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Richland Bombers Calendar website
Funeral Notices website
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/01/06 ~ APRIL FOOLS' DAY
Early Reminder: TOMORROW (4/2) Spring Forward at 2am
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
George Swan ('59), Betti Avant ('69)
Vicki Owens ('72), Lisa Lysher ('79)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ed Mitchell ('69)
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>>From: George "Pappy" Swan ('59)
To: Linda Reining ('64) and Derrith Persons Dean ('60)
Re: Bouncing with the Best
Thanks Ladies for the info on the "all purpose" benefits of
Bounce. If two -- count them -- no less than two Bomber ladies
recommend Bouncing, who am I to question and not comply. I have
put Bounce sheets everywhere, in every pocket, in all vehicles,
in my garage, and all rooms of the house. I am bouncing -- Big
Time! My yard now looks like a winter festival as I have
tied Bounce sheets to every tree and bush and all lawn care
implements. Elves are now quite easy to spot wearing their little
Bounce capes. Lowiq has made a hang glider covered with sheets of
Bounce. My entire homestead is Bouncing. Darby is bouncing with
bounce sheets streaming from her collar. I have also discovered
that Bouncing is quite fashionable. Now, when I go to town with
sheets of Bounce streaming from Lil' Ricky, Darby, and myself,
other drivers and envious shoppers stare with obvious admiration.
Some even go as far as attempting hide their jealousy, as they
ask, "So what's with you and the cheap white hankies tied all
over you ... and what's that odor?" To which I cleverly reply,
"I'm Bouncing!" I can tell that they like the idea as they smile
a lot (some even laugh hysterically) and point at me. However,
there is a down side to this new craze. Our grocery bill has gone
out of sight due to all of the "Bounce" that I bounce into my
basket. And, Mrs. Pappy is even hiding her disappointment at not
discovering the benefits of Bounce before I did, by cleverly
yelling, "Where the H@*!! is all my Bounce going?" Bouncing is
Beautiful! Thanks and Bounce on my fellow Bombers!
-George "Pappy" Swan ('59) ~ Bouncing in Burbank, WA where by the
way Derrith, Lowiq saw your email about the Big Boy's Toy
(The flying model of the Tomcat Navy Fighter Jet) and now
he has to have one! So, he wired the Green Team in Ireland
requesting a little pot o' gold so he can purchase one. I
fear that the safety of the neighborhood may soon be in
jeopardy ... once again!
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
Well, I lucked out and got a coveted pit pass for Saturday's
races. It seems they were a wee bit reluctant since I'm not an
elf or frog. I said they have a horde of believers and followers
and just need to know how the Burbankers do. Report of the race
tomorrow, stay tuned..........
-Betti Avant ('69) ~ Lacy, WA
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>>From: Vicki Owens ('72)
It's always nice to receive encouragement, especially when it
comes from an unexpected source. Last week I was honored (in
absentia) by my alma mater, Washington State University (WSU).
For those of you who may have wondered what's kept me in Uganda
for 20 years, I hope the last paragraph of the press release
below will help to explain.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/htm2006/Xtra/Any/060401-Owens-WSU.htm
-Vicki Owens ('72)
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>>From: Lisa Lysher Fuller ('79)
Re: Pacific Northwest Bands
While reading the recent Sandstorm entries regarding fellow
Bombers and their music, it reminded me of my father, Wayne
Lysher's ('57-RIP) band, The Royals, in the late '50s, with
Grant Ross ('61), Larry McDermott (?), & Larry Coryell ('61).
I had a tribute done for my father's band thru a website that I
know all of you would love to look at. It's called the Pacific
Northwest Band website. Sam is the webmaster for the site and
does a wonderful job of posting Pacific Northwest Bands. Here is
a link to his website:
http://pnwbands.com/nwtributes.html
The website has lots of information on local bands throughout
the Pacific Northwest. If any fellow Bombers have a band, get it
posted on his website with pictures. It's really nice to have
something for future generations to see. I know my daughter loves
looking at the website and seeing her grandpa there. What I
like the most is pulling up my father's band and hearing their
recorded song play, Thunder Wagon.
We recently sent the link to Larry Coryell ('61) and he replied
back saying how really neat it was to see the old pictures and
read about the band. He thought the tribute was wonderful.
If you get a chance browse thru the website, I think you'll
really like it.
-Lisa Lysher Fuller ('79) ~ Kennewick, WA
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/02/06 ~ SPRING FORWARD @ 2am
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8 Bombers and 1 NAB sent stuff:
Jim Jensen ('50), Curt Donahue ('53)
Tom Tracy ('55), George Swan ('59)
Helen Cross ('62), Carol Converse ('64)
Betti Avant ('69), Maureen Sullivan ('76)
Don Sorenson (NAB = Not a Bomber)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larry Coryell ('61)
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>>From: Jim Jensen ('50)
Tomorrow brings the ever joyous conversion to day light savings
time. I've often wondered why this ritual is STILL observed.
A few days afterward a far more important occasion arises and
there is no wonder concerning its observation... on April 5th
Ann Pearson Burrows, a lovely 1950 classmate, will add another
candle on her birthday cake. Many happy returns to a fine lady.
-Jim Jensen ('50)
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>>From: Curt Donahue ('53)
ToO: Vicki Owens ('72)
Congratulations on your selection for that outstanding honor from
WSU. Stronger congratulations for what you are doing with your
life and your abilities. May God grant you continued success in
your endeavors. Your name should be near the top of "Bomber
Achievers." Stay safe and continue to serve.
-Curt Donahue ('53) ~ Federal Way, WA
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>>From: Tom Tracy ('55)
To: Vicki Owens ('72) and Judy Allen
You make us proud to be from Richland, where so many friends,
teachers and neighbors reached out and picked us up, encouraged
us and tried to help make our days worth living. We lived in
a powerfully giving community. Your sacrifices and dedication
reflect the same and it makes you and Judy champions indeed. I
salute you and Judy. Just the thought of your service revs up the
Bomber engines. May the radiant nuclear sun shine warmly on you
and your honored colleagues.
-Tom Tracy ('55)
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>>From: George "Pappy" Swan ('59)
Re: Beyond Basic Bouncing
This morning, I was reminded by my much younger sister, Marilyn
Swan Beddo ('63), who was apparently bouncing off the walls in
Salt Lake City (with nothing better to do), of some additional
backlashes or bonuses from bouncing (depending on how you view
the phenomenon). I must admit to the many times that I have
walked about with Bounce sheets hanging or falling out of my
trouser legs as a result of their being "bounced" in the dryer,
yet another bonus of bouncing. I once spent a most uncomfortable
morning in a meeting, fidgeting and squirming in my chair only to
finally discover and remove the object of my discomfort upon a
blessed bathroom break. Apparently, a sheet of Bounce had bounced
into my BVDs during the last drying cycle. And then there was the
time that I was making a presentation to a prestigious party of
esteemed fisheries researchers. Only when I raised my arm to
point out something on the projection screen did I realize that
a sheet of bounce was protruding from my jacket sleeve. Reacting
quickly, I plucked it from my sleeve, daubed my nose like a
Victorian gentleman, and calmly placed it into my breast pocket
... all to the applause (and laughter) of my colleagues. And,
Marilyn told me of a lady she knows who pulled on her panty hose,
went out in public, and sauntered about all day with a nice
Bounce sheet tucked neatly inside her panty hose ... at ankle
level.
Re: More Dreams
Another recurring dream that plagued me in my younger years was
being confronted with some villain out to commit dastardly deeds
in the form of rendering bodily harm upon my head and shoulders.
So I prepare to defend myself. I would pulverize the perpetrator,
lambaste the lout, and eliminate the aggressor. In this dream, I
unleash a horrendous hit aimed squarely at his glass jaw.
Suddenly, everything shifts into s...l...o...w ...
m...o...t...i.....o......n.... My fist seems to take an eternity
to even begin to arrive at its destination (if it even gets
there). If it does make it to its mark, it seems to implant
embarrassingly gently like a little pat on his cheek. And, the
dream is over. What was that all about?
Then there was that one where I react to yet another "fight or
flight" decision. I am sure that making it this far up the (or
down -- again, all depending on how you look at it) age ladder,
is due to recognizing when to "skeedaddle outta there." In this
dream, no matter what is pursuing me, I instantly decide that
"booking is best" ... so I run. Except, once again that slow
motion thing kicks in. Instantly, my legs are like two chunks
of lead or bound by unseen restraints and I am going nowhere
rapidly. Fortunately, this dream always ended before my demise.
I wonder -- If I ever see the end of one of these dreams -- will
it be the end?
And lastly is the dream where I am flying. No, not in an
airplane, just me flying about, flapping my arms ... soaring and
gliding, banking and turning, and buzzing and zooming ... up and
over ... tall buildings. And, I am not even wearing a cape. I
never seem to get anywhere, I'm just flying ... around. However,
my wife, Jeanne, whom I suspect has attained a higher level "of
some state" when compared to me, "just floats" in her dreams. She
just peacefully and calmly floats about watching fools, fools
like me expending all that energy and ... going nowhere.
The interesting thing about dreams is that sometimes they seem so
real until I wake and either feel a sense of relief that it was
"just a dream" and it is over or I find myself thinking, "That
was good!" And then, I try to go back to sleep and carry on.
-George "Pappy" Swan ~ Burbank, WA where it seems to be raining
"Cougs and Dawgs" today! So, here I sit, looking out the
window, watching the puddle refill, and ponder the thoughts
of dreams "bouncing" around in my head.
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
CongraTulations to Vicki Owens ('72) on her achievements as
Woman of the Year candidate from WSU, and congratulations on a
very successful career in Uganda.
As to musicians from Richland, I remember going to see Beth
Pederson(sen?) ('61) in Spokane, WA in the late '60s when I
was in graduate school there.
I haven't heard from or of Beth from years, but as she was also a
CUPer she and her music were a part of my growing up, and are a
part of my happy memories there.
Happy April's Fool's Day!! Now I'm wondering if we change our
clocks forward tonight or Sunday night, hopefully I'll hear the
answer on the news tonight.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ West Harrison, Indiana in the house by
the little lake, where spring has sprung, and lots of birds
are coming to my bird feeder now. I've seen cardinals and
blue jays and others I can't identify this morning. (It's in
the 60s to 70s in the daytime, my kind of weather.)
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>>From: Carol Converse Maurer ('64)
To: Vicki Owens ('72)
Congratulations on the honor you have received. Keep up the
good work that you have started!
-Carol Converse Maurer (Boomer Bomber Class of '64)
Eureka, CA where they are saying that this spring is perhaps
the wettest spring since 1887 or so since they've been
keeping records. I can believe it and here, Linda Reining ('64)
would really like more of the wet stuff. If I could send you
some I would gladly be of service to you.
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
1 April 2006...crack of dawn on a rainy morning
Report of the 1st Annual Lacey Pond Frog Races
The pond greeted out of town elves from across the state. One,
a handsome dude from Burbank, WA showed up with a broken leg
suffered in a duck race a few weeks prior. I believe they call
him Bogart. He showed up with his pal Lowiq representing "Pappy's
Puddle Pals" of Burbank.
Once the races started it looked like it was going to be their
days. They were in opposite brackets lest to meet only in the
finals. Then their luck of Irish blood ran out. The first
semifinal included Bogart. He was "jumped off" breaking his other
leg and suffering a concussion. He was heard to say, "Pappy's
going to kill me!" While he was being loaded into the ambulance
Lowiq's race started. Lowiq had been drinking "hot toadies"
most of the night and fell off in the first turn. He would have
drowned if it hadn't been for the Froggy EMT unit. They both told
this reporter to pass a message on to Pappy. "We're sorry, but it
was a lot of fun meeting with all these other elves and we want
to come back next year." They both will spend a few days in the
local hospital. Bogart will be in a wheelchair for a couple of
months and Lowiq swore off "hot toadies". They will be arriving
at Burbank International Airport aboard Goose Airlines, flight
#13 on Wednesday, April 5th at 6:66 PM. In talking with Lowiq
later I asked him, "why the 'hot toadies'?" He said everyone told
him how good they are and nonalcoholic. I questioned the barkeep
at the Lily pad Pub and asked exactly what is a "hot toadie"? He
stated they are a drink served in a frosty 16 ounce mug with
no set amount of what is added to it. Everyone is different as
perhaps someone else would have mixed the next one and so on.
