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Richland Bombers Calendar website
Funeral Notices website
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 06/01/15
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52), Derrith PERSONS ('60)
Tommy HEMPHILL ('62), Jim HAMILTON ('63)
David RIVERS ('65), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ellen FOLEY ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Don LLEWELLYN ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carolyn ROE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John GILE ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jon LINDBERG ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Roberta LAWRENCE ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kerry STEICHEN ('74)
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>>From: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
Back tracking a bit: In March, 2 vans of us (18 all together,
including the drivers) went to Spokane on a day trip to see
one of the "Broadway's Best", musicals, Camelot. There were
6 Richland Bombers--Roy and Pat Gier West (both '49), Ginger
WARFORD ('55) and 2 others from '54 whose names I don't
remember. The show was great and we ate delicious food at
Anthony's, overlooking Spokane Falls. Wonderful! This trip
was through Richland and Pasco Parks and Rec.
Progress continues on the new Lewis and Clark school.
Landscaping is completed on the Jadwin side with lots of
concrete and black top on the Downing side. They managed to
save some of the old trees, which I think is nice. I've been
told the old building will be torn down. The move apparently
starts as soon as school gets out for the summer.
New construction going on at Jason Lee on the Van Giesen side.
Not sure what that is all about--looks like maybe "permanent"
portables??? Surely not!
The "M" Hotel is up and running again. Lots of cars parked
there so maybe business is good. I guess Sterling's on GWWay
won the battle with City Hall to build closer to the River,
on their same lot. Good for them!
Yesterday (5/30) I went to Malley's Pharmacy up on GWWay and
the sign is gone. Other stuff being sold. Now I wonder where
I'll get the Methyl-Guard my Neurologist recommends. They close
at 1:00 on Saturdays, so I don't know if they still carry that
product. Seems to me I heard that Densow's pharmacy has closed.
This morning I took my sister-in-law (NAB) to the Library to
check out more audio books and they don't open until 1 pm on
Sundays and are closed on Sunday in the summer. Looked online
and didn't see a clarification. Is it Summer, yet? Weather-wise,
yes. Per calendar, no.
I'm sure this is not all I had in mind, but will close for now.
Bomber regards to each and all,
-Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) ~ in hotter and hotter Richland
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>>From: Derrith PERSONS Dean ('60)
Re: for prayer no tears...
last Monday my sons took me to Kadlec where I woke up
Tuesday... alarms on my bed... my sodium level was down to 118
not good... over the next few days my sodium was built up to
135. An MRI was done cancer was found in my brain. At least 30
marbles which will take 15 treatments. I have had 3 already. my
redeemer lives! I am so happy that I have all you all who pray
for me. I am going through radiation at this time not fun but
doable (if that's a word) I had wanted to help with our class
reunion and yet I will still do what I can.. I do want to be
there. I am going to try to be there for the lunch on the 6th.
I am not driving yet. That will come. While in hospital they
wanted me to use a walker... I did pick it up and walked with
it... I got out of Kadlec on Thursday... rapid heart beat sent
me back until 11 something... pm. please continue to pray for
me... I thank my God for those who pray... may God bless each
and every one of you...
-Derrith PERSONS Dean ('60) ~ Kennewick
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>>From: Tommy HEMPHILL ('62)
Re: Portland / Vancouver Area Bomber Lunch Social
LEASE JOIN US!!!
WHEN: Saturday, June 6, 2015
TIME: 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
WHERE: Beaches Restaurant on the Columbia River
1919 S.E. Columbia River Drive - Vancouver, WA 98661
Located just one mile east of I-5 on Highway 14.
Take Exit #1 - Drive straight to the river and into
the parking lot. It's very easy to find.
ALL Bombers and their friends and family members are Welcome.
Your lunch is your choice off of the regular menu.
We have reservations in the SHACK room to the west side of the
restaurant. Sorry, this area is closed to minors.
PLEASE RSVP to: tomh2491@comcast.net or phone 360-574-1963
-Tommy HEMPHILL ('62)
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Buon Compleanno a Carolyn ROE DeJong ('63)
We hope LaMont takes you to Farrells and they let you play
the Base Drum.
-Nancy & jimbeaux
http://www.rtn2belpaese.blogspot.com
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Ahhhhhh that time again
It seems VERY strange to me that the class of '63 is turning 70
already... kinda makes my head spin... I was sure that they just
grageated the other day... but for me the other day can be two
days ago or 50 years ago... time has no true dimension for me...
it just is... the other day someone posted a picture... actually
two pictures on face book... one was some older babes and the
other was high school girls and the caption read something about
how to each other we haven't changed at all... that's the way I
feel about the B-day Bomber-babe... it's funny how I look at
my friends and see that tho we have NEVER grown up... we have
hanged in some ways... I enjoy the way I feel great respect
and am so very proud of who we have each become... not "what"
we became like as in what we have done for a living... that
stopped being important about our 25 year reunion and I assume
it was the same for most of us... at that point we just became
the friends we were inna olden days... I always say we kinda
reverted back to third grade or maybe even kinnygarden... no
more I have, I am, I did... but just kinda "hey wanna go play
on the dike and drink water outa somebody's hose when we get
thirsty"... the Bomber-babe is one side of a couple that I
cherish greatly... always thoughtful... surprising me with cards
now and again from the North Shore and just always being the
kind of people we all hoped we would be when we... uhhhhhhhh...
got a little older... not that she isn't every bit the babe she
was in school... of course she is... Bomber-babes Rule! HAPPY
BIRTHDAY, Carolyn ROE ('63) on your special day, June 1, 2015!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: RHS Softball takes 2nd in State
Congratulations to the RHS Softball team which took 2nd in State
at Spokane's Merkel Sports Complex on Saturday. The Bombers
knocked off Battle Ground 5-4 and Yelm 13-10 in Friday's games,
setting up the semi-final against 2012 champion Woodinville.
They beat the nationally ranked Woodinville by a score of 9-7.
Then lost to Tahoma in the Championship game by a score of 9-1
taking 2nd place.
Re: Rainbow
After visiting Einan's at Sunset on Memorial Day we witnessed
this beautiful sky with a rainbow over the Columbia River about
8:30 pm. Our weather has been in the 90s but is expected to
cool down to the high 70s on Tuesday.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Col/150601-Rainbow.jpg
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 06/02/15
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Barbara SESLAR ('60)
Carol CONVERSE ('64)
Betti AVANT ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rick REED ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Neil McCARTNEY ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judy GUINN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larry FELDER ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gloria MINARD ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lori SIMPSON ('70)
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>>From: Barbara SESLAR Brackenbush ('60)
Re: Class of 1960 Bomber Luncheon
DATE: Saturday, June 6, 2015
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: 3 Margaritas (downtown near Lee Blvd.)
Spouses and friends are also welcome! Please join us first
Saturday of each month. Turn right inside the restaurant and
you'll find us at the corner table. No reservations needed.
-Barbara SESLAR Brackenbush ('60)
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>>From: Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64)
To: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Rainbow
Shirley, you need to send your rainbow picture to KNDURightNow.
He would love to see this and probably put it on the weather.
-Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) ~ Kennewick love
the weather we're having in the TC. I do have to wait
until it cools down to take my walks though. Today is
the first day of irrigating the grass on the new
restriction.
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: this and that
To: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
I looked up Malley's online that lead me to their facebook page.
Right now the Malley's sign is down because they are remodeling
the storefront after someone drove through the front windows
last year. They are still open as near as I can tell from that
site.
I heard the old Lewis and Clark will come down shortly, after
school is out. The old Marcus Whitman will also come down when
they start building a new school on the same site. The kids
while construction is going on will be bused to the old Sacy and
the current Sacy students will remain in their fairly new school
so there will be 2 groups of kids in adjoining schools for the
next school year. The construction at Jason Lee is a new
alternative school (not part of Jason Lee) and will open in
August. I had read Densow's will still be open -- just not the
pharmacy part. I hadn't heard about Malley's as the head
pharmacist graduated with my niece in '95 and came home to start
her practice. She started elsewhere but when Malley's became
available she purchased it is my understanding.
On another note-I participated in the Relay for Life Friday 6pm
until Saturday at noon. I stayed awake all night, didn't walk
all night obviously but didn't sleep either. I was almost afraid
to get down on the ground in my sleeping bag, thought I may not
be able to get up and didn't need that. I raised just under
$1,300. and had a blast.
-Betti AVANT ('69) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 06/03/15
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Richard ROBERTS ('49)
Carol CARSON ('60)
David RIVERS ('65)
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It was the 3rd of June, another sleepy, dusty, Delta day..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv3FTpsa_3I
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mick MIKULECKY ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susan VANDENBERG ('65)
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>>From: Richard ROBERTS ('49)
The WSU Athletic Hall of Fame just named Rex DAVIS ('49) to be
in the 2015 class of inductees. A ceremony will take place at
the Davenport Hotel in Spokane on September 18th. On September
19th, at a home football game, Rex will be introduced along with
others at half time. Rex coached gymnastics at WSU from 1966-'68
and tennis from 1967-'94 at Washington State University. His
athlete students had the highest graduation rate in school
history. Center court at the WSU outdoor tennis center is named
in his honor. Rex is a graduate of WSU, where he lettered in
gymnastics. While Rex was stationed in Korea during the end
of the war, he learned to play and teach tennis. That was the
beginning of his 39 years of coaching at Richland High School
and WSU. While at WSU, Rex coached both women and men's tennis
for a time, finishing his career coaching only the men's teams
until he retired in 1994. He is one of only 5 Cougar coaches
to attend and graduate from WSU, win an athletic award, return
to WSU as a coach and retire as a coach from the WSU athletic
department. During his retirement years, Rex volunteered his
time to help with the Pullman High School tennis teams and plays
tennis often.
CONGRATULATIONS, REX DAVIS!!
-Richard ROBERTS ('49)
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>>From: Carol CARSON Renaud ('60)
Re: Puget Sound Luncheon
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Lunches/Current-Puget/00.htm
The eight of us had a great time visiting at the Puget Sound
Luncheon on Saturday, May 30. We covered lots of subjects
including David DOUGLAS' ('62) old girlfrends, some of the
teachers we had in common and lamented the fact that things
aren't the same for the new generations. However, we all have
very fond memories and look forward to meeting again in
September.
-Carol CARSON Renaud ('60) and ~ Steve CARSON ('58) ~ Lynnwood, WA
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: wow time flies
Where did yesterday go? I know I was running my buns off trying
to make sure the car was ready for the first trip of the
summer and I know I got up way early this morning and did the
same thing... but when did the date change??????????? Oh I'll
bet it was at midnight... sure I think it happens ever day...
well I only hope I've made the publishing deadline for this
birthday wish to a favorite Bomber-babe; HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Sue
VANDENBERG ('65) on your special day, June 3, 2015!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 06/04/15
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
Bob CROSS ('62)
Helen CROSS ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Helen CROSS ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sally REES ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathleen MILLER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Heather RYANNE ('92)
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>>From: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
To: Rex DAVIS ('49)
Congratulations, Rex! Induction into the WSU Athletic Hall of
Fame is such a great recognition of your accomplishments. You
are/were so much more than "just" a teacher of Athletics...
that your students had such a high rate of college completion
is testament to the fact that you taught and influenced the
"whole person".
Re: Malley's
To Betti AVANT ('69)
Thank you, Betti, for the info on Malley's and the construction
going on at Jason Lee School. You are really on top of things!
Hope to see you at the next "All Bomber Lunch" at DJ's. Maren
suggested the internet for buying the Methyl-Guard. It is on
its way.
Boohoo--checked the Rainier cherries a few days ago and they
are wormy. They look sooo delicious hanging on the tree.
Shucks... I sprayed but maybe my timing was off? I don't know,
guess I'll try again next year.
Oh gosh! I just looked out the front window and there is a
truck with huge rolls of sod for more Lewis & Clark
landscaping. Progress!
-Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) ~ Richland
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>>From: Bob CROSS ('62)
To: Rex DAVIS ('49)
Congratulation, Rex! You have always been a Hall of Fame coach
in our eyes. Well deserved!
-Bob CROSS ('62)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
I'd just like to add my Congratulations to Rex DAVIS ('49) on
his induction to the WSU Hall of Fame... couldn't be more
deserved.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Hope, IN
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 06/05/15
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4 Bombers sent stuff and 1 death notice:
Ann CLATWORTHY ('54), Janet FORBY ('60)
Pete BEAULIEU ('62), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barb GORE ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Richard RUSHWORTH ('70)
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>>From: Ann CLATWORTHY Weyerts-Hogshead ('54)
For Maren:
Re: A Brief Personal History of Missiles and Dancing
circa 1945-2015
Thanks Maren, for the 1951 Dance Recital Program link
It brought back many memories. Just think, around 1950-'51 the
Korean War started, just a few years after WWII ended. Nike
missiles decorated the desert mountains surrounding our
home town. The missiles promised Hanford and Richland
protection, however the young, handsome soldiers of the U.S.
