Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/11/19 ~ VETERANS DAY - 11:11:11
 91 bounces 11/2 thru 11/10 - AOL and YAHOO "user complaints"
 (whatever that means). NetAtlantic made changes on 11/6 and
 they are still working on the problem
	Mondays are the potholes in the road of life. 
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	Heard about a Bomber death and
4 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Norma LOESCHER ('53), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Pete BEAULIEU ('62), Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
Don Sorenson (NAB)
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11/11 ~ VETERANS DAY - 11:11:11
	(11th month, 11th day, 11th hour when WWI ended)
	http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/00/11_11_11.jpg
$$ ON A SOLDIER'S GRAVE:
A coin left on a headstone lets the deceased soldier's family
know that somebody stopped by to pay their respects. 
Leaving a penny means you visited. A nickel means you and 
the deceased soldier trained at boot camp together. If you 
served with the soldier, you leave a dime. A quarter is very
significant because it means that you were there when that
soldier died.

BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bev COATES ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jack SINDERSON ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bob JOHNSON ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ted NETH ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Don BRACKENBUSH ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Don ECKERT ('64)

BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: 
		Jerry BOYD ('52) & Patsy McGREGOR ('54_)

BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
    Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From: Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53) 

Re: Inherit the Wind

I encourage you to attend one of the remaining performances
of "Inherit the Wind"... November 15, 16 or 17. Terry DAVIS
Knox ('65) is outstanding as defense attorney Henry Drummond
(the character based on Clarence Darrow in the 1925 Scopes
Monkey Trial). Other Richland Players also did commendable
acting.

Coming up are nine performances of "It's a Wonderful Life" at
Events at Sunset... November 29 and 30, December 6,7,8 and
December 13,14,15. God willing, I'll attend one of them. We
are blessed to have such an excellent actor and talented
crew in the Tri-Cities!

Bomber cheers, 
-Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53) ~ Richland  
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)

Sure hope this gets through. Since the last one apparently
didn't; a belated "Happy Birthday!" to Dona McCLEARY ('54)
[on 11/8]. Might even throw a HB to the Marines [on 11/10].

Today is Veterans Day. Actually falling on the day which it
originally was; until some congressperson thought it didn't
mean anything and it ought to be a Monday holiday. Guess 
that person forgot the day was Armistice Day until some 
other congressperson thought it should be changed, too. They
probably forgot about the end to the "War to end all Wars."

On a happier note; "Happy Birthday!" goes out to 
Bev COATES ('52), Jack SINDERSON ('53), Bob JOHNSON ('54),
and Ted NETH ('55).

And a "Happy Anniversary!" to Jerry BOYD ('54) and Patsy
McGREGOR ('54).

-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR 
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)

Re: Dennis HAMMER ('64) and the Pan-Am Pacific Clipper

The Pan-Am Clipper video reminded me of the Howard Hughes
"Spruce Goose," youtube here:

	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oEXWvi_tP8

Of which, the original and only megaplane of its type now
resides in Oregon at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
located in McMinnville, south of Portland along the
Willamette River.

In the 1990s a former colleague (Howard Lovering) invented a
second career as a museum consultant, after serving for many
years as the first executive director of the Boeing Museum of
Flight in Seattle. For a couple million dollars (routed to
engineers and such) he had the Spruce Goose disassembled in
California and barged north and then up the Willamette River
as a display attraction at its final resting place.

Earlier in 1970 and as a local government functionary,
Lovering saw that I got hired for my first job after leaving
the Navy in 1970. I became a gainfully employed minion at the
Snohomish County Planning Department during the "Boeing Bust"
economy ("Last one out of Seattle, turn the lights out"). He
insisted "hire a vet" and my resume prevailed over countless
others probably more qualified and I settled in for a
lucrative $700/month.

Also-now regarding the Pan Am Clipper video-the first
president of Pan American Airlines once-upon-a-time owned and
lived in a grey, three-story house about a half mile
northwest of the University of Washington campus. As a
penniless graduate student, years later in 1972, I landed
there in one of ten carved-out apartment units (all
different), on the second floor and down the hall in back.
One room, plus a small closed-in sundeck area with a sagging
floor as a narrow and cramped bedroom/ kitchen area. Shared
bathroom down the hall. The original heat registers were
rusted solid on the inside. No heat except my fire-trap plug-
in radiator. I left the milk on the table one winter night
and found it frozen the next morning.

The first weekend after I moved in, I was out of town and
returned to find the door-jam splintered. But I owned nothing
of value and missing was only a poorly-hidden $60 bankroll
plus a cheap tape deck radio and a portable black and white
television. They missed my Canon camera and lenses hidden in
the laundry box and chose to leave my Navy OCS commissioning
sword (the grip gold plated, and ivory rather than the later
white plastic).

Housing anywhere in the U-District was hard to find, and this
hole-in-the-wall in a decent neighborhood was worth every bit
of $80/month.

-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ Shoreline, WA about five miles north 
	of the Pan Am three-story residence. Had my TV set 
	not been stolen, I would not have ventured out later 
	in the week to a social event during a tournament 
	telecast. And I would not have met Kristi who a year 
	later became my treasured wife. Go figure.
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>>From: Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)

Re: Inherit the Wind

OK, folks, you've one more chance next weekend to see our 
own Terry (Terence Knox, Terry DAVIS ('65)) knock it out of
 the park with the Richland Players, starring in "Inherit 
the Wind." It is about the Scopes Monkey Trial. They've
outdone themselves with this one. We are so fortunate that
this hometown boy has come back to us. I appreciate theatre -
done well; and this production is definitely up to snuff.

Terry will be seen immediately after this show closes as the
angel in "It's a Wonderful Life" with a new troupe in town.
Check out https://www.theatrenada.com/ for details. I've got
my ticket, already!

-Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)

To: All Bombers

In my office I have an old Peanuts cartoon strip, a single
panel of Snoopy dressed as a paratrooper with General
Eisenhower in the background speaking to paratroopers. A
famous scene, one sure to cause some thought for those who
know anything about WW II. As I've gotten older, feelings
surface at inopportune times when I'm speaking about men and
women who served and those families who lost them. I thank
those who did more, more than I can know for their comrades,
country and those they have never met. The title of that old
Peanuts strip "To Remember" besides my sincerest thanks I add
that.

-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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Bomber death #188 in 2019:

Kay MITCHELL Coates ('52-RIP) ~ 9/29/34 - 10/17/19 

Kay's Bomber Memorial jpeg 
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That's it for today. Please send more.
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