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Alumni Sandstorm Archive ~ December, 2015
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Richland Bombers Calendar website
Funeral Notices website
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/01/15
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Bill WILSON ('63)
Deedee WILLOX ('64), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Shirley PITTMAN ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat NORDMAN ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lynn JOHNSON ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Chris WILLIAMSON ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve PANTHER ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Randy MARSHALL ('73)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
By golly, here we are at the Oneth of December, which means
Christmas isn't too far away. Have you been naughty or nice?
Now to the point, this also happens to be the birthday of a
Bomber Babe of my acquaintance. Yes, we went to school
together, and actually graduated at the same time. Coincidence,
I think not. Didn't see her again until R2K, where we had a fun
time along with other Bomber Babes I knew from back then. I had
best say nice things about her, or she'll sic Pete on me and
that would not be a pretty sight.
Enough fol-de-rol, let me now make the ceremonial tip of the
ol' propeller beanie and lead the "Happy Birthday!" for Pat
NORDMAN ('54). Have a very nice day.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
rain has returned to the valley and the temperatures have
risen at least above freezing.
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>>From: Bill WILSON ('63)
Re: Birthday wishes and compliments
To all who sent me Birthday wishes -- and actually read the
entry from D. RIVERS ('65) on the 19th -- well, we were always
taught not to believe all things printed or written. Thank you,
though, David for your kind words. I appreciated receiving so
many notes from former classmates and friends.
Once again, though, I was away from home on my birthday. This
year in Guangzhou, China -- where I was teaching English to
university students and young adults. A few of my students
showed up rather unexpectedly at my apartment, brought cake and
other goodies for all to enjoy. It was a special evening with
my precious students -- so eager to learn and study English AND
God´s Word as the avenue of curriculum.
I am now in the province of Nakhon Nayok, Thailand -- about an
hour north and east of Bangkok -- at the orphanage I have been
connected with for many years. Wish you, (Dave ('63) and Noi)
were here to see how the kids have grown. We celebrated the
30th Anniversary on the 28th of November -- looking back on
the great blessings provided the unwanted, abandoned and/or
orphaned children. I had the great privilege of speaking at the
event and honoring my dear Thai friends, Drs. med. Cleo and
Somsak -- whom I have known since their university days in
Cologne, Germany in 1970! Twenty of the former children -- now
successful adults (more or less) came back "home" for the
celebration. Seeing them and hearing of their success stories
makes all the efforts of time, energy and money very rewarding.
In just three days the entire group of children and staff at
the orphanage will drive to Rayong and enjoy a couple of nights
and days of R&R, swim in the ocean und relax a bit. For some of
you -- freezing your tails off -- just want you to know we are
still in the mid-90s here -- but at least in the dry season.
Wish all of you could enjoy the delicious Thai food, mangos,
etc. Friday I will be fixing pizza for all -- our tradition
when I am here -- and enjoying a movie in Thai. Well, some
will enjoy the movie! Thanks again for all the kind notes on my
birthday! and greetings from Thailand. So sad I will not be
able to be with the '63 Christmas group with Jimbeaux and the
others. Bummer!!
-Bill WILSON ('63)
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>>From: Deedee WILLOX Loiseau ('64)
Re: Hip Surgery
Looks like I'm headed for hip surgery. So, anyone in
Bomberville know of a good hip surgeon in the Tri-Cities?
I would love to have some recommendations. Thanks!
-Deedee WILLOX Loiseau ('64) ~ Burbank, WA where it has been
COLD! I hate the heat, but not crazy about temps under 35 °
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: RHS Football - run to Tacoma stopped by G-Prep - 11/29 Herald
"Bombers fall 31-17 to Gonzaga Prep in Class 4A football
semifinal
"The Richland Bombers finally ran out of Mondays on
Saturday.
"All postseason long, Bombers coach Mike NEIDHOLD ('77)
was fond of telling his football team after each
playoff victory that: 'We get another Monday to put
the pads on.'
"But the Bombers couldn't hold off a fourth-quarter
Gonzaga Prep rally Saturday at Edgar Brown Stadium in
Pasco, falling to the Bullpups 31-17 in a Class 4A
state semifinal.
"It ended Richland's season with an 11-2 record - with
both losses coming at the hands of the Bullpups."
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ from a very cold Richland
with the high only reaching 27° today and a low of 21°
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/02/15
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Barbara SESLAR ('60)
Mary RAY ('61), David RIVERS ('65)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66), Mike FRANCO ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kent MADSEN ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patti SNIDER ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Randy RICE ('73)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
There was a couple of things I forgot to mention in yesterday's
post. First, it was Pat NORDMAN's ('54)'s 21st birthday; thus
making it possible for her to visit adult watering holes
without fear of being caught with a fake I.D. (sort of
dangerous these days).
Secondly, I forgot to plug the Mount Angel Hazelnut Fest this
coming weekend, December 5h and 6th from 10am to 5pm If you
are in the neighborhood, please drop in, the admission and
parking are free.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
the last of the leaves are off the walnut tree, but
there's still a bunch on the lawn, patio and driveway.
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>>From: Barbara SESLAR Brackenbush ('60)
Re: Class of 1960 Bomber Luncheon
DATE: Saturday, December 5
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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>>From: Mary RAY Henslee ('61)
Re: My book, titled "American Trivia You Can Use"
After you review the trivia included in the book sample and
compare the book with the other American Trivia books on
Amazon, you can decide for yourself how mine stacks up. The
Introduction in the sample describes some of the ways in which
I tried to make my trivia book a cut above the rest. If you
slept through your Government and History classes or wish you
could remember more, this book will definitely be of some help.
I know I benefited from compiling the Q & As in those subjects.
You will be happy to know that I did put Richland on the map
for anyone out there who has never heard of our little neck of
the woods. Richland is situated in one of the five Tri-City
areas in the U.S. for one thing. Hanford is mentioned of
course, and anyone who didn't know Sharon TATE ('61wb-RIP)
spent time in Richland will come to learn that fact from the
book.
For anyone not familiar with Amazon's book pages, click on the
book cover where it says "Look Inside" to review the book
sample.
Maren, you can shorten the long link to my book page if you
want. I knew how to title links when I had a web site, but I
don't know how to do it in word. Thanks!
Have a great day!
-Mary RAY Henslee ('61)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh
This will be short... but doesn't mean it shouldn't be sweet...
this bomber-babe has always been a very special friend and if
I hadn't just driven over 1000 miles to rescue a fellow hot
rodder I'd make it all mushy and stuff... but I am hungry,
tired and my mind ain't werkin' too good so HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
Patti SNIDER ('65) on your special day, December 2, 2015!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
PS thank you all for your special wishes on my b-day!!!!!!!!!!!
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: RHS Swim and Dive MVPs - 11/1/15 Herald
"When the Richland High School girls swim and dive
squad gathered for its end-of-the-year awards, two
Bombers were named team MVPs.
Those honorees - sophomore swimmer Claire SCHAEF ('18)
and senior diver Kelsea HINKLEY ('16) - top this year's
Herald All-Area selections.
HINKLEY won the Class 4A state diving championship in
Federal Way, while SCHAEF finished third in the 200-
and 500-yard freestyle. HINKLEY is second Tri-Citian to
win state diving title."
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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>>From: Mike FRANCO ('70)
Re Hip surgeon in Richland
To: Deedee WILLOX Loiseau ('64)
Deedee,
Not sure about your needs but growing up on the corner of
Davison and Harris/Willis the best mechanical guy in town was
Gary O'ROURKE. If you don't find a good surgeon, give him a
call. He did very good body work. I think his prize was a '55
Nomad.
YES! I am joking, but Gary was legendary. Who were some of the
other legendary car guys around town in the '50s-'70s?
-Mike FRANCO ('70)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/03/15
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3 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
David DOUGLAS ('62)
David RIVERS ('65)
Alan LOBDELL ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rick VINCENT ('71)
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
To: Mary RAY Henslee ('61)
Re: Your Book: "American Trivia You Can Use"
It's in my Kindle Cloud library now. I like to support my
fellow Bombers, and I also get 5% back from my credit card
for Amazon orders. I enjoyed reading the preview. I'm even
old enough to remember many of the references. I can't
imagine how much research your book required. Best wishes for
its success.
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
To: Mary RAY Henslee ('61)
Re: Your Book: "American Trivia You Can Use"
kidle... not paper... arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Alan LOBDELL ('69)
To: Deedee WILLOX Loiseau ('64)
I know you asked for someone in the Tri-Cities but I do want
you to know the name of a very good doctor at Group Health in
Tacoma. His name is Alan Woods.
The reason I am letting you know is because I had my left hip
done in 2009 by the Veterans' Hospital in Seattle and it was
the worse mistake I've ever made. It's been six and a half
years and I am still having extreme pain from the surgery.
The VA refuses to take responsibility for it. Because the VA
lengthened my left leg over 1 inch I had to walk lopsided for
years causing problems in my back and right hip. In June of
this year Doctor Woods did my right hip and managed to
correct the lopsidedness at the same time. Within two weeks I
had no pain whatsoever in my right hip.
Today, my right hip feels like a natural hip while my left
one hurts all the time. To date the VA has done nothing to
help me with the blunder they did except send me pills.
-Alan LOBDELL ('69)
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Bomber Memorial
>>Richard STORDAHL ~ Class of 1977 ~ 1959 - 2015
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/04/15
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Marilynn WORKING ('54)
Mary RAY ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda DANIEL ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Michelle KAFENTZIS ('71)
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>>From: Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54)
Re:Club 40 newsletter... (Dust Storm)
The Fall 2015 Dust Storm newsletter was folded and made ready
for mailing Thursday, December 3rd by these very helpful
volunteers: Terry DeVINE ('52), Billie LAWELL Neth ('55),
Karol BRIMHALL Smith ('56), Connie DEAN O'Neil ('60),
Pat DORISS Trimble ('65), Duke MItCHELL ('69),
Richard Highstreet ('58-Sunnyvale, CA), And...of course,
myself ('54)!!
Karol will be taking them to the post office today, Friday
and you all should be receiving yours in a day or two. If you
haven't received your copy by next week, feel free to contact
me. Hopefully your dues are up to date so yours will be in
the mail!! Enjoy! Just to put you on notice, there are a
couple pages of pictures and names are not on them. So, if
you need to know who they are, Connie DEAN O'Neil ('60) has
the names.
-Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54) ~ Pasco where we are
watching the 2" of snow melt under the 40° weather in
the Tri-Cities!
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>>From: Mary RAY Henslee ('61)
Re: My E-book, titled "American Trivia You Can Use"
To: David DOUGLAS ('62)
Thanks for your support. It means a lot. Yes, it was quite an
undertaking. Was it worth it? We'll see. I sure hope so!
To: David RIVERS ('65)
Come on! E-books are the wave of the future. Put the book in
your Amazon Account Cloud where you can access it anytime you
want from any of your gadgets. If Waters stops you on the
street, you'll have all the answers at your fingertips.
Re: Hard copy
In all seriousness, others have asked about a hard copy, too.
If the book looks like it has potential, I may look into
what Amazon's Create Space has to offer. I'm a little bit
skeptical of hard copy self-publishers and there is cost
involved. Whether or not to look for a publisher is a hard
decision to make because of the downsides. It is a very long
process and authors get very little in the end. Five to seven
percent is average. Maybe ten percent with a big publisher if
an author has name recognition. There is glory in it, but not
much else unless the publisher turns the book into a big
seller. E-books give writers an option they didn't have
before and some readers prefer E-books.
Have a great day!
-Mary RAY Henslee ('61)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/05/15
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Ed WOOD ('62), David RIVERS ('65)
John ZIMMER ('66), Brad WEAR ('71)
Roy Orbison (RIP) 1988
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: 12/05 David DOUGLAS ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janine RIGHTMIRE ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Donna THORSON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Art SNYDER ('71) '52
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeff FULCHER ('76)
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>>From: Ed WOOD ('62)
Re: E-Books
E-Books may be, as Mary RAY Henslee ('61) points out, the
wave of the future. And I confess to now being on my third
Kindle, so I'm not immune to the convenience of E-Books. I
even used to read books on my Palm Pilot (remember those?)
many years ago.
