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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/01/05
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Betty Hiser ('49), Jim McKeown ('53)
Dean Enderle ('57), Barb Belcher ('72)
Vicki Owens ('72), Mike Davis ('74)
Gil Blankenship ('81)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Elwin "Gene" Boyle ('64WB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patricia Inghram ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sheri Lukins ('75)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Deana Shipman ('77)
BOMBER LUNCH Today: Ladies of '56
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From: Betty Hiser Gulley ('49)
Mary Jones Metcalf ('56): When we first came out here we "teen-agers" had
to make up our own language. For instance: Haircuts: my girl friend
called them Heines, I called them GI's, others called them burrs, crew
cuts, etc. It was like learning an entire foreign language. The block
that I lived on consisted of 27 families and there was not one family
from Richland or the state of Washington. They were from Arkansas,
Oklahoma, Ohio, Colorado, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, New York, Montana,
etc. Talk about a mixture.
At one point in time my neighbors were from Mississippi and Boston. The
lady from Mississippi asked the lady from Boston where she could find
some fresh ok-ree and butter beans. The lady from Boston asked me what
the heck she was talking about and I told her that she wanted to know
where she could find okra and lima beans. This was in the '70s.
They were both had some very funny sayings.
At one job I had on the Project a gal from Texas started working for us.
She told us one day that we talked funny. We told her we didn't talk
funny - she did.
I love hearing about all your travels. Thanks.
-Betty Hiser Gulley '49er - south/government Richland - Guess what? It is
sprinkling. YEAH! Kinda dark too.
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>>From: Jim McKeown ('53)
Isn't there a Bomber lunch in Portland on the 12th of March? It
appears that I might be in town on that day, and if so, maybe attend.
Thanks,
-Jim McKeown ('53)
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>>From: Dean Enderle ('57)
Re: More linguistic comment
Been reading some of the unusual and quaint sayings and differences
in the speech which are usually attributed to regional and national
backgrounds.
Here are a couple I heard that have stuck in my mind, I had a friend
who had spent time in Australia and he used to say if someone was acting
a bit silly "you're as daft as a cut snake" and another friend of mine
used to reply when asked how he was, "fine as frogs hair".
Anyway there you have it, after many thousands of miles travelled and
having met a great many people from all walks of life I should probably
have more than that but the old brain box doesn't always recall when you
want it to.
Now I am going to go a little "pc" with reference to an entry by Mary
Jones Metcalfe, just for the record, most English people do not like to
be referred to as "limeys" much the same as most Americans don't really
like being called "yanks". These terms were quite often preceded by some
sort of expletive or other, usually very derogative and although we were
allies during the war things were not always cordial.
I will end the lecture for now, best wishes to all of you out there
in "Bomber" land, take care, good health and enjoy life because it really
is too short.
-Dean Enderle ('57)
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>>From: Barb Belcher Valinske ('72)
Happy Birthday (March 1) to Patricia Inghram Curtis ('72). Also,
congratulations on opening your own business, Curtis Counseling, in
Richland.
-Barb Belcher Valinske ('72) ~ West Richland, where it is raining
just a little bit
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>>From: Vicki Owens ('72)
Re: Talkin' Suthurn
My mom was a Cajun from Sulphur, Louisiana who boarded the train to
Hanford in the fall of 1943. There she met my dad, born in the foothills
of the Bitterroot Mountains near Darby, Montana. In primary school a
classmate mentioned something about a "southern drawl" and I asked what
that was. They said, "The way your mom talks." I think my response was a
brilliant "Uh uhhhhh!" Then I realized that when my mom spoke, all of the
canonized members of the Catholic communion were "sants" and the thing on
top of the house was the "ruff". And of course every good Cajun is from
Loosyana. Growing up in a cross-cultural home, with Dad from "north of
the Mason-Dixon Line" and Mom from just off Choupique Bayou, was the best
preparation possible for living in Uganda!
To: Betty Hiser Gulley ('49)
I certainly hope we never get to World War 11, but I remember
listening to a news show one night when the reader said, "World War Eye
Eye". I wish I could remember the offender, because he was a national
figure.
To: Jeff Curtis ('69)
How I wish I could be at the dedication of the park to your dad!
Ernie was my first real boss. When I came home from my first summer in
college, he hired me as a recreation leader at Howard Amon Park. Imagine
getting paid to play with the kids and organize fun stuff to do?! I'll
never forget that idyllic summer. And he was a great boss. He BELIEVED in
you. And because he did, you started believing in yourself. He was a good
man, and fully deserving of this honor. And you've done him proud, Jeff.
-Vicki Owens ('72) ~ Kampala, Uganda
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>>From: Mike Davis ('74)
Re: Mt. Rushmore and Brad Upton
They were going to add Brad Upton ('74) as the fifth head on
Mt. Rushmore due to his worldwide comedy success, but they decided it
might be too dangerous. The sun reflecting off that bald head of his
could possibly devastate the entire population of Rapid City. (Geez,
talk about burning up little ants with your magnifying glass!)
-Mike Davis ('74)
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>>From: Gil Blankenship ('81)
To: Susan Anderson Shattuck ('49)
Small world. My parents are from that area (Joplin) - as is a
gentleman I have been working with for some number of years now, a
Pasco graduate.
-Gil Blankenship ('81)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/02/05
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10 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick McCoy ('45), Susan Anderson ('49)
Bill Berlin ('56), Mary Jones ('56)
Lora Homme ('60), Jay Siegel ('61)
Dennis Hammer ('64), Gary Behymer ('64)
Anna Durbin ('69), Alyssa Harting ('93)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John Adkins ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Yesterday (3/1): Anna Durbin ('69)
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45)
Re: Club 40
There are several messages flitting about regard Club 40 re our
association with reunions of various classes. As a founder, and President
for the first 10 years, I can speak for those years. With just a couple
of exceptions, we have always hosted such reunions (40th, 50th, etc.)
without "running" them. All the Forties Classes have had reunions which
usually resulted in recognition without separation of any kind.
In 1991 we broke that tradition for the Class of '51, who did not
choose to celebrate with us, but rented half of the hall at the Shilo.
We had the other half. They had their own menu and program. However we
negotiated for the band and bandstand, which we controlled. At the finish
of their program, the curtain was rolled back and we had a great party...
one of the best ever. Since then they have been one of the best classes
of all, even tho they have slowed a little, as we all have.
-Dick McCoy, Bomber from the Tin Can Class of 1945
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>>From: Susan Anderson Shattuck ('49)
To: Dean Enderle ('57)
After OCS school in Texas, my hubby was stationed in Biloxi, MS at
Keesler AFB. He left here in July and in September I met him in Biloxi.
We lived on base in a converted barracks, 2 apartments up and two down.
We lived up. The other three tenants were from the deep South. Two of
the wives came to introduce themselves to me and the first question was,
of course, "Where are you from?" I said "Washington state". Then they
said it was okay because I wasn't one of those D___ Yankees. And we got
along fine for the 9 months we spent there.
To: Gilbert Blankenship ('81)
It certainly is a small world!! I was born in Carthage but we moved
a lot between Joplin and Carthage and even lived in Neosho, MO for a few
months. Don't know if you know who Robert Cummings was. He was a popular
movie star born in Joplin.
-Susan Anderson Shattuck ('49) ~ Puget Sound where we finally got some
rain Saturday. It rained all night and all the day. But our
governor is still talking drought. Are you getting rain in
Richland?
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>>From: Bill Berlin ('56)
Re: Report from Beijing
Not sure there are any Bombers in Beijing (kind of has a ring to
it..."Bombers in Beijing") but it is cold (33F high) and overcast. I am
staying just across the street from the Beijing West Railway Station
where 150,000 people a day board some 4,000 trains. Had a great Peking
Duck dinner tonight complete with a bottle of Great Wall Red for US$18.00
for a party of four. Getting the Sandstorm every day is great and keeps
me in touch with what is going on in Bomberland, thousands of miles away.
-Bill Berlin ('56) ~ in Beijing, China home to the 2008 Olympics and
are they coming along nicely.
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>>From: Mary Jones Metcalf ('56)
Re: Stomped again!
Dag nab it, Dean Enderle ('57), I forgot what it felt like to be
chided for my language but you got me on using the term "limeys." In
my defense, the people I described in conversation used the "limeys"
or "Brits" about themselves while calling us (me!) "Yank" or "exiled
colonist" and it was all in good fun. There were times when England felt
every bit as foreign as Italy or Switzerland had and I wondered if I
needed an interpreter. My brain had to work with the spare tire being
carried in the "boot" of the automobile until I learned that the engine
was under the "bonnet." It seemed like they needed to call the automobile
the "clothes closet!"
I'd heard the word "pram" before but when a friend told her husband
to put the baby in the "perambulator," I was ready to call the cops.
However, that wouldn't work because it wasn't cops they had but
"bobbies" which sometimes (depending on what region of the Isles they
came from) sounded like "boobies." What kind of police presence is that?
It seemed there was finally an official of the law present when I was
told one day to pull my auto up next to the "sleeping policeman." I was
dutifully looked for some tired individual in uniform only to be told in
a tone of total condescension to pull over by the raised strip of asphalt
in the parking lot!
In a land of "bangers and mash" and feeling "chuffed" when pleased
or excited, I was often strongly reminded that theirs was the parent
language and we were simply the youngsters who mangled the language much
like teenagers often do.
And to Betty Hiser Gulley ('49), I didn't even know what okra was
until I was an adult! And you have an absolutely phenomenal memory that I
enjoy immensely. Your ability to list the home States of your block of
27 families is amazing. Maybe staying in Richland preserved your memory
while my jaunts around the planet drained mine? You remind me of Karol
Brimhall Smith ('56) who tried to remind me of something or someplace one
day by saying, "You remember...." to which I answered "no" and she said
"Well, you remember..." and I had to say "no" again until I finally had
to accept that her memory was sharp as a tack and mine was a rusty, much
bent and dulled old nail.
Maybe there is a strange cultural shift in the memory workings of the
(can we borrow the term?) homeys and the wanderers. Look at Vicki Owens
('72), a pleasing product of a Cajun and a Montana mountain man, raised
in Richland and now in Uganda! All I can say is that it doesn't matter
whether you wandered far from the banks of the Columbia River or have
stayed near and experienced the changes of this once isolated community;
growing up here was an unparalleled experience. Whatever pioneer spirit
or wanderlust propelled our parents to drag us into the bleak landscape
of sand storms and tumbling tumble weeds certainly resulted in developing
progeny of exceptional proclivities. And, with that collective pat on the
backs of all of us "wunderkind," I'll retreat again into reading over
your shoulders as I enjoy each issue of the Sandstorm!
-Mary Jones Metcalf ('56)
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>>From: Lora Homme Page ('60)
Re: Hanford Melting Pot
When we came here from Montana in 1944, my dad, who will be 98 in
June and can't remember their first names, went to work with a guy, last
name Humphrey, from Tennessee or Kentucky. Another guy who worked with
them, last name Clay, was always ribbing Humphrey. One day Humphrey had
had enough and said, in a slow deliberate drawl, "Clay, y'all air a
fixin' to have a spell a cryin'."
That became a family saying and to this day, when one of us has had
enough, we repeat it.
-Lora Homme Page ('60) ~ in the "Home Town" where the sun is shining,
the trees are budding out, and it's a beautiful day!
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>>From: Jay Siegel ('61)
Re: The South
After spending over 1/3 of my life in "Down East North Carolina", I'm
not really sure that the North did win the war (Civil War, that is). The
life style is reflected in the "drawl" - slowed down to be comfortable.
When things are getting stressful, I often call friends back there just
to hear them talk. A particular phrase that should be made a part of
everyone's vocabulary is "y'ol". Not "you all" or "y'all", but "y'ol". It
takes in one or thirty, and is friendly no matter how it is used. I once
had an irate farmer, upon whose property I had inadvertently trespassed,
instruct me in a very unfriendly manner "Y'ol better git outa now!" He
was menacing but after I turned and took a step, he said "Go on git!" I
turned around and walked back to him and stuck out my hand and said "Sir,
my name is Jay Siegel and I had no idea that I was trespassing." After I
told him that I was sorry he looked at me dumbfounded. "I knew that you
was a Marine from "The Base" cuz of that silly hair, but you sure don't
act like one. They don't unerstand friendly ner nuthen." Maybe not exact
words but pretty close. We remained friends as long as I was out there,
often hunting quail together. His life was like his speech - unencumbered
and to the point.