Army which manned those missiles did not... according to my
father, Jim Clatworthy. Thanks to my two strong brothers,
Jimmy ('46) and Bobby ('51-RIP), I erred not. Then, Atomic
energy was the new "marvel" promising the world an unlimited
supply of energy for the future. The history of this promise
was documented, thanks to another new "marvel"of the time,
Television. It was both a scary and wonderful time in which to
live. Times haven't changed much have they?
I will be 80 years old in September but it seems like yesterday
that Jan BARKER ('55-RIP) and others danced with me in Jean
Smiset's recitals to great songs like; "Nola", "Mexican Hat
Dance", "Heart Aches", "Louisiana Hayride", "Hungarian Folk
Dance", "Copen degas" and "Night and Day"... probably several
more that I have forgotten. Later I danced at the Jane Johnston
School of Dance after Jean Smiset retired. By then I was married
to my Hi-School sweetheart, Ray WEYERTS ('53-RIP) and had one
child. I worked for Janie the year she did "The Little Mermaid
Ballet" for recital. I danced the parts of "Queen of the Dark
Waters", the "Mermaid" (the dry one) and was a tap dancing "Sea
Urchin" of some sort. When Ray and I moved to Seattle in 1958,
we each attended the University of Washington. He graduated in
1961 and with two kids I took my time and did the same in 1968.
I taught school and Ray was Senior Designer for Westin hotels.
In our spare time we took ballroom dancing lessons. We enjoyed
dancing three nights a week for many years. Needless to say,
after Ray's accidental death in 1991 I was without the love of
my life and dancing ended for a long time. As time passed I
rediscovered solo dancing. Today I do Zumba Gold (for those over
55) two times a week and line dancing one night a week. I'll
dance as long as I can walk and then, if necessary, I'll dream
of Margo Fonteyn and Ruddy Nureyev dancing "Romeo and Juliet" at
the Seattle Opera House. One day, I'll catch up with my handsome
ballroom dancing partner in the greatest ballroom of all. Boy, I
can hardly wait! Life is Good because God sent His Son...
-Ann CLATWORTHY Weyerts-Hogshead ('54) ~ Fort Valley VA still
chillin' in the 60s
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>>From: Janet FORBY Padgett ('60)
Re: '60 YARD SALE
WHEN: Friday, 6/12 and Saturday, 6/13
TIME: 8am to 3:pm
WHERE: 5521 Sylvester, Pasco (Corner of Road 55 and Sylvester)
CONTACT: Judy JASCHEK Smith or Christine ROMANELLI DeVilleneuve
DONATIONS: to Christine's Home
WHEN: Monday, 6/8 thru Thursday, 6/11
TIME: 10am until 5pm
The Class of 1960 is holding a Yard Sale The Class of 1960 is
holding a Yard Sale Friday, 6/12 and Saturday 6/13 8:00 AM to
3:00 PM, to raise funds for our 55 year reunion activities. (It
was voted to donate the funds remaining in the treasury from the
50 year reunion to the Tri-Cities Cancer Center in memory of
Pete OVERDAHL ('60-RIP).)
Yard Sale location 5521 Sylvester, Pasco. (Corner of Road 55 and
Sylvester) This is the residence of Christine ROMANELLI
DeVilleneuve. Great location and easy to find. Judy JASCHEK
Smith and Christine ROMANELLI are the chief players in
this endeavor. (Thank you Judy and Christine)
Donation sale items can be brought to Christine's home beginning
Monday, June 8 thru Thursday, June 11, from 10am until 5pm.
Someone will be at home during this time period to show you
where to place them. They are setting up a storage area in the
back yard. Items should be pre-priced. If not, it will be sold
for a best-guess amount. Suggested items for the sale are
household things, dishes, books, shoes, men and women's
clothing, children's clothing and toys. Many of you are "down-
sizing" and we could use your "stuff". This is a good place to
bring those things you know you will never use again. Unsold
items will be donated to charity.
We need helpers during the sale times. There are many positions
available (some that allow you to sit down or just walk around,
keeping order to the sale tables, etc. What ever time you have
to help will be greatly appreciated. Please contact Judy or
Christine if you have questions.
Tables are needed to set things on for display. Your name should
be on the table somewhere so we know who it belongs to. Tarps
are also needed to keep items covered before the sale.
If our sale is successful beyond our expectations, and our 55
year reunion attendance is such that we have seed money for our
60 year reunion and a small surplus in our treasury, we plan to
gift funds to RHS to assist students to participate in special
projects and programs.
-Janet FORBY Padgett ('60)
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Re: Rex DAVIS ('49)
Just another note of congratulations and a remembrance of Rex
DAVIS' ('49) gymnastics and tennis lore, on his induction into
the WSU Athletic Hall of Fame. He and his wife started out at
Lewis & Clark elementary school in the mid 1950s, as the PE
teacher and the music teacher. But along came the budget cuts
and one would have to go. Not so fast. No gymnastics points for
any dismount. Instead, together they did the double half-time
maneuver and we students kept them both. What's that tennis
expression? Oh yeah: "Love".
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ Shoreline, WA
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Malley's
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Col/150605-Malleys.jpg
Malley's has been remodeling since last summer when a lady lost
control of her car and drove through the front windows of the
business. They are open, and I purchase my Methyl-Guard Plus
there. (See two attached pictures.)
Re: Construction at Jason Lee
The construction on the big open area of the playground on the
south side of Jason Lee on the Van Giesen side will be the new
home of the Home-Link School.
Re: Lewis and Clark, Sacajawea and Marcus Whitman Grade Schools
The last day of school for Richland will be Wednesday, June 10.
As one of our daughters is a teacher at Lewis and Clark, she
told us that they have to be completely out of the current
building by June 12. The Richland Police Department Bomb Squad
will be using the old school for practice, and then the school
will be demolished. The new two-story school located on the east
side of the current school will be open this fall. Sacajawea is
also in the process of moving to its new two-story school
northeast of its current location in the fall. The current
school will be used by the Marcus Whitman staff and students for
one year, as Marcus Whitman will be demolished with a two-story
school to be built on the current school property. I believe
they will stagger the start and dismissal times for Marcus
Whitman and Sacajawea in the attempt to avoid congestion.
Re: High School Graduates
Congratulations to the RHS and HHS students graduating Friday
night, among them our great-niece, Abby PERRYMAN, from RHS.
Abby is the daughter of Erin HASKINS Perryman ('86) and
Jimmy PERRYMAN ('86); and the granddaughter of Byrne HASKINS ('65)
and Andi BISCHOFF Perkins ('66).
Re: Rex DAVIS ('49)
Our best wishes and congratulations to Rex on his induction into
the WSU Athletic Hall of Fame in September. This is a very well
deserved honor for Rex!!!
Peace to all ~
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland where our
temperatures are warming up to the high 90s and possibly
reach the 100s this next week.
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Death Notice
>>from: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Jim COLLINGS ('62-RIP)
With deep sadness I wanted you to know that my brother, Jim
passed away on May 21, 2015, at his home in Lone Tree, CO after
a two month-battle with pancreatic cancer.
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 06/06/15
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2 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Nola DAVEY ('56)
Helen CROSS ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Candi LLOYD ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Thomas FRASER ('78)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Dave TAFF ('56) & Sharon PANTHER ('57)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Mike MURRAY and Betsy COFFMAN ('66)
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>>From: Nola DAVEY Meichle ('56)
Re: "Nola"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4fgmlRc8Ps
My mother named me after the song, "Nola". It wasn't until many
years later, I discovered it had words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiaRukUEL0A
-Nola DAVEY Meichle ('56)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
To: Shirley COLLiNGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Jim COLLINGS ('62-RIP)
My condolences with Jim's passing. I remember him being very
kind in ot making me feel bad about my poor math skills in
class.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Hope, IN
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Bomber Memorial
>>Jon CLAYPOOL ~ Class of 1965 ~ 1947 - 2014
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2 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Ann CLATWORTHY ('54)
Pat DORISS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda SEATON ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Keva VAUGHN ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike MANLEY ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Laurie HUTTON ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Doug STRAND ('74)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY today: Roy BALLARD ('63) & Nancy ERLANDSON ('67)
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>>From: Ann CLATWORTHY Weyerts-Hogshead ('54)
To: Nola ('56)
Re: Song "Nola"
Thanks for the link to Billy William's song "Nola" it was fun
to hear it with words.
OH Yeah!
-Ann CLATWORTHY Weyerts-Hogshead ('54) ~ Ft. Valley VA It warmed
up today!
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>>From: Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
To: Nola DAVEY Meichle ('56)
Re: "Nola"
Thanks for your writeup about your name and for providing the
links to both the instrumental
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4fgmlRc8Ps
and vocal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiaRukUEL0A
renditions of "Nola." That was one of my parents' favorites
tunes, and I remember they often played the Billy Williams
record that had it.... Whenever I hear it played on the radio
(usually on Sirius) it makes me smile and brings back happy
memories.
Now, thanks to you, I can click on the links your provided and
listen to it on my computer or IPad..
Re: '65 Ladies Lunch
WHEN: Friday, June 12, 2015
TIME: Noon
WHERE: Outback Steakhouse, 6819 W Canal Drive, Kennewick
Can you believe it's June already?!! Local high schools have had
their Graduation ceremonies, and this next week is the final
week of classes for most of the local grade schools, middle and
high schools!
The "Ladies of '65" will celebrate the beginning of the "lazy,
hazy, crazy days of summer" by getting together for Lunch next
Friday at the Outback Steakhouse in Kennewick. There's sure to
be lots of good food, news/gossip, and discussion/updates on our
upcoming 50-Year Reunion this August!
If you have any questions or would like to join us, please
contact me!
-Pat DORISS Trimble ('65) ~ West Richland
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>>Markey LEAROCK Keinath ~ Class of 1951 ~ 1932 - 2015
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 06/08/15
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2 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Tim SMYTH ('62)
Kurt JOHNSON ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Darvis BERGAM ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jane SIMMONS ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Duncan SINCLAIR ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sandy JANCOVIC ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill WINGFIELD ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dyanna COOK ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gaylinn WRIGHT ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marcia EHINGER ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rita LANE ('71) '53
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Robert EVANS ('89)
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>>From: Tim SMYTH ('62)
Re: Jim COLLINGS ('62-RIP)
I have very fond Col-Hi memories of Jim and chatted with him quite
a bit at our 50 year reunion. He was a very nice person and will
be missed by his friends and family, I'm sure.
-Tim SMYTH ('62)
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>>From: Kurt JOHNSON ('63)
Re: Lunch in Gretna, LA
Sherri ('63) and I enjoyed lunch with Maren a few days ago as we
wound up a visit to the [Mississippi] Gulf Coast. We gathered at
one of the local spots that make you feel like you've been there
before. Bomberville musings and time well spent. Plus, an easy
order for the kitchen. We all like a good Reuben.
-Kurt JOHNSON ('63)
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>>Jim COLLINGS ~ Class of 1962 ~ 1944 - 2015
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 06/09/15
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
David RIVERS ('65)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carol BISHOP ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat MURPHY ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sally BENNETT ('71)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Dennis HASKINS & Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Fast times at Ridgemont High
Don't know if I have ever seen the movie but I love the title...
much like Frank Zappa's Memories of El Monte (tho I do love that
by the Penquins) it just oooozes our memories of Richland...
There are very, very few things I love nearly as much as my trips
home... but the Rat Fink Reunion is one of them... every year,
100s of Finksters head for the Roth (Big Daddy Ed Roth) House in
Manti, Utah... Kenny and Jennifer DAME ('68/NAB but is in spirit)
got the opportunity to share the fun with us for a day this
year... tho they were on a schedule, I did manage to introduce
them to most of the artists (many more that once... ok so I'm
getting old) and they were able to see the museum and finale car
show, tho the tour of the house will hafta wait till next year...
My daughter, Sarah, made her second visit by popular demand of
Finkland and a great desire on her part (photo of us on our way
enclosed)...
