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Richland Bombers Calendar website
Funeral Notices website
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/01/15 ~ FALL BACK at 2am
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3 Bombers sent stuff and one 2014 Bomber Memorial today:
Richard ROBERTS ('49)
Mike CLOWES ('54)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim MEFFORD ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judy WILLOX ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Micki LUND ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dianne TERRY ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat THRAPP ('71)
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>>From: Richard ROBERTS ('49)
Happy Birthday, Rex DAVIS ('49) [on 10/31]
You seem to get younger while I always get older.
Best wishes from Carol TYNER ('52) and me.
Re: Another subject
Carol and I were taking our morning walk, a very unusual hot
morning walk here in Grover Beach along the California central
coast. We remembered those hot days in Richland; wondered if
those government houses come equipped with coolers. I said that
I thought they had swamp coolers, Carol wasn't sure they had
any coolers. I will leave it up to the older Sandstorm readers
to jog their memories and report.
[Our "L" house had ONE swamp cooler -- in our parents'
bedroom on the 2nd floor... don't think the government
provided it. -Maren]
-Richard "Dick" ROBERTS ('49)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
No, I'm not trying to set a record for most consecutive
entries, just several people have birthdays during this time.
One of which is a Bomber who I remember from all the way back
to Carmichael. I was the "newbie" and he completely ignored me
and we've worked on that basis ever since. Besides, he married
a Bomber Babe who I kinda liked and we've been at odds since.
None the less, I will tip the ol' propeller beanie and say
"Happy Birthday!" to fellow classmate Jim "Tank" MEFFORD ('54).
If he's lucky Jeanette will fix what he likes for dinner.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
folks are hoping that they remembered to set their
clocks back
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: What time ya gonna be at Zip's?
Of course location is important, but Jimmy Jones made it clear
that we need Timin'... so here we are in 2015 and we might as
well be back in '63 or so... weeks ago Terry DAVIS ('65) and I
went over and over the day I should go to the play... we
finally settled on November 20th and AFTER I made my plane
reservations he began to waffle... well waffle allya want but
now I'm committed... so I called Rosalie LANSING ('63) to try
and getta date for that nite... I think we are set, but I
betcha Chuck (NAB) will wanna sit between us... never fails...
now on Halloween nite I'm getting all kindsa calls wanting to
know "what nightcha wanna go?"... Well, Jack KEENEY ('65) and
Craig DAVIS ('65) I'm booked but if we don't see each other at
the play there's plenty a time in between... for those of you
who go opening nite... I wantcha to check on something... back
when "Children of the Corn II" premiered at the Chinese Theater
on H-wood Blvd, the star figured he would walk out into the
lobby moments before the end so he could be spontaneously
caught by the fans as they left... well there he stood and not
one person noticed him... Check the lobby!!!... but lest you
may wanna feel sorry for him for not getting the cover of the
Rolling Stone... during one week, as I recall, he made the
cover of Newsweek AND Time magazines! Interesting story that
goes with that but it's not mine to tell... But it is time to
say HAPPY BIRTHDAY Judy WILLOX ('61) and Micki LUND ('63) on
your special day, November 1, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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Bomber 2014 Memorial
>>Louise BRILEY Judkins ~ Class of 1957 ~ 1939 - 2014
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/02/15
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Reuben LINN ('58)
Earl BENNETT ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Norma LOESCHER ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tom BEAULIEU ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David DOWIS ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rita JOHNSON ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Chris ROE ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rich JACOBS ('75)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
I told you it is a busy weekend. Now we come to a slightly
older Bomber Babe, with whom I tread the boards at Col-Hi. I
don't think we were on stage together at the same time, but we
were in the same production. She was also, briefly, my editor
during my short stay on The [ORIGINAL] Sandstorm. Didn't see
her again until Club 40. She hadn't changed all that much. And
we have become occasional correspondents.
Now for the important part, the ceremonial tipping of the ol'
propeller beanie and the "Happy Birthday!" shout for Norma
LOESCHER ('53) on the occasion of her 22nd birthday. Have a
real fun day, my friend.
Re: Swamp Coolers
Don't believe they were standard issue for housing. Offices and
labs got air conditioning of some sort, but houses, no. One had
to purchase and install their own. Believe people took them
when they left. And, as for the folks who resided in trailers
in North Richland; fortunately the roofs of the canopies were
high enough to clear a swamp cooler on top of the trailer.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
the weather guessers say the snow level is dropping to
4,000' but the rain chances are also dropping to less
than 20%
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>>From: Reuben LINN ('58)
Re: Boy's Choir 1951
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Lin/151102-BoysChoir-1951.jpg
I ran across this clipping while cleaning out files and thought
perhaps it would be of interest. Ms. Evelyn Negley formed this
group and worked wonders. I was fortunate to be accepted and
enjoyed several years of music learning and performing. I do
note that John MEYERS ('58-RIP) was getting some size to him
then when '58 folks were around 11.
-Reuben LINN ('58)
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>>From: Earl BENNETT ('63)
Re: Cooling
Dad installed a swamp cooler in the ranch house on Turner,
pretty sure I was still at Jason Lee, so probably mid-fifties.
It may have been instigated by the 115° Friday one year when we
were supposed to leave on vacation as soon as he got home from
work, but the bus ride (also no cooling) wiped him out so
completely we had to wait until Saturday morning. I'm not
positive, but he may have jury-rigged the unit rather than
buying ready-made, it would fit with his jack-of-all-trades,
handyman nature. I remember the excelsior in the frame, the
ordinary garden hose connection from the outdoor faucet to the
cooler (no permanent piping installation), the big fan on the
inside, and standing in front of it to get cool after playing
in the heat outside, especially at first. I also remember he
had to put some serious effort into installing an effective
winterizing cover. I'm pretty sure we used it for a couple of
years before he installed a window air conditioning unit. We
also waited quite a while before the window AC was replaced by
central AC; in fact, that was after I was away from home after
graduation, maybe while I was in the Air Force '65 - '69. I'm
pretty sure he either helped with the central AC installation,
or did the bulk of it and hired someone only for the tricky
technical parts that required a licensed installer.
Regards, ecb3 - from seasonably pleasant central
Virginia where this morning's rain has delayed my start
on the significant layer of leaves collecting on the
lawn - in fact the entire property.
-Earl BENNETT ('63)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/03/15
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2 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Dick McCOY ('45)
Barbara SESLAR ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marlene LARSEN ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve DENLER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dickie RHODES ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jesse MALLORY ('66)
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>>From: Dick McCOY ('45)
Re: Birthdays
Happy belated birthdays to Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53) [11/2]
and Rex DAVIS ('49)[10/31]. Rich ROBERTS ('49) is right, Rex,
you stay young but not as young nor nearly as pretty as Norma.
I hope the Cougs honored you at the right game and not last
Saturday. Go Cougs!... until their last game.
-Dick McCOY (from the Tin Can class of '45)
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>>From: Barbara SESLAR Brackenbush ('60)
Re: Class of 1960 Bomber Luncheon
DATE: Saturday, November 7, 2015
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: 3 Margaritas (downtown near Lee Blvd.)
Spouses and friends are also welcome! Please join us first
Saturday of each month. Turn right inside the restaurant and
you'll find us at the corner table. No reservations needed.
-Barbara SESLAR Brackenbush ('60)
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Bomber Memorial
>>Tommy BERRY ~ Class of 1957 ~ 1938 - 2015
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/04/15
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Larry MATTINGLY ('60), Jim ARMSTRONG ('63)
Deedee WILLOX ('64), Betti AVANT ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Karyn GROB ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: Betti & Robert AVANT ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Darren McINTYRE ('82)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill Dunton (Teacher)
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>>From: Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
Re: Coolers
Ole's Rentals at the "Y" had coolers for rent. He was a crafty
old dude who kept his paperwork in the Bib of his coveralls in
a tiny book he wrote in with the short stub of a pencil. He had
a near perfect memory about his business and who rented what
and when.
Anyway, he did have evaporative style coolers for rent. He also
charged for delivery and installation. That style cooler had
water that dripped through the pads and as it evaporated it
cooled. Richland was the perfect kind of weather for that kind
of cooler.
Ole had a guy delivering and installing coolers and I was paid
a whole $1/hour as his helper, one spring/early summer. They
had 2 sizes and the large ones were heavy. Some we set on a
stand made of 2x4s under a window. Then the window was raised
and the cooler had a snout that stuck in and the window was
brought down on it and the sides were blocked with plywood
pieces. Then we had to run a water line to a faucet and install
an adapter and connect the 1/4 inch copper line to it. They ran
on 110 volts and had a cord that went on the window for the
customer to plug in.
Some coolers we hung from cables attached to the top of the
window frame and the cooler set on a bracket screwed to the
house.
The trick was to pick a window for the cooler at one end of the
house and leave a window open a bit at the other end. Most of
the single story houses we used the dining room or kitchen
window and the customer choose what window to leave open. In
the 2 story houses the open window was usually upstairs thus
pushing the heat up and out. As long as you kept doors and
other windows closed they worked pretty good.
I don't know how many coolers he had but I worked about 3-4
weeks helping to hang them. We did 4 to 6 a day and the days
were long. Ole paid me cash each morning for the day before,
right out of his bib pocket.
Remembering Ole's business renting all kinds of things was
responsible for my getting into the Rental Equipment business
years later developing 3 stores in King and Snohomish counties.
After 2 years in business I was elected President of the Rental
Equipment Association of Washington. Got a chance to sell and
go another direction, but probably should have stayed with it.
But I had an apartment building management business going at
the same time with over 1200 units that demanded my full
attention. It is tough to build up but there is good money to
be made in that business. You have to be picky about who you
will manage for as some owners are totally penurious about
repairs.
Jackie is in Anchorage prepping for a fireworks display. Her
second largest in the year. It goes the Saturday after Black
Friday in Palmer. I will fly up and spend Thanksgiving week
helping on that event. Then home for the annual Mattingly
Christmas party at my brother, Mark's ('77). It has to be
December 6th this year as it is the only day we can all make
it. Then Jackie and I fly off to Phoenix for a few days as all
10 of my great grand children will be in one house for Xmas.
Then back home for a few days and then off to Anchorage to
spend Christmas with Jackie. Then on the 26th I fly out to
Dutch Harbor for their New Years display. Total mileage in the
air will be near 35,000 this year. Jackie and I are both MVPs
with Alaska Air and enjoy the privileges.
"Happiness is the sky in bloom"
-J. Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
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>>From: Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
Re: Bobby Vee "Walkin' With My Angel"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmdZyPU4XQc
1st song I asked a girl to dance with at Hi-Spot.
Barb HOWE ('63) where are you?
-Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
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>>From: Deedee WILLOX Loiseau ('64)
Re: Mrs. Negley
To: Reuben LINN ('58)
I remember Mrs. Negley. At 12, I wanted to quit piano lessons
because I was bored with it. My mom did NOT want me to quit,
so she found a new teacher for me. It was Mrs. Negley & she
introduced me to the world of classical piano, which I came to
love.
I remember playing duets with her (her on the organ & me on
the piano) at the Officers Club luncheon. I won the door prize,
which was a beautiful vase; I still have it, although my
husband cracked it.
She also introduced me playing for a judicator (they rate how
you do in several categories), which I had not done before. I
was always a nervous wreck when I had to play in public. Low
self-esteem, I suppose, but THAT'S not true anymore. *LOL*
I have pics, but I would have to find them.
-Deedee WILLOX Loiseau ('64) ~ Burbank, WA where the wind has
been blowing for several days
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: birthday greetings
Happy #65 to my much older (6 minutes) brother, Robert ('69).
-Betti AVANT ('69) ~ from much cooler Richland with possible
frost Tuesday night
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/05/15
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
David RIVERS ('65)
"JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Charles COX ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judy CAMERON ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Curtis GUNTER ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gerald STEIN ('66)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Ain't no guy in town
Who would ever try ta put me down... when I'm walkin', walkin'
with my baby... The kid that started his career at 14 or 15
standing in for Buddy Holly sure made some great tunes...
Pitts' first Hi-Spot dance made me think of alla songs that put
me in a particular time and place when I hear them... was gonna
name a few but then I found something more appropriate for this
b-day post... which is not to say I won't waste a ton a time on
inappropriate stuff... have no fear of that... also, there is a
great story about Lyman POWELL ('65) and Terry DAVIS ('65)
being kicked outa Pitts' dance partner's dorm room later on...
grab them and make them tell ya... my first dance partner to
"real" music was not at Hi-Spot, but at Chief Jo and not even
at noon dancing... it was PE but I'll never forget dancing with
Carol WISE ('64) to "Mr. Blue"... my next partner would either
be April SNOEBERGER ('65) or Patty WATERS (NAB swooon) at Jr,
Hi-Spot... from there it's a blur of great Bomber-babes and
great music... As Doug HAWKINS ('62) aptly put it one time: we
"polished a lotta belt buckles" dancing to songs like "Theme
from a Summer Place"... so at the urging of a dear grade school
friend... he suggested that I go back and copy all of my posts
into a booklet and sell them... I thought it sounded a bit
presumptuous, but plowed into 1998, beginning with August to
see what pearls I might have shared and found that early on I
was a bit of a slacker... but what was VERY cool was that
EVERYBODY... I mean everybody shared back then... I mean guys
we never hear from any more like Rodney BREWER ('65... birthday
coming in May) and Richard TWEDT ('64) when he was still
Richard instead of Ricardo... Micky HEMPHILL ('66) was still
Micky insteada Mick... and every one shared such wonderful
memories of our little home town and the friends in it... not
two line posts... long, fun posts... it was a total blast going
back... try it, you might like it... it was full of people,
some of which I still share with on Face book but hardly ever
see in here... so insteada goin' on and on about the b-day
bomber, I thought I'd share some of his words from 1998:
"From: Gerald STEIN ('66); It is nice to read all these
e-mails. They bring back all kinds of memories. We live
in Granbury, Texas in the vicinity of Jerry COFFEE
('66). Now that the kids are gone, Lovena and I travel
with my new work (management consultant) and we are
currently in New London, CT. It has been nice to see
the East coast. I found out Walt Sommers ('66) lives in
the Chicago area and called and we met at the airport,
to catch up on old times. We recently went to the "Wall
that Heals" (Vietnam War Memorial). It is a real
emotional place to go. I looked up Mark BLACK's ('66-
RIP) name on the wall and remembered playing basketball
with him in the church league. I wonder how many other
alumni we lost over there? We were back in Richland
over the 4th of July, it's amazing how much it grows
each time we return. New bridge, new mall, but some of
the old radio stations are still on the air. Does
anyone remember Dick STEPHENS ('66) illegal radio
station? Keep up all the memories, I look forward to
them each day. -Gerald STEIN ('66)"
Well, I for one can say that Dick STEPHENS ('66) hasn't changed
one bit! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Gerald STEIN ('66) on your special
day, November 5, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: "JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84)
I wanted to add to Larry MATTINGLY's ('60) excellent
explanation of swamp coolers as used in Richland, as my dad
owned several "A" and "B" houses that we rented out and I was
the one who got to do the seasonal maintenance on the swamp
coolers when I was growing up.
