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Richland Bombers Calendar website
Funeral Notices website
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/01/18
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3 Bombers and 1 Lion/HB sent stuff:
Dennis HAMMER ('64), Gary Brehm ('64 Lion/HB)
Tere SMYTH ('65), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ann BISHOP ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Duane LEE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kevin KELLEY ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Phyllis MAFFEI ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Debra ELLIOTT ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John MOSLEY ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Karen FULCHER ('79)
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: Digital Camera foretold
Recently TCM showed all four of the Matt Helm films, which
were a parody of the then popular James Bond movies. Besides
being an agent Matt Helm/Dean Martin is also a photographer
which is being used for his cover. In "The Ambushers," Matt
takes a photo of the Arch-Villain, then one of his minions
tells Matt he will have to confiscate his film. Matt takes
the film out of his 35mm SLR camera which to me looks like an
Asahi/Honeywell Pentax camera and hands it to him. I expected
he had done a little slight-at-hand and switched rolls of
film, but as Matt walked off you see the camera is also a
radio and transmitted the photo which is slowly downloading
onto a television screen at ICE headquarters. Yes, Matt
Helm actually worked for ICE -- (Intelligence and Counter
Espionage). Then ICE sends a text back to his camera which is
printed on the film. Stuff you can do better nowadays with an
iPhone, and this movie was from 1967. The digital camera was
invented by Steve Sassor of Kodak in 1975, but Kodak was not
interested in developing it because they thought it would
hurt film sales. The first true digital camera to go on sale
was in 1990. Dean Martin's camera also had a gun built into
it, but I don't think that feature is available with the
iPhone.
Click If you would like to see what the first 8 pound digital
camera looked like.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64) ~ All I want is less to do, more time
to do it, and more pay for getting it done.
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>>From: Gary Brehm ('64 Lion/Honorary Bomber)
Re: Marsha GOSLIN Brehm ('65) Update
Marsha has been pretty much medicated and sleeping all day
today as Kristin and I keep an eye on her at Hospice House.
The nurses are in every so often to reposition her to prevent
bedsores, but when medicated with Morphine and Ativan (and a
Fentanyl patch), she doesn't seem to be hurt by it. They have
all learned here that if they don't medicate first, it's not
a good idea and they have to stop and give her some medicine
and wait for it to take effect. I told them that early on
while I was taking care of her at home. Also, in reading some
sites online about Glioblastoma, this is a normal part of
this process she is going through. All the things she does or
is exhibiting, seems to be the norm.
We've received many emails and posts today and I thank each
and every one of you for your kind words. Especially Tere
Smyth-Wilson's post on Facebook with our picture from the
50 year class reunion. I have been saving all the notes from
everyone who takes the time to write.
The weekend doctor made rounds today, but he was in early
before we were here to talk to him. The regular doctor will
be here tomorrow, so I will have a chance to talk with him
and get his thoughts on Marsha's condition and thoughts as to
what to expect. She no longer drinks, but is still taking ice
chips occasionally. You even have to be careful when giving
her those, so she doesn't asperate and choke on them.
Tomorrow we begin the third week here and when we came
here from Kadlec, I had no idea it would be this long of a
process. Days are long for sure. Then both Kristin and I go
home for a night's rest and have to do what needs to be done
at home too. Makes for long days, but I feel more rested than
I did when Marsha had surgery back in January. I stayed with
her the whole five days she was in the hospital, sleeping on
whatever the room she was in provided. Sometimes a pull out
couch, but often a recliner. She gets such good care and
attention here at Hospice House I don't have the feeling I
need to be with her 24/7 so in case she needs something I
would be close to help her. The nurses are incredible here!
Thank you once again for all your well wishes you have sent.
I just wish I could be sure Marsha hears and understands when
I read them to her. More tomorrow on how things are here and
how one special woman in Richland is doing.
Marsha GOSLIN Brehm's ('65) Husband,
-Gary Brehm ('64 Lion/Honorary Bomber)
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>>From: Tere SMYTH-Wilson ('65)
To: Marsha GOSLIN Brehm ('65)
You continue to be in my daily prayers. You have always been
a shining ray of light throughout your life. I took this
photo of you and Gary enjoying our 50 year reunion in
Richland - Always happy, loving and living life to the
fullest.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Smy/181001-Marsha-Gary.jpg
My wish for you now is comfort and peace as you journey
forward, in dignity and grace to your heavenly place
-Tere SMYTH-Wilson ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: WSU book series ~ Tri-City Herald
HANFORD GIVES TRI-CITIES A HISTORY LIKE NOWHERE
ELSE. NEW WSU BOOK SERIES TELL THE TALES.
By Annette Cary
Richland, WA -- "A new series of Tri-City area
history books has launched with the story of the
people whose homes, land and businesses were
seized for a secret wartime project in 1943.
The Hanford History Project at Washington State
University Tri-Cities is using the oral histories
it's recorded as the basis of books that will
tell the unusual history of the region as shaped
by the Hanford nuclear reservation.
The first book - 'Nowhere to Remember - Hanford,
White Bluffs, and Richland to 1943' - will be
featured at a launch party 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday
at the visitor center for the Manhattan Project
National Historical Park, 2000 Logston Blvd.,
Richland.
The three towns in the book's title were centers
for small farming communities, where irrigation
and hard work made fruit orchards flourish.
'First time I ever tasted cherries or even seen a
cherry tree was (in White Bluffs),' said Leatris
Boehmer Reid in an interview for the book. 'It
was covered with orchards and alfalfa fields.'
But the government forced the residents out when
it took over more than 580 square miles of land
on the Columbia River to build the industrial
complex that would produce plutonium for atomic
bombs, helping end World War II.
'Fruit farmers had to leave their crops on their
trees,' Catherine Finley said. 'And that was very
hard on them. No future, no money ... they moved
wherever they could get a place to live.'
The book, edited by Robert Bauman and Robert
Franklin of the WSU Hanford History Project, was
written to academic standards but uses oral
histories to make the history more accessible.
Franklin covers the tight bonds among early
residents, and Bauman tells the story of the
removal of those who lived on the land.
Other writers relate the experiences of women who
lived in the region in the early 20th century and
look at transportation to root the local history
in the larger context of the American West at the
time.
The shell of Hanford High School still stands,
75 years after the federal government seized the
communities of Hanford, White Bluffs and Richland
during World War II.
Next up in the series will be a book covering
race and diversity, Franklin said.
It's planned to cover [blacks] at Hanford
during WWII and during the civil rights
movement in the Tri-Cities; WWII internment of
Tri-Cities-area residents of Japanese descent;
Native Americans and women.
Historians also are interested in covering the
early Latino workers at Hanford.
The first book in the series can be purchased for
$24.95 plus shipping costs from WSU Press"
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/02/18
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3 Bombers, 1 Lion/HB, and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
John RICHARDSON ('58), Gary Brehm ('64 Lion/HB)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66), Brad WEAR ('71)
Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kay CONRAD ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Glenda SMITH ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cheryl KELLER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Beth BENNETT ('73)
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>>From: John RICHARDSON ('58)
Re: Katherine Marie "Katie" RIGGINS Richardson ('60)
It is with deep sorrow that I have to report that Katie
passed away of cancer August 19,. 2018.
Bomber tears,
-John RICHARDSON ('58)
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>>From: Gary Brehm ('64 Lion/Honorary Bomber)
Re: Marsha GOSLIN Brehm ('65) Update
The beginning of week number three today and with the
week she spent in Kadlec Medical Center, Marsha has been
hospitalized for three weeks today (Oct.2nd) and it?s been
a long journey. Not only for Marsha, but for the family as
well. We did all we could for her after her diagnoses and
surgery. Marsha went through radiation and chemo treatment
at the Tri-Cities Cancer Center, as I did the year before.
She also then switched to oral chemo taken at home each
month for five days.
All of that and it appears the end of her journey in near.
She remains pretty much comatose and sleeps almost all the
time. She is now unable to drink from a straw, so she has to
be given ice chips if she wants water. She occasionally will
ask for it, but it?s getting to be less and less that she
will say she wants anything. Of course she is sedated and
given break through morphine prior to the nurses moving her
in repositioning her every so many hours or changing her bed
linens. Without it she is in considerable pain.
Doctor?s opinion on his rounds today was that Marsha is
close. He said a couple days, possibly a little longer, but
she is really hanging on, that?s for sure! We are keeping
our vigil on her each day in case she is in need of anything,
we?re close by. She mostly sleeps though and once in a while
will talk, but it?s very difficult to understand her now.
Kristin and I both hope she won?t linger too much longer, for
her sake mostly. It has to be hard for her, as she has this
cough that sounds terrible, but the doctor assures us it?s
not from her lungs as they sound clear.
More tomorrow as to her condition. We will be here with her
as she continues her fight with this terrible disease of
Glioblastoma (brain cancer).
Marsha GOSLIN Brehm's ('65) Husband,
-Gary Brehm ('64 Lion/Honorary Bomber)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Comedian Vicki Barbolak from AGT
SHE CAME TO FAME ON 'AMERICA's GOT TALENT'. NOW
SHE's COMING TO RICHLAND.
By Sara Schilling
"Richland, WA -- A comedian who made audiences
bust up laughing on NBC's 'America's Got Talent'
this past season is coming to do the same in
Richland.
Vicki Barbolak, who ranked in the top 10 this
year on ATG, will be at Jokers Comedy Club on
Nov. 18.
Barbolak, 60, jokes about her 'trailer nasty'
tips for attracting the opposite sex, how it's a
crime to even talk about having grandchildren and
having her dad's 80th birthday party at Hooters,
according to ATG's fan-run wikipedia.
'Vicki's comedy reflects life as a mom, her many
marriages and her love of the Southern California
trailer park lifestyle,' according to her bio on
NBC.com.
Barbolak also has done gigs at Hollywood's Comedy
Store comedy club for years, according to her NBC bio.
'She was named a member of Jay Leno's NBC Laugh
Squad, won Funniest Mom in America on Nick at
Nite and was featured by E! Television as the
Next Breakout Star to come from The Comedy
Store,' her bio states.
Tickets for her Jokers show go on sale Oct. 19.
Price is $35."
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: 10/1 entry
Don't know why that entry appeared on the 1st. It was from
last month.
[I guess your phone must have sent it because
it arrived in my inbox on 9/29. -Maren]
That said, I will be hunting the next two days. We had in
excess of 12 inches of rain in September. The next two days
are supposed to be dry, and there are tens of thousands of
dove here. Not the normal hundreds of thousands, but enough
for a fun shoot.
