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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/01/03
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20 Bombers sent stuff:
Anna May Wann ('49), Nancy Riggs ('51)
Mike Clowes ('54), Barb Isakson ('58)
Jim Russell ('58), Gayle Baker ('59)
Dave Hanthorn ('63), Ann Engel ('63)
Jim Wodehouse ('62 and '63), Jim Hamilton ('63)
Carol Converse ('64), Gary Behymer ('64)
Patty de la Bretonne ('65), Tami Schuchart ('68)
Ruth Russell ('71), Vic Marshall ('71)
Jerry Lewis ('73), Ron Benson ('73)
Rob Peutz ('73), Karen Davis ('76)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today:
Richard Anderson ('60),
Deputy Alumni Sandstorm Editor (Plenipotentiary)
Happy Birthday, Richard... couldn't do the
Sandstorm without you. -Maren
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>>From: Ann Thompson, aka Anna May Wann ('49)
Re: Another hole in one
City of Sunny Bothell
Since I haven't seen her toot her own horn, I'll
do it for her.
Susan Hurst ('65) had a hole in one on June 11th
at Twin Rivers Golf Course in Fall City. 136 yarder
and believe me this one is not an easy hole. There is
a large stump that you have to go over to get to the
green, river on your right and trees on your left.
To: Patti Jones Ahrens ('60)
I will try to make the Fife luncheon this time.
Irl's note made me feel a little guilty. Can't make it
the 4th, as much as I would like to, but "social"
calendar won't allow it.
To: Lola Heidlebaugh Bowman ('60)
I will be at Battleground State Park on August 3rd.
Have you placed announcements in the newspapers? There
are a few people in that area that still don't have
computers and they might come if they read it in the
Battleground paper. (Like Tom Martin, class of 48) Let
me know what you want me to bring.
Re: Comcast.net
Also to those that take notice, Comcast has taken
over attbi and my new e-mail address has changed to
.Comcast.net -- Everything else is the same.
Happy 4th to everyone – stay safe.
-Ann Thompson, aka Anna May Wann ('49)
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>>From: Nancy Riggs Lawrence ('51)
Re: Brad Upton's ('74) laundry list
Guess what Brad... my folks still live at that
address ["Riggs, 1333 Haupt"]... have since 1944. I
wonder if there are any others still at the same
address as you show?
I caught your show at CBC last year and enjoyed
it very much come back soon!
-Nancy Riggs Lawrence ('51) ~ Kennewick - where it has
cooled down a bit after a thunder storm Sunday.
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>>From: Bob Carlson,aka Mike Clowes ('54)
Re: A reminder to the membership of Club 40
September will soon be upon us... if you have not
made reservations and sent in your registration slip,
I urge you to do so as soon as possible. The Class of
'53 will be sharing not only their 50th reunion with
us, but also the wit and witticism of Bill Witherup.
And wait, there's more, Dona McCleary Belt ('54) tells
me that Coach Fran Rish will be a special guest of
honor. Now, how's that?
Re: From the Sad News Dept.
Further proof of Portland, OR's decline can be
found on South 82nd, just below the Johnson Creek Blvd
intersection. A (dare I say it) Krispy Kreeme place is
being constructed. Consider yourselves warned.
Bomber Cheers,
-Bob (Mike Clowes) Carlson '54 - where the weather is
cooler for a while and we no longer have a
Denny's in Albany, OR
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>>From: Barbara Isakson Rau ('58)
HAPPY 4th of July! Bombers and Class of '58.
Our '58 class Luncheon is July 13, at 1:00.
Place is West Richland Golf Course. See you there
for some good times and laughs too.
Bomber Cheers
-Barbara Isakson Rau ('58)
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>>From: Jim Russell ('58)
To: Brad Upton ('74)
Re: Laundry lists
OK, Brad, how many on this laundry list of
deadbeats have you conned into paying up?
-Jim Russell ('58) ~ Mountlake Terrace, WA
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>>From: Gayle Baker Tice ('59)
Hello,
I just heard about this site. We moved to Richland
the summer of 1946, and lived at 1103 Long (right
across from the Catholic rectory house.) We moved into
West Richland when I was in the 3rd grade, and between
3rd and 6th, I think I attended all but one of the
then current grade schools. They just didn't know what
to do with the West Richland kids.
I attended Carmichael, then Columbia High,
graduating in 1959. I'd love to find some of my old
classmates. I'm also looking for Madeline Blazon
Tampion _____ ('59)... don't know current name.
-Gayle Baker Tice ('59)
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>>From: Ann Engel Schafer ('63)
Re: "63" reunion
To: The Gold Medal Class of "63"
Here are the pictures Fred and I took... hope you
enjoy.
Hope to see a lot of you at the Battleground
picnic on August 3rd.
-Ann Engel Schafer ('63) ~ in cool Vancouver, WA -
from the 90s to the 60s in one day
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>>From: Jim Wodehouse ('62 and '63)
To: All Grads
Re: Ondra Galloway's West Coast Natural Show
We are putting on a Las Vegas type show at the
Kennewick High School. My sons are show stoppers in
many ways. Jody is the MC and puts on a one-man show
as well. Adopted son, George: special effects.
September 6th - 9am - 4pm. Night show 6pm - 10pm
and party after. Beautiful bodies and strongman &
women too! I will be going after the WFNA world
record. ESPN2 on hand. All day show... contests for
all the family... Venders and a trip for two to Vegas
to be givin away! Stay tuned for more details.
-Jim Wodehouse ('62 and '63)
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>>From: Jim Hamilton ('63)
Well it's been a week, and the buzz is just
starting to wear off. Doctor Feelgood cleared me off
of IR today, now that my chapped lips have healed from
all the kissin'. My shoulders are still pretty stiff
from the nearly continuous hugging, but the best news
is that my belt buckle has never been shinier. We
finally got my bike shorts off with paint thinner,
ouch. What a great reunion, and everyone was so nice
to one another. But you wouldn't expect anything less
from the Gold Medal Class of '63.
Great memories play through my head like a bad
power point presentation. To have Kandy Smith back
in the fold, was a special treat. Seeing Pitts and
Whiteside finishing each other's sentences after all
these years, turned back the clock. Pat Murphy's
smile can still warm up a room. If I could figure out
a way to bottle Ellen and Mary Lou's giggles, I could
afford more than "Two Buck Chuck". Bill Wilson with
his German accent, complete with that Texas panhandle
twang, is still my country code 49 friend. Carla Stein
and Ivalee Workman, both of whom I hadn't seen since
before the Ford administration, were there to add
credibility to all of those Lewis and Clark stories
Plows, Pook and I shared. Jim House can still make
anyone smile. I bet he could even get Lyda to at least
snicker, knowing that the inevitable laugh was about
to explode and would have to come out somewhere.
Carole Sledge, Rosalie and Susan Kinney continue to be
forever young.
For all of you who missed the Memorial on Sunday
morning, don't miss it next time. It was a very
fitting ending to a wonderful weekend. At a time in
our lives when we are learning that every day is
precious, I'm actually looking forward to 2008. It
can't come any too soon.
jimbeaux
p.s. I got an e-mail from Frank Osgard yesterday
explaining the heartburn he went through "missing" our
clambake, he says he's a for sure next time. For sure
-Jim Hamilton ('63)
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>>From: Carol Converse Maurer ('64)
The "No Not Call" website has been up for quite
a while now for Pre-regestrating. For the longest
time, it didn't work, but FINALLY last month I was
able to pre-register. Can't wait to see if it works
or not.
-Carol Converse Maurer ('64) ~ Eureka, CA - where we
had a couple of weeks of sunny weather!!
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
It went unnoticed... the obituary of John Robert O.
Marshall. I failed to see it... or didn't want to...
forgive me John.
rhs1964.tripod.com/RIP/RIP64MarshallJohn03.htm
I barely knew you in high school. Quiet...
unassuming... lost in a crowd of many. I do know that
you and your Dad were best friends. I do know that you
were the best barber in Washtucna... then again you
told me you were the 'only' barber. You were a fine
self taught guitarist... a little bit rock'n'roll...
a lot of country... There wasn't a finer gardener in
your area.
Thank you for serving your country with 3 'tours'
in Viet Nam or until you could do it no more.
I am saddened by your death & thankful that I got
to know you these past few years. Salute!
-Gary Behymer ('64) ~ downtown Colfax, WA
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>>From: Patty de la Bretonne ('65)
To: Brad Upton ('74)
Oh, I love it! On your laundry list down in the
Ds, there's Ernie at 1608 McPherson! That's my dad,
I'm sure they didn't want or need to write out the
last name! I wonder what he got cleaned for .92?
Thanks for the good chuckle.
-Patty de la Bretonne ('65) ~ Seattle
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>>From: Tami Schuchart Keller ('68)
To: Brad Upton ('74)
Brad -
Thank you for taking the time to share with all of
us your father's laundry list - It is so fun to see
so many familiar names and as I was browsing through
today's list I saw the address I grew up at from 7th
grade through High School. Your list was from 1959 and
we didn't move into our house on Kimball until summer
of 1961 but I learned that a family by the name of
"Hart" lived there before we did.
Thanks for sharing.
-Tami Schuchart Keller ('68)
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>>From: Ruth Russell Pierson ('71)
Re: First post here
I have really enjoyed reading all of your posts,
and finally decided to break down and say hello from
my corner of "lurkdom". I doubt very much if anyone
will remember me, since my high school years around
Bomber-type places were spent kinda quiet, with either
a sketchbook or a book in hand. I hung out with the
quiet, "good kid" types mostly, a few notable
exceptions being Edye Jenkins ('72), Darvi Markfelder ('72RIP),
Jean Bartlett and their buddies, Dunning, Underwood,
and Bolkan. (Also, Dianne Merckx, who we lost the same
summer ('75) as Shannon Varley ('73RIP)) I was so sad
to hear about Darvi's death; she was the wild child
little sister of my best friend in high school, Janice
Markfelder ('71). I remember running around with Edye
and Darvi and their gang, Edye's hair crammed into a
bun warmer and her eyes twinkling maniacally behind
her John Lennon specs, Jean being all flower child
cool, and Darvi with her wicked, wicked grin. Jan and
I just sort of hung on and went along for the ride,
sometimes in Dunning's little green and black "fly"
(I think it was a Triumph Spitfire), sometimes in
whatever bomb one of the girls was driving. We sort
of watched their exploits from the fringes of whatever
was happening, hoping that everyone, including us,
would survive... My main participation was as a sort
of historian, photographing or drawing them. I drew
Chris Bolkan and Darvi with her little peekapoo dog,
Mike Dunning swinging from a tree like a monkey, Mike
Underwood with his sleeveless shirts, headbands and
those infamous striped bell bottoms. I drew Dianne in
art class, the whole bunch at Farrell's (remember the
mall and the ice cream troughs, the drum, the little
plastic animals?), and a whole lot more. The pictures
have started to fall apart with age, so I am re-
claiming digitally all the ones I can. Some of them no
longer exist, but reading the emails from familiar
names are dredging up more and more memories. Somehow,
after CBC, and my marriage, I lost touch with almost
everyone, and it's great to find out where life took
them.
Three years ago, I contracted lupus after being
given sulfa drugs, and am now in a wheelchair most of
the time, which gives me opportunity to finesse my
art, and dig around on alumni sites. ;) I draw under
the name Phoenix RRP, and if you like fantasy/realism
in art, I have a website you can check out at
http://phoenix_rrp.tripod.com/
My youngest daughter Alyssa draws as well, and
just won the Allied Arts Scholarship for Continuing
Student at CBC. Her work was on display at the gallery
(and their website) during the month of June. (Mother
type plug...!)
Anyway, I just wanted to say that it has been great
reading about all your memories in the Sandstorm, and
ask that you all
Keep well and keep safe,
-Ruth Russell Pierson ('71)
P.S.: I am not sure if this is the way things are
done, but I am going to attach a pic of the
"unholy trio" of Bolkan, Dunning and Underwood
that kind of sums up the summer of '71 for me.
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>>From: Vic Marshall ('71)
Re: Laundry Lists
To: Brad Upton ('74)
I have been contemplating a new career as a
professional musician - all those years of accordion
lessons with Fred Grazzini have to pay off somewhere.
Not being – "in the business" like you, I wasn't
really sure how I could really get my new career
going. I thought about perhaps hooking up with Larry
Mattingly ('60) and perhaps he could help "skyrocket"
me to fame and fortune, or perhaps get Jeff Curtis ('69)
to write a witty anecdote that included reference to
my prodigious skill on the ole squeezebox. I believe
Jeff has already shared with us some of his insights
into music lessons, the angst of budding stardom on
Starlite Stairway and other semi-professional venues.
I also considered getting Mike Davis ('74) to endorse
me based on extensive contributions to the musical
education program in Finley or perhaps Val Ghirardo ('73)
for my frequent guest appearances at the Spudnut Shop.
None of these really seemed to have the "hook" I was
looking for... until your recent postings of laundry
lists!!!
What better way to get some free publicity for my
upcoming gigs than laundry lists. Alas, I didn't have
any. Not to be dissuaded by such a trivial fact- I
wracked my brain for acceptable alternatives. I came
up with two:
1). Pete Wascher's (Service Oil Company) old Fuel
Oil Delivery route books
2). My dad's (Dean-Jacobs) old Oil Burner Preventive
Maintenance route cards.
Both include references to old Richland family
names and addresses and I could even list gallons of
fuel oil purchased and the price!! Since this will be
my initial entry -- I'm hoping one of many -- I will
ask the readers to "vote" on which of these important
pieces of Richland memorabilia they would like me to
share. In order to keep Maren from being flooded with
responses, I would ask that we proceed with the vote
in a systematic way:
A-D - vote on Monday
E-L- vote on Tuesday Etc.
Please vote for which set of lists you would like
to see- the Oil Delivery or the Preventive Maintenance
and where my opening venue should be- the Big Pool or
Adrian's (exotic flavor)...
If these first two lists don't work out, I'm
holding the "killer" list in reserve- my old TCH (Tri-
City Herald) route book!!!
So all you fellow Bombers- vote early and vote
often.
And Brad- thanks for the inspiration (is that what
they call rip off in show business??).
Bomber cheers
-Vic Marshall ('71) ~ Armonk, NY - where they just
don't understand my musical genius... or Spudnuts
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>>From: Jerry Lewis ('73)
To: Class of '73
Re: 30th Reunion
It's gonna be here before you know it. July 18-20.
Message from the reunion committee:
"Registration deadline is July 1, so get your
registrations in the mail ASAP! If you register later
(and yes, we will take late registrations), some items
may be unavailable (such as shirts, glasses, etc.).
We sincerely want everyone who can possibly attend
to come to the Reunion, but your cooperation in getting
the forms and monies into us in a timely manner is
greatly appreciated. We have to pay for the events in
advance, so we need to have as accurate a count and as
much money up front as possible.
The Reunion Committee has made a genuine effort to
make this Reunion affordable while still offering a
quality and enjoyable event that will appeal to all
those attending. So, without further ado, send the
forms and the bucks into our Treasurer, Gina Brauer
Begalka at 2005 Howell in Richland, right now! (Note
that Gina can be reached at 509 943-3689 for all of
you last minute party planners.)"
A PDF of the flyer and registration form or a web
form (to print and send) are at
http://www.a-city.us/rhs73 - the web site. I'll post
an image of the shirt pocket design later this week.
Thanks!
-Jerry Lewis ('73)
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>From the new ALL Bomber Alumni Guest Book:
>>From: Ron Benson ('73)
Comments:
Not going to be able to make the reunion due to
rehab from surgery. Wish I could make it.
-Ron Benson ('73)
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>>From: Rob Peutz ('73)
Re: Back to the Desert
After 30 years, I finally made it back to
Richland. My wife (Jeanette Haberman '73) and I
attended her parent's 50th.
The place has certainly grown, yet somehow stayed
the same. Uptown doesn't look much different, but not
only was there a Richland McDonald's, (I used to joke
that my home town had yet to have one, and I had eaten
at all 13 in Tokyo), there was a Jack in the Box!
Having lived in San Diego for 25 years, Jack becomes a
staple. The company headquarters there. Alas, Iowa has
yet to experience the joy of those greasy 99 cent
tacos. (I had two.) Went to Spudnut, as maple bars
are very hard to come by in the Midwest and east.
Jen likes those. I say if you are going to eat a dough
nut, throw some custard in it. It was nice to get back
to the desert for a few days, and the Columbia has
always been much nicer to watch, than the Mississippi.
After being home a couple of weeks, Jen and I took
the Harley for a ride through the back roads of Iowa
(we have many of those), and came across Bennett,
Iowa, home of the Bombers. That is enough to get a
laugh out of anyone. Population is less than 500, and
the entire school district brags almost 300 students.
I will have to return there, and see what the history
behind that, reveals.
-Rob Peutz ('73) ~ Back home in Iowa - where underground
sprinklers are rare, and God waters the lawn.
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Don't have the Bennett Bombers listed on the site at:
Bomber Mascot Website
BUT there are two other Iowa schools listed: Ballard
Bombers in Huxley, Iowa and Adair-Casey Bombers in
Adair, Iowa -Maren
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>>From: Karen Davis Scheffer ('76)
To: Jim Wodehouse ('62 and '63)
What happened to Todd Hexum (Kamiakin'88RIP)?
(Excuse me please to the Hexum family) I was thinking
that I just recently met that gentleman up in the
Spokane area and he was a friend of my academic
advisor at EWU. If he is the same one, that sends
chills up my spine. Life is so short---we honestly
don't know when our time is up.
-Karen Davis Scheffer ('76)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/02/03
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Charles Cox ('56), John Northover ('59)
Linda Reining ('64), Tom Storms ('69)
Larry Crouch ('71), Brad Upton ('74)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY 06/30 Ralph Myrick ('51)
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BOMBER LUNCHES 'n stuff (in order of appearance)
07/04 - Mattingly's fireworks @ Jones house
07/13 - Puget Sound Area
07/13 - '58 Lunch
07/17 - '61 Ladies' Picnic/Pot Luck -
10:30am Leslie Grove Park
August 3 - Portland/Vancouver/Corvallis/Puget Sound Picnic
More information: www.calsnet.net/All_Bombers
Click the lunch you want to know about.
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>>From: Charles Cox ('56)
I just shot my best round of Golf since I have
been playing. It was a 69 but how I got that 69 is the
best part. I was 5 over after four holes of play then
I birdie, eagle, birdie, birdie, and then par for an
even par (36) on the front side and then I went 1
under on the back for a (33) for a 69 round.
-Charles Cox ('56) ~ Georgetown, TX - where it is HOT.
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>>From: John Northover ('59)
The second SOCAL BOMBER BRUNCHEON will be held
at Charlie's by the Sea at Cardiff by the Sea
http://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.
Date 20 July 2003 - Time 10:00am.
Please email me if you plan to attend. We had a great
turnout for the first Bruncheon.
thanks
Juan the Puka, Leading Scientist at the Institute for
the Feeble Mindless
-John Northover ('59)
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
To: Gary Behymer ('64)
Re: John Marshall ('64RIP)
I liked your comments about John... I remember
him from 8th and 9th grades at Carmichael... we both
had Mrs. Bernhardt and Mrs. Clair for home room...
remember him as having a funny sense of humor. Seems
we are losing a lot of our alumni... it hurts to read
the names on the website... some were good friends and
others were just fellow classmates.
To: Vic Marshall ('71)
Re: accordion
How many years did you take accordion lessons from
Fred Grazzini? I started taking them in 3rd grade and
quit when I entered 7th grade... school didn't offer
accordion in the band, and I couldn't find time, or
didn't want to find time, to practice at home and be
bothered with Mr. Grazzini coming to the house once a
week for an hour. Wish I had never quit, now, but that
is always the way it goes. I had my accordion til
after my first daughter was born, then sold it to
a guy in a bar who played country-western music on
it... sounded so funny for country-western music to
come out of that thing... only things I had ever
played on it were waltzes, polkas and other "normal"
stuff for the accordion!!!!! sounded better with
country music, or maybe, it was just the guy playing
it was better than the original owner!
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA - we have
cooled off... only in the 90's this week, but they
say triple digits are right around the corner!
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>>From: Tom Storms ('69)
To: Vic Marshall ('71)
Victor,
I think it is time to sell that Karaoke machine
in your basement.
-Tom Storms ('69)
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>>From: Larry Crouch ('71)
Re: NeverTowed?????? What the Heck??????
To: Brad Wear ('71)
I like you have missed the concept of towing your
hobby to show it off, as an old Harley rider I am
always amazed at all the bikes that get TOWED and
showed off the riders look wobbly as they come into
town... Seems to miss the point... My butt might be
sore but I ride my scooter every place it shows up.
And my Sweetie rides right behind me all the way.
Brad, since we think alike could it have been in
the water we drank in our formative years.
Off to Richland for the week of the 4th.........
mmmmmm spudnutsssssssssss.
-Larry Crouch ('71)
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>>From: Brad Upton ('74)
Let me clear up a couple of things. I don't
believe anyone on the laundry list still owes any
money. Also, there will be no voting, this is the
last list:
Anderson 1034 Willard .94
Bruntlett 1403 Perkins 1.88
Bower 1328 Perkins 1.15
Butler 1103 Elm 3.66
Brown 1433 Goethals .94
Badgett 1605 Platt .94
Cabell 79 Newcomer .94
Clugston 1420 Sanford 1.83
Clard 1421 Perkins 4.28
Crowter 1308 Thayer 1.88
Chacon 1017 Elm 7.15
Cahn 2110 Trippe 2.82
Don 210 Benham 2.35
Daffern 1604 Perkins 2.14
Dotson 1410 Stevens .78
Diettrick 1211 Gowen 2.09
Freeman 1334 Perkins 2.67
Grady 1006 Thayer 1.39
Harris 1820 Hunt N.C.
Hildreth 94 Hodges 1.88
Hill 1826 Haupt 6.43
Jerman 1728 Horn 1.83
Johnson's Pharmacy 2.35
Johnson 1422 Keller 4.68
Kerns 1924 Everest 2.09
Kaiser 1433 Goethals 6.57
Lewis 1527 Johnston 2.08
Love 1904 Lassen 9.84
Moore 2105 Torbett .94
Mobley 1933 Davison 1.83
McCrible? 1314 Marshall 3.76
Owings 1802 Thompson .94
Perkins 1326 Marshall 2.19
Rice 1606 Goethals 2.82
Schildknecht1118 Cottonwood 3.44
Upton We had to pay?!
Walton 1727 Haupt 1.83
Ziege 1603 Van Giesen 2.82
FYI: I picked up my dry cleaning today... 61 BUCKS!!!
-Brad Upton ('74)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/03/03
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14 Bombers sent stuff:
Anna May Wann ('49), Jack Dawson ('52)
Mike Clowes ('54), Susan Erickson ('59)
Mary Ray ('61), Pam Swain ('61)
Helen Cross ('62), Jim Wodehouse ('62 &'63)
Carol Converse ('64), Brad Wear ('71)
Ruth Russell ('71), Jeanette Haberman ('73)
Rob Peutz ('73), Mike Davis ('74)
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>>From: Ann Thompson, aka Anna May Wann ('49)
Re: Golfing
To: Charles Cox ('56)
Congrats on a great golf game. What is your
handicap or are they accusing you of sandbagging?
Hopefully I can break 100 before the summer is over.
How many "holes in one" do you have? You must be
pretty accurate in your shots. Great game!!!!!
-Ann Thompson, aka Anna May Wann ('49) ~ sunny Bothell
perfect day for a golf game.
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>>From: Jack Dawson ('52)
Re: Alfred Johnson ('52RIP)
Just note to members of the class of 1952. We
lost Alfred Johnson to cancer on the 24th of June.
He was buried at Bonners Ferry on the 26th. He was
a good man.
-Jack Dawson ('52)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54)
Re: Club 40 in September
I have a minor correction to make with regards to
Bill Witherup's ('53) schedule during the Club 40
week-end. Bill will be regaling his fellow classmates
on Friday (Sept 5th) during their gathering between
2pm and 5pm. Bill will also be at the Community Center
on the following Saturday between 2pm and 4pm. The
latter is strictly a commercial event as he will be
selling copies of his books. As far as I know there
will be no "poet face off" between he and Bill Wilkins
('51). Yes you can all breathe a sigh of relief over
that piece of news.
So, Class of 1953, contact Norma Loescher Boswell
Everyone else who is eligible and interested in
attending, go the the Club 40 web site at
RichlandClub40.org click on the registration
page, print a copy, fill it in and mail it along with
your check or money order to the address on the form.
We may not yet have on-line registration, but we do
have a form.
Bomber Cheers
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54) ~ the sun and warm
temperatures have returned to Albany, OR for the
time being.
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>>From: Susan Erickson Kuntz ('59)
Re: North Central Washington Luncheon Get Together
Rick Maddy ('67) will be coming through Wenatchee
the 18th and 19th of July. There will be a lunch get-
together on Saturday, the 19th, 11:30am at the
Wenatchee Roaster and Ale House, downtown Wenatchee.
Hope we can have a good turnout and show Rick our
hospitality.
Re: Grade School Stuff
I'm so excited! My friend from early grade school,
Della Herde, is coming to the state of Washington for
the first time since she moved to Aiken, SC. She moved
after the 5th grade and we haven't corresponded in
over 40 years! She lived at 1101 Thayer, before Kit
Bridges.
We will spend the 4th watching Larry Mattingly's ('60)
fireworks from our back yard that faces the Columbia.
Does anyone have any recollections of Della? If so,
would you write in to the Sandstorm or email me. She
would love to hear from you. She now lives in Atlanta.
-Susan Erickson Kuntz ('59)
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>>From: Mary Ray Henslee ('61)
Re: Special Pages on my Web site
http://www.upliftingjokesandstuff.com
I wrote four poems and put them on my site. I
obviously have no shame. The following are a Bombers
efforts, who really didn't do that well in English.
