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15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Richland Bombers Calendar website Funeral Notices website *********************************************** *********************************************** Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/01/18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 Bombers sent stuff today: Mike CLOWES ('54) Marie RUPPERT ('63) Dennis HAMMER ('64) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carol TYNER ('52) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Diane SIMPSON ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judy CARAWAY ('67) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Maggie GILSTRAP ('74) BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Tedd CADD & Pam HUNT ('66) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) How about a great big "Get Well Soon!" to all those suffering from some ailment or other. Now, to the business at hand. You are right, it is a birthday of an older Bomber Babe of my acquaintance. I think mostly through Club 40, but possibly during the school year. I know we had lunch one Sunday afternoon at the Glockenspiel here in town. So a tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!" to Carol TYNER Roberts ('52). I just hope that her current husband, Dick ('49) takes her somewhere nice to eat. Taco Bell is not an option. -Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where Wurstfest is coming on Friday the 9th of February. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63) Yesterday (1/30) I accepted delivery of a new washer and dryer pair that I purchased from Sears. The pair replaced my 12 year old models of the same machines - agitator free top loader washer and dryer with huge tubs. The installers did not level the washer (unbeknownst to me) before leaving with both machines in an introductory cycle. As the washer hit spin it was not operating as I thought it should, so I pulled out a level and sure enough it needed adjustment. I called the installers and they couldn't get back to me until Fri. (2/1). So, when Lance ('60) came home from golfing, he spent the afternoon leveling the washer. I washed 2 loads of laundry and everything worked great. Lance left for the last Bombers' home basketball game and I settled down to read a bit and watch some TV (not the State of the Union address) as the last of the clothes were drying. Suddenly I heard a loud crash and my cat went flying for the bedroom. I walked into the laundry room and discovered that the lid to the washer that I had left open so the tub could dry had exploded! The glass was tempered so it was in tiny pieces all over the top of the washer and onto the floor. I called Sears and spoke with the appliance manager of the night and he told me to leave everything as is (I could sweep up the floor and dump the glass into the machine). He told me that this was the 2nd episode he was aware of and they would take care of me. A bit later, someone from headquarters called and I explained the whole thing again. Later, the store appliance man called again to tell me I will receive a new washer on Friday. I'm a bit leery, but will give it a try and hope everything will be okay. I really like this laundry pair. I'm glad I had removed the last of the load from the washer, so no clothing had to be tossed because of glass imbedded in them. How scary It could be if it happened when the washer was running! -Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63) ~ in Cloudy Richland where we couldn't see the blood, blue, super moon because of the clouds. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64) Re: B-Day A thank you to David RIVERS ('65) for the birthday shout-out. Of course I consider him to be a friend. I consider everyone on the Sandstorm a friend. There are no strangers on the Alumni Sandstorm, just friends we haven't exchanged Sandstorm posts or emails with." Nice to see that a rare Super Blue Blood Moon Eclipse was arranged for my birthday. This is something that has not happened in the United States since March 31, 1866--that was before my grandparent's time. I have just finished my 73rd trip around the Sun on the 3rd rock--well, for a rock it does have a very big swimming pool, actually there are seven of them. One thing I have learned is what those Astronomers and Physicists have been saying is completely wrong!!! They say the Earth is slowing down. No it's not, it is speeding up. My 73rd trip was faster than my 50th trip, which was faster than my 30th trip, which was a lot faster than my 10th trip. So they must be wrong about perpetual motion too. Re: David Rivers' proposed book Too bad our Sandstorm Barrister has decided against the book just as I had come up with a proposed title for it. "Wit, Wisdom, and Trivia that Flows from Rivers." You will remember, (probably not) I proposed a name for George "Pappy" Swan's book: "The Old Man and the Elves," a play on "Papa" Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea." I have said I should write a book myself, but I think that falls under another old saying: "When it is all said and done, more gets said than gets done." Re: Tri-Cities weather Nice to have the highs around 50° when it was 15° a year ago. Seeing some signs of Spring even in January. Yard work going on, tops down on cars--if a WWII style Jeep and a T-top car count. Even have crocus plants blooming, I know they bloom early, but January? I remember as a kid seeing the first Robin was supposed to be the first sign of Spring, then starting in the '70s it became the first frisbee. I don't see frisbees being thrown anymore, but they probably have an app for that. -Dennis HAMMER ('64) ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/02/18 ~ GROUND HOG DAY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff: Marilynn WORKING ('54) Mike CLOWES ('54) Don Sorenson (NAB) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bob ECKERT ('60) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sherri WARD ('63) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marilyn BRASFIELD ('64) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Len REDISKE ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patricia BERLAND ('69) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Norman WOODLEY ('72) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54) Re: Class of 1954 Ladies ~ Friday lunch at Applebee's We had a very small, but adorable, bunch at lunch Friday!! Those who could attend, including myself, were, Sue HALE Blahuvietz, Shirley STREGE Bigelow, Sandra STURGIS George, and Judy NIELD Zackary. A small group can get a lot of talking in!! . I feel bad for our classmates and anyone who is suffering with this dreaded flu. Stay out of public places and keep washing your hands!! Our main gal, Dona McCLEARY Belt ('54) has been in hospital but is now home, with the flu!! Missed everyone else who usually attends!! Sorry for the loss of another one of our 1954 classmates, Darlene CARD McKeown (RIP)!!!! Is it too early to start talking or planning our 65 year class reunion for 2019??? What should we do??? Who will come to Richland??? Let me know what you think!! Regards and good health to ALL, -Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54) ~ Pasco where it has been so wonderful with NO snow. In the 50s this week!!! ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) This is a cautionary tale. No, it has nothing to do with exploding washing machine lids or the Tooter's "threatening to tell all" book. If you go out in the woods today, look out for groundhogs. They may be attempting to steal shadows and what not. Don't say you weren't warned. -Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where it may be too cloudy to form shadows. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Don Sorenson (NAB) Re: Hanford and why its second fiddle My answer to Bill SCOTT's ('64) question about existing novels concerning Hanford, none that I'm aware of. The closest "novel" I can think of is Dr. Gerber's book "On the Home Front". It contains a lot of good information and a few personal stories so with a number of exceptions (which I won't get into) it's not bad. Plutopia, Now it Can Be Told, Their Day in The Sun Women in the Manhattan Project, Laura Fermi's book, I can't remember the title, Hewlett's book on the Manhattan Project (goes into good technical depth on Hanford) and there are others. There was one movie starring Jack Webb, of Dragnet fame, I think was produced in the '50s. The story line was about a woman who was trying to elicit information from Jack Webb's' place of work. To paraphrase a line from the movie, she was trying to gain information on Hanford a government installation in Washington State. Can't remember the name of it though. Other movies used Hanford in their story line, badly in my opinion. So take that, add a less than a dollar, then buy a Spudnut. Why is Hanford barely mentioned most of the time? I think it's a second place thing. Oak Ridge's material is used first who very quickly they called themselves "Home of the Atomic Bomb". Los Alamos as the brain child was in the same story with top brain Robert Oppenheimer. Paul Tibbets the pilot of the Enola Gay. When I look around not much is mentioned about the 2nd place folks and places. The only exception that comes to my so called mind would be the Met Lab in Chicago. They were before Oak Ridge. Hanford has a great story full of surprises, intrigue and patriotism. There much of Hanford contained in the Sandstorm submittals over the many years. It would be a great undertaking to search out those nuggets but well worth it. It needs to be told with more of the human element mingled in with the technology. And by the by I don't like the plane on Richland's uniform and I'm not even from here. -Don L. Sorenson (NAB) ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/03/18 ~ THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED - 1959 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff today: Jack GARDINER ('61), Jim HAMILTON ('63) Bill SCOTT ('64), Terry DAVIS ('65) David RIVERS ('65), Pam EHINGER ('67) Don Sorenson (NAB) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gail DAWSON ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Glenda LATTIN ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Suzanne COWAN ('71) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Jack GARDINER ('61) 2-3-59 a tragic day in American music history. It's a good time to go to Youtube music and watch 3 stars by Tommy Dee or Eddie Cochran. Tragically Eddie Cochran died in a automobile accident the following April. Gene Vincent was also in the vehicle but survived with just a broken leg. -Jack GARDINER ('61) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63) As I most often spend my mornings perusing car ads, I call it "Coveting and Coffee". Today I notice a truck with a bit of Richland history. The description states that it was sold in Richland and there is a picture taken in front of an "H" House with appropriate period minimalist landscaping. Anyone know anything about it? '49 Chevy Canopy Truc -jimbeaux -Jim HAMILTON ('63) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Bill SCOTT ('64) Thanks to Don Sorenson's (NAB) response to my inquiry regarding Hanford's seldom-mentioned status in Manhattan Project lore. I too doubt there's ever been a novel written about Hanford. But I think there's more to the reason "Atomic Girls" and "Girls of the Atomic City" were written about Oak Ridge. Unlike Oak Ridge, to the best of my knowledge (and I welcome a correction if I'm wrong) there wasn't a large mass of women working out on the Project during the war. I suspect there were very few, and what few there were, were probably employed in clerical support positions. Now, I don't mean to be sexist, but that was probably the reality; there were no "girls" at the controls of mysterious machines to look back on and write about. Beyond that, I don't think it's a matter of "second place". No, I think the eternal slight has more to do with geography and an east coast parochialism among the very large writing community there, as well as the general public. Translate that as "nothing interesting happens out West". Regarding the geography, I'm sure that during WWII Tennessee was heavily populated, and though entry to Oak Ridge was verboten, and its mission secret, its existence would have been impossible to conceal. Thus it was much better known then and now. To east coasters, then and to an extent even now, eastern Washington, except for Spokane, was a blank space on the map. When Hanford was set up, its remoteness relative to any significant population was no doubt second only to Los Alamos itself. It's still that way today, though to a lesser extent. Because of that, the level of awareness among the general public has always been quite low. Still, I would think that anyone writing about any aspect of the Manhattan Project would dig a little deeper. But they don't. Maybe much of what went on out there is still classified. We must be content with things as they are, I guess, and realize that while it may be annoying to be short- changed, it's not really that important. -Bill SCOTT ('64) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65) Happy Birthday, Bob ECKERT ('60) on 2/2. Okay now, what you first need to understand about this story is that I hold no ill-will towards the guy who was what you might call the story's main character--or its star, you might even say. I'm in the story too, and in fact it's really MY story. But I'm not the star, because it's hard to be the star when you're the victim. So anyway... I'm in the 4th grade at Jason Lee. I live basically right across Van Geisen and through Rik WILLIAMS' side yard and across John COONS' back yard and up a short slope and through the hinged gate leading into the safe haven of my own backyard. Where nobody who's chasing me can get me. Nobody. It's my own backyard, after all. Now, that's an important piece of information here, because I'm a mouthy little kid and I love to throw dirt clods or snowballs at older kids, or shout dirty names at them as they ride by on their bikes on Van Geisen, and THEN run zig- zagging between the houses on my block and disappear through my back gate and hide there in safety behind the bushes along our fence. That sort of thing. Back then, there was a narrow paved road running up alongside Jason Lee called Cadillac Road. It's still there, more or less, but now its a legitimate wide street, and it isn't called Cadillac anymore. But back when I was a mouthy 4th grader, Cadillac was the road that separated the grassy Jason Lee playground from a large, rough field, surrounded by a barbed wire fence, where somebody kept two old horses. I've already mentioned what a mouthy kid I was, and so in fairness to myself I'll also tell you that I really liked these two old horses. I mean, I liked them from a distance. I cant remember why, exactly, but for some reason I was afraid of them, and so I never actually went through the wire fence and walked up to them, or anything like that. The closest I ever got to them was to once in a while throw a couple of carrots over the barbed wire and stand there and wait for them to maybe come ambling over to pick up the carrots in their loose lips. Like I said, I liked these two old horses, but I won't even pretend to know how they felt about me. I honestly can't even tell you if they were male or female. They were just a couple of old horses behind a barbed wire fence in a dry field there across Cadillac Road from the playground at Jason Lee. But I liked them. I liked them a lot. And I got really pissed off when I came across Van Geisen and up Cadillac with a few carrots one day and saw two high school age boys over in the field with the horses, starting to climb up on their backs to ride. "HEY!!" I shouted. "HEY!! GET THE HELL OUTTA THERE!" And I ran up to the fence. "LEAVE THOSE HORSES ALONE!" One of the boys was already mounted, and he turned his face partly towards me and yelled back: "Shut your little a*s up, buddy, before I come over there and shut it for you." He turned all the way round facing me now, and I could see who it was. He probably wasn't a bad kid, or anything, but he was a tough high sophomore and I was a loud mouth 4th grader cussing at him from over the fence. "AW shut up yourself, sh*t face," I yelled. And I dropped the carrots and picked up a dried horse turd. "Don't even think about it, you little jerk," he said, sliding down off the horse's back. I threw the horse turd and ran. I scampered down Cadillac to the corner of Van Geisen and looked back, just as he cleared the barbed wire fence and started after me. Fast. I got across Van Geisen and through Rik WILLIAMS' side yard and began my familiar evasive maneuver route up among the backyards of the block. Past the PETERSONs and across John COONS' backyard. I went up the slope towards my back gate, and suddenly, out of nowhere, he grabbed hold of my arm and yanked me to a halt. I let out a scream, and he jerked me around facing him. I screamed again, and he let go of my arm and grabbed the back of my neck and pulled my head back. I started to scream again, and he stuffed a dried horse turd in my mouth. I gagged and thrashed back and forth, squealing, with his palm over my mouth and his other hand gripping the back of my neck. Then he let go and ran down the slope and across John COONS' backyard and between Rik WILLIAMS' and the Nevins' houses and back across Van Geisen to somewhere else. I fell down on the grass sobbing and spitting out remaining bits of manure. And then I stopped sobbing, because you have to gulp air in order to sob, and that's a bad idea with bits of dung in your mouth. And, anyway, you sort of lose your enthusiasm for sobbing when you're all by yourself. And that's the end of the story. Except to say that I hold no ill-will towards him regarding the events of that day, since, truly, I pretty much brought them upon myself. But I never saw him again. Not ever. Not even once. But telling the story still leaves a bad taste in my mouth. (Thassa joke) http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Dav/180203-4th_Grader.jpg -Terry DAVIS Knox ('65) Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: David RIVERS ('65) Re: The music never dies That'll be the day! -David RIVERS ('65) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Pam EHINGER (Blue Ribbon Class of '67) Dear Class of '68 I am trying to locate Roy SIMONIS ('68). If you know his where abouts will you give him my email address! Thank You! Bombers Rule -Pam EHINGER Kindl (Blue Ribbon Class of '67) Sent from my LG Mobile ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Don Sorenson (NAB) Re: More about Hanford Hanford produced over 2/3rds of the nations plutonium for its defense and for the most part remained in the shadows over those years. Besides Plutonium production over the years in its early days Polonium 210 was created in its reactors. The targets were sent to Mound Ohio so the Polonium could be extracted and formed into a small ball that was encased in Gold. The combination of these two materials emitted neutrons to increase the effectiveness of the fission process. Its code name was Urchin. This little secret really made fission very efficient. Hanford's reactors provided other support for the U.S. in ways you might not even imagine. Hanford looked for Poltergeists in the '50s and created medical isotopes in the '60s for a cancer patient in the Seattle area. Its more than plutonium, more than weapons, its peaceful side has co- existed for many years. 