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Alumni Sandstorm Archive ~ April, 2017
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Richland Bombers Calendar website
Funeral Notices website
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/01/17
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1 Bomber sent stuff Today:
Brad WEAR ('71)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon DAHL ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary HOFF ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ed MITCHELL ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill WEDBERG ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve MINOR ('73)
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: Anniversary
April 1st, 1945, the beginning of the last major land battle
of WWII. The battle for Okinawa began on April Fools Day and
Easter Sunday. And yes, the Marines had to rescue the Army
again.
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in Plano, TX where we've already seen
90° temps
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/02/17
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4 Bombers sent stuff today:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
Donna BOWERS ('63), Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lloyd KENT ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill CHAPMAN ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larry CORYELL ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gail FRANZ ('64)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Re: Pregnant giraffe
Rumor on the web says she isn't. Perhaps it was an April Fools
joke.
[Have you WATCHED this poor VERY pregnant
giraffe lie down?? She usually makes at least 2
or 3 aborted attempts before she finally makes
it down. I remember being that pregnant and
trying to sit down or stand up. UGH! -Maren]
This ain't no joke. There was born on this date in history a
Bomber I went to school with. We didn't hang back then; and
haven't made up for lost ground since. But we do speak civilly
to each other when at Club 40 functions.
'nuff said. A tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy
Birthday!" to Lloyd KENT ('54). Even if Betty ('54) takes you
to dinner, pick up the check for a change.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR with a
side note to the Junior Gyrene ('65): The wind Vegas got
was for luring the Raiders.
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>>From: Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
Re: On the road again
This Monday AM Jackie and I are off to the island of Malta.
Except for a few major cities in Europe and the middle east
you can't get there via direct flight. So we are going BOAC
Seattle to London and pick up a Malta Air flight to the
island. We have a 13 hour layover and so will hire (the
English term for rent) a car and drive the 35 miles to the
village of Mattingly to see what we can learn. Time allowing
we may go another 30 miles to Stonehenge. I have been there
many years ago but Jackie is itching to take a gazillion
pictures.
Since Malta is famous for it's really superior fireworks
industry, part of our reason for the trip is some Fireworks
business. We have pyro friends on the island.
And I will calling on the Water Resources Office with the
news of the Verno RainMaker. With very little rainfall Malta
has almost no natural water and must desalinate saltwater. The
R/O (Reverse Osmosis) process is inefficient and comparatively
expensive. I did speak with them last time we were on the
island, but now that the Verno RainMaker is proven and slated
to begin production, with it's high levels of production and
efficiency it merits further discussion.
-J. Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
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>>From: Donna BOWERS Rice (Gold Medal Class of '63)
Just had to HAIL STATE, my daughter's alma mater [Mississippi
State Bulldogs]. She was recruited in track/cross country
and got a full ride there. Coach Al Schmidt was beginning his
career + she + gals from all over the US became his First
Class. It was also one of the few that offered a biomedical
engineering degree at the time. Watching them build the
program for women from the ground up has been amazing. Their
gals are now always in the top 5 in the SEC, and have several
individual national champions. Know this has been going on in
basketball, too. That's why this was SOOO satisfying! So HAIL
STATE, go BULLDAWGS... Final... can you believe it!!!
-Donna BOWERS Rice (Gold Medal Class of '63) ~ St. Louis, MO
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: Spring has Sprung in the Tri-Cities
Today is a bit cool, cloudy and windy, but yesterday! (That
would be Mar 31) It was sunny and I drove from Kennewick to
Richland, and back by a different route to pay two bills. Two
people at the end of my block mowed their yards. Those trees
that blossom in white and the ones in purple were full bloom.
[Lilac bushes??? I used to LOVE those... not cold enough down
here for them. -Marekn] I saw three open cars; two modern
convertibles and a Bucket T. Parked in a bank parking lot
facing the street and a beautiful 1934 Ford roadster passed in
front of me, but I don't think that counts as he had the top
up. The '34s are a lot more popular than the '33s but I don't
see why. I always thought those straight louvers on the hood
did not fit the design of the rest of the car, the curved
louvers looked more "at home" with that body style to me. As a
mechanical designer I once worked with someone who later
became editor of "Rod Action" magazine. He had a '33 Tudor and
told me that a lot '33s had been converted to '34s. I saw
signs for three yard sales, and when I got home I even heard
the music of an ice cream cart being played.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64) ~ Did not see my first Frisbee yet, but
maybe that is no longer sign of spring
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/03/17 ~ GO ZAGS!
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4 Bombers sent stuff today:
Dennis HAMMER ('64), David RIVERS ('65)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66), Mike FRANCO ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeanene HOFF ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Garry O'ROURKE ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marleen WALTON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat GOBLE ('71)
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
To: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: Trees
No, not Lilac bushes, real, big trees. I am very allergic to
Lilacs. In 1962 my parents bought a little bag of what was
really dried up lilac blossoms; supposed to put it in your
drawer and makes things smell good. When we went to the
Seattle World's fair I took a handkerchief from that drawer
and the hay fever was bothering me all the way, the more it
bothered me the more I used that handkerchief and the more I
used it the more my nose would run. Think I made the
connection after we got to Seattle.
To make matters worse on that same trip, my parents had bought
me a 3/4 sleeve shirt (like a short sleeved shirt but the
sleeve run down to about the middle of your forearm) which was
a fad and all the rage for, oh... about two weeks. It was
treated to make it fireproof and made me break out it little
bumps. It was the second time I wore that shirt, the second
time I had that reaction, and the last time I wore that shirt.
I didn't lake that shirt anyway.
So the first day of that trip I was kinda miserable. When we
rented that half "B" house on McPherson there was a lilac bush
and wife cut some and put them in a vase on the dining table.
I had the same reaction so I had to tell her no more lilacs in
the house.
There were some of those purple trees on the other side of the
street and I remember carrying my daughter over there to see
them; the bees really liked them because they were crawling
the flowers. I went out and found some of those purple trees I
mentioned in yesterday's post, but this tree is a lot smaller
than the two I saw and are not blooming as much. Possibly a
Jacaranda tree?
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ham/170403-trees-purp-wh.jpg
The other picture is of the white trees I saw. The picture
does not look all that white, but the blooms are very white. I
think I need to take a class and learn how to use the settings
on my camera rather than just relying "Automatic."
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: time rolls on
Terry DAVIS ('65) and I were talking today about how things
have changed in our lives over time. After leaving school we
had our own lives and problems and kind of left the past inna
past... then we would come together for reunions and learn
that someone had died... back then it was a shock... as time
passed it became less of a shock and began to be taken for
granted that we would lose friends over time... I think that's
why Ricky WARFORD ('65) suggested back when that we start
meeting at least once a year... we still pine over losses, but
at least we got to see them more often... remember when you
see your friends to let them know how much they mean to you...
I feel that way for all of you...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Leslie HUTCHINSON ('63-RIP) and to my good
buddy Garry "Stump" O'ROURKE('66) on your special day, April
3, 2017!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: NCAA men's basketball ~ 4/2/17 Tri-City Herald
"Resilient Zags head to title game in first
Final Four"
"Gonzaga watched big man Przemek Karnowski fall
to the floor in a heap and holding his eye as he
headed to the locker room. The Zags saw a 14-
point lead evaporate in a South Carolina flurry
and traded punches with the Gamecocks over the
tense closing minutes.
Gonzaga absorbed the blows, counterpunched and
now has another game to play, this one for the
national championship. The Zags face North
Carolina on Monday night.
Led by the poise of point guard Nigel Williams-
Goss and freshman center Zach Collins, Gonzaga
turned its first trip to the Final Four into one
big Zag party after beating South Carolina 77-73
on Saturday."
GOOO ZAGS!!!
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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>>From: Mike FRANCO ('70)
In Larry MATTINGLY's ('60) post he stated... "we are going
BOAC..." in explaining how they are flying to Malta via
London. I love many things about The Sandstorm, especially
that, at 65, I am often NOT the oldest guy in the room.
So I smiled at the mention of BOAC. I had not heard that term
in decades (and I worked at Boeing for 34+ years) That WAS
British Overseas Airways Corporation. In an act of
Parliament, BOAC merged with BEA (British European Airways)
and became British Airways. That all happened the last day of
March 1974. Don't ask me how any of us missed that.
Although I can't find my car keys often, I do have a
significant volume of useless information rattling around in
my head. Like an IBM 286 computer, in order for me to learn or
remember something I must first forget or erase something
already in my head. So as long as I choose to remember forever
that pitcher Al Downing surrendered Hank Aaron's 715th career
HR (breaking Ruth's career record) I will continue to operate
with a relative memory flat line.
By the way, That HR was hit exactly 9 days AFTER BOAC ceased
to exist, both in 1974. Now THAT is useful information!!!
Weird bright globe spotted in the sky over Puget Sound this
afternoon. Reports claim it could be the sun. We are all
awaiting confirmation. Hard to believe it even when we see it!
-Mike FRANCO ('70)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/04/17
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
Marie RUPPERT ('63), David RIVERS ('65)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janice BOOTH ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susan SEEBURGER ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jan NELSON ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda HOLDEN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Michael MARTIN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marlene WALTON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancy ERLANDSON ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Reneé WALTON ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Clif EDWARDS ('68)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
By the time you read this, the outcome will be known. I will
say this, the Gonzaga's are a better breed of Bulldog than
those across the Columbia and hope that they will prevail over
Tarheels.
Enough of "politics". There is a Bomber Babe on today's
calendar that, oddly enough, I went to school with and have
some memory of her back then. Don't believe we inhabited any
class room at the same time, but who knows?
