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Richland Bombers Calendar website
Funeral Notices website
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/01/17
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Steve CARSON ('58)
John ADKINS ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carol TYNER ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judy CARAWAY ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Maggie GILSTRAP ('74)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Tedd CADD & Pam HUNT ('66)
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>>From: Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
To: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
I do not share your "sense of humor." The Sandstorm is not a
rag! The Sandstorm is a treasure and Maren's tireless efforts
are very much appreciated.
-Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
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>>From: John ADKINS ('62)
Re: The Snow - the Snow
On Christmas Eve, I was delivering some Christmas goodies to
some of our friends, I was struck by how "Christmasy" the
fairways at Horn Rapids Golf course looked under a blanket of
snow. -- Today it is January 31st - we still have the snow,
and we got more today.
Let's move on.
-John ADKINS ('62) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/02/17
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Jack GARDINER ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bob ECKERT ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sherri WARD ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marilyn BRASFIELD ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Len REDISKE ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patricia BERLAND ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Norman WOODLEY ('72)
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>>From: Jack GARDINER ('61)
On Monday January 23rd, a good friend of mine passed away.
Carl STRATTON ('58-RIP).
From what I've heard he died at home. Haven't seen any death
notice or Obit.
I just know Carl was always good to me, I will miss him.
-Jack GARDINER ('61)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/03/17 ~ THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED - 1959
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Barbara SESLAR ('60), Roy BALLARD ('63)
David RIVERS ('65), Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gail DAWSON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Glenda LATTIN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Suzanne COWAN ('71)
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>>From: Barbara SESLAR Brackenbush ('60)
Re: Class of 1960 Bomber Luncheon
DATE: Saturday, February 4, 2017
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: 3 Margaritas (downtown near Lee Blvd.)
Spouses and friends are also welcome! Please join us first
Saturday of each month. Turn right inside the restaurant and
you'll find us at the corner table. No reservations needed.
-Barbara SESLAR Brackenbush ('60)
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>>From: Roy BALLARD ('63)
Re: Birthday
I must tell Sherri WARD ('63) a happy birthday on your special
day, 2/2/17.
-Roy and Nanc
-Roy BALLARD ('63) ~ Richland
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: We don't care what the people say Rock n Roll is here to
stay!
"It was the third of June another sleepy, dusty"... no wait...
"Gee we're gonna miss you every body sends their love"...
Before February 3, 1959, back in the 5th grade (it started in
'55), Keith PETERSON ('65), Craig DAVIS ('65) and now and
then Kenny PETERSON ('64) would join us huddling around my
short wave radio trying to catch the occasional rock n roll
song we could fine... I suppose but am not sure, by '59 we
could even get some RnR on our local stations before Lynn
BRYSON ('57) and the Real Don Steele (NAB) played full time
RnR, we could find some RnR on the local stations in between
Bob Wills and Hank Williams... (I ain't knockin' either
one)... Our 5th grade class was, in my mom's words, the
largest group of "toughs" (Tuff was not yet a cool word) in
one place she had ever seen. I'd show you if my pictures
hadn't got all scrambled a few years back. Our teacher carried
a rubber hose and was deaf... we got whacked many times till
Craig and I told a big fat lie to his mother and got the
practice stopped... my mother was furious with us and always
said we all had it coming for "something"! At some point The
three of us in the class were gonna sing "Peggy Sue" and "Wake
up Little Suzie" for a "talent" show. Most of the other guys
felt left out so most every boy in the class got in on Wake
Up"... while just the three of us did Peggy... I banged on
a guitar that Johnny Loshapell (sp) was never able to teach
me to play... not for want of trying I might say... had I
known Ed QUIGLEY ('62) at the time things might have been
different... nah... even Q couldn't give me the patience I
needed... If I wasn't gonna be Link Wray or Duane Eddy by
noon, I wasn't interested... But that day as we warbled away,
we could not have known that very shortly in the scheme of
things we would lose three fabulous rock n rollers... I guess
I can be thankful that Waylon didn't get on that plane because
in the summer of '64 I would hear his first solo release and
become a huge fan for the rest of my life... my walls at my
office were covered with RnR memorabilia, including Buddy's
autographed picture and a beautiful picture of his tomb stone
from one of my Law Partners... They now grace the walls of my
daughter's home... I also have a huge curio cabinet that my
daughter is not to open till I die... man will she be blown
away! So for me and many others I can tell you that the Music
NEVER dies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: Birthdays
Happy Birthday to Suzanne COWAN ('71) on the 3rd. Hope you
have a good one????
We're entering into a spate of several Bombers and non-Bombers
birthdays. My significant other's is the 7th. She's an
Egyptian, Coptic Christian, but doesn't believe in Birthdays
as a special day. I do, always have, so you'll see several
others in the near future. CROUCH ('71) and FRANCO ('70)
you're next.
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ from Plano, TX where we're in the high
50s and going to be in the low 80s next week. Eat your
heart out, Richland!!!!!!!!
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/04/17
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65)
Mike FRANCO ('70)
Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon ANDERSON ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Randy BUCHANAN ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John BAILEY ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tom CRIGLER ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Merilyn SMITH ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larry CROUCH ('71)
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>>From: Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65)
Denny JOHNSON ('62wb-RIP) passed away Wednesday, February 1,
2017, in Las Vegas, NV after a short illness. No service is
planned at this time.
-Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65)
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>>From: Mike FRANCO ('70)
To: Brad WEAR ('71)
I really appreciate the birthday wish, ESPECIALLY three days
early. In case anything happens to me between now and Monday I
will have your wishes with me (?).
Finishing another perfect stay here in Puerto Vallarta.
Heading for L.A. for visit with daughter's family. Whoever
said grand children are the best WAY under stated that!
And please do NOT forget on Monday to wish a VERY happy
birthday to The Bambino: George Herman "Babe" Ruth. My
favorite Ruth photo was him standing in the doorway of his
hotel in New York, signing autographs for two little kids. The
Babe was wearing a robe hanging open to show his undershirt
and boxers. As he signed he had a huge cigar in his mouth.
That picture so inspired me that years later I tried my first
Swisher Sweets at Regionals in Spokane. As Paul SINCLAIR
('70), George DANA ('70-RIP) and others discovered NOTHING
went well with CHERRY VODKA. Still makes me shutter!
-Mike FRANCO ('70)
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: Birthday Boy
Happy Birthday to a guy I've known since sophomore year at
Col-Hi. We've hunted, fished, built cars, chased women, and
partied together for many years. Although he now lives in
Kansas we still maintain a friendship. Happy Birthday to
Larry CROUCH ('71)!!!! Hope you have a good one.
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in cool Plano, TX but it's to be in 80s
next week!
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/05/17
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Ken HEMINGER ('56)
Pat DORISS ('65)
Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Anthony King, aka Corey MORRIS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David MERRILL ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary DAVIS ('75)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Travis STREGE ('96)
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>>From:Ken HEMINGER ('56)
Re: Nostalgia
I received this today and after reading it, knew there are
readers in the Sandstorm who will definitely relate to this,
I know I did!!
No doubt this, or something like it has been around before.
But... it can still serve as a poke in the ribs as a reminder
of the bliss we unknowingly had back then...
HOW'S THIS FOR NOSTALGIA?
All the girls had gym uniforms?
Nobody owned a purebred dog?
When a quarter was a decent allowance?
You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
Your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces?
You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked,
and gas pumped, without asking, all for free,
every time?
And you didn't pay for air? And, you got trading
stamps to boot?
Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or
towels hidden inside the box?
It was considered a great privilege to be taken
out to dinner at a real restaurant with your
parents?
They threatened to keep kids back a grade if
they failed... and they did it!
When a '57 Chevy was everyone's dream car... to
cruise, peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine
races, and people went steady
No one ever asked where the car keys were
because they were always in the car, in the
ignition, and the doors were never locked?
Lying on your back in the grass with your
friends and saying things like, 'That cloud
looks like a...'?
Playing baseball with no adults to help kids
with the rules of the game?
Stuff from the store came without safety caps
and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried
to poison a perfect stranger?
And with all our progress, don't you just wish,
just once, you could slip back in time and savor
the slower pace, and share it with the children
of today.
When being sent to the principal's office was
nothing compared to the fate that awaited the
student at home?
Basically we were in fear for our lives, but it
wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs,
gangs, etc.
Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger
threat!
But we survived because their love was greater
than the threat.
..as well as summers filled with bike rides,
Hula Hoops, and visits to the pool, and eating
Kool-Aid powder with sugar.
Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say,
'Yeah, I remember that'?
I am sharing this with you today because it
ended with a Double-Dog Dare to pass it on.
To remember what a Double-Dog Dare is, read on.
And remember that the perfect age is somewhere
between old enough to know better and too young
to care.
Send this on to someone who can still remember
Howdy Doody and The Peanut Gallery, the Lone
Ranger, The Shadow knows, Nellie Bell, Roy and
Dale, Trigger and Buttermilk.
Candy cigarettes.
Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
inside.
Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles.
Coffee shops with Table Side Jukeboxes.
Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum.
Home milk delivery in glass bottles with
cardboard stoppers.
Newsreels before the movie.
Telephone numbers with a word prefix...
(Yukon 2-601). Party lines.
Peashooters.
Hi-Fi's & 45 RPM records.
78 RPM records!
Green Stamps.
Mimeograph paper.
The Fort Apache Play Set.
Do You Remember a Time When... Decisions were
made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'?
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming,
'Do Over!'? 'Race issue' meant arguing about who
ran the fastest?
Catching The Fireflies Could Happily Occupy An
Entire Evening?
It wasn't odd to have two or three 'Best Friends'?
Having a Weapon in School meant being caught
with a Slingshot?
Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute
commercials for action figures?
'Oly-oly-oxen-free' made perfect sense?
Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down
was cause for giggles?
The Worst Embarrassment was being picked last
for a team?
War was a card game?
Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any
bike into a motorcycle?
Taking drugs meant orange flavored chewable aspirin?
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon?
If you can remember most or all of these, Then
You Have Lived!
Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from
their 'Grown-Up' Life . . I Double-Dog-Dare-Ya!
-Ken HEMINGER ('56) ~ Great Falls, MT - A balmy 14°
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>>From: Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
Re: Ladies of '65 February 2017 Lunch
The "Classy Ladies of '65" will be getting together this
Friday at the Gaslight Bar & Grill in Richland to celebrate
surviving the worst snowy weather we've had since 1993...
Catch up on recent news and gossip, celebrate a couple of
birthdays, and enjoy each others' company!
If you're a Class of '65 Lady and would like to join us,
contact me and I'll add you to our headcount!
WHEN: Friday, February 10th, 2016
TiME: 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
WHERE: Gaslight Bar & Grill, 99 Lee Blvd, Richland
If you'd like to join us, please contact me!
-Pat DORISS Trimble ('65) ~ West Richland
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: Birthday Boy
Happy Birthday to a guy who missed his calling in life. He
should have been a stand up comedian. With his side kick
George DANA ('70-RIP) they gave us some of the most
entertaining skits at the pep rallies. A big Happy Birthday
to Mike FRANCO ('70). Enjoy your grand child and I hope you
have a great B day!!!!!
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in cool Plano, TX where the "light front"
goose hunting is phenomenal! No limit, no plug in your
gun, and recorded calls are legal!!!!!
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/06/17
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Marilynn WORKING ('54)
Bill SCOTT ('64)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Becky SKARSHAUG ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John COLE ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gene DUMLER ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary BENNETT ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike FRANCO ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lisa RICCOBUONO ('75)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lori RAEKES ('81)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Erin HASKINS ('86)
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>>From: Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54)
Re: Gloria ADAMS Fulcher ('54) Update
Gloria has moved to a new retirement facility. You can send
cards to her at Fieldstone, 7255 Grandridge Blvd., Kennewick,
WA 99336
She will be going to see her son on the East coast from
February 17 to 28th. Gloria has physical therapy twice a week
and says her shoulder is still bothering her, but she is
recovering, slowly, but surely!! When the weather warms up and
the snow is gone, Gloria will be going to her home in
Ferndale, WA for the summer and will return to Fieldstone in
the fall. She would love to hear from you!!!!
-Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54) ~ Pasco where it is
spitting rain and trying to melt the snow. Six more
weeks of winter and probably more cold and snowy weather
for us!!
