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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 05/01/03
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14 Bombers sent stuff:
Bonnie Beardsley ('56), Darlene Trethewey ('56WB)
Ray Loescher ('57), Barb Iskason ('58)
Burt Pierard ('59), John Northover ('59)
Audrey Eberhardt ('61WB), John Browne, Jr. ('61)
Helen Cross ('62), Earl Bennett ('63)
Linda Reining ('64), Rick Maddy ('67)
Mike Howell ('68WB), Brad Upton ('74)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY 4/30: Louise Moyers ('65)
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>>From: Bonnie Beardsley Sandahl ('56)
Re: Cynthia Huckstep (RIP)
Cynthia Huckstep was exceptional. In her orchestra
I began by playing the violin and, like Shirley Davis
Lawrence-Berrey ('56), I was talked into the viola
"because we need one". I later played the clarinet and
the piano, always "because we need one". I remember
wondering how Cynthia succeeded in roping me into that
many instruments as I was not much of a pushover...
except for her.
I became close friends with Cynthia Huckstep as did
my mother who was a music teacher as well. Cynthia was
spirited and I wanted to spend time with her. I did
spend time with Cynthia... lots of time. She was
available to her students if she knew that it was
important to them. I suspected, before her illness,
that I knew her as well as anyone, anywhere, did.
I was wrong.
When she fell ill we all mourned and when she died
some of us were inconsolable. However, just as her
personality was in life, there was yet another surprise
to come.
We learned that her family was coming from the
midwest for her services. In those days motels and
hotels were scarce in the Tri-Cities. Suddenly, in the
midst of mourning, just hours after her death, my
family and I got the most wonderful call of all. The
questioner asked whether we could "take in" a special
single person from the midwest who was coming for her
services. We said yes. The special person was Cynthia's
long-time gentleman friend, a well-hidden and important
individual in her life. The really big moment for me
was that I put fresh linen on my bed and REALLY cleaned
my room (!) so that he would be able to sleep there
with great comfort. (I also slept in a spare bedroom
without complaining, another first for me.)
My family and I soon discovered that her friend was
a wonderful man! He spoke fondly of their friendship
that had begun many years earlier in the midwest, a
time of her life that had escaped me altogether. I
found him handsome, engaging, and, most importantly, I
believed that he actually cared for Cynthia Huckstep as
much as I did! (Adolescent narcissism?)
It was a great comfort for me to think that this
"important" person had slept in my bed. I later
remembered his personality and how much he cared about
Cynthia Huckstep and how far he had traveled to say
good-bye to his long-time friend.
Cynthia Huckstep was indeed exceptional. In fact,
she was so exceptional that love and devotion to her
was not to be contained in one place. People were
devoted to her from far away places as well as by those
of us in Richland. I'm grateful for the "surprise"
visit to remind me of how revered Cynthia Huckstep was
by so many people... in so many places.
-Bonnie Beardsley Sandahl ('56)
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>>From: Darlene Trethewey Dunning ('56WB)
Re: Cynthia Huckstep (RIP)
I have been trying to think of this teacher's name
for some time. She was great I played the violin in the
orchestra the year that she died. It was the first time
that I had had to deal with the death of someone that
I knew. I remember it being very traumatic at the time.
I learned a lot from her but I did give up the violin
after that year, which is something that I regret
to this day. I have been looking through the Alumni
Sandstorm hoping that someone would bring up her name.
Thanks
-Darlene Trethewey Dunning ('56WB) ~ Portland, OR
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>>From: Ray Loescher ('57)
While cleaning the attic the other day, my wife ran
across my old report cards from Carmichael. She giggled
as she read a comment from Mrs. Black, Social Studies
teacher which said, "I think Ray's intentions are good,
but he seems to be too easily influenced by lazy,
talkative neighbors in school." OK, who was it that
got me in all that trouble?
Later, in high school, Mrs. Buescher gave me the
nickname, "Gabby." But I wasn't talking with the same
lazy folks then. Gary Lucas ('57) sat nearby and I
frequently leaned on him for correct answers. Trouble
was, I stuttered in those days and it simply took me
too long to say anything!
Incidentally, I also uncovered some old yearbooks
from WSC for 1959 - '62 that I do not plan on keeping.
No markings in any of them save my name in the issue.
If anyone wants these and is willing to pay shipping
costs (21 pounds), let me know. They are in good shape,
although they smell old. Imagine that!
-Ray Loescher ('57)
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>>From: Barbara Isakson Rau ('58)
Class of '58 Luncheon is this Sunday the 4th of May
at 1pm at the West Richland Golf Course. If you weren't
there for the April luncheon, you missed seeing Bill
Lattin ('58). There is always a surprise "newbie" at
our luncheon, so come when you can.
Bomber Cheers,
-Barbara Isakson Rau ('58)
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>>From: Burt Pierard ('59)
To: Carolyn Carson Renaud ('60)
Re: Richland Street Names
OK, OK, OK. Here is the 2003 version of the origin
of the "Old Town" street names. This subject has come
up on an approximately annual basis for at least the
last four years but as new people come on the Sandstorm
(or those who don't read it regularly), it needs to be
answered periodically.
The "original" Richland (sometimes referred to as
the "World War II Town") was bounded on the West by
Wright Avenue and the North by Van Giesen (with the
additional pocket east of GWWay up to Hunt Point). This
was the area of the original 8 Alphabet Houses (A, B,
D, E, F, G, H & L), the 3 Pre-fabs (1, 2 & 3 Bedroom),
and the Men's & Women's Dorms. All the streets in this
area were named after Army Corps of Engineers people
(some have said that they had to be dead but I don't
know if that is true or not), including George
Washington who was an Army Surveyor before the
Revolutionary War.
Hanford.Houses.tripod.com/streets.html
The Ranch House development didn't start until
1947-48. There they departed from the original street
naming scheme and used trees instead.
Bomber Cheers,
-Burt Pierard ('59) ~ my LAST week in Seattle & I get
to go home to stay.
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>>From: John Northover ('59)
Re: The first annual Southern California Bomber Bruncheon
18 May 2003 at 11:00AM
Charlie's by the Sea
2526 S. Coast Highway
Cardiff By The Sea CA ...
Ph: 760 942 1300
http://www.sandiegonighttime.com/charliesbythesea/
Expected cost is about $15.00 including tax and tip ...
There is complimentary valet parking ... just pull in
front of Charlie's .. John the "Parkingman" will take
care of your vehicle ... In fact, the restaurant is
located on the ocean ... there is very little 'public'
parking near the restaurant.
I had responses from as far a way as Germany, Georgia,
Maryland, Woodland Hills CA and Richland ... You all
know you can FLY in ... Charlie's is only 25 miles
north of the Lindberg Field in San Diego ... a rental
car - a buzzer bee car - about $29.99 ... What deal!!!
A short scenic drive north on 5 ... a BOMBER Bruncheon
on the Pacific Ocean ... Free Champagne!!!
Excellent Food and most of all a bunch of great Bombers!!!
Chances are the weather will be GREAT ... with about a
.001959% chance of rain and about 0.00000009591% chance
of a tornado, a hurricane or other inclement weather.
The possibility that an earthquake will interrupt the
Bomber Bruncheon is exceedingly small ...
The following have indicated they may attend ... A
couple of individuals have possible event conflicts
which will be resolved in order for them to attend ...
One poor lady ... a Bomber graduate ... had just moved
from Salona Beach back to Richland ... "Not that there
is anything wrong with that." ... She said her sister
was in the area and I am hoping she can attend.
Ned Barker ('59) ~ Mesa, AZ
Pete Bradley ('60) ~ Escondido, CA
Lydia Winckler Brown ('59) ~ San Diego, CA
Ann Pearson Burrows ('50) ~ Chula Vista, CA
Bill Clark ('58) ~ Long Beach, CA
Denny Kline ('57) ~ Ridgecrest, CA
Penny McAllister D'Abato ('67) ~ Temecula, CA
Pat Hartnett ('59) ~ Torrance, CA
Rick Maddy ('67) ~ Huntington Beach, CA
John Northover ('59) ~ San Diego, CA
Frank Schermer ('50) ~ ???, CA
Fred Suckow ('55) ~ Murrietta, CA
Glen Turner ('49) ~ Woodland Hills, CA
Wynell Williams Fishburne ('55) ~ Victorville, CA
Spouses welcome ... Bomber off spring welcome ...
Bomber friends welcome ... My wife Julie cannot wait
to hear all the "BOMBER" stories, legends and tales
that may be spun at this first Eventual Southern
California Bomber Bruncheon!!!!
See YA there!!
-juan the sailor, Bishop of Peach Pickle and
Head Master of Hunker Downs '59
-John Northover ('59)
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>>From: Audrey Eberhardt Mathews ('61WB)
Re: Favorite Teachers
All this talk about favorite and memorable teachers
has brought back some memories. When we moved from
California to Camp Hanford, I was in for educational
culture shock. I had been honor roll in California and
was put in an advanced class, I was in the seventh
grade. My most memorable teachers a Chief Joseph and
Columbia were as follows: Mrs. Helen Smith, English;
Mrs. Cottrell, English; Mrs. Sonya Johnson?, French;
Mrs. Gilbert, Home Ec; the speech teacher at Chief Jo;
Mrs. Ida Mecham, Biology; and Mr. Wheeler, American
History. All of these teacher impacted me and made me
aware of the joys of learning and trying new things.
One incident I remember in Mr. Wheeler's class; we
always had to outline the chapters, a couple that was
going steady each received a failing grade because
their outlines were identical. He told them if they
were going to cheat to at least change a few words now
and then.
-Audrey Eberhardt Mathews ('61WB) ~ central Georgia
where Spring has sprung and allergies are
running rampant.
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>>From: John Browne, Jr. ('61)
Re: Trees in the desert
Kim Edgar Leeming's ('79) note about a sycamore
brought to mind one of the more memorable trees in my
life- one that was prominent & public, that offered the
curious something to wonder at, & the daring something
to eat.
The big mulberry that sat just NW of Uptown was the
first of its kind that I'd ever seen. In my earlier
experience, berries didn't grow on trees (except this
one). It was inviting to climbers, & always a comfort
to be perched upon. The fruit, so similar to a
'regular' berry (like the cane fruit I'd grown up with,
W of the Cascades), had a stem- a thin, flexible green
little handle, which you only noticed if you were
'being careful' (& not just stuffing your face like a
greedy little 12 year old). It was decades later that I
learned some of the history behind the mulberries in
the area (incl "the Area"), why they were around at
all... One of the best moments at my class' 40th was
spent walking along the river, leisurely picking the
ripest, longest, deepest-hued fruit from the trees at
the edge of the water, marveling at patches of purple
sand beneath these sturdy, indomitable shoreline
guardians with their toes in the water for a lifetime.
^..^
-JHBrowne, Jr. ('61) ~ Vashon Island, WA
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Greetings from the Salina, Utah library!! I think
my first update on our trip might have come from this
library on our way out west to start our trip. We've
found Salina to be a very friendly place, and they
have the most wonderful restaurant here: Mom's Place,
started in l947!! We ate there yesterday, and we were
so full, we didn't eat for another 20 hours!! It's so
good, it's hard to chose what to eat there.
Warren is resting today, as tomorrow he has to go
over l00 miles to the next town and it's over 2 passes
over 8,000 ft. He's done well on the 7,000 ft. summits,
we'll hope he does as well on the higher ones.
We are staying in a new place with a pool for me
tonight. We've been trying to stay in older places, we
stayed in one with neat bathroom appliances from the '50s.
Re: Typing.
I am sure my typing teacher was a woman. I wanted
to say Miss Brown. But did she ever teach typing?? Or
was it a Mrs. Johnson with her hair pulled back?? I
just can't remember. I never could get much above 50 wpm,
so I started out with As, but went to Bs because I
couldn't increase my speed. At least I got the basics.
Re: Another word regarding our trip
Everywhere we have been, it has been warmer back
home in Indiana. When we were in sunny California that
was certainly true. It's barely 50° here today, the
tulips are still in bloom and back home it's in the
80s. Well, as long as we don't have rain, we can't
complain!!
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ along the trial (bike trail
that is!!)
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[Helen - The best boss I ever had now lives in Reno
and I called her so she could watch the TV "short" on
Warren's bike trip. She doesn't "do" computers... so I
couldn't get an email from her about it, but she said
she usually watches that show and said she'd watch...
if she doesn't call me soon, I'll call her and ask
about it. -Maren]
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>>From: Earl C. Bennett, III - Gold Medal Class of '63
Re: Kim and the request for stories about trees
I may not be the only one to write about the HUGE
crabapple tree that was several hundred yards west of
the bypass highway at Elm Street - a little past the
cemetery now. One of the trails used by the horse
riding academy passed right above it, and the hill was
steep enough that the branches touched the ground right
below the trail. It was a great climbing tree for
neighborhood elementary school age boys I spent time
with - Pete Housely, Jimmie Ard, Arnold McCalister, Nat
and others. The crabapples were much larger than the
cherry-sized ones on the ornamental crabapple tree I
grew in our front yard in Woodbridge, VA, before we
left the DC suburbs for beautiful, rural central VA. I
did make some great crabapple jelly from the little
ones, though. Back to the big tree - one time in 5th
grade Arlan Dabling ('63 Bulldog) and I picked some
crabapples from that tree and boiled them in water from
the Yakima. He didn't take more than a bite, and maybe
didn't even swallow it, but I ate a whole one before
admitting they weren't too great. Got a bad stomach
ache, too. I think I may have told this story before,
in the first year of the Alumni Sandstorm.
Other associated memories in that same area are
the huge tumbleweed forts we built between the bypass
highway and the shelter belt, and building dams in the
storm drain channel where it came out from under the
bypass. Remember how many tumble weeds would collect in
the U-shaped area formed by Chief Jo?
Regards, ecb3
-Earl Bennett ('63) ~ Reva, VA ~ where a thunderstorm
is ending a great day of yard work (I took the day
off because it's been dry for 3 days and the leaf
collector needs relatively dry leaves - it's been
too wet ever since I recovered from surgery, but
we've needed the water).
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
Re: prescription drug prices
Just got home from a trip to Algadones, Mexico (478
miles from my home in Bakersfield)... we stayed in
Yuma, AZ... I got 4 prescriptions for under $900 for
an entire year's supply; I pay over $400 per month
here for those same prescriptions. I know some had
questioned about buying them in Canada... if you are
close enough to the Algadones, Mexico border, it is
well worth the trip; I did not need a prescription from
my doctor, but I had them with just in case. The pills
are generic... both my doctors okayed their use.
Re: Boomer
Had a little, furry, friend waiting for me when I
got home: "BOOMER" was in my mailbox and he is now
sitting on my desk, alongside the BOMB. I'll be taking
both of them to the Bakersfield Luncheon on May 17th.
Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA - rain is
predicted for Friday and Saturday... had great
weather in Mexico... cool and breezy.
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>>From: Rick Maddy ('67)
Re: Make like a tree and leaf (Sycamore Tree)
To: Kim Edgar Leeming ('79)
I am certainly no gardener, so take this with a
grain of salt, but listening to my father one day
talking about trees years ago was of interesting note.
I had this white weeping birch tree in my yard in
Kennewick. The tree looked pretty good to me. My dad
dropped by and said the reason the top of the tree had
a lot less leaves was because it wasn't getting enough
water (duh!).
Further explaining the tree would prefer living on
a river bank where it’s feet could be wet most of the
time. Willow trees are another family that loves lots
of water. Ever see a willow next to a creek? Awesome!
Remember how Arlo used to pump thousands of gallons of
water using those big black hoses and sprinklers on our
playgrounds? Remember the magnificent weeping willow
next to the swings and slide on the 4th-6th grade side
of L&C?
Tarzaned that tree a few times. Just drive around
any town and look at all the trees that are bare
topped, particularly the youngsters. And sometimes
trees don’t like each other and will grow very oddly
next to one another trying to escape each others
canopy. Sort of like putting a piranha next to a
goldfish in the same tank. I have seen sycamore on the
“Westside” and they do grow, but never saw one like the
ones in Richland ( I'm sure there is a nice one
somewhere around the sound). Difference from being
planted in acidic dirt verses Richland sandy loam or
clay loam, whichever it is. Simply the reaction of the
trees to their acidic or alkaline soil (pH). Even in
Seattle you can see a miserable rhododendron next to a
house because the lime in the cement from the
foundation has leeched into the acidic soil and turned
it more alkaline. The plant cannot feed and chokes to
death. They planted Russian Olive around the shelter
belt for a reason. Too much water kills a cacti. My
neighbor told me the white birch tree in my yard was
the best he had seen it in twenty-five years. I had
access to the irrigation canal off 10th. Happy tree.
Anyway, Ed Hume would do a much better job than I and
good luck with your trees.
TREES
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree;
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast.
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray.
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair.
Upon whose bosom snow has lain.
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
~ Joyce Kilmer ~
-Rick Maddy ('67)
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>>From: Mike Howell ('68WB)
Some of you will remember that my Brother Tom ('58 or '59WB)
brought his animals to Spalding and did a show for all
of us in the Gym. After the show I took a group of my
selected friends out to his car to show off the animals
and Ken Staley ('68) got bit by the bear. I think
it was either Leslie Huff or Kristine Knight who got
urinated on by the same animal.
-Mike Howell ('68WB)
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>>From: Brad Upton ('74)
Re: Street Names
I remember having a discussion with my parents over
the name of Cottonwood Ave. Since we spent a great deal
of time at the Schildknecht's I had many chances to
observe the Cottonwood sign right in front of their
house where Elm intersected with Cottonwood. I told my
parents that it was Cottonwood Avenue and they said it
was Cottonwood Boulevard. Both insisted we were right.
So dad drove down Cottonwood and some of the signs said
Ave. and some of them said Blvd. We were both right! I
don't know if the signs are still that way today and I
still don't know the correct answer. Anybody want to
drive down Cottonwood and look?
-Brad Upton ('74)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 05/02/03
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14 Bombers and 1 Bomber WB (?) funeral notice today:
Carol Black ('48), Gus Keeney ('57)
Irene de la Bretonne ('61), Denis Sullivan ('62)
Jeanie Hutchins ('62), Gary Behymer ('64)
Linda Reining ('64), David Rivers ('65)
Marcia Wade ('67), Jerry Lewis ('73)
Mike Davis ('74), Jenny Smart ('87)
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LUNCHES (in order of appearance)
TOMORROW - Las Vegas
SUNDAY - Seattle/Fife
SUNDAY - Class of '58
05/16 - Girls of '54
More information: www.calsnet.net/All_Bombers
Click the lunch you want to know about.
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>>From: Carol Black Foster ('48)
Re: Good Intentions
I had to laugh at Ray Loescher's ('57) comment
about my mother, Leola Black (RIP) saying he had good
intentions but was too easily influenced by those
crummy pupils he was sitting by. I think she nailed
you!!
I am really enjoying all the entries about the
teachers as many of them were practically all the
grownups I knew when I was growing up.
Am I the only one who remembers Betsy Carmichael (?),
PE teacher at Col Hi?? I also remember Chris Anderson
who was my teacher at Col Hi, then was my mother's
principal at Carmichael and much later I ran into him
at Seattle University in another one of my attempts to
finish college. He was some kind of official at Seattle
University but I haven't heard anything about him in
years.
To: Linda Reining ('64)
Re: Mexican Prescriptions
I am getting ready to go to Ixtapa and am wondering
whether I could get prescriptions back thru customs. I
am assuming you were driving and wonder if you had to
declare the medicine or just went thru. Any advice???
-Carol Black Foster ('48) ~ Bellevue, WA
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>>From: Gus Keeney ('57)
Re: Mrs. Black's (RIP) Class
To: Ray Loescher ('57)
Hey, I take offence to the reference to your
"Neighbors" in Mrs. Black's Class!!!! *GRIN* (Guilty
Conscience, I guess!!)
-Gus Keeney ('57)
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>>From: Irene de la Bretonne Hays ('61)
To: Burt Pierard ('59)
Correction on the north boundary of the "Old Town"
of Richland: It was bounded on the north by Wilson
Street, not Van Giesen. Wilson is one street north of
Van Giesen. In 44-45, we moved into a brand new two
bedroom prefab in the 1600 block of McPherson in the
last block north of Van Giesen. There were and still
are original prefabs in that block. Wilson was the
north boundary, not Van Giesen.
-Irene de la Bretonne Hays ('61)
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>>From: Denis Sullivan ('62)
Re: Typing instructors at Col-Hi
I remember Mrs. Thompson--Typin' Thompson--as my
teacher.
-Denis Sullivan ('62)
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>>From: Jeanie Hutchins Simon ('62)
Re: Typing Teacher
My Typing teacher was Mrs. Pauline Thompson ~ a
rather quiet, very sweet lady. She was my only teacher
that permitted gum chewing during class ~ it was to
go in the waste basket on your way out. One day she
asked me to stay after class. She gently and tactfully
asked me not to chew gum during class ~ she told me
that without me realizing it, I would "chew" with
almost each letter that I typed on those old manual
typewriters. She said that she knew I didn't realize I
was doing it and assured me that I did keep my mouth
closed. I was so embarrassed!! (it probably drove her
nuts, along with my very nice typing partner, Don Smith ('60)
Of course, my family had heard this story, and one day
many years later while visiting in Richland, I ran into
Mrs. Thompson at the Mall ~ fortunately, both of my
daughters were with me. After introducing ourselves,
I reminded her of the chewing gum story ~ she'd
forgotten, but we had a good laugh and nice visit.
-Jeanie Hutchins Simon ('62) ~ Bellingham, WA
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
Re: Congratulations Raymond Stein ('64)
www.tricityherald.com/tch/sports/columns/story/3043285p-3067033c.html
-Gary Behymer ('64) ~ downtown Colfax, WA
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
To: Rick Maddy ('67)
Re: TREES
That poem, by Joyce (who by the way, was a man) Kilmer,
was the first poem I ever memorized... can't remember
what grade I was in or the teacher, either.
See you on the 17th of May for the Bakersfield
Bomber luncheon.
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA - weather is
still cool and they are predicting rain for
Friday, Saturday and possibly Sunday; the
Sierra's are also getting the much-needed
moisture. ;)
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
Re: Ray, the great! You were kinda mentioned, 32!
www.tricityherald.com/tch/sports/columns/story/3043285p-3067033c.html
-David Rivers ('65)
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>>From: Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67)
Re: TREES
To: Ricky Maddy ('67)
Thanks, guy, some where, some one and I were just
trying to remember the words to that poem not long ago-
-don't remember if it was my mom and I or a friend at
work. For an arid area, Richland has some gorgeous
trees, doesn't it? I too remember that Willow at Lewis
and Clark, and I now have a gorgeous sycamore out in my
front yard, just a few blocks down from L&C. And as far
as the mulberry trees down at the park, I remember well
the purple feet after a trip to 'Riverside' in days of
yore! I never tried eating any of the fruit tho--just
walked on it.
Re: One more L&C memory, Rick
Do you remember the old old abandoned school house
on the grounds--would have been near Cullum and Downing
I guess...or so it seems to me. Used to fascinate me,
and I always wished I could sneak in there and explore.
Maybe some of the daring boys did such things....
-Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67) ~ back in the old
neighborhood near Lewis and Clark. (Dare I
mention my oldest grandson is now in first
grade at good old L&C???)
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>>From: Jerry Lewis ('73)
Re: RHS Class of '73 30 Year Reunion
Class members should be receiving the brochure
for the reunion in the next few days (if we have your
correct address). Unfortunately, somehow the printer
used the pre-proofread version when they ran it off.
Most of the info is correct, but there are a number of
typos. They will be re-running it and we will resend
it as soon as it's done. I'll get the PDF up on the
website when I get it. I'll put additional info up
as I get time. www.a-city.us/rhs73
-Jerry Lewis ('73)
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>>From: Mike Davis ('74)
To: Brad Upton ('74)
Re: Cottonwood
All that cheap beer and second-hand smoke that
you have been exposed to in those three-stool bars
you have been performing in has definitely eaten part
of your mind!
Cottonwood was never an Avenue, nor was it a
Boulevard. It is now and always has been - Cottonwood
Drive!
Now sit down!!!
-Mike Davis ('74)
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>>From: Jenny Smart Page ('87)
Re: "R" on the hill
On our way home the other night, my kids noticed
the fading "R" on the side of the hill in the south
part of town. I explained as best I could to a 6 year
old & 4 year old why someone would want to put a letter
on the side of the hill. Then they wondered how long it
had been there. I know it's been there at least since
the early/mid '80s (I seem to remember it being shaped
a bit more like the Rainier beer "R" back then).
Anyone remember when it first appeared & who first
carved it out?
-Jenny Smart Page ('87) ~ West Richland, WA
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Funeral Notice scanned from the TCHerald
by Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
>>Kathleen Fay Vanderburg Ogburn ('62WB??) ~ 12/14/43 - 4/29/03
FuneralNotices.tripod.com
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 05/03/03
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12 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick McCoy ('45), Claris Van Dusen ('48)
Betty McElhaney ('57), Burt Pierard ('59)
Jan Bollinger ('60), Shirley Sherwood ('62)
Linda Reining ('64), Lesley Wood ('66WB)
Pam Ehinger ('67), Peggy Hartnett ('72)
Brad Upton ('74), Dave McAdie ('79)
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LUNCHES (in order of appearance)
TODAY - Las Vegas
TOMORROW - Seattle/Fife
TOMORROW - Class of '58
05/16 - Girls of '54
05/17 - Bakersfield
More information: www.calsnet.net/All_Bombers
Click the lunch you want to know about.
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45)
Re: Old streets
To: Burt Pierard ('59)
Hey Burt, old buddy. You think you're so dang
smart. The boundaries of the first of "New" Richland
were actually "A" street, (Thayer Dr.), on the west,
and "E" street, Stevens Dr. on the east. Now, the
original boundaries south and north were Williams and
Van Giesen. I can't remember if they had any other
designations such as alpha than their eventual names.
Do you?
-Dick McCoy from the good ol' Tin Class of '45).
Bronc Beaver Bomber. Go summertime!!
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>>From: Claris Van Dusen Troutman ('48)
To: Carol Black Foster ('48)
Yes, I sure do remember Betsy Carmichael who was
our PE teacher at Col Hi. I thought she was great. She
helped me learn and enjoy several sports, especially
tennis and basketball. I always wished that PE class
lasted longer. Hated to shower, dress and rush off to a
class.
Sorry to learn of your mother's passing, but so has
my mother.
Thanks for the memories. I loved my high school days!
-Claris Van Dusen Troutman ('48)
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>>From: Betty McElhaney Hudspeth ('57)
Don Dawson ('55) is having a really rough time of
it right now and sure could use some help from above.
So we are asking for all of you to keep Don & his wife,
Patty, in your thoughts and prayers.
Thanks a lot you guys
-Betty McElhaney Hudspeth ('57)
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>>From: Burt Pierard ('59)
To: Irene de la Bretonne Hays ('61)
Re: North Boundary of the "Old Town"
My brother, Dick Pierard ('52), also nailed me on
the Wilson Street part of the North Boundary. He wrote:
"the north boundary of 'old Richland' (is that like Old
Europe?), was not a continuous line. In the west it was
Van Giesen, in the middle Wilson, and in the east I
think it reverted to Van Giesen and then went north to
that Hunt point extension."
I stand corrected.
Bomber Cheers,
-Burt Pierard ('59) ~ going home Saturday night
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>>From: Jan Bollinger Persons ('60)
Re: "Old Town"
Burt Pierard's ('59) mention of Old Town street
names and the "original" Richland (sometimes referred
to as the "World War II Town") brought back memories
of my first job search after moving to Bellevue in the
mid-sixties. The councilor at the employment agency
reviewed my work and salary history with G.E. and
suggested that I was unlikely to command as high a
wage in the Seattle area. Gee, and I had been hoping
for rather more than less in The Big City! But she
explained it all in one sentence: "Wages are always
higher in war towns." Huh?
That was the first time I had ever heard that
designation for Richland and was actually offended.
"War town"?? What's a war town, anyway? Sounds awful
and certainly not like the place where I grew up! I
decided to apply with a different agency, where no one
mentioned "war town" and they did find me a job at the
higher wage I had hoped for. So there!
War town, indeed!
-Jan Bollinger Persons ('60) ~ Spokane - where dawn
arrived with a thunderstorm.
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>>From: Shirley Sherwood Milani ('62)
To: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Helen,
I've been following your travels and forwarding
those paragraphs to a friend of mine who is also an
avid bicyclist. I thought I had all your entries, but
must have 'trashed' some of them so I wasn't able to
tell her the story behind your husband's bicycle trip.
Was it a pleasure trip? Was it for charity? Was it a
life-long goal of his? Was it to bring attention to
something worthwhile? What exactly is the route? Are
there other riders along as well?
I should have been paying closer attention. But
we're so awed by his endurance and we just wanted to
know more.
P.S. I'll bet you would have been honked at more
often if your Bomber license plate bracket was on the
back of the car rather than the front. Do you think?
Good luck on the rest of the trip.
-Shirley Sherwood Milani ('62)
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
To: Carol Black Foster ('48)
Re: Mexican prescriptions
We drove to the border, parked on the US side,
walked across the border, bought our meds, then walked
through customs... the pharmacies are only supposed
to "legally" let you buy a 3-month supply of each
medication, but they will let you buy as much as you
want... they just remind you to tell the border
guard that you ONLY bought a 3-month supply of each
medication... I was able to get an entire year's worth
of each medication that I wanted. I had two other
people with me, so the meds were split between their
bags, but, I did get a little nervous this time... the
guard inspected all my bags and kept asking me if all
those boxes (I had 22 boxes of one medication and 16 of
another) were for me and were only for 3 months... I
was so worried that he was going to take all the extra,
but he let me through. Last year when we went, we did
the same thing (they hardly inspected the bags, but I
had heard that since 9/11 things had changed and they
were more thorough on checking). I'm not sure how it
would work in Ixtapa... Algadones is very close to
Yuma, AZ... I don't know how close to the US border
Ixtapa is... might make a difference. Hope this has
helped.
Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA - another Winter
storm is on its way into our area... getting
much needed rain... lovin' it.
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>>From: Lesley Wood Nelson ('66WB)
Re: SARS in Singapore
To: Jean Eckert Imholte ('72)
You asked if there were any others in the Bomber
community who have had experiences with the SARS
outbreak. I live in Singapore, and I'm watching how
this city-state is managing it. Initially, SARS cases
were limited to one hospital but the virus spread to
4-5 hospitals. The government now requires that you
call for a special ambulance standing by to take you
directly to Tan Tock Seng Hospital if you come down
with SARS symptoms. NOBODY wants to go there. This rule
is, of course, to protect those using public transport
and taxis. People break the rule often and are soundly
chastised in the morning newspapers. The press is also
a forum for those who complain of being shunned for
having been affected by SARS in some way or for working
with SARS patients. Several cabbies have been felled by
SARS, and attempts are made to trace their fares (SARS
virus is thought to be contagious on surfaces for 3-4
hours). Rather than risk being one of those who may
have "been there when, but not so sure", we as a family
avoid taxis and the underground for the time being.
Apparently, many are doing the same. As I drive my
husband from work, we see long queues of empty cabs at
commute time, when before, you might have to wait up
to an hour to attract one. In today's newspaper, we
learned that some taxi drivers are turning in their
keys. This is only one of many examples of the huge
economic loss due to this disease.
My husband's work, which normally involves a lot
of business travel, has been greatly affected. It is
company policy now that staff traveling from affected
areas (such as Singapore) to non-affected areas may not
go into the company's offices for 7 days... effectively
a company-imposed quarantine. Next week he'll go stay
with his mother in Seattle before attending a meeting
in New York. She'll take him in!
As a family, we adjust our activities according
to what we learn daily in the newspapers. And, it's
obvious that the government is also adjusting the steps
it takes as things evolve. Quarantine is a big issue.
Some 3,000 suspected cases are now quarantined, the
number having gone up after a seller at the local
wholesale market (from which 80% of our produce comes)
came down with SARS and eventually died. After learning
of that, we depended on frozen vegetables for a time or
bought only imported vegetables. Some grocery stores
began limiting the amount of produce per customer,
and shelves were bare. This has since eased following
temporary closure of the market and an influx of
produce from Malaysia and other areas.
Daily, the Straits Times encourages citizens to be
less fearful of admitting to having SARS symptoms and
to get immediate help. Names are published of those
who break quarantine, and the government has installed
surveillance cameras outside their homes; they are
electronically tagged; and they are called on by
officials daily. The fines imposed for breaking
quarantine were found to be too hefty for most
recalcitrants to pay (and not a deterrent anyway), so
the government came up with these additional measures
(jail in the extreme). Every day there seems to be
another monitoring system put in place or another
restriction announced, which starts many an expatriate
here discussing civil liberties issues among
themselves. The latest monitoring devices are thermal
imaging scanners used at the airport and at other
points of entry into the country to check for fevers.
In today's paper, the public was warned not to take
Tylenol to prevent a fever from being picked up (I
suppose a next step might be compulsory blood testing
to determine if such drugs are in the traveler's
bloodstream!). Travelers are bull-doggish about getting
where they want to go! But, from what I can tell, this
method of zeroing in on potential threats is worth
all the expense and trouble. The lack of travel
restrictions is what brought SARS into this country
(one person returning from Hong Kong), and continues to
bring in more. Health authorities are now trying to
contact all passengers on three flights that arrived
here recently after 3 passengers came down with
SARS. It's a strange situation. On the one hand, the
government encourages tourism, publicly congratulating
those who "go about life normally" to help raise the
plummeting hotel occupancy rate (20% these days is
high). A beauty queen from Scandinavia was front-page
news last week for not letting SARS stop her plans to
come here and have a good time. On the other hand,
we've been notified that each household will be issued
a thermometer in the next few weeks with orders to take
temperatures twice a day.
On the streets there are fewer people out and
about, but nothing like what we hear of in Beijing or
Hong Kong. The majority of people in Singapore don't
wear masks. You can't help it though--if you find
yourself walking alongside someone with a presumably
innocent cough or sneeze (a lot of allergy sufferers
here), you instinctively give him wide berth. Last week
I took my daughter to the orthodontist. Her temperature
was taken before she was allowed to enter the office.
There are now temperature-taking stations outside many
establishments, even coffee shops. The grocery store I
go to advertises SARS-free employees (twice-daily
temperature monitoring). It strikes me once in awhile
as amazing how readily people adjust to the changes
brought about by this disease.
The Spring school holiday was extended at the
beginning of the SARS outbreak, while the government
tried to get a handle on the situation. Of course, the
kids took that in stride. School is back in session
now, with frequent missives emailed from the school
reminding us to keep our children home for any illness,
no matter how insignificant it may seem. The school
kids don't seem to be as concerned about SARS as they
were, say, about the Gurkha soldiers installed in front
of the school gates after September 11. The virus is
invisible, so it's more of parent concern. No panic,
though. The operative words are prudence and caution.
New cases in Singapore seemed to have peaked (201
cases), but the virus continues to have a foothold here
and will until it's contained or a cure is found, and
it has a high mortality rate (12.5%).
After more than 15 years of living overseas--most
of them in Asia--we are returning to the states this
summer. I hope the virus doesn't follow on our heels. I
somehow can't imagine life back in the U.S. becoming
like this. Kudos to all those doing research and
sharing their findings to deal with this epidemic. It's
going to take a continued huge cooperative effort to
solve this problem, at the community level and
globally.
-Lesley Wood Nelson ('66WB)
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>>From: Pam Ehinger Nassen ('67)
To: Irene de la Bretonne Hays ('61)
Yes, Irene, you are right as I lived at 1304 Wilson
on the corner of Thayer and Wilson. Our house was the
last house at that end of town. The "Bus Lot" was right
behind our house, then there was a field across the
street with an old Cherry tree in it! The field had
wild barley and wheat growing it! We as kids use
to play hide 'n seek in it! Our neighbors were the
Jeannie, Sandy, Jimmy Demiters, Mike Hogan, Alan
Stevens, Scott Robinson (he moved before he reached
high school) Terry ____? There were others but the gray
matter is loosing it! Then sometime in the late '50s
they tore down the bus lot and then again we had some
neat hiding places with all those under ground offices!
But the Government (being who they are) caved in all
the neat stuff! ;-( Then the BIG Mormon Church was
built and it WAS huge for those days! Has it own gym
in it! Then across the street they built these very
expensive houses. They cost $25,000!! Oh to have one
cost that now! *LOL* So again with the new houses we
more places to hide! Oh how we loved that game! I got
my first kiss in one of them houses! *GRIN* Life was
so easy in those days! No fear of anything!
Well that is just a lil bit of life on Wilson!
Bombers Rule
-Pam Ehinger Nassen (The Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
DownTown Belvedere, WA!
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>>From: Peggy Hartnett ('72)
Re: From the Small World Department
Yesterday there was a woman in our museum buying
lots of books on mining which is a bit unusual, even for
us in a mining museum, so we got to talking. She had
just finished a trip down the Grand Canyon when on a
slow part of the trip she and the rest of the crew
discussed all sorts of things, including this odd place
on the Columbia River whose high school team was called
something like the Bombers. My was she surprised when
I could fill in all the details! She said they had all
admitted to wanting a Bomber T-shirt, if in fact the
tale was true, one person claimed we had to be an
"urban" legend! You just never know!
-Peggy Hartnett ('72)
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>>From: Brad Upton ('74)
Re: Cottonwood Ave vs. Dr.