2nd fiddle? Perhaps to the unlearned but not to those of us who worked there and know differently. -Don L. Sorenson (NAB) ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/04/18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff: Paul TAMPIEN ('64), Pat DORISS ('65) Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65), Rick MADDY ('67) Brad WEAR ('71), Don Sorenson (NAB) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon ANDERSON ('55) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Randy BUCHANAN ('57) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John BAILEY ('61) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tom CRIGLER ('61) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Merilyn SMITH ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larry CROUCH ('71) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Paul TAMPIEN ('64) To: Bill SCOTT ('64) and Don Sorenson (NAB) In February 2015, I was in Moses Lake for my brother's (David TAMPIEN ('58-RIP)) memorial service. The night before the service, my wife and I attended a reading and book signing by Hill Williams, a former Tri-City Herald and Seattle Times reporter. His book is titled "Made in Hanford - The Bomb that Changed the World". Hill was a friend of my parents and even helped us evacuate from the flood waters of the Yakima River in the '50s, probably so he could get the story first hand. Which is how he wrote this book. He interviewed people who were there and those affected (Pacific islanders) by the outcome of dropping of the bombs on their homeland. -Paul TAMPIEN ('64) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Pat DORISS Trimble ('65) NOTE: Sorry Maren, but when I "blocked/copied" this into a blank setup, everything went "wacko" and it showed up "double-spaced" and I couldn't change it back to single- spaced!...I hope you can! ....Pat ------------- RHS Ladies of '65 February Lunch WHEN: Friday, February 9th, 2018 TIME: 11:15 AM--1:00 PM WHERE: Gaslight Bar and Grill, 99 Lee Blvd, Richland, WA The February "Ladies of '65" Monthly Lunch will be held on Friday, February 9th, at the Gaslight Bar and Grill in Richland--at the intersection of George Washington Way and Lee Boulevard. If you if you live here or plan to visit the Tri-Cities next weekend and would like to join us, please contact me and I'll add your name to our guest list. Thank You! -Pat DORISS Trimble ('65) ~ West Richland ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65) Re: picture of 4th grade Terry DAVIS ('65) http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Dav/180203-4th_Grader.jpg Those hands were definitely headed for Golden Gloves! -Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Rick MADDY ('67) Re: Coveting and Coffee To: Jim HAMILTON ('63) Enjoyed the post, Mr. Hamilton. I saw one of these trucks in Garden Grove a couple years ago, not sure this one is of the same year or model. People buy these old trucks/cars, shave them, cannibalize them, paint them with some off model color, put a larger motor in them ... and whatnot. To see them in the original is always a rare treat anymore. I had no idea I was actually looking at a truck that was manufactured in that design. I thought it was a panel somebody took a saw to. Looks like the Richland family used it as a camper? Here is the one I saw in Garden Grove. http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Mad/180104-Produce_Truck.jpg -Rick MADDY ('67) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Brad WEAR ('71) Re: Birthday People Happy belated Birthday to Suzanne COWAN ('71), Atty at Law, one each on the 3rd. Now a big Happy Birthday to Larry CROUCH ('71). I met Larry our sophomore year at Col-Hi, and we've been friends ever since. I would visit Larry and his wife Diana when I was on business in Colorado. Here's to you on your special day! Hope it's a good one. -Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in chilly Plano, TX Sent from my iPhone ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Don Sorenson (NAB) Re: Hanford Women During Hanford's construction, women were in medical, transportation, finance, accounting, counter intelligence, investigations, instruments, health instruments, pre- employment and in the analytical laboratory portion of Hanford. Of course many of those positions were clerical it was a government operation. That and paperwork go hand in hand. After reading Bill's comment about the large writing community, I hadn't considered that. Tennessee is much closer to them and the West well we were still cow punchers and farmers in their eyes I'm thinking. The Oak Ridge location was sparsely populated with hills on a few sides. It was ideal, much like Hanford, except the humidity. I only know of the women who operated the mass spectrometers that followed the separation of U235 from U238. It's a great photo! I've always admired it and wondered if any of the women in that photo are still around, probably not but there could be post war operators. Women laboratorians analyzed samples from those operations. To my knowledge, like Hanford, only men operated the plants. That didn't change until the '70s. Women were recruited for lab work at Hanford for two reasons: first the work was much like following a recipe and required dexterity; 2nd the Chicago Met lab had women laboratorians and the Chemists who would be the supervisors recommended them. I don't know if the X-10 support laboratory had women. I never did ask Obie Amacker or Homer Moulthrop if they did. The attached photos are of Manhattan Project women laboratorians. http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/180104-ManhattanWomen.jpg -Don L. Sorenson (NAB) ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/05/18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 Bombers sent stuff today: Bob JOHNSON ('54), Larry MATTINGLY ('60) David DOUGLAS ('62), Jo MILES ('64) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Corey MORRIS ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tim FUNK ('67) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David MERRILL ('70) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary DAVIS ('75) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Travis STREGE ('96) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Bob JOHNSON ('54) The post by Terry DAVIS Knox ('65) of Feb 3 Sandstorm is story-telling at it's best and funny as all get out. Congrats to Sandstorm and accolades to him. -Bob JOHNSON ('54) Sent from my iPhone ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Larry MATTINGLY ('60) To: Don Sorenson (NAB) A Tale of early Hanford..... My mother and I arrived by train December 23, 1943. I was almost 2 years old. Dad had been there since February of '43. My mother arrived very ill and a few days later was sent to the TB hospital in Walla Walla for several years. 3 of her 6 sisters were on the way out west and took over my care in turns while 2 were working at Hanford. One was in Medical Transcription at Kadlec Hospital. My aunt Catherin was in payroll distribution and rode the payroll bus with several armed guards and a supervisor. Apparently some workers were paid cash as the bus carried a lot of it. She told me there was one place "out there" where they stopped and honked the horn and a man came "out of the ground" and signed for a sack of checks and money for some group of workers. She said the bus always waited until the door was closed and the light on the post went out before they went to the next stop. The only thing she can remember was that it was winter of '44-'45. On a leave in November '45 she was on the Empire Builder eastbound train and met an Air Force officer on his way back to finish his Phd at MIT. She later married him right after he finished it. He went on to do "Black Work" for Honeywell, Boeing, and others. He was an authority on Servo Mechanisms used to control airplanes and guide rockets. They passed on a couple of years ago. There is one of the Wheatley sisters left. We lived at 206 Casey. Across the alley was 208, home of George Myers. My Aunt Mary ended up marrying to him. He graduated in Accounting from UW and went on to be a VP at GE in Finance for Hotpoint. She is 96 years old and living alone in the big house in Louisville, KY. She still has a drivers license and can get to the store and a friend's house. We trade emails a couple of times a month. For years Dad and I drove to Walla Walla every Sunday. I was 7 years old when I realized that women was my mother. I was not allowed in the hospital so I had to play outside. Turns out TB was a real killer in those days. One of my mother's sisters died of it. At 7 years old I had a TB positive skin test, meaning I was exposed and did not get it. For over 30 years I got a free chest x-ray at Public Health every 2 years. Dr. read the x-rays and said I had scar tissue in one lung caused by TB. He said I was very lucky not to have come down with it. I know that most of us look back... some more frequently then others. But while it seemed dumb to get roller skates at Christmas with streets and sidewalks so rough, we did not have it all that bad. We had good schools and most of our fathers and some mothers had good jobs. We managed to invent things to go along with the normal growing up. We also had a bit of a special bonding of circumstances under which we matured and look back on with favor. And we all have our special tales we can tell of growing up. I personally look back and wonder how - as much as I hated school - that I was able to graduate with a C avg. I failed Algebra and Geometry but in Jr College got As in Trig. I was in a technical sales position selling to Engineers and Surveyors. As I gained knowledge I became very successful and was one of the top 5 sales persons in the world selling a particular brand of very hi-tech instrumentation. I got several free trips to the factory in Japan. I look back now and ask why I gave that up for fireworks? Dumb question, fireworks was a driving force with me all my life. I have an offer to do a book on my life in pyrotechnics. But all my life I have wanted to retire and have a woodworking shop. Now I have one and I am cleaning it up to start work and I just cannot get "into" a book. So today the 4th of February, 2018 (it is 5 AM) I am going to sweep the floor in the shop and finish some shelves and a work table and go to work. I will still do the two displays for Dutch Harbor as they are my all time favorites and I really enjoy working with my friend Chuck LOLLIS ('64). His able assistance makes a difficult display easy. On top of that he is a nice guy to be around. Even if he does have a yappy ankle biting dog. :) -J. Larry MATTINGLY ('60) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: David DOUGLAS ('62) Re: Women at Hanford My mom worked at Hanford developing the film in radiation badges, which used ordinary dental film. One day she asked her boss, "Why are we developing these? They never have any pictures, just shades of black and gray." "Don't ask," he told her. She didn't find out until Nagasaki what the film was for. Before we moved to Richland Mom worked in a munitions factory inserting machine gun bullets into belts for airplane gunners. Every sixth bullet was a tracer shell. She once took an exam for a government position (I don't know if she told me what position). There were 600 applicants for two open positions. Mom was one of the two hired. I think most of any intelligence I've ever had must have come from her. My dad went to technical school to become a watch repairman. My mom's dad was working on the construction of Hanford and asked him to move to Richland. There were no watch repairmen - people had to mail their watches to Spokane for repair. We drove out in an old Packard with dad's workbench strapped to the top. My very first memory is of that trip - we had to drive through a flood. Or at least, I thought it looked like a flood; it was probably only a couple of inches deep. Dad worked at C.C. Anderson's as a contract employee, but eventually quit because the company kept giving preferential treatment for housing to their own employees. Later he worked for a jeweler, located on George Washington Way at the top of the road going down to Riverside Park/Howard Amon Park. I still remember going there after school and sitting on the floor beside him watching him work. Eventually there were watchmakers in every drug store/department store, so Dad went to work for GE as an instrument specialist. Once I asked him what he did at work and that's what he told me. For years I wondered what musical instruments had to do with Hanford. Thanks to everyone who has shared their memories of growing up in Richland. It was a wonderful place to be a kid. -David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ where it's now in the 80s. I'm hoping to get back in the swimming pool before the end of the month. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Jo MILES ('64) Re: Books about Hanford There have been a couple of good books recently published about Hanford. Listed as a Washington State University Press best seller is "Atomic Geography A Personal History of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation" by Melvin R. Adams, 2016. The book also received a favorable review from Oxford University Press. University of Washington history professors John M. Findlay and Bruce Hevly published "Atomic Frontier Days: Hanford and the American West" in 2011. The book received an outstanding academic title award from the American Library Association. They are not novels, but for me, the best stories are the real ones. -Jo MILES ('64) ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/06/18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 Bombers sent stuff today: Karen COLE ('55), Earl BENNETT ('63) David RIVERS ('65), Brad WEAR ('71) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Becky SKARSHAUG ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John COLE ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gene DUMLER ('67) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cathy BURNET ('69) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary BENNETT ('69) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike FRANCO ('70) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lisa RICCOBUONO ('75) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lori RAEKES ('81) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Erin HASKINS ('86) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Karen COLE Correll ('55) Re: Birthday Happy birthday to baby brother John ('66). 