Side note: My dad used to own the house that I think Larry grew
up in (on the corner of Roberdeau and Long) - that was one of
our rental houses from the late 1970s until my dad sold all of
them in the early 2000s. That was one of our nicest rentals,
with a fully dug out basement on the south side, and a darkroom
and additional bedroom in the basement on the north side (the
house had a doorway installed between the two dining rooms
which was a common conversion for single-family use; we walled
it off so we could rent out both sides).
On the two-story "A" houses, we had the swamp cooler
permanently installed in the window at the top of the stairway.
Why? These windows were located directly above the back-door
porch, so one could use a short ladder and then stand on the
porch roof to service the units (one had to be careful of the
overhead electrical lines coming up to the house at that same
point). Then most of the cooling air could be directed straight
down the stairs, with part of the register grille turned to
direct some of the air towards the upstairs hallway. In the
winter we would tape a plastic cover over the front of the unit
to keep as much of the cold air from getting in.
On the single-story "B" houses, we had the wood stand
supporting the cooler as Larry described, with the cooler
installed in one of the bedroom windows. These units we would
push back from the window during the winter since that was
better than trying to seal off the front of the unit and
leaving it in place.
As Larry described, it was typical to have a tap on the outdoor
faucet (they used to make faucets with this provision - I
haven't seen them in the stores recently) for a 1/4" copper
pipe which was routed along the outside of the house and then
up to the unit. There were two types of water systems used:
the simpler and lower-cost single-pass units, and the high-
falutin' ones with a recirculating pump.
On the single-pass units, the 1/4" water line ran to a control
valve that was on the front panel of the cooler inside the
house, so the user had to manually turn on and off the water.
This valve then fed water to drip troughs above the evaporative
media panels. On the bottom of the cooler was a male hose
thread to which a standard garden hose was attached to drain
out the excess water - this we routed out to the yard and we
would move the end of the house around every now and again in
order to water the back yard grass.
On the recirculating units (more expensive and more
maintenance), the 1/4" water line ran to a float valve inside
the cooler which maintained about 3" of water in the bottom of
the cooler at all times. When the cooler was turned on, an
electric pump directed water from the pan to the troughs at the
top. These units had no drain line, and the water had to be
emptied (or not) at the end of the season.
The downside to the recirculating units was that the water
could get pretty dirty and musty after sitting for some time,
as incoming dirt/dust/pollen would get trapped by the media and
then washed down into the pan where it built up.
My job was to clean out the units at the beginning of the
season, connect the water line, lube the oil cups on the motor
and fan bearings, and then winterize them at the end of the
season. The copper water line had to be disconnected at the
faucet and then the valve opened at the top in order to drain
the water out of the line so it wouldn't freeze over the
winter.
Yes, I did have to replace a few sections of copper pipe that
had split open over the winter! You also had to route the line
so it didn't have any low spots in it that would hold the
water. You learn these things the hard way, but then you also
remember them (I still remember being fascinated as a kid that
ice could split open a METAL pipe and I recall saving a split-
open piece for several years in my brass-fitting coffee can).
Believe it or not, we were still using swamp coolers into the
early 1990s! I had one at the "B" house that I was renting from
my dad after college when I worked out on the Hanford site. In
most cases, our renters had actually purchased their own window
A/C units by that time (which worked better and didn't humidify
the inside air - in fact, they did the opposite). My dad kept
rents fairly low so we had long-term tenants who didn't mind
that expense.
-John Paul "JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/06/15
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6 Bombers sent stuff today:
Marilynn WORKING ('54), Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
Helen CROSS ('62), Dennis HAMMER ('64)
"JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84), Grant RICHARDSON ('01)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ron SHELBY ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Becky RULON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim SCHILDKNECHT ('66)
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>>From: Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54)
Re: Fall Dust Storm
A friendly reminder to those of you who want to put an article
in our Club 40 Fall Dust Storm...
Saturday, November 7th is the deadline
Send to get it to Ann Thompson, aka Anna May WANN ('49), our
Editor!! Any comment is welcome... well, nice ones we look
for... let us know what you are doing instead of coming to our
September meeting celebration!
-Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54) ~ Pasco
Club 40 President - 2015-2016
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>>From: Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
Re: Housing
To: "JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84)
Thanks for filling in the details. I did not go into them much
as I always end up writing too long a piece anyway. But you had
it right anyway.
I never lived on Long street. But I did live in the other side
of your folks "B" with my 2 girls. We moved so they could turn
the "B" into a single unit. The only thing I remember about you
is your calling a hammer a nanu. You mother was always saying
"John don't nanu the door" or the table, or what ever you were
beating on with that toy nanu.
Please give my kindest regards to your parents. (Vince and
Mary if memory serves me...)
-J. Larry MATTINGLY ('60) ~ On a cold wet night in So. Tacoma.
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Re: Swamp Coolers
When we were with my son and daughter-in-law in Gardnerville,
NV, she showed me a modern "swamp cooler", it was a totally
indoor unit about the size of a narrow bedside table. She told
me it cools the air and adds humidity, as Gardnerville is high
dessert. Funny, I hadn't heard that term in ages, and she used
it, and then Larry MATTINGLY ('60) brought it up in the
Sandstorm.
I didn't ask her how it works, if she has to add water, or
anything.
Re: Fall Color
After a thankfully uneventful flight (2 actually) we arrived
back in Hope, IN to see the end of the fall color!!
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Cro/151106-Hope-Fall_Color.jpg
Talked to my brother, Roy CROSS ('65) last night, and he said
the fall color in the Tri-cities is great this year. He's
looking forward to going to see Terry DAVIS ('65) in a local
play soon!!
Our kitty and both of us were glad to sleep in our own bed last
night, before we head out for a marathon drive to Junalaska,
North Carolina to see a friend get the national Denman Award
for his lifetime of evangelism as a layman, not a pastor. Harry
has led and or funded (as a contract engineer) and been on more
mission trips than both Warren and me.
As I write this I'm watching the History 2 channel about if
Meriwether Lewis was murdered or not. That's how they are
spelling it on TV, but I don't think that is right. they didn't
prove it either way. I think he was murdered.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Hope, IN
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: Swamp Coolers
One thing I really loved about swamp coolers was the smell of
new excelsior pads when they were first wet and the air came
through them into the house. Too bad that only lasted for what?
about two days?
I did not grow up in Richland but none of my friends whose
houses I visited in the summer had air conditioning or even
swamp coolers except one. One friend's mother had a beauty shop
she ran out of a small building in their back yard. She had a
little portable unit about like a portable heater. You had to
pour the water into it when it got low. I was fascinated by it.
It was not until summer of 1960 when they were tearing down the
flour mill my dad worked at we got a swamp cooler. He salvaged
an old one that the pad holders were missing and they had been
using it just as a fan. It looked in terrible shape. Let's
say my dad was thrifty (I think his patron saint was Jack
Benny). He fixed it up with me as his helper. It had a blade
fan instead of a squirrel cage and was missing one of the
pieces at the back corner running from the top to the bottom.
He got a used piece of aluminum sheet and we bent it to fit.
Bought some 1/2" square mesh "hardware cloth" and made pad
holders with one piece on either side of the excelsior and used
wire to tie the three pieces together. It did not have a pump
to recirculate the water so had to put a hose on the drain and
water the lawn with it. The copper tubing for water supply was
also salvaged from the flour mill and was used for poison gas
when at times they shut down and fumigated the flour mill.
That thing looked terrible, but it worked. I don't know what
happened to it. It moved to Richland with us and sometime down
the road dad bought a bigger used squirrel cage cooler. I still
have a bunch of that copper tubing and brass fittings for it.
I did pretty much the same thing myself. First summer after the
Navy wife's mother gave us one she had which had been sitting
on the ground for some time. The bottom had been rusted
through. Someone gave me some, I think he called it,
"underwater putty." I used that to fix the rusted spots. It had
a pump setup that I have still never another like. The pump sat
next to the squirrel cage housing and was pushed away from it
by a spring. The pulley on the fan shaft had an extra flange on
it and the top of the pump shaft had what looked like a little
pulley with an o-ring on it which ran against that flange. I
had to fabricate two taps to mount that pump to the bottom of
the cooler because they had rusted too much to be used and pop
rivet and seal them to the bottom. A few years later I changed
it for a pump with a motor in it and was sorry I did. I painted
it with Ford blue engine paint and installed it in the "B" house
dining room window and left the front bedroom window part way
open. I was working swing shift at FFTF at the time and plugged
it into a light timer so it went off after we went to sleep and
had it come on before I woke up. I always heard that timer
click and then heard the blind hit the window screen.
They do put a lot of moisture into the house; if you have a bag
of potato chips they get to feel a bit soggy and don't crunch
when you bite one. I always liked swamp coolers, their neat,
you can see them working, they are easy to understand, they
cost less to run, and I can fix them. Now days when I have heat
pump problems all I can do is call the repair shop and say,
"The AC is broke." and prepare myself for writing a big check.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64) ~ Back in the days when we used swamp
coolers, we also had nine planets.
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>>From: "JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84)
Re: Old paddle from a Richland school found in Kennewick house
I'm sure that the Sandstorm readers could shed some additional
light on this!
When I was in wood shop at Chief Joe (both in 7th and 9th
grades, so 1977-'78 and 1979-'80), the assistant principal,
Mr. Barnard, was still using these paddles (with great effect,
I might add - I felt much less likely to get beat up on the
playground with him on the beat). In fact, he actually broke
one during its use!
During one of my two years in wood shop class we made a
replacement paddle, made from 3/4" thick hard maple, complete
with lightening holes drilled through it (also so it could pass
through the air faster, we figured) which was an improvement on
the basic design. We used the broken paddle as a template, and
I don't recall seeing any names on it.
-John Paul "JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84)
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>>From: Grant RICHARDSON ('01)
Re: Baseball Field
My name is Grant Richardson and I am entering my 4th year as
the head baseball coach at Richland High School. I took on the
project of renovating our baseball field in hopes of giving our
players something they can be proud of. This spring I secured
several volunteers and work donations from local businesses to
renovate our baseball field. It has not been easy and has not
come without problems. Working with a budget of almost nothing
we have done some good things.
I am looking for financial donations from Bomber supporters to
help finish our project. I am to the point of rebuilding our
dugouts and have an engineer volunteering his time to make the
drawings. I have help coming from a few local businesses for
some materials and labor.
Bomber Baseball needs the help of alumni to finalize this
project. I would appreciate your assistance in relaying this
message through the Sandstorm.
To make a donation you can contact me directly or Bomber
Boosters, attention Bomber Baseball.
Thank you for your support.
-Grant RICHARDSON ('01), RHS Head Baseball Coach
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/07/15
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8 Bombers sent stuff and 1 2013 Bomber Memorial today:
Dick WIGHT ('52), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Floyd MELTON ('57), David DOUGLAS ('62)
Donna BOWERS ('63), David RIVERS ('65)
Lesley WOOD ('66), "JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84),
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dan HAGGARD ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ed WOOD ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim WEAVER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jack CLARK ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Julie SMYTH ('69)
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>>From: Dick WIGHT ('52)
Someone, a few days ago, lamented the more Bombers weren't
"tripping down Memory Lane" with submissions to Alumni
Sandstorm. I was contemplating my "wild youth" days, and
remembered an episode from early summer 1951....
I hung around with mostly the '51 crowd rather than my own
class ('52) for reasons I've never figured out. Among them were
Josephine "Jo" GIBSON, Lou Ann LEE (whom I dated for over a
year), and Richard L. "Dick" MEYER. All 4 of us were in the
local CAP cadet program, 3 of us having learned to fly. Jo's
folks had purchased a nice new '51 Mercury 2 door, one of the
"dream cars" of the time. Both of Jo's folks worked, and one
summer day Jo, Dick MEYER and I decided to take the car
(unbeknownst to her folks) to the apple orchard country west of
Yakima, where Lou Ann and her family had relocated right after
she graduated. So we disconnected the speedometer (and
odometer) so no miles were "racked up", and headed off on our
way. I was driving through Union Gap when we were pulled over
for speeding (though I had no idea what our speed was!).
Luckily, the young police officer gave me a warning and sent us
on our way. After picking Lou Ann up, we drove on to Ellensburg
up the Yakima River canyon. Oops! Time kinda got away from us,
and we realized we needed to HURRY to get the car back to Jo's
house before her folks got home from work. So we drove like
crazy - dropped Lou Ann off, roared on into Richland, parked
the car carefully in front of Jo's house on Wilson Street, and
reconnected the speedometer cable. Much to our dismay, the
front of the shiny new car was covered with bugs, so we hastily
washed the insects off. Meanwhile, the radiator kept making
those "popping" noises common to cars of the day as they cooled
down. But our luck held... Jo's folks apparently didn't
discover our escapade. All I can think now is how lucky we were
- no ticket, no accident, nothing else to "tip our hand". I
have no idea where Jo GIBSON is, if she's still alive. She
married a fellow whose last name was Woods, lived in Seattle
for awhile. Lou Ann ended up in California somewhere. Dick
MEYER and I have kept in touch over the years, and renewed our
friendship after we both retired from the military - he was a
brigadier general (O-7), I was a captain (O6). Sadly, Dick is
losing his battle with brain cancer and is in a care facility
in Austin, TX. Ah, for the good ole days!!!!!
-Dick WIGHT ('52) ~ now living in Richland again in my
declining years.....
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Re: Paddle
First, to clarify things, it is wrong to refer to the object in
question as a paddle. It should more properly be referred to as
the board education, which, when firmly applied to the seat of
learning, raises the grade curve. Besides it hurts the teacher
more than the student. I may also have a bridge for sale.
Second, what with his penchant for "crashing", I am surprised
not to see the Junior Gyrene's name on the board.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
weather guessers are calling for a wet weekend with
possible snow in the mountains (maybe as low as pass
levels).
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>>From: Floyd MELTON ('57)
Re: Swamp coolers
All this talk about the old swamp coolers but no one mentioned
how bad they affected people like me with hay fever. They
brought in the air that was full of pollen and really increased
the suffering for folks like me with hay fever problem. The
real blessing came when the new air conditioners were developed
they really decreased the suffering.