I realized yesterday (after I sent my entry) that I
had made a mistake between Cottonwood Blvd. or Dr. I
knew someone would point out my mistake... I was just
hoping it wasn't Mike Davis ('74) that took the opportunity.
To Mike:
I am sure that some of the signs on Cottonwood said
Avenue and some of them said Drive. Please someone...
anyone... back me up on this and help me clear my name
with Mike Davis.
-Brad Upton ('74)
PS. Mike, I'm pretty sure you accompanied me in
those trips down Cottonwood.
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>>From: Dave McAdie ('79)
Re: Helping a "Lion"
Hi out there!
I have not gotten off my lazy butt and written to
the Alumni Sandstorm in quite some time. I wanted to
direct the attention of Bombers everywhere to the
following article in yesterdays (5/1) Tri-City Herald;
http://www.tricityherald.com/tch/local/story/3043296p-3067038c.html
Bethany and her family were our next-door neighbors
on 23rd Place in Kennewick for about 8 years (until we
moved). We have known them since our kids were born.
Bethany's older sister used to baby-sit for us. I want
to invite all the "local" Bombers help by stopping by
the yard sales/bake sale this weekend (West 23Rd Place
is off of Washington in Kennewick). Also, the rest of
you "long distance" Bombers, please keep Bethany and
her family in your prayers during this tough time and
pray that she will get strong enough to receive the
heart/lung transplant that she so badly needs.
Thanks and God Bless!!!
-Dave McAdie ('79)
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13 Bombers (one Anonymous) sent stuff:
Ann Pearson ('50), Jerry Oakley ('51)
Dick Wight ('52), Marguerite Groff ('54)
Darlene Trethewey ('56WB), Burt Pierard ('59)
Helen Cross ('62), Shirley Sherwood ('62)
Earl Bennett ('63), Jean Armstrong ('64)
Patty de la Bretonne ('65), Greg Alley ('73)
Anonymous (Re: Harley-Davidson)
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TODAY - Seattle Bomber lunch in Fife
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>>From: Ann Pearson Burrows ('50)
To: Carol Black Foster ('48) and all the gals that
enjoyed Betsy Carmichael as our PE teacher.
Many of my friends, whose girls were enjoying the first
of girls' soccer teams in the '70s, were very surprised
to find out that I had played soccer in high school -
there is even a picture in the yearbook to prove it.
That was thanks to Ms Carmichael who probably played it
in her youth too!
-Ann Pearson Burrows ('50) ~ San Diego, CA - watching
the USS Abraham Lincoln leave the bay on her way
to Everett, WA!
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>>From: Jerry Oakley ('51)
Re: Old Richland
The SOUTH boundary of Richland in the '40s was
"Abbot".
-Jerry Oakley ('51)
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>>From: Dick Wight ('52)
Re: boundaries
Dick Pierard ('52) and his brother Burt ('59) are
surely correct on the Van Giesen/Wilson boundaries. I
lived on Van Giesen (1104) - Wilson, to the north a
block or so, didn't run all the way to the western
edge of town so Van Giesen became the defacto northern
boundary out that way. The eastern part along the river
is somewhat different, and less clear.
Around 1950 or so there was an old cherry orchard
over there - One of the old farm houses over there near
the river was fixed up nicely and occupied by George
Prout, the G.E. vice president who ran the Hanford
project until around '52 or so. I worked for his wife
as a gardener one summer. Prout was transferred to
Connecticut and ran G.E.'s submarine building outfit at
Groton. I saw him in '52 when I was in radio operator
school at the Coast Guard Training Station in Groton. I
can't recall when the so-called ranch houses were built
over by the river, but that was the "classy" part of
town later on. Col Hi had a school farm north of there
starting in 1950 - agriculture program was started. We
had about 80 acres out there, a resident caretaker
on site. Some of the guys in the original "ag" program
were me, Richard Gibson ('51), and George Brunstad ('52).
We had an active FFA chapter as well. I remember
Dick Meyer ('51) helped me tend that cherry orchard I
mentioned earlier. I "took it over" one year - made a
few bucks hiring kids to pick cherries which I sold to
a co-op in Kennewick. I raised a few steers as well,
and was sure that I'd grow up to be a rancher. George
Brunstad was sure as well. So how come he became an
airline pilot and me a professional sailor?????
-Dick Wight ('52) ~ now living in the mountains west
of Yakima, a long way from salt water!
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>>From: Marguerite Groff Tompkins ('54)
TO: Paulette Lawson Sicilia ('63WB)
I forwarded your comments from the 4/28 Sandstorm
to my sister Marilyn ('63). She asked me to send this
to you.
"Hi Paulette, I too remember Mr. Nesbitt. Wow,
what a handsome man. He had been in the Navy
and stationed in Hawaii. Remember the slides
he showed us? All we had to do was ask him some
little question about Hawaii and he would start
talking and it could last for hours.
Thanks for reminding me about him.
Marilyn Groff Taylor"
Marilyn and her husband, Dale, spend at least 6 or
more months in Mexico each year, so they are basically
nomads living in their motor home 12 months a year. Her
e-mail is Pocket Mail which has a limited capacity.
Greely, CO is their home in the US, but they spend most
of their time traveling and visiting friends and family
during their summers in the states. Even though she
can't receive the Sandstorm, she was happy to get just
the little piece of it I sent her.
-Marguerite Groff Tompkins ('54)
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>>From: Darlene Trethewey Dunning ('56WB)
To: Brad Upton ('74)
I'm not sure, But if my memory serves me right it
was Cottonwood Ave. I lived on Cottonwood and in the
'50s. There was a big sand hill right behind our house
and an open field which lead out to the bypass. In
later years I drove through and they had built houses
back here and I noticed that the street was called
Cottonwood Drive. Am I right or is my memory really
going!!! Can anyone also refresh my memory? Pretty
bad that a person can't remember the full name of the
street that she grew up on.
-Darlene Trethewey Dunning ('56WB)
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>>From: Burt Pierard ('59)
To: Dick McCoy ('45)
Re: Old Streets
Come on, Dick. Give me a break! You know full well
I was talking about the boundaries of the Village at
the end of the War. It is nice that you were able to
squeeze in the hint that you were a resident of the
very first block of houses started (eventually referred
to as Williams-Thayer-Symons-McPherson) and you could
have mentioned that the house addresses were numbered
"1" thru whatever as they went around the block (was
that clockwise or counter-clockwise?) and then started
over for the next block.
I have found no reference that there were any other
street designations other than the alphabetic before
putting in the Corps people's names.
Bomber Cheers,
-Burt Pierard ('59) ~ going home tonight!!!
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
To: Shirley Sherwood Milani ('62)
Re: Bicycle Trip
My husband made it through the great state of Utah
faithfully following his chosen route of Highway 50
coast to coast. Well, as 50 doesn't reach to the
Pacific Ocean he did fudge a little by starting there.
But while he braved the high desert of SW Utah, I saw
some of the most fantastic scenery I've ever seen by
visiting Arches National Park, where I kept running
into Dutch people which was fun. The scenery along 128
to get back to I-70 was almost as fantastic along the
river George there!!
Warren did get to the first welcome stop inside of
Colorado before it closed, and was able to get to a
neat bicycle shop for some advice on his wheels, only
to discover he got a flat tire walking his bike to the
motel close by. So after he returned to the bike shop
for more help, he got a late start going south toward
Delta, and eventually possibly the greatest challenge
of the trip: going up and over Monarch Pass which is
just over 11,300 ft. He's survived going over 8,000 ft.
without a problem, but this is a bit scary.
He's again blessed with dry weather, but a head
wind appeared bright and early today!!
Warren is traveling alone. He may pick up a few
riders in Kansas and Ohio. I think he just wanted to
prove to himself he could survive this trip. He had to
get a stent in his heart in l999, and that put a blot
on his perfect health. With his retirement last June,
he decided he'd best get going on all these challenges
he's set up for himself.
The reason my Alumni license plate holder is on the
front and not the back is that it blocked the state
identification when it was on the back, so I was afraid
I'd get another ticket. I got my first ever speeding
ticket in the state of Washington last month. I was
heading north to Omak to buy my husband's grandmother
some chicken at the KFC there, as they don't have one
in Brewster, and a policeman clocked me at 75 on a 60 mph
road. I asked politely why he didn't get the truck I
was following in front of me, and he (the policeman)
didn't answer me. Not wanting to get in more trouble, I
let it go. If I'm honest, it wasn't the first time in
my life I've ever gone over the speed limit, it was the
first, (and last I hope) time I've ever been caught.
Well, now to catch up on some more emails and pay
some bills while I'm at this great library here in
Grand Junction!!
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
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[Hey, Leadfoot!! 75 in a 60!!! Don't mess with the
cops in Okanogan county!! I was on that same stretch
of road... the cop said I was "easing UP to 66" (limit
was 55 back then). He wouldn't have stopped me had I
not been INCREASING. The nice policeman did NOT ticket
me for speeding, though... he gave me a break and wrote
the ticket for (cheaper ticket) expired tags. -Maren]
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>>From: Shirley Sherwood Milani ('62)
To: Irene de la Bretonne Hays ('61)
My family also lived on Wilson. We moved there from
McPherson ("B" House) when I was in the 4th grade. I
can't remember the address but it was a Pre-cut and sat
right between Mahan and Marshall and the back of the
house faced the bus lot. I learned to drive when I was
10 years old in that bus lot. My dad had a 1936 Ford or
Chevy pickup truck that I learned in. That was so much
fun. He would let me sit on his lap and steer when we
were out on the open highways. He also let me drive my
friend Nellie O'Brien's ('62) mother's car when she
needed to go to Montana and none of them could drive.
I was 15 at the time. That blows my mind now because
I would have never let my daughter do that at 15.
I helped my dad build a block retaining wall in
front of our house on Wilson when I was recovering from
an appendicitis attack and surgery when I was in the
9th grade. He also came down to Chief Joseph and helped
me down from that small roof over the front of the main
entrance to the school. I got up there but was too
scared to come down. Somebody had to go get him; don't
remember who. Probably my younger sister Susan ('63)
who loved to tattle on me. The people who lived next
door to us on Wilson remodeled their house and stained
it a redwood color. I thought it looked like the fire
station. The man was a glass blower and he made the
most awesome Christmas ornaments.
-Shirley Sherwood Milani ('62)
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>>From: Earl C. Bennett, III (Gold Medal Class of '63)
To: Audrey Eberhardt Mathews ('61WB)
Re: Help with Chief Jo teacher names
Mrs. Sonja Harmon for French, and the Speech/Drama
teacher was L. Holland St. John - both exceptionally
gifted teachers!
Re: Ray Stein article
www.tricityherald.com/tch/sports/columns/story/3043285p-3067033c.html
Ray, I thought that your main reason for choosing
WSU over Stanford was the academic scholarship at WSU
vs. an athletic scholarship at Stanford - have I been
wrong all these years? Anyway, congratulations on your
induction!
The article also failed to mention your appearance
on the Ed Sullivan show as one of the top ten high
school basketball players in the nation, but I don't
remember if it was your junior or senior year. Had a
great chat with your brother David ('61) at his 40th
reunion in conjunction with R2K+1, and I just signed
up for our 40th in conjunction with R2K+3 - would love
to see you if you will be there for Cool Desert Nights!
I knew you had gone into engineering, but the TCH
article was the first I heard about you teaching math -
brought back memories of the math classes we shared,
Mr. Gentle's effective teaching and occasional tears,
and my irritation that accelerated algebra was not
available to 8th graders until I was in 9th.
I took a three-hour final exam for Persian 102 this
morning - I felt drained, and not too confident about
the results, but recovered springtime good spirits by
visiting a coworker's husband in the hospital. He had
very successful total hip replacement surgery yesterday
- I had referred them to my surgeon when I returned to
work after my operation in December. His hip had
deteriorated more than mine, and he was ecstatic that
the bone-on-bone pain was gone (of course - the bones
are gone!). If any prayer warriors are reading this,
Jim Spence will appreciate your intercession, just as
I did.
Regards, ecb3
-Earl Bennett ('63) ~ beautiful Reva, VA - where the
asparagus patch is producing faster than we can
eat it (tried it raw for the first time last week
- good, especially with a mixed salad, but I think
I still prefer it lightly steamed, with just a
hint of crunch remaining, and I need to brush up
on Hollandaise sauce).
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>>From: Jean Armstrong Reynolds ('64)
Re: Phoenix Bomber Luncheon
I finally got a break in my schedule and picked a
date.. Let's get together Saturday, May 17th. Denny's
would be a great gathering place this time. So here ya go:
DATE: Saturday, 05/17/03
PLACE: Denny's
ADDRESS: 1218 North Litchfield Road, Goodyear, AZ 85338
PHONE: (623) 935-7388
TIME: 11:00
All Bomber's and spouses welcome
Please RSVP by Friday, May 16th..
See Y'all There,
-Jean Armstrong Reynolds ('64) ~ Goodyear, AZ - where
the baby sparrows have hatched and there is
chirping in the air.
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>>From: Patty de la Bretonne ('65)
Pam Ehinger,
I do remember you. I lived in the middle of the
McPherson block and I used to come down and play with
Kay Newton a lot in the grade school years. I was the
snotty little dark-haired girl with glasses(which Jer
Jer Newton used to break a lot). I remember you being
out and about sometimes. Were you around when Bobby got
burned playing with those little burning pots they used
for working on the street? Kay's Mom got so mad at us
when she found out we had played with them a little
too. That was so dangerous! How did they expect kids
to leave them alone when they left them there burning?
That was nuts! Anyway, thanks for the memories.
-Patty de la Bretonne ('65)
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>>From: Greg Alley ('73)
Re: Ray Stein ('64)
www.tricityherald.com/tch/sports/columns/story/3043285p-3067033c.html
I had the great privilege of attending the Central
Washington Hall of Fame dinner that inducted one of my
hometown heroes, Ray Stein last night. Thanks to Greg
Mitchell who offered my sister and I a seat at one of
CJ's tables (that's CJ Mitchell, father of many Bombers
and one of the founding fathers of this organization),
I got to witness the induction. It included inductee
Len Pyne who was a CBC coach of many sports and teams,
Dave Heaverlo, former Mariner pitcher from Moses Lake,
The Keller brothers from Kennewick of which one married
a Bomber, Dan Doornink, the Coug and Seahawk from
Wapato, Ron Howard, the great three sport star from
Pasco who was a Bomber killer in his high school days,
and of course Ray. It took place in a airplane hanger
in the old airport area of Pasco and was kind of long
but I had to wait to see Ray Stein. I'm dropping names
but in attendance was Jud Heathcote, Don Monson, Ray
Juricich, Toivo Piippo, Fran Rish, Ray Washburn, and
many faces of past Bombers and bulldogs and Tri-City
standouts. They had a great display of pictures on Ray,
including a warmup top (the old fuzzy cotton ones), box
scores, pictures of him driving on Lew Alcindor, and
some real old black and white video of him shooting at
Bohler gym I think. He talked about how great it was
growing up here, thanked Toivo and other coaches and
influences, and told Norris Brown (who was there) what
a hero he was to him when he wanted to be a Bomber.
Seeing Ray run on the court at R2K was pretty cool and
this was right up there.
-Greg Alley ('73) ~ Its spring time and nice and
comfortable, I got to go to Safeco so I am
baseball satisfied for awhile till I can go again.
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>>From: Anonymous
Re: Urban Legend - true or false?
Harley-Davidson's 'Fat Boy' motorcycle was designed
to represent the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan.
http://www.snopes.com/business/market/fatboy.htm
-Anonymous
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[Any Bombers riding a 1990 FLSTF "Fat Boy"?? -Maren]
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11 Bombers and 1 "Viejo" sent stuff:
Dick McCoy ('45, '46, and '02), Bob Harman ('51)
Tom Hughes ('56), Glen Rose ('58)
Robert Kennedy ('60), Audrey Eberhardt ('61)
Shirley Sherwood ('62), Betti Avant ('69)
Lori Simpson ('70), "Viejo" of Janice Wise ('71)
Mike Davis ('74), Paul Barber ('76)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janice Wise Sola ('71)
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02)
Re: Old names
To: Burt Pierard ('59)
I wasn't trying to show you up, I really wanted
to know if there was any other name for Williams. The
first house occupied in Richland was on the corner of
"A" street (Thayer) and Williams. I guess it was
Williams from the beginning. That's all I remember.
The numbers ran clockwise. House 1 was a "B" house on
McPherson and Williams and the numbers ran west to "A"
St.. then North to Symons, around the block to No. 1.
Then they continued numerically again in the next
block. A postman's nightmare. We lived in 10R (Right)
"A" St.
-Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02), Bronc Bomber Beaver
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>>From: Bob Harman ('51)
Re: Another lesson in Richland trivia history
Someone referred to the house built, by the way, in
'48. These houses weren't ranch as I understand a ranch
house. They are the "M", "Q", "R", and "S" houses, all
located east of GWWay. All of these houses had basements,
some full and some half. The ones with half basements
had a sun room, the ones with full basements didn't.
Some were frame with asbestos siding, some with wood
siding and some were concrete block. Correction, some
were north of Van Giesen between Goethals and Jadwin.
The Dowis girls and Yvonne Linares ('51RIP) lived in
that section.
My parents occupied an "R" at 1629 Howell from it's
completion until my mother's passing just a couple of
years ago. It has since been sold to the Richland
Baptist church.
George Prout was also mentioned. He was succeed at
Hanford by W. E. Johnson who lived next to us until he
moved in to the house on the river. He had three kids,
Louise, Bob and Richard. If any of you read this,
contact me.
Thanks,
-Bob Harman ('51)
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>>From: Tom Hughes ('56)
Re: May Fife (Seattle) Lunch
We had our Fife lunch one week early to prevent a
conflict with Mother's Day. There was a good turnout.
Judy Willox Hodge ('61) made the trip over from
Richland just for the lunch. It was really great to
see her. Others attending were Jerry Purkhiser ('54),
Dore Tyler ('53), Irl French ('51), Curt Donahue ('53),
Jim McDougal ('57), Larry Mattingly ('60), Nick Nelson
('56),
Al Stephens ('66), Patti Jones Ahrens ('60), Agnes Hughes,
Jessica Blessing and Tom Hughes ('56).
I had an interesting thing happen the other day. I
was returning from town in my pickup and when I pulled
into my driveway I noticed the car behind me parked in
front of my house and the driver got out and walked up
my driveway. He asked if the sticker on the back window
was a Richland Bomber Sticker. I said it was and asked
him if he was a Bomber. He said that he wasn't but his
wife was a 1971 graduate and he had not seen the Bomber
sticker around here before. Her name was Jill Meinke.
It seems they live about three blocks from me. I asked
him if they were aware of the Bomber web pages and the
lunches. He was not so I invited him in to show him the
web site, the lunch pictures and the Sandstorm. He left
saying that he and his wife would look at the web page
and see what all was going on. The next day my wife,
Agnes, was down in Auburn at the grocery store and ran
into both of them. She invited them to the lunch but
they had other plans for Sunday but assured her they
would try to make the next one. Hope to get them on
board on the Sandstorm and the other activities.
-Tom Hughes ('56)
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>>From: Glen Rose ('58)
Re: '58 Luncheon
>
The Class of 1958 Luncheon was held at the West
Richland Golf Course on Sunday, May 4th.
Those attending were Glen and Carol Rose,
Ralph and Barbara Bean, David and Florence Ames,
Sam and Lani Curry, Barbara Rau and Jim Wendland.
We had a good time reminiscing.
-Glen Rose ('58)
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>>From: Robert Kennedy ('60)
To: Burt Pierard ('59)
Re: street names
Just a little nit picking addition to your
discussion of street names, in particular those in
the ranch house area. True some, streets were named
after trees and others were named after streets from
the "older" part of town that extended across Wright
Street. The remainder were named after start capitols,
e.g. Hartford, Frnakfort, Sacramento, Raleigh,
Jefferson (City), Olympia.
-Robert Kennedy ('60) ~ In beautiful downtown
Wauwatosa, WI on a bright, beautiful, sunshiny day
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>>From: Audrey Eberhardt Mathews ('61WB)
To: Earl C. Bennett, III ('63)
Thanks for the name correction on Ms. Harmon and
the name of the speech teacher. Believe it or not I
still remember a tad of French. Thanks to Mr. St. John,
I can stand in front of a group of people and give a
half-way intelligent speech.
-Audrey Eberhardt Mathews ('61WB) ~ In Georgia where
we had an earthquake, hail storm, and thunderstorm
last week
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>>From: Shirley Sherwood Milani ('62)
To: Dick Wight ('52)
You jogged my memory. We lived at 1104 Wilson.
My cousins lived on McPherson before they moved to
Kennewick and one of them was Jack Dawson who was in
your class. (Jack, am I right about the street?) Before
moving to Wilson we lived at 1312 Perkins. We had so
much fun there. Used to get with all the kids in the
neighborhood and have talent shows with stages and
curtains and invited all the parents to come. We played
in the alley between the houses and no one ever worried
about kidnappers or molesters or such. We played kick
the can after dark and hide and go seek. I really have
great memories of those days.
If anyone likes reading I highly recommend the book
"Standing in the Rainbow" by Fannie Flagg (remember
"Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe"?) This
book starts off in the '40s and covers each decade up
to the '90s. It's about growing up in a small town and
it can sure evoke memories of our own childhood. Give
it a read.
To: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Thank you for the information. My friend who is
fascinated by this trip had to have open heart surgery
not too many years ago and now has an artificial heart
valve. She is an avid bicyclist and runner and really
is enjoying following the trip you and Warren are
making. I'll copy your latest entry and send it on to
her.
To: Irene de la Bretonne Hays ('61)
Oops. After reading an entry in today's Sandstorm,
I realized I was wrong when I stated we had lived on
McPherson. It was Perkins - 1312; my cousins lived on
McPherson. We lived in an "A" house next door to the
Cranmers: Mary ('57-RIP), Jim ('61RIP) and Kathy ('62).
If you remember, an "A" house was a two story duplex.
Mary was on the porch one night kissing her boyfriend
good night; my younger sister Susan ('63) and I were
trying to hear them when we accidentally knocked the
window screen off and it fell down on the roof over the
porch. Our mother heard it and came up and we got a
spanking. We were laughing so hard though, and she
got so mad at us that she spanked even harder. Today
they would call that child abuse wouldn't they? The
Good Old Days.
-Shirley Sherwood Milani ('62)
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
Re: The R at the football stadium
I believe the original "R" that was put on the
hillside of the football stadium was the class gift
from the class of 1968. As I recall, some of my
classmates helped build the form and poured the
cement in the fall of 68 at the start of our senior
year. Someone out there correct me if I'm wrong. I do
know that a classmate of mine always brags in our
reunion books that he was proud to be one of the group
who did it.
Bomber greetings to all,
-Betti Avant ('69) ~ Goodland, KS
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>>From: Lori Simpson Hogan ('70)
Re: 5/2/03- Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller's ('67) comment
about the old building by Lewis and Clark grade
school
I too went to LC and the old building on the corner
of Cullum and Fitch was abandoned during my grade
school years. I can't remember when they tore it down
but it was the original High school and after they
built Col-Hi, they temporarily used it as a dance
club for adults. There would be music and you would
BYOB. My dad, Bernie Simpson ('46), said that some
incorrigibles would actually sneak in during the
dancing, when the lights were low, and sneak out with
some of the booze! Can't imagine that, can you! ;-)))
-Lori Simpson Hogan ('70), Fellow Bomber
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>>From: "Viejo" [spouse(?)] of Janice Wise Sola ('71)
Janice Wise Sola ('71) will be 50 years young on
Cinco de Mayo day. Here is wishing you another 50
and may we all get to share it with you! We love ya!
-Baby to be, Kiko, Shannon, Ben, and your viejo
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[And this from the same email address:]
We love you Grandma! Happy 50th! Oh you were soooo
Wise once. Enjoy!
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>>From: Mike Davis ('74)
I enjoyed reading Greg "Boog" Alley's ('73) entry
yesterday on Ray Stein and the Hall of Fame induction
ceremony. It brings up a burning question that maybe
other Bomber Alums can answer, "Why hasn't the Boog
himself been inducted into this same Hall of Fame?"
Most of you will remember Boog from his Christ the King
days when he was simply known as "Springboard!" I can
see it now. Dick Cartmell ('73) hitting an open Boog on
the wing. The Boog, defying gravity, and spring boarding
into the air for the net-stinging jumper. Those other
schools couldn't stop him, but only hope to somehow
contain him!
I think the time is well overdue - let's get
Springboard in the hall!
PS - Congratulations, Ray! I remember watching you
play at Jim House's ('63) house next door to mine. To a
little kid of eight years old, you were a hero! (You
too, Jim!)
-Mike Davis ('74)
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>>From: Paul Barber ('76)
To: Brad Upton ('74)
Brad,
I lived on Cottonwood and I can't remember. I
always thought it was a street. Boulevard, avenue, and
drive just sound so hoity toity. Didn't Mike Davis ('74)
live on Tinkle Street? It kind of makes you wonder what
went on there before they named it. I'm sure that any
city that would name a street Tinkle, could very easily
use boulevard, avenue, drive, and street interchangeably.
Hmmm! Maybe it was Cottonwood Way.
-Paul Barber ('76)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 05/06/03
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15 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02), Dave Brusie ('51)
Bill Berlin ('56), Hal Smith ('56)
Sharon Panther ('57), Burt Pierard ('59)
Lola Heidlebaugh ('60), Sheila Van Wey ('60)
Helen Cross ('62), David Rivers ('65)
Betti Avant ('69), Mike Franco ('70)
Steve Piippo ('70), Jenny Smart ('87)
Cole "Kids": Barbara ('50), Karen ('55),
Judie & Jackie ('63), and Johnny ('66)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Yesterday: Patti Cole Pierce ('52)
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45, '46, and '02)
Re: Old high school
To: Lori Simpson Hogan ('70)
Say hi do your dad, Bernie Simpson ('46). He is
very close friend of mine.
Actually the old building you refer to was the
first high school in wartime Richland, until April
1944, and after the war it became the Richland American
Legion Post.
-Dick McCoy ('45, '46, and '02) - Bronc, Beaver, Bomber
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[First building on this page???
RHS - Thru the Years (1911 to 1996)]
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>>From: Dave Brusie ('51)
Bomber Girls
The P.E. Teacher was Betsy Carlile not Carmichael.
Pretty Lady.
-Dave Brusie ('51)
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>>From: Bill Berlin ('56)
To: Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67)
Re: Old building on the L & C Playground area
I probably went to L&C well before you did but
whilst I was there that building was the American
Legion Hall. Every year, if you were on School Crossing
Patrol, or the more politically incorrect School Boy
Patrol, and you served your school well, you got a
"Play Day" event just before school let out every year.
First there was a free movie at either the Richland or
Village Theaters (maybe both) and then a huge picnic at
the Legion Hall. Hot dogs, baked beans, soda, popcorn
and lots and lots of ice cream bars. A guy could really
load up.
I think in my 5th Grade year at L&C I was a Unit
Commander, which required me to train the "grunts" out
on the crossing posts and then make sure they had their
proper belts and flags together, so I made the annual
picnic event (or more aptly put "pigoutnic"). True to
form I ate everything I could get my hands on including
three [count them, three] ice cream bars before
starting the walk home to GWWay. Got about half way
across the play ground when all of that stuff decided
to come up. I was sick as a dog and in fact remember
being on all fours so I must have looked like a dog
too. My whole life passed before my mouth.
Lesson learned. Next year I took in the movie but
skipped the digs at the American Legion Hall.
Not sure what happened to the Legion or the
building but it was in bad shape in those days ('48
and '49). In fact, I don't know what happened to the
old L&C building as I see there is a new one on the
site. Still can't eat ice cream bars to this day.
-Bill Berlin ('56) ~ Seattle - where it is about 30°
cooler than Houston.
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>>From: Hal Smith ('56)
Talk of the old building on the Lewis & Clark
school grounds reminded me of the 4th or 5th grade.
There was a large population of pigeons that hatched
their eggs on the abandoned building and the fire dept,
would come out and throw the babies off the roof. I
guess they were considered pests. One day I went over
right after school and luckily caught one as it fell. I
took him home and he became a sort of pet. He looked
like he was smiling all the time so we named him Happy.
He lived outside and came to the kitchen window every
morning for breakfast. He was Pook and my first pet. If
I remember correctly the building was also used by the
American Legion for a few years.
-Hal Smith ('56) ~ in humid Orlando, FL
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>>From: Sharon Panther Taff ('57)
Re: The Cottonwood Street, Avenue, Boulevard, Drive discussion.
I moved to the corner of Cottonwood and Swift in
1949 and remember it as being Cottonwood Drive.
-Sharon Panther Taff ('57)
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>>From: Burt Pierard ('59)
To: Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02) (& all you other people who have joined in)
Re: Street Names
Well McCoy, after all these years of feeding me
bits & pieces, I think you have finally put it all
together. I appreciate that. That's what historical
research is all about, putting pieces together to
figure out the whole picture.
Now maybe some of you other "graying" Bombers can
answer a question that has been nagging at me for
years. It is known that the first Alphabet house that
was occupied (July 30, 1943) was a "B" house and the
J.C. Long family moved in. What is not known (to me)
is exactly which house that was. Was it House 1 of
McCoy's block (a "B" house on Williams, just west of
the McPherson corner) or some other? Was it the "R" or
"L" side? Hope someone can help me out here.
To: Bob Harman ('51)
You mentioned the "Newcomer" bubble addition to the
North boundary that contained the "M", "Q", "R", and
"S". Although this expansion occurred at about the same
time ('47-'48) as the "Ranch House" development, it was
a different area of town. Those houses were built by
Atkinson & Jones (Keith Maupin ['47] worked on them)
and slightly later, the "stilt" apartments were built
along Jadwin and the development south of the Ranch
Houses, both by Bauer-Day (Sp?).
Re: Wilson Street
This little tidbit was a welcome addition to my
limited knowledge. I didn't even know about that
"bubble" and assumed the World War II North boundary
went straight across Van Giesen to GWWay. I was forced
to turn to my 1948 map to check it out and indeed,
Wilson started at Perkins and ran west to Stevens and
then with an undeveloped (but platted) block, picked up
at Kimball and ran west to a curve into the north end
of Jadwin. The North boundary then reverts to Van
Giesen to GWWay.
Keep this stuff coming. I love it!
Bomber Cheers,
-Burt Pierard ('59) ~ Richland (Home, at last!)
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>>From: Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60)
Re: Portland/Vancouver Bomber Luncheon
DATE: May 17 - Saturday
TIME: 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
PLACE: DoubleTree/Columbia River
RSVP DEADLINE: May 14 - so we can have the big room
at the DoubleTree. We will talk about the
August Bomber picnic - so need everyone to
come help make plans!
Hope some from the Fife and Olympia groups can plan
to be there - and everyone is invited to join us in
August too!
-Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60)
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>>From: Sheila Van Wey Schultz ('60)
Re: Club40 information
To: Burt Pierard ('59)
Hi, I am trying to locate one of those books
that was handed out at the 40th class reunion listing
everyone's address. Can you help??? I would appreciate
it. Thanks.
-Sheila Van Wey Schultz ('60)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
9:13am
Greetings from Gunnison, CO where it's 40° and
getting sunny, but we are waiting to hear about going
over Monarch Pass which at just over 11,000 feet will
be the highest pass we go over!! It's been blowing snow
and icy up there so far, but hopefully it is clearing.
2:38pm
We are still waiting in Gunnison, CO for better
weather to cross Monarch Pass 11,392 ft. I have my
hopes and prayers that Warren can get enough air to
make this part of the journey.
Gunnison is a cute town of about 5-6,000. I am
wondering why their streets are so extremely wide. I
don't think I've seen such wide streets all over a
town, except in Richland.
To: Shirley Sherwood Milani ('62)
I will try to get a copy of that book you mentioned.
I'm sure I'd like it.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ It's barely 46° here, and the
tulips are just out!! Almost every day since we've
been gone it's been warmer in Indiana than where
we are, and today is no exception.
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
Re: I'm tellin'
Seeing Shirley Sherwood's ('62) comment in the
sandstorm on the 5th, triggered a memory of one of my
buds ('65) who cannot be named here. He and another
buddy...('65)... (changed his name to something that
rhymes with Box... from a name that rhymes with Mavis)
were doing the changed name guy's favorite thing...
window peeking (this boy's hormones were on the rampage
from birth) in the Sherwoods' window... the Alpha
peeker passed wind and they couldn't stop laughing...
the girls came running outside and the two guys were
hiding... the Beta peeker... jumped up and started
yelling and waiving his arms and then they both beat
feet for Jason Lee... they were very glad to see the
Police leave the Sherwood house...
BEWARE of the '65 boys this June!
-David Rivers ('65)
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
Re: streets
All this talk about streets, avenues, boulevards,
drives, etc. As I recall some of them were just a name;
none of the above titles went with them. Such as in my
neighborhood-Torbett St., Thayer Dr., McPherson,
Marshall, and Mahan by themselves. Does anyone know why
some were distinguished by titles and others weren't?
I'm counting the days until I come home for a
visit at the end of the month.
-Betti Avant ('69) ~ Goodland, KS - where this part of
the state escaped the tornado outbreak on Sunday
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[I've been thinking the same thing... I always thought
we lived on Perkins (no street or avenue). -Maren]
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>>From: Mike Franco ('70)
Re: Betti Avant's ('69) note that the Class of 1968 is
responsible for the "R" at the football stadium.
Well, it could have been a gift from that class
but I do not believe anyone from that class actually
produced the "R". I knew a lot of those guys and I
don't think any of them knew how to spell "R"
correctly.
Speaking of CK and "Springboard Alley... am I the
only one who ever was "sentenced' by the honorable
Judge Al to ref CK tourney games? I remember this
occurring during the Christmas break one year. He told
me it was my "penance" for a speeding ticket (true
story!). This was part of my Jewish education... the
kind I only could have received (learning what penance
meant) "growing up" in Richland. And by the way... I
remember Boog well, but never saw anyone belly up to
him and take a charge!
I look forward to all of you (especially Hogan)
buying me beers June 21.
My best to all Bombers,
-Mike Franco ('70)
And no, Mike Davis, the "club" Mike Price went
to was NOT a Sambos... and the one who ordered
the room service was not named Lewinski!!!!!
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>>From: Steve Piippo ('70)
Ray Stein ('64) was inducted into the Central
Washington Sports Hall of Fame Friday evening. Ray
invited old coaches Toivo Piippo, Ray Juricich, Fran
Rish, & Judd Heathcote to attend with members of his
family. Ray Stein, the Academic All-American was
gracious, humble, appreciative & honored representing
his former teammates, former coaches, family and
community. A wonderful evening for a guy whose
"parachute landed in Richland and made the best of it."
-Steve Piippo ('70)
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>>From: Jenny Smart Page ('87)
Re: "R" on the hill
Thanks for the replies regarding the "R", but the
"R" my kids were asking about is the dirt "R" on the
hill out on Badger Mtn. (I think that's Badger Mtn),
not the concrete "R" at the stadium (which by the way
was just recently repainted, and looks great again).
This "R" on the hill is the one that was "updated" with
the senior class' year. It hasn't been kept up the last
couple years, though, and is starting to fade.
-Jenny Smart Page ('87) ~ West Richland, WA
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>>From: Cole "Kids"
Happy birthday yesterday, May 5th, to our sister
Patti Cole Pierce ('52)
Love,
-Barbara ('50), Karen ('55), Judie & Jackie ('63), and Johnny ('66)
Sorry I didn't get this in on time!! We love you.
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11 Bombers, 1 Colt, and 1 funeral notice today:
Kay Wear ('37 Colt), Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02)
Carol Black ('48), Dick Harris ('49)
Ann Pearson ('50), Joan Eckert ('51)
Dick Pierard ('52), Mike Clowes ('54)
Louise Moyers ('65), Pam Ehinger ('67)
Rick Maddy ('67), Greg Alley ('73)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathy Clark ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Laverne Vandenberg Kirlelie ('76)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Yesterday: Brad Pugh ('66)
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>>From: Kay Weir Fishback ('37 Colt)
Re: old school
The old high school that later became the Legion
Hall was the high school in the original town of
Richland (my husband and I and at least one of my
sisters graduated from there).
In the spring school took up an hour later than the
rest of the year so all the kids could cut asparagus
before school in the morning. For those of you who
don't know it was called "GRASS" and grows so fast it
has to be cut every day for about six weeks. It was the
only cash crop... everything else went to market and
you never knew what you would get paid... sometimes
people worked all year and then lost money.
-Kay Weir Fishback ('37 Colt)
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02)
Re: Addresses
To: Burt Pierard ('59)
Hey, this stuff is fun!
I've heard that J. D. Long thing before. I always
heard, when we lived there, that House #4, which faced
obliquely onto Williams and "A" Street was the first.
Maybe not. If the Longs lived in #1, a "B" house, it
would have been on the right side, as a pal of mine,
Craig Meier, lived on the left. His dad was an
attorney for the Army engineers. His folks went back
to D.C. before very long and Craig in later years also
became an attorney there.
Incidentally, I wish to correct myself. We lived
in 10L not 10R. The folks moved to the right side after
they bought the house. There was room to build a
garage.
-Dick McCoy, From the Tin Can Class of '45
Beautiful weather here on Camano Island, WA, and
the good ship Lincoln docked just down the way in
Everett.
