Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/06/17 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5 Bombers sent stuff & heard about a Bomber teacher death today: Dick WIGHT ('52), Marie RUPPERT ('63) Deedee WILLOX ('64), Mike FRANCO ('70) Brad WEAR ('71) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ron SHELBY ('59) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Becky RULON ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim SCHILDKNECHT ('66) BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar Click the event you want to know more about. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Dick WIGHT ('52) Re: Daylight Savings Time May as well wade in with my opinion. First, I love it. It gives us longer evenings to enjoy. That said, there is no apparent authoritative data that supports the notion that it saves electrical power. It seems to do so in most studies, but not a lot. However, data DOES show that it reduces auto accidents because more people drive home in daylight - and for some reason seem less attentive on the way home than on the way to work, or are in a bigger hurry, or are distracted - or all the above. Most working families with kids have more outdoor leisure time after work with their families... THAT said, lots of people out there don't even understand that standard time resets in LESS evening daylight! Go figure! EVERYONE seems to agree that the hassle of re-setting clocks and adjusting schedules twice yearly is a pain in the neck. I rather enjoy the "fall back" change - it makes me feel like I got a free bonus of Sunday morning leisure once yearly. However, I'm with Maren - I'd prefer Daylight Savings Time year around!. http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Smy/171106-Old_Indian.jpg -Dick WIGHT ('52) ~ where we Richland folk awakened to a dusting of snow - first of the year! ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63) Re: Daylight Saving Time http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Smy/171106-Old_Indian.jpg It's 7am on the first morning of regular "standard" time and snow is coming down, but starting to mix with rain so the white lawn won't last much longer. I agree with Maren that we need to have daylight time year round like we did when Reagan was President and declared it to continue over the winter months to save energy. I loved that winter as it meant I could see to drive home from work! Re: Bomber Volleyball The Bomber volleyball team lost 3 sets to Mead in Spokane last night, so they will enter the state playoffs as #2 with Mead #1. The games will all be at the Trac in Pasco next Saturday (11th). Maybe Mead was pumped and wanted to avenge the loss to us in football Friday night (64 - 7). Go Bombers! -Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63) ~ in somewhat white Richland ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Deedee WILLOX Loiseau ('64) Re: DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME EXPLAINED As the rest of the country changed their clocks once again on November 5th in accordance with the laws of daylight saving time, folks in Arizona do not change their clocks at any time. Perhaps it is better explained this way, as a wise old Arizona Indian chief once said when daylight saving was explained to him: "Only a white man would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket and sew it to the bottom of a blanket and have a longer blanket." -Deedee WILLOX Loiseau ('64) ~ Burbank, WA ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Mike FRANCO ('70) hey Rex HUNT ('53)! I read your post stating "Besides the added water the lawn required from that added hour of sunlight was minimal"? I am not that bright so help me out here. I didn't think Daylight savings time affected amount of actual daylight at all. I thought it just shifted the clock an hour. I thought regardless of standard/daylight time we get the same amount of daylight regardless of time of day. I am not kidding... I don't get it! Should I sue the Richland School District for a refund? -Mike FRANCO ('70) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Brad WEAR ('71) Re: Sheep, Wolves, and Sheepdogs The wolves attacked in Texas today. What kind of person would attack a church. Granted the world is full of psycho/ sociopaths (wolves) and they prey on the defenseless (sheepoeple) so thank God a Sheepdog was present to limit the carnage. An armed citizen. So far 26 dead and over 20 wounded. Proud to say I'm a sheepdog too, and most of my friends are as well. Pray for all the dead and wounded. Texas strong, Texas tough. -Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in Plano, TX where it was 91 today Sent from my iPhone ************************************************************* ********************** HEARD ABOUT ************************** ************************************************************* Heard about this Bomber death today: >>Bob Blankenship - Bomber US. History Teacher '64 Columbian with Bobo's picture ************************************************************* ************************************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. *************************************************************