building in Richland. My family was there June - August,
until we moved to a prefab on Snow, then later to Townsend
Court. My dad had snapshots and pictures of life at Snow
and Townsend Court, but no photos of the army trailer
camp. I asked my mother, but she does not remember, why no
photos of the trailer camp at Pasco. Perhaps cameras were
forbidden because of "security". Anyone else have some
feedback here? And what was the name of the theater in
Pasco just down the road from the trailer camp? I saw it
in Picturing the Bomb, but disremember its name.
-Bill Witherup ('53)
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>>From: Tom Tracy ('55)
Re: Don Richey ('47RIP)
Congratulations on Don Richey's selection to play in
the timeless Hall of Fame Game. A new uniform with golden
cleats.
When the Big Team chooses sides to see who calls
plays, Don will be picked first. They're going to love
his emblem.
We always believed in him and trusted the plays he
called. It was an era when quarterbacks called their own
plays and lots of players played offense and defense. An
era when coaches coached during the week and let players
perform at game time.
When some of us were pretty small, Don left us
embedded with good memories. He was bigger than life to
those of us who played in the street, on the playground
and pretended to be quarterbacks just like Don. He
personified the solid stuff that makes the best role
model for kids in any generation. His winning spirit and
confidence split the uprights. His attitude reflected
those of his great coach Fran Rish, who encouraged and
motivated everyone who ever attended Col Hi.
That spirit is passed along in the hearts and minds
of all who knew and loved him. Don Richey carried that
winning attitude in a unique way that made us all proud.
He was as fine a player as ever wore a Bomber uniform, but
a much better human being than a player. No matter the
score Don always looked like, acted like and carried the
attitude of a winner. A tribute to his family, friends,
teachers, classmates, coaches and all the school kids' who
ever attend or attended Richland's schools.
Some of us grade school kids slipped down to watch the
team practice. Don taught us to never, ever give up. We
were all better Bombers because of the examples set by Don
and many like him who followed. I still remember my father
saying, "That Don Richey is a real man and always gives
fans their money's worth". Don Richey - a bomber well
worth remembering.
An embedded Bomber and Don Richey fan
-Tom Tracy ('55)
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>>From: Barbara Isakson Rau ('58)
Re: '58 Classmate
"Bert" [Bertha Halstead] passed away this morning
[12/1/03] at 6:05 am. Her remains will be cremated.
There will be no service locally. Her children will
sprinkle her ashes on the Oregon coast at a later date.
We will miss her. She can rest in peace.
-Barbara Isakson Rau ('58)
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>>From: Larry Holloway ('64)
Re: Don Richey ('47RIP)
I was sorry to hear about Don's passing. I worked for
Don when he was a Supervisor at Siemens. I, as well as
everyone who knew this great man, will truly miss him.
He was one of the best of the best. God will take care of
him now... bless his family.
-Larry Holloway ('64)
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>>From: Jeff Michael ('65)
Re: Fireworks!!
WOW...I mean, like really, WOW!!!
As my wife and I are sorta displaced citizens and
haven't much here in the way of family and friends, I
was kinda looking for something special to do on the
T-Day break. We did a small (very small) dinner at home
Thursday, took in the football games and looked forward
to days of turkey casserole, turkey sandwiches, etc. We
have been accustomed to cooking TWO 20+ pound turkeys and
having few leftovers. After all, we had two kitchens to
work with in our house, and a guest list that usually
worked out to a pound of turkey per person.
So when I saw the announcement of the fireworks in
Coeur D' Alene, I said "Self, how 'bout we go there Friday
and spend the night." Sounded good to me, so I said
"Honey,..." First-off, she said that's just like you...
a crazy idea. But it sorta grew on her. So we made
internet reservations and took off.
The new resort was booked-up, but if you haven't been
there, it is way cool. Service, accommodations, food,
service... it was up to the best SoCal has to offer. The
parade was a blast; especially the "Red Hot Mamas"
marching troop. And this given it had rained most all day,
there was snow on the ground, it was as cold as _ _ _ and
continued to rain through the evening.
Then, the long awaited fireworks... WOW. I mean, like,
I'm no novice to fireworks shows, having supplied audio to
beach crowds in San Diego to accompany the fireworks for
many years. Even so, this was the BEST show my wife has
EVER seen. I would rank the aerials second only to the
Republican National Convention in San Diego nearly 8 years
ago. But the real kicker was the rounds and rounds of
blasts from dockside launchers low over the lake. They
were like nothing I have ever seen before! And they were
always in conjunction with some really sweet aerials. The
finale' with lots of aerials AND dockside blasts was
awesome!!! Now, I have to tell you, I HATE getting my head
wet and so does my wife. We, neither one, had a hat, hood
or umbrella. But we stood on the pool deck (uncovered) of
the Resort Hotel from start to finish.
Earlier, we had seen Larry Mattingly ('60) and his
crew setting things up on the dock. (Yes, you were being
watched from the 7th floor dining room.) Even so, I was
still amazed. Larry and his mates did a spectacular job in
really nasty conditions. My wife and I thank you for the
heads up in the Alumni Sandstorm. We had a delightful and
unique Thanksgiving!
dj jeff Michael ('65) ~ Richland - where the weather
is grubby today.
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>>From: Bob Grout ('66WB)
Re: Supporting Our troops
It's worth the time to see this Link.
http://www.dqsinc.com/WeSupportU.htm
-Bob Grout ('66WB)
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>>From: Suzanne Cowan Dimeff ('71)
Re: Robert "Bobby" Cowan ('60RIP)
FuneralNotices.tripod.com/pics03/RIP60CowanBob03.htm
A complete obituary (which will appear in the Tri-City
Herald) has been added to Bob's BOMBER memorial page for
those who care to read it.
I would like Bob's Bomber friends to know that the
"from the family of Bob Cowan" entry that appeared in a
previous Alumni Sandstorm was an error by a secretary in
Bob's old law firm who was in error since I was in Kenai
at the time.
If you would like my Mother's address, email me and
I'll give it to you.
-Suzanne Cowan Dimeff ('71)
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>>From: Kim Edgar Leeming ('79)
Re: Bertha Halstead Sundberg ('58)
Just a note to let you know that my Aunt Bertha passed
away this morning, Monday Dec 1st, 2003. Although, we are
truly saddened, we know she is in a better place, I'm sure
my grandmother was there to greet her.. If anyone wants to
send their condolences, please email me and I'll pass them on.
-Kim Edgar Leeming ('79)
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>>From: Sue Oberg Friend ('79)
Re: Thanksgiving Shopping in the Tri-Cities
I had the pleasure of making a trip over the mountains
from the Seattle area for Thanksgiving this year. It was
my turn to drive to the Tri-Cities to spend the holiday
with my Mom and Dad. My folks made the leap over the
Columbia a couple of years ago when they built a house in
Pasco. Somehow, the Green and Gold that flows in my veins
has a difficult time saying that I’m going home to "Pasco"
though. If Richland could somehow annex that land over
there, it would be much easier for me to let that roll off
my tongue.
Anyway, I decided to roll out of bed early Friday
morning and go shoulder to shoulder with the other
shoppers. Let’s just say I did my part to help the Tri-
City economy. I was also hoping that I might run into
some of my old classmates who still live in the area. I
think I did as much people-watching as I did shopping.
Unfortunately, I didn't find a single person that I
recognized. It wasn't until I was in the check-out line
at Target - several hours later, that I realized that the
faces I had been searching for someone I might recognize
were of a 20-30 year old age range! Oh crap, reality rears
it’s ugly head! I’m 43 now, so that means that my former
classmates are all (dare I say it) middle aged – like me.
Now that was a really depressing revelation, so I sulked
out to the car and went back to my folks' house (in Pasco)
to drown my misery in a turkey sandwich and a piece of
pumpkin pie.
Has anyone else had a similar experience? It’s like
all my old classmates are supposed to be frozen in time
and stay exactly as I have them memorized in my head on
graduation day. I probably passed several people who I
went to school with, yet didn't recognize a single one.
Perhaps if I had been looking at 40-something faces
instead of 20-something faces, I would have had better
luck!
-Sue Oberg Friend ('79) ~ Kingston, WA
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Funeral Notice scanned from the TCHerald
by Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
>>Don Richey ('47) ~ 3/10/03 - 11/29/03
FuneralNotices.tripod.com
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/03/03
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Ralph Myrick ('51), R.G. Mick Mikulecky ('53)
Glen Rose ('58), Bill Berlin ('56)
Deedee Willox ('64), Gary Behymer ('64)
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BOMBER LUNCHES 'n stuff (in order of appearance)
12/06 Portland/Vancouver Lunch
12/07 Bakersfield Lunch
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From: Ralph Myrick ('51)
Re: Prefabs
I would really like to find out that if anyone
remembers a white prefab. If you do, can you remember it
the trim was white or a color other that white. I know all
the other prefabs had white trim. I am in the process of
making a bird feeder for a neighbor and he lived in what
he thought was a white prefab. His dad was superintendent
of the Horn Rapids Prison Camp and he thought that was
the only color they had. He can't remember either. So,
hopefully, one of you guys or gals that can still remember
will let me know. Thanks.
-Ralph Myrick ('51)
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>>From: R.G. "Mick" Mikulecky ('53)
To: Bill Witherup ('53)
I don't remember any gov. trailers at pasco, Bill, But
I do remember a lot of them in Kennewick. My family lived
in one about where the K hospital is now located. Maybe 1
block west of it. 5 of us lived in a one bedroom thing.
The bedroom was separated by a curtain (possibly by a
sheet). There was a fold-out divan in the front of the
trailer that my little brother and I slept on and my big
brother slept on a palette on the floor. Cozy little
place.
-R.G. "Mick" Mikulecky ('53)
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>>From: Glen Rose ('58)
Re: Bertha Halstead Sundburg ('58RIP)
My condolences go out to the family and friends of
Bertha. Even though she has passed on to a place of peace
and absence of pain, those that have to stay behind still
grieve.
I have many fond memories of Bertha, both when we were
in school together, and during the last few years. One of
her favorite memories was beating the boys down on the
south end at marbles. A few of the names I can remember
are Cliff St. John ('58), John Hodges ('58), Bill Lattin ('58),
and Max Sutton ('57). Later, when we played marbles on the
living room rug, I began to believe that maybe she did
win those guys' marbles. After she would win all mine, we
would divide up, and then she would win them again!
I did better at horse shoes and we spent many hours
playing that game down in Columbia Park, walking along
the nature trails there, and sitting on a bench drinking
coffee and talking.
I remember how she loved to go places and the trips we
would take around the area in my old truck, the walks we
took around the old neighborhoods in Richland, the music
and the movies that we shared.
Most of all I remember the discussions and the
arguments that we had, and the way she always ended those
with "You're gonna miss me when I am gone Rose!", and "I'm
gonna come back and haunt you!".
I do miss you, Bert, and, even though you are a girl
(one of the most ornery that I ever knew), you were a friend
of mine..
-Glen Rose ('58)
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>>From: Bill Berlin ('56)
Re: Bob Cowan ('60RIP)
Small world. I have done a lot of business in Alaska
over the years and have lived there as well (Kodiak, King
Salmon and Anchorage) and served in the US Coast Guard
(Juneau) and it now appears that I did some legal work
with Bob Cowan in Kenai some 20 years ago. We talked, had
lunch and a "pop" or two but never did it come across
that he/I were Bombers. Who would know that two guys from
Eastern Washington, Richland to be exact, would eventually
meet and do business in Alaska. I graduated in 1956 and
immediately went to Kodiak, Alaska to help with my college
expenses but it was later that I was doing business on the
Kenai Peninsula and required legal assistance from Bob's
firm. Very fine guy, Bomber or not, but I wish now that we
had the commonality of being Bomber's in our past. I am
sad at his passing but feel privileged to have known him.
Bob ['60] was not related to John Cowan ('56). John
had two sisters but not brother. John lives in Westport, WA.
-Bill Berlin ('56) ~ in Seattle waiting to move to
Anacortes, now in January.
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>>From: Deedee Willox Loiseau ('64) ~ Burbank, WA
To: Bob Grout ('66WB)
Thank you for that awesome website on the Military!
http://www.dqsinc.com/WeSupportU.htm
-Deedee Willox Loiseau ('64) ~ Burbank, WA
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>>From: Gary Behymer (64)
A continued salute to Barbara Hosack Busch (65), who
served both her community and her country. Take time
out to sign her guest book in the Tri-City Herald.
Click to go to guest book
-Gary Behymer ('64)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/4/03
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8 Bombers, 1 NAB, and 1 funeral notice today:
Dick McCoy ('45), Claris Van Dusen ('48)
Max Sutton ('57), Barb Isakson ('58)
Marj Qualheim ('60), John Wingfield ('66)
Lynn-Marie Hatcher (’68), Steve Piippo ('70)
Russ Price (NAB=Not A Bomber)
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BOMBER LUNCHES 'n stuff (in order of appearance)
12/06 Portland/Vancouver Lunch
12/06 Girls of '60 Lunch
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45)
To: Bill Witherup ('53)
We lived in a Govt trailer camp down by the bridge on
the Columbia for a short while in July 1943. They were
unbearably hot, being painted Army brown.
To: All you sports fans
I am rooting for the Ballard Beavers in the State
Champ for three reasons:
1. They have no middle school football in Seattle,
no 6 year systems.
2. Who likes Pasco (ugh) anyway? They are an athletic
factory. How big is that school? 10,000?
3. I like the Ballard mascot.
-Dick McCoy (from the Tin Can Class of 1945)
Bronc, Beaver, Bomber.
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>>From: Claris Van Dusen Troutman ('48)
Re: Don Richey ('47RIP)
So very sorry to learn of Don's passing. I had no idea
he was so ill. My sincere condolences to his family. I
didn't know Don personally in high school, but did have
a bit of a crush on him. I don't think anyone knew that
(just as well!). Always thought he was so good looking. I
will pass this news on to my brother, Van ["Bud" ('52)],
as he knew Don also. Bomber hugs and good thoughts to you
Don -- we'll all meet again soon and share some fond
memories.
-Claris Van Dusen Troutman ('48)
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>>From: Max Sutton ('57)
Re: Bertha Halstead ('58RIP)
It is with great sadness that I read the Sandstorm
today and found out that "Bert" had passed away. She was a
neighbor when we lived on Barth Avenue in the south end.
I lost track of Bert until a few years ago when we started
getting the Sandstorm. We e-mailed back and forth a lot,
but I hadn't heard from her in a few months. Now I wish I
had sent her something, a joke anything. She will be
missed by me.
-Max Sutton ('57) ~ in sunny Orlando, FL. visiting my
granddaughter.
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>>From: Barbara Isakson Rau ('58)
Re: A change in class '58 luncheon
Our Luncheon day has been changed to Dec. 21 at 1pm.
Our classmate, Susan Seeberger Thiss has been hosting our
December Luncheon at her home: [physical address deleted
from the Sandstorm for Susan's privacy -- contact Barbara
to get the address, phone number and directions. -Ed]
Their is a donation fee of $5.00 per person. Please
call and come to Susan's for the '58 Christmas luncheon.
It's a wonderful spread and there are wonderful desserts.
We will miss one of our classmates who is usually
there: Bertha Halstead Sundberg. It was Bertha's suggestion
that we need to have once a month Luncheons.
Bomber Cheers
-Barbara Isakson Rau ('58)
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>>From: Marj Qualheim Haggard ('60)
Re: Bomber Luncheon
The girls from the class of 1960 have a lunch at
Las Margaritas on the first Saturday of each month.
So the next luncheon is this Saturday, December 6th, at
11:30am.
Could you please get this in the Sandstorm.
Thank you.
-Marj Qualheim Haggard ('60)
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>>From: John Wingfield ('66)
Re: Sightings
Aloha,
My Mom and Dad (Jean and Royce Wingfield) are visiting
for ten days, from Richland. On Sunday after church I took
them up the West Side of O'ahu, through Waianae and up
beyond Makaha. As we were driving through Waianae I
spotted a sign along the street that read Coke and below
it in light blue lettering Tastee Freeze. I was amazed to
find a Tastee Freeze here in Hawaii. I began remembering
all (or at least some) of those times (maybe one or two)
when I would go to the Freeze below the High School and
have a ice cream cone dipped in chocolate. Hmmm. Driving
back into town I confirmed the sighting, but did not stop
to see if they had the chocolate dippers. I'll do that
next time I am out there. Last year my wife, Jane and I
were in Santa Barbara and sighted a Spudnut Shop... I
tried to turn around but was not able to with the traffic,
so it may have been a pigment of my imagination.
Yesterday I took the Folks to Pearl Harbor, where we
visited the USS Missouri and Arizona Memorial. Dad was
here when the "Air Raid" occurred in 1941. He arrived in
Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1940, aboard the Battleship
Oklahoma and a year later was on the Destroyer, Alwyn
when the war began. It was amazing to me to be with him
yesterday and hear his running commentary and listen to
his recollection of words spoken and things done that day.
He witnessed the carnage as they were able to move his
ship out of the harbor, and out to sea where they rallied
around the Carrier Enterprise. Of course I am so thankful
that my Dad survived, but more thankful that he is such a
decent and kind man and one of my best friends. To share
that visit to Pearl Harbor was deeply moving to me. An
interesting footnote is that nearly half the visitors on
our boat to the Arizona were Japanese; and my Dad's best
friend from work at 200W, for many years was a Japanese
American from Pasco, Bob Ono, who fought with distinction
in Europe. Just another reminder why we need non-violent
means to solve our differences and settle our problems, to
work for peace and freedom.
Mahalo,
-John Wingfield ('66)
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>>From: Lynn-Marie Hatcher (’68)
To: Bob Grout ('66WB)
Re: Supporting Our troops
Thank you for sharing this link – it REALLY is worth
publishing twice in the Sandstorm, in case anyone missed
it. http://www.dqsinc.com/WeSupportU.htm
-Lynn-Marie Hatcher (’68)
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Alice Gilbert ('51), Gloria Willett ('56WB)
Patti Jones ('60), Helen Cross ('62)
David Rivers ('65), Karen Schildknecht ('67)
Brian Denning ('77)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David Douglas ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janine Rightmire Corrado ('65)
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>>From: Alice Gilbert Daraskavich ('51WB)
To: Ralph Myrick ('51)
I would like to know if the Horn Rapids Prison Camp
was on the Yakima River during the early 1940's? You
mentioned that your neighbor's father was a superintendent
there. My father was stationed there and we lived in a
quonset house at the camp when I was a kid. It must be the
same place. My father's name was Ralph Gilbert. Several
students lived there among them was Bob Marcum ('51RIP)
and his brother. Does anyone else remember that camp? I
had never heard it called the Horn Rapids Camp.
-Alice Gilbert Daraskavich ('51WB)
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>>From: Gloria Willett Green ('56WB)
Re: Looking for...
Several months ago a Bomber alum wrote asking if
anyone remembered a girl named Deannie who liked horses.
It rang a bell, but I forgot about it until the other
day when I was going through some old pictures and other
memorabilia from my high school days. One of the pictures
I found was a signed junior class picture from Deannie
Laughlin. I looked her up in the yearbook and found that
she was listed as Roberta Laughlin, but I know that she
went by "Deannie" (probably her middle name) and that she
did indeed love horses. Her family must have left Richland
about the same time mine did, because I could not find her
listed as a senior.
Re: Old Swimming pool
Many people have written about the old swimming pool
which I really don't remember, but I do remember a pool
down in front of the high school where our P.E. classes
had swimming lessons the first and last two weeks of the
school year. I know that I thought of more reasons not to
dress out during that time. Remember in the fifties, we
didn't wash our hair every morning and blow it dry before
going out. It was a painstaking process of pin curls every
night, especially when we started wearing those curly
little bangs. My P.E. class was in the morning; and even
with a swimming cap, I thought I was ruined for the rest
of the day. Is senility kicking in, or was that pool
where I remember it, and was it one of the pools being
discussed?
Re: Hanford
There's also been much said about Hanford and the
number of cancer patients who worked there. I guess my
Dad was either lucky or has a very strong immune system.
He worked at Hanford in the early forties. He joined the
Marines in '43, served in the South Pacific, and stayed in
Japan after the war when the rebuilding program began. He
was stationed very close to where the bomb was dropped on
Hiroshima. Then when we returned to Hanford, he worked in
one of the areas where he often had to wear special suits
and had to be scanned when he left work each day. He will
be 89 in January, still makes the 2 1/2 hour drive to my
house when the mood strikes him, grows a large garden
every year and is much more agile (both mentally and
physically) than I am.
Merry Thanks and Merry Christmas,
-Gloria Willett Green ('56WB)
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>>From: Patti Jones Ahrens ('60)
Re: Puget Sound Area/Fife luncheon
No reservations necessary! If you would like you can
email me you will be at the luncheon.
DATE: December 14, 2003
COFFEE TIME: 11:30 P.M.
LUNCH TIME: 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: Fife Bar and Grill
In between Goodyear Tire and Day's Inn
PHONE: (253) 922-9555
ADDRESS: 3025 Pacific Highway E., Fife, WA
I-5 North, Exit 136 B (Port of Tacoma)
I-5 South Exit, 136
Turn left on Pacific Highway. E.
PRICE: Price range $10.00 - $14.50 includes drink and tip
All Bomber Spouses and Friends are welcome!
Bombers Have Fun
-Patti Jones Ahrens ('60) ~ Browns Point, WA - which was
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Greetings from Sedona, AZ (I wish). We did visit there
for the Thanksgiving weekend and fell in love with the
place. That part of Arizona is as beautiful as Washington
State is to me. Now I am back home in Indiana looking at
my gray pond outside, and I am very thankful for another
day of no snow or ice, as it is so much easier to get
around without it.
I think I could get used to almost 70° outside every day.
Re: John Wingfield's ('66) comment about Pearl Harbor.
We felt that way when we visited the Peace Memorial in
Hiroshima, Japan last year. I join in your hope that we
start finding non-violent ways to settle our differences.
Re: Bill Berlin ('56)
In scanning my Sandstorms after returning from the
beautiful red rock country of Sedona, AZ I missed your
comment. I accept any and all compliments at my age, and
my wish to be a writer doesn't seem to progress past
writing into the Sandstorm.
Re: Big pool in Pasco
I don't remember the big pool in Pasco. I'm very
surprised, but for some reason my parents and my aunt and
uncle didn't take us kids there. I think when the pool was
down in the park by the river, I was only allowed to go
into the wading pool they had there. Again I am surprised,
as I don't even remember not knowing how to swim, I
learned to not fear the water at such a young age. (May my
past English teachers forgive all my negatives. Especially
Mrs. Schnauer (I believe was her name) from CBC. OH, how I
hated that woman's dissecting of my papers. But she did
teach us a lot about writing, after we'd worked out the
anger. She graded our papers, and told us how many
mistakes we'd made, but not what they were, and to really
get a grade, you had to turn back the paper corrected--
according to her rules. But you know what, if I ever end
up teaching English, I think I'd use her method, it
worked!!) digress....
To: Sue Oberg Friend ('79)
I had to laugh when I read your entry about that
feeling of disappointment of not seeing anyone I know when
I go to the Tri-Cities, especially the mall there. But
I've gone through realizing that I'm looking at the kids
of the people I might recognize, as while I've grown
older, of course, so have they; but now I suppose I should
be looking at the grandparents of these young kids running
around at the mall.
I occasionally have recognized someone I knew from Col
Hi. (And I've gone home to the Tri-Cities at least once
a year for about 35 years now.) About 5 years ago, I spent
the summer at my brother's house in Kennewick, (yes,
that's Roy ('65), who won't write into the Sandstorm). I
was spending my days with our father who was recovering
from serious surgery, and I had a temporary pass at the
Court Club to work off stress.
One time I was there, and asked a lady if I could
share her swimming lane. When she swam to the edge, I said
"wow, you really remind of B.J. Reed who I went to high
school with." She said "Who are you?" Well, it was BJ Reed ('62),
and she said no one had called her that in years. Now she
goes by Mrs. Jane Roop... I met Jeff Dawson ('62) later
that summer at her house.
We all had changed, but we recognized each other once
we knew who we all were.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ West Harrison, IN - where we
aren't expecting snow of the season with baited
breath and fear (of driving on ice), but at the
moment the little pond is shining in the moonlight;
well, really the light of the neighbor's spot light,
but moonlight sounds better, and it looks like it's
getting foggy. Such is winter in the mid-west.
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
Re: Birthday Flash 1/5/03
Hello Americans and Ships at Sea: Flash Flash... the
coolest girl is having a birthday this very day. She came
to Richland from Seattle (I think that's how you spell
it)... Her Daddy was the Bank Honcho tho I don't think I
knew that when we were going together... took us forever
to get together in the first place... she liked "older
boys" and course I hadda sit at the little kids table till
Jimbeaux ('63) finally invited me to sit with the big
kids... so anyway... this chick is a rider... of horses
and what a rider of horses... plus she is the sweetest
friend anyone could ask for... back in Jr. High we used to
sit together cuz our names were next to each other in the
ABCs (I know there's another name for that)... she usually
sat behind me... I loved to grab her ankle and flip her
almost out of her chair... yes, it's true... I knew howta
impress the chicks even at that age... what a romantic...
one time I reached a little high... her face was sooooooo
red... my cheek was sooooooooooooooo red where she slapped
me... but we always made up and even tho she is far away
from me (in Vegas) we are never apart... we email and call
and her kids think of me as... "that goofy guy that hangs
around mom a lot" (still working on Uncle David)... she
was my date at the Last Dance at Hi-Spot and usually
allows me to escort her at the yearly '65er get together
and the all class... so I just can't save it up no
more... HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JANINE RIGHTMIRE CORRADO ('65)
-David Rivers ('65)
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>>From: Karen Schildknecht Mateo (67)
Re: Don Richey ('47RIP)
My mother, Betty Schildknecht, has asked me to forward
her sincere condolences to the Richey family at Don's
passing. She remembers him so well from the good old days
of baseball and fast pitch softball, when he played with
my dad, Bill. Although I never met Don, his name was
mentioned often in our house whenever the subject turned
to sports. Please know that he and his family are in our
thoughts and prayers.
To: Gary Christian ('67)
Well, I made it home from the hospital and surgery
went as expected, more or less. I just went for a checkup,
though, and was told I'll probably still need a little
more surgery. It's just not healing as we'd hoped. Seems
they are determined not to leave me a "leg to stand on".
More to follow as it happens. Talk to you soon.
-Karen Schildknecht Mateo (67)
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>>From: Brian Denning ('77)
Re: Friday after Thanksgiving "Shopping"
To: Sue Oberg Friend ('77)
No, it's not just you. Next time, review your Senior
year annual for help/refreshment on faces. (also very
helpful for class reunions!) Duh.
How nice of you to consider the Tri-Cities economy.
However, only women would consider the day after
Thanksgiving a "Fun-shopping" day. Men would define this
activity as "Battle". Or, the infamous "please kill me
now" day. I talked with men I work with who actually told
me their/wives plan was to have someone get an empty kart,
get in line at the check out, (empty) and have someone
else run around the store and fight for the items they
want and run them back. Sounds like loads of fun. No
amount of money is worth losing your dignity, or life over
a $29.00 DVD player at Wal*Mart. Am I the only person who
read about the poor women who was trampled to death (or
died later clutching it) during a Wal*Mart 06:00 opening?
Christmas is a wonderful holiday that has become something
I "need" to start thinking about around Halloween? Think
about the people you care about year round, not just
during the "Retail Sweeps Weeks" that have been ground
into our brains since childhood. Please do not construe
this as me dumping or picking on you. Not at all. I slept
in that day, had a sandwich, and was just glad I was home
with my wife & kids watching Sponge-Bob Square-Pants or
the History Channel.
-Brian Denning ('77)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/06/03
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12 Bombers and 1 Colt sent stuff:
Kay Weir ('37Colt), Anna May Wann ('49)
Roberta Hill ('49), Ralph Myrick ('51)
Floyd Melton ('57), Steve Carson ('58)
Burt Pierard ('59), Richard Anderson ('60)
Helen Cross ('62), Dennis McGrath ('63WB)
Jim Hamilton ('63), Jeff Michael ('65)
John Madsen ('71), Karen Davis ('76)
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FROM THE EDITOR:
PLEASE... "sign" your entries... remember your class year,
and LADIES, don't forget your maiden name!! FIVE of you forgot that
today -- you know who you are.
ALSO, send entries to the address at the end of every Alumni
Sandstorm... that's sandstorm@richlandbombers.com.
Check out my Christmas Greeting from Gary Christian ('67)
-Maren
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Terry DeVine ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lamont DeJong ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda McKnight ('65)
BOMBER LUNCH TODAY: Portland/Vancouver Lunch
BOMBER LUNCH TODAY: Richland - Girls of '60 Lunch
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
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>>From: Kay Weir Fishback ('37)
Re: Here's more from "Old Lady History"
Do any of you know that the Washington County with the highest
cancer rate? NOT Benton or Franklin. It's Chelan County where they
spray apples to kill cut worms. Don't worry about eating them --
they are very well washed before they are shipped.
And, of course, the big cancer killer was a gift from the
Indians [it served us right for the way we treated them}... it's
tobacco of course.
I happened to be privileged to meet two men who were
instrumental in designing the BOMB... they knew hitler was doing
it, too, so they said every day they worked as hard as they could
to do it and every night they prayed nobody could. It's a terrible
weapon but thank we beat Hitler.
-Kay Weir Fishback ('37)
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>>From: Ann Thompson, aka Anna May Wann ('49)
Re: Another passing
Just received word from Glenn and Bonese Collins Turner (both ’49)
that Charles "Chuck" Osborn ("49) passed away on October 2, 2003.
They sent a copy of the obit but it is such a poor copy that I
will bring it to the "stuffing" party and see if someone there can
put it into the Alumni Sandstorm obit file.
To: Brian Denning ('77)
Re: Men and shopping the day after Thanksgiving
My son-in-law is the ranger at Battleground State Park and
on Friday as he opened the park there were a few men going out
fishing, he made the comment to them that it was going to be
pretty wet out there. Their response was that it was okay. It was
sure a lot better than going shopping. The females of our family
went to Lloyd Center at Portland. Hadn't been there in years – had
a ball.
Loved the excitement and for some reason everyone was in a
good mood (Could it have been because they left their husbands at
home?)
-Ann Thompson, aka Anna May Wann ('49)
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>>From: Roberta Hill Karcher ('49)
Re: Las Vegas Christmas Lunch
The Las Vegas Bombers are having a Christmas Potluck on
December 13th at noon at my house.
Send me an email and ask for my address, phone number and/or
directions.
-Roberta Hill Karcher ('49)
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>>From: Ralph Myrick ('51)
To: Alice Gilbert Daraskavich ('51WB)
Yes, the camp was on the Yakima River right above the Horn
Rapids dam. It wasn't a prison camp, as such. I know we called
it that. It was a holding camp, I believe for conscientious
objectors. The actual name slips my mind. I will see Bob and ask
if he knew your family. Bob was also a third grader at the old
Sacy. I was a sixth grader. My sister, Norma, was a third grader,
however, I didn't know whether she knew Bob or not. I will get the
correct title and send it to you. When I get the correct name to
you, I will give you a web site to go to. It will give you
information on the camp.
-Ralph Myrick ('51)
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[Ralph-- I believe it's Columbia Camp... See today's entry from
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>>From: Floyd Melton ('57)
Re: Horn Rapids Camp
Yes the Camp was along the Yakima about half mile or so above
the Horn Rapids Dam but I can't remember if there was any other
name for the camp. My Sister and Brother-in-Law lived out there.
He was Erven Womack and was one of the guards but mostly drove
a transport bus between the camp and Fort Lewis transporting
inmates. I spent parts of two summers out there at the ripe old
age of about nine as both of my parents worked. I can remember the
prisoners watering the grass in the parkway between two rows of
Prefabs with fire hoses and they would spray us keeping us cool
during those very hot days. Don't ever remember going down to the
river which was right behind the last row of Prefabs.
My nephew was about four at the time and we had a ball. One
beautiful morning we went across the street in front of their
Prefab (they lived on the front row) and helped ourselves to the
ripe raspberries the prisoners were tending. I ate so many and got
so sick I have never eaten another one. The prisoners main job was
to take care of all the orchards, grapes, and etc. left behind
around Richland from the farms that were originally there. All of
the north end of Richland had fruit trees and best I can remember
there were a lot of fruit trees where Carmichael school is and
where the Ranch houses were but don't quote me on that. I have no
idea what was done with the fruit harvested but it must have been
a lot. I lived on Hunt across from all the wonderful action there
playing in the swamps and trees where the Uptown stores are now
with the likes of Darrel Johns ('57), Larry Clark ('57), Jim Hoff ('57,
and others. The fun activity there was all the open houses the new
stores had each time a new one opened. The best was seeing how
many times one could go through the Spudnut Shop for a free Spudnut.
Well enough of all that.
-Floyd Melton ('57)
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>>From: Steve Carson ('58)
The "big pool" in Pasco was an indoor pool at the airport used
for training the Navy Pilots during WWII. The thing I remember
most about that pool was the platform at the ceiling some 40
(seemed like 100) feet above the middle of the pool. There was a
rope for access but I was never able to get more than half way up.
Fond memories.
-Steve Carson ('58) ~ Chicago, IL - where we still mourn for the CUBS
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>>From: Burt Pierard ('59)
To: Ralph Myrick ('51) & Alice Gilbert Daraskavich ('51WB)
Re: The Prison Camp
The camp you are both referring to was formally named Columbia
Camp. It was opened in February 1944 and operated by the Federal
Prison Industries. The camp consisted of Minimum Security
Prisoners from McNeill Island Federal Penitentiary, mainly
Conscientious Objectors, who were moved there to tend & harvest
the orchards within the project. The fruit was sent for
consumption at several Federal Pens. An interesting aside is that
there was no fence around the camp but only a few prisoners
escaped.
Federal Prison Industries moved out in October 1947. The camp
was then put to various uses by the Corps of Engineers and private
contractors until final closure and abandonment in February 1950.
The location was just upstream from Horn Rapids and Benton
County Parks has built a campground on the site. There are a few
foundations that weren't plowed up but you need to look some to
find them.
Maren has posted some pictures and more info on the alumni
website. See: AllGallery.tripod.com/0000s/ColumbiaCamp.html
Be warned that that particular portion of the website is loaded to
the max with stuff so access is somewhat limited. If too many
people try at one time, they will get a "Bandwidth error -- try
again later."
Bomber Cheers,
-Burt Pierard ('59) ~ Richland
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>>From: Richard Anderson ('60)
Re: Hoops Report
The 2003-2004 season has started! Thanks to the Big-9 having
eleven teams (go figure) there are no non-conference games; every
game is a "counter".
So, Bombers started off with Davis, the pre-season pick for
the best team in the Big-9+Little-2 (Bombers were picked third,
after Pasco), and the game was a cracker. Final, in overtime,
Bombers 79 -- Davis 84.
This affair started out slowly and climaxed as a really
entertaining barn burner. Example: the FOUR minute overtime
period was won by Davis 18-13; had that pace been maintained from
the beginning of the game the final (after regulation) would have
been Davis 144 - Richland 104.
Anyway, the team uses the entire court -- we don't have any
"wide bodies" to establish an immovable inside presence -- and
looks to get points off of crisp passing and constant movement.
None of the dreadful three-point-itis which is so painful to
watch. Defense -- the one thing you can do *all* the time --looks
to be a focus of all the players. It's going to be an entertaining
season!
-Richard Anderson ('60)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Happy Birthday (late) to my fellow classmate of the best, at
least my favorite class of l962, David Douglas. David, what have
you been up to lately? I really enjoyed reading about your
adventures in China.
Re: Xmas prep
Well, being gone over Thanksgiving, and since we are leaving
on Christmas day to start driving out to the WSU Bowl game in San
Diego, I'm thinking that I'm going to start decoration this funny
metal tree with a girlfriend last summer in Placerville, CA.
[I wonder what she means by that. -Maren] My husband likes the
real mccoy kind of evergreen trees, but that entails getting him
to go out and find one, let alone set it up, and I'm already
behind where I'd like to be in getting ready for Christmas.
Re: Day after Thanksgiving Shopping
I do agree with Brian Denning ('77) that that was tragic about
that woman getting trampled in the rush for bargains. And I had to
laugh at his description of that day versus how many women would
describe it. We've gone to Best Buy for big computer specials on
that day more than once, and I've often chatted with many men as
we stand in line for about 3 hours getting to check out. WE
Americans are getting to be crazy shoppers it seems.
Re: St. Nicholas Day
Today is the 5th of December and it's St. Nicholas Day in
Holland, and other parts of Europe, when the Saint used to come on
a horse led by Black Peter, and leave a carrot or a lump of coal
in the children's shoes depending on how good they'd been. So
Happy St. Nicholas Day!!
Re: Golden Decade
And I want to wish my good long-time friend (we go way back to
Spalding Elementary School and Bluebirds), Cathy Wood Stevens
('62)
another member of my favorite Bomber class, Happy Birthday on
December 7th!! She will just beat me to entering another golden
decade, but we enter bravely, with heads held high, as we continue
to strive to have a good time in this life that God has given us.
Right, Cathy?? Send me your cell phone number, so maybe we can get
together in San Diego. [Helen--my big brother will enter that
"golden decade" Dec 16th! -Maren]
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ West Harrison, IN - where we are still
waiting for the first real snowstorm of the year to begin
sometime this afternoon or evening, but with highs of almost
40 expected it won't be as bad as it could be. The little
pond is looking serene and gray after a lot of rain overnight.
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>>From: Dennis McGrath ('63WB)
A belated birthday wish for Janine Rightmire Corrado ('65)
from one of the "older boys." HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JANINE.
-Dennis McGrath ('63WB)
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>>From: Jim Hamilton ('63)
You just might be from the Gold Medal Class of '63, if you've
got more than twenty stories that start, "So this one time, me and
DeJong thought it would be a good idea if we..............."
Happy Birthday LaMont. You're a great friend to all of us and the
reason that they start selling egg nog the week after Labor Day.
You just go down to the Dollar Store this afternoon and treat
yourself to something really nice.
-The Lovely Miss Nancy and Jimbeaux
p.s. And people used to say, "there's nothing worse than one of
Kenny Wright's GOOD ideas". You showed 'em, and the rest is history.
-Jim Hamilton ('63)
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>>From: Jeff Michael ('65)
Re: Roy Cross
To: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
So what's up with that low-life brother of yours "who won't
write into the Sandstorm"? Cat got his fingers? Doesn't want to
look like he's stuck in the old millennium, does he? And all those
years in school, I thought he was one of the cool guys. Com'on...
enquiring minds want to know. Well, if he won't speak (type) for
himself, guess his big sister will just have to tattle on him
some more. Now, that's bound to put a good spin on things!
dj jeff Michael ('65) ~ Richland - where it's cold and rainy. I
don't remember rain here... it should be hot and clear
or snowy and cold.
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>>From: John Madsen ('71)
Howdy y'all
Stumbled across the site - good work! - kinda surprised to
find myself missing - John Madsen '71 - even double-checked my
transcript to verify my own ident and class - found that I was
who I thought I was - always good news!
Good to see this is being done - was struck by the names of
those gone - God bless them - will stay in touch
peace and love,
-John Madsen ('71)
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>>From: Karen Davis Scheffer ('76)
I just want to take this opportunity to wish my big brother
Michael Wayne Davis ('74) a Happy 48th Birthday on the 7th. Geez,
you're old! No honestly, all you Bombers and Sandstorm readers
out there don't really know the Mikie that I know. As far as big
brothers go-----the picture couldn't have been painted for a
better one. Mike has always been loving, supportive, and concerned
with my life and that of my family. He is tough to beat as far as
wit goes, that a token from daddy's genes I am sure, and an all
around terrific individual. Thanks Mike for your hard work within
our family and your love and care for Mom over the last year or
so. I hope you have a great birthday and that all is well with
you. I love you and I appreciate you and I thank God for you.