After returning to Washington with the hustle and bustle, locked
doors and a distinct aversion to looking someone in the eyes, I am not
entirely sure that the North won!
Even in the "Research Triangle" area of North Carolina, often
referred to as "San Jose, East" people tend to be more open, more caring,
more willing to become friendly. Yes and even in an environment that
discourages it the "Souther Drawl" is still prevalent and there to enjoy!
Clear blue skies and warm, gentle breezes
-Jay Siegel (the Classic Class of 1961)
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>>From: Dennis Hammer ('64)
Re: Southern speak
I had only been in the Navy about three months when I was sent down
to Radio I to get some "glue and towells." So I whent down there and
asked for some glue and towells. I was told, "We don't have any
towells,... we have glue." Then after a pause, "We got tiles." I said,
"Well that must be it then, I don't know how to speak southern."
Re: Sayings
One saying I always liked I learned from watching the "Beverly
Hillbillies." Jed Clambett once said, "Lower than a snake's belly in a
wagon rut." I have used that one many times over these 40 some odd years.
To: Betty Hiser Gulley ('49)
Re: Food and Language
Found out about three years ago that my mother likes okra, never
had it when I was growing up (OK, some people think I haven't grown
up yet). My parents are from Southeast Missouri, or "Missoura" as my
relatives living there call it. My dad also said "pert near" and called
pajamas "jaw-mers." I had never seen or heard of okra until the Navy. I
think that okra was one of the two worst things they fed us, the other
was that reconstituted canned sterilized milk we had after being at sea
long enough to run out of the fresh stuff. Most people complained about
it, but still drank it. Me, I not only wouldn't drink it, and although I
used to drink a lot of milk, it stopped me from drinking milk entirely.
I haven't drank milk since April 1969. One day four of us sat down at a
table on the mess deck and one of them looked down at the hominy on his
tray and said,"That is the worst looking corn I ever saw."
To: Dean Enderle ('57)
Re: "limeys" and "yanks"
Reminds me of a good story from someone I worked with in the "Area,"
(now there is a term that is definitely Hanford speak, anywhere else
it would be called the "site". During "WW 2" (that looks funny but it
ought to stop confusion) Bob Noland (Bomber dad-RIP) was on board a ship
tied up next to a British ship. He yelled over to a sailor, "How's the
second biggest Navy in the world this morning?" To which British sailor
replied, "Just great. How is the second best?"
And how does a southerner feel when a "limey" calls him/her a "Yankee?"
I hadn't planned to talk so much about the Navy, but I guess that in
the Military, you often travel a lot, and even if you are stationed in
one place, you still meet people from all over the country.
-Dennis Hammer ('64) ~ from Kennewick, the tiny suburb of the mighty Bomberville
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
Here are your interests (;-) These items are listed on eBay. The
number behind each item represents the number of 'hits' on each site!
Richland Washington A Key City of the Atomic Age - 171
Termination Winds - Pasco Washington 1908 - 123
The Ray Stein and Lenny Allen Fan Club Card - 110
"Dupus Boomer" Cartoons by Dick Donnell (Original) - 59
Plutonium Reactors (In Color) Richland Washington - 27
Steamer Inland Empire near City Park Richland, WA - 17
Richland Washington City Hall 1945? - 15
Souvenir Program Richland Day Sept 2, 1946 - 13
Atomic Bomb Plant Postcards by Robley Johnson - 13
-Gary Behymer ('64)... in the Palouse... requesting prayers for timely
rains to 'make a crop'!
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>>From: Anna Durbin ('69)
Hey, it's my birthday too [3/1]. I have decided it is time to become
younger and beautiful. (If I said more beautiful, my siblings would have
some sarcastic comments.) Funny how it doesn't feel like high school is
that far away when I read mail on the Sandstorm.
-Anna Durbin ('69)
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From the new ALL Bomber Alumni GuestBook.
>>From: Alyssa Harting Schultz ('93)
GUESTBOOK COMMENTS: None
-Alyssa Harting Schultz ('93)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/03/05
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Lois Weyerts ('56), Tom Hughes ('56)
Ruth Miles ('59), Derrith Persons ('60WB)
Lola Heidlebaugh ('60), Roger Gress ('61)
Frank Whiteside ('63)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Monique Mangold ('80)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Jon Boisoneau ('67 & Vicki Gill ('68)
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
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>>From: Lois Weyerts Harrold ('56)
Just wanted to say that we had a great luncheon for the Class of '56
ladies at Nola Davey Meichle's ('56) house on Tuesday. We laughed so much
and covered more subjects than you can imagine. Those that attended were:
Sally Foley Chapman ('56), Carol Kibler Payne Kerlee ('56), Ruth White
Tanner ('56), Mary Jones Metcalf ('56), Nola Davey Meichle ("56), Lois
Weyerts Harrold ('56), Annette Verellen Parnell ('56), Millie Brooks
Bohlke ('56), Shirley Bumgarner Woods ('56), and Barbara Baalman Jones
('56). We even discussed some of the topics appearing on the Alumni
Sandstorm and got others interested in joining. I just want to encourage
some of you local people who haven't attended yet or if you happen to be
in Richland when we have our next luncheon to give it a try. You won't be
sorry.
I need to correct an error that was pointed out to me awhile back
from a couple of alert classmates that Larry Harrold ('56 ) and Lois
Weyerts Harrold ('56) were working at Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone
Park in 1959 (not 1949) when the big earthquake hit. They had no living
quarters for working married couples so Larry slept in the boys' dorm and
I slept in a two story girls' dorm. Late that evening after going to bed
the dorm shook and the bed and dresser started to move. My roommate and
I ran outdoors because we thought that maybe a geyser had erupted under
our dorm. When we could see nothing unusual we went back to bed. A few
minutes later our dorm shook again and this time we grabbed the most
important item in our room - our MONEY!- and ran outside again and
headed to the boys' dorm where Larry was staying. We felt we could be
safe with him. After a while he had to go to the hotel to help people get
out of their rooms. People tipped well under circumstances like this!
Some people slept through the whole episode and had to be awakened by a
loud knock on the door. When we looked at the parking lot from the front
porch of Old Faithful Inn, the cars were moving up and down with the
tremors from the earthquake. It was an interesting but frightening
experience. I felt after shocks for days even if there weren't any.
Another special visitor that came to see me while I was working as a
maid was our very own Col-Hi English teacher, Miss Nadine Brown. She saw
Larry out front when she came to the hotel and he told her I was working
upstairs so she stopped by to say "hello."
I'm enjoying the comments about southern sayings and other language
oddities. I also am amazed at the memory that several of you have about
Richland in the past. It is fun to relive the old days through your
stories and recollections.
-Lois Weyerts Harrold ('56) ~ I think Spring is definitely here!
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>>From: Tom Hughes ('56)
Re: South Puget Sound Area/Fife luncheon
No reservations necessary! If you would like you can email
Tom Hughes if you will be at the luncheon.
DATE: Sunday, March 13, 2005
COFFEE TIME: 11:30am
LUNCH TIME: 12:30pm
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 Northbound, Exit 136-B (Port of Tacoma)
I-5 Southbound 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!
-Tom Hughes ('56)
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>>From: Ruth Miles Bruns ('59)
Re: Drought
Oh yes, there seems to be a serious drought underway, and there are
visible signs out here east of the mountains. I understand that the
snowpack on the mountains is less than 10% of normal, which does not bode
well for summer water in the Yakima Valley (fruit and vegetable garden to
us and the world).
The Simcoe Mountains, just north of Goldendale, haven't had any
visible snow for about a month. In a normal year, there would be visible
snow until sometime in May (old timers say don't start your garden until
the snow is off the Simcoes). Not a good sign ... Maybe Mom Nature is
helping California to take away our Pacific NW water this year, but it
isn't doing them much good either, is it?
-Ruth Miles Bruns ('59) ~ in Goldendale WA, where we had measurable rain
on Monday for the first time in about a month
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>>From: Derrith Persons Dean ('60WB)
Re: Class of '60 Bomber Lunch
WHEN: Saturday, March 5th, 2005
TIME: 11:30 am
WHERE: 3 Margaritas, 627 Jadwin; Richland
-Derrith Persons Dean ('60WB)
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>>From: Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60)
Re: Portland/Vancouver Bomber Luncheon
DATE: Saturday - March 12, 2005
TIME: 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
PLACE: DoubleTree/Columbia River
I-5 Exit #308 - Jantzen Beach
I-5 Northbound - follow Jantzen Beach Center signs
2nd traffic light, turn right - that puts you in the parking lot.
I-5 Southbound - Jantzen Beach exit - stay in right lane - go
thru the traffic light - turn left - you're in the parking lot!
Enter Front door - go past front desk to Little Brickstone Room
ALL BOMBER SPOUSES AND FRIENDS ARE WELCOME! THE MORE THE MERRIER!
If possible, please let Lola know if you can be there!
Thanks!
-Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60)
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>>From: Roger Gress (Classic Class of '61)
To: Dick McCoy ('45)
Does the Tin Can Class refer to anything in particular?
-Roger Gress (Classic Class of '61)
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>>From: Frank Whiteside ('63)
Re: Cajunspeak and Nawlin's nin't ward yak
As Frank Davis, my favorite local TV guy would say, "Hey, y'all,
where y'at? If anyone wants a cool Nawlins Christmas album filled with
local vernacular for next Christmas, go to http://www.bennygrunch.com/
and order his "The 12 Yats of Christmas." I know it's a bit early for
Christmas songs, but save the site address for later if you want a cool,
goofy album. To really understand it completely, you have to have lived
in New Orleans. It sells out in this region every year because it's so
popular. It isn't cheap, but it's a local classic, very humorous and
replete with a funky New Orleans beat. Jimbeaux would love it!
Also, for our favorite Cajunspeak jokes about "Boudreaux 'n
Thibodeaux," the Cajun goofballs, try http://www.bayourovers.com/boudreaux.html#halo
If you just type in "Boudreaux and Thibodeaux jokes," a bunch of sites
will pop up as well.
-Frank Whiteside ('63) ~ on the bayou
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/04/05
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4 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber funeral notice today:
Dick McCoy ('45), Bob Harman ('51)
Judy Willox ('61), Jim Armstrong ('63)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ruth Patty ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Vicki Gill ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim Wingfield ('71)
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45)
Re: Tin Can Class
To: Roger Cress of the Classic Class of 1961
You and others have inquired as to the meaning of the "Tin Can" Class
of 1945. Well Rog, the tin can was everything to those of us who endured
the Great Depression. Our fast foods came out of same. Beans, soup,
spaghet, etc. We used the cans for patching everything, from a hole in
the outhouse wall, to wrap a hole in the Model A exhaust pipe, to repair
most anything else. It was used for recreation. We played kick the can,
put them on a post to play basketball with a tennis ball. Also for stick
ball. They were used for containers, from nails to screws to pencils.
They were used to vent on an undone assignment, being kicked from home all
the way to school. They were tied to the bumpers of newlyweds as they
left the church.
A remarkable thing the tin can was. Still is.
Bomber Cheers
-Dick McCoy from the Remarkable Tin Can Class of 1945
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>>From: Bob Harman ('51)
I have a couple of southern Missouri stories to add to the discussion
of southern sayings. Both of these are true stories.
A neighbor of ours, I'll call him only Homer, had eleven sons and no
daughters. We were nominally acquainted with the family. Times were hard
for all of us back them. Homer came down to our house with a hand full
of his boys. He proceeded to ask my dad, "Will you share my boys?" My
sister, in her early teens at the time, began to look the boys over
trying to decide which ones we should take. I took us a while to realize
that what he wanted was for my dad to give the boys a haircut! Share,
shear, get it?
