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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 5/1/00
ALL Bomber Alumni Links site has had 98,911 Bomber hits.
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ALL BOMBER REUNION 2000 (R2K)
54 days left till R2K (June 23-25, 2000)
NEXT R2K COMMITTEE MEETING:
Monday, 05/08/00 ~ 7pm ~ RHS Home Ec Room
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11 Bombers sent stuff:
Curt Donahue (53), Chuck Holtz (55),
Helen Cross (62), Dave Hanthorn (63),
Jim House (63), Carol Converse (64),
Janie O'Neal (65), Joni Lee (65),
Lamont Worden (65), Jo Clark (67),
Peg Kestell (67)
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>>From: Curt Donahue (53)
RE: Spudnuts
I was in Richland this past week for a few days and
had to get some Spudnuts and I have to tell you they
still taste the same. Mmmm, good!!! I hadn't eaten one
for over forty years, but all this conversation about
them stirred me into picking up some. Having just lost
thirty pounds, they don't help, but it was worth it.
RE: Aqua Car, etc.
I remember the Aqua Car and I have seen one tooling
around the Seattle area from time to time.
I also remember By's Jeepster. He sent me over to
his restaurant in Kennewick to pick up something for
him and I got to drive that Jeepster. I always admired
that vehicle, I guess because it was so different.
-Curt Donahue (53)
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>>From: Chuck Holtz (55)
RE: Utah Vacation
Fellow Bombers,
Thank you for all your tips and information. Thanks
to you I almost have my trip planning to Utah
completed with many places to visit. Looks like I
won't be able to see it all in eleven days so I will
have to come back for a longer visit some time in the
future.
To Brad Kuiper (56),
You must have been asleep when you passed through
Utah. From all the pictures I have seen of the state
its one of the most scenic places in the USA. I would
suggest you keep a good pair of running shoes close by
and practice dodging rocks in case you ever visit Utah
again. I understand those red rocks hurt big time when
tossed by angry Utah "bombers". :-)
-Chuck Holtz (55)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk (62)
To Carol Bishop Horne (57)
Carol, Susie, and Sandy,
I was so sorry to hear that your mother has passed
away, so she won't be there on Cedar when I visit our
hometown again. But I share many fond memories of her
as my Bluebird leader on through many years, and I
never had her as a mom and grandmom for my kids as you
did. She was such a positive person over all these
years, I guess we must be glad that she was here with
us so long.
I believe the whole Pittock family moved to
California years ago, seems like the San Hose area.
They were our original neighbors to our left on our
little block of Olympia Street. I have memories too of
coming home from Spalding (in dresses, of course,) and
being caught in a sandstorm and having to get down on
the ground and cover up as best we could to protect
ourselves from the sand hurtling by. I can remember
putting in our yards and when the Sycamore trees were
planted in the front yards of the ranch houses.
Our growing up years were unique we learned later
when we met others who didn't grow up in a town with
no unemployment, and it is fun to recall it all on
this neat Sandstorm that Maren tends to for us. We do
appreciate you, Maren, so much. Hope you made some
money on your subscriptions. I'm looking forward to
coming back for R2K, and hoping maybe one of those
floating cars will again appear on the river.
Fondly,
-Helen Cross Kirk (62)
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>>From: Dave Hanthorn (63)
RE: Eleven People in a Renault
To Lamont Worden (65)
Lamont,
You had the same kind of car, you stuffed it in the
same manner, you shifted gears the same way, but it
was at a different time and different place for a
different reason.
The episode I was referring to was during the 62-63
school year. It took place at night after a Junior
Achievement meeting at the High School, and it was
done just to try something new and crazy, just to see
if it could be done. It had nothing to do with any
contest, and the only thing any of us ever got out of
it was a funny, crazy story to tell about what teenage
life was like in the early 1960's. I remember this
incident very well (even though my memory of other
things is not so good), but I just can't remember with
"absolute certainty" who our driver was. I am pretty
sure it was a girl, and I am pretty sure it was Margo
Woods, but not sure enough to stake my life or
reputation on it. Also, after we got down to Zip's,
most of the people (sardines) from the car found
separate rides home, only one or two stayed on with
Margo or whoever was driving the Renault. I have to
admit, it is quite a coincidence that a few years
later you would have such a similar experience. Its a
small world.
-Dave Hanthorn (63)
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>>From: Jim House (63)
RE: R2k Basketball
Kathie Roe Truax (64) asked for my memories as a
Bomber basketball player and my thoughts about the R2k
alumni game she has organized. As many of you have
seen, I am inclined to share my personal thoughts with
all of you.
While preparing for the R2k game, I realize my
basketball outlook has gone full circle. Forty-plus
years ago, I spent countless hours in the back yard or
at the park dreaming of rebounding like Bill Russell
and shooting like Jerry West. While shooting a few
hoops this morning my dreams were much different. I
now visualize grabbing a rebound and delivering a
crisp outlet pass to the great Norris Brown (57) to
start another Bomber fast break. I wonder if my eye
contact with Ray Stein (64) will again somehow
silently signal a back door pass for easy lay-up like
it always did back then. Will I be able to deliver a
pass in the perfect location and rhythm so Mike Neill
(75) can confidently launch his jump shot? Those are
today's dreams for this kid preparing for one more
game.
Most understand that the foundation for the Bomber
success originates in the battles on the playground.
My favorite memories are the important victories that
occurred there, those that all former players will
understand. I refer to the two on two games, when the
former stars returned from college in the summer, to
test the new crop to see if they were worthy to wear
the Bomber gear. No words were spoken, you just played
the games and walked away, a victory meant you were
worthy.
It will be great to see all the players and to hear
the band and the cheers one more time. I hope our
supportive fans turn out to salute the Bomber
tradition. I especially hope "Big" Simpson, Dave's
(63) dad, will have the strength to be there. Who
could better stand in for my father and other Bomber
parents who cannot attend? That would be special.
Yes, Miss Brown, we have a game on Saturday.
-Jim House (63)
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>>From: Carol Converse Maurer (64)
To Larry Mattingly (60),
CONGRATS on the graduation of your oldest
granddaughter!! Wish I could be there in Tacoma and at
the dam to see the spectacular fireworks, but will
have to wait until the R2K reunion. I enjoyed reading
your segment in the Sandstorm of your visit to
Richland. I'm sure that you drove by your old home on
Benham. Last summer, I was going to show my husband
the old homestead, across the street from your house,
and we drove right past it. haha Had to turn around
and go back. Trees were just much taller than I
remembered.
-Carol Converse Maurer (64)
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>>From: Lamont Worden (65)
RE: Eleven People in a Renault
To Dave Hanthorn (63)
Dear Dave,
I'm not sure if this is the same "Eleven People in
a Renault" episode that you referenced in your recent
Sandstorm Alumni contribution but I assure you this
one actually took place because I was the driver and
it was my family's Renault.
Our Worden family lived on Hunt (my Dad, Joe, still
resides there, married to June Perkins' (64) mother
Sara Kay for more than 30 years now). The back yard of
our home was directly across the street from Margo
Woods (and her older sister {Linda} and younger
brother {Keith}. I wonder if you thought the car might
have belonged to Margo because they were our close
neighbors.
Anyway, the Renault in my story was actually a
Dauphine, subtype called a Gordini. It was dark blue
and the subject of many adventures for my friends and
myself during our Bomber years of the mid 60's. I'll
save some of those other Gordini stories &/or a few
memories of Margo's family for a later time, if you're
interested.
So, once upon a time, around 1963 - 1965 there was
a store that sold appliances and other items, located
on the Jadwin side of the Uptown shopping center
(between B.B.& M. Sporting Goods and the Tahitian
Restaurant). This store wasn't a long-lived enterprise
as I recall. However, there was a period in which they
had a contest which encouraged customers to come into
the store over a period of several weeks and do
various things to earn "points" or "votes" towards
some sort of eventual prize allocation process. Just
entering the store each of the days of the contest
earned a customer a certain number of "points".
However, on specially designated days "bonus points"
could be earned by various gimmicky means. For
example, on one day additional "points" were credited
for each spool of thread which was brought into the
store. As is usually the case in contests such as
these (ie. magazine "sweepstakes") if a customer were
to actually make a purchase, an enormous number of
"points" were earned, generally far surpassing the
amount of points which could be otherwise earned
without making a purchase.
Well, my dear friend, Ed Sullivan, (65) (from
Marshall street) and I each entered our mothers into
this particular contest (there was probably an age
restriction that led us to entering them in lieu of
ourselves). There was some fairly fierce competition
between Ed and myself during the time frame of this
contest, as we each vied for "points" in behalf of our
mothers. In the final analysis, as well as I remember,
Ed's mom finished in the top 2-4 in the contest,
largely due to Ed's diligence but also due to a major
appliance purchase (TV or washer I believe) that
really made it impossible for me and my commitment to
the "no purchase necessary" policy to compete with. I
was thrilled that my own mom finished among the top 10
without me ever spending a dime. Ironically, the very
top winners were people who had spent hundreds of
dollars on various purchases and very likely had
absolutely no idea that any sort of contest was even
underway.
Now for the Renault part. On one of these specially
designated contest days, there was some sort of "point
compensation" for either the number of people who came
to the store all at the same time or who arrived in
the same car or something of that nature. I decided
that I could earn a considerable number of "points"
for my mom's contest effort if I could load up the
Gordini and head on down to the store after school.
For those of you who may be eavesdropping and have
no memory of Renaults or Dauphines or Gordinis, this
tale will have more meaning if you realize that this
particular breed of car had about the same internal
capacity as a Volkswagen Beetle. There were two bucket
seats in the front, separated in the middle by the
four speed manual gear shift lever and the emergency
brake lever. The back seat was a small bench that
would comfortably seat two but could allow for three
if they didn't mind being in very close contact with
each other. The small 4 cylinder engine was under the
front hood and the trunk was a tiny space in the back
of the car. Soooooo, how did we manage the ELEVEN
PEOPLE IN THE RENAULT? With not too much difficult
really, IF you're a teenager and want to absolutely
maximize the number of "points" your mom is to receive
in this contest, so she can finish ahead of Ed
Sullivan's mom, as a result of your efforts.
I sat in the driver's seat, of course. Then, there
were 3 people (I think all males) sitting across the
bench in the back seat. Each of these three had
another person (girls I think) sitting on his lap.
Then, there were two more friends sitting in the front
(kind of on the other bucket seat and kind of in
between the bucket seats on top of the gear shift and
emergency brake. Finally, each of these other front
seat riders also had passengers riding on his lap.
That makes 5 in the front and 6 in the back, for a
total of eleven, all riding "two deep", except for the
driver, (me), who enjoyed a seat all to myself. The
only real difficulty we had in maneuvering the car was
that there was no way physically possible for me to
reach the shifting lever between the seats to shift
gears. This obstacle was overcome by my accelerating
to the appropriate RPM, pushing in the clutch and then
yelling (over the din in the car) for my "shifter" to
change gears. I honestly can't recall if my shifter
was the person sitting on the bottom immediately to my
right, or if it was the person on his lap. I just know
it took considerable cooperation (and a genuine amount
of trust) for the shifter to be groping around between
the legs of those two to my right, then forcing the
lever into the next gear, and finally yelling back to
me that the shift had been accomplished, so I could
release the clutch, step on the gas and head for the
next speed required. Using the rear view mirror was
also totally out of the question.
The driver's side view mirror and various
passengers acting as "look-outs" substituted for that
function. Stopping was pretty easy. I just stepped on
both the brake and clutch simultaneously and we
shifted into first gear while at a resting position. I
don't think we did too much "down-shifting."
So, this excursion (which was absolutely a one-time
only experience for me, then or since) was not to
Zip's, but rather to the Uptown "contest" appliance
store where my mom accumulated an enormous amount of
"points" thanks to the help of my "adventurous and
loyal" (read that as "immature" and "foolish" if
you're now a parent) friends who each "voted" for my
mother in the contest.
I remember dropping off each of the 10 passengers
afterwards, one at a time, and the challenge it was
for each of him/her to sort out the books and other
possessions which we had simply piled helter-skelter
into the tiny trunk.
On another day, when my own kids are no longer
teenage drivers, perhaps I'll feel brave/humble enough
to admit to the stunt that Jack Hoffman (65) (from the
stilt apartments near Chief Jo) and I pulled off
driving this same Gordini back from Benton City after
a fruit picking episode and actually changed drivers
while doing approximately 60-70 MPH! Rather than
"immature" or "foolish", that little escapade would
qualify as "insane" or "suicidal". Yet, somehow we
survived it to live long enough to pray that our own
children are never as stupid and reckless as we were,
and confine their youthful experimentation to tamer
activities like the "eleven people in a Renault"
episode.
Thanks for listening. I sincerely hope this is
indeed the same story you were referring to because I
would hate to think that someone else duplicated our
Renault feat. If you were actually one of that special
"eleven" wouldn't it be sweet if I could actually
discover via this E-mail site who the other 9 were??
I suspect, what'll happen is, like Woodstock, after
the tally of those in the car that day is finalized it
may turn out that we have 20-30 people claiming to
have been there. One thing I can guarantee is that Ed
Sullivan WAS NOT one of the eleven! There was no way
he was ever going to participate in anything at that
time which would have contributed to my mother's
"point" total in the competition against his own
mother.
-Lamont Worden (65)
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>>From: Janie O'Neal Janssen (65)
I also attended C.B.C. (65-67) and it was referred
to as tumbleweed tech then. I thought it was started
by the Hawaiian boys that were recruited to play
football. I remember the first snow we had, they went
ballistic. They were rolling in it, turning
somersaults and didn't quite understand when everyone
started throwing snowballs. First they got really mad,
then realized it was all in fun. I remember hitting
Fred Tubbs in the back of the head with a snowball,
when he turned around I thought I was dead. 250 lbs of
mad Hawaiian can make anyone tremble. I know this is
the Bomber site but I think we can all be proud of
Tumbleweed Tech. The years of 65-67 we were undefeated
in every sport (except in baseball in 67). It was sad
when they dropped their athletic program. Is it still
that way?
-Janie O'Neal Janssen (65)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: Joni Lee Rabena (65)
Date: Sun Apr 30 13:02:13 2000
"In Memory of"
Sorry, my brain is starting to catch up with my
age. When I said I had been corresponding with Mike
Toner, I was mistaken. It was Mike Sams. Didn't want
to cause anyone an embarrassment cept me!
-Joni Lee Rabena (65)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: Jo Clark Donahoo (67)
Date: Sat Apr 29 19:08:24 2000
Class of '67
What a great idea. I'm looking forward to the All
Class Reunion in June.
-Jo Clark Donahoo (67)
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>>From: Peg Kestell Hume (67)
RE: Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall
Today, April 30, 2000, marks the 25th anniversary
of South Vietnam's surrender to communist North
Vietnam. It was also the day that I visited the
Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall. The day started out
sunny, but by the time I arrived at the Wall, dark
storm clouds were spilling over the 10,000 foot Sandia
Crest, threatening to ruin the whole experience with
high winds and rain. I was able to easily locate Mark
Black's name as well as those of Dan Wagenaar '67 and
Michael Hawk, Chuck Holtz's cousin. I was also able to
make rubbings of all of these names, per requests that
were sent to me, all without crying. (The wind was
whipping at all my papers and I was highly distracted
trying to keep them together while doing the rubbings)
>From there, I went to the gym. It was there that I
realized just how touched and moved I had really been,
I had absolutely no energy to workout, and ended up
going home. I'm sure this experience will hit me later
on tonite. I made several extra rubbings for Mark
Black. I will have them at the 60's registration table
at the reunion this summer........ first come, first
serve, unless someone sends me their snail mail
address, then I will mail it to them.
Chuck Hotlz had asked me to find out the Traveling
Wall's itinerary. What I was given was their web link:
http://www.avtt.org The info can be found here.
I have nothing but deep regard for all the men
whose names are on that wall..............
-Peg Kestell Hume (67)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 5/02/00
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8 Bombers sent stuff:
Jo Cawdrey (49 and 50), Wanda Wittlebort (53),
Roger Myers (55), Dave Henderson (60),
Helen Cross (62), Dave Hanthorn (63),
Rod Brewer (65), Jan Switzer (70)
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>>From: Jo Cawdrey Leveque (49 and 50)
To Dick Roberts (49)
You're absolutely right in my case. I was in Selah
with my kids and grandkids looking for Easter eggs. I
didn't find any, however, as there were 24 little ones
seeking them out (not all mine - but my sister's and
brother's, too). Haven't heard from many of you
lately, either. Happy Easter to you all.
And, like Ray, we are into the 100s here in Western
Arizona, too!
-Jo Cawdrey Leveque (49 and 50)
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>>From: Wanda Wittlebort Shukay (53)
RE: Social Security e-news May 1, 2000
Maren, thought you'd like to publish this SSA
Newsletter site in the Sandstorm. I signed up and get
this monthly. Its free.
http://www.ssa.gov/enews/
-Wanda Wittlebort Shukay (53)
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>>From: Roger Myers (55)
Regarding Chuck Holtz's (55) comments about
Brad Kuiper's (56) comments about Utah.
I would only comment that:
"I spent a week in Utah one day!"
I have been remembering various events about
growing up in Richland. I remember some very exciting
times I had at the "Atomic Frontier Days". Always a
big event - probably the second most anticipated event
(besides the state HS basketball tournament) for me in
my youth.
I also have fond memories of Mr. Mefford who
coached youth baseball for years. He helped me realize
that I was never going to replace Stan Musial. The
baseball program in Richland was always strong.
Community support was a prime reason for the success.
HAVE FUN!
-Roger Myers (55)
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>>From: Dave Henderson (60)
RE: Need A Lift To R2K
I am flying my private plane from San Jose, CA, to
the Pasco for the R2K event. I have two open seats in
the plane. I plan on leaving San Jose airport at
0900(L) on 23 June 00.
I plan on landing at the Pasco airport around
1300(L) on 23 June 00. I will depart the Pasco
airport on Sunday 25 June 00 around 1200(L).
Anyone wanting to hop a ride, please contact me by
e-mail at
-Dave Henderson (60)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk (62)
Obviously, I have not been in California for
awhile. I can't believe that I misspelled San Jose,
Ca., but I did. Somehow my spell check missed it, as
did I.
-Helen Cross Kirk (62)
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[Helen -- My spell checker has been known to mess up
more than one Sandstorm entry. You COULDA spelled it
correctly and my spell checker 'fixed it' wrong. -Maren]
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>>From: Dave Hanthorn (63)
To Dick Rushworth (70)
You and your sister Georgia (66) did live next door
to me on Hunt Point from 1963 to 1965, however, you
must have bought that motorcycle from somebody else,
since I never had a motorcycle in my life, so could
not have sold one.
One thing I do remember from those days, that may
spark a memory for you, was riding your skateboard
down our adjoining driveways on those "hot August
nights" in Richland.
BTW, I exchanged a couple of e-mails with Georgia a
few months back, and it was fun catching up on some
old memories and with what has been going on in our
lives for the past 35 years. It was good to hear from
both of you.
To Jim House (63)
If you wrote in Miss Brown's English class the way
you write in the Sandstorm, you must have received all
A's. Your piece in today's SS (May 1) on your thoughts
about the upcoming All-Bomber Basketball game was
great, nearly bringing a tear to my eye. This is one
loyal fan (for over 37 years now!!) who can't wait to
see "big" number 32 pull down one more rebound and
whip a nifty outlet pass to number 10 to start another
Bomber fast break. I am sure the stands will be
crammed with loyal fans, just as they were all those
years ago. The confetti is being "punched", the air
horns are being "charged", and the cowbells are being
"dusted off". Its time for BOMBER BASKETBALL!!
-Dave Hanthorn (63)
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>>From: Rod Brewer (65)
RE: bball memories -prompted by House
I was still considering whether or not to share my
Richland Bball memories when I read what Jim House
(63) had to say this morning. Here are a few.
All I dreamed about from 6th grade on was being a
Bomber. In junior high I would go to the library
(couldn't get a date) and dig out the old Tri City
Herald sports pages and read word for word the
accounts of the great games and feats of the teams of
the late 50's. In 9th grade my Mom took me out of
school and to the last of the single site 4 day state
tournaments in Seattle. I watched every single game.
If I had moved that summer to Maine or wherever, I
would still remember that great team led by House and
Stein and Wallace. The Garfield game was so intense I
was moved to write a poem. That I was fortunate enough
to practice in the same gym the following year with
those three and eventually play with Ray my junior
year was really a dream come true.
The summer games at the park, the two on two, three
on three, etc., anywhere we could find a game and a
court. The night several of us goaded Stein to ask
Mr. Knox if we could use his lighted court, and, sure,
Kenny can play - if Susan will watch.
It goes on and on, but my single favorite memory is
the night Jim House, whom I hadn't met yet, knocked on
my door at 9pm, soon after school had started my
sophomore year, and asked me to come over to his
backyard court on Tinkle, to play a little 2 on 2. So
who is waiting for us? Walton and Frick, 2 Bomber
greats I only knew from pouring over the sports pages
all those nights.
It didn't get any more special than that.
-Rod Brewer (65)
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>>From: Jan Switzer Schroeder (70)
I have a question, when I graduated 130 years ago
(at least sometimes it seems that long)..... we had a
dinner at Jason Lee for the group of us that went
through Jason Lee, Chief Joseph, and Richland High
together. There was a group picture taken. I had
purchased one, and never did get a copy. Is there
anyone out there that is of "my age" and maybe did get
a picture. I would really appreciate getting a copy.
When my daughter graduated from Kamiakin in '97, we
went to Rick Reil (70) for pictures. Rick and I
chatted the whole time he was taking pictures, about
the "old" times, how we could walk wherever we wanted,
whenever, and not be worried about what might happen.
I really appreciate being able to grow up here, and
during the time that I did, with my Mom at home, and
being able to "be a kid". My Mom still lives in our
home on Wright Ave. I have enjoyed this site, and look
forward to reading more from people.
-Jan Switzer Schroeder (70)
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[If anybody has that picture, let's get it scanned and
get it up on the '70 website for everyone!! -Maren]
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 5/3/00
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12 Bombers sent stuff:
Ann Pearson (50), Curt Donahue (53),
Wanda Wittlebort (53), Sharon Bee (55),
Missy Keeney (59), Tim Smyth (62),
Marilyn Swan (63), Jean Armstrong (64),
Lynn-Marie Hatcher (68), Steve Piippo (70),
Mike Davis (74), Becky Seely (77)
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>>From: Ann Pearson Burrows (50)
I opened my big mouth last year and told Dick
Roberts (49) that I would start putting in "news" from
1950 this month. The items will be culled from the
last issue of "The Sandstorm" published for the Class
of 1950.
Front page headlines "Richland to Graduate 189
Seniors" Lorna Erickson was Valedictorian and
Catherine Baudendistel was the Salutatorian (pictures
on front page). Another headliner was "Fantasia to be
Gala Prom Theme" -"'Fantasia', the land of the
beautiful flowers and soft music, will be the setting
for the Junior Prom on June 2 from 9 o'clock until
12. Decorated in canary yellow and french blue, the
boys' gymnasium will be transformed into a ballroom
fit for a king. Candidates for the royal couple are
Billie Lou Waldrep, Sue Ryel, Vivian Helgeson, Buzzy
Jochen, Bob Campbell and Carl McBee. The juniors have
planned something really super for entertainment, but
sorry, it is a top secret. Gif Sandin with his eleven
piece orchestra will provide music. General chairman
for the event is Janet Browning with Doreen Hallenbeck
as business manager, Paula Doctor, Bob Cooke, Margaret
Downs, entertainment; Annette Badely and Erma Scott,
programs; Althea Swearinger and Gerry Stode
refreshments; Russ Bown, lighting; Chuck Evans,
construction, and Bob Graham Clean-up."
Tell me - does anyone still use the Gym for
Proms??? It seems to be a passe' thing!! At least my
kids all had to have limos and go to some fancy
restaurant for dinner, to a hotel for the dance, an
all-nighter somewhere else etc... Later this week I'll
finish up the front page.
-Ann Pearson Burrows (50)
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>>From: Curt Donahue (53)
Interesting headline in today's Seattle Post-
Intelligencer reads "Richland 'Bombers' have peace in
mind these days". It's an article about scientists
joining the fight against weapons of mass destruction.
http://www.seattle-pi.com/local/gard021.shtml
-Curt Donahue (53)
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>>From: Wanda Wittlebort Shukay (53)
RE: Another one
You might want to add this site for Bombers also.
http://www.seniors.gov
-Wanda Wittlebort Shukay (53)
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>>From: Sharon Bee Burks (55)
RE: Death Notice in Tri-City Herald
Would like to express our sympathy to Loren Claunch
(55). I read in the Tri-City Herald that his mother
passed away. They were living in Longview, WA.
-Sharon Bee Burks (55)
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>>From: Missy Keeney Baker (59)
RE: Spell Checker
This was sent to me in a Habitat for Humanity (Tri-
Cities) communication from Jim Wickman, the Wednesday
Foreman.
"Dew knot trussed a spell checker two fined awl you're
miss steaks."
And that's "awl" I have to say about that!
-Missy Keeney Baker (59)
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>>From: Tim Smyth (62)
RE: Barry Stephens
There was a Stephens family who lived in the 1100
block of Perkins, across the street from the
Hanthorns. One of their kids was Barry, who was in my
early classes at Spalding. For some obscure reason, I
was wondering about him the other day... also Fred
Dearing and Paul Sterling. Anyone out there know about
them? Also Rocky Sanborn was a family friend.... lost
track of him. As we get older, our minds work in weird
ways..... don't they?
-Tim Smyth (62)
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>>From: Marilyn Swan Beddo (63)
RE: Negative Utah comments
O.K. So Utah isn't everybody's favorite place! Good
naturedly, I can accept it, I grew up in Richland and
aren't we known as Richland Bombers to be pretty open-
minded? Some of us here in Utah also have pretty broad
shoulders and other body parts (especially at this
age!). So we'll just ignore your negative comments and
continue to enjoy our beautiful scenery and our "Utah
Jazz" ("GO JAZZ!"). And we don't even throw rocks at
the tourists! I have visited several other states, and
I can honestly say there are worse places to "spend a
week one day". Anyhow, Chuck Holtz (55), don't let
these guys mess with your head, Utah will offer you a
very enjoyable vacation! I've lived here alot of years
and I even manage to have a life! And no, I'm not a
Mormon either, I just think it's a pretty great place
to live and raise a family!
To Roger Myers (55):
Where did you "spend that week in one day"? Could
it have been in the desert stranded between Salt Lake
& Wendover? Just couldn't resist that dig, you're
probably a really O.K guy, right?
-Marilyn Swan Beddo (63)
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>>From: Jean Armstrong Reynolds (64)
RE: ALL Bomber Alumni Links site hit counter
I'm with you, Maren.. Cinco De Mayo
-Jean Armstrong Reynolds (64)
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>>From: Lynn-Marie Hatcher Foote (68)
RE: Jan Switzer Schroeder's comments on growing up
"safe" in Richland. (5/2)
Jan made the comment that she and Rick Reil (70)
had been talking "about the "old" times, how we could
walk wherever we wanted, whenever, and not be worried
about what might happen." That reminded me of
Christmas, 1960, when the gift I wanted the most was
my own house key. I was SO thrilled to receive one.
But for the life of me, I can't figure out why I
wanted it so badly! For one thing, my Mom was always
home when I got home from school -- and anyway, we
NEVER locked our house, except for when we went to see
my Grandparents in Utah one week a year, and to the
ocean one week a year. During those vacation times,
our house key went to the neighbors, who fed the cat
and dogs for us. In fact, in order to have my copy of
the house key made for Christmas that year, my Dad
ended up having to go retrieve that one from the
neighbors. It seems he had misplaced his somehow
between when we got home from vacation that summer,
and when Christmas-time rolled around. (No wonder,
since he never used it anyway!) And we had never
bothered to get the extra back from the neighbors at
the end of vacation. Anyway, I was delighted with my
shiny new house key. But the novelty wore off very
quickly, since I never got to use it. Like I said, we
never locked our house! Not when we left to go
somewhere, not when we went to bed at night, even if
my Dad was working night shift. Gosh, looking back on
that one fact really makes me realize how much some
things have changed here in Richland!
-Lynn-Marie Hatcher (68)
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>>From: Steve Piippo (70)
To Rod Brewer (65)
You nailed it! That's exactly how lots of kids felt
about Bomber basketball. Even those kids who never
quite made it knew you guys and how hard you played. I
don't know how many wrote poems but we knew where you
guys lived, when you played, who you beat and loved
going to games. The best part may have been you guys
generally were good guys who taught the younger kids
to play. You all kept it going by teaching the younger
kids and inspiring them. Maybe, it doesn't get any
better than that. Thanks.
Tastee Freeze, Cherry Cokes and dip cones.
-Steve Piippo (70)
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>>From: Mike Davis (74)
To Gary Behymer (64)
70's poll needs Bruce Wallace on it. Great player
playing in the shadow of Mike Neill. Take Neill off of
1973 and 1974 team and Wallace shines!
You have a chance to pick some of your favorite
players from the 50s, 60s and 70s.
-Mike Davis (74)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: Becky Seely Collins (77)
Date: Tue May 2 12:19:05 2000
I had such a good time going to high school in
Richland. It always seemed that I was on the outside
looking in, I was too shy to really get involved in
anything. I've found the older I get, I no longer care
if I make a fool of myself!!! I really appreciate
growing up in that area though. I feel bad for my
child growing up in a metro area, he doesn't have
nearly the freedom we did. Every time I come to visit,
I drive over the hill from Hermiston, catch a glimpse
of Kennewick, and I feel like I am coming home.
-Becky Seely Collins (77)
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10 Bombers sent stuff:
Ann Pearson (50), Carolyn Eaton (53),
Dwain Mefford (56), Ann Bishop (60),
Roxanne Knutson (62), Donna Pardee (65),
Bill Didway (66), Mike Franco (70),
Rick Polk (70), Holly Chamberlain (76)
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>>From: Ann Pearson Burrows (50)
To continue from May 1950 Sandstorm's front page:
"Three Girls Elected New Cheerleaders" and they were:
Sandy Soderquist, Zona Beth Bumgarner and Pattie Cole.
"Incidentally, this is one of the few times in the
history of Col-Hi that the cheering squad ha been made
up entirely of girls" is the ending of the news item.
(After Dick, Dick, Freddie, Rex, etc. no one dared to
compare!)
"Clubs Vote For Officers". Joan Blum and Jack Fisher
became, respectively, president of the Girls' League
and Boys'Federation in the election held by the
student body May 12. Other officers are: Girls' League
- Margie Sargent, VP; Mary Ann Burnett, Secretary; and
Margie Casebier, treasurer. Boys' Federation - Norman
Howard, VP; Floyd Montgomery, secretary; and Ronald
Ensign, Treasurer.
"Here are the Senior Survey Results" (complete
w/picture) Here are the Col-Hi seniors and teachers
who were voted by the senior class as outstanding in
the annual Senior Survey. Kneeling are Bill McCormick,
most popular boy; and Don Fisher, most athletic boy.
Standing are Edgar Haag, most popular man teacher;
Marilyn (Bugsy) Griffin, wittiest girl; Tom Harbour,
wittiest boy; Raideen Porter, most athletic girl;
Albert Hester, boy most likely to succeed; Elbert
Kelly, best looking boy; Helen Murphy, prettiest girl;
and Naomi Buescher, most popular woman teacher. Lorna
Erickson, most popular girl and girl most likely to
succeed is not in picture. (Photo by Robley Johnson).
There were two articles on "Seniors Take Part in
Career Day" and "Seniors Scan Future Jobs" - a plan to
help with future employment administered by the
Washington State Employment Service. "Class Day is May
29" "The annual senior Class Day will be held Monday,
May 29, according to Nadine Brown one of the class
advisors. Included in the program will be athletic,
oratorical, and other achievement awards, along with
the reading of the senior will and prophecy"...
I have a copy of each of those items - although
rather yellow with age and since it was done on a
mimeograph machine some of it is hard to read -
probably a good thing it wasn't done on ditto as it
would have faded by now!! If anyone is interested in
what a particular person was willed or predicted, let
me know.
Until next week.
-Ann Pearson Burrows (50)
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>>From: Carolyn Eaton Hudson (53)
RE: Growing Up In Richland
To "Class of '53"
I to grew up in Richland during the 50s. My mom was
always home when we got home from school. Depending
what shift my dad was working determined what was going
on. Lord how we hated the "graveshift week" because we
had to be quiet, and phone calls were limited. We
lived on Elm Street, and had great neighbors. We never
locked our doors either, because everyone watched out
for everyone. You could go anywhere at night, movies,
ball games, and walk home and never had to worry. Can't
say that today. Isn't that sad?
I got e-mail from my sister last night, and she
said she went to school with Curt Donahue's (53)
sister. I thought the name was familiar, and I am
waiting for a copy of a 53 yearbook. Since mine can't
be found she and a dear friend of mine are running off
pages so that I can put names and faces together. I
hope that helps! Also anybody out there know where
Elizabeth Rose (53) or Betty King (53) are today?
Well that's all for now
-Carolyn Eaton Hudson (53)
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>>From: Dwain Mefford (56)
To Roger Myers (55)
Thanks for the kind words about my dad, Fred
Mefford. I played on the same teams as you and he also
told me to find another sport. Dad is still alive and
kicking, he and mom are still in Richland.
Reading your letter reminded me of some of the
great times we had in school. I particularly remember a
couple of dances where we double dated.
Thanks again I will tell dad you thought of him.
-Dwain Mefford (56)
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>>From: Ann Bishop Myers (60)
RE: Utah
We have visited Utah several times in the past few
years, and are planning to go back again. There is a
huge amount of awe-inspiring natural beauty. Every one
of those national parks is well worth a visit! God was
having a very creative, artistic moment when He
created Utah. However, there are some pretty ugly
empty stretches of country as well. How can we
complain about that after growing up in eastern
Washington?
Speaking of Eastern Washington, have the rest of
you received the e-mail about why God created Eastern
Washington? It's great for those of us who live here
on the east side, but our brethren on the west side
are probably not enjoying it as much!
-Ann Bishop Myers (60)
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>>From: Roxanne Knudson Baker Short (62)
Steve you don't know me but Mr. Piippo from Chief Jo
does! Say Hi to him from Roxanne Knutson Baker Short.
I see him maybe every 6 mo to 1 yr. and stand on the
streets to catch up on what's been happening. I
listened many times to your father, when he was
anguished over the health of your Mom when she was
dealing with Cancer, once seeing your Dad on crutches
out side of Safeway, after he missed the curb and
injured his ankle. You are honored with a great guy as
family and I hope you realize it as much as I do enjoy
my elderly healthy parents today. Just wanted you to
know he is loved.
-Roxanne Knudson Baker Short (62)
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>>From: Donna Pardee Strasser (65)
RE: Next Basketball Polls?
To Gary Behymer (64)
How about polls for the 80' and 90's?
-Donna Pardee Strasser (65)
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>>From: Bill Didway (66)
After reading the back issues of the Alumni
Sandstorm all the list makings jumped out at me.
School teachers, sports stars, and custodians. Of
course those well known names stuck with most of us
all these years. How many can name the Valedictorian
for their their graduating class? Has a list been
started that acknowledges the top student of each
class?
-Bill Didway (66)
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list, Bill, and when it's complete, let me know and
we'll put it in the Alumni Sandstorm. -Maren]
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>>From: Mike Franco (70)
To fellow class of 1970 Bomber hoopaholic
Steve,
You are right on about how we all watched, studied
almost worshipped those Bomber players ahead of us...
especially those pre game lay up drills with "In The
Mood" playing in the background... but some of us made
it in hoops and some of us didn't.... but ALL Bombers
excelled at one skill: The consumption (in great
quantities) of local, low cost quisine (A-City junk
food). So to prompt a few favorites from our fellow
Bombers out there..... I will raise your "Tastee
Freeze Cherry Coke & Dip Cones" by a Cherry 7-Up,
Salad Burger, small fries and TWO TARTARS (Zips, of
course!). They weren't even fries without the tartar
sauce!
I hope to see all our class of 70 mates in July...
I'll buy ya a brew and we can talk about what 30 years
feels like.
-Mike Franco (70)
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>>From: Rick Polk (70)
To: Steve Piippo (70)
Steve,
You brought back a lot of memories of growing up in
Richland and wanting to wear the Green & Gold of
Bomber Basketball. That's all I dreamed about as a
kid, through intramural ball at Sacajawea Elementary,
then team B-ball at Carmichael. That was my ultimate
goal, to be a Bomber and play Basketball for Art
Dawald. I remember just before Basketball season my
Junior year, the late Kim Killand (70) would come over
to our house every day right after school and
practice, getting ready for tryouts. When Kim passed
away, I was devastated. His gym clothes stayed in my
dresser for months. I just couldn't bring myself to
take them to his folks. Then tryouts came and because
Kim wasn't there any longer, I was more bound and
determined to make the team. Well, as we all know, I
didn't. I did make it to the last "cut", but I did not
fulfill that childhood goal of being a Bomber. That
was the only team that I was ever "cut" from. The
combination of losing a friend, in Kim and not
realizing my dream of being a Bomber Basketball player
was, well...... the pits.
-Rick Polk (70)
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>>From: Holly Chamberlain (76)
Does anyone remember a dance in grade school that
involved jumping in and out of two bamboo poles
alternately being plunked on the floor and clicked
together by people kneeling on the floor? What was
this dance called? I remember one "special"
performance of this dance for a parent audience at
Marcus Whitman in about 1969. We had practiced and
practiced -- but never on the stage. When we did the
actual performance on the stage, the bouncing caused
the needle on that really high-tech record player
providing us with music to jump around. I'm just sure
that I would have gone on to be a star of stage and
screen if I had not been traumatized by this
experience in the footlights (if we had them!) at an
early age. Another lost career opportunity -- but the
dance was fun!
-Holly Chamberlain (76)
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Curt Donahue (53), Linda Reining (64),
Carol Peterson (66WB), Annie Peterson (69),
Rick Polk (70)
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>>From: Curt Donahue (53)
Some of my fondest memories of High School were
performing in the musical comedy "Good News" opposite
Alice Verbrugghen, performing in the choir, and in the
quartet that included Harley Stell, Jerry Reis and
Bill Chapman. We always enjoyed performing for the
GI's at Camp Hanford. They were a most appreciative
audience. I also enjoyed singing for assemblies.
I agree with other writers that Bomber basketball
players were worshipped. I always wanted to be one,
but never had enough talent.
-Curt Donahue (53)
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>>From: Linda Reining (64)
RE: Carolyn Eaton Hudson (53) and the "graveyard
shift" ---- hated that one, too. The phone always had
to be wrapped in pillows and no friends could come
over and the TV had to be so low, you had to sit right
in front of it to hear. I grew up on Elm Street
(1111), too and we had the best neighbors: Wises;
McAllisters; Conrads; Mullers; Taylors; Doziers; Ards
(later Surplus') ------ everyone looked out for the
others and there were no fences separating the yards -
- plenty of room for playing games, backyard parties,
bbq's; Holiday parties; we also slept out in the yard
and never worried about something happening to us! No
way in the world would my kids, or grandkids, do that
in this day and age! Sad that things had to change so
drastically. We also had fun times camping at Wallowa,
Oregon with the "gang from Elm Street" ----- had an
entire camp site to ourselves. Earlier I mentioned the
Ards ----- does anyone remember them? Jimmy Ard played
basketball at Carmichael and then his folks moved to
Chicago and if memory "serves" he later played for the
New York Knicks???????? If he had stayed in Richland,
I think he would have been a '66 graduate????
-Linda Reining (64)
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>>From: Carol Peterson Zimmerman (66WB)
To Billy Didway (66)
Hi Bill,
This is Carol Peterson Zimmerman. I graduated in
the class of '66, although I actually graduated from
Rippowam HS in Stamford, CT. My daughter, Kate,
graduated valedictorian from Newtown High School, CT,
class of '96. I think there should be a list for
valedictorians -- they work so hard!!!!!!!!
-Carol Peterson Zimmerman (66)
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>>From: Annie Peterson Shiffer (69)
RE: Tinikling
To Holly Chamberlain (76)
The name of the bamboo pole dance was Tinikling --
or a spelling close to that. Funny you should mention
it -- I found a bound-to-be scratchy cassette tape
with that label in the archeological dig we call the
basement the other day.
-Annie Peterson Shiffer (69)
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>>From: Rick Polk (70)
To Mike Franco (70)
I raise your Zip's goodies by a French Fry and
"secret (mayo & ketchup) sauce" at Artic Circle. :-)
-Rick Polk (70)
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8 Bombers sent stuff:
Linda Reining (64), Billy Didway (66),
Phil Jones (69), Janet Switzer (70),
Vikki Kestell (70), Greg Alley (73),
Mike Davis (74), Amy Larson (96)
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>>From: Linda Reining (64)
Curt Donahue (53) mentioned a musical comedy that
he was in and it got the "memory bank" working ----
anyone remember the play, "Rumplestiltskin" being
performed when we were in the 8th grade at Carmichael?
the school year would have been 60-61, cannot remember
any of the cast members but the guy that played
"Rumplestiltskin" was great!
Also remember the play, "Bye Bye Birdie" being
performed at Col-Hi and I think it was the year we
graduated (64) --- remember Karen Webster (64) playing
the part of "Mama" and I think Mike Tomlinson (64) was
also in the cast. Anyone else out there that can
"refresh" the memory?
