Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/10/17 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 11 Bombers sent stuff: Dick WIGHT ('52), Mike CLOWES ('54) Diane AVEDOVECH ('56), Stephanie DAWSON ('60) Bill SCOTT ('64), David RIVERS ('65) Pat DORISS ('65), John ALLEN ('66) Betti AVANT ('69), Brad WEAR ('71) Gary TURNER ('71) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larry MURPHY ('54) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeanette HABERMAN ('73) BOMBER CALENDAR: http://BrownBearsw.com/cal/All_Bombers Click the event you want to know more about. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Dick WIGHT ('52) Re: radio stations WAAAAAY back in the day (late '40s, early '50s) a lot of us Richland kids didn't listen to any local station at night unless we had to. We tuned into the AM radio stations sometimes called super stations (KGO San Francisco, KEX Portland, KSL Salt Lake, etc.) One favorite was KFBK Sacramento that played music nightly from what was I guess a teen hangout there, called Stan's Drive-In. Great "pop" music of the day. These stations usually had a clear channel, high power (50KW or so) and bounced their sky waves all over the place. Later ('53-'55) I often listened to the Portland station to a program called "KEX Calling" while in the Arctic onboard USCGC NORTHWIND, a polar icebreaker. I once wrote to the DJ of that program (can't remember his name any more), and he'd dedicate songs to our ship from time to time - stuff like "In the Good Ole Summertime". Oh, well - now I listen to "elevator music" on satellite radio. -Dick WIGHT ('52) ~ in cool, sunny Richland ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) Re: Radio stations: When we first moved to the Tri-City area in 1949 there were only two local stations. If the Kelly-Haverside layer was working one might get some far off station like KGO from San Francisco. The two local stations were KPKW located in Pasco, and KWIE in Kennewick. Sometime in 1950 or '51, KALE moved into a farm house across the river from Richland (downstream). I'm not sure when KORD chimed in, but I would imagine sometime after 1955. KORD was the only daylight station, all the others went off the air at midnight. KPKW was the hardest to hear as their power was very low. Think there were "ham" radio stations with more power. All beside the point. Today we celebrate the birthday of a Bomber I knew and went to school with. I don't know why, but our class had three kings of the "stomach Steinway". One, Dick COLE ('54wb) didn't make it all the way through. Today's celebrant was considered by some as the poor man's Dick ZILAR ('54-RIP). To hear them perform dueling "Lady of Spain's" was something that would make Myron Florin jealous. A tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!" to Larry MURPHY ('54). Keep on squeezing the tunes. -Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where the fall monsoons are just getting under way. The walnut tree is still green, however. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Diane AVEDOVECH ('56) Re: Columbus holiday??????????? Yes, this is a Federal holiday that is suppose to celebrate the discovery of America but not all celebrate this day as Columbus day. Portland, Seattle and many other days now officially call this Indigenous People's day and rightfully so. The last I counted there were more than 60 cities across the U.S. that no longer celebrate Columbus Day but instead have officially changed it to Native American Day or Indigenous People's Day. He didn't actually discover America but landed in the Caribbean Islands and never set foot on America. In fact he thought he had landed in India to obtain Gold and spices and was responsible of killing many of the native people of these islands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Peoples%27_Day In any case I suspect most people in government and financial institutions are glad to have the day off and a long weekend to enjoy the Fall colors. -Diane AVEDOVECH ('56) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60) Re: MeTV Quiz Well, they were close. They thought I grew up in California. I was born in Longview, Washington, spent early days in Vancouver, and then lived in Richland until college (UW), Peace Corps (Kabul, Afghanistan), and then on to Indiana 1966-78, and back to Richland/West Richland ever since. However, growing up, my favorite late night radio station was KGO San Francisco and, if memory serves, I used to listen to Lucky Lager Dance Time and to the top 100 hits every Friday or Saturday ? night, so maybe that influenced my taste in music and my California result on the quiz. I did notice just how old I really am from the number of performers and bands and songs on the quiz that I never heard of or didn't know anything about. Well, there was no KGO in Afghanistan or Indiana! My Peace Corps roommate had one Beatles album and one Bob Dylan album that she played constantly, until I had every word memorized. Local radio there in Kabul only played mournful Afghan songs in Farsi or Pushto. Once we had kids, we stopped listening to the radio and it was Sesame Street, Electric Company, and Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood in the morning and Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch in the afternoon. Best of all was SNL after the kids were down, although I was turned off by most of the musical numbers; too much yelling and repetition and messy hair! When Jerry Garcia died in 1995, my Hanford co- workers were astounded to learn that I never had heard of him and had no clue what the Grateful Dead was or why an ice cream was named Cherry Garcia. Hey, if you don't listen to the radio----. -Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60) - clueless and loving it! :-) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From:Bill SCOTT ('64) To: Mike FRANCO ('70) Mike, all that you said yesterday about Cougar opponents may be true, but it is rude to use this forum for Cougar-bashing. This is not the Seattle Times Cougar forum. Don't recall anyone bashing the Huskies here lately. If you were looking to start something, I reckon you've done it. I watched a little of the Husky-California game last weekend, and heard one