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in Plano, TX where the weather can't make
up its mind what it wants to do.
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
To: All Bombers
Some more Goblins. I was asked where I find these photos, a
few years ago I picked up several cd's of images from D O E's
archives. From time to time I get around to sending them out.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/181002-00.htm
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/03/18
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1 Bomber and 1 Lion/HB sent stuff:
Gary Brehm ('64 Lion/HB)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat McLAUGHLIN ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: George BRINKMAN ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Shelly HILTY ('79)
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>>From: Gary Brehm ('64 Lion/Honorary Bomber)
Re: Marsha GOSLIN Brehm ('65) Update
This is the most difficult entry I've ever had to send.
Marsha passed away this afternoon {10/2/18] about 1:30pm at
Hospice House exactly 10 months to the day she was diagnosed
with glioblastoma. She put up a tough fight, but this brain
cancer is not curable. We knew it was coming but didn't know
when.
Thank you one final time for all of you who emailed and
texted well wishes and prayers. I'm not sure she heard them
(I think she did) the past couple of days, but I read them
to her when she could no longer read herself.
For those of you who are local, plans are pending. We're
meeting with the funeral home people Thursday morning. I
will let everyone know.
Marsha GOSLIN Brehm's ('65-RIP) Husband,
-Gary Brehm ('64 Lion/Honorary Bomber)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Come and listen..
..to my story 'bout a Bomber named Steve... A B-ball player
with some tricks way up his sleeve (I know they play in
sleeveless shirts Mary Lou ('63)!)... he was a neighbor kid I
was always proud to know and if he hits oil, he'll be my BFF!
So whatcha think sports fans... the makings of a hit? A new
series about a buncha neighborhood kids who were closer
than close and continue to be so even though they rarely see
each other... well ok I won't invest my hard earned Social
Security check on it... but dang sure has great appeal to
me!... It was just a blast to see him early last month in our
good ol' home town and to have him and the Divine Ms. HOFF
('64) as the "make sure everyone gets the right food"
greeters was even better... now when Lamont ('63) made
sure this guy got his number on a jersey it was a total
clincher... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, to my nearly life-long friend
Steve DENLER ('64) on your special day, October 3, 2018!!!!!
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Good night Sweet Princess. Marsha GOSLIN ('65) is now with
her closest friend and Father. God Bless her and her Lion,
Gary. We are with you Gary and you know, I love you, as I
loved her.
-David RIVERS ('65)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/04/18
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Carol CONVERSE ('64)
Susie DILL ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gloria DAVIS ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Teri CAWDREY ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim HUNTER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marlene STRAND ('76)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today:
Jim PARVIS ('66) & Patsy KOLB ('69)
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>>From: Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64)
To: Gary Brehm ('64 Lion/HB)
Oh, Gary, I'm so very sorry for your loss of Marsha ('65).
It's so hard to lose a family member, even though you know
it will happen soon. Thank you so much for the honor of
sharing with all of us your daily updates. It meant a great
deal. You and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers
in the coming days and weeks. Marsha is now at peace and
with her God.
Bomber Tears :(
-Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) ~ Kennewick
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>>From: Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
To: Gary Brehm ('64 Lion/Honorary Bomber)
Sending you my deepest condolences on Marsha's passing - my
heart hurts for you. Thank you for sharing the painful and
difficult journeys of both you and Marsha in the Sandstorm.
They were different journeys, but both incredibly agonizing.
May God bless you with comfort and peace during this heart-
breaking time.
-Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/05/18
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Frank DeVINCENTIS ('56)
Pat HARTNETT ('59), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jan BONDURANT ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gina WILLIAMS ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Christy WEIGGANDS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sandi WARD ('66)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Well, if the weather guessers are close to correct, this
region is supposed to get the first "soaker" of the fall
season today. There are even thoughts that the rains may
cross the mountains and inundate the dry-side also.
On a more pleasant note; today is one of those nice "daily-
doubles": Two (count 'em 2) Bomber Babes were born on this
day. More than likely in separate hospitals and definitely to
different parents. I won't hold that against them as they are
fellow classmates. Just the luck of the draw, I guess.
A deep flourish of the ol' propeller beany and a "Happy
Birthday!" to Jan BONDURANT and Regina WILLIAMS (both '54).
Who know, maybe one of them will show up at the Friday
Applebee's thing. Just don't over do it on the dessert.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
Hallowe'en draws nigh
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>>From: Frank DeVINCENTIS ('56)
To: Gary Brehm ('64 Lion/HB)
Re: Marsha GOSLIN Brehm ('65-RIP)
I'm sorry to hear about the death of any Bomber and their
kin, I followed the posts re your wife and I know the pain
can't be eased much by words. The only consolation is that
you have all the great memories of your time with her and to
know that she is out of pain and with her maker now. May she
rest in peace and you have the anticipation that one day you
will be re united and together again.
-Frank DeVINCENTIS ('56)
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>>From: Pat HARTNETT ('59)
Re: Steve BAKER ('59-RIP)
Was informed that Steve passed away on Monday 10/01/2018
from complications of a stroke.
-Pat HARTNETT ('59)
Sent from my iPad
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Nicole FILKOWSKI Anderson ('93)
Nicole will be one of the contestants in "Dancing with the
Tri City Stars" at Chief Joseph MS Auditorium on Saturday,
November 3. She is currently a Vice Principal at RHS and one
of the most outgoing people we know. Be sure to support her!
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/06/18
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Betty BELL ('51)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary COLLINS ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Harvey Hershel IRBY, Jr. ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Willie MITCHELL ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pam PYLE ('69)
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>>From: Betty BELL Norton ('51)
The Richland Seniors Association is holding their 14th Annual
Holiday Bazaar Saturday, November 10 from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
at the beautiful Richland Community Center. We have booth
spaces for about 50 vendors with set-up available Friday
night if preferred. There will also be a break/lunch room,
with food available for purchase, entertainment and more!
If you, or someone you know, are interested in having a
booth, please contact me:
-Betty BELL Norton ('51) ~ Richland
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: So much for cheat sheets
yeah, yeah, yea,.. so I missed Eric PEDERSEN ('65) on the 3d
and made the famous Steve DENLER ('64) a month older... no
body's perfect... I did learn that Mr. DENLER has mastered
the response style of the great Roger GRESS ('61)... "OK"...
what power in two little letters... well today we got a great
Tattooed Bomber-babe (fantastic Bomber tattoo) and a kid who
went in the neighborhood by all three names... don't think I
ever heard Betty (I can call her Betty cuz Mom did... korse
if Mom heard me say it... makes me shiver to think of it)
call him by less than three names... I am not sure if she
used all three names because he was such a rotten kid or she
was worried the other zero kids in the neighborhood with
any of his names might get confused... in any event HAPPY
BIRTHDAY, Mary COLLINS ('63) and Harvey Hershel IRBY, Jr. ('64)
on your special day, October 6, 2018!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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-David RIVERS ('65)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/07/18
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Dennis HAMMER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jessie WILLOUGHBY ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jon BOISONEAU ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cristy CONE ('74)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joni GONZALES ('89)
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: Window screens
Got my new cat-proof window screens on my two sliding glass
doors. One in the old Rec room which became my daughter's
bedroom had the whole bottom of the screen ripped out. Been
shredded and blowing in the wind for years and I just haven't
fixed it. I did have a large piece of screen rolled up on a
cardboard center someone threw away and I said "I'll be able
to use that some day." I would have used it years ago and had
it shredded again but while it was plenty wide, it was not
long enough. I saw some at a fair or trade show that were
solar shield and was told they were cat proof, but they were
installed outside and rolled down, and would be on the windy
side of the house. Found Evil Orange (Home Depot) had some of
various types and my daughter said get the "pet resistant"
ones because the solar ones did not say they were cat proof.
The rubber bead you have to roll in to hold the screens is
smaller than normal, but I miss-read the information thinking
it was for the solar ones. It was harder going, but I did put
them in with the larger spline they call it. We no longer
have the cat that shredded it, and the other one usually
did not "knock" to get let in, she just waits there, but my
daughter said she has seen her claw it. I see no damage to it
so far and they were installed near the end of June. Used
that other screen I already had for the front door and a
couple small windows.
The cat that did the screen shredding stayed mostly at the
end of the house that has my daughter's bedroom. However, if
my daughter was gone he would come to other end of the house
and with me working on the computer, put one paw on my leg to
say, "feed me." He has even acted like Lassie wanting me to
follow him, lead me to his box, then just stand there looking
at his box, "clean my latrine." Showing once again that while
dogs have masters, cats have servants.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64) ~ Thousands of years ago Egyptians
worshiped cats as Gods, cats have never forgotten this.
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/08/18 ~ FEDERAL HOLIDAY ~ COLUMBUS DA
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Pat DORISS ('65)
Betti AVANT ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susan SHERWOOD ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Diana CHARLES ('66) .
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jackie VALDEZ ('86)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: Hints/Knowledge from MyComputerWorks.com
Windex to Clean_Screens? NO!
Stop Email Hacks
Passwords
This is something a little different from what I tried to do
last month (forwarding the emails from MyComputerWorks.com).
I get these in my email every day or so. I'm sharing some of
them with y'all and would appreciate it if you'd let me know
if you found any of this useful. If nobody responds, I won't
spend another minute on this latest "projects"... and if
Bombers wanna check out these emails I get from
MyComputerWorks.com, I'll keep going.
ABCs,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 85°F at 12:30am
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>>From: Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
Re: Col-Hi Ladies of '65 October Lunch/Get-Together
WHEN: Friday, October 12th, 2018
TIME: 11:30 AM--1:00 PM
WHERE: 3-Eyed Fish Restaurant
1970 Keene Rd (just off Duportail), Richland
The Ladies of the Class of '65 will be getting together
for Lunch this Friday, October 12th, at the 3-Eyed Fish
restaurant, 1970 Keene Road (just off Duportail).
If you'd like to join us, please contact me (via EMail or
phone) and let me know, and I'll add your name to our list.
Thank you!
-Pat DORISS Trimble ('65) ~ West Richland
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Everyone is invited to the All Bomber lunch on Saturday,
13Oct2018. The place to be is Sterlings on Queensgate at
11:30. Come join us for some great food, drink, and
conversation.
-Betti AVANT ('69)
-Margaret EHRIG Dunn ('61)
-Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/09/18
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
9 Bombers and 1 Lion/HB sent stuff:
Jimmie MEFFORD ('54), Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
Keith ARNDT ('60), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Gary Brehm ('64 Lion/HB), Susie DILL ('64)
David RIVERS ('65), Pat DORISS ('65)
Mike DALE ('66), Lynn-Marie HATCHER ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Vicki SMITH ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jill MEINKE ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Doug MARTIN ('80)
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>>From: Jimmie MEFFORD ('54)
Re: MyComputerWorks.com tips, hints n such
I like the computer ideas that you are sending me.