On another subject, anyone out there remember Mr.
Andersen, 6th grade teacher at Spalding? He was
"great" for giving the guys "whacks" with a board and
"pinching" the girls ----- remember some bruises that,
when explained, had my Mother going to the principal's
office. I also remember he liked giving "dictionary-
work" for the "talkers" in his class ---- he would
assign a page or pages, and every word and every
pronunciation and definition had to be written and
had to be done neatly! I remember being there till
after 4 p.m., sometimes. Some of my "fellow talkers"
were: Jim Weaver (64); Floyd Bishop (64); Chuck
Minnick (64); and Pearl (Pat) Drotts (64). Also,
remember him taking out a handkerchief, lighting a
cigarette and blowing the smoke into it and telling us
that is what nicotine would do to our lungs? He said
it was a "Science" experiment, but being a former
smoker, I think he was just having a "nicotine fit".
-Linda Reining (64)
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>>From: Billy Didway (66)
In asking if anyone remembered their class
Valedictorian I have received some e-mails with such
information. I will keep and list the names as they
are sent to me. I don't remember volunteering, as I
learned not to do that in the Navy, but will be glad
to gather in the names. It is possible that I will
have a job in the San Francisco area during July and
August so if you have the names of your graduating
class Valedictorian please send them to me before
July 1st.
-Billy Didway (66)
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>>From: Phil Jones (69)
To Mike Franco (70)
I'll see your salad burger and raise ya a Papa Joe.
To Rick Polk (70)
As someone previously mention, in these pages, I
believe, the "secret ingredient" in the Arctic Circle
fry sauce was buttermilk. Mayo, ketchup and
buttermilk. I think there was buttermilk in the Zip's
Tartar sauce too.
-Phil Jones (69)
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Alumni Sandstorm website. -Maren]
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>>From: Janet Switzer Schroeder (70)
Arctic Circle.... wow! I remember when Terrie White
got the car, and we actually left the campus to go
"out" to lunch......... they always had some special
for school kids, it was like $1.00 (or less) I don't
really remember, and so greasy yummmmm, but it did
have "special" sauce.
Ya, reading from one of the earlier graduates,
Graveyard Shift was awful I remember the phone on the
pillow and not being able to have friends over, cause
"Dad is sleeping"...... Swing Shift, my dad would get
up in the morning, do a day's work around home, and
then go to work on the project in the afternoon. He
had Ray's Wrecker Service, and we couldn't "chat" on
the phone much, we had to leave the phone lines open
in case there was a wreck in the traffic coming home
from Hanford.
Looking back, life was good! I wish my daughter had
some of the freedoms I had, because things were
Community Friendly then. Love to read everyone's
remembrances, keep them coming. I have told several
friends about the Richland High site, and about the
"Sandstorm" hopefully there will be more and more join
in the reminiscing............ JAN
-Janet Switzer Schroeder (70)
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>>From: Vikki Kestell (70)
To Rick Polk (70)
Arctic Circle secret sauce was the absolute
greatest. I think we sometimes ordered fries just
to get the sauce . . .
-Vikki Kestell (70)
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>>From: Greg Alley (73)
To Mike Franco (70)
I was one of the hoopaholics in the stands for a
lot of years. First memories, besides crawling around
the old gym, was the game with Ray Stein (64) against
Davis and Lenny Allen and Ted Wireman. After that I
did not miss a home game for about ten years. Had to
go to college or the streak would have continued. I
think I could admit it was the only game in town, but
it was some great hoops. There is a lot more choices
for kids today, but the gym full of people and a good
game was too good.
I know that Zips tartar was real good. I still
experiment with it on a weekend sports fast food
bender. I would still go with Arctic Circle sauce and
the fact that the 9 kids in our family could fill up
on 19 cent burgers and 15 cent fries. One big bag of
cheap greasy food.
-Greg Alley (73)
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>>From: Mike Davis (74)
To Franco
1. Fries and gravy at the BA
2. Cube Steak Sandwich at A & W
3. Gaslight 99
4. Pizza Pete Shrimp Salad
5. $2.00 pitchers
.......need I say more
-Mike Davis (74)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: Amy Larson (96)
Date: Thu May 4 11:05:55 2000
class of 1996
Hey, I just joined this Bomber webpage and it's
great! I loved all my four years at Richland High and
loved running for the Lady Bomber Varsity Cross-
country and Track teams all through high school. I am
very proud that I was a Bomber and always will be. But
I just moved to Houston, Texas about five months ago,
and I am homesick for Richland. I was born and raised
there my whole life, and I am trying to still adjust
to a new climate, culture, and being away from my
family.
Take care!
-Amy Larson (96)
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9 Bombers sent stuff:
Norma Culverhouse (49), Gail Henderson (53),
Helen Cross (62), Gary Behymer (64),
Toby Wheeler (65 & 66), Betti Avant (69),
Kathie Moore (69), Greg Alley (73,
Tatiana Villa (90)
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>>From: Norma Culverhouse King (49)
Was there a liquor store on Jadwin on the East side
of GWWay? The building is now Bistro something.
Discussing this with some other old timers, I am the
only one to think there was. Or maybe it was a
Denny's. Glad to see you 49'ers and honorary 49'er
(Jo) writing in to the Alumni Sandstorm again.
-Norma Culverhouse King (49)
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>>From: Gail Henderson Renner (53)
To All those who commented abt Utah
When I was traveling abt closing banks for the
FDIC, I spent a lot of time in Utah. Some was very
interesting. It has been a while since I did that, but
besides SLC there was a lot to do. Have you ever been
to Vernal, Utah. It is the land of dinosaurs, they
have one on every corner. There was a museum a little
one. And the camping and a beautiful river and they
say great fishing. I told you it has been a while.
Moab is great for the red canyons. We toured the back
roads, until the bus broke down. Thank heavens it was
not terribly hot that day. Anyway, I for one liked
most of Utah. In fact there are a lot of truly nice
small places around this country. Lovely people,
quaint towns in isolated places. My time with FDIC was
a true experience and I am so glad I was able to work
for them.
That is it for today.
-Gail Henderson Renner (53)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk (62)
To Bill Didway (66)
The class Valedictorian of the class of l962 was
Joyce Herbal, a good friend and very nice person I'm
hoping to meet up with at the Reunion in June.
To Amy Larson (96):
I was just talking with a friend who has also moved
maybe as many times as I have to a new area, and we
agreed the adjustments you are talking about are
always tough. I would suggest finding an ongoing
interest group where you can meet a smaller group of
same interest friends, like joining in a play
producing group if you were interested in that. Or we
have found church to be a great source to meet people
and new friends. Of course if you are working you will
probably meet friends there.
Glad you are on this web site, there have been some
fantastic memories of Richland and the good ole days
that you can scroll through at your leisure. Hope you
can come to the Reunion, and that when you return to
your new home in Texas that you will feel a little
like you are coming home.
Good luck,
-Helen Cross Kirk (62)
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[Note of interest: There are 33 Bombers in my address
book (that I know about) living in Texas -- 7 of them
live in Houston. -Maren]
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>>From Gary Behymer (64)
If you are knowledgeable of the whereabouts of the
following individuals, their parents and/or siblings,
please contact Gail Franz
Missing Members of the Class of 1964...A thru G!
Connie Beaty, Frances Black, Helen Bower, TeriAnn Boyer,
Janet Brandenberry, Rey Call, John Choate, Tom Clark,
Jim Cox, Donald Crawford, Janice Curtis, Lea Cutler,
Darcy Dean, Mary Delano, Joye Emerson, Dena Evans,
Ralph Fairweather, Alfrad Graf.
-Gary Behymer (64)
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>>From: Toby Wheeler Davis (65 & 66)
What about a list of those in'famous' cheers... the
ones that got us all into a lot of trouble! I seem to
remember 'Bob.. the tuna' (with his cape on) leading
us in a couple against Davis. Their coach was I
believe Larry Price and the cleaner of the cheers was:
"Do you know what makes Richland SO-O-O G-R-E-A-T?????"
"We're PRice-LESS!"
Another one related to the Mickey Mouse song...
M-I-C-K-E-Y......O-U...."s-o-(fill in the blank)".
I believe the second one was nearly a cause of
probation, plus we also seemed to have some cheers
pertaining to Larry Price's socks.
For some reason when I think of basketball, these
cheers pop into my mind... funny stuff.
-Toby Wheeler Davis (65 & 66)
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>>From: Betti Avant (69)
RE: Arctic Circle
I, too have fond memories of A.C. When I was in the
8th grade at Chief Jo the AC opened. There was a 7th
grader in my speech class with Mr. St. John whose
parents opened the AC. I remember her bringing a
coupon for a free ice cream cone for everyone in the
class.
When I went back to college in 1986 in Ogden, Utah
they had an Arctic Circle there. On many a Saturday
when I was not up to cooking a meal I would hit the AC
and get a hamburger and fries with the famous sauce. I
have tried to reproduce that sauce, but it never
tastes the same. Ah, the good ole days.
-Betti Avant (69)
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[Betty -- Find the recipe for Arctic Circle sauce on
the Alumni Sandstorm website. -Maren]
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>>From: Kathie Moore Adair (69)
Maren
Have you ever come across a belt buckle like this?
Jimmie and I bought it at the Kennewick fairground
swap meet today. There are no dates. On the back it
says "hook fast"
PAT.NO1481,911. PROV. R.I.
RHS-BeltBuckle.jpg
Thanks,
-Kathie Moore Adair (69)
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>>From: Greg Alley (73)
To Mike Davis (74):
I`ll raise you a Jerry Special at the Gaslight.
Maybe a papa burger at A&W or a Red Steer burger with
a scotch and soda -- when was a pitcher of beer 2
bucks, 1979.
-Greg Alley (73)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>> From: Tatiana Villa (90)
Date: Fri May 5 17:27:10 2000
Class of 1990
I was graduated as a foreign exchange student 10
years ago. I'm from Madrid Spain, and many time I
remember many things about the states.
-Tatiana Villa (90)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 5/8/00
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9 Bombers and 1 funeral notice today.
Jo Cawdrey (49 & 50), Marilyn Richey (53),
Larry Mattingly (60), Don Peyton (63),
Jim House (63), Carol Converse (64),
Gary Behymer (64), Ed Temple (67),
Mike Davis (74)
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>>From: Jo Cawdrey Leveque (49 & 50)
To Norma Culverhouse King (49)
I think there was a liquor store on the Parkway -
maybe where the Style Center was (or around there
somewhere) but I don't know what's there now. It was
when there was a counter only and you had to order
from the clerk because all bottles were kept in the
back room. (I only know because my brother told me so
:-).) Also, when I worked for a Dentist (Schilke), I
had to go with a prescription to the liquor store to
get the pure alcohol he used in his practice. His
office was next door to Dr. Sutch's when Ann Pearson
and then Katie Bode were his receptionists. Some
really funny stories from then!
-Jo Cawdrey Leveque (49 & 50)
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>>From: Marilyn Richey (53)
To Bill Didway (66)
The val, of class of 1953 was Sue Struck and
presently lives in the Seattle area. She was an all
around person involved in tennis and very much into
her studies.
-Marilyn Richey (53)
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>>From: Larry Mattingly (60)
Norma Culverhouse King (49) asks about a liquor on
Jadwin and/or GWWay.
Somewhere in my "stuff" I have picture of my dad
standing in a line of a hundred or so men at the
liquor store. It was taken in the mid-40's. The liquor
store was the brick/block building on the NE corner of
GWWay and Lee Blvd. the entrance was on the Lee side
of the building toward the back.
"Happiness is the sky in bloom"
-J Larry Mattingly (60)
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>>From: Don Peyton (63)
Medical leave during this time. But, I still can
get your e-mail. I am recovering well from surgery....
will be back to work on May 9. Thanks for all the
flowers, cards, phone calls, and money that was
sent....... YEAH, RIGHT!
-Don Peyton (63)
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>>From: Jim House (63)
RE: Valedictorians and R2k
I think it is great that we honor our
valedictorians and list all of them on this web site.
I would like to especially recognize Ken Carlson who
headed a very impressive "Top Five" in the Gold Medal
Class of 63.
But wait, none of the five have bought their R2k
ASB's yet. How smart is that?
-Jim House (63)
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>>From: Carol Converse Maurer (64)
I, too, remember those "shifts" with fond memories.
I, like everyone else, hated the 'graveyard' shift.
Didn't have the phone buried in a pillow, but
couldn't get any calls that week. Also, no friends
over. We must all share that experience. During the
'day' shift, my cat and I would go to the bus stop to
meet my dad. That was always fun to do. Now, 'swing'
shift was fun and different. I remember watching tv
and eating a large bowl of popcorn at times with my
mom. 'Longchange' was great, as we would go for a
drive to Prosser or Umatilla on Saturday. I laugh
about that today, but it was really something that I
looked forward to. Perhaps that's why I enjoy going
for drives to this day.
More memories later.
-Carol Converse Maurer (64)
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>>From: Gary Behymer (64)
My thanks to Ron Richards (Class of 1963) for
stopping by my office last week to spend an afternoon.
While we did not know each other in high school, we
were able to talk Bomber Mania.
Questions of the Day? Does the Spudnut Shop still
offer a 'bakers dozen' (13) for the price of 12? Are
spudnuts cooked all day long or just in the morning?
-Gary Behymer (64)
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>>From: Ed Temple (67)
To Linda Reining (64)
You asked about anyone remembering Jimmy Ard. Since
I do not get a chance to read everything written here,
I am uncertain if Jim has been discussed before.
Sometime in the late 60's Charlie Van Sickle had an
article in his "Dutch Rub" in the Tri-City Herald
discussing Bomber basketball tradition. His story,
however, featured the "ones who got away." All of us
of course knew that Ted Wierman could have been one of
us if he had not moved, but Jimmy Ard would have been
the big man that we missed from 1964 - 66.
The Ards lived on the corner of Elm and Cottonwood;
and if you were heading for the Bypass, you would
often see Jim out shooting hoops in his driveway. Jim
played three years for NBC in the Columbia League and
was an all star his last year. At Spalding he was one
of Mr. Olson's captains for intramural basketball
(along with David Sonderland, Bob McClellan, Ken
Deery, and Larry Bunch that year). Jimmy was a tall,
skinny, kid then. As I recall, McClellan was a bit
taller and heftier at that time than Jim.
Anyway, Jim was a year ahead of me in school. He
went off to Carmichael, and I a year later to Chief
Jo. I remember Joe Montgomery telling me that Jimmy
Ard had grown 6 inches in the summer of 62 or 63. That
however made no difference to Richland; because when
GE made its move to leave Richland in 1963, the Ards
moved. You mentioned that they went to Chicago. As I
recall from the Van Sickle article, it had been
Indiana but I could be wrong.
I also remember Van Sickle mentioning that the
biggest fish to get away from the Bombers had been
6'8" Jim Ard who had led his high school team to the
state championship in 1966, received 150 offers to
schools for basketball scholarships eventually
settling on the University of Cincinnati. You thought
that he had played for the Knicks, but my memory
supports the notion that he backed up Dave Cowens at
center for the Celtics. The picture of Jim in Van
Sickle's article showed him to be mammoth. Now just
suppose he could have played center for us in 1965 and
1966 with Dave Strasser and Bob McClellan then moving
to play power forwards those years. Would Davis or
Renton have even been on the same court? I don't think
so.
-Ed Temple (67)
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>>From: Mike Davis (74)
To Greg Alley (73):
Raise ya a Kid bar and Cremecicle from the Little
League Concession Stand.
To Roger Fishback (62):
Check your old stat books and list me the leading
scorers for each year in Bomberville that you have?
Gregor Hanson (65) might be able to help here.
-Mike Davis (74)
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Funeral Notice scanned from TCHerald
by Shirley Collings Haskins, '66
~ Shawn White, Class of 1970 ~
http://funeralnotices.tripod.com/
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 5/9/00 ~ 365 consecutive days today.
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15 Bombers and one Bulldog with green & gold ties today.
Richard Roberts (49), Ann Pearson (50),
Nancy Clark (52), Al Parker (53),
Janet Wilgus (59), Janice Woods (60-PHS),
Linda Reining (64), John Marshall (65),
Karen Schildknecht (67), Betti Avant (69),
Steve Piippo (70), Frank Standefer (72),
Patty stordahl (72), Kellie Walsh (77),
Mike Mattingly (77), Kathy Wheat (79),
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>>From: Richard Roberts (49)
To Norma Culverhouse King (49)
Yes, I think you're right, except it was on the
west side of George WW. On the south west corner as I
recall. Of course, I was never there.
How are you doing, Norma?
-Richard Roberts (49)
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>>From: Ann Pearson Burrows (50)
to continue the May 1950 "Sandstorm" Page 2':
'Seniors Recall Memorable Years"
"Do you remember? The Freshen class party with Dicksey
Poe and Tom Merryan as Queen and King... Ms. Nina
Johnson and Edgar Haag as class advisors.. Wilber
Meicenheimer and Bill Hinson representing our class in
athletics. short skirts and long sweaters.. 129
bewildered freshmen, the school so large and we so
small.. after a few days we found that it was fun.. we
became part of Col-Hi through Girls' League, Boys' Fed,
G.A.A., Letterman's Club and Pep Club.
Have your Forgotten? The sophomore picnic, in the
park, complete with rain, dill pickles, and a super-
duper baseball game... that Ms. Naomi Buescher and
Orrin Cowles were our advisors... seeing Helen Murpy
and Jim Chubb, Ted Jessen and Alberta Warburton
together... 168 sophomores... Hit Songs - "Sentimental
Journey" and "Open the Door, Richard"... remember the
sock hop in the cafeteria - we started this tradition
at Col-Hi.
Remember? The Christmas Party given in the gym for the
whole student body.. some couples seen were Edwina
Overstreet and Wayne Wallace, Bill McCormick and Dawn
Moore... the Jr-Sr picnic held for the seniors... boy,
hat was lots of potato salad... of course, there was a
rough and tumble ball game.. then the night of nights
- the Jr-Sr Prom "Silver Sails" ... didn't Jeanine
Paquette make a beautiful queen and Tom Merryman a
handsome king .. remember the Junior Review under the
direction of Lorna Erickson... Bill McCormick being
chosen the Junior Prince fir the Tolo Week... Mrs.
Audrienne Claair and Calvin Welsh as advisors.
You will Never Forget .. Seniors at last ... four
years have passed since our first bewildered day at
Col-Hi .. this is the year we sit back and have a
little time for relaxing (supposedly) ... having
Senior pictures taken, choosing the class gift to the
school, and preparing the will and prophecy were just
a few of our activities ... Fred Barker was elected
school cheerleader ... Cecil Morrison claimed ASB
Prexy with Andrea Moore as V.P, just to mention a few
celebrities ... our Senior Carnival, under the
direction of Bill McBee was a big success -
everything from horse racing to dart throwing was
carred on in the boys' gym ... Miss Nadine Brown and
Wallace Wheeler have done a swell job as class
advisors... all 192 seniors give them a hearty "Thanks"
... some senior couples are Will Meicenheimer and
Norma Myers, Mary Sargent and Earl Skow, Darlene
Wilson and Dave McElroy ... have you forgotten our
peculiar football team? Looked as if they fell into a
bucket of peroxide!
We graduating seniors all know that no matter what lies
in the future, we shall never forget the years we
spent at Columbia High School.
Footnote: And it looks like we didn't ever forget our
years judging by email and such. Interestingly we
grew from 129 bewildered freshmen to 192 graduating
seniors!
-Ann Pearson Burrows (50)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: Nancy Clark (52)
Date: Mon May 8 19:06:58 2000
I first moved to Richland in 1951 so I really
didn't get to stay long but I enjoyed RHS as long as I
was there. I do remember the wind and the sandstorms.
One day I was in the house and I heard a scream from
the back yard and went out. The wind had spun our
circle cloths line around and around and threw a lot
of the clothes into the cottonwoods in the next yard.
My mother (all 100 lbs of her) was trying to hang on
to the rest of them till I got there.
Living in North Richland was interesting if dusty.
the first winter we were there the army or GE dug a
ice skating pond right in the middle of the park so we
could go ice skating without danger.
In the summer of '52 the Army (I think) dug a
swimming hole in the desert out near the irrigation
ditches East of town.
I'm not sure the houses that we had in North
Richland were the same design as the ones in Richland
but it was said they were all prefabs. The one we
lived in looked like the ranch house only
-Nancy Clark (52)
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[Looks like the minimum number of characters in the
guest book cut Nancy off. -Maren]
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>>From: Janet Wilgus Beaulieu (59)
To Gary Behymer (64):
Gary
My best guess is that the Spudnut Shop does NOT
make those goodies except in the morning. We visited
Bomberville a couple of weeks ago and I couldn't wait
to get to the shop. The first morning stop was
unbelievably satisfying -- I gobbled 2 of those
freshly made and warm, lighter than air goodies in
just a few minutes. I sent my husband to the shop the
next day (want to get enough of a good thing) to get
"breakfast," and I was waiting in the kitchen watching
for him to drive up -- he arrives, oh great -- he has
this look of incredulity and I nearly collapse from
disappointment when he says, "Some guy was loading his
trunk with every spudnut they had in the shop and
there won't be any more until tomorrow!" Now I know
what they mean -- I felt like they had just taken candy
from this baby. Such a wonderful guy I'm married to,
he made the foray to the Uptown the next morning and
came back victorious -- wonderful spud pastries in that
little white bag. So, for the future, I've learned --
get there pretty early or the "regulars" may not only
take up every seat in the place (I'm pretty sure those
booths are "grandfathered" to the next generation) but
they just might load up their car with all that
delicious inventory and you'll just be left standing
there very disappointed and hungry. This from one who
drove a thousand miles for a Spudnut and will go back.
-Janet Wilgus Beaulieu (59)
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>>From: Janice Woods Ehrke (60-PHS)
To Tim Smyth (62):
Yes, I remember Rocky Sanborn. His Dad was Arnie,
his Mom, Jonnie. Arnie died suddenly of a heart attack
must have been around '48. Arnie was a huge man --
played baseball with my Dad. Rocky was a couple of
years younger than me..... he was a terror as a
youngster! Very active mind. Jonnie was originally
from Massachusetts. Seems that after Arnie's untimely
young death, she went back to East Coast. We lost
track after that.
Re: Utah Vacation
Don't forget to check out Union Station in Ogden,
marvelous old terminal. Tunnels were built under the
tracks to protect passengers from the snow. Also, the
Browning Gun Museum, is located in the Station,
fascinating place. As the owner of my own BAR
(Browning Automatic Rifle) and a hunter, really
enjoyed a stroll through the Browning family history
on my way to Wyoming to hunt.
-Janice Woods Ehrke (60-PHS)
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>>From: Linda Reining (64)
To Ed Temple (67), Gregor Hanson (65),
and Donna Thorson Whiteside (66):
Thanks for all the info on Jimmy (Jim) Ard -- he was a
great kid and had a great family.
-Linda Reining (64)
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>>From: John Marshall (65)
RE: A&W Hamburgers
I have been trying for the last 35 years to
recreate the flavor of A&W hamburgers with mustard and
pickles. Either the pickles or mustard had a very
special flavor or there was some spice they added to
the hamburger itself. Anybody know?
-John Marshall (65)
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>>From: Karen Schildknecht Mateo (67)
To Ed Temple (67)
RE: Jim Ard
The Ards lived across the street from us from the
time we moved into this neighborhood, until they moved
to Chicago, when Jim was in ninth grade. They were
some of the most wonderful people I've known, truly
decent inside and out. His mother, 'Chick' as we
called her, was an absolute jewel who would come over
for coffee, and helped us change the words to some of
our more offensive 'children's rhymes', without ever
causing us to question why. His father, Jim, was a
very intelligent man, but a quiet man. When the
opportunity to move to Chicago came up, Jim's parents
felt they had to move to an area with more African-
Americans in it, so that Jim and his sister, Betty Jo,
would be able to know more about their heritage, and
have a better chance of meeting other black kids. At
that time, there were very few black families here in
the area, and this move was very necessary, to the
Ard's thinking. Jim grew a lot in height after he left
here, and I think he finally topped off at about 7'2".
He eventually played for the New York Nets, and then
he played professionally in Italy for a while, but I'm
afraid I don't know the names of any of those teams.
His family and mine stayed in touch, and, in fact, my
Mom still gets Christmas cards and notes from the Ards
every year. Jim stopped by a few years ago, for the
first time since he left this area, to visit with my
Mom and my brother, Jim. He confided to my Mom that he
never made any 'real' friends after he left Richland.
Things were a lot harder in Chicago, and his sister
even took a knife to school, to defend herself from
the girls there. It was a very hard life for them in
school, and in the neighborhood they moved to. It was
an end to the innocence they had known while living
here. He mentioned that he never had another 'sleep
out' in the back yard, again. We missed his family
when they left, and were so glad that Jim finally came
back to visit. He's now a very successful man, and
works with AT&T.
-Karen Schildknecht Mateo (67)
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>>From: Betti Avant (69)
RE: the Ards
I, too remember the Ard family. There was a daughter
named Betty as I recall who was in my Sunday school
classes at CUP church in the 50's and early 60's. The
main reason I remember her is the fact that there were
very few black people in Richland at that time. It
didn't seem to matter what their color was as we had
good times together on Sunday mornings.
-Betti Avant (69)
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>>From: Steve Piippo (70)
To Ed Temple (67):
This is the same Ed Temple who grew up below Birch
hill? You delivered my kids, at least the first three!
Good to read your stuff about Bomber basketball.
-Steve Piippo (70)
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>>From: Frank Standefer (72)
To Carol Converse Maurer (64)
Don't forget the 'Day Sleeper' signs. Try and
explain that to someone... You get the 'deer in the
headlights' look.
No, Mike, those weren't for Dennys workers.
-Frank Standefer (72)
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>>From: Patty Stordahl (72)
RE: Forever friends
Dear Alumni:
This news letter has put me in contact with friends
of yesteryear. I am forever grateful.
One most recent was Wendy Wheat class of 1973. She,
Nancy Neumeyer (sp), and I finally got together a few
months ago shared a drink and a ton of laughs. At
first I wondered if they would recognize me as we were
to meet in Bellevue at a local lounge. When I got
there they were nowhere to be seen so I waited and
waited and then walked out side and as I did they were
walking in. There could be no mistake. Years had been
kind to both these high school beauties. Of course as
life has it we parted with promises to get together
and do "This" more often.
A few emails continued to exchange and one day just
this last week I got one from Wendy Wheat. She was informing
me that she was diagnosed with Hepatitis C, the same life
threatening strain that Naomi Judd was cured from. My
heart sank and I said my prayers for her and you know
what I thought of all the wonderful people out there,
Our Bomber people, You know I really feel that if we
all encourage Wendy and her husband at this time and
send her positive thoughts and hope and love we all
can get through this together with her. She is still
young and vibrant and her smile has not faded with the
years.
She is such a fun person, full of life and though
life has dealt her a few bad cards I believe with
prayer and our support she can play them and win. If
any one has a loved one who has conquered this
infection and has a word of medical wisdom to share or
a story of overcoming of their own please share that
hardship now and how the victory was won in your life.
We all know life is no bed of roses. I remember our
first day back in Richland. We moved onto Butternut
and in the a.m. a little boy came to our house on his
bike looking for the little boy his age to go riding
with him. That little 10 year old boy was my brother
Richard. Struck by a speeding car the DR's gave him up
for dead. Though life has been hard for Richard at
times he is still with us and his Bomber friends still
are in contact with him. He is still as ornery as
ever. Actually he is back in Richland and lives at
1105 Sanford. He would love a drop in memory or two.
He has a pool table right in his living room.
Any way Wendy is all smiles still but I am sure a
line or two of love and upbeat email would really give
her a boost. So if you have a moment and a funny line
or joke or an encouraging story to share please do so
and please if you pray send one up for her every time
you have a blessing come your way.
We all need to remember life is fragile and without
the whole group pulling for us sometimes we feel
forgotten. Lets not forget that our Bomber brothers &
sisters all need an encouraging word and a prayer once
in a while what ever their day is like.
Take care and love and blessings to you all. For
those who have knowledge of this disease please share
your knowledge in a positive way. I am reading up on
it on the Internet but personal stories directed to my
email would be helpful. Remember Wendy is one of us a
Bomber with a heart of gold. All you 1972-73 grads
email her. Thanks for this paper it allows us to share
so many good and not so fond memories.
-Patty Stordahl (72)
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>>From: Kellie Walsh Patterson (77)
Our class ('77) had SIX Valedictorians, all with
4.0's: Carol Guthrie, Janie Crowley, Genie Eschabach,
Stephanie Dorgan, Carolyn Brown & Karen Benton.
-Kellie Walsh Patterson (77)
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>>From: Mike Mattingly (77)
RE: Graveyard and Swing
Hi Carol Converse (64):
My little memory that pertains to "graveyard shift"
is that sign in your window across the street from us
on Benham Street that read "DAY SLEEPER." I'm pretty
sure it was your house, but then again, that same sign
was probably in many windows around town.
-Mike Mattingly (77)
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>>From: Kathy Wheat Fife (79)
Valedictorian for '79..... I think it was Linda
Romrell, anyone else remember?
And, Happy Mother's Day to all the mom's. Bombers
wouldn't be Bombers without all the mom's who helped
raise along the way! Thanks to all of you!
-Kathy Wheat Fife (79)
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13 Bombers sent stuff:
Sandra Atwater (51), Don McKenzie (56),
Helen Cross (62), Nancy Fellman (62),
Carol Converse (64), Pam Ehinger (67),
Anna Durbin (69), Randi Newby (70),
Rick Chapple (72), Jim Rice (75),
Sandy Schively (77), Kim Edgar (79),
Jenny Smart (87)
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>>From: Sandra Atwater Boyd (51)
The graveyard shift in our house ----------- no
telephone! My Dad thought that was a great way not to
be disturbed while sleeping! Had to go across the
street to where I baby-sat to make and receive phone
calls!!
-Sandra Atwater Boyd (51)
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>>From: Don McKenzie (56)
It seems to be prom night all over Seattle, so
attempted to recall those that I went to. WOW, we were
excited, but compared to today's big $$$$$ that are
spent, our proms were in the girls' gym, and decorated
with twisted crape (spelling?) of different colors.
There might be a theme, but that was mainly reflected
in the color of the paper. Unlike today, if you didn't
have a date, you didn't go. The scariest part was
picking up your date at her parents' house. You had
previously coordinated the corsage with her outfit and
determined if it was a wrist corsage or one for the
chest. If for the chest, the parents would stand there
and watch you attempt to attach. Ha! It sure seems
like those times were so terribly innocent compared
with what the kids do today. Am sure that many Bombers
of the 50's have some fantastic stories. How about
Tolo Week! YIKES, you'd hide from the freaky girls,
and make yourself available to others. That was really
a scary time for a lot of guys. Ha!
-Don McKenzie (56)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk (62)
To Bill Didway (66)
Re: l962 Valedictorians!!
According to Carole Johnston Berg, there were 3 4.0
Valedictorians for our class: Joyce Herbal, Sandra
Harmon, and Yvonne Wright!! Carole was fourth, and
Richard Tew 5th. I stand corrected.
Sorry,
-Helen Cross Kirk (62)
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>>From: Nancy Fellman Lysher (62)
RE: The Liquor Store
Don't we all remember the Washington State Liquor
Control Card of Identification? My late husband saved
some interesting "stuff" in those velvet bags that
Crown Royal came in. After reading about the liquor
store in the Parkway, I looked in one of the bags I've
still saved and found our "liquor cards"....... those
reminders of turning 21! As I recall, we "signed up"
for them at that liquor store. Gary worked part time
at the liquor store in the 60's.... anyone else?
-Nancy Fellman Lysher (62)
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>>From: Carol Converse Maurer (64)
To Frank Standefer (72) and Mike Mattingly (77)
WOW! I forgot all about that "Day Sleeper" sign
that was put out while on 'graveyard' shift. Now that
you both reminded me, I do remember. Yes, I'm sure
that there were many many signs out all over.
-Carol Converse Maurer (64)
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>>From: Pam Ehinger (67)
RE: R2K Woodgrain Plaque/Box Lids & Boxes
This is an update on the R2K plaque/box lids. The
plaque/box lid still costs $5.00 but now you can get
the box too! The plaque/box lid is approximately 8" x 10"
and the box is approximately 4" to 6" high. The
plaque/box lid WITH the box will be $8.00 and there is
a groove in the box into which the plaque/box lid
slides.
Please get your orders in NOW! I'll have them with
me at the Reunion, I'll be at the registration table
for the 60s - 70s. You may mail your check or money
orders to:
Pam E. Nassen
PO Box 8
Ronald, WA 98940
(509) 964-2713 Leave a Message
Bombers Rule
-Pam Ehinger (67)
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>>From: Anna Durbin (69)
Okay, I will speak up for '69. Our valedictorians
are Robin Corley and Nancy Carter. But no one will
remember salutatorians, right?
-Anna Durbin (69)
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>>From: Randi Newby Tucker (70) almost
To all the 1970 Col-Hi Bombers:
Hello 70's Class Bombers!
Oh Boy! Can you believe it's the 2nd week of May?
We do not realize how fast this year is going. As some
are aware and for those who might not be, we have been
working on the up coming 30th class reunion in July.
As my part I have been working on the memory book. I
need your feed back 70' Bombers. I only have 22
entries and only af few pictures for our book so far.
Terry, is there more? I also need Kendal's phone # or
email. Looks like I lost the papers I brought home from
the last meeting but I didn't lose the the
registration forms for the memory book, yeah! I have
put in a spot for email addresses. Feel free to send
me your info over the net. But be sure that you get
those registration forms in, we need them by May 15th.
I need name------------(maiden name)--
city-----state---zip
spouce-----------------email address--
kids names and ages;-----------------
and
---"What I've been doing since 1970".-----
It will be going into the book the way you send it,
so be sure to write clearly. My english and writing
skills are not the best so when sending in registration
forms (ASAP), write so I can read them, PLEASE.
Again "WE NEED THOSE REGISTRATION FORMS" now. We
need to get a count ASAP. Terry, Laure, someone - let
me know if they have gotten any more forms for the
memory book.
Thank you all,
-Randi Newby Tucker (70) almost
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>>From: Rick Chapple (72)
RE: Life
In response to Patty Stordahl's (72) letter about
her friend being sick. To all who know her friend,
call her often and check on her attitude. Keep her
mind occupied with good thoughts and stories about
yourself and your life. Ask how she is and how she
feels, but don't dwell on the sickness and don't share
sad stories of others. Make her smile with your call
or your visit. It's good medicine and I know this
first hand.
I was told I have Lymphoma cancer (thanks to our
friends at Exxon Nuclear) and went through
Chemotherapy and radiation treatment. All the while I
was being hammered with Chemo, my good friends would
call and cheer me up often. I also told myself and
others that I was not sick, it's just that the doctors
made me feel sick. My attitude and my friends got me
through my ordeal very quickly, or so it seems now,
and I am feeling like my old self again.
I'm a firm believer that your mind can help you
overcome alot of adverse conditions that sometimes
come at you from nowhere.
So, Patty, cheer up your friend. She has a long
life still ahead of her and will need you to help her
along the way. Now everybody SMILE and get on with
life, for us from the class of 72, it's more then half
over and I'm just getting my stride.....
-Rick Chapple (72)
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>>From: Jim Rice (75)
RE: Valedictorians
You can find the Class of 75 valedictorians on our
web page.
http://funeralnotices.tripod.com/ Click on [1975]
-Jim Rice (75)
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>>From: Sandy Schively Buckley (77)
RE: class of '77 Valedictorian
Does anyone remember which of the valedictorians
for the class of '77' accepted their diploma with a
"fake" handshake? I know Kellie and Anne can answer
this! : )
-Sandy Schively Buckley (77)
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>>From: Kim Edgar (79)
RE: Hamburgers
Hi All,
While I admit the A&W hamburgers are good, my
favorite is the Zip's "Salad Burger" I have one every
time I visit the Tri-Cities. It has a delicious
special sauce, the Zip's near the mall must use a
different sauce, theirs doesn't taste as well as the
one in Kennewick, (is there one still in Richland?).
I worked at Zip's, it was my first job, I believe I
was 15 1/2 years old. Although, I knew math and could
count money, I never really counted change before, it
was really quite easy. It's a shame young kids aren't
taught this anymore. They rely on the cash register to
tell them how much change to give back. Boy, are they
confused when it's not working.
The best part of working there was carrying the
meals out to the cute high school boys and watching
the kids in their cars congregate across the street at
Albertson's parking lot.
I also remember working the night that Elvis died,
I remember thinking this isn't real. I was really too
young to remember JFK death, so this was the first
"Well Known" person I knew to pass away. It really
made an impression on me.
Anyone out there care to share memories of their
first job?
-Kim Edgar (79)
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>>From: Jenny Smart Page (87)
RE: '87 Valedictorians
I believe the valedictorians for the class of '87
were Chris Rheumler (sp?) and Steve Reese, with #3 on
the list being Amy Taylor.
-Jenny Smart Page (87)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 5/11/00
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12 Bombers and 1 Bulldog today.
Mary Triem (47), Marilyn Richey (53),
Janice Woods (60-PHS), Jeanie Walsh (63),
Linda Belliston (63), Kathie Roe (64),
Linda Reining (64), Rod Brewer (65),
Bill Wingfield (67), Ed Temple (67),
Steve Piippo (70), Jeff Marcum (73),
Mike Davis (74)
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>>From: Mary Triem Mowery (47)
RE: Valedictorian(s)
To Bill Didway (66)
Believe it or not - the class of 1947 has at least
one member who keeps important stuff. Our senior class
president, Roy Thomas, advised me that we did have 5
smart folks who were: Glenna Jean McEwen Jones
(deceased), Iva Tucker (married name unknown), Eugene
Fergin, Donna Dillard Matsumoto and Joan Long Lynch.
-Mary Triem Mowery - 1947 Bomber
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>>From: Marilyn Richey (53)
To: John Marshall (65)
I was the first cook at the A&W which Dick Heath
and his wife opened in Richland. The taste was a
seasoning that was from A & W company that was put on
the burgers. It was there special seasoning. That was
a busy place and probably would still be there til the
A&W company forced the owners to build an inside
dining area to keep their franchise. The people who
owned the franchise Mr. and Mrs. Keith Hunter decided
it would be such an large expense, that they decided
to sell it. By the way, if you travel along the coast
of Oregon, there are some drive-ins along the coast
route. Also, there is some in Idaho going up to Canada
through going to Banff.
Hi Nancy Fellman Lysher (62)
I heard you were back in Richland now from Connie
Madsen Hall. When I came back to Richland in 61 to
attend CBC, I worked at the Richland liquor store on
the Parkway. Mrs. Hoff, who had managed the Korten
Music Record Store for Harold Morgan got me the job.
Those ID cards were the thing to have. Many a time,
people who I knew would come in to purchase a bottle
and they would see me and turn around and leave
because I knew they weren't 21. It was fun to work
there and you sure knew who drink, how much and how
often. I worked there while going to CBC and during
the holidays coming home from CWU. I knew Gary worked
there during the later years.
Tell your sister hell'o for me,
-Marilyn Richey (53)
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>>From: Janice Woods Ehrke (60-PHS)
First job, Arctic Circle, Pasco, Summer 1958,
$0.85/hr. Towards the end of August I realized that I
would have to find a job with more reasonable hours
during school. I finally found one at the Drugstore
Fountain at 4th and Lewis, (was it Payless or Thrifty
or none of the above?) Anywhoo, the catch was I had to
start right away, so it developed that the jobs
overlapped and I ended up working 16+ hours a day for
several weeks. Good thing it wasn't brain surgery or
air traffic control cause I was really functioning way
below par.
One evening during the dinner rush, I was asked to
make up some chocolate syrup as we had run out, and to
do it post haste! Well, I got the two gallon glass
jar, the wooden spoon and the simple syrup (they
diluted everything) assembled and hurriedly set about
my task. I poured in one gallon of chocolate and one
gallon of simply syrup and began to stir with the
wooden spoon. My mind started to wander and I guess I
wasn't stirring fast enough for the boss. He came past
me on his way to put some more of the delicious french
fries in the fat, an said "We need it now, not next
week, Woods!" I snapped out of my momentary daydream
of how bad I needed some sleep and accelerated my
stirring. All at once that wooden spoon just lightly
touched the inside of that jar way down about an inch
from the bottom and popped a perfectly oval shaped
hole in the glass from the inside. In my sleep
deprived stupor, it just didn't compute and in fact
for a few vital seconds I was enthralled at this
juncture at how the chocolate came pouring out of this
perfect inch wide hole and was making a mess of my
little red and white gingham uniform, not to mention
the rather large lake that was forming at my feet.
About this time the boss, apparently sensing
disaster, grabbed a bucket and rushed up pushing me
out of the way to put the bucket under this spouting
river. Unfortunately, he slipped in the by then rather
large lake of chocolate covering the floor. Did I
mention he was a large man? Always wore white: white
pants, white shirt, socks and hat. He managed to get
up finally, after several unsuccessful attempts during
which he rolled around quite liberally in the brown
lake. He disappeared into the office in back and
didn't return for almost two hours. Life went on in
the mean time, the rush was over, and we had cleaned
up the mess. It was miraculous, he was completely
white again, head to foot, maybe his wife brought him
a new set of whites, anyway I really think he was so
long in coming out because he was trying to control
himself, and not set upon me like a mad man. He walked
casually up to me as if nothing had happened, and said
he thought it best that I take the rest of the evening
off. I know it took all the control he had left to
inquire if I needed a ride home. What a dear! Needless
to say my career planning henceforth took on a more
serious bent.
