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Richland Bombers Calendar website
Funeral Notices website
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/01/16
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3 Bombers sent stuff today
Mike CLOWES ('54)
David RIVERS ('65)
Betti AVANT ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: George "Pappy" SWAN ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Richard ANDERSON ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jill BUTLER ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cindy OATES ('66)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
By gingo, it are the 1th of July! That means there is a
younger Bomber of my recent acquaintance having a birthday
today. A few years ago there may have been a movement to make
his life story into a mo'om picur staring some one like Tom
Clooney or George Cruise. The "Boss" was going to do the title
song: "Born on the First of July". Unfortunately funding fell
through when "Tooter" ('65) decided he need a framis rod for
one of his cars. Such is life.
So, on that happy note, I'll tip the ol' propeller beanie and
say "Happy Birthday!" to George "Pappy" SWAN ('59). Hope that
he and his dogs don't get too much heat. Remember, stay cool
and drink plenty of fluids.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
weather guessers are calling for a pleasant day on the
4th. And Silverton is gearing up for the Homer Davenport
Family Festival
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Zooooooooooooooooooooooooom
Birthdays up to say 21, especially 16th and 21st; Christmas;
Halloween; these are things that take years to arrive even when
they are only days away... yet try going to Richland for your
yearly visit and whooooooosh... the time between the flight in
and the flight out is measured in hours... I got in Thursday
and looked so forward to spending lots and lots of time with
everyone during the CDNs (Cool Desert Nights) weekend... ha...
fat chance... some people I saw once, some not at all... now I
understand that I'm on the downhill slope of this thing called
life... but dang... gimmeabreak! I always look forward to an
afternoon with the ADAIRs ('65-'67/'69) no way Josey... what
afternoon... now some kids I saw once and some even more... but
my time with Jack GARDINER ('61) was a quick "say man" anda hug
at Spuddies... that's just way too fast... next thing I knew I
was onna plane back to hotsville! I called my congressman and
he said quote "I'd like ta help ya son but yer way too old for
me ta worry boutcher vote"... arrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh, then when I
got home I realized I'd missed Peg SHEERAN ('63) and Diane
MURPHY's b-days [both on 6/23] in my excitement to leave for
Richland... well, today I am remembering to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
George "Pappy" SWAN ('59), Richard ANDERSON ('60) and Jill
BUTLER ('63) on your special day, July 1, 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: birthday wishes
Here's to a great birthday Pappy SWAN ('59) on 1July2016.
-Betti AVANT ('69) ~ from hot Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/02/16
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7 Bombers sent stuff today:
Mary TRIEM ('47), Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
George "Pappy" SWAN ('59), Phyllis CUNNINGHAM ('64)
David RIVERS ('65), Pat DORISS ('65)
Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jamie WORLEY ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David SHERRARD ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joan Donogh (Adopted '71)
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>>From: Mary TRIEM Mowery ('47)
To all Bombers who remember our history:
Politically correct is shameful - what transpired during our
lives, good or bad, DID happen and no "do-gooder" can change
that. The airplane named the "Day's Pay" was a war effort
contribution made by our parents, aunts, uncles, cousins and
grandparents. What I can't understand is why in the "H" this
issue keeps coming up? Maybe Davy Crockett, the Twin Towers,
the Alamo, Gettysburg, etc., etc. should be corrected, as well?
Old age hasn't dimmed MY pride in the Bombers. Will have to
admit, though, that when the cloud became the symbol rather
than the bomb, it was an adjustment BUT the underlining meaning
was there. When my grandkids were in RHS the same issue reared
its ugly head.
-Mary TRIEM Mowery (a '47 Bomber) ~ Richland
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>>From: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
To: Mary RAY Henslee ('61)
Your books look very interesting! And your bully-ing poem is
great! I think we need to get it "out there". I usually delete
Sandstorms after I've read them, but I'm going to keep this one
for future reference.
To: Anita FRAVALA Griffin ('73)
Haha... the only Freddies I know is Fred Meyer. But I'm old---
and I've been known to forget things from the distant and not-
so-distant past!
It is not important to younger people, but not knowing Richland
High School was Columbia High School is almost as bad as the
on-going attempt by "some people" (unknown to me) who insist
on trying to change the reality of our Bomber Mascot. IT WAS
THE BOMB. WE WERE HERE. It was never the airplane. Sometimes
"political correctness" is an attempt to change facts. These
days of wanton wars, I can understand it... to a degree.
Students should be taught the truth about our Mascot and the
role the Bomb played in ending WW2. (OR, if it wasn't the
deciding factor, we should be told that it wasn't.) Makes me
wonder what is being taught in school, these days! Lots of
fallacies, I bet. And not just here. So much of our national
history has been juggled and hidden and outright lied about.
Sad, I think.
I'm always saddened when I see obits of our younger Bombers...
-Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) ~ in cool, windy, rainy Anchorage,
where I can still work up a sweat working in the yard.
Highs have been in the 60s lately, a far cry from the
90s and 100s in Richland, yet the sun feels plenty hot.
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>>From: George "Pappy" SWAN ('59)
Re: Reflections on 75 trips around the sun,
ridin' on the 3rd rock
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Swa/160702-75trips-0.htm
Hi Folks! Thanks to all of you who sent Birthday greetings
reminding me of what an old fart I have become as of 1 July
2016. Bein' a wee bit of an Irishman, I shoulda been a
firecracker, but I guess "me sainted mither" just couldn't
wait untill the 4th.
After a good night's sleep, I rose early this morning and have
been enjoying my B-Day, just "futzing and puttering about" for
a change. My wife had had a stroke about a year and a half ago
and with her being diebetic (among a few other maladies) I
usually prepare meals that are good for her condition, and I
eat the same. That along with my higher activity level due
to my duties as "Chief Camp Cook, Bottle washer, a Georgie
Homemaker or "Domestic God", Yard Keeper Upper (none of which I
am very good at), etc.," all contribute to my gradually wasting
away to a mere shadow of my former short, but rotund self. I
am the "Incredible Shrinking Senior Citizen" you know, having
graduated from Ol' Col High (last century) at the astounding
height of 5' 9 and 1/2" (As a short dude, every fraction
counts), but now I am desperately hanging on to 5' 7", but the
good news is that I weigh much less than I did a year ago. So,
even though shorter, I am beginning to look thinner... I think.
In observance of my finally reaching three quarters of a
century old and still riding high from my best long-time friend
Billy BYRD's ('59) and my encore performance for fishing in
Montana, I shall ask you to indulge us with a few of our "hero
shots" in "Big Sky" country. This is an adaptation of the write
up that I did for some of my old Marine buddies. Pappy
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On the June 15, I drove to Missoula, MT for three days of
floating rivers and fly fishing with my friend (Bill BYRD) that
I have known since 7th Grade, when about 12 years old. Lordy,
that seems like such a long time ago!
Our lady friend (Marti) from Paradise, MT (about 70 miles north
of Missoula), a life-long friend of Jeanne's, my commanding
officer, 'er wife, came to stay with her for a week while I got
away for the first time in many months.
Bill and I floated the Blackfoot and Lower Clark Fork Rivers
with our favorite guide, Mark Elliot of Blackfoot River
Outfitters (BRO) out of Missoula and caught so many humongous
trout that I lost count by the end of the first day (all catch
and release). After that, Bill and I went to Marti's house and
stayed two nights where we did a bit more fly fishing for trout
from shore on the Lower Clark Fork River at the mouth of the
St. Regis River. I cooked some Walleye Pike fillets (that my
neighbor, Bruce Hewitt (a local Tri-Cities fishing guide) had
given to me, for dinner one night. And then, we finished out
our last day with gear fishing (spinning gear, throwing "Storm
Wild Eye Live Pike soft bait lures" they look like baby pike -
they eat their own!) for Northern Pike with another Montana
friend, Jimmy Beech, using our little pontoon boats on Dog Lake
(aka Rainbow Lake) on the Flathead Indian Reservation. The
three of us caught a total of 50-60 Pike, but would you believe
that "only one" was a keeper. They have to be 18 inches or
over, but all seemed to average about 17.5 inches, except for
one that Jimmy caught (about 23 inches). It's hard to accept
that a 17.5 inch fish is "SMALL!" Bill found these lures at
the Missoula Sportsman's Warehouse, prior to my arrival, so we
bought a couple of packs of them along with some other stuff
that did not work as well.
Re: Storm Wild Eye Live Pike | Sportsman's Warehouse
A few days later, Jimmy called and said that he and his
granddaughter had caught four Pike on the same lures (same
lake). Their fish ranged from just legal to 28 inches, and no
one else on the lake caught any. We have heard reports of
Northern Pike around 8 lb, and 4 feet long or better coming
out of that lake, so there is always hope.
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It was an exhausting but absolutely fantastically fun trip. The
weather ranged from hot, bright, sunny days to an afternoon of
Hurricane winds and Typhoon rain. On the way home on 21 June,
my muffler fell off of "Rowdy" my little 1990 Ranger pickup,
but I tied it up with a piece of rope and enthusiastically
resumed my homeward bound, noisy journey, with great
enthusiasm! Rowdy sounded like a diminutive Sherman Tank, but
it was all freeway, and the roar of an un-muffled exhaust
system fit my mood with excellence, as I flew along with the
windows down, lost in a fantasy of limping back the carrier in
a shot up WW II Hellcat.
The good news is that originally, Jeanne was not very
enthusiastic about me being gone for a week, nor was she very
enthused about anyone coming to visit her. However, she and
Marti ended up having such a good time that "they" suggested
that "we" all, do it again this Fall and again next Spring.
My jaw hit the floor, but I thought to myself, "Hallelujah,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah... there truly must be a God!" So
today, I ordered a newer pontoon boat!
It was truly an "Old Fart's" fishing trip. Bill BYRD is 75
already and I will hit the "Three-quarters of a century" mark
on July 1 (I wrote this a few days ago). "Holy Moley!" And, I
never expected to live past thirty-something! Bill and I have
become more wobbly than we care to admit, especially when
wallowing in and out of the guide's inflatable river raft, and
attempting to negotiate slick river rocks. But, I still have
a little of that old Marine "Get 'er done" moxie. That was
evidenced on the last day of our three days with the Guide,
when I endured a case of the Montana version of "Montezuma's
Revenge" (I think because I drank the Missoula tap water). I
forgot the old saying, "Dooon't Dreenk thee watair!" Man, I was
looking for a bush (I didn't care if it was big or small, just
a bush) about every hour, all day... eventually, I didn't even
care if there were any bushes." "Just praise the Lord and pass
the toilet paper (forget the ammunition)!." But, I hung in
there and caught another whole bunch of big trout, The good
news is that I came home weighing the same as I left. I have
dropped about 40 pounds in the past year, and am hoping to
shuck another 20 before I settle out. Then, I'll be back to my
old Marine fighting weight, and hopefully have a little more
springy bounce in my steps. I'll get that big Brown Trout and a
bigger Pike... next time!