Thanks,
-Jim MEFFORD ('54)
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>>From: Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
Re: Columbus Day yesterday (10/8/18)
Yesterday I was thinking about Columbus day wondering why
we celebrate a holiday where this man is given credit for
starting colonization of this country and in the process was
viciously violent to the indigenous people he met, I came
across an article about celebrating Indigenous People's Day
in place of Columbus Day. Here is what it said:
Here are some of the states and cities
celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day instead of
Columbus Day:
Each year, millions of Americans celebrate
Columbus Day on October 8th. But as the years go
on, a lot of cities, states and universities are
instead celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day.
The holiday recognizes Native Americans, instead
of Christopher Columbus. Advocates argue that
Columbus represents the colonization of America,
not the discovery.
Native Americans were the first inhabitants of
the United States well before Columbus landed in
1492. Some Native American activists even want
the holiday abolished completely. The day
officially became a federal holiday in 1937.
It's worth noting that the United Nations did
declare August 9th as International Day of the
World's Indigenous Peoples' in 1994. But some
cities and states are going a step further by
replacing Columbus Day entirely.
Here are some that have done just that.
Minnesota, Alaska and Vermont all celebrate
Indigenous Peoples' Day instead of Columbus Day.
South Dakota celebrates Native American Day.
Some of the big cities that made the switch
include Los Angeles, Seattle, Minneapolis,
Denver, Phoenix, and Austin, Texas.
Meanwhile, a lawmaker in Washington DC has put
forward a bill that would replace Columbus Day
with the Indigenous holiday.
Something to think about.
-Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
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>>From: Keith ARNDT ('60)
Re: MyComputerWorks.com tips, hints n such
Maren, Please keep them coming. Very useful.
-Keith ARNDT ('60)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: Hints/Knowledge from MyComputerWorks.com
keyboard shortcuts for Mac and Windows computers .
Got several responses, so I'm keeping it up... at least for
now. Any bomber Mac users? Some hints are JUST for Mac
users. Specifically, would any Mac person want to read "Your
startup disk is almost full"?
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ **°F at __
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>>From: Gary Brehm ('64 Lion/Honorary Bomber)
Re: Marsha GOSLIN Brehm ('65-RIP)
For those of you who may have missed it, Marsha passed away
from brain cancer (Glioblastoma) Tuesday, October 2nd at the
Hospice House in Kennewick. Memorial service for Marsha will
be held at Einan's Funeral Home in Richland on Friday,
October 12th at 2:00.
Thank you for all your prayers, thoughts and condolences.
Marsha GOSLIN Brehm's ('65-RIP) Husband,
-Gary Brehm ('64 Lion/Honorary Bomber)
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>>From: Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
Re: MyComputerWorks.com tips, hints n such
I love these hints you've been sharing from MyComputerWorks.
I have found them extremely helpful, even tho' I'm pretty
computer savvy. I also visit the website occasionally and
read recent articles or check on something I may have a
question about. So, Maren, my vote is to definitely continue
your postings from/about MyComputerWorks.com!
-Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: good grief, Charlie Brown
Dang... so I missed the subject of one my favorite photos in
the '63 Columbian on the 8th... Susan SHERWOOD ('63) made a
huge impression on me!
http://rhs63.tripod.com/63columbian/ss/108.html
Hopefully I can get this one right... Two more '63 Bombers...
a babe and a guy... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Vicki SMITH ('63) and
Chuck GARDINER ('63-RIP) on your special day, October 9, 2018
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
Re: MyComputerWorks.com tips, hints n such
Thanks, Maren, for providing the links (from MyComputerWorks)
on solutions to various problems we Bombers maybe (or are)
experiencing.
The information is very useful, and I hope you will continue
sending them!
Thanks!
-Pat DORISS Trimble ('65) ~ West Richland
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>>From: Mike DALE ('66)
Re: MyComputerWorks.com tips, hints n such
Thanks for the tips. They are very useful.
-Mike DALE ('66)
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>>From: Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
Re: MyComputerWorks.com tips, hints n such
Maren - I TOTALLY want you to keep sharing the stuff from
MyComputerWorks! Helpful, useful, interesting information!
Thanks for passing it along.
-Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/10/18
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
6 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Gloria DAVIS ('61)
Tom HEMPHILL ('62), Wayne MYERS ('62)
Jim HAMILTON ('63), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larry MURPHY ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeanette HABERMAN ('73)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
I trust one and all have recovered from Columbus/Indigenous
People Day. As my failing memory serves, the day was once
celebrated on the 12th of October. Unfortunately the 12th
seemed to skip around the calendar too much and that made
the Bankers unhappy. Well is was more of a bank holiday than
anything else. Naturally, the congers, in their infinite
wisdom (l.o.l) made it one of the "Monday" holidays; whoopee!
Merely a footnote in history, as today we celebrate a Bomber
birthday. To say I knew him when is not exaggerating. He
was one of three of The Class of '54 who practiced on the
stomach Steinway. One of them did not make it through to
the end with the rest of the class; the other two did, and
regaled use with a dueling "Lady of Spain" that made dueling
banjos jealous.
A tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!" to
Larry MURPHY ('54). Please don't overdo on the birthday cake.
And, if Marilyn ('54) permits, bring your 'cordian to the
gathering next year.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
the monsoons have abated for the nonce.
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>>From: Gloria DAVIS Tinder-Hower ('61)
To: Gary Brehm ('64 Lion/HB)
Re: Marsha GOSLIN Brehm ('65-RIP)
Gary, I have never met Marsha or you, but I want you to
know how much I appreciated the sharing of your loving and
heartbreaking journey through Marsha's illness. Through your
entries, I felt like I knew your family. I am a 1961 graduate
of Columbia High and have lived in Pullman since 1961. May
you and your family relish wonderful memories and take
comfort that Marsha is at peace.
-Gloria DAVIS Tinder-Hower ('61)
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Tom HEMPHILL ('62)
Re: MyComputerWorks.com tips, hints n such
I like it - THANKS
-Tom HEMPHILL ('62)
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>>From: Wayne MYERS ('62)
Maren, By publishing Diane AVEDOVECH's ('56) comments on
Columbus Day, are you opening the Sandstorm to be a forum in
the Culture Wars?
I hope not. I think the City of Columbus, Ohio, found a
better solution. Instead of continuing Columbus Day as a paid
holiday and major celebration, they have made Veterans Day
the paid holiday and will not celebrate Columbus Day. Ironic,
don't you think, since military force wiped out the [Indians]
who survived the diseases Columbus introduced.
Several public schools in Richland were named after
explorers, Christian missionaries, or "indigenous people"--
AKA Indians. Must we now expunge the names Jefferson, Lewis &
Clark, Jason Lee, and Marcus Whitman? [Chief Joe?]
Personally, I still believe in the values, ideas, personal
freedoms, and wealth that have evolved from the westward
expansion which Columbus pioneered.
Whether these values are still valid is the current question.
-Wayne MYERS ('62)
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Look what I found in Chattanooga, TN
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ham/181010-Alumni_Plate.jpg
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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[Know of two Bombers in Tennessee: Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64)
and Paul TAMPIEN ('64). Does that plate belong to either of
you? -Maren]
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: DAMN! Microsoft (I call them weaselSoft!!)
This is the last straw. I'm mad now and don't quite know what
to do.
It was about 4am -- actually it was probably exactly 4am? I
was nearly finished preparing tomorrow's Sandstorm... I have
a problems with dry eyes lately and it takes me about twice
as long to put the SS together every night as it used to. I
have to put "artificial tears" in my eyes about every 10 or
15 minutes so I can see the tiny letters on the screen
CLEARLY.
So what happened at 4am? All of a sudden -- with absolutely
NO WARNING whatsoever my computer closed all programs and
shut off... all by itself... with something on the screen
telling me that there is an update going on and not turn my
computer off.
I had SAVED NOTHING in preparation for shut down. Know where
this is going? When weaselSoft turned everything back on and
"restored" all programs that were opened when they shut me
down, there was only ONE entry in the Sandstorm... and I knew
there were more. Won't know how many more till I finish the
reconstruction process. Took me a while to figure it out,
too. I looked all OVER for those entries that I knew I had
done. Thought maybe I had put them in the wrong document and
I just needed to find them and copy/paste get them into the
right document. Wish I could get my hands around the neck of
somebody at weaselSoft right now.
Now I "get" to redo every one... have to go find the link
for Jimbeaux's picture and, and, and. grrrrrr
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 77°F at 5:45am
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/12/1
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3 Bombers, 1 Lion/HB, and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Pat UPSON ('49), Ed WOOD ('62)
Dennis HAMMER ('64), Gary Brehm ('64 Lion/HB)
Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim CLANCY ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Shirley SHERWOOD ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Diane ZELLEY ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathleen REINIG ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Eric SCHMIDHEISER ('81)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today:
John ADKINS ('62) and Mary (NAB) - 50 years today!
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Re: Entry yesterday From: Pat UPSON Tervooren ('49)
Yesterday's entry from Pat I managed to delete one rather
important letter... Pat was said "MAREN, GO TO BED"...
By the time you read it, it said "MAREN, GO TO ED".
Bomber apologies, Pat..
-Maren
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>>From: Ed WOOD ('62)
Re: Microsoft
When I retired I was worried about what I would do for
desktop support for the home computers that Janice and I use.
We were blessed for a few years when our son Brian lived
close by. When he moved away we contracted for support with
a capable expert but we certainly found it less convenient.
When one of my photography programs would not run on Windows
7 we downgraded to Windows 8 to ensure compatibility. A few
months with Windows 8 was enough to convince me to dump
everything and move to Apple's Mac system. Reading recent
Sandstorm entries reminds me why I did so. The transition was
far less painful than I had feared.
-Ed WOOD ('62) ~ Morrison, CO
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: Maren's Microsoft [weaselSoft] update
I had the same thing almost happen to me while reading the
Sandstorm. Normally when Windows has an update a little widow
comes up saying I need to restart my computer giving me a
default of 10 minutes and option of later. I normally use
auto-hide on my task bar at the bottom of the screen and had
just finished reading Maren's entry when I evidently moved
the mouse down and saw an icon on it. I clicked and it opened
the little Update window so I opted to restart later.