Just in case you missed Mike Davis' (74) poems
when he sent them into the Sandstorm after 9/11, he
gave me permission to put them on the following page
after I read them in the Sandstorm.
I just put up another Support Our Troops page,
which you might enjoy.
With the Fourth of July upon us, the following are
two pages that you might enjoy:
All of my Special Edition pages are listed on my
home page now, of which I have managed to put together
quite a few in recent months. They may not all be as
spiffy as some of the pages out there on the web, but
I try and the poems and writings make nice reading.
Take care and have a safe Fourth of July.
-Mary Ray Henslee ('61)
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>>From: Pam Swain Johnson ('61)
Re: Fred Grazzini?
Now there's a name out of the past. Weekly piano
lessons at home, practicing classical pieces he must
have chosen. As a child of rock and roll I knew my
parents and I had different ideas about music when my
mother threw out my Jerry Lee Lewis records. I guess
they thought all the party goers would gather around
and sing while I played, say, something like Kumbuya.
Hey, Linda, you could have played that old
accordion favorite "Lady of Spain" and we would have
been the hit of whatever party we went to. Well not
so much. Do I still play--no. Do I still love rock and
roll--yes.
-Pam Swain Johnson ('61)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Re: The Laundry Lists
Thanks for sharing this unique piece of "the way
things were back then". I was surprised at the # of
names I didn't recognize. I was sure we wouldn't be
there, as dry cleaning was reserved for almost a Holy
occasion in our house of not many bucks.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ back home in West Harrison, IN
where a little breeze is keeping it sort of cool
in the shade, but the air conditioner is a
blessing against the high humidity. It's suppose
to get up to 85° and about that much humidity today!!
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>>From: Jim Wodehouse ('62 and '63)
To: John Marshall ('64RIP)
I remember you big guy... Always taking care of
family... I hadn't seen you for a long time... So when
we meet again, hopefully you and I will have a lot to
catch up on... Seems like I talked to you at Safeway
on GWWay a few years back. We will miss ya! So make
a place for us "ole" Bombers for we all have an
appointment some day as well. But I still have a lot
to do, so God willing it will be a while, Ok?
"BIG JOHN MARSHALL"... RIP ALWAYS,
To: Brad Upton ('74)
Hey, I just remember we may not have paid our
bill... Do we still owe the $3.89 plus interest, after
all this time? Sorry we didn't mean to let it go this
long. Ha! Maybe since so much time gone by and being a
Bomber, and all, you could forgive this debt... Thanks
for the list it was great! Do take care...
-Jim Wodehouse ('62 and '63)
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>>From: Carol Converse Maurer ('64)
To: Brad Upton ('74)
So neat to see familiar names on the dry cleaning
lists. I remember going there all the time and must
have known your dad.
-Carol Converse Maurer ('64) ~ Eureka, CA - where the
sun is shinning. Very nice summer so far.
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>>From: Brad Wear ('71)
To: Larry Crouch ('71)
I've seen your bikes, and I'd ride them instead of
trailering them, too. I see too many cars and bikes
showing up at shows and swap meets trailered in and
then paraded around. I know some of the people have
hundreds of thousands of dollars tied up in the cars,
but what's the point of having them if you can't drive
them? I drive my GT 500 into the ground any chance I
get, and my boys have the tickets to prove they drive
the '70 Daytona into the ground.
-Brad Wear ('71)
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>>From: Ruth Russell ('71)
Re: broken link
Hi --- I posted a link to my website, featuring
fantasy/realism art, http://phoenix_rrp.tripod.com/
and then discovered on visiting it myself that there
were several broken links, including the contact page.
(That's what happens when you don't do routine checks-
--oops!) I fixed the ones I found, and will be adding
new pages, including a page of circa 1969-1972
photographs and drawings, sort of a personal nostalgia
page. I will post here when that happens, as some of
you may find yourself in these pics! Anyway, this is
by way of an apology for not checking the site before
posting the link.
Keep well and keep safe, and have a happy Fourth of July!
Re: Old pictures
1968-White-Russell
1969VikkiKestell
I am attaching, for the Sandstorm list guru to put
somewhere, two pictures of Bomber womenfolk, classes
of 1970 (Vikki Kestell and Teresa White) and 1971(me),
making beautiful music (or, at least in Vikki's and
Terry's case---mine never was all that beautiful...)
Be sure to look behind Terry at the RHS drumhead on
the wall---wish I still had it!
-Ruth Russell ('71)
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>>From: Jeanette Haberman Nymon Peutz ('73)
To: Rob Peutz ('73)
I love how you ride that ol' Harley everywhere.
It's 7 months old now, and how many miles do you have
on that? 12,000? Yes, Bennett, Iowa is home of the
Bennett Bombers. We both laughed about that one. Tiny
town.
Being married to Rob is such a trip. Class clown
in high school, no more serious now than he was then.
-Jeanette Haberman Nymon Peutz ('73)
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>>From: Rob Peutz ('73)
Re: NeverTowed?????? What the Heck??????
To: Larry Crouch ('71)
Used to be the bike ride was better then the bike
show. The friends along the way, the camaraderie, and
those make shift parties.
Rode to bike week this year from Iowa, and saw one
other bike (my riding partner's) for the first two
days. As we plugged along in the 37° weather, and day
and a half of rain, the trailers just kept rolling
by. Some waived, most ignored us, embarrassed, most
likely. Some people were parking their trailers in
Georgia, and riding into Daytona. Out of shame, I am sure.
The weather got warmer, as we got south, and by
the time we got there, our bikes had dried mud, salt,
and whatever else was on the road, stuck to them. We
had such a blast getting there, we washed our bikes,
let our butts rest for two days, and headed back
Early. Leaving 88° weather for the snow. What a blast
the trip was, and bike week was okay, too.
-Rob Peutz ('73) ~ My Hog likes to run, with Miss Jenny
on the back, and they can trailer it to my funeral.
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>>From: Mike Davis ('74)
Re: Mike and Sheila and Mom's Wonderful Adventure.
We have returned from our trek to Arkansas! We had
a wonderful time except for misplacing Mom somewhere
in Wyoming. A nice young couple found her wandering
aimlessly along I-70 and graciously return her to us
in Missouri. Thank you Jed and Granny!
Arkansas is quite a place. It was kinda hard to
send any e-mail from the place since that group of
fok, along with their computers (Commodore 64s), only
use a nineteen letter alphabet. They had not learnt
all them there other letters yet!
Saw a lot of road kill armadillos on the roadways
down there. They provided a delicious Saterdee night
stew for all the kin. Mighty tasty! Rated right up
there with the Raccoon loaf we had on Fridee!
All in all, it was a nice trip, but the one
burning question I had never did get answered and
that is this - "If an Arkansas couple got a divorce,
would they still be considered cousins?"
Take care,
-Mike Davis ('74)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/04/03 - HAPPY 4th OF JULY
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13 Bombers sent stuff:
Roberta Hill ('49), Doreen Hallenbeck ('51)
Jerry Boyd ('52), Ann Bishop ('56)
Charlie Cox ('56), Patti Jones ('60)
Anita Cleaver ('63), Earl Bennett ('63)
Linda Reining ('64), Ken Staley ('68)
Betti Avant ('69), Lois Clayton ('72)
Robin Frister ('73)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Penny Mitchell True ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gale Waldkoetter Skaugstad ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim Rice ('75)
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>>From: Roberta Hill Karcher ('49)
Re: Las Vegas Lunch
We are having the Las Vegas Luncheon on July 12.
We are over run by tourists on the 4th.
WHERE: Timbers ~ West Flamingo and Durango
TIME: 12:00 noon
Look for the green and gold balloons outside.
Re: Ralph Glenn Johnson ('49RIP)
Has anyone reported that Ralph Glenn Johnston
passed away... I think on the 15th of June. He was in
the class of '49. His brother, Jack was the class of
'47 I think.
Glenn won lots of Golf events at Club 40 and will
be missed.
-Roberta Hill Karcher ('49)
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>>From: Doreen Hallenbeck Waldkoetter ('51)
Today, July 4th, is our daughter's birthday -
Gale Waldkoetter Skaugstad ('72) -- enjoy your special
day in Fairbanks, Gale.
This month is another reason for celebration.
Gene and I will have our 50th wedding anniversary on
July 26th (and they said it wouldn't last). To all
the young married couples out there, it can be done
with a little bit of work. It's definitely worth it!
We recently visited my sister Janet ('49) in
Chehalis, WA. She remains housebound since her
disabling stroke eight years ago. While she likes
hearing from friends, she is unable to respond since
the total right side of her body, including speech,
is not usable. If anyone would like her snail-mail
address just drop me an e-mail and I'll be glad to
give it to you.
-Doreen Hallenbeck Waldkoetter ('51) ~ Enjoying the
sunshine and warmth in Green Valley, AZ
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>>From: Jerry Boyd ('52)
To: Class of 1952 and friends of Alfred Johnson (RIP)
Alfred was a dear good friend of mine and I could
write a book about our good times in high school and I
will miss him. I thought that I had him talked in to
coming to our 50th reunion last year but at the last
moment he backed out.
We both had '40 Ford coupes in our junior and
senior years and if you know how small they could be
(his had a make shift bench seat and mine was an opera
seat model) it was a tight fit to get two couples in!
We enjoyed the ditch bank and hay stack parties that
went on during our days and going to the out of town
ball games. Al and I decided to have good fun in our
senior year and we did!
I moved to Richland in the last quarter of my
freshman year which was 1949, and I met a lot of the
great people from the class of 1951 and 1952. Then
cars came into our lives and the close-knit
friendships became smaller and have continued to be
great friends ever since.
I talked to Alfred's brother, Duane Johnson ('52)
the other day and hope to see him this summer when we
head north. Always looked forward to hearing Duane
singing "Moving On" (a Hank Williams song) and, if I
have it right it was with Bill Large?
Always look forward to seeing Jack Dawson ('52),
Jack Young ('52), and Jerry Cravens ('52) when he can
make while we are in Richland every year. Of coarse
the life of the party Everett Waining ('52) at the
class reunions.
Other buddies that have gone on to the great
beyond that I miss when in the Tri-Cities are
Jerry Lutes ('52RIP) and Jim Ragsdale ('52RIP).
-Jerry Boyd ('52)
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>>From: Ann Bishop Ousley ('56)
To: Mike Davis ('74)
Watch it with the Ar-Can-Saw comments!!!! Some of
us ar UP town folks...with real 'puters. Heck, we can
even spel gud mos' times. But we can boast TWO...count
them, TWO, SPUDNUT SHOPS. One in Magnolia and one in
El Dorado, 45 and 47 years old.
-Ann Bishop Ousley ('56) ~ Texarkana, AR - where it is
very warm... about 80° at 8:30am
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>>From: Charlie Cox ('56)
Re: Golf
To: Ann Thompson, aka Anna May Wann ('49)
The day I shot the 69, I was playing in a Senior
Tournament and made a couple of bucks to go with it.
My HCP: is 10 and I have THREE HOLES IN ONE. I play
about 5-6 times a week. Thats Retirement.
-Charlie Cox ('56)
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>>From: Patti Jones Ahrens ('60)
Happy Fourth of July, Bombers! Enjoy
http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=1507108022
-Patti Jones Ahrens ('60)
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>>From: Anita Cleaver Heiling ('63)
Re: yard maintenance
My father is about to move into assisted living at
Alterra in Richland and we need a name of someone who
does yard maintenance. Someone or some company that is
very trustworthy. His house is in Kennewick. Anyone
have someone they would recommend?
Thanks.
-Anita Cleaver Heiling ('63)
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>>From: Earl Bennett ('63)
Note to all Class of '63:
My address in the reunion memory book should say
VA for the state rather than WA, but the zip code is
correct, so it should work anyway. We don't use snail
much anyway, at least among Bomber alumni.
Deepest thanks to everyone who had a hand in
making the reunion the warm (despite the weather) and
wonderful time it was. Rosalie, Dick, Linda, Dean,
Anita, Jim, Janice, Sue and Jim were just the most
visible, I know many others contributed a lot of time
and effort. The food was tremendous, the activities
were fun, and it just felt good to find out where
everyone has been and what they've been doing. I
should be able to send in a few pictures in a couple
of days when I get some updated software installed.
We had a family reunion, too, as all five of my
sisters were in town that weekend. Glenda Burdsall
('63) who lived next door to us on Turner even joined
us at Mom's apartment to share a little of our joy. It
also felt good to bring Karen Kleinpeter ('63)
together with my sisters Diana ('64) and Cecilia ('65)
- they were best friends during high school and
before, discovered Pooh together, and occasionally my
sisters were irritated that Karen and I were friends,
too.
Being at church with the family prevented me from
joining the memorial for our deceased classmates, but
I was thinking of Brock Erickson, who was my best
friend in junior high. We were fixtures at each others
houses for a few years, and he even joined us for a
week's vacation at some lake one summer. His first
question to my Mom whenever he came over was "got any
cold pancakes?" - she always saved any leftovers for
him, and he would put peanut butter and jelly on them.
I wish I could have been at the memorial, it would
have been a blessing to learn more of what God is
doing in everybody's life.
Warmest regards, ecb3 - from Reva, VA, where we are
now more than 15" of rain over normal for the year,
after a 3-4 year draught - remnants of hurricane Bill
dumped another 2" on us in the last 24 hours, but 90
and sunny is predicted for the Fourth of July (and the
fifth, too)!
-Earl C. Bennett, III (Gold Medal Class of '63)
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
To: Pam Swain Johnson ('61)
Re: accordion and piano duet
When you said we should have gotten together and
played, "Lady of Spain" together, it reminded me of
the times my cousin, Cheri DeMers Kingen ('66) and
I had to perform duets for all our families at
Christmas... she played the piano... not sure why
they wanted to be serenaded, unless it was to make
sure they weren't wasting their money on those weekly
lessons. My brother, Tim ('71WB) and I were the
oddballs... he played drums... the rest of the
cousins played the piano.
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA - triple digit
temperatures are returning... supposed to be
100+ for the 4th.
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>>From: Ken Staley ('68)
Re: Class act from '68
I see that my classmate... even from the old
Spalding Daze... is finally kicking back a bit.
Steve Potter ('68) took a dying RHS athletic
department and made it the RECOGNIZABLY the best
in the state. RHS Athletic department was recently
awarded THE most outstanding in the state by the
Tacoma Tribune. All 'in-the-know' give full credit
to that turn around to Steve Potter. It's a long way
from the old NBC Little League field.
Way to go, Potts! Hope the fishing is great kid!
-Ken Staley ('68)
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
Re: 4th of July greetings
Happy birthday U.S.A.!!! I hope this finds
everyone having a great and safe time on this day
of our country's birth.
-Betti Avant ('69) ~ Goodland, KS - where it has been
in the mid to upper 90's all week and the wheat
harvest is in full swing (actually the yields
are far better than anyone imagined)
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>>From: Lois Clayton Colton ('72)
Re: newspaper - 5/18/56
My mom and I are cleaning out drawers, etc. We
found a newspaper clipping from the Columbia Basin
News dated Friday, May 18, 1956. In it it has a
"Complete List of Individual Appraisals" of Richland.
It is two sides plus of the newspaper, and I don't
have a scanner handy. I wish I could scan the whole
thing at once. It's pretty cool. Anyway, it has
the street, then the house number, then the letter
abbreviation of the house style, then the appraisal.
For example:
Davenport....904 V, $8,050;
It also has little reports about how many houses
were appraised, how many houses are vacant, etc.
So if you send me your address I can tell you
the appraisal amount.
-Lois Clayton Colton ('72)
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>>From: Robin Frister Washburn ('73)
To: All those there in '73
Since more of my '73 comrades are writing in as
our 30th anniversary year goes by, I'd like to take
this opportunity to thank everyone who prayed for me
30 years ago this week. Those prayers are still
working! The By Pass highway threw me for a loop! A
friend went straight to Heaven, and though I was drug
a ways by a big truck, had no broken bones, just
didn't wake up for about a week. I truly learned the
power of prayer.
I saved all your cards and will never forget your
thoughts and prayers: (Mom and Dad of course --Bob and
Alice Frister and Unka Don and Aunt Rosie Rust),
Kristi Koop '73, Linda Breneman (and family) '73.
Jeremy Jaech '73, Jean Fredrickson (and family) '73,
Jim Doyle '72, and Jodie Lutz '73, all those cronies
that I waited on at Tammy's Coffee Shop and Sambo's,
Wendy Gower (and family) '73, Brenda Butcher '73, Joni
DeMers '73, Barbara Juricich '73 (and for playing
hopskotch so much), The Dudley's, the Foley's, the
Parmer's and the Whitten's and many others in that
great community.
Won't be able to make it for the big 30 year
celebration (our son's college grad. party), but know
you'll have a wonderful time. Thanks so much for your
hard work keeping us together.
-Robin Frister Washburn ('73)
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8 Bombers and 1 Bomber Mom today:
Anna May Wann ('49), Ralph Myrick ('51)
Jim Wodehouse ('62 & '63), Karma King ('64)
Linda Reining ('64), Jeff Michael ('65)
Marcia Wade ('67), Elizabeth Mcallister ('78)
BJ Davis (Bomber Mom)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon Panther Taff ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY 07/03: Ray Hall ('57)
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>>From: Ann Thompson, aka Anna May Wann ('49)
Re: Golfing
To: Charlie Cox ('56)
Wow, I am impressed!!!! I feel lucky to get out
golfing once a week. As they say practice makes
perfect and it sounds like your golf game is almost
perfect. Next we will hear you are taking on Tiger
Woods – keep up the good exercise.
-Ann Thompson, aka Anna May Wann ('49)
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>>From: Ralph Myrick ('51)
To: All of you golfers out there
We played Apple Tree in Yakima on Monday, senior
day. If you haven't played it, you should... at least
once. The restaurant & the coarse itself are great.
The challenge is the green that is shaped like an
apple. This green is surrounded by water. You get one
shot. If you don't make it, you have to hit from the
drop area. I tried twice and both went into the water.
Judy, my wife, was on in one and landed between 35 and
40 feet from the pin. She was just off the green. I
walked to my ball and was directly in line with Judy's
line. She took her putter and putted the ball. I
watched that ball break to the left and she hit the
flag pole and dropped the ball into the cup. A birdie!
Wow, was I impressed! I am not going to tell you what
I shot. Good golfing to all.
-Ralph Myrick ('51)
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>>From: Jim "Woody" Wodehouse ('62 & '63)
It is the 4th of July... hope all grads are having
a great time... I remember the 4th of July many years
ago. After fireworks fired at the Bomber bowl, Larry
Holloway ('64), Dave Sowden and I, slept out and about
4:30am went to Col Hi and found several un-fired M80s.
They had short fuses but could still be lit quickly.
M80s were awesome... we thought. After all, if you all
remember even now, they are the loud booms in the sky
in the fire works displays... Well to make a long
story short. The drain pipe on the gym wall was a
perfect CANNON we figured and proceeded to fire away...
What an awesome sound, Boom, Boom, BOOM... it echoed
across the south Richland air space about 5:30am.
About the 4th or 5th round, we heard our Richland's
finest and all the sirens from all different directions.
I can only think what they thought: still being a
government town, the loud booms, like bombs or
explosions... We knew then we had to clear the area
fast... Running and throwing handfuls of the
fireworks heading for hiding spots across Thayer Dr.
Not being able to hear much after the loud booms,
running for our lives knowing we were gonna be shot on
sight. Never at that time did I realize the cherry
lights on the police cars were so bright... even that
early in the morning... Wow! What 4th that was...
Maybe a few Bombers out there remember that morning...
awaking to the sounds of booms and wailing of sirens.
Not till Viet Nam did I hear such load sounds. That
drain pipe is still there, long silent and never fired
again... What a 4th that was...
-Jim "Woody" Wodehouse ('62 & '63)
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>>From: Karma King Yourdan ('64)
To: Larry Crouch ('71)
In my opinion anyone who trailers in their scooter
is not a real rider. I have ridden for years and the
last 5 behind my husband Pat, but we ride everywhere
and all the way. It is the only way to take a trip as
far as I am concerned! You meet so many wonderful
people and see much more than in a vehicle.
Just recently, my husband built me a VW conversion
trike so that I can ride again on my own. If you see
a black primered stealth-bomber looking thing riding
around the Tri-Cities, it is me or my husband and I.
It is trick!
Ride on!
-Karma King Yourdan ('64)
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
To: Earl C. Bennett, III ('63)
Re: Cold pancakes
My grandmother (do you remember her?) used to save
her left-over pancakes, too. She would always make a
huge batch. She knew eventually, some, or all, of her
7 grandchildren would be coming over and the pancakes
would disappear. We would put peanut butter and jelly
on them, too. I think they tasted better that way than
hot off the griddle. In fact, I did the same thing
with my daughters, and now with my grand kids.
To: Patti Jones Ahrens ('60)
$e: 4th of July card
The card was great! I absolutely love Jacquie
Lawson's cards. Thanks for sending the link.
Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA - supposed to be
103° today. I'm staying indoors and enjoying my
air conditioning.
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>>From: Jeff Michael ('65)
Re: Ketchup
Hey, Bombers...
Just sat here, 7am, 4 July, catching up on the
Sandstorm mail I missed while I was out of town. I've
got two 4th of July gigs to work at later today. It
was so cool to read the last week of notes from you
all.
So, where was I out of town to? You might ask.
Richland, WA. Yup... drove by RHS (where did they move
Col-Hi?) a bunch of times. Seems a guy on Goethals
wants me to come to work with him at his DJ/Audio/
Video/Multimedia Show company. Guess I'm moving this
fall. What a trip!!! Swore in June '65, that I'd never
come back... well, except, to visit Mom/Dad for a few
days when there was a Col-Hi reunion. I've learned 2
things in life: 1. Be careful what you pray for.
2. Be careful what you swear about.
So, to all those folks anywhere who are planning
parties, conventions, reunions, corporate events,
school dances, etc., please check in with me.
http://www.blacktiedeejays.com/ I'll post directions
to my new website as soon as it's ready.
--
DJ Jeff
-Jeff Michael ('65) ~ Sunny San Diego where it will be
82 at the beach later today.
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>>From: Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67)
Re: Independence Day
Okay, confession is good for the soul, huh? Have
to admit that 4th of July tends to make me happy that
my kids are grown and I'm single again! Has little to
do with 'independence' and much to do with relief
that I don't have to deal with the worry and stress
involved with kids and spouse who HAD to have fireworks
with the biggest bang and most altitudinous glitter
available! I'm watching the neighbors in good old
Bomberville setting off lots of expensive (and mostly
illegal) fire works, and enjoying the sights, and
deploring the noise that incites my 150# dog to try to
crawl into my lap. If I still lived in Puyallup I
might have tried to make it to Patti Jones Ahrens' ('60)
to watch the 'real' show, but since I hate the crowds
at Columbia Park, I'm content to watch the neighborhood
bad boys set off the Indian fireworks they spent mucho
bucks on. Any body out there remember the good old
days when Richland had their own fireworks display at
the good old Bomber Bowl?? Have to admit that I miss
that, too. Even when my Mom wouldn't brave the crowds
to actually go there, (My Dad seemed to always have to
work Swing shift on 4th of July!) we could see most of
the aerial display from our little precut on Abbot.
And it helped, of course, that the trees in the few
blocks between Bomber Bowl and our house weren't real
tall in those days!
I do hope all my Bomber brothers and sisters had a
great holiday, with 'safe and sane' celebrations, and
most of all that we all took the time to contemplate
our good fortune and freedoms--and offer up prayers of
thanksgiving for the great blessings of our good
fortune and freedoms as well!
-Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67)
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>>From: Elizabeth Mcallister Loosmore ('78)
To: Anita Cleaver Heiling ('63)
I don't know of anyone that does yard work, but
you can rest assured that your dad will like Altera
very much... My Mom lived there for a couple of years
and had a great time with all the activities and the
loving staff... My Mom is now in Quail Hollow, because
of the extra care needed... Quail Hollow is a
beautiful place, more than you can imagine... If your
father gets to need more help consider Quail Hollow...
It is very hard to see one of our parents have to move
into a place other than home... but these are two
really good places. Good Luck
-Elizabeth Mcallister Loosmore ('78)
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>>From: BJ Davis (Bomber Mom)
To: Ann Bishop Ousley ('56)
Mikie is just kidding. Both of his parents were
born there in DeQueen, AR, not far from you, about 54
miles right? We had a great visit there and came home
with some genuine muskidine jam that a nephew had put
up. We also had some pinto beans, ham hocks, cornbread
and chow chow. The nephew who made the jam also had a
croppie fish fry for us with hush puppies etc. to die
for... Nothing quite like southern cooking.
Mike's Mom, BJ Davis (Bomber Mom)
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10 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick Roberts ('49), Jerry Boyd ('52)
Karol Brimhall ('56), Patti Jones ('60)
Jeanie Hutchins ('62), Dave Hanthorn ('63)
Linda Reining ('64), Linda McKnight ('65)
Steve Upson ('65), Anne Mitzlaff ('77)
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>>From: Richard "Dick" Roberts ('49)
To: Dick Harris (49)
Happy 50th anniversary and the best to both you
and Bonnie. Enjoy your travels and your family. Carol
and I just did an RV loop to Canada, south through the
Seattle area and got back today after three weeks on
the road. Had a brief phone chat with Dick McCoy on
our way down Whidbey Is.
Sure saw some pretty country. Overseas travel is
great but there's a lot to see in the USA too.
Actually, any travel is great.
-Richard "Dick" Roberts ('49)
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>>From: Jerry Boyd ('52)
To: 1952 Classmates and friends of Jack Dawson ('52)
Jack has let me know that he early detection of
prostate cancer and is positive of a cure and that
Richland or the UW has excellent treatment centers.