Stay thirsty (for fishing) my friends! Most all of us can now
replace the "Most interesting Man in the world" since he
blasted off into outer space and is no more!
Pappy
The Happy Fisherman
(As Jesus said to Peter, "Cast on the other side of the boat."
So, I did ... and Hallelujah!
-George "Pappy" Swan ('59) ~ Beautiful Downtown Burbank, WA
where the sun also shines and it is hotter than I or my
two dogs, Bella and M'ea (my Bella/M'ea collectively
speaking) or Corporal Freddy, my "yeller cat" (yeller in
both senses) care for. But, it beats the flooding,
burning, sliding, etc. of elsewhere. God Bless America,
Go Bombers, and get back with the program... Mariners!
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>>From: Phyllis CUNNINGHAM Coates ('64)
Re: Class of '64 - 70th birthday party
The best place to be on August 27th is the Community Center in
Howard Amon Park. We will be celebrating our birthday party in
style with our classmates from 1964. We have eight more people
who have sent in their registration for the best birthday party
ever. They are: Carla BOSHER, Teresa DeVINE, Aaron HOLLOWAY,
Terry JONES, Karma KING, Mary MASSEY, Kenny PETERSON and Gail
PLEE.
Dinner will be catered by Country Gentleman and there will be a
no host bar. Dance like it is 1964 to Rocko Bondo, who will be
back to DJ for us. There will be cake, ice cream, cards,
presents and balloons.
To join us please contact Kathy HOFF Conrad at:
KConrad6318@charter.net
See you then!!
-Phyllis CUNNINGHAM Coates ('64)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: for some
reason I wandered in to the $1 store today... talk about
getting ready for the 4th of July... wow... so since I used to
love to walk through the one in Richland, I strolled through
memory lane... yesindeedee... they still had some of the same
wonderful "gifts" I purchased a few years back when I filled
two huge gift bags for about $3 for Jimbeaux ('63) and Steve
SIMPSON ('65-RIP) for a joint b-day party... then when I got
home I made a phone call to the Doctor I have been avoiding to
schedule a "procedure"... wahooooooooo, I was told I was two
years early... me... two years early... I thought I was a few
weeks late... yeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaa... well guess I'd
best get on with a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Jamie WORLEY ('64) and
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, Mary Lou WATKINS ('63) and Van (Grisly) on
your special day, July 2, 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
The "Ladies of '65" will be getting together next Friday at a
restaurant we've never visited in the past four years we've
been having monthly lunches: Cousins Restaurant in Pasco.
WHEN: Friday, July 8th, 2016
TIME: Noon to 2:00 PM
WHERE: Cousins Restaurant, 4605 Road 68, Pasco, WA
So, Ladies, if you'd like to join us, please contact me by
Wednesday (July 6th) so I can add your name to the list of
attendees and can give the restaurant manager a headcount next
Thursday!
If you have any questions, please contact me!
-Pat DORISS Trimble ('65) ~ West Richland
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: Birthday Boys
Geez, I can't believe I missed my hunting, and fishing partner,
and fellow Marine George "Pappy" SWAN's ('59) birthday on the
1st. But then again he never checked to see if something had
happened to me! For all he knew I could have fallen down a
well, or a wild pig could have nailed me, or a poisoness snake
could have bitten me. But no, he never checked. Happy Birthday
Pappy a day late!
But today, July 2nd is The birthday of Dave SHERRARD ('71).
Hope you have a good one.
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in sweltering Plano, TX
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/03/16
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4 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Steve CARSON ('58), Helen CROSS ('62)
Lea BOLES ('63), Marie RUPPERT ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ray HALL ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim OTEY ('61)
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>>From: Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
To: Mary TRIEM Mowery ('47)
Re: 7/2/16 Sandstorm entry
Thank you. Great statement.
-Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Re: Bomber Troops
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Cro/160703-Bomber_Troops.jpg
I just saw this photo on Facebook. I don't know who is in the
photo or when it was made, but I think it is a great photo for
our nation's 240th Birthday coming up Monday, July 4th!! and I
want to thank the soldiers who made the picture, and say "Thank
you for your service to our country, God Blessings!!"
Happy July 4th, America.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Hope, IN where we had an early
old-fashioned July 4th lce ration on our town square last
night, complete with a visit from an Abe Lincoln actor.
We enjoyed it as our temperature got down into the 70s
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>>From: Leoma COLES ('63)
To: All my Sandstorm friends
Have a safe a happy 4th of July weekend! We have a wonderful
4th of July parade in Gleneden Beach every year! Lots of kids
and old cars!... and then a huge fireworks display in Lincoln
City. OR at dark! Great weekend planned!!!!!!!!!
-Leoma COLES ('63) ~ Gleneden Beach,, OR
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>>From: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
So happy to see that Pappy ('59) caught us up on his life. A
belated Happy 75th!
I, too, have shrunk as I have gotten older. I graduated
standing 5'6? and at my last physical therapy session was
measured at 5'2-1/2?. No wonder I have to use a step stool to
reach the upper shelves in my kitchen.
Saw "Finding Dory" with my daughter and granddaughter yesterday
in Pasco. Loved it! Finding Nemo has been a favorite of ours
for 13 years, so it was a nice continuation of that story.
Sydney (granddaughter) was only 2 when we saw it in the theater
and doesn't remember being there, but has watched in on VHS and
DVD many, many times.
As a teenager I used to take my younger sisters to see Disney
movies and used them as my excuse for going. Ditto for taking
my kids and grandkids to the same. Now I have a friend who
loves these type of movies also. If neither of us can get a
grandchild to accompany us we set up a time for just us to go.
Our husbands just smile and shake their heads when we head out
for lunch and a movie. We see grown-up ones with them and top
it off with dinner somewhere. I've a watched many of their
movies with my eyes closed.
-Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63) ~ Richland
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Bomber Memorial
>>Leslie HUTCHINSON Bryne ~ Class of 1963 ~ 1945 - 2016
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/04/16 ~ HAPPY 4th of JULY
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3 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
David RIVERS ('65)
Cathy GEIER ('66)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Penny MITCHELL ('71) '53
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gale WALDKOETTER ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim RICE ('75)
John Wayne's God Bless America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evSC-WZFw1c
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: And NOW
From the Bomber Bowl: ooooooooooooo ahhhhhhhh oooooooooooo
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ooooooooooooooooo ahhhhhhhhhhhh ooooooo
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA; HAPPY
BIRTHDAY BOMBERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Cathy GEIER ('66)
Happy 4th of July to all friends, family and our communities!!
I am in Costa Rica for the next 2 weeks. if anyone by chance
is in Guanacaste, let me know. Por favor. Love to hear from
any Bombers who have moved here... another life chapter is
opening for me.
Seattle, as much as I love living there... in a more or
less quiet neighborhood... is growing with more and more
construction of concrete buildings which allow no trees or
green. Odd characters in front of the grocery store. And my
wonderful old Honda, well maintained w/only 100K miles on it,
with my yoga mats was stolen.
Maybe I will spend a year or so here, feeding mosquitoes,
eating sandia and doing yoga on the beach.
Regards,
-Cathy GEIER ('66)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Bratton just misses Olympic berth ~ 7/3/16 Tri-City Herald
"Lisa Bratton won't be going to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Olympics.
But the former Richland High School ('14-home schooled)
swimmer can pride herself on a thrilling effort in her
final race of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials.
Bratton was third in Saturday night's 200-meter
backstroke final in Omaha, Neb., coming up just short
of an Olympic berth.
The incoming Texas A&M junior picked up the pace in the
second half and just got out touched by defending
Olympic champion Missy Franklin."
Congratulations, Lisa!!!
Happy 4th of July to all ~
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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Bomber Memorial
>>Tim JOCHEN ~ Class of 1973 ~ 1955 - 2016
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/05/16
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1 Bomber sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon PANTHER ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike HUSKE ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Paul TAMPIEN ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Danny WALKER ('71)
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: Birthday Boy
Happy Birthday to Dan WALKER ('71), who's probably yanking
teeth in Hawaii. Hope you have a good one.
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in hot, hot, hot Plano, TX
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Bomber Memorial
>>Rosa "Lee" LAST ~ Class of 1957 ~ 1939 - 2016
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/06/16
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2 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
Margaret EHRIG ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim BRUNELLE ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David BARGER ('72)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: 1950 Fourth of July ~ 7/4/16 Tri-City Herald
This picture was taken by Chuck EVANS ('51) and appeared
in the Tri-City Herald on July 4. I am confident it will bring
back "splendid sparkling" July 4th memories for many Bombers.
Re: Richland man sweeps state top trucker title ~ 7/5/16 Herald
"Semi-truck driver Chris POYNOR ('91) appears to be
your everyday road warrior.
'When I'm out on a normal daily route, I usually have
two trailers worth of freight out there,' he said.
So it was no surprise that he entered the twin trailer
competition this year at the Washington Trucker's
Association competition in Kent and won the grand
champion trucking title."
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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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
We have made it through another July Fourth so now it is
time to gather for our monthly Bomber lunch in West Richland.
WHEN: Saturday, July 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.)
-Margaret EHRIG Dunn ('61)
-Judy WILLOX ('61)
-Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
-Betti AVANT ('69)
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Bomber Memorial (with MUCH more information)
>>Rosa "Lee" LAST ~ Class of 1957 ~ 1939 - 2016
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2 Bombers sent stuff today:
Robert SHIPP ('64)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Irene DE LA BRETONNE ('61)
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>>From: Robert SHIPP ('64)
Re: Chuck EVANS ('51)
It is always makes me a little sad whenever I read in the
Sandstorm that another Bomber has passed on, even if I didn't
know him or her. So perhaps it will bring a little cheer to
everyone to know that one of our previously "deceased" Bombers
has come back from the dead. Yesterday's Sandstorm [entry from
Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)] included a picture of fireworks
at the Bomber Bowl in 1950. The photo was attributed to "Chuck
EVANS ('51-RIP)."