Re: For the real Christopher Columbus Day
Christopher Columbus was a guy who didn't know where he was
going. When he got there he didn't know where he was, when he
got back he didn't know where he had been; and he did it all
on government money.
Over the last 5-10 years I have watched a number of
documentaries on different subjects that have brought up
a number of questions. We were all taught (people my age
anyway) that Queen Isabel pawned her jewels to pay for
Columbus' voyage. One said really she was skeptical and
Ferdinand is the one who said give him a chance. Another
showed a map (that still exists) that predated Columbus which
showed the "new world" and thought Columbus followed it. I
wonder, if that was so, why did he think he was in India. One
said that Columbus was bad at math and calculated Earth too
small and if the new world hadn't been there everyone would
have starved to death before they could reach Asia. Others
at the time had been more correct in their calculations. It
seems to always be said he was born in Italy the son of a
weaver, but he was married to a noblewoman; I gotta say
something funny there. One thing I saw by the style of his
writing put him as being from the Southeast coast area of
Spain. A program on the victims Mt. Vesuvius at Pompeii
studying the victims found in an underground room included
twin sisters who they determined had syphilis, and said we
may have to re-write history and not blame Columbus for
bringing it back to the old world, but just a few days ago I
heard Columbus blamed for bringing syphilis back to the old
world. More questions than answers.
Can we blame Columbus more than anyone, I mean anyone, for
pushing out the peoples who were there before? There is only
one country on earth where the people who are living there
who did not push out the people who were there before, who
did not in turn push out the people who were there before
that. Even different tribes of what we call the American
Indigenous people would kill and push out other tribes for
their land. Archaeologists tells that the Clovis people were
there before the Indians; and now they are saying that the
Clovis People were not the first in the American continents.
One thing is for sure Christopher Columbus not the first.
Some think a Chinese fleet sailed to the West coast. Some
rocks have been found indicating people from Ireland arrived
before him and of course some say the Templars were here. But
we know for sure the Vikings were in Newfoundland (Vin-land)
and establish a small settlement, although it appears not to
have lasted long. It is just that after Columbus, a lot of
other people became interested.
Oh, that one country whose present population never pushed
out previous occupants--Iceland. Seems to be a beautiful
place to visit. Put that on my bucket list, but it would have
to be in the Summer, gets too cold in the Winter for me.
One other little tidbit. I remember a grade school teacher
pointing out that if you look at a globe, where there is a
continent, on the opposite side is an ocean. She then said
that they knew Antarctica was land so they believed the
Arctic, although covered with ice, was an ocean. So all the
old jokes about digging through the Earth from the United
States to China are wrong, China in also in the Northern
Hemisphere and you would actually come out in the Indian
Ocean.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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>>From: Gary Brehm ('64 Lion/Honorary Bomber)
Re: Marsha GOSLIN Brehm ('65-RIP) Update
I am adding this update at the advice of Hospice Chaplain Tim
Ledbetter, who will be doing Marsha's Service today (10/12, 2pm)
at Einan's in Richland. I spent almost two hours talking with
him Wednesday evening in our living room about Marsha and the
life we had together. With us going to Hawaii twice a year
most years, and she lived there for nine years before I met
her. Thus, we have come up with a "Hawaiian Theme" for her
service.
Several of us will be wearing Hawaiian attire, including the
Chaplain. I will wear a Hawaiian shirt as will many friends
and relatives. The flowers are to be a Hawaiian in theme too.
Sorry for the late "heads up" on this, but Tim thought it
would be nice to let people know the Service will be along
Hawaiian lines.
I have had emails for many out of towners who are coming.
Cathy MOUTON ('65) sent me a email and said that Kandie GRUBB
Homeberg ('65 Lion) was coming from Seattle just to name
one.
So it appears it will be on a rather "informal" gathering to
say good bye to my lovely Marsha. Please come if you can.
Marsha GOSLIN Brehm's ('65-RIP) Husband,
-Gary Brehm ('64 Lion/Honorary Bomber)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: Fire Prevention Week
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/181012-00.htm
To: All Bombers
Fire Prevention Week started a few days ago and I had plans
to send in photos to celebrate. However life gets in the way
from time to time. Please enjoy these photos courtesy of D.O.E.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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Marsha GOSLIN Brehm ('65-RIP) ~ 12/15/46 - 10/2/18
Memorial Service: TODAY, Friday, October 12, 2018, 2pm
Reception following
Einan's Sunset Gardens
Hawaiian attire welcome
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Steve LEINGANG ('99-RIP) ~ 8/27/81 - 10/4/18
Celebration of Life: TOMORROW, Saturday, October 13, 2018, 11am
Relace Fellowship, 4201 Kennedy RD, West Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/12/18
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3 Bombers, 1 Lion/HB, and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Pat UPSON ('49), Ed WOOD ('62)
Dennis HAMMER ('64), Gary Brehm ('64 Lion/HB)
Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim CLANCY ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Shirley SHERWOOD ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Diane ZELLEY ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathleen REINIG ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Eric SCHMIDHEISER ('81)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today:
John ADKINS ('62) and Mary (NAB) - 50 years today!
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Re: Entry yesterday From: Pat UPSON Tervooren ('49)
Yesterday's entry from Pat I managed to delete one rather
important letter... Pat was said "MAREN, GO TO BED"...
By the time you read it, it said "MAREN, GO TO ED".
Bomber apologies, Pat..
-Maren
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>>From: Ed WOOD ('62)
Re: Microsoft
When I retired I was worried about what I would do for
desktop support for the home computers that Janice and I use.
We were blessed for a few years when our son Brian lived
close by. When he moved away we contracted for support with
a capable expert but we certainly found it less convenient.
When one of my photography programs would not run on Windows
7 we downgraded to Windows 8 to ensure compatibility. A few
months with Windows 8 was enough to convince me to dump
everything and move to Apple's Mac system. Reading recent
Sandstorm entries reminds me why I did so. The transition was
far less painful than I had feared.
-Ed WOOD ('62) ~ Morrison, CO
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: Maren's Microsoft [weaselSoft] update
I had the same thing almost happen to me while reading the
Sandstorm. Normally when Windows has an update a little widow
comes up saying I need to restart my computer giving me a
default of 10 minutes and option of later. I normally use
auto-hide on my task bar at the bottom of the screen and had
just finished reading Maren's entry when I evidently moved
the mouse down and saw an icon on it. I clicked and it opened
the little Update window so I opted to restart later.
Re: For the real Christopher Columbus Day
Christopher Columbus was a guy who didn't know where he was
going. When he got there he didn't know where he was, when he
got back he didn't know where he had been; and he did it all
on government money.
Over the last 5-10 years I have watched a number of
documentaries on different subjects that have brought up
a number of questions. We were all taught (people my age
anyway) that Queen Isabel pawned her jewels to pay for
Columbus' voyage. One said really she was skeptical and
Ferdinand is the one who said give him a chance. Another
showed a map (that still exists) that predated Columbus which
showed the "new world" and thought Columbus followed it. I
wonder, if that was so, why did he think he was in India. One
said that Columbus was bad at math and calculated Earth too
small and if the new world hadn't been there everyone would
have starved to death before they could reach Asia. Others
at the time had been more correct in their calculations. It
seems to always be said he was born in Italy the son of a
weaver, but he was married to a noblewoman; I gotta say
something funny there. One thing I saw by the style of his
writing put him as being from the Southeast coast area of
Spain. A program on the victims Mt. Vesuvius at Pompeii
studying the victims found in an underground room included
twin sisters who they determined had syphilis, and said we
may have to re-write history and not blame Columbus for
bringing it back to the old world, but just a few days ago I
heard Columbus blamed for bringing syphilis back to the old
world. More questions than answers.
Can we blame Columbus more than anyone, I mean anyone, for
pushing out the peoples who were there before? There is only
one country on earth where the people who are living there
who did not push out the people who were there before, who
did not in turn push out the people who were there before
that. Even different tribes of what we call the American
Indigenous people would kill and push out other tribes for
their land. Archaeologists tells that the Clovis people were
there before the Indians; and now they are saying that the
Clovis People were not the first in the American continents.
One thing is for sure Christopher Columbus not the first.
Some think a Chinese fleet sailed to the West coast. Some
rocks have been found indicating people from Ireland arrived
before him and of course some say the Templars were here. But
we know for sure the Vikings were in Newfoundland (Vin-land)
and establish a small settlement, although it appears not to
have lasted long. It is just that after Columbus, a lot of
other people became interested.
Oh, that one country whose present population never pushed
out previous occupants--Iceland. Seems to be a beautiful
place to visit. Put that on my bucket list, but it would have
to be in the Summer, gets too cold in the Winter for me.
One other little tidbit. I remember a grade school teacher
pointing out that if you look at a globe, where there is a
continent, on the opposite side is an ocean. She then said
that they knew Antarctica was land so they believed the
Arctic, although covered with ice, was an ocean. So all the
old jokes about digging through the Earth from the United
States to China are wrong, China in also in the Northern
Hemisphere and you would actually come out in the Indian
Ocean.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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>>From: Gary Brehm ('64 Lion/Honorary Bomber)
Re: Marsha GOSLIN Brehm ('65-RIP) Update
I am adding this update at the advice of Hospice Chaplain Tim
Ledbetter, who will be doing Marsha's Service today (10/12, 2pm)
at Einan's in Richland. I spent almost two hours talking with
him Wednesday evening in our living room about Marsha and the
life we had together. With us going to Hawaii twice a year
most years, and she lived there for nine years before I met
her. Thus, we have come up with a "Hawaiian Theme" for her
service.
Several of us will be wearing Hawaiian attire, including the
Chaplain. I will wear a Hawaiian shirt as will many friends
and relatives. The flowers are to be a Hawaiian in theme too.
Sorry for the late "heads up" on this, but Tim thought it
would be nice to let people know the Service will be along
Hawaiian lines.
I have had emails for many out of towners who are coming.
Cathy MOUTON ('65) sent me a email and said that Kandie GRUBB
Homeberg ('65 Lion) was coming from Seattle just to name
one.
So it appears it will be on a rather "informal" gathering to
say good bye to my lovely Marsha. Please come if you can.
Marsha GOSLIN Brehm's ('65-RIP) Husband,
-Gary Brehm ('64 Lion/Honorary Bomber)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: Fire Prevention Week
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/181012-00.htm
To: All Bombers
Fire Prevention Week started a few days ago and I had plans
to send in photos to celebrate. However life gets in the way
from time to time. Please enjoy these photos courtesy of D.O.E.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Norma LOESCHER ('53), Mike CLOWES ('54)
David DOUGLAS ('62), "JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Wanda WITTEBORT ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Charles RAEDER ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David EDGAR ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Julie ALEXANDER ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jerry GILSTRAP ('83)
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>>From: Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53)
Re: What It Was Like Aboard A Pan-Am Clipper
Here's a nostalgic look back in time at the PanAm Clipper.