But, bottom line it would not hurt to put him in
your prayers and if you have prayer chains just add
his name in those also.
-Jerry Boyd ('52)
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>>From: Karol Brimhall Smith ('56)
To: Anita Cleaver Heiling ('63)
Elizabeth is right about Alterra -- I have an
elderly friend who sold her ranch house on Cedar and
moved into Alterra. She is as pleased as one can be
after giving up their long-time home. As for yard
help, we have used Desert Green for several years, and
have been well satisfied. They are located at 2259
Jericho Road in Richland, which is just across I-182
from Wal*Mart, and go everywhere in the Tri-Cities.
Phone 628-8630. Scott Hockersmith is the owner, and
seems very knowledgeable and easy to work with.
Good Luck.
-Karol Brimhall Smith ('56)
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>>From: Patti Jones Ahrens ('60)
Re: Pictures from R2K+3
Here our my pictures. Most of the pictures we're
out in the courtyard where the R2K+3 Bombers gathered.
-Patti Jones Ahrens ('60) ~ Browns Point, WA
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>>From: Jeanie Hutchins Simon ('62)
To: Patti Jones Ahrens '60
Thank you for sharing the beautiful, jacquielawson
site ~ I sent it on for others to enjoy.
I hope you all had weather as nice as it was here
in Bellingham last night. The Fireworks were beautiful
overlooking Bellingham Bay! (of course, nothing like
Bomber Larry Mattingly's ('60) displays) I get glowing
reports from my sister, Ruthann ('58) and bro-in-law
Carl, as they've very much enjoyed Larry's Thanksgiving
holiday display in Coeur d'Alene, ID the past couple
of years.
I thought some would enjoy this "time site" I
received this weekend:
http://www.suite101.com/files/mysites/AskAlice/Clock.htm
Wishing you all a continued relaxing and safe
weekend ~ and to all on the road a safe return home!
-Jeanie Hutchins Simon ('62) ~ Bellingham, WA
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>>From: Dave Hanthorn ('63)
Re: Fantastic Fourth
What a day we had on the Fourth of July. My wife
Noi and I got up early to head to the Seattle Center
for the swearing-in ceremony for new citizens. One of
Noi's friends was one of the 433 (about to be) new
Americans. When Noi received her citizenship some
years ago, it was at a small ceremony at the INS
office. This once a year major event on the Fourth is
quite different, and is really something to see. The
fact that we were blessed with by far the best Fourth
of July weather in over 30 years in the Seattle area
was certainly icing on the cake. After all the
festivities were over, we took Noi's friend and her
husband and son out for a late lunch or early dinner.
Even after all of that fun and festivity, we still
had time to head home for a nap before it was time to
freshen up in preparation for the REAL event of the
big day. We were soon heading south to Brown's Point
and Patti Jones Ahrens ('60) home to watch the Tacoma
fireworks produced by Larry Mattingly ('60). After a
couple of wrong turns, we finally found our way to
Patti's driveway and a great group of Bombers,
neighbors, friends and family that made us feel
welcome and right at home. There could scarcely be a
better place to watch the Tacoma fireworks than from
Patti's back yard, with its astoundingly sweeping view
of all of Commencement Bay and the City of Tacoma. And
since everyone in Patti's neighborhood seemed to be
having their own Fourth blowouts, the "local"
fireworks kept us entertained all evening while we
waited for Larry's Big Show. The first fellow in a
Bomber shirt that I introduced myself to at the party
turned out to be Tom Hughes ('56) who was a friend of
by older brother Jack Hanthorn ('56 RIP) back in their
school days. I ended up chatting with Tom for most of
the rest of the evening, reliving many common memories
from those long ago days.
Before long, the BIG fireworks across the Bay
started up accompanied by patriotic music on the
radio. What a magnificent show it was. It was the R2K
show multiplied by 10, or even by 100. Larry is
nothing short of a master. He even managed to slip in
a couple of big, beautiful Green and Gold blasts among
all the other marvelous stuff. It seems somewhat
inadequate to merely say "Thank you, Larry" but maybe
that it is a heartfelt "thank you" makes it a little
better. The same goes for you Patti, thank you so much
for extending your hospitality to your fellow Bombers,
we really enjoyed it all so very much.
Special note to Maren ('63 & '64):
I took the remainder of my film from the Class of
'63 Reunion along with the film from Patti's bash in
to the drugstore for processing today, so I should be
getting the pictures sent in to you later this week
for web publication.
[PLEASE send BY Tuesday night (the 8th) or wait til
I get back from New Orleans on 7/16/03 -Maren]
-Dave Hanthorn (Gold Medal Class of 1963)
STILL proud to be a Bomber
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
To: Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67)
Re: Fireworks at Bomber Bowl
I can remember going there with my folks... mom
would take one of those scratchy Army blankets (think
they were wool... I am allergic to wool), spread it on
the ground, and we would "Oooh!" and "Aaahh!" at all
the things exploding in the sky.
To: BJ Davis (Bomber Mom)
Re: Beans, ham hocks, and cornbread
Boy, did you bring back some good memories with
the mention of those "comfort foods". First time I
ever had them was when I was dating my first husband,
Dale Gray ('59WB?)... after we married, I would make
it at least once a week! Do you know what "chocolate
gravy" is? Both my sons-in-law were raised on that
concoction. Haven't tried any of that, though. Just
doesn't "sound" good.
What is chow chow?
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA - triple digits
are here to stay, according to the weathermen
on all three local stations.
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>>From: Linda McKnight ('65)
I just wanted to let everyone know that my dearest
friend from Chief Jo Junior High, Ruth Albertowicz
Labouy's ('65) Mom, Jean Albertowicz, passed away this
morning after a long illness at the age of 86. It is
so terribly hard for all of us to watch our parents
grow old and suffer, and even though we know that they
won't have to suffer any longer, their demise lives an
empty spot in our souls. I will always remember Jean
as a lady who not only lived the very busy life of a
doctor's wife, and mother of three children, but also
was the best cook in the whole world. When I went over
to Ruthie's house, growing up , the wonder smells that
embraced their house, were more than a little kid
could stand!!! The meals she would prepare! And, in
the year 1964 Jean won a national prize in the
Pillsbury Bake-off for her banana split cake!!! She
left a legacy to her daughter, Ruth Alice, because
Ruthie is also an incredible cook!! We will miss Jean
a great deal, and as Ruthie told me today, her Mom is
in heaven now and she is 30 years old all over again,
and beautiful. God bless her.
The funeral is set for Tuesday, July 8 at 2pm at
the Catholic Church.
-Linda McKnight ('65)
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>>From: Steve Upson ('65)
Here it is July 5th and all the fireworks are
over. I hope everyone had a great time celebrating the
Fourth of July with family, friends, fun, food and
reflection. A few days ago Randy Hinson ('65) sent me
a cool link to Lee Greenwood's "God Bless The USA". A
song like this is timely at least 365 days a year, so
if you'd like to hear it please go to
http://www.barb-coolwaters.us/moonriver/409m018.html
-Steve Upson ('65)
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>>From: Anne Mitzlaff Gerken ('77)
Re: Is this English?
To: B.J.?
Are you talking English language? Muskidine
jam? What is that? Chow chow? That's Arkansas
language isn't it?
-Anne Mitzlaff Gerken ('77)
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9 Bombers and 1 Bomber Mom:
Mary Ray ('61), Pam Swain ('61)
Jim Wodehouse ('62 & '63), Anita Cleaver ('63)
Linda Reining ('64), Marcia Wade ('67)
Joyce Stinsman ('68), Dan Morgan ('83)
April Miller ('92), BJ Davis (Bomber Mom)
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>>From: Mary Ray Henslee ('61)
Information to pass on to your children or grandchildren.
I completely rewrote the second half of the poem I
wrote called We Still Ask Why? I am a slow writer and
sometimes it takes a number of drafts to get the words
right, as Al Parker can testify to from when I use to
write into the Sandbox. I think the new version reads
better and better depicts what I was trying to say. I
was moved to write the Attack on America poems because
people seem to be going back to being complacent, or
maybe it is just denial. I was moved to write the
Support Our Troops poems because I see a country that
is lagging right now in its visible support for our
troops, who are still dying everyday. My heart is
breaking for them, as it looks like they will be
facing danger in Iraq for a long while.
May our leaders be wise, and our commerce increase,
And may we experience the blessings of peace.
May our leaders be wise, and our conflicts decrease,
And may we experience the blessings of peace.
Someone else wrote the first verse and I added the second verse.
I know Maren likes to keep it warm and fuzzy in here,
so I had better close before she gives me the hook.
To our men and women in uniform, past, present, and
future....God Bless You and Thank You!
-Mary Ray Henslee ('61)
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>>From: Pam Swain Johnson ('61)
Re: July 4th revisited
This year my husband and I spent the 4th in
Central, AK -- an old mining town about 120 miles
north of Fairbanks. My husband's family mined up there
in the '30s when every creek (pronounced here with a
short e) was a potential gold mine. This year the
hotel and hot springs were closed but it used to the
highlight of summer to be at the springs for the 4th
of July Miners' Picnic. Now that was a party. This
year it was so quiet that I began to long for just a
car to drive by--3 did and 1 stopped for a visit. Last
year we spend the 4th in Tulsa, OK on the way to a
family reunion. My daughter and her husband, who both
grew up in interior Alaska, saw their first, yes I
said first, fireworks display on the 4th of July. To
be honest it was the first fireworks display on the
4th that I'd seen in over 30 years. Let's see, would I
rather see fireworks on a warm summer evening or at 50
below on New Years Eve? Hmmmm . . . .
-Pam Swain Johnson ('61)
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>>From: Jim Wodehouse ('62 & '63)
Re: Shameless Plug
Any grad in Tri-Cities or elsewhere can contact me
for a Golf training that will increase your game out
put and straighten your drives etc. I'm open so call!!
-Jim Wodehouse ('62 & '63) ~ I will assist in healing
of pain associated with back, and injures or any
area. Do it now!
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>>From: Anita Cleaver Heiling ('63)
Thanks so very much for your response to my plea
for yard maintenance. Also, for your feedback on
Alterra!
-Anita Cleaver Heiling ('63)
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
I watched a great program on the Discovery channel
tonight (Sunday)... was a good show on the building of
the Grand Coulee Dam... even mentioned Hanford. *grin*
learned some things I never knew about the Columbia
River, or Eastern Washington... goes to prove I should
have paid more attention in History!!!!! I still say
IF they had made it as interesting as the Discovery
channel and/or the History channel does, I would have
paid more attention!
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA - I was in
Corona, CA over the weekend, thought I was
going to get a break from the heat... WRONG...
was almost as hot down there as it was here...
over 100 in both cities!
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>>From: Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67)
Re: Army Blankets
To: Linda Reining ('64)
Oh yes, the good old army blankets--nasty color,
usually a nasty smell, and very nasty itchiness! I'd
just about been able to forget them! They went
everywhere didn't they? Wonder if they were issued
with the government houses??? Seems like picnics
always included them--and having to sit on them in
shorts or a swimming suit was just not fun!
Thanks for the memory!
-Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67)
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>>From: Joyce Stinsman Komac ('68)
I have to rave about our neighborhood 4th
celebration. I think I live in the best neighborhood
in Port Orchard. This year was our 2nd annual 4th
parade. It was started so the kids in the neighborhood
could decorate their bikes and ride up and down
pretending they were in a parade. This year some of
the fathers decorated their riding lawn mowers in
patriotic themes and rode along with the younger kids.
One of the guys I work with plays the bag pipes so he
led the parade down the street, followed by a red
Bronco pulling a trailer decorated for the smaller
children to ride in. The parade had just about
everyone in the neighborhood in it, so there was just
a small audience, but what fun. Later in the day one
neighbor has a BBQ and we all congregate there to
watch the combined fireworks display with everyone
contributing theirs. It was quite spectacular (I'm
sure not up to our own professional Bombers display),
but such fun to "Ooh!" and "Aaw!" watching from the
front lawn.
Re: Trip to Italy
I will be going to Italy for most of September
with my daughter and would like any advice Bombers out
there might have. Staying in Rome for the first week
at a hostel near the train station. I hope to see all
the great sights there with a side trip to Pompeii.
Anyone have suggestions on what to see and how to see
it best. Two weeks will be spent in Tuscany at a
monastery while my daughter takes some courses for
her masters and I get to learn without having to be
graded. We will have time there to make some side
trips. It is near Azzeza. I expect to be able to spend
a couple of days in Venice (suggestions for hostels,
B and B, or hotels) and we finish the trip with one
day in Milan before leaving from that airport (maybe a
suggestion for a hotel near there). And I don't speak
the language. I've been practicing, but languages are
just not my thing. German in High School is all and I
was really bad.
-Joyce Stinsman Komac ('68) ~ beautiful Port Orchard, WA
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>>From: Dan Morgan ('83)
Re: '83's 20-year Reunion
Hi!
I've updated the 1983 web site for our 20-year
Reunion that is set for July 18 and 19.
I've added detailed info about the Reunion, and
also a list I have assembled so far of who is planning
to attend (please help me to keep the list updated).
Plus a link so you can email a request for a new
Registration Form and Info pages if you lost yours.
Re: Memory Book deadline - July 12
Folks who cannot attend might also be interested
in a Memory Book that a few of the Reunion Committee
members are creating. You can submit a very short bio
and photos even if you cannot get to the 20-year
Reunion. You can mail them, or send them in via email.
The new deadline for sending your entry for the
Memory book is July 12.
I've also created a page of "who's missing" so
hopefully we can find more people for the Reunion, and
also just to keep in touch.
I would like to thank y'all for helping us find
more classmates! =) [I'll update the missing page
again soon to reflect changes.]
Main page.
RichlandBombers.1983.tripod.com
20-year Reunion page
RichlandBombers.1983.tripod.com/83in03.html
I hope to see you at the Reunion! =)
-Dan Morgan ('83), New webmaster for the 1983 web page
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>>From: April Miller ('92)
Re: Shameless Plug
Do you own a Ford vehicle? or even a Mustang? Are
you just a car enthusiast? I am a member of the Inland
Empire Mustang Club and wish to extend invitations to
fellow Bombers to visit us here in Spokane Valley for
our next car show. It will be July 26 in Millwood from
4pm-dark. Our last show (Fabulous Fords on the 4th)
was a great time and we had lots of fun. A gentleman
from Kennewick won a trophy for his category this
weekend! Bring your family, car(s), friends and come
join us for this spectacular event.
Please check out our website for more info
http://www.inlandempiremustangclub.com (you can also
obtain registration forms on the site)
-April Miller ('92) ~ Spokane Valley, WA
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>>From: BJ Davis (Bomber Mom)
To: Linda Reining ('64)
Re: Chocolate gravy
We had our chocolate gravy over hot buttered
biscuits. Granny used to make it for us kids as did my
mother. I made it once in a while for my kids too but
they were oatmeal and cold cereal breakfast eaters
and didn't really appreciate fine Arkansas breakfasts.
To: Anne Mitzlaff Gerken ('77)
Annie,
Since you practically lived at our house don't be
a pulling that old stuff on me. You know plenty about
southern cooking. Chow chow is a relish made out of
green tomatoes, onions etc. Muskidine jam is made out
of muskidines, silly girl. They grow wild and latch on
to trees as a parasite. They look like grapes and have
pulp like grapes. They make the best jam in the whole
world and nephew Dale had "Put up" some and gave us a
couple of jars while we were there in Arkansas.... Are
you sure I have never fixed chocolate gravy for you,
Annie?
-BJ Davis (Bomber Mom)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/08/03
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick McCoy ('45, '46, & '02), Wally Erickson ('53)
John Northover ('59), Larry Mattingly ('60)
John Browne, Jr. ('61), Penny McAllister ('67)
Monique Mangold ('80)
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BOMBER LUNCHES 'n stuff (in order of appearance)
07/13 - Puget Sound Area
07/12 - Las Vegas
07/13 - '58 Lunch
07/17 - '61 Ladies' Picnic/Pot Luck
More information: www.calsnet.net/All_Bombers
Click the lunch you want to know about.
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02)
Re: Discovery
To: Linda Reining ('64)
I also watched the show on Discovery Channel about
Grand Coulee dam. It was wonderful. However, I also
watched the show preceding, describing the 14 wonders
of the west, man-made and natural. What a bust! 10 of
the 14 were in Cal Nev and Az. Obviously compiled by
the Golden State Tourist Board. Imagine, Hoover dam
presented and Grand Coulee not. I guess I'm
provincial, but...
-Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02) - Bronc Beaver Bomber.
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>>From: Wally Erickson ('53)
Re: Trip to Italy
To: Joyce Stinsman Komac ('68)
You and your daughter will have a great time in
Italy!! I'll try to keep this brief. My wife and I
went with another couple and we used the trains for
our destinations. It worked out great and kept the
cost down. Need to plan each day ahead, so you know
where you're going and how to get there. We used 2nd
class on the trains and was very satisfactory. Don't
need reservations, just get your tickets as soon as
you get to the train station...leave early in case
you're delayed in traffic or whatever. The taxis will
take advantage of you if they find out you're
American; so have address and information on the hotel
you want to be taken to. You might want to check your
map ahead of time. When we arrived in Rome, our taxi
took us the long way (about 10 minutes) to our hotel,
only to find out the next day it was only two blocks
away. So be aware!
Lots to see in Rome, there's so much history.
Probably the first place to go would be the Vatican.
Buy your tickets ahead of time at your hotel for the
tour package. They will tell you where to catch the
bus going to the Vatican. That will be an all day
experience, St. Peters Square, Basilica and of course
the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo. Depending on where
you're hotel is, you could walk or take the subway to
the Colosseum and near by is the Roman Forum going
back to the beginning of "AD"; keep walking towards
the end and up the hill toward the Campidoglio. The
Pantheon built 123 AD is a must; you can do that on a
walking tour along with the Fountain of Trivi ("Three
coins in a Fountain") and other historical landmarks.
You can take the subway to the Spanish Staircase and
have a meal of your choice nearby. Watch for
"pickpockets", or "purse snappers", especially near
tourist areas (money belts are great).
You both will love Venice!! We made our reservation
from our hotel in Rome. Make the reservation as soon
as you can. We ended up in Lido, across the water from
Venice and used the water taxi, it wasn't that bad.
For convenience, you might want to stay in Venice, but
will cost more Lire$$$. Look for "Murano" glass items
in the shops. Go to the top of the Bell Tower in St.
Marks Square, but be aware those "huge" bells go off
every hour!!
It looks like you're not far from Florence, it's
beautiful city with lots of history including the
famous museum of "David" by Michelangelo. You've got
to have "Gelotto" (like ice cream only much better).
If you have a chance to go to Ovierto on a plateau
overlooking the Tuscany area...I recommend it!! You'll
find Milan interesting, but allow lots of time to get
to the airport from your hotel.......it's about 45
minutes away due to the traffic. Again use taxis that
are waiting in line, and find out ahead of time the
price. There are some independents that really take
you for a ride!! Milan is where fashion starts, it's a
great place to buy anything that's leather...the
quality is the best and prices are great.
I tried to keep it short, but tried to give you
some ideas for planning. Don't take any expensive
jewelry and leave valuables at home. Credit cards work
great and there are plenty of ATM's around. Try eating
at the restaurants where the locals go, some are below
ground level like in New York. You'll have a great
time in Italy, enjoy.
Can't really help you on places to stay. You
shouldn't have any problem if you make reservations
ahead of time. You're also going at a good time of the
year. Email me if you want more information.
-Wally Erickson ('53)
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>>From: John Northover ('59)
While talking to Ned Barker ('59), via email and
trying to pin him and Susan Birge Barker ('59), his
lovely espousal, down on making the SOCAL Bruncheon on
the 20th of Huly ... Two Thousand and Three he
mentioned that they would not be able to make the
Bruncheon as they are scheduled to take a cruise from
L.A. to Mexico for their FORTY-ith Anniversary!!!
Congratulations are in order.. 40 Years Married!!!
I think many thought they would not last a year... let
alone 40!!! Ned is a smart man ... he learned early to
simply say "Yes Dear ... " ... he found that he would
and could and should be a much happier man ... if he
did so ... [A lesson that took me much longer to
learn!!!]
How many other Bombers out there have hit the 40
mark with a Bomber Class Mate???
Yours in Matrimonial Moonshine
Juan the Puka, Leading Scientist at the Institute for the Feeble Mindless
-John Northover ('59)
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>>From: Larry Mattingly ('60)
Re: 4th of July
Thanks to the several of you who made the nice
comments here and direct to me about the 4th. I dug
around in the magazine last week and found 3 more of
the big yellow shells with the green ball center and
found places in the program for them. I am delighted
that the Bombers at Patti Jones Ahren's ('60) party
spotted them. What a nice thing for Patti to do, to
host that group of Bombers on the 4th. But it is
typical to her dedication to friends. My hat's off to
her.
My 4th this year was a particular pleasure in that
a cousin that I had not seen in 45 years showed up
with another cousin, Claudia Moberg Butler ('70).
Barbara was in town for a technical conference and
called Claudia who lives in Seattle. I was able to
get them out on the VIP pier with me. What a treat!
I hope everyone had a fun and safe 4th of July.
"Happiness is the sky in bloom"
-J Larry Mattingly ('60)
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>>From: John Browne, Jr. ('61)
Re: fruits of the vine
Well, sure- muskidine (aka muscadine) IS a grape-
an American grape. In the part of Georgia that I
passed through, years ago, they were called
scuppernongs (don't know the etymology of that one).
While I'm here I'd like to offer my old classmate,
Pam Swain, my bootleg copy of a live Jerry Lee Lewis
set that includes "Lady of Spain" (if your mother
don't mind). Semi-seriously, the great rock pianists
were pretty versatile. Little Richard's band was an
acoustic ensemble- stand-up bass, sax, drums, &
Richard (who was pretty electrifying, I guess). No
guitar (until much later, maybe...)
Speaking of guitars, though, if Ms. Russell still
possesses that fine little slot-head parlor guitar
(from her picture of the dueling guitarists), now,
THAT might be a musical treasure, all by itself (oh,
sure- it'd be even better if someone were playing, I
guess).
Another old classmate, Grant Ross, had a guitar
like that in 'his family' (& I found it in a closet at
his house, once)... wasn't electric, though- so it
wasn't 'cool'- THEN. Some of those little gems are
worth as much as a Fender Strat these days (maybe
more, to the folks who love to play them); and, if
they last another 100 years, they'll be the American
equivalents of Stradivarius violins. ^..^
-JHBrowne, Jr. ('61) ~ Vashon Island, WA
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>>From: Penny McAllister D'Abato ('67)
To: Joyce Stinsman Komac ('68)
I took German in high school also from this old
German guy what was his name?? Was he still there a
year later? I think he used a cane?? I remember how to
say very little.
To: Lynda R.
Write me.. I wrote you... guess you didn't get it
again but it didn't come back. You were in Corona?? I
live right by there ...oh yes it is hot here!
-Penny McAllister D'Abato ('67) ~ Temecula, CA - where
it is HOT HOT HOT
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>>From: Monique Mangold Beaucour ('80)
Re: Trip to Italy
To: Joyce Stinsman Komac ('68)
Don't worry about the language most Europeans
learn at least two languages and English is on the top
of the list. I'm a primary school teacher in France
and I try to teach English from third grade to fifth
grade. We have to keep learning this language till the
end of high school! Even if they never went to an
English speaking country, which is the best way to
learn a language quickly and efficiently, they know
far more of your language than you do of theirs (as
you confessed).
The areas you'll visit are highly touristic and
everything is done for foreigners to be at ease! Enjoy
your trip...it's the best way to learn on others but
on ourselves too.
-Monique Mangold Beaucour ('80) ~ Jussecourt, region
of Champagne, France - finally cloudy after
weeks of heat!
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/09/03
Dateline: Richland
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7 Bombers and 1 Bomber Mom:
Ron Wodehouse ('56), Patti Jones ('60)
Linda Reining ('64), Tedd Cadd ('66)
Diane Carpenter ('72), Anita Fravala ('73)
Zorba Manolopoulos ('91), BJ Davis (Bomber Mom)
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>>From: Ron Wodehouse ('56)
Browsed your Sandstorm for the first time. Quite
interesting to say the least. I graduated in 1956 and now
live in Colorado and have for the last 26 years. Lucky I
can still see to read I guess. But enjoyed what I read.
-Ron Wodehouse ('56)
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>>From: Patti Jones Ahrens ('60)
Re: Fourth of July
All the glowing thank-you's stirs me on to do more.
"You're welcome!" to all who wrote in or emailed me about
what a good time was had on the Fourth of July. It ended
too quickly.
Larry Mattingly ('60) and his company did an
outstanding job. There were new fireworks that made it
very special. Especially the Green and Gold that seemed
to burst towards us like they belonged just to us
Bombers. Thanks Larry. Fireworks displays take a lot of
dedicated people to put them off for our pleasure.
Mostly volunteers.
Being in Pierce County we are allowed to set off
fireworks all day. I'm still finding the remnants. Each
piece being picked up with a reminder of what a fantastic
day. Taking a bunch of pictures put me by the group that
was setting off the fireworks. I asked that "all the
pyros get closer" for the picture. My eight year old
granddaughter Sabryna raised up like she was going to
model saying, "I'm the newest pyro." With a giggle I
decided within a couple of years I am sending her to
Larry for more lessons.
Re: Puget Sound Area/Fife luncheon
The Bomber Babes and Dudes
No reservations necessary! If you would like you can email me if you
will be at the luncheon or you will be there at some future date.
DATE: July 13, 2003
COFFEE TIME: 11:30 P.M.
LUNCH TIME: 12:30 p.m.
