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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/01/14 ~ HAPPY NEW YEAR
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10 Bombers sent stuff:
Curt DONAHUE ('53), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Lenora HUGHES ('55), Frank DeVINCENTIS ('56wb)
Barbara SESLAR ('60), Annette HALL ('62)
David RIVERS ('65), Donna FREDETTE ('65)
Betti AVANT ('69), Brad UPTON ('74)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larson GRENINGER ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Donna PARDEE ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ken DEERY ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mark PERKINS ('75)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike FITZPATRICK ('80)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Bill HIGHTOWER ('49) & Shannon CRAIG ('50)
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>>From: Curt DONAHUE ('53)
Re: Skating Rink
I have to weigh on the skating rink too. I was one of the "police"
who tried to maintain some sort of order so people could enjoy
the skating and go home in one piece. In the early 1950s there
were a lot of soldiers around and I helped several of them learn
to skate. There were always a few of them whose intentions were
not the greatest for the young girls at the rink or anywhere else
in town, for that matter. That was nothing unique to that time or
place.
When I was around 50 years old our church in Federal Way had a
skating party for the youth group. My wife and I went along as
chaperones. Those kids were amazed when I donned my skates and
whizzed around the rink. Like bicycling, you never forget. But
as you get older you fear falling and damaging yourself beyond
repair. At almost 79, I don't think I'll put skates on again.
-Curt DONAHUE ('53) ~ Now living in Pasco and loving every minute
of being back in the Tri-Cities!
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
A very Happy New Year to all Bombers!
an Historical Note:
According to some sources, the plutonium bomb dropped on Nagasaki
was nick-named "Fat Man" in honor of Winston Churchill. The
Hiroshima bomb was called "Little Boy' because it was smaller than
"Fat Man." There are several histories of "The Project" written
from varying political points of view. Some are even close to the
"truth".
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where we
are still waiting for valley rain and mountain snow.
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>>From: Lenora HUGHES Bejarano ('55)
Re: Richland skating rink
The Richland skating rink was owned by Howard and Grace Bacon. I
was good friends with them and with their daughter, Nancy. I would
go to my job at Hanford and evenings and week-ends I would help
out at the skating rink, renting out skates and working in the
snack bar. Of course, I skated for free.
I went to Chicago with the Bacons in 1956. We went to the Chicago
skate company and I bought a pair of skates from them. It was a
great time.
I met my husband there. He was one of the cute soldier boys who
came in often. We have been married for 56 years so it was a great
place for me.
As for the crowd that hung out there, they were all great people.
I never met anyone there who wasn't nice. There were several
families that came in and skated together. There were many small
children whose parents dropped them off to skate. There were many
older people who came in and skated. I never found the environment
bad. My memories of the skating rink are all wonderful. I long to
return to those "golden days". Can't do it so must keep the
memories intact.
-Lenora HUGHES Bejarano ('55)
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>>From: Frank DeVINCENTIS ('56wb)
Re: Grace's birthday (12/31)
Well I missed sending this birthday wish by a day, but I did call
my sister, Grace, and sang Happy Birthday to her over the phone. I
can say that we both miss Richland and all the great memories of
the experiences that we didn't have in earlier years spent in and
around Boston. Richland is a special place and the Sandstorm is
such a great site to keep in touch with old friends. Much love and
happiness to you, Gracie.
-Frank DeVINCENTIS ('56wb)
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>>From: Barbara SESLAR Brackenbush ('60)
Re: Class of 1960 Bomber Luncheon
DATE: Saturday, January 4, 2014
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: 3 Margaritas (downtown near Lee Blvd.)
Spouses and friends are also welcome! Please join us first
Saturday of each month. Turn right inside the restaurant and
you'll find us at the corner table. No reservations needed.
-Barbara SESLAR Brackenbush ('60)
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>>From: Annette HALL Bundrant ('62)
Re: Roller Rink
Does anyone remember when Fats Domino was there?
-Annette HALL Bundrant ('62)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Happy New Year
Now I imagine last night some of you were watching the fireworks
in Las Vegas, reruns of twilight zone all day and night or
listening to Dizzy Gillespie while you watched the glittery
wrecking ball bash the Old Endicott building in times square
(craaaaaaaaaaaaaash... craaaaaaaaaaaash... craaaaaaaaaaaash),
but I was in my kerchief and cap settling down for a long
winter's nap so from alla me to alla you:
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Donna FREDETTE ('65)
To everyone in the Bomber family and their beautiful families:
Happy happy New Year!! 2014 seems so strange doesn't it?! Only one
year until the class of '65 celebrates fifty years. OMG
To: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Your entries are so interesting and so enlightening. I, myself,
love your entries. We have so much to be thankful for and owe so
much to our wonderful hard working parents who loved us beyond
belief.
To: Peg SHEERAN FINCH ('63)
As for Tastee Freeze, the chocolate dipped cones were to die for.
I would get one and gobble it down and watch my sister eat hers
wanting to grab it while she slowly savored it! There was nothing
like growing up in Richland and going to the skating rink and
skating to loud music and having fun with friends. I don't
remember anything negative about it. I am happy it is still there.
My plan is to get in shape so that I can skate when I visit
Richland in 2015!
Linda McKNIGHT Hoban ('65) and I went to Tastee Freeze with our
children after our 20th reunion and had a blast!!
To: Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64)
You are so totally right about having fun skating and looking for
the boy that you hoped would be skating there at the same time. It
is a wonderful memory in my mind that all I can remember are good
times there. Just like the good times all over town running around
barefoot. Of course there are the times when Linda McKNIGHT Hoban
('65) and I dressed up in boots and with her long black hair and
my long blonde hair walked all around Uptown thinking we were the
coolest ever!
It makes me sad to think of the places that will be gone when I
finally arrive back in Richland after so many years! When I was
there for my daughter's drill team competition in the '80s I did
think everything looked so different but at the same time the
same, and I was not really looking; I was a chaperone and riding
the drill team bus to Kennewick!!!
To: Linda REINING ('64)
You know, I don't think I was allowed to go to Hi-Spot either
come to think of it so now I know why after all these years. I did
get to go when I was a senior, though. Or maybe that was after I
graduated. I did get to go out in cars with boys though but always
had a curfew with my Mom blinking the light off and on! Really
cute memories, Linda, about being 7 or 8 years old. I think I was
only allowed to go during the day just like Uptown theatre. I
think I went at night when we were in Jr. High a few times,
probably on a sleep over or something. My Dad was always around
somewhere!
To: David RIVERS ('65)
You are so right, David! Jimbeaux ('63) didn't wish the ever young
and lovely Miss Nancy ('65) a Happy Anniversary because he was
probably taking her out and buying her something wonderful to
celebrate! Nancy is such a special person and really she is ever
young and lovely! Hi Nancy!
By the way it isn't an, it is a. ha
To: Linda McKNIGHT Hoban ('65)
I laughed and laughed when I read your entry tonight! Your Dad was
not overly strict, he let you spend the night with me and go to
the downtown movie theatre and walk home in the middle of the
street waiting for my Dad to pick us up!! He probably didn't know,
not that it mattered. The town was so great and safe with all of
our Dads watching out for us from afar! Well maybe more close
than afar, we just didn't know. Your Dad was so nice and we had so
much fun didn't we. The memories we all have are so very special
and no one can take them away from us. It was a childhood so
special that it seems a dream but only just day before yesterday!
Happy New Year!! Much happiness this year to everyone. It will be
a good one.
God Bless!
Bomber Cheers!
-Donna FREDETTE ('65)
P.S. Thank you, Maren!
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: Roller Rink
I skated at the roller rink several times over the years growing
up. I went with church youth groups and others and always had a
great time. I remember in 5th grade a bunch of us were playing
"crack the whip" and a friend fell coming around the corner and
broke her wrist. One church group I went with got a laugh at the
most inopportune of times. The pastor had gathered us around for a
prayer and one gal was coming back from the snack bar with candy
in hand. She was a little on the "large" side and fell onto her
butt just as he was speaking, everything stopped at that point and
then the place erupted into laughter. I went skating with some
gals from work when I was in my 30s and I hadn't been in years;
thankfully I never fell and thought gee I should be doing this for
exercise. I bought some indoor-outdoor skates and did just that
for awhile until one of the wheels came off right in the middle of
the jogging trail. We also used the sidewalks along Thayer to use
our shoeskates on as they were smooth enough to skate on (not all
sidewalks were as some were asphalt covered with small rocks).
-Betti AVANT ('69) ~ Richland
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>>From: Brad UPTON ('74)
If I am to believe what I heard growing up... the couriers
traveled with a briefcase handcuffed to their wrist, carrying a
firearm and traveled in cabooses on freight trains. Just what I
heard...
-Brad UPTON ('74)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/02/14
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1 Bomber sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Floyd MELTON ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve PIIPPO ('70)
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>>From: Floyd MELTON ('57)
Re: Tastee Freeze
There have been many posts on the Roller Rink and Tastee Freeze so
I thought I would throw in my two cents. I tried roller skating
and even bought a pair of skates but I was no good and my butt got
tired of meeting the floor so that was a waste of money for the
skates. The Tastee Freeze on the other hand was a favorite of
mine, I loved the Brown Cows they congered up but on one occasion
the girl I was dating at the time spilled hers on the seat of my
cool ride and that was the end of her. HA.
On my way home to Eugene, OR this past Monday I stopped at the
Spudnut Shop for a dozen Spudies and tried to consume them before
I got home. HA. I felt like a stranger in the Tri-Cities with all
the growth and West Richland... that is just insane with all the
changes and growth.
Happy New Year to all the Bombers around the world.
-Floyd MELTON ('57)
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Bomber Memorial
>>Jody HAM ~ Class of 1974 ~ 1955 - 2013
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/03/14
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6 Bombers sent stuff and 2 Bomber Memorials today:
Ann CLATWORTHY ('54), David DOUGLAS ('62)
Gary BEHYMER ('64), Phyllis CUNNINGHAM ('64)
David RIVERS ('65), Mike FRANCO ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dick LOHDEFINCK ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tobe ROBERTS ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill SCOTT ('64)
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>>From: Ann CLATWORTHY Weyerts-Hogshead ('54)
Re: Roller rink trivia
When I was a senior in Col-Hi, I worked for Mr. Bacon at the
Richland Roller Rink and as I write this, songs like "Rose, Rose,
I Love You", and "Mona Lisa" play in my mind. My job was to man
the snack bar. I had professional style "Chicago" roller skates
(stored in the attic today) which I purchased with my tax return
money of 1953. I remember skating in a short skirt with dancing
tights while serving cokes, candy and whatever was the special
of the day. When not working at the snack bar, I was allowed to
skate during the sessions, which included; all skate, hokey pokey,
couples, etc. Those with skating talents skated in the center of
the floor, practicing spins, turns, etc. while the other skaters
raced madly around and around the rink or, if beginners, skirted
the edges holding on to rails and walls. It was so much fun!
I remember "Sonny" a frequent customer who didn't skate but would
come in for a coke after a bicycle ride around town. He was loved
by all who knew him for his wonderful sunny outlook on life,
despite his special challenges. Richland was a wonderful place to
live giving opportunities for all children to discover their
special talents. I loved living there.
-Ann CLATWORTHY Weyerts-Hogshead ('54) ~ In Northern VA where we
are being spared the snow but not the cold.
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
I have one memory of the roller rink. It wasn't my fault, though.
The whole fiasco started when Ed WOOD ('62) and I volunteered to
show a movie ("Daddy Long Legs" if my memory is still intact) for
the 7th grade party at Carmichael. We were 9th graders at the time
and on the projection crew. After the movie one of the 7th grade
girls accosted me and asked if I'd walk her home. She was wearing
her very first high heels, and the asphalt that substituted for
sidewalks in her neighborhood wasn't designed for those. My mom
tried to raise me to be a gentleman, so I gallantly consented. She
hung on to my arm all the way home, which I found ... interesting.
My parents neglected to provide me with a sister and I wasn't used
to being that close to a female.
When we got to her house she told me she was having problems with
an English assignment. Could I come tomorrow morning and help her
with it? My mind being somewhat clouded at the moment, I agreed.
However, when I arrived the next morning, it wasn't English she
had on her mind. She wanted to go skating. We went. It did not
help my ego any. She could skate gracefully, backwards even. All I
could do was barely keep from falling down skating frontwards. The
only enjoyable part of the excursion was her skating outfit. That
was the only time we went skating, since I'm uncomfortable around
girls who can do something better than I can. (I never played
chess again after a girl beat me on the third move.) We had a
couple more dates, but then my fellow 9th graders accused me of
robbing the cradle. It was hard to find someone in my own class,
as one of my requirements was, she had to be shorter than I was. I
did find one - she was my date for the 9th grade banquet - but she
moved to Pasco a month later.
Well, that's my memory and I'm sticking to it.
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ (sunshine with temperature in
the low 70s today)
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>>From: Gary BEHYMER ('64)
Re: Roller Rink ~ Tri-City Herald
-Gary BEHYMER ('64)
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>>From: Phyllis CUNNINGHAM Coates ('64)
Re: Class of '64 in '14 - 50 Year Reunion
Our reunion committee is meeting on January 11th at the
Red Lion at noon. Everyone is welcome to attend and your
ideas and suggestions are always appreciated.
-Phyllis CUNNINGHAM Coates ('64)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: great start
Well, I guess I was so wrapped up with the Big wrecking ball
at the old Endicott building with visions of the Monster that
devoured Cleveland dancing in my head, that it didn't occur to me
that another way of saying new year's day is January 1st... now
sitting right there on my trusty yellow stickie was the reminder
that on January 1st I was spozed ta wish Donna PARDEE ('65) and
HB... arrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh... I caught her on face book but well it
just ain't the same... Floyd MELTON's observation of West Richland
was the way I felt the first time I saw all that growth... I think
it's Jimmy ADAIR's ('65-'67) fault... But at least Floyd got some
Spuddies... I remember I used to get one of those boxes full
and Fed Ex them to my diabetic Pop... eventually my mom told me
he'd lock himself in his room and eat as many as he could in
one sitting... I stopped sending them... Well, today I want to
remember a guy I met and knew since second grade... His older
brother ('61) and I have become good pals, even tho Jack began for
me as one of those neighborhood heros... Nice to become pals with
e heros... those who knew him will always remember "the Walk".
It's been 30 years since we lost Chuck GARDINER ('63-RIP). God
bless you, Chuck, and smoke 'em if ya gottem! What are they gonna
do... kick ya off the b-ball team?
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Mike FRANCO ('70)
HEY EVERYONE!!!!
Tastee Freeze, The Roller RInk... don't forget that great late
'60s institution of intellect in the same neighborhood... Ernie's
Rack & Cue! What a great place to go (specially during lunch) to
relax, share great philosophies... smoke, hear where were the
sources for recreational treats (beer and other). I am not sure
Ernie's ever developed any high quality billiards players but
it certainly contributed to a segment of RHS male (mostly)
recreation. And yes there was actually an Ernie who owned/ran
the place. Any class of 1969-1971 types remember the place? I
may have been running a high fog factor during that time!
Happy New Year to all Bombers... actually to everyone
I will continue to think about George DANA ('70-RIP) constantly
during 2014. Please remember this POST holiday season to carve
out a little time on January 11. Pour yourself a beverage of your
choice and toast my very best friend and a truly great Bomber/
Richland guy, George Dana. January 11 would have been George's
62nd birthday. This year many of us add Vic MARSHALL ('71-RIP)
to our list of wonderful Bombers now gone but ALWAYS remembered.
-Mike FRANCO ('70)
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>>Herrell HALL ~ Class of 1971 ~ 1953 - 2013
>>Jim HALL ~ Class of 1968 ~ 1949 - 2013
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/04/14
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9 Bombers sent stuff:
Richard ROBERTS ('49), Rex HUNT (53wb)
Dale ENNOR ('59), Donni CLARK ('63)
Peg SHEERAN ('63), Dennis HAMMER ('64)
David RIVERS ('65), Pat DORISS ('65)
Chris MARSHALL ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larry HOLLOWAY ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Paula Jill LYONS ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gloria KENNEDY ('66wb)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nina BERLAND ('69)
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>>From: Richard "Dick" ROBERTS ('49)
Re: Skating Rinks
We hung out at the Pasco Skating Rink, big place, lots of folks.
One night, Ray SNYDER ('49) was there skating with a few beers in
his belly; he skated all over the floor, arms and legs flailing,
always close to tipping over, but never did. Amazing athleticism.
When I was about 11-12, I worked as a "skate boy" at a rink in
Boise, ID. My job was to install and adjust the clamp on skates
and lace up the shoe skates for the local young ladies, mostly
dates of airmen from Mountain Home Army Air Force base. A great
job, pretty girls and the airmen were heavy tippers. Ann
CLATWORTHY's ('54) description of life at the roller rink was
awesome and so typical. After I somewhat mastered the art, I
skated with those pretties, like Ann; it was a funny sight with
them being about twice my size, the two of us gliding, skate
dancing, around the floor.
-Richard "Dick" ROBERTS ('49) ~ Grover Beach, CA enjoying a very
sunny, warm morning. Please send us some water!
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>>From: Rex HUNT (53wb)
Re: Roller Rink
Guess my Memory has gone to hell, I could have sworn that the
Roller Rink had been put together by The Brinkerhoff Family and
divested to The Bacon Family, Shortly after opening. The
Brinkerhoffs operated that small carnival ride operation there
for many years. I dated Virginia BRINKERHOFF ('54-RIP) for a
short period of time in the 1953-1954 time period and for some
reason that roller rink is stuck in that memory frame.
-Rex HUNT (53wb) ~ From Lovely Downtown Hanford, CA (also known
as North Hell).
