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Alumni Sandstorm Archive ~ April, 2016
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Richland Bombers Calendar website
Funeral Notices website
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/01/16
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Barbara SESLAR ('60)
Pat DORISS ('65)
Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon DAHL ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary HOFF ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ed MITCHELL ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill WEDBERG ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve MINOR ('73)
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>>From: Barbara SESLAR Brackenbush ('60)
Re: Class of 1960 Bomber Luncheon
DATE: Saturday, April 2
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: Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
Re: '65 Lady Bombers' April Lunch
Once again, the "Ladies of '65" will be getting together for
our monthly Lunch.
WHEN: Friday, April 8th, 2016
TIME: 12:00 - 2:00 PM
WHERE: Applebee's Restaurant, 43 Columbia Point Dr, Richland
If you're a "Lady of '65", but haven't joined us in quite a
while, or if you've never attended one of our monthly lunches,
please contact me and I'll add you to our mail and reservation
list! Then join us for good food, beverages, and lots of
conversation!
If you have any questions, please contact me!
-Pat DORISS Trimble ('65) ~ West Richland
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: Okinawa Anniversary
1Apr45 is the 71st Anniversary of the invasion of Okinawa.
April Fool's day and Easter of that year. The last major land
battle of WWII. All Marines and Corpsmen who have served in the
Third MarDiv are intimately familiar with the red mud of the
NTA. My only experience there was a typhoon accompanied by a
"Typhoon Fifth of Acadama Wine". This is also the scene of
Pappy SWAN's ('59), "Soap in the sock" defense! Semper Fi!
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in hail pounded Plano, TX
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/02/16
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1 Bomber sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lloyd KENT ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill CHAPMAN ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larry CORYELL ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gail FRANZ ('64)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Hey, the 1st of April is past. My condolences to all who were
born on this day. Is that really a present, or are you going to
prank me? Gotta be worse nor Christmas as a birthday.
Fortunately for this Bomber, whom I know, the extra day was
well spent. Don't get me wrong, he wasn't "slow". That came
later after playing football too long without a helmet. Yeah,
so he was a football hero. One has to be one to get along with
the girls.
So much for the fol-de-rol; a tip of the ol' propeller beanie
and a "Happy Birthday!" shout is in store for fellow classmate
Lloyd KENT ('54). Perhaps he and his current wife (also '54)
will make it to the Birthday luncheon.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
the "un-natural" weather continues
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Bomber Memorial
>>Jinnie ECKERT Stephens ~ Class of 1958 ~ 1940 - 2016
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/03/16
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1 Bomber sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Leslie HUTCHINSON ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeanene HOFF ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Garry O'ROURKE ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marleen WALTON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat GOBLE ('71)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Kids
Now having been kids... we all know just how rough kids have
it... I mean before they get older and know better... but
while yer a kid... yer put upon from every direction... I was
convinced, that I was the only kid who didn't have grandparents
nearby... boy did I wana go visit grama or have her visit us
and bake cookies and pies and all that... well, that was before
they came to visit us... dang... these were not the people Mary
Lou WATKINS ('63) talks about... now looking back I figure they
couldn't a been much more than 60 or so, tho I think she lived
to be around 105... they were the most crotchety people I ever
met... now the last few days we have been having Richland winds
(we had the same thing in Vegas before the town grew to
unreasonable proportions... that would be more than say 60,000
people)... my most memorable wind day in Richland involves ol'
Grampa and a "kite"... now I am pretty sure that you could buy
a kite at Thrifty or Newberry's for somewhere between 5 and 15
cents back in say 1949 or '50... I guess he was trying to play
Grampa, cuz this old geezer insisted on making one for me...
first he got two pieces of lumber (hadda be at least 2x4s) and
some of the heaviest wrapping paper on earth... looking at it I
knew it would dig ridges in the ground as I dragged it while I
ran trying to get it airborne... well, I was wrong about the
ridges but it sure as heck never got in the air... just kinda
bounced along the ground... not even sure it hadda tail... so
there I was, running along the dike with my 300 pound kite
while alla other guys like Butchie GREEN ('65-RIP), prolly
Johnny REED ('63wb) and Harvey IRBY ('64) were happily flying
their normal kites... oh the shame of it all... now as luck
would have it... the sky turned black and then the air turned
black and the biggest windstorm of my memory saved me from
further trauma... all I can say is I sure hope our b-day
Bombers never had such an experience... HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
Leslie HUTCHINSON ('63) and Garry "Stump" O'Rourke ('66) on
your special day, April 3, 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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-David RIVERS ('65)
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Bomber Memorial
>>Barbara BAALMAN Jones ~ Class of 1956 ~ 1938 - 2016
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/04/16
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5 Bombers sent stuff today:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Jim HOUSE ('63)
Dennis HAMMER ('64), Linda REINING ('64)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janice BOOTH ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susan SEEBURGER ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jan NELSON ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda HOLDEN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Michael MARTIN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marlene WALTON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Reneé WALTON ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancy ERLANDSON ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Clif EDWARDS ('68)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Come on, people, write something for this "rag". All you've
gotten for the last two days are things from myself or the
Junior Gyrene ('65). And, hey, neither of us are winners of the
Nadine Brown English Composition Award. For those of you too
young to have known her, Miss Brown was a long time English
Composition and Favorite Teacher at dear old Col-Hi.
That being said, we have the birthday of a Bomber Babe to
celebrate today. To say that I knew her back in the day is
probably right. She was in the band, and I knew a lot of people
who were in the band. So, it stands to reason, I probably knew
her even though I wasn't in the band. That's how things rolled
back then.
Without further ado, a tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a
"Happy Birthday!" shout is in order for Janice Booth ('54).
Hope she can make the long, arduous trek from Yakima to make it
to the Birthday Luncheon some this September.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where it
may or may not be raining
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>>From: Jim HOUSE ('63)
To: Ray STEIN ('64)
Re: Sandstorm entry dated 3/30/16
Ray, I may have saved a guy's life, but Dave SIMPSON ('63) made
two clutch free throws to beat Kennewick. You tell me who is
the hero of the Class of '63.
-Jim HOUSE ('63)
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
To: David Rivers ('65)
Re: "flying kits" or Charlie Brown's "kite eating tree"
Yesterdays entry from our Sandstorm Barrister ('65) brought
back a lot of memories about "flying" kites. In Athena, OR we
lived one house away from a large wheat/pea field. A lot of
neighborhood kids flew their kites there. First kite I remember
my parents bought for me was your standard diamond shaped red
paper kite. Don't know where they came from but some of the
kids had access to some long strips or heavy cloth or canvas
about 2" wide and worked real good for tails. For some reason I
came up with the idea of tieing the end of the tail in a knot
holding a rock, and that really helped keep it stable. Then
some kid threw a dirt clod through my kite. I took it home and
my parents fixed it with scotch tape. I think it was the next
time I tried to fly it some kid said he would hold it while I
ran with the string to launch it. He didn't let go and It was
torn to bits. Don't know if he did in on purpose or not, but it
ended my kite flying for that year. Later on I discovered box
kites and was more successful with them. They were simple, just
stick two diagonal crossing sticks in each end lining up the
notches and snapping them in; and I had better success flying
them. Also I flew them alone or with one or two others not a
bunch of kids. Once I had a "Stratosphere Kite." You Google
"stratosphere kite" and what comes up is nothing like the one I
had. It was one of those promotions where you send in a couple
of box tops and a few shekels and what they sent you was
basically a plastic garbage bag shaped like a doughnut with
four tabs equally spaced on the outside. One tab you could use
to blow it up and inflated the outside circle, making it look a
doughnut and the hole filled in with a layer of plastic. Then
you tied a string to each tab, each running down to a point
where the kite string was attached. I guess using air to
inflate it and no sticks it was supposed to be lighter and fly
to the stratosphere. It worked OK, but nothing special. Then a
friend a few houses away and I decided to make a big box kite.
We used something like brown wrapping paper only somewhat
lighter and a mixture of flour and water for glue. It was
probablly about five feet high. One day just as it was starting
to get dark my parents and I arrived back home and my friend
and his father walked behind the car carrying the busted up
kite. They had tried to fly it and the string broke. I was so
disappointed that we had built it together and I didn't get a
chance to see it fly, or even crash. So I started making
another one by myself using brown wrapping paper and making it
exactly twice the dimensions as the standard box kite you could
buy at that time. That is as far as I got; never did make the
sticks. I think it was because I didn't have anything to use
for the kite string that I was sure wouldn't break. Kept those
paper parts for years though. Lived on an orchard in Milton-
Freewater when in Jr. High and I made a box kit to exactly the
dimensions as the store bought ones. By then I was able to
build a kite at least as good or better than the store-bought
ones. A day that was too windy I went out to fly it. I had a
big spool of twine that was on a cardboard cone used on sewing
machine for sewing the tops of flour sacks after they were
filled. I had enough string to reach the jet stream, but, it
wasn't strong enough in that wind and after about 15 seconds it
broke and the kite probably reached the jet stream on its own.
In the basement of the "B" house I remember I had two broken
box kites I was going to use the sticks and make another, but I
guess I had different interests then... like cars and girls.
Don't know what happened to them, guess maybe dad threw them
out while I was in the Navy. In the early '80s when my daughter
was probably in third or fourth grade we made a trip to the
Oregon coast and I went into a kite shop and bought two kites.
By then it seemed you just could not buy box kites anymore,
which were the only type I seemed to have any luck with. I
bought one which is the Wright brothers airplane, it is just
sticks and paper which can be displayed, but can also be flown
as a kite. My luck with kites I was not going to fly it and
just didn't think I had a good place to display it so I still
have it in the box unassembled. The other kite was a French war
kite which is a three sided box kite with wings. Large ones
were built by the French to carry a man into the air and
observe German troop movements in the 1800s. I also bought a
spool with handles of strong nylon string made for kite flying
and was given some good advice; for a kite that powerful, wear
gloves. I flew it at least twice. Once in a school play yard
and once with daughter and a couple of her girlfriends along
the river in North Richland. I think one of the front sides of
the box portion of the kite is sewn two long because it wants
to dive off to the right. Didn't have great success either time
but the second time we ended up going through the reeds and
stuff at the water's edge to recover the kite and string.
Someone I worked with said put a streamer at the tip on one
wing--I think it is the one opposite of the way it wants to
dive. Think I broke a stick on it, but as it is nylon instead
of paper, should be easy to fix if I get it out of storage
after all these years. Yep, when Charlie Brown came along with
his "kite eating tree," I said, "That's me!"
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
David RIVERS ('65) had mentioned grandparents in his entry,
yesterday (April 3rd) and I guess I never really thought about
how lucky I was that my grandparents were in Richland. When my
mom and her two sisters came to Hanford in '44 from Minnesota,
their parents came with them... they had been working on the
Al-Can Highway... my grandmother did the cooking and washing
for some of the men. When the men heard that grandma's
daughters were leaving the farm and going to work at Hanford,
they asked them to wait. They went home, sold the farm, and
they all moved to Richland. My grandfather got a job at
Hanford, too... not exactly sure what he did, other than he
drove a truck hauling "stuff". My memories of my grandfather
aren't many, since he died when I was 5, but my grandmother
lived into her 90s, so we(my brother and 5 cousins) were
lucky to spend every holiday and every birthday with our
grandmother... she had a two-bedroom prefab on Winslow and her
house was filled with the aromas of Norwegian "goodies" every
Christmas. I don't remember others talking about seeing their
grandparents, on a daily or weekly basis, so we must have been
"the rarity".
Re: kites
I remember buying kites at Densow's... probably not more than
15 cents... remember when the "box kites" came out? never could
"fly" one of those.
