Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/13/14 ~ FEDERAL HOLIDAY ~ COLUMBUS DAY
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8 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Rick REED ('49), Marilynn WORKING ('54)
Mike CLOWES ('54), Allen THOMPSON ('63)
Dennis HAMMER ('64), David RIVERS ('65)
Lee BUSH ('68), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Wanda WITTEBORT ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Charles RAEDER ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David EDGAR ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Julie ALEXANDER ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jerry GILSTRAP ('83)
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From: Rick REED ('49)
Question? I would be interested in finding all Marines (alive or
passed on) who might have served in Korea from 1951 to 1954 as I
did. Thanks.
-Rick REED ('49)
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>>From: Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54)
Re: Club 40 members
A notice to all Bombers through class of 1974 who are eligible to
be members of Club 40:
If you wish to to write in to the Club40 Fall DustStorm, the
deadline is this coming Saturday, October 18, 2014!!
We welcome all of you to express your thoughts and experiences
from school to reunions or whatever. We want any graduate from
these classes to be a part of this non profit group of Col-Hi/
Richland Bombers. If you have any questions, please feel free
to contact me by e-mail.
Look forward to hearing from a lot of you and filling our Club40
DustStorm newsletter with fun things.
-Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54) ~ Pasco where it is really
cooling down!!
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
To: Sara Ousley, aka Ann BISHOP ('56)
Ms. Bishop ('56), unless you reached a higher rank than Staff
Sergeant you may not possibly be senior to the Junior Gyrene,
aka Tooter. Of course, by graduation year, that would make you a
Senior Bomber Babe; which I am sure the Junior Gyrene is grateful
for your defense. It might also put you in the category of
"cougar" (regardless of which jr. hi you went to) and would
therefore be subject to his "lusts" for older women. Forewarned is
four armed.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where the
weather remains "iffy".
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>>From: Allen THOMPSON ('63)
Re: Kenneth HINRICHS ('63wb-RIP)
Sorry to report Ken passed away last week.Death Notice appeared
in the 10/10i/14 Tri-City Herald,
-Allen THOMPSON ('63)
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
To: John CAMPBELL ('63)
Re: Mustang Club badge
I saw that grill badge too, but it was too small on the video, and
not being familiar with it, did not know what it was. My guess is
that a member of the Pacific Cascade Mustang Club (PCMC) went to
one of Paul Revere's concerts, saw the Mustang front of his
keyboard, and sent him one.
You reminded me that I have two Oldsmobile Club of America grill
badges. I have them packed up and have not seen them in over 20
years. They are round with gear teeth around them. There was a
stud soldered to the back which came off on the one on my '57
convertible. Luckily I did not loose it. Apparently it was a
problem and some have re-soldered it. I was afraid I might get it
too hot if I tried that so never did fix it or put the other one
on. The next time they produced one it did not have the gear teeth
all the way around, but a hole in the bottom where some teeth
should be to bolt it on. I did not like the looks of that one so
never bought one. Now I don't have the car any more.
Hopefully I will get at least one of my other Oldsmobiles fixed up
and be able to use them again.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: ah the good ol' dayz
I must say I was much pleased at the send-off the Bombers gave
ol' Paul Revere... Hey I know it wasn't always "great" music, but
it was always "fun" music... Kicks is said to have been the first
anti-drug song... not sure if it is true... specially considering
the way Mark left the band... my favorite, I only heard on KISN
and when I tried to find the version they played on an Album...
couldn't find it... same words... way different rendition... was
"Louie Go Home"... I hated to see Mark go and hated even more to
see him go out on his own... seems most guys who have done that...
