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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/01/04 ~ HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
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10 Bombers sent stuff:
Stan McDonald ('53), Charles Cox ('56)
Patti Jones ('60), Ed Quigley ('62)
Gary Behymer ('64), David Rivers ('65)
Marcia Wade ('67), Scott Hartcorn ('67)
Mike Howell ('68WB), Larry Crouch ('71)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mark Perkins ('75)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike Fitzpatrick ('80)
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From: Stan McDonald ('53)
Yes, indeed, the Alma Mater has been changed after I
graduated from Col-Hi.
Don't know when. The former Alma Mater was a "take off" on
the Washington State University fight song. I was reminded
of that recently at our 50th class reunion when I was called
upon to lead the attendees in our school song.... couldn't
recall it at first ... and after some assistance "led" the
class in the song. Washington State Univ., as everyone knows
by know, beat Texas here in the Holiday Bowl last night and
that song was heard often.
Although I am a Husky grad, I doff my hat to the Cougars who
did a number on Texas.
-Stan McDonald ('53)
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[Stan, You're talking about the Fight Song when you say
"school song"... that IS to the tune of the WSU fight song.
The Alma Mater is completely different and (obviously)
hasn't had the "press" that our fight song has had.
Fight Song
Words to BOTH our fight song and our alma mater are on
this page put together by Sandi Cherrington ('66):
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Oaks/7824/
It's the ALMA MATER I'm asking about... considering the
words to our Alma Mater, they'd have almost HAD to change
the alma mater when they dumped "Columbia High School" in
favor of returning to the original "Richland High School" in
what was it? 1982?
Happy New Year, 'Stormers!!! -Maren
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>>From: Charles Cox ('56)
To: Max Sutton ('57), Brad Wear ('71) & Treg Owings ('76)
Re: WSU vs texas
Great WSU DEFENSE and a great game. What can I say -
WSU played great.
-Charles Cox ('56) ~ Georgetown, TX - where the weather is
great for GOLF.
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>>From: Patti Jones Ahrens ('60)
Re: Microsoft
To: Stu Osborn ('71)
Your entry in todays Sandstorm was well put! I for one
appreciate everything you said. Through the years I have
watched Microsoft and all the good they have done. Always
look forward to seeing what their next products are. I am
one completely satisfied customer. Hurrah for you Stu that
you get to work for such an innovative company.
Happy New Year everyone.
Bombers Have Fun
-Patti Jones Ahrens ('60) ~ Browns point, WA - Three inches
of snow at the water is a rarity. We got it last. Snow
sure brings the child out to play quickly. Weathermen
are saying more is to come in the next week. More fun!
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>>From: Ed Quigley ('62)
To: John Wingfield ('66)
Your mention of Sauer's class brought back a memory,
albeit not one of my favorites... Mr. Piippo had kicked me
out of his health class (just can't understand WHY he would
have done that!), and so I was in Sauer's, and he had just
finished a lovely, hand-crafted paddle out of some exotic
wood, with about a hundred holes drilled in it (probably
with the dynamics of air flow in mind, in order to achieve
greater velocity just prior to deliverance of the swat), and
I was the one selected to receive the honor of the first
swat! After the customary order to "bend over and grab your
ankles", he wound up and delivered said swat, and I didn't
know whether to laugh or cry, because he split his brand new
paddle... Man was he ticked! Having received a handful of
swats from Sauer, Piippo, Bernard, Barnard, Strankman, St.
John and Skov (who was also a hunting buddy of my Dad's,
consequently resulting in a report to my Dad!), I can't
remember who delivered the "best"! Although I realize that
this was at the junior high level, and thus has no place in
this forum, do any of you Chief Jo folks care to comment on
who might have been in the running for that honor? (I KNOW I
wasn't the only kid to get those hacks, and I have a feeling
that the disappearance of corporal punishment HAS had a
negative effect on the public school systems and the ongoing
failure of the pubic schools to deliver a quality
education.)
-Ed Quigley ('62)
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
Found... a nice copy of Western City Magazine January 1960.
Cover story is "Atomic City, Richland, Wash. One Year Old."
The story is written by Mrs. E.T. Pat Merrill, Mom of Linda
Merrill ('64) & Lucille Fuller. (Maybe the Mom of John
Fuller? ('66)? Includes a nice photo of Mrs. Merrill, Fred
Clagett, Murrey Fuller, Ernest Street, Carl Kruegel, Dad of
Terry Kruegel ('65), Paul Beardsley (Dad of a bunch of
beautiful Beardsley young women (;-), Les Coon, Joyce Kelly,
Fred Brackenbush and Attorney John Noson.
Anyone wanting a copy of this nice article should email me
with your mailing address & I will send it to you.
-Gary Behymer ('64) ~ somewhere alive & well in the foot
hills of downtown Colfax, WA
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
Re: Editor's note in the 12/31 Alumni Sandstorm:
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 ... to Richland High ...????
Actually, the words have never changed... they are still:
Oh we love our mumble mumble mumble mumble daa daa daa daa
daa daa... and da da da mumble mumble da da da da da da da!
-David Rivers ('65)
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>>From: Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67)
Re: NEW YEAR WISHES
Greetings and Salutations to all out there in the New
Year Rush. I wanted to send a message for Christmas morning,
but had trouble figuring out which day it was for most of
that week! I would hope that we all have blessed and Happy
New Years for all of 2004--no broken bones, hearts or
promises. (I can tell you from experience gained in 2003,
that broken bones are NOT nice!). I am still struggling
along mostly one handed, tho' am making progress in Physical
Therapy, and after one last surgery on the 8th of the New
Year, hope to make even quicker progress. It's not easy to
'soar with the eagles' when you're flying with only one
wing. . . . . . That could be why I feel like I'm going in
circles? God bless you, each and every one who reads this--
even my non writing friends, Wanda and Janice, and thank you
to Maren and all those who keep it up and running 365 great
days a year--well 366 days this year I guess.
-Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67) ~ From beautiful down town,
covered-in-white Bomberville!
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>>From: Scott Hartcorn ('67)
Happy New Year to all!
http://www.riversongs.com/Fla/yera.html
-Scott Hartcorn ('67)
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>>From: Mike Howell ('68WB)
A very Happy and safe New Year to each and all Please be
careful and responsible. Don't Drink and Drive. Take the
keys away from a friend.
-Mike Howell ('68WB)
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>>From: Larry Crouch ('71)
Re: COUGS
To: Brad Wear ('71)
Brad,
Looks like you got your wish... I opened the paper this
morning and the Cougars had kicked some Texas butt. Nice
call on your part ................. Happy New Year to all.
-Larry Crouch ('71)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/02/04
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19ombers and 1 Colt sent stuff:
Kay Weir ('37 Colt), Betty Ely ('47), Claris Van Dusen ('48)
Kay Mitchell ('52), Millie Finch ('54), Karen Cole ('55)
Burt Pierard ('59), Myra Tadlock ('60), Walt Morgan ('60)
Jim Collings ('62), John Adkins ('62), Tim Smyth ('62)
David Rivers ('65), Linda McKnight ('65), Patty de la Bretonne ('65)
Bob Grout ('66WB), Patrick Collier ('68), Rick Valentine ('68)
Dan Ham ('72), Chris Webster ('78)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve Piippo ('70)
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From: Kay Weir Fishback ('37 Colt)
Re: Indian Burial Ground
The Indian Burial Ground was out on the hill beyond
Richland. Everybody knew it was there but nobody thought
much about it. After the new people came, it was discovered
by looters and the government put a fence around it, but
that didn't even keep the idiots OUT. How would they like it
somebody dug up grandma's grave to see if she was down there
with her diamond ring?
Re: Helen Millard ('36RIP)
Another old Richland BB player - girls' team - died
last week. Her name was Helen Millard. There soon won't be
any of us left.
-Kay Weir Fishback ('37 Colt)
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>>From: Betty Ely King ('47)
Re: Good letters
I sure enjoyed Stu Osborn's ('71) letter and my neighbor
Norma Loescher Boswell's ('53) letter. Norma has such a
lovely yard and my entry to my home is concrete. My mother
was always a career woman who hated sewing. So, my sister
and I never liked sewing.
Re: Snow
We just received more snow in Richland. I sure miss the
wonderful warm Chinook winds we use to have in Richland.
When I moved back to Richland... we no longer had the
Chinook winds. Last year, we only had one day of snow. God
is telling us to stay home for the New Year.
-Betty Ely King ('47)
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>>From: Claris Van Dusen Troutman ('48)
HAPPY, HAPPY NEW YEAR, MAREN!!!
Again, many thanks for all your great work with the
Sandstorm email. I wish all Bombers a terrific 2004 with
lots of love, peace and happiness. Take care, everyone!
Big Special Bomber Cheers to All ---
-Claris Van Dusen Troutman ('48)
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>>From: Kay Mitchell Coates ('52)
Re: Richland Visit
Hubby, Richard ('52), and I journeyed to Richland for a
quick visit earlier this week. We made it a priority to stop
in at the Wellisian McDonalds in order to say hello to Jerry
Molnaa ('52) and the rest of the breakfast bunch. Jerry had
mentioned in the Alumni Sandstorm that gathering there was a
daily ritual and invited Bombers to stop and say hi. Thanks
for a wonderful visit, Jerry! It was great seeing you.
We thought we were leaving snow country behind, but much
to our surprise, found Bomberville covered in a blanket of
white! The kids were out in full force enjoying the rare
opportunity to sled down Carmichael hill. The roads were
slippery and it was COLD, but we braved the night in order
to take our Richland son Doug and his family out to dinner.
Our grandson, Mitch Coates ('02 and third generation Bomber)
was home from Spartan Aeronautical School in Tulsa, OK. His
vacation time is very limited, only 4 weeks per year. Won't
see him again until June, and by that time he will have met
all the requirements for his first flight ticket. He will be
able to obtain a batch of commercial tickets during his
time there - his goal is to fly for a commercial airline.
Before leaving town we swooped by the Spudnut Shop to
pick up a couple dozen delicious delicacies to bring home to
the two older kids that live up here near us. Of course, we
munched on them across the miles, but managed to save enough
to share with the them when they came over for coffee.
Ahhhhhh - there is nothing like a Spudnut fix!! A great way
to end the year.
Happy 2004 to all.
-Kay Mitchell Coates ('52) ~ In the winter wonderland of
Valley, WA where the snow is about a foot deep and
Dick and I stay hunkered down by the fire. We are
having a real "blizzard day".
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>>From: Millie Finch Gregg ('54)
Re: Alma Mater
I am really going to stick my neck out here. I know the
first things to go are memory, but for some strange reason,
in my mind, our alma mater was "The Halls of Ivy". Now don't
everyone jump on me, but that is my recollection.
Happy New Year to all Bombers, and may we all have a bright,
peaceful and healthy year ahead. You Bombers from the Class
of '54, I will expect to see you at our Big 50th next year
in September. No excuses!! See, I am tougher than Marguerite!
Have a great day today and enjoy the ball games.
-Millie Finch Gregg ('54)
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[Different from the fight song and the Alma Mater, in The
1946 "Green & Gold Handbook": the "school song"]
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>>From: Karen Cole Correll ('55)
Re: names
Gee, all these years I thought Col High was named after
the Cole kids, and when they finally got rid of all of us,
they changed the name! There's a lot of silver among the
gold of this dumb blonde. Ha
Happy New Year to all.
-Karen Cole Correll ('55) ~ Nine Mile Falls, WA
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>>From: Burt Pierard ('59)
To: All who had suggestions for solving my recent computer problem
"I'M BAAAACK!" As you folks might recall, I experienced
one of the most calamitous crashes of my "C" Drive that one
can have (except maybe flood damage), just about a week
ago. To summarize the catastrophe, my Boot Record, File
Allocation Tables (FAT) and Directory Structure became
severely corrupted from an unknown cause (probably a virus
but my new Norton AntiVirus detected and deleted two viruses
before I could find out what they were). I received several
suggestions (through Richard Anderson ('60) for strategies
to attack my problem. The suggestions ran the gauntlet from
the more benign (call my son) to the more Draconian (unplug
the "C" Drive and install a new Windows Operating system on
my discrete "D" Drive or installing the sick drive on
another computer). I avoided the "C" Drive disconnection
(keeping it as a last ditch option) since it didn't address
my real problem (retrieving the data from the sick drive)
and I proceeded under the assumption that I could find
software that would repair the damage.
