Bomber Mascot Crisis Issue # 3 ~ 07/26/01 ******************************************** ******************************************** Editor's Note: Two photos of our bomb at its current (temporary) location: http://AllBombers.tripod.com/BvB/2001-07-25-NewBomb01.jpg http://AllBombers.tripod.com/BvB/2001-07-25-NewBomb02.jpg Richard Anderson (60) -- Editor, Mascot Crisis ******************************************** ******************************************** Today's comments submitted by: Missy Keeney (59), Irene de la Bretonne (61) Judy Willox (61), Hector Alvarez (64) Paul Casey (70), Darcy Doyle (77) Mandy Holmes (97) ******************************************** ******************************************** >>From: Missy Keeney Baker (59) To Ed Borasky (59): I couldn't have said it better myself. To those of you rabid "Bombers" out there, please try to remember that there are intelligent thoughtful people on the other side of the issue. I am happy to be a "Bomber" by tradition but I am not "Proud" that we dropped bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The school board is dealing with a sensitive issue and even though you don't agree with them, they do need to have proper channels for this kind of thing. I don't think we should come down too hard on them for trying to do the right thing. -Missy Keeney Baker (59) ******************************************** ******************************************** >>From: Irene de la Bretonne Hays (61) Oh, for heaven's sake!!! Why see demons where there are none??! RSD has a gift policy which must be honored. Superintendent Semler is simply doing his job!!! -Irene de la Bretonne Hays (61) ******************************************** ******************************************** >>From: Judy Willox Hodge (61) I was on my way to pick up my grandson yesterday at summer school and all of a sudden I realized that I was behind a big pickup (I have a little Dodge Dakota ya see, so this pickup looked BIG!) that was cradling in its bed like a baby our beloved mascot, the green and gold bomb!! Since I was just coming off Stevens Drive onto Long Ave., I realized that the pickup with that beautiful sight of our mascot was now turning into Richland High School! I was ecstatic; I just knew that our mascot was coming home at last!! Or so I thought! I pulled into the high school behind that pickup and after he got parked, I rolled down my window (well okay, I pushed a button and it went down!) and said to who I now knew was Roy Ballard (63), "Is she coming home?" He then commenced to burst my bubble (you are forgiven Roy -- wasn't your fault!) and told me that, "No, not yet. I just went down and picked her up; I didn't want to leave her down where she was. I am just going in here to talk to somebody." He said that someone (I didn't catch who it was) took a bunch of pictures of her. Well, after I got over the deflation of my ecstatic mood when I realized that she was NOT going home yet, I then realized that I was happy for another reason. Our beloved green and gold mascot was back into the hands of those who loved her the most and would take the best care of her!! Yes, she was back in the hands of those proud Bomber Alumni who lovingly made her and proudly placed her in the RHS foyer where I know that she will be again someday!! We will prevail, dear Bombers!! Now I see by an entry made by Bob Rector (62) that we can go and see our mascot, but definitely NOT where she belongs!! At least she is in good hands until we can get her BACK where she belongs!! "Fight, fight, fight for our green and gold, and victory!!" See a few of ya on Snow Ave. on the 14th of August!! Bomber Cheers To All, -Judy Willox Hodge (61) ~ Richland ~ AKA Bomberville!! ******************************************** ******************************************** >>From: Hector Alvarez (64) I can`t explain the profound impact that this news had on me; why anyone would want to mess with our name?. I think maybe it is a cultural thing with me; I just can`t understand; don`t they have better things to do? If not, send them to Miami on the same job and they will not have time to blow their nose, much less mess with the name of a school like ours which has given the Richland community many reasons to be proud. I`m a Marine and a Bomber and always will be one!!! -Hector Alvarez (64) Note: Anyone with more information is asked to call Crime Stoppers. ******************************************** ******************************************** >>From: Paul Casey (70) To Bob Rector: I saw the bomb on the way home from work tonight (Wednesday 7/25/01). It looked GREAT -- Green and Gold and proud -- next to the green and gold Bomber Band trailer. -Paul Casey (70) ******************************************** ******************************************** >>From: Darcy Doyle-Hupf (77) I have read, with great interest and pride, the many letters and entries from so many generations of Bombers. As I said to the [school] board in my letter to them, I am sitting here at my work desk looking at my Bomber "R" and mushroom cloud hat as I do every day. I am proud of where I came from and the sacrifices of those who came before me. You can't hide an entire city's history by putting it in the back of a school bus! I applaud all of you for your voice and your efforts to "educate" the current Richland school board. Keep it up! Wouldn't it be great if there was a reunion of all the classes ... at the board meeting? :) -Darcy Doyle-Hupf (77) ******************************************** ******************************************** >>From: Mandy Holmes Taylor (97) Greetings to all Bombers from sunny Southern California. I wanted to let my Bomber family know that I've been reading with interest the happenings with the Bomb and such. I too will be sending my thoughts to the school board. I was a student member of the committee that initially set the "standards" for the new superintendent before Dr. Semler was chosen. I watch with interest and support those who will be at the meeting. Thanks and keep the Bomber spirit alive! Green and gold veined, -Mandy Holmes Taylor (97) ******************************************** That's it for today. Keep the faith! Nuke 'em! ******************************************** Send RHS Nickname/Mascot entries to: rhsnickname@richlandbombers.com ********************************************