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>>From: Carol Black Foster ('48)
Re: P.E. Teacher
To: Dave Brusie ('51)
Thanks for giving us the right name for Betsy
Carlile. I thought Carmichael didn't sound quite right
but couldn't think of the right name. Another synapse
relapse. How frightening! But of course, you are much
younger than I.
I still remember how she tried to help me adjust to
the brave new world of Richland after my parents had
dragged me kicking and screaming out of the hills of
Tennessee when I was 15 years old. She was so subtle
with her help that I didn't realize for years that she
knew what I was going thru.
Anyway, Dave, Thanks!!
-Carol Black Foster ('48) ~ Bellevue, WA
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>>From: Dick Harris ('49)
Re: Memories from 1945
Death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, April 12, 1945
This is a almost a month late, from the observance
of the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 12th,
1945, but some might remember that day in Richland. I
was attending Marcus Whitman Elementary and a "big
shot" as an eighth grader! Hazel Nebgen was our
teacher and there were two classes at this level.
Our Principal, Margaret Hartman, later to become the
beloved Margaret Wellman (mother of Peg Wellman Johnson,
class of 66), came to our class that day and asked me,
as Captain of the School Boy Patrol, to come with her.
She explained that our President had passed away and
that I should lower the flag, in front of the school,
to half-mast. So, that day is forever ingrained in my
memory for the privilege that I had to perform that
task. We were soon to rejoice with V-E Day (Victory
in Europe); the wonder at the awesome power and
destruction of the two nuclear bombs, the second
containing Plutonium from Hanford; and then finally
that summer, V-J Day (Victory in Japan) and the end
the conflict that had taken so many lives. My parents
were most relieved, as they knew three sons would be
returning from Europe.
Just another memory from many treasures of our past!
Bomber cheers!
-Dick Harris ('49)
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>>From: Ann Pearson Burrows ('50)
To: Dave Brusie ('51)
OK. You're right... it was Carlile!!! I just
followed the leader and marched off the wrong cliff!!!
I just remember exactly what she looked like and how
she taught!!
-Ann Pearson Burrows ('50)
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>>From: Joan Eckert Sullens ('51)
Re: Betsy Carlile
I remember Betsy Carlile! She was very pretty and
extremely fit. She was hell on wheels with us girls to
"hold in our stomachs". It was almost a mantra for her.
I wonder where she is now. Wherever she is I'll bet she
still has the flattest stomach around!
-Joan Eckert Sullens ('51)
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>>From: Dick Pierard ('52)
I will defer to my expert Bro, Burt ('59) on the
Old Richland street name matter, but my recollection
is that streets ran east-west and avenues north-south.
Thoroughfare streets--drives were north-south and
boulevards north-south. Interspersed were a few
"places" and one "lane" and George Washington was
the main street as a '"way" although Wellsian sneaked
through with that label for reasons unbeknownst to me.
-Dick Pierard ('52)
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[Typo on the "boulevards north-south". I think you
meant to type east-west. Sacramento isn't much of a
"thoroughfare" for having a Blvd. label. -Maren]
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54)
To: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Re: Wide streets
Gunnison, CO, was a mining and railroad town. There
was a track leading from the main line to the depot
(which was in a hotel at the time) and then back to the
main line. Additionally, probably needed to turn horse
teams.
The town of Canby, OR, has very wide streets also.
The main reason for that was people needed to turn
their ox wagons. Apparently you could not do this in
Oregon City (just a few miles up the road or river).
To: Jenny Smart Page ('87)
My memory cells think that maybe The Class of
'54 may have been responsible for the "R" on Badger
Mountain. At least, I remember some discussion about
it as the class gift.
Re: Streets
Don't remember too many streets being identified by
St., Ave., Blvd., etc. Except that Lee was a boulevard,
George Washington was a Way and Stevens was a Drive.
All the rest seemed to be just names.
Bomber Cheers,
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54) - Semi-rainy,
semi-sunny, partially warm in Albany, OR
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>>From: Louise Moyers ('65)
Re: Judge Al
Now Franco brought back a really nice memory today.
When I attended Christ the King (second class from
there) I loved to play basketball. Mr. Yencopal would
come into the gym prior to boys' practice and watch
and work with me. I will never forget that he went to
Mother Superior (maybe Sr. Margaret Jane or Sr. Dana
then) and begged to have me play for his team. Can you
imagine? Guess what the answer was!
When Judge Yencopal got married in Richland I was
there, and when he was laid to rest in his home town
here of Ronald, WA, I was there. That man made a
difference in my life.
-Louise Moyers ('65)
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>>From: Pam Ehinger Nassen ('67)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Kathy Clark!! Sorry Kathy don't
remember your new married name!
Just wanted ya to know I didn't forget! Hope you
have a great day!
To: Burt Pierard ('59)
The Wilson I lived on ran from the base of a hill
that Jason Lee sat on, down past Chief Jo to Jadwin.
Burt, could you be thinking of Winslow?
Bombers Rule
-Pam Ehinger Nassen (The Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
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[Same Wilson. Jason Lee is somewhere towards the north
end of Perkins. We've been talking about the NORTH
border of "old Richland" -- Winslow isn't even close...
it runs north-south and is one street east of and
parallel to Wright. Plus... the north end of Winslow
used to stop at the irrigation ditch so Winslow couldn't
have been the north border of "old Richland". -Maren]
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>>From: Rick Maddy ('67)
Re: Old Richland High School
The old Richland High School was actually on the
corner of Cullum and Downing Street. I lived on the
corner of Adams and Downing across the street from the
National Little League field.
A quick note about the baseball scoreboard -
my life's first anatomy lesson was tacked to the
scoreboard one morning when I was about fourth grade
age. I recall her having a funny name like Miss March.
Who names their kid after a month? No offense intended,
June. Nevertheless, the school system spent years
failing to teach sex education. And it took only one
lesson in the real world to make it all come into the
light.
Between the baseball field and old high school was
a tennis court that always had grass growing between
the slabs of cement as far back as I can recall. Does
anyone remember anyone ever playing tennis on that
court?
When we moved into the 3 bedroom pre-fab in 1955,
the old high school was there. When we moved from this
house in December, 1966, it was gone.
-Rick Maddy ('67)
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>>From: Greg Alley ('73)
To: Mike Franco ('70)
Yes, Judge Al (Yencopal) gave many a young man a
penance or a break in life. It was mostly the catholic
boys in the Christ the King school or church. He was
our volunteer coach in all sports and I know there are
some guys who would have gone to the big house for some
of the things they did if not for Judge Al. I`m sure
a few got the harsh sentence too.
Things have been looking up lately. It's Spring,
Ray Stein ('64) was inducted to the Central Washington
Sports Hall of Fame, Upton ('74) was live in Seattle,
the Mariners are winning, Mike Davis ('74) had his
picture in the Herald (don`t know if it's the Teacher's
hall of fame or Baseball hall of fame), Cartmell ('73)
reffed the NCAA National Championship game, and Franco
returns to the Sandstorm, life is good.
Re: One other subject.
What year was JJ Newberry's built? I have taken a
few long walks and when I go by the building, which is
now Jo-Ann's Fabrics... the entrance still has
Newberry's embedded in what is probably marble and
still looks like it was made recently.
Yes Mike, sometimes these walks end up at the
Uptown Tavern.
-Greg Alley ('73) ~ Richland - It was cold this
morning but is warming up.
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Funeral Notice scanned from the TCHerald
by Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
>>Craig Welker ('73) ~ 08/04/55 - 05/03/03
FuneralNotices.tripod.com
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 05/08/03
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18 Bombers and 1 Colt sent stuff:
Kay Weir ('37 Colt), Jim Jensen ('50)
Jim Grow ('51), Jeannine Hughes ('54)
Darlene Trethewey ('56WB), Karol Brimhall ('56)
Barb Isakson ('58), Gloria Falls ('58)
Burt Pierard ('59), Jeff Hartman ('59)
Marilyn Baird ('60), Helen Cross ('62)
Earl Bennett ('63), Karma King ('64)
Ann Coffman ('66), Marcia Wade ('67)
Rick Maddy ('67), Elizabeth Loosmore ('78)
Cole Kids
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dick Coates ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dennis Barr ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patty de la Bretonne ('65)
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>>From: Kay Weir Fishback ('37 Colt)
Re: Schools
The original town had a big old 3 story wooden
grade school... so old it had an outdoor privy. But
by the time you all started to come there was a nice
brick grade school about two or three years old. I
worked in the supt's office then - I was 18 years old.
When we got the new school (built by a local contractor,
A.S. Murray) the State Superintendent came to dedicate
the building and I had to print the programs on an old
mimeograph machine (if you know what that is) The
super's name was Ollie Olson and I wasn't sure if that
was really his name or somebody was having me on...
turned out to be true so it was okay.
By the way for this job I earned $25 a MONTH which
I used to help send my sister, Mary ('40) to Nurses
Training. Don't tell me about the good old days.
-Kay Weir Fishback ('37 Colt)
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>>From: Jim Jensen ('50)
Re: Streets and People
Re: Streets.
As Dick McCoy ('45, '46, and '02) has said: "Hey,
this stuff is fun!" The topic captured my interest to
the extent that I glanced through old letters and other
written material hoping to verify street names. From
1944 to 1956 we lived at: 1117 Marshall AVENUE, 1603
Thayer DRIVE, and 1500 Judson AVENUE. I found that
Swift was a BOULEVARD.
In thinking about those places I also thought about
some of the people who lived near us. In particular,
while at 1117 Marshall Avenue, the Hammacks (Chester ('50RIP),
Helen ('53), and Fred ('57)lived next door at 1115;
the Hinsons (Bill ('50RIP)...one of my good buddies,
Madelyn ('52)lived down the street at 1201, the
Glendinnings (Jean ('50), Eileen ('53), Finis ('54)
lived across the street at 1202; one-time RHS Principal
E.R. "Joe" Barker lived across the street from us; the
Nacke brothers ('52) lived around the corner in an "A"
house on Putnam.
For several years I corresponded with a person who
lived on Cottonwood DRIVE.
This reminiscin' stuff that emerges in the Alumni
Sandstorm evokes wonderful memories of a historically
unique place and the many, very special people who
shared that time and place in my life. I'm thankful for
all of it and grateful for you Alumni who scratch such
memories in my mind.
Bomber Cheers,
-Jim Jensen ('50)
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>>From: Jim Grow ('51)
Re: Memories of 1945 ~ FDR ~ Marcus Whitman
Dick Harris ('49) was in the 8th grade and I was
in the 6th grade on that afternoon. I was walking away
from the school on the sidewalk in front of it when I
heard the news. I often use that as a reference point in
time for that era.
-Jim Grow ('51)
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>>From: Jeannine Hughes Shaffer ('54)
Re: Al Yencopal (RIP)
I want to add my thoughts to what a great person
Al Yencopal was. I worked for him as a Court Clerk in
Richland Municipal Court. He was a great boss and was
very considerate of people who appeared before him --
and of all people. He also gave a good show to students
who toured City Hall. If the kids were small, he would
wave his arms under his black judge's robe -- and be
BatMan. The kids loved it.
-Jeannine Hughes Shaffer ('54)
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>>From: Darlene Trethewey Dunning ('56WB)
Re: discussion of the name of Cottonwood.
I found an old address book and it was Cottonwood Dr.
-Darlene Trethewey Dunning ('56WB) ~ Portland, OR
where its cloudy & chilly out today.
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>>From: Karol Brimhall Smith ('56)
Re: The Old High School
Not only was the old high school located on Cullum,
adjacent to Lewis & Clark Elementary, but after it
became the Legion Hall, it also had other uses. I
remember attending dance classes on the second floor
of the building on Saturdays in 1946-'47.
I am enjoying all the information about Richland
boundaries, street names, etc. We originally lived in
an "A" house at 220 Armistead Avenue and I believe that
was the first alphabet house finished in the south end
of town. We were scheduled to move into a house in the
Hunt Point area, but when my Mother saw how close the
Columbia River was to the house, she said "No Way" with
3 small kids to look after, so they hurried up and
finished the one in south Richland. There were no
streets, etc. You drove along beside a long pile of
dirt, which was where the street was going to go. Later
we moved up the street to 311 Armistead in an "H"
house.
I still remember seeing the dust storms coming--my
Mother would hand everybody a roll of tape and we would
run madly around trying to seal all the windows before
the storm hit. It helped a little, but that dirt was
impossible to keep out completely. In those olden days,
all the little girls wore dresses to school, and it
really, really, really stung your legs if you had to
walk home from school in the middle of a dust storm.
Fond Memories!
-Karol Brimhall Smith ('56)
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>>From: Barb Isakson Rau ('58)
Happy Birthday, Dennis Barr ('58)!
-Barb Isakson Rau ('58)
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>>From: Gloria Falls Evans ('58)
Re: Disaster in Missouri from the tornadoes
My nephew and his wife were caught in the tornado.
They, thank GOD, are OK now and will decide whether to
rebuild.
-Gloria Falls Evans ('58) ~ Spokane, WA - where it is
pretty cold this morning
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>>From: Burt Pierard ('59)
To: Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02) & Dick Pierard ('52)
Re: In search of the J. D. Long house & other stuff
To McCoy - your reference to House #4 is probably
correct for the first ground breaking for the
foundations if indeed, the story is correct about the
house construction starting on that corner. That could
have been the source of the "first" reference. I
gleaned another little tidbit from Gary Behymer (64),
off line, that his parents had the first house north of
Williams on Mahan (1304) and they said it was one of
the first 10 built (presumably, they meant completed).
This got me thinking that Williams was probably the
first main line for utilities, like power, water &
sewer, and considering how many houses were being built
simultaneously, the ones next to Williams were probably
completed first. Can anybody else add anything to this
discussion? I feel we are hot on the trail.
To my Bro, Dick - you are a veritable wealth of
information but you apparently suffer from the "McCoy
Disease." You only pass this stuff on in bits and
pieces (maybe you realize my aging brain cannot handle
too much information at one time). All kidding aside,
your "thoroughfare streets" reference sent me back to
my 1948 map and you are absolutely correct. Thayer,
Stevens and Goethals (when it ran all the way through
town) are "Drives" and Lee, Swift and Williams are
"Boulevards." I might add that Lee no longer qualifies
as a thoroughfare since the idiotic Richland Planners
added the stupid Traffic Circle downtown - there is no
easy way to go from Cottonwood (whatever it is named)
to the Park anymore.
In Re: the Street - Avenue discussion. I had an
embarrassing moment last year when I starting the
purchase process for my house. The broker asked me for
the address and I said the number and the street. He
asked if that was a street or an avenue. I said that
to my knowledge (I only lived there 10 years) it was
neither - it was just plain "Torbett." I have since
learned that it is, officially, Torbett Street.
I would also like to add a correction to my May 6th
submission: my "west" mind must have overpowered my
"east" mind and I screwed up my narrative of the North
Boundary, including Wilson Street. Wilson obviously
ran EAST from Perkins to Jadwin, not WEST as I wrote.
Bomber Cheers,
-Burt Pierard ('59) ~ Richland
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>>From: Jeff Hartman ('59)
This note concerns my mother Mary Hartman who
taught first grade at Jason Lee for 20 plus years.
She had a large ovarian cancer tumor removed
(volleyball size) on June 11 at Virginia Mason
Hospital in Seattle. At 89 years of age this is
no small operation. She came through it well and
is now recuperating at our home in Port Townsend.
Keep her in your prayers. Jeffrey (Buddha)
-Jeff Hartman ('59)
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>>From: Marilyn Baird Singletary ('60)
With all the talk about the street names and miss
spellings and Blvd vs Street. I'll throw Farrell Lane
into the mesh. At one end of the 1300 block it's
spelled Farrell Lane and at the other end it's miss
spelled with either one 'R' or one 'L', I can't
remember which. I was disappointed that my street was
flawed. I found this out on my last visit to Richland.
To: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Re: Your Bomber license plate holder not being seen
from the front
Why don't you put it in your rear window. People
usually see that area first, even before they look at
your license plate. Wish I had contacted you when you
and your husband first started your trek. I live in
Vallejo, CA, and could have met with you and cheered
you on. Hope the roads are down hill from now on and
you should be hitting all flat land pretty soon.
-Marilyn Baird Singletary ('60) ~ Wish the weather
would make up it's mind in Vallejo, CA
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Warren made it over 11,312 foot Monarch Pass
yesterday!! He had a great day and a really great
ride. In fact, he rode on to cover almost l25 miles,
so I am writing this from Canon City, CO. I am having
trouble with this computer, so
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[That's where this one ended today... I'm sure Helen
will catch up with us when she finds a more cooperative
computer. -Maren]
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>>From: Earl C. Bennett, III (Gold Medal Class of '63)
Re: Several mentions of Al Yencopal in the last two days
Mr. Yencopal, partner of George Butler (one of
the premier corporate law attorneys in the state of
Washington in those years), was peripherally very
important in my life well before he became a juvenile
court judge. He was managing the fund-raising drive for
the YMCA building around '59 or '60. My parents had
come to realize that if they were going to put many of
us six kids into college, Mom needed to bring in some
supplemental income, which became possible as my
youngest sister Beth was starting school. While
reviving her secretarial skills in classes, she did
various kinds of work - taking in ironing, washing
dishes at the country club, etc. Mr. Yencopal hired her
to do some typing for the fund drive, then offered her
a "temporary" typing job at his law office when the
fund drive ended.
"Temporary" did not end until she retired from the
successor firm sometime in the late '80s, by which time
she was a full-fledged legal secretary and had "raised"
several young attorneys to maturity and competence.
I never encountered Mr. Yencopal after I moved back
east after my time in the Air Force, but Mom treated me
to tales of his innovative sentencing as judge. One of
my classmates had been caught water skiing nude on the
Columbia north of Howard Amon park, and apparently
pretty well plastered even though still under 21. His
sentence was to pick up three (I think) pickup-loads
of trash along that waterfront. He did so, but managed
to find a Datsun pickup for the task, which was
significantly smaller then than anything on the road
today - I'd be surprised if the bed measured more than
3' x 4,' and maybe ten inches deep.
Another sentence was for a kid who let air out
police car tires, then launched into a diatribe in
court against the "system" represented by the police
and the court (this was the late '60s counter-culture
influence). To teach him respect for the "system's"
benefits, Judge Yencopal sentenced him to wash the
police cars for several weekends, but he could not use
any of the "system's" water works - he had to retrieve
the necessary water, on foot, from the Columbia River,
over a 1/4 mile away.
Regards, ecb3 - from beautiful central VA, where the
pollens are beginning to subside and the frequent
showers have helped the allergy-afflicted.
-Earl Bennett ('63)
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>>From: Karma King Yourdan ('64)
To: Ray Stein ('64)
Congrats, Ray!
It was a well deserved honor. I am sure the whole
class of '64 is very proud of you.
-Karma King Yourdan ('64)
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>>From: Ann Coffman ('66)
Greetings, lovely Bombers,
Re: street names of Richland
(http://hanford.houses.tripod.com/streets.html)
Our own Bomber site has all the information about
which were Avenues, Boulevards, Drives, and the rest in
the following memo:
Date: February 24, 1945
Memorandum to: Colonel F. T. Matthias
From: N. Paul Nissen
Subject: BIOGRAPHIES OF ARMY ENGINEERS FOR WHOM RICHLAND STREETS WERE NAMED.
Happy reading,
-Ann Coffman ('66)
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>>From: Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67)
Re: Old high school--tennis courts
To: Rick Maddy ('67)
Oh yes, I'd forgotten about the tennis courts! I
remember Rex Davis ('49) taking us out there for P.E.
and trying to teach us tennis. Total Klutz that I was
(and am), I never really learned to play very well, but
I always remembered those lessons and enjoyed playing
'at' tennis!
Also remember the little league field... especially
6th grade and Mr. Weston making us run out the door and
around the field when things got dicey in class. Were
you in his class in 6th grade? Think he only taught
one year at L&C and then went to Vernita or some where.
I know I thought I was going to die during that run
several times early in the year, but by Spring it was
much easier!
-Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67)
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>>From: Rick Maddy ('67)
Re: oops
Can not get anything by the Bombers.
I actually lived on the corner of Downing and
Casey... not Adams!!
-Rick Maddy ('67)
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>>From: Elizabeth Loosmore McAllister ('78)
What about Elm street? That has to be considered
old Richland my father moved in the Ranch house in the
early '40s. Elm runs from Cottonwood to Swift.
-Elizabeth Loosmore McAllister ('78)
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>>From: The Cole kids
Happy birthday (May 9th) to our outlaw Bill Bailey ('64)
and his twin Mary ('64)
-The Cole kids: Barbara ('50) Patti ('52), Karen ('55)
Judie and Jackie ('63), and John ('66)
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10 Bombers and 1 Colt sent stuff:
Kay Weir ('37 Colt), Bob Harman ('51)
Ralph Myrick ('51), Pam Swain ('61)
Helen Cross ('62), Jim Hamilton ('63)
Linda Reining ('64), Darlene Napora ('69)
Jeff Curtis ('69), Frank Trent ('72)
Vicki Owens ('72)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins, Bill & Mary Bailey ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Val Trent ('70)
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>>From: Kay Wear Fishback ('37 Colt)
Re: 3 story school
The 3 story old grade school was gone by the time
the Project families started to come. THE NEW school
had modern plumbing and some of the little kids had
to be taught how to use it. The town had modern own
plumbing systems but most did not. When we moved here
from Wyoming NO PLUMBING was a big shock for us also
having to pump our water from a well was a new (not
fun) activity. But it wasn't all bad-but lots of us
found it uncomfortable when we were used to city
living. My Dad was hurt in an industrial accident and
used the settlement money to move to Washington-my
Mother thought all of Washington looked like the West
side and on somebody's word bought unseen and paid too
much because my Dad trusted everyone to tell the truth.
-Kay Wear Fishback ('37 Colt)
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>>From: Bob Harman ('51)
Re: Al Yencopal (RIP)
I have to share my experience with the good judge.
My wife and I and two other couples who were friends
of ours took into our homes three children who, at the
time were from 3 to 6 years old. After some six years
of waiting we all adopted our kids together. It was
in Al Yencopal's court that the momentous occasion
occurred. He did have a way of making everyone
comfortable. After a few minutes of introductions
to the adults he told the kids they could call him
"judge Yenkiepoo". They really get a kick out of it
and still remember it today. My son, Ryan, was the
youngest of the three and he will soon be 23..
-Bob Harman ('51)
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>>From: Ralph Myrick ('51)
I wonder if any of you guys remember the time when
we were going to have a sit down strike or walk out
because a principal, I can't remember his name, we all
liked was not going to be hired back? I believe, Robert
Chisholm was assistant principal at that time. I also
wonder if you remember our nick name for him? Did you
know that he became the Super of the Albuquerque, NM
school system?
-Ralph Myrick ('51)
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>>From: Pam Swain Johnson ('61)
The sand storms in the early days were truly
amazing. The sand would literally pour into every
crack and crevice. I remember trying to ride my bike
home from school (Marcus Whitman) and the wind making
it all but impossible.
Also the huge pods of tumbleweed -- woe be unto
anyone that got slammed with one of those. In those
days the trees in the shelter belt were pretty small.
After they grew, that was a great area to play on a
hot summer day. It was always cool and the irrigation
system made the sand damp and nice on bare feet.
-Pam Swain Johnson ('61) ~ Palm Springs, CA - where it
is, well, paradise.
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Greetings from LaJunta, CO!! I just brought up
Warren's website, and the updates aren't on it yet,
but it's neat. Finally, Warren has a website. It's:
http://www.earthwaterphoto.com/bikingUSroute50.html
I brought it up, and it needs the most recent updates.
A kind biking friend is updating it for him, as we
haven't yet learned to do our digital camera or even
updates on it yet.
I am leaving Warren on his own tomorrow, as he did
the mountains O.K. and if he sees a tornado, he'll go
to the closest house for shelter. I'll see him "back
home in Indiana". He hopes to resume his trip to Ohio
about the 24th. He doesn't expect to bike into home
until about the 22nd.
He made it to Rocky Fork, last night. A small town
about l5 miles west of LaJunta. The wind was just too
difficult, and I'm afraid that's how it will be today.
Anyway, as I said before, and I don't know if it
got through or not, this will be my last day of tagging
along with Warren for awhile. I want to scoot across
Kansas with only a stop to see Carol Rice Forister ('62),
and get home and check almost 2 months' of mail, and
attend a few meetings, etc. I will join Warren again
when he heads into Ohio, after a few days R&R at home
in Indiana.
As this is the 4th time I've tried to type this and
had it fail, I am omitting lots of stuff.
Congratulations to Ray Stein ('64)!!
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
P.S.: The license thing on the back blocked out
Indiana on my license, and I was afraid I'd get
a ticket. The speeding one in Washington state
on the way to Omak was bad enough.
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>>From: Jim Hamilton ('63)
Like a lot of Southies I remember the old High
School behind Lewis & Clark as a great place to catch
Pigeons and sneak a heater. We once found a ladder and
snuck in at night, it was creepy. We might have left
Kenny Wright in there when we freaked and ran. I don’t
remember exactly how that whole pigeon ranching deal
evolved but I think George Brinkman might have been the
first. Maybe for a merit badge or something. There was
an old church in front of Lewis & Clark by his house,
kinda where Falley ran into what was then Goethals.
This old church had a tower and lots of pigeons.
That's where a lot of guys got their first ones.
There was an active trading market for a while. My
Mom wouldn't let me have one, but the Hyatts had a
couple. Irwin didn't have pigeons, he collected cars
that didn't run. The Shireys down on Benham had a
plethora, "a plethora of pigeons",(how am I doing,
Mrs. Boswell?).
I never knew Pook had a pigeon, but he did have a
dog named Zeke. Zeke was probably the best known dog in
the Southend, and had the Police been able to get him
to talk, we'd still all be doing hard time at Fred
English. But Zeke was no rat, he went everywhere with
us for years and let there be no doubt that he spent
more time at the school than Pook.
Plows had a Brittany named Pat that was pretty
cool. I think the Turners had a Collie dog. Terry Jones
had Butch, who was always old, but really hyper. I
think they put some of that snake oil that Colonel Tom
Parker sold and put it in his Alpo. Bobby and Billy
Chipmunk had this really stupid dog named Pepper, who
had an incredibly small head for a pretty big dog.
There are a lot of Pepper stories, on which Irwin might
be able to elaborate. The dog was an absolute Moron,
don't know what eventually happened to him, but it
probably wasn't good. During one of our Christmas
visits to see Bob I asked him about Pepper, and
although he couldn't communicate I swear he tried to
laugh.
I think at one time or another everyone tried to
turn their dogs into "hunting dogs". Zeke went with us
down on the Yakima for ducks and I'm sure Pepper made
the trip once or twice. We had wiener dogs, Gus and
then Spud, and a basset hound named Sam. I recognized
early that they had zero potential flushing pheasants
or retrieving ducks, so they stayed home. The Russells
next door had a little dog named "Quivers", one of the
great dog names of all time, and then a black cocker
named Nugget. The Berlins had a black lab named Sooty.
Living on George Washington Way, there wasn't a lot of
old dogs. I think back then dogs were a lot smarter
when they could wander around and find themselves, at
least they had more personality.
jimbeaux
-Jim Hamilton ('63) ~ Kirkland, WA - where my neighbor
Mike Bradley ('56) has pigeons hanging around his
house and a wiener dog. The lovely Nancy and I've
got crows with an attitude.
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
To: Karol Brimhall Smith ('56)
Re: blowing sand on bare legs
We could only wear skirts or dresses when I was
attending school, too, and I have vivid memories of my
legs being battered by that sand... they would look
like sandpaper had been rubbed on them by the time I
got home... especially the long walk from Carmichael
all the way to Elm Street... hated that blasted wind,
still do... -puts my teeth on edge! Thankfully, by the
time I got to Col-Hi, I could usually manage to "con"
a ride from Nester Wise ('63)... he lived two doors
down... knew what time he left for school, so always
managed to be walking by at "just" the right time.
To: Ray Stein ('64)
Congratulations... the class of '64 is proud of you!
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA - having another
Winter storm... was in the 40s last night and they
are predicting about the same for today... the
skies are black, and the wind is blowing... sure
not typical for the San Joaquin Valley at this
time of year... we are normally in the 80s, by
now.
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>>From: Darlene Napora Shuley ('69)
Re: History of the Richland "R"
To: Mike Franco ('70)
This picture is from the fall of 1968 courtesy of
the Columbian staff.
I think Betty Avant ('69) is right about the "R"
being a gift from the class of '68. My memory is foggy
at best, but I remember discussing whether or not to
remove the wooden forms (which you can see in the
photo) from around the "R" because it had been poured a
couple of weeks before by some Dads of '68ers for their
class gift (who must have known how to spell "R") and
we were all afraid it might crack. We decided to leave
the forms in place and paint it anyway.
Steve Demers ('69) is holding a paint pan (Gold
Paint) after just finishing the painting and the rest
of us had been cleaning the entire hillside so that
the "R" could be viewed from a distance with no
distractions (It was all weeds & brush – no grass).
I remember thinking our class would have a hard time
coming up with such a neat gift... so visible!!!
Bomber Cheers
-Darlene Napora Shuley ('69)
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>>From: Jeff Curtis ('69)
Re: Streets of Dreams
Boy, when we all get on a topic it gets, well,
thoroughly examined. So along the lines of this avenue
of discussion... oops, sorry... My vote for the most
"practical" named thoroughfare has to be Torthay Court
as it connects Torbett and Thayer. Somebody was
probably able to get that one easily through the city
council. Of course that logic would indicate that Elm
should have been named Cottonswift. Can you all come up
with others?
Along that line of thought, kind of, someone once
told me that your "drag queen" name was the name of
your first pet and the name of the first street you
lived on. Why we all would need drag queen names was
never explained but I would assume that it is always
best to be prepared, at least according to Ed O'Clair,
my old scoutmaster. NOTE: The Mr. O'Clair reference is
in regard to the "being prepared" thing not the "drag
queen" thing. Therefore MY drag queen name, should the
need arise, would be "Inky Tinkle". Seeing that in
print I feel an overwhelming need to apologize (again)
for some reason. Do you have an interesting if not
enticing DQ name you'd like to share with us? I might
point out that Mike Davis, by virtue of last name in
this context, would be my... uh... sister I guess.
And along that line of thought, while I'm very
happy that the likes of Colonel Sacramento and General
Acacia (whatever - don't get picky on this, I'm just
trying to make a point. "Curb" your criticism and stick
with me for a minute... oops, sorry...) have been
honored in perpetuity, their names forever linked to
the black tar and crushed gravel byways that thread
through the city, there has been a very serious
omission of sorts. In all the plethora of discussion
that has occurred in this publication over the last
several weeks regarding this subject, I have not seen
anyone, anywhere or at anytime offer a plausible
explanation for the naming to the street known as
Tinkle. You know that I could go on and on with such an
easy target but, and here's where you breathe a sigh of
relief, I won't take advantage of this situation at
your expense. I will keep this discussion out of the
gutter... oops, sorry. At least this time. However, it
must noted that IF Tinkle was actually the name of
someone involved on the project I am sure that it would
be debatable if he (or she) would want it immortalized
in white on green at every intersection with other
streets bearing solid and respectable names like...
Butternut. Okay, okay, Butternut doesn't really
intersect with Tinkle but it really works well in the
story. I mean really, how could you earnestly say, for
instance, "Sure, my house is easy to find. I live at
the corner of Tinkle and Butternut." "Hey! Stop that
laughing and get over here!"
And maybe, just maybe, Tinkle isn't a street but
a stream? Wow, there's that urge to apologize again.
-Jeff Curtis (the class of '69 which has yet to be
associated with a metal of any sort) ~ Seattle, WA
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>>From: Frank Trent ('72)
Happy birthday to my brother Val ('70) - today, the
9th. Hope you enjoy your day in the sun. You old Dog.
You must be, what, 357 years old by now?
-Frank Trent ('72) ~ Browns Point, WA
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>>From: Vicki Owens ('72)
I'd like to throw in my two bits about Judge
Yencopal. Somewhere around 1966 or 1967, he visited
Christ the King and gave us a talk on law and order.
Although by that time I had the attention span of a
gnat, I can remember much of what he said. He explained
to us that the "order" part of law and order made up
about 80% of the total. His examples were things like
traffic laws and meat inspection. The "law" part,
dealing with things like murder and theft, made up the
rest of it.
Since my memory is NOT like Kay Weir Fishback ('37),
the Pierard brothers ('52 & '59) and others, it's clear
that that presentation made a BIG impact on me. He was
a true civil servant, with a big heart for kids.
-Vicki Owens ('72) ~ Kampala, Uganda - where it's the
rainy season
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>>From: Zorba Manolopoulos ('91)
Re: Missing Players
Maybe you knew, maybe you didn't. But I am
organizing a RHS Alumni basketball tournament.
www.rhssf.org/tournament
Below is a list of missing alumni, if you know of
any way to contact some of them, could you let me know.
Sometimes a parent, sister, brother of the alumni works
too.
Thanks Zorba
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Kay Connally 1946-47 ~~~ Carroll Clements 1949-50
Alton Schell 1950-51 ~~~ Kenny Chubb 1951-52
Carroll Teague 1951-52 ~~~ Glyn Gibson 1953-54
Wayne Moss 1953-54 ~~~ Max Hopson 1953-54
Gordon Andersen 1953-54 ~~~ Chuck Curtis 1954-55
Robby Hatfield 1954-55 ~~~ Lonnie Whitner 1954-55
Pete Larrick 1955-56 ~~~ Tilbert Neal 1955-56
John Cowan 1955-56 ~~~ Norris Brown 1956-57
Dee Maruca 1956-57 ~~~ Bill Gill 1957-58
Donal McDowell 1959-60 ~~~ Bruce Smith 1960-61
Doug Lukens 1961-62 ~~~ Bob Mitchell 1961-62
Steve Dickerson 1964-65 ~~~ Mike Grinnell 1965-66
Dave Sonderland 1965-66 ~~~ Ron Anderson 1965-66
Kurt Crownover 1965-66 ~~~ Mark Palmer 1966-67
Bob Utecht 1967-68 ~~~ Dave Barber 1967-68
George Kinney 1967-68 ~~~ Emmitt Jackson 1967-68
Bill Heriford 1968-69 ~~~ Rob Morganthaler 1968-69
Earl Hall 1969-70 ~~~ Don Foss 1969-70
Mark Callen 1969-70 ~~~ Charley Steele 1970-71
Jon Anderson 1970-71 ~~~ Dennis Strasser 1970-71
Matt Fields 1970-71 ~~~ Brent Christi 1970-71
Dean Thompson 1971-72 ~~~ Richard Sippel 1971-72
Jim Kasey 1971-72 ~~~ Keith Prichard 1972-73
Dave McVicker 1973-74 ~~~ Paul Rinehart 1973-74
Mark Stevens 1973-74 ~~~ Don Tuttle 1973-74
Roger Kindley 1973-74 ~~~ Randy Slaybaugh 1973-74
Dave Harty 1973-74 ~~~ Steve Forsberg 1974-75
Rick Slater 1975-76 ~~~ Phil Daling 1975-76
Kevin Ryan 1975-76 ~~~ Kelly Euteneier 1976-77
Dave Tuttle 1976-77 ~~~ Roger Sonderland 1976-77
Wally Kennedy 1977-78 ~~~ Dave Mann 1977-78
Rial Steichen 1977-78 ~~~ Bob Valentine 1977-78
Steve Chalcraft 1978-79 ~~~ Scott Parnell 1979-80
Roger Chambers 1979-80 ~~~ Robert Lacy 1979-80
Steve Walter 1979-80 ~~~ Mark Johnston 1980-81
Steve Shirley 1980-81 ~~~ George Naughton 1981-82
John Wunderlich 1981-82 ~~~ John Alley 1982-83
Kevin Presto 1983-84 ~~~ Rick Chandler 1983-84
Mark Borgeson 1983-84 ~~~ Steve Van Liew 1983-84
Rick Carlson 1983-84 ~~~ Rob Fryer 1984-85
Chris Engle 1984-85 ~~~ Dave Wheeler 1984-85
Mike Parnell 1984-85 ~~~ Kevin Kjarmo 1984-85
Mike Thielman 1985-86 ~~~ Shane Brown 1985-86
Tom Lewis 1985-86 ~~~ Darin Presto 1986-87
Corey Coffman 1986-87 ~~~ Brian Zinsli 1986-87
Jason Brandis 1986-87 ~~~ Wade Venters 1987-88
Jeff Hall 1987-88 ~~~ Reuben Olveda 1987-88
Juan Cooper 1987-88 ~~~ Pat Simpkins 1987-88
Greg Sargent 1988-89 ~~~ Nate Roe 1988-89
Clint Buchanan 1988-89 ~~~ Jeff Lawrence 1988-89
Travis Narum 1989-90 ~~~ Randy Grantham 1990-91
Justin Love 1991-92 ~~~ Clint Comstock 1992-93
"Doogie" Fewell 1992-93 ~~~ Jeremy Eaton 1993-94
Doug Skirski 1993-94 ~~~ Kurt Lauman 1993-94
David Campbell 1993-94 ~~~ Doug Shultz 1994-95
Damien Ash 1994-95 ~~~ Charles Wade 1995-96
Mike Stottlemyre 1996-97 ~~~ Adam Morasch 1997-98
Bryan Harrison 1998-99 ~~~ Jared Coplen 1999-00
Dan Bottenus 1999-00 ~~~ Mark Fryer ~~~ Tyler Ultsch
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-Zorba Manolopoulos.com ('91)
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10 Bombers and 1 Colt sent stuff:
Kay Weir ('37 Colt), Jim Jensen ('50)
Bob Harman ('51), Curt Donahue ('53)
Gary Persons ('57), Jan Bollinger ('60)
Helen Cross ('62), John Bixler ('64)
Bill Wingfield ('67), Betti Avant ('69)
Karen Davis ('76)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Don Andrews ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Chuck Lollis ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Suzanne Christianson Boehning ('85)
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>>From: Kay Weir Fishback ('37 Colt)
Re: Sand Storms
We didn't live in a land of sand storms before the
project-the soil WAS sandy-ideal for the kinds of crops
we grew-BUT it was irrigated and the sand didn't blow.