At any rate, I will tip the ol' propeller beanie and say
"Happy Birthday!" to Janice Booth ('54). Since she lives in
Yakima, perhaps "Purk" ('54) might spring a burger for her at
Minors.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
the daffodils are fading and the tulips beginning to
bloom. Could it be that spring is here?
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>>From: Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
Re: BOAC
To: Mike FRANCO ('70)
We went through CheapTickets and the site to print them out
was on BOAC.com.
I also had not heard "BOAC" for years. Last time I flew them
it was "British Airways". I had thought BOAC was long gone.
This saved our sponsor for the trip several hundred dollars
each. But then BOAC charged us for the meals we had to order
for the 9 1/2 hr flight and they charged us $100 per seat for
selecting them. That was for seats in row 35. Seats in the
first 15 rows were $200 to $300 depending on where they were
and when you selected them. The plane is a Boeing 777 LR.
For 7 to $800 each, more we could have gotten on a different
flight that was without a 13 hour layover. But we will use the
layover to drive 35 miles to the village of Mattingly and see
what we might find. I have pictures of the Mattingly-Greene
cottage.
-J. Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
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>>From: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
I have been a North Carolina Tarheels basketball fan since the
Dean Smith days. I absolutely loved how that man stood up to
the UNC administration during the scandal in the '70s. He
benched his best players because of poor academics despite
the pressure to allow them to play. He was almost fired over
it, but obviously, cooler heads prevailed. I also love to
watch great basketball and the Tarheels usually put on a great
show - win or loose.
That said, I'm rooting for Gonzaga to not only make it a great
game, but to win it all tonight. Mostly because of how the
press reacted to them gaining a number one spot in the polls.
It is like a David and Goliath story and how can I not love a
true Cinderella team? Also, there will not be a looser in my
book tonight no matter who wins. This has been an amazing
tournament and I will miss college basketball as much as I
miss college football. Forget the pros in either sport -
college is where it's at!
AFTER THE GAME ENTRY:
Well, the Tarheels pulled it out. I'm glad for Roy Williams,
but I really feel for Gonzaga. Hopefully, we'll see them back
in the final Four next year.
-Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63) ~ in warming up and sunny
Richland (I've been watering for two weeks now.)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Ya just never know
I can't tell you how many times I've been out in one of my
cars with the bomber plaque on it and been stopped by people
who either are or their parents are Bombers... same with
wearing Bomber shirts... This morning I got up and checked the
skies... perfectly clear... uh huh... Well, today I had a very
moving experience. So moving it stayed with me pretty much all
day.
During my life, I have had the honor and privilege to meet a
few great men. Leroy Spotted Eagle was one of them and I had
the distinct honor to call him friend. He was a great
Spiritual Leader to the Paiute People. He was a fellow Marine
and Viet-vet. He passed away in 2011 and his funeral was a
very emotional moment for me. Today I washed all the cars
parked outside... just before a huge down-pour. I had planned
on running errands and by golly I did it. My first stop in the
deluge was the bank. A young man behind me thanked me for my
service. I asked him "what tribe?" and he answered Las Vegas
Paiute. As I had been their commercial judge for about 20
years we continued our talk and he handed me his card. When I
asked if he was related to Leroy (dumb question) he answered
he was his son. Tears welled up in my eyes and I hugged him
and told him how much his father meant to me. He is the Vice-
Chair of the Las Vegas band. Had I not gone out in the rain, I
would not have had the honor to meet this fine young man.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Riv/170404-SpottedEagle.jpg
So on to the portant celebrations... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Nancy
ERLANDSON ('67) and Marlene WALTON ('66) on your special day,
April 4, 2017!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Gonzaga/North Carolina NCAA ~ 4/3/17 Tri-City Herald
"Tar Heels take NCAA title, 71-65 over Gonzaga"
"An unwatchable game turned into a beautiful
night for the Tar Heels, who turned a free-throw
contest into a championship they've been waiting
an entire year to celebrate."
So sad Gonzaga lost!
Re: Chris VOWELS ('71) update 6
Posting for Chris by Erin Casch
"Well it's been a couple weeks since my last
note and many things have changed; so we figured
it was about time for an update. As many of you
know I was scheduled to start chemo Friday
(March 31) with admission to the hospital on
Saturday (April 1). That has all been moved back
to the possible dates of chemo starting on the
9th or 10th and transplant on the 14th or 15th.
A couple of reasons for the change. Firstly,
the donor they had planned for me was just
discovered to have medical issues so was
disqualified. We had been told that this could
happen this late. They then started to move on
to my second donor but stopped because new
medical concerns were discovered about me. As
part of the bunches of blood tests and other
tests, one showed a new problem. Turns out I
have a very high PSA score which can mean
several things. For the past week & a half I've
had a whole series of tests to figure it out.
The result is they believe I have metastatic
prostate cancer that has moved to some bone
involvement. The disease is a chronic one
(meaning I live with it); and the specialist we
met with told me you can live many, many years
with it. So Friday I received a hormone
injection to start treating it - with no further
need to treat for 3 months.
So with all this new input the transplant team
and the new doctors got together and came up
with a new plan. The transplant will go forward
but instead of an unrelated donor match I am now
going to have a haploid match donor. This means
one of my three daughters can be my donor. This
change is for two reasons. One is complicated
and has to do with pre and post-transplant
treatment strategies and how they affect my
newly discovered problem. The second reason is
timeliness. If they were to work up the next
unrelated donor it could take 4-6 weeks. If they
use the haploid match, it will take around two
weeks. So we are moving toward that. All 3 of my
girls were tested on Friday and we will probably
know which one is the best match by early this
week. They all agreed to this and I didn't even
have to strong arm them at all. As you can
imagine though this has been very difficult for
my wife, daughters and their families.
About a month ago a good friend brought me in a
song to listen to while I was in the hospital.
It is "The Healer" sung by Kari Jobe. With these
new revelations this song has helped remind me
of what I have been saying to people since this
whole thing started, "HE has me" and I'm at
peace with that. I want to thank all of you who
have been praying diligently & also to all of
you who have helped with GoFundMe and the Meal
Train. It has been truly amazing and I am very
grateful.
Chris
Help spread the word!"
Re: Jefferson Elementary School ~ 4/2/17 Tri-City Herald
"Work to begin on new Jefferson Elementary
School project in Richland."
The new school will run north/south with its back to George
Washington Way. The parking and entrance will be off Van
Giesen with the new school to open in August 2018.
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/05/17
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
David RIVERS ('65)
Betti AVANT ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary MASSEY ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pam RUST ('66)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Skool dayz
How well I remember my very first day of school... Jefferson
grade school... well perhaps I should be a little more
clear... I have no memory at all of my "real" very first day
of school... I think by now it should be clear to most who
have read anything I have written over the last umpteen years
that in my early years I was not a good listener... especially
do's and don'ts... My mother always said, and I have no reason
to doubt her, that before I turned 5, she explained to me time
and again that I would not be going to school when I turned
5... Never the less, on my 5th birthday I awoke singing a
little ditty which may have been entitled "today I go to
school"... I was ready... I headed next door to Johnny REED's
('63 kinda) to walk to school... now Johnny had always
considered my mother and all growed ups to be full of baloney
to put it mildly... he didn't tell me I would be allowed
inside the school but he did convince me that going was a good
idea... We walked to school and when the bell rang, Johnny
told me to sit on the teeter tater and he would be out
later... it was a rather long wait and some bigger kids than
I came along and knocked me around a bit... finally some
nice people came along and asked where I lived... "In a pink
house" was my reply... they finally found the right house on
Haines and I waited till I was 6 to go back... As for the
really first day... no clue... musta been anticlimactic by
that time... now I had a second similar experience... in 1966
I was tapped to go to the Naval Academy... sounded good to
me... eventually, during what I recall as my last interview,
someone finally noticed I was half blind... as you can
imagine... I did not attend... ahhhhhh but guess what...
Thursday, I will have my second cataract surgery... assuming
all goes well, I will have 20/20 vision... now... If I apply
again or get an appointment... I could have myself a career in
the Navy or Marine Corps... I figure 10 months for prep school
and then 4 more years for a degree... I'll only be about 75 or
76 at graduation... ... Oh boy I'm going to Annapolis yippee
kaiyey... oh boy oh boy... Some of us just never learn... so
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Mary MASSEY ('64) on your special day, April
5, 2017!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Come one come all to the next All Bomber lunch on Saturday 8
April at 11:30 at Sterlings on Queensgate. The food is good
and so is the conversations.
-Betti AVANT ('69)
-Margaret EHRIG Dunn ('61)
-Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/06/17
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Frank WHITESIDE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barbara BERKELEY ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Randy DYKEMAN ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve KING ('73)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cindy RAEKES ('82)
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>>From: Frank WHITESIDE ('63)
Re: Spring greetings from the bayou/AZ house for sale after July 1
I just noticed that my last entry was in June 2015, and the
topic was the "peas" where a lot of us worked in the canneries
during the summer. I'm beginning to wonder if there is
anything left to talk about since we have covered so many
topics over the years. But I'm sure there must be some things
we haven't covered.
Anyway, nothing exciting is happening on the bayou here...
flowers are blooming and gators are sun bathing with the
turtles, as usual.
Once again, I wanted to let fellow Bombers and their friends
and relatives know about a family house that will be up for
sale after July 1 that we will be selling in Gold Canyon, AZ,
which is outside of Phoenix in Pinal County. I recall that
there were a number of fellow classmates in Arizona and
surrounding states, including Mr. Rivers in Las Vegas. It's
a bit far for us to turn it into a weekend retreat or a
hurricane haven, so it will be sold. It is in a 55+ community
called Meadowbrook Village and is surrounded by the
Superstition Mountains. It's a fantastic place for a
second home with a golf course, swimming pool and numerous
activities. If it were a few hundred miles away from us, we
would be going there and I wouldn't be writing this... but
1400+ miles is a bit much for us at this age. We have driven
and flown there over the years... flying is much easier!