Well, lo and behold, Norton System Works 2004 came to
the rescue. Booting up under DOS and running the new Norton
Disk Doctor directly from the CD did the trick (kinda). It
told me it couldn't rebuild my Boot Table (after running for
22 hours) and also said it couldn't completely fix the FAT
and Directory Structure. What it did, though, was to repair
enough so that I could Boot Up in Windows. I then
immediately copied all the critical data files from the "C"
to "D" drives and did a System Restore back to Dec. 23 (the
last day I was running before disaster struck). I was then
able to do the full installation of System Works and start
tuning up the system (it found 300+ errors in my Windows
Registry, 167 errors in Short Cuts and 2 Viruses but
repaired them all in a matter of seconds).
I would like to thank all of you who took the time to
send helpful suggestions and I'm just delighted to be able
to send you an electronic Happy New Year Greeting (remember,
I've been off-line for almost a week).
Bomber Cheers,
-Burt Pierard ('59) ~ Richland (where we are enjoying a
Retro Winter)
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>>From: Myra Tadlock Gibson ('60)
Hello Maren - I sent the following entry on 12/28 but it
hasn't shown up yet in the Sandstorm. Since I loaded aol 9
my e-mail software has taken on a life of it's own and is
totally out of control so I don't know if you actually
received this. Thought I'd try again. Happy New Year! Myra
[NOTE: The problem is that Myra actually typed "mailto:" as
PART of the email address and that doesn't work... the
address is sandstorm@richlandbombers.com -Maren]
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 3:28 AM
Re: The end of an era
Last week, Mom and Dad sold our "A" House. Noah and Sarah
Tadlock lived at 1404-1406 Thayer Drive, 2nd house from the
corner of Thayer and Symons, for 59 years. They raised their
six children there, nurtured 13 grandchildren into adulthood
from that home and helped welcome numerous great-grand-
children into the world.
It took all six of us "Tadlock kids" to help make the
move happen. We came one last time to our house on Thayer
Drive and stayed for a week or more: me ('60) from Portland
(actually Beaverton), Noah Jr "Buddy" ('61) from Boise,
Les ('64) from Spokane, Bill ('66) from Kennewick, Shari ('67)
from Sisters, OR, and John ('68) from Kennewick. We brought
with us the spouses and significant others, and our grown
children and their spouses and children, and friends. It
took the "village" to do it.
We would clean and pack and move and toss and box... and
then everything would come to a stop as we would "find"
something. We'd gather 'round to share memories... the coal
bin, the original Hanford furniture, stories about our
neighborhood playground where we would play baseball, hold
our own track meets and create our own circus with the
neighbor families - The Roses, The Morgans, The Fishbacks,
The Dawsons, The Waltmans, The Wilsons, The Upchurch family,
The Lattings, The Overdahls, The Brunelles and so many more.
This "A House" where Mom was a Cub Scout Den Mother for 10
years and Dad was Pack 28 Registration Chairman. Memories
much like the ones that are shared every day in The Alumni
Sandstorm. What an era. How protected we were!
Mom and Dad are living in a very nice apartment complex
at Meadow Springs now. We're all glad they don't have to
negotiate those 13 stairs to the "upstairs", or the steep
flight down to the basement anymore. I'll say this though -
at 82, after 59 years of up and down the stairs, Mom has
really incredible calf muscles and could probably out-walk
me!
Blessings to everyone and best wishes for a healthy and
safe New Year.
-Myra Tadlock Gibson ('60) ~ Portland, OR - where we
(surprise!) have rain! (that was written on Dec 28th -
now, it's January 1st and we have lots of snow,
and it's still snowing! - Needed in this area: people
to teach people how to drive in the snow!)
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>>From: Walt Morgan ('60)
Re: Reinstated!
Our thanks to Richard Anderson ('60 - one of the most
loyal of The Richland Bombers) for getting us reconnected
with the Sandstorm. We lost our connection when we changed
e-mail addresses, as well as replaced some of the internal
workings in our computer. Thanks again Richard!
I suppose each Bomber from the '60s - '70s era felt
their street was the best in Richland; the Farrell Lane
tribe were no different. They have these wonderful stories
of glowing childhood events which still warm the heart 40
years later.
Our thanks also to Maren Smyth ('63 & '64) for all the
work she does to make the Sandstorm the best.
A Happy New Year to all.
Alice and Walt Morgan
-Walt Morgan ('60)
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>>From: Jim Collings ('62)
Re: Spats
To: Ed Quigley ('62) and John Wingfield ('66)
I can't tell you who delivered the "best" spats. I
refused to bend over and instead got to run around Chief Jo
a couple of times. However, I do nominate Mr. Sauer as one
of the "best" reason why corporal punishment was stopped.
On the first day of our mechanical drawing class '58-'59,
Mr. Sauer gave Allen Coffman ('62) a spat for some reason
probably valid. On every other day for the entire year,
Mr. Sauer made up a reason to give Allan a spat. No one
was allowed to leave the room until Allen got his spat. I
laughed the first couple of times, but soon felt sorry for
Allen and lost any respect for Mr. Sauer. Anyone else out
there that was in that class? Allen: Any comments after all
these years? It didn't seem to bother you at the time.
-Jim Collings ('62) ~ Lone Tree, CO
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>>From: John Adkins ('62)
Re: The Alma Mater
I actually checked around just before the class of
'62's 40th Reunion - no one at "Richland High School" had
any knowledge of a "School Song" or an "Alma Mater" song.
I concluded it just disappeared - like some other traditions
at that school.
I do have a recording of the Alma Mater performed by
"the Gordon Papas" band and the "Harley Stell" Choir. I
think it was recorded in about '60 or '61 and I have in
on a CD with 6 or seven other Col Hi songs - including
the "FIGHT SONG".
-John Adkins "62" ~ here comes another 3 or more inches of
snow in the beautiful downtown Tri Cities - and
Carmichael Hill was loaded New Years Eve and again
this morning. Some "stuff" never changes.
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>>From: Tim Smyth ('62)
Re: Sugar Bowl football game
Dear Fellow Bombers:
Unless you have a particular reason to pull for
Oklahoma, please pull for Louisiana Sate University (LSU),
my second Alma Mater ('67), in the Sugar Bowl Sunday night.
Maybe some Bomber support will be enough to propel the LSU
Tigers to victory. Thanks.
-Tim Smyth ('62) ~ Hudson Falls, NY - where we have WINTER,
although it’s been relatively warm the past few days.
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[Bro: Don't forget I went to LSU, too (didn't graduate,
though)... AND my son-in-law is a grad... and who could
refuse to help cheer for this newest LSU cheerleader? -Maren]
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
Re: NEW YEAR'S EVE rambling memories
Here's something I hadn't thought of for a while. In the
late '50s and early '60s one of the guys used to have a New
Year's Eve party. He was only allowed so many kids each
year. His house was also famous for being built right on the
dike (not gubmint housing of course)... or at least right
next to the dike. His folks would make an ice skating rink
on the driveway and the kids would ice skate... NOT this
kid, but other kids... (this kid was not fond of doing
anything that would make him look stupid ON PURPOSE... was
fully capable of doing it without intent)... I remember one
year... Brian Johnson ('65) added to the growing number of
scars he was collecting around his face and head from a
rapid growth spurt that took him from about 5'2" to 6'4"
in about 15 minutes... he got on the ice... his legs spread
out from under him and when they could no longer support
his towering frame... KABLAM over he went, face first...
Anyway... back to the story Doug Benoliel ('65) (who still
looks like his senior picture with more hair...) was limited
in the number of kids he could invite... I was invited the
previous year ('58-'59) so this year ('59-'60) I wasn't...
the same was true for Dale Bowers ('65). So Dale and I were
cut to the quick and had made no plans as we thought we'd
be at the party... (as dumb kids we didn't know, care or
understand about limits on warm bodies)... so we met at
Dale's house and decided to listen to the top one hundred
countdown of songs for 1959... (No Dick Clark Rockin' New
Year's Eve back then... in fact... we had just got a TV
the year before)... we sat crying in our root beer (or
whatever) bemoaning our fate as outcasts... oh the horror
of it... washed up at 15! A very teary evening... "The Lion
Sleeps Tonight" came in as the top song of the year (as it
would the next year!)... When I got home, I found my little
Bro, Mikey ('68WB) hanging out of MY bedroom window at the
old Homestead at the corner of Stevens and VanGiesen
clanging pot lids screaming: "HAPPY NEW YEAR... LET'S HEAR
IT FROM THE CROWD!!!!!!!!" Now, very New Year, I find myself
saying "Happy New Year, Let's hear it from the crowd". In
1967 on December 31st I would be doing the exact same thing
Dale and I did in '59 only in a bunker in the middle of a
nasty little country called Vietnam (what is a Vietnam?????)
listening to a little battery powered radio in the slime and
the mud where Armed Forces Radio and that lovely Chris Noel
were counting them down just as the DJ had in '59. (Chris
Noel was a terrible liar... .she told us things like "Yummy
Yummy Yummy I got Love in My Tummy" was what all the hip
kids back home were listening to... but guys coming in from
the Land of the Big PX were telling us different and we KNEW
that "Sgt Pepper" and things like that were what was going
on... I mean the "Summer of Love" had just ended..., Man...
can ya dig it?) So that's my story of my tale of woe and
New Year's Eve memories... as a foot note... I gotta say
that it did my heart good when I related that story to
Terry Davis (Knox '65) many years later and got to see the
look on his face... He had NEVER been invited to one of the
Benoliels' New Year's Parties... GOTCHA, DAVIS!
-David Rivers ('65)
PS... Doug: When you spell check Benoliel it comes up
"Boneless"... so if you read "Boneless" in this, it means
Maren hit spell check!
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>>From: Linda McKnight ('65)
To: Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
The grandma comments are for you too, dear.
Congratulations in advance. Just caught up on a Sandstorm
that I missed from the other day. Your digging in the dirt
comment reminds me of the day that I planted tomatoes with
my grandsons. We only had one hammer, and both boys wanted
to pound in the stakes to hold the tomato plants up!! The
youngest cried every time it wasn't his turn, and the oldest
pouted!! I have pictures and plan to share them with girl
friends in the future. My oldest grandchild, Ashlee, will be
15 in a few days and Lord help us!! Driving permit time, and
Dad says, "Oh ya! We will see about that!" They grew up way
too fast, but do make my heart sing...
-Linda McKnight ('65)
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>>From: Patty de la Bretonne ('65)
Mr. Barnard gave stupid swats.
-Patty de la Bretonne ('65)
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>>From: Bob Grout ('66WB)
Re: Holiday Bowl
Since I only lived 90 miles from San Diego, it was a
pleasure watching WSU beat the Long Horns. Excellent half
time show and the Navy Seals did a awesome job falling right
on target in the football field. Go Cougs.
-Bob Grout ('66WB)
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>>From: Patrick Collier ('68)
Please add me to the list.
One thing I remember was the bomb being set off by the
uptown. Richland was celebrating... the government had just
turned over control of the city so they set off a bomb
in the vacant field north of JJ Newberry's. We lived on
Johnston Ave. and walked down to Jadwin to watch the blast.
It was a huge explosion... a big fire ball in the sky. The
next day me and my buddies checked out the "hole". It was a
very large crater, aprox. 10 feet wide by 3 feet deep. It
became the new fort and we played in it for years.
-Patrick Collier ('68)
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>>From: Rick Valentine ('68)
Re: Microsoft
To: Stu Osborn ('71)
First let me say that I think Microsoft is a great
company and that I own Microsoft stock and I am on MSN.
That said, let me comment about 'Hotmail'.
When I first started using Hotmail it was great... it worked
well. Hotmail should be the poster child for "If it ain't
broke don't fix it". Every time Microsoft has revamped
Hotmail it has gotten worse. The worst thing they did was
to require a "Microsoft Passport" to get into Hotmail. When
Passport is not working correctly then nothing connected
with Passport is working correctly. The Hotmail calendar
was a great feature, so they removed that. (you now have to
subscribe to MSN to get the calendar) Then the last time
they revamped Hotmail, only a couple of months ago, since
then Hotmail is the worst it has ever been. It now loads
slower than it ever has, and Passport will reject my
password sometimes two or three times, and yes sometimes
it will take a day or two for messages to be delivered or
received, Hotmail especially has problems with messages from
AOL. So even though MSN is heads and tails above AOL, it is
far from perfect! (you don't even want to get me started on
AOL)
HAPPY NEW YEAR to all you Bombers out there in Bomber Land,
and a special THANKS to Maren and Richard for all the time
and effort that goes into keeping the Sandstorm going.