The next story is about a neighbor who raised strawberries. It was
picking time and a number of neighbors had joined in to help. He had
a son who wasn't too ambitious. He was overheard telling his son, "Ya
better hep yer hep while ye have yer hep to hep ya." Free translation;
"You better help your help while you have your help to help you." Note,
we moved from central Kansas so we never talked like that!!
-Bob Harman ('51)
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>>From: Judy Willox ('61)
To: All Bombers, Specially Alumni
Once again I remind you that we are going to have a party on March
19th from 7:00 - 11:00 p.m. to say farewell to the upper part of the
Dawald Gym.
A party to end all parties and I hate to see any of you missing it. I
don't want one alumni who wants to be there to have to be on the outside
looking in, and I think this could happen the way the tickets are going.
So please fellow alumni, get those tickets and let's party with The
Kingsmen. Also, don't forget the shirts to commemorate this event. They
are pretty neat with quite the design on them. They are black, 100% heavy
cotton. They run $15.00 plus $5.00 for the mailing if you want one
mailed. Tickets are also $15.00 and will be $20.00 at the door IF there
are any left.
Bring Down The Houseposter
Hope to see many of you there. Below are the links for the
information poster and for the order form for the tickets and the shirts.
Order Form
Richland Bomber Boosters and HAPO Credit Union present...
"Bringin' Down The House"
Farewell party to the upper gym at Art Dawald Gymnasium
Featuring
The Kingsmen With MUDSHARK RHS Gold Rush Dance Team
Saturday, March 19, 2005
RHS Art Dawald Gymnasium
7:00pm - 11:00pm
Thanks to DQ, Tim Bush Motors, NW Orthopedics,
Red Lion Hanford House, US Linen and HAPO
Come join the Richland Community as we say good-bye to an old friend, any
excuse for a party! All proceeds to benefit RHS new weight room
Advance tickets $15 at both Richland Albertsons stores, RHS office or Judy
Willox also has tickets 943-0222 along with a special bonus. We can send
them out to you after we get your check if you are out of town, or in
town for that matter.
Tickets $20 at door, if still available.
Questions? Want to help? Call one of us!!!
Kim Oates 627-4083 Luis Ojead 539-1661 Judy Willox 943-0222
Bomber Cheers,
-Judy Willox ('61) ~ Richland ~ where the days are so beautiful and the
robins are singing.
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[OK. I'm officially confused. "Art Dawald Gymnasium" is singular. That
means ONE gymnasium. What is the "upper part of the Art Dawald Gym"?
What is going to be "demolished"? What is going to be "renovated"? The
poster says "destruction tour". What's being destructed? The poster says
"Bringin' Down the House". Which house is being brought down?
In the 2/16/05 Sandstorm entry from John Sonderland ('62) he said
"the floor did vibrate and move with the crowd. It was the absolute best
playing court... bar none" This added to my confusion. They're not REALLY
gonna tear down the gym with the "best playing court", are they? -Maren]
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>>From: Jim Armstrong ('63)
Re: Wailers
To whom it may concern especially David Rivers ('65)
Be at the Centralia Eagles Saturday, March 26, 2005 for dancin' to
the Fabulous Wailers with Kent Morrill!! Be there or be... well you know.
Pitts ('63)
-Jim Armstrong ('63)
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Funeral Notice scanned from the TCHerald
by Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
>>Leonard R. "Len" Huesties ('70) ~ 12/27/51 - 2/28/05
FuneralNotices.tripod.com/
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12 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick McCoy ('45), Mike Clowes ('54)
Ken Heminger ('56WB), Gary Persons ('57)
Barb Isakson ('58), Jim Meigs ('58)
George Swan ('59), Ann Engel ('63)
Maren Smyth ('63 & '64), Lori Simpson ('70)
Mike Hogan ('70), Debra Dawson ('74WB)
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Today's STUFF:
Class of '60 & spouses Lunch
Ernie Curtis Playground Dedication Ceremony
2005 Iditarod Begins
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45)
Re: Musing
To all you Bomber Cougars that would never watch a TV Husky BB game, last
Thurs at halftime of the Dawg-Cal game they showed an excellent bio of
the ultimate Bomber Cougar, Gene Conley ('48). As a sophomore, league
Champs in baseball and basketball, player of the year. As a pro, NBA
Champion ring with Boston, World Series Ring with the Braves. Winner and
loser of two all star games in a row.
I read where the Go 2 guy, a salivating, ranting Cougar implanted
with the Seattle PI, wants to see the UW Football program given the death
penalty. Cheez, wouldn't that take away the Cougar's one big payday?
Then I read that Eastern Wash half wants to break away from the West
half. Fine by me. Maybe we can then reduce some of our taxes over here.
And maybe Richland could win another State title. But, where would you
put the Capitol? Spokaloo? Nah, too much like Seattle. Wenatchee? Too
close to Seattle. One of the Tri-Cities? But...which...one...? If
Richland, it would look best right next to the Uptown Tavern.
Looking at the last election results, what happened to all the Demos
in Richland? You folks forget who brung ya to the dance.?
A big Bomber hello from Camano Island in Western Wash
-Dick McCoy of the Tin Can Class of 1945
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54)
Re: "Bringing Down the Walls"
Maren, the area of destruction will be the Gym that was built during
the first remodel of what we know as Columbia High. Back in the day it
was know as the boy's gym; the girls got the original gym. And as to
"bouncing floor", the gym floor was built on a spring base. Guess that
was a "state of the art" thing back then.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54) ~ still in Albany, OR, where the
Weather Channel says we're going to be sunny and dry for the next week.
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>>From: Ken Heminger ('56WB)
Re: Tin Can class
Dick McCoy ('45) forgot to mention one other use for the tin can...
we as kids would stomp a couple of cans and they would clamp to the
bottom of the shoe, and would sound like horse shoes as you trotted
around.
To: Lois Weyerts Harrold ('56)
Wish you would have included pictures of the Class of '56 luncheon.
It would be nice to see my classmates again...
-Ken Heminger ('56WB)
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>>From: Gary Persons ('57)
Re: Bomber Support
Last Monday a memorial service was held for Bomber dad Harold Persons
(fondly known as Ol' Weird Harold), who passed away at the age of 94.
Because Harold had outlived most of his peers, we planned a small,
informal service in the chapel at C.U.P., where family and some of his
younger golfing buddies could pay their respects.
RIP-BomberDad-PersonsHarold05.htm
As we milled about at the back of the chapel before the service, we
were surprised to see one Bomber after another arrive, and we were so
pleased to greet them that we forgot our sadness for a while. (I noticed
that the pianist had to crank the volume to compete with our happy
chatter!) Many of those people took time off from work to be there and
most had never met Dad, just knew his Bomber kids.
On behalf of my entire family, I would like to express a sincere
thanks to those at the service and the many others who have offered their
condolences. Our Bomber family is just the best!
-Gary Persons ('57) ~ Spokane
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>>From: Barb Isakson Rau ('58)
Re: Class of '58 Luncheon
March 6, is this Sunday at 1:00 at the Shilo Inn Restaurant called
O'Callahan's is our class of '58 Luncheon. John Richardson was here in
February and we had a good turn out and a lot of fun. So if any of you
out of town classmates come to town please look us up there.
See you there this Sunday, March 6 at 1:00 PM.
Class mate
-Barb Isakson Rau ('58)
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>>From: Jim Meigs ('58)
To: Lois Weyerts Harrold ('56)
Re: Yellowstone Park Employment
Lois,
Your entry on this subject did bring many fond old memories about
working there. In fact I did make contact with your husband Larry one
afternoon the summer of '58 when I became aware of other Bombers working
at Old Faithful. I was working at Old Faithful Cafeteria that summer and
with no reservations I can say that it was an experience I will always
remember. It was the real ticket for someone who had just graduated from
the #1 high school around and had never been out of this area. Most
of the kids I worked with had also just graduated and I had a lot of
explaining to do with the name and all. The boy and girl who were killed
that summer I believed also worked at the lodge did they not? That was
the only low point of the summer. I made a lot of new friends there,
caught a lot of big fish and in fact spent a year after that summer
living in Salt Lake with some of those friends. I had kept in touch with
some of them years after that, but lost contact in the late '70s. Thanks
for letting me ramble.
-Jim Meigs ('58)
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>>From: George "Pappy" Swan ('59)
Re: Ghillie Suits and Southern Talk
OK y'all, ready or not, I'm back. Thanks very much to all who
expressed their condolence in the passing of our oldest son. My dear
wife, Jeanne, and I thank you, very much. A long stretch of other family
concerns topped off with Scott's untimely death apparently produced a
little more stress than ol' Pappy realized culminating in a rather harsh
bout with one of those nasty flu bugs. Unfortunately for Jeanne, a
week after Scott's passing, she had to witness my hitting the floor
unconscious. Six hours in the ER and a few IVs later, she took me home
with the diagnosis of "Acute Syncope Dehydration." So, I caution any of
you who may encounter the flu bug ... DRINK WATER! A LOT OF WATER! I
thought that I had been consuming plenty but learned the hard way. All
is well now. I used my convalescence time to rest up and complete my
"Ghillie Suit" Kit. A "Ghillie" is a camouflage suit made by tying about
a million burlap strings of various colors onto a jacket and cap sewn
from netting. Ghillies are most commonly used by military snipers to
disappear into the terrain. Mine will serve me well in a variety of
hunting scenarios but most importantly, I can now make like a big hairy
bush next to the puddle and "attempt" to conduct first hand observations
of elves and Natterjacks.
To: Bob Harman ('51)
Your "Southern Talk" stories triggered a memory that I feel compelled
to tell on myself. Laughing at one's self purges the soul. As my "much
younger" sister, Marilyn Swan Beddo ('63), says, "We were the real
Clampetts growing up." We moved to Washington from the "Deep South" in
about 1945. Our "Deep South" was southern Kansas, just north of the
Oklahoma state line and west of the Arkansas River. Of course, if you
lived in Kansas, it was pronounced, "R-Kansas River." We left there when
I was about four years old but visited often so I absorbed some of the
"talk." Years later, being the family "clown," I conjured up a story of
turkey hunting. Of course, I never hunted a turkey until about ten years
ago and since then turkeys make a turkey out of me most of the time
but those are other stories. Anyway, trying to impress folks with my
fabricated turkey hunting abilities, I told of how I lay behind a log,
skillfully calling with my turkey call. A big ol' Gobbler with about a
foot-long beard and spurs that looked like horseshoe nails ran up to the
other side of the log so I "retch" under the log and grabbed him by the
feet but he was too big to pull under the log. So, I let him go and
called again. Unable to resist my amorous hen calls, ol' Tom raced right
back and that time I "retch" over the log and grabbed him without firing
a shot. Those northerners that I told the story to just couldn't seem to
"unnerstan" southern Kansas talk fer the past tense of "reach." Still
amazes me.
-George "Pappy" Swan ('59) ~ Now playing in the "Bush League" at Burbank,
WA - where the sun shines brightly like a spring day and its
supposed to get up to about 65ºF today -- It might even get hot
in the Ghillie so I'll drink lots of water.
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>>From: Ann Engel Schafer ('63)
Re: Freddie's 60th surprise birthday party
-Ann Engel Schafer ('63)
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>>From: Maren Smyth ('63 & '64)
Re: Iditarod Update
www.iditarod.com/ and/or www.cabelasiditarod.com/
Today the 33rd running of the Iditarod begins... with the "restart"
on Sunday. Race officials have changed the restart location because the
trail "between Anchorage and Eagle River and Wasilla and Knik is that
they are not adequate for 79 dog teams to safely travel."
My usual favorite, 4-time winner Martin Buser -- neighbor of Maggie
Gilstrap O'Hara ('74) and Vickie Andersen Simmons ('67) -- drew #78 and
he's glad to have the extra time to rest before starting this year. On
3/1 Martin had an accident with his table saw and doctors amputated the
"top part of the middle finger on Buser’s right hand and patched up two
other hurt fingers..." He's figuring out how to made adaptations so that
he can do things like hold on to the sled, set the snow hook, etc.,
etc., etc. Check Martin's website for updates: www.buserdog.com/buserdog/
Stay tuned...