The people who came in to value (steal) the land
thought irrigation was foolish and said we should let
rain water the crops. So they just valued the farms by
size and not by whether they grew cherry trees or
alfalfa. I say "steal" the land as most people got
less for their farms than they earned with one year's
crop. Well, I guess it helped win the war but we sort
of felt that we were being treated like the enemy. When
my husband came home from the war we always planned to
go farming again but land had gone up all around so he
went to work at the plant just to get a start and one
way and another he stayed there till he retired.
-Kay Weir Fishback ('37 Colt)
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>>From: Jim Jensen ('50)
Re: Ralph Myrick's ('51) principal inquiry
Hey Ralph,
I remember that "sit-in" over the replacement of an
admired principal. I was there. The Superintendent of
Schools, either R. H. Ferguson or P. A. Wright, was the
primary speaker. It was conducted in the study hall.
Remarkably a lot of parents were in attendance. If
memory serves a student walkout was in the early stages
of organization. In those days many parents supported
everything their children did (in school) that seemed
to make sense. The school board decided to nip the
process in the bud.
The Principal being ousted was E. R. "Joe" Barker.
Lowell Poore was the Assistant at that time.
In essence the assembly was advised that the school
board and the superintendent were responsible for
running the schools - not the students. Further, that
Dr. Raymond P. Harris would be the new principal.
Mr. Poore would remain as Vice Principal.
The following year Dr. Harris and Mr. Poore were
out and Leslie McIntosh was named Principal and Robert
Chisholm, Vice Principal. Mr. Chisholm was EXTREMELY
popular with the students during my last year, '49-'50.
I don't know what his nickname was. I'm pleased that he
was successful in the field of education. During that
year it seemed to me that the reason for his success
with students was simply the fact that he talked "to
them", rather than "down to them."
Guess who was on the school board that year?
E. R. "Joe" Barker!!!!!
Bomber Cheers,
-Jim Jensen ('50)
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>>From: Bob Harman ('51)
To: Ralph Myrick ('51)
Hey, Ralph,
Could it have been McIntosh?
-Bob Harman ('51)
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>>From: Curt Donahue ('53)
To: Jeff Curtis ('69)
Another good (albeit short) story. I for one have
missed your writings. They are always the best.
-Curt Donahue ('53) ~ Federal Way, WA
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>>From: Jan Bollinger Persons ('60) & Gary Persons ('57)
Re: Spokane Lunch - 5/18
Wow, three months since the last Spokane lunch!
Time to catch up with all local alums, and rumor has it
that we'll see some visitors, too--we LOVE visitors!
DATE: Sunday, May 18, 2003
TIME: 11:30 AM Coffee/Beverages
12:30 PM Lunch
PLACE: The Chapter ("Bombers" will be on their sign
with green & gold balloons)
ADDRESS: 105 East Mission (NE corner Ruby/Mission)
PRICE: Most lunches are $6.95 - $8.95 (separate checks)
All Bomber alums, spouses and guests are welcome!
-Jan Bollinger Persons ('60) and Gary Persons ('57)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Greetings from Kansas City, KS!! Actually, Warren
and his bike are in Dodge City, Kansas tonight. I left
him this morning when I passed him about l5 miles south
of Garden City, KS. I'm heading on home to Indiana and
want to be there on the l3th, and Warren will probably
come biking along (we live about 1/2 hour from Highway
50) in about a week.
So he had to get out his saddle bags today, and he
is really soloing now. If he manages to escape the
tornados blowing around Kansas and Missouri, he will be
very fortunate indeed.
I was really tired when I arrived at Carol Rice
Forister's ('62) home tonight about l0 pm. The last few
weeks I've only averaged about l00 miles or less a day.
Today on my own, I was stopping to read all the markers
about the Santa Fe Trail, and I didn't even travel l00
miles in 3 hours, so I speeded up a bit. But I did stop
in Kinsey, KS (midway between NYC and San Francisco),
and looked in their wonderful local museum. It was
excellent. They had a prairie sod house they built in
the '70s. I noticed some of the clothes were donated
by a "C.S. Cross", and I wondered if somehow that is a
relative on mine. I mentioned to the lady at the desk
and she said they have a lot of Crosses around there!!
Well, you can check Warren's website for the next
week or so to follow his adventures on the bike. Last
night at a restaurant in Syracuse, KS, we got to
talking with this man in the next booth. He said he
was a Viet Nam vet, and the man at the table next to
us was a WWII vet who had fought in mid Europe and was
there for VE day. Anyway, Larry, the Viet Nam veteran
could be a history teacher. He told us so much about
the local history and the Santa Fe Trail and the
railroads, I really enjoyed it. He is suppose to send
us a book on it. We've met so many nice and interesting
people along this trip, it's really been fun. But I am
anxious to look at my mail and my yard after 2 months.
I hope our friend's son has been cutting it regularly.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ Where it is hot in KC, KS
even at almost midnight. I think the heat finally
caught up with us. That's why Warren wanted to
start the trip as early as possible to beat the heat.
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>>From: John Bixler ('64)
Re: Reminiscing Judge Yencopal
A lot of us probably have Al Yencopal stories. I
have none.. In about 1968 I came home to visit and I
went for a drive around town to see some of the sights.
This was 1968 and I had hair past my shoulders and
looked like... well, a hippy. So I'm cruisin' and I
decide to pull into Zip's for a Coke. I get my coke and
I'm sitting there drinking it, totally innocent and
minding my own business. Two of Richland's finest pull
up next to me and start this surrealistic conversation.
They start with "Hey! What's happen' man?"
"Not Much, I'm just drinking a coke."
"Whatcha you doing here?" (Like, exactly what drugs
do you have?)
"I just came to go to the dentist."
"Why here?"
"Well my folks live here."
"Oh yeah, What's your name?"
"John Bixler."
"Ohhh! Youuuu'rrrrrre the Bixler boy, huh? Don't we
have warrant for your arrest?"
"Gee, I don't know?, Do you? (Ok, Ok! I did know -
the year before I was cruisin' the uptown on a motorcycle
and got stopped and ticketed for not having my registration.
Being a hippy I, of course, didn't pay it.
"I think you better follow us down to the station."
"Well. I have my mom's car. So why don't I take it
home and I'll come down and straighten this out?"
"I don't think we can do that."
Anyway I follow them to city hall and they arrest
me and throw me in the Richland slammer. A little
later, not long... maybe an hour, they take me into
the court the judge is Judge Yencopal. He was very
cool, very nice. We had a frank and open talk about
the unusual things happening (like the '60, hippies,
and drugs and such). He asked me if he let me go would
I pay the ticket when I could. I said I would and he
let me go. He knew me from church basketball and he and
My mom worked together helping people with alcohol
problems. We was really a good guy. (RIP).
-John Bixler ('64)
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>>From: Bill Wingfield ('67)
To: Don Andrews ('67)
Happy Birthday, Garfunkel. Wish I could be there to
celebrate it with you kids. Say hi to Linda for me.
-Bill Wingfield (Blue Ribbon Class of '67) ~ Augusta, GA
(Martha Burk's favorite town)
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
Re: Torthay Court
Ah, yes Jeff Curtis ('69) you are right about
Torthay Court. When we were in grade school living at
Torbett and Thayer that area used to be an open field.
It was our short cut to school on most days. It was
nothing but sage brush and sand. Many a kid in the
neighborhood built forts in that field. I think they
started building houses there when we were maybe in the
6th grade, as we walked down either Van Giesen to Thayer
or Perkins to Torbett.
Bomber cheers,
-Betti Avant (a fellow class of '69er) ~ Goodland, KS
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>>From: Karen Davis Scheffer ('76)
To: Zorba Manolopoulos ('91)
Re: Missing Players
Rick Slater ('76RIP), unfortunately died an
unexpected death when he was struck by lightning riding
his bike in the mountains of New Mexico in 1985.
I know Mark Callen ('70) is an attorney up here
in Spokane. I see him once in a great while when he
checks on a client in my work place. (a prison)
Wow... your list brings back many memories... I had
a serious crush on some of those, now men. Be sure and
let us know well in advance when this game or games
will be taking place... ok.
Thanks
[Karen! Check out the website: www.rhssf.org/tournament/
The game is June 21, 2003 -Maren]
To: Jeff Curtis ('69)
What were you on when you wrote all that about
the streets and such? Is it legal?
-Karen Davis Scheffer ('76)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 05/11/03
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11 Bombers sent stuff:
Tom Hoffman ('47 and '48), Mike Clowes ('54)
Bill Berlin ('56), Donna McGregor ('57)
Lola Heidlebaugh ('60), Helen Cross ('62)
Larry Stephens ('63), Nancy Mallory ('64)
David Rivers ('65), Rob Peutz ('73)
Gina Rees ('81)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill McCue ('51)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dave Doran ('72)
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>>From: Tom Hoffman ('47 and '48)
To: Kay Wear Fishback ('37 cOLT)
Where abouts in Wyoming did you hail from? My
wife is the oldest of 10 and they lived in Wheatland.
We are going back there this June for her 51st reunion.
I worked at the project and was in White Bluffs and
worked at the old apple warehouse.
Sorry you lost your farm.
-Tom Hoffman ('47 and '48)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54)
Re: Richland Street names
Much has been said about one particular street in
Richland. I have diligently checked the street listing
and do not find it amongst the "T"s. Once the engineers
started naming streets we had: Taylor Street, Thayer
Drive, Thomas Street, Thompson Street, Torbett Street,
Totten Avenue, Townsend Court and Tunis Avenue. And
strangely there was no biographical data for Thomas,
Thompson or Tunis, at least not locally. So, I was
wondering if Tinkle (Street, Avenue, ?) wasn't perhaps
located near the outlet of a waste water treatment
plant or a defunct irrigation canal?
Bomber Cheers,
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54) ~ it's the weekend
and it isn't raining in Albany, OR, yet.
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>>From: Bill Berlin ('56)
To: Jim Hamilton ('63)
Yo Jimbeaux,
You missed one mutt on our block. Remember "Dugan",
the Cary Blue Terrier that belonged to the Rynicks
that lived next to the Lynch family. His "run" was
right by the driveway coming out of our parking lot. He
would run up and down the fence when anyone would go by
so a bunch of us would ride my Doodlebug motor scooter
(the fine, exhaust belching piece of equipment that it
was) back and forth until Dugan's run was about six
feet deep (well, three feet anyway). One day we came
back and Dugan was laying in the middle of the back
yard. We thought it odd that he did not come out
barking, howling and chasing along the fence but we
really didn't give it much thought. Come to find out
old Dugan had cashed in his chips, heart attack we
heard later... and he only had 150,000 miles on him!
I am not sure if there were "compounds" in other
parts of the city but behind our house, and that of
Jim and Jack Russell, Pat Murray and Jim and "Sissy"
Hamilton we had this large green compound space that
was maintained by the City. Great for football,
baseball, some bike racing and a couple of circuses.
If we hit the ball in Mr. Anderson's yard (he was a
Shop teacher at one of the schools) we either had to
retrieve it in dead-of-night-Ranger maneuvers or give
it up forever.
Great life in the south end.
-Bill Berlin ('56) ~ Seattle - where the weather is
great and things are moving along on the new
house in Anacortes.
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>>From: Donna McGregor Salazar ('57)
Re: "Gunsmoke" (radio) and "Andy Griffith Show" on TV.
GUESS WHAT!
It wasn't even Harley Baer that played Doc on
"Gunsmoke" and the barber on the "Andy Griffith Show".
And even if it had of been, it was "Parley" not
"Harley". Parley Baer was a Producer or something for
Gunsmoke, for one, maybe other westerns as well?? The
real name of the actor that played both of these parts
was named Howard McNear.
I'm the one who made the mistake in one of my
entries.
It is spring in Espanola, NM--The apple trees in
the orchard have bloomed, we've begun irrigating and
the pastures are greening up and the cows are sighing
in relief. The ranch next to ours (much bigger) is open
to our cows so they are really in heaven.
My chihuahua, Pica, is due to have pups on May 23!!
Xrays show that she has 4-6 puppies in there!! A lot
for a little one like her.
Happy Birthday to all you Bombers that have had
birthdays this year so far.
All this talk about teachers. I had a lot of good
ones, starting from John Ball, Spalding, Chief Jo and
Col Hi. Mostly remember the Art teachers, Mrs. Alexander
at Spalding, Mrs. Pearson at Chief Jo and Mr. McGrath
and Mr. Coelho at Col Hi. Mr. Reid was a great Govt./
(history?) teacher. Miss Colliten, I really liked for
French (which is really helping me down here with
Spanish as the languages are structured about the
same.) Mr. Pritchett for biology. And I'd have to go
back to the annuals to remember names of more. I think
I've mentioned before that Mr. McGrath lives in SantaFe
and I am still in touch with him. Still very lively in
his 70s and does wonderful art and his writing group
has readings in his orchard in the warm weather.
Re: Street names
Cottonwood started out as "Cottonwood Drive". My
Dad, Fay Perkins, still lives in the house there, and
nobody else has ever lived in that house except our
family. We never lived in any other house in Richland
either. Moved in from the little trailer in North
Richland in January of 1949. Much wind, much sand, and
yes much stinging of the poor bare legs. My dad, an ex
avid referee and umpire, is still going strong bowling
and will hit 80 this year.
Yes--how uniquely we grew up. Los Alamos is similar
in ways but they were closer to the metropolitan areas of
Santa Fe and Albuquerque with the arts and entertainment
-- they also had to have badges to get in and out of
town... even the children. Richland was so isolated,
they had to build their own culture in a way.
Bomber Cheers,
-Donna McGregor Salazar ('57) ~Sunny, Dry, Windy
Espanola, NM
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>>From: Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60)
Re: Portland/Vancouver Bomber Luncheon
DATE: May 17 - Saturday
TIME: 11:00 a.m. - 2;00 p.m.
PLACE: DoubleTree/Columbia River
All Bombers and spouses are welcome. This will be
the last luncheon until the picnic in August. Come
help us plan this summer's Portland/Vancouver Picnic!
-Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Greetings from Kansas City again!!
Carol Rice Forister ('62) and I have spent a relaxing
day here at her home in Kansas City and at their lake
place where they volunteer, at Hillsdale Lake State
Park. It's been fun and nice to just take it easy
today. Tomorrow we'll continue to just spend time
together and then I'll head out early for Indiana on
Monday, so I can get home and sort the mail, etc. and
see how the place has held out for the last 2 months.
My husband has been faithful to his bike riding
schedule, and he traveled from Dodge City to almost
Hutchinson, KS today.
Carol has told me she will help Warren get some
photos downloaded on his website. So that should make
it more interesting!! It looks like 3 pretty calm days
weather-wise, which is a blessing with all the tornados
they've been having around here.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
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>>From: Larry "Dobie" Stephens ('63)
To: Jim Hamilton ('63)
Jim,
Your story really made me laugh, especially the
part about Zeke.
-Larry "Dobie" Stephens ('63)
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>>From: Nancy Mallory Johnson ('64)
The tornados of last Sunday came through Jackson TN,
where I live. The whole town looks like a bomb hit it.
The downtown was hit hard... many buildings destroyed
(including the post office -- big concrete building).
Power lines and poles (over 1000) are down all over
(including just down the street from me).
Thankfully my home and family were spared. Do keep
the people here and in surrounding areas in your prayers.
-Nancy Mallory Johnson ('64)
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
Re: favorite teachers and stuff
Gee... I am beginning to think I really missed out
on some of the Bomber culture when I was in school.
Everybody is talking about their favorite teachers and
how they did this and how they did that. My favorite
teacher was Francis Coello... in KINDERGARTEN!!!!!
From then on for me it was all down hill. During grade
school, I just kinda existed for recess and after
school. Every now and then I got to meet the principals
but we never became buds... for some reason or other
they never liked my organizing skills and the fun stuff
I organized... One teacher in 5th grade used to whack
us with a rubber hose... so Craig Davis ('65) and I
told his mom that my mom was going to the principal...
course my mom thought... no... knew that whatever we
got... we deserved worse! She was NOT happy with me for
what we did thru Mrs. Davis... In Jr. Hi, I learned the
true meaning of school... walking girls from their
lockers and from class to class... now that was
something I could sink my teeth into. I was not a
reader back then. My mom made me stay in my room one
summer till noon with Tom Sawyer and Ivanho... I read
the first page of Tom Sawyer at least once a day for
the entire summer and have never again looked at either
of those books. Being the true stubborn son of a injun
that I am and a soon to be full blown alky (18 years of
sobriety now)... I refused to read any book till I was
21 years old! High School was a dream come true for me.
Long hallways to walk girls thru, fun guys to drink
with and fast cars to play with (oh my... ended a
sentence with a preposition). Sock hops, Hi-Spot,
Zip's, drive ins and drags rounded out my time. I was
counseled that I should learn to work with my hands and
that there was probably a market for opening a shop on
the side of the road selling pottery near the Rez...
(they really said that... ) The day we graduated, Ricky
('65... nka "Richard") Warford and I sat on the curb in
front of Mac hall and just shook our heads repeating
over and over "we blew it... we blew it... what will we
do now... " We were doomed to real life... what a
shock. I look back on it now and wonder how do you get
from there to here? Somehow I managed to accumulate a
few reading skills after that first book at 21... did a
BS in 6 semesters, then a masters (all on academic
scholarships after the first semester of probation in
undergrad) and then traded a scholarship to do a PhD at
Harvard for one to get a JD at ASU... But my favorite
teacher is still Mr. Coello and to all you parents out
there who have this sinking feeling that your kids have
blown it for good. There is still hope... don't give up
on them yet!
-David Rivers ('65)
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>>From: Rob Peutz ('73)
Re: small world
Jeanette Haberman ('73) and I are getting married
today [May 10, 2003], at 2 PM. We reconnected through
a posting I did in May of 1999. Jeanette responded May
10, and 4 years later, to the day, we exchange vows.
Love you Jenny, and looking forward to spending the
rest of my life with you.
-Rob Peutz ('73)
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>>From: Gina Rees ('81)
Re: Torthay Ct.
I just happen to live on Torthay Ct. The house I
live in was built in the early '70s. It is a Garrison
construction house and identical to the one my parents
own in Beverly heights. I was told that this area was
once a power substation. I was also told the name was
generated as a combination of Torbett and Thayer.
-Gina Rees ('81)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 05/12/03
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8 Bombers, 1 Colt, and 1 funeral notice today:
Kay Weir ('37 Colt), Ann Pearson ('50)
Dick Wight ('52), Ed Borasky ('59)
Ernie Trujillo ('59), Larry Mattingly ('60)
Linda Reining ('64), Patti Snider ('65)
Marcia Wade ('67)
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>>From: Kay Weir Fishback ('37 Colt)
Re: I came from Casper, WY
To: Tom Hoffman ('47 and '48)
My Dad was born and grew up in Rosthey, Scotland.
As a young man he decided to come to the US... I really
don"t know why. He went to work on a big ranch in
Wyoming when WW One broke out he went to Canada and
enlisted in the Army in a British Regiment. His mother
was very put out as she already had 3 sons in the
British Army fighting the Huns (as the Germans were
called) and she thought he might have waited till
America got in the war to enlist... three of his
brothers were killed but my dad and his twin survived.
After the war he came back to America after having
married the sister of one of the girls married to one
of his brothers. After the war he went to work in the
Standard Oil Refinery in Casper where he eventually was
fired for joining a group trying to get Standard to pay
Union Wages.
Now you probably know more than you really wanted
to know.
-Kay Weir Fishback ('37 Colt)
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>>From: Ann Pearson Burrows ('50)
To: Dick McCoy ('45, '46, and '02) et al
Re: All the messages regarding "A" street, Thayer etc.
My memory has been stirred (to a somewhat lesser
degree than all of yours). We lived on A Street in an
"A" house... I queried my 92 year old mother as to the
address and neighbors etc... she thinks it was 7L. The
right hand was occupied by a Charlie Gates and Family.
We were living with Joe and Daisy Valentine... Joe was
a surveyor and arrived earlier than most and got a
house. If her recollections are correct we were only a
few houses apart, Dick!! But then you were probably to
grown-up to notice the wee tots!! *LOL*
-Ann Pearson Burrows ('50)
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>>From: Dick Wight ('52)
Re: Sand storms
One of our regular contributors stated that before
the Hanford project was started there weren't any local
sand storms, apparently since agriculture covered the
area. I sure disagree! I was born in Pasco (1934) and
one of the most vivid early memories I have is of
being in a bad sand storm in residential Pasco (near
downtown) at about age 3 or 4 ('37-'38). My mother
rescued me from the vacant lot next to our house. I
recall sand storms as being a regular occurrence. But
then, maybe the sand only blew on the Pasco side of
the river.
-Dick Wight ('52)
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>>From: Ed Borasky ('59)
Re: Gunsmoke trivia
Howard McNear indeed played Doc on the radio
version of Gunsmoke. He was also a regular on the
Burns and Allen TV show and one of the truly great
comic actors. Parley Baer played Chester on the radio
version of Gunsmoke, and Georgia Ellis was Kitty. And
of course, William Conrad was Matt Dillon.
Re: Tinkle Street
I lived on Tinkle Street. You know, in those days,
there were lots of things you could send away for. I
would fill out the forms on the cereal box tops. First,
I'd put down my name ... then "2006" ... then ... then
I'd usually tear it up and throw it in the trash.
My father used to say you could stand on the corner
of Wright Street and Tinkle. :)
-M. Edward (Ed) Borasky ('59)
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>>From: Ernie Trujillo ('59)
To: Bob Harman ('51), Vicki Owens ('72) and John Bixler ('64)
Re: Al Yencopal (RIP)
I too remember Al, as we called him at Christ the
King C.Y.O.. It seems like yesterday and it's hard to
believe that he's gone. He was our Basketball coach in
'57 and '58 and it seemed to me as a 17 year old that
he always knew what to do in situations... a really
great role model. When I think back to all the good
teachers I've had in life, he was one of the best. At
the time I didn't even know that he was a judge and
didn't find out until later in life. He will be missed
by so many people.
-Ernie Trujillo ('59)
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>>From: Larry Mattingly ('60)
Re: Asparagus
I was at Coulee Dam Friday afternoon and evening.
We test fired some pyro material for a photo session
for a possible corporate sponsor for additional monies
for fireworks on the dam. If it works there may be some
substantial surprises in the fireworks for Memorial Day
(Sunday night) and 4th of July. We will know in a few
days. I have been pushing hard for several days and
was too tired to drive back to Tacoma so we ran down
to Ephrata Best Western and got a couple of rooms. On
the way out of town Saturday AM I bargained with a
veggie saleslady at a fruit stand for 80 pounds of
fresh asparagus just picked that morning. I picked it
out as it came off the truck. I iced it and hurried
home and by midnight I had trimmed, washed, blanched,
bagged it, and put it in the freezer.
Like many Bombers, we picked it growing wild and
I love it to this day.
Re: Dust
Catching up on several days of the 'Storm and
reading of the dust, I couldn't help but vividly
remember some early dust storms. We lived for a while
at 206 Casey and you could see them coming over the
shoulder of Badger Mtn. Towels were shoved under ill-
fitting doors and we had about 30 minutes until it hit.
I remember using the coal shovel to scoop up the 2
inches of sand in the little stairwell in the kitchen
of the "B" house. One day I was bouncing a ball against
the house and broke a living room window. Yes, of
course that afternoon the dust blew. To say my dad was
upset would be an understatement.
How many remember re-adjusting sprung car doors
with a 2x4 as a lever after a wild wind jerked them
out of your hand?
During another storm one fall just about dark we
were groping our way home in the car and I saw two
teenage girls clinging to a street sign post. Dad
stopped and gave them a ride to our house where they
called their parents. They were a mess. They were
literally choking from the sand. While they were
cleaning up we heard a tremendous crash and ran outside
to see what happened. This was when we lived at 1613
Judson way before Chief Jo school. Just across the
street to the north was the roof of a prefab. It had
blown in from somewhere up by the bus lot that was in
those days, just a couple of blocks to the west.
"Happiness is the sky in bloom"
-J Larry Mattingly ('60) ~ Looking for good weather
tomorrow. I have to either mow the lawn or call
for a hay baler. I was really embarrassed this
afternoon when my spry neighbor lady offered to
mow it for me. She does all of her own yard work,
and will be 90 the 13th of July.
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
To: David Rivers ('65)
Your entry just proves the old adage, "You can't
teach an old dog new tricks" totally wrong!!!!!!!!!!
Doesn't it feel great??????
I liked reading and that is still one of my
favorite things to do, but I could never retain what
I read... I can pick up the same damn book a month
later and it is like "brand new"!!! :(
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ We are still having wintry
weather in Bakersfield, CA... normal for this time
of year is the high 80s, we are in the low 60s but
they are predicting 80s by the middle of next week,
so will soon be time for me to start hibernating. ;)
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>>From: Patti Snider Miller ('65)
To: David Rivers ('65)
Congratulations on your 18 years of sobriety :) !!!
You are amazing... All the schooling you have gone to
and being a fine lawyer. You have come along ways, you
worked hard at it and made a success story. That's
right, never give up on your own "kids" or let them
give up on themselves. We all need support whether we
are doing right or wrong. We must all remember to take
care of ourselves first and you'll be surprised how we
are then able to take care of others as well. Here's
a quote I use in Weight Watchers: What you did is not
important. What you learned from it is. (Terry Morrow,
W.W. receptionist) I'll get off my soap box now.
I hope all you Mothers' had a wonderful Mothers'
Day!!!!
I don't want to forget to say 'HI' to Richard!!
Bomber Cheers,
-Patti Snider Miller ('65) ~ Richland - where it is 65°
and a little overcast, the sun has peaked out,
yes, we are having a little breeze too.
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>>From: Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67)
Re: Los Alamos
To: Donna McGregor Salazar ('57)
Thanks, Donna. I'd always sort of wondered how
the 'early days' in Los Alamos compared to the early
days in Richland re: the bomb culture, and what our
childhoods growing up in a government town were like
compared to theirs. It would be interesting to do some
more research to compare Los Alamos, Richland, and
whatever the place was in Tennessee wasn't it? [Yes,
that would be Oak Ridge TN. -Maren], where they did
like tasks to prepare the bombs. (Sheesh, I thought
the names of those three towns were etched indelibly
in my brain, but I'm now under the influence of what
must be a major 'Medicare moment' where brain cells are
concerned!) I'm actually one of what must be a minority
in my age group, as a near native, since my Dad was
raised in White Bluffs. I had a few classmates who
were born in Richland, but none of their parents had
been born in this area that I knew of. We were so lucky
to grow up in the safe environment we had in those
days, and when I think of all the open areas we had
available for play, the neighborhood parks every few
blocks, with swings and slides and monkey bars, and the
big grassy lots scattered here there and everywhere
where we could run and play, I really think we had it
good! What a special time and special place!!
-Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67)
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Funeral Notice
>>Susan Taylor Bingeman ('68) ~ 6/28/50 - 5/6/03
FuneralNotices.tripod.com
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 05/13/03
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick McCoy ('45, '46, & '02), Dore Tyler ('53)
Judy Crose ('58), MaryMike Hartnett ('61)
John Adkins ('62), Bruce Strand ('69)
Carla Lehfeldt ('83)
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45, '46, and '02)
To: Ann Pearson Burrows ('50)
No, I didn't know you lived there. I didn't get to
know you till you and your buddies used to drive Chas
Larrabee ('47), John Hughes ('47) and I nuts at the
movie house. What flirts. But fun.
Re: Al Yencopal (RIP)
Al was a great guy and I had a number of beers with
him in the very old days. He was known for the unusual
non-jail punishments he gave to juveniles. Al came from
the tough town of Cle Elum when the mines were working.
He had a big sharp nose, and he used to say he didn't
know why it never got flattened.
Re: Asparagus
The block where we lived was built on an asparagus
field. They came up through the blacktop sidewalks,
through our lawn, and even through the dirt side in
our basement. The latter were pure white from lack of
sunshine. Curiously, they did not come up anywhere in
the second year.
-Dick McCoy ('45, '46, and '02)
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>>From: Dore Tyler ('53)
Re: Asparagus
Re: Larry Mattingly ('60) post
I just want to note that I have a fine stand of 11
Asparagus plants in my Tacoma back yard.
It's one of the newer hybrid varieties and allows
me to OD on fresh "grass" and put some away for cold
winter nights.
This year I'm experimenting with drying the excess.
-Dore Tyler ('53) ~ Taxoma, WA
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>>From: Judy Crose Snowhite ('58)
Re: "R" on the hillside
I know that some of the '84 graduates (my son,
Lance ('84), included) put the Rainier "R" on the
hillside with the year '84. They cut it into the
hillside so well that later classes had a hard time
changing it.
-Judy Crose Snowhite ('58) ~ Richland - where it is
raining and we just cut our pasture hay!
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>>From: MaryMike Hartnett ('61)
I, too, have enjoyed reading of the original layout
and streets of "early" Richland. I especially related
to Shirley Sherwood Milani's ('62) account of our
carefree childhood and the freedom to stay out late on
evenings to play. No threat of kidnapping, child
molestations, etc. I can only attribute that to the
extensive background checks and security investigations
of the residents of the town. I fondly recall warm
summer nights, playing "Red light, Green light" and
"Mother May I?" in the large grassy areas between our
back yards!
Thanks for the memory recollection, Shirley.
-MaryMike Hartnett ('61)
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>>From: John Adkins ('62)
Re: Asparagus
To: Larry Mattingly ('60)
Just a minor point (unless you're doing it) you
don't pick Asparagus - you "stick" it.
Probably tastes the same either way though - come
to think of it.
-John Adkins "62" ~ a little rain in Richland this morning
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>>From: Bruce Strand ('69)
Re: Richland visit
My wife and I were in Richland yesterday (5/11) to
put flowers on my Mother's grave for Mom's Day and
visit my Dad. More subdivisions popping up out of the
sagebrush.
We drove over from Pullman where my daughter,
Kylie, had just graduated from WAZZU. Being a hard-core
Huskie (6 years) that may be hard to take but at least
it is still a Washington school and Eastern Washington,
too. My daughter did well, graduated magna cum laude.
Now she needs a career in "Risk Management," her major.
A job she had lined up with a large insurance company
out of Chicago called her Friday morning and told her
they had changed their mind ("wanted someone with more
experience"). She'll do fine, however -- she's awesome
(just ask her).
Re: Big Pool
We went past the Big Pool. What's with it? It now
looks like the "Small "L" Pool." I know there has been
discussion about it in these pages, but until you see
what is being done -- it's just weird...
-Bruce Strand ('69) ~ Back in Tempe, AZ - where it must be 90+°
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>>From: Carla Lehfeldt Boeringa ('83)
Re: Annie Bailey (RIP)
I know there are quite a few teachers as well as
alumni who read the Sandstorm so I just wanted to let
you know that Annie Bailey died early Saturday morning.
She worked at Jefferson for many years working with the
kids who had problems reading and teaching English to
the kids that came in to school not being able to speak
a word of it. She was a lovely, patient, and positive
person even through the last few years with having to
deal with dialysis 3 times a week and other health
problems.
I know the funeral notice has not been in the
paper yet but I do know the funeral will be at CUP
on Saturday. No time has been confirmed yet and if
anything changes I will let you know. Her children
(Kevin, Mark, Brian and Sharon) all graduated from
Hanford I believe but I figured some of you might
know them anyway.
Sorry to be the messenger of unhappy news.
-Carla Lehfeldt Boeringa ('83) ~ Richland - where the
rain is keeping me in compliance with the city's
dust control policy for construction sites
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 05/14/03
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Norma Culverhouse ('49), Bill Berlin ('56)
Janet Wilgus ('59), John Browne, Jr. ('61)
Lynda Brandon ('70WB)
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>>From: Norma Culverhouse King ('49)
To: Richard Roberts ('49), Ray Gillette ('49),
Dick Harris ('49), etc.
I can't believe you haven't responded to the entry
about Dr. Harris. I am sure you know his nickname.
Maybe one or more of you even had a part in giving
him the name. Remember assemblies the year he was
principal? Was it '48 or '49?
-Norma Culverhouse King ('49) ~ Richland - where we are
finally getting some warm weather.
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>>From: Bill Berlin ('56)
Re: Asparagus
The mere mention of asparagus sends shivers up my
back. Just after we arrived in Richland in the Spring
of 1947 my Father discovered asparagus was growing wild
all around the place. He found a bonanza in an old
orchard out around North Richland and we would go out
there and "stick" the stuff. Actually we used long
bladed knives and cut the asparagus a couple of inches
under the ground. One night after work we were out
there digging away and I was working around a big
tumble weed when all of a sudden I heard a buzzzzzzzz.
Backing off a little and looking into the bush there
he was, a very large and agitated rattlesnake. In
subsequent visits to the Mother of all Asparagus fields
we saw at least one of those critters, mostly getting
out of our way.
After I graduated from Col Hi in '56 and went on to
Linfield College, I would be back home from a summer in
Alaska for a week or two in late August. One year my
brother Bruce (Kennewick '63) took a job clearing out
asparagus roots for a farmer neighbor from his orchard.
Ever seen a mature asparagus root? An average one would
probably fit in the Seahawks stadium. We used chain
saws, axes, an old Oliver creeper tractor and machetes
to get SOME of the roots out. Later this guy used light
charges of dynamite to loosen them up (and the
neighbors). So much for this subject.
-Bill Berlin ('56) ~ in balmy, sunny Seattle. Who needs
Hawaii?
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>>From: Janet Wilgus Beaulieu ('59)
Re: Badger Mt.
To: Judy Crose Snowhite ('58)
Hi Judy,
Yes, we can still see the remnants of Bomber fervor
on the mountain near us. We, and those of us living at
the foot of this big hill, hope that the meager annual
plant growth that for years has been making attempts to
cover this "man-made" scarring of the one little hump
that nature has left this area, will someday complete
the job. If anyone were to scar this area further for
Bomber pride, we and many of the residents here would
be most saddened. It is just an eyesore that is slowly
fading, and we think it rather inane to blemish this
natural "local monument"... one of so very few in this
area. Hopefully, the Richland kids can show their pride
in their wonderful school in a constructive way.
Someone else had written about this a few weeks ago,
and I thought the less said the better, but now I just
feel the need to express another opinion.
Bomber pride in my heart and memories,
-Janet Wilgus Beaulieu ('59)
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>>From: John Browne, Jr. ('61)
Re: Culture in the 'Hood
Donna MacGregor Salazar's ('57) comment about Los
Alamos' proximity to the cultural centers of NM got me
thinking about the great music scene in Pasco of 'long
ago'... My dad took me to see Louie Armstrong's band at
a ball park there, in the '50s. When there was still a
railroad presence, there was pretty great R&B & blues
available to those willing to brave the 'color barrier'
of E. Pasco (which is a lot more like Los Alamos than
southside Chicago these days... interesting, that!).
Los Alamos is about as far from Albuquerque as Yakima
is from Richland - but who went to Yakima for culture?
(No... it was the giant hamburgers, mostly...) Funny,
where the local indigenous culture is revered, it
kind of builds out like a spiral, & encourages other
cultural pursuits; & where it's ridiculed it creates...
a different effect. It does seem, despite the very
real wrangling between the various cultures in the
southwest, that there's still enough mutual respect to
sustain many cultural pursuits... I never will forget
finding a windowless cabin in a snow storm one March,
when I decided to walk from El Rito (where some old
friends had gone, from Portland) to Canjilon, through
the Kit Carson National Forest. I was in one room there
about 10 days. There was a big oak table in that room
that looked just like those tables in Mr. Bernard's
classroom at Chief Joe. One day I was underneath it, &
looked up to find some writing there - "Atomic Energy
Commission, Los Alamos, NM" - as close as I ever got to
Los Alamos, by golly! ^..^
-JHBrowne, Jr. ('61) ~ Vashon Island, WA
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>>From: Lynda Brandon Karnath ('70WB)
To: Frank Trent ('72)
Hi, Frank,
I saw your birthday greeting to [your brother] Val ('70)
last Friday. When I tried to email him with an old
picture, it bounced back. He must have a newer address
than I had from a year or so ago. Would you have his
email address, and would you email it to me?? If not,
please mention it to him.
Thanks,
-Lynda Brandon Karnath ('70WB)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 05/15/03
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6 Bombers and 1 Colt sent stuff:
Kay Wear ('37 Colt), Gene Hall ('48)
Dick Harris ('49), Ray Gillette ('49)
Richard Roberts ('49), Dave Brusie ('51)
Zorba Manolopoulos ('91)
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BOMBER LUNCHES (in order of appearance)
05/16 - Girls of '54
05/17 - Bakersfield
05/17 - Phoenix
More information: www.calsnet.net/All_Bombers
Click the lunch you want to know about.
