Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/09/15
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2 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
David RIVERS ('65) 
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary SETBACKEN ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tere SMYTH ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cathy WEIHERMILLER ('66)

BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)

To: Duane LEE ('63) and Patti McLAUGHLIN Cleavenger ('65)

The plot thickens. Duane writes that the Hanford Calendar says:
"On Easter Sunday, 1944, the first sample of Plutonium was
delivered to Los Alamos from the Hanford Project." And Patti
writes that this cannot possibly be since the Hanford
production reactor (B-Reactor) did not become critical until
after Easter, later in September 1944.

But, the first shipment of Plutonium could not have come from
Oak Ridge. Oak Ridge did Uranium (the Hiroshima bomb). Hanford
did Plutonium (the Nagasaki bomb). Ergo, what we have here is a
simple typo. The Hanford Calendar should read "On Easter
Sunday, 1945 ..." (not 1944).

-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ Shoreline, WA
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)

Re: efforts/results

Sue... did Duane LEE ('63) say "sue"... bring 'em on... put 
up yer dukes put up yer dukes... I'll fight 'em with one paw 
behind my back... uhhh... wow... that usually doesn't happen... 
so lately there has been a lotta talk about solar in the
valley... I mean great place for it... so the door to door
hawkers have been coming in droves to set up solar for a
metering agreement with the local energy company... I've done
my best to check it out and looks like a number of hoops have
to be cleared before it is worth the moola and effort..sooooo I
set up an appointment with one of the companies to give me the
full pitch, with a written proposal and the whole 9 yards...
10am this morning was the time... now it is the beginning of 
hot rod season so I am in the middle of making sure all cars 
are safe and sound for the long drives at various times this
summer... the Shore Patrol sold yesterday to a guy from Alberta
so one down... I couldn't bring myself to sell the Shelley-
mobile so I had it ready to tear down the brakes and get the
process started... at 10:20 the guy was a no show so I began
pulling the brakes off the front of that car as the phone
rang... hands full of axle grease, I slimily answered the phone
and it was this kid running late... life's a bitch I told him
and told him not to contact me again... What do they teach
people today? No concept of the difference between efforts and
results. As he protested I hung up... reminded me of when my
daughter Sarah was little and in a bowling league... she was
awful (well not as bad as my sole and only experience in PE
when I let go of the ball in mid back swing and almost broke
Linda MONGOMERY's ('65) leg... never picked up a ball again)...
at the end of the season I picked up Sarah from one of the
bowling allies Michael Gaughan had in all his Casinos and she
was carrying a trophy... wow I thought... I misjudged this
kid... I asked what it was for... "showing up" she said
disgustedly... "they're afraid our little feelings will be hurt
if we don't get something." That's my kid alright... I stopped
hiring associates long before I retired because no matter where
they finished in law school (1 or 2) they wanted the same
thing... 9-5 with no responsibilities... "I can't find it" or
"it isn't out there" was an acceptable answer to them when I
would send them to find a case similar to the one I was working
on... DAMN, had I EVER said that to my mentors when I clerked
or when I was an associate... I'da been out on the street...
which is not to say they weren't after they gave me that
answer... but I mean it didn't cross their minds NOT to give 
up and quit looking... efforts... without results... My law
Partner's dad was a very good surveyor in the valley back inna
day... When Mike would come home with a 98 on his paper, his
father would tell him, people don't pay for 2% error... I can
just see some kid in the military saying "Sir, we almost hit
the target but they got away... I'll do better next time"... 
OK so I'm onna rant today... what else is new... maybe it is
because after today I have only one more "W" birthday and it's
gold star time again!!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Tere SMYTH ('65),
Gary SETBACKEN ('64) and Cathy WEIHERMILLER ('66) on your
special day, April 9, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!

-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>Carol RICE Forister ~ Class of 1962 ~ 1944 - 2015

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