-Rick Valentine ('68) ~ Spokane, WA - where we have snow and
cold for the start of the new year...
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>>From: Dan Ham ('72)
Re: Hacks at Chief Jo
Ed Quigley's ('62) entry in yesterday's Sandstorm did
bring back some memories (albeit somewhat painful ones at
times) about getting hacks at Chief Jo. I have some nominees
that some of you may agree with. I think I had hacks from
every major player there. Mr. Bennet, the Vice Principal
during my tenure comes to mind. Len Sauer was, for sure,
right up there. However, I think the hardest I was ever
hacked had to be by Mr. Bell himself. Who, by the way, would
also dole out hacks on behalf of Mrs. Sherrard (sp?) who
resided across the hallway. I would get hacks from Bell then
go to Mrs. Sherrard's class, act up, and get sent right back
to Bell. I think he had that thin oak paddle drilled full of
holes that was smuggled out of Nazi Germany from the SS. Man
could he swing that thing! I remember crawling back across
the floor to put my shoes back on after he was done. Whew!
-Dan Ham ('72)
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>>From: Chris Webster ('78)
Thank you, Larry Mattingly ('60), for the wonderful
fireworks from the Emerald Queen Casino New Years Eve night.
My father-in-law, Gill Evans from Raymond, Alberta, and I
enjoyed the excitement. A little foggy out but we could
still see them from the park on Norpoint Hill.
-Chris Webster ('78)
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9 Bombers and 1 Bomber Mom today:
Gloria Falls ('58), Ruth Miles ('59)
Patti Jones ('60), Pete Overdahl ('60)
John Adkins ('62), Earl Bennett ('63)
Carol Converse ('64), Stu Osborn ('71)
Brad Upton ('74), Wanda Janos (Bomber Mom)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dick Lohdefinck ('52)
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>>From: Gloria Falls Evans ('58)
Bomber friends we need your prayers for our airman
Jon (my nephew) he was rear ended on his way back to the
Lackland Air Base on new years day. He is in critical
condition with head injuries.
Thank you very much for prayers and have a happy new year.
-Gloria Falls Evans ('58) ~ Spokane, WA - where we are under
a ton of snow
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>>From: Ruth Miles Bruns ('59)
Re: Alma Mater, School Song
I believe that the tune of the Col Hi Alma Mater (We
love our Fair Columbia) is that of the song "We Love the
Halls of Ivy". In the same way, the School Song that Maren's
link led to, and the Fight Song, use tunes from other
(college) songs.
-Ruth Miles Bruns ('59) ~ beautiful downtown Goldendale, WA
where we've had temps as low as 6° overnight and
gotten up to almost a foot of snow, with more of
the same expected well into next week.
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[richlandbombers.com/allbombers/AlmaMater.html]
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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: January 11, 2004
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
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>>From: Pete Overdahl ('60)
To: Myra Tadlock Gibson ('60)
Your mentioning the selling and moving of the Tadlocks
at 1404-06 Thayer. Yes, I remember this home very well and
my many visits as the years went by. Maybe not 59 years, but
a whole bunch as kids growing up in this part of Richland. I
don't know if it was because it was on the way to and from
Pennywise Drug or to visit with a little girl with a big
smile, I had a crush on, that also graduated in the class
of '60. What a wonderful legend those raised in this big
ole "A" House. You always felt a true warm welcome by these
fine folks. I only hope they get the love and support with
their new neighbors as they gave all of those who had the
privilege of being a neighbor to the Tadlocks on Thayer Dr.
It seems like a year ago or so it was discussed in our
Sandstorm who lived the longest in any one home in Richland.
They have to rate right up at the top. Happy New Year to
them as they truly deserve it.
-Pete Overdahl ('60) ~ From just up and around the corner
from those fine folks.
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>>From: John Adkins ('62)
Re: Spats at Chief Jo
I suppose I received spats from every teacher at Chief
Jo that ever delivered a spat - the champion (in my humble
opinion) was Toivo - by golly he had that wrist action thing
goin' for him.
E.R. Bernard had some good action - and Ken Russel had a
good shoulder for it - and Jim Collings ('62) was correct in
his assessment that Len Sauer carried it way beyond a need.
-John Adkins ('62) ~ Lots of snow - sledding is the high
priority - and some kid grabbed my bumper for
hooky bob on Cottonwood this morning. Life is good.
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>>From: Earl C. Bennett, III - Gold Medal Class of '63
May you all have a happy and prosperous (or at least
comfortable) New Year! 2004 promises to be a great year for
us. My continued gratitude goes to Maren, Richard and any
others whose work enables our daily dose of memories and
life-long friendships.
To: Patty de la Bretonne ('65)
I've been wondering about Jim Newell myself occasionally
over the last six months or so -not sure what prompted it. I
deeply esteemed his strength of character before we parted
ways after graduation.
To: Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67)
In the "count your blessings" category (more of a
Thanksgiving theme than Christmas or New Year, I guess),
several years ago our Mom broke her arm falling off the
porcelain throne three weeks after shoulder replacement on
the same side - it never healed, and never will. Then in
September this year, she turned too quickly, fell and broke
the same arm in a couple of places between the elbow and
wrist. Fortunately those are healing properly, though very
slowly (ALL healing process are slow at age 82, and I've
noticed a decline in my own body's restorative powers at
58). She is enjoying life at the Alterra Wywood assisted care
apartments, and with two of my sisters and their families
still in Richland and excellent support from almost fifty
years-worth of friends from Richland Lutheran Church, plus
the superb staff of Alterra, she has plenty of help with her
physical limitations. She taught us to thank God in all
circumstances, as we are instructed in the Bible and in many
other faiths as well, which has been a tremendous blessing
when we have gone through trials.
Re: Microsoft
I confess to having enjoyed some of the amusing cuts
aimed that way over the years ("would you buy a car that
needs an engine replacement every 18 months?" - "MS-DOS:
Just say NO!"). However, I have always recognized the
cutting-edge technical expertise and innovation they
demonstrate on a regular basis, as well as their superior
marketing strategies (even though I do not subscribe to our
society's love affair with the "more/bigger is better" and
"get it while you can" concepts). They seem to have learned
a little from the slap on the wrist they received for their
anti-competitive practices, and it looks like they are
trying to stay within the letter of the law since then. I
also noticed that they firmly adhere to their corporate
policies, as they fired someone I know for an immature
mistake that violated those policies, and they have
outstanding employee training and development programs. And
yes, the Internet is a much less user-friendly environment
than any Microsoft software.
God be with you all, and bring you the peace and
gratefulness that comes with recognizing how truly blessed
we are, when we view ourselves from a global perspective and
with His eyes. Warmest regards to all, ecb3
-Earl Bennett ('63) ~ from a pleasant New Year's Day in
Reva, VA, where it is dry and a little above
normal temperatures for the season.
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>>From: Carol Converse Maurer ('64)
I wanted to say "Happy New Years" to one and all out
there in Bomberville and beyond. I hope this finds each of
you a good year ahead.
Re: Cougs
Yeah for those Cougs! It was a very good game. I'm glad
that I had a chance to watch it.
Re: Grandmas
I have to also put my 2 cents in here and agree with
everyone that being a grandma is sooooo neat!!! We go up to
Wenatchee each summer and bring back our granddaughter for a
couple weeks. As she gets older, the time is longer now. Up
to 3 weeks. She is 10 and growing into such a nice young
lady. I've just received her school picture and it blew me
away. My grandson is 4 and very shy around us when we see
him. It makes me so sad that we probably will never have
that loving bond that we and our granddaughter have. But,
I'm thinking it will get better the older he gets.
-Carol Converse Maurer ('64) ~ Eureka, CA - I'll be sooo
happy to get my computer back. This laptop is driving
me wild. Weather wise, it's very cold out and has been
for a week or so. I'm surprised we haven't gotten any
snow as yet.
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>>From: Stu Osborn ('71)
To: Rick Valentine ('68)
Re: Hotmail and MSN
Thanks for your comments directed to me about Hotmail, Rick.
I'm sure your feedback is the kind that MSN Program Managers
attempt to solicit from their user public every single day.
Not being in that group at MSFT, I'm at a disadvantage
trying to address your issues with Hotmail, but since you're
a fellow RHS alumni and my upper-classman, I'll certainly
give it a good ol' Bomber try. Let me first issue a
disclaimer and say that the facts, opinions and positions
expressed below are not those of the Microsoft Corporation
and are purely mine. Here goes...
You said that "every time Microsoft has revamped Hotmail it
has gotten worse". First, I can fully understand why MSN
integrated Passport into Hotmail so I'll explain... Passport
is an authentication mechanism that can make use of any
existing user account, not just a Hotmail user address.
It stores user account information (not passwords) on a
Passport server in a data center connected to the Internet.
Existing email accounts can then be assigned to Passport and
this offers two advantages, not having to require users to
remember another password and the authentication feature
itself. There has to be a way for web sites and servers to
challenge users for their credentials otherwise malicious
users or hackers could assume other users' identities and
get access to their data. Passport offers a measure of
security over the Internet without requiring additional
server infrastructure plus among other things, it provides
users the ability to customize the Hotmail user interface
for their individual preferences. Remember when I said that
the Internet isn't as reliable as people might think?
Between your computer at home and your Passport server is
the "Internet Cloud" and it is NOT highly connected. One
reason you may have to enter your password a few times
until it works might be the state of your connection to
the Internet or the traffic on the wires or links to your
Passport server after your password is typed and sent out
into "cyber-space". Tell me, do you perchance have a dial-up
ISP account? I have a high-speed connection at home and I
see absolutely no delay or any abnormal issues associated
with using Passport at home or at work where I'm connected
to the Internet via my corporate local area network. As
an aside, I also use Hotmail with my MSN mailbox and don't
have to pay a cent for it. I don't even have an ISP account
with MSN anymore. I used to have a MSN dial-up account and
used Outlook as my email client but I cancelled it when I
purchased my DSL connection through my phone company. Then
I contacted MSN Support and had them connect my MSN mail
server to Hotmail. I didn't even have to change my email
address and now I get all my MSN mail via Hotmail for free
using my MSN Passport account and people who send me mail
weren't even aware anything had changed. Very cool. [Anyone
can do this...not just us 'Microsofties'.]
As far as the Hotmail calendar is concerned, I can't speak
profoundly as to why we did away with that free feature but
it was likely because it needed to generate enough revenue
to justify the cost of improving it such as giving it the
ability to synchronize appointments with other calendars or
make calendar appointments private. Prior to it becoming a
"paid-for" feature, it likely didn't offer this kind of
functionality. I'll ask you this, did Microsoft increase the
price of MSN when they improved the calendaring feature for
their customers? I didn't see a price increase over and
above the $19.95 per month charge when the calendar
disappeared from Hotmail, but I don't actually know exactly
when that happened... Then you say the last time Hotmail was
"revamped", it is "the worst it has ever been". You say
sometimes it will take a day or two for messages to be
delivered or received, but how can you specifically
attribute this specific behavior to the changes that were
made to Hotmail? Does this happen for you ALL the time since
then? If not, then logically this issue is not as a result
of any changes that were made to Hotmail two or three months
ago.
It's a known issue that MSN has problems with messages from
AOL and visa-versa. AOL has forced Microsoft via the courts
to make this difficult and not seamless for customers. AOL
doesn't want to allow Microsoft to route messages to their
user base using the same protocols and servers that AOL
uses. Any time you try to link up two incompatible networks
containing servers that are talking different languages and
with routers and WAN links in between, mail routing problems
will result. Until the two companies can agree that sharing
user database information is the best thing to do for both
MSN AND AOL customers, then frustrating things will continue
to happen for users like not being able to add an AOL user
without a Passport account into your MSN Messenger 'Contact
List' and send them instant messages like you can do with
your MSN "buddies" who have Passports.