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>>From: Bill SCOTT ('64)
Re: Nostalgia
Ken HEMINGER's ('56) sharing of the nostalgia piece in
yesterday's SS was one of the most perfect odes to the good
'ol days I have ever read. Thanks to Ken for sharing a warm
and wonderful collection of things and events that are lost to
us now in this new "sophisticated" society. How wonderful it
would be if we could take a time machine trip each year and
spend the summer as a kid in the Richland we knew in the '50s
and '60s. Ken's piece covered a lot of bases, but here's a few
I'll add about growing up in Richland: Remember.. Not locking
the house when we went out because there was no reason to;
watching Fury: the story of a boy and his horse, or Sky King,
or Jet Jackson (crime-fighting jet pilot) on TV; Joe Doakes
appearing from behind the giant 8 ball in the comedy shorts
before the movies, listening to "The Shadow" and "Johnny
Dollar, Private Eye"; "Gunsmoke" and "The Lone Ranger", on the
radio, watching "Uncle Jimmy's Clubhouse", swimming at the old
Navy pool at the Pasco Airport, or later, trying to dodge the
cold showers on the way to entering George Prout Memorial
Pool, Kiwanis Pancake Breakfasts, the giant watermelon in the
Atomic Frontier Days parade, picking wild asparagus in the big
field north of the Uptown shopping center, summers at the
Riding Academy, the old Rose Bowl sewage treatment plant at
Richland's south entrance, the old dog pound at the same site,
the Columbia flooding up to the dike behind the Desert Inn,
and lastly, remembering the original name of what was to
become West Richland: Heminger City, and now wondering if Ken
has any connection to it? [He does, Bill. I'll let Ken explain
the connection. -Maren]
-Bill SCOTT ('64) ~ from chilly Sherwood, OR where forecasters
say more snow could be on the way.
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: He ain't heavy
I've said it before... just cuz a kid may be "littler" don't
mean he can't be yer hero... of course back inna day 15
minutes older could be a big deal but once beyond 5 things
kind of even out... korse, that didn't really do me much good
as I was drooling over Senior girls my Sophomore year... If I
hadda big brother I am pretty sure I'd want him to be like
this guy... for those of you who are not aware of the Quilts
of Valor program, this Bomber, along with his partner in
honor, Mick HEMPHILL ('66) have taken it upon themselves to
spearhead the Washington program to honor vets of all wars
with quilts made by local quilters. A number of Bombers have
been nominated and received quilts in truly amazing and tear
jerking celebrations... It's ok that they now use their growed
up names steada "Johnny" and "Mickey", though I seem always
to call the hometown kids by the names I knew them by inna
day... so HAPPY BIRTHDAY, John COLE ('66) on your special day,
February 6, 2017!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/07/17
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1 Bomber sent stuff today:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim WATTS ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jerry RICE ('71)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Well, the tide in the basement is slowly receding; been a lot
of rain lately, but not quite 40 days/nights worth yet.
Going along with the "Tooter's" ('65) premise that it is
probably for the best in not calling people by their "little
kid" names. Don't believe the last person who called today's
Bomber birthday guy by that is among the living. I don't think
anyone I knew ever called him that. You could run but you
couldn't hide forever.
All that being said; a tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a
"Happy Birthday!" for Jim WATTS ('54). Keep going, don't know
if the first one to reach 90 wins or not, but it will be
close.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
rain is still in the forecast.
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/08/17
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Frank DeVINCENTIS ('56), Ken HEMINGER ('56)
Larry MATTINGLY ('60), Tedd CADD ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janice PIERCE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Christy WATSON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: MaryAnne GRENINGER ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cathy LEMLER ('74)
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>>From: Frank DeVINCENTIS ('56)
Re: Happy belated
Happy belated birthday wishes to Jim WATTS ('54) on the 7th,
big brother to my good friend growing up in Richland Dave
WATTS ('56-RIP). I miss he and think of all the good times we
had and how I always looked forward to my trips to Richland so
we could spend time together playing golf and laughing in the
T Room. Hope you had a great day, Jim, with many more to come.
-Frank, the old Bahstonian.
-Frank DeVINCENTIS ('56)
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>>From: Ken HEMINGER ('56)
Re: Heminger City
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Hem/170208-00.htm
In response to Bill SCOTT's ('64) Query.
Yes, I have a connection to what was once Heminger City.
Carl Heminger the founder, was my father.
We moved from Michigan to what's now the West Richland area in
1947
At that time only a little town called Enterprise was there,
and was located on the east side of the irrigation ditch.
The story is long but to keep it short, the area where my dad
decided to make a town was on the west side of the irrigation
ditch and absolutely barren.
Nothing but sage brush, cheat grass, tumbleweeds and
Jackrabbits.
The irrigation ditch was a boundary between what would be
Heminger City and Enterprise.
His ambition was to have something lasting that would bear his
name after he was gone, and he worked hard to make it happen.
I'm not totally sure what happened as I was a young teenager,
and building cities wasn't uppermost in my priorities..
But, from what I remember everything was going fine,
businesses were being constructed and lots were being sold for
housing.
The way I remember it, folks in Enterprise were seeing this
and decided that Heminger City should be renamed Enterprise.
This didn't sit well with the residents of Heminger City and a
feud started.
One saying it should all be Enterprise and the other saying it
should all be Heminger City.
At some point the feud was settled by renaming the whole place
West Richland.
-Ken HEMINGER ('56)
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>>From: Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
Re: Heminger City
In the period circa 1948 to 1955 I remember going through
"Heminger City" headed either to Benton City to visit friends,
or over to the Twin Bridges area to go fishing. Bass in the
summer and white fish in the winter. I liked to catch them but
hated the taste of fish. As I got older and learned how
polluted the Yakima River was said to be, I am glad I did not
eat any of the fish. Even having been in some of the finest
fish restaurants in some parts of Europe and Asia I still very
rarely eat fish. I think that is where I learned to like well
prepared vegetable dishes, and even goat in the middle east.
In Italy visiting an Italian Fireworks company I was served
some broiled parsnips basted with garlic butter wine sauce.
Yummy! I fix them once in a while but they are not as good as
done in northern Italy. Whops, I am digressing... sorry. I
also think I remember driving through an area that was called
"Enterprise" but I cannot recall where it was. Perhaps on the
last bit of the road going to Benton City? Now I can barely
recognize anything in that area.
Jackie and I are off in April to the island of Malta again.
This time the trip is financed by a new partner who has
obtained the North American rights to manufacture and sell
some sophisticated apparatus for Display Fireworks, and
Special Effects. As soon as all is up and running we will be
attending conventions and meetings to sell the line in all of
North America and perhaps other areas as may come up.
I am semi-retired at Entertainment Fireworks but still do some
events there. I have 3 on my desk right now. My health is
holding reasonably well at 75 so I keep moving albiet it a bit
slower now.
-J. Larry MATTINGLY ('60) ~ 9 Inches of rare snow in driveway
this AM south Tacoma
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Larry, Link to Heminger City pictures that Ken sent. Maren
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Hem/170208-00.htm]
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
Re: Little Kid Names (Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54))
Up through grade school at Lewis and Clark, I was Teddy.
That is, except for a stretch in 4th grade where we had three
Theodores in a class. One remained Teddy, no change. One got
to be Ted (that had a nice grown up feel). And I was Theodore.
It probably wouldn't have been so bad except it was the era of
the Chipmunks.
To the point, though: CJ Mitchell lived across the street on
Adams (903) and his kids were our playmates. I was still
"Teddy" when we moved from there to 808 Winslow.
CJ joined Battelle some time after I was hired. One day
walking past his office, I decided to stop in to say hello.
Imagine my surprise when he jumped up, thrust his hand out
across his desk and greeted me with a loud and enthusiastic,
"Teddy!"
Having left the ending "y" off the name three decades earlier,
it was actually kinda refreshing.
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Jim McKEOWN ('53), David RIVERS ('65)
Betti AVANT ('69), Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cheryl WEIHERMILLER ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim PATTON ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Karen MOORE ('75)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Yvonne LING ('75)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rob HAUSENBUILLER ('93)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY: Carl DVORAK ('58) & Shirley ARMSTRONG ('61)
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>>From: Jim McKEOWN ('53)
Re: Happy Belated B'day
Happy belated birthday to Big Jim WATTS ('54) [on 2/7]], my
crazy golfing partner in the '50s... rain, sleet, nor snow
could stop us from hitting the par 3 between Richland and
Kennewick... man, we were not the sharpest knife in the
drawer, but we did love it.
-Jim McKEOWN ('53) ~ from very, very wet Sacramento... already
over our annual rainfall
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: The heat is on
And so it begins again as it does every year on this date.
Will it be another year of gold stars or will I be tied up and
thrown in the Columbia river sometime in June... I think but
as usual, am not totally sure that I have 3 years of gold
stars so far inna row... but that can change in an instant...
all I gotta do is ferget a WEIHERMILLER birthday and it's an
entire year of torment and daily repercussions... I ain't
sayin' that one a these girls is mean... she just don't ferget
nuthin'... I mean nuthin'... come to think of it I know a
couple a girls like that...
Well, I finally got through alla red tape of the insurance
company so that I get to make my first trip to the knife lady
to get my cataracts removed... this is just the prelim... but
I am closer every day... everyone I have talked to has said it
was like having a veil removed... Laura PARKER ('65) said the
colors were amazing... it has got to where I am very reluctant
to drive at night... a few weeks ago I was judging Mock
trials and we got finished after dark... now first off, I
never go to the University in the first place so I was very
uncomfortable... the first night I got so lost it reminded me
of my first trip to Vegas back in the '60s and this was a tiny
town back then... at night I couldn't see the mountains so
just hadda go by hotels half of which I've never seen
before... the second night was "cinchie"...
The other day I was reminded of one of the most embarrassing
episodes of my adult life... the year was 2010, and I was
asked to announce the b-ball game with Gary WEBB ('64) and
Roger FISHBACK ('62) as the time keepers... I sat through the
game silent not having a clue what a sports announcer did...
all I could manage was "and the Bombers score again" now and
then... arrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh the shame of it I shall never live
down (at least in my own mind)... I recalled it as I was
reporting a blow by blow of an Appellate Hearing, with my co-
anchor Dave HANTHORN ('63)... I had no trouble calling the
fouls, the bonehead moves and the dubious questions of the
Judges, one of whom was a favorite Law Professor from my
school days... I think it is called knowing your limitations..
On a more somber note, I have been remiss in not letting the
Sandstorm gang know that Denny JOHNSON ('62wb-RIP) passed the
night of February 1, 2017. Denny left Richland I think after
6th grade but returned to live off and on and rekindled many
friendships. He was living in Vegas when he passed and had
been a member of the Donut Delinquents... Thanks to Jimmy
HEIDLEBAUGH ('65) for giving me the heads up so I could pass
it on to his many friends.
So now for the Big news n wishing HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Cheryl
WEIHERMILLER ('60) and "Shorty" WATKINS (Bomber Mom RIP) on
your special day, February, 9, 2017!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: All Bomber Lunch
Yes, we still have snow with more expected today but will then
warm up and be rain by Friday. Why not come to the All Bomber
Lunch on Saturday, 11February at 11:30 at Sterlings on
Queensgate. We have had some good turnouts since changing our
venue and the menu is more varied. Come and meet some old
friends or make new ones.
-Betti AVANT ('69) ~ Richland
-Margaret EHRIG Dunn ('61)
-Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: Birthdays
Man I can't believe I missed Jerry RICE's ('71) birthday
on the 7th... probably because it's the same day as my
significant other's birthday as well. A little distraction
for sure. Hope you had a good one. A Col-Hi and WSU buddy.
Like me, can't run anymore.
Now the next guy you'd never have guessed would have been a
Naval officer. But he was, and a senior one at that. Happy
Birthday to Jim PATTON ('71). I hope you have a good one!!!!!
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in warm, warm Plano, TX where I might
plant my spring garden this week!!!!
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Deedee WILLOX ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Harold KENITZER ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda WOODS ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Diane HUFF ('66)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
The tide in the basement has ebbed, and is rising again. May
continue through the week.
Here we are on the 10th of February. My youngest great-
granddaughter just celebrated her first birthday. My youngest
son turns 50 on the 21st. Mere milestones that almost become
as important as the celebration of a Bomber birthday. It seems
he can't make up his mind to live in either the Sacramento
area or a ranch house on either Cottonwood or Birch. His major
claim to fame is that he kissed Pat DUFFY ('54) twice during
Homecoming. I think he was chairman or something on the
committee and she was Home Coming Queen. After that it has
been sort of down hill.
A tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!" to
Harold KENITZER ('54) on this momentous occasion. I would
suggest to Marla ('55) that she not use real marbles in making
the birthday cake.
A note to the Junior Gyrene ('65) on his pending surgery:
With the latest equipment, it will be over with quickly.
The longest period will be waiting for the procedure and
recovering afterward. And you will be awake throughout, so
make the most of it. And wear the really dark shades when
leaving to go home; you'd be surprised on how light it is
out there.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
it is still soggy.
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>>From: Deedee WILLOX Loiseau ('64)
To: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Cataract Surgery
My husband (who, at 81, is a lot older than you & I) had
cataract surgery in June. He had them on both eyes. They did
the pre-lim like you talked about. Two weeks later (they have
to order the new lens), he got the left eye done; he had to
go back the next day for a check-up. He said that at first it
felt like the lens wasn't in the right place, but the doctor
assured him it was. It just took about a week for him to see
as well as before he got the cataracts. Two weeks later, he
had the right eye done, including the follow-up visit the next
day. He is a happy camper, but he still can't read a menu
without glasses. "Honey, what does this say?" "Oh, get your
stupid glasses!"
We celebrated our 40th anniversary last September. Someone
asked me the secret to a long marriage and I said, "We fight
every day!" Hahahaha
-Deedee Willox Loiseau ('64), in Burbank, WA where we just
got another 8" of white stuff. My stamp club is
cancelled for tomorrow, and that's IMPORTANT!
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4 Bombers sent stuff today:
Curt DONAHUE ('53), Jim McKEOWN ('53)
Pete BEAULIEU ('62), Linda REINING ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Peggy JOHNSON ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda CARTER ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: John and Paul WAGGONER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim HAUN ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Drew COUGHREN ('86)
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>>From: Curt DONAHUE ('53)
Re: Cataract Surgery
When I was going through the pre-op, I told the nurse that I
was nervous about the surgery. She said, "You have had two
open heart surgeries and you're nervous about this? This is a
piece of cake!" And it was... both times.
-Curt DONAHUE ('53) ~ Pasco
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>>From: Jim McKEOWN ('53)
Re: Happy Birthday
A big Happy Birthday to good friend Harold KENITZER ('54) on
2/10... I'm sure that Marla is planning a big fete... like
Lamb, with Quiche for breakfast... NO? Darn! Anyway, stay out
of the snow up there in West Point... not the one in New York,
but the one in the California Sierras...
Hugs and kisses from Edna.
-Jim McKEOWN ('53) ~ in very wet Sacramento
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Re: Hemminger City
Maybe wannabe Hemminger City ended up absorbed into big-time
Richland, but there's still the mystery how any crossroads
could be tagged as a "city." When I was six (1950) my paternal
grandmother came out West for the very first time to visit Dad
and his family were among all those who came to Richland six
years earlier during the boomtown days of 1944. We always
loved those visits, but the first one is especially fixed in
memory.
At first look, the desolation of the eastern Washington
scablands was most startling and depressing to Grandma Dorcine
from Duluth, Minnesota (author John Gunther, in his "Inside
the USA," proposed that Duluth was the most beautiful name
for any city in the land). So, Dad thought a short Sunday
afternoon ride a few miles farther west might pick things
up. Why not take a family field trip through West Richland/
Hemminger City all the way to Benton CITY. Wow, just over the
horizon is a real "city" after all! Maybe even a department
store.
I vividly remember the sinking moans in the back seat of our
cramped green Fraser as we rounded the final bend, and below
us was a the city in all its glory. Another uppity cross
roads. What could one say? After all, to local eyes this was a
destination attraction-and "a river ran through it." And as
for local sites, besides the scattered trees there was "twin
bridges" which was always exciting to my identical twin
brother and me.
To cap things off, we angled south to the foot of the Horse
Heaven Hills and then switched gears for the mile or two
westward again up the long and lane-and-a-half wide back road
to the top. No guard rails, not even now. Constant shrieking
from the back seat which was wet long before we got to the
top. What a great view of split-level and windswept desolation
in all directions. After such a successful family outing
Richland seemed more like the great metropolis that it is,
not as beautiful "Duluth" but "Rich"-land, and an even bigger
river still runs through it.
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ Shoreline, WA
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
To: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Cataract Surgery
Had my right eye done the beginning of January... I was in
"la-la land", so didn't feel a thing. I am the BIGGEST BABY
when it comes to needles, so I was a nervous wreck, at the
thought of a needle coming anywhere near my face, but they
gave me a "shot in the arm" and I don't remember anything
after that! The entire procedure took about 15 minutes... it
was the "waiting" that was the most nerve-wracking! And I get
SO nervous, that I almost didn't get it done, since my blood
pressure "spiked" to 190/110 and the doctor was worried I'd
"stroke out" on the table! I finally convinced him that it was
"white coat" syndrome, so he did the surgery. The hardest part
for me was having to wear a patch over my eye, at night so
that I didn't scratch or rub my eye in my sleep. Had to wear
it for ten nights. As far as "seeing bright colors" I haven't
noticed any difference. I still need the glasses for reading
and "close work" since my insurance would only pay for the
"standard lens", but if you have better insurance, you can opt
for a lens with your prescription in it and you won't even
need reading glasses. take care, my friend.
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ we still have snow in Kuna, ID and
another storm is predicted for today(Friday).
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4 Bombers sent stuff today::
Tim SMYTH ('62), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
David RIVERS ('65), Betti AVANT ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carol HAYNES ('51)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat CALDWELL ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Shanon LAYBOURN ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: James Hodge ('71NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janeen THORNTON ('73)
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>>From: Tim SMYTH ('62)
To: Pete BEAULIEU ('62) about Benton City
Pete, thanks for your post. It brought back memories of my
Dad. With a pile of kids, we didn't have excess funds for
vacations.
Every so often, one of us would ask if we could go on a
vacation. "OK, I'll take you on a vacation. Get in the car"
he would say.
So all would pile into the '49 Pontiac fake woodie wagon and
meander to Benton City. When we got back home, he would.
"Now, there's your vacation for this year". Good Memories...
[I recall going out to Benton City to visit Mom
& Dad's friends there... they lived in the
middle of a peach orchard and we "got to" pick
peaches that Mom would can in big quart Mason
jars... and I remember Dad taking us on vacation
to watch the Indians in Horn Rapids (?) fish. -Maren]
-Tim SMYTH ('62) ~ from sunny Anna Maria Island, FL
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2017 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race ~ 20 days till start
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
Official start Saturday, 3/4/17, 10am (AK time) in Anchorage
Official RE-start has been moved to Fairbanks, 10am (AK time)
Monday 3/6/17. They will run the same trail as they did in
the 2015 race... lack of snow in the Alaska Range leg of the
race was a decisive factor. "We don't feel it's safe enough to
run," race Marshall Nordman said.
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 68° at 1am
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: weather?
OK this is becoming some kinda cosmic joke... Richland has
snow snow snow and today I was talking to Jimmie ADAIR ('67)
onna phone and it was sunny and 70°... half an hour later, it
was pouring rain and had dropped below 60! No longer unique,
different or funny... Time for a move to abeeeaauuuuuuteeeful
spring... But I am counting the days till I getta go visit the
cataract Doc and get a date for the light!!!!!!!! yes! On a
more somber note, Linda BELLISTON ('63) found an obituary for
our very own Lynn (Lynner the Spinner) BRYSON ('57-RIP) my
favorite Tri-cities Jock, reflecting that Lynn had passed
away in 2005... I was very sorry to hear that... If Linda
ever says anything... take it as gospel...
Lynn's obit in the Herald
nuff said. So HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Freddie SCHAFER ('63-RIP),
Shanon LAYBOURN ('65), and Pat CALDWELL ('65) on your special
day, February 12, 2017!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: All Bomber lunch
Well, I guess the sunshine won out as we had a small turnout
of 8 for the February All Bomber lunch. Those attending were;
Betti AVANT ('69), Glen ROSE ('58) and spouse Carol Rose (NAB),
Pat JONES DeBattista ('58) and spouse Gene DeBattista (NAB,
Margaret EHRIG Dunn ('6l), Lorin St.JOHN ('55) and spouse
Phyllis St.John (NAB). They had an extra couple of tables we
could have had set up if need be as each table seats 4. This
is an invite to any Bombers in the area to come by next month
and visit with us. It's always the 2nd Saturday of the month
at Sterlings on Queensgate at 11:30.
-Betti AVANT ('69) ~ Richland
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4 Bombers sent stuff today:
Pete BEAULIEU ('62), Marc LEACH ('63)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66), Lynn-Marie HATCHER ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeff CURTIS ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kenny WRIGHT ('63)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Wayne WALLACE & Elva McGHAN ('50)
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Re: Benton City and Beyond
Tim SMYTH ('62) adds to my comments on their Benton City
vacation, and his sister Maren SMYTH ('63 & 64) recalls
another family vacation visiting the equally-nearby Indian
fishing platforms at Horn Rapids Dam on the Yakima River.
This thread on local trips can be stretched a bit farther.
In April 1961 a tribe of Bombers embarked on an overland
journey upriver, starting at an early morning drop-off point
at Horn Rapids Dam. The agenda was to hike along the north
side of the Yakima River to Prosser, the county seat. Back
packs and sleeping bags were part of the ruffian costume.
The back road explorers were me, brother John BEAULIEU ('62),
Gaynor DAWSON ('65) and Lee MICHELS ('62). Armed with USGS
contour maps we charted a westward course over hill and canyon
for thirty miles in the first day, and then for the return
about the same distance eastbound along the south side of the
river.
The great adventure included the discovery of a few dead
coyotes and other episodes. One such episode has to do with
a few hours in the Prosser jail...
Arriving late in the day at Prosser, our suspicious-looking
band moseyed up to the counter at the west side Prosser
bowling alley. We hoped our pre-grown fledgling beards would
not go unnoticed. One cautious Sharon Harrison served up the
sarsaparilla, or whatever-and before long in ambles her ample
father, Benton County Sheriff Pete Harrison, totin' a badge
and sidearm. Some exploratory bantering before we pass muster,
and then we're invited to roll out our sleeping bags in the
city park.
This is Spring break, but the temperature drops below
freezing... ice forms on the sleeping bags... a full moon
stares down silently from overhead... a lonely dog barks about
a quarter mile away. No sleep, so at 3:00 we pack up to head
east toward Richland, with the thought of grabbing some shut-
eye after the sun comes up.
Swish... a police car cruises within range and stops. The one
local cop in this one-horse town makes inquiry. He offers his
one-cell jail, if we are interested. "It's warm in there," he
says. Sounds good. The tight cell measures seven feet by seven
feet, with two fold-down wooden pallets chained to walls which
are painted silver to hide the dirt. Says the officer, "I'll
leave the jail bars locked open; if you leave before I get
back at 8:00, be sure to lock the front door behind you; don't
answer the phone; and don't mess with anything on my [very
messy] desk." On the way out the door his holster snags on the
doorknob and-repeating what must be a rehearsed habit-he just
jerks loose and slams the door.
Brother John observes: "one of these days that guy is gonna
shoot himself in the butt." We drift into head-ache
unconsciousness. At 7:30am we are on our way. About a month
later we notice a short article in the Tri-City Herald
opposite the funnies. The constable has been treated and
discharged from the Prosser hospital. I seems that while
leaving his office "he accidentally discharged his loaded
weapon which fired at very close range into his right
buttock." You just can't make this stuff up.
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ Shoreline, WA
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>>From: Marc LEACH ('63)
Re: Lynn BRYSON ('57-RIP), trials and Tribulations
Lynn on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCAousW4ynM
-Marc LEACH ('63)
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>>From:Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Bomber Basketball
"Mid-Columbia roundup: Richland boys top Ferris,
a win away from state."
Tyler Kurtz scored 22 points and Cole Northrop
17 to lead the Richland boys to a 64-57 win over
the Ferris Saxons in a Mid-Columbia
Conference/Greater Spokane League 4A sub-
regional semifinal Saturday in Spokane.
Riley Sorn added 10 points, 11 rebounds and
seven blocks for Richland, which sank 19 of 21
free throws (91 percent).