When asked how they could serve such drinks to a race participant
and an out of towner to boot, he said he kept flashing a big wad
of cash. As to the number of "hot toadies" poor Lowiq consumed,
it is open to debate. They said they quit counting at 5, but do
believe after that the drinks were mainly water (or so they
claim).
Thanks Pappy for telling me about this event as I hadn't been
told. I'm just sorry the results weren't as expected, but there
is always another race as they say.
-Betti Avant ('69), "little person reporter" ~ Lacey, WA
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>>From: Maureen Sullivan Fleischman ('76)
To: Dave Flaherty ('76)
Geez, it's been a long time since I checked the Sandstorm! My
brother Denis ('62) called and relayed your kind comments about
the quartet! You always were a charmer! The talent & creativity
of the people at RHS during those years I was there ('74-'76) was
fun to witness. From Brad Upton ('74) to Michael Peterson ('77)
and everyone in between, hanging out with all of you gave me such
great memories (and a sore stomach from laughing all the time!).
I look forward to seeing you at the reunion in August. Maybe we
will jam again with Paul Barber and Galen Irby, like at our 20
year.
I too am living through my kids, and enjoying the next generation
of musicians. My son Brian plays and sings in Hogans Alley, a
struggling young band here in Seattle. Check them out (or have
your kids check them out) at http://www.myspace.com/hogansalley
They are trying to scrape together money to get back into the
studio. It's good to know the dream lives on. I remember being in
the Mattingly's basement, singing back up for Michael Peterson
(and you!) belting out Doobie Brothers tunes. It was ironic
that, years later, Michael McDonald, lead singer of said Doobie
Brothers Band, ended up singing BACK UP for Michael Peterson on
his album "Being Human". Isn't life interesting? Especially when
you're a Bomber...
-Maureen Sullivan Fleischman ('76)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB = Not a Bomber)
Re: Opening Day Baseball
To: All 1953 Bomber Little League Players
With opening day just around the corner thought it would be
worthwhile to send in some baseball pictures.
1953 LITTLE LEAGUE CHAMPS
6519-1-neg-a ~ 6519-1-neg-b ~ 6519-1-neg-c
6519-1-neg-d ` 6519-1-neg-e ~ 6519-1-neg-f
6519-1-neg-g ~ 6519-1-neg-h ~ 6519-1-neg-i
-Don Sorenson N A B
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/03/06
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Betty Hiser('49), Mike Clowes ('54)
Nola Davey ('56), Stephanie Dawson ('60)
Irene de la Bretonne ('61), Betti Avant ('69)
Julie Smyth ('69WB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Leslie Hutchinson ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Garry O'Rourke ('66)
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>>From: Betty Hiser Gulley ('49)
Daylight savings time: I hate it with a purple passion. How can
we get rid of it? It was put in force during the Second World War
to enable the farmers to have an extra hour or two for the war
effort. It was not forced on people - you did have a choice. I
remember going to Kentucky - you could go from one town to the
next and either lose or gain 2 hours. I'm not sure - but I think
they also used it during the First World War for basically the
same reason - more time for farming. After the Second World War
the people across the hill voted for it so THEY could play more
golf. Boo Hiss!!!
-Betty Hiser Gulley '49er - south/government Richland - Spring
has sprung and sent us a few showers to make everything green
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54)
If you haven't visited the Club 40 website in a while, I invite
your attention to the fact that the schedule of events for the
September Reunion is reasonably complete. Check it out at:
http://richlandclub40.org
Just scroll down to the proper box and there you are. Music
on Saturday night will be by the Easy Swing Band, featuring
the musical stylings of John LaChapelle. According to the
entertainment committee, you can hear yourself think from
close range with this group.
Registration forms are also available from this site. Finally,
as a fair warning, the next issue of the DustStorm should be in
the mail by the end of May.
So beware of strange geese trying to sell elves. Thought I saw
some the other day out front of a Safeway store.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54) ~ reporting from showery
Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Nola Davey Meichle ('56)
Re: Class of '56
Is there anyone from the Class of '56 who knows Dan MacKenzie ('56)
really well. I have a phone # I would like someone to try.
Please email me or phone: [Phone number deleted for Nola's
privacy... email her if you want her phone number. -Maren]
-Nola Davey Meichle ('56)
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>>From: Stephanie Dawson Janicek ('60)
To: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: Little League photos
Those were great! Now, does anyone have photos of the Dawson-
Richards Little League teams? Or did I miss them in the days/
years when I was too busy to read all the Sandstorm entries
and check out the photos?
I remember attending hundreds of games (it seems like) in the
good old days. Mills Meuser was the coach and Hi Meyers was
his assistant or the manager, I think. John Meyers ('58-RIP)
regularly hit home runs, frequently breaking the bat as he did
so. Pat Crook ('58), Curt ('57) and Johnny ('60) Jetton, so many
guys showed the athletic promise that later bloomed in junior
high and at Col-Hi (and beyond). I remember sitting in those
aluminum bleachers, drinking Green Rivers and shelling peanuts.
Ah, those lazy old days!
To: Mary Judd Hinz ('60)
Re: Dancing stars
Saw you and your hubby dancing on stage at the Mid-Columbia
Symphony's StraussFest in Pasco last night. You two looked great!
I didn't even notice the other couple. If you haven't done a lot
of that, it may have taken a bit of gumption on your parts to get
up on stage in front of an auditorium of people and dance. My
congratulations! The dancing was a very nice addition to the
music. And gosh, you don't look a day over 39!
Bombers in and around the Tri-Cities, if you haven't been to a
Mid-Columbia Symphony performance lately (or ever), and if you're
still willing and able to stay up until 10 pm or more and then
drive home (!), you really should check out their events. We have
so much terrific entertainment and such a variety of events in
the Tri-CIties that some weekends it's tough to choose which to
attend and which to miss!
-Stephanie Dawson Janicek ('60)
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>>From: Irene de la Bretonne Hays ('61)
To: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
You asked about Beth Pederson ('61). She lives in northern Idaho
and continues to make beautiful music. I have several of her CDs.
You can find her at High Moon Music or http://bethpederson.com/
-Irene de la Bretonne Hays ('61)
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
I just got back from visiting Bogart and Lowiq in the Toadyland
General Hospital. They are both doing well and anticipating
getting to Burbank as planned on Wednesday evening at 6:66pm.
Bogart says to remind Pappy he will need a wheelchair to get
around in. They also want to thank all of you out there;
Burbankers, Bombers, and any others who sent gifts and flowers.
This is one event they won't soon forget.
-Betti Avant ('69), "little person reporter" ~ Lacey, WA
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>>From: Julie Smyth Moss ('69WB)
To: Darlene Napora Shuley ('69)
I know it was difficult for you, and now that UCLA crushed LSU,
I know how you feel. Except that Texas didn't get crushed the
way LSU did last night. I'm still crying, kind of. What makes
me happy is that the prognosticators didn't ever feel LSU had a
chance. The only game they said we'd win was against UCLA and we
lost. Oh, well---it was a good run, and getting to the final four
was a big shot in the arm for the state. I even had a group of
girls here watching the game. Of course, when I say girls, I
really mean old lady friends.
Geaux Tigers!
-Julie Smyth Moss ('69WB)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/04/06
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11 Bombers and 1 NAB sent stuff and 1 Bomber funeral notice:
Dick McCoy (45), Betty Hiser ('49)
Harvey Chapman ('56), Terri Royce ('56)
Floyd Melton ('57), George Swan ('59)
Mary Judd ('60), Helen Cross ('62)
Linda Reining ('64), David Rivers ('65)
Robert Avant ('69), Don Sorenson (NAB = Not a Bomber)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jan Nelson ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancy Erlandson ('67)
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TIDBIT FOR TOMORROW, April 5, 2006:
On Wednesday at two minutes and three seconds after 1am the time
will be.....
01:02:03 04-05-06
This won't happen again for another 1000 years.
Tidbit sent by 3 Bombers:
Betty Conner Sansom ('52), Gary Behymer ('64), Jeff Michael ('65)
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>>From: Dick McCoy (the tin can class of '45)
Re: Daylight savings
I have always loved daylight savings time. I remember during the
depression, I was envious of people in NY and CA, who observed
it. In Minnesota, we didn't. During WWII it was a year round
thing, to conserve electricity. In the St. Paul winter I didn't
care for it so much, as I walked to high school in the dark. It
could be very cold.
-Dick McCoy, from the tin can class of 1945
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>>From: Betty Hiser Gulley ('49)
As I was writing the article yesterday about the First and Second
World War I remember watching a TV news show and the guy says,
"Right after World War Eleven --." Do we send people to college
to learn about ALL the world wars?
-Betty Hiser Gulley '49er - south/government Richland - looks
grizzly today - my arthritis says it will rain or the
barometer will fall.
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>>From: Harvey Chapman ('56)
To: Nola Davey Meichle ('56)
Nola, give me a call with number and I will call him.
-Harvey Chapman ('56)
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>>From: Terri Royce Weiner ('56)
Re: Daylight Savings Time
To: Betty Hiser Gulley ('49)
What's with the Boo Hiss about GOLF? The more daylight the
better for this beautiful, challenging, heartbreaking game.
-Terri Royce Weiner ('56) ~ in "will-it-rain-or-not" Seattle,
where our Mt. Si Ladies' Club tees off every Tuesday, and
coyotes share the fairways on Bellevue Municipal.
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>>From: Floyd Melton ('57)
Re: Daylight Savings Time
What a wonderful blessing Daylight Savings Time is to the average
person. It gives one more time after work to do the things around
the home that didn't get done on the weekend, it gives more
daylight hours in the evening for family activities, it is a
good plan. I wish we were on it all year long.
-Floyd Melton ('57)
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>>From: George "Pappy" Swan ('59)
To: All Mariner Fans -- Today's the Day (of course when you read
this, it will have been yesterday) but right now, I am a Happy
Pappy! The boys of summer are back! I am squirming until the
first pitch -- about five minutes from now. My fellow Mariner's
Fans -- Say Hallelujah!
Re: Bomber Stuff & Elfin Events
To: Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54)
Bob ... or Mike (which one do you prefer?), as a co-rep to Club
40 for Class of '59 (Last Great Class of the Nifty Fifties), I am
getting excited about the upcoming September Reunion. For a guy
who stayed out of "Bomber Stuff" for many years, and thanks to
my "much younger sister," Marilyn Swan Beddo ('63), who dragged
me kickin' and screamin' back into "Bomber Awareness," I look
forward to each year and getting to know more Bombers from the
whole range of classes. I must admit that I have not sent in my
registration and dues yet. I am still trying to persuade Mrs.
Pappy to attend with me. As she went to school in Fairbanks, AK,
she says, "I hardly know anyone." Any "hints to convince" from
those of you Bombers who bring your (NAB) spouse?
And I always look forward to my mini-reunions with my "not so
much older than me" folding buddy, "Nickjustnick" Nelson ('57) at
the DustStorm folding parties. A kid can learn so much from these
"older guys!" So, on Wednesday, May 24th, I will again join Club
40 folks in the Gallery Room of the Richland Public Library at
9:30 AM to fold together the DustStorm. I will make it a point
to be there since there might be Spudnuts and coffee and spring
turkey hunting will be over.
To: Stephanie Dawson Janicek ('60)
I echo your accolades for dancing stars, Mary Judd Hinz ('60) and
hubby. I have enjoyed the good fortune of watching them dance on
two occasions. They can really cut a rug and make an old guy like
me wonder, "Why didn't I just learn to dance?"
[They get my vote for "Best Dancers", too! -Maren]
To: Betti Avant ('69), Associated "little person reporter"
Thank you so much for the, "Report of the 1st Annual Lacey Pond
Frog Races." It is so hard for me to keep up with the antics of
my elves as they have this inherent ability (when they want to
use it) to be everywhere at once and shift instantly in shape and
size. Witness Bob's (or Mike's) observance of geese attempting to
sell Elves in front of a Safeway Store in Oregon. Initially, it
was thought that the Geese were flying the winners of the Lacey
Pond Frog Races around the region for appearances in local
supermarket parking lots for photo opportunities and autograph
signing. However, rumors run rampant around the puddle. The
latest has it that the Duck and Goose Union, Quacker's and
Honker's Local No 12, is threatening to strike in protest of
Lowiq's straying from the standard use of ducks and geese for
aerial/amphibious transportation and racing. And, Derrith Persons
Dean (60), I knew that video would stir Lowiq up... again. Even
with Bogart and Lowiq convalescing, it just keeps on keepin' on.