Hope this helps you and the assembled Bombers to understand
what I meant when I said, "think of the challenges my
company faces in the marketplace". And happy computing to
you all!!!
-Stu Osborn ('71)
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>>From: Brad Upton ('74)
Re: Big Snow
I know Richland got hit with a real blizzard yesterday.
We got some snow here in Seattle last night and more is
expected tomorrow. However... I'll be setting sail out of
Ft. Lauderdale with Royal Caribbean on Sunday for 7 days in
the Caribbean. It's a tough gig, but somebody has to do it.
I have to "work" 2 nights for a total of 2 hours... I should
be able to make it if I pace myself. Bon Voyage!
-Brad Upton ('74)
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>>From: Wanda Janos (Bomber Mom)
Happy New 2004 to ail of you. It has been so much fun
to try to keep up with my former students though your
ramblings... Thank you for keeping the girls' maiden names
for us.... It would be so confusing if we lost that
identity... I often pass on information to Laurel Piippo...
You do such a good job... Happy new year and thanks for the
memories.
-Wanda Janos (Bomber Mom)
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick Pierard ('52), Carol Hollingsworth ('55)
Art Nelson ('64), John Allen ('66)
Betti Avant ('69), Theresa Horstman ('78)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larry Holloway ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Paula Jill Lyons ('64)
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>>From: Dick Pierard ('52)
Reading the discussion about the person moving out after
59 years stirred my curiosity. I wonder if there are any (or
perhaps better, how many) other people in Richland who are
the original and thus only occupants of the homes built
there in 1943-45? Perhaps my brother Burt ('59) knows. After
all, you will have to look long and hard to find someone who
is more informed about the history of the place than he.
P.S. We all are rooting for the Patriots here and are
hoping for nice cold wintry days for them to play football.
They may actually get to the Superbowl that way! It was
fascinating four weeks ago to see people in the stadium
throwing snow in the air as their cheer. That was when we
had 2 1/2 feet of snow in the Boston area.
-Dick Pierard ('52)
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>>From: Carol Hollingsworth Entrikin ('55)
Re: Alma Mater
richlandbombers.com/allbombers/AlmaMater.html
The melody is "Halls of Ivy" which the Columbia High
Chorus just happened to be singing at the time. Dad was
inspired by the beautiful melody and sat down and wrote the
lyrics just for us in about a half an hour.
Re: Fight Song
richlandbombers.com/allbombers/FightSong.html
The fight song I was told was the tune of Washington
State's in Pullman and was written before I was in high
school.
My Dad wrote a couple of other fight songs, one was to
Beer Barrel Polka ........ started out
"Here come to the Bombers, loyal and hard fighting crew,
Hail Hail you Bombers, we take our hats off to you...
After fifty years I doubt it has survived but the words
are really cute. Ah memories.....
-Carol Hollingsworth Entrikin ('55)
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>>From: Art Nelson ('64)
Re: Paddles
OK!!! I confess.
After reading Ed Quigley's ('62) comments on corporal punishment in the
"old" educational system, I just can't take the pressure anymore. I do
belive I was the last one to receive a swat from the infamous "paddle"
wielded by Mr. Rees. Chief Jo's shop teacher. Very, very soon after
that painful day, with the true belief that we were in some way helping
our fellow students from any more suffering and pain, we appropriated
"the paddle". It was ours! A great blow to corporal punishment. Don't
worry Jim H ('65) I won't reveal all of those involved in the retrieval
program.
From the list engraved on the paddle, now sitting in my
lap, here are the true heroes from the days of corporal
punishment.
Ronnie Coyne, Gary Zweifel, Ron Schaedel, Ron Stull
Mark Schack (21 notches), Bob Nelson, John Warnek, Darrell Moorman
Art Nelson, Cary E Sruff ? (sp), Jay Jacky, Dennis Nalder
Wally Wollenberg, Mike Botu, Mark Perkins, Marion Perkins
Dennis McGrath, Jim Ott, B. F., Drew Wiater, David Stack, John Poynor,
Larry Wersen, Don Gana, Jim Coates, Harry Wilson, Toby E
Why they chose to select this kind of treatment for such a wonderful
bunch of students, will always raise the question. Why Me???
-Art Nelson ('64)
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>>From: John Allen ('66)
Without implying any comment or judgement on the
literary fare one tends to see in the "Sandstorm," I would
like to say how pleased I am that Gary Behymer ('64) has
seen fit to edit a new version of the old "Sandbox." I know
that political and social comment isn't everybody's cup of
tea, but personally, I like to see a little grit and grist
as balance to tamer forms of expression. Some of the best
amateur writing I have seen, appeared in the old Sandbox and
I am looking forward to reading, as well as contributing my
two cents, to the new "SAGEBRUSH RAG." Thanks again, Gary.
-John Allen ('66)
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
Re: snow
I have been reading about the snow the state of
Washington is getting. All week they have said we are to get
snow here in Kansas. Supposedly it was to start Saturday
afternoon, however when I got up at 5:30 to get my paper
it was already spitting white stuff. I'm on call at the
hospital, so I hope I don't get stuck up there. I have a bag
packed just in case. We ended 2003 down about 6+", so any
moisture is a good thing.
-Betti Avant ('69) ~ Goodland, KS
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>>From: Theresa Horstman Hope ('78)
Re: Home for the Holidays
My family and I came to Richland for the holidays to
visit my dad and our new grandson for Christmas. We were
hoping to find snow at least in the mountains. To our
surprise we ended up getting the record falling snow and
did indeed get our winter wonderland. It was certainly
wonderful to play in the snow, to go to Bluewood Ski resort
and snowboard. We are somewhat disappointed to go back home
to Central Florida but hey we have some riding to do on our
Harley Davidson in 76° weather. We feel bad but we will get
over it.
Happy New Year everyone.
-Theresa Horstman Hope ('78)
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7 Bombers and 1 Funeral Notice (Colt) today:
Anna May Wann ('49), Audrey Eberhardt ('61)
Patricia Rediske ('63), David Rivers ('65)
Julia Alexander ('65), Larry Crouch ('71)
Barb Fichter ('72)
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>>From: Ann Thompson, aka Anna May Wann ('49)
Re: New luncheon
Barb Franco Sherer ('67), Char Dossett Holden ('51) and
I have researched hotels, restaurants, etc. in the Bellevue,
Redmond, Kirkland area and have set up a luncheon for the
last Sunday in January, January 25th at the Kirkland Keg.
They don’t open until noon. They will be serving from
their dinner menu, but we can also order from the bar menu
which is lighter fair. We will have our own private room,
the Fireside Room. I do need to have you tell me if you will
be there so the Keg will know if they have to hire extra
help.
This is just a trial and we will be open for other
suggestions that day.
The Keg is right off of 520. Heading east, Take the
104th Street exit and head north 1 block. Turn right at the
stop light, Shell station will be on your right and the
Keg is on the hill on your left. Drive 1/2 block to their
parking lot.
Please e-mail if you think you are interested and can
make this first attempt for a Seattle area luncheon. I would
like to know as soon as possible if you think you might make
it (it doesn't have to be a firm reservation) just so we can
get some idea.
Thanks
-Ann Thompson, aka Anna May Wann ('49)
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>>From: Audrey Eberhardt Mathews (9'61WB)
Re: Grand kids
To: Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
I am "Nanny" to 13 grands and 2 great-grands. It is an
honor and a blessing. I cannot begin to describe how much I
love them and want to do for them. There is also the pain--
most of mine are now into their teens, plus four are special
needs. If you are a praying person and thought you spent a
lot of time on your knees for your kids, just wait. Now you
have to pray for yours and theirs. I would not trade a
moment of it.
-Audrey Eberhardt Mathews (9'61WB) ~ Central Georgia - where
it was in the 70s today but will be in the 50s
during the day by midweek.
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>>From: Patricia Rediske Weatherman ('63)
To: Dick Pierard ('52)
Re: Any original occupants in the '43-'45 built houses
Dick;
I'm not sure that any of the houses were occupied for
the first time by those that were moving into them. When we
moved into our Ranch house, at 1305 Acacia across from
Spalding School, in 1944; we were disappointed to find a
pink depression glass dish on the kitchen counter with a bar
of Ivory soap in it. My mom said it was left by a Corps of
Engineers family that had lived in the house while helping
build them. I don't know how true that was, but it took the
edge off the excitement of our first home, at least for our
mom. I was four when we moved in... there were no streets or
sidewalks, no telephone lines, and the yards were big piles
of sand that we loved to play in. My "baby" brother Len ('66)
used to stand at the back screen door and scream at the big
trucks as they rumbled down between the houses in the back
yards, putting in telephone poles and stringing wires. We
counted ourselves lucky to miss getting a pole in the yard.
The Crownovers and the McKeowns each got one in theirs.
After the roads were black-topped and the sidewalks were down
they came back and planted two trees in each front yard.
Acacia got Locust trees, and every year we got the lecture
about not eating the beans out of the big brown pods that
clacked and crackled in the trees. When I was older and
walking home from Chief Jo and Col' High, I would go slow
the last block just to savor the little gold leaves in the
street. It always looked like some generous being had
strewn gold coins in the pools made by the street lights.
My parents are still in that house... 50 years and still
going strong. Lois and Art Rediske, what a pair. But not the
first in the house... not the first.
-Patricia Rediske Weatherman ('63) ~ Bothell, WA
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
Re: PJ I LOVE YOU!
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, PJ ('64) will you ever
forgive me? I will do your laundry and wash your windows for
a month if you will just say those magic words: "You are not
the dumbest guy in the world for missing my birthday"...oh
how those beautiful words would mean the world to me!!!!!!!!
We love you P J, oh yes we do...
We don't love anyone as much as you...
When you're not with us we're blue...
Ohhhhhhhh PJ we love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAULA JILL LYONS ('64) (1/4/04)
-David Rivers ('65)
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>>From: Julia Alexander ('65)
Re: Home to the Tri-Cities for the holidays
I, too, decided to go home for the holidays (after
declaring nineteen years ago I wasn't visiting the Tri-
Cities at the holidays because we got snowed in that year).
I was going to be brave and travel over the "pass" with my
chains in the back seat ready to be put on. I had my hot
coffee, extra blankets and food in case I got stranded
somewhere. Traveling on the 21st was uneventful with just
rain on the pass and when I reached the lake at the top of
the pass, fog set in and that was all she wrote until the
Tri-Cities. A tiring trip, but fine.
As you all know the snow came the day after Christmas
with a really bad storm on New Years eve and day. My plans
were to leave on Friday the 2nd. It took us 2 hours to dig
out the car and clear the driveway (I was in West Richland
up on the hill where it seems there was a little more snow).
Off I went... I did get home to the West End of the Olympic
Peninsula after dark with the ground covered in that white
stuff. More came that night which made me glad I "braved" it
and drove on Friday.
Now we have a "Winter Storm Watch" for Monday night and
Tuesday. Whew! This was fun when you are a kid... With all
of that... I want to wish everyone a Blessed New Year! (and
I am glad I went home for the holidays!)
Re: Microsoft
Have any of you heard of Linux and Red Hat? It is a
great operating system free to those who ask for it and is
free of bugs, worms, and viruses. For a basic home system it
does most everything you need. The really nice thing is when
you use your internet and email, it does not go to some
central computer where someone is watching.
Re: Corporal punishment
I am really, really glad I never experienced one of
those "swats"... my dad's belt was enough!
[Yeah, me, too, Julia... dad's belt was nasty... I'd
have been facing the belt at home if I got a hack at
school!!! -Maren]
-Julia Alexander ('65) ~ from really cold Forks, WA - where
it is 21° and the wind is howling.
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>>From: Larry Crouch ('71)
Re: Snow!!!!!
Hello... must be winter... everyone I hear from is
getting snow. Talked to my parents yesterday they had 9" in
Richland!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have 7" new at my house in Denver.
I used to like the snow but now not so much... seems my
driveway gets bigger each year... can't figure it out. I
told Diana I might just warm up the oil on the Harley... the
look she gave me scared me. though... maybe she was going to
commit me! I'll bet Brad is warm in Texas?
-Larry Crouch ('71)
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>>From: Barb Fichter Jenson ('72)
Re: Original Occupants of housing....