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Riv/150609-WithSarah.jpg
the only way to describe it is as a "Famblie Reunion" only one at
which everyone likes everyone... no grudges and no egos... just
pure fun... some of these kats and kitties are famous for their
work world wide... but everyone is equal at the reunion... Ilene
Roth and her famblie make us all welcome... we are fed and looked
after at every turn... this year we had 70 artists make the trip
from all over the US and Canada... for a better look check out my
face book page... Jen and Ken were welcomed as new famblie members
outa the gate and managed to collect some nice memorabilia... if
you have never been to a Rat Fink Reunion you have no idea what
you are missing... this was our thirteenth at the Roth house...
Ed started it as a Christmas Party for the artists back inna day
in L.A... but when he passed Ilene moved it to the house and Moon
(nka Moon Eyes) took over and continued the Christmas event which
is pretty darned awesome in it's own right... Chico makes a point
of thanking every single vendor personally as the show comes a
close... The moment I leave the motel at Manti, I experience a
home sickness that, previously, I only experienced when leaving
Richland... well, after the L.A. Roadster Show the weekend of the
19th... next stop Richland and Cool Desert Nights (CDNs)... For
alla '65ers out there: if you have an idea of where to have the
Saturday party lemme know... it is getting close...
Brian JOHNSON ('65) and Shirley COLLINGS ('66) advised me that the
"kissing tree" will remain in place and only pruning will be
required... I am sorry for the Collings' family's loss of brother
Jim ('62-RIP)...
Speaking of loss... today I remember the birth of a favorite
Bomber-babe... tho I was in her sister, Nina's class ('65), this
babe and I became very close friends over the years... she is
missed but always in our hearts... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Patti JONES
('60 RIP) on your special day, June 9, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Tree in Bomber Bowl
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Riv/150516-tree.jpg
After speaking with Craig Fusoral with the BPA I found that
David RIVERS' ('65) favorite tree will remain in its current
location after only being trimmed.
Re: Jim COLLINGS ('62-RIP)
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Obits/pics15/RIP62CollingsJim15.htm
Thank you to all who have written in the Sandstorm, sent me
emails or cards regarding the passing of my brother, Jim. I
appreciate hearing your memories and stories. Jimmie was a
wonderful man who will be deeply missed by many.
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ from a scorching Richland
where temperatures have been hitting 100° for a few days
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Roy BALLARD ('63)
Class of '75 Reunion stuff
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bonnie STEEBER ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary Lee LESTER ('58)
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>>From: Roy BALLARD ('63)
Re: for sale
Looking to sell my '68 RS/SS 396, 375 hp with a muncie close ratio
4-speed. This car has been completely restored. Original paint
color, hounds tooth interior. If interested email me.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Bal/150610-68-RS-SS.jpg
-Roy BALLARD ('63) ~ Richland
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>>From: Could you please run this again?
Thanks
Yvonne
Richland High School Class of 1975
40th Reunion
July 17 & 18, 2015
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 06/11/15
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick WIGHT ('52), George BRINKMAN ('60)
Janet FORBY ('60), David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jay BUTLER ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Darlene MINARD ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larry AESCHLIMAN ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kay SITTIG ('63)
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>>From: Dick WIGHT ('52)
Re: Hanford Tours
Yesterday [my wife] Ruth [NAB} and I went on the B Reactor tour
here in Richland, and I highly recommend it to anyone who has
an interest on what "went on" here during WW II and beyond. The
tour, provided by Dept. of Energy folks here, is very well done.
It starts with a brief video and briefing at their tour site
(off Horn Rapids Road), then a bus tour on a comfortable tour
bus out to the B reactor for about a 2 1/2 facility tour
that features several talks by docents, self-guided tour
opportunities, etc. The bus tour continues in an informative
circle through the site, showing the locations of all 9
reactors, other buildings and sites, a distant view of the
vitrification plant under construction, the locations of Hanford
and White Bluffs. Tour is narrated by a guide through the trip,
which takes about 4 1/2 hours start to finish.
Tours are by reservation only, and fill up quickly each year.
However, there are often cancellations and seats available on
short notice if you live locally or are here in the Tri-Cities
for a few days.
A new tour has been added that is more oriented toward prewar
history and the communities that existed before 1942. Site info
is available at http://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/HanfordSiteTours
scroll down the page till you see "Hanford Site Tours:" and
click the "new URL" (which is the same as the URL above. Weird):
http://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/HanfordSiteTours
Seems to me a couple of our alumni (brothers) had a hand in
preserving the B reactor site. If so, my hat is off to them!
-Dick WIGHT ('52) ~ in blistering hot Richland
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>>From: George BRINKMAN ('60)
Is there going to be a 55 year reunion for the Class of 1960
this summer?
[Check out all the reunions on RichlandBombers.com and
you will see that the Class of '60 IS having some kind
of activity in conjunction with the Club40 Shindig this
September. -Maren]
-George BRINKMAN ('60)
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>>From: Janet FORBY Padgett ('60)
Re: '60 Yard Sale (Fund Raiser) This Friday and Saturday
Class of 1960 Fund Raiser for our 55 year reunion afternoon
WHEN: Friday 6/12 and Saturday 6/13
WHERE: Home of Christine ROMANELLI De Villeneuve ('60)
ADDRESS: Email me for address.
Please bring your donations before the sale, we need MORE STUFF.
Come "buy" and visit. I'm helping Friday. See you then.
-Janet FORBY Padgett ('60)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: slow outa the gate
Today so I guess I'll hafta keep it short to make the publishing
time... being in Utah made me think of regional differences...
I remember many kids being enamored with the sauce they had at
the Arctic Circle when it was across from The Uptown... In Utah,
that sauce is served at all burger joints and they just call it
French fry sauce... Much like Richland kids and their French
fries and tarter... when I went into the Marine Corps I realized
I didn't like catsup on fries so I started using mayo... still
do unless tarter is available... so it's time for another
Bomber-babe from the Gold Medal class to celebrate... HAPPY
BIRTHDAY, Kay SITTIG ('63) on your special day, June 11, 2015!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 06/12/15
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Margaret EHRIG ('61) and Betti AVANT ('69)
Earl BENNETT ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dave SHEELEY ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike FOWLER ('67)
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>>From: Margaret EHRIG Dunn ('61)
Betti AVANT ('69)
Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
Judy WILLOX ('61)
Re: All Bomber Lunch ~ aka Patti's All Bomber Lunch
To: All Richland/Col-Hi Bombers
We've faced 100 degree weather already and it is only June.
Let's hope the weather breaks before the weekend. Come join us
his Saturday. We meet the second Saturday of every month..
No matter when you attended Richland/Col-Hi school; or
even if you left before graduation, you are welcome!
You're invited to join us! 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!
The menu ranges from breakfasts to dinners and there are some
great selections at good prices. Hope to see you there on
Saturday.
WHEN: Saturday June 13, 2015 (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
-Margaret EHRIG Dunn ('61)
-Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
-Betti AVANT ('69)
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>>From: Earl BENNETT ('63)
For Ray ('64)
A pair of palindromes in a mathematical equation (wouldn't that
be a palindrome in meaning, since both sides of the equal sign
are technically the same? Thus, here we have palindromes within
a sort-of-palindrome - but the commas on the right side are
irritatingly irregular for a true palindrome, so ignore them):
------------ --------- --------- --------- ---------
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
------------ --------- --------- --------- ---------
I didn't find it, a former coworker sends interesting tidbits
regularly.
Regards, ecb3 - from a beautiful morning in central
Virginia that will be 90+ before it's over; at least
nights aren't uncomfortable yet.
-Earl BENNETT ('63)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 06/13/15
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Don LYALL ('52)
David DOUGLAS ('62)
John FLETCHER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Verne HUSKE ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Chris MARSHALL ('69)
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>>From: Don LYALL ('52)
Re: Cherries
Once again this year the Cheery Ferry has struck again. Got
another surprise box of cherries, both Rainier and Bing this
year. How I appreciate and enjoy them. Great Bomber friend from
past years.
-Don LYALL ('52)
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
My special thanks to Carol CARSON Renaud ('60) and Steve CARSON
('58) for planning the Puget Sound area Bomber luncheon around
my trip to the Northwest to visit my brothers. It was a
delightful experience to visit with fellow classmates. Among
others, I enjoyed seeing Rosann BENEDICT ('63), a fellow
Sandstorm staff member who shared the honor with me of being
admitted to the staff as a sophomore. A special treat was
seeing Peter BEAULIEU ('62) again, who told some stories about
me that I didn't remember.
After the luncheon Rosann and Peter accompanied me to the
Holyrood Catholic Cemetery to pay our respects to Peter's wife
Kristi and my high school love Patty BEZZIO ('63-RIP), a very
nostalgic moment for me.
I also enjoyed spending six hours visiting with fellow
classmate Sandra GENOWAY Jeneaue ('62), catching each other up
on our lives and sharing stories of Patty BEZZIO. I didn't
know Sandra when we were in school, but we became acquainted
first through e-mails as she was a friend of Patty in her adult
years. Sandra is confined to her apartment building due to
severe allergies and asthma. Her husband passed away and Sandra
is very lonely and would love to hear from fellow Bombers.
She's currently without Internet access but would like me to
share her phone number. Please e-mail me if you would like to
give her a call and I'll reply with her phone number.
I didn't have time to visit with Diane ZELLEY ('63), the one
girlfriend who is still living, but I did talk to her on the
phone. I was surprised when she said she didn't consider me her
boyfriend, although we dated for eight months and she took me
on a Tolo date, perhaps because six of those months she shared
me with Patty, one of her best friends. I was happy that she
was willing to talk to me. I was expecting her to explode.
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Obits/pics/RIP63BezzioPatty98.htm
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ where the temperatures are
finally going to exceed 100 after a very mild spring
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>>From: John FLETCHER ('64)
Hey Bombers, I will be attending the Mon-Wed practice rounds
at Chambers Bay (US Open) next week. If any Bombers will be
there, let's meet up.
-John FLETCHER ('64)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 06/14/15
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Bonnie STEEBER ('57)
Dennis HAMMER ('64)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gus KEENEY ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dave SOWDEN ('62wb & '63wb)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: James PEDERSEN ('72)
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>>From: Bonnie STEEBER Frasca ('57)
Re: Small world!
I live just north of Tucson, AZ. While walking a neighbor's
dog last night, I met a man also out walking and had a short
conversation. What a coincidence when I found that he had
recently moved into the same retirement community, having moved
here from Seattle. I mentioned that I grew up in the Tri-Cities
and had just returned from a visit up north in May. After
mentioning the Tri-Cities, he said he had lived in Richland a
few years. He said he had attended Sacajawea Elementary until
after the third grade when his parents moved them to Prosser. (
I also attended Sacajawea! But about 5 years ahead of him!) You
never know when you may run into another Richlander!
-Bonnie STEEBER Frasca ('57) ~ a week of 3 digit weather coming
up. The beginning of our long, hot summer! Looking forward
to next week's drive up to Bend, OR, with my husband (NAB)
and enjoying cooler temps for a few days!
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: The Fat Man bomb
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ham/150614-FatManREPLICA.jpg
At the Warbirds airshow Pasco Airport Saturday they had on
display a replica of the Fat Man bomb. I guess they felt the
necessity to put on the sign attached to the bomb fins that it
was "inert." I wondered how big a 14 pound sphere of Plutonium
would be so I looked it up. It is 3.5 inches.
Tri-City Herald has a short video on their YouTube page
featuring one of the men who built the replica.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rua9fHfYEw4#t=27
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: I think summer is here
So it is almost 6 PM and 102° outside... been lots of clouds the
last few days which has made it... well downright yukky... some
grown up told me not to say Yukky one time... don't remember
who... beats what I said when I was even younger... According
to my mom, I used to say "damn bitches" a great deal before
kinnygarden... finally she had enough and said I should say
"gosh darn it" I then took up telling people that "I used to say
damn bitches but now I say gosh darn it"... ahhhh yute... Two
cool dudes havin' their birthdays today... One I've known all
my life and the other I've met in the last maybe ten years...
but great guys both...
Before I make the announcement of the HBs, I've got good news
and not so good news... Craig DAVIS ('65) is feeling better and
will be heading for some kind of WW II plane show at the Pasco
Airport with Terry DAVIS ('65), Carl BEYER ('65), Bobby CUMMINGS
('65) and a few others... go Craig! Kathie MOORE Adair ('69) has
been diagnosed with breast cancer and has an appointment mid-
week. Prayers are welcome!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Gus KEENEY ('57) and Dave SOWDEN ('62 WB) on
your special day, June 14, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 06/15/15
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Bonnie STEEBER ('57), Derrith PERSONS ('60)
Bill SCOTT ('64), David RIVERS ('65)
Pam EHINGER ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nadine SMITH ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cathy MOUTON ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Debbie LIEN ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Eileen O'NEIL ('73)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jo HEIDLEBAUGH ('74)
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>>From: Bonnie STEEBER Frasca ('57)
Re: Small World
To: Mary ROSE Tansy ('60)
Mary wrote: "What was his name Bonnie?? I bet a lot of us knew
him!!"