Of course, in later years, this episode was the
subject of a great deal of hilarity at family
gatherings Boy I did love those Chocolate Marshmallow
Malts and Fries!
Jan (waitress par excellence) Ehrke
-Janice Woods Ehrke (60-PHS)
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>>From: Jeanie Walsh Williamson (63)
WHAT??? No Kellie Walsh Valedictorian???
-Jeanie Walsh Williamson (63)
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>>From: Linda Belliston Boehning (63)
To John Marshall (65)
Regarding A & W Hamburgers. You mentioned how good
the hamburgers were with just their mustard and
pickles. But you forgot the onions. I car-hopped there
in '62 & 63, and I've been trying to re-create the
flavor also. Don't recall any extra seasoning on the
hamburgers, but I was just a car-hop, maybe some of
the cooks can enlighten us. Jackie Sheard Cross '61
are you there? I do remember Papa Burgers were 55
cents, Mama's were .35 and Baby Burgers were .20. An A
& W Special was 55 cents, which consisted of
Hamburger, Cheese, and Ham. It cost .10 if you wanted
Deluxe trimmings, cheese, tomatoes and lettuce.
Someone also mentioned those delicious Steak
Sandwiches.
If you all knew how we washed those Root Beer Mugs,
you probably wouldn't have ordered any Root Beer.
There was a sink of Large Bottle Brushes in supposedly
DISINFECTANT cold water , and we'd just swish the mugs
quickly over the brushes, dip them in rinse water and
that was it. No putting them through a hot dishwasher.
When we were busy, which it always was, and we were
running out of clean mugs, it was a really quick
swish, rinse and fill them up.
Our class of '63 top five were: Ken Carlson
Valedictorian, Leslie Dreher, Salutatorian, and Gary
LeClair, Marye Durbin, and Jim Newell.
Anybody join the Library Reading Club every summer,
and do you remember what you made for your craft on
your 10th book?
REUNION INFORMATION:
Because there is not a Reunion function scheduled
between the soccer games and the fireworks, some
people have expressed an interest in having a place
for Alumni to gather and just visit. So I have
reserved the Courtyard at the Red Lion Hanford House
(The old Desert Inn) Saturday evening starting at 5:30
P.M.. After 10:00 when the Courtyard closes, we have a
room downstairs reserved. Hor d'oeuvres and drinks can
be ordered.
The Cool Desert Nights Old Car Parade is in front
of the Hotel that evening around 7:00, the Street
Dance is at 9:00 at Howard Amon Park, and the
Fireworks are behind the Hotel over the River around
10:00, so everyone can just come and go to these
activities as they choose.
Dick Boehning (63) was able to acquire more tee
times, so if anyone else is interested please let him
know. Golfing starts at 9:00
Friday, the 23rd of June at Columbia Point Golf
Course, previously known as Sham-Na-Pum.
Just a few Reminders:
-If you haven't sent in your Registration Forms,
please do so ASAP. The Reunion is just around the
corner, and we are preparing to make ASB Cards, and
will soon be getting Reunion Packets ready.
-Think of some good Trivia Questions and send to Jim
Hamilton.
-Get those Bomber Mums ordered for that special Mom,
Wife, Sister or friend.
-And don't forget to check out the Reunion site. New
items are being added all the time.
-Linda Belliston Boehning (63)
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>>From: Kathie Roe Truax (64)
I'm trying to locate Tom Tracy (55) to see if he
would like to play in the alumni basketball game. Does
anyone out there know how to contact him or have an
email address for him?
Thank you.
-Kathie Roe Truax (64)
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>>From: Linda Reining (64)
RE: Don McKenzie (56) and proms ------
I, too, remember the dances in the gym and the
decorations being made out of crepe paper and the
teachers chaperoning. I went to the Jr.-Sr. Prom with
Ray McCauley (65) and a corsage that had to be pinned
on and, after many tries, my aunt pinning it on. Don't
know who was more nervous, him or me, but my Mom, my
aunt, and my grandmother were all watching as he tried
to pin it. Think kids today are missing out on a lot -
---- there is a lot to be said for the innocence we
experienced. My two daughters went to the proms' and
"Sadie Hawkins' Day" dances (our Tolo) and the price
of the dresses and the "bid" (ticket) and then the
dinner and the limo ride, they almost had to go into
debt for one night!!!!!!! and, they never held their
dances in their school gym's ----- they were always in
a hotel ballroom and dinner had to be at a "swanky"
place, too. Don't know where the idea came for that
one, but think it was due in part to the fact that a
lot of the schools in California do not have gyms and
therefore they had to find alternative places for the
dances. The junior high and high school that my oldest
daughter attended did not have a gym and when they
held basketball games, they had to be held at another
school. The schools here in Bakersfield have their own
gyms, but the dances are not held there, either. Guess
kids today are too "sophisticated". Too bad.
-Linda Reining (64)
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>>From: Rod Brewer (65)
To Ed Temple (67)
RE: Ard
Just have time for a quickie. When Jim Ard left
Richland he was 6'1" with obvious big time potential.
We played a lot of ball together at the park the
summer he moved. His folks considered leaving him
behind to play ball at Richland, but of course, he
left. I don't recall where he moved, I thought it was
Ohio. He did go to the U of Cinn and had a great
career. The ABA was just getting underway while he was
in college. They were looking for a big headline and
when Seattle of the NBA drafted Ard #1, the ABA, via
the NY Nets, trumped them with a $1 Million offer
which Ard accepted. The catch was, that most of the
money was deferred. In fact, Jim started collecting a
large chunk of that a few years ago at the rate of
$50,000 per year. I saw him play a pre season game in
Asbury Park, NJ in 1970 against the Carolina
Cougars??. I lost track of him after that. I don't
recall any power forwards in Art's offense.
-Rod Brewer (65)
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>>From: Bill Wingfield (67)
Maren,
I love the Sandstorm. You're doing a great
job. PLEASE KEEP IT UP.
Kim Edgar (79) asked if anyone out there cared to
share memories of their first job?
How about summers, between Richland HS and college,
working the Green Giant or BirdsEye pea fields in
Walla Walla, then Dayton, and then on to the lima bean
fields in Nampa Idaho. This was with Pete Dullum (67),
Sammy Dossett (67), Dave McDaniels (67), Steve Witeck (67),
Ray Miller (67), and Don Andrews (67WB).
Note: Pete Dullum passed away in Oct 71 from
cancer. I remember him, even after having a lung
removed, skiing all out on trips to White Pass, and
Snowbird, or running up and down the stairs in his
parents "B" house on Mahan to keep in shape for
skiing. He had such a great attitude. He was the best
friend a person could have. His Mom, Millie Dullum,
lives alone in the same house at **** Mahan. If any of
you knew Pete please stop in and see her. She would
love the company. [Deleted Mahan address numbers for
Mrs. Dullum's privacy. If anybody wants it ask Bill
for it. -Maren]
We started out working our first year in the cannery
in Walla Walla, paying the high wages of $1.85/hr, but
after a lot of pushing on our part got the exciting
job of combine drivers paying a whopping $2.25/hr or
something like that. The group of us Bombers were the
entire crew.
We worked 12 hour days 7 days a week, some of the
time living in my dad's camper, the other time living
in small 2 bd room apartment in WW or Caldwell, ID
paying $50/month in rent. At the end of the day we
were covered in dirt from head to toe, and sick of
eating peas.
Looking back on it, we had fun times, but that sure
was hard work. Did any other Bombers work the peas?
How about lifting 100# sacks of potatoes, in Pasco
12hrs/day for $1.85/hr, or picking cherries,
asparagus, or grapes in Benton City? Those are a bunch
of different stories. I've already said too much.
-Bill Wingfield (67)
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>>From: Ed Temple (67)
To Steve Piippo (70):
Delivering your kids was pay back to you for
delivering our newspaper when we were kids. Glad to
see that your dad got the recognition with the naming
of the gym.
-Ed Temple (67)
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>>From: Steve Piippo (70)
To Mike Davis (74):
Who is the youngest player and what is/was the age
of the youngest player to play on a state championship
BOMBER team?
-Steve Piippo (70)
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>>From: Jeff Marcum (73)
Nice to see a place for all of us who bleed green
and gold to visit. My buddy Fritz Strankman told me
about it. To all of you who had Fred Strankman as a
coach, give him a call; he just got banged up in car
wreck, but is doing fine. And for Boo Boo and Boog,
when you need accurate stats, go to the source, Steve
(stats) Cassidy. The articles are great, nice to start
the day with a chuckle.
-Jeff Marcum (73)
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>>From: Mike Davis (74)
'74 Valedictorian wasn't me!
Might have been Denny!
-Mike Davis (74)
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>>From: Peg Kestell Hume (67)
Date: Wed 21:19
Subject: Los Alamos is burning to the ground.....
My family moved to Los Alamos, NM in 1969. Other
families, including the Hemphills, Keighers and
Parsons, moved here from Richland also. Ron Snow
(should have graduated with class of 67, but he went
into the Marines) and his wife, Peggy Jones Snow (who
did graduate in 67), live here also. I had already
graduated and had moved to Reno, NV. In 1976 I finally
joined my family in Los Alamos and immediately fell in
love with the area. Northern NM is just breath-taking,
or at least it was until today...........
Los Alamos is situated on the east side of the Jemez
(hay-mez) Mountains. This is a relatively small
mountain range that was created millions of years ago
by volcanic action. The mountains reach up to over
10,000 feet, with Los Alamos and the Los Alamos
National Lab sitting at 7,500 feet on the mesas that
flow out from this mountain range. The view from here
is like sitting on top of the world, you can see
across the valley to Santa Fe and the Sangre de Cristo
Mountains, and all the way up to Taos, NM.
The summer of '76 saw a devastating fire start up in
Bandelier National Monument. It was started by an
illegal campfire. It burned close to the highway
between Bandelier and S-site at the Los Alamos
National Lab. It actually jumped into S-site, but they
were able to keep it away from the explosives that are
stored under ground in cement bunker vaults. Then,
almost 20 years to the day later, Bandelier caught on
fire again, once again by an illegal campfire. That
day, April 26th, 1996, was my last day of driving
school bus for Los Alamos Public Schools. I was
planning on moving to Idaho the next week. As I was
leaving the mid school I spotted a curl of smoke
coming up out of Bandelier. I thought to myself "hmmm,
Bandelier is doing another controlled burn". How wrong
I was. The next day the fire exploded like an atomic
bomb. I was on my way to Santa Fe when it occurred,
and I will never forget the awe I felt while
witnessing it. The smoke rose up into the air over
36,000 feet! Smoke covered all of Santa Fe and the
Sangre de Cristo mountains. The sun, filtered by the
smoke, looked like a red tail-light! I moved up to
Idaho the next week and spent the rest of that summer
driving fire fighters to the forest fires. Since then
I have traveled all over the place, from Florida to
California, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, and New Mexico,
transporting the fire fighters, so it's safe to say
that I can accurately spot a forest fire, which is
what I did last Thursday nite. I drive a full-size
coach between the Albuquerque, NM airport and the
Santa Fe, NM, hotels, making 2-3 round trips a day.
Last Thurs. I was leaving Santa Fe around 8:15pm when
I once again spotted a curl of smoke coming up from
the Jemez Mountains. I know Los Alamos and the
surrounding mountains so well because they were my
playground for the 12 years that I lived there. I
hiked those mountains, skied those mountains, biked
those mountains, I worked at Pajarito Ski Hill for 7
years, I had an apartment that had a view of the ski
hill for 7 years........in other words, I knew exactly
where that curl of smoke was coming from.......Cerro
Grande Peak, just south of Pajarito Mountain, which is
the Los Alamos Ski Hill. By the time I got to the
bottom of La Bajada Hill, the mountain top had
exploded. I called it in to the State Police and it
wasn't until the next day that I found out that it was
a controlled burn started by Bandelier National Park!!
The next day the Western area of Los Alamos was
evacuated. My brother and his family, my 2 nieces and
their father and step-mother were among those
evacuated. Every time I had to drive to Santa Fe for
the next 4 days left me with a huge lump in my throat.
To see those mountains on fire brought tears to my
eyes every trip. But none of that effected me the way
today did. I was getting ready to go to work when my
phone rang. A friend was calling me to tell me that
the entire town site of Los Alamos was being
evacuated! 11,000 people were evacuated in 4 hours! In
the mean time the news coverage was so graphic that I
couldn't quit crying......it was like watching a loved
one die right in front of my eyes as a video shot the
fire leap across Los Alamos Canyon and into the
western area of the town. Live coverage, and there
went my beloved ski hill........needless to say, I
didn't go to work, it's hard to drive and cry at the
same time. There has been continuous news coverage of
this event for over 9 hours now. The fire creates it's
own weather as it builds, looking a lot like a thunder
head. It creates it's own wind, and today there were
50 mph winds coming from the southwest added to that.
Those winds caused the fire to jump the Los Alamos
Canyon into the western area where my nieces live. I
got on the phone immediately trying to get hold of
Peggy Jones Snow.............no answer. I knew my
brother and my nieces were safe in White Rock, NM
where they had been evacuated to 4 days earlier, but
the western area was the route that I had for my
school bus run the last 5 years I lived there. I was
so involved with the community, and many of my
kayaking and boating friends lived in the western
area, and many of the families of the kids I
transported. The hospital patients were evacuated to
Santa Fe, the nursing home patients to White Rock.
Shot after video shot showed one house after another
going up in flames, trails that I had hiked
gone..........now, they are saying that the northern
part of the community is on fire also. Many expensive
homes that are fairly new to the area are gone. The
golf course is gone. Explosion after explosion can be
heard over the tv as propane tanks explode. There are
2 gas stations that will be gone soon, as well as the
Los Alamos High School, which is across the street
from the Texaco station. So many lives devastated, and
all because of a DAMN CONTROLLED FIRE!! Am I pissed,
hell yes I'm pissed, and there's not a thing any of us
can do about it. The winds will be up to 60 mph
tomorrow, and no end in sight. The fire has now
sparked another fire to the NE of Los Alamos, and most
likely will continue to travel thru the Puye Cliff
Dwellings and on to Espanola NM. There is no end in
sight. I just heard on the news that they are calling
for the evacuation of Santa Clara Pueblo, and all
residents of Espanola on the west side of the Rio
Grande River......good grief.......there is no end in
sight.....The President is pissed, the Governor is
pissed, and I am pissed. (you can delete this Maren,
but I just HAD to say it!) Right now they are saying
the smoke has risen to over 26,000 feet, and traveled
over 90 miles. Is this the wrath of God? So much for
having built the Bomb here.....(and yes, this is
REALLY where it was built)
Paradise Lost.
I'm sure this will spark (no pun intended) a lot of
controversy over controlled burning. Having been as
closely involved in fighting fires as I have, I
realize there is a need for thinning down and dead
brush...........but you don't do it during one of the
2 windiest months of the year, and in the presence of
a severe draught, which is what New Mexico has been
experiencing for over 2 years now. Los Alamos Ski Hill
only opened for 3 days in '99, and didn't open at all
this year. No doubt, it won't be open again in our
life-time. I was supposed to go to Ron and Peggy's
house this Sunday to teach Peggy what Pam Ehinger
and I have learned in taking over the 67 web
page. No doubt, that's NOT what we will be doing come
Sunday. I just hope Ron and Peggy get hold of me soon,
so I can find out how they are doing, and where they
are staying. This tragedy has sparked unbelievable
response from the communities. Expensive hotels in
Santa Fe have offered to put up people for $25 a nite,
Glorieta Baptist Convention Center in the Sangre de
Cristo Mountains has offered free lodging. The TV
stations in Abq. have started relief funds and
clothing and food donations are pouring in. What am I
doing here plucking away on my computer?? I should
really be out volunteering, but feel that this needs
to get out to the Sandstorm due to Richland's
closeness to the Lab. A relief fund has been set up
with Bank of Albuquerque, if you are inclined to
donate money. They feel that is the best way to offer
help right now. Sorry, they aren't showing the phone
number for the bank right now. I'll post it later.
I have been battling 40-50 mile an hour winds between
Abq. and SF. for over 7 weeks now, and I can not
believe that this prescribed burn should have ever
been started. This is of epic proportion. Watch your
national news, this story is the number one news out
there.
Peg Kestell Hume '67
P.S. from Wed. 22:29
This is the number that is being posted if you want to
help out with monetary donations......1-877-424-3232
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 5/12/00
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17 Bombers sent stuff:
Ken Ely (49), Darlene Minard (60),
Mike Lewis (60), Helen Cross (62),
Linda Reining (64), Tedd Cadd (66),
Christopher Lih (67), Peg Kestell (67),
[Sharon Keigher (65)/Vikki Kestell (70)]
Betti Avant (69), Danny Bowling (70),
Stephen Schraedel (70), Steve Piippo (70),
Frank Trent (72), Dan King (77),
Rick Hodgson (78)
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>>From: Ken Ely (49)
I believe the valedictorians from the class of '49 were:
Richard Boyd, Elizabeth Meyers, Patricia Monroe, and
Mary Musser.
Richard Roberts, Ray Gillette, and/or Ann May Wann
Thompson may want to correct this list if necessary.
Howard Walker and I worked in the pea fields of the
Smith family in Dayton, WA after our freshman year of
college, 1950. We slept in tents and showered in water
warmed by the sun. We were in the field from 6 to 6
and our lunch was brought to us so we wouldn't have to
leave the field. I think our pay was 60 cents an hour,
but I'm not positive about that.
-Ken Ely (49)
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>>From: Darlene Minard Mortensen (60)
Just a reminder about the picnic for the class of
'60, Saturday night, June 24 at the Howard Amon Park
from 4-9 p.m. This is not to replace the reunion in
August but will give us a chance to get together
during the R2K Reunion in June.
Connie Madron Hall (60) can give you a list of
those who are planning to attend the picnic. If you
would like your name added to the list, contact her.
Hope to see you there.
-Darlene Minard Mortensen (60)
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>>From: Mike Lewis (60)
Mainly to Janice Woods Ehrke (60-PHS)
Must be something slippery destined for the level;
some time later (around 1968) I dropped a 25 pound
canister of blue phthalocyanine dye powder at Xerox
and naturally the whole end came off. That's the blue
dye used in blue ball point pen ink. It's very dry,
fine powder and reminds one of the stuff in puffballs
in the dry season.
Too many coincidences for words: my mother's name
was Janice. And of course you lived on Lewis street.
-Mike Lewis (60)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk (62)
To Bill Wingfield (67):
I remember working in the strawberry and bean
fields in Eugene and Salem, Oregon, before I could
even drive, before I even got to RHS. My brother, Roy
(68), and my cousins, Allen, Bob (62), and Carol and I
all did it. We lived with relatives. We had alot of
fun, but it was hard work. And being a social worker,
I always felt it gave me a better perspective in
understanding people who didn't have enough.
I'm discussing getting a summer job with my son,
Ryan who has just finished his first year at Purdue,
and in remembering how we worked at what ever job we
could find, somehow I just can't explain to him, that
he might not get a perfect job now.
I worked at Densow's Drugstore part-time for 2
years while in high school. That was when I finally
turned l6 and could legally get a job.
I had worked in the summer for Howard and Helen
Chittly caring for their 3 young children while they
taught swimming in their back yard. No disrespect to
the Chittys, I learned some valuable lessons about
family values from being with them, but for a l5 year
old girl, it was hard work, and I'm sure was the
deciding factor for me, to push on to get my education
and have some fun before I even thought about getting
married and having kids.
See you at the Reunion.
-Helen Cross Kirk (62)
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>>From: Linda Reining (64)
RE: first jobs
First "real" job I had was after graduation and I
went to work at "Stop 'n Go" (later Max's Broiler)
restaurant in the Kennewick Highlands. I worked
the shift from 6 p.m. till the place closed at 2 a.m.
The couple that owned the place, Max and Ruth,
would drive by at 2 in the morning, to make sure
that the place was closed and then they would go home.
The pies were baked on the premises and we had to
count our tickets and write down how many slices of
pie were sold and which ones ---- then, the cook would
decide which pies were "keepers" and which ones she
didn't need to bake anymore. When the Tri-City Braves
were in town, they would come in and their meals were
paid for at the end of the season. Well, I didn't know
that, so when they came in, I served them and gave
them their bills, they told me to put them under the
counter in the cigar box and they would take care of
it later. I thought, "yeah right" ----- so, I told
them if they didn't pay, I was going to be in trouble
and they just laughed and walked out the door. I don't
think I slept all night, just knowing that I was going
to be fired when I got to work the next night. I
wasn't, but I left there for "greener pastures": the
potato sheds in Pasco! Had to be there by 6 in the
morning, and started out on the "line" sorting through
the potatoes that were on the conveyor belt. They had
been soaked in a lye solution and our job was to pick
out the rotten ones. After doing this job for about
three weeks, I was convinced that anyone could do this
job in their sleep, and in fact that is just what
happened! Had been up late the night before and was
"sleep-standing" at my station when one of the gals
next to me nudged me and said I was sleeping and the
boss was watching me!!!!!! Stayed on that line for
about another month and then "progressed" to the
tater-tot room, which was always kept cold, cause the
tater-tots were packaged frozen ---- we wore gloves
and heavy coats, and the temperature outside was HOT -
---- we really looked odd when we would take our lunch
break and go outside with the others ---- course, once
outside, you immediately realized why you were being
stared at.
After those two experiences, I decided my "career"
needed to go in a new direction ---- so, I got married
and became a mommy. Best choice I ever made.
-Linda Reining (64)
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>>From: Tedd Cadd (66)
RE: Pea harvest, Corn, Wheat and etc.
Hi, there Mr. Wingfield...
Yeah, I worked two summers in the canneries in WW.
Corn and peas and one other crop I can't remember. I
worked mostly night shift -- same 12/7 hours you
quoted. It was not particularly difficult work.
With one exception: Loading the boxcars. For some
weeks, I stacked boxes of #10 cans (6 in each box) in
boxcars along side the cannery. There were two of us
and, in a short while, we were able to throw the boxes
pretty much into place much like shooting a basket.
Best muscles I've ever had...
I still carry a skill from the corn work. The cobs
had to be at least three inches long to go through the
cutters. I learned the precise point at which my thumb
and fore finger were three inches apart. I just now
tried it and then measured it with a ruler and I was
only 1/8th inch off.
One summer after I was married and still at WSU, I
wanted to ensure I got as much work in as possible and
worked peas and then got on at another cannery in a
second crop. When that crop started to come in, I was
still working at the pea line. In order to keep the
other job, I ended up working 12 hrs at the one place
and 10 at the other. I remember that I did it, but
that week was a blur. Pam came in at one point to see
why I was taking so long in the tub only to find me
asleep (little wonder!). Fortunately it only lasted a
few days and I could drop the 12 hour job.
I also drove wheat trucks one summer. The wheat was
really good to eat fresh like that. Only excitement
was nearly rolling a loaded truck (30 ton gross) down
a hillside as I was taking on wheat from the combine.
As we went around the hill, it got steeper. I didn't
realize how steep until I started to slide sideways
down the hill. It took us an hour to get it out after
we tried different methods of just driving it out. The
solution turned out to be using a combine to tow it to
safer ground.
-Tedd Cadd (66)
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>>From: CB (Christopher, Chris) Lih (67)
RE: Coming home
To whom it may concern,
I just wanted to announce the return to Richland of
myself and my sweetie, Marita Plachta Lih (both '67).
We'll be coming in shifts. My last day of work here in
Mississippi is 5-22-2000. I'll be driving back to the
Atomic City immediately after (should take a week).
Marita will need to extricate herself from her job, so
we're not sure when she'll arrive.
We've purchased the old Lih homestead and will be
living with my parents on Harris Avenue. At present I
do not have a job in the Tri-Cities (I do computer
technical support, help desk, if you are looking for
some) but hope to rectify that soon. I guess this
means I'll be able to attend R2K! We look forward to
re-establishing relationships in the home of the
Bombers.
-CB (Christopher, Chris) Lih (67)
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>>From: Peg Kestell Hume (67)
Maren, I forwarded my Sandstorm entry to Sharon
Keigher (65) last nite after I sent it off to the
Sandstorm. I wasn't sure if she was still in England,
or if she had returned to her home in Wisconsin. It
appears she was back at home.
Please post this letter from her to the Sandstorm
tonight, as well as my follow up report here. Her
parents, Don and Mary Lou Keigher live in a new senior
retirement center (100 Oppenheimer Center) directly
across the street from the apartment complex I lived
in for 7 years, and next door to Fuller Lodge. It has
been untouched by the firestorm so far. Her father,
Don Keigher has been very instrumental in many
projects in Los Alamos (LA) striving to save and
restore a historical building called Fuller Lodge.
(you can see the inside of Fuller Lodge by renting the
movie "The Milagro Beanfield War". Robert Redford is
sitting at a desk inside the Lodge) Los Alamos started
out as a boys school, and Fuller Lodge was the dorm
and school I believe.
I watched the news last nite till way past midnite,
only to get up this morning to find out that all of
White Rock (WR) had been evacuated...... 15,000
people. My brother and his family are now safe here in
Abq. at his in-laws, and my nieces are in Santa Fe. I
still don't know where Ron and Peggy Jones Snow (67)
are, but I'm sure they are safe. In all, over 22,000
people have been evacuated from LA, WR, and Espanola,
12 miles to the northeast from LA. At best count, over
150 homes have burned, but the fire is still raging,
and many homes are burning as I write this. (The news
just said that this count is now up to 3-400 homes
damaged) There was a briefing a few minutes ago in
which numerous government officials repeatedly stated
that AT NO time is the Lab in danger of releasing
radio-active material...... it is well stored and away
from the fire. I'll be back at work this afternoon,
hopefully with my emotions a little better under
control as I make my trek northward to Santa Fe, with
the Jemez Mountains off to my left. We are very
fortunate so far, with only the loss of material
belongings, and only one minor injury to a fireman,
and no casualties.
-Peg KESTELL Hume (67)
(not Ehinger!)
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From: Sharon Keigher (65)
To: Peg Kestlell Hume (67)
Dear Peg,
Thank you for the most graphic news I've been able
to find on the whole internet. My folks are staying at
LaFonda Hotel tonight. Dad is pretty calm, but it
could be he didn't want to worry me. mom was obviously
really frazzled. She'd had several ladies over for
lunch and just as they sat down to eat, someone
knocked on the door with the news everyone had to
evacuate in a half hour.
I was oblivious to this til about 9 pm when my sister
called, asking if I'd seen TV. I never see TV. And
when I started looking, of course, all I or she caught
was the same 30 sec's of bumper to bumpers driving out
of town in the terrible smoke. I since found the LA
Monitor on the web, with graphic photos and all, but
the coverage was only up to the Tuesday paper, of
course. That explained how some people had been
evacuated clear back o Saturday. Dad said they'd been
warning people for days not to open their windows in
their building, "which is fine because that's why we have
air conditioning." they took off in the van with their
suitcases, and at the last minute thought better of
splitting up and taking the new little Golf down to
White Rock. They've left in in the covered parking at
Oppenheimer, along with everything else.
God, it IS soooo SAD. My dad made sure that
building has so many sprinklers in it, it may well be
the safest building in town. But no guarantees with
this. It must be incredible to see fire jump like
that. I imagined Dad hanging out to save Fuller Lodge
(he chaired the committee that brought it up to code a
few yrs ago and sprinkled it). . . . ironically, they
are off the the Nat'l Fire Protection Assn in Denver
on Saturday. Can you beat that? So, they've packed for
their trip and are trying to pretend (I suspect) this
is just another leisurely trip. but several from
Oppenheimer Place are at the La Fonda tonight, all
watching the tube nonstop. Probably no one will sleep.
Your description of this beautiful exquisite place
is very lovely. I don't think I've appreciated it
nearly as much as I should. It is an incredibly strong
community too tho, so I'm not as worried for their
mental health as I will be if it keeps on going to hit
these really poor communities like Espanola, or worse,
the Pueblo.
BTU, Dad does not blame the Supt. at Bandelier. He
said the guy has taken full responsibility, but i read
that he'd not seen the latest weather report the day
they did the burning. Dad really feels if they want to
blame somebody, blame Oppenheimer and Groves for
picking this site in the first place. Fire has always
been a huge danger from the beginning. He was on duty
in the one 20 yrs ago, and feels the lab learned a lot
from it. Indeed, he's really impressed that the
interagency group (feds, state and local govt.) have
been planning for such an event for 2 years, which is
how they were able to evacuate 11,000 people in a
couple of hours. He says they even cut two new dirt
routes out from the North so as to evacuate out up
there also.
We're all praying with you out there. I'll be in
touch. Thanks.
Sharon
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Later update from Peg Kestell Hume (67)
An update now, The American Red Cross is now THE
place to contact for being able to make monetary
donations 1-800-717-7101 You can place donations by
using your Visa, Master Card, or American Express.
This money goes to supply food, clothing, lodging and
mental health counseling for the victims of this
horrendous firestorm. I just heard that the High
School Gym caught on fire, so far the school is safe,
but right next to the gym. The wind has shifted and is
blowing out of the west. All the mesas in LA run out
from the mountain, from the west to the east, so what
ever homes were not burned last nite when the wind was
blowing from the southwest to the northeast are now
directly in the path of this fire.. Many thought their
homes were safe, but the winds are whipping this fire
up, changing the direction, so that those who thought
they were safe, aren't. The fire has split, and gone
around the Lab to the south, headed towards Pajarito
Acres and White Rock, and to the north, thru the town
site, and on towards Espanola. The small mountain
communities of Canoncito, Coyote, and Abiquiu are
being evacuated.
Thanx for helping me get this out Maren,
-Peg Kestell Hume (67)
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Later update from Vikki Kestell (70):
Peg was just called out to drive bus for the fire
fighters. She'll be incommunicado for who knows how
long.
The good news:
My former brother-in-law, Ken, called my mom.
Apparently, someone sneaked up into Los Alamos and
drove around a bit. He told Ken that his house was
still standing! WOW! Not confirmed yet, but hopeful.
The bad news:
He also reported many burned out houses and cars.
The radio estimates 150 homes at this point. I saw
video this morning on the news of an apartment complex
(looked like about 20 units). Just the foundation was
left.
This will probably be the worst day of the fire as
the wind has picked up and is gusting at 50-65 mph.
When you are at 7,300 feet and the wind is blowing,
things burn like a hurricane blows. The ignition
factor is nine. That means that out of every ten
airborne sparks, nine ignite. They've evacuated all
the communities north of Los Alamos up to 25 miles
away: Santa Clara Pueblo, Espanola, and the little
grant township of Abiqiui Grant.
When the wind is blowing this hard, they can't even
attempt to fight it. No person could out run a blaze
that hot or that fast.
That's it for now. Guess I just needed to unload to
someone. Got instant e-mail after the special edition
Sandstorm from Bomber Dan Henry (68) who now lives in
Kalispell, MT. Thanks for the coverage.
Bomber cheers (droopy, but still cheering)
-Vikki Kestell (70)
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>>From: Betti Avant (69)
RE: AW dinners
I, too remember the A&W Mama burgers. When I was
young I was not a very big fan of mustard and we
usually had sweet pickles. However, the first time I
tasted a Mama burger at the A&W with onions, dill
pickles, and mustard I was hooked. The combination was
delicious. Occasionally on Friday nights after Mom and
Dad came home from work we would pile into the car and
go to A&W for dinner. It was such fun sitting in the
car and eating, as they had no inside tables at that
time. I have often wondered if the burgers are the
same now as they were then. There is an A&W drive-in
(just like then) in a neighboring town. I lived there,
but never went to it (I guess I should have just to
see if they [the Mama burgers] taste the same). Just
some food for thought.
-Betti Avant (69)
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>>From: Danny Bowling (70)
RE: Agriculture jobs in the Columbia basin
Of course, I remember working the farm jobs in the
area. Daisy Cartwright's mom drove us to Benton City
to hoe weeds out of the mint fields in about 1964 and
1965. We started real early in the morning and only
worked 8 hours. I must have been 12 or 13 years old. I
think the pay was under $1 per hour.
Steve Dreher (70) and I went to Dayton one summer
(after our junior year I think) to work the pea
harvest. We both drove swathers (backwards tractors
with a sickle bar and conveyor to windrow the vines).
We stayed in the company camp/housing with all kinds
of transients, alcoholics, and unsavory folks. We fit
in. After the pea harvest I went to drive truck for
the wheat harvest. That summer was full of adventure
for a young man's first extended time away from home.
I bought a cherry red 1939 Plymouth coupe for $100 and
found a girlfriend in Walla Walla.
There was the job in the cherry orchard in Benton
City, working on the Bennett's cattle ranch north of
Pasco, and loading alfalfa pellets on rail cars at
night.
I heard that Steve Dreher took a few wrong turns.
Does anybody know about him and his family?
Submitted,
-Danny Bowling (70)
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>>From: Stephen Schraedel (70)
To Peg Kestell Hume (67)
Peg,
This is a totally tragic event. We are terribly
sorry, and yet I know that words seem so hollow. I
hope that you can feel some comfort in this time of
loss, and harbor the least amount of bitterness
possible, if any, toward those nameless beings who are
responsible.
Much love,
-Stephen Schraedel a '79 Bomber
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>>From: Steve Piippo (70)
To Ed Temple (67):
That was a heck of a long paper route. Three long
blocks on Birch and three long blocks on Acacia, one
side of the street. Taught me a work ethic carrying
all those papers on Sunday morning. Your house was
usually the last house. Interesting, I remember an
ancient Bomber named Denny Duncan (66), also a
creative exciting basketball player, who apparently
had a 'foxy' girlfriend on my paper route. Duncan had
moves off the court too.
-Steve Piippo (70)
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>>From: Frank Trent (72)
To Rick Chapple (72)
It's no Wonder we think so highly of you ... You
are, and always have been, an inspiration to us all.
Thanks, Rick.
-Frank Trent (72)
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>>From: Dan King (77)
I've been following the Sandstorm for some time now
and have enjoyed reminiscing, with many other readers
I am sure, about the good old days. I have especially
found pleasure with entries referring to the
Southenders, or more specifically to the locations,
events, and happenings that fulfilled our lives in the
southend of Richland.
The All Bomber reunion promises to be a very
special event, and I am regretful I will not be able
to attend. I am pleased to see a golf event planned
for this occasion, but this is the reason I feel
compelled to write. I noticed in yesterdays archives
Columbia Point was referred to as "previously
Shamnapum."
I must make a clarification here because all of us
'Shammy-Boys' know that Columbia Point never was, nor
will ever be in the same league as the course we grew
up on. I mean no disrespect to Columbia Point, but
Shamnapum was Bomber country and will forever hold its
own in any links conversation amongst pre 90's Bomber
Alum.
Have a great time at the reunion, and remember, the
Chief will be watching.
-Dan King (77)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: Rick Hodgson (78)
Date: Thu May 11 15:27:30 2000
Class of 78
Long time Richland resident currently living in
Seattle and working in Santa Monica. Hope to hear from
other '78 grads and past friends from Carmichael and
RHS wherever you may be. Thanks for the site.
-Rick Hodgson (78)
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13 Bombers sent stuff:
Ray Gillette (49), Tom Tracy (55),
Fred Phillips (60), Jim House (63),
Betti Avant (69), Dennis Strege (71),
Maggie Gilstrap (74), Stacey Parker (94),
Mandy Holmes (97), 1 from January, 2000
3 Guestbook entries with unclear information.
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>>From: Ray Gillette (49)
To Ken Ely '49 and other 49ers,
Ken, you are absolutely correct with your list of
Valedictorians (i.e., Dick Boyd, Mary Musser, Liz
Meyers, and Pat Monroe). I might add that the
Salutatorian was my old high school buddy, Philip M.
Raekes. He might say that the reason he wasn't also a
Valedictorian was that he ran around with me too much
during those times when he could have been studying.
(Wouldn't be true, of course). Maybe too much time
with Dick Roberts (?). Not really Richard.....
-Ray Gillette (49)
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>>From: Tom Tracy (55)
Thanks to all the classmates and the super-charged
people from Bomber Town who still keep our "glow in
the dark" spirit of a few short decades ago. It's a
spirit well worth keeping alive.
I remarked to my wife smiled when I told her that
"everyone else has probably become so bald and
overweight... they won't even recognize me"... I look
forward to the planned basketball game..... They say
that "you're only as old as you "FEEL".... the day
AFTER you try to prove it".
Aahh, such great memories of the '40's and '50's of
that wonderful town in that wonderful era. And the
"spudnuts"... wow. Can't wait for a rack of those...
"A waist is such a terrible thing to mind." Used to
drop by and see Jerry Reed there. He practically
started managing the place when he was in Jr. High it
seems. Think he was our first business executive from
class of '55.
...from Marcus Whitman, to Carmichael and Chief
Joseph and then to Col Hi.... and Bomber land... what a
trip! All the great friends... wonderful faculty,
super coaches and community spirit. "What did we do to
deserve all the beautiful, bright and vivacious
girls?"... Could it have been the radiance from
radioactive releases?... some say it was... makes one
wonder.
Extend thanks to all those who have worked hard to
make this event possible. A special thanks to Bill
Rowe's sister for contacting Susan Nussbaum Reeb -- a
Chief Joseph, Col Hi Grad and [A Boise Cascade Corp
Executive] and sister to Janice Nussbaum Sinderson '55
(Married Jack Sinderson '54). Susan mentioned the
names of Norris Brown, Bill Johnson, Bill Rowe,
Tilbert Neal, C.W. Brown, Pat Crook and the names of
some of those great classmates and younger players who
brought instant recall of so many good memories.
I look forward to the big celebration in June and
seeing all the great classmates. Seems like yesterday
at times.
Long Live the Bombers!!!
Best regards,
-Tom Tracy (55)
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>>From: Fred Phillips (60)
The Valedictorian of the Class of '60 was Mike
Waggoner. I'm sorry to say it, but like several other
valedictorians from Col-Hi (as well as quite a few of
us who were classified as "underachievers") he sold
his soul and became a lawyer. Our salutatorian was the
Prez, Howard Kirz, who went on to fame and medical
school but, unfortunately, didn't learn how to
efficiently catch and lobotomize the lawyers.
-Fred Phillips (60)
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>>From: Jim House (63)
RE: R2K at Denny's?
To Mike Davis (74)
Perhaps you can go to Denny's this weekend and
offer to bus tables. You might earn $10.00 so you can
buy your R2K ASB card. Provide extra service with a
smile and you might earn another $15.00 so you can
order a Bomber T-shirt.
The R2K Committee anxiously awaits your order, old
neighbor.
-Jim House (63)
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>>From: Betti Avant (69)
RE: "Stop 'n Go"
You can sure tell my mind is on food lately. I
guess it is because I am trying to lose a few pounds.
Anyway, I too remember the "Stop 'n Go" as they used
to have the most delicious chicken basket. It came in
a plastic basket with I believe french fries. I can't
remember if there was anything else in the basket or
not. I believe they called it broasted. That was long
before K.F.C. became popular. It seems we went to a
place in Milton Freewater that had a similar dinner.
On a couple of occasions on Sundays after church we
would go to Walla Walla and see my cousin, Jean
Bruntlett (class of 62) while she was a student at
Whitman. I recall the place was between Walla Walla
and Tollgate anyway, so probably was in Milton
Freewater.
Talking about first jobs, mine was babysitting,
like I am sure alot of you did. I took a course after
school in Jr. High and passed a test to show I knew
what I was doing. I made a big .50 an hour. That
wasn't bad in those days, at least it gave me some
spending money plus I put some in the bank for my
college education.
Well, enough for now.
-Betti Avant (69)
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>>From: Dennis Strege (71)
For the Class of 1971, the top five students highest
in scholarship in alphabetical order are:
James Davis
Paula Higby
Vanessa Pugh (Valedictorian)
Peggy Roesch
Henry Vea (Salutatorian)
-Dennis Strege (71)
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>>From: Margaret Gilstrap O'Hara (74)
To the Bombers of Los Alamos
My heart really goes out to all of the people who
live in and around Los Alamos. There is not a person I
have talked to in Big Lake, Alaska who's heart is not
going out to you all. We went through the Big Lake-
Millers Reach fire, started by fireworks, almost 4
years ago. To many of us it is just like yesterday. I
have watched the fire on CNN and many times have just
sat with tears rolling down my face, it is pain and
destruction you never forget. My husband and I, with a
few friends, refused to leave and battled the fire for
over 48 hours with no sleep. We were some of the
fortunate ones and did not lose our homes and business
to the fire. I believe the worst part of the fire was
not knowing where friends and family were. Our local
radio station helped with that. Even if the power is
cut off many people will have a radio turned on. If
someone was missing they called the station and they
put it over the airwaves, soon that family was calling
in.
As sad as it is losing all your momentos keep
remembering its only stuff........ You are safe, your
family is safe and hopefully your friends are safe. My
husband keeps telling me "What does not kill you only
makes you stronger" He was right the Big Lake area
pulled together and made this a better, stronger area.