My parents (Vern and Marian Fichter) have been married
almost 53 years. Prior to being married (June 1, 1951), they
were on "the list" for housing. They were told there was a
house available, however, they could not move in until a
week after they were married, due to "moral considerations."
They are still in the same house on Wright Avenue. Mom
said there was a couple in the house before them, but they
were only there a few months. As for others in the same
neighborhood, the Collins family and the Craddock family
have been there ever since I can remember, and I am pretty
sure they are the original occupants.
My mother had a friend (who has since passed on) who was
born in the house on the northeast corner of Van Giesen and
Perkins in 1911. (Actually, the house is now on the National
Historic Register.) The house was ordered from Sears in
1910, for $500. Erma's father had a cherry orchard where
Jason Lee School now is.
-Barb Fichter Jenson ('72)
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by Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
>>Helen Millard King ('36) ~ 06/22/18 - 12/24/03
FuneralNotices.tripod.com
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/06/04
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Jim Grow ('51), Tom Hughes ('56)
Jim Hoff ('57), Larry Mattingly ('60)
Tim Avedovech ('61), Patricia Rediske ('63)
Brad Wear ('71)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larry Mattingly ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patricia Rediske Weatherman ('63)
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>>From: Jim Grow ('51)
Re: SAGEBRUSH RAG
Where is the Sagebrush Rag? I think I only received one
copy. Most of my thoughts now-days are too strong for the
Sandstorm.
-Jim Grow ('51)
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>>From: Tom Hughes ('56)
Re: Yakima River - Feb. 1969
This is a picture that I took at the West Richland Bridge in
February, 1969. I think this was the last time the river froze solid.
-Tom Hughes ('56)
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>>From: Jim Hoff ('57)
Re: Jack Rees' Paddle
To: Art Nelson (64)
Read your item on the paddle of Mr. Rees as you referred
to him. You must have swiped a much later version of the
paddle than the one that was used on me and many of my
classmates in shop classes the first three years Chief Jo
was open which I believe was from the Fall of '51 thru the
Spring of '54. I do not have fond memories of that paddle
and the constant abuse and humiliation that was leveled by
that not-so-fine teacher. As far as I was concerned it was
a game to him and he used it to punish in ways that were
nearly criminal. Frankly he made a joke out of it and he was
always stopping class for some infraction of the three-foot
rule or some other class rule violation. Then he would spin
the wheel of fortune and one of us was selected as witness
to accompany him and the violator into the lumber room for
the application of the hack. I saw guys cry, I had friends
with large black & blue marks on their butts when we were in
P.E. and I witnessed many people getting set up to break a
rule and then get their hack. The height of this folly was
during my 8th grade year I believe. I had shop just after
lunch. Jack Rees left campus for lunch daily and was late
quite regularly. We were supposed to be lined up and sitting
on the floor with our back to the wall outside the shop, and
not talking. Was that absurd or not, because someone was
always talking when he would come in the door and then
we all had to line up and take a hack. This went on four
straight days until the morning of the fifth day a bunch of
us were outside the Principal's office talking. Mr. Chisholm
(the principal) was standing near by when Mr. Rees walked up
and asked us what was up? A guy by the name of Mcleod said
"Are we all going to get our daily hack today, Mr. Rees?" He
walked away, but Mr. Chisholm came over and asked about the
comment Mcleod had made. Somehow after that encounter we
were never hacked again as a class and Mr. Rees was not late
to class.
Now for the good side of this story. Because of this
abusive use of the paddle I learned how such a form of
discipline can be wrong when uncontrolled. When I became a
principal I vowed paddling would not be used to discipline
kids. So, as a principal for 32 years in three school
districts we did not use the paddle to discipline little,
middle sized or big kids in my schools. I believed in strict
discipline, but hitting kids was not a part of what my staff
was about. The lesson here is: yesterday's absurd actions do
not have to continue today. By the way, today the action of
Mr. Rees would be grounds for immediate dismissal and loss
of his teacher certification.
-Jim Hoff ('57)
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>>From: Larry Mattingly ('60)
Re: First in houses
Like many others of you the discussion of early and
first in the houses brings up many memories.
We were the first in our first Richland house (Dec/Jan
'43/'44) on Williams just up from the Garmoe's Bakery and
the drug store. However we were not alone. Three couples
moved in the same day and the paint was still wet. Mom and
Dad and others had agreed to share the house for a few
months. I was the only child and very small. I don't
remember it but Dad put in the lawn in the Spring. Before
the grass was even growing well we got our own "B" house at
206 Casey. I do remember moving and the painters were still
in the house. We were the first there. Dad put in the lawn
and I remember moving the sprinkler to keep it damp. When my
Mother got out of the TB hospital we got another new house
at 1613 Judson. Right on the corner with nothing as far as
you could see to the North. Again we were the first there.
There were no streets, sidewalks, or lawns. Again Dad put
in the lawn. I remember getting into trouble with Mom for
getting too close to the machinery putting in the streets
and sidewalks. I also remember the gophers digging holes in
the new lawn and Dad flooding them out with the hose and
clobbering them with a broom when the water drove them out.
I spent half of the first grade in Jefferson (Ms. Eloise
Pitts, Teacher) and then because Mom did not like the new
house we moved to the "B" house at 310 Benham. We were not
the first there but Dad dug up and re-planted the lawn. But
the crab grass took over again in a matter of years.
"Happiness is the sky in bloom"
-J Larry Mattingly ('60) ~ From my office South of Olympia
where the 5° cold froze the well pump last night. We
installed an additional heater in the well house and
prepared for the coming storm tonight. Western
Washington, where the wet clouds of the "pineapple
express" from the Hawaii area of the Pacific meets the
Artic air mass from the cold North.
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>>From: Tim Avedovech ('61)
Re: Mr. Rees
Mr. Rees, shop teacher, had to have his paddle
"appropriated" in 1959 due to his heavy hand. I see
others had to do the same thing after us. Glad I didn't
have Mr. Sauer.
-Tim Avedovech ('61)
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>>From: Patricia Rediske Weatherman ('63)
Re: 1-5-04 entry of mine
Maren;
Well, I tried to do a recall but it was too late. My
gray cells are deserting in vast numbers! We moved into the
Acacia house in 1949, not 1944 (I wasn't even hatched in
1944!) Anyway, that would mean that our folks have been
there 55 years... math was never my best subject either! I
suppose that this means that the Ranch section of town was
probably not part of the stuff that was built in '43-'45
that Dick was mentioning, but a later development. The part
about the sand, no streets, etc was correct, which would
probably mean that the houses hadn't been finished much
before '49, when we were moving in. I do remember that we
were one of the first to move in on that block, at least if
my mind is not completly gone!
Re: Jan 25 lunch in Kirkland
Put me down as a possible. If I'm not working that
weekend, I'ed love to be there.
-Patricia Rediske Weatherman ('63) ~ Bothell, WA
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>>From: Brad Wear ('71)
To: Larry Crouch ('71)
Wrong Larry, it's cold here in Texas. We'll be in the
20s tonight. It's terrible, I've had to run my furnace
around four times this year. What ever happened to global
warming?
Re: Hacks at Chief Jo
My vote too goes to Norm Bell [('61?} -Ed], I carried
a bruise for several weeks from his. Jim Thornsberry (Art
instructor) gave a good one, too. Sauer, eh, over rated.
George Matthews finally got me after having him for math for
three years, I definitely wasn't a rocket scientist. I think
he just wanted to leave me something to remember him by. I
never got one from Bernard. A bunch of great guys taught and
passed through Chief Jo's doors. I know the Carmichael guys
had their hackers too.
Oh, yeah, thanks Cougs. Life will be easier here for a year.
-Brad Wear ('71)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/07/04
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16 Bombers and 1 Bomber Mom and Wife today:
Millie Finch ('54), Steve Carson ('58), James Johnson ('60)
Mary Judd ('60), Patti Jones ('60), Patti Mathis ('60)
Helen Cross ('62), Jeanie Walsh ('63), Bill Scott ('64)
Linda Reining ('64), Tedd Cadd ('66), Karen Schildknecht ('67)
William Barger ('68), Anna Durbin ('69), Mark Bond ('70)
Treg Owings ('76), Alice Morgan (Bomber Wife and Mom)
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BOMBER LUNCHES 'n stuff (in order of appearance)
01/10 Portland/Vancouver Lunch
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From: Millie Finch Gregg ('54)
Re: FIRST IN HOUSES
In May, 1944 our family moved to Richland. We had
to stay in the Desert Inn Hotel for 2 weeks because our
furniture went to the east coast instead of the west
coast when it left Denver, CO. We moved in as the "first"
occupants of our big "A" house, 200 Cullum. Our neighbors on
the other side were Dave & Viola Taylor and their children.
It was impossible to get a swamp cooler at that time, so
when the "termination" winds, or just plain wind blowing,
you can imagine the dirt and grime that came into our house
during that summer. We had to leave all the windows open, so
I can remember my mom sweeping up maybe 1/2" or so of sand,
etc., several times a day. It was plain awful. :(
Then in 1946, one of my brothers contracted Polio. We
were told that he was the 1st case of polio in the Hanford
Hospital. When he returned home, Mom and Dad had to carry
him upstairs in the "A" house and it was a real burden.
However, at that time in Richland, anything and everything
you wanted had to go through "Tenant Services", even for a
light bulb, etc. and one of the only ways you could apply
for a change in a house was because of health reasons, so
application was made for a single dwelling. In October of
that year we moved into our other house at 322 Abert Ave. We
were not the first occupants however, as the city had used
this residence as a dorm, and 3 men and a dog had been
living there. So once it was cleaned up, our family moved
in, and today, my mother is still living in this house after
58 years, at age 89.
I believe it was 1948 or 1949, my dad, brothers, uncles,
etc., excavated out the basement with help from Jim Lawrence
('51) (I think that is the right year). After that my
brothers had their bedroom downstairs, and we had a
wonderful family room, etc.
Lots of memories in that house. Thanks for reading!!
Bomber Cheers,
-Millie Finch Gregg ('54)
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>>From: Steve Carson ('58)
Re: Jack Rees' Paddle
As a new 7th grader in 1952/3, having just moved to N.
Richland some of my "buddies" suggested that I hail Mr. Rees
by calling out "Hey Rees!" The result was an introduction to
Spats (3) from Mr. Rees and his monster paddle. In today's
environment I would expect a legal settlement for the (self
induced) abuse and Mr. Rees could well have spent some time
accounting for his barbaric actions. Actually, it was a good
lesson and it amused my "buddies" greatly.
-Steve Carson ('58) ~ Chicago, IL - where we have -20*
windchill factor for the next few days. It is winter
and this IS Chicago.
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>>From: James Johnson ('60)
To: Walt Morgan ('60)
As I read your entry from a few Sandstorms back I
couldn't help but recall an earlier "contact" we had. As you
know we were involved in a lot of sports activities, but one
that stands out the most took place in PE class. It was a
Friday afternoon in the fall of our sophomore year and we
were playing touch or flag football. As I went out for a
pass you and I collided, head on. I was knocked unconscious.
After Rish brought me around with smelling salts it was
discovered I had amnesia! Rish got really irritated because
I couldn't remember my locker combination, so he had to get
some bolt cutters and cut the lock off, plus (and this
really ticked him off!) I couldn't remember how to get home
or even where I lived, so he had to drive me home! By the
time Monday came around I had regained my memory and was
back in school. I don't know if you remember that "contact"
we had.
-James Johnson ('60) ~ Marietta, GA
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>>From: Mary Judd Hinz ('60)
Re: Yakima River
To: Tom Hughes ('56)
The last time the Yakima River froze over solid here in
West Richland was in '96 right before the big flood. It was
about a foot thick. It has frozen over lots of times since
'69, and it's frozen over right now, although it's not very
solid yet. I took this picture two minutes ago.
-Mary Judd Hinz ('60)
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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: January 11, 2004
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
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>>From: Patti Mathis Wheeler ('60)
When we moved to Richland it was 1944... we lived in a 2
bedroom prefab on Smith, and then when I was in first grade
(about 1948) moved to a ranch house oh Humphries Street a
few blocks West of Marcus Whitman. They were putting in
underground pipes and had dug trenches across the road, so
every morning I would have to climb down this ladder, walk
across the floor of the trench, and climb the ladder on the
other side to get out. Quite exciting stuff for a 6 year old
girl in her new school clothes.