-Floyd MELTON ('57)
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
Re: Swamp Coolers
My parents' ranch house on Birch near Duportail had a swamp
cooler. It worked quite well, and the humidity was a plus. I've
always assumed my dad bought it, rather than coming with the
house. When I left home my dad installed an A/C unit. And they
bought an electric dishwasher. Don't know why they waited until
I went off to college to get the dishwasher. Maybe because my
two younger brothers were too young (Jim DOUGLAS ('72) was 11
years younger and Marc DOUGLAS ('76) was 15 years younger). I
not only knew how to wash dishes, but wash and dry clothes as
well, since I had no sisters. Once when my parents went on
vacation without me (I refused to go back to Arkansas after
an argument with an aunt and uncle over segregation), I even
repaired the dryer when it quit drying.
I seldom have anything to write about, but I read the Alumni
Sandstorm every day. Thank you, Maren. Sorry I don't know my
brothers' graduation years.
[It's OK, David... I know their graduation years and
added them for you in your entry.. -Maren]
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ where we had a couple of
policeman standing on the sidewalk right in front of our
house holding rifles yesterday. I called the police
department and was told they were looking for a road
rage suspect and suggested we stay inside the house.
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>>From: Donna BOWERS Rice (Gold Medal Class of '63)
To: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62),
My great Uncle was Walker "Meriweather Lewis" Smith, he was a
decendant of Meriweather Lewis' sister, as M. Lewis never
married and he carried the name forward. The family was proud
of their Virginia heritage. When I was a little girl, I was
fascinated with his name because of the history, so I asked him
about it. He. Said that M. Lewis was not well treated by
history and that the family did not agree with what was said.
When living in St. Louis, I wanted to find out more, so I read
a couple of books on him. The 1st one was Thomas Danisi's 1st
book that drew into question prior stories about M. Lewis
death, and probably the basis for the recent TV program you
saw. It was about the intrigue between the Spanish Catholics
and the French Catholics and Thomas Jefferson (over who owned
the parts of the Louisiana Purchase and whether an uprising
could still change things w/various Southern Senators backing
the factions). He was purported to be on his way to Jefferson
with proof when he was waylaid and killed by a spy of one of
the Senators (The proof is dumped and is in such disarray, no
one can decipher it). This same man (Danisi) almost immediately
writes another book on M. Lewis which is a complete retraction
of that book, and calls it "Uncovering the Truth of M. Lewis."
He debunks the first book entirely.
In this book, Danisi uses much research to show that in the
intrigue of the times, M. Lewis becomes sick, the doctors could
not treat him and he goes to a traveler's home on his way back
to Virginia and commits suicide. Knowing that M. Lewis was a
personal family friend of Thomas Jefferson (and also his Sec.
and greatly relied upon by Jefferson) and also knowing that
my Uncle represented a fine, upstanding family, some of the
writing that is negative about M. Lewis does not ring true to
me. Just does not compute. Having lived in St. Louis for over
30 yrs, I think there is more that is missing to this story.
Clark is treated with great respect here, but M. Lewis is more
obscured/less revered, but, of course, he was an outsider,
brought in to govern over St. Louis at a very unsettled time.
Danisi has done much research to write the second book, so it
is supposed to be the definitive truth. My Uncle was a fine,
upstanding man, very truthful. An Apple does not fall far from
the tree. You would probably need to read both books and more
to make up you own mind, but History is always in the eye of
the beholder, isn't it? And sometimes history is used for other
purposes, as in entertainment.
-Donna BOWERS Rice (Gold Medal Class of '63) ~ having a
beautiful fall in St. Louis, MO
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: I remember it well
it was a Tuesday and I wuz wearin' my best shirt... not sure
what that has ta do with anything... I remember Tony HARRAH
('65) used to say something like that when he was talkin' about
something inna past... when talking about some of our "best
ideas" he'd say "we wuz all likered up... "... funny what we
remember... well the curtain goes up inna few minutes and Terry
DAVIS ('65) will be back on a Richland stage... just like the
ol' Tom Sawyer dayz... when you read this those who went
opening nite will have your reviews... he was one excited kid
when we taalked off and on today (yesterday)... As I mentioned
on Face Book... Terry's best friend from St. Elsewhere, Eric
Laneuville, is flying in today (today) from L.A. just to see
Terry in the play... now that's friendship... not to belabor
the point but speaking of friendship, Chuck LOLLIS ('64) and I
met and became fast friends on this little rag several years
ago... without making a big deal of it... I just want to say
THANK YOU CHUCK right here right now for your friendship... you
da man! Now today we honor a Bomber-birthday-babe I met some
while ago when introduced in Las Vegas, by Gus KEENEY ('57)...
we had lunch together and I ain't fergot what a great babe she
is... so HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) on your
special day, November 7, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Lesley WOOD Nelson ('66)
Re: Birthday boy, Ed WOOD ('62)
Happy Birthday to my brother Ed, whom I actually call Edward,
having been dissuaded long ago from calling him Eddie anymore.
What great memories though, those Eddie years of our childhood
together. Seventy one years young!
-Lesley WOOD Nelson ('66)
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>>From: "JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84)
Re: Housing & swamp coolers
To: Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
Thanks for the correction on which house you lived in, and I
never knew that I called a hammer a "nanu" either! My parents
bought the Marshall Ave. house in 1967 when I was two years
old. Do you remember what year you moved out? I know that my
grandparents showed up in 1970s to help us really get going on
the remodeling, but I can't remember how long before that you
moved out.
Fun trivia (probably boring for everybody else): do you
remember the starburst linoleum in the large bedroom? That was
my room, and we never got around to remodeling that room for
the entire time we owned the house. That same flooring was
still there when my parents sold the house back in the mid-
2000s (my memory is so bad now that I can't even remember dates
from ten years ago now, but I blame that on having kids now, ha
ha).
I'll pass your hellos onto my dad (good memory on their names
BTW) - my mom passed away in 2010 from Parkinson's +some
unspecified dementia disease, at the too-young age of 68. I'm
only 18 years away from that - time will tell if I got those
genes and/or the cancer ones from my dad's side of the family.
Regarding the swamp coolers and the excelsior pads - we were
really, er, "thrifty" with our swamp coolers as well and would
reuse those pads for several years. My dad did buy an entire
roll of replacement material from Trustworthy Hardware which we
kept in our back yard shed. I remember replacing pads only once
or twice in about ten years. I think we still had the rest of
that roll of material when we cleaned out the shed about ten
years ago.
I remember that there were several different types of media -
some were made from several layers of perforated paper, some
were straw-like with natural media, and later they developed a
similar-looking material made from plastic or the like.
-John Paul "JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84)
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2013 Bomber Memorial
>>Ted FAUBERT ~ Class of 1964 ~ 1946 - 2013
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/08/15
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Ken HEMINGER ('56), Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Bill SCOTT ('64), Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Linda REINING ('64), David RIVERS ('65)
Bruce STRAND ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dona McCLEARY ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Spencer HOUCK ('71)
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>>From: Ken HEMINGER ('56wb)
Re: Board of Education
The talk of the paddle reminded me of my time at John Ball in
North Richland.
There were times when I and one or two of my cohorts were led
down to the gym by Mr. Harding who incidentally was my favorite
teacher of all time. Once there we were informed of the reason
we were there, and the consequences of our actions. We were
then told to grab the ankles. We then received a swift swat
with a ping pong paddle. At that point we fought back the tears
but they were as big as road apples and hard to do.
All in all, Mr. Harding was a great teacher; he didn't take any
guff but was fair. He was again one of my teachers at Chief Jo.
I have often wondered what ever happened to him, and if anyone
has any info as to whatever became of him, I'd appreciate
hearing from them. I went into the military in 1955 and pretty
much lost track of all my old friends.
-Ken HEMINGER ('56wb) ~ Great Falls, Mt. Temp 58°
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Re: Social Event of the Season
Before the list of Breakfast with Santa venues is published,
it's time to get everyone committed to attending what has
to our almost 30th annual Gold Medal Class of '63 Marching
Caroling and Chowder Society Christmas Gala and Red Sweater
Cotillion in Olympia on December 5th.
As per usual, Brother Leo has again put his reputation on the
line and promised the maître d' at the River's Edge Restaurant
that our deportment will no longer be an issue this year.
DATE: December 5th
TIME: We'll again muster at 10:00am
WHERE: Rivers Edge Restaurant at the Tumwater Golf Course
http://www.riversedgetumwater.com/dinnermenu.htm
Entries for the much coveted "Frank Whiteside World's Most
Lamest Excuse Oscar" need to be received before the pies are
out of the oven on the 26th November
Put it down on your calendars in ink and we look forward to
seeing you.
Frank Osgard Sunshine Committee Conscience
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: Bill SCOTT ('64)
Re: Swamp Coolers
We had a big swamp cooler in the basement of our "E" house on
Jadwin. I don't think it came with the house. Dad was quite the
handyman in those days, and I think he installed it. It was
hooked into the heating vent system of the house, so it could
blow cool air into all the rooms upstairs. I don't really
recall getting any noticeable relief from it. When we built our
new house out on Davison in '62, it didn't have a/c either, so
the only a/c we ever had growing up was a block of wood in the
window.
On another note, November First I finally gave up and cut down
my giant tomato plant that had reached over five feet high.
Collected a final bunch of tomatoes that are now turning red in
our kitchen. The final tally: I picked 99 tomatoes, and left at
least a dozen little ones on the vine, and the blasted thing
was still putting out yellow blossoms for more when I cut it
down. Too bad they were all quite small. But very tasty!
Bill Scott (writing as B J Scott)
http://www.bjscotthistoricals.wordpress.com
http://www.amazon.com/author/billjscott
Angel of the Gold Rush
Angel's Daughter
Legacy of Angels
Light On A Distant Hill
The Rail Queen
Profiles and excerpts of all my books and read my blog at
http://www.bjscotthistoricals.wordpress.com
-Bill SCOTT ('64) ~ from beautiful Sherwood Oregon, where I bet
the fall colors almost rival New Hampshire.
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
To: Floyd MELTON ('57)
Re: Swamp coolers and hay fever
I too have hay fever. I started having it just a month or two
before moving to Richland, I have heard people call the Tri-
Cities the "allergy capitol of the world." A year or two or
three after moving to Richland I was at someone's house for an
evening who had air conditioning and my hay fever seemed to
clear up while I was there. I told my parents about it and soon
after dad bought a used air conditioner from someone he worked
with. We ran a wire from the breaker box in the back of the
basement of the "B" house to the front window so we would have
220 to run it. Come bedtime parents wanted to shut it off; I
wanted to leave it on and said I thought they bought it for my
hay fever. It was left on, but soon after mom got up and shut
it off. I got up and closed my door to try to preserve the air
quality I had in my room. Parents complained it was too noisey
and dad took it back the next day. I don't think it was any
louder than any other average air conditioner and they didn't
even give it a chance; we only used it for maybe six hours.
Boy, was I mad about that!
However, in these past 55 years, (and I can only speak for
myself) it has not seemed to matter if it is swamp coolers or
air conditioners hay fever seems to be about the same for me.
Anytime I found a pill that helped it only worked for about a
week, except one summer I got some from the VA that really
knocked it out all summer long and I only took them once a day
instead of twice like I was supposed to, but the next year they
didn't work at all. Once, instead of buying one of those little
HEPA filter units I bought a box fan and a high efficiency
filter and duct taped it to the back of the fan. I thought I
would have a big pollen catching filter aimed at the head of my
bed; didn't help a bit.
The most effective treatment I have found for hay fever is join
the Navy, not a lot of pollen out on the ocean.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64) ~ I have said for years when I retired I
was going to move to the coast where the prevailing wind
is blowing off the ocean, but here I am, still in the
"allergy capitol of the world."
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
Dick WIGHT's ('52) entry about taking a car without permission,
reminded me of when I was a Junior at Col-Hi and Carol WILEY
Wooley ('63) "stole" her dad's car... she had told her mom she
was sick so stayed home from school... I get a note in class
saying to come to the office,,, my mom is on the phone... Carol
did a good imitation of "my mom"... she got both me and Barb
MEYER ('63) out of class... met us in front of the school and
off we went on an adventure of epic proportions... *grin*...
we knew we couldn't stay in Richland... drove to Yakima... we
weren't smart enough to disable the odometer but don't think
her dad ever bothered to check it since we didn't get caught.
We were back home before school was over so that we could be
dropped off at school and walk home... Carol lived around the
corner from me so no way could she drive me home plus she
had to get the car back into the garage before her dad got
home... he would get home before her mom. First and only time
I "played hooky"... and just "knew" I'd get caught since my
mom always seemed to know what I was doing... must have had
a guardian angel that day cause she never knew till years
later when I told her.
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ weather is getting colder in Kuna, ID
and weather-guessers are saying we could get snow, late
Sunday or early Monday... MY kind of weather
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: What is wuz, wuz football
Well that ain't gonna work... for anyone who ever heard me
speak of sports... you know that's a bigger fatter lie than
being captured by pirates... wait maybe I could tie that in
to the shores of Tripoli... make it a "Marine thing"... people
question it and I just say: "It's a Marine thing... you
wouldn't understand... " but who would back me up??? Nobody...
hmmmmm... well I ain't got no big oornge drink so the football
thing is definitely out... I couldn't drink a big oornge
drink... the truth? Ahh geez... not sure 'bout the truth... you
can't handle the truth... no... I can't handle the truth...
truth is I'm stupud, dumb, iggerent, hay-wired and just down
right dim witted... so when I write my yellow stickies, I
try... try to keep same day b-days onna same line... often
there's just too many letters involved to make that werk...
yesterday, when I checked my stickie I saw there would be two
more b-days today... wrong... there were three more but they
were for the same day... I mean the other day I also managed
to miss Dickie RHODES ('65) and found out I been spellin' his
first name wrong since second grade!!!!!!!!!!!... so the truth
is I screwed up and shoulda wished Dan HAGGARD ('57), Jimmy
WEAVER ('64) and Julie SMYTH ('69 I don't do that WB stuff) a
very Haaaaaaaaaaaappy Birthday but I read my stickie wrong...
and that's the way it is! [All on the 7th]
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Bruce STRAND ('69)
Re: More on Swamp Coolers
The discussion on swamp coolers brings back many fond memories.
My Dad, the chemical engineer by education turned nuclear
engineer by OJT, was quite clever with a washing machine motor.