Love, little sis,
-Karen Davis Scheffer ('76)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/07/03 - PEARL HARBOR DAY
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13 Bombers and 2 Bomber funeral notice today:
Richard Roberts (49), Ralph Myrick ('51)
Dick Pierard ('52), Marguerite Groff ('54)
Helen Cross ('62), Jim Collings ('62)
David Rivers ('65), Gary Behymer ('64)
Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68), Mike Franco ('70)
Greg Alley ('73), Heidi Davis ('00)
Sarah Davis ('02)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim Hoff ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ed Borasky ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim House ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jerry Spears ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Karma King Yourdan ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike Davis ('74)
BOMBER LUNCH Today: Bakersfield
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
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>>From: Richard "Dick" Roberts ('49)
Re: The JFK visit
My dad, a bus driver at the time, told me about the
visit. He was asked to wear a tie. My dad was always a nifty
dresser and wearing a tie was nothing new to him. He was
privileged to drive some of the Kennedy entourage. My mom
worked in a photography unit and I probably have some of
the pictures of the event stored around here somewhere.
I'm glad Dick Harris ('49) made his comments about the
cancer issue. It was well said.
-Richard "Dick" Roberts ('49)
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>>From: Ralph Myrick ('51)
To: Alice Gilbert Daraskavich ('51WB)
If you go to www.hanford.gov./doe/culres/index.htm
you can find our information about Hanford. It has a lot of
declassified information. When you get the site, go to the
bottom of the page and click on simple search. Then, you can
type in anything you want to find, like Columbia Camp, click
go, and it will take you there. It is really interesting to
see all the stuff they have released.
To: Burt Pierard ('59)
Thanks Burt for sharing the website. I will give this
to Bob Taylor. He will probably recall some of the names
of the camp. He was eight years old when his father was
superintendent of the camp. He was there in 1944. That is
when we were at old Sacy. My, how time flies!
-Ralph Myrick ('51)
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>>From: Dick Pierard ('52)
My thanks to Bro Burt ('59) for the clarifying
information on Columbia Camp. I can remember driving past it
and seeing Richland-style prefabs but I had heard differing
accounts as to who was incarcerated there. I appreciate
having the straight scoop on it. Actually, an interesting
story would be one on how the prefabs were made. how
long they were produced, and what kind of marketing of them
went on.
Also remember that Burt's birthday is December 12. He
will welcome a free round of beer from whomever is around.
Best wishes to him from one who is sitting in the house
stalling around as long as possible before the wife shoves
him out the door to tackle the foot of snow outside. These
New England snowstorms are ridiculous but the ski resorts
and the Patriots love them.
-Dick Pierard ('52)
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>>From: Marguerite Groff Tompkins ('54)
Re: Class of '54* Lunch at Granny's
To: Class of '54 (*not just the ladies this time)
Our monthly lunch is next Friday, Dec. 19, at our usual
tables (in the back) at Granny's. By then you will have
received the Club 40 Newsletter, "DustStorm" and realize
that our BIG 5-0 is just around the corner. Please come and
join us for lunch. We usually arrive between 11:30 and noon.
We don't have an official committee yet and need ideas from
YOU, YOU, and YOU: in person at our luncheons; e-mail;
phone; or snail mail (e-mail me for phone # or address). We
could also use some men. Larry Christenson and Jim Watts
have volunteered (I mean to say, we recruited Jim and he
very nicely accepted our invitation.) He and Dona Belt will
be our Master & Mistress of Ceremonies for the reunion. Now
you know why you can't miss this one. We ladies are more
than willing to have any guy from our class join us for
lunch and dazzle us with his ideas, or just come and offer
assistance. You are more than welcome to bring your wife;
she may have some input also. Otherwise we may just have to
recruit you. If you aren't a local and would like to offer
assistance during the reunion, please let me know. If you do
not receive the DustStorm send me your address. I'll grab
a few extra and mail one to you. We have a fairly current
address list, but I know there are some that may not be
correct.
Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and will be
having lots of loved ones around for Christmas. I know I
will. I sold my big A-house to a daughter and her family. We
had Thanksgiving there this year. As it has always been for
holidays, it was packed floor to ceiling. At last count
about 50. It was really strange being in that house where we
lived for 37 years, and not having to worry about a thing.
My kids wouldn't even let me bring any food this year.
Strange...
Looking forward to seeing some new faces at lunch Friday
the 19th.
-Marguerite Groff Tompkins ('54) ~ in Richland and looking
forward to our BIG FIVE-0000!!
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Well, I have to clarify the mess I made in trying to
explain about the funny metal tree I did get decorated last
night. Well, my girlfriend (not a Bomber, or even from
Washington) and I each got one from this store that was
closing out in Placerville, CA last summer. They were
throwing them out and we thought they were so cute, so we
each got one. Well, I'll have to try to get the digital
camera and take a photo and send it to Maren who can somehow
get online. (I am still dragging into computer literacy
here.) The tree didn't turn out as cute as I hoped, but my
husband is sick, even though we did get our flu shots, so
we'd still be wanting to go get the tree, so I'm ahead of
the game this year anyway.
To: Jeff Michael ('65)
As you now live in Richland, right, why don't you call
him up?? He's in the phone book in Kennewick, and he can
tell you what he's been up to. Besides being busy raising 3
kids, ages l3 to 8, and I do give him a hard time about all
he has coming in raising 2 girls and a boy during their teen
age years, I wouldn't want to try to comment on what he does
that he doesn't have time to write into or even read the
Sandstorm. Maybe you could enlighten him about why we do
read it and write in!!
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ West Harrison, IN - where we had
40° and mostly sunshine all day for a great winter
day back here, and now at almost 9pm on Saturday
night and we are still waiting for the first
snowfall of the season. For my money, I hope me and
the little pond out back keep waiting.
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>>From: Jim Collings ('62)
To: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Not sure how sorry you should feel for the lady trampled
in her rush for bargains. She has filed 16 claims for
injuries at businesses and 9 for injuries received at
Wal*Marts. Since she has never received more than $1200
maybe she is just accident-prone. Or maybe this is her big
payday; she is claiming, "I'm panicked. I'm afraid to go
into any stores, especially Wal*Mart."
-Jim Collings ('62)
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
Re: Number 32 on Pearl Harbor day
Oops... I may have given the subject of this birthday
wish away in the title... oh well... born on the same day
as my ol' buddy Bo Belinsky, this guy kept all the kids in
awe at school. The highlight of the week was the "Game"
wherever that might be. At the 2000 R2K, Rod Brewer ('65)
confessed to me that he hung around this guy all his life
just to learn a trick or two... this guy was his idol and
of course the hero of the school and the idol of many...
all the things I've said before about heroes growing up in
Richland apply to this guy with equal force... when his
country called he joined the Marine Corps as many of us
did... In fact, he tried to get Brewer to join too but
Rodney got away somehow... I think the recruiter was closed
the day they went to sign Rodney boy up... So a wonderful
Birthday Welcome to a guy who has green and gold and Crimson
and gold running thu his veins...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIM HOUSE (Gold Medal Class of '63 and
#32 in your program!)
-David Rivers ('65)
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
Found...a nice used Columbian for the class year 1962.
(No signatures.) If you've been searching for a replacement
copy, for a lost or damaged yearbook, an 'I never had a
copy', or 'it would be a great Christmas gift for my Mom
or Dad'... please contact me.
-Gary Behymer ('64) ~ Now living in Colfax, WA
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>>From: Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
You know, I was just reading the 12/6 Sandstorm (since
it's the morning of 12/6 as I am writing this). It was a
little of this, a little of that. I came across Karen Davis
Scheffer's ('76) entry, wishing her brother, Mike Davis ('74)
a Happy Birthday.
Now here is what struck me -- and actually brought tears
to my eyes for a moment. I don't know the Davis family
personally. In fact, most of the people who write entries
to the Sandstorm I have never met. But I have been reading
since February, 2000. And after nearly four years, of being
a privileged member of our Bomber cyber-community, even
those of you I haven't met seem like at least acquaintances,
many like friends, and a few even like family.
I remember when Mr. Davis died, for example. You know, I
grieved for his family, and still think of B.J. (especially)
so often -- in particular now with the holidays here.
(Always a hard time to get through without one's beloved.)
I have never (yet) seen a Larry Mattingly ('60) 'sky in
bloom' display, but I am so proud of the incredible work he
does. I've never (yet) been to a Brad Upton ('74) comedy
concert -- but I love how he makes everyone laugh. I don't
know most of the people to whom David Rivers ('65) (who I
also don't know) addresses his Birthday greetings -- but I
join him in wishing them birthday joy -- and in celebrating
the essence of each one of them, through David's writing.
And remember how we all 'went' with Maren to New Orleans
for Abigail's birth? We have celebrated the arrival of a lot
of babies and grand babies, here, too. And weddings. And job
successes, anniversaries, etc.
How about all the prayers that have been solicited and
freely raised up when one or another of us (or someone we
love) has been facing illness, surgery, or some other
trial or affliction or hard time? How about the words of
encouragement, when we tell one another we are feeling
overwhelmed by ... (you fill in the blank ... for me it's
been grad school!) How about all the suggestions for places
to see on vacation, real estate agents to contact when one
of us is moving to a new city, the cheapest/best way to get
medications, etc, etc, etc.
I could go on and on.
But what I am getting at is this, I guess. What a
blessing it is to be connected the way we are -- to greater
and lesser degrees, to be sure. But still ... think of
someone you know (and we ALL know someone) who really has no
connections to anyone. Then, join with me in giving thanks
for 'belonging' to and with one another the way we do here.
I graduated 35 (WOW!) years ago -- and know for certain
that I could post a need or question to this Bomber forum
today, and have responses within a day, at most -- from
Bombers of all ages. And that's NOT because I am special --
it's because this is a VERY, VERY special creation, the
Bomber Alumni Sandstorm.
Happy Advent and Christmas Blessings to my very extended
family on the Sandstorm.
-Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68) -- Spokane
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>>From: Mike Franco ('70)
Mike Davis 48 years old?!?!?!
Happy Birthday and take care of yourself... a lot of
us count on you to carry on "the spirit of Bear". I also
appreciate all the kind words of your sister... I have my
doubts, but I will take her word for it!
I am sure The Bear smiles down on you.... have a good
birthday.
-Mike Franco ('70)
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>>From: Greg Alley ('73)
To: MIke Davis ('74)
So is it your birthday? You have been known to make
people get tortured at Red Robin with the clapping birthday
greeting when it is not there real birthday. December 7th,
you will live in infamy. The state championship tonight is
Pasco versus Ballard. If anyone has noticed or not I will
mention it. Jeff Morgan, who I believe is class of 1971,
has a son who is the starting QB for Ballard. So there will
be a Bomber relative who can possibly beat the bulldogs.
-Greg Alley ('73) ~ The sun is out but its still winter, almost.
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>>From: Heidi Davis Mortensen ('00) & Sarah Davis ('02)
To: Mike Davis ('74)
Just wanted to wish Uncle Mike Davis a very Happy
Birthday! We love you very much! Have a great one!!!
Love
Your Nieces,
-Heidi Davis Mortensen ('00) & Sarah Davis ('02)
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Funeral Notice
>>Charles "Chuck" Osborn ('49) ~ 2/27/31 - 10/2/03
FuneralNotices.tripod.com
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/08/03
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22 Bombers and 1 Bomber Mom today:
Mary Triem ('47), Jerry Molnaa ('52)
Carole Clark ('54), Larry Christenson ('54)
Marguerite Groff ('54), Ruth Miles ('59)
MLou Williams ('60), Richard Anderson ('60)
David Douglas ('62), Helen Cross ('62)
Ann Engel ('63) and Fred Schafer ('63)
Jim Hamilton ('63), Kathy O'Neil ('63)
Linda Reining ('64), Bob Grout ('66WB)
Bill Wingfield ('67), Pam Ehinger ('67)
Tami Schuchart ('68), Mike Howell ('68WB)
Mike Davis ('74), Jennifer Caldwell ('88)
Wanda Janos (Bomber Mom),
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Anita Cleaver Heiling ('63)
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>>From: Mary Triem Mowery ('47)
To: Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
Very well said - we don't know some of the folks who
write in, but enjoy their humor and humanitarian feelings to
their fellow Bombers. I, for one, was the recipient of those
wonderful, warm thoughts when I was ill. But, whatever the
"cause" or the situation, Bombers help Bombers!
Today several of us are meeting to get the DustStorm
mailing ready to [be mailed] to Club 40 alumni and having
some good potluck food to keep us going.
-Mary Triem Mowery, a '47 Bomber ~ in Richland where it is
waaay too cold for my conditioned-to-FL bones!
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>>From: Jerry Molnaa ('52)
Re: Pasco Navy Base
We have been reading in the Sandstorm about swimming in
the pool at the old Pasco Navy Base. In today's (12-07-2003)
Tri-City Herald there is a picture of Navy personnel on
parade at the base on November 11, 1944. The caption also
states the Navy decided on Pasco to train Navy Pilots
because of the cheap land and good weather. The Base was
commissioned on July 11, 1944 and was completed 18 months
later. I had coffee with a friend who lived here at that
time and he confirmed the 1942 date. He said at the deep end
of the pool they had one of those units where pilots were
placed in a dummy plane and dunked into the water to
practice under water escape.
Let's move ahead to when we went swimming there. The
pool was known as the "Pas-Port Plunge". I think the man
that owned or managed the pool was a Mr. Barr. So hold your
nose and jump in!!
Where do we have coffee? Wellsian Way McDonald's, every
day Monday thru Saturday from 8:00 - 10:30 AM. There are
some old Bombers plus several old Bomber dads. If I was to
list them all it would be 25 of us. Usually we have 6 to 14
show every day. Feel free to come down and join us and swap
a few tales. We are called the
"ROMEO CLUB"
R--Retired
O--Old
M--Men
E--Eating
O--Out
-Jerry Molnaa ('52) ~ Richland
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>>From: Carole Clark Oien ('54)
Re: Kudos to Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
Lynn-Marie,
I echo what you said about the close connections we feel
with those who read, and especially write into, the Alumni
Sandstorm every day. I could never have written my thoughts
about it so eloquently but agree with what you said whole
heartedly.
To: Marguerite Groff Tompkins ('54)
I'm looking forward to our 50th class reunion. How
quickly those years have passed.
-Carole Clark Oien ('54) ~ from Sun City West, Arizona where
it is supposed to be in the 70's today. We've been
enjoying our patio nearly every day and are so glad
we're missing the snow in our former home in Juneau!
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>>From: Larry Christenson ('54)
To: Lynn Marie Hatcher ('68)
Amen and well said.
-Larry Christenson ('54)
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>>From: Marguerite Groff Tompkins ('54)
To: Class of '54
In case you noted a glitch in my invitation sent to those
interested in attending the December lunch at Granny's, I
thought I should clarify myself. I said: "Our monthly lunch
is next Friday, Dec. 19. I was only half right. The day is
Dec. 19, but not next Friday. [That's the THIRD Friday of
the month] At our age, we don't need people confusing us
unnecessarily. I can hear some voices saying, "speak for
yourself!"
Please let me know if you don't get your "DustStorm"
sometime in the next week or so. I will see that you receive
one.
-Marguerite Groff Tompkins ('54)
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>>From: Ruth Miles Bruns ('59)
To: Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
Thanks, Lynn-Marie, for saying so eloquently what I have
often thought -- and many other Sandstorm readers have as
well, I'm sure! Even though many of the Bombers we read
about are folks I have not (yet) met, the sense of community
and family is always there.
-Ruth Miles Bruns ('59) - in beautiful Goldendale, WA where
it keeps trying to snow, but it stays rain
until you get out of town and up the mountain.
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>>From: MLou Williams ('60)
To: Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
You said it best. Thanks for caring enough to say it.
and Thanks for feeling the way you do. I do believe we are
put on this earth to make life easier and better for one
another, and you just did.
-MLou Williams ('60)
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>>From: Richard Anderson ('60)
Re: Weekend Hoops Roundup
Bombers are 1 and 1 after the first week of play of the
2003-2004 campaign. Four of the kids are going to get most
of the "squeak time" this season: Tim Bussman (sr) and James
York (sr) have two solid years' varsity experience, Joey
Frank (sr) played a lot as a junior (and showed a *lot* of
improvement over the summer -- he was a rock in the Davis
game -- Coach has to be really happy with his emergence),
and Shawn Brooks (jr) steps in to get lots of minutes at
forward -- he is the tallest Bomber at 6'5"; but, is willow
thin. In fact, Bombers are going to have the same problem
this year as they did last: we don't have any *big* guys; we
can be pushed around under the basket. But, Coach Streufert
seems to prefer lithe quick players over the more ponderous
variety favored by some coaches. After two games the team
has survived the rebounding wars just fine, outrebounding
both Davis (by lots) and Kennewick (by enough).
Seniors Jayson Miller and Zach Bixler, up from last
year's JV, will split most of the minutes as the fifth
starter/sixth man. Time will tell who will emerge from the
remainder of the new players -- juniors Jared Feaster,
Garrett Stevens, Tyler Roberts, Ben Cartmell, and Kyle
Conley; and sophomore Sam Cartmell -- to fill out the
seventh and eighth spots of a normal 8-player rotation, or a
9 or 10-player rotation if that's the road to be taken.
I forgot to include the Davis linescore on Saturday;
and, I had to wait until the Sunday paper arrived to find
out what had happened Saturday (I simply detest the
Kennewick gym -- it has to be the worst place in the entire
state to watch hoops -- so I didn't go to the game; plus it
figured to be a crummy game anyway). Here they are (the
Kennewick game taken from the TCH):
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1 2 3 4 OT
Davis 10 32 41 66 84
Bombers 16 30 44 66 79
Miller 4, York 22, Bussman 12, Brooks 9, Frank 19,
Bixler 13, Roberts, S Cartmell, Stevens, B Cartmell
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1 2 3 4
Bombers 16 32 54 59
Kennewick 11 25 34 45
Miller 4, S Cartmell 2, Bixler 6, York 18,
B Cartmell 4, Bussman 17, Brooks 6, Frank 12,
Feaster, Roberts, Stevens, Conley
NB--Yes, yes, I know that the individual scoring adds to 69,
and the quarter splits in the TCH suggest that it was 69,
but this is the TCH and they get so much so wrong. Tomorrow
I'll find out what the *real* score was.
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-Richard Anderson ('60)
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>>From: David Douglas ('62)
To: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Thank you for the birthday greetings, Helen. I returned
to the U.S. over a year ago and am back working for the
state of Arizona again, as Wage Analyst for the Alien
Employment Certification Unit. Needless to say, Phoenix, AZ,
is not nearly as exciting as China. I think I am homesick
still for my students. We keep in touch through e-mail and
pictures, however. Just before returning I took a trip with
a student to Xi'an, where the underground rooms of clay
soldiers were discovered. (I got to meet one of the two men
who made the original discovery while drilling for water for
his farm.) I had gotten to see a traveling exhibit at the
Bishop Museum in Honolulu several years ago - never dreamed
I'd get to see it in person!
My student Vicki had never been to Xi'an, so her uncle
made the arrangements for us as he had once lived there. We
took a sleeper car ("soft bed") as it was a 27-hour train
ride. When we arrived in Xi'an we were picked up by the
police. (Her uncle was a policemen when he lived in Xi'an.)
He drove us (in police car) to our hotel to drop off our
luggage and then took us to lunch at a wonderful noodle
restaurant.
I had a quiet birthday - we went out to dinner at a Thai
restaurant. If I can subtract correctly, I think this is the
6-0 birthday... I try not to think about that too much.
-David Douglas ('62) ~ Phoenix, AZ - where the temperature
is in the 70s during the day
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[Yeah, David... most ALL of you '62ers will celebrate your
big SIX-OOOOO in the next year or so. My brother, Tim, is
right behind you (on Dec. 16th)!!! -Maren]
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Man, I must be getting old. I can't believe I did it,
but I did, I messed up on the date of Cathy Wood's ('62)
birthday. It's December l0th not the 7th as I remembered.
Happy Birthday, might as well celebrate everyday until then,
and afterward too, huh??
To fellow-classmate Jim Collings ('62)
I didn't follow that Wal*Mart case too closely, as I was
enjoying being in Sedona at the time. But I thought that
that poor lady was killed, not just trampled. And no body
deserves to die for that cause.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ West Harrison, Indiana where we
escaped the snow storm all weekend. Both days were with
blue skies and sunny, and about 40° and that is great
winter weather around here. I heard something on the
news about another snow storm coming, but last time I
looked they didn't predict any snowfall all next week.
WE like it that way. (we meaning me and the little pond
out back.)
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>>From: Fred and Ann Engel Schafer ('63)
Re: Happy Birthday
To: Dean Heiling ('63)
You are a lucky man... living with an older woman who
gets better looking every year.
Happy Birthday Anita Cleaver Heiling (Gold Medal Class of '63)
The Schafers
-Fred and Ann Engel Schafer ('63)
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>>From: Jim Hamilton ('63)
Happy Birthday Anita Cleaver Heiling ('63)
You don't look like you'll be SIXTY next year, but I
can remember when you did.
jimbeaux
p.s. The Lovely Nancy (she of the pure heart) had nothing
to do with this.
-Jim Hamilton ('63)
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>>From: Kathy O'Neil Childs ('63)
To: Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
I enjoyed your thoughts about the importance of the
Sandstorm and your feelings about "being a privileged member
of our Bomber cyber-community..." I'm sure that there are
many of us who read the Sandstorm daily, but rarely write
in. Thanks for expressing what I, and I'm sure many others,
feel. It is great to know what the "Bomber family" members
are doing and to keep up on the news from Richland!
Maren, thanks so much for all that you do to make the
Sandstorm available to all of us!
-Kathy O'Neil Childs ('63) ~ Los Altos, CA
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
To: Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
I have just one word on what you posted in the Alumni
Sandstorm on 12/7 ---- AMEN!!!!!!! We are definitely blessed
with this forum and all the teachers, coaches and "kids" we
had for role models... this old world would definitely be a
better place if more people had grown up in RICHLAND!!!
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA - it is raining and
I am one happy camper! Since we don't get snow, I will
take all the rain we can get---at least it means snow
in the mountains--which are only an hour's drive from
here.
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>>From: Bob Grout ('66WB)
Re: Arizona Memorial
Yesterday was Dec 7th and the Arizona Memorial was the
one thing everyone honors and remembers every Dec 7th. Who
started the fund raiser for the Arizona? Check the following
Link. I never knew that a singer from Tenn. was the Man.
http://www.elvispresleynews.com/article1161.html
-Bob Grout ('66WB)
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>>From: Bill Wingfield ('6)
To: John Wingfield ('66) in Hawaii
Hi Cuz,
I'm glad you are getting to spend time there with Uncle
Royce and Aunt Jean. Say hi to them for me. I can't wait
till Christmas time when we head over to God's country for
Christmas to spend with my Mom & Dad (Truman & Carol). I'm
sure I'll see your parents while I'm there.
To: Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68) -- Spokane.
Excellently said. I'm sure there will be hundreds of
people write in to you responding to your piece yesterday.
You brought tears to my eyes. I went and saw the movie
"Radio", last night with my better half Christa, and I still
have tears in my eyes from that movie. Your piece is so
true. We see the names of the people and although we have
never met most if not all, we sure feel like we know them.
Thanks,
-Bill Wingfield (Blue Ribbon class of '67) ~ from sunny but
a bit nippy Augusta, GA - where it gets a little
frost on the ground but is gone by 8am and we can
still be on the tennis courts by 9am, although in
long sleeve t-shirts.
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>>From: Pam Ehinger Nassen ('67)
Re: Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
Thank you, Lynn, for summing it up for me and I'm sure
many others. This Sandstorm brings so many of us together.
It's nice to be in contact with friends that we haven't seen
in many many years! I know I've used the Sandstorm to pray
for my son who just left for Iraq, and my mom who just had
a Mastectomy, oh by the way the lymph nodes all came back
CLEAN!! Thank you all for your prays! See Lynn you're very
right! Thank you for your words, for putting it all together
for me and many others! Oh by the way it'll be 37 years
since I graduated! So in June that will make you 36 years!
Just thought I'd straighten that out for ya! *Grin*
Bombers Rule
-Pam Ehinger Nassen (The Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
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>>From: Tami Schuchart Keller ('68)
To: Lynn Marie Hatcher ('68)
Lynn
Thank you for sharing your feelings so eloquently. I
feel the exact same way but you said it so well.
A blessed holiday season to you and to all the Bombers
out there.
Love, Tami
-Tami Schuchart Keller ('68)
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>>From: Mike Howell ('68WB)
To: Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
I couldn't have said it better and I have the exact same
feelings. I am glad you put it into words for all of us.
-Mike Howell ('68WB)
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>>From: Mike Davis ('74)
To: Mike Franco ('70)
Thank you for the birthday greeting. I remember when 48
sounded pretty old. Now I guess it's not that bad. I talked
to you at George's funeral, but only briefly. I should say
that I could hear you rambling in the back of the church
during the "pre-game." It was easy to see you because Steve
Neill was in front of me! It was good to see you again. It
has been quite a while. But I must say I appreciate the fact
that you always seem to "warn" us through the Sandstorm when
you are coming to town. That is valuable information!!!
To: Greg "Boog" Alley ('73)
Yes, the 7th is for real! No fake birthday recognition
at Red Robin. What Boog was referring to was the old Fake
Birthday prank at Red Robin. A few weeks ago Panch Ibatuan
and I were dining (ever so lightly) at the Red Robin when in
walks Steve "Stats" Cassidy ('73) with his wife. They sat a
few tables down from us and when the waitress come by we
informed her that it was Steve's birthday (a lie). Well, you
know the rest of the story - clapping employees, tooting
horns, singing the birthday song!!!! Panch and I were
already outside peering through the window when the
celebration began. Stats looked at his wife like she was
the culprit and she raised her hands in shock, "Wasn't me!"
After the song was over we peeked our heads back in through
the back door and got Stats' attention and waved and said
through our tears of laughter, "Happy Birthday!" It was
great being nearly 48 and acting like an eighteen year old.
To: Karen ('76), my sister
Thanks for the birthday greeting and the kind words. I
am a legend in my own mind! Love ya
To: my beautiful nieces, Heidi ('00) and Sarah ('02)
Thank you for the birthday wishes. The Big Bear would be
very proud of what his two baby girls have become - as I am!
I love you both.
My lovely mother Billie Jean is taking me to dinner this
week and my elderly sister Sheila ('71) is making me dinner
sometime this week.
That leaves Jumbo ('82) and Wig ('82) - GIFTS PLEASE!!!!
-Mike Davis ('74)
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>>From: Jennifer Caldwell Anderson ('88)
My father, Robert "Bob" Caldwell ('60), passed away October
25, 2003. I am interested in receiving tid-bits and stories
about my father from his fellow classmates and teachers to
add to my scrapbook. Thanks.
-Jennifer Caldwell Anderson ('88)
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>>From: Wanda Janos (Bomber Mom)
I meet former students and enjoy hearing about their
families. Merry Christmas to all,
Pasco won and is our state champ... It has been a long
time for them.
-Wanda Janos (Bomber Mom)
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19 Bombers, 1 Bomber Mom and 1 NAB today:
Dick Harris ('49), Dick Roberts ('49)
Sandra Atwater ('51), Dave Rhodes ('52WB)
Mike Clowes ('54), Millie Finch ('54)
Max Sutton ('57), Jim Russell ('58)
Richard Anderson ('60), Susan Ledingham ('64)
David Rivers ('65), Jeff Michael ('65)
Betti Avant ('69), Ruth Russell ('71)
Dee Shipman ('72), Karen Davis ('76)
Beth Young ('81), Wig Davis ('82)
Lisa Koch ('88), BJ Davis (Bomber Mom)
Don Sorenson (NAB=Not A Bomber)
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BOMBER LUNCHES 'n stuff (in order of appearance)
12/13 Las Vegas Lunch
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From: Dick Harris ('49)
Re: Pasco Naval Base and Swimming Pool
I have enjoyed reading the comments about the large
swimming pool on the Pasco Naval Base. In the early days,
our Richland Scout Troop were allowed by Naval Personnel
to use the Naval Base Pool on Sunday afternoons. Before I
had a car, I used to hitch hike to Pasco to swim on Sunday
afternoons. We were given passes that allowed us to get
through the guarded gate on the East side of the base, near
the pool.
Apparently other groups were allowed to use the pool,
because I can remember hitch hiking with Billy Watkins ('47RIP)
on one particular Sunday afternoon and I don't remember him
being a Boy Scout. Billy had a good looking sister, Bettye
Watkins ('47) and they had come to Richland from Bastrop, LA.
As we waited for rides, we had some great conversations!
I remember Billy describing hitch hiking back in Bastrop. He
said he would be hitch hiking and on the way home he had a
technique to help get rides. When a car came along, if it
didn't stop to pick him up, he would yell, "Bastard!"
Sometimes the driver would stop, back up and angrily say,
"What did you say, kid?" He would reply, "I said, 'Going to
Bastrop?'" And, invariably, the driver would give him a
ride.
The U.S. Naval Pilots used to fly Wildcats and Hellcats
from this base, as I remember. More than one were
courtmarshalled for flying upside down, under the Pasco
bridge over the Columbia. There were reports of kids hiking
into the Bomb Range that the naval pilots used for training,
west of the Yakima River, and hauling bombs home or to drop
off the Yakima River bridge into the river, but I wouldn't
know anything about that. I am sure a lot of those U.S. Navy
Pilots contributed much to our winning the War in the
Pacific.
-Dick Harris ('49)
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>>From: Richard "Dick" Roberts ('49)
To: Jerry Molnaa ('52)
In San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties, CA, we
have seven branches of about 100 each of Retired Active Men,
RAMs. Quite like the ROMEOs, I imagine. I happen to be the
Big Ram for the Five Cities Branch this year and have
enjoyed it. I have a good friend who is a ROMEO and from
what he describes the RAMs may be a little more organized
with bylaws, a few procedures, etc. The point is we get
together to renew old friendships and provide the
opportunity to make new ones. We are devoted to the
promotion of independence and dignity in retirement. Also,
when we meet once a month, we are served a totally illegal
lunch: high in calories, carbohydrates and all the rest of
those nasties. We have a guest speaker and then after the
speaker leaves at his or her option, we tell some smutty,
sometimes pretty raunchy jokes; the winner is awarded the
"joke cup", a small toilet bowl, which he keeps for a week.
It's a lot of fun, isn't it?
-Richard "Dick" Roberts ('49)
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>>From: Sandra Atwater Boyd ('51)
Re: Passport Plunge
When I read what Jerry Molnaa ('52) wrote, it brought
back many memories.
I was a lifeguard there and Ann Pearson Burrows ('50)
was also. We did have a bad experience when the chlorine
machine broke. Ann and I would have a swim before we opened
to the public and that is when pure chlorine came out from
all sides of the pool. We had to swim though it----not a
pleasant experience!
We were able to have a lot of girls for a swim party
after closing of the pool----what fun!
Before the Navy left, a PE teacher was able to take a
bus load of we kids over and we did some of the things that
the Navy men had to do in their training. Anyone remember
that?
-Sandra Atwater Boyd ('51) ~ Palm Desert, CA
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>>From: Dave Rhodes ('52WB)
Re: Welsian Way coffee
To: Jerry Molnaa ('52)
Jerry,
I read with great interest about the coffee meeting at
McDonalds. I come to the Tri-Cities frequently to visit my
2 sons and 3 grandchildren. One of these days I will leave
a little earlier and stop by for the coffee gathering. That
is if there is room for an old Bomber wanna be. I knew you
when we were in school together, but left at the end of our
sophomore year.
-Dave Rhodes ('52WB) In cold Yakima
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54)
Re: From the Advance Warning Dept.
The [Club40] DustStorm has been folded, spindled and
mutilated. As soon as Burt [Pierard ('59)] gets through
licking slightly over 1000 stamps it should be appearing
in a mailbox near you... if you are a Club 40 member that
is.
A fair word of warning: there are three (count 'em 3)
different registration forms with this issue. The forms are
all for the same weekend, but do apply to different folks.
The green form applies to all members of the Class of '54.
It is not only for the Club 40 weekend, but also for the
reunion activities that the Class [of '54] will be having on
that weekend.
There is another [form] for the Class of '59 (salmon
colored) and a goldenrod colored form for Club40 members
NOT from classes of '54 or '59. The simple thing about
these separate but equal (except for costs) forms is that
they all go to one place and [checks] are made out to only
one party.
I hope that makes sense. It is an effort to cut down on
redundancy in registration. [Special] separate reunion
activities for the classes of '54 and '59 will be held at
the new Community Center Riverview Room... Friday afternoon
[for class of '59] and Saturday afternoon [for class of '54]
[Following the afternoon activities] everyone will gather at
the Shilo for the evening's festivities and food. I certainly
hope this does not confuse Marguerite [Groff Tompkins ('54)]
too much... at least she won't have to handle all that money.
Bomber and Christmas Cheers to all
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54) - back on the wet side
in Albany, OR (The rain ended [eastbound] and began
[westbound] about Hood River, OR
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>>From: Millie Finch Gregg ('54)
Re: THANK YOU
I also just wanted to thank Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68) for
her words about receiving the Sandstorm every day. It is a
great way to "see" a glimpse into what some Bombers are
doing. What a wonderful tool to stay in touch. It is so
great to be able each morning to see familiar names, read
stories that bring back memories, and yes it was a wonderful
place to grow up - and I must say, my class of 1954 is the
GREATEST!! Looking forward to that big 50 next year, and I
personally want to see everyone there - those of you who
have been hiding - it is time to show your faces!
Once again thanks Maren for your wonderful work, and
Bomber's keep writing.
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>>From: Max Sutton ('57)
Re: Navy Pool
Glad to see someone come up with the ole' name for the
pool, The Pas-Port Plunge. It was indeed owned by Mr. Barr.
His son graduated with us in the class of '57'. Phil Barr
was his name and a very nice guy. I spent many an enjoyable
evening there on class parties, Boy Scouts, etc. This brings
back a lot of memories, but I guess it is supposed to.
-Max Sutton ('57) in rainy Renton, WA
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>>From: Jim Russell ('58)
Re: The Sandstorm
To: Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68) and all the rest
Lynn-Marie,
Your December 7 message brought tears to my eyes because
I feel so very much the same about this network of Bomber
alumni. Your thoughts are shared by all of us, and your
words were better than most anyone could compose on the
subject. I want only to add how much I look forward to
drawing up this correspondence among the many that come in
every day. It puts me in touch with family I love and family
I have never met. Perhaps unlike others, however, I save it
to the last. It is that dessert, that apple pie with just a
little ice cream, that reward for "surviving" the night and
enduring the many business and other social obligations on
this cyber highway. I save it to the last, so I can linger
and smile and laugh and weep just a little.
It's a good thing.
-Jim Russell ('58) ~ in downtown Mountlake Terrace, WA
where we share Seattle skies but not its traffic.
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>>From: Richard Anderson ('60)
Re: Hoops, Bombers v. Kennewick
The *real* final score of last Saturday's game against
Kennewick was Bombers 69 - Kennewick 45; not 59-45 as
reported by the World's Third Worst Newspaper, the Tri-City
Herald (the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin has eased into the
second worst spot).
-Richard Anderson ('60)
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>>From: Susan Ledingham Bayley ('64)
Re: Class reunion '64 grads for 2004
Greetings!
Hoping that there will be a reunion in 2004 for the
class of '64. Need to know who to contact for info as my
address has changed a few times within the last 10 years.
Thank you,
-Susan Ledingham Bayley ('64)
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
Re: Free... free at last
Did I make it? What day is it? I haven't been able to
see a newspaper since I escaped from the trunk of the car...
Oh, it was awful... the horror... There I was sitting at my
computer... getting ready to go and visit my kid... I had
just finished writing happy birthdays to Janine Rightmire
Corrado ('65) and Number 32 ('63)... I was just putting pen
to paper... well not a real pen to real paper I mean...
these things don't have paper... I mean the printers have
paper but then what would happen if I pushed print instead
of send... nothing... there would be nothing in the Alumni
Sandstorm since print means print and send means send...
(Note to self: Good excuse for future use... "I pushed
print instead of send"... too late to use this time)... so
where was I... oh yeah... I heard a noise coming from behind
me... sounded like "You grab him Kathie ('64)"... "No you
Carolyn ('63), you know Jimbeaux ('63) wants to be the one
and only entry for his birthday on the 6th..." It was
muffled cuz they wore ski masks... but I think that's what
they said... so anyway... that's why I didn't get my Happy
Birthday to LaMont DeJong on 12/6 sent to the Sandstorm...
Would you believe I pushed print instead of send?? Hello
chief........
-David Rivers ('65)
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>>From: Jeff Michael ('65)
To: Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
RIGHT ON, SISTER...AMEN. Well said. And I've only been
hooked up a few months. My thanks to Pat Snider Miller ('65)
for telling me about it when I was here when my Mom passed
away. In fact, I remember a few years ago when i is was not
even "e-literate". I had been working on boats in San Diego
and dj'ing on the side (as usual). I was asked to leave the
boat yard to manage the dj company and realized how behind
the times I had gotten. I'm now e-literate and so blessed
by it, now that I live in Richland and need to keep my
connections with my friends in SoCal, the cyber-world is
so cool. I don't know how we would have coped without it.
Now, how 'bout those famous guys, Lewis & Clark.
dj jeff Michael ('65)
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
Re: weather alert
To: All Alumni Sandstorm readers in Missouri and points east
Northwestern Kansas is under a winter storm watch for
later this afternoon (Monday) In fact most if not all of
Kansas is expected to get snow, anywhere from a trace to a
foot or more. You all best get out the boots and mittens,
and even possibly a snow shovel. We desperately need the
moisture out here, so we will take anything we can get.
Have a good day to each of you,
-Betti Avant ('69) ~ Goodland, KS - (I'll keep you posted
on our total)
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>>From: Ruth Russell Pierson ('71)
Re: Sandstorm family, and Marlene Russell Kallioinen, ('62)
Hello, Bombers---
As many others have already commented, Lynn-Marie
Hatcher ('68) expressed what I have been feeling ever since
I began reading the Sandstorm online. Thank you, Lynn-Marie.
For me, it has been a wonderful little window on the world,
filled with familiar names and references, and I have truly
appreciated it. I have never been to a class reunion
because, first, I was too distracted by family life and
parenthood, and later, because of poor health and a general
feeling that no one would remember me at this late hour of
the game. I am grateful to have the opportunity to get to
know you, after all, here on the list. One thing about it,
if I ever make it to a reunion, I will feel much more at
home, thanks to all the posts.
This is in reference to my earlier posts regarding my
cousin, Marlene Russell Kallioinen ('62), specifically the
one on Thursday, October 02, 2003, which was a head up to
the list concerning the multiple inoperable tumors
discovered in her brain and lungs.
I talked to her brother, Charles Alden Russell ('69)
this weekend, and was saddened to learn that Marlene has
been hospitalized for treatment, evaluation, etc..., and
may soon be going into some form of hospice or home care,
as the chemotherapy and other treatments become less
effective. I am so proud of the way my cousins have wrapped
their sister and her husband, Kelly, in their love and
caring. Marlene enjoyed a time of increased strength and
well-being from early treatments, and her family filled up
that time for her with laughter and love, limousine rides to
dinner, etc... I also am so thankful for the caring response
of the alumni here, who have written to get Marlene and
Kelly's address to send cards and encouragement. This is
just another example of what Lynn-Marie was talking about in
her post.
