Alumni Sandstorm ~ 09/02/16 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6 Bombers sent stuff: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52), Jim McKEOWN ('53) Mike CLOWES ('54), Larry MATTINGLY ('60) Helen CROSS ('62), Bill SCOTT ('64) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dennis CHAPMAN ('54) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda LESTER ('62) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dan FOLEY ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gordon MUMFORD ('72) BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Chuck Jerman & Judy Siemens (?66) WEEKLY BOMBER LUNCH: Mostly '52ers, Noon, Sterling's GWWay (Fridays) BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar Click the event you want to know more about. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) I'll be heading back to Richland on the Red-eye Sunday night. It's been a great 3+ months. I could easily stay another 2 months to help my daughter with more stuff, but "home" calls. A neighbor suggested that I could come back in October after my trip with Rambling Rovers to Branson, MO. Maybe, but... uh... probably not. Maybe, though. Looking forward to seeing some friends who will in town for Club 40. I'm not going to the shindig, but they may go to Sterlings on Friday for our regular get together. Oh, and there's Pinochle, too. One of the gals in the daytime game has started Dialysis, so our time, which used to be from 1 to 3 pm, is changed to 9 to 11. Ha... I'm not used to playing cards in the morning! The game is important, but it's the people that matter most. Instead of cutting my lunch short to get there by 1, I'll be able to stay for the whole time to visit with so many of my old Bomber friends. And I'll order a regular lunch instead of just a cup of soup. Not great on the budget, but I can pinch pennies somewhere else. Hoping everyone enjoys their Labor Day weekend and that all stay safe. -Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) ~ in gorgeously beautiful Anchorage, Alaska. We've broken a few records for sunny days and reasonable temperatures. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Jim McKEOWN ('53) Re: update Probably time for a final final on the list of attendees for Club 40... a couple that I know who paid are not in... certainly by Monday... I think that the classes of the '50s have an excellent amount attending.. -Jim McKEOWN ('53) ~ from sunny Sacramento where the temp has been super... 10° below normal for the past couple of weeks... ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) Looks like the Junior Gyrene ('65) in almost back to "normal". Be that as it may, today we celebrate the birthday of a fellow inmate of Mr. Wheeler's Home Room for at least two years. There was a change in the order of business in my senior year in which 1st period became the home room regardless. A tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!" shout is in store for Dennis CHAPMAN ('54). Perhaps we will see each other and the "Big" birthday party later this month. -Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where we did have rain during State Fair week, and may have some more later on. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Larry MATTINGLY ('60) Re: Me with Squirrel http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Mat/Me-Squirl-5yrs.jpg See story in the 8/31/16 Sandstorm. -J. Larry MATTINGLY ('60) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) I always love reading the Sandstorm; don't know what happened to my long entry I sent yesterday, but as the picture arrived, let me introduce Jaime, our exchange student living with us for the school year. http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Cro/160902_Jaime.jpg he is a junior and a soccer player (so I'm playing soccer mom again after 25 years or so. our small school of about 200 loves exchange students, so he is one of ten at our school. he is from Madrid, Spain, and in the photo he is showing a Spanish omelet he made to take to an exchange student get together. He is a nice young man... it is an adjustment for us two old grandparents to have someone so young living with us. I'm sure he sees us as old, because when I was an exchange student at 18 for a year in Holland, I saw my Dutch parents as old, and they were in their 60s. Warren and I are 10 years older, we could even be older than his Spanish grandparents, but we are trying. -Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ from Hope, IN where the tornados fortunately didn't touch down, but we've had tons of rain, so our lawns look like we are in Ireland, instead of the Midwest!! ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Bill SCOTT ('64) First, a belated but heartfelt Happy Birthday [on 8/30] to Kathy HOFF, one of my all-time favorite ladies of the Class of '64. She is indeed the "class" of '64. Hope it was memorable, Kathy. Second, the 70th birthday bash brought to the top of my murky mind an old encounter that was amusing. Wish I'd shared it with our class at the 70th, but here it is now: I spent my freshman year in college ('64-'65) at the U. of Puget Sound in Tacoma. Naturally, I had a roommate in the dorm. One weekend, thinking we had nothing better to do, we decided to take a bus ride to Seattle and poke around. So we did. We were the only two people in that big bus. We sat in the rear seat and pretended we had a very large limo for the day. Well, we got to Seattle and proceeded to wander around the streets. Walking down one sidewalk, my roommate, who had an eye for the ladies, poked me in the ribs and whispered, "Bill, check out these girls coming toward us." I looked ahead and saw that there were indeed two attractive young ladies headed our direction. Then I looked closer, and my eyes got big. It was Dawn BERN and Jamie WORLEY! When they got close, they recognized me, and there was an eruption of happy smiles and effusive greetings all around. We went our separate ways minutes later. My roommate was speechless. But I could tell underneath that grumpy silence there was a strong current of jealousy. Not only did we run into two attractive ladies, but I knew them well! Just too much for him to bear. -Bill SCOTT ('64) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. *************************************************************