I wrote into the Sandstorm yesterday and told about a chance
meeting in my AZ community with a fellow from Richland. He said
his name was Bill Davidson and that he left Richland after 3rd
grade when his dad bought a small farm in Prosser. I believe
he said he was born in 1944. We only had about a 10-15 minute
conversation and he didn't offer any personal family (or
Richland address) info. If anyone thinks they may have known
him and would like to contact him, I can check our community
directory for his contact info.
{A 1944 birth would probably be class of '62 or '63.
-Maren]
-Bonnie STEEBER Frasca ('57) ~ Oro Valley, AZ Over 100° today,
trying to stay cool. It's a dry heat... but hot is still
HOT!
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>>From: Derrith PERSONS Dean ('60)
Happy Birthday one day late..to Gus Keeney ('57)... you were my
brother's, Gary PERSONS ('57-RIP), friend.
Praying for Kathie MOORE Adair (69)... happy to do this... I've
been keeping all cancer nurse's up in thoughts and prayers...
all people and doctors with cancer... one thing I've done is
keep a good attitued .
Happy Birthday to Nadine Smith (60) today.
-Derrith PERSONS Dean ('60)
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>>From: Bill SCOTT ('64)
Calling all Bombers:
We need your help. Our oldest son Tom, 28, finishes his two-
year course of study in computers and software technology at the
Los Angeles Job Corps center June 25th. And as of that day he
has no place to live. The plan earlier was that he would have a
job by then and be able to secure a place to live. The job has
not materialized, despite wide-ranging searches in the Los
Angeles area and out of state.
Job Corps will not house him when classes are finished, and he
cannot come to live with us in Oregon, as our lease will not
permit it for more than a month. He has a steady girlfriend in
L.A. whom he plans to marry, has signed up for continued
education at a local college, has long-term goals to pursue a
Bachelor's and eventually a Master's degree there, and strongly
wants to remain in L.A. Everything he wants and needs is there
(except, so far, a job).
Tom is adopted, and has been through many severe challenges
over the years. He has come a very long way, longer than we can
reveal. There were times we didn't think he was ever going to
make his way in this world. But he blossomed in Job Corps, was
an outstanding student, and has a long list of certifications
for his profession. He continues to interview and has a good
prospect for a job.
Tom is quiet and polite, and doesn't drink, smoke, do drugs, or
hang with those that do. He is very health-conscious and mature.
The bottom line here folks is that he is in desperate need of a
place to live in the L. A. area until he can get settled in a
job. Not an apartment; can't afford that, but something like
a spare room, for which we can provide a modest stipend. SO,
fellow Bombers, I'm sending out the call. Can anyone help? If
you can, email me immediately. You'd earn our undying gratitude.
We have 10 days to solve this.
Bill Scott (writing as B J Scott)
http://www.bjscotthistoricals.wordpress.com
http://www.amazon.com/author/billjscott
Enterprises staggering in scope sweep across the land . . .
cultures clash, rising and falling . . . strong, courageous
women rise above all. These are the novels of B J Scott:
Angel of the Gold Rush
Angel's Daughter
Legacy of Angels
Light On A Distant Hill - Winner, 2011 WILLA Literary Award,
Best Original Softcover Fiction, Women Writing the West
The Rail Queen - Winner, 2015 Beverly Hills Book Awards,
Historical Fiction; Finalist, National Indie Excellence Awards,
Historical Fiction
See profiles and excerpts of all these books and read Bill's
log at http://www.bjscotthistoricals.wordpress.com.
The great tragedy of life is that most people are buried with
their best music still inside them.
-Bill SCOTT ('64)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: have you seen these two women?
Word has it that the entire West Coast is gearing up for a
"Bomber-babe Hunt" that will make the man hunt in New York pale
in comparison... Now only one of them has her b-day today... but
her partner in crime ('65) celebrates with her until the second
one has her b-day and then Katie bar the door (not you Katie
SHEERAN ('61) it's just a figure of speech tho you may wanna
check the cattle every night just to make sure... nah... you'd
better bar the door)... the mayhem caused by these two Bomber-
babes is legend... I don't care what we Bomber-dudes did back in
the day... we got nothing on these two... trust me... they are
VERY sneaky... they look pretty much as they did at Col-Hi which
puts everyone off guard... Remember the movie with Marlon Brando
back in '53, the "Wild one"... that's nothing compared to these
two during "Birthday Month" the only thing I can hope is that
their sentences are short cuz they gotta get outa the slammer in
time for the '65er's 50 year in August or what ever silly month
it is occurring... The Robin's Cell Block number 9 (tho Wanda
did a fair job on it too) pretty much gives the picture of their
last stint... Be afraid... be very afraid...
Now not to overshadow another Bomber-babe sharing the day... I
met this girl thru the screen door of her parents' house... no
I wasn't trying to date her... I was trying to spring her older
brother for a little fun and games... but every time (well NOT
every time... but often) we would knock on the door and ask "can
you come out and play" the answer was the same... "I gotta baby-
sit Jo"... and there she would be... looking at us from between
her brother's legs...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Cathy MOUTON ('65) and Jo HEIDLEBAUGH ('74) on
your special day, June 15, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Pam EHINGER Edinger (Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
Dear Kathy MOORE Adair ('69)
You are in my prayers! May God be with you!
Bombers Rule
Pam EHINGER Edinger (Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Derrith PERSONS ('60)
Larry MATTINGLY ('60), David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marcia MILLER ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon LOVINGER ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jan BELL ('64)
BOMBER/NAB ANNIVERSARY Today: Jim McKEOWN ('53) & Edna ('54-NAB)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
My friend, fellow classmate and your Club 40 President, Marilynn
WORKING Highstreet ('54) has been in correspondence with a young
lady who is interested in the health and history of "native"
Richlanders. There has been some suggestion that this person
might be a "revisionist". At any rate, she might be at the
Annual Club 40 Meeting, albeit outside of the actual meeting
room. My understanding is that no one will be compelled to talk
to her; which is as it should be.
With all that being said, my apologies to Jo HEIDLEBAUGH ('70)
for forgetting her birthday (which was yesterday). How do I know
such a young person you may wonder; we met at several Portland
area Bomber Lunches.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where the
weather has been warm, but promises to be cooler in the
coming week.
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>>From: Derrith PERSONS Dean ('60)
Re: Good News!
Wonderful news!! The radiation in my hips is over!! After
Tuesday I don't go back... expect for Friday's BBQ.. It's for
those who have beat cancer and my family...God didn't give it
to me... HE said HE would see me through it I still have a
ways to go with chemo and yet we don't start until the 29th
of June... many good Bombers are willing to pray for us...
keep your attitude happy... mainly... pray after all He is
our only hope...
Derrith PERSONS Dean ('60) ~ Kennewick
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>>From: Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
Re: Late report Alaska [Sockeye] Fire
As of 6 PM Alaska time.. 6/15/15...
6500 acres burned... zero containment... Parks highway closed,
0 humidity... fire is on the move.
Lots of damage to houses and buildings in the Willows area.
Quite a few mushers live in that area.
(From my wife Jackie who was near Houston, AK and could see the
flames in the distance)
-J. Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
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Sockeye wildfire:
One Bomber reported early this morning that DeeDee Jonrowe lost
her home and two pets but saved all her sled dogs with some help
from Martin Buser...
Re: Alaska Dispatch News Link
Re: Another Fire Link
-Maren
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: confused
It seems for about every email I have there are two others that
pop up... similar but not correct... either the "m" is missing
from "com" or maybe Perry hacked my computer and I get "como"...
in any event if I accidentally click on the wrong one I get a
message that it didn't go thru... in that case do you think
CCs go thru or does everything go outa whack? I am so techy I
haven't a clue... did I ever tell you about meeting Perry Como?
I used to sell paintings at galleries at 3 of the Hotel/Casinos
back inna day... Perry was eying a couple of nice pieces and
then he walked up to me with his hand stuck out and said "Como;
Perry Como" as if I wouldn't recognize him... I think I was inna
daze after that... funny it was like meeting a "grownup" star...
celebrities my age have never had that effect on me... I just
act as tho I've known them for years... I used to drink with the
First edition between shows and we all just acted like we had
grown up together... meeting Sinatra was not so nice... Jr. had
spent a small fortune with me and Daddy came down from on high
and ripped me a new one for not knowing that his kid shouldn't
spend so much money... what a grouch... but I made out better
than Tommy Sands, I guess... boy what a mistake marrying that
girl... he was in pretty poor health the last time the guys and
I saw him... thankfully his kids have taken him in and he is
in Hawaii somewhere so don't spoze we'll be seeing him any
more soon... what a nice guy... just bad judgment in Fathers in
law... Getting ready for the LA Roadster show and I wanna sell
my last set of E&J headlights... ran outa primer and hadda run
out... 111° and it's after 5 PM... expect a hot ride to
the show Friday... have no clue where I am going with this so
I'll get down to wishing HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Jan BELL ('64) on your
special day, June 16, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
PS Prayers for Kathie MOORE Adair ('69) still welcome!
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Dateline: Gretna, LA - where cherries from Chelan are $2.95/lb
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Marilynn WORKING ('54)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John EHLERS ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gail GHIRARDO ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike SAMS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jackie MARSHALL ('75)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Dick BOEHNING & Linda BELLISTON ('63)
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>>From: Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54)
Re: Survey
Harry WINSOR ('60), works with Kate Brown, a Professor at the
University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), and author of
Plutopia, and others. Harry called me and said Kate wishes to
be at our Club 40 celebration in September. I then received an
e-mail from her explaining what they are working on.
A project has been put together as a cutting-edge mapping
project funded by the Imaging Research Center at UMBC and they
seek our participation. They are focusing on those who grew up
near the Hanford facility in the 1940s and 1950s.
This is strictly voluntary and no names or address will be asked
for. Their software allows anyone to take a survey on an ipad
or iphone and it will be sent to a mapping program to be viewed
later. They are asking even if you have no health issues or if
your family has had issues from living in the area, then they
will map either outcome.
Harry says their purpose is two-fold. First, they intend to
utilize the WWWeb to allow populations near sites of radioactive
and toxic releases to integrate community health data with
global health data from similar exposure sites. Secondly, they
hope to gauge the level of interest in the new form of community
epidemiology.
Kate, Harry and their helpers would be out in the lobby at
their own table with further information and electronic devices,
September 11th. It will not interfere with Club 40. They would
be available to anyone who is interested in answering their
survey and then seeing the mapping in a few weeks to see where
the groups of healthy or ill people lived.
Nothing has been settled yet, but I am interested in hearing
from you Club 40 members who read the Alumni Sandstorm.
If you are interested in seeing more of Kate Brown's
accomplishments and awards, Google her at Kate Brown, Professor
of History, UMBC. It will tell you a lot!! Harry's class of 1960
will be having their 55 year reunion, and he plans to attend.
Kate is planning to attend other local class reunions for this
same survey project.
Re: Club 40 Dust Storm
I hope all of the Club 40 Dust Storms got to you safely. If
there was a problem, feel free to contact me.
Re: Registration for the September 11th & 12th Party
Remember... August 28th deadline!! There are absoutely no walk ups!
Re: Club 40 Reps
We are still in need of a representative from the following
classes to be on the Board of Director of Club 40:
1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966,
1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974. Please, PLEASE step
forward and join the Board and be a spokesman for your class.
If you have a classmate who is interested, have them e-mail me.
We would like to have 2 members from each class and in some of
these classes, we do have at least one. 1970 stepped up and
joined our group!!! Yay!!! Now we need more of the 1960s and
1970s to come share in the fun!! THANKS!
-Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54, Club 40 President) ~ Pasco
Tri-Cities are getting some 90s hot weather again for a
few days. Come on summer next Sunday!!!