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>>From: Dale ENNOR ('59)
To: Annette HALL Bundrant ('62)
Re: Fats Domino
My recollection has Fats Domino performing at the roller rink in
July of 1957. In any event, I was out WAY past my curfew and
nothing was said the next morning. I still don't know how I got
by with that one.
To: Lenora HUGHES Bejarano ('55)
Re: Richland Skating Rink
Not everything happening at the rink resulted in good memories: I
recall earning a huge blister on the same spot on my right foot
every Friday night! Try as I might - extra think socks or various
tape combinations - I still came away with that damned blister.
This paled, however, compared to the rare occasion when some idiot
would find the junction box and douse the lights. PANIC! The only
hope was to run into someone softer than you, or in most cases
hunker down and roll under the pipe railing and into the wall and
lie there hoping no one was following right behind.
-Dale ENNOR ('59)
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>>From: Donni CLARK Dunphy ('63),
Re: Roller Rink
Ahhhhhh.......... I love all the Rollar Rink stories. Being a West
Richland gal I so missed some of the things you guys had in town.
Like sidewalks to roller skate on, etc. But I did get to go to the
Rollar Rink when I went with my Richland Lutheran Youth group. We
had a blast! I was always wobbly at first but caught on fast and
by the end of the evening was whizzing around so fast it scared me
but thrilled me also. I so wished I could have done it more often.
My visits there were always positive. Of course I don't remember
much negativity about much or have any memories of gangs of bad
activity. Did I live in another world?
Ann CLATWORTHY Weyerts-Hogshead ('54) mentioned Sonny. I
think he was the same boy who lived next to Jason Lee and often
rode around West Richland also.
[I believe that's the same person I knew as
"Muscles"... rode his bike all over Richland and
waved and hollered at anyone and everyone. -Maren]
Thanks for the memories all of you and a Happy New Year to all
Bombers out there!
-Donni CLARK Dunphy ('63)
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>>From: Peg SHEERAN Finch ('63)
Re: Projection Crew
David DOUGLAS' ('62) entry of today made me laugh out loud. I was
asked at Carmichael - by ?Mr. Clayton - if I would be on the
projection crew. I had absolutely NO idea what that was, and I was
not going to ask, as just to be asked to be a part of any "crew"
boosted my ego. I don't think I lasted long. One film I was
showing to a class came off the reel and ended up on the floor.
Now THAT was humiliating!
But not as bad as the time sister, Kate ('61), was on the swim
team, but refused to go to a Yakima swim meet - I think because
she had a date. Because the name "Sheeran" was already on the
program, I - (a synchronized swimmer) - was asked to take her
place. I was not competitive - and not the beautiful swimmer that
Kate was, but I went. It was a relay, and when the first swimmer
touched my side of the pool - (the deep end) - I dove in - but
not one of those sleek skimming dives, but a down-to-the-bottom-
of-the-12-foot dive. AND my swim-suit strap broke! I came up from
the bottom - while all the other racers had reached the other end
- holding on to my suit, and crying? I swam with one arm to the
side of the pool, climbed out somehow, and ran into the dressing
room. Wrote in my diary that I lost the race for the team - hated
Kate - and I "haven't eaten anything for a week". Ah, the traumas
of the teen years!
-Peg SHEERAN Finch ('63)
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: Phil Everly (RIP)
Another of my favorites is gone. Phil Everly of the Everly
Brothers died Friday, January 3, 2014, at the age of 74. I seem to
remember them performing on the Ed Sullivan show in their USMC
dress blues. They played at the Benton Franklin Fair I would guess
around the mid '80s. They did something I had never seen any other
fair performer do. Between the two shows they went out and did the
fair. I saw them coming out of one of the exhibit buildings while
I was going by--still in costume. I did see someone go up and talk
to them; I didn't because I thought they would like to have some
time to do something other than talk to fans.
Re: West Richland
The growth of West Richland is mentioned a couple times lately.
That sure is right. I remember, in probably 1962, I and a couple
of Bombers - one was Dan HOOPER ('64-RIP) - took 22s to, I think
somewhere off of Bombing Range road to go shooting. It seems like
at the top of the hill where Yoke's is now, or maybe a little
further you turn left (coming from Van Giesen) and there was a
gravel pit there. At that time Bombing Range road was just dirt
and gravel. Climbing that hill the road had the wash-board effect
and in that old '52 or '53 Mercury it seemed like it was going to
shake the doors off the car. That was the only time I have been to
that gravel pit and I have wondered--it is still there? Did they
fill it in and build houses over it? Did they build houses up to
the side of it? I have looked on Google satellite maps but have
been unable to find any trace of it. I am not sure I am even
looking in the right place.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: what a year
Well, that year sure whizzed past... remember how long it took to
get to 16? How 'bout 21?! There have been some "major" changes for
me... yeah sure, I "retired"... but I mean big stuff... this was
the year I admitted that 75% of the graybeards out there are
younger than I am... I bought my second pair of wide toed shoes
only this time they were loafers... I mean it's not like I shopped
at HEIDLEBAUGH's ('65) pointy toed shoe store (tho my cowboy boots
have always had pointed toes)... but I would not buy those duck
shoes... found out they are pretty darned comfortable (still
wouldn't give up my Weejuns inna suit tho)... I continued on my
promise to my partner not to wear Dockers (we promised when we
were 40 and extended every 5 years... we are still bound till 70
and in 3 years will have to extend to 75)... I gave up my fannie
pack holster so WARFORD ('65) can't call me a "hippie" anymore and
went to a little job that just tucks into the waste band so you
can tuck your shirt in over it... all my life I have tucked my
shirts in... I'm the only guy I know that wears Aloha shirts
tucked in... dunno if it was a personal choice or parentally
imposed at an early age (like 3... most impositions after that
were ignored)... my friends all wore them out... Terry DAVIS'
('65) mom used to hound him about being more clean cut like that
nice David RIVERS ('65)... mine wanted me to be more like Terry...
kids cannot win that battle so just go with the flow... as in
married life, "Yes Mrs. Cleaver" is the equivalent of "yes
Dear"... I pierced my ear about 15 minutes out of the Marine Corps
(actually, my Pop had both ears pierced)... back then it was like
asking for a fist in the face... Ex-wife number one and I wore
hoops (small) instead of wedding bands... I stopped wearing them
when every Banker, Lawyer and business man wanted to be Sonny
Crockett... when I retired I pulled out my stash and bought a new
rat fink earring from Mrs. Roth (that's kinda like the graybeard
thing... Ilene/Trixy is a good bit younger than I) and have been
wearing it ever since... because it was a bit large to sleep in I
gotta skull post that I can keep in alla time and am about to get
an Eagle Globe and Anchor... oh and when I finally found a holster
I could use with my shirts tucked in... I started wearing my
shirts out ("He's a rebel and he'll never ever be any good.." )...
but the one thing I have not been able to do is to get the
beeeeeeeeeuuuuteeeful b-day Bomber-babe to accept one teeny tiny
little challenge no matter how often I've asked... OK begged,
pleaded and groveled... but I know some day she will come
around... she loves me madly and she knows it... I can even get
her to admit it sometimes (not in the indoor show of course...
only at the drive in... she wouldn't be caught with me at the
indoor show... what would people think!!!!)... but today I pledge
my undying love and wish HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Paula Jill LYONS ('64)
on her special day, January 4, 2014... Love you, PJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
Re: Ladies of '65 Bomber Lunch
WHEN: Friday, January 10th, 2014
TIME: 12:30 to 2:30 PM
WHERE: Tony Roma's Restaurant, 8551 West Gage Blvd, Kennewick
The Classy Ladies of the Class of '65 First Monthly Lunch of 2014
will be next Friday (the 10th) at Tony Roma's Restaurant in
Kennewick!
If you live outside the Tri-Cities, but would like to join us,
please do so! Call or email me to let me know you'll be coming or
if you have any questions!
-Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
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>>From: Chris MARSHALL Hopkins ('69)
Victor "Vic" M. MARSHALL ('71-RIP) is my brother.
John MOSLEY ('71) has organized a rosary:
WHAT: Rosary for Vic MARSHALL ('71-RIP)
DATE: Saturday, January 11, 2014
TIME: 11am
WHERE: Christ the King Chapel. Christ the King is located at
1111 Stevens Drive, Richland.
Could you please publish an announcement in the Sandstorm for
anyone interested in attending?
Thank you,
-Chris MARSHALL Hopkins ('69)
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4 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Steve CARSON ('58), Mike BRADY ('61)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66), Betti AVANT ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Louise HARTCORN ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pam EHINGER ('67)
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>>From: Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
Skating was a Friday Night must when I was 15-16 and nothing but
fond memories. I met Loretta OSTBOE ('55) at the rink and she
invited me to check out the Civil Air Patrol Cadets which was a
strong influence in my development.
Who could forget Sonny. He always had a smile for everyone and
was embraced by all.
-Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
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>>From: Mike BRADY ('61)
Re: Roller Rink
Somewhere around 1955 my mother chaperoned a group of Girl Scouts
at the Roller Rink, After finishing skating, she started to sit
on a bench, slipped and broke her ankle. My dad dismissed it
as a mild sprain. He didn't take her to the hospital that night.
Empathy was not his middle name. The next morning her ankle was
swollen as large as a grapefruit. She was in a cast for about
four months. The family story was the bench was not bolted down.
It is more likely that it was bolted and she just slipped. My
question to Mr. Rivers, Esq.: When does the statute of
limitations run out? :)
P.S. I loved those Root Beer Freezes at Tastee Freeze.
-Mike BRADY ('61)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Passing of Robert "Bob" Francis FLORES ('67)
On New Year's Eve, 2013, after a heroic battle with cancer, Bob
FLORES passed away. In 1963, Bob moved with his mother and sister
to Richland, where he graduated from Columbia High School on June
8, 1967.
Visitation will be held at Memories at Sunset Event Center on
Sunday, January 5, 2014, from 5 - 8 p.m. A Mass of Christian
Burial will be held at Christ the King Church at 10am on Monday,
January 6, 2014. An interment will follow at Sunset Memorial
Gardens in Richland. A reception will follow the interment at
Bob's home at 371 Driftwood Court in Richland.
View Bob's notice, see his recent picture and sign the guest
book at the Einan's website:
http://www.einansfuneralhome.com/_mgxroot/page_10851.php
Bomber Tears,
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: new name
I've been driving by the roller rink and Tastee Freeze quite
often since moving back. I had noticed the name change but didn't
really pay attention to it until all the talk of the 60th
anniversary. The Tastee Freeze is still there, pretty much the
same building but is now called "Bomber's Drive Thru". They do
have a website with their menu included. I'll have to go there
some time but I started a diet this week so it will have to wait.
I'm still trying to lose my chemo. weight and hear it may be
difficult, but hey I'm working on it.
-Betti AVANT ('69) ~ Richland where we hit 52º yesterday (Friday)
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>>Mack BRAND ~ Class of 1964 ~ 1945 - 2013
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Margaret EHRIG ('61)
Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Dennis HAMMER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lora HOMME ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patricia REDISKE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Allyson SMITH ('67)
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>>From: Judy WILLOX ('61)
Margaret EHRIG Dunn ('61)
Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
Re: All Bomber Lunch ~ aka Patti's All Bomber Lunch
To: All Richland/Col-Hi Bombers
We hope you have all survived the Christmas and New Years
holidays. Here's hoping we don't have a winter like the rest of
the country with ice, snow and negative wind chills. Come enjoy a
warm time with good friends.
WHEN: Saturday, January 11, 2014
TIME: 1pm - 3pm (Some show up around 12:30 PM)
WHERE: JD DINER, 3790 West Van Giesen, West Richland
(Second building on the right after crossing the
Yakima River Bridge.)
-Margaret EHRIG Dunn ('61) ~ Richland
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Re: Tastee Freeze
After one wintertime wet snow and at the age of ten or so
(1954-ish), my twin brother John and I found ourselves drawn
to the four-foot high concrete block wall that bordered the
entire southern edge of the Tastee Freeze drive-through. The
wall was painted white and was very visible for the southbound
lane of traffic. On its full length was the blue lettering:
"Tastee Freeze--Customer Parking Only."
With white snow balls we selectively blocked the lettering
into a new advertising message:
"Taste... Free... Custom.................... Only." We then made
good our escape on foot, but seem to recall tasteless noises
coming from this customer-friendly roadside attraction.
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Two days ago our online Sandstorm barrister noted that 75% of the
graybeards were younger than him. I have noticed that about 66%
of the obituaries I am reading these days are for people younger
than me. So I took a sample from the Bomber Memorial page and
yes, that is just about what it turned out to be, right at 2/3.
I used to tell people that the first thing I would do in the
morning is open the paper to the obituary page and if my name
wasn't there it was going to be a good day. Maybe I should stop
saying that, or maybe it is even more true.
Mr. RIVERS ('65) also mentioned getting his ear pierced which
"back then it was like asking for a fist in the face." I remember
in those days; if you were a guy wearing an earring you better
either be a Gypsy or a Pirate. Never have worn one myself, I
think I will probably save that for when I buy and start wearing
a cutlass. But somehow I don't think anyone is ever going to call
me Blackbeard!
-Dennis HAMMER ('64) ~ In chilly Kennewick.
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Ray LOESCHER ('57)
Nancy MALLORY ('64), David RIVERS ('65)
Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary SCHAUER ('84)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Re: Weather
Amazing how things change when they get renamed. Currently the
mid-west and north-east are suffering through an "artic vortex";
not your usual "storm of the century" or "I remember the winter
of...". Not even a "Canadian cold front". Guess it must be like
the currently popular "event" as in "wind...", "snow...". At
least, we here in the Pacific Northwest are somewhat immune to
the "vortex", although the BCS Championship Game was played
"semi-tropical" conditions in Los Angeles.
Re: Phil Everly (RIP)
I am somewhat surprised that our resident legal-eagle has not
commented on the passing of Phil Everly. No more wake up calls
for "Little Suzie." Damn shame, I liked their music.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where the
cold weather is supposed to be replaced by rainy weather
(as if).
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>>From: Ray LOESCHER ('57)
Re: Tastee Freeze
I know I'm slipping, but I can't remember Tastee Freeze. Am I
getting this mixed up with Dairy Queen? If they both existed, I
guess I seldom went to Tastee Freeze since the Dairy Queen was on
the route I took home after working evenings in Uptown Richland
at the furniture store.
I was usually hungry after putting in around 3 hours of work and
I had money in my pocket. Often I would stop and order a "nutty
fuddy" which most people call a Peanut Buster Parfait. If I was
really hungry, I'd order a "Boston Shake." That was a milk shake
of your choice topped with a sundae of your choice. You ate the
sundae and washed it down with the milk shake. Is it any wonder
I went from 165 early in my junior year to 183 at graduation? I
still like Dairy Queen but no one seems to know what a "nutty
fuddy" is.
-Ray LOESCHER ('57)
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>>From: Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64)
Re: Brrrrrrrrr!!!!!!
We are in the midst of a freeze! Last night (and tonight) was
single digits. Will be in the teens (maybe) today and slightly
(20s) tomorrow. Wednesday will get above freezing. Good news --
the snow missed us, although they have freezing rain predicted
for Thursday. This is the south -- Western Tennessee!!. We are
not equipped for cold and a dusting of snow or ice will close
everything down. As it is many schools are closed today due to
the cold. Spring, where are you?!
Glad not to be farther north. Prayers for all who are even colder
than we are in TN. Stay warm, everyone.
-Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64) ~ in frigid Tennessee
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: some sad news
I learned last night that Margaret Carraher died Thursday
night (1/2/14) after being struck by a car in Richland the
same evening. She was the sister of Mike ('64), Kathleen ('67),
Kerry ('72), and Terrance ('78). My heart goes out to Mike and
the rest of her family.
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: Roller Rink
All the Roller Rink talk has brought a lot of old memories. The
first nationally known band I ever saw was at the Roller Rink.
The Sir Douglas Quintet - "She's About A Mover", and "Mendocino"
were two of their big hits. It was probably Summer of '66, and
the only reason I was there was my much, much older sister Gay
('69) wanted to go to the dance but my parents wouldn't let her.
So she talked them into having me go along as a quasi chaperone.
Only problem was I had to be invisible when she was around. I
didn't dance then, at least not a good dancer, so I sat in one
place and watched all the local band guys walk around. Greg
RIETAN ('69), John BIERLEIN ('69), Frank HAMES ('69), Lynn
STANFIELD (? '68), all the local rock royalty! The Isle of Phyve,
Lenore, The Pastels. And then there were the Carmichael women.
Being a Chief Jo guy, I was there with my Maltese Cross on
looking studley, or at least I thought so, and being wow'd by the
Carmichael women. Chief Jo had some good looking women, but the
Carmichael babes were exotic. Lots of make up and short dresses.
A noreltney in the making for sure. Nothing like the first real
dance, not a sock hop in the gym in the daytime after school, but
a real dark, smoke filled room filled with strobe lights and loud
music. What a memory!
Sad to hear fellow classmate and brother Marine Herrell HALL ('71-RIP)
passed away. Another good one fades away.
-Brad WEAR ('71), USMC, one each
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Ed QUIGLEY ('62), Helen CROSS ('62)
David RIVERS ('65), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
Pam EHINGER ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kath CARLSON ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patti SINCLAIR ('77)
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>>From: Ed QUIGLEY ('62
Re: The Skating Rink
A lot of skating there, for this "kid", when I was younger, but
my favorite memory, and the one that stands out in my mind the
most, is seeing "Them", with Van Morrison, sometime in the summer
of '65 (probably!) with one of my favorite dance partners, Anita
WRIGHT ('64). When Van was done singing a lyric, he'd turn around
and face the back of the stage (not a "jumpin' around" front
guy!), and at one point, in the middle of a song, the bass
player was sitting on the front of the stage and Van was facing
backwards, and somebody set off a firecracker. I'm not sure if
it was a cherry bomb (I think, back then, that was as big as they
came), or just a big cracker, but the whole audience jumped, and
the guys in the band had absolutely NO reaction; never missed a
beat! I think that it was just about then that I realized that
maybe these guys were "somewhere else"! :)
I sometimes wonder how many chocolate covered ice cream cones
from Tastee Freeze I consumed over the years. . .
