Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/18/16 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 Bombers sent stuff and memorial INFO today: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52), Steve CARSON ('58) Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65), Shirley COLLINGS ('66) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancy RIGGS ('51) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barbara CROWDER ('55) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon GRIFFIN ('65) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Peggy HARTNETT ('72) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lynn SCHILDKNECHT ('74) BOMBER LUNCH: '54 Gals, 11:30, Applebee's on GWWay (3rd Fri) BOMBER LUNCH: '54 Guys, 11:30, Kennewick Bob's Burgers and Brew (3rd Fri) 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) The special way I got to spend my Birthday [11/7] morning: The Trip Coordinator of Rambling Rovers (a Travel Club I'm in) planned this bus trip to visit the old town sites of White Bluffs and Hanford. It just happened to fall on my birthday. My family, Dad, Mom, Sharleen ('50-RIP), Terry ('52), Richard ('57) and I ('52), lived out there about 3 miles beyond White Bluffs from Hanford from December 6, 1943 (I know exact date because it was Terry's 10th birthday) to June, 1944, in an old abandoned farm house. Some of you may not know about the government making all residents leave when it took over the thousands of acres that made up the "Project." It was a pretty crummy house: one electric light, no running water, worn walls, ceilings and floors, no bathroom, no grass, huge dead trees just outside the screened "sun room" where Terry, Sharleen and I slept, etc. Richard had a crib in our parents' bedroom. The barn was down a bit of a hill from the house and on laundry day or bath day, Terry and I would haul water up from the well (in the barn) using our "Red Flyer" wagon. Red Flyer? I think that was it. A gift from relatives a few years before we moved from Ellensburg. The government built us a water barrel for drinking water and a new Outhouse. Because of the massive influx of families for the war effort, the Hanford (town) High School was turned into a grade school. We went in double shifts. We DeVines were in the morning shift, which meant that we had all afternoon to play and explore. This is when we became friends with Luana IVERS Portch ('52-RIP). I didn't like our 4th grade teacher, a Mrs. King. Sharleen was in 6th grade and her teacher was so awful, she and little brother Richard, moved back to Ellensburg for the rest of the school year. I have incredibly wonderful memories from those 6 months!! We took our dog. The folks bought 5 chickens so we always had fresh eggs. We also bought 2 kid goats, "Tack" and "Lucky". They were a lot of fun. At one point, Terry and I hitched "Tack" to the wagon and tried to get him to pull it. He would only go backwards. So we hitched him up backwards... that didn't work, either! There was a small gravel pit near the house and Terry would stand at the top and throw large rocks down to break them open, I stood in the pit and would inspect them to see if there was anything interesting. Not that I would have KNOWN if we found anything truly interesting. There was a Meadowlark nest in the field by the house. It had 4 eggs. As time went by they hatched and grew until they were old enough to fly away. I happened to be there at the time and was amazed to see each one fly in a different direction. I will try to send some photos from my iPhone. http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/DeV/161118-00.htm Sending loving Bomber regards to each and all, -Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) ~ in warmer-than-usual Richland where Autumn leaves are piling up in yards and Landscaping businesses are out and about cleaning them up. ************************************************************ ************************************************************* >>From: Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58) So sad to learn of Linda WESTON's ('58-RIP) passing. Blessings and condolences to Lee. -Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65) Re: Patti-Sue McLAUGHLIN To: David RIVERS ('65) As I've always said, there is no y in Patricia. -Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) Re: Mid-Columbia Swim/Dive Honors ~ 11/17/16 Tri-City Herald "The Mid-Columbia Conference on Tuesday announced Richland's Claire SCHAEF ('18) as its swimmer of the year and fellow Bomber junior Alyssa WHITTINGTON ('18) as the diver of the year. SCHAEF ('18) was a first-team selection in the 200- and 500-yard freestyle - events in which she placed in the top four at last weekend's Class 4A state meet in Federal Way. WHITTINGTON ('18), a first-team diver, was 22nd at state." -Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland ************************************************************* ************************************************************* ************************************************************* not a memorial - only INFO today >>Lynda WESTON Williams ('58-RIP) Graveside services TODAY, Friday November 18, 2016, 10am Guarding Angels Cemetery, 2595 Road L NE, Moses Lake Memorial Service TODAY, Friday November 18, 2016, 11am Emmanual Lutheran Church in Moses Lake ************************************************************* ************************************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. *************************************************************