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ Kuna, ID
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: twinsies
Well, contrary to my story of my Mom's folks yesterday, we all
know that there was really good stuff about being kids... for
one thing, unlike Terry DAVIS ('65) who will be returning from
Michigan tomorrow, we didn't hafta deal with "unfun" snow, that
according to him can't even be used for snowballs and kids
refuse to play in... we had "fast" snow... snow inna morning,
Chinook about noon and awwww gone! Of course we all had chores
and some sort of restrictions... my chores were painting the
top of the" F" house with some ungodly paint my father prolly
got from the Spanish-American War Surplus... I mean not even
the Buck Private woulda sold this stuff... you could smell it
at the rose bowl I am sure... the fumes were so caustic I would
throw up about every ten minutes... just before I would nearly
fall from the 90 foot ladder... According to him, it had no
smell and it was my maginashun... I don't think my Pop ever
bought a liquid for use around the house that didn't smell to
high heaven... then there was the rock garden... every spring I
moved his rock garden from one spot to another... I felt about
the rock garden much as Mr. Roberts felt for the Captain's palm
tree... wait... maybe it was Ensign Pulver who hated the Palm
tree... I think Roberts just the the damned thing overboard at
the end of the movie... anyway, that's the idea... According to
my Pop (and I have no reason to think he wasn't telling me
the truth) He said Patton made them move rocks in the desert
over by Yuma or somewhere to prepare them for the battle in
Africa... I might have thought rifle or tank practice might
serve better, but then what would he say about the rock
garden... we also had certain prohibitions placed upon us...
the way we acted around growed ups and toward them was very
important... I wasn't allowed to hang out much at night (except
at the park across the street) which I must say in my folks'
favor, kept me from going to jail at a young age along with a
number of my buds (names omitted to protect the guilty), but
for the most part, along with so many others, the street lights
told us the time... corse that all changed when we got licenses
and cars but that's another story... we gots some very special
Bomber-babes celebrating today... a couple a twins who,
contrary to popular belief were borned a year apart on the
4th rather than the third... and one young thing who was
snagged, much as the ever young and lovely Miss Nancy ('65)
(coincidentally she is named Nancy too... or perhaps those guys
from the Gold Medal class just liked the name)... by an "older
man"... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Marlene and Reneé WALTON ('66;'67) and
Nancy ERLANDSON ('67) on your special day, April 4, 2016!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/05/16
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Rex HUNT ('53), Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Linda REINING ('64), David RIVERS ('65)
Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary MASSEY ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pam RUST ('66)
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>>From: Rex HUNT ('53)
Re: kites
Speaking of Kites! when my oldest son was about 9 and in cub
scouts they had a kite contest. Some where in my travels I
had gotten a WWII target kite. It had German insignias and a
Swastika on it. It was about 5 feet across and maybe 8 feet
tall. It had a wooden reel of twine that was about 5 inches
thick. It was a bear to get in the air, but once up it flew
well. So we are at the kite contest and my son had won the
largest kite now he was after the highest flying award. After
some struggle we got in the air but then the parents had to
back away and let the kids fly the darn things.
About the time The kit was maxing out a strong wind came up
and my son in order to hold the kite had wrapped the twine
around his wrist to anchor it. The wind drug him about 75 yards
before I could catch up to him. I had to cut the twine and the
kite fluttered off and I had some explaining to do when I got
the scared and dirty kid home.
I had more fun than the kid.
-Rex HUNT ('53wb) ~ from lovely downtown Hanford, CA
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
To: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Mr. Roberts trivia
Actually both Mr. Roberts and Ensign Pulver threw the palm tree
overboard. First Mr. Roberts throws the tree over the side,
then he is transferred off the tub to a combat unit he had been
trying to get. As he was leaving the crew presents him with an
over-sized medal they made for him consisting of a brass palm
tree hanging from a gawdy ribbon. He pins it on as he is
leaving the ship. Later on, mail call brings a letter from Mr.
Roberts saying how much better he likes it on his new ship is
and that he is so proud of his "Order of the Palm Tree" he
would rather have it than the "Medal of Honor." Then they open
another letter and learn that Mr. Roberts was killed in action.
This makes Ens. Pulver so mad he goes up to the bridge wing and
throws over the Captain's replacement palm tree.
When I was in the Navy a shipmate told us that during WWII the
author of the novel "Mister Roberts" had served aboard his
former ship the USS Virgo which was an attack cargo ship. He
told us that because of that the USS Virgo had a palm tree
painted on the bulkhead by the door going into the bridge. One
day it was tied up on the other side of a pier from us and he
pointed it out. Guess I should have taken a picture.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
David RIVERS ('65) had mentioned chores, in yesterday's (April
4th) Sandstorm and said that we all had them... yep, and mine
was keeping my room clean and my bed had to be made every day
(I still make my bed, as soon as I get up) and helping clean
the rest of the house... am sure all "we girls" had the same
chores, along with anything else our moms could find for us to
do. We had linoleum in the bedrooms (3), bathroom, kitchen and
utility rooms... only room that had carpet was the living room
and my mom was a "stickler" for the floors being scrubbed clean
and no using a mop either... on your hands and knees, bucket
of hot water filled with Spic 'n Span... then another bucket
filled with clean hot water for rinsing and we waxed those
blasted floors every week too! The old wax was scrubbed off
with SOS pads, then that residue was "mopped up"... then you
washed the floor with the Spic 'n Span, then once the floor was
dry you put down another fresh coat of wax! And this was done
EVERY Saturday before any "fun" time... same routine was done
in the kitchen too except in there the stove would be unplugged
as would the fridge, they would be moved to the center of the
room so that area could be cleaned! To say my mom was a "clean
freak" was putting it mildly. Did I keep that routine when I
got my own home????? Uh, NO! Used a mop... left the stove and
fridge right where they were... figured the "dust bunnies"
could enjoy themselves; as for waxing... only did it, when it
was necessary... usually stripped the wax, every month instead
of every week.
David also mentioned the movie, "Mr. Roberts" and the palm tree
incident... it was Ensign Pulver (Jack Lemon) who threw the
palm tree overboard after they had gotten word that Mr. Roberts
(Henry Fonda) had been killed when the ship he was on was hit
by a torpedo. One of my favorite movies and I watch it whenever
it's on TCM.
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ Kuna, ID
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: what a great place
Let me say that I was so sorry to hear of Leslie HUTCHISON's
('63) passing the day before her Special Day!
Once upon a time... oh no... nobody starts stories like that
any more... Oh wait... first lemme bow to the prowess of Dennis
HAMMER ('64) on his kite flying skills... I could NEVER get a
box kite to fly!... So as I was saying... Once upon a time
there was a call far and wide seeking people to come to Eastern
Washington where the Columbia, the Snake, and the Yakima rivers
all converged... the land of milk and honey, it sounds like to
me... come and learn a trade the ads promised and they came...
in fact, near whole towns from what I've been told headed
west... now imagine if you will... the kids that came with
those folks... specially if one was a Jr or a Sr at his old
school... and even worse if he was a sports star... now that
must have sucked, but there were also those who were just
starting school or were maybe just a few years along... these
families and their children were the beginning of something
magical (a Magical mystery tour if you will)... Eventually
children would be born at various facilities and finally our
own Ed QUIGLEY ('62) would be the first Kadlec baby... then
more would come, including the Sorry 7, only five of which were
actually borned there (but that's another story)... workers
would get on busses, disappear for hours and then return to pee
in bottles left in canisters on the front porch... winds of
unknown proportions would be common occurrence and eventually
the Columbia would flood... but more importantly, the workers
would learn what they had produced and a new comradery would
immerge that took the whole town with it giving rise to "We
are the Bombers, mighty, mighty Bombers... " A powerhouse in
Basketball and just an all round great place to be... a town
where no one locked their doors and keys were even left in
cars without mishap... now who would ever believe such a place
could exist... We could... we who grew up in that little town
and became proud of it beyond belief... tho many left to go
to school or find jobs elsewhere, including stints in the
military... very few would stay away for long... oh sure...
just like any little town... the initial reaction was "we gotta
get outa this place"... but the attraction remained and remains
for so very many of us... It is home and we are Bombers,
Mighty, Mighty Bombers... whether we continue to live there
full time or not... for the most part... we always return...
today's B-day bomber-babe was one who returned to live... in
fact I recall the day or close to it that she did... I think I
learned of it on face book... but it coulda been in this little
paper of ours... so HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Mary MASSEY ('64) on your
special day, April 5, 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: MLK, Jr.
I can't believe anyone, let alone me, missed the tragic
anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. Truly a
great man. RIP 4Apr68.
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in sunny Plano, TX
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick WIGHT ('52), Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
Stephanie DAWSON ('60), Margaret EHRIG ('61)
Linda BELLISTON ('63), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barbara BERKELEY ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Randy DYKEMAN ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve KING ('73)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cindy RAEKES ('82)
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>>From: Dick WIGHT ('52)
Re: More "Mr. Roberts" trivia
While attending Coast Guard radio operator school in 1952, I
became friends with another young guy in school - Nicholas
Adamshock was his name, a guy from Pennsylvania. He joined the
Coast Guard in '52 in California, having tried his hand at
getting into the movies. Draft was after him. He had been in a
few "B" movies. When "Mr. Roberts" was casting, Adamshock was
a radioman 2nd class aboard a small USCGH ship in San Diego. He
somehow got in to see the "Mr. Roberts" director - wearing his
uniform - and got into the movie with a pretty good role, quite
a few speaking scenes. Had the stage name "Nick Adams". The
Coast Guard gave him leave for the "location" shots in Hawaii.
Adams went on to a fairly successful career - "Rebel Without a
Cause", etc. and a TV series he "created", a western called
Johnny Yuma.
His brashness got him started with the part in "Mr. Roberts",
a movie he loved...
Adamshock died young, supposedly from a mixture of alcohol and
a drug supposed used to keep him from drinking. In his early
USCG years, he hardly drank at all - maybe one beer when we
went "honky tanking." He palled with James Dean, some with
Elvis Presley. Nick was a "climber", I'd say - but I liked him
a lot.
-Dick WIGHT ('52)
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>>From: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
Saturday, April 9th, I'm joining lots of other people for
the WalkMS/northwest here in the Tri-Cities. The Team I'm
walking with/for is "Speed Bump" founded by the sister of my
granddaughter-in-law, Jessica Taylor. About 2 years ago, Sarah
was diagnosed with MS. It has been a tough road for her, her
husband, Jack, and their 3 small girls. If any of you are
interested in sponsoring me, all of us will be grateful. I've
never done anything like this before and I have no idea how far
I'll go!!!
The site for sponsoring is: msnorthwest.org or:
https://www.facebook.com/msnorthwest.org
I'm hoping this great weather will hold through Saturday.
Too much wind, actually, but rain would be worse.
-Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) ~ in beautifully blossoming Richland
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>>From: Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
Re: Kites
There is a small but fascinating kite museum at Long Beach, WA.
Has a couple of amazing stories about how kites helped the war
effort against the Nazis in the Atlantic Ocean. Has info on
Japanese kites and some unusual film of people in Korea (I
think) capturing and using bats, which are like little living
kites! At least this is what we saw in August/Sept, 2014.
Bomber cheers,
-Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
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Googled and found:
http://kitefestival.com/
https://www.facebook.com/worldkitemuseum/
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>>From: Margaret EHRIG Dunn ('61)
Judy WILLOX ('61)
Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: All Bomber Lunch ~ aka Patti's All Bomber Lunch
To: All Richland/Col-Hi Bombers
It's time again for us to gather and share good memories and
current events.
WHEN: Saturday, April 9, 2016 (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.)
Any Bomber from any class is invited to attend the second
Saturday of every month. (If it is your birthday month you
get a free piece of pie.)
-Margaret EHRIG Dunn ('61)
-Judy WILLOX (Classic Class of '61) ~ Richland
-Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
-Betti AVANT ('69)
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>>From: Linda BELLISTON ('63)
Re: '63 lUNCH
Just a reminder that tomorrow, Wednesday [4/6/16]
is the 1st Wednesday of the Month.
LUNCH TIME at Rosy's Diner: 11:30
Hope to see you there!
-Linda BELLISTON ('63)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: 2011 RHS grad awarded Purple Heart ~ 4/4/16 Tri-City Herald
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article69804912.html
"A 2012 Richland High School graduate was recently
awarded a Purple Heart after being injured while
serving in Afghanistan.
Army Specialist Chloe MILLIKEN [actually a 2011 grad].
an explosive ordnance technician, deployed to the
country in September, said her mother, Marsha Milliken.
She and several of her team members were injured when
their vehicle was hit in February by an improvised
explosive device, or IED."
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/07/16
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Abe DUNNING ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Harry MANOLOPOULOS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kelvin SOLDAT ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary Anne LAUBY ('73)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda PHILLIPS ('76)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Scott CROSS ('88)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Melissa DYKEMAN ('98)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Jack ALEXANDER & Ginger ROSE ('55)
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>>From: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
Re: MS Walk
Oops... I gave the wrong address for sponsoring a participant.
Should be walkms.org. Speed Bump is the group I'm walking
with.
-Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) ~ Richland
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Happy Birthday to one of our class leaders. I've known him
since Jason Lee days, sleep overs in grade school, locker mates
at Chief Jo, classmates at Col-Hi, and WSU Cougs together. He
also showed up to most of my annual Halloween parties. Happy
Birthday to Kelvin SOLDAT ('71) on the 7th. And here's to many
more.
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in sunny Plano, TX
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/08/16
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Helen CROSS ('62)
Mike FRANCO ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lorna SHAW ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathleen KINNEY ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John WINGFIELD ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lori BROWN ('71)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Re: Merle Haggard (RIP)
April 6, 1937 to April 6, 2016
Wish to add my condolences to the many Bomber fans of Merle
Haggard (NAB). While not a true fan of country music, I will
miss the younger (by a year) gentleman. He was fun to watch and
listen to.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where we
are forecast to return to spring weather by the week end
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Happy belated birthday [on 4/7] to my 2nd cousin, Scott CROSS
('88) - son of Allan CROSS ('59-RIP). Hope you had a great
day!!
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Hope, IN
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>>From: Mike FRANCO ('70)
I too want to wish a Happy [belated} B-Day to my OLD doubles
partner, Dog SOLDAT ('71) [on 4/7]. Yer getting older but still
much less mature than I am. Nothing better than those tennis
road trips. Having ladies on the bus with us was promising...
but seems nothing much ever came of it. I assume the corner
booth at The Spuddy provided some extra special treatment!