See a picture of Clipper passengers eating their meals at
real tables, not their seats.
Bomber cheers,
-Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53) ~ Richland
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
A note to Don Sorensen (NAB) on fire prevention: "Remember
forest fires prevent bears."
Now for the important business of the day: A Bomber birthday.
Yeah, and I knew this guy when. Not sure if we ever sat in
the same classroom, but who knows. Coulda even been study
hall.
So, a tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!"
to Charlie RAEDER ('54). Just don't tear the Uptown Tavern
apart this year.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
"unseasonable" weather continues (what that means is
no rain in sight for a while). Ah well, Hallowe'en
draws nigh.
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
Re: Columbus Day
If it were not for Columbus, we'd be speaking Russian now.
Or worse yet, Mandarin. My year in Tianjin was enough time
to learn eight Mandarin words. Nobody understood me, however,
because I could never remember which of the four tones to use
when. One of the tones used with "tong" meant soup, but even
if I was in a restaurant and used the wrong inflection, the
waitress had no idea what I was talking about. I gave up
trying to order. I'd give the menu back to the waitress,
point to it, point to the waitress, and say, "You choose."
I called it the Chinese Surprise method of ordering - I never
knew what was coming.
Tianjin University was a science/technology university. I
taught a class of conversational English to professors, who
often attended international conferences where English was
the language spoken. One of the professors asked me how large
my vocabulary was. I said 15 to 20 thousand words. He was
amazed. I asked him how large his vocabulary was; about 5000
characters. Chinese has very few synonyms, which English,
borrowing from languages all over the world thanks to British
sailors, has a multitude.
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ, a state which does not
celebrate Columbus Day, since it traded it for Martin
Luther King Day when several organizations threatened
to move their conventions if the state didn't add
Martin Luther King Day as a state holiday
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>>From: "JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84)
I wanted to thank Don Sorensen (NAB) for his always-
fascinating historical pictures and stories on Richland and
Hanford.
(Fair warning, if you are not interested in pre-Hanford
Richland history, skip the rest of my entry)
Regarding this picture:
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/181012-17-Fire_Prevention_Week.html
I remember those neighborhood fire department call boxes
still being in place in the very early 1970s and vaguely
recall them being both operational (with the occasional
teenager prank of pulling one late at night) and also
discussed in school (maybe during Fire Prevention Week) - the
one closest to me was on the SE corner of Putnam Street and
Marshall Avenue, and the next closest was on the SE corner of
Marshall & Williams. I seem to recall that some of them had
red light globes on top of them which must have been added
later after these pictures were taken.
For years after those boxes were removed, you could still
see the faded red and white painted rings on the power poles
(replaced by newer poles now so you can no longer see any
rings, at least on those two poles). I'm sure that some of
the readers here may be able to place this exact pole from
the picture, based upon the width and curve of the street,
and the houses on it. [Those are "F" houses closest to the
pole. -Maren]
And one wonders why these call boxes were needed at all?
Didn't most or all of the homes have telephones in them? Was
it for the passerby that noticed a house on fire to get a
faster response, instead of going door-knocking until
somebody answered?
And changing historical topics slightly: related to the
pictures Don posted a while back of the recently-demolished
Red Feather House at 108 Falley Street,
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/180913-00.htm
I noticed that the interior of this house is featured in some
of the other Richland Village pictures that Don has recently
posted - specifically, of the YWCA office, which was in the
SE corner of the house. The United Way office was on the SW
corner, in what was formerly the kitchen/dining room I
believe.
I also did some digging on the home's former owner, based
upon one comment from the Richland Bombers page on the
history of Columbia Camp, which mentions that it was known as
the "old Amanda Breithaupt house." Wow did I turn up some
stuff! It turns out that Amanda was the third wife of one of
Richland's pioneer founders John Martin Breithaupt (1848-
1932), based upon what I could tell. He is buried at
Resthaven Cemetery in Richland, along with his second wife
Teressa Sophia Wendt Breithaupt (1849-1910).
It's really something when you look at history and see how
hard some people had it, but they had an accompanying
toughness to ride it out (what else could you do?). John
Martin was married three times, his first two wives having
died, and apparently marriage suited him as he didn't stay
single long between marriages. His first wife Amelia F. died
in 1872 at age 18 (possibly during childbirth?), in Iowa,
where John lived before moving out to Washington State near
the turn of the century.
A year later in Iowa in 1873, he married his second wife
Teressa, who died in 1910 in Richland and is buried there. He
had six children with Teressa which you can find online, born
between 1874 and 1889, before they moved to Washington State,
so maybe some of the younger children moved out with the
family and the older ones may have stayed back in Iowa. More
for somebody else to explore there.
Then (and this took some time to piece together), there was
this entry on Page 4 of the July 14, 1911 Kennewick Courier:
"Last Saturday, J. M. Briethaupt and Mrs. Fessenden were
united in marriage at North Yakima. Mr. and Mrs. Breithaupt
returned to Richland Sunday and will make this their home."
So he married his third wife, Amanda E. Dighton (then
Fessenden, finally Briethaupt) a year after his second wife
died. She was likely a widow - one wonders how he came to
meet her, since she was from Yakima or thereabouts which was
still a long trip back in the day. No eHarmony or singles
dating sites back then (how did people survive pre-internet?!
John Briethaupt died in 1932 and is buried in Richland as
mentioned above, and Amanda died in 1942 in Oregon at her
daughter's house during a visit after a brief illness, and
is buried at the family plot in Old Sunnyside Cemetery (this
came from an obituary that I found online that I think was
also in the Kennewick Courier). So the Red Feather house used
to be John's house, and then became Amanda's after he died.
So that's a bit of history of the owners of the Red Feather
House, and I'm sure that there is much more to discover
(Don - if you want me to forward you the Word document
that I pasted my research information into from my internet
searches, in order to pass onto the local historical society,
you can get my email address from Maren and I'll send it to
you).
If I have the time and remember to do so, I'll do some more
digging on the Breithaupts in early Richland - I'm sure that
they knew John Dam and the other town pioneers that we read
about from time to time. Oh, and for those who don't know it,
George Washington Way used to be known as River Road [I did
not know that!! -Maren] - so the Breithaupt place would have
been on that road originally.
I hope at least a few other readers get as much enjoyment out
of these trips down the rabbit hole as I do
-John Paul "JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84)
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Betty BELL ('51), Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
Dale ENNOR ('59), David DOUGLAS ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Eileen HASKINS ('72)
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>>From: Betty BELL Norton ('51)
To: "JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84)
I really enjoy all the history that goes through the
Sandstorm!
I was wondering if Lois Dighton was related to Amanda
Dighton, John Briethaupt's third wife. Lois Dighton was
listed in the 1949 Columbian as the Study Hall person, last
time she is listed. I thought I remembered her as the
Librarian. I always thought Lois Dighton never married, so
wondered if she could have been the daughter where Amanda
died in Oregon in 1942.
Just curios! Keep our history coming!
-Betty BELL Norton ('51) ~ Richland
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>>From: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
Hospice Chaplain Tim and my eldest daughter, Keri (NAB) did
the service for my Beautiful Sandra Angel (NAB) when she
passed to her next great adventure in 2011. Sandra stayed at
home for the "event" and planned most of the service herself.
Everyone at Hospice was thoughtful and helpful in counselling
us and in keeping pain meds available for her. I cannot
praise them highly enough.
To: "JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84)
I don't remember ever knowing about the Red Feather House.
(Surely I must have, but even the photos didn't jog my
memory.) Thanks for the information.
To: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Wow, that is some bit of information about Columbus Day and
all the confusion entailed. Certainly he got a lot more
credit than he deserved. Maybe more blame too? For one, I'm
happy to see many in our country going to the "Indigenous"
observance. To me, it's just another day off (for banks and
a few others). When it fell on the 12th, my dad's birthday
(Harold Bert De Vine, would have been 108 yesterday as I
write this) and it was fun to joke about them shutting things
down in his honor! He would chuckle sheepishly. He was a good
man in so many ways. Better than I ever gave him credit for
until much later in our lives.
-Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) ~ in very windy south-of-the-River
Richland, where Fall has arrived in full and most of
us are loving it
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>>From: Dale ENNOR ('59)
Re: "JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84)
No, "JP"-early days in Richland did not see many houses with
telephones. I don't know how they were allotted but recall we
had one. Our neighbors did not, however, and I often had to
run next door to get someone to come up to take "their" call.
Certainly one of the real "old" timers could give you the
history of telephones in Richland. Burt PIERARD for instance.
He's about as "old" as they get.
While I have you on the "phone," so to speak, I have often
wondered why Maren has two school years noted after her name.
Now, with a second person having the same notation, I have to
ask. I can come up with a couple of possibilities but they
all seem ridiculous.
Are you able to enlighten me?
-Dale ENNOR ('59-½, almost!)
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[I told Dale about my dual years. All anybody has
to do is ask!! JP will have to answer for himself.
His answer is different from mine. -Maren]
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
To: Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53)
Re: Pan-Am Clipper in the 1930s
Thank you for the link. I enjoyed the pictures of the
Clipper, but they will make me even more unhappy next time I
have to take a plane ride. My wife and I with our baby son
got to fly first class once. We were returning to Hawaii from
visiting my parents in Richland. The plane from Pasco to
Portland was actually on time, which was great because we
only had 30 minutes to change planes to Honolulu. We rushed
to the Continental gate to find it deserted. We trekked back
to the Continental counter and were told the schedule had
changed August 1st and the flight left two hours ago. No
other flights from Portland to Honolulu were scheduled that
day, so the clerk gave us vouchers to have lunch while she
tried to find another flight. When we came back she told us
there were no more seats from the west coast on any airline,
but they'd send us down to Los Angeles, which had the most
flights to Honolulu and we might get a seat on standby. She
gave us tickets for the Portland-Los Angeles flight, and we
had another lunch on the plane. We waited for two hours in
Los Angeles before the Continental clerk said she'd gotten
seats for us on a United flight. No coach seats were
available, so we flew first class. We were the first
passengers to check in, which was when seats were assigned
back then. I asked which seats had the most room in front of
them, and she said the right bulkhead seats. We got those,
and had enough room to block off the area with our carry-on
bags so our son could crawl around on the floor. Dinner took
so long to serve (cloths on the trays, silver salt & pepper
shakers) that the attendant was rolling up the movie screen
as the plane touched down in Honolulu.