Apparently, a truck backed into my driveway yesterday while I was
out by Benton City shooting trap with Mick ('66) and Tom Hemphill
('62). When I got home, I beheld a large packing crate marked
"Tomcat" and a stack of lumber setting near the puddle.
-George "Pappy" Swan ~ Burbank, WA where Lowkey and I sit with
Darby discussing these recent events. So, Lowiq, if you are
reading this little dude... I told you to lay off the "hot
goosies!" "Hot toadies" are probably just another version
that you conjured up. We will have a tiny wheelchair
(complete with straight jacket) waiting at Burbank
International Airport for the arrival of Goose Airlines,
flight #13 on Wednesday, April 5th at 6:66 PM. And, Bogart
... I'll deal with you later.
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>>From: Mary Judd Hinz ('60)
To: Stephanie Dawson Janicek ('60)
Re: Mid-Columbia Symphony
Thank you! Aren't you the sweetest thing! Although we thoroughly
enjoyed the experience, I don't think I'd want to do it again.
Much too stressful. I agree that we are really lucky here in the
Tri-Cities to have so much entertainment and activities going on
all the time. All this fun and no traffic jams!
-Mary Judd Hinz ('60)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
I want to thank Irene de la Bretonne ('61) for giving me the
website for Beth Pederson's ('61) website. I will look into that
more fully in a few days, and I hope to return to the Sandpoint,
ID area and maybe hear her again.
To: Stephanie Dawson Janicek ('60)
My father, Ken Cross, used to coach American Legion Baseball when
I was in grade school and I remember going to tons of baseball
games too. My dad taught me to be his scorekeeper so I did have
something to do. I remember John Meyers ('58-RIP), and many
others (sorry, I can't remember last names now, can it be a
senior moment!) who went on to being great players, at least as
Bombers were on his teams.
Last night there were some record storms around here, we were
untouched in our area, but I know others weren't so lucky. Hope
the farmers are pleased with all the rain we had.
My husband, Warren will finish his studies at United Theological
Seminary in a few weeks and graduate in May!! These 3 years have
gone by quickly, and who knows where we will be next.
I hope it will be somewhere out west.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ West Harrison, IN - in the house by the
little lake where we are seeing more birds every day. And
a white-tailed deer just ran past the house.
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
re: Daylight Savings Time I agree with Betty Hiser Gulley
('49)........I also hate it with a purple passion! I understand
the need for it back during the War years, but now, it is just
a blasted nuisance! makes twice as much sense to have the extra
hour of daylight in the Winter, when it is way too dark way too
early, than to have an extra hour in the Summer, when it already
stays lighter, longer!!!! besides, it takes me too blasted long
to adjust my sleep patterns when they change the time!!!!! *grin*
-Linda Reining(Boomber Bomber class of '64)...in Bakersfield, CA,
where we are expecting another storm to bring more
rain........sorry, Carol Converse Maurer('64), in Eureka,
CA, but I am LOVIN' it!!!!!!! *grin*
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
It was August 1990, as I opened the door to my house after
unloading the car from a 10 day trip to Richland the phone rang.
I dropped everything and answered it. "It was magic wasn't it"
the voice on the other end said... "yes it really was magic" I
responded... I had just returned from a road trip to Richland for
our 25th reunion. Tony Harrah ('65) was calling to let me know
how much he loved his first reunion since graduation. My road
trip was prompted by my desire to visit my home town sober and
revisit all my old haunts... By the time Tony and Terry Davis
('65) arrived... I had found almost all the houses of our old
gang and then some. I had been home only once before in 1985 for
our 20th and had been in a drunken stupor the entire time. The
only remarkable thing about the trip was the huge bar bills
Heidlebaugh ('65) and I had run paying for rounds for everyone
from our class hanging around the pool on one of the days...
Saturday I think... But the 25th was truly magic... all of the
old rivalries... all of the old hurts... had vanished... nobody
was trying to impress anyone... the love and wonder from
Kindergarten had returned and we were all friends... each reunion
thereafter has been better than the last all filled with magic...
shortly after that we began to meet every year... as Warford
('65) put it... "five years is just too long to wait to see each
other"... I know you all feel the same... whatever class you are
in... And so... it came to pass, that on April Fools Day 2006 a
large crowd of us got together to say farewell to our loved one,
Dave "Pook" Smith ('63-RIP)... Jimbeaux ('63) organized it, while
others (I'll let Jim mention them lest I forget someone) did the
leg work and had the most beautiful green bench... in front of
the Marriott at Columbia Point marked with a wonderful green and
gold plaque celebrating Pook's life... It rained in the morning
and we all scouted Richland for umbrellas... I had commented to
some of my staff before leaving that I wasn't sure there was
a place left in Richland to buy and umbrella... but we found
them... all shapes and sizes... Hoff ('64) even had one with the
stars and stripes... Mine on the other hand was purchased at the
Antique store in the Uptown and was described on the sales card
as "adorable"... it was of course... pretty blue with lovely
flowers and a bamboo handle... The rain stopped an hour before
we gathered... I, naturally handed my "adorable" purchase to Wick
('65) to avoid further abuse... I understand she and Jimbeaux
have quite a collection of disabled umbrellas and it will make
a fine addition... Jimbeaux was naturally decked out in slacks,
a blazer and tasseled shoes... the rest of us were in various
stages of rain attire... Nancy Erlandson Ballard ('67) was
dressed in her birthday suit... no... that doesn't sound right...
(HAPPY BIRTHDAY 4/4/06)... Jim asked several of the group to
speak and the laughter and tears blended together as each speaker
took a turn... #32 ('63) had managed to recall (from memory I'm
sure) each basket Pook had ever scored in his entire career...
the sentiment of the group and all who spoke was that Pook loved
life... perhaps he loved it too much and perhaps it didn't always
meet with his hopes and expectations... but it was clear that he
loved his friends, his family and that he was loved... It was
magic... we then retired to "Jack Sons" for lunch... I made a
gallant play for Hoff's heart only to be out maneuvered by Rob
Hills ('63) in a beautiful play that seemed to include talk of a
treadmill... It got Dick Boehnig's ('63) attention and must have
been a skillful maneuver indeed... I will figure it out later for
use in the future... instead of "hi baby... what's yer sign"...
I will tell the object of my desire about my new treadmill... I
learned to my shock that Judy Campbell ('64) is NOT taller than
I am... I finally realized that the pedestal I had her on all my
life must have made her much taller than in flat shoes... Lunch
was so enjoyable... so nice to get together with kids you don't
get to see often... talking to Rosalie ('63), Teresa ('64) and
the rest of the group around the table(s) was great... getting
all caught up on what was going on with each of us... somebody
said there were over 50 people gathered at the bench... that
didn't include the jogger and the two ladies who were nice enough
to walk around the circle (Jogger not so nice)... it did include
two of my classmates who were attracted to the large crowd and
green and gold balloons... Simpson ('65) and Beaver ('65) showed
up as we were heading for lunch... I won't even try and mention
everyone who was there... I will state that Frank Osgard ('63WB)
had to be escorted off the premises when he began to recount
every girl he'd ever wined and dined and had carnal knowledge of
since 3rd grade... singling out virtually every married girl in
the group... He smiled a HUGE grin when Mary Lou's ('63) name
was mentioned... Jimbeaux explained that Frank had been on some
serious meds lately and was not invited for that reason... I also
need to say tho that I did NOT hug Hoff too many times... One was
for her life-long friend Heidlebaugh ('65) aka TBFL... and so if
number 32 didn't give one of his hugs to Ray ('64) then we KNOW
who got too many hugs!
-David Rivers ('65)
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>>From: Robert Avant ('69)
Re: Ahh...Spring
How I remember the joys of Spring in East Texas. No need for
expensive trips to the doctor to find out why your eyes were
swollen shut and your nose turned from a sensory receiver to a
faucet with a Drano Professional clog. Just look at the cars,
streets, and the occasional small animal and see the delightful
yellow of pine pollen. Nor can one ever forget sitting at the
computer or TV with the Weather Channel on tracking a line of
"potentially dangerous" thunderstorms moving across the screen
at about 30-40 miles an hour and you remember passing on the
chance to have the dead limbs of your oak trees removed for a
few hundred dollars; now realizing they will probably go for
free and possibly through your roof... Yes, nothing like Spring
in East Texas
-Robert Avant ('69)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB = Not a Bomber)
Re: More Baseball Pictures for Stephanie Dawson Janicek ('60)
Found some more Little League pictures.
1951 Little League Baseball
2149-neg-a - Tournament Winni.jpg
2149-neg-c - Tournament Winni.jpg
2149-neg-f - Winning.jpg
2149-neg-h - All-Star Team.jpg
1952 Little League Baseball
4249-neg-a Opening Game in Me.jpg
4249-neg-b Opening Game in Me.jpg
4249-neg-c Opening Game in Me.jpg
-Don Sorenson (NAB = Not a Bomber)
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Funeral Notice scanned from the TCHerald
by Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
>>Vonna Lomon Eller ('53) ~ 10/2/35 - 2/22/06
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14 Bombers sent stuff:
Betty Hiser ('49), Betty Bell ('51), Nola Davey ('56)
George Swan ('59), Ruth Miles ('59), Susan Erickson ('59)
Mike Brady ('61), Ed Wood ('62), Jeanie Walsh ('63)
David Rivers ('65), Chuck Smith ('69), Dennis Strege ('71)
Vicki Owens ('72), Angeina Noland ('96)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ann Pearson ('50)
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>>From: Betty Hiser Gulley ('49)
Daylight Savings Time: I'm not objecting to golf - good exercise
- but I can't walk very well any more. I never liked Daylight
Savings Time (even as a kid) because we had to switch back and
forth. What I would like if that we stay on standard or daylight
savings time all year around.
Hi Floyd - ex-neighbor - how are you doing?
-Betty Hiser Gulley 49er - south/government Richland - did
sprinkle yesterday - can't figure out what it is
going to do today.
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>>From: Betty Bell Norton ('51)
I just wanted to let friends and classmates know that
Wilma Jean Smith McGill ('51) died in San Leandro, CA on Friday,
March 24th. She was born June 1, 1933. Her funeral will be Monday
April 10th in Trout Lake, WA at 10:00, at the cemetery there.
Her sister, Wanda Smith Osborn ('50) still lives in Richland.
-Betty Bell Norton ('51)
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>>From: Nola Davey Meichle ('56)
To: George "Pappy" Swan ('59)
Nick Nelson is a member of the Class of '56.
-Nola Davey Meichle ('56)
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>>From: George "Pappy" Swan ('59)
Re: Only so much light and so little time
I have often wondered ... If summer has "Daylight Savings Time,"
how come winter doesn't have "Nightdarkness Spending Time?" We
"save" all that daylight to do outdoor stuff in summer just so
we can "spend" all those hours of darkness doing indoors stuff
during the long nights of winter. Hmmmmm?
-George "Pappy" Swan ~ Burbank, WA where ... Hmmmmm ... Every
time the time changes, I realize that I never got around to
changing the clock on the radio in my little truck ... the
last time. But, at least its right ... half the year. So,
half the year, I'm on time and half the year I'm ... you
know ... late ... or ... let's see ... is it ... early?
Whatever.
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>>From: Ruth Miles Bruns ('59)
Re: 01:02:03 04-05-06
I think I've seen this one more often than almost anything else
that floods our in-boxes. Actually, it will happen again in one
hundred years. So it's cute, but not hugely extraordinary.
-Ruth Miles Bruns ('59)
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>>From: Susan Erickson Kuntz ('59)
Re: Judy Jo (Ehlers) Evanoff ('59)
I would like to inform the friends of Judy, that she has been
diagnosed with breast cancer and is undergoing surgery today
(the 4th) at Kadlec Hospital in Richland. I know she and Dick
would appreciate your thoughts and prayers as she seeks treatment
for her cancer.
We're thinking of you, Judy, with love and best wishes for a
complete recovery.