The victory puts the Bombers (17-4) a win away
from a state berth. They will host GSL top seed
Gonzaga Prep (21-1) on Friday.
Girls Basketball: Central Valley 63, Richland 35
Maysun Wellsandt scored 12 points to lead the
Bombers, who didn't have much success slowing
down the CV express in the MCC/GSL 4A sub-
regional.
Lacie Hull had a triple-double for Central
Valley with 15 points, 10 rebounds and 10
assists. Lexie Hull scored a game-high 16 for
the Bears (22-0), who have won 50 in a row.
Richland (11-10) plays at Chiawana on Tuesday.
CV plays GSL rival Gonzaga Prep on Friday."
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland where our snow
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>>From:Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
Re: "Vacations" to Benton City/Kiona
First, although it's true that I seldom write in to the
Sandstorm any more, reading it is an important little
highlight in my day. Thank you all for your contributions ---
nostalgic, delightful, tearful, funny, thoughtful. I'm truly
honored to be a Bomber, & very glad to be a Sandstorm
subscriber.
Tim SMYTH ('62) & Maren ('63 & '64) made comments about
"vacations" to Benton City. My family invariably went to Salt
Lake City every summer for a week to see my Dad's side of the
family. (A few years when we were more flush, we rented a
travel trailer & took a 2nd vacation to the Oregon Coast.)
But the "mini-vacations" to Kiona/Benton City happened maybe
2-3 times a year. And they were the best! Spontaneous, but
they required ideal weather conditions (rain) coinciding with
Daddy having a day off. They were heralded by "it's ride-in-
the-rain-time" by Dad. Knowing that rain was pretty rare, &
unlikely to last for long, we dropped everything & headed for
the car.
These trips always involved ice cream - usually purchased at
Tastee Freeze on the way out of town. But way, way back (I
was 2 or 3) it seems to me that we were able to get ice cream
at a little place out in Kiona (when it still existed as a
separate) "town".
(Can anyone, perhaps a bit older than I am, confirm the once-
existence of a little store or ice cream stand or... ?????
... out in Kiona?)
It really IS the little things in life.
-Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka (68) ~ Haven Farm, Idaho ~~ Sunny
today. Emerging from the most freakishly daunting winter
of the 12 that I have lived here. Most snow on the
ground in years prior - 6" for maybe a week. This year,
over two months of continuous snow & ice cover --
topping out at 3 feet.
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Lynn-Marie, We went to SLC, too!! To visit Dad's mother, but
there's no way we could all go at once... it seems each summer
either Mom or Dad would take one or two of us and head for SLC
while the rest of us stayed home. The summer I was 13 or 14
Mom took Tim ('62 - with his brand new driver's license) and I
forget who else... I was the "woman of the house"... youngest
brother was not yet 2 and Dad didn't like the fact that his
hair hadn't been cut to look like a little boy yet, so he
took care of that probably before Mom and Tim were out of WA.
Another thing that happened that summer, 3 or 4 year old
little sister was watching me fry bacon in the electric
skillet. When she got down, her foot caught on the cord and
hot bacon grease spilled all over her little butt. Dad sure
got out of bed that morning!!! I remember being so embarrassed
that he used Kotex pads to dress the tiny burned butt. AND I
had my first period that summer when my Mother was in SLC.
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Janet MARTIN ('53), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Mary ROSE ('60), Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Bill SCOTT ('64), David RIVERS ('65)
Mike FRANCO ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill GRIFFIN ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill ROE ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Vicki MOSLEY ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Esther "Deon" HOLLIS ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Val GHIRARDO ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Diane CARPENTER ('72)
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>>From: Janet MARTIN Erichsen ('53)
Yes, there was a ice cream drive-in at Lions. It was called
Bob's Stop and Go. Bob & Ruth Dunlap owned it. She ran the
place & Bob worked at Hanford. He also was a brilliant
artist..
-Janet MARTIN Erichsen ('53)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
The sun is still shining, but rain is in the forecast for the
end of the week. So, it's Valentine's Day (or, if you prefer:
Valentimes or Balentimes as some children would pronounce it.
Which means cards, flowers, candy and other such things. If
the cholates don't come in heart shaped box, dump the guy he
has no couth.
However, if you happened to have been born on this day, you
got more going for you than if you were born on Christmas, but
not much. Doesn't help if your fellow classmates find out
either.
'Nuff said. A tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy
Birthday!" to Bill GRIFFIN ('54) on this occasion. I just hope
Carol ('56) is letting him off from snow shoveling duties long
enough to have him get a pizza from the local parlor.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR See
above for latest on weather.
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>>From: Mary ROSE Tansy ('60)
I have to jump in here on this discussion Lynn-Marie ('68) and
Maren ('63 & '64).
We made lots of trips around to West Richland, Kiona/Benton
City too. We spent lots of time, after a big Sunday dinner,
in North Richland where my father taught my mother to drive on
the old roads where the trailers had been. I think all of us
learned to drive out there eventually. One thing most enjoyed
by our family and the Clem's (our aunt and uncle & cousins)
was to go to Mt. Rainier. I was quite young but we have
pictures of those trips.
I was lucky enough to have a friend, Delores Dawson, who was
my same age and her parents traveled around a lot and they
always took me with them to be with Delores. We went as far
away as Walla Walla, Prosser, Yakima, and of course Benton
City and lots of small towns. I remember the name White Swan?
Sometimes we stayed overnight as they were from that area and
had relatives to visit and stay with. I remember going to
Prosser with them one summer and they had booths set up in the
park for each state. You would go to the booth of the state
you were from and get little items. Lots of entertainment
going on too. I remember lots of ice cream cones and picnics
on those trips. Mr. and Mrs. Dawson were super people. I had
my first grilled cheese sandwich with Mr. Dawson and Delores
at Pennywise Drug Store on the corner of Thayer and Williams.
He was a fireman at Hanford and worked shifts so he was home
sometimes during the day.
Later my mom and dad went back to see relatives in Arkansas
and my older sisters and brother took care of us little ones.
I did not do too well under their supervision. I remember
having to go to bed hungry as I would not eat dried beef on
toast that they fixed one night!!! To this day I cannot eat
that stuff!! My dad and oldest brother Charles ('50-RIP) hitch
hiked? back to Arkansas around that time and bought a car
and drove it home. A green Pontiac. After we got the green
Pontiac, we started making trips to Arkansas about every 5?
years. I absolutely loved having relatives and so enjoyed
those trips. One thing that really stands out in my mind is my
older sister Ginger ('55) turning green as we wove thru the
Ozarks (she is going to kill me if she sees this entry). The
next one was a pink Pontiac and a big tank of a car. That is
the one I learned to drive in and was allowed to drive my
friends to school in from time to time. My dad bought a car
every 10 years and they looked like brand new when he gave
them up, even the engine, and as I remember he always went to
Arkansas to buy them.
After all the kids were gone except me, as I was the youngest,
they went to the Oregon Coast for vacation. I got to take my
friend Jessie WILLOUGHBY ('60) and we had lots of tun. We were
at Seaside and in those days there was lots going on along the
beach. Lots of salt water taffy!! Memories....
PS: I always thought the kids that got to live in West
Richland and Benton City were so lucky. They had horses,
animals, and farms!!
[AND they got to ride the bus to school while
the rest of us had to walk. Both ways,, uphill.
-Maren]
-Mary ROSE Tansy ('60)
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Shoebox - check
Red crepe paper - check
Construction paper hearts cut out - check
Lacy Paper Doily - check
LaPages Mucilage all crusty around the cap - check
Bag full of cheesy cheap look alike valentines signed - check
My name written on the box - check
My heart is smokin', it's beating so fast. Can't wait for the
Spudnuts at the Valentine's Party. On second thought, it could
just be my A-Fib.
In about the fifth grade, Pook wrote "I Love.You, Jimmy" on
a fancy valentine and put it a certain someone's "Valentine
box". It didn't sell well, because Pook's left handed back
slanted scrawl was equally distinctive as the Statue of
Liberty and I was "Jimmie" that year. He probably purloined
the card from Thrifty Drug.
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: Bill SCOTT ('64)
Today, Valentine's Day, is my mother's birthday. She would be
99. Like many of our WWII-era parents, who struggled through
the Great Depression, who suffered with wartime rationing with
gasoline and food coupons, who filled their car tires with
sand because inner tubes weren't available, and who worked
hard to provide the Mr. Rogers America we boomers grew up in,
she had a rougher life than I could imagine. Born in eastern
Kansas in 1918, in a town so small it likely doesn't even
exist anymore, she grew up during the Great Depression on a
farm. When she was very young (I don't know how old), her
mother died, and her father didn't want to raise her. She was
sent to live with relatives for the rest of her growing up
years. The family was dirt-poor. Mom had a life-long revulsion
to mice, and it's not hard to imagine where that came from.
There was no money for new shoes, and when the soles of her
shoes wore out, Mom would cut out a new sole from the
paperboard back of writing tablets, and put it in her shoes.
This worked okay until she had to cross a stretch of gravel
going to and from school, which quickly chewed up the new
soles. Finding her way to Seattle during WWII, she went to
work for the Navy as a civilian down at the Seattle docks. Not
surprisingly, she fell in love with a sailor. I have photos of
the two together, and they show a couple truly in love. Sadly,
he was killed in action in the Pacific during the war. Mom
earned her private pilot's license around that time, and I
have several photos of her with her plane, and with her
girlfriends. She looked happier than I ever saw her. It was
the best time of her life. That happiness would end when she
married my father, but that's a story I won't go into. She
once told me, long after I had become an adult, that she once
lost some teeth because she didn't go to the dentist, so that
there was money for my sister and I to continue our college
education. I am reminded this day that our parents often made
more sacrifices than we know, so that we could grow up safe
and secure, and have the choices we have had for a better
life. Happy Birthday, Mom.
-Bill SCOTT ('64)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: letters we got letters
Television wuz sher different when we wuz kids... well of
course that's when we got TV... We got ours in '58... shoulda
been a really cool day, but for reasons I won't go into it
didn't turn out that way... before getting ours we'd watch the
neighbor's... big cabinet with this teeny tiny screen... ours
was a Sylvania portable as I recall, I think Sears sold it...
1 or 2 channels... Jimmy HEIDLEBAUGH ('65) and I still laugh
over the "Bosco" cartoons... nothing really entertaining about
them... just Bosco munching samiches with his mouth wide open
and the place where he bit would "grow" back and he'd take
another bite... but eventually some good TV like Perry Como
and Ed Sullivan... my mom couldn't get enough of Elvis...
me neither! My very first 45 was Carl Perkins' "Blue Suede
Shoes"... years later when I was working at the DI in Vegas,
Perry would come up to me... stick out his hand and say:
"Como, Perry Como" as if I'd been raised on a desert island...
In high school Danny Kaye and Bobby Darin would be two of
my favorite shows... And then there was Valentine's day at
school... specially grade school... one year I got my cards
way too late so I just took credit for the unsigned ones to
alla beautiful future Bomber babes... which is a seg way into
my wish to the "five" minus two and alla other Bomber-babes in
Bomberville and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Bill ROE ('59), Vicki MOSLEY
('66) and Val GHIRARDO ('72) on your special day, February 14,
2017, VALENTINE's Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65) ~ In case ya need it... my number is
BEechwood 45789, you can call me up fer a date any ol' time!
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>>From: Mike FRANCO ('70)
KI-Be was a real trek! I remember when I was in Cub Scouts a
few of the moms took us on a train "trip". The trip was Pasco
to Ki-Be! We obviously did NOT eat in the dining car are pack
a tooth brush. In those days the train sometimes stopped in
Kennewick I think. Imagine the train stopping in Kiona so a
dozen grade schoolers could get off!
Those were the good old days... not really. That was before
the Vantage highway existed and driving to Seattle took
forever. Remember? Driving up the valley, through Prosser and
every town between Richland and Yakima, through Yakima, then
the "Yakima Canyon road (road was designed by the Dramamine
company). The rest of the drive was right through Ellensburg,
Cle Elum (Autorest Cafe!), North Bend, Issaqua and FINALLY
into Seattle.
I think it used to take 5-6 hours to drive it back then. Later
I remember when I-90 was being constructed that section
running by Lake Keechelus was being blasted for years, always
traffic delays there.