70 is difficult to comprehend! Looking back over the years, all your antics and "Boy" scrapes and scraps kept us entertained and bewildered. We were used to "Girly" things. Your antics prepared me for having four wild boys of my own. Through it all, you were the most thoughtful, compassionate child we had ever encountered. How you survived having six "mothers" to boss you and smother you (Sometimes thinking about it literally) has amazed us. You take care of all of us now that we are old, and it's greatly appreciated. Personally, I enjoyed every minute of playing ball with you and I'll never forget the pin that you bought for me at the school carnival when you were in kindergarten. One of the two big glass stones was missing and the pin was bent, but I still wore it. I still have it. The look on your face when at five years old you brought me a dead cat, (Dragging it by the tail) and wanted me to make it better. These are memories that will last forever. This last year has been a rough one for the Cole family, and you've done your best to take care of us. I know this is a mushy birthday greeting, but my excuse is I'm old. Love you, brother! Barbara ('50) Patti ('52) Karen ('55) Jackie and Judie ('63) -Karen COLE Correll ('55) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Earl BENNETT ('63) Re: Story Telling Re: Terry DAVIS Knox'('65) entry Saturday Having lived across the street from Terry, let me assure one and all, that is quintessentially Terry. And this definition fits perfectly (perhaps excepting "silent"): 1.representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class: "he was the quintessential tough guy-strong, silent, and self-contained" synonyms:typical, prototypical, stereotypical, archetypal, classic, ... more Regards, ecb3 -Earl BENNETT ('63) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: David RIVERS ('65) Re: seen it all So today we gots a Bomber that I've made clear is one a my heroes... now you may come up with all kinds a ideas of why I admire this Kat so much. I mean, he gives so much of his time to remembering Veterans along with his buddy ('66), that would be a darn good reason... then a gin he's a loyal pal and is almost always with his great friends ('65/'66) celebrating something... he's married to a fantastic Bomber- babe ('66) and that would be a very good reason... he knows how ta fly a helemecopter... which would be a really kool thing to do... I mean there are hundreds of reasons for me to think the most of this Bomber... well leme tell ya... every time I think of this guy's helicopter goin' down after tryin' to rescue the guys in another downed chopper... I think of what he musta been thinkin': "ye tho I fall into the valley of death, I shall fear no evil... for I was raised inna famblie of Richland GIRLS!" HAPPY BIRTHDAY, John COLE ('66) on your special day, February 6, 2018!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -David RIVERS ('65) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Brad WEAR ('71) Re: Birthday Boy Booze, broads, sex, kicks... guess who's turning 66???? Happy Birthday to Mike FRANCO ('70) on the 6th. One only has to look at a '70 Colombian to see how funny Mike and the '70s crew were. Some of the most creative skits for pep rallies ever!!! Hope you have a good one. -Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in Plano, TX where we're back sliding in the temps. Sent from my iPhone ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/07/18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff today: Mike CLOWES ('54), Linda BELLISTON ('63) Don Sorenson (NAB), Betti AVANT ('69) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim WATTS ('54) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jerry RICE ('71) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) With regards to Terry's ('65) tale of woe, I thought for a minute or two that it would be like one of those old Air Corps stories that start: "There I was a 50,000 feet when... ". We lucked out on that one. And if you had the Cincinnati Bungels to win the Super Bowl this year, sorry about that. However, I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge a Bomber Birthday. Rumors that he is "connected" are presumed to be false and misleading. Even so, I would not like to try on his brand of concrete overshoes. So, a tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!" to Jim WATTS ('54); whom, I am sure, will take Sharon ('55) somewhere nice for dinner tonight. The Atomic Brew Pub may be stretching it a little. -Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Linda BELLISTON Boehning ('63) It's the 1st Wednesday of the month, the 7th, so it's time for the '63 lunch. 11:30 at Bob's Burgers. If you think you will be able to come, please email me so we can make sure we reserve a table big enough. -Linda BELLISTON Boehning ('63) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Don Sorenson (NAB) Re: Payroll To: Larry MATTINGLY ('60) Larry, you and your mother arrived like many coming to Hanford I wonder how many troop trains you had to wait for? I interviewed a woman who arrived the same way who told me the journey from Oklahoma to Pasco in 5 days, many hours on a siding waiting. I knew a man, Les Reitz, who worked in payroll and he told me a couple of tidbits about payroll. The pipefitters contract stated their checks were to be delivered on the job site, it's possible those checks delivered by bus were for that group of men. He was also involved with travel vouchers and Les recalls one voucher for a trip to Canada. He wondered why are we paying for that trip? What he didn't or couldn't know the trip was part of the Project. There was a heavy water plant Hanford was overseeing. I told Les that and he was mildly surprised. He had seen million dollar checks pass thru on occasion, it's entirely possible your Aunt had heard of them. Pay booths were another delivery method. Les described them to me a single row of buildings I remembered that photo, I thought it was a row of outhouses. On Fridays Les took a load of checks to these "outhouses", according to him "it was a nice break". From all accounts I heard from those hardy souls who endured the sand, heat, long hours, mass produced food and entertainment it was a proud time they fondly remember. I've attached a few payroll photos. http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/180207-Payroll_photos.jpg -Don L. Sorenson (NAB) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Betti AVANT ('69) Re: All Bomber lunch It's that time again, the All Bomber lunch. It will be on Saturday, 10 Feb 2018, 11:30 at Sterlings on Queensgate. We'd love to see some more faces. -Betti AVANT ('69) -Pat DORISS Trimble ('65) -Margaret EHRIG Dunn ('61) ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/08/18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff today: Jim McKEOWN ('53), Frank DeVINCENTIS ('56) David DOUGLAS ('62), Duane LEE ('63) Terry DAVIS ('65), Don Sorenson (NAB) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janice PIERCE ('63) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Christy WATSON ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: MaryAnne GRENINGER ('67) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cathy LEMLER ('74) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Jim McKEOWN ('53) Re: Watts Happy, one day late, Birthday to big Jim WATTS ('54)... quite an achievement, considering that none of us, James, expected you to live past 30... you are a living legend, and that beautiful wife of yours belongs in some Hall of Fame... probably the funniest story you have told, and you have told a bunch, is the time when you and Sharon were early married and you had failed to pay a bunch of parking tickets. You and Sharon were home and had been arguing about something when the police pulled up in front... you told Sharon to tell them you weren't home and hid in the closet... they knocked on the door and asked if her husband were home, and Sharon's reply was "Yes, he's hiding in the closet!" Needless to say "a woman scorned, etc."... So, do something special, and Edna and I love you guys a bunch. -Jim McKEOWN ('53, celebrating our 65 year reunion this year... my God, really?) from summer-warm Sacramento where we have been in the mid to high 70s for some time ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Frank DeVINCENTIS ('56) To: Jim WATTS ('54) Happy belated birthday Jim. Hope you had a great day and have a happy and healthy year ahead. -Frank DeVINCENTIS ('56) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: David DOUGLAS ('62) I'm now 74, and what happened yesterday is already kind of hazy, so I'm not sure how accurate this memory is. Somehow (it may have been as a member of the Science Club at Carmichael - Aubrey Clayton was faculty adviser, I believe), I was with a group who got a tour of Hanford's IBM computer. It took up a whole floor of the building in Richland. I recall banks and banks of tape drives along the walls. And ALL the computer did was payroll. Re: Cats (not the musical) I have a neurotic cat. Pumpkin belonged to my son Rodger (RIP). We've had Pumpkin for over five years. She had always been fairly peaceful. Then one day about six months ago she began growling, hissing and stalking my son. When she tried to attack him, he shut himself in his bedroom. He was trapped in there for an hour while she sat outside the room, still hissing and emitting a bloodcurdling growl deep in her throat every time he opened the door a crack. She finally went away. Rodger decided he needed to take her to the vet for an exam. Pumpkin did not take kindly to being put in a cage. After he got back from the vet he had to go to the emergency room and get his wounds treated. The vet won't take the cat anymore. The vet said she couldn't make a diagnosis without a CAT scan of the cat's brain. That cost more than I was willing to pay. After another attack, Rodger decided to take her to the Maricopa County Animal Control Center for observation. We knew she couldn't have rabies since she never goes outside, but we didn't know what else to do. This time Rodger put on a heavy coat and gloves before transporting her. Even with the gloves, she bit clear through his thumbnail. Animal Control kept her for nine days ($350) and didn't observe anything abnormal, so we brought her back home. I was glad the workers put her back in the cage. The vet gave Rodger a prescription for Diazapam (Valium) for the cat, 1 to 1 1/2 ml twice a day. After Rodger went into the hospital in August, I had to take care of the cat, including giving her the medication. Then one evening last week I went into the bathroom to take my nightly shower. Pumpkin followed me and jumped up on the counter. She liked to drink water from the sink, so I turned the faucet on for a few moments. I shut the door and hung my bathrobe on the back. I pushed the plastic shower curtain aside to get into the tub. I guess the noise frightened her. Pumpkin jumped down from the counter and began her hissing and deep growling. I asked her what her problem was. She bared her teeth and leaped at me. It's terrifying to stand naked and empty-handed when an angry feline launches herself at you with mayhem in mind. At the very last second I grabbed a towel on the rack next to the tub and threw it over the cat. While she was fighting to extricate herself I got into the tub and pulled the curtain closed. I turned on the shower without waiting for the hot water to arrive. She absolutely hates any water that isn't in the sink or her water bowl. I stood there trembling, and it wasn't from the cascade of cold water. When I finally regained a minimum of my mental faculties, I remembered that somewhere in the bathroom there was an aerosol can of air freshener. Please, God, let it be where I can reach it without getting out of the tub. I went to the shower end of the tub, timorously pulled back the curtain two inches and peeked out. There was the can, sitting on the toilet tank right next to the tub. Thank you, God. I reached out and grabbed it. Now at least I had a weapon that Pumpkin hated almost as much as I feared her teeth. But what could I do with it? At the shallow end of the tub I again looked cautiously out. The cat snarled. Her disposition hadn't improved any. I pulled the curtain closed and tried to analyze my situation. I decided I may as well take my shower while I was thinking. The warm water had arrived. Fifteen minutes later I turned the shower off and looked out at the cat. She hadn't moved a millimeter from her guard post. The fearsome feline was standing between me and the closed bathroom door. I'd have to pass her to open the door. Even with the air freshener, my chances of doing that unscathed were nil. I always liked taking baths. This seemed an opportune time to do that. For a half hour I soaked in hot water. And I figured a way out of my cat-induced predicament. It would take careful maneuvering, but as a data analyst I calculated I had a better-than-fifty-percent chance of surviving. I let the water out of the tub, picked up the air freshener, made sure my finger was on the button and the nozzle aimed away from me, and pulled back the curtain just enough to climb onto the toilet seat. I sprayed toward the cat before she could get to me and climbed up on the counter next to the toilet. Getting past the sink on my hands and knees while holding the can at the ready proved to be a little more difficult than I'd expected. My knee almost slipped off the counter edge, but I made it safely to the other side of the sink. I crawled to the door, spraying toward the cat just to remind her I was packing. I turned the knob, opened the door, and the cat chose to retreat into the hallway. I closed the door, climbed down from the counter, and donned my bathrobe. I opened the door a crack and peeked out. Pumpkin was still in aggression mode. I sprayed air freshener at her and she backed up a couple of feet. I opened the door and went into the hall. Growling, she began to creep toward me. I sprayed her again. She stopped, but as I made my way to the family room she began stalking me all the way. I exchanged the air freshener for a spray water bottle. It occurred to me that Pumpkin might benefit from another dose of Diazapam. That posed a series of new problems. The medicine label instructions said "by mouth," but I tried that only once. I reverted to my son's system - put the medication on top of canned cat food. First I had to get to the syringe I used to suck 1 to 1 1/2 ml of medication out of the bottle (I decided as a special treat I'd give her two milliliters this time), get the dish to put the food in, retrieve the can from the refrigerator, spoon some into the food dish, and spray a healthy dose of Diazapam on top, all the while keeping an eye out for the cat. Both cats had encountered the water bottle from previous indiscretions, and Pumpkin recognized I was carrying. Satisfied for the moment with just hissing, she kept her distance from me as I moved around the kitchen getting everything ready. Finally, I set the dish down in its accustomed place beside the cat climbing tower. But would she eat it? I got as far away from the dish as I could while still keeping it in sight. Pumpkin approached the dish warily, perhaps suspicious that I'd spiked it with something. I guess the Diazapam tasted fairly good, because she began eating. She only ate about half of it, though, so I got a few of the Friskies cat treats that both felines dearly love, and when Pumpkin moved away from the dish I sprinkled them on top of the leftovers. She went back and finished her meal, even licking the bottom of the dish clean. With the water bottle in clear view I retreated to the bedroom and went to bed. The next morning, Pumpkin seemed much calmer, even letting me pet her. With the water bottle in reach I prepared another dose and locked Tinkerbell in the laundry room, where we keep their water and litterbox, so she wouldn't disturb Pumpkin's breakfast. Pumpkin ate most of her food and followed me to the laundry room door. When I opened it and let Tinkerbell out, Pumpkin immediately began hissing at her. When I yelled at Pumpkin, she began showing her teeth, hissing and growling at me. I had to spray her a couple of times to discourage whatever evil intentions she had in mind before she ran away. Since then she's been a peaceable puss, but I know it can't last. My wife and I decided she needs to go back to Animal Control, for good this time. Well, she was Rodger's cat to begin with. She may be joining him soon. -David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Duane LEE ('63) Hi Maren, it's just Duane LEE ('63) with a sports report. Richland started the district playoffs tonight (the 7th) with a win over University 79 to 44. Those Bombers are running and gunning. At half time, MAX Preps awarded a special trophy to the 2017 Bomber Football team. That's the organization that rated us 64th out of 16,000 high schools nationwide. -Duane LEE ('63) Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65) To: Don Sorenson (NAB) Hey Don, I enjoy reading your pieces. My mom and dad came up in '45 from Oklahoma. My dad got hired as a security guard out in the area and my mom was very pregnant with me. My sister was 2. They started out living in Walla Walla because they couldn't find housing here. Then the trailer camp out in North Richland. That sort of thing. But your entry about payroll got me thinking about the many times, later, when we'd be waiting round the back gate on payday for my dad to get home off the bus with his check. Those were good days. Thanks for reminding me, -Terry DAVIS Knox ('65) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Don Sorenson (NAB) To: David DOUGLAS ('62) She worked for the Health Instruments (H I) Division along with many other women keeping track of all those film badges and gamma pencils. All badge houses (there were 6) were two stories, patrol occupied the first floor while the H I girls were upstairs preparing the gamma pencils for the oncoming shift. The gamma pencils were read for the exposure taken by the workers. As results were being neatly written on card stock type records they were "hotdoggin" the pencils. Hotdoggin was shaking the pencils in a vibrating machine to de-energize them then each pencil is recharged and ready for use. (Pencils were issued in pairs, what I can't remember is, were the same two issued to the same worker?) With the pencils ready for use they would clip them on the film badge put them in trays and send them to Patrol on the dumb waiter. Needless to say it was labor intensive especially during badge exchange. It was all hands on deck with overtime for everyone. Thanks for sharing your story. I've attached the 300 Area Badge House. http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/180208-Badge_House.jpg I have others to share at a later date. -Don L. Sorenson (NAB) ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/09/18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 Bombers and Don Sorenson today: Curt DONAHUE ('53), Jim WATTS ('54) Linda REINING ('64), David RIVERS ('65) Don Sorenson (NAB) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cheryl WEIHERMILLER ('60) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim PATTON ('71) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Karen MOORE ('75) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Yvonne LING ('75) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rob HAUSENBUILLER ('93) BOMBER ANNIVERSARY: Carl DVORAK ('58) & Shirley ARMSTRONG ('61) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Jim WATTS ('54) Re: Big Mouth Thank you Jim McKEOWN ('53). Nobody but a few people knew that story till you blabbed. I'll talk a little deeper to you at what we used to do to squeelers when I see you at club 40. You know, I never did see what Edna saw in you. It certainly wasn't your golfing ability. -Jim WATTS ('54) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Curt DONAHUE ('53) To: David DOUGLAS ('62) Re: The story about the cat. I laughed and laughed at your situation with that cat. That is a good short story to send into Reader's Digest. -Curt DONAHUE ('53) ~ Pasco where the high for the day is predicted to be 64. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Linda REINING ('64) To: David DOUGLAS ('62) Re: cats (not the musical) Oh my gosh, I was laughing so hard, when I read how you had to avoid the cat, getting out of the shower. I am sure it wasn't funny to you, but I could just "see" you up on that counter, with that cat in "attack mode". Just one more reason why I have NEVER been a "cat person"---give me a dog, any day. -Linda REINING ('64) ~ Kuna, ID ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: David RIVERS ('65) Re: is it real or is it memorex? So for some reason, I've been craving sherbet... almost any flavor will do... all of a sudden ice cream seems too heavy... I love pecan pie... but the last one I bought I've not finished and that is unusual... so I keep running out because I am sure this craving will pass as they all seem to do... this time I was at the store picking up an Rx and wandered over tO the "cold place" as my daughter used to call it... there was a large "bucket" of sherbet... I decided to try it and noticed it was by Lucern... so here's my question (basically to myself) I recall Lucern being a brand sold only at Safeway... my folks always shopped at Safeway and Gary CROW ('65) was their favorite box boy... now it's not a big deal... just wondering if it's one of those "fake" memories that seem to sneak up over time... As Jimbeaux ('63) says... there are memories, embellished memories that become impossible to tell how they have been embellished over time... someone else's memories that have morphed into usurped memories and fake memories that somehow creep into the ol' cranium... but now I gotta memory of a Bomber-babe of four Bomber-babes telling me that it I ever forget one of their respective b-days I will be tied and thrown into the Columbia River... that one is indelibly etched into my mind... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Cheryl WEIHERMILLER ('60) and "Shortie" WATKINS (Bomber mom RIP) on your special day, February 9, 2018!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -David RIVERS ('65) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Don Sorenson (NAB) To: David Douglas ('62) Re: Dosimetery I found my dosimeter files so I thought I'd pass them along. As you can tell it was dosimetery exchange. If your mother continued to work in dosimetery for a period of time perhaps its possible you could have met one of the women in these photos. http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/180209-00.htm -Don L. Sorenson (NAB) ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/10/18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 Bombers sent stuff today: Jim McKEOWN ('53), Jimmie MEFFORD ('54) Mike CLOWES ('54), Pete BEAULIEU ('62) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Harold KENITZER ('54) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda WOODS ('61) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Diane HUFF ('66) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Jim McKEOWN ('53) Re: Big Jim WATTS ('54) Sorry Jim, but I thought that was one of the mild ones... how about the motorcycle down the hall at Col-Hi... oh never mind... the important thing is that you turned out reasonably well considering everything, probably thanks to that beautiful wife of yours... I mean... Author, builder, artist, speaker, golfer kinda, (remember the days at the Y golfing in the pouring down rain)... who da guessed?... and yes, we will see you in September, but your posse is long gone, and I have CHUBB and KENITZER and SINDERSON, not to mention Kathy and Marla Jo... oh, yeah baby brother Mike too... see you in 7 months, and we hope you did something special on your 80 something.. -Jim McKEOWN ('53) ~ from continued 70° weather in Sacramento ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Jimmie MEFFORD ('54) Mr. WATTS ('54) I do not believe Mr. McKEOWN ('53) was not respectable and I think you should buy him a present to show him you're not upset with him. I would commend an item that was used in some circles. It was a pair of shoes that never needed to be replaced. They had two problems, they were heavy and you should not go into deep water. -Jimmie MEFFORD ('54) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) Ah, yes. Dosimeters necessary in the life of anyone working in the vicinity of nuclear materials. Didn't matter if you were in contact or not, you had them along with your film badge and better living through urinalysis. Were them the days (daze)? I don't know if Marla Jo ('55) has anything planned for the birthday of her Bomber. Probably, best she take him to Taco Bell for the nacho fries. Not too sure if he would appreciate a fine meal at the Atomic Brew Pub. Suffice it to say that he and I not only went to school together at the same time and school; we also spent time in North Richland doing much of the same things (and trying not to get caught). A tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!" to Harold KENITZER ('54). Just be quiet and eat what Marla puts on your plate and be thankful that she does. -Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where Wurstfest is winding down. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62) Re: Local history A few readers have asked about consolidating the several past website entries dealing with the history of the Hanford Reservation. Far, be it from me to attempt such a task, but as for the history of early Richland prior to 1943, maybe this link will be of interest to at least a few. These highlights were paraphrased/summarized from the Martha Berry Parker book (Tales of Richland, White Bluffs & Hanford 1805-1943, Ye Galleon Press, Fiarfield, WA, 1986) and used early last year in the Club 40 Dust Storm. http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Bea/180210-DustStorm2016.doc -Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ Shoreline, WA ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/11/18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 Bombers sent stuff today: Jim McKEOWN ('53) Duane LEE ('63) Betti AVANT ('69) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Peggy JOHNSON ('63) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda CARTER ('65) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: John and Paul WAGGONER ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim HAUN ('71) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Drew COUGHREN ('86) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Jim McKEOWN ('53) Happy one day late birthday to the "KENITZ"... heck of a football and track guy in our day... although it still is debated on who was the fastest... Kenny CHUBB ('53) or Harold KENITZER ('54)... debated by just the two of them... the rest say who cares? It was over 65 years ago, guys!! I was probably faster, and I wasn't on the track team... anyways, hope you had a super day Harold and that beautiful wife of yours took you to some place nice. Also, I hope you have your computer up and running, since it wasn't a few weeks ago... -Jim McKEOWN ('53) ~ from still very sunny Sacramento, CA ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Duane LEE ('63) Bombers beat a red hot shooting Ferris team tonight 84 to 79. We now play Gonzaga Prep in Spokane on Friday night. Yikes!! Two Eastern Washington powerhouses. Both undefeated. We will have to rely heavily on Ray STEIN ('64) and his Bomber Spokane support group to cheer them on. The game of the year, so far. -Duane LEE ('63) Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Betti AVANT ('69) Re: All Bomber lunch We had a nice little group of 8 at our lunch. Those attending; myself, Margaret EHRIG Dunn ('61), Lorin ST.JOHN ('55) and spouse Phyllis (NAB), Alan STEPHENS ('66), Glen ROSE ('58) and Spouse, Carol ('62 Sunnyvale Hi, CA), and Pat DORISS Trimble ('65). -Betti AVANT ('69) ~ Richland ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/12/18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 Bombers sent stuff: Jo MILES ('64), David RIVERS ('65) Shirley COLLINGS ('66), George MOORE ('67) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carol HAYNES ('51) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat CALDWELL ('65) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Shanon LAYBOURN ('65) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: James Hodge ('71NAB) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janeen THORNTON ('73) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Jo MILES ('64) Re: 13 books about Hanford/Richland and White Bluffs 1972 - Goodbye, White Bluffs, by Mary Powell Harris 1979/1986 - Tales of Richland, White Bluffs & Hanford 1805-1943, by Martha Berry Parker 1993 - Atomic Harvest: Hanford and the Lethal Toll of America's Nuclear Arsenal, by Michael D'Antonio 1995 - Working on the Bomb an Oral History of WWII Hanford, by S.L. Sanger 1998 - The Atomic West, by Bruce Hevly and John M. Findlay 2002 - On the Home Front: The Cold War Legacy of the Hanford Nuclear Site, by Michele Gerber 2003 - Atomic Farmgirl: Growing up Right in the Wrong Place, by Teri Hein (down-winder) 2003 - Hanford: A Conversation about Nuclear Waste and Cleanup, by Roy E. Gephart 2011 - Atomic Frontier Days Hanford and the American West, by John M. Findlay and Bruce Hevly 2011 - Made in Hanford the Bomb that Changed the World, by Hill Williams. 2013 - Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters, by Kate Brown 2015 - Manhattan Project at Hanford Site, by Elizabeth Toomey 2016 - Atomic Geography A Personal History of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, by Melvin R. Adams -Jo MILES ('64) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: David RIVERS ('65) Re: contempt before investigagion First! I missed Joann BUSHNELL's ('65) b-day on the 11th so making up for it!... OK so I just finished doing the first of the season's round up... I hafta laugh every time someone tells me it's agent orange... if the amount I swallowed in 13 months didn't kill me... well... my dad was always "checking" me for symptoms... I ALWAYS pour the stuff into my huge HEAVY sprayer and lug it around cuz their first sprayers were for shit... I decided to try the one on the jug... Damn... I've been lugging that other one around all these years... duh! I love that when I am finished and all put away I take a rest in a chair that is surrounded by a field of dandelions I have managed to miss!!!!!! ah but the good news is we got some "good-unz" today... One guy I miss like crazy and I guess I always will... I've decided I am damn well gonna wear his 20th reunion shirt to '63's 55 year this year (I always leave it in my suitcase... get self conscious er sumthin' I dunno)... nuther guy from school I've finally hooked up with cuz he do live a fer piece away... and one a them sweet lovely Bomber-babes that I just swoon to see every chance I get (yeah... I get mushy over Bomber-babes and damned proud of it!)... So HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Freddie SCHAFER ('63-RIP), Pat CALDWELL ('65) and... wait for it... Shanon LAYBOURN ('65) on your special day, February 12, 2018!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -David RIVERS ('65) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) Re: Bomber Basketball ~ 2/11/18 Tri-City Herald "RICHLAND QUELLS HOT-SHOOTING FERRIS, ADVANCES TO DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP." By Dustin Brennan dbrennan@tricityherald.com "The Richland High School boys basketball team is going back to the Tacoma Dome. Cole NORTHROP ('19) scored 28 points on 7 of 12 3- point shooting, and for the third time in the past 2 years, the Bombers beat the Ferris Saxons in a postseason game, 84-79 on Saturday in the District 8 4A semifinals at Art Dawald Gymnasium. Although Richland must still play in the district championship - at 7:30 p.m. Friday against the top-ranked Gonzaga Prep Bullpups - and in the regional round of state, the team is guaranteed a spot in at least the Round of 12 in Tacoma because of its RPI ranking, fourth among the state's 4A teams as of Saturday night." Re: Adam WEISSENFELS ('18) ~ 2/9/18 Tri-City Herald By Dustin Brennan dbrennan@tricityherald.com "HE PACED RICHLAND'S AERIAL ATTACK AND DEFENSE. NOW HE'S ON TRACK TO FLY FOR THE NAVY." "Adam WEISSENFELS ('18) defended the Richland High School football team's end zone for the past three years. Now he's looking to protect something of a little greater magnitude. The Richland senior accepted his appointment into the United States Naval Academy on Wednesday, making official his commitment to the prestigious school in Annapolis, Md., and to the U.S. military." Go Bombers! -Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ very chilly Richland ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: George MOORE ('67) I gave this 1954 Chevy truck to my son when he was a sophomore in High School. It was a two tone faded grey and silver. After driving it for two years without any major damage we decided to paint it a Tri-Coat Red. It was painted in 1995 and has held up quite well over the years! That extra passenger is my son's buddy's daughter. Yes he did win "COOL CAR of the year!!!!!! http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Moo/180212-54_Chevy_Truck.jpg -George MOORE ('67) ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/13/18 ~ HAPPY MARDI GRAS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 Bombers sent stuff: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) Shirley COLLINGS ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeff CURTIS ('69) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kenny WRIGHT ('63) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) Re: 2017 Bomber Football Champs - Repect All. Fear None(RAFN) Watch part 6 of "Fear None" - available now -Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) Re: Bomber Girls Basketball ~ 2/12/18 Tri-City Herald "BASKETBALL: RICHLAND GIRLS STAY ALIVE WITH WIN OVER PASCO." By Dustin Brennan ~ dbrennan@tricityherald.com "Gracie PIERCE led a balanced scoring attack with 10 points as the Richland High School girls basketball team pulled away late to beat visiting Pasco 58-44 on Saturday at Art Dawald Gymnasium, eliminating the Bulldogs from the District 8 4A playoffs. The Bombers (11-11) will play the MCC co-champion Chiawana Riverhawks at 5 p.m. Tuesday in Pasco in a loser's bracket semifinal game. The winner plays the University-Gonzaga Prep winner on Friday in a winner-to-state game. In her final high school game, Bella Gutierrez led Pasco (8-15) with 14 points. She reached 1,000 points for her career against Walla Walla on Jan. 30. Emily GARZA added nine points for Richland, and Laura SMITH and Hailey STEVENS each had eight." Go Bombers! -Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ from a very chilly Richland ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/14/18 ~ HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 Bombers sent stuff: Mike CLOWES ('54) Jamie WORLEY ('64) David RIVERS ('65) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill GRIFFIN ('54) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill ROE ('59) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Vicki MOSLEY ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Esther "Deon" HOLLIS ('71) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Val GHIRARDO ('72) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Diane CARPENTER ('72) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) Boy! What a momentous day! Oregon was granted statehood; Saint Valentine is celebrated; it is Ash Wednesday (NOLA speak for Mardi Gras hangover day) and the birthday of one or more Bombers. There is only one of those Bomber birthdays who shows up on my radar. I'll leave the rest for others. It is not nice to be greedy about acknowledging birthdays. By now you may have narrowed it down to a fellow classmate of mine. I'm not sure if we had any classes together, but I think he may have struck me out during a Pony League game; possibly more than once. A tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!" to Billy GRIFFIN ('54). Just don't tear the town of Sisters up any more than you already have in celebration. Take it to Terrebonne, they could use the cash. -Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where some weather algorithms are suggesting snow by next Sunday. We'll see. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Jamie WORLEY ('64) Re: Memories of Early Atomic Pioneers Dear Maren, Hope all is well with you this morning. Here is another book in which I thought folks might have an interest. It is a compilation of memories put together by Bill Compton Sr., employee number 35 when he started with DuPont, and finished by Bill COMPTON ('64) and Kerry KELLY ('64). It is called, "Memories of Early Atomic Pioneers." If you grew up in Richland during the '50s and '60s there are names you will surely remember. These are their stories and are not only Comptons, but Beardsley, Smith (as in Pook's dad), Madden, Moultrop, Mathis, Hills, Galbraith, Bergdahl, Miller, McCue, Gosney, Stratton, Dowis, Johnson, Albaugh, and others, plus people who had to leave Hanford - Hereford, Schilling, Hensley and George. I enjoyed reading it more than I can tell you. I can only imagine what, as my mother called Richland - "Jack-Ass Flats" - looked like in 1943. I'm sure that in 1943 that was an appropriate description. I hope you enjoy the book. It is available on Amazon. -Jamie WORLEY (The Magic Class of '64) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: David RIVERS ('65) Re: HAPPY VALENTINE's DAY! Well, I must admit I have not seen a single event on the Olympics. In fact, I've been tackling "chores" and reading a book about Rocky Flats nuclear site in Colorado... now I'm the first one to admit I would love to find anything to do other than chores... but chores kinda force you to do them... over the last year I have been saying I was going to fix some bad grout in some floor tiles... They lie in areas that get the most wear... this time I studied up on some of the "new" grouts (prolly been around since the 1800s as far as I know)... they are very nice to work with but clean up becomes way more important... If I had done them as they occurred I would not be so overwhelmed by them... but I have found that if I pick a reasonable about to work on each day, I can also do some of the more fun chores... like working on the car I am doing for my daughter... I have never been one to just throw money at things I can do myself... if I do not keep busy I get very, very bored... I always marveled at one of my law partners who always said "We pay people to do that"... I'm sorry but if I can do it, why should we or I pay someone else to do it? I figured if I could fix something in an hour and cut overhead we were better off... same goes for home... when I was at work alla time it was one thing, but now that i am rather "unemployed", I'd much rather do it myself... hmm where did all that dome from? Oh well... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Bill ROE ('59), Vicki MOSLEY ('66) and Val GHIRADO ('72) on your special day, February 14, 2018... Valentine's Day!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -David RIVERS ('65) ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/15/18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff today: Dennis HAMMER ('64), Terry DAVIS ('65) Shirley COLLINGS ('66), Don Sorenson (NAB) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Betty Jo ROSE ('64) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Erin OWENS ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patt WELCH ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Alastair COCHRANE ('72) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Abby PERRYMAN ('15) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64) Re: Do It Yourself I can relate to David RIVERS' ('65) post about doing things yourself instead of paying others to do it. Almost everything that needs fixed I do myself if I can, and that is most things. I either know how to do it or I learn how to do it (often by just doing it or nowadays also by watching YouTube videos). Two main reasons for this: one is that I am cheap, I fix something if possible rather than throw it away and buy new or pay someone else to fix it, the other is that so much of the time when I pay someone to do it I am disappointed with the job done. I can take the time to do the job right, and if I am not satisfied, (which is not very often) at least I can say, "Well what do I expect, I am not a professional." My dad was that way and I guess I got that from him. -Dennis HAMMER ('64) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65) http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Dav/180215-Red_Carpet.jpg -Terry DAVIS Knox ('65) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) Re: Bomber Girls' Basketball ~ 2/13/18 Tri-City Herald "CARTWRIGHT STARS ON BOTH ENDS, CHIAWANA GIRLS SURVIVE AND ADVANCE VS. RICHLAND" By Dustin Brennan dbrennan@tricityherald.com "Kenedy Cartwright scored 18 points and pulled down a game-high seven rebounds to lead the Chiawana High School girls basketball team to a 53-36 win over the visiting Richland Bombers on Tuesday in a loser-out game of the District 8 Class 4A playoffs. The Riverhawks (19-4, No. 13 in 4A RPI) will face the GSL No. 3 seed University Titans at noon Friday in a winner-to-regionals, loser-out game at the Spokane Veteran's Arena. Chiawana beat Richland twice during the regular season en route to splitting the MCC championship with Kamiakin. The team led by nine points at halftime in this one and steadily pulled away after intermission." Re: Bomber Boys' Basketball The boys will play Gonzaga Prep on Friday at 7:30 pm in the Spokane Arena. Both teams are currently 22-0. The game will decide the seeding to State. Both Richland and Gonzaga Prep will be going to State in addition to one more team from this region. Congratulations, Bombers! -Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland where we had a slight dusting of snow Thursday morning about 3am ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [ON TO STATE!] ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Don Sorenson (NAB) To: Jamie WORLEY ('64) Nelson W. Hope, a Hanford worker sometime in the '50s wrote the book "Atomic Town". I've read about 20 or so pages, couldn't quite get into it. Its available on Amazon for around 15 dollars, I think. Just looking at the attached image it looks like he worked in the 300 Area. Will check my records to be sure. http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/180215-Atomic_Town.jpg I will have to find Compton's book "Memories of Early Atomic Pioneers". I'm willing to bet this will be a good read. A number of the names you mentioned, I've heard of and have spoken to. Thank you for letting me know. -Don L. Sorenson (NAB) ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/16/18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 Bombers sent stuff today: Mike CLOWES ('54) Earl BENNETT ('63) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim CLATWORTHY ('46) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Thurman BOWLS ('56) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gaynor DAWSON ('65) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Toby HUFF ('68) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Esther DAWSON ('73) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) A quick note to wish one and all and happy and prosperous Chinese New Year. It being the "Year of the Dog"; add a hearty bow-wow. And, to Master DAVIS ('65): that your hair on your face or something from Universal Studios "fright hair shoppe"? -Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where the daffodils on the south side of the house are blooming nicely, thank you. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Earl BENNETT ('63) Re: Dennis HAMMER ('64) Precisely. Dad was a nuclear engineer + professional finish cabinetry woodworker + amateur astronomer who made his own telescope, among other skills (I wish I had his singing voice, essentially Tennessee Ernie Ford quality). The two of us rebuilt a Nash Rambler engine when it threw a rod through the piston wall with me driving at age 16, while I was pumping the accelerator to the rhythm of "Duke of Earl" on its radio. That DIY mentality has followed me all my life. As I said to my eldest sister Diana ('64) while I was still living at home, "I am ultimately capable." Her response was "Oh, rough tough powder puff!" but that has never deterred me. I just hate that it takes me three times as long to do things as it would an experienced pro. Regards, ecb3 - from unseasonably gorgeous weather in central Virginia, 77° and sunny as we speak. -Earl BENNETT ('63) ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/17/18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 Bombers sent stuff today: Mike CLOWES ('54), Duane LEE ('63) David RIVERS ('65), Terry DAVIS ('65) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Curt DONAHUE ('53) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Floyd MELTON ('57) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Chuck MEYER ('63) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Holley ANDERSON ('64) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) I have received official word that the hair on Terry's ('65) face is his own and not something from Michael's craft shop. Guess it was the white paint he used to color it that fooled me. Now, on to the important stuff. There is a Bomber who I knew back in the dark ages who having a birthday today. We didn't necessarily follow the same career path, but we did "work" for "Cousin" Ben at different times. As "Brother" Dave Garner would say: "Ain't that weird?" A tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!" to Curt DONAHUE ('53). Just hope he can find some nice place in Pasco to have his happy meal tonight. -Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where the weather app algorithms are sort of backing off of snow for Sunday. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Duane LEE ('63) Re: Bombers vs. Gonzaga Prep Gonzaga Prep beats the Bombers in Spokane 56 to 53. Both teams go to the 12 team tournament in Tacoma soooo maybe we will meet them again. Re: Family and hoops Glad there is one more Streufert kid coming up in the future. -Duane LEE ('63) Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: David RIVERS ('65) Re: great friends I was heart broken when the Divine Ms. HOFF ('64) notified me the other day of Vonnie REED's ('60) passing. I lived next to Jerry ('55), Sharon ('57-RIP), Vonnie ('60), Larry (?- RIP), Johnnie ('63?) and Billy LIPKE ('59) from about the age of 3 till middle of second grade... what a great bunch... There were crab apple trees between my house (1309 Haines) and the Reed/Lipke (now Kenny PETERSON's ('64)) house and we would eat them till we were sick... also rhubarb growing all along the property line... The day I turned 5, my mom tried to explain that I still couldn't go to school... what do Moms know... Johnnie took me to school with him and I just sat in the swings till some nice people gave me a ride home... so very many memories of that neighborhood! I still pretty much never fail to drive around the corner to keep those memories green... Today was a rather interesting day. The Chairman of the Indian Center called an emergency meeting and we met to terminate the Executive director... then we had to go to the Banks etc... on her way out she made threats of suit and "what goes around; comes around"..ya know... when ya get caught with the goods I think the best policy is to graciously run for the hills! arrrrrrrrrgh. Today I celebrate one a my favorite Bombers who never fails to let me know when he is munching on Spudies and a new friend I have the pleasure of reading every morning in a book of daily devotions that have fast become a favorite... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Floyd MELTON ('57) and Curt DONAHUE ('53) on your special day, February 17.2018!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -David RIVERS ('65) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65) To: Earl BENNETT ('63) Re: House Rebuild Earl, Your dad also remodeled your house to include a large family room facing Potter Street where we sat, one Christmas eve, and listened to Oscar Wilde's THE HAPPY PRINCE on the radio. Or maybe you had it on a record. When your dad began the remodeling job, he paid each of us neighbor kids $1 cash to help roll the sod down the hill towards the street. Took about an hour and kept us out of the way. Pretty good money for then, too. It would be many years later that I came across THE HAPPY PRINCE in a collection of stories and recognized it from that Christmas Eve as a kid. I remember going home bawling about that bird dying. But then, I bawled a lot and peed the bed back then, anyway. Yeah, your dad was a good man. A gentleman. Re: Cultural Juxtapositions Yes, Earl's dad, a genuinely nice man to all the kids in the neighborhood, was a nuclear engineer. We lived across the street and had chickens in our back yard. Only in Richland, -Terry DAVIS Knox ('65) Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/18/18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 Bombers sent stuff today: Dick WIGHT ('52), Jim McKEOWN ('53) Frank DeVINCENTIS ('56), Stephanie DAWSON ('60) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rich GREENHALGH ('59) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David BELLISTON ('70) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ellen THORNTON ('74) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Dick WIGHT ('52) Re: Col-Hi Agriculture Program It was back in 1950, I think, that an agriculture program started at Columbia High. Detaiis in my mind are a little vague, but I think the startup money was $80,000 held by the government from when "they" took one the old original Richland school (property (1942?) and put the purchase funds in an account, since there was no entity to pay it to. To liberate the money, the Richland Kiwanis Club chaired a "town meeting" of questionable legality, with one question to resolve. "Should the proceeds from the property condemnation in 1943 be used to start an agriculture program at Columbia high School?" There were no recorded "Nays" in the vote count. The government turned over a big hunk of property north of Richland, east of GWWay and Col-Hi built a fairly large "Butler building" type structure with classroom, shop, bathroom and shower facilities. An existing farmhouse was retained, and a caretaker and family occupied it. The Ag program teacher, Mr. Evans, was added to the faculty. Original class was not really large - maybe 10 or so of us. Richard GIBSON ('51), George BRUNSTAD and I both '52 were among the first few. I seem to recall Bob WINCHESTER ('50) and have a mental picture of another guy, but 68 years ago........ The program was a "going concern". We had sheep, hogs, beef, and raised various crops. We students initially bought shares in the enterprise - $35/share, I think. Subsidized by my father, I bought two shares which, many years later, I donated to a Col-Hi scholarship program to help send someone to WSU. I don't remember when the program folded - in the 1960s, I think. I think the program died because of a paucity of students interested in being farmers or ranchers. My sense of it is the farm and land was roughly located where Hanford High and the Tri City WSU campus are now located. It remains an interesting but increasingly obscure part of Columbia High history. Any memories out there? -Dick WIGHT ('52) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Jim McKEOWN ('53) Re: Birthday Happy, one day late Birthday to class mate Curt DONAHUE ('53) on 2/17... I'm sure, with that great voice of his, he is singing for his dinner... hope you did something special with that lady of yours. -Jim McKEOWN ('53) ~ from continued sunny Sacramento... not a drop of the stuff for weeks. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Frank DeVINCENTIS ('56) Re: Thurman Happy belated birthday to my old friend and talented companion in Richland, Thurman BOWLS ('56) on 2/16. Thurm taught me how to pole vault while at Carmichael Jr. High. We used bamboo poles that were used to roll rugs up in, and we got old mattresses to land on (some of the time). We did tie for first place at a track meet. Hope you had a great day and have a healthy and prosperous year ahead, and that some day in the near future we will meet again. -Frank DeVINCENTIS ('56) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60) Re: Various 1. Oops, how come the February 16 birthday of my brother Gaynor DAWSON ('65) didn't make the Sandstorm? It used to be in, I think. Anyway, a belated Happy Birthday to him. [he's added now. -Maren] 2. My son Joshua JANICEK ('93) wants to know if the '93ers are going to have a 25th class reunion this year. I didn't see anything on the web site recently, unless I looked in the wrong place. [Don't see '93 with any plans yet. RichlandBombers.com has all plans that I know about. -Maren] 3. My deepest condolences to the family and friends of Vonnie REED Hoff ('60-RIP). Another of the Jefferson gang goes on to Greater Glory. Bomber tears, -Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60) ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/19/18 ~ PRESIDENTS' DAY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6 Bombers sent stuff today: Carol CONVERSE ('64), David RIVERS ('65) Terry DAVIS ('65), Shirley COLLINGS ('66) Dwight CAREY ('68), Brad WEAR ('71) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joretta "Sue" GARRISON ('58) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancy WARREN ('67) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Peter CROWLEY ('67) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ken STALEY ('68) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lynn NOBLE ('72) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Brian BIDDLE ('80) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: Katie and Diana POWELL ('02) BOMBER ANNIVERSARIES Today: Bill WEDBERG & Barb O'MALLEY ('70) Mike HUSKE & Carol HARSHMAN ('64) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) Re: Agriculture class at Col-Hi I seem to remember going out to the farm on a tour. Perhaps it was during the cooking part of Home Ec. I can just picture it in my mind. So, at least it was still going mid '60s. -Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) ~ from sooooo windy Kennewick. Where is spring?! ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: David RIVERS ('65) Re: growed ups The other day, I posted a few pix of my daughter and me... well actually face book chose them... said it was 10 places we'd been together and then showed three pix??? So Lola HEIDLEBAUGH ('60) responded that it is so nice to be friends with our adult children... ADULTS... I didn't say nuthin' bout no adults... I think my rep is gonna get ruint... but as I thought about it I marveled at how so many of our children have turned out and how proud we all are of them for growing into wonderful and responsible adults... a couple a Bombers reminded me that adult supervision is nice... all I know is that Jimmy HEIDLEBAUGH ('65) and I have certainly learned that the hard way... every time we go out without adult supervision... there's no telling what will happen... tattoos are always a favorite... hey what could go wrong?! As a few guys responded inna SS recently, we were raised in a way that seems distant and almost foreign compared to some of the "Parenting" of today. If we failed... it was our fault not the fault of our parents... my opinion, anyway. I made my mistakes all by my lonesome! I was never coddled and I was held responsible for my acts and omission, as were you! The Bombers I know raised their children in like manner. What a joy to see them blossom... now the "other news"... inna olden dayz it used to take me all day in airports to get to Richland and back... in the past several years it has been a smooth 2 hour trip and bingo there I was. Today, I went to make my reservations to head home to see the play "And The Winner Is"... had planned to hit Richland on Thursday and return on Sunday... uh oh... Aligiant now flies on Fridays and Mondays... arrrrrrgh... so I'm back to sitting in Seattle up and SLC back... oh well... life goes on... but I will say being at the Pasco Airport at 4:30 AM on Sunday is gonna be... uhhhhhhhhhhh... so, as I started this post so shall I return... my good buddy Lyman POWELL ('65) has two wonderful "adult" children celebrating today... HAPPY BIRTHDAY Katie and Diana POWELL ('02) on your special day, February 19, 2018 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -David RIVERS ('65) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65) Re: Gaynor's ('65) birthday Aww man, I missed it. I see the guy two and three times a week, normally, and of course he doesn't say squat to me about having a birthday coming up; so here I sit this morning, trying to catch up with this Happy Birthday best wish. He remembered MY birthday, after all. Way overboard with his Bomber enthusiasm, if you ask me, but then he's got a granddaughter who's a cheerleader now, so he's glued to the set. Or the radio. Or in the stands. A bright and clever fella, our Gaynor, and a damn fine friend. Have a good day, buddy, and keep fighting that good fight. You're a brave man. -Terry DAVIS Knox ('65) Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) Re: Richland boys basketball ~ 2/17/18 Tri-City Herald [Be careful of THIS LINK, Bombers! I always check EVERY link before it goes in the Sandstorm. Stewpit Tri-City Herald sez "you have viewed all your free articles..." Soooo click at your own risk. Could be a virus there. -Maren] "RICHLAND-GONZAGA PREP PT. 1 LIVES UP TO HYPE, BUT DOESN'T GO BOMBERS' WAY" "Teams learn a lot more from their losses than their wins, but Friday night's defeat was still a tough pill to swallow for the Richland High School boys basketball team. The Bombers put together several late rallies, but couldn't muster enough to overcome the top-ranked Gonzaga Prep Bullpups, falling 56-53 in a District 8 Class 4A championship game at the Spokane arena that featured two of the state's three remaining unbeaten teams in the classification. It was the fourth time in the past two seasons the Bullpups topped the Bombers, and the second straight time it happened in the district title game. Most of the usual suspects were to blame for Prep, as Gonzaga University-commit Anton Watson tied for the game high with 19 points, and Jamaari Jones finished with 15 points and 14 rebounds. Given the Bullpups' athleticism and reputation for driving the lane as well as anybody, Richland senior center Riley SORN ('18) - the MCC Player of the Year - had to be at his best to give the Bombers a chance, and he responded by swatting away a half-dozen shots on defense and matching Watson's 19 points on offense. Cole NORTHROP ('19) added 16 points for Richland. UP NEXT Prep (23-0) entered the night as the top-ranked team in the state's 4A API and Richland (22-1) was at No. 4. Even with the loss, the Bombers' rating will likely go up because of the Bullpups' record. Because of this, both teams are all but guaranteed to host regional games next weekend where the winner will go to the state quarterfinals and the loser will play in the Round of 12, still at the Tacoma Dome." Go Bombers!!! -Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland where we have partly cloudy conditions with 28mph winds, and it feels like 56 degrees at 2:30 Saturday afternoon. The temperature is expected to drop to a high of 34 on Monday with a low of 19. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Dwight CAREY ('68) Re: Col-Hi Agriculture Program entry from Dick WIGHT ('52) Interesting story from Dick WIGHT ('52)... about the Future Farmers of America (FFA) program that was in Col-Hi. The Farm was located right across GWWay from the SkyLine Drive-In, on property now occupied by Hanford High School. The farm house is still standing, and has been updated, on the corner of GWWay and Hanford street, I believe. The FFA program was still going on when we moved into that area in 1961, and probably lasted until 1963-1964. The farm had animals that the neighborhood kids became friends with... until someone told us to stay away from the Pigs because "They will Eat You"... and we all believed it!! We were blessed to have had the opportunity to live that life of growing up in Richland. -Dwight CAREY ('68) ~ enjoying the sun in Tucson, AZ ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Brad WEAR ('71) Re: Anniversary Semper Fi! 73rd anniversary of the most iconic battle for the Marines. February 19, the invasion of Iwo Jima, the most famous battle in the Pacific Theater of Battle. I have a vial of Iwo sand collected in 1995 (50th anniversary) and a .50 cal casing from the island. I've shared the sand with George "Pappy" SWAN ('59) and Tom MATTIS ('66) both fellow Marines, who have it in their Marine Corps shrine. Semper Fi to all my Marine brothers and sisters, and especially our Navy Corpsmen. -Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in cool rainy Plano, TX Sent from my iPhone ************************************************************* ********************** MEMORIAL INFO ************************ ************************************************************* not a memorial - only INFO today Richland Bombers Calendar Click the event you want to know more about. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) Re: Agriculture class at Col-Hi I seem to remember going out to the farm on a tour. Perhaps it was during the cooking part of Home Ec. I can just picture it in my mind. So, at least it was still going mid '60s. -Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) ~ from sooooo windy Kennewick. Where is spring?! ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: David RIVERS ('65) Re: growed ups The other day, I posted a few pix of my daughter and me... well actually face book chose them... said it was 10 places we'd been together and then showed three pix??? So Lola HEIDLEBAUGH ('60) responded that it is so nice to be friends with our adult children... ADULTS... I didn't say nuthin' bout no adults... I think my rep is gonna get ruint... but as I thought about it I marveled at how so many of our children have turned out and how proud we all are of them for growing into wonderful and responsible adults... a couple a Bombers reminded me that adult supervision is nice... all I know is that Jimmy HEIDLEBAUGH ('65) and I have certainly learned that the hard way... every time we go out without adult supervision... there's no telling what will happen... tattoos are always a favorite... hey what could go wrong?! As a few guys responded inna SS recently, we were raised in a way that seems distant and almost foreign compared to some of the "Parenting" of today. If we failed... it was our fault not the fault of our parents... my opinion, anyway. I made my mistakes all by my lonesome! I was never coddled and I was held responsible for my acts and omission, as were you! The Bombers I know raised their children in like manner. What a joy to see them blossom... now the "other news"... inna olden dayz it used to take me all day in airports to get to Richland and back... in the past several years it has been a smooth 2 hour trip and bingo there I was. Today, I went to make my reservations to head home to see the play "And The Winner Is"... had planned to hit Richland on Thursday and return on Sunday... uh oh... Aligiant now flies on Fridays and Mondays... arrrrrrgh... so I'm back to sitting in Seattle up and SLC back... oh well... life goes on... but I will say being at the Pasco Airport at 4:30 AM on Sunday is gonna be... uhhhhhhhhhhh... so, as I started this post so shall I return... my good buddy Lyman POWELL ('65) has two wonderful "adult" children celebrating today... HAPPY BIRTHDAY Katie and Diana POWELL ('02) on your special day, February 19, 2018 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -David RIVERS ('65) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65) Re: Gaynor's ('65) birthday Aww man, I missed it. I see the guy two and three times a week, normally, and of course he doesn't say squat to me about having a birthday coming up; so here I sit this morning, trying to catch up with this Happy Birthday best wish. He remembered MY birthday, after all. Way overboard with his Bomber enthusiasm, if you ask me, but then he's got a granddaughter who's a cheerleader now, so he's glued to the set. Or the radio. Or in the stands. A bright and clever fella, our Gaynor, and a damn fine friend. Have a good day, buddy, and keep fighting that good fight. You're a brave man. -Terry DAVIS Knox ('65) Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) Re: Richland boys basketball ~ 2/17/18 Tri-City Herald [Be careful of THIS LINK, Bombers! I always check EVERY link before it goes in the Sandstorm. Stewpit Tri-City Herald sez "you have viewed all your free articles..." Soooo click this link at your own risk. Could be a virus there. -Maren] "RICHLAND-GONZAGA PREP PT. 1 LIVES UP TO HYPE, BUT DOESN'T GO BOMBERS' WAY" "Teams learn a lot more from their losses than their wins, but Friday night's defeat was still a tough pill to swallow for the Richland High School boys basketball team. The Bombers put together several late rallies, but couldn't muster enough to overcome the top-ranked Gonzaga Prep Bullpups, falling 56-53 in a District 8 Class 4A championship game at the Spokane arena that featured two of the state's three remaining unbeaten teams in the classification. It was the fourth time in the past two seasons the Bullpups topped the Bombers, and the second straight time it happened in the district title game. Most of the usual suspects were to blame for Prep, as Gonzaga University-commit Anton Watson tied for the game high with 19 points, and Jamaari Jones finished with 15 points and 14 rebounds. Given the Bullpups' athleticism and reputation for driving the lane as well as anybody, Richland senior center Riley SORN ('18) - the MCC Player of the Year - had to be at his best to give the Bombers a chance, and he responded by swatting away a half-dozen shots on defense and matching Watson's 19 points on offense. Cole NORTHROP ('19) added 16 points for Richland. UP NEXT Prep (23-0) entered the night as the top-ranked team in the state's 4A API and Richland (22-1) was at No. 4. Even with the loss, the Bombers' rating will likely go up because of the Bullpups' record. Because of this, both teams are all but guaranteed to host regional games next weekend where the winner will go to the state quarterfinals and the loser will play in the Round of 12, still at the Tacoma Dome." Go Bombers!!! -Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland where we have partly cloudy conditions with 28mph winds, and it feels like 56 degrees at 2:30 Saturday afternoon. The temperature is expected to drop to a high of 34 on Monday with a low of 19. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Dwight CAREY ('68) Re: Col-Hi Agriculture Program entry from Dick WIGHT ('52) Interesting story from Dick WIGHT ('52)... about the Future Farmers of America (FFA) program that was in Col-Hi. The Farm was located right across GWWay from the SkyLine Drive-In, on property now occupied by Hanford High School. The farm house is still standing, and has been updated, on the corner of GWWay and Hanford street, I believe. The FFA program was still going on when we moved into that area in 1961, and probably lasted until 1963-1964. The farm had animals that the neighborhood kids became friends with... until someone told us to stay away from the Pigs because "They will Eat You"... and we all believed it!! We were blessed to have had the opportunity to live that life of growing up in Richland. -Dwight CAREY ('68) ~ enjoying the sun in Tucson, AZ ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Brad WEAR ('71) Re: Anniversary Semper Fi! 73rd anniversary of the most iconic battle for the Marines. February 19, the invasion of Iwo Jima, the most famous battle in the Pacific Theater of Battle. I have a vial of Iwo sand collected in 1995 (50th anniversary) and a .50 cal casing from the island. I've shared the sand with George "Pappy" SWAN ('59) and Tom MATTIS ('66) both fellow Marines, who have it in their Marine Corps shrine. Semper Fi to all my Marine brothers and sisters, and especially our Navy Corpsmen. -Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in cool rainy Plano, TX Sent from my iPhone ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/20/18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5 Bombers sent stuff today: Mike CLOWES ('54), Steve CARSON ('58) Jim ARMSTRONG ('63), David RIVERS ('65) Shirley COLLINGS ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancy PIERCE ('61) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ann COFFMAN ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Glenda GRAY ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marilyn HERIFORD ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Connie MUDD ('67) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Don DASCENZO ('69) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) Sometime earlier this month or toward the end of January, one of the local TV weather guessers publicly "put a fork" into winter weather. Said there would be no more of it. Guess what? Portland got it yesterday. How do we know this? Intrepid TV reporters were stationed at those locations where cars are known to slip and slide off the road and the reporters have something close by to show us how deep it is. And, here in Mount Angel, we awoke Monday morning to a light dusting of the white stuff. So, other than that, how was your Presidents Day weekend? Hope you didn't over indulge. -Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where it freezes at night but thoughfully thaws during daylight hours Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58) The Ag farm was near the North Richland Drive Inn as I recall. -Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Jim ARMSTRONG ('63) Re: Ag Agriculture class and FFA were the best experiences I had in high school from freshman year until the end of senior year in 1963. Great friends and memories. We even got to go to Yellowstone a couple of times! Regards -Jim ARMSTRONG ('63) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: David RIVERS ('65) Re: brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Yipes... somebody said it's windy and snowy in Richland... well at least I know who to blame... it's nasty here... brrrrrrrrr I'm not good with cold... but then I'm sure our friends in Phoenix will be posting pictures of the ol' swimming pool and the thermometer showing 85° or something equally as offensive! (Yes you know who you are, Marine!). Well all I can say is stay warm and HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Ann COFFMAN ('66) on your special day, February 20, 2018!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -David RIVERS ('65) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) Re: Basketball Playoffs The Richland Bombers will play the Davis Pirates in a regional game at 6pm on Friday, February 23, at Chiawana High School in Pasco. Go, Bombers!!! -Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland where it is 32° with a wind chill of 27° at noon on Monday. ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/21/18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 Bombers sent stuff: Marie RUPPERT ('63) David RIVERS ('65) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Doug LONGMORE ('61) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kippy Lou BRINKMAN ('62) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susan SCHIER ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tresha HUNTER ('65) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sue SHIPMAN ('73) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gil GILSTRAP ('79) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Debbie VINING ('71) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David KELLER ('82) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63) Today (2/20/18) I went over to the KNDU studio in Kennewick and picked up the "Fear None" SWX 6 hour video documentary of our CHAMPIONSHIP 2017 Bomber football season. I was able to get 2 copies, one for me and one for my brother, John ('67), in Mesa AZ. I will be taking it to him next month when I go down to visit and warm up. Watch it here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17mviv2pAjt_ir_pcdFCMf0RncVkiLwx4 The first order is nearly gone and more are being ordered. Matt (the producer) said he had no idea the DVD would be so popular. He obviously doesn't understand the Bomber nation! -Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63) ~ in Richland with a little bit of snow flurries coming down as I watch the Olympics in my cozy chair ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: David RIVERS ('65) Re: roses and a thorn Now this is a great day... I've known one Bomber-babe for a very long time, one I have recently become better acquainted with and and a Bomber that I never recall meeting though I spent hours at his house back inna day... Now the one babe is well known to pretty much all Bombers within a certain age range... She taught many of my friends tap and perhaps other dancing during the years... her folks and mine were good buds in Richland and again in Las Vegas... I remember the first time I went to see her at the "Dome of the Sea" at the Dunes in Vegas. My wife and I probably saved up a while to go to one of the ritziest places in town... when we got there it turned out I needed a jacket... not to worry the mate trow dee pulled out a red jacket that might have fit Lyman POWELL ('65) very well... it hung on me but I was in... and there she was... I am sure she was the reason I wanted to go there in the first place (as I recall I went one more time but was better prepared)... there was a track running through the restaurant and she was playing the harp looking like the angel I remembered... what a fun experience... other times we went to the hotsy totsy Caesar's Palace Champagne Brunch with my folks, her folks and the B-day babe... since then over the years I see her at home and often up in Wikiup at Ellen WEIHERMILLER's ('63) at Christmas time for a wonderful get together with Bomber friends... Now the other b-day babe was one I watched from afar... she was just smashing and for some reason I have no recollection of speaking to her at all... one of those " what if I say hi and she just gives me the ol' "stink eye" as one of my Marine/Bomber friends from '67 might say... but finally... she and I had a wonderful time at the '65er 70th b-day sharing old stories and just catching up on years in between Col-Hi and now... what a fun person and to think I thought she might bite my head off for approaching her back inna day (I sometimes think beautiful women have the hardest times growing up as people think they are too gorgeous to approach... oh well) and finally we have a Bomber with whom I have become pretty darned good friends though I didn't know him back when... I spent a great deal of time at his house with his younger sister ('66), but have no recollection talking to him... I had a number of friends from his class too... well better late than never... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Doug LONGMORE ('61), Kippy Lou BRINKMAN ('62) and Tresha HUNTER on your special day, February 21, 2018!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -David RIVERS ('65) ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/22/18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5 Bombers sent stuff today: Mike CLOWES ('54), Rosann BENEDICT ('63) Jim COYNE ('64), David RIVERS ('65) Terry DAVIS ('65) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Darlene PICKLES ('54) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dan NOBLE ('58) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joe CHOATE ('60) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dave SIMPSON ('63) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lynn BERRY ('66) '48 BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve GALLOWAY ('74) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dennis LYNCH ('75) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) One hopes to survive these wintry blasts we have been having here in the Willamette Valley. Oh, that's right, a weather guesser put a "fork in winter." Guess these must be springry blasts. Hopefully it will all be gone by the weekend. When it can start all over again. However, that is not the point of this epistle. There is a president (whom I did not know) and a Bomber Babe (whom I did) sharing a birthday today. There are some younger Bombers that have tagged along (hopefully not to gain notoriety). A tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!" to Darlene PICKLES ('54) on what must be her 22nd. I sincerely hope you have a good day and not be bothered by a pesky snow storm or two. -Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where we were only dusted in the previous two bouts. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Rosann BENEDICT ('63) To: Jim HOUSE ('63) and Ray STEIN ('64) Re: Court of Dreams I saw you guys on the Richland City Council feed (sent out by Linda BELLISTON Boehning ('63)) presenting the City with $50K for renovation of the basketball courts below the high school. https://richlandwa.swagit.com/play/02202018-1912 It was a great speech Jim, and it was movingly delivered, Ray. You both do the Bombers proud. Thanks! -Rosann BENEDICT ('63) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Jim COYNE ('64) Re: Ag Farn ...was a great place. Mr. Evans was the best. He even took a bunch of us to Yellowstone. To bad it ever ended -Jim COYNE ('64) Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Tab E, an AT&T 4G LTE tablet ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: David RIVERS ('65) Re: ah the olden dayz As some people know, I refuse to get a smart phone... I can't even dial (dial?) or answer a smart phone... I like my little ring ring phone and besides if I want something more, everyone around me can find it all on Google in two seconds flat... our years on earth have been really filled with some remarkable stuff in just our own lifetimes... I remember lying on the living room floor listening to alla great shows... Matt Dillon, Johnny Dollar, suspense and on and on (only the shadow knows... I remember Link Wray did a song that started out with the shadow)... then surfing the air waves for rock n roll songs... then TV... kinda... I remember going down the street to watch an itty bitty screen of "something"... we got our TV in '58... woo hoo... a Sylvania portable... we only got one or two stations but some parts of town even got Disneyland... I still remember watching the drive inn on people's outhouses... we really did have a nice life... then if you got bored you could go and take a toke onna ol' skeeter sprayer... or bus fumes... cough cough... when ya look back times really were much slower back then... today everything is now now now... talk about instant gratification... I'll betcha one a these days they even have color television... yeah right... well I gotta guy that is always one a my favs... he still hasn't kicked me outa the big kids' table... even though a couple a years ago I somehow managed to spill half a bottle of water on him... I guess as long as it ain't milk I'm cool... well HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Dave SIMPSON ('63) on your special day, May 22, 2018!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -David RIVERS ('65) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65) To: Tresha HUNTER ('65) Happy birthday Tresha on 2/21, you good girl, you. Always a good feeling seeing you at the reunions, Tresha. I especially enjoy how pleased you seem to be just talking to everyone. You were that way back at Jason Lee, too--always friendly and curious. One of the truly great people in our class. I wish you well, Tresha HUNTER, and Happy Birthday to you. Thanks for coming by the house with David. 'Twas a nice afternoon in the Rockin' West R. -Terry DAVIS Knox ('65) Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/23/18 - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 Bombers sent stuff today: Helen CROSS ('62), Shirley COLLINGS ('66) Peter TURPING ('70), Brad WEAR ('71) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Myrna BRANUM ('57) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tom SOMMER ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barb COLLINGS ('71) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jane BROWN ('71) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sandy STANFIELD ('71) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jil LYTLE ('82) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) Re: Tanzania Trip Greetings from Boston Airport where I am still returning to Cincinnati from A really fun and interesting 2 weeks in Tanzania on a UW tour there with my friend Linda from Billings, Montana (we got Our MSW degrees from UW in March of 1968.) and still had fun rooming together all these years later. I was so impressed with the peacefulness of Africa -- Carol RICE Forister ('62-RIP) had told me that after her trip to Africa in about 2010 -- and how close we were to the animals like lions, leopards, and cheetahs. Our guide, drivers, and cars were great. Happy Birthday on 02/21 to Kippy Lou BRINKMAN From the class of 62. I know my pictures aren't that great as Ed WOOD'S ('62) and others with super cameras, but I was amazed at what I did get on my cell phone. Bomber Cheers, -Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ heading back to Cincinnati, OH where it was 70° yesterday, and an ice storm when I left 2 weeks ago Sent from my iPhone ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) Re: Bomber Basketball ~ 2/21/18 Tri-City Herald "YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO FAR TO SEE 6 REGIONAL HOOPS GAMES THIS WEEKEND" "The road to the state basketball tournaments will run through West Pasco, as Chiawana High School is set to host to six regional games this weekend. Action begins Friday with a pair of games featuring teams already guaranteed trips to the Tacoma Dome next week. In the first game of the weekend, former Big 9 foes will renew their rivalry as the Davis Pirates boys take on the Richland Bombers at 6 p.m. The teams met in the Round of 12 at state last year, and the Bombers began their run to the semifinals with a 63-51 upset (according to RPI rankings) win. Both teams are their respective league champs this season, with Richland (22-1) coming off its first loss of the season, to Gonzaga Prep in the District 8 title game, and Davis (20-2) having just beaten Sunnyside for the third time this season. The winners of Friday's games advance straight to the quarterfinals, on March 1, while the losers have to play in the Round of 12 on February 28." Re: Bomber Basketball ~ 2/22/18 Tri-City Herald RICHLAND CHASING HISTORY AS BASKETBALL TEAM BEGINS STATE RUN By Dustin Brennan ~ dbrennan@tricityherald.com Re: College Sports ~ 2/21/18 Tri-City Herald "BRATTON ('14-home schooled), TIXIER KEEP THEIR HEADS ABOVE WATER AT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS" By Annie Fowler ~ afowler@tricityherald.com "Lisa BRATTON (Richland) helped the No. 2-ranked Texas A&M swim team to its third consecutive Southeastern Conference title Sunday in College Station, Texas. BRATTON was second in the 200-meter backstroke, clocking a 1:49.83 to break her own school record and become the first Aggie to swim the event in under 1:50. Kentucky's Asia Seidt (1:49.65) won the event. A senior, BRATTON also was third in the 100 backstroke with a time of 51.10, and fifth in the 200 individual medley relay with a time of 1:55.05." Re: Richland weather ~ 2/22/18 Tri-City Herald "YEP. IT'S BEEN REALLY COLD. NEW RECORD SET IN TRI-CITIES" By Annette Cary ~ acary@tricityherald.com Go, Bombers! -Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ from a chilly Richland ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Peter TURPING ('70) Re: Court of Dreams I watched the Richland City Council meeting segment where Ray STEIN ('64) presented the well scripted piece prepared by Jim HOUSE ('63) on memories of Richland and the Marines. https://richlandwa.swagit.com/play/02202018-1912 I grew up going to Bomber games and knew STEIN, HOUSE, WEBB and others well from the play on the court. We often took on their persona as we played pick up games around the neighborhood. Being small, slow and not the strongest I had to leave Bomber basketball to others. What was great about Richland was there was always intramurals and church leagues to participate in along with pick up games all over town. And come summer there were leagues on the courts below the gym. Thanks to the Jim HOUSE for his generous donation to keep it going. -Peter TURPING ('70) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Brad WEAR ('71) Re: Trifecta and Twins Boy, oh boy, what a date. February 23rd!!!! The birth date for three of my favorite Bomber Babes, and my twin nephews. Happy Birthday to Barb COLLINGS, Jane BROWN Hedges, and Sandi STANFIELD all '71 women. Also a Happy Birthday to my twin nephews Nic and Kris Miller ('95 woulda beens)!!!!! Hope you all have a great day. -Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in cold, cold, rainy Plano, TX Sent from my iPhone ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/24/18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5 Bombers sent stuff today: Diane AVEDOVECH ('56), Helen CROSS ('62) David RIVERS ('65), Shirley COLLINGS ('66) Brad WEAR ('71) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dorothy CAMERON ('55) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Frank HAGGARD ('55) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carol CONVERSE ('64) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancy WICK ('65) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joan MORRIS ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ann Marie NICKLASON ('71) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ron BRUNKE ('71) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Diane AVEDOVECH ('56) Re: Elephant Walk To: Helen Cross Kirk ('62) Thought I would share with you a story of a friend who went to Tanzania via our government tax division. He was to help their government for a year to get their tax structure in working order. One weekend he, his wife, and children decided to go out and do a little camping. They put up a tent and did all the things we Americans normally do to camp out with a young family. That evening they all went to sleep in their tent. The next morning when they got up they discovered that a herd of elephants had walked through their camp site and no one heard them as they went through. Not a thing was disturbed except they left a lot of elephant tracks. I'm not sure they did any more camping while they were there. -Diane AVEDOVECH ('56) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) Re: Tanzania Trip We did see and photograph quite a few animals, but my favorite is probably the smiling lion. Bomber Cheers, -Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ from near Cincinnati, OH where it is still raining and I did see daffodils coming up in my yard, so spring is coming!! Sent from my iPhone ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: David RIVERS ('65) Re: disgusting white stuff Well, it had to happen sooner or later... as I was driving here and there today I could see this dandruff dumping all over the mountains and the feel in the air made it very likely that parts of the valley would be infected with the stuff as well, sure enough... thank goodness it wasn't at my house, but I will admit it was pretty darned chilly... snow... there I said the word... yuk! I too really enjoyed watching Numbers 32 ('63) and 10 ('64) making the presentation of HOUSE, Captain, USMC, 1 ea.'s donation for the refurbishment of the old b-ball courts where countless kids (excepting myself) honed their skills and sought to be like so many of their local heroes... Thank you to both of our b-ball stars for the time, energy and moola... and speaking of B-ball I have long given up on getting a new pair of "Chucks" from one of our celebrating Bomber-babes... but I still love her just the same... as I slosh through year after year in my same ol' pair... sniff sniff... a korse, the other Babe will get a whole lotta recognition from that "older" guy that managed to snatch her up early on in our school careers... he dun good... oh hey... now I know that music is spozed ta sooth the savage breast, but do they hafta turn alla really great songs into advertising slogans? I'm sorry, but I am not ready to have one of Roy Orbison's most touching songs turned into an insurance ad... just sayin' (Don and Phil did a great job on the same song)... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Carol CONVERSE ('64) and the Ever young and lovely Miss Nancy WICK ('65) on your special day, February 24, 2018!