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>>From: Kay Weir Fishback ('37 Colt)
Re: Dusty Pasco
Somebody asked how could Richland be without dust
in the early days when Franklin County had so much.
Simple -- North Franklin county belonged to the
Railroad and it wasn't farmed. When the Railroads were
building (replacing the Stage Lines) the Govt gave them
large blocks of land to encourage then to expand the
lines. I don't know if there was a time limit on the
grant or what exactly the deal was but after WW2 the
land was put up for sale to veterans who wanted to
farm. We went over and picked out a piece and were
picked out a farm and were awarded an acreage but not
the one we wanted so we reluctantly didn't buy it... it
was a hilly acreage and would have been hard to water.
We had no idea that within a few years somebody would
come up with over head sprinklers.
See what you learn from somebody who is old and
also a History Nut.
-Kay Weir Fishback ('37 Colt)
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>>From: Gene Hall ('48)
Re: Mention of the school song by Dick McCoy ('45, '46, & '02)
I too feel that the original song was the best.
As I remember it was changed to resemble the WSC fight
song because the tune was the same as (spit) Pasco's.
I remember the words to the old song and couldn't begin
to sing the present one, and not just because I also am
a Dawg.
RHS school song
We're loyal to you, Richland High
We're green and we're gold, Richland High
We'll back you to stand
'Gainst the best in the land,
Fore we know you have sand, Richland High
Rah!! Rah!!
So, onward we go, Richland High
Go speeding ahead, Richland High
Our team is our best asset,
It never has failed us yet,
Hurrah! for you Richland High!
Rah!! Rah!!
Age must make one a sentimental old fool?!!
-Gene Hall, '48 Bomber
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>>From: Dick Harris ('49)
Re: Dr. Harris at Columbia High School
O.K., Norma Culverhouse King ('49), you had to
mention the nickname for our "beloved principal,"
Dr. Raymond P. Harris. He was the principal, when we
graduated in 1949; but as you suggest, there was lots
of turmoil before that great event. The nickname was
"bunny-bottom" and with a little distortion of the good
Harris name, you can get there! I am a bit reluctant to
mention all this, as I had to live with that nickname
from time to time in my life, too! But, for one and
all, there it is!
Bonnie and I will be leaving for Brisbane next
week, spending a few days on the Sunshine Coast
with Rotary friends from Tasmania (Island State of
Australia), next attending the International Convention
of Rotary, and then flying to Tasmania for a couple of
weeks with a number of families. Following that, we'll
fly to Sydney to be picked-up by another Aussie and
spend a few days with two families in the Blue Mountain
area, about an hour west of Sydney.
We'll be home for a couple of weeks and then leave
with our daughter and son-in-law from Spokane and son
from Dallas and spend a couple of weeks in Sweden and
Norway. Bonnie has heritage in both countries, for
which I try to forgive her. I promised I would take
her to Scandinavia, when she agreed to accompany me
to Russia, last summer. This trip is a celebration of
our 50th, which doesn't truly happen until Sept. So,
see ya later!
-Dick Harris ('49)
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>>From: Ray Gillette ('49)
To: Norma Culverhouse King ('49)
Dear Norma;
Well, as you know there were two nicknames for
Dr. Raymond Harris during his year as principal. The
least offensive (I suppose) was Dr. Bunnybutt. The
other one could be guessed with a little ingenuity.
It was Dr. Rabbitbottom.
Although I didn't respond, I was thinking about
those times. I believe it was our senior year that he
was principal.
Regards,
-Ray Gillette ('49)
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>>From: Dick Roberts ('49)
To: Norma Culverhouse King ('49)
As I recall, Norma dear, we affectionately called
Dr. Harris "Fuzzybottom", a take off from Hair a__ or
Harris. I don't know why we never called Dick Harris ('49)
that. Too much respect, I suppose. I do believe the
assemblies were rather rambunctious as Dr. Harris was
such a pompous person and the assembled just didn't
let him get away with it.
-Dick Roberts ('49) ~ lovely Grover Beach, CA - where
in the hell is Grover Beach? Right next to Pismo
Beach.
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From: Dave Brusie ('51)
Re: Flat Stomach
Bomber Girls,
Oh! What I wouldn't do to have a flat stomach like
Betsy Carlile had. No wonder I remember her so vividly.
-Dave Brusie ('51)
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>>From: Zorba Manolopoulos ('91)
Re: Alumni Basketball Tournament ~ 6/21/03
We could use some more numbers for the Alumni
Basketball tournament, so if you are motivated, I am
sure your fellow Bombers could use some encouragement.
Remember, early registration ends ($30) this
Saturday. After that it goes to $40. So if you have
that relative or classmate who is still holding out,
let them know. http://www.rhssf.org/tournament
Re: RHS Scholarship
The scholarship applications are due this Saturday
as well. All RHS high school Seniors are eligible.
http://www.rhssf.org
Thanks
-Zorba Manolopoulos ('91)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 05/16/03
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7 Bombers and 2 funeral notices today:
Bill Berlin ('56), John Adkins ('62)
Carol Cross ('64), Gary Behymer ('64)
Linda Reining ('64), Rick Maddy ('67)
Kerry A. Steichen ('74)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sandy Jones Fishback ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dave McDaniels ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judy Kleinpeter Peterson ('67)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Yesterday: Jerry & Shirley Pittman Molnaa ('52)
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>>From: Bill Berlin ('56)
Re: Dust storms and North Franklin County
To: Kay Weir Fishback ('37 Colt)
You are right, a lot of that north Franklin County
property belonged to the railroads but a lot more
belonged to the Federal Government. My Dad's first job
at Richland was with the Bureau of Land Reclamation and
he was the head of the team that developed the
irrigation system that was put into place in that area.
Veterans could qualify for 120 acres (I believe) but if
they qualified for two of the parcels, they had to be
divided by 5 miles, in other words no 240 contiguous
acres were allowed. There was a set price with payment
set over ten years.
You don't have to get up to early to beat the US
Government and so the guys up there would "rent" their
120 to a guy who wanted or needed more land and he in
turn would rent his 120 that was closer to the first
farmer. 240s and 360s popped up all over the place and
it was all legal.
When water finally got to that land it was
incredibly abundant and green replaced sage brush
almost as fast as another section of irrigation canal
went in and water diverted to the land. Talk about
rattlesnake country! When it got cool in the Fall they
would ball up inside a hay stack to the point that the
farmer had to burn the hay to get rid of them. Bailing
kind of put an end to that problem but the critters
were [and still are] out there.
I can remember as a 3rd and 4th grader at L & C
going out with my Dad on a Saturday to review the
development of the project as well as the building of
the Pump Houses along the river around White Bluffs to
pull the water up slopes to the canals. Heck of a lift
for millions of tons of water. My Dad finally decided
to get out of that snake infested business and get a
job in Bomber infested Richland.
-Bill Berlin ('56) ~ where we had rain, hail and sun at
the Boats Afloat Show in Seattle.
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>>From: John Adkins ('62)
Re: Gene Hall ('48) - and the "old fight song
I actually have a recording of that fight song that
we converted from a 45 rpm record to a CD for the class
of "62's" 40th reunion. It was performed by the Col Hi
Band - under Gordon Papas - and the Col Hi Choir -
under Harley Stell. It's terrible fidelity but kind of
fun to listen too.
-John Adkins "62" ~ Pretty nice in "beautiful downtown
Richland this morning
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>>From: Carol Cross Llewellyn ('64)
To: Jeff Curtis ('69)
Thanks Jeff for your recent Sandstorm/Tinkle entry!
Laughed myself silly. What talent!!
-Carol Cross Llewellyn ('64)
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
Wednesday night's "West Wing" program mentioned Richland,
Washington, at about 35 minutes into the show (;-)
-Gary Behymer ('64) ~ Colfax, WA since 1974
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
To: Dick Roberts ('49)
Re: Where in the hell is Grover Beach?
I knew where it was. Wad a young pastor move
over there and start up a church... don't know what
happened, but he didn't stay.
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA- we are starting
to heat up and it is just about time for me
to hibernate.
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>>From: Rick Maddy ('67)
Re: Dick Harris ('49) - names
Names are a funny thing. Most of my friends call
me Maddy. I have had a few inquisitive looks along the
way. So have a few of my friends introducing me. A
lot of girls are nicknamed Maddy. This one guy I
was introduced to told me his wife was also a Maddy.
Short for Madeline. Without skipping a beat I said,
"Madeline... why that’s my name too!" Since this one
happened while living on Maui (you would need to
live there for the gist of why I mention Maui), the
Darwinian I had just been introduced to all of a sudden
had to be somewhere else in a big hurry.
Re: Tripping again:
I will be leaving (driving) on July 1 from HB for a
seven week trip to Olympia, Seattle and Wenatchee for a
visit with family and friends. Then off to Spokane for
a visit with my granddaughter and Phil Collins ('67)
at his home away from home. Then to Chariton, IA, West
Union, OH and on to Kitty Hawk because of the 100th
year of the flight. I have flown over the Atlantic
Ocean (Vienna, Austria in '74), but never stood on one
of it's beaches. I flew into Alexandria, VA in (May)
'98 to look at the Wall on the Mall. Never went to
the beach. Does anyone live near Lexington, VA? Cape
Hatteras, NC? Myrtle Beach? Atlanta? Memphis?
Albuquerque? Elk City, OK? I was wondering if anyone
that does could tell me - if you had one or two days
in these burgs, what you would not miss seeing? Those
quick and simple views. Would appreciate you writing
me. The last time I did this sort of road trip
(June/July '98) I never wanted to see another National
park again as long as I lived! 103° in Biloxi, MS,
yuall. Mile post 998 in Texas - whoa mule. Chiggers,
skeeters and copperhead snakes, oh my! Time changes
some attitudes along life's way. Thanks for any info.
No four or five star anything. I have a one star
tent and a coffee pot. And at times will stay in the
infamous no tell motel to remember what a bed feels
like.
For example, if you were in HB, you would want to
walk out on the pier, which I believe is the largest
of it's kind in the world, and have a cup of coffee at
Ruby's on the end of the pier. Maybe a turkey pot pie.
Or a quick jaunt down the beach for a quick gawk at the
women's extraordinary beach volleyball skills. Or drive
ten miles and see Dr. Schuller's Crystal Palace...
I mean Cathedral... in Orange, CA. I must say, the
reverend makes Gaudy look like Norman Rockwell. Very
interesting Works. Or stop at the Smart and Final store
on Goldenwest and pick up a gallon of pickled eggs for
the rest of your trip, etc., etc. Everyone remembers
KISS, right?
Thanks again,
-Rick Maddy ('67) ~ Huntington Beach, CA
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>>From: Kerry A. Steichen ('74)
Anyone watching the "West Wing" last night catch
the reference to Richland? A plane was flying close to
a factitious nuclear plant and the president had to
make a choice to blow it out of the sky or not. Then
the plane pilot came on the radio and identified and
said they were having trouble. Later it was mentioned
that they were some drinking college kids didn't say
which university. WSU/EWU/CBC
-Kerry A. Steichen ('74)
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Funeral Notice scanned from the TCHerald
by Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
>>Marian Faye Howser ('51) ~ 12/21/32 - 5/3/03
FuneralNotices.tripod.com
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 05/17/03
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9 Bombers sent stuff:
Gloria Falls ('58), John Browne, Jr. ('61), Helen Cross ('62)
Linda Lester ('62), Deedee Willox ('64), Nancy Mallory ('64)
Rick Maddy ('67), Jim Anderson ('72WB), Cecily Riccobuono ('77)
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BOMBER LUNCH TODAY - Bakersfield
BOMBER LUNCH TODAY - Portland/Vancouver
BOMBER LUNCH TODAY - Southern CA
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>>From: Gloria Falls Evans ('58)
Re: A note to my great friends from school
I am now a new grandmother so this makes six.
Twins were born at 28 weeks yesterday they barely
weigh 2 pound. One boy and one girl, babies and mother,
father (my son), and grandmother are doing just fine.
Thanks to all the prayers of my friends of '58. Modern
technology is the greatest ever.
My father passed away last week which is so sad he
did not get to see them.
-Gloria Falls Evans ('58)
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>>From: John Browne, Jr. ('61)
Re: Madeleines?
To: Rick Maddy ('67)
You're not the only guy I know who's named after
a cookie... I got a friend, Chip, who lives near you
(or did). I was known, briefly, as Monsieur Gallette,
because of my preferred food at work (restaurant/
bakery). Where's the guy called Spud whose middle name
is 'Nut', anyhow?
Re: Railroad lands
The corridor from Renton to Sumner, which once
was farm-filled, has lost out to the global economy
movement; & farms are being replaced by warehouses (aka
'shipping distribution centers'). From talking with a
few old-timers, I've learned that nearly all the farms
were leased from the railroads, & those leases weren't
renewed when the pressure to expand Port of Seattle (&
Tacoma, to a lesser degree) made paving prime farmland
too profitable to refuse. I guess the dirt will be safe
under there until the price of shipping food around the
world becomes costlier than growing it close to home
again... probably not in my lifetime, though.
Hey, Rick- one of my favorite all-time views was
looking out to sea around dusk from a high place above
Corona del Mar in June, when the sun is setting N of
true East. The waves out to sea roll in as straight
lines, until the effect of the points of the bay
slow them up a little... then they throw this slow,
beautiful arc into the bay, like watching a pearl
necklace form & break apart to roll into shore... The
right-angle light on the SW flow at sunset made it
really work for me (I'm pretty sure that the diameter
of my pupils had very little to do with it- really).
^..^
-JHBrowne, Jr. ('61) ~ Vashon Island, WA
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Carol Rice Forister ('62) decided to come home with
me for a few days, so we took off on Mother's Day and
had a very fun road trip up here to West Harrison, IN
along Highway 50. I left Warren to "batch it" alone in
Kansas, and he did very well, getting to Kansas City, KS
the day after Carol and I left.
Carol and I had a great road trip. We found a neat
Amish restaurant to eat and shop in. We found the home
of the white squirrels in SW Indiana, and after only
an hour and a half, we finally did get a photo of an
actual white squirrel. They really do exist. And Carol
helped me clean up my "junk room" so that I now have
a livable den and sewing room, which was no small
achievement. But we were both so exhausted, that she
slept on the way to the Indianapolis airport this
morning, and I slept in a roadside rest before getting
back for a meeting in Cincinnati, and I was even late.
Warren has done very well on this solo part of the
trip. He continues to average almost 100 miles a day.
After 2 rest days in Kansas City, he took off this
morning and ventured into Missouri, where he is at
Salina, MO tonight. He expects to make it to Indiana by
the 22nd or 23rd depending on the weather. (Missouri is
expecting severe thunderstorms the next few days, but
that beats tornados.)
Carol had heard so much about tornado warnings in
the little Missouri town of Nob Noster, that we toured
the place on our drive out. She was really surprised
not to see tornado damage, as it had been in the
warnings so much.
As we drove through all the cute little towns back
here, we concluded that we didn't appreciate all the
amenities that we thought were everywhere, like good
sidewalks, wide paved streets, and playgrounds. We were
really lucky to grow up in Richland, where we had all
that. I remember the green play yards around my cousin's
house on McPherson. We could play baseball or football
or whatever there. I guess my parents didn't like
asparagus, because I must be the only kid who grew up in
Richland who had never had any of the fresh asparagus
that grew wild there. [I don't remember any at our
house, Helen... only canned tips. -Maren]
My husband grew up in Brewster, WA, further north
on the Columbia River, and he also remembers going out
to pick fresh asparagus. In fact he doesn't really like
the stuff we get in the stores today. It's not like he
remembers it.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ West Harrison, IN - where it
has suddenly turned cool, in fact I managed to
catch a cold these few days at home; but my little
lake is looking good with all the green grass
around it. The birds seem to like it too. This is
sure a pretty season to be driving with all the
little critters like calves and foals to see.
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>>From: Linda Lester Rutkowski ('62)
Re: West Wing and Richland
I particularly enjoyed the bit about the jets that
were scrambled "out of Portland".
-Linda Lester Rutkowski ('62)
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>>From: Deedee Willox Loiseau ('64)
To: Dick Roberts ('49)
Re: Where in the hell is Grover Beach?
Isn't Grover Beach one of the Five Cities? Pismo
Beach, Grover City, Oseano, Arroyo Grande; can't
remember the five. South of San Luis Obispo on 101.
We've been there many times. I have relatives in
Cambria and we have also stayed at the RV Park in
Morro Bay. We used to go down there every year until
my aunt died. We went several times after that until
my cousin died. We have only been back once since then,
but will do it again, as we love the area and still
have relatives there. We come down I-5 and cross over
to 101 through Pacheko Pass, then at Paso Robles we
cut over to Hwy. 1 on Hwy. 46. Paso Robles is HOT
country, but Cambria is always nice. I love walking
out on the dock at Pismo Beach and watching the waves
come in under us. My heart's desire is to live by the
ocean, but here I am, still in the Tri-Cities.
Re: Marian Fay Howser ('51RIP)
Another Bomber goes home
I never read the obits, but I was cutting an
article out of the Tri-City Herald on Sunday, May 11,
2003. I had been email communicating with Marian for a
while. Then she stopped answering and her email address
went out of service. Now I know why.
I miss "talking" with her.
-Deedee Willox Loiseau ('64) ~ Burbank, WA - where
yesterday's wind stirred up all the pollen
(Locust and Russian Olive are blooming).
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>>From: Nancy Mallory Johnson ('64)
To: Rick Maddy ('67)
I live in Jackson, TN (about 70 miles east of
Memphis on I-40). I'm not sure what there is to see
in Memphis as I almost never go there, but here in
Jackson, currently the biggest sites to see involve
touring the town to see tornado damage. At least now
you can pretty much drive around town (couldn't about
a week ago) and the electricity is on in most places.
Right now it is fixin' to (my family thinks I talk
southern when I say that) storm again (not what we
want).
-Nancy Mallory Johnson ('64)
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>>From: Rick Maddy ('67)
Re: Spelling!!
Yes, I meant gaudy Gaudí. Antonio Gaudí (1852-1926).
I sometimes get confused with the i's being e's, e's
being a's and a's being ahhh, sometimes y and sometimes
not, in the Spanish language. Hawaiians do the same
thing but at least they have no y. And I'm still
learning English.
-Rick Maddy ('67) ~ Orange County, CA
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>>From: Jim Anderson ('72)
My brother is Randy Anderson, and attended RHS as
sophomore and junior in 1968-69, would have graduated
in 1970 but moved to Hawaii going into his senior year.
He has been dealing with an extended illness, and I
know it would lift him to hear form old classmates who
may remember him.
Please send mail for him to me and I'll pass it
along and/or send you Randy's snail mail address if you
ask for it.
Thanks,
-Jim Anderson, (would-been '72)
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>>From: Cecily Riccobuono McClanahan ('77)
Re: The West Wing
I never watch that show, and for some reason, I
watched it that night. It was strange to hear them
make reference to Richland, WA.
Another close to home reference was when the movie
Signs came out. Did anybody hear the advertisements to
that? They mention Kennewick, WA as one of the places
that the signs were being made in the fields. It nice
to see that writers are looking to other places of the
world then just the well-known cities.
-Cecily Riccobuono McClanahan ('77)
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8 Bombers sent stuff:
Curt Donahue ('53), Mike Clowes ('54)
Larry Mattingly ('60), Bob Irwin ('62)
Linda Reining ('64), John Wingfield ('66)
Tami Schuchart ('68), Jeff Curtis ('69)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John Crigler ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jack Keeney ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lyman Powell ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Caroline Stanfield ('66)
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>>From: Curt Donahue ('53)
I just finished watching the Philadelphia Charge
beat the New York Power 2 to 1 in WUSA soccer. It was the
professional debut of Hope Solo ('99) in goal. She played
an excellent game and poses a real problem for the
Philadelphia coach: whether he plays her in goal or his
veteran player.
-Curt Donahue ('53) ~ Federal Way, WA
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54)
For John Browne, Jr. ('61)
Re: Railroad land and sunsets.
Some of that farm land was owned or leased by
Japanese truck farmers. At least up until December 7th,
1941. There were some individuals who coveted the land
but could not come up with a legal reason to grab it. For
them, the bombing of Pearl Harbor was a "blessing"; they
could get the land at a very cheap price.
Must have missed something in Science; thought the
sun set in the west and rose in the east. But maybe I
slept through that part.
For Linda Lester Rutkowski ('62)
Jets being scrambled from Portland is highly
probable. The Air National Guard has a base at the
Portland Airport and they do patrol a portion of the
coast and presumably could beat feet up the Gorge faster
than anything from McChord. Don't know what the Air Corps
has in Spokane (Geiger) these days except B-52s.
Bomber Cheers,
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54) ~ Is it really
spring? 'Cause it's snowing in the mountains
at pass level and below.
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>>From: Larry Mattingly ('60)
Deedee Willox Loiseau ('64) mentioned the locust
trees are blooming. One of my favorite memories of
Richland is the light but heady perfume of the locust
blossoms late in the evening. I make a lot of trips to
our Spokane office at this time of the year. Coming home
late I always slow way down and open the windows going
past the park at Moses Lake. The air is thick with arôme
de locust.
To JH Browne Jr ('61):
Enjoyed your tale of the sunset. However, last week
when I watched the sun set over the Pacific it set in the
west, not the east .... grin. By the way, I too lament
the loss of the rich bottomland soils being paved over in
the Kent valley. It is dark and as rich as any soil in
the world. I did get a few pickup loads of it for my
veggie garden a few years back. King County's "Save The
Farmlands" program a dozen years ago just couldn't match
the monies of the developers. It is a tragic loss in my
view.
For those who will see the wonderful laser show
season opener at Grand Coulee Dam next Sunday night the
25th, there will be fireworks afterwards from the top of
the dam. Great photo op. In a bit of a surprise the Hydro
Division of General Electric has opened its wallet and
added funds to the 4th of July display. This is the first
of the corporate sponsorships we are working for. That
magnificent structure cries for an ultra large display.
Sunday night we will fire a giant 40 foot diameter GE
emblem in fire in the center of the top of the dam. This
1600 square foot "picture", while not the biggest ever in
the pyro world, will be high on the list. If our staff
photographer, or the one GE is flying in, can catch it in
a "Kodak Moment", it should make the GE 2004 calendar.
-J Larry Mattingly ('60) ~ "Happiness is the sky in
bloom"
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>>From: Bob Irwin ('62)
To Jimmy Hamilton ('63):
Yes, I remember Bobby and Billy's dog Pepper. When
he was a puppy he looked normal, but when he grew up his
head never developed to normal size. Pepper had longer
back legs than front legs making him walk and run at a 45
degree angle. His obsession to chase cars almost cost him
his life. He went after a car going down the street at
full tilt, only to run under a trailer parked along the
street with the tongue up -- "a wedging effect". A twenty
minute effort to dislodge him and a trip to the vet left
Pepper with a couple of scars on his little head and "a
lot of memory loss".
As for pigeons, we would get on top of the buildings
in downtown Richland and catch a bunch of them and sell
them for a quarter apiece to a guy down on Adams. I think
he used them for dog training. The Richland Police did
not approve of us being on top of businesses late at
night. Got to meet lots of our local law enforcement.
Now Jimmy, your comment as to my "collection" of
cars that didn't run. That hurt. They all ran, some
better than others. Ron Cowgill laughs at me now when I
call him. His first comment is, "Now what did you buy?" I
only have three cars now; a new truck and a motor home;
two boats and a canoe. I don't even change my own oil
anymore. I work with Allen Coffman who prodded me to make
a list of all the automobiles I have owned. It covers the
entire gamut of the auto industry from 1931 to 2003
throwing in a couple of Harleys too.
Take Care,
Irwin
-Bob Irwin ('62)
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
The Bakersfield Bomber Luncheon was on Saturday, May
17th at Coco's on Rosedale Highway, we had lots of laughs
and good times were had by all. *grin* Rex keeps all of
us entertained with stories and jokes -- we all feel
sorry
for Cheryl. *grin*
We were missing a few people who had planned on
coming: Mike Lahrman ('63) and his wife Remy, Rick Maddy
('67), and Bill Wilborn ('54) -- told them all we would
miss them, but have to admit we probably missed the
spudnuts that Bill was going to bring just a bit more.
*grin*
Those attending were: Rex Hunt ('53WB) and his wife
Cheryl, Rich Greenhalgh ('59) and his wife Stella, me
(Linda Reining ('64)), and a surprise guest: Eun Suk Dow
(aka Ernie Dow) who was a foreign exchange student from
Korea and graduated in '68 -- even had a Bomber t-shirt
(didn't wear it though -- had it in his car). *grin*
Stella and Rich wore their "Nuke Um" shirts that they had
just received from Judy Willox-Hodge ('60). I wore my
"Proud to be a Bomber" shirt; so, we were easy to find.
*grin* And, we didn't scare him off, either -- said he
would be back in September. *grin*
Rich brought his digital camera, so I passed camera
duties onto him -- much easier than waiting for me to
develop a roll of film. *grin*
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA ~ weather is
heating up -- hot wind blowing. ;/
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>>From: John Wingfield ('66)
To Jim Anderson ('72WB):
Re: brother Randy ('70WB)
Is Randy on Oahu? I have just been here for five
weeks working as interim minister at a church on the
slopes of Diamond Head, on the east side of Honolulu. If
Randy is nearby, especially on this island, I would be
glad to go visit him and give him the old "Bomber Hi".
Just let me know where he is and, if I can, I would be
happy to go visit him. If he's on another island, I can't
swim that far, although I will be going sailing next
Sunday (after church, of course).
Aloha,
-John Wingfield ('66)
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>>From: Tami Schuchart ('68)
To Scott Hartcorn ('67):
Hi Scott. I have been trying to send you my
condolences on the passing of your father ever since I
heard and I just came across the Sandstorm and thought
you might read it and I could let you know how sorry I
am. He was such a wonderful person; he had such a warm
spirit about him and he always made me feel so welcome
and cared about.
My mom and dad are both gone; mom died of cancer and
my father of a stroke but they both loved you a lot.
Please let your whole family know I am thinking of
them in their time of sorrow.
-Tami Schuchart ('68)
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>>From: Jeff Curtis ('69)
Sunday Morning Stories - Tales from life after
graduation.
"Keep on Truckin'"
In August of 1970, a little over a year after
completing my high school education, the Department of
Defense and the Selective Service System held a contest
and I won. I was nineteen that year and the draft lottery
numbers were to apply to me this time. In previously held
drawings I watched with detached interest as all the
"older" guys were sweating it out, not me. This one was
different. And as I stated, I won. My birth date, which
happened to be on a Friday the 13th that year, was
selected as number thirteen in the draft. I had been
majoring in pinochle at CBC and for that (lack of) effort
was awarded a 1-A status with the draft board. I think
you can see where this is heading. But I was too smart
for them! I beat them to the punch and enlisted. Three
years of real fun ensued shortly thereafter which
included basic training at Ft. Lewis near Tacoma and then
off to advanced training as a firing team crewman on the
Pershing 1A missile system in Oklahoma. The Pershing
missile carried a 400 kiloton nuclear warhead. Seems I
just couldn't get away from the nukes, it was in my
"Bomber" blood I guess. Following is a tale from those
days that I thought you might enjoy. Pour yourself some
coffee and have a read:
It was a typical summer Saturday night at Ft. Sill,
Oklahoma. The air was hot and soggy. My fatigues clung to
me like they were made of wet toilet paper and I felt
like anyplace on my clothing or body would offer fungi
spores a great mushroom sprouting opportunity. Some idiot
had trapped a tarantula while out at the driving range
(no, not golf, but where we went to learn how to maneuver
the 5-tons and deuce-and-a-half trucks .... umm .... I
mean vehicles -- more about that later) and brought it
back to the barracks in a shoe box.
He sat on his bunk and boasted of his catch. A bunch
of guys surrounded him craning their necks to get a peek
as he opened up the box. Apparently the fact that the big
hairy spiders could jump about three feet was not common
knowledge. So when the irritated beastie popped out into
the air like a jack-in-the-box there was an immediate
fusillade of shouted profanity from all of the startled
observers followed by a messy and jumbled mass-exit from
the building. The spider scuttled under the nearest bunk
never to be seen again.
Some of the city kids really had some uncomfortable
nights as a result and for the remainder of the cycle
[military jargon: the term of an Army school is called a
"cycle" --Ed] would ease their feet down to the bottom of
the linen each night upon turning in, just waiting for a
telltale tickle of fuzziness and the sharp sting of
venomous fangs piercing their big toes. Not that I'm
being smug here out of bravery and advanced knowledge of
entomology (which I really do not possess), it just
wasn't my barracks.
And the mugginess persisted in making the air feel
thick and weighty, slogging everything and everyone down
a step or two. Certainly not the kind of desert heat I
had grown up with and I found it to be a new kind of
scorching, one that sought you out wherever you went. The
heat carried by the moisture in the air permeated the
shade and all of our non-air-conditioned buildings like
an invisible hot fog.
Well -- it was Saturday night and despite the fact
that I had guard duty bright and early the next morning,
we (we being me and three other platoon mates who were
only half mature but full of conviction) decided that the
post was "nowhere" on this particular evening and for
some reason we figured that downtown Lawton was actually
"somewhere".
A couple of the guys had befriended a dancer at the
Alley Cat, one of what seemed to be a hundred beer and
wine bars along the strip in the city, and would "sic"
her on unsuspecting GIs and watch with glee as she teased
them into frothing fits of never-to-be-requited lust.
See, I told you about the maturity level involved here.
At any rate, we headed into town and many, many bars and
beers later we stumbled out into the street.
On a nearby corner, some Southern Baptist
revivalists were loudly preaching about the wages of sin
with signs and Bibles and all. I thought this to be
rather appropriate since at that time in downtown Lawton
most GIs wages were being converted to sin on a daily
basis. And though their efforts were loud and insistent,
if not sincere, most folks on the street were passing
them by with no more than an irritated glance as they
continued on their way to the next portal to Hell. Well
they couldn't say they weren't warned.
My buddies and I had burned up all of our dough and
most of our sobriety. The street corner revival at least
offered a cheap form of entertainment and we proceeded to
park our butts on the curbing and watch the reactions of
the passing crowd. About this time a quite large
gentleman -- well, huge gentleman actually -- lumbered
over to the faithful and began raising and lowering both
his arms in the air and shouting "Save me! Save Me! I
want to be saved!" Those who would be responsible for the
saving were so wrapped up in the marketing of the
process, shouting and praising and all, that at first
they never noticed Mr. Large. But he continued to plead
for salvation until one of the faithful finally noticed
him and quickly got the attention of the others.
In subsequent years I have seen video from National
Geographic of tiger shark feeding frenzies that were less
intense than the scene that followed. Jacques Cousteau
would have stopped the cameras and ordered the Calypso to
do a one-eighty and get the hell out of there.
The faithful immediately gathered all around Mr.
Large throwing their heads back with eyes closed while
pawing him with one hand, raising the other in the air
and beseeching the Lord to take this sinner to His heart
and show him the way .... or something like that. The
wailing and gnashing of teeth continued for quite a
while. I had to hand it to them, they were persistent.
We, on the other hand, had noticed a couple of things
about Mr. Large from the get-go that had probably not
gotten on the radar of the faithful. Like that he was
barely able to stand up. In fact, the "savers" huddled
tightly around him were probably the only thing keeping
him on his feet. We also spied a hip flask in his back
pocket. An apparently well-used hip flask. Anyway, he was
wailing just as loudly and profusely as those gathered
around him.
This scene continued for quite some time. As I said
before, these folks were persistent. But eventually the
faithful figured that even God should have had enough and
they backed away from their new lamb of the light. The
lamb wasn't aware of that however. He was in the zone.
And Mr. Large continued to throw his arms up and
continued to wail to the sky, eyes closed, knees wobbly.
Then he opened his eyes and realized that his new
"friends" had all moved away, still in a circle around
him, but standing back and apparently waiting wide-eyed
for some sign or response from him that indicated
redemption had been bestowed upon another wayward son.
Mr. Large dropped his arms to his sides, blinked a
couple of times, rocked unsteadily back and forth,
blinked again and slurrily grunted, "I dun feel nuffin."
He pulled out the hip flask, which was about a quarter
full, and took a long swig. He then stumbled off down the
sidewalk and disappeared into one of the multitude of
bars lining both sides of the street. The faithful
watched for a few moments in stunned silence and then, as
if none of the preceding had ever happened, started up
again just as they had before with the wailing and the
praising and the denouncement of sin. How resilient, I
thought.
But we, me and my fellow idiots, had had enough. We
made our way back to post and I fell into bed. Actually I
was on the top bunk and don't remember how I even got up
there that night. But I do remember barfing from on high
into a waste basket on the floor so I'm sure I clambered
up there somehow.
In its attempt to make the Army a more appealing
place in which to be shot at, thus enticing the youth of
America to join voluntarily and not have to be
conscripted by the draft system, which was under steady
attack and everyone wanted gone, several of the more un-
fun chores associated with daily life in the military
were being minimized or eliminated altogether. Of the two
big pain-in-the-rear duties that had been required, the
worst was KP. That was a long and ugly day when you had
to pull it and not the subject of this tale. But the Army
eventually farmed it out to civilians and we didn't have
to do it anymore.
Guard Mount was the other and that one wasn't
getting farmed out to anybody. You had to get up way too
early, put on your best uniform and gear, and stand
inspection by the Officer of the Day or OD. The OD was
generally in a bad mood as this was a chore for him too
and the "mountees" were easy targets for venting
frustration at lack of career advancement or the fact
that Second Lieutenants got about as much respect as
Barney Fife.
After the inspection, provided you were determined
fit, you were assigned a post to "guard" in rotating
shifts for a twenty-four hour period. It was endless,
boring, tiring, cold (or hot) work and you could get in
trouble in about fifteen different ways if you didn't do
it just right.
Now after all these years -- this was back at the
dawn of man in 1971 -- I can't remember what time guard
mount required your initial presence but it seemed like I
had been asleep for maybe two minutes when the alarm went
off. I wasn't feeling my best. I wasn't sure I was even
human anymore. I started to put on my fatigues and they
were cold, damp, and clingy. My stomach earped. I was
going to die on guard, that is if I even made it past
mount. I was in bad shape. I found a fresh set of
fatigues in my foot locker and broke starch. I went to
the Magic (storage) Room to get my TA-50. Our drill
sergeant, Sgt. Franklin, called it the Magic Room because
things always disappeared from in there. TA-50, by the
way, is the Army's terminology for your helmet (steel
pot), your web belt and all the stuff that hung off it
like your canteen and entrenching tool etc. You had to
wear all that junk while pulling guard. I noticed that
several others' TA-50 was in much brighter and shinier,
generally better shape than my own. I proceeded to scour
the room for the strackest [more military jargon:
"strack" means *really ship-shape* or something like that
--Ed] set of gear I could find. On the way back to my
bunk I noticed that my boots were kind of scuffed but one
of my (sleeping) buddies had a pair of new Cochran jump
boots (very fancy, self-purchased footwear usually worn
by the gung-ho guys who really liked this stuff) all
spit-polished and in plastic bags on a shelf above his
bunk. So I grabbed those too.
Fresh starch, tight TA-50, and spit-polished jump
boots; I was standing tall. Except that my eyes were
crossed, my pulse racing, my head splitting open, and I
was still very nauseated and very dizzy. Well, it's all
about appearance, really, isn't it? I managed to
stabilize myself and amble over to HQ to stand mount. I
stood in formation in the morning sun knowing that I was
dying. And so young too.
I stood there feeling both sorry for myself and
desperate. The OD was walking down the line checking
everyone out. He picked out a PFC in the back rank,
another down the line and, to my great surprise and
dismay, me. What had I done now? He had all three of us
step out of formation and he asked the first guy, "How
many military stitches are there in an inch?" The trooper
instantly looked as bad as I felt. He said, "Three?" I
think the correct answer was thirteen but at any rate, he
was wrong and stepped resignedly back into formation.
The OD asked the next guy something about the muzzle
velocity of an M-16 which the guy didn't know either. The
OD then stopped in front of me. "Private Curtis," he
stated firmly, "how many trucks are there on this post?"
I couldn't believe it. He asked the one piece of inane
Army trivia that I actually knew. Sgt. Franklin, my dear,
dear drill sergeant was a pedantic egomaniac and loved to
riddle us with this kind of information, mostly for his
own gratification. There was no way a bunch of 19 and 20
year olds only in service for three or four months would
know (or care) about that kind of stuff. But good old
Sgt. Franklin did. He loved knowing stuff he knew we
didn't. And he had recently shared this bit of fluff with
us just the previous Friday morning. And I will now share
it with you.
The things that have wheels and engines and brakes
that are literally all over the place on most any Army
post are "vehicles". A "truck" is the ball on top of the
flagpole. The military loves little tricks like this,
just to keep the enlisted off balance I think. The
"truck", so legend has it, contains in its hollow core a
match, a blade of some sort, and a 45 cal. bullet. The
idea being that if your post is overrun by the enemy, you
could use the blade to cut down the flag and the match to
burn it lest it fall into the hands of the enemy. I'm not
sure what the bullet was for. Maybe you were supposed to
throw it at the bad guys or something. I would think that
the practical problem with all this is ..... how the hell
do you get that ball down from the top of the flagpole
once you're in a situation that has gotten bad enough
that you'd need to? I was not in any kind of shape that
morning to ponder these deep thoughts and they only occur
to me now in retrospect.