Bomber cheers,
-Maren Smyth ('64 & '64)
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>>From: Lori Simpson Hogan ('70)
Re: Gyms
Maren, the "girls" gym (smaller of the two gyms, Dawald being the
bigger "boys" gym)) is scheduled to be torn down later this spring. This
is part of the entire schools renovation. So I hope that the dance is
being held in the "girls" gym! All the different advertising has been
confusing to me, too, and I live here!?! I thought that originally Club
40 was sponsoring this...then the Bomber boosters joined in and now
according to the latest ads there are a lot of local businesses
sponsoring as well. Well, they do say that it takes a village to raise a
child.... and so it goes. Mike and I will be there for sure, with our
dancin' shoes on.
Take care
-Lori Simpson Hogan ('70)
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[This URL sent by a Bomber today tells it all:
http://www.rsd.edu/view.html?/bondprojects/rhs/architect01_lg.jpg -Maren]
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>>From: Mike and Lori Simpson Hogan ('70)
Re: Class of '70 in '05
Hi, this is Mike and Lori Simpson Hogan ('70). Our 35th reunion is
right around the corner and a few of us locals wanted to get as many of
us together as possible on short notice! We haven't picked a date yet,
that's where all of you come in! The plan is to maybe gather at The Towne
Crier in Richland on a Saturday night sometime this summer. They have a
DJ so there will be music after 9pm. Another option in town would be to
gather at Duke's Pourhouse, alias Stalag 13 and Victors. They also have
music, on Saturday nights. Both places offer good food and drink. Now
the big question is which Saturday should we meet? Write in with your
preferences, ASAP, and we'll tally them up and let you know. There would
probably be no cost involved other than whatever you spend on food and
drink. (Occasionally Dukes charges a $5.00-$8.00 cover charge, depending
on which band is playing.) So let's try to have all our preferences in no
later than March 31, 2005. Hope to see you there...Lori and Mike :-}
-Mike and Lori Simpson Hogan ('70)
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>>From: Debra Dawson Fogler ('74WB)
I've been contacted by a Dept. of Labor subcontractor in Richland who
is actively seeking claimants against the DOE and its subcontractors for
cancer-related illness and death among Hanford workers. Since my dad died
of lung cancer metastasized to the brain after working many years for
Hanford, my family is eligible to file a claim.
My question is, has any Sandstorm reader already done this, and what
are the results? I know of one person who filed a couple of years ago
and has yet to hear of how her claim will be resolved. Please email me
directly, as I'm sure this is a subject generally avoided in the Alumni
Sandstorm.
-Debra Dawson Fogler ('74WB)
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9 Bombers sent stuff:
Dave Brusie ('51), Dick Pierard ('52), Terri Royce ('56)
Gary Persons ('57) and Jan Bollinger ('60)
Roger Gress ('61), Maren Smyth ('64 & '64)
Gary Behymer ('64), Jen Frank ('02)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ray Wells ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John Browne, Jr. ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat Doriss ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bobbie Gilstrap ('72)
BOMBER LUNCH Today: Class of '58
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
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>>From: Dave Brusie ('51)
To all Bombers who Care!!
The boys' gym as we called it. What a great floor. No shin splints on
this floor. If I'm not mistaken wasn't the new gym built over concrete???
I think the Portland Trail Blazers if I recall it right refused to ever
play there again, but then who cares if they do or not. When I played for
Kessler Air Force Base we played the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
on a floor built over concrete. Everyone came down with shin splints.
Talk about a basketball floor?? In the '50 and '51 State Tournament at
the U. Dubb you played on a floor that had plywood squares as a base and
every square had it's own characteristics. One square you were bouncing
the ball around your ankles and the next square you had to jump up to
retrieve the ball. God Bless the springy floor at our school.. Great
memories!!!!!!
Re: Here is an Idea!!!!!!
When they demolish the gym why don't they salvage the floor and sell
(one foot by one foot squares of the floor) or 6 inch by 6 inch and use
the proceeds for some charity, etc.
-Dave Brusie ('51)
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>>From: Dick Pierard ('52)
Reading the story that they are going to tear down the "girls" gym
(it was the boys gym when I was in high school) makes me realize how old
I have gotten. I can remember when we kids played on the construction
site when the gym was built. Also it indicates how little sense of
history people in the West have. In the Boston area where I live now,
people take pride in old structures and proudly display on their houses
signs saying it was built in 1789 or 1820 or what have you. The city
newspaper occasionally runs a picture of a neighborhood taken 100 years
ago and now, and it is amazing how many structures are still around.
People will spend hundreds of thousands (and even millions) of dollars
rehabbing old structures.
Brother Burt ('59) comes in tonight. Who knows what havoc we will wreak.
-Dick Pierard ('52)
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>>From: Terri Royce Weiner ('56)
Re: Lois Weyerts Harrold and Yellowstone
I spent the summer after my freshman year at WSU, working in the soda
fountain (just try and find it today!) at Paradise Lodge on Mt. Rainier.
Since fresh fruit was expensive to get up the mountain, we all had
parents and other visitors bring it. Then we'd either smother it in ice
cream (half a cantaloupe filled with strawberry), or fill the peaches and
watermelons with vodka for our after-work parties. There was a bartender
that year who was the first black person I'd ever met (I had just seen
Norris ('57) and CW ('58) at school -- never met them). He was writing a
doctoral dissertation on the habits of people hanging out in bars.
When they recruited us for Mt. Rainier, a rule was that we all had to
play musical instruments. I took my alto sax and the whole bunch of us
would entertain the guests in the evening. I can't believe they got away
with that -- or that people wanted to hear us.
They had the ice caves back then, and after lying in the sun on the
snow one day, I hiked up to them with friends. Trouble was, I was just
wearing tennis shoes (well -- and hiking clothes) and, once I got down
into the cave, I had one heck of a time climbing/slipping/panicking back
out. It was really steep. I spent the rest of my days-off sitting in
various spots along the trails to write wistful poems about the mountain
and various 19-year-old's traumas. We were not allowed to go off the
mountain the whole summer -- a fact that just leaves today's Rainier
worker-bees stunned.
Years later, after moving back to Seattle from 31 years in Florida
and elsewhere, I drove up there and ran into a guy who had worked there
the same year that I had. Small world.
-Terri Royce Weiner ('56)
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>>From: Gary Persons ('57) and Jan Bollinger Persons ('60)
*********** SURPRISE, SURPRISE, SURPRISE!! **********
All Bombers are invited to attend a surprise 85th birthday party for
teacher Vera Edwards!
Mrs. Edwards is now living in Spokane near her daughter Gay ('64),
and the party will be held in conjunction with the Spokane Bomber
Alumni lunch on March 20th. Gay is assembling a scrapbook of memories
submitted by her mom's former students, and contributions for the
scrapbook may be sent to her. If you don't have a specific memory to
share, just send your best wishes to a lady who might very well
remember you!
DATE: Sunday, March 20, 2005
COFFEE: 11:30 AM
LUNCH: 12:30 PM
PLACE: The Cathay Inn (Chinese and American menu)
ADDRESS: 3714 North Division
(Look for the tall sign on the east side of the street.)
PRICE: Most lunches $5.95 - $7.95
Many Bombers are already planning to be on hand to salute one of our
favorite teachers and we need to know how much space to reserve at the
restaurant. Please make your lunch reservation as soon as possible.
-Gary Persons ('57) and Jan Bollinger Persons ('60)
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>>From: Roger Gress (Classic Class of '61)
A big Happy Birthday to John Browne, Jr. (Classic Class of '61)
-Roger Gress (Classic Class of '61)
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>>From: Maren Smyth ('63 & '64)
Re: Iditarod Update
www.iditarod.com/ and/or www.cabelasiditarod.com/
The 33rd running of the Iditarod is underway, but they only traveled
11 miles to the "restart" location (Willow, AK). I'll check the websites
and see if I can watch any of it online.
Jessie Royer is in first place. In fact, everybody is in exactly the
same position they were when the race started. This race doesn't really
start until the "restart" today.
I saw Martin Buser begin the race live on my computer screen -
streaming video. It doesn't sound like Martin thinks his missing digit is
going to be much of a factor at all. http://www.buserdog.com/buserdog/
Stay tuned...
-Maren Smyth ('64 & '64)
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>>From: Jen Frank (2002)
Re: Bringin' Down the House
My parents are highly involved in Bomber Boosters, my Dad is the
president and Mom is the secretary (I think that is her official title
anyway). From what I've been told by Mom (so correct me if I'm wrong and
have misunderstood anything) is that they are going to seal off the
upstairs when destruction time comes and tear all that down. The entire
thing will be placed with a state-of-the-art weight room. The concert
profits are going to go putting equipment in the weight room (when the
bond was passed they only budgeted for the actual construction, not the
equipment to go in the room). Not much later, they will be tearing down
the big gym as well. Prior to basketball season there was a pretty big
flood in the gym, some pipes broke and ended up warping the gym floor
pretty bad, they had to come in and sand down a huge amount of material
in order to make it "playable" for basketball season. The floor was
originally built on only cork, rather than suspended, like the newer
floors. The floor really does vibrate and it is the best court I've ever
played on. At the same time, because of our floor, we ended up having a
lot of problems with shin splints, sore backs and knees and bodies in
general. Refs love the atmosphere in our gym, but it beats them up
physically. In the long run, it will all be brought down, the floor
redone, as well as the bleachers I believe. The "Bringin' Down The
House" concert will be in the lower gym from what I understand. At the
same time, the upper gym will be the place of an auction for old Bomber
memorabilia (jerseys and such). This should be an awesome event and I
know that the Bomber Booster team has put a TON of work into this. I am
very sad to see the gym I grew up in go. Lots of experiences and lots
of learning the game of basketball happened in that gym. Please attend
this event. It should be an awesome last memory for the Bomber gym.
-Jen Frank ('02) ~ in Boise, ID - where it's 60° and there isn't a cloud
in the sky; midterms are over and spring break is almost here.
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8 Bombers sent stuff:
Ann Clancy ('50), Gene Keller ('50)
Bob Cross ('62), Maren Smyth ('64 & '64)
Gary Behymer ('64), Mary Jane Smith ('70)
Dave Doran ('72), Tim Cowan ('95)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Melanie Lawson ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ray Fisher ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rod Jochen ('80)
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
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>>From: Ann Clancy Andrews ('50)
Re: Paradise Lodge on Mt. Rainer
After WW2 ended our Dad took us to see Mt. Rainer. Paradise Lodge
reopened to the public on the same day we arrived. The whole experience
was pretty overwhelming to a kid. That big mountain up close. High banks
of snow still along the hiway. The beautiful lodge. I had never seen
anything like it.
The main event that stands out in my mind though is Hershey Chocolate
bars. For you kids that were not around then, Hershey bars went to the
troops... none for the home front during the war. Apparently Paradise
Lodge had their supply of Hershey's in storage. The staff handed out to
all the kids~~for free~~~~~~Hershey bars. It was sooooooooo good. What a
treat after going so long without chocolate.
-Ann Clancy Andrews ('50)
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>>From: Gene Keller ('50)
Re: Bringin' Down the House
Poster
I remember it well. It was so exciting to be playing basketball in a
new gym and a new floor and baskets. We had played in the small gym and
it was dark and crowded and fans all on one side of the gym. The new gym
was huge and the crowd was so really into the game. The 1948-'49 team was
suppose to be a very good team with all seniors back from going to state
the year before with Gene Conley ('48) and Orv Marcum ('48-RIP). A new
coach named Art Dawald introduced a new type of basketball to the
team. The Art Dawald Era emerged and you know the rest of the story!
Playing basketball in that gym was so exciting for the players and the
best fans in the Yakima Valley were there in green and gold to push us
to do our very best. I really support the upcoming event and I hope I
can be there.
-Gene Keller ('50)
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>>From: Bob Cross ('62)
Re: Proud Grandparent again
I just cannot resist announcing that my daughter, Amy Putman of
Boise, Idaho, gave birth Friday morning to twin boys (Brian and David).
Everyone is doing fine and grandpa is now floating about a foot off the
ground (need more rocks in my pockets I guess).