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!
Bombers Have Fun
-Patti Jones Ahrens ('60) ~ Browns Point, Wa. Where the
summer weather can't quite make up its mind.
Fourth of July weather was perfect.
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
To: Dick McCoy('45, '46, '02)
Re: 14 Wonders of the West/Golden State Tourist Board
Well hell's bells, we have to make up for our $38
BILLION deficit one way or another, so can't blame the
tourism board for trying a bit of propaganda!
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA ~ Triple digit
temperatures are due by Thursday!!!!
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>>From: Tedd Cadd ('66)
Herr Stoebner was the German teacher, in 1965-66 at
least. He wasn't a German immigrant but rather grew up in
South Dakota. His parents spoke German in the home and so
he taught it. His major was actually Social Studies as I
recall.
Two years with Herr Stoebner was not much foundation
in the language as I discovered when I entered WSU and
started advanced German.
But I will always remember fondly the year-long
investigation Mike Lonergan ('67) conducted into the
theft of the gavel we used in home room in Herr
Stoebner's class. If you knew Mike, he was a grand
comic. We received weekly updates on the progress of the
investigation. The gavel was eventually (last home room
class of the year oddly enough!) found to have been
stolen by a secret band of Nazis that met in a basement
in Richland. Pictures were provided that showed the Nazi
flag and a collection of WWII German gear. The clincher
was the gavel itself in the hands of an apparent Nazi
with the brim of his hat pulled down over his eyes.
Funny, the gavel holder was about the same size as
Mike. Do you suppose ..... naw, Mike wouldn't pull Herr
Stoebner's leg for a full year, would he?
-Tedd Cadd ('66)
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>>From: Diane Carpenter Kipp ('72)
Monique's [Mangold ('80)] note on Europeans'
knowledge of languages was conservative and/or modest. My
family and I lived in Barcelona for two years; and, in
the language area, it was an experience in shame for us.
I met so many Europeans who spoke three, four, even five
languages -- and I wasn't hanging out with college
professors. Several times I was approached by someone who
knew I wasn't Spanish; so, making a guess based on my
looks, they would speak to me in German; when I corrected
them, they didn't miss a beat but immediately responded
in English. And most likely that same person spoke
Italian and/or French and Portuguese. And Catalan (the
local language in that part of Spain). It was quite
depressing for me. Of course, in America we generally
start language instruction in schools just after the
point where the brain loses its optimal ability to learn
new languages, usually about 14 from what I've been told.
Usually the people with language facility were well
educated. I did encounter some people who, like some
Americans, seemed to believe that if they spoke loudly
and forcefully enough to the foreigner, she would have a
miraculous breakthrough and be able to understand the
details of what they were trying to get across. The
people I was most grateful to were those who, either
through education or intuition, knew how to slow down and
simplify their own Spanish so that I could understand
them, and who could extrapolate from the assortment of
words/phrases/incorrectly conjugated verbs that I would
produce, what I was trying to communicate.
-Diane Carpenter Kipp ('72)
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>>From: Anita Fravala Griffin ('73)
Re: Southern cooking
To: BJ Davis (Bomber Mom) and Linda Reining ('64)
Chocolate gravy is the BEST! I had never heard of
chocolate gravy until we went to Arkansas to see my mom's
family when I was 15 years old. My great-grandmother
fixed it every morning over hot homemade biscuits for
breakfast! YUMMMMMMM!!! And let me tell you, when you are
15 years old you don't want to get up to eat breakfast at
5:00 a.m., but when chocolate gravy is on the menu, you
are at that table. We could always go back to bed after
we ate!
I finally got the family recipe a couple of years
ago, so I might have to make it one of these days. My
kids and husband think it's totally disgusting to put
chocolate over biscuits; but, what do they know?!
Anyway, thanks for the memories Linda!
-Anita Fravala Griffin ('73)
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>>From: Zorba Manolopoulos ('91)
A recent poll of the alumni database
<http://rhssf.org/directory/> reveals that there are 8493
males; 8112 females; and 2243 undecided (Pat, Chris,
Tracy, Kelly, Sam, Terry, etc, and single initials); and I
know it sounds odd, but some of the names I just couldn't
tell.
Of course some of the years are not fully represented.
-Zorba Manolopoulos ('91)
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>>From: BJ Davis (Bomber Mom)
Re: Southern cooking
Nope, John Browne, Jr. ('61), scuppernongs and
muscadines (as you call them -- in Arkansas they are
called muskidines) aren't the same. The wild muskidines
have it all over the tame scuppernongs. Right, all you
southern folks?
-BJ Davis (Bomber Mom)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/10/03
Dateline: Richland
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8 Bombers sent stuff today:
Jerry Swain ('54), Barbara Isakson ('58)
Audrey Eberhardt ('61WB), Donna Bowers ('63)
Linda Reining ('64), Jeff Michael ('65)
Jack Spanner ('70), Vicki Owens ('72)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY today: Jerry Oakley ('51)
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>>From: Jerry Swain ('54)
Re: Tom McGuire ('54)
I have received an email from Fran McGuire, Tom's
wife, and she reported that Tom has just been through
some health problems that included tube feeding and a
serious brush with his mortality. He is on the mend now,
but could use some encouragement from his friends. I
think prayers of thanks and strength would be in order.
-Jerry Swain ('54)
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>>From: Barbara Isakson Rau ('58)
Our Class of '58's luncheon is this Sunday, the 13th
of July, at 1 o'clock at West Richland Golf Course.
Hope everyone had a fun and safe 4th. We'll see
you there at the W. Richland Golf Course, Sunday at
1 o'clock.
Bomber Cheers,
-Barbara Isakson Rau ('58)
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>>From: Audrey Eberhardt Mathews ('61WB)
To: BJ Davis (Bomber Mom)
You are so right -- we just need to educate some of
these Northwesterners. We would stop beside the road
when I was small in southwest Georgia and pick the fruit
of the vine; they were sooooo good. Also, both make very
good wine, if you know how. Never had chocolate gravy,
but did love red-eye gravy over biscuits and grits; which
are almost impossible to find west of the Big Muddy.
-Audrey Eberhardt Mathews ('61WB) ~ In central Georgia
hot (94 with heat index of 104) and
humid, but maybe the drought is over.
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>>From: Donna Bowers Rice ('63)
Southern Cooking and Being Married 40 Years
There are several in our Class of '63, but Mike ('60)
and I have been married for 40 years come December. We
are midwesterners now, but my heart is still on the west
coast. I think it's a real tribute to Richland and the
way we were raised to still have happy healthy marriages,
good kids, and adorable grandchildren (five under the age
of four).
One of my favorite recipes for perfect gravy comes
from my Southern son-in-law's grandmother. The easy way
to make perfect gravy is to roll a dollop of butter in a
fair amount of flour. Place it in your meat juices and
let it dissolve as you stir -- you will never have lumpy
gravy again. One of the secrets to good Southern cooking
is they always use butter and thanks to my middle
daughter's family she has become a wonderful cook with
some of the best recipes in her file.
Sorry, I missed the reunion; but, I was so impressed
that there was a special service for those of our
classmates who are gone. We have a very special caring
class; I am eternally grateful that I have been a part of
it.
-Donna Bowers Rice ('63)
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
To: Maren Smyth('63, '64)
Don't know if you like country-western music; but,
since you are a "Parrot Head" (Jimmy Buffett fan),
thought I would let you know he does a duet with Alan
Jackson -- song is called "5 O'Clock Somewhere" -- Alan
sings mostly solo, Jimmy comes in towards the end of the
song. It's a cute song -- even if you aren't a country
fan.
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA ~ Hot, hot, and
hotter from now til who knows when?
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>>From: Jeff Michael ('65)
To: Zorba Manolopoulos ('91)
Re: Alumni Database Gender Count
You DO love those stats, don't you? Are you an
actuary for a big insurance company? Have a corner office
on the 40th floor of the TransAmerica building or Sears
Tower?
I'll not ask for a recount on this one ..... it's a
moving target. Far too many undecideds and outright
changes. Personally, I limit my gender-bending and sex-
changes to wiring.
Thanks again for an interesting analysis.
-DJ Jeff
-Jeff Michael ('65) ~ In San Diego where the water and
the air at the beach are both 68 this morning.
(The air will get warmer later.)
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>>From: Jack Spanner ('70)
Re: Muscadine
I don't really consider myself a southern folk but I
do live in the in the heart of NASCAR country here in
Charlotte, NC. I discussed the scuppernong vs. muscadine
topic with a friend of mine who has a muscadine vineyard
for his winemaking hobby. Muscadine is a variety of grape
(vitis rotund folia) that is a different species from the
familiar European and American species. Scuppernong is a
variety of muscadine like zinfandel or cabernet is a
variety of the European grapes. They are very large and
very sweet and grow in the South. Duplin and Biltmore
Estates wineries produce most of the muscadine wine in
the South. In the fall it is almost intoxicating to run
on the trails around here when the wild muscadine are
ripe.
-Jack Spanner ('70) ~ Charlotte - Where it is 89, 73%
humidity and it feels like 95.
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>>From: Vicki Owens ('72)
To: Monique Mangold Beaucour ('80),
Joyce Stinsman Komac ('68),
Diane Carpenter Kipp ('72)
I agree with Monique's assessment on languages. Most
Ugandans know at least three or four, starting with their
mother tongue (any of the 50+ languages in their Oregon-
sized country) and English (the national language).
Which brings me to a little known fact .....
What do you call a person who speaks three or more
languages?
Correct answer is "a polyglot".
What do you call a person who speaks two languages?
Correct answer is "bilingual".
What do you call a person who speaks one language?
Correct answer is "an American".
Ouch!
-Vicki Owens ('72) ~ Orlando, Florida, for a week of
sauna weather.
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/11/03
Dateline: Richland
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6 Bombers sent stuff today:
Mary Triem ('47), Mike Clowes ('54)
John Northover ('59), Jay Siegel ('61)
David Rivers ('65), Monique Mangold ('80)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rex Hunt ('53WB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larry Christenson ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janice Johns Burian Johns ('61)
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>>From: Mary Triem Mowery ('47)
To: Ann Thompson ('49)
Re: Mail Failure
Again today, your e-mail "bounced" on me, so thought
I would try to reach you through the Sandstorm. I was
replying to a message from you, so it is odd!!! PS: This
isn't the first time.
Bomber Cheers,
-Mary Triem Mowery, a '47 Bomber
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54)
Just want to take this time to wish fellow-classmate,
Larry Christenson ('54), a Happy Birthday. Two straight
years in Wheeler's home room is enough to head for the
Uptown Tavern.
To: Tom McGuire ('54)
Do get well soon, Tom; looking forward to seeing you
next year.
Re: Absence of Foreign Languages
Think it is part of the British heritage. It is a
real fun thing to listen to an Englishman trying to speak
a language other than his own*. Not too bad with the
German, but anything else falls completely apart,
especially Spanish. The Brits do try to pronounce the
words as spelt, and "j"s are pronounced as "j" and not
with the softer "h" sound. And to hear the pronunciation
of "Don Quixote" makes one wonder whom they are speaking
of. I do agree, however, that we start teaching foreign
languages far too late.
Bomber Cheers,
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54) ~ It has returned to
being sunny and warm here in Albany, OR
* -- ["Into the face of the young man who sat on the
terrace of the Hotel Magnifique at Cannes there had crept
a look of furtive shame, the shifty, hangdog look which
announces that an Englishman is about to talk French."--
PG Wodehouse, `The Luck of the Bodkins` -Ed.]
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>>From: John Northover ('59)
Re: Forty-Years-Married
I think that the following couples have attained the
40-year mark (all are Class of '59 unless otherwise
noted):
Ned Barker & Sue Birge
Rick Johnson & Judy Morrill
Dick Nelson & Laurel Gullickson
Judy Agen & Lary Azure ('58???)
Linda Bowman and Jim Warren [should be close]
Tom Beaulieu & Janet Wilgus
Judy Cox and Jim Wendland ('58)
Marianna Ferney & Geroge Stephens ('58)
Ken Free & Judy Powell ('61)
Irene Kraus & Bill Rittenhouse
Lorna Lee & Jerry Mikkelsen {???)
Edith Myer & John Poole
Karl Mundt & LaVada Draper ('62)
Judy Rees & Key Ryan ('58)
Roger Sharp & Virginia Potter ('60)
John Hall ('60) & Connie Madron ('60)
Yours in Matrimonial Moonshine,
Juan the Puka
Leading Scientist at the Institute for the Feeble Mindless
-John Northover ('59)
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>>From: Jay Siegel ('61)
Re: "Down South"
After spending over 20 years "down East" in North
Carolina, there are many foods that I miss including
"Scuppernongs". Persimmons off the tree after the first
frost, pawpaws like warm custard in August. Field corn
with kernels fat and sweet. Crab stuffed flounder and
hush puppies. The list goes on.
But as I walked outside this morning to get the
paper, I could breath the air instead of "drinking" it.
The sky wasn't "Carolina Blue", but it was "Seattle
Blue". Maybe it is because we are further north or maybe
just because it's "Home", but the sky is bluer.
I miss a lot from "down East", but it isn't home. And
Home is where the heart is!
Clear, blue skies, and warm, gentle breezes.
-Jay Siegel ('61) ~ Poulsbo, WA
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
Re: What's going on
OK. I don't wanna appear like a muck-raker, a yellow
journalist, a rumor monger ..... but I've been noticing
this secret code going on between Jeffery Michael ('65)
and Zorba Manolopoulos ('91). To begin with, Jeff, she is
too young for you -- look in the mirror, Son -- you
are 56 or 57! I know, it's a shock; but, somebody has to
tell you and bring you back to the real world. Also, you
live in San Diego. San Diego does not have beaches. That
is a toxic waste dump out there. That stuff floating is
coming from Tijuana -- it is not a natural occurrence
(well it is natural to the extent that if ya dump it into
the ocean some of it will sink and some of it will
float). Do not -- I repeat, DO NOT -- attempt to swim in
there; 68 degrees or not!
Now, I am glad you and your secret code partner
alerted me to the alumni something or other. I went to
the site and signed up. If it has Bomber on it -- I sign
up!
Now, Jeff, if you are serious about this girl, step
right up and tell her so; in fact, just give her a call.
I think the number is BEachwood 4-5789. You can call her
up and have a date -- any ol' time -- but first, ask her
father. I think he may have graduated near the same time
we did. Just think of it, you can have a dad pal and a
girlfriend. Hey, I know. You don't have to thank me; just
lookin' out for my little buddy; just like in grade
school!
-David Rivers ('65)
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>>From: Monique Mangold Beaucour ('80)
It's understandable that American people are not fond
of learning a foreign language. You just do not need it
(except Spanish for business with Central or South
America maybe). You can travel for miles and not find
anybody speaking anything else than English!
In Europe countries are small and, like France,
surrounded by countries not speaking the language and now
with the European construction and the borders
disappearing we need a common language. Since English is
already used in business and technical fields it is
naturally used universally (some people do not agree of
course).
Anyway, we appreciate all the efforts you make to
speak a few of our languages -- and I particularly
understand when you tell about speaking loudly -- or
otherwise speaking slowly enough that your accent
wouldn't interfere with our understanding!
-Monique Mangold Beaucour ('80) ~ getting ready to leave
for a tour of Scotland where the accent
is just terrrrrrrrrrrrrible!
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/12/03
Dateline: Richland
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3 Bombers sent stuff today:
John Browne, Jr. ('61), David Rivers ('65)
Zorba Manolopoulos ('91)
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>>From: John Browne, Jr. ('61)
Re: Birthday notice for Janice Burian Johns ('62?)
I noticed a ? after "Janice Burian Johns" ..... if
those last names are transposed and it's Janice Johns,
she's one of us (Class of '61). (Oops! ..... am I back in
'Sandstorm copy' mode? That was, let's see, 45 years ago
-- sheesh!)
Hey, Maren -- loved the PG Wodehouse quote!
^..^
JHBrowne, Jr.
-John Browne, Jr. ('61) ~ Vashon Island, Wa
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
Re: Think I'm stupude!
To: Jeffery Michael ('65)
Ahhhhhhhhh ha ha ha. Joke's on you and Zorba ('91),
Jeff. I KNEW Zorba was a guy ..... I see movies, ya know.
I mean it wasn't called "Zorba the girl Greek".
Oh gaaaaaaaaaaaaaawd ..... I may never write into the
Sandsorm again!!!!!!!!!!!
-David Rivers ('65)
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>>From: Zorba Manolopoulos ('91)
To: Jeff Michael ('65)
I do love the stats and I will continue producing
mind-blowing information and data crunching. :)
To: David Rivers ('65)
I must say I am not right for Jeff either as I am
married. I must also confess that even if I was
unmarried, I would have to say that it still wouldn't
work out. Not because of age, not because of interest.
But I am a man.
I take it that matchmaking is not your best skill?
Zorba (all male since '73)
-Zorba Manolopoulos ('91)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/13/03
Dateline: Richland
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3 Bombers sent stuff today:
Kay Mitchell ('52), Laura Dean Kirby ('55)
Geoff Rothwell ('71)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lorin St. John ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John Northover ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: (or 07/14(?)) Glen Rose ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Terry Klute ('63)
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>>From: Kay Mitchell Coates ('52)
To: John Northover ('59)
Re: Forty-Year Marrieds
You can add these Bombers to your forty-year married
list; but, plus 10 more years, making them Golden
Bombers!
Jim Shipman ('51) and Roberta Adkins ('52)
Jerry Molnaa ('52 and Shirley Pitman ('52)
Dick Coates ('52) and Kay Mitchell ('52)
-Kay Mitchell Coates ('52) ~ Valley, WA where it looks
like a thunder storm is moving in this morning
to cool us off from our near 100 degree weather
yesterday.
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>>From: Laura Dean Kirby Armstrong ('55)
RE: Forty-Year Marrieds
Jack Sinderson ('53) and Jan Nussbaum ('55 )
Charlie Bigelow ('54) and Shirley Strege ('54)
Harold Kenitzer ('54) and Marla Loman ('55)
Bob Welsh ('55) and Sandra Ferency ('55)
Ted Neth ('55) and Billie Lee Lawell ('55)
I think Jim Boyd ('55) and Sandra Atwater ('51) have
40 years. What about Harvey Chapman ('56) and Sally Foley
('56)?
Anyone else? Do false starts count? What about
woulda-beens? No chance for me!
-Laura Dean Kirby Armstrong ('55) ~ from Central Illinois
where the recent thunder and lightening storms
have increased the size of the corn, and the
temps over 90 send me camping at the lake.
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>>From: Geoff Rothwell ('71)
Hey,
Does anyone have a Bomber jacket (medium?) with a
mushroom cloud on the back for sale? Or know where I
might be able to buy one. (I actually still have my
letter, for managing, but didn't feel like buying a
jacket at the time.)
-Geoff Rothwell ('71)
[Geoff -- now here I can help you out. What one does is
to purchase a plain old letterman's jacket in your size.
Then you visit an emblem store to obtain whatever emblems
you want to have sewn on your jacket -- the emblems are
made to order. Then when the emblems arrive you arrange
to have them sewn on (normally by the emblem shop). When
I got my jacket back in 1998 I needed three emblems: R-
Cloud, $50; 3" 'Richland', $16; 3" 'Bombers', $15. It
took about a month from the time I ordered them until
they arrived and were sewn on the jacket (another 22
bucks). I bought my jacket at Dawson-Richards and my
emblems from U.S. Linen (old Richland Laundry); I can
send you a pic if you'd like. What I suggest is to buy
your jacket in Palo Alto (the Stanford athletic
department or a sporting goods store can help you find a
store) and have somebody here in Richland take care of
getting whatever emblems you need and UPS them to you --
Judy Willox ('61) is *really* good at this sort of thing.
--Richard, Deputy Editor]
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/14/03
Dateline: Richland
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9 Bombers sent stuff today:
Betty Conner ('52) and Douglas Sansom ('52)
Curt Donahue ('53), Marilyn Peddicord ('53)
Mary Jones ('56), Sharon Rae Chapman ('57)
Merrily Shirey for Mike Shirey ('60WB)
Jeff Michael ('65), Larry Crouch ('71)
Diane Carpenter ('72)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: (or 07/13(?)) Glen Rose ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Thora Metcalf Ziegler ('59)
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BOMBER LUNCHES 'n stuff (in order of appearance)
07/17 - '61 Ladies' Picnic/Pot Luck
07/18 - Girls of '54
07/18 & 19 - Classes of '73 and '83 Reunions
More information: <http://www.calsnet.net/All_Bombers>
Click the lunch you want to know about.
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>>From: Doug and Betty Conner Sansom ('52)
To: John Northover ('59)
Re: Forty-Year Marriages
Add to your list:
Douglas Sansom ('52) and Betty Conner ('52) -- 49 years
this coming September 10.
Still going strong!!!
What a neat idea to list all of this! Maybe it will
inspire the younger group.
Thanks!
-Doug and Betty Conner Sansom ('52)
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>>From: Curt Donahue ('53)
Mona and I celebrated our forty-eighth anniversary
last April, thanks to her perseverance and the grace of
God.
-Curt Donahue ('53) ~ Federal Way, WA
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>>From: Marilyn Peddicord Whitley ('53)
Lee Whitley ('52) and I have been married 45 years.
-Marilyn Peddicord Whitley ('53)
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>>From: Mary Jones Metcalf ('56)
I'm smiling as I read the lists of those who are
passing the 40-year married mark. There's something about
staying in the Tri-Cities that encourages stick-to-it-
iveness. Not that I'll ever make it. To do so, I'd have
to find King Charming (no princes need apply) and it
would be the year 2043 before that anniversary!
I'm really writing to ask about parents. My dad came
up in 1943 and spent the rest of his work life out in the
areas. He and Mom (Robert and Deon Jones) passed their
68th anniversary April 17th of this year and are hoping
to make the 70th in 2005. Any records out there that they
need to break?
-Mary Jones Metcalf ('56)
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>>From: Sharon Rae Chapman McFall ('57)
To: Laura Dean Kirby ('55)
Re: Harvey Chapman ('56) and Sally Foley ('56)
If my fingers are counting right, Harvey and Sally
have been married 44 years. Who ever would have thunk it?
The nicest thing Harvey ever did for me was give me this
wonderful sister-in law whom I love dearly. She is every
bit as nice as you all remember and so very dear to our
family.
-Sharon Rae Chapman McFall ('57) ~ Mesa, Arizona where
there is no daylight savings time because we
just couldn't handle an extra hour of sunshine
in the evening before the sun goes down.
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>>From: Merrily Shirey for Mike Shirey ('60WB)
Re: Class of '60 Website
Hello,
We just discovered this page. Mike Shirey is my
husband and is not able to write or type due to MS, and I
am filling in this for him. He went to high school there
[Col-Hi] (state champion gymnast '58 and '59), but
graduated in Lima, Ohio after his father died in June of
Mike's junior year.
My name is Merrily and we have been married since
Nov., 1994, and were unable to come to the 40th Reunion.
Let us know if there is anything else you would like for
the site.
Thanks.
-Merrily Shirey for Mike Shirey ('60WB)
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>>From: Jeff Michael ('65)
Re: Sandy News
To: David Rivers ('65)
Zorba's a GIRL??!! Like, I thought of Zorba .....
like in Zorba the Greek. A MANLY kinda guy. Thanks for
the enlightenment. Just don't go too far with that gender
thing, though.
To: Monique [Mangold Beaucour ('80)] (I'm pretty sure
you must be a girl.)
I gotta tell you, you can't hardly get anything done
here in San Diego without you speak a bit of the local
Hispanic dialect ..... and that's on OUR side of the
border. In fact, according to the latest census numbers,
we are ALL minorities here in California; no ethnic group
is a majority. And Hispanic leads whites and blacks, and
all the in-betweens! I'm wishing I'd done Spanish rather
than German with Herr Vas-his-namen.
Now, that all has nothing with my recent decision to
move back to Richland ..... but maybe the flotsam David
Rivers referred to has had some influence. Say, David;
are there a sufficient number of Porta-Potties along the
Columbia ..... and do the boys come out of the water to
use them? Or has Wayne Newton so polluted your mind that
your don't know? Thanks for covering my back, dude.
Shotguns really scare me.
DJ Jeff
-Jeff Michael ('65)
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>>From: Larry Crouch ('71)
Just got back from few days in Richland; was great,
so slow and easy. Doing some parental tune ups on Mom and
Dad. We had a blast. I got to see Rob French ('71) and
his parents; and Doug Carlson ('71) and his parents. My
wife Diana says it's pretty cool the way all my buddies
stop and see all of our parents; Doug always stops and
sees my mom and dad and Rob takes care of my parents with
his super peaches and cherries. Seems any time one of my
buddies is in town they come over and drop in on Mom and
Dad; really makes their day. Keep that in mind when you
guys go back home; stop in and say hi to your old
buddies' parents; it's just like old times when they were
forced to put up with you; they like to see and hear what
you're up to. I'm pretty sure most of them thought we
would all end up in prison or worse.
Link to my home page:
<http://home.earthlink.net/~ldcone/index.html>
-Larry Crouch ('71)
PS-- Doug says he has tried three times to get his email
address on our class page. Any ideas I can pass along?
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>>From: Diane Carpenter Kipp ('72)
Maren -- love the Wodehouse quote!
