Alumni Sandstorm ~ 09/01/15
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2 Bombers sent stuff: 
Linda SEATON ('60)
David RIVERS ('65)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patricia KEENEY ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Laura CALLEN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cathy RICE ('77)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kelly LYNCH ('78) - Drill Team Mascot '65
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Eric LUKINS ('81) 

BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
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>>From: Linda SEATON MacKay ('60)

Re: ODE TO THE CLASS OF '60 BOMBERS

We are now officially senior Bombers,
Defined by youth as "old geezers" and "little ol' ladies."
We protest, and declare the 70s as the new 50s!
We will wear spandex, with baggy old sweaters, or two.
And new neon, tennies … and a softball hat …
Just because we want to. 
We will try to spend more time with our families,
Proud of the persons they have become …
Amused by the  "grands" tethered to iPhones, texting,
… and endless selfies.
We wince at bodies embossed in tattooes, piercings and pink hair
And imagine how they will look … at our age.
It's too much … we go home … to take a nap. 
We will go to the Monday mid-day movies…
… for senior rates … and no teenagers.
We will buy buttered popcorn, Goobers and chocolate candy
… guilt free ... It's dark chocolate after all.    
We will seek out restaurants  … with early bird specials
And ask to be seated in a quiet area …
With "a candle please"… so we can read the menu. 
Finally we order  … the same old standard …
Including the doggie bag … for tomorrow.  
We consider our class reunions a high value life event
Restoring and renewing old friendships …
Thankful for dedicated organizers … and picture name tags.
We will squeal, hug and tell each other how good we look …
For our age … the unspoken.
We will regale in memorable moments of our Col-Hi days,
Boy friends 'n' girl friends, hot rods, A & W and Dairy Queen.
"state Champs," drill team, football, proms and sock hops.
Drive-Ins, submarine races,and 'cruisin' the Uptown.
Water-skiing, sunbathing, baby oil and iodine.
And yes, of course …  the Spudnut Shop!
We will stroll the calming Columbia River trail
And laugh at the youth of our selves, filling in our lost thoughts,
Unfinished sentences and far too many senior moments.
Remember? 
Crinolines, white bucks, duck-tails, Ed Sullivan, Hit Parade,
Rear Window, Sixteen Tons, Elvis, and "Rockin' 'Round The Clock,"
We finally reach our favorite bench,
Where we sit … recalling some of the best of us…
Far too many no longer with us.
We will delve into familiar topics of family and health,
Comparing our aches, pains and replacements …
Somehow comforted by the mutuality of aging.
Then we laugh at ourselves again, as we realize
How very lucky … how grateful we are, to be here … 
In Richland.
Having shared those wonderous years …
As grand old Bombers.
   
    -By Linda SEATON MacKay 9/01/15
 (adapted from "When I Am An Old Woman

-Linda SEATON MacKay ('60)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)

Re: September already

So I think I can now remember to put 2015 on my b-day wishes and
checks and it's already September... yeah I know... half of you
don't even use checks any more... I just feel special making
them open my envelope to get the moola... tho I guess it costs
me about 50 cents for the stupid stamp... something very wrong
about the cost of postage... how many envelopes do you think
they carry atta time? Shouldn't that volume equate to "savings"?
Tho when I go to the post office (which I try and avoid) I can
see that 4 people are in the back talking (portant stuff I'm
sure) two are thinking about stuff and one is helping people...
kinda reminds me of DMV... oh well... Where's Kevin Costner when
ya need him... no wait... his movies are 7 hours long and run
355% over budget... a letter would be at least 3 smackers and
take a month to get there... nevermind... well I gotta spend a
good bittaa time with the Bomber-b-day-babe's brother last
weekend... I just have a ball with him... he is so much fun to
watch... how many kids could lose so much stuff and lock so many
things in other people's rooms in three days... be careful
loaning him your phone charger... he'll use it; forget about it
and hafta come down to yer room inna middle of the night in his
jammies to return it... but he keeps us in stitches... not sure
how this babe put up with him growin' up, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
Patt KEENEY ('63) on your special day, September 1, 2015!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-David RIVERS ('65)
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