-Bob Cross ('62)
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>>From: Maren Smyth ('63 & '64)
Re: Iditarod Update
www.iditarod.com/ and/or www.cabelasiditarod.com/
7 teams have arrived at Checkpoint #6 (of 27) - Skwentna
Teams have begun to move up from their starting positions. Some
"Movers" include:
DeeDee Jonrowe moved from #29 to #2
Rick Swenson (5-time winner) - moved from #17 to #4
Robert Sorlie ('03 winner) - moved from #50 to #25
Lance Mackey moved from #60 to #26
Charlie Boulding moved from #62 to #28
Martin Buser (4-time winner) moved from #78 to #61
Jeff King (3-time winner) moved from #79 to #63
Martin's doctor makes "trail calls" and will check on the amputated
finger at one of the checkpoints. They made adjustments to the splint so
that Martin can use his pinkie and he travelled very fast (13.10 mph)
into checkpoint #5. http://www.buserdog.com/buserdog/
Stay tuned...
-Maren Smyth ('64 & '64)
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
Colfax, Washington ...Home to the State 1A Girls Basketball 2005
Champions...and 2004!
http://www.tourneytown.com/hoops/2005/Class1A/g26.shtml
...and for all of those who may have not known? (;-)...Home to the
State 1A Girls Volleyball 2004 Champions!
http://www.wiaa.com/brackets/tourney.asp?ID=1040515
-Gary Behymer ('64) ~ in downtown Colfax, WA... where the women are
strong... the men good looking and the kids well above average.
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>>From: Mary Jane Smith Poynor ('70)
Re: Iditarod time again
Once again this year I was a happy volunteer at the Iditarod start
here in Anchorage. 79 mushers with at least 16 dogs each made for a noisy
and fun filled day. I arrived "on the street" as the sun was coming up
over the mountains. The volunteer crews had been up all night spreading
snow on the street and putting up the fencing to define the team staging
areas. Musher trucks of all varieties were parked at intervals along the
streets and the dogs either snoozed in their "dog boxes" or watched the
excitement from their front row seats. I'm sending a few pictures along
in case you would like to experience some of the excitement. The pretty
lady in blue is DeeDee Jonrowe, one of the crowd favorites and a very
determined woman. DeeDee is a breast cancer survivor and ran the race
just after completing chemotherapy a few years back.
2005 Iditarod Pictures Enjoy!!
Maren - I saw Martin (and crew) but was unable to get a good photo as he
was surrounded by well wishers and fans. He's got a special splint on his
right hand that allows him to use his thumb and forefinger and a deluxe
high tech mitten to cover the whole hand. mjp
-Mary Jane Smith Poynor ('70)
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>>From: Dave Doran ('72)
Re: A very interesting link
This is some of the most beautiful work I've ever seen!
http://www.wildgoosequilting.com/
-Dave Doran ('72)
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>>From: Tim Cowan ('95)
Hi Bombers,
I have an update about my wife and her band, which I manage/play
guitar in. Jennifer Lynn was recently featured in Washington State
Magazine, which has a distribution of 140,000! It included an article
about her live performance in Portland, Oregon, for WSU Alumni last fall
and a review of her debut album, which reads: "[Leavin'] is a mix of
classic country, rockabilly, and folk, all wrapped around [her] soulful
and commanding vocals." The debut album is selling well and recently had
to be restocked at Music Millennium record stores in Portland. It is
currently being sold through Music Millennium, CD Baby, Tower Records and
at live performances. We would like to book a performance in the Tri-
Cities and could use some help finding a venue and the support to promote
it. Let me know if you have any suggestions! For more info, please visit
http://www.jlynn.com/ or http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/jenniferlynn
You can email me at tim@jlynn.com
In addition to the articles about my wife, I also got an article in
Washington State Magazine for my work on B Reactor preservation. Tim
Steury, WSM Editor, joined me on a B Reactor tour I arranged through DOE
last summer. A first-time visitor, he wrote: "The B Reactor is as haunted
and fascinating a place as you'd ever want to visit." He went on to
describe my thesis project from WSU, in which I proposed building a
separate interpretive center outside the 100 B/C Area to act as the
museum, so B Reactor would not have to be altered and could simply remain
an exhibit. To get a copy of the magazine, go to
http://washington-state-magazine.wsu.edu/
Anyhow, that's the update from here!
-Tim Cowan ('95)
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9 Bombers and 1 Bomber Mom sent stuff:
Barb Isakson ('58), Katie Sheeran ('61), Bob Rector ('62)
Helen Cross ('62), Jim House ('63), Maren Smyth ('63 & '64)
Janine Rightmire ('65), Kathie Moore ('69), Nancy Nelson ('69)
Kim Meares Oates (Bomber Mom)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susan Anderson ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim Adair ('66)
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
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>>From: Barbara Isakson Rau ('58)
Up date on the class of '58 Luncheon on the 6th of March.
We had three Surprise Visitors at this Luncheon. Gloria Falls Evens and
Larry Leavitt, they were the out of town ones. Sharon (Sheri) Sorick is
back in the area and has come once before. Also their was Jerry Whitten,
brought Larry Leavitt and Gloria Falls Evens was brought by Vera Smith
Robbins. Their was Glen and Carol Roses, Fred Klute, James (Jim) Wendland
and myself Barbara Isakson Rau.
Was so pleased that our classmates from out of town are dropping in and
some of them that have been their once say they well be coming more now.
So if you haven't been for a while please put us on your calendar 1st
Sunday of the month unless its a holiday then its the 2nd Sunday of the
month at 1:00 at Shilo Inn off of GWWay. Also in the month of Sept. we
don't meet because of Club 40, sorry don't have the dates for that this
year. Well, get it and pass it on in another up date! Club 40 is all
class that have been out for 40 years or more. Its a fun time too, for
everyone to celebrate and see each others from other classes. All of us
that were their have a wonderful time always but sure lot more fun to see
our out of town class mates. So Thank You! Come again Larry Leavitt and
Gloria Falls Evens and John Richardson, David Bowls (his first time was
in February) Pass it on and come a little more often now that seem the
out of towers are looking us up. OK
Your Class mate
-Barbara Isakson Rau ('58)
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>>From: Katie Sheeran Johnson ('61)
Re: Iron Dog Race
http://adn-proxy.nandomedia.com/sports/professional/story/6154717p-6033359c.html
Since Maren brought up the Iditarod, I told her I wanted to "brag"
about my sister Sally's ('58) son-in-law, Todd Palin, who does the Iron
Dog Race every year. The Iron Dog is a snowmachine race from Wasilla to
Nome and back and they complete it within a weeks time. I think it totals
2000 miles and is held every year around the first part of February. Todd
has won it 3 times and placed 2nd twice so we're very proud of him.
Some men I used to work with at Hanford would say "Big deal Katie,
they're on snowmachines." My response would be, "Then let's see you guys
race from Richland to Walla Walla... just one way in minus twenty or so
degree weather." Doubt if any of them could even do that!!
-Katie Sheeran Johnson ('61)
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>>From: Bob Rector ('62)
Re: flying
Howdy Maren,
Yes, since you guys are talking dog sledding, I thought I would
remind you of the 70° (plus) in Richland, so I took my first Power
Parachute ride of the season. This was Sunday evening, March 6, 2005
on the North West corner of Red Mountain, with Richland way in the
background. Rattlesnake mountain starts to climb about two miles behind
me. I'm headed straight for Kiona Winery about two miles ahead. Kiona is
a world ranked winery owned by Richland Bombers, John Williams ('56) and
my sister, Ann Rector Williams ('58). John also has a power parachute but
as we flew over, he was working on his boat... fishing season you know.
Maren, I cannot remember when I last "paid my sandstorm dues"... please
remind me what to send and of course, your new address etc. Thank you.
Stay warm,
-Bob Rector ('62)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Hello from West Harrison, IN where I am home after spending a
wonderful week cruising from LAX to sunny Mexico with 2 girlfriends from
Roseville, CA where we used to live. It was fun, we had a great time, and
we got to see whales this time off Cabo San Lucas! I even heard that there
was someone on the ship from Kennewick, but I didn't get to talk to him.
The week before the cruise I had been having a wonderful time back in
God's country: Washington State visiting friends and family. I got to see
my mom, brother and his family, and Allen ('59), Bob ('62), Carol ('64),
Maryjane ('68-RIP), and Duane's ('78) dad, my uncle Bob who is the last
surviving child of my dad's family, and his lovely wife, Louise, and they
were so kind to have me, as my brother said I'd have to share a room with
fire toads, and something else, perhaps rats, in his busy house with
teenagers. I love to be in Washington State, and had such great weather
there, I could hardly believe it was February. I hope and pray somehow
you get the needed moisture to stop the drought.
I just got caught up on the Sandstorms I've missed. I'm sorry I
missed the ladies of '63 and '64 lunch when I was in the Tri-Cities. I
wish I could somehow make this great closing down the gym party, but I
won't. I do remember fellow classmate, John Sunderland ('62) saying what
a great gym floor that was to play on, and with all his experience and
that of his brothers, he should know.
And Happy Birthday to John Adkins ('62), so many neat classmates we
have!!
And thanks to Maren for keeping us up on what's happening with the
Iditarod race in Alaska. Another I'd like to see item...
And I'd like to publicly congratulate my cousin, Bob ('62) who I
also got to see in Battleground this visit, on the birth of his twin
grandsons!! I always knew that twins are possible in our family, and now
that I've raised my kids, I'm glad I didn't get them.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ in the house by the little lake where it was
in the 50s when I arrived late last night, but snow is in the
forecast for tomorrow, of course. And I was surprised my tulips
haven't started to bloom in West Harrison, IN.
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>>From: Jim House ('63)
Re: Bomber Basketball
It was great to watch four Bomber basketball games this week at the
Regional tournament in Spokane. The Bomber "show girls" that performed at
half time of both games on Friday had a routine of Las Vegas quality that
was far superior to what I have seen from the Spokane schools.
The band was equally impressive. Hearing them play the "Theme from
Peter Gunn" gave me a shot of adrenaline just as it did during warm ups
more than 40 years ago. Each time they played the Bomber fight song, I
stood up and thought of Carole, Donna, Sue, Ellen and Micki the classy
Gold Medal ('63) Song Leaders.
Throughout the Saturday game, Ray Stein ('64) and I commented back
and forth about the tenacity of one particular standout player. Near the
end of the game I realized that the player's parents were seated directly
behind us. As I told them how impressed we were with their Bomber, I
couldn't help but wonder what it was like for my parents attending my
games. What was it like to hear the cheers for my successes and the jeers
from my critics? We never discussed that.
I remember Dad, putting up a basket when I was in third grade, as I
dreamed of playing for the Bombers like our neighbor Bernie Qualheim ('56),
and Mom always hurrying home to prepare that special pre=-game meal for
me. That brings me to the concept of "Senior Night" that wasn't around in
my era. It would have been great to have the opportunity to publicly
thank my parents for all their support. Even though they will not see
this, I guess I just did.
-Jim House ('63) ~ Mead, WA
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>>From: Maren Smyth ('63 & '64)
Re: Iditarod Update
www.iditarod.com/ and/or www.cabelasiditarod.com/
2 teams have arrived at Checkpoint #9 (of 27) - Rhon
and the #2 team is none other than Martin Buser!!
Sometime after I posted the 3/7/05 Sandstorm, Martin moved from 63rd
place to 39th place. I took a short nap yesterday afternoon and when I
woke up -- only a couple of hours later -- he was in 6th place!!
http://www.buserdog.com/buserdog/
Martin's amputated finger was on his right hand and he's a southpaw.
3-time winner Jeff King is doing something different this year. He's
towing a small sled behind his main sled that has a small dog carrier.
His goal, he said, was to rest one dog at all times "until I don't have
an excess of power."
Stay tuned...
-Maren Smyth ('64 & '64)
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>>From: Janine Rightmire Corrado ('65)
To: Jimmie Adair ('66)
Happy Birthday to a wonderful Bomber and a very special friend!!!
Hope your day includes health, happiness, blessings and a terrific time
with your family, Kathie ('69) and Steven ('08). Wish I could be with you
to give you a birthday hug 'cuz I love ya! Take care and enjoy! This is
from John and the Girls too!