Speaking of spats, I don't think they gave them to
girls, at least never heard of it, but I can remember the
boys in Mr. Ingersol's 8th or 9th grade class sure got their
share. They didn't seem to mind, almost as if they had
formed a "We Got A Spat" club.
OK oh well... so it goes.
-Patti Mathis Wheeler ('60)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Greetings and Happy New Year late from beautiful Lake
Tahoe where we have just had dinner with our ski board
bum son and his girlfriend from Seattle, WA. We have had
lovely weather to go along with our great cougar victory in
San Diego. But we think we may be catching up to the snow
for the rest of our trip east via Colorado and Kansas City...
hope to see Ed Wood ('62) and Carol Rice Forister ('62) on
those stops.
We are retracing HW50 and the bike trip to get a few
better photos for the scrapbook.
Darn, I forgot the ranch house ornament I wanted to give
Carol Rice Forister. Once again I didn't see any one I knew
in the WSU crowd.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ I hear it's been raining more than
snowing out in West Harrison, IN by the little
lake. Whatever... our insurance is paid up.
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[Helen -- Order that ornament online...
rsa99352.tripod.com/OrnOrderForm.htm -Maren]
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>>From: Barbra Williamson, aka Jeanie Walsh ('63)
Happy Birthday Larry M .......... and many more!
-Jeanie Walsh ('63) ~ Home of the Ronald Reagan Library....
some day, huh?
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>>From: Bill Scott ('64)
Re: Hacks at Chief Jo.
It's hard to believe anyone hit harder than math teacher
Mr. Barnard in the late '50s. I ticked him off one day and
he hit me with that paddle so hard I went instantly numb.
I'll never forget the day Jim Heidelbaugh ('65) tipped
over onto the floor from his chair once too often in
Barnard's class. Barnard, who had thick coke-bottle eye
glasses and breath that would drop an elephant, sprang from
his desk, seized Heidelbaugh from the floor, and literally
threw him through the class doorway, where he skidded on his
back across the hall and slammed into the lockers on the far
side. Try that sort of thing with today's kids and they're
liable to blow you away the next day.
-Bill Scott ('64)
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
Re: Hacks
Guess this is just one more reason why I am very glad I
am female... we never had to worry about hacks from any of
the teachers at Carmichael or Col-Hi.
I do remember Mr. Anderson (Spalding) giving hacks to
some of the guys in 6th grade... they had their choice of
Dictionary work or taking hacks. We girls who were talkers,
always took the Dictionary work... don't think we were ever
given the option of taking the hacks, Thank God. I can still
remember that sickening sound as it connected.
My youngest daughter is a teacher, and they are not
allowed to physically touch the kids... they are to send
them to the principal's office or call for the principal to
come to their room. I agree that teachers need to be able to
have more control in the classrooms and need to be able to
discipline the students, but those paddles were wrong when
my parents were in school, let alone when we were!!!
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA - we are having frost
advisories --- high 40's, low 50's the past
couple of days.
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>>From: Tedd Cadd ('66)
Re: Yakima River Freezing - 1969
To: Tom Hughes ('56)
In January and February 1996, the Yakima was frozen
solid at least as far up as Twin Bridges and there was a lot
of snow on the ground. It is repeating that this week. We
live a couple of houses down from the Twin Bridges and it is
frozen solid here. There is some open water at the West
Richland Bridge still but the ice is building rapidly. The
mouth and upstream for some distance is frozen. We have 9-10
inches of snow on the ground and 4-8 inches predicted for
today.
In Feb 96, we experienced the worst flood recorded. The
temperature (around 10°) suddenly warmed to around 50. We
were the last house on the river where the flood water
didn't reach the house. Our next door neighbors (down
stream) had it at the house corners and their pasture was
flooded for weeks afterward. The people next to them had to
sandbag their house. The people on Twin Bridges island were
flooded 2-3 feet and many other houses downstream were
similarly flooded. Part of our driveway was under water next
to where our neighbor's pasture is. At the time, they didn't
have any animals, but now they have llamas, horses, goats
and emus. I hope we don't get the high water like we did 8
years ago, but it is eerie how similar the conditions are.
For the last couple of days it has been in single digits
(with the exception of the negative numbers (-13 to -17).
Highs for Thursday and Friday are predicted to be in the mid
40s.
We've put out a lot of bird seed and scratch and the
pheasants, quail, red-wing blackbirds, sparrows, chickadees,
yellow-headed blackbirds, doves and a few others love it.
I've seen 60 or more at a time dining here at Singing River
(we usually have a little music from the currently-frozen
rapids).
-Tedd Cadd ('66) ~ West Richland - where I've been taking
pictures of bird tracks and the impressions of the wings
when the birds land or take off in the snow.
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>>From: Karen Schildknecht Mateo ('67)
Re: More snow
Wow... 5 to 6 more inches predicted over the next day
or so. For the last 4 years I've been begging for snow and
getting nothing but mild winters. What a disappointment.
But now we have all this snow and I'm literally housebound.
Bummer. Since last June, I've had both my legs amputated
at the knee and my wheelchair just doesn't cut it in this
depth. The drifts in my back yard are up to 3 feet deep and
here I am unable to make a snow angel or a snowman. Again,
bummer! At least my brother Jim ('66) had some smarts. He
just moved to Santa Fe, NM, for a new job and MUCH nicer
weather. Wonder if he knew how bad this storm was going to
be? Also, my Mom is heading to Hawaii (with Brad Upton's ('74)
mother) to spend 2 months in the sun starting Wednesday. I
told her I was finally small enough to hide in her suitcase...
but she just laughed and packed more shorts. What a letdown.
Okay, everyone drive carefully out there now. I have 7
nieces and a nephew driving these streets, so let's all just
avoid each other. Who needs grandkids when I have 15 nieces
and 3 nephews? If you couldn't tell before, we Schildknechts
tend to favor girls. Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday
and you all enjoy the best in this New Year.
-Karen Schildknecht Mateo ('67)
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>>From: William Barger ('68)
For any Orthodox Christians out there I wanted to say
have a great Orthodox Christmas on January 7th.
-William Barger ('68)
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>>From: Anna Durbin ('69)
To: Tom Hughes ('56)
Thanks for that great picture of the frozen Yakima, Tom.
I am trying to remember if that was the cold spell where
my class ended civilization as we knew it. We had a Yukon
express with -20 F. temperatures, and girls were allowed to
wear pants under their dresses to school for the first time.
The dress code was done.
To: Jim Hoff ('57)
Thanks for your memories of the hacks. I am happy to
hear that you grew up to be an enlightened principal instead
of continuing the abuse. Although I have had the tendency
to laugh about getting spanked by parents (girls didn't
get hacked in those days), and be macho about it like most
people, I know that it really left me with anger for the
unfairness and violence. I realized that when I was a
mother. After I slapped a daughter in anger, I got that
insight that corporal punishment does not work, but just
brings out bad consequences down the road. I never did it
again and I apologized to her. I have a close relationship
with her and she is a wonderful person. Self-discipline
through respect for elders and yourself is a much better way
to go. I remember Mr. Chisholm as a good guy, although I
think Mr. Skov was principal when I was at Chief Jo.
To: Larry Mattingly ('60)
And Larry, keep telling your tales. I didn't know your
mom had been in a TB hospital. That was still happening in
the '40s and '50s? How long was it for? What did you think
as a child? And, Happy Birthday, Larry!
Re: Richland Arrival
We were latecomers to Richland, I guess. I remember our
tiny little prefab on Sanford, and I remember moving out of
it to our enormous (to me) "K" house on Trippe Street when I
was three. Wow, four bedrooms and a full concrete basement.
Wow, that basement was so cool in summer. But that galley
kitchen was so small. I really didn't want to sell that
house when my parents moved to be near us in Pennsylvania in
1989. And when we came back to a reunion, seeing that later
owners had cut down all the trees and bushes did make me
sad. But I wasn't rich then and probably never will be with
three kids to put through college. Sigh.
I love all you guys for all the memories. May the warm
Chinook wind that melts all the snow come soon. Love, Anna
-Anna Durbin ('69) ~ Ardmore, PA - where it was 60 on New
Year's but going down to 18 tonight.
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>>From: Mark Bond ('70)
Re: First in houses in Richland
My parents were the first to occupy the ranch house at
1210 Richmond, across from Spalding school. While I was not
yet born, it was my first and only home, for the first 19
years of my life. The house has since been bought and sold
several times. I still drive by several times a year to see
what, if anything has changed.
While I don't remember the trees being planted, I do
have a picture of me (16 months) standing next to a twig
that eventually grew into a beautiful climbing tree. (I
hated raking the small, small leaves.)
I hadn't thought of the old place as ever being new, as
I had always lived there. To me it had always been there.
-Mark Bond ('70)
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>>From: Treg Owings ('76)
Re: Hacks
I had Mr. Bell for Science. He would give options if you
broke a rule. I remember once 4 of us were late for class.
He lined us up and gave us a choice for a hack. Either one
flip of the coin for all or individual flips. We chose one
flip. He flipped the coin and made a big deal out of what
HE saw. He finally did not give us punishment. Another trick
was to play pool w/chalk and a pointer on the desk where
there were holes for who knows what. I did not see many
people lose. I think the threat was enough for most.
Mr. Bell was one of my favorite teachers. Maybe that is
part of the reason.
- Treg Owings ('76)
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>>From: Alice Morgan (Bomber Mom and Wife)
Re: Original occupants
Concerning original occupants: Mr. and Mrs. Carl Frick,
on Farrell Lane are the original occupants of their "B"
house. They waited while it was being built, and have lived
in it since the day it was finished. I want to give this
wonderful couple a bouquet while they live. My husband,
Walt ('60) told me Mr. Frick made a basketball court in
the back yard, complete with a goal at each end, and
floodlights. As Walt's family lived in the "A" house next
door, Walt spent many hours shooting goals or competing with
other boys in play. He said when they called Bob ('60) in
for the evening; Mr. Frick would leave the lights on as long
as he heard Walt bouncing the ball. The Fricks had one of
the first televisions on Farrell Lane (A black and white
screen). Mrs. Frick would let the neighborhood kids come in
and watch TV. She would pop popcorn and serve Pepsi in
little cups. Walt's father didn't drive so Mr. and Mrs.
Frick took him on many trips, along with other Farrell Lane
kids. What an inspiration this wonderful couple have been
through the years!
-Alice Morgan (Bomber Mom and Wife)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/08/04
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21 Bombers sent stuff:
Bill Berlin ('56), Gloria Falls ('58)
John Northover ('59), Janice Woods ('60WB)
Larry Mattingly ('60), Richard Anderson ('60)
Walt Morgan ('60), Roger Gress ('61)
Jean Armstrong ('64), Patty de la Bretonne ('65)
Cheryl Moran ('66), Bill Wingfield ('67)
Gary Christian ('67), Tedd Cadd ('66)
Betti Avant ('69), Gordie McMaster ('69)
Gary Ackerman ('71), Stu Osborn ('71)
Anita Fravala ('73), Brad Upton ('74)
Mike Davis ('74)
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BOMBER LUNCHES 'n stuff (in order of appearance)
01/10 Portland/Vancouver Lunch (2nd Saturday)
01/11 Puget Sound Area (Fife) Lunch (2nd Sunday)
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From: Bill Berlin ('56)
Re: Digging out the half basements in Richland
I remember that my Dad and a couple of other neighbors
[J.C. Hamilton and Orly Russell] dug out our half basement
that was filled with dirt. I got to get things going and as
I was pretty small, hence the nickname "Termite," thus I was
the guy "appointed" to go in first and get the dig started
so the big guys could get in and really start the project. I
tried to get Jimbeaux [a/k/a Mimmie], Jim Russell and Pat
Murray to go in first after the Canaries but they all had
ballet, grout work and cooking classes so I had to go it
alone. Even my Brother Bruce [Kennewick '62] could not
figure out which end of the shovel to use so it all fell
to me.
Once it was trenched out enough to get the endless belt
owned by Bob Avery (I believe that is correct) then things
got rolling right along. Load the belt in the basement, out
through an opening in the foundation and into Avery's little
Ford dump truck, about 1/2 of a yard capacity. It was a
spring loaded dump so you loaded it toward the rear so when
you released the latches, it would dump like the big boys.