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: yipes
And I was complaining that summer wasn't here yet... duh...
drove to lunch inna roadster across the valley... knees were
burned to a crisp... decided to take a covered car to the
Roadster show... I don't feel any older... but I feel older...
if you unnerstan... fine if not... lucky you... the roadster
should run cooler than any car because it is wide open... but
it doesn't... was over 200 by the time I got home and fuel pump
(sitting in a "cool" place) was ticking like crazy (tank was
full for the smart Alecks out there)... tried replacing powerful
mechanical fan with a more powerful one but not enough room
for the larger pitch and wider blades... no where to move the
radiator forward so... %&($#*(+)_((*^#%%!!!!!!!!!!!! so just
take the good with the not so good and move on... besides it's
almost time for Richland... yes yes yes... By-the-way, I asked
on face book if anyone wanted to host the Saturday night party
and got no takers so I guess we'll just hang out and watch the
traffic lights when they start blinking... that's always pretty
exciting... and speaking of exciting, we gots two '65ers
celebrating today so HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Gail GHIRARDO ('65... an
all night Spudnut party sounds appealing) and Mike SAMS ('65)
on your special day, June 17, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 06/18/15
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9 Bombers sent stuff:
Gloria ADAMS ('54), Jim MEFFORD ('54)
Mike CLOWES ('54), Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
Tom HEMPHILL ('62), Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64), Ken STALEY ('68)
Vicki OWENS ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ed GRAGERT ('66) '48
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marcia DONAHUE ('68)
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>>From: Gloria ADAMS Fulcher ('54)
Re: Survey
I would gladly help in providing info to the people wanting info
on Hanford hazards. My husband, Clarence FULCHER ('51) went to
work at Hanford in 1955. At that time they did not have any
understanding of what danger they were working with. General
Electric had him pouring chemicals from one pail into another
with NO PROTECTION of any kind. There were many other exposures
he was subject to at the direction of supervision.
Fast forward- in 2006 he was diagnosed with cancer. Niosh said
the percentage of his employment at Hanford was 70 percent
caused by his exposures to the chemicals during his 30 years at
Hanford. He was stage 4. Three years of treatment reduced the
large growths but it remained in his blood and bones. Two months
after the chemo treatments ended, he had a heart attack, then
dementia began, then severe psoriasis, then other things. He
ended up with 7 different illnesses. In 2012 they called me and
told me he had cancer in three new locations of his body. By
this time I was all used up and could no longer give all the
care he and our property needed. I called our son who lives in
Ferndale, WA and told him I needed help. He immediately helped
me move to Ferndale where he lived. I have been here 3 years
with Clarence in an assisted living home and Hospice is helping
take care of him. The doctor has given him 6 months at most.
It's been heart breaking, to say it in the kindest way.
We've been married 62 years and grew up together. I was 16 and
Clarence was 20 when we Married. We were both virgins and new
NOTHING about life or anything else. We learned one day at a
time. How do I live without him?
I will not be attending the Club 40 reunion, I hope you will
pass this info on to the people who are gathering information at
the reunion. I will pass along any other info they want about
this long, painful road.
-Gloria ADAMS Fulcher ('54)
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>>From: Jim MEFFORD ('54)
How do I add our anniversary to the calendar?
[Just tell me and I'll get it added, Jim. -Maren]
-Jim MEFFORD ('54)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
I note on the calendar that next Friday, June 19th, the fair
Girls of '54 will be gathering at Rosy's for what ever. Be
forewarned that attendance may be taken. So, if you young
ladies reside in the Tri-City area and are readers of this,
please be there.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where the
weather promises to be warm for Father's Day and the
Silverton [Oregon] Strawberry Festival.
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>>From: Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
To: David RIVERS ('65)
You may already be aware that there are additives that can help
your engine run cooler. In early nuclear research over the years
there has been success in what was called "water wetter". These
chemicals are in essence "surface tension reducers" that allows
water to absorb heat faster and easier. The automotive industry
has had several products out for years. 30 years ago when I had
my rental stores we used it in our big construction compressors
that sat still and worked hard. It made a difference.
-J. Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
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>>From: Tom HEMPHILL ('62)
Re: Portland/Vancouver Bomber Lunch
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Lunches/Current-PDX/00.htm
WOW - Another great lunch June 6 at Beaches in Vancouver with 18
Bombers and family. New people brought a lot of new stories. A
good time was had by all.
Top of the list was Jan RUCKER Meyer ('55). Jan has become a
regular at our lunches and she always has some fond memories to
share.
MIA - Jeanie TURNER Anderson ('61) was out of town this weekend
doing important stuff, but Gary Anderson (Spouse) joined us. As
always, Gary is a delight to have around as a Bomber supporter.
His Spokane roots make him a quasi-Bomber anyway.
Tom HEMPHILL ('62) and Linda Hemphill (spouse) certainly enjoyed
the new Bombers and the regulars as well.
Jeannie THOMAS Engelland ('62) & Joanne PFOHL Spencer ('62)
joined us this time, as did Jerry FREE ('62) & Janet Richardson
(Spouse - Hanford High ('75). We determined that Janet was
really a Bomber, even though she went to the other place.
My dear old friend and neighborhood playmate Doug HAWKINS ('62)
came all the way from Oklahoma to join us for a visit and grub.
Thanks Doug for the visit and for bringing Ellen WEIHERMILLER
('63) along.
The girls of ('63) enjoyed a little reunion, including Ann ENGEL
Schafer ('63), and Donni CLARK Dunphy ('63) Judy PFOHL Bagley
('63) and Ellen WEIHERMILLER ('63).
Tracy Hopper (Judy PFOHL Daughter), and Tony Siegmund (Annie's
Friend) joined in with their own stories.
Don FUNDERBERG ('63) and Tali Funderberg (spouse) have become
regular lunch attendees. Don has worked hard with his new
photography hobby. He brought a couple of large prints that he
made that were wonderful. Great work Don.
Bill SCOTT ('64) brought some books again and Doug HAWKINS got
one that featured NW Indians in the late 1800s. Linda and I have
read all of Bill's books now and they are great. We recommend
them. [As have I, Tom... waiting for Bill's next book!!! -Maren]
Thanks all for joining us.
-Tommy HEMPHILL ('62)
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
So, or as they say in Italy at the start of every sentence
"Allora", I was doing the crossword puzzle in the June 16th
Seattle Times. Not the hard NY Times gotta know something
puzzle, but the "7-5, Miss Ruby" one below the fold.
19 across was a four letter word for "Frank". I was able to
write small enough that I got "Osgard" to fit, but try as I
might, the point on my #2 Ticonderoga was too worn to write
"Whiteside" in that small of a space.
We've been home for two weeks from our Return To Bel Paese, and
are pretty much sleeping thru the night. I always figure it
takes one day for every hour of time change to get back on our
feet, so we are well ahead of schedule. The trip was much more
than we expected and the euro was very kind also. Now if we
could only come to grips with the swill that is being passed off
as coffee and wine here in Kirkland, life would be even better.
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: Hundreds of Iditarod Sled Dogs Evacuated - Sockeye Wildfire
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA
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>>From: Ken STALEY ('68)
Several years ago during my grant writing career, I had a chance
to fly to Memphis and visit my business partner before we took
off for a meeting with a potential client. It was this time of
year and, not really giving it a second thought, I went out
and picked 10 pounds of Bings to take with me as a gift for
my host/hostess. No big deal... $1.50 a pound at the roadside
stand. I was shocked at their response. Rather than chit-chat
for the first hour or so, they rushed to get the cherries
'processed'... washed and set in storage bags... before sitting
down and catching up. I certainly didn't expect that reaction,
but their reaction was a delight... I was glad I found the right
gift. Later that evening, I accompanied my hostess to the store
to pick up a few items for dinner that night. Granted, the woman
shops at an up-scale store... but they had a lovely - if small -
display of Bing Cherries $7.99 a pound! So... my gift was an $80
dollar present.
'tis the season... get pickin!
-Ken STALEY ('68)
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>>From: Vicki OWENS ('72)
Reading Marilynn WORKING Highstreet's ('54) Survey entry made me
wonder whatever happened to all of the data from the Whole Body
Counter back in the 1960s. It would be interesting to combine
that with the health data being collected now, these 50+ years
later.
Even if it was classified at the time it should be in the public
domain by now. Does anyone have any information on this? Was
anything ever published? Were all kids from all schools scanned
or was some sampling done?
-Vicki OWENS ('72)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 06/19/15
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3 Bombers sent stuff and Memorial INFO today:
Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
Gloria ADAMS ('54)
Tom VERELLEN ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Shawn STEICHEN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tom BROWN ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David ANGUIANO ('97)
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>>From: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
To: Gloria ADAMS Fulcher ('54)
First, congratulations on your 62 years as Mrs. Fulcher! I had
not realized you married so young.
Meawhile, I'm sorry things have gotten so tough these past few
years. God bless your heart and those of all your family, and
Clarence.
Sending loving and healing thoughts your way.
-Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) ~ in cooler Richland
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>>From: Gloria ADAMS Fulcher ('54)
To: Maren And Doreen
My sincere thanks for the kind words and understanding. Doreen,
you have been through this and understand the pain. My thoughts
and prayers are with you. Also
-Gloria ADAMS Fulcher ('54)
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>>From: Tom VERELLEN ('60)
I found myself searching here and there for some clove oil.
Finally found some at the food Co-op here in Olyville. I have a
pretty old goldfish in the pond that has developed some kind of
tumor like growth internally and needs to be euthanized. Clove
oil in water is the preferred method per the all wise interweb.
Just opening the little bottle and the whole place is a smelling
like a clove factory which activated some olfactory memories
from long long ago in a place far away. Lewis and Clark
elementary playground toothpicks soaked in a small vial of said
clove oil. Chew on the tooth pick and get the taste sensation of
a pack of clove flavored gum, eh. Do I have faint recollection
of spearmint toothpicks or is that my imagination run amuck?
{Clove bud oil is also good for a toothache. I've kept
some in my medicine cabinet for years. I think the last
I got was at Amazon. -Maren]
-Tom VERELLEN ('60) ~ from near Lacey, WA where spring is being
enhanced with nearby artillery and mortar barrages, both
day and night, rattling doors and windows and shaking out
the pollen in the rafters.
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NOT a Bomber Memorial - only INFO today
Re: Sally Ann MORRIS O'Bryan-Potter ('52-RIP)
Info from the Einan's website:
There will be a viewing from 6pm to 8pm on Friday, June 19th at
Einan's Funeral Home in Richland; a memorial service on Saturday
morning at 10:30am at All Saints' Episcopal Church, 1322 Kimball
Ave. in Richland; and a reception at the Meadow Springs Country
Club, 700 Country Club Place in Richland from 12pm to 2pm.
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 06/20/15
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3 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Gloria ADAMS ('54), Linda REINING ('64)
Nancy MALLORY ('64), Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dorothy KEYS ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susan BARNARD ('71)
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>>From:Gloria ADAMS Fulcher ('54)
Re: Friends
My sincere thanks for all the kind thoughts and memories of
Clarence. He smiles when I tell him about the messages but
does not speak much anymore. He nods and goes back to sleep.
Our children have been a God-send for me. They have helped me
in every way and continue to do so. We've been very blessed.
Love to all,
-Gloria ADAMS Fulcher ('54)
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
To: Tom VERELLEN ('60)
I don't remember peppermint or clove toothpicks, but I do
remember cinnamon toothpicks, also buying boxes of cinnamon
sticks and sucking on them... think it was "all the rage" in
junior high at Carmichael. *grin*
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ loving this weather in the Boise area.
temps in the 90s during the day and in the 60s at night
is a welcome change from the temps in Bakersfield, CA!
my youngest daughter and grandson are here visiting for
the month of June, and they are enjoying the cooler temps,
too... it has been triple digits in Bakersfield all week.
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>>From: Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64)
Re: A Bomber Mom has left us
I know many of you know the Fowler family -- I received emails
from the family saying Pauline Fowler suffered a stroke on June
4th while visiting Brian in Oregon. She passed away on June 16.
The family is planning to have a memorial celebration sometime
this summer in Richland. (This from Diane). Details will be
shared when plans are made.
-Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: Hanford
To: Gloria ADAMS Fulcher ('54)
After reading your post on the 17th I've been thinking about
your difficult trials and wanted to provide some other insight.
Hanford is certainly a mixed bag of mystery to many folks. I've
read many articles written long ago describing its excellent
safety record and the on going attempts of improving the safety
of its operations. However, the results of those efforts in a
large number of cases have been heartbreaking. In the past 15
or so years the culture has changed. One radical change (to me
anyway) is the lower radiation exposure limits that are now
placed on workers. When I hired on in 1977 the limit was 3 REM a
year whole body the extremities, I. E. hands, arms, were higher.
