Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/30/15
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2 Bombers sent stuff: 
Anna May WANN ('49)
David RIVERS ('65)
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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.
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>>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
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>>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)
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That's it for today. Please send more.
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