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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/01/15
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10 Bombers sent stuff:
Shannon CRAIG ('50), Dave RHODES ('52wb)
Curt DONAHUE ('53), Ann BISHOP ('56)
Ed QUIGLEY ('62), Duane LEE ('63)
Bill SCOTT ('64), Deedee WILLOX ('64)
Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65), Mike FRANCO ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Elwin "Gene" BOYLE ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Charlie BURKE ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Anna DURBIN ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat HAMMOND ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patricia INGHRAM ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sheri LUKINS ('75)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Deana SHIPMAN ('77)
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>>From: Shannon CRAIG Hightower ('50)
Thanks so much, Maren. So glad you were interested in looking up
my little brother and talking to me. I thought that was what this
sandstorm was all about... and am glad for it. I don't know what
anyone has a problem with... guess I missed that one.
-Shannon CRAIG Hightower ('50)
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>>From: Dave RHODES ('52wb)
Hi Maren
I am sorry that people have become so narrow minded that if
people write things they disagree with they are dropping out. I
often times have read articles that I did not agree with, but I
also believe that those persons had the right to their own
opinions. I recently paid my next years dues and I intend to
continue as long as I am still alive.
My good friend and classmate Dick WIGHT ('52) and I do not always
agree on things,but by golly we are still friends and I hope that
we always will be.
I only attended Col Hi from 1948 until we moved away in June of
1950. My happiest and most fun times were when I lived here. I
was one of the so-called trailer trash from North Richland. Our
fathers were heavy construction workers and as their jobs were
finished we moved on.
My next stop was a little railroad town (Wishram) where my
stepfather took a permanent job with the SP&S Ry Co. The school
there was so bad that I was sent to Stevenson, WA to live with
my Grandparents. I worked there all the summer of 1950 as a
section hand. One month after school started my Grandfather was
transferred and I lived with a family where I was treated very
well.
I need to backtrack a little bit. You see I had been nearly
beaten to death by my stepmother, so I came to Richland to live
with my mom and Stepfather as a ward of the court with the
stipulation that I had to live with a family member. I finished
my junior year at SHS (Stevenson High School) and my sister
accidentally told my Stepmother I was living with a Foster
family, and the court sent me to Renton to live with her and my
Dad. The day I graduated I left them and went my own way.
This is probably not very interesting unless you had the same
experiences. I am proud to say that I am a Bomber. GO BOMBERS.
-Dave RHODES ('52wb)
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>>From: Curt DONAHUE ('53)
Re: Biggest Giant, Cliff Thompson
Some days ago I wrote about this over 8-foot man, Cliff Thompson,
being at the "Y" Grocery Store when I worked there. He was
selling replicas of his wedding ring for fifty cents and I bought
one, but have lost it in the many moves. If you bought one of
them, he gave you a little booklet that told all about him. That
I still have. I felt like a really small child working around him
all day that day he was there. About two years later, while I was
going to school in Portland, OR, I saw him drive by in a 1948
Dodge Coupe. It looked like he was sitting in the back seat, his
seat was so far back. It was specially modified for him.
Maren found the following - everything that's in the little
booklet - on the internet:
http://www.sideshowworld.com/41-GG/65-C-Thompson-A/CG-Cliff-Thompson-ABC.html
Thanks Maren for all you do!!
-Curt DONAHUE ('53) ~ Pasco where the sun is shining brightly
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>>From: Sara Ousley, aka Ann BISHOP ('56)
I guess I'll throw in my "opinion" of the latest events. I agree
with most of the others that the AS is NOT the place for true
political discussions. Some of the entries are "boring", but most
are not. I didn't have the advantage of growing up in Richland. I
tell folks I grew up "everywhere west of the Mississippi" and
that is mostly true. When I was 5, I'd had a birthday in 5
different states. Col Hi is the ONLY school that I spent more
than a few months in and that was for 2 years and 9 weeks! I went
to as high as 5 schools in one year, from the ArkLaTex to several
schools in Washington. My mother was rather strict, so I wasn't
allowed to go to the "hang outs" enjoyed by the rest of you.
Because of that, I never had any long time close friends. You are
all so blessed. So, that being said, why is there so much
hostility among us? No two of us are always in total agreement...
not even among CLOSE friends or family. Why can't we just get
along and tolerate/embrace our differences, grow from them and
enjoy the things we do agree on and the great, funny and sad
memories we each have?
I don't personally know 99% of you... just 2 or 3, but through
the AS, I have become familiar with a lot of you and prayed for
all who asked for prayer. I guess I'm kin to what is called a
'prayer warrior' in my Christian circles. I find most of the
entries informative, entertaining, funny (i.e. 'tooter') and
sometimes sad. Those I have no interest in, I just scroll
through. No biggie. I, for another, am sticking with the AS.
Thanks Maren for your mighty efforts.
O.K., so I'm off my mini soapbox!
-Sara Ousley, aka Ann BISHOP ('56)
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>>From: Ed QUIGLEY ('62)
Re: Subscription. . .
Wow; seems as though I unintentionally tweaked a couple of
people, but I'm happy to see that it inspired a few entries!
Let me set a couple of things straight: 1. I DO appreciate all of
Maren's hard work, and have told her so. I helped set up a free,
Mac-specific, free help website, along with 16 other people from
all over the world, back in... immmm... 2003(?); it took us about
8 months to get it up and running, and for the next 7 years, I
spent 2-4 hours a day doing what Maren does. At the end of the 7
years, after a year of dealing with the back-biting and political
intrigue that erupted amongst the administrators, I bailed. I'm
happy to say that http://www.techsurvivors.net continues on, to
this day, but without my help. So, yes, I know well how much work
she puts into it, and how much time it takes out of her life.
2. My decision to suspend my subscription has absolutely nothing
to do with be offended with anything that anyone has said (I
firmly believe that being offended by someone is a matter of
choice!), so it's not a matter of "taking my ball and going
home", nor have I been bored with the Sandstorm. As a matter of
fact, I have found myself, in the last 24 hours, questioning my
decision, because I too, have made a couple of friends that, was
I not a subscriber, would not have. I miss Pappy's entries (what
a great imagination!), enjoy Larry MATTINGLY's ('60) entries
(man, I wish I could play with fireworks that big, and get paid
for it!), and many others' who keep us up to date on what's going
on in their lives, so, who knows, I may change my mind and be
back, but I'm glad that with that last entry, I sparked some more
activity here! :)
-Ed QUIGLEY ('62)
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>>From: Duane LEE ('63)
Re: Bomber Hoops
Decades ago there was a fan at the Bomber basketball games who
would stand up just before the tipoff and in a big, booming voice
would proclaim "Gooooo Yeeeee Bombers". This would be followed by
a loud cheer from the raucous Bomber student section. He was
great. There is a guy who is doing it now also. I don't know if
he is a relative of the original "crier" or just a loyal fan
carrying on the tradition but it is a welcome part of each game.
Richland put on a real clinic in the second half of their game
with Kentridge tonight [2/27]. The Chiawana gym was packed!
Landon Radliff, the team spark plug, pumped in 28 points.
Re: New 12 Plex
They are building a 12 plex theater in "Richland" since we
haven't had one since the Uptown was shut down. The theater will
be located across the Yakima on the border of West Richland but
still technically in an expanding Richland. There was yet another
move to change the name of West Richland to Enterprise but was
shot down because it would be cost prohibitive.
Re: Hanford High
Our grandsons attend Hanford High. It is a great school and they
have a lot of team spirit. It just always seems strange to me to
attend their sporting events when they play their big 4A cross
town RIVAL Bombers.
Re: Spudnuts
Had to stand in line outside the Spudnut shop today for 10
minutes just to get in the door but the wait was worth it. Hope
that place never shuts down or goes hi-tech.
Re: Original '63er
Last but not least, a big shout out for Maren and the job she is
doing every day. Thank you from all of us. She really can't help
being such an over achiever since she is claimed by one of the
best classes ('63) to ever come out of Bomberville. Keep up the
terrific job Maren. We appreciate you.
-Duane LEE ('63)
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>>From: Bill SCOTT ('64)
Hats off to Margo COMPTON Lacarde ('60) for defining the proper
nature of the Alumni Sandstorm in yesterday's edition. She nailed
it. Sheesh, as if there were not enough other venues on the
internet for "thoughtful discussions". The problem with those is
that they seldom stay "thoughtful" for very long. Sooner rather
than later, in today's polarized society they degenerate into
name calling, religious and political posturing, vituperation,
and hate speech. There's already too much of that on facebook,
which is why I seldom look at it anymore. Too hazardous for my
blood pressure. I'm sure that isn't what facebook's founder
intended.
It has taken me a long time to realize how unique we boomer
Bombers, who are the most frequent contributors to this venue,
were and are. Not to brag, please don't misunderstand. But we
really did grow up in Norman Rockwell's America, a place where
you didn't need to lock your door when you went out on the town
(we didn't), crime and homelessness were virtually nonexistent,
and the schools were excellent. Perhaps the reason the boomer
reunions are so successful is that for so many of us, our
classmates are like an extended family. Why? Because most of our
parents worked for the same employer, employment was stable, and
so many of us went through school together from kindergarten
through high school. It took me years to realize that you don't
get that in other towns. I'd hate to see anything introduced into
this forum that would drive a wedge between Bombers. I like the
Sandstorm just as it is. Maren's done an incredible job of
balancing all this over the years, and were it not for her, would
the Alumni Sandstorm even exist? Let's keep it as it is, a refuge
from controversial topics, where classmates can stay connected
over the years, and talk about shared experiences and common
memories growing up in a town like no other.
-Bill SCOTT ('64)
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>>From: Deedee WILLOX Loiseau ('64)
Re: Opting Out
Maren makes a good point: who wants to deal with the political
stuff?! I'm as political as anyone else, but the place for airing
my views is NOT the Alumni Sandstorm.
We did have a "Sandbox" where we could write anything we wanted,
but no one wanted to edit or handle it, so it died. If any
of you "opting out" people want to take it on, do so, and quit
complaining about what ISN'T in the Sandstorm as opposed to what
IS there. I don't mean this to sound mean or nasty, but the
Alumni Sandstorm has been operating for many years, and I
appreciate Maren's efforts on our behalf.
-Deedee WILLOX Loiseau ('64) ~ Burbank, WA where the days are
warmer, but the nights still nippy.
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>>From: Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65)
Re: Herding cats
Hi Maren, THANKS for all you do. John C. said it right, "herding
cats". Says it all. Great cats, and they are our cats.
-Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65)
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>>From: Mike FRANCO ('70)
To: Donna BOWERS Rice ('63)
WOW, so the Auditor of Missouri supposedly committed suicide and
his being accused of being Jewish may have affected his political
ambitions? And he "looked Jewish"? That's pretty interesting. And
our family moved to Richland in 1954. As one of a very few Jewish
families in town we knew the other Jewish families very well. If
the Baugher family was Jewish I never knew about it. It's not
impossible, but I am surprised to learn that.
[and I had no idea the Franco family was Jewish till
recent years of this Alumni Sandstorm... never knew it
when your dad removed my appendix. -Maren]
As far as political issues being surfaced here:
I kind of like that this forum is relatively politics free. I
read newspapers, watch news, read online journalism, follow
financial issues, education issues and POLITICS is everywhere. I
find that politics is not only everywhere but it often seems to
carry a complete lack of civility. I welcome this forum being as
free as possible of that discourse. After all, there is no lack
of other sites and venues for any and all political discussion.
Hope to see a few Bombers in Tacoma next week for some hoops
-Mike FRANCO ('70)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/02/15
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick WIGHT ('52), Mike CLOWES ('54)
David DOUGLAS ('62), Lynn JOHNSON ('63)
David RIVERS ('65), Ken STALEY ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Debbie HOLDEN ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John ADKINS ('62)
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>>From: Dick WIGHT ('52)
Hoorah! Lively Sandstorm yesterday... I enjoyed it all. But I do
suppose interest in the site will slowly fade away, since the
"younger folk" who graduated after the 1970s rarely participate.
I don't think it is a fault of the forum, but more of the
communications technology of the time... all the internet-
connected ways to rapidly communicate are more attractive to the
younger folks... our "kids" and grandkids are all over Facebook
and similar mediums...
I subscribe to other online and printed stuff such as the U.S.
Coast Guard Academy Alumni Assn. Nice magazine and online
version, but the younger officers (the last 25-30 years) don't
opt in to a significant degree... and the ranks of the older
graduating classes are thinning....
Oh, well...dinosaurs like me will hang in awhile longer.....
-Dick WIGHT ('52) ~ hanging on in Richland
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
No precedent breaking item to report, and hardly even
controversial.
The time is right to celebrate the birthday of a Bomber Babe and
a Bomber. Now, I'm not going to say this is a May-December thing
because I don't think they even know each other. For starters,
she is a fellow classmate and he is a guy I met though Club 40.
One thing you should know about her is that we went to school
together, but not in the same classes. Didn't see her again until
R2K. Following that, she did show up for subsequent reunions and
occasional Club 40 Annual Meetings.
Now we will tip the ol' propeller beanie and quite possibly
shout our a "Happy Birthday!" for both Debbie HOLDEN ('54) and
John ADKINS ('62).
"Live long and prosper."
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where we
are back to sunny days and cool nights and not much snow
in the mountains.
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
I love the Alumni Sandstorm. I don't think I've ever deleted
one of them. Even though I just skim some of the birthday and
anniversary greetings (unless it's one I sent, or for one of my
friends), I do look at every one. I enjoy connecting with friends
and acquaintances I haven't seen in decades (until the 50 year
Class of '62 reunion). I've also made some new friends through
the newsletter.
I wish I'd discovered Sandstorm earlier than I did. I would like
to have reconnected with my high school girlfriend Patty BEZZIO
('63-RIP), but she passed away in 1998 and I wasn't introduced
to Alumni Sandstorm until 2000. Therefore, I'm requesting
assistance of any of you, especially class of '63, who knew her
if you would let me know how she fared her senior year and
beyond, after her mother parted us. I've learned a bit about her
adult life, but I'd like to know more about what happened her
last year at Col-Hi.
Thank you, Maren. You are greatly appreciated.
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ where the temperatures are in
the low 60s this week. Brrrrrrrrr. Can't wait for our pool
to warm up
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>>From: Lynn JOHNSON Andrews ('63)
Re: Donna BOWERS Rice ('63) comments about Peter BAUGHER ('63)
2/28/15 Alumni Sandstorm
I remember Peter as a very intelligent and thoughtful person,
interested in a great variety of topics. Once at Col-Hi he,
Dianne KORNBERG ('63) and I were discussing religion, and he
made the statement he believed that people had created God and
religion because "they felt a need for them." I don't say this
to start a flame war on religion, but to illustrate that he was
a thoughtful person. Perhaps in his conversation with Donna he
was being rhetorical, or playing devil's advocate?
-Lynn JOHNSON Andrews ('63)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: they just keep a comin
Well there's one thing fer sher bout Bombers... long as we keeps
breathin' we keeps havin birthdays so let's keep breathin out
there gang... today's Bomber has provided us with tons of music
and pictures over the years to keep us rockin and to keep our
memories green about good times at Col-hi reunions... hope it's
not rainin up a storm there as it is here so he can go out and
play... at least till the street lights come on! HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
John ADKINS ('62) on your special day, March 2, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Ken STALEY ('68)
Thanks to the many alum who have defended this wonderful daily
walk through childhood and nostalgia. I agree with several other
people... I am a political junkie and have my very own soap box.
This is the one place where I can read about what went on, be
reminded of gentler times and smile at the success of our crowd.
I'll save my politics for other, more caustic sites.
Thanks, Mate, for keeping a lid on things and for the work you do!
-Ken STALEY ('68)
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Richard "Dick" ROBERTS ('49)
Helen CROSS ('62)
Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carol HODGSON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Monique MANGOLD ('80)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steven PIIPPO ('09)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Trevor HAY ('09)
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>>From: Richard "Dick" ROBERTS ('49)
Aloha! I doubt if the Sandstorm will slowly fade away as some
of us old geezers are good for another ten years or so. In the
meantime, let's keep it light and fluffy.
-Richard "Dick" ROBERTS ('49)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Happy Birthday late to John ADKINS ('62) who has done a lot to
keep our class alive!!
And a very late Happy Birthday to Kippy Lou BRINKMAN ('62) (sorry
I don't remember your married name, Kippy). While I was I.
Florida earlier this month I saw a "blast from the past"... when
I was visiting Joy Hendrix Wilson (NAB) who I had met in Richland
in '63 after I returned from being an exchange student Joy showed
me an autographed copy of your album "An Evening with Kippy Lou"
with a very young smiling Kippy (with your harp) on the cover.
My husband and I had visited you once at the Dome of the Sea I
think it was called, so I had seen you perform there, and I was
so proud to know you. A Happy Memory.
I hope Ed QUIGLEY ('62) comes back to the Sandstorm, as I'll
never forget when he wrote in years ago that he was sitting in
his island yard watching whales go by, and I wondered why I had
ever let my husband talk me out of going to Seattle with Boeing
for his job, because as much as I loved California there is no
whale watching around Sacramento, and whale watching is even less
possible in Cincinnati!!
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Hope, IN where we had about 6" of
snow on Saturday night; church was cancelled, but our
roads are clear, so I've got to get to the store 12 miles
away from this dear little town to buy some "greens".
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
To: Lynn JOHNSON Andrews ('63)
Your comment on the thoughtful nature of Peter BAUGHER ('63)
could actually start a "flame war on religion." To help deflect
such theater on these pages, here's another recollection of
neighbor Peter from down the street (Howell Street in the north
end).
Peter was one bright and thoughtful guy, with a ready smile,
usually in a necktie. My most relevant recollection is his
presence at a Christmas break party (1964 or so) in one of those
large "S" houses on Harris Street facing the River. The place was
crowded, and in the kitchen BAUGHER was cogitating aloud to his
listeners as he glanced at the spice cabinet: "People say
everything is 'relative'...but relative to What? Nutmeg?"
Now that is a thought provoking question. As to whether or not it
is man who invents God, to satisfy a need, this inverted notion
has not played well under regimes set up by the devotees of Karl
Marx--who famously said that "religion is the opiate of the
masses," and then further announced on who does what: that "this
question is forbidden to Socialist Man". Forbidden? . . . food
for thought, today.
The above comments are about a neighbor and about recent history
(not religion as such). BAUGHER was the talk of the neighborhood
as very well read in philosophy well before he got out of high
school. Does anybody know where BAUGHER is now? I have long
wondered about his career decisions and later whereabouts. In the
1980s I saw a name identical to his in a book review journal
("the University Bookman") but could not verify whether this was
our Peter Baugher.
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ Shoreline, WA
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Basketball State Tournament ~ 3/2/15 Tri-City Herald
"The fifth-ranked Richland Bomber boys basketball team
(19-4) and the mid-Columbia Conference champion, will
open against Columbia Basin Big Nine champion Yakima
Davis Pirates (19-4) at 10:30 am Thursday at the 4A
WIAA state tournament at the Tacoma Dome. The Pirates
are a familiar foe not only because the two teams were
rivals in the Big Nine and CBBN but also because they
faced each other in the season opener, an 81-74
Richland home win."
GO BOMBERS!!!