-Diane Carpenter Kipp ('72)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/15/03
Dateline: Richland
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19 Bombers sent stuff today:
Kay Weir ('37), Anna May Wann ('49)
Bob Harman ('51), Millie Finch ('54)
Sharon Panther ('57), Glen Rose ('58)
Vera Smith ('58), Bill Moyers ('60)
Suzie Gunderson ('60), Richard Anderson ('60)
Janice Johns ('61), Linda Woods ('61WB)
Helen Cross ('62), Jean Armstrong ('64)
Harvey Irby ('64), Patti Snider ('65)
Debbie Elliott ('71), Lori Killand ('72)
Kim Edgar ('79)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: (or 16th?) Barbara Isackson Rau ('58)
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>>From: Kay Weir Fishback ('37)
I've been reading about all the anniversaries and
congratulations to all of you; but, I think we hold the
record -- if we both make it to next January 2nd it will
be 64 years. And when you pick the right guy (I did)
[Lester ('34)], it's all been too short.
-Kay Weir Fishback ('37)
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>>From: Anna May Wann Thompson ('49)
I’m surprised the classes of the 1940’s haven’t
responded to the length of marriages. Ray ('47) and
Marilyn Wallace ('47) Hultman come to mind immediately –-
young at heart but married many years. Mel ('48) and I
were married 48 years before he passed away. Roy ('??)
and Donna Evert ('??) Thompson, Carl ('47) and Jean
Williamson ('49) Dreher. Come on you “old” guys, start
listing your togetherness. Let these youngsters know they
have a ways to go to catch up with us.
Had a wonderful time at the Fife luncheon yesterday.
Haven’t been in a while and what a crowd; wait until you
see the pictures from the camera holders!
-Anna May Wann Thompson ('49)
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>>From: Bob Harman ('51)
To: John Northover ('59)
If you are compiling a list of "Golden Bombers" you
may want to add us to your list: Bob ('51) and Barbara
King ('53 Lion) Harman. We celebrated our 50th on the
19th of Feb. this year. Yes, she was still in high school
and it caused quite a stir in Lionville. No, she wasn't
pregnant but the officials thought she might know too
much about sex, etc. Third graders know more now than we
did.
-Bob Harman ('51)
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>>From: Millie Finch Gregg ('54)
My husband Glynn and I celebrated our 48th last
January and are looking forward to 50 -- and we will get
married! We told our children we would finally make
it legal. See ..... we eloped, therefore did not have a
wedding, but we are going to renew our vows at our 50th.
They just don't make 'em like they used to, plus the
commitment is just not there anymore in marriages -- it
is just too easy to jump ship -- and no one wants to work
at it.
I am very blessed through these years.
Congratulations to all of you other Bombers -- it is
something we can be proud of.
Bomber cheers,
-Millie Finch Gregg ('54)
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>>From: Sharon Panther Taff ('57)
Dave Taff ('56) and I have been married 44 years. He
tells everyone it is 144 years but what can I say?
-Sharon Panther Taff ('57)
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>>From: Glen Rose ('58)
Re: CLASS OF '58 LUNCHEON
The July luncheon for the Class of '58 was held at
the West Richland Golf Course on Sunday. Those in
attendance were Fred Klute, Barbara Isakson Rau, Sue
Garrison Pritchett, Jim Wendland, Glen and Carol Rose,
Burt Pierard ('59). We had some good food and good
conversation and hope that more of our classmates will
attend in August.
-Glen Rose ('58)
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>>From: Vera Smith Robbins ('58)
I went to the Fife Luncheon on July 14th for the
first time. What a great group and such a warm welcome I
received. Lots of new faces (to me) and some I recognized
plus lots of friendly conversation. Keep up the good work
Bombers; you have a great group there and I hope to be
able to come to your next luncheon.
-Vera Smith Robbins ('58)
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>>From: Bill Moyers ('60)
Re: Married 40 years
Anne Collins ('60) and Bill Moyers ('60) celebrated
their 40th anniversary yesterday, on the STP (Seattle-to-
Portland) bicycle ride. Great way to commemorate the
occasion.
-Bill Moyers ('60)
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>>From: Suzie Gunderson Chiles ('60)
I decided to add our names to the bunch. Bob
Chiles ('58) and I ('60) were married in 1959 just before
Bob was sent to Korea (Army). I stayed home and
graduated, and we are going to celebrate our 44th
anniversary in December ..... "God willing, and the river
don't rise."
To: Larry Crouch ('71)
Great family pictures! You must be very proud of your
new baby, just like Greg.
Bomber Cheers,
-Suzie Gunderson Chiles ('60) ~ in Omak, WA where the sun
is just as HOT as I remember it being in
Richland, but without the wind.
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>>From: Richard Anderson ('60)
Re: Long-lasting marriages
Bomber Parents:
Bill and Vivian Goslin -- 64 years
Bomber Parents and Grandparents:
Carl and Frances Frick -- 62 years
Toivo and Laurel Piippo -- 50 years
-Richard Anderson ('60)
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>>From: Janice Johns Burian ('61)
Hello,
I noticed in the Sandstorm, July 12th, I believe,
that someone was confused about my name; well, the name
is Janice Johns Burian ('61). Hope this helps.
-Janice Johns Burian ('61)
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>>From: Linda Woods ('61WB)
Another long marriage to add to the Richland list. My
parents Kelly and Lydia Woods (still living in their own
home in Salem, Oregon) have been married 68 years.
-Linda Woods ('61WB) ~ Spokane
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Re: Marriage records to break
I'd check with Nancy Riggs Lawrence ('51), as I know
her parents Larry and Lorraine Riggs came to Richland in
l943 with her in tow, and that they are still married, so
that is at least 60 years. Am I correct, Nancy?
Warren and I are just getting into our last week
hurry and get things done before our trip out west. We
leave early Saturday to head out to Colorado to visit
friends in Keystone and to spend three weeks cooking for
a Methodist youth camp, then hurry to Idaho to see our 26
year old son at Priest Lake, and our families in good ol'
Washington, and then hurry back for the Washington State-
Noltre Dame game September 6. (Sorry I can never spell
that right. Must come from absolutely not being able to
understand French.) ["Notre Dame" --Ed.]
Oh, I almost forgot a most important thing I get to
do while I'm on this trip. I'll fly out for our annual
Cross reunion at Rooster Rock, Oregon on August 8 where
I'll get to visit with my cousins and aunts, etc. and,
hopefully, my brother Roy.
I "talk" with my girlfriend in England every few days
via email and we must have their rain. She says it's hot
and dry there, where we still have green grass due to the
horrendous rains we've been having. It's gone maybe two
days without pouring down rain.
My "biker" husband is celebrating another victory.
He, along with 800 others, rode across the state of
Indiana this past Saturday from Illinois to Richmond,
Indiana on HW 40. They call it RAIN. Then he kept going
south towards our house so he could ride 200 miles in one
day. Well, he made the 200 miles and I still had to go
get him an hour north of our house. He could hardly walk
yesterday and I have no sympathy for him, as I told him
he is just showing off. But it is an effective way to
lose weight and they did have a perfect day to ride with
low humidity, light wind, sunshine with a few clouds, and
temperatures that never got above the low 80's.
Looking forward to enjoying being "out West" again.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ back home in Indiana where the
little lake looks lovely with all this rain and
the fish are jumping. Fortunately we have no
cotton to be "high". The rest of the song
doesn't fit very well either, except my mom as a
younger woman was very good looking, but she
looks pretty much like most 80 year olds now.
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>>From: Jean Armstrong Reynolds ('64)
I've been hanging out in Richland and enjoying the
cool weather waiting for my daughter, Kelly Franklin
Nicholson ('84), to deliver my granddaughter, Emily Jean.
She is due the 14th of August, but we are hoping for an
early arrival. My husband got two days off from Lakeview,
Oregon, so he flew the Travelair up for a visit. We spent
some time walking along the Columbia River in Howard Amon
Park. It's such a beautiful park and filled with so many
people enjoying it. They also had a "concert" in the
fingernail with the steel drums. It was quite enjoyable.
I looked for the mulberry tree that used to be down by
the river, but I couldn't find it. Was it behind the
Shilo Inn? I thought it was right by the dock, but I was
not sure.
We also drove down to Columbia Park and saw the
playground that was built a few years ago. The aquatic
part was really nice. The kids were having so much fun
that I wanted to join them.
Richland has changed, but is still the same. It's
nice to come "home" and go back to being safer and
comfortable and being around my friends again. I haven't
seen everyone that I want to see yet, but I hope to
before I leave to go to Billings, Montana.
My brothers and I got together with a bunch of old
friends and I will send in a picture that was taken at
the house. It was a bunch of Bombers with spouses. There
were Myrna Bolin Turner ('61/'62) and hubby Jim, Treva
Bolin Jensen ('65) and hubby Bob, Judy Willox Hodge ('61)
and hubby James, Mercedes (Deedee) Willox Loiseau ('64)
and hubby Armand, Barbara ('60) and Larry ('64) Holloway,
my brother John (Jack) Armstrong ('60) and wife Louise,
my other brother James (Ron) Armstrong ('61), Mary Massey
Horsey ('64) and Corey Waite ('72 (I think)), Kelly
Franklin Nicholson ('84) and hubby Jason Nicholson ('93?)
and Koby (2018), and of course the organizer, me. Old
Bomber friends are never forgotten. I have misplaced one
or two, but I have been lucky enough to find then after
many years.
-Jean Armstrong Reynolds ('64) ~ Richland, WA where the
weather is a cool 89 compared to Goodyear, AZ
where it is 114.
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>>From: Harvey Irby ('64)
Had fun at the Bomber luncheon Saturday. A pleasant
surprise was the presence of Brad Upton. Went to see him
at the Excalibur Hotel last night and had a great time.
Thanks Brad, great show.
-Harvey Irby ('64) ~ Las Vegas (Looks like it'll get to
115 again today)
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>>From: Patti Snider Miller ('65)
I saw an alumnus looking for 1960's sunglasses at
Albertsons today! He was all dressed up for the occasion.
He is rather a conservative guy ..... I hope if you went
to GESA (50th anniversary) today you got a look at none
other than Roger Fishback ('62). Way to go Roger! Who
knows, he might be in his 50th anniversary mode all week.
Check it out.
To: Jeff Michael ('65)
It's never to late to learn Spanish!
-Patti Snider Miller ('65) ~ in Richland where it is 89
degrees at 8:20 p.m., it's really nice out and I
am on my way for a walk.
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>>From: Debbie Elliott Iniguez ('71)
To: Ruth Russell ('71)
Hi Ruth!
Yes, I remember you fondly! I also drew horses in art
class and other times, too. But I was always envious
because my drawings were never as great as yours! I
visited your website <http://phoenix_rrp.tripod.com/> and
enjoyed seeing your beautiful artwork. I haven't drawn
anything for years -- two kids take up so much of my
time! I'm sure you understand that! Keep up the wonderful
work you are doing -- I am still envious of your talent.
Sorry to hear of your problems with lupus but I am so
glad you are still drawing!
Sincerely,
-Debbie Elliott Iniguez ('71) ~ Brisbane (near San
Francisco) California where we are currently
having a warm spell.
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>>From: Lori Killand Whelan ('72)
I just wanted to add my parents to the list of
lasting marriages. Wayne ('48) and Joanne Jerman ('49WB)
Killand celebrated their 52nd anniversary in March.
-Lori Killand Whelan ('72)
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>>From: Kim Edgar Leeming ('79)
To: Laura Dean Kirby Armstrong ('55)
I believe Linda Anderson ('61) and Galen Walley ('57)
are in the married for forty-something-years category as
well.
-Kim Edgar Leeming ('79)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/16/03
Dateline: Richland
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11 Bombers sent stuff today:
Nancy Riggs ('51), Pat Badger ('53)
Linda Sommers ('57), Glen Rose ('58)
Tim Smyth ('62), Dena Evans ('64)
Tedd Cadd ('66), Lori Simpson ('70)
Lynn Noble ('72), Carol Boyd ('72WB)
Larry Davis ('80)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: (or 15th?) Barbara Isackson Rau ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Margo Compton Lacarde ('60)
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>>From: Nancy Riggs Lawrence ('51)
Re: Marriage records to break
[Yesterday, Helen Cross Kirk ('62) wrote:]
"I'd check with Nancy Riggs Lawrence ('51), as I know
her parents Larry and Lorraine Riggs came to Richland in
l943 with her in tow, and that they are still married, so
that is at least 60 years. Am I correct, Nancy?"
You are so right except it's 70 years!!
-Nancy Riggs Lawrence ('51)
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>>From: Pat Badger Keller ('53)
To: Bombers past, present, and future
Just read all the entries and would like to let you
know that Gene ('50) and Pat Badger ('53) Keller will
celebrate their 50th anniversary on July 24th. I believe
this is not only a milestone but also a miracle. Having
lived through the early Hanford and World War II upheaval
we thought all towns were like Richland. Not so; it has
taken some 50 years of life to realize how very unique
our experiences were. We shared lives and forged bonds of
friendship that have lasted a lifetime.
Gene and I were married in the old Grange Hall which
had become the Richland Lutheran Church. It was white
with a large steeple and a bell that rang loud and clear.
It has been replaced by a beautiful new sanctuary, as
have all the churches in Richland. I think this says
something about the kind of people who came and stayed. I
hope the spirit always endures.
-Pat Badger Keller ('53)
PS--Gene goes to the YMCA every day and shoots baskets --
once a Bomber, always a Bomber.
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>>From: Linda Sommers Evanson ('57)
Greeting all of you super Bombers!
Gerry and I have been married 41 years, working on
42. We were married during semester break at PLU. I was a
rich new teacher and Gerry was still working on his
degree. Gerry says that we have been married 41 years or
"forever".
To: Kim Edgar Leeming ('79)
Galen Walley is the Class of '57.
-Linda Sommers Evanson ('57)
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>>From: Glen Rose ('58)
Happy Birthday to Barbara Isakson Rau ('58)! Thanks
for all the work you have done keeping the Class of '58
luncheon going and the effort you have put into our
upcoming 45 year reunion. Thanks also for the help you
gave Carol and me when our old truck quit on us!
-Glen Rose ('58)
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>>From: Tim Smyth ('62)
To: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Helen, my dear Spalding, Carmichael, and Col-Hi
classmate; and more recently my Vermont dinner friend,
you WILL know how to spell NOTRE DAME after the WSU-Notre
Dame game, but you MAY want to forget how to spell it!
-Tim Smyth ('62) ~ Hudson Falls, NY
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>>From: Dena Evans Harr ('64)
I had the opportunity to spend a few days with Deedee
Willox Louiseau ('64) and her husband Armand. During
those few days I had the pleasure to see how much
Richland had changed in 39 years. What a difference. I
got lost so many times; it had changed soooo much. I am
so happy that it is still growing. I went to Pendleton to
visit my family gravesite, and so little had changed,
except the downtown area did not have the stores and
shops that it used to have. This proves to me that
Richland is still thriving. Sometimes it is not good to
go back and reminisce. Most of the houses I lived in in
Pendleton are gone or dilapidated. The house on Douglas
looks great.
I read the Sandstorm daily and enjoy it tremendously.
Maren, you are doing a wonderful job, and don't leave
this out of my email. Wish that I could have met you
while I was there, but not enough time. Next year at our
40th, and I can hardly wait.
Judy and James [Hodge], thanks for the great BBQ. It was
nice seeing some faces from the past ..... you know who you
are. My son Zack had a good time with PJ, and hopefully
Zack is going to become a Bomber next year; well, at least
his senior year.
Thanks again Deedee, Armand, Judy, James, and PJ. It
was great!
-Dena Evans Harr ('64) ~ From "lovely" downtown
Pittsburg, California where it is hotter than
#@&% at 12:30am. Probably still in the high 80s.
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>>From: Tedd Cadd ('66)
While Pam ('66) and I have 5.5 years to go to reach
40, I have no doubt we'll get there. Pam's parents, Wally
and Barbara Hunt, made it to almost 63 before Wally died
last year.
To: Mary Jones Metcalf ('56)
Wow! Your parents are something else! That's
wonderful!
As to records, I heard a couple on the Focus on the
Family broadcast a couple of years ago who had celebrated
their 80th anniversary. It was a Valentine's Day edition
and they played back people who called in to talk about
their sweetheart. This couple was in an assisted living
facility, had their faculties at 101 for her and 103 for
him as I recall. They quoted their favorite Bible verse
together and sang a little song. It was amazing!
I hope your parents can reach that milestone in
similar good condition.
-Tedd Cadd ('66)
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>>From: Lori Simpson Hogan ('70)
Hi, I'm adding to the long lasting marriages. My in-
laws, Bob and Elly Hogan, just celebrated their 58th
anniversary in June 2003, and my parents, Bernie ('46)
and Ethel Simpson, will also be celebrating their 58th
anniversary in November of 2003. Way to go parents!
Love from two of your children: Mike and Lori Simpson
Hogan (both '70).
-Lori Simpson Hogan ('70)
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>>From: Lynn Noble Paden ('72)
Many friends of the "Noble kids" affectionately
remember our parents as Betty and MR. In September, Betty
and MR Noble will celebrate their 65th wedding
anniversary and MR will celebrate his 89th birthday. We
are truly blessed to still have them in good health.
-Lynn Noble Paden ('72)
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>>From: Carol Boyd Breckenfeld ('72WB)
I'm adding my parents to the list of long lasting
marriages. LaVerne and Dwane Boyd have been married for
54 years as of last December 4th. I was one of those
lucky kids who never heard their parents fight.
-Carol Boyd Breckenfeld ('72WB)
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>>From: Larry Davis ('80)
To: Lori Killand Whelan ('72), Karen Davis Scheffer ('76),
and all the other Davises and Friends
Well, I really do have a "misfit" brother, Gary Davis
('77) and a Sweet-New-Sister-N-Law, Karen Whitney Maltos
"Davis" ('76) who got married Tuesday. They went to the
Hitching Post in Idaho and got hitched. I don't believe
they told anyone (definitely not family) and they are
now back in the Tri-Cities. Should any of you see the
"misfits" please congratulate them ..... they'll be
surprised. Mom, Kathy Hudson Williamson ('54), was sure
surprised when she saw them in Idaho and had to guess as
to why they were there (this was soon AFTER the wedding).
I think we all knew it was going to happen but no one
knew for sure when. Now we know!
Congrats, Big Brother and Sister!
-Larry Davis ('80)
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Dateline: Richland
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14 Bombers and 2 funeral notices today:
Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02), Joan Eckert ('51)
Glen Rose ('58), Patti Mathis ('60)
Pam Swain ('61), Betty Neal ('62)
Linda Reining ('64), Jeff Michael ('65)
Glenda Gray ('66WB), Vic Marshall ('71)
Paula Moberg ('73), Mike Davis ('74)
Tami Lyons ('76), Zorba Manolopoulos ('91)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Denny Lytle ('66)
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02)
To: ol' buddies Bernie ('46) and Ethel Simpson
Congrats to both for your 58th. Jeez, we won't
celebrate our 50th till next year, June 12!
To: Anna May Wann Thompson ('49)
You are right about the old timers having over 50. I
can think of several more: John ('46) and Pat Heisner
('51) Frank; Chalky ('45) and Sue Conway; John and Pat
Larrabee ('45) Kohler; and maybe her bro Chuck ('47) and
Lael Webber ('52) Larrabee.
-Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02) Bronc, Beaver, Bomber ~ from
the desert paradise of Camano Island, WA where
it hasn't rained in over six weeks.
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>>From: Joan Eckert Sullens ('51)
Think we have the record for wedding anniversaries!
We -- Mel and Joan Eckert ('51) Sullens -- celebrate two
of them each year. Married by Justice of the Peace in
June, 1952; and in the church, September, 1952. We're
coming up on our 102nd anniversary!
-Joan Eckert Sullens ('51)
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>>From: Glen Rose ('58)
Re: July Class of '58 Lunch Pictures
All Bomber Lunches website
-Glen Rose ('58)
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>>From: Patti Mathis Wheeler ('60)
Speaking of long marriages, my parents have been
married 64 years. So they are parents and grandparents of
Bombers. In two years they will be the great-grandparents
of a Bomber. How time flies!
-Patti Mathis Wheeler ('60)
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>>From: Pam Swain Johnson ('61)
Somebody needs to add up total years married --
should be about a million years. My own parents have
reached 62 years. Me, 35 and that's on a second marriage;
and, my brother is on number four -- marriage, that is.
Would be interested to know if the years married is just
time served or, better yet, what kind of advice these
long-timers could pass on.
-Pam Swain Johnson ('61)
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>>From: Betty Neal Brinkman ('62)
I'd like to put the marriage of Loris and Aline
Brinkman on the list of long lasting marriages. This
past month they celebrated their 65th anniversary.
-Betty Neal Brinkman ('62)
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
To: Lynn Noble Paden ('72)
Re: parents' long marriage
WOW! That is so cool that your mom and dad have been
married for 65 years; they were, and are, great folks --
always envied all the Noble kids for the loving family
they had. Your dad doesn't look old enough to be turning
89! I saw your folks last summer and I would still know
them anywhere -- they haven't aged at all. Their hair is
grayer, but their faces were still the same --your mom
had very few wrinkles and your dad was the same as I have
always remembered him.
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA where the
thermometer is threatening to reach 108 in the
next few days!
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>>From: Jeff Michael ('65)
Re: Wedded Time Spans
Col-Hi Alums,
My mom and dad, Charles and Betty Michael, had been
married 59 1/2 years when Mom passed away last month.
Dad still lives at 1320 Cedar -- since 1949 -- but didn't
send out the cleaning.
As for me, I've been married since 1968 and am still
married to wife number three. Guess that's a different
competition category.
DJ Jeff
-Jeff Michael ('65) ~ in sunny San Diego for a while yet
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>>From: Glenda Gray ('66WB)
Hi,
I had to put my two cents worth in about marriages.
My folks, George and Dorothy Gray, celebrated year 64 on
June 20th! He's 85 and she's 82, in relatively good
health, still living on their own in Lacey, Washington!
We're looking forward to celebrating 65 next year!
-Glenda Gray ('66WB)
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>>From: Vic Marshall ('71)
I don't recall seeing a posting in the Sandstorm to
note the passing of Larry Chafin ('71). He was a heck of
a character and a great ballplayer. He lived in the Tri-
Cities all his life. Maybe I missed it; but, regardless,
peace to Larry and his family.
-Vic Marshall ('71)
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>>From: Paula Moberg Bigelow ('73)
Re: Class of '73 Reunion
I'm looking forward to some "Desert Sun and Water
Fun" this weekend while attending the Class of '73 30
year reunion. Anyone else bringing a boat? Third island
anyone?
-Paula Moberg Bigelow ('73)
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>>From: Mike Davis ('74)
Re: Long Marriages
Fred and Wilma Flintstone, and Barney and Betty
Rumble have been married since the Stone Age! We can all
learn from them!
To: Karen Whitney Maltos ('76)
Karen, you don't know me, but I heard you just got
married! Do you know that:
1. Larry Davis is now your brother-in-law.
2. Paul Davis is now your father-in-law.
3. Gary Davis is now your husband!
One question: What the hell were you thinkin'?
-M Davis ('74)
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>>From: Tami Lyons Zirians ('76)
I am excited to be traveling to Richland this weekend
to witness my good friend Galen Irby's (also Class of
'76) oldest daughter, Erin Irby, compete in the Miss Tri-
Cities pageant. Are there any other Bombers who will be
competing for this title?
Also I just wanted to wish Bob and Elly Hogan a happy
58th wedding anniversary!
Would any of the graduates of '76 (et al.) be up for
meeting at the Towne Crier Saturday night? I would love
to meet up and see some old familiar faces.
-Tami Lyons Zirians ('76)
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>>From: Zorba Manolopoulos ('91)
Re: All-Bomber Database -- RHSSF.ORG
Re: Class of 1969 Information
I have been requested by the 1969 webmaster (Gordon
McMaster) to remove information about 1969 classmates
from the RHSSF.ORG RHS Alumni online directory. The
information to be removed is the information that was
copied from the 1969 website to start the online
database.
I will be leaving only those 1969 Alumni who have
passed away and those who have already made their own
accounts. The rest of the information that is not
otherwise available or owned will be deleted. If you wish
to have your information deleted, please email me. If you
wish to have an account, please go to
<http://www.rhssf.org> to sign up.
If there are other webmasters who feel the same way,
please email me.
-Zorba Manolopoulos ('91)
<www.rhssf.org>
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Funeral Notices scanned from the TCHerald
by Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
>>Alfred Johnson ('52) ~ 1931 - 6/24/03
>>Larry Chafin ('71) ~ 4/27/52 - 7/5/03
FuneralNotices.tripod.com
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/18/03
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Tom Hughes ('56), Helen Cross ('62)
Greg Alley ('73), Rob Hausenbuiller ('93)
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REUNIONS TODAY, 7/18/03 to 7/20/03
Classes of '73 and '83
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>>From: Tom Hughes ('56)
Re: July Puget Sound Lunch in Fife, WA
All Bomber Lunches website
There were several wonderful surprises at this
month's lunch. Most of the regulars, a number of
returning faces and several new ones. A total of 25
Bombers and Bomber Family.
Shirley Davis Lawrence-Berrey ('56) made it all the
way from West Virginia to join us. Lois Clayton Colton ('72)
made it all the way from Hawaii and brought her Mother
Doris Clayton, the wife of Mr. Aubrey Clayton (RIP)
that I am sure many of you remember from Carmichael.
She also had her son, Isaac Colton along for the visit.
Vera Smith Robbins ('58) finally found us after
searching all over western Washington. She claims it
was bad directions. Dave Hanthorn ('63) made his first
lunch and we were very happy to see him. Kitty Ramsey ('61)
also made her first lunch and we hope to see her more
often.
Judy Willox Hodge ('61) made the trip over from
Richland for her second visit. Many others that had not
been around for a while made return visits. These
included Charlotte Dossett Holden ('51), Ann Thompson,
aka Anna May Wann ('49), Carol Black Foster ('48),
Tom Hoffman ('47 & '48), Max Sutton ('57) and Gayle
Dunn Sutton ('62), Alan Stephens ('66) and Alan's wife
Nina.