-Janine Rightmire Corrado ('65)
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>>From: Kathie Moore Adair ('69)
I would like to wish my sweet husband, Jimmie,
a very Happy Birthday today. I love you Willis!!!!
-Kathie Moore Adair ('69)
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>>From: Nancy Nelson Wyatt ('69)
As we are all thinking about the good ole days, just was talking to
my parents and they were telling me there was a news article on the local
news on television about the alphabet houses and their first home on
Haupt Street was featured. Did an interview with my parents, Clayton and
Ruth Nelson, about it. We then moved from the "B" house on Haupt in 1954
to the "R" house on Davison. They have been there ever since and I enjoy
driving around to see the old places I used to play and go to and the
old/new schools I attended.
-Nancy Nelson Wyatt ('69)
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>>From: Kim Meares Oates (Bomber Mom)
Re: Bringin' Down The House
Big thanks to all who are supporting the "Bringin' Down The House"
fundraiser for Richland High School. You can always count on Bombers to
fully support something "Green and Gold".
The "Bringin' Down The House" fundraiser was initiated by Richland
Bomber Boosters to raise funds to help equip the new weights and agility
facility at RHS after it is built.
When we heard that the old gym and current weight room would be
demolished sometime in the spring/early summer we couldn't pass up the
opportunity to throw a party and give everyone a chance to get together,
reminisce and say good-bye, to the old gym that is.
So we contacted our friends at Club 40 (Judy Willox ('61) and told
them that we had signed on "The Kingsmen" as our main entertainment and
asked for their help in helping to spread the word.
As word got out that we were having this fundraiser/party people
wanted to help defray the costs of bringing in the bands, stage and
promotion. So thank Tom Tierney at Dairy Queen, Tim Bush at Time Bush
Motor Co., Jim Gibson at Red Lion Hanford House, Dr. John Perry at NW
Orthopedics, Rick Snyder at US Linen, Carl Taylor at McDonalds and our
Major Sponsor Ron Hue at HAPO Credit Union. These businesses stepped up
just to make the fundraiser a success and they have in a huge way. It was
amazing to get calls from these businesses asking how they could help.
It makes me very proud to call Richland my home with such wonderful
support from the business community.
This type of event does bring the whole community together. We have
people from all over the school district signed up to volunteer at the
event. Folks from Hanford Middle School, Carmichael Middle School, Badger
Mountain Elementary, Lewis and Clark Elementary, Jason Lee Elementary and
of course our Richland High School staff have really stepped up to help
make this happen. Principal, Steve Neill ('72) bought the first ticket
while the tickets were still warm off of the press. The kids and staff at
Richland High School make you want to go the extra mile to make things as
good as they can be for them.
So were having a fundraiser/party to say good-bye to the old gym. The
event is March 19th from 7:00 - 11:00. We will have a local band named
MudShark open for "The Kingsmen". Doors will open do at 6:00pm. We plan
to have the upper gym (old gym) decked out in green and gold memorabilia
with tables and chairs to sit and take a break or reminisce with friends.
In the lower (big gym) is were the bands will play. Richland Gold
Rush Dance team will perform between the bands. We will have cold
refreshments, hot dogs, sausage, hamburgers, tacos and popcorn for those
that need sustenance to keep on dancing. Richland High School will be
selling old, surplus uniforms and such. They have found some pretty cool
stuff as they get ready for the remodel.
So everyone bring your dancin' shoes and join us, it promises to be
a memorable, fun event that you just can't pass up.
Oh, and for those interested in owning a piece of the old gym
floor........ Bomber Boosters will be salvaging the floor to sell as a
fundraiser. So that is a done deal too. Details unveiled at the "Bringin'
Down The House" fundraiser/party.
Cheers,
-Kim Meares Oates (Mom, sister, daughter, niece and aunt of bombers)
a Bomber Booster and Co-chair of "Bringin' Down The House"
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10 Bombers sent stuff:
Jim Jensen ('50), Beverly Barfuss ('58)
Patti Jones Ahrens ('60), Roger Gress ('61)
Helen Cross ('62), Joanna Faulkner ('63)
Maren Smyth ('63 and '64), Gary Behymer ('64)
David Rivers ('65), Tamara Lyons ('76)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: George Hammons ('51)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rob Peutz ('73)
BELATED BOMBER DAD Birthday (3/7): Bill Goslin
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today:
Leonard Peters ('61) & MaryMike Hartnett ('61)
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
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>>From: Jim Jensen ('50)
Re: Treats
To: Ann Clancy Andrews ('50)
Your posting of 3/7/05 concerning the Paradise Lodge chocolate hand-
out brought back some memories of the Richland and Village theaters
during World War II. In those days the candy cases were virtually empty.
As you said, chocolate had gone to help fill field rations for our
troops. If I remember correctly there were two, small, lonely stacks of
"treats" in the cases. One was "Orbit" gum - dark green (?) wrapper...
white at the top with little, colored planets printed there. The other
"cache" consisted of "111" (one-eleven) bars... these had an odd taste
which one might "acquire" over a period of time... though the flavor was
familiar, I couldn't quite identify it. Oh well, there was always the
water fountain and sometimes popcorn.
Ann, you always scratch a memory pod with your Alumni Sandstorm
contributions. Thanks...
-Jim Jensen ('50) ~ Katy, Texas... Maren's concept of heaven on earth...
where Spring has actually become a season. Normal Spring duration
- about 2-3 weeks, tops. This year about five weeks. Liquid heat
is due again any day now.
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>>From: Beverly Barfuss Shaffer ('58)
Re: '58 Luncheon
Hi, from the "missing" Beverly Barfuss Shaffer. In January my husband
sold one of our cars to Wayne Lysher ('57) and when I found out that he
was from Richland, I told him that I lived there for about 10 years. He
than told me that he lived a few blocks from where I lived and is a year
older. He then told me about the web page and the Sandstorm e-mail and I
have had a great time reading about everyone else...
Well today bought back lots of memories of classmates who attended
the '58 luncheon last Sunday. Larry Leavitt, Sharon Sorick and Vera Smith
and Barb Isakson... I will try to attend one of the meetings.
What good times we had.
-Beverly Barfuss Shaffer ('58) ~ Yakima, where the sun is shining
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>>From: Patti Jones Ahrens ('60)
Re: '60's once a month luncheon
Last Saturday was the luncheon for the class of '60 which is every
1st Saturday of the month at Las Margaritas in Richland. The luncheon was
for just ladies and has been opened up to all '60's graduates and their
spouses. Mary Judd Hinz and her husband missed because of illness. I know
they were quite disappointed because it was Mary's birthday. Happy
Birthday Mary! Pete Overdahl didn't mind as it left him the only guy.
Pete finally had his with a harem. His wife Maggie watched after him
though. Out of the fifteen at the luncheon we had some surprises. Lora
Homme Page who takes care of her 97 year old father and mother who is (I
think Lora said) 86 years old, in her and her husband's home. It is not
easy for Lora to get away but husband Paul amongst his work will take
care of them for Lora when he can. Lora says her parents are doing well.
Stephanie Dawson Janicek was there but I am not sure whether it was her
first time, as I have only been going for about four months myself.
Stephanie talked about her work. Says her work is so good she's not
ready to retire. Darlene Manning (who has been spotted around town a lot
lately) showed up. Darlene has been through her own battle with health
recently. Darlene is doing very well. Margie Qualheim Haggard (who
doesn't miss) was away this time seeing grandchildren with Danny. Carolyn
Seaver Norton came and is happy to be retired. Also in attendance Barbara
Seslar Brackenbush, Rita Brackenbush Sevcik, Sandy Snider Roberts (who
brought Dee Dee Delsing Weinberg ('54)), Derrith Persons Dean, Connie
Dean O'Neil, Marsha Lawell Hathcox, Kaye Ivers and myself. Everyone
talked a lot about our 45th reunion which will be during Club 40.
Everyone is looking forward to it.
Many old pictures were passed around for everyone to see. A page of
Dupus Boomer pictures was passed around that were made up personally for
different people by Mr. Donell. One of those that I can remember was done
for Connie O'Neil's family. Everyone got some good laughs out of the
pictures. I don't know who the pictures belonged to. If you read this
please scan and send to the Sandstorm for everyone to see.
Our next luncheon will be April 2nd.
Yes, I do miss all the Bomber gang at the Fife luncheon. Happy to
move right into another Bomber luncheon here though. There are so many
things to do here with the Bombers that I am ready for a weekend at home
in my garden. Don't know when that will happen!
Bombers Have Fun
-Patti Jones Ahrens ('60) ~ West Richland, WA - Loving the warm weather.
Computer said 73 today. Weather report says temperatures will drop
towards the weekend. Darn. I'd like it to stay at about 70.
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>>From: Roger Gress (Classic Class of '61)
Happy Anniversary to Leonard Peters & Mary Mike Hartnett Peters
(Classic Class of '61)
-Roger Gress (Classic Class of '61)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Found some entries I missed, and while reading them I had to laugh
at Rick Maddy's ('67) comments on complaining travel companions. I too
missed the entrance to Laura Ingalls Wilder's (museum) looking for it
along the Mississippi between Minnesota and Wisconsin I think. (I also
missed the house in S. Dakota and didn't know it til now, darn...). I
agree our national parks and other history we find along the road are all
so interesting. We visited an original old Pony Express stop in Nevada,
between the middle two stops along that "lonliest HW of the US" when we
traveled along HW 50 when my husband did his bicycle trip in 2003.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ W. Harrison, IN - where the temperature did
drop and we got our predicted snow, but it seems to be melting
now in time for our 5 0'clock rush hour. A few geese are visiting
the little lake, hope they don't become permanent residents....
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>>From: Joanna Faulkner Brown ('63)
To: Linda Reining ('64)
Linda ~ could you please email me when you get this message? I lost your
email address.
Bomber cheers,
-Joanna Faulkner Brown ('63)
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>>From: Maren Smyth ('63 and '64),
Re: Iditarod Update
www.iditarod.com/ and/or www.cabelasiditarod.com/
www.buserdog.com/buserdog/
3 teams have arrived at Checkpoint #11 (of 27) - McGrath
Earlier yesterday in Nikolai - Some were wondering where Martin was
hiding. He usually camps a little way out of Nikolai, then blasts through
in the early evening to be the first into McGrath. Didn't happen that way
this year, though. 1st and 2nd place teams have departed McGrath...
Martin (#3 right now) is resting in McGrath.
Martin's dog, "Freedom", slipped on the ice, fractured her humerous,
and was sent home... Martin's down to 15 dogs.
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Stay tuned...
-Maren Smyth ('64 & '64)
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
To Wendy's 'Friends forever'...
Wine Flowing / A Lamb Surrenders / Angels in the Light (Wendy's Dream)
by Chris Carlberg (Wendy's brother)
".....The kisses have faded, though some claim they still see them
dancing on the outer fringes of the Sun.
Others have seen the Angels, motionless, in the Light.
Eternal thanks for sharing them with us, since most of us here still seek
their Visionary Portrait."
Wendy Carlberg January 15,1946 to March 9,1996
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Re: Great Reading from the Manhattan Project!
MY NUCLEAR CHILDHOOD
Harold F. Koch - Electrical Engineer - Oak Ridge
Margaret "Peggy" Nancy Dickson - Oak Ridge
-Gary Behymer ('64)
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
Re: A Once Upon A Time
True story. Once upon a time there was a boy who lived at 1002 Van
Geisen. There was another boy who lived on the Williams Hill, just above
the cemetery in a big white house, overlooking the Uptown. The Van Geisen
boy had a '47 Ford 4 door Sedan as his first car that he'd bought from
Brian Johnson's ('65) Dad for 25 smackers. Yeah... it was a 4 door and to
make it worse the engine was all froze up. The VG boy was pretty good at
working on his model cars but knew nuthing 'bout birthin' no engines. the
Williams Hill boy was a great mechanic even tho he, like the VG boy was
only 15 years old. One day the Williams boy was toolin' with some girl in
his greasy jeans and a white t-shirt in a '46 Chevy with no reverse. He
happened to spot the Ford in the yard on Stevens and VG and check it
out... he sauntered up to the VG boy doin' his best James Dean with a
Buddy Holly curl thrown in for good measure... the VG boy probably had
just died his hair "blonde" with his pal Terry Davis ('65) and was now
sporting a baldy that Brian Johnson had given him... so anyway... this
James Dean Character appeared to be about 20 years old or so... and of
course he was driving so the VG boy figured he'd better be careful and
not let the kid take advantage of him... pretending to know something
about cars, the VG kid kicked the tires of both cars and since he noticed
that the Chevy was actually capable of motivating down the road agreed to
a swap of pink slips right then and there... Eventually the Williams boy
got the Ford running and sold it for a profit... Danged if I remember
whatever happened to that Chevy... but one thing I do know... that was
the start of one of the most precious friendships I've ever known.