-Ed QUIGLEY ('62
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Re: the article vortex
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/htm2014/Xtra/Cro/140108-Brrrrrr.jpg
Here we are in the bottom of the eye of the storm... we only got
a few inches of snow after a Sunday afternoon of rain (thank
goodness) and it only got down to 12 below Sunday night and not
quite that cold last night. Yesterday our thermometer showed
about 2° above zero as the high, but we feel blessed as we have
extricating heat, but we are not among the thousands who have
lost their power!!
We cancelled church on Sunday due to the threat of falling
temperatures, which didn't occur here until after dark. But an
hour north in Indianapolis it was a disaster in cold, snow, and
poor visibility!!
This is the coldest weather I've ever been in, and to be honest,
I'm glad to have been able to stay indoors. We were skiing once
years ago in Winter Park, CO new year's week, 1988, and I think
it got down to 7 below and I knew then I wasn't a skier at heart,
because I didn't enjoy it at all!!
Funny, we are experiencing this during this period of global
warming!!
Sure wish I could send some of our snow and rain to my friends in
California who are in such a horrid drought!!
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Best wishes from the imitation Alaska,
where it is suppose to warm up later today, and we pray
they are right!!
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Rock n Roll
The Chief Squid ('54) asked why I didn't mention Phil Everly's
passing inna SS... well, I can tell you, I spent Sunday playing
their music on you tube and posting it on my face book... I have
no real clue how face book actually works as some may have
noticed... the only time I use it is to post pictures or music...
today at lunch my Buddy, Magoo, thought I was PO'd at him because
I didn't respond to a message he sent me Saturday... he gave me a
lecture on messages which went into one ear and out the other...
the other day I asked Jimmie ADAIR ('65-'67) to email me
something... for some reason I went on face book and there it
was... When Rock n Roll started hitting the air waves it was
almost impossible to find... Keith PETERSON ('65), Craig DAVIS
('65) and I used to sit at my little (well not really little)
short wave radio going from station to station to find RnR
songs... doesn't make for a very relaxing evening... I remember
in '57 my famblie took a trip to Chicago to see some of my dad's
famblie (we also went to Iowa to see my Mom's) and along the way
the two songs I remember playing most were "Freight Train" and
"Bye Bye Love" I perked up when door number two opened...
couldn't believe my dad actually let it play alla way through...
This Sunday I played a ton of their music and put a ton on face
book. For those of you who would like to see the concert where
they got back together I'll send the site with this post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXkXY_BEd4Y it's about an hour
long and totally well worth it... when I first came to Vegas, I
ran with Glen Campbell's cousin... he was just a gofer for Glen
but Glen was good buds with Don and Phil... Glen would be at the
International and the boys would be across the street at the
Landmark where Dobie Gillis' brother was the PR man... running
with a gofer has its perks and we'd just wander over and get in
free... ah the good ol' days... not like searching stations for A
SINGLE song... I became friends with a guy from Lubbock who wrote
a magazine called "Reminiscing" from right after Buddy Holly's
death until Buddy's Mom died. He would send me all kinds of fun
stuff. I have a piece of the Lubbock High School stage from when
Buddy would play there (I also have a piece of the Spanish Castle
stage, thanks to Jimbeaux ('63))... I've pretty much been a
rocker all my life... in 6th grade, Mrs. Stevenson at Spalding
called me a "notorious time waster"... what she meant was I was
the laziest kid she'd ever met. I tried drums, guitar and the
sax... for about 20 minutes each... but when I couldn't play like
Gene Krupa, Duane Eddy or the sax player in the Viscounts over
night I dropped them all... I've just never had any drive to
"work" at anything... if it didn't come easy I didn't do it...
I've often questioned myself about that... what could make a
person refuse to work... maybe I was just a Maynard clone... who
knows... but anyway, I was doing my thing for Phil's death and
hope some of you enjoyed the stuff I put on face book. It turned
in to an overall RnR day for me so I didn't stop at Don and Phil
that day... I covered the playing field.
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Margaret Eileen CARRAHER (not a Bomber - RIP)
1/2/14 article in the Herald
1/3/14 article in the Herald
In reference to the entry in yesterday?s Sandstorm from David
RIVERS ('65), I have provided the link to the Einan's website
with the funeral notice and picture for Margaret Eileen Carraher
(not a Bomber.) A Memorial Mass will be held at 11am on Friday,
January 10, at Christ the King Catholic Church. A graveside
inurnment will follow the memorial service at Sunset Memorial
Gardens in Richland. There will be a reception after the
graveside service at the church from 12:30-1:30pm.
http://www.einansfuneralhome.com/_mgxroot/page_10851.php
Prayers to Eileen and her family ~
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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>>From: Pam EHINGER Edinger ('67)
Dear Kathy CARRAHER ('67)
I am so very sorry to hear about your sister. My Prayers are with
you & your family.
God Bless you
Pam EHINGER Edinger ('67)
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9 Bombers sent stuff:
Betty McELHANEY ('57), Judy REES ('59)
Jim ARMSTRONG ('63), David RIVERS ('65)
Rick MADDY ('67), Betti AVANT ('69)
Brad WEAR ('71), Gary TURNER ('71)
Brad UPTON ('74)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joan ECKERT ('51)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John TAYLOR ('63wb)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda REINING ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pearl DROTTS ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike FUNDERBURG ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Edna SMYTH ('71wb)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: Joe and Kristi MAGULA ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim HARLESS ('73)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Stefan SCHERPEREL ('97)
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>>From: Betty McELHANEY Hudspeth ('57)
Re: David Eskenazi's Wayback Machine: Two-Sport Ace Gene Conley
My son Jon HUDSPETH, Jr. ('83) sent this to me. Thought you fans
of Gene CONLEY ('48) would enjoy it. I thought it was a very good
article, He is quite a guy.
Happy New Year to All,
-Betty McELHANEY Hudspeth ('57)
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>>From: Judy REES Ryan ('59)
Earlier this week Irene Maxfield passed away in Richland after a
long illness. She was the mother of Dennis ('57), Richard ('61),
and Ken DALL ('64), mother of Mark Maxfield ('75), and stepmother
to Tom ('58), Phil ('62), and Linda Maxfield ('67-RIP). Hope I
haven't left any of her children out. My sister, Sally REES Dall
('63), is married to Richard Dall and called to let me know.
Irene was a very active member of the Richland Mormon church and
had been a school secretary at Chief Joseph Junior High earlier
in her life. Watch for her obituary in the Tri-City Herald, as I
don't have all the dates, family members, etc. to report. I just
know she was a lovely lady and will be missed.
-Judy REES Ryan ('59)
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>>From: Jim ARMSTRONG ('63)
To: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Another day the music died.
Love The Everlys. Saw them three times. Especially good when my
son Richard and I saw them in Tacoma. And the band! Albert Lee,
Pete Drake, etc. The best duo ever!!
Regards,
-Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Check out Roy "Mack" BRAND ('64-RIP)
Here is Mack's Obit. His sister, Ginny ('61) wrote it.
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Obits/pics13/RIP64BrandMack13.htm
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Rick MADDY ('67)
Re: Happy Happy
YouTube is kinda fun. I play around with the music now and then
for GPs (general purposes). I also now carry a dictionary for
RIVERS' ('65) posts and add to it. Thanks for the Everly
Brother's concert, David. And welcome to the land of laid
backness, better known as 'do your own thing.' Some call it
retirement. Although, I truly believe you been doing your own
thing since June of '65, possibly before.
This is legal as far as I can possibly tell, if anyone is
interested.
1. You go to this website:
http://www.flvto.com/youtube-downloader/
and DL the program
2. You go to YouTube, find a song - highlight the address, paste
address into the Flvto and turn it into a whatever (mp3, avi,
etc. etc.)... my players all play MP3s, so I turn them into
MP3s.
3. I save the MP3 song into my Music Folder on the C drive and
now play the songs on my computer.
4. Furthermore, I then take the MP3 into Sony Sound Forge Audio
Studio (I bought this program), a very simple program, and make
all the MP3 songs the same loudness, cut both ends to 1 second
and SAVE. I can now add my totally wired up Sienna van, which
during my yearly summer trips, usually two, a five star mattress
in a one star hotel, and any home cd disk player I own plays the
songs. I take four disks on the road and that is all I listen to
other than the weather reports.
I DL very few songs that I have not purchased once or twice along
the way. Vinyl 45 or 33 and a third, tape, beta, 8 track, cd,
iTunes, so it isn't like it is free. I paid.
Depending on where I am going and during the initial planning
stage I have to organize four disks, for example, this last trip
from HB to Myrtle Beach on the 10 and 20 and home on the 10, 12
and 10... I left September 27 and got home four days before
Halloween. Music... Pecos, Sweetwater, Abilene, Kerrville, TX
(country); Shreveport, LA, Jackson, MS, Baton Rouge, LA (Motown
or anything with a clarinet), Savannah, GA (love this town!
Anything with a banjo), Myrtle Beach, SC and Jacksonville, FL
(weather.com) and back home in SoCal and Orange county (Beach
Boys and Sublime).
Re: More stuff
Very sad seeing the loss of Randy BROWN ('74), Vic MARSHALL ('71)
and Mack BRAND ('64). I had known Randy since I was five and he
was one. We were neighbors. I was renting a room from his
brother, Russell ('66-RIP) when we were in our early to mid
twenties and got reacquainted. Great guys. Loved both of these
brothers. Lotta fun drinking, hunting, drinking, fishing,
drinking, chasing girls and just being full of youth and life and
drinking. I would add smoking, but this was long before medical
marijuana.
I always enjoyed Vic MARSHALL's posts. We talked email style
awhile back about a classmate of his, my former sister-in-law,
Teresa HOUGHAN ('71wb). I was married twice to Teresa's sister,
Mary HOUGHAN ('69wb)... therefore, former. It wasn't good news
about Teresa and he was clearly saddened by that news. My
condolence to Vic's family and friends.
Mack BRAND ('64-RIP) was someone I knew about because of the
Vietnam War. Gary NELSON ('67), also a Vietnam veteran (Army) and
I were running amok one summer night when we ran into Mack, and I
believe, Wayne GODWIN ('64). Mack had just purchased this serious
muscle car, Plymouth or Dodge, with a large engine that had a
flushing toilet for a carburetor. Bad news and way too much fun.
He eventually crashed that auto if I recall correctly between
Richland and the Y.
The connection for this evening was Gary knew Wayne, although we
all had seen each other around town since time began... in
Richland, anyway. Mack, and there have been several since, being
honest, that always made me feel... let me say it this way...
combat vets have this tightly strung sense of survival. One was
known as 'better him than me.' Doesn't sound good. Nevertheless,
it was a saying that was never said out loud or in conversation,
but we all knew it, felt it and understood the meaning of it. The
thought wasn't malicious. Later, I know for a fact, the thought
became a large portion of what we call PTSD in combat vets. A
survival mechanism at the time that became a large piece of
survival guilt when we came home. How was it that we could think
like that about one of our own? The loss of use of most of my
motor skills of both hands to a booby-trap paled to Mack's loss
of a hand and a leg on his last week of combat. How sad is that?
How good does 'better him than me' sound? I will never forget
Mack BRAND and his psychological affect on my well being at a
very early period of my life as a disabled veteran. A one time
blessed meeting. My condolence to his family.
I have wondered why the Class of '67 wasn't named/called The
Summer of Love Class other than being in Richland and not around
the Haight-Ashbury area. Maybe that's why not. Oh well, as long
as it's not late for dinner, I suppose.
Hope we all have a better new year than last.
-Rick MADDY (The... I cannot recall... Class of... I forget)
Huntington Beach, CA; needing rain. Lots of rain.
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: 1 Year
1 year ago on the 7th of January I had my first biopsy and boy
did my life change. It was 1 heck of a year but it's now past me
and I'm going to work on some things that were put on hold while
I had surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation treatments. The main
thing is trying to lose some weight which I had started when I
got that initial diagnosis. They say I may have trouble with it
but I'm giving it my all. Here's to a good 2014 everyone, enjoy
it to your fullest.
-Betti AVANT ('69) ~ Richland
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: Birthday Wishes
Happy Birthday to Joe MAGULA ('71) and therefore his twin sister
Christy MAGULA Privette ('71), and Jim HARLESS ('73) of Retread
Band fame a Happy Birthday on the 9th. Hope it's a good one.
-Brad WEAR ('71)
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>>From: Gary TURNER ('71)
Re: Gene CONLEY ('48)
Click for a very interesting article on Gene.
-Gary TURNER ('71)
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>>From: Brad UPTON ('74)
I had the pleasure of working with The Smothers Brothers on a
number of occasions and spending many a late night evening with
Tommy after a show, "winding down." Dick always said a quick good
night and then headed back to his room--Tommy usually said,
"Wanna have a drink?" Anyway, he told me a great Everly Brothers
story one night. The Everly Brothers were at the height of their
fame in the late '50s/early '60s when the Smothers Brothers were
just starting to become famous and they asked the Smothers
Brothers to open for them in Las Vegas on a number of occasions
and they became good friends. As fate would have it, in the late
'60s when the Smothers Brothers were at their peak and the Everly
Brothers star had faded a bit, the SmoBros had the Everly
Brothers opening for them in Las Vegas. The Everly Brothers
famously didn't get along. One day about noon, Tommy gets a phone
call in his room from one of the Everly Brothers telling him that
they'd just had a big fight and they weren't going on that night.
Tommy told them they had to, it was in the contract with the
casino. Tommy called Dick and explained what had happened and the
two Smothers Brothers called the two Everly Brothers and quickly
arranged to meet in the coffee shop so they could hash out their
differences and come up with a solution and try to find some
peace. Phil starts bitching about Don and Don starts bitching
about Phil. Dick starts to defend Phil and Tommy starts to defend
Don... which leads to Tommy and Dick fighting and as Tommy told
me, "Pretty soon, all four of us are in each other's face and
fingers in each other's chest and it's, f*** y**! f*** y**! f***
y**! f*** y**! and me and Don Everly walk one way and Dick and
Phil storm out the other way and we don't see each other again
until about 10 minutes before showtime!" Classic.
-Brad UPTON ('74)
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
Rick MADDY ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cheryl DeMERS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judy STEIN ('71)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Trudy SPILMAN ('66) would like to contact Joan CATES ('65).
Are any of you able to provide information which I will forward
to Trudy?
Thanks so much ~
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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>>From: Rick MADDY ('67)
Re: Richland Trip
I was in the Tri-Cities last July and took these pics. Driving
around town I saw these signs around the neighborhoods. Not sure
how many there are, but I thought they were quite fantastic.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/htm2014/Xtra/Mad/140110-00.htm
Tastee Freeze, roller rink, and city street signs which reminded
me of signs along the highways all over the eastern states
showing a historical happening from the days of old. Although,
the Richland signs are much smaller.
I forgot to mention in yesterday's post Teresa HOUGHAN ('71wb-RIP)
died in Seattle in 2003 at the age of 52.
Pic of me in Chewelah, WA visiting my sister Sheila MADDY Kelly
('66) and Jerry (KHS '64). Semper Fidelis.
-Rick MADDY ('67)
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Roger GRESS ('61), Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66), Dwight CAREY ('68)
Anita FRAVALA ('73)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim RUSSELL ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kurt JOHNSON ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Len PARIS ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barbara SMYTH ('73wb)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bob LYSHER ('81)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mark GERKEN ('02)
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>>From: Roger GRESS (Classic Class of '61)
Calling on all Richland Bombers and Hanford High Alumni. The
Richland School Board is having the R & H cement letters removed
from Carmichael and Fran Rish stadium removed, because they are a
safety hazard. The next meeting of the school board is January
14th 6:30 at 614 Snow. We need to let them know how we feel about
not having a say. This was done behind closed doors.
[See entry from Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) today --
her last paragraph for status of this. -Maren]
-Roger GRESS (Classic Class of '61)
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
So the forever young and always lovely Miss Nancy ('65) and I
supped at the newly remodeled Hollywood Tavern in Woodinville
last week. Great menu and nothing goes better with the Kimchi
Cheese Fries than a cold draft Olympia Beer. Wait a minute.
Olympia on tap for only three bucks, which would make it twenty
four bits in cheerleader money? Don't think I'd had an Oly since
I was in maybe the eighth grade. It was not too bad, kind of a
hoppy version of Absinthe, conjured up a whole bunch of old
memories of Pook ('63-RIP), Plows ('63-RIP), Bob & Bill Chipmunk
('63-RIP) and Norman Hill ('63). Didn't grab me around the throat
like I was going a couple rounds with Shag Thomas L or the Moscow
Mauler, must have been because it was cold.
Worth the trip, and do order the Kimchi Cheese Fries.
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Concrete letters removed at Richland schools
1/10/14 Tri-City Herald
The three concrete letters representing Richland and Hanford
High Schools and Carmichael Middle School are being removed from
Carmichael Hill and Fran Rish Stadium. Safety issues are the main
reason for the removal, officials told the Herald. There were
kids playing on them and getting hurt,? said Steve Aagaard, the
district's spokesman. The letters, painted in each school's color
and about 30 to 40 feet tall, have been in place for decades.
