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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* 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. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>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 ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>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 ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>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. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>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) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>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) ************************************************************* ********************** HEARD ABOUT ************************** ************************************************************* Bomber death #188 in 2019: Kay MITCHELL Coates ('52-RIP) ~ 9/29/34 - 10/17/19 Kay's Bomber Memorial jpeg ************************************************************* ************************************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. *************************************************************