Avery would then get in the back and jump up and down until
it latched again and off he would go. Took us two days to
dig it all out but it was worth the extra space.
Stay tuned for the time Avery and I dumped all 1/2 yard
in the middle of GWWay in front of the Fire Station.
-Bill Berlin ('56) ~ in snowy and icy Seattle and trying to
get up to Anacortes in all of this mess. Will be
moved up there by 1/20/04. Moved but not settled.
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>>From: Gloria Falls Evans ('58)
A big thank you to my classmates and friends for all the
prayers for my nephew, Jon. I just got [this] update
Dear Sweet Aunt Gloria,
I just got back. The doctors think it's a miracle, I
know it's GOD's work. Jon's brain stopped bleeding, he
woke up and he is going to be fine. He has some memory
loss and forgets thing from minute to minute. He is up
walking around and can do everything by himself. The
power of prayer is terrific. Thank all of you and your
friends for their prayers. They didn't expect him to
live when they called. It's unbelievable, but I've just
seen it. Thank you so much again. I love you. Cyndi
[as you read above] the doctor said it was a miracle of
prayers that he is doing ok. He woke up like nothing had
happened... the brain bleeding stopped.
Thank you again for the prayers and support I received.
-Gloria Falls Evans ('58) ~ Spokane, WA - we have a ton of
snow and it is really cold.
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>>From: John Northover ('59)
All this talk about Paddles and Spats ... makes my stern
sizzle ... while in Chief Jo I was 'impressed' with Sauer,
Rees and the V.P. for a total of 12 whacks over the years I
was their.
I never did anything to get in trouble in Sauer's or
Rees's classes ... I was sent down to them by various
teachers.
The Music Teacher - I had put her baton down in the piano
and when she sat down to pound out a rousing rendition of
'Row Row your Goat' ... well you can imagine the sounds ...
My seventh grade home room teacher sent me to the V.P. ...
cannot remember what it was for ... It could have been for
the way I was standing in the 7th Grade home room picture. I
was standing in the front row and had made both hands into
fists ... unfortunately my middle fingers were extended ...
[the ole Vice President Salute!!!] I never had the pleasure
of Mr. Bernard's efforts and am very happy about that.
Do not remember why I received the other 6. I still have a
hard time remembering when I forgot that bit of my past.
The only thing that I was really concerned about when I was
sent for punishment was that I would not cry ... bad form to
have tears running down your cheeks ...
On another note ... these guys were pussy cats when compared
to my dad ... !!! In fact Pat Hartnett ('59) and I have
discussed the issue of how many of us were 'trained' in
the '50s; if we had been born years later and had received
similar 'training' ... our parents would/may have been
tossed in jail for child abuse.
I did get the opportunity to kick Mr. Russell in the butt -
I think he taught history. He was talking about the
possessive form of proverbs or how nouns have/show
possession with an apostrophe followed by an 's' .. I said
that the word "Boys" and "Girls" on the gym doors did not
have apostrophes... He made a bet that if they did not I
would get to kick his butt in front of the class ... If they
did ... he got to kick mine in front of the class. Cannot
remember why we were talking about English stuff in History
... And do not even know to this day which form is correct
[Boys' and Girls' is correct, John. -Maren]
... my brain is not orientated for the many nuances of the
verbal/writing formalities required by the English language.
At least I did learn that spanking does not work ... I never
did hit my kids... although my son contends that I smacked
him one time when he was 8 or 9... but, he cannot remember
what it was for. I am sure he deserved it!!!
Anyhow ... for me, I guess the final score was 12 - 1!!! and
I won!!
Later
juan the unscathed '59
-John Northover ('59)
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>>From: Janice Woods Ehrke ('60WB)
To: Millie Finch Gregg ('54)
I lived on Cullum also, but don't know the address. Our
house was directly across from Lewis and Clark Quonset huts.
The neighbors on our right were the Millers, Chic and Lou
and their children LaVonne and Henry. A couple of houses
down from them were the Kecks... believe they had a daughter
Caroline Keck. Behind us were Gruvers, big family but can't
remember anyone but Arlene. Were you close to us at 200
Cullum?
-Janice Woods Ehrke ('60WB) ~ Woodland, CA
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>>From: Larry Mattingly ('60)
Re: Birthdays
To: Barbra Williamson, aka Jeanie Walsh ('63)
Thanks for the birthday greeting. I quit recognizing my
birthday about 10 years ago in a mental effort to refuse to
grow older. In spirit it has worked pretty good, physically
there are days when it doesn't do very well. I can still
walk a beam a couple of hundred feet up (with safety tether,
of course) doing special effects with no problem. But
jumping on and off tugs and barges is starting to get a
little ticky.
As to the Reagan Library. I have several pictures of that
building sitting on the hill pinned above my computer
screen. About once a month I get lost in thoughts of what
I could do there. Someday maybe......
"Happiness is the sky in bloom"
-Larry Mattingly ('60) ~ From my office near Olympia where
there is a foot of snow getting ready to turn to mush.
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>>From: Richard Anderson ('60)
Re: Hoops Report (a bit late)
Well, the snow has screwed up things in a very big way!
I was going to go off and catch the Wa-Hi games at Kennewick
on Saturday while our guys were off playing at Moses Lake
and at Pasco on Tuesday (the make-up game from Pasco's being
in the fuh-bah championship game); but the weather decided
otherwise.
So, I ended up listening to the Bombers v. Moses Lake
game on the radio.
Here is the line score (taken from the radio broadcast):
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1 2 3 4
Bombers 16 28 43 63
Moses Lake 17 33 40 61
Miller, York 29, Bussman 14, Brooks, Frank 18,
Stevens, Ben Cartmell, Roberts, Bixler 2
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Coach Streufert can't be too happy about his scoring;
until Bix put in his two points at 0:04 of the fourth
quarter only three Bombers had scored at all. And the
distribution wasn't very consistent: at the end of the first
half it was York 13, Frank 13, and Bussman 2; second half
scoring was York 16, Frank 5 (Joey fouled out before he had
much of a chance to score more), and Bussman 12 ..... and
Bix's game winner with four seconds left. But, the boys won
a game they were supposed to win, and it's on to the rest of
the schedule (bye on Friday; Wenatchee on Saturday).
The league is sorting itself out pretty much according
to form: the top four (Davis, Pasco, Richland, and Wa-Hi) at
the top, and the remaining seven fighting for the final two
district playoff spots.
-Richard Anderson ('60) ~ OK, snow, it's been nice -- you can go away now!
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>>From: Walt Morgan ('60)
Re: Collision!
To: Jim Johnson
When you got knocked out and had amnesia I must have
fainted because I can't stand to see anyone in pain. Unlike
your temporary amnesia I have permanent memory loss about
that incident. Bummer, I would like to have recalled your
condition, laying there on the field, in vivid detail and
embellished on it. Sorry nothing comes to mind. I have been
racking my brain since you mentioned it at our 30th class
reunion. I do remember getting hit and flipped up in the air
while playing tackle football after school at Bomber Bowl,
with no shoulder pads on. I landed on my head and was out of
it for about two weeks; this could account for the lack of
memory about you and I colliding. I do remember how you and
I competed in Basketball at Chief Jo and we never lost a
game our 9th grade year. Great memories of growing up in
Richland, from Sacajawea through Richland High. Those were
great times weren't they? So much for now.
-Walt Morgan ('60)
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>>From: Roger Gress ('61)
Re: Hacks at Chief Jo.
When I was in the 7th grade I had Mr. Worley for home
room and I can't remember what I did to get hacks, but he
knew I had wood shop and needed a new hack board so he had
me make him a new and better one. So I didn't get my hacks
until I had the board done. The day that I gave it to him I
had put my sliding pads in my pants that I used for baseball
and he took one hack and said I don't know what you have in
your pants but go and remove it and then I'm going to triple
what I was going to give you. That was a real good lesson
for me.
I saw some tough guys cry after getting hacks from Mr.
Barnard.
Does anyone remember the time that Mr. Piippo had
laryngitis for like what seemed to be forever? He was the
teacher from hell. If he caught you doing something you
weren't supposed to be doing he couldn't say anything and
if couldn't get your attention he would just come up behind
you and hit you on the head.
-Roger Gress ('61)
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>>From: Jean Armstrong Reynolds ('64)
Re: Phoenix Bomber Luncheon - January 24th (Saturday)
It's time to set a date and try to get together before I
head off to Arkansas, which is the 27th of this month. I am
sorry I am behind, but it was a busy year.
We stayed in Montana for hubby to fight fires late last
year, didn't get back home until the end of October. The
good part was, that I got to stay in Richland for almost 4
months. Well, I think it was a good thing, but don't ask my
daughter Kelly Franklin Nicholson, '66. She may tell you a
different story. We also made a trip to Florida the middle
of December so my husband could get certified for Scuba
Diving. I am going to snorkel above him. I am not sure about
diving way down there with all those sharks.
Since we have been home it has been go-go-go. No rest
for the wicked, I always say.
I see on the calendar that Saturday the 24th is the only
available date that I have. This weekend is my father-in-
laws 80th birthday. And being the planner that I am, I am
giving the party at my house. They are coming from coast to
coast and most of them are staying at our house. Then the
following weekend we are planning to trip to the Catalina
Islands to do some scuba/snorkeling. So that leaves the 24th
cause we are heading back to work in Arkansas the 27th.
Anyone interested in the "Phoenix Bomber Luncheon" Send
me an email and as soon as I get it all together, I will let
everyone know what time and where. I won't be getting back
to anyone until the middle of next week, after all the
relatives leave. But, I will get back to everyone.
I have to say that at this time of year, I am glad that
I live in the Valley of the Sun. Reading about all the snow
and below 0 weather has me convinced that this is definitely
where I want to be in the winter. My daughter, Kelly
Franklin Nicholson ('84) called almost every day to tell me
that it was -14 or that it was snowing AGAIN. It was 10
inches the last time I talked to her. We looked at some land
in Finley while I was there last summer. It was 2 and a half
acre lots on an airpark. You build your house with your
hangar attached and just taxi out with your plane and take
off on the grass runway that separates the lots. The view in
the front was of the river, the view in the back was of the
orchards. I fell in love with it. Until I remembered that it
gets really cold there and SNOWS!!! So, until we can afford
a "summer" home up there, we will stay here where the low is
going to be 40 to 45 and the highs of 75 to 80 for a whole
week.
Even though I am busy as a beaver, at Christmas time,
you were all in my thoughts even more than usual. Stay warm
and safe.
-Jean Armstrong Reynolds ('64) ~ Goodyear, AZ - where our
winter would be called summer anywhere else
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>>From: Patricia de la Bretonne ('65)
Well you were just lucky, Linda Reining ('64).
Mr. Barnard gave spats to boys and girls who forgot their
math tests back and signed by the given date. He had
a real good time.
-Patricia de la Bretonne '65 in Seattle
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>>From: Cheryl Moran Fleming ('66)
I can attest to the fact that Chief Jo girls got spats.
Mine was for jumping up and trying to reach a beam in the
hallway.
Re: Gas Light
[Hubby]. Jim ('65) and I can't agree on the Gas Light
pizza. He says the Gas Light was not built, nor served pizza
until the '60s. I think I remember back in the '50s that
place being open and making pizza. Kids could not go in as
it was a bar, but I thought they were around over 50 years
ago. Please, historians, set it straight.
-Cheryl Moran Fleming ('66) ~ Lots of snow here in Spokane!
Roads slick and snowblowers working overtime.
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>>From: Bill Wingfield ('67)
Re: Hacks, How about The day A Certain Teacher shot A Student At Chief Jo.
I remember an event that a teacher wouldn't even think
about doing today. It was our last day of our class in
Chief Joe for the school year so there wasn't much to do. I
believe it was the final day of our 9th grade class at
Chief Joe, so that would of been June 1964. We went into an
unnamed teacher's Mechanical Drawing class. We were sitting
at our drawing tables when in walked the teacher with a
starter pistol. However, all of the students thought it was
a real gun.
The teacher pointed the pistol at the student and yelled
something like: "I have taken all of the BS from you that I
am going to take." As the teacher approached, the student
started backing up. The teacher pulled the trigger until he
had unloaded the pistol, all the time pointing it at the
student's chest. The student thought he had been shot for
sure. The look on his face was unbelievable, as he fell
backwards landing against the counter in the back of the
room, at the same time holding his hands over his chest.