Trivia: Lake Keechelus is considered the head waters / source
for the Yakima River. Obviously upstream of the dead cows and
cow pies!
-Mike FRANCO ('70)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/15/17
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Janet MARTIN ('53), Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64), Nancy MALLORY ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Betty Jo ROSE ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Erin OWENS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patt WELCH ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Alastair COCHRANE ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Abby PERRYMAN ('15)
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>>From: Janet MARTIN Erichsen ('53)
Re: Bob's Stop & Go..
Don't know why last entry said "Lions", but it should have
said Kiona. Moved to Benton City in '60 & got lots of Ice
Cream at Bob's. Lived in BC on a 10 acre farm... had cows,
horses, chicken (only one) a gift from a family "friend".
Our favorite trip when living in the "trailer camp" at
Hanford was going to Prosser to shop. Of course we had to get
permission to leave and check out and in at the gate. Kinda
like being in jail... But, what a great place to live & grow
up Richland was. We were surely blessed.
Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone
[I think that Smartphone of yours didn't like
the word "Kiona" and I'll bet you have something
like "auto fix" clicked. It didn't like the word
Kiona and changed it to Lions "FOR" you. I had
to turn "auto fix" off shortly after I got my
SmartPhone because it didn't like "Maren" and
would automatically change it to something else.
-Maren]
-Janet MARTIN Erichsen ('53)
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
For: Mike FRANCO ('70)
In response to recent travel reports to Benton City (and maybe
mine on the 1961 hike to the Prosser jail), you observe that
"Ki-Be was a real trek!" My good fellow, the Prosser event
was tagged at the time as the "Prosser Peregrination" or the
"Prosser Plod", but not a Trek. For a "trek" we must dig back
a year to the "McNary Trek" in the Spring of 1960... .
After a sunrise drop-off at the Yakima River "Y" railroad
trestle, the mapped path covered thirty-two miles up gullies
and over the Horse Heaven Hill and finally across the Umatilla
Bridge to the McNary Dam fish ladder. A venturesome interstate
(!) trek into Oregon country. Backpack trekkers were Jeff
DAWSON ('62) and Gaynor DAWSON ('65), Rick SMOLEN ('62), Bob
COTTRILL ('63), my brother John BEAULIEU ('62) and I/me
(whatever).
In sum: the day was long, the reported temperature got up to
95° the miles and miles of newly plowed wheat fields slowed
overall progress to less than two miles/hour, and we happened
across only two farm houses to refill our too-few canteens.
Would this adventure yield up a lost gold mine, or perhaps an
Indian artifact? Such was our fantasy. In all those desolate
and glorious miles, might there be perhaps one arrowhead,
somewhere? Crawling up one really high gully wall in mid-
morning, at the top we all dropped face-down under our packs.
And there it was! COTTRILL had angled his dive such that a
pointed treasure there to meet him and neatly stuck itself
fast into the tip of his nose. Well done! Who needs earrings?
There it was on mounted display-a small rabbit-hunter
arrowhead, a perfectly formed equilateral triangle and base,
undamaged in a century or more, translucent white. Figure the
odds...
But the Hills beckoned... At about noon came another magic
moment worthy of Bomber lore and which, lo, after these fifty-
seven years is here recounted publicly for the first time! The
Hills rise up surprisingly to an elevation of possibly 1,600
feet (USGS contour map, as I remember), nearly half as high as
Rattlesnake Mountain. From the final rise the view back north
shows a faint scratch in the sand called Richland, and beyond
this is the entire Hanford Reservation fading into the White
Bluffs and then the Saddle Mountain horizon. And in this
wraparound view in front of us to the south, the distant
landscape drops off toward central Oregon. The Columbia (Hail
Columbia!) is both north and south. What a rush! A majestic
half-way point, something like Chimney Rock in western
Nebraska-punctuated here by a bit of synchronized chest
pounding.
Sundown came slowly, and then a very dark but a not stormy
night. Still five miles short of the Bridge, from across
unseen sage and bunch grass came the distinct rumble of
stampeding and approaching horses (mustangs, of course, in
Horse Heaven Hills). Direction unclear. The six of us stand
fast back to back all facing outward. Surely, the beasts are
smart enough to go around a stable obstacle... Then, such
wild beauty, if only for a timeless moment. The lead mustang
appears first, from the east, and rises up on its hind legs
pawing the air almost overhead, only a few yards away. And
sure enough, the herd bolts to either side and rumbles off to
the west, soon gone again into the pitch dark. What an iconic
moment-mustangs on the loose, the best Western 3-D experience
ever! Even today they are seen from time to time, but father
west toward the Cascades. (Should I mention that this
particular herd numbered only two?)
About an hour before midnight cutting across our path was
the road, for the first time, and on it we rounded the ridge
overlooking the River, into our first glimpse of the dam,
about a mile upstream. Red and blue lights, and white. The
effect even from a distance was a bit like the colored-light
scene near the beginning of Steven Spielberg's "Close
Encounters of the Third Kind" (Richard Dreyfuss, 1977).
Another half mile, and then after some eighteen hours, "why
not just drop right here on this cleared-out flat spot and
expire, enough's enough?" A stranded and darkened roadside
snack joint is fifty yards away. The light goes on and we beat
a path to the front door and start pounding. "Maybe we can
barter a late dinner snack." The proprietor accommodates.
Cheese and cracker crumbs join us in our sleeping bags.
At sunrise we are awakened by occasional cars passing left and
right heading north and south, and eighteen wheelers drone
past east and west on SR-14 paralleling the River. We are
bivouacked in our underwear in the middle of a highway
intersection triangle. Might as well have been on the Col-Hi
stage. We learn that our concrete slab is all that is left of
a tavern that had burned to the ground only a month or two
before....
So, this is the story of how some Bombers ended up one night
unconscious on a bar room floor in the middle of nowhere.
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ Shoreline, WA with great Bomber
memories from the good ol' daze.
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2017 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
ARE YOU READY? 17 days to go!
Official start: Anchorage, Saturday, 3/4/17, 10am (AK time)
Official RE-start: Fairbanks, Monday, 3/6/17, 10am (AK time)
Re: Dog Tags - 1200 is a lotta dog tags
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Idit/170215_Dog_Tags.jpg
.
For those of you who don't know, every dog that runs this race
[75 teams this year times 16 dogs in each team = 1200 dogs]
has to go through a pre race screening where they get an ECG
(electrocardiogram), two different blood panels and have a
microchip placed just under the skin. It takes a tremendous
amount of time and work by veterinary technicians and
veterinary assistants! They come from all over the world
to work in this program. It takes about three and a half
weeks to get through all the teams!!
Urine Samples
Typically before the start an Iditarod official will randomly
chose up to eight dogs (per team) to provide a urine sample.
The sample is checked for illegal drugs and supplements such
as steroids in the dog's urine. Random sampling can be
conducted anywhere along the race as well.
It is a sight to watch the Iditarod officials, mushers and
their handlers trying to obtain the urine samples. For the
male dogs, a zip-lock style bag is attached with an elastic
band around the dog's mid-section and covers the dog's private
parts. With fingers crossed a sample is provided when the male
lifts his leg to do his business.
For female dogs, the Iditarod official can be seen following
the dog around, cup in hand, hoping to catch a sample when she
takes a "break".
After collection, the samples are secured in a way very
similar to the way a human U/A test is conducted and it is
tracked by the dog's microchip number and tag.
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 68° at 11pm
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>>From: Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64)
Re: valentine memories and more
I remember decorating shoe boxes to collect valentines. One
time mine was a robot/person -- it sat on end and had folded
paper legs and arms. As i remember it was placed in a display
case (a contest?). Don't remember if I got to collect my
valentines in it.
As for Dramamine, it was very familiar. We would go over the
mountains to Pendelton, Oregon, and then LaGrande and a small
town I can't remember the name of (where my Grandma (s) lived.
This was before there was a freeway over the mountains. There
were wide spots where there were barrels of water (for when
your car overheated -- if your Dad didn't have a canvas
water bag hanging on the bumper horns) and runaway lanes. At
the summit the "rest stop" was out there in the trees. But the
killer (for Dramamine users) was the hills leading up to the
mountain. Oh we always took my Grandma to a park to get spring
water.
-Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64)
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[OK, I MAY have been a little wrapped up in
myself, but as I recall, I was the ONLY Smyth
Dramamine candidate and I guess my folks didn't
know about Dramamine when I FIRST needed it. I
"got" to ride in the back of the station wagon
with the "potty chair" that was there for the
youngest... and I used that slide-in bowl as
a puke container. I can remember being in the
back lying down and watching the mountains go
by... I'd sit up, watch for a minute and then
puke and try to sleep. -Maren]
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/16/17
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Ken HEMINGER ('56), Helen CROSS ('62)
Bill SCOTT ('64), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim CLATWORTHY ('46)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Thurman BOWLS ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Toby HUFF ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Esther DAWSON ('73)
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>>From: Ken HEMINGER ('56)
Re:Sled dog races
Probably unknown to many in Bomber land, but here in Montana
we have our own sled dog race. It's called "Race to the sky"
and here's a picture of the finish line.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Hem/160318-RaceToTheSky.jpg
It doesn't compare to the Iditarod, but its ours. More info
here... http://racetothesky.org/
-Ken HEMINGER ('56wb) ~ Great Falls, MT and 64° Won't be
long before folks will be going North for the winter.
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Re: Yesterday's Sandstorm
Great recall from my fellow '62 classmate, Pete BEAULIEU.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Hope, IN
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>>From: Bill SCOTT ('64)
Re: Misadventures
Pete BEAULIEU's ('62) hilarious and highly entertaining
account of his group trip to McNary Dam, and the several other
articles regarding trips to Benton City or Prosser got me to
thinking.
I never made such a trip in high school, but it did bring to
mind a little adventure I had while in the Air Force. This was
one of the those ideas that sounded fun and romantic at the
outset, but the reality of which turned out to be somewhat
different...
Because my base was right on the California coast, trips to
the beach were frequent. One weekend, three of my buddies and
I decided that spending a night on the beach in sleeping bags
would be a lark. So we packed our bags, headed for the beach,
and, as darkness fell, sacked out on the sand. We hadn't been
asleep long when something awoke me. The sand was moving.
Upon closer examination, it wasn't the sand, but hundreds of
nickel-sized pale green bugs, which had emerged from the sand
and were now all around us, crawling onto our bags as well.
We couldn't sleep with that invasion, so we picked up our bags
and took them down closer to the water line, where the sand
was firmer-but wetter. I don't know how deep those bugs hide
out during the day, but I have never seen them during the
day time. Well, we went back to sleep. Later, I awoke to a
different sensation. The beach was trembling. I mean, it was
trembling like a shaken bowl of Jell-O. Then all of a sudden
the shaking worsened and the air was filled with a terrible
roar, and a brilliant light from above blinded us. We were
sacked out almost directly beneath a railroad trestle. The
midnight express, with a mighty ground-shaking roar, thundered
past not more than thirty feet above us. It felt like it was
coming right down on the beach after us, and it scared the
bejeebers out of us. To this day I have no bejeebers left.
Phew. Eventually we drifted off to sleep. When we stiffly
arose to greet the morning sun, we decided a morning walk
along the beach would be nice before we headed back to the
car. Then the tide came in. After being slammed against the
cliffs in waist-deep water a time or two, we decided we'd
had enough of our overnight beach adventure, and headed
home: tired, disillusioned, but a little wiser.
-Bill SCOTT ('64)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Richland Girls Basketball ~ 2/15/17 Tri-City Herald
"Chiawana girls survive Richland in OT"
"A miracle buzzer-beater and struggles at the
free-throw line down the stretch couldn't keep
the Chiawana High School girls basketball team
from topping visiting Richland 57-54 in overtime
on Tuesday to stay alive in the Mid-Columbia
Conference/Greater Spokane League sub-regionals."
Re: Closure
Another school closure due to icy roads along with a delay
for Hanford until 11:30 today (Wednesday).
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/17/17
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3 Bombers sent stuff today:
Pam ROBINSON ('61)
David RIVERS ('65)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Curt DONAHUE ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Floyd MELTON ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Chuck MEYER ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Holley ANDERSON ('64)
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>>From: Pam ROBINSON Torborg ('61)
Re: Iditarod
Maren--I have been reading your race info aloud to my husband
as we sit outside drinking coffee in the morning. He asks what
they feed the dogs during the race. And what is the origin of
the name: Iditarod?