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -David RIVERS ('65) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) Re: Bomber basketball ~ 2/23/18 Tri-City Herald "RICHLAND CHASING HISTORY AS BASKETBALL TEAM BEGINS STATE RUN" By Dustin Brennan ~ dbrennan@tricityherald.com "Most students would count themselves lucky if their school's football or boys basketball teams got one shot at a state title. Richland High School has a chance to capture championships in both sports in the same academic year, a feat that would make some history." "Only eight times has a school won football and boys basketball state championships in the same academic year, according to WIAA records dating to 1973, and it's never been done among the 4A ranks, the state's top classification and the one in which Richland competes." "The Bombers accomplished the first leg of this harrowing task in the fall when their football team ran the table for the first time in the modern era to win its first state title since 1999 and third overall. The hoops squad seems destined for special things as well, after posting a perfect 20-0 regular-season record to win the MCC title, and suffering its first loss of the campaign in a thrilling district title game Friday against the state's top-ranked Gonzaga Prep Bullpups." "Richland has a - forgive me here - rich history of athletic success, especially in football and boys basketball, with each team winning three state titles in their histories. That history, and expectation for winning, has been rekindled in recent years, with the football team reaching the state semis, then finals, in the two years leading up to this most recent title run; and the basketball team placing fifth in the state last year, second in 2014, and earning national attention this season, ranked as highly as No. 15 in the nation by the USA Today Super 25 Expert Poll." Re: Richland vs. Davis ~ 2/23/18 Tri-City Herald "PATH TO A STATE TITLE GETS CLEARER AS RICHLAND BLOWS OUT DAVIS IN REGIONALS By Dustin Brennan ~ dbrennan@tricityherald.com After putting its first tick in the loss column in last weekend's district championship game, the Richland High School boys basketball team was looking forward to doing what it does best: running opponents out of the gym. That plan came together pretty well on Friday night at Chiawana, as the Bombers (ranked No. 4 in the state's 4A RPI) blasted the No. 5 Davis Pirates 86-61 in a regional round tilt that saw Richland lead by at least 20 points most of the way. "We trusted all of our teammates and we just kept playing, and it felt really good," said Richland junior Cody SANDERSON ('19), who knocked down 9 of 13 shots (3 of 5 from 3-point range) for 21 points. "It's like a boost going into the playoffs, just gives us a little momentum, something to go off of. I think we're gonna keep playing good like that, and I'm excited." The victory propelled Richland (23-1) straight through to the state quarterfinals, where it will meet a team to be named later at 3:45 p.m. Thursday at the Tacoma Dome. Davis (20-3) will play the winner of Saturday's regional between Curtis and Bothell, at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday in the Round of 12." On to STATE! Good luck Bombers! Re: Richland weather ~ 2/23/18 Tri-City Herald "IT'S SNOWING? FLURRIES PREDICTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND" By Cameron Probert ~ cprobert@tricityherald.com "Winter isn't done with the Tri-Cities yet. Snow began falling across the Mid-Columbia starting around 4 p.m. Friday. Less than an inch is predicted to fall across much of the Lower Columbia Basin, the National Weather Service said. The snow is expected to taper off before Saturday afternoon as weather warms into the high 40s, according to weather service predictions." -Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland [South Louisiana has set 9 heat records so far this month. It's been in the 80s - T-shirt/shorts weather. Come on down, Rivers!! -Maren] ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Brad WEAR ('71) Re: More Birthdays Happy, Happy Birthday to two long time Bomber associates. I've known both since Chief Jo days. Happy Birthday to the ever lovely Ann NICHOLSON ('71 and a fellow Warrior), Bomber, and Coug Ron BRUNKE ('71) on their special day!!!! Hope it's a good one. -Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in really cold and wet Plano,TX Sent from my iPhone ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/25/18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 Bombers sent stuff: Rick MADDY ('67) Lynn-Marie HATCHER ('68) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sandy MITCHELL ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rochelle SEHOLM ('97) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Rick MADDY ('67) Re: Don CAMPBELL ('70wb-RIP) ~ 6/18/51 - 2/21/18 Very sad news seeing the passing of one of the 'wildside ginger child' fun guys from the Southside. I never could EVER get Don and Ron, figured out. Two peas in the same pod. I would run across them now and then, but it has been many years now. When I ran into one it was like running into both because I never knew who I was talking to. Great guys. My condolences to you, Ron, on the passing of your identical twin brother and to your family. -Rick MADDY ('67) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68) Re: Rental available?? Hope to find some help from fellow Bombers. BACK STORY: I was already planning to move back to the Tri- Cities this spring/summer. BUT NOW --- I am so blessed to report that I have been offered the opportunity to establish the psychiatric "service line" through Chaplaincy Healthcare in the Tri-Cities. They have had therapists in place for some time, but my acceptance of their offer represents the expansion of services into Psychiatric Evaluations and therapeutic medication management, as well. What an honor and blessing! Since I received my calling at age 8 to practice medicine, my two great loves have been psychiatry and end-of-life services for patients and their families. So to be affiliating with the Chaplaincy Healthcare organization - which will now be providing psychiatric services, and has been providing Hospice care for a long while - well, I am truly giving thanks to God for this remarkable turn of events. HERE'S WHERE I NEED HELP: As of yet I have not found a home to purchase -- at least nothing that is "for sure". I will be starting work in early to mid-June ... early July at the latest. So ... if my house buying efforts do not come to fruition, I will need to find a rental for my early months there. It needs to have a fenced yard, as I have (well-behaved) dogs. I don't need a lot of room, as I will probably put most of my things in storage during my rental tenure, and just use rented furniture as well. Does anyone have ANY leads for me? Please e-mail me or text me Many thanks! I look forward to renewing Bomber friendships face-to-face, and establishing some new ones! Blessings, -Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68) ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/26/18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) -- so we don't have a "NOT" issue BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Betsy COFFMAN ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dennis LOVE ('69) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Debbie LUKINS ('78) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) Re: 5 days till the start of Iditarod 2018 http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site There will be a drawing at the musher banquet Thursday night to determine starting position of each team. Re: Dallas Seavey Withdrew 4-time Iditarod Champ, Dallas Seavey withdrew from the 2018 Iditarod amid controversy over accusations his dogs were drugged. At first the Iditarod Trail Committee wouldn't identify the musher with suspected drugged dogs. Dallas' dogs had been tested some 6 to 12 hours after the end of the race and found with an illegal substance in their systems, but the committee wouldn't release Dallas' name. The most recent information is that an independent vet studied all the data and said that whatever the substance was it could NOT have been administered until after the race ended because of the amount of the drug that was in the dogs at the time of testing. In the meantime, Dallas withdrew from the Iditarod and is now set to run Norway's version of the Iditarod. He is currently in Norway getting his dogs ready for that race. He now has a better understanding of all the mushers from Norway who come to Alaska from Norway to run the Iditarod!! I will keep you posted on how Dallas is doing in that race. Re: Checkpoints on the even year (southern route) trail. Checkpoint (# miles from Anchorage) Anchorage (0) Campbell Airstrip (11) Willow (11) Yentna (53) Skwentna (83) Finger Lake (123) Rainy Pass (153) Rohn (188) Nikolai (263) McGrath (311) Takotna (329) Ophir (352) Iditarod (432) Shageluk (487) Anvik (512) Grayling (530) Eagle Island (592) Kaltag (652) Unalakleet (737) Shaktoolik (777) Koyuk (827) Elim (875) Golovin (903) White Mountain (921) Safety (976) Nome (998) As the race progresses, I have a little something about each checkpoint as the first teams arrive at each checkpoint. As always, there will be a volunteer vet at each checkpoint. -Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 73° at 1:30am ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/27/18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5 Bombers sent stuff: Mike CLOWES ('54), Barbara SESLAR ('60) David RIVERS ('65), Terry DAVIS ('65) Shirley COLLINGS ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Shannon CRAIG ('50) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marilynn WORKING ('54) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Grant RICHARDSON ('67) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jon ERLANDSON ('67) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rick HUMPHREYS ('76) BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Dick ROBERTS ('49) & Carol TYNER ('52) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) This will not be another exciting tale of the Iditarod. Nor even a grouse about the local weather. But there is an anniversary and a birthday involving Bomber Babes and a Bomber of my acquaintance. Suffice it to say they are all good people. One of them may be hatching various scenarios for a 65 year reunion. First off, a "Happy Anniversary!" to Dick ROBERTS ('49) and Carol TYNER ('52). They are a fun couple to know. We should do lunch the next time you are in town. And a tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!" to Marilyn WORKING ('54) on what is surely her 23rd. My how time flies. -Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where wintery weather still lingers although the daffodils have bloomed Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Barbara SESLAR Brackenbush ('60) Re: Class of 1960 Bomber Luncheon DATE: Saturday, March 3, 2018 TIME: 11:30 a.m. WHERE: 3 Margaritas (downtown near Lee Blvd.) Spouses and friends are also welcome! Please join us first Saturday of each month. Turn right inside the restaurant and you'll find us at the corner table. No reservations needed. -Barbara SESLAR Brackenbush ('60) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: David RIVERS ('65) Re: movies and real life Over the last few days I have been reminded how much many of our lives have been mimicked in the movies and pretty darned accurately too! The other day there was a picture of a furnace (coal) and the men delivering the coal... it was like, "Bingo" memories were sparked and the comments began to fly... some people could even remember what houses had what kind of heat... I certainly remember the coal on Haines and my Dad turning the coal bin into a shop for me on VanGiesen... then there was a post about coffee cans full of nails... I doubt my dad ever found a nail he didn't save... bent nails were my job to straighten out... same with Gary BEHYMER ('64). Our parents were from a very frugal age and nothing was wasted. One of the younger delinquents always comments on how one of the other members and I throw nothing away... may be able to use the parts to fix something... the other day I threw so many old parts out I hadda laugh... yup I'm my parents' son all right... now I gotta Bomber-babe friend who always confirms all our upbringing. She may have a couple of years on me but... wooo hooo... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Marilynn WORKING ('54) on your special day, February 27, 2018!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -David RIVERS ('65) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65) Re: That Old Lady Beside The Road You see her sitting there every day when you drive past on GWWay. She's been there forever--or at least as far as MY forever goes. I rode my bike past her at least a million times when I was a kid. We'd see her sitting there every time we came out of High Spot or the Community House, or when we pulled in to buy $.25 a gallon gas from Shelley McCOY ('63- RIP) by the Greyhound Bus station. I grew to young manhood watching fist fights in her parking lot on some Saturday nights with RIVERS ('65) and HEIDLEBAUGH ('65) and JOHNSON ('65) at my side. On Friday mornings in the Spring, I now buy flowers and fresh produce in the Farmer's Market outside her front door. The Richland Theater has been part of my life forever, and she is part of my life today. Come see us, if you can. I promise you you'll enjoy yourself. Nobody's making any money. Just paying the overhead. AND THE PLAYS ARE GOOD. The legendary Bomber Ginny QUINLEY ('73), is the director. She and Lloyd SWAIN ('66-RIP) worked on stage together here forever. She runs the Theater Dept. at CBC now. Michael Thomas, a Bomber, played baseball with the Webb brothers and is one of the finest actors I have seen ANYWHERE. So, Come ON! Come visit the Old Lady while she is still around. "And The Winner Is" By Mitch Albom Opens March 9th -Terry DAVIS Knox ('65) Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) Re: '67 in '17 Reunion Pictures ~ September 15-16, 2017 The 50-year reunion picture project has now been completed and available to view. Mike TESKY ('67) took over 300 hundred pictures, and classmates took over 150 using their iPhones. I edited and used 323 total pictures. Enjoy ~ -Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ************************************************************* Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/28/18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 Bombers sent stuff: Richard ROBERTS ('49), Mike CLOWES ('54) Carol CONVERSE ('64), David RIVERS ('65) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lola HEIDLEBAUGH ('60) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larry GROSS ('65) LEAP YEAR BABIES 2/29 BOMBER BIRTHDAY: Don STORMS ('66) - celebrates 2/28 2/29 BOMBER BIRTHDAY: Sharon CHAMBERS ('70) - celebrates 2/28 ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Richard ROBERTS ('49) Re: Anniversary on 2/27/18 To celebrate our 64th anniversary, Carol TYNER Roberts ('52) and I are going to Costco then out to lunch; no not the Costco Polish sausage and coke, somewhere nice, like Giuseppe's in Pismo Beach. -Richard ROBERTS ('49) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) I did not realise there were so many "old" people in the Class of '67. Thanks, Shirley ('66) for the pictures of you youngsters whooping it up at wineries and reactors and other locations. I may not be sure of the class year, but I was able to rule out '65 as there was no Tooter crashing the party. Terry ('65), as they say "Break your legs; if breaking one leg is good luck, breaking both should be even better luck."* However, there is a Bomber Babe celebrating another milestone. She is one of the younger crowd that I met at various Portland lunches (what ever happened to those?). I also met her mother, her younger brother ('65 - who used to storm beaches yelling "HOOORAAH!" at the top of his voice) and much younger sister {'74). A tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!" to Lola HEIDLEBAUGH ('60) on this momentous occasion. Gotta be her "sweet 16th" by some counts. -Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR *Paraphrased from the play "Breaking Legs." Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) To: Terry DAVIS ('65) Re: Play coming up in March I know you've mentioned the time and date before, but could you please refresh my memory on the time and dates once again? I would like to come see the play. To tell you the truth, I've yet to step foot inside the theater since moving away from Richland. Now living in Kennewick. -Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) ~ Kennewick ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: David RIVERS ('65) Re: fondest memories First, lemme say that Terry DAVIS'('65) Ode to the Richland Theater was just smashing. And true... I'll never forget watching West Side Story and Tom Jones there... what a fun time... I've also seen a few plays there in the recent past and will again be able to see another on the 23rd and 24th of March... now today we gotta neighbor of Terry's celebrating along with a '65er... I am not sure how her entire famblie was able to shoe horn into the prefab but they did... while she is only a tad older than her brother ('65), Terry and I, she has always been far more mature... Her brother, Terry and I spent so much time together back inna day you'd think we were related... she has somehow managed to put up with us all these years... Now the '65er used to have to walk almost as far as Laura PARKER ('65) and I hadda walk to Chief Jo... that is because he parked his fantastic looking blue '49/'50 Merc along Sevens Dr. and then walked alla way around the school to the entrance... I always figured I'da parked it right in front of the flag pole! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Lola HEIDLEBAUGH ('60) and Larry GROSS ('65) on your special day, February 28, 2018!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -David RIVERS ('65) ******************************************* ******************************************* That's it for the month. Please send more. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø January, 2018 ~ March, 2018