-Mike FRANCO ('70)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/09/16
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52), Ron HOLEMAN ('56)
Larry MATTINGLY ('60), David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary SETBACKEN ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tere SMYTH ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cathy WEIHERMILLER ('66)
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>>From: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
I am saddened to learn of the passing of Tim JOCHEN ('73),
son of a dear classmate, Bev SMITH Jochen ('52-RIP) and
upperclassman, Buzz JOCHEN ('51). Tim and I talked at Bev's
funeral service and he told me he had inherited her MS.
Today, as you read this, I will be joining many others in the
Walk for MS here in the Tri-Cities, and I will especially be
thinking of Bev and Tim. My condolences to all the family. May
God bless you. walkms.org
-Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) ~ Richland experiencing record
breaking heat. I may be making my yearly sojourn to
Alaska earlier than usual!
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>>From: Ron HOLEMAN ('56)
Re: 1971 and 1976 Reunion Planning Committee Members
Would one of the members of each of the committees planning
your 1971 Class (45 year) reunion and the 1976 Class (40 year)
reunion please contact me by email. Thank you.
-Ron HOLEMAN ('56)
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>>From: Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
Re: Derrith PERSONS Dean ('60-RIP) Cell Phone
Perchance did some Bomber get hold of Derrith's cell phone,
or computer? Or pass words to her accounts? I have received
several e-mail messages from her in the last several weeks. I
am treating them as some kind of scam moving them to garbage
and then dumping the garbage.
Not a big thing just curios if other are having receiving these?
22 days to retirement! Lot of emotions floating around my mind...
-J. Larry MATTINGLY ('60) ~ on a warm sunny day
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Did ol Hank really do it this way...
So I'm a day late and a dollar short, but I gotta echo the
sentiments for the loss of one heluva singer... as many will
recall, in the early days of Richland, the music pickins wuz
mighty slim (arf arf... get it... Slim Pickens... )... for the
most part as I recall, Bob Wills wuz still the King and that
wuz 'bout it... I remember when Rock 'n' Roll reared its cool
head sitting at my little short wave radio with Craig DAVIS
('65) and Keith PETERSON ('65) searching the waves for that one
R 'n' R song to pop up... that was way before Lynn BRYSON ('57)
and the Real Don Steele (NAB) hit the air... now I guess all
that hill billy stuff got kids to either love it or hate it...
I thought I hated it but it stuck with me my whole life... I
wuz still listening to guys like Willie when he hadda flat top,
Waylon when he hadda duck tail... and ol Conway hadn't decided
if he wuz country or Rock 'n' Roll... The Hag was at the toppa
my list... I was fortunate enuff to be invited to his Birthday
party at the Hilton close to 20 years ago (it was probably his
60th Birthday)... 60 seemed mighty old at the time... Dwight
Yoakum was probably the youngest guy there... but Dick Clark
looked younger than everyone else... I remember up around
Coos Bay I think... I found what I decided was the "perfect"
Merle Haggard hat... I bought it and plopped it on my head...
grinnin' like I wuz somebody... now I musta just had a spat
with the girl I wuz with cuz she gave me a look and said:
"Well, you ain't no Merle Haggard"... never wore that damned
hat again! One thing about losin' singers... we always got the
Music... So here we go with a HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Gary SETBACKEN
('64), Tere SMYTH ('65) and Cathy WEIHERMILLER ('66) on your
special day, April 9, 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/10/16
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3 Bombers sent stuff today:
Roy BALLARD ('63)
Duncan SINCLAIR ('65)
Tedd CADD ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Norma CULVERHOUSE ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon BENEDICT ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Doug PAYNE ('73)
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>>From: Roy BALLARD ('63)
Re: Recently opened LU LU Craft Bar + Kitchen
Last night I had the pleasure of having dinner with my wife
[Nancy ERLANDSON Ballard ('67)] and very good friends Keith
Conrad (NAB) and Kathy HOFF Conrad ('64) at LuLu's.
I had a steak and Thai salad - fantastic. Also had some Pig
Candy (bacon fried and cayenne pepper and brown sugar) added to
it. That was to die for. The atmosphere was great, but the
chairs and benches were all wood, even though I have a fat one
I could have used a cushion. The desert was small, but had a
couple of spoonfuls, that was very good. The fries had a taste
that everyone said were the best they have eaten in a longtime.
Would recommend LULU'S -- really very good.
-Roy and Nancy Ballard 63 and 67
-Roy BALLARD ('63) ~ Richland
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>>From: Duncan SINCLAIR ('65)
Happy Birthday, belated, to Mike FRANCO ('70)[on 2/6]. Visited
with Mike in Sun City, AZ with brothers Bill ('67) & Rich ('69)
and their spouses. The BS was pretty heavy and I was amazed at
the recall we all had of the silly things we tried as kids and
the stupid stunts we attempted in HS and college. The wives
were not impressed. I'm glad to see Mike is enjoying his new
career as tycoon radio executive and NW iconic sports anchor
covering his beloved Mariners and Seahawks. Mike nor I kept our
girlish figures that Coach Rex DAVIS ('49) (belated HB) tried
to shape. Best Wishes, Mike.
-Duncan SINCLAIR ('65)
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
Mr. RIVERS ('65):
I'm a little perturbed at you, David [insert one exclamation
point here] I went to Staples this morning and looked for some
exclamation points [insert one exclamation point here] They
said they were all out and even their on-line store was out of
stock.
So I stopped by Office Depot. No luck [insert one exclamation
point here]
I was going to put one at the end of those first five
sentences. I developed a workaround but it is quite cumbersome
[insert one exclamation point here] As you can see, I'm trying
to be considerate of my fellow exclamation point users.
Then I remembered you [insert one exclamation point here]
I suspect you have completely cornered the market, haven't you?
Don't you realize that there are a few of us who would like to
put some emphasis on our sentences, too?
Have some compassion, David [insert one exclamation point here]
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/11/16
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Jim RUSSELL ('58)
Burt PIERARD ('59)
Lori SIMPSON ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marsha FELTS ('66)
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>>From: Jim RUSSELL ('58)
To: Tedd CADD ('66)
Re: exclamation points
Tedd,
I found your comments in Sunday's Sandstorm quite amusing!!!!!
Here's what I do. Being a believer in re-cycling, I've gone
back to a few previous David RIVERS' ('65) contribution and
re-claimed several of his exclamation points. I have a number
of them in a drawer that I use, and when I need more, I just
wait for a RIVERS message!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Here's a few you can
use, temporarily.)
Cheers
-Jim RUSSELL ('58) ~ Mountlake Terrace, WA
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>>From: Burt PIERARD ('59)
To: All you Richland History Buffs
Re: Paul Beardsley's (RIP) "Richland" Book
Extra! Extra! Hot off the presses!
The B Reactor Museum Assn. (BRMA) has obtained the Publishing
Rights to reprint Beardsley's book, "The Long Road to Self-
Government, The History of Richland, Washington, 1943 -
1968." This 48 - 8.5"x11" page book is an exact replica of
Beardsley's personal 1st Edition, including notable autographs
throughout plus a few additions like the Author's credit &
brief biography and an Introduction.
It is available for purchase, either in-person or by credit
card phone mail-order, from:
Debbie NELSON Burnet ('77)
WHIMZEEZES (aka the BRMA Souvenir Shop)
2000 Logston Blvd, Bay 133A
(just East & North of the B Reactor Tour Office)
Phone no. (509) 375-6147 (call first to verify store hours)
Featured "Peek Inside" pages include:
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/BRMA/00.htm
Front Cover (1968 Pic looking north)
Back Cover (1968 Pic looking south)
Title Page
Representative Page 8 (see the May 1 & June 2, 1944 entries)
Autograph Page 46 (numerous other autographs throughout book)
Prices:
In-Person $15.00 + Tax
Mail Order $15.00 + $5.00 (Tax & Shipping) USD Funds
(Contact Debbie if outside the lower 48)
Bomber Cheers,
-Burt PIERARD, BRMA Historian ('59) ~ Richland
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>>From: Lori SIMPSON Hogan ('70)
Richland Lutheran Church (RLC) is celebrating their 70th
Anniversary on Sunday, May 22nd, 2016, at 4pm.
Ticket sales will be between April 16th and May 16th, 2016. You
can contact the church by going to 901 Van Giesen or calling
509-943-3164 to reserve your ticket or go to the church's
website RichlandLutheran.org to reserve a ticket.
The tickets are $5.00 per person. The entree, drinks and
dessert will be provided, please bring a side dish to share, if
possible.
Please share this information with fellow RLC past members if
they are not current Alumni Sandstorm readers.
-Lori SIMPSON Hogan ('70)
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
Tedd CADD ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: McGregor FOX ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Monita McCLELLAN ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patricia HUTCHINS ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Aaron HOLLOWAY ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David MASON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joan BELLISTON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sherrie SMITHWICK ('68)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: 50th Wedding Anniversary
Bob NOLAND ('61) and Karen CROSS Noland ('63) celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary on March 19 at the Elks Lodge in
Kennewick.
April 10, 2016, Tri-City Herald Article:
http://richlandbombers.1966.tripod.com/misc/61Nolandand63Cross.jpg
Congratulations to Bob and Karen!!
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
Re: Exclamation Points (4/11 Sandstorm entry from Jim)
Thanks, Jim RUSSELL ('58). I hadn't thought of that!
Notice the use of a FRESH exclamation point...
As it turns out, David RIVERS ('65) is quite generous. After
reading my rant [4/10 Sandstorm], he sent me 122 brand new
exclamation points from his stock! They were even bolded!
I'll keep up with the recycling idea though. Probably won't
need to complain again.
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
LaVerne OSTERMAN ('51)
Carol CARSON ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dave BURNHAM ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dave FOWLER ('76)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Harvey CHAPMAN & Sally FOLEY ('56)
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>>From: LaVerne OSTERMAN Newstrom ('51)
Re: Survivors of 1951 -- How Many Are Still Among Us?
After a few years of drifting I'm finally getting sort of
reconnected after the death of Larry (my twin) and finding
Ralph MYRICK ('51) one day on a computer...
I just was wondering how alone am I? Thank you.
-LaVerne OSTERMAN Newstrom ('51)
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>>From: Carol CARSON Renaud ('60)
Re: Puget Sound Bomber Luncheon
Steve CARSON ('58) and Carol CARSON Renaud ('60) will host the
next Puget Sound Bomber luncheon.
DATE: Saturday, May 14, 2016
TIME: 11:30am
WHERE: Scott's Bar and Grill
A favorite Edmonds, WA neighborhood restaurant and bar.
WEBSITE: http://www.scottsbarandgrill.com/
-Carol CARSON Renaud ('60)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/14/16
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3 Bombers sent stuff today:
Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
Laura Dean KIRBY ('55)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bonnie MOTT ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Myra WEIHERMILLER ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Robin CORLEY ('69)
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>>From: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
Meals on Wheels here in the Tri-Cities is asking for more
volunteers to step forward and help with this valuable program.
If you are available and willing to help with delivering meals
or to help in the kitchen & dining rooms, please contact
Heather Kriss by email at or
give her a call at 735-1911 between the hours of 9am and
1:30pm, Mon - Friday.
This is a very important way for those of us who are lucky
enough to be in good health, to help those who are not. The
people are very appreciative, the work is rewarding. Many
volunteers work just one day per week and about 3 hours for the
kitchen/dining room help and less than 2 hours for delivering.
Check it out--you will probably be very glad you did.
Bomber regards to each and all,
-Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) ~ Richland
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>>From: Laura Dean KIRBY Armstrong ('55)
Re: Class of 1955 Ladies lunch
WHERE: Three Margarita's Richland restaurant
WHEN: Wednesday April 20
TIME: 11:30am
Please bring a list of suggestions of what place you would
like to have these lunches .All ladies who graduated in 1955
are welcome.
If you plan to attend, please contact:
Sharon TEMPLEMAN Watts ('55)
or
Billie LAWELL Neth ('55)
We hope to see about twenty classmates.
Thank you,
-Laura Dean KIRBY Armstrong ('55)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: I had no idea
Tedd CADD ('66) and Jim RUSSELL ('58) brought my attention
to my less than frugal use of exclamation points when wishing
Bombers HBs... I am sure that my failure to conserve certain
punctuation has put a run on ellipses as well... tho that will
be surely welcome by a certain member of the Gold Medal class,
who goes by the call sign of ECB3... now I know what the newbie
felt like when he took his first shower aboard ship... merrily
lathering and singing his lungs out... or the new kid in
an area where there is only so much hot water in a water
buffalo... and he acts in a similar manner... we no longer live
in times when we foolishly thought nothing of leaving the hose
on all day after playing in the sprinklers... to paraphrase
Smokey: "Only you can prevent a shortage of punctuation
marks!"... I would promise to be better and save them for
special occasions only but you and I know that a
punctuatioholic means well but... .Hey... wait a minute...