It belonged to my 1st cousin and a friend of hers was staying
there, but he is getting up in age and has decided to return
to his Colorado home full-time.
It is a beige stucco home with a red tile roof with
2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms 1397 square feet in size on a lot
7841 square feet in size with a gravel yard and a 500 sq. foot
garage. It has a huge, beautiful Spanish-style backyard
fireplace, metal sculptures, custom metal birdbath and a patio
with a high-quality roll-out cover. It is located in a choice
cul-de-sac surrounded by much larger homes, so the location is
very good. It is likely the smallest home on the street (SMALL
is good when you get older and downsize). It has a really cool
large tree and brush-filled gully behind it which has numerous
interesting animals and birds emanating from it. The community
is very popular and homes tend to move very quickly. This
info will soon be going out in the local area, Phoenix and
elsewhere. A number of the neighbors live there year round.
It is a well-kept and managed community. We hope to sell it
without a realtor if possible, which means a somewhat better
price if no commission needs to be paid. It will be sold as
is. So, if anyone is interested, please send me an email for
details. If possible, I will send a few pictures with this
(if Maren can post them somehow).
[Pictures didn't come thru... looks lime maybe a
Windows 10 problem... Either ask Frank for
pictures and/or they will be posted on a later
date when I get them. -Maren]
-Frank WHITESIDE ('63) ~ Bayou Gauche, LA
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/07/17
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Abe DUNNING ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Harry MANOLOPOULOS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kelvin SOLDAT ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary Anne LAUBY ('73)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda PHILLIPS ('76)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Scott CROSS ('88)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Melissa DYKEMAN ('98)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Jack ALEXANDER & Ginger ROSE ('55)
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>>From: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
CALLING ALL '52-ers!
Not much beats a Class Reunion for getting folks together and
sharing old and new stories. Class of '52 will be celebrating
our SIXTY-FIFTH!!! Wow... can you believe we've made it this
far??? But the movers and shakers putting this thing together
are going to need a lot of help. With the passing of our dear
co-alumn, Luana IVERS Portch, the one person most involved
in Club 40 as a Representative of the Class of '52 and all of
our Reunions, the membership list has disappeared. We want to
get an information letter mailed soon so we can find out what
kind of activity most of you/us are interested in, besides
the Club 40 doings. Anyone who can help put together a
comprehensive list, please contact us as soon as possible.
For now, you can email me with any and all names and
addresses. (Mailing addresses as well as emails and phone
numbers would be very much appreciated. They won't be going
any place except to get the Reunion organized.)
Bomber Cheers,
-Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/08/17
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Helen CROSS ('62), Frank WHITESIDE ('63)
Pat DORISS ('65), Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lorna SHAW ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathleen KINNEY ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John WINGFIELD ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lori BROWN ('71)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
I just want to wish my young cousin, Scott CROSS ('88), a
Happy Belated Birthday [on 4/7]; hope you had a great day.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Hope, IN where it was 36° last
night, but got up to 66° today with some pretty strong
winds, the flowering trees are having a hard time
holding on to their blooms!!
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>>From: Frank WHITESIDE ('63)
Re: old TCH and Seattle P.I.
Since I a weeding out some of my old collections of
newspapers, I thought I would offer some of my old Tri-City
Heralds from 1962-1963. They are ones that covered the
1962 World's Fair, the space program, and the Kennedy
Assassination. I have no one in Louisiana who would likely
care about keeping them for historical reasons. I also
found some April, 1963, reprints of the P.I. that are 100th
anniversary exact copies of big headlines from the newspaper
from about the 1860s up to about the 1940s. If anyone wants
them (free), send me an email with your address... first
request gets them via Priority Mail. A few days ago, I gave
most of my old Colorado newspapers (2 bags) to my 19 year old
cousin who just happened to be visiting for a few hours. They
go back to about the 1890s and will go to the historical
society there. My son may want my Louisiana (big headlines)
papers that only go back to 1965. Not sure why I collect so
much old stuff & guess it's the historian in me.
Re: AZ house for sale
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Whi/170408-AZ_House4Sale.jpg
I only found 2 pictures of the Arizona house we are selling
after July 1. Again, if anyone is interested in a retirement/
2nd house, let me know.
-Frank WHITESIDE ('63) ~ Bayou Gauche, LA
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>>From: Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
Re: Col-Hi Ladies of '65 April Lunch & Get-Together
WHEN: Friday, April 14th, 2017
TIME: 11:30am - 1pm
WHERE: Azteca Mexican Restaurant, 6505 West Canal Dr, Kennewick
Spring has finally arrived, and all around us trees, shrubs and
flowers are blooming like crazy, and in just one week we'll
celebrate Easter!
If you're a Class of '65 Lady Bomber, please consider joining
us for lunch next Friday! Don't worry if you haven't joined us
for a while, you're always welcome!
Let me know if you'd like to join us so I can add you to our
guest list!
-Pat DORISS Trimble ('65) ~ West Richland
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: Belated Birthday
Geez, I can't believe I missed a very special birthday. I've
known this guy since Jason Lee days, sleep overs, hanging out,
just having fun was always easy. We were together at Chief Jo,
Col-Hi, and WSU. He's someone who has truly risen to be one of
the post school year leaders, and relied upon to coordinate
our reunions and events. A belated Happy Birthday to Kelvin
Soldat ('71) on the 7th [yesterday]. I hope it was a good one,
Dog!!!!
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in warm and windy Plano, TX
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/09/17
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
David RIVERS ('65)
Betti AVANT ('69)
Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary SETBACKEN ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tere SMYTH ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cathy WEIHERMILLER ('66)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: nuther river dunk or gold star
Now to some of you guys who always wanted to be the first inna
river, a possible dunking may not be of much portants... but
when you throw in the fact that my hands would be tied and
weights tied to my feet... it becomes a tad more ominous... so
with that in mind I transmit the second leg (there are four
total) in the "W" b-days... tho this Bomber-babe goes by an
"M" now I use the Col-Hi names so it's still "W"... We also got
one a my favorite Marines celebrating today... now favorite is
used only because he was a fav before the Corps... all Marines
and Bombers are Favs... we also celebrate the b-day of a
Bomber-babe sis of our own Editor in Bomber-babe... in fact, in
just a few hours (last night when you read this) she will be
surprised on her 70th b-day with a surprise party... assuming
Terry DAVIS ('65) does as he said he would there will be
another surprise on face book... time will tell... So HAPPY
BIRTHDAY, Gary SETBACKEN ('64), Tere SMYTH ('65) and Cathy
WEIHERMILLER ('66) on your special day, April 9, 2017!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: All Bomber lunch
We had a small group for the All Bomber lunch on Saturday.
Betti AVANT ('69), Glen ROSE ('58), and Burt PIERARD ('59) who
was Glen's ride to the lunch.
I'd like to welcome all Bombers to our monthly lunch, the 2nd
Saturday of every month at Sterlings on Queensgate at 11:30.
-Betti AVANT ('69) ~ Richland
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: Anniversary
Today the 9th is the Anniversary of one of my hunting, fishing,
and drinking buddies. I've known everyone in his family for a
long time, and its always been good. Happy 5th anniversary to
Thoa and Tom MATTIS ('66). And many, many more. You chose well
Tom. And she has a mountain in Wyoming named after her.
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in really warm Plano, TX
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/10/17
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Mary TRIEM ('47)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Norma CULVERHOUSE ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon BENEDICT ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Doug PAYNE ('73)
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>>From: Mary TRIEM Mowery ('47)
Re: Club 40 2017 Registration Form
Maren:
Cannot find forms for this year - how do I do it? I need
for a classmate to get her to come in September as well as
form for me.
Hope all is well with you.
Bomber Cheers,
-Mary TRIEM Mowery (a '47 Bomber) ~ Richland
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[Mary, I was told that the registration form will be available
in the next Dust Storm which will come out after the April
22nd meeting. If anyone asks, tell them it will be May before
Dust Storm is sent. That gives them 4 months to get it in!! -Maren]
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No entries for a REAL Alumni Sandstorm.
We do, however, have 1 birthday today:
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marsha FELTS ('66)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/12/17
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Anonymous Bomber
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: McGregor FOX ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Monita McCLELLAN ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patricia HUTCHINS ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Aaron HOLLOWAY ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David MASON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joan BELLISTON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sherrie SMITHWICK ('68)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
I am appalled by the lack of interest shown in this
publication. Yes, that's right, another "Not" issue arrived
in the inbox today. If nothing more, a reminiscence from the
"Tooter" ('65) on his attraction for older Bomber Babes or
semi-truths about escapades with some of the guys.
I, personally, will leave all the tale telling to Jim WATTS
('54) as he can disguise and obfuscate the truth better.
Someone wondered about a Club 40 dues only form. There wasn't
one in the last DustStorm. But, if you went to the Club 40 web
page http://www.richlandclub40.org/ The link is there ["Dues
Only Registration"] on the opening page. You might have to
scroll down to find it, but it is there. The only catch being,
that your printer is compatible.
So, write if you have something to say or ask. Maren won't
mind (I think). It's better than her staying up all night
waiting for the entries to pour in.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
weather guessers are saying that temps may reach 70 on
Easter Sunday. They said that a week ago, and all we got
was rain and a whole lotta wind on Friday.