Students and coaches at Richland High said they didn't know until
Thursday that the letters were being removed.
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2014/01/09/2767443/concrete-letters-removed-at-richland.html
I called the Richland School District (RSD) superintendent's
office to find out what was going on, and spoke with the
Assistant Superintendent. He said that the visitor's side of Fran
Rish is being remodeled (the old home side when we were in high
school). The turf is also being replaced, so the letters had to
be removed. The students at both RHS and HHS will be voting to
see what they would like to have put back to recognize the
schools. I was told that the Tri-City Herald "jumped the gun."
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ from a VERY windy Richland
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>>From: Dwight CAREY ('68)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2014/01/09/2767443/concrete-letters-removed-at-richland.html
This has got Facebook pages being overwhelmed today - Bombers
are HOT!!
Class of '68 installed the 'R' as a class project!!!
[See entry from Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) today --
her last paragraph for status of this. -Maren]
-Dwight CAREY ('68) ~ in Windy Richland
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>>From: Anita FRAVALA Griffin ('73)
Re: New Orleans Seahawks
Now that the regular season is over, I finally get to see the
Seahawks on TV down here (unless, of course, the Seahawks were
playing a Monday, Sunday or Thursday night game). Apparently, the
Saints games are more important than the Seahawks games (I don't
get that at all)! *LOL* Anyway, I'm ready for the Seahawks to
take down the Saints once again! And yes, while I snuck onto the
Saints practice field/headquarters to take this picture, they
were back there practicing - with the Seahawks logo on their
field. Their coach wanted them to think they were in Seattle
practicing this week! Really? *LOL*
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/htm2014/Xtra/Fra/140111-Seahawks.jpg
-Anita FRAVALA Griffin ('73)
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Barbara SHARP ('61 & '62), Gary BEHYMER ('64)
Phyllis CUNNINGHAM ('64), David RIVERS ('65)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66), Rick VALENTINE ('68)
Irene WALDNER ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Annie PARKER ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tom HUNT ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Earl BENNETT ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carolyn RIESE ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Doug STRASSER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tim CORREY ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Roger McCOLLEY ('71)
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>>From: Barbara SHARP Lysher Porter ('61 & '62)
Happy Birthday to my son Bob LYSHER ('81) [on 1/11]. You surely
can't be that old cause I'm not that old!?... My favorite son
(well, I only have one son!) hope you had a great day. Now that
your sister Lisa has moved to Oklahoma, you are sure to
follow???? Love from mom.
-Barbara SHARP Lysher Porter ('61 & '62)
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>>From: Gary BEHYMER ('64)
Re: 1967 Columbians
I've a used copy of a 1967 Columbian yearbook that I would trade
for a 1964, 1965, or 1966 Columbian. Anyone interested? Please
feel free to contact me.
-Gary BEHYMER ('64)
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>>From: Phyllis CUNNINGHAM Coates ('64)
Re: '64 in '14 - 50 Year Reunion
We have our contact lists for addresses and e-mail verification.
If you don't hear from us in about 10 days, please contact:
Kathy HOFF Conrad ('64) at: KConrad6318@charter.net.
-Phyllis CUNNINGHAM Coates ('64)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: jumpin' the gun
Well that was weird... I rushed home yesterday to get this post
out and just before I pushed "send" realized I was a day early. I
must say, that when Kenny DAME ('68) sent me an angry text on the
school letters, I was a tad confused... but after reading
comments inna SS, I realized that I had never even seen the
letters as they were constructed after I left Richland.
Interesting what little Boards with a little "power" think they
can ram rod... School Boards remind me of Home Owners'
Associations... people with their own ideas of how things should
work rather than doing the will of those who voted them in... oh
well... Those pix MADDY ('67) sent confused me too... only ONE
Marine inna whole bunch... Brad WEAR's ('71) use of Military
nomenclature the other day reminded me of a guy I ran with my
last couple of years inna Corps. He called himself: "Smith, T.S.,
1 ea" always! I can never think of him as just Tom Smith... yes,
Marines are easily entertained... I hadda send a picture of my
Shore patrol paddy wagon to Brad which has EVERYTHING labeled
that way... right down to the "Board, surf, 1 ea"... The board
also has the "gun ho" Ed Roth Character on it as I have on my
left arm... Crack's my buddy Magoo up as at 19 right outa SEAL
training, he's was Ed's model for the drawing... When Ilene
Roth's oldest, Rusty, went off to what ever Desert War he went
to, Magoo redid and updated the silk screen for Rusty's Artillery
outfit and every kid in the outfit got a t-shirt before they
went. When Rusty came home the girls had made a beautiful quilt,
using the shirts and we presented it to Rusty... it was a
touching event... Magoo and I really got Terry DAVIS ('65)
today... I sent Terry a couple of cartoons of Magoo that just
appeared in some Art Magazines so Terry called him right after he
got them... when the call came in Frank (Magoo) handed me the
phone and I answered... Terry got all flustered and then I handed
it back to Magoo... Terry was convinced Frank was doing an
imitation of my voice... he called us a very bad name when he
figured it out... even used the "F" word... I finally broke down
and took my 928 in to have a new radio put in it... broke about a
year ago and drives me crazy not to have '50s on 5 when I drive
it... I got the name of a place from the tech guy I deal with at
the dealership... last time he gave me a referral for some minor
body work after some poo poo face dinged me, the people acted
like my poor old 928 was beneath them... I felt like telling them
I know some of the best painters in the country and that their
poo poo smelled just like everybody else's, but I was a good
boy... When I got to the audio place I was thrilled that they
were just normal guys... told the guy the story about the body
work story and he called the name of the place... he said the
high dollar people get referred to him and raise their eyebrows
and he tells them to go to the fancy store and pay more if it
makes them feel better... my kinda guy... when he quoted me the
price I 'bout fell over... I couldn't have done it for that!!!!!!
I gotta go to Laguna next month so I need some tunes... When they
stopped making the 928 I didn't jump because they had pulled the
same stunt in '93 but kept making them. When they actually did
stop, my buddy who has the dealership called me and said I had
first choice on one of the last three left in America... so I got
the last year's GTS and said I'd not buy another new car till I
found one I liked as well... been 19 years now (dang... I wrote
16 then counted... geeeeeeez time flies)... had 4 of them puppies
over the years since '83 and loved 'em all... I've gotten to
where I am kind of hesitant to take a hot rod on a trip by myself
(tho I made the very same Laguna trip a couple of years ago in
one)... dunno if it's old age creeping in or I'm just not as
adventurous as I was a few years back... But I prefer to drive
rather than take an hour's plane trip that ends up taking twice
as long as the drive... I used to make it from my house to Terry
DAVIS' in 3 hours... that's averaging at 100 mph... no clue why I
didn't get a few tickets each time... I remember coming back from
Terry's Christmas day one year, '98 or so... I had the whole slow
lane to myself and the fast lane was all cars doing 55 mph... I
decided I was going to do 180... got to 170 and some lady pulled
in front of me... never found a nice enough piece of road to try
again on that trip and don't intend to try it again... maybe
that's growth! Kinda like going to the time trials at the dry
lakes or the salt flats... I no longer wanna be in the car trying
to break a record... I just want that damned "200 MPH Club"
jacket! I think the Birthday Bomber-guy could do a pretty good
clip on his bicycle... those guys in the Joe FORD ('63) crowd can
really zoom along... think I'll hafta see what he can do next
time I see him... Been able to catch some quality time with him
the last few time's I've seen him and was even his "guest" at the
'63 Reunion... HAPPY BIRTHDAY Earl "ecb3" BENNETT ('63) on your
special day, January 12, 2013!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: "Removal of school letters sparks local outrage"
"R" Stands for Rubble
"A story in the Herald about the Richland School
District's removal of concrete letters at Carmichael
Hill and Fran Rish Stadium sparked a storm of online
criticism Friday. Hundreds of comments left on the
Herald's website and on social media criticized the
district for not being "upfront" about the letters'
removal and the rational for the decision"
1/11/14 Tri-City Herald
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland where our winds are
about 65 mph
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>>From: Rick VALENTINE ('68)
Re: The "R" in Fran Rish Stadium
Or should I say the "R" that used to be in Fran Rish stadium.
I am sending you 2 photos from the class of '68 installing the
"R" on the hill in Fran Rish stadium. The captioned photo is from
the 1968 Columbian, the second photo is from the October 13,
1967, Sandstorm.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/htm2014/Xtra/Val/140112-R-68Gift.jpg
-Rick VALENTINE ('68)
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>>From: Irene WALDNER Russell ('69)
I got such a kick at all of you who remember going to the
RollerRena for SKATING! I went there for the bands and dances!
starting about when I was 14 or 15 we went to see and listen (and
DANCE) to Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Kingsmen (I think),
probably the Isle of Phyve and others. Merrilee and the
Turnabouts were northwest, they probably were there too. I was a
good girl, and quiet, through high school, and was active in my
church youth group. And although I dated a couple guys from
church, and a few from RHS but not church, I liked Pasco boys - a
little edgy and dangerous - and good dancers. (They shall remain
unnamed here...) Well, there were a lot of local bands we saw
that I can't remember - and later bands and dances were at the
Pasco Armory, too. But seriously, I did learn to roller skate,
and that must have been at the RollerRena! Probably with our
church youth (Richland Lutheran). I remember ice cream at Tasty
Freeze, but we ate the "5 for a dollar" burgers from Arctic
Circle on Williams, and our French fries from Zip's. Ah - the
'60s! Good to take the mind trip back. I'm glad this website is
here.Thanks to those who keep it up and running.
-Irene WALDNER Russell ('69)
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Shyrl BUCHOLTZ ('54), Bill BERLIN ('56)
Dennis HAMMER ('64), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Luda STAMBAUGH ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat RUANE ('75)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: Sharon and Karen POLK ('76)
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>>From: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
I was delighted to see in the TCH this morning that the "Board"
acknowledges their error in taking away the large concrete
letters at Carmichael, Richland and Hanford schools. One excuse
they gave (not a reason, in my view) was safely... a disgusting
mind-set of the day.
Have to interrupt myself for a moment and remark on the National
Anthem at the 49ers vs Panthers--a resounding rendition played by
an extremely talented Trumpet player! Absolutely remarkable!)
So... back to the topic at hand: taking away "hazards" is the
best way in the world to make our youths soft and unthinking.
They have to learn to think before they leap, and I mean that in
a very literal way, to consider side effects/results before they
do something. Anything, really, other than random acts of
kindness. I'm as sorry as anyone else is when someone gets hurt--
but getting hurt is part of learning and growing.
Let's keep at them (the Board) to be sure they don't "forget" to
right this stupid wrong. I have compassion for the kids who
installed the letters. Their hard work cannot be replaced.
It was fun/interesting to find out one of the ladies in the
Spanish class I'm taking is a former classmate! Joahn BonDURANT ('52).
Seems like I had a number of other things to remark on, but
having a "senior moment".
Loving regards
-Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) ~ sending my best to each and all from
a very windy but warmer Richland.
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Re: Removal of Letters
Beginning to think the School Board is over reactive. The comment
about the hill (or was it fill) liquefying as the result of an
earthquake. I wonder what magnitude it would take to liquefy that
portion of the land? Reminds me of comments made by an "informed"
member of the audience during hearing on the incinerator at the
Umatilla Army Depot. This person wanted to know what would happen
to the incinerator during a magnitude 10 earthquake. The Corps of
Engineers representative replied that there would be "a helluva
lot more to worry about during a quake of that magnitude."
Maybe the current generation of "leaders" are turning into
"'fraidy-cats".
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR, where the
wind and rain are tapering off, just hope the snow in the
mountains doesn't melt too fast
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>>From: Karl Bucholz, aka Shyrl BUCHOLTZ ('54)
Re: Gordon Pappas
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/htm2013/Xtra/Buc/130313-Pappas.jpg
The attachment is a photo of me and Gordon Pappas in his new home
in Pleasanton, CA. Gordon is in good health and enjoying his new
home.
-Karl Bucholz, aka Shyrl BUCHOLTZ ('54)
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>>From: Bill BERLIN ('56)
Re: Roller Rink
There is an old Canadian saying that "...the hardest thing about
learning to play hockey is the ice..." In the case of the Roller
Rink in Richland it was the floor to my experience. I was up
there one time doing my usual "prat falls" when a nice looking
young lady took me by the arm and gave me a couple of skating
tips and a couple of turns around the rink arm-in-arm and I was
good, or pretty good, from there on. The young lady, you ask? OMG
she was from Walla Walla visiting a relative and as all good
Bombers know, you never, never, ever go out with a lady Blue
Devil. Now RIVERS ('65) and Gary BATES ('56) might have but I
was not a regional stud and pretty well followed what the general
practice was at Col-Hi... no damn Blue Devils.
So what is the story line here? Roller skating and the Richland
Roller Rink lead me into a life filled with violence... I became
a hockey player. It started in Alaska one winter when I strapped
on the ice skates for the first time and compared to roller
skating, ice skating is a snap. The blades are thinner than the
wheels, thus less resistance and skating backward was amazing so
I was hooked when I got a stick in my hands. Even taped it
myself. On every Saturday morning, and sometimes on Sunday, I
would get up at 4:30 AM (yes Virginia, there are two 4:30s in
each day), grab a bite and take the hour plus drive up to
Portland just to practice from 6:00 AM to 7:30 AM when the
Midgets and Kids Juniors came in. We even coached them a little.
Linfield College did not have a hockey team so I played on a
"Club" team, the Portland Outlaws, and we were matched up with
teams from Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, Tacoma and the odd
Calgary/Edmonton team. We also practiced against the Western
Hockey League Portland Winterhawks and gave the professionals a
good run for their money.
Later in life I would strap on the skates, pull on the sweater
(uniform in other sports) and skate for the Darwin's Theory Bar
"Pigs on Ice" team for 50 and older guys in ANCAK (Anchorage,
AK). Lots of toothless smiles in that league. At that age and
older, one guy was in his mid 70s, just "dropping the gloves"
would stop the fight. Even now I go to the Canucks games when I
am in Anacortes but the real hoot is climbing on a bus here in
the Palm Springs area for a "kegger" trip to see the L.A. Kings
or Anaheim Ducks. 75 bucks round trip with decent seats, "dogs
and beer on the way over" and a delightful time with my Canadian
buddies. Easy for me to travel with them because I speak the
language, eh. All this started at the Richland Roller Rink and a
lovely piece of forbidden fruit from Walla Walla *grin*
Re: Palm Canyon Resort and RV Park in Borrego Springs, CA
http://www.palmcanyonrvresort.com/
Why not a shameless ad for my son-in-law. Last June he bought
the property out of bankruptcy and then put in $2.3 million
renewing, refurbishing and adding to the place. Done in a old
Western town theme, the rooms are great and then they enlarged
the lodge for meals, a Saloon, small store for the RV folks, two
pools, laundry or two, etc. Because Borrego Springs is listed as
one of just two perfect destinations to watch the stars, he put
in a little outdoor atrium with seats and offers astrological
talks by a guy who has been an astrologer for over 30 years and
lives there just for the clarity of the stars. Fantastic and he
brings a portable scope and laser lights to help with the
presentation. Borrego Springs is in the middle of the high desert
"badlands" and they have found all kinds of dinosaur bones and
related stuff there. Another guy gives great tours there too.
If you are an RVer, the RV park is blue ribbon, each site with
its own water supply, sewage outlet, plenty of electricity, a
fire pit and table outside. Easy fit too for Class C motor homes
up to 45 feet. Easy access and egress as well. As you come into
town from the east, one can turn off to the right or left and get
into a series of, they say, 125 sculptures of prehistoric
critters, and BIG ones too, that were sponsored by the Avery
family of Avery sticker and office supplies fame. Very
interesting and just out in the open to view.
I thought I would mention this to any Bombers in SoCal, or with
so many Canadians down here, SoCan or any Bomber RVers, it is a
good and interesting stop. About half way from San Diego east to
Palm Springs and the facilities are great. Did I mention two
pools? Oh yes, my Grandson (aged 15) helped rebuild 5 Airstream
trailers that are permanently spotted there and you can rent
those by the night too. They are so popular that they are sold
out from January through April, 2014 but are a hoot to stay in.
Not for everybody but for those looking for a new experience it
is the deal.
-Bill BERLIN ('56) ~ in Rancho Mirage, CA where California only
has 20% of the snow pack they need this year. Not good for
water supplies or fire danger. Waiting with baited breath
for the forever young and always lovely Miss Nancy ('65)
and Jimbeaux ('63) to stop by for a night or two this week.
I have put the National Guard on "ready alert.".
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
To: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: cars
I think I know how you feel about not wanting to buy a new car
until they make one you like. The last car I owned that I liked
was a 1978 Cadillac Eldorado. About 3 years ago I missed two
chances to buy a 1963 Thunderbird. I always liked the style of
the "bullet birds" and especially the '63. One of them was a bit
too high priced for what it was I thought. The other looked brand
new inside and out from the pictures on the internet, advertised
as needed mechanical work but ran. I called him up and it had
sold the first day to someone from Vancouver. The mechanical work
it needed was a power steering pump. That's no big deal. It had
64,000 miles on it and he only was asking $3400; at the same time
there was one in Seattle for the same price that was in primer
and the interior was trashed. Maybe I should say super-trashed.
What I was looking for was not a show car, I wanted a car that I
liked that I could drive every day. That is the way it was with
my '57 Olds Super-88 J-2 convertible was until I restored it,
then I could only drive it to car shows.