even tho they "were" the sound of whatever group... they often
just disappeared... David Clayton Thomas, Barry McQuire and Burton
Cummings to name a few... I'm sure someone will tell me I'm wrong
about them but that's how I felt at the time... funny how a sound
can be recreated at least well enuff in the studio to pass... I
couldn't see how Mark could be replaced, but he was handily... but
for me to have said Paul was wrong would be like saying what will
Clapton and Bruce do without Ginger... quite nicely I'd say... tho
Ginger is still my all time favorite drummer (don't anybody tell
Sandy Nelson... could get me in hot water round here)... I must
say that music was always my first "love" even before Babes and
cars... I guess it was mostly timing... I could dig rock n roll
and surf with my little short wave radio before I could drive
or... uh... uh... well, anyway... it's funny I never noticed what
car Paul had in front of his organ... tho I do remember the
mustang (and I'm sure, Mr. HAMMER ('64), I would have noticed a
@ ^%^@!#@^ Rambler Metropolitan)... in the early days they didn't
have much at all till they hit "where the action is"... they used
to drag a huge tubular container around marked "Crisco" and Mark
would jump on top of it and sing "Crisco Party" to the tune of
"Hully Gully"/"Peanut Butter"... as I've mused in the past, I
never did learn to play an instrument... my buddy Ed QUIGLEY ('62)
has offered to teach me guitar, but I've just never had the stick
to itivness... I wanna be jumpin' jack flash now and if it don't
happen over night... well... I mean when Bobby Bare sang "All
American Boy" I took him at his word... "I learned how ta play it
inna day or two"... "buy ya a guitar and put it in tune... you'll
be rockin' and a rollin' soon... "... it didn't turn out that way
for me tho... but I still have my music... for me the music didn't
die when the plane crashed in February, 1959... it remained alive
and well till I got to Vietnam... now there is a ton of post 1967
music I just dig as much as any... but I think I changed and it
changed... back when, it was all about boys n girls fallin' in
love, LUV... or it was havin a party your buttocks was gonna get
whipped for when the folks came home and there'd be no runnin'
round with the usual crew for a week or so... I mean, man...
listen to what the Shirelles did when that kid didn't show up on
Friday... it was "bye bye baby"... I mean he prolly worked all day
Friday to buy her a rose and a Baby Ruth and she dumps him when he
shows up on Saturday... then there's the guy who can't understand
why his wife left him... then we learn she's only 17... well crap,
buddy... what were you thinking???????????? The other day we were
talking about Tommy Sands and how he's doing these days... At
least he's moved to Hawaii where his kid can look after him... but
dang to go from a "Teen Age Crush" to picking old Blue Eyes for a
father-in-law... Man... what were you thinking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
they spell D I V O R C E "death to the career"... so anyway, after
Vietnam the music was way different and no longer reminded me of
slow dancing to "Theme from a Summer Place" or lying on my bed
listening to "Image of a Girl" or even "Racing with the Devil"...
so... I just sit back and listen to '50s on 5 and member the "good
ol' dayz... "... but today is today and it is time to flash back
to a Bomber-babe havin' her b-day today from that great "no-name"
class of '65... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Julie ALEXANDER ('65) on your
special day, October 13, 2014!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re:Louie go back home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jM6ud38-9w
I found the version I liked... I guess ya hadda be there.
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Lee BUSH ('68)
To: Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: '68 deceased classmates
Michael FURNER ('68) was a fellow Class of '68 graduate. In your
article, you said that Mike's death "makes 4 that I know of from
that class [68] who have passed since December 2013.".
For our class' website, I keep track of the '68 classmates who
pass away. I only know of 3 classmates who have died in & since
December, 2013. Since our 45 year class reunion, held on August
2-4, 2013, the following 5 classmates have passed away:
* Oct. 13, 2013 - Jim TRUJILLO ('68-RIP)
* Nov. 12, 2013 - Karen INGALSBE Greenwell ('68-RIP)
* Dec. 11, 2013 - Wes GATES ('68-RIP)
* Dec. 28, 2013 - Jim HALL ('68-RIP)
* Oct. 02, 2014 - Mike FURNER ('68-RIP)
I would appreciate you sending me the name of the 4th '68
classmate who has passed on since Dec. 2013, so I can add the
classmate's name to my records. Thank you in advance!
-Lee BUSH ('68) ~ West Richland
PS - I remember you; and, also remember working with
your brother, Bob ('69), and mother, Mary, at Richland
PD!
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Language lessons ~ 10/11/14 Tri-City Herald
"Teresa DeVINE Knirck ('64) began studying Russian at
Richland [Columbia] High during the Cold War.
Americans were paranoid and fearful of the Eastern Bloc
powerhouse.
Twenty years later, she was teaching Russian at Hanford
High when relations between the two nations still were
frosty.
But that didn't stop her from taking groups of Richland
students to Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kiev between
1982 and 1995.
That's truly how you learn about a culture and its
language, said Knirck, who taught for more than 30
years before retiring this year.
Hanford High struggled to replace Knirck when she
became a guidance counselor several years ago, so she
went back to teaching a few Russian courses.
After she retired in June, administrators couldn't find
a new teacher even though 40 students expressed
interest in taking some level of Russian this year."
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Col/141013-DeVineKnirck.jpg
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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Bomber Memorial
>>Dick ROBERTSON ~ Class of 1963 ~ 1944 - 2014
Bomber Memorials
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