As a young kid on Sanford in a prefab we had one of those
wringer type washing machines (remember those?) that something
went amiss with the machine but not the motor. My Dad took the
motor from the washer and mounted it on a reel lawn mower, so
for a time we had an electric reel mower. I don't remember if
it was before or after moving to a ranch house on Birch, but
at sometime the washer motor went from the mower to the swamp
cooler mounted in the bathroom window of the ranch house. I
believe that the old washer motor and swamp cooler served us
well for many years at the Birch house.
To: David DOUGLAS ('62), Mesa AZ (a neighbor!)
Where about on Birch were you guys? We were half-way down the
block from Duportail at 415 Birch from about '58 to '68. I
don't recall the Douglas' but I should because our Mom was a
Douglas from Eastern Montana.
-Bruce STRAND ('69) ~ Tempe, AZ where it is a gorgeous sunny 78°.
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/09/15
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10 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Mike MILLS ('57)
David DOUGLAS ('62), Ed WOOD ('62)
Leoma COLES ('63), Ray KELLY ('63)
Dennis HAMMER ('64), David RIVERS ('65)
Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65), Karl SOEHNLEIN ('68)
Mike DALEN ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary Lou DeMEYER ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dick BOEHNING ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kandy SMITH ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Michael JACKSON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dick PIERCE ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tom SCHILDKNECHT ('70)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Bill SCOTT & Cherrie TEMPERO ('64)
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>>From:Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
I know I'm in the same boat with "Tooter" ('65) when it comes
to being a bit forgetful. This time, however, I know I'm in
real trouble. So much so, that one of my favorite Bomber Babes
may sic her biker husband on me. But, then again, he is one of
the younger Bombers and has learned to respect his elders, so I
may be safe.
It is with the humblest apologies that I tip the ol' propeller
beanie and offer up a sincere "Happy Birthday!" to Bomber Babe
and fellow classmate, Dona McCLEARY ('54) a whole day late.
Just don't be too hard on me for my forgetfulness.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
the rain continues and the mountains hopefully get a good
dusting of snow. Kinda hard to see cuz the clouds are so low
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>>From: Mike MILLS ('57)
Re: Mr. Harding
To: Ken HEMINGER ('56wb)
He was one of my all time favorites, too. He was my math
teacher at Chief Jo. I also remember being on the wrong
end of the paddle! Last I heard of him he was serving as
superintendent of The Marysville School District, just
North of Everett. But this info is about ten years old.
-Mike MILLS ('57)
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
To: Bruce STRAND ('69) ~ Tempe, AZ
We lived at 412 Birch, from at least 1945 to way past when I
left for college in '62. My younger brothers graduated from
Col-Hi and our mother lived there through the 1980s, until she
moved to an assisted living center in Kennewick. Our neighbors
on the Duportail side of us were the Tuckers (Merton ('58)
and Ronnie ('60) were my older brother's age) and later the
Wiltons. Don't recall who was on the other side of us. Penny
Parker lived on the corner of Duportail and Birch, and I
remember playing Annie, Annie Over with her. We played Kick the
Can with all the kids in the neighborhood, often until 10pm in
the evening.
The only family I recall on the 'odd' side of the street was
the Burnetts, the first family with children my age to move
into our brand new subdivision. Dawna Kay BURNETT ('62) was in
my class. I played with her until I found Maryanne DURFEY ('62)
over on Cottonwood. I have a story about Dawna Kay's older
brother, William BURNETT ('61-RIP). I don't know how he got the
reputation, but he was considered a bully in the neighborhood
by some of us elementary-age kids. My older brother Walker
DOUGLAS ('57), with Merton and Ronnie, concocted a drink using
Kool-Aid and every hot spice, sauce, etc., they could find in
the kitchen. They took it to William and fed him a line about
how they invented a new drink using their chemistry sets and
wanted to try it out on him. He was gullible enough to fall for
it and took a drink. He never bothered us again. To be fair,
William had a very good reputation in high school - he was
elected a cheerleader, breaking the females' monopoly on that
office.
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ
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>>From: Ed WOOD ('62)
Re: Kihei car show
We just came back from dinner in Wailea, celebrating my 71st.
On the way back to the condo we stopped at a car show put on
by local motor heads in a shopping center parking lot. Three
Studebakers and not a Toyota in sight. What do you make of
that? And speaking of Studebakers, I remember the swamp cooler
we mounted over the back window of Dad's 1949 Studebaker. It
was literally a life saver on road trips to Arizona in the
summertime.
-Ed WOOD ('62) ~ Morrison, CO Vacationing on the Maui beach
and headed to the up country tomorrow
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>>From: Leoma COLES ('63)
Re: '63 HoopLa Coming Soon
Wish I could join the class of '63 in Olympia on December 5th,
but I will be on my way to sunny California to visit my son and
his family for a week! Maybe next year, if I ever really
retire!! *LOL* I'm sure it will be an awesome time for you
guys... please post pictures!! Thanks.
-Leoma COLES ('63) ~ Lincoln City, OR with chilly air and
sprinkles today. :-)
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>>From: Ray KELLY ('63)
Re: Board of Education
To: Ken HEMINGER ('56wb)
I remember having Mr. Harding apply the "Board of Education" to
my "Seat of Knowledge" at Chief Jo after being caught fighting
with another student after school. It wasn't a ping pong
paddle, either, as I recall, but a full length piece of lumber
with holes. My parents followed that up with some further
punishment at home; that's how it worked in those days. I don't
believe they even thought of complaining to the school that I
was treated roughly or unfairly! How times have changed. By
the way, that was not the only spat I qualified for during my
school career, but I think (hope) I turned out alright. My
7th grade teacher Mrs. Fellows might disagree, since she once
kicked me out of English class for diagramming a sentence
upside down at the board. Yes, I was a little snot like that
at times...
[Upside down?!? How brilliant!!! -Maren]
-Ray KELLY (Gold Medal Class of '63)
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
To: Bruce STRAND ('69)
Re: washing machine motors
My parents had an old wringer washing machine that was green
with round corrugated sides. I think it was older than any I
had seen in early '50s, I had certainly never seen anything
like it. They moved west when I was eight months old in a '37
Chevy coupe, so they didn't bring much with them. They did have
some stuff shipped later. I was told that it did not have an
electric motor originally, it had a gas motor. We did not have
electricity on the farm (not that I was old enough to remember
that) so I am guessing the washing machine was one thing that
was shipped. Whether shipped or bought later it was changed to
an electric motor. They bought a Sears Kennmore in I think
1955 and it was used until 1998. Dad kept it going and shortly
before he died in '97 mom said he had come back from Sears and
said he would not be able to get any more parts for it. When I
moved her back to the Tri-Cities I found some of the new parts
he had bought to have on hand. I have worked on it. The
engineering is simple, straight forward, and built like a
Sherman tank. It worked just as good as the one I bought in
1973 and both worked better than the front loader that came
with the house I bought.
Anyway, their new automatic washer had a "suds saver" on it.
You could set it so that after the clothes were washed the
water was pumped to a separate tub while the rinse water went
down the drain. Then for the next load it sucked the water out
of the tub to use in the wash cycle. When I told my wife or
anyone else about it they say something like, "Y-u-u-uck, you
mean you washed the clothes with dirty water!?!" My dad took
the ringer off the old machine and all the mechanical stuff so
it had just the legs and tub and used it for the suds saver.
The "B" house had double deep sinks so the old machine was
left when we moved. He saved that electric motor, but I can't
remember if he used it for anything other than once when our
'62 Chevy had a dead battery and him and I put a belt from the
generator to the electric motor which we held on the fender by
hand, with precautions to keep from scratching the paint. It
worked, and I think he bought a battery charger shortly after.
I have that electric motor now, but the only thing I have
used it for is I put a buffing wheel on it and used it to
polish the stainless steel trim on my '57 Olds convertible
when I painted it.
I remember seeing a gas powered reel lawn mower when I was a
kid. I have mowed a few yards with push reel mowers. Dad had
one--sure am glad he bought an electric mower before I got old
enough to do the lawn mowing.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64) ~ May be a rambling post that no one is
interested in, but it will make sure we don't have
another "Sandstorm ~ NOT" tomorrow and in a worst case
scenario at least I can read my own post. A day without
the Sandstorm is like a day without Sunshine.
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: I won't tell
Thanks to our Editor in Bomber-babe ('63 and '64) I was able
to watch the sub-subject of my post from the 6th...
["What is was, Was Football" Andy Griffith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNxLxTZHKM8 -Maren]
had I watched it before I posted I would have confirmed I
misspelled Aarnge drink... it was playing it in my head and
could hear the A rather than an O... but took a chance...
arrrrrrrrgh... well so far the reviews have been magnificent
on the play which makes my life nice and easy... no gut
wrenching calls or anything and from what people have said
the cast was all great... I was so very glad Terry's ('65)
St. Elsewhere bud was there Saturday night and I've posted a
photo on face book... I'm not very good at "editing" photos and
have never learned how to use photo shop tho I can tell you I
have tried like crazy... all I've done is frustrate myself...
but who cares cuz we gots some '63 Gold Medal kids up today...
now I can be fairly safe on their ages, but then ya never
really know... I mean our concierge, Leo WEBB ('63) jumped a
year on us the other day so I won't take the same chance as i
did yesterday with Big aarnge drink... These two are two that
I always look for when I'm around old Medal kids (not that I
don't look for others) and am so very glad to call them
friends... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Kandy SMITH ('63) and Dick BOEHNING
('63) on your special day, November 11, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Patti McLAUGHLIN Cleavenger ('65)
Re: Review of "Ordinary People"
I attended the Richland Players' production of "Ordinary
People" tonight. Terence Knos, aka Terry DAVIS ('65) was very
effective as Dr. Berger. And there were a lot of folks from
the class of '65 in the audience to enjoy Terry's homecoming.
Thanks to David RIVERS' ('65) heads up, I was able to look for
Eric Laneuville and talk to him during the intermission, too.
Terry helped to fill the auditorium, which never happens for
"serious" plays in the Tri-Cities. Everyone contributing to the
production is to be lauded. It will be on for 2 more weekends -
try very hard to get tickets.
-Patti McLAUGHLIN Cleavenger ('65)
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>>From: Karl SOEHNLEIN ('68)
Re: Swamp Coolers
I grew up in ranch house near the corner of Cedar & Swift. As a
kid I couldn't wait for dad to hook up our swamp cooler. It was
installed in the bathroom window, and worked very well until
everyone extended their bathroom visits and kept the bathroom
door closed and locked.
Now fast forward 50+ years. Last year my wife Lyn DREHER ('69)
and I bought a older mobile home in a senior park in Mesa, AZ.
(both our kids and grandkids live in the Queen Creek area South
of Mesa) It had been upgraded including central heat & air, but
still had a swamp cooler on the roof. We called a local a/c
company to come out, remove it and cap it. When the gentleman
took a look at it, he said it was still in great shape and with
a new set of pads it would be usable. He had lived in Arizona
all his life and gave us the run down on cooling and energy
costs. He told us the swamp cooler works great until the temp
get into the low 100s or during the monsoon season, and is a
lot cheaper to operate than the central air. We had him service
it, and he was correct on all accounts. It's amazing how some
low tech non computer controlled devices still work as well as
they did in the '40s.
-Karl SOEHNLEIN ('68) and Lyn DREHER Soehlein ('69) ~ Mesa AZ
where the weather is gorgeous, but we're headed back to
our home in San Antonio, TX where it will take a while
to adjust to the humidity
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>>From: Mike DALEN ('72)
30-16 Bama over Tigers!
Roll Tide Roll!
(Sorry Maren)
[I don't think you're sorry at all... not one little
bit. GEAUX TIGERS! -Maren]
-Mike DALEN ('72) ~ from Huntsville Alabama in the beautiful
Tennessee Valley
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Bomber Memorial
>>Jim ANDERSEN ~ Class of 1974 ~ 1956 - 2015
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/10/15 ~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARINES!
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11 Bombers sent stuff today:
Marilynn WORKING ('54), Ken HEMINGER ('56)
Mary ROSE ('60), Helen CROSS ('62)
Marie RUPPERT ('63), Gary BEHYMER ('64)
Linda REINING ('64), David RIVERS ('65)
Pat DORISS ('65), Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65)
Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gene CONLEY ('48)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill JOHNSON ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carl DVORAK ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike ROWE ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dee SHIPMAN ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Fred MEEKS ('73)
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>>From:Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54)
Re: Club 40 Fall Dust Storm
Members... or non members... we still need more articles for the
Fall publication of Club 40 Dust Storm. Surely, some of you
have a comment or two!!
Go ahead and send them to Ann Thompson, aka Anna May WANN ('49),
our Editor. She's working on it now!!
-Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54) ~ from a sometimes rainy
Tri-Cities... Nice 50s weather today
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>>From: Ken HEMINGER ('56)
Re: Mr Harding - My Request
Thanks to Mike MILLS ('57) and Ray KELLY ('63) for the update
on Mr. Harding. At least now I have some sense of what happened
to him. I also had Mr. Harding for math at Chief Jo. He would
use me at times to illustrate a math problem, and it usually
resulted in providing a wrong answer. Yup, I can say I turned
out OK too. Things were different back then and so much better
in my opinion. The PC crowd has perty much devastated all that
was good back then. I need to jump off my box as I get riled
just thinking about it..
Bomber Cheers..
-Ken HEMINGER ('56wb) ~ Great Falls, MT. temp 37°
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>>From: Mary ROSE Tansy ('60)
Judy CAMERON, you beautiful person... Happy Birthday [on 11/5]!!
You don't look even close to being a '60 graduate, my friend!!
Hope you had a wonderful birthday!!
-Mary ROSE Tansy ('60)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Re: Small (Bomber) World
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Imagine our surprise when introducing ourselves at a table of 6
at the Denman Awards banquet in Lake Junaluska, NC the young man
across the table said, "I'm from Washington state." We, of
course, said, "Really, where in Washington?" And he replied,
"Richland."
It was Greg OBERG ('67 I believe), as in quickly trying to see
how we might have been connected we learned we both had attended
CUP (Central United Protestant Church), but at different hours,
and that he had been born 5 years after me. Oh, and that he had
graduated with my husband's cousin, Linda BOHRINGER ('67).
Not wanting to hog the conversation we gave up finding out more
similarities in our thoughts of Richland. I say thought because
Greg is a chiropractor who has moved away, but moved back, so he
still lives in Richland.
It was a nice evening, seeing our good friend, Harry Lyness get
the award for evangelist of the year. Just wish we could have
stayed longer to enjoy the area (sort of a mini-Lake Chelan; but
we had to drive back that night to Oldenburg, IN, as my husband
was serving on an Emmaus Walk that weekend; fortunately we had
good roads and almost 60° to drive in with little traffic, so
the 6-1/2 hour drive wasn't bad at all.