Bomber Birthdays are special occasions... and one of these is
extra special because I am sworn not to miss a single member
of the "W" famblie lest I get tied up and thrown in the river..
plus, this Bomber-babe happens to be my Championship partner in
a game similar to lawn darts but played with Argentine bolos
thrown to catch on a ladder thing and thereby gain points...
in fact, it was she who introduced me to the "chest bump"...
as the chest bump wasn't used when I tortured myself playing
football to be with the gang till my mommy took the helmet
away, I was unfamiliar with the procedure... Now I shall say
that I in no way wish to take away from the total specialness
of the other Bomber-babe celibrating today... sooooooooooo,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Bonnie MOTT ('64) and Myra WEIHERMILLER ('67)
on your special day, April 14, 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Tedd CADD ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lanny WILSON ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sandy CARPENTER ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mickey LYNCH ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cindy DeHART ('67)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
All this talk about excessive use of the exclamation point (!)
hides another growing excessive use; that of more than one
middle name. Parents don't realize that when they a child more
than one middle name it can deprive another child of a name
altogether. Not only are infants starving, there are now
nameless starving infants. So, please don't over use middle
names.
Bye the bye, today is the birthday of a Bomber of my
acquaintance; in fact we even graduated the same year. A semi
known fact is that he and his brother Gary WILSON ('53) and Ray
WELLS ('54) used to dazzle pep assemblies with their physical
prowess by putting on a lifting and tumbling act. Not men in
tights, mind you, but there they were.
This would mean that a tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a
"Happy Birthday!" shout is in order for Lanny WILSON ('54). It
is not know for certain if he will show up at Rosy's for lunch
with the "Girls of '54" or Bob's Burgers and Brew in Kennewick
for lunch with the "Guys of '54". You have been warned.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
temps are forecast to be in the eighties (again) next
Sunday and Monday.
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: "Mr. Roberts" info
Just noticed that the recently discussed movie "Mr. Roberts"
is scheduled on Turner Classic Movies for April 22nd at 1:45
(in the Pacific Time Zone) if anyone wants to watch it.
Re: pool
Getting about time to open the cement pond for the summer, so
I needed to get busy and fix the multiport valve on top of the
sand filter. It was leaking last summer so I ran a hose back
to the pool. They no longer make the model I have. I mentioned
rebuilding the valve. Lady at the pool store asked if I would
be able to do that and I said that if I could rebuild '50s and
'60s V8 engines I should be able to rebuild a valve. I figured
I would just wait until I closed the pool and do it in the
winter time. Finally got a "round tuit" and ordered the parts
from Amazon.com and it took almost no time to put it together.
Thought I would need some help aligning the holes, pushing
the spring and putting on the handle, but put it back together
making sure the hole in the plug aligned with the hole in
handle and the handle was in a position where it was lower
before bolting the top assembly on to the lower assembly. It
helped that it was designed idiot-proof. That was a term we
used when I was a mechanical designer for designing things so
there was only one way to put it together. Trouble is... you
can't really make anything idiot-proof because idiots are just
too ingenious. I have come across at least two cases where they
managed to do it. I took me less time to rebuild that valve
than it did to put it on the filter and hook up the pipes. If
I had know it was that quick and easy I would have done it last
summer. I saved some money there, but the big thing was... with
a replacement valve I would have to re-plumb the three 1 1/2
PVC pipes going to the valve and I really did not want to do/or
pay for that.
Re: Dandelions
Are we having a bumper crop of dandelions in the Tri-Cities
this year? It is not just my yard, it seems to me like all
over there are many more than usual. Mow the yard and within 24
hours the lawn is covered with little white snowballs. I can't
believe something can grow so fast. Wish my retirement funds
had grown so fast!!!!! Has anyone found something that will
kill the dandelions without killing the grass? I found stuff
that is supposed to kill the dandelions, but it just makes
them sick. If anyone wants to make Dandelion Wine "come on-a
my house, come on"... they are free for the picking!!!!!
Re: Exclamation points
I found a solution for the exclamation point shortage, if fact
I may have found an endless supply. It was easy, I stole them
from David RIVERS ('65). I wanted to use some in my dandelion
post so I went to his yesterday's Sandstorm and I lifted ten
of them from his post. All I had to do was copy and paste. I
should be OK though because I think once they are posted in the
Alumni Sandstorm they are in the public domain. I would ask our
Sandstorm Barrister for a legal opinion, but I don't think I
have enough exclamation points to pay his fee!!!!!
-Dennis HAMMER ('64) ~ Money talks! All mine says is "Good-bye."
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
That's OK David RIVERS ('65).
I don't use ellipses very often and if Staples runs out, I'll
just use three periods. I can even salvage some colons and
semi-colons for extra periods and commas.
And, of course, there's always the idea of recycling them if I
need to.
I notice that there is a super-abundance of apostrophes and
commas world-wide. So many, in fact, that people have resorted
to putting them in places where they have no business being.
Like the sign I saw on one of the nurseries here locally: "We
have pansie's." Of course, the question be becomes, "What do
you have that belongs to Pansie?"
If anybody would like to read a fantastic book on punctuation
that is written to entertain (and does it well), try "Eats,
Shoots & Leaves" by Lynne Truss.
The title comes from a joke about a Panda.
The Panda goes into a bar and orders a sandwich and a beer.
When he is finished, he gets up, pulls out a pistol and fires
a shot into the ceiling. He starts out the door and the bar
tender says, "Hey! Wait a minute. What was that all about?"
The panda says, "I'm a panda."
"Yeah... So?"
"Look it up," says the panda and throws a nature book at him.
He looks up the entry on pandas and reads, "The panda eats,
shoots and leaves."
Of course, the joke is the comma after the word "eats" changes
the meaning of the sentence.
Truss's book is full of amazing real-life experiences of signs
and letters and more where people said things they really
didn't mean to say.
Consider putting two commas in this sentence: "Woman without
her man is nothing."
"Woman, without her, man is nothing."
"Woman, without her man, is nothing."
Where should the second comma go?
Or maybe there should be a comma in this sentence: "Let's eat
Grampa."
Ignore my lame repetition of two old saws on punctuation. Lynne
is far more creative.
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick McCOY ('45), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Laura Dean KIRBY ('55), Rick MADDY ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barbara COLE ('50)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tony SHARPE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Greg JOCHEN ('76)
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>>From: Dick McCOY ('45)
Re: Old Days
Spring Musings
Think spring, 1944. Ah, springtime in Richland. If you were
from Minnesota, as I was, it was a delight, no snow, 75° and up.
Take in the sun and enjoy. Think also about a fine new school
on a hill. In that month that we moved from the dilapidated
old school in that south end to that new school, Richland High,
nee Columbia High or Col-Hi. There were about 300 of us, very
crowded in our old digs, to rattling around in the new building
meant for about 1000. The main hallway was very long from the
auditorium on the north end, which was finished, back to the gym
on the other end, which was not. There were a couple of wings
running out to the west Looking at today's school, I don't
believe an original plank still exists Our teachers were gleaned
from wherever, and some were not quite adequate, while others
were very good, none seemed just average.
We began some traditions which exist to this day, The student
council was very active. They took the imitative to ban other
school letter sweaters and it was enforced. A Girls' League was
formed. Also a Drama Club which actually put on a play, "Brother
Goose" on a broken down stage in the old school. There was a
twenty member Glee Club including only two boys. There was also
a fairly large band which was loud, but managed to keep its
beat, sort of. Also an annual yearbook staff, which got the
info, but failed to publish. That was taken care of by Club 40
in 1990. Best of all, we had our lively newsletter, The Rocket,
published right away, in August, 1943. It was the precursor of
the Sandstorm and was named after that which many then believed
was being built at Hanford.
In sports we cheered our basketball team, which played in the
Lewis and Clark Gym. They were pretty mediocre, but they did
beat Pasco once, much to our delight.
Without a gym, the phys ed classes were bussed down to Lewis
and Clark grade school where we went through exercises led by
our teach "Pop" Lehman who retired early being a little old to
handle us, You folks might have seen him around the Post Office
in later years .Anyway, at the end we did laps, and one day,
being a little tired, I hid behind a tree. Someone ratted me
out, so Pops forced me to jog back to school. While the bus was
loading I jumped on the back bumper and hung on to the door.
My buddies sat in the back seats so the driver, Pops, and the
tattler were obscured. I watched for cops, and managed to hang
on till we arrived. It was more fun than jogging.
All was part of student life in those long ago days.
-Dick McCOY (from the Tin Can class of nineteen and forty five)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
To: Messers Hammer ('64) and CADD ('66)
Re: Punctuation marks
Staples is not thee place to go for punctuation marks,
especially exclamation marks (!). You must try Office Max/Depot
as they have an excellent stock in all sizes and fonts one could
wish for. At least the one I went to did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And I left some for others.
Mr. HAMMER ('64), I believe you have over described Murphy's
Law. In its most simplistic form is mere that "If nothing can
go wrong, something will go wrong." There are far too many
corollaries to mention here.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where the
snowpack in Cascades gives hope to water in Detroit Lake
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>>From: >> Laura Dean KIRBY Armstrong ('55)
Re: Class of 1955 Ladies lunch
WHERE: Three Margarita's Richland restaurant
WHEN: Wednesday April 20
TIME: 11:30am
Please bring a list of suggestions of what place you would
like to have these lunches .All ladies who graduated in 1955
are welcome.
If you plan to attend, please contact:
Sharon TEMPLEMAN Watts ('55)
or
Billie LAWELL Neth ('55)
We hope to see about twenty classmates.
Thank you,
-Laura Dean KIRBY Armstrong ('55)
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>> From: Rick MADDY ('67)
I wrote to my company commander in Vietnam (The Skipper) several
years ago trying to get him to sign this First Division, Third
Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment (Kilo Company, by the way)
book. Fifth Regiment is the most decorated regiment in Marine
Corps history. We have been around a while. Those who find
themselves in this regiment at any time, find themselves at
first in a very disturbing place. Then reality sets in and it
gets worse. I found this important at the time. Nevertheless, as
time fades, I find that notso.
I have talked to Marines at Camp Pendleton who were in this
outfit in Iraq. Guess who the USMC command was while there. Our
General James MATTIS ('68). One of the former Marines who was
in Kilo 3/5 in Vietnam before I got there had a son in the Fifth
Regiment (3/5) in Fallujah during the second time in the city.
I was in Pendleton for the award presentation when this young
corporal was awarded a Silver Star for action in that city.
During a conversation, the corporal said Marines would go
anywhere with the General. True story.
I would say with that note, the General ('68) should be our
Commandant and would be if it were not for the fools we have
running this country. 'Nuff said (I learned this from David '65
- 'nuff said !!!). I say this as a former Marine. While serving
during war, Marines have no politics. Matter of fact, the only
holiday we know is Nov. 10. Beyond that, we are told where we
are going and who we are killing. The truth hurts. Don't believe
any other thing you are told.
Where was I? Oh... I already had quite a few men sign the book
who I had served with during the war. Well, I had one WWII vet
sign it, but it was King Company then; before they changed all
the fandango lingo in the '50s to Alpha, Bravo, Charlie... R.V.
Burgin. RV was our Kilo Company treasurer for years. Still
kickin' it in Texas. I posted a pic of him several years ago. A
survivor of Peleliu. Bronze Star. Wrote Island of the Damned.
Contributor of the eight part Tom Hanks HBO movie - The Pacific.
He is one of the speakers during the show.
Oh... I had no idea how to really get hold of the Skipper via
online, not necessarily because I'm stooped, but just uneducated
within the confines of the internet proto, how to, learning
curve, so I just looked up FedEx and found some person within
their large list of company portals, or whatever they are
called, i.e., shipping, ground, air, etc. etc. to forward the
email to their boss.
I then forgot about the whole escapade after days went by.
Fruitless endeavor is a word that comes to mind.
And then... lo and behold... about six weeks, or so, I get this
email from Fred Smith at FedEx telling me to send him the book
and he would be happy to sign a book for one of his men. He did
not know me, but he knew of me. He had lost a platoon commander
by the name of John Ruggles, III, who was my platoon commander.
I was only a statistic on an H&S daily report from the Remington
Raiders. I have a copy of that. My name is not on that report.
The report only states 3rd platoon has three... here, you can
look at it. An old document, but hey. It is what it is. Company
commanders do not forget the dead and wounded for the rest of
their lives. Trust me.
I take the book and the email copy from the Skipper that
contains a long line of numbers and give it to this young lady
at the desk and tell her I have this email with a lot of numbers
from her boss and I am supposed to give it to her. She looked at
me like any ordinary person does talking to a normal insane
person from southern California and said her boss was not there
right at the moment. I said no, I'm sorry, I mean your real
boss. She looked at it a little closer and said, "Oh." She put
the book into a large FedEx mailer and said, thank you. I asked
how much was my bill. She said it was taken care of. I said
thank you. About three days later I have a FedEx delivery man
with my book in hand... signed, sealed, delivered. Why did I
tell you this story?