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Earl BENNETT ('63), David RIVERS ('65)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66), Mike FRANCO ('70)
Mike DALEN ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ruth PATTY ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Vicki GILL ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancy BISHOP ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim WINGFIELD ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda DEVINE ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Brad UPTON ('74)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rich FLEMING ('73wb)
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>>From: Earl BENNETT ('63)
Re: Peter BAUGHER ('63)
One of my favorite memories of Peter was from third-year French
class when we were sophomores. A number of us had first-year
French in eighth grade at Chief Jo: All but me had committed to
five years of foreign language by graduation, which was the
requirement to get a language class in eighth grade at the time; I
was there because my first choice elective, "General language,"
and the alternative/second choice "Latin," were full and the
registrar moved me into French without asking - giving me one of
the defining opportunities of my life to study under Mrs. Sonja
Harmon (RIP) http://rhs63.tripod.com/63columbian/ss/143.html I
wound up taking five years anyway, three of French and two of
Russian (again from Mrs. Harmon). When I dropped in on the '61
class reunion to chat with Dave STEIN ('61) while attending the
R2K+1 all-years gathering, my wife needed the restroom, so I
showed her where it was. When she came out, she was amazed that I
was among a half-dozen-plus of Sonja's former students, singing
Russian folk songs she had taught us almost forty years before.
Many of us kept in touch with her for the rest of her life, she
was that influential, and her daughter Sandy (Sasha) ('62) wrote
personal letters to us when she died, thanking us.
Backtracking off the rabbit trail, we took second-year French in
ninth grade, while Peter took his first year that same year, then
he took intensive second-year French at (I think) the University
of Chicago during the summer. He joined us for our third year
of French as sophomores with Mrs. Compton. She was such a bad
teacher that I was told some parents of students that year
ensured the school board did not renew her contract. By the end
of the year, Peter was so advanced beyond most of us that he
actually took on some of the teaching, and did it well. The one
good thing Mrs. Compton did was to include in the curriculum Le
Petit Prince, d'Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ("s'il te plait, dessine
moi un mouton;" "c'est trés estrange, le pays des larmes").
Another memory is the nearly monotonous start to the roll call
during most of my Chief Jo core classes most years: "ANDERSON
(Paul); ARMSTRONG (Phil); BAUGHER (Peter); BENNETT (me)"...
Regards, ecb3 - from a 100-year record cold winter in
central Virginia, where last week's snow is hanging on
stubbornly as we sigh at a predicted new accumulation
tonight of 1-3 inches, while being reminded to "spring
forward" this Sunday. Check out a concept new to me
this week, but intuitively sensible:
"Meteorological spring".
-Earl BENNETT ('63)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: What's this cold stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dang... this winter crap is really getting in my way... There's
dandruff all around Vegas and rain inna middle... not just
rain... freezing rain... yuk... my daughter and I have a fun
contest going on between us... each gift giving event we try and
find a new "I love you more" item... after the last one I
gave her (I think I gave her two that time) I figured I was
waaaaaaaaaaaaay ahead... today she joined the delinquents for
lunch and gave me a late V-day card... she also gave me a sweet
ring (she had it on a chain thinking I would prefer that)... it
was the same ring I gave her last time... only hers said "I love
you MOST"... uh oh... the hunt is on...
So today we gots us a couple a dudes celebrating... well one
isn't with us but I can see him now guzzling Pepsi's with Pook
('63-RIP), Freddie ('63-RIP), Ralph ('63-RIP), Dick ('63-RIP),
Shelley ('63-RIP), Chuck ('63-RIP) and a ton a other guys and
Bomber-babes... Now yer gonna say "what was he thinking?"... but
this guy was a long time bud and mentor of sorts... he was the
one who helped me decide to join the Marine Corps... as he put it
"at least you'll know your body will come back"... I remember 4
of us had these really cool Pendleton jackets without lapels...
the b-day guy hadda red one, his brother Gary ('64) hadda green
one, I hadda green one and Terry DAVIS ('65) hadda black one...
ahhhhhhh the good ol' dayz.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Terry WEBB ('63-RIP)
and Brad UPTON ('74) on your special day, March 4, 2015!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Hanford tour registration starts March 9 ~ 3/3/15 TCH
"Registration begins at 9 am March 9 for Hanford tours
this year with initially a choice of two tours.
Visitors can choose between a tour focused on Hanford
environmental cleanup, which includes a look inside B
Reactor, or a more in-depth tour of B Reactor, which
will include a drive past pre-World War II sites on
the nuclear reservation. In April, registration will
start for a third tour to be offered for the first time
this year. It will focus on the sites where settlers
lived before they were forced to give up their farms,
homes and businesses for the secret Manhattan Project
to produce plutonium in WW II."
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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>>From: Mike FRANCO ('70)
Every time I read reference to Karl Marx I smile remembering Fire
sign Theater, a VERY politically incorrect comedy group that put
out some outrageous albums in the '60s..
One of the album covers titled "All Hail Lennon and Marx". Of
course underneath that title was pictured John Lennon and Groucho
Marx.
Anyone remember those albums?
-Mike FRANCO ('70)
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>>From: Mike DALEN ('72)
Re: Peter BAUGHER ('63)
Didn't know Peter BAUGHER but grew up with his younger brother
Paul ('72). Paul is a big mountaineering guide, and ran Crystal
Mountain's ski patrol for a long time -- he may still. Paul's
also an avalanche expert; he even gets to set off charges to
create avalanches, improving safety around the ski areas.
-Mike DALEN ('72) ~ in snowy Huntsville, AL
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Barbara SESLAR ('60)
Bill SCOTT ('64), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat O'BRYAN ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: June PERKINS ('64)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Before the day gets away, and they always somehow manage to do
so, I'd best get this taken care of. For those of you who not
fond of the "old and boring", sorry about that.
Today he celebrates yet another birthday. Not going to elaborate
on how old he is, but in 1953 he was the King of the Prom. He got
promoted the following school year to Student Body President. He
also did a few other things which may or may not be reported in
Jim WATTS' ('54) "tell all" book.
On that note, it is time to tip the ol' propeller beanie and give
a "Happy Birthday!" shout to Pat O'BRYAN ('54) on the auspicious
occasion of it.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where lawn
mowing season is under way.
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>>From: Barbara SESLAR Brackenbush ('60)
Re: Class of 1960 Bomber Luncheon
DATE: Saturday, March 7
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: Bill SCOTT ('64)
Re: Peter BAUGHER ('63)
I have one memory of Peter from Chief Jo. Must have been in a
class with him. One day he blurted out, "How do you know this
(life) isn't all a dream, and you're actually a butterfly? "
Pretty heady stuff for a 14-year old. His intellect seemed far
ahead of his classmates.
To: Mike FRANCO ('70)
I do remember Firesign Theatre tho I never heard but a bit of
one album. Also remember a Frank Zappa poster titled "Phi Zappa
Krappa" with Zappa on the john, a poster of Marx (Groucho) and
Lennon (John) on the wall behind him.
-Bill SCOTT ('64)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: 4A State Hoops ~ Richland v Davis ~ 3/4/15 TCH
"When the sixth-ranked Davis Pirates (19-4) face the
fifth-ranked Richland Bombers (19-4) at the boys Class
4A state basketball quarterfinals at 10:30 AM Thursday
at the Tacoma Dome, it will be the 131st meeting
between the two schools since 1958. The teams have
combined for 53 state tournament appearances (40 by
Richland) and five state championships ? the last by
Davis in 2012. Plenty of talented players will take the
floor, including Mid-Columbia Conference player of the
year Steven Beo and Columbia Basin Big Nine player of
the year Nikhil Lizotte. Those two will be surrounded
by a cast of al-league players ? Carson Miller and
Landon Radliff of Richland; Max Jones, Nick Navarro and
Tyezaeh Bales-Walker of Davis."
If the Bombers win this Thursday game [today], they will then
advance to the 3:45 PM semi-final game on Friday where they would
meet the winner of the Kentwood-Woodinville game. If the Bombers
win again on Friday, they will then play at 9 PM on Saturday for
the State Championship .
You will be able to listen to games on the radio at KONA 610AM
or at http://610kona.com/ on the internet.
The State Championship game will be taped and shown on TV on Sunday.
Re: Passing of Nedra D. Dawson, mother of Gail DAWSON Howe ('66)
Our prayers are with Gail and her family in the passing of her
mother, Nedra Dawson, on February 28. Read the obituary and sign
the guest book.
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Dave HANTHORN ('63), Rosann BENEDICT ('63)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64), David RIVERS ('65)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: Diane & Sue HALE ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ray WELLS ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John BROWNE, Jr. ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Wayne GODWIN ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Deirdre JOHNSON ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat DORISS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Paul TUNNELL ('69)
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>>From: Dave HANTHORN ('63)
Re: Bomber basketball - State Tournament 2015
Richland Bombers - 54 ..... Davis Pirates - 59
The Bombers looked like they were sleep-walking for most of the
game. They were missing both layups and 3 point shots and most
everything in between. They had Davis in foul trouble throughout
the game, but couldn't take advantage because of poor free throw
shooting. Their team defense was almost non-existent, allowing
Davis to drive the lane for easy layups time after time. The
Bomber's shot selection was terrible. They were taking wild shots
and shots under heavy pressure on possessions where they needed
to be looking for a clean, open shot. And they were turning the
ball over way too much.
They were down by ten going into the fourth quarter, and things
didn't look good. But then, for a stretch of two or three minutes
on the game clock, they started playing like we expect Bombers to
play. They started finding some open looks at the basket and
knocking down a couple of three pointers, they played some great
defense and got a couple of turnovers and all of a sudden they
had tied the game up, and the Bomber crowd was going crazy. Sad
to say, that was the end of the line. After that little burst,
they fell back to all the same bad problems they had shown all
the rest of the game and ended up losing by that five point
margin.
I hate to say it, but to be truthful, the Bombers didn't look
like a well-coached, disciplined team. They just didn't look
ready to play at a State Tournament level. Too bad, I really
thought this was going to be their year to go all the way.
Bombers will now have to win two games in a row just to finish in
fourth place. Hope they can do it.
-Dave HANTHORN (Gold Medal Class of '63) ~ disappointed here in
Mercer Island on an otherwise beautiful day.
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>>From: Rosann BENEDICT ('63)
To: Mike FRANCO ('70)
A while back I attended one of Prof David Domke's notable (in
Seattle) lecture series, and a friend told me she'd have me meet
someone I most likely knew. Sitting in Kane 130 at UDub, there
was Mike FRANCO ('70). We had fun reminiscing about many of
people we knew, especially those stalwarts of the Jewish
community in the Fifties and Sixties. One of the most famous of
course was Larry CORYELL ('61), my estimable campaign manager
when I ran for ASB office and formidable editor of the Sandstorm.
Also Larry was a state champion high jumper. Incidentally, he was
also a pretty good guitarist.
And there was Howard KIRZ (60-RIP) who was ASB President and
later Group Health's Chief of Medical Staff. Howard left us way
too soon.
No where did Peter BAUGHER's ('63) name come up. I met Peter the
same year Dianne KORNBERG ('63), Lynn JOHNSON ('63) and I were in
"The Diary of Anne Frank", a production of the Richland Players
in the old Village Theater [on GWWay] in 1959. Even though all
three of them were Warriors, we were friends before we made our
way to Col-Hi. Dianne was "Ann", Lynn was the production's
prompter, and Peter was their friend. Over the years I have known
Peter I have never heard him refer to a Jewish background.
And he's just as intelligent, thoughtful and interesting--or more
so--than he was over fifty years ago.
As for people who "look like they're a Jew"-- well, I guess I do.
Some time ago, when "In the Beginning" quilt store here in
Seattle was still a going concern, Laurie Schifrin (published
quilt designer) asked me to applique a menorah and a dreidel. She
said "You're Jewish, aren't you?". I said, "Not that I know of,
but I might be. Who knows what the ancestors in Spain were up
to--they could have been converses.". She said, "You look
exactly like a Jewish woman I know in NYC.". And I told her that
probably sealed the deal!
That was quite a bit different than saying that I looked like a
Jew. Right, Mike?
-Rosann BENEDICT ('63) ~ Seattle where we're having cherry
blossoms and tulips very early. Sadly, the snow pack is
just about non-existent.
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2015 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
3/7 Ceremonial Start - Anchorage
3/9 Official reSTART - Fairbanks
The 2015 route is 979 miles.
The traditional Southern Route (odd years) is 998 miles
The traditional Northern Route (even years) is 975 miles
78 Mushers drew for starting positions on 3/5...
Starting positions of some I'm watching:
Berrington, Anna/Bib #39
Berrington, Kristy/Bib #11
Burmeister, Aaron/Bib #39
Buser, Martin/Bib #04
Buser, Rohn/Bib #31
Gebhart, Paul/Bib #28
Janssen, Scott/Bib #20
Jonrowe, Dee Dee/Bib #29
King, Jeff/Bib #59
Lanier, Jim/Bib #13
Mackey, Jason/Bib #72
Mackey, Lance/Bib #30
Moore, Allen/Bib #57
Seavey, Dallas/Bib #11
Seavey, Mitch/Bib #18
Zirkle, Aliy/Bib #32
Bomber Cheers and Peace
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 29° at 2am - Brrrrrrr
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Bomber-babes rule
Well, 2015 is already into March... how does that happen?????
Here we are, right where we were last year but with a different
year... ya know... I mean if I blink I'll be saying that this
year is gone and we are next year where we were this year...
wooooooooo weeeeeeeee... well I sure hope our B-day Bomber-babe
has a great day and enjoys it cuz it's almost next year... HAPPY
BIRTHDAY, Deirdre JOHNSON ('65) on your special day, March 6,
2015 (that's this year.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Larry PEALE ('57wb-RIP)
Hillcrest Guest Book and obit
A memorial service will be held at the Rattlesnake Mountain
Shooting Association, Trapshooting Range located at 98204 Highway
225 on Saturday, March 7, at 3pm.
Re: RHS vs Davis State Basketball State Basketball Quarter Final
Tough game for Richland who lost 59 - 54 to the Davis Pirates
Thursday morning. It was uncharacteristic for Richland who only
shot 13 of 28 from the free-throw line for 46%, with 29½% from
the floor. Landon Radliff had 19 points, Steven Beo had 13, Chad
Miller with 9, Jeff Ostler with 7 and Carson Miller with 6.
Richland now will play Friday morning at 9 AM against Kentwood in
the consolation bracket for 4th or 6th place. Davis will play
Woodinville who beat Kentwood 58 - 57 at 3:45 PM Friday.
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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8 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Ann BISHOP ('56)
Helen CROSS ('62), Dave HANTHORN ('63)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64), Pat DORISS ('65)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66), Gary SCHAUER ('84)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Melanie LAWSON ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ray FISHER ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rod JOCHEN ('80)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Boy did I blow it! Didn't look at my sources right. There were
three (count 'em 3) Bomber birthdays yesterday [3/6] that I
should have noted. Guess the rush into March took my mind off
it; either that or the fact that I have to mow the lawn.
At any rate, here's a belated tip of the ol' propeller beanie and
a hearty "Happy Birthday!" for two Bomber Babes and a guy from
The Class of '54: Diane and Sue HALE and Ray WELLS. Sorry to be
late guys.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where the
daffodils are still in bloom with tulips and iris working
at getting there.
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>>From: Sara Ousley, aka Ann BISHOP ('56)
To: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: You said "Woooooooooo Weeeeeeeeee!"
[Thought] you said Soooooooooo Weeeeeeeeee! [and wondered if] you
are a 'Hog' fan (Arkansas Razorbacks)??????
-Sara Ousley, aka Ann BISHOP ('56)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
To: Rosann BENEDICT ('63)
Rosann,
All these years I thought you were catholic!! I don't think I
really understood where or what all the different religions stood
for back in high school!!
Bomber Cheers!!
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ rom a sunny but below freezing for a
few more days they tell us, INDIANA!!
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>>From: Dave HANTHORN ('63)
Richland Bombers - 59 ..... Kentwood Conquerors - 73
Very disappointing as the Bombers are eliminated from the State
Tournament with two straight losses. I have no comments about
this game because I did not see it.
-Dave HANTHORN (Gold Medal Class of '63)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2015 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
TODAY (3/7) Ceremonial Start - Anchorage 10am (AK time)
MONDAY (3/9) Official reSTART - Fairbanks
One Bomber point out that I had the same bib number for two
mushers... OOPS
Anna Berrington/Bib #39
Aaron Burmeister/Bib #60
Bomber Cheers and Peace
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA
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>>From: Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
Re: '65 Ladies March Lunch
WHEN: Friday, March 13, 2015
TIME: 12:00--2:00 PM
WHERE: Rosy's Diner & Ice Cream Parlor, 404 Bradley, Richland
The March "Ladies of '65" Lunch will be held Friday, March 13th,
at Rosy's Diner and Ice Cream Parlor in Richland -- just south of
the Hampton Inn.
If you're a Lady Bomber from the Columbia High School Class of
1965, mark your calendar and plan on joining us! If you've never
been to one of our lunches -- or it's been a while since you did
-- we'd love to see you and get reacquainted!
If you have any questions, contact me!
-Pat DORISS Trimble ('65) ~ West Richland
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: RHS vs Kentwood State Basketball Tournament
It sounded like it was going to be a good game with Richland
leading 14 to 1 at the end of the 1st quarter. Unfortunately
they were not able to maintain that lead and were eliminated
from the tournament after losing 73 to 59.
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland where we are
enjoying 60° weather in the daytime. Remember to spring
forward Sunday morning.
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>>From: Gary SCHAUER ('84)
Hello, Maren. Thank you for all you've done over the years with
keeping the Sandstorm going. I'm sure it's a labor of love for
you, but I hope know how many alumni appreciate your efforts, day
after day after day.
With that said, I think it's finally time for me to cancel my
subscription. I've hung on many years longer than I thought I
would and with VERY few postings by anyone graduating after 1972,
I simply can't relate to most of the memories shared by alumni
from the '50s and '60s. In fact, there are probably more obituary
notices from people around my class than postings, so I've gotten
to the point where I'm only opening the Sandstorm to see if
anyone around my class year passed away (sad truth) or see how
the sports teams are doing. As someone mentioned a few weeks ago,
my generation and younger is keeping in touch using more social
media options, like Facebook.
If there is one thing I've always admired about the Sandstorm
contributors, it's the amazing school spirit my fellow alumni
have and how proud that makes me to be a Bomber.
I should be paid up through December. Please keep that payment
as a donation.
Thanks again for keeping it going. Take care,
-Gary SCHAUER ('84)
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Rosann BENEDICT ('63)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ssan ANDERSON ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Eddy CHARETTE ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim ADAIR ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marcus REILLY ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susan SHEPARD ('67)
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>>From: Rosann BENEDICT ('63)
To: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
I was indeed raised very Roman Catholic. Who knows what my real
ethnic background is? That's what I meant about the Spanish
ancestors maybe being "conversos". Those were the Jews in 1492
who were forced to convert when Ferdinand and Isabella kicked
all the others out of Spain.
-Rosann BENEDICT ('63) ~ from still sunny Seattle
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2015 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
78 teams (mushers and sleds) with 16 dogs/team = 178 dogs!!!
25 women mushers.
20 Rookies
58 veterans (includes 6 past Champions)
They hadda truck snow i for the ceremonial start in Anchorage,
but all teams left Anchorage on schedule. They will be in the
same order for the official reSTART when they depart Fairbanks
tomorrow (3/9).
I heard MANY mushers today saying that they are excited to see
the NEW trail out of Fairbanks.
17 check points - each with a veterinarian to check EVERY dog.
How far will Martin Buser go before his first real rest?