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>>From: Anonymous Bomber
Re: giraffe with her baby at six weeks
Maren,
(not for Sandstorm)
I saw a news story on TV yesterday that showed mama giraffe
with her baby at six weeks old. I presume it was April. You
may want to check this out further.
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[I really wanted to respond to this. I'm sure there are
pictures of April with a six week old calf... this is her 4th
or 5th pregnancy... they say that once she weans the baby
(whenever that is) the calf will go to another facility to
protect the species from inbreeding. "Baby daddy", Oliver, is
5 years old and April is 15 years old. They say the males are
only interested in eating, fighting, and mating... which is
why they send the offspring to another facility as soon as it
is weaned. I googled "mama giraffe with her baby at six weeks
old" and found lots of pictures... not sure if any were
April, but I suppose it could have been since she's had
previous pregnancies. BTW, when this calf is born it will
be approximately 6 feet tall and weigh 150 pounds. -Maren]
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/13/17
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Anna May WANN ('49)
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Mike FRANCO ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dave BURNHAM ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dave FOWLER ('76)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Harvey CHAPMAN & Sally FOLEY ('56)
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>>From: Ann Thompson, aka Anna May WANN ('49)
Re: Club 40 dues application
Just to let the Sandstorm audience know, that as Treasurer for
Club 40, I have the dues application in my computer and I will
gladly e-mail or snail mail a form at their request. The one
in the computer has my address on it so we save postage going
to Richland and then Connie DEAN O'Neil ('60) has to use
another envelope and mail to me so I can make the bank
deposit.
Our Board is meeting the 22nd of this month, so get ready for
news on Club 40 this year. I will also include a registration
form for the September Get together in the Spring Dust Storm.
Looking forward to driving to Richland and getting out of this
rain in the Seattle area.
-Ann Thompson, aka Anna May WANN ('49) ~ in water soaked Bothell
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
With reference to Club 40 Dues only registration forms; the
Club Treasurer informs me that they should be sent directly to
her; rather than go to Richland and then have to be forwarded.
You can contact her at Ann.Thompson1comcast.net That should
be a good address. She will even be nice enough to either e-
mail you one or possibly even snail-mail one (depending on how
she did on the golf course)
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
we are still awaiting a 70° day.
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>>From: Mike FRANCO ('70)
I learned here that giraffes..."They say the males are
only interested in eating, fighting, and mating?"
Everyone is right... men are pigs! Or sometimes giraffes...
I guess?
-Mike FRANCO ('70)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/14/17
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Roy BALLARD ('63)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bonnie MOTT ('64wb)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Myra WEIHERMILLER ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Robin CORLEY ('69)
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>>From: Roy BALLARD ('63)
Re: Together!!!!!!!
Together, for many years. Mmy spouse and I congratulate Harv
CHAPMAN and Sal FOLEY ('56) [on the 13th] for the many years
of togetherness,
-Roy BALLARD ('63) and Nancy ERLANDSON Ballard ('67)~ Richland
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: Question
Does anyone suffer from constant itching/scratching?
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/15/17
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2 Bombers and Maribeth sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Maribeth Smith (SIL)
Deedee WILLOX ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lanny WILSON ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sandy CARPENTER ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mickey LYNCH ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cindy DeHART ('67)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
I certainly hope all is settled with Club 40 Dues forms.
Now for the real business. Today we celebrate the birthday of
a Bomber whom I knew back then. Hadn't seen him since until he
showed up at the 60-year reunion just in time for the group
picture. I think he may be in it.
So, a tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!"
to Lanny Wilson ('54). And please, Lanny, put Ray WELLS ('54)
down gently.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
weather guessers have back-pedaled from the 70° on
Easter Sunday; now supposed to be in the mid-sixties.
Stay tuned.
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>>From: Maribeth Smith, Sister-in-Law of Hal SMITH ('56)
Hal SMITH's ('56) wife Diana emailed me today (4/14] that Hal
died yesterday [4/13/17] in Orlando, FL after three weeks in
Hospice care. He cared a lot about his time as a Richland
Bomber and followed Sandstorm entries. He has missed his
brother Pook (63-RIP 2005) and can join him now.
Submitted by Maribeth Smith, sister-in-law
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>>From: Deedee WILLOX Loiseau ('64)
Re: April, the Giraffe
Her official website: http://www.aprilthegiraffe.com/
To: All Moms out there in Bomberland
Remember those last few week of pregnancy? All I could think
about was "get this kid outta me!" The birth, as difficult
as it might be, was easier than the waiting, waiting, and
then... waiting. Well, that's what I am feeling for April, the
giraffe. So, "have the baby, will ya?" I keep checking, but
not baby. Meantime I've watched some live birth films; one
in a zoo & one in the wild. It's interesting. Giraffes are
pregnant for about 15 months - makes 9 months seem not so
long, eh?
{I know that a giraffe gives birth standing up,
so when I see her in the prone position I know
she won't give birth right now. I watched her
lie down a little while ago... it was painful to
watch. She must not have been too comfortable
cuz I just checked again and now she's up again.
Also, front hooves come out first... then the
head... and when her tail is sticking straight
out, I have to watch to see if it's gonna be
hooves or poop. -Maren].
-Deedee WILLOX Loiseau ('64) ~ Burbank, WA where we had rain
again today. It has been a wet winter & a wet spring here
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Pat UPSON ('49), Curt DONAHUE ('53)
Tom HEMPHILL ('62), Bill SCOTT ('64)
Carol CONVERSE ('64), David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barbara COLE ('50)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tony SHARPE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Greg JOCHEN ('76)
IT'S A BOY! 4/15/17 8:56am CDT
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/17/170416-April-BabyBoy.jpg
In March, Toys'R'Us started sponsoring the feed - right after
baby boy was born the ad changed to Babies'R'Us. Cute
Name-the-baby contest coming soon.
April's official website: http://www.aprilthegiraffe.com/
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>>From: Pat UPSON Tervooren ('49)
Re: April
I was doing some work at my desk, quite late last night --- I
clicked on to April to see what she was doing. Most nights,
while the entire state of New York (including Oliver) is sound
asleep -- April is usually standing -- hour after hour trying
to get some sleep after many aborted tries at trying to lie
down!! Last night was different. She paced around her stall for
an hour or more -- never stopping. It was constant. I thought
that something was up. It was evident she was in a dither!!
Finally I gave up and turned out the light. When I awoke, this
morning, I clicked on April and she was giving birth!!!!!!!!!!!
(Thank you David R. ('65) for the use of some of your
exclamation marks!!) I guess, in the wild, when you are worried
about hyenas catching you --- you learn to stand up quickly!!
By the time an hour had passed -- this small miracle of birth
was walking around it's stall and it's Mom was nuzzling it
towards the milk faucet for it's first meal! It certainly was
worth the looooong wait for the joy of watching this adorable
little creature!.
With all of the scary, horrific, and worrisome news that we are
confronted with every day --- what a joy it is to watch and
laugh at this tiny miracle!!!!
Bomber cheers and a Happy Easter!
-Pat UPSON Tervooren ('49)
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>>From: Curt DONAHUE ('53)
Re: Giraffe
The reason the giraffe stands when giving birth is so the baby
wakes up when it hits the ground. Strange, but true, I'm told.
{Also, the fall breaks the amniotic sac and the
umbilical cord. -Maren]
Have a blessed Easter, everyone!
-Curt DONAHUE ('53) ~ Pasco
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>>From: Tom HEMPHILL ('62)
Re: Hal SMITH ('56-RIP)
Lots of my 1950s south end gang have many very fond memories of
Hal ('56-RIP) and Pook ('63-RIP) Smith and their Mom & Dad.
They were a great community orientated family at a unique time
of Richland history. Hal was one of the older kids that we all
looked up too. Rest in Peace, my Hero.
-Tommy HEMPHILL ('62)
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>>From: Bill SCOTT ('64)
Re: Easter
I see the giraffe has delivered. Here's a little rhyme to mark
the occasion: So April the Giraffe//has had her calf//to those
who doubted//she had the last laugh.// Hmm. Maybe I should add
"Burma Shave" after that.
Meanwhile, being that tomorrow is Easter, and knowing that
Easter is NOT about the Easter Bunny, I still can't resist this
little tale. Stop me if you've heard this one. A man was
driving down a lonely country road. Lulled by the monotonous
landscape, he swerved too late to avoid an animal in the road
ahead. He felt the thump of something under his wheels, and,
distraught, stopped and got out to see what he had hit. He saw
on the road a large rabbit. Nearby were an overturned Easter
basket and eggs scattered all around. "I've killed the Easter
Bunny!" the man cried. "What will I tell my kids?" Saddened, he
sat down beside the road and wiped away tears. Momentarily, a
woman drove up and pulled over. She saw the bunny in the road
and seemed to know just what to do. She went straight to her
trunk, opened it, and returned with a large spray can. She
pressed the plunger and sprayed the contents over the bunny. As
if by magic, the bunny sprang to life, picked up the Easter
basket, gathered all the spilled eggs, and hopped off down the
road. About 50 yards down, he turned and waved. Enormously
relieved, the man waved back. But after another fifty yards,
the bunny stopped and waved again! And so it continued until
the bunny was out of sight. Puzzled, the man turned to the
woman. "What in the world did you spray on that rabbit?" he
cried. Smiling, the woman held out the can for the man to read.
It said: HARE SPRAY. RESTORES LIFE TO DEAD HARE. ADDS PERMANENT
WAVE.
-Bill SCOTT (with apologies) ('64)
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>>From: Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64)
BIRTH:
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/17/170416-April-BabyBoy.jpg
It's happened!! April has given birth. One hundred thirty
pounds of cuteness.
-Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) ~ Kennewick
sunshine today, but still windy.
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Dead meat
Well, no matter how hard I try and often I check the cheat
sheet I will miss a few now and then... "Myra WEIHERMILLER"
('67) is prominently written on my cheat sheet along with the
other "W" girls... I mean BIG freaking letters... sooooooooo I
am looking forward to a dunking inna River this summer and no
gold stars... .I'd eat worms but what is done is done... or
rather what wasn't done wasn't done... .I'M SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh the shame of it all... so the 14th has come and gone... Hey
(changing the subject out of desperation)... did anyone have
pedigree dogs as kids? I mean I do remember a few... I think
Brad PEW ('66) did... in fact our bull dogs may have been...
but not like today... anyway, one time I heard there was a dog
show down at the park... I had this cocker named Pepper and
thought it would be cool to go to the dog show... now Pepper
was one of those neighborhood dogs that followed you everywhere
but made a pest of himself in so doing. If I went to the drug
store... he would wait for the door to open and chow down on
the low hanging fruit... in the for of the candy on the low
shelves... can't count the times I was yelled at by the store
employees... he ate well tho... So anyway, Pepper and I walked
on the dike... in those days kids walked or rode bikes all over
town without adult supervision... Jimmy HEIDLEBAUGH ('65) says
we do the same thing today tho we ride in cars... still without
adult supervision... So off we went to the park... I figured it
was just a buncha kids in the park with their dogs... WRONG!
Dabg did we disrupt things... we hadda beat feet outa there as
fast as we could... we could still hear the barking and howling
for a long way away... I didn't check back to see but I am
pretty sure we didn't win a trophy either! That should get some
girl's minds off of my fo paw so now I can wish a HAPPY
BIRTHDAY, Tony SHARPE ('63) on your special day, April 16, 2017
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-David RIVERS ('65)
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Ferna GAROUTTE ('58), Helen CROSS ('62)
Carol CONVERSE ('64), David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary JONES ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bob THOMAS ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim VACHÉ ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Shari NAPORA ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary Jane SMITH ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: "Jumbo" & "Wig" DAVIS ('82)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeff JANICEK ('88)
IT'S A BOY! 4/15/17 8:56am (CDT) ~ 129# ~ 5' 9" tall
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/17/170416-April-BabyBoy.jpg
April's official website: http://www.aprilthegiraffe.com/
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>>From: Ferna GAROUTTE Hicks ('58)
Re: My friend
I am so very sad today.
I just learned Joan GREEN Wade Harvey ('58wb) passed away
January 26, 2017.
Last I knew she was living with her daughter, Lori in
Vancouver, WA. I moved to this area almost 5 years ago and had
tried to find her but I didn't know Lori's married name. I had
tried e-mails and phone calls to her family with no response. I
have many great memories of our times together.
-Ferna GAROUTTE Hicks ('58)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Re: April's baby boy
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/17/170416-April-BabyBoy.jpg
What wonderful news to learn on Easter that April delivered her
baby (calf) safely. As we live with in an hour of Indianapolis,
I hope to go see them.
[April and her baby are at Animal Adventure
Park, Harpursville, New York. -Maren]
Easter blessings a little late, but we've had a very busy Holy,
but blessed Holy Week.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Hope, IN where we had a glorious
Sunrise service with the sun shining through the clouds
on a very warm morning, where the little rain we had held
off til after our outside Easter Egg Hunt, and the
predicted storms have missed us.
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>>From: Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64)
To: Bill SCOTT ('64)
Re: Easter
Very funny! Loved it... had not heard that before so I was very
surprised by the ending.
-Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) ~ Kennewick
Happy Easter one and all.
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: A Special Day
I have been blessed with some very special friends. None more
special that Craig DAVIS ('65). You couldn't have got a razor
blade between us at Spalding from the day I arrived till the
day I was "invited" to leave. Craig was a friend's friend and
Marine's Marine. I find it strangely amazing that during his
last two illnesses, my special friend Terry DAVIS ('65) made it
a point to be there every time Craig needed him and most times
in between. Though I won't go into it here, I have come to
accept the amazing as a friend as so many such things have
taken place during my life time. I am no longer surprised at
the coincidi (coincidence plural) that occur so often in my
life. In fact I find them quite comforting. When God acts
anonymously, anything can happen. It is with mixed sorrow and
joy that I tell you that my friend Craig passed away early
Easter evening. I will relish the grand times we had together
and never be sad as I know he is out of pain. God Bless Craig
Davis.
-David RIVERS ('65)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/18/17
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2 Bombers Alexis Stockwell and sent stuff:
Alexis Stockwell (NAB)
Dwain MEFFORD ('56)
Dennis HAMMER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jane WALKER ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Debbie CONE ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gene SWIFT ('71) '53
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gilbert BLANKENSHIP ('81)
04/18 TODAY IN HISTORY:
Listen, my children, and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the EIGHTEENTH OF APRIL, in '75;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year... .
http://www.paulreverehouse.org/ride/
Paul Revere's Ride
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
APRIL's Stuff
Live Birth archive 3Hrs 54 min ++
While this is the footage of the entire labor process,
you can skip closer to the moment of birth starting at
approximately 3:10:00.
IT'S A BOY! 4/15/17 8:56am (CDT) ~ 129# ~ 5' 9" tall
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/17/170416-April-BabyBoy.jpg
Weighing April's baby makes her a nervous mama.
Protective mama kicks at vet, Dr. Tim
April's official website: http://www.aprilthegiraffe.com/
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>>From: Alexis Stockwell (NAB)
mailto:alexis.stockwellwsu.edu
Re: Carl J. ERICKSON ('33)
Hello! My name is Alexis Stockwell and I am a student at
Washington State University in Pullman. I am taking a military
history class and I am researching Carl J. Erickson ('33) for a
memorial assignment and was wondering if there is anything that
you can tell me about him? Or if there is anyone you know who
might know a little bit more about his life. Carl graduated in
1933 from Richland High School which were the Colts at that
time.
Thank you so much for your time!
-Alexis Stockwell (Not A Bomber)
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>>From: Dwain MEFFORD ('56)
Re: Hal SMITH ('56-RIP)
I was saddened to learn of the passing of my class mate, Hal.
He and I grew up in the south end.
In the first year of little league in Richland, Hal and I were
on a team coached by his dad, Hal senior.
A few years ago I read an article about Mickey Mantle. I
remembered that Hal senior had told the team that he had
coached Mickey as an eighth grader back in Oklahoma. I wasn't
sure my memories were correct so I got Hal's e-mail from the
Sandstorm and wrote him to ask if my memory was correct. Hal
was surprised that I remembered something from so long ago but
yes his dad had coached Mickey.
Hal then told that once when he was in New York he called
Mickey or his agent, identified himself as Hal Smith, and asked
to see him. Mickey thought it was Hal senior calling and
readily agreed to meet. Hal said that Mickey was very gracious
and that they had a nice time together.
Hal and I exchanged e-mails bringing ourselves up to date on
our lives and reliving old memories.
-Dwain MEFFORD ('56)
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: Income Tax Simplification
Proposed new tax simplification for next year.
1. How much money did you make last year?
2. How much was withheld?
3. Subtract line 2 from line 1.
4. Send it in.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/19/17
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
David RIVERS ('65)
Betti AVANT ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lila JENNE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda SWAIN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mark ROHRBACHER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Peg WELLMAN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Deb BOSHER ('67)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Jeff LARSEN & Barbara GILE ('67)
TODAY IN HISTORY
1775 American Revolution began "shot heard 'round the world"
1971 Charles Manson sentenced to life
1993 Waco ended
1995 Oklahoma City
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: wow
Only 10 days apart... well not Zakary 10 days... there wuz
a couple a years in between so I guess it's not like oh say
a mountain blowing up but I think it's a pretty big deal...
without this Bomber-b-day babe we would not have our wonderful
Sandstorm to look forward to inna mornings and I for one would
not be very happy 'bout that... and mean where else can I say
really dumb stuff with amumimity... I can just go on and on
and just be ignored... hmmm seems like my life is not much
different on here than anywhere else... well HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64 on your very special day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: birthdays
Here's wishing the "Queen of the Alumni Sandstorm", Maren SMYTH
a very happy birthday on the 19th. Also my great niece Idaly
Hernandez (HHS) a good #15 who shares Maren's BD and her
brother Anand Hernandez #17 on the 20th.
-Betti AVANT ('69) ~ where in Richland on Wednesday we may hit 70°
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Pat UPSON ('49)
Jack GARDINER ('61)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda LEE ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Chuck SHIPMAN ('71)
April's official website: http://www.aprilthegiraffe.com/
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>>From: Pat UPSON Tervooren ('49)
Re: We should have had ten thousand salutations!!!!!!
Dear Maren,
I promise to paint it on one of my walls in my house!!!! I did
not have your birthday written down and every person who ever
reads this column -- every day, and knows how much work you
put in to it -- should have it memorized!!!! One birthday
salutation appeared!!! Cry SHAME ON US!!!!!!! Thank you for
your dedication, Maren, we love you for it and HAPPY BIRTHDAY
--YESTERDAY!!!!!!
[Pat, I probably DID get a thousand
salutations... ya have to count text messages,
Facebook messages, email, snail mail. telephone
(cell and land line), and there's always
person-to-person wishes. I had a wonderful
day... 72 is a good age to be!! Thank you all. -Maren]
-Pat UPSON Tervooren ('49)
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>>From: Jack GARDINER ('61)
I was also saddened to see that Hal SMITH ('56-RIP) had passed
away. I've known the SMITH family close to 60 years. Hal
graduated with my older brother Scotty ('56). Pook ('63-RIP)
graduated with my younger brother Chuck ('63-RIP). If I am not
mistaken Hal, Sr. was at one time president of the Pony League.