My first car. My dad wanted a "little gas saving car" for me to
drive to college. He bought a 1959 Rambler, the Ford Pinto of the
day. Remember the Rambler, the car where the seats folded down
and make into a bed? The perfect car for a young college man...
right?... WRONG! That was a very plain looking car, in fact
you could call it plain ugly, powered by a lawn mower motor. No
girl, self respecting or not, would even get in that car, not
even just to take a ride... er... maybe I could have phrased
that better. The only thing that car was good for was to get you
from point A to point B. (Sometimes) "little gas saving car"
Yeah, for every dollar it saved on gas it cost $10 in repairs.
After three years my dad got tired of towing the thing home for
repairs (once half way between Richland and Pullman). He bought
an Oldsmobile and gave me the '62 Chevrolet. There was this guy
at WSU who didn't have a car and I drove him around quite a bit.
He didn't seem to appreciate my Chevy at all. He was a sports car
fan and a 4-Dr Chevy was not cool, even if it was an Impala
hardtop. He was always complaining about my car. I had no problem
with the car; after that Rambler it was like driving a Corvette.
He had a brother in the Army who had just completed OCS and
bought a new MGB. His brother was headed to Vietnam and HE was
going to get to drive the MGB while his brother was gone. He went
home to Wetter Washington, I mean Western Washington, to see his
brother off and drive back the new MGB. Well, he ended up riding
back to Pullman on the bus and his brother's girlfriend was going
to be driving the car. I noticed he never again said an unkind
word about my Chevy. In hindsight I should have really rubbed
that in, but I didn't.
School year was over and three of us were moving back to Richland
in the Chevy. I had an apartment so I has more stuff. I packed my
stuff in the car and there wasn't much room left. I didn't know
how this was going to work but went over to pick up Tedd CADD
('66) at his dorm and managed to find room for his stuff. Then to
a girls dorm for his girlfriend. The first thing she said was,
"I've got more stuff than I thought." Oh no! We did a packing
job! We moved the front seat forward to where we had our faces in
the windshield. We had the trunk full, the back seat full, side
to side, top to bottom and front to back. We even put some things
under the seat. We had stuff in the front seat with us. It took
us so long to pack that it was dark before we got home and extra
weight had tilted the headlights up to where oncoming cars were
flashing their brights at me. We should have been awarded the
Nobel Prize for Physics because we disproved that law of physics
that says that "No two forms of matter can occupy the same place
at the same time." Now the three of us need to get together and
start working on building a perpetual motion machine.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: "Richland school leaders apologize for letter removal" - Tri-City Herald
"Removal of concrete letters at Richland?s Fran Rish
Stadium and Carmichael Hill was handled poorly, and the
Richland School District will take community input on
how to replace the symbols officials said [Saturday].
[A] letter, signed by Richland School Board Chairman
Rick Jansons and Superintendent Nick Schulte," [was
posted to the district?s website at http://www.rsd.edu/
and went to the Herald].
Re: Note in message posted on the school district site:
"As we move forward and try to remedy this mistake, it
will be important that the District involve interested
stakeholders in determining how we might replace these
symbols. If you have feedback or want to be involved in
that process, we encourage you to contact
Superintendent Schulte directly at 967-6001 or
rick.schulte@rsd.edu."
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ from a still windy Richland
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Bob MATTSON ('63 & '64), David RIVERS ('65)
John ALLEN ('66), Rick MADDY ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susan BAKER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jane ARMSTRONG ('66)
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>>From: Bob MATTSON ('63 & '64)
Re: hard letters
So, what's next? Concrete sidewalks deemed hazards to public.
Fast action is needed to saves lives, splashes across national
headlines. 1945 private back hoes hired to rip out the really
hard stuff all through this atomic city. Hanford risks shadowed
due to miles of really hard stuff throughout doomed SW Washington
hamlet. Children of all ages seen by this reporter in utter
disregard for their own safety playing on all the hard stuff.
Parents reported to child protection for utter disregard to plain
and simple safety. And if their wearing roller skates weren't
enough! The roller rink, a great place, if you weren't pigeon
toed as I am. And, blisters the size of marshmallows. But next
door, if one had the 75 cents, was the cherry Boston. A headache-
in-a-cup if you chugged it.
With the reunion this summer, I broke out my junior year
Columbian. Mostly, "Bob, what a nut"... there was a lot of that.
"Odd and different"... cool. "Hope we have some classes next year
because I can use a good laugh in class"... A lot of that too.
And this is how I turned out... Great, hurray for me. Hope to see
and be seen this summer. Bombs away.
-Bob "Tuna" MATTSON ('63 & '64)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: aw gee...I'm sorry
As did some of you, I'm sure, I got a good laugh out of the
School Super's "heart-felt" reliance on the 2nd Rule we all
learned around kinnygarden: "It is easier to ask forgiveness than
permission"... korse Rule number one (no Vets... not "numba one"
or "numba ten" or as I once heard from a very angry ROK Marine as
he bit a huge chunk outa his own arm: "numba F-ing 10,000!:... I
do hope he didn't make a habit of that) is: "Hey, Dad, Mom said
it's OK with her if it's ok with you..." Damage is done...
whater we gonna do about it... typical Bureaucrat... So now I
learn that Bombers are not supposed to date Blue Devils... guess
I didn't get the word... I was 16 workin' in Walla Walla and
she was a 19 year old grad... nuff said... it's easier to ask
forgiveness and all that... All this talk about Ramblers makes
me recall that my Pop always wanted me to get a Metropolitan...
I could never properly explain the concept of Cool to poor ol'
dad... I did have a run in with one in the Sr Parking lot after a
sock hop, tho... some kid that lived on Haines came roaring down
the lot as I was just backing out... his front fender caught the
bumper guard on my car and slammed me against the concrete stop
thingies... I mean turned my car 45°... he then told his dad it
was my fault as he was driving 2 miles an hour and I was
screaming outa my parking spot (I had moved outa my spot just
enough for his car to catch my bumper)... Naturally, if there was
blame to be given, I knew where it was gonna land and my Dad made
me pay for his demolished front clip... whoever ya were, buddy...
I ain't fergot... Oh before I forget, Terry DAVIS' ('65) movie,
"Gila" is now available: http://mvdb2b.com/s/Gila/PMG1001
If anyone is interested... I know one Bomber-babe has already
ordered it and she invited me to a private screening... Hey, is
anyone familiar with the show called "Justified" As I understand
it, it's about some guy who leaves his badge and gun on girl's
nightstands and his boots under their beds... I haven't seen it
to confirm... but I did watch "True Detective" last night... I
was so impressed I watched it again just to make sure I didn't
miss anything... dang! Well, I'll be interested in the next
episode of Bust the School symbols as it comes out.
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: John ALLEN ('66)
Re: Letters at Rish Stadium
It appears that Richland politicians (school administrators
count) have not been asleep at the wheel when it comes to
learning the old lesson that: "It is easier to ask for
forgiveness than to ask for permission." Does anyone truly
believe that even if they had asked for community input prior to
removing the letters from the hillside, it would have made the
slightest difference in the final decision.
-John ALLEN ('66)
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>>From: Rick MADDY ('67)
Re: Who are those guys
"...Richland School District will take community input on how to
replace the symbols officials said..."
My first question is how many of those board members are Richland
Bombers and lived there longer than ten years? Second Q -- if you
razed the Spudnut Shop for being a hazard to health, what would
suggestions on how to replace the shop sound like when talking
about the end of the existence of a Richland food group?
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: "Who are those guys?"
I had my foot slip off my bicycle pedal half way down Carmichael
Hill, came off the seat and rode the bar the rest of the way.
Later in life I was surprised I had children. One other time
coming off Carmichael Hill on a five person toboggan with David
HILL ('66), Rudy RUIZ ('66), a couple of girls whom I cannot
recall along for the ride and we hit the weeping willow near the
left field area. Nobody was hurt, but somebody could have easily
been killed. Maybe "The Board" should come up with a plan for
leveling that hazardous hill.
They must also know a roof is a hazard for children if you jump
off of it, particularly without a helmet.
I was told in college that a five member dynamic was best for
making decisions. You know... three has two gang up on one; seven
is just too much arguing with little to no progress forward. Now,
I'm beginning to wonder if there is such a thing as a best of
dynamics for any decision making what-so-ever. I could be wrong.
I've been wrong before.
Anyway, so much for my input.
-Rick MADDY ('67)
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: letter removal
What I got thinking about what has been said about the letter
removal; why didn't they do some research as to how the letters
came to be? I mean the "R" was a gift from the '68 senior class,
not sure about the "H" and "C" though. I imagine none of those
who made the decision were around when they were put in.
-Betti AVANT ('69) ~ Richland
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Peggy Jo SHANNON ('55)
Ed QUIGLEY ('62), Roy BALLARD ('63)
David RIVERS ('65), Linda McKNIGHT ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ron RICHARDS ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Les TADLOCK ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ronna Jo LYNCH ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike FREEMAN ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancy SCHILDNECHT ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY REMEMBERED Today: Wendy CARLBERG ('64-RIP)
http://krookmcsmile.tripod.com/WendyCarlbergRemembered.html
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
To: Bob MATTSON ('63 & 64)
Re: Concrete Sidewalks
You must be one of the newer fellows. We never had no stinkin'
concrete sidewalks. Sure, Uptown was surrounded by one.
Carmichael had one on Thayer and down Lee past the tennis courts.
There was one in front of the Community Center; and some through
Downtown. But there were very few elsewhere.
And before the Junior Gyrene ('65) jumps my case, yes there was
one around the other Junior High School.
If there were sidewalks elsewhere, they weren't of concrete but
more likely left-over asphalt from the street. But in general, we
never had no stinkin' concrete sidewalks. Which is probably for
the good, as there may well be plans afoot in city council
chambers to remove them and replace them with the rubberized
stuff they make running tracks of. Can't quite see kids drawing
jumping jacks diagrams on rubber, but who knows.
Yet, here in Mount Angel, OR, we do have concrete sidewalks. Most
installed by an N.J.Kehoe in 1924. Some have been recently
improved in the past two years or so.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR, where the
morning fog has returned.
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>>From: Peggy Jo SHANNON Brown ('55)
Re: John Ball Kids / Bomber Lunch
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Lunches/Current-JohnBallKids/00.htm
Come join us for lunch at Sterling's on Queensgate in Richland
every first and third Tuesday. Next get together will be
1/21/2014, at noon.
-Peggy Jo SHANNON Brown ('55)
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>>From: Ed QUIGLEY ('62)
Re: Gila
Ya know, I think that if I were Terry DAVIS ('65), I?d be bummed
to be referred to as, "One Big Monster", although they did
capitalize it...
-Ed QUIGLEY ('62),
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>>From: Roy BALLARD ('63)
Re: Letters and
To: Miss Betti ('69)
As for the H being put on the hill, Hanford didn't like it that
Richland had an R and they had no H, so guess what? The district
put an H there, because Rish Stadium is their home stadium also.
There was also a short bit in the Herald about the trees being
removed by BPA, this came from the district's head man, that BPA
had cut them down, because it is their easement. That is correct,
BUT, they (BPA) paid to have them put there. The Bomber Boosters
hauled them all from Jobs nursery in Pasco to the BOMBER BOWL at
the time. Then the great team of BOOSTERS planted all of them.
The reason that they went in along the hill was it was causing
traffic problems along Lee when people pulled out and didn't
look. A lot of people wanted to watch the game and not have to
pay. Hope all this isn't too long.
-Roy BALLARD ('63 and at the time president of the
Great Bomber Boosters)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Bomber-babe b-day
Seems like I've known the b-day Bomber-babe forever but I know
I've only known her since 6th grade... I'm glad that we've been
keeping in touch for a good long time cuz I'd hate to miss
knowing each other all this time and here we are celebrating
another birthday as tho it was just yesterday... but like Bomber-
babes the birthdays may come and go but the babes stay darling
year after year... noticed the other day this babe changed her
face book picture and set me swooning like crazy... I sure hope
she has a great day so HAPPY BIRTHDAY Ronna Jo ("RJ") LYNCH on
your special day, January 15, 2014!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Linda McKNIGHT Hoban ('65)
Re: Letters Removed
I am sure you are going to get this letter always, but, I
wanted to throw in my two cents (about all I got). So the
writers of this letter, Superintendent of schools and president
of the school board had no knowledge of removing the letters
beforehand, and did not okay the removal, my question is: Who
did???
Wow, although they take full responsibility for the removal, they
didn't order the removal. Don't you just love politics?
I am wondering if the next school board meeting will be as feisty
as the one last night in Portland, Oregon? The crowd shut down
the board meeting.
Bomber cheers and hugs.
-Linda McKNIGHT Hoban ('65)
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5 Bombers sent stuff and 3 Bomber Memorials today:
Shyrl BUCHOLTZ ('54), Betty McELHANEY ('57)
Helen CROSS ('62), Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Stephanie DAWSON ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barry BYRON ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary TELFER ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lucinda BARR ('69)
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[OOPS! I goofed.. Karl sent a picture and I thought it
was the same picture he had sent last year, so that's
the one I posted. Here are BOTH pictures. I'm loosing
it! Bomber apologies, Karl! -Maren]
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>>From: Karl Bucholz, aka Shyrl BUCHOLTZ ('54)
Re: Gordon Pappas
'13 http://AlumniSandstorm.com/htm2013/Xtra/Buc/130313-Pappas.jpg
'14 http://AlumniSandstorm.com/htm2014/Xtra/Buc/140116-Pappas.jpg
-Karl Bucholz, aka Shyrl BUCHOLTZ ('54)
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>>From: Betty McELHANEY Hudspeth ('57)
Re: Bomber Bowl Shrubs
Reading in today's Herald, two articles across from each other,
one is an apology from the school board, the other is an
announcement for a class the Richland School District is having,
inviting parents to attend, about how to better communicate with
their child's school. I wonder if the members of the school board
will be attending? Communication, hmmm!
You all have a good one,
-Betty McELHANEY Hudspeth ('57)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Re: Concrete Sidewalks in Richland
I grew up in the ranch houses, 1948-1962 when I graduated, and
we did have concrete sidewalks in our part of the city. I had
cousins on McPherson: Allan ('59), Bob ('62), Carol(64-RIP), Mary
Jane ('72-RIP) and they did not have concrete sidewalks. Duane
CROSS ('82), my youngest cousin came after. They, too, moved to
the ranch houses, homes with concrete sidewalks.
Helen CROSS Kirk (62).
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ On the way to Florida and warmer
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
To: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
You are most nostalgically correct about the sidewalks of "left-
over asphalt" in early Richland. So it was.
When I was too young to remember, maybe three, I tripped over a
randomly protruding pebble and landed hand-first on a broken beer
bottle. To this day my self-identity includes a jagged one-inch
scar design on my right palm. Much worse yet, on the other end of
the same block the sweetest little blond girl you would ever hope
to meet (my same age) also took an early tumble, face down. Lost
her eye. I distinctly remember noticing still at an early age
that some of us randomly get off easy while others don't.
On a lighter note, as modern air travel got real, I was maybe
four or five by then, my mother announced that "the world is
getting smaller." Twin brother John and I reasoned that c
racks would begin showing up in the pavement sidewalks. We
systematically inspected the neighborhood. Returning home in
scientific triumph we announced "it's not happening too fast,
so things are probably okay."
(John went on to head the Department of Geology and Mineral
Industries in Oregon where he often attempted to actually
communicate with cranial rock formations in the legislative
hearing rooms.)
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Bill BERLIN's ('56) entree to the Sandstorm brought home a lot
of hockey memories. I was fortunate to have coached six years in
high school hockey, three years at the college level and five
years at the AAA level. I also played for several years. Bill's
comment about playing in the senior leagues brought back a lot of
memories.
We had an over 40 league for several years, but due to economics
we merged the over 30 with the over 40 leagues. The problem was
the testosterone loaded over 30 guys wanted to make their bones
and targeted the over 40 guys. The old adage that age trumps
youth came into play. The "seasoned" players knew all the tricks
and signs of what the younger players were up to, so we brawled
on the ice every week. The older guys always won the brawls. So
my bet is I'd hate to be an opponent to Bill BERLIN on the ice
even at this point in our lives.
-WEAR, Brad '71, 1 each. I did get it right this time, right, RIVERS?
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Bomber Memorials
>>Wes GATES ~ Class of 1968 ~ 1949 - 2013
>>Mike McGRATH ~ Class of 1959 ~ 1941 - 2013
>>Tom SKELLY ~ Class of 1954 ~ 1934 - 2013
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick WIGHT ('52), Marilynn WORKING ('54)
Gary BEHYMER ('64), Maryanne GRENINGER ('67wb)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Betty ELY ('47)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Check MEYER ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Teresa HOLMES ('93)
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>>From: Dick WIGHT ('52)
Re: Sidewalks, et al
There sure weren't many sidewalks "back when". In '51, I was
driving my father's new (almost) Pontiac - it had slick satin-
like seat covers. I Dick MEYER ('51) was onboard as a passenger.
We stopped at a stop sign at Van Giesen (at Goethals? - memory
fails). I "peeled out" making a left turn onto Van Giesen, and
Dick reached over to lock his door - he lifted the handle as he
would have on his family's Plymouth - but unlatched the door
instead. As I peeled around the corner, he was ejected and rolled
into the front lawn of the house on the corner! A lady with a
hose was in the yard watering flowers - and as I recall she
sprayed him with the hose, probably a startled reflex. I skidded
to a halt. Dick jumped up, laughing, ran back and slid back into
the car. He had hardly a scratch. I hastily drove away. Would
probably have been a different outcome had there been curb,
gutter and sidewalk!
-Dick WIGHT ('52) ~ RVing and in Austin, TX - coincidently
visiting ole friend Brig. Gen. Richard Meyer USAF (Ret)
and his charming wife JoAnn - and definitely NOT peeling
out around corners any more
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>>From: Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54)
Re: Ladies of '54 lunch
Please plan to be at Rosy's Ice Cream Parlor Friday for lunch
with friends!! It's been great to see new faces from time to
time!! 11:30 am -?? Bring another classmate!!