Regulars John ('66) and Marilee Zimmer, Larry
Mattingly ('60), Irl French ('51), Jim McDougal ('57),
Patti Jones Ahrens ('60), Agnes Hughes, Jessica
Blessing and Tom Hughes were also in attendance.
Three hours went by in a big hurry and I really
enjoyed talking to everyone. Mrs. Clayton and I talked
a bit about Mr. Clayton and some of the stories that he
used to tell. My immediate remembrance of Mr. Clayton's
Ham Radio call sign when Mrs. Clayton introduced
herself came out of nowhere, I had not thought of that
for years (W7PTH, Poor Tired Ham). Also his stories
about when the Aircraft Carrier Lexington went down in
the Coral Sea and he had to abandon ship. Memories that
just pop to the surface after all of these years.
Seeing Shirley Davis after all of these years was just
wonderful. Neither of us has changed at all, at least
Shirley hasn't. Still the lovely girl I remember from
my school days.
There is so much more to tell but I have to get
this into the e-mail and the best way for anyone to
enjoy these get togethers is to attend one of them.
If Shirley can make it from West Virginia and Lois can
make it from Hawaii and others can make it from
Richland I am sure all of you Bombers in the Puget
Sound area can make it to Fife and others can make it
to the lunches in the area near you. The personal
rewards are really great. My wife and grand daughter,
who are not even Bombers, have made some very lasting
friendships and enjoy their visits very much. They have
met a lot of very nice people who are Richland Bombers
and carry the pride and spirit attached to that.
I have included three Group photos in order to get
everyone that was there. With the coming and going not
everyone was there at once. I hope people can get a
feeling of the spirit of the group from the photos that
I submit each month.
See you all at a Bomber Lunch
-Tom Hughes ('56)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Re: Long Marriages
As I've read the surprisingly long list of long
marriages, I think Larry and Lorraine Riggs are at the
top with 70 years of marriage!! My congratulations to
them all. We must not be in with the national statistics
on length of marriages.
Re: Request
I'd like to ask that you keep my cousin, Allan
Cross ('59) in your prayers, as he is being transferred
to a hospital in Spokane with a severe heart blockage.
I'd like to wish him Happy Birthday for July 30, as I
will be traveling then.
And also a word of remembrance for his sister, my
dear cousin, Mary Jane Cross ('68RIP) who was born on
August 5, l950.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ The weather has been so great
around here lately. After the severe thunderstorms,
the humidity and the temperatures have been low
with blue skies and sunshine. I see on the TV we
face hot temperatures and forest fires in Colorado!!
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>>From: Greg Alley ('73)
To: Mike Davis ('74)
I knew you had to pipe in on the marriage thing. I
think Ward and June Cleaver are still together on the
TVLand channel. My parents have made it past 50 years
and with 9 kids I think there sanity is somewhat
intact.
Re: '73's 30-year Reunion
I am psyched for our 30-year class reunion this
weekend. Come on down to the Uptown tavern for Friday
night pre-game activities. Be there or be square or
some other saying from our high school days.
-Greg Alley ('73) ~ in the hotbox known as the A-cities
hoping for one cool day or one downpour to bring
some green to the brown.
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>>From: Rob Hausenbuiller ('93)
I would just like to say congrats to all the long
marriages represented in the Alumni Sandstorm. I hope
that one day I can claim the same. My wife and I are
about to celebrate our fourth on Saturday. Have had
some good times and we've had our share of bad times.
Heres to many more :)
-Rob Hausenbuiller ('93)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/19/03
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13 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick McCoy ('45), Dick Harris ('49)
Shirley Watts ('49), Daisy Clark ('54)
Marilynn Working ('54), MaryMike Hartnett ('61)
Helen Cross ('62), Deedee Willox ('64)
Jean Armstrong ('64), Lloyd Swain ('66)
Marcia Wade ('67), Mike Davis ('74)
Karen Davis ('76)
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BOMBER LUNCHES 'n stuff (in order of appearance)
TODAY - NCW Bomber Lunch in Wenatchee
07/20 - So. California
More information: www.calsnet.net/All_Bombers
Click the lunch you want to know about.
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45)
Re: Anniversaries
Jeez, as long as we are talking about parents, mine
were married in 1920. How long ago was that? (I flunked
math.)
-Dick McCoy, from the Tin Can class of '45.
Still dry as a bone on rainy ol' Camano Island, WA
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>>From: Dick Harris ('49)
Re: We have returned!
Bonnie and I have just returned from a two week
trip to London, Norway, and Sweden. We had our daughter
and son-in-law, Leslie and Mark Hester, from Spokane
with us and our son, Scott, from Dallas. This trip was
an early celebration of our 50th Wedding Anniversary,
which doesn't actually come until September 12th. Our
son works for American Airlines and I recommend that
every family have an airline employee in it!
Bonnie has Norwegian and Swedish heritage, so this
trip has been anticipated by her for a long time. When
she agreed to accompany me to Russia last year, I
promised to take her to Scandinavia, this year. So, it
was pay back time! Both countries are beautiful and
have their own uniqueness! We took the "Norway in a
Nutshell," tour that goes from Oslo to Myrval by train,
then down a steep grade in a special train with 6
braking systems to Flam, on a fjord. There we boarded
a ferry and followed the fjord to Gudvangen, where we
boarded a bus to wind back up to the cross-country rail
line at Voss and rode on to Bergen. We were blessed
with excellent weather the whole time and we understand
Bergen is known for wet weather.
I trust all Bombers know who developed the first
automobile in Norway? It was Henry Fjord!
The scenery in Norway is magnificent with thousands
of waterfalls, tunnels, steep mountains, etc. Some of
the inlets in British Columbia have similar scenery,
but the number of waterfalls in Norway is amazing! We
drove back across the country and to the town of Skien,
where Bonnie's grandparents lived, before emigrating to
America. There is wonderful opportunity to take the
Telemark Canal trip through 18 locks from Skien, but we
didn't have the time to do this, so took a day trip
through one lock system and into the fjord that leads
to the sea.
The people we met in Norway and Sweden are
wonderfully hospitable and friendly. We enjoyed
visiting the Resistance Museum in Oslo and learning
more of the demolition of the heavy water facility by
resistance forces. This was probably the crucial action
that kept Hitler from getting the atomic bomb, before
we did! The Nordic museums and Viking Boat museums
were awesome, too!
We took the train to Stockholm, where we had a
great hotel near the train station. Last Sunday, a
friend from Uppsala came to pick up Bonnie and me and
take us to see her city. We visited the University,
the Lutheran Cathedral, which is the State Church for
Sweden and the some of the ancient mounds that have
contained Viking heritage. Uppsala University Hospital
has been doing some cutting edge work on dementia and
Alzheimer's Disease, in particular. Since we have had
family members afflicted with this terrible disease
in both of our families, plus friends, we are most
interested in this effort! When this lady was Rotary
International District Governor for her district in
Sweden and a portion of Russia, that includes Moscow
and surrounding area, I worked with her, as we our
Rotary Club in Wenatchee has a matched club
relationship with one in Troitsk, near Moscow.
We had been home from a month in Australia for just
a week, when we left for this trip, so needless to say,
there is a lot of catching-up to do! We'll look forward
to seeing several Bombers at the regional get-together
today in Wenatchee!
Bomber regards!
-Dick Harris ('49)
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>>From: Shirley Watts James ('49)
Gosh, it sounds like my marriage might be the
youngster on the block. Dick and I have been married 46
years this November. Of course I didn't marry until I
was 26; I was too busy traveling through South America
and having a heck of good time before marriage--and a
great time after. We've lived an exciting life.
-Shirley Watts James ('49)
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>>From: Daisy Clark Smith ('54)
Re: Las Vegas Mini Reunion
It was so nice to see everyone again at our
reunion. Thank you so much Robbie Hill Karcher ('49)
for keeping our group together.
To: Brad Upton ('74)
Duke ('50) and I were so glad to meet you at the
reunion. We want to thank you for your generous offer
of tickets for your show at the Excalibur. You will be
returning to "Catch a Rising Star" soon, won't you?
I read the L V Review Journal article that you
mentioned. My! My! I have the link if you would like to
send it to about 500 of your closest BOMBER friends.
-Daisy Clark Smith, Columbia High School BOMBER '54
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>>From: Marilynn Working Highstreet ('54)
Re: New Great-grandson
Want to send a great big CONGRATS to classmate
Millie Finch Gregg ('54) and husband Glynn Gregg on
the birth of their FIRST great grandchild.
He was born 7-17-03 in California to granddaughter,
Sherry, and weighed in at 7#-6oz, 20" long. All are
doing well. Now, Millie and Glynn, you are on your way
to catching me with #9 on it's way in January!!! Best
wishes to all, and enjoy every minute you can share
with your new baby!!
-Marilynn Working Highstreet ('54) ~ Kennewick - where
as you all know, we in the 100's for a few days.
Stay inside!!
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>>From: MaryMike Hartnett Peters ('61)
Re: '61 Ladies Picnic
What a beautiful day by the water! Only thing
better than the weather, was the company. Joining us at
Leslie Grove Park in Richland was Pam Swain Johnson,
all the way from Fairbanks, AK, also Micki Spears Rose
from Astoria, OR and Lucy Schmidt Mahoney from
Grandview, WA. The rest of us from the Tri-Cities,
included Judy Fatur Baston, Margaret Toner Peterson,
Katie Sheeran Johnson, LaDean Wood Stice, Judy
Keplinger, Judy Williams Clem, Kathy Flora Krueger,
Patsy Noble Eichner, Bev Fleming Dean, Patti Mathis
Wheeler, and myself.
Regrettably, because of the crowded area, Rita
Eckert Small was unable to locate our 'gang.' (Missed,
ya' Rita)
To all of the ladies who made the effort to join
us, thanks so much, it was wonderful to see you again.
Perhaps we'll try another get together in the fall.
-MaryMike Hartnett Peters ('61)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
To: Tom Hughes ('56)
Thanks to you Tom for the Puget Sound Lunch
pictures, and for putting names by the pictures, as
I didn't recognize anyone without the names. Except
for you, you look like your dad!!
Hello Shirley, glad you made it all the way from
West Virginia. And fellow-classmate, Gayle Dunn Sutton,
what can I say except hello.
Re: Our next trip
We start our big journey to Washington state via
Colorado tomorrow, and of course, the weather is just
beautiful around here as we leave.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ West Harrison, IN - where
it's nice between the strong rain storms.
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>>From: Deedee Willox Loiseau ('64)
Re: Marriage
OK, I have to say it! About all these marriages of
40 plus years, how about those of us with fewer years
who FEEL it has been that long?! Someone once said that
marriage is two imperfect people in an impossible
situation. That about sums it up.
Don't get me wrong, I love my husband and it will
be 27 years in September. But if I had it to do over
again....... well, who knows.
Re: Prayer chain
I will be off my computer from 7/19 until further
notice. I'm having carpal tunnel surgery on my left
hand (had the right one done in April). I won't be able
to type for several days. I will let you know when I am
able to be back on the computer.
Thank you all for being the wonderful prayer
warriors you are!
-Deedee Willox Loiseau ('64) ~ Burbank, WA - where it's
been hot, but not as hot as Phoenix. When we left
Phoenix, it was 112!
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>>From: Jean Armstrong Reynolds ('64)
Re: Bomber Gathering at Jack's
I have finished sending the pictures to Maren from
our Bomber Gathering at my brother, Jack's house. Maren
has (once again) done a fantastic job of getting them
on the web.
We are planning another next weekend, probably on
Friday and start early, probably about 4:00. He lives
in Kennewick, WA. Anyone interested in going, please
email me for directions. It's a pot luck, so everyone
just brings a dish. We had such a good time, that we
thought we would do it again. He does have a swimming
pool for anyone that would like to swim.
Thanks again, Maren for all your hard work.
A Bomber Hug for you..
And one for Richard, also..
-Jean Armstrong Reynolds ('64) ~ West Richland, WA
Where I am enjoying being "home' for a few more weeks..
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>>From: Lloyd Swain ('66)
Hey Bombers..
Speaking of long marriages... well... uhhh... This
is my third and it has lasted 10 years... pretty good
for a guy whose first two lasted only seven. I have to
say though I learned a lot, and finally got somewhere
close to really understanding the feminine mystique. At
least so far.
-Lloyd Swain ('66)
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>>From: Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67)
Re: Anniversaries
To: Rob Hausenbuiller ('93)
Rob and Mia,
Congratulations, and hopefully we'll some day see
the addition of your names to the 50, 60, 70 years
married lists! Love you both, Mom.
-Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67)
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>>From: Mike Davis ('74)
To: Greg Alley ('73)
Of course, how could I forget Ward and June
Cleaver. Even if Ward was occasionally a little hard
on the Beaver, they both raised two wonderful sons.
And let's not forget Fred and Ethel. Lucy and Desi
couldn't stick it out, but Fred and Ethel were solid
as a rock!
-Mike Davis ('74)
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>>From: Karen DAVIS Scheffer ('76)
To: Larry Davis ('80)
Congrats also to Gary and Karen Davis - nice name!!
-Karen DAVIS Scheffer ('76)
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8 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick McCoy ('45), Dave Brusie ('51)
Tom Hughes ('56), Judy Crose ('58)
Helen Cross ('62), Linda Reining ('64)
Betti Avant ('69), Gary Davis ('77)
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BOMBER LUNCHES 'n stuff (in order of appearance)
TODAY - So. California
07/21 - 1940's Ladies & spouses
07/30 - Girls of '63 and '64
August 3 - Portland/Vancouver/Corvallis/Puget Sound Picnic
More information: www.calsnet.net/All_Bombers
Click the lunch you want to know about.
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45)
To: Greg Alley ('73)
Bestow my congrats to your parents for 50 years of
wedded bliss. Actually, having been a buddy of Paul for
over 40 years, I can only say that Ruth is an absolute
saint.
-Dick McCoy ('45) ~ From the desert island of Camano,
where all this sun is driving me quite mad.
Water, Water...
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>>From: Dave Brusie ('51)
Re: Bomber Marriages
I have been married 35 years to somebody, at
different times.
Some stick some don't.
-Dave Brusie ('51)
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>>From: Tom Hughes ('56)
Re: Pictures
To: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
I have to admit I just have the fun of taking the
pictures and visiting with the people. I send the
pictures to Maren and she does all of the hard work of
putting on the names and putting them into the slide
show. Without her none of this would happen.
My Grand Daughter Jessica reminded me that I made
a mistake when I placed Shirley Davis in West Virginia,
she told me she thought Shirley was from Virginia. I
think she was right and I am sorry I misplaced you,
Shirley.
-Tom Hughes ('56)
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>>From: Judy Crose Snowhite ('58)
Re: Long marriages
I would like to add that my parents, Herschel and
Marguerite Crose were married 64 years this past March.
Mother passed away on their 64th anniversary day(20th).
My husband and I have been married 43 years this past
June 26th.
-Judy Crose Snowhite ('58) ~ Looking forward to seeing
all my classmates at our 45-year class
reunion in Sept!
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Congratulations to the couple married in l920,
that's over 80 years ago and that is the record, I
believe.
My brother, Roy, his daughter, Karin, (then 7-1/2),
and I made that Norway in a Nutshell trip in l998 when
they visited me in London. It was a great trip, since
our mother is Norwegian, we felt special. We drove my
the old homestead area, but as it had been burned to
the ground, we didn't stop.
It is a great country, and I brought back many
remembrances of the land of my mother's ancestors
birth??
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ just leaving the midwest for
the Pacific Northwest via Colorado, but I had
to check the Sandstorm before we left.
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
To: Dick Harris ('49)
Re: Trip to Norway and Sweden
I have Norwegian blood running through my veins,
and loved reading all about your trip. My grandmother
went to Norway, Sweden, and Lapland in the mid '50s to
see her relatives--brought us back "mukluks" (slippers
made from reindeer, in Lapland)----they were extremely
hot---think I was about 8 or 9 when she went. The only
complaint she ever had about her trip was that she
slipped off the plank (when she was disembarking the
ship) and went into the water---she didn't want to
ruin her camera or the film inside (one of those old
"Brownie's" that had to be wound to take the picture).
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ in hot and humid (thanks to the
hurricane in Texas) Bakersfield, CA
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
Re: too hot
Well, here it is 8am MDT and I already feel like
I am in a sauna. The past week or more we have seen
temps in the mid 90s to mid 100s. I was up just before
midnight and shortly before 2am for emergency X-rays
and the inside of the car fogged up due to my body
heat. The air conditioner in the car was not even
turned on, but I had the windows down and it didn't
help a bit. Oh, to be somewhere where it may be cooler.
-Betti Avant ('69) ~ Goodland, KS - where the corn crop
so far looks good
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>>From: Gary Davis ('77)
To: Karen Davis Scheffer ('76), Mike "Booboo" Davis ('74)
Larry "Snipe" Davis('80)
I have been reading in amazement all the talk about
the NEW Karen Whitney Davis ('76) and have had nothing
but a good laugh reading about all the attention we
have been getting.
To: Mike Davis ('74)
Yes, Karen did not have a complete thought when she
agreed to marry into the Davis clan. There was some
brain washing on my part to get anybody to marry me let
alone hang out with me. Karen has now been programmed
to respond to the Davis name.
And yes, her father-in-law is the one and only
Paul (Pappy) Davis and of course the rest of the Davis
clan, yes that includes you Mike, Karen, Larry, Tracy,
Julie, Sheila BJ, and all the rest of yawl she now has
a relationship as well. I now know that we must be all
be related being from Arkansas and all. Maybe we should
all get together and have a shin-dig so that we can get
to know everyone again. Mike, I'll vote for your house.
-Gary Davis ('77)
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick McCoy ('45, '46, & '02), Loretta Ostboe ('55)
Lola Heidlebaugh ('60), Geoff Rothwell ('71)
Ruth Russell ('71), Larry Davis ('80)
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45, '46, & '02)
Re: Weddings
Hey, I cheated on my parents long marriage. They
were married in 1920, but have both been dead for many
years. I didn't think anyone would notice.
-Dick McCoy (.45 .46 '02)
I did the above because of the terrible heat
here on Camano Island
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>>From: Loretta Ostboe Fraser ('55)
In August my husband Bill Fraser (from PA) and I
will be married 47 years, and working on 50!
Please add that to your list, Laura Jean!
Thanks,
-Loretta Ostboe Fraser ('55)
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>>From: Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60)
Re: 2003 Bomber Picnic
Southwest Washington/Northwest Oregon
DATE: Sunday - August 3, 2003
TIME: 10:00 a.m. - will start cooking at Noon
PLACE: Battle Ground Lake State Park, WA
NOTE: $5 fee per car
Need directions?
Email Lola or go to: http://maps.msn.com
FOOD: Please bring a salad or dessert.
Hamburgers, hot dogs, beverages & paper goods provided.
Bring your annuals and your memories - and be ready
to visit with other Bombers!
If you know of any Bombers who live in the area or are
visiting friends/family, please tell them about the
Picnic!
so we know how many to plan food for.
-Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60)
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>>From: Geoff Rothwell ('71)
Sandstorm,
On my 50th birthday, the 34th anniversary of the
moon landing, and inspired by the discussion of
Labreque a few weeks ago (by the way, his full name was
simply "Labreque," just like Cher or Madonna, although
he was baptized as Gerard in Quebec sometime early in
the last century, as far as I knew he disliked "Gerry,"
just like I dislike "Jeff," but he would put up with
it; we can always check with Paulette, who lives on
Kimball in Richland): 34 years ago a little over a
dozen of us were traveling with him for six weeks in
Europe (two weeks each in Rome, Florence, and Paris). I
am wondering how many readers had the opportunity to
experience one of these trips with him. (My sister went
the next year, but I'm not sure how many times he took
groups on the Foreign Study League tours.) It was a
life changing trip for me. I left as a 15-year old nerd
and came back as a 16-year old "man-of-the-world." It
was my first trip away from home (by my self).
Labreque was pretty hands off, unless we did something
outrageously stupid. He would often take some or all
of us on a side trip to experience life. After about a
month of this we ended up in Paris. The tour had set up
a "night out" with a bus ride thru Pigalle (read "red
light district"). After a horrible dinner he took a few
of us on an all night walking tour of Paris, including
a visit to Les Halles (the fresh food market, catering
to restaurateurs buying fruits, vegetables, fish, sides
of beef, whole pigs, etc.) We had French onion soup at
"Les Pieds Couchon" at 4am, sneaking us back into the
lycee where we were staying before the sun rose. (I
went to "Les Pieds Couchon" a couple of months ago: Les
Halles has been replaced with a tourist trap and the
onion soup was way too over-priced.) Labreque had more
influence on my life than any other ColHi teacher: I
was an exchange student to France after graduation. I
returned for another year in the late seventies and I
have been in love with international travel ever since
he introduced me to the world.
-Geoff Rothwell ('71)
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>>From: Ruth Russell Pierson ('71)
To: Debbie Elliott Iniguez ('71)
Hello to Barbara and Debbie, and everyone else from Bomber Country!
Just wanted to drop a line to the Sandstorm and say
thanks for a much needed lift! I opened my Sandstorm
the other day and found an entry to me from Debbie
It was great to hear from you, Debbie---boy, do we
have a long history together, stretching way back into
elementary school! Thanks for the compliments on my
artwork, and I hope that you find a chance to pick
yours back up again when life gets a little less hectic.
I went a long time without touching a sketch pad, but
once I did get back into it, it became a wonderful
addiction! I hope you find time to email me to fill in
some of the gaps since graduation in 1971 --- I would
love to hear about your kids and how you ended up in
California! Isn't this a great place to catch up with
old friends?
Speaking of which, another old friend
To: Barbara Maffei Walker ('71) from Phoenix, AZ
You also emailed me in response to my Sandstorm
note. Guess I wasn't quite as invisible at Columbia
High as I thought! Thanks for your note, Barbara, and
I hope to hear back from you again.
To: Lois Clayton Colton ('72)
Please say hi to your mom, and to your brothers and
their families for me---I looked at your site and saw
the photos of everyone; your mom just keeps sailing
on with her wonderful spirit as the years go by. I
remember the twinkle in your dad's eyes when he was
telling a joke at school or at Bible Way. I came across
a photo him, taken around 1975 or 1976, of a Bible
class we were in together. Besides Mr. Clayton, fellow
Bombers included in the pic are: Dennis Clayton ('67),
Cathy Kenitzer Aeling ('73), Dianne Adams ('69),
Jan Markfelder Clayton ('71), Lesley Carlson ('72)
Ruth Russell Pierson (me) ('71)
I am attaching it here in the hopes it can be
posted for you to see. If not, email me, and I will
send it to you if you don't have it, okay? (or I can
mail you the one without the names and class years.)
Jan and Dennis had just gotten together, and they are
positively glowing---we were all so young then!
1975-Russell-BibleWay.htm
And till next time, here's hoping all the rest of
you Bombers Keep well and keep safe,
-Ruth Russell Pierson ('71)
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>>From: Larry Davis ('80)
To: Gary Davis ('77)
Wow, Gary! I'm impressed. Not only can you read but
you've been reading the Sandstorm (good for you). I
thought we were all ribbing you behind your back but
secretly you were holding out on us Sandstorm readers.
How's Karen Whitney Davis ('76) taking to (now) being
a full fletched Davis? Have you told Dad, Paul (Pappy)
Davis, that you're married, yet. He'll probably hear
it from Mike Davis ('74), while at the Spudnut Shop.
To: Mike Davis ('74)
I'm (for once) in agreement with big brother, Gary.
"Big party"!... your place (or wherever - no not
Denny's). I'll be down to Richland the August 16th
weekend and I'll be expecting something "special" to be
planned. Better get started now!
-Larry Davis ('80)
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9 Bombers sent stuff:
Anna May Wann ('49), Darlene Trethewey ('56WB)
John Northover ('59), Gary Behymer ('64)
Ruth Russell ('71), Greg Alley ('73)
Kim Richey ('74), Karen Davis ('76)
Tracey Horne ('78WB)
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>>From: Ann Thompson, aka Anna May Wann ('49)
Re: Battleground picnic on 8/3/03
Just a little reminder regarding the picnic. It
would help if you brought your own lawn chairs or
blankets to sit on. If we have a crowd many of you
could end up sitting on the grass. It’s a big park and
we have the large area reserved for us, (for those that
were there last year it is the area to the right of
where we were – the place that had the music playing)
so just start looking for Bomber T-shirts, we will be
there.
-Ann Thompson, aka Anna May Wann ('49) ~ Where the
weather is beautiful here in Good ole Bothell, WA
and we are heading up to the Casino at Tulalip for
a day of losing money.
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>>From: Darlene Trethewey Dunning ('56WB)
Good Morning,
Just I would add that my husband Bill and I have
been married 49 years... got married on June 6th 1954
on a Sunday afternoon at the Baptist church over by
Spalding grade school. It was great day and everyone
said that it wouldn't last. Who knows?? Darlene
Trethewey ('56WB) & Bill Dunning (Camp Hanford Solder).
Yes, I dropped out of school for this blessed union,
and went back later. The only mistake was dropping out
of school and missing getting to know more of you
better. And no I was not pregnant. Also A good friend
of mine Lennadine Worrell & Paul Henry both class of
'56 have been married for quite some time. I'm sure its
in the forties.
Re: Portland Picnic
Oh yes another thing I wanted to come to the
Portland Picnic but I'm going to be on vacation.
Haven't been to the luncheons as of yet because there
usually on my weekend that I'm working. I'll get there
one of these days. I work every other weekend... even
though there are few (if anyone) that I would know.
Re: Miss Oregon
And now to brag some the girl that won Miss Oregon,
April Robinson, from Gresham. Her Talent was Tap. Well,
her long time tap teacher is my Daughter, Dee Dee
Dunning-Rios. Dee had been teaching April since April
was 8 years old. Anyone in the Portland area looking
for a good dance studio, you may try The Beat Dance
Academy in Gresham, Just had to throw that in.
