Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/13/15 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6 Bombers sent stuff: Dick WIGHT ('52), Marian "Martie" WADE ('57) Helen CROSS ('62), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) Linda REINING ('64), David RIVERS ('65) **************************************************************** **************************************************************** BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary HINKLE ('56) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carole SLEDGE ('63) WEEKLY BOMBER LUNCH: Mostly '52ers, Noon, Sterling's GWWay (Fridays) BOMBER LUNCH: Ladies of '65, 12:30pm (2nd Friday) BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar Click the event you want to know more about. **************************************************************** **************************************************************** >>From: Dick WIGHT ('52) Congrats to Jack GARDINER ('61) in staying off cigarettes for 16 years! And, yes, the urge to smoke can linger for many years. I feel an occasional "twinge" even yet, and I stopped smoking in early 1976! I had smoked since high school, was smoking heavily by the time I was 18, and "had the habit" for 24 years. I stopped "cold turkey" once earlier, in the late '60s, but regressed after several months. It is odd, thinking back, on the public attitude toward smoking "back in the day". It was, for us younger guys, a "manly" thing and we were emulating our parents and other adults. Yet we KNEW they weren't good for us. I recall we even called them "coffin nails" and "coughing nails". Too bad we didn't "get smart sooner". So many people had suffered from the results of heavy smoking... cancer, coronary issues, lung problems. Re: 'Nother subject I noticed that Hanford tours for this year just opened up, and I got registered for a B Reactor tour. Also read that later on a new tour will be added to hit some historical points such as the old towns of Hanford and White Swan. Those interested can go to the website Hanford Site for more info. http://www.hanford.gov/ Bomber cheers! -Dick WIGHT ('52) **************************************************************** **************************************************************** >>From: Marian "Martie" WADE Jenkins ('57) To: Jack GARDINER ('61) Congratulations! I said the same thing when I quit smoking on Easter Sunday, 1992: "If I can get thru one day without smoking, I can never touch another cigarette or it will be all over." Anyone who knew me didn't think I would ever quit, least of all me. I had smoked for 40 years. -Marian "Martie" WADE Jenkins ('57) **************************************************************** **************************************************************** >>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) My next trip will be soon, as my daughter-in-law is expecting our 2nd grandson any day now out in Gardnerville, NV so I will be heading out there soon to enjoy being with my first grand baby, and my almost 11 year old grandson... so I won't be seeing much art, but I love the natural beauty of the area. I miss mountains here in the Midwest, and in Gardnerville you see the backside of the Sierras.... enjoy jolly ole' England for us; we always say we'd love to get back, but haven't worked it into our schedule in ten years now. cheers!! -Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Hope, IN where it hasn't yet reached 70° yet, but we are loving the above 32° temperatures! P.S. How is the Smyth Florida reunion? I see it's in the 80s down there. {GREAT, Helen! We're all back to our "homes" now. -Maren] **************************************************************** **************************************************************** >>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) Re: 2015 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site By tomorrow we'll have a better idea of who is in the "real" lead as they begin coming off their mandatory "24" hour rest. The Mackey brothers have both taken their "24" and they are moving right along. Apparently Jason told Lance yesterday that he (Jason) would help his brother, BUT ONLY if Lance planned to go all the say to Nome. Jason said that (of the two of them) Lance KNOWS how to come from behind and win this thing. Brotherly love. "8" = mandatory 8 hour rest all except Aaron, Aliy and Mitch (on "my' list) have taken "24 = mandatory 24 hour rest IN HUSLIA (HOO-slee-uh)(501 MILES TO NOME - 86 miles to Koyukuk) Huslia Pop: 281 - 2015 half way checkpoint 1 Aaron Burmeister/#60 - NOW he will probably rest OUT OF GALENA (583 MILES TO NOME - 82 miles to Huslia - 1/2 way) 2 Dallas Seavey/#46 3 Martin Buser/#4 4 Tommy Waerner(r)/#8 5 Hugh Neff/#24 IN GALENA (583 MILES TO NOME - 82 miles to Huslia) Galena Pop: 527 - Checkpoint the "old" community hall downtown 8 Jeff King/#59 9 Aliy Zirkle/#32 13 Joar Leifseth/#16 16 Paul Gebhart/#28 20 DeeDee Jonrowe/#29 23 Ray Redington/#34 28 Anna Berrington/#39 29 Kristy Berrington/#11 33 Linwood Fiedler/#27 OUT OF RUBY (633 MILES TO NOME - 50 miles to Galena) 37 Scott Janssen/#20 38 Allen Moore/#57 40 Jim Lanier/#13 43 Rohn Buser/#31 44 Mitch Seavey/#18 IN RUBY 46 John Baker/#78 62 Lance Mackey/#30 63 Jason Mackey/#72 Red LANTERN (in Tanana) 75 Ellen Halverson/#35 SCRATCHED/DISQUALIFIED (3) 2. Zoya DeNure/#79 3. Gwen Bogart/#14 Bomber Cheers, -Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 68° at 1am **************************************************************** **************************************************************** >>From: Linda REINING ('64) To: Jack GARDINER ('61) Congrats on your 16 years of non-smoking. I quit over 38 years ago... times when I'd still like to have a cigarette, but, since none of my kids smoke, I am not around anyone who does, so the temptation isn't there. *grin* -Linda REINING ('64) ~ rainy weather in Kuna, ID and temps in the 40s... loving this weather. **************************************************************** **************************************************************** >>From: David RIVERS ('65) Re: wow OK I know there are birthdays almost every day... but it sure seems like the parents of the class of '63 were busy 71 years ago... here we go another class turning 70... well I dunno bout you, but I still remember my very first mixer when they were Seniors and Tony HARRAH ('65) and I walked into the gym while "Oh Donna" was playing in the back ground... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Carol SLEDGE ('63) on your special day, March 13, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -David RIVERS ('65) **************************************************************** **************************************************************** That's it for today. Please send more. ****************************************************************