I saw Chuck at church last Sunday, and he is very much among
the living (assuming nothing happened in the last 3 days).
-Robert SHIPP ('64)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Dupus Boomer's in Richland ~ 7/6/16 Tri-City Herald
"Eat All About It: Dupus Boomer's doors yet to open in
Richland"
"A long-awaited restaurant in central Richland likely
won't be opening its doors for a couple of more weeks.
Workers and staff at Dupus Boomer's Downtown are still
finishing and preparing the space at the corner of
Swift Boulevard and George Washington Way, a staff
member said. Hours for the restaurant will be posted
as soon as the restaurant is ready.
Plans to open the restaurant were announced in late
2014. Owners will be Greg ('65) and Carla Markel, who
also built the new commercial development the restaurant
sits in.
The restaurant is named after Dupus Boomer, a character
who worked on the Hanford site in a 1940s comic, which
made light of the sometimes miserable conditions
encountered by the people brought to the Mid-Columbia
to work at Hanford.
The menu will reportedly cover breakfast, lunch and
dinner. The main dining area will be on the top floor,
where there is also a large outside patio with recently
installed booths. The lower level features a bar with
44 taps."
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/08/16
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3 Bombers sent stuff today:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
David RIVERS ('65)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Betty RUSSELL ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tammy JANES ('78)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Deanna Sue LUKINS ('79)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
I really don't know what to say about this Bomber Babe's
birthday. Maybe if I just took the 5th, and let it go at that.
The facts are that we were in the same class in school. Beyond
that there is nothing else to report, except that we met much
later in life at various Club 40 functions. I do have it (on
bad authority) that this is her 22nd birthday.
After all that it is time to tip the ol' propeller beanie and
say "Happy Birthday!" to Betty RUSSELL ('54). We will quite
possibly see each other at the "big" birthday party come this
September.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR waiting
for a rainy week-end (if the weather guessers are right)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: May God bless him
Prayers and love for the DeJONG family on the loss of Mont's
('63) brother Robin ('66) on July 7, 2017 at 12:20 PM. God
bless my dear friends and may God take Robin into his loving
grace.
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Two more classmates have passed away from our class of '66.
Evelyn Regina RENDON Lira passed away in Olympia on October 17,
2015. Robin DeJONG passed away in Portland yesterday, July 7,
2016. Sadly this makes 77 deceased classmates from our class.
Bomber tears,
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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No entries for a REAL Alumni Sandstorm.
We do, however, have 1 birthday today:
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ken HEMINGER ('56)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/10/16
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2 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
David DOUGLAS ('62)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dale McLEAN ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill RULON ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim HODGSON ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judy SCOTT ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susie DILL ('64)
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
Since no one submitted an article yesterday, maybe this will
make up for it.
Seventy-one years ago, Berle Patricia BEZZIO ('63-RIP) was
born. Although she preferred Pat as an adult, she'll always be
Patty to me. I first encountered her in the Carmichael spelling
bee - I was in ninth grade, she the eighth. She won first
place. I won a seat in the audience. It wasn't easy, but I
eventually forgave her. I became acquainted with her in 1960
when she sat in front of me in German at Col-Hi.
On her birthday I usually write to our Alumni Sandstorm about
some experience with her, but this time I decided to write
about her. I belong to a writers critique group, and after
submitting a couple of memoirs about Patty I wrote a novel,
The Trouble with Kisses, based (very loosely) on our one-and-
a-half-year relationship, from the girl's point of view. One
comment about the novel I got several times from ladies in
the group was, "David, a teenage girl in the '60s would never
think/say/do that." A couple of times I tried to say, "But
Patty did that," to which they would reply, "You're writing
fiction, not a memoir." I learned to keep my mouth shut. After
thinking it over, I decided Patty must have been a very unique
girl.
Her uniqueness caused me to become her boyfriend. When I asked
a girl for a date I expected a response like 'yes', 'no', or
'wait and let me see if I get a better offer.' But when I asked
Patty to go to our German class Christmas party (a dinner/dance
at the Army Officers Club in North Richland), she screamed.
For disturbing the class, Herr Stoebner invited us to come
in after school and write 200 times, "Ich bin ein Gefähr zur
Gemütlichkeit der Gesellschaft." That was the first time I ever
had a date with a girl arranged for me by a teacher. We had
several similar dates that year for whispering or passing
notes during class.
Besides her unique response to my request, that date made her
special in two other ways. Several nights before the party
I dreamed about her - the only girl I ever dreamed about. It
upset me so much I called her the next day, and she assured me
that no, she was not planning to wear blue jeans. Then, the
evening of the party her mother called fifteen minutes before
I was to pick her up to tell me Patty was sick and couldn't
go. I told her if Patty couldn't go I didn't want to go either,
leaving me holding the corsage. Later on her mother called
again to say Patty was feeling better and would like to go, if
I still wanted to. I said I did. It was an expensive orchid
corsage. We got to the party after everyone finished eating,
but they saved dinner for us. I ate mine. Patty took two bites
and spent the remainder of the evening in the restroom throwing
up. To my knowledge, she's the only girl who threw up because
she had a date with me. How could I resist a girl like that? I
asked her for another date when Christmas vacation was over,
and she survived it with her dignity intact.
I learned much about Patty I hadn't known from writing the
novel. She could be devious at times. For example, she broke up
with me briefly at the beginning of my senior, her junior year
so she could date other boys. I acquired another girlfriend,
Diane ZELLEY ('63), who I later discovered was one of Patty's
best friends. Then, five weeks later, I was walking home and
saw Patty a few yards ahead of me. She noticed me, stopped, and
waited for me to catch up with her. She told me the other boys
who were supposed to ask her for dates weren't cooperating, and
would I please take her on dates again, to places no one would
see us together? I agreed, although I still continued dating
Diane. I soon got tired of secret dates to Pasco and began
taking her to events in Richland. For decades I thought meeting
her after school was a coincidence, but I realized she planned
it.
I learned one sad thing about Patty I hadn't recognized before
writing the novel. She never grew up during the time I knew
her, from our first date to my graduation. In any stressful
situation she responded by crying. I suspect that she cried
over our first date, thinking I'd never ask her for a second
one.
The summer of '61, while on vacation in Packwood, she sent me a
letter that began, "There's something I need to discuss with
you. Please don't get upset. I'm sure we can work things out."
She went on in variations of that theme for three pages. The
last sentence on the third page was, "This is what you did that
upset me:" There was no fourth page. A penciled note on the
back of the envelope said, "I sealed the envelope and realized
I hadn't included the last page. I'll send it with my next
letter." I paced the house for four hours trying to think what
I'd said or done that upset her so much. In frustration I put
a sheet of stationery in my typewriter, typed, "YOU ARE THE
CRUELEST GIRL IN THE WORLD" and mailed it to her. I got the
fourth page the next day' she said on a letter I sent to her
I typed the address single-spaced when it should have been
double-spaced. I hadn't realized she was playing a joke on me.
A couple days later I got a long-distance call from her. She
was crying so hard I couldn't understand a word she said. All I
could say before her two minutes on the pay phone were up was,
"Patty, it's okay. I love you. I love you."
The next time she cried was when she called me three days
before my graduation to tell me she couldn't go to the class
party afterward. Her mother wouldn't let her stay out all
night. I became angry she hadn't gotten permission before
telling me she could go. She began crying, and I hung up on
her. She called back the next day to say she could go to the
restaurant and midnight movie, but I had to take her home
after the movie. I hadn't been able to find another date, so I
agreed. After the movie she asked, "Can we take the long way
home?" (our euphemism for "Let's neck for a while"). I couldn't
resist.
The last time she cried was entirely my fault. At the
graduation party, she won a Bingo game - dinner for two at a
restaurant. When I called her to ask her when we were going,
she told me she'd given the certificate to her parents.
Although it was her prize and she had the right to do what
she wanted with it, I became angry, and she began crying. Her
mother took the phone away from her and told me I couldn't
see her again, because I made her cry too much. So ended our
relationship.
I doubt Patty thought about me after that, but I've not
forgotten her. Part of my motivation to write the novel was to
record the experiences with her that I still remembered. She
passed away in 1998 at the young age of 53. Thank you for the
memories, Patty. May you rest in peace, my Dear.
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: fastest kid I ever knew
ahhhhhhhh but first... I can only assume many Bombers are much
like me and when a song plays, they can recall where they were
at a specific time when they heard it... I think it is one of
the things I like most about music... today I was listening to
'60s on 6 instead of my usual '50s on 5... often I cannot hang
on very long as many of the songs are the bubble gum stuff
Chris Noel tried to convince us were the top songs in the US,
when we had record players or reel to reels and stuff FNGs
brought with them or guys brought back from R&R and knew pretty
much the skinny in the US... but anyway two songs brought back
vivid memories... the first was a Tommy James song ('65 but not
a Bomber)... it immediately brought back the "strangest date" I
ever took to a dance (actually there was just dancing going on
at our 25 year reunion)... I wandered out into the lobby of
the DI to see a poor long haired kid in costume and white
boots looking very forlorn... I recognized him and went up to
introduce myself, shy and reserved fellow that I am... He was
kinda down as his 25 year reunion was going on that very night
so I invited him in and introduced him to a few kids before he
had to go get ready for a show... Yup, it was Tommy James... I
assure you there was no Hanky Panky, however... The next song
that sparked a memory was "Perfidia" by the Ventures... While
Ricky, Charlie WARFORD ('65;'61), Terry WEBB ('62-RIP) and I
were at "State" during my sophomore year, Rick and I were
riding the escalator up and down in a large department store
(small town kids in the big city), I had to get that record...
as we were going up Vonnie REED ('60) was coming down and we
had a very brief visit as we passed... Well they may seem
trivial now but they still bring me enjoyment to remember
them... and now to the main event... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Billy
RULON ('64) on your special day, July 10, 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>Carolyn FRANTZ Slippern ~ Class of 1957 ~ 1939 - 2016
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/11/16
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3 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
David RIVERS ('65)
Lynn-Marie HATCHER ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rex HUNT ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Roger MIKULESKY ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janice JOHNS ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John HEFFNER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pete CARROLL ('65)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Time to commemorate the birth of yet another Bomber with whom
I graduated. It would be safe to say that I knew of him, but
we didn't hang together back in the day. Probably showing
good judgement on his part.