Charles Alden said that Marlene sort of drifts in and
out because of the meds, but that the pain management is
working well for her. Please keep her, and especially her
husband, Kelly, in your thoughts and prayers over the
holiday season. If there are any of Marlene's special
friends who would like to get in touch with Charles Alden,
or either of Marlene's sisters, Dianne Russell ('67) or
Linda Russell ('64) for a more personal update, email me and
I will give you contact information that respects Marlene
and Kelly's need for privacy at this time. I will also post
updates here on the list as I hear from Charles Alden.
Thank you.
Keep well and keep safe,
-Ruth Russell Pierson ('71)
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>>From: Dee Shipman Jones ('72)
To: Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
Hi Lynn,
Just a quick note to let you know how much I enjoyed
your last entry to the Sandstorm. I totally agree with you
on what you said... it does feel like an extended family!
When you mentioned the Davis's it brought back some great
memories. Steve Davis ('72RIP) was my very first boyfriend
and I got to know his family and I especially adored his
parents. And when Mr. Davis died I grieved along with the
rest of us Bombers who knew him. Anyway, your letter
reflected my exact feelings regarding our "Bomber Family"...
Thanks again,
-Dee Shipman Jones ('72)
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>>From: Karen Davis Scheffer ('76)
To: Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
As many other have said before me, you hit the nail on
the head. This Sandstorm is unique and a lot of fun, let
alone informative. Sometimes it is the only way I touch base
with some people. I know my family members are all over it--
so it is a chance for me to express my love or whatever for
them--(Heidi--ok) Tears, we Davis' have shed a lot in the
last couple years. I thank God for the love that we share to
hold us together and that is speer headed by the matriarch,
Momma, no doubt. I have had some health problems of late and
the doctors not getting down to the nitty gritty of what is
wrong has really depressed me and caused my other stresses
to magnify it seems. Well, sweetheart momma is always there
to cheer me up.
When I hear of friends acquiring cancers and other
diseases, I tremble and as I look at my 5 year old little
Rebekah and 15 1/2 Bethany, I pray the Lord carries me until
His return or until I get my girls off, settled and married
some day!!!
But Lynn-Marie, as I got off the subject, you're very
right about how this Sandstorm is actually therapy for all
of us old and current Bombers to see how others are doing
and hearing about their lives. I too feel close to many
"semi-strangers" out there. Thanks for voicing the thoughts
for us all. Thanks Maren--we all appreciate your hard work.
-Karen Davis Scheffer ('76) ~ in Spokane too - where I am
watching big snow flakes coming down on the northeast
side. "I no like snow", as daddy used to say.
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>>From: Beth Young Gibson ('81)
Re: Pasco 4A state champs
Hey, I know they're not our team, but we should all be
proud of our fellow Tri-Citians! It looked shaky there at
first, but they took advantage of some turnovers and came
out on top. Those last 30 seconds were agonizing! Fox Sports
Northwest carried all the games and we were treated to some
pretty good football. I am personally proud any time one of
our "lowly" east side teams stomps on the west-siders! I
mean, how many times have the Prosser and the Touchet teams
stomped their opponents? I love it! Go Bulldogs!
-Beth Young Gibson ('81)
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>>From: Wig Davis ('82)
To: Mike Davis ('74)
How could I have completely forgotten your Birthday?
Rates right up there with me remembering my wedding
anniversary. I recently purchased tickets to see the Denver
Nuggets and the Timberwolves on March 24th. Sharing this
purchase with my lovely bride (Brenda) she was touched by
my remembering our wedding day and wanting to celebrate it
together. I did however have "some explaining to do" when
she determined that this is a promotional night for the
Nuggets and Coors beer called "Guys Night Out" (two duckets,
two beers and two T-shirts $39). Opps!! We should have a
good time and I may be in the running for husband of the
year!! So I hope you understand how I could have forgotten
such a great day as the celebration of your birth.
See you soon, Here's a "warning" for the rest of you:
I'll be flying into Pasco on the 12th for the weekend.
Merry Christmas to all,
-Wig Davis ('82)
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>>From: Lisa Koch Muir ('88)
To: Jennifer Caldwell Anderson ('88)
Jennifer,
I am so sorry to read about your father's passing.
My thoughts are with you.
-Lisa Koch Muir ('88)
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>>From: BJ Davis (Bomber Mom)
You are and always have been a keeper Mike.
Mom
-BJ Davis (Bomber Mom)
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>>From: Don Sorenson, aka H E W
To: Ruth Miles Bruns ('59)
Reading the Sandstorm today I saw the last name Bruns.
And I was wondering if you might be related somehow to Les
Bruns? I've seen his name in some documents and an old ARCHO
News I have so I was just wondering.
To: Gloria Willett Green ('56WB)
Also reading the 12/5/03 entry from Gloria Green about
her 89 year old father. I am guessing he worked in the
reactor areas. As far as I know that was one area it was
required to have this done for you. it's possible they might
have done this for the operators who worked in the canyon
buildings but most for the work they did there really didn't
require that kind of attention. Unless it was a particularly
"hot" job. Hand and foot surveys done on what they called
"hand and foot" counters or five folds. But that was done
before you left the zone, building or went to lunch. Its a
real pleasure to read about the reminisces of the children
and their parents who worked at Hanford.
As far as the cancer rates I'm sure quite a few people
contracted cancer due to Hanford radiation. But this matter
is best followed up in another section of the Bomber web
site.
Thanks for your time.
-Don Sorenson, aka H E W
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16 Bombers sent stuff:
Carol Black ('48), Don Fisher ('51)
Dick Avedovech ('56), Floyd Melton ('57)
Rich Greenhalgh ('59WB), Ann Engel ('63)
Fred Schafer ('63), Leo Webb ('63)
Dena Evans ('64), Gary Behymer ('64)
Linda Reining ('64), Shirley Collings ('66)
Chuck Crawley ('67), Don Andrews ('67)
Betti Avant ('69), Diane Carpenter ('72)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cathy Wood Stevens ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary Vallely Horn ('69)
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>>From: Carol Black Foster ('48)
Hey, am I the only one who reads the King County
Journal?? The reason I ask is I saw an article on
yesterday's front page about Mike Bair who is in charge
of developing Boeing's 7E7 Dreamliner in March.
The article said Mike is a Richland native and is 48
years old which would make him a ? graduate. Can somebody
add (or subtract??)
These people over here have finally heard of the
East side of the mountains, I do believe. Anyway, we have
another famous person in our midst.
-Carol Black Foster ('48) ~ Bellevue, WA
P. S. Another person who deserves a lot of praise is
Kay Weir Fishback ('37Colt) who shares the past
with us. Thank You, Kay!!
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>>From: Don Fisher ('51)
During the summer of 1943, we had prisoners of war (I
think they were Italian) working in the orchards just above
White Bluff boat launch site. They would yell at us but the
security guards would not let us get together. They were
stationed at the some buildings that were located near
Yakima River. They had high fence around the buildings and
guard towers in the corners but I don't remember seeing any
guards in the towers. I think there were pretty quiet
prisoners.
-Don Fisher ('51)
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>>From: Dick Avedovech, Jr. ('56)
For you Bombers who are getting up to the age of 50+
years and are dealing with the potential of prostate cancer
(which means about 50% of you), and the prospect of a
surgical knife or implant of radioactive seeds does not seem
appealing, I would be happy to share with you my experience
at Loma Linda University Medical Center where I received the
non-invasive, Proton treatment.
-Dick Avedovech, Jr. ('56)
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>>From: Floyd Melton ('57)
Re: Pas-Port Plunge
That was a great place to go for a swim, especially in
the winter. The only bad part was the high humidity and the
smell of chlorine. The fun thing that I remember was to run
like mad off the end of the diving board and catch the rope
swinging from the rafters. Then if you were strong enough
you could climb the rope to the crows nest. I remember it
being a long way up but in fact it was probably only 10 - 12
feet up. If you made it to the top you could jump off for a
thrill. Now it would be against all kinds of OSHA and who
ever rules, HA. The things we remember and have good
feelings about. Not many youngsters have ever had the
opportunities that we had in Richland and the Tri-Cities
back in the '40s and '50s. We just don't appreciate how
lucky we were or how good we had it. There are so many
things about that community that were so unique and a bit
unbelievable to most in this day and age. We had it made and
didn't know it. Some real talented person should write a
book about the life of a youth in Richland in the '50s.
-Floyd Melton ('57)
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>>From: Rich Greenhalgh ('59WB)
Re: 12/7 Bakersfield Christmas Lunch
All Bomber Lunches website
We had our Bakersfield Luncheon on Sunday at Linda
Reining's ('64) house. Plenty of snacks were available, as
well as cookies and candy. Present were Linda Reining ('64),
Rich Greenhalgh ('59wb), his wife Stella, Bob Grout ('66wb),
and his wife Michelle.
Ernie Dow ('68) showed up just as the party was
breaking up, and Rex Hunt('53wb) and his wife Cheryl
attempted to make it, but couldn't find Linda's house. We
all had a pleasant time reminiscing and becoming acquainted.
Rekindling the awareness of our special heritage as Bombers
gives us a feeling of being a part of a special time and
place. It's a nice feeling!
Bomber Greets to all!
-Rich Greenhalgh ('59WB)
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>>From: Fred and Ann Engel Schafer ('63)
Re: Portland,Vancouver Bomber Lunch,Saturday 12/6
All Bomber Lunches website
A good time was had by all at the Columbia River
Doubletree... we exchanged white elephant gifts. Those in
attendance were Bob Carlson ('54) and wife Karyn; Ron
Holman ('56) and his wife, Leslie Swanson Holeman ('59);
Mary Heidlebaugh (Bomber Mom); Lola Heidlebaugh ('60);
Tom Hemphill ('62) and wife Linda; Fred Schafer ('63) &
wife Ann Engel Schafer ('63); Len Rediske ('66) and wife
Linda; Alan Porter ('67); and Jo Heidlebaugh ('74).
-Fred and Ann Engel Schafer ('63)
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>>From: Leo Webb ('63)
Happy Birthday to a friend, a buddy, we had lots of fun
over 40 years ago but we went our separate ways. He played
the keyboard for one of Richland bands of the '60s, "The
Chessmen". Now you all know... Happy birthday to Larry
Wersen ('63). Have a really great day!
-Leo Webb ('63)
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>>From: Dena Evans Harr Evans ('64)
Maren:
The "card" that Gary Christianson sent to you was
wonderful. I have a hard time just replying and forwarding.
I know that I would blow up my computer if I tried doing
anything as complicated as Gary. I have a scanner sitting
here being used as my sons stand for his lamp and
radio....it does quite a good job too! I would hate to
try to use it for anything else.
Zack, my 16 year old son, gets so upset with me whenever
I get on this darn thing, because I usually end up doing
something wrong. He suggests that I take a night course to
learn what its all about. Maybe. Someday. When I'm not so
busy. When the moon is set just right in the sky... Possibly
when hell freezes over, etc.
Re: Looking for...
Does anyone out there in Bomber Land know the where
abouts of Nina Romanelli ('64)? Please if you do, let her
know that I am inquiring about her and please give her my
email address. Thanks!
Bombers forever.
-Dena Evans Harr Evans ('64)
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
I'm searching for a copy of Mrs. Jones' (PE teacher
Sacajawea in the '50s) book ""Hooray, P.E. Today". Anyone
got a copy?
To: Richard Anderson ('60)
I'll bite (;-) ...and the #1 World's Worst Newspaper
is _______?
-Gary Behymer ('64) ~ somewhere in downtown Colfax, WA
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
Re: 12/7 Bakersfield Lunch
All Bomber Lunches website
December 7th, 2003, Bakersfield got "BOMBed for
Christmas" and had a great time! Those attending were:
Richard Greenhalgh ('59WB) and wife, Stella (from
Bakersfield); Bob Grout ('66WB)and wife, Michelle (from
Chino); Ernie Dow ('68) who arrived as the party was ending,
stayed long enough to grab a bite to eat, drink a cup of
coffee, and then headed back over the grapevine to Glendale.
We don't care how late you come, as long as you show up!!!!!
And, of course, me, Linda Reining ('64)... the luncheon was
at my house. We missed Rex Hunt (5'3WB) and wife, Cheryl...
he had forgotten to take my address and phone number, so
after driving around Bakersfield for about an hour, they
gave up and drove back home to Hanford, CA!!!!! We missed
the two of them... worried something had happened... they
have never missed any of our gatherings... glad to know it
was only his forgetting the directions that kept them from
showing up!!!!!!! (just had to "needle ya" a bit, Rex). We
also missed Lynn and Bill Dunton (who are ex-Richland
teachers) from Fullerton... Lynn was sick, so they were not
able to attend.... was sorry that they were not able to
attend... will keep fingers crossed and maybe they can make
the next one.
Our next gathering will be some time in February, at
Coco's on Rosedale Highway. Stella said Richard's birthday
is the 18th, so we will try to get as close to that date as
we can. She didn't tell us how old he would be... we'll have
to make sure she tells us that tidbit by the time we all
meet, again.
THANK YOU, Bob and Michelle Grout for the cute friend's
figurine from Disneyland of Goofy, Mickey, and Donald. Also
THANK YOU to Richard and Stella Greenhalgh for the two
plants... my green thumb is the WORST, so will keep my
fingers crossed that they last a few days, at least!
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA
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>>From: Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
Re: Richland Theaters
This is an article that will be of interest. It was
from the Opinion section of the 12/06 TCHerald.
-Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
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>>From: Chuck Crawley ('67)
To: Dick Harris ('49)
Thanks for the reminder of the days when hitch hiking
was a pretty reliable way of getting around without a car.
I hitched around the area quite a bit, to Walla Walla,
Joseph, Oregon, Ellensburg, even Seattle, and never had a
bad experience. Met several interesting people who gave me
rides or I gave rides to trying to balance the scales. I
had my own technique too but nothing so brinksmanly as Billy
Watkins. Those were simpler times.
-Chuck Crawley (BRCo '67)
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>>From: Don Andrews ('67)
Re: Bombing Range Target
After 8 days in Mazatlan with 85° weather, we returned
to the Portland airport at midnight last night, 38°... what
a shock. The first thing in the morning over my first cup
of coffee I found this article in the Vancouver Columbian
which took me on another journey back in time chasing the
every elusive jackrabbit off of Bombing Range Road. Who else
knows this journey in time and space. I hope this monument
can be saved.
Holiday Bomber Wishes to All
-Don Andrews ('67) ~ Ridgefield, WA - 48° and rain (there's
no place like home)
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
Re: snow
Hello all-
Well, we did get about 4" of the white stuff but the
moisture content was very low probably less than 1/2 inch.
We still need the moisture or the farmers are going to be
in deep trouble again next year.
Go Bombers,
-Betti Avant ('69) ~ Goodland, KS
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>>From: Diane Carpenter Kipp ('72)
To: Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
I skipped a couple of Sandstorm issues including the
December 7th because of temporary intense involvement in a
project - read all the notes to you about your entry, so
finally figured I'd better find the back issue and read it.
And I'm so glad I did. Beautifully written - you expressed
exactly how I feel about the Sandstorm, though I only had a
nebulous, semi-conscious feeling until you put it perfectly
into words. Thank you for helping a lot of us realize our
own feelings, and expressing them so well.
One thing I'd add - there are many times I have the
thought to respond to someone's e-mail, usually just
something trivial (but fun or interesting) - but I stop
myself - I'm trying to learn to stay focused and not let
myself get distracted and sidetracked (ADD). I imagine a
lot of other readers do the same thing (though probably not
for the same reason.) So I'm extra grateful to all who do
take the time to write.
Most sincerely,
-Diane Carpenter Kipp ('72)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/11/03
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14 Bombers sent stuff:
Char Dossett ('51), Dave Brusie ('51)
Jim Grow ('51), Linda Stewart ('57)
Patti Jones ('60), Richard Anderson ('60)
Brent Van Reenen ('67), Don Andrews ('67)
Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68), Brad Wear ('71)
Brad Upton ('74), Kerry A. Steichen ('74)
Dan Morgan ('83), Zorba Manolopoulos ('91)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Evelyn Evans Valley ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Yesterday: Larry Wersen ('63)
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>>From: Char Dossett Holden ('51)
To: Don Andrews ('67)
I seem to keep losing your email. Please send it again.
I am sorry I missed the picnic, it would have been fun to
visit with you. Perhaps next year.
-Char Dossett Holden ('51)
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>>From: Dave Brusie ('51)
To: All Richland Bombers
Re: Don Richey's ('47) Passing
We will all miss him. He gave me my first letter
sweater. We gave each other the nickname of Bronco. He
has gone to a better place, and will remain in our hearts
and memories.
-Dave Brusie ('51)
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>>From: Jim Grow ('51)
Re: Pasco Pool
We all went swimming in the Pasco pool but the best
thing was to go surf boarding in the irrigation ditch. Or
how about going to the hay stack down at Columbia point?
Now that was fun.
-Jim Grow ('51)
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>>From: Linda Stewart Nicholson ('57)
Re: Roller Skating at the Navy Base
With all the memories of the Pass Port Plunge, does
anyone remember skating at the gym on the Navy Base? My
brothers, cousins and I would go there on the week-ends.
All the girl cousins were surprised on Christmas with satin
skating skirts and blouses that our Mothers made for us. It
was a very big deal. I remember celebrating my 10th birthday
party at the rink and having a great time.
Later, I attended classes there when Columbia Basin
College rented the buildings.
-Linda Stewart Nicholson ('57) ~ sunny Tonopah, AZ - where
the high today is supposed to reach 66
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>>From: Patti Jones Ahrens ('60)
Re: Puget Sound Area/Fife Luncheon
No reservations necessary! If you would like you can
email me you will be at the luncheon.
DATE: December 14, 2003
COFFEE TIME: 11:30 P.M.
LUNCH TIME: 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: Fife Bar and Grill
In between Goodyear Tire and Day's Inn
PHONE: (253) 922-9555
ADDRESS: 3025 Pacific Highway E., Fife, WA
I-5 North, Exit 136 B (Port of Tacoma)
I-5 South Exit 136
Turn left on Pacific Highway. E.
PRICE: Price range $10.00 - $14.50 includes drink and tip
All Bomber Spouses and Friends are welcome!
Bombers Have Fun
-Patti Jones Ahrens ('60) ~ Browns Point, WA - Rainy day
with no wind. Actually delightful weather to meet up
with a Bomber spouse Marilee Zimmer ('72 Federal Way,
WA. graduate) for finishing our planning for the
Christmas luncheon. Hubby Bomber John Zimmer ('66)
tagged along but we wouldn't let him give his input.
**grin** Hope Bombers who live close will make the
Puget Sound Area luncheon/Fife part of your Christmas
Holidays. Surprises are planned!
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>>From: Richard Anderson ('60)
To: Gary Behymer
Re: World's Worst Newspaper
The World's Worst Newspaper is ..... I don't know. All
I do know is that no matter how bad something is, there is
always something somewhere in the world that is worse. Being
the World's Second Worst is not a good thing though.
-Richard Anderson ('60)
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>>From: Brent Van Reenen ('67)
Re: Bill Wingfield (Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
Bill and his parents will be visiting Leavenworth the
21st of December and I am meeting him for lunch. Bill lives
in Augusta, GA now. If any of you NCW bombers are interested
in having a little get together please email me asap so we
can figure out what to do.
-Brent Van Reenen (Blue Ribbon Class of 1967)
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>>From: Don Andrews ('67)
Re: Bombing Range Target
I tried to send an image with yesterday's entry but it
didn't work so I'll try again with this one. Computer skills
are not my strongest skills. I perk up when ever I see an
article on this side, being the left side, of the cascades.
Just wanted to share.
Bomber Holiday Cheers
-Don Andrews ('67)
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>>From: Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
Re: need the words!!!
Another Bomber and I are knocking our heads against
walls (not the best idea for either of us!), trying to
remember the words to the Alma Mater. Does anyone have them,
remember them ... or know where I can find them on one of
the Bomber website links?
Thanks
-Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
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{Fight Song
Did the alma mater change when they dumped the Columbia High name?????
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>>From: Brad Wear ('71)
Please God I'll be good. Let WSU beat Texas this year.
Last year I was cheated by Oklahoma. At least no one in my
family is from there, or went to school there. Texas, a
different story. My spousal unit is a T-Sipper ('74) and I
will never hear the end of it if Wazzoo snatches defeat from
the jaws of victory. I was hoping Texas Tech would face
Wazzoo, as both of my boys and my money go there. I could
tolerate that, but Texas, it's almost as bad as A&M. For
those of you not in the Lone Star State, it's a Texas thing,
like big hair, Houston vs. Dallas, Ft. Worth Vs Dallas,
sweet tea Vs regular tea. So from here on out until 30 Dec,
I'll be asking for divine intervention for the Cougs to win.
-Brad Wear ('71), WSU '75
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>>From: Brad Upton ('74)
I believe Mike Bair is a Bomber/Falcon, Class of '74.
To refresh your memories, the Class of '74 will always
be special....not because it gave us Mike Davis '74, but
because it was the first graduating class from Hanford. We
were all together as sophomores (thus the Bomber part) and
then they split us for the fall of '72. Hanford opened that
year with just a junior and sophomore class. RHS and HHS
held their 25th Reunion together in '99. Hopefully we'll
have our 30th this summer. Mike, you organizing?
-Brad Upton ('74)
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>>From: Kerry A. Steichen ('74)
To: Carol Black Foster ('48)
Your reference to Mike Bair who is in charge of
developing Boeing's 7E7 Dreamliner. I also get the King
County Journal and thought the same seeing Richland. Well
I reviewed the '72, '73, '74 sites and reviewed his
Biography at work not finding a thing. He may have been a
Hanford graduate or somewhere else. Just don't know either?
To: 1974 classmates
Class of 74 is developing their 30 year class reunion
and needs your help in finding classmates and seeking more
help on the committee. Please pass along our request if you
know one and reply if you are part of our group. We are also
wanting to find the Hanford grads of '74 since they were the
first grad class and we had a combined 20th with many of
them.
-Kerry A. Steichen ('74)
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>>From: Dan Morgan ('83)
Re: Class of 83 website - Reunion photos and changes
richlandbombers.1983.tripod.com/
Hi! This is to let '83 classmates know that the 20 year
Reunion photos received so far are ready for viewing, and
many of the changes for the website that were requested then
are in place.
Most of the photos have descriptions (and I have info
on ones that I had questions about). As soon as all of them
have descriptions I'll e-mail our class to you to let you
know --- as you can then request a cd of the photo pages
with full-sized jpg photos for greater detail in viewing and
printing.
Tripod's free websites have an hourly and monthly limit.
So, if the site is slow, or is down for a bit, just go back
later. If needed, I can mirror the site at my own domain
sometime in 2004.
Catch you later!
-Dan Morgan ('83), '83 Webmaster
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>>From: Zorba Manolopoulos ('91)
Re: RHS Alumni Tournament 2004
The RHS Alumni Basketball Tournament 2004 is scheduled
and locked in.
There were many suggestions from Alumni concerning the
tournament.
And we listened.
1. Tournament will be two days instead of one: June 25, 26
2. Faculty vs Class of 2005 game Friday night
3. Half Court games for the Gold Division, Full court games
for the Green Division
4. Registration Fees have changed
5. Start advertising earlier.
6. Play no matter what!
Tournament info and applications available at
http://www.rhssf.org/tournament
If you have family members who would like to play, let me
know and I can mail them an application.
If you have questions or suggestions, please let me know.
Thanks
-Zorba Manolopoulos ('91)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/12/03
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15 Bombers and 1 NAB today:
Jack Lowrey ('49), Dorothy Stamper ('54)
Bill Berlin ('56), Charles Cox ('56)
Jinnie Eckert ('58), Steve Carson ('58)
Marilyn Stewart ('62), Jim House ('63)
Linda Reining ('64), David Rivers ('65)
Julia Alexander ('65), Len Rediske (66)
Betti Avant ('69), Darlene Napora ('69)
Kellie Walsh ('77), Dick Hays (NAB=Not A Bomber)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janet Martin Rasmussen ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Burt Pierard ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rick Morrell ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lanette Powell Empey ('79)
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>>From: Jack Lowrey ('49)
Re: Roller skating at the Navy base
To: Linda Stewart Nickleson ('57)
Passed many an evening and weekend at that rink.
Several of us belonged to the Skating club. Many fond
memories.
Re: Bombing Range Tgt
To: Don Andrews ('67)
Remember the range and target well. Several of us used
to buzz for kicks. Almost killed me once.
-Jack Lowrey ('49) ~ Layton UT
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>>From: Dorothy Stamper McGhan ('54)
Re: Mike Bair ('74-HHS)
I am not at all surprised at Mike's success. We lived
next door to the Bair family on Comstock 1966-1969. We were
renting the other side of Col Hi principal, Ed Haag's duplex
at that time. Mike was in the same grade as my oldest
daughter and they went to Carmichael, after Lewis and Clark.
We moved to the north of town in 1969 and I lost track of
the Bairs. My daughter did go to Col Hi her sophomore year,
then moved to Hanford Hi when it opened. Class of '74 was
special being the first graduating class of Hanford. They
had a lot of fun. We also had kids that graduated there in
'75 and '76.
-Dorothy Stamper McGhan ('54)
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>>From: Bill Berlin ('56)
Re: Remembering Dumb Stuff
Remembering the Pas-Port Plunge, skating at the Base and
the haystack reminds me of the "Highlands Jump." I guess
that I was probably 14 or 15 at the time but the railroad,
in its wisdom, cleaned out a number of refrigerated cars of
their old insulation. This stuff looked to be a combination
of ground rubber mixed with cork and was reddish in colour.
In any event, they dumped it along the roadbed just east of
the old Sanders Field and just below a bluff that overhung
the railroad tracks. What an opportunity to get stupid
again!
We would go down there and jump off the bluff into this
huge pile of insulation, get covered in small particles of
red material and then make the long dirty climb back up to
the top of the bluff and do it all again. There were people
from Richland, Kennewick and Pasco [even one girl from Walla
Walla that I thought was real cute with this junk in her
hair] jumping, leaping and generally having a good
"ecumenical" time between rival area High Schoolers.
As with all good things, the Railroad stepped in and
stopped it because it "might be toxic," which was the
first time I had even heard that word and I was living in
Richland. Dah! We lived in a toxic environment so what did
a little rubber and cork hurt?
Anyone else remember this one week of utter bliss and
stupidity?
-Bill Berlin ('56) - Hang on Dave Priebe ('57). We are
moving to Anacortes in January, or whenever we sell
our Seattle house. Coffee at the Penguin is on me.
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>>From: Charles Cox ('56)
Re: wsu vs TEXAS
To: Brad Wear ('71)
Not on their best day.
-Charles Cox ('56) ~ Georgetown, TX - where the golfing is great
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>>From: Jinnie Eckert Stephens ('58)
Just a note to let you know:
Ron ('56), Gene ('54) and George Stephens ('58) lost
their brother, Larry Max Stephens ('63RIP) from a massive
heart attack while visiting in Thailand December 9th.
-Jinnie Eckert Stephens ('58)
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>>From: Steve Carson ('58)
World's worst newspaper, with all of the cheating, lying
and mis-representing that appears in the New York Times, it
would take a newspaper like the LA Times to compete for the
prize.
-Steve Carson ('58)
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>>From: Marilyn Stewart Stephenson ('62)
To: Linda Stewart Nicholson ('57)
How is it that I don't have any memories of that skating
rink or the neat stuff Mom made for you and that you had
your 10th Birthday Party there? Is it because I was soooooo
much younger than you, big sis?
-Marilyn Stewart Stephenson ('62)
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>>From: Jim House ('63)
To: Brad Wear (71)
I share your angst about WSU v. Texas in the Holiday
Bowl. Another Pac 10 loss to UT would be dreadful. I imagine
the T-sip fans must be calling the talk shows claiming they
should be playing LSU for the championship (?) instead of
Oklahoma. After all, they did have another great recruiting
class...blah, blah blah.
I suffered mightily in Houston after the UW lost a big
lead late in the game against Texas two years ago. Knowing
what we know today, a "betting man" might be even more
suspicious of the coaching decisions that led to the Huskies
laying down like dogs in a 4th quarter collapse.
I felt compelled to quit my job, put my house up for
sale and move out of state. For your sake I hope WSU wins.
-Jim House ('63) ~ Mead, WA (where the only burnt orange I
have seen is the beautiful sunset)
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
I am wondering if any Bombers can answer a question
regarding thyroid treatments. My oldest daughter, Traci, is
37 and they have discovered some tumors on her thyroid (they
don't think they are cancerous, thank God). They are giving
her a pill with radioactive stuff in it, and then scanning
her thyroid; they have told her it can take as long as 6
weeks to shrink the tumors or dissolve them, if not, then
she will have to have surgery. Now, for my question---they
are doing this scan tomorrow morning and they have told her
she cannot have contact with any member of her family, co-
workers, friends, OR strangers for 3 days--she is also not
to let anyone else use the bathroom she uses, for those same
three days---does this sound "normal" to anyone? I will be
the first to admit I am very confused about this, and more
than just a little nervous about her having this done! Any
advice, from somebody more knowledgable than a nervous/
anxious mom will be greatly appreciated.
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ it is raining in Bakersfield, CA.,
and we have snow in the mountain areas so the
"ski-bunnies" are going to have a happy holiday season.
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
Re: Have a Happy Harley Birthday 12/12
Vaaaaaaarooooooooooooooooom... getcher motor runnin'...
late out on the highway...... Ah... My buddy my pal... got
his colors flyin', pony tail flappin' and his bomb earring
janglin'. It's that time again! First time I met this guy he
was directing traffic at R2K and I knew he was a kuel dude
right away. Last year I made the mistake of whining on his
birthday and this summer he almost refused to ask me to help
with anything. No sniveling this year. I love the bomb and
will carry it anywhere... long as Roy-boy ('63) can get me
help to carry it and Number 32 ('63) doesn't jump us for
touching the green and gold... So a great big happy birthday
to my dear friend, Burt Pierard ('59)!
-David Rivers ('65)
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>>From: Julia Alexander ('65)
Re: Prison camps
Thank you, Don Fisher ('51).. I thought I was really
getting old and having confusing memories about the prison
camps. I have always remembered hearing stories about a
P.O.W (or could it have been an internment) camp somewhere
on the Yakima River near Horn Rapids. But if that is so....
were there two camps?
Does anyone remember hunting for arrowheads and Indian
artifacts across the highway from the Horn Rapids dam?
To: Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
I'm a little late... being on vacation for a week to
rainy So CA to visit kids for an early Christmas... Thank
you from the bottom of my heart for your beautiful input! I
have had friends who wonder why in the world do we keep in
touch with high school classmates... now I will print your
response and just hand it over... and feel badly for them
that the can't experience what we Bombers do!
Bomber cheers to all!
-Julia Alexander ('65) ~ Forks, WA - where it is damp but not
raining in the 3rd rainiest spot in the lower 48 states.
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>>From: Len Rediske ('66)
Re: Looking for Stella Borgeson ('87)
My wife, Linda, is looking for any information about
Stella and her family. Stella is listed among the graduates
of 1987. My wife and I both have a connection to Stella
and her family through Richland Lutheran Church, and her
mother's family in Portland, OR.
Anyone with any information please get back with us on
email, or in the Sandstorm. Thanks a bunch to all Bombers.
-Len Rediske ('66) and Linda
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
Re: Alma Mater
To: Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
Don't you recall in sophomore P.E. class we took tests
on the rules of the sport we were participating in at that
moment? Well, it included the words to the fight song and
alma mater. I must say I knew all the words to the fight
song, but alas the words to the alma mater were not learned
as well. I, being a tomboy only missed one question all
school year on the sports' rules, but literally "bombed out"
on the alma mater. I think it was some time in my senior
year where the words all came together.
Bomber cheers to you for your writing your feelings
about this forum called the "Alumni Sandstorm". I can not
wait to read it every morning.
-Betti Avant ('69) ~ Goodland, KS - where today it is foggy
and cold, but no new snow
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>>From: Darlene Napora Shuley ('69)
Re: Holiday Bowl
To: Brad Wear ('74)
For those of us who attended WSU and have loved ones
(two sons and a husband who attended UT for undergraduate or
graduate), we're just happy that one of our teams will come
out a winner! Unlike last year when we watched the UT arch
rival Sooners stomp on WSU, this year will be a win/win
situation for us! Go Cougs & Longhorns!!!
-Darlene Napora Shuley ('69), WSU '73
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>>From: Kellie Walsh Patterson ('77)
To: Brad Wear ('71)
*LOL* at yesterday's post! My nephew is also a Texas
fan. I will NEVER hear the end of it if the Longhorns
prevail.
-Kellie Walsh Patterson ('77), WSU '81
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>>From: Dick Hays (NAB=Not A Bomber)
Re: Looking for Dale Johnston (maiden name)
I would like to locate Dale. We were very close friends
1959-1961 era. She graduated from high school near that time
1960-62. Can you help me with any leads.
Thank you in advance,
-Dick Hays (NAB=Not A Bomber)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/13/03
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15 Bombers sent stuff:
Bill Witherup ('53), Dick Avedovech ('56)
Floyd Melton ('57), Max Sutton ('57)
Steve Carson ('58), Donna Bowers ('63)
Frank Whiteside ('63), Linda Reining ('64)
Julia Alexander ('65), Bill Wingfield ('67)
Betti Avant ('69), Ruth Russell ('71)
Merle Huesties ('72), Peggy Hartnett ('72)
Treg Owings ('76)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Yesterday: Becky Alexander ('77)
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>>From: Bill Witherup ('53)
Re: Jumping into refuse
The cork and rubber pile was probably more than just
"toxic" - it was probably "dirty". A friend who lived at
the Dalles 1942 - ?, and whose thyroid clicked off at age 8,
thanks to Hanford, said his father worked on the railroad
that delivered material to Hanford, and that often the cars
were brought back "dirty". Seems to me a lot of people still
have their heads in the metaphorical sand when it comes to
all the cancers and auto-immune illnesses caused by the
home-town industry.
Wake up, folks, and smell the metaphorical coffee!
-Bill Witherup ('53)
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>>From: Dick Avedovech, Jr. ('56)
To Bill Berlin ('56)
Re: Remembering dumb stuff too!
Yes Bill, I remember jumping off that bluff into the pit
with ground rubber and cork and being scared out of my wits
and realizing what a dumb thing I was doing while in the
air! The most discerning thing was the rubber pieces and
cork that got into the nose and ears. I wasn't smart enough
to hold my nose.
-Dick Avedovech, Jr. ('56)
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>>From: Floyd Melton ('57)
Re: Highlands Jump
I remember it well but I thought it was out there for
some time as I remember going over a period of weeks. The
great thing was to jump off in the dark, like it scared the
heebie jeebies out of you. One night a bunch of us went out
there with some girls that didn't know about the "rubber" at
the bottom. One of the guys (someone will have to help me
here) acted like he was going to take his life and we just
encouraged him. Well when we got to the pit he jumped out of
the car and just ran over and jumped. Needless to say we had
some hysterical girls on our hands. It was also good that
the stuff had not been removed. The stuff compacted to the
point that we started hitting the ground so it was time to
quit. I had almost forgotten about that thrill.
Thanks Bill, but you had to be a bit older than 14 or 15
as I was driving then. How time flies.
-Floyd Melton ('57)
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>>From: Max Sutton ('57)
Re: The Pit!!
Well, Bill Berlin ('56), I was wondering when someone
would bring up that piece of trivia. I remember the "Pit"
well cause I jumped off and got stuck for a short while. You
guys know that we would have beat the tar out of our kids
for doing what we did growing up. Sure was fun though.
-Max Sutton ('57) ~ in wonderful Renton, WA - not too cold
yet... not too warm either.
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>>From: Steve Carson ('58)
Bill Berlin ('56) sure jogged a memory with his summary
of the Highland Jump. I had forgotten about that but just
the mention brings back the memory and the smell of the
insulation. Hard to explain to Mom when she had to wash the
clothes. Jumping at night was a particular thrill.
-Steve Carson ('58) ~ Chicago
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>>From: Donna Bowers Rice ('63)
Re: Larry Stephens ('63RIP)
Dear Sandstorm and The Stephens family:
I was so shocked and saddened to hear of Larry Stephens'
death. I have known him from the 4th grade on up. He was
truly a good guy and a gentleman. I was also fortunate
to work with his brother George ('58) for 7 years as a
hygienist... he, too, is the just the salt of the earth.
My deep condolences to the entire family.
As I sit here and think of the past, I am indeed
saddened to realize that so many of my grade school friends
are gone now. Spalding was a wonderful introduction to life
in Richland. I was such a tomboy and can remember being kept
after class for writing on my desk with Shelley McCoy ('63RIP)
and Ralph Lee ('63RIP) and Nester Wise ('63). Larry and
Chuck Gardiner ('63RIP) were there, too, somewhere. And I
think there were a few more, too. We were supposed to be
sanding and refinishing our desks, but with Shelley throwing
his leg up on the desk and acting like Jerry Lee Lewis and
cracking jokes, it was probably the most fun I ever had at
school besides the boys chasing the girls at recess. What
wonderful, harmless fun and I can truly say each one of
these fellows will remain in my heart forever as truly good
guys and gentlemen (deep down). I believe that Spalding has
had far more of its share of '63ers lost and I am so sorry
for that.
Larry was just the epitome of all these guys... someone
you could really trust and laugh with. We won't have these
fellows to hug at the next reunion and I shall miss them all
greatly. We are only 59... its way too early to loose them,
but I am so thankful to have known them.
Sincerely,
-Donna Bowers Rice ('63)
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>>From: Frank Whiteside ('63)
Re: Larry "Dobie" Stephens ('63RIP)
My wife, Linda, and I want to extend our sympathy to
the entire Stephens family on the loss of a great fellow
classmate -- Larry "Dobie" Stephens. I had just gotten
re acquainted with Larry and his charming wife, Ann, at our
New Orleans luncheon in January of this year. We had a great
time sharing old memories and talking about our families.
He seemed to be having a good time in retirement with his
family and was quite involved in ping pong tournaments. I
remember in high school that he was involved in baseball--
hence the nickname "Dobie." We exchanged a number of emails
and phone calls, and I was looking forward to seeing him
again at the luncheon in late September. Unfortunately,
he was unable to make it because of other obligations.
He was anticipating another visit to Ann's home country,
Thailand, which he seemed to enjoy a lot. I'm glad that he
was able to make the visit at least.
We'll miss you, old friend!
-Frank Whiteside ('63)
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, to all the Bombers who
wrote words of encouragement AND knowledge regarding my
questions in yesterday's (12-11-03) Sandstorm... I heard
from: Lynda ('70, in Florida); Pam Ehinger Nassen ('67);
Pam Pyle Jewett-Bullock ('69); and Carol Crose Ells ('62)...
you all helped to alleviate my anxiety about the radioactive
process that my daughter will have... glad to know what her
doctor told her was "normal"... not always sure I trust
doctors OR their information, but glad to know they are
right, this time. THANK YOU, once again, for all the
information. "Bombers are like that, they really are" (not
sure how many will remember, but there was a commercial in
the '60s? about Bayer Children's Aspirin and the little boy
in the commercial said this, but it was about "moms", not
Bombers, I think it "fits" the Bombers.). I am very proud to
be part of this wonderful group!