I'm watching:
03 Buser, Martin CHAMP/Bib #04 - 4 time champ
10 Berrington, Kristy vet/Bib #11
12 Lanier, Jim vet/Bib #13 - more than 1 have won wearing #13
17 Seavey, Mitch CHAMP/Bib #18 - 2 time champ - 55 years old
19 Janssen, Scott vet/Bib #20 - Mshing Mortitian
26 Fiedler, Linwood vet/Bib #27
27 Gebhart, Paul vet/Bib #28
28 Jonrowe, DeeDee vet/Bib #29
29 Mackey, Lance CHAMP/Bib #30 - 4-in-a-row Champ
32 Buser, Rohn vet/Bib #31
31 Zirkle, Aliy vet/Bib #32 - 2nd in '14, '13, & '12
38 Berrington, Anna vet/Bib #39
45 Seavey, Dallas CHAMP/Bib #46 - 2 time champ
56 Moore, Allen vet/Bib #57
58 King, Jeff CHAMP/Bib #59 - 4 time champ
59 Burmeister, Aaron vet/Bib #60 - running w/knee brace
71 Mackey, Jason vet/Bib #72
I wonder - where is 5-time Champ Rick Swenson, Jake Berkowitz,
the two Smyth brothers (Cim and Raymie), and Jamaican Newton
Marshall (saw him at the starting line w/several teams in 2015),
Bomber Cheers and Peace
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 53° at 12:30am
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Dear hearts and gentile people
I love those dear hearts and gentle people, who live in my home
town... korse I also love Rock n Roll Music, Bomber-babes and
Hot rods...guess one a them is kinda redundant but Bomber-babes
always rule... today we gots a couple a them kids from my home
town... this is kind of an interesting day as the dude shares
his class status with the Bomber b-day babe and the Tooter...
now ya gotta be pretty darned crafty to pull off an act like
that but this long time buddy a mine did just that... come to
think of it... he was a Senior when his better half was a
Sophomore ('69)... looks like Jimbeaux's ('63) trolling classes
paid off... I have always wondered why I never knew him before
that fateful day we met at my house back when... simple
Answer... he didn't live in Richland before that... He rolled up
in a black '46 Chevy with that jet black hair with the Buddy
Holly curl and a cute babe by his side... I figured him to be
about 22 or so... he was checkin' out the green '46/'47 Ford I
had parked in the driveway (good reason it was parked... frozed
engine AND I was 15)... I wasn't gonna let this used ta be teen-
ager get the best of me but he did look kinda intimidating... he
also seemed to know what he was talking about and I was dumber
than dirt... we each kicked the tires of the "piece a crap" the
other guy had and soon a deal was closed with a hand shake... I
got me a runnin' Chebby (with forward gears only) and he got a
froze up Ford... we parted knowing that we both snookered the
other... from that day to the present ain't been nuthin' in this
world come between us 'cept miles... we finish every phone
conversation with "love you" it's just that way... we've had
some fun times over the years... eaten every brand of Strawberry
pie in Orange County... almost got 'rested in Hollywood when he
decided to re-enact our times in Vietnam... (thankfully he
didn't run over any land mines this time)... One a his boys
('08) managed to get Terry DAVIS ('65) on a rollie coaster for
the very first time... he's baby sat cars for me in Richland and
we've had some good times in Vegas... we even relive the first
day we met... right now he's toolin' the Uptown in a little
custom Ford he talked me outa... something like 100 major mods
on that car... I grabbed George Barris at a show one time and
told him I hadda surprise for him... he started combin' his hair
and I hadda tell him "not that kind George"... I showed the car
to George and he gasped "The San Antonio Rose... ya know I took
the pictures of that car for a magazine back in 1958... " I
showed him the mag and said "ya mean these pix?"... I'm always
glad when his b-day comes around so I can brag on my pal... one
a the best guys I've ever known... now the babe ain't no slouch
herself... she was best friends with my sweetie my Sr year...
and I always enjoy seeing her when we are both in town at the
same time... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Jimmie ADAIR ('65-'67) and Susan
SHEPARD ('67) on your special day, March 8, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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-David RIVERS ('65)
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: George HAMMONS ('51)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rich HUSKE ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim STECKLINE ('63) '44
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pam PANTHER ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary ROLPH ('66) '48
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bob JACOBS ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janet OLSON ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jean ALBAUGH ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Petra GIANGRANDE ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rob PEUTZ ('73)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Leonard PETERS & MaryMike HARTNETT ('61)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2015 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
I didn't realize the route these teams take right IN Anchorage.
They make their way the 11 miles from the start on 4th Street
(top/left of the picture) to the Campbell Air Strip (bottom/right
of picture):
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Idit/AnchorageRte.jpg
Travel day (Sunday) -- All teams are made their way from Campbell
Air Strip to Fairbanks for the official re-START today (3/9) at
10am (AK Time) -- I think.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Idit/2015-RouteMap.jpg
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 61° at 11pm (or so)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: save time...read last year's
It has come to my attention I may repeat myself a bit in my
HBs... I'm told I posted the same picture last year on Jimmie
ADAIR's ('65-'67) b-day... arrrrrrrrrrgh... it ain't that I ain't
got fifty some odd more years a stories bout him and many others
out there... I did take a 20 year hiatus from Richland after
grageashun... well, no, 19 years cuz I did go to the '66
grageashun night party while home on leave... but there's lotsa
stories before and after for the tellin'... The statute has run
on most of the stuff so I guess it would be OK... dare I risk
mentioning that I was madly in love with today's birthday Bomber-
babe all thru school and barely spoke two words to her during
the whole time? After all these years I have lost most of my
"shyness"... but back then there were some girls I just couldn't
talk to... I still don't know why... my hands would get shaky and
my knees went weak could hardly stand on my own two feet, to coin
a phrase... I vividly recall the two opportunities I blew in
Jr. High... One was at the Chief Jo Apartments at one of her
friends and I just babbled... she was wearing a white t-shirt
with a flannel shirt like a jacket over it... the other was on a
field trip and she was wearing a fuzzy Mary Lou WATKINS ('63)
type sweater... I was sitting directly next to her and Johnny
CROWDER ('65-RIP) said something that put an end to my dream...
I never even heard what he said... it was a fiasco and I think
Johnny and I hadda walk home... thankfully, she remembers none of
it... at our 20th, when I saw her I thought I was gonna fall flat
on my face... hmmmmm, well, in fact I DID fall flat on my face
several times, I'm told... what a dismal drunk I was back then...
but for the Grace of God and the Program of Alcoholics Anonymous
I still would be... thankfully that was my last drunken "hurrah"
in Richland, at least one day atta time... but I have come to
terms with missing my chances and we have become dear friends and
that includes her great husband... so today instead of wondering
what if... I spent the day going thru some boxes in storage and,
as usual, found some treasures... I found my autographed vinyl
copy of "the Last Waltz", where Martin Scorsese (try and say
that ten times inna row) filmed "the Bands" farewell from the
Winterland Ballroom with about every living Rock n Roll star
available... even Ronnie Hawkins was there... I'd say that must
have been interesting to get him to attend as I have heard he
never got over the Band's leaving Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks...
Ronnie had at least two pretty darned big hits... "Mary Lou"
which I added to my post on ML's last b-day and "Forty Days", a
cover of Chuck Berry's "30 days"... many confuse him with his
cousin Dale, who wrote and made the first version of "Suzie Q"...
I watched portions of the film a "few days" back (which
probably equates to 1952) and it was so funny to see Robbie and
the boyz looking so danged young... but then... I guess we were
all much younger once... but there is one babe who has only
changed for the better... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Pam PANTHER ('65) on
your special day, March 9, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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8 Bombers sent stuff:
Richard "Dick" ROBERTS ('49), Ron HOLEMAN ('56)
Judy WILLOX ('61), Helen CROSS ('62)
Jim HAMILTON ('63), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66), Gale WALDKOETTER ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Diane DAVENPORT ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barb O'MALLEY ('70)
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>>From: Richard "Dick" ROBERTS ('49)
Re: Iditarod
It's tough sleddin' when there isn't any snow!
-Richard "Dick" ROBERTS ('49)
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>>From: Ron HOLEMAN ('56)
Re: Col-Hi Class Officer contact request
I would like to get in contact with the Richland's Columbia High
School Senior Class and Associated Student Body officers for the
following years (my apologizes to the women for having only their
maiden names):
1966 - Paul WAGGONER, Jim VAN WYKE, Karyn GROB, Ed GRAGERT, John
WAGGONER, Doug CONRAD, Julie GUSTAVSON, and Lynn WHEELER ('67);
1967 - Nick THOENNES, Cliff LANE, Joanne BOYD, Daryl JECH, Mike
LONERGAN, Paul WELLMAN, Sharon NAPORA, and Jim VOILAND;
1968 - Chris NIKOLA, Gary ELLINGSON, Andi BAYLESS, Don ROKKAN,
Bob PAUL, Darlene NAPORA ('69), and Dave BARBER;
1969 - Jay FOSTER, Nancy DAVISON, Tom ALBERT, Mike SWALLOW, Paula
CROWNOVER, Anna DURBIN, and Ben JACOBS;
1970 - Loren SHARP, Walter SOBOL, Christine JACOBI, Dale WARDELL,
Rob TEATS, Steve TAYLOR, Janice HUTCHISON ('71), and Mark CALLEN;
1971 - Petra ILLIG, Mollie RUTT, Janet GREEN, Jon ANDERSON, Rob
JENSEN, William RATHVON, Roberta NEWELL, and Pat INGHRAM ('72).
I would also like to get in contact with the Columbia High
School Senior Class Council officers and Associated Student Body
officers for the year 1972 - Bexa PEUTZ, Kim WELTY, Linda CRANE,
Peter BRANDT, Vicki OWENS, Gina WARD, Pete SIKOV, Jennifer MILLER ('73),
Peggy HARTNETT, and Terri GEDDE ('73) (again my apologizes for
having only the women's maiden names).
Please email me at Rhh4Wind@charter.net or call me by telephone
at (509)420-9237. Thank you.
-Ron HOLEMAN ('56)
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>>From: Judy WILLOX ('61)
Margaret EHRIG Dunn ('61)
Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: All Bomber Lunch ~ aka Patti's All Bomber Lunch
To: All Richland/Col-Hi Bombers
No matter when you attended Richland/Col-Hi; or even if you left
before graduation, you are welcome! You're invited to join us at
the March, 2015 Bomber Lunch! Bring your spouse, classmate, or a
friend and join us to celebrate Bomber Pride, friendship and
memories. You can even make new friends along the way! March: Happy
Saint Patrick's Day: Bring your favorite green leprechaun to lunch
with his pot of gold to pay for a green and gold Bomber's lunch.
WHEN: Saturday, March 14, 2014 (always 2nd Saturday)
TIME: We gather about noon or 12:30
WHERE: JD DINER, 3790 West Van Giesen, West Richland
(Second building on the right after crossing the
Yakima River Bridge.)
-Judy WILLOX (Classic Class of '61) ~ Richland where it seems to
be warming up nicely and I hope it stays that way.
-Margaret EHRIG Dunn (Classic Class of '61)~ Sailing away on a
cruise ship
-Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
-Betti AVANT ('69)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Re: Iditarod
I'm looking forward to the Iditarod, Too!! I hope to go see it
some year!!
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Hope, IN where it is finally above
freezing at night!! yea!!
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Re: Mr. Cool
It was 70 years ago today that "Cool" came to walk this earth. He
wasn't just "Cool", he was the embodiment of "Cool ". Long before
there was an Arthur Fonzarelli, there was Dick PLOWS. He always
had "it", what ever "it" was.
Taken from us way too early, but we share a cold one pretty
often. Share one with Dick tonight, there's a good chance he'll
get you in trouble, but he'll always make you smile.
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2015 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
78 teams left Fairbanks in (bib number order) exactly 2 minutes apart
which took 2 hours 49 minutes. Teams make up the difference after they
take their mandatory 24 hour rest. In other words, Zoya DeNure wearing
Bib number 78 left Fairbanks 2 hours 49 minutes after the first team,
so she leaves off her 24-hour rest in exactly 24 hours. bib #79 in
24:02, bib #76 in 24:04, and so on and so on and so on until bib #1
leaves in 26:49 and THAT is when we will be able to tell which team is
REALLY in the lead. Right now this means NOTHING but it's stil
interesting:
OUT OF NANANA (908 MILES TO NOME - 90 miles to Manley)
01 Buser, Martin CHAMP/Bib #04 - 4 time champ
03 Jonrowe, DeeDee vet/Bib #29
04 Zirkle, Aliy vet/Bib #32 - 2nd in '14, '13, & '12
08 Buser, Rohn vet/Bib #31
11 Moore, Allen vet/Bib #57
16 Burmeister, Aaron vet/Bib #60 - running w/knee brace
18 Seavey, Dallas CHAMP/Bib #46 - 2 time champ
30 Baker, John CHAMP/Bib #78 -- still holds the speed record
33 King, Jeff CHAMP/Bib #59 - 4 time champ
34 Leifseth, Joar/Bib #16
IN NANANA (908 MILES TO NOME - 90 miles to Manley)
Nanana Pop: 386 - Checkpoint is Nenana railroad depot
38 Berrington, Kristy vet/Bib #11
40 Seavey, Mitch CHAMP/Bib #18 - 2 time champ - 55 years old
14 Janssen, Scott vet/Bib #20 - Mushing Mortician
43 Gebhart, Paul vet/Bib #28
44 Fiedler, Linwood vet/Bib #27
45 Lanier, Jim vet/Bib #13 - more than 1 have won wearing #13
51 Mackey, Lance CHAMP/Bib #30 - 4-in-a-row Champ
57 Berrington, Anna vet/Bib #39
OUT OF FAIRBANKS 968 MILES TO NOME - 60 miles to Nanana)
76 Mackey, Jason vet/Bib #72
Red LANTERN
78 Christian Tuner vet/Bib#79
Bomber Cheers and Peace
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: WIAA 4A Boys State Tournament
The Federal Way Eagles beat the Davis Pirates 65 - 46 to win 1st
place in the state boys basketball tournament. They had played
Davis in the second game of the season and beat them by 45
points. This is the second championship in school history for
Federal Way who also won in 2009. They only had one graduating
senior from this team which includes Jalen McDaniels who is only
a junior and is 6' 9". The team is coached by Jerome Collins.
Here were the teams and their final placement:
1st ~ Federal Way
2nd ~ Davis
3rd ~ Union
4th ~ Issaquah
5th ~ Woodinville
6th ~ Kentwood
Re: WIAA 4A Girls State Tournament
The Gonzaga Prep Bullpups, whose assistant coach is John
Stockton, beat the Inglemoor Vikings in triple overtime winning
back-to-back championships with a score of 57 - 52. This was the
50th straight win for the Bullpups.
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland where the high
temperature is in the 70s.
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>>From: Gale WALDKOETTER Skaugstad ('72)
Re: Iditarod restart in Fairbanks
Here is the link to a video about Mary Shields of Fairbanks. She
was the first woman to complete the Iditarod in 1974 (#23), and
she recalls the experience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onDPhqg4Fnw
[VERY COOL... thanks, Gale... loved everything... I
stayed there and watched about Susan Butcher (RIP)...
her story of the moose stomp and killed 2 of her dogs
in 1985... -Maren]
My friend, Tracey Porreca, is a pro photographer and I'm sure she
has taken amazing photos from today's restart in Fairbanks and
beyond. I will pass them along to you as I get them.
Re: DeeDee Jonowe
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Idit/150310-DeeDee-Fbks.jpg
-Gale WALDKOETTER Skaugstad ('72)
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Alice HANTHORN ('59)
Helen CROSS ('62)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jay McCUE ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill HERIFORD ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mandy HOLMES ('97)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike AUSTEN ('99)
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>>From: Alice HANTHORN Johnson ('59)
Re: first Lady Iditaroder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onDPhqg4Fnw
Hi Maren, Thanks for making the 1st lady Ididrod finisher {Mary
Shields in 1974] video so easy... She is so right... the important
things in your life tend to put the passing of time into
perspective.
[Can't take credit for the video. It came from a
Bomber living in Alaska (I think) who sent the link:
Gale WALDKOETTER Skaugstad ('72). I think I stayed on
that link for about 2 hours after the initial story
about Mary Shields (one of only 2 women that year. -Maren]
Thanks for your talent and keeping up on all this computer stuff,
so we can all enjoy fond memories and "important" current
discussions.
-Alice HANTHORN Johnson ('59)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Happy Birthday, Diane DAVENPORT ('62) [on 3/10].
Let me know the next time you are planning to go to jolly ole
England. As the last time we happened to meet was in London,
England in 1996 or 7. I don't mind meeting there.
Wish I could make the Bomber St. Patrick's lunch. Sounds like fun!!
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ in rainy Indiana where it's in the high
40s now, but it's suppose to get into the 60s later this
week. but it beats ice and snow.
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2015 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
IN TANANA (752 MILES TO NOME - 119 miles to Ruby) Tanana Pop: 251
1 Martin Buser/#4 - 4 time champ
3 Aliy Zirkle/#32 - 2nd in '14, '13, & '12
4 Aaron Burmeister/#60 - running w/knee brace
5 DeeDee Jonrowe/#29
10 Dallas Seavey/#46 - 2 time champ
12 Jeff King/#59 - 4 time champ
13 Mitch Seavey/#18 - 2 time champ - 55 years old
OUT OF MANLEY HOT SPGS
20 Kristy Berrington/#11
22 John Baker/#78 - holds the speed record: 8:18:40:39
24 Scott Janssen/#20 - Mushing Mortitian
25 Lance Mackey/#30 - the ONLY 4-in-a-row Champ
28 Paul Gebhart/#28
30 Joar Leifseth/#16
33 Jason Mackey/#72
36 Linwood Fiedler/#27
37 Anna Berrington/#39
39 Allen Moore/#57
44 Jim Lanier/#13
58 Rohn Buser/#31
Red LANTERN
77 Ellen Halverson/#35
DISQUALFIED FROM THE RACE:
Brent Sass/Bib#71 - was 5th into Tanana. Disqualified for his iPod
touch... No 2-way communications allowed. He used it for music and
movies... even gave his phone to his dad before the start of the
race and didn't think about the iPod touch... used it during the
Yukon Quest (which he won) race where it was allowed.
Bomber Cheers.
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 65° at midnight
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Floyd MELTON ('57), Jack GARDINER ('61)
Judy WILLOX ('61), Diane DAVENPORT ('62)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64), David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John RICHARDSON ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ralph KEPPEON ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeanie WALSH ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sue BENNETT ('68)
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>>From: Floyd MELTON ('57)
Re: Spudnuts
In Richland yesterday to put flowers on my deceased wife, Marlene
Joyce Farley ('59-RIP) grave site. She passed on 14 years ago on
March 11... and then I got some Spudnuts as a fun treat and on to
Edmonds, WA. for my nephew's birthday. Tough and fun times all in
one trip.
-Floyd MELTON ('57)
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>>From: Jack GARDINER ('61)
March 12 at 0600 will be my 16th year without a cigarette. I know
if I smoked one, I would be smoking again.
-Jack GARDINER ('61)
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>>From: Diane DAVENPORT ('62)
To: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Many thanks for your Birthday wishes, and thanks to David DOUGLAS
('62), too. Helen, I well remember hearing your voice in the dark
on the nighttime tour of the Tower of London, and saying, "Is that
you, Helen Cross?" I am, in fact, headed to London 4/1-4/21/2015.
Looking forward to staying in an Airb&b there in the Bloomsbury
area. Plan to see plays, sightsee, and go to as much art as
possible. And you, when is your next trip!
-Diane DAVENPORT ('62)
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>>From: Judy WILLOX ('61)
Re: Book Signings by Kathi Ellis, wife of Tom ELLIS ('60)
Fundraisers for Dustin Cannady
1st LOCATION: Barnes and Noble Booksellers
700 Columbia Ctr Blvd., Kennewick
WHEN: Saturday, March 14, 2015
TIME: 1pm - 3pm
2nd LOCATION: Hastings Books Music & Videos
1425 GWWay, Richland
WHEN: Saturday, March 14, 2015
TIME: 4pm - 7pm
"Kathleen Ellis [wife of Tom ELLIS ('60)] will be
signing copies of her book "The Darkness Cannot Keep Us
- Choosing A Better Tomorrow." Kathleen's compelling
story talks about the cellular impacts associated with
abuse. She tells her inspiring story of her own journey
toward wholeness and victory and provides tips to help
others achieve their greatness. 100% of author's
proceeds will be donated to the family of Dustin
Cannady to help with medical and other expenses. Just
for information, this is a fundraiser that Hastings is
allowing us to have. They are not sponsoring the event,
so 100% of the proceeds will be paid to the author. We
will be set up in the Coffee Shop. Because this is not
a Hastings sponsored event, the cost of the books will
be $8, not $12.99. I just want to make that clear. I
appreciate Hastings so much for allowing us to have
this fundraiser for Dustin there!"