-Margaret Gilstrap O'Hara (74)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: Stacey Parker (94)
Date: Thu May 11 23:10:40 2000
Class of 94
I just wanted to say "hi"- I just found this site,
it's really neat! I have many good memories of being a
Bomber, and miss Richland. I am currently living in
Phoenix, AZ, but will always consider Richland my
home. Anyone out there from class of 94? I would love
to hear from you!
-Stacey Parker (94)
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>>From: Mandy Holmes Taylor (97)
Is there an ongoing question/need for valedictorian
names from each graduating class? The class of 97 had
eight of them, and if I stretch really hard I can
remember all of them, but if any of my fellow
graduates remembers everyone, please give it a better
shot. The ones I remember off the top of my head are:
Eric Allwine, Ryan Plaisted, Joan Doran, Abby Krause,
Heather Eggen, and Kaci Young. I know I'm missing
some more, anyone else remember?
As for me, I'm living in Fontana, California with my
husband. I'm starting a new job on Monday and wish I
could go to the reunion, but I'm afraid I won't make
it up there.
I, too, send my condolences and thoughts to those
suffering losses in Los Alamos. I am truly sorry.
God speed recovery and help.
Until next time, keep the faith and try to smile.
Green and gold forever,
-Mandy Holmes Taylor (97)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
[Class year and maiden name not specified. -Maren]
>>From: Linda Thomas Richardson
Date: Sun May 7 03:58:08 2000
Can't believe I found this site... especially
since I found out about it from a letter I received
from my boyfriend of the 5th grade.. "Dickie"
Fitzmaurice..he lived next door to Jim Walton (a 1960
graduate) who dated my sister Jeanie (a 1962
graduate)... thanks Dick for the connection!!!
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
[maiden name not specified. -Maren]
>>From: deborah stordahl (holt)
Date: Fri May 12 03:22:37 2000
76 Middle Age Kids
I just got a computer if you can believe that. I
think I'm one of the hold outs. Any of you that
remember me drop me a line and let me know how life
has treated you. Mine has been great! Still stay in
touch with Lynne Teverbaugh - old friends are the best
friends. They know most of your secrets!! Hope to here
from some of you guys.
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
[No class year -- maiden name not specified. -Maren]
>>From: JUDY LEE (WARD) COLEAN
Date: Sun May 7 21:26:19 2000
INSANITY. ARE WE THERE YET?
Just found out about the reunion and I think it's
great. Five kids and eleven grandkids later I think i
need a reunion! Name change to jlee ray long story.
Teach autistic children, life is great see you this
summer. Let me know more. See ya!
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[Here's one from in January - I've asked "MYLAWNMAN3"
several times, but to no avail. So we still don't know
who this is from. Class year 1970??? -Maren]
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>>From: MYLAWNMAN3@aol.com
RE: HI
LOOKING FOR DELENE NICHOLSON
WITH HER IN CLASS OF 1970
HAVE NOT SEEN HER IN 12 YEARS
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10 Bombers sent stuff:
Ken Ely (49), Al Parker (53),
Carol Hollingsworth (55), Tom Tracy (55),
Darlene Trethewey (56), Dennis Robertson (60),
Howard Kirz (60), Gary Behymer (64),
Reesia Petty (71), Mike Davis (74)
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>>From: Ken Ely (49)
To Ray Gillette and other '49ers:
Thanks for your input.
Another Salutatorian was Glen Turner. There may
have been others but I can't recall.
Any ideas out there?
-Ken Ely (49)
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>>From: Carol Hollingsworth Entrikin (55)
To: Tom Tracy (55)
Thanks....... I could not for the life of me
remember who worked at Spudnut for so long.........
Jerry Reed!!! I can see him still with his white
jacket on or am I just senile? Anyway, Tom, say Hi to
Jerry for me if you see him and also Jan Nussbaum and
Jack Sinderson live in Roseville here. I ran into her
18 years ago in the grocery store when we first moved
here. What a surprise. Glad to hear you are well and
planning to play again. The last time I saw you play
you were a skinny little thing but quite the
hoopster!!! Loving Memories.
-Carol Hollingsworth Entrikin (55)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: Tom Tracy (55)
Date: Sat May 13 03:32:48 2000
Glad to find the Bomber Page
Ralph Myrick (51) and Susan Nussbaum Reeb (63)
helped me find the Richland High Bomber Website. I
have been reading so much "catch up" stuff...
especially enjoy reading posts by Marilyn Richey (53).
She was so active in our school and such a great
athlete herself. Her understanding of the games puts
her at the top of the class!!!... I remember batting
against her. She was a fantastic softball pitcher. Her
comment about Art Dawald's Fast break was right on
target. Dawald's skill matched that of Frank Keaney of
Rhode Island State's "Firehouse Basketball"... You got
your money's worth .. .a full game of excellent
basketball.. closest coach to that fast break was Paul
Westhead's Loyola Marymount team... you couldn't buy a
ticket to the games there... if you blinked you missed
half the action. It's fun to read about classmates. I
consider myself fortunate to have had the classmates
from Marcus Whitman to Carmichael and Chief Joseph to
Richland High... what memories.
-Tom Tracy (55)
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>>From: Darlene Trethewey Dunning (56)
Does anyone know the where abouts of Steve McAllister,
Class of 56?
-Darlene Trethewey Dunning (56)
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>>From: Dennis Robertson Beatty (60)
HAPPY Mothers Day
Have really enjoyed reading all the very fine
remembrances of Richland. Some of the most interesting
are the memories some have shared about their parents
and some of the things that happened back in the days
when for the most part mothers stayed home and took
care of the family. These stories are treasures and
one should always cherish them and pass them on to the
next generation.
As the mothers of today, all of you, May God Bless
you and Keep you and your families safe. Have a
wonderful Mother's Day. For the children, remember,
everyday should be some type of Mothers day so that
you remember them and tell them you love them. They
may not always be there and when they are gone it is
too late.
Once again, Happy Mothers Day to all the Bomber Mom's.
See ya at R2K.
-Dennis Robertson Beatty (60)
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>>From: Howard Kirz (60)
To Fred Phillips, LLD (60):
Fred,
Your typically brilliant thinking about solving the
lawyer problem really struck a cord. Maybe we could
collaborate. You know something catchy like "You Catch
Em, We Clean Em" (Free lobotomies for lawyers while
you wait)
-Howard Kirz MD (60), of Counsel
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>>From: Gary Behymer (64)
Anyone from the Class of 1962 have an address for
Carol Rice Humphrey? See e-mail below.
-Gary Behymer (64)
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: please help
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 20:50:56 -0000
From: "Dorothy Beck"
To: Gary Behymer
Hi,
I'm trying to locate my cousin who lived in
Richland. I believe she would have graduated
somewhere near 1959. Her name was Carol Rice, her
parents were William and Stella Rice. I would really
appreciate any help you might be able to give. I have
family pictures that I know she would like to have and
would really like to make contact.
Thanks,
Dorothy Beck
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>>From: Reesia Petty Mitchell (71)
Hi,
Just wanted to let you know I like reading all. I
enjoy school, but had some difficulties cuz kids will
be kids and with my Cerebral Palsy, they were not very
nice to me at times. (Now I bet they wish they were). I
hope some of them have taught there kids that they
should be nice to the ones that need extra help.
Anyway, if most people remember me, I took it all in
stride and kept a smile on my face most the time. Keep
the words coming, it is fun reading all. I live in
Montana now, but go home for visits during the summer.
-Reesia Petty Mitchell (71)
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>>From: Mike Davis (74)
I want to take this opportunity to wish a Happy
Mother's Day to the most remarkable lady I know. My
Mother raised six of us always putting our needs and
desires before hers. She is getting older now and
slowing down a bit but her heart continues to grow
every day. Her capacity to love is unmatched and her
guidance she has shown us through the years is
appreciated by all of us.
I love you very much, Mom. Have a wonderful day!
-Mike Davis (74)
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14 Bombers sent stuff:
Betty Bell (51), Phil Gant (54),
Tom Tracy (55), Ann Bishop (56),
Bill Chapman (60), Kay Lynch (60),
Larry Mattingly (60), Jim "Pitts" Armstrong (63),
Linda McKnight (65), Pam Ehinger (67),
Barb Domarotsky (73), Greg Alley (73),
Mike Davis (74), April Miller (92)
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>>From: Betty Bell Norton (51)
To Betti Avant (69):
You were talking about the Stop n' Go: In the
spring of 1952 I worked at Max's Stop n' Go when it
was at the Wye, across from the drive-in theater. It
was small, and you had to walk up to the window to get
your order placed and to pick it up. After that I went
to work at Korten's Music Store, and worked there
until after I got married (in January 1954), until
that summer.
-Betty Bell Norton (51)
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>>From: Phil Gant (54)
To Reesia Petty Mitchell (71):
Your message was simply beautiful!! If I may say so
I actually cried when I read your words. I am a 1954
graduate and I know that many of the classes before
and after had classmates in similar situations that
had to struggle to 'fit in'. It wasn't fair then and
it isn't fair now. You yourself said 'kids will be
kids' and yes kids can be cruel but I want you to know
that even as kids we knew what was wrong and right and
even though we didn't always act like it we should
have been more understanding of situations like yours.
I for one would like to apologize to you and others
who didn't quite fit the norm. In my era it was Arlo
Beadles who was a neighbor on McPherson and someone I
really liked a lot. He had his problems (spastic) but
eventually our 'group' accepted him and he became a
true friend. And yes, as kids we teased him which we
should not have done. If we could do it all over again
it would not have happened! Many of my friends and
relatives have said that. We do 'learn' but sometimes
it is not soon enough. So, Reesia I sincerely thank
you for your touching message and I hope you and your
family are having a great mother's day and God bless!
-Phil Gant (54)
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>>From: Tom Tracy (55)
To Carol Hollingsworth!!! (55):
Hey, It's so great to hear from you and share the
super memories of the Richland High era. I often
visited with Jerry Reed at the Spudnut shop. The
spudnuts didn't have the effect on me then that they
do now. I laughed at your comment about skinny. I'm a
little bit taller now. 6'1" and a bit heavier @ 195
lbs. Wish I could recapture the metabolism we had in
those days. You were always one of the most fun ladies
in our class. I remember such wonderful times at the
noon dances, sock hops and just visiting with friends
in the hall. We jump-started the mid-50s for the other
generations.
Please tell me where you are and what you are
doing? I'm living in Boise, Idaho. Own a couple of
small aircraft systems manufacturing businesses.
Design and market new patents for corporate and
commercial jet aircraft. Right after college I taught
for 4 yrs., then became principal for 5 more. Had
college teaching/coaching offer in Boston. Went there
to finish grad work and then a headhunter offered me a
chance to return to Boise 3 yrs later to school adm
here. Loved the college kids and coaching then.
Have 3 grown sons and 7 grandchildren. All out of
college and on their own... "Whew!"... but it was fun.
Our coach, Art Dawald, could have been a great
college or professional coach. We were fortunate to
have such a wizard working with us. Anyone who could
turn such a skinny, stumbling kid like me into a
player has to be a good coach. I was lucky to have
played with such good teammates. And have friends in
school like you.
Carol, please tell me where you are and what's been
happening in your life. You were always one of the
loveliest, most vivacious, young leaders in our school
and I remember you well. I look forward to hearing all
about your adventures. I looked at your picture in the
'55 annual and the memories came floating back....
almost like yesterday...
Also with loving memories.
-Tom Tracy (55)
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>>From: Ann Bishop Ousley (56)
Yes, add me to the list.
One of my memories??? That L-o-o-o- ng hall, and
singing and dancing " we're off to see the wizard, the
wonderful wizard of OZ " all the way down it. WE did
OZ as our school production one year (my junior, I
think).
-Ann Bishop Ousley (56)
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>>From: Bill Chapman (60)
This is a small message from Bill Chapman. I'm
looking for info about the 40th reunion this summer. I
heard from my brother, Lee (64), that there would be
one. I'm currently living in Ventura, CA. Moved down
here in December of '98. I retired from teaching after
35 years. After high school I went to WSU. Majored in
Social Studies & minored in German & Russian..
Graduated in '65, and began teaching junior high
students in Ventura County, CA, Oxnard to be exact.
After 2 years, I moved to Seattle and taught there one
year, in the Edmonds School District. Then I got
married and moved back to Ventura, CA, where we both
taught for 3 years. Then (because both my teaching
assignment & my wife's were changing too drastically)
we moved back up north to Salem, OR. Taught there 27
years: high school German, Russian & also some social
studies and English. Because of my German & Russian,
we got to travel a lot, mostly with my students, to
Germany and the Soviet Union. In August of '97, while
mowing the lawn, I had a heart attack & triple bypass
surgery. Retirement was "planned" for 2001, but
because of 1) the heart attack, 2) a real jerk of a
principal at school, and 3) a really lucrative
retirement benefits offer from the State of Oregon, I
decided to hang it up. Recuperating at home during the
rainy Oregon winter really got to me, so we decided to
find a warmer, less rainy place to spend "our
declining years.". We decided to return to Southern
California. Retirement is a blast! The "honey do" list
is longer now than it ever was, but now I actually
have time to DO things, and on MY schedule! We are in
the process of getting a new computer capable of being
on the internet. Our old one is so slow that we can't
get on! So, until we get a new computer, somebody
please get in touch with me about the reunion. Address
is [deleted for Bill's privacy - if you want it, ask].
Go Bombers!
-Bill Chapman (60)
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>>From: Kathleen (Kay Lynch) O'Shea (60)
One of the things I treasure most about The Alumni
Sandstorm is the sense of family history and the
contributions of whole generations to the
"personality" of a town. Amazing! This poem came to me
after conversations with my former Mother-in-law who
is 93. 2000-05-15KLynch
Blessings upon all the moms and grandmoms and
great-grandmoms in our Online Town,
-Kathleen {Kay Lynch} O'Shea (60)
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>>From: Larry Mattingly (60)
Next Saturday evening a few of us are gathering for
drinks and dinner. Other Bombers and spouses or
significant others are invited to join us.
We will meet in the bar at the Emerald Queen Casino
at 6.00 PM and will adjourn to the dinning room as
they have room for us. EQ management are customers and
friends of mine and I am assured they will accommodate
a modest number of us.
So far on the list are Fred Phillips (60) and Patti
Ahrens (60). Several others have said they will try to
clear their schedule and make it. No agenda here and
no host. Just a gathering under a common bond. Be
there or be talked about.
"Happiness is the sky in bloom"
-Larry Mattingly (60)
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>>From: Jim "Pitts" Armstrong (63)
RE: WHITESIDE
Hey class of 63!
I just got off the phone with Frank Whiteside. He
lives in Louisiana and retires from 30 years from
teaching this month. Drop him a line. His
brother Al (60) can be contacted through him too.
Maren please put him on the Sandstorm list.
-Pitts (63)
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>>From: Linda McKnight (65)
To Janie O'Neal (65)
I haven't read my Sandstorms in awhile, and I am so
sorry that I did not respond sooner. Of course I
remember you. I know I saved that entry with your e-
mail address, but can't find it at this moment. Please
e-mail me. We are practically neighbors. And you are a
grandma, too!!! Happy Mother's Day!!! I have three
grandkids and I love it. What with T-ball games and
soccer games life is certainly full. Are you coming to
the R2K Reunion? And our 35th??? Take care.
To Carolyn Moore (65)
Would love to hear from you. It has been forever.
Last time I saw you I think was the 20th Reunion (?)
And before that it was your place in Seattle when we
were in our 20's. Whatever happened to that cute guy
with the red Corvette? Rich (I think) was his name.
Remember he picked me up at the airport? Best blind
date I ever had!!!! Would love to hear from you.
One last thing, for all you Moms, Daughters and
Sons out there. Cherish your moments together. Take
lots of pictures and do things together. My Mom has
been in Heaven now for 17 years. And all I have are
memories. My Grandmother kept every letter my mom sent
her and I have all of them. They are so much fun to
read...... back in the day (as my son says) my Mom and
grandma used to write each other every day. So its
like a journal of my youth in my Mother's beautiful
handwriting.
-Linda McKnight (65)
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>>From: Pam Ehinger (67)
Re: R2K Boxs & Lids
The Lid and Box together will be $8 the lid/plaque
alone is $5. Thought I better clear that up! Hurry and
get your order's in as they are going fast!! Pleas
Mail Checks or Money orders to: Pam E. Nassen, PO Box
8 Ronald, WA 98940
It's only a 6 weeks until it's PARTY TIME!! And
what a great time we should all have seeing old
friends making new ones!!
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE BOMBER MOMS!!
Bombers Rule
-Pam Ehinger (67)
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>>From: Barb Domarotsky Finley (73)
RE: Dorothy Stein
Wondering how many of you out there remember
Dorothy Stein? She was not only Ray & Judy Stein's
Mom, but secretary at Chief Jo for many years. Just to
let you in on a bit of info on her. She was diagnosed
with bone cancer last fall and was looking at the
possibility of amputation to solve the situation. But
her physician found a doctor in Seattle that did a
complete hip, femur and knee replacement instead of the
amputation scenario. She has totally recovered,
staying in a Seattle hospital for 8 weeks, then rehab
here in Richland for an additional 4 weeks. She's back
home doing her same old activities with the church,
Kadlec auxillary and friends and family. She is such
an amazing woman and I'm very thankful to have her as
a friend and neighbor now in my later years, even
though I did not know her growing up here in Richland.
Anyone wanting to drop her a line can mail it to her
at her home at [deleted for Mrs. Stein's privacy -- e-
mail Barb for the address], Richland. I know how much
she loves hearing from people.
-Barb Domarotsky Finley (73)
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>>From: Greg Alley (73)
To Mike Davis (74):
I would like to thank you for your message to your
Mother and say that most of us reiterate your
sentiments.
Now we all want to know if you will bus tables at
Denny's?
-Greg Alley (73)
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>>From: Mike Davis (74)
To Jim House (63):
To be recognized by my boyhood Bomber idol is quite
a thrill. Spent many hours hanging on the old fence
watching you, Webb, Stein and others playing the game
where it was taught the best - "no blood-no foul,
traveling accepted, no whining backyard basketball"
Only the strong survive! The "training ground" shifted
from your court to the Davis Court and many a Bomber
career started and ended on that slab of concrete.
Like the ghettos of New York the ratballers also
included some players that did not go on to Bomber
fame but could still play the game - backyard style.
Greg Turk Slater, Craig Wally King, Paul Whoop
Caudill, and Gus Meyers to name a few. I'm sure there
were some in your time too! Good luck in the alumni
game, Jim. I'll be a safe distance away in the stands.
Where have you been?
To: Diane Hartley (72), Tedi Teverbaugh (76), and
Sheila Davis Galloway (71):
Haven't seen you on the Sandstorm in quite a while!
Where ya been? I understand why my sister, Sheila, has
been absent. She's probably gearing up for this
summer's "Spelling Camp!" But, Hartley and Teverbaugh
- what's your excuse? Big babies!
-Mike Davis (74)
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9 Bombers, 1 Bomber Woulda Been and 1 Bomber offspring today.
Richard Roberts (49), Marilyn Richey (53),
Robert Carlson (54), Rodney Smith (54),
Shirley Davis (56), MLou Williams (60),
Denny Johnson (62WB), Kathie Roe (64),
Carolyn Moore (65), Tedi Parks (76),
Sarah Rodriguez (Bomber Offspring)
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>>From: Richard Roberts (49)
To Ken Ely (49)
It wasn't me. My only claim to fame was a member of
the Honor Society. But college and fun soon took care
of that.
-Richard Roberts (49)
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>>From: Marilyn Richey (53)
To Betty Bell Norton (51):
Betty,
My parents and family remember when the Stop N go
was at the "Y" around the street from the drive inn
show. Their kids were small and were running around
outside and they were always busy especially during
dinner hours. They made enough to build the place in
Kennewick which was a favorite place to go even if it
was in Kennewick. I remember when you worked there and
at Korten's with Mrs. Eleanor Hoff, mother of Judie
Hoff Buxton (54) and Jim Hoff (57).
To Phil Gant (54):
I'm glad that caused you to express how kids are
cruel to each other during their school years. I knew
Arlo Beadles very well. His father was down at the
ball park to watch the women play softball which his
daughter Doris (47) played and Arlo always came to the
games. He was always treated with respect when he came
up to the players after the games. Later in his life,
he worked at the school district watering the lawns at
all the schools. The kids got to know him and always
were around him. Him and "muscles" Robinson were
treated in this community with a lot of respect even
before people started realizing they are humans just
like us. Maybe from knowing them and having contact
with them led me to work in the field of Disabled
persons, especially with the developmentally disabled.
It was a very rewarding career and I hope people will
have and treat persons with disabilities with respect
and dignity. Only by the grace of god, that most of us
did not have to go through life being labeled.
Good for you Phil.
-Marilyn Richey (53)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54)
To: Tom Hughes (56), Ray Gillette (59)
Burt Pierard (59), Richard Anderson (60)
Sorry, I don't remember any of you, but you were
mostly after my time, except for Tom Hughes (who was a
mere sophomore when I graduated). But I do remember
the irrigation ditch, and it wasn't all that hard to
get to school from where I lived at 937 Sanford, just
cross the bridge at Thayer and then walk beside the
fence to school. Yes, there was a fence along the
ditch. I think it was put up in 1952 or 53 because of
parental concerns about safety. Seems someone drowned
in a similar ditch in California or some other alien
world. There was concern about the irrigation ditches
in our neck of the woods too. But mainly because some
of us were using them to go water skiing on.
Particularly the one that ran through West Richland.
What would happen is that using someone's car, you
could lash a 2x4 or bigger to the rear bumper so that
it would hang out over the ditch. Then you tied a rope
to the end of the board and hung on while being towed.
Worked great until you came to a bridge or other low
hanging obstacle over the ditch. Oh, what fun it was
and lucky no one lost any teeth. That's about it for
now. Will try again when the memory cells function
again.
-Robert Carlson, aka "Mike Clowes" (54)
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>>From: Rodney Smith (54)
To Phil Gant (54):
I felt warmed by your response to Reesia. I didn't
see her story, but I can relate. If you remember me
you'll remember I didn't "fit in" either. It was, as I
know now, the worst time of my life. My reception has
been GREAT ever after. I never made "fun" of ANYBODY
because I knew what it was like to be made "fun" of. I
must say that relations with the same people now, (via
class reunions seem to be most cordial...with 1 or 2
exceptions). Of course, now I also know kids can't
help how they were brought up and most can't resist
peer pressure. But it hurt being taunted and called
"queer"!
-Rodney Smith (54)
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>>From: Shirley Davis Lawrence-Berrey (56)
To Ann Bishop (56)
Hi there Ann! Welcome to "Memory Lane" Bomber
style. Your mentioning "The Wizard of OZ" sure brought
a rush of memories back for me. It was our senior
year, by the way. We did the "Fortune Teller" in our
junior year. I recall a lot of hard work and a lot of
fun. During one afternoon performance the wicked
witch's "poof machine" caught some scenery on fire.
There was a sudden rush by the stage hands -including
Mr. Stell - to get that scenery off stage and put out
the fire. Meanwhile those of us on stage continued
with the play. As I recall a bit of ad-libbing was
done until we got our "rhythm" back. I always wondered
how many in the audience were aware that anything was
amiss. I'm still a Wizard of Oz fan!
-Shirley Davis Lawrence-Berrey (56)
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>>From: MLou Williams (60)
If we're still doing valedictorians, the class of
1960 was Michael Waggoner. I remember because I was
his date at graduation, gardenia and all! We had one
of the first all-night graduation parties, sponsored
by the school, and wound up swimming in Richard
Sutch's pool and having breakfast there. We were also
treated to the just-out movie, "Dr. Strangelove", or
"How I Learned to Love the Bomb", or something of the
sort. It was 12-2 in the a.m. at the Uptown Theatre,
as I recall. My memory betrays me. There was a dance,
and food (Spudnuts?) and prizes, the movie, then we
were on our own, I guess.
-MLou Williams (60)
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[hmmmmm, everything falls into place [Slim Pickens
does indeed ride the bomb down -- final scene of the
movie] except the actual flick (you can see lots of
info about Strangelove at
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0057012 ) -- I'm sure Maren
will publish the item and one of our fellow Sandstorm
readers [Howard Kirz? -- he remembers everything!]
will get us all squared away.
-Richard Anderson (60), Assistant Sandstorm Editor]
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>>From: Denny Johnson (62WB)
RE: Living in Richland
I don't remember what the nomenclature for our house
style was - we lived at 1900 Thompson - it was just a
large box - not attached - several like that in
neighborhood. Distinctly remember when they installed
the gabled roofs on the little prefabs - prior to that
they were all flat roof - and UGLY.... sorry to any
occupants..
I would have been class of 62... but my dad worked
for NBofC and the bank transferred him to Clarkston to
open up new branch there.... I went to Spalding only
one year - Kindergarten, then over to Jason Lee for
duration of elementary school - was slated to begin Jr.
Hi, but that was the summer we moved. Folks actually
moved back a couple years after I graduated from
Clarkston High, but by then I was off to college and
military... My sister Rita was Columbia class of 64 -
she is now in CA.
I remember the irrigation ditches through town -
remember the big half-pipe that ran out behind the
riding academy on way to Yakima River - a bunch of us
guys from the neighborhood would walk all the way out
that thing about 2 or 3 miles... then clamber down and
have BB gun fights, get bit by those tiny little
scorpions, and drink the water that leaked out of the
culvert - man... that was LIVING LARGE in the desert....
Also remember that Jason Lee was the "end of town"
pretty much - there was an empty field west of it that
had an old shack... and a pasture where "ol' one-eye"
used to graze (white nag of unknown ownership). The
Butler family ran a large dog farm (?) just beyond
Jason Lee....
Anyone else remember riding your bicycles behind
those mosquito spraying trucks in their fog? gad - bad
enough what was drifting out of the "area" without
looking for respiratory problems..ha ha
Remember going to "summer school" - what all the
Catholic kids got to do that could not or did not
attend Christ the King regular grade school - used to
tick us off to be sitting in the sweltering classroom
while teeming crowds of laughing pals walked by on the
way to the municipal pool, and all we could say was
RATS!!!
Major bad memory was when Rudy Mansfield
accidentally hanged himself in his kitchen - I
apologize to any family members for whom this memory
is painful -but he was "one of the guys" in our
neighborhood, and we were all just stunned by this
tragic accident... as a side note - in comparison to
current PC.... the school did not rush "grief
counselors" in, we were not assaulted by the news
media asking our last encounter with the deceased - we
just each found a way to deal with it and went on,
missing our friend, but knowing time did not stop for
any of us.
Well, now I have made myself melancholy - so I will
sign off - this concept is excellent - wish I would
have gone on to high school in Richland, but the bank
(NBofC) transferred my dad to Clarkston - they did
finally move back a few years later, and my sister and
brothers all graduated from Columbia High.
Wondering whatever happened to Cheryl Rew - she was
ALMOST as smart as I was.... ha ha... if she reads
this - she'll disagree
Just remembered first "crush" - Georgine McGinnis
(64) - we scratched our initials in the pillars at
Spalding front entry porch.
More names coming back now - in my neighborhood we
all ran around together -Mike Leddingham, Greg Boyd,
Dick and Larry Tew, Conrad Hansen, Mike Barton (big
Mormon family), we used to ride our bikes behind the
mosquito spraying trucks - ick - wonder any of us have
ANY lungs left.... walked to school with Bonnie Geer
sometimes. My family was good friends with Jacky
family - they had a passle of kids - Jay (64) Rachel,
Peter (65), cant remember them all.
If any of the above tickles your memory - feel free
to drop me a line at:
-Denny Johnson (62WB)
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>>From: Kathie Roe Truax (64)
I'm trying to find an email or postal address for
George Mulligan (57). I hear he lives in Walla Walla.
Also, I like to get an email address for Jon
Boisoneau (67).
Thank you.
-Kathie Roe Truax (64)
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>>From: Carolyn Moore (65)
HI LINDA MCKNIGHT (65)!!
I have only been reading the Sandstorm for a short
while now, and was hoping that we would make
contact....
I have never forgotten that you came up from
Richland to see me in Seattle in 1968. You took me out
for my 21st Birthday. That was a fabulous treat for
me! I have often tried to remember where we went. Do
you remember? I also remember that we had to get
liquor cards back then. I still have mine. Woohoo! I
think that "cute guy with the corvette" WAS named
Rich, but we did not keep in touch over the years. Was
he blonde?
Well, I do not have any children, but my brother,
George (67), has 2: Randy 20 and Mollie 16 and I am
very close to them. I have 3 cats that are very
precious to me. I still live in Seattle and I work for
the City of Seattle. I have been with Robert for 15
years.
Are you going to either of the reunions? I don't
think I will be going. Stay in touch. If you are ever
in Seattle, let me know, I would love to see you.
-Carolyn Moore (65)
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>>From: Tedi Parks Teverbaugh (76)
To Mike Davis (74):
I haven't written in to the Sandstorm lately
because I've been so busy with my job at Denny's (I
boast proudly of our 14 locations in the Fort Worth
area). By the way, just how many Grand Slam Breakfasts
have you put away?
-Tedi Parks Teverbaugh (76)
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>From the Classmates.com Forum:
>>From: Sandra Rodriguez 1996
May-12 6:19 pm
To: ALL
(1 of 1)
201.1
i'm not looking for an old classmate but this
person did go to RHS. i am looking for my biological
father. i met him in 1995 or 96 at my grandmother
Betty's funeral. His name is Steve Wagner. i don't
know his exact graduating year (sometime in the early
to mid seventies)When i met him he was going to
pullman. i know i have relatives in this area. i used
to have his address but obviously i have lost it.
anyone with any info please e-mail me.
thanx
-Sandra Rodriguez
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 5/17/00
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17 Bombers. 1 Bomber Woulda Been, 1 teacher
and Another Spudnut Lover today.
Sandra Atwater (51)/Jim Boyd (55),
Bob Carlson (54), Rodney Smith (54),
Carol Hollingsworth (55), Dean Enderle (57),
Tom Matthews (57), Ann Bishop (60),
Bill Chapman (60), Dennis Johnson (62WB),
Kathy Rathvon (63), Myrna Bolin (63)
Janie O'Neal (65), Rick Maddy (67),
Vikki Kestell (70), Brad Upton (74),
Mike Davis (74), Jenn Tomaszewski (94),
Carl Wilson (Teacher '69 - '72)
Another Spudnut Lover
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>>From: Jim Boyd (55) and Sandra Atwater Boyd (51)
Everyone talks of the taste of the A&W hamburgers.
We owned an A&W for twelve years in Othello, WA. (1974
to 1986).
The secret to the special taste of the hamburgers
was a special seasoning salt which we sprinkled on the
burgers after they were half cooked. A lot of our
customers liked it and wanted the same salt on their
French fries which was referred to as "sprinkles". So
they would order, "French fries with sprinkles".
Those were the "good old days" when you could get a
root beer or root beer float in a REAL frosted mug! Not
plastic ---- glass!! In those days, root beers sold
for 5, 10 and 15 cents a mug.
-Jim Boyd (55) and Sandra Atwater Boyd (51)
P.S. Glad to see Tom Tracy (55) has found the Sandstorm.
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>>From: Robert "Bob" Carlson, aka "Mike Clowes" (54)
To Marilyn Ritchey (53) and Phil Gant (54)
Marilyn and Phil:
Sorry I don't remember Arlo; but I do remember
"Muscles." I think he was somewhat akin to anyone who
lived in Richland. We were all a bit "weird" in our
own right. However, unfortunately, he was the
occasional butt of several jokes and pranks. I don't
think the perpetrators thought of themselves as being
cruel to a fellow human; because I don't think they
(we) thought of him as human.
To Rodney Smith (54)
Rodney:
I do remember you as being somewhat strange. Wacky
sense of humor. But certainly not the "Q" word.
To Reesa Petty Mitchell (71)
Reesa:
You are not alone in all this. Take heart, each of
us in someway or other has had "it" happen. But
somehow, through all of life's trials and whatever, we
manage to survive and maybe even flourish.
To all:
I am reminded by looking through the '54 Columbian,
that we did show some glimmer of hope in selecting Pat
Duffy as Homecoming Queen. I don't recall if it was
because of her affliction or in spite of it. I do
remember her as a charming, vivacious, intelligent
young woman, from whom I was granted the privilege of
her friendship. Even though Patty Doyle's little
sister laid claim to most of her friendship. No, not
sour grapes, because Mary Doyle did a lot for Pat, and
I for one appreciate it.
Thanks for the time and the use of the page. Before
I go, maybe someone can answer my wife's question as
to why the Alumni Sandstorm. Was it the influence of
our teachers; or was it that in some way, most of
Richland High students are more computer literate than
other schools?
-Robert "Bob" Carlson, aka "Mike Clowes" (54)
and no, I'm not related to the auto shop teacher
of the same name.
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>>From: Rodney Smith (54)
RE: god.. the brain cells are trying to work!
Dear Marilyn Richey (53),
I think I remember Muscles.. he rode around on a
bike. He was friendly. A real sweetheart. Puts most of
us to shame in the "nice" category. Thanks for
remembering him.
-Rodney Smith (54)
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>>From: Carol Hollingsworth Entrikin (55)
To Shirley Davis (56):
You brought back some memories for me when you
mentioned The Fortune Teller. What a great show that
was with all the choir singing in the wings, etc. and
the costumes and backdrops which were rented from the
New York production. Quite a big thing in those days
for a high school to do. I was Madame PomPom, Prima
Donna of the Grand Opera Ballet (never did know what
that meant) and Donald? (page 89 of the 55 annual)
was my Royal Hussar. Sharon Bee (55), you were there
too in the chorus and Jan Barker did the choreography.
A friend of ours who had attended a lot of New York
musicals remarked to my parents that it was every bit
as good as the pros. We had great music teachers.
-Carol Hollingsworth Entrikin (55)
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>>From: Dean Enderle (57)
RE: Arlo and Muscles
I have been reading many of the comments concerning
Arlo and Muscles with interest. Seems as though most
everyone remembers them and they were very much a part
of Richland and for the most part probably had a
better time than they would have had in many other
parts of the country I could name.
If my memory serves me correctly, didn't Arlo also
help out at Carmichael in the woodworking classes? I
seem to remember seeing him there and watching how he
coped with his handicap around power saws and other
machines. Just goes to show what handicapped people
can do if given the chance.
As for Muscles, well he seemed to be everywhere
with his cheerful "hey" "hey" and a wave of the hand,
one of those people you never forget.
Best wishes to all for the coming R2K celebration,
I would like to have been able to make it but just too
much distance and too little time, anyway raise a
glass to the absent friends while you are all enjoying
yourselves.
-Dean Enderle (57)
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>>From: Tom Matthews (57)
To: Shirley Davis Lawrence-Berrey (56)
This audience member remembers the Wizard of OZ
fire. Also that my friend and classmate Charles
Collins (57) was the Tin Man. It was a good production
(and not just because of the fire).
-Tom Matthews (57)
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>>From: Ann Bishop Ousley (60)
To Shirley Davis Lawrence-Berrey (56):
Thanks for setting me straight on the year. I
belonged to the Richland Light Opera and we did Show
Boat and Oklahoma, and Oz at school, so time frame is
blurry.... age??? Naaahh! I don't recall the fire, but
I DO recall Stell. My old yearbooks were left behind
many years ago and I was never able to recover them so
I can't look at them and remember you. Sure wish I
could. I was only in Richland from the last quarter of
my sophomore year 'til graduation. The fall after I
graduated I went into the Marine Corps and I have only
been back 3 times.
I'd love to go to that reunion, but it isn't
possible. Enjoy if you are going.
-Ann Bishop Ousley (60)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: Bill Chapman (60)
Date: Sun May 14 20:49:40 2000
My brother Lee (64) has been after me to get on the
internet so that I can keep in touch with the aging
Bombers of the Class of '60. We are in the process of
shopping for a new computer which will make internet
possible. (Our old computer is a relic destined for
the Smithsonian Institution any day now!) Anyway, I'm
playing with a friend's computer, trying to decide if
I want one like it, or not. I'm writing this missive
from Ventura, CA, where I now live. I hear there's a
40th reunion for the Class of '60 in the works
sometime this coming summer. We're planning to come,
providing I get some info. My address is: [deleted for
Bill's privacy - if you want it, ASK!]. If anybody
from my class reads this guestbook, get in touch,
please. In the meantime, I will continue to shop for a
new computer, and soon be on the internet. I'll have
plenty of time to play on the internet as I'm now
retired from 33 years of teaching. Hope to hear about
the reunion ASAP.
Go Bombers!
-Bill Chapman (60)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: Denny Johnson (62WB)
Date: Mon May 15 10:03:07 2000
Jason Lee Grade School - would have been RHS '62
Attended Jason Lee Elementary from 1st thru 6th
grade -was slated to go to Chief Jo, but the bank
(NBofC) transferred my dad to Clarkston. Folks moved
back to Richland in '63, but by then I was off to
college and military. My sister Rita (64), brothers
Steven X (66) and Jeffery T all graduated from RHS.
After a time, I moved back to Richland also -
wondering what happened to grade school buddies - Mike
Ledingham (62), Greg Boyd (63), Ronnie Wallace (62),
Dwight Burke (62), Mike Barton , that's about all my
feeble brain will do on spur of moment.
I know there are other friends out there from later
years before I moved to Seattle, but in deference to
online decorum, I will not mention their names.
-Denny Johnson (62WB)
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>>From: Kathy Rathvon (63)
RE: Tinikiling or whatever
The dance with the bamboo poles is called
Tinikiling or something like that. When I was a
senior, my family had a foreign exchange student from
the Philippines, Shirley Belulia. She taught me that
dance and she & I used to perform it when she gave
talks to various organizations.
-Kathy Rathvon (63)
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>>From: Myrna Bolin Turner (63)
RE: My friend, Bonnie Beebe
Does any one have memories of Bonnie Beebe? She was
born in 1944 and lost her life in 1956. She was 12
years old and drowned in a most unfortunate swimming
accident. I think her nickname was Doddie. She was a
dear little girl and I would go to her house and we
would play dolls. Hardly a week doesn't go by that I
don't think of her. I lived up on 810 Wright Street
then until the 4th grade when my parents moved to
Delafield. It was at the Wright street pre-fab when
she and I were pals. I think she was in the 6th grade
when she lost her life. She had an older sister, oh
about 3 years older than Bonnie but cannot remember
her name. If anyone out there knows where I could
contact her sister or other family members, let me
know. What I would like is a snap-shot, or a copy of a
picture of Bonnie for my hat room.
[Asked Myrna to define 'hat room' and here is her
response. -Maren]
I am a hat collector and I have a room just chucked
full of hats old gloves and hat boxes. Now there are
hats - much to my husband's dismay - throughout the
house hanging everywhere. He wishes I had a normal
fetish like tap dancing on the moon.
I sent in early my name as coming to the reunion
however I will not be attending as Mr. Turner
(husband) is still a gypsy for Bechtel and is on work
assignment overseas and his R and R falls at this
time. So as I board the plane at Regan National
Airport with my passport in hand I shall think of all
of you.
Thanks.
-Myrna A. Bolin Turner (63) Maryland
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>>From: Jane O'Neal Janssen (65)
To Linda McKnight (65):
Did you get my e-mail?
To: Caroline Moore (65):
I'm sure you don't remember me because I was only
at Columbia High my senior year. Although I was in
grade school all over Richland at various times.
Anyway, my locker was right next to yours. Your were
going out with a friend of mine from Prosser High who
moved to Richland I think the year before I did. He
actually went with one of my best friends in Richland,
Pierre Remalard (I don't know if I'm spelling it right
or not) You guys really were cute together. I remember
he was a great gymnast. Do you know what ever happened
to him? It's funny but I also spent my 21st birthday
in Seattle. I got my first apartment there with Linda
Drinkard and Bonnie Bristol. It was a great adventure.
The sad thing was all the guys would stop of there
just before they were sent off to Viet Nam. I remember
how hard it was never knowing if they would come back
or not.
-Jane O'Neal Janssen (65)
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>>From: Rick Maddy (67)
RE: Jimmy Ard
To Linda Reining (64)
I sat between Doug Strasser (66) and Jim Ard (66)
in a Spanish class during my sophomore year. All I did
was laugh. And was Ricky Ricardo for a year.
Gawd, the humanity!
-Rick Maddy (67)
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>>From: Vikki Kestell (70)
RE: Los Alamos Fire
Peg Kestell Hume (67) Update:
Peg is still on the Cloudcroft (the Scott Abel)
fire (south of Ruidoso) and will be out there for
quite a while. She has a fire fighting crew from
Montana. Her crew is on the line at night, sleeping in
the bus during the day. This is hard, dirty work, and
the fire is only about 50% contained. A new fire by
Glorietta (east of Santa Fe) broke out yesterday,
caused by a traffic accident on the interstate. The
fire jumped the median and immediately crowned,
burning about 20 acres. They (whoever "they" are)
dumped slurry bombers and copious fire fighters on to
it immediately and should have it contained soon. The
only problem right now is the state-wide high wind
advisory issued for today. Predicting 60 mph gusts.
*sigh*
Los Alamos residents are starting to move back into
town as each residential area is checked and cleared
for electrical and gas connections. Of course, 260
families have no homes to come back to, which is very
sad.
Bomber Peggy Jones Snow (67), lives on 46th street,
which lost 25 homes. She and her husband Ron (67) are
some of the lucky ones.