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA - more rain predicted
for the weekend... snow in the mountain areas, too.
LOVE IT!
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>>From: Julia Alexander ('65)
Re: sister's birthday 12/12
Oh my gosh! I forgot to publicly wish my younger sister,
Becky Alexander ('77) a really great happy birthday! (Today
as I write and tomorrow as you read this.) HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I
won't tell how old you are :>)./
-Julia Alexander ('65)
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>>From: Bill Wingfield ('67)
To: Brent Van Reenen ('67)
I'm not sure when we will get to Leavenworth. It
probably won't be in time for lunch. I will be with a bunch
of family members, so I will have to coordinate it with
them. I will call you when I have a better idea of what time
we will be there.
Re: Pas-Port Plunge
I too have many fond memories of that huge swimming pool
in Pasco. My mom Carol, used to take my sister Jan Wingfield
McCallum ('68) and me there when we were very young. I
remember when we 1st started going there, we would swim over
to the rope, grab the rope and the older kids would pull us
up onto the platform. I agree the platform now seemed like
it was 30' up, but it probably was more like 12' or 15'.
When the older kids weren't up there, it forced Jan and me
to climb the rope ourselves. Luckily we had honed our rope
climbing skills in our backyard of 1422 McPherson St., so it
wasn't a problem.
Does anyone know the answers to these questions?:
How hi was the platform?
What year was the pool opened to the public?
What year was the swimming pool closed?
Who was it that we owe thanks for pulling us up on the platform?
-Bill Wingfield (Blue Ribbon Class of '67) ~ Sunny, but a
little chilly, Augusta, GA. It's so cold that I will
be playing tennis today in a long sleeve t-shirt, at
least for the 1st set. :-) I wish I was playing
where my cuz Johnny Wingfield ('66) is living now,
I'm jealous, Johnny.
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
Re: thyroid answers
To: Linda Reining ('64)
Linda-
The reason being that the stuff they use to "kill" the
thyroid is radioactive. Hence, her body could emit some
radioactivity to others and it is excreted through the urine
once it leaves the body. I work in Radiography and this is
about all I know about thyroid tests (and that is just what
Nuclear Medicine techs. have told me). I know when I was in
ultrasound school, sometimes we would have to do a thyroid
study on someone who just had had thyroid studies and we had
to be careful around them. My niece, Sarah Avant ('94) had
those same treatments this past summer and seems to have no
ill effects from it.
Bomber kudos,
=Betti Avant ('69) ~ Goodland, KS - cold & foggy
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>>From: Ruth Russell Pierson ('71)
Re: Marlene Russell Kallioinen, ('62RIP)
Just wanted to let everyone know that my cousin,
Marlene, passed away peacefully this morning, December 12th,
2003, at 1:20 a.m. Yesterday was Marlene's 60th birthday,
and due to the excellent care of the folks at Hospice House,
she was able to share the day with her family as comfortably
as possible. The funeral date is undecided as yet, but will
probably be in the Tri-City Herald Sunday. I will post the
day and time as soon as I know more.
Thank you again for your concern and prayers.
Keep well and keep safe,
-Ruth Russell Pierson ('71)
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>>From: Merle Huesties Estrin ('72)
To: Linda Reining ('64)
I sat through thyroid treatment with a girlfriend of
mine several years back. The pill the doctors are going to
give to your daughter is called a radioactive dual isotope
pill. This pill is kept in a small metal container placed
inside a second metal container. The doctor/nurse does not
touch this pill. They pull it out of the container with a
pair of tweezers and place it in a cup for the person to
take. For approximately six weeks after taking the pill, if
your daughter went into a black-light room (remember them?)
her throat would glow. The reason no one is supposed to have
contact with her during the first three days is that her
body will excrete radioactive material through her pores.
Anyone around her must wear latex gloves when touching her,
clean the toilet thoroughly after she has used it... I
suggest getting some toilet seat covers for that time, and
your daughter will likely be on thyroid replacement
medication for the rest of her life. This radioactive pill
will "kill" the thyroid while shrinking the tumors. The
patient will have a similar reaction as someone taking
chemotherapy, which basically is what this is, so figure
for three days, your daughter will likely feel ill, but
beyond that, the pill worked great. My friend had Graves'
disease of the thyroid and is doing absolutely great since
she took the radioactive isotope (approximately 12 years
ago). It saved her life, so it was well worth it. I will
keep Traci in my prayers that she has a smooth, easy time
with this.
To: Peggy Hartnett ('72)
Happy belated birthday, Peggy Margaret! I have been
living in Phoenix on a six-acre horse ranch for the last
three months. Please e-mail me, as I would love to get
together with you.
Who are some of the Bombers that live in the Phoenix
area?? Is there is Christmas get-together planned?? I would
love to go.
To: Len Huesties ('70)
Happy early birthday, Big Brother (Dec. 27)! You are
a great brother and I really appreciate you taking care of
mom and dad. I know how trying that can be! My love to Deb
and the kids.
-Merle Huesties Estrin ('72) ~ Phoenix, AZ - where it is
COLD at night, but sunny in the day time.
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>>From: Peggy Hartnett ('72)
To: Brad Wear ('71)
I feel your pain, but as far as anything having to do
with Oklahoma, aren't you aware of the fact that the Sooners
are #1 always and forever, no matter who is making the
rankings! I learned this valuable lesson when I married into
an OK clan and the one I married actually played football
there. They give a passing, benign nod to the doings of UW
and WSU for my sake, but really the only time I have been
able to have one over on them was this year's Little League
World Series!
-Peggy Hartnett ('72)
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>>From: Treg Owings ('76)
Re: Christmas and the Cougs
I was remembering some of the things I use to do in
Richland during Christmas. One was caroling. A few of us
would go door to door singing and having a great time. Paul
Barber ('76) should remember that. Also Leslie Abraham ('76)
and her family. It was a great time.
Another tradition was to go to the Lutheran Church's
midnight service. Sheryl Romsos ('76) was another regular
there. Lots of good memories from Richland this time of
year. What are some of the traditions other remember?
Now, I have to comment on Darlene Napora Shuley's ('69)
comment of a win/win w/the Holiday bowl. Must not be a real
Cougar! This game is a win or lose. No in-between. Next
thing I will hear is a Cougar rooting for the Dawgs since
they are from Washington!
-Treg Owings ('76)
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9 Bombers and another Spudnut Lover today:
Jim Jensen ('50), Mike Clowes ('54)
Loretta Ostboe ('55), Helen Cross ('62)
Carol Wiley ('63), George Barnett ('63)
Linda Reining ('64), Vernita Edwards ('65)
Sheryl Romsos ('76), Sherrel Johnson (NAB=Not A Bomber)
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BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Dick and Kay Mitchell Coates ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim Smith ('58WB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carole Novotny Jenkins('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dick McCoy ('45, 46, '02)
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>>From: Jim Jensen ('50)
Re: Horn Rapids commentary:
Don Fisher ('50), Ralph Myrick ('51), Julia Alexander ('65)
I found all of this and other information truly
interesting. During the eight years I lived in Richland,
'45-'52, I never heard the words "Horn Rapids." Back in
those days we walked EVERYWHERE (few Bombers had cars back
then) on both sides of the Yakima - for miles. Around '47-
'48 Bill Hinson ('50RIP) and I once watched a baseball game
played by prisoners who were "in", according to Bill, for
murder, rape, etc. The "camp" team was playing against a
semi-pro group. The camp was supposed to be nearby. The
field looked a lot like Col-Hi's...a backstop, a few
bleachers, playing field as hard as concrete. I remember
some Quonset huts near the field. There were other
structures, but I don't recall anything about them. The
game was great! The participants were extremely talented.
One short-stop hit two mammoth home runs and fielded his
position like Alex Rodriguez.
Re: 12/12 note from Julia Alexander ('65)
I had never heard of a place where Indian artifacts
might be found. There was a place, however, where many
rock hounds used to go. I was told that the hunting area was
part of a pre-historic Columbia River bed. The Columbia
had changed course several times in several locations
(cataclysmic?) and some sites were dry, rock-strewn places
such as the one I visited on an outing with a church group.
Most of the group were interested in "thunder eggs,"
roundish, cantaloupe-sized agates, and geodes, but detection
of these prizes took a practiced eye. I settled for pockets
full of small, almost clear agates which I thought were
beautiful. Reportedly there were similar sites involving
former Snake River beds. Does anyone remember anything about
these places?
-Jim Jensen ('50)
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>>From: Bob Carlson aka Mike Clowes ('54)
Re: Current DustStorm
Some of you Club 40 members have by now received your
copy of the DustStorm and at least one of you has a
question about the Memorial List. That question is "Why
so many from the Class of '63 and so few from the other
classes?" The explanation is that this is the first year
the Class of '63 was eligible for membership in Club 40.
Therefore, a, hopefully, current list of their classmates
who have passed away since they graduated. Come next
December, there will be a list of the departed members of
the Class of '64 (as that will be following that class'
inclusion in Club 40.) Throughout the year I try to maintain
this page with information gathered from class rosters, The
Alumni Sandstorm and the Funeral Notice page from the All
Bomber website.
I hope this explains things somewhat.
Bomber Cheers,
-Bob Carlson aka Mike Clowes ('54), Editor of the DustStorm
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>>From: Loretta Ostboe Fraser ('55)
Re: Skating at the Navy Base
I am so glad Linda Stewart Nicholson ('57) mentioned the
skating rink at Navy Base in Pasco. I have mentioned it to
several people, and no one remembered it, but I KNEW I HAD
SKATED IN PASCO WAY BACK then, and no one remembered the
rink!! Thanks Linda... guess I'm not losing it after all!!
-Loretta Ostboe Fraser ('55) ~ In West Richland for
Christmas with all the kids, and then to Yuma, AZ
to get warm again....weather permitting!!
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
First of all my condolences to Marlene Russell
Kallioinen's ('62RIP) family. I was very saddened to learn
that another Bomber friend of my childhood has left us. But
I am glad she was surrounded by her loving family when she
died, and will go to be in Heaven with our Lord.
Re: CUP
Last night I went to a local performance of Handel's
Messiah. It was beautiful and well-done. I was telling a
friend how lucky I was to have grown up in Central United
Protestant Church where every year for ages we were treated
to a fantastic performance of the Messiah on Christmas Eve.
Do you remember Liz Campbell Jones as the soprano soloist?
(I couldn't believe how focused she could be with 7 kids at
home waiting for Santa Claus), Mina Miller, and Bob Campbell
are the other excellent soloists I will never forget. I'm
sorry, but I have forgotten who the other soloist was. But
being raised attending CUP, I had no idea how excellent the
music program there was, until I went out into the world and
heard some other performances. We were truly blessed and I
give a very belated thank-you for all the hard-working choir
members of CUP and their families for giving them the time
off from family responsibilities to be in the choir, for the
great music they provided.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ West Harrison, IN - where the pond
behind the house finally got started freezing the past
2 nights, and winter has arrived. We had temperatures
in the 20s all day, and started getting some snow
flakes about 5 pm (EST) tonight. Some of the little
birds coming to the bird feeder look like they have on
winter coats, as their feathers look sort of puffed up
or blown about by this cold wind. God Bless them.
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>>From: Carol Wiley Wooley ('63)
Re: Larry Stephens ('63RIP)
My sincere sympathies to the Stephens family. Larry was
a good friend. Barb Meyer ('63) and I wrote to him when he
left for the Air Force. When he was stationed at Moses Lake
AFB we spent a lot of weekends with him and his friends.
Barb married his Air Force friend Tim McKinney and I married
another friend of his Buddy O'Connor. I will always remember
his crazy laugh and the good times we had together.
Later, Good Buddy!
-Carol Wiley Wooley ('63)
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>>From: George Barnett ('63)
Re: The Pit
Aaah yes the pit full of insulation. Remember it
well. We still lived in the Kennewick highlands when the
insulation was dumped into that pit. 1212 N. Edison was
the address, just above Lundgrens cherry orchard.
"Butch" Eddie Olson, (60)? (61)? And I watched them
dump the insulation into the pit back about 1952 or '53.
(time dims time). Right after the trucks left, we went down
and played in the crap. We would climb up the rock ledge,
probably about 10' or so and jump. It was still very loose
back then and we would sink almost to our waist. That red
crap would stain your skin, and get up your nose and into
any other orifice, (read that your mouth). We were too
"chicken" to jump from the top until some time later when
the "big" kids started doing it. Then before too long, large
rocks were being dropped down into the pit and landing on
one of those buried just out of sight was not high on my
list of "things to do today."
Later at Col-Hi, that same red crap was utilized in the
high jump and pole vault pits. It cushioned the fall but
still retained the nasty characteristics of which I spoke.
Larry Coryell ('61) Danny Dougherty ('62) and many other
track and field types, received the full enjoyment of
cleaning out the crap after every practice.
Bye Geo. (63)
-George Barnett ('63)
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
To all you wonderful Bombers who have been e-mailing with
all your advice on the thyroid pill and the precaution that
my daughter has to take---THANK YOU. I talked to her last
night (Friday, 12-12-03) and she was tired and had a
horrible headache---not sure if that is from the pill
just the stress of having to take the pill and all the
precautions. she is a "worry-wart" just like her mom, but
she hides it better than I do.
I sold my house and am in the process of moving---in
fact, I should be packing more boxes, RIGHT NOW, but just
had to get my "Sandstorm fix" for the morning. I am taking
my computer to my youngest daughter's house (will be staying
with her and her family til I find another house), but it
will take a few days to get hooked back up, so in the
meantime, I just want to say THANK YOU to each and every
one of you who has sent me things on the thyroid procedure
that my oldest daughter has had. I won't be able to
personally or impersonally reply, so am taking this forum
to say thanks--don't want any of you to think I am snubbing
by not replying---won't be on line til probably the end of
the week---will miss my daily "fix" in the morning---Maren,
you can keep sending them, I will just spend a few hours
catching up. LOL
Thanks, again, Bombers----you are a great bunch and I am
sooooo proud to be a part of this great community!
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA - I'm keeping fingers
crossed the rain stays away til my sons-in-law are
done moving my stuff into the U-haul and into storage.
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>>From: Vernita Edwards Loveridge ('65)
My brother, Clif ('68), and I had our telephone
interview with NIOSH on Wednesday night. I believe it went
well, although only time will tell. Who knows when they will
even get the "dose" established for Hanford. Going through
that process, however, forced me to once more get
"acquainted" with my dad. As I'm sure the rest of you have
discovered, the AEC documented if our folks even sneezed. I
have often described Richland to current friends as a
"company town" but going back through dad's records (over
600 pages) really made that apparent, from the appliance
purchases and deductions from his checks to the medical
notes, it makes a great history of his life. As I was going
through the records and seeing familiar names, I could
picture them and the effect they had on our lives. Clif and
I were also very hesitant about this process, knowing Dad
would never file for it. When he had bladder cancer in '58,
the doctor asked him if he thought his job had "anything
to do with the cancer." Dad replied, "No, my government
would never allow that to happen." I've always thought it
interesting the doctor chose to actually quote dad on that.
As Clif and I both reminded Ana, our NIOSH interviewer,
these men never questioned what they were asked to do. They
were in part "saving the world as we know it." Retrospect
and hind sight makes us see that time in a different light,
but I am so proud that our folks stepped to the plate when
needed. If nothing ever comes of the claim, it was nice
having a trip down memory lane with Dad.
Peace, joy and Merry Christmas to everyone!
-Vernita Edwards Loveridge ('65)
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>>From: Sheryl Romsos Senyk ('76)
Greetings to Treg Owings ('76):
I would love to be home in Richland for the holidays...
maybe next year. In the meantime, if you and Sue are in
town, why don't you try to get some classmates together for
caroling? I'm sure that my parents would enjoy the visit, as
well as others still in town.
All my best this holiday season to Maren and the
Sandstorm readers!
-Sheryl Romsos Senyk ('76) ~ A balmy 12° in the Twin Cities, MN
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>>From: Sherrel Johnson, Spudnut Lover (NAB)
DATE: Saturday, December 06, 2003 2:23 AM
Re: Spudnuts
I live in El Dorado, Arkansas and we have a Spudnut
Shop... I know it's been here as long as I have (51 years),
and judging from the on-line info I've read this a.m., it
probably began in 1949 or 1950. The store is not in its
original location, but retains its original sign. One source
indicates that the earliest chain shops was in Salt Lake
City. Another indicates the name "Spudnut" was coined
by a Richland, Seattle entrepreneur. There are multiple
variations of the same basic recipe on sites as varied as
those dedicated to down-home cooking to jewishfood.com can
be. People who come home for the holidays, or who visit from
outside the city but have been introduced to Spudnuts on a
previous trip, have to, and I mean HAVE TO get Spudnuts
while they're in town. Edible anytime, they are most
wonderful hot, just coming off the glaze rack. What else
can you tell me about Spudnuts and Richland, Washington?
There is an interesting book called Fast Food listed on
Amazon when I searched Amazon.com for "Donuts & Spudnuts"...
Also, I tried but failed (even after registering) to
post a message on the Spudnut Shop message board about
Spudnuts; there's a museum somewhere..
http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=900
What I would like to do eventually is plot/chart Spudnut
Shop locations on a U.S. map . . . then take the tour!
-Sherrel Johnson (NAB=Not A Bomber)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/15/03
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13 Bombers and 1 Bomber funeral notice today:
Dick Roberts ('49), Jim Jensen ('50)
Bob Harman ('51), Orrin Pilkey ('52)
Ann Bishop ('56), Richard Anderson ('60)
Earl Bennett ('63), Patricia Rediske ('63)
Lloyd Swain ('66), Shirley Collings ('66)
Penny McAllister ('67), Anna Durbin ('69)
Betti Avant ('69)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dorothy Stamper McGhan ('54)
BOMBER LUNCH Today: LUNCH 1940's Ladies & Spouses
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>>From: Richard "Dick" Roberts ('49)
To: Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02)
Happy Birthday, Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02). Whatever
you're doing or did, you deserve the very best. Hope you had
a good one! I enjoyed chatting with you last summer on the
phone when we were waiting in our RV for the ferry from
Whidbey Is. to Port Townsend. We will be around that area
again next summer with another set of grandsons age about
14. We take them to Paul Allen's Music Experimental Museum
in Seattle, Pike Street Market, ferry ride, Port Townsend,
etc. It's such a great place in the summer time. This year,
we hope to also make a visit to the glass museum in Tacoma.
For old times sake, a few years back, we toured the Olympia
brewery for a second time. Most of us, in those Col-Hi days,
were weaned on Oly. Now, I prefer a good IPA, like Pikes
Brewery IPA, Northcoast Brewery Acme IPA, Prescott Brewery
IPA and others.
-Richard "Dick" Roberts ('49) ~ Grover Beach, CA - where it
has been raining and now the hills are luminescent
green, the oceans a brilliant blue and the sun is
shining bright. All good for the wine grapes.
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>>From: Jim Jensen ('50)
Re: Capture
A few hours ago Saddam Hussein was captured (about 11am
PST) GO TROOPS!!!! GO MR PRESIDENT!!!!
God bless America!!!
One small step for humankind.
-Jim Jensen ('50)
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>>From: Bob Harman ('51)
Re: Jim Jensen's ('50) mention of a burial ground.
Jim,
I remember that burial ground and did spend some time
rummaging around in the ground there. I never really found
anything of substance but it definitely was there. As a
matter of fact it is still there and it now has a high
chain link fence around it to keep the diggers out.
Relative to the "prison camp" at Horn Rapids, as I
recall it was called Camp Berlin. I was only about 13 but
I recall that it was a camp for conscientious objectors, not
murders and rapists. Correct me if I am wrong.
Your mention of kids with cars reminded me of a number
of cars at school them. One of them was owned by Charley
Moore ('50) and I think it was a Mopar. He had moved the
column shift to the left side of the column to make one arm
driving easier. Also, "Mush" Michaels had the loudest Mopar
I ever heard. He sold it to a friend of mine, Cecil Golden.
Does anyone know what has become of Cecil? I had a beautiful
little '23 Chev coupe that I loved dearly. I burned a rod
out of it and Bob Johnson fixed it in auto shop. It never
was the same after that.
-Bob Harman ('51)
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>>From: Orrin Pilkey ('52)
Re: Sandstorm Radiation Discussion
I'm inspired by Bill Witherup's ('53) "wake up and smell
the metaphorical coffee" letter to broach the subject of
radiation-related illnesses at Hanford. I know this is a
touchy subject for some but in my view our parents did us no
favors the way they ran the plant in the '40s and '50s. My
brother and I have both had thyroid cancer and I know well
the numerous stories of downwinder problems. My daughter who
works in public health tells me that professionals in her
field argue that there still is no strong statistical
evidence that cancers are above normal levels among those of
us who grew up there. I have spoken with a physician who
believes the same. Can anyone direct me to a definitive or
at least scientifically sound study that argues to the
contrary? I really enjoy the free flow of ideas and stories
from all the Bombers.
Merry Christmas to all of you,
-Orrin Pilkey ('52)
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>>From: Ann Bishop Ousley ('56)
Re: Pas Port Plunge and Rink
I spent many happy hours at the rink in Pasco!! While
my parents were going through a divorce, my mother took me
to that rink 7 nights a week... it was open to the public
Wednesday through Sunday. Monday and Tuesday it was only
open to clubs and private parties. My Mom knew the man who
ran the place, so I went all the time, for opening 'skate'
until 'Grand March'. I was to be a "Tin Soldier" in one of
the shows, but, alas, it was cancelled. I guess my mother
was "keeping my mind off things". I spent many hours at the
pool after she married my step-father. It was great fun. I
really thought I was doing something by being able to swim
the length of the pool TWICE (90' each way).
-Ann Bishop Ousley ('56) ~ Texarkana, AR - Overcast and 36°,
but no rain in the forecast.
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>>From: Richard Anderson ('60)
Re: Hoops Report -- Week 2
Two home games this week: Friday v. Southridge then
Saturday v. Pasco in the annual varsity doubleheader game --
boys at 5:45 and girls at 7:30 or so (the times will be
reversed when the teams go over to Pasco on January 31st).
The best Friday game ended up being in the old gym at
5:45: the freshman "A" contest. Close all the way, it
attracted a fair crowd into the creaky old place by the time
the 4th quarter was underway. I had forgotten how much noise
a few people can make in that gym if they put their mind
(and feet) to the task. Down by three a Southridge player
put up a three at 0:00.1 left in the game -- miss..... but,
a foul! Three free throws to tie the game and go into
overtime. Kid makes the first and misses the second. Now he
has to miss the third on purpose get the board and put it in
all in one motion to have a chance; but, he make it and the
game is over: Bombers 51 - Suns 50.
Off to the big gym to get ready for the varsity game.
Yikes! What do I see but (you'll have to check the picture I
took the following night)
http://www.richlandbombers.com/hoops/hoops20031213.html I
don't think anybody was expecting *that*.
The game itself turned out to be a gourmet cheeseburger
served on a very stale and moldy bun: the second and third
quarters were efficient and entertaining basketball; the
first and fourth were not. A great shooting night from James
York: five threes and six twos but no free throws;
Southridge never fouled him so no trips to the line. The
line score pretty much tells the tale.
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1 2 3 4
Southridge 12 25 39 50
Bombers 10 31 53 61
Miller 4, York 27, Bussman 12, Brooks 3, Frank 12,
Roberts, Bixler, Sam Cartmell, Ben Cartmell, Stevens 3
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Saturday the thugs from Pasco arrived. The Bulldog front
line comprises footballers Roby Clyde, Marc Mackay, and Eric
Mattox and they played like they were still in Tacoma
battling Ballard (Pasco won the 4A fuh-bah championship a
week ago). The first half was a rough ragged fray ending
with Bombers ahead 24-23. Richland doubled their score in
the third quarter: rather than try to out-muscle the dogs
they decided to out-shoot them; it worked like a charm with
Bombers outscoring them by 24-10. Pasco ended up fouling any
yellow jersey they got close to in the fourth quarter --
Bombers scored 14 of their 18 points from the free throw
line -- and it was all over. When the Bulldogs get a few
more games in they are going to be formidable.
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1 2 3 4
Pasco 7 23 33 49
Bombers 13 24 48 66
Miller 5, York 20, Bussman 14, Brooks 3, Frank 10,
Bixler 8, Conley 4, Ben Cartmell 2, Stevens,
Roberts, Sam Cartmell
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This coming Friday Bombers travel to Wa-Hi for another
tough game. I'll be there -- Wa-Hi is the *best* place to
watch a game in the entire league (and the Wa-Hi football
team puts on a tailgate party -- for free! -- in the parking
lot before the game) -- besides, I'm from Walla Walla. Good
time.
Saturday we return home to face a team in serious
reorganization: Eisenhower. Ike suffered a horrible season
last year; but, they have a new (and one of the most
successful) coaches in the state: Pat Fitterer. We ought to
win but .....
If you are planning on attending a game this season,
Saturday is the one. This is the final weekend before Xmas
break and all the college kids will be back in town and at
the game. Get there early and say hello.
-Richard Anderson ('60)
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>>From: Earl Bennett ('63)
Dear Stephens family:
I was saddened to hear about Larry's death when I read
the Sandstorm today. Larry and I were not close in high
school, really from completely different circles, but he
contacted me about a year ago because our common Air Force
background and some of my recent activities that were
referenced in the Sandstorm piqued his interest. We've had
several telephone conversations since then, and just before
he left for Thailand he called to say he would be gone for
some while, but might try to keep in touch via email. We
had not had a chance to get together yet, living so far
apart (Virginia and Florida), but we probably would have
eventually. I'm not sure what prompted his interest in my
activities, but I feel there is a reason for everything that
happens in my life. I know he was glad to hear that there
was very little "putting on airs" at the reunion this
summer, just friends renewing acquaintance and catching up
on years apart. It prompted him to decide he wanted to
attend the next one, and missing that opportunity is what
makes me sad.
Condolences and warm regards, ecb3, from central
Virginia where we woke up to our second significant snow
(3-4 inches last night, 5-6 inches Dec. 5) in less than ten
days, both earlier than any measurable accumulation we've
experienced since 1989.
-Earl Bennett ('63)
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>>From: Patricia Rediske Weatherman ('63)
To Jim Jensen ('50)
I remember going on a field trip with my CBC geology
class, we had to pass through the security gates, so it had
to be out on the Hanford Reservation site. We studied
"Hanford Conglomerate", which just looked like a sandy bluff
filled with all kinds of different sizes, shapes and colors
of stones, but the "sandy" part was as hard as concrete! My
professor, whose name escapes me, sorry about that-he was
a good guy too-told us that the stuff as world famous in
geology circles. I found a vertebrae imbedded in a chunk of
it, and he went ballistic with excitement. I kept that thing
for years, several people looked at it and most thought it
was from some sort of camel type creature. I finally gave it
to a budding geologist, of about 9, who fell in love with it
when I loaned it to a class at the church school where my
husband works. I made the lad promise me that if he ever
found out what animal it belonged to that he would come back
and tell me.
To: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
I remember going to CUP to hear the Handel concert,
several Christmas seasons, it was one of the hottest tickets
in town, the place was always packed and the performances
were always beautiful. Someone, I don't remember who, just
mentioned the other day, about the Lutheran church in
Richland. That was my church, Richland Lutheran; and today I
was stuck by your comment and that earlier one, to realize
that so much of our lives revolved around school and church
and that we had a lot of respect for each other's churches
and the efforts they made to give us places to go and things
to do. I'm sure that a lot of church camp experiences and
caroling parties, hay rides and concerts were shared by
those in, and out, of the various churches that were
sponsoring the events.
Finally, my prayers and thoughts are with Larry Stephen's ('63RIP)
family in this time of loss. Having lost a loved one at this
time of year, I know how hard it will be for them.
-Patricia Rediske Weatherman ('63)
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>>From: Lloyd Swain ('66)
Hello Fellow Bombers,
I attended the CUP Messiah Concert last night with my
trusty dvcam and provided all the audio and video turns
out, it will air on Charter Channel Three in the Tri Cities
starting next week. I will let you know which days and times
in a subsequent email. I can also provide videotapes if
someone wants one. I will mail it to you as well. The cost
will be $19.95 with $1.60 for the governor and $4.00 bucks
for the mailer and postage. Concert will run around 1.5
hours. I hope some of you will also attend this lovely
concert. It has become a tradition for our family and one
wonderful way to spend a holiday evening with friends and
family.
Joy to you all
-Lloyd Swain ('66)
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>>From: Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
Re: Brenda Douthit Schultz ('89)
'89 Bomberette earns award ~
From December 14th TCHerald:
Richland High School graduate, Brenda Douthit Schultz ('89),
earns Teacher of the Year award for the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, which includes the islands of
Saipan, Rota and Tinian
-Shirley Collings Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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>>From: Penny McAllister D'Abato ('67)
Re: Jim Jensen ('50)
One of my fondest memories is looking for agates along
the bombing range road. I have several strings of Indian
beads my mom and my grandmother hunted by the river when
she was young....they hang in my kitchen always.
Merry Christmas to all!!
-Penny McAllister D'Abato ('67) ~ from southern CA this is
the best time of the year!!!! ya cool weather!!
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>>From: Anna Durbin ('69)
Re: My Niece is moving to Richland
Dear Sandstormers:
One of my delightful nieces {brother Jerry's youngest
daughter] who grew up in Tacoma and graduated last June from
the University of Washington will be moving to Richland to
work for Batelle.
Can any of you give her hints on looking for a place to
live and hooking up with other twenty somethings? I hope she
loves our home town. And now I'll have a place to crash if I
have an irresistible need to visit, which does happen.
-Anna Durbin ('69)
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
Three cheers for the red, white, and blue. Way to go
troops.
-Betti Avant ('69) ~ Goodland, KS - where today was a bit warmer
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Funeral Notice scanned from the TCHerald
by Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
>>Donna Evert Thomas ('46) ~ 7/27/28 - 12/12/03
FuneralNotices.tripod.com
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/16/03
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16 Bombers sent stuff:
Doris Palmer ('49), Curt Donahue ('53)
Bill Berlin ('56), Tom Hughes ('56)
Steve Carson ('58), Helen Cross ('62)
Jim Hamilton ('63), Ray Stein ('64)
David Rivers ('65), Jeff Michael ('65)
Joanne Boyd ('67), Pam Ehinger ('67)
Betti Avant ('69), Vicki Owens ('72)
Paul Barber ('76), Tami Lyons ('76)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joan Campbell Hinkle ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jack Keys ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tim Smyth ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Terry Davis ('65)
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>>From: Doris Palmer Overla ('49)
To: Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02)
Happy Birthday McCoy. Sorry to be late but have not been
able to go on line for a few days. Hope you had a great day
and will have a healthy happy year.
-Doris Palmer Overla ('49)
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>>From: Curt Donahue ('53)
How sweet are those three little words? "We got him!!"
Congratulations to our troops!!!
-Curt Donahue ('53) ~ Federal Way, WA
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>>From: Bill "Camp" Berlin ('56)
Re: Camp Berlin per Bob Harman ('51)
CAMP BERLIN? Boy, it doesn't get any better at
Christmas time to get a prison camp named after you. Bob,
I love you.
Here is what I remember about the Horn Rapids Camp a/k/a
Camp Berlin. Never heard of the title Camp Berlin but I will
take it. At my age I will take anything that moves me closer
to fame. What I do remember is going out there for a couple
of Boy Scout encampments that included world class pancake
flipping. My old bud John Cowan ('56) would have been the
champion had he not flipped a Gold Medal toss so high that a
bird swooped down and picked it off in midair. Big John did
not think it so funny but the rest of the troop were rolling
on the ground.
We did find some small patches and a couple of other
items that had Italian on them and my Dad, who was a 12-star
General in the Pasco Army Reserves, told me that he thought
that the camp had once both German and Italian POWs. I know
for sure that both POW units were at Camp Roberts, CA but
thought it odd they would be here at Horn Rapids right in
the center of God's country. There were still some small
building and Quonset huts on the site when we camped there
but no real signs of it being a major POW camp.
-Bill "Camp" Berlin ('56) ~ the day after another great
Bomber Luncheon in Fife. Those of you who have not been
to one (or its been a long time), "get out there."
Lots of fun... but wear hip waders 'cause it gets a
little deep after a while.
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>>From: Tom Hughes ('56)
Re: December Fife [Puget Sound] Lunch
All Bomber Lunches website
Well, we had a super get together for the December lunch
in Fife. Patti Jones Ahrens ('60) and Marilee Zimmer (spouse)
outdid themselves by purchasing and wrapping a huge
selection of gifts to be handed out to the people at the
lunch. Each person had to select a gift from the table and
then tell how they came to Richland, where they lived and if
a Bomber Spouse, how they became a Bomber. They then could
unwrap the gift. A lot of very interesting stories. Many
were similar in that we came from somewhere else and moved
into various forms of Government housing, many were prefabs.
the early ones had stories of no streets, lawns or trees and
almost all had to put in lawns (some several times). The
spouses for the most part had never heard of Richland and
took a while to get drawn into and understand the Bomber
look at the world.
Gifts ranged form Teddy Bears to Plaques, to wall
hangings and a Columbia scrub board. Our waitress, Tina,
brought her two grand kids to see us and Jim McDougal ('57)
brought his beautiful little Grand Daughter Samantha. Others
attending were Bill Berlin ('56), Larry Mattingly ('60),
Nick Nelson ('56), Al Stephens ('66), Bernie Qualheim ('56),
Emily Perlman, John Zimmer ('66), Marilee Zimmer (spouse),
Patti Jones Ahrens ('60), Jim Hoff ('57), Jessica Blessing,
Agnes Hughes and me.
-Tom Hughes ('56)
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>>From: Steve Carson ('58)
Re: Chicago Bomber Lunch (1/17/04)
I am willing to host a Bomber Lunch in the Chicago area
if anyone has strayed as far East as I did. I will reserve
an area at STEVENS STEAK HOUSE in Elmhurst, Illinois. This
restaurant is at Exit 12 on I-290 the York Street-Elmhurst
Exit. I am setting it up for Saturday lunch on January 17th.
Hope we have some takers.
-Steve Carson ('58)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
I just want to wish fellow classmate, Tim Smyth a Happy
Birthday today!!
I've been rereading some of Jeff Curtis' ('69) old neat
entries. He really does a great job of recapturing how it
was to grow up in Richland. I thought I would die laughing
when he told of trying to get home from the big swimming
pool without shoes. It really felt like the pavement was
that hot. We were sure we could fry eggs on the street
during the day at least.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ West Harrison, IN - where the
little pond is still half frozen, but hey, we are glad
it's only half frozen. The sun came out a little this
afternoon between the clouds, and tomorrow it's suppose
to get up to 45° before it snows again. We are getting
out our WSU flag and Cougar gear, getting ready for our
trip out to root on the Cougs at the Holiday Bowl. Hope
to see someone I recognize this trip. I'm planning to
get Cathy Wood's ('62) seat # so I'll be sure to see her.
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>>From: Jim Hamilton ('63)
Re: Larry "Dobie" Stephens ('63RIP)
While we spoke on the phone every month or so, the last
time I spent time with Larry was a couple of years ago at
some beach bar up on the Florida panhandle. We lunched on
grilled Amberjack sandwiches and shared nearly as many Red
Stripes that afternoon as we did memories. We also, I might
add, stayed long enough to enjoy a memorable sunset. Ann,
Dobie's wife, just sat there smiling and nodding at the
right time, but I know she didn't get it. It was just too
far of a reach for her, coming in off the bench cold and
having to share the afternoon with a couple of Bombers. He
promised me that he'd make the next reunion, but some things
came up and he needed to stay at home for our 40th. When I
shared the stories with him, he told me he wished he'd been
there with us. I told him he was.
I checked my e-mail last week in St. Maarten and learned
of Dobie's passing. It really took the starch out of me,
much more than I would have imagined. As in dealing with
many a crisis, I bought a couple of cold beers off of a guy
on the street and went down on the beach to share a couple
of Dobie stories with the Lovely Miss Nancy. While most of
us hadn't seen him in 40 or so years, he was a super guy, a
horrible poker player and imminently worthy of the title,
"a real piece of work".
They are all back together now, Chuck Gardiner, Dobie,
Webb, Shelley and Ralph. They're sittin' at the "Group W
Bench", playing grabazz, remembering nicknames, card games,
ball games and good times long past. Obviously them Pearly
Gates don't have the equivalent of Tom Lyda, or they would
have already been kicked out and sent back. St. Peter is
probably shaking his head, 'cause even for him, it's a
reach.
I miss you Dobe, I wish we had lived close enough that
we could have spent more time together.
jimbeaux
-Jim Hamilton ('63)
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>>From: Ray Stein ('64)
To: Orrin Pilkey ('52)
Re: Sandstorm Radiation Discussion
Your request for a 'Hanford did it' study might be
satisfied by looking at the work of Dr. Alice Stewart, a
world-reknown epidemiologist. I'm not sure about the
"scientifically sound" part of your request, as Stewart's
work is old and has been severely criticized by other
scientists.
The best data on thyroid disease among persons exposed
as children to radioactive iodine from Hanford are in the
Hanford Thyroid Disease Study (HTDS). You may download the
final report at:
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/hanford/htdsweb/guide/gui
de.htm
I believe that anyone who grew up in the Tri-Cities in
the late '40s (studies show over 95% of released I-131
occurred between 12/44 and 12/49), or worked at Hanford has
a valid claim. However, I don't believe that people all over
the NW can blame various medical problems on Hanford. When
these claims are not supported by scientific data, it only
serves to dilute the cause of those who were truly harmed
by Hanford.
-Ray Stein ('64)
Merry Christmas!
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
Re: Ya gotta love 'em cuz they beez yer fren 12/16
Ok... birthday time again. What do you say about a guy
you've hung with thru thick and thin? Sometimes ya just
wanna take his scrawny little neck and wring it and
sometimes a huge hug ain't big enough. Right now I'm in a
wringing mood. Last week it was a hug mood... least till
Friday. He's always been exactly the same so I don't expect
him to change. Kinda comes with the territory. When we were
kids, he used to go set over in the corner at a party so the
girls would come over and comfort him and find out what was
wrong... He can tell you each and every party he WASN'T
invited to tho I'm sure he couldn't recall a single one he
was at... He knew where all the food was in every house
on the Chief Jo side and probably a great deal on the
Carmichael side. He knew who kept ice cream in their freezer
and was always ready for a bowl. He can still snatch a
cookie out of your hand faster than an Irish Setter and wolf
it down before you know it's gone. In the summer before 7th
grade he and I decided we'd become blondes like Skipper ('65).
Black hair doesn't turn blonde... at least not the way we
did it... it turns orange... so we wore baldies all that
summer. We've done it all and are still there for each other
in a pinch. So... I guess I'll just say a big happy birthday
to my life-long bud, Terry Davis (Knox ('65).
-David Rivers ('65)
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>>From: Jeff Michael ('65)
Re: Mini Reunion
Just got back from a quick visit with two Bomber
classmates, Larry Gross ('65) and John Foster ('65). We all
served time with the USAF, so we got to swap war stories and
talk about cars (male bonding... almost!) The name David
Rivers ('65) came up more than once, but since he did wish
me a Happy Birthday last week, he's off my correspondence
list. No... really... David, you can keep the car you're
going to offer me... you can't placate me so easily... NO,
I'll not be bought!! Well, is it red? Red's still my
favorite color, you know.