Hawaii's senator Mazie Hirono has been in the news lately. I
don't know if she's still mad at my wife. I had a ticket for
a business meeting in Savannah, GA, and my wife was going
with me on a free "miles" ticket but not on the same flight.
We went out to the airport for my flight early and had her
put on standby. The lady who checked our luggage said she was
in charge of the gate for that plane and she guaranteed that
my wife would get on. We waited two hours by the gate and as
passengers were boarding one attendant said the flight was
full, so notify the standby passengers there was no room.
The attendant in charge said, "No, we have one seat left. I
promised this lady she was going to get on." The seat turned
out to be the one next to Mazie Hirono (then lieutenant
governor), which the airline reserved empty as a courtesy for
her comfort since by state law she had to travel coach. Mazie
was not happy when the seat was given to my wife.
I understand the zeppelins could carry a small orchestra or
grand piano on overseas trips.
To: "JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84)
I have a teaching minor in history, so I thoroughly enjoyed
your research on Richland. You wondered why the fire alarm
boxes on the poles were needed if houses had phones. We were
the first people to move into a ranch house on the block
where Birch met Duportail. We didn't have a phone for a
while, but I remember walking down to the corner of Birch and
Duportail to use a phone on a pole. Does anyone else recall
that experience?
To: Maren
I also like the computer tips links. Thank you. I'm stuck
with Windows 10, so I need all the help I can get. I'm still
using Microsoft Office 2007, and Word constantly crashes if
I use "save as" without checking "Docx" first as file type.
I think it's MS's way of forcing me to upgrade. I also
have trouble with Live Mail 2012. I've had trouble with it
removing members of groups I've set up. Also, I occasionally
receive duplicate emails. Then suddenly I had over a thousand
duplicates of very old emails in my inbox. My email provider
said it wasn't their fault - all the emails are deleted from
their server after I download them to my computer. They were
emails I'd read and had deleted. Where they came from is a
total mystery. They took a while to delete again.
Nevertheless, I still refuse to go to Outlook.
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ where the desert landscape
is wet today - but it's also nice and cool out
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4 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Karen COLE ('55), Burt PIERARD ('59)
Dennis HAMMER ('64), Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathie McGRATH ('64wb)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeff BOSTON ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: Don & Donna WOODS
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cheryl ANS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sherrill WIATER ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Karla BIERLEIN ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rob FRENCH ('71)
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>>From: Karen COLE Correll ('55)
Re: Pan Am 314
My husband was a Captain with Pan American back in the olden
days. He really appreciated seeing the blurb on the old
Clipper. He took early retirement right before Pan Am went
under, (Due to poor management and the terrorist bombing in
Lockerbie.) He flew that plane and route many times. Pan
American was a great airline until the last couple years.
When they went under, all the employees lost their retirement
and my husband had to start over on the career path. Just
another adventure, one of many in our 59 year marriage. I
have many fond memories of Pan American. Thanks for the
article!
-Karen COLE Correll ('55) ~ Nine Mile Falls, WA cold nights
and sunny, colorful days.
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>>From: Burt PIERARD ('59)
To: Dale ENNOR ('59) - my ol' "Oly" drikin' partner
Re: Residential phones in Richland
Bingo! You hit this one right on since, coincidentally, one
of my Dad's first jobs when we came to town in 1944, was
the allocation of Residential Phones. I don't know what his
assignment criteria was but in an '03 conversation with his
old friend from Bicknell, IN, Rex Vaught (RIP), I picked up
an interesting anecdote. Rex said "Good old Jack took care of
himself and all his friends (thus they all ended up in the
April 1945 Phone Book!)." He continued on, "But that caused
problems (for Rex) with his Supervisor as he had to try to
explain why he had a phone and his Supervisor didn't!"
I do know that DuPont started to build the 702 Building for a
Central Exchange Switchboard in early May 1943 (less than two
months into the construction) and was hurrying to install
Switchboards with trunk lines to all 6 Areas in the Project
for construction purposes. The phones for the 700 Area,
Commercial, Safety, Security and critical residential phones
in the Village were probably fed temporarily from the old
Richland Switchboard and were given 2-3 digit phone numbers
which remained after the switch to the new switch board (with
an "R" prefix for Richland). In the Summer and Fall of 1944,
the main push was to install residential phones in an orderly
manner, necessitating the addition of 2 more switchboards to
the Main Exchange (4 numbers with a "J" or "W" suffix). There
were approximately 2000 phones installed in the Village and
700 Area as of Dec. 1, 1944. According to your account, there
was still a shortage of residential phones in 1948 (under
General Electric) when your family first appeared in the
November 1948 phone book.
To: David DOUGLAS ('62)
Unfortunately I have no documentation of the General Electric
era of Phone Service like I have with DuPont's "History
of the Project" but I have heard about the Ranch Houses
anecdotally. I have heard that the only phones were at the
end of the block and I have 2 possible explanations. One is
the backlog mentioned in the answer above. Another is the
fact that the conversion to a Dial Phone system was completed
in 1949 and the October 1949 Phone Book contained only Dial
Numbers. When you did get a phone, was it dial or operator-
assisted?
To: John Paul "JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84)
You asked " And one wonders why these call boxes were needed
at all?"
My answer is YES and probably more so now except for the cost
of installation, maintenance and periodic testing. This was
a state of the art, closed system (around the nearest Fire
Station) and fastest way to deploy the troops. When the
switch was operated, the klaxon immediately operated and the
firemen grabbed their gear and sprinted to their truck and
probably had it started when the Duty Commander would come
out with a paper printout of the Box Number and Address and
they were on their way. Compare this with calling (if you
had a phone) the Operator and have her connect you with the
station and then give them the info. It would not be much
different if you could call 911. As an aside - there were 90
Alarm Boxes installed in the Village and 9 in the 700 Area
connected with approximately 150,000 feet of 2-wire circuits.
Bomber Cheers,
-Burt PIERARD ('59) ~ Richland
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: Pan-Am Clipper
A Pan-Am Clipper named the "Pacific Clipper" was the
first commercial airline plane to fly around the world --
unintentionally!!! They left Treasure Island, CA and making a
number of stops in the US, Hawaii, and South Pacific Islands
reaching New Caledonia. On December 7, 1941 they left New
Caledonia for their destination of Auckland, New Zealand and
a couple hours into the flight received a radio message that
Pearl Harbor had been attacked. From Auckland the pilot asked
Pan-Am what to do with the plane and didn't get an answer
for about a week. Bring the plane home, but the Japanese had
cut off his way back home so they would have to fly West,
furthermore, they were on their own. They painted over all
the planes markings and in the Dutch East Indies were nearly
shot down by British fighters. Fortunately one pilot saw the
faint markings of the US flag that had been painted over. At
least twice they could not get 100 octane aircraft fuel so
had to fill up with automobile fuel which made the engines
run terrible. Leaving Sri Lanka an engine went out and they
had to rebuild it with tools borrowed from a British warship.
They crossed Africa south of the Sahara, then the Atlantic to
Trinidad, then to New York. So I guess you can't say they
circumnavigated the Globe, they just went form the West coast
to the East coast of the United States--the long way!
A more detailed account
There have been at least two books written about this incident:
The Long Way Home (2010) by Ed Dover
(I think this is an updated version)
Escape of the Pacific Clipper (2014) by George Flynn
-Dennis HAMMER ('64) ~ Getting cold fast in the Tri-Cities,
wondering if I should blow out my sprinklers yet.
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
To: All Bombers
Re: Fire Prevention Week pictures (10/14/18 link)
More to share, courtesy of D O E.
Re: Fire Prevention Week pictures (10/15/18 link)
Another installment of 20. What I really appreciate about
these images is how they depict how special life in Richland
was. Granted it was a Government run town and that made
it possible for the parades and frontier days to occur.
However it was regular citizens who powered those events
to fruition. I would think most if not all of those regular
folks are gone from this life, but the memories created are
captured in these photos.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
Charles KEISER ('63), David RIVERS ('65)
Lynn-Marie HATCHER ('68), Brad WEAR ('71)
"JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jerry PURKHISER ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judith PORTER ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dave HANTHORN ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sheila ZANGAR ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Phyllis CUNNINGHAM ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: Carol & Claire REDISKE ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Chuck FELDER ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Brian BELLISTON ('81)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Erica THOMAS ('97)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
That was a nice treat, two Don Sorensen (NAB) entries in one
issue. Fellow class members, was that Pat NORDMAN ('54) I
saw in two pictures of either Girl Scouts or Brownies getting
information on how to stop and/or start fires? She is the one
on the right.
[AKA, If you had given us the LINK for which picture
(of the 40 that Don sent) that you're talking about,
we could all go see Pat. -Maren]
Speaking of fellow class mates, got a Bomber birthday to
mention today. He was a member of the band and orchestra
sitting in the clarinet section. He did a pretty good job of
it, even if he did use plastic reeds. Met him again at R2K,
where he also played the clarinet in the Pep Band.
A tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!"
to Jerry PURKHISER ('54) on this momentous occasion. Maybe
MEFFORD ('54) will reignite the guy's lunch at the Burger
and Brew place so that Jerry can make the journey down from
Yakima.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
"unseasonable" dry and warm weather persists, even
though the nights are getting cooler, with freeze
warnings being issued for the southern part of the
Willamette Valley.
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>>From: Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
Re: Pan Am
I was fortunate to travel on the 747 Pan Am to Japan for a
paid factory visit. I was one of group of top Salespersons in
the world for Sokisha Instruments. They flew us First Class.
Wow, we were pampered to say the least. 3 years later I
qualified again and they flew me on NW Orient. I was again
First class and it was really nice but not up to Pan AM
standards. That was just before NW ceased operations. A good
friend of mine was an executive with NW. He and his wife each
had 35 years in service. They got less then 15% of their
retirement. The problem is that when the $ are gone there is
not much that can be done. Kaiser Aluminum in Tacoma did the
same thing. The union sued without results.
Re: On another subject
Several weeks ago my wife hurt her hip and it was
continuously painful. I had a bottle of 40 MG oxycodone
for my lower back. She tried half a pill and it made it
tolerable. My L-1-3 and 5 have "moderate to severe damage".
Periodically the pain can be unbearable. The doctor did not
hesitate to get me a large supply. They do work if you can
stand the side effects. I took only 4 or 5 of them over time
and a couple of weeks ago I flushed them. Because I found
something better that works.