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO DOC 40 JIMMIE ADAIR ('60's decade).
-David Rivers ('65)
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>>From: Tamara Lyons Zirians ('76)
I wanted to wish good luck to the Richland Girls Basketball team
tomorrow as they play Bethel High at the state play-offs. Being a
transplant to the Pacific Northwest, I am also rooting for the Snohomish
High Girls team to beat Evergreen High tomorrow. I am counting on both
teams to win so that they will match up on Thursday night for game 16 at
8:30. Coincidently, my oldest daughter, Jordan, is a senior at Snohomish
high and is the captain of the dance team there. Her dance team will be
performing at the half time of that game on Thursday night if Snohomish
wins. So Go Panthers and Bombers!!!
-Tamara Lyons Zirians ('76)
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Patti Mathis ('60), Walt Bailey ('60)
Roger Gress ('61), Vicky Fitzgerald ('61)
Donna Nelson ('63), Earl Bennett ('63)
Maren Smyth ('63 & '64)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barb O'Malley ('70)
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
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>>From: Patti Mathis Wheeler ('60)
In case Sandi Snyder reads this, I don't have your e mail,
and would like to chat.
-Patti Mathis Wheeler ('60)
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>>From: Walt Bailey ('60)
To: Patty Jones Ahrens ('60)
Patty, could you please provide me with more information
about the 45th reunion for the class of '60?
-Walt Bailey ('60) ~ Virginia, USA
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>>From: Roger Gress (Classic Class of '61)
Brad Upton ('74) will be at the Clover Island Inn this Friday.
-Roger Gress (Classic Class of '61)
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>>From: Vicky Fitzgerald Dwight ('61)
Happy Anniversary Leonard and Mary Mike. Hope all is going
well with you both. Congrats
-Vicky Fitzgerald Dwight ('61)
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>>From: Donna Nelson ('63)
I thought maybe I'd see someone from the Yakima area comment on
Mt. St. Helens ash falling around them. I haven't seen the news yet
this am but saw it was coming that direction.
Also, I just spent $37 to send a 14 lb. package to my daughter in
law in Baghdad. I think mailing to soldiers should be free as long as
they're there doing the job. Does anyone know a cheaper way to mail
other than US?
-Donna Nelson ('63)
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>>From: Earl Bennett (Gold Medal Class of '63)
Does all this gymnasium destruction chatter mean that those of us
who contributed to the "Get Floored" campaign will soon receive the
floorboard piece we were promised oh so long ago? I haven't seen any
references to the project or mail from the leaders for a very long time,
but I must admit I've read less than half of the Sandstorms over the last
10 to 12 months. Still have them, just haven't read them.
If any emails have been sent since September '04, they would not have
reached me at the address I had when I contributed, as that ISP went out
of the ISP business - I can now be reached at the address above. Still
live at the same place though.
It would be real nice to get it soon, as my wife and I are installing
an oak floor in the addition to our house within the next couple of
months. We plan to get some decorative pieces to add to the stock red oak
we purchased, and I will get the right router bits to custom fit the
decorative elements, so it should be easy to work in a piece of the old
floor for a long-term memento. Might even inscribe it appropriately for
future generations in central Virginia to wonder about the "Bombers" out
there in the wild, wild west. Should be fun explaining it to our 6-year-
old granddaughter.
Regards, ecb3
-Earl Bennett (Gold Medal Class of '63)
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>>From: Maren Smyth ('63 & '64)
Re: Iditarod Update
www.iditarod.com/ and/or www.cabelasiditarod.com/
www.buserdog.com/buserdog/
11 teams have departed Checkpoint #13 (of 27) - Ophir for Iditarod
At the beginning of the Iditarod, teams depart Anchorage in 2 minute
intervals. The starting differential is adjusted during each team's 24
mandatory hour stop. It is the musher's responsibility to remain for the
entire 24 hour period plus starting differential. The Iditarod Trail
Committee gives each musher the required time information prior to
leaving the starting line.
An early front pack has emerged, but its composition will change as the
race wears on. In the "front pack" is: Sørlie (2003 winner), Buser (4-time
winner, Ramy Brooks, King (3-time winner), Jonrowe, Zirkle, Mitch Seavey
(2004 winner), Swingley (4-time winner), Rick Swenson (5-time winner) and
John Baker.
Anyone in the "middle pack" can catch/pass and those include: Bjønar
Andersen, Jason Barron, Paul Gebhardt and Jessica Hendricks, Tyrell
Seavey, Aaron Burmeister, Ed Iten, Lance Mackey, Charlie Boulding, Jessie
Royer, Melanie Gould, Hugh Neff, Cim Smyth and Ramey Smyth... all strong
teams this year.
Some of the early confusion will clear up as the teams take their
mandatory 24-hour lay over. Mushers must take a 24-hour break at one
checkpoint along the trail. They usually go 350 to 550 miles before
making the pit stop.
The team in front now can change in a heartbeat.
Stay tuned...
Bomber Cheers,
-Maren Smyth ('64 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/11/05
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11 Bombers sent stuff:
Jim Jensen ('50), Barbara Powell ('58)
John R. Northover ('59), Gloria Davis ('61)
Judy Willox ('61), Marilyn Stewart ('62)
Roy Ballard ('63), Maren Smyth ('64 & '64)
Gary Behymer ('64), Susan Baker ('64)
Chuck Crawley ('67)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jay McCue ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mandy Holmes ('97)
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
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>>From: Jim Jensen ('50)
Re: Tumble weeds
To: Any Interested Bombers
From time to time I've read postings about problems with tumble weeds
in the Tri-City area - particularly in Richland/West Richland. Someone
has done something about the dreaded plague.
In the Clovis (New Mexico) News Journal of March 9, 2005, I read an
article about a retired Nebraska farmer named Dan Kinnison. Mr. Kinnison
owns "Prestige Manufacturing, Inc." an entity located in Kimball,
Nebraska. About five years ago he began offering his "Tumbleweed
Eradicator" to primarily ranchers and government agencies in Wyoming,
Colorado and Nebraska. He is currently bidding on work for Roosevelt
County, New Mexico. The "Eradicator" snags tumble weeds off from fences,
shreds them and leaves a trail of pieces. The "Fence Eradicator" sells
for about $4,500.00. A model that may be used to clear roads goes for
$7,000.00 - $7,500.00. The article indicated the device typically is
hooked up to a tractor.
Possible civic solution???
Bomber Cheers,
-Jim Jensen ('50)
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>>From: Barbara Powell Beaudry ('58)
I moved to Richland when I was 4 and we had to wait a year before
moving there until our house was built. When we arrived, there were
houses, no yards, no trees and lots of blowing sand. Little did I know at
that time what a wonderful experience it was growing up in Richland where
your neighbors became your family. I am so fortunate to have Carolyn
Brown just two miles from me here in AZ. where we get together and rehash
our childhood. Our house was furnished with all "HEW" furniture which was
covered with a dark varnish. My Mother took all of it off and underneath
was birds eye maple. They bought the entire set of furniture for $163.00.
(Our daughter still has the bill of sale) We grew up with the furniture,
our children grew up with it around them and now all of the furniture is
at our daughters house and still looks like new.
I do hope the class of '58 still holds their luncheons in the summer
months when we will return to Yakima for the summer as would love to
come.
-Barbara Powell Beaudry ('58)
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>>From: John R. Northover ('59)
Just sent this to Donna Nelson ('63) ... but thought it may be useful
information for any one of the Bomber faithful mailing 'stuff' to our
brave men and women defending our freedom in the arm pit of hell ...
[actually the anatomical location I reference ... is a bit south ...
since this is a family show ... could not say that.]
Donna,
You only should have paid postage to her military post office box, which
is either San Francisco or New York. From that point the freight is free
as packages and mail are transported via contract civilian carriers
for the military or military carriers [aircraft, ships, trucks, ponies,
doggie sleds, back packs ... etc. etc. etc ... making deliveries through
rain, sleet, snow ... and sand storms ...]
v.r
-john northover ('59) ... living in Sunny San Diego where the women wear
skimpy bikinis, all the men have an occasional shot of tequila
on a regular basis and all the boy teens are going on 4 and all
the girl teens are going on 33 ...
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>>From: Gloria Davis Tinder ('61)
Congratulations to two great friends who found each other 40 years
after graduation. Happy Anniversary Mary Mike and Leonard!
-Gloria Davis Tinder ('61)
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>>From: Judy Willox ('61)
To: Earl Bennett (Gold Medal Class of '63)
The "Get Floored" project was put on hold temporarily as the new gym
floor was placed into the bond that passed last year. There will be floor
pieces from the gym which is being totally destroyed and there will be
forms at the "Bringing Down the House" party for you to order those.
However, if you have already sent money in and wish to have a piece of
the upper gym floor rather then the lower gym floor, that can be
arranged. They will send those in lieu of the other floor pieces. Then in
two years you can get a piece of the other one if you wish. The Boosters
will again offer pieces of that floor as it is torn up.
So, in essence, you could own a piece of each of the gym floors to
incorporate into your house for long-term mementos. You will just have to
put one board in loose until the lower gym floor is ready for selling.
;o) Since you live in Virginia, if there is anything I can do to be of
assistance in getting these to you, let me know and I will do what I can
for you.
This goes for anyone wanting to get a slice of Bomberville, and who
lives out of the area. I am sure there will be an order form posted on
the site as soon as they get this perfected. This would go onto the RHS
website and as soon as it does, I will have Maren add a link to that
order form.
Bomber Cheers,
-Judy Willox (Classic Class of '61) ~ Richland ~ where the weather is
absolutely gorgeous!
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>>From: Marilyn Stewart Stephenson ('62)
To: Donna Nelson ('63)
There is a cheaper way to send packages overseas. The post office
has packages they call 770's. They come in two sizes and no matter how
much they weigh, they cost 7.70 to mail, our group A.C.E.S. uses these
packages to send to our military overseas and it is so much cheaper to
send. You can pack alot in these boxes, if you pack everything in Zip
lock bags and try to make the items as flat as you can. Good luck with
your next mailing and God Bless our Troops.
-Marilyn Stewart Stephenson ('62)
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>>From: Roy Ballard ('63)
To: Donna Nelson ('63)
Get a hold of Kathy Hoff Conrad ('64). She is connected with ACES --
a group that sends things to the military and also welcomes them home.
-Roy Ballard ('63)
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>>From: Maren Smyth ('63 & '64)
Re: Iditarod Update
www.iditarod.com/ and/or www.cabelasiditarod.com/
www.buserdog.com/buserdog/
Leading teams have arrived at Checkpoint #14 (of 27) - Iditarod
We wait and watch now... Iditarod is the half way point of the
"southern" (odd year) route. Martin is currently in 4th place and will
be departing Iditarod after his mandatory 24 hour lay over around 3am
Alaska time
"Team Norway" (Robert Sorlie this year -- last year it was Kjetil
Backen) was first to arrive in Iditarod and won a bunch of gold nuggets
for arriving first and is on his 24-hour lay over...
Paul Gebhardt is currently in 1st place as he has already departed
Iditarod, but he hasn't taken his 24-hour lay over yet.
The team in front now can change in a heartbeat.
Stay tuned...
Bomber Cheers,
-Maren Smyth ('64 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
'Say it aint so...'