At any rate, I will tip the ol' propeller beanie and say
"Happy Birthday!" to Roger MIKULESKY ('54). And if he can
remember the date and time, I hope to see him at Rosy's come
this September.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
weather guessers are predicting a return to summer
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Richland Bell
So the b-day Bomber walks into the ladies room with his mom,
Grace. Now he may have been a tad older than some of the
patrons were accustomed and maybe Grace was just a little
over protective... in any event, the kid gets annoyed by the
stares he's getting from the ladies occupying the room and
finally lets out with: What'sa matter... aintcha ever seen a
midget?!"... Ah the times we had... my Pop was best friends
with his and the families did a lot of stuff together to say
the least... I recall the 4th of July we all went to a remote
spot to shoot off the illegal fireworks I had purchased
through the mail... "red devil" as I recall... the kid and I
dutifully lit and fired off our stash of fire crackers one by
one... Grace, being a growed up decided to instruct us on how
to let off fire crackers... she grabbed a long string, lit
the fuse and managed to drop them at her feet... as she tried
to scurry away, she fell right in the middle of them... you
can imagine our reaction... she never let us forget it... as
if we ever would... so to my life-long friend I say HAPPY
BIRTHDAY, Peter Joe CARROLL ('65) on your special day, June
11, 2016... from now on as Bombers enter the store, you'll
never know who knows these stories!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
To: David DOUGLAS ('62)
Thank you for your beautiful, touching entry about Patty
BEZZIO ('63-RIP). I never met either of you - but it brought
me to tears. Please tell me how I can get/read a copy of your
book -based on your memories of that young love. (Maybe you
could ghost-write my young love heart-wrenching story!)
Thank you again,
-Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
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>>Ron MAGUFFEE ~ Class of 1960 ~ 1941 - 2016
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/12/16
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cindy PAYTON ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sandra MILLER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Trudy SPILMAN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Debra BELLISTON ('74)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: one and one equals... uh
As I have mentioned, I never learned to spell or the times
tables... seems there may be a few other things I neglected
along the way... months... they all sound alike to me...
June, July... what the hey... but it has been brought to my
attention that at least yesterday I wuz stuck in the merry
month of May... I mean June... yeah June... but in talking to
Peter Joe ('65) on his b-day we started wondering how many
Bombers worked at Bell Furniture... I know Doug LONGMORE
('61) and Janine RIGHTMIRE ('65) did... Pete mentioned a few
other kids too... man besides the grocery stores the
furniture bushiness kept a bunch of us busy... Pete also one
upped my in remembering the name of the dance hall located in
the old C & H in the Uptown as "The Hideaway"... I'd not
remembered that at all. Had some wonderful times there,
considering I was persona non grata at Hi-Spot for a good
part of my High School days... well this Bomber-babe was
always welcome at Hi-Spot and everywhere else I am sure...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Cindy PAYTON ('65) on your special day, JULY
12, 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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-David RIVERS ('65)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/13/16
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1 Bomber sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Jim GEIER ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lorin ST. JOHN ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jack ALEXANDER ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary LAWRENCE ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Glen ROSE ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Terry KLUTE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Katie Vaché ('66)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY; Ken FORTUNE ('66) & Paulette KRAJCIK ('67)
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>>From: Jim GEIER ('71)
Growing up in Richland was, as we all know, unusual in that
until 1959 while the government owned and ran the town,
families were assigned houses, and there was little
segregation by occupation or economic status. I returned
recently from Spain where I walked 555 miles on the Camino de
Santiago from Saint Jean Pied de Port in southwestern France
to Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain and then on
to Finisterre on the Atlantic coast. There was a similar
acceptance and non-judgement. We all were walking, we all had
backpacks, and we all had sometimes dirty hiking clothes.
There was no knowledge of occupation, or of what car one
drove, or of how big or where their house was. You either
enjoyed their company or not and shared the experience of
walking through northern Spain. There was a simplicity to it
that was attractive.
People ask me, how was it? There are two parts to that:
1. Walking 6-7 hours a day or more, every day, sometimes
uphill (sometimes unrelenting) sometime on rocky, unstable
paths, sometimes in the mud, is difficult, far more difficult
than I thought it would be. Difficult both physically and
emotionally.
2. At the same time, the experience, every day, was far more
uplifting than I imagined - the intimate connection with the
beautiful landscape, walking through vast farms and valleys,
climbing hills, it is just beautiful. Sometimes you walk
alone, sometimes with other people, sometimes talking,
sometimes not. The camaraderie of walking with other people
and sharing the experience is in itself uplifting, and then
there is the unwavering positive support of the people in the
small towns through which we walked.
Every day was similar, every day was different, and every
day, every single day, was beautiful (even when it rained).
It was a truly unique and beautiful experience, and a
reminder of simpler times in Richland. All documented in a
blog at www.jim2016camino.blogspot.com/
-Jim GEIER ('71)
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>>Gayle Dunn Sutton ~ Class of 1962 ~ 1944 - 2016
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/14/16
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3 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Marilynn WORKING ('54)
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Rick VALENTINE ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Shirley STREGE ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Thora METCALF ('59)
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>>From: Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54)
Re: Club 40 September celebration
I know many of you Club 40 members have wondered who is coming
to our party in September... Well, we have about 60 so far
for both Friday and Saturday nights. The list has been sent
to our webmaster, Nate (NAB) and we are just waiting for him
to get it on Club 40 website.
Remember, the deadline is August 26th to get your registration
forms to our Treasurer, Kathy HOFF Conrad ('64). It seems like
a long time from now... BUT, it is only SIX (6) WEEKS from
this Friday!! Please don't miss out, as there is a capacity
limit at the Red Lion-Richland!!
Enjoy the rest of the summer and this wonderful mild weather
in the 80s!
-Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54), Club 40 President enjoying
some baseball at our San Diego Padres farm team in Pasco.
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
I should ask the Junior Gyrene ('65) if there ever was a song
called "Charlie's Girl"; cuz there shudda been. That was what
I remember about today's Bomber Babe. No bones about it, she
was. And, as such definitely off limits to the rest of the
world. I suppose I could go on and on about it, but that is
not really the point.
The point is this is where I tip the ol' propeller beanie and
say "Happy Birthday!" to Shirley STREGE ('54). If I happen
to see her at the "Big" birthday party this September, I'll
keep a respectful distance.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
after a warm June, we seem to be in store for a cool July
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>>From: Rick VALENTINE ('68)
Re: The next Spokane Bomber Lunch
WHEN: Saturday July, 16, 2016
TIME: Coffee at 11:30am Lunch around Noon
WHERE: The Hillside Inn Restaurant, 3001 N. Nevada St.
in North Spokane.
Come and join us for lunch. All Bombers, their families and
friends are welcome... the more the merrier. (this is an all
class gathering, all class years are welcome)
Out of Towners welcome... See You There...
Any Questions or need directions contact me...
-Rick VALENTINE ('68)
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>>Lurene BERNHART Reed ~ Class of 1952 ~ 1935 - 2016
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/15/16
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1 Bomber sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: Judie and Jackie COLE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rick DENNIS ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Glenn EKLUND ('71)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Gary Davis ('77) & Karen Whitney ('76)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Short and sweet
Which describes the Bomber babes celebrating today but also
describes this post as I am waaaaaaaaaaay late signing in
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Judie and Jackie COLE ('63) on your special
day, July 15. 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>Eric STAIRET ~ Class of 1970 ~ 1952 - 2016
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Shannon WEIL ('82)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Don LYALL ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barbara ISACKSON ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Scott HARTCORN ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janet BENNETT ('71)
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>>From: Shannon WEIL Lamarche ('82)
Re: Watch 2 Bombers in a New Docu-Series on the FYI Network!
Two Bombers are featured in a new docu-series called
Life.Matters with Dr. Michelle Gordon, which airs on Saturday
mornings at 9am ET (8am Central) on the FYI Network (for 13
episodes)!
Over 7 days, 7 women will ride the mountains of Mallorca with
only 3 months to prepare themselves, tackling Menopause... and
Mallorca... on a bike! Join them on their journey as they
discover authentic Spanish cuisine, and immerse themselves in
Spanish culture and the arts while discussing the issues that
face women as we age; offering solutions for a happier,
healthier lifestyle.
Starring host Dr. Michelle GORDON ('83) and Shannon WEIL
Lamarche ('82), Producer and cast member , who is also co-
owner of QOA Entertainment LLC with her business partner,
Christine Fry.
http://www.watchlifematters.com/
-Shannon WEIL Lamarche ('82)
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[Set to record... thanks.... -Maren]
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/17/16
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4 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Karen COLE ('55), Helen CROSS ('62)
Lamont DeJONG ('63), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dean ANSON ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Denny LYTLE ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Stephanie MACAK ('71)
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>>From: Karen COLE Correll ('55)
Re: Birthday for Jackie and Judie ('63) on 7/15/16
My computer has been down for almost two days. Tried to use my
husband's to send birthday wishes to Jackie and Judie. No
good. Tried up until 11:00 last night (7/14), still nothing.
My genius husband redid all the wires and something else and
fixed it.
Anyway I'm going to be late. I sound like David RIVERS ('65)!!
Anyway, a belated birthday wish for you both. We'll have our
usual talk, Judie. Your gift is late too, as Jackie and I
haven't finished it yet. Jackie and I will be going to dinner
and concert (Gift of Bill BAILEY ('64)) this weekend. Just
remember we love you both dearly. Even when you were little,
you weren't brats except to Johnny. Ha Hope your day was
terrific.
Love, Barb ('50), Patti ('52), Karen ('55), and John ('66)
-Karen COLE Correll ('55)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
To: Shannon WEIL Lamarche ('82)
Re: Life.Matters on TV
http://www.watchlifematters.com/
How neat to have 2 Bomber women featured on a tv show. I'll
try to watch on Saturday Mornings.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ We have a cooler Saturday after a
hot and humid week back here in Hope, IN
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>>From: Lamont DeJONG ('63)
Re: My brother, Robin ('66-RIP)
Click here for Robin's obit ran in the Oregonian with a color picture.
-Lamont DeJONG ('63)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Stephanie MERWIN ('16) and softball~ 7/16/16 Herald
Highlights:
"Stephanie MERWIN hits homers - and the books."
"Richland graduate will go to 18U Gold nationals with
Washington Angels."
"She was a 4-time all-MCC first-team pick for Bombers."
"Class salutatorian will study mechanical engineering
and play ball at Oregon State."