Re: '54 in '14 - 60 Year class reunion
Plans are being made to get as many local classmates (or far away
classmates) as want to help plan our celebration in September.
Jim MEFFORD ('54) and I have set a date for our first meeting at
my home in Pasco.
WHERE: My house
WHEN: Monday, January 27, 2014
TIME: 1:30 PM
RSVP: Call me at 544-0393 or e-mail me for my address.
Anyone who can, please send your suggestions or wants for a fun
time as we get together the 6th of September, during Club 40
weekend.
We will need someone to step up for entertainment, food, decor,
location for Saturday afternoon and any other things you will
want to do. I will check with the Community Center just in case
places are scarce!! We met there for our 50 Year. I also will put
a booklet together with anyone who wants their address, phone,
e-mail, etc. listed for classmates to contact you. A lot have
lost track of their buddies!!
Thanks, for your help, and look forward to hearing from you!!
-Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54) ~ Pasco, where it has been in
the 50s weather wise and feeling like spring!! Hope it
lasts since we are half way through winter!!
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>>From: Gary BEHYMER ('64)
Re: For Trade, etc.
To: Mary ROSE Tansy ('60)
The 1955 commencement program was found and mailed today.
Re: Commencement Programs
I have (2) commencement programs from 1969 and (1) from 2005.
They're yours for the asking.
Re: Reunion Booklets
I also have (2) different reunion books from the Class of 1969.
(30th & 40?)
Re: Class of '67 Stuff
I've got a 1967 Columbian with 12 different issues of The
Sandstorm, from that school year, for trade... for a 1954 or 1966
Columbian! Any takers?
I would also trade a Spudnut cup (1950s) for a 1964, 1965 or 1966
yearbook (;-) Life just doesn't get any better.
Re: Just for Thought...
When one moves from a 5 bedroom home to a 2 bedroom apartment, do
you take all 3 yearbooks with you (Sophomore, Junior & Senior)?
When moving from a 2 bedroom apartment to a nursing home, which
yearbooks will you take? ... and the next move? Which yearbook/
yearbooks will your children keep?
-Gary BEHYMER ('64)
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>>From: Maryanne GRENINGER Merritt ('67wb)
Re: Question
Is the Bergdahl soldier we hear about in the news ,who is a
Pakistan POW, part of the Richland Bergdahl family?
-Maryanne GRENINGER Merritt ('67wb)
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Gus KEENEY ('57), Steve CARSON ('58)
David RIVERS ('65), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Missy KEENEY ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeannie SHANKS ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathy O'NEIL ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sheila DAVIS ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Connie MARSHALL ('74)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Eric HOLMES ('90)
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>>From: Gus KEENEY ('57)
To My "Almost as old as me" sister that is having a "Birthday
Saturday" ....... Have a great Day and try to make it through
another year!!!
May you have Fair Winds and Following Seas!!!!!
-Gus KEENEY ('57)
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>>From: Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
To: Karl Bucholz, aka Shyrl BUCHOLTZ ('54)
Re: Gordon Pappas
'13 http://AlumniSandstorm.com/htm2013/Xtra/Buc/130313-Pappas.jpg
'14 http://AlumniSandstorm.com/htm2014/Xtra/Buc/140116-Pappas.jpg
Great to see Mr. Pappas and the smiles.
-Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: peeling out
I am just shocked and disgusted at those hoods from the class
of '52... peeling out, indeed... I ALWAYS looked both ways and
then proceeded cautiously across the intersection... in fact
on Saturday mornings when the donut gang (picture of 4 of us
enclosed)
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/htm2014/Xtra/Riv/140118-TheBoyz.jpg
get together and some guy sees our cars and tries to impress us
with those famous last words "watch this" I shake my fist and
yell "teen-ager... hot rodder!" (I really do)... once at a show
the lowrider gang came in and some kid bounced his car behind
us... we shouted "do it again" and shouted again each time he
made a pass... after about the 5th pass we heard a huge "slam"
behind us... ball joints flew thru the air... we laughed figuring
he was finished... not so... he jacked up the car and pulled
spare parts out of the trunk... I stopped abusing my cars after a
wonderful open headers contest... I was in my '34 Ford 5-window
with the BIG nailhead... several other cars and two dragsters
were entered... I won... but did a great job of floating the
valves doing it... I try to resist "Watch this" these days... now
if we are talking about the Bomber-babe b-day girl I'm happy to
watch her any ol' time... she pretends she doesn't know she's one
a my favorite sweeties and always pretends to be surprised when I
smooch her... of korse I've always been partial to Bomber-babes
what sings bass and I just love it when we can get together... in
fact I'm fond of her whole dang famblie, '57, '59, '63, and '65!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY you sweet thang, Missy KEENEY ('59) on your
special day, January 18, 2014!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: HUGE TCH Obit List file
Gerald STEIN ('66) provided an Excel file in alphabetical order,
by last name, showing a listing of all the obituaries from the
Tri-City Herald. It shows the date of death, when it was
published in the paper and on what page. Some entries provide the
name of the person's spouse. However, 1968 was lost so it doesn't
appear. This might prove beneficial for a lot of our classmates
and their families searching the Mid-Columbia and Richland
libraries micro-film records. As the file is really big, I can't
attach it. If anyone is interested in viewing it, please email
me.
[Yes, Shirley COULD have attached it, but when she tried
to FORWARD it to the Sandstorm the entire file didn't
get here, so if you want it, send Shirley an email and
ask her to send it to you. -Maren]
Re: Downton Abbey? series on PBS?
Also, have any of you been watching the "Downton Abbey" series on
PBS? Season 4 began a few weeks ago, but we hadn't seen the prior
three seasons. So we watched Season 1 and 2 on rented DVDs and
will rent Season 3 next to catch up prior to watching the new
season. It is a great show, and we are really enjoying it!
To: Maryanne GRENINGER Merritt?s ('67wb)
Re: Your question in yesterday?s Sandstorm
The Bergdahl soldier who is being held as a Pakistan POW is not
part of the Richland BERGDAHL family.
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland where our warm
weather of the past days has changed back to cold and fog
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/19/14
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
David RIVERS ('65)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tom TRACY ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon BROOKS ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Donna BOWERS ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jean ARMSTRONG ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dwayne WILSON ('81)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: I was wrong... oh my
Now it has been almost 53 years since this memory occurred and
all these years I have been convinced it happened in either 1959
or 1960... nope didn't happen that way... the b-day Bomber-babe's
lil bro ('65) and I were sitting in his room listening to the top
100 hits of the year... we were pretty torked off as "all" of our
friends were attending a New Year's eve party we had attended the
year before, but were not invited to this particular year... we
were convinced that the fickle finger of fate (we wouldn't know
the finger even existed for 6 more years) had dealt us the lowest
hand a teen-ager could have and were now outcasts never again be
able to associate with the buds we'd hung around with and the
babes (Other than the B-day babe and her friends we hadn't
rubbed elbows with many Bomber-babes at that time... just Chief-
Jo Babes) we had dated would never speak to us again... oh what
sad little guys we were... I don't think we shed a tear but we
may have plotted some early demises... ... little did we know
that the host of the party was limited by his parents on the
number of kids he could invite each year and so half one year and
the other... well almost half, the next (my illugitumutt son
confessed one day he was never invited... he was also not invited
to the first party of 7th grade, which was a real eye opener to
me)... anyway, we sat there boppin' to the tunes... now the way I
have discovered the actual year of this event is that "The Lion
Sleeps Tonight" was recorded on my Pop's b-day, November 17,
1961... the number one hit of 1961, according to the count down
we were listening to was the same Lion sleeps tonight... mystery
solved... six years later, I was sitting in a hooch in Vietnam,
Republic of... listening to "the countdown" on Armed Forces radio
and some knucklehead like Cris Noel (tho I'm sure it wasn't her)
was trying to convince us that they were playing the top 100 hits
of 1967... now as you will recall, for those of you in the Big
PX, 1967 was the "Summer of Love" and music was experiencing some
major changes... but we weren't hearing that stuff except on our
own reel to reels and on vinyl... as guys would come over, go on
R&R or come back from the 30 days ya got for extending your
summer vacation in the Nam, we'd get the new stuff... I can
confidently say that what we heard that night on the "countdown"
was NOT what we had on those records and reel to reels... not
even close... If "Yummy yummy yummy I've got love in my tummy"
took the top ten spots that year (yes I am exaggerating) I'm a
monkey's uncle... but I can let by-gones be by-gones... so I sure
hope the b-day Bomber-babe gets at least as many presents as
she did last month (wow anniversary and Christmas!!!) so HAPPY
BIRTHDAY, Donna BOWERS ('63) on your special day, January 19,
2014!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Classes of '65 & '66 - 5th & 6th grades Jason Lee Patrol Boys
1958-1959 School Year - from Mike WATTS (?66)
Below is the link to the above picture that I need help with the
rest of the names:
http://richlandbombers.1966.tripod.com/gs/65and66JLPatrolBoys.html
Thanks so much ~
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ from a cold and rainy Richland
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Greg ALLEY ('73)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marlene MANESS ('57wb)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jack EVANS ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Audrey CHAMBERS ('74)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Re: Jason Lee Patrol Picture
http://richlandbombers.1966.tripod.com/gs/65and66JLPatrolBoys.html
You parents of Jason Lee children can rest easy in the knowledge
that these sterling young men are guarding the crossing. And
breathe a sigh of relief in knowing that the future Junior Gyrene
('65) is not among them.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR, where the
fog has lifted for the moment, but the clouds have yet to part
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>>From: Greg ALLEY ('73)
Re: High school letters
As you drive up Lee in Richland you see the dug-up concrete or
whatever it was, and just an "R" hole and of course the "H". Maybe
we should start a contest to see what they fill up the holes with.
Something soft so the kids don't get injured having fun at Bomber
games.
Re: Bomber boy hoops
The boys' team is quite good this year and are rated 3rd in the
state right now. For Washington west siders they play Monday
against Mt. Rainier in some kind of Martin Luther King tournament.
Not sure of the venue they play at.
-Greg ALLEY ('73) ~ In stagnant air and cold Richland looking
forward to spring
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/21/14
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
Rick MADDY ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Claris VAN DUSEN ('48)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tony DURAN ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judi WILSON ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Leona Mari ECKERT ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janey ZWICKER ('71)
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>>From: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
Last week a voter's pamphlet from the Richland School District
arrived with the mail. The information is about a levy and does not
include board members.
Re: "R" removal ~ Tri-City Herald article
However, I wonder if there is a way to find out WHICH ONE/S is/are
responsible for suggesting removing the concrete letters? (As well
as how many voted to approve it.) If there is, I think the LEAST we
can do is shame them publicly. (My son's suggestion.) The BEST we
can do, in my opinion, is try to be sure they don't get re-elected.
The Sunday Paper was full of letters protesting the action. Elected
officials are supposed to work for their communities--not abuse
their power by doing things which they probably suspected would be
met with a stern "NO". I'm not sure which one of the board members
said they'd have a dialogue to find the best way to "fix" it.
That person needs to know that it CAN'T BE "FIXED". I'm sure
the students of the class of '68 put that letter in place with
considerable effort. And money.
http://alumnisandstorm.com/htm2014/Xtra/Val/140112-R-68Gift.jpg
Usually I am not so vindictive, but this abuse of power by elected
officials (which we are seeing more and more of at all levels)
totally rankles me.
-Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) ~ in cool, drizzly, foggy Richland,
where I am SO ready to see the sun shining into my bay windows
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>>From: Rick MADDY ('67)
Re: Geiger Counter
I was wondering if anyone knows of a small version Geiger counter
that a 'civvie' could purchase for the purpose of reading all the
bad vibes in my surroundings? I hear these horror stories of being
nuked by the fish (tuna or anything else swimming by) in the meat
section of my favorite grocery store in Little Saigon (Westminster,
CA) because of what happened at the Fukushima nuke plant after the
devastating earthquake and tsunami.
I would tell you the name of my fav grocery store, but I cannot
spell or pronounce the name, which is in Vietnamese. Although, I
do go to the donut shop nearby because there is a big word 'DONUT'
above the shop, and Skinner like, I think of a mouth-watering
Spudnut... I do not think the Vietnamese language has a word for
donut... I'm just saying in case you are ever lost in Little Saigon
pining for a donut. I mentioned this once, I mention again.
Any Geiger information would be interesting and very educational.
Well, at least to me. I believe there is a lot of hyperbole going
on amongst the educated I sit with while enjoying my morning coffee
and donut. I would like to prove to myself that believing nothing I
hear is the baseline... and go find the illusive truth myself, the
one with the big T, before spreading the fear around town.
If there is such a Geiger animal, small enough to not look like
Hazmat has arrived, one knowing all those various types of little
bad boy atoms floating around, having a price tag I cannot refuse,
I want one. I realize that I could start with eBay, Amazon, the
trunk of El Toro's low-rider Chevy in east L.A., Vinnie's shed in
Little Italy or possibly the old Hippy Vietnam vet's bomb shelter
six blocks north ... what's with L.A.?
...but, I am much more interested in what the Alumni Sandstorm (AS)
Hanford experts have to say before I buy. There are just certain
benies one has that are off the beaten path being from Richland, WA
and asking the nuke experts declassified questions are by far my
favorites (I'm not kidding).
Thanks very much for any input posted or private (my email
address). I am serious about the Geiger. Disregard all other
statements. There is little to no truth, the little t, in them.
-Rick MADDY ('67)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/22/14
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4 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Roger GRESS ('61), Helen CROSS ('62)
David RIVERS ('65), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marie RUPPERT ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Deedee WILLOX ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Helga BLANKINGSHIP ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim SCHODT ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Paul BOEHNING ('85)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sarah AVANT ('94)
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>>From: Roger GRESS (Classic Class of '61)
I looked up the Richland School Board members and there are
two I believe their terms are up:
Richard Jansons, President
Heather Cleary, Vice President
-Roger GRESS (Classic Class of '61)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Re: Visiting Florida
We have spent the last week in beautiful, if cool, Florida. It's
been very relaxing, if not as warm as we hoped, it's much warmer
than in Hope, IN!! we went to St. mark's Wildlife Refuge, which we
enjoyed at 44°, at least it was 44 sunny degrees!! we saw wonderful
birds, including a bald eagle . and we saw manatees at Wikula
Springs.
We've been to S. Daytona Beach, (again sunny, but barely above
65°), but a great place. and we've spent a few fun days in the
greater Tampa area. Got to see more manatees, and birds, and I got
to dip my toes in the ocean (bay?) at beautiful Anna Maria Island,
and we've had great seafood.
Don't know if any of you remember Joy Hendrix visiting her sister,
Colleen, but we met in 1961? or so when she was visiting from her
home in Louisiana... we've kept in touch ever since with a few
actual visits over the years. I just missed seeing her, when we
were in Seminole... we hope to actually get together one day...
sadly we do have to head back to the frigid midwest and get out the
boots and snow shovels again!! We are hoping to connect with some
"old friends" in Atlanta on our way home... haven't seen them in
about 40 years or so!!
greetings from sunny, if cold, Florida!!
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Florida
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: School Boy Patrol and Bomber-Babe Birthday
Again, I find myself responding to the Senior Squid ('54)... now I
recall that Tony HARRAH ('65) used to say that most good stories
begin with: "Well, we wuz all lickered up..." This one takes place
a bit before my first experience with that phrase at State in the
back of Charlie WARFORD's ('61) '56 chevy, but the thought process
is much the same... "what was I thinking"... now there is a very
good reason I was not in that picture of the Jason Lee Patrol...
during the year preceding the photo I was a member in good
standing... ok I was a member of the Spalding school boy patrol...
it seems, however that a rather large gang fight broke out on the
playground while I was properly attending my post on patrol... yes,
I was the leader of both gangs... and yes I had an inkling that the
fight might occur... but gee whizz officer Krumpky, how could I be
involved when I was wearing my little red jacket with the white
belt thingy????? Huh? Riddle me that, Batman... well, as soon as
I came off post I was called in the principal's office... all he
would say was: "I know you did it"... and he just kept saying it
no matter how innocent I professed myself to be... he just wasn't
buying it... next thing I know... we are moving to Jason Lee and no
more school boy patrol for me... ahhhhhhh but I was strategically
placed in a nice little "F" house right across from the ladies,
PARKER ('60, '63 and '65)... now that's a happy ending to what
could have been a very miserable story... and... as they say... the
rest is history... and speaking of history, it's time for one of my
favorite Bomber-babes to celebrate... haven't seen her since her
45 year reunion but did get a chance to have a nice little chat
that night... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Helga BLANKINGSHIP ('66) on your
special day, January 22, 2014!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: "Richland boys impress with big win at MLK Showcase"
1/20/14 Tri-City Herald
"The Richland boys basketball team made a strong
impression on its first trip to the west side in 2014,
recording a 95-62 win Monday over Mount Rainier in the
Martin Luther King Showcase at ShoWare Center in Kent.
Richland (15-0) is off to the third-best start in
school history."
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ from a dreary Richland
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>>Bill JOHNSON ~ Class of 1961 ~ 1943 - 2013
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/23/14
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Ray LOESCHER ('57)
Roger GRESS ('61)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Billie LAWELL ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ann McCUE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cherrie TEMPERO ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Frank STRATTON ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Debra HARDING ('77wb)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Matt HASKINS ('81)
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>>From: Ray LOESCHER ('57)
Re: Bomber Basketball
We on the west side don't hear much about high school sports
these days, let alone happenings throughout the state. I have
the Sandstorm to thank for letting me know the Bombers are off
to a 15 - 0 start.