Would somebody please tell Maren my address has changed. I would
like somebody, anybody, to please tell whomever is in charge of
address change at the front office of the Online Sandstorm to
please let Maren know I need my address changed to
olekukahi@yahoo.com for my daily and hopefully before Google
buys them. Thank you.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Mad/160416-27Feb1968.jpg
Semper Fidelis
-Rick MADDY ('67)
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick McCOY ('45), Dick WIGHT ('52)
Gloria ADAMS ('54), Carol CONVERSE ('64)
Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary JONES ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bob THOMAS ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim VACHÉ ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Shari NAPORA ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary Jane SMITH ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: "Jumbo" & "Wig" DAVIS ('82)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeff JANICEK ('88)
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>>From: Dick McCOY ('45)
Re: Middle Names
To: Bob Carlson, AKA Mike CLOWES ('54)
It is strange that one with an alias would woof about another
using two middle names!!!.
-Richard James Hugh "Dick" McCOY (from the Tin Can class of '45)
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>>From: Dick WIGHT ('52)
Re: General MATTIS ('68)
Rick MADDY ('67) mentioned James MATTIS ('68), LTGEN USMC.
I have met and chatted with him in our neighborhood a few times,
last time about a month ago. He and his older brother Tom MATTIS
('66) own a town house in my development. Tom lives there and
James visits occasionally. He is living in California,
affiliated with one of the large universities (can't remember
which). (Stanford?). He is a real gentleman, calls me "Coastie"
and says I should call him by his first name. I told him I
preferred to call him by his nickname - General.
MATTIS did, I believe, relieve Gen Petreus over in the Med area
at one point, and was embarked at sea for a time as the only
known general ever to command a U.S. fleet at sea. Very
interesting man....
-Dick WIGHT ('52) ~ visiting son and family in Peoria, AZ in
moderate temperatures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (got my
exclamation points at Staples, on sale... but notice
there are some missing, hence the spaces. you get what
you pay for.....!!!!!!!!!)
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>>From: Gloria ADAMS Fulcher ('54)
What a story! Thanks for sharing your story. All news about a
Bomber is welcomed. And cared for.
-Gloria ADAMS Fulcher ('54)
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>>From: Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64)
To: Dennis Hammer ('64)
Re: Dandelions...
Dennis, Seems to be that most houses around us have tons of
dandelions! BUT, most don't even try to get rid of them. That
means, whenever the wind is blowing, the seeds fly into your
yard. We try to keep them sprayed whenever we see one. I often
go out and pick the yellow flowers and any that I see that will
be popping out. Seems to work, but boy, it can be time
consuming. I wish you luck!
-Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) ~ Kennewick Glad
to see the wind is just about quit. We are wanting to hang
up outside curtains on our portico.
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: Prior Marines
To: Rick MADDY ('67)
Rick, Vergie is still very much alive. I see him monthly at the
Dallas Metroplex Marines monthly luncheon. In fact this month
I've seen him twice, and he's still going strong.
Your old CO helped a group I'm with here in Dallas: SteakTeamMission.org
Several years ago. We grill steaks for the various branches of
the service in combat zones, and non-combat zones. FedEx had a
shipping station in Afghanistan at Camp Bastion. It was right
off the runway. We usually utilized American Airlines to ship
our gear over to Afghanistan or Iraq, but the 2013 trip FedEx
stepped up and took all of our gear except the 1200 (originally
2000) steaks we were shipping over. AA shipped those for us as
they had dry ice replenishment capabilities in London. Too bad
FedEx didn't take those as 800 were confiscated in Kuwait as a
"tax" by a corrupt official. We were going to grill for the
Brits too, but they lost out due to the "tax". Smith was the
driving force behind getting our gear there. "Make it happen"!
(Stole an ! From David).
Our own Jim MATTIS ('68) greased the skids for me to handle
the logistics. He hooked me up with Joe Dunford, then Asst.
ommandant. Amazing what two Four-Star Generals can do. Jim
MATTIS also arranged for our initial trip over in 2010.
Pappy Swan ('59) is also a K 3/5 alumnus. Jim and I are 1/7
alumnus. Semper Fi Rick, wear your Forigier well.
There's an old series from 1965 on GetTV on Wednesday nights.
The Lieutenant, a Gene Roddenberry pre Star Trek production.
It centers around a "newly minted" Marine Lieutenant in B 1/5.
Another highly decorated unit in Vietnam in Hue during Tet.
Small world.
-Brad WEAR ('71), 1st Bn. 7th Marines ~ in hail pounded Plano, TX
where we are expecting rains of epic proportions over
the next four days.
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Bob JOHNSON ('54), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Laura Dean KIRBY ('55), Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
Rick MADDY ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jane WALKER ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Debbie CONE ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gene SWIFT ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gilbert BLANKENSHIP ('81)
04/18 TODAY IN HISTORY:
Listen, my children, and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the EIGHTEENTH OF APRIL, in '75;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year....
http://www.paulreverehouse.org/ride/
Paul Revere's Ride
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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>>From: Bob JOHNSON ('54)
To: Rick MADDY ('67)
My dear, Dear Fellow,
Rick, I know you only write when you have something to say. You
continually overwhelm me with the power and eloquence of your
writing, to say nothing of the experience that informs it. Even
with a very bald pate to show for it, my hat's off to you,
always and in all ways.
Bravo!
Sempre Fi!
And sing a song for Felix. Felix means "happy" and also to me,
a great friend and musician. Add Froelich to the list. It also
means "happy". Felix was a Jewish colleague, Ralph Froelich,
a German. Both loved life, music and good life stories. They
would each admire you for yours. I do.
I'll send you a couple of CDs, one each featuring each of them.
Would you be so kind as to provide me with your current home
address?
As ever,
-Bob JOHNSON ('54)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
To; Dick "Tincan" McCoy ('pick a year)
Only the last name has been changed to protect the innocent.
And it is not just two middle names, it is three or four.
Re: 5th Marines
This Senior Squid has heard that the 5th is referred to as the
"Hollywood" 5th; any truth to that?
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
weather guessers promise a cool down by mid- week and
maybe a drop or two of rain.
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>>From: Laura Dean KIRBY Armstrong ('55)
Re: Class of 1955 Ladies lunch
WHERE: Three Margarita's Richland restaurant
WHEN: Wednesday, April 20 TIME: 11:30am
Please bring a list of suggestions of what place you would like
to have these lunches. All ladies who graduated in 1955 are
welcome.
If you plan to attend, please contact:
Sharon TEMPLEMAN Watts ('55) 627-3435
or
Billie LAWELL Neth ('55) at 946-8655
We hope to see about twenty classmates.
Thank you,
-Laura Dean KIRBY Armstrong ('55)
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>>From: Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
Re: Dandies and other weeds
I use Ortho Weed B Gone
Couple of times a year I fill my back pack sprayer And spot
spray the 10 to 12 varieties of weeds that infest my 1/2 acre.
The previous owner and several other owners in my small cul-d-
sac do no weed control. I bought the house in 1995 and have
battled the weeds and the moss every year.
I have received lots of advice from professionals that works for
maybe one year. But the next spring they are back in grand form.
Last year I brought in a machine and ripped up 12 large yard
trash bags of moss from my front yard alone. I am talking about
bags that fit a 55 gal drum. The yard was essentially all moss.
This was the third time I have done that. My fireworks company
owns 32 acres of industrial zoned land and there are several
large deep holes for unknown purpose. We have filled 2 of them
with yard waste. Yes I have paid professionals ungodly amounts
of $ to eradicate the moss. They are well less effective than I
am.
Years ago when I had the three Equipment Rental stores I
attended several classes on "Turf Development and Maintenance".
I had numerous landscape professionals who rented machines from
me. One thing I learned was that good thick turf will choke out
many weeds and moss. In the past I have not had the time to
develop the turf.
Howsomever......
I have 10 more days to work at Entertainment Fireworks. Yes I
intend to concentrate on my landscape. I enjoy planting and
growing and hopefully having more than a few hours a month will
make some difference.
And yes the rumor is true... I started another company. Pyro
Consultants, LLC. I will be using my 60 years of experience
teaching several class levels on fireworks, and safety, to
company owners and organizations.
I will also be doing incident investigations and re-creations
as well as investigations, evidence preparation and reports for
litigation. I am working a case now regarding an injury and
after I turn the Forensic Investigation file over to my client
this next week I will be working another case in the eastern US.
And I have several class and speaking engagements on the
calendar clear up into 2017.
I just sold 2 Windstar vans and a Ranger pickup I had, and
bought a Chevy TrailBlazer with 6500 lb towing capacity as
Jackie and I want to spend at least some time traveling parts
of the US. We are trailer shopping, but have not found "it" yet.
Life is what you make of it. I thank God for giving me the
health and time on earth to experience it.
-J. Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
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>>From: Rick MADDY ('67)
Re: Well, it's one. two .three...
To: Brad WEAR ('71)
Thanks for the update, Brad, on RV. Now well into his 90s.
Great guy. Enjoyed him visiting Camp Pendleton and hanging out
on the beach with us. I had taken a photo of him and I believe I
sent it to him. Here it is again. Looking out into the Pacific,
just about in the right direction of the WWII islands, and
holding his book on those unfortunate memories.
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Yes, I had the pleasure of having a quick conversation with
Pappy ('59) about K/3/5. A then and then (vs. now) in the
Dawald gym a few years back. Actually, we both still get the
scuttlebutt now and then on 3/5 when something is happening via
the internet. We used to get it snail mail, but the times, they
are a changed. It is a small world, indeed. Semper Fi, Pappy!
I have always been impressed with Fred Smith. Particularly after
the war. I really knew nothing about him while there. I avoided
rubbing elbows with brass at all costs. Later finding out who he
was. Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, really. His father
had Greyhound buses running several states in the southeastern
U.S., if memory serves me. Smith's father died when he was
young and I imagine he could have most likely escaped the war,
but he did not. Jumped right into the middle of it. Built FedEx
off money he had inherited from his father and an idea from his
school days at Yale; before Vietnam. More important, he will
stop working at a moment's notice when it comes to 'his men.'
Smith gave Heath (one of several Marines who put me on the
medevac) a job when Heath was struggling here in SoCal.
Knoxville, Tennessee dedicated a little league baseball field
after my platoon commander, 2Lt. Ruggles. Smith spoke at the
dedication of the field. Pic of me standing on the mound in
2005.
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To: Others Vets
We had been running patrols off Anderson bridge on a every other
day rotation about six miles SSW of DaNang. This meant I could
sleep within the wire in my hole in the ground every third day
vs. the jungle and being eaten alive by insects, among other
things. I was with Third Platoon. We were small platoons at the
time. I was a fresh replacement and they just could not fill a
full-on Marine Corps platoon and never did while I was there.
Two and three man fire teams, not four, etc. Two squad patrols
out in different directions, usually night, and like the enemy,
setting up ambushes. One squad on the bridge at all times. Spent
a month doing that duty. People like to try and blow up bridges
during war. We had a tank, and they tried blowing that up one
night with 122mm rockets and mortars. Adventurous place. There
ARE things on my mind both off and on that bridge I would never
talk about except to Mac, Heath, Hole, Basteeen, Shu; men I
served with and talk to regularly.
On Feb. 6, '68 we lost seven men in Second Platoon after they
had been ambushed not far from the bridge coming out of the CAP
by a company of NVA; Hole and Shu are two survivors of that
melee. There were less than eighteen men in the platoon (a
normal amount of a large squad, not a platoon). A squad gets
bigger as you add radioman, Corpsman, gunner, a-gunner, blooper
(M79 40mm grenade launcher), etc. etc.; weapons platoon and
such. SSGT Bagget was awarded a Navy Cross for his actions as
the squad leader. Shu told me he should have gotten the MOH.
Bagget was one who lost his life there. I visit Shu from time
to time. Lunch in Newport Beach. I have met five of the
survivors. They had actually gotten into hand-to-hand. My squad
left the bridge to do a walk through of the area looking for any
gear two days after. I was never the same after that day. My
fear level, already at critical because of the bridge, worsened.
Then Hue City started happening. We were put on Chinooks, man
did I hate being on that chop (!!!). Choppers came down in
bunches during this time. I did not join the Corps to be on a
boat or in the air. We were taken to a place known as Phu Gia
Pass about thirty-five miles SSE of Hue City off Highway 1. We
were looking for Vietnamese Communists (a Marine Corps Lite term
for the enemy - we had several other names, of course - Senator
McCain took a hit for using one) that were blowing up trucks and
snipers shooting at any targets they could muster. The job was
running flanking patrols off the highway looking for these
people. Well, one day they got lucky and found us first with
their traps. Lots of traps everywhere around this place.
Tet of 1968 was an odd time. Very little slack time during this
period. Day after day of something going wrong. A different
time, a different war, nevertheless, SOS, day in and day out
somewhere, every damn day ... even today and tomorrow. A lot of
people do not like war stories. I will never write a book on the
subject. I wasn't there long enough anyway to know anything
useful about war? I should write a book about Army and Navy
hospitals. I spent a year in those.