[What they feed is each musher's decision ...
mushers calculate how far the dogs can go before
the need more food and they send bags of food to
various check points along the trail ... a
MASSIVE operation when you consider 75 teams ...
the Iditarod Air Force does a lot of volunteering.
Mushers also send straw for dogs to sleep on ...
again having calculated ahead of time where they
will rest the team.
Volunteers at each check point usually "park"
the teams for short or long term and tell them where
the food and straw is. Only another musher is
allowed to help with dog care ... musher is
supposed to do it ALL.
Dallas Seavey is poetry in motion at every check
point. No wasted motion at all ... spreads straw,
removes all booties, feeds, sometimes massages
paws if needed ... all before he feeds himself or
sleeps ... sometimes he even talks to reporters
while he works.
Iditarod is the name of a checkpoint that is the
half way mark between Anchorage and Nome ... on
the southern route ... they won't see Iditarod
this year because of the WAY northern route this
year. I think it used to be an actual village but
now its just a wide spot on the trail that
explodes every other year for the race. -Maren]
-Pam ROBINSON Torborg ('61)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Old memories
Today or yesterday I saw a post showing an "amusement park" in
Richland... it tickled my memory but I couldn't quite recall
it... so funny when I know I almost remember something but
nooooooooooooooooooooot quite... I have been enjoying Pete
BEAULIEU's ('62) stories about his adventures in nearby
areas... what fun... I talked to Gaynor DAWSON ('65) about
it but Gaynor kept saying a name I didn't know... of course
the fault was mine... I've been pronouncing Pete's name
incorrectly in my mind... duuuuuuuuh!... well now we gotta
huge HB to two special Bombers... HAPPY BIRTHDAY Floyd MELTON
('57) and Holley ANDERSON ('64) on your special day, February
17, 2017!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Richland Boys Basketball
"Riley SORN: The big man on Richland's campus"
"Standing a towering 7-foot-3, Riley SORN ('18)
always looked the part of a dominant high school
basketball player.
[There's a picture of this junior 7'3" SORN ('18) kid at the
link above. -Maren]
Now, Richland's junior forward is starting to
play like it.
"It was probably third or fourth grade I started
playing rec ball," SORN said. "I was always
taller, and always really uncoordinated, not
good with my feet. I was horrible.
'It was freshman year I actually started to get
good with my feet, and then it's just kind of
been honing in my skills. It's been nice because
this year it's been my chance to kind of use
those on the floor; what I've been learning the
past couple years.'
That coordination and athleticism runs in the
Sorn family. Riley's mom, Jennifer (6-foot-2),
played basketball at Boise State University; his
dad, Andy (6-6), played baseball at Treasure
Valley Community College; and his older sister,
Gia (6-2), is a freshman on the North Idaho
College basketball team, and was a first team
All-Mid-Columbia Conference forward for Richland
last season."
Richland will host Gonzaga Prep Friday night with tipoff at
6pm. The winner will make a trip to state. The loser will have
another opportunity to make the trip playing an unknown team
(at this point) at an unknown date and time.
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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4 Bombers sent stuff today:
Jim McKEOWN ('53), Nola DAVEY ('56)
Ann ENGEL ('63), Marsha GOSLIN ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rich GREENHALGH ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David BELLISTON ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ellen THORNTON ('74)
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>>From: Jim McKEOWN ('53)
Re: Belated Birthday
Happy one day belated birthday, to classmate Curt DONAHUE
('53)... there was a time when he had the singing voice of a
Sinatra... probably still sings in the shower and anywhere he
chooses... have a great Birthday, and glass of the red for me.
-Jim McKEOWN ('53) ~ from very, very, very wet Sacramento...
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>>From: Nola DAVEY Meichle ('56)
Jack Zinn died January 22, 2017, at the age of 96. He was a
well-known Richland photographer who took many a graduation
picture, weddings, etc.
-Nola DAVEY Meichle ('56)
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>>From: Ann ENGEL Schafer ('63)
To: David RIVERS ('65)
David you are right. My brother George ('56) worked there. I
believe that the Brinkeroffs ran it and it was next to the old
roller skate building.
-Ann ENGEL Schafer ('63)
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>>From: Marsha GOSLIN ('65)
Re: Iditarod
Anyone interested in the Iditarod should read "Race Across
Alaska" by Libby Riddles, the first woman to win the Iditarod.
We have heard Libby speak on two Alaska cruises, and her story
is fascinating. You won't believe her endurance and love of
her dogs to conquer blizzards, extreme cold and exhaustion for
1200 miles from Anchorage to Nome to cross that finish line -
first! Wonderful book.
[Libby Riddles was the first woman to win the
Iditarod -- in 1985. Susan Butcher MIGHT have
won that '85 race but a moose stomped her team.
She lost two of her leaders (Hyde and Johnny)
and had to scratch. Susan won in '86, '87, & '88
with "Granite"... popular bumper sticker at the
time read: "ALASKA ... where men are men and
women win the Iditarod!" -Maren]
-Marsha GOSLIN Brehm ('65)
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2 Bombers sent stuff today:
Gary BEHYMER ('64)
Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joretta "Sue" GARRISON ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancy WARREN ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Peter CROWLEY ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lynn NOBLE ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Brian BIDDLE ('80)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: Katie and Diana POWELL ('02)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Bill WEDBERG & Barb O'MALLEY ('70)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Mike HUSKE & Carol HARSHMAN ('64)
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>>From: Gary BEHYMER ('64)
Re: Odds and Ends
Kippy Lou BRINKMAN ('62)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZemuBA2U6j4
...sharing from Gary Dykes (NAB)
galeandgary2000@gmail.com
Discussion about Adrian's in Richland 1966-1967 or so..."I
cannot remember their names (The Saharas) except for Gary the
Organ player. And I cannot find any further information on
them (as yet). If you do, please share with me. I was with
them between tours in Vietnam, what a time!! Adrians was
really hopping then! Thank you for contacting me! Two of them
married while in Richland, the drummer, and the tall blond
haired lead singer, and trumpet. Originally they were all from
Odessa, Texas."
From John Campbell...
If my home were in Tri-Cities, I'd be a regular. Love your
R&R! Takes me back to my youth there when there would be at
least 4 places each weekend with good Rock and Roll bands.
(Not to mention the couple of country bands at the "Y".)
Adrian's in Richland (where the Red Robin was) had a band
called the Sahara's that did a lot of R&B, and Chicago and
Tower of Power music that featured their horns - were there
for about 3 months.
making my day with some Joe Cocker music ~ 'Bye Bye Blackbird'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdbWUPhjniE
-Gary BEHYMER ('64)
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: Stuff
Sad to see Susan RATHJEN ('71-RIP) has passed, as well as Jack
Zinn, a great WWII pilot and photographer. He did my senior pic.
February 19th is the 72nd anniversary of the invasion of
Iwo Jima. For a long time Walla Walla had the highest
concentration of Iwo survivors in the US. I have a bottle
of Iwo sand, and a 50 cal casing from Iwo in my collection.
Highly valued.
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in Plano, TX where it was 79 today
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/20/17 ~ Presidents' Day
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5 Bombers sent stuff today:
Diane AVEDOVECH ('56), Ken BRINKERHOFF ('61)
David RIVERS ('65), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
Tedd CADD ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancy PIERCE ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ann COFFMAN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Glenda GRAY ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marilyn HERIFORD ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David BISHOP ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Don DASCENZO ('69)
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>>From: Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
Rw: Early Italianv Nuclear test
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ave/170220_Nuclear_test.jpg
I suspect the cook was a Richland Bomber.
-Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
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>>From: Ken BRINKERHOFF ('61)
Re: Amusement Park
Yes. The Brinkerhoffs ran the amusement park. Our mom and dad
thought it would be a good family project. Everybody in our
family worked there as did several of our friends, for
example, George ENGEL (as Ann ENGEL Schafer ('63) noted).
Don't know if we broke even or not but that wasn't the point.
It was fun and we all did it together. For the first year or
so I was too young to legally work so I wasn't official but I
did everything anyway.
-Ken BRINKERHOFF ('61)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: ahhh the good ol' dayz
It's nice to be assured that all of one's memories are not
made up! There are just so many. Band Concerts with whole
families in the park... I'm sure it would be hard to get kids
to sit still for the ones we went to but we were just filled
with the spirit of the evening. The little pool is a biggie
for me. I remember pretending I could swim by touching my
hands on the bottom and just kinda moving around... I'm sure
I fooled everyone. Swimming lessons at the big pool and never
being able to move my legs the way I was supposed to... of
course for the "older" kids the swimming pool was a much
different kind of social event than it was for the younger
kids such as I... but it all folds together in shared memories
for most Bombers... Hanging out with girls would come later
and one of them is celebrating today... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Ann
COFFMAN ('66), my dear, dear friend (inside joke) on your
special day, February 20, 2017!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re:Bombers lost to Gonzaga Prep. on triple OT
Re: RHS boys basketball ~ 2/19/17 Tri-City Herald
"Mid-Columbia roundup: Richland holds off Ferris
to eke out state berth"
"Perhaps the game featured a few too many
specters of the previous night's triple overtime
loss to Gonzaga Prep, but the Richland High
School boys basketball team battled through a
fairly disastrous third quarter to beat visiting
Ferris 66-64 on Saturday to book a spot in the
regional round of state."
Re: Bombers vs Ferris Saxons final seconds
At half the score was 43 - 27 in favor of Richland.
Seeding to the WIAA 4A Boys Basketball State Regionals
1. Union (Camus) 19-4
2. Gonzaga Prep (Spokane) 22-1
3. Davis (Yakima) 19-3
4. Federal Way 20-2
5. Kentwood (Covington) 23-2
6. Curtis (University Place) 19-2
7. Glacier Peak (Snohomish) 19-3
8. Enumclaw 15-10
9. Bothell 16-5
10. Kennedy (Burien) 17-7
11. Richland 17-5
12. Kamiak (Mukilteo) 18-7
13. Bellarmine Prep (Tacoma) 16-9
14. Moses Lake 12-9
15. Kentridge (Kent) 15-7
16. Inglemoor (Kenmore) 12-11
The top eight seeds play each other in games where the winner
gets a first round bye at the State Tournament and the loser
advances to the State Tournament first round.
The second eight seeds play each other in games where the
winner advances to the State Tournament and the loser is out.
The Richland Bombers (11) will be hosting the Moses Lake
Chiefs (14) next weekend.
Go Bombers!!!
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ where it is warming up in
Richland with my spring flowers popping up!
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
Re: Jack Zinn (RIP)
Family friend to Pam HUNT Cadd ('66) and family. Great guy.
He did our wedding.
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
David DOUGLAS ('62), Dave HANTHORN ('63)
Jim ARMSTRONG ('63), David RIVERS ('65)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66), Gary TURNER ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Doug Longmore ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kippy Lou BRINKMAN ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tresha HUNTER ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susan SCHIER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sue SHIPMAN ('73)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gil GILSTRAP ('79)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Debbie VINING ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David KELLER ('82)
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
Jack Zinn (RIP) was the only photographer who was able to
make me look intelligent. Or at least handsome. Maybe decent?
I appreciated his skill.
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ where it's been wetter and
cooler than normal. Last year we were swimming in the
pool by the end of February, but not this year.
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>>From: Dave HANTHORN ('63)
Re: seedings
Glad to see that my FaceBook posting of the WIAA boys
basketball State Regionals "seedings" made it into the
Sandstorm!
-Dave HANTHORN (Gold Medal Class of '63)
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>>From: Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
Re: Love Songs
Can anyone name ten love songs since 1970 as great as these
from 1955 thru 1969?
1 Love Me Tender
2 It's Only Make Believe
3 12th Of Never
4 Since I Met You Baby
5 Bring It On Home To Me
6 Stand By Me
7 Unchained Melody
8 The First Time Ever I saw Your Face
9 Only The Lonely
10 You've Lost That Lovn' Feeln'
Bonus
Wild Thing!
Regards
Pitts (63)
-Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: And the winner is...
