Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/09/16 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8 Bombers sent stuff: Mike CLOWES ('54), Anne BUTLER ('61) David DOUGLAS ('62), Marie RUPPERT ('63) Gary BEHYMER ('64), David RIVERS ('65) Shirley COLLINGS ('66), Mike FRANCO ('70) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Vicki SMITH ('63) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jill MEINKE ('71) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Doug MARTIN ('80) BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar Click the event you want to know more about. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) Re: Punt Gun http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ham/161008-Punt_Gun.jpg To: Dennis HAMMER ('64) You may be correct, sir, in identifying the other weapon as a carbine. Now, the trick is, is it an M-1 or an M-2? The basic difference between the two was that the M-2 could both in automatic mode and semi-automatic. The M-2 usually had a 30- round banana clip. David, David, David; Ya gotta stop embarrassing the older (to you) Bomber Babes by showing such pictures. Especially all those "hair helmets" that were the vogue in '63 or thereabouts. Fortunately, not the "big" hair of later years. -Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR wondering if Tommy is going to publish the group photo or did he forget his way to the dark room. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Anne BUTLER Magner ('61) It is with a sad heart that we let you know that our sister Jill BUTLER Hill Candler ('63) passed away on October 8, 2016 after a long illness. Her memories of her Bomber years and friends she met during that time sustained her over the years. We send all of you our thanks and regards. Mary Henderson Snyder, Anne BUTLER Magner ('61) and Jay BUTLER ('59) -Anne BUTLER Magner ('61) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: David DOUGLAS ('62) A recent Alumni Sandstorm was a "NOT" version, and rather than complain I decided to submit something. Several people have shared memories of growing up in Richland. I don't have many, unfortunately. Some of those I do have are about unpleasant experiences. I seem to have been allowed to keep only one memory per school year, so here goes. K-6th at Marcus Whitman, 7th-9th at Carmichael. Kindergarten: I remember Mrs. BonDurant's crank record player. I thought it was really neat. First grade: We did something that upset Mrs. Murphy. As a result she made us go back to using the huge Dick and Jane chart reader instead of the "grownup" paperback books. I put my head down on the desk and cried. Second grade: A friend and I were sent home from school to change our shoes after we spent all morning recess running through puddles of water left after a rain. Third grade: In our social studies of early America we brought old candles and color crayons from home and melted them down, then dipped wicks into the melted wax to make our own candles. We walked around the wax dipping our candles. I had to stand out in the hall for talking in line. Fourth grade: I had my first bout of rheumatic fever, treated at that time with total bed rest. I missed four months of school. My teacher was a family friend, so instead of having a district home teacher, she came to the house twice a week. I made a Dutch windmill out of a round Quaker Oats box. I started reading A Tale of Two Cities. I haven't finished it yet. Fifth grade: We had our first sex education in Health. We saw a movie, Reproduction in Animals, if I remember correctly. The animal was a pig. I didn't pay much attention as I never intended to raise pigs. The only thing we learned was, humans come from mothers, not from the stork. I already knew that as I had a baby brother, Jim DOUGLAS ('72), on the way. Sixth grade: I earned the nickname "Daisy Douglas" because I requested "A Bicycle Built for Two" so often in Music. I didn't realize at the time the song was a harbinger of my married life. Seventh grade: At the beginning of the year I participated in a science experiment about muscle memory. Mr. Clayton recruited a girl and I because we were wearing sweaters. Mr. Clayton asked, "Do you know each other?" "No, we came from different elementary schools." "Mary K., this is David. David, this is Mary K." Mr. Clayton asked me questions while I was buttoning my sweater, which I easily answered. Then he asked Mary K. to give me her sweater. He asked me questions while I buttoned her sweater, but I couldn't answer them. I couldn't button her sweater either. Anyway, once a girl gives her sweater to a boy she has to be his girlfriend, which she was for two years. She still holds the 'longest girlfriend' record. I have a second memory from seventh grade: Nineteen girls and I took an after-school course in babysitting, and earned our "Good Efficient Mother Substitute" (GEMS) degrees. I did better than most of the girls since I had a real baby at home to practice on. Eighth grade: Ed WOOD and I joined Carmichael's Amateur Radio Club and passed the exams for our ham radio licenses. I was K7HSG when I got my general license. My phonetic call letters, according to Mr. Clayton, the adviser, was "King of Seven High School Girls." Actually, the most I ever had at one time was three. Ninth grade: Mary K. broke up with me. I joined the drama club and played the role of pieman in the children's play "Simple Simon." I got a pie in my face three times each performance, although for the last performance someone substituted shaving cream for the meringue. I never did find out who made the exchange. Sophomore: I was the first sophomore in the history of the school admitted to the Sandstorm staff. Junior: I finally found another girlfriend to replace Mary K. - Patty BEZZIO ('63-RIP), who spent our first date in the restroom throwing up. Never ask a girl who's never been on a date to go to a dressy dinner/dance with you, especially if she's the nervous type. Senior: Patty broke up with me just before the year began so she could date other boys. I began dating her best friend, Diane ZELLEY ('63). I was unaware of that relationship until one day I asked Diane if I could have lunch with her, since we didn't have any classes together. A couple months after school started Patty said the boys who were supposed to ask her for dates weren't cooperating - would I take her on dates again? I agreed, and she became first assistant girlfriend. Diane had the title 'girlfriend', but, like many assistants, Patty had to do all the hard work - hugging and kissing. Beginning of second semester I added Sherry McLAUGHLIN ('63- RIP) as second assistant. Then all three girls and I ended up in