If memory serves me correct, the 1957 team did that as well and
more. That team should have won it all with Norris BROWN ('57)
leading the way. They were so much fun to watch. Richland did
win it all for the first time in 1958 [which is why they call
themselves "The Championship Class of 1958"]. Dynasty is a term
aptly applied to Richland basketball in those days.
Go Bombers!
-Ray LOESCHER ('57)
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>>From: Roger GRESS (Classic Class of '61)
I received an election ballot from the Richland School District
wanting more money. Proposition 14-1 to replace a Levy that is
expiring. I guess maybe they should have waited after the voting
to remove the Letters?
-Roger GRESS (Classic Class of '61)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Tri-City Herald funeral notices Excel file
Several days ago I posted a notice that Gerald STEIN ('66) had been
able to locate a listing of the funeral notices posted in the Tri-
City Herald. The alphabetical list provides the date of death,
which [date] paper the notice was published in and the page number.
Some of the names have the date of birth and the name of the
spouse. You then go to the local library and look the information
up on micro-film.
I tried to send the Excel file to Maren, but the file was too
large. Several people did ask me to send the Excel file to them,
and they were able to view it. If any of you would like me to look
up a name and provide the information, I will be glad to do so.
[Shirley says she "tried to send [the .xlsx] file to
Maren, but the file was too large". Well, Shirley DID
send the file, BUT only "most" of it arrived. I saved
the .xlsx file... and when I click the file, a
"conversion" process begins... and then it pops up in
Excel. The names that show up only goes thru the last
name of Raine.. so, of course, I couldn't look up
Smyth. Shirley tried everything, too... she tried
forwarding..., replying... starting a new message.
Maybe it's a Weaselsoft thing... -Maren]
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ from a still cold Richland
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Ruth MILES ('59), Earl BENNETT ('63)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66), Tedd CADD ('66)
Pam EHINGER ('67), Kathie MOORE ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Edith McLENEGAN ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judy LEY ('67)
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>>From: Ruth MILES Bruns ('59)
Note to Roger GRESS ('61)
Roger, don't be grumpy about the school levy. It supports the
schools that are educating the kids, and doesn't affect the board
members. Please vote for the levy, and keep letting the board know
what you think of their work.
-Ruth MILES Bruns ('59) ~ from socked-in Goldendale, WA
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>>From: Earl BENNETT ('63)
Re:Haskins Re: Tri-City Herald funeral notices Excel file
Same thing happened to me at work a few years ago. The Iran
Gazetteer published by the National Geospatial Intelligence Office
was an Excel file too large to send intact, problem stated as
something like "over 63,000 lines" (but actually a more precise
number of about that size). They claimed there was a way to get it
in pieces, but following their instructions I never was able to
access more than the first two-thirds of it. Irritating. And the
version of MS Excel we were using at that time (probably Office
2003) was unbelievably slow to load that large file. I went and
found someone's old printed gazetteer from decades ago to do my
work. Object lesson - don't throw away your favorite hardcopy
reference works.
Regards, ecb3 - from bitter cold central Virginia (6°
at 8:00 this morning), should be down there again
tonight, high tomorrow around 27, maintaining our
remaining 1 inch of snow from two days ago: "Warming
trend" this weekend will get us up to the mid-30s, then
more bitter cold forecast next week. True, not
Minnesota or Alaska cold, but not common here.
-Earl BENNETT ('63)
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[I think the problem here is that I'm currently running
Microsoft Excel 2000... that would be 14 years old...
it's a small wonder it works at all. -Maren]
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Letter removal: Richland school officials won't be disciplined
1/23/14 Tri-City Herald
"The seven Richland School District administrators
involved in the decision to remove the concrete letters
at Fran Rish Stadium and Carmichael Middle School will
not be disciplined, district officials said. The
officials included the principals of Richland and
Hanford High Schools and Carmichael Middle School,
Richland High's athletic director, the assistant
superintendent for secondary instruction and the
executive director of support services, according to a
memo from Superintendent Rick Schulte to the Richland
School Board following a district investigation."
Re: The USGenWeb archives for Washington
If any of you would like to search for a information in the state
of Washington, use this link then search by county:
http://www.wagenweb.org/.
Re: Sunset Memorial Cemetery link
Re: Resthaven Cemetery link
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
If you want to send the .xlsx file to me, I can translate it
without loss and send you the .xls file.
Alternatively to email, you can use a site called Transfer Big
Files. If the file is under a certain size (100 Mb), you can send
for free: https://www.transferbigfiles.com/
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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>>From: Pam EHINGER Edinger (Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
Re: Bomber Cookbook
I tried to find the "Bombers' Best Recipes" cookbook, but was
unable to find it on the Sandstorms web site. Do you know where
I might go to find it?
Bombers Rule
Pam EHINGER Edinger (Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
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>>From: Kathie MOORE Adair ('69)
For all of You Bombers that are Seattle Seahawk fans:
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/htm2014/Xtra/Moo/140124-Hawks-Nope.jpg
There is a Seahawk rally ... We walked up Badger Mtn last game
Re: For the Super Bowl ....
Due to the overwhelming support of the community in our last
outing, we have decided to put on another event!
WHEN: Saturday, February 1st
TIME: Meet at noon... start at 2pm
We will be doing a march from Columbia Point Marina to the finger
nail at Howard Amon Park. Why not hike badger again you ask?? We
want this to be an event that people of all ages (any fitness
level) can participate in. The plan is to meet and rally at
Columbia Point at noon that Saturday and the march will begin at
2pm. We don't have all the details just yet, so keep your eye on
the page and event for updates. This is about the community getting
together to show support for our Seattle Seahawks as the 12th man.
This will be a family event so let's keep everything PG13 and no
drugs or alcohol. Please take the time to share this with everyone
and let's make this event even bigger than the last. Go 'HAWKS!!!
Come and Join Us. Thank You.
-Kathie MOORE Adair ('69)
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Not enough entries for a REAL Alumni Sandstorm.
We do, however, have birthdays today:
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jack ARMSTRONG ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Scott FULCHER ('81)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/26/14
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Doris VAN REENEN ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ron HOGLEN ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kerry FORSYTHE ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon MARKEL ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ben JACOBS ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Robert MILLER ('96)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: love them "foreign" Bomber-babes
Well, I see Maren ('63 & '64) is off and running again so this
will go in the "Q"...no not you, Q ('62)... it's some kinda techie
talk... heard it again this morning... Nevada DMV seems to be
having trouble keeping track of what vehicles have insurance... now
I make sure I keep track of such things... but if I might suggest,
all they need to do is look on any street in Vegas and they will
see a large number of cars that don't even have license plates...
should be enough to keep them busy for a long time... but instead,
they send little post cards to those of us who do have insurance
to fill out saying we have insurance... I went on line to renew the
registration for my little roadster and I couldn't because it said
I don't have insurance... please fill in the blanks to tell them I
do... so I filled in the blanks and hit "next" and it said: "we are
sorry we cannot update your insurance information at this time"...
so I emailed them and a very nice lady emailed back that they could
not confirm my insurance... sooooooooooooooo this morning I called
my insurance company and was told I was the "first caller in the
Q"... apparently my insurer has had several calls from Nevada...
arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh... bet they don't have that problem in the
Netherlands... that's called a segway... ya see the b-day Bomber-
babe lives there and is a girl I didn't get to know well enough in
school... of course "well enough" is a relative term. In this case,
she has been such a fun Bomber-babe to get to know, I'm just a
little sorry I didn't get to know her better while we were in
school... since I'm still pretty good friends with almost all the
girls I dated back in the day... I think I coulda taken this babe
to the movie and Zips and we'd still be speaking (by the way... if
I dated you, please back me up here... if you hate my guts let's
just let that be our little secret... funny... I email my daughter
that I love her every morning and she emails me back a similar
message... we have a running disagreement over who loves whom the
most... the other day she responded: "miss yer face; love yer
guts"... glad I didn't have a mouth full of coffee when I read
it)... so I guess I should get down to it and say HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
Sharon MARKEL ('65) on your special day, January 26, 2014!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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11 Bombers sent stuff:
Curt DONAHUE ('53), Marilynn WORKING ('54)
Mike CLOWES ('54), Steve CARSON ('58)
Jeanie TURNER ('61), Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Dennis HAMMER ('64), Gary BEHYMER ('64)
David RIVERS ('65), Tedd CADD ('66)
Alan LOBDELL ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill HIGHTOWER ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Betty CONNER ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary Lou WATKINS ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Laura PARKER ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rob TURPING ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kay SCHAFER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Norm ENGLUND ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Darcy FORSYTHE ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Darwin PERKINS ('69)
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>>From: Curt DONAHUE ('53)
Re: Bomb vs. Bomber
It appears that they are at it again! Last week there was a
"Bomber Cheerleader Camp" to which my cousin?s granddaughter
went. She - along with other young girls - came home with a
t-shirt that reads: "Bomber Cheerleader" and has a picture of,
you guessed it, a bomber. No cloud---no bomb.
-Curt DONAHUE ('53) ~ Pasco where it remains cold and cloudy.
I didn't leave Federal Way for this!
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>>From: Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54)
Re: Marguerite GROFF Tompkins ('54-RIP)
It is with sad tears that all you Bomber friends are notified that
we lost a dear friend this afternoon [1/25/14]. Marguerite has
been suffering for a few years with a dreadful illness and in the
last few months, progressively got worse. She was kept free of
pain, and now is in peace!! There won't be a service right away,
but when her children decide, they will announce a memorial. If
anyone wants to contact her daughter, Pam, you can e-mail me and I
will give you her number.
Marguerite will be so missed!!!
Re: '54 in '14 - Our 60 Year Class Reunion
Reminder that anyone who wants, please show up at my house at
1:30pm On Monday, January 27th. E-mail me for my address if you
don't have it! Let's get some more suggestions out there!!
Thank you, Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54), for your input long
distance! Also, Harold KENITZER ('54) for sending an e-mail. Time
will pass pretty fast as we get older, so need to make our plans
when we can!!
-Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54) ~ Pasco where we are still under
a blanket of fog
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Since Maren publishes this in "seniority" order, I will be able to
tip the ol' propeller beanie in honor of a younger Bomber Babe's
birthday before the Junior Gyrene ('65) puts his foot in his mouth
(again?). Like I said previously, I am not acquainted with this
young person except through these pages. In any event, I do wish
her the best of birthdays knowing that it will be a very long time
before she is old enough to frequent the Uptown Tavern (not that
she would).
On this special day: Happy Birthday Mary Lou WATKINS ('63)!
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR, where the
weather for the moment is pleasant, but dry [written on
1/22/14].
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>>From: Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
Thanks Ray LOESCHER ('57) for Bomber memories. Our trips to the
State tournaments were some of the best times.
-Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
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>>From: Jeanie TURNER Anderson ('61)
Re: Portland/Vancouver, WA Bomber Lunch
Can hardly wait to see who shows up for this fun time. We hope to
see YOU on Saturday, February 15.
PLEASE JOIN US!!! If you are in the Vancouver/Portland area, we
would love to see you at our Bomber luncheon. It is always a great
time, good food, and lots of interesting conversation.
WHAT: Portland/Vancouver, WA Bomber Lunch
WHEN: Saturday, February 15, 2014
TIME: 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
WHERE: Beaches Restaurant - on the Columbia River
1919 S.E. Columbia River Drive - Vancouver, WA 98661
Located just one mile east of I-5 on Highway 14.
Take Exit #1 - Drive straight to the river and into the
parking lot. It's very easy to find.
ALL Bombers and their friends and family members are welcome. Lunch
is your choice off of the regular menu.
We meet in the Sun Room.
-Jeanie TURNER Anderson ('61)
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Ricky Nelson sang a song about the Birthday Girl, with whom I had a
courtship that lasted some place between the lifespan of a fly or a
Costco hot dog, which ever was shorter. Lots of words have been
utilized to describe her such as Pollyanna, Goody Two Shoes and
Daddy's Little Girl. All of which she has endorsed and actively
promoted by e-mail, text, letter, conversation, phone call, and
signs along I-5..
Recently I saw an advertisement for, I believe, a hotel in Las
Vegas. The tag line was, "Just bad enough to be good". That might
work.
Happy Birthday to Mary Lou WATKINS ('63)... we love you and wish
you a "very special day".
-Nancy & jimbeaux
p.s. Thanks for the bunk last week, it made the 3 1/2 hour drive
across L.A. worth it.
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: Richland Cemeteries
Find A Grave has two web pages for the Richland Cemeteries.
Re: Sunset Memorial Gardens link
Re: Resthaven Cemetery link
I noted that for Resthaven they said because space was limited,
Sunset Memorial was built in the 1970s. I know that date is off; it
was well established in 1967 when my sister was buried there. They
say that Resthaven is 98% photographed and Sunset Memorial Gardens
is 49% photographed.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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>>From: Gary BEHYMER ('64)
Re: Starting FindAGrave Searches
Gary L. ADRIAN
Michael W. ALEXANDER
Janice BEARDSLEY Detrick
Missing class member Gerald BOSCH's gravestone ~
appears that his wife has passed away but there is no date of death for him.
Virgil A. BISHOP (Great photo of him here)
Connie BOEHNING Nicholson
Rey Lee "Teddy Bear" CALL
Karen Elizabeth CROWLEY
Sandra K. HAGEN
Floyd E. HUNTER
James G. JUDD
FindAGrave
-Gary BEHYMER ('64)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: When I say love....
I mean luv LUV! Seventh grade... the start of a new life... how
cool can it be... sure yer at the bottom of the totem pole... but
man what a pole... I must say, that it never occurred to me to eat
frozen candy like Mello Mints and Snickers... but hey... candy at
school inna school store... must be cool... Noon Dancing... oh
man... a guy could fall in love every day slow dancing! That first
trip to Jr, Hi-Spot and seeing the girls you "went" with in grade
school... kourse getting slammed up against the telephone pole
outside the door for dancing with one of them girls and then
getting smashed in the mouth for not dancing with another... just
in case you were thinking about it... maybe a little extreme but
this was almost the big time, man! And the babes... so many from so
many different schools... all in one place... well, ok... half of
them in one place but the other half would be at Jr Hi-spot... so
long as you could figger which ones were safe... plus there's the
"One"... I found myself singing: "I'm so young and you're so
old........... "... but right along with it were Old Blue eyes and
Eddie Hodges singing: "Once there was a silly old ram... High
Hopes................" She lives over by Beej ('65) and she's
soooooooo pretty... yes... High Hopes................... such a
supple spine... and it ain't like she's really old... just a bit
more sophisticated... and Ricky even has a song about her... but
there is a down side... I mean she took Ronnie Hawkins' watch and
chain and then jumped in his Kitty and drove afar...... and that
fight she got in with Short Fat Fannie... hmmm better think this
over... korse there's the girl across the street... I could ask her
out and have Terry DAVIS ('65) throw a fit for dating "out of my
league"... but when ya fall for a girl like that, ya end up driving
yer car to the racing grounds, being the youngest driver there...
just ta buy her a ring... A ring? I just was gonna ask her to a
party... geez what's this ring stuff and crashing yer car and
getting pulled from the twisted wreck and with yer dying breath
saying "Tell the b-day girl I love her....." Oh my... this is all
a little much for 7th grade... maybe I'd best just stick to sending
posts and wishing HBs inna SS for a while... well it's "that" year
for the Girl Ricky sang about... (giggle giggle... you know what
"that" means... oh I'm just sooooooo naughty!)... HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
Mary Lou WATKINS ('63) and Laura PARKER ('65) on your special day,
January 27, 2014!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
PS ML, if I'm in trubel lemme know right away and I'll
stay at the Holiday Inn next month!
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
Re: Tri-City Herald Obit file
.xls and .xlsx files
Earl BENNETT ('63) is right about the line limit.
.xls files have a limit of 65,536 rows and A-IV columns.
.xlsx files have a limit of 1,048,576 rows and A-XFD columns.
The Herald file had 90,573 rows. So translating it directly into an
XLS version loses a little over 25,000 rows. So I took the original
file and broke it into two tabs so that all the data was available.
Not a perfect solution since one cannot sort the file in meaningful
ways in the .xls version.
I'm not sure how Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) is going to make
the information available, but I know they have the original file
available. The original .xlsx file is 4.65 Mb and the revised .xls
file is 9.92 Mb. If anybody wants a copy of either, I can send it
to you via a site called TransferBigFiles.
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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>>From: Alan LOBDELL ('69)
Re: Schools
I have three sons who attended Richland schools until the oldest
was in 6th grade and then we moved to Kent, WA where they all ended
up graduating from Kentwood High. During the entire time they were
in school I never voted for a levy for any reason and have not even
to this day. Money is not the problem in schools! In the last 50
years, national wide, trillions of dollars have been given to
schools and yet we have fallen from the number one school system to
the 17th world wide. The state court is wrong thinking more money
will solve the problems, it won't. BTW the Legislature makes the
laws not the supreme court. The Legislature can ignore the court
and do the budget as they please. Thomas Jefferson wrote about his
fear that Federal and State Supreme Courts may start trying to make
laws instead of following the law and Constitution. I now have
grand kids who don't seem to be even getting taught the basics
anymore and they are in the Kennewick system. There seems to be too
much emphasis on Political Correctness, trying to get the boys to
act more like girls, (no fighting, rough sports, competitiveness,
etc), and kicking kids out of school for defending themselves. My
grandson was kicked out for a week for fighting back when an older.
larger boy attacked him from behind. We didn't have the best system
back in the '50s and '60s but I believe it was far better then
today and we ranked much higher world wide.