The fire, only 20% contained, is now burning down
the Santa Clara canyon north of Los Alamos. This
canyon is sacred to the Santa Clara Pueblo Indians, so
is causing a lot of grief there.
Map of burned Los Alamos homes can be seen at:
LosAlamosFire.gif
-Vikki Kestell (70)
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>>From: Brad Upton (74)
Oooow this is painful to report. My plans have
changed and I won't be attending the R2K reunion. I
will be performing on one of Holland America's Alaska
cruises during that weekend. I spend a week on the
cruise and then do two 45 minute shows on the last
night.... it's a tough job but somebody has to do it.
I will be there in spirit. I know, let's change the
plans and have the reunion on the boat! Go Bombers!
-Brad Upton (74)
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>>From: Mike Davis (74)
To Parks (76):
You may have 14 Denny's in your Ft. Worth area but
I'll bet their pancakes are like biting into a big
"mushyhead"! And do you have any "aqua cars" in the
parking lot?
-Grand Slam Davis (74)
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>>From: Jenn Tomaszewski Seidl (94)
RE: Valedictorians of the class of 97
Mandy, one other 97 grad I can remember who was your
valedictorian was Randy Teel. He is the younger
brother of my good friend, Karen Teel (94). He has
spent some time in Africa over the past year on study
abroad with Gonzaga Univ. He is back at school now in
Spokane and will graduate next year in Biology.
RE: Anyone out there, class of 94?
Hi Stacey. I doubt you remember me, but I remember
you. You lived right behind my husband's, Ryan
Seidl's, house. Good to know you found the Sandstorm.
Not too many 94's write in, so it is always
interesting to see one from our class. Hope your life
is treating you well. Are you planning on attending
the R2K Reunion? Perhaps we will see you there.
-Jenn Tomaszewski Seidl (94)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: Carl Wilson
Date: Mon May 15 02:39:26 2000
Classes of '69 through '72
Just an "Old" teacher saying Hi to all my kids. Boy
was I "young" then! Viet Nam war was raging and we
were all protesting in "Social Protest" literature.
Would you believe that I still have some of those
Semester Projects. Still remember how hot the second
floor got before school was out for the summer. Am
still teaching but took 10 years off to regain my
sanity. Didn't work. Would love to hear from my "old"
students and find out how life is treating you.
Strange, but I still hear from some of the group.
Would like to hear from more.
Thank God and Al Gore for the Internet. ;>}
-Carl Wilson (Teacher)
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>>From: Roger Grover
To:
Gary: Where exactly is this Spudnut Shop located?
I didn't know they were still around.
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 5/18/00
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10 Bombers sent stuff:
Ann Pearson (50), Bill Wilborn (54),
Steve Carson (58), Linda Reining (64),
Maren Smyth (64), Carolyn Moore (65),
Sandi Ward (66), Mina Jo Gerry (68),
Jim Rice (75), Treg Owings (76)
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>>From: Ann Pearson Burrows (50)
An Open Letter ...
Dear Students of the Senior Class (Class of 1950)
Sometime during the year of 1932-33 all over the
United States your parents had the foresight to bring
you into the world. I remember well that dreary,
dismal, hopeless year, yet a momentous one. Its
presidential campaign brought into being anew belief
in the right of every many to a decent life. And
Hitler that year sneaked into power in Germany. Yet to
your parents the future, your future, was bright.
A year later the dreamers and planners began to
build Grand Coulee Dam to irrigate the dry land of the
basin. First they completed its power plant to produce
electricity.
It was in the year that you started to school that
Grand Coulee power flowed through transmission lines.
That year, too, Hitler began his march to conquer the
world by over-running Poland. That one year or the
next, a German scientist proposed the harnessing of
the atom.
It was not long until the army came to the desert
along the Columbia River, brushed aside the small
orchard communities, and supervised the construction
of the ultimate in power plants. With electricity from
the Columbia River, with space in the sand hills, and
with a war of survival to drive the effort, the
government built the plants and city to service them.
And you people came, some from stable homes, some in
the last move of a long series of moves.
In this city with its people gathered from all the
cultural backgrounds of our nation, the citizens are
building a united community. In Columbia High School
you Seniors have led the way in drawing together a
motley crowd of boys and girls to a closely knit
student body. Surely, fortune shall smile on the
future of such a class, its members born of hope in a
year of despair, its dwelling place created to service
power plants in the future, its community background
distilled from the best of all our states. In years to
come I shall say with pride, "I remember them.".
Sincerely yours,
W. B. Wheeler, Co-Advisor
And I, too add, "I remember us well"!!
-Ann Pearson Burrows (50)
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>>From: Bill Wilborn (54)
RE: Michael Peterson New CD
Michael Peterson (77) has a new CD that was
released on 5/16/00 on Amazon.com for $9.49. Just in
case someone might be interested. I don't know what
songs are on it but who cares! They are all good.
-Bill Wilborn (54)
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>>From: Steve Carson (58)
For Bob Carlson (54)
My wife had the same question and I think that
there are a couple of reasons the "Sandstorm"
flourishes.
1. Our specific generation does seem to have
embraced computer technology and
2. Those who are most active in the Sandstorm are
beyond or coming up on retirement age and have time to
enjoy this daily morsel.
-Steve Carson (58) not yet retired
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>>From: Linda Reining (64)
RE: Jimmy Ard
To Rick Maddy (67):
Have enjoyed reading all the "memories" you and
others have been relaying about Jimmy ---- if he had
that much of an impact on us, can you imagine how much
more he would have, if he had remained a "Bomber"?
Wonder if he has any regrets about leaving the "little
town under the mushroom cloud". I know his folks
thought moving back to Chicago was a good idea for
dating purposes, etc., but have often thought of him
and his family. It is great knowing that a lot of
others have great memories of him, too and that a lot
of people wish he had continued to be a "Bomber".
Thanks, again, to all those that have responded to
my "query" of Jimmy Ard.
-Linda Reining (64)
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>>From: Maren Smyth (64)
RE: Class of '67 website
Heads up, Bombers!!
Class of '67 has a brand new website! Check it out!!
RichlandBombers.com Click on [1967]
New Bomber webmasters for the site:
Peg Kestell Hume and Pam Ehinger Nassen.
Peg's sister, Vikki Kestell (70) did the graphics
and web design for the new '67 website and I gotta
say, I'm IMPRESSED. THANK YOU, VIKKI!!
And while I'm at it, we STILL need somebody from
each of the following classes to take over their
website and maintain it OR -- build a BETTER site!!
'51, '56, '57,
'83, '85, '87, '88, '89,
'92, '95, '96, '97, '99
Bomber cheers,
-Maren Smyth, classes of '63 and '64
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>>From: Carolyn Moore (65)
To Janie O'Neal (65):
YES, of course I remember you. It seems to me that
we were neighbors. I lived on Cullum. I also remember
your sister, Linda. Where do you live now? Where does
Linda live?
Jerry Evans (64) was a very good friend of Pierre's
and Jan Goodenow was a good friend of mine. We were
all neighbors - remember?
Thank you for remembering Pierre Remillard. I just
talked to him on the phone a week or so ago. He and I
were together from 1964 - 1974. He spent 4 of those
years in the Navy. He specialized in Underwater
Demolition (UDT) during the Vietnam war. We were
engaged during that time.
When Pierre came home from the Navy, I left Seattle
in 1971 to live with him in Walla Walla. Then, we both
moved to Seattle in 1973. We rented a little house on
Queen Anne Hill. Pierre decided to move back to Walla
Walla (he has family there) and I bought the house a
few years later and have been there ever since.
Pierre will always be a hopeless romantic! He
recently married again and still lives in Walla Walla.
He has a daughter, Mia Rose, and I think he said she
is 12 now. We have always kept in touch.
Do you or your sister know the whereabouts of Jerry
Evans? Last I knew, he was in California.
It was good to hear from you.
-Carolyn Moore (65)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: Sandi Ward Donahue (66)
Date: Wed May 17 08:12:40 2000
Hello from New York
Coming home for the reunion this summer. Signed up
to play in the Pep Band - Kathy Thompson, join us?
Hope to see classmates from '66 that I haven't seen in
.... years! Still love being in the New York Air
National Guard. See you this summer.
-Sandi Ward Donahue (66)
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>>From: Mina Jo Gerry Payson (68)
I remember that production of "Wizard of Oz." I was
about five or six at the time. What sticks out in my
mind was the witch melting after Dorothy threw water
on her and that she was smaller and smaller each time
she popped up until she was a hand puppet. I was wide-
eyed!!
My dad was also on rotating shifts. I think he
called it "ABC" shift. We were luckier that most on
grave yard as he was totally deaf in one ear and would
sleep with his deaf hear up and his good ear on the
pillow so we didn't have to be as quiet as some.
Anyone remember that dark hunter green that the
painters would use in the "master" bedroom and the
blackout roller shades. I liked swing the best in the
summer. If we were hungry when dad would get his
dinner ready before catching the bus, we could eat
with him. The menu was always the same: boiled hot
dogs, mashed potatoes with butter and diced onion and
corn. My dad was a real gourmet cook!
-Mina Jo Gerry Payson (68)
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>>From: Jim Rice (75)
RE: Brad Upton's cruise
Upton, how could you? Not come to R2K, that is. I
spent $400 on a plane ticket on the hope that I'd
finally get to see you perform (free). Let's see, a
week cruisin' the inland passage or a weekend in the
desert. Tough choice. We'll miss ya.
-Jim Rice (75)
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>>From: Treg Owings (76)
I am glad I was shown this site. Great way to find
class mates. Soooo, big hello to ya'll. I am in
Central OR working for the NRCS (feds) on the Warm
Springs Indian Reservation. This has got to be God's
country!
-Treg Owings (76)
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9 Bombers and Another Spudnut Lover today.
Betty Ely (47), Dennis Hoff (59),
Gary Behymer (64), Bill Didway (66),
Dick Fitzmaurice (67WB), Pam Ehinger (67),
Betti Avant (69), Mike Lemler (72),
Sonny Parker (81), Another Spudnut Lover
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>>From: Betty Ely King (47)
RE: May 18, 1980
Early, Sunday morning, I received a phone call for
my husband from Seattle. I said, "My husband has
already gone to Church early because he is in the
choir and took both sets of keys, so I won't be
attending Church." The man said he was to be the guest
speaker at the CCC picnic in Richland's park, but the
plane turned back to Seattle instead of landing
because the mountain blew. I said Lloyd was not going
to the picnic because we were going boating with our
neighbors. He said, "Lady, you aren't going out in any
boat, the ashes are headed your way."
Well before noon the sky turned black and the night
lights came on. My husband gave the message to the few
at the picnic. The Kings and Harveys had a boat picnic
on the living room floor at the Christiansons. A man I
worked with took a full set of pictures from his home
on the hill overlooking West Richland. I paid him to
have a set made for me and as I look at the pictures,
I relive that day. A week later we were at the Jazz
Festival in Sacramento, and visiting my brother Ken
Ely (49).
-Betty Ely King (47)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: Dennis Hoff (59)
Refreshing
It's been quite a while since I signed in. Just
wanted to encourage everyone to try and make "R2K" --
This could be bigger than Sturgis, SD, I'm serious!
I also wanted to make sure my new e-mail was listed
f/Dennis Hoff, '59 & Sharon Otey Hoff, '60.d.
Hope to see you at "R2K" or "60".
STILL THE BEST SITE ON THE WEB!!! ---
GO BOMBERS!!!!
-Dennis Hoff (59)
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>>From: Gary Behymer (64)
My thanks to Jefferson C. Saunders (69) who sent
some nice pictures of the 'great' Richland Flood.
1948 Flood
*****
Noticed that approximately 500 Alumni Sandstorm
readers took time out to send Maren $12 or more to
help compensate for all of her time spent on 'many'
Richland sites + the Alumni Sandstorm! Needing her
address? Just send me a note and I will get it to you.
*****
Just saw the listing of basketball players that are
going to be at Bomber gym in just a few weeks (;-)
Many thanks to Kathie Roe (64) for helping put this
together along with Coaches Phil Neill and Jim
Castleberry.
*****
Copies of Bomber Mania are still available. Check out
the following URL.
Bomber Mania
-Gary Behymer (64)
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>>From: Bill Didway (66)
RE: Val. & Sal.
With summer fast approaching and at the urging of
my youngest sister (who shall remain unnamed but
graduated RHS 1979) am sending in the accumulated
names of past Valedictorians and some Salutatorians.
The list is not complete but as more names are
remembered they can be added to the correct year. I
really want to thank all who put the memory banks to
work to come up with these names as Valedictorian and
Salutatorian names, and Honors, are not usually listed
in year books.
I have relied on the memories of former classmates
for the inclusion of names and spelling. Any errors or
exclusions are apologized for at this time.
1947 - Valedictorians: Donna Dillard, Joan Long,
Glenna Jean McEwen, Iva Tucker, Eugene Fergin
1949 - Valedictorians: Richard Boyd, Elizabeth Meyers,
Patricia Monroe, Mary Musser
Salutatorians: Glen Turner, Phillip Raekes
1953 - Valedictorian: Suzanne Struck
Salutatorian: Norma Loescher
1954 - Valedictorian: Mural Nichols
Salutatorian: Larry Blackman
1958 - Valedictorian: Pamela Hosclaw
1960 - Valedictorian: Mike Waggoner
Salutatorian: Howard Kirz
1962 - Valedictorians: Joyce Herbel, Yvonne Wright,
Sandy Harmon
1963 - Top Five
Valedictorian: Ken Carlson
Salutatorian: Leslie Dreher
Gary LeClair, Marye Durbin, Jim Newell
1964 - Top Five
Valedictorian: Margaret Simmons
Salutatorian: Bill Compton
Kerry Kelly, Carolyn Carver, Veronica Yates
Will continue with more later.
-Bill Didway (66)
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>>From: Dick Fitzmaurice (67 Wannabe)
To Linda Thomas Richardson (68)
Glad you received my letter and that you found The
Sandstorm! You mentioned in your Sandstorm note that
we were "fixed-up" when Jim Walton (60) dated your
sister Jeanie (62). Remember the day they put you in
the back seat of his Ford (a '55 I think but
definitely blue) and cruised by my house on Howell to
see if I could join the three of you at the Spudnut
Shop? I was 10, you were 9 and there we were - double
"dating" with the big kids. In a car. And our moms
weren't driving! I remember feeling pretty grown up. I
also seem to remember that Walton made me pick up the
tab. Just kidding -- actually, there aren't many 17
year old guys who'd take a couple of elementary school
kids anywhere. And how many teenage girls would want
their little sister hangin' around while on a date
with the HS basketball star? Thanks for a great
memory, Jim and Jeanie - this Spud's for you!
-Dick Fitzmaurice (67WB)
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>>From: Pam Ehinger (67)
RE: Mt. St. Helens
So where were you 20 years ago?
My Sister was having her bridal shower, in
Ephrata. On Sun. May 18, 1980, we were having
breakfast at my parents house. There were 13 people
there from the Big Bash on Sat. About 8am the wind
started up and you could see this big black cloud
coming from the West. My Dad was an Air Traffic
Controller and stated that there was no front coming
in, so wonder what this was! We had not heard about St.
Helens yet, but the neighbor came running over yelling
that we needed to get inside that the Volcano had
erupted!
With in 20-30 min. this course stuff came falling
from the sky, then it all went black, like walking
into a closet and shutting the door. I lived in Omak
at the time and Dad asked me if I wanted to head home.
Well I was not going any where as it was to much like
the Twilight Zone out there! Some guests head for home
on the other side of the mountains, but by the time
they got to Quincy, the ash was very fine and clogging
up the engines.
The WSP were turning everyone around as the farther
West you went the worse it got. So Mom had 13 extra
people to put up!! Myself and one other gal, walked to
Safeway's and it was like walking in Talcum Powder!
Every time you took a step it puffed up around your
feet and you left little clouds behind you. We looked
like something from God knows where! We had bandanas
on our heads and a scarf over our noses and mouths, so
we wouldn't breathe any of that stuff! A picture was
taken of us that day, and when I was shown it, I asked
who they were!! That's pretty bad when you can't even
recognize yourself!
Later on my Dad made the comment that the only good
from the ash was that it helped his garden that year!
He grew the biggest tomatoes, that year. The ash kept
the moisture in. Moses Lake and Ephrata were one of
few cities that were hit hard when Mt. St. Helens
blew!
Well that is where I was on May 18, 1980. How
about you?
Bombers Rule
-Pam Ehinger (67)
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>>From: Betti Avant (69)
RE: Ah, yes Mt. St. Helen's eruption day
I remember the day very well. My mother was working
at the Richland Police Department at that most
interesting of days. I had stopped by to see if she
needed anything from the grocery store that morning
when we heard a "loud boom". Of course, in those days
we were always hearing sonic booms from airplanes and
thought nothing of it. After I got back from the
store, she called and said Mt. St. Helens had erupted.
The ash cloud was possibly expected over Richland, so
I may want to keep an eye on my dog. Well, I turned on
the TV to watch the Seattle Mariners and in the corner
of the picture throughout the entire game they had
images of the ash rising higher and higher over the
mountain. Mom called a bit later and said the ash was
headed our way in Richland. I went out and got the dog
in. She wasn't real good in the house, so I got an old
sheet and laid on the couch watching the Mariners with
her laying on my belly. After Mom got home and the ash
had passed I went out and took some pictures of the
clouds. My brother, Robert (class of 1969), called
from Spokane and asked what blew up at Hanford. I
assured him it was not a nuclear cloud, but rather ash
from Mt. St. Helens. The Lilac Parade had been in
Spokane the day before and people were having a
difficult time getting back to western Washington.
I also remember the next night my softball team had
a game scheduled at the field at Howard Amon Park.
Well, they decided to play the game. That is one time
I was glad I was a catcher, as every time a ball was
hit to the outfield on the ground the players would
get a face full of ash. Somewhere I have a small
bottle of ash I collected that day.
Mother Nature sure surprises us sometimes.
-Betti Avant (69)
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>>From: Mike Lemler (72)
RE: Brad Upton (74) Cruise
Brad,
We think that you have a great idea, having the
reunion on the boat. Sorry that we missed the last
show in Everett, but if you are putting up the dough
for the cruise, we would be glad to join you. It sure
is nice having such a considerate friend as to invite
us on an Alaskan cruise. We will be watching our
mailbox for our tickets!
-Mike Lemler (72)
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>>From: "Parker, Sonny"
Hey Gary!
Just a note to say that I cannot find Tom Roulstan
anywhere. He was class of 1981. Went into the Navy
(career), and I ran into him 11 yrs ago. No word
since. Any ideas?
Sonny Parker (81)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: Sonny Parker (81)
Hello, Stacey Parker (94).
I'm a Bomber from 1981, and I too, live in
wonderful PHX. Been here since 1982, love the place.
Like to hear how you ended up here. The Air Force
sent me to Williams AFB in Chandler, and now I live
near Camelback. Write sometime...
-Sonny Parker (81)
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>>From: AMHudson46@aol.com
I was reading about your Spudnut Shop in Richland.
I was so excited to see there is one still around. We
are from Beloit, Wisconsin. That is about 15 min from
Rockford, Illinois on the stateline and about 45 min
from Madison, Wisconsin. Do you know of any other
Spudnut Shops around the country? Also who would you
contact if you wanted to open a doughnut shop. Where
do you get a franchise? Also is there a recipe you
could share with me on how to make the spudnuts even
for our enjoyment at home. We definitely will stop at
your shop when we are in WA. we have friends in Wash.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Thank You,
-Arlene & Dave Hudson
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Sandra Atwater (51), Bob Carlson (54),
Carol Hollingsworth (55), Jan Bollinger (60),
Marilyn Swan (63), Bill Didway (66),
Steve Schraedel (79)
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>>From: Sandra Atwater Boyd (51)
We lived in Othello, WA when Mt. St. Helens
erupted. Moses Lake, Othello and Ritzville got more
ash than any other town. The day started out as such a
beautiful day with bright blue skies and big, puffy
white clouds that appeared first. I was leaving for
work (A&W Drive-in) when I saw the clouds and I
visited my Dad before going to work and told him to
look out the window. I had never seen clouds like that
before.
Then it got darker and darker ------ finally it was
so dark that you could hardly see with the ash coming
down like a snow blizzard. At 2:30 in the afternoon we
closed the A&W. They were keeping people from leaving
town, but they let me go as I lived close enough and
not actually going out of town. Well, I was driving 5
miles an hour and I almost went off the road. It
blacker than black!!!
The next morning you looked outside to see an
unbelievable amount of ash! We had to wear masks for
several days. The ash wrecked havoc with the cars. The
military came in to help clean up the schools. It took
so long to get it cleaned up -------- months! Even
after years when I would be planting things in the
yard, I would find a layer of ash. It is really heavy
too. We had a business and home to clean up and we
thought we would never get it clean!!
Lots of stories can be told by people and it will
never be forgotten!
-Sandra Atwater Boyd (51)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka "Mike Clowes" (54)
To Bill Didway (66)
Continuing on the V&S topic; my '52 Columbian lists
only the top six. They are:
Tom Davis
Nancy Mooers
Joy Mason
Margie Casebier
Elsa Lou Slack
Mary Morgan
My '54 Colombian confirms your V&S, but you might
want to add the remaining top six:
Mary Esther Anderson
Carol Clark
Ruth Haugse
Virginia Brinkerhoff
To Tom Tracy (55)
Tommy,
Shame on you, Jack Sinderson was '53 not '54. Not
that we didn't want him in our class, but he wanted to
get out of school when he was supposed to, and not a
year later.
Anyway, have fun at the "old" ball game. I don't
know if Medicare covers injuries from such activities.
-Bob Carlson, aka "Mike Clowes" (54)
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>>From: Carol Hollingsworth Entrikin (55)
Class of 55 Valedictorian was Helen Henry
Salutatorian was Jane Volpentest
Class of 54 Valedictorian was Mural Nichols,
Salutatorian was Larry Blackburn
(also a good football player)
-Carol Hollingsworth Entrikin (55)
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>>From: Jan Bollinger Persons (60)
Does anyone else have a filtered Internet service
that regularly blocks access to the allbomber site? At
least once a week I have to request that the site be
unblocked, and even then, the Class of 60 site is not
accessible. My server tells me the pornography
peddlers have been especially active, lately, and this
site gets blocked along with those.
Verrrrry frustrating!
To Myrna Bolin Turner (63)
Dodie Bebee was the younger sister of my friend
Charlotte (60), and I remember the river drowning
accident that took her life. I believe that
Charlotte's married name is/was Carson. There was also
an older brother, but I can't recall his name. Hope
this small bit of information helps.
If you should make contact with Charlotte, please
ask her if she remembers our group visit to the riding
stables at West Richland. And all those batches of
fudge we made that we either ate with a spoon or
cemented in the pan. (My fudge still turns out that
way!)
-Jan Bollinger Persons (60)
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>>From: Marilyn Swan Beddo (63)
RE: Spudnuts
I saw this recipe in the food section of the Salt
Lake Tribune yesterday, May 17. It is said to be more
than 30 years old. One lady writes that she remembers
Spudnuts being sold at small shops and in downtown
offices by small delivery boys. Someone recently wrote
that they thought the head offices of Spudnuts were at
one time in Salt Lake City. Anyhow here is the recipe
for Spudnuts coming to you live from S.L.C. to pass on
to all those Bombers out there who may not have access
to a Spudnut shop. Don't know if this is the same as
you have printed before or not.
SPUDNUTS
1 cup shortening
2 cups mashed potatoes
4 cups lukewarm milk
5 eggs*, beaten
1 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons yeast dissolved in 1/2 cup warm water
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
12 to 15 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
Scald milk with shortening. Add sugar, salt and enough
flour to make a thin batter, about the consistency of
cake batter. Add the mashed potatoes, beaten eggs,
dissolved yeast and lemon extract. Add enough more
flour to make a soft dough. Let rise twice, then roll
out and cut into doughnut shapes. Let rise again until
light. Drop doughnuts into hot oil (375 degrees to 400
degrees), raised-side down. Turn once. Remove from
heat and drain briefly before dipping into a glaze
made by mixing powered sugar and water at a ratio of 1
cup to 2 Tablespoons, respectively. Add more water if
needed. Makes 10 to 12 dozen spudnuts. ENJOY!!!!!
* note: If you cut the recipe in half, use 3 eggs.
-Marilyn Swan Beddo (63)
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[This is a little different than the "Spudnut Wannabe"
recipe posted on the Alumni Sandstorm website. -Maren]
AlumniSandstorm.com Scroll down to RECIPES
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>>From: Billy Didway (66)
Continued: Valedictorians and Salutatorians
1955 - Valedictorian: Jane Volepentest
Salutatorians: Beverley Menefee, Gretchen Heldt, Don Cole
1965 - Valedictorians: Gaynor Dawson, Paige Wheeler
Salutatorians: Robert LeClaire, Marsha Dallaire
1967 - Valedictorian: Deborah Cahn
1969 - Valedictorian: Robin Corley, Nancy Carter
1971 - Valedictorian: Vanessa Pugh
Salutatorian: Henry Vea
1975 - Valedictorians: Judy Bunch, Janet Guthrie,
Pam Richmond, Judy Roesh, Marian Watson
Salutatorian: Laura Blackburn
1977 - Valedictorians: Carol Guthrie, Janie Crowley,
Genie Eschabach, Stephanie Dorgan, Carolyn Brown,
Karen Benton
1979 - Valedictorian: Linda Romrell
1987 - Valedictorian: Chris Rheumler, Steve Reese,
Amy Taylor
1997 - Valedictorians: Eric Allwine, Kaci Young,
Randy Teel, Ryan Plaisted, Joan Doran,
Abbey Krause, Heather Eggen
-Bill Didway (66)
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[I've put up a another website. -Maren]
RichlandBombers.com
Scroll to find Validictorians/Salutitorians, etc.
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>>From: Steve Schraedel (79)
RE: Mt. St. Helens
I remember hearing a distant bang. After hearing
the news, we stepped outside to have a look. The sky -
- was a scene of a 1000 upside down, grayish
parachutes. All seemed to flow slowly to the earth.
There was a hush outdoors and a gentle breeze. The
sight must have deeply impressed me, as I remember
exactly where I stood while surveying those unusual
clouds. Standing on the east of our front yard, I
wondered how long it until those bellowing clouds
would descend, and if they would destroy grass and
plant life, but I don't remember being afraid.
[Steve -- WHERE WERE YOU??? -Maren]
Recently, I was in Salt Lake City as the famous
Tornado rounded our building. It was so quick in its
destruction. With several friends, we had planned a
walk in the adjacent canyon at the very time the
tornado made its pass, but were detained by overdrawn
meetings. None of us made it to the canyon that day,
where some 40 plus trees were leveled in a matter of
seconds. I had typically parked on east capital hill
and just that week decided to park on the west
hillside. My car would have been smashed where I'd
usually left it. The powerful forces of nature are so
awe inspiring. 100 year old trees were uprooted, cars,
and roof tops smashed. One gentleman, waiting for a
bus, saw the impending danger heading his way, grasped
a firm hold on the nearby tree and for a moment his
feet were perpendicular to the tree as the powerful
winds blew. When the dust settled, I peered from an
upstairs window and noticed men examining a roof
across the street. I later saw one of them on an
elevator and asked how the building had weathered the
tornado blasts. He said it was fine, but that they
were looking for a little baby. A baby had blown from
it's mother's arms. The mother in a frightful plight,
begged for everyone in sight to help search for her
baby. Can you imagine her feelings? After a while, I
don't know the period of time, she was reunited with
her infant as a man who had not been far from her said
that he caught the baby in his arms, and took it to
safety. Shortly there after, he began a search for its
mother and happily presented her to her loving, yet
relieved mother.
-Steve Schraedel (79)
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15 Bombers sent stuff:
Richard Roberts (49), Hugh Hinson (52),
Tom Tracy (55), Betty McElhaney (57),
Loron Holden (57), Paula Beardsley (62),
Carol Converse (64), Peg Kestell (67),
Jim Gulliksen (68), Diane Carpenter (72),
Kim Edgar (79), Donna Fisher (80),
Gil Blankenship (81), Jamie McDevitt (81),
Shannon Weil (82)
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>>From: Richard Roberts (49)
To: The Hi Spot crowd
Carol Tyner Hinson (52) and I were recalling our Hi
Spot days and we were wondering if we had membership
cards and if so did we get carded at the door. Anybody
remember?
-Richard Roberts (49)
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>>From: Hugh Hinson (52)
To Sandra Atwater Boyd (51)
Hi Sandra,
I read your note about St. Helens. We were living
in Spokane at the time the mountain blew. My youngest
son and I went to the Armed Forces Day celebration at
Fairchild AFB. It was about 10 in the morning when we
looked West and way a big dark cloud coming our way. I
told my son that we should probably get out of there
and head home because it was a sandstorm coming our
way. It reminded me of the old days in Richland. When
we got to the car the dust had already started to
fall. You are so right when you say it was dark at
2PM. Boy was it. We owned a restaurant at the time and
the night before we had not turned off the incoming
air fan. Guess what? I don't think I have to say
more. It took several days to clean the inside of the
place. We also had to wear masks etc. for several
days. Everything came to a stop. What an event to
experience in our lifetime.
Take care.
-Hugh Hinson (52)
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>>From: Tom Tracy (55)
Bob:
Thanks for the note. ... I figured... what's a few
years among friends. Jack was a great player... but an
even finer person than a basketball player. I remember
listening to a little kid behind our bench one time
who said to someone sitting nearby... That's Jack
Sinderson and you can't say anything bad about him ...
'cause he's my Sunday School Teacher!!!...
All the best, Bob
-Tom Tracy (55)
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>>From: Betty McElhaney Hudspeth (57)
RE: Mt. St. Helens
I know we were at home on May 18th, reading the
morning paper. My Husband went to let the dog out and
came back in and told me and our son to come look at
the funny clouds. As described by another they looked
like upside down parachutes. Our Son turned on the
T.V. and then came out to tell us about the mountain
blowing its top.
When we heard how bad the ash fall was at Moses
Lake we got real concerned as my parents and Aunts and
Uncles were at O'Sullivan fishing and camping. We had
no way of getting in touch with them to know if they
were all right. So we sat here waiting and waiting for
some news. Finally after 4 days they finally got home.
They said some people left right away and got
stranded as the ash filled their air cleaners on the
vehicles, some made it out by using their gray water
or sewer hoses for their motor homes by somehow
attaching it from the air intake into the inside of
their motor homes. (bear with me on this as I am not
mechanically inclined.) The folks decided to stay
and wait and see if the state was going to clear the
highway (big dreamers).
One morning My Mother and Uncle were out early
walking the dogs and my Uncle noticed that the ash was
not poofing up as they were walking and the dogs
running around were not kicking it up. It was the dew
on the ground real early in the morning that kept it
settled, so the next morning they started out early
and made it home without any trouble.
Their boats had about 4 to 5 inches of ash in them.
All were safe and we sure were glad to see them.
-Betty McElhaney Hudspeth (57)
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>>From: Loron Holden (57)
RE: Class of 57
Valedictorian: Gary Lucas
Salutatorian: Aida Mankowski
Other Mention:
Elizabeth Parker, Max Case & Carol Shanks
-Loron Holden (57)
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>>From: Paula Beardsley Glenn (62)
RE: St. Helen's Eruption
My memories of that day are coming home from
Kennewick about 9:00 after a very late night (early
morning) and noticing the dark cloud on the horizon as
I approached Richland and thinking "Oh crap - another
dust storm." It did turn out to be the granddaddy of
all Tri-City dust storms after all. I headed up to Mom
and Dad's to check on Dad. He had a very bad case of
the shingles and was in terrible pain and Mom needed
help getting him up and down. As we watched TV that
morning and the reports came across about St. Helens
and the sky continued to darken, and the neighbors
came out one by one to check out the unusual "clouds"
in the sky, Dad decided he needed to go outside
covered with open sores and unable to wear much
besides a pair of loose boxers.
We grabbed his camera and headed out the door and
were astounded by the sight of the upside down
thunderheads, or so they appeared to me. It was so
quiet - no birds chirping or dogs barking but you
could hear the neighbors hollering to one another.
After about 15 minutes, the ash began to fall and all
I could think about was that fine grit getting into
those open sores on Dad and hustled him back indoors.
We watched the rest of the day through the window and
were grateful that we didn't get any more ashfall than
we did. It was an amazing day and I'll never forget
where I was "The Day the Mountain Blew.
-Paula Beardsley Glenn (62)
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>>From: Carol Converse Maurer (64)
RE: Mt. St. Helens
I remember going out onto the deck, looking over
our backyard. Like someone already said, the day was
sunny and so pretty. I had just gotten ready for
church and was waiting for the kids to finish up. I
looked to the west and saw these dark, ominous clouds
coming our way. My thought was, oh what a sandstorm
we're going to be getting. I saw small amounts of ash
on the deck railing, but didn't think too much about
it at the time. I just thought -how curious. I made
sure that the lawn chairs were in their places and all
the windows were closed. All the while, I kept a
lookout on those clouds and kept thinking to myself
how different they looked. Nothing like what I had
ever seen. Made me really wonder what was going on.
Upon arriving at church, I heard about Mt. St. Helens
blowing. That was the first time that I knew what was
going on. I think everyone was pretty jittery and
really couldn't concentrate on the sermon at all. By
the time church let out, it was pretty dark. When we
got home, we turned on tv and saw the happenings in
Yakima and Moses Lake. What a sight to behold - total
darkness in the middle of the day. I, too, collected a
small cup of ash. Saved it for years, but in the move
to Wenatchee, I must have accidentally thrown it away.
-Carol Converse Maurer (64)
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>>From: Peg Kestell Hume (67)
RE: Class of 67 new web page
Just got back from a 20,000 acre fire in southern
NM, only to find out that my sister, Vikki Kestell
(70), had done the 67 web page over again..........
Looks great Vikki, only problem is tho, Bob Barnett is
NOT deceased, Lewayne Barnhart is...... so don't go
panicking over this typo, please. I'll get this
straightened out just as soon as Vikki returns from
the week-end. Also, Pam Ehinger (67), with the
help of Peggy Jones Snow (67)(who's house in Los
Alamos did NOT burn down) and I are trying to take
over the responsibility of managing this page. Web
masters we are NOT, but we are willing to take a stab
at it. The roster list is still under construction,
and I've had several write and tell me that I need to
complete it, which I would have done on this fire I
was on, but I couldn't find a current bush anywhere to
plug a lap-top into! Please be patient with
us....... there is lots that we want to do, such as a
"Tour of Duty" list, and a "Where We Are Now" section.
We'll ask for donations for these sites as soon as we
become competent with this new program that we are
working under.
I'm going to Los Alamos tomorrow to view the
damage. The fire has grown to over 48,000 acres and is
being said to be the largest fire in NM history. I
don't have an accurate count as to how many homes were
destroyed, somewhere between 260-405 families without
a home. The town in no longer in danger as the fire
has moved off the town site and into the canyons and
mesas to the north and east. More later. Oh, and thanx
to all who wrote and stated their concern over this
devastating matter.
-Peg Kestell Hume (67)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: Jim Gulliksen (68)
Date: Sat May 20 12:28:28 2000
Memories
Just got thinking and wonder if any of the "SENIOR
MEN" of the class of '68 remember the burning of the
library cards in the courtyard in the spring of 1968?
-Jim Gulliksen (68)
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>>From: Diane Carpenter Kipp (72)
RE: Mt. St. Helens day
Twenty years ago I was in Utah so missed all the
excitement, though my dad later sent me a small jar of
ash.
However, 5 years later on 18 May, 1985, I was
giving birth to my 3rd child (of 4) and 1st girl, in
Spokane. (Remember, Dee?) The nurses at Deaconess
Hospital told me that several baby girls born on the
day Mt. St. Helens blew were named either Helen or
Ashley. We chose not to follow tradition! (Her name is
Mallory.)
-Diane Carpenter Kipp (72)
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>>From: Kim Edgar (79)
RE: Mt. St. Helens
I was working at K-mart, I remember going out in
the parking lot and seeing the big black cloud coming
our way. My mother was stranded in Spokane and missed
a few days work. They got hit pretty hard there.
A few days later, I remember seeing a news clip
about signs at banks saying "Please remove your masks
upon entering".
The one thing I'll never forget is driving down the
road a couple of days after the eruption, is a woman
passing by me in her car - she was wearing a dust
mask. A few minutes later, I passed her, she had
pulled her mask down to smoke a cigarette. It's
ironic, she was concerned enough about lungs to were
the mask, but not to smoke. It gave me a chuckle. Oh
well, to each his own.
In regards to Reunion, I plan on putting a "Bomber"
sign/banner in my car as I travel across the
mountains. I'd love to see others have signs as well,
it would be great way to show our pride and connect
with other alumni - especially at the rest areas.
PS: Don't forget to honk and wave if you see me!
-Kim Edgar (79)
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>>From: Donna Fisher (80)
I can remember what happened the day St. Helen blew
her top. My dad was putting on a girls softball
tournament in Richland, the tournament was to be
played at the Columbia Playfield. My sister Brenda
(77) and I were wearing shorts that morning around the
time St. Helen blew - we heard the BOOM! Of course
joking around at the time, I said "There goes Mt. St.
Helens!" (not thinking it really happened). We saw the
dark clouds coming over and - thinking we might be
having a bad storm - my sister and I went home to
change pants. We met a boy half-way to the cars and he
told us that Mt. St. Helens erupted. Of course we
didn't believe him. He showed us the ashes on the
cars. When we came back to the fields, we sat down and
watched the ash clouds go over us.
It was wonderful to watch the clouds go by -- like
looking at thunderheads going underneath the clouds
instead of on top. Brenda, Melinda Cole (79), and I
decided to go to Wendy's for lunch and we watched the
ash coming down. It was interesting that day. . .
Both of my grandparents lived in Packwood (which is
about 1 1/2 hours drive from Mt. St. Helens). They
said it was very quiet that Sunday morning and the
birds were trying to fly in their windows. They never
heard the blast like we did and when the ashes started
to fall, they thought this was end of the world.
My aunt, who lived in Moses Lake, set out a saucer
to get some of the ash. The next morning she couldn't
find the saucer with all the ashes they got that day.
Did anybody go to Mt. St. Helens Monument National
Park yet??? I have been there about 5 or 6 times.
First time was 3 years after it erupted - the most
interesting time to go. You were traveling in green
forest and POOF you were in the blast zone. I
recommend everybody go and see this wonderful Park,
especially the Coldwater side where you are only 6
miles from the cater.
-Donna Fisher (80)
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>>From: Gil Blankenship (81)
RE: Mt. St. Helens
I remember that weekend clearly. I even have a
number of photos laying about that I will try to post
if I can find them.
As for me, I was on a trip - a 'Poolee Party' for
those of us who had expressed an interest in joining
the Marine Corps. We had taken a bus up to the air
show in Spokane, camping overnight at the lake and
doing some skiing the day before. We woke early that
morning, kindled the fire and were able to fashion
some coffee and eats from the night past.
It was slightly after 8am (I think) when we heard
what we believed to be a sonic boom. The recruiter
stated that it was probably signaling the start of the
air show and we needed to board the bus and head off
to the base.
We spent the morning roaming around the aircraft,
and I had taken a couple pictures. There was a display
of the new 'Stealth' plane - but in those days it was
simply a starched rope that stuck straight up from the
ground, as if to be tied to an invisible object.
Suddenly - the base alarm sounded. Military
Policemen in jeeps began driving through the base and
with megaphones ordered everyone to return to their
homes. The aircraft sorties were dangerously close to
one another, taking off abreast and practically nose to
tail. We boarded the bus and departed the base - only
to be turned around by the highway patrol. While
returning to the base the cloud passed over. I
remember it becoming instantly dark, and for a moment,
as I was seated in the rear of the bus I thought how
strange it was. You see the front half of the bus was
pitch black, and the back half was still daylight. The
darkness passed through the bus like a wall.
We made it back to the base and the recruiter was
able to find us rooms. We spent a couple days at
Fairchild with the Marine Corps footing the bill. I'd
love to find those pictures because they portray the
boredom of the time. Everything was closed except a
small shopette. So we bought sodas. When we finished
off those, we crushed the cans to various levels,
placed them on the tiled floor and fashioned a chess
board.
-Gil Blankenship (81)
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>>From: Jamie McDevitt (81)
To Sonny Parker (81)
RE: Tom Roulstan
Tom Roulstan married Melinda Lee (82). If Melinda
isn't listed on her class web site you might want to
try one of her sisters Michelle Lee (I don't remember
her married name) class of '79 or Jamie Shurts (the
spelling may not be correct) who graduated in the late
80s or early 90s. Also, last I heard Melinda's parents
were still in Richland (last name Shurts, home is on
Van Giesen) Good luck.
-Jamie McDevitt (81)
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>>From: Shannon Weil Lamarche (82)
RE: Mt. St. Helens
To Sandra Atwater Boyd (51):
I, too, was at work (A&W - what a coincidence) in
Richland when the mountain blew. After a couple of
hours, the billowy gray clouds arrived and turned what
started out to be a nice day into NIGHT! I don't
remember what time exactly they sent us home, but I
know it was well before noon.
I once had an A&W cup full of ash. I think it is
still at my parents' house.