But books offer something almost indefinable that E-Books can
never deliver, IMHO. Maybe it's the heft of a good hardback,
or the comfort of a good read lying on my lap as I'm reading
next to the fireplace. Or the splashy colors on the cover
of my current paperback. Perhaps its the sense of progress
I feel as I see the bookmark sticking out of the book on the
end table. I do know that a highlight of the printed word is
obvious to all in this picture, as I read to my granddaughter,
Sierra.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Woo/151205-Ed-G-dau.jpg
Although I'll continue to welcome the convenience and cost-
effectiveness of E-Books, I'll never convert completely.
Mary, don't be shy of trying Create Space. I've published
three books with them. Yes, there's work involved, but the
price is right, and you can't go wrong with a minimum order
quantity of one book. If nothing else, you'll feel good about
seeing a book on your bookshelf that displays your name as
the author.
-Ed WOOD ('62)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Group Hug
It's that time again... winter... now winter means I
voluntarily dig out my moldy heavy coat, long johns, winter
sox, cap, gloves, Bomber Jammies, MLW scarf and get onna
airplane and fly to Seattle, then ride to Wickiup to the deep
dark woods to a house even the owner can't find half the time
to get forced to eat beets and be captive inna house full of
Bomber-babes at a slumber party with one other guy... now
for the uninformed, that is not all the fun and games it
sounds to be... As Mary Lou WATKINS ('63) intimated in her
belated birthday wish (now she wants you to believe it was
unintentional... lemme tell ya 'bout "more mature" Bomber-
babes and little kids... they torment little kids... make
them do things they don't wanna do... make them wear
moustaches and hang around in their PJs... while they wear
PJs and act pretty much as they did at slumber parties when
the were 13! Then they make us reach into a deep dark bag and
pull out who knows what... then if they like what you pulled
out... they take it from you and give you sparkly size 2
slippers... remember guys... we were warned long ago about
these babes when the Shirelles sang "I met him on Sunday" and
then she dumped him on Saturday... guys unite!!!!!!!)... now
where was I... hmmmmmmm oh yeah... ML kinda gave you a clue
in her post... she knows what Ellen WEIHERMILLER ('63) and
Mary Ann WEILAND ('63) have planned for me... oh the shame of
it... how will I ever face my mommy again... oh wait... I'm a
orphan... spared from that shame anyway... and then after all
is said and done I'm not even allowed to tell you guys about
it... you'd think I'd learn... I shall survive! But since I
hafta fly up early, I'm gonna hafta do a group hug...
soooooooo HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Janine RIGHTMIRE ('65 on 12/5),
Lamont DeJONG ('63 on 12/6), Linda McKNIGHT ('65 on 12/6),
Jim HOUSE ('63 on 12/7) and Jerry SPEARS ('64 on 12/7) on
your special days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: John ZIMMER ('66)
Re: Bomber Birthday
I do not have a beanie to tip (I don't think I'm old enough
to own one) and due to injuries and other traumas in my
early years a lot of high school memories are vague, fuzzy
at best so no real stories to relate however a very special
friend is having her special day on the 5th so here's wishing
a fantastic HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Donna THORSON Whiteside ('66).
So looking forward to getting together again at our 50 year
reunion..
-John ZIMMER ('66), Club 40 President
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: Belated and on time Birthdays
Happy Birthday to Art SNYDER ('71) on the 5th, and a belated
Happy Birthday Michele KAFENTZIS ('71) on he 4th. Hope they
were/are good ones.
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in sunny Plano, TX where it was 55 today
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/06/15
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Rex HUNT ('53), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Jim RUSSELL ('58), Margaret EHRIG ('61)
Lynn-Marie HATCHER ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Neil GOFF ('50)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Terry DeVINE ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marsha LAWELL ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lamont DeJONG ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda McKNIGHT ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dawn MASON ('71)
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>>From: Rex HUNT ('53)
Well David RIVERS ('65), as my wife use to say:
"Go ahead, Beat me. Cuss me. Make me go shopping! Make me
write bad checks."
-Rex HUNT ('53wb) ~ Hanford, CA
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Keeping up with the times may not be by best, but not
acknowledging this Bomber Babe's birthday may cause her husband
to call on the services of "friends of friends" to do grievous
bodily harm.
With that being said, it now time for the ceremonial tip of the
ol' propeller beanie and a shout of "Happy Birthday!" for Linda
McKNIGHT ('65) on this occasion. Keep working at it and soon
you will be 21 and Denny won't have to sneak you into bars.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
the rain continues for the week
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>>From: Jim RUSSELL ('58)
To: Mary RAY Henslee ('61)
Re: E-Book "American Trivia You Can Use"
Mary, I loved the teaser for your E-book and understand your
reluctance to invest in a hard-copy version. I'm obviously
coming from a generation that appreciates "real" books, even
though most of what I buy these days are e-books. But, I'm
thinking that the trivia book you've published is one that many
of us would purchase in hard copy as gifts for our grandchild
or special other. For that reason, you'd have to weigh in the
risk factor, but I think that if you timed the publication date
to a couple of months before Christmas your chances of selling
a hard cover would be pretty good. It seems to me that a hard
copy would sell better than an e-version, but never having
ventured to try it, what do I know?
Good show on your researching efforts for your latest work!
Cheers
-Jim RUSSELL ('58) ~ Mountlake Terrace, WA (drizzling, damp,
typical December)
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>>From: Margaret EHRIG Dunn ('61)
Judy WILLOX ('61)
Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: December All Bomber Lunch, aka Patti's All Bomber Lunch
To: All Richland/Col-Hi Bombers
Here we are less than a week away from our final All Bomber
Lunch for 2015. We welcome all Bombers from any class to come
and enjoy a time with old and new friends.
WHEN: Saturday December 12, 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.)
We look forward to seeing you.
-Judy WILLOX (Classic Class of '61) ~ Richland
-Margaret EHRIG Dunn ('61)
-Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
-Betti AVANT ('69)
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>>From: Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
All this talk about e-books brought to mind a new trend I am
seeing.
First - just to paint my picture:
1. I am a techno geek. I was one of the first people to own a
Kindle when they first came out, and am on my 4th or 5th now.
2. I love techno gadgetry, and would own more gadgets if I
didn't put the brakes on myself when it comes to out of control
spending. Seriously, I am into them big time!
Recently, however, I have been noticing a personal desire to go
back to keeping a paper calendar/organizer in my purse/life.
Yesterday I was reading some Facebook posts from friends, and
was kind of surprised to see that the trend is now REALLY
toward not keeping a calendar in one's phone -- but back to
writing things down. (Think "Daytimer", "Franklin Covey", etc.)
The latest movement seems to be toward personalized organizers,
which one self designs according to one's own life-style. E.G.
Fitness, Mother of Young Kids, Inspirational/Spiritual, etc.
What's funny to me is that the people who are really getting
into this movement quickly are mainly in their 20s and 30s --
and of course don't remember how big this was 20 years ago.
(Pre-Palm Pilots and smart phones.)
I'm trying not to buy one. The one I want (yes, I already
looked) is about $40. Yikes! Not refillable - that's just for
one year. We'll see.
Blessings
-Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68) ~ Haven Farm - east of
Lewiston, ID - where it's sunny and around 40 this morning
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/07/15 ~ PEARL HARBOR DAY
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3 Bombers sent stuff today:
Patti JONES ('60-RIP)
Duane LEE ('63)
David RIVERS ('65)
Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim HOFF ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ed BORASKY ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim HOUSE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jerry SPEARS ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Karma KING ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancy HARVILLE ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike DAVIS ('74)
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>>From: Patti JONES Ahrens ('60-RIP)
mailto: RIP
Re: Annual entry from Patti first submitted 12/7/10
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Jon/101207-XmasTips.htm
-Patti JONES Ahrens ('60-RIP)
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>>From: Duane LEE ('63)
Small article in Tri-City Herald today under title "On this
day"... [in 1947]
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Lee/151207-Conley.jpg
-Duane LEE ('63)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: smaller but it still don't get no better!
So there I am, standing on the corner in Winslow Arizona...
no wait... I wuz standing on the sidewalk at SeaTac airport,
you know in the no smoking area... after having been given
permission by Jimbeaux ('63) to smoke all I want (if I don't
mind snotty comments and looks from the more healthy crowd...
I refrained except in the hinterlands where designated) and I
thunk I'd better let him know which side I was on when I heard
the most angelic voice say: "David"... I just knew I had heard
a voice from the heavenly spheres... I looked up and I was
right... there she was... Mary Ann WIELAND ('63)... I swooned
and then composed myself... not easy after falling in the wet
from the swoon... but nobody seemed to notice... Oh my... a
ride to Oly in the back seat with Mary Ann... I knew I had
finally made the grade... that was before she climbed in the
back seat with the ever Young and Lovely Miss Nancy ('65)
leaving me to ride in front with Jim... so ok... I can take
rejection... I mean it's only been about 55 years I've been
trolling for that date... off we headed for Ellen's ('63) in
Wikiup... a stop at the store for some licorice ice cream that
turned into vanilla during the ride and we were on our way...
once there we all greeted... you know alla mushy stuff with
Ellen, Mary Lou WATKINS ('63) and Cecilia BENNETT ('65) ... I
shore like that mushy stuff... I was almost ready to jump back
inna car and come in the door a second time to do it all over
again... some great conversation and Kippy Lou ('62) and Gary
arrived... now the wait for Rosalie ('63) and Chuck who had
called us 10 minutes before from VanGeisen and the By-pass or
somehwere... hmmm gonna be a late dinner... but all of a sudden
shazaaaaaam and there they were... ah ha... now the Bomber-
babes flew into preparation time... when that happens you just
get outa the way... Now as you may or may not know... I am on
a short leash as far as what I am allowed to disclose about
Friday dinner... the food was good (I wonder how long it will
take Ellen to find the beets under the refrigerator) and we
played some real fun games... very clean games with no adult
overtones... I can say that Mary Ann took my grab bag gift...
reminded me of the year Rosalie did the same... Oh well... I
can live with that... I mean the thought of those two wearing
that expensive jewelry to gala events is pretty satisfying...
there was no PJ wearing this year... as a matter of fact there
was nothing I could say that would get me in trouble this year
except maybe... uhhhhh nevermind...
Saturday morning came very early since we had only just gone to
bed... I scolded Barbie and Jimminie Cricket for talking in the
basement while I was trying to keep my toes warm... they gave
me the raspberries and I gave up... Off we headed for the
"country club" in Tumwater, for Chowder with Carol (there were
no babes name Carol who showed up)... where there was a smaller
gathering but still great fun... Rob HILLS ('63) shared a
wonderful story about my Dad that I had never heard before...
I knew it was true, because it was my Pop to a T... This is
a guy who used to go to the grocery store dressed in a plaid
shirt, purple satin vest, derby hat with a long feather and
come home complaining that people had made what would today be
called "racist" comments... yup that's my pop... We had made
reservations for more people than made it so many of us ordered
more food than we really wanted to make the dollar minimum...
we sure didn't want poor Leo WEBB ('63) left holding the bag!
I had planned to bring a picture with Bill WILSON ('63) and
his English students in China, but naturally left in at Ellen's
where ML left her little Beaver and miniature bomb... argh!
There was tattoo sharing and we tried to get Susie SHAVER ('63)
to give us a sample of her tap moves from her classes (current)
with Kippy... but no go... I am enclosing two pictures because
one just could not be left out... you'll see why when you see
them...