I looked the OD in the eye and responded, "One,
sir!" He pronounced that I was this day's Colonel's
Orderly. I asked him what that meant and he said it meant
that I would: one, have a letter of commendation put into
my record; two, a letter of praise and appreciation would
be sent home to my parents (knock them over with a
feather when they read that!); and three -- ahh yes,
sweet number three -- I was relieved from guard mount and
free to return to my unit.
He didn't have to say it twice. I spun on my heel
and headed back to my barracks where I replaced all the
borrowed gear before any of my fellow trainees had woken
and clambered back into my upper bunk, falling into a
joyous and much needed sleep almost instantly.
My fellow idiots from the night before came to later
that morning in various states of agony and upon finding
me asleep in my bunk were sure that I was heading for
Leavenworth. As you can probably understand, missing
guard mount is a big bad deal. But when they finally
managed to get me to wake up I shared with them the same
tale I have just shared with you. That seemed to upset
them more than please them however. You know, you go out
of your way to pull off a classic get-over and you get
nothing but rebuke for the effort. Guys are like that.
So I rolled over and went back to sleep till about
three that afternoon. Ahhhhh, I thought, life is great in
the Army if you are a good soldier. Even if it's with
someone else's gear for only about a half an hour. Hell,
it's really all I had in me.
-Jeff Curtis ('69) ~ Seattle WA ~ Viet Nam Era Vet -- not
one VC Regular made it past Augsburg alive during
MY watch
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10 Bombers sent stuff:
Curt Donahue ('53), Gus Keeney ('57)
Helen Cross ('62), Ed Quigley ('62)
Linda Reining ('64), David Rivers ('65)
Scott Hartcorn ('67), Alan Lobdell ('69)
Cristy Cone ('74), Anne Mitzlaff ('77)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bob Cross ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pete VanWyck ('64RIP)
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BOMBER LUNCH TODAY: 1940's Ladies & Spouses
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>>From: Curt Donahue ('53)
To Jeff Curtis ('69):
Re: "Keep on Truckin'"
You did it again!!! What a talent!
Thanks for the laughs!
-Curt Donahue ('53) ~ Federal Way, WA
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>>From: Gus Keeney ('57)
Re: Richland street names
When the "Keeney Kids" were growing up there, our
address was 633 Cottonwood Drive.
-Gus Keeney(57) ~ From Yuma, AZ where it was 104
yesterday and clear sunny skies!!
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
I'd like to wish my cousin Bobby Cross ('62) a
"Happy Birthday"!! Can't believe how quickly
time passes, as another series of birthdays is upon us.
I enjoyed reading Jeff Curtis's ('69) very
interesting story about real army life. Are you related
to Don Curtis of the Class of '62 fame? I remember Don
had younger siblings.
And Bob Irwin ('62), I thought of you when we were
in Colorado, but Rifle was never on Highway 50 as I
recall.
All of our English teachers should be proud of us;
that we actually did learn to read and write well enough
to write into this newspaper anyway.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ home in West Harrison, Indiana
for a few more days, where it's overcast and not
quite 70 degrees, which is better than yesterday
when it rained all day.
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>>From: Ed Quigley ('62)
To John Brown ('61):
Hey John!
You mean you slept in classes other than Frau Bull's
German class? Disgusting! :)
In regards to favorite teachers, most of mine have
already been mentioned, with the exception of Dale
Moberg (5th grade teacher at Jefferson, who was my first
experience with a male teacher) and Mr. (Porky) Anderson
(geometry and algebra teacher) at Columbia, who, along
with Mr. Barnard (Chief Jo), actually made math FUN! As
for Mr. Gentle, whose class was also a lot of fun (but
NOT due to the study of math!), I probably had the
shortest "year" of Trig & Math Analysis in the history of
the school when in the first minute of my senior year he
announced that he was NOT going to suffer another year
with me, and asked me to gather up my stuff and, "Exit,
stage right!" Ah well.
-Ed Quigley ('62) ~ from Salmon Beach, in Tacoma, where
we had a small "twister" touch down in the
Narrows, outside Gig Harbor, last Thursday.
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
To Jeff Curtis ('69):
Re: "Keep on Truckin'"
Love your writings! Learn something new each and
every time you write -- would never have known that the
military called the ball on the top of a flagpole a
"truck"!
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA ~ getting hotter
.... and the hummingbirds are humming around
the feeder.
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
It was the 17th. Lotsa time to get it done. Lotsa
time to plan what I would say. I mean four -- count 'em,
four -- of my favorite people wuz havin' B-days on the
same day. What a literary opportunity. A little bird even
sent me a reminder: "Don't forget!" Forget? Ya think I'm
getting senile? I even made sure I had the right date
Friday before I left work. Forget my petute.
Up early Saturday for the Donut Group. Back home
early to put some wire wheels roadster in the hot sun.
Seventy-nine trips to the parts store to have the guy
hand me a handful of the wrong lug nuts. Forget to look
at the paperwork to see that the adapters had metric
lugs. Twenty-two more trips. Over to Heidlebaugh's ('65)
to show him the wheels and to check out Vinny's car Jim
was putting scallops on -- great job!
Home for a bite. I'll just lay my head down while
I'm watching this movie .... then I'll compose a
masterpiece .... then to sleepy time so I can meet the
guys for a show at 6:30 Sunday. Lotsa time for a tribute
to a super lady and three guys who have filled my memory
banks over time with some really great stories: Lyman
buying Johnny's car; Foster ('65) buying one from Johnny
and having it go dead in the Uptown just before he
(Foster) went into the service; the famous Lyman and
Harrah ('65) slip-n-fall story; maybe a little of the
Lyman/Davis ('65) cross-dressing story. All the wonderful
memories and stories of Caroline. The life and times of
Jackson ('65); the theme song he and Jennings ('64 RIP)
always sang when I'd walk in to a room: "boom boom boom
boom .... boom boom boom boom .... I'm a friend of David
Rivers .... Rivers .... ahhhhhhhh" (to the tune of the
old Hamms beer commercial).
This will be a piece a cake.
ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
z.
Wake up at 3 am on the 18th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO John Crigler ('64), Jack Keeney
('65), Lyman Powell ('65), and Caroline Stanfield ('66).
A little late but no less from the
heart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David Rivers ('65)
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>>From: Scott Hartcorn ('67)
To Tami Schuchart ('68):
I'm sorry to hear of the passing of your mother; I
was not aware of this. Your parents were wonderful
people, always so comfortable to be around; condolences
to you and your sisters. I share in your loss.
Thanks for the kind words about my dad. He is the
first to pass in our family and the outpouring of support
really caught us off guard. Plain and simple, he was just
a good guy, and is missed by everyone who knew him. And,
truth be known, you were always at the top of his list,
something he reminded me of for a number of years.
-Scott Hartcorn ('67)
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>>From: Alan Lobdell ('69)
Re: "Keep on Truckin'" by Jeff Curtis ('69)
Nice story, Jeff.
Must let you know that not one VC ever got by 29
Palms Marine Corps base while I was stuck there from '71
to '73 either. We seem to have done a good job of keeping
them out of the States, I think. Maybe they got into
some of those Eastern States. They seem to be governed by
some odd people. Their voting habits sure are strange
also.
By the way, in 29 Palms it's hot and if you don't
like hot you get hotter; there is no other. In fact I
believe the thermometers start at about 85 degrees. No
need for lower numbers.
I'm surprised that you did not like guard duty (as
we called it). It was the only time they assumed we were
smart enough to carry real ammo. It was understandable
why they felt this way; I joined the Marine Corps on
purpose. What was I thinking??? Must have been wasted.
-Alan Lobdell ('69)
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>>From: Cristy Cone Penny ('74)
To Brad Upton and the Brad Upton Fan Club:
My husband David and I had the pleasure of watching
Brad perform at the "Funny Bone" in Boise Saturday night.
Any of you who have not had the pleasure should really
make the effort to go see Brad's show. He is really
funny. (Not that I had any doubts, Brad.) Remember,
Brad's schedule can be seen on his web site
<www.bradupton.com>. Good job, Brad. It was great to see
you. Come back soon!
-Cristy Cone Penny ('74)
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>>From: Anne Mitzlaff Gerken ('77)
This is late, but not forgotten. May 6th, Burt
Pierard, Keith Maupin, and Judy Willox came to my class
at Richland High School. Burt and Keith had pictures to
coincide with everything they discussed. They went over
the Manhattan Project and Hanford Town (sorry if I botch
terminology, but it's a memory thing). They explained how
people were asked to move here and how they [Hanford
Engineer Works] built after the people to try and catch
up with the needs. They went over the secrecy, the
expectations, and the pride felt after the people learned
what they had been working on, and how, much later, they
found minutes from meetings that Japan would possibly not
have surrendered if there hadn't been a second bomb. They
emphasized the uniqueness of this area and how it carried
into the schools and friendships.
On the 7th Burt and Judy came back to explain the
changes in RHS, the names, the logos, pride, and what it
means to alumni. They explained "Day's Pay" and the
timings of everything. When they were done they
emphasized the importance of being accurately informed
before we make decisions and that as long as we make our
decisions based on accurate information people will
rarely take issue.
Nearly all the students who got to hear them made
comments about how they didn't realize ..... their
comments varied. I was surprised how little they
understood about Richland's background. They were
surprised and amazed by a lot of the facts.
Thank you Burt, Keith, and Judy.
-Anne Mitzlaff Gerken (77)
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12 Bombers sent stuff:
Gene Hall ('48), Anna May Wann ('49)
Mike Bradley ('56), Rich Greenhalgh ('59)
Tim Avedovech ('61), Robert Cross ('62)
Jean Armstrong ('64), Linda Reining ('64)
Patti McLaughlin ('65), Marcia Wade ('67)
Tami Schuchart ('68), Jack Spanner ('70)
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>>From: Gene Hall ('48)
Re: Preparing the Spring DustStorm for mailing
-Gene Hall ('48)
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>>From: Ann Thompson, aka Anna May Wann ('49)
To: Keith Maupin ('47), Judy Willox Hodge ('61), and
Burt Pierard ('59)
Our thanks to you for spreading the "truth". We
need more knowledgeable people like you going to all
of the schools in the area. And thanks to the teachers
that are willing to let you in their classrooms. Job
Well Done!!!!!!!
-Ann Thompson, aka Anna May Wann ('49)
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>>From: Mike Bradley ('56)
Re: Street names
My family was very lucky in that we lived on two
streets and did not even have to move. When we first
moved to Richland in 1947 we lived at 1330 Goethals in
an "A" house; then, in the winter of '48, which was
quite severe by Richland standards, we moved via our
snow sleds diagonally from Goethals to an "F" house
with an address of 1323 Jadwin. Later on they changed
the address to 504 West Stanley when they realigned
Jadwin to what it is today. I could read what movie
was playing at the Uptown Theater from my bedroom
window. When we first moved to the Jadwin address there
were some trees and an irrigation ditch where the
Mormon church is today. They were in the process of
constructing Uptown Richland. I can remember dust
storms that my dad had to turn his headlights on to
assist him in seeing where he was going. Actually I
think it was just a warning to the opposite drivers.
When we first moved to the "A" house a dust storm
blew through town and when my mom came downstairs and
saw all of the dust on all of that HEW furniture, I
thought she was going to take my brothers and me and
move back to Seattle.
-Mike Bradley ('56) ~ Kirkland, WA - where the sun is
shining and we got above 60° today.
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>>From: Rich Greenhalgh ('59)
Re: Bakersfield Luncheon Pic ~ 5-17-03
A good time was had by all.
-Rich Greenhalgh ('59)
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>>From: Tim Avedovech ('61)
Re: Phoenix Lunch Pictures
All Bomber Lunches website
-Tim Avedovech ('61)
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>>From: Robert Cross ('62)
To: Jeff Curtis ('69)
Thanks for the memory trip to Ft. Sill and Lawton.
Both my brother Allan ('59) and I spent some time at
Ft. Sill and we were told that the area in Lawton that
you referred to was called the "Impact Zone". That was
because there were 95 bars in one city block: street
level, upper lever and lower level. Ft. Sill was the
artillery center of the US Army and the site of the
Atomic Cannon. It was there that I got as close to
lightning as I ever want to get, a bolt flashed down
the street lighting up the neon signs and street lights
as we ran for our car to get out of the rain. I could
not hear for three or four minutes and the stench of
burnt ozone made it hard to breathe.
-Robert Cross ('62)
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>>From: Jean Armstrong Reynolds ('64)
Re: Phoenix Lunch
All Bomber Lunches website
-Jean Armstrong Reynolds ('64)
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
THREE CHEERS TO:
Burt Pierard ('59), Keith Maupin ('47), and
Judy Willox Hodge ('61)!!!!!!!
Great job, guys! This "old" Bomber appreciates all you
did to inform the younger Bombers why they should have
pride in their school and in the name BOMBER!
A BIG CHEER to Anne Mitzlaff Gerken ('77), too!
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA
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>>From: Patti McLaughlin Cleavenger ('65)
Hey! I saw Brad Upton's ('74) routine at the Funny
Bone in Boise this past Saturday, too! Drove five hours
to see him! I was at the 8 o'clock show, right up at
the table at his feet. Three friends from Boise were
with me and we all laughed 'til we cried. He is VERY
GOOD. How can we get him on Leno and Letterman? Thanks
for a good time, Brad; do more of the teaching jokes!
-Patti McLaughlin Cleavenger ('65)
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>>From: Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67)
Re: Anne Mitzlaff Gerken's ('77) post (05/19/03)
Boy, I wish I could have been a fly on the wall in
that class! I've found over the past couple of years
in reading the posts in the Alumni Sandstorm that I've
learned an amazing amount about Richland that I hadn't
known before. My family moved to town in '49 when I
was just 3 weeks old, so I'm pretty much a life-long
Richlander, but I see a different perspective through
the eyes of classmates from an even earlier time. I
think it must be that I knew nothing different than
Richland life, and those even just a bit older than I
had experienced a bit of life in other places and had
something to compare Richland life with.
I'm currently enrolled in classes toward my
Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree at an online
university, and someone mentioned hospitals in their
locale working hand in hand on some issues. I wrote a
post to the classroom folder about the Tri-Cities that
touched on some of the competitive issues between our
towns and their individual hospitals, and the long term
results of that. Got a bit carried away and went into a
bit of what it was like growing up in the 'government'
town of Richland through the '50s and '60s. It was fun
to share and elicited some interesting comments from
classmates from all across the country. I don't think
I'd truly appreciated what we had and what we were
a part of in our very special environment here in
Richland. Maybe we ought to be a Museum!!! tee hee
Suffice it to say I think we are a unique group and I'm
glad to be a part of it and super grateful to have
found this forum, and especially to all those who keep
it going! THANKS to all!
-Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67)
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>>From: Tami Schuchart ('68)
To: Scott Hartcorn ('67)
Scott,
I was so surprised to see you reply to my entry
into the Sandstorm so quickly; I had no idea you ever
checked this web site but thought I would take a chance
and see what happened. When I checked my e-mail this
morning I had an e-mail waiting for me from a dear
family friend, Susie Nussbaum Reeb ('63), whom I had
not been in touch with for many years. This site is
great.
Thank you so much for your kind words about my mom
and the fact that I was always one of your dad's
favorites. I could tell but then again I think he just
had a way of making everyone feel as if they were
really special. I always looked forward into running
into your mom and dad at a grocery store or somewhere -
- they kept me filled in about both you and your sister
and all the fun things going on in your life. I hope to
continue to run into your mom in my adventures back to
the Tri-Cities. We've moved to Scottsdale, AZ after 14
dreary, rainy years in Seattle so I get home to the
Tri-Cities about three times a year now because I miss
my sisters so much (and the Tri-Cities, although it is
wonderful to wake up to sunshine every day of my life).
Thanks again for responding so quickly, and it was
great hearing from you.
-Tami Schuchart ('68)
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>>From: Alan Lobdell ('69)
Re: guard duty
Nice story Jeff
Must let you know that not one VC ever got by 29
Palms Marine Corps base while I was stuck there from
'71 to '73 either. We seem to have done a good job of
keeping them out of the states, I think. Maybe they
got into some of those eastern states. They seem to be
governed by some odd people. Their voting habits sure
are strange also.
By the way, in 29 Palms its hot and if you don't
like hot you get hotter there is no other. If fact I
believe the thermometers start at about 85°. No need
for lower numbers.
I'm surprised that you did not like guard duty (as
we called it) it was the only time they assumed we were
smart enough to carry real ammo. It was understandable
why they felt this way, I joined the Marine Corps on
purpose. What was I thinking??? Must have been wasted.
-Alan Lobdell ('69)
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>>From: Jack Spanner ('70)
I enjoyed Jeff Curtis's ('69) story about pulling
guard duty. This will not be nearly as eloquent but it
will be given from a green 2nd lieutenant's viewpoint.
A few points to be aware of: 1) rookie lieutenants have
been in the Army twice as long as privates -- six
months, 2) lieutenants can be just as bored as privates
and tend to consume alcohol -- after recently
completing their 'training' in a fraternity or dorm,
and 3) It will get below minus 50° at Ft. Greeley, AK
in the winter.
It all started when my deputy commander called me
in my cushy office and asked if I would like to spend
the next six months in Alaska. I quickly replied, "Sir,
isn't this September?" He said that I was correct and
I would be temporarily stationed 150 miles south of the
Arctic Circle. Off I went.
The scariest thing I had to do in the Army was to
be Officer of the Day (OD) at night in Alaska because I
had to personally go check on the privates who were
guarding the ammo bunkers out in the far corners of the
fort. This occurred from 1800 hours to 0700 hours.
Daylight was from about 1100 to 1500 hours. They were
by themselves, in little 3x3 guard shacks, with loaded
M-16 rifles. Since it was -50° they cranked the heaters
up to about 100° and learned how to fall asleep
standing up. I on the other hand was unarmed and
hiking in the -50° temperatures to check on them and
make sure Alaska was safe from VC. The last thing I
wanted to do was startle a young hungover troop with a
loaded rifle who might instinctively start shooting the
person who just woke him up. I quickly learned to not
sneak up on the guards, not use the normal path to the
guard shack, and stand waaayyy out to the side to knock
on the door to make sure the guard was awake at 0 dark
hundred hours [military-speak for "12:00 midnight" --
Ed].
Other than that I enjoyed my stint in Alaska.
-Jack Spanner ('70) ~ Charlotte, NC ~ Where hopefully
the clouds and drizzle will disappear before the
Coca Cola 600 this weekend.
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 05/21/03
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8 Bombers sent stuff:
John Northover ('59), Pam Swain ('61)
Sandee Millius ('66), Bill Wingfield ('67)
Rick Maddy ('67), Alan Lobdell ('69)
Treg Owings ('76), Kim Edgar ('79)
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>>From: John R. Northover ('59)
The first SOCAL BOMBER BRUNCHEON was held at Charlie's
by the Sea at Cardiff by the Sea
www.sandiegonighttime.com/charliesbythesea/3.html
Between Encinitas and Solana Beach, CA, Restaurant is
located about 8 feet from the Pacific Ocean at high
tide .. on average.
Bruncheon was attended by:
Ned Barker ('59) Mesa, AZ
Pete Bradley ('60) Escondido, CA and wife Karen
Bill Clark ('58) Long Beach, CA
Penny McAllister D'Abato ('67) Temecula, CA and husband Ron
Suzanne Cowan Dimeff ('71) Encinitas, CA
Pat Hartnett ('59) Torrance, CA and Sandy
(Glenda) Jane Rollison Hightower ('52) Encinitas, CA
Brad Kuiper ('56) Apple Valley, CA - and wife Sandy
Rick Maddy ('67) Huntington Beach, CA
John Northover ('59) San Diego, CA and wife Julie
Frank Schermer ('50) San Diego, CA and wife Beth
Wynell Williams Fishburne ('55) Victorville, CA
Ken Free ('59) called from Auburn, WA ... to let me
know that He and his lovely wife, Judy Powell Free ('61),
just about flew down to have brunch with us. They could
not squeeze into their busy retirement schedule!!!
It was a great day with a warm breeze. The seasonal May
coastal haze had cleared by 10:00am. The food, service
and champagne were excellent. The manager was very
impressed that we were from the same high school and
after so many years were getting together to have
brunch. I tried to explain what Richland was all about
... That it was a special place in a special universe
in a different time ...
We are planning to do this again in 6 weeks as there
were two of our fellow Bombers that had RSVP'd and
could not attend. There were about 5 or 6 other Bombers
that had wanted to attend but had plans that could not
change. So for the next one we are looking for about
25 - 30 attendees ... we may have to rent a hall!!!
Pete Bradley brought 4 pictures from 'way' back then to
share ... Link to the Bruncheon pictures:
johnover60.tripod.com/bl0518/bl0518.html
We are looking at end of June or mid July for our next
SOCAL BOMBER BRUNCHEON ...
later
john '59 the brunch-man, from Sunny San Diego where all
the women wear thong bikinis, all the men have
an occasional shot of Blue Agavè on a regular
basis and all the children have cell phones.
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>>From: Pam Swain Johnson ('61)
And speaking of 29 Palms. According to the news a
big celebration was planned in Palm Springs for the
return of the troops. I followed the 29 Palms Marines
with Rick Levinthal, the Fox New embed. Somehow it made
the war personal. Too bad you Vietnam vets didn't share
the same patriotic upswell and media following that
these troops did. Bob Hope, a PS local, used to host
huge bashes for the troops in his party house on the
hill. As I understand he could fit a whole regiment on
the grounds but only the Generals got into the house.
Welcome home guys and Happy 100th, Bob.
-Pam Swain Johnson ('61)
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>>From: Sandee Millius Gors ('66)
To: Anyone who remembers
I don't know why I thought of this since it is
almost winter I mean summer this year. But here it
goes.
Anyone remember those few years that uptown
Richland had Christmas decorations that looked like
aluminum pie plates that caught the wind and went
around in a circle with garland on it? I can't remember
the years, just the sight of it. I wondered if they
ran out of money that year, or was it one of the first
forms of alternative power in the Tri-Cities?
And speaking of military duties, anyone remember
how really beautiful Alaskan duty could be, despite the
never ending cold and mosquitos. And in the mid-'70s
females still could not go to the field if they would
have to sleep under the same roof with men. At least
in my Engineering Bn. we couldn't.
Or going to the drive-in in the winter with heaters
for your car like speakers. Summertime at the drive-in
didn't start until 10:30pm and was only good until
about 2am before it was to light to watch again.
-Sandee Millius Gors ('66)
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>>From: Bill Wingfield (Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
To: Rick Maddy ('67)
Hey Rick,
I just got around to reading the 5/16 Sandstorm and
saw your entry on your trip across the US. I would be
honored if you would make one of your stops here with
us in Augusta, GA. We live just off of I-20 about 2
miles. Augusta is west of Atlanta about 120 miles.
You can pitch your tent in our spare bedroom. There
is just my wife, Christa and myself. Tell me when you
think you'll be here and I'll leave the light on for
you.
Atlanta is a pretty neat city. You will want to
check out Stone Mountain at night when they have the
laser light show.
When you get to D.C. you will definitely need to
see the Holocaust Museum. I haven't seen it yet, but I
heard it's pretty awesome.
-Bill Wingfield ('67) ~ Augusta, GA - Martha Burk's
favorite city.
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[Who IS Martha Burk???? -Maren]
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>>From: Rick Maddy ('67)
To: Nancy Mallory Johnson ('64)
Re: Tornados
Hi Nancy,
Not a real big fan of tornadoes or viewing tornado
damage. I will probably just take a drive down Elvis
Presley Boulevard, stop at Graceland for a cup of
coffee, visit Elvis, call it good and keep heading West
where my biggest worry is falling asleep on the beach.
-Rick Maddy ('67)
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>>From: Alan Lobdell ('69)
Re: Breast Cancer
-Alan Lobdell ('69)
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>>From: Treg Owings ('76)
Re: Street Names
I have been trying to remember the ditty a friend
taught me to remember street names. I lived on Thompson.
The streets went: Turner, Trippe, Torbett, Tinkle,
Thompson. It went like this:
Turner tripped and tore his butt and tinkled on
Thompson.
-Treg Owings ('76)
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>>From: Kim Edgar Leeming ('79)
Re: Maiden Names
I got a pretty good chuckle this morning. I was at
the doctor's office waiting for lab work to check on
my Thyroid level. The Technician called out the name
"Edgar" both I and the elderly man next to me stood up.
We looked at each other and all of a sudden, I realized
the technician wasn't talking to me. I don't know why
I stood up without thought, it's been almost 13 years
since I've used my maiden name. Needless to say, we
both started laughing (Edgar was the man's first name)
Re: Lost Kids
I took my son, Scott, and his friend, Zack, (both
8 years old) to the Carnival downtown for "Viking Fest".
They rode a couple of rides when we got to the "Tilt-a-
Whirl", when the ride was over, the attendant had been
letting the kids out on the left side, all the parents
herded over there to discover they were let out on the
right side. So, we all went over to get our kids...
Scott and Zack weren't there.
I went around the ride several times, tried looking
around the other rides, they were no where to be found.
Well a few minutes went by as I'm looking, part of me
knew the odds of someone walking off with two kids were
very minimal, then I thought, not only did I lose my
kid, I lost someone else's.
As I was looking around, trying to stay calm, but
inside getting upset and scared (I could feel my blood
pressure rise) as the minutes went by, telling everyone
I saw, if they saw Scott & Zack, to hold on to them.
About 5 minutes or so had come and gone, I was about to
look for a Police Officer, (my husband wasn't on duty
yet) and call Zack's parents on my cell phone, when a
mother from Scott's baseball team waved me down, she
had found them near the Tilt-a-Whirl.
Apparently, when they got off the ride, the next
ride over didn't have a line, so they ran over and got
on it. I first gave them a hug and then scolded them.
When my son saw the look on my face, he started crying
and said "I'm sorry Mom. I thought you were behind us."
He also thought I was the one lost, he knew where he
was. I guess I'm lucky, this was the first time in over
8 1/2 years I lost him... hopefully the last.
Bomber Cheers,
-Kim Edgar Leeming ('79)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 05/22/03
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11 Bombers sent stuff
Ray Gillette ('49), Millie Finch ('54)
Roger L. Myers ('55), Bill Berlin ('56)
Lola Heidlebaugh ('60), John Browne, Jr. ('61)
Linda Reining ('64), Leona Eckert ('65)
Shirley Collings ('66), Mark Saucier ('70)
Mike Franco ('70)
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>>From: Ray Gillette ('49)
Maren;
I think Martha Burk was the lady who protested
greatly during the Masters Golf Tournament about the
fact that no women are invited to play in the Masters.
-Ray Gillette ('49)
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>>From: Millie Finch Gregg ('54)
Re: NAMES - 5/16/03 Sandstorm
There was mention of several places where people
saw or heard of our cities or streets being mentioned.
Well, here is a true personal story:
We have an "adopted" daughter (not legally - but
of the heart) who moved from Los Angeles to Charlotte
NC about 5 years ago.
What made her decision to move were several
factors, but one when she saw the address of this house
she was looking at made her feel like she had to live
there to be as close as possible to us. She bought and
lived on Kennewick Road and to get there you had to
pass Pasco Ct. She figured that was too coincidental
to pass up and has been very happy since the move. In
fact, she and her husband have now moved to another
small community in NC - never once looking back and
missing L.A., or Hollywood where she was born and
raised. Too many people she said.
The first time we visited her it was just too funny
to see Kennewick Road and Pasco, CT - sorry, never did
see Richland mentioned!
Never know what name is around the corner from us??
Bomber Cheers forever,
-Millie Finch Gregg ('54)
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>>From: Roger L. Myers ('55)
I love reading the Sandstorm each morning (my wife
says I have an addiction!). I am also looking forward
to seeing many Bombers on June 21st for the basketball
tourney. www.rhssf.org/tournament/
Just think - after 48 years I finally get to
"suit up" - (even if I had to buy my own jersey). I am
looking forward to 20 seconds of fun (one trip down the
court) and about 20 minutes of misery as the ol' bod'
says - "What in the @%*^@ are you doing to me?".
Re: WSU vs ND tickets
I am still in search of some tickets to the WSU vs
Notre Dame football game that will be played in South
Bend, IN. Each year my wife and I take our three
adult kids and their spouses on a trip together. This
year we want to see the football game. SO, if any of
you can help and have a priority for WSU tickets, I
would love to buy them from you!
Keep writing because we do enjoy it!
HAVE FUN!
-Roger L. Myers ('55)
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>>From: Bill Berlin ('56)
Re: Sandstorm keeps getting better and better
I just can't wait to open up my e-mails and read
the Alumni Sandstorm. Not only has it brought back a
million memories about street names, teachers, various
business locations and all kinds of good things, but
you get to know what a lot of Richland Bombers have
migrated after leaving town. Also amazing is how many
have stayed in Richland or the Tri-Cities or have
return there to retire. Great stuff and I don't know
of any other high school that have such a 24/7/365
publication.
I have a friend who is a Roosevelt HS (Seattle)
grad and thinks "Roosie" is the greatest thing since
sliced bread, but when I showed him the Bomber Alumni
Sandstorm (on a Sunday morning yet) it just blew him
away. I have yet to get to a Bomber luncheon but it
is on my agenda to get to Fife and meet and greet.
Since flashing up the Alumni Sandstorm three or
four months ago, I have made contact with any number
of classmates, folks that were in school whilst I was
in Grade 10 and 11 and some who were just after me.
Particularly neat is to see that some of the younger
folks are getting involved with messages from grads of
the '70s, '80s and the odd '90 report from time to
time. Knowing where people are by including that
information when they sign off a message is very cool
and always run the idea through the head of how the
hell did they get there?
Many thanks to cousin Bev Smith Jochen ('52) for
putting me onto to this great publication and many,
many thanks to Maren for this real labor of love.
To: Zorba Manolopoulos ('91)
I still have not made contact with John Cowan
down in Westport but should not be long until I hear
from him. I owe him money!
-Bill Berlin ('56) ~ Seattle - where the weather has
been great and we may be looking at a draught
of sorts.
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>>From: Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60)
Re: Portland/Vancouver Bomber Stuff
Just a note - we had 10 at the May 17 Portland/
Vancouver Bomber Luncheon. Everyone had a good visit -
and we started the plans for the August 3 Portland/
Vancouver Bomber Picnic.
Re: Picnic
It will be at the Battle Ground Lake State Park -
like last year! August 3rd is a Sunday - PLEASE MARK
YOUR CALENDARS!!! Let's make this the best one yet! If
you know of a Richland Bomber in our area who might not
get the Sandstorm - please be sure they know about the
picnic. (Note: There will be a $5 per car fee to get
in the Park this year.)
More plans later - any questions or comments,
please contact Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60)
-Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60)
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>>From: John Browne, Jr. ('61)
Re: East IS East & West is Best
for sunsets, yes... (What's the deal? Is it only
the old guys that read for content?.. or are younger
folks just too polite to confront their elders?)
Re: Japanese farmers & RR lands
Yes, a similar thing happened in our area. Vashon
Island was an exception in that regard. Many of the old
farming families who were interned from here came back
to their farms after the war... & continued to farm.
Yoneiche Matsuda, Augie Takatsuka, Jim & Hattie
Matsumoto were still farming here until fairly
recently; & there were others, whose names aren't
rolling to the surface this AM. A local woman wrote a
play about those days- more like an operetta- for
children (& those of us with childish minds).
Re: Sleeping through Frau Bull's Deutsche- musick
Was machen Sie HIERE, Herr Quigley? Twister didn't
gobble you up? A good thing! We need all the guitarists,
all of the time... ^..^
-JHBrowne, Jr. ('61) ~ Vashon Island, WA
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
To: Kim Edgar Leeming ('79)
Re: lost kids
Man, can I relate to your story, only instead of
losing MY kids, I "lost" my grandson! I had let him go
home from school with a classmate... well, when 30
minutes had gone by and he hadn't called to say he
arrived, I went to the friend's house... nobody home!
so, I went back to the school... nobody there! Went
back to the friend's house, beat on the door... nobody
home!!!! Really started to panic... Kevin is 8... went
back to my daughter's house, called her at work and
said, "I have lost Kevin."... she is staying calm, I
am having all these horrid thoughts running through my
head... can't even remember what he was wearing (she,
on the other hand, KNEW exactly what he was wearing)!!!
Her husband comes home from work, I am sitting on the
couch, tears streaming down my face, blood pressure
sky-high, and I tell him, "I have lost Kevin."... he
tears out of the house saying, "I will FIND him"...
comes back about 5 minutes later... Kevin walks in the
door, comes over to me, and says, "Maw maw, I am sorry,
Jake's mom had to go to the store and I thought it
would be okay if I went with." (she had picked them up
at school)... I was holding him so damn tight that
finally he said, "Maw maw, I can't breathe"!!!! Man, I
felt so damn stupid... I NEVER even let my own kids go
home with a kid from school, and I had let my grandson
do it!!!!!!!! So I know exactly the fear you felt. By
the way, Kevin was grounded for two days, he knew
better than to go anywhere without calling!!! Course,
I told my daughter and son-in-law that I should have
been the one who was grounded! My son-in-law didn't
see the humor!
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA - we are heating
up... 92° yesterday and supposed to be 94° today.
I guess we are going to bypass Spring and go
right into Summer!
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>>From: Leona Eckert ('65)
Re: Breast Cancer by Alan Lobdell ('69)
Alan,
That was a beautiful piece. I can imagine it being
very helpful to any spouse or partner if they find
themselves in a similar situation. I feel so bad for
your loss. Your faith will help. Stay strong and
continue to be the loving man your story tell us you
are.
Re: Remembering Street names by Treg Owings ('76)
That' was a great way to recall those street names.
Very clever.
-Leona Eckert ('65)
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>>From: Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
As Memorial Day approaches, let us remember one of
our own '66 classmates, Kerry Love (RIP). Please send
in information you might like to share about Kerry by
posting a remembrance using the following link to the
"Veteran Profile on the Virtual Wall,"
Click here for link
Peace,
-Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
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>>From: Mark Saucier ('70)
To: Rick Maddy ('67)
Re: 5/21/03 Sandstorm
Your biggest worry is definitely not falling asleep
on the beach if you are headed west out of Memphis for
the Atlantic. I might suggest a compass and a map.
I assume from your note you are driving. What's your
route? The recommendations your looking for.
Tourist and/or Dinner/night life?
-Mark Saucier ('70) ~ Pittsburgh, PA
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>>From: Mike Franco ('70)
Re: 29 Palms
I remember in the early '60s being on a bus trip
with a bunch of Scouts on our way to Philmont, NM and
staying overnight at the base at 29 Palms. We pulled
in at 11:45 at night and the temp was 98°!!! I never
could understand what exactly the military value was
there... but now it may be a good training area
replicating those garden spots in the Mid East!
To: Tami Schuchart Keller ('68)
I remember your mom and dad with very good
memories... sorry to hear of your loss.
To: Jack Spanner ('70)
Good to hear from a fellow 1970 survivor
Re: June 20th
Am interested in hearing if any Bombers are
planning on sliding back into town June 20... I will
be there... Hogan, save your brew money!
Best to ALL Bombers!
-Mike Franco ('70)
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
John Browne, Jr. ('61), Linda Reining ('64)
Alan Lobdell ('69), Jeanne LaCroix ('77)
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BOMBER MOM birthday Today: Ruth Richardson
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ANNOUNCEMENT:
R2K+3 ALL BOMBER REUNION - June 21, 2003
R2K99352.tripod.com/index03.html
Come mingle with friends from all classes...
Kathy Hoff Conrad ('64) needs to order the food, so
please help out by sending in your money, so she will
know how much food to order...
R2K+3 will be held at the Richland Red Lion Courtyard.
(The old Desert Inn location)
6:30pm TO ?? Buffet Dinner, $20.00 ($25.00 at the door).
Register by sending $20.00 to:
R2K Reunion, 2102 Tinkle, Richland, WA 99352
Any questions, contact:
Kathy Hoff Conrad ('64) at 509-946-6318
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>>From: John Browne, Jr. ('61)
Re: Basketball?
To: Roger Myers ('55)
Owww!.. you may have shamed me into showing up for
that b-ball tourney, meself-- even if I have to pay
extra for waiting so long (that Sound!.. my Scottish
grandfather rolling..)
To: Juan Northover ('59)
Sounds like Sandi Ego's a little like Vashon (where
all the men have fishing licenses, all the women carry
cell phones, & all the children are virgins...). ^..^
-JHBrowne, Jr. ('61) ~ Vashon Island, WA
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
Re: Martha Burke
I think she is the girl who wanted to join the Boy
Scouts... she didn't want to be a Girl Scout... said
she liked the opportunities that the Boy Scouts offered
and also the camping experiences... she got a lawyer
and tried to sue for discrimination... can't remember
how the lawsuit turned out... can't believe some of
the lawsuits that lawyers think are worth wasting tax
payers money on!!! Some things are better left alone!!!
-Linda Reining ('64) ~Bakersfield, CAwas 92 yesterday
and 94 today. Happiness is hibernation.
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>>From: Alan Lobdell ('69)
Re: 29 Palms
To: Mike Franco ('70)
29 Palms was and still is an artillery base. Plenty
of room for the M-109s, eight inch and 175s to shoot
with no problems of noise to the population. Once you
left the main base and headed out into the field there
was nothing. Almost like in town. That was in '71 to
'73. I'm sure there may be more now and a lot better
weapons also.