-Shannon Weil Lamarche (82)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 5/22/00
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10 Bombers and 1 funeral notice today.
Carol Tyner (52), Marilyn Wallace (47),
Marilyn Richey (53), Mike Lewis (60),
Helen Cross (62), Tim Smyth (62),
Carol Converse (64),
Mike OR Lori Simpson Hogan (70)
Mike Davis (74), Loreen Muhlestein (89)
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ANNOUNCEMENT: PLEASE, Bombers! 'Sign' your entries
that you send to the Sandstorm. That means, at the
end of your entry 'sign' it -- just like you would
sign a letter to a friend.
MARRIED LADIES: Include your maiden name so that
everyone from 'back then' will know who is writing.
You don't have to leave your married name out -- just
INCLUDE your maiden name.
EVERYONE: Include your class year.
This will save me from looking through 3000 e-mail
addresses to try and figure out this information so
that it can be added 'for' you... AND it will keep me
from messing it up.... read on....
-Maren Smyth, classes of '63 and '64
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>>From: Carol Tyner Roberts (52)
Hi there. Well I guess someone had a "senior
moment" and married me off to Hugh Hinson (52) when I
wasn't looking. He is a great guy, but it is Richard
Roberts (49) that has been my "one and only" for these
46 plus years.
Still curious if we had membership Hi Spot cards
and, if so, did we get carded at the door? Anyone
remember?
-Carol Tyner Roberts (52)
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[Bomber apologies, Carol! That "someone" was me who
ADDED the wrong married name to Richard Roberts' (49)
entry in yesterday's Sandstorm. TOTALLY my goof!! - Maren]
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>>From: Marilyn Wallace Hultman (47)
To Dick Roberts (49):
Yes, Dick you had a membership card to the Hi Spot
and you were carded at the door. Remember ---- The Hi-
Spot Club was organized to provide the teen-agers of
Richland with a place and means of recreation and
enjoyment. The club was run entirely by teen-agers,
and was sponsored by the Junior Chamber of
Commerce (Jaycees). It was open for every teen-ager who
resided in Richland and had a membership card.
At the beginning of the school year, l945, two
representatives were elected from each class to meet
with the Jaycees and draw up the plans and rules for
the club. t was formally opened on December 22, l945.
The first representatives were: Ken Cundy and Georgia
Jenkins (46), Marilyn Wallace and Clarence Powell
(47), Dale Gier and Mickey Ferney (48), Ray King and
Helen Anderson (49). What a great place to go!!! We
teens fried the burgers, made the shakes, checked out
the equipment for the pool tables and ping pong,
changed the records to dance. If a member broke or
abused a rule they had to appear before the committee
and if judged in the wrong, their card was suspended
for a certain period of time and no entry without your
card!!
It was such a wonderful place to go and meet your
friends and dance to the latest records, have a shake
or play any number of games. My husband Ray (47) and I
were sorry to hear it had to close a few years later.
We are Bomber parents also of Mike (72) and Steve (75)
and wished it had been open at that period of time.
Great memories!!!!
-Marilyn Wallace Hultman (47)
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>>From: Marilyn Richey (53)
To Richard Roberts (49):
The Hi-Spot Club in the old Richland Community
building had a membership charge which we paid $2.00 a
year and you received the card to get into the center
on Wednesday and Saturday nites each week. It also
helped sponsor the Hi sport band which played at
special dances during the year.
You had to show your card to get in and also your
card could be revoked for a time if you were drinking
or other conducts were displayed. There was a peer
committee you would go beforth and if they thought
your actions called for some discipline, then you
could lose your card for a certain length of time.
Also on this committee, Mr. & Mrs. Don McCaughtry
were acting as advisors to the club members. Not much
got pass Alice when she was on the door. I later
worked for her at General Electric and always had fond
memories doing this in the community. It's too bad
there isn't a place in the city where the students of
high school could enjoy themselves like we did in the
late 40's and 50's at the Hi-Spot.
-Marilyn Richey (53)
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[Check out the Hi-Spot page. -Maren]
Hi-Spot
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>>From: Mike Lewis (60)
RE: Ashfall from Mount Saint Helens
I had the ignominious distinction of putting
something into a dumpster when this huge cloud of ash
fell on me and I was obliterated. It was in a way the
same as that of the fellow who was quoted so much: I
just knew I was dead. Null and void, nihil. Vacuum.
Nothing under my graduation cap at that moment had
ever lived or known of life and all my consciousness
was at first overwhelmed by that lifeless modality. It
was so fundamental that it even caught any fear I
might have had by surprise and I realized I was alive
before there was time for more than a shimmer of fear
I was in Aberdeen so it was easy to take it with humor
and rain. We could see it from a window one day, still
smoking with the ash that had been lifeless for maybe
a hundred million years.
-Mike Lewis (60)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk (62)
When Mt. St. Helens blew on May l8, l980 we were
living in Cincinnati, Ohio, and my mother-in-law was
visiting us from Brewster, Wash. That afternoon after
we'd all been out working in the yard, my husband
drove her over to the airport and she caught her plane
and flew out, to be stopped in Chicago for the next 3
days. The radio wasn't working in the car he'd taken
to the airport, so they hadn't heard about Mt. St.
Helens blowing.
I honestly don't think any of the ash helped our
gardens back here, like it did out west, but it did
affect our contact with the West. I still have a
little prescription bottle of the ash my dad sent me
that he got that day. He was fascinated with it, and
was driving in it around Moses Lake. It did play havoc
with his car, but he realized that it was a part of
Washington State history that he was able to be a
involved in.
I'm looking forward to attending our reunion in
just a little over a month from now.
-Helen Cross Kirk (62)
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>>From: Tim Smyth (62)
RE: May 18, 1980
Easy for me to remember. Living in New York, I
didn't experience Mt. St. Helens first hand. But we
were busy.... we had our own eruption. Our third
daughter, Erin Maureen, was born that day.
Can't make it to R2K, but I wish all of you who are
attending, that you all have a good time.
-Tim Smyth (62)
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>>From: Carol Converse Maurer (64)
To Richard Roberts (49):
I remember having a card to show at Hi Spot each
Friday night when I went. I can't remember if they
stamped the back of your hand or not though.
-Carol Converse Maurer (64)
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>>From: Mike OR Lori Simpson Hogan (70)
RE: 1970 REUNION NEWS
Hello 1970 grads! We are getting closer and closer to
Reunion time and so many of you still haven't
registered. It is imperative to have your registration
money to Terry Hodgson Buechler no later than May
31st. If we don't find more interest we may have to
cancel, as the Shilo Inn requires a minimum of 150. As
of our last meeting we had only 88 registered. We hope
that you have just been procrastinating and will be
attending! We want to see as many of our classmates as
possible. PLEASE get your $$$ in ASAP.
UNSIGNED - e-mail address belongs to
Mike and Lori Simpson Hogan (70)
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>>From: Mike Davis (74)
RE: The Day Mt. St. Helens Blew
I remember it well. From my front porch I looked
toward the West and saw the entire sky black! My first
thought was that the Hanford Project had just blown up
and we would all soon be cookies! Then I turned on the
television and realized what had happened. I quickly
ran to the phone booth located down the block. This
quick trip was not to call anyone but to quickly
change into my red cape and shirt with the big "S"! I
figured I could help! While flying over the Pass my
thoughts of helping were detoured by a sighting of a
Denny's below. And yes, Parks, I stopped for a couple
of Grand Slams!!!
-Mike Davis (74)
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>>From: Tedi Parks Teverbaugh (76)
Please include in the "valedictorian" list, the following:
Valedictorian for Class of 1974: Mike Davis
Valedictorian for Class of 1976: Tedi Parks Teverbaugh
Thanks,
-Tedi Parks Teverbaugh (76)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: Loreen Muhlestein Bliss (89)
Date: Sun May 21 05:48:09 2000
Class of '89
Just wanted to say Hi! Our reunion last summer was
great. All you class of '90 folks out there who aren't
sure whether to make your reunion this coming
summer.... do it! It will be fun. I'd love to make it
since I knew so many of you too. Enjoy! I'd love to
hear from any "long lost friends."
-Loreen Muhlestein Bliss (89)
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Funeral Notice scanned from TCHerald
by Shirley Collings Haskins, '66
~ Billy Kenneth Watkins, Class of 1947 ~
http://funeralnotices.tripod.com/
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 5/23/00
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14 Bombers sent stuff:
Ray Gillette (49), Shirley Watts (49),
Hugh Hinson (52), Betty McElhaney (57),
Janet Wilgus (59), Larry Houck (59),
MLou Williams (60) via Jay Siegel (61),
Helen Cross (62), Patti Snider (65),
Spencer Houck (71), Vicki Owens (72),
Kim Lampton (74), Sonny Parker (81),
Jenn Tomaszewski (94)
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>>From: Ray Gillette (49)
To Carol Tyner ROBERTS (52):
Whew!! I was worried for a brief moment that you
had run off and eloped with one of the Hinson boys.
Actually I doubted that it was possible after the
forty something years of marriage to my friend Richard
Roberts (49).
Concerning membership cards to the Hi Spot... I
have no knowledge or memory of ever having cards or
being carded upon entry to the Hi Spot.
Hope all is well with you and your family. I think
I envy your weather at this time of year (we are
expecting near 110 today in Phoenix). Have fun on the
beach at Grover Beach.
Regards;
-Ray Gillette (49)
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>>From: Shirley Watts James (49)
RE: Mt. St. Helens
I was living in Evansville, IN when I heard the
reports on the Mt. St. Helens eruption. A short time
later while visiting family in Richland my husband and
I decided to take a small aircraft and fly over the
area. Mt. St. Helens had been a favorite spot for us
to backpack, camp and water ski in Spirit Lake's
beautiful blue waters. I couldn't believe the
devastation. The enormity of it was unbelievable; it
looked like a moonscape and Spirit Lake (what was left
of it) was a boiling cauldron of polluted soup. Only
one small sprig of green peered through the scorched
earth and the Tuttle River was a roaring, swirling
mass of gray water carrying dead trees, rocks and silt
with it. Slain tree trunks lay everywhere like a
crosshatched sampler on the gray landscape. I wept.
About four years ago, we made a visit back to Mt.
St. Helens. You can imagine my surprise to find a
desolated area made magnificent with masses of
colorful wild flowers and young trees, and Spirit Lake
once more serene and beautiful. Mother Nature
impressed me with her powers, and also made me realize
what a small part I play in her scheme of things here
on earth.
-Shirley Watts James (49)
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>>From: Hugh Hinson (52)
To Carol Tyner Roberts (52)
Hi Carol,
You are a great lady, and I have also been married
for 43 years to the same lady.
The Hi Spot you could enter if you showed your ASB
card. That is what I recall. I could also be having a
senior moment.
Best regards,
-Hugh Hinson (52)
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>>From: Betty McElhaney Hudspeth (57)
Re: Los Alamos fire
Our sympathies go out to all the people there. We
lived there for six years (2 in White Rock and 4 on
the "Hill" as they call it). It is a beautiful place
and it just makes a person sick to think of the
destruction, not only to the people and their homes
but of the animals.
It is a beautiful sight when you can stand at the
kitchen sink doing dishes and look out and see deer
wandering through your back yard or raccoons, bear on
occasion and all the different birds. Especially the
Hummingbirds, we had hundreds of them and kept busy
keeping the feeders filled.
We lived two blocks from the edge of the forest on
45th, the Quad we lived in must have survived the fire
according to the pictures and address list, but the
Quad across the street from us and the next two
streets 46th and 48th are toast. They said fifteen
houses on 45th were lost.
Such a beautiful place--------
-Betty McElhaney Hudspeth (57)
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>>From: Janet Wilgus Beaulieu (59)
RE: 1959 Class Valedictorians etc.
Well, since the top students for the class of 1959
haven't been listed yet, I'll see what I can do to fix
that.
According to our commencement program Judith Rees,
Loretta Reich and Georgette Anderson were listed as
Co-Valedictorians.
The top Five students were the above three and
Susan J. Myhre and Thomas Beaulieu. (Tom thought that
all four GURLS were straight A students and then he
was next in line.)
-Janet Wilgus Beaulieu (59)
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>>From: Larry Houck (59)
RE: Mt. St. Helens
I was in the Air Force and come home on leave, the
day before we left and went to Salt Lake City, UT. We
got up to go to church with my uncle he had a radio on
and heard the news so we turned on the TV and watched
on the tube.
We left SLC on Monday as I had to get back to
Keesler, MS. My folks who had driven us down to SLC
were going to leave Monday afternoon but after the
blast they stayed until Wednesday. My sister called
them from Richland and had my dad pick up some oil and
air filters as they were in short supply around the
Tri-cities and elsewhere near-by. I have had a chance
to go the area and see the aftermath it was awesome.
-Larry Houck (59)
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>>From: Jay Siegel (61)
RE: Forwarded by request
>From Mary Lou Williams (60) for Nadine Smith Heusser (60)
Hi, Jay.
I'm just stopping for a minute before I take off to
the Tri-Cities. Thought you would like to know that
Nadine's father died last Saturday. What a great way
to remember Mother's Day weekend! Her Mom died a few
years ago. Anyway, she and husband Roger and son Andy
and his new wife (don't know name yet) will be at my
Mom's for dinner tonight. She doesn't have internet
access, so if you want, could you post this on the
Sandstorm so people can send Deenie e-mail.
She was really very close to her dad so this has
hit her hard. It was unexpected, and in fact just a
week before, her dad was diagnosed with liver cancer
with about two months to live. He apparently had it
for about a year, but his doctor never diagnosed it.
Deenie usually comes for a visits in late July or
early August, and if she hadn't come home two weeks
ago, it would have been too late. She's the one who
got him into the hospital as an emergency where tests
were done to reveal the cancer, already metastasized
to everywhere else. I think they're going to sue for
the sake of her step mom, Charlotte.
Sorry to bear sad news. The only good thing is he
didn't have to linger for two months in pain.
See you - in good health I hope!
MLou
-Jay Siegel (61)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk (62)
RE: Koinonian Reunion held during the R2K Reunion Week-end!!
We are inviting anyone to join us who attended the
Koinonian group when Larry and Lorraine Riggs were our
advisors. We will be having a get-together with Larry
and Lorraine Riggs, our fearless (and very kind and
caring) leaders for the CUP Church Koinonian Group.
The Koinonian Reunion will be on Saturday
afternoon, June 24, after the game, at the Kadlec
Hospital Cafeteria, (if memory serves me right that's
at the corner of Swift and Stevens, with the main
entrance being off Swift). The time will be 4:00-8:00
pm or whenever. Please drop by and say hello to the
Riggs and visit with the rest of us "oldies".
Questions? I can be reached via my email or I'll be
available through the class of 62 registration desk
from Friday nite on. I'll be at my brother, Roy's
house in Kennewick for that week-end. I'm looking
forward to it. See you then.
-Helen Cross Kirk (62)
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>>From: Patti Snider Miller (65)
To All you Bombers out there!
Anyone coming to the R2K Reunion and would like to
volunteer on the chili feed? I have some slots waiting
for you. Just an hour (longer if you want!) of your
time. Need
2 more in the kitchen at 3p.m.
3 keeping tables cleared and wiped down at 4p.m. or 5p.m.
4 people for clean-up 6-8p.m.
If we get done sooner we will be out of there!
Thanks for any help you can do. If you who have
already volunteered: e-mail me or call (946-0109) and
I will give you you a time slot.
See you for chili!!
-Patti Snider Miller (65)
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>>From: Spence Houck (71)
RE: Mount St. Helens
I too remember the day the mountain blew. I was
stationed at Lajes Field in the Azores. For those who
are not familiar with where that is, it is 900 miles
off the coast of Portugal in the Atlantic Ocean.
Anyway, I was stationed there with a fellow from
Eatonville, WA. Once we found out what had happened we
were at the BX every day buying all the news magazines
we could get to find out more. Since we were from
Washington we were given permission to call home to
check in with our families to make sure all was well.
It took almost a week for us to see the outcome of the
blast but it did eventually give us some rather
spectacular sunsets, very colorful to say the least.
So we were not really a part of all the excitement but
we did hear about and saw some of the forces of nature
rear it's ugly head in pictures and finally in the sky.
Hope you all have a great week.
GO Bombers
-Spence Houck (71)
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>>From: Vicki Owens (72)
I don't have much to add about the day the mountain
blew. I was in Pullman, downwind, and experienced the
same rolling clouds and day into night dusting that
others have mentioned. Everything there (schools,
shops, banks, WSU) was closed for several days while
the health risks were assessed. What was funny was
phoning my parents in Richland to let them know I was
all right. "Yes, Honey," was their relaxed reply.
Since Richland was bypassed, they didn't have a clue
what I was going through! I tried to tell them things
were really bad, and that we were all being told to
stay indoors until further notice, and they said, "Oh,
really?!" So much for sympathy!
Post blast, I managed to visit Mt. St. Helen's the
first year they reopened for hiking, 1987. They were
only allowing limited numbers of people each day, and
you had to get a special permit. As I recall they were
only issuing two each day, and my friend from
Vancouver worked for weeks to get our group one of
those precious few. We drove down the night before,
rose before dawn, and packed our lunches and lots of
water up the mountain.
I had previously done some backpacking, mostly in
the Wenatchee National Forest and the North Cascades,
and it started out much like like that. It was a nice
trail up the mountain through some beautiful forest
scenery. But after some time we got to the burned out
part. No trees, no grass, no shade at all, just gray,
bare rock. Where the ash was the size of pebbles you
had to take three steps to move up one step, since you
kept slipping back. Then closer to the top were the
boulder fields that you had to crawl up on hands and
knees. I'm sure those were pieces of the mountain that
had been tossed into the air by the blast. Ugh. It was
a miserable hike, like hiking up a giant ashtray. And
this was seven years later!
I found a bit of shade and an old downed log, and
decided I had enough and was going to sit and wait for
the others to go up and come back. Within five minutes
one had come back to proclaim I was only two minutes
from the top and I simply had to go see. So I trudged
up the last bits of gray grit, and saw a sight to
behold - though I'm not sure "beautiful" would
describe it. We stood right on the end of the crater.
One misstep would be a v-e-r-y long (and final) step
into the bowels of the mountain. There was a lava dome
still spewing steam and smoke far below us. And
everything was gray and lifeless, like a lunar
landscape. What was most overwhelming was that you
could see the pristine peaks of Rainier to the north,
Adams to the east, and Hood to the south, and you knew
that St. Helen's used to look like THAT. I'm not sure
it's a hike I would recommend, but now that it's
behind me I'm glad I did it!
-Vicki Owens (72)
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>>From: Kim Lampton Kinder (74)
RE: A circle of life - Mt. Saint Helens
May 18th turned out to be quite a day, for a dozen
of my friends and myself. We had all gone up camping
for the weekend in the Wild Cat Wilderness above
Yakima, to harvest wild fungi (morels). That morning
we heard the "thunder" and decided we had better put
up a tarp so we could make breakfast before hitting
the road to return home. We were dashing about trying
to get everything put away before we got soaked. Oh
no, the rain is here and we still need to get the tent
packed, and I hate putting the tent away wet because
you always have to get it back out to clean it up
later. So, 10 minutes pass.... 15 minutes pass.....
"hey guys, we're not getting wet"....... "this isn't
rain"..... "this is like"... "sand?"........ it's (all
together now) "MOUNT SAINT HELENS BLEW!!!"
Well, at that point we decided to skip the
breakfast plans, we were north-east of the mountain
and inside the evacuation area, which meant we had a
long trip to get back down out of the mountains. We
threw everything into the trunks of our cars within 15
minutes, loaded up and started creeping down the
unmarked mountain road.
That day in the ash fall was the most total lack of
light we had ever experienced. The car headlights
projected maybe 2-3 feet into the ash and were gone.
The lead car slowly picked it's way, on and off the
road again, with the other cars riding each other's
bumpers. We finally got to Yakima late in the
afternoon and decided to spend the night with some
friends before heading home in the morning.
When we got home the next day, I went by my
parents' home to clean out the trunk full of camping
equipment. I asked my dad, how it had been in
Richland? He said they had quite a bit of ash, he had
gone out to the car and carefully swept up samples of
the fine powder to send to friends and family back
east.
With a smug grin on my face, I asked him again,
"Got lots of ash, huh? Come here, Dad." With that I
opened my trunk to show him the 50 pounds or so of ash
that had gotten packed up with the camping gear. He
was delighted, disappearing into the garage to find
jars and cans to fill with the coarse, sandy ash.
Samples were sent out all over the country, and I
myself kept a 3 pound size coffee can full of the
stuff.
Life churns on, the ash gets stuffed into a corner
of the garage then resurfaces on moving day. No that
is so important but, can't throw that out, we will
have to move that can of ash again. Now, that can had
been around twelve years, and the plastic top didn't
stay on so well anymore, and one of the cats decided
to perch on the edge and use it as a cat box. (well, it
looked like cat litter when I used it. meow) So, I
decided it would have to go. Not that I had ever done
much with it, just what do you do with volcanic ash
anyway? I didn't like tossing it out, and I certainly
didn't like the customization of my ash, by my cat. Oh
well, out it goes.
A little more life churning by (1998), and I
realize that grandma won't be with us much longer so I
head back with dad to visit her. She has a storage
unit full of stuff, that is going to be sent to Good
Will, I am invited to pick out anything I might be
interested in. Much to my surprise, I spy a jar of
Mount St. Helens ash. It had been scooped out of my
trunk.. traveled to Kansas, and is now returning to
me. I'm still not sure what to do with it, but I like
having the momento once again and it is made extra
special because it almost "got away" with all of
grandma's stuff because it didn't look important, and
she passed away shortly my visit with her.
That jar of ash had traveled many miles and
returned home. I wonder how many other little samples
were sent out far and wide? How far have they been?
How many hands have they passed thru? Do they surface
as odd items at garage sales? Find your momento of
MSHDA, take it out, feel it between your fingers,
smell it, taste it, remember what a unique and great,
one of a kind, day it was. I'm glad to have some of
the ash, out of my own trunk, back again.
-Kim Lampton Kinder (74)
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>>From: Sonny Parker (81)
To Jamie McDevitt (81)
Thanks for the help. I found him in Memphis, TN.
Bless the internet.
-Sonny Parker (81)
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>>From: Jenn Tomaszewski Seidl (94)
RE: '94 Valedictorians/Salutatorians
Valedictorian: Jared Anderson
Salutatorians: Kirk Morris and Analiese Sand
-Jenn Tomaszewski Seidl (94)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 5/24/00
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19 Bombers and 1 Missoula, MT grad today.
Dorothy Sargent (51), Bob Carlson (54),
Burt Pierard (59), Joe Jancovic (62),
Paulette Petty (62), George Valdez (63),
Linda Belliston (63), Kathie Roe (64),
Mary Mulroy (66), Dan Henry (68),
Randi Newby (70), Creede Lambard (72),
Jean Eckert (72), Mike Davis (74),
Jim Rice (75), Treg Owings (76),
Kathy Wheat (79), April Miller (92),
Mandy Holmes (97),
Paul Norderhus (Missoula H.S. '41)
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>>From: Dorothy Sargent Rath (51)
RE: Mt. St. Helens
I've enjoyed reading everyone's recollection of the
"day the mountain blew." We were in Prosser then, and
wouldn't you know picked that day to be incommunicado.
That seemingly peaceful Sunday to us was a work day in
the yard getting ready for our daughter's garden
wedding. We were away from the telephone and TV. I
will never forget how perfectly still it was that
afternoon -- not a bird or creature around and utterly
quiet. When I tried to make a long distance call that
evening, the operator informed me no calls could go
through because Mt. St. Helens had erupted.
I had heard what I thought was a sonic boom at 8:30
that morning and remember how very dark it seemed when
we were reading the papers during the noon hour. The
mountain had been spewing all week with lots of stuff
on the news. Strange how you don't really focus on
something until it happens.
I guess we were pretty fortunate in Prosser. At our
little farm in the country there was barely a trace of
ash. In Yakima, Pullman and Spokane where we had
relatives -- a whole different story.
We visited the new Visitors Center off I-5 a few
years ago. The devastation we saw all those years
later -- thousands of trees laid down like matchsticks
-- made quite an impression.
-Dorothy Sargent Rath (51)
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>>From: Bob Carlson aka "Mike Clowes" (54)
To Bill Didway (66)
Further my last, judging by the way the names and
pictures were placed in the '52 Columbian, I would
hazard a guess that Tom Davis was possibly
valedictorian and Nancy Mooers was salutatorian. You
might could check the last issue of the "Sandstorm"
issued in May or June of '52. Or, maybe someone from
that class remembers.
To Nancy Clark (52)
North Richland houses were of a pre-cut nature.
Although in actual construction, it appeared as if
each component was made at a different site or plant.
I recall they didn't fit together too well. Remember
seeing daylight through cracks in the outside wall in
my closet. I think they came in two or three bedroom
versions and were heated with oil stoves in the
living room. Probably bigger fire hazards than pre-
fabs.
I was looking through a book in a used book store,
that had pictures of housing at Oakridge. Guess what?
They lived in pre-fabs too. The pictures showed the
early versions with flat roofs. I used to live in
North Richland on B Street, until about the middle of
'53 when the family got up-graded to a pre-fab on
Sanford.
To Tom Tracy (55)
You are right about Jack being an excellent ball
player, and a good guy. You're just lucky his Sunday
School student didn't bean you or something.
All for now,
-Bob Carlson aka "Mike Clowes" (54)
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>>From: Burt Pierard (59)
RE: 1959 Class Valedictorians etc.
To: Janet Wilgus Beaulieu (59)
Janet, you and Tom are correct on the Co-
Valedictorians (Judith Rees, Loretta Reich and
Georgette Anderson) but Susan J. Myhre was
Salutatorian (followed closely, as I recall, by
Thomas J. Beaulieu). Since the Co-Vals were all three
4.0ers, Susan could not have been the same or we would
have had 4 Co-Vals (and Tom as Salutatorian).
Bomber Cheers,
-Burt Pierard (59)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From Joe Jancovic (62)
Class of 1962. See you all soon.
-Joe Jancovic (620
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: Paulette Petty Frase (62)
I haven't gone very far - living in Pasco. Why
leave the beautiful Tri-Cities when everything is
here. Recently retired after selling our ambulance
business. See you all in June!
-Paulette Petty Frase (62)
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>>From: George Valdez (63)
RE: Mt. St. Helens
Wow do I remember that day. My wife and I had just
left church (Richland Christ The King), and heading
for Howard Amon Park, I was directing the youth group
choir and we were going to have a Bar-B-Que at the
park. Merry and I were chaperoning the event. We
stopped at Albertsons to pick up some items for the
festivities.
Upon leaving the store there was this little lady
old walking out in front of us (probably 80 to 90
years of age.) About 20 yards into the parking lot we
all stopped and stared at those strange upside down
clouds hanging over Richland. She turned and looked at
me and said "Sonny, I've lived many, many years and
I've never in my life ever seen clouds like those,
what do you suppose is causing that?" I had no answer.
None of us was aware that Mt. St. Helens had erupted,
so we had no Idea what was causing this phenomenon.
What we were looking at were the heavy ash laden
clouds that had just reached Richland. I called them
upside down clouds cause they looked a lot like
Cumulus clouds except they were upside down with the
billows hanging down instead of up. We all stared in
disbelief at this strange cloud formation in the sky
and then we went our separate ways. Merry and I met
the youth from our church at Howard Amon park and
during the drive to Howard Amon Park heard on the
radio about the eruption.
Needless to say we canceled the picnic and we all
headed home. What a day that was, filled with wonder
and awe. I remember there was a lot of talk about not
washing your car because the ash would be abrasive and
scratch the paint. Turned out Richland didn't get
enough ash fall to really be concerned about.
-George Valdez (63)
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>>From: Linda Belliston Boehning (63), Reunion Secretary
Kathy Hoff Conrad (64), Chairman of the Reunion,
was contacted this week by the School District,
informing her that because of unsafe bleachers, the
School Insurance Carrier withdrew their insurance
coverage of the Gym until the Bleachers are fixed,
which could not be done before our Reunion's
Basketball Game. Unless we hear different, we are
planning on having the Game in the Old Gym.
The problem is that the Old Gym only holds about
1500 people. At our Reunion Meeting tonight [5/22/00],
it was voted on and approved that those with ASB cards
will be admitted to the game first, before we sell
tickets to the general public. So if you want to see
the Alumni basketball game, seating will be limited,
so better send in those registration forms and get
your ASB card. Our ASB Sales are now nearing 1,000.
The Shilo Inn called today and informed me that the
rooms we blocked are filled, but in their general
reservations, they have had some cancellations, and
they have a few more rooms available we can have. Call
946-4661, or 1-800-222-2244, and tell them you are
with the All Bomber Reunion to get your discount.
The Committee is still in need of more volunteers
to help at the Reunion.
We need help at the registration tables, chili feed
(serving and clean-up), sock hop (decorating and clean-
up), and paraphernalia tables. Please e-mail me or one
of the committee members if you can help us out. You
will only have to work 1 or 2 hour shifts.
We are finalizing our orders for most of the
paraphernalia items, so if you are interested in
getting any of them, get your orders sent in soon.
The minutes of tonight's meeting will be on the
Reunion site tomorrow afternoon.
-Linda Belliston Boehning (63), Reunion Secretary
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>>From: Kathie Roe Truax (64)
Re: R2K Alumni Game
I'm looking for Jim Albaugh. If you have an email
address for him, please contact me.
Thank you.
-Kathie Roe Truax (64)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: Mary Mulroy Wilson (66)
I was just recently told about this site - news
doesn't get up to Spokane very fast. Had fun reading
over some of the emails and remembering some old
friends I haven't thought about in years. Look forward
to logging on more often - this was fun.
-Mary Mulroy Wilson (66)
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>>From: Dan Henry (68)
RE: Mt. St. Helens
I remember where I was when Mt. St. Helens blew. I
was up the south fork of the Flathead doing a little
fishing and spring bear hunting. Although it was a
little hard to breathe, it was like having tracking
snow. The Jeep didn't like it though. It couldn't
breathe either.
-Dan Henry (68)
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>>From: Randi Newby Tucker (70)
RE: 70's 30th Class Reunion
Okay class,
Where is everyone? I missed the meeting this last
Wednesday night and Terry tells me that only 120 have
signed up. We have to have no less than 150
registered to even reserve the Shilo without a $2500
deposit. So come on get your stuff together and
mailed in so all of us who are working on the reunion
can keep going.
Guess what? There is still time to send in those
registration and also you can email any of us who are
working on this project. The most important part is
getting in the money and head count ahead of time so
we reserve the Shilo.
Remember, we also are putting together a memory
book but to many of you have not responded. Terry did
tell me that she has a hand full of mail for me to
enter into the memory book and I will get that from
her tonight, I hope or first thing after work Monday.
For the few of you who have send me the information I
needed through email I want to thank you. BUT you
need to let US know that you are coming. We want to
put on a great class reunion but without everyone's
help, how is that possible?
So PLEASE send in all your information TODAY.
Thank you
-Randi Newby Tucker (70)
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>>From: Creede Lambard (72)
RE: Mt. St. Helens
Twenty years ago I was working at the Radio Shack
store at Rimrock Mall in Billings, Montana. We didn't
get "ashed" as much as people in Washington did but we
got our share. I remember the store manager decided to
close at 2 PM that day because the city was
encouraging people to stay off the streets and by that
time the mall was pretty much deserted. He later tried
to file an insurance claim for "loss of business due
to volcanic eruption"! (Tandy's insurance department
turned his claim down, but I guess he figured nothing
ventured, nothing gained.)
-Creede Lambard (72)
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>>From: Jean Eckert Imholte (72)
RE: May Processions at CK
OK, I know this will be a foggy memory at best for
former CKers, but those of us with a little melancholy
in May remember the tradition we had of honoring a
statue of Mary with a "crown" made from flowers. Each
day a kid in class was given this privilege and it was
always "interesting" to see what flowers were glued or
wired together to create this royal headgear! So many
were way huge and looked more than a little
ridiculous. The best ones seemed to be the smallest
and it was always a challenge to see if you could
create something so small as to be proportionate to
the statue and not have it fall apart. We Christ the
King kids were no doubt the object of much confusion
to the neighboring community - marching around the
school singing songs to honor Mary. To this day, in
May, parts of those songs creep into my memory! I no
longer am Catholic but do appreciate the traditions
and their significance. I guess we learned respect, at
the very least, which is a vanishing thing these days.
Yikes! I'm sounding like an real oldie, so better
stop here. Just thought a few of you would enjoy a
little 'Month of Mary trivia'! Enjoy our May flowers
and remember!
-Jean Eckert Imholte (72)
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>>From: Mike Davis (74)
I must question Tedi Parks' (76) claim to being in
the top spot academically for the class of 76. In
fact, I question if she could even spell
valedictorian!
-Mike Davis (74)
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>>From: Jim Rice (75)
RE: Class of '75 website
Heads up, Bombers!!
Class of '75 has a brand new website! Check it out!!
RichlandBombers.com
Click on [1975]
-Jim Rice (75)
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>>From: Treg Owings (76)
RE: Mt. St. Helens
I was on a fishing trip w/my folks at Twin Lakes.
We also heard the blast.
I remember asking my Dad if there was blasting
going on. We were leaving that day. My folks going to
a bowling tournament in Spokane and me going back to
WSU.
Well, we only made it to Spokane. I ended up
staying for 4 days. When I got back to WSU the town
had run out of beer! I was ready to party and
everyone else was burned out! Our softball year was
over. We ended up undefeated even though the season
was cut way short. The powers at WSU decided that if
you had a respiratory problem you could go home and
skip finals. It was amazing how many students
developed problems. Our professors were not happy so
most finals could only help you, not hurt your grade.
I kept thinking w/the light dusting Pullman got
compared to Spokane that these folks were a bunch of
weenies. I do remember the parties when the ash made
it around the world.
-Treg Owings (76)
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>>From: Kathy Wheat Fife (79)
RE: Mount St. Helens:
I saved the newspaper and I still have it! My mom
brought over a box of "junk" a few years ago and there
it was.
My sister, Lori (first graduating class at Hanford,
class of '74) had invited me to meet her down at the
docks by the Richland Water Treatment plant. We were
to meet at 8:00 a.m. and load for a day of skiing at
the Dunes. We were there about 8:30 and watched in
amazement as the ash slowly billowed toward the river.
What a sight and one I will never forget.
We rushed home, called mom and dad, who were
traveling back from Seattle later that day. They got
about half way, were instructed to turn around and
attempt to come back through Ritzville, they ended up
spending the night in a hotel due to all the closed
roads. We all just wondered what was next. It was a
remarkable event in history and I appreciate all your
stories!
Also, thanks to all of you who sent emails to my
sister, Wendy. She is handling the sad news well and
trying to make the best decisions for treatment, one
day at a time. Lots of emotions! Your prayers are
appreciated and bring needed strength to her.
-Kathy Wheat Fife (79)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: April Miller (92)
RE: R2K Reunion
Howdy all. Class of '92 here. Looking forward to
the 2000 get together next month. Does anyone know
when the Hydroplane races will be this year? Please e-
mail me and let me know.
Thanks
"Merry Miller" : ) <~~~inside joke w/'91-92 cheer squad
-April Miller (92)
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>>From: Mandy Holmes Taylor (97)
RE: Valedictorians class of '97
I know I wrote in earlier, but I think I remember
who the other valedictorian was, or at least have it
narrowed down. I'll need help from a fellow '97er or
someone else who remembers.
Valedictorians:
Joan Doran, Ryan Plaisted, Kaci Young, Heather Eggen,
Eric Allwine, Randy Teel, Abigail Krause,
Eric Cadwell, or perhaps Courtney Christensen or
Annika Ritter
Salutatorian: Jayna Disney
Sorry I can't be more help, does anyone remember
conclusively? I can't find my graduation program, so
I can't be sure of the last one.
God speed all to the reunion; I'm sorry I can't
make it.
Green and gold forever,
-Mandy Holmes Taylor (97)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From Paul Norderhus (Missoula H.S. '41)
Lived in Richland for 10 years
Was at Long Ave. Just across the street from the
school. Worked at 200 West. Arrived in 1950 and left
in 1960 for Syracuse NY. Then to Glens Falls NY and to
Myrtle Beach in 1985. Love it here.
Best of luck to all in Richland, including my
sister and husband along with their children and
grandchildren. Richland is a great place.
Attended high school from across the street. Lived
on Long Ave. I graduated from Missoula County High
School, Missoula Montana, in 1941. After entering the
service ended up doing Primary Flight School with the
Navy at the Pasco Air Station. After the war and
college in Bozeman Montana, took the first job out of
school with GE in Richland.
All three of my children were born in Richland/Sunnyside.
Moved from Richland to Sunnyside in about 1957, then
to the East, Syracuse New York, in 1960.
The 22 in the handle [e-mail address] is a
reference the birth date. Still kicking good and having
a ball.
Thanks for the call, Guestbook,
-Paul Norderhus (Missoula H.S. '41)
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Dave Brusie (51), Carol Hollingsworth (55),
Lucy Schmidt (61), Lee Bush (68),
Phil Jones (69), Steve Piippo (70),
Nancy LaRiviere (73)
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>>From: Dave Brusie (51)
RE: Hi-Spot Card Etc.
To all early Bombers & Some Later:
We did have High Spot Membership Cards, and as I
recall they were yellow and had a Top Hat and a Cane,
or a dancing man with a Top Hat and a Cane in a top
corner of the card. I remember two locations for the
Club, one in a two story building not far from the
Kadlec Hospital, and the other in the south end of the
Recreation Hall.
As for the Mt. St. Helens eruption, I was living in
Lake Oswego, Oregon as I do at the present, and I
remember that I had to have the plant manager in Los
Angeles send me a case of Air and Oil filters for my
car, as there were none to be found.
Can't remember what year he graduated, but Mr.
Houck, the man who was stationed at Lajes AFB, in the
Azores, I do know where that is located. I landed
there in the Air Force coming back from England on one
of my trips back to the states. There was very little
room for pilot error upon landing and takeoff. I think
they chopped the top of the Hill off to make the
landing strip.
I am really glad to hear that Carol Tyner finally
found out to whom she is married.
-Dave Brusie (51)
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>>From: Carol Hollingsworth Entrikin (55)
When I think of Hi Spot I think of the Glass Ball
in the ceiling going round and round and all the girls
dancing together (not slow dancing) and watching the
door to see who was entering and who their date for
the night was. After Hi Spot it was down to By's to
drive around and around and around the parking lot.
How did we ever get up the next morning? I don't ever
remember being tired.
-Carol Hollingsworth Entrikin (55)
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>>From: Lucy Schmidt Mahoney (61)
RE: Mt. St. Helens
Just got around to catching up on the last few
Sandstorms and decided to relate my memories of May 18,
1980.
My then husband, Guy, and our four boys lived in
Colville north of Spokane at the time. We were both
working in our grocery store that we owned, when
customers came in and told us about the eruption. My
first thought was of my dad who for years had been
stating that the mountain would blow. He passed away
Jan. of '80 so he missed it but would have loved
watching it. Mom was still in Richland and said they
sent everyone home from church once they received word
of the eruption.
At the time we received word of it we had blue
skies and sunshine and could not imagine what it was
like. By two thirty that afternoon the ash rolled in
leaving four to five inches of ash on the ground.
Everything went dark and the birds went to roost.
Everything was eerily quiet. By the next day the
people started to panic and began buying groceries
like there was no tomorrow. It took three days for
supplies to reach us from Spokane so we could restock
our shelves. As quickly as shelves were stocked they
were wiped out.
What a time this was. The one thing that was great
is that summer we had the greenest lawn and the best
garden. The ash made a great fertilizer.
-Lucy Schmidt Mahoney (61)
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>>From: Lee Bush (68)
To Vicki Owens (72)
RE: Mt. St. Helens Eruption
Hate to correct you, but in your accounts of the
eruption of Mt. St. Helens you stated you called home
and your parents were relaxed. Also, that since Mt.
St. Helens had "bypassed Richland, they did not have a
clue as to what had come through". Richland got a
dusting of ash from Mt. St. Helens but not a whole lot
- depended where you were. I remember, because at the
Richland Police Department we didn't know whether to
drive our patrol cars on routine patrol. The
administration decided to have us sit in the station
and respond to emergency calls only. So, for the day,
we played like our neighbors at Swift and GWW (the
fire fighters) and responded to calls from the
station. Everything else was handled by phone. Only we
didn't have barcolounger chairs to sit in all day.
Later, the mechanics, at the city shops, rigged some
air intake filters that protruded from the front grill
and rose about a foot above the engine compartment
hood. Only a few squad cars were outfitted in this
manner. Also, the ash was unwelcome since we wore dark
blue uniforms and were only issued three pair of pants
and four shirts.
Later.
-Lee Bush (68)
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>>From: Phil Jones (69)
To Bob Carlson a.k.a. Mike Clowes (54):
You mentioned pre-fabs in Oakridge. I was in
Tennessee in the late 80's just traveling around
playing golf. I made a special visit to Oakridge
having heard that the town was a replica of Richland
from the town layout to housing styles. I did find
some interesting similarities. I suspect the original
town boundaries have moved as much as Richland's. This
made it difficult to see where the old housing started
as I entered town. The layout did not appear to me to
be similar. The housing styles did. I definitely saw a
"B" house but made of brick. I took a picture of it
and it remains in an album. When I'm long gone I'm
sure someone will look at that picture and wonder why
I had a picture of a very nondescript house that I
never lived in.