Your friend,
-Susan Erickson Kuntz ('59)
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>>From: Mike Brady ('61)
Re: Memorial Bench Dedication for Pook Smith ('63-RIP)
I wasn't able to make it to Pook's memorial last Saturday. How
did it go?
-Mike Brady ('61)
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[See entry in yesterday's Sandstorm from David Rivers ('65). -Maren]
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>>From: Ed Wood ('62)
To: Betty Hiser Gulley ('49)
You're right that Daylight Saving Time came into general use
during WW2, but Ben Franklin first advocated Daylight Saving Time
as early as 1784! His idea went nowhere until Wm Willett began a
long process of lobbying the British Parliament in 1907. But if
a one hour time change drives you crazy, be thankful Willett's
original idea was never adopted. He proposed a 20 minute time
adjustment on each of four Sundays in April, with a fall
adjustment being 20 minutes on each of four Sundays in September.
Talk about confusing!
-Ed Wood ('62)
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>>From: Jeanie Walsh Williamson (Gold Metal Class of '63)
To: Linda Reining ('64) in Bakerfield, CA
You go, Girl!
-Jeanie Walsh Williamson (Gold Metal Class of '63) ~ Simi Valley,
CA - Home of the Ronald Reagan Presidental Library
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
Re: New Topic
I have a rather burning question which will not interest anyone
who graduated before '63 in the least but is kind of interesting
to those of us who were in school say in '62 and later... Very
late in the evening... around 9:30 last Saturday... I came in
from dinner at Henry's in Richland and found a few of the Gold
Medal kids still up and wide awake... Dave Simpson ('63)
recounted that he was pretty sure the first kid in Richland to
wear black low cut Converse as a fashion statement was Steve
Denler ('64)... Naturally being the thoughtless big mouth that I
am I said oh no no... Tony Harrah ('65) was the first when he
returned from Portland in '62 or so... but of course, that's just
always been MY belief (my apologies Dave for being such a jerk).
So now, I'm really wondering... of course it could have been
Denler and it could have been any number of others... sooooooo...
does anyone recall who was the first to wear black low cut
Converse in Richland????? (Any answer after '63 will not qualify
as the "FIRST"). I'm sending a copy of this to Tony and would
send one to Steve but I don't have a new email address for him...
he seems to have gone "off-line" about a year after R2K... If
anyone is in touch with him would love to know when he got his
frist pair of the subject foot wear!
-David Rivers ('65)
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>>From: Chuck Smith ('69)
Now that I'm back in the swing of things with the Sandstorm, I'm
really starting to enjoy al the entires that are being sent in.
For those of you that like the daylight savings thing... hmmm,
can't say I agree with ya... it's such a pain going around the
house trying to find all the flip'in clocks to change them...
and even worse, remembering how to change the ones in our two
vehicles... always have to look in the owner's manual. Can't wait
to move to Arizona... they don't do daylight savings...YAHOO!!!
I will have to agree with Terri Royce Weiner('56) though, about
getting out earlier to the Links... it's great being the first
on the Tee and finishing before 11am... The mornings are flat
GORGEOUS...
To: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Those Little League pics you included sure brought back
memories... I played with Nevins Flying As... Let's see that
would have been 1960, 1961. Hey, the pics at the Opening
Ceromonies... wasn't that taken down below the Bus Station at
Columbia Park... that use to be the Fastpitch softball field.
I played with Olympia Beer (1969-'70). Oh, and before that, I
hooked up with all my Buds from the Morman Church and we played
in a league down there, also... Anyone remember the Morman Team?
What memories...
Chuck Smith ('69er)
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[Chuck -- have you checked out the "Baseball" web page at:
http://all.sports.tripod.com/Baseball.html -Maren]
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>>From: Dennis Strege ('71)
Re: Class of 1971 Reunion
The 35 year reunion for the Class of 1971 is August 11 – 13 at
the Red Lion Hanford House. We are preparing to send registration
forms and we need to make sure we have the latest email and
street addresses for as many classmates as possible. Please send
your information to RHSBombers71@aol.com as soon as possible.
Golfing, a wine tasting bus tour, a river boat brunch, and more,
you don't want to miss it!
-Dennis Strege ('71)
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>>From: Vicki Owens ('72)
To: Betty Hiser Gulley ('49)
Your mention of "World War Eleven" dredged up a memory from
many years ago when Lawrence Welk, obviously reading from a
teleprompter, introduced the songs of "World War Eye Eye".
-Vicki Owens ('72) ~ ~ it's raining in Kampala
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From the new ALL Bomber Alumni GuestBook.
From: Angeina "Angel" Noland Larsen ('96)
E-Mail: None given
Tuesday 04/04/2006 1:19:15pm
COMMENTS: I Live in Tacoma, WA [Site Administrator deleted
street address and phone number]
-Angeina "Angel" Noland Larsen ('96)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/06/06
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16 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber funeral notice today:
Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02), Betty Hiser ('49)
Shirley Segrest ('52), Nola Davey ('56)
Gus Keeney ('57), George Swan ('59)
Mike Brady ('61), Denny Johnson ('62WB)
Dave Hanthorn ('63), Freddie Schafer ('63)
Ann Engel ('63), Gary Behymer ('64)
Ray Stein ('64), Jeff Michael ('65)
Linda Sargent ('67), Frank Hames ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: TWINS: Barbara and Kathy Berkeley ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Randy Dykeman ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jacqueline Tallant ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cindy Raekes ('82)
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02)
Re: Switching
Pooor babies have to switch their clocks twice a year. How else
are you going to know when to change the batteries in your
alarms? your computers and vcrs all change on their own, except
for next year, when they increase the daylight savings hours.
-Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02)
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>>From: Betty Hiser Gulley ('49)
Ed Wood ('62): I have received a lot of comments about having
Daylight Savings Time all year long - I would love that. My
stomach and my dog object a lot!!
-Betty Hiser Gulley '49er - south/government Richland - so so day
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>>From: Shirley Segrest Telford ('52)
Here's a cute little poem I received from a friend that I
thought everyone would enjoy:
http://www.creativereunions.com/poem.html
-Shirley Segrest Telford ('52)
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>>From: Nola Davey Meichle ('56)
Re: Lost Classmates of 1956
We keep losing or misplacing our classmates. I want to try one
more time. Here is who we are looking for:
Larry D. Anderson, Joann Beatty, Clara Bolin Toss, Paul Cox,
Carlton Craven, Jean Eaton Gladwell, James Green,
Laurli Griffin Coughren, Carol Groves Nielson,
Wanda Hamilton Harding, Ronald Jackson, Charles Johnson,
Judith Kaiser Hostetler, Caroline Kirk, Marlana Little,
Jack Mattson, Nellie Sue Mayberry Kingry, Linda Reitzel Swarm,
ElnoraMae Roestel Richardson, David Lynn Rowe & Frances Sims Rowe,
Dick Sievers, Dale C. Stone, and Dan MacKenzie.
Thanks for any help,
-Nola Davey Meichle ('56)
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>>From: Gus Keeney ('57)
Re: Las Vegas Lunch Pictures
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Lunches/Current-Vegas/00.html
-Gus Keeney ('57)
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>>From: George "Pappy" Swan ('59)
Re: Old Friends
To: Nola Davey Meichle ('56)
Thanks Nola. Actually, I thought my friend NickjustNick Nelson
('56) was much older than that so I was just trying to be nice
to him by shaving off a year ... and get even because he looks
so much younger than I do. Now I feel more like a kid. Just
kiddin' foldin' buddy.
-George "Pappy" Swan ('59) ~ Burbank, WA where I have been doing
yard work in the rain and marking time until 6:66 PM when
Lowkey, Darby, and I will mount up in Ol' Henry (my other beat
up old truck), the '81 Ford F-150, 4X4. That's when we'll
mosey down to the Burbank International Airport to meet flight
#13 of Goose Airlines and pickup Bogart and Lowiq. At least
now that we're on DST, it'll be daylight and we won't have to
light the bonfire beacons and Darby won't have to run around
in circles with green and a white flashlights tied to her
head. We have two traffic lights in Burbank now and maybe
someday we'll get a rotating beacon at the airport. Right now,
Burbank International, the Elfin Airport, where Goose Airlines
operates out of consists of an inlet on the sloughs with a
stretch of sandy beach (accommodates floats or land), one of
my old socks fluttering from a pole (wind sock), an extension
ladder (for when the really big birds come in), and a
wheelbarrow (people and elf carrier). I'll be glad to see them
as they're two of my favorite elves but don't anyone tell
them. It's hard enough now trying to keep them under control.
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>>From: Mike Brady ('61)
Re: Converse lows
I remember Bruce Smith ('61) used a knife and scissors to make
high top Converse into low tops... low tops? I thought that was
kinda of cool and tried it but ruined a decent pair. Bruce was
always ahead of the curve!
Re: Mormon teams
To: Chuck Smith ('69)
I played on Mormon softball and basketball teams in the late '50s
and early '60s. We played our softball games on the Riverside
Park field (is it Howard Amon Park now?) and our basketball games
at Spalding Elementary School. I played with a great bunch of
guys including Richard Dall ('61), Phil Maxfield ('62), Jerry
Fehrenbacker ('62), Bruce Smith ('61), Bill Seely ('62), Steve
Palmer ('61) and Coach Dick Rhoten. It's ironic, with all my
Mormon exposure I never became a Mormon, but both of my sons are
Mormons. If any of you guys are reading this entry, thanks for
the good times and memories.
-Mike Brady ('61) ~ in Kirkland, WA where I'm back to school
today for my final quarter... at least final for this
time around!
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>>From: Denny Johnson ('62WB)
Re: black, low cut Converse...
Wasn't there... can't swear... but I'd be mighty surprised if
Dean Hoff ('62), that trend-setting fashion icon wasn't the first
to spring into class with the aforementioned footgear.
hasta pronto
-Denny Johnson ('62 coulda woulda shoulda)
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>>From: Dave Hanthorn (Gold Medal Class of '63)
Re: Bad dreams and nightmares
All the talk in recent Sandstorms about strange dreams made me
think about the following:
1. Being faced with a test for which you hadn't studied at all.
2. Coming to the end of the semester and realizing you had a
class that you had never attended.
3. Having a major homework project due the next day, and you
haven't even started on it.
For a person (like me) with attention deficit disorder (ADD),
these weren't just dreams, they were actual real life
occurrences. Of course, back in the '50s and '60s, nobody had
ever heard of ADD, so when you suddenly found yourself in such a
predicament, you had to struggle to find a way to "fake" your way
through it, sometimes successful, but more often not. I am sure
there must have been other '50s and '60s Bombers that had similar
experiences with ADD when no one knew there was such a thing. I
would like to hear from you if you would like to "compare notes"
about living with ADD before it was recognized, or living with
ADD as an adult.
-Dave Hanthorn (GMC '63) from Mercer Island, WA re we have had a
couple of beautiful, sunny, springtime days with "the
bluest skies you ever saw".
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>>From: Freddie Schafer ('63) and Ann Engel Schafer ('63)
Re: Pook's Memorial Bench Dedication Pictures
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Obits/Pook/00.html
Over 50 classmates and friends and family were present at Pook
Smith memorial. The BC cartoon was in the Sunday paper the day
David "Pook" Smith ('63-RIP) left us
-Freddie Schafer ('63) and Ann Engel Schafer ('63)
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
Many thanks to Mr. & Mrs. James House ('63) for stopping by the
corner of Main & Canyon, here in downtown Colfax, WA to share
a Wednesday lunch with me, at none other than the 'Top Notch'
restaurant. Fellow burger lovers, Bill Gates (Microsoft) &
Lou Piniella (Seattle Mariner former manager) have partaken
there also.
All Bombers are welcome any time.. advanced notice is appreciated
if you would like a tour of 'Small Town' America!
-Gary Behymer ('64)
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>>From: Ray Stein ('64)
To: Don Sorenson (NAB)
You can add this 1955 photo to your Richland Little League
collection. The team is H.A.M.T.C. (ham-tech), a rather scruffy
bunch sponsored by the Union that represented Hanford hourly
workers. The photo has historical value since it dispels the
belief that wearing a ball cap off center is a recent phenomenon.
As the picture proves, the fad was started in the '50s by our
own iconoclastic Bomber, Randy Free ('61).