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Riv/GMC63MCCS-2015-04.jpg
so here we go with the gang of:
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Riv/GMC63MCCS-2015-05.jpg
FRONT L-R (all '63 unless otherwise noted)
Jim Pitts ARMSTRONG, Joe FORD, Susie SHAVER, Louise HARTCORN,
Leo WEBB
BACK ROW L-R: John CAMPBELL, Mary COLLINS, Mary Lou WATKINS,
Ellen WEIHERMILLER, David RIVERS ('65), Rob HILLS, Mary Ann
WEILAND, Nancy WICK ('65), Cecilia BENNETT ('65), Lila JENNE,
Don BRACKENBUSH, Jim HAMILTON... another wonderful time was
had by all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Happy Birthday to one of my Fav's, Nancy HARVILLE ('71). Hope
you have a good one.
-Brad WEAR ('71)
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Barbara POWELL ('58)
David RIVERS ('65)
Lynn-Marie HATCHER ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bernie QUALHEIM ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Anita CLEAVER ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carol FORSYTHE ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John WILSON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Toni SHADE ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bethany HAGAN ('00)
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>>From: Barbara POWELL Beaudry ('58)
Sacajawea grade school
Carmichael Jr. High
Columbia High 1958
was married 54 years then lost my husband from diabetes.
Life is truly different. I spend winters in Arizone and
summers in Yakima.
-Barbara POWELL Beaudry ('58)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Bomber-babes Rule
Now, now, Rex HUNT ('53), I wouldn't go quite that far... tho
I am willing to go pretty far... in fact I am having major
Bomber-babe withdrawal today and am wondering if June is here
yet... let's see... thirty days has November... uh guess not
but soon... as Kippy's ('62) husband opined at dinner the other
night... time drags at 8 because a year is 1/8th of your life
and speeds along at 70 because it is 1/70th of your life...
good point...... oh a question... before our 50 year reunion,
Cathy MOUTON ('65) suggested at dinner one night that she
stopped reading the Sandstorm because of my use of the term
"Bomber-babe"... now if any of you are offended by my rather
sexist comment I will gladly refer to any of you as "ladies" of
course ladies is the term we usually reserve for women we do
not know... as they might be offended at being called girls
(just as most Bomber-babes would be offended by Bomber guys if
we did NOT refer to them as girls), it seems the safest thing
to call them. In any event, I can take direction and my
feelings are not easily hurt (unless I ask you for 50 some
years for a date and you still say "no"... sniff)... just
figured I'd throw that out so if you are offended go ahead and
lemme know... In the meantime we gotta Bomber-babe to whom I
gotta say HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Anita CLEAVER ('63) on your special
day, December 8, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
So glad you posted that Holiday Tips list from
Patti JONES Ahrens ('60-RIP) first submitted 12/7/10
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Jon/101207-XmasTips.htm
Blessings,
-Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/09/15
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ruth MILES ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sandy FINNEY ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John MARSHALL ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill VOILAND ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda OTT ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Margi MAY ('66)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Teen-age dating
Sometimes I wonder how we made it outa school or maybe past Jr.
Hi... One of my few vivid memories of class (beyond walking
babes to and from class) is during Speech class at Chief Jo...
we were given the assignment to give impromptu speeches... aww
geeez something ya can't get out of... all thru school I made
it a point of only attending classes where I didn't hafta
produce anything... therefore, with some stupid exception, I
avoided any kind of shop... wood, metal, auto... or mechanical
drawing and such... but here we were caught like rats inna
trap... Kenny DALL ('64), however was up to the challenge when
given the topic "teenage dating"... Kenny began to describe
the finer points of kids climbing date palms and gathering the
dates in little baskets... what a guy! As for me and dating,
I wonder why any girl would go out with someone who, while
driving to the drive-in, could lose the tail pipe of his car...
right at the Town Pumps, Have Louis HOGAN ('65) sweep it up and
hold it for us on the way back without missing a stroke... but
even after that the B-day Bomber-babe remained my steady date
for a good while thereafter... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Margi MAY ('66)
on your special day, December 9, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/10/15
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Jack GARDINER ('61)
Helen CROSS ('62)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cathy WOOD ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Doug LUKENS ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larry WERSEN ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeff MICHAEL ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Loretta JENSEN ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Angie GUNTER ('66)
BOMBER TWIN BIRTHDAY today: Linda McCLELLAND ('66) (10th)
BOMBER TWIN BIRTHDAY tomorrow: Richard McCLELLAND ('66) (11th)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary VALLELY ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mark BOLME ('71)
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>>From: Jack GARDINER ('61)
Re: Christmas cheer
I hope everyone enjoys this video it is kinda fun to watch.
"This is really a great idea!
"A little bit of happiness in another wise bleak world.
If you don't enjoy this then check yourself out!! This
looks like a normal grocery store, but when the lights
go out? Awesome. It took a team of cashiers, 13
different hidden cameras and a whole lot Christmas
spirit to pull off this epic holiday surprise! Edeka,
Germany's largest supermarket chain, decided to
surprise its shoppers with a seasonal treat. In an
attempt to liven up the otherwise boring chore of
grocery shopping, these cashiers opted to delight their
patient shoppers with a choreographed orchestra that
beeped the holiday classic, "Jingle Bells."
http://tinyurl.com/lptgzqv
-Jack GARDINER ('61)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
I want to add my late Happy Birthday greetings to Sandy FINNEY
('60)... and tell your brother, Bill ('62) hello from me; we go
way back to quadruple dates in junior high, (we weren't dating
each other, but we were all walking to the movies and back
together). I think if my grandson wanted to quadruple date, I
might be up for it; lots of logistic problem solving involved.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Hope, IN Where it's in the 50s
this week, so much easier to get around in than icey
streets and stairs.
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: lotsa b-days
I try not to watch channels that have commercials but it is not
always easy especially since the normal networks are putting
time and effort into some pretty good mystery type shows...
so I am getting even more amused by the Rooster Pill people...
picture this... a couple is dancing and the guy says when a
romantic mood hits you, you don't wanna look for a bathroom
before... now they are dancing inna public place... I don't
know about you guys but inna day when nobody needed or ever
hearda rooster pills... like when we wuz young studs... the
chances of us getting lucky on the dance floor was pretty
slim... getting slapped for suggesting it, you bet, but not
getting lucky... so they don't wanna find a bathroom... but
maybe a bedroom might be nice... this is a purely rhetorical
question and I need NO answers especially from some of you more
adventurous Bomber-babes, but when was the last time you did
"it" on jet skis... I mean come on... now that brings me to
another peev... pills usta come in bottles... now many of them
come in sheets, with a layer of something you gotta remove
before you can punch them out... removing the layer is probably
"cinchy" for kids but for those of us getting up there it can
take forever to remove that "protective" layer... by the time
you have the pill you don't remember what it was for and if you
hafta take two... fagetaboutit!... OK maybe it's just that I
hadda very long calendar today, one set of parties that were
so combative they had a special Marshal assigned to them and a
case where the parties only spoke Chinese... and then... maybe
it's just me... so with that HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Doug LUKENS ('62),
Larry WERSEN ('64), Loretta JENSEN ('65), Jeff MICHAEL ('65)
and Mike BOTU ('65-RIP) on your special day, December 10, 2015
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Linda REINING ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim WILLIAMSON ('53)
BOMBER TWIN BIRTHDAY today Richard McCLELLAND ('66) (11th)
BOMBER TWIN BIRTHDAY yesterday: Linda McCLELLAND ('66) (10th)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim QUALHEIM ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jennifer JANICEK ('90)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Re: Tooter's "Roster Pills"
In order for one brand of said pills to work, the participants
must own or have access to claw-foot bathtubs. Other wise they
are out of luck when it comes to "getting lucky."
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
the creeks are risin' and the basement is getting a
bit damp
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
To: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Blister Packaging
I agree, those blasted pill containers that are on a sheet
and you have to remove a layer, are the "pits". makes it very
difficult for someone with arthritis... half the time, I have
to have my daughter or one of my grandkids open the blasted
thing! I was happy when the pharmacy finally gave me the
option of having "easy open" lids on pill bottles, cause
those child-proof caps proved very difficult for me to open.
and, I wish all "those" commercials were relegated to late-
late-late-night TV.
There was an item on Facebook that showed kids "hooky-
bobbing" behind a car and reminded me of when we'd do that...
my mom even pulled us behind the car down Elm Street. How on
earth did we survive our childhood??? Between running in the
DDT that was sprayed out from the mosquito trucks, jumping
off railroad bridges into the Yakima River, swimming in the
Columbia River, going down Flat Top on sleds and/or car hoods,
sledding down Carmichael, with only the fence at the bottom
to stop us, and hooky-bobbing, it's a wonder we are alive.
But, I wouldn't change my childhood for anything... we never
were afraid of anything... that's the wonder of being a kid...
you live for the moment... never worry about tomorrow... we
also had the luxury of living in a town that we could go from
one end to the other and never be afraid... rode our bikes all
over, too, without helmets and even, sometimes, without hands
or feet, in their proper places. *grin*... even slept
outside, and never worried about anyone bothering us.
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ raining in Kuna, ID and snow is
predicted for Sunday, can't wait.
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/12/15
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick PIERARD ('52), Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
David RIVERS ('65), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janet MARTIN ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Burt PIERARD ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Paige WHEELER ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rick MORRELL ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Becky ALEXANDER ('77)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lanette POWELL ('79)
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>>From: Dick PIERARD ('52)
Re: Birthday Greeting
I want to send a big Bomber happy birthday greeting to my
bro, Burt PIERARD ('59) who turns a big 75 this Saturday,
December 12th.
-Dick PIERARD ('52)
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>>From: Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
To: Linda REINING ('64)
Re: Hazards of Growing Up...
The way we survived all those hazerds was by eating your
grandma's Christmas goodies. She was the best!!!
-Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Baby it's cold outside
OK, OK... I give... it's feeling like winter and ain't no way
I'm gonna be wearing shorts again for a while... last night I
was looking at one of my trees full of leaves and trying to
remember when the leaves fall... this morning I fount out...
today! (yesterday as you read this)... hey where is this
merry-go-round in Richland? I don't recall ever seeing it...
Terry DAVIS ('65) sent me a couple of pix of '65ers riding
on it after a "close out" meeting from our Reunion... looked
like fun... I met the B-day Bomber in 2000 as he directed a
large herd of cats on the grass at the Bomber bowl trying to
get a photo of the attendees at R2K...
http://allreunions99352.tripod.com/ now I love all Bomber
tattoos, but I gotta say his is one of the very best...
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Tatts/Tatt03-050910-BEP.html
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Burt PIERARD ('59) on your special day,
December 12, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Merry Christmas to all!
http://soloshideawayfunpages.com/_christmas/whitechristmas/
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/13/15
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Norma LOESCHER ('53), Helen CROSS ('62)
David RIVERS ('65), Pat DORISS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Connie DAME ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary HYLBAK ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill HEDGES ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dave COURSON ('71)
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>>From: Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53)
Re: Belated and Early Birthday Greetings
Usually I send a private email to special Birthday people but
have been falling behind, and I'm afraid I'll do it again in
the busy month of December.
First of all, HAPPY BELATED BD GREETINGS to Jim WILLIAMSON
('55) (on 12/11] and Burt PIERARD ('59) [on 12/12].
Jim and I went to Marcus Whitman grade school together. I've
lost Jim's address, so I hope his caregiver will read this,
relay my message, and send me a report on how he's doing.
Burt PIERARD was Club 40 President at a time when I served
as Treasurer. Bad at math, I was always a penny or two over
or under, but Burt was patient and seemed glad to have a
volunteer who wasn't otherwise employed. That was before our
excellent Ann Thompson, aka Anna May WANN ('49) and her
successors became available.
And HAPPY EARLY BD GREETINGS to Dick McCOY ('45) [on 12/14],
Larry BUNCH ('66) [on 12/14], Kathy JENSEN Collins ('53) [on
12/18], and Phil GANT ('54) [on 12/30].
DICK will celebrate his 88th, which is remarkable in itself.