On the side of the high school was the atom symbol.
They did stay away from any controversy by calling
themselves the Wildcats, however. And last but not
least, there was an Atomic Lanes. No kidding. Had an
enjoyable afternoon and satisfied my curiosity about
Oakridge. I'm sure someone reading the [Alumni
Sandstorm] either has lived there of spent time in
Oakridge and can lend more information about
similarities beyond what I could discover in one day.
-Phil Jones (69)
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>>From: Steve Piippo (70)
To Mike Davis (74):
I read in the newspaper the concrete 'R' in Rish
Stadium was for Richland and the concrete 'H' was for
Hanford, but apparently this has caused lots of grief
to Hanford because apparently at Hanford and
everywhere thought the concrete 'H' was for 'High' as
in Richland High. I've lived here for 48 years and had
no clue. I thought the 'R' was Richland and the 'H'
was obviously Hanford. Did you know?
-Steve Piippo (70)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: Nancy LaRiviere (73)
Date: Wed May 24 17:37:31 2000
RE: All Year Reunion This Summer
I heard about something going on this summer in
Richland, but didn't receive any information. Any
chance, someone could send me information as to days,
activities, etc...?
Thank you
-Nancy LaRiviere (73)
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11 Bombers sent stuff:
Carolyn Eaton (53), Bob Carlson (54),
Marguerite Groff (54), Laura Dean Kirby (55),
Tom Tracy (55), Helen Cross (62),
Jane Walker (62), Bob Cummings (65),
Pam Ehinger (67), Peg Jones (67),
Greg Alley (73)
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>>From: Carolyn Eaton Hudson (53)
RE: Mt. St. Helens
I remember where I was when the mountain blew, I
was in Jacksonville, N.C. We got word of the disaster
on the evening news. I was stunned to say the least.
My folks sent pictures from the TCH about day turning
into night. They also sent me some of the ash, with
directions not to breathe it. I took it to school,
where I worked as a teacher's assistant (21 yrs) to
show it to my third grade students. We were studying
volcanos and this was a great learning tool. They
couldn't believe how heavy the ash was and their
comments were "Cool". Since they were 8, 9 and 10 year
olds I guess it was. I wanted them to know how long it
would be before a tree would grow again and how long
before animals would once again come back to live and
then it began to sink in. By then the 4th and 5th
graders wanted to know more about what happened, so
for a few days we had talks about it. They understood
it a little bit better.
To me it was a tragedy. I can still remember being
in Yakima and looking in all four directions and
seeing snow topped mountains. Our hurricane season
starts in about one week. They say we will have 17
storms - 8 hurricanes - 5 major. Please say a prayer
for us. We need them.
More later
-Carolyn Eaton Hudson (53)
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>>From: Bob Carlson aka Mike Clowes (54)
Wow! Hugh Hinson (52) and Carol Tyner (52)! Who would
have thought? And remember, fans, you read it first in
"Sandstorm!" No reason to buy the "National Enquirer"
with news like this. Will the editor ever live this
one down? Tune in tomorrow when Irving asks the
question..........
To Phil Jones (69)
Thanks for the up-date on Oakridge housing. If the
people there are anything like those in Richland who
bought their houses, I'm sure they did things to them
and renders the houses unrecognizable. I know that the
last time I was in Richland, I went by the old house
on Sanford. If I didn't know exactly where it was
located, I wouldn't have known it. Amazing what one
can do with a pre-fab if you're handy with money.
Now, about this Mt. St. Helens thing:
My wife, youngest son and I were visiting friends
in Port Orchard, and were going to head home to Oregon
on that Sunday morning. We did hear the boom, and my
son wanted to know if Boeing had perfected their SST.
As we were driving south towards Tacoma and I-5, we
heard on the radio that the mountain had blown up, and
that I-5 was closed at the Cowlitz River bridges.
I then announced that we would be taking a scenic
ride home, via Shelton, Elma, Aberdeen, and possibly
Ilwaco; and then cross the Columbia to Astoria. I was
not the only one to have this idea, because when we
got to the bridge, southbound traffic was backed up
almost to the Washington shore. It's not that there
was really a lot of traffic, but Oregon was still
collecting tolls on the bridge at this time, and that
was what slowed things down to a crawl.
Some time later, someone from ODOT (Oregon
Department of Transportation) said that if such a
thing happened again, the toll collectors would be
instructed to wave people through. And it seems that
it wasn't long after that the forces in ODOT
calculated they had collected sufficient money and
closed the toll booth.
We did make it home, without encountering any ash;
and did have some interesting views of the ash cloud
as we drove east on US 30 toward Portland. I remember
listening to a call-in talk show on the radio as we
drove, and typically, no one, especially the staff at
the station could give out any information as to what
happened.
In later hiccups, we did get ash down the
Willamette Valley.
To Tom Tracy (55)
As I recall, you weren't too bad a ballplayer
yourself. But did you have a good 3-point shot? Oh,
sorry, the three point shot hadn't been invented then.
As always, Go Bombers!
Bob Carlson aka Mike Clowes (54)
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>>From: Marguerite Groff Tompkins (54)
Guess I need to add my experience with the Mt. St.
Helens eruption. I really expected someone else would
write this story, but guess I will. That weekend I had
been attending a Professional Secretaries
International convention in Spokane. We had a
breakfast meeting on Sunday, so were not aware of
anything until we returned to our rooms. When we
turned on the TV there it was in all its glory. For
some reason we didn't have any concerns about getting
home that day. We packed up and left, deciding to stop
at Denny's on the way out of town.
As we were leaving town about 2:00pm, heading
southwest, we saw that the sky ahead of us was getting
dark. We just figured it was a big black cloud we
would drive under and be home in short time. At about
Sprague the big black cloud that was going to pass
over us came to meet us. It was black as midnight and
the ash was falling so heavy that we couldn't see the
front of the car. Oh, well, no big deal --- we decided
that when we reached Ritzville we would just find the
nearest motel and spend a night there. The trip from
Sprague to Ritzville took about 3 hours. We had to
inch along, using the little reflector posts on the
right side of the road as our guides. We couldn't see
anything else outside the car. It was like a really
heavy snow storm. The road was very slippery. Some
drivers were unhappy with us just creeping along, so
they would roar past us, leaving us in their wake,
barely able to see out the window at all. Later down
the road we saw some of these same cars off the road,
some that had rolled over. Eventually we drove into
Ritzville; drove up to the first gas station and asked
where the nearest motel was. The fellow laughed, then
told us to just get in line and soon a lead car would
be there to take us to the nearest location where we
would spend the night.
Our sleeping arrangements for the next three nights
was on the floor of a gymnasium in a junior high
school. We shared accommodations with a lot of Tri-
Citians. Even some Richland Bomber grads. Spokane had
just had their Lilac Festival that weekend, so a lot
of people were returning home. We even had some
Carnival people. We lucked out with a couple of ladies
from Prosser who were cooks at a high school. They
took over the kitchen; and until the kitchen cupboards
became bare, we were fed well. The Red Cross were
great. The first night we all took turns calling home
to let our families know where we were.
The Red Cross picked up the bill on that. It took a
day or so for them to get in. When they did, they
supplied mattresses for the elderly and masks for
persons with breathing problems and sheets for the
rest of us to sleep on. I used my friend's small
cosmetic bag as a pillow. The ash seeped under all the
entryways of the building and anyone with breathing
problems was having great difficulty. We mostly
considered it an adventure. The Red Cross furnished
towels and washcloths and we took turns showering. As
kitchen supplies dwindled, we ate a whole lot less. By
Tuesday morning we were told we could try to leave,
but that the ash on the roadway was not yet cleared
off. We got a little way out of town and had to stop
suddenly when a large cloud of ash enveloped the car.
A car that was behind us, ran into us. A gal in the
other car ended up with a broken nose. Our driver was
so shook up that she refused to go on further and we
returned to the school. On the way back we found a
Safeway and bought some food to take back. Wednesday
morning we finally got the go ahead to leave. We all
left, with the police letting people leave town about
5 minutes apart. For awhile, all we saw was white road
and fields. By the time we got to Connell, the roads
were clear, not near as much ash was evident so we
stopped, found a restaurant and I had the best
hamburger I had ever eaten.
To Steve Carson (58):
Certainly you've heard this story. Your mom was
there with us, in fact it was her car we were
traveling in. With her sense of humor it helped to
make the whole situation a lot easier to endure. I
love her a lot.
ATTENTION CLASS OF 1954:
Some time ago Maren suggested I do the site
maintenance for 54's web page. She said it was "easy!"
Well - I agreed to try, but didn't want anyone to know
it was me until I became more proficient at it. Now
that I have added a couple of e-mails to the list I
feel just barely proficient. The address below is
where you send your requests for new listings or
changes. Some of the classes have really great web
pages. I would like to make changes to ours --- add
more photos and make it more fun. However, I'm such a
novice that it may take me a long time to be able to
accomplish that. Maybe one of you really talented
persons out there will join me in this venture and
help me build something really great. Any takers???
Again, Marilyn Richey (53), your memories are just
great. I'm in awe of you.
Until next time ---
-Marguerite Groff Tompkins (54)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: Laura Dean Kirby Armstrong (55)
Date: Thu May 25 01:51:54 2000
NOBODY BEATS AN OLD BOMBER CLASS OF 55
Hi to really old friends. Just cruzin' around for
memories. Retired now, I can do that. I feel lucky to
have grown up in such a great time and wonderful
place.... dust and all! See you at the all class
reunion.
I answer my E mail. LD
-Laura Dean Kirby Armstrong (55)
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>>From: Tom Tracy (55)
To Mike Clowes (54):
RE: Jack Sinderson (53):
Jack was one of my heroes. The little boy behind
[the bench - see the 5/21/00 Alumni Sandstorm] was
talking to some guy near him and said (loud enough for
the whole gym to hear) ["That's Jack Sinderson and you
can't say anything bad about him ... 'cause he's my
Sunday School Teacher!!!"]... We all laughed and it
put the grumpy old man (who didn't know whether the
ball was pumped or stuffed) in his place.
I don't want anyone to think that I would say
something bad about Jack. In fact, I consider that
near profanity. He is a great Bomber... he had an
unusual outside shot... wore out a lot of nets in his
day!!... Jack also had an excellent history at Pacific
Lutheran.
-Tom Tracy (55)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk (62)
To Joe Jancovic (62):
Looking forward to seeing you at the reunion too. I
love it when I spot a familiar name after all these
years.
-Helen Cross Kirk (62)
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>>From: Jane Walker Hill (62)
RE: R2K RAFFLE
This will be the last request for donations of
items for the R2K Raffle.
Use your imagination and come up with an item that
an Alumni can't pass up. If you are an Alumni who owns
a business... please consider donating an item, a gift
certificate, or something that promotes your company.
If you can help by donating an item, or would be
willing to help the Raffle Committee, please e-mail
me..... June is just around the corner!
-Jane Walker Hill (62)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: Bob Cummings (65)
Date: Thu May 25 23:10:59 2000
RE: R2K
This is the first visit to the websites and Alumni
Sandstorm (I try to avoid the confuser if at all
possible), but what a great idea!
Pam [Miller Cummings-69] and I hadn't given much
thought about the R2K, but reading just a few
messages, has made us realize how neat it is to have a
vehicle to tie so many of us together. We are now
looking forward to joining the festivities for at least
the Friday and Sunday events.
Saturday we'll be spent doing the NASCAR racing
thing with some other Bomber Alumni. We pit crew for
Davey Manthei (92) who is the youngest son of Butch
and Sharon Griffin Manthei (65) and unfortunately has
the racing/hotrod curse just like us old guys. Anyway,
we will be at the track Saturday night, but look
forward to seeing as many folks as we can.
ps...to Joe Evans (65) and Randy Simmons (65):
You are sorry dogs if you don't get yourselves to
town for this function!!
-Bob Cummings (65)
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>>From: Pam Ehinger (67)
To the Class of 67:
Please check out our new web site! Thanks to Vikki
Kestel (70), the web site looks GREAT!! The names are
in the Roster, please check to see if you are there
and that your name is spelled right. If there is a
problem, please let me know, as I'm the one keeping up
the roster and also the e-mail list. So please check
it out and let me know if I've missed someone or if
there is someone who has passed away, that I forgot to
put in. Thanks for your help and patience.
Don't forget to get your Lid/Plaque or your Box &
Lid/Plaque ordered. Those of you who have sent your
$$: I've received it and will have your names on your
order. I will have them with me at the registration
table, 60-70.
ONLY 29 DAYS!!
Bombers Rule
-Pam Ehinger (67)
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>>From: Peg Jones Snow (67)
The response to Peg Kestell Hume's (67) entry
regarding the Cerro Grande Fire here in Northern New
Mexico has been gratifying plus it is interesting to
read how many Richland Alumni have parents, siblings,
or friends here in Los Alamos - or as we sometimes
call it - "Little LA".
The firestorm that swept through the western edge
of town the night of May 10th was devastating. On our
street - 45th off Urban for those of you familiar with
the Northern community - three homes were burned to
the ground.. one immediately next door. The fire came
to within two feet of the south wall of our home. Why
our home did not catch fire is a bit of a mystery but
we are not complaining. We are still engaged in
cleaning and piles of paperwork but, again, who's
complaining? 48th street and Arizona are almost
totally devastated... looks like a war zone.
To Karl and Judy Corder Fecht (66):
If you read this, the Gardner's lost their home and
May 29th is Jamie's birthday. I guess this year one
could get him just about anything. A card from you
would be appreciated. You can mail to them c/o my
address if you like.
The next big threat to this town is the possibility
of severe flooding due to run-off from our summer
rains. The deep ash layer acts to repel water and
run-off is expected to be one to two orders of
magnitude greater than normal. Who would have thought
we'd need flood insurance living at 7500 feet above
sea level?
Moving to a more light hearted topic... I am trying
to help Peg Kestell Hume (67) and Pam Ehinger Nassen
(67) with the class of 67 web site and have been
surprised at how few grade school photos have turned
up. THERE ARE NONE FROM JEFFERSON OR JASON LEE!! I
know we got them so where are they??? If you have one
or more and are willing to either mail them to me or
scan them yourself in and send me the images I will
help get them onto the proper page. Or if you have
miscellaneous photos of events or groups of alumni I
will try to find a place for them too.
I myself have a photo of about 10 Jefferson
students attending a Halloween party in 6th grade...
the popular costumes that year were hobos and
beatniks. I've got my Dad hunting through his slide
collection for group photos. So, please clean out your
photo stashes, beg them from your parents, or borrow
them from your friends!!
-Peg Jones Snow (67)
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>>From: Greg Alley (73)
To Kathie Roe Truax (64)
I saw in the Post Intelligencer a few months back
that Jim Albaugh had been named the head of Boeing's
Aerospace division I think. I think he makes a little
more money than me.
To all who had Volcano stories:
This is mine.
I went to Pullman and Spokane with Jeff Rolph and
Skip Fowler, class of (73) also. It was a classic road
trip and we did find the people we wanted to visit.
After passing through these fine cities, we went
fishing and or drinking on Amber lake and did not know
the mountain blew. About 1 in the afternoon we were
driving home and found out about Mt. St. Helens. I
drove into darkness and went off the road a few times
before making it to the Perkins - sorry, Mike, not a
Denny's - in Ritzville. After a few hours we were
escorted to the High school gym and proceeded to sleep
on the wrestling mats with the seniors and carney
bums. I went to town in the morning through the ash
moonscape and got a hotel room.
For 3 days until we were allowed to leave we ate
junk food and drank beer and slept in hot rooms -
could not open the windows - and took showers while we
waited to be let out of the ash world. The people of
Ritzville were great and although the experience was
tough, we came through all right.
My Datsun 210 had to have a new transmission
though.
-Greg Alley (73)
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12 Bombers 1 Bomber Spouse and 1 Lion today.
Hugh Hinson (52), Carol Hollingsworth (55),
Sharon Bee (55), Jerry Cozad (59-Bomber Spouse),
Jay Siegel (61), Kim Watson (62),
Lynne Taylor (67KHS), Randi Newby (70),
Sheila Davis (71), Christa Moore (75),
Matt Crowley (75), Gauin Moore (82),
Yvonne Paris (82), Annie Weldon (98)
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ANNOUNCEMENT:
There's a problem with many/most/all? hotmail
accounts and msn.com accounts. I don't think Alumni
Sandstorms have been delivered for the 24th and the
26th - not sure about the 25th. Error message for all
says "Returned mail: I/O error: Illegal seek" and/or
"Service unavailable". Does ANYBODY know what that
means???
There was also at least one AOL recipient who
received extremely late delivery on both the 24th and
26th.
Some e-mail being sent TO me isn't arriving or is
arriving VERY late - like DAYS late or not at all yet.
Don't know what to do about all this, but wanted
to let everybody know that it's happening.
-Maren
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>>From: Hugh Hinson (52)
To: Bob Carlson aka Mike Clowes (54)
Hi Bob.
Carol Tyner (52) and I are not, repeat, not married.
She is a neat person, but she is not my wife. I have
been married to the same woman for 43 years.
See ya.
-Hugh Hinson (52)
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>>From: Carol Hollingsworth Entrikin (55)
I guess I will add my St. Helens story: I was
living in Bellevue, Washington with husband and kids
and for some reason we were out in the yard early that
morning doing some spring yard work. The sun was
shining (most unusual) and so every neighbor on the
block was out with their clippers, etc. We heard a
boom and I remember thinking "Oh, just another sonic
boom." and thought nothing of it. A few minutes later
my husband went in the garage and turned on the radio
and they said it was "dark" in Yakima, etc. We went
out in the backyard (a golf course) and looked south
and saw the mushroom cloud. I worked for the Bellevue
American Newspaper at the time and the photographer
who took the famous picture everyone sees was a
photographer for our paper. They had been hanging
around for weeks down there waiting for the "blast".
The next morning when I went to work people were lined
up for blocks to get a picture of the famous blast
from the front pages of the newspaper. This went on
for about a week and being rather small newspaper,
everyone worked overtime at the desk selling papers
night and day it seemed. The paper gave every employee
a plaque with the famous picture with our names on it
for working all that overtime and being a "part of the
news making team that made history". Later on, our
photographer became quite famous for his photo. I'm
sure you know the one I mean. Wish I had a scanner.
That's my story...and I'm stickin' to it...........
-Carol Hollingsworth Entrikin (55)
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>>From: Sharon Bee Burks (55)
To Laura Dean Kirby Armstrong (55)
You are right about the Class of 55, it was great.
Congratulations on your retirement. That is why I
haven't seen you at the store lately.
Let's get some of the gals from '55 and do lunch
sometime.
-Sharon Bee Burks (55)
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>>From: Jerry E. Cozad (59-Iowa ~~ Bomber Spouse)
I am truly amazed at the level of interest, energy
and professionalism that you and others put into the
Sandstorm each day. As a spouse, I admit I don't read
them thoroughly, but I can relate to some of it since
(1) I lived in Richland 1963-65 before doing my Navy
stint in the Vietnam Era (2) I have slept with a
Bomber for almost 35 years and (3) I headed up my own
40-year class reunion back in Iowa last summer.
I know my wife, Judy Shibly Cozad (63), has
volunteered my services for some stuff at the reunion
and am really looking forward to helping out and meet
again with some nice people in her class and others.
As part of my reunion bit (a seven month labor
intensive affair from long distance in California), I
did a lot of research on the Fifties (I am a 1959 H.S.
graduate) for a large binder Judy and I put together
for classmates. Here is a Fifties Time Line that might
be of interest to some of your readers as you all
experienced those years with your parents.
2000-05-27Timeline50s.htm
Best wishes to all the Bombers.
-Jerry E. Cozad (59-Iowa ~~ Bomber Spouse)
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>>From: Jay Siegel (61)
To Carolyn Eaton Hudson (53):
When Mount St. Helens erupted, I was about 50 miles
northeast of you in New Bern, NC.
I can remember thinking that I would really have
liked to have been back in Richland. I can remember
hearing from friends about the ash fallout. A few days
later, not more than a week, I was flying into
Charlotte and someone had little tubes of ash for sale
for $5.00. I told a friend of this and was offered a
large plastic bag full for the cost of postage. It is
amazing how one's perspective can be altered by
distance.
I still have friends living 'down east' and some in
'tornado alley', so my prayers are constantly with
those of you who put up with the mosquitoes, humidity,
tornados and hurricanes. They are some of the reasons
that I moved back to Washington. I have to admit that
it would be nice to go swimming in ocean water warmer
than 70º, but the negatives have won out.
Take care.
-Jay Siegel (61)
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>>From: Kim Watson Kahl (62)
RE: Mt. St. Helens
Six months prior to the cataclysmic eruption of Mt.
St. Helens, I had been living on the Toutle River
which was decimated for a period of time by the mud
flow. One of my friends had moved into my house and
had barely escaped up into the hills with her life.
Because my driver's license still showed my address as
being on Toutle River Rd. #4, I was allowed in to see
the damage. My house was gone and the landscape
unrecognizable. The mud and debris left in the
aftermath was over 8' higher than when I lived there,
making it very hard to find any landmarks. (Friends
told me later that while watching news photo footage
taken of the mud flow, that they saw a little building
I had built on my property riding high) I took a lot
of pictures (which I still have) and traded some with
another friend who flew helicopter looking for
survivors. I had owned a couple of acres up river
which was my first venture into the world of real
estate investment and which I had planned to sell and
make a tidy profit the following June...alas, I was a
month too late in the implementation of my plan to
reap profit from the sale.
Two weeks before the mountain blew, I had been up
cross country skiing at Spirit Lake and had waved and
said hello to "Harry". I cried as if I had lost one of
my best friends and indeed I had. I had several years
of incredibly wonderful memories cross country skiing
around Spirit Lake, climbing Mt. St. Helens, and
photographing the beautiful creatures that lived
there. I could go on & on with a myriad of memories of
the beauty of that special place.
-Kim Watson Kahl (62)
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>>From: Lynne Taylor (KHS '67)
Hello again Richland!
I must commend Jeff Curtis (69) and his, to the
moment writings. I want you, Jeff, to pen the book
I've always want to write.
I have stories (as do we all, I'm sure) that you
could embellish wonderfully. You have a talent there
my dear. Are you capitalizing on this??? I read an
essay in a recent Time magazine, May 15, by Garrison
Keillor (The Mysteries of Prom Night), that reminded
me of your writing. Give him a run for his $. His
Prairie Home Companion is right up your alley. I
applaud you!
I wrote in some time ago about pictures you might
enjoy and include in your reunion. I saw more today at
the Kennewick Historical Society Museum. Some great
pictures of sports teams from Richland. I know you
probably think you've seen them all, but believe me,
there are some worth taking a gander at. You cute
little boys in uniform standing in front of a petrol
station somewhere in the A-City. It's actually in
color, which makes it even more outstanding. I would
say, maybe it's mid-50's. There are others from as far
back as White Bluff days and the 1st baseball field in
the area. That includes the other towns around. No
wonder you guys were so good, your history goes as far
back as ours. Ha Ha!!
Another spot to check out is the new Godfathers in
Kennewick on Kennewick Ave. I think you could probably
be allowed in town these days.... if you behave
yourselves. They have some pictures as well.
As for the St. Helens topic. I lived 30 miles to
the west at the time of the big blast. In St. Helens,
Oregon. We got the view, you all got the ash. We made
a trip into the Portland Zoo that day to celebrate my
daughter's 1st birthday. As you know animals are very
sensitive to environmental things, and were all hiding
out in their respective dens, caves, nests etc. We saw
very few that day.
Keep the entertainment coming.
-Lynne Taylor (KHS '67)
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>>From: Randi Newby Tucker (70)
RE: Mount St. Helens
Boy, I can sure remember the day that the mount
blew. It was a Sunday and I was laying on the Bed
reading the comic when my youngest son Camerson came
into my room. He asks "Can I please go to the park and
play?" (just down the block) About that time the
window gets a little dark so I look out. Of course I
think its rain clouds coming and tell my Cameron "Yes,
but if it starts to rain you come right home", and off
he goes. He's not even to the park when my sister
Blanch calls me from Pasco. All I hear her say is
"It's blown, it's blown, can you believe it?" At last
she calms down, so I ask; "What"? "The mount, she
blow" I hear her at the top of here voice. "Those are
not rain clouds coming, it's ash coming our way". When
we hang up I head for the park to shag all my boys
home. My ex Ken is on his way home from Walla Walla
from playing softball, and my mom I find out is stuck
in Seattle. My dad took some great pictures that day
that are still around somewhere. I guess the thing
that made me the maddest is that though they were
always doing those tests on the TV for just that sort
of thing, and they can't get the program up and
running to tell everyone what was going on. At first
it's by phone and mouth to mouth. By the time I round
up the boys, the ash is falling. I'm trying to drag
them while they are writing on the cars like it's
snowing. Ooops! Poor cars. We went through Moses Lake
years and years later and I was so surprised at all
the ash around. Guess we just thought it would go away
like snow, hehehehehehe!!! Guess not.
P.S.
'70 grad's the memory book is coming along. Terry
just sent me stacks of forms. I have been working
daily trying to get them all in. Of you who may decide
not to come, please send me information also. Others
my be looking for you. Below is what I need.
Name:___________________Maiden Name_____________
Address:___________________ email address:_________
City _____________________State_______Zip______
Spouce's Name:_____________________________
Children's Names and ages:________________________
What I've (you) been doing since 1971.________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
NO BOOKS Please. One gal sent in three long typed
pages, so someone will get to break it down. We want
to give all a chance to drop in a line or so and let
people know where you live, etc. So remember a page of
hand written text goes further than type. Or you can
send information to me.
Thanks all. :)smile! someone may be looking.
-Randi Newby Tucker (70)
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>>From: Sheila Davis Galloway (71)
To Jim House (63):
Jim,
Your old house on Tinkle Street is for rent......
are you interested? It would be great to have you for
a neighbor again.
Don't worry. Mike doesn't live here anymore!
-Sheila Davis Galloway (71)
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>>From: Christa Moore Kirkendall (75)
RE: Class of 1975 Website
To Jim Rice (75):
The website for class of 1975 is very cool! The
photos are great! You did a good job on this. Thank
you Jim.
-Christa Moore Kirkendall (75)
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>>From: Matt Crowley (75)
My compliments to the person or persons who created
the new Class of '75 website. Nice job!
-Matt Crowley (75)
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[That would be Jim Rice, '75 Bomber webmaster. -Maren]
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>>From: Gauin Moore (82)
RE: Mt. St. Helens
Been a little while since I've checked my mail and
I noticed all the memories about the day the Mt. St.
Helens blew.
I was getting out of the shower and getting ready
for work when I heard the boom. Thought it was just a
plane creating a sonic boom. I got to work (Westgate
Conico) and remember the ash starting to fall by early
afternoon. We didn't have a radio on so we thought it
was just a big storm rolling in. Once we started
seeing all the ash fall we knew it had to be St.
Helens.
I bet I filled at least 2 or 3 pop bottles out of
the old pop machine and took them home that afternoon.
It's still hard to believe how fast it got dark and
how long it took to get home that afternoon. I used to
ride my dirt bike to and from work and it was hard to
see going home. A time to remember and I'm glad I can
look back and tell my kids about it.
-Gauin Moore (82)
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>>From: Yvonne Paris (82)
To Marguerite Groff Tompkins (54)
Did you ever bring back memories for me about "The
Day the Mountain Blew". My parents and I were trying
to make it back to Richland from Spokane. We must have
been behind you somewhere. We were one of the last
cars to turn around at Sprague and head back to
Spokane. It was like a major snow storm and really
dark. I was in the back seat of the car but I was the
one telling my Dad when he was on the road and when he
was straying onto the shoulder. I could see the white
line on the side of the road and my folks couldn't. It
was pretty scary but I didn't realize the full impact
until the next day. We were stuck in Spokane for a
couple of days. Luckily, we were able to ride out the
eruptions at my grandparents' houses. My grandparents
lived across the street from each other so we spent
the time between the two houses and watering down the
street to keep the ash down. The only time anybody
could venture out was to go to the grocery store. I
still have the jars of ash I collected from Spokane -
the second major plume left a different color of ash.
When we got back to Richland, I swept up some of
the ash from there too. It was very interesting to see
that the ash from Spokane was baby powder fine and the
ash from Richland was like sand. I have visited the
Mountain a couple of times since then and what a sight
to see.
-Yvonne Paris (82)
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>>From: Annie Weldon (98)
Last night I was reading the June/July issue of
Real Sports magazine. In the article on the US Olympic
Soccer team they were talking about the new additions
to the team.
Hope Solo (99) - looks like she will be making a
run for the back up goal keeper position behind Briana
Scurry. Way to go and the best of luck to her.
-Annie Weldon (98)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 5/28/00
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11 Bombers and 1 Bomber Mom today.
Al Parker (53), Marilyn Richey (53),
Laura Dean Kirby (55), Bill Chapman (60),
Dennis Robertson (60), Rich Henderson (62),
Carol Converse (64), Cathy Fullmer (66),
Wendy Newby (67), Debra Dawson (74WB),
Yvonne Ling (75), Wanda Janos (Bomber Mom)
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ANNOUNCEMENT:
Hotmail.com has revamped their e-mail INBOX... and
guess what they did with the 5/27/00 Sandstorm!!!!
They dumped it in the BULK e-mail box!!! I clicked
the small box to the left of the e-mail and then
clicked the box that said "This is NOT bulk e-mail"
and that seems to have taken care of it. -Maren
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>>From: Marilyn Richey (53)
To Tom Tracy (55):
Your comments about Jack Sinderson (53) basketball
Bomber are so correct. I knew Jack since our freshman
year at RHS and watched him grow as a player to where
he was a very smart player and a floor general for the
Bombers. Jack would have done very well in these days
with a three pointer.
Jack was very smooth on the court and I know a very
coachable player. I know that Daddy Dawald thought a
lot of Jack both as a player and a person. Haven't
seen Jack in many years but I remember him with fond
memories during our high school days.
Tom, I remember your long shot with a lot of spin
on it. Since you were left handed, that natural spin
was exhibited. You could have held your own today with
that shot.
-Marilyn Richey (53)
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>>From: Laura Dean Kirby Armstrong (55)
Have to get my two cents worth in about Mt. St
Helens. It seems to be one of those historical events
that lodge themselves into our memory forever. Will we
ever forget the day Kennedy was shot? Old age creeps
up on me in "senior moments", but certain images
remain as fresh as ever.
In May of 1980, I was visiting my daughter in
Baumholder Germany. I had decided to take a side trip
to London England and was standing in a hotel lobby
when a stranger approached me and asked if I was from
Washington State. I replied that I was (I don't know
how she had deduced this) and asked why she wanted to
know. She then looked at me with a mixture of fear and
sympathy and inquired if I had plans to return. "Of
course" I said, and then she proceeded to tell me that
Washington State had been blown off the map, Seattle
airport was closed forever and there was no way I
would ever be able to return!! Not given to hysteria
myself, I made further inquires and after a call to my
husband here at home, I knew I had missed the big
event of the year, if not the century, but I would
indeed be able to return the following week.
It must have been some sight for Eastern
Washington and I'm sorry I missed all the excitement.
My daughter was in the Army and living on a base where
her TV at home, had about a 2 day delay, so we had not
heard the news prior to my leaving for London. So
that's how I missed such a significant day and have no
real memories of the sound or the dust .............
not because of a failed memory. a senior moment, or
old age!
-Laura Dean Kirby Armstrong (55)
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>>From: Bill Chapman (60)
I've noticed a couple of notes about Hi-Spot and
membership cards, etc. I was a regular at Hi-Spot
during my high school years. As I recall, there wasn't
much else to do (legally!) on a Friday or Saturday
night except go to football or basketball games or to
a movie. But I remember those nights well. Had a lot
of fun with some really great people.
About those membership dues: I graduated in '60,
and I don't much recall cards of any kind at that
time. I know we paid some ludicrous price to get in --
- must have been all of 25 cents and we got our hand
stamped. As I look back now, we were really lucky to
have had Hi-Spot.
-Bill Chapman (60)
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>>From: Dennis Robertson Beatty (60)
RE: R2K Caravan
Anyone interested in joining a small caravan from
the Utah area give me a call. We are planning on leaving
either the afternoon of the 21st or very early on the
22nd from Salt Lake City. Looking forward to the trip
and the reunion.
Go Bombers........
-Dennis Robertson Beatty (60)
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>>From: Rich Henderson (62)
Mount St. Helens is well etched in my memory. I
climbed it once in 1961 with members of the Richland-
based mountaineering club known as the "'Inter-
Mountain Alpine Club' - 'IMAC's'". They would, every
summer, climb such biggies as: Mount Rainier, Mount
Hood, Mount Adams, Mount Baker, and some of the lesser
peaks in the Cascades.
Mount St. Helens was often nicknamed the "Mt.
Fujiyama of North America" because of near-perfect-
cone shape. It wasn't a particularly tall mountain,
about 9700 feet, but; it was still a long climb due to
the lower starting-point elevation.
When it erupted I was living here in north-central
Texas. The ash fallout did not noticeably reach this
part of North America. It did, however, alter the
normal weather patterns to the point that Texas, and
this part of the Southwest, experienced the most
torrid-hot summer in the collective memory of many
locals. Temperatures, that summer, reached well over
100 to 115 for a couple of months straight. There were
fires, heat injuries, deaths. The water levels of all
reservoirs dropped drastically. Water became a
rationed and valuable resource. One other note: air
conditioning, too, was the only way to survive this
"long hot summer"; and, air conditioning is where I
spent most of my time that summer.
-Rich Henderson (62)
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>>From: Carol Converse Maurer (64)
TO Jerry E. Cozad (59-Iowa)- Bomber Spouse
Your timeline was VERY interesting. I found out a
lot of new information in the early 50's that I didn't
know, being that I was so young then. The one thing
that you didn't mention was the time when Elvis went
into the army.
Fun noticing when the new [movies] were made and
the new products and tv shows.
Maren,
I had given my 2 cents worth about the Hi Spot
card, but never saw my entry. Now, it may be that it
never got to you. I was in a hurry and may have
clicked on the close button instead of the send
button. But, I do remember being carded each time that
I went also. Somebody had mentioned food there also.
When we were in high school, there was only the
dancing as far as I can remember.
Not much longer to wait now for the reunion. Am
really looking forward to it. I've been trying to get
somewhat of a tan so that I don't look as funny as I
did last year at my 35th class reunion. We're starting
to get the high fog each day now, so I'm not so sure
as my hard work will pay off, haha. Oh well.
Later,
-Carol Converse Maurer (64)
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>>From: Cathy Fullmer Tusler (66)
RE: Late mail
Add Juno.com to your list of late mail deliverers.
I've been having major problems with them for over a
week. I can still send mail, but can't receive it
without first getting on the internet. Then, as of the
last couple of days, I received NO mail at all. This
morning I finally received the Sandstorm from the
25th. The error message just says they can't connect
me to their central computers, but all the fixes
they've told me to make from this end have not worked.
Interesting that lots of people are having trouble.
Now I don't feel quite so 'technologically
challenged'! Thanks for the great job you do, Maren!
-Cathy Fullmer Tusler (66)
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>>From: Wendy Newby Johnson (67)
I have really enjoyed reading about people and
places and events from my childhood, a lot of which I
had forgotten. I was wondering if any one remembers
the Dog and Suds on the corner of Williams and
Simmons? I remember hanging around there when I was a
sophomore, then on to Zips when a senior. Other than
it's location and that one year, I don't remember much
more about the place, does anyone else?
I've read others account of the blast of St.
Helen's, I have lived in Portland for many years and
on that day I had a front row seat.
My brother and I went up on Mt. Tabor, and sat and
watched the blast soon after it started it was pretty
awesome. I don't remember if we had the camera or not.
We do have my mother-in-law's old eight mm film of the
earlier spoutings of the mountain because she lived in
Battle Ground just SW of the mountain. She would check
every day and shoot any activity. There are probably
films of the big blast also though I haven't looked at
them for a long time.
When they finally opened the roads back to the
mountain my family and I went to see the damage. It
was very spectacular. Sorry to say that the only
camera we had was an old polaroid that didn't take
very good pics and at the top of the mountain it was
so cold that the camera froze up and wouldn't work.
For about 10 years after the blast it was
impossible to see the mountain in the summer. The snow
would melt and the gray of the ash would blend into
the blue of the sky and the mountain would disappear
from as close as Vancouver.
-Wendy Newby Johnson (67)
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>>From: Debra Dawson Fogler (74WB)
RE: Mt. St. Helens eruption
We celebrated my (then) husband's graduation from
J.M. Perry Institute on May 17, 1980, in Yakima. We
had a barbecue and several kegs of beer to toast the
occasion, and the party lasted well into the night. At
11:00 on May 18th, I awoke to thunderstorm-like noises
and a pitch dark bedroom. I stared at the bedroom
clock, thinking that I had not only slept through the
night after our party, but had snoozed uninterrupted
until 11:pm the following night! I heard weird noises
and the neighbor's rooster was crowing incessantly. I
knew instantly that something was terribly wrong.
I called to my husband, "What's going on? What time
is it?" He had been up for an hour, watching the news
on TV, and was perfectly calm and matter-of-fact. "Oh,
the mountain blew," he replied, "and the ash fall is
blocking out the sun so it looks like midnight."
Naturally, I didn't buy this story for a minute. I
leaped out of bed to find out what was really
happening. But he was right. It was midmorning, the
sky was as black as a rare moonless, starless night,
and the ash was falling like snowflakes.
Thank God it wasn't the nuclear holocaust we all
prepared for back at Marcus Whitman in the 60's! The
neighbor's rooster kept crowing, as if he thought that
would make the sun appear. Honestly! Roosters seem
pretty convinced of their importance in the Cosmos.
We ended up with about 4 inches of ash the texture
of beach sand on EVERYTHING, including the leftover
keg of beer sitting in the back of Dave's truck. Since
we were convinced by authorities that the ash was
potentially lethal, the beer was unfortunately dumped
as unconsumable. Budweiser is a terrible thing to
waste.
My brother-in-law from Richland suggested that we
simply hose off our roof as he had done. HA! David
rigged up a scraper from a rake and duct tape, and
pushed off the heavy pile of ash from our roof before
it collapsed in on the house! Four inches of beach
sand is a lot heavier than a dusting of ash, and
impossible to move with a sprinkler. However, I must
agree that it was good fertilizer. We in Yakima were
afraid that our shallow burial would result in crop
devastation, but plants did eventually flourish.
The problem for a year or so was that every time we
mowed the lawn, a huge dust cloud would plume up
around the mower and mowee, so we had to wear masks
and change the air filter frequently.
I still own the car I was driving during the Mt.
St. Helens eruption, and it still runs. I drove my
1969 Datsun Roadster to the grocery store on May 18,
1980. The store was maybe 10 blocks from home, but the
drive was a nightmare. The lines on the road were
totally obliterated with ash, and it was pitch black
out. I had to keep track of the roadway by the curb,
which is only about six inches high, and therefore
mostly buried in ash. I stocked up as best I could
(and yes, some of the shelves were empty) then
returned home. The trip either took an hour or felt
like an hour. I felt like a rookie pilot flying by
instrument readings only in the Bermuda Triangle.
Since then I have stopped by the visitor's center
for Mt. St. Helens, seen the forests that were
flattened like matchsticks, and witnessed the rivers
that were turned into slow-moving bogs of fallen
timber and mud. But the most memorable sight (in 1990)
was that of a newborn fawn and his/her mother
alongside the roadway from the museum. We saw the
mother first, and she ran off a short distance into
the forest to try to distract us from the baby. The
fawn was right next to the road, still wet and unable
to stand. We remained unobtrusive, so the doe returned
to the fawn, coaxed him/her into a walk, and moved
them both deeper into the forest.
Plant and animal life have made a remarkable
comeback in this devastated region. It's been a
privilege to witness the awesome power of mother
nature, both destructive and creative.
Which reminds me.... anyone remember the big freeze
of the Yakima River somewhere in the late 60's, early
70's? When the ice broke it was magnificent! I can
remember standing on the West Richland bridge and
feeling like I was aboard the Titanic! I don't think
Tri-Cities has witnessed anything like that since.
Gigantic chunks of ice tumbling downstream, jamming up
again, then sweeping toward the Columbia, taking out
everything in their path. COOL! as long as you weren't
a homeowner along the Yakima River bank!
Our generation has seen a lot of earthshaking
events. I like being able to read and write about them
from a personal perspective in the Sandstorm.
-Debra Dawson Fogler (74WB)
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>>From: Yvonne Ling Deshayes (75)
To Jim Rice (75):
Great job on the 75 Website.
I am going to Richland this summer but will miss
R2K by a couple days, was originally going, but due to
the lovely LA Fires and the impact at work can't leave
as early as I originally planned. Have a great time!
-Yvonne Ling Deshayes (75)
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>>From: Wanda Janos (Bomber Mom)
To Jane Walker Hill (62)
Jane,
We came, we enjoyed and we are back home again
already. We enjoyed juneau - but not the rain. Our
cruse otherwise gave us beautiful weather... We took
the trolley in town and were able to see lots and
enjoy the state museum again. Took the train at
Skagway. It was great. Hope to see you in Richland.
Kay says hello.