A week in critical care in DaNang until I could travel. Five
weeks in the 239th Army General Hospital (something like that)
at Camp Drake, a joint US Army/Air Force base in Saitama, just
outside Tokyo, Japan. I was there because they had an infectious
amputee ward. This is where I think I acquired my Post traumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD) and years of sleep disorders, anger,
short-fused. There were at least thirty of us in the ward. I
don't even know how to describe this place. Screams in the night
and wheelchair races during the day. Strung out on Demerol. Camp
Drake and the old Bremerton Navy hospital have been razed.
Before I go, just one reminder to combat veterans ... I was in
the Spokane VA hospital in 1992 when I was asked by a doctor if
I knew of PTSD. No. Out of curiosity, and because of a host of
ill fitting behaviors that had been on my mind for years, I was
given an appointment with a VA shrink. I show up and without any
conversation I recall, gives me a 100 question PTSD test - True-
False, Yes-No Q's. Back to school? Test? I did not want to take
this. I found it to be stupid. Things come to mind that Maren
would have to edit out. So, instead of wadding the paper up and
throwing it in this shrink's face, I decided to answer all the
Q's with the opposite feeling/answers. I failed the test. I did
not have PTSD. Goodbye beer money. I saved the VA, Feds,
taxpayers and all a big wad of cash. See Ya.
I never talked to a shrink about the war, including the Bozo at
Spokane. Who needs them, when I have you? Although I am 100%
disabled with the loss of use of both hands, I was denied PTSD
by the Veterans Administration because in 2009, during one of
my 'are you un-disabled yet' meetings I refused to go see the
shrinks. Things had changed drastically and the government was
passing out PTSD like candy on Halloween. The VA is NOT fair and
balanced. Trust me. Now they are back-stepping on these awards I
hear and on some sort of witch hunt. Oh well. One thing is for
sure ... you do not go, you do not receive. You will not hear
anything from these people. Nothing. Need help? Walk into a VA
hospital emergency room (without a gun, please) and tell the
person at the desk you need help. There is still a chance you
might get some. This would be worth your while vs. the
alternative. Or move on as best you can.
I should stop here.
I walked out of the Bremerton Navy Hospital on Jan. 31, 1969.
Sixteen operations. Never looked back.
Thanks again, Brad.
-Rick MADDY ('67)
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Gloria ADAMS ('54), Marilynn WORKING ('54)
Mike CLOWES ('54), David RIVERS ('65)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66), "JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lila JENNE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda SWAIN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mark ROHRBACHER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Peg WELLMAN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Deb BOSHER ('67)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Jeff LARSEN & Barbara GILE ('67)
04/19 TODAY IN HISTORY
1775 American Revolution began "shot heard 'round the world"
The Shot Heard 'Round The World
1993 Waco ended
1995 Oklahoma City
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>>From: Gloria ADAMS Fulcher ('54)
To: Rick MADDY ('67)
Another fascinating reading story. You sure you do not want to
write a book? You have the ability to tell stories clearly and
create pictures that we can see. I understand the pain it would
cause for you but it would also be therapeutic for you and
others. There are so many like yourself who don't know where to
begin the healing process. You could help them start, as so many
of them felt as you did about seeing a doctor. I'm sure there
are still hundreds out there as the pain is too great.
I respect you for what you've been through and the service you
gave to our country.
Thank you,
-Gloria ADAMS Fulcher ('54)
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>>From: Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54)
Re: Club 40
Time has come again for the Board of Directors and Officers to
meet for our Spring Board meeting. This coming Saturday, April
23, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. we will meet at the Richland Red Lion in
the Lounge. All class Reps who make up the Board of Directors,
please plan to attend. So happy that more of the "younger"
classes are being represented!! We still could use another rep
for 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1970. And of course,
2 reps for the classes of the '70s, thru 1976!!!
We will be setting a deadline date for any alumni to send in
their articles to appear in the Spring Dust Storm. Please plan
to send in your comments.
Our BIG celebration is September 9th and 10th, 2016!! A casual
Friday night with light dinner and a "sit down" dinner on
Saturday, with a live band for dancing on Saturday night.
Application will be in the Spring Dust Storm!!
-Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54), Club 40 President ~ Pasco
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Do you know what day this is?
Well, I'll tell you.
It is a Bomber Babe birthday... and according to "Tooter" ('65)
it is her 95th; but then he is not really known for telling the
truth as he is/was a lawyer. Actually, by my count it is her
18th, so there.
Consequently, a tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy
Birthday!" shout are in store for the editor and publisher of
this "rag". That's right, it's Maren SMYTH's ('63 & '64)
birthday. Wish you a good one and hope the river doesn't come
over the levee.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where we
are waiting for cooler weather next weekend.
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: yahooo and yippykiyay
Now this is a birthday... in fact, without this birthday I
wouldn't be writing this little post... without this birthday
none of us would be writing any posts... ah but first... you
knew that wuz comin' dintcha... there's always a but first... I
think it was the Senior Squid who asked about the 5th Marines...
H 2/5 was the Company portrayed in Full Metal Jacket... another
company of 2/5 (I don't recall which) was portrayed in Battle
of Los Angeles... so I guess you could call the 5th Marines
"Hollywood",but I wouldn't do it within earshot of any Marine
who served with the 5th Marines... now... speaking of MADDY
('67)... I am always happy when he lets the pressure valve open
a little... very few of you know Rick's full story and I would
not presume to tell it... I can tell you that Rick lent a hand
one day when a buncha my Finkster buddies and I wuz broke down
in Huntington Beach a while back... we then met Rick on the pier
for brunch... now two a the guys had never seen the Pacific
ocean so that kept them busy... Magoo and I sat with Rick for a
long time... Magoo and Rick were like two long lost pals... Now
Magoo was in the very first batch of Frogs to go by the name of
SEAL... I mean the first of Team One... Magoo did 5 tours in
Vietnam and even lead the raid on the Winslow AZ clotheslines
for Levis they would use in Nam... Magoo's wounds shoulda sent
him home for good, but he kept going back... all that to end up
beating the crap outa some ossifer and getting a less than
honorable... now I can fully understand his behavior as I did
the same to some FNG S/Sgt in Vietnam... split his forehead wide
open all over a can of beer I had hiked a fer piece to get only
to arrive as beer call was ending... luckily the silly SOB
didn't get up... there were no witnesses to Magoo's "crime" but
he fessed up... anyway... the point of all this is that Magoo
thinks that Rick walks on water... I guess I do too... from his
posts and our talks I think that Rick has accepted the cards he
was dealt... but it's still good to let it out now and then...
I am proud to be his friend... soooooooooooo now let's get back
to the main subject... a tattooed, Best ex, Christ the King,
Bomber-babe who keeps us all connected... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Maren
SMYTH ('63 &'64) on your special day, April 19, 2016!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: "B" Reactor
To take a tour of the "B" Reactor, or to just find out more
information about the Reactor use this link to the website:
http://www.b-reactor.org/
Open the website and click on the section titled "What to Know
Before You Go."
The following videos are available:
Introduction
Nuclear History - a brief look at history and the
developments that led to "B" Reactor
Reactor Visit Preview - you are taken into the reactor
to see an explanation of how it works and introduces
you to several models
How It Was Built - a virtual animation by Meier
Engineering of how the reactor was assembled
A Is for Atom - the 1952 Disney animation produced for
GE to explain atoms
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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>>From: "JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84)
Reading yesterday's entry from Larry MATTINGLY ('60) on fighting
moss in the lawn, I will share my own experiences as a fellow
Richlander who now also lives on the wet side:
Once upon a time, I did the same for my front yard, spending
well into the 3-figures for dozens of bags of moss killer, a
drop spreader (actually several, until I finally found one that
I like - a 50-year-old all-metal one from a yard sale), moss
powder that you can mix into a liquid and apply with a sprayer,
and lots of grass seed.
I killed off all of the moss in my entire yard, and had new
grass growing and I was so proud of myself. However, within one
year, that moss had returned with a vengeance, and was even
thicker (how this is possible, I know not) and greener than ever
before.
After hearing similar tales of woe from friends and coworkers,
as well as from those who had successfully won the moss war, I
decided to make my peace with the moss, declaring my lot a
sanctuary yard, a moss safe haven, or in other terms NOT a DMZ
(de-mossified zone), for the moss to happily grow in without
fear.
I agreed not to attempt to kill the moss off, and it in turn
agreed to 1) keep me from ever touching the glacial till
underneath which gets everything all kinds of muddy for 9 months
of the year; 2) preventing 99% of the weed seeds blown in from
the neighbors' yards from ever germinating; 3) staying lush
green for most of the year; and 4) quickly returning to green
after not getting watered over the sometimes-dry summer months.
Of course, I could do the proper thing and add drainage to the
yard. But having a half-remodeled 1977 house, I can't justify
spending the time or money to fix the drainage (see below)
before the front room gets flooring put in.
Moss should be considered a symptom, not the root cause. And,
much like medicine, if you merely treat the symptoms without
addressing the underlying cause, you will be a rich
pharmaceutical company (ba-da boom, I'll be here all week)!
The root cause is poorly-draining soil. The solution is to
improve drainage which can often involve buried trenches filled
with drain rock and a collection system, along with a layer of
sand or other porous material, topped with landscaping fabric,
covered with topsoil, on top of which your nice, new, moss-free
grass grows.
So that's my inflation-adjusted $.06 on moss and what works for
me. YMMV (Your Moss May Vary)
-"JP" PANESKO (Hybrid class of 1983/'84)
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Ken HEMINGER ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda LEE ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Chuck SHIPMAN ('71)
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>>From:Ken HEMINGER ('56)
Re: Wouda coulda shouda
I should 'a sent this yesterday then I woulda been one of
the first... Oh Well, Happy Birthday to Maren..Enjoy your day...
[No biggie... thanks, Ken -Maren]
-Ken HEMINGER ('56wb) ~ Great Falls, Mt. temp 65°
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/21/16
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Marilynn WORKING ('54)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bonnie ALLEN ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Katie SHEERAN ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jane SMOLEN ('66)
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>>From: Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54)
Re: Sandstorm booboo
Maren's DAY:
It was my booboo when I sent in my article for 4/19 and failed
to wish you a Happy Birthday!! I know from experience that years
go by and it doesn't seem to be a "big deal", but you should
never be forgotten!! Your hard work is so much appreciated!
Anyway, hope your day was a celebration with your grandchildren
and family!
Re: Spinal tumor
So many Bombers have had similar things happen to them and have
gotten a wonderful feedback from other Bombers. Now, I have
something that I would like to hear back from those Bombers who
might know of someone's treatment or had this same thing happen
to them.
My MRI in March shows a "redemonstration of circumscribed
extrameduilary/intradural mass within the spinal canal at the
T-11 - T-12 level, demonstrating homogeneous intense enhancement
on post contract images resulting in moderate to severe spinal
evidence to suggest cord edema. Meningioma versus neurogenio
turmor such as schwannorna".
In other words, I have a tumor in the spinal canal. I was
referred to a neurosurgeon in Richland, Dr. Fewel. He was
wonderful and has left things up to me as to whether or not I
want surgery or wait and see! If symptoms of weakness in legs
and arms comes about later on, surgery will not reverse this.
The spinal cord is being pushed aside and the tumor has taken up
about 70% of the spinal column. Doctor is surprised that I don't
have any symptoms now, with this happening. He said I have had
this tumor for years. It is a slow growing, benign mass and they
don't know how it comes about or when.
I am going to Harborview in Seattle for a second opinion in May.
I just want to hear what another doctor says. If surgery is the
answer, I would prefer to be in the Tri-Cities.
I am writing this to also hear from anyone who has experienced
this sort of thing, because I do know it is a common tumor. With
my research, I have found out that this tumor only appears in
the brain or the spinal column. In fact, my eldest daughter had
this tumor on her brain and after 10 years had to have surgery 2
years ago and is doing great. She, of course, is 20 yrs younger.
Age is the question, now for me. Not knowing a person's life
expectancy, do you do it now, or wait until it has done more
damage.
Okay, Bomber friends, what do you know about this sort of
thing?? Another, thing, I have NO pain and this was found by
accident when my lower back was checked by another doctor!! Same
with my daughter, she had a MRI for a concussion and they found
it!! Wonder how many people are running around with one?? Don't
wish this on anyone!!
Thanks for listening, (reading)! Hehe.
-Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54) ~ Pasco where the 80° weather
is so welcomed!!