She was the longest running single act in Las Vegas... 18
years if I recall... it was clear she wasn't gonna be in a
Rock 'n' Roll band... not playing the harp... kinda hard to
sling one a them puppies over your shoulder... Now rumor has
it that she taught Sammy Davis, Jr. to tap dance... but then
it's only a rumor... however many a kid in Richland did take
lessons from this Bomber-babe... She taught at a young age...
she was pretty much "Miss" everything including Miss
Washington! I've known her in Richland, Las Vegas and Olympia
and she's one a my favorite babes... if ya ain't seen her
make a pomegranate salad in a white sweater ya just ain't
lived... Korse I could say the same thing about some Bomber-
babes who can accomplish the same effect, shaking hands with
the same hand in which they are holding a glass of red wine,
but I digress and have absolutely no desire to wind up in
chains at the bottom of the Columbia River in June (or any
other month)... She is as sweet as they come and if she is
anything like her Father we should have her around for a nice
long time... I know lotsa Bomber guys who would volunteer to
take her cherry picking on her birthday in the family
tradition. She doesn't read the Sandstorm and pretty much
avoids the Internet but HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Kippy Lou BRINKMAN
('62) on your special day, February 21, 2017!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Richland boys basketball ~ 2/20/17 Tri-City Herald
"Chiawana High School will host at least three
regional playoff basketball games this weekend,
but the Riverhawks girls team will be on the
west side of the state for its opening round
matchup.
The WIAA on Sunday announced all of the regional
round matchups for its state basketball
tournaments - with the exception of the
remaining 3A berths to be determined Tuesday.
The Richland boys team (given the No. 11 seed
with an 18-5 record) will play No. 14 Moses Lake
(13-9) at 6pm Friday, followed by the No. 9
Prosser girls (18-4) playing No. 16 Franklin
Pierce (15-10) at 8pm. The No. 10 Columbia-
Burbank girls (22-1) play No. 15 Seattle
Christian (17-2) at 4pm Saturday.
All of these games are loser-out, with the
winner advancing to the round of 12 at a
championship site (Tacoma Dome, Yakima SunDome
or Spokane Arena), which begins March 1."
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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>>From: Gary TURNER ('71)
Re: Larry CORYELL ('61-RIP)
A major loss to the world of music and a personal loss to
all Bombers...
-Gary TURNER ('71)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/22/17
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Mike BRADY ('61)
David RIVERS ('65), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Darlene PICKLES ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dan NOBLE ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joe CHOATE ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Doug LONGMORE ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dave SIMPSON ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lynn BERRY ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve GALLOWAY ('74)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dennis LYNCH ('75)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
I trust every one has had their fill of the artificial
holiday. Used to be we celebrated Lincoln's and Washington's
birthdays as a day off from school; not some made-up thing
from the congers just so they can take another Monday off.
But that is all behind us now. We have better things to do,
like celebrate a Bomber Babe's birthday. If things keep going
as they have been, one of these days her birthday will be
noted by either the local papers or the local television
station. To say that we went to school together is correct;
that we knew each other in school might be stretching the
point. We moved in different circles; I thesped and she
gaa'd. No big deal; but we did graduate on the same day in
the same gymnasium (although it was supposed to be out
doors).
Enough said except to tip the ol' propeller beanie and say
"Happy Birthday!" to Darlene PICKLES ('54) with the hope that
she continues to have them.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
weather guessers are saying that this may be the
wettest February on record.
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>>From: Mike BRADY ('61)
Re: Larry CORYELL ('61-RIP)
I was sad to read of the death of Larry. We had great times
as sports writers for the student newspaper and annual at
Chief Joseph Junior High School.
Larry tried to teach me to play the guitar but gave up
telling me my fingers were too large . What many people may
not remember is that Larry was also a very good athlete. He
was on the Chief Jo basketball team and the track team in
high school. He once pole vaulted 13'3". This was quite a
fete considering they vaulted with a bamboo pole in those
days.
Larry will be missed.
-Mike BRADY ('61)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: lemme try that one agin
It's that time again, kids... Girl Scout cookie time... just
when ya think yer too old ta get nailed... wham... grand
children, great-grandchildren it never really stops ya
know... I mean I love several of them puppies but even I know
I can't just eat one... I remember selling soap to make money
to do something... maybe it was to go to Philmont... I don't
recall any more... but I do remember some of the receptions
when I knocked on people's doors... who the hell would make
kids sell soap of all things... I mean I sold my damned soap
but it sure wasn't easy... Well I'm gonna give this birthday
thing my best try today... Yesterday I managed to miss Doug
LONGMORE ('61) and Tresha HUNTER ('65) so HAPPY BIRTHDAY Dave
SIMPSON ('63) and Lynn BERRY ('66) on your special day,
February 22, 2017!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Pasco man wins Grammy ~ 2/21/17 Tri-City Herald
"Joe Smart set a goal for himself years ago: He
wanted to win a Grammy by age 40.
The Pasco man celebrates the milestone birthday
next month. And last week, he celebrated nabbing
the coveted award as part of the O'Connor Band.
The band's album, "Coming Home", nabbed Best
Bluegrass Album at the 59th annual Grammy Awards
in Los Angeles."
Re: Neil Lowe ('95HHS-RIP)
Neil was born September 11, 1973, and passed away December
20, 2016. His parents are Alan LOWE ('66) and Lynn Lowe. A
memorial service and celebration of life will be held at 2 PM
on Monday, February 27, 2017, at Bethel Church in Richland.
RIP, Neil! Prayers of peace and comfort to his family.
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/23/17
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2 Bombers sent stuff today:
Curt DONAHUE ('53)
Mike FRANCO ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Myrna BRANUM ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tom SOMMER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barb COLLINGS ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jane BROWN ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sandy STANFIELD ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jil LYTLE ('82)
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>>From: Curt DONAHUE ('53)
To All:
My book, "A Layman's Daily Devotional" is showing on Barnes
and Noble, Amazon, and Booksamillion.com. I don't know if it
is available in retail stores yet, though.
-Curt DONAHUE ('53) ~ Pasco
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>>From:Mike FRANCO ('70)
Speaking of Girl Scout cookies as David RIVERS ('65) did
recently:
Those of you who are regular listeners to the award winning
(for turning the lights on every day) Franco Friday Show on
KLAY 1180 AM in Tacoma are well aware of this interesting
FACT:
Virtually the ENTIRE western United states prefers Thin Mints.
We all are well aware there are several varieties of GS
cookies to choose from. Thin Mints are the GS Cookie of choice
for California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon and Idaho. The
Evergreen State? We Washingtonians prefer NOT Thin Mints
but....... Samoas / Carmel de Lites!!! I am not kidding or
even fake facting. I am interested in hearing any theories
explaining this baffling fact. I am sure Brad WEAR ('71) has
the answer. Things are always more clear in Texas, I hear.
And show of hands: How many of you buy a couple of boxes of
GS cookies coming out of the grocery store and bring ONE of
them in the house to share with your spouse, leaving the other
box hidden in your car to eat by yourself (no sharing)?
-Mike FRANCO ('70)
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[Thin Mints have been my fave since I SOLD them door-to-door
as a Brownie... perhaps my move from the Evergreen State
messed up theThin Mint stats!! -Maren]
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/24/17
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5 Bombers sent stuff today:
Marilynn WORKING ('54), Linda REINING ('64)
David RIVERS ('65), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dorothy CAMERON ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Frank HAGGARD ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carol CONVERSE ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancy WICK ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joan MORRIS ('66) '48
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ann Marie NICKLASON ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ron BRUNKE ('71)
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>>From: Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54)
Re: Norma MYRICK Nunamaker ('54)
For those of you who haven't heard, Norma had a massive heart
attach last week on February 16th early in the morning. She
was taken to Kadlec Hospital where they operated and had to
install 2 stints in her heart. There has been some damage, but
she is recovering. Norma is home now and her son, Rick, asked
that we put the word out that, please, NO visitors. She has
been overwhelmed with people stopping by the house and Norma
is exhausted!! She needs to heal and rest!! One of her two
sons is there with her all the time. Norma has been the head
of Operation Thank You, taking care of the Military and not
being able to help right now is very hard on her!! She loves
the Military and local Police Departments and all of the K-9s
and just never wanted to stop doing for them!! Please send a
card or note to her to let her know you are thinking of her at
home. Rick will be letting Dona McCLEARY Belt {'54} or myself
when Norma is up to having visitors!! We love you, Norma and
pray for your recovery!!!
-Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54) ~ in a warm Pasco and
loving the sunshine!!
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
Re: Girl Scout cookies
my oldest daughter buys the Thin Mints... usually six boxes at
the time... never have liked mints... didn't even like having
to sell them, as a Blue Bird/Camp Fire Girl... that's all we
sold... no other type of cookie. both my daughters were in
Brownies and my freezer was always full of Thin Mints, Samoas
(my favorite), and the peanut butter cookies.
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ Kuna, ID and, it's snowing, AGAIN,
in the Boise, Idaho area! I LOVE the snow, but it's
time for it to go away til next Christmas... we've had
this white stuff since Thanksgiving!
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: zooooooooooooooooooooooooooom
February is over half over... I'll be getting my cataracts
removed on the 8th and the 15th of March... (finally) what
should have been easy was silly and ridiculous, because of
insurance hurdles... My Doc of over 30 years could not refer
me because he was not "in system" so he hadda refer me to
another guy who was in system so he could sign a paper
referring me to the surgeon my real doc wanted me to go to...
Helga something... her picture on the web page led me to
figure she was a middle aged Doc... when I went in the other
day for my eval, there was a slim sexy dressed bombshell...
flitting around... I kept thinking "they let their employees
dress that way?" You guessed it... it was Helga... it was a
delightful visit and as we knew so many of the same people it
was pretty chatty... well today we have a couple a Bomber-
babes... one is known as the "Ever young and lovely" and the
other has yet to get me any free Chucks But of course she
remains ever young and lovely as well... sooooooooooo HAPPY
BIRTHDAY, Carol CONVERSE ('64) and Miss Nancy WICK ('65) on
your special day, February 24, 2017!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Richland boys basketball ~ 2/23/17 Tri-City Herald
"KURTZ ('17) ready to lead Bombers into
regionals"
"Richland senior forward Tyler KURTZ ('17)
finished second in the league in scoring (18.8
ppg) and last week was named the Mid-Columbia
Conference Player of the Year. Now he has the
Bombers on the cusp of a trip to Tacoma.
No. 11 seed Richland (18-5) will play No. 14
Moses Lake (13-9) at 6pm. Friday at Chiawana
High School in a loser-out regional game with
the winner advancing to the round of 12 in
Tacoma on March 1.
As the MCC champs, Richland got to host all four
of its sub-regional games, and its fans - with
some help from their GSL counterparts - nearly
packed the 4,000-seat Art Dawald gym for those
contests.
Chiawana's gym, which will host five regional
games this weekend, is much smaller.
When Richland beat Moses Lake in the regional
round in 2014 - on its way to a second-place
finish at state - Chiawana athletic director
John Cazier said he had to turn away late-
arriving fans at the door.
That leaves him with a simple message to anyone
who wants to see the Bombers take on the Chiefs
on Friday.
'What will sometimes happen with games like
Friday night's is the people that wait until
game time to show up. Those are the people that
get disappointed,' Cazier said. 'You need to
understand: Richland travels pretty well, Moses
Lake travels pretty well.' 'You show up at game
time, you might not get in.'
Cazier said the doors will open at 5pm for the
6pm tip. Tickets for all regional basketball
games are $11 for adults and $9 for students and
seniors."
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: So bad
I am so bad!!!! I missed the Trifecta on the 23rd. Barb
COLLINGS ('71), as well as Sandy STANFIELD ('71), and Jane
BROWN Hedges ('71) birthdays. Barb and Sandy since Chief Jo
days, and Jane since Col-Hi and WSU days.
Also b day for my twin nephews Nic & Kris Miller (Col-Hi would
have been '95).
Also the sad anniversary of the death of Ruth Bierlein (Bomber
Mom). Sad day for her, but happy for the others.
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in Plano, TX where we saw 90 today.