Oh, my step-daughter and two grand daughters are enroute
on the train to Christmas in Richland. My wife is soooo
excited. Me, too. Have kids that would like to hang with two
girls, 9 and 11 from now until New Years?
dj jeff Michael ('65)
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>>From: Joanne Boyd ('67)
Hi all,
Thought I'd put a call out for help! My daughter is
planning on getting married next June and we're looking for
kind of a retreat center place... for 200 guests. She'd like
overnight accommodations nice enough for Grandma (82 years),
but some cheap enough for her friends. In a pretty location.
Western Washington preferred, but around Richland would be
OK. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
How about those Zags? What a game on Saturday! Kate (the
daughter getting married) and her fiancee are Gonzaga grads.
-Joanne Boyd ('67)
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>>From: Pam Ehinger Nassen ('67)
Dear Bombers
I'm here to Brag!! My son Sgt. Jim Walsborn was with the
troops that found and captured Saddam!!! I asked him now
with the bad guy caught does he get to come home! Of course
the answer was NO! Well a Mom can hope! But I'm glad that
man is now out of business. Oh I know there is a lot to
still do! But let me have my little dream....ok?
Thank you to all the Bombers who have prayed for our
young men and women over there!
Bombers Rule
-Pam Ehinger Nassen (The Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
Re: striped bottom warm ups
To: Richard Anderson ('60)
Richard,
Boy did that picture of the striped bottom warm ups
brings back memories. I served in the Army from '74-'77 and
returned to Richland late in '76. I used to work Red Cross
with a friend of mine at Bomber sporting events.
I know the state championship team of '79 wore them. I
recall when black basketball shoes were all the rage whether
it was in your team colors or not. My brother, Howard
('72RIP), was working at the University of New Mexico and
had to order several pairs of black shoes. He hated, but it
is what the players wanted, so the ordered them.
Let's go Bombers.
-Betti Avant ('69) ~ Goodland, KS - where we may get some
more snow Monday
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>>From: Vicki Owens ('72)
To: Vernita Edwards Loveridge ('65)
Your comment that "the AEC documented if our folks even
sneezed" was a new concept for me! I remember the "other"
bottles put on the front step for pickup, and the id badges
with the film inside to document radiation exposure, but
what else is out there? Better yet, how do we get this
information? I'm one (of probably many out there) who knew
very little about what my dad actually did. I knew he was
an electrician, and much later (after reactors began
closing and things were declassified) I knew he supervised
electrical maintenance. But I'd love to delve into whatever
archives might be out there. Where do I begin?!
-Vicki Owens ('72) ~ Kampala, Uganda
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>>From: Paul Barber ('76)
To: Treg Owings ('76)
Treg,
Caroling with you and anyone we could find foolish
enough to join us, is among my fondest Christmas memories.
I'm not sure what that says about the rest of my memories,
but our little forays for free cookies and smiles were just
plain fun; and you know, we weren't half bad. We weren't
that good either, but we were certainly loud and joyful.
Merry Christmas Treg!
-Paul Barber ('76)
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>>From: Tami Lyons Zirians ('76)
Re: Bomber Christmas Memories
To: Treg Owings ('76)
One of my fondest memories of Christmas in Richland is
going Christmas Caroling with Mr. Baer's choir groups and
ending up at Mr. Baer's house afterward. We hung out for
hours singing Christmas carols as if it were one big family.
The carols always sounded so beautiful as if they had been
rehearsed.
I also remember going to the "Church Across The Street"
to hear the bell choir perform. That was always a treat.
-Tami Lyons Zirians (Class of '76)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/17/03
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9 Bombers, 1 Colt, 1 NAB, and 2 Bomber funeral notices today:
Kay Weir ('37 Colt), Burt Pierard ('59)
Judy Willox ('61), Bill Scott ('64)
Jo Miles ('64), David Rivers ('65)
Ruth Russell ('71), Stu Osborn ('71)
Kim Edgar ('79), Lisa Koch ('88),
Don Sorenson (NAB-Not A Bomber)
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BOMBER LUNCH Today: Girls of '63 & '64 Lunch *add '04 dates*
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: 12/17 Corey Boehning ('87)
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>>From: Kay Weir Fishback ('37 Colt)
Re: Christmas Greetings to Bombers near and far
God bless the little things this Christmastide
All the little things that live outside
Little cold Robins and Rabbits in the snow
Give them good faring and a warm place to go-
For the sake of he who died who was a Babe at Christmastide.
-Kay Weir Fishback ('37 Colt)
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>>From: Burt Pierard ('59)
To: Bill Berlin ('56), Bob Harman ('51) & any others who
still believe that Columbia Camp was a POW Camp
Re: Columbia (Prison) Camp
I thought my post from a couple of weeks ago would have
settled this issue once and for all but apparently I was
mistaken. Columbia (Prison) Camp was NEVER a POW Camp. I
remember, as a kid, believing that it was but now that
the true use of the Camp is fully documented, I realize
we were wrong. I suspect that the rumors were started
to explain something that we didn't understand at the
time. We knew that it was a "Prison" Camp and built and
operated during the War. We had no other explanation for
a Wartime Prison Camp built in the wilderness except a
POW facility and the rumors apparently took off from
there.
We now know that Columbia Camp was built for and run by
the Federal Prison Industries to house minimum security
prisoners from McNeill Island to tend and harvest the
orchards in the Project Area. Many of the inmates were
Conscientious Objectors and some were surely of German,
Italian and Japanese descent, hence the recollections
of foreign accent inmates and foreign memorabilia.
All this was fully documented in The Richland Villager
and by the East Benton County Historical Society. Maren
has spent a lot of time and effort to accumulate and post
these documents on the Bomber Alumni Site
AllGallery.tripod.com/0000s/ColumbiaCamp.html
and I would hope that anybody who still has any questions
would take the time to read this stuff.
Bomber Cheers,
-Burt Pierard ('59) ~ Richland
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>>From: Judy Willox Hodge ('61)
To: My Bomber Family Everywhere (And anyone else who reads this)
Merry Christmas to All With Love
May all of your holidays be filled with love, laughter
and peace with a wonderful new year to follow. I am proud
to be an American and specially a part of this Bomber
family. My love to you all. Merry Christmas and Happy New
Year!
-Judy Willox Hodge ('61)
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>>From: Bill Scott ('64)
To: Richard "Dick" Roberts ('49) ~ Grover Beach, CA
Well, at last I discover another Bomber here on
the beautiful Central Coast of California. Good to
know there's at least one in the neighborhood.
How about it, any other Bombers in the Santa Maria -
San Luis Obispo - Santa Barbara area? I envy those Bomber
lunches I hear about elsewhere.
-Bill Scott ('64)
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>>From: Jo Miles ('64)
Re: Larry "Dobie" Stephens ('63RIP)
I remember Dobie Stephens from Colt League baseball
during the summer of 1962. The games were played at
Falley Field, which later became a kegger site, and now
is part of the golf course near the Columbia River. Dobie
was a phenomenal lead off hitter for Seattle First
National Bank, sometimes putting together hitting streaks
of 7 or 8 base hits in a row. He was on base more than
Ichiro. He was also the funniest guy on the field,
cracking up teammates Jim Holmes ('63), Mike Byrd ('64),
Mike Huske ('64), Stan Seguin ('65), Duncan Sinclair ('65),
Mike Botu ('65), Wayne Godwin ('64), Gregor Hanson ('65),
Ken Finley ('64), and Jim Cochrane ('64) among others.
He was a great guy during good times.
-Jo Miles ('64)
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
Re: No Way Jeff Michael ('65)
DJ Jeff ('65)... I pushed "print" instead of "send".
Now... You did not have a birthday last week. I know
because "we have ways" to keep track of Bombers and you
do not have a birth certificate on file with the "agency"
so you must be an alien infiltrator. You cannot fool us
with planted "memories" of our childhood or fake pictures
that are clearly altered. Ya think this is 1963 again
where we will accept altered pictures on Magazine covers
without question? Now... If you are a good little boy
and write on the board "I will not talk in class"
5000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 times
and provide us with proof of birth... we might be willing
to accept you for a future entry.
-David Rivers ('65)
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>>From: Ruth Russell Pierson ('71)
Re: Marlene Russell Kallioinen ('62RIP)
Hello, Bombers.
Just wanted to let you all know that Marlene Jean
Russell Kallioinen's obituary was in the Tri-City Herald
on Sunday, December 14th. Her husband Kelly wrote it, and
it is a reflection of his love for her. It is found at:
http://www.legacy.com/tricityherald/LegacysubPage2.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=1695238
There is also an online Guest Book to leave memories
and condolences for the family. It is found at:
http://www.legacy.com/tricityherald/LegacySubPage2.asp?Page=GuestBook&PersonID=1695238
or you can go to: http://www.tricityherald.com/ and
click on obituaries.
Memorial services will be Saturday, December 20, 2003,
at 10:00 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints Kennewick East Stake Center, 515 S. Union,
Kennewick, Washington.
Thanks, Bombers. May all of you have a great Holiday,
and be sure to Keep well and keep safe,
-Ruth Russell Pierson ('71)
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>>From: Stu Osborn ('71)
Re: Black basketball shoes - WIAA State Tournament '79
To: Betti Avant ('69) and the Bombers
Just so you know... No one better exemplified being
an ultimate Bomber trailblazer and the predecessor of
the '79 championship team's penchant for wearing black
basketball shoes other than Kelvin Soldat ('71) of my RHS
class of 1971 who shocked the basketball world assembled
at Art Dawald Gym one night during a varsity game in '70
when he came off the bench for Pat Hoke ('72), unsnapped
his kelly green warm-ups and strode on to the court while
the Bleacher Bums pointed and the Pep Club gasped....
Kelvin was wearing black Chuck Taylor Converse All-Star
low tops!! This story is now legendary and has appeared
here before but I'm here to say that at every class
reunion since, Kelvin's classmates still remind him with
a snicker about his ultimate "feet" of guts and his
"What, me care?" attitude when everyone else on the
Bomber team that year wore white Converse high tops and
when no Bomber would be caught dead in those black low
tops, even when they were far away from the mixing area
down the hill from Mac Hall smoking cigarettes at
"Ernie's Rack and Cue" listening to "Hey Jude" AGAIN or
licking dip-tops at Tastee Freeze. I have to admit
however, after Kelvin's unabashed showing my next pair
of Chuck Taylor All-Stars were black.
I knew your brother Howard Avant ('72RIP) in grade school
and for awhile in high school... What I remember about
Howard was his thoughtfulness and dedication to serving
the athletes he was managing. I thought of him a few
times as a few of us in the class of '71 went on to CBC
and followed Hawks basketball. A couple of my friends,
Jim Cardone ('71RIP) and Phil Owen ('71) became equipment
managers for that '72 CBC hoops club that won their
league that year, the same year that RHS, anchored by
Steve "Bear" Davis ('72) beat Hazen for the Class AAA
Boys State basketball title. Hazen's warm-ups were
legendary, too having the "Scotties" as their mascot, the
tartan plaid was quite comely. [The weird thing is, I
live very near the Hazen area now in Juanita.]
Some may remember that CBC's National Championship in
Junior College Football came in 1979 but by that time I
wasn't going to the high school hoops games anymore,
rather being paid to cover a budding Continental Pro
basketball league playing out of Art Dawald Gym on KZZK-
FM radio and announcing the scores for that classic 1979
high school basketball season and State tournament when
Richland eventually beat Pasco 72-59 for the State AAA
Boys Basketball title.
Maren, I've attached a scan of the original press release
announcing Richland as the winner of that tournament
giving special mention to the Richland fans.
With it in the same zip file is another scan of a page
from the "WIAA Tournament of Preps" program dutifully
filled out showing each and every match up and game score
of the now legendary Bomber State AAA Finals held on
March 15, 16 and 17, 1979. Enjoy, Bombers!
-Stu Osborn ('71) ~ In overcast Juanita, south of
Bothell, north of Kirkland, Washington where it
was unseasonably warm today, 61°
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[See also... the '79 Program cover
The 1979 Team Pic/stats page from the same program:
AND the 1979 State Champ Team pic WITH their trophy]
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>>From: Kim Edgar Leeming ('79)
Re: Retreat for 200 Wedding guests
To: Joanne Boyd ('67)
We do a lot of camping up at Fort Worden State Park,
they have a beautiful setting of old Officers Homes
and Barracks as well a conference center and laundry
facilities. The park also has two Campground/RV parks
as well. The park is located just outside of town of
Port Townsend.
This is the old military base that the movie "Officer
and a Gentleman" was filmed. It's used year round, for
weddings, family reunions, conferences and camps for
kids. I'm not sure what the price is, but I often thought
it would be a fun place to rent.
http://www.parks.wa.gov/vacationhouses/ftworden.asp
Bomber Cheers!
-Kim Edgar Leeming ('79) ~ Poulsbo, WA
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>>From: Lisa Koch Muir ('88)
To: Joanne Boyd ('67)
Joanne,
Congratulations regarding your daughter. Although I'm
not much help with regard to a location, I would like to
extend an offer for some of your other possible needs!
Please feel free to visit my on-line bridal store at
www.DolceBridal.com. Should there be anything of
interest to you or your daughter, use the discount code
"Bomber" for a 10% discount.
Happy holidays and again, congratulations!
-Lisa Koch Muir ('88) ~ In Huntington Beach, CA - where
we have a temporary ice rink set up next to the
pier at the beach!
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>>From: Don Sorenson, aka H E W (NAB=Not A Bomber)
Re: Hanford Workers history
To: Vicki Owens ('72)
If you are searching for information on your father's
work history you should be able to file a FOIA, Freedom
of Information Act, request to DOE. I believe there is an
office in Richland open to help with those requests. This
will gain access to any files they have on your father
including any security checks. Those security checks will
reveal where he worked before Hanford, what folks told
the investigators about him, the names are included
except the investigator's name.
I can tell you your father had access to the most
sensitive areas of the reactor. It has been my experience
most if not all maintenance folks worked with the guts
and inner workings of those plants. They might not have
told him all the details but he would have had a very
good idea on how the reactor areas worked.
To file the FOIA you will need a full name and SS
number and if you have it a payroll number. The payroll
is not essential but it might expedite the process.
-Don Sorenson, aka H E W (NAB=Not A Bomber)
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Funeral Notice scanned from the TCHerald
by Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
>>Marlene Russell Kallioinen ('62) ~ 12/11/43 - 12/12/03
>>Tommie Callahan, Jr. ('48) ~ 10/14/03 - 12/4/03
FuneralNotices.tripod.com
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/18/03
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15 Bombers and 1 Colt sent stuff:
Kay Weir ('37Colt), Jim Jensen ('50)
Bob Harman ('51), Dave Brusie ('51)
Ralph Myrick ('51), Bill Witherup (('53)
Sharon Panther ('57), Sue Garrison ('58)
Suzie Gunderson ('60), George Barnett ('63)
Deedee Willox ('64), Dena Evans ('64)
Gary Behymer ('64), David Rivers ('65)
Bill Wingfield ('67), Mike Howell ('68WB)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susan Nelson Smith ('67)
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>>From: Kay Weir Fishback ('37Colt)
Re: Prison camps
They did have low level convicts in the prison camp
[Columbia Camp was established as a camp for Federal
Prison Industries. -Ed] who came and worked on the farms.
One worked on my father's farm and took pains to tell us
he was a crook and not a draft dodger... in fact he had
two sons in the Army.
However there were some Italian prisoners of War brought
to the area [NOT housed at the Columbia Camp near Horn
Rapids. -Ed] because the Geneva Convention calls for
prisoners to be incarcerated in a similar environment to
their home country... that was us. The camp was somewhere
in the West Richland Area and I think they were glad to
be here. Some of them went to work in the canarary. Some
contrast to the way Adolp and Benitto treated our guys.
-Kay Weir Fishback ('37Colt)
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[Columbia Camp was NOT a POW camp. Read the documentation
AllGallery.tripod.com/0000s/ColumbiaCamp.html -Maren]
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>>From: Jim Jensen ('50)
Re: Burt Pierard's ('59) 12/17 submittal on Columbia Camp
I viewed and downloaded the articles on that subject.
It was interesting and informative and is now a part of
the history of Richland (for personal use) I am collecting.
'preciate it Burt and others who labored to consolidate
the material.
Further, I now understand why I had not walked
anywhere near that place. The extent of my plodding in
that direction was just a little beyond twin bridges.
Bill Hinson ('50RIP) and I rode our bicycles to Benton
City and a bit beyond, but never took a trip in a
northwesterly direction.
Big Bomber Thanks to the historians,
-Jim Jensen ('50)
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>>From: Bob Harman ('51)
To: Burt Pierard ('59)
Thanks, Burt. I feel like I finally know what the
camp was. Only question; was it ever known as "Camp Berlin"?
-Bob Harman ('51)
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[I doubt it, Bob!
AllGallery.tripod.com/0000s/ColumbiaCamp.html]
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>>From: Dave Brusie ('51)
To: Dick McCoy ('45-'46 )
Happy Birthday and one from my sister Bonnie ('45RIP)
even though she is gone.
-Dave Brusie ('51)
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>>From: Ralph Myrick ('51)
Re: Columbia Camp
AllGallery.tripod.com/0000s/ColumbiaCamp.html
All Bombers
Columbia Camp was never a prisoner of war camp. I
used to think so, but it wasn't. It was a holding camp
for conscientious objectors and minimum security
detainees. My neighbor, Bob Taylor, whose father was
supernatant of the camp, straightened me out but good.
On the subject of Columbia Camp. I was talking to my
sister, Norma ('54), and she gave me some inside
information. I guess some of you will remember it was a
party place for Bombers after it closed in 1947. You
know, like beer parties and whatever went with it. Well,
Norma told me that during a senior sneak day (remember
those?) she and some of her friends went out because she
heard of the party that was going on. She never made it.
When she neared the camp, a bunch of police cars beat her
to it. Evidently, one of you young fellows out there
tried to jump a hole, which was at one time a basement,
with his coupe. The coupe didn't make it and got wedged
between the basement's walls. Guess the driver was
feeling pretty good. She also said that she remembered
going out there to dance on the cement pads. Turn on the
radio and let 'er rip. Must have been a sight.
Can anyone remember the driver or the events?
-Ralph Myrick ('51)
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>>From: Bill Witherup ('53)
Re: Replying to Orrin Pilkey's ('52) e-mail today [12/17]
I can't direct you to any particular study that will
give you all the answers, but I have been doing research
for a psychobiologist for ten years who, himself, hosted
Hanford products as he lived downriver from Hanford at
the Dalles. His thyroid clicked off at age 8. As he
worked for awhile as a cell biologist, before getting a
degree in psychology and counseling, he understands how
mammalian biology responds to radiation. Firstly, the Tri-
City area is iatrogenic, meaning it lacks in the geology
very much natural iodine, so with the releases of I-131
from Hanford, this stuff goes right for the thyroid and
the thyroid sucks it right up. I, myself, am not
scientifically trained, so I may not be explaining this
too clearly. Basically, all the radionuclides released
into the environment by the Plutonium manufacturing
process ain't healthy. Our parents, my dad, too, were not
fully informed of the toxic environment in which they
worked, and they all believed they were doing patriotic
work. I don't blame my dad, who, himself, died from
prostate cancer that eventually spread to his bones. And
as my counselor friend says, the prostate is one of the
main collectors of radionuclides... As for getting a
clear picture, realize that scientists who work for the
government have a vested interest, and that data can be
spun to support whatever argument you want to make.
Some of the worst offenders at Hanford were the Health
Physicists, the modifier "Health" being an oxymoron,
because their job was to figure out how much dosage was
safe for the workers - they were not really interested in
worker health! This is something of a long reply, and I
don't know how helpful. But one is not likely to find too
many sympathetic doctors who work in the Tri-Cities? and
you see what happens to Whistle Blowers.
-Bill Witherup ('53) ~ Seattle
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>>From: Sharon Panther Taff ('57)
I also remember jumping off the bluff into the
"stuff" by the railroad tracks in Kennewick. The guys in
our youth group talked about it a lot and so one night
after a youth group function they took several of us
girls out this mysterious place. Of course it was pitch
black and the boys just ran and leaped off the bluff into
the stuff. Took some badgering to get the girls to do it.
Finally with some encouragement from below I took the
plunge. It was a heart stopping experience leaping into
the dark before you landed. Talk about a mess trying to
get the stuff out of my long hair and about everywhere
else so my parents wouldn't ask where I had been. Good
memories.
-Sharon Panther Taff ('57)
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>>From: Joretta "Sue" Garrison Pritchett ('58)
Re: loss of Bomber Parent
Judy Jo Ehlers Evanoff ('59) and John Ehlers ('61)
lost their Mom on November 28th.
Jo Ehlers was an important part of our lives. We
Garrison Girls grew up in the house next to Ehlers' on
Roberdeau. She was the Mom all the neighbors ran to when
there was a problem--cut finger, bad hair, sewing project
gone awry. She returned to Richland the past four years,
giving us lots of opportunities to enjoy her sharp mind
and lasting wit. What a lady. We'll all miss her
tremendously.
Her funeral notice is on Einan's site
www.einansfuneralhome.com/obits.html - Search for
Ehlers}
-Joretta "Sue" Garrison Pritchett ('58) ~ Richland
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>>From: Suzie Gunderson Chiles ('60)
Re: Tommie Callahan, Jr. ('48RIP)
To: Norma Callahan Harrington ('56) & Marilyn Callahan
Although we didn't know Tommie, my husband, Bob
Chiles ('58) and I would like you to know you are in our
thoughts and prayers as you go through this trying time.
Norma, do you remember us moving next door to you,
back in 1963, on Benham? We were certainly surprised to
find each other again after so many years of being
childhood neighbors.
Marilyn, I remember you well. You spent a lot of time
at our house playing with my little sisters, Jane & Pat
Gunderson ('64), and visa versa.
-Suzie Gunderson Chiles ('60) ~ in Omak, WA - where we
have at least 5 inches of snow and the
temperature is 15°. Brrrrrrrr
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>>From: George Barnett ('63)
Re: Pook's got a birthday
The secret's out! Pook owes his longevity to good,
clean wholesome living. He shunned tobacco, alcohol, and
green leafy substances, and all because the board of
education at Carmichael Junior High School made him see
the light.
All right class mates, I did my part, and I'll try to
stick with my story.
Happy Birthday POOK SMITH ('63)!!! and I'll have a
barley soda toast to you this day.
Bye Geo.(63) (Barnett)
-George Barnett ('63) ~ In sunny Tucson, AZ - where the
temperature should be about 73° reaffirming why
we live here.
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>>From: Deedee Willox Loiseau ('64)
Re: Fort Worden
To: Kim Edgar Leeming ('79)
Thanks for the website address for Fort Worden State
Park. It was a walk down memory lane for me.
If you read all the history from that site, you will
know that the Fort was used as a Diagnosis Center for
juvenile delinquents. Well, that's a pretty good
description for me at that time; a real heller! And I ran
away from home every year in September from 1958 on;
really hated going to school.
I was sent to Fort Worden in 1962, having been
previously in Home of the Good Shepherd in Spokane (from
which I ran away twice) and a foster home in Spokane,
neither of which was sad to see me leave! I really did
raise hell a lot.
They sent me home about a year later in 1963. I still
keep in touch with another girl who was there; she is a
Bulldog, but I don't hold that against her!
Well, that's my story, and I'm stickin' to it!
All is well that ends well. Today I am much different
from that girl so long ago. Now I'm a Sunday school
teacher! Jesus has a way of changing your life!
-Deedee Willox Loiseau ('64) ~ Burbank, WA
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>>From: Dena Evans Harr ('64)
To: sherrelj@cox-internet.com (the Spudnut Lover)
Re: Spudnuts
It's very funny that you wrote to the Sandstorm in
regards to the Spudnut.
I was quoted in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, by
Michael Storey about my feelings on the Spudnut V Krispy
Kreme, dated September 25,2003. When I emailed him, he
thought that I was from Arkansas because there is a
Columbia High in the Little Rock area. He was dumb-
founded to find out that I was from the state of
Washington. We corresponded a couple of times by email
before he printed the article. I felt quite privileged
to be put in print on my preference over donuts. Not many
people have that distinction in life! LOL
I do not live near a Spudnut at the moment, but plan
on being back in the Washington State area in 2004. I
have a couple of friends (sisters) Judy Willox ('61) and
Deedee Willox Loiseau ('64) who make sure I get my
Spudnut fix when I am in the Richland area. The Spudnut
Shop is filled with a great bunch of people, both
employees and customers. Always a pleasure being there.
Sincerely,
-Dena Evans Harr ('64) ~ Pittsburg, CA
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
Don Parsons Richland Class of 1964
1968 grad of Montana University
1967-1968 scoring leader with 11.9 points per game.
1967-1968 rebounding leader with 8.8 rebounds per game.
Not too shabby for a fellow who never played high school ball!
Anyone with any CBC records for this 'late bloomer'?
Search Results or Indiana State .pdf file
-Gary Behymer ('64) ~ still alive in downtown Colfax, WA
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
Re: Congratulations 12/18
ASU! ASU! ASU! ASU! ASU! ASU!........ aaaaaaaaaaah...
brings back memories... to the extent I HAVE memories of
my drinking days... musta lost alotta cells back then...
But now I just gotta say CONGRATULATIONS to Janine ('65)
and John Corrado ('64)... on June Corrado's graduation
from ASU. I know Junie is glad to be finished with the
undergrad and wish her all the best in her next
adventure!
For John and Janine, I gotta say that you two done
good with all three of your girls. I was lucky with Sarah
and I'll stack her up with Anna, June and Jonnie... but
NOT at all sure I coulda pulled off three in a row as you
guys did. Enjoy your visit to Tempe... go up to the top
of the stadium and see if you can find where the guy
split my head open with the beer bottle years ago... I
bled like a stuck hog so the evidence may still be
there... Stop by the Law School and tell Wild Man Mike
Birch to behave himself... he ain't that young anymore...
and tell the new Dean "Hay" for me...
-David Rivers ('65), That goofy guy that hangs around mom
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>>From: Bill Wingfield ('67)
To: Pam Ehinger Nassen ('67)
Re: your son Sgt Jim Walsborn.
We are all so proud of him. Those words "We got him"
sure was music to my ears. I would sure love to hear
Jim's story of how it went for him. If he sends you an
email telling the story, please forward it to me.
I can't wait till we can get our troups out of Iraq.
They are definitely in my thoughts and prayers.
Bombers Rule
-Bill Wingfield (The Blue Ribbon Class of '67) ~ Augusta, GA
where it's rainy and a cool 54° at 6:00am.
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>>From: Mike Howell ('68WB)
Well Group with the big Christmas Day just a week
away I would like to extend Holiday wishes to one and
all, but especially to all of you who make my day
brighter and much less routine. There are times when I
take a hit of sadness from the passing of someone I knew
or should I say have known. All in all the person whom I
wish to thank the most is Maren for bringing us all
together. It had to be a calling that put her in the
position to do so. Merry Christmas, Maren.
Then comes David Rivers ('65), big brother to Mike ('68WB),
I know he doesn't remember me, but I do remember how
mean he was to us little kids way back when. Hope your
Holidays are very good, David.
Then there are so many others that I can only relate
names and memories shared. I can't name all of them but
Judie, Doug, Mike, and others will get personal cards so
I really didn't forget you. I love each and all of you
and hope that we will all get to visit somewhere,
sometime, on this side of forever. I am setting my
schedule to be home for Cool Desert Nights again this
next year good Lord willing and If it is in Richland. I
missed so many of you last year and I am really sorry for
that. This has been a very strange year for me and I
don't know yet how I feel about it. We have all had our
ups and downs but for the most part we as a whole have
survived. To that we can all Thank God.
Have a Very Merry Christmas and most importantly be
safe. My wish for the New Year is for all the ones I care
about to see at least one more happy safe year.
-Mike Howell ('68WB)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/19/03
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick McCoy ('46), Wally Erickson ('53)
Helen Cross ('62), Freddie Schafer ('63)
Jim Hamilton ('63), David Rivers ('65)
Steve Piippo ('70)
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BOMBER LUNCH Today: Girls of '54 Lunch
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nick Nelson ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pook Smith ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tony Harrah ('65)
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NOTE:
"C" House and "R" House ornaments are available
$5 each ($6 if mailed)
"C" and "R" are added to others already available:
"A", "B", "F", "H", Ranch, Prefab, and Precut,
as well as the extremely famous Richland Bombers
and Hanford Falcons.
Get at Richland Community Center or contact
Sue Garrison Pritchett ('58)
rsa99352.tripod.com/Ornaments.html
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('46)
Re: Columbia River Camp
AllGallery.tripod.com/0000s/ColumbiaCamp.html
So it was not a Prisoner, of War camp. I had always
heard that it was such, and Pinky Bloomer, Ed Johnson and
I delivered milk out there once a week. As for all the
records to the contrary, the officer management of HEW
lied a lot, and they might have kept the nature of the
Camp a secret. Not a good thing having POW at a hush hush
project. I wish Orville Marcum ('48RIP) and Don Allen ('47RIP)
were still around, they might set this straight. I am
glad that Kay Weir ('37Colt) wrote about Italian POW
working on their farm. I KNOW there were such POW in the
area picking fruit, because I saw them. However, she said
they lived out near West Richland. Maybe so, but there
wasn't a damn thing out there in those days. If one goes
a little farther up the river, what does one find???
To: Dave Brusie ('51)
Thanks for the kind words. You are right, if your
lovely sister, Bonnie ('45RIP) were still with us, she
would have sent her best.
-Dick McCoy ('46)
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>>From: Wally Erickson ('53)
Re: Arrowheads & Indian artifacts
To: Julia Alexander ('65)
I remember hunting for arrowheads and Indian beads
near a site not far from the "Riding Academy" outside
Richland in the late '40s. It was northwest of the Riding
Academy a 100 yards or so. We assumed it had been a
burial site; so we took a fine screen for shifting the
sand for small beads and arrowheads. Glad you mentioned
it, those were fun times exploring the area outside the
Richland area. Some of my neighborhood friends were with
me at the time.
Also, I remember walking along the river bank of
the Snake River (not far from Sacajawea State Park) and
seeing lots of stones that the Indians used for tools and
cutting. I'm sure most of them are gone now. I vaguely
remember seeing stones used by the Indians on the river
banks of the Yakima River near West Richland.......can't
remember exactly were that was. I haven't been to the
small Sacajawea State Museum for several decades (50
years)......is it still there? If you're interested in
seeing a great collection of Indian artifacts and LOTS of
Arrowheads displayed in frames....I highly recommend it!!
-Wally Erickson ('53) ~ On the west side of Lake Coeur D'Alene
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
I want to extend Christmas Greetings to my Bomber
family too. I'm grateful for my daily Bomber fix also,
though sometimes it has brought a tear to my eye, as I
am saddened at the loss of another member of our great
Bomber family. And I want to thank Maren for her
dedication in keeping us up and running on time.
I've read about the toxic levels of "the area", and
I fear to say, well, I swam in the river as often as I
could, ran behind the DDT trucks, again as often as I
could, from l948 on, and so far I am fairly healthy.
(Knock on wood, and prayers to saints I don't know, and
prayers to Jesus who I do know). And my 2 children are
healthy at 23 and 26, so I have much to be thankful for.
As to health standards in earlier days: I really
don't think we can put today's standards on yesterday's
world. Do you remember the study where they dissected
frozen fish from 1900 and found out there was a higher
toxic level in those fish than today?? All is relative, I
believe. Maybe the clean dry air we breathed there helped
us more than we knew, at least it maybe cleaned out some
of the sand we all inhaled in the sandstorms!!
I appreciate all the knowledge, wonderful stories,and
the web of attachments this media helps us to hang on to
in our fragmented lifestyle of 2003, almost 2004.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ from a real Currier and Ives
scene of frozen lake and falling snow in West
Harrison, IN. It's actually above freezing and
warmer today than yesterday. Making daily health
walks a challenge. (I'm waiting for the snow to
stop before I start walking for today, if and when
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>>From: Freddie Schafer ('63)
Re: Happy Birthday, Pook
To: Pook Smith ('63)
David George never knew how good a catcher Chuck
Gardiner ('63RIP) was till Rish put you on the hill.
You can still sling it.
Happy Birthday, Pook. Have a good day and a great
year.
-Freddie Schafer ('63)
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>>From: Jim Hamilton ('63)
To paraphrase some e-zip at Ft. Benning back in 1968,
"Don’t nobody, ain't got no stories about Pook".
Long before the venerated and not so revered had only
one name, ala Willie, Hillary, OJ and A-Rod, there were
only C.W., Norris and eventually Pook. Pook and his dog
Zeke, were the genesis, of a great many memories for all
of us from the Southend. Even with the nearly unlimited
capacity of the internet, there just might not be enough
space if we included the ones that include Bill Wilson,
Dick Plows, Terry Jones and the Chipmunks, the moral of
most being, "what were we thinking".
Happy birthday Pook, thank you for being my friend
for fifty some years. Wouldn't it be great if we could go
back to playing Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. But of course
we always do when we get together and belly up.
jimbeaux
p.s. The only time you disappointed us was our senior
year, when you let #32 out foul you by eleven. He may
have gotten the whistles, but you sold a lot more Ace
bandages.
-Jim Hamilton ('63)
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
Re: 12/19 Birthdays ('63) and ('65)
It's a big day for the Bombers today folks. Two...
count 'em... two birthdays today. The first guy was a
Senior when I was a Sophomore. I can say it now tho I
couldn't even think it then, the Seniors looked so swave
and "preppy" in everything they did. Oh I tried... yeah I
tried to be as cool as they were... I got the wing tips,
the Weejuns, the Madras shirts and even a Madras Sport
Coat (tho I'd kinda like to think today I never wore it,
I'm afraid I probably did). But try as I might, I just
didn't fit the mold. The first birthday boy was one of
those guys that just oooozed cool. Even his name... in
fact, I almost didn't know his real name cuz no one ever
used it... (tho come to think of it, I bet the teachers
did... like the first day of 7th grade I remember the
teacher calling "Edward Manthei ('65)... Edward...
Edward... " and from the back of the room came: "That's
BUTCH!")... so it was probably the same for "Dave"
('63)... he probably looked around the room every time
they used that name on the first day of school, and
wondered who the "new kid" was before realizing the
teacher was calling his name. Anyway, he ran with guys
who all looked like they were already upperclassmen in
college. Freddie Shaffer ('63) Jimbeaux ('63), Frank
Osgard ('63WB) Rob Hills ('63), Dean Heiling ('63), the
Hyatts ('63RIP), Dick Boehning ('63) Lamont DeJong ('63),
Chuck Gardiner ('63RIP), Number 32 in your Program ('63),
Denny Smith ('63), Dobie Stephens ('63RIP) and tons of
others plus all the Spiffy ladies from various classes...
in fact... Jimbeaux, tell me if I got it wrong... but one
time I think The birthday boy and Frank Osgard were on a
date at the drive in with some girls from the class of
'65 in one of the girl's parents' car. The story goes
that Frank got very loud and obnoxious (very unusual for
Frank)... and might even have been drinking beer! So,
Frank got very fresh with the girl with the car and when
the birthday boy and Frank went to the concession stand,
the girls drove off and Jimbeaux, Miss Nancy ('65),
Freddie and Ann ('63) hadda give the boys a ride home...
hey... true story... I don't make this stuff up!
The second birthday boy was born and raised in
Richland. He shared a room with Terry Davis (Knox ('65)
just after he was born and before Terry got sprung. He
was NEVER out of place and fit in wherever and with
whomever... he was smarter than the rest of us and had a
worldly way about him that just amazed me! I hung on most
every word he spoke... at least the ones with less than
twelve syllables. I've told the story about the black
converse low cuts before and won't repeat it here but he
was a trend setter... He gave me my first listen to the
Beattles "Rubber Soul" album and shared many many many
harrowing moments with me during our high school years...
mostly involving officer somebody trying to locate us for
questioning. Without further fanfare, ladies and gents...
and you too Frank O, I give you... the birthday boys:
Pook Smith ('63) and Tony Harrah ('65)!
-David Rivers ('65)
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>>From: Steve Piippo ('70)
Re: Walla Road Trip
To: Richard Anderson ('60)
Back in about 1968 when the "Muscle Car" era came
onto the scene there used to be some interesting times by
loyal high school Bomber fans on the road trip to Walla
Walla. Leading the Hall of Fame "Muscle Cars" was a 1968
orange Pontiac GTO Judge driven by a Hedges, if memory is
correct and the Maki 1968, maroon, Plymouth Roadrunner,
383, automatic, black leather w/custom wheels. Road trip
eta times to Walla Walla established have with stood the
test of time. Probably the most voracious Bomber fan,
ever, at a Walla Walla game was my friend 'Suey Gentz.'
Good times, if the memory...
-Steve Piippo ('70)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/20/03
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6 Bombers and 1 Bomber funeral notice today:
Jerry Molnaa ('52), Fred Suckow ('55)
Burt Pierard ('59), Jim Hamilton ('63)
Jeff Curtis ('69), Kim Edgar ('79)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Anne Collins Moyers ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lyle Hawk ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David Rodriguez ('69)
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>>From: Jerry Molnaa ('52)
Re: help a Bomber
I had coffee yesterday with Tom McMillin ('48) and
his wife Joyce. Joyce has had a cancer return and I am
asking all you Bombers out there to put her on your Prayer
List. May the Lord Bless you this Christmas Time
-Jerry Molnaa ('52) ~ Richland,WA
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>>From: Fred Suckow ('55)
I just read the note from Helen Cross Kirk ('62) and
couldn't agree more. There are so many 'things' that
could get us/make us ill that is difficult to decide
which one caused our illness.
I played with mercury; worked with asbestos; and
hazardous chemicals; and worked in the 200 areas for
years. I have handled plutonium and enriched uranium and
was a smoker. If something gets me, I won't know what to
blame.
I believe if you have a genetic weakness to a toxin
or carcinogen it CAN (maybe) get you.
We had a good life in Richland. Most of my memories
are good - some not so good but all-in-all there probably
couldn't been a better place to be raised.
Thank you Helen for your contribution to the life we
had and to moderation in everything.
-Fred Suckow ('55)
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>>From: Burt Pierard ('59)
To: The Milkman, Dick McCoy ('46)
Re: POWs at Columbia Camp
Well, old buddy. I respect your memory as much or
more than anybody from that era but I think a Senior
Moment is occurring here.
I agree that the HEW folks weren't known for their
truth-telling. However, it flies in the face of
reasoning & logic that they would allow POWs (who, like
our own armed forces people, are sworn to try and escape
whenever possible) to be placed in a facility WITHOUT ANY
FENCES so close to a project that was called "the best
kept secret of WWII."
It is a further stretch of credibility to imagine
that ANY POWs were even confined at McNeill Island
Penitentiary, let alone grouped with the minimum security
inmates at Columbia Camp. (I assume that you do admit
that all Columbia Camp people came from McNeill.)
According to Art. 56 of the July 27, 1929, Geneva
Convention Accords (the ones in effect through WWII
up to 1949):
(http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/0/eb1571b00daec90ec125641e00402aa6?OpenDocument)
"In no case shall prisoners of war be transferred to
penitentiary establishments ... in order to undergo
disciplinary sentence there ..." This includes escapes or
attempts to escape. They could only be sent to a Pen if
they committed a serious enough crime in confinement to
warrant a Judicial proceeding. In that case, I would
assume that they were sent to a military penitentiary,
like Leavenworth.