All have a good day.
-Darlene Trethewey Dunning ('56WB) ~ Gresham, OR - where
its DRY & rather warm, But I love it!!!!!
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>>From: John Northover ('59)
Re: SOCAL Bruncheon
NO Brunch this time... many people on vacation...
doing 'port'nt things... so we will have our second
bruncheon in Septober or Octovember...
Date to be announced soon.
-juan the seeker '59 - Senior Research Assistant for
Epistemological Ontology
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
Memory 'Pop-Quiz' - Temperatures After mowing our
lawn Saturday morning... 9am to 11am... I was satisfied
to sit and rest a bit in our air-conditioned home.
With that as the lead-in...anyone remember Jul-Aug
temps in Richland during the '50s & '60s? Weren't they
100+ for days on end? We seemed to be in a heat race
with Phoenix as hottest place in U.S.?
I believe the year was 1952 when Dad built 'THE
SWAMP COOLER" for the "B" house at 1304 Mahan.. A great
day it was for my parents... two Tennesseeians who
appreciated high humidity. Cool (?) wet air moving
gently thru the ductwork that carried high sulfur coal
fired heat in the winter. It made desert life almost
bearable for an adult... for kids it made little or no
difference.
In the Spring of 1957 we made the move to the
"F" house at 1415 Hains where a "refrigerated air
conditioner" was installed at the window halfway up
the stairwell. It ran day and night during hot weather
and was still going fine when the Folks moved to
Kennewick in 1978.
As a youngster, the river provided the cooling off.
(Hains runs right along the dike area that was built in
1948.).
Today, the Honeywell is set to cool to 74° in the
summer and to 72° winter. Life is certainly good.
-Gary Behymer ('64)
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>>From: Ruth Russell Pierson ('71)
Hey, by any chance does anyone from the Class of
1971 have photos of before, during, or after the
graduation ceremony? My dad came home from work,
grabbed the camera, and was way, way up in the stands
when he discovered he had one exposure left on the
camera. And I think that pic ended up double exposed or
something... I would love to add to my grad memories
files.
Be sure to write "Class of '71" or "Sandstorm" or
something so I don't delete it as SPAM. Thanks. Just in
case anyone can find a useful image from the sea of
long-haired girls, here is the one pic he got, if Maren
doesn't mind posting it.
1971 Graduation
Keep well and keep safe,
-Ruth Russell Pierson ('71)
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>>From: Greg Alley ('73)
To: 1973 Reunion committee.
Thanks to all who organized the 30 year reunion
this past weekend. Karen Sullivan, Gina Brauer, Buck
Spanner, Jerry Lewis, and all others involved. I enjoy
going and my voice is just recovering from talking
about 3 or 4 hours straight each night. It was not a
great turnout but everyone has a different opinion on
a class reunion. Some never come and some come when
they can make it. I hope to see some of the 600 plus
classmates that never come in the future reunions at
least while we are still above ground.
-Greg Alley ('73) ~ Richland - where it's hotter than
the Mojave desert.
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>>From: Kim Richey Dykeman ('74)
I have to add my two cents in about marriages.....
My husband and I (Randy Dykeman - Class of 69) just
celebrated our 26th anniversary on June 25.
Randy's parents will be celebrating their 60th
year of wedding bliss this coming December.
-Kim Richey Dykeman ('74) ~ Richland - where it's
suppose to reach over the century mark today/
Hot-Hot-Hot... wouldn't be boat race week
without the heat!
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>>From: Karen DAVIS Scheffer ('76)
To: Larry Davis--little bro ('80)
Sounds good to me to party in Richland the 16th---
but at the ole Tinkle Street house would be more
appropriate. What do you think, Sheila? Will momma BJ
be back in town from her travels then?
To: Gary Davis ('77)
Tell Karen congrats---I remember her from school
days--she's my age--maybe an older woman will be good
for you!!!
-Karen DAVIS Scheffer ('76) ~ where it is plenty warm
in Spokane--makes my family hit the road for
short trips in the air conditioned van as the
house is NOT!!
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>>From: Tracey Horne Scadden ('78WB)
Hello,
I have been reading about the folks that have been
married for 40+ years..Well my great parents fit that
category..Gene & Carol Bishop Horne ('57) have been
married 46 years I think...
They have been such fun that my husband and I are
taking them with us on our 25th. A cruise to the
Western Caribbean..my folks are the type that will
argue over something, get over it quick but the people
around them,don't and they will look at you and say
"What's your problem?" when they were the ones that
started the whole thing.
My sister and I went to Germany with them and
that was many years ago and we still laugh until we
cry because we had such a good time..
Thank goodness they can still get around since they
are getting up there in AGE..My dad will never admit
that he is getting old, and mom will never give up
her shopping!!!! I send her my kids' schools clothes
list since I hate to Shop.. She has no idea why I
detest my shopping... maybe it's because I was one of
the kids being dragged out when I would love to have
stayed home and watched Timmy and Lassie!!!!
Well it's been great having parents that have been
married sooooo long... what an example they have been
to the rest of the family... thanks mom and dad and
many more.. I hope...
-Tracey Horne Scadden ('78WB)
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10 Bombers and 2 funeral notices today:
Doris Palmer ('49), Jack Dawson ('52)
Orrin Pilkey ('52), Pam Swain ('61)
Earl Bennett ('63), Linda Reining ('64)
Lloyd Swain ('69), Clark Riccobuono ('71)
Anita Fravala ('73), Cristy Cone ('74)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: 07/23 Agnes Hughes ('02BBA)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Yesterday: Paula Vinther Case ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Yesterday: Chuck Crawley ('67)
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>>From: Doris Palmer Overla ('49)
Re: 50+ years
Looks like a lot of '49 Bombers have made it to 50
years and some of us have made it a little longer. My
husband and I celebrated our 52nd in April of this
year. Phyllis Benjamin and her husband have at least 2
years on us, Petra Odman and her husband have either
been married 50 years or really close. Jean and Carl
Dreher have been married 54 years.
And they said we would never make it.
-Doris Palmer Overla ('49)
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>>From: Jack Dawson ('52)
Re: High Heat
I do remember the hot days of summer. Standing on
one foot then the other while returning from the river
or swimming pool. Looking for a small piece of shade
that did not have tack weeds. The year they fried an
egg in front of the old Post Office (the building was
moved out on the by pass and is now the Knights Of
Columbus building).
-Jack Dawson ('52)
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a picture of it in the newspaper that day. If memory
serves, it was 116° that day. -Maren]
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>>From: Orrin Pilkey ('52)
What a pleasure it has been to catch up on Bomber
events and people through the sandstorm which I only
began looking at last year.
For those who might be interested, I have just
published a book entitled
"A Celebration of the World's Barrier Islands" by
Columbia University Press. It's partly illustrated by
batiks from artist Mary Edna Fraser. The cheapest way
to get it is thru amazon.com
Click here to go directly to page for Orrin's book. -Maren
-Orrin Pilkey ('52)
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>>From: Pam Swain Johnson ('61)
Ah, the old swamp cooler! We had one stuck in the
living room window on Birch and I remember the swamp
cooler contraption that clamped to the car window for
the long drive back to Oklahoma. The swamp cooler was
better than nothing and of course nobody had central
air way back when. Even now when the weather is warm
enough for something, a swamp cooler beats air
conditioning all to hell. You can keep the doors and
windows open to catch a breeze while adding some
moisture to the air. The last few days I would have
been glad for either here in AK. On Sunday the
temperature climbed into the 90s and while we are set
for 40° below, nobody that I know has any air
conditioning besides the oscillating fan.
-Pam Swain Johnson ('61) ~ Fairbanks, AK
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>>From: Earl Bennett ('63)
To: Gary Behymer ('64)
Yes, indeed, I well remember expecting, even
LOOKING FORWARD to a couple of weeks in late July -
early August every year with daily highs at or over
100°. I remember one year, probably late '50s, we were
supposed to leave on vacation Friday evening when Dad
got home from work. Well, that day the Tri-Cities
happened to be the official highest temperature in the
nation at 115°! Of course, the buses from Hanford were
not air-conditioned, so there was no way Dad was going
anywhere that night - we left the next morning. Like I
said, I enjoyed the heat, and I know now it must have
been only because of the low humidity. Here in
Virginia, anything over 95° wipes me out pretty quickly
(age wouldn't have anything to do with it, of course) -
but anything below 75% humidity is a welcome respite
this time of year, and I think Richland is usually
closer to 50% or under. I recall about ten years ago
getting on a plane in DC at about 95°, suffering
(about 90% humidity that day), then getting off in
Pasco at 105° and feeling invigorated.
I also fondly recall a swamp cooler, but Dad didn't
put it in until about 1957 or later. It was just a
window unit, not attached to ducting, but it felt good
the day I foolishly played two hours of tennis at about
97° - on asphalt courts! My feet scolded me about that
indiscretion for several days. I don't think Dad
installed central air until after I had graduated.
Regards, ecb3 - from lovely and unseasonably moderate
Reva, VA, where highs have been in the mid to upper 80s
for over a week and the rains have abated somewhat (we
are more than 15 inches above normal for the year so
far, after 3-4 years of draught) - but we are going to
drive our grandson back to Florida this weekend, so I
am preparing to sweat.
-Earl Bennett ('63)
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
To: Gary Behymer ('64)
Re: hot days in Richland
I seem to remember having days of 100+ during July
and August, we didn't have air conditioning or a swamp
cooler, but mom would put a "soaker" hose on the roof
and we had tinfoil on all the windows---doubt it made
one blasted difference, but think it made her feel
cooler.
We are having our 7th straight day of 100+ degree
temperatures in Bakersfield, CA---thank goodness for
air conditioning (although the power has gone off about
5 times since Sunday afternoon)---I keep it set at 78°
the minute the temperature rises above 85 (last year I
turned it on in April--this year, I waited til May) and
it runs 24/7 til the end of October OR when the temps
get below 75 and STAY there!!!!!! Then I turn the heat
on, set at 68° once the temps get below 70!
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ 104 yesterday... supposed to be
107 today... claim we won't get any relief from
the triple digits til this Friday or Saturday. We
are also having high humidity, which makes it even
more miserable... I'm beginning to think
Bakersfield is "turning tropical".
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>>From: Lloyd Swain ('66)
Hey all you Bombers in the Tri Cities ... I have a
shameless business plug for you. Charter Channel 3 will
broadcast the 2003 General Motors Hydroplane Cup live
from Seattle on August 3. Pre show at 10 am and racing
starts at 11 and runs until 5. If you havent caught
this event before from KIRO TV you are missing a
wonderful broadcast.
Also this Saturday there is the Southwest Airlines
Torchlight Parade that starts at 8:00 pm and runs
until eleven. Check channel 3 for additional events
and times. This event is fortunate as KIRO has
grandfathered broadcast rights so this is the only
unlimited race on the circuit with live coverage.
Check it out. Call me for questions at 222-2600...
than number once again... 222-2600.
Hope a lot of you can make it here this weekend for
the Columbia Cup. There are some races with vintage
hydros that are a must see and once again you will hear
and feel the thunder from those huge allison aircraft
engines. Going to be hot and sunny so bring your
sun block and plenty of water. If you are like me you
drank your quota of alcohol in the first 30 years of
life so now I just go along as a consultant.
Bombs away!!!
-Lloyd Swain ('66)
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>>From: Clark Riccobuono ('71)
Re: Maui Luncheon
Just wanted to let anyone know there will be a
luncheon at the Papakea resort today in Maui. Any
bombers here please come. Hosts will be Clark and Cathy
Riccobuono. Drinks will be the usual: My Tias and
Pineapple will be served for dessert. Brad Wear ('71)
will be the guest speaker, but I am hoping Larry Crouch
('71) shows up, too. Please come.
This is only a tease for my buddies back home.
We are here for one of our daughters weddings. IT is
truly a romantic way to get married and enjoy your
honeymoon.
The weather been windy but still 85 every day.
Snorkeling great, I got face to face with a giant Sea
Turtle at 20' deep yesterday. He let me take his
picture many times.
Re: Larry Chapin (RIP)
While I have been here I am just catching up on my
emails and was very sad to see one of my very good
friends and fellow grads pasted away. Larry, you will
be dearly missed. Larry was always such a competitor
and fun to be around in the locker room. Regards to all
your family.
-Clark Riccobuono ('71) ~ Temp Residence. Papakea Maui
Next Thursday, Puyallup, WA
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>>From: Anita Fravala Griffin ('73)
Re: '73 Class Reunion
I agree with Greg Alley ('73) - the '73 Reunion
Committee did an excellent job this year. It sure
looked like everyone had a great time renewing old
friendships and making new ones!
-Anita Fravala Griffin ('73)
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>>From: Cristy Cone Penny ('74)
To: Kim Richey Dykeman ('74)
Congratulations, Kim! I have pictures of you and
your children (who looked like clones of you) at our
ten year reunion. They must be all grown up by now. My
daughter is only 8. There must be many more of our
class who have been married that long. What's your
secret?
-Cristy Cone Penny ('74)
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by Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
>>Bill Standley ('69) ~ 8/24/51 - 7/20/03
>>Don Aaron Williams ('48) ~ 1/10/31 - 7/19/03
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/24/03
Dateline: Richland
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8 Bombers sent stuff today:
Dick Wight ('52), Larry Mattingly ('60)
Jay Siegel ('61), Ray Stein ('64)
Darlene Swanson ('70), Brad Wear ('71)
Kim Richey ('74), Mike Davis ('74)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAYS Today: Elva McGhan Wallace ('50)
BOMBER BIRTHDAYS Today: Barb Crawford Marsh ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAYS Today: Pete Hollick ('55)
BOMBERS' BIRTHDAY Yesterday (07/23): Peggy Adair ('72)
BOMBERS ANNIVERSARY:
Gene Keller ('50) and Pat Badger Keller ('53)
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>>From: Dick Wight ('52)
Jack Dawson's ('52) recollections on hot weather DO
take me back! I remember (vaguely) being out in the side
yard in Pasco when I was age four (1938???); hotter than
blue blazes and a big sandstorm (a real one!) came up.
With sand in my eyes I was blinded and sat down in a big
red ants nest. No wonder I remember it!!! Also, in '55
or '56, I was home on leave from my ship (a Coast Guard
polar icebreaker). Hadn't seen much summer in a couple
years as we'd been in the Arctic. I was lying in the
folks' back yard catching some rays, drinking iced tea,
listening to a portable radio. On a national news
program, the announcer stated that Richland, Washington
was the hottest place in the USA for the third straight
day - 109 or thereabouts. Wow!
-Dick Wight ('52)
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>>From: Larry Mattingly ('60)
I was in the Tri Cities last week teaching a Special
Effects class for Fire Inspectors. I reveled in that dry
heat and loved it. My business partner who came by to
observe for a few minutes on his way elsewhere on
business, was stunned. He got out of his air conditioned
pickup and was a total wimp in five minutes. Our resident
pyro in that area invited us all out to his home in
Finley where we had BBQ steaks and cold beer in the shade
of a huge sycamore tree that evening. It was the most
totally pleasant evening I can remember in many months.
There are times when I really miss the home of my youth.
We had mixed reactions growing up in that heat. Often
well over 100, it was wonderful at the pool or on/in the
Columbia. But 95 at midnight made sleeping difficult.
Remember Ole Olson at the Y? He rented swamp coolers and
did right well for himself. Kept all records in a little
book in the front pocket of his overalls. I did some
service work for him part time one year. He had a couple
of hundred a/c's in service. Those old swamp coolers did
a good job in that dry heat. Most everybody stuck them in
the window. But they worked a lot better if you ran a
piece of ducting in through a basement window and tied
them into the cold air return of the old coal furnaces.
I remember working for Kaiser during the building of
100N. In 1961 the temp went over 115 for four or five
days in a row and they would not allow anyone to work on
a roof or high walls. A couple of us from the engineering
office won a fifth of Black Jack frying eggs on a steel
beam. We knew it was a safe bet from the egg on the
sidewalk a couple of years before. Remember the
astronauts training near the "Juniper Forest" out on the
Kahlotus Hiway? They measured temps in the sand dunes of
130 to 135.
While I don't tolerate that heat as well as I used
to, I still like it and the memories it brings with it.
-J Larry Mattingly ('60) ~ "Happiness is the sky in
bloom" ~ Looking forward to three weeks at the
Alaska State Fair in Aug/Sep. This has been a
very intense year in our business.
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>>From: Jay Siegel ('61)
I have enjoyed the warm spell that we are having here
around the Puget Sound -- in the 80's during the day and
in the mid 50's at night.
Being raised in Richland helps so much. As kids we
learned that a small patch of shade was one of the best
air conditioned spots that there was. It only took a
slight breeze to cool one down and make another stint in
the sun enjoyable.
When I first went into the Corps I spent several
years in 29 Palms and when others were complaining about
the heat, I'd find that spot of shade and cool down. I
have to admit that upon occasions, the 110+°F
temperatures became too much but after a few hours in a
swamp cooled building, we would be re-hydrated and go out
to enjoy the heat again.
-Jay Siegel ('61) ~ Poulsbo, WA ~ Clear blue skies and
warm gentle breezes
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>>From: Ray Stein ('64)
Re: Orrin Pilkey ('52)
It's been 14 years since I lived on a barrier island
in Wrightsville Beach, NC, but the name Orrin Pilkey is
so well known in those parts that I almost fell off my
chair when I saw he was a Bomber! Orrin is "the" expert
on barrier islands and their moving sands. He's an
author, a PhD, and a Duke University professor; but, more
important, he's a Coug! I was going to suggest he be put
on the Famous Bomber list, but he's already there! Guess
I never noticed or didn't make the connection.
-Ray Stein ('64)
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>>From: Darlene Swanson Merrill ('70)
Hi to RHS grads, etc.! My husband David Merrill, I
(Darlene Swanson), and our 22 year old daughter are
making a trip in two weeks to NY State -- Syracuse,
Thousand Islands, Buffalo). We're thinking now of a side
trip of a couple days into NYC. If anyone has any info
that would help us with accommodations that are
reasonably priced, as well as tours of the city, please
let us know. I've been online looking for two days and
since I don't have a clue about NYC, it just confuses me
more. Thanks if you can help.
-Darlene Swanson Merrill ('70)
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>>From: Brad Wear ('71)
To: Clark Riccobuono ('71)
Clark, You forgot to tell everyone what my topic
would be that I will be speaking on: after 23 years of
marriage to the same woman, it will be that "I'm in love
with a woman I can't stand." You've had the pleasure of
meeting my spousal equivalent, so you know.
XX/OO,
-Brad Wear ('71)
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>>From: Kim Richey Dykeman ('74)
To: Cristy Cone Penny ('74)
Thanks for the compliments. Yes, our children are
grown and married now. Our daughter Melissa (Class of
'98) is 24 and is married to a great guy from Pasco. They
have been married for 3+ years now and have made
grandparents out of us. Justin is 2+ and Hailey just
turned 5 months. They just had a house built and are
living in Pasco. Our son Bryan (Class of '99) is 23, also
married a graduate from Pasco. (What's up with that?)
They were married just last December and are living in
Richland. Although both married Pasco graduates we will
be pushing their kids to be Bombers. At least it makes
the family gatherings interesting with the old rivalry of
Bombers vs. Bulldogs.
I feel our marriage has been blessed from the
beginning. Not only have we be married for 26 years but
we dated for almost 4 years before (we started dating the
summer of me going into my senior year). So in a way
we've actually been together for 30 years. I know for a
fact that I married my best friend.
-Kim Richey Dykeman ('74)
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>>From: Mike Davis ('74)
Re: Long Marriages
I'd like to add Mark Ibatuan and Lynn Schildknecht;
and, Greg Sevigny and Wanda Mosley (all Class of '74) to
the list of long marriages. I believe both couples have
been married about 100 years! Congrats!
-Mike Davis ('74)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/25/03
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8 Bombers and 1 funeral notice today:
Dick McCoy ('45), Laura Dean Kirby ('55)
Ron Wodehouse ('56), Jim Hoff (57)
Jim Wodehouse ('62 & '63), Pam Ehinger ('67)
Diane Carpenter ('72), Brad Upton ('74)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Deanna Case Ackerman ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Wayne Campbell ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Betty Noble Giedd ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mark McAllister ('74)
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45)
Re: Famous Bombers web page
Ray Stein ('64) (the Coug) in the 7/24 Sandstorm
mentioned the "Famous Bombers List" Web page so I went
there. Not too many names. And a lot of missing
members. Someone must have been hanged, it just
figures.
Good heavens, Pinky Bloomer ('46) should be famous
if just for his name. Paul Crowder ('46) was a general,
but I don't know why. Ken Kundy ('46) must have been a
great singer, better by far than he sounded. Jeez! A
lot of '46ers. John ('47) and Danny ('48) Hughes, the
only brothers with the same first name, Knothead.
(Other than the Georges Foreman, of course.) How about
me? Haven't I somehow survived on this hot, barren,
desert Island Camano for the last six weeks? Gasp. Choke.
-Dick McCoy from the Tin Can Class of '45
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>>From: Laura Dean Kirby Armstrong ('55)
Re: Another hot weather story
I believe it was 1972 when I was a picket captain
for the Retail Clerks and went on strike against
Payless Drug. It was 117° the first day of the strike
and we had picketers walking that big asphalt parking
lot. We sent four members to the emergency room with
heat exhaustion.
To his credit, the Payless manager, Jack Dowd
provided us with ice water and drinking cups in the
following days. I recall Barbara Isakson Rau ('58)
sitting under a large sun umbrella at the back door
discouraging entrance to the truck deliveries. It was
a long, hot five weeks.
My family was encouraged to move to Richland from
Illinois for work, and were promised the blessing of
mild winters. We knew the summers could get hot, but
because of the lack of humidity it was tolerable. That
was in 1948, the worst extremes of weather ever
experienced in Richland. We arrived during the terrible
summer flood in June. That winter ice had to be blasted
on the river to prevent damage to the bridges and in
the summer, eggs fried on the sidewalk.
I am back in Illinois now and it was a beautiful 75
yesterday, humidity 52% looking for 83 today. Only two
big snows last winter!
I'm coming back in three weeks to warm up :) Boat
race weekend is always a killer seems like, although I
do recall one year we huddled in our sleeping bags
until noon before it was warm enough to crawl out!
-Laura Dean Kirby Armstrong ('55)
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>>From: Ron Wodehouse ('56)
To: Tracey Horne Scadden ('78WB)
Tracey,
My name is Ron Wodehouse and I knew your parents
Gene and Carol very well. Just ask Gene. Tell your
father and mother hello for me and I wish them a very
happy next 40 years. And yes I know about the healthy
discussions that those two can get into. I can tell
you a lot of stories but you had better ask your
parents about me first.. Ron... 1956...
-Ron Wodehouse ('56)
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>>From: Jim Hoff ('57)
Re: Richland Heat
Talking about the heat and our childhood memories
in the late '40s and '50s in Richland brought back a
flood of memories. I most remember riding my bike with
guys like Truman Vance ('57), Larry Clark ('57) &
Dave Clark ('56), Gary Lucas ('57) and others out to
West Richland.
We would go to an estuary from flooding of the
Yakima that made quite a pool to swim in with a nice
high bank from five to ten feet in height for a great
jump into the pool. Later in the summer we would go
along the river and then swim out to an island that had
a sand beach and little sections of the river that were
great to swim and just be guys.
Then later in high school with Harry Meloney ('57),
Roger Anderson ('57), Bob Koch ('57), Jim Clementsen ('57)
and others. We would take two cars and leave one past
the park on the South end of town, then take the other
car to the North end where we would embark with inter-
tubes and onion sacks filled with beer tied to the
tubes for a long float down river. What a way to cool
oneself in the high heat. Sometimes we'd stop at a
floating dock on the North end of town and join a party
and maybe even be given a really cold beer by one of
the owners. Those were the days and Huck Finn had
nothing on us!
-Jim Hoff ('57)
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>>From: Jim Wodehouse ('62 & '63)
To: Clark Riccobuono ('71)
Hey, I remember watching you and your sis while our
parents were bowling many years ago.. This is Woody
Wodehouse ('62-'63). My dad kicked your dad's butt
bowling many times... at least thats what my dad told
me, ha! I got to bowl with them at Atomic lanes... miss
those days. Do take care and thanks for the memories
from your family and mine... I remember hairy burgers
on one week end, At your place, dog hair in meat mix,
never forget, I ate two of them. Thanks! Woody..
-Jim Wodehouse ('62 & '63)
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>>From: Pam Ehinger Nassen ('67)
Well now I can tell you all out there in Bomber
Ville!! I'm the Very Proud GREAT (yes that's great)
Grammie of a beautiful baby boy named William Ozzie
Walsborn!! He was born on 3/16/03... his weight was
1 pound 12 ounces!! He was born at 25 weeks gestation.
He is now home and his weight is 7 pounds plus now!! I
didn't want to brag until we knew he would be home and
doing well! Daddy is my grandson. And he's a very proud
Daddy! I became a Grammie at the age of 35 so makes
sense, I guess, to be a Great Grammie at 54!
Willie had a rough time the first month had to have
open heart surgery and several other small ones. But
like I said he's home and doing so very well!!
Ok so how many Bombers are Great Grandparents? I
bet I'm the youngest! LOL
Bombers Rule
-Pam Ehinger Nassen (The Blue Ribbon Class of '67
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>>From: Diane Carpenter Kipp ('72)
Re: Brad Wear's ('71) note
Brad Wear's note today says he's "in love with
a woman (he) can't stand" - that reminds me of a
discovery I have made after 26 years of marriage - even
the very best of men (which mine is) can make a woman
crazy at times. Wish someone had explained that to me
a long time ago, but I am trying to teach my daughters
early!