He and his wife, Ida, have been special friends ever since
he took it upon himself to welcome me to the first Club 40
function I was eligible to attend.
Larry BUNCH team-taught with me at Chief Jo with good humor
and thoughtfulness, and his mother, Margaret Bunch, was a
special friend through garden club.
Kathy JENSEN is one of my closest Bomber classmates. She and
her partner Kenny CHUBB ('53) took me to dinner for my
birthday, and I will take them to Fat Olive's to celebrate
Kathys 80th.
Phil GANT and his wife, Patti, are like a brother and sister
to me. They came from California when my soulmate, Charlie
GANT ('53-RIP) was on death's door, time after time, from
cancer and many other complications, but he miraculously
pulled through. Then after Charlie did pass away, Phil and
Patti helped to plan the Memorial Service and to organize the
many possessions he left behind. Finally, Phil took full
responsibility for handling Charlies estate.
Feeling very blessed,
-Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53) ~ in Tri-City sunshine before
rain and colder weather return
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
I want to wish All Bombers A Merry Christmas and A Happy New
Year!!
I am looking forward to Christmas, because our church has a
lovely Christmas Eve service ending with communion and
greeting everyone on Christmas morning!!
Then on Christmas afternoon I will fly to Reno, NV to get
to spend the last part of my grand baby's first Christmas out
there with them!! I just hated missing his first Christmas,
and our bachelor son, Ryan is working on Christmas morning
til noon, so he wasn't wanting a big family dinner, So my
husband will be with him, as he preaches again on Christmas
Sunday, the 27th!! so I'm excited about Christmas!!
Re: fun and hazards of growing up in Richland
When I was maybe 12 I caught my hip on a tree sledding down
Carmichael hill one snowy day, and couldn't walk. A very kind
father of some smaller kids there offered to bring me home.
With me that day were my friends: Billie CUMMINGS ('62-NAB-
her family moved to California when we were sophomores),
Cathy WOOD ('62-now in Prosser), and Carol RICE ('62-RIP;
this is the first Christmas without Carol; my heart goes out
to her family even though we know she is with Jesus in
heaven. We miss her)...
So my dear friends memorized that father's license plate
number in case I didn't make it home. (This was long before
cell phones, and there didn't happen to be a pay phone on
Carmichael hill. As I remember I was home from school at
least 3 days.
This is getting long... anyway I agree it was great growing
up in Richland!!
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Greetings from Hope, IN where it
will be 70° this weekend!! I'm going to be bell ringing
with our youth at Wal*Mart this afternoons and I'm
trying to find some Christmas thing cool enough to wear!!
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: ch ch ch changes
I always get a kick out of trying to get directions in
Richland when I go home... Now I left there in the Summer of
1966 - the night after the class of '66 grageated... I headed
off for my next duty station and for whatever reason never
came back home for 20 years... no further comment on my
triumphant return... mostly because I can only remember bits
and pieces... but I can assure you there are those who recall
nearly every "proud" moment... tho I have never had another
alcoholic drink in that town since, it would seem I didn't
miss offending nearly every kid in my class and anyone else I
met... some kids actually recall some of the moments as good
ones... but for the most part... so, when I left Richland, we
knew most of the streets in town, "the highway to Kennewick
and Pasco" and the By-Pass... oh yes... the Road along
Riverside Park... somehow we managed to get to Walla Walla,
Yakima and maybe Seattle for State... that's what I knew...
yesterday, I asked DAVIS ('65) where the merry-go-round is in
some pix he sent me... his response was: "Carousel off of
395"... uh huh... riiiiiiiiiiiiight... now I unnerstan ya
gotsta live by numbers when yer in Kalufornya... but dang...
in Richland... boy am I lost... ah but one thing that doesn't
change is Bomber-babes and the b-day babe in particular...
I can always count on her remaining just as she was in my
memories... HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the best hair and the best rear
end (OK one of the best lest I catch flack) around, Connie
DAME ('65) on your special day, December 13, 2015!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
It's all platonic, Ray!
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>>From: Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
Re: RHS '65 Ladies December Lunch
WHEN: Friday, December 18th, 2015
TIME: 12:15pm - 2pm
WHERE: Anthony's Restaurant, 550 Columbia Point Dr,
Richland
Can you believe it?... in just three weeks, 2015 will come to
an end!
On December 18th, the "Ladies of '65" will get together for
the last time this year to celebrate the holidays, catch up
on news, and reminisce about our fantastic 50-Year Class
Reunion last August!
If you're a Class of '65 Lady Bomber, and haven't come to
one of our Lunches for a while, consider joining us! If you'd
like to come, please contact me so I can add your name to the
reservation list!
Happy Holidays!
-Pat DORISS Trimble ('65) ~ West Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/14/15
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8 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Dick PIERARD ('52), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Stephanie DAWSON ('60), Tim SMYTH ('62)
Linda REINING ('64), David RIVERS ('65)
Toby WHEELER ('65 & '66), Betti AVANT ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dick McCOY ('45)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carole NOVOTNY ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larry BUNCH ('66)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Mike RICE ('60) & Donna BOWERS ('63)
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>>From: Dick PIERARD ('52)
Re: Longevity
Reflecting on Burt PIERARD's ('59) birthday, I would add that
those Pierard boys have stuck around for a remarkably long
time. Our dad died in 1965 at the ridiculously young age of
59. But look at this. Burt is now 75 and I am 81. Sandstorms
and tumble weeds as well as a few stray plutonium particles
must have had a positive effect on us venerable Richland High
grads Eh? On to our 65 year ['52 in '17] and 60 year ['59 in
'19] reunions!
-Dick PIERARD ('52)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
For today's edition we acknowledge one of the older Bombers
still with us. Now this guy was not born during Washington's
second term as many have suggested, but it might have been
Cleveland's second try. He has reached an age where he might
be considered "older than dirt", but not likely. He has been
a Bronc (without the final "o") and a Beaver. In 2002 he
officially became a Bomber with his receipt of a Richland High
School diploma. I did not meet him until a Club 40 function,
the outcome of which extended the life of Club 40. I did know
his younger (much) brother Pat ('55-RIP) during my tenure at
Col-Hi. There is no truth to the rumor that he walked up
Carmichael Hill (both ways) through 6 feet of snow (that was
back in Michigan or Minnesota where they don't have hills).
Without further ado, a tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a
"Happy Birthday!" shout is in order for Dick McCOY ('45, '46,
and '02) on the occasion of his 88th year. May there be many more.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
the rains are slacking off somewhat and the snow is
staying in the mountains.
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>>From: Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
Re: RHS Diving Champ, Kelsea HINKLEY ('16)
http://www.wiaa.com/results/swim/15-16/4Agirls/
See the link on the left side: #405 Women 1 mtr Diving Semis
Kelsea is the daughter of Tara BELSITO ('93) and Chris HINKLEY ('85).
-Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
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>>From: Tim SMYTH ('62)
Re: Helen CROSS Kirk's ('62) 12/13/15 Sandstorm entry
I always enjoy reading tidbits about growing up in such a
special place as we did. We didn't really know that it was so
special until later years when we discovered that no other
place was like Richland.
Her reference to '62 classmates Billie CUMMINGS, Carol RICE,
and Cathy WOOD brought a smile to my face. Those four
classmates were pretty inseparable and very nice girls who
all turned out to be wonderful, productive adults. Sorry
Carol is no longer with us physically, but her spirit lives
with us.
-Tim SMYTH ('62) ~ Moreau, NY still no snow yet - very rare
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
To: Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
Re: My Grandmother's Christmas Goodies
I am willing to bet you like the lutefisk (YUUUK) and the
flatbra (flat bread)... my Aunt Lou still makes both of
those... oh, and the lefse, too. I make that for Thanksgiving
and Christmas... have my mom's lefse griddle. Fun memories,
thinking of all the Norwegian goodies Grandma would make,
every Christmas... thx for reminding me of them. *GRIN* Hope
you have a very, Merry Christmas and a great New Year.
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ raining in Kuna, ID and keeping fingers
crossed that we have another White Christmas, this year.
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: records
Yesterday I mentioned the road along "Riverside Park" I think
i meant the road along "Columbia Park"... but that's what
happens when ya change stuff... now maybe the "officinal"
name of our little Park was always Howard Amon and maybe it
got changed while I wuz away... but the change in name got me
all cunfussed and so I made a mistook... Oh well... Ya know I
have always given my dear and wonderful friend Jimmie ADAIR
('65-'67) alotta grief for having made a career outa high
school. The truth is that if Ricky WARFORD ('65) and I had
been using our heads (something of which neither of us has
ever been accused) we too would have been checking out the
Bomber-babes from several classes after ours as life-time
Seniors)... but I'm thinking today's B-day Bomber may
actually have beaten Jimmie... funny thing is I no longer
recall the manner in which this guy set that record. I knew
it once, but like most things I learned after age 60, that
info has gone poof like a face book post I try to find again
after I have read it... just vanishes never to be found
again... but in any event, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Dick McCOY
('45;'46;02), on your special day, December 14, 2015!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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I had some trouble getting Toby's poem from weaselsoft WORD
into plain text without a bunch of question marks. Toby re-did
this more than once.. -Maren
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>>From: Toby WHEELER Davis ('65 & '66)
Re: Happy Birthday wishes for Paige WHEELER ('65) [on 12/12]
Happy Birthday to my 'older' sister
The Sugar Plum Fairy with raven hair,
the can-can dancer in the window,
the accompanist to an off-key violinist,
the Halloween 'Christmas Elf'
with long hair tucked into her cap,
the one with 'perfect pitch' and the off-key sister.
To the one who liked to change clothes on dolls,
the one who vacuumed her half of a shared bedroom,
the flautist who played carols with two sisters,
the one who wrote piano concertos
and performed Rachmaninoff with the Seattle Symphony.
The modest one
the shy one
the brilliant one
the one to share secrets with, and the secrets stayed secret!
The one to laugh with,
to cry with,
the one to hug forever.
To the one with whom to remember childhood
the one to love as only sisters can.
Happy Birthday Paige
tomorrow and tomorrow
and then again
after tomorrows end.
Love,
Toby
December 12.
-Toby WHEELER Davis ('65 & '66)
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: Christmas and New Year's greetings
I don't know how much I'll be able to write on the computer
for a few weeks as I'm having carpal tunnel surgery on the
14th and will have sutures in my hand for 2 weeks even though
it will be through a scope. I want to wish Bombers everywhere
a very merry Christmas and a wonderful 2016. Time is really
starting to fly by again for me, 3 years ago on 9Jan2013 my
world came to a temporary standstill when I got that dreaded
call, "the biopsy was positive for cancer". Since then after
surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation treatments I've been as
active as ever and feel very blessed. I continue to talk with
anyone who will listen to this old broad about my experiences
as it's very therapeutic for me for whatever reason. Have a
great one each and everyone of you.
-Betti AVANT ('69) ~ Richland
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>>Bonnie HERTZ Lampe ~ Class of 1963 ~ 1945 - 2015
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/15/15
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7 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Curt DONAHUE ('53), Jim McKEOWN ('53)
Ann CLATWORTHY ('54), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Helen CROSS ('62), Carol CONVERSE ('64)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bev KELLER ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dorothy STAMPER ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim SMITH ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marsha GOSLIN ('65)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today:
David RODRIGUEZ ('69) & Linda BAROTT ('71)
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>>From: Curt DONAHUE ('53)
Re: Holiday Greetings
I, too, will be away for the holidays, so I want to wish all
Bombers everywhere a very Merry Christmas and the Happiest of
New Years. May God bless your celebrations of the birth of
Christ and your plans for the New year.
-Curt DONAHUE ('53) ~ Pasco where the weather changes from
day to day.