-Wanda Janos (Bomber Mom)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 5/29/00 ~ MEMORIAL DAY
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14 Bombers, 1 Bomber spouse and 1 funeral notice today.
Norma Culverhouse (49), Norma Loescher (53),
Larry Christenson (54), Ken Heminger (56),
Alice Hanthorn (59), Jerry Cozad (59-Iowa-Bomber Spouse),
Fred Phillips (60), Lola Heidelbaugh (60),
Jay Siegel (61), Judy Williams (61),
Jim House (63), Steve Upson (65),
Jeff Curtis (69), Rob Peutz (73),
Dave McAdie (79)
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>>From: Norma Culverhouse King (49)
I am behind in my Sandstorm reading (out of town)
so forgive me if I am bringing up old subjects.
Marilyn Richey (53) says she worked in the liquor
store on the Parkway so there had to be one there at
one time. I still believe it was located in the little
brick building east of GWWay at one time because Larry
Mattingly (60) saw a picture and Larry seems to have a
great knowledge of the history of our town. By the
way, Richard, I was never in there either. Also was
never in the one located across from A&W on Lee Blvd.
I know it was located there at one time because a
teacher friend (not mentioning names) was very unhappy
about the location because a lot of his students hung
out at A&W and he didn't like the idea of them seeing
him go in the liquor store.
About showing ID at the teenage club. It seems to
me we came and went as we pleased in 1948 and 1949. No
memory of showing ASB card or other ID.
A note about skiing in the irrigation ditch. I have
a picture of Ray King (49) skiing on a board (pulled
by a car) in the ditch. Probably taken about 1948.
Wonder who was driving the car?
Enjoying the entries about Mt. St. Helens. I
remember the day very well but my story isn't near as
interesting as most I've read. My kids could tell a
few interesting stories about that event. Marge, I
really enjoyed reading about your adventure.
Hope to see you all at R2K.
-Norma Culverhouse King (49)
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>>From: Norma Loescher Boswell (53)
RE: Memorial Day
The Laughin's Memorial Day 2000
This is worth your time to see!
-Norma Loescher Boswell (53)
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>>From: Larry Christenson (54)
To Marilyn Richey (53)
RE: Jack Sinderson (53)
Marilyn,
This is Larry Christenson (54). Jack is alive and
well and living in Roseville, CA with wife Jan
Nussbaum (55). I usually talk with him on his
birthday, November, and maybe a time or two during the
year. And I agree with your feeling about his
basketball abilities. I thought he was one of the best
that the Bombers had and without him would not have
gone to state the year(s) we did.
Jack and I have kept in close contact with each
other over the years. We both wet to Richland Lutheran
Church and our parents were good friends. He is also
my youngest daughter's Godfather. It's nice to have
him remembered.
Later
-Larry Christenson (54)
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>>From: Ken Heminger (56)
RE: Memorial Day
Let us not forget our fallen comrades ... This was
sent to me and I found it very moving.
http://www.lovethissite.com/memorial/
-Ken Heminger (56)
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>>From: Alice Hanthorn Johnson (59)
RE: St. Helens
Hi all,
Well better late than never... ... I have to share
my St. Helens' story too. May the 18th is my birthday,
and the first ii heard of the blowup was when my
brother, Dave (63) called to wish me a happy one. He
said, "That was some Roman Candle they lit for your
birthday." I said "HUH?" I was in Phoenix, AZ and had
not turned on the TV, so knew nothing of what was
going on. I turned on the TV and saw the pictures and
wept, my comment was "God I'd rather have the
mountain, I didn't need such a BIG candle."
When we three [Hanthorn "kids"] -Jack (56), Alice
(59) & Dave (63) - were kids that was one of the
places we would go with our folks to camp out and
enjoy the beautiful natural surroundings we were in
the midst of. We did the "launch" with "Harry", he
told our dad he could bring us back, we "respected
nature and kept quiet while we hiked in the woods."
Dad took a photo of the mountain, from Harry's side of
the lake, we always called it a post card picture, I
still have it, but the red has faded, so it's not so
great as a picture but as a memory, such a beautiful
place.
When I fly to SeaTac to visit Dave and my grand
kids (my sons live in WA too) I always pray for a good
day to see the mountains. I have seen St. Helens from
the air and, perhaps, she is recovering - and for that
I'm thankful - and it's happening faster than the
scientists thought it would be possible. The year
after I got a "T" shirt from Dave with a picture and
the date, so I get it out and wear it on my birthday,
just to commemorate "The Day the Mountain Blew up".
So there it is the best parts, ... yes, I got the
vile of ash and the news clippings and yes I still
have them, there is the photo Dad took of the "upside
down clouds" too, But my best recollection is Dave's
"Roman Candle" line.
Thanks for all the other stories ...
-Alice Hanthorn Johnson (59)
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>>From: Jerry Cozad (59-Iowa - Bomber Spouse)
RE: The Iowa kid responds
To Carol Converse Maurer (64)
Dear Carol -
Nice of you to respond to some of the Fifties stuff
I sent on to Maren. In summarizing the Time Line for
the Era, I really had to pick and choose as best I
could on the significant happenings. But you were
right, the Elvis induction into the Army on March 24,
1958 (Serial No. 53310761) was a significant media
event from the first hair cut to the Germany motor
pool assignment. Earlier this year I purchased the CD
collection of all of his songs (many of which you never
heard) and it included a media interview in September
1958 just prior to his overseas assignment. He said
over and over again, he felt no bitterness or regret
but was simply doing his duty like any other citizen.
He was a very likable, innocent kid at that point
with a good sense of humor. He'll always be one of my
favorite singers and an indelible part of my high
school years. What a shame he died so young (1977 at
age 42) and was subjected to cultural influences of
the late sixties and early seventies. Long live the
King in our memory.
-Jerry Cozad (59-Iowa - husband for the past 35 years
of Judy Shibly, class of 1963)
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>>From: Fred Phillips (60)
RE: Mt. St. Helens
Bombers sure had lots of experiences when the
mountain blew. Here is a copy of an article I wrote
for Air Progress magazine entitled "Volcano Pilot"
(their title, not mine) that was published in the
February, 1981 issue.
2000-05-29Phillips
-Fred Phillips (60)
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>>From: Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen (60)
Dennis Robertson (60) had a good idea. I too will
probably be driving to Richland on June 21 or 22 from
the Billings, Montana area. If anyone is interested in
caravaning - or needs a ride - they could contact me.
Have talked to my brother Jim (65) about flying in and
driving over with me but haven't heard yet if he will be
able to - so - would welcome contact from any other
Bombers in this area.
-Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen (60)
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>>From: Judy Williams Clem (61)
RE: MEMORIAL DAY 2000
The following was written by Gary Schein, a local
Veterans Advisory Council Chairman, from the Tri-
Cities.
2000-05-29Clem
-Judy Williams Clem (61)
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>>From: Jim House (63)
Today, instead of recalling the favorite memories of our youth
or sharing our anticipation of a great reunion, perhaps we can all
pause for a special moment in honor of our truly Greatest Bombers.
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice in their
service to our country, I once again offer the words from "Taps."
Day is done,
Gone the sun,
From the lakes,
From the hills,
From the sky.
All is well.
Safely rest.
God is nigh.
-Jim House (63)
USMC (Semper Fi)
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>>From: Steve Upson (65)
RE: Late Mail
Late mail delivery problems appear to be fairly
widespread recently. I'm guessing here, but I suggest
that this may well be due to mail service providers'
reaction to the onslaught of viruses propagated
worldwide via e-mail attachments.
The most effective way to cope with such a threat
is to shut the mail server off. Users would get a
"Service unavailable" message. The second action would
be for the provider to scan all messages already on
the server and cleanse or exterminate those with
offending attachments before restoring service. They'd
then do the same with all incoming messages held in
limbo. The backlog of these messages would be
phenomenal! And again, you'd be getting error
messages. Logs of messages found with viruses may also
have had to be reported to federal investigators - yet
another hassle for the provider.
A third action would be to add, update or reprogram
virus scanning software on the server so that all
messages are scanned prior to transfer once the
service is restarted. This last action would cause a
delay of only seconds or minutes, but not days. Users
wouldn't even notice it unless they're on a small
network.
The change in designation of Maren's mailings to
"bulk mail" may also be associated with the virus
scare. Providers may have searched for large e-mail
lists, classified them as bulk mailers, and placed
them under some additional scrutiny or special
processing since bulk mailings and infusion with
distribution lists are the killer method of
distributing viruses.
The bottom line is that if virus protection
activity is the cause of slow (or non-existent)
service in recent weeks, you should bear with it and
be glad your provider took the initiative to protect
your system. It's for your own good. On the other
hand, if the cause is a lousy service provider it's in
your best interest to switch to a more reliable one.
-Steve Upson (65)
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>>From: Jeff Curtis (69)
RE: On Memorial Day
I traveled to the wall today
To find my buddy's name
They etched it here with many more
His only claim to fame
He could have gone to college
To make a better life
He could have gotten married
And had children, home and wife
He chose instead to go to war
He heard the duty call
I went with him, my life long friend
We're buddies after all
We walked that road together
And it was pretty rough
Our training was severe and yet
It helped to make us tough
When I'd go down he'd pick me up
He'd never let me fall
And I would try to help him too
We're buddies after all
We shipped out to points East
Together we would try
To stop the killing of the weak
And know the reason why
And in the steaming jungle
With things that bite and crawl
We'd watch each other's backs because
We're buddies after all
But then one day it all blew up
The flame and smoke did fly
Bullets whizzing past our heads
One got me in the thigh
I couldn't move a muscle
Behind an old deadfall
He wouldn't leave me bleeding there
We're buddies after all
He should have kept his head down
He should have crawled away
I'm sure you know the reason
He decided there to stay
He locked a clip into his gun
And gave me a wink first
Then raised his head and M-16
And squeezed a three round burst
The medics could then get to me
Shielded by his cover fire
They got me out and saved my leg
It was his finest hour
But a sniper saw him raise and aim
And got him in his sights
One round missed but one was true
And put out my partner's lights
So I lived to see this place
And I'll pause here for a while
The memorial that spans the ground
Like a black and twisted smile
I found that looking long and hard
Upon that shiny wall
Covered with the names of whom
For duty gave their all
That the answer as to why they died
Is immortalized there too
For reflected back from the gleaming black
You're staring right at you
So I went off to college
To make a better life
I eventually got married
And had children, home and wife
He chose instead to go to war
He heard the duty call
I owe you much, my life long friend
We're buddies after all
-Jeff Curtis (69)
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>>From: Rob Peutz (73)
RE: Memorial Day.....
Spending my last Memorial Day on sea duty, I am
moved to write a special thanks to all of the men and
woman that have served our country, may we not forget
what Memorial Day is all about. I am in Pearl Harbor,
and looking around, I see the navies from Australia,
Canada, Korea, Japan, Chile, and the US, all tied up
to our piers, getting ready to celebrate Memorial Day
with us.
Because of the men and women that have "stood the
watch", we live under a blanket of peace and freedom.
To all of you, who have "stood the watch", I thank you.
To Jeanette Haberman (73):
Enjoyed sharing the sunset in San Francisco, care
to share a sunset in Hawaii?
-Rob Peutz (73)
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>>From: Dave McAdie (79)
RE: Mt. St. Helens and Other Stuff
First things first,
Yo, class of '79:
I have taken over the duties of maintaining the
website for 1979
RichlandBombers.com
Click on [1979] There is not a
whole lot there - plus a whole bunch of missing Bomber
email addresses. If you have any ideas, photos, etc.,
please send them to me. Email is welcome and for those
of you who have photo's (i.e., old class photos -
preferably with faces identified -, etc.) I can get
them scanned and I will send you my postal address if
necessary. I was not privileged to be a part of grade
school here, as I did not get to Richland until 1975,
so I will be of no help there.
Like many others, I am catching up in some past
issues of the Sandstorm and wanted to provide my
recollections of Mt. St. Helens. As I have probably
mentioned in here, my folks own a camera store in
Uptown Richland (Sunland Camera). Well, as you can
guess, we saw literally hundreds of photos of the
mountain, from the day it awakened from a long sleep,
until long after she was done. There were people
flying (and climbing) all around that mountain,
getting great shots.
On May 18, 1980, I had spent the night with some
friends (probably partied too much to go home) and was
awakened by a phone call from one the guy's Dad. Chris
came screaming from the bedroom, 'Mt. St. Helens blew
her wad!, Mt. St. Helens blew her wad!' or some such
thing. Well, needless to say, it was up and home
QUICK! I watched in awe as the cloud neared, then
darkness, then this 'sand-like' grit falling from the
sky. We were lucky to only get a light dusting of the
"heavier" stuff.
After it had passed, I took off and hooked up with
another bunch of friends and we thought it would be
cool to try and get a couple of carloads of us to
Yakima. Well, Richland's finest had 240 barricaded so
we took off to Horn Rapids Road to "outsmart" them.
After driving through that stuff and getting to 240
out by Horn Rapids dam, we thought better of this
foolishness and headed home. I know I had bags of the
"sand" but they have long since disappeared.
An interesting side-note: A few months later, me
and three other guys hit the road for a car show in
Indianapolis, IN (wow, what a road trip!!!!). If we
had been any kind of entrepreneurs at all, we would
have bagged as much of that stuff as we could and
financed our whole trip!!!!!
See Ya!
-Dave McAdie (79)
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Funeral Notice scanned from TCHerald
by Shirley Collings Haskins, '66
~ Doris "Dodie" Irene Morgan Douglass, Class of 1958 ~
http://funeralnotices.tripod.com/
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That's it for today. Please send more.
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 5/30/00
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17 Bombers sent stuff:
Curt Donahue (53), Muriel Anderson (53),
Mike Clowes (54), Lequita Branum (55),
Ann Bishop (56), Steve Carson (58),
Bill Moyers (60), Larry Mattingly (60),
Annette Robinson (61), Gloria Davis (61),
Carol Converse (64), Gary Behymer (64),
Chuck Monasmith (65), Rick Lee (70),
Brad Wear (71), Peggy Hartnett (72),
Kellie Walsh (77)
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>>From: Curt Donahue (53)
RE: Tributes
To: Jeff Curtis (69), Rob Peutz (73),
Norma Loescher Boswell (53), Jim House (63),
Judy Williams Clem (61 and Ken Heminger (56):
I greatly appreciated your Memorial Day tributes.
Thank you.
-Curt Donahue (53)
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>>From: Muriel Anderson Thompson (53WB)
To Gary Behymer (64)
Dear Gary:
Thanks for forwarding the classmates information
Richland 1952.
Actually I was in the class of 53 and graduated
from high school in San Francisco. Many of my friends
were in the class of 52. I don't know if you remember.
when Carmichael Jr. High opened. they didn't have room
for all the ninth graders. 100 Students went to
Columbia HIgh and the rest stayed at Carmichael. I may
have the number wrong. At any rate I went to Columbia
and was active in Thespians.
My best friends were Lynn Sapper (52), Herbie
Bullard, Marvin Johnson, Pat Parkison (52), Nancy Robb
(52), etc. I was happy to get some of the Email
addresses. I am particularly interested in Lynn Sapper
Needham. Do you have her snail mail address? I would
surely appreciate it if you would forward it.
Thanks,
-Muriel Anderson Thompson (53WB)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes (54)
RE: Memorial Day and other random thoughts
I think we all owe a debt of gratitude to the
Fathers, Sons, Brothers, Uncles, Cousins, and even
those who are not related to us in any way for the
sacrifices they have made to keep us where we are.
Some fought and died in various theaters of World
War II. Some of our older class mates did the same in
Korea. Many of us did the Viet Nam thing. And our
younger alums did it in Grenada, Panama and the
Persian Gulf.
None of us had to. No one held a gun to our
collective heads and said "Go, Fight, Die!" Some may
have been drafted, but as we all know there were ways
to get around that.
So we went. we fought and some died. There are
monuments all over this nation reaching back to thank
and commemorate from the Revolution on. There is
something about living in this country that makes
people do things they really don't want to do; but
know they have to do. Even if we are not happy with
the way the country treats us.
Several years ago, by pure happenstance I found
myself in Washington D.C.
There I made an effort to go by The Memorial. I
must tell you in all honesty that, to me, it is the
saddest, most depressing place I have ever been. There
are too many names of people I knew, either by having
served with them at some other place, or by reputation
and mutual acquaintances.
I doubt if I could recall their faces, or anything
else about them. But, damnit, I knew them, and I mourn
their loss.
I was going to ramble on about something else, but
I don't think what I have to say really matters at
this point.
If your father, husband, brother, or other loved one
did not come home from the wars, remember that they
did it for you. Not for God, country, or some
politician. They did it for you.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes (54)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: Lequita Branum Clark (55)
Date: Mon May 29 20:53:10 2000
This is a great site.
Would like to hear from anyone that went to Col. Hi.
around 54/55. I went to Lewis & Clark. Carmichael Jr.
Hi. and graduated in 1955.
I worked for G.E. till 1960 and moved to Nampa,
Idaho and worked at Boise Cascade.
After getting my three children in school, I
started working for the Nampa School Dist. till I
retired in 1991.
I have five wonderful grandchildren.
Hope to hear from some old Bombers.
-Lequita Branum Clark (55)
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>>From: Ann Bishop Ousley (56)
Is the reason for Memorial Day being lost on the
younger generations? As a youngster I remember "BIG"
parades (to me they were!!) and family gatherings
afterwards. The veterans told "war stories" and during
WWII, the whereabouts of our loved ones were discussed
and what they were doing. I was very young during
WWII, but I do remember everyone being so proud of the
"war efforts" at home and what "our boys" were doing
to the enemy forces.
Now it seems that this is just a holiday and the
beginning of summer. Not much reflection on the men
and women who answered the "call" and gave their
lives, in many cases, to keep us free. Many served
proudly and were willing to give it all, while their
families sacrificed here at home.... and did it
willingly.
I guess I am just a sentimental old ex-Marine
married to a career Air Force man. To us Memorial Day
is a time to reflect, and give Thanks for all our
service men and women and the efforts they have put
out in times of war, conflict and peace.
God Bless Them All.
-Ann Bishop Ousley (56)
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>>From: Steve Carson (58)
To Fred Phillips (60):
I read your account of the St. Helens rescue and
salute you and your crew.
-Steve Carson (58)
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>>From: Bill Moyers (60)
To Fred Phillips (60):
Great article you wrote for Air Progress some years
ago. But more importantly, congratulations on your
superior flying skills that enabled you to accomplish
some pretty risky maneuvers and rescue those folks
without incident or damage to the aircraft. That had
to pretty scary stuff, landing in such tight quarters
with absolutely zero visibility!!
Actually, during that exact same period of time I
was airborne also, flying numerous sorties from
Vancouver so friends, family, and neighbors could see
the mountain erupting up close from my Piper Cherokee.
But of course I stayed well back, maybe 5 to 8 miles,
from any visible ash cloud as my Lycoming wasn't in
any way ash or dust-proof. I remember seeing some of
the Huey's and news choppers darting in and out of the
blast zone well below, but had no idea that an old
high school classmate was piloting one involved in the
tricky and very risky rescue work.
Again, congratulations to our hero "Volcano Pilot"!!
-Bill Moyers (60)
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>>From: Larry Mattingly (60)
To Norma Culverhouse King (49)
The picture of the liquor store that you refer to
was taken about the mid 40's or so. There is no date
or ID on the picture. Someone wrote on the back "line
at early Richland liquor store". Next time I am into
that pile of boxes in storage I will dig the picture
out and have another look at it. I don't remember
which Parkway building it was in, but there was a
store there during the period Marilyn says she worked
there. The only thing I can remember about it is that
John Woodhead's dad Joe worked there also. John and I
were friends in those days as were Bob Himmilwright
and a boy named Rudy Alexander. I lost track of Rudy
in the mid 50's.
-J Larry Mattingly (60)
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>From the FIRST Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: Annette Robinson (61)
Date: Sun May 28 15:55:58 2000
Col High 61 looking for friend in class of '58
Where is Jim Carlson (James R Carlson), class of 58?
Last heard from was in career Army. Any news?
-Annette Robinson (61)
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>>From: Gloria Davis Tinder (61)
RE: Hi-Spot card
Believe it or not, I still have one of my Hi-Spot cards.
It was signed by Sandy Kross (59) who was president
at the time. So, there were Hi-Spot cards!
-Gloria Davis Tinder (61)
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[I've asked Gloria to get her card scanned so I can get
it up on the Hi-Spot website. -Maren]
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>>From: Carol Converse Maurer (64)
To Jeff Curtis (69):
Jeff,
You did it again!! :):) Thanks for that lovely poem.
-Carol Converse Maurer (64)
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>>From: Gary Behymer (64)
Spent Saturday nite at the Hampton Inn which is
next to Riverside park. I miss the smell of the
Columbia.
Enjoyed the wedding of the oldest daughter of Dan
Hultgren (65).
Had lunch with Joe Keefe (64) and his wife Sharon
Scharnhorst (64-KHS), along with Fred and Patti Finley
Reich (65). Had a chance to chat with Mrs. Ev Irish. A
marvelous lady!
Later on in the evening we stopped for Italian at a
place in 'Downtown' Richland. Sharon Brown (64) and
her husband sat in the booth next to us... Sharon wins
the least changed award, in my book for those of us
from 1964.
*****
Discussion of the day at our house..... and I need
your help on this one... Would it be appropriate to
have a 'bomb shaped' headstone? I told Janis (65-KHS)
that a 'lion' would be fine for hers (;-)
-Gary Behymer (64)
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>>From: Chuck Monasmith (65)
RE: Memorial Day 2000
Considering the patriotic fervor of Richland during
the baby boomer days it is understandable that we have
respect our veterans.
The deceased RHS veteran I was closest to was
Bill Dowd (65). Bill... I remember you well, I will
never forget.
-Chuck Monasmith (65)
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>>From: Rick Lee (70)
Rumor has it that the old cement plant office
building (the "fingernail") is still around but was
moved to one of the parks. Is this true?
I'd love to hear from the class of '70 (Not 1870!
even though that's what my kids think.)
-Rick Lee (70)
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>>From: Brad Wear (71)
To Jeff Curtis (69):
Jeff,
I'm sure I'll be one of many to thank you for the
poem. It struck to the heart. I think everyone who has
served in the military will agree that you risk your
own life for your buddy because the bond of friendship
means that much in the military. Knowing that your
friend will be there no matter what lets you do things
you ordinarily wouldn't do.
I'm fortunate to belong to the 1st Marine Division
Assoc. and Metroplex Marines here in the Dallas/Ft.
Worth area. I forwarded the poem to quite a few of
them - most are WWII and Korean War vets. They loved
it, it struck a cord with them as well. They all
wanted to know what unit you were with.
Thanks for the note.
-Brad Wear (71)
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>>From: Peggy Hartnett (72)
RE: Mt. St. Helens
So, we have probably covered this pretty well, but
I have always felt fortunate for getting to have my
view of the eruption. I was in San Francisco that
morning and arrived at the airport to see that the
flight was delayed/cancelled. They were waiting to see
what that ash plume was going to do. I was lucky since
I was going to Portland and the ash went north and
east. We were the first plane to land in Portland,
there was no other air traffic and so the pilot got
permission to take a couple turns before landing. I
had a window seat and could hardly believe my eyes. It
was strangely beautiful and quite frightening all at
once. Later when I heard the tapes of the messages
from the base camp, the guy doing the monitoring
called the USGS with the short message, "Vancouver,
this is it." and the line went dead. What a moment
that must have been to see that coming at you.
I can't top Vicki Owens' (72) description of the
hike/climb to the crater rim, but I can appreciate it.
I did the same trek in March of 1987, the first year
it opened. They gave out a precious 40 passes/day to
go on the mountain and I felt very fortunate to get
one. There were only 8 people climbing that day. When
we were all on the rim, someone uncorked a great
bottle of wine, we all sat with our legs hanging over
the edge and shared the moment and the wine -
sometimes humans are the coolest, we toasted those who
perished on that mountain and were glad to be on what
felt like the top of the world. The next day I was on
the ice fields of Rainier when a marine air front
rolled in, we hurried down only to find out that they
had to send rescue teams up St. Helens because
whenever any wind or clouds rolled in it became
impossible to see where you were going.
Sounds like Vicki and I both were blessed to get a
perfect day.
-Peggy Hartnett (72)
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>>From: Kellie Walsh Patterson (77)
First to Jim Rice (75):
Nice job on your web page. I especially like the
zoom-in option on the grade school pics. I hope others
from your class will contribute to your site.
RE: Mt St. Helens, or "How I got out of finals"
I was a junior at Wazzu when the mountain blew.
Studying for finals had become dull and boring, so my
roommate decided to take advantage of this wonderfully
warm sunny Sunday and lay out to get a start on our
tans. But around 2 pm, this big, black, ugly looking
cloud started to drift in from way out in the
distance. . . Too chilly now for a comfortable tan, we
went back into our apartment.
A special news bulletin on TV reported the
eruption, and soon the ash started to fall. All the
street lights, bank signs, etc. turned on because it
was pitch black outside -- at 3pm. Yellow emergency
vehicles slowly cruised the streets of Pullman
broadcasting this ominous message over and over, "Stay
inside! DO NOT venture outdoors. Falling ash could
contain toxic materials..." It was rather exciting,
and creepy at the same time.
At 6am the next morning, the Dean made a radio
announcement that SCHOOL WAS OPEN AS USUAL. I wasn't
about to drudge through the ashy stuff and rolled over
and went back to sleep. Forty minutes later the Dean
was back on air canceling school until further
notice. You see, the ash that fell in Pullman was the
consistency of baking flour: very, very fine. Now
imagine dropping a book on the ground covered with an
inch flour. Much of the flour rises through the air,
which is what exactly happened as the first of 16,000
students ventured on to campus. Visibility was zero!
So the Dean closed the University until further
notice.
That week is one I'll never forget. If you went
outside for more than 5 minutes, the ash lingering in
the air would make your throat severely sore, let alone
what it was doing to your lungs. So to go to the
grocery store, etc., most of us would wear bandanas
placed just under your eyes, covering nose and mouth
and tied in a knot in the back. Yes, the "Outlaw" look
was very popular during this time. As the days went
by, this historical event gave the bored students just
another excuse to party. Just in our apartment complex
alone (Campus Commons) there were "Ash Bashes", "Ash
Wednesday Parties", "Mt. St. Helluva Parties", etc. But
staying inside for a week really got old fast.
I guess the University grew weary of the potential
health danger and their liability if they required all
students to remain in school. Finally, the Dean
announced a statement that echoed throughout Pullman,
"Students can either take the grades they have earned
and leave campus, or they may stick around and
complete their finals as scheduled. Well, this was a
no-brainer in my book. I took my grades and ran,
figuring this was a once in a lifetime occurrence
thanks to Mother Nature.
Upon returning for my senior year that September,
some of the ash along the barren back highway still
existed. And as I remember, the wheat crop that year
was unbelievable. Some people even got creative and
made glazes out of the ash. I have a gorgeous
Christmas ornament coated with this glaze.
All in all, it was experience I look back upon and
smile. Us kids in Pullman had a unique experience.
I've attached a couple of photos if anyone is
interested.
1980-05-Pullman01.jpg
1980-05-Pullman02.jpg
1980-05-Pullman03.jpg
Go Cougs and Bombers,
Kellie Walsh Patterson (77)
PS. When thinking about the trek back to Pullman, I
was reminded of the little burger joint in Washtuckna
on the back highway, just after Kalotus (sp?) Does
anyone else remember this ol' place?
-Kellie Walsh Patterson (77)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 5/31/00
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17 Bombers sent stuff:
Marilyn Richey (53), Laura Dean Kirby (55),
Gary May (58), Steve Carson (58),
Joe Ford (63), Patty de la Bretonne (65),
Dave Miller (67), Kathy Hills (67),
Peg Jones (67), Rick Polk (70),
Vicki Owens (72), Jeanette Haberman (73),
Rob Peutz (73), Mike Davis (74),
Kim Edgar (79), Steve Schraedel (79),
Jamie McDevitt (81)
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>>From: Marilyn Richey (53)
To Norma Culverhouse King (49) and Larry Mattingly (60)
The liquor store which was in the parkway was the
building that the HURT's APPAREL dress shop was in
for years. Then they moved over to the corner of GWWay
and Lee Blvd. right across from then the Gaslight
Tavern. There was a liquor store put in on Lee Blvd.
right across from where the A&W Drive Inn was located.
-Marilyn Richey (53)
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>>From: Laura Dean Kirby Armstrong (55)
Re: Jack Sinderson (53):
Seems Jack is remembered by many as one of our
finest examples. Because I was a friend of Jan
Nussbaum (55) his wife, I was a bridesmaid at their
wedding. I remember wearing pink velvet dresses. My
mother made mine. It was a lovely service at the old
Richland Lutheran Church at Van Giesen and Stevens,
not the same structure that is there now.
I haven't seen Jan since they left here for
California. If anyone has their E-mail or street
address, please let me know.
RE: A Memorial Day memory from 1955.
A bunch of us in 2 or 3 cars drove down by Walla
Walla somewhere to a woodsy place for a picnic. We
were listening to the INDY 500 on the way and I
remember our shock when we heard that one of the
drivers, Bill Vuckovitch was killed in a wreck.
It was not a good day for us either. A few of the
guys were horsing around, running after each other in
the trees and over the shallow stream, when Lee
Stratton (55) slipped and fell. We spent the remainder
of the afternoon in the emergency department of the
Walla Walla or Dayton Hospital getting him stitched up
to come home.
I can only remember that I was with Dave Belcher
and Lael Ellingson (55) and her sister Ellie were
there. Who else remembers this? Jim Boyd (55), were
you there? Seems like we might have taken your car.
Carlton Meyers where were you? Just thinking.
-Laura Dean Kirby Armstrong (55)
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>>From: Gary May (58)
RE: Memorial Day
Just hope that Memorial Day went well for all.
Having served two tours of duty in Vietnam, please
don't forget the guys who have made the present
possible.
Danny Neth (57), my friend, I won't forget you.
-Gary May (58)
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>>From: Steve Carson (58)
James R. Carlson attended our reunion for (58) and
as I recall is powering up a second career in
California after retiring from the Army as a full bird
Colonel.
-Steve Carson (58)
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>>From: Joe Ford (63)
RE: Mt. St. Helens
Fellow Richlanders;
My wife and I were away (living back east) when St.
Helens erupted, so we missed the direct experiences of
folk in the State. My mother, still in Richland, has
vivid memories of hearing the explosion and then
seeing the dark clouds. I had climbed St. Helens
several times (an annual spring conditioning event for
a lot of Washington climbers pre-eruption, since you
could drive very close to the mountain), and regret
its appearance now.
What intrigued and saddened me recently was reading
in the Daily Olympian, local newspaper for Thurston
County and Olympia, a roster of the 57 deceased
people, and finding Beverly Wetherald's name.
Beverly went to Sacajawea, Carmichael, and Col Hi,
and graduated in 1963. She and her boyfriend, an
amateur vulcanologist, were camped with Forest Service
permission near Spirit Lake, observing the volcano. No
remains were recovered for the unfortunates who were
up so close to the mountain, including the legendary
Harry Truman and his many cats.
Local interest, tinged with some sorrow.
Maren and Gary, many thanks for your work.
Regards,
-Joe Ford (63)
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>>From: Patty de la Bretonne (65)
To Steve Simpson, my across-the-alley neighbor of childhood,
Hey, it was great to see you at the Ray Charles
concert at the Paramount last night ----- and wasn't
it a classy and terrific concert? He sounded so good!
Good band too!
See you at one or the other of the reunions this summer!
Your backyard Summer Carnival (!) buddy,
-Patty de la Bretonne (65)
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>>From: Dave Miller (67)
Well I just thought I would say something about
Mt. St Helens, my father, Robert Miller, did carpentry
work in Longview, WA. where I grew up until I was 10.
We moved to Richland in 1958. My Dad did a lot of tile
work and wood work for Harry Truman, (my Grandmother
remembered him just from his name) every time
relatives came out from Illinois we would take them to
Spirit Lake. I could not believe it just blew up like
that, I had never realized Richland got that much ash
fallout. Down here in San Jose we had no indication it
was that bad that far west.
This keyboard sucks. Sorry.
Anyway my wife and I went there two years ago when
we went to Tacoma for my niece's birthday in Mar98 and
they drove us down there to see Mt. St. Helens.
Johnson Ridge (sp) is unbelievable. They put on a
movie and at the end the curtain rises and MT. ST,
Helens is right there staring at you. Course it was
cloudy that day, still awesome but there is live video
cam mounted on top of the observatory. Also there is
also a cam shot 360 degrees around that you only to
have to put cursor on right side and it will scan all
the way around although not live.
Peace be with you all and especially people like
Rick Madly (67) who gave a lot for this country. See
you in Sept. on Maui.
-Dave Miller (67)
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>>From: Kathy "Kate" Hills Krafft (67)
RE: Parkway liquor store
Jo Cawdry Leveque (49/50) is correct about an old
liquor store being on the Parkway - northwest side. My
visits there (on many occasions) with my dear father
(whose insurance company office was nearby on the
Parkway) are among my earliest and fondest childhood
memories. I think we usually stopped off on our way to
make deposits at the Seattle First National Bank or
visit the Post Office (they were both at the north end
of the block facing the park). I can remember walking
hand in hand with Dad and being the only child "in
there"! Dad had a healthy attitude about such things
and always enjoyed a good cocktail. Years after I left
home and my sister (Marilyn '60) had settled in
California... Dad and Mom stopped off and purchased a
good supply of expensive booze at California prices on
their way home. Several months had passed... when Mom
got a rather strange telephone call from the
proprietor of the liquor store (it had moved from the
parkway by then). He was concerned... Dad hadn't been
in for quite awhile... was he doing okay?? Mom
explained that Dad was doing just fine (and along with
the rest of us) laughed about this circumstance for
many years. Probably... only in Richland would the
liquor store proprietor check in on your Dad because
he hadn't been in for awhile. What a town!!
On another subject... I have heard that Stevie
Johnson (WB 67) and he will be visiting Seattle in
mid-August. Any old Jefferson or Chief Jo alumni who
would like to get together while he's here... let me
know!!! Wonder if he still has that arm cast that JFK
sighed!
-Kathy "Kate" Hills Krafft (67)
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>>From: Peg Jones Snow (67)
RE: Mt. St. Helens
I was working at Hanford as a Geologist when St.
Helens became active during the spring of 80. We were
living in Benton City when it erupted. We heard the
blast that Sunday morning and passed if off as a sonic
boom. About 30 minutes later I got a call from the
wife of my manager telling me "St. Helens has blown
and Wes and Karl (Fecht) are on their way out into the
Areas". We drove up McBee grade out of BC and watched
the dark wedge of clouds as well as the funny droopy
clouds roll over.
The next week we drove out into the Areas towards
Vantage and were amazed to see about of foot of white
floury ash on the ground, covering everything. The
fact that most of the 1980 ash was dispersed within a
year says something about the volume of other
eruptions that produced deposits several feet thick
that were preserved in lakes or between successive lava
flows. It must take a really BIG eruption with even
larger volumes of ash for the ash to be well preserved
thousands of years later.
A few weeks later members of my group at work took
turns flying out and over the steaming volcano. When
my turn came I brought a box of Animal Cookies to take
along... being about 4 months pregnant I was still
sometimes queasy but I wasn't about to miss every good
geologist's dream of seeing a live volcano. We took a
small plane (8 place) and flew up the Yakima Valley
and towards the Cascades. The air became increasingly
turbulent as we got closer to St. Helens. We flew over
the devastated area and then took a dive down into the
crater to see the growing resurgent dome. The
turbulence was terrific and sulfur smell terrible but
I lasted it out. Just when I thought we were out of
the worst of it, the pilot said gleefully, "Hey! Lets
take another look at that dome!" I leaned forward and
said, "Oh no you don't! You do and you'll be wearing
these Animal Cookies!!" Needless to say we pulled up,
made a few gentle sweeping turns, and headed home.
-Peg Jones Snow (67)
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>>From: Rick Polk (70)
RE: Memorial Day
I hope all my fellow Bombers had an enjoyable
Memorial Day. My family and I went to Sunset Gardens
again this year, where my Father is buried. My Dad was
a Navy vet of WW II. He was stationed in Bremerton,
then at the Pasco Naval Air Station. Having served 10
1/2 years in the Army myself, Memorial Day always is
a special day to me.
I hope all Bombers and their families has a very
pleasant day.
-Rick Polk (70)
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>>From: Vicki Owens (72)
To Peggy Hartnett (72):
I enjoyed hearing about your climb up Mt. St.
Helen's. Wasn't it awe inspiring to sit on the edge of
that crater and look down? Words can't describe it. It
was fun to hear about your celebratory bottle of wine
at the top. I guess the mountain had a way of bringing
such things out of people. One of the guys in our
group toted up an American flag, but we didn't know
that until we got to the top and he unfurled it. I've
always loved my country, but since I had just returned
from my first time abroad, it meant even more. I'm
sure between the power of the crater, and the glory of
the view, and the tug of patriotism, I lost a few
tears up there!
Thanks for sharing your "view"!
To Kellie Walsh Patterson (77)
When you mentioned that drive-in restaurant in
Washtucna, memories came flooding back. It was the
7C's Drivein. (I don't know whether it has the same
name now or not.) If my brain cells are functioning
correctly, it was owned by the MacKenzie family, and
they had seven kids (or seven family members?) whose
names all started with "C". The reason I became privy
to this information was that I was Courtney
MacKenzie's camp counselor at King's Lake Girl Scout
Camp about 25 years ago.
-Vicki Owens (72)
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>>From: Jeanette Haberman Nymon (73)
To Rob Peutz (73):
Gee, Rob,... the sunset in San Francisco was great.
I'll meet you for another romantic sunset on the beach
in Hawaii, but first need to finish the San Diego Rock
n' Roll Marathon next weekend (who talks me into these
things???).
You may be walking me along the beach in a
wheelchair...
So... where should our next sunset be? How about
the shores of the Mississippi, here in Davenport,
Iowa... still have more high school memories to catch
up on!
-Jeanette Haberman Nymon (73)
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>>From: Rob Peutz (73)
RE: Memorial Day
Yesterday [5/29/00] at noon, the ships of six
different countries lowered their national colors to
half mast, for a 21 gun salute, with one cannon blast
every minute, to pay tribute to the men and women who
have fallen while serving this country. As I stood at
attention, facing our national colors, I wept.
To Bob Carlson aka Mike Clowes (54):
The Viet Nam War Memorial leaves me speechless.
-Rob Peutz, Master Chief Machinist's Mate, USN, (73)
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>>From: Mike Davis (74)
Wait a minute! Mt. St. Helens blew up? When?
-Mike Davis (74)
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>>From: Kim Edgar (79)
RE: Personal and Family Survival Manual
I was going through an old foot locker full of old
photos among other things. I came across an Personal
and Family Survival Manual published by the Dept. of
Defense and Office of Civil Defense (Dated Nov. 1966).
It talks about protecting you and your family against
a Nuclear attack. Public and Family fall out shelters
and survival on the farm.
Veterans,
My father has sent me a ton of photos from the
Vietnam war. I plan on putting the ones of him in a
photo album, however, it seems like a waste (after
all, it is history) for the others to sit in a box. Is
there a place/museum I could send the rest?
-Kim Edgar (79)
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>>From: Steve Schraedel (79)
In response to Bill Moyers (60), Ann Bishop Ousley (56),
Bob Carlson (54) and others regarding Memorial Day:
I think you are probably correct - the younger
generation may not share the same feeling you have for
Memorial Day. I don't think I do. During high school,
I had the opportunity to play Taps for veteran
funerals. Once or twice a year, I was invited to play
for a funeral. I would call, confirm it, and be on my
way.
I always came away from these funerals with the
picture in my mind of a group of men, very friendly to
one another, and toward me, happy men, but mourning
the loss of a good buddy. They shared a camaraderie
that few enjoy, and I believe that they carried that
bond amongst themselves throughout their entire lives.
At the cemetery, a short service was held, some
brief words spoken. Then a squad of riflemen aimed to
the sky and saluted by firing their rifles. Finally, I
would play taps. It was an emotional and moving scene
even for one of my age at the time.
Often, at it's conclusion, a kind gentleman would
come and slip a few dollars into my hand. I would
politely refuse, feeling it almost a sacrilege. He
would earnestly insist, and as I saw his tear-filled
eyes and that he was choked with emotion, unable to
speak, I could not refuse his gesture of gratitude.
I know that they carried an experience and feeling
for this country that I did not have, and may never
have. The closest I can come to it is that my father
and both grandfathers fought in wars. But I do think
my mind was awakened to realize that something deeply
important happened, these men were a part of it, they
did it selflessly, it was very real, it wasn't easy,
and it has more life and meaning to it than history
books convey.
-Steve Schraedel (79)
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>>From: Jamie McDevitt (81)
To Kellie Walsh Patterson (77)
The "little burger joint" aka MacKenzie's in
Washtucna is still there. I live in Moscow, Idaho and
frequently make the trek to Richland to visit family.
I almost always stop at MacKenzie's buy a pop and/or
snack to gain rest room privileges before finishing the
second half of the trip to Moscow/Richland.
Anyone looking for a business opportunity?
MacKenzie's has been up for sale for almost a year now.
-Jamie McDevitt (81)
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April, 2000 ~ June, 2000