-Jack GARDINER ('61)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Andrey Sushko ('12HHS) ~ 4/19/17 Tri-City Herald
"Hanford High grad is science standout at
Harvard, earns $90,000 new American fellowship."
"Andrey Sushko was reading about physics at age 8.
By age 10, he was showing a knack for
engineering and electronics, building remote-
control model boats.
At 12, 'I was programming things,' he said.
So it's no surprise that at 23, Sushko - who
graduated from Hanford High School in Richland
before going onto Stanford University and now
Harvard University - is the recipient of a
prestigious fellowship.
He's one of 30 young people chosen to be a 2017
Paul & Daisy Fellow. He'll receive up to
$90,000 for his graduate studies."
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ where it is a beautiful day
in Richland!
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/21/17
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3 Bombers sent stuff today:
Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
John ADKINS ('62)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bonnie ALLEN ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Katie SHEERAN ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jane SMOLEN ('66)
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>>From: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
The class of '52 has lost another very dear member. I have
been told that Marilyn NIELSEN Ragsdale passed away Sunday the
16th. I believe she was living at Royal Columbia Retirement
Home in Kennewick.
Shedding Bomber tears,
-Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) ~ Richland
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>>From: John ADKINS ('62)
Re: Class of '62's 55 Year class reunion
The schedule and Registration form for our 55 year class
reunion is available at:
http://richlandbombers.1962.tripod.com/55registratio.pdf
It is also posted on the class Web Page
-John ADKINS ('62) ~ Richland
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Cows n stuff
Ahhhhhhhh Cowgirl butts drive me nuts... particularly I have
one in mind... just saw pictures of her niece with Kid Rock
and Ted Nugent and it gave me cat scratch fever while singing
Sweet Home Alabama all summer long... oh yeah... now if I had
me a machine that would whisk me from one place to another in
the blink of an eye I'd be sittin' there in the SW booth at
the Spudnut just waitin' for her in her turned up Kim Novak
collar and her Court to get there inna morning... ahh but
dreamin' has always been one of my favorite past times... so
I'll just hafta send this little message instead... HAPPY
BIRTHDAY, Katie SHEERAN ('61) on your special day April 21,
2017!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/22/17 ~ EARTH DAY
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3 Bombers sent stuff today:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Jim HAMILTON ('63)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ellen WEIHERMILLER ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim COYNE ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancy METZ ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Meg CONE ('70)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Before I get going on this, I should remind the "Tooter" ('65)
that somewhere in Sin City there is a Bomber Lunch (if the
calendar is correct). Find out where it is and go.
There is, according to the calendar, a Bomber Babe birthday
today. I don't know her; only of her through the ramblings of the
Junior Gyrene ('65). She seems like a nice enough young lady. How
she ever became the school girl crush of RIVERS ('65) is beyond
the ken of man. But let us not hold that against her. I'm sure
she has many sterling qualities.
'Nuff said. I now tip the ol' propeller beanie and say "Happy
Birthday!" to Ellen WEIHERMILLER ('63). In her honor, I will not
over use the exclamation point.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
weather guessers are in a tizzy over when spring like
weather will show up.
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
There once was a Song Queen named Elleeeeen
Whose high kicks often made her undies seen
We crowded the bleachers
Praying like preachers
For one more kick, Long Live the Queen
Happy Birthday to Ellen WEIHERMILLER Anderson ('63)
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: And "some" people thunk I'd "blow it"
I got lumps in my throat
When I saw her comin' down the aisle
I got the wiggles in my knees
When she looked at me and sweetly smiled
There she is again
Standin' over by the record machine
Looking like a model
On the cover of a magazine
She's too cute to be a minute over seventeen
Meanwhile I was thinkin'
If she's in the mood no need to break it
I got the chance and I oughta take it
If she can dance we can make it
C'mon queenie let's shake it
Go, go, go, little queenie
Now I know over the years I've neglected the Bomber guy who
shares his b-day with "Queenie"... well not this year... this
is one a them guys I've known at least since 6th grade and have
enjoyed his friendship year in and year out. While Chuck may
not have writ a song about him, he stands great in my eyes...
so HAPPY BIRTHDAY Ellen WEIHERMILLER ('63) and Jim COYNE ('64)
on your special day, April 22, 2017!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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["Little Queenie" - Chuck Berry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2a2Nrw_6G0
That's Keith Richards in guitar -Maren]
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Gary LUCAS ('57), Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
David RIVERS ('65), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
Nancy MOORE ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike BRADLEY ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rita ECKERT ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ken DAME ('68)
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>>From: Gary LUCAS ('57)
Re: 100th Birthday!
My mother, Gladys Lucas, is 100 years old today, Sunday, April
23! She lives in Richland. She is in excellent health, both
physically and mentally. If you knew her, you might like to call
her and wish her a happy birthday. She would be thrilled to hear
from you. Her number is 509.375.3322. Unfortunately, her voice
mail is inoperable at the moment, so you actually have to get
her.
-Gary LUCAS ('57)
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Re: Ruminations on the 55 year Reunion for the Class of '62
By now many of us have watched the PBS rerun on the construction
of the Grand Coulee Dam. In my more reflective years I am struck
by how the magnitude of national-scale things like this and the
days of early-Richland passed right over the heads most of the
people I know from western Washington and elsewhere. "Manhattan
Project, what's that?"
First, there's the bigger-than-life expanse of the original
Richland area landscape. Before the vineyards and fruit trees
there were the bleak scabland coulees carved out lava flows
thousands and thousands of feet thick. The Puget Sound streams
don't measure up to the dozens of Ice Age floods east of the
Cascades that each suddenly released some 500 cubic miles of
water (still 800 feet deep as they swept over what was to be
become the Hanford Nuclear Reservation). Then there's President
Roosevelt's decision to block the largest of these channels with
a thread of concrete some 550 feet high and a mile long. Compare
this to the much more-celebrated Seattle Space Needle of the same
height, but sideways barely a beanpole.
Even for us who grew up in the '40s and '50s in Richland, the
McNary Dam slack water pool is the more familiar and digestible
sight, so deceptively placid and diminished, backed up behind one
of nine much smaller afterthought dams built on the Columbia in
the years following the Grand Coulee extravaganza (the tenth,
Bonneville, was completed earlier in 1933).
While a graduate student at the University of Washington in the
early '70s I knew a fellow Ph.D. student in regional planning. He
was visiting from agricultural India with a dissertation topic to
research the economic restructuring of rural eastern Washington
following completion of the Dam - the drying up of smaller
crossroads irrigation settlements as these were mostly replaced
by the fewer and larger communities like Moses Lake, Othello and
metropolitan Ephrata! A million new acres of Grand Coulee
irrigation can do that.
Then there's faraway, seemingly unrelated, very self sufficient
(and self absorbed) Seattle where I live now. In truth, the
eastern Washington Dam built much of western Washington Seattle.
One third of the planes built in the United States during World
War II came out of the several Boeing plants, pumping out up to
sixteen bombers per day. Aluminum built the planes, and Coulee
electricity produced the aluminum. (The nuclear reactors at
Richland also siphoned off their share of electrons.)
So, where are we going with all this? The point is the larger-
than-life magnitude of events related to our growing up in
seemingly small-town, cookie-cutter Richland on one domesticated
corner of the desert. Even bigger than the desert, this bigger
picture in human history is really overwhelming. But one didn't
have to feel totally diminished by all this bigness as long as
Trout Pool was filled with water and the Bombers were winning
basketball games year after year.
Now after the hype of World War II and after the Cold War has
settled down, the cleanup of nuclear waste over several decades
seems almost routine. But this is also beyond comprehension at
$100 billion, compared to $2 billion ($1944) for the entire
wartime Manhattan Project (Hanford, Oak Ridge, Los Alamos). And
doubly incomprehensible, since the new mission is to sequester
several decades of accumulated nuclear waste with a half life of
10,000 years (!), in a repository somewhere far away from the
banks of the Columbia, probably in Nevada. This time horizon,
too, like the period since the last Ice Age, is longer than all
of recorded history. The pharaoh Cheops built his personal
repository pyramid on the banks of the Nile only 5,000 years ago.
All of this is just a bit hard to comprehend - and is especially
beyond the radarscope of most people today who were not in the
middle of the historic moment that produced Richland.
We graduates of Columbia High School (aka Richland High School
to historical revisionists)... do we get it? In some ways we do
think at least sorta historically: I see where classmate JOHN
ADKINS ('62) is advertising the 55 year Reunion for the Class of
'62. Now this is at least a bit long term.
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ with my feet in the politically correct
sinkhole of Seattle, but my heart still in the sage brush
over the mountains.
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: cozy and fun
Now that was fun! After the delinquents this morning I ran home
putzed around then headed out for the Fiesta in Henderson for a
Bomber lunch. Now I expected a larger crowd but boy did this work
out! I met Nancy MOORE ('70) outside the buffet and we were soon
joined by Ray KELLY ('63) and Marilyn BRASFIELD ('64)... while
waiting for any others I made my yearly (well I am sure I call
more than once a year... even I who hate the phone must do better
than that) call to Ellen ('63) the b-day Bomber-babe of the
day... from there we just sat at a teeny tiny little table and
talked and talked and talked till almost 3 PM... now that was one
great Bomber lunch... if you asked any of us "what" we discussed
I'm not sure we could tell you... just jumped from subject to
subject... about the only thing that might have added would
have been today's B-day Bombers to be there and add to the
conversation... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Gary WEBB ('64) and Kenny DAME
('68) on your special day, April 23, 2017!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: James MATTIS ('68) ~ 4/22/17 Tri-City Herald
"Richland native James MATTIS ('68) makes Time's
Most Influential list"
"Defense Secretary James MATTIS ('68) is one of
the most influential people in the world,
according to Time magazine.