the same Algebra class. Only Patty was still willing to go out with me after that. One girlfriend is a lot cheaper than three anyway. Riding my bicycle around town, I got bitten by dogs three times. I'm still deathly afraid of them. I'm more a cat person. I recall playing Annie Annie Over with Penny Parker, and Kick the Can with Donna Kay BURNETT ('62) and other neighborhood kids. So, those are my memories. I wish now I had more. -David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63) Watched the Bombers play Kimiakin last night on the local SWX channel. The Game was in Kennewick. It was an exciting game - mostly all defense, ugly really, but the Bombers blocked the extra point kick by Kimiakin in overtime to win 21 to 20. The Bombers didn't look like a first place state team to me last night as has been in the prior games. According to the paper Richland and Camas were rated the #1 4A football teams in Washington state. Richland has been #1 team since they beat Skyline in pre-season. Will have to wait to see what happens there. Football for me this Saturday and Sunday. Seahawks are in a bye week. Ohio State is hosting Indiana today. Guess I better go change my shirt. [Ohio State won 38-17] I'll miss the first half due to a Club 40 meeting. Go Buckeyes! The Huskies go after the Oregon Ducks this afternoon [Dawgs won 70-21] - so my football drought will start tomorrow, not today. My brother, John ('67) (a Husky alumn) in Phoenix will be glued to all of his devices. He sets everything up in all the rooms so he doesn't miss a thing! He's the true definition of a Rabid Dawg! Go Huskies!. Last weekend was a great football run - all my teams won- Bombers, Huskies, Buckeyes, and Seahawks. Can't ask for better than that! -Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63) ~ in sun just poked through the clouds Richland. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Gary BEHYMER ('64) Re: Dennis Hammer ('64) The Submarine http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ham/161008-MissTri-Cities.jpg My father-in-law, John C. Cook, who once managed the old Ballarina Motel in Angus Village, took on the job of repairing the Scooter Too / Tri-Tomic / Adios / Miss Moses Lake / Miss Tri-Cities as he served as the Kennewick Chamber president some time before 1968... at that time he purchased the old Walla Walla Lodge in Walla Walla and left the Tri- Cities. Dennis was correct about the deterioration of the boat while it sat in Columbia Park. The boat was built in 1955 and first driven by Jack Regas. Re: Colfax Lunch My thanks to James COCHRAN ('64), Leo BUSTAD ('64) and Ray STEIN ('64) for stopping by a week ago yesterday for lunch. (Top Notch - Colfax, WA) We all got caught up a bit on what happened 50+ years ago and who was responsible. -Gary BEHYMER ('64) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: David RIVERS ('65) Re: those were the dayz I was just sitting here nibbling on some sliced pepperoni and as I savored each bite I recalled getting a particular "chewy" piece of that wonderful stuff we used to get at Jonnie's delicatessen on the way home or headed to the Uptown for a movie with one of those long tubes of Newberry's popcorn (no not Mickey Newberry's train songs)... now that was living... don't often find those chewy pieces in the modern world of sausage these days... at least not that stuff from the grocery stores... ah well... we can dream and remember... and today I recall "the walk"... more than smoking in the boyz room or anything else... maybe even b-ball... that's how I remember one of our Bomber b-day kids today... from second grade I idolized that guy... guess I always will HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Vicki SMITH ('63) and Chuck GARDINER ('63-RIP) on your special day, October 9, 2016!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -David RIVERS ('65) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) Re: '66 in '16 Reunion DVD For those of you who ordered a '66 reunion DVD made by Raines Video, I spoke with Richard on Friday and found the DVDs should be mailed by October 15. -Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Mike FRANCO ('70) To: David RIVERS ('65) Re your comment : Bombers everywhere Yup, we (wife Cheryl and I) do indeed own and operate (try anyway) KLAY Radio 1180 AM in Tacoma. I retired from Boeing (34 years) three years ago. KLAY is a station that reaches most of south King county and all of Pierce County over air and stream everywhere http://klay1180.com/. We are talk format VERY local. OK, here comes ENDLESS Bomber connections: - My father-in-law Clay Huntington started this (and other) stations in the Tacoma area - Clay was one of the original owners of the Tacoma AAA baseball team. From 1973-77 when Tacoma was The Twins Clay's favorite player was a shortstop named Jim VAN WYCK ('66) - Jim married one of our class of 1970 top babes (and fellow Davison Street inhabitant) Cindy SEMMERN ('70). Cindy's father Don and uncle Hank were both lifetime friends of Clay's. - Of course Cindy's dad, Don augmented his income by calling traveling on various Bomber hoops greats and not so greats Hedges, father of Bill, Tom, Pete. and Joe HEDGES spent half his time raising a great Bomber family. The other half his time was spent raking and dragging the infield at Bomber Field (baseball) Early this year some of our team at KLAY conned me into hosting a weekly blabber show 8-10:00. I do it for nothing and the quality reflects it. We talk sports (Rainiers baseball, high school, PLU, UPS), education, business, events, various issues all VERY local. Each weekly show includes 3-6 interviews usually via telephone. Two of our favorite and notable guests have been: - Jim ALBAUGH ('68) former Boeing Commercial CEO, long time aerospace industry executive and national/international leader. We talk trade, aerospace jobs and economic issues. We have yet to talk about the relative achievements (or lack of) of the 1968 Bomber hoops team. - Mike LONERGAN ('67) current Pierce County Assessor actually was a morning show hot on KLAY when I met him. His involvement in local politics led him to run for office. Mike took office in 2012 and is running for re-election next month UNOPPOSED. For the second largest county in our state running unopposed means either the pay is bad ($130,000) OR it is a really lousy job. Mike is a great guy, one of our better Bomber politicians. (we ere all politicians at one time or another). That is my too long, meandering story of endless Bomber connections. They go on and on -Mike FRANCO ('70) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. *************************************************************