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>>From: Jim McKEOWN ('53)
Re: Edna
Although many of my immediate classmates are aware, I'm told,
I am remiss in not letting the Bomber Nation know that on the
28th of October, my beautiful spouse of almost 60 years, had
a major hemorrage on the right side of the brain, causing a
coma... she was taken to emergency where the serious condition
was explained to me and I called the kids... she was in ICU
for 12 days, basically in a coma, and we all traded nights so
that someone was with her the whole time... but they did stop
the bleeding and she slowly started to gain awareness and the
use of her extremities... in the main hospital for 3 days and
in a rehab center for 2 1/2 weeks, where she really started to
come alive... she is home now, going through rehab here twice
a week plus we do all of the exercises ourselves... prognosis
is good if the bleeding stays away... we are very fortunate
and blessed... the wheel chair is gone and just the walker
to get around, and sometimes not even that... she is doing
everything herself, except I do help with the shower... two
80 year olds in the shower has to be a laugh but, she will
bathe herself this week...we want to thank all the classmates
who have kept up a constant flow of encouragement during this
very trying time... I personally would have had a very tough
time without it... life is short in the scheme of things, and
this has made me realize, we need to grab the ring on this
carousel of life, when it first comes around...
-Jim McKEOWN ('53) ~ in Sacramento where the Sierras are
getting the much needed snow
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>>From: Ann CLATWORTHY Weyerts-Hogshead ('54)
Happy Birthday to Dick McCOY ('45) [on 12/14]! from Ann
CLATWORTHY. I cherish with fondness the memories of the days
when you and my brother Jimmy CLATWORTHY ('46) ran around
together. The parties you fellows held at my parents' home
were great fun for a teen to sneak a peek in the wee small
hours.
-Ann CLATWORTHY Weyerts-Hogshead ('54)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
And now, the ceremonial tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a
"Happy Birthday!" shout for Dorothy STAMPER ('54) on one of
the more important dates of her life. All the best to you.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
the temps have dropped a bit and the rain lessens, but
the snow stays in the mountains.
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Thanks Tim SMYTH (fellow classmate of our fun class of '62)
for your kind words.
At 55° outside here, I won't get to practice my sledding
skills anytime soon here, but I'm not complaining.
Linda REINING ('64): We made a trip to Towner, North Dakota
about 10 years ago where both my parents were born. My mom was
full Norwegian, and we visited one of her relatives who made
lefse for us as I'd never had it before.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Hope, IN
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>>From: Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64)
To: David RIVERS ('65)
I believe that Howard Amon Park used to be called Riverside
Park.
[AND it was called John Dam Park BEFORE it was
Riverside Park. -Maren:
http://richlandbombers.com/gallery/0000s/Amon.html
-Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) ~ Kennewick
They're talking of snow later on this week
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: lines, lines everywhere a line
Ahhhhhhhhhh December, the month of the longest lines inna
world... now I avoid DMV and the Post Office like the
plague... but since the guy where I had my PO box closed his
store there are those times... especially if I don't happen
to be home when a package that requires a signature arrives...
such as today... as the package contained club car plaques
we've been waiting for a llooooong time were in the package I
kinda hadda beat feet over there this morning... I gritted
my teeth and went in... it was unreal... finally I got the
package and headed for the bank... aaaaaaaaaaaaah ha ha ha
ha... silly me... just as at the Post Office... I was only
third in line, but there was only one teller working and the
lady at the window musta been trying to avoid the IRS as she
was dealing in cash and musta hadda million bucks in ones
being counted... I think I shoulda stood in bed... My other
chores were pretty ordinary, but I must say I often wonder why
I venture outa the house during this month... However, there
is one Bomber-babe I would be glad to stand in line to wish
an HB... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Marsha GOSLIN ('65) on your special
day, December 15, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>Barbara ENGLUND Drew ~ Class of 1963 ~ 1945 - 2015
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/16/15
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Buddy Gene KELLER ('50), Mike CLOWES ('54)
David RIVERS ('65), Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Arlene THRESS ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jack KEYS ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tim SMYTH ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Connie HANSON ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Terry DAVIS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Billy DIDWAY ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ruth RUSSELL ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary RAEKES ('79)
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>>From: Buddy Gene KELLER ('50)
To: Bev KELLER Marcum-McMullen ('49)
I want to wish my sister a happy birthday and wish her more
to come. I think she has been going to Bomber football and
basketball games for 70 years and she still works at her C&M
Landscaping business. It's been a long time since we moved to
Richland in May 1945. She has a story to tell but she is too
busy going to Bomber games and working at 85 years old. I have
been blessed to have her as my sister.
-Buddy Gene KELLER ('50)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Before getting to the nitty-gritty, I want to wish Edna
McKeown (NAB) a speedy recovery. The image of her and
Jim ('55) in the shower is not for family broadcast.
There are two Bomber birthdays I wish to acknowledge, one is a
Bomber Babe, whom I went to school with and the other is one
of the younger Bombers whom I met at his class' reunion while
I was serving as Club 40's president. Besides I wanted to get
this in before the Junior Gyrene gets all gushy about it.
Therefore, a double tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a
"Happy Birthday!" shout is in store for Arlene THRESS ('54)
and Terry DAVIS ('65). Enjoy your day, both of you.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
we are drying out (briefly) before the next monsoon
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: he ain't heavy; he's my brother
He ain't my oldest friend... heck I've known Brian JOHNSON('65),
Ricky WARFORD ('65), Jack KEENEY ('65), Carl BEYER ('65),
Peter Joe CARROLL ('65), Marsha GOSLIN ('65), Kandi GRUBB ('65),
and Vonnie REED ('60) (never slight Bomber babes)... lots
longer than I've known him... there have been long gaps in
our communications... there have even been times when we flat
didn't speak to each other... but through thick and thin we
have always had a bond... from our very first meeting... Maybe
it was our fascination with Bobby Tom Farthing, maybe it was
our Moms liking the other one best... who knows what it was
but it has always been there... He was always there for my
Mom and Dad through the ends of their lives and they loved
him dearly... I know the term "best friend" sounds kinda
hokey... a throw back to second grade or earlier... but it
would be hard for me to come up with a more fitting term...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Terry DAVIS Knox ('65) on your special day,
December 16, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65)
Re: Birthday Greetings.
Happy Birthday to the best Bing Cherry Rustler in Richland
history. Happy Birthday Terence Knox, aka Terry DAVIS ('65)
you the Dood.
-Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/17/15
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1 Bomber sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Jim ARMSTRONG ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Chuck MEYER ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda RISLOV ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Donna YOUNG ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike CROWLEY ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim GEIER ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Corey BOEHNING ('87)
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>>From: Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
Re: America: The Good Neighbor (Tribute from a Canadian)
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blamericans.htm
-Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
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>>Gary PIERCE ~ Class of 1968 ~ 1950 - 2015
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/18/15
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick McCOY ('45), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Leoma COLES ('63), Dennis HAMMER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathy JENSEN (53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carole CLARK ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dawn O'NEAL ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susan NELSON ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kay NORTON ('73)
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>>From: Dick McCOY ('45)
Re: Edna and thanks
To: Jim McKEOWN ('53)
My prayers for to you and Edna that she makes a full recovery
and soon.
Thanks to Rex DAVIS ('49), my grand Cougar friend. The Cougs
did very well this year.except for the last game. Yes, Falk was
out, but he doesn't play defense.
To: Wonderful Ann CLATWORTHY ('53)
You're still one of my favorites... even tho much younger. Yes
we (Jim, Bob, et al) did have fun at your house, but most of
all with your Dad, who was always a surprise, to say the least.
And to Sweet Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53)
Thanks from the beautiful to the old F. a birthday greeting.
Thank you dear, Love Rich.
To old man Clowes, Mike, AKA ('54) yes, I'm as old as dirt, but
still fresh.
Finally a happy birthday to Beverly KELLER Marcum-McMullen ('49)
and hallo to her bro, Buddy Gene KELLER ('50) with a shot like
Bud ROW ('46-RIP) it's nice to read your name, and that you are
still kicking. Where did the Buddy come fron?
-Dick McCOY (from the Tin Can class of '45)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Gads, another birthday of a Bomber Babe whom I went to school
with. As a matter of record, we were in the same home room for
two years running. For some reason the administration thought
it best to break up the "home room policy", I guess to prevent
a coup or something similar. Now she claimed not to have
remembered me until seeing an article the real Sandstorm
(published near our graduation) and replicas presented to
attendees at the 60 year reunion last year.
Despite all that, I will still tip the ol' propeller beanie
and shout "Happy Birthday!" to Carole CLARK ('54). I doubt if
she will make it to Rosie's in time for the Girls of '54 Lunch,
as I believe she lives in Arizona. Oh well, have a very special
day.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
the monsoons continue.
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>>From: Leoma COLES ('63)
Busy time of year! Spent last week in California with my son,
daughter-in-law and 10 year old grandson. I flew into Orange
County and then we spent the next four days in San Diego.
Went on the US Midway, to the zoo, and to the Safari Park!
My favorite was the Safari Park. Amazing place, lots of walking
and a tram ride around the acres.
I missed one of the worst storms ever back here in Oregon...
my fence was blown down and there were power outages and
lots of rain! We I flew back into Portland... the fields by
the airport looked like lakes!
Good to be home tho and trying to get caught up on baking and
wrapping gifts!!
Happy holidays to all my friends in the Sandstorm... wishing
you all the best in the new year!!
-Leoma COLES ('63) ~ in rainy Lincoln City, OR
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
To: Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
Re: America: The Good Neighbor (Tribute from a Canadian)
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blamericans.htm
That was Gorden Sinclair, released as a record in 1973 titled
"The Americans." I was driving in the downtown area of
Kennewick when I first heard it on the car radio. I don't
think it was even over before I turned the car and headed for
a record store. I bought two 45s and gave one to my parents. I
now have both of them; just need to get a reliable turntable to
play them. Here is one of the many places on YouTube you can
hear it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwzHooPjZdk
And I do remember hearing he donated all the proceeds of record
sales to the American Red Cross.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/19/15
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
David RIVERS ('65)
Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Evelyn BUBNAR ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tony HARRAH ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bonnie BUSHNELL ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lisa McCURDY ('86)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Rockin Bombers
Two special Bomber b-days today... but first lemme relate my
lunchtime entertainment yesterday... now it's no secret that I
like football about as much as I love the nasty pinched nerve
in my back... but at least I can ignore football most of the
time... but there I was at one of my favorite eateries where
sports is the only topic and the Badgers and Green bay reign
supreme... on the screen in front of me while I munched on
my Patty melt (hold the onions), were these two groups of men
dressed in red and yellow right down to their little shoes...
they looked like power rangers so I knew it must be a cartoon
of some kind... there was no way to take them seriously as
they pranced around in their little outfits... then I saw the
helmets of one of the teams was a "rams" helmet... ah but it
wasn't the L.A .Rams... it was the St. Louis Rams... now I
knew it was fantasy... one guy was a very large girl and his
jersey even said "Gurley"... even I can spell better than
that... I got a chuckle out of the cartoon thinking of the
Rams in St. Louis... next the Dodgers will leave Brooklyn...
rrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight... so back to the 'portant stuff...
these two guys have touched my life in very different ways...
the oldest, from my Adopted class was an inspiration all
during school and as Jimbeaux ('63) says "Everybody has a Pook
Story"... the other was my mentor from the day I met him...
now why I didn't meet him sooner is beyond me... I met him
when he returned from living in Portland... he was sporting
the only black Converse any of us had ever seen... pretty soon
they were the only shoe to be worn... everyone in my class
seemed to know him but me but I was sure drawn to him by his
wit and his knowledge of "how the game is played"... He and I
went to our first mixer together where, as we entered, "Oh
Donna" was playing... I knew Col-Hi would be the experience of
my life and he made sure of it... now I was aware that Col-Hi
was the biggest gathering of Bomber-babes in the world but
beyond that I wasn't sure of its purpose... as I said he could
play the game as few could and was soon top in the class and
having every bit of fun that the rest of us did but also made
him self prepared for the "future" something I thought meant
"next Friday"... in our senior year he drove a VW bug and one
night we managed to tear one of the front fenders off going
around a mid-'50s Mercury... we convinced the kids in the other
car they were in the wrong and off we went... another night we
got lost in Yakima and found ourselves surrounded by a gang of
tuffs... just as they were about to pounce, Ed CRISTOPHERSON
('65) appeared with a tire iron to rescue us... now during my
senior year I pretty much dropped out socially... something had
changed in that old gang of mine and I felt about as left out
as one could feel... they expanded their friendships and began
to get ready for something... something I didn't understand...