From Kathleen's FB page:
"I will be in the Tri-Cities, WA on Saturday, March
14th having two book signings. The first at Barnes and
Noble, Columbia Center from 1-3 PM and the second at
Hastings in Richland from 4-7 PM. I am donating 100% of
my proceeds from the sale of my book, The Darkness
Cannot Keep Us - Choosing A Better Tomorrow to little
Dustin Cannady and his family to help with medical
expenses. Please come out and support him. The family
needs as much of our help as possible. You can check
out little Dustin's progress at
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dustin-credible/382555555202470
Kathi will be bringing 150 books and would like to be able to sell
them all! Can you please help? I can tell you by a personal read
that the book is well worth the money she is asking for it, and the
money is going for a very worthy cause. This is Kathi's niece's
little boy and any and all help and your prayers will be
appreciated by Dustins family.
So Bombers, let's get roaring with those prayers - we are the
mighty Bombers and our prayers do get heard!
Thank you so much and Bomber Cheers,
-Judy WILLOX (Classic Class of '61) ~ Richland where the days are
beautiful, the nights are nippy. Typical dessert weather.
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2015 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
IN RUBY (633 MILES TO NOME - 50 miles to Galena)
Ruby Pop: 187 - Checkpoint is in the community hall
1 Mitch Seavey/#18 - 2 time champ - 55 years old
2 Dallas Seavey/#46 - 2 time champ
3 Aaron Burmeister/#60
4 Martin Buser/#4 - 4 time champ
5 Aliy Zirkle/#32 - 2nd in '14, '13, & '12
6 Joar Leifseth/#16
OUT OF TANANA (752 MILES TO NOME - 119 miles to Ruby)
12 DeeDee Jonrowe/#29
16 Jeff King/#59 - 4 time champ - 59 years old
29 Paul Gebhart/#28
23 Kristy Berrington/#11
26 Anna Berrington/#39
27 Linwood Fiedler/#27
32 Ray Redington, Jr/#34
35 Scott Janssen/#20
36 Allen Moore/#57
44 Jim Lanier/#13
45 Rohn Buser/#31
IN TANANA (752 MILES TO NOME - 119 miles to Ruby) Tanana Pop: 251
66 John Baker/#78
58 Jason Mackey/#72
Red LANTERN
77 Ellen Halverson/#35
IN TANANA
65 Lance Mackey/#30 - ONLY 4-in-a-row Champ - he may be "done"...
his hands are giving him problems... can't feel them...
can't bend his fingers like he should be able to...
trouble getting booties on his dogs. He said it felt
like his fingernails were being "pushed off." Frozen
hands... lost his mittens... Tearfully he said "I love
this sport... I can't do it anymore..."
Lance's Swollen Hands in Tanana .
Submitted to SS by: Gale WALDKOETTER Skaugstad ('72).
Mushers can NOT receive "outside" help, but another musher can help
so little brother, Jason Mackey (#72), has chosen to help big
brother do things like get booties on his dogs... and use Lancs's
knowledge and expert ice to see if they can BOTH get back to the
front of the pack before Nome.
Bomber Cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 66° at midnight
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Two in one
What do you get when you take a Bomber-babe, put her in polaticks,
change her name and have her real close to the Reagan library? You
get one a my favorite Bomber-babes, a pro tem mayor and a guided
tour all in one! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Jeanie WALSH ('63) on your special
day, March 12, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick WIGHT ('52), Marian "Martie" WADE ('57)
Helen CROSS ('62), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Linda REINING ('64), David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary HINKLE ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carole SLEDGE ('63)
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>>From: Dick WIGHT ('52)
Congrats to Jack GARDINER ('61) in staying off cigarettes for 16
years! And, yes, the urge to smoke can linger for many years. I
feel an occasional "twinge" even yet, and I stopped smoking in
early 1976! I had smoked since high school, was smoking heavily
by the time I was 18, and "had the habit" for 24 years. I stopped
"cold turkey" once earlier, in the late '60s, but regressed after
several months. It is odd, thinking back, on the public attitude
toward smoking "back in the day". It was, for us younger guys, a
"manly" thing and we were emulating our parents and other adults.
Yet we KNEW they weren't good for us. I recall we even called them
"coffin nails" and "coughing nails". Too bad we didn't "get smart
sooner". So many people had suffered from the results of heavy
smoking... cancer, coronary issues, lung problems.
Re: 'Nother subject
I noticed that Hanford tours for this year just opened up, and I
got registered for a B Reactor tour. Also read that later on a new
tour will be added to hit some historical points such as the old
towns of Hanford and White Swan.
Those interested can go to the website Hanford Site for more info.
http://www.hanford.gov/
Bomber cheers!
-Dick WIGHT ('52)
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>>From: Marian "Martie" WADE Jenkins ('57)
To: Jack GARDINER ('61)
Congratulations! I said the same thing when I quit smoking on
Easter Sunday, 1992: "If I can get thru one day without smoking, I
can never touch another cigarette or it will be all over." Anyone
who knew me didn't think I would ever quit, least of all me. I had
smoked for 40 years.
-Marian "Martie" WADE Jenkins ('57)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
My next trip will be soon, as my daughter-in-law is expecting our
2nd grandson any day now out in Gardnerville, NV so I will be
heading out there soon to enjoy being with my first grand baby, and
my almost 11 year old grandson... so I won't be seeing much art,
but I love the natural beauty of the area. I miss mountains here
in the Midwest, and in Gardnerville you see the backside of the
Sierras.... enjoy jolly ole' England for us; we always say we'd
love to get back, but haven't worked it into our schedule in ten
years now. cheers!!
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Hope, IN where it hasn't yet reached
70° yet, but we are loving the above 32° temperatures!
P.S. How is the Smyth Florida reunion? I see it's in the 80s down
there. {GREAT, Helen! We're all back to our "homes" now. -Maren]
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2015 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
By tomorrow we'll have a better idea of who is in the "real" lead
as they begin coming off their mandatory "24" hour rest.
The Mackey brothers have both taken their "24" and they are moving
right along. Apparently Jason told Lance yesterday that he (Jason)
would help his brother, BUT ONLY if Lance planned to go all the say
to Nome. Jason said that (of the two of them) Lance KNOWS how to
come from behind and win this thing. Brotherly love.
"8" = mandatory 8 hour rest
all except Aaron, Aliy and Mitch (on "my' list) have taken
"24 = mandatory 24 hour rest
IN HUSLIA (HOO-slee-uh)(501 MILES TO NOME - 86 miles to Koyukuk)
Huslia Pop: 281 - 2015 half way checkpoint
1 Aaron Burmeister/#60 - NOW he will probably rest
OUT OF GALENA (583 MILES TO NOME - 82 miles to Huslia - 1/2 way)
2 Dallas Seavey/#46
3 Martin Buser/#4
4 Tommy Waerner(r)/#8
5 Hugh Neff/#24
IN GALENA (583 MILES TO NOME - 82 miles to Huslia)
Galena Pop: 527 - Checkpoint the "old" community hall downtown
8 Jeff King/#59
9 Aliy Zirkle/#32
13 Joar Leifseth/#16
16 Paul Gebhart/#28
20 DeeDee Jonrowe/#29
23 Ray Redington/#34
28 Anna Berrington/#39
29 Kristy Berrington/#11
33 Linwood Fiedler/#27
OUT OF RUBY (633 MILES TO NOME - 50 miles to Galena)
37 Scott Janssen/#20
38 Allen Moore/#57
40 Jim Lanier/#13
43 Rohn Buser/#31
44 Mitch Seavey/#18
IN RUBY
46 John Baker/#78
62 Lance Mackey/#30
63 Jason Mackey/#72
Red LANTERN (in Tanana)
75 Ellen Halverson/#35
SCRATCHED/DISQUALIFIED (3)
2. Zoya DeNure/#79
3. Gwen Bogart/#14
Bomber Cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 68° at 1am
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
To: Jack GARDINER ('61)
Congrats on your 16 years of non-smoking. I quit over 38 years
ago... times when I'd still like to have a cigarette, but, since
none of my kids smoke, I am not around anyone who does, so the
temptation isn't there. *grin*
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ rainy weather in Kuna, ID and temps in the
40s... loving this weather.
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: wow
OK I know there are birthdays almost every day... but it sure seems
like the parents of the class of '63 were busy 71 years ago... here
we go another class turning 70... well I dunno bout you, but I
still remember my very first mixer when they were Seniors and Tony
HARRAH ('65) and I walked into the gym while "Oh Donna" was playing
in the back ground... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Carol SLEDGE ('63) on your
special day, March 13, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/14/15
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Rex HUNT ('53wb)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Diane DVORAK ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Donna ADAMS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary SCHULZ ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marcia WADE ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Karen PIERCE ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary HORTON ('75)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim MILLBAUER ('77)
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>>From: Rex HUNT ('53wb)
Re: Smoking
I was a horrific smoker... got up to 3 packs a day and loved every
one of them.
In February 1978, I had just returned from taking my 12 year old
daughter and 2 of her friends to Disneyland. As we arrived at the
home of one of the girls, she got out and told me thank you. She
said "Mr. Hunt, I would kiss you, but you smell like an ashtray." I
quit smoking that instant. I had a pack in my pocket and a carton
in the cupboard. I found that you only have to quit for a few
seconds at a time. As the urge to smoke only lasts a few seconds
then it passes. Of course it returned shortly but then you just
resist for a that few seconds and it carries you to the next time.
After 24 hours the length between urges grows. I know I am as
hooked to cigarettes today as I was that day. Just like an
alcoholic, you are always a smoker you just don't smoke... and now
after 37 years I still have an occasional urge. And the whiff of a
good cigar is always tantalizing.
-Rex HUNT ('53wb) ~ In lovely downtown Hanford, CA where the air
can get clogged with heifer dust so that a raunchy cigar
would seem a relief.
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2015 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
OUT OF HUSLIA (HOO-slee-uh)(501 MILES TO NOME - 86 miles to Koyukuk)
1 Aliy Zirkle/#32
2 Mitch Seavey/#18
3 Jeff King/#59
IN HUSLIA ((501 MILES TO NOME - 86 miles to Koyukuk)
4 Aaron Burmeister/#60
5 Dallas Seavey/#46
6 Tommy Waerner(r)/#8
8 Hugh Neff/#24
9 Martin Buser/#4
11 DeeDee Jonrowe/#29
OUT OF GALENA (583 MILES TO NOME - 82 miles to Huslia - 1/2 way)
15 John Baker/#78
20 Joar Leifseth/#16
NOTE:Mackey brothers were running #62 & #63 just 24 hours ago
22 Lance Mackey/#30
23 Jason Mackey/#72
24 Paul Gebhart/#28
33 Ray Redington/#34
37 Anna Berrington/#39
41 Kristy Berrington/#11
43 Linwood Fiedler/#27
IN GALENA (583 MILES TO NOME - 82 miles to Huslia)
45 Scott Janssen/#20
46 Allen Moore/#57
48 Jim Lanier/#13
51 Rohn Buser/#31
Red LANTERN (in Ruby)
75 Ellen Halverson/#35
SCRATCHED/DISQUALIFIED (3)
1 Brent Sass/#71
2 Zoya DeNure/#79
3 Gwen Bogart/#14
Bomber Cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 62° at 1am
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: 100-year-old Richland woman still driving ~ 3/13/15 Tri-City Herald
Many of you might remember Clarice Glenn, retired Richland School Teacher.
"She taught at Jefferson, Spalding, Sacajawea and Lewis
and Clark elementary schools -- retiring in 1978."
"She is one of 197 people 100 or older to have an
active driver's license in Washington, according to the
state Department of Licensing. That includes an
uncertain number of licenses issued to people who are
no longer driving (or possibly not even alive) because
they have military licenses with no expiration date."
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/15/15 ~ BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Diane AVEDOVECH ('56), Leoma COLES ('63)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64), David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ron HOLEMAN ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Roy BALLARD ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barbara SMITH ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Terry GANZ ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jessica AVANT ('95)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Dave COCHRAN & Nadine REYNOLDS ('61)
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>>From: Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
To: Maren
Re: Iditarod
I recently read an article about a blind dog helping musher Kelly
Maixner. His dog is a 50 lb sled dog named Laura and is mostly
blind, but will run any position in the sled race except the lead
and helped cross the Iditarod finish line. You may already know
about this but I thought it was pretty remarkable, even though he
scratched from the competition late in the race.
[Had not heard this. Interesting. Kelly is #9 this year
and is currently out of Huslia. I'll add him to my list
of "watching". -Maren]
-Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
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>>From: Leoma COLES ('63)
Re: Retirement
So today is my first day of retiring again!! I retired 3 years ago
after 40 years in retail to my place at the Oregon Coast and found
myself working again soon after. I have been doing housekeeping at
a resort and really loved it! It has been hard work and it has been
taking a toll on my body, and I realizes that I will be 70 this
year!!... hard to believe...
Now I am going into business with my daughter in Lincoln City, OR
and we are starting a clothing resale store. My son thinks I'm
nuts, but I enjoy being busy... and excited to be part of this new
venture.
Maybe I really will retire in a few years, and travel more. Paris
is on my bucket list! *LOL*
-Leoma COLES ('63) ~ Gleneden Beach, OR
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2015 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
Re: Lance Mackey Update Re: brother Jason
Lance is "...cuttin' the cord... he's gotta go... It was an easy
decision. He didn't hesitate to change his game plan to try to come
help me... he's been a great help bootying... I'm never gonna feel
good about this if he could have done better and didn't because of
me. He's goin' and I'm stayin' [in Huslia]... Oh, I'll make it [to
Nome}... I might be a month behind him, but I'll make it."
In Tanana they were #62/#63
In Galena (24 hours later): #22/#23
today out of Huslia (24 hours later): Jason is #24 and Lance is #30
Submitted to SS by: Gale WALDKOETTER Skaugstad ('72)
Lance video
DeeDee video
IN KALTAG (346 MILES TO NOME - 85 miles to Unalakleet)
Kaltag Pop: 234 - Check-in is at Rich Burnham's house,
but the official checkpoint and gathering spot is the
octagonal log community building about a block away.
1 Aaron Burmeister/#60
OUT OF NULATO (393 MILES TO NOME - 47 miles to Kaltag)
2 Jeff King/#59
3 Dallas Seavey/#46
IN NULATO (393 MILES TO NOME - 47 miles to Kaltag)
Nulato Pop: 359 - Checkpoint is the community hall
4 Aliy Zirkle/#32
5 Jessie Royer/#3
OUT OF KOYUKUK (415 MILES TO NOME - 22 miles to Nulalto)5
6 Mitch Seavey/#18
IN KOYUKUK (415 MILES TO NOME - 22 miles to Nulalto)
Koyukuk Pop: 98
8 Joar Leifseth/#16
10 Tommy Waerner(r)/#8
12 Hugh Neff/#24
OUT OF HUSLIA (501 MILES TO NOME - 86 miles to Koyukuk)
14 John Baker/#78
15 Kelly Maisner/#9
18 Paul Gebhart/#28
22 Ray Redington/#34
23 Martin Buser/#4
24 Jason Mackey/#72
30 Lance Mackey/#30
32 Linwood Fiedler/#27
36 DeeDee Jonrowe/#29 - with some fingers frostbitten
37 Anna Berrington/#39
38 Kristy Berrington/#11
IN HUSLIA ((501 MILES TO NOME - 86 miles to Koyukuk)
44 Allen Moore/#57
47 Scott Janssen/#20
54 Jim Lanier/#13
OUT OF GALENA (583 MILES TO NOME - 82 miles to Huslia - 1/2 way)
58 Rohn Buser/#31
Red LANTERN (still in Ruby)
73 Ellen Halverson/#35
Two more scratched
SCRATCHED/DISQUALIFIED (5)
1 Brent Sass/#71
2 Zoya DeNure/#79
3 Gwen Bogart/#14
4 Christine Roalofs/#62
5 Gerald Sousa/#44
Bomber Cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 65° at midnight
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: It's beginning to feel...
a lot like summer... yee ha and I'm lovin' it... been wearin'
shorts and a t-shirt for the last two days... oh yeah I know
it won't last... I think it's spozed ta rain mid-week but
I'm enjoyin' it while I can... as I said the other day when
I misspelled Carole SLEDGE's ('63) first name, the class a '63
is on a roll... won't be many b-days left if it keeps goin'
like this by the time the Class 70th rolls around... HAPPY
BIRTHDAY, Roy BALLARD ('63) and Thea WALLACE ('63-RIP) on your
special day, March 15, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
John CAMPBELL ('63)
Roy BALLARD ('63)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Hazel MORGAN ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Debra Anne CRANE ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tami LYONS ('76)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rhonda MILLER ('78)
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>>From: John CAMPBELL ('63)
Re: EWSU
Eastern comes back to beat Montana to go to NCAA. Who'd a thunk
the Savages Aka Eagles would go while UW and WSU stay home. I'm
sure my room mate Lyman Powell didn't either.
-John CAMPBELL ('63)
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>>From: Roy BALLARD ('63)
Re: Thea. WALLACE ('63-RIP)
Since Thea and I shared a lot of birthdays. I have to send a heart
felt thanks. You were a great friend and I miss being able to say
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THEA. WALLACE [on 3/15]. You are missed.
-Roy BALLARD ('63) ~ Richland
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2015 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
Some check points have a mandatory gear check: Huslia and Kaltag
(so far). Checking for sleeping bag, snow shoes, cooker, Heat, Vet
book. There will also be a bag check at the finish line. I suppose
if they don't have everything in their bag, they'd be
disqualified???
Re: Lance Mackey Update
In Tanana they were #62/#63
In Galena (24 hours later): #22/#23
Out of Huslia (24 hours later): Jason was #24 and Lance was #30
Out of Nualto (24 hours later): Jason was #30 and Lance was #31
OUT OF UNALAKLEET (261 MILES TO NOME - 40 miles to Shaktoolik)
1 Dallas Seavey/#46
2 Aaron Burmeister/#60
IN UNALAKLEET (261 MILES TO NOME - 40 miles to Shaktoolik)
Unalakleet Pop 882 - Two well stocked stores, as well
as two restaurants along w/limited lodging by advance
booking. Checkpoint in front of AC store.
3 Aliy Zirkle/#32
4 Jeff King/#59
OUT OF KALTAG (346 MILES TO NOME - 85 miles to Unalakleet
5 Jessie Royer/#3
6 Mitch Seavey/#18
7 Joar Leifseth/#16
9 Kelly Maisner/#9
13 Tommy Waerner(r)/#8
14 Hugh Neff/#24
16 John Baker/#78
20 Paul Gebhart/#28
IN KALTAG (346 MILES TO NOME - 85 miles to Unalakleet23
23 Ray Redington/#34
24 Martin Buser/#4
OUT OF NULATO (393 MILES TO NOME - 47 miles to Kaltag)
28 DeeDee Jonrowe/#29 - with some fingers frostbitten
30 Jason Mackey/#72
31 Lance Mackey/#30
35 Linwood Fiedler/#27
37 Anna Berrington/#39
38 Kristy Berrington/#11
IN KOYUKUK (415 MILES TO NOME - 22 miles to Nulalto)5
45 Allen Moore/#57
OUT OF HUSLIA (501 MILES TO NOME - 86 miles to Koyukuk)
52 Scott Janssen/#20
53 Jim Lanier/#13
56 Rohn Buser/#31
Red LANTERN (Out of Galena)
71 Jan Steeves/#45
two more scratched
SCRATCHED/DISQUALIFIED (6)
1 Brent Sass/#71
2 Zoya DeNure/#79
3 Gwen Bogart/#14
4 Christine Roalofs/#62
5 Gerald Sousa/#44
6 Philip Walters/#51
7 Ellen Halverson/#35
Bomber Cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 65° at midnight
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/17/15 ~ HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Richard ROBERTS ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat BADGER ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patricia LEIBEL ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon TEMPLEMAN ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary JACKSON ('66wb)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda LANG ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lisa LYSHER ('79)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today:
Thomas PEASHKA ('68) & Lynn-Marie HATCHER ('68)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
And a foine, foine top 'o th' mornin' to yez on this St. Paddy's
day.