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/25/17
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5 Bombers sent stuff today:
Barbara SHARP ('61 & '62), Duane LEE ('63)
Jim HAMILTON ('63), Marie RUPPERT ('63)
Ken STALEY ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sandy MITCHELL ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rochelle SEHOLM ('97)
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>>From: Barbara SHARP Lysher-Porter ('61 & '62)
I was saddened to read that Larry CORYELL ('61-RIP) has
passed. What a nice guy... remembering him from the days of one
of the first rock and roll groups called The Royals... Wayne
LYSHER ('57-RIP), Grant Strong(?), Larry McDermott and Larry
CORYELL... they played at many small town bars and grills,
many small town school dances... their biggest reward was
opening for Fats Domino in concert!...they finally had a song
published called "Thunder Wagon" and it hit the charts in
Seattle one fine year! Larry was so talented he could move
from piano to guitar with ease... they were all so young and
earnest... he was a smaller guy with those big black rimmed
glasses hanging off his nose but rocking out like he was 7
feet tall... so polite... so talented... I never doubted he
would rise swiftly in the music industry. After Wayne passed
he sent condolences remembering all the good times the group
had together..RIP...
-Barbara SHARP Lysher-Porter ('61 & '62)
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>>From: Duane LEE ('63)
HOLD THE PRESSES!
Tonight [2/24] Bombers beat Moses Lake 84 to 58 to advance
to State Tournament.
Go Bombers.
-Duane LEE ('63)
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
I've long thought that the Girls Scouts could tweek their
business model and have home delivery after 10pm rather than
the current block the entry at QFC. Who amongst us hasn't
pined for Samoas or thin mints about the time "News at 11"
comes on. The tips wold be gigantic.
-jimbeaux
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-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
Re: David RIVERS' ('65) post 2/24/17
Speaking of cataract removal surgery, I have to have it done,
also. After having my annual eye check, my doctor said my
left eye really needed to have the cataract removed and
referred me to the cataract center in Kennewick. This
surprised me as every year I had been told it would be a long
time in the future if I ever had to have the surgery. My
husband, Lance ('60), was always told he was getting closer
every year. So what happens, Lance can wait, but I can't!
I will have my left eye done March 20th and my right eye done
March 30th. I opted for the standard lens instead of the
prescription ones as I will still have to wear glasses
because my astigmatism is too bad to completely correct.
Since that's the case I couldn't justify the added expense to
only partially correct my vision. Good news is I may be able
to drive at night again! I will go back to my eye doctor a
week after the second surgery to obtain my new prescription
for my glasses.
Good luck, David. Does this mean we are officially old?
-Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63) ~ in snow-almost-gone Richland
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>>From: Ken STALEY ('68)
Re: published
I've always disliked horror stories that devolve into little
more than a blood bath. Still, I've always enjoyed a good
"Twilight Zone" story... reading and writing. I've put
together a collection of 15 of my previously published
short stories called TALES FROM THE EDGE OF REASON. (ISBN
9781505498905) and it's available on NOOK, Apple, and other
electronic outlets. Soon to be available in hard copy from
Amazon.
I promise, not a gallon of blood in the lot.
-Ken STALEY ('68)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/26/17
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1 Bomber sent stuff today:
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Betsy COFFMAN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Debbie LUKINS ('78)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Richland boys basketball ~ 2/25/17 Tri-City Herald
To add more information to Duane LEE's ('63) "Hold the Presses
posting in the 2/25/17 Sandstorm, I have provided the link from
the Tri-City Herald. Richland will play the loser of No. 6
Curtis vs. No. 3 Davis, at 9am Wednesday in the round of 12.
Go Bombers!!!
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/27/17
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
Helen CROSS ('62), Duane LEE ('63)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Shannon CRAIG ('50)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marilynn WORKING ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Grant RICHARDSON ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rick HUMPHREYS ('76)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Dick ROBERTS ('49) & Carol TYNER ('52)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
The higher hills are now covered in snow and look quite nice
from the valley floor. Which is good. Snow belongs in higher
hills and mountains. Does make it a little tricky if you are
trying to go to the coast, but that's the way it goes.
Enough of this weather talk. Sorry to hear the Gonzaga
Bulldog's lost; but the Huskies women's team is really on a
roll. And keep your fingers crossed for the Bombers in the
state tourney. On to State!
Congrats are in order for a pair of older Bombers of my
acquaintance. They are celebrating another anniversary today.
A big "Happy Anniversary!" to
Carol TYNER ('52) and Dick ROBERTS ('49).
Hang in there, you may get it right someday.
Before I sign off, I'd better get this one done. A Bomber Babe
is celebrating her 22nd birthday today. And in those short
years, she has done quite a bit, including being the President
of Club 40; and a keeper of the flame.
A tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!" to
Marilynn WORKING ('54). I suppose Richard could take you to
Applebee's, but I'd hold out for something better.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
Wurstfest is over for another year and it's only seven
more months until Oktoberfest.
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>>From: Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
Re: Need help identifying source
I found in a file on my old computer a part of an old article
about someone named Earl who was probably from Richland and was
in World War II. Does anyone remember this article and who
wrote it or the circumstances about the article?. Here is the
article:
Even through all these miserable acts, good
things still come from most people everywhere. A
long-time friend who recently passed away was a
WWII Prisoner of the Japanese. His group was
nearly starved to death by the guards, but said
they were saved because the civilians in the
neighborhood couldn't stand to see the enemy
starve to death and sneaked food to them. He and
a group went back to Japan three times to try to
find those who helped and thank them... they
returned tearfully, unable to personally think
those brave Japanese men and women who had saved
their lives... He spoke often of the bravery of
those kind acts. He was a big fan of Richland's
patriotism... "Day's Pay" and "Fat Man"... He
retired as a successful cattle rancher in
California and did a lot of business with his
good friend and actor, Joel McCrea. At times he
recalled a moment of humor that had punctuated
his war zone. He flew the Hump in Burma,
delivering barrels of fuel and mules to air
fields. On one stop he said, "We noticed a
wooden grave marker beside the runway and went
over to read the inscription which noted: "Here
lies Matilda the mule. In her life time she
kicked 12 privates, 4 sergeants, 2 lieutenants
and one land mine". I miss Earl. He was a good
friend and his stories helped keep life in
perspective.
-Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
This is my first granddaughter born 2/17/17. Marlee Joan Kirk
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-Helen Joan CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Hope, IN
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>>From: Duane LEE ('63)
Re: Basketball Playoffs
Richland will play Davis Wednesday at 9am at Tacoma Dome.
See YouTube footage of Bombers 7'3" center Riley SORN ('18). He
is a junior and improves with every game. Super shot blocker
and intimidator. Bombers had 5 total dunks in game against
Moses Lake.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCqGPw2LSCs
-Duane LEE ('63)
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{How many cheer leaders to Bombers need in 2017??? -Maren]
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: challange
So Pitts ('63) laid down the musical gauntlet the other day and
while a couple a choices a mine would be different, most would
be the same... doubt if anyone can top his list from '70 on and
I'm sure not gonna try... I was talking to Larry BOWLS ('64)
the other day about how screwed up my music tastes became after
my summer vacation back in '67-'68... we had reel to reels and
vinyl on electric/windup machines and as guy would come back
for his next tour or from R&R we got the new stuff... some I
liked much I couldn't understand... I was still a Buddy Holly,
Clovers and Gene Vincent kinda guy and if it didn't flow from
them roots I was lost... now of course I know it was all from
the same roots, but a guy's mind can get kinda messed up trying
to feel "at home"... Armed Forces Radio tried to convince us
that Bubble gum was the "new wave" so they were no help... best
thing on that radio was "Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood
Mooooooorning Vietnaaaaaaaaam!... always a good start! But I'm
sure that every age group has what it calls "music"... well oh
nevermind... I am sure that when Rock n Roll started to really
get hold as this Bomber-babe was grageating, she had her
thoughts as well, but no matter... Bomber-babes Rule!!!!!!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Marilynn WORKING ('54) on your special day,
February 27, 2017!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/28/17 ~ HAPPY MARDI GRAS!
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Barbara SESLAR ('60)
John BROWNE ('61), Jim ARMSTRONG ('63)
Valerie RHOADS ('63wb), Carol CONVERSE ('64)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lola HEIDLEBAUGH ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larry GROSS ('65)
LEAP YEAR BABIES celebrating on the 28th in 2017
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Don STORMS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon CHAMBERS ('70)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
There will be no wrong envelope here. I'm pretty sure I got
this one wright.
There is a Bomber Babe whom I have met fairly recently. Last
time I saw her, she was in charge of cleaning up the dishes at
the last Portland Bomber get together. And she certainly made
sure that the dish washer got every scrap off before he could
quit. No, it wasn't me!
On that note, a tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy
Birthday!" to Lola HEIDLEBAUGH ('60). If you don't get a nice
note from your brother, let the Junior Gyrene ('65) handle it.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
the rain continues off and on, and March may come in
somewhere between a lion and a lamb.
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>>From: Barbara SESLAR Brackenbush ('60)
Re: Class of 1960 Bomber Luncheon
DATE: Saturday, March 4, 2017
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: 3 Margaritas (downtown near Lee Blvd.)
Spouses and friends are also welcome! Please join us first
Saturday of each month. Turn right inside the restaurant and
you'll find us at the corner table. No reservations needed.
-Barbara SESLAR Brackenbush ('60)
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>>From: John BROWNE ('61)
Re: The Royals and Larry CORYELL ('61-RIP)
Barb SHARP Lysher-Porter's ('61 & '62) 's memory of The Royals
took me back... and far enough that I could SEE them (kinda) in
my mind's eye. The "Grant" she mentioned was from our Class of
'61 tribe, Grant ROSS... who played bass in that band.
I was really taken aback to find out about Larry. My sister
sent me the obit from the NY Times. He was still gigging
actively, and had played the previous 2 nights at a club in New
York. It was exactly a month ago that his long-time good buddy,
John DAY ('60-RIP) passed away... and Larry had planned, at one
point, to come to a memorial for John (that took place
yesterday, in Seattle).
This year has started off with a BANG, all right... but not a
pleasing one. It's getting so that my "gotta keep it Positive"
mantra has reduced its scope to "gotta stick around long enough
to get up in the Morning!" Maybe I'll feel more expansive when
the Real Spring weather makes an appearance.
Go, Bombers!!! ^..^
-John BROWNE ('61)
Peace... the affordable alternative
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>>From: Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
Re: Ten More and I'm Done
11 Spanish Harlem
12 Come Softly To Me
13 In Dreams
14 All I Have To Do Is Dream
15 I'm Leavn' It Up To You
16 To Know Him Is To Love Him
17 Last Kiss
18 Teen Angel
19 Hello Mary Lou
20 Any Thing That's Part Of You
Bonus #2
A guilty Pleasure of mine.
Ebony Eyes
GO BOMBERS!!
-Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
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>>From: Valerie RHOADS Golar ('63wb)
Re: Gribble Street
I attended 1st thru 5th grade at Sacajawea Grade school approx
1950-1956. I lived on Gribble Street in an apartment complex.
Just wondered if anyone else lived in those apartments on
Gribble and Gilmore. They are gone now but not my memories of
the neighborhood, and the irrigation ditch... (our favorite
playground), and growing up before television and enjoying
being outside all the time.
Thanks
-Valerie RHOADS Golar ('63wb)
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>>From: Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64)
Re: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Congratulations to you on your new granddaughter!! Not 2 weeks
old and look at all that hair. Both my kids had heads of hair
like that.
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-Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) ~ Kennewick
Here's hoping that Spring will be here in a couple days.
I'm changing my little flag from Winter to Spring.
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: we'll never do that
Cataracts, heart surgery, colonoscopies [I wanna change this
word in the dictionary to colonASScopy. -Maren], bowel
movements, never trusting a fart, viagra... and much much
more... all things we swore we would never discuss have all of
a sudden overtaken much of our conversations... I mean standing
around with "donut delinquents" whose name should scream young
and cool we are mostly 70s and 80s guys who are still hard
core hot rodders but somehow we crossed the line which we all
swore we would never even approach... funny... we hardly notice
the difference... ahhhhhhhh life ya gotta love it... today I
gotta big sister and a Bomber who was honored for another
thing it never occurred to us we would even think of (until we
approached grageashun anyway)... I ran with this Bomber-babe's
brother the greater part of my life and we are still so close
it would be hard to get a razor blade between us... one of my
fondest memories of the b-day guy is his blue shoebox Merc,
parked on Stevens when we attended Chief Jo... now that was
cool... he was honored with a Quilt of Valor just before his
birthday and it brings pride and tears to my eyes that so
many of us ended up going to war as very young men... HAPPY
BIRTHDAY, Lola HEIDLEBAUGH ('60) and Larry GROSS ('65) on your
special day, February 28, 2017!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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