Jackie did not like the side effects of the Oxy and drove
about 1 mile to a new store on a busy street. There are 2
entries in the store. One is for marijuana and the other is
for cannabis products. She got a small spray bottle of CBD
oil. 2 sprays and 30 minutes later the pain was gone. I was
impressed with her results so a couple of weeks later I took
my painful back to that store and for $34 got one of the
small spray bottles. I noted it had a very small amount (.25
mg) of THC in it.
I objected to this and was told it was part of the rules for
selling the materials. I pointed out that truck drivers will
be failing thier "Pee Test" because of the THC. Truckers are
subject to a "Zero Tolerance" rule in the ongoing random
testing program. When your name pops up you have 12 hr to
submit a sample at a testing station. (there are lots of them
scattered in the US)
I went to 2 other different stores. They are plentiful in
Tacoma. They sell exactly the same products and I was told
it is part of the rules for selling the products.
When I turned 75 I gave up my CDL/Hazmat endorsement on my
drivers license. I had stopped driving Hazmat loads when I
turned 70. 50 years of it was enough.
I can honestly say I have NEVER used recreational drugs in
my life. Being a very successful "Hi-Tech" salesperson and
shooting fireworks and occasional HI-EX was plenty of
excitement to keep me going.
Living with occasional everyday pain is no fun. Especially
when almost any movement of the body hurts like a knife stab
in the lower back. So I swallowed 2 sprays in the back of my
throat. For several hours I waited for some kind of feeling
from ingesting M/J. But felt nothing. In about 40 minutes the
pain in my back disappeared. I am now 2 weeks out and no
pain.
I would NEVER get involved with encouraging anybody to try
recreational drugs. But I write this because along with
Juvenal Seizures, Epilepsy, Colitis, Crones Disease and
countless other possibilities CBD very possibly has an
endless future. Everybody has to be their own judge in this
decision.
-J. Larry MATTINGLY ('60)
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>>From: Charles KEISER ('63)
Re: Ranch house phones.
We had a phone in 1948 on Cottonwood. Number 81102 was one
digit different from Kadlec emergency. Because my mother was
a medical lab tech she was on the call list. They would send
a car around to each person's house and scoop them up for
whatever emergency caused the callout. Frequently the medical
staff would arrive at the hospital just in time with the
incoming patient. Our phone had an unusual feature with a
four prong plug allowing it to be moved to the bedroom from
the kitchen. That required an additional bell that was on the
wall in the utility room. It was really loud. I am not sure
but I think the hospital number was 81103.
-Charles KEISER ('63) ~ from coolish Richland w/Fall colors
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Maybe so
But maybe not; yes, no; up, down; North, Northeast; left,
right; are so, am not... not to slight the Bomber-babes but
I thought my buddy with whom I always agree gave too much
fodder to let go... under, over; way, no way...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY David HANTHORN ('63), Sheila ZANGER ('63)
and Phyllis CUNNINGHAM ('64) on your special day, October
16, 2018!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
Re: Thank you to Don Sorenson (NAB)
My shout out to Don Sorenson (NAB), which I am sure reflects
the thanks of many (or all) of us here in Sandstorm -Land.
I was born in late 1950 in Richland. So although many of the
historical photos predate my memories, they all catch the
essence of life in that wonderful space-out-of-time place
that was Richland back in the day.
A series of life events through the decades has left me with
almost no mementos of growing up in Richland. So I am
especially thankful for this digital age, that allows for
this kind of sharing.
And I'm especially thankful to Don, who shares as willingly
as he does!
Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
PS - Thanks to everyone else who shares memories and photos
as well!
PPS - My first memory is from 18 months old. No surprise,
there was a huge windstorm in progress - spring, 1952.
Anyway, I remember that we had a phone by then, because the
phone service got knocked out by that windstorm! 75677 was
our phone number. Do you remember your first number in
Richland?
-Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: Belated Birthdays
Geez, I can't believe that I missed two of my favorite
people's birthdays on the 15th. A belated happy birthday to
Karla Jo BIERLEIN, and Rob FRENCH both '71 grads!!!! I hope
you both had a great day.
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in cold, wet Plano, TX
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: "JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84)
To: Betty BELL Norton ('51)
Re: John M. Breithaupt's third wife Amanda E. Dighton,
then Fessenden, finally Breithaupt
I don't know if she was related to Lois Dighton, but Dighton
was Amanda's maiden name I believe - she was Mrs. Fessenden
when she got married to John. Her obituary lists a Mrs. R.B.
Stevens of McKenzie Bridge, OR (where Amanda died) as one of
her daughters, another daughter Mrs. Lucy Kluismier of Melba,
ID, and son Ben Fessenden of Strathmore, Alberta. It also
states that she was buried in the family plot in Sunnyside so
there were Dightons in the region somewhere.
Lois Dighton could be related to her in some way - Lois was
born in 1896 and Amanda in 1858, so Lois could have been one
of Amanda's nieces (speculation - more research required).
To: Dale ENNOR ('59)
Re: my dual graduation dates
I gave that story here in the 10/29/15 entry, archived in
this link so I don't have to type it all out again (HINT: use
'CTRL+F' to open the search box in your browser, and then
enter 'panesko'):
http://alumnisandstorm.com/htm2015/2015-10-Oct.htm
Now, with my preoccupation with that genealogical rabbit hole
I went down in last Friday's entry, I completely forgot to
submit my own Fire Prevention Week story! Without further
adieu:
While in either 6th or 7th grade (so either fall of 1976 or
1977 - I used to remember this darnit) at Christ the King
school, I won the grand prize in the drawing contest for the
Fire Prevention Week. My drawing had four sections, each
depicting an unsafe situation that could lead to a fire. I
remember being shocked when I was told that I had won, and
even remember where I was in the school hallway when I found
out this news. All of the local Tri-City schools contributed
entries into this contest, so winning was a big deal!
As a result of winning, I got to ride a fire truck at the
Fire Prevention Parade at the Columbia Center Mall parking
lot on a Saturday morning, and there was presented my prize
by some local personality which I think may have been one of
the long-time KONA 610AM newscasters (he was tall, brown
hair, and had big glasses and a beige sportcoat). I had to
get all dressed up for that, and afterwards our family drove
out to Bateman Island and walked around (back when you could
still drive onto the island).
The prize was a residential smoke detector (with a small
amount of Americium-241 in it) which at the time was
still a very expensive item. It had a stamped steel base, a
perforated steel cover, and used EIGHT C-size batteries (so
it weighed a lot)! We used that in our house for the next 20
years, and I used to test it annually by lighting and then
extinguishing a wooden matchstick underneath it.
Re: Richland telephones
And thanks to everybody else who chimed in on the lack of
telephones originally in Richland, which would explain the
need for those pole-mounted fire department call boxes.
Sometimes, the old, simple ways are the best! Now, you call
9-1-1 from a cell phone and you have no idea which emergency
call center you will be connected with, and have to trust
that they are dispatching the proper services from the proper
location.
To: Betty BELL Norton ('51)
Re: Lois Dighton's history
I just did some more lunchtime digging and found her
parents' obituaries (linked below) which both mention her -
Dighton was not her maiden name, so she was married (see
further below). Her parents were Alfred O. and Lucy A.
Hathaway:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18129679/alfred-omega-hathaway
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18129666/lucy-ann-hathaway
And of course, Lois' entry is on the site as well:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116182546/lois-rita-dighton
She is buried with a R.B. Dighton (1895-1975) who was
her husband. In the 1922 alumni directory of the Oregon
Agricultural College (OAC), she is listed as "Hathaway,
Lois Reta (now Mrs. R. B. Dighton), 1920, BS HE. Housewife,
Outlook, Wash."
Ah-ha! So here's the smoking gun, if you believe everything
you read on the internet:
https://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Washington/Amanda-Breithaupt_28snwn
There is a link between Amanda Breithaupt and Lois Dighton -
Amanda's nephew was Lois' husband R.B. Dighton. Maybe that
is how Amanda came to Richland or came to know of John
Breithaupt; her obituary states that she had lived in
Richland since 1909 (but I'm thinking that she formerly lived
in the Yakima area since that is where she got married to
John in 1911).
But I don't know where R.B. Dighton was living in that time -
he was only a teenager in 1909, and likely didn't marry Lois
Hathaway until a few years after that (they were already
married in 1922 and living in Outlook, WA, from the alumni
listing given above). In the 1940 census, R.B. and Lois were
listed as living in Richland.
Enough time down another rabbit hole!
OK so I am slow on the uptake - according to the 1940 Census
from the Ancestry dot com link given above, Amanda Breithaupt
is listed as head of household (Red Feather House, 108
Falley, but back then on Columbia River Road), with R. B. and
Lois Dighton being listed as household members. So former RHS
teacher Mrs. Dighton and her husband actually used to live in
the Red Feather House! So that's quite the connection that
we've established (which shouldn't be that surprising, given
a small town and a close-knit community).
-John Paul "JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84)
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Betty BELL ('51)
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Tim SMYTH ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Doug CRAWFORD ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joe BOMBINO ('75)
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>>From: Betty BELL Norton ('51)
To: "JP" PANESKO ('83 and '84)
Thanks for the information on Lois Dighton - she was a
favorite teacher of mine. While in high school I did some
kind of secretarial volunteer work at the Red Feather house.
I never heard it called that, though. Love all the history
going through the Sandstorm!
Maren, can you tell us how many are on this mailing list of
yours?
[The peak was exactly 2,000 when I first asked
for $$$ (in 2000?). It has dropped steadily since
then to a little over 400 now... with about 200/day
reading the Alumni Sandstorm on the website -Maren]
-Betty BELL Norton ('51) ~ Richland
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Re: Fire Prevention Week pictures
The reference to Pat NORDMAN ('54) came from pictures 22 and
23 of the entry that didn't make the 10/14/2018 edition. As
to all the numbers and letters that would get you there; what
am I, computer literate or something?
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
the leaves are beginning to fall.
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They're right here, Bob:
Picture #22
Picture #23`
And here's what Bob said in the 10/16/18 Sandstorm:
"Fellow ['54] class members:
Was that Pat NORDMAN ('54) I saw in two pictures
of either Girl Scouts or Brownies getting infor-
mation on how to stop and/or start fires? She is
the one on the right."