And you could take up to 300 milli-rem a week when the job
required it. With that being said the radiation monitors tried
to stay away from that limit. Today it is 500 milli-rem a year
whole body. It can be approved to take up to 1000 milli-rem, or
1 REM, for the year and in special circumstances 1500 milli-rem.
Those exposures include gamma, beta and neutron radiations.
Years ago that was not the case. Chemical exposure was
controlled in some fashion but only to those whose hazards
were known. In the separation plants powdered chemicals were
routinely handled without respiratory protection. There were no
such things as MSDSs to inform the worker or exposure limits
set when they were being used.
Today's Hanford worker is more informed about chemical and
radiation exposure because of the painful and heartbreaking
lessons learned from former workers, issues your husband suffers
from today. It will be interesting (kind of a poor word to use)
to see if the same plight(s) befall the current work force.
My post is not meant to defend the actions of Hanford. I hope
you don't feel that's what I'm doing. My heart does go out to
you and your family.
-Don Sorenson (NAB)
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Gloria ADAMS ('54)
Jim ARMSTRONG ('63)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susan RUSHWORTH ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rob HILLS ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill HAMES ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike MURRAY ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jess DANIEL ('67)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY: Denny SMITH ('63) & Lucy FOSTER ('65) '69
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>>From: Gloria ADAMS Fulcher ('54)
Re: Hanford
To: Don Sorenson (NAB)
I do not take offense by any of your comments.
You have verified my comment of Hanford not understanding/
knowing what they were exposing employees to in 1955 and many
years after. Research that should have been done before anyone
was exposed, was not completed until years later. The 9 years my
husband has suffered is truly heartbreaking. He's not alone,,,
I know... so many families have been affected... it's very sad.
We have 4 children, 8 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Everyone who possibly could has come to Washington to say "I
Love You." Even from as far away as Connecticut. He leaves behind
a positive credit to society.
-Gloria ADAMS Fulcher ('54)
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>>From: Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
To: Bill REDMOND ('63)
Redeye, if you're out there. send me an address!
-Pitts
-Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: 'nuther scorcher
According to a face book post from Denny JOHNSON ('62w) the heat
is gonna be something else on the ride to the Roadster Show and
maybe worser coming back b we usually don't leave for home
till around noon... we'll see... by the time you read this on
Sunday I'll already know the answer... I have one permanent
memory of the B-day guy that seems to hang on... I know I have
many others... but this is the first one that always comes to
mind... One day I was over by LaMont's ('63) house for whatever
reason and the B-day guy, LaMont and others all jumped in a
White (which means it was probably red) '63 1/2 Falcon Sprint
(which means it could have been a Futura) convertible (which
means it coulda been a hard top) and zoomed away... now why
that memory would linger all these years is a mystery... one of
those things that hits you as a kid and hangs on... I was, of
course, in awe of the Seniors so that could have something to do
with it... in any event, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Rob HILLS ('63) on your
special day, June 21, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Marilynn WORKING ('54), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Ferna GAROUTTE ('58), Tim SMYTH ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John ZIMMER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Paul DUNIGAN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Stu OSBORN ('71)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Gordie McMASTER('69) & Chris MARSHALL ('72)
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>>From: Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54)
Re: Friday's '54 Gals' Lunch
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Lunches/Current-54/00.htm
Well, guess who came to buy everyone's lunch??? Lefty!! Wasn't
his birthday, but... out of love for the ladies! I was there,
and being photographer, missed getting in one. Waiter was
busy!! Thanks, Lefty!!!
-Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54) ~ Pasco Enjoying day off.
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Summer is now officially underway. Tooter is having flashbacks
(about cars, but what might have been kids on orange crate
scooters).
It is also the birth date of a younger Bomber of my
acquaintance. If memory serves (which it usually doesn't),
think I first met him at a Fife lunch. To say the least, he
stepped up when approached about being the president of Club 40
a few years back. Did a reasonable job, at least the club
didn't dissolve during his tenure. On that note, a tip of the
ol' propeller beanie and a shout of "Happy Birthday!" is in
order for John ZIMMER ('66). And many happy returns.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR weather
guessers are say the temps may reach the century mark by
the end of the week.
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>>From: Ferna GAROUTTE Hicks ('58)
Re: Old person discounts
Whoever sent in the list of discounts for us old people, please
resend I forgot to keep it. Thanks
[I googled your subject line and came up with this website:
Old Person Discounts
-Maren]
-Ferna GAROUTTE Hicks ('58)
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>>From: Tim SMYTH ('62)
Re: Canning Peas in Walla Walla
It must have been summer of 1963. A bunch of us ambitious guys,
mostly class of '63, worked in the peas in Walla Walla. Libby's
was one company. We rented a big house with many rooms. I think
there was Mike QUANE, Pitts ATMSTRONG, Joe FORD, Jay WILLIAMSON,
Frank WHITESIDE, and a few others. We worked but also had a good
time. Anybody out here care to rattle my memory??
-Tim SMYTH ('62) ~ in upstate NY, where two jail escapees are
on the loose
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 06/23/15
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8 Bombers sent stuff:
Helen CROSS ('62), Duane LEE ('63)
Earl BENNETT ('63), Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Mike QUANE ('63), Gary BEHYMER ('64)
David RIVERS ('65), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ronnie Lewis ARMSTRONG ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve CARSON ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Peg SHEERAN ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Diane MURPHY ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jan MOULTHROP ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Petra ILLIG ('71)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
To: Tim SMYTH ('62)
Hopefully those bad guys are long gone from your neck of the woods.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Hope, IN here we have rain almost
every day in June, (I think today is the first day with
no rain), but thankfully lower temperature have come with
the rain, a blessing as we have been without AC all
month. supposedly by Friday, it will be fixed
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>>From: Duane LEE ('63)
There were several Bombers working the peas in summer of '63
but we were at Waitsburg working in the cannery for Green
Giant. Worked from 6pm to 6am, seven days a week and no
overtime. We were young and just having fun. Stayed in the
company bunkhouse close to cannery. About half the guys were
from the Southern states cause the wages were so much better up
here.
-Duane LEE ('63)
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>>From: Earl BENNETT ('63)
Re: Tim SMYTH ('62)
You mentioned Libby's, my experience was with Birds Eye and
Green Giant: Twelve hour night shifts in the pea fields, and
general labor in the processing plant. I wasn't with the group
of '63 classmates you listed, but rented a room in a large
house where Donna BOWERS' ('63) younger brother, Dale ('65)
also stayed.
Re: senior discounts
I was told by the establishment that at least one of the
entries on the old list from a couple of years ago was
nonsense, they had no such discount; believe it was Food Lion.
We've found it never hurts to ask, and occasionally we find
discounts where we'd not heard about it before.
Regards, ecb3 - from what's started as a VERY hot and
humid summer in central Virginia; the last two nights
did not get down to a comfortable sleeping temperature,
and everything I touch sticks to me.
-Earl BENNETT ('63)
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
To: Ski Bus Alumni
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ham/150623-Tollgate_Sale.jpg
Time for all you Ski Bus Alumni to dig up the soup cans in your
backyard and start cooking Chili.
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: Mike QUANE ('63)
Re: Tim SMYTH's ('62) pea cannery memories
A few additional names that come to mind include, Rob HILLS
('63), the SHARPE brothers, Tony ('63) and Paul ('64), Bill
REDMOND ('63), Buel GAMMILL ('63), Scott HOUSTON ('63) and
unnamed numerous others. It seem like a dozen "Bombers" stayed
in the same house.
After working 12 hour (hard labor) shifts and a 14 day work
week it all became blurry. The line between a dream and reality
faded. It seems we dammed up the creek (for a waterfall) and
flooded the basements up-stream, and hot bunking with 3 to a
bed was the norm, and their was the misconception that the
drinking age in Walla Walla taverns was 18.
The pea harvest ended, we all survived with cash in our pockets
and nebulous memories.
-Mike QUANE ('63)
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>>From: Gary BEHYMER ('64)
Re: Canning Peas in Walla Walla/Tim SMYTH ('62)
Libbey's, Walla Walla Cannery, aka Rogers Walla Walla, with the
already talked about Little Chief Twice Nice, and Green Giant
were the area pea processors. I'm familiar with Rogers after
working there 3 or was it 4 summers? They did asparagus, peas,
carrots, peas & carrots, corn and spinach. Aside from 30 or so
full time workers, they hired ±240 summer help. Needless to
say, they put a lot of folk through college.
Their products were shipped all over the county. Much of it
into New Jersey & New York. By the mid-'70s, peas were being
raised all over the U.S. and the Walla Walla area processors
were struggling to keep the doors open. The real killer for
canned vegetables was 'salad bars'. Folk stopped eating veggies
and headed to the lettuce and tomatoes.
I loved the several jobs I did at Rogers. (Depalletizing empty
cans to be filled with product & radio control + I was a scab
during a strike in 1968 right before I got married.) I was
working 12 hours/day 7 days per week at a rate more than
$10/hour + overtime. When the strikers came back to work my
$ dropped to $3.40 or so.
My thanks to Larry Oldridge and Al LItzenberger who were the
operations managers at Rogers during the period I worked.
-Gary BEHYMER ('64)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: CDNs and more trubel in the NW
Well it's the second leg of the month of mayhem for those two
'65er Bomber-babes... I've heard reports from news casts from
Gold Beach, CA all the way to Forks, WA and these two have
yet to land in the pokey... time will tell... with 15 more
celebration days to go we can expect pretty much anything...
word has it that things will really get more excitement today
so lock your doors and keep your pets inside... little children
should not be allowed to stay out beyond the time the street
lights go on and when the traffic lights start flashing stay
off the road...
On another note... we also have a fine Bomber-babe from the
Gold metal class celebrating at the same time... word has it
that she's gonna help her sis ('61) at branding time but that
may just be a rumor...
Finally ATTENTION all Bombers... we finally have a spot for the
Saturday night party after CDNs on Saturday, June 27th... Myra
WEIHERMILLER ('67) has ignored her sister's ('63) advise and
has agreed to host the party at her new digs... Mary Lou
WATKINS ('63) will be missing because she has to appear on
"Housewives of Orange County" or something like that... it is
supposed to be @ 108 Saturday so we prolly won't start till
around 6:30 or 7 or so... I'll be in town on Thursday night
around 7:30 or so down at the DQ and in town all weekend if you
need the address... call me at 702 375-6961 if we don't hook
up... Friday night will be a special event at Cecilia's on
GWWay before we watch the cars... very special... be there...
for both nights it will be bring your own beverage... food is
welcome both nights as we are sure to get hungry... see you all
at Spuddies on Saturday or at the pancake breakfast... '65ers
are back in town for good times! Thanks Myra!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Diane MURPHY ('65) and Peg SHEERAN ('63) on
your special day, June 23, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Grad names new lichen for Dolly Parton ~ 6/22/15 Herald
"Singer Dolly Parton is an American icon, with dozens
of hit songs, the Dollywood Theme Park in her home
state of Tennessee and numerous philanthropic
endeavors.
Most recently, she's the namesake of a newly discovered
Appalachian lichen, found and named by Richland High
School graduate Jessica Allen.
Allen, who graduated from Richland in 2006, discovered
"Japewiella dollypartoniana" while conducting research
on Hangover Mountain in North Carolina."
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland where our
temperature will be 100+ beginning this weekend just in
time for Cool Desert Nights!
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 06/24/15
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7 Bombers sent stuff and Memorial INFO today:
Rex HUNT ('53), Steve CARSON ('58)
Janet FORBY ('60), Frank WHITESIDE ('63)
Jim HAMILTON ('63), Bill SCOTT ('64)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Craig KING ('71)
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>>From: Rex HUNT ('53)
Re: Peas
I worked the peas summer of '52 & '53. In '52 I started out
feeding a pea viner at a small frozen food in Milton-Freewater,
OR where the drinking age seemed to be 16 as I bought my first
beer over an open bar there.
Think I earned $1.35/hour...7/12. In '53, I drove truck for
William H. Steen co. hauling peas to the Umatilla canning Co..
again 12 hours a night 7 nights a week. was too hot to sleep in
day time so we chased girls at the local park. (never too hot
for that). There the pay was $1.42/hour with a 5 cent an hour
bonus if you stayed the whole season. Was hard, dirty work...
the only fond memories where the girls... Bless their hearts.
Oh and College Place, OR. had a 7th Day Adventist college.
Religious it may have been but the girls were heavenly.
-Rex HUNT ('53) ~ from lovely Hanford, CA where the temps
dropped all the way to 98° yesterday. brrrr
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>>From: Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
Re: Good memories of working the Pea Harvest on the late '50s
Worked the night shift at Rogers cannery in Milton Freewater.
