Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/26/15 - HAPPY THANKSGIVING ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 Bombers sent stuff and memorial INFO today: Mike CLOWES ('54) David RIVERS ('65) Cathy GEIER ('66) *************************************************************** *************************************************************** BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Roberta ADKINS ('52) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John FLETCHER ('64) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Eleanor ATTWOOD ('65) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: CB LIH ('67) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jill WALSER ('81) BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar Click the event you want to know more about. *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) Since this is Thanksgiving, and there are no fellow classmates to acknowledge, but there are some Bomber birthdays on this date; let me wish those of you celebrating birthday (with a candle on the turkey?) a happy one. As for the rest of us, don't over indulge in tryptophan... snoring interrupts watching the football games. That being said, have a very nice Thanksgiving with family and/or friends. -Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where it is predicted to be sunny and cool with snow staying in the mountains where it belongs. *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>From: David RIVERS ('65) Re: It's Vegas, Baby So as a small town Richland kid, I can say I saw some pretty cool bands that would later become famous and some of whom I would hook up with again when I settled down in Las Vegas... When I moved my mother down to Vegas, the first thing I saw was the sign for the Convention Center - located a few blocks from the folks' place - announcing Chuck Berry was playing... now I was dead tired from driving and all I wanted to do at the moment was get back to Richland for a real night's sleep... but the seed was planted... oh yeah... tho I didn't take in the strip that trip, the years to followed would give me plenty of opportunity to find out what Vegas was like in the '60s... most all of those legends Dick WIGHT ('52) mentioned in his post were available for the effort of just wandering in to an open lounge... so long as you didn't sit down there was no drink minimum... Later when I located to Vegas, My Pop worked all of the Telethons so I could wander in and out as I pleased... I ran with a couple of Big band leaders in those days who were still keeping their craft alive... Ray Anthony and Si Zentner were a couple... I was fortunate enough to see Frank Sinatra put Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis back together on one stage again... naturally the Rat Pack was always a thrill to see roaming the town... usually at the Sands, tho Dean liked the Thunderbird as well... I would even see Kippy Lou ('62) if I could scrape enuff jing together for a meal at the Dome of the Sea... most times everyone dressed up... at least a sport coat... One guy who impressed me to the hilt was Bobby Rydell... I always felt he was slighted for his talent and he should have been elevated to the Bobby Darin level... unfortunately he spent much of his career touring with Frankie Avalon... what a waste of stardom! In the big room he always gave Sammie Davis a run for his money... Naturally there was Elvis twice a year on opening night right on the stage... The lounge at the International was the best in town as the venues began to grow and the lounges all became closed minimum drink shows... I spent every Friday and Saturday night there and couldn't even begin to list the acts I saw in that little room... as I almost never sat as far back as the second row... it was easy to become friends with some of the bands and that friendship ensured that I continued to sit up front... nice how that works... the stars ate and slept here so one would often be seated next to a big name or two at the local Delis and other eateries... grocery stores and hardware stores were the same... Kippy's husband, Gary, and I enjoy talking about the "old days" at Christmas each year... a good portion of the population was some of the finest musicians to be found in the world and of course, swimming pools were always full of show girls who were not allowed to have tan lines... yup Dick... them was the good old days... no I saw them all when they were a little older than when you did but I was blessed to come to this town at the right time... ahhhhhhhh good night Mrs. Calabash Whe-evah you are! But first HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Bill BERLIN ('56 RIP) and John FLETCHER ('64) on your special day, November 26, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -David RIVERS ('65) *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>From: Cathy GEIER ('66) Hello, I hope I am doing this right! If you have time or space I would be grateful if you would add this little request in the Sandstorm.. Re: Seattle to Richland Ride Request from Cathy GEIER Hello Bomber Friends, I would appreciate carpooling to Richland from Wallingford Seattle on or about late Saturday or Sunday November 28 or 29 and return on Monday/Tuesday. I can, of course, pay for gas and bring music, food and a happy attitude. Please email me at WaveYoga@aol.com Happy Thanksgiving, -Cathy GEIER ('66) *************************************************************** *************************************************************** not a memorial - only INFO today >>Beulah "Boots" FAIN McCulley ('52-RIP) Service: Friday, 11/27/15 11am at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 7409 W Clearwater Ave., Kennewick. Interment; same day at 3pm at Sunset Gardens, 915 By Pass Hwy, Richland *************************************************************** *************************************************************** That's it for today. Please send more. ***************************************************************