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/htm2006/Xtra/Any/060506-Stein-HAMTC.jpg
A bit larger picture of just the FACES is at:
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/htm2006/Xtra/Any/060506-Stein-HAMTC-faces.jpg
-Ray Stein (Col-Hi '64)
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>>From: Jeff Michael ('65)
Hey there Bombers and Bomberettes...
Well, youse guys (non-gender use of the noun) get a break for
about 10 days. I'll be off the streets of the Tri-Cities again.
But after that, Look Out!
Grand kids in SoCal have a two week Spring Break and their mommy
works (she actually had Spring break a few weeks ago when she
went to Israel with my wife). So... we are kid sitting again. But
this time, we added a new twist. We are taking them and a friend
each to Arizona to see their great gramma and do a little get-
away. After gramma in Scottsdale, AZ it's up to Pinetop for about
a week. Yup... I do mean "up" as well as up on the map (north).
The place is at 7500 feet altitude. Haven't been that high since
I left Colorado (take that however you see fit). So we hope to do
some snow stuff, horseback riding and such. Will miss another DJ
Diner thing.
But after that... I'll be in town all summer, for the most part.
I've got almost every Saturday booked from 29 Apr to the end of
August. Some of those are out-of-town gigs, but like Spokane,
West Montana and the like. I'm pretty excited to have gotten that
much business. Thanks to all who have referred me or spoken well
of me to other folks. Maybe we'll be seeing you at some of those
events.
Maybe also see you at the not-on-a-Saturday home games for the
Dust Devils. By the way, speaking of them, I have 2 season
tickets for two folks and can't use those Saturday seats, or even
some of the other ones. If someone is interested, I'd be happy to
give the tickets to you for the dates I'll miss. That way, Darrel
(the GM) still has a couple folks in the stands to cheer the team
on. I found the games to be fun. Seats are very near the first
base line between the dug-out and the bag.
Yeah, I hate changing clocks, too. But I love the extra hour of
sunlight! Been making use of that already! The year-round thing
makes the winter mornings VERY dark, especially for school kids.
Change the clocks every week 8 out of 52 weeks?!! Now THAT would
be onerous! (Slipped that word in to see if David Rivers ('65)
is on line).
Guess the wee folks at Pappy Swan's ('59) don't have watches...
they always sleep late and party all night! Saw a wee bonfire
over there around 2:15 AM the other night... long after Pappy
went to sleep (chickens were long roosted). The little guys
(again, no sex [gender that is] intended), were celebrating the
six digit, sequential time/date designation. That used to be a
closely guarded, once in a hundred years ritual for the little
fellows (again... you know). But with the internet and email,
there are no more secrets, just blabber mouths. Speaking of
such... I've gotta shut up and get set up for an afternoon gig
at Stoneridge Events Center. Maybe I'll see you there.
dj jeff Michael ('65), perhaps the first of the Boomer Bombers to
turn 60. Hasn't happened yet, but I feel the pressure (aches
and pains, memory loss... when is that birthday, anyway?).
Remember when we dreaded leaving the safety of the under
thirty (and thus believable) set? Then we became "Thirty-
Something" and totally "Unbelievable". Now we are nearly
"over the hill" and like Totally AWESOME, dudes (or dudettes)
Tri-Cities, cloudy, drizzle, chilly...
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>>From: Linda Sargent Evans ('67)
Re: Judy Sargent Scott ('59)
For those of you who remember my sister, Judy, I wanted to let
you know that she's fighting a valiant battle with brain cancer.
She has been upbeat and strong through all of this, and her
wonderful sense of humor is helping all of us cope and be
optimistic. I know she'd appreciate your good thoughts.
-Linda Sargent Evans ('67)
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>>From: Frank Hames ('69)
Re: East Texas
Robert Avant's ('69) description of East Texas was spot on. Last
weekend my wife was in Austin attending a teacher convention so I
decided to ride my Harley from Dallas to Nacogdoches, TX to visit
our son who is a sophomore at Steven F. Austin State University.
The wild flowers were in bloom, the pine smelled fresh and I
haven't been able to breathe since.
-Frank Hames ('69)
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by Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
>>Linda O'Neal Delawder ('65) ~ 5/16/47 - 3/17/06
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/07/06
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16 Bombers sent stuff:
Mary Triem ('47), Keith Arndt ('60)
Mike Brady ('61), Mike Rice ('61)
Donna Bowers ('63), Jim Hamilton ('63)
Carol Converse ('64), Dennis Jones ('64)
Gary Behymer ('64), Linda Reining ('64)
David Rivers ('65), Donna Fredette ('65)
Betti Avant ('69), Chuck Smith ('69)
Robert Avant ('69), Debbie Lukins ('78)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kelvin Soldat ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary Anne Lauby ('73)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda Phillips ('76)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Melissa Dykeman ('98)
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>>From: Mary Triem Mowery ('47)
To: Shirley Segrest Telford ('52)
The poem you sent in was fantastic. Reminds me of a comment a
beloved classmate of ours said when we were starting Club 40
(in 1987): "we'll keep going until we have wheelchair races in
the parking lot". That's a quote from Jean Bobo DeBerry ('47-RIP).
I believe she would have done just that. too!
-Mary Triem Mowery ('47)
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>>From: Keith Arndt ('60)
Re: Little League
http://all.sports.tripod.com/Base/1955HAMTCLL.html
To: Ray Stein ('64)
Ray, thanks for the photo of the mighty H.A.M.T.C. team. At our
country club, as we gather around the bar and swap lies, we have
several former college and pro athletes who often regale we mere
mortals with their past athletic accomplishments. Now, I can't
wait until the next such event when I whip out my team photo and
brag that, during my H.A.M.T.C. days, I rubbed shoulders with
future Bomber greats such as Dennis Waltman ('60), Randy Free
('61), Jack Glover ('61), Bob Mitchell ('62) and, of course Ray
Stein ('64). Who cares about the Minnesota Vikings, Michigan
State, Ohio State, etc. anyway?
-Keith Arndt ('60) ~ from Parrish, FL - sunny and 80°, the sky is
blue, the golf course is green, and the fish are
biting. Life is great.
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>>From: Mike Brady ('61)
Re: HAMTC & Jack Glover
http://all.sports.tripod.com/Base/1955HAMTCLL.html
I saw a lot of familiar faces in Ray Stein's HAMTC Little League
photo in yesterday's edition of the Sandstorm. Randy Free ('61)
and his little brother, Jack Glover ('61), Bobby Mitchell ('62),
Craig Guse ('61), Jim Waltman ('60), John Browne ('61} and of
course Ray Stein ('64) all stand out as reminders of my youth.
That must have been one fantastic team! Another thing, Jack
Glover looks identical today as he did then. I saw him at our
reunion in 2001, and believe me, he still looks like a kid... or
is it the other way around... he always looked like an adult!
-Mike Brady ('61)
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>>From: Mike Rice ('61) and Donna Bowers Rice ('63)
Just to let the sandstorm know that Gordie Shogren ('61)
passed away in Seattle last Friday.
-Mike Rice ('61) and Donna Bowers Rice ('63)
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>>From: Jim Hamilton (Gold Medal Class of '63)
As I recall, the genesis of black low cut Converse as a fashion
statement was a Basketball player at WSC named Terry Ball. Cougar
history has him lettering in '60-'62.
My sister Carolynn ('60) who was a "student" in Pullman at the
time, also recalls him wearing them on and off the court. When
they did become popular, she always called them "Terry Ball
Tennie Runners". David Pugh ('62) on the other hand always called
them "Mag Pie Wingtips".
I got a pair as a reward for something, maybe for getting a "C"
from Senor Maruca, but I don't recall when. I don't think there
was ever a "look" more resplendent than a pair of tan Levi 13's
with about 8" of white socks showing, a short sleeve white Oxford
cloth button down and a really skinny tie. Worked for me, that's
probably what won me naming rights to the forever young and
always lovely Miss Nancy ('65).
I think Bill Redmond and Dave Schulz still have and occasionally
wear those same ties.
Semper Bomberus
Jimbeaux
-Jim Hamilton (Gold Medal Class of '63)
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>>From: Carol Converse Maurer ('64)
To: Shirley Segrest Telford ('52)
Thanks for sharing the "reunion" poem with us. I've copied it
off to send to friends and family. I really enjoyed it and it's
soooo true.
It was great to see the pictures of Pook's memorial gathering.
I'm so glad so many people turned out for the event. Makes me
wish I were lots closer to be able in participate in things like
this.
-Carol Converse Maurer (Boomer Bomber Class of '64)
Eureka, CA - was sunny yesterday and it's sure trying
to stay out today.
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>>From: Dennis Jones ('64)
Re: "Pooor babies have to switch their clocks twice a year"
OK you pulled my chain. How about the poor babies who can't get
out of bed an hour earlier unless everybody else in the country
changes all their clocks?
-Dennis Jones ('64)
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
Convoluted Conversion of Converse or The Conversion Theory
"1962 – Converse develops the low cut version of its All Star,
called an Oxford, which soon became the shoe of choice for
pro players and started a new and relaxed west coast lifestyle
statement that quickly spread eastward."
http://www.converse.com/LiveFiles/7/11/Timeline.pdf
Ok... as I see the picture, the chances of the 'low cut' version
of Converse tennis shoes showing up in Richland early on in 1962
MAY be correct because of 'our' relaxed lifestyle (;-) I'm also
thinking that Bomber basketball players may have a 'leg up',
HOWEVER, I'm almost betting that Coach Dawald may NOT have
allowed the first pair to be worn by a 'dapper' Bomber ball
bouncer?
I do know that the most lovely Carol Converse (No pun intended)
('64) treated her boyfriend, at the time, with 'pink shoe laces'
to go with his tennis shoes. Then again, that wasn't 1962...
Being a one time holder of 6,500 different high school yearbooks,
I can safely say that 'styling' throughout Americana in 1962
to 1964 was pretty general, whether you lived in Katy, TX or
Anaheim, CA.
Next to be covered... The Sockanian Theory... you know... that
period during the sixties where it was 'styling' to show 1 to 3
inches of your white crew socks (;-)
-Gary Behymer ('64)..somewhere close to the Top Notch Restaurant
in downtown Colfax, WA...
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
to: Shirley Segrest Telford('52)
loved the reunion poem---so true, too.
Linda Reining(Boomer Bomber class of '64)........thought we
were going to need to grow web feet here in Bakersfield, CA,
but they say the rains have stopped and we should be in the
70s by Saturday, so all those that are "sun-lovers", will be
happy campers, once again. *grin*
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
Re: Black lo-cuts
Leave it to Denny Johnson ('62 WB more than anything in the whole
wide world even the new stroker motor in his car) to opine on
something about which he admits he wasn't even there... No wonder
he and The Big Fat Liar used to be roomies. Anyway, Tony Harrah
('65) has responded that he was wearing black Converse lo-cuts
in December 1962 when he returned from Portland... Now... if we
can just find Denler ('64)... was he at '64's 40th? I missed it
because I was in trial with a bunch of rich casino owners suing
another bunch of other rich casino owners over money that they
will just spend on silliness (like suing each other) anyway...
so I wasn't home for that one... bummer... I can't help but
notice, however, how this burning question has not stirred up any
interest except from a guy who wasn't there... oh well... I think
I'll go to the Top Notch and see Behymer ('64)... he always has
something to contribute... I can't go to sleep because Hanthorn
('63) reminded me of my awful "Coming to the end of the semester
and realizing you had a class that you had never attended."
dream... I'm sweating and shivering all over from it... I really
HATE that dream... it is sooooooooooo real! By the way... it is
not that I do not think that Dean Hoff ('62) isn't cool enough to
be the first guy to wear the now famous foot wear... I just know
that Denny doesn't know... and by the way again Denny... Pete's
memorial is this Saturday... leaving from the donut shop.
-David Rivers ('65)
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>>From: Donna Fredette ('65)
Happy Birthday to Barbara and Kathy Berkeley ('63)!! They are
really beautiful people and I have wonderful memories from my
childhood growing up with them.
Bomber Cheers!
-Donna Fredette ('65)
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
Re: suggestion
Can I make a suggestion regarding submitted pictures to the
Sandstorm? When you have a luncheon somewhere can you put names
to the faces, please? Also, any pictures of past things such as
little league pictures or whatever if you have any names that go
with the faces add them in. It would help some of us who somewhat
recognize faces but aren't sure if it is really them or not.