I still contend that the research documents are
correct and there were no POWs at Columbia Camp.
http://AllGallery.tripod.com/0000s/ColumbiaCamp.html
Bomber Cheers,
-Burt Pierard ('59) ~ Richland
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>>From: Jim Hamilton ('63)
The Forever Young and Always Lovely Miss Nancy and
I were forced to overnight in Philadelphia on our way
home from San Juan. There is nothing like a night in
an Airport Ramada with no luggage other than a USAir
amenities stocking, to put you in the spirit of the
Holidays. The fact that it was the "City of Brotherly
Love" only made it that much more special.
So to all you Bombers out there, "I GOT YOUR FA-LA-LA"
jimbeaux
p.s. Today is the 15th annual Gold Medal Class of '63,
Chowder, Marching and Caroling Society Christmas Party
in Olympia. I sure hope they don't send "Disaster Jim
Forman" to report on it.* *It's a Seattle thing
-Jim Hamilton ('63)
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>>From: Jeff Curtis ('69)
Re: A Christmas Card
Fifty-three years ago my parents moved into a three-
bedroom ranch house halfway up the block on Tinkle Street
between Birch and Cottonwood. Several months later I was
born and I was wonderful, so I’m told. Over the next five
years, my two brothers arrived and together we filled up
the bedrooms of that little house. Santa came bearing my
presents for the first time, and the last time, to that
home. I returned to that house from my first day of
kindergarten and I left there for my senior party the
evening of my graduation from Col-Hi.
My family lived there through the administrations of
eleven presidents, one of whom was assassinated, one
resigned from office in disgrace and one escaped
impeachment by a whisker. We were there while our
countrymen fought through five foreign wars. We (and the
rest of the neighbors) stood out in the front yard of
that house to watch a tiny basketball-sized satellite
flash through the midnight sky after the Russians put
Sputnik into orbit. Twelve years later on the television
set in the living room of that house we watched American
astronauts stomp dusty footprints into the surface of the
moon.
In the sixties, I went off to Oregon and Wyoming in the
summers to work and each time returned to that place. In
the seventies, while in the Army for several years, I
left the country and headed to West Germany, traveled to
Munich and Frankfurt, Paris and London, but when my
enlistment was up, my home on Tinkle Street was still
there. I've lived in Seattle now for nearly thirty years
but have made countless trips over the pass through
Ellensburg and Vantage to get back “home” to Tinkle
Street. Fifty-three years, over half a century.
Last spring, my aging parents began experiencing more and
more difficulty with life’s daily challenges and, needing
a little additional help, moved away from Tinkle Street
into an assisted living center. Two months ago we sold
the little ranch house on the oddest named street I've
ever heard of, the only house I’d known my parents to
live in for my entire life.
Although I may seem awash in sentimentality, I don’t feel
that this is exclusively an event of sadness,
particularly at this happiest time of year. Things change
and things pass on, such is the relentless nature of life
and time. Every room in that little house bursts with
memories of happy times, not so happy times, triumphs,
defeats, birthdays, marriages, parties (and a couple of
hangovers), picnics and poker games. Kids came, grew up
and left and then came back again, first with new spouses
and then with kids of their own. And, after all, that
little ranch house yet stands mid-block on Tinkle Street
between Birch and Cottonwood; it’s just that…we aren't
there anymore.
Still, I think that memories surrounding the multitude of
holidays that passed though our lives in those walls tend
to linger longest on the tongue with the sweetest
aftertaste and glow brightest in the heart with warmest
remembrances.
So it is in the spirit of all that the little home was
to us at this joyous season and to the many memories of
holidays past spent under its roof, that I dedicate this
card, an image of a Christmas past:
Many seasons ago and not so far away…
The snow begins falling soon after the darkness of deep
winter has engulfed homes on the shores of Tinkle Street,
the twinkling of household Christmas lights up and down
the block providing colorful counterpoint to the starless
sky. By the time dinner is eaten and dishes washed, a
white carpet nearly covers the lawn and is beginning to
blur the distinction between lawn and sidewalk, sidewalk
and street. The ability of fresh snowfall to round off,
in seamless transition, the indelible boundaries
contained in the everyday landscape is a great part of
its power and magic. And in that process, a day-to-day
vista so commonplace and so familiar is reborn as a
new world of beauty and mystery; a place of unknown
potential; an exciting, pristine land promising hours
of exploration and discovery. The snowflakes swirl in
obedient unison to the blustery choreography of the
eddying winds like flocks of birds, in wingtip-to-wingtip
synchronization, repeatedly changing direction in flight.
Gusted flakes hurling themselves against the windows make
a barely audible, tiny crackling as the bottom corners of
the panes begin to round off with their drifting
accumulations.
All the while, in the warmth of a snug ranch house, my
family settles in front of the television to watch A
Miracle on 34th Street. We watch it, though for the first
time, sensing instinctively even during the story’s most
contentious moments that Kris is, after all, the real
Santa Clause and that John Payne, Maureen O'Hara and
little Natalie Wood will end up as one happy (and
undeniably good-looking) family.
Drinking glasses sit spent, abandoned on coffee and end
tables, their insides coated with the thick yellow
remnants of rich eggnog and speckled nutmeg. Nearby, the
remains of what had been a plate of creamy fudge sits
pillaged, with only two chocolate brown cubes left in
evidence, one with a toothy bite taken out of it’s
corner. On the kitchen counter raw cinnamon rolls lay
tucked into glass baking dishes, all curled up and rising
beneath cheesecloth covers, waiting to be popped into the
oven first thing in the morning. Two pumpkin pies sit
cooling on the yellow Formica and chrome kitchen table,
their warm, spicy aroma filling the room like an
invisible fog. A massive Butterball turkey reclines into
a pan in the sink thawing at the speed of a retreating
ice age, seemingly goose-pimpled and anxious for the
glorious warmth of tomorrow’s oven.
A huge white wire star with blue lights at each of its
five pointy tips hangs in the living room window facing
out into the night and casts its distinctive glow on our
now white and pillowy front yard. Needled shadows of fir
branches dance red then blue and yellow then green on the
ceiling in random abandon, fired by the flashing strings
of lights adorning the limbs of our Christmas tree. The
last of the bubble-light holdouts finally cedes to the
physics of heat and chemistry, or maybe just succumbs to
the spirit of the eve, and begins a merry, colorful
boiling, matching its peers on neighboring branches in
furious but silent percolation. The lowest branches of
that tree are challenged for space, forced up or aside
by the glut of brightly wrapped and bowed packages
encircling its trunk; packages that have been thoroughly
examined and shaken in half-playful, half-serious
attempts to discover the truth of their secret,
irresistibly tempting contents.
The room flickers with the undulating glow of black and
white images on the screen. I sit in my father’s lap
partially watching the movie, partially watching my
younger brothers dozing off on the carpet, tranquilized
by the soft flannel of their new pajamas and the treats
in their tummies as is evidenced by tell tale eggnog
moustaches and chocolate goatees. I know that sleep is a
fast track to the joyous glories of the next morning, a
morning that seemingly can never arrive for those
remaining awake and aware.
But the moment is precious and distinct. I find that
steeping myself in it, lingering in an awareness of the
abundant, pleasant sensations of here and now, is the sum
total of my immediate desire. I sit in silence twirling a
lock of my father’s hair with my finger while the furnace
rumbles to life with a low whispered exhale that
surrounds us in a protective and comforting blanket of
warmth, trivializing the reality of the icy temperatures
outside the walls. The crisp scent of fir swirls
refreshingly throughout the room like a holiday incense
lacing nostrils and adding yet another multi-sensorial
stimulation to the special eve.
I am relaxed in the comfort of home and family. I am
joyful about the surprises and opportunities of the
Christmas morning, finally only a few hours off. I am
content and I am happy.
I distantly hear the judge in the movie pronounce, “If
the United States Post Office has chosen to recognize
this man as Santa Clause then it is not the place of this
court to disagree... case dismissed!” And as his gavel
echoes a final punctuation of the inevitable, positive
result, I drift willingly into a contented doze that
promises to transport me, in what will seem mere moments,
to a Christmas morning full of wonder and excitement.
Images of frosty panes, electric trains, and candy canes
begin a quiet, wonderful slide show in my dreams.
Outside the winds diminish then cease and the limitless
cascade of icy flakes float down in a slow glide onto the
still whiteness of their own crystalline bed. And all is
silent and all is calm up and down the shores of Tinkle
Street except for the distant rhythmic chiming of sleigh
bells from somewhere above the falling snow…
Well, that’s my card. I hope you caught the moment.
Please accept this vision for the holiday of red and
green as my season’s greeting to the children of the
green and gold. May you receive it in the spirit of
happiness, contentment and peace. And may that spirit
find you no matter where you happen to be, if at no other
time, for every Christmas yet to come.
Merriest of Christmases Bombers,
-Jeff Curtis ('69)
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>>From: Kim Edgar Leeming ('79)
Re: Tribute to our Troops Link
A friend forwarded me the link below... it really
makes you think about what our men and women in the
military and their families are going through. It brings
brought some of my childhood memories of my dad going off
to Vietnam.
Check out this song - Don't Give Up On Me - by Neil
Ford and slide show presented by Operation Home front and
RGBDNA Interactive.
Once you click on the link, (depending on what kind
of modem/internet you have) click on either "View
BroadBand" or "View DialUP" it will take a minute to
load.
http://www.neilford.com/supportourtroops
-Kim Edgar Leeming ('79)
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Funeral Notice scanned from the TCHerald
by Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
>>Genora Dye Medford ('57) ~ 11/3/38 - 11/26/03
FuneralNotices.tripod.com
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/21/03
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14 Bombers sent stuff:
Ritchie Ludwig ('45), Bill Witherup ('53)
Curt Donahue ('53), Burt Pierard ('59)
Connie Madron ('60), Suzie Gunderson ('60)
Irene de la Bretonne ('61), Tim Avedovech ('61)
Donna Nelson ('63), Freddie Schafer ('63)
Gary Behymer ('64), Anna Durbin ('69)
Pam Pyle ('69), Brad Wear ('71)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeff Osborn ('82)
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>>From: Ritchie (Hal) Ludwig ('45)
My turn... There was a Japanese-American internment north
Benton City on the old road to the projects camp was on the
east side of the road... Also in the summer from '41 to '44
I was either working on the wheat ranch, working in the pea
cannery, or gun running watermelons from Hermiston to
Hanford....... During the summer of '42 I worked in the
Walla Walla pea cannery alongside some German POWs... that's
the only known POWs that I ever heard of...
-Ritchie (Hal) Ludwig ('45)
Addendum.; Chalky Conway ('45) was my co-pilot
while shuttling watermelons to Hanford and I
believe it was the summer of '44... Ritchie---
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>>From: Bill Witherup ('53)
Re: Running behind DDT trucks, swimming in the Columbia.
Yes, a common experience in mid '40-ties. Whether one
survived all this radioactive and traumatic assault had
nothing to do with praying to the Almighty, though some
folks would like to believe they are specially chosen; but
whether or not you had a certain T-cell. I forget, whether
you have it or not, but the T-cell is the survival factor.
My mother, almost 90, survives. My dad died at age 77. My
dad, perhaps realizing the toxic nature of his employment,
even after it was authorized OK, did not allow, or invite my
mother, out to the poison factories for the grand tour.
Somewhat like, if you were a coal miner, saying, hey,
mother, would you like to go down in the tunnels and pits?
-Bill Witherup ('53)
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>>From: Curt Donahue ('53)
Re: Jeff Curtis ('69) Christmas Card
What a wonderfully visual representation once again. How
much we all appreciate your talent.
Merry Christmas to you, Jeff, and to all other Bombers.
God bless you in the coming New Year and grant you all His
peace.
-Curt Donahue ('53) ~ Federal Way, WA
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>>From: Burt Pierard ('59)
To: Bob Harmon (51)
Re: Camp Berlin
I think I've pieced together, somewhat, the renaming of
the Camp Columbia site as Camp Berlin. This apparently
occurred long after Camp Columbia was closed down and all
the buildings removed. I was talking to Missy Keeney Baker ('59)
tonight and she recalls, as a Campfire Girl around 1954 or
so, that they had camp outs on the site and her leaders
and parents referred to it as Camp Berlin. It appears that
the Camp Berlin name was coined by one of the scouting
groups that were using the site. Since Bill Berlin ('56)
doesn't remember that name for his scout camp outs, it was
probably dubbed Camp Berlin sometime after his outings and
before Missy's. The originator and basis of the name may
have been lost to antiquity, however, the answer to Bob's
12/18 question is yes, it was known as "Camp Berlin," only
just the site, not the original camp.
Bomber Cheers,
-Burt Pierard ('59) ~ Richland
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>>From: Connie Madron Hall ('60)
Re: A Christmas Card
To: Jeff Curtis ('69)
Wow! That was exactly the way it was in our little
Ranch House on Chestnut Street, except the Formica and
chrome table was green. Thank you.
-Connie Madron Hall ('60)
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>>From: Suzie Gunderson Chiles ('60)
I would like my wonderful, handsome husband, Bob ('58)
to know how much I love him, on this our 44th wedding
anniversary. He has been the reason for my season, and
the anchor for my boat. I love you very much, Poodie 2.
-Suzie Gunderson Chiles ('60) ~ Omak, WA - where the weather
has stayed cold, and the 6 inches of snow glistens,
even without the sun.
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>>From: Irene de la Bretonne ('61)
To: Jeff Curtis ('69)
Well done! Simply beautiful!
-Irene de la Bretonne ('61)
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>>From: Tim Avedovech ('61)
To: Jeff Curtis ('69)
Jeff
What an awesome Xmas message. I'm going to save that
one. That is fantastic and spoken from the heart. You too
have a fantastic holiday time.
-Tim Avedovech ('61)
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>>From: Donna Nelson ('63)
Talking about the Twin Bridges jogged some happy
memories for me. My grandfather showed us how to hunt agates
out around the bridges because the road was gravel. Anyway,
he took Jan ('60) and me after it rained and said we needed
to walk toward the sun because you could see the agates on
the road then. They were very visible. I also remember the
road forking to the right and a family at the very end sold
us eggs.
Re: Chemistry Sets
Does anyone remember chemistry sets for Christmas? I
read Morris's Disappearing Bag to my classroom and it
reminds me of the basement in our "F" house and David Craig,
Connie Bloom, and my sister Jan would have three of them set
up. I didn't touch them!!! They were in a green metal case
with about three rows of white bottled chemicals, a Bunsen
burner and test tubes, and a book telling what to mix with
what!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Donna Nelson ('63)
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>>From: Freddie Schafer ('63)
Re: 1963 Chowder Marching & Caroling Society at Olympia Christmas Breakfast
richlandbombers.1963.tripod.com/pics/2003-GMC63CMCS/00index.html
-Freddie Schafer ('63)
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
Temporary email address... mailto:santaclaus@northpole.com
Salute to you Jeff Curtis ('69). May ALL 'Bombers' be caught
up in the season. May your memories be of the good and might
all of us learn from that which was not so good.
God Bless Us, each and everyone.
-Gary Behymer ('64) ...now living in downtown Colfax, WA
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>>From: Anna Durbin ('69)
Happy Holidays, Dearest Sandstormers.
Jimbeaux, if you and the Fair Miss Nancy ever get stuck
in the City of Brotherly Love again, do call us. We are in
the phone book, and we could at least buy you a beer to
while away the times. We're only 20 minutes away from the
airport in Ardmore. And that goes for other Bombers. We do
have extra rooms for visitors now that we have daughters
going off to college. I have to warn you that we do have two
lovable and hairy dogs.
And Jeff Curtis ('69), thank you for that magnificent
Christmas Card. It brought back a lot of memories for me.
I didn't ever really want to sell my parents' "K" house, my
"home," that was so full of memories, but time does move on.
I guess it is good that your parents are able to enjoy their
lives more without the responsibilities of a house. If you
see them over Christmas, please give them a hug and a kiss
from Anna Durbin. I'm missing my Daddy a lot this holiday,
but I have some of him in my wonderful daughters.
Love,
-Anna Durbin ('69)
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>>From: Pam Pyle Jewett-Bullock ('69)
To: Jeff Curtis ('69)
Re: A Christmas Card
Thank you, Jeff, for that wonderful expression of your
Christmas memories on Tinkle Street. Your prose is, as
always, thought provoking and fully engaging. I am reminded,
again, what an honor it is to share with you (and others) a
place on the roster of the Col-Hi Bomber Class of '69. Our
holiday windows were adorned with bubble lights, but there's
nary a bubblehead among us. We were hypnotized by gyrating,
shiny aluminum Christmas trees which reflected the swirling
patterns of electric color-wheels, but our corporate
character is sterling and our hearts, pure gold. We were
enormously privileged children who have become resourceful,
responsible, generous adult citizens of the country our
parents sacrificed so much to secure. And, Jeff...Merry
Christmas to you, too! Likewise, to all the distinguished
and cherished citizens of Bomberville, Merry Christmas and a
Healthy, Prosperous New Year!
-Pam Jewett-Bullock (nee Pyle '69) ~ Stafford, VA
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>>From: Brad Wear ('71)
Nine days and a wake up before WSU kicks the Longhorns
butt. (How long has it been since you veterans have heard
that term?) Saw off varsity's horns!!!!! It's an Aggie
thing. Speaking of Aggies, they don't even have women
cheerleaders. Wazzoo 24-Texas 17. Texas Tech 48-Navy 21.
My money and my boys go to Tech.
To: Jeff Curtis ('69)
What a masterpiece. I loved it.
-Brad Wear '71, Wazzoo '75
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/22/03 ~ WINTER SOLSTICE
Dateline: Richland
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13 Bombers and one reader sent stuff today:
Mike Clowes ('54), Charles Cox ('56)
Burt Pierard ('59), Audrey Eberhardt ('61WB)
Helen Cross ('62), Pook Smith ('63)
Joanna Faulkner ('63), Carol Converse ('64)
Patricia de la Bretonne ('65), Jeff Michael ('65)
Betti Avant ('69), Jerry Lewis ('73)
Mike Davis ('74), Don Sorenson (NAB)
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BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today:
Bob Chiles ('58) & Suzie Gunderson Chiles ('60)
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>>From: Bob Carlson aka Mike Clowes ('54)
To: Dick McCoy ('45) and Burt Pierard ('59)
Re: Italian prisioners at Columbia Camp
Perhaps the Italian prisoners Master McCoy claims to
have seen were "soldiers" of different Italian "armies"
found in New York City, Chicago, and possibly Los
Angeles/Las Vegas?
Bomber and Holiday Cheers to all,
-Bob Carlson aka Mike Clowes ('54) ~ from the wetside
of Oregon.
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>>From: Charles Cox ('56)
To: Brad Wear ('71)
Wishful thinking again. TEXAS 24 - wazzoo ZIP.
-Charles Cox ('56) ~ Georgetown, TX
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>>From: Burt Pierard ('59)
To: Ritchie (Hal) Ludwig ('45)
You correctly identified the location of Columbia
Camp but I don't think that even the most rabid Columbia
Camp POW'ers will agree with your terming it as a
Japanese-American Internment Camp, as it absolutely
wasn't so.
I am somewhat hesitant to voice my objection to your
terminology since it will probably open a new front in
the "Camp Wars". Anyhow, my objection is the loose use of
the term "internment" (a pet peeve of mine). Internment
is an internationally accepted, specialized term that
goes back hundreds of years (to the Revolutionary War,
I've been told). It applies to the confinement of foreign
nationals who have been found legally guilty of disloyal
actions or subversion. They were "Interred" until the
cessation of hostilities and then deported. During WWII,
there were only 4 internment camps in the U.S. (Montana,
N. Dakota, New Mexico, and Texas). The Crystal City,
Texas camp was the only one for families. All 4 camps
contained German, Italian, and Japanese nationals and all
the internees were deported at the end of the war.
The ten Japanese "relocation camps" were a totally
unrelated issue. All Japanese-Americans and nationals
residing in the coastal areas of Wash. and Ore., the
entire state of Calif., and southern Ariz. were forced to
evacuate from the "militarily designated areas" under
Executive Order No. 9066. The relocation camps provided
optional -- but not mandatory -- food, housing, and
services for evacuees. The evacuees were free to leave at
any time as long as they went east instead of back to the
coastal areas. Note also that the Japanese living in
eastern Wash. and Ore. were allowed to stay right where
they were.
I'm off my soapbox now. If you want to read an
interesting account of a Seattle girl who voluntarily
left Camp Minidoka (near Twin falls, Idaho), check out
the book "Nisei Daughter" by Monica Sone.
Bomber cheers,
-Burt Pierard ('59) ~ Richland
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>>From: Audrey Eberhardt Mathews ('61WB)
To: All Bombers Everywhere
Merry Christmas! May we all remember why we have this
celebration, and may His peace be with each of you.
To: Jeff Curtis ('69)
Your memories are precious; I enjoyed them. We never
lived anywhere that long thanks to Uncle Sam, but I have
some very precious memories of loving parents and friends
I haven't seen in over 40 years but still remember. Thank
God, He gave us the capacity to retain those memories.
-Audrey Eberhardt Mathews ('61WB) ~ in central Georgia
where it is cold and Christmas is definitely coming.
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
To: Jeff Curtis ('69)
I'd just like to add my compliments to you on the
beautiful piece you wrote about Christmas in Richland
when we were small. I have similar warm memories, except
our table was red and chrome.
The best to all in Bomber land.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ West Harrison, Indiana where we
above freezing today and tonight, so the little
lake is thawing and the snow is disappearing.
We have hopes?? fears?? of more snow for
Christmas, hope not as we will be leaving to
start our trek out to the WSU game in San
Diego.
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>>From: Pook Smith ('63)
To: Freddie Schafer ('63)
Thanks for the birthday greeting, Fred ..... and you
are on the money about Chuck Gardiner ('63RIP). He and
Terry Jones ('64) were the best catchers I ever threw a
wild pitch to. But nobody but a fool would crowd the
plate on me that had any brains or know-how.
-Pook Smith ('63)
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>>From: Joanna Faulkner Brown ('63)
To: Bombers everywhere
Just wanted to wish all of you the merriest of
holiday seasons with a few treasured Christmas memories
of growing up in Richland. Perhaps some of you can
relate to these memories and some who know and remember
me were likely a part of them.
The third house we lived in in Richland is the house
I actually remember Christmas in -- the pre-fab and "A"
house hold no memories because I was too young. The third
house was the "B" house at 933 Long St. which was right
across the street from the high school. This house had a
coal furnace down in the basement. Many days leading up
to Christmas I would slink down to that cold damp room
and stand and stare at that coal furnace and wonder how
in the world Santa Claus would get down the chimney to
deliver presents. Would he fit? Would he get soot all
over himself? Would he understand that it wasn't a real
fireplace that he was used to but a blazing hot coal
furnace? Would he survive the descent?
My mother in her easy confident manner would put a
small plate of cookies on the Formica kitchen table near
the back door along with one of those little bottles of
Coke. So sure I was that Santa would need such a snack
after a long night of delivering presents to all the
children everywhere.
I had indeed been a good girl, as good as I knew how
to be, so he wouldn't forget that I wanted a baby doll,
maybe even one that wets like a real baby, maybe a Betsy-
Wetsy. Wow, when I fed that doll her bottle of water, she
peed so fast it would make my head spin. Better be ready
with that white flannel diaper already pinned on her with
the little gold safety pins.
Sure enough, only cookie crumbs remained on the plate
the next morning and the Coke bottle was empty. He must
have been hungry and thirsty for sure and downed them
quickly before resuming his route. And there were the
presents under the tree -- oh my gosh -- how did he know
just what I wanted? I had only told Mommy and Daddy and
of course the Santa I knew was not the real Santa down at
the department store (was it called Anderson's?), where I
sat on his knee and explained carefully what I wanted
before walking away with the candy cane he gave me.
If we had snow for Christmas I could go out and lie
in the snow and make snow angels or go over and go
sledding down the hill with a nice steamy cup of hot
chocolate with marshmallows afterward. If we had snow a
few days before Christmas I prayed fervently that a
Chinook wouldn't blow in before Christmas and leave in
its wake all the dead brown grass with a few patches of
dirty icy snow where the lawn once was. I really didn't
like the look of that brown grass.
When we moved to the "D" house on Wright near Marcus
Whitman I was by then too old to believe in Santa Claus.
It was the time of Elvis Presley and "Love Me Tender"
with "Jailhouse Rock" on the other side of my first Elvis
45. But I wasn't quite ready to give Santa up because it
was so much fun to get up in the morning and see what was
under the tree. One year I wanted a bike so badly and I
was quite sure I would get one. I looked everywhere in
the house though, including down in the basement
thoroughly, but no bike. I couldn't get to sleep for
worrying that my wish might be forgotten. But I pretended
to be asleep when I heard my bedroom door open and knew
my parents were checking to see if I was asleep. "She's
asleep," they said. Then I heard the front door open, and
my dad going out into the chilly night. A few minutes
later, as I peeked through the curtains straining to see
through the frosty glass of my bedroom window, he came
back to our house with a big shiny bicycle and brought it
in to place in front of the Christmas tree. They had
hidden it next door at the Fruchtls (sp?) house .... I
hoped Preston hadn't taken it out on a test drive, being
that he was a boy and all. Yikes!
When we moved finally to our ranch house at the other
end of Wright, corner of Torbett, I think, the visions of
Santa were no longer dancing in my head (not unlike
sugerplums) ..... but Christmas meant carolling, which
was my very favorite thing to do. A group of us kids
would pick a street, bundle up with coats and scarfs, and
go door to door singing our little hearts out till front
doors opened cautiously and folks peered out to see what
was going on. Some people seemed bored by it all and
barely acknowledged our magnificent presence and delivery
of beautiful music -- others joyously received us, even
some joining in to sing with us and offering us treats of
cookies, candies, or hot apple cider. Our last rendition
was always "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" as we walked
away down the sidewalk towards our next victims.
Together with all *your* fond Christmas memories in
Richland, know that it was indeed a rich land, a rich
environment, and our proverbial stockings were filled in
a glorious way growing up where we did.
May your bubble lights bubble on through 2004 and all
your Santa dreams come true ......
Bomber cheers,
-Joanna Faulkner Brown ('63) ~ Campbell, CA
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>>From: Carol Converse Maurer ('64)
To: Jeff Curtis ('69)
Thank you for that lovely Christmas Card!
I also want to say "Merry Christmas and Happy New
Year" to all Bombers out there near and far. Have a safe
and wonderful holiday.
-Carol Converse Maurer ('64) ~ Eureka, CA
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>>From: Patricia de la Bretonne ('65)
To: Jeff Curtis ('69)
What a lovely lovely Christmas card. Thank you. And
Happy Holidays to Bombers Everywhere.
-Patricia de la Bretonne ('65) ~ in Seattle
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>>From: Jeff Michael ('65)
To: Jeff Curtis ('69)
Jeff, you put it so well. Thank you.
So much that you write is held in common with so many
kids in Richland. Just a few blocks away, on Cedar, were
the homes of the Weavers, Otts, Beardsleys, Kellys, and
more. Paul B., Paul K., and my dad remain in those ranch
houses nestled on the northwest side of Bomberville. The
same snow, the same cold winds, and the same dust whipped
through our yards and seeped into our homes. But each and
every home was different and distinctive inside. Each
produced variations on a theme: children, each with a
unique appearance, special personality, and a specific
niche to fill in later life. I find it amazing that such
diversity can be created from such similarity. Let us all
rejoice in those differences and in the commonalities we
share. Happy Holidays!
dj jeff
-Jeff Michael ('65)
And a special thank you / God Bless you to Maren.
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
To all past, present, and future Bombers and spouses
everywhere,
May each and everyone of you have the merriest of
Christmases and the happiest of New Years. Gosh, 2004
will bring another leap year. I am proud to be part of
this wonderful family called the Columbia, aka Richland
High School, Alumni Sandstorm faithful. Maren, keep up
the terrific work. God watch over each and every one of
you.
-Betti Avant ('69) ~ Goodland, KS, where today is cloudy,
but not windy
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>>From: Jerry Lewis ('73)
Regarding the discussion of POWs, when I went on a
tour of the B reactor, I seem to recall someone telling
us that there were Italian POWs that worked on harvesting
the fruit, etc. after the Government took over the land.
The discussion happened on the bus ride to or from the
reactor a couple of years ago. I can't remember who it
was who said it, but we talked for a while with Mike
Hughes ('63), who just left as head of Bechtel, so it may
have been him. There should be a record somewhere, or
someone such as a historian who can confirm or deny.
-Jerry Lewis ('73)
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>>From: Mike Davis ('74)
To: Brad Wear ('71)
Slap my face, Brad, but WSU doesn't stand a chance
against Texas. It could get ugly!
And how 'bout them Dawgs? tee hee
Merry Christmas,
-Mike Davis ('74)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
To all,
Hanford work has its own mystic as well as its own
language. Behind the fences and guns were reactors,
separations, research, and support laboratories. Some
stories that might have been heard could have gone like
this. I was crapped up while deconing some pigs and door
stops. It was only 1000 counts and it came off with the
first wipe. The trombone stuck while it was in the
sample cup on the canyon deck. Those candle snuffers
just got in the way so I stopped using them awhile ago.
And while working with very radioactive samples I have
heard this before "go ahead and just grab it and twist
the cap off. It'll be less exposure than working with
those extension tools."
Some Hanford recollections. In one 200 East facility
a worker was asked to do a special assignment. A one-time
exposure of 1000 mrem to be taken in a very short period.
She did it and stayed out of the zone for a couple of
weeks. This 90 year old person still lives in Richland.
Working with radiation has its hazards to be sure.
Another person I know swears he received his brain cancer
from working closely with plutonium metal. He died before
his 70th birthday. Another had plutonium solution spray
in his mouth while working with one of Hanford's early
plutonium shipping containers. He died of complications
at age 89. At 86 he was still very active.
Worker habits in the zones could play an important
role in determining an increase of cancer. Some would
keep themselves in the gloves while waiting for the next
bit of work to come along. The radiation fields could be
triple digits, i.e., 100 mrem or more. Others would back
away to keep exposure low. A worker in a 200 W facility
drops a few 10ml volumetric flasks containing 10 mgs of
Pu metal that break and spill on the floor. The Pu metal
is picked up with tweezers and placed in new flasks. Its
worth mentioning at this time no mask was worn. However
when Pu metal is brushed clean of oxidation very little
contamination is spread. This worker is still very much
alive and just as onery as ever.
I only know a few stories of those who passed away
from cancer mostly because I won't and shouldn't ask the
widows or their families.
Any questions about this information you can e-mail me. My
thanks to Maren and other Bombers who support this wonderful web site.
-Don Sorenson (NAB)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/23/03
Dateline: Richland
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12 Bombers sent stuff today:
Dick McCoy ('45), Alice Gilbert ('51WB)
Jerry Swain ('54), Richard Anderson ('60)
Dennis Hammer ('64), Brad Wear ('71)
Jerry Lewis ('73), Jan Strain ('74)
Karen Davis ('76), Treg Owings ('76)
Shannon Chapman ('84), Shelley Williams ('84)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill Blankingship ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Craig Lansing ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sandy Riggins Stroben ('63)
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45)
Re: the ever continuing saga of Richland's very own
Area 51 -- the camp at Horn Rapids
To: Ritchie Ludwig ('45)
You old dog!! You must read this ancient newsletter!
I called you to see if you survived the Riverside CA
fires, but got no answer. You sound as ornery as ever, so
you must be OK. Gun running watermelons! I do remember
that. But you and Ed Johnson were better known as Indian
Pony rustlers. When you gonna get back up to Club 40?
I am glad you introduced the Japanese Internment Camp
thing. Those kind of throw-downs drive Burt Pierard ('59)
nuts.
To: Burt Pierard ('59)
The camp in question was not known to us as Camp
Berlin. In my good old beer drinkin' days we partied out
there, and we called it Ebbtide Flats. You know, the old
Italian POW camp.
-Dick McCoy (from the Tin Can Class of '45)
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>>From: Alice Gilbert Daraskavich ('51WB)
Re: the ever continuing saga of Richland's very own
Area 51 -- the camp at Horn Rapids
I just got through reading the Prisoner Camp article
which states that no one has been found who actually
lived at the camp. Well, I did for at least six months in
1944. I could point out the quonset house I lived in from
picture in article. I wonder why they called it Columbia
Camp when it was on the Yakima River? I always called the
camp the Yakima River Camp. I have many memories of that
time.
[Alice continues her story in a subsequent entry --ed.]
I haven't jumped into the "Prison Camp" discussion
until now. I lived there in a quonset house. I walked the
desert hills nearby and loved the sagebrush and sand
dunes. There were no murderers, rapists, etc. there. They
worked around our home and posed no threat to the kids
who lived there, though we were told not to engage them
in conversation. They were prisoners from McNeil Island
and were brought over the mountains to work the orchards
that were left after farmers were moved out. They were
honor prisoners. My father, who was a lieutenant at the
camp, did not care for some of the Conscientious
Objectors because he said they would not work. I am sure
there were no prisoners of war at this camp; maybe
somewhere else in eastern Washington.
For the first few months kids at the camp went to
school in Benton City. Then the powers that be moved us
to Richland when a school was build. We all were on
shifts and had a long bus ride about an hour both ways.
We were on the afternoon shift; so, many times it was
dark and after six when we got home. My family later
moved to Richland because my father went to work for Army
Corps of Engineers and continued to supervise the care of
the same orchards.
After I graduated from high school in Tacoma my
father took me out to the camp area and nothing was there
except a few bare areas. That must have been in 1951 or
1952.
It sounds as if you have the camp story straight by
now but I thought I would add my memories.
I have lived in Selah, Washington for ten years after
living near Bremerton and Silverdale for 41 years. I
retired from the Naval Underseas Engineering Station in
1993. I always wanted to move back to eastern Washington
after my days here as a child. I revisited the camp site
when I first came back and had a hard time finding it.
-Alice Gilbert Daraskavich ('51 WB)
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>>From: Jerry Swain ('54)
Maren and fellow Bombers,
Tom McGuire ('54) phoned me yesterday to tell me that
Fran, his wife of 44 years, was killed in an automobile
accident in late November. Tom's grown children Kathy and
Tommy have been some comfort but he is hurting from his
loss. Tom is challenged by osteoporosis caused by long
term use of prednisone for asthma. He retired from the
CHP in the late 90s. For those who are so inclined some
prayers of comfort for him would be in order. He is not
as computer literate as Fran was so he may be slow to
answer e-mail words of comfort.
Merry Christmas to you, Maren, and all our Bomber
friends.
-Jerry Swain ('54) ~ enjoying blue skies and desert
environs in the Phoenix area.
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>>From: Richard Anderson ('60)
Re: Hoops Summary -- Week 3
The first third of the season is complete -- more or
less -- and the Big 9's eleven teams are starting to sort
themselves out. The conference comprises the Four
Horsemen and the Seven Dwarfs. The horsemen: Bombers, Wa-
Hi, Pasco, and Davis. Six teams qualify for tournament
time in late February; the important goal is to finish
first or second thereby gaining automatic admission to
the East Regional; the third through sixth teams get
involved with the ever scary loser-out games. The top
four are evenly matched so I won't hazard a guess now as
to the order after twenty games.
Two Bomber games last weekend: a one point loss at
Wa-Hi and an 18 point rout of visiting Ike.
The Wa-Hi game was a pleasure to watch from the
opening tip to a final scramble for a loose ball as time
expired. Bombers couldn't shoot, but Wa-Hi is a really
vile rebounding crew so Bombers got lots of chances: on
one Bomber possession it took four(!) offensive boards
before Joey Frank finally coaxed in a shot from maybe a
foot away. Richland was done in by a Stein -- Ryan
Mitchell, Ray's nephew, was the best player on the floor
over the course of the game: 16 points and excellent
distribution (Ryan is Wa-Hi's point guard). At the end it
came down to Wa-Hi leading by one, 58-57, with 10 seconds
to go, and with the ball. Mitchell misses the front end
of a 1-and-1 at 0:08, Bombers grab rebound -- but, step
on line; ball back to Wa-Hi -- Graybill misses front end
of 1-and-1 at 0:05; Bombers get rebound but are unable to
get the ball upcourt cleanly and time runs out.
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1 2 3 4
Bombers 15 23 42 57
Wa-Hi 11 25 40 58
Miller, York 9, Bussman 13, Brooks 10, Frank 17,
Stevens 8, Bixler, Ben Cartmell, Roberts
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Saturday it was back home to face Eisenhower at
Dawald. Ike has a bunch of really tall guys like they
always seem to find out in the apple orchards;
fortunately, they don't play hoops very well. The first
quarter went to Ike by two and produced a very exercised
Coach Streufert: he barked at the team most forcefully
during the quarter break. Obviously it worked because the
boys went out and took care of business efficiently over
the second and first half of the third quarters; then,
the game turned into a sloppy rout over the remainder of
the game. Richland won this one with good defense and
intelligent offense (after the awful first quarter).
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1 2 3 4
Ike 14 21 32 44
Bombers 12 28 47 62
Miller 8, York 20, Bussman 14, Brooks, Frank 11,
Roberts 4, Bixler 3, Ben Cartmell 2, Stevens,
Sam Cartmell, Conley
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Off to home. But wait! What's this going on in the
old gym? Ah ha! The Freshman "A" team is at it again
(they played concurrently with the varsity): there is
still four minutes to go in their game and the score is
really close. And the game goes into overtime. So a bit
of a crowd wanders in to see how it turns out -- and it
gets really loud because all the Ike players from the
other teams are cheering their freshmen on and the
Richland people are cheering right back. Game ends with a
Bomber making one of two free throws to win the game by a
point. Good stuff!
It is now Christmas break. Next game is at Moses Lake
on January 3rd; but, the next game I'll see won't be
until the 10th -- the truly dreadful Wenatchee comes to
town. (Well I won't be hoopsless; Wa-Hi visits the Tri-
Cities for three games during the interim.)
-Richard Anderson ('60)
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>>From: Dennis Hammer ('64)
To: Donna Nelson ('63)
Re: Chemistry Sets
I did get a chemistry set for Christmas. I wonder how
we survived those days. Today it is considered too
dangerous to let kids play with chemicals, or guns, or do
a lot of stuff we used to do. The book didn't tell us how
to make gunpowder, but the encyclopedia gave us the
ingredients and proportions. Ours didn't work because we
just used burnt wood for the charcoal.
Chemistry sets were a popular thing in those days
because there was an emphasis on getting kids to learn
science. Microscopes and telescopes were also popular. I
got all three as Christmas presents, and I still have all
three. The chemistry set and microscope (packed in its
original box) were packed into an old trunk when we moved
to Richland just before I started high school and it sat
under the basement steps of our "B" house on McPherson
until about 12 years ago. They are still in that trunk
along with some other toys and stuff.
Even though our attempt to make gunpowder failed, we
did find a way to get the job done. Like in "October
Sky", after Sputnik was launched we wanted to make
rockets. We used glass bottles for our rocket motors. We
taped up the bottle so it wouldn't shatter, drilled a
hole in the plastic lid for the fuse (the lid blows off
with the explosion; if we had a metal lid it would become
a bomb instead of a rocket). We made our "gunpowder" and
filled it about three fourths full, then cut off match
heads to ignite the powder. The match heads alone
launched the rocket about a foot, but the "gunpowder"
just burned, bubbled, and boiled. So then we filled the
bottle with match heads and had a successful launch. We
measured it with a 100 ft steel tape and it went just
over 250 feet. We made a number of rockets after that,
some successful and some not. We even made a two-stage
rocket, the last one we ever made and the only one we
painted up and made look pretty. The first stage was
blown up, but must have given a boost to the second
stage. We looked all over that plowed field and never did
find it. If we did that today we would probably be
arrested for making bombs. Also today there would be only
girls in that school because all the boys would be kicked
out for bringing pocket knives and squirt guns to school.