Not only that, it is also the birthday of one Bomber and a trifecta
of Bomber Babes. Not too shabby now is it.
First off, the Bomber is one of the older crowd, but a neat guy
anyway; and that would be Richard ROBERTS ('49)
And now, the trio of Bomber Babes, all of whom I went to school
with back in the day. One was even in my graduating class. Leading
off is Patty BADGER from the class of '53, batting second is
Patricia LEIBEL from The Class of '54 and in the clean-up position
is Sharon TEMPLEMAN of the class of '55. Not bad at all. I'm only
going to say nice things about them because, let's face it, I fear
the wrath of their husbands (nice guys one and all).
So, here is the ritual tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a very
hearty "Happy Birthday!" cheer for the above mentioned quartet.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where we
breathlessly await news from "Musher Central" on either the
results of the dog race or whose bracket are they in. Nice
to see the Eagles made it to the dance along with Gonzaga.
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2015 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
Re: Lance Mackey Update
He and Jason are now out of Kaltag #37 and #38
Re: Berington Twins
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Idit/BeringtonTwins.jpg
Pretty as always... said they weren't running together this year,
but they sure seem to be...
Re: Love on the Iditarod trail...
Anna Berington/#39 said she wasn't worried about complications of
having a boyfriend (Charley Benja/#35) on the trail. She pointed
out that she and Bejna wouldn't be the only couple headed to Nome.
They join husband-wife mushers Allen Moore/#57 and three-time
runner-up Aliy Zirkle/#32, 2011 champion John Baker/#78 and
Katherine Keith/#79 as well as twin sister Kristy Berington/#11 and
her boyfriend, Paul Gebhardt/#28.
Re: Iditarod Unleashed on TV
Iditarod is about to be unleashed! Experience the mushers' race in
Iditarod Unleashed, beginning March 19 on The Sportsman Channel.
Follow the link to the schedule:
http://www.thesportsmanchannel.com/shows/iditarod-unleashed/
In Alaska watch Iditarod Unleashed at Alaska GCI: 306 SD/746 HD
Nationally, watch Iditarod Unleashed on these channels.
- DirecTV 605
- Dish Network 395 HD
- AT&T 1642 HD
- Verizon 308
Re: Submitted by: Gale WALDKOETTER Skaugstad ('72) (Koyuk pictures)
I'm watching:
OUT OF KOYUK (171 MILES TO NOME - 48 miles to Elim)
1 Dallas Seavey/#46
2 Aaron Burmeister/#60
IN KOYUK (171 MILES TO NOME - 48 miles to Elim)
Koyuk Pop: 258 - Checkpoint is the City Rec. Center
3 Mitch Seavey/#18
4 Aliy Zirkle/#32
5 Jessie Royer/#3
6 Joar Leifseth/#16
OUT OF SHAKTOOLIK (221 MILES TO NOME - 50 miles to Koyuk)
7 Jeff King/#59
IN SHAKTOOLIK (221 MILES TO NOME - 50 miles to Koyuk)
Shaktoolik Pop: 199 Checkpoint is at the armory.
13 Paul Gebhart/#28
14 Hugh Neff/#24
15 Kelly Maixner/#9
OUT OF UNALAKLEET (261 MILES TO NOME - 40 miles to Shaktoolik)
20 John Baker/#78
21 Martin Buser/#4
22 Tommy Waerner(r)/#8
23 Ray Redington/#34
IN UNALAKLEET (261 MILES TO NOME - 40 miles to Shaktoolik)
28 DeeDee Jonrowe/#29 - with some fingers frostbitten
OUT OF KALTAG (346 MILES TO NOME - 85 miles to Unalakleet
32 Linwood Fiedler/#27
33 Anna Berrington/#39
34 Kristy Berrington/#11
37 Lance Mackey/#30
38 Jason Mackey/#72
44 Scott Janssen/#20
IN KALTAG (346 MILES TO NOME - 85 miles to Unalakleet23
49 Allen Moore/#57
53 Jim Lanier/#13
56 Rohn Buser/#31
Red LANTERN (in Huslia - half way there)
71 Jan Steeves/#45
SCRATCHED/DISQUALIFIED (7)
1 Brent Sass/#71
2 Zoya DeNure/#79
3 Gwen Bogart/#14
4 Christine Roalofs/#62
5 Gerald Sousa/#44
6 Philip Walters/#51
7 Ellen Halverson/#35
Bomber Cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 60° at midnight
P.S. Corned Beef and Cabbage will be ready about 5pm... stop on by!
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: '66 Ladies March Lunch
WHEN: Friday, March 20
TIME: NOON
WHERE: Isla Bonita Mexican Restaurant, 1524 Jadwin
PHONE: 946-3383
Inviting all Ladies from the Class of '66 to our March lunch. If
you haven't responded already, please let me know if you will be
able to attend by Thursday, March 19, so I will be able to confirm
the reservations.
Thank you ~
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ from a very warm Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/18/15
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Rick REED ('49)
Carol TYNER ('52)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carol BRADY ('60)
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>>From: Rick REED ('49)
To: Dick ROBERTS ('49)
Well, well, well. Happy Birthday, Dick. I'm not too far from being
there myself. I heard somewhere that Old Bombers never die they
just loose their hair. (Or was it golf balls).
From the very Bald, Rick
-Rick REED ('49)
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>>From: Carol TYNER Roberts ('52)
Re: Richard ROBERTS' Birthday [on 3/17]
Well, I wished him a happy birthday this morning and he is really
looking good for an old '49er. No special plans but a great dinner
of corned beef and cabbage with friends and be very glad that we
are "somewhere" together on his special day.
-Carol TYNER Roberts ('52)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2015 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
The winning musher is expected to cross under the burled arch
in Nome, AK around 4am, March 18 (AKDT) -- which is 7am (CDT).
I'll be watching... The Alumni Sandstorm will be published at
the "normal time"....
Re: Dallas Seavey and Jeff King talk about the 2014 finish (17:15)
Submitted by: Gale WALDKOETTER Skaugstad ('72)
Re: Jeff King charged by "rabid giant spotted seal"
I'm watching:
OUT OF WHITE MOUNTAIN (77 MILES TO NOME - 55 miles to Safety)
1 Dallas Seavey/#46
IN WHITE MOUNTAIN (77 MILES TO NOME - 55 miles to Safety)
White Mt. Pop: 209 - Checkpoint is in the community hall bldg.
up the hill from the store ~ Some street names in White Mt.:
High School Rd, Cemetery Rd runs into Parsonage St turns into
Church Rd. The obligatory Main St. turns into Healthy Blvd
turns into, Elementary School Rd runs into Elementary Bend,
Airport Rd, Store Rd. and Post Office Rd
MANDATORY 8 HOUR REST REQUIRED IN WHITE MOUNTAIN.
2 Mitch Seavey/#18
3 Aaron Burmeister/#60
4 Jessie Royer/#3
5 Aliy Zirkle/#32
OUT OF ELIM (123 MILES TO NOME - 46 miles to White Mountain)
6 Joar Leifseth/#16
7 Jeff King/#59
IN ELIM (123 MILES TO NOME - 46 miles to White Mountain)
Elim Pop: 281 - Checkpoint is usually at the fire hall
12 Paul Gebhart/#28
13 Kelly Maixner/#9
OUT OF KOYUK (171 MILES TO NOME - 48 miles to Elim)
15 Hugh Neff/#24
18 Ray Redington/#34
19 Martin Buser/#4
21 John Baker/#78
29 Tommy Waerner(r)/#8
OUT OF SHAKTOOLIK (221 MILES TO NOME - 50 miles to Koyuk)
29 DeeDee Jonrowe/#29
31 Kristy Berrington/#11
32 Anna Berrington/#39
IN SHAKTOOLIK (221 MILES TO NOME - 50 miles to Koyuk)
34 Linwood Fiedler/#27
40 Scott Janssen/#20
OUT OF UNALAKLEET (261 MILES TO NOME - 40 miles to Shaktoolik)
41 Jason Mackey/#72
42 Lance Mackey/#30
OUT OF KALTAG (346 MILES TO NOME - 85 miles to Unalakleet
43 Allen Moore/#57
52 Jim Lanier/#13
54 Rohn Buser/#31
Red LANTERN (out of Koyuk)
69 Cindy Abbott/#10
2 more scratched
SCRATCHED/DISQUALIFIED (9)
1 Brent Sass/#71
2 Zoya DeNure/#79
3 Gwen Bogart/#14
4 Christine Roalofs/#62
5 Gerald Sousa/#44
6 Philip Walters/#51
7 Ellen Halverson/#35
8 Jan Steeves/#45
9 Katheryne Keith/#74
Bomber Cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 73° at midnight
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2 Bombers sent stuff and Memorial INFO today:
Jim McKEOWN ('53)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Don PANTHER ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cheryl RAEKES ('74)
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>>From: Jim McKEOWN ('53)
Re: Birthday
happy belated birthday to Sharon TEMPLEMAN Watts ('55), on your
very special day [3/17]... I'm sure big Jim took you to some
special place... maybe not... did he remember, Sharon? We are
now in Monroe, so working our way to Richland... I'm sending
this from the library, since my brother-in-law has no computer...
off to Wenatchee on Sunday to see brother Tom's ('53-RIP) wife
Darlene CARD McKeown ('54), and then on to Bomberville, where
the Chubb Clubb will be meeting on Tuesday... looking forward
to seeing old friends and increasing, big time, the BS level.
-Jim McKEOWN ('53)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2015 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
FINISHED
01 Dallas Seavey CHAMP/bib#46 w/10 dogs in 8:18:13:06
02 Mitch Seavey CHAMP/bib#18
03 Aaron Burmeister vet/bib#63
04 Aliy Zirkle vet/bib#32
05 Joar Leifseth Ulso vet/bib#16
06 Jeff King CHAMP/bib#59
06 Wade Marrs vet/bib#65
07 Ken Anderson vet/bib#36
OUT OF SAFETY (22 MILES TO NOME)
12 Paul Gebhart/#28
OUT OF or IN WHITE MOUNTAIN (77 MILES TO NOME)
14 Kelly Maixner/#9
16 Ray Redington/#34
17 Hugh Neff/#24
18 Tommy Waerner(r)/#8
19 John Baker/#78
MANDATORY 8 HOUR REST REQUIRED IN WHITE MT.
23 Martin Buser/#4
OUT OF or IN ELIM (123 MILES TO NOME)
28 Anna Berrington/#39
29 Kristy Berrington/#11
30 DeeDee Jonrowe/#29
IN SHAKTOOLIK (221 MILES TO NOME)
36 Linwood Fiedler/#27
40 Scott Janssen/#20
41 Jason Mackey/#72
42 Lance Mackey/#30
43 Allen Moore/#57
49 Rohn Buser/#31
Red LANTERN (out of Kaltag - 346 miles to nome)
68 Cindy Abbott/#10
another 1 scratched
SCRATCHED/DISQUALIFIED (9)
10 Jim Lanier/#13
9 Katherine Keith/#74
8 Jan Steeves/#45
7 Ellen Halverson/#35
6 Philip Walters/#51
5 Gerald Sousa/#44
4 Christine Roalofs/#62
3 Gwen Bogart/#14
2 Zoya DeNure/#79
1 Brent Sass/#71
Bomber Cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 72° at midnight
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NOT Bomber Memorial - only INFO today
Re: LeeRoy PARCHEN (59-RIP)
from the Einan's website:
"A viewing will be held on Friday March 20th from 5pm
to 7pm at Einan's at Sunset Funeral Home (915 Bypass
Hwy., Richland). A graveside service will be held at
the Resthaven Cemetery (700 Williams Blvd., Richland)
on Saturday March 21st at 12 p.m. A celebration of ...
life will immediately follow the graveside back at
the Einan's at Sunset Chapel from 1-4pm"
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
Yvonne LING ('75)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Leah COLLINS ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joanna FAULKNER ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sherri DAUGHERTY ('67)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2015 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
A little more than half the teams have crossed the
finish line. The rest are still out on the trail.
Re: Iditarod - 2008 stories on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZvVlo1RIG0
Re: Nome Finish Line - Live Cam
http://www.visitnomealaska.com/nome-web-cam.html
TOP 7 FINISHED
01 Dallas Seavey 3x CHAMP/bib#46 w/10 dogs
02 Mitch Seavey 2x CHAMP/bib#18 w/10 dogs
03 Aaron Burmeister vet/bib#63 w/9 dogs
04 Jessie Royer vet/bib#3 w/12 dogs
05 Aliy Zirkle vet/bib#32 w/13 dogs
06 Joar Leifseth Ulso vet/bib#16 w/8 dogs
07 Jeff King 4x CHAMP/bib#59 w/13 dogs
Red LANTERN (out of Unalakleet ~ 261 miles to Nome
66 Cindy Abbott/#10
2 more scratched
SCRATCHED/DISQUALIFIED (9)
12 Bryan Bearss/#18
11 Scott Janssen/#20
10 Jim Lanier/#13
9 Katherine Keith/#74
8 Jan Steeves/#45
7 Ellen Halverson/#35
6 Philip Walters/#51
5 Gerald Sousa/#44
4 Christine Roalofs/#62
3 Gwen Bogart/#14
2 Zoya DeNure/#79
1 Brent Sass/#71
Bomber Cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 70° at midnight
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Seattle Times 3/18/15
"With his late father, Rich O'MALLEY ('76-RIP) in mind,
Shawn O'Malley (Southridge graduate) hopes for big-
league chance with M's"
"PEORIA, Ariz. - The only person who might have wanted
Shawn O'Malley to someday wear a Mariners uniform more
than Shawn O'Malley was his father, Rich.
"He was a huge Mariners fan," says O'Malley, a utility
infielder and non-roster invitee to the team's major-
league camp. "He'd been a Mariners fan through thick
and thin. He was at the game when Edgar (Martinez) hit
the double (to win the 1995 ALDS against the Yankees).
So it's really cool now that I'm here.'
"O'Malley only wishes his father was, as well.
Rich O'MALLEY, a former star football player at
Richland High School who raised his family in
Kennewick, died of a heart attack in July 2013 at age
55."
Re TCH picture of Shawn
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Col/150320-ShawnOMalley.jpg
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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>>From: Yvonne LING Deshayes ('75)
Re: '75 in '15 ~ 40 year Reunion - Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1586428484948274/
DATES: July 17 & 18, 2015
Friday Events:
8:30 am Golf Event at Horn Rapids Golf Course
6:00 pm Social at Shilo Inn
Saturday Events:
9:00 am Possible Tour of RHS
6:30 pm Social, Dinner, Program & Entertainment at Shilo Inn
Comedian Brad UPTON ('74) will be our entertainment
Please share this information with all your classmates and check
out the Facebook page.
-Yvonne LING Deshayes ('75)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/21/15
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick McCOY ('45), Barb ISAKSON ('58)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64), David RIVERS ('65)
Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gini MILLER ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Donna McGREGOR ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marji BREWDER ('69)
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>>From: Dick McCOY ('45)
Re: Birthdays
A very belated birthday Irish, too, TO Sharon TEMPLEMAN ('55)
and Richard ROBERTS ('49). GA BRAGH
Plus this guy Steven Geo must be up there with the vry best of
our bb scorers. hello Gene, Ray and Mike.
-Dick McCOY (from the Tin Can class of '45/70 yrs young this spring)
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>>From: Barb ISAKSON Rau ('58)
Re: Jerry IRWIN ('58) Update
Well Jerry made it back to the Tri-Cities!
His address is:
Squires Residence
6127 W. Victoria Ave.
Kennewick, WA 99336
Classmates
Barbara HORTON Pieterson (found him)
Barbara I. Rau rec'd the information and put it on the Sandstorm.
-Barb ISAKSON Rau ('58) ~ Richland
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2015 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
About 35 still on the trail... will give complete report when
the Red Lantern is extinguished.
Bomber Cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 71° at midnight
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Spalding Pals
Having Terry DAVIS ('65) staying over on Birch has been a boon to
me this last few months... I get the scoop as it occurs... He let
me know in an email that came after I logged off on the evening of
3/19 to let me know that my Spalding "BFF", Craig DAVIS ('65),
was going in to Kadlec on the morning of 3/20 to have a triple
by-pass... so natch I immediately gotta hold of our friendly Nurse,
Ceci BENNETT ('65) to get a room number etc. for Craig... she sent
it right back and I've called a few times but no answer so far...
Spoze they want him to rest up and stuff... now ta get the picture,
ya gotta know the history between us... we weren't just best pals,
we were inseparable... If I gotta skinny white belt, Craig got a
skinny white belt, If Craig wore his collar up, I wore mine up (and
we did)... I wuz gonna send the 5th grade picture with this, but
Craig is absent from the pic... I remember us having matching kinda
nylon shirts with silver thread running thru the shirts so they
shimmered like something Elvis would wear (they also itched like
crazy)... we had white bucks and the whole 9 yards... in 5th grade
our teacher used to hit us with a rubber hose... the same teacher
used to come over to my house and cry on my mother's shoulder...
the teacher was deaf as a poker and could never really tell who was
causing the problems (what difference did it make... every kid in
the class was a died-in-the-wool "hood")... I told my mom and she
simply said if she got it wrong on one day it should count for the
day before when I got away with whatever I happened to do... not
what I wanted to hear... soooooo, we went to Craig's mom and told
her my mom was going to the principal, would she do the same... she
was glad to oblige and the rubber hose was removed from our
teacher's possession... naturally the teacher told my mom and there
was hell to pay when I got home that afternoon... I could go on and
on about the things Craig and I did in those Spalding days, but you
get the picture... by calling Craig to mind, I don't mean to omit
the other life long friends from Spalding... they know who they
are... but if any of them is about to have heart surgery just lemme
know and I'll tell stories on you too... Craig is in room 317 so if
ya getta chance to go by... tell him I'm thinking of him and I
really did call!!!!!!!!
GET WELL SOON, CRAIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Patti McLAUGHLIN Cleavenger ('65)
Re: Class of '65 reunion
Anyone from the Class of '65 - celebrating its 50th anniversary in
August - who wants to go on our B-Reactor tour on Saturday, August
22 must register with Patti McLAUGHLIN Cleavenger. There will be 1
bus leaving at 7:45 AM returning at 12:15 and 1 bus leaving at
10:45 AM returning at 3:15.
Contact Patti by email or phone.
-Patti McLAUGHLIN Cleavenger ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: NCAA Tournament
Congratulations to the Gonzaga Bulldogs who won their first game
against North Dakota State by a score of 86 - 76 in Seattle.
Gonzaga now will play Iowa on Sunday at 4:10 pm PDT.
Go Zags!!!