-Alan Lobdell ('69)
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>>From: Jeanne LaCroix Grant ('77)
Re: Get Together
To: Whom It May Interest
We have started a monthly get together for ladies
of "77". This month May 28th at 7;30 at Applebee's in
Richland. Hope to see new faces this time too. Thanks
jeanne
-Jeanne LaCroix Grant ('77)
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Lea Branum ('55), Judy Crose ('58)
John Browne, Jr. ('61), Rick Maddy ('67)
Betti Avant ('69), Dale Ayotte ('73)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY 05/24? or 25?: Terry Matthews ('60)
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ANNOUNCEMENT:
ALUMNI BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT ~ 6/21/03
http://www.rhssf.org/tournament
We could use some more numbers for the Alumni
Basketball tournament, so if you are motivated, I am
sure your fellow Bombers could use some encouragement.
Registration fee is $40. Questions?
Email: Zorba Manolopoulos ('91)
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>>From: Lea Branum Clark ('55)
Last night I had a big flash back in my days as a
child in Richland....
We live in a mosquito program in our county. Last
night, my husband and I was taking a walk and the
mosquito truck came by spraying for mosquitoes. I
remember as a child in Richland the trucks or jeeps
coming down the streets and kids following the spray
truck with DDT. It is a wonder that any of the kids are
alive today. Just a reminder of the wonderful days in
Richland.
-Lea Branum Clark ('55) ~ Nampa, ID
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>>From: Judy Crose Snowhite ('58)
Re: Class of '58 Reunion Meeting - Thurs. May 29th
We need any '58 grads who are in the Tri-Cities
area to come to a meeting to stuff envelopes and
discuss our upcoming reunion with Club 40. Come to
the Richland Public Library Thursday, May 29 from
5:30pm to 8:30pm. WE NEED YOU!
Any questions contact either
Joretta "Sue" Garrison Pritchett, Judy Crose Snowhite, or
Barb Isakson Rau.
-Judy Crose Snowhite ('58)
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>>From: John Browne, Jr. ('61)
Re: Marthas... esp Burke
I don't know about suing the Boy Scouts (although
there's some growing interest among some of its
'neighbors', since it has decided to make many of its
camps 'safe' for the boys by cutting down most of the
trees-most recently in Montana & along Hood Canal); but
isn't Ms. Burke the intrepid challenger to the "Males
Only" membership rules of the country club where the
Masters Golf Tourney is held? Is their home course in
Augusta, Georgia?.. I don't really follow golf too
closely (unless my old man should ask me to caddy for
him-- doesn't happen often-- but Fidel still makes the
rounds a couple of non-rainy days a week). I agree with
Linda Reining ('64) about spurious use of taxpayer's
money, though... we should all get a line-item veto to
file, along with our 1040s & 1065s & 1099s etc about
where our tax dollars should, & should NOT go... ^..^
-JHBrowne, Jr. ('61) ~ Vashon Island, WA
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>>From: Rick Maddy ('67)
Re: John Hammer ('67)
I believe it all started in the 3rd grade. Cowboys
and Indians at recess. Meeting John and going out to
the Hammer farm for scout meeting. Mrs. Hammer was our
Cub Scout leader for a time. Spent many seasons during
childhood on the farm hunting game birds, fishing for
carp and playing in the barn. Running through the
cornfield. Hiking the desert. Mr. Hammer seemed to be
always working. Mrs. Hammer too. Farms are like that.
I don’t remember Mr. Hammer having one bad word about
anything that concerned us boys. The usual "Be careful".
Checking us out now and then. Sometimes a small chore.
We were twelve year olds with semi automatic .22 rifles
and shotguns at times. Of course, we knew better than
to do something that would cause such a ruckus.
Mischievous at times... of course. But, oh yea, we knew
better! We had the run of the farm. Our fathers were
just like that in those days. They came from an era
that you just didn't want to cross over that line
with them, yet allowing us to make decisions based on
growing up fast like they did. The Greatest Generation.
My sincere condolence and prayers go out to Mrs.
Hammer, John ('67), Linda ('68) and family on the
passing of Mr. Hammer last week.
To: Mark Saucier ('70)
Re: 5/21/03 Sandstorm
Mark, you said "Your biggest worry is definitely
not falling asleep on the beach if you are headed west
out of Memphis for the Atlantic. I might suggest a
compass and a map. I assume from your note you are
driving. What's your route?"
I am headed west out of Memphis because I am going
back home to Huntington Beach, CA. By the time I get to
Memphis, I have already been on an Atlantic Ocean beach
at Cape Hatteras, Wilmington and Myrtle Beach. I
suppose I could toss in earthquake and terrorists as
being a worry, but I was just slightly kidding when I
said falling asleep on the beach was my biggest worry
(here in SoCal, dude). Huntington Beach is not known
for tornadoes. Tripping, I get up and drive for 250 to
400 miles every day just to see what’s going on on the
other side. I will drive for about twenty five days at
those distances. For example, HB to Seattle 1200 miles.
Seattle to Spokane 289 miles. Spokane to Billings is
530 miles and will be my longest day (Wilmington, NC to
Myrtle Beach, SC is 83 miles - my shortest drive). I
don't like the long drives too much but they are good
for getting started. I've seen Washington state. Lived
all over it for forty eight years and may live there
again some day. I have lived in Yakima, Benton City,
Richland, Kennewick, Poulsbo, Bremerton, Lynnwood,
Rainier, Toledo, Tenino, Port Orchard, Kelso,
Wenatchee, Spokane and Bothell. Some call it PTSD. I
call it keeping a low profile. I don't advise doing
that. You end up owning nothing. But I hear in the end
you won't need anything except the big screen TV.
Traveling changes a person. Seven weeks (July 1 to
Aug. 19) on the road is not for everybody. Travel is a
lure. And whether good or bad, a lesson for a lifetime.
I find it fun, exciting and dangerous but some say that
about trying to get out of a full nelson. Huntington
Beach to Seattle. Seattle to Lucas County, IA where my
father is buried out on one of those little farm
country cemeteries with the church on the same grounds
(Frank died in '89). In this case, a Methodist church.
Very close to the old Maddy farm. I have never seen his
grave. I have been in this very small graveyard though.
Several times. My grandparents and great grandparents are buried there also.
Not too many miles from this south central Iowa
cemetery I have two more sets of grand parents buried
(great great and great great great). My great great
grandparents were first cousins which tells you how
tough it was finding a date out West in the 1860s and
probably the reason for these long winded run on
sentences. Then to West Union, OH near Lick Skillet
Road to see a friend. Steve was my daughter's sixth
grade teacher. Now a good friend. My daughter, Heather,
is thirty three now. Then off to Lexington, VA and then
to the beach (Atlantic) for the Wright Brothers 100th.
She took off for the footlights, I took off for the
sky. Don't need a compass and I can read a map.
To: Bill Wingfield ('67)
Thank you very much for your most generous
invitation. I know the pool in August in Atlanta would
be a welcome dive fer sure! I had to change the
itinerary and will be going from Anderson, SC to
Chattanooga, TN missing Atlanta by a ways. I did the
10 West from Biloxi to Yucaipa in '98 and want to move
farther north in the southern route home this time so I
can cut through Utah. Again, I thank you. Anytime you
want to work on that tan in a dry heat you are always
welcome to my sofa in the living room and you know it!!
A lot of my classmates make me wish I had gotten a job.
Particularly the ones with swimming pools. I was going
to chase down Maki for a freebie at the Double Tree
(was it the DT) but heard he retired and they don’t
have one in the Missouri Ozarks. My mother was born in
Ava. I come from a long proud line of hillbillies. But
most probably figured that out long ago.
To: Barb Gore McCleary ('67)
Barb,
Can you meet me at the Strasburg, CO KOA for a
glass of wine on August 16? My tent should be easy to
find. Most likely this far into the trip it will be the
tattered one. I will look like I have been living on
coffee. One time Phil Collins ('67) and I went hunting
down in Asotin County. I burned a big hole in my tent
with the campfire. I think Gary Nelson ('67) was there
too. Mary was always looking at me with disbelief.
Probably why I’m divorced.
To: Mike Fowler ('67)
Thanks Mike. Say hi to Janell ('67).
-Rick Maddy ('67) ~ HB in OC
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
To: Alan Lobdell ('69)
I know the pain you are going through. I am a
Mammographer (a technician who does Mammograms on
patients). I just dread seeing something on a Mammogram
and having the Radiologist telling me it may be cancer.
It is OK to cry, all right? My heart goes out to
you and your family,
-Betti Avant (fellow '69er) ~ Goodland, KS - however
next Friday I fly into Spokane for a visit with
family
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From the new ALL Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: Dale Ayotte ('73)
Date: Mon May 19 22:34:41 2003
Re: 30 year reunion
Haven't been to the Tri-Cities in decades. Any news
about the 30 year (class of 73') reunion? If anyone
remembers me... send an e-mail GO BOMBERS
-Dale Ayotte ('73)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 05/25/03
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Jim Jensen ('50), Tom Graham ('55)
Helen Cross ('62), Deedee Willox ('64)
Pam Pyle ('69)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Shelly Belcher Sansaver ('74)
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ANNOUNCEMENT:
R2K+3 ALL BOMBER REUNION - June 21, 2003
http://R2K99352.tripod.com/index03.html
Come mingle with friends from all classes...
Kathy Hoff Conrad ('64) needs to order the food, so
please help out by sending in your money, so she will
know how much food to order...
R2K+3 will be held at the Richland Red Lion Courtyard.
(The old Desert Inn location)
6:30pm TO ?? Buffet Dinner, $20.00 ($25.00 at the door).
Register by sending $20.00 to:
R2K Reunion, 2102 Tinkle, Richland, WA 99352
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>>From: Jim Jensen ('50)
Hi Maren,
Been trying to get this note out with the usual
address, but my computer isn't cooperating.
To: Deedee Willox Loiseau ('64)
Re: question of 5/17: Where's Grover Beach?
In 1961, when we lived there, it was called Grover
City. Along the beach, just north of there, was Pismo
Beach and then Shell Beach. Immediately to the east
was Arroyo Grande and just south was Oceano. I haven't
been in the area for over thirty years, but it seems
reasonable that Grover, Pismo, Shell, Arroyo Grande and
Oceano should be called "Five Cities."
When we lived there Grover "City" had the largest
population of the five. It was usually overcast or
foggy in those days. Had to travel about four or five
miles to the north, to Avila Beach, to find a place
where the water and climate were warmer and more
pleasant.
Living by the ocean ain't bad, Deedee... we've done
it a number of times, but right now I would give almost
anything to live in the Tri-Cities.
-Jim Jensen ('50) ~ A sweaty howdy and Bomber cheers to
all... from Katy, TX, a western suburb of Houston,
where THE BIG HEAT arrives in May. On the 5th:
temperature 94, humidity 100, dew point 79; heat
index 104+. Local weather experts state that us
humanoids feel as though we are standing in a warm
shower, fully dressed, when the dew point hits 70
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>>From: Tom Graham ('55)
It is less than four weeks until the Richland
Alumni Basketball Tournament tips off. Four of us
from the Class of 1955 (Forrest, Tracy, Myers and
Graham) have already registered and stepped up the
conditioning. Last week Zorba [Manolopoulos '91]
alerted us that no one from a Bomber class within 20
years of us has yet registered! Yes, we are pushing
it a bit and admit to being a little crazy. But, we
want one more day on the old floor. Preferably against
teams whose players at least had been born back when
we played. So... if you think your cardiologist would
approve then join us on June 21. We can relive the fine
times under great coaches Dawald, Rish, Juricich,
Rodland, etc.
-Tom Graham, 1955 Bomber ~ Bellevue
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
After 2 weeks of being home and almost remembering
where everything is, we will be heading out for Ocean
City, Maryland on Monday. My husband biked into our
locale on Friday night, right on schedule, even after
having had a run in with a dog on Vincennes, Indiana,
just inside the Indiana line from Illinois. He took
yesterday off and went up to the bike shop (where they
had assembled his Trek rig) for some fine-tuning, and
comparing of notes. He turned 58 yesterday and feels up
to the challenge of finishing route 50 to the Atlantic
Ocean. I've enjoyed my 2 weeks at home, but I liked
being on the road too and want to be there at the ocean
for the finale!!
He was interviewed on Fountain Square in Cincinnati
this morning by our local Channel l2. Then a friend
rode out with him for the first 30 miles t0day!!
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ West Harrison, IN - where it
is sunny and 75!!
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>>From: Deedee Willox Loiseau ('64)
To: John Browne, Jr. ('61)
Re: your comment "we should all get a line-item veto
to file, along with our 1040s & 1065s & 1099s etc
about where our tax dollars should, & should NOT
go... ^..^ "
Ya got my vote! Where do I sign? *LOL*
-Deedee Willox Loiseau ('64) ~ Burbank, WA - where it
was hot yesterday but the weekend is supposed
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>>From: Pam Pyle Jewett-Bullock ('69)
To: Rick Maddy ('67)
Re: Lexington, VA
Rick,
We're guessing you'll be coming over into Virginia
from Ohio via I-64, then zipping briefly north on I-81
to intersect and continue eastward travel on I-64,
through Charlottesville, through Richmond (or around
it, via I-295 if you want), through Williamsburg,
through the Chesapeake Tunnel at Hampton Roads/Norfolk,
and onto State Route 168... to take you down to Nags
Head/Kitty Hawk/Hatteras. It's the best route, and
there are some fantastic things to see right along
there.
BUT, before you leave Lexington for that little
northward jump, DO speed SOUTH just about a dozen miles
to see Natural Bridge, VA. It's almost immediately
adjacent to I-81, and it would be a cryin' shame for
you to miss it. It is a remarkable rock formation--a
natural bridge (duh)--I don't recall how high it is,
but you'll just have to trust your fellow Bomber when
I tell you it's really something to see. And you will
probably find camping right around there, as well.
(Although my hat's off to anybody who can sleep in a
tent in our July or August heat/humidity! I'll take the
nice air-conditioned hotels any day!)
Now, if you really want to take your time and
experience the area you're driving a little, then we'd
suggest that, from the Natural Bridge area (at around
Buena Vista--and be careful...THEY say "BU-nah viss-
tuh" in these parts, and they don't seem to "get" our
"California speak"), you divert a couple miles further
east and jump onto the Blue Ridge Parkway heading
north. You can use it as an alternate northward route
for the 40-50 miles to Afton, VA, (just east of
Waynesboro), where you'll intercept I-64 again. The
Blue Ridge Parkway is also lovingly referred to around
here as "Skyline Drive". It is not an EXPEDIENT way to
get anywhere, but it is truly what I call a "touring
road" (in T-Bird speak). Just as the name implies, the
road proceeds right along the top of the Blue Ridge
Mountains, through the George Washington National
Forest. And, given the precipitation we've had this
past winter, it ought to be just as lush and beautiful
as it can get.
Now, as you proceed east on I-64, DON'T miss the
chance to stop and take a tour of Thomas Jefferson's
home, Monticello, situated on a hilltop just above
Charlottesville. You'll find the signs nearing
Charlottesville on I-64, and it's a GORGEOUS area to
stop and see. Also up that same hilltop direction is
the Monticello Winery, if you're interested in Virginia
wines. (We don't use alcohol anymore, but have taken
our California friends there with happy results.
Virginia produces some very nice wines.)
Some of my local friends may disagree with me
entirely, but my best advice on Richmond is DRIVE
AROUND IT in the most expedient way possible (I-295).
If you find yourself just DYING for some DECENT and
cheap Mexican food on this trip, you'll find it (no
kidding) just east of Richmond, right near the Richmond
Airport at Sandston, VA (a nice little airport which
reminds us of the way John Wayne OC USED to look--about
25 years ago). The Mexico Restaurant is located at 5213
Williamsburg Road; from I-64 east, take the South
Airport Road Exit (don't know the #). Proceed south on
South Airport Rd to Williamsburg Rd--turn right. There
are several hotels on the right; restaurant is a little
place on the left...maybe a half mile or so. Owned and
operated by Mexican nationals.
If you haven't been to Colonial Williamsburg, then
it's worth a visit, as well; although we'll warn you
that it's as pricey as going to Disneyland. Recently,
when we needed to kill some time in the Williamsburg
area before meeting California friends there for dinner
(we live north of Fredericksburg, in Stafford, a 2 1/2
hour drive northwest of Williamsburg), we took the
drive into the Jamestown Settlement/Yorktown
Battlefield Park area. Beautiful! Can't believe we'd
passed it up all these years on trips to Williamsburg.
Won't make THAT mistake again! :-) If you'd rather
avoid Williamsburg's capitalism, drive to Jamestown
instead. Again, real "top-down touring"--again in T-
Bird speak.
Departing the Williamsburg or Jamestown areas, try
to get yourself to Hampton during OFF-peak traffic for
the trip through the tunnel. Remember, Navy traffic
is huge in the area. And, in the summer, you're also
better off avoiding the tunnel traffic Thursday, Friday
and Sunday. "Beach traffic" is a summer reality here;
at Nags Head/Kitty Hawk, a lot of beach property weeks
rent from Friday-Thursday. Therefore, regular tunnel
traffic has beachgoers heaped on over the Thursday-
Sunday periods.
Beyond Hampton Roads, the travelling isn't exactly
exciting on the way to the North Carolina beach towns.
There's a REASON they call it the "Dismal Swamp", after
all. Still, after you're through the Swamp, if you can
maintain your patience and NOT be travelling during
those peak times mentioned above, then it's kinda
neat to travel that little route through largely
agricultural (small farms and large) areas. Lots of
fruit/vegetable stands along the way, as I recall--we
haven't taken that drive for about six years now.
We think you'll find Nags Head/Kitty Hawk reminds
you of Huntington Beach--at least the way WE remember
Huntington Beach 15-20 years ago. (We left in 1991 for
the move here to Virginia.) Lots of tacky and surreal
beach houses all along the "Outer Banks", as the area
is known. Wilbur and Orville wouldn't be able to FIND a
sand-strip long enough for launch these days.
If, for any reason, you decide to divert north,
toward the Capitol, we are in THAT area--about the same
distance south of it as you are from downtown L.A. Have
plenty of room, and we're just off I-95; don't hesitate
to call on us for a place to hang out and enjoy all
this area has to offer. There IS much! You can e-mail
us.
-Pam Jewett-Bullock (nee Pyle '69) and Charles Bullock
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8 Bombers sent stuff
Dick McCoy ('45), Dick Roberts ('49)
Jim Grow ('51), Ralph Myrick ('51)
Cheryl Moran ('66), Mike Lange ('67)
Pam Ehinger ('67), Mary Davidson ('85)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cecilia Bennett McCartney ('65)
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45)
Re: Memorial Day
By the time you Bombers read this on Memorial day,
I will be at the Anderson Cemetery helping the Stanwood
American Legion conduct services honoring the local
fallen veterans.
While doing so, my mind goes to other graves, of my
father in Richland who served in W.W.I and came out of
it with shell shock. Also, my Grandfather who lies in
St. Louis in the Calvary Cemetery. He was a veteran of
the Union army and also of the Indian wars.
My service in the Medics, caring for the broken
bodies of young men of W.W.II, and my oldest son Mike,
with an armored division in Bavaria, staring down the
Russians across the Iron Curtain, complete four
generations of service in the United States Army.
I also say a prayer for my fallen schoolmates,
Merle LaGrow ('44) - killed in action in W.W.II,
Van Clippard ('45) - killed in an aircraft carrier
accident just after WWII, and Hibbert Askew ('45) - still
missing in action in Korea. I also pray for those who
may have fallen, unknown to me.
I also pray, in the name of all the above, that we
stop making war, in any way we can.
-Dick McCoy, '45
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>>From: Richard "Dick" Roberts ('49)
To: Deedee Wilcox Loiseau ('64)
Hi, Deedee.
Grover Beach is indeed one of the "five cities".
I think "they" consider Arroyo Grande, Pismo Beach,
Oceano, Grover Beach and either Shell Beach, which is
now a part of Pismo Beach, or Avila Beach as the fifth
city. Great fast growing communities, population of
about 50,000 with lots of retired folks like us. We
live in what is affectionately called "SLO" (San Luis
Obispo) County.
Re: The name, Loiseau
I dated a girl from Pasco a couple of times named
Mitzi Loiseau. She was with me and another couple when
we witnessed a terrible accident between Pasco and
Richland. I can't remember if she testified, but I did.
Any relation? I still remember her beautiful yellow
eyes.
Best regards and a big Bomber cheer!
To: Jim Jensen ('50)
Hi, Jim.
Thirty years out from living in Grover Beach (City)
is a long time. We voted a name change in 1993. Our
weather is fairly constant between 65-75 degrees these
days. Not as much fog as you describe. Actually, little
fog, some overcast that goes away about 10 am. Avila
Beach is still a popular place, especially for the Cal
Poly students and close by is the local nude beach,
Pirate's Cove. We had property overlooking but had to
sell due to failing eyesight. Only kidding. Grover
Beach, population about 13,000 is now the smallest of
the "five cities". It is land locked being surrounded
by the other entities. It's always fun to look back and
say "if I had only". When you lived here I imagine
property was dirt cheap. Average 3 bedroom house cost
in the area is now about $350,000-$400,000. Our house
has doubled in price in the 15 years since we moved
here. Fortunately Prop 13 keeps the property tax under
some control. We have never regretted moving here.
-Richard "Dick" Roberts ('49)
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>>From: Jim Grow ('51)
Re: Anne Mitzlaff Gerken's ('77) classroom where
Burt Pierard ('59), Keith Maupin ('47), and
Judy Willox Hodge ('61) informing younger
Bombers why we are Bombers!
A hand full of activists can cause a change if the
vast majority just remain silent and let themselves be
rolled over. That is what is happening in the Days-Pay
replacement of the Mushroom Cloud logo. My father was
a carpenter and gave to the Days-Pay thing and then it
was forgotten about and life went on. It was just a
small thing and would normally never be mentioned
again were it not for some history-revisionist nuts. I
imagine the group behind this rewriting of history is
the usual bunch that is against all war. Let's stand
up and prevent it from happening. Keep our good old
mushroom cloud up there and get rid of that damn B-17.
-Jim Grow ('51)
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>>From: Ralph Myrick ('51)
Re: Bill Dunwoody ('52RIP)
This morning's [5/25/03] newspaper had a bit of sad
news: Bill Dunwoody died May 13th. Bill was a friend
and a fellow educator. I knew Bill when we attended
Col-Hi together. He was certainly a character. He was
full of it, for sure. I can remember one time when he
challenged anyone to squeeze his hand hard enough to
make him holler. Don't believe anyone could. One time
he let one of the strong guys put his hand in a vise--
didn't make one sound. Bill was also a bull dog. When
it came to fighting, he wouldn't back down for anyone.
He reminded me that one time he got smart with Fran
Rish, and, you all know Rish, challenged Rish to a
boxing match. Rish put the gloves on and Bill said when
Rish knocked him on his butt that he wouldn't challenge
him again.
Then, when I came back to Richland in 1968, I found
out that Bill was a teacher. I couldn't believe he was
a teacher. Here was this ornery little kid going into
teaching. Bill was plenty smart enough to be almost
anything he wanted to be, he just had other things on
his mind. Bill was an excellent teacher especially in
writing and science. And, boy did he love his kids. No
teacher could love them more. He often got the kids
that were difficult for other teachers and he did a
bang up job with them.
Bill had so many health problems that would have
shut most of us down, but not him. He still kept
pounding. Often he would fall to sleep at his desk and
the kids took care of him. Some of the medication that
he was taking was responsible. Kids loved Bill and
they all learned a great deal from him.
Now his is in a safe and illness free place. I
really didn't know if he was religious, but I know he
has a spot in heaven probably helping kids and never
missing their games.
I am gong to miss seeing Bill at the basketball
game, sitting in that same end of the bleachers. That
was his seat and no one else sat there.
Bye, Bill, God be with you and He has a seat
reserved for you at every sporting event.
-Ralph Myrick ('51)
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>>From: Cheryl Moran Fleming ('66)
My husband, Jim ('65), and I are finally catching
up with all you other grandparents. Our daughter,
Jamie, just had her first baby (a girl named Taylor)
on May 2. It really is as awesome as everyone says!!
-Cheryl Moran Fleming ('66)
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>>From: Mike Lange ('67)
I have been reading about all these cross country
trips. Having just made one 2 months ago from Tampa to
Kennewick, it looks like I'll be making another one
5-26 to meet my wife at Fernandina Beach, GA on the
31st, which is the date we met 34 years ago. For those
who knew we separated these last 2 months, we are
getting back together again. I have enjoyed my stay in
the Tri-Cities but it's time to go home again. I was
able bring back a lot of fond memories of growing up in
Richland. I went down to the Columbia Point to check
out my old duck hunting island that Scott Hartcorn ('67)
and Fred Hinkle ('67) had spent some cold mornings
standing in the duck blind. Even though we weren't
dressed for style, we tried to stay warm. I still have
a mallard-tone duck call that I still make noise with.
That will go over my fireplace with a pintail decoy
when I get back home. We may leave Richland but there
will always be a part of it inside us that we will
always cherish along with our high school buddies.
-Mike Lange ('67) ~ temporary in Finley where it is
cloudy and 64
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>>From: Pam Ehinger Nassen ('67)
Re: Fireworks
I just got home from the Grand Coulee Dam Laser
Light show and Larry Mattingly ('60) out did himself
again! The Laser light show was great as usual! But the
fireworks were Awesome! Alan Stephens ('66) and his
wife were here in town for the show. It was nice to
visit with an old childhood friend. Alan and I grew up
on the same block of Wilson. Was hoping to see Larry
and tell him what a great show but he was up on the Dam
and with all the terror attacks you can't get near the
dam without the proper papers!!
The show was great, Larry! My hat's off to ya!!
For those that didn't make this weekend Larry will
be back here on the 4th of July! It's a must if you're
any where near! Alan came from the Seattle area! So
whats your excuse?
Bombers Rule
-Pam Ehinger Nassen (The Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
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>>From: Mary Davidson Coates ('85)
Re: Richland Lady Bombers Softball Team
Congratulations to the Lady Bombers Softball Team
on winning the Big 9, District and Regional Title! On
to State next weekend in Tacoma.
To: All Bomber fans
Come out and root us on!
Go Bombers!
-Mary Davidson Coates ('85)
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7 Bombers and 1 Colt sent stuff:
Kay Weir ('37 Colt), Jim Jensen ('50)
Ralph Myrick ('51), J.D. "Jim" Boyd ('55)
Helen Cross ('62), Diana Bennett ('64)
Gary Behymer ('64), Mike Davis ('74)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim Boyd ('55)
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>>From: Kay Weir Fishback ('37 Colt)
Re: The Logo
If you were as old as I am you would know they were
called the BOMBERS before we knew what they were doing
at Hanford. [Bomber Mascot Website]
The first BOMB they had was an old one they picked
up at the firing range and painted green and gold...
[They] always put out in the middle of the floor before
the game. It was a big deal for visiting schools to try
to kidnap the old bomb.
I have no problem with the Cloud for the logo...
it's just sad that we ever have to have wars. I
remember when a delegation from Japan came to demand we
discontinue the mascot. You can imagine how that went
over. I was fortunate to meet some of the people who
had been instrumental in building the bomb and one of
them said every day they worked as hard as they could
to build and every night they prayed as hard as they
could that NOBODY [would have to use it] but they knew
Hitler was working to do the same thing and we'd better
be first. Hitler [was] actually defeated before the
BOMB but if he hadn't been it would have been used
probably on Wash D.C. I've heard people say we should
have invited the Japanese to see a demonstration of one
[bomb] dropped in the ocean, but [the Japanese] didn't
give in when we dropped the first one on [Hiroshima]...
and we only had TWO [bombs].
The thing our government did that was wrong was
confiscate the homes and farms of anybody with Japanese
ancestry who lived in the Pacific Coast States... many
of them joined the U.S. Army and fought for the U.S.
but they lost their land just the same. There were
actually three men who were German born and lived in
Richland and were found to be buying German War Bonds
and they were put in a P.O.W. Camp but they didn't lose
their property and after the war [they] came back and
resumed their life in Richland.
Some other schools didn't like our name (BOMBERS)
and when we went to out of town games we got a lot of
guff and once had the back of our car smashed where our
Bomber bumper sticker was.
-Kay Weir Fishback ('37 Colt)
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>>From: Jim Jensen ('50)
Re: Grover Beach, CA
To: Dick Roberts ('49)
Hi Dick,
Thoroughly appreciate the update on Grover Beach.
I'm pleased that you now enjoy new and improved weather
there. I'm truly sorry about the failing eyesight
condition you suffered while at Pirate's Cove.
Hopefully the change in location has fully restored
that valuable asset.
When we lived in the area, Pismo had long "enjoyed"
being a famous clam digging site, but by 1961 was on
weekends and in Summer being enjoyed more by the youth
of central California as a place to bar hop. In those
days Shell Beach was primarily a colorful cluster of
dwellings that seemed to be there because people needed
a place with living space. It was devoid of "industry."
There were two motels, a liquor store, a tiny post
office and a couple of gas stations. Had a population
of about 1,500 - 2,000, I believe. Oceano was an
exaggerated wide spot in the road.
One of my cousins lived in Arroyo Grande for a few
years back in the mid-eighties. Loved it!
I can clearly remember (as a sophomore) seeing Lois
Clary, Beverly Wilkinson, Dick Harris and DICK ROBERTS
leading the Bomber faithful in yells and cheers at
football and basketball games. Know what? It seems more
like a few years ago rather than over half a century.
Regards and a Bomber cheer atcha.
-Jim Jensen ('50)
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>>From: Ralph Myrick ('51)
Re: Bombers softball
To: All Bombers
If you haven't been to see the Lady Bombers
softball team, you have missed it big time. The reason
that I went to see them happened accidentally. I
challenged the cussing finger of my left hand with my
table saw. Didn't cut it off but damn near it. I went
to see my favorite doctor, Dr. Hale. A young lady from
Richland High, named Whitney Cross was shadowing the
nurse for a day. We got into a discussion about
softball while I was waiting to get stitched up. The
nurse, I can't remember her name, told me about the
play offs on Friday night and invited me to come to
the game. We went and what a ball game. Those Richland
players were something to behold. I will tell you one
thing for sure: those girls don't throw like girls,
no way. They have two pitchers, Morgan and Nina, [who]
are absolutely amazing. They both throw close to
sixty miles per hour, and with a lot of control. What
impressed me the most was the positive attitude
displayed by the team. They got into trouble with Walla
Walla. Walla Walla went ahead, but the Richland girls
came back and beat them. Pasco scored the first run of
the championship and the Bombers went on to beat them
10 to 1. Ten runs is the mercy number and the game was
over in the fifth inning. I really enjoyed watching
them. Whitney played left field and could she ever hit
the ball. Wow! Whitney was in my second grade PE class
at Marcus. Nancy Coats, I knew this one when she was
in diapers, played second. Man, that child could hit
that ball and was excellent at defense. She made some
unbelievable plays.
They will be playing for state title this Friday at
the Tacoma Dome. If you are in the area, go see them
and you will be in for a real treat. I thought that
Coach Hill did a fine job. Go Bombers!
-Ralph Myrick ('51)
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>>From: JD (Jim) Boyd ('55)
The beginning of a great season is upon us------
summer! Hooray!
The Vidalia onions are now available and soon the
Walla Walla's will be in the stores. Now we have
watermelon, grapes, corn and strawberries---all the
goodies of summer!
We are going to have to make HM bleu cheese
dressing for dipping and for salads.
The following is for the 40's and 50's Bombers.
What do you think is the most important change in
our lives from our high school years? Please write to
the Sandstorm with opinions.
1. Have more than one bathroom in our houses.
2. We have a phone (more than one and not a party line).
3. TV, (now we TV 24 hrs. a day and a 100 plus
channels, plus a VCR to record what you miss).
4. A computer to entertain and educate us.
5. More than one car, (don't have to take the bus any more).
Bet the females will vote for more than one bathroom.
-JD (Jim) Boyd ('55) ~ Palm Desert, CA
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
My husband, Warren just took off today to get back
on Route 50 this morning, and he hopes to keep pedaling
until he reaches his goal: the Atlantic Ocean at Ocean
City, MD, and that he will complete Route 50 coast to
coast in 50 days!! He has a few extra days for bad
weather so it looks good for him to be reaching his goal.
I will be joining him as soon for the finale
tomorrow, as I get everything caught up around the ole'
home front. Good thing we got someone to cut the grass
or we'd have to buy some animals to do it, as it would
be a field for sure. The weather has been nice and cool
these past 2 weeks I've been home in Indiana. The
flowers are slowly coming out, as it hasn't been over
75 since I've been home. I shouldn't complain, as it's
likely to get very hot around here,
So if you see a Bomber license plate holder on the
front of a white van with an Indiana plate (they don't
give us plates here in this state) on the back, please
do come up and say hi.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ West Harrison, IN - where the
sky is blue and the little lake is looking nice.
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>>From: Diana Bennett Ground ('64)
Been out of town for a couple of days and am just
catching up with the Sandstorm entries.
Got a kick out of Lea Branum Clark 's ('55)
comments on the mosquito control truck. I arrived in
Richland in 1951 at the age of 5 and lived right off
the shelter belt on Elm street. Have vivid memories of
racing after the mosquito spray truck. Am surprised
that any of us managed to make out of those days
alive. Considering that we rode bikes without helmets,
skated on those clunky metal skates without knee or
elbow pads, raced after the mosquito control trucks,
built forts in the shelter belt, and played across the
highway (now the bypass) in the desert. Actually never
saw a live rattlesnake, but was bitten by countless ants.
-Diana Bennett Ground ('64)
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
Re: Picture of C.C. Anderson's
-Gary Behymer ('64) ~ downtown Colfax, WA
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>>From: Mike Davis ('74)
This Memorial Day marked the 16th anniversary of
the death of my brother, Steve "Bear" Davis ('72RIP).
It is hard to believe that he has been gone such a long
time. He touched a lot of peoples' hearts with his big
smile and his contagious laughter. Our family thinks of
him often and how he brighten our lives. His girls,
Heidi ('00) and Sarah ('02), have grown up to be
beautiful young successful women. He would be very
proud of them. He also has a cute little granddaughter
now, Kyler Rose. I'm sure he is looking down on her
with a gleam in his eye!
Here's to you, Bear. We miss you greatly, but you
still live in our hearts.
-Mike Davis ('74)
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17 Bombers sent stuff:
Keith Maupin ('47), Anita Hughes ('52)
Curt Donahue ('53), Wally Erickson ('53)
Karen Cole ('55), Larry Mattingly ('60)
Jay Siegel ('61), Helen Cross ('62)
Deedee Willox ('64), Linda Reining ('64)
Marcia Wade ('67), Rick Maddy ('67)
Judi Lahrman ('68), Mike Franco ('70)
Diane Carpenter ('72), Karen Davis ('76)
Heidi Davis ('00)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike Clowes ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAYS Today:
Twins: Bob Grout & Roberta Grout Ouaou ('66WB)
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>>From: Keith Maupin ('47)
To whom it may concern:
I cannot believe at this late date that some are
still arguing that the "Bomber" nickname preceded the
delivery of the two atom bombs and the end of the war.
The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima August 6,
1945, another on Nagasaki August 9, 1945. Japan
surrendered unconditionally on August 14, 1945. The
formal surrender ceremonies on board the battleship
Missouri took place on September 2, 1945.
So when were the Columbia High Students first
called "Bombers"? The 1945 Columbian said, and I quote,
"September of 1944 saw the Beaver football squad go
into action". 'Tennis Season' "May 24th, the Beavers
ended their season". June 1, 1945 School closed with
no indication the name had been changed. September 13,
1945 the Richland Villager said, and I quote,
"indications are that the Col-Hi teams formerly
known as the "Beavers" may this year be known as the
"Bombers or Atomizers"... "May" would indicate the
name had not changed by September 13, 1945 - after the
bombs were dropped and after the formal surrender
ceremonies. But let's look further. September 14, 1945
the Kennewick school paper, The Lion's Roar, said, and
I quote, "Football Jamboree in Lions' Den on Friday
Evening. Teams participating "Richland Beavers" -
again, after the bombs were dropped and after the
formal surrender ceremonies. The September 28, 1945
Sandstorm referred to the football team as the
"Beavers." October 11, 1945 the Pasco Herald said, and
I quote, "Next Friday the Bulldogs travel to Richland
to meet the Beavers under the lights" Note that more
than a month after the formal surrender ceremonies the
Col-Hi team is still called the "Beavers." Then, one
week later, in the Pasco Herald, "The Pasco Bulldogs"
passed for eight touchdowns while holding the Bombers
scoreless." And the Sandstorm first called the team
"Bombers" in their issue dated October 19, 1945.
So when were the Columbia High Students first
called "Bombers"? According to five local publications,
the Sandstorm, the Pasco Herald, The Lion's Roar, The
Kennewick Courier-Reporter, and the Richland Villager
the name change occurred after the bombs were dropped
and after the formal surrender ceremonies.
All documented evidence points to the name change
occurring in October, 1945. There is none to support
the name change before that date.
-Keith Maupin ('47), Col-Hi student August 1944 to January 1947
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>>From: Anita Hughes Hogan ('52)
To: Kay Weir Fishback ('37 Colt)
Kay,
You echo my sentiments exactly. I worked with two
Japanese ladies over thirty years ago in Southern
California. Both of them stayed in POW camps during
WWII and both had their land confiscated by our
government. They told me of the hardships of the POW
camp. They were both American born.
