Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/16/15
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5 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Carol CARSON ('60), Deedee WILLOX ('64)
Ray STEIN ('64), David RIVERS ('65)
Linda McKNIGHT ('65)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barbara COLE ('50) 
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tony SHARPE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Greg JOCHEN ('76)

BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
    Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From: Carol CARSON Renaud ('60)

Re: Puget Sound Lunch - Final Reminder . 

Puget Sound area Bomber luncheon for anyone in the area:

DATE: Saturday, April 18, 2015
TIME: 11:30am
PLACE: Scott's Bar and Grill, 8115 Lake Ballinger Way, 
          Edmonds, WA 98026
        www.scottsbarandgrill.com/

Please let us know if you plan to attend so we can reserve 
enough space.

-Steve CARSON ('58) 
-Carol CARSON Renaud ('60)
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>>From: Deedee WILLOX Loiseau ('64)

Re: The Bomb

We were in Spokane for Grandparents' day at my granddaughter's
elementary school & there was a book fair going on in their
library. My husband (the bulldog, poor thing) found a book
called "BOMB" by Steve Sheinkin. It is published by Scholastic,
Inc. and written for school age. It is very interesting reading
without the technical stuff that I mostly don't understand
anyway. Also there is a movie out (old) called "Fat Man &
Little Boy" that is really good, too. When I look at the
equipment they had to work with, I'm amazed that they managed
to do what they did. 

-Deedee WILLOX Loiseau ('64) ~ Burbank, WA   
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>>From: Ray STEIN ('64)

Re: National Supplemental Screening Program (NSSP)

Last Fall I was contacted by D.O.E. and asked if I would be
willing to take a free medical exam for former Hanford workers.
I had worked at Hanford during the summers of 1966 and 1967. 
I had a Q clearance, but spent most of my time in a 300 area
office. A classmate once told me that if you worked at Hanford,
they knew every place you had been out there. During my
employment, I remember taking a tour of the areas, but I didn't
think I was in any dangerous or sensitive places. The medical
exam was very comprehensive and I submitted blood, stool, and
urine samples. I had a beryllium test, hearing test, chest x-
rays, vision test, reflex test, etc. and was poked and prodded
by guys with MD certificates on their walls. It was an all-day
affair and I went to two different facilities in Spokane. They
also told me that I was eligible for the same free medical exam
every 3 years for the rest of my life!

When I received the 20+ page medical report I noticed the
following statement on the cover page: ". . . due to your work
with vapors, gases, dusts, fumes, beryllium, plutonium, lead,
metal cutting fluids, uranium, zirconium, and tritium, we
conducted medical tests to look for possible medical problems
that could be associated with this work while at Hanford." WOW!
They stopped short of declaring me a toxic waste site, but you
may want to keep your distance when I'm around!

So, did anyone else out there take up the NSSP on their offer
of a free medical exam? Since they contacted me (a lowly summer
employee) I'm thinking this program must apply to ALL Hanford
workers?

-Ray STEIN ('64) - Mead, WA
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)

Re: I tried

So now we all know why I never gave stand up comedy a try...
too danged convoluted... Sorry to Dick WIGHT ('52) and others
out there who found my explanation of the FBI quandary less
than helpful... I do know, however that all Bombers can
understand that I'll be spending the next few days with a chain
saw in my back yard after yesterday's winds... I was almost
afraid to check out the huge Acacias in the front yard, but
they made it ok thru another storm... the large Palo Verde in
the back yard won't need pruning this year... but right now it
is way too cold for me to get out there and cut up the giant
branch that, thankfully, fell away from the house... Wind is
the common language all Bombers understand... I'm thinking, 
the more I look at that branch (it is the size of a good 
sized tree) it may be a bigger job than I thought at first... 
Jack KEENEY ('65) called yesterday looking for Jimmie ADAIR
('65-'67) to help him cut down a large dead Oak somewhere in
Richland... I'm wondering... I mean maybe the b-day Bomber
would give them a ride in his '55 Chevy to Vegas and they 
could help me cut this puppy... ya think? HAPPY BIRTHDAY, 
Tony SHARPE ('63) on your special day, April 16, 2015!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-David RIVERS ('65)
   P.S. HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY to Terry DAVIS' ('65) Mom on 
April 15, 2015!!!!
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>>From: Linda McKNIGHT Hoban ('65)

Re: FBI Encounters

When I went to work at Battelle NW, I had to fill out all these
official looking papers with every address I ever lived at
growing up, which amounted to more than 20 addresses as we
moved around a lot when I was a kid, Montana, then California,
and finally Richland in the 1950s. The FBI went to every
address that I listed and interviewed the neighbors. I remember
hearing from an old neighbor on Torbett who mentioned the FBI
came and asked about me, and she said "Oh, she was a very nice
little girl." 

The other FBI encounter was when I worked at Battelle and these
two gigantic men in dark suits appeared in front of my desk,
whipped out FBI badges and proceeded to inquire about my next
door neighbors. One neighbor apparently had applied for a job
at Hanford. These encounters were in the late 1960s. 

Watched the recent rerun on OPB of Hanford. I actually paid
closer attention to the facts this time and learned a little
more of our history. Still the greatest place to grow up!!

Bomber cheers.
-Linda McKNIGHT Hoban ('65)
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>>Greg LARSON ~ Class of 1969 ~ 1950 - 2014

 Bomber Memorials
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