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/22/15
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick WIGHT ('52)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Luana IVERS ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike RICE ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeanie CRIGLER ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nina JONES ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gordie McMASTER ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janet ELL ('72)
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>>From: Dick WIGHT ('52)
Re: Bombers and their lives
One of the things missing from ALUMNI SANDSTORM recently seems
to be entries on what folks are doing these days, or at times in
the past. Over the years I've enjoyed picking up bits of info on
Bombers and where life has taken them. The diversity in our lives
is quite striking and sure interesting - at least to me. One of our
alumni runs a successful fireworks display company - can't recall
his name now [That would be Larry MATTINGLY ('60)]. Dick MEYER ('51)
became a USAF general, and Rod LINKOUS ('53) also. Brad UPTON ('74)
remains a successful standup comic. Dick COATES ('52-RIP) and
Kay MITCHELL Coates ('52) operated a spiritual retreat center.
George BRUNSTAD ('52) was an airline pilot, and also a master
swimmer who swam the English channel. Verne VanDUSEN ('52) was a
long haul truck driver. And so on... quite a diversity! I'd like to
urge fellow bombers to share some of their life experiences,
travels, occupations etc. Life often goes different ways...
I'll share a little of my own. While in high school, I thought
perhaps I'd become an electrical engineer or a "gentleman farmer",
not sure which. And as a CAP cadet I figured I'd do my military
service in the Air Force. Learned to fly while in high school.
Nothing worked out that way. On an adolescent whim, along with a
friend, I enlisted in the Coast Guard at age 17, left Col-Hi on
Jan 2, 1952... got my diploma in the mail perhaps 2 years later.
(Maybe I belong to Class of '54 in stead of '52?) Served 5 1/2
years as an enlisted man (radio operator and electronics tech) -
attended OCS in '57. Attend various schools including a 2-year
electronics technology school. Served on 8 ships including a polar
icebreaker, was executive officer of 2 and commanding officer of 2.
Travels and assignments took me to Boston, New York, Connecticut,
Puerto Rico, Florida, Spain (and visits to Germany, Italy, France,
Portugal, Morocco), various places in California, Oregon, Alaska,
the Canadian Arctic, Hawaii and Japan. Served a total of 32 years
and retired as a captain (O-6) (same as a colonel for you non-
nautical folks). It was a great career. After retiring my wife Ruth
and I settled in Port Angeles, WA and for ten years did mostly
volunteer community service work... United Way, YMCA board, Kiwanis,
city planning commission and 4 years as an elected city councilman.
Ruth helped me in some of these endeavors and was a volunteer
administrator and fundraiser for Hospice. It was a rewarding time.
When we could, we RVd and have owned a trailer since 1981 or so.
We are on trailer #9, I think! We've hit every state in the U.S.
and many of the Canadian provinces. Built a house on Chinook Pass
(40 mi west of Yakima) and lived "in the woods" for 8 years. Moved
to a little Arkansas Ozarks community 14 mi.south of Branson, MO
and lived there 6 years. Spent 2 years "on the road" RVing, and
then settled back in Richland this past October, nearly 63 years
after I left. Between us we have 2 sons and a daughter, a "passle"
of grandkids and a growing number of great grand kids. It has been
"quite a ride"!
So what kind of life experiences have some of you other Bombers
had, old timers like me and some of you "younger folk"?
-Dick WIGHT ('52)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2015 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
Picture of Dallas Seavey, 2015 Winner
There's still 10 teams on the trail... maybe they'll all make it to
Nome tomorrow.
Re: Trail Markers
Officials use snow machines to stick lath trail markers in the snow
for the mushers along the route... this year there were 13,500 lath
trail markers along the trail.
Re: How Nome was named
Have you heard the story about how Nome was named? A cartographer
made a note on a naval map "? Name" and then a person that read his
notation thought he wrote "C. Nome." Thus Nome become Nome.
Re: Mackey brothers race down Front St. in Nome to the finish line \.
Re: Scott Janssen scratched at Koyuk and tells how Lance Mackey
saved his [Scott's] dog team .
Re: Found on Scott's Facebook page:
"A volunteer from Koyuk, Leonie B-T, took a great photo
of Lance Mackey mushing Scott's team into Koyuk after
[Scott] was rescued by snow machine."
https://www.flickr.com/photos/112762807@N03/16878789935/
Re: Red Lantern Award from Iditarod.com website
"During the days of Alaska sled dog freighting and mail
carrying, dog drivers relied on a series of roadhouses
between their village destinations. Since these mushers
ventured out in most all kinds of weather, for safety
reasons they found the idea that pilots rely on, known
today as the flight plan. Word was relayed ahead that a
musher and team were on the trail, and a kerosene lamp
was lit and hung outside the roadhouse. It not only
helped the dog driver find his destination at night,
but more importantly, it signified that a team or teams
were somewhere out on the trail. The lamp was not
extinguished until the musher safely reached his
destination.
In keeping with that tradition, the Iditarod Trail
Committee will light a "Widow's Lamp" at 10:00am, on
the first Sunday [Monday in 2015] in March, in Nome at
the trail's end. This lamp, which will be attached to
the Burled Arch, our official finish line, will remain
lit as long as there are mushers on the trail competing
in the race. When the last musher crosses the finish
line, officials will extinguish the "Widow's Lamp"
signifying the official end of the Iditarod for that
year.
All too often, public and media think of the race as
being over when the winner crosses the finish line,
yet there are still teams on the trail. Let it be
remembered, Iditarod is not over until the last musher
has reached Nome and is off the trail."
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Idit/150322-Red_Lantern.jpg
Red LANTERN (in Elim 123 to Nome
66 Cindy Abbott/#10
Bomber Cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 65° at midnight
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Spalding Rules
Well at least I thought so back in the second thru 5th grade... no
luck getting through to Craig DAVIS ('65) at Kadlec today either...
the first time I called he was back in the OR and the second time
they had just moved him into a room in ICU... if anybody knows how
he's doing lemme know... in the mean time... prayers never hurt...
Was glad to hear Jerry IRWIN ('58) was back near his old stomping
rounds... sent him an email just to say Hi... and for the big
news another Spalding Bomber-babe is a year older, wiser and even
purdier... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Nina JONES ('65) on your special day,
March 22, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52), Barb ISAKSON ('58)
David DOUGLAS ('62), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Linda REINING ('64), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda EATON ('66wb)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pete HEDGES ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim WADE ('76)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Michaela GONZALES ('11)
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>>From: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
Re: New Lewis & Clark
Watching construction of the new Lewis and Clark School this past
year, has been very interesting. Last week (2 weeks ago?) the curbs
were poured and last week the blacktop was put down on the parking
lot which is now on Jadwin. Entrance to the old school was on
Cullum. I'm sorry I missed the "open house" some months ago--would
have liked to see the interior. A TV report is better than nothing,
but the real tour would have been great, I'm sure. Does anyone know
what they'll do with the old building? Maybe offices?
Re: Iditarod
Thank you, Maren, for the wonderful coverage of the Iditarod. I
haven't kept up with it except here on the Sandstorm and appreciate
the info and, especially, the photos. I don't know how those people
and dogs do it!!! Saw 2 of my Great-Grands (on Facebook) watching
the "pretend" [ceremonial] start in Anchorage with no snow. Weird
weather... but it's not the first time and likely won't be the last.
Re: Patti's ALL Bomber Lunch
There were just 8 of us at last Saturday's All-Bomber Luncheon.
Good visits, though. That Lunch is the only time I usually see so
many of "Us" and I had missed it for several months. Nice to see
people looking happy and healthy.
-Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) ~ in a very pretty Richland, with trees
blossoming and lots of flowers in bloom
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>>From: Barb ISAKSON Rau ('58)
Re: Bill HOYLE ('58)
March 4, 2015 email from Dennis BARR ('58) aka MountnMan123
"William is out of the hospital and back at the nursing
home. He is still weak, but hopefully he will get
stronger. He started some chair exercise yesterday,
so this is a start.
Address: 7000 NW 32nd, Room 221, Bethany, OK 73008."
-Barb ISAKSON Rau ('58) ~ Richland
Thought it would be nice to put it in the Sandstorm
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
Okay, I don't think I ever met Jeanie CRIGLER ('62), but her
birthday was yesterday [3/22] and nobody wished her a happy
birthday. I looked up her picture in the Columbian and she is
certainly pretty enough to deserve one, so Jeanie, I hope you
had a happy birthday, from a fellow Class of '62 member.
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ The pool is finally warm enough
to swim in again. It has sure helped my blood sugar considerably
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2015 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
More people have summited Mt. Everest than have finished the
Iditarod. 2015 Red Lantern winner, Cindy Abbott/#10 said after the
race, that Mt. Everest was two months camping on the mountain and
two WEEKS of the Iditarod was harder. 2015 was Cindy's 3rd attempt
to finish the Iditarod.
66 IDITAROD FINISHERS in 2015
01 Dallas Seavey/#46 finished w/10 dogs
02 Mitch Seavey/#18 w/10 dogs
03 Aaron Burmeister/#63 w/9 dogs
04 Jessie Royer/#3 w/12 dogs
05 Aliy Zirkle/#32 w/13 dogs
06 Joar Leifseth Ulso/#16 w/8 dogs
07 Jeff King/#59 w/13 dogs
08 Wade Marrs/#65 w/8 dogs
09 Ken Anderson/#36 w/13 dogs
10 Nicolas Petit/#12 w/14 dogs
11 Travis Beals/#56 w/8 dogs
12 Paul Gebhardt/#28 w/11 dogs
13 Kelly Maixner/#9 w/10 dogs
14 Peter Kaiser/#54 w/11 dogs
15 Christian Turner/#73 w/11 dogs
16 Ray Redington, Jr./#34 w/10 dogs
17 Thomas Waerner/#8 w/11 dogs
18 Jason Campeau/#70 w11 dogs
19 Hugh Neff/#24 w/10 dogs
20 Michelle Phillips/#6 w/12 dogs
21 John Baker /#78 w/12 dogs
22 Martin Buser/#4 w/11 dogs
23 Richie Diehl/#42 w/10 dogs
24 Nathan Schroeder/#26 w/8 dogs
25 Mats Pettersson/#55 w/12 dogs
26 Scott Smith/#69 w/10 dogs
27 Paige Drobny/#58 w/12 dogs
28 Anna Berington/#39 w/12 dogs
29 Kristy Berington/#11 w/11 dogs
30 Jodi Bailey/#22 w/11 dogs
31 DeeDee Jonrowe/#29 w/15 dogs
32 Curt Perano/#21 w/13 dogs
33 Justin Savidis/#19 w/11 dogs
34 Charley Bejna/#38 w/9 dogs
35 Seth Barnes/#23 w/11 dogs
36 Benjamin Harper/#37 w/10 dogs
37 Linwood Fiedler/#27 w/12 dogs
36 Allen Moore/#57 w/14 dogs
39 Mike Santos/#61 w/12 dogs
40 Rohn Buser/#31 w/11 dogs
41 Matt Failor/#15 w/10 dogs
42 Jason Mackey/#72 w/11 dogs
43 Lance Mackey/#30 w/8 dogs
44 Rick Casillo/#52 w/10 dogs
45 Timothy Hunt/#68 w/12 dogs
46 Laura Allaway/#49 w/14 dogs
47 Monica Zappa/#53 w/12 dogs
48 Heidi Sutter/#76 w/10 dogs
49 Lisbet Norris/#41 w/14 dogs
50 Rob Cooke/#2 w/12 dogs
51 Chuck Schaeffer/#67 w/7 dogs
52 Brian Wilmshurst/#50 w/11 dogs
53 Yvonne Dabakk/#33 w/8 dogs
54 Lev Shvarts/#40 w/9 dogs
55 Yuka Honda/#60 w/10 dogs
56 Alan Stevens/#77 w/10 dogs
57 Becca Moore/#47 w/10 dogs
58 Steve Watkins/#66 w/11 dogs
59 Mark Selland/#17 w/10 dogs
60 Alan Eischens/#7 w/14 dogs
61 Isabelle Travadon/#43 w/13 dogs
62 Marcelle Fressineau/#25 w/9 dogs
63 Lachlan Clarke/#5 w/10 dogs
64 Cindy Gallea/#64 w/10 dogs
65 Trent Herbst/#75 w/10 dogs
RED LANTERN
66 Cindy Abbott/#10 w/13 dogs
DISQUALIFIED / SCRATCHED (12)
01 Brent Sass/#71
02 Zoya DeNure/#79
03 Gwenn Bogart/#14
04 Christine Roalofs/#62
05 Gerald Sousa/#44
06 Philip Walters/#51
07 Ellen Halverson/#35
08 Jan Steves/#45
09 Katherine Keith/#74
10 Jim Lanier/#13
11 Bryan Bearss/#48
12 Scott Janssen/#20
Scott Janssen/#20 scratched at Koyuk and tells how
Lance Mackey saved his dog team
Lance mushing Janssen's 11 dogs in the lead pulling Lance's 10
dogs, Lance and Lance's sled. They said it looke like a ghost team
pulling Lance since Scott's sled had no musher.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Idit/150323-Lance-Janssens_Dogs.jpg
Bomber Cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 65° at 2am
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
To: Dick WIGHT ('52)
Re: Bombers and their lives
Mine hasn't been anything exceptional, but I will add my two cents
worth. Graduated in '64... went to work at "Stop 'n Go" (Kennewick
Highlands... later changed name to, "Max' Broiler)... loved working
as a waitress...'66 got married to a "Coastie" (Dale Gray ('58wb),
moved to Seattle... went to work for Kelly Girl Services (temp
agency)... '67, first daughter born... 3 months later, Dale went
to Viet Nam... I moved to Wishram, WA to be close to my mom and
stepdad... he worked for Burlington-Northern RR... I got a job in
the RR "beanery" (diner) as a waitress (told you I LOVED being a
waitress *grin*)... '68, Dale came home from 'Nam and we moved to
Vashon Island, WA where he was stationed at Point Robinson Point
(lighthouse station)... '70, he was temporarily stationed at the
Coast Guard Station in Kennewick... second daughter born in '71...
3 months later, we were transferred to Astoria, Oregon... '73 we
were transferred to Long Beach, CA. In '74, after 8 years, marriage
ended, went to work for UPS... remarried in '76 (he worked for
ARCO); got tired of working for UPS, went to work in elementary
school as librarian... '85 husband got transferred to Bakersfield,
CA... in '96, after 20 years, that marriage ended. by then, I had
grandkids and was content to babysit them. BEST job I ever had. In
'09, was diagnosed with cancer and oldest grandson was killed in an
automobile accident (between cancer and his death, it just about
"did" me in)... because of health problems, I moved in with oldest
daughter and her family... in 2014, son-in-law got a job in Idaho,
so we moved to Kuna (Boise area)... outside of living in Richland,
this is the BEST place I ever lived... love the weather (4 Seasons)
slower pace of life... we live in the country... no "hustle and
bustle" of the city. My life might not have been as exciting or
outstanding or monumental as others, but I have had a GREAT life
and my experiences have forged who I am, and I like who I am, so
wouldn't change a thing. *grin* I'm content to be "grandma to 9"
(rest in the arms of the angels, Anthony) grandkids... they have
made my life worth living and given me a reason to get up, each and
every day.
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ Kuna, ID temps are in the 40's... I'm
loving this weather
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: NCAA Men's' Basketball Tournament
No 2. Gonzaga defeated No. 7 Iowa, 87-68 in the third round of the
NCAA Tournament on Sunday in KeyArena in Seattle. Gonzaga will take
on UCLA in the Sweet 16 at 4:15pm PDT on Friday.
Go Zags!!!!
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/24/15
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick WIGHT ('52)
Marilynn WORKING ('54)
Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
Margo COMPTON ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lloyd MOORE ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sue THOMAS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cindy LUST ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rick DAHLIN ('72wb)
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>>From: Dick WIGHT ('52)
Enjoyed Linda REINING's ('64) story and found the Coast Guard
connection interesting. Don't believe I met Linda's ex. Dale GRAY
('58wb), though we were in the Coast Guard at the same time.
There were a few other folks from Col-Hi who did some USCG time -
Bill TRACY ('51) comes to mind. Bill and I went to boot camp
together, served on the same ship for a while. Jeff HARTMAN ('59)
was from Benton City, went to the Coast Guard Academy. He was a
career USCG officer and aviator. We served for a sort time together
in Kodiak, AK.
Any other ex Coasties lurking around out there in Bomber Land?
-Dick WIGHT ('52) ~ in windy Richland
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>>From: Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54)
Re: Sad news
Sent my condolences to our Club 40 Secretary, Karol BRIMHALL Smith
('56), for the loss of her 56 year old son, Michael Baer of
Kennewick. A sudden loss and very heartbreaking. Michael graduated
from Kamiakin High School in 1977. Services were on 3/21/15t, but
thought Karol's friends would like to know and send their thoughts
to her. Karol does not have internet, nor does she see the
Sandstorm, but has many friends in the Tri-Cities.
-Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54) ~ Pasco weather here in Tri-
cities is cooling down in 60s for a few days, then 70s by
weekend!! Yay!!
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>>From: Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
Re: New knee
At last! Tomorrow (Tuesday [3/24/15]) at 6 AM I get my right knee
joint replaced. X-rays show the joint has badly deteriorated nearly
to a couple of bones grinding together. The "zimmer" insert has been
here for weeks while an incredible squabble took place. My primary
care doctor refused to do a pre Op physical on me claiming the
paper work request from the surgeon was filled out wrong for
Medicare. After weeks of discussion and trading more paper work the
Administrator of the Clinic (names withheld here) gave the doctor a
direct order to do the pre-op.
So I went in at the appointed time and the nurse took the BP, pulse,
O2 saturation, and temp. Then she hooked me up to the 12 lead EKG
and ran out a chart. The doctor came in, looked at it for a few
seconds, said he was not comfortable with it, and would not
approve me for surgery. He literally pitched it to me and walked
out. Jackie and I got a firm grip on each other and held our tempers
and I limped out to the car. At that point I had been in fairly
severe pain taking half of a 25mg of Oxycodo/acetamino every 6-8
hours. It kept the pain at a tolerable level where I could still
function. The Administrator finally called me back almost a week
later. She apologized profusely and suggested I call the UW Cardio
Dept.
Fast forward to a couple more weeks and I had secured an appointment
with the Cardio Dept. at UW Hospital in Seattle. Wow! What a
difference... 2 Cardio doctors grilled me for 25 minutes of health
history and what did I know of my WPW? (WPW is an extra nerve path
to the heart and at times can cause the heart an extra beat once in
a while) (Yes it can get worse and cause fibrillation). But mine
never has and I have known about it since I was 19. These 2 MDs were
so cool, yet friendly, concise and polite and exacting in their
questions. It was refreshing. They hooked me up and ran an EKG and
then explained the results in patient detail to Jackie and I. Net
results were that afternoon I opened my UW Medical log (they gave me
the access code) and there was my detailed letter "OK for Surgery,
no problem".
After searching for two weeks at an hour or two each day I found a
used stationary bicycle for $13 at a thrift shop. My recovery plan
calls for some specific use of the bike on a sliding scale.
Yes, as soon as I am back on my feet I will find another Primary
Care doctor.
"Happiness is a new knee joint"
-J. Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
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>>From: Margo COMPTON Lacarde ('60)
Re: Bombers and lives
To: Dick WIGHT ('52)
What a great idea. My life so far. Got divorced in late '60s. Loaded
what I could in car, tossed in three small children (no child car
seats or seat belts back then) and took off for Texas. Ended up in
Fort Worth, TX when I went to work for a CPA. In a couple of years,
I married him and we moved to San Antonio, TX to start a new
practice. After 20 years, got divorced AGAIN. But we still worked
together for another ten years. Figured I needed my CPA certificate,
so I started college at age 50. Went to school at night and worked
days and it took me ten years to graduate but I did it. Sat for the
CPA exam, twice (that thing was hard). During this time got
remarried (last time, I promise). Ex-husband passed away and I took
over business. Love doing this work, except maybe during tax season.
But since I am my own boss, I can take off anytime I can schedule a
cruise. Got great kids, grand kids and great grand kids and all
doing great. Life turning out really good.