Re: Old Christmas toys
Has anyone our there but me kept some of their old
Christmas toys long after they have outgrown them? Maybe
even some are starting to become collector items. I still
have a Marx semi truck. It is about two feet long. Saw
one at a swap meet about 15 years ago for $150 just like
mine except the colors were reversed. The rubber tires on
mine have gotten hard and some have split.
I still have my electric train. It is a Marx instead
of a Lionel and I still have the box. Have seen some of
the trains for sale on eBay that have a very similar box,
but haven't seen the same train set.
I was a Cub Scout, but never a Boy Scout. However, I
did receive a Boy Scout knife one Christmas and it is
amazing that I still have it, considering all the pocket
knives I have lost over the years.
And, of course, there is my Daisy Eagle air rifle.
Found a site on the Internet that says that model is
"scarce". I don't know if it still works or not; it
hasn't been used in 30 years and I am afraid to try it.
Got to admit though, that I had more fun with that BB gun
than I ever had with a real one.
-Dennis Hammer ('64)
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>>From: Brad Wear ('71)
To: Mike Davis ('74)
Mike, it could get ugly, but I doubt it. Can you say
OU 63 - Texas 0? The T-Sippers are a legend in their own
mind. They are defintely beatable. Eight and a wake up.
Go Cougs.
One of my favorite memories from WSU is walking back
from the hill on a snowy night and seeing the Sig Ep
house all lit up with the guys setting up for dinner or
just goofing around. Ray Stein or Max Jensen might
remember the same vision.
-Brad Wear ('71, WSU '75) ~ in warm, 70°, Richardson, TX
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>>From: Jerry Lewis ('73)
Re: the ever continuing saga of Richland's very own
Area 51 -- the camp at Horn Rapids
I called Michele Gerber, the Hanford historian, today
and asked her about the POW issue. She said there were no
POWs, only low-level prisoners as previously reported. So
this is my mea culpa for repeating unsubstantiated
stories (even though I did end it with a caveat that it
should be checked out). I promise to be better next time,
even if it's more fun to start a rumor.
-Jerry Lewis ('73)
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>>From: Jan Strain ('74)
To: Mike Davis ('74) who stated,
"And how 'bout them Dawgs? tee hee"
How 'bout those DAWGS!!!
Let's go back and review Apple Cup history:
1998 - UW 16 - WSU 9
1999 - UW 24 - WSU 14
2000 - UW 51 - WSU 3
2001 - UW 26 - WSU 14
2002 - UW 29 - WSU 26
2003 - UW 27 - WSU 19
Six wins for the DAWGS in the last six years. I'd say the
DAWGS own the cougs.
Sorry, I couldn't resist. :-)
I wish the cougs well in the Holiday Bowl but I don't see
them coming out with a "W".
-Jan Strain ('74)
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>>From: Karen Davis Scheffer ('76)
To: brother Mike Davis ('74)
Which Dawgs are you talking about? You best not be
attempting to bad mouth these Gonzaga Bulldogs. You'd
never meet a better bunch of guys and die-hards, they'll
be there in the end -- as usual. It's nice to see young
men play hard together and are all clean cut and nice --
sort of like the Bomber representatives, huh?
Wishing all you folks a happy holiday. And may the
new year approaching be better than this last.
-Karen Davis Scheffer ('76) ~ in Spokane -- still loving
those Gonzaga hoopsters till the end.
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>>From: Treg Owings ('76)
To: Charles Cox ('56)
Re: Prediction: TEXAS 24 - wazzoo ZIP
So Charles, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt
and take WSU and 20 points for 10 bucks. What do you
say?
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>>From: Shannon Chapman Davari ('84)
Re: Class of 1984 Reunion
Just wanted to let any and all members of the Class
of 1984 know that it is time to start planning our 20
year reunion. I know it is hard to believe, but true! I
believe the date has been set for the weekend of July 9-
11. I have been put in charge of gathering names and
addresses; scary, but true! Please send me any
information you might have on our classmates. My e-mail
address is: <s313d@aol.com>.
Happy Holidays!
-Shannon Chapman Davari ('84)
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>>From: Shelley Williams-Robillard ('84)
Merry Christmas to all you Bombers out there. We had
an early present-opening this morning with our children,
as we will be leaving tomorrow to go Christmasing with
our extended families. I just wanted to wish all of you a
blessed Christmas time.
Mr. Curtis's entry ["A Christmas Card"] made me think
of growing up in an "F" house on Jadwin. On Christmas
morning we always had to wait at the top of the stairs
until EVERYONE was ready to go down; it was absolute
torture. This year I had a lot of fun wrapping my
children's presents. They each had a certain wrapping
paper, no tags. They had been absolutely beside
themselves trying to figure out whose was whose.
Peace to you all,
-Shelley Williams-Robillard ('84) ~ Moses Lake
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/24/03 ~ Christmas Eve
Dateline: Richland
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15 Bombers and 1 funeral notice today:
Anna May Wann ('49), Dave Rhodes('52WB)
Charlie Cox ('56), Linda Stewart ('57)
Max Sutton ('57), Gloria Falls ('58)
Linda Fairweather ('59), Audrey Eberhardt ('61WB)
Helen Cross ('62), Fred Schafer ('63)
Patti Snider ('65), Clark Riccobuono ('71)
Peggy Hartnett ('72), Brad Upton ('74)
Kim Edgar ('79)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ray Conley ('46)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: J.D. Davidson ('51)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marilyn Groff Taylor ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dave Miller ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Art Schafer ('70)
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>>From: Sandstorm Editors
Dear Santa,
Here is our Xmas list. Not much we want; but, we've
been good (well, pretty good) and we'd love it if we
could get three little presents:
1) have all of our wonderful readership's submissions
sent to <sandstorm@richlandbombers.com>,
2) have all of the submissions signed with the author's
full name (including maiden names for those ladies who
have been happily married for oh so many years), and
3) have all of the individuals' class years noted so we
don't have to try to chase them down.
Like we said, not a whole lot, but it would bring
real joy to our little virtual newspaper office. See what
you can do Big Guy.
Merry Christmas and Bomber Cheers,
-Sandstorm Editors
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>>From: Ann Thompson, aka Anna May Wann ('49)
Just want to wish my dear friend, Ray Conley ('46), a
very Happy Birthday today. Also, thanks to Jeff Curtis
('69) for his wonderful "Christmas Card". Jeff, whenever
you write your first novel I would love to have an
autographed copy. I read a lot, but I find your writings
one of the most entertaining and very visual. You are one
of the best.
Merry Christmas to everyone and have a very Happy New
Year; also plan on attending Club 40 next September [when
sending in your dues and registration, please remember to
enter *your* year of graduation on the form -- not just
your spouse's].
-Ann Thompson, aka Anna May Wann ('49) ~ from the small
town of Bothell, where the last two days have
been wonderful -– even sunshine.
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>>From: Dave Rhodes ('52WB)
My wife Alice and I wish all Bombers and Bomber
Woulda Beens (WBs) a very Merry Christmas and a
happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year.
-Dave Rhodes ('52WB)
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>>From: Charlie Cox ('56)
To: Treg Owings ('76)
Re: Cats v. Cows
Asking for 20 points spread is much. My only problem
is I do know which TEXAS team is going to show up.
Example is Tx vs Okla.
-Charlie Cox ('56) ~ Georgetown TX ~ Where the temp. was
77 on the first day of winter.
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>>From: Linda Stewart Nicholson ('57)
Re: the ever continuing saga of Richland's very own
Area 51 -- the camp at Horn Rapids
My husband, Bob Nicholson ('56), lived at Columbia
Camp as his father worked for Morrison-Knudson. We have a
picture of him standing outside the quonset hut they
lived in, proudly holding his bicycle with the squirrel
tail tied to the handle bars. As soon as we return to the
Tri-Cities in the spring I will try to scan the picture
and send it to the Sandstorm. Also, I have some pictures
from Sacajawea that I'm sure will bring back memories.
Merry Christmas to all of you and a very prosperous
New Year,
-Linda Stewart Nicholson ('57) ~ from sunny and warm
Tonopah, AZ
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>>From: Max Sutton ('57)
Re: Cats and Cows and Dawgs -- "Them Dawgs"
To: Jan Strain ('74)
My wife and I, being ol' Huskies, have a bone to
pick. Our money, of course, went to WSU so I guess we're
ol' Cougs now. Anyway, to reply to your comment, I trust
the ol' Huskies will be watching the TV when the Cougs
play in the Holiday Bowl. Too bad you guys weren't even
close to a bowl game.
-Max Sutton ('57)
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>>From: Gloria Falls Evans ('58)
Best wishes to all my Bomber friends and family for a
happy holiday season.
Ours will be brighter this year with the miracle of
our grandkids -- my son had twins in May -- and a new
great grandson on December 15. This makes six grandkids
and two great-grandsons. My grandson in Richland had a
fight with the tv and the tv won. His foot is not broken;
thank God for that as he is a hockey player.
Merry Christmas everyone,
-Gloria Falls Evans ('58) ~ Spokane, WA
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>>From: Linda Fairweather Piele ('59)
Hello,
My name is Linda Piele (Fairweather, Class of 1959).
I have sad news to report to the Class of 1964. My
brother, Ralph Fairweather, died unexpectedly on November
25th in Oakland, California. The apparent cause was heart
failure.
For those who are interested in what Ralph had been
doing the last few years, they might want to visit this
web page, which includes a memorial tribute:
<www.lafcpug.org/features_ralph_fairweather.html>
This "Final Cut Pro" users group, with which Ralph was
much involved, will hold a memorial service for him on
January 7th at 7pm, in San Francisco, during the MacWorld
conference. Of course, anyone in the area would be
welcome to attend.
Ralph's survivors include his 34-year-old son, Abrol;
his 4-year-old grand-daughter, Barbara; and three
sisters: Phyllis, Edith, and Linda.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Linda Fairweather Piele ('59)
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>>From: Audrey Eberhardt ('61WB)
To: Bill Blankingship ('62)
A belated happy birthday to you. I did not realize
you were almost a Christmas baby. May you enjoy many many
more.
-Audrey Eberhardt (dinky) ('61WB)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
I want to add my birthday greeting to Lyle Hawk ('62)
from the best class to those of the Class of '62 for
sure!
I was mesmerized by Jeff Curtis's ('69) Christmas
story set on Tinkle between Birch and Cottonwood. As I
had memories of a similar childhood lived with my family
on Olympia Street, which is between Birch and Elm with
Cottonwood running through the middle, how far away can
it be? And I know the kids who lived on the other side of
Swift (behind our house) went to Marcus Whitman (I
believe) and West Side UP church!
I just got out my trusty map of the Tri-Cities which
I spirited from our house from the many, before it was
sold in '99, and you lived almost to Van Giesen, that was
farther than I was permitted to walk to when I was at
Spalding. And also I never had a reason to go to Tinkle.
I went to Torbett, which explains why I wasn't familiar
with exactly where Tinkle is. (That map provided an
interesting few paragraphs about Richland's history. If I
ever learn how to scan I just may send it in. With no
grandchildren, sons (when they are home) who think I live
in the Dark Ages and that it is hopeless to help me
anyway, and being so far away from John Adkins ('62) who
has helped me register for all of the reunions I have
attended, I wouldn't look forward to getting this
information anytime soon.)
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ West Harrison, IN where our
Currier and Ives Winter wonderland scene of
frozen snow- covered lake, and -hills will be
disappearing tomorrow as they predict it will
get up to 40's and thus melt much of the snow.
Today the roads were dry enough so I could get
in a good walk and meet a few of the
neighborhood dogs. And the sun is shining. All
in all a lovely winter day in Indiana!
PS-- Jeff, you are a tribute to all your English
teachers, your writing is a joy to read. If I were a
publisher, I'd suggest you should be published.
PPS-- To: Fred Suckow ('55) -- Thanks, I'm glad someone
agrees with me.
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>>From: Fred Schafer ('63)
Forty years ago I got down on one knee in front of
family and friends (wanted to make hard for her to say
no) and asked cute little Ann Engle to marry me. Ann,
thanks for saying yes. Every day of my life has been
better since.
Thanks for 40 years. Let's have 40 more.
Happy Holidays to all and may 2004 be a great one!
-Fred Schafer ('63)
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>>From: Patti Snider Miller ('65)
I heard a true story today about one of us Bombers.
Yes, Rich Bowen ('65) had taken a 'whoopi' cushion into
the Uptown theater and when the guy ahead of him left for
the snack bar .... yes, the whoopi cushion went there.
When the kid came back and sat down .... well, you know
what happened. It must of been verrrry loud! The kid
reported it to the manager and Rich was kicked out of the
theater once again. Any other stories you might have
about Rich? I'd love to hear them.
Just want to wish each and every one of you a very
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
God Bless You,
-Patti Snider Miller ('65) ~ in Richland where it is very
cold; by the time I got off work I was an icicle!
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>>From: Clark Riccobuono ('71)
Re: Wazzu and Brad Wear ('71)
Holiday Bowl? Do you remember the score of the Apple
Cup? Huskies: unranked -- maybe 120th in nation this
year. So you might want to rethink your Texas v. Wazzu
score. Oh yeah, Kegel's back, that should give the
Kittens one touchdown.
No comments from Davis. But I will take your
predictions.
-Clark Riccobuono ('71) ~ lovely Puyallup, where the temp
changes about five degrees now -- 35 to 40.
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>>From: Peggy Hartnett ('72)
Re: Mrs. Duncan (RIP) (retired teacher)
I was wondering if any of my other classmates can
correct me if I am wrong -- you're Bombers; so, of
course, you will! I had Mrs. Duncan in 2nd grade at
Christ the King; that would have been 1961-62. She was
our teacher for First Communion. The part that I *think*
I recall is that her son was ordained that same year and
gave a Mass at our church. A few of us were asked to
participate and, though I don't recall what our role was,
I know we got to wear our First Communion dresses again,
which my mom was pleased about. I think after three girls
she was getting a bit tired of this fancy dress for one
event business! (She should be glad we weren't Mexican
and she didn't have 3 quinceneras in her future!) Anyway,
in the obit it didn't mention that her son was a priest
and so I wondered if my memory was playing games with me.
Any of the rest of you from that class have any
recollection?
-Peggy Hartnett ('72)
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>>From: Brad Upton ('74)
Merry Christmas to all!!
-Brad Upton ('74)
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>>From: Kim Edgar Leeming ('79)
Re: Old Christmas toys
I still have my "Velvet Doll", still in the box. (She
has short blonde hair, until you push her belly button,
then you pull her pony tail out, she has long hair.) My
dad had given her to me soon after he returned from
Vietnam. When he had left for war I was still in the doll
stage; I had pretty much grown out of it when he had
returned, however, I didn't want to hurt his feelings, so
I played with it for a while. I decided to save it for my
daughter when I grew up. Since I only have a son I'll
have to wait for grandchildren.
-Kim Edgar Leeming ('79) ~ Poulsbo WA
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Funeral Notice
>>Ralph Fairweather ('64) ~ 1946 - 11/25/03
<FuneralNotices.tripod.com>
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/25/03 ~ CHRISTMAS
Dateline: Richland
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16 Bombers sent stuff today:
Carol Black ('48), Rufus "R. J." Pederson ('48)
Richard "Dick" Roberts ('49), Jack Lowrey ('49)
Wanda Wittebort ('53), Marguerite Groff ('54)
Mike Lewis ('60), Jay Siegel ('61)
Janine Rightmire ('65), Leonard Arnold ('69)
Mike Franco ('70), Vic Marshall ('71)
Brad Wear ('71), Larry Crouch ('71)
Jean Eckert ('72), Lynn Noble ('72)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larry Bowls ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharen Manolopoulos ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jay Coates ('72WB)
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>>From: Carol Black Foster ('48)
Dear Sandstorm Editors:
Would you please add to your wish list that
contributors add where they are from?
Thank you for all your hard work and Merry Christmas!!
-Carol Black Foster ('48) ~ Bellevue, Wa
PS-- Maren, please note that I didn't forget that I had a
maiden name.
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>>From: Rufus "R. J." Pederson ('48)
Dear Sandstormers all,
Merry Christmas and best wishes to the birthday kids
on Christmas eve. Special thanks to Ray Conley ('47) for
not making me the oldest person on the internet. For J.
D. Davidson ('51), did you know my little bro Donald
"Pete" Pederson? For Max Sutton ('57), are you related
to Bill Sutton ('48) or do you know where he is?
STOP THE PRESSES!!! The missing blue blazers are
found -- and it didn't happen at Club 40. One of our
better trombonists in the "What's Up?" swing band took my
blazer in hopes that I would stop playing with them and
thus improve the sound of the trombone section.
More later re Pasco pool diving board, DDT and
radiation, POW's, Rex and Rembert and other Hunt Point
All-stars.
Hugs and smooches to all and in case there's e-mail
in heaven, happy b'day to my dad!
-Rufus "R. J." Pederson ('48)
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>>From: Richard "Dick" Roberts ('49)
To: Ray Conley ('46)
Have a great birthday, Ray. You deserve it. I have
always admired and respected your gentlemanly ways.
-Richard "Dick" Roberts ('49)
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>>From: Jack Lowrey ('49)
Here's to a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to
all you Bombers out there in the Land of the Free. From
Jack and Luci Lowrey.
-Jack Lowrey ('49) ~ waiting for a major storm to come in
tonight for a white Christmas for the little
ones in Layton, Utah. God Bless.
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>>From: Wanda Wittebort Shukay ('53)
Just want to wish all "Bombers", wherever they may
be, A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS.
Love to ALL,
-Wanda Wittebort Shukay ('53) ~ Rainy Lake Ridge,
Virginia after a balmy fall day yesterday.
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>>From: Marguerite Groff Tompkins ('54)
Holiday greetings to the readers of the Sandstorm.
May you and your wonderful families have a blessed
Christmas.
I especially want to send the Class of 1954 Christmas
greetings. One thing I have found out since moving back
to Richland (in 1967 - after 11 years in Michigan) is
that our '54 Bombers are wonderful. We that live in the
Tri-Cities are so blessed. We get to see each other
often. We support each other through illnesses and deaths
in our families and the joys of becoming grandmas, and
grandpas, and when the word great is added. Through all
of our ups and downs there are the friends of '54 who
call, send cards, and those of you that send wonderful e-
mails of support and love. I have been on the receiving
end and I just want to say thanks for the blessings you
have sent my way. And ..... send in your registrations
for the BIG 5-0. (Just couldn't resist a short
commercial.)
-Marguerite Groff Tompkins ('54) ~ in Richland where the
grandkids are praying for snow, and Grandma's
happy the way it is.
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>>From: Mike Lewis ('60)
To: Everybody who likes the sky
Re: Winter Galactic Crossing
Every year just at this time the Sun crosses the
plane of the Milky Way Galaxy within seven degrees of the
dense, heavy Galactic Center. It's a big thing and it
marks the rotation of the Galaxy, which is not very much
but it adds up in all the little angles in biochemistry,
love, and war.
This all happens because the solar system, which is a
disk, and the Galaxy, which is a disk, are by no means
parallel but are tilted with respect to each other. Also,
the Sun is not actually causing the apparent crossing,
rather, the Earth's motion around the Sun does that.
The important thing is that the Galaxy rotates a
little each year, just an eensy teensy bit. Actually,
about 6 milliarcseconds. But you can never go back. It
means that in 170 years, the Galaxy rotates (where we are
in it) about one arc second. One hundred seventy years is
enough to found a conservative family, or a new nation.
And you meet seconds of arc on your real estate property
surveys.
God bless and keep on trucking.
I almost burned my omelet writing this so it's a hot
subject. And I know how many eggs go in my omelet.
-Mike Lewis ('60)
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>>From: Jay Siegel ('61)
Some are classmates, some are friends, some are
acquaintances, and some are names without faces, but each
and every one is a part of my life. Our shared memories
add color to the darkest day and remind of a much
simpler time when people were able to simply enjoy each
other and not have to be concerned about being "PC" or
whether or not one might get hurt doing something.
We are so fortunate to have grown up (maybe next
year?) in such a special town as Richland and share our
lives with each other.
To Bombers everywhere, Merry Christmas and a glorious New
Year.
-Jay Siegel ('61) ~ in Poulsbo, WA (clear blue skies and
warm gentle breezes)
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>>From: Janine Rightmire Corrado ('65)
Happy Holidays Bombers!! May you all be blessed with
much peace and love and health and happiness!!!
-Janine Rightmire Corrado ('65)
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>>From: Leonard Arnold ('69)
Re: My 2003 Christmas Card
To: All Bombers everywhere
He was then, He is now, and He shall be…
Yet in that one incredible instant, Oh yes - Stopped He.
Not to smile, nor just to oversee, There was this desire to create!
For to Him, this was the one idea that simply could not wait.
Difficult it is to know, the complexity in so doing,
To plant that seed, and set it willfully free, to fly on wings.
No - He did not hesitate and wonder, nor did He guess,
Oh! Such infinite love, to pause from then, and then to Bless.
To capture now, By earth and breath, one special human being,
Still He somehow, marveled at the image, His Godliness was seeing?
The Father stopped, momentously- Because now/was, as it shall be,
Then he blinked again, the world re-turned, spinning dreams to see.
Yes, In that Awesome moment nothing was as important, He knew.
He was giving the world, It's greatest/precious gift… And it was You!
-Leonard Arnold ('69)
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>>From: Mike Franco ('70)
Re: Bomber road trips per Steve "Piiipps" Piiippo ('70)
Steve is absolutely right; short of the State and
Regionals trips, we had great "same day road trips".
Walla Walla was always an adventure -- getting kicked out
of the Corner Restaurant in downtown Walla Walla for
throwing food, the compulsory stop at Minors after a
Davis or Ike game, and of course, those Moses Lake and
Wenatchee trips. These were ALWAYS good fun. The Yakima
trips were always special because of that tavern (really
dumpy) in Moxee where they would serve you if you could
see over the bar. That jar of pickled eggs on the counter
was older than all of us put together! It seems the
Yakima trips were the best for me. I remember coming home
from a basketball game in a blinding snow storm, serving
as shotgun for driver Pat Magula. At one point we thought
we had a flat tire, stopped and found that we were about
30 feet off the road! I would be interested in hearing
about other road trip adventures -- remember, the stories
need to be good, if not totally accurate!
I want to wish all Bombers and extended family
everywhere a happy and peaceful holiday season and
especially a healthy and prosperous New Year. I think
this is also a great time for all of us to note and
remember our departed Bomber mates. There are many I
think of but one special one I'll toss out for thought is
the very best friend I ever had or will have: George Dana
('70RIP). George distributed smiles and happiness like
Santa gives out candy canes. I know lots of us feel the
same way about George.
I would be interested in hearing thoughts from others
about departed Bombers. The best way to treasure our
memories is to share them.
Happy holidays to all!
-Mike Franco ('70)
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>>From: Vic Marshall ('71)
To: Peggy Hartnett ('72)
Re: Mrs. Monica Duncan -- Retired Teacher (RIP)
Mrs. Duncan was a wonderful lady and a great teacher;
but, her son is Denny Duncan ('66), a well respected
Bomber hardwood alumnus. Although it would be easy to
mistake Denny for a priest :-):-) I can assure you he is
not. The teacher you are thinking of was Mrs. Surman --
her son was ordained about that time. I believe he is now
in Australia and still a priest. I think he comes back to
Richland from time to time.
My favorite CK lay teacher was and remains Mrs.
Nickola -- you would have graduated with Lee Ann ('72).
Great family, and Chris ('68) was another notable Bomber
hoopster who went on to play for Gonzaga.
Happy holidays all!!
-Vic Marshall ('71)
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>>From: Brad Wear ('71)
To: Charlie Cox ('56)
Re: Cats v. Cows
Charlie, that's what I'm betting on. What Longhorn
team will show up? I'm hoping it'll be the fumbling one.
If not, Wazzoo will be in for a long day. I'll be about
ten miles from you on Christmas Day; I'll be in Cedar
Park. Should be another 70-80 degree Christmas Day in
Texas. I'm out here alone rooting for the Cougs, my wife
and most of her family are U.T. grads so it's pride
that's at stake right now.
Ricco, come on, you know deep down you love the
Cougs; you know you're a closet "Butch" fan. No double
entendre intended.
The Dallas Chapter of Metroplex Marines wrapped up
our Toys For Tots campaign last week and we collected and
distributed 127,000 toys in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area
this year. Up from the 115,000 we distributed last year.
Merry Christmas to all, and best wishes. Jeff Curtis
-- keep writing.
-Brad Wear ('71, WSU '75)
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>>From: Larry Crouch ('71)
Merry Christmas To All.
-Larry Crouch ('71) ~ I have been told the best year ....
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>>From: Jean Eckert Imholte ('72)
In response to Peggy Hartnett's ('72) question about
our 2nd grade teacher at Christ the King -- I believe you
are thinking of Mrs. Sermon. She had a son, Darrell, who
became a priest (Father Sermon -- that always cracked me
up), and was ordained the year we were in 2nd grade. A
few of us "lucky" little girls were chosen to be
something called chalice guardians at the reception held
for him in the cafeteria. Our job was to make sure no one
touched the shiny gold communion chalice that was on
display and "risk death" (we were told!). I remember a
scripture reading about a man helping carry the Ark of
the Covenant in Old Testament times, who reached out to
keep it from tipping as it was being transported, and
fell to the ground instantly dead. It sure made an
impression on me then and we did our job with fear and
trembling! Kerry Carraher and I were two of the other
guardians. Does this sound accurate, Kerry?
I believe the other teacher, Mrs. Duncan, was from a
different year of our illustrious CK education. Hope that
helps.
-Jean Eckert Imholte ('72)
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>>From: Lynn Noble Paden ('72)
To: Peggy Hartnett ('72)
Re: Mrs. Monica Duncan -- Retired Teacher (RIP)
Yes, I believe you're correct, Peggy, about Mrs.
Duncan's son. (You jogged a memory that I had shelved!)
Mrs. Duncan was such a quiet and nice person. I didn't
have her in second grade (I had Sister Celeste Mary --
was that her name?) but always found Mrs. Duncan to be
very soft although firm when she needed to be.
Thanks for bringing back another fond memory of CKS!
Christmas blessings to you!
-Lynn Noble Paden ('72)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/26/03 ~ Boxing Day
Dateline: Richland
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9 Bombers and 1 Bomber mom sent stuff today:
Shirley Watts ('49), Dave Rhodes (WB'52)
Stan and Dorothy McDonald ('53), Leoma Coles ('63)
Betti Avant ('69), Lynn Noble ('72)
Mike Davis ('74), Karen Davis ('76)
BJ Davis (Bomber mom)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Vera Smith Robbins ('58)
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>>From: Shirley Watts James ('49)
Happy birthday to Ray Conley ('46). Ray, I wish you a
healthy, happy 2004.
-Shirley Watts James ('49)
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>>From: Dave Rhodes (WB'52)
To: R.J. Pederson ('48)
R.J., your brother Pete and I were very good friends.
We also spent some time on the rodeo circuit. He was also
a pickup man for stock contractor John VanBelle. I rode
bareback horses and saddle broncs and Pete pulled me out
of harm's way many times.
-Dave Rhodes (WB'52) ~ Yakima, WA
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>>From: Stan and Dorothy McDonald ('53)
Happy Holidays to the Class of 1953! Have a healthy
and prosperous New Year. And if you are ill, reflect
upon your blessings and count your friends at the top of
the list.
Best Regards,
-Stan and Dorothy McDonald ('53)
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>>From: Leoma Coles ('63)
Merry Christmas to all and a very Happy New Year. Had
a wonderful holiday with my son and his wife from Seattle
and my brother and his wife and daughter from Sumner, Wa,
and especially enjoyed my 15 month-old grandaughter (but
I overdid the gifts for her) LOL! Thanks for a great year
of news and the class of "63" reunion!
Take care all,
-Leoma Coles ('63) ~ in Salem, OR where it's quiet and
cold tonight!
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
Well, here it is Christmas morning and I thought I
would get to sleep in for a change. Wrong -- my newspaper
guy came a tad bit before 5:00 am and awoke me with his
extra noisy rattletrap pick em up truck. I don't even get
up this early when I am working. Oh well, I guess I can
take a nap this afternoon or go to bed early tonight, as
I have to work tomorrow. I hope you all got your wish
list answered. When asking my hairdresser's little boy
(kindergarten) what he wanted for Christmas he said,
"which list?" I guess he had more than one wish list
(from the mouths of youth).
Happy new year all,
-Betti Avant ('69) ~ Goodland, KS, where it is supposed
to be in the 50's today
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>>From: Lynn Noble Paden ('72)
To: Peggy Hartnett ('72), Jeannie Eckert ('72),
and Vic Marshall ('73)
Peggy, it's a good thing that Jean and Vic have
better recall than we do. It was indeed Mrs. Surman
whose son was ordained and who taught second grade,
opposite Sister CLETUS Mary (that came to me last night
as I was drifting off to sleep!) who was my second grade
teacher.
Whew! Glad we got that figured out! Merry Christmas!
-Lynn Noble Paden ('72) ~ in cloudy Oregon City and
anticipating the arrival of my children and
grandbabies to relive the spirit of Christmas
through their excitement and imagination.
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>>From: Mike Davis ('74)
To: Mike Franco ('70)
First of all, happy holidays, Mike. Sharing the
stories of the departed, but not forgotten, Bombers is a
good idea. You mentioned George Dana ('70-RIP) and the
his ability to put a smile on everybody's face. Coming
from that same mold of humor and compassion was none
other than the Bear [Steve Davis ('72-RIP)]. There are
two giants, with hearts of gold, who are missed and will
always be remembered.
-Mike Davis ('74)
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>>From: Karen Davis Scheffer ('76)
To: Mike Franco
Re: Remembering Deceased Bombers
Boy, I think that is a great idea. To reminisce of
Bombers of the past: the ones we've lost to untimely
deaths, injuries, diseases, old age, or what have you. I
would love to read more quips about George Dana -- I too,
loved that man very much. It was so much fun when he
would visit the Davis household. Others, including Larry
Chafin, Rick Slater, Dink Marcum, Matt Duve, and my own
brother Steve "Bear" Davis -- the ones we've lost would
provide so much enjoyment to remember the good ol' days
when they were around. If any one has stories of Bombers
of the past, please share with the rest of us.
Thanks, and on this Christmas Day that many are
celebrating, I wish you joy, happiness and peace. And I
pray that you celebrate our Lord on a daily basis -- not
just this supposed holy day or a Sunday -- but He lives
daily -- Jeremiah 29:13. (I hope no one takes offense --
my immediate family and I recognize the Sabbaths and the
days that Christ himself took part in -- like the Feast
of Tabernacles etc.)
But anyway, I wish you all the best for the new year.
-Karen Davis Scheffer ('76) ~ in Spokane where it is
about 35 degrees and "I'm lovin' it!"
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>>From: BJ Davis (Bomber mom)
To: Mike Franco ('70)
Of course my favorite departed Bomber is "Bear"
[Steve Davis ('72-RIP)].
We used to follow the Bombers everywhere; but, one of
my favorite memories is on a trip to Yakima. (That was
one of my favorite trips too but can't say that I ever
stopped at the bar in Moxee; I might have tried one of
those eggs however.) We used to go on many of those trips
with Gary and Connie Miller. One night we were running
late so we stopped and picked up some Kentucky fry and
were on our way. It started snowing, one of those real
pretty snows, and I thought to myself, what a perfect
moment. Norm and Gary both were very laid back men and
everything was quiet and still; it was almost like we
were floating. That memory, though different from yours
Mike, has always stuck in my mind.
I hated to go to Walla Walla. Remember how the Walla
Walla audience would blow whistles and our guys would
stop playing but the Walla Walla team would just keep on
playing and the Walla Walla refs had the worst reputation
in the league (apologies to the Walla Walla people of
today)?
Happy belated Christmas to you all; and, to my two
scattered children, we miss you. Wig, we love you man
(smile); and to Karen, our love and get-well wishes.
-BJ Davis (Bomber mom)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/27/03
Dateline: Richland
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7 Bombers sent stuff today:
Anita Hughes ('52), Jay Siegel ('61)
Ed Quigley ('62), Fred Schafer ('63)
Patricia Rediske ('63), Betti Avant ('69)
Peggy Hartnett ('72)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeannine Hughes Shaffer ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon Chapman McFall ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patti Eckert Weyers ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Len Huesties ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ray Nelson ('70)
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>>From: Anita Hughes Hogan ('52)
I am sending this note to wish my sister, Jeannine
Hughes Shaffer ('54), a very Happy Birthday today.
Also to wish all Bombers and their families a
healthy, happy, and prosperous New Year!
-Anita Hughes Hogan ('52) ~ where the sun shines on
beautiful snow covered Mt. Shasta this morning
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>>From: Jay Siegel ('61)
Now that Christmas is past, I hope that each of you
had as good a one as I did.
A note to remind all of you Bombers that enjoy
fireworks, that Larry's company is once again doing the
show at the Emerald Queen this year. If you happen to
come out, the best place to watch the show from is
between the casino and the river boat. From there you can
hear the music and get a good view of the fireworks.
Larry will probably be near that location with the music
but I will be out with the fireworks -- if you are there,
take a walk out and say, "Hey!"
At any rate, everyone have a reallly great New Year.
-Jay Siegel ('61) ~ Poulsbo, WA ~ Clear, blue skies and
warm, gentle breezes
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>>From: Ed Quigley ('62)
To: Jay Siegel ('61)
Well said, Jay. I never really appreciated what a
special place to grow up we had, until I moved up to
Tacoma in '64/5. The level of education we received, the
freedom from fear, and the closeness of the community
(although, I have to admit that I was sometimes irritated
at how quickly word got around when "someone" got caught
doing something he shouldn't -- not that I wasn't the
"perfect child", mind you. Cough, cough!) were
incredible. And from what I have gathered from my friends
here, the unique bond that the "kids" from Richland
share, is truly something to be treasured. Almost daily,
as I read through the Sandstorm (Thanks, Maren!), some
memory is sparked by someone's post, and I really
appreciate it.
To: Janine Rightmire Corrado ('65)
Say "hello" to Guy's wife, from her "old" guitar
teacher! :)
-Ed Quigley ('62)
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>>From: Fred Schafer ('63)
The Schafers "63" had a great Christmas with our two
sons in chilly Vancouver USA. Now we are off to sunny
Tucson AZ for a week of R&R. Ann and I wish you all a
happy and healthy 2004.
-Fred Schafer ('63)
PS-- good hunting, Connie, for your new PC; remember the
ad, "Get a Dell, dude!"
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>>From: Patricia Rediske Weatherman ('63)
Re: Old Christmas Toys
To: Dennis Hammer('64) in the December 23, Sandstorm
Yes! I have a trunk full of my old toys. My favorite
is the Raggedy Ann doll that my Nana hand-made me. She is
faded and a bit frayed around the edges (a bit like me,
come to think of it) but much loved. I also have a doll
that is part cloth, with a crying mechanism in her chest,
and with a composition head and eyes that close, her arms
and legs, alas, are made of rubber, the kind that turns
brown and brittle with age, and those parts are almost
gone. We have a doll hospital near us and I've been
thinking about seeing what they can do with her. I also
have a pair of dachshund (sp? -- drat where's the
dictionary when you need it!) dogs made of red oil cloth
(anybody remember that stuff?) that snap together in the
middle to make a duo, with long floppy ears sewn on. And
..... the famous two headed bed doll, which every young
lady had to have to decorate her bed; mine are blonde and
brunette, they also had waking and sleeping styles. I
have been meaning to ask my baby brother Len ('66) if he
still has his wind up sulky racer and his hedgehog doll
that Mom brought him back from a trip to Germany. She saw
it and realized that it looked like a puppet on the old
"Uncle Jimmy" television show. Does anybody but me
remember that show, produced in Yakima, with the old
cartoon segments, the treasure chest that always had
Wonder Bread and milk as part of the prizes, the birthday
club and the puppets? Oh, what a weird trip down memory
lane that was!
Anyway, back to the toys. I used several of them this
year in a display I helped put together at the assisted
living community where I am the business manager. The
residents loved them! We had a toy piano, a doll
high chair, a monkey doll, a dinosaur doll, a toy sled,
and a doll my mother had as a child -- with real hair, a
real woven straw hat, kid leather shoes, silk stockings
and an open mouth with little teeth showing inside --
she's about a foot tall and, I think, German made.
Well, better go. I love reading all the memories from
any and all Bombers!
-Patricia Rediske Weatherman ('63) ~ Bothell, WA
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
Re: gyms
One of the things I remember most about the Wa-Hi gym
was it was so tiny. Didn't they have some seats above the
one basket? It always got so hot in there that sometimes
they would open the doors to cool it off some. It almost
seems to me that Chief Jo's was bigger than theirs'.
I went to every out of town game I could get to,
either by rooter bus or sometimes someone's dad. When we
went to Wenatchee my sophomore year, we had more fans
than they did. I was at the end of the 2nd row and sat
the whole game with one foot on the floor and the rest of
me on the bleacher. No one could move any closer
together. Are these gyms still as small today as they
were 35 years ago?
Bomber cheers to you all,
-Betti Avant ('69) ~ Goodland, KS, ~ no snow for
Christmas (except for what hadn't melted)
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>>From: Peggy Hartnett ('72)
Re: Mrs. Monica Duncan -- Retired Teacher (RIP)
Thanks to all of you Bombers, I knew you would set my
thinking straight. I was a little right and a little
wrong. I always check my mail here at the museum and my
colleague and I were discussing one of the many
history/stories that is often repeated in Bisbee.
Suddenly when I saw the error of my memories it gave me
pause -- that is how history is often messed up! Thank
heaven I am not in charge of keeping track!
Re: Boxing Day
I was so happy to see Boxing Day on the dateline. I
love the ideas behind Boxing Day. When I lived in NYC and
working for incredibly rich people, one of them was
English and if he was in New York at Christmas, he made a
point of giving something, in person, to all of us who
worked for him. So, though far from wealthy, I do try to
think about those folks who make my life a little easier
and go see them and say thank you on this day.
Happiest of Holidays to you all.
-Peggy Hartnett ('72)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/28/03
Dateline: Richland
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12 Bombers sent stuff today:
Doris Palmer ('49), Tom Tracy ('55)
Jim Russell ('58), Lola Heidlebaugh ('60)
Pam Swain ('61), Audrey Eberhardt (WB'61)
Paula Beardsley ('62), John Adkins ('62)
Len Rediske ('66), Rick Maddy ('67)
Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68), Betti Avant ('69)
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>>From: Doris Palmer Overla ('49)
To: Ray Conley ('46)
Happy Belated Birthday, Ray. Sorry to be so late.
To: All Bombers young and older
Hope that the New Year will bring you all the
wonderful things that you deserve, good health and
happiness for you and your families.
-Doris Palmer Overla ('49) ~ from sunny Florida where we
are truly enjoying a visit from our daughter
from Korea and busy helping her plan for her
retirement from the Army after 22 years
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>>From: Tom Tracy ('55)
To: Wally Erickson ('53)
The brow of the hill overlooking the riding academy,
just a stone's throw from our ranch house at 1325 Cedar,
seemed to be a good place to find the small beads. I
recall Ron Kulick showing a few of our 4th grade
classmates where we could find them. We screened a small
collection of them and brought them back to Marcus
Whitman teacher who collected buttons.