To: Darlene Swanson Merrill ('70)
Re: The best tours in NYC
Go to http://www.bigapplegreeter.org/
They will set you up with a volunteer New Yorker who
will accompany you through whatever part of NYC you are
interested in, free, and give you a native's insight
into that part of the City. My husband and I had a
wonderful experience with this organization a few years
ago; I recommend it highly.
About lodging - you could try getting NYC guide
books from the library (Fodor's, Frommer's, etc.) -
they have good recommendations in all price ranges.
Just be sure you make reservations.
-Diane Carpenter Kipp ('72)
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>>From: Brad Upton ('74)
To: Mike Davis ('74)
How long have some of your cousins in Arkansas
been married?
-Brad Upton ('74)
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by Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
>>Ralph "Glenn" Johnston, Jr. ('49) ~ 9/9/31 - 6/15/03
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/26/03
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6 Bombers and 1 Bomber Mom today:
Laura Dean Kirby ('55), Pat Lair ('57)
Helen Cross ('62), Linda Reining ('64)
Peggy Hartnett ('72), Tracey Horne ('78WB)
BJ Davis (Bomber Mom)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judy Moyers Lash ('67)
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>>From: Laura Dean Kirby Armstrong ('55)
Re: birthdays
Happy Birthday to my fellow 1955ers. I see
Barbara Crawford Marsh, Deanna Case Ackerman and
Wayne Campbell all join me in celebrating during this
hot patriotic month. Are we 39 yet?
-Laura Dean Kirby Armstrong ('55)
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>>From: Pat Lair Wiley-Lukens ('57)
Re: Marriage
My parents (Chuck and Becky Lair) have been married
66 years and still going strong. They live here in
Golden Shores, AZ.
Bill and I have just adopted a little boy 21
months old. We are so happy each day we see new changes
in our little JJ and many in our lives.
-Pat Lair Wiley-Lukens ('57)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Greetings from lovely Keystone, CO where we have
spent the week with friends and had a lot of laughs
between getting menus ready to be cooks for 3 weeks of
Methodist church camp in Grand Mesa National Forest
starting next Monday. I will fly to my Cross family
reunion on August 8 at Rooster Rock near Portland, OR.
And head on to Richland and our Mom's on August l6th.
We went to a chuck wagon cookout at the Flying W
Ranch in Colorado Springs last night that was really
fun. I was impressed, they fed almost 2,000 people in
about 45 minutes. It was good down home cooking and a
good clean Roy Rodgers type western show. Great family
entertainment, and us parents sans children enjoyed it
Re: Richland Heat
I always remember it being hot enough to fry an egg
on the street in front of our house on Olympia Street
when I was a kid. We got there in l948 for the record
year in weather. I vaguely remember seeing the flood
out along the road to the Y where a supper club used
to be.
Re: Indiana weather
The weather has been super here, cool nights with
the windows open. Sunshine and a little rain each
afternoon to clear the air. Haven't taken the time
to check on Indiana. Whatever it is, it is. Hope my
neighbor waters my plants.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
To: Betty Noble Giedd ('63)
Good grief!!!! I can't believe I forgot your
birthday!!! I deserve ten lashes with a wet noodle!!!
We have been friends since you moved next door (on
Rossell) when I was 6 and you were 7... we had great
times... you even went with us to Minnesota... remember
Paul Bunyon, and Babe, the Blue Ox... and hearing Paul
Bunyan call out our names as we walked through the
gates in Bemiji? if I remember. Tim went running to
hide behind my dad. I learned years later that when my
Mom paid the entrance fee, they asked the names of the
kids, so that is how he knew to call our names.
I'm so glad we were reconnected through the
Sandstorm! It has been great fun getting to know you
all over again. I had a blast visiting with you last
summer and hope to do it again next year when I come
home for my 40-year class reunion (man, doesn't seem
possible that I have been out of school that many
years... I don't feel that old, either!!) I expect you
to get down this way, too. We still have to surprise
Lynn and Bill (Dunton).
Hope you had a great day. I'll remember to put this
in earlier next year! Time just seems to get away from
me, I know that is no excuse, but sounds good, huh?
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA - where we are
on our 11th straight day of 100°+ and high
humidity!!!!!! UGH
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>>From: Peggy Hartnett ('72)
Re: Brad Wear ('71) note and
Diane Carpenter Kipp ('72) Replay
Bob Dylan's Academy Award Winning Song "Things Have
Changed" pretty much says it all, as Bob often does.
Especially the line: "I'm in love with a woman who
doesn't even appeal to me."
No one believes it at the time, but funny how those can
be the best matches, mine is going on 13 years now
-Peggy Hartnett ('72)
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>>From: Tracey Horne Scadden ('78WB)
To: Ron Wodehouse ('56)
Hey thats not fair I need all the dirt out there on
my parents. *LOL* We always have wondered what my Mom
ever saw in that dad of ours... She was so prim and
proper and he was the J.D. of Richland High... We have
heard some of the stories... humm... don't think I
would pass them on to my own for fear they would try
some of them...
Was your mom Sally? If so then I have heard a lot
about you!!!! You were as bad as my DAD!!!!!
Well Take care... my folks are living in Vegas...
Dad runs a casino owned by the Mafia... Just kidding...
-Tracey Horne Scadden ('78WB)
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>>From: BJ Davis (Bomber Mom)
To: Brad Upton ('74)
Hey Brad
You remember Dale Gore don't you? That's one of
Mike's cousins.
-BJ Davis (Bomber Mom)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/27/03
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4 Bombers and 1 funeral notice today:
Ed Wood ('62), Jake Tate ('66WB)
Janice Riese ('67), Brad Upton ('74)
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>>From: Ed Wood ('62)
Re: Flying W Ranch
To: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
You don’t quite have it right, Helen. Parents
don’t enjoy the Flying W Ranch as adults - we all
regress to becoming children when we go to the
Flying W Ranch. It’s so reminiscent of some of the
fun meals and camp fire stories, etc. at YMCA and
Scout camp when we were growing up. The only difference
is that they serve coffee at the Flying W, rather than
hot chocolate! I’m glad you enjoyed it, and we’re sorry
we missed you when you are in our home state. Janice
and I are having a wonderful time in the Central Coast
of California now, camping at Morrow Bay. We get a
chance for beach walking that is one of the pleasures
we miss, living in the mountains.
-Ed Wood ('62)
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>>From: Jake Tate ('66WB)
Re: Flying W Ranch dinner
To: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
It is a small world. My wife, Barbara, and I had
dinner at the Flying W about a week ago while visiting
our oldest son's family in Colorado Springs. We took
the whole bunch--grand kids and all! We had a great
time--in spite of the rain--and we, too, really enjoyed
the show afterwards! We also took in Cave of the Winds,
Garden of the Gods, the Professional Rodeo Hall of
Fame, and even made it to the mining town of Cripple
Creek where the elevation was just a few feet short
of 10,000 feet! We also spent a day at Six Flags in
Denver. Our son, Glynn, is a major in the Air Force at
Cheyenne Mountain. We got to tour the Mountain, too!
There was lots to go and see in the Colorado Springs
area.
And it sure is beautiful! You look right out on
Pike's Peak from our kids' deck. It only there weren't
so-o-o-o many people there!
I believe you may know my older brother, Terry ('62).
-Jake Tate ('66WB)
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>>From: Janice Riese Blaisdell ('67)
To: Judy Moyers Lash ('67)
Happy Birthday Judy! Last time I was in Richland,
I found your number, called but never got a hold of
you. It has been many, many years since High School
and midnight Mass the Christmas after graduation, but
I do think of you often. Hope all is well in your life.
Would love to hear from you sometime.
-Janice Riese Blaisdell ('67)
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>>From: Brad Upton ('74)
To: BJ Davis (Bomber Mom) and Mike Davis ('74)
Let me rephrase my question: Hey Mike, how long
have your cousins in Arkansas been married to each
other? I forgot the "to each other" part. I'm sure the
Gore family tree doesn't provide much shade with those
limited branches. BTW, I just got back from Soddy, TN
where, for the first time in my life, I met people
named Upton that I was related to... uh, I guess I
should quit making fun of your people.
-Brad Upton ('74)
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by Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
>>Roger Hexum ('60) ~ 8/17/41 - 7/21/03
FuneralNotices.tripod.com
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4 Bombers and 1 Bomber Mom:
Loretta Ostboe ('55), Lola Heidlebaugh ('60)
Gayle Dunn ('62), Jo Heidlebaugh ('74)
BJ Davis (Bomber Mom)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Laura Dean Kirby ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon McDermott Bruce ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Yesterday (7/27): Max Sutton ('57)
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>>From: Loretta Ostboe Fraser ('55)
To: Dick Harris ('49)
My daughter Tina Fraser Simpkin ('79) and I
traveled to Norway in 2001... did you get to go into
their undersea tunnels -- new in the last few years...
it's quite an experience. They have one connecting the
north islands (Hamnvik, where I had ancestors. And one
near Stavanger). We have living relatives there also,
they showed us a WONDERFUL TIME, even the ones up north
who spoke no English!! (We took my second cousins with
us there to translate!).
-Loretta Ostboe Fraser ('55)
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>>From: Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60) and Jo Heidlebaugh ('74)
Re: Portland/Vancouver Bomber 2003 PICNIC
All Bombers & Spouses are welcome!
DATE: Sunday, August 3, 2003
VISIT TIME: 10:00 a.m.
COOKING AT: 12:00 Noon
WHERE: Battle Ground Lake State Park
NOTE: $5 parking fee per car
DIRECTIONS: http://maps.msn.com
FOOD: Please bring a side dish - hamburgers, hot dogs,
beverages & paper goods will be provided.
(so we know how many to plan for)
Bring your annuals and your memories.
-Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60) and Jo Heidlebaugh ('74)
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>>From: Gayle Dunn Sutton ('62)
Happy Birthday to my hubby of so many years -
Max Sutton ('57). He is 60 something today, the 27th,
and I have enjoyed my entire association and marriage
to him.
Best of life to you, Sweetie.
-Gayle Dunn Sutton ('62)
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>>From: BJ Davis (Bomber Mom)
uh yeah Brad....Soddy??? Arkansas is a beautiful
state and most of the people are normal.
By the way folks to set the record straight I don't
really know of any cousins there who are married... but
you can run into strange things there. One place we
went by had pigs running around in the yard for pets
and they weren't Pot bellies either... big OL' PIGS....
Hey, Mike, what did they call the Dairy Queen? I
can't remember. It a dry county there in DeQueen too
but there are stills in the hills and Okie border is
about 7 miles from there where the alcohol beverages
are plentiful. Wal*Mart is the meeting place and the
streets roll up at sundown. The folks would give you
the shirt off their backs but hold a grudge forever.
Interesting place Brad, you should play there
sometime, uh maybe not. With your tongue-in-cheek
humor about the south you might be tarred and feathered
and run out of town.
What do you think, Mike? Sheila went with us, you
know, and for some reason she said it was her last trip
to the lovely state of Arkansas.
-BJ Davis (Bomber Mom)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/29/03
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Jack Moorman ('54), Jim Andersen ('61)
Bob Mattson ('64), Jeff Michael ('65)
Kevin Kelly ('66)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Vern L. McGhan ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tom Hughes ('56)
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>>From: Jack Moorman ('54)
To: Brad Upton ('74)
Brad,
Was that place you went to in Tennessee Soddy or
Soddy Daisy? We have relatives in Soddy Daisy and they
are pretty civilized. They moved there from California.
However, when we visited there a couple of years ago,
we did see some amazing things.
-Jack Moorman ('54) ~ Waco, TX - where it's hot
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>>From: Jim Andersen ('61)
Brad Upton ('74) and I talked a few weeks ago... I
told him I have been living in Soddy-Daisy, TN for 17
years now and we love it there. Have seen some Uptons
in the phone book... Brad's dad and I worked together
at federal electric in 1967. Soddy-Daisy is 15 minutes
from downtown Chattanooga. Anyone visiting come see us.
I am the only andersen in the book. jim [1961]
-Jim Andersen ('61)
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>>From: Bob Mattson ('64)
Ho Hum. The world is stopping for the first Krispy
Kreme outlet in Oregon. The grand opening for the
greater Portland area will kick off tomorrow morning at
5:30 am, and remain open for the next dozen years. The
machine can only put out 220 dozen an hour, so they
will truck some down from the Seattle area to chum up
the feeding frenzy. I guess I'll have to try one
sometime, maybe in a few years after the panic is over.
One of the nice things about living in the foothills of
the Cascades is that no matter how hot it gets during
the day, it seems to cool down enough to sleep. I
checked out the temps in Richland, and I don't miss
that heat at all. I remember the tracks my J.C. Higgins
English racer tires left in the tar that oozed up
through the gravel streets as I headed for the big pool.
Later,
-Bob Mattson ('64)
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>>From: Jeff Michael ('65)
Re: Bombers Beware
To: All Bombers on I-5 and in the Tri-Cities...
Beware... the 14 foot U-Haul with the AZ plate on
the back is really DJ Jeff heading north. The cute
little girl beside me is my Grand daughter, so no wise
cracks!! We're totin' the first load of "stuff" for the
new, as yet not located, homestead. Got a gig Saturday
afternoon, so maybe some of you will be there. See ya.
-DJ Jeff Michael ('65)
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>>From: Kevin Kelly ('66)
Fw: Mars in August - to be seen close to Earth
Never again in your lifetime will the Red Planet be
so spectacular!
This month and next, Earth is catching up with
Mars, an encounter that will culminate in the closest
approach between the two planets in recorded history.
The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. Due
to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs
its orbit, astronomers can only be certain that Mars
has not come this close to Earth in the last 5,000
years but it may be as long as 60,000 years.
On August 27, Mars will come within 34,649,589 miles
and will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in
the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9 and
will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. At a modest 75-
power magnification Mars will look as large as the full
moon to the naked eye. Mars will be easy to spot. At
the beginning of August, Mars will rise in the east at
10pm and reach its azimuth at about 3am But by the end
of August when the two planets are closest, Mars will
rise at nightfall and reach its highest point in the
sky at 12:30am. That's pretty convenient when it comes
to seeing something that no human has seen in recorded
history. So mark your calendar at the beginning of
August to see Mars grow progressively brighter and
brighter throughout the month.
Share with your friends, children and grandchildren.
No one alive today will ever see this again!
-Kevin Kelly ('66)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/30/03
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Anna May Wann ('49), Ron Wodehouse ('56), Tom Hughes ('56)
Jim House ('63), Carol Boyd ('72WB), Diane Carpenter ('72)
Ruth Headrick ('77)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marti Jo Drewery Shipman ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carol Boyd Breckenfeld ('72WB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Diane Hartley ('72)
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>>From: Ann Thompson, aka Anna May Wann ('49)
To: Kevin Kelly ('66)
Re: Mars in August
Thanks for the wonderful information. I will pass
it on to all of my friends – lets hope our necks don't
get too stiff looking up for a whole month.
-Ann Thompson, aka Anna May Wann ('49) ~ Where we will
be hot in Bothell today, but not as hot as the
Tri-Cities – thank goodness.
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>>From: Ron Wodehouse ('56)
To: Tracey Horne Scadden ('78WB)
Guilty as charged. Yes my Mom was known to all my
friends as Sally. She was a good Mom to all of us. She
especially liked Gene, Fred, Sidney, Bill, Duane and
etc. Some how I never figured in there with them? I
never figured that one out. My friends were treated
better than me. What are Gene and Carol doing in Vegas?
That's a hot place to be... in more ways than one. The
Mafia I could believe with your dad but not Carol.
-Ron Wodehouse ('56)
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>>From: Tom Hughes ('56)
Re: Richland trip
We made a quick trip over to Richland this last
week. Took the motor home and intended to spend the
night in town somewhere. As I rode into town and
started to take the left onto Lee Blvd I stopped up
short. Don't think I can get the beast through that
crazy looking circle. Headed for the Spudnut Shop for
the mandatory Spudnut fix. Headed up toward the high
school and came across a wading pool where the old big
pool used to be. Old timers of Richland must feel a
sense of shame for allowing that little puddle to be
built anywhere near where the "Big Pool" stood. We have
a bigger pool in our local YMCA and it is indoors.
After contending with the crowds for the boat races
we decided to head out. Swung by the Spudnut shop and
picked up their last few Spudnuts and headed for home.
Three days later those Spudnuts tasted better than
anything Krispy Kream ever made.
Hope to get back over there again soon. Hopefully
for Club 40.
-Tom Hughes ('56)
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>>From: Jim House ('63)
Re: Six week Reunion
I just returned from my third recent trip to
Washington completing my six week reunion. The first
trip was for the Gold Medal Class of '63's 40th, the
second was a three week trip by RV to introduce the
wife and dog to Bomberville, and this weekend to
Olympia to compete in the Washington Senior games. Of
course all three trips included basketball games with
Ray Stein ('64). Mrs. House is a bit concerned about
all of that.
The last trip capped it off. As the non-stop flight
from Houston was approaching Seattle, the young man
seated beside me, kept asking where I was from and why
I was traveling. I finally said I had graduated from
Richland High School. He blurted out "You're a Bomber"
just as we approached the runway. I said "Yes" after
the passengers and crew seemed not to be alarmed. It
turns the nice young man was from a mixed Tri-City
marriage, his mom was a Lion and his dad was a Bomber
(Dan Panther?).
This Saturday Ray and I were together for the
first time on a team that finished higher than third
in a Washington State tourney. The details are not
important. Although I can report, that despite a back
injury, Ray was up to his typical performance in
several events. I won't embarrass Ray with the
specifics, but seeing him with all those medals at the
awards ceremonies was reminiscent of Mark Spitz at the
Munich Olympics in '72.
The most memorable moment in the basketball games
for me was a loose ball that rolled around in the key
for about 10 seconds because no one would (could) bend
over to pick it up. No more floor burns on these lily
white knees - sorry, Art.
I concluded my trip by going to the University
district in Seattle to revisit the site of my year as a
Husky pup 39 years ago. As I drove there I was trying
to decide whether to have a greasy cheeseburger at
Hasty Tasty or a double pepperoni at Pizza Haven. But
No! Neither establishment was there. Even if out of
business, I had hoped Hasty Tasty would have been
designated a "National Historical Site", right Huskies?
As I walked up one side of University Avenue and
down the other I saw some places that sold pizza by the
slice (why?) but with stuff on it that was not in my
mother's garden. And what about all those other little
shops selling (food?) from dozens of different
countries, several that did not exist when Mr. Wheeler
was teaching geography at RHS. My final disappointment
was a visit the apartment on the Avenue I shared
with John Sonderland ('62). Although the repairs we
requested in '64 were still not completed, I did notice
they filled in the swimming pool and placed sod over
it. Maybe Jimmy Hoffa is in there. In any case, kids
living there can no longer dive into the pool from the
third floor. I guess I was a Jackass before my time.
Like the old days, a kid on the Avenue actually
asked if I "could spare a quarter". I wanted to ask
what for? or does the UW Business school consider
inflation? I used my Houston training and avoided eye
contact and moved on without asking. I did not smell
that aroma of the '60s, but I did notice a lot people
on the Avenue whose eyes and noses exhibited symptoms
of allergies.
Finally, it looks like some of the bumper stickers
from the '60s are being recycled in Seattle. After this
nostalgic visit, I concluded I don't belong on the left
side of Washington and exited quietly.
-Jim House ('63) ~ Houston, TX
(The "For Sale" sign goes up Friday)
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>>From: Carol Boyd Breckenfeld ('72WB)
To: Diane Hartley ('72)
I just want to wish you a Happy Birthday. If memory
serves me, you and I share the same birthday..7-30-54.
Hope it's a good one for you.
-Carol Boyd Breckenfeld ('72WB)
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>>From: Diane Carpenter Kipp ('72)
To: Kevin Kelly ('66)
Re: Mars
Kevin,
Thank you so much for the information - that is
really cool. You mentioned specific times - is it the
same time no matter what part of the country we're in?
(If that sounds incredibly ignorant, oh well.) Will
the view be particularly different if we're in a
further area of the country, like say Hawaii? (We're
taking our children and my Mom on our first trip ever
there, last week of August)
Thank you for sharing with us.
-Diane Carpenter Kipp ('72)
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[Searched on google.com and found this UW site... says
the closest is 8/27/03 at 2:51am PDT:
http://www.astro.washington.edu/dept/mars_opposition.html
And: http://www.space.com/spacewatch/where_is_mars.html]
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>>From: Ruth Headrick Keeley ('77)
Re: Help! need a picture
We are in need of a picture of the gas station that
stood between Lee Blvd and The Desert Inn (currently
the Red Lion) (most commonly known as the Hanford
House) Ernie's printing was next door or very close by.
Prior to 1950? Can anyone help? Thank you in advance.
-Ruth Headrick Keeley ('77)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/31/03
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9 Bombers and 1 funeral notice today:
Jan Booth ('54), Lola Heidlebaugh ('60)
Patti Jones ('60), Mike Brady ('61)
Anita Cleaver ('63), Patty de la Bretonne ('65)
Don Andrews ('67), Marcia Wade ('67)
Diane Carpenter ('72)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jerry Boyd ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Allan Cross ('59)
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>>From: Jan Booth Platt ('54)
To: Jeannine Willis ('54)
Sorry Jeannine, but I seem to have lost your e-mail
address. If you would send me another note I promise to
get back to you this time.
-Jan Booth Platt ('54)
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>>From: Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60) and Jo Heidlebaugh ('74)
Re: Portland/Vancouver Bomber 2003 PICNIC
All Bombers & Spouses are welcome!
DATE: Sunday, August 3, 2003
VISIT TIME: 10:00 a.m.
COOKING AT: 12:00 Noon
WHERE: Battle Ground Lake State Park
NOTE: $5 parking fee per car
DIRECTIONS: http://maps.msn.com
FOOD: Please bring a side dish - hamburgers, hot dogs,
beverages & paper goods will be provided.
(so we know how many to plan for)
Bring your annuals and your memories.
-Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60) and Jo Heidlebaugh ('74)
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>>From: Patti Jones Ahrens ('60)
Re: Puget Sound Area/Fife luncheon
No reservations necessary! If you would like you
can email me you will be at the luncheon.
DATE: August 10, 2003
COFFEE TIME: 11:30 P.M.
LUNCH TIME: 12:30 p.m.
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!
-Patti Jones Ahrens ('60) ~ Browns Point, WA
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>>From: Mike Brady ('61)
Please Jim House ('63), no political speeches...Living
on the left side of Washington and loving it...
-Mike Brady ('61) ~ Seattle, WA - where it has been
hot, hot, hot!
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>>From: Anita Cleaver Heiling ('63)
Re: My parents
Anyone out there with words of wisdom/
encouragement/comfort re: aging parents and assisted
living? We finally talked my dad into moving into
Alterra two weeks ago and he hates it. He says there's
nothing but "old crippled people" living there (my dad
is 90). Has anyone else gone through this adjustment
with their parents? I know it's hard for anyone to give
up their home but he really needs every day help.
-Anita Cleaver Heiling ('63)
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>>From: Patty de la Bretonne ('65)
To: Ruth Headrick,
Call Ernie. I think they might have a pic that
includes the gas station.
Best regards,
-Patty de la Bretonne '65 in Seattle where it's really
hot! (for us)
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>>From: Don Andrews ('67)
Re: Night Golf
Watching the golf match on Monday night between
Tiger & Ernie and Sergio & Phil brought back fond
memories of a unique experience that I am sure a few
Bombers out there have had.
Playing golf under the lights at Sham-Na-Pum golf
course and not just the par 3 course. I played many
times on the nine holes that were lit. I can't remember
if it was the front nine or the back nine but teeing it
up on a par 5; 500 yard hole at 11:30pm, yes night time.
The mosquitoes added at least one extra stroke to each
hole but it was great.
May your drive be straight and your putts be true.
Bomber Cheers
-Don Andrews ('67)
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>>From: Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67)
Re: Remembering
To: Jim House ('63) & Tom Hughes ('56)
Boy, I can relate to what you guys mentioned in
'travels thru time' in Richland! And I even live back
in the old stomping grounds of Bomberville! Didn't like
our 'traffic circle', Tom? Neither do many of us!!! But
it catches us up with the little (in the olden days at
least), Kennewick. Only difference is, theirs serves a
reasonable purpose--ours is just a nuisance and a royal
pain. And the new wading pool! Makes me want to cry, so
I won't look at it at all. Look straight ahead or to
the east as I drive down Swift to church! At least the
Roller Rink and Tastee Freeze are still where they're
supposed to be and functioning as they should! But we
now have a pool that isn't big enough to hold all the
kids in the neighborhood, let alone all the kids in
town in these days of 107° heat. (My grandson's day
camp has their swimming days out of town to be sure
they're not turned away from swim time due to over
crowding!)
Ah well, progress. . . . . . Glad you guys made it
back for visits at least, and glad there's still a few
old places still up and running, like the Spudnut Shop!
-Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67) ~ from sweltering, but
generally green, Bomberville!
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[The WeatherBug on my task bar, it was 115° in Okanogan
County yesterday! Was Richland that hot? -Maren]
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>>From: Diane Carpenter Kipp ('72)
To: Tom Hughes ('56)
What? Are you saying the Big Pool no longer exists?
What happened? Where do the kids swim now? I'm in
shock. The Big Pool is one of my most significant
childhood/youth memories.
That reminds me, I just heard that some old
original tri-plexes (I think) that are on GWWay, just
north of the fire station, are going to be demolished
soon. This is really too bad.
-Diane Carpenter Kipp ('72)
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by Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
>>Coy Leonard McInturf ('72???) ~ 10/8/54 - 7/21/03
http://FuneralNotices.tripod.com
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