Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/16/15 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today: Carol CARSON ('60), Deedee WILLOX ('64) Ray STEIN ('64), David RIVERS ('65) Linda McKNIGHT ('65) *************************************************************** *************************************************************** 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. *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>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) *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>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 *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>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 *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>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!!!! http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Riv/150416-DavisMom100th.jpg *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>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) *************************************************************** *************************************************************** Bomber Memorial >>Greg LARSON ~ Class of 1969 ~ 1950 - 2014 Bomber Memorials *************************************************************** *************************************************************** That's it for today. Please send more. ***************************************************************