Adding this trip to our vacation out west, we have flown 4,000
miles and driven about 3,000 since October 19th when we began
our vacation. The only other time I remember running into
someone I knew from Richland was when Diane DAVENPORT ('62) and
I ran into each other on a tour of The Tower of London Ceremony
of the Keys. As Diane had graying hair, and I color mine (still
do I admit), she looked older to me, which wasn't true. As it
was in '96 or around then, we both were just over 50 then.
sounds so young to me now, as we are now over 70, and feeling it
as Ed WOOD ('62), also in our class, attested to in his comments
on his birthday.
Re: The 2 cute guys I left in Gardnerville, NV: my grandsons
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-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Greetings from Hope, IN where we are
enjoying late fall with sunshine, the last of the color in
the leaves, and it's suppose to almost make 70° today. Not
bad for November, it had snowed before we left Gardnerville,
NV on Wednesday, November 4th. I miss my grand kids, specially
my chunky sweet 6 month old. If he keeps growing I won't be
able to carry him, as at 20 pounds I couldn't walk with him
for long.
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>>From: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
I was at the high school today [11/9] to pick my granddaughter
up for an appointment and while waiting for her to arrive I
noticed that a wall across from the office has the names of RHS
veterans with their graduation years hand printed on rectangles
of paper and stuck to the wall. Also, hanging from the ceiling
in the hallway are handmade banners of all of the wars. Rather
impressive!
Re: On another note
The entry from Grant RICHARDSON ('01) a few days ago about
needing funds to complete the baseball field is something we
alumni need to get behind. Checks may be sent directly to the
school noting the cause or you may contact Grant or the Bomber
Boosters directly. I'll admit to wanting this to be the best
season for Bomber baseball as it will be my grandson's last
(senior) year at RHS.
He's a pitcher and has already signed a letter of intent to go
to University of Jamestown in Jamestown, ND to play baseball
next year. A long way from home, but a good fit for him.
-Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
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>>From: Gary BEHYMER ('64)
Re: Tony, the Atomic Clown
with Burt PIERARD ('56), Jon VEIGEL ('56) & Others
I noted Jon VEIGEL ('56) because his family shared the other
half of a Mahan "B" house with our family. Mr. & Mrs. Veigel
(Walter 1905-1972) & Thelma (1903-1988), would 'baby sit' for
my folks while they went dancing on Friday nights.
Re: Swamp coolers and the like
What many 'swamp coolers' had in common was that our Dads and
relatives had come out of the depression as necessary 'Jack of
all Trades'... Having little or no monies, they worked with
what they, the neighbors, or friends might have in the garage or
basement. When we moved from the "B" house to the "F" house on
Hains in 1958, Dad took everything with him. Nothing was thrown
out. By 1978 when my Mom could no longer manage the steps in the
"F" house they moved to Kennewick... and 'the stuff' followed
them. In 1992/1993 when they passed away I threw out or gave
away pounds of used nails, 4 lawn mowers, paint brushes from the
1930s when he was a painter, and a blow torch that I remember
was used to peel paint on the Southwest side of the "F" house
in 1960.
Our Dads continued to have great knowledge of most everything,
without YouTube or Google. When Dutch Elm Disease hit our area,
down came a very large elm tree in our yard. It was done so by
a 64 year old Dad, a hand saw, along with some supervision from
Mom.
I'm sure many of you have similar family tales... time to share
them (;-)
-Gary BEHYMER ('64)
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
Re: "Board Of Education"
I never had the "privilege" of that particular form of
education, but in 6th grade, at Spalding, Mr. Anderson was very
fond of "dishing out" dictionary work for "talking in class" and
since I was never one to be quiet, I would frequently be after
school, writing down EVERY word, plus EVERY detail, on at least
two pages (your punishment depended on how much talking you
did)... usually took two hours, so would be late getting home
from school... then, more punishment... one for being late,
another for getting in trouble at school. my mom always seemed
to know just what I had done, before I even had a chance to come
up with an excuse for being late! think more kids could benefit
from the type of education we received.
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ Kuna, ID
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Uncle Sam's Misguided Children
OK... we got two baseball greats today... as Bombers and in the
big time... but I am duty bound to wish my fellow Marines a very
Happy Birthday... I guess in a sense every Marine was born on
November 10th... without Tun's Tavern there wouldn't be no
Marines... I doubt any of us remembers our natural birth, but by
golly not one of us will ever forget the day we stepped on them
yellow footprints seeking to become a Marine. I say seeking
because just stepping on the foot prints wasn't enough... ya
hadda fer piece to go yet... some made it and some didn't, but
if you made it through graduation... you are and always will be
a Marine. I have no doubt that my blood is still on the sidewalk
in Sand Diego where the DI decked me shortly after I got off
the bus... I knew that HEIDLEBAUGH's ('65) explanation about
swimming in sand was not quite the whole story, when shortly
before I headed for MCRD I asked him what it was like... he
still says: I just didn't know what to tell you... there were no
words... "Marines don't have attitudes about being the few and
the proud"... they just have pride... pride in Corps and pride
in their fellow Marines... it's a family... we all claim
relationship to Chesty tho many of us never met him... Kerry
PITMAN ('65) met him and I know he won't forget it... much
like meeting Jim MATTIS ('68)... something one doesn't forget...
specially Mary Lou WATKINS ('63)... 'nuff said I have to make
it thru the Christmas Chowder with Carol bash... now our
Bomber-b-day guys are special to all of us... we are equally
proud of them... one I only met once tho we corresponded for
many years... he even donated an autographed baseball for R2K
that Gary WEBB ('64) recalls well (Sorry Gar, they said it was
an auction) the other was one of my neighborhood heroes and I've
had the wonderful good fortune to come in contact with him again
after many years... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Gene CONLEY ('48) and Doug
LUKENS ('62) on your special day, November 10, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
Re: '65 Ladies Lunch
WHEN: Friday, November 13th, 2015
TIME: 12:00 - 2pm
WHERE: Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, 1029 Columbia Center Blvd,
Kennewick
Before everyone gets too stressed planning their Thanksgiving
dinner or making their shopping list for the Black Friday Sales,
this is to remind the wonderful Ladies of '65 that our monthly
get-together lunch is this Friday - the 13th!!
So, Ladies, mark your calendar and join your fellow Class of '65
Lady Bombers to share what's happened since we met last month
and catch up on news and gossip!
If you have any questions, please contact me!
-Pat DORISS Trimble ('65) ~ West Richland
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>>From: Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65)
Re: Marine Corps Birthday
Happy Birthday, and Best Wishes to all you Marines.
Semper Fi
-Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65)
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: Marine Corps Birthday
Happy 240th Birthday to my Marine Corps brothers and sisters.
240 years of tradition unhampered by progress. Still the most
destructive fighting force known to man.
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in finally cool Plano, TX
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/11/15 - VETERANS' DAY
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9 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Rex HUNT ('53), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Ann BISHOP ('56), Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
Margaret EHRIG ('61), Ann ENGEL ('63)
David RIVERS ('65), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
Barb BELCHER ('72), Don Sorenson (NAB)
11/11 - VETERANS' DAY
Coins on a soldier's grave:
A coin left on a headstone lets the deceased soldier's family
know that somebody stopped by to pay their respect. Leaving a
penny means you visited. A nickel means you and the deceased
soldier trained at boot camp together. If you served with the
soldier, you leave a dime. A quarter is very significant because
it means that you were there when that soldier died.
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bev COATES ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jack SINDERSON ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bob JOHNSON ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ted NETH ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Don BRACKENBUSH ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Don ECKERT ('64) 70 in '15
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Jerry BOYD ('52) & Patsy McGREGOR ('54)
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>>From: Rex HUNT ('53)
Re: Richland
The uniqueness of Richland/Hanford is based on the diversity...
So many people from so many different places with so much
different backgrounds. There were people from every strata, Some
highly educated, many not so much, forced to live in a barren
place in the middle of nowhere that most of us found to be a
paradise. The family dynamics were as diverse as the accents and
drawls. Some had never left the farm till that major upheaval, I
personally came from a small town in Central Louisiana. But my
step dad had been employed by the government for several years
when we were sent to Hanford.
I had never had to make friends. I had grown up with neighbors
and their kids and we just were friends. Richland offered a new
concept both in the schools being so much MORE of everything.
and we lived in a small trailer upon arrival. (what a shock to
my system) to all the strange kids with strange ideas. New
games, new places and the magnificent rivers. We had a shallow
muddy bayou, about 20 feet wide except in flood time. So all of
it was strange and wonderful. Mom and dad both worked, but mom
kept a lot of her home upbringing. When a new family moved in
near us, she made something for them to eat. As they busily
unloaded their car, Mom took it over so they could feel a bit
less lost.
Well enough... just random thoughts.
-Rex HUNT ('53wb) ~ Hanford, CA
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
On this day of commemoration for the end of the "War to End
All Wars", let me add my belated congratulations to The Corps
on having lasted as long as they have (Harry Truman not
withstanding). But we got more important things to take care of;
like 4 birthdays and an anniversary (almost sounds like a movie
title).
The anniversary is that of Jerry Boyd ('52) and Patsy McGREGOR
('54). Don't know how long it has been, but good going guys!
The birthdays celebrate on Bomber Babe and 3 guys who happen to
be Bombers. I shall do this in order of appearance.
The Bomber Babe in question is Bev COATES ('52). Next comes Jack
SINDERSON ('53); followed by fellow classmate Bob JOHNSON ('54)
and last (but not least) Ted NETH ('55). A quadruple tip of the
ol' propeller beanie and a hearty "Happy Birthday!" shout out to
all of you on attaining another year.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where the
lull between monsoons doesn't seem be as long as it
has been.
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>>From: Sara Ousley, aka Ann BISHOP ('56)
To: Gary BEHYMER ('64)
I lived at 1523 Mahan, across from Jack MOORMAN, until I joined
the Women Marines in November, 1956. As for the "jack of all
trades" dads, not my stepdad! I'm not sure Sam knew which end
of a hammer was the working end, or how to use a drill (hand OR
electric! He replaced the brakes on our car one time and had
'parts left over'... his comment? "Oh h***, they weren't
necessary anyway". Give him a locomotive and he could tar that
thing apart and put it back together again. I saw him sit at a
crossing one time, listening to the diesel and KNEW that there
was a problem, and what it was. He could look at a blueprint of
one and tell you where every wire started and ended and what it
was for. He was the first Diesel Electric Engineer trained by
the Santa FE railroad. My folks left Richland in 1957 when Sam
went to work for PanCanal and they moved to the Canal Zone in
Panama. Seems like a "hunnert years" ago!
-Sara Ousley, aka Ann BISHOP ('56) ~ Texarkana, AR
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>>From: Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
Re: Mr. Harding
I also had Mr. Harding in math at Chief Joseph Jr. High and
he saved my bacon, so to speak. When my parents finally got me
to admit that I didn't understand math, they made me go to Mr.
Harding and confess. He went the extra mile, stayed after school
with me and tutored me until I finally got through my thick
head how math worked and finally, "I got it!" Many years later
when teaching microbiology, biology, anatomy/physiology and
Introductory pathology at the community college level I found
myself spending numerous hours after school, or even on
weekends, tutoring several students at a time to help them get
over the hurdles of brain block on challenging subjects. I have
Mr. Harding as one of the most worthwhile examples of putting
students first in helping students who just don't initially get
it! Thank you. Mr. Harding.
-Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
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>>From: Margaret EHRIG Dunn ('61)
Judy WILLOX ('61)
Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: All-Bomber Lunch, aka Patti's All Bomber Lunch
To: All Richland/Col-Hi Bombers
Last weekend was the West Richland Veterans' Day Parade and
today (the 11th) is the anniversary of the end of the First
World War which is now the day when we honor all veterans. This
coming weekend is when we can get together to celebrate a good
time and conversation with old and new friends that are Richland
Bombers of any age.
WHEN: Saturday, November 14, 2015 (always 2nd Saturday)
TIME: We gather about noon or 12:30
WHERE: JD DINER, 3790 West Van Giesen, West Richland
(Second building on the right after crossing the
Yakima River Bridge.)
Hope to see you there.
-Margaret EHRIG Dunn ('61)
-Judy WILLOX (Classic Class of '61) ~ Richland
-Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
-Betti AVANT ('69)
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>>From: Ann ENGEL Schafer ('63)
All this talk about where we lived has brought back great
memories but also I thought David DOUGLAS ('62) lived behind
me on Cottonwood. I lived at 407 Birch and who ever I talked
to over the fence was a year older that me. If you remember
talking to Ann ENGEL let me know who you were/are.
-Ann ENGEL Schafer ('63)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Welcome Home my brothers and sisters
If I couldn't be born on November 10th... November 11th would be
a good choice... missed both... ALSO I jumped the gun yesterday
on Doug LUKENS ('62) and was a month early... ah well... so the
b-day Bomber today has an easy b-day to remember... and today we
remember our fallen brothers and sisters and those among us who
were blessed to come home... It wasn't the Disneyland world we
remembered and not the land of the big PX as we had anticipated.
.. in my day and many of yours we were not welcomed home and we
were called names and spat upon... the Hell's Angels rescued me
and I will always be grateful to those men who took so many of
us in till we were ready to face the outside again... many are
home in body only and many are home only partly in body... war
is very real and if you ain't seen it you really don't know
what's going on in the heads of the veterans you meet on the
street... they were kids with guns in a place they didn't really
want to be and the order of the day was to stay alive... they
did not fight because they hated someone (tho hate does set
in... it cannot be avoided)... they fought because they loved
you and the United States of America. I am grateful that today's
Vets are receiving a welcome home... the one we never got...
when you see Viet vets most of us welcome each other home tho
it's been years since we got back... it's just what we do...
When Terry DAVIS ('65) first began speaking to Viet Vets, he
asked what to say... I told him open and close with: "Welcome
home and thank you for your service"... he does and gets
standing ovations every time... and he means every word... so
thank you my brothers and sisters I love each and every one of
you... and if nobody told you today... Welcome home and Thank
you for your service... the lucky duck to have been born on this
day gets a hardy HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Don ECKERT ('64) on your
special day, November 1, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozpdBvB0hek&feature=youtu.be
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Veteran's Day
We honor our 1966 classmates who served so bravely in the
military. And to those classmates who gave their lives, we
ask a blessing of peace...
http://richlandbombers.1966.tripod.com/66military.html
Those who live in freedom will always be grateful to those who
helped preserve it.