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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>>Judy BOWEN Pies ~ Class of 1960 ~ 1942 - 2016
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/18/16
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1 Bomber sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ann BOREN ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judy LAWSON ('62)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
July must have been a special time for quite a few Bomber
moms. One of the results is the birthday of a Bomber Babe
with whom I graduated way back when. I don't think we had
any classes or other social actions together, but I somehow
remember her.
Before I get myself into too much trouble, I had best tip the
ol' propeller beanie and say "Happy Birthday!" to Ann BOREN
('54). I hope to see her at the "Big" Birthday Bash come this
September.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
weather guessers keep promising a return to summer
like weather soon. Keep it up guys, cause the hours
of daylight are dwindling.
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>>Charlene GOODENOW Webb ~ Class of 1962 ~ 1944 - 2016
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/19/16
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Ron HOLEMAN ('56)
Helen CROSS ('62), David RIVERS ('65)
Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gloria ADAMS ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rod PETERSON ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Karla SNYDER ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Fred GRAZINNI ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mandy WALTMAN ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mollie RUTT ('71)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Well, the beat goes on. Today we mark another milestone in
the life of a Bomber Babe of my acquaintance. In fact we went
to school together; even graduated the same year. Did we have
a class together, I don't recall. But we were at least
conversant.
Without further ado; I tip the ol' propeller beanie, bow low,
and say "Happy Birthday!" to Gloria "Skippy" ADAMS ('54) on
the momentous occasion of her 22nd. I trust she will come to
the "Big Birthday Bash" this September. It would be a shame if
she didn't.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
we are still waiting for summer-like temperatures.
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>>From: Ron HOLEMAN ('56)
Re: Col-Hi Class of 1976 Needs Our Help
Attention Sandstorm readers:
Time is of the essence with this so I/we would really
appreciate your help.
The Col-Hi Class of 1976 40 Year Class Reunion activities were
advertised via Facebook, but there was a problem for people
getting to their reunion information and sign-up page. So it
is likely that many '76 classmates did not see or could not
access the information. I am asking the Sandstorm readers for
your assistance in getting the word out to any '76ers you know
or know of. Their reunion activity information is as follows:
Friday evening, August 12, 2016, a no-host mixer at the Gaslight
Saturday evening, August 13, 2016, at the Reach.
For details, contact Karen HOPFINGER Mosset ('76)
-Ron HOLEMAN ('56)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Happy Birthday, Judy LAWSON ('62) on 7/18]!! Hope you are
well and keeping!! Hope to see you at our next reunion!!
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Hope, IN where it's pouring down
rain again!!
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: the old roads and highways
I've mentioned before that I get very confused at directions
these days, when people call out freeways by number... used ta
be that we had the highway to Walla Walla, the highway to
Yakima and roads here and there... Roger GRESS ('61) posted a
picture of the "new" Pasco bridge the other day... Now I was
always thrilled to go with my Pop across the bridge because on
the Pasco side, there was an ice cream shop where I learned
to love Pistachio Ice cream... not sure how I tried green ice
cream the first time but boy was that always an event for
me... Sunday drives were another huge event... we never
went far... Yakima and Walla Walla seemed to be the main
destinations... I think it was the drive that was important...
I've talked about the long drive to Portland one time when I
just bagged chasing down my little brother at the gas station
and never mentioned he wasn't in the car till asked... about
half way home... another such time was the morning I decided
to work on my health (what other reason would there be?) when
I popped a clove of garlic in my mouth and chewed on it for a
while... We lived at 1301 Acacia (I think that's what Jack
GARDINER ('61) confirmed the other day) and we headed out to
the by-pass... well that's a bit of an over statement, we
actually made a loop around Acacia and Birch ending up at our
house where I was unceremoniously dumped and the rest of
the famblie headed out for that particular Sunday outing...
ahhhhhhhh the good old dayz! So how 'bout that Gold Medal
class... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Rod PETERSON ('63) on your special
day, July 19, 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
PS there is a song Bobby's girl... but no Charlie's girl to
my knowledge..
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: Birthday Girl
Happy Birthday to Mollie RUTT ('71), a long time friend. Hope
you have a good one.
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in hot, hot, Plano, TX
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2 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barry DILL ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Terry WERNER ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Geoffrey ROTHWELL ('71)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Ned BARKER & Susan BIRGE ('59)
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>>From: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
I'll mention once again the opportunity to "go western" at
Steens Mountain Working Guest Ranch in south eastern Oregon,
September 6 through 10. The price is $1,600 each for 2,
$1,400 each for 3 and $1,300 each for 4.
Tim and Sue take only 4 guests at a time so it is very much a
close knit group. Of course, they also have hired hands to do
most of the "work." Guests get to do the fun parts! I think
some of you "younger ones" would really enjoy yourselves. You
can look at their site on Facebook by going to Steens Mountain
Guest Ranch.
Contact me at my email address or look me up on Facebook to
make arrangements. Thanks.
-Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) ~ writing from sunny and warm
Anchorage, AK. We are driving south today to do some
dip-netting on the Kenai River, along with thousands
of others
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: What a guy
Known this guy since second grade when I moved about a block
from his house... we wuz buds till I moved to Jason Lee and
became buds again in HS. Before our 25 year reunion, Tony
HARRAH ('65) and I drove up to his old house, knocked on the
door and when his dad opened the door we asked: "Can Terry
come out and play?" Ah the memories!!!!!!!!!!!! HAPPY
BIRTHDAY, Terry WERNER, ('65) on your special day, July 20,
2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>Ron CRAWFORD ~ Class of 1959 ~ 1940 - 2016
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/21/16
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4 Bombers sent stuff today:
Laura Dean KIRBY ('55), Barbara SHARP ('61 & '62),
Phyllis CUNNINGHAM ('64), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Phil GROFF ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janet VOORHIES ('61)
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>>From: Laura Dean KIRBY ('55)
Re: The Lunch Ladies of '55
On a beautiful Wednesday afternoon at Howard Amon Park in
Richland, the "girls" of the class of 1955 gathered for our
monthly lunch. There were fourteen of us present.
Mary WARREN Gruver, Pat ACTON Jonson,
Marlene RICHTER Frank, Sharon BEE Burks,
Virginia WILLIAMS McKenna, Janet OATES Porter,
Janet DENNY Spencer, Mary Jo WOODHEAD Mokler,
Wanda RICKETS Steele, Ginger WARFORD Rhoades,
Billie LAWELL Neth, SSharon TEMPLEMAN Watts,
Laura Dean KIRBY Armstrong,
and visiting from Vancouver WA:Janice RUCKER Meyer.
There are currently 20 names of 'locals' on our list. If you
would like to be included, please notify Billie LAWELL Neth
or Sharon TEMPLEMAN Watts.
We all wish to thank these two ladies for arranging and
notifying us and generally keeping us organized. We have
selected the third Wednesday of the month for these get
togethers. This is our first time meeting at the park and
even though we thought we had the pavillion at the North
end lined up for our time together, we were left to our own
devices, as someone was having a family reunion there.
We all laughed together as we realized someone would have to
remain standing until the group was ready to depart, in order
to lift the rest of us up off the grass. Thankfully, there are
still a few who are able to do that. It is amazing to realize
that we are all still alive and somewhat functional. We all
enjoy a good laugh, and provide comfort and sympathy for our
mutual friends who can't be with us.
The weather was very cooperative, both sunny and windless, a
rare treat. When strangers or newcomers hear that a group of
high school friends, who are all hovering around eighty, still
enjoy seeing one another it surprises them. We all feel richly
blessed to have grown up in Richland and lucky to still make
our homes here.
Last month the group met at Wanda RICKETS Steel's home and
had a relaxing pot-luck around her pool. In May, we met at
the Neth's home and enjoyed looking at all her lovely art
pieces made by our classmate, her husband Ted. The next
meeting will be at Henry's in West Richland on Wednesday
August 17th at 11:30. If you live in the area or are
visiting here at that time, please join us. We will be
happy to welcome you.
-Laura Dean KIRBY Armstrong ('55)
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>>From: Barbara SHARP Lysher-Porter ('61 & '62)
Re: Hanford News paper
Looking for a copy of old Westinghouse Hanford "Hanford News"
probably summer of l975 which showcased the turning over of
the procedural books on the FFTF to Al Speers, top officials
in attendance including the Governor of Washington. If I
remember right there were several photos published in that
paper and I think my photo was in one. Thanks for your help
-Barbara SHARP Lysher-Porter ('61 & '62)
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>>From: Phyllis CUNNINGHAM Coates ('64)
Re: Class of 1964's Birthday Party
We have 9 names to add to our list of registrations for our
biggest and best birthday party ever.
Jim WEAVER, Peggy STULL, Grace TYREE West, Bill SCOTT,
Cherie TEMPERO Scott, Jerry SPEAR, Cathy CLUGSTON Speer,
June PERKINS Johnson, and Jalene HENRY.
We are five weeks out from celebrating our new decade birthday
with our classmates. We have been working on the birthday
cards and then we will begin wrapping the presents. We hope
to see you August 27th at the Community Center in Richland.
-Phyllis CUNNINGHAM Coates ('64)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: '66 in '16 - 50 Year Class Reunion
The 50-year class reunion for the class of 1966 will be August
12-13 at the Richland Red Lion/Hanford House. Rooms are still
available there at a reduced rate through August 11. Call 1-
800-733-5466 for a reservation. Let them know you are with
our group and provide the group code RHSC1966.
The link to our reunion page is
http://richlandbombers.1966.tripod.com/66in16.html
You will find our current responses at this link along with
our plans for the weekend.
If you have not responded and are planning to attend please
contact me. If you are not able to attend but would like to
order a reunion booklet, memorial DVD or any "Golden Goodies"
(hats, shirts or jerseys) please contact me.
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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2 Bombers sent stuff today:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larry BRUGGERMAN ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: John & Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Chuck CRAWLEY ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Paula VINTHER ('69)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
By golly, it must be someone's birthday; or why else would I
be sending this in?
Actually, I think I knew this Bomber back in the day. At least
we graduated at almost the same time (he was ahead of me in
the line as we went alphabetically). Ran into him at a class
reunion or Club 40.
Let me now tip the ol' propeller beanie and say "Happy
Birthday!" to Larry BRUGGEMAN ('54). Perhaps he will show up
for the "Big" birthday bash at Rosie's come this September.