The Richland native and retired Marine general
is one of four state newsmakers on the
magazine's list of the top 100 movers and
shakers. The others are state Attorney General
Bob Ferguson, Melinda Gates and Jeff Bezos.
Time's 100-person list is a who's who of recent
newsmakers. They include Donald and Ivanka
Trump, drag performer RuPaul, Olympian Simone
Biles, soccer star Neymar and North Korean
leader Kim Jong Un."
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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>>From: Nancy MOORE ('70)
Re: VEGAS BOMBERS
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Lunches/Current-Vegas/00.htm
Not pictured: David RIVERS ('65).
The Vegas Bombers had a great time at lunch today, visiting for
almost 3 hours at the Fiesta Henderson Casino Buffet.
We were missing Harvey IRBY ('64) & wife, Carolyn and
Jim NELLIGAN ('50) & wife, Ginny - something must have come up!
Go Bombers!
-Nancy MOORE ('70)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/24/17
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4 Bombers sent stuff today:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Judi PEARSON ('54)
Karen COLE ('55), Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat "Rex" WOOD ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Leslie SWANSON ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Denny CASTO ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Karen ROTAN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ben HAUSENBUILLER ('98)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
So glad the "Tooter" ('65) made it to the Vegas lunch Saturday.
Could the reason he wasn't in the picture because he took the
picture? Or was he avoiding being in someone else's selfie? The
world will not wonder.
There is a fellow classmate who celebrates a birthday today. I
think I knew him back then. Name sure is familiar. I know I saw
him at the last reunion, I think. Most of all, he is not the
fellow classmate with the same last name; he is not Eugene "Red"
WOOD ('54-RIP).
Therefore a tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy
Birthday!" goes out to the one and only Rex "Pat" WOOD ('54) on
this day. Have a good one, Pat, and see you around the campfire
sometime.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where the
growing season is being postponed due to wet weather.
Real strawberries will be late this year.
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>>From: Judi PEARSON Parker ('54)
Re: Forrest GOODENOW Terry ('54-RIP)
More Bomber Tears. I've just found out that Forrest passed away
March 25th. Forrest was my date for our Junior Prom. We always
said it was the best Prom date because we were good friends, not
dating. Forrest was a great dancer and fun to be with. We always
loved seeing each other over the years and stayed in touch after
meeting at our 30 year reunion. More good memories.
-Judi PEARSON Parker ('54)
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>>From: Karen COLE Correll ('55)
Re: Gary WEBB ('64) birthday
Happy belated birthday to you, Gary. I understand it was
Sunday the 23rd. Hope this finds you well and out in the sunshine
down there in the banana belt. Instead of 300 days without
precipitation, we've had 300 days with I believe!
Anyway, we hope your birthday was a good one.
-Love the Cole kids
-Karen COLE Correll ('55)
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: All Summer Long
To: David RIVERS ('65)
Wow, for sure change the lyrics of All Summer Long (Kid Rock) to
1969 and Eastern Washington and it's a fit for me!!!! Extra!!!!!
For sure. All of the lyrics are Richland for sure.
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in hail pounded Plano, TX
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/25/17
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3 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff today:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Carl DVORAK ('58)
Jim HAMILTON ('63), Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Don WINSTON ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carla BOSHER ('64)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Jerry SPEARS & Cathy CLUGSTON ('64)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Yesterday's news from fellow classmate Judi PEARSON Parker ('54)
brings forth the wonder of how we lasted this long. Speaking for
myself (of course) as Judi is only in her early 20s. Considering
"hooky-bobbing" and weaving in and out of the mosquito fog; how
did we get past childhood let alone graduate.
Judi also makes me wonder if the climate in Arizona, although
somewhat like Richland, is not conducive to a longer life for
Bombers residing there. Hey, if ya wants yer desert life think
about moving to Burns, OR. It is a full half-day closer to
Richland than Phoenix, Tucson or Tempe.
So long, Forrest ('54-RIP). I would mention your "school" name
only the witness protection people may trace me down.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Carl DVORAK ('58)
Re: Ronnie Lewis ARMSTRONG ('56-RIP)
I am sad to say that my brother-in-law, Ronnie, lost his battle
with cancer and passed away on Friday, April 21, 2017. Ronnie
loved watching the Mariners and Seahawks and didn't miss a game
on tv.
A viewing will be held Wednesday, April 26, 2017, 1pm at Einan's
at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Graveside services will follow at
2pm.
In lieu of flowers please send your donation to the Diabetes
foundation or the local Humane society.
-Carl DVORAK ('58)
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
While he is younger than Ray STEIN ('64) and should have also
been Red Shirted, we're glad he's one of us as he kept our
collective grade point at a respectable level.
Happy Birthday to Don WINSTON ('63), hope those Atlanta traffic
woes stay in the news long enough to keep the locals from looking
at the National League East standings. Maybe they could schedule
a series with out local AA/MLB club.
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: Who Are These Guys?
To All Bombers,
The photo looks to be taken in the late '50s. These men are part
of the Radiation Monitoring Unit (RMU) of Hanford. 3 names are on
the back if that will help. Any information would be appreciated.
Thanks.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/170425-RMU_men.jpg
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/26/17
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4 Bombers sent stuff today:
Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52), Connie MADRON ('60)
David RIVERS ('65), Tere SMYTH ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lou Ann BINNS ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rosalie LANSING ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Melanie DUKES ('67)
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>>From: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
To: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
I certainly enjoyed your entry last week about the historical
significance of Richland and the "east-side". It was a unique
time growing up in Richland, under the shadow of Nuclear power.
The kids around here now, didn't have our up-bringing and don't
have the sense of wonder that we had/have for "the way things
were".
Best Bomber regards,
-Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) ~ enjoying family, friends, and the
weather in Alaska for a few weeks or so.
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>>From: Connie MADRON Hall ('60)
Re: I See My House Down There
WATCH: View the making of the Candy Mountain trail
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article146524099.html
-Connie MADRON Hall ('60)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: The Twang's the thang
Ahhhhhhh that time again... Ohhhhhhhhhh sweeeeet mystery of life
at last I've found you... ..Oh sure sure... I always say this or
that Bomber-babe is the coolest, the sweetest, the prettiest,
the nicest and on and on... and I mean every single word... but
hey... my heart was stolen by this babe years and years ago and
we still talk on the phone alla time (yeah I know I'm not a phone
guy) and can't wait to get together each year... and ya gotta
admit, when the Fabulous Wailers cut her record, they broke the
mold and when her folks had her they did the same... plus the
fact she shares her day with the man with the twangy guitar...
what more could one ask... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Rosalie LANSING ('63)
and Duane Eddy (NAB) on your special day, April 26, 2017!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_whqBheo0Gw
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Tere SMYTH-Wilson ('65)
Maren my sister---thank you for all you do for this website. And
to all who contribute.
And thanks David RIVERS ('65) for your well wishes on my surprise
70th. You remember so many of us---wonderful.
-Tere SMYTH-Wilson ('65)
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No entries for a REAL Alumni Sandstorm.
We do, however, have 3 birthdays today:
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill CHAPMAN ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim TADLOCK ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve UPSON ('65)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/28/17
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1 Bomber sent stuff today:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dick WIGHT ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Betty WHITTEN ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marilyn SIMMONS ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dale HOSACK ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda ABBEY ('71)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Blamn and dast!!!!! Ya done went and did it again. Another of
them "NOT" issues in the inbox. Shirley some one coulda sent in
something. Suppose I could have wished Bill CHAPMAN ('53) a happy
birthday, but I didn't cuz I thot Norma ('53) would have.
But that's all water under the bridge or over the dam. There is,
however, a Bomber Babe having a birthday today. I can't honestly
say I remember her from back then. We did graduate together, but
she was back in the "W's" and I was in the "C's"; go figure.
Without further ado, a tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a
"Happy Birthday!" to Betty WHITTEN ('54). Congratulations on
reaching your 22nd; now that smart mouth bartender at the
Tahitian will be embarrassed when he cards you. Enjoy the day.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
weather guessers are calling for "spring like" weather
beginning this weekend.
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3 Bombers sent stuff today:
David DOUGLAS ('62)
Leoma COLES ('63)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Phyllis BENJAMIN ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nora SZULINSKI ('66)
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
I see there was another NOT issue. I feel obligated to write
something, since I read it every day. I've been trying to think
of something interesting. I discarded a couple of medical
procedures that I'm sure no one wants to hear about. Our cat
attacked our son, which sent son to the emergency room and cat to
the animal control center for observation for 10 days. At least
one of them is back home now. Anyway, I decided to write about
The Great Whirlpool Battle. Not the whirlpool you see when you
pull the plug on bathtub, although it is water related. I'm
talking (or rather writing) about our new Whirlpool hot water
heater.
I've never been a fan of Whirlpool appliances since the time we
bought a washing machine that was constantly needing repair. When
it sprung a leak I replaced it with a Maytag, which never gave a
moment's trouble. When we moved into our house here in Mesa, AZ
in 2012, I had to have an element replaced in the Rheem hot water
heater. The plumber said the heater was 7 years old, and the life
expectancy of a hot water heater in Arizona was 8-10 years. It
actually lasted another 5 years before it sprung a leak last
December.