7 to 7, 7 days a week. $1.65/hr. but 4 hrs at per day, time and
a half for day 6 and double time for day 7. Had to find our own
living space. Dave SHINE ('58), Phil GROFF ('58) and a couple
others rented a garage one year and a house in Walla Walla
another year. A great experience. Are Richland kids still
working the harvest?
-Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
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>>From: Janet FORBY Padgett ('60)
Re: Class of 1960 - 55 Year Reunion Planning
Friday morning, June 26th, 2015, at 11:00 at Rosy's Diner in
Richland. Rosy's is located next to the Hampton Inn south of
Howard Amon Park. This is an earlier time than previous
meetings. We have the $ results of the Yard Sale as well as the
costs of preparing and mailing the "skinny notice" of the Dust
Storm to the Class of 1960. The attention to details to make our
weekend a success will be worked out at this meeting. Join in
with this great group of alumni to help make our 55 year
gathering a lot of fun.
Our theme for Saturday afternoon is "Eat Dessert First". If you
can not attend the meeting and you plan to attend the Saturday
afternoon reunion event and are available to help in other ways
contact me
"Eat Dessert First" activity, photo, and Class pamphlet can be
paid for at the door.
Details will follow.
-Janet FORBY Padgett ('60)
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>>From: Frank WHITESIDE ('63)
To: Tim SMYTH ('62)
I saw your article regarding the peas. Just wondering what you
told your fellow classmates to have one refer to us as "bad
guys." As I recall, we spent most of our time working, sleeping
and drinking beer. The long hours were very painful?especially
after a 12 hour shift and being assigned to come in early the
next day. Day and night became pretty much the same after
awhile. Sometimes they broke up the shifts, and I remember
taking naps outside of Libby's because it was too much trouble
to go back to the "boarding house." I think we made a bit over
$2 an hour which seemed pretty good when the minimum wage was
$1.25 an hour (in 1963). I remember small Spanish-speaking kids
passing the house and taunting us with short phrases that we
were sure were curse words although none of us knew for sure.
Today I imagine most kids would refuse to do the grueling work
that we did. I don't recall any real "entertainment" other than
teasing each other and goofing off. QUANE ('63) remembered a lot
of the other guys. I think most of us passed each other on the
way to and from work on different shifts. I had several jobs.
One was operating a big can-dumping machine. Being extremely
tired could have resulted in an accident. Luckily, I didn't have
any. We had one big kitchen at the house... don't remember what
we ate... probably mostly canned goods. Maybe some of the other
guys remember some specific events. Tony ('63) and Pitts ('63)
may recall a few things.
-Frank WHITESIDE ('63) ~ Presently suffering from a lot of very
red, itchy fire ant bites... especially on my legs. Down
here you really have to watch where you are standing at
all times... good thing it was a small mound.
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[Red ants -- the best reason to NOT garden "down here"... I
think they don't bother kids as much as adults... I've seen
all three g-kids -- at about age 2 -- get into an ant hill...
INITIALLY they cried, but in following days they just play like
nothing happened... for some stupid reason, I decided to move
my big strawberry planter one day and got bites all over both
hands & arms... I'd been watching in the grass for them, but
didn't expect them in a planter. -Maren]
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Having come from a canned Hormel chili family, I didn't know
any better, but the Chili at Spout Springs was the best I'd
ever tasted. Maybe the 1.3 million price might be a bargain,
if they include the recipe for Pete's chili.
I now know better, but it was really tasted good to this eighth
grader.
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: Bill SCOTT ('64)
Re: Pea Harvest
I, too, worked the pea harvest in the early '60s, but unlike
others who have written, I worked in Dayton, for Green Giant
(or, as it was sometimes referred to, The Green Weenie). My
industrious mother, never one to let grass grow beneath MY feet,
let me sleep in a few hours after being up all night at the
Class of '64's graduation party at the old bowling alley above
Howard Amon, then hustled me off, still tired, to Dayton to sign
up with the Green Giant. Was I ever scared. From the insular
world of Richland deep into a whole different culture,
surrounded by Mexican Nationals, as they were referred to, from
Texas. If memory serves, Tracy RUPP ('64) and David Miller were
there with me. At first, I slept in the ramshackle worker huts
near the plant, then "graduated" to a house in town, where I
rented a bed on a second-floor landing next to the stairs. I
remember some old guy had this scratchy old recording of
"Cotton-Eyed Joe" he kept playing. Hard to get a good night's
sleep on the landing.
Like the rest who wrote, I worked 12-hour shifts seven days a
week, but I was fortunate to have day shift. First season worked
as a loader operator making $1.25 an hour, then the next summer
('65), graduated to swather tractor driver, making the princely
sum of $1.58 an hour. Never made enough money to even talk about
there, but it was a valuable lesson in persistence and courage.
The swather driver job came about thusly: I was waiting in the
early hours at job dispatch when the call went out for a swather
driver. "I'll go," I said. So off they sent me to the field. I
arrived, got on the tractor, and began to fumble around. How do
I drive this thing? I'd never been on a tractor in my life, and
this one had the transmission reversed, since it was operated
backwards. The cranky field boss came over and said, "I thought
you told dispatch you could drive this thing." "Nah," I said,
"I just said I'd come". He gave me the evil eye and stalked off,
whereupon I quickly figured out how to drive it. But he never
did like me after that.
-Bill SCOTT ('64 --- writing as B J Scott)
http://www.bjscotthistoricals.wordpress.com
http://www.amazon.com/author/billjscott
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Oh my
Well the sellers of Rooster pills are back at it... now they've
got couples in the Bomber Bowl on blankets who don't want to
"take time" to take a pill once the "feeling" hits... they are
swimming and hot to trot... they are even flying around in
parachutes... Now it seems to me, when we were kids it was
described as "wild hormones"... and toe fungus... when did toe
fungus become such a huge problem... no don't tell me... I don't
wanna know... .
Reminding you Kats and Kittens that the '65ers are in town again
for CDNs... Friday nite at Cecilia BENNETT's for SPECIAL
presentations (if you were there for mine you know what I'm
talking about... if not I can't spill the beans yet)... and car
watching kitty corner from the Uptown ... Saturday nite we'll
gather at Myra WEIHERMILLER'S ('67) for more festivities...
Can't wait to see what car Roger GRESS ('61) brings (that's a
friendly joke Roger!) for CDNs... plenty to keep us all busy and
running for the whole weekend... I will try and find out what
the date is for MLW's ('63) "Housewives of Orange County"...
Doug HAWKINS ('62) and I will finally meet face to face after
all these years... don't be a sit-at-home... Be there! You can
call me for addresses if ya ain't got 'em!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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NOT a Memorial - only INFO today
Re: Leo HANNAN ('47-RIP)
from the Legacy.com website:
A military service will be held today, at 3pm, at the
Ft. Richardson National Cemetery (JBER/Richardson exit off
the Glenn Hwy). There will also be a Celebration of Life
reception at the Bayshore Club House, 3131 Amber Loop in
Anchorage, from 6pm to 9pm.
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 06/25/15
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3 Bombers sent stuff and Memorial INFO today:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Helen CROSS ('62)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Harold GIBSON & Baret Ann McINTYRE ('53)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Randy DYKEMAN ('69) & Kim RICHEY ('74)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Just noticed on the ol' Bomber calendar that on this date those
two crazy kids from '53; Long John and Baret Ann got married.
Last time I checked they still are. Good going, and have a swell
day.
Bob (Mike Clowes) Carlson '54 - at Mount Angel, OR, .
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where,
depending on the weather guesser, it will be a hot or
very hot weekend. Some say high 90s and some call for
the 100s; but cooler at the coast.
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
To: Frank WHITESIDE ('63)
Where are you with all the fire ants?
I'm still in Hope, IN praying my AC finally gets fixed tomorrow,
as the humidity keeps rising, and the corn is growing!!
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Hope, IN
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: The peas
After nearly 50 years of envy for alla Bomber-guys and Bomber-
babes tat worked in the peas, I finally learn the truth! I can't
say working washing dishes and cutting fries was a blast at
McGee's restaurant on the main drag in Walla Walla... but it was
way better than the stories I've been hearing this week! Skip
NUSSBAUM ('65) and I had it made... Chuck TRJILLO ('65), Ricky
WARFORD ('65), Tony HARRAH ('65) and others even drove alla way
to Walla Walla a couple a times to take me back to Richland for
fun and games swimming at the DI and swiping cheeries...
.ahhhhhhhhhhh Yute!
CDNs [Cool Desert Nights]is upon us... '65ers will be all
over town during the weekend, at Cecilia's on GWWay Friday
evening for special presentations and losta fun and at Myra
WEIHEERMILLER's ('67) on Saturday evening for more fun.
BE THERE! Call me if ya need addresses! 702 375-6961
-David RIVERS ('65)
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NOT a Bomber Memorial - only INFO today
Re: Jim DODSON ('95-RIP)
From the Legacy.com website:
Memorial Service:
Saturday, June 27, 2015, 1pm
Valley Hills Funeral Home
2600 Business Lane
Yakima, WA 98901
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Frank WHITESIDE ('63)
David RIVERS ('65)
Bruce STRAND ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Betty HISER ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill BRANDT ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cyndy BROOKS ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Roxanne SOUTHARD ('71)
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>>From: Frank WHITESIDE ('63)
To: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Re: fire ants
i live in rural Southeastern Louisiana about an hour from New
Orleans and Maren. Fire ants are everywhere?especially after a
heavy rain. The cattle grazing fields are loaded with thousands
of mounds. They must be immune to them, but I'm not! The bumps
stick around until they dry up and heal... scratch them, and
they get worse. They pop up in yards every week just in time to
mow the lawn. Sometimes the mounds will be a foot high. I've
heard of people being hospitalized because of huge numbers of
bites. Mud dabbers (sp?), deer flies and love bugs love it here,
too!! I always wonder how the early explorers and settlers could
even survive with this summer weather and environment. Imagine
Spanish explorers in their metal-plate outfits or Northern Civil
War soldiers fighting here while wearing WOOL uniforms. Thank
God for air conditioning!
-Frank WHITESIDE ('63) ~ Still scratching and using baking soda
and vinegar!
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[AND... about 24 hours AFTER they bite, you can count how many
by counting the little yellowish/white heads that form on each
bite. Fun to pop, but makes them itch more... -Maren]
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Richland
All packed and ready to go... I have been wishing the "W" girls
('60, '63, '66, and '67) Happy Birthday for a number of years
now (not that any of them have aged a day) and have never had
trubel spelling their name until the last couple of days... I
know I will be in for whippings, beatings and a dunk in the
river this weekend. If you don't hear from me after this weekend
be sure and put in a missing persons report... not that it will
do much good as I expect I'll be in the trunk of a black car
headed for Wikiup... Doug HAWKINS ('62) if you hear weird noises
from the trunk lemme out!!!
Can't wait to get home for a great weekend and see everyone!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Bruce STRAND ('69)
Re: Bombers in Las Vegas?
Anyone in the know,
I heard tale of a Bomber gathering in Las Vegas that is
forthcoming. I checked the All Bomber calendar and for a
few months out but did not spot such an event. Does anyone
know of Bombers in Vegas happening?
Thanks,
-Bruce STRAND ('69) ~ Cooling down to 110° for tomorrow's high
in the Valley of the Sun.
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[Don't know about future, but the last one was 4/9/15:
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Lunches/Current-Vegas/00.htm
Check with Nancy MOORE ('70)... she might know more... -Maren]
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 06/27/15
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Steve CARSON ('58), Tom VERELLEN ('60)
Marie RUPPERT ('63), Lori SIMPSON ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ruthann HUTCHINS ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Brian THOMPSON ('69)
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>>From: Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
To: Frank & Maren
Makes me happy to live in bug free Seattle. ?
-Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
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[It's not nice to gloat, Steve!!! -Maren]
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>>From: Tom VERELLEN ('60)
Re: Tollgate Ski Resort
Ah yes I remember it as well as can be expected. Saturday
afternoon inside the lodge, my first exposure to the Rocky and
Bullwinkle show. The quote: "Ennie weenie, chilli beenie, the
spirits are about to speak." still rings in my minds ear.
-Tom VERELLEN ('60) ~ summer in near Lacey havin' a heat wave
around 80, last weekend for strawberries and the birds
have nearly cleaned off the cherry tree.