To: Laura Dean KIRBY ('55)
Why no pictures of the '55 Ladies picnic in the park?
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
we are waiting for Silverton's Homer Davenport Family
Festival next month; the comes Oktoberfest.
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: going out to play
It sounds so unsophisticated but going out to play is what
most all of us did (parents willing) when we were young...
going over to the dike, riding bikes all over town, going to
the river... the big pool and watching all the prom queens
worry about their hair getting wet and attracting the older
guys and us little kids trying to get noticed by getting their
hair wet (hell what did we know)... I'd go get Craig DAVIS
('65), Keith PETERSEN ('65), Jerry LARSEN ('65) (saw him for
the first time in 50 years this year) and others and just "do
stuff" ... head "across the tracks" and shoot bb guns... who
cared... Terry DAVIS ('65) was the only kid ya hadda wake
up... he slept late and took..shudder... naps! I love it when
kids post old pix on face book... the black and white ones
like Steve DENLER ('64) posted this week and Ron WORLEY
('65)... I could no more be a kid today than the man in the
moon... Can so and so come out and play? What great words...
korse... Jimmy HEIDLEBAUGH ('65) always answered the door with
Jo ('74) between his legs giving us the ol fish eye... and we
knew the answer... but "playing" was what made us who we are
today... .what a great life! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Pete and John
BEALIEU ('62) on your special day, July 22, 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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3 Bombers sent stuff today:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Floyd MELTON ('57)
Donna NELSON ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill MURRAY ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jerry EVANS ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Keith GOSNEY ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Peggy ADAIR ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Aric BUCK ('95)
BOMBER BY ADOPTION BIRTHDAY Today: Agnes Hughes ('02BBA)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
The beat does go on.
Another Bomber of my era celebrates a birthday today. Not sure
if we had any classes together; not even sure if he hung
together. I do remember him from back then.
Therefore; in his honor I will tip the ol' propeller beanie
and say "Happy Birthday!" to Bill MURRAY ('54). I certainly
hope to see him at the Big party this September.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
weather guessers say maybe a 100 warm ones in the
Valley by the 30th.
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>>From: Floyd MELTON ('57)
To: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Black and White photos of the '40s
Here you go David! A black and white photo of the one and
only. HA.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Mel/160723-Black-White.jpg
-Floyd MELTON ('57)
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>>From: Donna NELSON ('63)
I'm a week out in recovery from an appendectomy at my age!!
Internet website says its most common from age 10 to 30 so
doctor said mine was "pretty angry". It was always a childhood
fear of mine to have appendicitis and must have heard of
someone having surgery as a kid and "you could die from it".
Whenever I ran like crazy on the Sacajawea playground at
recess, after lunch and got a side ache I just knew it was my
appendix.
It was laparoscopic but had burst and encapsulated but leaked
so on 2 antibiotics at home. And anybody who's had surgery
knows the gas pain can be as bad or worse and enuf to almost
blackout but on the mend and drove to the store yesterday,
shopped and spent an hour in the yard.
-Donna NELSON ('63)
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No entries for a REAL Alumni Sandstorm.
We do, however, have birthdays, an anniversary and
1 Bomber Memorial today:
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Elva McGHAN ('50)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barb CRAWFORD ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pete HOLLICK ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gay EDWARDS ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David DERBY ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rick ALLEN ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathy HARTNETT ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill AYOTTE ('71)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Gene KELLER ('50) & Pat BADGER ('53)
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>>Iva EDENS Douglas ~ Class of 1954 ~ 1934 - 2016
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/25/16
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4 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Marilynn WORKING ('54), Mike BRADLEY ('56)
Helen CROSS ('62), David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Deanna CASE ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Wayne CAMPBELL ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Denny JOHNSON ('62wb)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pam BUCKNER ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Betty NOBLE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lynn DAVENPORT ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve PORTER ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mark McALLISTER ('74)
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>>From: Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54)
Re:Club 40 Attendees
You can now see who has registered to join us at the Club 40
celebration September 9th and 10th!! Go to Club 40 website
http://www.richlandclub40.org/
and find the names under "reunion info" (top of the page)
http://www.richlandclub40.org/?page_id=26
Scroll and click when you see "List of 2016 Attendees"
http://www.richlandclub40.org/?page_id=84
If your friends aren't there yet...remind them that August
26th is the absolute deadline for registering. If you don't
have a registration form, you can also find one on the Club 40
website
Registration Form
or contact me and I will see that you get one.
As our Treasurer, Kathy HOFF Conrad ('64) receives attendee
names, she will update the list to our webmaster, Nate (NAB).
So keep checking!!!
-Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54) ~ in hot, hot Pasco!! Will
be in high 90s all week
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>>From: Mike BRADLEY ('56)
Congrats to an old neighbor on her birthday.
-Mike BRADLEY ('56)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
I just wanted to wish John & Pete BEAULIEU ('62) brainy twins
I remember from my Col-Hi days a belated Happy Birthday [on
7/22] and Happy Birthday to another member of our class, Margi
LEWIS Hellberg ('62)!!
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Greetings from a still very warm
Hope, IN where I am getting ready to fly out for my
oldest niece's wedding next week-end in Bellingham, WA!!
This is Karin, my brother, Roy CROSS's ('65) oldest daughter
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: He coulda been a Bomber
How many of our friends can say that... lots... I got lotsa
friends I call Bombers that didn't get ta grageate from Col-Hi
cuz their folks moved away before the blessed event... I
coulda been one... my foks moved to Camas my last semester of
my Jr. year... I gotta say it was a total blast for me those
few months... met a lotta cool people tho I pretty much only
ran with three kids... my Long Beach girls friend and my buddy
from Vancouver... now technically, I shoulda grageated from
Pasco, I guess, cuz that's where I ended up living in a
Boarding House called the "Virginia Arms" (or something like
that) but with Nancy MIDDLETON's ('67) mom signing my 'port
cards all worked out just fine... I remember really wanting to
buy Jo "Mills" MILES ('64) bread truck... figured I could
shower at school I think... couldn't find one like it so... no
go... The b-day guy always reminds me he only went to Richland
schools in grade school, but as so many others... I figure;
"He ain't heavy; he's a Bomber!" HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Denny JOHNSON
('62... arrrrgh WB) on yer special day, July 25, 2016!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>Jim CRUM ~ Class of 1959 ~ 1941 - 2016
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3 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
David DOUGLAS ('62)
Jim HAMILTON ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: DiAnn SCHUSTER ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Virginia WEYERTS ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gloria FALLS ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barbara SHARP ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jill LANGE ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Frank BOLSON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sarah HICKAM ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judy MOYERS ('67)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Here it is, almost the end of July, and finally a "daily
double" in Bomber Babe birthdays. I remember one, but not
so much the other. This, even though, we graduated in the
same year. Funny how that works out. I will list them
alphabetically so I will show fairness in most things.
With that being writ, I will now tip the ol' propeller beanie
and say "Happy Birthday!" twice for DiAnn SCHUSTER and
Virginia "Ginnie" WEYERTS (both '54). Mayhap we'll meet at
Rosy's come this September for the "Big" birthday party.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
threats of 100 degree temps have cooled down.
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
A couple of days ago there was a NOT Alumni Sandstorm, even
though there was a plethora of birthdays, one Bomber
anniversary, and one memorial. I can't complain about others
not sending anything if I'm at fault myself, so here's one of
my infrequent submissions.
Someone else, if I remember correctly, commented on how
discouraging it can be to see memorials for guys younger
than we are. I've had that feeling myself. I often read the
memorials of people I never met just to see what they died of.
cancer's a frequent cause. Anyway, I had to face the fact that
I'm highly unlikely to live forever, so my wife and I have
made plans in case we don't. We joined the National Cremation
Society, which will take care of everything with one phone
call, from identifying the body (anywhere in the world),
storing the body until released by the Medical Examiner, the
cremation, sending the ashes to our place of burial, and
notifying Social Security. We have a plot in the Hawaiian
Memorial Park in Kaneohe, next to my mother- and father-in-
law, on a hillside overlooking Kaneohe Bay (not that we'll
enjoy the scenery much). I paid for the urn vault, grave
marker and for opening and closing the grave when our ashes
are interred. Actually, unless my wife and I die together,
when the first one passes the cremation society will give the
ashes to one of our children to keep. When the second passes,
the society will mix the two ashes together and send them to
the cemetery. That way we only have to pay for opening of the
grave once, and putting the birth and death dates on the
marker for both of us at the same time is considerably less
expensive than doing them separately. I'm cheap, even when it
comes to dying.
We've also planned our memorial services, which will be held
in our church rather than a funeral home, with just our
picture, and maybe the urn with our ashes, although I'm not
sure of that yet. My wife wants "Bridge over Troubled Waters"
played at her service, I want the Largo from the New World
Symphony at mine.
The biggest decision I have to make now is whether it's a good
idea to order a three-year renewal for my Analog Science
Fiction and Science Fact magazine. It's cheaper than three
one-year subscriptions, but what'll I do if I expire before
the three years is up?
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ where it's getting hard to
keep our pool cool enough to swim in
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
So I'm walking the cereal aisle at QFC and while they have
lots of really healthy, good-for-you grains, none of them
are giving away any neat stuff. Back in my Yute, did he say
"Yute", cereal boxes were a major purveyor of really neat
stuff. You really didn't care what was inside the box tasted
like, as long as there was something really desirable nestled
at the bottom. I used to accompany my mom down to Campbell's
#1 for her weekly shopping adventure, as her coupon boy.
While she was stocking up on cans of creamed corn and phlegm
textured asparagus, I was perusing the boxes to see what was
out there for the picking. Shredded Wheat always had the cards
between the layers with all kinds of, dare I say, Indian lore
from Straight Arrow. The shredded wheat was never a first
round pick and tasted a lot like the divider cards, unless you
put strawberry jam on them. Puffed wheat or was it puffed
rice, they tasted very similar, was the choice of Sgt. Preston
of the Yukon and King, I think always wanted your hard earned
nickels and dimes, no stamps, for any swag they were offering.
Wheaties and Cheerios were, without a doubt, the Magnum Opus
of cereal stuff. They served up embroidered unit insignia from
WWII. Foreign coins and some pretty benign foreign stamps, but
all made for interesting trading. I still have a green plastic
disc with a relief of Larry Doby, that I got out of something,
but it might have been a pack of wieners. If memory serves me
correct, my favorite came from a box of Grape Nuts, of which a
tablespoon full in a bowl of milk would swell up in you like
a cruise line life preserver. This was a plastic frog man or
submarine into which when you put a pinch of baking soda and
put it in a bathtub would gas up and go pfft, pfft, pffft to
the other side. After two pinches of soda, the box would
inevitably fall in the tub precipitating two larger
explosions, one from the baking soda and one from my Mom.