While screening beads I could see my favorite sorrel
"Jerry" grazing in the pasture below. I could also see
that giant black horse with the mean look in his eye ...
the one who knew he had me intimidated the first time I
let him stare me down. When I agreed to ride him I had no
idea that look in his eye meant he would put all his feet
together in a bunch and elevate me haystack high as he
moved a few paces left. He did have a look and grin that
asked, "You want some more of this?" I always arrived
early and selected Jerry who had to be the finest horse I
ever rode at the stables. He could stop on a dime and
give you change for a quarter. He loved to run and
carrots were his ice cream and candy. I got a tear in my
eye when I found out he'd been sold. It may have been the
year we outgrew our Roy Rogers lunch boxes.
Back to the bead warning. We took her seriously when
our teacher expressed concern about sacred burial
grounds. That ended most of our archeological digs in
that area. Besides the fact that we were boys and not
attuned to remaining patient enough to thread a needle
through that tiny shafted bead. Those finely sliced,
hollow beads may have been precision cut from the machine
shop of ancient space explorers. Theories hold that once
they finished watching the earth cool from the moon's
surface, what else were they supposed to do? They dropped
a few beads across the prairie and watched the rumor mill
spin.
I've been hoping we could find one of the wonderfully
talented seamstresses from the Class of '55 (who were
kind enough to show us how to stitch emblems on
letterman's sweaters without stabbing ourselves) to give
us their theories about the beads. It would also be great
to find one who would take this large ball of steel wool
and knit me a Ferrari. Seriously though, I know that the
young ladies of RHS '55 spun lots of straw into gold and
love for their families and helped make each new day
better than they ever expected.
Good thoughts to those who live and lived in that
"wonderful place to grow up in" Richland, the land of
Magic Firehouse Basketball and the world's best glow-in-
the-dark friends.
Maybe someone knows about the beads. Thanks for the
memory Wally.
Cheers from across the years and Many happy returns,
-Tom Tracy ('55)
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>>From: Jim Russell ('58)
Re: rival gyms
To: Betti Avant ('69)
I don't remember the Wa-Hi gym as tiny. The gym I
think I remember as having seating at the end and above
the basket was that of Pasco. I can visualize being
"seated" at that end, looking down at the closing moments
of action at the season's kick-off jamboree for the
Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland teams. I think it was the
1957-58 season. Each team played a quarter against each
of the other teams (that doesn't seem to work out
mathematically). As the horn sounded at the close of the
quarter against one of the teams, Col-Hi's C.W. Brown
hooked a desperation shot from one end of the court to
the other. NOTHING BUT NET!
My memory of the Wa-Hi gym is much less rewarding.
One weekend afternoon, the DeMolays from Richland Chapter
challenged the DeMolays from Walla Walla to a basketball
contest. We had done well in the Church League and felt
pretty confident. We traveled to Walla Walla and met
face-to-face in the Wa-Hi gym. Everything was fine until
the tip-off. That's when we discovered that the Walla
Walla high school basketball team were all members of the
local DeMolay Chapter. It wasn't pretty!
-Jim Russell ('58) ~ in beautiful downtown Mountlake
Terrace.
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>>From: Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60)
NOTICE FOR JANUARY 10, 2004 LUNCHEON
WHAT: Portland/Vancouver Bomber Christmas Luncheon
DATE: Saturday - January 10
TIME: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
WHERE: DoubleTree/Columbia River
I-5 Exit #308 - Jantzen Beach Exit
Prices vary from $5.95 - $13.95 - but all the
food is good and portions are generous!
Please contact Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60) if you will
be able to join the group! <Lobow31837@aol.com> -- New
Bombers join us almost every month! Spouses and guests
are all welcome!
-Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60)
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>>From: Pam Swain Johnson ('61)
Did anyone else notice that the toys we bought our
grandchildren this year were remakes of toys that we
bought our children years ago? There were GI Joes,
Micronauts and, of course, Legos. The difference this
Christmas being the price and the technology. Our Bret
wanted Mind Storm Legos -- and Hooray! I found the last
set. For a mere $199 he can make his own robots and hook
them up and program them with his computer. As I said the
price is somewhat different from the $14.95 sets we all
bought way back when but think of where Bill Gates would
be today if he had these cool toys. Also did anyone else
notice the Homeland Security toys? Spy glasses, decoding
devices and so on. I think all you old guys used to order
those same glasses from the back of comic books with the
hope of using your X-Ray Vision to see through girl's
dresses. Everything old is new again.
Best wishes to all for '04.
-Pam Swain Johnson ('61)
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>>From: Audrey Eberhardt Mathews (WB'61)
Don't remember if I wished everyone a Happy New Year
for 2004. I also want to tell everyone how much I enjoy
reading the memories.
I must agree also about the education we received. I
transferred from California at the beginning of the 7th
grade into Mrs. Smith's room at Chief Jo -- talk about
culture shock. I was honor roll in CA, but very far
behind at CJ. I remember how embarrassed I was, when Mrs.
Smith promoted me provisionally. Thank God for excellent
schools, it has served me well over the years.
I will not be reading my Sandstorm for a week. I am
going to help take care of a granddaughter after shoulder
surgery. I will miss it.
May everyone have a healthy, prosperous, and blessed
2004.
To the very, very, hard workers of the Sandstorm my
deep and sincere thank-you for an exceptional
performance. Bless you.
-Audrey Eberhardt Mathews (WB'61)
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>>From: Paula Beardsley Glenn ('62)
To: Jeff Curtis ('69)
I remember that chrome table and the gentle spirit of
our nice neighborhood. I didn't realize your folks
weren't still in the old house. I'm sorry to hear that.
You have a wonderful way with words that brings the
memories welling over me. My strongest memories of the
holidays are of sitting down to dinner with the Reils
every Thanksgiving and Christmas until we were teenagers.
Janice, Nancy, and I sat at the kids table with Saralyn,
Scherion, and Rick; and when we got older, we got to go
to the movie on Christmas night. What a great childhood
we got to have. Thanks Mom and Dad.
To: Vera Smith Robbins ('58)
Happy belated birthday Vera Alice! Dad sends his love
to you also.
I hope each of you has a blessed new year and it is
filled with the best of everything wherever you are.
Thanks Maren for continuing to provide this wonderful
connection. You are the best.
-Paula Beardsley Glenn ('62)
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>>From: John Adkins ('62)
There is a small brushing of snow here in "the
Beautiful Downtown Tri-Cities" this morning, enough to
make the streets and sidewalks white but not enough for a
real serious run down Carmichael Hill or a Hookie-Bob
down Hunt Street. Those of us with SUV's have joyously
engaged our 4WD's and made the run to the Spudnut Shoppe
for warm spuddies and a few exchanged stories of
snowfalls past. My two grandsons are excited -- first
offense with snow for them.
CONNIE LOUISE is getting a New Computer! -- DUCK
everybody.
Happy Holidays to all.
-John Adkins ('62) ~ Richland
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>>From: Len Rediske ('66)
To: Patricia Rediske Weatherman ('63)
Re: old toys and dolls
Yes, Sis, I still have my sulky racer, my Raggedy
Andy doll, my mechanized Popeye skating toy, as well as a
very old black stuffed dog with sewn on patches. I don't
remember him at all, but Linda just pulled him out of the
bottom drawer where he lives with other assorted old
stuffed things.
I enjoyed reading your Sandstorm entry today (12-27).
I don't remember most of the toys that you mentioned, but
I am sure that they mean a lot to you.
I really recommend that you take the dolls to the
doll restorer. We took a doll in to a local restorer, and
had great results.
My wife Linda has most of her childhood dolls and
stuffed animals. Some are quite threadbare.
We also have four storage tubs chock full of stuffed
animals, mostly bears. We use them to change the seasonal
decor in our house.
How about you other Bombers out there? Do you have
some stories of your childhood toys and dolls?
-Len Rediske ('66) and Linda
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>>From: Rick Maddy ('67)
Re: Wazzu, Bombers, and elderly cattle
Not that I am much of a football fan. Other than
stopping in at Sears’ electronics department and rooting
for Washington state teams of any kind on the tubes I
pretty well quit watching the game a few years back after
noticing what I thought was Craig’s sister quarterbacking
a Seahawk game for the final minutes of a losing season.
Some Sears shopper viewing the game on another screen
yelled out, “Hey, they put Craig’s sister in the game!”
Of course, he was wrong. Although, I must admit, it did
take me a few downs to realize it.
Nevertheless, the Wazzu game has again tweaked a bit
of interest because this is possibly the last season for
the Texas mascot, Bevo the Thirteenth. I gotta see that.
And if someone is thinking this has something to do with
the Soylent Green Mabton case, I assure you it does not.
Here is the beginning of the story and address for the
rest if interested:
"Bevo XIII, the University of Texas longhorn steer
mascot, has seen a lot in 16 seasons. It may be about
time to put him out to pasture. The Silver Spurs
spirit club, which takes care of the mascot, is
considering retiring Bevo XIII after Texas plays
Washington State in the Holiday Bowl on Tuesday, if
it can find a suitable replacement. Club officials
believe the time is probably right for a steer as
long in the tooth as in the horns. He's 19, nearing
his life expectancy of 22 ..."
<http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls03/news/story?id=1694419>
Does anyone watch the Seattle Utah Los Angeles Laker
team we got down here? Give them their rings and let’s
end this years pro season circus as soon as possible. Too
painful to watch! Reminds me of always being chosen last
down there on Barth at the eight-footer with the bent rim
because nobody wanted a 5’7” post that couldn't jump.
Keep the Bomber play by play coming ... PLEASE!!! I enjoy
seeing familiar names that make me wonder if that is so
and so’s kid. Toss in a Bomber girl’s game now and then
if someone can. Who is on that team? Nice to read about a
game that is a game before falling into the after high
school abyss of who cares. Is Title 9 still in effect?
Anyway, gotta go ... my WWE is starting.
-Rick Maddy ('67) ~ Huntington Beach, CA ~ clear, sunny,
a freezing cold 59 degrees, high 30’s at
night ... surfs up
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>>From: Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
RE: Discovering and going with what we're 'good at'
Had a lovely, quiet, warm, loving, contemplative
Christmas week thus far. The highlights have been
midnight Mass Christmas Eve, and two day trips (25th and
26th), looking for rural property. (Found some great
stuff east of Walla Walla, up on a ridge above Dixie. Any
Walla Walla-based Bombers reading? Please get in touch if
you're out there.) Will be having Christmas-type dinner
with good friends this evening.
My eldest son, Seth (HHS-WB'93) and wife Sarah
(NAB), just south of Everett, are expecting my first
grandchild on January 6th. She is, of course, hugely
pregnant by now, and it would not have been wise for them
to have come east of the mountains for Christmas. So they
spent Christmas Eve with her father's side of the family,
Christmas morning with her sister's family (3 little
kids), and Christmas Day with a ton of people at her
mother's house. Just talking to Sarah and Seth on the
phone with our Christmas greetings for one another as
they dashed from one place to the next made me appreciate
even more the quiet and truly spiritual and loving
experience Christmas has been for me this year.
Canaan (HHS-WB'96) only had four days off from
school in Phoenix, as he is fast tracking so he can
finish in three more months. So coming up was not an
option for him. The other two (de facto step-kids and
neither Bombers), ages 20 (Erin) and 14 (Nikolai), were
with their bio mom this Christmas.
Next year, which will be the LAST Christmas in
Spokane, God-willing, there will be all four kids (ages
15-30 by then) plus at least one kid-spouse (Sarah) and
maybe a boyfriend/girlfriend or two here -- plus the baby
(who will be nearly a year old by then). It will be
rousing, and I will be thankful for the kids' presence
and love, face-to-face. But .....
My experience this year helped me discover something
about myself, as I prepare to be Grandma Lynn-Marie.
(I'll bet that comes out as "Grandma Limmery" from little
ones. That's kind of cool :-) ) I don't think I am the
kind of grandma for holidays. I think I am the kind of
grandma for 'ordinary days', and trips to baseball games
and such. That's a good thing to know about oneself. For
one thing, it will keep the kids (all of them) from
having to worry about "whose turn is it to have us for
Thanksgiving/Christmas this year" -- and establish their
own traditions instead.
Now, don't get me wrong -- I think all of you Bomber
grandparents who DO have your kids/grandkids come for
Christmas are probably creating great memories with them.
But I think the real secret of good grandparenting (I say
this as speculation, not having done it yet) is probably
is going with what you're good at and what you enjoy
doing with the grandkids.
For example, Sarah's mom (the other grandma) is into
shopping and dressing up and having tea parties and such.
That's good -- because I will be the grandma who is into
digging in the dirt, teaching the grandkids how to care
for animals, and how to keep official score at a baseball
game, etc. So I figure the grandkids will get some good
balance in their lives. WOULD APPRECIATE
THOUGHTS/COMMENTS ON THIS FROM BOMBER GRANDPARENTS WITH
SOME EXPERIENCE!
In the meantime, I will SOON be posting pictures to
our website of my grandson. (We have birthday bets
ranging from 12/28 to 1/13. I am praying for sooner
rather than later -- for Sarah's sake, and because grad
school starts again on 1/13. The kids want me to stay for
a week after the baby comes -- so sooner will work much
better!) No doubt you will all be breathlessly awaiting
the link to those photos ;-) (Hey, I do get a kick out of
YOUR photos -- even those of you I don't know personally.
So I figure you just might enjoy these!)
May each of us walk in the light as we enter the New
Year.
Blessings,
-Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
To: Richard Anderson ('60)
Re: Wa-Hi Gym
Thanks, Richard, [for a trip] down memory lane with
the pictures of the old Wa-Hi gym. Gee, these pictures
make the gym bigger than I remember. Of course the
visitors' section was always in "enemy territory" where
the reserved seating was. Even Dawald Gym was that way,
as I occasionally got to sit in that section when I
worked for Dr. Pettee and he gave me his tickets when he
was not going to the game. I know there were nights when
the fire marshals would come through and get people out
the aisles because they were over seating capacity for a
big game.
-Betti Avant ('69) ~ sunny today but not too warm
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/29/03
Dateline: Richland
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7 Bombers sent stuff today:
Marguerite Groff ('54), Wynell Williams ('55)
Pete Overdahl ('60), Donna Nelson ('63)
Mike Howell (WB'68), Betti Avant ('69)
Lynn Noble ('72)
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>>From: Richard Anderson ('60) -- Deputy Editor
======APPEAL FOR TECHNICAL COMPUTER ASSISTANCE===========
Re: Burt Pierard's ('59) Computer is Broken
NOTE: this is a appeal for technical assistance. If you
don't know too much about the inner workings of a PC the
rest of this will be *REALLY* boring. I recommend that
you skip to today's regular content.
The situation: Burt has a Dell 4100 running Windows ME.
It has two physical hard drives: C:-20GB and D:-80GB. It
appears that the C-drive has been attacked by a malicious
virus and has been rendered un-readable/un-bootable. What
Burt needs is for someone in the Tri-Cities who has the
appropriate hardware/software resources to extract a
number of critical files from the drive (if possible)
which will then permit him to reformat the drive from
scratch and do a clean install of Windows ME. The files
in question pertain to Club 40 matters for the most part.
I spent much of Sunday afternoon and evening at Burt's
trying to recover the data using really old Norton
Utilities (V7.0 for DOS) without much luck. Without any
luck, in fact. Indeed, it is just a WAG on my part that
the problem has been caused by a malicious virus.
So, if anyone in Bombeville or the Tri-Cities can help,
Burt -- and Club 40 -- would be infinitely grateful. You
can either send me e-mail which I can pass on to him; or,
give him a call at 943-3400.
I am including my e-mail address in the web-based version
(normally we strip e-mail addresses in a somewhat feeble
attempt to defeat the address-harvesters):
<bomber60@richlandbombers.com>
Thanks in advance for whatever help you can provide,
-Richard Anderson ('60) -- Deputy Editor
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>>From: Marguerite Groff Tompkins ('54)
To: Class of '54
I hate bad news as much as anyone, and especially at
this time of year. However, I need to report that we've
lost two of our classmates.
Dennis Hoxie ('54) passed away on Christmas day. I
talked with his wife, Judith, today and she gave me some
background that isn't in the obituary. Apparently he had
Lou Gehrig's Disease and, more recently, Alzheimers. I
have asked Shirley Collings Haskins ('66) to scan the
obit onto the Sandstorm funeral notices. It may not show
for a couple days. I wanted to warn you that the obit
says that Dennis moved to the Tri-Cities in 1971 and it
doesn't mention where he graduated from. It confused me
so I talked with his wife and sure enough it was our
Dennis. His wife explained the obituary problem was a
family issue between herself and a stepchild. Somehow the
stepchild won out. She did tell me one very positive
thing that happened for Dennis. After years that she, I,
and others tried to make him feel guilty about not going
to our reunions, this year, out of the blue, he told her
he wanted to go to Club 40. It was very important to him
to be there. He was obviously ill, but was enjoying
visiting with everyone. She told me that he was very
upbeat and pleased that he had gone. After that night, he
went downhill fairly quickly.
I have to apologize to you for not putting this
information out sooner. While I was in the hospital
following surgery in October, I saw an obituary for
Charles 'Chuck' Hendricks. The obit also used the name
Charles 'Dwayne' Hendricks. I remember him as Dwayne.
Anyway, he died on October 3, 2003. Apparently he dropped
out of high school and joined the military in 1953, so
Col-High isn't listed. I lost track of the obit from the
paper. It has been found and I will mail it to Shirley
Haskins to scan onto the Sandstorm Funeral page. His name
isn't on our '54 web page. John Bruntlett is now the
webmaster and I'll send him a note to add Charles to our
list and show him as deceased.
Now, enough is enough. The rest of you stay healthy
and alive and have a wonderful 2004! See you at the BIG
5-0. Remember, if you did not receive the DustStorm,
please let me know and I will see that you get a copy so
you can join us in September.
-Marguerite Groff Tompkins ('54) ~ in Richland where we
finally have snow. Doesn't thrill me; but, the
grandkids are happy.
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>>From: Wynell Williams Fishburne ('55)
To: Len Rediske ('66) and Linda
In response to childhood toys, I have quite a
collection of the Nancy Ann Storybook Dolls -- 20 to 25.
I still have the original polka dot boxes (blue, red, and
pink polka dots). The price is still on some of the boxes
-- $.99, 1.29, etc. I also have an original box of the
"Sparkle Plenty" paper dolls. Not sure what to do with
all these things as I doubt my children would ever want
them. Anyone have any ideas to offer me?
Thanks for the memories,
-Wynell Williams Fishburne ('55)
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>>From: Pete Overdahl ('60)
To: All Alumni Richland Bombers
I have been playing catchup with my Alumni Sandstorms
over the Christmas Holidays. It sounds like everyone is
enjoying this special time of the year with their
families and friends. I know some of our alumni are not
with family and friends as they serve in our Armed Forces
all over the world. I hope some of them have access to
this fun website wherever they are. Everyday we read of
the loss of another service person in Iraq or in other
hot spots of the world. So as we approach this coming
year of 2004 we want to keep in mind there are some of
our alumni who are not in such fun parts of the world and
we should continue to send our love and prayers. Let them
know we appreciate what they are doing as we can continue
to celebrate this time of the year with our loved ones.
God bless all of our men and women in the Armed
Forces.
-Pete Overdahl ('60) ~ Richland, Washington -- Home of
the Mighty Bombers -- where it is sunny with a
little melting snow.
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>>From: Donna Nelson ('63)
Re: Christmas Toys
I still have my Toni doll and she's dressed in
clothes my grandmother made. I also have a walking Muffy
doll and another soft doll that I never liked because I
must have been getting too old for them.
A not so good memory is having to say what we wanted
for Christmas in Mrs. Nelson's 3rd grade room at
Sacajawea. I wanted a stuffed panda bear and when I said
it, I was laughed at. I got it and loved it. My sister,
Suz ('67) got one just like it. I still want to pick up
all the stuffed toys at Goodwill when I go.
-Donna Nelson ('63)
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>>From: Mike Howell (WB'68)
To: Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
As the grandfather of 12 excellent examples of
grandchildren (2-16) and Dad to two sons and three
daughters -- the two boys have not yet had kids of their
own -- I regret to inform you that you have no say in the
matter of traditions. You can change present opening to
Christmas Eve or even to Christmas afternoon. It can be
at anyone's home but, no matter what, you are going to be
involved. Face it, it is beyond your control and you will
learn to love it with every waking breath. So get use to
it, Granny. LOL!
-Mike Howell (WB'68)
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
Re: old toys
I still have the teddy bear my parents gave me as an
infant. Mom had removed the buttons for eyes before it
was given to me. I also have the rocking chair I used to
sit in endlessly. In fact, I have never touched it up, it
still bears the scratches from the rivets on my blue
jeans. Teddy seats in that rocker with a tank top with an
Army Specialist-4 pin on along with a pair of my first
pierced earrings in her ears. She holds my cabbage patch
doll in her lap (a present for Christmas when they were
popular). I think I kept a couple of toys my mom had
saved when I cleaned out her apartment when she passed
away.
Here's to Bombers everywhere,
-Betti Avant ('69) ~ the wind is howling today (typical
for northwestern Kansas)
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>>From: Lynn Noble Paden ('72)
To: Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
Loved reading about your expectations of
grandparenting. I've been a grandparent for almost three
years now, and have found it more delightful than I could
ever imagine and a true blessing. When my son and his
wife first discovered they were pregnant, both were
concerned because it "wasn't how they had planned" their
life and in fact they had decided that children wouldn't
be introduced to their world for another 10 years or
so ... now they couldn't imagine life without their son,
Ian, who is now almost three.
I am fortunate to live only 40 minutes away from them
and have been blessed with the ability to spend a lot of
time with Ian over the past couple of years. I've
experienced his first smile, first time he sat up by
himself, and the first time he used the potty! We play on
the floor with trucks, cars, buses, and dolls and we take
"adventure walks" together -- which Ian now demands as a
condition of visiting us! I also get to yodel out several
rounds of "Oorah, oorah" (Irish Lullaby) at his bedtime
during his visits. The first time I got to rock him to
sleep, tears welled up in my eyes because it brought back
wonderful memories of when I sing to Ian's daddy in the
middle of the night.
We visit Papa (my husband) at the Oregon State Police
headquarters where Papa is officially the "chief
executive in charge of the state agency" but who cites
nursery rhymes on the floor in his office with Ian --
much to the delight of the OSP leadership team who
usually only see him engaged in politics with the
legislature and making tough decisions. I have even made
"my time off to play with Ian" a condition of my HR
consulting contract -- and no one dares to argue when I
tell them that I'll be off for a few days playing with
Ian. When our children flew the nest, we immersed
ourselves into our careers even more. By having Ian in
our lives it has caused us to rethink our priorities from
our spending so much time in our careers to giving back
to our family.
I'm sure other grammas and grandpas out there will
agree with me that you're in for a wonderful time with
your little one and we all understand your excitement.
I'll look forward to hearing your stories as you walk
through life with your little darling!
-Lynn Noble Paden ('72) ~ aka to Ian: "Nee-Nee"
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/30/03
Dateline: Richland
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7 Bombers sent stuff today:
Norma Loescher ('53), Bill Witherup ('53)
John Browne, Jr ('61), Jim Hamilton ('63)
Carol Cross ('64), Linda Reining ('64)
John Wingfield ('66)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marilyn Sue Richey ('53)
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Fuh-Bah Tonight:
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>>From: Norma Loescher Boswell ('53)
I remember at this warm-hearted season of the year,
friends, neighbors, and cousins dropped in to give and
receive holiday gifts. Fragrant, mouth-watering baked
goods were savored on the spot. Mom Loescher was a
seamstress, knitter, crocheter, needleworker, and maker
of crafts. Her dresser drawers full of aprons,
embroidered dish towels, sweaters, doilies, doo-dads, and
tablecloths were generously emptied at Christmas.
Dad, after joking about saving money by decorating a
large fern or other house plant, would bring home a
Christmas tree and set it up, filling the living room
with the pungent scent of pine. Silver garlands, tinsel,
bubble lights, and family ornaments made the tree a thing
of beauty. For years we saved and reused the tinsel.
One year Barbara Gaebel Zepeda ('53) painted the West
Side Church windows with a nativity scene. They looked
like stained glass -- too beautiful to wash off.
The youth group went caroling every year and had a
Christmas party in the home of our lively sponsors. We
took food to the Union Gospel Mission.
Each year the list of New Year's Resolutions grew
shorter as we learned we wouldn't keep fifteen, ten, or
five pledges. We prayed energetically for important
things. This year I pray for peace and good health for
all of us. When possible, I'll work for those things.
Bomber cheers,
-Norma Loescher Boswell ('53) ~ writing in Richland,
where patches of snow linger, and snow skies
alternate with blue.
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>>From: Bill Witherup ('53)
Does anyone have a copy of the Dupus Boomer cartoon
book, and in good condition, and for sale? My father's
copy, which is now in the archives at University of
Washington, was torn and water stained.
-Bill Witherup ('53)
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>>From: John Browne, Jr ('61)
To: Wynell Williams Fishburne ('55)
Re: Sparkle Plenty
Are you talking about a paper doll of the Love Child
of Gravel Gertie and B.O. Plenty? Get Out! ..... and find
a color copier and wreak a little artistic havoc before
it's too late (if it ever is).
Ahhh, Sandstorm ..... the memory bombardment
continues. Happy 6th Day of Christmas, everyone (what IS
that one? Six pigs with wings? Everything's getting
hazy.)
^..^
-JHBrowne, Jr. ('61) ~ Vashon Island, Wa
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>>From: Jim Hamilton ('63)
It was at 2pm, 36 years ago today that this young
butter bar Lieutenant in his brand new dress blues waited
at the altar for the Forever Young and Always Lovely Miss
Nancy. With my homies Dave Pugh, Rob Hills, Bob Mathis,
and Jim Armstrong at my side, she and I took our vows,
and the rest is history.
She still makes my palms sweat, and I'd do it again
tomorrow.
Don't nobody pinch me now.
jimbeaux
-Jim Hamilton ('63)
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>>From: Carol Cross Llewellyn ('64)
To: Wynell Williams Fishburne ('55)
Re: Nancy Ann Storybook Dolls
I tried to email a reply to this Sandstorm entry and
it was returned from AOL undeliverable.
Hello - I just read your entry into the Sandstorm
where you were wondering what to do with story book
dolls. I sold many on eBay for a friend and did quite
well w/o the boxes and some w/o the original clothes and
all listed as 'played with'. You might be amazed at how
much you can make selling them on eBay. Check them out on
current auctions and completed auctions. Good luck!
-Carol Cross Llewellyn ('64)
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
To: Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
Re: grandparents
I have three "natural" grandchildren, ranging in age
from 10 to almost 3; and four "foster" grandchildren,
ranging in age from 17 to 5 -- they are the reason I get
up each and every day with a smile on my face and a
reason for living! I am fortunate enough to live in the
same town as my grandchildren -- can't imagine not being
able to see them each and every day! They bring a joy
that is indescribable and more tears, laughs, and fun
than I ever thought possible! I watch them daily while
their mommies and daddies are at work and I LOVE IT --
best job I have ever had! So, relax and enjoy being
grandma -- it is the best and you will be rewarded with
many kisses and hugs and small voices calling out your
newest name -- you will love it! By the way, I am NOT the
grandma who will dig in the dirt (no green thumb, here),
nor am I the one who will teach them about sports (I am a
spectator, not a participant), but I "delight" in the
things they find in the dirt (bugs, snails, worms, etc.),
and I am one of their staunchest rooters at the various
sports they partake in -- my voice is usually the loudest
one (nothing new to those that know me), and yes, it
embarrasses them, but they also know I will be there at
all their games, cheerleading competitions, and band
competitions, rooting for them to do their best, no
matter if they win or lose! So, enjoy your new name and
finding a whole new way to look at the world and the
discoveries that will be uncovered by the newest member
of your family. It really is wonderful to be called,
"grandma", "nana", "memaw", or whatever. My mom was
called, "gran-gran" and I am called, "mawmaw" -- BEST
name I ever had!
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA
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>>From: John Wingfield ('66)
[Note: John consigned this to hotmail on Dec 24th;
hotmail finally sent it to Sandstorm FIVE days later.
(Great outfit, Microsoft, ain't it?) Anyway, here it is.
--Ed.]
Merry Christmas to you!
I was thinking back to days growing up in Richland
the other day. We always looked forward to and hoped for
a White Christmas, in our family. I remember one time it
snowed about 4-6 inches. The boys in the block made a
good snow fort next door to our house, in front of Bob
Frick's house. There we were having a good snow ball
fight; Bob, Richard and Allan Coffman, Jim Newell, and
others when up drove Leonard Sauer, stopped in front of
Bob's house and tried to make it into the house. We had
such fun giving him a blizzard of snow balls. The great
fun of it was we were all bundled up in winter parkas,
caps and gloves so no one recognized us, so I thought.
But later, when I was in Sauer's mechanical drawing
class, perhaps two or three years later, he gave me a
hack. That's when I began to see that what you put out
comes back to you.
Another great treat that we always tried to enjoy
after a good snow was hookie bobbing. (Now check me on
the spelling here, John Allen, but the fact is I don't
ever remember seeing this spelled before.) There are so
many memories of growing up in Richland: warm, heart felt
memories of growing up in a family with love and
stability.
But I know that was not true for everyone, not
everyone has good feelings nor good memories associated
with Christmas and the holidays. So my prayers go out to
support those who do not, that they may forgive and heal
those hurts and pains and be free to enjoy life from now
on.
May you have a wonderful Christmas, filled with love
and happiness, good health and prosperity.
Mele Kalikimaka from the slopes of Diamond Head,
-John Wingfield ('66)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/31/03 ~ NEW YEAR'S EVE
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13 Bombers, 1 Bomber daughter-in-law, & 1 Bomber Funeral Notice today:
Phil Belcher ('51), Muriel Anderson (53WB)
Wally Erickson ('53), Max Sutton ('57)
Helen Cross ('62), Nancy Mallory ('64)
Linda McKnight ('65), Patricia de la Bretonne ('65)
Cheryl Moran ('66), Stu Osborn ('71)
Treg Owings ('76), Jenny Tomaszewski ('94)
Ryan Seidel ('94), Kathie McCoy (Shelley's daughter-in-law)
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Editor's Question (Again):
Maybe the Bomber who knows the answer to this question
missed it when I asked in an earlier Sandstorm. Someone
had asked for the words to our Alma Mater and I had put
the URL where the words can be found... it begins with the
words "Oh, we love our fair Columbia"... so now I want to
know if our Alma Mater was changed when they changed from
Columbia High School to Richland High School?????
-Maren
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Wayne Wallace ('50)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John Allen ('66)
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>>From: Phil Belcher ('51)
Many years ago when I was at Col. Hi., we would have a
snake dance from the high school down through the down town
section winding up across from the old police station. Every
one in town would have sent their Christmas trees to this
area, (there would be hundreds) and the fire Department
would set the pile on fire while we stood around and sang.
Can't do that now-a-days.
-Phil Belcher ('51) ~ Prosser - where it warmed up to 26
today, a good time to stay inside by the fireplace.
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>>From: Muriel Anderson Thompson ('53WB)
To: Bill Witherup ('53)
Reproductions of the Dupus Boomer Cartoon Book are for
sale at the museum in Richland located in the old rec
building. I bought a copy for my old friend Herb Bullard
hence I no longer have it to send to you.
Maybe someone can pick one up for you there.
Regards,
-Muriel Anderson Thompson ('53WB)
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>>From: Wally Erickson ('53)
Re: Indian burial site
To: Tom Tracy ('55)
I enjoyed reading your email on the "Indian beads"...
Your classmate Kenny Webster ('55) emailed me afterwards and
he thought maybe it could have been a "ceremonial ground"
instead of a burial site, since we didn't see any bones in
the area. Kenny was one of my neighbor friends who was with
me at the time. He also mentioned he still had some of those
beads and bits of pottery... I would love to see them some
day (since he lives in California and I'm in Idaho).
Also, have some great memories of riding those wonderful
horses at the riding academy. What fun times we had as kids.
Anyway, thanks for your response... I and many others
(Bombers) enjoy reading your emails. You should write a book
about the "Good Old Days in Richland"... great memories. And
of course thanks to Maren for making all this possible.
I want to wish all the BOMBER FANS a very Happy NEW YEAR
for 2004!!!!
-Wally Erickson ('53) ~ We got snow in Idaho for the Holidays...
overlooking snow in the mountains and on the evergreen
trees. The birds are busy at all the bird feeders.
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>>From: Max Sutton ('57)
Uh-Oh, those ole Texas boys got clawed pretty good by
the Cougs. The score was not very indicative of the game
cause the Cougs really took 'em apart. It was a very well
played game.
-Max Sutton ('57) ~ Renton, WA (Cougar Country)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
We are in San Diego for the great game. We are having
lovely weather today after a very cold-for- here day
yesterday. People in big coats and muffs... funny for me
to see in such mild weather. We had a great parade this am.
Happy New Year to all.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
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>>From: Nancy Mallory Johnson ('64)
To: Bill Witherup ('53)
My Mom had both Dupus Boomer books which I loved. They
have been re-issued in one volume. My sister got me a copy.
I think she got it in Richland.
-Nancy Mallory Johnson ('64) ~ Jackson, TN - where it is
cool and sunny
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>>From: Linda McKnight ('65)
To: Linda Reining ('64) and to all those other grandmas out there!!!
Oh yes, being a grandma is the most wonderful thing in
the world. Being a mom was extremely wonderful, but you all
have to admit was such hard work, and no sleep for about 20+
years (well at least with my kids who still can give me
grief - ha ha!), but when you first hold that new grandbaby
(and yes, I was right there in the delivery room annoying
the heck out of my daughter), the emotions are indescribable
and bring a tear to my eye right now. I attend every sporting
event, and I have three grandkids... so sometimes it has
been that I have been the only family member there due to
the other sporting events the other kids are involved in on
a weekend. I remember the opening of baseball last year, and
my oldest grandson, who is 9, was playing in his first game.
It was rainy and wet, and they all had their cute little
uniforms on, and here comes Clint sliding into home base all
covered with mud!! I am congratulating his successful run,
and look over and the youngest who is 5 is standing in a mud
puddle up to his ankles, after doing the splashing thing
that little boys can never avoid.
I am proud of the fact that I am the first person to
ever take my grandson to Oregon Museum of Science and
Industry, and the first person to ever buy him a Krispy
Kreme (and the last time I ever will eat one... bleh)... My
heart melts when my youngest grandson tells me out of the
blue "Grandma, I love you. You are the bestest grandma!"
Happy New Year everyone!! And love up those kids and
grandkids.
-Linda McKnight ('65)
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>>From: Patricia de la Bretonne ('65)
where is Jim Newell?
-Patricia de la Bretonne ('64)
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>>From: Cheryl Moran Fleming ('66)
It's been a while since I read the Sandstorm or written
in. Jim ('65) and I just returned from Redding, CA where we
spent Christmas with our daughter and her family. Best
Christmas yet! We drove and as we traveled through Oregon
one night, we listened to a portion of The Cinnamon Bear
on the radio. It was a good experience to drive down I-5,
looking at the lit up houses beyond the freeway, car heater
blasting and listening to the program. Ah, the simple joys!
Cathy Weihermiller ('66) is coming tomorrow and we will
spend New Years in downtown Spokane at First Night. Jim and
his band are playing at the Ridpath.
I'm adding a resolution to 2004, to try harder to keep
up with the Sandstorm. Happy Bomber New Year!!
-Cheryl Moran Fleming ('66)
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>>From: Stu Osborn ('71)
Re: From: John Wingfield ('66)
>>[Note: John consigned this to hotmail on Dec 24th;
>>hotmail finally sent it to Sandstorm FIVE days later.
>>(Great outfit, Microsoft, ain't it?) Anyway, here it is.
>>--Ed.]
Maybe this isn't the correct forum to air this but since
I've seen others here take the tact of blasting Microsoft
in the past and the editors always allow it, I'll finally
submit an alternate response. Ed's comment about Microsoft
yesterday finally struck a chord loud enough to elicit
my reaction. Not sure if very many of you on the Alumni
Sandstorm forum realize just how great an outfit that
Microsoft ACTUALLY is... Sure, as an industry leader
Microsoft is perceived as arrogant but that's not what I see
from the inside looking out. All I see is a bunch of good
natured, hard working, extremely SMART people trying to
deliver great products to customers. Year in and year out,
my company surveys as one of the top 5 places that college
grads want to work. And just because someone like Ed jumps
on the "bad-mouth Microsoft" bandwagon once again, that's
not to say my company is responsible for delaying a little
ol' piece of email sent from someone's hotmail account. Some
of you may disagree, but Microsoft isn't responsible for all
of your computer woes. Bill Gates doesn't have it in for
you. Since there's no one else to blame, it's very easy to
blast the software maker without knowing anything about the
actual issue. People automatically point the finger at code
running on personal computers or on servers as the first
culprit. But there is this thing called a "TCP/IP network"
that can get congested at times and cause bits and bytes
traveling on twisted pair wires through routers, gateways
and proxies to get lost or delayed. The Internet isn't as
dependable and reliable as people might think.
Think of the company's challenge in the marketplace for a
short minute before joining the anti-Microsoft league. Big,
successful companies are easy to blast away at but it's
my company that continuously contributes to the State of
Washington's economy in a very positive way. Think of our
economy for a moment without the largest software company in
the world doing business here. It would be akin not having
Boeing here. Software is very technical and while it always
has bugs, no company I've ever seen fixes issues as quickly,
listens to customers more intently, reacts to partners'
problems more efficiently and designs new software for users
more effectively. All I'm asking is to think for a second
before blasting Microsoft on each and every issue that you
encounter using your PC. Doing that is fun, yes but it's
exactly like discrimination in my book. Why if it wasn't for
Microsoft, this Alumni Sandstorm forum wouldn't even exist
today. Of course I'm biased because Microsoft provides me
a good living and no one knows a company better than an
insider.
-Stu Osborn, (RHS class of '71)
A proud Bomber and Microsoft employee...
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>>From: Treg Owings ('76)
Re: COUGS WIN
Just wanted to say to all those doubters and Texas fans
(especially Charles Cox ('56), COUGS WIN! It was really nice
to win a bowl. Nice way to end the season.
To: Charles Cox ('56)
Re: Prediction: TEXAS 24 - wazzoo ZIP
So Charles, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and
take WSU and 20 points for 10 bucks. What do you say?
-Treg Owings ('76)
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From the new ALL Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: Ryan and Jenny Tomaszewski Seidel (94)
DATE: Monday 12/29/2003 4:46:50am
COMMENTS: Looking for info on the '94 class reunion. We've
been living in France, near Paris, since Sept. 2002, and may
not be home next summer, but are having a great time. Have
three girls now, Ryan is an at-home dad, and Jenn works full
time as a chemical engineer. Take care everyone! Go Bombers
and Go Cougs!
-Ryan and Jenny Tomaszewski Seidel ('94)
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>>From: Kathie McCoy (Shelley McCoy's ('63RIP) daughter-in-law)
Re: The Bone got a shirt too!
To: Friends of Shelley McCoy ('63RIP)
:) Mick's friend surprised him yesterday with a framed
autographed poster from Jay "the bone" Buhner! Along with a
photo of Jay holding his new Harley Davidson/Shelley McCoy
shirt! Mick was very surprised & loved it! We thought it was
worth sharing :)
Love,
-Kathie McCoy (Shelley McCoy's ('63RIP) daughter-in-law)
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[Jay "the bone" Buhner's McCoy Shirt]
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Funeral Notice scanned from the TCHerald
by Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
>>Dennis Hoxie ('54) ~ 11/19/34 - 12/25/03
FuneralNotices.tripod.com
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