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: no bull
Now we've always had our share of Bomber-babe cowgirls... if I
tried to name some I'd miss some and then give more Bomber-babes
a reason to throw me inna river so I'll not even try... it goes
without saying that cowgirl butts still drive me nuts and NFR
time in Vegas is a wonderful time to just stroll the boot stores
(yes I caught that... it goes without saying but I said it
anyway)... but I must say that I only know one who wants
somebody to invent cow toilet paper... you know like the bears
on TV... as no one has invented it yet, this babe has taken to
hosing them off after each poop... now I ain't seed her do it
but she has described it in great detail... I will refrain from
visiting her during cow pooping... and stick to sitting with her
at her SW booth in the Spudnut Shop, surrounded by other Bomber-
babes... when I spot her wearing what should be just a normal
blouse... which takes on the air of lingerie with the collar up
and a single button alluringly unbuttoned my heart melts before
I can even reach the booth... Kim Novak had nothin' on the b-day
babe... naturally I can't actually sit IN the booth and hafta
swipe a chair and eventually the whole table from whomever is
sitting just east of the booth... It just makes the rest of the
day worthwhile... so HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Katie SHEERAN ('61) on your
special day, April 21, 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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-David RIVERS ('65)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/22/16 ~ EARTH DAY
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Anna May WANN ('49), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Laura Dean KIRBY ('55), Helen CROSS ('62)
Jim HAMILTON ('63), David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ellen WEIHERMILLER ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim COYNE ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancy METZ ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Meg CONE ('70)
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>>From: Ann Thompson, aka Anna May WANN ('49)
To honor another outstanding alum: Mel THOMPSON ('48-RIP)
April 22, Mel would have been 87 today.
A few facts about Mel that I'm sure many of you don't know: He
was elected Senior Class President, named to the All Valley
Football Team and was the first Richland football player to be
named to the All State Football Team. Mel attended WSU (that is
what it was called then) and he lettered in football and boxing
and received his bachelor's and master's degrees in physical
Education with an interruption for a year and a half while he
served with the US Army engineers in Korea during the Koran
War. He was awarded the DiGivonni award at WSU for outstanding
Student athlete
His coaching career began in Othello , then after 4 years on to
Kennewick. Then he moved on to Central Wash. State College where
his team was the undefeated United Evergreen Conference Champ.
His team was ranked 10th nationally and he was named Coach of
the Year by the National Association of Intercollegiate
Athletics, AAIA District 1. Mel and the team were named to the
Hall of Fame at Central. His old high school football coach,
from Texas, Tom Tipps was at the U of W and while talking to Mel
on the phone at Ellensburg he asked Mel if he would like to
coach at the U.
Of course Mel said yes and he was the Freshman football coach
his first year at the U. He went on to become Defensive
Coordinator on Jim Owen's team For 8 years. After the 1978 Rose
Bowl he became first director of recruiting and student
services. Mel was then placed on the committee to hire a
replacement for Jim Owens. He always claimed Don James was his
best recruit. The only sad part he could never beat Rish while
he coached Kennewick. Mel was known as an inspirational and
motivational speaker and spoke at many of the high school
banquets throughout the state.
Another interesting tidbit, while driving home from a high
school reunion at Othello he said "Do you know that our lives
have been nothing but a POKER game" I asked, "why" and he said
"Look where we have lived Pullman, Othello, Kennewick,
Ellensburg and Redmond. The first letter of each city spells
POKER. I told him that was why he was a winner. Our family had 3
kings (Mel and 2 sons) and 2 queens (our daughter and me) that
makes a full house - a winning hand.
Next month will be 20 years since he passed away with congenital
heart failure. Just thought I would like to do a little bragging
about Mel, since he always told everybody he wanted to be an
engineer but I wanted to be married to a football coach so he
took up coaching. He most likely would have been a great
engineer too.
-Ann Thompson, aka Anna May WANN ('49) ~ from nice sunny
Bothell, WA
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Re: 5th Marines
The nickname of "Hollywood" was appended to the 5th sometime
before WW 2, which was before there were Marine Divisions. Quite
possibly during WW 1. The 6th Marines were dubbed "Pogeybait"
after the regiment was given a French award. Go figure.
Now to the business at hand, there is a Bomber Babe celebrating
a birthday today. I do not know her, but I know of her. I do
this in hopes to reducing the embarrassment that may follow.
Sometimes the Junior Gyrene ('65) suffers from foot-in-mouth
disease.
Let me, therefore, tip the ol' propeller beanie and say "Happy
Birthday!" to Ellen WEIHERMILLER ('63) on the occasion of her
19th. She may now sit at the big kids table.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where the
weather is supposed to turn to normal; that is rain for
the week end.
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>>From: Laura Dean KIRBY ('55)
Re:'55 Ladies' lunch
The class of '55 local ladies enjoyed a lively lunch at Three
Margaritas in downtown Richland Wednesday. There were fourteen
beautiful women present. They all look the same as they did in
high school, but were funnier and had a few more smile lines
than they had back in the day. Attending were, Ginger WARFORD
Rhoads, Sharon BEE Burkes, Billie Lawell Neth, Sharon TEMPLEMAN
Watts, Peggy SHANNON Brown, Marla LOWMAN Kenitzer visiting from
California, Peggy NELSON, Laura Dean KIRBY Armstrong, Marlene
RICHTER Frank, Pat ACTON Jonson, Virginia WILLIAMS McKenna, Mary
Jo Woodhead Mokler, Janet Oats Porter, and Janice RUCKER Myer
visiting from Oregon. I'm sorry Deanna CASE Ackerman, but my
picture taking skills are sadly lacking. Out of 24 shots, there
was not even one worth printing. Just imagine everyone the way
you remembered them from the last reunion. It was difficult to
sort out the topics of discussion from my end of the table. I
found out that Peggy NELSON has more children, grandchildren and
great grandchildren than the rest of us and still gifts them all
at Christmas. A lot of talk about ailing husbands, enduring and
failed marriages, Old time Richland and new restaurants in the
area. We talked about where to meet next, but made no decision.
We all hope we will find any others who would like to join us
next time. Watch the Sandstorm for more information, or send
your email address to Billie or Sharon. I look forward to seeing
all these ladies and other faces next time.
Bomber cheers,
-Laura Dean KIRBY Armstrong ('55)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
First of all, for some reason the Sandstorm newspaper wouldn't
open up while I was out having fun with my Grandbaby and
grandson in this spot of Nevada that doesn't have much wireless
connection, so I am late in wishing Maren a Happy Birthday,
which I'll bet it was being so close to family. I hope to have
more time to spend out here in Nevada with my only grandsons
starting next year when my husband retires from being a
minister. However, I will be back in August after my neice's
wedding in Bellingham, This is one of my 2 neices and one
nephew, my brother Roy's('65) children.
Happy Birthday to Katie SHEERAN ('61) [on 4/21], and I hope your
cousin?-in-law Todd Palin is recovering from his accident. [Todd
is son-in-law to Katie's sister, Sally SHEERAN heath ('58)].
My 12 year old grandson says we've got to go. We've been
shorting hoops, but Warren and I fly back to the Midwest today,
so gotta go.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Cro/160422-GrandSon2_Hoops.jpg
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Here known as grandma and lovin' it.
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Re: Birthday Greeting for Ellen Watermeter
So on the 21st there was this huge hulabaloo on the front page
of the Seattle Times and all kinds of overly gratuitous gushing
on all the network morning shows about some other Queen having
her 90th birthday. It all pales in comparison to the festivities
planned for today's birthday "Song Queen" who isn't any where
near 90, but who might well have been the inspiration for none
other than Chuck Berry when he mused:
"Tell me who's the queen
Standin' over by the record machine
Looking like a model
On the cover of a magazine
She's too cute to be a minute over seventeen"
Though she was only about 14 at the time, she still checks all
the boxes.
Happy Birthday to Ellen WEIHERMILLER Anderson ('63), may you
continue to be able to kick higher than your head.
Long Live The Queen
The forever young and always lovely Miss Nancy ('65) and
jimbeaux.
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Go Go Little Queenie
There comes a time in every young man's life when a choice must
be made... cars or girls... .no no who would believe that...
Ok... maybe Rock 'n' Roll music or girls... oh heavens no that
is almost worse... There comes a time in every young man's life
when he knows there are four very important things in life:
girls, rock 'n' roll music, cars and girls (notice I didn't
mention gas money beer money and cigarette money... I feel so
growed up)... ah but when yer a "little kid" you realize that
many of those all important girls are beyond one's reach... just
like the kid in Eddie Cochran's That's Somthin' else: "a hey
looka there, here she comes... here comes that girl agin...
wanted to date her since I don't know when but she don't notice
me when I pass... she goes with other guys from outa my class...
"... so as time goes on, one either just gives up or learns that
some of the dearest friendships come from admiration from
afar... that is so very true in the case of today's Bomber b-day
babe... I wouldn't trade what we share for the world... she is
the "it" girl and so much of my life revolves around the fun we
share... up to last year, I could not find a song for her...
just seems nobody used her name in lyrics... but the day after I
pushed send for her post last year I found the perfect song and
I'm sharing it with her and you today... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Ellen
WEIHERMILLER ('63) on your special day, April 22, 2016... oh and
not to leave out a great guy friend... Jim COYNE ('64) too!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdld0yzaQYU
-David RIVERS ('65)
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick McCOY ('45), Mary TRIEM ('47)
Earl BENNETT ('63), David RIVERS ('65)
Nancy MOORE ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike BRADLEY ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rita ECKERT ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ken DAME ('68)
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>>From: Dick McCOY ('45)
Re: Mel THOMPSON ('48-RIP)
To: Ann Thompson, aka Anna May WANN ('49)
Great job, Ann. There were a few things in there I didn't know,
but I admired all. He was a good friend, and I miss him.
-Dick McCOY (from the Tin Can class of '45)
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>>From: Mary TRIEM Mowery ('47)
To: Ann Thompson, aka Anna May WANN ('49)
A most eloquent tribute to your soul mate. Proud of you to be so
proud of him and your family. I imagine he would have been proud
of you, as well!
Bomber Cheers from
-Mary TRIEM Mowery (a '47 Bomber) ~ Richland
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>>From: Earl BENNETT ('63)
Re: Ann Thompson, aka Anna May WANN ('49)
It would have been WSC when Mel attended, became WSU in '59. I
remember thinking they would have to modify the Cougar-head logo
fashioned from the stylized WSC letters, but no, the lower jaw
looked enough like both C and U that they made no change.
Coolest NCAA Logo Tournament Final Four :
1. VMI vs. 13. Washington State
Regards, ecb3 - from phenomenally springy central
Virginia where I planted nine strawberry plants
yesterday (the package said, and I paid for, 10 -
wrong!) but the forecast rain did not show up last
night.
-Earl BENNETT ('63)
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>>From:David RIVERS ('65)
Re: I wouldn't 'zachary call it cheating
It goes without saying that Bomber-babes are exempt... don't ask
from what... they just are... period... they make the rules and
are always exempted from following them... the same does not
apply to Bomber guys... they are never exempt and the rules
always apply... so when some Bomber guy starts thanking people
for birthday wishes a day before hand... well... I won't say
it is cheating... but... well demerits are given... big time...
being related to the best hair and_____in school ('65) does not
help out of this... now I've known this guy since my 6th grade
and I've always thought he was a total straight shooter... well
there was that one slip he posted on face book a day or two ago
that almost cost him his cozy little spot in the marital bed...
but I won't go into that... now he could say he's getting older
and it was just a memory thing but I ain't buying it... I will
be looking carefully next year to see if this practice
continues... so HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Kenny (growed up name... Ken)
DAME ('68) on your special day which falls on the same date
every year, April 23, 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Nancy MOORE ('70)
Re: Vegas Bombers!
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Lunches/Current-Vegas/00.htm
Vegas had our Bomber lunch on April 15th at Macayo's Mexican
Restaurant in Las Vegas. We were a small but mighty group!
Always great conversation.
There are 2 pictures attached.
#1 - Ginny Nelligan (Spouse of Jim ('50)) and Carolyn Irby
(Spouse of Harvey ('64)) - Our "Bomber Wannabees"
#2 - Harvey IRBY ('64), Nancy MOORE ('70), Robbi HILL Karcher
('49)
Jim NELLIGAN ('50), Guy CORRADO ('62), Ron SLEDGE ('65), David
RIVERS ('65) and Ray KELLY ('63) had other commitments.
Bonnie STEEBER Frasca ('57) will be visiting Vegas in the fall.
Bonnie and I will meet for the first time over lunch. Looking
forward to that!
Life is great in Vegas!!
-Nancy MOORE ('70)
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Gary BEHYMER ('64), Ray STEIN ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat "Rex" WOOD ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Leslie SWANSON ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Denny CASTO ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ben HAUSENBUILLER ('98)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Probably way to late for this to make it into the 24th's
edition, but I'll try anyway.
It is only a birthday of a Bomber that I knew back then, and
have seen since. One of the good guys, who should not be
associating with me. But that's how it went. And let us not
confuse him with another Bomber of almost the same name (well,
last one anyway), Eugene "Red" WOOD ('54-RIP).
So the tip of the ol' propeller beanie and "Happy Birthday!"
shout is for fellow classmate Rex "Pat" WOOD ('54). Perhaps I'll
seem him at the birthday luncheon where ever it may be.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where the
rain is supposed to go away for a while.
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
To: Earl BENNETT ('63)
Re: History of the Washington State University Logo
Actually there was a change in the Cougar head logo to turn the
C into a U.
