Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/23/16
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Bob HANNIGAN ('60)
Dave HANTHORN ('63), Jim HAMILTON ('63)
David RIVERS ('65), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
Pam EHINGER ('67)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Roberta KIRKWOOD ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Terry JONES ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gayle DAWSON ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Chuck JERMAN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John KENITZER ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Karen Elaine MARSHALL ('82)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY: Jim MEFFORD and Jeanette DUNCAN ('54)
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Well, here we are on the day before Thanksgiving. Probably
just in time to hear the CDC annual tryptophan warning. Pay
attention to it so you don't fall asleep in front of the TV or
while driving home.
That being said, we now come to the point of this missive. On
this day sometime in the past a Bomber Babe and a Bomber got
married. The fact that they were classmates should not enter
into the equation. That they were classmates of mine just might
on the other hand. And for whatever reason they are still
together.
"Happy Anniversary!" to Jeanette DUNCAN and Jim MEFFORD (both
'54). I suppose it might be alright if he takes her to Bob's
Burgers and Brew tonight; but I hope he doesn't expect her to
cook dinner tomorrow. He might take her to some restaurant with
a 2fer deal instead.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
the annual battle with walnut leaves is just about over.
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>>From: Bob HANNIGAN ('60)
?Here is an interesting article for the Sandstorm...
Re: General MATTIS ('68) on Christmas as Duty Officer
A couple of months ago, when I told General Krulak, the former
Commandant of the Marine Corps, now the chair of the Naval
Academy Board of Visitors, that we were having General MATTIS
speak this evening, he said, "Let me tell you a Jim MATTIS
story." General Krulak said, when he was Commandant of the
Marine Corps, every year, starting about a week before
Christmas, he and his wife would bake hundreds and hundreds and
hundreds of Christmas cookies. They would package them in small
bundles.
Then on Christmas day, he would load his vehicle. At about 4am,
General Krulak would drive himself to every Marine guard post
in the Washington-Annapolis-Baltimore area and deliver a small
package of Christmas cookies to whatever Marines were pulling
guard duty that day. He said that one year, he had gone down to
Quantico as one of his stops to deliver Christmas cookies to
the Marines on guard duty. He went to the command center and
gave a package to the lance corporal who was on duty.
He asked, "Who's the officer of the day?" The lance corporal
said, "Sir, it's Brigadier General MATTIS." And General Krulak
said, "No, no, no. I know who General MATTIS is. I mean, who's
the officer of the day today, Christmas day?" The lance
corporal, feeling a little anxious, said, "Sir, it is Brigadier
General MATTIS."
General Krulak said that, about that time, he spotted in the
back room a cot, or a daybed. He said, "No, Lance Corporal. Who
slept in that bed last night?" The lance corporal said, "Sir,
it was Brigadier General MATTIS."
About that time, General Krulak said that General MATTIS came
in, in a duty uniform with a sword, and General Krulak said,
"Jim, what are you doing here on Christmas day? Why do you have
duty?" General MATTIS told him that the young officer who was
scheduled to have duty on Christmas day had a family, and
General MATTIS decided it was better for the young officer to
spend Christmas Day with his family, and so he chose to have
duty on Christmas Day.
General Krulak said, "That's the kind of officer that Jim
MATTIS is."
The story above was told by Dr. Albert C. Pierce, the Director
of the Center for the Study of Professional Military Ethics at
The United States Naval Academy. He was introducing General
James MATTIS who gave a lecture on Ethical Challenges in
Contemporary Conflict in the spring of 2006. This was taken
from the transcript of that lecture.
-Bob HANNIGAN ('60)
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>>From: Dave HANTHORN ('63)
Re: Bomber mini-reunion in Bangkok, Thailand
Hi Maren (and all you other Bombers),
Bill WILSON (GMC '63) and Dave HANTHORN (GMC '63) enjoying
their third consecutive Bomber mini-reunion in Thailand at the
El Gaucho's Steakhouse in Bangkok.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Han/161123-Hanthorn-Wilson.jpg
I believe we STILL hold the world's record for the Bomber
reunion held farthest from Richland!! We say "sawasdeekrup"
(Thai for "hello") to all our Bomber friends wherever they
are in this big ol' world!
Bomber cheers,
-Dave HANTHORN (Gold Medal Class of '63) ~ rom the Don Muang
neighborhood in northern Bangkok where the daytime
temperatures are in the high 90s and it cools to the
high 70s at night (if you're lucky)
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
A very special Shout Out to one of the Really Good Guys on his
71st. Happy Birthday to Terry JONES ('64)... may you always
hitem straight and may your Foot Mashie never let you down.
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: first meetings
I shall probably never forget first meeting this B-day
Bomber... in fact, I met him and Gary WEBB ('64) on the very
same evening as I was leaving Hi-Spot (but it was for Jr hi
kids... Jr Hi-Spot I guess)... each of them left a lasting
memory that continues to this very day... ahhhhh dem memories
of growing up in Richland... don't get no gooder than that...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Terry JONES ('64) on your special day, November
23, 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Marine Corps General James MATTIS ('68) ~ 11/21/16 Herald
"Trump Cabinet Picks?
"President-elect says Richland native being
considered for Defense chief"
"Job seekers, advisers and would-be allies
paraded through Trump National Golf Club in
Bedminster, NJ, during the weekend as President-
elect Donald Trump worked on filling his Cabinet.
By Sunday, Marine General James MATTIS ('68) - a
Richland native - had emerged as a leading
contender for secretary of defense."
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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>>From: Pam EHINGER (Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
A belated Happy Birthday to Dawn BELL ('67) ON 11/22. Hope you
had an Awesome Day!!
Bombers Rule,
-Pam EHINGER Kindl (Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
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That's it for today. Please send more.
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