Three bowls of Raisin Bran, to get to the toy, could create
similar fulminations. My Mom put the kibosh on my opening the
box from the bottom, as there weren't quite enough cabinets in
an "F" house for all the nearly full, upside down boxes.
There was also the glow-in-the-dark wrapper seals for Donald
Duck bread. I still like Wonder Bread 'cause you can wad up a
loaf into a ball about the size of a pea. I don't get it very
often, even though it does build healthy bodies twelve ways,
but so does a half rack of "Vitamin R". Box tops came into
play for stuff, especially during the Davy Crockett mania, but
again hard earned nickels and dimes were required along with a
stamp, so the ROI wasn't all that terrific. I think cereal
box premiums went the way of five cent Spudnuts, when are
protectors decided that kids might swallow them or stick them
up their noses. I never did and I never knew anyone who was
that stupid. Well, maybe a couple.
From somewhere, we used to get sheets of what are now
terribly politically incorrect temporary tattoos, that were
"temporary" only until you had to scrub them off your arm
before Sunday School. Lots of Marines with bayonets, tanks,
gore and other really cool stuff. Maybe we bought them at the
drug store, pretty sure they didn't come in the pack of
heaters you could buy with a note from your Grandmother who
actually resided in Iowa. We used to write the notes in what
we thought was Grandma handwriting, take them down to the
aforementioned #1 and get turned down. I guess we shouldn't
have signed them, "His Grandmother".
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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Bomber Memorial
>>Stella Bellande Browning ~ Class of 1953 ~ 1935 - 2016
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/27/16
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4 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Steve CARSON ('58), Marie RUPPERT ('63)
David RIVERS ('65), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Max SUTTON ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Paula BEARDSLEY ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ellen BOHRINGER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: TWINS: Richard & William RATHVON ('71)
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>>From: Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
To: David DOUGLAS ('62)
Your cremation plan post gave me a solid laugh. Get the three
year subscription! :) :) :) <-that's 3 happy faces. Maren]
-Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
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>>From: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
This is regarding David DOUGLAS'('62) entry today (7/26).
Lance ('60) and I have purchased a plot in the Kiona-Benton
City Evergreen Cemetery and paid all of the fees involved
in placing our urns in the ground. We even purchased our
headstone and had it placed on the plot. Our daughter only
has to have the death dates carved on the stone.
Lance's family was one of the original pioneer families to
settle in Benton City and helped start the Methodist Church
there.
We also joined the Neptune Society. Our urns, that they
provided, are stored in our garage. No matter where we die,
any place in the world, all the survivor has to do is call one
phone number give the member numbers and the rest is handled.
The only thing to do will be plan the memorial services.
We decided to do this after two of our friends each lost his
wife. One didn't have any plan even though his wife had been
battling MS for many years and the handling of everything was
overwhelming. The other had joined the Neptune Society many
years ago and after losing his wife on a flight going into
Chicago (heart attack) and being impressed with how he was
helped with all the red tape that involved, we decided that
was the best thing we could do for our daughter.
Another friend has just lost her husband and is at a loss as
to where any of the important papers are to be found. She
can't find a will, doesn't know much about the finances, and
is absolutely at a loss on how to move on. Her husband handled
everything and she never questioned it.
We have made sure that our daughter and her family have
copies of all of our important papers including a list of
all banks, credit cards, wills, powers of attorney, living
wills, insurance info, etc. She knows that the originals of
everything are kept in our safety deposit box and she also
has access to it. She is also a joint owner on one of our
checking and savings accounts so she will have access to any
funds she might need to settle any outstanding debts or to
use for services. Our local hospital has copies of our living
wills and powers of attorney, also.
That said, I plan on hanging around for at least another
thirty years or so, but it doesn't hurt to plan ahead. I have
most of my subscriptions on auto renewal.
-Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63) ~ in very hot (finally) Richland
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: playground
As I drive around the area and pass school grounds I see signs
on all of them saying they are reserved for the school and not
for outside use... When I was going to school at Spalding and
lived near the b-day Bomber-babe, I remember spending hours
upon hours on that playground... following the Janitor around
as he changed the sprinklers and what not... the hoses were
at least 1" in diameter... more like water mains than hoses...
I remember the big kids always playing either football or
baseball on the playground... I have no doubt some people have
misused the playgrounds to the extent "rules" were required,
but dang I spent some fun time on our school playgrounds!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Paula BEARDSLEY ('62) on your special day,
July 27, 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: "The Runner" ~ 7/26/16 Tri-City Herald
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article91817812.html
"Richland played a starring role in an episode of The
Runner, a reality TV competition helmed by Ben Affleck
and Matt Damon, broadcast July 25 on go90, a streaming
service owned by Verizon. The program features teams of
two people attempting to catch a runner trekking across
the U.S. In the July 25 episode, the teams begin their
day searching for clues in a Boise stadium. The clues
direct them to the Triton Sail at the Port of Benton in
north Richland. At the sail, the "runner" finds a key
that allows him to enter the former submarine's
periscope, where he discovers clues directing him to
the nearby Columbia River. With the chasers in hot
pursuit, he flees across the water on a hovercraft. The
chase picks up later in Richland's Alphabet Houses."
Click to watch "The Runner" July 25th - Ep. 3 on go90!
The pursuit shows runners on the 1900 block of Davison, Hunt
Point and Gaillard Place. I saw them running up Hunt Point on
Monday and wondered what was happening.
Enjoy ~
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ from a very hot Richland
with the Art in the Park Friday and Saturday and the
Hydro Races on Sunday.
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>>Jack LIPPOLD ~ Class of 1954 ~ 1935 - 2016
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/28/16
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6 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Helen CROSS ('62)
John ADKINS ('62), John CAMPBELL ('63)
Bill SCOTT ('64), Cathy GEIER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Laura Dean KIRBY ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Perry MOORE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon McDERMOTT ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mark GERKEN ('77)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Melanie LEE ('93)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
What with reminiscence of the prize in the cereal box or what
to do with cremains, one hardly knows what to write about.
Remember that box tops and labels were also important in
getting the decoder or some other bit of merchandise. I
remember sitting in a very dark room trying to see atoms being
"smashed" in my atomic ring (5 Shredded Ralston box tops and a
quarter for shipping and handling [no stamps, please]).
Guess it all depends on what's important. What is important
today is a younger Bomber Babe whom I knew even back then is
celebrating her 21st today. Which means she can sit at the big
kids' table and drink adult beverages without having to use
her genuine fake ID card.
On that happy note, I'll tip the ol' propeller beanie and say
"Happy Birthday!" to Laura Dean KIRBY ('55). Hope you have a
good one, youngster.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
ODOT is going to disrupt traffic between here and
Silverton just before the Homer Davenport festives.
Hopefully they will be done sooner rather than later.
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Yes, Happy Birthday, Paula BEARDSLEY Glenn ('62) [on 7/27];
and yes, David DOUGLAS (also our class of '62), I had to
laugh, go ahead and get the cheaper longer subscriptions.
I liked calling our class something special, like titanium,
but I didn't like having to spell it.
I'm sitting at O'Hare airport as I have a 7 am flight out to
Seattle. Well, there was no hassle when I went through
security at a little after 2 am.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ somewhat sleepy in O'Hare airport,
but soon I'll be enjoying the beauty of the Pacific NW,
and the fun of being at my oldest niece's (of 2) wedding
in Bellingham!! Actually it didn't reach the 90s in
Hope, IN , which with the humidity gets pretty hot, and
tonight was beautiful!!
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>>From: John ADKINS ('62)
Re: A New Pastime
I have always been a great one for people watchin - malls -
airports - whatever, but today I surpassed all of that. I was
downtown and it was about lunch time, so I stopped at Wendy's,
got a "hot-n-juicy" and a small frosty, then drove down to
"the Park", picked out a shady bench and started to enjoy my
burger and watch the river.
There were just a ton of people on the walking path - and all
on their phones - then it occurred to me. These people aren't
talking they are all playing (wait for it) POKEMON GO. This is
the greatest sports event ever - they have no idea where they
are, or where there going. who's on foot or who's on
horseback.
For people my age, and I know some of you are, this is great,
no investment (well maybe the cold drink), quiet contemplative
enjoyment for as long as you want, no emotional involvement
and none of them will even be aware you are there.
I highly recommend it or meditation - you can pick.
-John ADKINS ('62) ~ Richland
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>>From: John CAMPBELL ('63)
Happy birthday today to my long time friend and classmate,
Perry MOORE ('63). We still share interests in cars and
Harleys.
-John CAMPBELL ('63)
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>>From: Bill SCOTT ('64)
Re: Jim HAMILTON's ('63) recount of youthful adventures
in the cereal isle
Sgt Preston of the Yukon liked both Quaker Puffed Wheat and
Quaker Puffed Rice. As far as those wonderful things one could
send away for with sufficient box tops. What drove me crazy
was the "allow 4 to 6 weeks for delivery". Aargh! Four to six
weeks was an eternity for a kid. Why, by the time you finally
got the wonderful contraption, summer would be half over. To
this day, I still don't understand why anything would take
that long to deliver, even in the '50s.
-Bill SCOTT ('64)
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>>From: Cathy GEIER ('66)
Hello to 1966 Bombers going to our reunion [8/12-13]
I would so appreciate an opportunity to car pool from
Seattle to Richland for Wednesday [8/10] or Thursday [8/11]
till Monday [8/16] or so.
I love my Honda CIVIC; However an adventure leaves pass
travel questionable. Of course I can & will contribute to
gas, music etc.
