Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/30/15 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 Bombers sent stuff: Anna May WANN ('49) David RIVERS ('65) *************************************************************** *************************************************************** BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve HAGGARD ('65) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill JOHNS ('72) BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar Click the event you want to know more about. *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>From: Ann Thompson, aka Anna May WANN ('49) Re: Puget Sound Luncheon First, my sincere apologies to Carol CARSON Ranaud ('60). Smart me, I thought I knew where I was going last Saturday, but found out the hard way Ballinger Way and Lake Ballinger Way are not the same thing. It had been a hectic morning and we sent my granddaughter on a 3 month trip of Europe (on her own). As they were out on the tarmac someone on the plane got sick and the plane turned around and went back to the terminal. Delayed her trip 2 hours and made her miss her transfer in Germany. Then the airline lost her luggage. I guess last Saturday just wasn't meant to be a nice day for my family. Will definitely be there May 30th, I really promise!! Re: Birthday Wishes Also Happy Birthday to Phyllis BENJAMIN McElheney ('49) on her big day [04/29]. I love to see these other gals in the class finally getting as old as me. Re: As to discrimination. When I was young, there was a famous Chinese movie Star by the name of Anna Mae Wong. We lived in Indiana, so going to kindergarten and 1st grade, the kids would come to school and say they couldn't play with me because I was Chinese. Even Patti JONES Ahrens ('60-RIP) thought I might be Chinese going by my name. But WANN is Pennsylvania Dutch (or German). Then when Mel THOMPSON ('48-RIP) was coaching football at Central we always had the players over for a dinner, or some kind of function and when I was welcoming the players in I heard one black player say "I've never been in a white man's house before". That was a shock to me and then how wonderful to have some of them come visit me in Redmond, after Mel had passed away, to let me know how much they enjoyed playing for him. It is an interesting world out there and such a shame people can't see beyond the color of the skin, the length of the hair, the braces, etc. We are all God's children and it's a shame we don't act like it. And that is my lecture for today. Have a good day, everybody -Ann Thompson, aka Anna May WANN ('49) ~ From Sunny Bothell, WA until the thunderstorms hit tonight *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>From: David RIVERS ('65) Re: His Honor has left the building 'Nuther day on the bench... always tickles me when the bailiff says: "the Honorable David Rivers presiding"... if they only knew... in looking at the teachers at Spalding yesterday, I recognized those teachers names better than my own teachers... perhaps because none of mine from grade school thru Col-Hi ever called me "honorable"... nor should they have... I was very saddened to hear of the passing of Carl BELL ('65-RIP). As a Spalding kid I knew alotta kids who ended up at Carmichael, and many others, such as the good Dr. Bell, I would meet through Carl "Beaver" BEYER ('65). Many of those kids reminded me much of myself... headed nowhere fast but going at breakneck speed... Carl was one of the good guys... I am sure the teachers often spoke of him as "honorable"... I can only hope that my later years have made up for some of my past transgressions... Rest in Peace, Carl. Well, I've gone alla way back to the 18th and can't find the name of the Bomber who posted about turning down a music scholarship because he or she wanted no more theory [it was Don CRAWFORD ('64-RIP)]... my daughter did the same thing. She sang on the strip from the time she was in 7th grade... her choice... NO coaxing... I had to drive her across town at the beginning of HS because the best music program was in one of the roughest schools but she HAD to go there... Instead of accepting the scholarship, she said she had enough theory to last a lifetime and informed me she was going to be a Duck and major in Marine Biology... (the program is two years in Eugene at two at sea)... after taking a few of the science courses, she switched to Psychology along with half the kids of her age group... the deal, as I understood it, was the kids would all finish college before heading for L.A. to form a band... well when she finished, off she went... what I learned years later, was that she was the only one to finish college... none of the kids was willing to give up their day jobs to do the band deal but fortunately she had a great deal of restaurant experience and has managed some of the finest around the country... she sure coulda saved me a fortune taking that scholarship tho... hey, she was a kid... she tuned 40 on the 28th and I still beam proudly that she is my kid... Today we got two '65ers celebrating... one is no longer with us but my memory of her is always fond... we kept in touch over the years but as I recall, we never got to see each other again... the other shows up for the '65er gathering and it is always a pleasure to see him. One of those people who is always there to lend a hand... I guess the word honorable suits him just fine. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Louise MOYERS ('65-RIP) and Steve HAGGARD ('65) on your special day, April 30, 2015!!!!!!! -David RIVERS ('65) *************************************************************** *************************************************************** That's it for today. Please send more. ***************************************************************