Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/20/14 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 Bombers sent stuff and 1 OLD (2005) Bomber Memorial today: David RIVERS ('65) Shirley COLLINGS ('66) **************************************************************** **************************************************************** BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carolynn HAMILTON ('60) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marilyn BAIRD ('60) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathy RATHVON ('63) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Leo WEBB ('63) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Fred BREEDLOVE ('64) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Peggy HERTZ ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ron POLK ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Greg LAWSON ('71) '52 BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sue OBERG ('79) BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar Click the event you want to know more about. **************************************************************** **************************************************************** >>From: David RIVERS ('65) Re: stuff happens Thanks for all the emails on headaches... before I got that one, for a day or two I noticed my left eye was really getting bad... my lasik is now almost 15 years old so I figured it's time to have my eyes checked... the day after my headache left, my vision improved greatly so I wasn't in a big hurry... As the lead car on the trip to the Hot Rod reunion, I had time to study my vision and decided that "soon" I'll get those puppies checked. Because no one in authority could answer any of our questions regarding parking the next morning, we decided to head for Famoso drag strip at 5am to make sure we got in the grove... assuming we could still park in the grove... I stupidly accepted lead again as I've been more times than the others... there was a ton of construction going on at California and Easton where we stay so I made a wide turn so that I would miss the construction and be in the left lane for the "U" turn a block down... within mere seconds I found myself stranded on an island where I managed to slide leaving all 4 wheels off the ground... way too wide a turn and didn't see the island till Gilligan and the Skipper came up to say "Hi"... at that point, I knew my eyes are no longer working well enuff, specially at night... tho I haven't had the car on the lift yet, it appears that the only damage was cosmetic to the nose when I managed to get a guy in a truck to pull me off the island... everything seemed fine all weekend and on the drive home... tho I was a bit nervous about driving back to the motel in the dark Saturday nite after the event, we made it home this afternoon unscathed... Now common sense shooda told me it's time to have my eyes checked a while back... but hey... my right eye werks reel good... after remembering that I started wearing glasses in the 6th grade, I calculated that my lasik lasted just about as long as my real eyes did before I started wearing glasses... so it only took eye strain leading to a migraine and a little trip to the island to convince me it was time... sometimes I think a little adult supervision might not be such a bad thing... thank goodness that thought passes quickly... speaking of eyes... the b-day kid had his go waco on him a few years back, hisself... no fun at all... I think his have got a bit better... if not... beware driving in Oly if you see a bright red hot rod Mustang with white stripes headed your way... HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my Marine buddy, Leo WEBB ('63) on his special day, October 20, 2014!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -David RIVERS ('65) **************************************************************** **************************************************************** >>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) Re: Bobby DePalo ('76wb or '77wb - RIP) "Robert (Bobby) Michael DePalo, Jr., passed away from natural causes on October 1, 2014. He was 56 years old. Bobby was born in White Plains, New York on September 5, 1958. His family moved to Kennewick when Bobby was eight years old. In Washington, he attended elementary school in Richland, as well as, Carmichael Junior High School and Columbia High School (now Richland High). When he was a teenager, he moved back to New York and attended Westlake High School." -Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland **************************************************************** **************************************************************** Bomber Memorial >>Cole SHOAF - Class of 1966 ~ 1945 - 2005 http://alumnisandstorm.com/Obits/pics05/RIP66ShoafCole05.htm **************************************************************** **************************************************************** That's it for today. Please send more. ****************************************************************