-Alan LOBDELL ('69)
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5 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Bill BERLIN ('56), Roger GRESS ('61)
David RIVERS ('65), Gary TURNER ('71)
Greg ALLEY ('73)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ferna GAROUTTE ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill CRADDOCK ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Betty NEAL ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Terry DURBIN ('62wb)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joe FORD ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary Beth MEYER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathy STALEY ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathy GOBLE ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jennifer HASKINS ('91)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Josh JANICEK ('93)
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>>From: Bill BERLIN ('56)
Re: Jimbeaux and Nancy Hamilton
Jimbeaux ('63) and the always lovely and forever informative Miss
Nancy ('64) stopped by for a night here in the desert on their way
to Tucson. Always great to see them but ironically we see them more
1400 miles from Seattle than we do 65 between Redmond, WA and
Anacortes, WA. Go figure. Sandra and I will probably go over to
Tucson in March to visit them and go to the Pima Air Museum and see
all of the "boy toys" there. Might even be some junk that I have
flown in the past.
Re: Richland south end curbs and sidewalks.
I vaguely remember some concrete gutters and maybe sidewalks over
around the Laundry and up by Ganzel's Barber Shop but in the south
end we had raised appendages that went up at an angle from the
street, were asphalt the same as the street and managed to catch
some of the lawn water runoff. Unlike a proper curb, you could ride
your bike from the street, up the incline to the sidewalk and back
down to the street, something of a slalom pattern and that was
cool. The good Lord help you if you fell on the sidewalk because
you were going to lose a couple of feet of skin and a quart or two
of blood as they had mixed number 8 grade rock in the asphalt to
make it go further and they stuck up through the surface like
little diamond knives. It was deadly and ugly, a fall on this
stuff. That road/sidewalk pattern was all over the south end and
was still pretty much that way when I graduated high school. I know
because I rode my bike to Lewis and Clark nearly every day from
grade 3 through 6. No spills but did get hit by a car once. I
landed in the grass on my head so it did not hurt anything.
-Bill BERLIN ('56) ~ in Rancho Mirage, CA where it has been
unseasonably warm. We have had three days in January already
where it has hit 84F-85F and all kinds of days in the
75F-80F range.
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>>From: Roger GRESS (Classic Class of '61)
To: Bill CRADDOCK (Classic Class of '61)
Happy Birthday, Bill... and many more
-Roger GRESS (Classic Class of '61)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: one a the good guys
Funny how friendships grow... this was one a them great guys who
always let me sit and the big kids' table right from the start and
always made me feel totally at home. I would never challenge him
inna bicycle race... but then I think my head's too big for the
helmet and I've got no clue what I would do with the pants and
shirt after the race... So HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Joe FORD ('63) on your
special day, January 28, 2014!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Gary TURNER ('71)
To: 1971 RHS Classmates and friends of Vic MARSHALL ('71-RIP)
I imagine that by now that most of you have heard that fellow
classmate Vic Marshall passed away December 17, 2013. Vic was a
steady force in planning our reunions and a true ambassador of the
Class of '71. He was instrumental in the organization of our most
recent Class of '71 gathering this past summer in Howard Amon Park
as we celebrated our "60th" birthdays. He will be greatly missed by
many of us. See Vic's Bomber Memorial here
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Obits/pics13/RIP71MarshallVic13.htm
His wife Maureen and Vic's family had wonderful funeral service for
him back in his home town near Detroit, MI. There was a Rosary for
Vic at Christ the King on January 19, 2014, and per Vic and his
family's wishes there will be a celebration of Life for Vic in
Richland to be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall (near the
Intersection of Bypass Highway and Van Geisen) on March 15, 2014,
(St. Pat's day) from Noon to 3pm. Food will be provided (we have
employed the Services of Pat Harty's Fine Food Catering Company).
Non alcoholic beverages will also be provided. The Knights have a
liquor bar that will be open which is a cash bar. There will be an
opportunity to provide donations at the door if you want to help
defray costs. We realize that most of you will not be able to
attend but we wanted you to know about the event and of course
about Vic's passing away if you had not heard.
Here is what we need help with.
1) Please spread the word, March 15 is not far away.
2) Pat Harty will need some help in getting set up for cooking
and we may need some help on clean up afterwards.
3) We need a reasonable estimate of how much food to prepare so
please indicate if you plan to attend.
RSVP: Kelvin Soldat at KelvinAndMeg@charter.net
That's it for now. We will send out at least one update between
now and March 15. Thanks!
-Gary TURNER ('71)
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>>From: Greg ALLEY ('73)
Re: Everly Brothers
The recent postings about the Everly Brothers came as the result of
the death of Phil Everly (RIP). I am a fan and I only saw them once
at the Benton Franklin County Fair. Seeing them in the early years
like David RIVERS ('65) in Vegas would have been top notch. On the
Grammy awards there was a salute with Miranda Lambert (country
singer), and Billie Joe Armstrong from the band Green Day singing
"When Will I be Loved". It was really good and the Everly family
members were in the audience. A new CD out called "ForEverly" from
Billie Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones is quite good. They sing the
1958-59 album "Songs our Daddy Taught Us" straight through. They
sound pretty close to the real thing.
-Greg ALLEY ('73) ~ in cold, gray Richland hoping for a Seahawk
victory Sunday in Cold New York
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>>Roberta BABCOCK Myers ~ Class of 1953 ~ 1935 - 2014
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/29/14
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Barbara SESLAR ('60)
Carol CONVERSE ('64)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda STEWART ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Virginia ECKERT ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carl BEYER ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Robin FRISTER ('73)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sheryl ROMSOS ('76)
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>>From: Barbara SESLAR Brackenbush ('60)
Re: Class of 1960 Bomber Luncheon
DATE: Saturday, February 1
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: 3 Margaritas (downtown near Lee Blvd.)
Spouses and friends are also welcome! Please join us first
Saturday of each month. Turn right inside the restaurant and
you'll find us at the corner table. No reservations needed.
-Barbara SESLAR Brackenbush ('60)
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>>From: Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64)
Re: South end sidewalks, etc.
I really don't remember how the curbs and gutters were, but I do
remember the sidewalks. The sidewalks were very rough and one did
not want to fall, but then, I don't remember if I fell or not.
Can't imagine living there and NOT falling a time or two. Before
being old enough to go to the roller rink, I roller skated on those
sidewalks. Remember those skates that attached to your shoes and
had to be tightened up with those huge keys? We moved from the
south end to the north end after 6th grade. Lived on Cedar next
door to the Beardsleys. As I recall, the sidewalks were of
concrete. Anybody really remember? Paula?
-Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) ~ Looking forward to
getting out from under the inversion this week.
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Boy could I get in trubel
This post puts me between a rock and a hard place... ya see, I'm
not allowed to say some words on the Sandstorm or a Bomber-babe
gets a little upset. For example if I mention the youngest Cleaver
kid I gotta call him "Wally's little brother" and if he was
blonde... oh my, she'd rant and rave for weeks... Blonde Wally's
little brothers are really taboo... so I'm gonna do my best...
known the b-day kid since we were prolly 8 or so... when everybody
was talking about concrete sidewalks and the lack thereof, I
thought of this kid's street which didn't even have pavement...
just gravel... I always wondered why the Southside had so many
gravel streets... maybe the school board was worried kids'd hurt
themselves... but it seems to me that it would hurt a whole bunch
more to fall on gravel than pavement... maybe we should ask Susan
NUSSBAUM ('63)... I remember her taking quite a fall out in front
of my house around '61 or '62... we had pavement... I would rather
have fallen where she did rather than say in front of Peter Joe
CARROLL's ('65) house... but maybe it's just me... and given that
the b-day kid is totally accident prone... I really think they
should have put pavement in front of his house if nowhere else...
he also should have been issued a permanent injunction from using
gasoline or ever sliding around with any kind of sticks on his
feet... ahhhhhhh hind sight... 20-20, of course! Well I'm gonna
just throw caution to the wind and say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Carl
"Beaver" BEYER ('65) on your special day, January 29. 2014!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Linda REINING ('64), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
Gary CHRISTIAN ('67), Gary ELL ('67)
Matt CROWLEY ('75)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dave RHODES ('52wb)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Vikki LYTLE ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: April MILLER ('92)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: George BRINKMAN ('60) & Betty NEAL ('62)
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
Re: Sidewalks
When I was little and lived on Rossell, I don?t remember any
sidewalks... not sure we had them. Then, when we moved to Elm, we
had cement sidewalks... remember skating on them, and there were
cracks in them, so had to be careful, cause the skate wheels would
"catch" on the cracks and "down" I'd go. Course, that might also
have been since I wasn't the most coordinated person on the block.
my skates seemed to "fit" better on my Keds tennis shoes than they
did on my saddle oxfords, or maybe I just hated wearing those so
much, that I convinced my mother that they fit, better. *grin*
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Richland letters to be replaced eventually
1/29/14 Tri-City Herald
"One of the concrete letters representing three
Richland schools could soon be replaced, but it will be
at least a year before the others return permanently.
School district officials and staff at Carmichael
Middle School plan to replace the 'C' this school year,
though it may be in a different location and have new
safety features, Superintendent Rick Schulte told the
Richland School Board on Tuesday. The 'R' and the 'H'
representing Richland and Hanford High Schools at Fran
Rish Stadium, however, will have to wait until safety
improvements are made to the visitor bleachers. That
work won't be done until next winter, Schulte said.
Temporary solutions are being considered."
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ from a rainy Richland
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>>From: Gary CHRISTIAN ('67)
Re: Seen on Gary's Facebook
Bombers are 17-0 and rated No. 4 in the state of Wash.
-Gary CHRISTIAN ('67)
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>>From: Gary ELL ('67)
Go Seakawks... now the rest of the story.
Re: The fingernail as of today
http://alumnisandstorm.com/htm2014/Xtra/Ell/140130-00.htm
Last year I contacted the mayor and was assured repair work would
be done on this historic feature... what a fine park... but the
fingernail is in such distress... you would never find something
like this in another city.
I say if Richland refuses to fix it up, and can't find the cash to
destroy it , why not just deed it to the Richland Hi School board
and tell them it's a safety hazard ..
-Gary ELL ('67)
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>>From: Matt CROWLEY ('75)
As I've skimmed daily Sandstorm entries recently I've noticed a lot
of talk about sidewalks. My family lived in the 1400 block of
Marshall in the '60s and '70s. Most of the time there were only
rudimentary sidewalks with no real curb. Concrete sidewalks were
installed in the late '70s or '80s, after my family had moved
elsewhere. I was walking around the old neighborhood at
Christmas time last month. The 1400 block of McPherson, just one
street over, still doesn't have concrete sidewalks or curbs. I
wonder: Did homeowners on each block have to pay for the new
sidewalks? If not, why did the city install nice sidewalks on some
streets and not on others?
-Matt CROWLEY ('75)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/31/14
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10 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Ray LOESCHER ('57)
Helen CROSS ('62), Marie RUPPERT ('63)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64), Bill SCOTT ('64)
Gary BEHYMER ('64), Nancy MALLORY ('64)
Pam EHINGER ('67), Betti AVANT ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gene BARFUSS ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tina FRASER ('89)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
It is, once more, time to tip the ol' propeller beanie. This time
it is in honor of a slightly older Bomber. I even knew him and was
twice on the stage with him. To top it off, he even married a
Bomber Babe from my class. It has been some time since I've seen
them both. I would like to see them at The Class of '54's 60 year
reunion; only Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54) hasn't told us yet
when and where that will be. In the meantime, let's all send "Happy
Birthday!" wishes to Gene BARFUSS ('53), who did know the way to
the Uptown Tavern.
Re: Sidewalks
Perhaps the hodge-podge arrangement of new sidewalks and curbs had
the backing of the School Board. On the other hand it may be some
massive conspiracy to deprive some kids from playing hop-scotch.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where the
rains have returned but are supposed to be gone by today.
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>>From: Ray LOESCHER ('57)
Re: Prostate Cancer
I've been fighting aggressive prostate cancer since 2003. Early on
someone suggested I attend a prostate cancer support group called
Us TOO. There I met men with all stages of prostate cancer and
their stories. You also learn what's "state of the art."
If you want to learn more about Us Too go to http://www.ustoo.org/
The mission of Us TOO is to help men and their families make
informed decisions about prostate cancer detection and treatment
through support, education and advocacy.
I recently received the following email from state leaders of Us TOO.
"The Washington State Prostate Cancer Task Force has a
goal of starting prostate cancer support groups in the
state of Washington. Our state wide survey found these
geographic area NEEDING a support group:
Tri Cities, Wenatchee, Vancouver
If you know anyone in these areas that we can contact
to help get a group going we would really appreciate
it. We will set up time to train them and provide
materials from US TOO for a new chapter and training
materials to use. We will also be available to
help/coach them all year.
We have commitment from the Executive Secretary of the
Washington Urology Society to help us get support from
local urologists.
Please contact either Jim Kiefert at jimkiefert@aol.com
or John Ross at jross@sunmont.com if you want to know
about starting an Us TOO support group in your area.
If you want to learn more about Us TOO go to the parent
organization at: http://www.ustoo.org/
-Ray LOESCHER ('57)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
To: George BRINKMAN ('60) & Betty NEAL Brinkman ('62)
Happy anniversary late!! You must be getting close to the big 50
celebration!!
Love and blessings from
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) and Warren, aka the Rev (NAB)
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>>From: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
Re: Sidewalks
Response to Matt CROWLEY's ('75) question in the 1/30 Sandstorm:
Yes, the property owners pay for the installation of sidewalks. A
majority of the residents on a block or street must agree to pay
for the project. It is considered an improvement to the property.
Since it adds value to the property, the property taxes are
increased. This may be why some blocks still have the old asphalt
paths or no sidewalks at all. I'm amazed that large portions of
Harris Avenue along the river don't have sidewalks. You'd think
that the owners of the waterfront properties would want that type
of improvement. But then again it may be an issue of tax increase.
Luckily, our area in north Richland has concrete sidewalks that
were installed by the builder when the area was built in the late
'70s & early '80s. There are only a few stretches of streets that
only have a sidewalk on one side of the street.
The city can decide to redo a complete street (right of emanate
domain) for the greater good (like happened on Thayer Drive) and in
that case the property owners are billed for the improvements to
their property and the city funds the rest of the project.
-Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63) ~ in finally sunny Richland
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: What's wrong with DIRT?
I remember when "they" decided to put black top (or whatever) under
the play ground equipment in the little park across the street from
our house... now Roberdeau Park (I think) at the Perkins/Roberdeau
corner. Our house was the "first aid station" for every kid who
fell off the swings and cracked their head open on that black
top... never happened in the dirt... head wounds REALLY bleed!!!!
I was "always" the "nurse".
Bomber cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA
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>>From: Bill SCOTT ('64)
Re: Sidewalks
Guess I was lucky. I grew up on Jadwin, near the corner with
Symons (think it was Symons), cattycorner across the street from
Newberry's. We had fine concrete sidewalks from as long ago as I
can recall. I remember playing hopscotch, roller skating with those
clamp-on skates with the big key, and learning to ride a bike on
them. Good times.
-Bill SCOTT ('64)
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>>From: Gary BEHYMER ('64)
Re: 1964 Columbian Yearbooks
My sincere thanks to the 6 members of the great Class of 1966 who
gave up their 1964 (sophomore) Columbians to members of the Class
of 1964! Salute! There is still a need for at least one (1) more to
fill an immediate need. Please feel free to contact me IF you are
willing to sell, trade, or give up your 1964 annual...
-Gary BEHYMER ('64)
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>>From: Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64)
Re: Sidewalks
I lived on Stanton -- half a block from Marcus Whitman. We had
blacktop sidewalks. They were very rough and lumpy and uneven (tree
roots and what not). Also remember the puncture weed (at least
that's what we called it) that grew around there. It was death to
our bike tires. Then my brother, David, would take the tires off,
get the tubes out, test them in the deep laundry sink (wish I had
one now) and put patches on. I think Lee street just down from us
had concrete sidewalks - yes with seams (which you didn't step on
or you would "break your mother's back". We went over to Marcus
Whitman to skate (with our sidewalk skates complete with key and
worn with your oxfords) on the tennis courts. Our street was also
blacktop with a gravel parking strip on either side -- that is now
gone, not sure about the kind of sidewalks now or if homeowners
paid for them or not. I do remember when they put a streetlight on
our street my Mom had to argue with the installers as they were
going to put it in the center of our (already existing) driveway!
As for sidewalks in some parts of town and not others -- it seems
many towns have a "favored" section. Here in Jackson, TN it is the
north side. All new stores and eateries, etc. are built there. I
live on the south side.
-Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64) ~ in frigid east TN -- dry, but that
is about to change to (hopefully) rain
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>>From: Pam EHINGER Edinger (Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
Re: Sidewalks!
I grew up on the corner Thayer & Wilson. We had no sidewalks, but
I believe they were put in around the late '50s or early '60s. I
remember tearing all the skin off my left foot when I skate boarded
bare footed!! I learned never to go bare footed when you go skate
boarding!
Bombers Rule,
Pam EHINGER Edinger (Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: Sidewalks
Perhaps it depended on the if the street was "major" one or not.
The block I lived in on Torbett had the asphalt with rocks and one
side of the street but Thayer, right around the corner had all
concrete ones. I remember one summer my girlfriend and I walked
from Torbett and Thayer along Thayer to Pennywise Drugstore. We
decided to do it barefoot and had to constantly try to find some
"cool" grass for our hot feet. I'm surprised we didn't get
blisters.
Talking about the cracks in the sidewalks. When skate boards became
popular the first time in the mid '60s I had a classmate who was
riding one when a gust of wind hit her. She hit a crack in the
sidewalk and broke her ankle pretty severely.
-Betti AVANT ('69) ~ from good ole Richland
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