He tried to alert me that I needed to get ready as well and
told me I hadda take a test at CBC... I went with everyone
else, but as I had failed to sign up and pay the fee... I just
sat outside while everyone else took the test... he and I were
going to go to San Mateo Jr. College and our big worry was
whether you could drive a VW in California... hey we were from
Richland... When he found that the town was the home of the
Cosa Nostra those plans were canceled... but the point is that
he stuck with me... Terry DAVIS ('65) has often questioned
where I went our senior year... nowhere... I just didn't seem
to fit in any more... I ran mostly with Jim COX ('64) and Jim
WODEHOUSE ('63) that year... and of course the b-day Bomber...
he never treated me any differently than as his total buddy the
whole time... no matter the amount of time that goes by, nor
the miles between us... I don't give a rat's petutee what our
political differences may be... he will always be my very dear
friend. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, David "Pook" SMITH ('63-RIP) and Tony
HARRAH ('65) on your special day, December 19, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: Birthdays
Happy Birthday to two of my most favorite people! My oldest
son, Matt, turns 34 today, and the ever young Bonnie BUSHNELL
('71). I still remember her racing around in her gold Mustang
full of "Bomber Babes". Hope you have a great birthday, and a
Merry Christmas.
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in sunny Plano, TX where it's going to be
a chilly 55° today.
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/20/15
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Mary RAY ('61)
Betti AVANT ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: 20 Anne COLLINS ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larry LaROCK ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David RODRIGUEZ ('69)
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>>From: Mary RAY Henslee ('61)
Re: My E-book, titled "American Trivia You Can Use"
I'm late finishing this entry and discussions have moved on,
but decided to send it anyway since some of it might be of
interest.
Briefly, I would like to say that I'm in total agreement about
the merits of having a book that you can actually hold in your
hand and flip through the pages, but there is no denying that
E-books have advantages too. Maybe someday there will be a way
to buy a hard copy/E-book combo so that people can enjoy the
best of both worlds at one price.
Doing my book was a labor of love and I learned a lot from the
research involved, but it was also a labor of necessity so I
appreciate what support and comments I got from in here.
I'm including the link to my book page on Amazon in case
anyone missed my 12/2 post.
Link for my book page
Re: E-books in general
I find that most people who have never bought an E-book look
at them as something very foreign as was the case with me
before I wrote one and was forced to learn about them. In case
there is any confusion about E-books in general, they can be
read from computers, tablets, or phones of any brand. Amazon's
don't require a Kindle and E-books from Barnes and Noble don't
require a Nook. They are stored in a cloud in your Kindle
Library in your account and you tell it what devices you want
to be able to use. I'm technology challenged so someone else
could probably explain it better than me. The one advantage of
having a Kindle is that some of their models have a "Text-to-
Speech" feature so that you can have the books you purchase
read to you. On Amazon's book pages you will see a place that
says "Text-to-Speech" with a drop down menu that tells you
what Kindles provide that feature. This is a great feature for
people with vision problems as is the ability to adjust font
sizes, which can be done on all types or brands of devices.
Highlighting is also possible on all devices, which is
something else that not everyone may know.
Another thing about E-books that not everyone may know is that
they can be gifted where it says "Give as a gift" on Amazon's
book pages.
A number of the books on Amazon are E-book only books,
including publisher backed books. Some of the books that our
library now carries can only be borrowed in E-book form. I
don't know what these things say about the book business and
where it is headed? Last year some of the big publishers
brought a lawsuit against Amazon for having E-book prices too
low for them to compete against with hard copies. Amazon
recommends that authors not go any higher than $9.99 on their
E-books.
One day when I was checking on the status of my book on morals
values for young people, I discovered that a publisher had
apparently up and decided to create E-books for many of the
children's picture books in their inventory. It was
immediately evident that the books all came from the same
publisher because the books were all children's picture books
on Islam and Amazon had them all together at the head of the
pack at the time. I'm not sure how small children take to
picture books in E-book form, but I would think older kids who
are fortunate enough to have a tablet to carry around with
them might actually be inclined to read more simply because
the books are always with them.
Times keep changing whether we like it or not. It would be
interesting to hear what some of our younger alumni have to
say on the subject.
Have a great day and extra special holiday season!
-Mary RAY Henslee ('61)
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: Pays To Be Diligent
Carpal tunnel surgery on the 14th went very well except the
post op area but that's another story. I had to have a chest
X-ray for part of my pre op work-up. The radiologist thought
he was seeing something in my left lung, the same side as my
breast cancer. I passed the films by both my cancer doctors.
a few days later since I already had appointments to see them.
Well, it led to a work-in appointment to have a CAT scan of
my chest last Friday. I don't know if I mentioned this or not
but in November of 2014 I slipped getting out of my tub and
since my momentum was going forward I smacked my chest on the
edge of the tub, just below where my breast had been. I went
to an urgent care clinic and X-rays were negative at that time
but fractured ribs don't always show up right away. Here, one
year later and having that CAT scan that showed 5 healed
fractured ribs... #3 - #7 but not displaced evidently. He did
indicate the least likely diagnosis was a metastatic process
which I am most thankful for.
-Betti AVANT ('69) ~ Richland
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Tony DURAN ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kent HAMRICK ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joanne ROLPH ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susan WARD (65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Clint KELLY ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judy SIEMENS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Duane LEE ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jon ANDERSON ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeff OSBORN ('82)
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>>From: Tony DURAN ('55)
Re: Funny, Happy and Sad
Maren, This a little long [10 minutes -- and worth every
minute], but it is good for Christmas.
Remember Bob Hope's theme song? -
"Thanks For The Memories."
I hope (No pun intended) this is something you might be
able to use in the next update: This is some priceless
footage... A compilation of Bob Hope's Christmas tours to
entertain the troops.
http://biggeekdad.com/2011/02/bob - Merry Christmas!
-Tony DURAN ('55)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/22/15
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NO Bomber sent anything, but we have
an anniversary and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Bob CHILES ('58) & Suzie GUNDERSON ('60)
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>>Walt WENDLAND ~ Class of 1955 ~ 1937 - 2015
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/23/15
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3 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Mary TRIEM ('47)
Helen CROSS ('62)
Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Chuck HOLTZ ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Craig LANSING ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill BLANKINGSHIP ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sheila STAMBAUGH ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sandy RIGGINS ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Denny KUYKENDALL ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat HARTY ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeff O'MEALY ('71)
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>>From: Mary TRIEM Mowery ('47)
Happy Holidays to a very hard working and truly appreciated
Bomber...
from
-Mary TRIEM Mowery (a '47 Bomber) ~ Richland
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Re: Christmas
I just received this from Simon vonHOUWELINGEN ('63 Foreign
Exchange Student) - spent the '62-'63 school year as a
Richland Bomber living with John EHRIG ('63-RIP) and his
family in West Richland.
"Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
"This Van Houwelingen family had a busy year. We were
married for 45 years and because of that we toke the
whole family to Lansarote, a Spanish island in the
Atlantic Ocean. We had to babysit a lot of time and we
enjoyed it very much. Davey, the oldest, is already
going to school and the others are growing so fast!
"Love, Marie José and Simon
"Met vriendelijke groet,"
Ask me for Simon's address if you want it.
I will be flying out to Nevada so as to not miss my grand
baby's first Christmas entirely. I'm excited to spend some
time with my grandkids again!!
Merry Christmas and all the best in the New Year!!
Helen CROSS Kirk (62) in Hope, IN where we expect a warm
Christmas of 67°!! Unbelievable, it's been so nice and
warm all winter... our grass is so green and lush, it
needs to be mowed again.
We will have a beautiful midnight Christmas Eve service at our
church with chimes, the organ, soloists, and Joseph and Mary
and the Innkeeper's wife will all visit and share a it of
their take on Christmas Eve along with the Magi and a young
shepherdess.
I close with Christmas Blessings!!
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Hope, IN
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: Birthday Boys
Happy Birthday to Pat HART ('71 - #40 in your football
program), and Jeff O'MEALY ('71) on the 23rd. Bomber and WSU
Cougar classmates. Hope you have a good one on your special
day.
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ Plano, TX where it was 75° today [12/22]
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>>Kathy STALEY Berg ~ Class of 1965 ~ 1947 - 2015
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/24/15 ~ CHRISTMAS EVE
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5 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Jack GARDINER ('61), Ann ENGEL ('63)
Linda REINING ('64), David RIVERS ('65)
Lynn-Marie HATCHER ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marilyn GROFF ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dave MILLER ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kerry LYNCH ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Art SCHAFER ('70)
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>>From: Jack GARDINER ('61)
Re: Your Home in the Snow
This is really cool! Enjoy.
"This is pretty amazing.Type your total address in the
line provided in the link below and then view your home
in the window - with the falling snow!"
http://pusher.com.au/clients/pusher-christmas-2012/
-Jack GARDINER ('61)
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>>From: Ann ENGEL Schafer ('63)
Re: Birthday
I want to wish my favorite -- and only -- brother-in law
Art SCHAFER ('70) a Happy Birthday on Christmas Eve and
blessing to the whole Schafer clan for a very Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year.
Love to all
-Ann ENGEL Schafer ('63)
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
OMG!!!!!!!! I just got the best Christmas surprise ever!!!!!!!
My grandson, Kevin (USMC) has been in Georgia since February
and he wasn't due to come home for Christmas, but he came home
Wednesday morning and surprised all of us (except for his dad
who was in on the surprise!!!!!) This is by the BEST Christmas
I have ever had! and, he's home for 10 days, too!!!!!!!!!
Merry Christmas, everyone!
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ Kuna, ID
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: blind as a bat
I am afraid the time has come to put my cheat sheet on a
legal sized piece of paper rather than yellow stickies... I
managed to transpose Susan WARD's ('65) day from 21 to 24 and
two guys who are probably as close as Terry DAVIS ('65) and
I are: Craig LANSING ('62) and Bill BLANKINGSHIP ('62) I
managed to read as "29" instead of "23"... now common sense
would have let me know that my Christmas b-day pal coming
after Craig and Bill on the sheet shoulda been a clue...
but hey, Sometimes I revert back to my Col-Hi brain power...
which was about as sharp as the last broken crayon inna
box... now just in case The Elf in charge would rather
be doing other things on Christmas Eve than posting our
cherished rag, I thought I'd get a little Christmas cheer
into this one... which should begin, just in case with
wishing David BOWLS' ('58) little bro ('64) an HB on
Christmas day... now there are those of you who have
suggested that the ol' tooter can get a tad mushy in these
posts and I spoze yer right in that assessment... maybe a
little odd for a Chiricahua and Marine... specially at this
time of year... it always brings back memories of Brian
JOHNSON ('65) swinging by the house around 9:30 or so to make
the rounds to check out the loot everyone got... drove my mom
crazy, but she always let me go with him against her better
judgment... unusual for mom... the one year that always comes
to mind is the year Beej got a transistor radio, which was
the ONLY thing I wanted and didn't get... DAVIS told me the
other day I was sure to get it this year... I've never been
shy about telling my friends I love them... the other day
that subject came up between an "upperclassman" and me on
Face book... I seldom get the same salutation back tho I will
say that there is almost never a time that Jimmie ADAIR
('65-'67), Jimmy HEIDLEBAUGH ('65), Terry DAVIS ('65), Jack
KEENEY ('65) and I don't end the conversation with those
words... now those words are not used in the context of the
"magic words" of adolescent sex... or even the words as said
between a man and a woman... they are an expression of true
affection between people who are about as close as people can
be... they are the underpinning of being Bombers and growing
up in Richland at a time when kids were not neighbors but
siblings... when moms and dads were as much ours as the kids
they parented... it was a special time and one which has
never left me... nearly as magic as the Cimumum Bear... no...
as magical... so as you spend time with family and friends,
remember you have a whole family out here in Bomberland that
love you and really mean it!