Thank you so much,
-Cathy GEIER ('66)
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>>Randy REYNOLDS ~ Class of 2002 ~ 1984 - 2016
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**Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/29/16
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6 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Doreen HALLENBECK ('51), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Ken HEMINGER ('56), Earl BENNETT ('63)
Donni CLARK ('63), David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Vern McGHAN ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dixie TROUT ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tom HUGHES ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Calvin SHIRLEY ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Matt WAGNER ('06)
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>>From: Doreen HALLENBECK Waldkoetter ('51)
Re: Pep Cereal pins
When my late husband was a youngster, he ate enough Pep cereal
to collect over 90 pins that are clipped to a Bowery-Gang type
hat he received as a birthday gift. We've kept it all these
years. Thoughts of this may bring memories to several Bombers.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Hal/160729-Pep_Cereal_Pins.jpg
-Doreen HALLENBECK Waldkoetter ('51)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
If you corrected decoded yesterday's message; I trust you
drank your Ovaltine or ate your Puffed Grass. Sometimes is it
best that we have grown up. What comes in a box of Cheerios
these days is a rather poorly defined Star Wars robot that
any child can swallow whole.
All beside the point. That being that another Bomber Babe
who had the audacity to graduate the same year I did is
celebrating a Birthday today.
So, a tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!"
shout is in store for Dixie TROUT ('54). Hope you will be at
the "Big" birthday party this September. Fortunately for all,
the ol' propeller beanie won't.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
the weekend is supposed to be cooler.
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>>From: Ken HEMINGER ('56)
Re: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) post.
Ahhhh... Yes... the Atomic Atom Smashing Ring... I had one
as a kid and spent many an hour laying on the couch at night,
It was my bed at the time, peering into it and watching the
flashes of light generated in that ring. The ring looked like
a missile and you had to remove the fins to peek into the rear
lens to see the wonders going on inside. I don't recall how
I came by it, but thought up till now it came in a box of
Cracker Jacks. I know there was a lot of neat stuff back then
that came in a Cracker Jack box. When I had mine it had to be
in the early '40s. Anyway, I have often thought about it over
the years wondering what it would be worth today if I still
had it. I just did a quick search and found out it was a "Lone
Ranger" Ring... How about that...
Anyway, check this site.
[Look for "1947 Lone Ranger Atomic Bomb Ring" - Maren]
-Ken HEMINGER ('56) ~ Great Falls, MT with a nice 76°
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>>From: Earl BENNETT ('63)
Re:our yute (?yoot?yout?)
Woke up this morning with an unremovable ad jingle in my head:
"When Calimyrna figs meet famous Smyrna figs, the combination
that results is just the very best" complete with animated
cartoon dancing figs. Quick search on-line brought up a
promising website "Ad jingles you still remember," but you
have to REGISTER to post a question. Can't for the life of
me remember the product being touted = was it Fig Newtons?
It also brings to mind the dried fruit tray I loved that
we received every Christmas from Uncle Aldi in Seattle; I
remember it as monstrous, larger than a large pizza, but
childhood perspective is always suspect.
Regards, ecb3 from humid central Virginia where we are
supposed to get a break from the mid-90s to 100 of the
past week, forecast high today at 88.
-Earl BENNETT ('63)
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>>From: Donni CLARK Dunphy ('63)
Re: Cereal Wonders
To: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Loved your cereal tales, Jim. Am I forgetting these toys, I
don't remember anything being in my cereal boxes, but then the
only cereal I ever really liked was Rice Krispies. I remember
looking for the toy in the Cracker Jack box and of course the
funnies around our Bubble Gum. But more than that I couldn't
wait each month for Mom to get the McCall's Magazine so I
could find the Betsy McCall paper dolls to cut out. My Mother
loved magazines and I had the Joy of reading them with her.
Many Movie Magazines, like "Silver Screen" and "Photoplay" as
well as "Good Housekeeping" "Family Circle", "Women's Day"
just to name a few. I loved not only cutting out Paper dolls,
but poems, recipes, pictures, and even some stories. Through
the years I have tried to get rid of so much of what we
saved... but still... I have some poems, and recipes or an
old article turns up once in awhile that reminds me of my Mom,
something good she made to eat, a dress she sewed, etc. We
found so many treasures back then in simple things that stay
in our hearts forever. That reminds me, I have more stacks of
magazines to go through. Let's see Christmas ones, gardening
ones, cooking ones, health ones, and the list goes on......
-Donni CLARK Dunphy ('63) ~ in the Columbia Gorge where the
weeds are worse than ever this year and I am working on
them again! But it was a beautiful day today and last
week spent some time at our "Bluegrass Festival" that
I loved!
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: "free" stuff
I must say that Jimbeaux HAMLTON ('63) pretty much covered the
water front on the stuff that came in cereal boxes and what
not... not much to be added, except my favorite things came
in Post cereals... guns all kinds of guns... pistols and
rifles... My very favorites tho were new Fords... they would
provide every model for a given year... I would then scour the
town for matching real cars... think maybe they only did it
for '55 and '56, but I did enjoy it... now while Jimbeaux did
admit to owning one or two of the items to this day, what he
neglected to mention was "the box"... the box where I am
pretty darned sure he has at least three of each item he
mentioned in such pristine condition, even Gary BEHYMER ('64)
would salivate... of course there is the original Hi-Spot
membership card in much better condition that my original
Social Security card... as I recall, that puppy turned to mush
about my second week in vietnam... I do have a metal one I got
in maybe Jr. High by sending away, but I'm not sure it would
be honored today and I'm sure not gonna get in line to get a
replacement issued... I will say the Sr. Picture of CMOORE
('65) lasted the entire tour... not sure why I carried it as
she was Pierre REMILLARD's ('65) girl friend tho we all did go
to Sr. Prom together... I took Nancy MIDDLETON ('67-RIP)... so
anyway, if Jimbeaux ever presents you with a relic of old in
like new condition, you can be fairly sure it came from the
box... and now HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Tom HUGHES ('56) on your
special day, July 29, 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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Bomber Memorial
>>Nancy FOSTER Bechard ~ Class of 1966 ~ 1948 - 2016
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/30/16
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
David RIVERS ('65
Kelvin SOLDAT ('71)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dee WALLACE ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Wayne MYERS ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gregor HANSON ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marti Jo DREWERY ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carol BOYD ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Diane HARTLEY ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kim RICHEY ('74)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
It would seem that the "Atomic Ring" was offered by many. As
I recall, I got mine from either the Tom Mix radio show or the
B-B Riders that replaced him following his death. They were
both sponsored by Ralston Purina, makers of what are now known
as Chex cereal. Let us not forget the decoding devices put
forth by Captain Midnight or either Little Orphan Annie or
Annie Rooney. The bulk of the messages to be decoded at the
end of each days show were basically reminders to use or eat
the sponsor's product.
Were we exploited? Possibly. I remember a class picture from
when I was in fourth grade; all of the boys were wearing
Captain Midnight decoder badges. I don't think we ever used
them to send "secret" messages to each other. Probably took
too long to encode.
I'm sure some one may come up with a picture of the decoder.
And it would seem that neither they nor the "Atomic Ring"
would have been found in a box of Cracker Jacks (too expensive
even back then). Nope, these you had to send away for and wait
4 to 6 weeks for delivery. The US Mule was slow even back
then. But you could send a letter across country for 3 cents
and it would take 3 days to get there. When the Post Office
raised the rate to a nickel, it took 5 days for the letter to
arrive.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
work on the main highway between Silverton and Mount
Angel is scheduled to start on August 1st and end on
the 12th. Fortunately there are still backroads.
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: yee ha
I've mentioned this to him before, but the B-day Bomber
doesn't recall it... dang... one of my fondest memories and
nobody remembers it but me... In maybe the second or third
grade, Nina JONES ('65), the b-day guy, and some other kids in
the neighborhood used to play library (hadn't moved up to Dr.
yet I guess)... we would go to either Nina's or his house and
check out books... OK I agree, it doesn't sound real exciting
in the telling but I remember it as being fun... maybe not as
fun as the cement culvert Charlie NEVINS ('65) found behind
Jason Lee full of nudist magazines but it was a start... HAPPY
BIRTHDAY, Gregor HANSON ('65) on your special day, July 30,
2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Kelvin SOLDAT ('71)
Re: '71 in '16 - 45 Year Reunion - August 19-21
The Col-Hi class of 1971 is holding our 45 year class reunion
in 2 weeks, August 19-21. There will be a social at the
Gaslight tavern starting at 5pm.
The back room is reserved for this gathering. On Saturday the
20th there is a picnic at Leslie Groves park at the Gazebo
near the horseshoe pits and the beach with the volleyball
nets.
A sign will be posted at the Gazebo. Cost for the picnic is
$15/person. The class will provide everything (food,
tableware) except beverages. You may want to bring chairs
also.
Picnic starts at 12 noon, with food being ready about 1pm and
on. Please respond to my email if you plan to attend and have
not already responded.
-Kelvin SOLDAT ('71)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/31/16
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jerry BOYD ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Stan McDONALD ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marilyn STEWART ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tom HEMPHILL ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim OTT ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marvee HUXOL ('66)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Great crew
Wow... two of 'em for me today... one guy I've met through
his brother from the class of '66 and I am very glad that
happened... another I met through some very strange
circumstances and he ended up writing a "song" about me that
he and many others used to "sing" when I would enter a room...
ah what a tribute... I "knew" him from school with his blond
DA and his pink 4 door '52/'53 Ford Sedan... seemed like a
nice enuff guy... I guess he was friends with a guy who had
previously gone with the girl I dated in 9th grade and part of
my sophomore year... dunno... maybe he wasn't ready to call it
off when they broke up... he grageated the year before I hit
Col-Hi... so one day outa the blue I gotta call from some guy
I don't know tellin' me he's commin' over to kick my ass "you
f-ing Arapaho"... I tried to 'splane I was Apache but I don't
think he really cared... a few minutes later this pink Ford
did its best to roar up to my front door... the brakes
screeched, the doors flew open and out jumped 6 guys... hadda
been damned cramped in there... so what's a kid to do... I was
up in my bedroom and I started yelling at the top of my lungs
something like OK you poo poo faces here I come (I think the
poo poo faces had some "F"s which were probably heard better
than the poo poo)... I took the stairs of the F house in about
two bounds and threw the screen door open like there was no
tomorrow... the 6 guys freaked... jumped back in the car and
"sped" away ("sped?" looks funny)... never saw the older kid
again and have no clue who the others were, 'cept the kid with
the blond DA... from then on he and I were best buds (not as
good as him and Mills ('64) and after that when I would walk
into a room everyone would bang their hands on the table in
the Hamms Beer style and sing: "I'm a friend of David
Rivers... Rivers"... in case you have forgotten the tune
I'll include it with this post...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Tom HEMPHILL ('62) and Mike JENNINGS ('64-RIP)
your special day, July 31, 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o83xxWCel8g
-David RIVERS ('65)
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