Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/23/15
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5 Bombers sent stuff and memorial INFO today:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Jim HAMILTON ('63)
David RIVERS ('65), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
Pam EHINGER ('67)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Roberta KIRKWOOD ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Terry JONES ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gayle DAWSON ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Chuck JERMAN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John KENITZER ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Karen Elaine MARSHALL ('82)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY: Jim MEFFORD and Jeanette DUNCAN ('54)
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
This might be a banner day in Bomber history, or it just might
be another Bomber day. Some years back, two of my fellow
classmates got married, tied the knot, got hitched or what
ever, and today we celebrate that junction. So, congratulations
are in order for Jeanette DUNCAN and Jim MEFFORD (both '54) on
their anniversary. If she's really lucky, Jim might take her
some place better than Taco Bell for dinner, if not, maybe
he'll do the dishes.
By the way, the hours for the Hazelnut Fest, etc. are from 10am
to 5pm both days.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
weather guessers are threatening a dusting of snow in the
valley come this Tuesday morning. Snow down to at least
the 750 - 800 foot level.
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Happy Birthday to one of the Epically Good Guys, whose
friendship I treasure. During my chemo, I knew the first
call every Saturday morning would be him calling to ask me,
"What 'cha doin'".
Happy 70th Birthday to Terry JONES ('64) and I hope you keep
hitting' 'em straight for a long, long time.
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: T'warn't my first rodeo
But I must say it was the best so far... now I guess the first
time woulda been Tom Sawyer to be accurate... I don't count the
talent show at Jason Lee where he played a trap set and twirled
a drum stick high in the air before catching it... I doubt
I'd ever have tried that but he pulled it off (Oh me of little
faith)... and I don't count the one man play he put on at
Confirmation class where he walked alla way from his house in
his PJs wearing his Have Gun Will Travel 6 guns (giggling alla
way) only to draw on the teacher when she demanded he check his
guns as he warned her: "nobody takes my guns, stranger!"... nah
they just don't quite make the grade... they were part of a
"work in progress"... I will say that perhaps the most touching
performance was the one he gave me for Christmas the year my
Pop died... it was a one man play about my Pop and the way we
saw him when we were young or at least the Author saw him that
way... It certainly hit a chord and I bawled through the entire
performance... In fact, it was my father who called me one
evening to shout "Terry's on TV!"... no it wasn't as Rafe Logan
on Dukes of Hazzard... I wouldn't see that for a few years when
the Internet would be a way of life... it was as Dr. Peter
White... before Peter lost his peter... from then on it would
be my pleasure to watch this fellow master his craft or his
art, as the case may be or "so to speak" as Dr. Berger might
say... after being so close in school, it would be a number
of years before we hooked up again, but I never stopped
watching... eventually, we pretty much picked up where we had
left off years before... I would become a weekend guest and
soon began to visit the set... sometimes more that some of the
younger actors would have preferred... His skills became well
honed and he became a "one take" kinda guy... (well if you
don't count the time on Sea Quest where his snoring stopped
the filming a couple of times)... on the set the rumor would
circulate that we either drank something funny as kids or we
were related by blood... it became well known that both of us
could drop off to sleep in his dressing room at a moment's
notice... we collected nice wardrobes from sets as it seemed
silly to let all those cloths go to waste... it was always nice
when I would need to do something around his place as he began
to acquire some very nice electric tools as well... of course I
will never forget the night he let me hang on a strand of razor
wire while he corrected my dialogue... ."nobody would say 'Oh
God, Terry, help, Please', David!"... At times I had the
privilege of being his inspiration for this scene or that, when
he would have me stand right next to the camera so he could
speak his lines to me... so of course it was a big deal for me
when he took a role with the Richland Players in the play which
finished on Sunday afternoon (yesterday as you read this)...
The mood was festive as a group of us arrived at "Casa Mia"
for dinner Friday nite... Keeney ('65) wore a sport coat
and Barbara (NAB) looked great... Cecilia was loooooovely...
Kathie MOORE ('69) and Jimmie ADAIR ('69; '65-'67) joined us
from the ER... I won't repeat what she told the Doc as she
stormed out to make dinner and the play (she will remain in the
hospital till you read this so prayers are always good)... what
a wonderful crowd was there... so many from our gang and even
college friends that I met for the first time... He was great
in the roll... Now I can honestly say that there have been past
times when I got more caught up in watching him in his role
than the rest of the cast... that was not the case Friday
night... He wove his character seamlessly into the fabric of
the play creating a unity that few performances can claim... it
was one presentation... Now I've been fortunate enough to watch
him from beginning to this point... I have watched him grow
with each new performance... I have been damned proud of him
over the years and boy was I proud of him that night... as he
shared with me... my daughter spilled the beans by telling him
just how proud I was of him... When an actor arrives at this
point in a career... perhaps the highest complement can be paid
in the terms as Danny WARNER ('65) expressed at intermission:
"it's just like he's talking to me." For an actor, it just
don't get no better! Great job, Terence Knox, aka Terry DAVIS
('65)!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Richland beats Moses Lake 28-23 in 4A quarterfinals
11/22/15 Tri-City Herald
Congratulations to the Richland Bomber football team as the
Bombers (11-1) advanced with a hard-fought 28-23 victory over a
game Moses Lake team Saturday at Lions Field.
The win sets up a semifinal showdown against Gonzaga Prep,
which gave Richland its only loss of the season. The game is
tentatively scheduled for next Saturday in the Tri-Cities.
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ from a very cold Richland
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>>From: Pam EHINGER (Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
Re: November 22, 1963
I will always remember that day! I was in the 9th grade in Mrs.
Latta's home room class, when the voice came over the speakers
throughout all of Chief Joe Junior High. Not a dry eye was in
this class room! Even the boys had tears in their eyes!
President Kennedy had just been to Richland to visit Hanford, I
was unable to see him there. So his death hit home Very Hard
that day in history!
There has been a lot of History made in the 66 years that I
have been on this Earth: First Man in Space, Kennedy's
assassination, Man on the Moon... I just went blank I know
there were many more, like the first Black man as President!
My mind isn't like it was when I was younger!! So feel free
to add what I've forgotten!
Bombers Rule!!
Pam EHINGER Edinger-Kindl (Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
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not a memorial - only INFO today
>>Jim MEIGS ('58-RIP)
From the Mueller's website:
TODAY
Graveside services will be held on Monday, November 23, 2015,
11am at Desert Lawn Memorial Park, 1401 S. Union St., Kennewick
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That's it for today. Please send more.
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