-Margo COMPTON Lacarde ('60)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/25/15
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10 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick WIGHT ('52), Marilynn WORKING ('54)
Helen CROSS ('62), Bill SCOTT ('64)
David RIVERS ('65), Linda REINING ('64)
Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65), Pat DORISS ('65)
Tedd CADD ('66), Jim DAUGHERTY ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Frank DeVINCENTIS ('56wb)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancy BEARDSLEY ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susan GUNTER ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Karen DAVIS ('76)
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>>From: Dick WIGHT ('52)
Wow! Neat story from Margo COMPTON Lacarde ('60). You boot-strapped
your way into what sounds like "the good life", by your own force
of will. Good going!
Larry MATTINGLY should be in the midst of getting his new knee as
I type this. Good luck, Larry! I have two replacement knees - one
8 years old I think, the other going on 3. They are pretty good
friends of mine - named them "Port" and "Starboard". Wife Ruth
has one replacement done 1 1/2 yrs ago. Perhaps we can compare
notes later on. Rehab vigorously! It is important!
-Dick WIGHT ('52) ~ in cool Richland
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>>From: Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54)
Re: '54 Ladies Lunch
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Lunches/Current-54/00.htm
We had a couple of surprises for our lunch last Friday, 3/20/15.
Joanie PHILLIPS Wile joined us while she was in town from Rathdrum,
ID. Velma McCORD also came to lunch with her caregiver/friend. Lloyd
and Betty RUSSELL Kent came by before they go to their home in
Priest Lake, ID for the next 6 months. Missed some of our regulars,
but they had other appointments and hope to see them in April.
Through the laughs and latest news, we had a good visit. My husband,
Richard and Joanie's husband, Dale had a chance to visit. Am
including some pictures I took with my cell phone. Quality not
guaranteed, but you can get a glimpse!!
-Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54) ~ Pasco
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
To: Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
Hope and pray your knee surgery went well today [3/24], so you can
get back to writing about your garden and making pyrotechnics sound
so great... makes me wish I could go see them!
I am finally off to NV to help my 10 year old grandson celebrate
his 11th birthday and welcome the new grandson when he arrives
any day now!!
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Hope, IN where it got down to freezing
last night, but the crocuses and daffodils are blooming, and
the buds are looking good for more blooms!!
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>>From: Bill SCOTT ('64)
Re: Life
This idea of summarizing our lives in the Sandstorm is a great one,
and I look forward to the next. I think we'll find we have more
experiences in common than we might think. Me, I'm not going to sum
in all up in a few sentences. But I am going to reflect on one
thing.
Looking back from retirement, I've discovered how the tiniest of
events can radically alter the course of our lives. A woman says no
instead of yes to a marriage proposal?someone takes the B train
rather than the A?someone takes a spur-of-the-moment trip to another
city. For me, there is one defining moment, one small word, that had
it been different, would have radically changed what my life was to
become. Oddly enough, it was at my pre-induction physical in 1968.
There used to be this little monster called The Draft, and when I
graduated from WSU in 1968, I knew the Army would come calling soon.
I beat them to the punch by enlisting in the Air Force, and was sent
to Spokane for the pre-induction physical. At one point during the
physical, they lined us up and a foot doctor walked by, examining
our feet. He stopped in front of me. Now, my feet have all the arch
of a thin pancake?which is to say, none. They have limited what I
can do all my life. But I didn't know then they were the source of
the pain I had experienced. I didn't know they were the reason I
couldn't keep up with the others on boy scout hikes, or that my
first job, a box boy at Stone's Low Cost Foods on Jadwin, put me in
so much pain I couldn't do the work. I've always had to look for
work that didn't require me to stand for long periods. I have never
been able to do so without pain, and professional arch supports
haven't helped. So the doctor stopped in front of me, and said:
"Those feet ever give you any trouble?" "No," I said, not knowing
they had been the source of my considerable pain throughout my first
22 years. The doctor moved on.
But what if I had said "yes" and had been declared not qualified for
duty? If I had said yes instead of no, and not been taken, I would
not have been sent to California, where I was to spend most of the
next 45 years, privileged to live by the sea in a place I quickly
grew to love, and still regard as close to Paradise. Three times I
moved away, and three times I went back. I would not have become
aware of Brooks Institute of Photography, just down the road from
the base, and gotten the notion to become a professional
photographer, which I was for 18 years (it was my bad feet that
quickly forced me out of doing it full time) after graduating from
Brooks in 1977. I would not have had the privilege of participating
in an outstanding adult choir, and all the joy that brought, or of
going with them on a European concert tour in 1985 (unforgettable
memories). I would not have met a woman in 1972 who was to haunt my
psyche for the next 44 years. I would not have gone to work for the
state of California, and acquired a pension, or participated in so
many things that ever so slowly built up the self-confidence of a
young man with a very bad self-image.
If I had said "yes" that day instead of no, I shudder to think how
it might have gone. I would probably never have left the state of
Washington, perhaps not even Richland. The chronic depression I
struggled with for so long might have overwhelmed me. I might never
have secured a pension. I probably would never have been able to
say, "I've seen Europe". And I never would have become a veteran. I
was dragged kicking and screaming into the military, and fought it
all the time I was in. But I'm so proud now to say that it's one of
the best things I ever did. The benefits never stop. I'm so proud to
say "Yes, I'm a vet." The thanks I get from strangers when I wear my
Air Force hat are worth more than the military discounts I still
receive.
Well, I've gone on long enough. It would be interesting to hear from
other Bombers who can pinpoint a tiny event in their lives that, in
looking back, took them on a radically different path than what
might have been.
-Bill SCOTT ('64)
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
To: Dick WIGHT ('52)
Re: Dale GRAY ('58wb)
I don't remember the names of all the ships Dale was stationed on,
but I do know, that from '65-67, he was on the CGC Northwind and in
Alaska from June '66 to November '67; he was on the CGC Midgett and
in Alaska in '77... there was a fire on that ship and he was the
only casualty... died from smoke inhalation. Maybe you were in
Alaska during those times????
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ Kuna, ID
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: not quite summer but close
Spring is sprung... fall is fall and summer... well summer is on its
way... took the day Sunday to run over to Death Valley... back in
my-poop-doesn't-stink-Big-Firm-Lawyer dayz we used to go to Furnace
Creek every year for a retreat... that's a fancy way of saying
getting hammered for a long weekend... dunno how we survived...
corse ya gotta go to a place like that so the rest of the world
doesn't see such astute and sage fellows and gals in that kinda
shape... It was there that I saved the life of the most powerful
lobbyist in the state... he had finished playing golf and was in
full golf garb when he went into the bar and won a kamikaze drinking
contest... then he decided to join some of us in the Jacuzzi...
fully dressed... as he was a huge man and was wearing all this
clothes, including shoes and sweater the ladies abandoned me with
him... he immediately slid down to the bottom where he stayed... I
managed to pull his head above water and call for help... after I
was about done in some people heard and we got him out... poor guy
is now in Lompoc for funneling money into Harry Reid's campaign
illegally... they had been long time business partners and of course
Harry came to his rescue... .riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight... so it
was about 300 miles round trip and I hadn't been there in about 30
years... the flowers were beautiful... the 10 dollar buffet was $30
smackers and nothing had really changed in 30 years... I may go
back in 30 more... if I can drive at 98... checked my passport and
it still has 3 more years on it so I decided not to spend all day
Monday at the DMV to get a new driver's license with a little gold
star on it... so I'll be able to fly in for CDN's and later for our
50 year... Terry DAVIS ('65) has been a prince and has been checking
in on Crag DAVIS ('65) and sending me reports... I posted a picture
on face book of Craig wearing a little hat I'm sure Terry stole
from Dawson Richards in '62 or '63... so now it is time for another
Spalding Bomber-babe to celebrate... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Nancy BEARDSLEY
('65) on your special day, March 25, 2015... How bout that ECB3
('63)... I said all that in one breath!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
Requesting Bomber Prayers for a fellow Bomber, Craig DAVIS ('65),
who underwent triple bypass surgery on Saturday, March 21, 2015,
at Kadlec Hospital in Richland. Craig's doing better and getting
stronger every day, and is looking forward to going home sometime
soon.
-Pat DORISS Trimble ('65) ~ West Richland
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>>From: Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65)
Re: Birthday wishes
Sending Birthday Wishes to Sue THOMAS ('65) on her special day,
March 24.
-Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65)
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
Re: Dick WIGHT ('52) Any other Coasties?
I'm a mix USAF and USCGR and a mustang.
First 6.5 years: USAF PhotoIntelligence. E-1 to E-5.
* TAC HQ intelligence unit (4444th), Langley AFB, VA
* 12th PPIF, Saigon, Vietnam
* 14th TRS Udon Thani, Thailand (Udorn)
* Intel unit in Bergstrom AFB, Texas
Last 18.5 years USCGR, E-4 to O-4
* Mix of M and O (Marine Safety for you non-Coasties)
* Marine Casualty Investigator, (First responder to any marine
casualty on the Columbia upstream of Bonneville dam)
* Senior Reserve Contingency Planning Officer for MSO Portland, OR
* Senior Coast Guard security officer at the hydroplane races in
Kennewick for a couple of years where one year I was on the water
and helped rescue 5 people when their boat sank at the upstream
barrier.
* Yeoman 3rd Class, Training officer, Executive Officer in Kennewick
and Spokane, Deputy Group Commander in Kennewick, Senior officer
on Reserve weekends in MSO Portland.
CAPT Jeff HARTMAN ('59) was a family friend.
I love the Coast Guard. The Reserve forces are simply part of the
team. As evidenced by some of my assignments, we had jobs to do and
a duty weekend gave the active duty folks a break. Toward the end
of my career, they did away with the reserve units and assigned the
reservists directly to the active duty commands. That made it easier
for the commands to really use the resources we brought to them.
For example, one of my unit's members was a certified Cummins repair
technician in his day job. (The small boats were very well cared
for.) One of my training officers (a Chief Petty Officer) had a
doctorate in education and was the head of a local school district.
Every one of my boarding officers were active police officers.
-Tedd CADD ('66), LCDR USCGR Retired
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>>From: Jim DAUGHERTY ('70)
Re: Bomber lives
I graduated Col-Hi June 1970 at the age of 17. After mowing lawns
all over Richland I got a job at Lamb Weston with some other Bombers
in Connell. In the fall most everyone went off to college. I was
tired of school and ended up joining the Navy the end of September
1970. It was the end of Vietnam and I wasn't guaranteed any
schooling and ended up on a gasoline tanker, USS Genesee (AOG 8) in
Pearl Harbor for nine months. The ship was decommissioned and I was
sent to the USS Midway (CVA 41) in the San Francisco bay area. By
that time I had been selected for Yeoman Third Class, so got a job
in the Safety/Captains Office. We left for Vietnam April 10, 1972
and returned to San Francisco area March 3, 1973, a very long
cruise with multiple stops in the Philippines, Hong Kong and spent
Christmas in Singapore harbor where we had the Bob Hope show on the
flight deck in Singapore, that was really neat. After six months in
the bay area in October 1973, I decided to reenlist in the Navy for
orders to the Philippines for 1-1/2 yrs. Lived on the local economy
the whole time, but had access to the Navy commissary for food and
things. Had three motorcycles, only falling off of one. In April
1975 ended up in San Diego, CA and getting married to my girl from
the Philippines (still married 39 years later). After having our
daughter, Jennifer ('95), in San Diego I again went back to the
Philippines for three years, this time living in on base housing
where our son, James ('97), was born. In October 1980 ended up in
Bremerton, WA with the Submarine Rep for the shipyard. They
convinced me that submarines were better and I ended up on the USS
Blueback (SS 581) (the Navy's last diesel powered submarine) as a
non qual Chief Petty Officer. After three years on the submarine I
finished my 20 years in the Navy at Deep Submergence Unit in San
Diego.
We moved back to Richland and after a short stint with Hanford
Patrol I went to work with WPPS/Energy Northwest where I am still
working 23 years later in the IT Department. 1-1/2 years to go and
I will pull the plug for good, enjoying riding my bike around the
Tri-Cities in good weather and doing some traveling.
-Jim DAUGHERTY ('70)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/26/15
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick WIGHT ('52), Peggy Jo SHANNON ('55)
Larry MATTINGLY ('60), Ed WOOD ('62)
Pete BEAULIEU ('62), Donna BOWERS ('63)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim MILLER ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Hal SMITH ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jon McDOUGAL ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: Dale and Gale GUNTER ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeffrey SUCHLAND ('90)
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>>From: Dick WIGHT ('52)
Re: Life's experiences
I'm reading some interesting stuff from various Bombers about their
experiences, such as: Sandy WARD Donahue ('66) was career USAF/Air
Nat'l Guard, and deployed to McMurdo Bay, Antartica, 8 times! She
watched Coast Guard icebreaker POLAR STAR break ice in McMurdo
several times. Coincidently, Tedd CADD ('66 also) did 6 years in
USAF and then 18 years in Coast Guard Reserve, climbing up to the
rank of LCDR. Jim DAUGHERTY ('70) was career Navy and then a second
career here in Richland with Energy Northwest. Responding to Linda
REINING ('64) re: Dale GRAY ('58wb-RIP) and his unfortunate death on
USCGC MIDGETT: I remember the incident. I was CO of USCGC CAMPBELL
home-ported in Port Angeles at that time. Earlier, I commanded
USCGC CONFIDENCE in Kodiak, AK '72-'74. Like Dale, I served on the
icebreaker NORTHWIND, but that was in the mid '50s. He and I missed
serving together several times, I guess.
Bill SCOTT '64) had an interesting viewpoint on "pivot points" in
life. I guess I had two major ones: when I joined the Coast Guard as
a whim in December, 1951, and when - for reasons I still find
unclear - I re-enlisted in 1955, when I had already been accepted at
U.of W. school of engineering - had the GI bill etc. But it turned
out o.k. for me!
I'd bet there are other much more interesting stories out there!
-Dick WIGHT ('52) ~ happily retired in Richland, 60-some-odd-years
after leaving...
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>>From: Peggy Jo SHANNON Brown ('55)
Bombers Lunch John Ball "Kids" will be meeting at various
locations around the area. Anyone interested in joining us
can contact me
WHAT: John Ball "Kids" Bomber Lunch
WHEN: every other Tuesday
TIME: Noon
NEXT ONE: 3/31/2015
WHERE: Applebee's in Richland
FUTURE LOCATIONS:Ask Peggy Jo SHANNON Brown ('55)
Thanks you
I love the sandstorm. You are much appreciated.
-Peggy Jo SHANNON Brown ('55)
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>>From: Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
Re: New Knee - [arrived 1:39am (CDT) on 3/25]
Greetings from Mason County Hospital in Shelton, WA. Shelton is
about 20 some miles from Olympia, Pop about 14,000.
Knee installed. All is well.
Doctor Says I may go tomorrow. (Wed noonish). He says I am doing
exceptionally well.
This Hospital is small... 27 rooms. But it has ALL the facilities of
the big hospitals. Every member of the staff we have come in contact
with has been both friendly AND very Professional.
Dinner was from a full menu. I had meat loaf and smashed taters with
yummy gravy and apple pie desert.
It is the best U S hospital experience of any kind, either of us has
ever had.
Re: Done deal and I am home ` [Arrived 9:49pm (CDT) 3/25] -
Doctor came in my room at noon (Wed) and said "You have done so
extraordinarily well in recovery that I am sending you home as soon
as you finish your lunch". He also said there were sick people in
the hospital and I didn't need to catch it. He obviously was every
bit as good as all the nurses said he was. The pre-made joint fit
perfectly and he was in and out done in just over an hour. I cannot
say enough about the surgeon Dr. Henry and all the nurses and CNAs
and that hospital. Small but fully capable. I actually enjoyed the
experience. Both the charge nurse and the day nurse came by and gave
me nice hugs as I was leaving. I was in that facility just under 32
hours.
I just hope the recovery goes as well. I start that at noon tomorrow
[3/26].
Thanks to all who have sent good wishes. I'll get back each of you
at some point.
"Happiness is my new knee"
-J. Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
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>>From: Ed WOOD ('62)
Re: Bomber author
My wife and I just finished reading BJ Scott's novel, "The Rail
Queen". It's a good read! Thanks, Bill.
{Ah, "The Rail Queen" I loved it, too... and so did my
88 year old ex mother-in-law. I'm also working on the
3rd of Bill's "Angel Trilogy" books... (#1 is "Angel of
the Gold Rush", #2 is "Angel's Daughter", #3 is "Legacy
of Angels")... Biggest trouble I have is once I get
started I have trouble putting his books down to do
ANYTHING... including the Sandstorm!!! Look for them on
Amazon.com -Maren]
-Ed WOOD ('62) ~ Morrison, CO - and it's snowing!
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
To: Bill SCOTT ('64)
Bill is really onto something when he writes: "It would be
interesting to hear from other Bombers who can pinpoint a tiny
event in their lives that, in looking back, took them on a
radically different path than what might have been."
I am reminded of Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" and
a moment in the 9th grade. Columbia High School had a range of
advanced classes, mostly in math and the sciences. The idea was to
have a 10th grade advanced English class (Mrs. Macy). In both junior
high schools the interested students were screened by an original
essay we were to write in an hour on how we interpreted a surprise
poem that was handed to us.
The poem was Robert Frost's, and I had a head start and did well
enough. I had been quite smitten by this poem two years earlier
when it was dubbed over a TV special on the U.S. Naval Academy
at Annapolis. Never was interested in the Academy (instead
Architecture, University of Washington, 1962-7), but in 1967
did go through Naval OCS in Newport, RI as an alternative to
the draft. Went to sea on an aircraft carrier (USS Hornet, CVS-12)
and visited Hong Kong, Singapore, etc., and took part in the
Apollo XI and XII lunar landing recovery missions in the Pacific.
Later in graduate school (UW 1972-5) I studied and wrote about
Singapore. One thing leads to another.
'Nuff said about me, but here's my favorite poem--which expands
Scott's above comment--and which I actually memorized a full two
years before the essay test.
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same.
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I?
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
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>>From: Donna BOWERS Rice (Gold Medal Class of '63)
Re: US Coast Guard
To: Tedd CADD ('66)
My brother Dale BOWERS ('65) served in the USCG during the Vietnam
Nam era being posted to Portland, then Honolulu, HI in the mid to
late '60s. I don't think he is on Sandstorm, so I thought I'd let
you know, he was a fellow "Coastie". Mike ('60) and I enjoyed his
posting to Honolulu very much during our 1st visit to Hawaii and
thought,"what a life.". So glad he was there instead of a war zone.
But, he was glad to come home at the end of his tour... Island fever
got him.
-Donna BOWERS Rice (Gold Medal Class of '63) ~ from St. Louis
where crocuses and daffodils are just now in bloom.
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Yes and No
Bill Scott's ('64) account of the difference one word can make
really hit home for me. As a lawyer, I vividly remember virtually
every single "NOT" a secretary left out of a brief and I failed
to catch in proof reading! I often think of where I would be if I
hadn't done this or that. All my life I have made bad choices. Some
have been worse than others. The problem is, that with most bad
choices, the line my life took led to some of the most wonderful
things in my life. If I hadn't made those choices I honestly feel
I would be worse off today that if I hadn't made them. I am blessed
with the most wonderful daughter in the world and had I not made
an unwise choice I'd not have married her mother and I would be far
worse off than I am. I would never know the joy of being a father
nor have the love of a daughter... we play a game... we each try and
find an item the other doesn't have that says: "I love you more" The
other day she showed up to the Delinquent's lunch with a ring for me
that says "I love you most" I have no idea how I can top that one...
she was soooooooo proud of herself and she just gloated all through
lunch... bad choices took me to Law School... bad choices lead to
my retirement pension going up in 2008 like it was never there...
bad choices have all brought me to where I am today and I wouldn't
change a thing... I honestly believe that but for those choices I
might have missed all the best so the bad all seems quite worth
while to me... sure I'd like to be well off and flying here and
flying there, but I must say that I have done most everything I
ever wanted to do... I have no bucket list and am about as content
as I would ever want to be... If I hadn't said "yes" to a beer in
the back seat of Charlie WARFORD's ('61) car so many years ago, I
might not have spent 24 years drunk... ah but I'd have missed so
much... I am grateful for every right and wrong turn I ever made.