"The smooth tones of Bobby Darin, circa 1959, greet me as I step
through the doorway on this sad mission to say goodbye. "Dream lover,
where are you? With a love that's, oh, so true …" Little Nell's Records
doesn't need a dream lover.....After 30 years of satisfying the needs of
jukebox junkies and music collectors, Eloise Moeller, the 83-year-old
owner of this beloved Spokane institution at 711 N. Monroe St., is
calling it quits." Doug Clark Spokesman Review 03/10/05
I don't remember any used record stores, in the Tri-Cities, during
the sixties though a member, (Tom?), from the Bomber Class of
1967?......owned a store in Kennewick for a number of years during the
'80s-'90s?
I dare say that many of you do not have a functional 'turntable' in
your home? ...though I count on 'Fletch (64) & Pitts (65) to have one or
more.
-Gary Behymer ('64)
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>>From: Susan Baker Hoover ('64)
What a wonderful day!!!! My 5th grandchild was born in Dallas, TX
this afternoon. Her proud parents are Dan (Hanford class of '95) and
Nikki Hoover. She will be called Ellie Louise. Not a tiny tike, she
weighed in at 7 lb 15 oz. No, I don't know how long she is because they
hadn't measured her by the time my son called. When asked if she was
cute, my son answered "she is adorable". His brother, father of 3, said
he could tell that Ellie already has her father wrapped around her teeny
little finger.
Dan's sister will be welcoming a new little one into this World in
about 4 or 5 weeks. Six Grandchildren!!!!! Life is good.
-Susan Baker Hoover ('64)
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>>From: Chuck Crawley ('67)
Re: Happy anniversary Jon & Vicki Boisoneau
Just catching up on my Sandstorms so I'm a little late on this. Sorry
about missing it but congratulations to Jon & Vic nonetheless. How many
years is this? They gotta be the longest running marriage in our class.
If they aren't, who is?
-Chuck Crawley (BRCo '67)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/12/05
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12 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber funeral notice today:
Betty Hiser ('49), Ralph Myrick ('51)
Lois Weyerts ('56), Barb Isakson ('58)
Helen Cross ('62), Dave Hanthorn ('63)
Maren Smyth ('63 & '64), Gary Behymer ('64)
Gay Edwards ('64), Janis Cook ('68)
Linda Sasser ('68wb?), Greg Alley ('73)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ray Loescher ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John Richardson ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeanie Walsh ('63)
BOMBER LUNCH Today: PDX/Vancouver
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
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>>From: Betty Hiser Gulley ('49)
To: Jim Jensen ('50): When I first came to Richland in 1944 there was
only the Richland Theater. Though the stores could not get candy they
always had it at the theater. I am a chocolate and mint lover. Brach's
candy made the best candy bar with both chocolate and mint. You would
walk up to the ticket taker and say, "Please pretty please can I go in
just to get a candy bar?" He would only let one person at a time in to
get a candy bar and watched you like a hawk. My girl friend hated mint
and she always said: "You just bought that so you wouldn't have to give me
a bite." What could I say?
The State of Washington had some very strange liquor laws when we first
came out. My mother and I went to the store to buy peppermint flavoring
so she could made a peppermint frosting. We looked and looked and the
only thing we could find was vanilla. Momma asked Mac (manager) where the
flavorings were and he replied, "Grocery stores are not allowed to sell
flavorings - you have to go over to the drug store to buy those." He told
her it was because most flavorings are more than 75 percent alcohol.
Does anyone remember the old old Safeway (where Margarita's is now
located)? I never did understand why you had to buy pop and beer (stores
were not allowed to sell wine at that time) around the corner from the
front entrance. You had to have bottles in order to buy any pop or beer
(in the days before canned beer and pop). My father managed somehow to
find 6 pop bottles before we came to Richland.
That poor manager certainly earned his money. I never did know his name.
I know they called him Mac and his wife's name was Dorothy and they lived
in a "B" House on Gillespie - just a hop, skip and jump from the store.
My mother, sister, and I would go to the store before it opened. Mac
would unlock the door and run to the back as fast as he could so he
wouldn't get trampled. We would get a cart, my sister would get in line,
and my mother and I ran around and picked up the groceries and by the
time we finished my sister would be near the head of the line.
Lines, lines, lines. If you wanted to go to the matinee you had to be at
the theater by 11:30 a.m. to get in to see the 1:00 p.m. show. I received
a very bad sunburn waiting out in that line!!! My mother smoked and we
had to wait in line to get ONE pack of cigarettes - not at the grocery
store.
Mt. St. Helens burped really bad yesterday around 5:00 p.m. You can write
your name on your car. The ash was supposed to continue falling until
midnight. I haven't checked anything this morning.
-Betty Hiser Gulley '49er ~ south/government Richland - the sun is
shinning and it has been beautiful during the day - cool at
night. No rain in sight.
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>>From: Ralph Myrick ('51)
To: Jim Jensen ('50)
Jim were you writing from Clovis, NM? The reason I asked is I used to
live in Clovis. We lived in a trailer park but can't remember where. My
wife, Judy, worked at the Clovis Air Base and I attend ENMU in Portales.
Later, we moved to Portales where I received my degree. Judy worked for
Dr. Coleman while I was in school. How are the Greyhounds doing?
-Ralph Myrick ('51)
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>>From: Lois Weyerts Harrold ('56)
To: Jay McCue ('56)
Happy Birthday to a fellow classmate and a former neighbor on Horn
Avenue. Hope all is going well with you and your family. The memories of
growing up on Horn Avenue and attending Jefferson are still great. Best
Wishes from Larry and Lois Harrold!
-Lois Weyerts Harrold ('56)~ enjoying our beautiful sunny days and my
early morning walks under the stars in Richland.
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>>From: Barb Isakson Rau ('58)
I just found a class of '58 John Richardson had a Birthday today.
Happy belated Birthday John Richardson from your Class mates.
-Barb Isakson Rau ('58)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
I agree with Lloyd Swain ('66) (was your mother Mrs. Swain, the home
ec teacher at Carmichael?) Whenever I am in the Tri-Cities I always go
walk along the Columbia River and enjoy that natural wonder. I have
walked there in the early morning to see the sunrise, and raced down
there to see the sunrise, but it is always beautiful, and a great park in
Kennewick and Richland, sorry, I don't know how to get to the river in
Pasco. The only places I can find there are the airport, the greyhound
bus station,and CBC.
Still cleaning out my inbox!! Still finding Sandstorms I missed while
I was having fun traveling and cruisin'.
Did I ever wish John Adkins ('62) a late Happy Birthday?? Hope you
had a great day, you deserve it.
My friend Billie Cummings Christian, who would have graduated with
us, had she not had to move to California with her family when we were
sophomores asked me for the website concerning people who have contracted
serious diseases who formerly worked at Hanford. Can anyone tell me again
what it is. Thanks.
I think of all the national parks and beautiful sights I've been
blessed to see, going to the Sun highway in Montana is high on the list,
as is Glacier my favorite National Park for some reason. As we are so
lucky to have so much beauty, even in Washington State, as well as the
whole US of A.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ West Harrison, IN - where we have had lots of
snow flurries the past few days, but no icy roads, thank goodness,
so we can still drive until Spring finally makes it's way in. The
little lake is doing fine, enjoying the geese and ducks that stop
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>>From: Dave Hanthorn ('63)
Re: Iditarod
Maren,
ABC News did a "Person of the Week" report on this musher tonight:
http://www.rachaelmushing.com
There is also a good write-up on her on the Iditarod website:
http://www.iditarod.com/mushers/musherbio.php?eid=54
What makes her impressive as a musher isn't that she's a woman (there
have been many women in the race, and at least one woman has won) [TWO
have won, Dave: Libby Riddles the first woman to win in '85 and Susan
Butcher 4 times. -Maren] nor is it that she is young (just nineteen years
old, but there have been other youngsters in the race). No, what makes
her special (and therefore the "Person of the Week") is that she is
legally blind. She says that racing blind in the Iditarod doesn't make
her courageous, she just does it so as not to let an "obstacle" be an
"obstacle" to her. I think that makes her pretty courageous after all.
Like they said on ABC, she won't win the race, but I believe just
finishing will be a big victory for her, and for all people who have some
kind of "obstacle" that they are trying to overcome.
Go Rachael,
-Dave Hanthorn (Gold Medal Class of '63) ~ from sunny and warm Mercer
Island, WA. Man, I dig this El Nino weather! But the draught
this summer won't be pretty.
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>>From: Maren Smyth ('63 & '64)
Re: Iditarod Update - Checkpoint #11 (of 27) - Anvik
www.iditarod.com/ and/or www.cabelasiditarod.com/
www.buserdog.com/buserdog/
3 teams have departed Anvik: #1 Robert Sorlie (with 15 dogs),
#2 DeeDee Jonrowe (with 13 dogs), #3 Martin Buser (11 dogs).
Ramy Brooks and Mitch Seavey (with 13 dogs each) should depart Anvik
shortly and not far behind them Jeff King (with 15 dogs), Ed Iten and
Aliy Zirkle (with 14 dogs each), Lance Mackey (12 dogs), Bjørnar Andersen
(15 dogs), Doug Swingley (13 dogs), Jessica Hendricks and Hugh Neff (12
dogs each) and Charlie Boulding with only 10 dogs now)
So, Sorlie appears to be the one to beat now. Not too far behind them are
Ramy Brooks (2nd in '03), Aliy Zirkle, Jeff King (3-time winner), Rookie
Bjornar Andersen, Doug Swingley (4-time winner), Lance Mackey, Mitch
Seavey (last year's winner) and Charlie Boulding.
Re: Rick Swenson
The Iditarod's only 5-time champion, Rick Swenson, set another record
when he scratched for the first time in 29 races. Getting down on dogs is
the reason. He only had 11 dogs out of Takotna and was going to have to
drop 2 more at Ophir.
Swenson won his first Iditarod in '77. He was 2nd in '78 (but his
SLED was first to cross the finish line that year). Rick won again in
'79, broke the record in '81 and then won again in '82. Rick was the
"main guy" running against Susan Butcher in all those years that Susan
won (4 times). The press had a field day with the "mouthy" Swenson while
the women were winning. '85 was the first year a woman won and that was
Libby Riddles. Susan Butcher raced that year, but had to scratch after a
moose stomped her team and killed her leaders, Johnny and Hyde. Swenson
was 4th that year.
Those were the years (the late '80s) when you'd see bumper stickers
and T-shirts that said: "ALASKA!! Where men are men and women win the
Iditarod"
In '86 Butcher was 1st Swenson was 3rd; '87 & '88 Susan was 1st and
Rick was 2nd; '89 Susan was 2nd and Rick was 3rd; '90 Susan was 1st Rick
was 7th, '91 was the last year that Rick won and he won after he
harnessed himself up and led his team through a blizzard to Nome. Martin
Buser was 2nd that year and Susan Butcher was 3rd.
It was kinda sad to see Rick Swenson have to scratch.
The team in front now can change in a heartbeat.
Stay tuned...
Bomber Cheers,
-Maren Smyth ('64 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
Re: Pictures from Home...
Frank Whiteside ('63) has shown us the beauty from down south...
here's the beauty of the Palouse!
Re: Secret Underground Facility in Hanford Washington
http://www.informantnews.com/starshipgamma/misc/rattlesnake.htm
Re: Hanford - Washington Ghost Town
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/wa/hanford.html
-Gary Behymer ('64)
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>>From: Gay Edwards ('64)
Re: All Ready For Vera Edwards' Birthday Party...
Hello Friends,
I have been placing all of your wonderful emails on fancy paper, with
fancy fonts, in a sweet little album for Vera (Mom). We will present the
album at the: Spokane Bomber Lunch on Sunday, March 20th. Need details?
My contact info detailed below!
If there is any way that you can join us for our Spokane Bomber
Lunch/Vera's 85th Birthday Party... PLEASE DO SO!!! This will be a good
opportunity for all of us to reunite and have some serious FUN together.
Mom is already excited about attending her first Spokane Bomber Lunch on
the 20th... yet, has no idea she will be honored at this affair! Neat,
huh?
Hope to see you there... please note my contact info below