Happy Veteran's Day ~
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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>>From: Barb BELCHER Valinske ('72)
Re: Mr. Anderson at Spalding
Thanks, Linda REINING ('64), for remembering my grandpa, Craig
Anderson (RIP). He was a sixth grade teacher at Spalding for (I
think) 27 years - all in the same room. I think he was probably
a very good teacher - at least, he was a fantastic grandpa, and
I miss his common sense and wisdom every day. It makes me feel
really good that he isn't forgotten.
-Barb BELCHER Valinske ('72) ~ Olympia, WA, where winter storm
warnings are up for later this week, after having a
wonderful fall.
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: Veterans' Day
To All Bombers,
November 11th Veterans' Day. A day of remembrance and reflection
for those who knew service above self, witnessed events too
tragic to recall and their comrades who shared the same.
When I was younger I did not appreciate the magnitude of that
kind of service. I can remember having some romantic notions of
what it must have been like. How foolish I was to entertain
those thoughts. During my early years at Hanford I was
surrounded by former service men and women. I don't remember
them openly sharing that time of their lives. A few days after
the Christmas of '77 or '78 I had brought to work a book on
World War II my wife had given me. On break I was thumbing thru
its pages when one of the Radiation Monitors leaned over my
shoulder and asked me to go back a few pages. He stopped me at
one of the pictures and pointed a face out to me. "the man with
the beard was our cook." he said. The photo was of American
P O W's being freed shortly before the war in Europe was over.
That's all he said. I never approached him about it afterwards.
I didn't feel it was appropriate. I tucked that memory away for
a few years and did not tell folks what he had said to me. A
couple of years later I had transferred to 234-5Z to work day
shift and after several months I got to know a few more of the
older folks in the building and learned form others where they
served and some of their experiences. Fighter pilots, marines
who served in the Pacific, paratroopers and infantry. Ground
crews in England with the 8th Air Force. Knowing something about
their background I respected them a little more and would set
aside my youthful pride and allowed them to teach me in some of
the finer points of working at 234-5Z.
Fast forward a couple of decades about the time I discovered the
Sandstorm I exchanged emails with a Bomber and she told me of
an instance while riding the bus back home it passed the Uptown
Theater and on the marquee was the film title "And Three Came
Home". The woman who was sitting next to her mentions "I knew
Mrs. Keith"! The woman goes on to tell her about the atrocities
inflicted by their captors. When I finished the email I thought
about the men I had worked with so many years ago that served in
that terrible war and wondered if any one at Hanford could have
been one of the service men that freed her and others.
Getting back to that RM who pointed out that photo in my book.
I boarded the bus to go home after swing shift at PUREX he sat
next to me and remarked how dark it was that evening. After a
small silence between us during a quiet ride back to town he
told me of his capture by the Germans after running out of ammo
following a long engagement. That was the last I spoke to him.
He passed away a few months later. At the funeral many of the
veterans I came to know attended his service. Afterwards I
followed them for a few paces and listened as close as I could
to be taught a little more.
-Don Sorenson (NAB)
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Bomber Memorial
>>Darrell DesCHANE ~ Class of 1954 ~ 1936 - 2015
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5 Bombers sent stuff today:
Jerry BOYD ('52), David DOUGLAS ('62)
Helen CROSS ('62), John CAMPBELL ('63)
Linda REINING ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Arlene HORNE ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rick MORRELL ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Duane CROSS ('79)
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>>From: Jerry BOYD ('52)
To: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Patsy McGREGOR ('54) and I was married on November 11, 1952.
I made a good choice! (63 years)
-Jerry BOYD ('52)
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
To: Ann ENGEL Schafer ('63):
I don't recall you, but if you ever played Kick the Can during
the summer, I'm sure I must have encountered you.
Re: Board of Education
Speaking of encounters, I had one encounter with the 'board of
education' - in 7th grade PE at Carmichael. Not because of
misbehavior - it was on my birthday. I remember getting a swat
from the paddle. It certainly wasn't the 'pat' I was expecting -
it stung. It served as a good incentive never to misbehave.
Thankfully, I don't remember the teacher's name. Someone will
probably tell me.
Re: Miscellaneous memories
PE was definitely not my favorite class. One rainy day at
Carmichael the boys were playing basketball in the gym, skins
versus shirts, while the girls sat in the bleachers watching.
Someone on the other team fouled me and I had a free throw
coming. The guy was angry and threw the ball at a sensitive
portion of my anatomy. I was barely able to make the free throw
before I went over to the bleachers, where my girlfriend Mary K.
Poore (her family moved away when she was in 9th grade) was
sitting, and doubled over. She wanted to know what my problem
was. I did not tell her.
I'm also grateful for the privilege of growing up in Richland.
It was a very safe environment - we could ride our bicycles all
over town without our parents worrying about us. I did develop a
lifelong fear of dogs from being bitten three times riding my
bike.
The school system was excellent. I especially remember music
class at Marcus Whitman Elementary. I earned the nickname "Daisy
Douglas" in 6th grade for requesting "Bicycle Built for Two"
whenever I had the chance. I did not like art class, as I was
very unartistic and got "M" on my report card all the way
through, for Mediocre, I guess. I still draw stick figures.
To tell the truth, if it weren't for my girlfriends I wouldn't
have many memories of high school. I missed the Homecoming dance
my senior year to have an operation on my thyroid at a hospital
in Seattle. It left a scar across my throat. When people asked
me what happened I'd say, "My girlfriend [Diane ZELLEY ('63) at
the time] and I had a slight disagreement."
I know I got sent to the office twice by one of my English
teachers (sophomore English, I think) because I was tired of
going over grammar when I'd had an intensive semester of it in
8th grade General Languages.
I only skipped classes once, to take the civil service exam for
substitute mail carrier, as I was hopeful of getting a summer
job. I probably could have gotten permission to skip class, but
it was easier to have a classmate forge a note from my mother
for me. The office never asked to see it, so maybe nobody
noticed.
I've often told the story of the time my first period safe
driving class was practicing driving on the highway to
Kennewick. We had a flat tire. The teacher said it was a good
opportunity to learn how to change a tire. He opened up the
trunk - no spare. He had to walk a ways to find a phone and call
the school. The other driving teacher said he'd bring us his
spare second period. When he finally arrived he laughed at our
teacher for leaving school without a spare. He opened his trunk
- his spare was flat. He went back to school, and the custodian
brought us a working spare in the pickup truck. We got back to
school right at the end of third period, in time for lunch.
I also recall that I was the only senior at graduation who
didn't get a handshake from the principal when I received my
diploma. I guess he didn't like my calling him a liar. I wrote
a letter to the editor of the Tri-City Herald when the school
board was considering building a new gymnasium, complaining my
physics class only had 30 textbooks for all the physics classes.
If we had to take one home to study we had to get to the room
right after the closing bell rang to have any hope of checking
one out. My letter was discussed at a board meeting and the
principal was asked to explain. He said we had an older textbook
for every student which was the basic text, and the new text was
only supplemental - which was absolutely false, as Mr. Scott
verified to me. Anyway, I was just glad to graduate.
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ where it has suddenly turned
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
My belated thanks to the veterans who came home, and to the
families of those who didn't make it back, and especially those
who endured captivity so that we living in this great nation of
ours could continue to live in freedom. We will be honoring the
veterans at our church this weekend, because we were not church
last weekend, but on a religious retreat.
It is mind-twisting to think of all the prices veterans have
given for our freedom.
Let us all honor, respect and defend that freedom as best we
can.
Re: More thanks
I want to sincerely thank Doreen HALLENBECK Waldkoetter ('51)
for sending me her books on Early days in our area. I was on
vacation when you mailed the books, so I just got them this
week. I am really enjoying reading them. Just wish my dad and
uncle - who were both avid Bomber fans - could see the book on
Bomber basketball.
I also want to thank Donna BOWERS Rice ('63) for responding to
my comments on her distant relative Meriweather Lewis of Lewis
and Clark fame. After hearing some of the facts (like he was
shot twice when he died) I tend to believe he was murdered. I
have read books about both Lewis and Clark, but I want to read
the books you recommended.
Sorry it took me so long to respond; you wrote when I was on
vacation and my time was spent carrying my 20 pound 6 month old
grandson or swimming with or shooting hoops with my 11 year old
older grandson, so I was exhausted when I was with them, but I
miss them already.
Thank you for writing to me about one of my favorite subjects:
Lewis and Clark.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Hope, IN where the sun is shining
and it will reach 65° today, but colder weather is in the air
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>>From: John CAMPBELL ('63)
Re: Don BRACKENBUSH ('63) birthday [on 11/11]
Marilyn and I went to the latest James Bond movie, SPECTRE,
last evening with our great friends, Don BRACKENBUSH ('63) and
Lila JENNE Brackenbush ('63). We always enjoy celebrating our
birthdays [11/11 and 11/15] together. Hope we have many more
with our dear friends.
-John CAMPBELL ('63)
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
To: Barb BELCHER Valinske ('72)
Re: Mr, Anderson (RIP - your grandfather)
He was a good teacher... had a lot of patience with me, as I had
absolutely NO artistic talent... for one particular assignment,
we had to be in "teams" and each team was assigned a mural that
had to have a scene with people, animals, trees, grasses, rivers
and bushes (I think we were studying Egypt, so the mural had to
incorporate things to do with that country) and had to be drawn
on a wall in the classroom... I begged to be able to just draw
the rivers, trees and/or grasses, but each member of the team
was required to draw a person... I would just stand there and
stare at that blasted blank piece of "butcher paper"... your
grandfather finally came up to me and whispered that it didn't
matter what I drew, just put pencil to the paper and "it" will
come to you. I did manage to draw a figure, that resembled a
person. I also remember him giving us a demonstration of what
cigarettes would do to our lungs, if we ever smoked... am sure,
now, he'd be in all kinds of trouble and probably be fired, but
he took out a cigarette, lit it, blew smoke into a white
handkerchief and told us that the yellow stain was from the
nicotine and he emphasized that it would stay in our lungs and
would also stain our teeth... I'd like to say that it deterred
me from smoking... took up that habit at 18 and took me 12 years
to quit.
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ Kuna, ID
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Dick McCOY ('45)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carol CARSON ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John STANDLEY ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marc FRANCO ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sue DIX ('72)
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>>From: Dick McCOY ('45)
Re: Armistice Day [11/11]
I'm a couple of days late with this, so what else is new?
75 years ago on 11/11/40, a terrible storm hit the US. The
galloping Gertie bridge in Tacoma went down. In Minnesota, where
I lived, a terrible blizzard hit and lasted four days. 70 folks
died, mostly hunters or caught out on the roads. It hit Lake
Michigan lasting three days and sinking three ships with 57
lives lost. I was in the eighth grade in Mound, Minnesota. It
was raining when we caught our bus to school, and by the 11:00
time to note a moment of silence, it had turned into a gale
wind. We were sent home and I had took a walk of a mile home in
fierce conditions with light clothing and shoes. I barely made
it. For the next four days my mom, little brother, Patrick ('55-
RIP), and I were isolated in our home. We had a coal furnace
and a wood cooking stove, which was up to me to keep going. The
electricity went out the first day, and we lit kerosene lamps.
Such were kept on hand by most rurals in those days. The wind
howled and the temp dropped to 5° below. Dad was stuck in the
city for five days. I made one trip to the store (on foot)
again, a mile away. The owner stocked me up with necessities,
and added some candy for me. Her handyman got me home with his
chained up truck, and I still can't understand how he made it
through some of those four foot drifts. My Dad was a World War I
vet so it was a remembrance in more ways than one.
Hug a vet, on any day of the year.
-Dick McCOY (from the Tin Can class of '45)
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3 Bombers and Don Sorenson (NAB) sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
David RIVERS ('65)
Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ken NEAL ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jon BLACK ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lorraine WARD ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gayle VOGEL ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Michael West RIVERS ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary Jo GARRISON ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Terry DELSING ('71)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Re: 11/11/40 Storm
The only things missing from Dick McCOY's ('45, '46 & '02)
hazardous tale was the lead dog named "King" and the trip to
and from home to wherever was up hill both ways. Those were
the days, my friends...
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where,
hopefully, what ever snow falls stays in the mountains.
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>>From: Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
Re: WKRP Thanksgiving Turkey video
https://youtu.be/PeCGURWzjwE
A Thanksgiving video. I'm still laughing and have tears in my
eyes. This is a little longer than the clip that I got on
Facebook but it is great!
-Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: A moment
Of Prayer or silence if you prefer for those innocents in
Paris; and
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Shirley COLLINGS ('66) on your special day,
November 14, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: B Reactor National Park
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/151115-B-Rector_Park.htm
To All Bombers,
November 12th the day B Reactor became part of the National Park
system! A mix of former White Bluffs/Hanford residents, former
Hanford workers, Senators and former Congressmen and 4th graders
from White Bluffs grade school attended the event. The tireless
efforts of B Reactor Museum Association (BRMA), the public,
congressional folks and D. O. E. brought about this reality.
I was lucky enough to receive an invite and asked to put
together a display of items from the early days of Hanford. I
also had the opportunity to meet a former resident of Hanford
and White Bluffs. During our introduction I noticed her eyes
were moist with sadness. While her lips were near trembling it
became readily apparent memories were rushing back from over 70
years ago of having to leave a home she dearly loved. I reached
out to touch her shoulder and said its okay to feel sad and that
I was glad to meet her. About fifteen minutes later we crossed
paths and she said "I'm feeling better".
Three buses of children arrived soon after the doors were opened
and you could hear the teachers issuing instruction on behavior
and to resist the urge to touch (Some of the adults should
have listened as a quite a few of them did the opposite). Burt
PIERARD ('59) was there and we chatted for awhile. He and two
others produced an excellent publication on DuPont's forgotten
role at Hanford. I have been to "B" many times for tours I've
done of Hanford, but this visit was the most electric.