So today is the celebration of the birth of a guy I met only because
of his brother's choices. I am glad we met and became friends. I
cherish his friendship as I did his brother's ('63 RIP)... HAPPY
BIRTHDAY Hal SMITH ('56) on your special day, March 26, 2015!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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5 Bombers sent stuff and Memorial INFO today
Tom HUGHES ('56), Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Marie RUPPERT ('63), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Char DOSSETT ('51)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancy MALLORY ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Georgia RUSHWORTH ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pam GRAYBEAL ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mark McCLANAHAN ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gayla ARMSTRONG ('74)
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>>From:Tom HUGHES ('56)
Re: The Dance
Several people have mentioned how one thing has made their life
what it is today. There is a Garth Brooks song that to me has said
what my life has been. It is called The Dance.
Looking back on the memory of
The dance we shared 'neath the stars above
For a moment all the world was right
How could I have known that you'd ever say goodbye
And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd have had to miss the dance
Holding you I held everything
For a moment wasn't I a king
But if I'd only known how the king would fall
Hey who's to say you know I might have changed it all
And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd have had to miss the dance
Yes my life is better left to chance
I could have missed the pain but I'd have had to miss the dance
-Tom HUGHES ('56)
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
This year the majority of the GMC'63 will be celebrating our 70th
birthdays. There are a few interlopers, such as Don WINSTON, who
will have to wait another year. Freddie would have had his birthday
this month. Bobby & Billy would have turned 70 the middle of last
month, but passed away the first week of March, 20 years ago. Dick
PLOW's birthday I've already acknowledged, he was "Cool". Today
would have been the birthday of another really good guy, George "The
Wagon Master" BARNETT, who always saw the best in people and if you
looked up Loyalty in your Funk & Wagnalls, there will be a picture
of Georgie with his lopsided grin..
While some lists are getting shorter, other lists keep getting
longer and it's starting to happen at warp speed.
Let's not waste today or tomorrow.
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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{Proof that I'm with the Gold Medal Class on this
one... and so close after my old Spalding buddy,
Freddie... 70 in 23 days or so. -Maren]
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>>From: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
Re: Coast Guard
With so many entries regarding the Coast Guard I thought I'd
toot the horn for my brother-in-law, Jeff HARTMAN ('59). Jeff
was accepted into the Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT
after graduating from Columbia High in 1959. He graduated from
the Academy in 1963. Thirty years later he retired with the rank
of Captain.
Jeff lives in Port Townsend, WA. He gets down to see us several
times a year, usually on his way to visit friends and family in
other parts of the US. Jeff has written two books (Guarding Alaska
and Icebreaking Alaska) about the Coast Guard in Alaska that are
available at Amazon. They are interesting and informative reading.
-Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63) ~ in sunny Richland
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 100 year old best friends
http://shar.es/QTSGP
The Steve Harvey Show talks about how two 100-year-old best friends
share secrets to lifelong happiness and friendship, and how they
view pop culture.
This was sent from my friend, Blues Dawg (NAB)
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Remembering
Today is one of those days when I remember the birthdays of two
Bombers who were very near and dear to me. One was my first baby-
sitter ever and the other was a great pal with a very good sense of
humor... I miss his off color stories in my inbox in the mornings...
loved the way he always signed everything... this morning I watched
my Bengal cats and laughed at the differences between them... I
know both B-day Bombers would enjoy watching them as well... The
Alpha is about as fast and stealthy as any cat I've ever seen...
almost as fast as Terry DAVIS ('65) when he would swipe goodies
out of our hands and have them in his mouth before we knew they
were gone... At dinner one evening at Philippe's in L.A., he
actually took a huge slice of banana cream pie from me and stuffed
the whole thing in his mouth before I could complain... so anyway,
the Alpha can catch hummingbirds when they taunt him the way
hummingbirds love to taunt cats... keeps me busy saving the little
guys... the other who would like to think he is the Alpha sees the
biggest dumbest birds in the yards and crouches... then as he
begins the attack he yells: "Fill your hands with lead you SOB"
like John Wayne in True Grit... he has only managed to catch one
dove in his whole career! So HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Lenora HUGHES ('55-RIP)
and "By" George BARNETT ('63-RIP) on your special day, March 27,
2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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NOT a Memorial - only INFO today:
>>Re: Richy LAWRENCE ('80-RIP)
from legacy.com online obit:
"We will have a local celebration of his life in the
Tri-Cities on Saturday, March 28, 2015, as well as a
memorial at his place over Memorial Day Weekend,
details to follow."
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Frank DeVINCENTIS ('56)
Helen CROSS ('62), Kathy RATHVON ('63)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: Bill & Judy ALLEN ('54)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
I'm just a bit confused on this one. Do we bake one cake or two?
Being twins, and no longer living together in the same town, let
alone the same house, how does one handle this? Then, there is
the question of who gets the first slice; do we go birth order;
alphabetical order or gender order? Awfully confusing, the protocol
of celebrating twin births.
Not even sure if they were born on the same day; which further
confounds the issue.
After stumbling and bumbling through all of that, I will now give a
double tip of the ol' propeller beanie to two fellow class persons
(listed in order of appearance in the '54 Columbian) Bill and Judy
ALLEN of The Class of '54. "Happy Birthday!"
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where weather
guessers are bewailing the low snow pack in the mountains.
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>>From: Frank DeVINCENTIS ('56wb)
I can't agree more with Tom HUGHES ('56) on the song, "The Dance".
Now that I'm a senior, senior citizen and I look back on my life,
the song rings so true.k
-Frank DeVINCENTIS ('56wb)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
To: Tom HUGHES ('56 - my former Olympia St. neighbor)
I would have never guessed you would have written in all the words
to "The Dance" explaining your take on life, but I felt there is a
lot of truth to that philosophy when I've heard that song, too. My
classmate Pete BEAULIEU ('62) also used Robert Frost's poem "The
Road Not Taken" which also has a lot to say about how we make life
choices, And someone else wrote in about "chances" in life making
their decisions.
I'd add prayer to these thoughts, but also the fact that I didn't
realize the depth or effect of some decisions I was making at the
time; like when we left California in 1974, I had no idea that we
would never get back to the "west" to live except for 5 short years,
because of other choices we would make; but life turned out to be
making the most dealing with the choices and the results of these
choices.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ enjoying being out "West" at the moment
in Gardnerville, NV where I am waiting for my 2nd grandson
to be born, and today we will celebrate the 11th birthday of
my first and only grandson!!
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>>From: Kathy RATHVON ('63)
Re: Restaurants
I will be in the Tri-Cities for a convention May 29, 30, & 31.
We will be staying at the Red Lion in Pasco. Does anyone have
recommendations for a restaurant for dinner on Friday night?
Thanks for the help.
-Kathy RATHVON ('63) ~ from mostly cloudy Bellevue, but the sun
is trying to break through
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Fundraiser for RHS Baseball
Donations will go towards helping build a new field as well as
travel costs, new equipment and uniforms. The donation is tax
deductible, and you will receive a receipt for your gift.
If you are interested in donating you may do so at the following
link and read more about the fundraiser:
https://app.snap-raise.com/fundraisers/2505/participant/66447
Per Coach Richardson, "Here's to another great year of Bomber
Baseball!!"
Re: NCAA Men's Basketball tournament
Congratulations to the Gonzaga Bulldogs on their win over the UCLA
Bruins by a score of 74-62. They advance to the Elite 8 and will
play Duke on Sunday.
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Tommy HEMPHILL ('62)
David RIVERS ('65)
Cherie SIMPSON ('64) and Lori SIMPSON ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pattie CRIGLER ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Anne JOCHEN ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carol WISE ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary CARPENTER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bonnie BRISTOL ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Brian JOHNSON ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary CROW ('65)
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
To: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Bob, you express "confusion" on how to handle birthdays of twins.
As an identical twin, let me say that our mother handled this
awkwardness very well, almost, when John and I were still in 9th
grade. How are twins to give each other equivalent surprise-gifts
at the annual double-birthday celebration?
John (now in Portland, OR) and I had opted for simplicity the year
before, and decided to save each other the trouble of dreaded
shopping by skipping gifts altogether. It's a wash anyway, and the
time could be better spent together at the River slinging rocks
across to the seagulls on the nearest island (never came very close,
they fly away).
The next year in 9th grade we were instructed to exchange at least
something. We agreed to exchange TEN-spots and that this would
satisfy the mandate. On that special day, and in front of our
mother's watchful eye, I forked over a crisp ten dollar bill and
congratulated my brother on yet another birthday marking his
advancing maturity. John offered his profound appreciation and
then reached in his pocket to hand me, what, a FIVE-dollar bill...
He explained, "its been a bad year financially and I just can't
afford any more." Some twin birthdays still bring a good laugh over
fifty years later.
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ Shoreline, WA
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>>From: Tommy HEMPHILL ('62)
Re: Portland area Bomber lunch ~ 2/21/15
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Lunches/Current-PDX/00.htm
Hello Fellow Bombers,
We had another great visit at Lunch on Saturday, February 21st.
The visits focused on recalling our childhood in Richland
(a common topic), what's going on in our lives now and how
everyone is getting along.
The group consisted of Jan RUCKER Meyer ('55), Barbara CROWDER ('55),
Jeanie TURNER Anderson ('61) and Gary Anderson (Spouse),
Tom HEMPHILL ('62) and Linda Hemphill (Spouse),
Kathy LAMB Brown ('62), Marcia MILLER Neff ('62) and
Doug Neff (Spouse) and their granddaughter Audrianna,
Bill "BJ" SCOTT ('64), Cherrie TEMPRO Scott ('64),
Linda McKNIGHT Hoban ('65) and Denny Hoban (Spouse).
Thanks all for participating, and a special thanks to Bill SCOTT ('64),
-- writing as BJ Scott -- for bringing more books for us at Bomber
special cost. We absolutely LOVE the "Angel of the Gold Rush" and
the other two in Bill's Angel trilogy ["Angel's Daughter" and
"Legacy of Angels"]... and now "The Rail Queen".
Our next Lunch at Beaches on the River is Saturday, April 18, 2015.
-Tommy HEMPHILL ('62)
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[You can find Bill SCOTT's books on Amazon.com Prime:
"Light on a Distant Hill"
Angel Trilogy
1 "Angel of the Gold Rush"
2 "Angel's Daughter"
3 "Legacy of Angels"
and https://www.createspace.com/5028104 is where you will find:
"The Rail Queen" -Maren]
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Neighbors and friends
I am very sure I did this post just the other day... can't believe
how time flies no matter whatcher doing... didja ever try and wait
for a minute? Just one minute... do you know how long a minute takes
to pass... an hour at least... unless you walk away from something
you are timing for a minute and then 5 minutes passes in a second...
funny how that works... the other day I was running late for my
yearly physical and I remembered I hadn't filled up one car so took
another... now I know I checked the gas in the second one before
leaving and it had a little above 1/4 tank... plenty to get there
and back... well on this particular car there is quite an amount of
space between the little empty bar and the "E"... as it is my
practice not to go below 1/2 in any car, this was unusual... no this
was lazy... yes you guessed it... ran outa gas for the first time
in years... cars are heavy to push... luckily I was just across the
street from a station when it stalled and luckily there were two
big guys walking by so... not too bad... back inna old dayz when
we bought gas with pop bottles, running outa gas was not unusual at
all... it was timing that mattered back then... ya didn't wanna
run out onna date because "she" would say it was planned... and you
particularly didn't wanna run out at a kegger that the cops found...
oh the turmoils of youth... speaking of youth, we got some very
youthful b-days today... I've already told alla stories on the two
guys and as for the Bomber-babes... well gentlemen never tell...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Carol WISE ('64), Bonnie BRISTOL ('65), Brian "Beej"
JOHNSON ('65) and Gary "Crowser/Croskie" CROW ('65) on your special
day, March 29, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Cherie SIMPSON ('64) and Lori SIMPSON Hogan ('70)
Re: Bernie SIMPSON ('46-RIP)
Simpson's Collection Donated to Richland Library
For decades Spence/Bernie, our Dad, brought his collection of
Hanford and Richland memorabilia to class of 1946 Columbia High
School reunions and then to "Club 40" events. 27 mounted
photographs, articles, programs, news clippings and reports all
chronicling the early days of the area we all call "home". Late
last year, we donated "Bernie's Collection" to the Richland Library
Archival Collection where it now lives for all to enjoy. Take a few
minutes to bring your family and friends down to the library the
next time you are in town and take a look at the "early days" and
birth of Hanford proudly arranged in the glass display case. Thanks,
Dad!
Postscript: Dad was born August 28, 1928, in Olney, IL and moved
to the Tri-City area in 1943 when his parents were employed on the
Hanford Project. He later met and married his wife Ethel Sholberg.
Dad was an alumnus of Richland High School and founding member of
the Richland High School "Club 40". He was serving on the Board at
the time of his death.
-Cherie SIMPSON ('64) and Lori SIMPSON Hogan ('70)
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Norma LOESCHER ('53)
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Tom VERELLEN ('60)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Wayne KILLAND ('48)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Glenn OLSON ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patsy McGREGOR ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda BELLISTON ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John BIXLER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda EDGAR ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Craig PERKINS ('69)
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>>From: Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53)
Re: Mastersingers: We need a Center for the Performing Arts
Combined choirs from Mid-Columbia Mastersingers and Spokane Choral
Artists delivered a stunning performance Saturday night. Most sets
were sung in Latin, with program notes explaining the words. Before
intermission it was Antonio Vivaldi's 'Dixit Dominus RV 594.' There
were 10 divisions or sets, including soloists that literally knocked
my socks off.
After intermission came the works of five more composers: John
Rutter's 'Hymn to the Creator of Light,' John Muehleisen's 'Alma
Redemptoris Mater,' Johannes Brahms' 'Fest? und Gedenkspruche, op.
109,' John Tavener's 'Two Hymns to the Mother of God' and Eric
Whitacre's 'Her Sacred Spirit Soars.'
Hearing so many gifted and talented people in one place made my
spirit soar! St. Joseph's Chapel in Kennewick has fine acoustics,
but is a small venue. The Mid-Columbia Basin area needs a Center
for the Performing Arts.
In the Alumni Sandstorm we've been talking about personal choices
that made us the adults we are today. Please add my voice for
community choice. A Center for the Performing Arts will add heart
and soul to the communities that form the Mid-Columbia Basin. What
an even more wonderful place it could soon become to live and raise
a family!
Bomber Cheers,
-Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53) ~ Richland where days are warm,
nights windy and cool, and music is in the air
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Let's get right to the important things first. That's right, boys
and girls, it Bomber Birthday time! On this date in history the
world saw the birth of a Bomber Babe and a Bomber guy. Fortunately
for me, they were not twins; but they were fellow classmates. From
The Class of '54 let us now honor Patsy MacGREGOR and Glenn OLSON
with the traditional tip of the ol' propeller beanie and the hearty
"Happy Birthday!" cheer. Have a good one, guys.
Re: Twins
Good to hear Pete's reminiscences on sharing birthdays. Also heard
from a mother of twins who solved the cake problem by baking two
separate, but equal, cakes. Sort of like serving ice-cream to my
four boys when they were much younger; dishes of the same size and
weight and a measured amount of ice cream (by weight). There were
still complaints about who got the extra drop now and then.
[solve that problem with two siblings... one cuts
(or scoops) and the other gets to choose. -Maren]
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where weather
guessers are saying there may be up to 20" of snow in the
mountains during the coming week.
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>>From: Tom VERELLEN ('60)
I have been having a problem relating stories of my youth to my
grandchildren. I thought maybe persons with like experiences
could offer an explanation that I could pass on, would be most
appreciated. I have been trying to explain why we have such fond
memories of listening to a ventriloquist on a radio show. I am
referring to Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. Not just an
occasional guest on a show but a weekly regularly scheduled show of
a person "throwing his voice" and I assume we couldn't see his lips
move? My grandchildren respectful and polite don't actually say
anything to my face but their expressions of concern speaks volumes.
Hopefully they aren't looking for a "home" as I may have difficulty
explaining this at a competency hearing. Anxiously awaiting any
reply.
-Tom VERELLEN ('60) ~ one of the greatest Marchs ever here in
near Lacey, WA
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Richland musician dies unexpectedly. ~ 3/28/15 Tri-City Herald
"All Thomas Gnoza ever wanted to do was play music and
sing. His mother, Mary Lou [DeMEYER Gnoza ('59)], could
never convince him to come up with a backup plan. 'He'd
say, Mom, this is my career,' she said.' And it was a
fruitful one, Gnoza, 49, of Richland, a singer,
songwriter and instrumentalist became a luminary of the
Tri-City music community?warming fans with his powerful
songs and admirers for his willingness to encourage and
support younger musicians. The music community is
reeling from his death, Gnoza died unexpectedly in his
sleep Wednesday night."
Re: Gonzaga vs Duke NCAA game
Unfortunately Gonzaga lost to Duke Sunday in Houston by a score of
66 - 52.
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/31/15
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4 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Death Notice today:
Shannon CRAIG ('50), Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Bill SCOTT ('64), Betti AVANT ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tonya DAY ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Anita KOLB ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Teri BOYER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Byrne HASKINS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary HASKINS ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kellie WALSH ('77)
BOMBER LUNCH: John Ball "Kids", noon (every other Tuesday)
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>>From: Shannon CRAIG Hightower ('50)
Really am enjoying the blurbs and memories. Wish we had had this
sooner... then I would not have lost so much. These comments are
helping me catch up. Without this I would not have known that Tom
Gnoza (RIP) was the son of a little girl I baby sat. Mary Lou
DeMEYER ('59) lived across the street (Symons) from me and I baby
sat her, her sister and brother when her parents and uncle played
music for dances. her family were all into music.
-Shannon CRAIG Hightower ('50)
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Re: Blogging on an iPad
Anyone out there have any experience writing a blog on an iPad?
If anyone does, I'd like to pick their brain
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: Bill SCOTT ('64)
Re: The Rail Queen
I am pleased to announce that my most recent novel, "The Rail
Queen", is winner of the Historical Fiction Category in the 2015
Beverly Hills Book Awards.
-Bill SCOTT ('64)
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[Purchase your copy of "The Rail Queen" at:
https://www.createspace.com/5028104 -Maren]
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: Twins
My twin brother and I always had separate cakes as I recall. I
remember this like it was yesterday. In kindergarten he had Mrs.
Horning and I had Mrs. LeClaire. Mrs. Horning on whosever's BD it
was drew a picture of a cake with the honoree's color choices on a
big sheet of butcher paper and then gave it to the honoree after
singing happy birthday. I was invited from next door in Mrs.
LeClaire's class to have a picture made for me, too. No, this is
not a senior moment as we turn 65 come November.
-Betti AVANT ('69) ~ from sunny (for the most part) Richland
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Death Notice from: Dan HAGGARD ('57)
>>Re: Sandra DENBERGER Koontz ('57-RIP)
It is with a heavy heart that I relate the passing of another '57
classmate. Sandra passed away on March 8th at the age of 76. She
was active in the organization and planning of all of our '57 class
reunions. She is survived by husband Roger ('55), and three
children. Legacy.com obituary
Bomber tears...
-Dan HAGGARD ('57)
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February, 2015 ~ April, 2015