Thanks and Bomber cheers,
-Betti Avant ('69) ~ Lacey, WA, where it is supposed to warm up
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>>From: Chuck Smith ('69)
Hey Mike... I too had A LOT of exposure to the Mormons. They
tried to recruit me on a number of occasions, but I was a
Protestant and wanted to stay that way... but, playing basketball
and softball (at Riverside) with them was a blast!! Rhoten was
my coach too... let's see if I can remember all the guys names...
Doug Carlisle, Mike Swallow, Adrian Baird, Brad (?), Phil Jones,
coach Rhoten's son... ? Wow... that hurt trying to remember
them... Most all of played both sports, too... Can't remember
where we played basketball... but we went to Regionals every
year in both sports and made Salt Lake on a number occassions,
too... Great memories... and a lot of fun.
-Chuck Smith ('69er)
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>>From: Robert Avant ('69)
Re: More East Texas Spring
Frank Hames ('69) jarred my memory about motorcycles and the
glory that is East Texas. There maybe no finer bike riding state
in the Union than Texas and East Texas with its plethora of FM
(Farm to Market) roads are great. 70 mph ways that wind through
forests, farms and cattle ranches away from the Interstates is
glorious riding. Hitting the small and not so small towns on
those roads can be treasures of time spent talking High School
football, fishing, deer hunting, and wild boar eradication with
friendly strangers over ice tea is choice memories.
-Robert Avant ('69) ~ Kirkland WA..where we are holding out for
hybrid or bio-diesel bikes
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>>From: Debbie Lukins Lee ('78)
Re: Ray Stein ('64)
The picture of the HAMTC Little League shows my grandfather, Dale
Curry, on the far right. He was an awesome grandpa who raised
me on the "Big Red Machine" during the '70s. He loved kids and
baseball and I would love to have a copy of this picture. If you
could please contact me, I would be most grateful.
Thanks for the memory,
-Debbie Lukins Lee ('78)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/08/06
Dateline: Richland
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Betty Bell ('51), Lenora Hughes ('55)
George Swan ('59), Mike Brady ('61)
Carol Converse ('64), Bruce Strand ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Max Case ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John Wingfield ('66)
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>>From: Betty Bell Norton ('51)
To: Shirley Segrest Telford ('52)
Shirley, I evidently missed the "Reunion" poem recently, and
would like to read it. Is it possible to submit it again? Or is
it somewhere on-line?
Thanks.
-Betty Bell Norton ('51)
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[Betty, the poem is indeed on-line at:
http://www.creativereunions.com/poem.html
Shirley posted the link in the 4/6/06 Sandstorm --Richard]
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>>From: Lenora Hughes Bejarano ('55)
Re: Las Vegas Bomber luncheon
I want to thank Gus Keeney ('57) and "Em" DeVine ('52) for
sending in the photos from our Las Vegas luncheon which was held
on the 1st of April:
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Lunches/Current-Vegas/00.html
I hope he doesn't mind my sending in the names to fit the
faces.
Photo #1: Standing, Nancy Moore ('70) and next to her is her
friend whose name I can't recall. Seated is Ferna
Garoutte Hicks ('58)
Photo #2: Lenora Hughes Bejarano ('55) and spouse Robert
Bejarano (NAB)
Photo #3: Gene Horne ('57) and Carol Bishop Horne {'57)
Photo #4: "Em" DeVine ('52) and Gus Keeney ('57)
Not pictured, but our good and faithful attendees Roberta
(Robbi) Hill Karcher ('49) and Ginny Nelligan, spouse of Jim
Nelligan ('50). Jim was unable to attend and he was
sorely missed.
We have such a great time at our luncheons and they are a
great source of bringing back many wonderful memories. One
person brings a memory up and it brings ups another and another
and another and we just have a "memory feast" so to speak.
Hopefully one of these times we can get all of our locals and
our part-timers there at one time! What a blast that would be!
Bomber cheers!
-Lenora Hughes Bejarano ('55) ~ In Las Vegas where the weather
has been up and down temperature wise, but has been
pretty nice just the same. It won't be long before it
gets HOT and so I am enjoying this weather while
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>>From: George "Pappy" Swan ('59)
Re: Elf Homecoming
To: Betti Avant ('69), "Associated little person reporter" ~
Lacey, WA
The threatened strike by the Duck and Goose Union, Quacker's and
Honker's Local No. 12, proposed in protest of Lowiq's straying
from the standard use of ducks and geese for aerial/amphibious
transportation and racing, was averted at the last minute.
Following their transfer from the Toadyland General Hospital in
Lacey, WA, two of my favorite elves are, once more, safely back
in Puddle Land. Bogart and Lowiq arrived safe and somewhat sound
at Burbank International Airport late this past Wednesday
afternoon prior to dark thanks to..... Daylight Savings (hee
hee)..... on Goose Airlines, flight #13 with Captain Gander in
command. With a steady rain afallin', 'twas nearly a dark and
stormy night and my old "wool windsock" hung soggy and loosely
from the stick. Flight #13 was escorted by a squadron of sleek
Pintail Ducks who performed a low loopty-loop announcing their
return all to the tunes played by the Doo-Whacka-Doo Band and
cheers and quacking of the welcoming crowd. Their flight over
the Cascades had been rather bumpy due to the stormy weather but
it arrived on time with the two elves hanging on for dear life,
each clutching one of Cap'n Gander's webbed feet. Gander,
displaying supreme piloting skills as he made a slow flight pass
at a speed just above stalling and shook the two elves loose
with perfect air drop precision. As Gander banked off for a
water landing, the elves plummeted precisely but softly onto the
huge pile of duck and goose down that the local sympathetic
waterfowl population had literally plucked and donated from
their own breasts. Talk about giving "the shirt off one's own
back!" There was really no need for scolding the little guys as,
visibly shaken, they began promising to behave immediately,
before anything could be said. Yeah Right! Just give them a few
days to recover and we'll see. There was no need for the
wheelchair and straight jacket (for Lowiq) as we ceremoniously
transported them back home aboard the down-lined "Burbank
International elf and very small people mover" (my beat up old
wheelbarrow) pulled backwards by Darby who was assisted by the
happy cheering throng of elf and local wildlife well wishers.
All I had to do was follow happily along behind. Nearing the
puddle, Lowiq was already eyeing the pile of lumber and the
large crate marked "Tomcat" -- well, large to him, anyway. All
was well and life about the puddle was once again..... GOOD!
-George "Pappy" Swan ('59) ~ Burbank, WA where Lowkey sits
shaking his head, Darby sits rolling her eyes, and I,
in a weak moment, serve "Hot Goosies" all around the
bonfire that dj jeff [Michael ('65)], saw on his
drive-by.
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>>From: Mike Brady ('61)
Re: Gordie Shogren ('61-RIP)
Gordie Shogren was a great guy. I'm sorry to hear of his death.
I hope more information is coming so I can read about his life.
To: Gary Behymer ('64)
Re: 1961: The class that led the curve
Convoluted Conversion of Converse or The Conversion Theory
"1962 - Converse develops the low cut version of its All
Star, called an Oxford, which soon became the shoe of choice
for pro players and started a new and relaxed west coast
lifestyle statement that quickly spread eastward."
So, Bruce Smith ('61) DID lead the curve when he used a knife
and scissors to cut down his trusty Converse basketball
sneakers. The Class of '61 may not have gone to State (first
time in 10+ years), but we can PROUDLY say, "we led the curve."
BTW, I just heard that Beth Pederson will be performing at the
Folklife Festival in Seattle at the end of May. We oughta get a
group together.
-Mike Brady ('61), The Class That Led The Curve
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>>From: Carol Converse Maurer ('64)
To: Gary Behymer ('64)
I copied the address for the "Converse file timeline". I plan on
printing it out to add to my files. They only put in a very
small part of the original history of the company. It was fun to
see the timeline up to this point. I keep thinking that one of
these days, I really need to buy a pair of "Converse" tennis
shoes just to keep for future generations in the family to see.
If I could find a pair of low tops, I would probably wear them
now.
-Carol Converse Maurer (Boomer Bomber Class of '64) ~ Eureka,
California
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>>From: Bruce Strand ('69)
To: Chuck Smith ('69)
Welcome to AZ when you get here. You will enjoy. You will also
need to join us in the AZ Bomber reunions. At the last one there
were three 69ers.
See ya soon,
-Bruce Strand ('69)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/09/06
Dateline: Richland
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Pete Overdahl ('60), Betti Avant ('69)
Anna Durbin ('69), Mark S Culverhouse ('76)
Don Sorenson (NAB = Not a Bomber)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tere Smyth ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cathy Weihermiller ('66)
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>>From: Pete Overdahl ('60)
To: Linda Reining ('64)
I can't help but laugh when I read your Sign Off each time you
send in your stories to the Alumni Sandstorm: "Linda Reining
(Boomber Bomber class of '64)".
One of the former Kiwanis Club Presidents in Kennewick who is a
Port Commissioner for Benton County is Linda Boomer. The next
time I see Linda Boomer I will pass on about our Richland
Boomber Bombers. Even though a little different spelling from
Boomber to Boomer.
-Pete Overdahl ('60) ~ from the Bomber City [Sorry Petah, I
checked your telco prefix (it's 628, a CLEAR CASE of
West Kennewick); you don't live in "the Bomber City".
--Deputy Editor Richard]
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
Pappy, I'm glad the "little guys" made it back safe and sound.
Thanks for the update.
-Betti Avant ('69) ~ Lacey, WA, where the promised rain has come
once again
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>>From: Anna Durbin ('69)
To: Carol Converse Maurer ('64)
Carol: Good news for you. My daughter lives in low-top Chucks.
She gets them on Zappos.com, though they aren't cheap. Search
the net. You might do better. Or Ebay. My husband is famous at
the high school for wearing his dress Chucks: Purple High-Tops.
-Anna Durbin ('69)
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From: the new ALL Bomber Alumni GuestBook.
From: Mark S. Culverhouse ('76)
COMMENTS: Great site, can't believe it took me so long to seek
it out. OK, where are all you 76ers? By the way, who's Mike
Davis??? Just kidding Mike. A great day to all. Mark
-Mark S. Culverhouse ('76)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB = Not a Bomber)
To: All Bomber Chuck Taylor wearers,
Here are some Chuck Taylor's in use. Circa 1951.
[Note from Deputy Editor Richard: those who click on the
following link may wish to avert their gaze; the people are --
gasp! -- your parents (maybe grandparents); as I say, forewarned
is forearmed.]
<http://alumnisandstorm.com/htm2006/Xtra/Soren/060409/SpaldingSchoolAdultRecreation_1952.html>
-Don Sorenson (NAB = Not a Bomber)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/10/06
Dateline: Richland
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9 Bombers sent stuff:
Viva Webster ('53), George Swan ('59), Pete Overdahl ('60)
Mike Brady ('61), Betsy Fox ('63), Ray Stein ('64)
Deedee Willox ('64), Linda Reining ('64), Shirley Collings ('66)
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>>From: Viva Webster Metz ('53)
To: Mark S Culverhouse ('76)
Hey Baby Boy! This is your mother speaking. Sure glad you've
discovered the "Sandstorm"! I've been enjoying it since its
inception. Never miss a day. It puts us in touch with our
wonderful past of growing up in Richland and keeping in touch
with fellow classmates. Please stay tuned.
-Viva Webster Metz ('53)
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>>From: George "Pappy" Swan ('59)
Re: "Tenner Shoes" Reference
The recent discussion of Converse shoes reminds me of a piece of
writing by one of my favorite authors. The following is pretty
much straight out of "Tenner Shoes", a chapter in "They Shoot
Canoes, Don't They?" written by Patrick F. McManus, the famous
outdoor humor writer from the Spokane area.
His wife is reacting to his balking at her effort to get him to
throw away all of his old shoes: "Stop! Stop!" my wife screamed.
"I give up! You can keep them! What I wish, though, is that
somebody would invent a pair of shoes that could be used for
everything."
He writes, "Well, as a matter of fact, somebody once did. I wore
them every summer when I was a kid. The shoe's inventor, I
believe, was a Mr. Tenner. At least that's what we called them --
Tenner shoes."