I wanted to replace it with another Rheem from Home Depot, but
the model I wanted had to be ordered, and delivery would take two
weeks. I didn't want to wait that long so I ordered a Whirlpool
from Lowes which would only take a week to deliver. Knowing what
Whirlpool appliances are like, I got one with a 12-year warranty.
It was a fancy model with electronic controls. Sure enough, it
worked for about four hours before it broke down.
I called the Whirlpool hotline and told them the error codes and
they referred me to a technician. He came out, got it working and
left. An hour later it stopped working again. A second repairman
came out with similar results. Finally the hotline sent me via
overnight FedEx parts to repair it. 'Overnight' took three days
due to bad weather somewhere. I replaced the electronic controls
and thermostats, and it worked finally. For three months.
Something in the electronic control overheated and melted the
insulation on the wires. The hotline sent me another electronic
control and a wiring harness.
In the meantime, we had no hot water. Before I took the old Rheem
to the dump I removed the mechanical thermostat controls, just in
case. I probably invalidated the warranty, but I pulled out the
electronic stuff from the Whirlpool and replaced it with the
Rheem controls. It's been working fine, thank you, for over a
month now.
The only advantage to the electronic controls was you could
change the thermostat settings by pressing the up or down arrow
on the screen. Now think - when was the last time you changed the
temperature setting on your hot water heater? I thought so. The
other advantage to the electronic control was the vacation
setting, which also needed only a button pressed. My old Rheem
also had a vacation setting - circuit breakers in the off
position.
So, for the time being, I'm winning the battle of the Whirlpool.
If it ever attacks again, the elements and mechanical thermostat
controls cost less than $20 and are easy to replace. In its
defense I must say the thing does look handsomer than the old
Rheem. I'll send Maren a picture of it, just so you'll trust my
veracity.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Dou/170429-Whirlpool.jpg
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ where it's nice swimming
weather, most of the time.
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>>From: Leoma COLES ('63)
Having our first beautiful sunny day at the Oregon Coast this
year!! It was low tide this morning, so I got up early and my 14
year old granddaughter and I went to the beach to gather agates
and shells. It was not even windy and was so enjoyable. After all
the months of rain it is truly a joy to live here and we even saw
a whale heading north off shore.
Looking forward to a wonderful summer, with plans to go to New
York with my granddaughter's high school class for "Explore
America". Eight days in New York, Boston, and Washington DC. I'm
getting my walking shoes ready to go!! In July going to be
camping with the Girl Scouts, at Silver Creek Falls outside of
Silverton, Or. It is one of my favorite parks with miles of
beautiful waterfalls and hiking trails. Then I'm taking her again
to Hawaii in August. Never been to Oahu but so excited for this
trip. We will be staying in Honolulu and walking distance to the
beach!!
Have a great summer everyone! Hope the weather is the best ever!
We all deserve a warm and enjoyable one that's for sure...
-Leoma COLES ('63) ~ in sunny Lincoln City, OR
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Chris VOWELS ('71) ~
https://www.gofundme.com/3gcd1t4
"Chris VOWELS' ('71) journey began in November
2015 as he was diagnosed with Severe Aplastic
Anemia. He's been married for 43 years and has 3
grown daughters & 4 grandkids.
The greatest impact of this disease has been the
limits it puts on his interaction with his wife
Dorothy, family and friends. The disease itself
shuts down all 3 major blood lines. He lives on
transfusions in the hospital every 3-4 days and
the lack of white blood cells puts him at risk
for severe infection. With 4 grandkids under the
age of 13, a simple hug from one of them can put
him in the hospital, which has been happening
more lately.
He is a retired Richland, WA, Police Officer.
However, he couldn't stay too retired; so he and
Dorothy own a kayak shop (Columbia Kayak
Adventures); has been inspecting and training
for a ropes course/zip line company (Synergo) in
Portland, OR; and has taught advanced driving
skills for police officers and government
agencies.
He hopes to find a donor to not only return to
these activities, but to get back to 'normal'
with his loved ones. With the family's faith in
Christ, it has been very obvious over this past
year and half that God has been in the middle of
all his treatments and care so far. All of the
prayer, encouragement, and support by others
have helped sustain his family and him.
A potential bone marrow donor match has been
found! Chris is now heading to Seattle to begin
the 4 plus month process of prepping, receiving,
and recovering. This is very costly with travel,
accommodations, and help from outside sources.
Please consider donating to the continued life
of someone who has helped so many others lives!
UPDATED 4/27/17:
Hey everyone! This is Erin, Chris's niece. I
have raised the goal an additional $10,000.
Spoke with Chris today and due to continual
obstacles, his stay in Seattle has been extended
to an anticipated home return by August
sometime. The amount of response to his campaign
has been overwhelming in such a loving way!!!
Thank you so much for all financial support and
spiritual support as well! Help in spreading
the word to bring in more funds that were
unexpectedly needed, would be great! Once again,
it's very hard for my uncle Chris to even
request help, so please know he is beyond
thankful continually for all that is given!"
Help spread the word!
Prayers of healing for Chris ~
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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4 Bombers sent stuff today:
Norma LOESCHER ('53), Ann BISHOP ('56)
Dennis HAMMER ('64), David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve HAGGARD ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill JOHNS ('72)
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>>From: Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53)
Re: Happy Birthday, Mary TRIEM Mowery ('47)!
Happy Birthday, Mary! You welcomed me into Club 40 from the first
moment I joined. You always treated me as a friend. You have
stayed beautiful as the years passed. I hope your special day is
full of wonderful memories, new joys and special blessings. I
look forward to seeing you soon!
Red roses and Bomber cheers,
-Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53) ~ Richland, where it's warming up
nicely
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>>From: Sara Ousley, aka Ann BISHOP ('56)
Re: PTSD
If any of you know any veteran suffering from PTSD and actually
wants help, contact me. There is a place in Cookville, TX that
helps them... free of charge. It is called Lancer Legacy Ranch. I
can give the contact info, if you need it.
-Sara Ousley, aka Ann BISHOP ('56)
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
To: David Douglas ('62) et. al.
Re: Water Heaters
Has anyone had experience with tankless electric water heaters?
Daughter likes to watch programs like "Flip or Flop" and I guess
it was said they don't put out enough hot water, or two people
can't be using it at the same time. In the '70s saw them at the
Benton-Franklin County Fair and was told you could over-run them.
You could solve this by either having two connected together, or
point of use (like one under kitchen sink and at each bathroom).
Would they each need their own 220V circuit. It would however
have a perfect vacation setting apparatus; just don't turn on the
hot water when you are not at home. I think even I can handle
that!!!
My problem is space and layout. The room with the water heater
also has a stacked front loading washer with dryer on top,
freezer, electrical breaker panel, and cat box. If I put a washer
and dryer side by side (next to the water heater) I will not have
room to squeeze in between them and the freezer, which is at a
right angle, to get to the breaker panel and cat box. I could put
the freezer where the washer/dryer is and new washer and dryer
where the freezer is and reach over to the breaker box, but, that
require long hoses and power cords which would not be a good
idea. Even if I can put a tankless water heater in and a washer
and dryer side by side, I can't get the door going outside to
quite open all the way, so might have to change it to open from
the other side. Might just have to change it to a stacked model
with a top loading washer sized like they make for apartments.
I feel like I have been preached at since I was about 10 years
old when parents bought what was then called a new "automatic
washer." Before that we, and others we knew at the time had
washing machines you filled and washed, emptied, filled, rinsed,
and then run the clothes through a ringer. Was told front loaders
used less water, less soap, etc. etc. I found mine only washes
half as many clothes at a time and takes longer doing it. How
does that save me anything? On top of that it doesn't do as good
a job. Scum builds up around the seals in front and smells, the
bearing in back have a tendency to wear out so it sounds like a
jet engine trying to take off. I hear the repairman will come out
and charge you $150 to tell you it cost too much to fix and you
should buy a new one. It will be a job, but through Amazon.com
and YouTube videos I'm sure I can either fix it myself or break
it permanently. This one came with the house, and I put the old
ones in the U-Haul and left them at the scarp yard, soon after
regretting I did that. I will never, never, ever, buy another
front loading wash machine. Probably, to be fair, mine is the
infamous Maytag Neptune, which I learned was the subject of a
class action law suit.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64) ~ This may not be a very interesting post,
but at least it will keep Sandstorm readers from
excitedly opening up their mail box, clicking Alumni
Sandstorm and reading, "NOT" What a let-down!!!
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[This SOUNDS too good to be true... maybe somebody will tell me
it's a scam?
http://mls.waterliberty.com/#a_aid=Facebook&a_bid=4b656a9f&data1=004
-Maren]
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Oh no not agin
This morning we had a special delinquent breakfast... a girl that
sometimes attends decided to make breakfast for alla guys and
Sarah (my witto baby girl)... it was quite nice and the food
was fantastic... One of the guys, Magoo, made an early comment
on how nice it was to have nice and quiet and lots of easy
conversation... One of the guys made a Birthday card for Sarah
and we sang her happy birthday... the stories started flying on
this and that... now Magoo is maybe 2 years older than I, and did
5 full tours in Vietnam as a member of the VERY FIRST group in
Seal Team 1... first of the first... .he attempted three
stories... by the time he got to the point of each story he had
forgotten the main point... he looked at the group and said:
"maybe it's time for shorter lead in's"... Ya think? I'm afraid
this is what we are looking at for some of us from here on in...
now of course that would not apply to the B-day Bomber... no way
no how... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Steve HAGGARD ('65) and Louise MOYERS
('65 RIP) on your special day, April 30, 2017!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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