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>>From: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
Re: Fire ants
My experience with fire ants was many years ago when we were
stationed in Charleston, SC. We had just moved into our housing
(Men Rive in North Charleston) and our daughter, Christy (3yrs.)
was riding her tricycle on the sidewalk in our front yard.
Suddenly she started screaming and rolling on the ground. We ran
out and found her legs covered in tiny ants that looked like the
'sugar ants' that we had grown up with. She was covered in bites
and sobbing so hard she could hardly catch her breath. Our
neighbor said they were fire ants that bite. Since she is
allergic to wasp and bee venom we rushed her to the ER. She was
treated the same as our asthmatic son was when he had an attack.
The rash of bites was very ugly and painful so she was on
medication for about a month. The pest control people came to
get rid of the nest and we didn't have any more incidents during
the eight months we lived there. We were very watchful whenever
outside, though. From there we were stationed in Orlando, FL and
still had to be on the watch for fire ants (and water moccasins,
alligators, and cock roaches (Palmetto bugs, my eye!)) Oh, the
joys of the South, but we loved it!
-Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63) ~ in very HOT Cool Desert Nights'
Richland
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>>From: Lori SIMPSON Hogan ('70)
To: Bruce STRAND ('69)
Re: Bombers in Vegas, 6/26/15
Did you check the 1970 class site? That is who is planning
it. You would be more than welcome to join in!
-Lori SIMPSON Hogan ('70)
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[Give me more information and I'll add it to the Bomber
Calendar. -Maren]
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick WIGHT ('52)
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Pam EHINGER ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeanette DUNCAN ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tom DAILEY ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dee BRILEY ('66wb)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mark HINKLE ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Vickie BIGELOW ('76)
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>>From: Dick WIGHT ('52)
Re: ughhhh! bugs!!!
Ruth and I lived near Branson, MO for 7 years - we left there
nearly 3 years ago. Our home was in a rural area on a typical
Ozarks ridge.
We put up with all kinds of creepy crawly things, including
copperhead snakes, rattlers, etc. Armadillos dug the yard up
during the dark of night. Local deer weren't afraid of anything,
once or twice chased our lil Schnauzer. Ha! Coyotes wandered
around...
But my WORST pests were chiggers. They are a form of tiny
spider, almost invisible to the naked eye. I was out picking
poke greens one day - a few hours later I started itching
everywhere from the waist down. It seems chiggers burrow their
heads into the skin and, on humans, promptly die. There is
nothing to be done at that point - try and ease the agony with
calamine lotion, antihistamines, I guess... In a week or so you
get back to normal. In the meantime, I lived a life of misery...
I didn't pick any more poke greens after that experience...
-Dick WIGHT ('52) ~ in Richland where the daytime temperature
today is hotter than Phoenix!
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Before we head west to escape the heat; I'd best do this or
she'll never speak to me again. I am referring to the rituals
that designate a Bomber Babe birthday. You know, the tipping of
the ol' propeller beanie and the singing or shouting "Happy
Birthday!". And she is a Bomber Babe, make no mistake about
that. I certainly hope her current husband treats her to a good
dinner tonight (so she doesn't wilt in a hot kitchen). He has
been known to think that McDonald's is the epitome of haut
cuisine; come on man give the Olive Garden a try. On that note
let me wish Jeanette DUNCAN ('54) the happiest returns of the
day.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
weather guessers can't make up their minds on what
yesterday's high temp was.
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>>From: Pam EHINGER Edinger (Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
To: Tom VERELLEN ('60)
When I read your entry on 6-27-15, you had me laughing!! My
middle daughter's name is Deadra, but her family name is
DeDe. When she was younger I would call her DeDe WEENIE
CHILLI!! Oh how she would pitch a fit!! But I loved teasing
her!! She is now a great mom of 2 beautiful daughters & a great
husband!!
Bombers Rule,
-Pam EHINGER Edinger (Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Jack GARDINER ('61)
Helen CROSS ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ralph MYRICK ('51)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dorothy McDONALD ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary HUNT ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Donnie GESTON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pam BARKER ('66)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Fred PHILLIPS & Lora HOMME ('60)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Now this may seem to be rubbing it in the face of those who live
in the Tri-Cities; but, hey, I'm talkin' the "wet side" of the
Northwest. It is true, boys and girls, the temps did not hit the
century mark as some predicted (cloud cover stayed longer than
they thought). Eugene made it to 98°, had a 100° on the car
going through Curtin, OR on the way back from the coast. But
this is the "wet side". Only problem was the humidity, made it
almost feel like New Orleans or some other spot on the Gulf
Coast. Definitely not the dry heat of the desert Southwest or
even the high desert on the East side.
On the other hand some weather guessers are calling for 100°+
over the 4th of July week-end. As a result, there may not be
any fireworks displays this year (bummer!).
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ at dry Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Jack GARDINER ('61)
Just about a month ago Dick "Buz" BOISONEAU ('61) called to say
that he had leukemia. What a shock to both of us. June 3rd they
admitted to Kadlec for treatment. They gave him chemo for just
over two weeks. He told me he can't have any more because his
body is too weak to accept it. He stayed at Kadlec another week
to get his strength up... then released him for hospice at home.
Saturday night they took him to hospice off Yelm Street in
Kennewick. I went to see him today [6/28]... he was feeling
better.. glad to see me. He needs your prayers and people in his
corner..
-Jack GARDINER ('61)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
To: Tim SMYTH ('62)
Well, I guess you were right to be worried about the 2 jail
escapees being in your area, as both were found and killed in
upper New York State.
Seems a lot of Bombers had good memories of hard work, but fun
times working in the "peas".
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Hope, IN where we are fortunate
we are not flooded as much of the state is with our
continuing heavy rain, but the cooler temperatures
are wonderful!!
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3 Bombers sent stuff and Memorial INFO today:
Jack GARDINER ('61)
David RIVERS ('65)
Tedd CADD ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carol WILEY ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susan KINNEY ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sherri RAY ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cathy FULLMER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Glenna HAMMER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lori KILLAND ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Chris ECKERT ('80)
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>>From: Jack GARDINER ('61)
Re: Buz
I got a call 5pm Monday afternoon [6/29] from Jon ('67), Buz's
brother that he wasn't communicating today and that his body was
shutting down. So I put my ball uniform on real quick and went
to see him. I left him at 6pm... sometime before 7pm Buz passed.
Besides Buz's family and friends, baseball was his first love.
He always envied me because I was still able to play. Tonight
we beat the number one team in the league 9-7. this game is
dedicated to you, my good friend... God Bless!!
-Jack GARDINER ('61)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: I am blessed
For all of you who are easily bored, time to just skip this post
cuz it's gonna be long and disjointed... what they call scream
of conshusness... I got home late this morning [6/29] from my
yearly trip to Richland and the joy and memories are flooding
in... I can't really call it the Sorry 7 or '65er gathering, as
it was so very much more and in ways much less... a whole buncha
kids didn't make it this weekend but those who did filled it to
the brim... I won't go into the trip on Ally-giant but I didn't
get to the DQ till around 9 and many kids had split... korse
Jimmie ADAIR ('65-'67) and Kathie MOORE ('69) were there in
spite of all Kathie has been and is goin' thru... she was a
trooper... Friday morning a whole bunch of us met at the Spudnut
Shop... Somehow Ron SLEDGE ('65) drove from Vegas and still beat
me... John COLE ('66), Larry GREER ('65) and I made plans for
the secret get together in the later afternoon (Sorry Roger
GRESS ('61) from now on I will give you the high sign)... Katie
SHEERAN ('61) showed up in cog neeto (no Kim Novak shirt, but
she made up for it Saturday)... we touched base with as many as
possible in the heat then around noon we were all gone...
Cecilia BENNETT ('65) and I hit the Farmers' Market for some
nice breads and smoked salmon which we forgot to put out... as
the day progressed Mont ('63) and Jimbeaux ('63) started
bringing over chars and ZZ Top hats (a how how how) and CMOORE
('65) and sister Nancy ('70) made their way over... Rosalie
('63) and Chuck arrived and things were getting perfect... now
for those of you who missed it and haven't seen the pix on face
book... this event had been the subject of months of work by
CMOORE, John COLE, Mick HEMPHILL ('66), Gary WEBB ('64) and
several others... it was an effort to place Pierre REMILLARD
('65) and Jack KEENEY ('65) in the spotlight to receive Quilts
of Valor for their service to our country during the Vietnam
War... as time progressed, John was bright enough to realize we
needed a mole... at that time John brought Pierre into his
confidence to be sure and get Jackson to the church on time...
no easy chore I will say... of course he neglected to tell Pete
he was being honored as well... Jack, Pierre and Dick STEPHENS
('66) showed up a little early, but they were busy playing tunes
and caterwauling... er I mean singing... the crowd began to
gether... now sure how I forgot to tell Ken DAME ('68) the
procedure, but I did... thankfully he called me early and I told
him the plan for the boyz... As he did for my Quilt last summer,
Ken got right on the phone and called General Jim MATTIS ('68)
who came flying over with a plate of goodies in hand... Steve
HAGGARD ('65) became my BFF by showing up with some fruit Rush
Limbaugh teas... I hate sweet tea... not any more!... Terry
DAVIS ('65) was in awe as he missed my presentation last year...
I am pretty sure John CAMPBELL ('63) reacted pretty much to
meeting Jim as Mary Lou WATKINS ('63) did last year except he
didn't try and shake his hand with a glass of red wine in his
hand... oh wait... I'm not supposed to tell that... nevermind,
ML! The presentation by John and Mick was superb as always... I
was sure KEENEY cried way more than I did, but Carolyn ROE ('63)
has assured me that is NOT the case... Jimmie ADAIR (a recipient
of a quilt) wanted to impress some people and introduced the
General as one of his "Army buddies"... the response was to be
expected: "I'm a Marine". Corse only Adair could run over a land
mine and get a butt reduction so consider the source... Ellen
WEIHERMILLER... THAT'S WEIHEERMILLER ('63) and Doug HAWKINS ('62
also a recipient) made it on time and Doug and I hugged as
though we had known each other all our lives... OK OK I did give
Ellen a peck onna cheek... OK I gave alla girls at least one
peck onna cheek... hey why waste the moment... It was a truly
magnificent and touching evening... Eventually I got dinner at
Denny's around midnight with Cecilia and the Adairs...
Saturday, was early Spuddies again... Katie did her best Kim
Novak and I fell in love all over again... Terry DAVIS ('65)
brought Craig DAVIS and wife Pat and I was able to catch
up with my best Spalding friend ever... Pancakes with the
DeJongs was about all I could do in the heat and off I went for
a nap... Doug and Ellen went to see the Cows at Katie's, but I
missed the field trip again... listening to Katie explain the
fine art of washing cow butts was about all I could take (did
you know those things just stare at you while they poop!)... I'm
sure Oklahoma Doug got a real kick out of it... by the way... if
you happen to hook up with Doug, you need to scream in his left
ear... but don't mention I told you to... in the evening, the
party at Myra WEIHERMILLER's ('67) was intimate and a whole
lotta fun... Myra and I played Doug and Ellen in a game of
something or other and whooped ass... after the game Myra came
running over to me and kerplow... I thought she was trying to
jump my bones after all these years, but I learned she was doing
a belly bump... I'm told it is whatcha do when you win a game...
I liked the bone jumpin' idea better...
Sunday was special. I haven't been able to catch Jim STULL ('62)
in a couple of years... as you probably know, Jim has been
battling cancer since about 2002... Ken DAME ('68) picked the
Divine Ms. Hoff ('64) and me up and ran us out to Jim's... Jim
looked great and it was so refreshing to spend half a day with
him just reliving old times... I wouldn't have missed it for the
world. As I said, I am blessed... I no longer use the word
"luck"... I have escaped death enough times to know that luck
has nothing to do with it.
I am sending a picture of the Boyz and General MATTIS with this
post. I can only say that no matter the size of our gatherings,
she are VERY special events!
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Riv/150630-Boyz-Quilts.jpg
Jack KEENEY ('65), Jim MATTIS ('68) and Pierre REMILLARD ('65)
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
Re: unusual summer heat
Not to be bragging but the Tri-Cities is forecast to have
temperatures at least 10 degrees above Death Valley, CA for
the next week...
I think Hades might have sprung a leak somewhere nearby.
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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Re: Darlene "DJ" LOHDEFINCK Peterson ('77-RIP)
From the Einan's site:
Viewing for friends and family:
Tuesday, June 30 from 6pm to 8pm at Events at Sunset.
Graveside services:
Wednesday, July 1 at 10am at Sunset Gardens; 915 Bypass Hwy
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