McManus describes how, in his younger years, a rich kid tried to
tell him and his buddies that the shoes were not "Tenner" shoes
but "Tennis" shoes. He and his friends were skeptical as they
had never heard of anyone named Tennis. However, Pat suspects
that Mr. Tennis might have had a son who became an English poet
but he doubts that either knew anything about shoes.
He describes the ultimate, all-purpose footwear as ugly, black,
rubber-soled shoes with little round patches over the part that
covered your anklebones. He goes on to assure his readers that
Mr. Tenner designed them that way on purpose so girls wouldn't
want to wear them. And, he mentions feeling sorry for the poor
kid who could not afford Tenners like the other boys so he
painted his feet black, complete with little round white circles
over the anklebones.
And that's just a sample of McManus's dissertation on the
subject of growing up with "Tenner shoes", which is highly
reminiscent of my younger years, as I too grew up in ankle-high
"Tenners". I don't remember if they were "Converse" or "U.S.
Keds". I didn't care, whatever they were, they were "the best"
running, jumping, wading, hunting, fishing, hiking, and
"scuffing about shoe" in the world. And, they never wore out,
'cause I just got into dad's paint in the garage and
periodically reapplied them.
If you have never read the writings of Pat McManus, I highly
recommend him for outdoor reads that will leave you with a big
smile and chuckling, thereafter. He has a long series of books
to his credit. He wrote for "Field and Stream" magazine for
years and now is featured in "Outdoor Life" magazine with his
monthly column, "Last Laugh".
A few years ago, I attended a small, up close and personal, one
day seminar that he put on at Columbia Basin College. Ever
since, in my attempts at outdoor humor, I use many of the ideas
and techniques learned from him.
-George "Pappy" Swan ('59) ~ Burbank, WA where once again, the
sun shines gaily after a day of rain recharged the
puddle and if you watch carefully, under the
shrubbery, you can see wee people darting about in
little black Tenners. Oh, the ones with little green
Tenners would be visiting ... from the Emerald Isle.
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>>From: Pete Overdahl ('60)
To: Richard Anderson ('60), Deputy Editor, Alumni Sandstorm
At it again, Richard?, Well maybe it is time to take a little
class #101 in Telco Prefix as you stated in your little PS to my
sign-off on the 4-9-06 issue. I stated "from the Bomber City"
and you replied,
[Sorry Petah, I checked your telco prefix (it's 628, a
CLEAR CASE of West Kennewick); you don't live in "the
Bomber City". --Deputy Editor Richard]
If you are correct then I best see a good attorney as I have
been paying Property Taxes in Benton Co. for the past 8 years
and it states right on my statement District, Richland SD 400,
City of Richland which is in the Real Property, Legal
Description (Leslie Canyon Block 2 Lot 7:, Location 1406 Canyon
Ave., Richland, Wa. 99352 which is a parcel of 10,454.40 ac/sq
ft. And, the last time I checked, it is public information, and
while you look that up you might check my Utility Statement for
the City of Richland and it indicates the same address listed
above for the Account Type showing I pay the city of Richland,
Electricity, Water, Sewer, Refuse & Storm Water.
I remain in good faith in payments of both the above mentioned
STATEMENTS.... Oh yes, don't forget to check all the local Phone
Books and they all state Richland for the place of address
followed by the prefix of my phone # 628. There are other
numbers in Richland that start with 783, 627, 375, besides the
old WHitehall, and 943, 946 numbers [94-n numbers *are*
WHitehall numbers --Richard]. Know Any Good Attorneys????
Yes, our family moved to Richland in 1944 and I spent 23 years
in the Tri-Cities with the Washington State Patrol and I have a
pretty good idea where city limits start and finish.
-Pete Overdahl ('60) ~ From the Bomber City of Richland
PS-- By the way, my friends call me Pete not Petah, both in the
City of Richland, and all points worldwide. [May God strike me
dead, I cannot resist: "You like tomato and I like
tomahto ..." (Ira Gershwin) --Richard]
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>>From: Mike Brady ('61)
<http://alumnisandstorm.com/htm2006/Xtra/Soren/060409/SpaldingSchoolAdultRecreation_1952.html>
Thanks again, Don Sorenson for the great pictures you posted in
yesterday's Sandstorm. Although the gym shorts look funny
compared to newer standards, they still look a lot better than
the culottes the kids are wearing today.
And btw, Deputy Editor Richard, I enjoy your way with words; e.g.,
{Note from Deputy Editor Richard: those who click on
the following link may wish to avert their gaze; the
people are -- gasp! -- your parents (maybe
grandparents); as I say, forewarned is forearmed.}
You must be (have been) a journalist or English teacher!
-Mike Brady (Class of 1961: "Leading the Curve")
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>>From: Betsy Fox Vance (Gold Medal Class of '63)
Caregivers Support Group - Monday, April 10
A note to all regarding the Caregivers Support Group. We are
still forming and certainly welcome anyone in any kind of a
situation where you are in that role of caring for a parent in
any way - directly or indirectly. We have had two meetings, and
both have produced a lot of great sharing, ideas, wisdom and
support for all. It is an absolutely wonderful group of people --
all RHS graduates. We have not settled on one day -- but, hope
to within the next few weeks. We are trying to meet twice a
month. Our next meeting will be this Monday, April 10 at 7pm.
Please call Betsy for more information. Thank you to all of you
who have written in ideas and shared similar experiences relating
to this whole area. It has been very helpful.
-Betsy Fox Vance (Gold Medal Class of '63)
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>>From: Ray Stein (Col-Hi '64, Boomber Bomber)
To: Richard Anderson ('60)
Re: [Sorry Petah, I checked your telco prefix (it's
628, a CLEAR CASE of West Kennewick); you don't
live in "the Bomber City". --Deputy Editor
Richard]
I can't believe you told Pete Overdahl ('60), "you don't live in
'the Bomber City'." Richard, Richard, Richard, WE ALL LIVE IN
"THE" BOMBER CITY. It's located in the state of mind. If there
is anyone who is "from the Bomber City", it's Pete!!!
-Ray Stein (Col-Hi '64, Boomber Bomber) ~ from "the Bomber City"
prefix 467 (so you don't need to look it up)
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>>From: Deedee Willox Loiseau ('64)
To Deputy Editor Richard:
I beg to differ. My sister, Carol, has a 628 phone number and
she lives in RICHLAND, our Bomber City.
-Deedee Willox Loiseau ('64), Boomber Bomber Babe in Burbank
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>>From: Linda Reining(Boomer Bomber class of 64)
to:Pete Overdahl(60)
re:spelling of Boomber/Boomer
geez, how many times have I misspelled that and nobody caught
it, til now??????? must mean that 90% of us have "senior"
eyesight, huh? LOL
Linda Reining(Boomer Bomber class of 64)......Bakersfield, CA--
--no rain, just plenty of sunshine---the birds are chirping,
trees and flowers are blooming and my hayfever is giving me
"fits".
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>>From: Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
To: Richard Anderson ('60)
Re: RETRACTION DUE
Sorry Richard, but Pete Overdahl lives in RICHLAND.
-Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/11/06
Dateline: Richland
Hey! A note from Deputy Editor Richard:
Maren will be back tomorrow. She's busily wading through
three days' worth of emails and putting up Little League pix
and, and, and......
There is a wondrous typo in one of today's submissions that
I did not correct. Yours to find and, sorry, no prize for
finding it.
Finally, if you want to irritate people under, say, 45,
just quote a Dylan lyric to illustrate something. Here's mine:
<http://bobdylan.com/songs/tomthumb.html>. Yes, yes, I know,
it's the whole song!
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9 Bombers sent stuff:
Peggy Nelson ('55WB), Jan Bollinger ('60)
Lora Homme ('60), Mike Brady ('61)
George Barnett ('63), Frank Stratton ('64)
Marsha Hopfinger ('67), Anna Durbin ('69)
Kathie Moore ('69)
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>>From: Peggy Nelson ('55WB)
Hi! This has probably been discussed hundreds of times, but I am
a late comer and was wondering if anyone remembers the North
Star Theater in North Richland? Also, there was a clothing store
out there and a drug store. I don't remember their names, but I
remember going to the drug store to get cokes and everyone
wetting the tips of their straw papers and blowing the papers
onto the ceiling.
When I was there in North Richland in 1950 I belonged to a Girl
Scout troop. One of our projects was to make a formal dress to
wear to a dance and invite a boy to go to the dance with us. We
made our dresses (with our mothers' help, I'm sure) and invited
the boys. The night of the dance the girls were so excited they
couldn't wait for the boys to show up, so they left before they
got there. When the boys showed up, with corsages in hand, they
were told the girls had gone ahead to the dance. The boys
brought yoyos to the dance and the girls lined up on one side of
the room, while the boys played with their yoyos on the other
side of the room. I don't remember anyone dancing. Do any of you
remember this?
I was also thinking about the Teen Age dances we had in 1954 and
1955 in one of the Army Quonset huts every Friday night in North
Richland. One night we found we could climb up on the sinks and
go over the wall into the rest of the dark, unoccupied building
where we played hide and seek. I have a picture of the group
that attended those dances at that time, but am having a hard
time identifying everyone.
-Peggy Nelson ('55WB)
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>>From: Jan Bollinger Persons ('60)
Re: Lost In the Sixties?
This is getting worrisome, all these classmates who don't seem
to know where they are! Pete Overhaul ('60) claims that he lives
in Richland but Richard Anderson ('60) says that Pete's all
wrong, he CLEARLY lives in West Kennewick. And just last month,
Lora Homme Page ('60) submitted a post that listed her location
as Richland, but I've been to her house and would SWEAR that
it's in Kennewick! Lora maintains that she didn't provide a
location with her post (because she didn't know where she was?),
so apparently one was chosen for her.
This is all too confusing for people our age and I sure hope it
isn't some latent disease we were all exposed to on graduation
night. I'd hate to think of a whole class of Bombers just
wandering around the Tri-Cities, wondering where home is! AND,
are there more classmates out there like Pete, who don't even
know their own name? I'm thinking this could get serious!
Probably what we should do is appoint a Special Investigator.
The obvious choice for that job would be Pete, given his long
career in law enforcement and years of involvement with alumni
activities. So, Pete, why don't you just go ahead and do a
thorough investigation of where you live and what your name is,
then determine where Lora lives, and see how it all jibes with
Richard's records and whether he suspects that other '60s
classmates are existing in a similar kind of fog. We need to nip
this thing in the bud!
-Jan Bollinger Persons ('60) ~ Mmmmmm ..... Spokane, I think.
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>>From: Lora Homme Page ('60)
Re: We poor souls who can't remember where we live or what our
names are
I have these little movies that run through my head upon
occasion and one just did as I read the Sandstorm. I see us
wandering aimlessly through the midnight mist in our green and
gold Bomber sweatshirts, our arms out in front of us like the
zombies in a B-grade horror movie, moaning "Whooo am I, wheeeere
am I?" It's really pathetic and more than a little scary!
-Lora Homme Page ('60) ~ In that other town.....
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>>From: Mike Brady ('61)
Re: Esteemed Deputy Editor
I have to smile..... no, laugh (that Prozac must be finally
kicking in)..... Deputy Editor Richard, you ARE a trouble maker!
-Mike Brady (Class of 1961: ahead of the curve)*
*I'm working on the right wording..... maybe
our esteemed Deputy Editor can help..... on
second thought......
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>>From: George Barnett ('63)
Re: Overdahl/Anderson feud
OH BOY, Look Poopsi, "It's the Bickersons!"
This is obviously a case of "contempt of cop" or at least mopery
with intent to gawk. Pete, I know a lawyer in Las Vegas who
could file a writ of "hokis Pokis" on your behalf.
We former Pigs gotta protect our digs.
Bye Geo.
-George Barnett ('63) ~ in Tucson where the "Heat" is on.
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>>From: Frank Stratton ('64)
To: Anna Durbin ('69)
Thank you for the lead on Converse "Chucks" tennis shoes. Just
what I have been looking for. Leo Bustad's (Class of '64) wife
is putting together a 60th birthday party for Buzz at the
Petroleum Club in Anchorage, AK on May 6th (OMG -- the oil guys
helping out the medical guys, we have no hope from this
"cartel"). The theme is a 60's look and the word on the street
is it may well be the social event of the season. And as a last
note, please be nice with any correspondence to Leo regarding
his advancing years..... remember he is a cardiologist and we
may need that expertise down the road!