Thanks for your input on the subject.
To: Jim Boyd ('55)
You did name the really important changes--but how
about the Microwave!!
-Anita Hughes Hogan ('52) - Where Mt. Shasta is losing
some snow in the beautiful warm weather.
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>>From: Curt Donahue ('53)
Re: Life Changes
To: JD (Jim) Boyd ('55)
It has to be the computer chip. It "lives" in so
many things we use. From our toasters to our cars and
this strange machine I am using at the moment.
-Curt Donahue ('53) ~ Federal Way, WA
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>>From: Wally Erickson ('53)
To: Ralph Myrick ('51)
Re: Bill Dunwoody ('52 RIP)
Thanks for sending information about Bill Dunwoody.
It is sad he had to go at such a young age. I've known
Bill since November, 1944. We grew up on the same block
of Putnam St. The Dunwoody's lived at 1405 Putnam. We
had a great group of kids, we were near the same age
with different personalities. There was Bill Lloyd ('54),
Websters (Viva ('53) and Kenny ('55), Davises (Jack ('56)
& Bob ('54RIP), Elise Derricott ('55) and my sister
Sue ('59) and I. The Dunwoody's were from Denver along
with the Websters and Davises.
Our fun times started playing war in fox holes
covered with sage brush in the large vacant lot near
our homes, cowboys and Indians, Robin Hood (swords
carved from wood), and dressing in dark clothing for
an evening of "hide & seek" (the beginning of "Special
Forces" in those times). I remember playing tag on
Webster's huge willow tree. We weren't allowed to touch
the ground... great times! We went swimming almost
every day at the new pool on Swift Blvd. Guess who made
the biggest splash? Bill took a lot of pride in that.
Later on while playing sports, Bill Dunwoody was our
center in "flag" football, he was our designated
catcher in softball (some baseball) due to his size.
After each of us entered Col-Hi, it seemed we each went
our different ways. I seemed like we weren't those fun
loving kids anymore.
I also remember Bill Dunwoody playing the drums in
band. Due to his size, Bill was a natural for carrying
the big bass drum during half time marches. He was very
good at playing all the drums, along with the cymbals.
Once Mr. Gordon Pappas asked Bill to make a horse sound
in one of the orchestra musicals. Mr. Pappas would have
this wide grin on his face each time Bill would make
this horse noise in the background. The musicians
during that time will remember what I'm referring to.
Bill worked at the Richland theater as a "ticket
taker" for a short time. A couple of times we went to
the theater when Bill was working and he would pretend
to tear up the ticket... only happened twice. It was
fun just doing it. Bill later became very interested in
movies and would memorize names of actors, directors, etc.
I last saw Bill Dunwoody outside Shari's in
Richland when I was going to visit my friend Harold
George ('52RIP). That was just before Harold passed
away May, 1999. We had a great short visit... he had
just gone into retirement. That must have been really
hard for him at that time, because his family had to be
his students!!!! Sounds like he really enjoyed teaching
and I'm sure he put everything he had into it... that
was the kind of person Bill Dunwoody was!!
Yes, Bill was a great friend and neighbor for all
those years. He was always there for his friends. God
Bless you Bill. Sorry, I let this go on so long... just
wanted to share my memories of my friend Bill Dunwoody.
Thanks again, Ralph... it looks like we and many
others understood what a great guy he was.
-Wally Erickson ('53)
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>>From: Karen Cole Correll ('55)
To: J.D. Boyd ('55)
I vote for the bathroom. When you grow up with six
females and two males in a house with one bathroom,
there was never a doubt.
-Karen Cole Correll ('55) ~ Nine Mile Falls, WA
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>>From: Larry Mattingly ('60)
Re: Memorial Day
Since I am usually off somewhere doing a fireworks
display on Memorial Day weekend, I have to stop and
think sometime during the day of what it is all about.
Lest we forget: we need to remember not only friends
and relatives that have passed on, but also those who
died defending our freedom and that of others around
mother earth. Their ultimate sacrifice is a legacy that
has no price, but is of untold value. God keep their
souls at peace forever.
Re: A holiday with pyros
I spent my weekend at Coulee Dam. Jay Seigal ('61)
was also there and did a good job working on our crew.
We did our annual display for the opening of the
Laserlight Festival. I felt for the local event
sponsors. While there was a good crowd for the laser
show and fireworks, the festival crowd was very light.
I look for them to change the festival format to
attract more attendance. My apologies to Pam Ehinger
Nassen ('67) and Alan Stephens ('66), and thank you
for your comments. I did get the message that you were
trying to contact me but the phone number that the
chief of security handed me came up disconnected. I
sent a message to the gate that if you called again to
have you come to the gate and I would come out. It was
well-intended but just didn't get back to you. Security
was extremely tight. All crew members had to have a
full background check at least 4 days before the event.
The 3 vehicles allowed on the dam were thoroughly
searched including the engine compartment. Once an
hour a guard came by to escort those in need to the
restroom. It was a good 3/8 mile walk each way.
The display went well and we had varied our program
a bit to be different from the past. The GE emblem was
a great success with the GE marketing executive and her
photographer who flew out from NY. It snapped on like
a light bulb! All 1100 plus points of light lit up
instantly. While it may not have appeared so to a
viewer, this was a tremendous technical accomplishment.
40, 5x8 sections had to be assembled in the correct
order, suspended 50 feet in the air on a scaffolding,
on top of the dam and shaking in the wind, and properly
tied together for ignition. The crew leaning over to
work on it were looking down the 300 foot tall face
of the dam. Earlier in the day it rained making it
slick, and high winds were shaking the 50 foot high
scaffolding so bad that some of the crew were almost
sick and a bit in fear. We brought them down until the
wind died back a bit. We had enough guy wires and the
crew were in hard hats and full harness and tether, but
it was still an experience to remember. All total we
had over 450 man hours in this emblem. They (GE) have
tried to do this several other times in the last
several years with smaller emblems in other areas.
According to them, all were dismal failures. I spoke
with them about midnight just before they left for the
airport. They were delighted. During the display I was
up at the vista point about 1 mile SW of the dam with
our staff photographer. We had 7 cameras set up. 3
digital, 2 film and 2 video, all with telephoto. You
should have nearly been able to hear my whoop of joy
when it lit up. It was the most apprehensive I have
been in 20 years. Hopefully this will lead to more
corporate sponsorship for this really grand community
event. I will look at the photos in the next day or so
and select a couple for Maren to post.
"Happiness is the sky in bloom"
-J Larry Mattingly ('60) ~ At Olympia in the sun.
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>>From: Jay Siegel ('61)
Re: A trip east
I just read Pam Ehinger's ('67) comments about the
show at Grand Coulee Dam. I was fortunate enough to be
able to help setup that show and it was definitely a
different venue. I was hoping to see a friendly face,
but we started work at about 9 AM and didn't come off
of the dam until about 1/2 hour before the show. I
viewed the show from the festival area below the dam
and it was impressive. If any of you are able to make
it to the dam for the 4th or Labor Day, it is well
worth the trip. I won't be there for the 4th - too
many shows on the west side of the mountains, but I am
planning on making it to the Labor Day show. If you
are able to make it there for the show, ask one of the
Security people to pass on a contact number to me and
I will get back to you. It was a reminder of days gone
by when anyone could cross the dam - now I felt so very
fortunate to be allowed to stand on the roadway and
survey the magnificent view down the river.
It was good to be in the Columbia Basin for a
couple of days, even though the weather wasn't the
best. Watched the laser show on Saturday night from the
observation point on top of the mountain across from
the dam - the winds became pretty strong but it was
still a great "first time experience" for me. I have
never been able to see the lights or the laser show. I
do have some good news. The lights are going to be
repaired and we will all be able to enjoy them again.
The Security people there are just great - friendly
and helpful with that special friendliness that exists
in most of eastern Washington. I was talking with the
Chief of Security shortly after I arrived Saturday
evening just as it started to drizzle a bit. Someone
made a comment about getting wet, and I added that it
wasn't all that bad (western Washington training) and
besides, it would probably bring out the fragrance of
the sage. Dale (the Chief of Security) looked at me and
said "You really are from eastern Washington". That was
how we were treated by everyone that we came into
contact with.
It was great to visit and I will carry some great
memories from this weekend - not unusual for a visit
to Eastern Washington - but still very precious.
Clear, blue skies and warm, gentle breezes
-Jay Siegel ('61) ~ Poulsbo, WA
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Re: The Richland Ladies' Softball Team
I couldn't help be proud reading about the Ladies'
Softball Team that Ralph Myrick ('5l) mentioned. You
see Whitney Cross is my cousin, Duane's ('79) daughter,
and I believe his other daughter MacKenzie is on the
team too. This is the 2nd mention I have heard of how
well they are doing. All of us Crosses are proud of
them, Duane (their dad) from their grandpa (Robert
Cross in Kennewick) to their Aunt Carol ('64), uncles
Bob ('62) and Allan ('59) and cousins across the state
and country. Go Bombers!! Just wish I were able to
attend some of the games.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ West Harrison, IN - where it's
going to be pleasant in the 70s today, as the
rain is heading south.
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>>From: Deedee Willox Loiseau ('64)
To: Gary Behymer ('64)
Thanks for the picture of C.C. Anderson's. My
mother worked there before it became The Bon, then she
worked for them. I worked there briefly in '63, but it
was The Bon Marche by then. Sure brings back memories.
To: Richard "Dick" Roberts ('49)
Re: The name, Loiseau
Yes, Mitzi Loiseau is my husband's sister. She
died in October 1998. She was a feisty gal, to say the
least. She made family reunions rather interesting. She
worked for an airline for many years, finally settling
in Las Vegas, which is where she died. She requested no
funeral or memorial service; I think that was hard for
my hubby. Her daughter, Kim, lives in Spokane and she
is a really nice woman. We see her occasionally. We
used to have Loiseau family reunions every year, but
since Granny died, we don't have them very often. You
might remember Armand as he was a year younger than
Mitzi. That's my hubby. He's the most wonderful man in
the world. Bet my sis, Judy Willox Hodge ('61), won't
agree, will you Judy? *LOL*
-Deedee Willox Loiseau ('64) ~ Burbank, WA - where we
are watching woodpeckers who have built a nest
inside a tree, pecked a hole right in it and
hollowed it out!
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
To: Diana Bennett Ground ('64)
Hi, Diney
'Bout time you wrote in and let everyone know you
are "alive and kickin".
I remember running behind those mosquito trucks,
too... can you believe we are still alive???? It's a
wonder that "fog" didn't kill us off at an early age!!!
Played hide and seek, and built forts in the shelter
belt, too... and those blasted red ants... man, think
they gave a worse welt than any mosquito!!!!! We moved
to Elm after you had left, but we connected through
church (Richland Lutheran)... remember folk dance
classes?
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA - we have had a
slight breeze to keep the 100+ temps away, but
they claim we will start to get warmer this week!
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>>From: Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67)
To: Kay Weir Fishback ('37 Colt)
Kay,
I so appreciate your posts to the Sandstorm! You've
got such a unique perspective on all that's gone on
with the High School and the town, it's refreshing and
great to learn. Thank you bunches!
For some reason I didn't have a Sandstorm in my
Email box this morning when I checked at 0830.. wonder
if we have a gremlin again? Luckily I keep some past
Sandstorms in a folder in the machine that I can get
into and click on the link for the [Alumni Sandstorm]
web site to get my daily 'fix'.
-Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67) ~ sunny downtown
Richland - where summer may have arrived finally!
(seemed for a while that God had looked at the
calendar wrong and was sending us March weather
instead of May!... and I must credit that thought
to my Mom actually, from an email she sent after a
very very chilly week end not long ago!)
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>>From: Rick Maddy ('67)
Thanks very much to those of you that responded to my trip wish.
Mark Saucier ('70), Mike Lange ('67)
Bill Wingfield ('67), Phil Collins ('67)
Pam Pyle Jewett-Bullock ('69)
Wynell Williams Fishburn ('55)
Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Although Helen never wrote to me, just reading her
husband's cross country trek on a bicycle makes what
I'm doing cake and pie. I cannot imagine pedaling
across America on a bicycle. Incredible. Thanks for the
timing, Helen. Perfect! Mark Saucier ('70) with some
very much needed info on Cape Hatteras and Myrtle
Beach. Salmon in Seattle (my bro-in-law Jerry Kelly
(KHS '64) always has a salmon around), Rocky Mountain
oysters, corn on the cob, pond catfish, turtle soup,
goat cheese, grits, deep fried okra, tamales and
sunsets out of this world.
I really thank all of you mentioned and others I
missed mentioning here for either inviting me into your
homes or letting me know what I should see. Looking
very much forward to hitting the road. I am at times
taken aback at the hospitality of Bomber folks. There
are simply no words...
Thank you,
-Rick Maddy ('67)
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>>From: Judi Lahrman Wallace ('68)
Hey classmates where is everyone from the class of
'68.... is anyone out there?
-Judi Lahrman Wallace ('68)
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>>From: Mike Franco ('70)
Re: Mike Davis' ('74) memories of brother "Bear" ('72RIP)
Nice words, nice thoughts... I remember "Bear" as a
"soph" in '69-'70 when I was a senior... always lots of
laughs, always lots of fun... Absolutely a "Richland
kind of guy"... thanks for reminding us of him.
My best to all who were and are part of the Bear
nation.
-Mike Franco ('70)
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>>From: Diane Carpenter Kipp ('72)
Re: Kay Weir Fishback ('37 Colt) letter
Kay,
Thank you for your very interesting note and for
sharing your perspective. I learned a couple of things,
and was reminded of a couple of others. I had never
heard before about those building the bomb working hard
to build it and praying hard that it wouldn't have to
be used. I would hope that that is the attitude we
would all have, all the time.
-Diane Carpenter Kipp ('72)
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>>From: Karen Davis Scheffer ('76)
I wanted to echo my brother Mike's ('74) sentiments
of our big brother, Steve ('72RIP). I seemed to miss
him more this year than usual for some reason. I have
his picture on my wall near my daddy's... they both are
missed so much. I read something recently that made me
aware of perhaps why they both were taken so soon in
life. I believe, in my case at least, that God needed
to make me aware that I was too dependent on my daddy
and my big brother, too in earlier days---instead of
HIM. Those 2 men shaped me a great deal in my life
and whereas Bear would never let me date certain men
and watched what I did in my single days and was a
protector, daddy was my foundation--my strength--my
fortress in times of trouble. I didn't realize that God
needed to hold that position. I am so thankful for the
tremendously, wonderful, oldest brother and incredibly,
loving, earthly father God allowed me to have---and now
I can relax in knowing they did their job and NOW I can
focus more on my heavenly father.
I miss Steve very much and I finally know that he
is well and in my case, did his job well. Thank you
big brother and I know you are happy with what you see
--- in all of us ---
Good job, good and faithful servant.
-Karen Davis Scheffer ('76)
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>>From: Heidi Davis Mortensen (2000)
To: Mike Davis ('74)
Thanks for the compliment, Mike. I hope that Kyler
will know what a wonderful man he was too!
-Heidi Davis Mortensen (2000)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 05/29/03
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11 Bombers sent stuff:
Mary Triem ('47), Ruth Miles ('59)
Patti Jones ('60), Jeanie Hutchins ('62)
Joanna Faulkner ('63), Bob Grout ('66WB)
Penny McAllister ('67), Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
Mike Howell ('68WB), Rachael Rudd ('77)
Zorba Manolopoulos ('91)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jimmie Shipman ('51)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dick Pierard ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon Sherwood ('58)
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NOTICE: Alumni Basketball Tournament scheduled for
June 21, 2003 has been cancelled... see entry from
Zorba Manolopoulos ('91) in this issue for details.
http://www.rhssf.org/tournament/
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>>From: Mary Triem Mowery ('47)
To: Keith Maupin ('47)
We "older Bombers" really appreciate you (and
Burt & Judy) for telling the true story of Bomberville.
Even though we aren't the students of history that
you and Burt are, we will fight as hard as you to
keep the Bomber name. It seems that this issue pops
up periodically, so we must keep on our toes!
-Mary Triem Mowery, a '47 Bomber
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>>From: Ruth Miles Bruns ('59)
Re: Life Changes
Freedom from competition for the bathroom, and
computers for our education and entertainment are
indeed amazing and wonderful, but I would suggest
that the greatest change in life from the high school
years is ... having children. Talk about educational
and entertaining!
-Ruth Miles Bruns ('59) ~ beautiful downtown Goldendale, WA
where the lilacs continue to bloom and the iris
and peonies are busting out all over.
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>>From: Patti Jones Ahrens ('60)
Re: Puget Sound Area/Fife Luncheon
The Bomber Babes and Dudes
Please make reservations by Friday June 6, 2003
DATE: June 8, 2003
COFFEE TIME: 11:30am
LUNCH TIME: 12:30pm
WHERE: Fife Bar and Grill
In between Goodyear Tire and Day's Inn
PHONE: (253) 922-9555
ADDRESS: 3025 Pacific Hwy E., Fife, WA
I-5 North, Exit 136 B (Port of Tacoma)
I-5 South Exit, 136
Turn left on Pacific Hwy. E.
PRICE: Price range $10.00 - $14.50 includes drink and tip
All Bomber Spouses and Friends are welcome!
Re: Luncheon Schedule
Many Bombers have emailed me that their schedules
have not allowed them to come to the luncheon. Some
have emailed they will be there in June. Looking
forward to you joining us.
Re: Summer Months
Puget Sound Area/Fife group suggested and decided
to continue through the summer months. Hopefully some
of the Bombers traveling through the area will be able
to join us.
Re: To schedule future luncheons on your calendar.
The luncheons are always the second Sunday of the
month... EXCEPT Mother's Day rolls to the Sunday before.
Club 40 week-end (in September) the luncheon rolls to
the week-end after.
Judy Willox Hodge ('61) joined us last month coming
over from Richland. Judy says she will be here again in
June. Not sure if the Bomber Luncheon hooked her or the
view and relaxation at my home? **GRIN** I'm sure it's
both but Judy can confirm. Huh Judy? Judy and I didn't
stop talking for 12 hours.
Re: "Proud to be a Bomber" shirts
Judy's visit in May gave Judy and I opportunity to
talk about the "Proud to be a Bomber" shirt and it's
future. Judy's Club 40/Bomber Stuff 'n Traveling Card
Table
Buy Bomber Stuff website
now has (as was promised) a stock of the "Proud to be a
Bomber" shirts, as well as I have a stock to back her up.
You can now order either place. The "Proud to be a
Bomber" shirts do have the BOMB IN THE CLOUD!
Bombers Have Fun
-Patti Jones Ahrens ('60) ~ Browns Point, WA - A well
deserved day in the sunshine got lost when the
wind chilled the air. Weather news is promising
days of sunshine. We'll see!
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>>From: Jeanie Hutchins Simon ('62)
To: Wally Erickson ('53)
Re: Bill Dunwoody ('52 RIP)
I very much enjoyed reading about your memories of
Bill. Our families were very close friends ~ we also
came to Richland in 1944. Earlier, my sister, Ruthann
Jensen ('58) called me about Bill's death. While
sharing memories, we immediately thought about all of
his stacks of Comic Books that were behind the sofa
and lined several stairs going up to the bedrooms. I
remember the many times that we would sit on the stairs
and read them, while the adults visited. Perhaps, a fun
memory for you, too. (we'd never seen, nor have since
seen, so many Comic Books) We have many wonderful, warm
memories of the Dunwoody family.
Like you, the last time I saw Bill was last summer
having his dinner and reading the newspaper while
sitting at Shari's counter. I understand that was his
regular dinner place. I'm sure they will miss him
there.
I fondly remember your parents, too.
-Jeanie Hutchins Simon ('62) ~ Bellingham, WA
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>>From: Joanna Faulkner Brown ('63)
I found this article which might be of interest to us
Bombers who ran through the fog of the mosquito trucks
and later worried about the DDT (I did not
independently verify the accuracy however)
Dr. William Campbell Douglass
'DDT CAUSES CANCER.' Says WHO? Check the record.
Back in the 1970s, the Environmental Protection Agency
examiner summed up 9,000 pages of research by flatly
declaring, 'DDT is not a carcinogenic hazard to man.'
He also emphasized that it doesn't harm fish, birds or
other wildlife . Despite this open-and-shut case, his
boss, EPA head William Ruckleshaus went ahead and
banned DDT. Aides later said he never read even one
page of the studies. He had helped to hatch the DDT
scare and couldn't bring himself to admit he was
wrong.The worldwide witch-hunt against DDT hasn't
saved one peregrine falcon. But it has unquestionably
murdered tens of millions of human children in tropical
nations, who continue to die from malaria, Dengue
fever, yellow fever and other mosquito-borne plagues.
I know this all too well from treating patients
at my own clinic in Africa. It steams me to think
that the anti-DDT activists who commit this genocide
are congratulating themselves for being great
humanitarians.
Bomber cheers,
-Joanna Faulkner Brown ('63)
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>>From: Brother Bob ('66WB)
To: Roberta Grout Ouaou ('66WB)
Happy birthday to my twin sister Roberta who lives
in Downingtown, PA May 28,2003
-Brother Bob ('66WB)
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>>From: Penny McAllister D'Abato ('67)
To: Linda Reining ('64)
Linda,
have been trying to email you for the last couple
weeks... nothing important.It keeps coming back to
me??????? Have you been getting email?
-Penny McAllister D'Abato ('67)
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>>From: Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
To: Judi Lahrman Wallace ('68)
Re: Class of '68 classmates
Hi, Judy --
I am a faithful reader, but contribute to the
Sandstorm much less often than I used to, because of
life demands. I am in graduate school in Spokane during
the school year. This summer I am working 3-4 days a
week back in Richland (at the psych hospital -- my
graduate degrees will be as an adult and child/
adolescent Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner), then
returning to Spokane for the remaining days because of
my personal commitments here - plus work on my thesis.
That drive between Spokane and Richland is SO
boring -- and will be more so as I make it today, since
someone broke into my car two nights ago, and stole all
my CDs! Nearly $3,000 worth. So no tunes for the trip
today :-(
I know the locations and goings on of several other
'68 grads -- and I'm sure our dear Maren will be happy
to re-post the appropriate link (right Maren??), so you
can see the e-mail addresses of some of the rest of us,
if you'd like to get in touch. :-)
[richlandbombers.1968.tripod.com/]
-Lynn-Marie Hatcher ('68)
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>>From: Mike Howell ('68WB)
Hi Group:
Last night at the American Legion Meeting here in
Westport, WA I was elected Commander. I would like to
take this opportunity to let all the Veterans know
that at Summer conference in Spokane that the American
Legion is putting forth a bylaw to change it's
requirements for membership. If passed you will be
eligible for membership if you served in the Service
during the Cold War Period. That period will be from
1941 until 1991. As is stands right now you need to
have served during the time of a conflict. I know most
Veterans are busy people but I want to invite you to
join the American Legion we really need bodies at
meetings and the good we do for the community is worth
the time you give.
-Mike Howell ('68WB)
P.S. look for me During Cool Desert Nights in
the "vendor" section
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>>From: Rachael Rudd class ('77)
Hello classmates from 1977!
Looking forward to the All Bomber reunion on the
21st of June.
I am flying in from Holland and haven't been "home"
to the Tri-Cities in 23 years. Was wondering if anyone
was interested in getting folks together from the '77
class for a mini-reunion. There is only one evening
planned for All Bombers and I would love to see as
many of you as I can before I return to Europe.
The distance prohibits me from organizing something
myself. But if anyone out there\ feels the same way I
do, then I would love hearing from ya.
Groeten uit Holland (greetings from Holland)
-Rachael Rudd class ('77)
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>>From: Zorba Manolopoulos ('91)
Re: Alumni Basketball Tournament
This year's tournament has been cancelled due to
lack of registration. With the current numbers, we
couldn't guarantee a tournament. I didn't want people
to drive down for a 'quarter-baked' tournament.
We did consider splitting the players up into teams
and playing, but there wouldn't be enough teams and it
really wasn't what everyone signed up for. So it was
better to cut the losses and try again next year.
This just gives you more time to get ready for next
year's tournament. :)
Please visit http://www.rhssf.org/tournament to
fill out the Post-Tournament Survey. This will be your
chance to improve next year's tournament.
Thanks
-Zorba Manolopoulos ('91)
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8 Bombers and 1 funeral notice today:
Dick McCoy ('45, '46, and '02), Millie Finch ('54)
John Browne, Jr. ('61), Helen Cross ('62)
Linda Reining ('64), Bill Owens ('69)
Vicki Owens ('72), Gina Rees ('81)
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BOMBER LUNCHES (in order of appearance)
06/01 - Class of '58
06/08 - Puget Sound Area
August 3 - Portland/Vancouver Picnic
More information: www.calsnet.net/All_Bombers
Click the lunch you want to know about.
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45, '46, and '02)
Re: Bombers
I was gone a couple days... when I got back I saw
the "same old-same old" on the Bombers.
Thank you, Keith Maupin ('47), for setting the
record straight.
For the record, (again)
The Broncs till the fall of '44,
then the Beavers till the fall of '45.
Then the Bombers.
If anyone wants the exact dates, contact Burt
Pierard ('59). He and I worked on this looking at the
SandStorms of those days, along with other sources such
as mentioned by Keith.
-Dick McCoy ('45, '46, and '02) ~ Bronc, Beaver, Bomber
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>>From: Millie Finch Gregg ('54)
Re: FYI
I believe it was last week that I wrote in about
our friend in NC bought a house in Charlotte and the
address was Kennewick Rd., and before you got to her
house there was Pasco Ct. Well.............
Wouldn't you know that my oldest brother had to
send me an e-mail to correct, or rather still remind me
that because I was getting older - how soon I forget!!
You see he lives in Aiken, SC and on one of our
visits to his place, he pointed out to us that the Main
East/West Highway through the center of Aiken is
Richland Ave.
Also he told me that the Aiken HS colors are
Green/Gold and the South Aiken HS is red/gold.
I thought I had better get my correction done
before he gets me again. You know, some things never
change. I guess he will always HAVE to be my boss!!
Some of you I am sure know him, Charles H. Finch ('50).
Have a great weekend and Bomber cheers to all of you,
-Millie Finch Gregg ('54)
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>>From: John Browne, Jr. ('61)
Re: Educating & Entertaining
To: Ruth Miles Bruns ('59)
I'd go along with your vote for 'having children'
as the biggest change after HS, with the added caveat:
take the electric wires off the house & send the meter
back. That's what we decided to do, about a month after
our second child was born. Talk about getting an
Education!.. & in an old schoolhouse, at that. We lived
there for 6 more years, then headed off (in a school
bus- is the 'education' motif becoming apparent?) to
care take an 80 acre place in the Oregon woods, while
living in the bus. We finally broke down & got a phone;
but it was never wired for anything but DC. 12 years
without alternating current went by way too fast! (BTW,
Ruth, the flowers that really caught my eye on the way
home from Bickleton were the hot pink onions, blooming
in the valley pastures W of Goldendale, along the Lyle
Rd.)
Re: DDT
Yup, it sure ain't carcinogenic... but Dr. Douglass
is dead wrong about what it did to raptors (& some
other critters at the top of food chains). Eggshells
got thinner than paper, on account of it. A related
compound has become 'problematic' in the marine mammals
(actually, I can't think of a single halogenated
hydrocarbon that hasn't become a 'problem' somewhere).
His other point, about people dying in the tropics
because of the ban on DDT, isn't true, either, since
lots of it continues to be exported to SE Asia & Africa
(& probably elsewhere). I'm sure that the West Nile
virus 'scare' will be a big selling point for relaxing
the ban (&/or a selling point for other pesticides) any
day now... which may offer the buzzards a Hobson's
Choice: get sick from eating dead crows?.. or have egg
shells get too thin to support a brooding mom? (Tough
to be a buzzard, sometimes...) ^..^
-JHBrowne, Jr. ('61) ~ Vashon Island, WA
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Greetings from Romney, Hampshire Public Library, WV.
After a few days R&R at home in Indiana, Warren
headed out again on Monday morning!! He didn't want
the pedals to forget how to work. I joined him in West
Virginia in the little town of Grafton on highway 50.
I was pleased to learn that it was close to
Arthurdale, so I took a ride up there yesterday to see
the model town built by the New Deal Federal Government
in l934. It was a pet project of Eleanor Roosevelt, who
I certainly admire. It was very interesting to me,
especially as my background is social work.
After coasting across Ohio and enjoying Parkersburg
and Clarksburg on a wonderful new, wide divided road,
Warren entered the really world of bicycling in West
Virginia. That would be narrow roads and constant 9%
grades uphill and down, only to go back up and down
again. We westerners were surprised to learn that the
toughest mountains are not the highest ones in
Colorado, but these of 9% grades in West Virginia are
the toughest!! Warren only averaged about 60 miles
yesterday before calling it a day, (usually he
averages about l00.) But he continues to be blessed
with great biking weather of overcast skies so it cool
(usually about 70°), and dry pavement, so he hopes to
make it to Ocean City, MD in the next 5 days.
We've gone by many civil war sites along the way. I
wish we had time to stop and read them all. It has been
a great trip, even if I haven't had anyone notice my
Bomber license plate holder, which I will admit, is
getting grimy and harder to read.
But I have enjoyed hearing from many Bombers online
during the trip, and thank you all for your kind
thoughts and prayers. Let's just pray that Warren has
the stamina and good fortune to continue the trip
through these last 500 miles or so.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ learning history as we drive
by the actual spots in the history books. I love it.
P.S. Sorry to hear that the tournament was cancelled,
but you wouldn't have wanted me to play, so I
didn't sign up, as I am probably the least
physically talented of the talented Crosses.
PSS: Thank you to Rachael Rudd ('77) for the "Gruiten
uit Holland!!" As a lover of all Dutch having been
so fortunate as to spend on e year there myself, I
wondered how you have come to be there for 23
years... surely God has smiled on your good
fortune, but it is nice to come back to the
Tri-Cities and visit, too.
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
To: Penny McAllister D'Abato ('67)
Re: Email
Sorry you have been having trouble getting me...
you can send to that address... I check it often, so
if you write, I will answer. ;)
Bomber hugs,
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA - we "hit" 101
at 5pm... it is ALWAYS hotter towards evening. ;/
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>>From: Bill Owens ('69) and Vicki Owens ('72)
Another Bomber family is grieving. Our Mom, Dottie
Owens, passed away on Tuesday. She was a young lady of
21 when she left her Cajun home in Louisiana to embark
on an adventure for the U.S. government on some very
secretive, very lucrative project in the central
Washington desert for a few months back in 1943.
Instead she met a handsome young lineman from Montana,
and never did return to live in the bayou country of
her birth. Richland was her home for most of 60 years.
The funeral will be Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Einan's.
We will miss her.
-Bill Owens ('69)
-Vicki Owens ('72) ~ both presently in Richland under blue skies
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>>From: Gina Rees ('81)
Well being a Bomber mom I just have to brag a
little bit. My son who will graduate from Richland High
this next week has landed a job for the Tri-City Herald
as a stringer. He was able to cover the golf tournament
here yesterday and today, and had his very first
publication in today's paper. His name is Chris Rees,
so if any of you read it (it is on page C4) be proud of
your future Bomber Alumni.
-Gina Rees ('81)
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Funeral Notice scanned from the TCHerald
by Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
>>William Dunwoody, Jr. ('52) ~ 4/18/34 - 05/13/03
FuneralNotices.tripod.com
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 05/31/03
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9 Bombers sent stuff:
Jim Jensen ('50), Mike Clowes ('54)
Barb Isakson ('58), John Barker ('59)
Helen Cross ('62), Earl Bennett ('63)
Mike Lange ('67), Tami Schuchart ('68)
Frank Hames ('69)
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>>From: Jim Jensen ('50)
Re: Aiken and the Finch Family
Re: Millie Finch Gregg ('54) contribution of 5/30.
Hi Millie,
Read your message with interest. Your esteemed
brother, Charles H. ('50), and I were classmates. I
didn't know him well, but remember seeing him around
the campus a lot. I remember him most as a member of
the school band. He faithfully performed in that
capacity at football and basketball games for about
three years, I believe. Didn't he play the trumpet?
It's interesting that the main drag in Aiken is
named Richland Avenue. It wouldn't surprise me if there
are other street/place names there with titles that
might be familiar to those of us who grew up in
Richland. Construction of Aiken's nuclear plant began
around 1951. I was working for Atkinson & Jones when
the heavy construction phase of Area 100-C was winding
down. Over a three day period hundreds and hundreds of
construction workers poured through the warehouse and
safety buildings checking out of the area. To a man
(and a few ladies) they announced that they were
driving straight through to Aiken in hopes of hiring on
there. During the next week or so I heard my dad, an
engineer with G.E., talk about a number of the G.E.
people who had already moved there or were headed in
that direction. It stands to reason that some of the
Richland culture might have relocated as well.
Say hi to Charles.
Bombers cheers!
-Jim Jensen ('50)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54)
Re: Bomber T-shirt on E-Bay
Would you believe it sold for $31.67. Don't know
who the buyer is, but the seller is named Darrin
Harvey. Does that ring a bell with any Bombers.
Bomber Cheers,
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54) ~ Warm and cloudy
today in Albany, OR, temps in the high 70s.
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>>From: Barbara Isakson Rau ('58)
To: '58 Classmates
Just a reminder that our class of '58 luncheon is
this Sunday, June 1, 2003. Please join in the fun at
the West Richland Golf Course. Time is still 1:00 PM.
Watch for the Class Reunion letter for our 45th
Reunion. Sorry it's later than planned but better late
than never. Sorry about that. Hope you will answer it
faster than we got it out. Thank You!
Bomber Cheers
-Barbara Isakson Rau ('58)
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>>From: John Barker ('59)
Recently had a great time with a fortunate reunion
with my old high school buddy, Glen Rose ('58) and his,
wife, Carol.
Been Owner of Barker Enterprises for 20 years. Live
in Richland and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
-John Barker ('59)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
We are in Middlebury, VA, where we just stayed at
the l728 Red Fox Inn, as it was the only accommodation
around for miles. Warren toted his bike up 4 stories,
but it was just like being back in jolly ole England
in the suite. I found out this morning that Jack O.
Kennedy used to frequent the village!!
Warren is already off for driving through D.C., I
will drive the beltway around and meet him on the other
side. I wanted to do this tomorrow to avoid some of the
traffic. Arg. Please pray we survive this Friday
traffic. He hopes to be at the ocean Saturday night or
Sunday!!
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
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>>From: Earl Bennett (Gold Medal Class of '63)
To: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Guess I won't see your Bomber license plate holder
(nor you mine) as we live about 55 miles south of US 50
in central VA. I really admire your husband's trek,
and wonder if I could have handled something that
challenging before the arthritis struck. I'm still not
quite back to what I would consider full speed since
the hip replacement in December, but I'm in better
shape than I have been for years, in some ways. I still
tire on the gym bike after about 20 minutes, but things
are slowly improving. He will enjoy the last stretch
from DC to Annapolis and on across the Eastern Shore -
pretty flat, but avoid the horrendous automotive
traffic Thursday night through Sunday night, if at all
possible.
Regards, ecb3 - from a beautiful spring day in Reva, VA,
where we've had rain 25 of 30 days in May so far,
and tomorrow will make it 26 of 31, and I'm giving
away lots of asparagus.
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>>From: Mike Lange ('67)
To: Bill Owens ('69) & Vicki Owens ('72)
Bill & Vicki,
It really saddens my heart to hear we lost another
one of our favorite parents on Birch. As you know I
always tried to get by to see your Mom whenever in
Richland. We enjoyed our talks of the past and she
always caught me up on what was happening with you and
Vicki. Sorry that I left town a little too early to get
back to the Tampa area. I arrived yesterday after a 2
1/2 day marathon drive. I found this little poem in one
of my favorite web sites that I would like to share
with you and Vicki:
Our Second World
by A-lepht
There's a place up in the sky
filled with people we love.
It's up where angels fly,
It's the heavens up above.
The home of our second world
Where we will all meet again.
So we must remember that
Our lives never really end.
So when you feel sad and blue
And you think you lost all hope,
Your loved one's somewhere new,
And there's loved ones here to help you cope.
My deepest sympathies on your loss and our loss
-Mike Lange ('67) ~ Weeki Wachee, FL - near 90's and sunny
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>>From: Tami Schuchart Keller ('68)
To: Judi Lahrman Wallace ('68)
Hi Judy
So glad to hear from you - Darrell and I are living
in sunny Scottsdale, AZ and loving it here. Where are
you now? We ran into a guy somewhere, I can't remember
where, who ran into you somewhere. Through your
conversation you both figured out that you knew me and
he knew Darrell - does all this sound familiar to you
or am I crazy?
To: Mike Franco ('70)
Thank you for your kind words about my Mom and Dad.
They were very special and I miss them a lot. Teri was
wondering where you are living now. She said you didn't
show up for the last class reunion and she knew you
would if you could.
-Tami Schuchart Keller ('68)
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>>From: Frank Hames ('69)
Re: Dottie Owens (RIP)
To: Bill Owens ('69)
Bill
I am so sorry to hear of the passing of your
Mother. I spent a lot of time at your house as a
kid and have many memories of her hospitality.
Please accept our sincere condolences.
-Frank Hames ('69)
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