Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/12/14
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4 Bombers sent stuff: 
Derrith PERSONS ('60), Bill SCOTT ('64)
Tedd CADD ('66), Pam EHINGER ('67)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Arlene HORNE ('71) 
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rick MORRELL ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Duane CROSS ('79)

BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
    Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From: Derrith PERSONS Dean ('60)

Re: Prayers needed

I need prayer, very aggressive prayer. I am going through cancer
that is aggressive. - - lung cancer primary. I had a Pet scan on
November 4th the report was not good. scan found bone and liver
cancer. A port was put in November 11th for chemo and that was
started same day. November 12th second day of chemo after that an
MRI will be done on brain to see if there is cancer there. my
prayer is that they find none.. what I want is complete healing.
nothing missing nothing broken.. I want to finish my purpose..
will you agree with me in this? I thank you in advance.
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-Derrith PERSONS Dean ('60)
        some may remember my brother Gary PERSONS ('57-RIP) or
        my sister Anne PERSONS ('62-RIP)
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>>From: Bill SCOTT ('64)

To: Tedd CADD ('66)

I'd forgotten about the "short" designation for GIs about to 
be separated, but here are two more: "I'm so short I have to
parachute out of bed in the morning", and "I'm so short I don't
have to open my barracks room door, I just walk under it". There
was also this little bit of ragged poetry when the days got down
to less than thirty:

Twenty-nine and I'm feelin' fine,
Twenty-eight and I'm out the gate,
Twenty-seven and I'll be in heaven,
Twenty-five and I'll come alive,
Twenty-four and I'm out the door,
Twenty-three and I'll be free,
Twenty-two and I'll be through,
Twenty-one and I'll be done,
Twenty and that's plenty.
 
-Bill SCOTT ('64)
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)

Re: Veterans' Day

To: Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)

I have always understood the technical term "Veteran" to mean
a member of the military who fought in a war. From your entry
yesterday, it seems you hold to that definition. But the common
use now is a person who was a member of the military. You could
certainly have been ordered to war. We all swore to "support
and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and
domestic."

So welcome to the ranks of the veterans of the US Military!

In fact, you are much more deserving of that title than the so-
called vet who was with me in the last classroom I visited. He
"served" in the Army National Guard. During the class questions,
every answer he gave was negative. "I was only in the guard for 
6 months. So I didn't get any awards... there wasn't enough time."
"Advice? Don't volunteer for anything." "Yeah, I remember the last
day of my service. The sergeant tried to get me to do something I
didn't want to do, so I quit." He didn't answer any questions
unless I actually turned to him and asked, "What about you?" After
a few of those answers, I didn't give him any more opportunities
to answer. He didn't even try to answer any. He just sat there. I
can't imagine why he decided to show up at an event like this. 

To Don Sorenson (NAB)

Thanks for the story about Dick. He certainly deserves to be
recognized for his part in the war effort.

-Tedd CADD ('66)
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>>From: Pam EHINGER Edinger (Blue Ribbon Class of '67)

Re: Veterans' Day

On 11/10/14 I was lucky enough to see two of my grand daughters
Ava (10 years old) and Kali (8 years old), Their classes put on a
Veterans' Day Salute to All the Veterans. They had a slide show of
the kids' Dads, Grandfathers, Uncles, Cousins, Brothers/Sisters
that were Veterans, My Dad (Max Ehinger, Jr.) who is 87 was in the
Navy was pictured with 2 of his GREAT Grand daughters!! Then they
call each & every one of the Services: Marines, Navy, Air Force,
Coast Guard, Army! (The Army had the Most Vets there!!) Then the
vets walked around the gym and everyone gave them a BIG ROUND of
Applause!!

But I want to thank my Son, Staff Sergeant James John Walsborn for
his service! He has 2 more years to retire with 20 years in the
Army! My son-in-law Jim Parker was in the Army also, my nephew -
in-law who is in the Army too! My brother-in-law who was in the
Marines. (every family should have a Jar Head in the family!! Love
Ya Ronnie!!)

Thank you to ALL the Bomber Veterans for their service!!

Bombers Rule
-Pam EHINGER Edinger (Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
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