Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/08/14
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5 Bombers sent stuff: 
Marilynn WORKING ('54), Tommy HEMPHILL ('62)
Roy BALLARD ('63), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Bob MATTSON ('64) 
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susan SHERWOOD ('63)

BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
    Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From: Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54)

Re: '54 in '14 - 60 Year Reunion Group Picture 

Has been a month since we met during Club 40 for our big 60 year
reunion, and had better get a group picture in Sandstorm for
everyone to see our beautiful class!!

We have received so many positive responses and can't wait until
we meet again.

Been thinking and talking of having a "80 year old" birthday party
in 2016, so keep your eyes and ears open for some details.
Thanks, Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) for bringing it up
again. 

It was so hard to get hold of ALL of our classmates, and it didn't
happen, but always good to hear from them, even "after the fact"!!
Heard from Gary BRONS ('54), who lives in Kennewick and missed all
of our notices, so was not included. I took a picture, booklet,
pen and copy of 1954 Sandstorm to him yesterday and he was so
happy! Thanks, Shirley STREGE Bigelow ('54), for getting that
call from him and passing it on! 

Even when you say, "60 Year class reunion", it sounds like a long
time ago, but I really don't feel that much older!! Hahaha.

Enjoy the picture.
-Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54) ~ Pasco   where it is 80° today
       before the downswing of cooler weather!!
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>>From: Tommy HEMPHILL ('62)

Re: Portland / Vancouver Area Bomber Lunch

PLEASE JOIN US!!!

WHEN: Saturday – October 11, 2014
TIME: 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
WHERE: Beaches Restaurant – on the Columbia River
     1919 S.E. Columbia River Drive - Vancouver, WA 98661
     Located just one mile east of I-5 on Highway 14.
     Take Exit #1 – Drive straight to the river and into the
     parking lot.  It’s very easy to find.

ALL Bombers and their friends and family members are Welcome. 
Your lunch is your choice off of the regular menu.

We meet in the Sun Room.

PLEASE RSVP 

NEXT LUNCH DATE December 6

-Tommy HEMPHILL ('62)
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>>From: Roy BALLARD ('63)

Re: George BARNETT ('63-RIP)

My wife Nancy ERLANDSON Ballard ('67) and I renewed our friendship
with George and Peg many years ago when I started having some
surgeries done down in Tucson. It was a real shocker to hear of
George's passing, he and his volumes of info will be very much
missed. We were proud to call George and Peg close friends. I
believe that he told me that he had 3 or 4 college degrees and
could tell us about almost everything especially about the Tucson
area. To Peg and George's family we are sorry to see him go and
the world and Bomberville will also miss him.
			-Roy and Nancy

-Roy BALLARD ('63) ~ Richland
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)

Re: '64 in '14 - 50 year Reunion Stuff

Everyone will notice in this edition of the Sandstorm that Class
of '54 has submitted their group picture to the Sandstorm. '64's
50 year reunion was a full month BEFORE '54's 60 year reunion yet
'64 has not yet received our group picture..

AND there was a DVD made that SEVERAL people have ordered and 
not yet received. At least one wants to know if anyone who 
ordered/paid for the DVD got scammed/burned? 

SO, WHAT'S THE DEAL??? WHERE'S OUR STUFF???

-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ` Gretna, LA
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>>From: Bob MATTSON ('64)

Re: Lost

Had a great time at the reunion ['64 in '14 - 50 Years Later] and
I believe everyone did as well. But. Crossed over the mighty
Columbia and followed a familiar road towards the old Desert Inn.
Why was it that I ended up behind Badger Mountain? I found myself
on what seemed to be the outskirts of West Richland, I figured.
There was nothing to recognize. How could I be lost in West
Richland! I was half way over the Yakima River Bridge before I
noticed the water below. I looked for Ray's horse barn as I drove
by. There was a hint of it left. Just a taste of old times crept
in. The next morning, after finding coffee, I took a drive. First
north, where we shot our bb guns and picked asparagus. Streets,
houses and lawns. West, I went behind Ray's riding academy 
and found a golf course. But, Zip's will always be Zip's, I'm
convinced, a true anchor holding memories of Friday nights, Pepsi
and a Zip's special, driving around and around as on the uptown
carousel. That will help me cope with getting lost in West
Richland.

-Bob "Tuna" MATTSON 64
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That's it for today. Please send more.
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