-Frank Stratton (Boomer Bomber '64)
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>>From: Marsha Hopfinger Sork ('67)
Notice from: Class of '67 40th Reunion Planning Committee
Hello to all '67 graduates of Richland (Columbia) High School.
Yesterday [Sunday, the 9th], a small group of Bomber alums met
to begin planning the 40th reunion of the Blue Ribbon Class of
1967. We are in the early stages of choosing a site and getting
ideas for how to bring as many Bombers as possible together for
a great time. We need more ideas and more people to help. If you
can set aside Saturday, May 20 2006 at 6:00pm to join the
planning committee at Applebees in Kennewick we would be
grateful.
If you will join us, please send me an e-mail or call me at
(509) 783-9353. Those of you who live in the Tri-Cities, please
seriously consider helping so we can make this a great memory in
2007. If you live out of town and can come to the Tri-Cities on
May 20th, please join us at Applebees in Kennewick at 6:00pm.
There are plenty of ways to help from any distance. The more
volunteers we have, the less time any one of us has to give to
making the reunion great for all.
Hope to hear from some of you soon.
-Marsha Hopfinger Sork ('67) ~ New Committee Member
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>>From: Anna Durbin ('69)
To Ray Stein ('64):
Thank you for that thought, that we are All in "The" Bomber
City, located in the state of mind.
I feel that way, even though my feet are in Pennsylvania,
whenever I come to the Sandstorm. Even though the house I grew
up in is sold and my parents are gone, I can still see the
pictures in my mind of Rattlesnake Mountain, and the Columbia
River, and the Yakima River, and smell the sagebrush. Not to
mention the Bomber Gyms! (oh my). You guys who are still there,
enjoy the physical things for us, but we are with you in spirit.
And thanks for bringing those pictures back to us again and
again.
-Anna Durbin ('69) ~ (nostalgic tears in eyes)
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>>From: Kathie Moore Adair ('69)
Re: 627/628 telephone exchanges
We live in West Richland. Our back yard borders on Bombing Range
Road, near the new turn-around, and have had a 627 prefix since
1992. Our next door neighbor has a 628 prefix.
I believe the 627 started with Meadow Springs area, or very
south Richland. Now they have 627 and 628; from our area through
Meadow Springs, both prefixes are used.
-Kathie Moore Adair ('69) ~ from the windy and rainy West
Richland ~ Badger Mt. looks like green velvet, but
probably not for long
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/12/06
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15 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber funeral notice today:
Betty Hiser ('49), Betty Conner ('52)
Dave Rhodes ('52WB), Stan McDonald ('53)
Mike Clowes ('54), Floyd Melton ('57)
Ernie Trujillo ('59), Nancy Stull ('59)
Derrith Persons ('60), Jan Bollinger ('60)
Bill Scott ('64), Deedee Willox ('64)
David Rivers ('65), Jeff Michael ('65)
Betti Avant ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Monita McClellan ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Aaron Holloway ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joan Belliston ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sherrie Smithwick ('68)
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>>From: Betty Hiser Gulley ('49)
Peggy Nelson ('55wb): The name of the department store in
North Richland was Herman's (which later moved to the Uptown
Richland). Don't know anything about the drug store but I did
go to the movies at North Star several times.
I was deleting all of the mail from those people I don't know
and found one about flowers. I was brought up during the
depression as most of those of my age were and the one thing
that people where I lived was never to give dead flowers to a
dead person. That is my little quirk. I have been criticized
for this all my life. But I feel if I really liked that person
I would have given them flowers while they were alive. When I
worked on the Project I was always being criticized for doing
this. Anyone else have this quirk? Must be my Scotch background
- I will donate money to buy live flowers for the family or for
the grave.
Another thing that puzzles me - how do the lending outfits get
by with going over the usury laws?
My Bombers/Bomberettes know everything.
-Betty Hiser Gulley '49er - south/government Richland - rain and
sunshine.
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>>From: Betty Conner Sansom ('52)
To: Peggy Nelson ('55WB)
I lived in North Richland from 1948-1951. I don't remember you -
but then I didn't go to John Ball. I did attend NRUP Church.
(North Richland United Protestant). We had a marvelous group
that lived out there at the time. And we had some really fun
times. Weenie roasts, baseball team, kite flying (in what was
later revealed was where there was considerable radiation
released from 300 Area) (At least two of us have had thyroids
removed. I was described by my Dr. as a 'typical downwinder' -
but later others told me that it would be 'hard to prove' -
so I quit all the paperwork that was going around. There are,
apparently, thousands, that are in on the lawsuit - which won't
be settled in my lifetime. I'm just grateful that it wasn't
malignant and I am fine, as long as I take my daily thyroid
replacement.)
The drug store was "Hand's" - and they sponsored our girl's
baseball team.
The clothing store was "Herman's" - which later opened in
Richland.
There was a great grocery store - I loved to watch them grind
hamburger, and slice meat. They did it where we could watch....
Not later, as I observed in an now-extinct small grocery store,
where I watched them run the meat through the meat grinder,
while adding pitchers of water. Later, a charge was made that
formaldehyde (a type of preserver) was added to it also. I was
too young to follow the Tri-City Herald's articles on that. I do
know the store was soon after closed.
The North Star Theater was across the street from the Greyhound
Bus Station, and close to the monstrous cafeteria where the
workers were fed. The big tavern (I don't know if it had a name)
was between the North Star and Herman's and the Post Office.
I know we paid fifty cents to get into the movies there. I don't
remember any Saturday Matinees; I never went to any of those. We
attended movies often, the movies being changed twice a week.
When we first moved there, the theater was often full to
capacity. By the time we moved, there were only a few people
there at times. I remember walking home from a movie, in the
snow, under the bright lights all the way, and walking under the
big steam pipes that carried heat throughout the area. It was a
great experience, that left lasting memories.
If you go out there now, you would find no signs of the busy
place of the town of North Richland. I'm sure there are photos
that abound of all of it.
-Betty Conner Sansom ('52)
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>>From: Dave Rhodes ('52WB)
Re: North Richland
Peggy Nelson ('55wb), I too lived in North Richland, but left in
June of 1950. I remember the North Star Theater, the grocery
store, the drug store and I do remember that there was a store
called Hermans. I think it was a clothing store. I have lost a
lot of memory over the years. I guess that teaching at the high
school level for nearly 40 years has warped my brain.
When I attended the teen club dances they were held in a women's
dorm. I do remember having a lot of fun at those dances. I have
recently moved back to the Tri-cities area and now live in west
Kennewick.
I was gone from here for a long time, but am very glad to be
back home.
-Dave Rhodes ('52WB) ~ It is great to be a BOMBER
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>>From: Stan McDonald ('53)
Re: Recent trip to Europe
Maren:
I would not expect a full reprint of my journal of our recent
trip to Italy (part of a 9-week stay in Europe for my wife and
1 month for me). But you could perhaps do an attachment for a
brief statement directed to Wally Erickson and the class of 1953.
Anyway, I'll try this...
-Stan McDonald ('53)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54)
To: Jan Bollinger Persons ('60)
Re: Where do they live?
Don't know if this will help much but the "official" Club 40
Roster lists Mr. Overdahl's home address as being in Richland,
WA 99352. On the other hand, Ms. Page's home of record is still
on the right side of the Columbia, but in Kennewick, WA 99336.
Fortunately for both, there is no mention of Pasco.
To: Peggy Nelson ('55 WB)
The Drugstore in North Richland was "Red" Green's. It was sort
of an early day Wal-Mart; complete with restaurant, cocktail
lounge, soda fountain, all sorts of other things to look at and
buy including clothing. It was even rumored to have a pharmacy.
The North Star Theater was the "cultural" center of North
Richland. After all, what else was there for a teen-ager to do
except wait for the bus to the big city.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54) ~ not living at the present
in either city, but instead in beautiful downtown Mount
Angel, OR 97362 where the weather is currently showery.
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>>From: Floyd Melton ('57)
Re: Richland/Bomber
I think this discussion of living in the Richland boundaries
crazy. It has been stated by someone that "home is where you
are". Richland has always been home to a real Bomber. So no
matter where you are or where you live, if you are a true Bomber
you are home and therefore you are in Richland. So we all live
in Richland where home is and always will be as we are all
Bombers.... Tony Tellier ('57) and Gus Kenney ('57) should have
some philosophical comment to this.
-Floyd Melton ('57)
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>>From: Ernie Trujillo ('59)
To: Linda Sargent Evans ('67)
Re: Judy Sargent Scott ('59)
Linda, you mentioned all the right words, strong, upbeat, sense
of humor and optimistic. Those of us who have battled the big C
can attest that she has the right approach. Please tell Judy to
hang in there and that our thoughts and prayers are with her.
-Ernie Trujillo ('59)
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>>From: Nancy Stull Knutson ('59)
About not knowing where you are. Don’t you remember the stories
about people wandering into the wrong house because they all
looked alike? And South South Richland very well could be West
West Kennewick. There’s no mistaking Pasco, though. It’s across
The River and has changed considerably but it’s still a foreign
country. I know where CBC is, the airport and Unemployment
(which has since moved to Kennewick), but that’s about all.
Richland remains my favorite.
-Nancy Stull Jewell Knutson (’59, The last class of the Fabulous
Fifties)
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>>From: Derrith Persons Dean ('60)
We do have fun!!
My church is putting on a play and there are only two nights
left!! Tuesday and Wednesday. The play starts at 7pm
"Eternity" - A dramatic production about Life After Death
the Ultimate Experience. . .
Admission: FREE
Yes! there are Bombers in the play!!!
Desert Streams Bible Church, 2505 Duportail St., Richland, WA
Come and enjoy! Come early for a good seat!!
Bombers have fun!!
-Derrith Persons Dean ('60)
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>>From: Jan Bollinger Persons ('60)
Re: "Wondrous Typo"
To: Pete Overdahl ('60)
I'm pretty sure you (and our deputy editor) recognized the
misspelling of your last name in my post yesterday as one
committed by Spell Check. It's an unlikely keystroke error and
your name has been familiar to me for many, many years. I do
want to apologize for failing to rein in the sneaky Spell Check.
Sorry! I don't know how the error qualified as "wondrous," but
at least it titillated the deputy editor.
-Jan Bollinger Persons ('60) ~ Spokane, which seems more like
rainy Seattle, lately.
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>>From: Bill Scott ('64)
I am sorry to report the passing of my mother, Mardelle, on
Monday, at age 88. Mom came to the Tri-Cities in 1945 as the new
bride of a new Hanford worker, my father, Harold Scott. When she
stepped off the train in Pasco for the first time, she took one
look at the desert and told him, "I'll stay six months; find
another job." Like so many, she never left, remaining in the
Tri-Cities the rest of her life. She was a Cub Scout den mother,
member of CUP Church, and administrative secretary for Vitro
Engineers Hanford for 12 years. She leaves three children,
five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. There will be
a memorial service in her honor Friday at 2 p.m. at Einan's
Funeral Home in Richland.
-Bill Scott (Boomer Bomber Class of '64)
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>>From: Deedee Willox Loiseau ('64)
Poor Pete Overdahl ('60). First his first name is changed to
Petah; now his last name is changed to Overhaul?!
To: Linda Reining (Boomer Bomber class of 64)
I thought you spelled it that way on purpose. I like it like
that.
-Deedee Willox Loiseau ('64), Boomber Bomber Babe in Burbank
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
Re: Dylan ain't Dylan no more
Ok... Richard's comment hit a nerve... I wasn't gonna say
anything about this and then he quoted Like Tom Thumb's Blues
and now I can't hold it back any more... When I WAS gonna say
something it was gonna start out like this: "Once upon a time I
dressed so fine I threw the bum a dime in my prime and the only
person I could play my Dylan records around was Alan Multhrop ('64)
........)........... that's what I was gonna start with but now
I just wanna know... When did Dylan become a reggae "pop star"?
I'm sorry... but when I go to a concert... I go because I like
the artist and the songs that made me like him... done at least
closely to the way he DID them... If Bobby Fuller was still
alive I would want him to do "I Fought the Law" the way he did
it then not wi