Afterwards we first thought the student had been in on a
joke with the teacher, then after it was over we realized
the student really thought he had been shot. We sure thought
it was funny at the time.
Does anyone else remember this or did I just dream it? I
left out the names of the teacher and student to protect the
innocent.
I also have a story regarding a hack from Mr. Bernard,
I believe that was in my 11th grade, so that would of been
in 1966 in Bomberland. I think Steve Washer ('67) and 2
others were also caught up that I still hurt from that hack,
but that's another story. I just looked up in my '64 Warrior
Year book to see if I had the teachers' names right and
realized that Mr. Bernard had signed my yearbook, so that
made the hurt go away.
To: Patti Mathis Wheeler ('60)
Trust me, none of us sitting at that science table
throwing spit wads was doing it just so we could join the
Spat Club. I knew if I got in that club that my dad was
going to give me a worse one when I got home. Good try anyway.
To: Johnny Wingfield ('66)
Cuz, I didn't realize Mr. Sauer was your neighbor.
To: Terry Canoe ('67) do you remember any of this?
-Bill Wingfield (Blue Ribbon Class of '67) ~ Augusta, GA
where it is suppose to get down to a blistery
18*F tonight. Burrrrr.
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>>From: Gary Christian ('67)
Re: Karen Schildknecht Mateo ('67)
Over the last few years, (thanks to the Alumni Sandstorm)
I have renewed my friendship with Karen. She and her husband
Pete have traveled with my wife Deborah and I to the Oregon
Coast, Portland Saturday market and even to the Spudnut shop.
We always enjoy our time with Pete and Karen. But as of late
those excursions have tapered off as Karen battled her
illnesses and surgeries. My wife and I have been astounded
at the courage that Karen has shown over the last couple of
years and even more astounded at her continued optimistic
outlook on life. With this is mind I make the following
prediction.
It will be just a matter of time until Karen gets
completely fed up with being house bound by the snow. I
predict that Karen will eventually attach a V8 engine and
snow chains to her wheel chair and off to the mall she will
go. I haven't seen anything stop her yet. Go get um Karen!
Your friend,
-Gary Christian ('67)
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>>From: Tedd Cadd ('66)
Re: Winter of '69...
The winter of '68-'69 is certainly frozen in my memory.
Pam Hunt ('66) and I got married in one of the worst snow
storms the state has seen (Feb 1, '69 - nearly 35 years and
loving it!). That '68-'69 Christmas break at WSU in Pullman,
I stayed behind to work on the then-under construction CUB.
When I got up that first morning, the first thing I noticed
was the frost on the INSIDE of the door to my apartment.
When I checked the little thermometer outside, it was not
only below the last temperature mark (-20), the little bulb
at the bottom was about half full. I turned the radio on and
learned it was -52 F. I put on everything I had including
my ski boots and walked to work. Unfortunately, the primary
work that week was for the plumbers working over all the
broken pipes.
But the thing I remember primarily was the beauty. It
was a clear day and the moisture in the air was frozen yet
still apparently light enough to remain suspended. The
result was the air literally sparkled as the sun was
reflected off the crystals in the air. Pure white snow,
bright blue sky and sparkling air. It was really wonderful.
More locally and recently, when I drove in for work this
morning, I saw the ice on the Yakima just below the West
Richland bridge and just above it as well. There is open
water around the bridge but a lot of ice filling up the open
spaces as well. It may not freeze totally there since I
noticed we were seeing 15+ degrees this morning, but it
isn't far from it.
-Tedd Cadd ('66)
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
Re: pants to school
Note to Anna Durbin ('69)
Yes I remember they let "us girls" wear pants under
our dresses that cold winter, but do you recall there were
stipulations? You had to live far away enough from school
where you walked from home, but not far enough to ride the
bus. You also had to remove said pants after arriving at
school, you couldn't wear them all day in school. That was
a hassle as you still had to walk between the buildings
outdoors to get to your next class. I think it only lasted a
week. It was that next year that the dress code was totally
revised.
-Betti Avant, a fellow 69er here in Goodland, KS - where we
have had below zero wind-chill all week, today is
supposed to be sunbathing weather at mid 40's (maybe)
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>>From: Gordie McMaster ('69)
Re: 35th Reunion Planning meeting
Greetings all, from lot-za-snow-on-the-ground Richland
I got about 15 responses about having a 35th reunion.
So, lets get together and discuss whether or not we want
to do a 35th reunion.
THURSDAY, January 15th - 7:00 pm
35 Apollo Ave, North Richland, Off Snyder
(Richland Mobile Home Park's "Apollo Hall")
-Gordie McMaster ('69)
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>>From: Gary Ackerman ('71)
Re: Subscribe.Sandstorm
To: Whom It May Concern
My name is Gary Ackerman class of 1971. I would like to
be notified of any up coming reunions of my class. Any info
you could provide would be appreciated. thank you gary a
-Gary Ackerman ('71)
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>>From: Stu Osborn ('71)
To: Julia Alexander ('65)
Re: Linux Red Hat
Julia,
Please understand that I'm not actually defending
Windows... rather challenging your statement about Linux.
You say Linux is "free of bugs, worms and viruses"? No
ma'am, ALL software has code bugs in it because code is
written by PEOPLE and people make coding mistakes. If Linux
was as widely used as Windows and its software development
company had as much market share as Microsoft, then the bugs
in Linux would be found just as quickly and receive just as
much bad press as Microsoft's do.
Also... worms are a type of virus which usually manifest
themselves as email attachments which when executed by an
unwary user, "worm" their way into address books and email
themselves out to people's contacts when they detect an
internet connection. Once again, worms are more prevalent
in Microsoft software because the unscrupulous people who
write viruses, specifically write them to attack Microsoft
software knowing that by using this strategy, their virus
has a better chance of propagating itself because they know
more computers are running Microsoft software than any other
kind. Not to defend the fact that there are indeed code
defects that allow this, namely a defect called a "buffer
overrun" but like I said, no software company in the world
reacts more quickly to issues than Microsoft because we
know we must strive to preserve the trust of the customers
when code defects are exploited. Before one of the last
widespread virus attacks, Microsoft issued a warning about
the exact issue weeks in advance. Sometime later, the attack
occurred because many customers hadn't applied the patch
which was readily available. It was like the virus writer
took the fix, analyzed it and wrote a worm to exploit the
issue knowing that people wouldn't have time to patch every
machine in the world before their devilry had a chance to
worm its way onto people's machines...
So a word of warning, Bombers, keep your computers
patched from http://www.windowsupdate.com and get yourself
a virus program installed and resident in memory because
you're not safe running your software without all Windows
"Critical" updates applied. Yes, even Linux needs updates.
And Julia, "Big Brother" Microsoft isn't watching you...
If someone tells you this, it is a hoax. Client connections
absolutely do not "go to some central computer where someone
is watching". There are harsh privacy laws that ban this
and as someone on this forum said, Microsoft is wary about
breaking any laws these days.
-Stu Osborn ('71)
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>>From: Anita Fravala Griffin ('73)
Re: Hacks
I'm glad to see I'm not the only "girl" to remember
the boys getting hacks. Mr. Hall (5th grade) at Jason Lee
used to take the boys out into the hall right outside the
classroom and we could hear it all. I guess the girls were
angels since I don't remember what our punishment was!!!
-Anita Fravala Griffin ('73) ~ Seattle
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>>From: Brad Upton ('74)
To: Karen Schildknecht ('67)
Karen,
I knew about the amputations and I'm sorry you can't
make a snow angel anymore... but you are the only one of us
that can make a snow butterfly!! Relax everyone, I've known
Karen since the day I was born, she thought that was funny!
-Brad Upton ('74) ~ Phillsburg, St. Maarten - today
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>>From: Mike Davis ('74)
Been off line for awhile and have been catching up on
the Sandstorms
As for Chief Jo hacks-
Shop Teacher, Harold Richards - the man could cripple
children. You know how hunters often have the heads of
their kills mounted on the walls? Well, I always thought
Mr. Richards should have mounted all the butts he maimed at
Chief Jo. Nice man, quality teacher, just don't mess up!
To: Brad Wear ('71)
Cougars looked very good against Texas. I stand
corrected and I'm not worthy!!!
To: Brad Upton and his Caribbean Cruise while we sit here snowed in:
"BITE ME!"
Happy New Year to all.
-Mike Davis ('74)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/09/04
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14 Bombers and 1 Bomber funeral notice today:
Wally Erickson ('53), James Johnson ('60)
Pat Vaché ('60), Roger Gress ('61)
Shirley Sherwood ('62), Earl Bennett ('63)
Bill Scott ('64), Carol Converse ('64)
Gary Behymer ('64), Shirley Collings ('66),
Karen Schildknecht ('67), Barb Fichter ('72)
Kellie Walsh ('77), Lisa Lysher ('79)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joan Eckert Sullens ('51)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda Reining ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pearl "Pat" Drotts Adler ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike Funderburg ('66)
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>>From: Wally Erickson ('53)
Re: Digging out half basements in Richland
Re: Jim Laurence ('51)
I recognized Jim from Col-Hi when I first met him
working for GE in the 300 area. We worked out of the same
office hut. He asked me if I would help him pick up his dump
truck (old, well used) and conveyor belt and take it to
a new job site. That's when I found out he dug out half
basements in Richland for extra cash $$$$$$$$. I was with
him just that one time; but, Jim gave me the impression he
would or could do just about anything to make an extra buck.
He was a real entrepreneur. Another thing I remember about
him.... he always had a cigar in his mouth (smoking or
chewing)
We lived in an "A" house on Putnam St. with a half
basement. I remember getting my neighbor friends and my
"Red Ryder" BB gun; we would set up targets in the dirt
fill part of the basement and we would see who was the best
shooter. Again, fun times and great memories. Also, thoughts
about the coal furnace and coal bin. It was my job to take
the ashes out every week for pick up. I remember our Mother
using the ringer washing machine and rinsing in the double
tubs. And of course hanging the clothes on the line outside
(inside during the winter months near the furnace area).
Sometimes I would help Mom hang the clothes...... got pretty
good at it..... grin. I can still visualize the old basement
as I'm writing this.
-Wally Erickson ('53) ~ Idaho - where we're getting more
snow. The evergreen trees are loaded with snow with
about 18" on ground. It's great to be retired and not
worry about having to go anywhere.
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>>From: James Johnson ('60)
Re: "Whacks"
I must have straightened out by junior high because the
only "whack" I received was in grade school! Did anyone
else suffer that indignation? It was the year the Sacajawea
students who were to attend the new Jason Lee ES had to
temporarily go to Lewis and Clark (help me out Myra Tadlock
('60), Linda Seaton ('60) and Judy Parker ('60)...year?
and teacher?) for several months. There was a nice, wet
snowfall, perfect for snowballing. Our teacher said
snowballing was OK as long as it was within the fence of the
National Little League field. Somehow the snow just rose up
into my hands and since it was there I had to get rid of it!
"Grab your ankles, James" came next and my rebellious days
were over.
-James Johnson ('60) ~ Marietta, GA - where the magnolias
were budding out a couple of weeks ago but now we're
looking at snow tonight and temps in the teens
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>>From: Pat Vaché ('60)
Re: Gas Light Tavern
I cannot shed light on exactly when the Gas Light
opened, but I believe it was 1960/61. I will offer that The
Gas Light was all, and perhaps even more then, the Bull and
Finch Pub featured in the TV sitcom "Cheers." Watching
Cheers is always fun for me because I can pick out the Gas
Light regulars, from Sam behind the bar to the postal guy,
except at the Gas Light Jack was Sam and the postal guy
doubled as the piano player. Look close and you can see
"Norm" sitting at his favorite spot at the bar, just in from
the graveyard shift at the 200E.
In 1963, after a stint in the Navy and a summer with G.E
at White Bluffs, my professional life took a turn for the
better when I landed as a bar tender at the Gas Light. Jack
Davis ('56) family friend, and neighbor from the prefab days
on Winslow Street introduced me to the founders, was my
character reference, and got me the job. He then became my
trainer (like what did I know about tending bar?), and his
first task was to introduce me to the regulars. Among the
regulars were s