Reference the Washingtion State University website itself which
tells the story of the logo.
http://trademarks.wsu.edu/LogoHistory.html
I first became aware of this while I was attending WAZZU and
someone who was in ROTC had to repaint his helmet. I watched
while he scraped off the old paint and found the WSC logo under
it.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64) ~
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>>From: Gary BEHYMER ('64)
Re:WSU Logo
Here's a bit of information on the WSC logo. The designer,
Randall Johnson, spoke to our Chamber meeting many years ago.
A most interesting individual.
http://trademarks.wsu.edu/LogoHistory.html
Note on WSC Goalposts... The former single support goalposts
were removed after the 1991 season and replaced by a more sturdy
two support posts system to eliminate the chances of them being
torn down after an Apple Cup victory. There are 11 yards or so
of concrete holding each goalpost in place according to designer
Craig Lee, structural engineer, on the project at the time. The
steel tubing is also filled with concrete. Mr. Lee once played
golf on the WSC team at the same time John PERKINS ('63) played.
(1965-1968?)
-Gary BEHYMER ('64)
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>>From: Ray STEIN ('64)
Re: WSU Logo
To: Earl BENNETT ('63)
A history of the WSU logo can be found here:
http://trademarks.wsu.edu/LogoHistory.html
-Ray STEIN ('64)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/25/16
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Rex HUNT ('53), Marilynn WORKING ('54)
Jim ARMSTRONG ('63), Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Mike FRANCO ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Don WINSTON ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carla BOSHER ('64)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Jerry SPEARS & Cathy CLUGSTON ('64)
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>>From: Rex HUNT ('53)
Re: President!
Did I read it correctly, or was I having a brain Fart? I read
a b lurp yesterday (4/23/16) that General MATTIS ('68) is a
potential candidate for the President? Even if he decides
against running, What a hell of an honor to be considered.
WAY TO GO, GENERAL!
-Rex HUNT ('53wb) ~ from downtown Hanford, CA where the weather
is just too good to be true!
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>>From:Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54)
Re: Club 40 Updates
We had a very successful Spring Board meeting on Saturday, April
23rd and I would like to report some items for those of you who
didn't make the meeting and for the general Bomber public.
We will be publishing the Spring 2016 Dust Storm in May and have
set the deadline for Ann Thompson, aka Anna May WANN ('49),
Editor at ann.thompson1@comcast.net to receive any articles from
anyone who is interested in having their comments in the
newsletter. Ann needs to receive the articles by MAY 10th.
That will give her time to put the Dust Storm together and send
it to the printer so that we can get it in the mail before the
end of the month of May.
Club 40 is still in need of chairpersons to head 2 committees.
One is the nominating committee and one the publicity committee.
Dan Haggard has agreed to assist on the nominating committee and
will be available to receive anyone's name who is interested in
serving on any of the four (4) elected positions in Club 40. His
e-mail is d-haggard@charter.net You can also send your
information to me.
I announced that I will not be running for re-election of
President in the 2016-17 election, which will be held on
September 10, 2016. I am hoping to hear from some of the younger
alumni and we are always wanting to have new people join our
membership. So... If you are so inclined to be of assistance in
serving on the Board as President, Vice President, Secretary or
Treasurer, please let Dan or myself know.
Remember the September 9th and 10th party registration form will
be included in the Dust Storm and there will be a deadline to
get it in to our Treasurer. NO WALK INS will be allowed.
A casual Friday night is planned and a "sit down dinner" again
on Saturday night with some yummy dinner choices. And of course,
a "live" band. Register as early as you can as we have a limit
to how many we can bring in to the Red Lion-Richland. Fire
Marshall doesn't allow us to overcrowd!!
Also, Club 40 presents four, $1,000.00 scholarships to Richland
High School seniors and the presentation for those awards will
be at the high school auditorium on May 19 at 6:30 p.m. All
scholarships are handed out that night and it is open to the
public. A very interesting night to see the senior students who
are being honored. In the past years more that 5 million dollars
has been awarded on that night! Impressive!!! Come if you can
and see how these well deserving students are rewarded.
-Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54), Club 40 President ~ Pasco
where it has cooled down and windy.
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>>From: Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
Re: Lonnie Mack Passes
For the great "Blues Rock" guitar slinger, Stevie Ray's idol
and my personal favorite. Lonnie Mack. RIP.
-Pitts (63)
-Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Re: This closes the book
If memory serves me correct, today qualifies the last member of
the GMC63's eligibility to check the box 70 and older on those
survey cards he now has time to complete.
Happy Birthday to Don WINSTON, let us know when you're heading'
this way, it's been too long
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: Mike FRANCO ('70)
Re: LA Times article
Big, two full page article on Hanford on Sunday LA Times travel
section.
-Mike FRANCO ('70)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/26/16
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Anna May WANN ('49)
Carol CARSON ('60)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lou Ann BINNS ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rosalie LANSING ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Melanie DUKES ('67)
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>>From: Ann Thompson, aka Anna May WANN ('49)
Re: Correction on one of the entries
Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54) listed a wrong e-mail for me
yesterday [4/25]. If you want to send articles to the Dust
Storm the correct e-mail address is: ann.thompson1@comcast.net
Any other address will bounce I'm sure.
But do get those articles sent in please. I'm looking forward
to hearing from you.
Per Marilynn in the 4/25 Sandstorm:
"Ann needs to receive the articles by MAY 10th."
-Ann Thompson, aka Anna May WANN ('49)
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>>From: Carol CARSON Renaud ('60)
Re: Puget Sound Bomber Luncheon
Steve CARSON ('58) and Carol CARSON Renaud ('60) will host the
next Puget Sound Bomber luncheon.
DATE: Saturday, May 14, 2016
TIME: 11:30am
WHERE: Scott's Bar and Grill
A favorite Edmonds, WA neighborhood restaurant and bar.
WEBSITE: http://www.scottsbarandgrill.com/
-Carol CARSON Renaud ('60)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: A Special Bomber-babe
Afore I start swooning over a special lady, lemme say that I
just bought a new shirt that has General/Bomber Jim MATTIS ('68)
For President off of face book... great shirt... not to up-stage
the ones KEENEY ('65) produced... Sad to hear of the Passing of
Lonnie Mack (NAB)... we often tend (well of course Pitts ('63)
doesn't) to cubbie hole artists as was often the case with
Lonnie and "Memphis" which I understand was recorded in Chuck
Berry's home... hey ever tall ya bout the night my wife and I
was drinking with Paul Revere, Mark Lindsey and Chuck and Chuck
was buying drinks for my wife thinking he had scored... prolly
huh... no score... so now where wuz I... dang I get distracted
easily... Just 16 years ago at R2K the Bomber B-day babe was
inna wheel chair cheerleading and as time passed she grew
stronger and stronger... at the Gold Medal 40th or 45th, she was
all dolled up in a red slinky dress and ruby slippers and made
me swooooon all night... since then her health has had its ups
and downs but no matter what we call each other about every
other week to check in... now I'm not a phone guy as people
(speshally girls) know... more than a minute and I start
sweating and looking for the door... but she and I still
manage... I love this girl better than any sister I never had
and just love spending time with her... sometimes I think her
other half looks at me with a john-diced eye, but it is all
friendly... cozy but friendly... I was able to snatch her song
by the Wailers off YouTube again this year so it's included...
I'm wishing her a most HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Rosalie LANSING ('63),
on your special day, April 26, 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_whqBheo0Gw
-David RIVERS ('65)
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[I googled "Mattis for President" and found two:
https://teespring.com/maddogforpres
http://www.warriorsoulfitness.com/products/mattis-for-president
You may have trouble actually buying the 2nd one. -Maren]
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
David RIVERS ('65)
Rick MADDY ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill CHAPMAN ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim TADLOCK ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve UPSON ('65)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: MATTIS for President t-shirt
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Riv/160427-PattisForPresT.jpg
only comes in black and blue... dunno why they show it in
olive???????????
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Rick MADDY ('67)
Re: Speculations
Hi Maren
This is the article from April 22 on www.military.com that
answers our Rex HUNT ('53) question.
I do not know if you can get to the article from this link, or I
would just copy/paste, which military.com does not like. So, if
you can get to it, go ahead and post this.
MATTIS: 'I Don't Understand' Speculation about Presidential Run
-Rick MADDY ('67)
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Tedd CADD ('66), Ken STALEY ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dick WIGHT ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Betty WHITTEN ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marilyn SIMMONS ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dale HOSACK ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda ABBEY ('71)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
All this talk about possible presidential candidates makes me
wish that Pat Paulson was still alive. He was one of the best,
barely beating out Harold Stassen.
All beside the point, of course. There is a Bomber Babe birthday
to celebrate today. Had to look through a few Columbians to get
a "recklemember" of her. We graduated the same year, but I'm not
sure we knew each other. I know (I think) we didn't have classes
together.
All that being said, it is now time to tip the ol' propeller
beanie and give the customary "Happy Birthday!" shout to Betty
WHITTEN ('54) on the occasion of her 21st. Perhaps we'll meet at
the Grand Birthday Bash (Lunch) where ever that may be.
Sorry to hear that Marilyn WORKING ('54) is stepping down as
president of Club 40. She did a good job.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
summer like weather is scheduled to return in May
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: What?
Is David RIVERS ('65) now trying corner the market on question
marks
-Dennis HAMMER ('64) ~ Getting to be a shortage already because
I was unable to obtain one to punctuate my last sentence.
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
Re: General MATTIS ('68)
Where I first saw the suggestion was in the Washington Post on
April 11, 2016.
Ignatius' article was quoted a couple other times in the WAPO.
As one can read, the suggestion was not a run by General MATTIS
but a reflection on one possible way the GOP could get itself
out of the hole they've dug for themselves.
By the way, there is another article in the Daily Beast.
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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>>From: Ken STALEY ('68)
Re: General Jim
I was fortunate enough to email Jim several times during his
career. As a school boy, his dream was to be the Commandant of
the Corps, not just a Marine or officer, but top dog. When he
got his 4th star I asked if he was ready for the top job. His
response was 3 words long... "O Hell NO!"
His career was varied. His worst assignment was as a Captain
serving in Wash DC. in 1983. Most will recall the terrorist
blast that killed more than 200 Marines. His job, as a captain,
was to deliver the bad news to families.
During Desert Storm 2, he was a one star commanding the 1st
Marine division as they invaded Fallujah, Iraq. I can tell you
that he and Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld butted heads big time.
At the time I was sure he was ready to hang it up then. When I
asked if he was a Short-timer... His response was, "When you put
this much stuff on your shoulder, they tell you when you can
go."
You'll be hard pressed to find a Marine who served with him,
directly or indirectly, who doesn't sing his praises.
It doesn't surprise me in the least that he has no interest in
running for President. I wish him well. And a quiet, comfortable
retirement. Let him be...h e has more than served his time.
-Ken STALEY ('68)
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No entries for a REAL Alumni Sandstorm.
We do, however, have 2 birthdays today:
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Phyllis BENJAMIN ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nora SZULINSKI ('66)
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick WIGHT ('52)
John ADKINS ('62)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve HAGGARD ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill JOHNS ('72)
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>>From: Dick WIGHT ('52)
Re: Gen, James MATTIS ('68)
There was a really interesting news item on Fox News yesterday
(I caught most of it) about an apparent effort to draft Gen.
MATTIS as a third party presidential candidate or even a
dark horse Repub. candidate, in event of an open contested
convention. The "pundits" thought a third party run would be
nearly impossible at this late date - probably couldn't get him
on the ballot in every state.
MATTIS has said he has no intention to run. But so did
Eisenhower. Interesting subject, though!
-Dick WIGHT ('52) ~ relaxing in Richland
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>>From: John ADKINS ('62)
Charlene GOODENOW Webb ('62), passed away April 29, 2016.
She will be missed by us all.
-John ADKINS ('62) ~ Richland
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: natural resources
It's '65er time again... I must say, I don't recall hogging
question marks but I read it inna Sandstorm so it's goatta be
true... I mean EVERYTHING I write is straight skinny so I
assume the same is true for all others... in any event I
thought that punctuation was a readily available and extra-
plentiful natural resource... silly me... a year or so ago
(which is easily 3 or 4) AOL offered "life-lock" with
subscriptions and I signed up... whenever I check I'm still
enrolled... at the time I signed up, I was not asked to provide
any info... I got a call from them yesterday and missed the
call... I called back and was asked all kinds of questions, the
answers for most of which I did not have readily at hand...
because I couldn't prove I was me they would not speak to me
further... I went home and opened my subscription... I needed a
user name and pass word... I had no clue... I finally was able
to get the user name which was just a conglomeration of
unrelated letters and numbers none of which I recognized... I
was able to create a pass-word, but the whole thing was pretty
silly... hopefully they will speak to me next time if I can
remember "dpok>Sdk7363ifkdfslk" when I answer the call... hey
but 'nuff 'bout me... today we gots two of my faaaaaaaaavorite
'65ers... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Steve HAGGARD ('65) and Louise MOYERS
('65-RIP) on your special day, April 30, 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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