While news organizations reported this was the first time
children had stepped foot into "B" this is not entirely
accurate. Children toured B reactor during Hanford's 25th
Anniversary and small grandchildren of former residents visited
in the '80s during the Hanford/White Bluffs Reunions. Still
the tape has been broken and many more children will have the
opportunity to view something that for decades was off limits.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/15/15
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2 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Tom HEMPHILL ('62)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bob LATTIN ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janet TYLER ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John CAMPBELL ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John Owen PERKINS ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Chris STADE ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Maureen BARBER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mick HEMPHILL ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tina SHELLMAN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barbara MAFFEI ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Greg McELROY ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Greg ALLEY ('73)
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>>From: Tom HEMPHILL ('62)
Re: Happy Birthday, Bro
Tommy & Mick
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Brother Mick HEMPHILL ('66) I am so blessed
to have you as my brother. Lots of fond memories.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Hem/151115-DranoSuccess.jpg
Love Ya, Bro
-Tommy HEMPHILL ('62)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Car Guyz
That's what we got today is car guyz... not much more needs to
be said when that phrase is used... it conjures up great moments
of "hey watch this" which always ends up in very interesting
event... one of these guys keeps me up on all the latest NW
shows... the other hadda confess to me that somebody who will
go unnamed confiscated his "Bombers" car plaque... as I was
getting ready to paint the rails for the bed of my pick up I
found a last plague lodged against some paint cans... prepared
it and sent it off to him in time to show off at a Bomber
rally... not bad... I have absolute proof that as late as 1998
he was still using a "Y" at the end of his name... hope to see
him when I come to Richland for the play on the 20th and expect
to see the other having chowder with Carol in Oly... HAPPY
BIRTHDAY, John CAMPBELL ('63) and Micky HEMPHILL ('66) on your
special day, November 15, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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Bomber Memorial
>>Trey SCOTT ~ Class of 2012 ~ 1993 - 2015
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/16/15
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1 Bomber sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Marsha GOSLIN ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Wally ERICKSON ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda LARSEN ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Melissa CANTRELL ('71)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Duane LEE ('67) & Valerie NIELSEN ('69)
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>>From: Marsha GOSLIN Brehm ('65)
Re: Terence Knox, aka Terry DAVIS ('65)
We saw "Ordinary People" at the Richland Players Theater today
[11/15/15] and thoroughly enjoyed it. We loved seeing Terry
acting as Dr. Berger. We have seen him in series like
"St. Elsewhere" and "Tour of Duty", but this was seeing
him LIVE. He was wonderful! Anxiously awaiting his next play.
-Marsha GOSLIN Brehm ('65) and Gary Brehm ('64 Lion)
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>>Ilona CHAPIN Thomson ~ Class of 1977 ~ 1958 - 2015
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/17/15
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Karen COLE ('55), Jim ARMSTRONG ('63)
Jim HAMILTON ('63), David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kim MOORE ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tom STORMS ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barb HOGAN ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Brian HOGAN ('74)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Ron HOGLEN & Pam BUCKNER ('62)
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>>From: Karen COLE Correll ('55)
Re: Quilt of Valor
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Col/151117-QOV-00.htm
Yesterday sister, Jackie ('63), and I had the privilege of
attending a Quilt of Valor ceremony honoring Jim HOUSE ('63)
for his service to our Country. Our brother John COLE ('66)
and Mickey HEMPHILL ('66) both Vietnam veterans, presided over
the ceremony. You Vietnam veterans that have received a quilt,
understand that this is not only a gift of recognition of
service, but a much delayed "Welcome home." All veterans who
have been touched by war, deserve this award. Thank you, Johnny
and Mick, for all you do with these presentations. We all are
very proud you two. Attaching pictures of yesterday's ceremony.
-Karen COLE Correll ('55)
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>>From: Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
Re: Pitts' Favorite Albums
Lonnie Mack: WHAM OF THE MEMPHIS MAN
Michael Bloomfield: SUPER SESSION
Marty Robbins:
GUNFGHTER AND TRAIL SONGS/MORE GUNFIGHTER AND TRAIL SONGS
on one CD
Elvis Presley: ELVIS - w/additional cuts on CD
The Fabulous Wailers: LIVE AT THE SPANISH CASTLE
w/additional cuts of Louie Louie and Rosalie on CD
Paul Butterfield: PAUL BUTTERFIELD BLUE BAND
Jr. Walker and the All Stars: SHOTGUN
Floyd Cramer: LAST DATE and ON THE REBOUND - one CD
Enjoy!
-Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Re: Back Then Poster
This was forwarded to me and I had to laugh. I remember seeing
such a poster on the wall of the Lee Nelson's Barber Shop. I
imagine there was one at Ganzell's, Johnny Pierce's and Chris
the Butcher where the Columbia Commandos got their flat tops.
I always wanted a flat top, but alas by hair was too curly,
or so my Mother told me.
There is no mention of the Waterfall, Princeton, or my all
time favorite, the "Wally Cleaver Jelly Roll".
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ham/151117-Haircut_Poster.jpg
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Number 32
May I express my congratulations to our own Jim HOUSE ('63;
USMC) upon his receipt of a Quilt of Valor on November 16, 2015!
A great Bomber and a Great Marine!
[See pictures in entry form Karen COLE ('55) -Maren]
-David RIVERS ('65)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/18/15
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4 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Dick McCOY ('45), Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
Helen CROSS ('62), Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancy RIGGS ('51)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barbara CROWDER ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Peggy HARTNETT ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lynn SCHILDKNECHT ('74)
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>>From: Dick McCOY ('45)
Re: Haircuts
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ham/151117-Haircut_Poster.jpg
To: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
My hair was curly too. I've seen the poster and it was probably
at Ganzel's. I got the executive contour, without the executive.
-Dick McCOY (from the Tin Can class of '45)
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>>From: Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
Re: Quilts of Valor
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Col/151117-QOV-00.htm
Bravo to the veterans who so deserve the Quilts of Valor and to
those who lovingly made these quilts and those who support this
wonderful endeavor. Thank you Karen COLE Correll ('55) for
bringing this to the Sandstorm.
-Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Re: Quilt of Valor
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Col/151117-QOV-00.htm
Congratulations to Jim HOUSE ('63) on his award of the Quilt of
Valor for your service to our country.
Re: Anniversary
Congratulations to Ron HOGLEN and Pam BUCKNER Hoglen ('62) on
their wedding anniversary [on 11/17]... must be over 50 for
sure, 53 maybe.
Re: Haircuts
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Ham/151117-Haircut_Poster.jpg
To: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
The haircut I remember guys had in our day was the ducktail...
Cheers
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Hope, IN where it is raining and
about 59°, we may get flurries of snow on the weekend.
We hope not, so far it's been a great fall.
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>>From: Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65)
Re: Quilt of Valor
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Col/151117-QOV-00.htm
Congratulations Jim HOUSE ('63), USMC, on your Quilt of Valor.
Welcome Home, Jim.
-Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65)
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>>Fred TAUSCH ~ Class of 1963 ~ 1945 - 2015
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/19/15
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3 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Tom VERELLEN ('60)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bruce SCHOENROCK ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Don EHINGER ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary ROSE ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Richard TRUJILLO ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill WILSON ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike DOAN ('71)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Gene BARFUSS ('53) & Treasure ELDER ('54)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Hey! November 19th has arrived. This is a special date, not a
big one in the overall scheme of things, but special none the
less. There is a Bomber anniversary and a Bomber birthday to
acknowledge on this date.
Let's take things in order of occurrence; first off is the
birthday of a Bomber guy I knew, rode the bus from North
Richland to both Carmichael and Col-Hi with, and, yes, even
graduated with. Here's the tip of the ol' propeller beanie and
the traditional shout of "Happy Birthday!" for Bruce SCHOENROCK
('54). Keep on having them.
Now the wedding for which we celebrate the anniversary happened
some years after the aforementioned birthday boy made his
appearance. I "thesped" with one and graduated with the other.
How this marriage came to be, I'll leave to others to figure
out. Congratulations to Gene BARFUSS ('53) and Treasure ELDER
('54) on sticking together for this long.
And for Jim HOUSE ('63): Welcome home, big guy!
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where the
leaves are pretty well gone thanks to the breeze the other day
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>>From: Tom VERELLEN ('60)
Re: Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63) list of favs
I have to admit that some of your favorites I had never heard
before and I enjoyed them. All of them actually but I couldn't
help but notice there was one category of musicality (?)
unlisted. The great nervous norvos, (transfusion, ape call),
Shep Woolery, (Purple People Eater?), Hello Fadder Hello Mudder,
and the like following in the footsteps of the greater Spike
Jones. eh? Actually in researching your favorites I got caught
up in some music favorites of the '50s, '60s, and '70s and heard
a lot of favorites and some I didn't want to admit I thought
were pretty ok at the time but now they have lost some of their
glimmer. Kind of like when Sha Na Na did "Teen Angel", a few
decades back, the apex of the show. For some reason, probably
several reasons it appealed to a wide spectrum. Thanks for
sharing.
-Tom VERELLEN ('60) ~ in a rehydrated near Lacey, WA looking
thankgiving in the eye, then the holidays and beyond. in
the spirit of audio past, "a hearty o hi o silver away!"
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: those we emulate
Funny how life is... some kids you learn to know and admire
later on in life... some you've (I've) always admired and
others make such an impact on my life I feel I will never
forget them... I didn't know the B-day Bomber when I was a
lowly soph... I mean how could I... he was "the King"... every
year I know him, however the more I wish to be as much like him
as I can... don't get me wrong... he is hardly alone in this
classification... .he just happens to be turning a year older
today and so he gets the limelight... as it should be... I must
admit that growing older has been an important part of my
life... now don't laugh... when I was younger I was pretty much
dumber than dirt... the more I learned the "smarter" I thought
I was, when in reality, I was only beginning to become ever so
slightly aware of how little I knew... today I relish learning
to be more understanding, more forgiving, more loving and less
demanding... sounds like I'm tooting my own horn... hardly...
I have only begun this adventure... I will never reach my goal
though I do wish to continue perusing it... what was so very
important to me yesterday loses its appeal today... I have
always said I was shallow... I never never denied that and it
would be foolish for me to try... I always admired kids with
goals and things they wished to conquer... I will probably
never understand why I didn't have the same thing... I had good
parents, I'm sure my teachers were as good as yours... just
something inside me never caught spark. I am sure this is boring
the pee outa some of you... but hey it's my post... HAPPY
BIRTHDAY, Bill WILSON ('63), on your special day, November 19,
2015... hope to have Chowder with you and Carol inna couple of
weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>Bea Saltz GOWDY ~ Class of 1955 ~ 1938 - 2015
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/20/15
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
David DOUGLAS ('62), Jim ARMSTRONG ('63)
Jim HAMILTON ('63), David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike McKEOWN ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Vernona CHAPPELLE ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Laurie FRASER ('79)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Ron SHELBY ('59) & Lorraine WARD ('63)
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
To: Tom VERELLEN ('60)
I enjoyed your list of novelty favorites. I still remember
Transfusion from a vacation across the US to Arkansas when I was
a kid and it was played often. I bought it from iTunes and have
it on my computer. Another favorite is Purple People Eater.
During my year teaching English at Tianjin University, China,
2001-2002, I also taught conversational English to a group of
professors, who often went to international conferences where
English was the language spoken. I had prepared a unit titled
"America Sings" for my university students, with music from
the Revolutionary War up through my teen years. I asked the
professors if they were interested in it and they were. You just
haven't lived until you've hear 30 Chinese professors singing
Purple People Eater!
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ
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>>From: Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
To: Tom VERELLEN ('60)
Glad you checked them out. Here's two more.
Kent Morrill of the Fabulous Wailers: HARD TO ROCK ALONE. Can be
had on Amazon. My favorite R n R singer. You can't preview it.
So, trust me it's worth it. Read the reviews.
James Cotton: JAMES COTTON BLUES BAND. He and Paul Butterfield
made me a blues fan for life!
Re: "Transfusion"
Had this on 78rpm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8pXrmobUZk
Regards,
-Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63) ~ Just down the road in Centralia
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Apparently our own Frank Osgard is again involved in another
"Economic Opportunity" that has taken on a life of it's own. If
you absolutely must know, Frank had planned on making a bundle
this Yuletide season selling Mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum),
but checked the wrong box on the order form and received 144
packets of Cat Nip seed. As Frank is want to do, he failed to
notice the error and proceeded to plant it all in his back yard.
Now he is having to deal with Animal Control and the EPA. Air
quality has become an issue with which he is currently trying to
wrap his arms around as well as the herds of unlicensed feline
in his yard. The city fathers (Sheriff Tom Lyda III) are saying
that if they're in his yard, they're his pets and he needs to
license them or off to Fred English for Seniors he goes. I'll
keep you posted as to where you can send your donations.
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Group Hug
Off we goooooooooooooooo... (you can tell I'm just all excited
about driving over to the airport... finding a spot and standing
in a line to find out what it is that TSA doesn't like about me
today)... it is very interesting to check in to the airline...
now If you don't check in and get your boarding pass before you
get there, they want five extra smackers for the ink and paper
to print it for you and boy do they give ugly looks... but If
you do try and check in on line and print they tell you not to
do so if you will be checking in a gun... ah the dilemma of it
all... save five bucks and lie... or get yelled at and spend
more money at the counter... sorry... ain't no dilemma for this
boy... lie my ass off... OK so now that's done... just hafta
wait inna big loooooooooooooong line now... but tonight I'll be
in Richland so that is a huge plus... be joining a few kids for
the play tomorrow nite and din din before at... uuuuuuuh... an
I Italian place near the theater... KEENEY ('65) likes it and
since Barb (NAB) is actually coming with him this must be a
big moment... I have heard nothing but raves so I am really
excited... would have loved to go with Cecilia BENNETT ('65)
and three of the W girls last week but now that I think of it...
even if I had changed my flight as was suggested, I would still
have missed the Sunday afternoon show as the plane leaves at
11 on Sunday...... hope to hit Spuddies Friday AND Saturday...
funny I don't even eat Spuddies any more... I have a cimumum
roll and a cup of espresso... but it's the kids I look for...
but anyway, I'll give a group hug and just wish: HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
Mike McKEOWN ('60) on the 20th, Sandi CHERRINGTON ('66) and Brad
WEAR ('71) on the 22... have a special day each of you!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The boy is back in town... the boy is back in town... oooooops
skuse me!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/21/15
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1 Bomber sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rosemary QUALHIEM ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John CRIGLER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Deanna FULCHER ('72)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Time to get "commercial". Just doing my "civic" duty here
and bringing to the attention of all Bombers in the greater
Willamette Valley area (this includes Vancouver and Hazel Dell)
that during the first weekend in December (5th & 6th) will be
the Mt. Angel Hazelnut Fest and German Holiday Market.
The festivities include regional arts and crafts; Oregon
wineries and breweries; food featuring hazelnuts and
entertainment. There will also be children's arts & crafts and
St. Nicholas along with a 5k run on Saturday Morning (further
information at www.racenorthwest.com/nuts)
Not to mention: door prizes; free admission and free parking (so
I won't).
So, if you are looking for something to do that week end; "Come
on down!".
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
this weekend promises to be dry, clear (?) and cold
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>>Donna RUDY Williams ~ Class of 1956 ~ 1938 - 2015
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/22/15
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Deedee WILLOX ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ellen SPITALERI ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sandi CHERRINGTON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dawn BELL ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jo CLARK ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Brent CHRISTI ('71)
11/22/63 JFK Assassination
December 6 1963 Sandstorm scanned by Dennis HAMMER ('64)
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Ham/1963-12-09SSpg1.htm
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Hey, I don't want to be the only one writing to this rag, so
come on.