As I was unable to reach everyone I'm sure on face book and
by email I am sending a Christmas card with this post...
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Riv/151225-Xmas.jpg
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
Christmas Blessings from Haven Farm.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Hat/151224-XmasEve.jpg
-Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68) ~ Haven Farm, ID
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>>Rod SHANKS ~ Class of 1962 ~ 1942 - 2015
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/25/15 ~ MERRY CHRISTMAS
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8 Bombers sent stuff:
Norma LOESCHER ('53), Marilynn WORKING ('54)
Mike CLOWES ('54), Ann BISHOP ('56)
Margo COMPTON ('60), Mary ROSE ('60)
Leoma COLES ('63), David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary Pat ACKLEY ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larry BOWLS ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Irene WALDNER ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jay COATES ('72)
AND Jimmy Buffett turns 69 today.
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>>From: Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53)
Re: Merry Christmas to Family
For me, there are two kinds of families, those who enjoy
mental/ideological closeness and those who share a physical
closeness. My Bombers/forever family is huge and constantly
expanding. My biological/marriage/soulmate/physical closeness
family is shrinking. A precious few in the latter group are
also Bombers, and you know what a blessing that is!
This greeting is for both families! Merry Christmas, and may
the good Lord bless you richly in all the days to come!
-Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53, who realizes there is a world
family too. They need constant prayers and whatever
else we can give!) ~ Richland
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>>From: Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54)
To all Bomber friends and Club 40 Members:
Have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
-Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54) ~ Pasco
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[Club 40 - for those who may not know: Eligible
to all Bombers who have already had their 40 year
class reunion. -Maren]
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
By golly! We all made it to Christmas Day. I trust that Santa
was good to you.
We all know that "Tooter", aka Junior Gyrene, aka David RIVERS
('65) received several lumps of coal in his stocking. He
probably would have received them even if he had hung the
stocking by the chimney with care.
If some of you in the higher mountain areas would care to,
the folks on the east coast are feeling slighted this year
because of a lack of snow. Send any excess to them, but don't
compromise next spring's runoff.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
the waters are receding and the snow remains in the
mountains.
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>>From: Sara Ousley, aka Ann BISHOP ('56)
To all our Bombers, I wish you a VERY Merry Christmas and a
Happy, Blessed New Year, whether believers or not.
-Sara Ousley, aka Ann BISHOP ('56)
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>>From: Margo COMPTON Lacarde ('60)
Re: Christmas
I want to wish a very Merry Christmas to all Richland Bombers.
Still a part of my life even if I am not there. And thank you
Maren for making that so.
-Margo COMPTON Lacarde ('60)
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Mary ROSE Tansy ('60)
Re: Snow at "YOUR" house
To: Jack GARDINER ('61)
This really works, Jack!!!
http://pusher.com.au/clients/pusher-christmas-2012/
-Mary ROSE Tansy ('60)
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>>From: Leoma COLES ('63)
Special holiday wishes to all the Sandstorm alumni... have
a very merry Christmas!! I'm blessed this year with my two
grandchildren here.(13 years and baby brother 7 months old)!
So much fun!!
-Leoma COLES ('63) ~ in chilly Lincoln City, OR
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: HB and Merry Christmas
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Riv/151225-Xmas.jpg
I pretty well summed it up yesterday so may I just wish a
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my dear friend, Larry BOWLS ('64), on his
special day and a special day for us all...
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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lumni Sandstorm ~ 12/26/15
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Dick McCOY ('45)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Vera SMITH ('58)
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>>From: Dick McCOY ('45)
Re: Christmas Musing
As I write this it is Christmas Day,2015. I have thought back
to a much les prosperous Christmas in Richland, 1943 (I was
a young lad of sixteen). We lived in the first block inhabited
at 10R "A" street (renamed Thayer later). By the holiday a
couple more blocks had been added including one in South
Richland. By then the Rec hall, Movie house, Drug store, and
Randall and Doyle's grocery in the old hardware store all were
open or would soon be, but they were all a couple of miles
away, and us with no auto. Our neighbor (who worked with Dad)
did have a government car which we took to do our meager
shopping at Nelson and Dam general store on GWWay downtown.
GWWay was then a two lane road, even sporting a hitching rail
in front of the old cold storage. We caught our school bus at
Symons and McPherson (named today), There were no Bombers nor
even Beavers, but we did have a Bronc basketball team playing
in the new Grade School auditorium. It had been built as a
K-12 school by the former residents. It was used as a
temporary Government office, but in October the grade
schoolers finally got a place to go to school. We went to High
school in the old Alamo-like building behind. By Christmas we
were stuffed in until our move to the new Col-Hi in April. The
old building became the American Legion in 1946, and many were
the Bombers who belonged.
Christmas in 1943 was a little dismal and barren. The radio
was our only source of entertainment, and we probably listened
to Barrymore in the "Christmas Carol"... A movie could be had
over in Pasco at the Liberty, two bits. Another 15 cants if
one was wealthy enough to catch the Twin City bus from
downtown. Life was indeed a bleak existence, but it was for
most an adventure, and we ended up much better for it. I made.
a lot of friends, at lesat from my perspective. .
However it was much worse for the prior residents; they lost
their farms and businesses which the Government paid for with
dimes on the dollar, and were facing the yuletide with little
hope. I had become acquainted with many who attended our
school for a while. I think of them often, Things did get
better for many of them, yet that year of 1943 was desolate
and heartbreaking for those who built their lives and fortunes
in the old Richland., .
Well, I am happy to report that my 89th Christmas finds me
and my family in great shape considering. And I hope you, the
reader, celebrate the same. "Happy New year to all", as Tiny
ALLEN ('48-RIP) would say... Especially you, Maren.
-Dick McCOY (from the Tin Can class of '45)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/27/15
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Don LYALL ('52), Marilynn WORKING ('54)
Mike CLOWES ('54), Nola DAVEY ('56)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marilyn SCHULTZ ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeannine HUGHES ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon CHAPMAN ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patti ECKERT ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ray NELSON ('70)
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>>From: Don LYALL ('52)
Re: Great Sandstorm
What a great entry yesterday by Dick McCOY ('45)... how a good
entry should read... no "beanies" or "babes"...
-Don LYALL ('52)
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>>From: Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54)
Re: New Year's Resolutions!!
Is it too early to make a New Year's resolution for 2016?
I am going to do a different one this year and it has to do
with the Sandstorm!! Friday, 1/1/2016, I will reveal.
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and I give thanks to
all the Military who have served and who are serving our
Country!! For those who were not able to be home for the
holiday... Stay Safe and come home soon!!!
To all my friends who didn't receive a Christmas card (and
there are many as I didn't get in the mood this year) you were
in my thoughts! So many of you are on my Facebook and see my
life daily, so nothing is really new to you!
Reminder to all of my 1954 Richland Bomber classmates... let's
plan a get together in 2016 and celebrate our 80th birthday!!
We'll wait til the weather is warm enough to travel for some
of you! Some may have already come to that age this year... but
that doesn't matter... you are with us, too!
Had a wonderful lunch at Rosy's Ice Cream parlor a week ago
with a small but charming group including myself,
Ginny WEYERTS ('54), Gwen GANSE ('54), Betty RUSSELL ('54)
and Lloyd KENT ('54)! A fun time remembering things and closing
out the year!!!
Later.....
-Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54) ~ Pasco with our temps in
the 20s and 30s, but no snow for now!!
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
I certainly hope you all enjoyed "Boxing Day", or as some
refer to it as "Return Day". All those strange and unknown
gifts that distant relatives got you and you have no idea of
what to do with them. Well, you could make up a care package
for the Junior Gyrene if you were feeling generous. More than
likely, however, you will return them to the store for your
money back.
All of that is irrelevant. This is a far more important day.
Yes, that's right, it is the birthday of a Bomber Babe. I know
we went to school together; she was listed in the commencement
program, the class will and the class prophecy, so why can't I
remember her. Needless to say that she has now reached the
grand age of 21 and can now indulge in the adult beverage of
her choice.
All that is left to do it tip the ol' propeller beanie and say
"Happy Birthday!" to Jeannine HUGHES ('54). Rock on.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
the drying process may come to an end.
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>>From: Nola DAVEY Meichle ('56)
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Maren. Thanks for all
you do.
-Nola DAVEY Meichle ('56)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Helen Burns Nash (RIP)
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Helen Burns Nash, 90, of Richland, died December 22, 2015, at
Life Care Center of Richland.
She was born in Waco, TX, and lived in Richland since 1949.
She was a physical education teacher at Col-Hi/Richland High
School and an assistant principal at Hanford High School in
Richland.
Columbia Memorial Funeral Chapel and Gardens, Pasco, is in
charge of arrangements.
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike BRADY ('61)
Helen CROSS ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ron STEPHENS ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cathy STEACH ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Robyn RICHARDSON ('78)
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>>From: Mike BRADY ('61)
I agree with Don LYALL ('52). It is a wonderful entry by Dick
McCOY ('45) on 12/26/2015. I would like to read more about the
early history of Richland and the surrounding area.
-Mike BRADY ('61)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Season's Greetings from snowy Gardnerville, Nevada where I am
enjoying 10 days with my grandkids. The baby is not yet walking
or talking, and is so cute at 8 months. And my 11 year old
still enjoys playing games with me and we put together a
gingerbread house first thing today!!
Hope my photos catch up (I sent them to pics, as instructed
by Maren who does such a great job as our editor!)
[Pictures arrived 16 minutes ahead of your entry. -Maren]
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Cro/151228-hats.jpg
Maren, Hope your granddaughter, Abby, had a fun birthday
[26th], and you too. as I think of your move to be near her, I
think about our move from Indiana. For now, I will be doing my
best to support the airlines by making as many trips as I can
west.
Happy New Year's a little early. I'm sure I will post more
photos of being with my grandkids.
"Happiness is being with your grandkids" (my 2016 motto)
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ from Gardnerville, NV where it is
really cold at night - like 10°; the snow looks pretty
in the sunshine.
P.S. when I was in Richland in October, I drove past
Helen Burns Nash's home on Swift (guess I should say
former home), and wondered how she was; she was a great
teacher and role model)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/29/15
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Carol CARSON ('60)
Margo COMPTON ('60)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Chuck LANGE ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dot EGELAND ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Hannah LEE ('94)
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>>From: Carol CARSON Renaud ('60)
Re: Bomber Death Report
Hi Maren. You will probably get an obit soon but I wanted to
let you know that my oldest son, Rick SOUTHAM ('80) passed
away on Christmas Eve from a heart attack. I'm stunned and
heartbroken. Don't know if you want to put a note in the
Sandstorm before the obit comes out.
-Carol CARSON Renaud ('60)
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>>From: Margo COMPTON Lacarde ('60)
Re: Winter
Apparently someone -- won't mention names -- decided to send
the cold weather south. In San Antonio, Christmas day was
almost 80° and today we will be lucky if we reach 40°. I am
ready for more 80° weather.