of the announcers state that the Huskies have been awarded the dubious distinction of having the softest non-conference schedule in all of Division 1 this year. Yes, the mighty Huskies beat up on Rutgers, Montana, and Fresno State, who, at this point in the season, have an impressive combined won-loss record of 8-8. Two of those wins were in Husky Stadium. And I have heard repeatedly that even if the Huskies finish the season undefeated, they are unlikely to be considered for the final four due to the softness of their schedule. Let us long- suffering Cougar fans have our moments of glory; they are few and far between. -Bill SCOTT ('64) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: David RIVERS ('65) Re: Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh man arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh A huge shout to Tony SHARPE ('63) [and 2 others I heard from: Linda BELLISTON Boehning ('63) and Dave HANTHORN ('63). -Maren] for letting me know I substituted Jack GARDINER'S ('61) for Chuck ('63-RIP the "Walk") in yesterday's Sandstorm... Jack you KNOW I love you like a brother... forgive me!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -David RIVERS ('65) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Pat DORISS Trimble ('65) Re: '65 Ladies October Lunch WHEN: Friday, October 13th, 2017 TIME: 11:15am WHERE: Casa Mia Restaurant, 607 GWWay, Richland As luck would have it, the October Ladies of '65 Lunch is going to be held this Friday, the 13th, at Casa Mia Restaurant in Richland. Don't worry, we'll try to keep all black cats away from the door! Casa Mia offers a wide variety of dishes, including breads, antipasto platters, soups and salads, sandwiches, pastas, pizzas, plus their House Specialties (veal scallopini, chicken parmigiana, calzone, and chicken carbonara), along with a variety of wines, Coke products, coffee and tea. If you'd like to join us this Friday, please contact me so I can add your name to the list, and arrive early so you can find a parking place--because the Richland Friday Market in the Parkway is taking place! -Pat DORISS Trimble ('65) ~ West Richland ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: John ALLEN ('66) Re: Football Savvy I rarely agree with Mike FRANCO ('70) about much of anything, but I have to say that Brad WEAR's ('71) knowledge of football in general and Northwest football specifically, is highly suspect when he refers to the Apple CUP as the Apple BOWL. While it is even more true of college football than the pros, that on any given game day, any team CAN beat any other, it won't be much help for the Cougs that this year's game is in Seattle. The Cougs always have a better chance when they can play in a bitterly cold November snow storm in Pullman. Nevertheless, I'll be rooting for the Cougs until that 25 NOV showdown. -John ALLEN ('66) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Betti AVANT ('69) Re: All Bomber lunch Here it is......October already. The fall is definitely in full swing with leaves turning and football going strong. I'd like to welcome everyone to the All Bomber lunch this Saturday, 14 Oct at Sterlings on Queensgate at 11:30. I (Betti) have a prior commitment to walk in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk so you won't have to put up with me this time. Come and enjoy a good meal and conversation and I'll see you in November. -Betti AVANT ('69) Margaret EHRIG Dunn, '61 Pat DORISS Trimble, '65 ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Brad WEAR ('71) Re: Cougs & Dawgs To: Mike FRANCO ('70) Mike, Mike, Mike, a win is a win no matter how ugly. You made some valid points, (other than the greatest Bomber class, you might get some pushback on that) USC was depleted, but you play with what you got. You know as well as I do, you never know what team will show up. I've coached teams in 13 National Championships, (Hockey) some where we had no business being on the ice with them but we won. The Dawgs looked great the other night, going to be a brawl. -Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in Plano, TX where we saw 97° today. Sent from my iPhone ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Gary TURNER ('71) Mr. FRANCO ('70)-Don't forget that the refs were also against the Ducks and the field was sloped downhill for WSU... at least according to the Duck fans sitting next to me. As for poor USC... when they have an injury, they just wheel out another 5 star recruit/future NFL Pro Bowler, so no sympathy here. That final sack/fumble by WSU was forced by a freshman playing in his second game because of all the injuries to the linebackers ahead of him, but ESPN apparently didn't notice that WSU had injuries also... and don't forget... you can't spell Trojan without OJ (gratuitous cheap shot!) At any rate, the Apple Cup is going to be one for the ages this year... good luck... it is going to be a good one. Re: AM Radio Back in the day when AM ruled the airwaves there were a number of daylight only stations. That is because AM frequencies "skip" off of the atmosphere and at night atmospheric conditions allow more powerful stations to be heard sometimes at great distances. The FCC limits power in the US (I believe to 50,000 watts) but that still allows some stations to blast out over a wide area. Since there are a limited number of frequencies, that requires all stations in, for example, the west that have the same frequency to either go off the air or drop their broadcast power dramatically so that they don't interfere... all except one station... known in those days as the "clear channel" station. So KORD had to defer to a station elsewhere in the west that was broadcasting on the same frequency (my memory wants to say that KORD was 910, which may have been the same as KXLY in Spokane.) Many on this list will recall that Wolfman Jack broadcast from a station just across the Mexican border since Mexico didn't limit broadcast power and he was blasting top forty out at 250,000 watts! Anytime you were picking up a station whose call sign started with an X, you were getting one of those Mexican super stations. -Gary TURNER ('71) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. *************************************************************