Now in the excitement of yesterday's entry I forgot to mention
that the whole thing (except the 5k race) takes place in the
Mount Angel Community Festhalle.
And did I mention free admission and free parking?
Well, then, if you are in the neighborhood, drop in for some
fun time.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where,
despite the best efforts of the weather guessers, we are
continuing to have weather.
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>>From: Deedee WILLOX Loiseau ('64)
Re: Terence Knox, aka Terry DAVIS ('65)
Just got home from attending the play, "Ordinary People", by
The Richland Players. All of the performers did a great job.
Terry was fantastic as Dr. Berger... perfect for the part. I
hope we see more of him in future plays!
-Deedee WILLOX Loiseau ('64) ~ Burbank, WA where it's foggy
tonight and the air is quite moist.
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/23/15
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5 Bombers sent stuff today:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Jim HAMILTON ('63)
David RIVERS ('65), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
Pam EHINGER ('67)
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)
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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.
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-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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4 Bombers sent stuff and one 2007 Bomber Memorial today:
Missy KEENEY ('59), Bob CROSS ('62)
David RIVERS ('65), Lynn-Marie HATCHER ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nola DAVEY ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Darla WISE ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary CHRISTIAN ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: Terry & Linda HUTSON ('74)
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>>From: Missy KEENEY ('59)
To: David RIVERS ('65) & all Bombers, oh, and Jack KEENEY ('65)
I was so happy to read about Terence Knox, aka Terry DAVIS ('65)
Burt PIERARD ('59), Glen ROSE ('58), Glen's wife, Carol ('62
Sunnyvale Hi, CA) & myself had front row seats for the play
"Ordinary People". Terry was WONDERFUL! You could tell he was a
professional... absolutely believable character from his first
line through the finale. David we expect you to praise Terry...
from a front row perspective, we thought he was super. WAY TO
GO, TERRY!
-Missy KEENEY ('59)
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>>From: Bob CROSS ('62)
Re: President Kennedy
With the reminders of President Kennedy's assassination brought
back a reminder to me of why we live in a great nation. When
the news of President Kennedy being shot I was with a group of
students at CBC in a lounge area. All of sudden a girl went
crazy crying and yelling. After we calm her down a bit we found
out the she was from a Central American country and a president
assassination usually meant a civil war would be breaking out.
Thankfully our founding fathers thought about what to do in the
event of the death of a president. It is not pleasant but life
goes on but with real sadness.
-Bob CROSS ('62)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Friends
The things we do for our friends... Jackson KEENEY ('65) called
a little bit ago to talk about the play... he wanted to know
more about Terry's ('65) college friends and to just talk
generally... he asked my opinion of the play and I scolded him
again for not using email... so a minute ago I hadda run to the
mail box and send him my post from yesterday... funny but there
isn't much we won't do for each other... not just Jack and me
but friends period... I got my "Birthday Shirt" from Jack
GARDINER ('61) yesterday... it was a keeper: "I may be old but
I got to see all the cool bands!"... truer words were never
spoken... I am truly a "fortunate son".. I enjoyed Pitts' ('63)
"favorite" list the other day... I would love to name my
favorites, but the minute the ink leaves the pen I remember
that the one I just wrote is kinda second to... or maybe it's
third... oh but wait... I forgot all about... oh geez how could
I forget... Then there are "our" songs... now I will admit I've
hadda few... sometimes I think it's too bad that was "our" song
cuz it woulda been better if it was another ours... but what
canya do... history is history is history... one of my very
favorite "our" songs is from the movie "Rome Adventure" Al Di La
by Emilio Pericoli... now that just happens the be the "our"
song of the one girl of which I am aware who will never speak
to me... personally I don't blame her... I tried to apologize
for being the biggest horses ass in the world, but she would
have none of it and so I still love the song, but there is a
teeny tiny ache when ever I hear it... I've managed to make up
with everyone else... at least they have told me we are fine...
hmmm... korse they could be lyin', huh... maybe they are just
waiting for the right moment... hmmmmmmm... maybe I should
start wearing a flak jacket... oh boy... the things the mind
can do... I wonder if you wonder like I do... I often wonder
how we know what is real... I mean each of us is locked up with
this little thing we call our brain and maybe just maybe our
reality is so far outa whack from others... oh geez... stop...
enough of that... today would have been the birthday of the
almost first ex-Mrs. Rivers... "our" song was "I'll Never Find
Another You"... HAPPY BIRTHDAY Nancy MIDDLETON ('67-RIP) on
your special day, November 24, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
Trying to remember an important detail about something from
when I was 13. I wore a green knit dress and black shoes. It
was late 1963 or early 1964. I went to see "Under the Yum Yum
Tree" at Uptown Theater. I was driven & picked up by my
parents, but had permission to meet a boy outside, & go in to
watch the movie with him. I was in 8th grade, and I think he
was in 9th. We both attended Carmichael. His first name was
Terry. He was kind of plump. (No offense - there's a lot of
that going around!) Okay... the important detail I DON'T
recall... his last name. Any thoughts, anyone? (He would have
graduated in 1967.)
(Funny how this question got stuck in my mind the other day...
and won't leave! Does that happen to anyone else?!)
Thanks,
-Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68) ~ Haven Farm, ID where it's
going to be in the 40s all week
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>>Larry BROWNING ~ Class of 1948 ~ 1929 - 2007
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2 Bombers sent stuff and one 2010 Bomber Memorial today:
Dick WIGHT ('52)
Jim ARMSTRONG ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dennis SCHODT ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Charles SOLOMON ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Fran TEEPLE ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim CANTRELL ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary TURNER ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Debbie NELSON ('77)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Leon RICE ('82)
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>>From: Dick WIGHT ('52)
I enjoyed David RIVERS' ('65) recent comment about a T-shirt
with printing that said "I may be old, but I got to see all the
cool bands."
Being a bit older, wish I had one that said, "I may be REALLY
old, but I got to see all the great performers!" My list
includes Frank Sinatra (twice), Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis
(3 times), Dean Martin (whom I also met wandering around
Pebble Beach Golf Course at dawn one day), Dorsey Brothers,
on- Broadway musicals "Sound of Music" and "Damn Yankees",
Robert Goblet, Sid Ceasar, Nancy Sinatra, Lena Horne, Paul Anka
(when he was YOUNG!), jazz pianist Jamad Ahmal, other great
musicians at the Monterey Jazz Festival in the late '50s
including Errol Garner, guitarist Charlie Byrd... the list
goes on. Being old does have a few "perks".
-Dick WIGHT ('52) ~ in cold and wintery Richland
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>>From: Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
Re: Trey SCOTT ('12-RIP)
I happened to read Trey SCOTT's Bomber Memorial and was
compelled to contribute to his memorial fund. This young man
spent a lot of his 22 years helping other kids with similar
health. I urge others to read:
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Obits/pics15/RIP12ScottTrey15.htm
-Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
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>>Pauline BROWNING Woods ('48) ~ 1930 - 2010
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/26/15 - HAPPY THANKSGIVING
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3 Bombers sent stuff 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)
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>>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.
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>>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)
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>>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.
Happy Thanksgiving,
-Cathy GEIER ('66)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/27/15
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), John ADKINS ('62)
Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65), Lance WILLIS ('70)
Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Andrew ECKERT, Jr. ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gene STEPHENS ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat FUNK ('69)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
I trust everyone has had their fill of turkey (or whatever)
and football, so let's get on to the important things. Today
we celebrate two Bombers, both of whom I know. One I went to
school and graduated with, the other is some sort of hanger on
who came along some eleven years later.
The Bomber guy I went to school with was a neat fellow in his
day. He probably still is. Didn't get to see him again until
the 60th, but he was still recognizable (even if he was wearing
glasses). So, a tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a hearty
"Happy Birthday!" is in order for Gene STEPHENS ('54).
Can't remember when I ran into the other fellow; it certainly
wasn't at school because he is much younger. Haven't done the
Strip in Vegas so it couldn't be there. And I know we didn't
hang with the same crowds. Oh well, here's a "Happy Birthday!"
to David (Tooter) (Junior Gyrene) RIVERS (no relation to Joan
or Melissa) ('65). As if we could forget. Oh, yeah, "Welcome
Home!"
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
the sunshine continues until maybe next week.
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>>From: John ADKINS ('62)
Re: Another year older and
Some time ago , about the time of "R2-K", I Iearned if I
playedmy cards right, I could sucker David into paying for
Val GHIRARDO Driver's ('72) goods. I have used that knowledge
to my benifit at just about every Cool Desert nights since. I
do appreciate the Spuddies, David.
This is your day, David RIVERS ('65) - I hope none of your cars
break down -that the weather is pleasant, wherever you may be
and that I am only one of many to wish you "Happy Birtday".
-John ADKINS ('62) ~ Richland and I still got some Punkin Pie left
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>>From: Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65)
Re: Birthday greetings
Wishing David RIVERS ('65), a Happy Birthday! (don't light all
those candles at the same time, Dood)
-Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65)
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>>From: Lance WILLIS ('70)
First post in a while but never want to see the Alumni
Sandstorm go away.
A big high five to my son Sam for his cross country season this
year at the University of Arizona. Not sure how many of you
started a family late and have kids in college but it's sure
fun to watch them run. Next up Indoor Track and Field.
Willis, Green & Penney Headline Pac-12 All-Academic Teams
-Lance WILLIS ('70)
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: Happy Birthday, David
Happy Birthday to the Oracle of Birthdays, David RIVERS! David
and the '65 gang were an influence on my life from the age of
twelve. He lived at the opposite end of the block from me on
Van Giessen. When I was young I'd go down to his place when the
crew were working on cars in his back yard. They'd be cutting
front coils to lower their cars, or working with a timing light
or something and they'd run me off, but I'd filter back in to
watch and listen to them. He's a fellow Marine and I'm proud to
say I know him. Happy Birthday David RIVERS ('65)! And you're
shirt is right, you may be old, but you saw all the cool bands.
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in Plano, TX where we're supposed to get
8" - 10" of rain this weekend. Currently 73°
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/28/15
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Mary Lou WATKINS ('63)
Carol CONVERSE ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Howard MADSEN ('70/'71)
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>>From: Mary Lou WATKINS Rhebeck ('63)
Re: David RIVERS ('65)
This was obviously supposed to be in yesterday's Sandstorm...
however... there was a matter of age... ignorance... or
whatever... it's floating somewhere in cyberspace... and I'm an
idiot... Sorry Birthday Boy!
This is to celebrate a birthday boy everyone knows... or know
of... or ... well, something. He is known by many names...
Junior Gyrene, Ring Talied Tooter & Here Come da' Judge...
being some of the ones fit to print! He remembers all of our
birthdays if his sticky notes don't fall off his forehead. He
is a great supporter of all Vets... from every war, and does
so much for them. I was honored to be at his Quilt of Valor
ceremony for his service in Vietnam. He is learning slowly to
keep his mouth shut... after having been banished a couple of
years ago. Ellen WEIHERMILLER (Gold Medal Class of '63), scares
him to death, so we have maintained an uneasy control over his
mouth... concerning us at least. It's not that he actually
lies... but sometimes tells a tale to besmirch our good
reputations we earned in Col-Hi. And there is always the
threat of ropes, river, gag, etc... although he seems to mock
that lately. We will see him soon at the Big '63 gathering in
Olympia... first at the house party at Ellen's where we make
him sleep in the basement, as the girls and Jimbeaux (Gold
Medal Class of '63), get the beds. He never complains as he
comes limping up the steps clutching either a Barbie doll or
stuffed Jiminy Cricket... and is wise enough to wear his warm
Bomber jammies. He is an active member of an online discussion
group, along with us & Leo WEBB (Gold Medal Class of '63)...
where we discuss the world situation, literature and current
events... only on the highest level! We have become family...
he would do anything for us if he would only drive a "normal
car" as Ellen would put it. We love him... and wish him the
happiest of birthdays... David RIVERS ('65)! See you soon...
and hoping Cecilia can make it over the pass to pick you up!
-Cecilia BENNETT McCartney ('65)
-Ellen WEIHERMILLER Anderson (Gold Medal Class of '63)
-Mary Lou WATKINS Rhebeck (Gold Medal Class of '63)
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>>From: Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64)
To: David RIVERS ('65)
Just wanted to tell you happy birthday!! Hope you had a good
one. I'm sure your daughter was there to make sure you did.
-Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) ~ Kennewick
It's bitter cold out this morning!!
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/29/15
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1 Bomber's stuff:
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janis ERVIN ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Denny DUNCAN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joe CAMPBELL ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike HOWELL ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dan VACHÉ ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Roger MEADER ('73)
26 days till Christmas
CINNAMON BEAR - Listen to "Paddy O'Cinnamon" Today (First one)
http://www.radiolovers.com/pages/cinnamonbear.htm
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Saturday, 11/28/15
Going to visit 2 of my sisters up near Baton Rouge and won't
be back until sometime on Sunday (the 29th). I'm putting this
issue in the Q to be sent on the 29th at midnight. Go listen
to Paddy O'Cinnamon and wait for another Cinnamon Bear link
tomorrow.
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA - 9:30 am - 74°
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/30/15
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Marilynn WORKING ('54)
Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeanne TURNER ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill TADLOCK ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jan KLUSMAN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rebecca HANSON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sandy CLARK ('71)
11/30 25 days till Christmas
CINNAMON BEAR - Listen to "Weary Willy" Today
http://www.radiolovers.com/pages/cinnamonbear.htm
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>>From: Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54)
Re: Dust Storm
Hope everyone has had a fantastic Thanksgiving and had a chance
to relax and let things settle, by avoiding Black Friday!
Now it is time to get together and fold our Club 40 Dust Storm.
Getting it ready to mail this coming week.
WHAT: Dust Storm Folding
WHERE: Three Margaritas in Richland
WHEN: Thursday, December 3rd
TIME: 1 PM
Anyone able to be there and help, will be greatly appreciated.
We always have a good time visiting and then being rewarded
with platters of their delicious Nachos!!!
See you there!!
-Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54) ~ Pasco where I am sad
that Richland Bombers lost in the semifinals of football
today!! While it is 16 degrees in the early am... we are
promised to be back in the 40s by end of week.
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>>From: Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
To: Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
I have long laughed at your tale of the dog and the
Thanksgiving biscuits. Thought You might enjoy this picture:
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ave/151130-ThankfulDog.jpg
-Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
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October, 2015 ~ December, 2015