-Margo COMPTON Lacarde ('60)
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[Dec 25th .. seen on Facebook:
"'Twas the Night before Christmas and all through the house
The A/C was running cuz we live in the south" -Maren]
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: As the saying goes
You can please some of the people all of the time and you can
please alla the people some of the time but you will always
be your own worst critic... or something like that... and of
course, many of us are "age challenged"... now we can read up
on Richland history... but there is absolutely no substitute
for a kid such as Dick McCOY's ('45) memories of being a
Richland kid... I can only hope we can convince others from
earlier days to share... "so let's thrill once again as we
turn back many years to the wild and untamed Richland of
old"... "Hi ho Dupus Boomer" by Dick Donnell... It's up to
you guys! Naturally, each of us is limited to our own
memories... Dick can recall moving from school to school in
the "early" days... I on the other hand can only recall
having Col-Hi demolished around us and rebuilt while we were
actively attending classes... to each his own... while many
remember the amazing teachers we were privileged to have as
our mentors, some can recall the 1948 flood and building the
dike, for others it's "4-H anda FFA onna field trip to the
farm", still others have fond memories of CAP... I recall
cars, music, Zip's, my buds, the Uptown and, best of all,
Bomber-babes... hey I've always said I'm a shallow, two
dimensional guy... or at least I was in my Richland years...
prolly still am to a great extent... which is a great intro
into today's B-day Bomber-babes... One I knew from second
grade on and was fortunate enough to spend hours at her home
and the home of her sisters... the other I was blessed enough
to go with before her passing, though she never shared her
malady when I would inquire... we spent wonderful times at
Doheny, Laguna and all along the Orange County area; my
memories are full and she will always be with me... HAPPY
BIRTHDAY, Janice BEARDSLEY ('64-RIP) and Kathy WERSEN ('64-
RIP) on your special day, December 29, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/30/15
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick WIGHT ('52), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Floyd MELTON ('57), David DOUGLAS ('62)
Helen CROSS ('62), Deedee WILLOX ('64)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Phil GANT ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Doug HAWKINS ('62)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Lance HARTMAN ('60) & Marie RUPPERT ('63)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Jim HAMILTON ('63) & Nancy WICK ('65)
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>>From: Dick WIGHT ('52)
Re: Nostalgia...
Since Dick McCOY's ('45) recent historical info submission,
there have been several comments looking for more of the same
- memories of the early days in the Tri-City area...
I guess I go back as far as just about any Bomber alumni, at
least in terms of being an early resident. I was born in
Pasco in 1934... lived there until I was 4 years of age. I
remember very little of those 1st 4 years. I DO remember
being in a vacant lot next to the house and a dust (sand?)
storm blew in. Blinded, I was sitting in the sand amidst the
weeds just about on top of an ant hill - blinded, being
bitten, etc! Not a happy memory.
My father managed Pasco's only movie theater of the day. We
were still deep into the Great Depression, but folks seemed
to be able to "dig up" the 10 cents or so for a movie, and
Dad's business remained brisk. He bartered a lot - got
electrical and plumbing repairs, etc. in exchange for show
tickets. My maternal grandfather worked as a switch engine
engineer in Pasco's big railroad yard. At that time, Pasco
had a population of about 4000, Kennewick perhaps 1600,
Richland was little else than two or three businesses and a
school building. We moved away in 1938, living in Yakima,
Walla Walla, Pendleton, OR and Ellensburg - then back to
Richland in 1948. My father switched careers before WW II
and became a fire fighter, serving eventually as Richland's
fire chief.
When we moved back, Richland had swelled to over 30,000 - the
largest of the Tri-Cities, but Pasco and Kennewick grew as
well. I'd guess there are well over 150,000 people here in
the Tri-Cities now!
My high school years were really fun, as I remember them. I
went to Hill Military Academy as a freshman - folks couldn't
get housing here right away. So my Col-Hi years were
sophomore thru senior, and at that I left mid year in
1952... so spent only 2 1/2 years as a Bomber. Good years,
though. Joined CAP cadets, learned how to fly, joined the
school agriculture program when it was started (1950????).
The school farm was, I think, located about where Hanford
High sits today. Some of my teachers whom I remember as GOOD
ones were Edgar "Dutch" Haag, Walt LePage (who was a flight
instructor in CAP as well), Mr Evans the agriculture teacher,
Miss Scoggins (math)... others would come to mind if I
thought long enuf! Ha!
Anyhow, my third tenure in the Tri-Cities started last year -
2014 - after being gone for over 62 years! Thinking back to
the Col-Hi days, it seems MOST of us just wanted OUT of
Richland. It is surprising to see how many live here still,
or left and came back. It is a good place to be!
-Dick WIGHT ('52)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Time to honor another Bomber birthday. This guy I did know
from back in the day. Won't say we were best buds, but we did
acknowledge each other now and then. Met up with him again
much later at Club 40 or a class reunion or both.
Despite complaints from Katy, TX still gonna tip the ol'
propeller beanie and say "Happy Birthday!" to Phil GANT
('54). Keep on keepin' on.
A couple of younger Bombers are celebrating an anniversary
today. Don't think I've ever met them, except through these
pages. So, Jimbeaux ('63) and the forever young and beautiful
Miss Nancy ('65); don't let the rain clouds dampen your
celebration today.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
weather guessers are calling for a cooler and drier
first few days of the new year.
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>>From: Floyd MELTON ('57)
Re: OK, David Here You Go
Here is a couple of my memories in Richland, we moved there
just before I turned 6, 1945. The first thing that comes to
mind were the dirt storms. We lived at 1314 Hunt ("A" house)
and could see Badger MT from our living room; we would see
the storm coming toward Richland and knew that one had about
5 minutes to get things hatched down. Mom would put a damp
towel at the bottom of our front door to try and stop the
dirt from coming in and by the next morning the towel would
be a foot or so from the door and dirt between it and the
door. I have pictures of my Dad and I raking the dirt off the
lawn.
The next thing I remember was the coal trucks coming and
dumping coal into the basement coal bin at no charge to the
resident. I remember the maintenance workers coming to your
home to replace counter tops that got damaged or fix anything
else that needed repair.
My folks refused to let me go to the Columbia River which as
one knows was just a long block from our home. Daryl JOHNS
('57) and I would go there all the time (both my folks
worked) to look for arrow heads and we found many over the
next couple of years. That was way before McNary Dam was
built so the river was about half as wide as now.
In 1948 I remember watching the river rise and the dyke being
built... trucks going back and forth day and night and a few
drivers going to sleep and taking out telephone poles. I do
not know how it was done but I remember huge planes landing
at the little Richland Airport bring in sand bags full of
sand. Daryl and I and probably Larry CLARK ('57), Jim HOFF
('57) and others built forts in the stacks of hay bails being
used in the dyke, that was probably not a safe thing to do,
HA.
Watching the Uptown being built was also a fun time for me.
I had changed bedrooms by then and could watch from my room.
When the first tavern was built there was almost always a
fight sometime during the evening out in the parking lot and
that was fun.
I think I have mentioned this before; we would go to the
Village theater for a double feature and news, $.12 entry fee
and then walk home on GWWay which was pitch black at night
and try and make it without getting scared and running all
the way. I do not think we ever made it without running.
Playing anti anti over, baseball in the lot behind the homes,
football in the field between Hunt and GWWay which is now
grass, then just dirt, hide and seek and on and on. We were
never in the house except at night and later on when we moved
to 517 Douglass we had sleep outs that were fun, especially
the gathering of things from people's gardens, what, wait was
that legal.
The years in Richland can never be duplicated it was a great
place and time for us kids. I will add some later as a
teenage Bomber.
-Floyd MELTON ('57)
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
Re: Ed WOOD ('62)
Sunday afternoon my wife, son, and I went to a mariachi band
concert at Lone Butte Casino in Chandler, AZ. The music
reminded me of my best school friend, Ed WOOD ('62). We met
at Carmichael, were members of the Science Club and the
Amateur Radio Club, and served together on the projection
crew. We often visited each other's homes, and Ed introduced
me to Mexican music on the stereo. I've enjoyed it ever
since.
When we were in 9th grade we volunteered to show the movie
"Daddy Long Legs" (three reels - we used two projectors to
show it uninterrupted) at the 7th grade party. I remember
that because a young Linda BLACKARD ('64) asked me to walk
her home after the party. She was wearing high heels for the
first time and wasn't too steady on them, especially on
asphalt sidewalks. That was the first time a girl ever clung
to me - the kind of thing I'm not likely to forget.
Back to Ed, He was one of the Quill and Scroll officers our
senior year. We also double dated to out-of-town football and
basketball games, and to at least one drive-in movie. Ed's
date was Suzie, I probably had a different one most of the
time.
I lost track of Ed when we went to college - Ed to Harvey
Mudd in California and me to Whitman in Walla Walla. I often
wished we'd kept in touch. It was through the Col-Hi alumni
website that we finally reconnected decades later and
exchanged emails. While I was living in Phoenix sometime
after 2002, Ed stopped by on a business trip and we had lunch
together. I also got to see him at our Class of '62 fifty
year reunion.
In junior and senior high Ed was my BFF before the acronym
existed. He still is. Colorado is close enough to drive to,
so when winter is over I'm hoping my wife and I can go visit
him while we enjoy the beautiful scenery there.
Thanks, Ed.
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ where we're thankfully
enjoying a very mild winter. I had enough of snow
growing up in Richland.
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
My heart felt sympathy to Carol CARSON Renaud ('60) on the
loss of your son, Rick SOUTHAM ('80-RIP). It is never a right
time to lose a son, but on Christmas Eve is extra hard.
To: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
I had to laugh at your southern joke?? {no joke.. truth..
been running the A/C for DAYS now -Maren]
Early Happy New Year wishes to all Bombers
-Helen CROSS Kirk, aka "Grammy" ('62) ~ Gardnerville, NV
where we have snow; days are sunny and fine, but it's
getting down to 10° and 12° at night.
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>>From: Deedee WILLOX Loiseau ('64)
To: Carol CARSON Renaud ('60)
I am so sorry to hear of the death of your son, Rick SOUTHAM
('80-RIP). My heart aches for you because of the pain you are
going through. You will definitely be in my prayers in the
days ahead!
-Deedee WILLOX Loiseau ('64) ~ Burbank, WA
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: What A Guy
I often wonder how I could have grown up in Richland and not
known some kids till I got into my 60s, but that's the way
it was with the B-day Bomber... Now sure he's older than I...
(I am allowed to say older about guys... so ha ha ha and
neener neener) but so are tons of other kids that I did
know... thank goodness that has changed in the last few years
and I've been able to spend some great times with him... I
guess as they say, better late than never... in this case he
shares his b-day with two other great friends' Anubersery...
so the it's two birds... no three birds with one wish...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Doug HAWKINS ('62) and HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
Jimbeaux HAMITLON ('63) and the ever young and lovely Miss
Nancy WICK ('65) on your special day, December 30, 2015!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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2 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Ed WOOD ('62)
Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Grace DeVINCENTIS ('50)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Wayne WALLACE ('50)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Doug HILDEBRANT ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John ALLEN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary GRIGG ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mikel BOATMAN ('99)
Happy New Year from Tony DURAN ('55)
http://www.openmyeyeslord.net/Train%20Ride.swf
[change 2013 at the end to 2016. -Maren]
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>>From: Ed WOOD ('62)
Re: Reconnecting
I was pleased to hear from Jack EVANS ('62) when he and his wife
JoAnn came to Denver to visit grandchildren last week. We had
lunch together at The Buckhorn Exchange, catching up on each
others' lives in the last 50 years. There's a lot of catching up
to do, but we gave it a good start. I've found personal meetings
like this so much more memorable than reunions, and have enjoyed
meeting other Bombers occasionally in our travels around the
country.
To: David DOUGLAS ('62)
Let me know when you're coming this way. The welcome mat is out
whenever we're in town. Right now we're enjoying the winter snow
in Keystone. It's warming up a bit now. It was zero this morning
when I got up. Yesterday it was four below.
-Ed WOOD ('62)
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>>From: Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
Re: Helen Burns Nash (RIP)
A service will be held later and the family will put that
information in the Herald... here is a very nice article
that was in the paper in 2014.
-Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
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Bomber Memorial
>>Jim HARLESS ~ Class of 1973 ~ 1954 - 2015
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