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>>From: Tim SMYTH ('62),
Re: Richland Fire alarm boxes
Reminds me of a day when I was about five years old... maybe
1949. I was pulling a wagon around our block with next door
neighbor Jay WILLIAMSON ('63-RIP). We lived on the 1200 block
of Perkins. When we got to the corner of Williams and Thayer
I noticed a box on a pole. It had a handle. Must be someone
wanted me to pull it. Stood up in the wagon and did just
that. Fire station on Williams half block away. Siren roaring
and headed my way. Left Jay there and ran home with firemen
following. Great friend I was. Fireman came to our door to
find me upstairs under my bed. Mom wondered what happened. I
was in big trouble.
Could a five and four year old venture that far alone these
days? I share that story often with the grandkids. My kids
and grandkids refer to it as the "farmer line" (aka fire
alarm) story. Memories...
-Tim SMYTH ('62) ~ Moreau, NY
Sent from my iPhone
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4 Bombers and 1 Lion/HB sent stuff:
Pete BEAULIEU ('62), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Gary BREHM ('64 Lion/HB), David RIVERS ('65)
Tedd CADD ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bob CHILES ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Keith HUNTER ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lynn-Marie HATCHER ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bob HINKLE ('75)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kelly GAINES-FRANKLIN ('84)
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Re: Tim SMYTH ('62) and fire alarm boxes
Tim SMYTH ('62) writes how at the age of five he triggered
an alarm by accident and then hid under the bed. This reminds
of another Richlander who triggered another alarm, still by
accident, but at the mature age of fifteen.
Now let it finally be known how one high school sophomore was
attracted to an alarm box in the Shop wing of the original
Columbia High School. One afternoon he was pretty sure he
could remove the white handle of the alarm without setting
the thing off into a tizzy. Not so lucky... Soon on the scene:
three fire trucks together with the police, amidst a sea of
students all evacuated from danger and milling about.
This time the perpetrator of yet another false alarm in the
atomic city was on the bucket list for retribution. Only a
few days went by before there arrived in the fourth-period
P.E. class the gendarmes hot on the culprit's trail. And
with good detective work they even had a name: Mike HOLCOMBE
('62).
Our P.E. instructor, Mr. Pritchett, decked out in the usual
white T-shirt and shorts and fashionable red crewcut, managed
the scene with clipboard in hand. Said one badged constable:
"We're here for Mike Holcombe." No bed to hide under this
time. . .Pritchett inspected his attendance sheet top to
bottom and then with a totally transparent face responded
that, no, there was no such person listed on his roster!
Totally convinced, he was, and the visitors had no choice
but to mosey down the hallway muttering something about an
incompetent school front office. Probably a week or two went
by before the light went on in Pritchett's head.
Again with clipboard in hand, he had just heard someone on
the gym floor call out to "Mike," when the only Holcombe
listing he had was for "Arky Holcombe." Yup, sure enough,
Arky HOLCOMBE was none other than the notorious and elusive
"Mike Holcombe."
We all called him "ARKY", just as he called himself even when
being entered on a class attendance sheet. Arky, of course,
was originally from Arkansas.
By the time of the great Pritchett Epiphany the intensity
of the false alarm had already slipped into the dustbin of
history and Col-Hi lore. The moment had passed. Pritchett
just let it go. No teachable moment. No retribution. No
restitution. No justice!
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) one-time winner of an elementary school
Fire Prevention Poster Contest
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: Hints/Knowledge from MyComputerWorks.com
Most_Helpful_Tech_Tips
Go to the Archives page for a list of all tips.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/MCW/00_MCW_archive.htm
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 70°F at 2:45am
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>>From: Gary BREHM ('64 Lion/Honorary Bomber)
Re: Bomber's Sandstorm
I have to admit, I was rather shocked to read in today's
Sandstorm (Wednesday, 10/17 edition) when Betty BELL Norton
('51) asked who many were on the mailing list of the
Sandstorm. I'm amazed that there were 2,000 Bombers reading
back in 2000, but when Maren asked for help in the form of
money to defer the cost of her putting the Sandstorm together
each day, 365 days a year, the list dropped to 400.
[Actually it has SLOWLY dropped to a little over 400
today. It did start to drop in 2000, though -Maren]
Not only that, but 200 of you are reading it on the website
for free! That's 600 people a day who read the Alumni
Sandstorm that Maren spends the better part of the night
getting it put out for us to read.
The dues aren't that much that all the Bombers who have
graduated over all the past 60-70 years couldn't send in
their contribution to help Maren out. I recently wrote to her
and asked if I owed any money for our part. She wrote back
and said I am paid through December of 2020!! A lot of you
are most likely aware that my Bomber wife, Marsha GOSLIN
Brehm ('65), passed away from brain cancer October 2nd, but
since then I still read the Sandstorm each morning and
will continue to do so. Why? Even though I graduated from
Kennewick High, I know a lot of you. Some personally, some
(actually a lot) by name. I would really hate it if the
Sandstorm somehow wasn't posted each day.
When Marsha passed away the first part of the month and
also when she had her surgery in January of this year for
Glioblastoma (brain cancer) I wrote in each day to keep
everyone updated on her condition. The responses I got from
many of you were absolutely outstanding! I had no idea so
many knew my beautiful wife and would take their time to tell
me how much they loved her and were praying for her. Thank
you for that from those of you who wrote.
In saying that, please help out and send in the small cost it
takes for Maren to keep this wonderful forum that is posted
each day coming to our inbox! Sit down today and write Maren
a check to help out. Send it to Maren Smyth. If a Lion who
went to John Ball for three grades and married a Bomber lady
for 25 years is willing to keep this going, so should all of
you who are reading this now! PLEASE HELP MAREN OUT!!!
-Gary BREHM ('64 Lion/Honorary Bomber)
P.S. Also, it was great meeting and/or seeing many
of you at Einan's last Friday at Marsha's Service.
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: sometimes I wonder
Well, I'm sure the Bomber-babe celebrating has not had these
silly problems... I hope! A while back, my former partner
sent me a teeny tiny refund from our insurance on the
building we owned... he signed it, I sent him his half and
today, decided since I didn't expect any checks from my
Arbitrations/meditations soon, I should cash it before it
expired... I trucked on over to the nearest bank (I have
banked with this bank for 30 or more years but with this
branch about 5)... I presented it and the manager said oh
no... I need the other guy's ID... I said "Just to deposit
it?" "Oh yes for any negotiation"... not sure when he'll get
me a photo of his ID and not sure when I'll truck over there
again... arrrrrrrrrgh... Hey... anyone ever make a Halloween
costume that got outa hand? I bought a mask about a year ago
thinking it looked like something from "Dune" and would be
fun and easy to make a costume to go with it... since then I
have been to the hardware store half a dozen times thinking
of something cool to add... in a few weeks it will be just
more junk... arrrrrrrrrrrrgh arrrrrrrrrgh... well, HAPPY
BIRTHDAY, Lynn-Marie HATCHER ('68) on your special day,
October 18, 2018!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
Re: the fire boxes.
My first and only experience with them was when a friend
and I were walking in the dry grass South of my home at
903 Adams. My friend (who shall remain nameless since he has
passed on) was striking matches on his zipper and tossing
them in the air. One caught the grass on fire and we tried to
put it out but it was getting away from us. I ran and pulled
the handle of the nearest box. The firemen showed up a few
minutes later. My friend had managed to beat it out with a
tree branch.
In a stunning lesson in trust, my friend had told them that
I started the fire. I was given a lecture and taken home to
have my mother take over.
Due to some serious betrayal earlier in life, I didn't open
my mouth to defend myself. I was in shock that what I thought
was my friend would do that to me. He even scolded me about
pulling the handle since the fire was out (I couldn't have
known that from where the box was.)
Trust, hard enough before that, became a little harder.
But, at least, the pull box worked as it should.
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Curt DONAHUE ('53), David DOUGLAS ('62)
Lynn JOHNSON ('63), Jamie WORLEY ('64)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeanie TURNER ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ray RICHARDSON ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larry DAVIS ('80)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kelly MONTGOMERY ('87)
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>>From: Curt DONAHUE ('53)
I have been flabbergasted about the decline in membership
for the Sandstorm. An, oh by the way, $24.00 per year is
unbelievably low for what one gets. I cancelled the Tri City
Herald because they raised the monthly rate to $45.00. I get
more news from the Sandstorm anyway. I just miss the comics
every day, but there are enough comics from time to time on
the Sandstorm to keep me amused. If Maren needs to raise the
rate to be able to continue this outstanding effort, I hope
she does it without question.
-Curt DONAHUE ('53) ~ Kennewick (Yep, we moved. My wife
needed more care than we could get at home within
financial limitations.)
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
I think we moved to Richland in the summer of 1945. My mom
worked developing film from radiation badges, which used
dental film. Mom asked her supervisor why there was never
anything on the film she developed. He said, "Don't ask."
So this was before the bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.
I was two years old on the drive from the south to Richland.
That trip was my first childhood memory. My maternal
grandfather was a construction worker at Hanford. My dad had
gone to watchmakers' school on the GI bill after serving in
the South Pacific with the Marines. My grandfather told him
there were no watch repairmen in Richland - people had to
send their watches to Spokane to be repaired. Dad brought
his work bench tied to the top of our black Packard. We lived
with my grandparents for a while until there was some kind of
altercation about my older brother Walker ('57). We moved to
a tiny green trailer in North Richland. My main memory of
that was being given a bath by my mom in one of those double
cement laundry sinks - another kid was getting a bath in the
other side of the sink and we splashed water all over our
mothers. My dad was a contract worker at CC Andersons. He
complained that the regular employees were given priority in
housing, even though he'd worked longer there than some of
them. We finally got a ranch house. Eventually there was a
watchmaker in every drug store, so dad went to work at the
Hanford DR reactor as an instrument specialist. For years I
wondered why he was working on music instruments - the only
instruments I knew about.
I don't recall when we got our telephone. I began
Kindergarten in 1949, so I didn't make many phone calls
before then, but I do remember our phone number: 80568. Later
on the prefix WH (Whitehall) was added - letters because
people wouldn't be able to remember a seven-digit number.
That idea was eventually revised and the number became 948-
0568, which we still had long after I left home. Then the
area code 509 was added to that. And our country code is 01,
which I learned when I called the US from China.
I tried the link to youtube that was in the archived
Sandstorm Maren provided to explain why she has two class
years after her name. I got a "video unavailable" message, so
I'm still in the dark. Did she say something politically
incorrect in it? [don't remember what link I put up, but
don't think it had anything to do with '63 & '64. -Maren]
I'm really feeling my 74 years now. I began having pains in
my biceps last March. The pain only comes at night. As soon
as I sit up it goes away. I can't get a decent night's sleep,
most of it in a recliner, but at least it doesn't hurt during
the day. I was finally referred to a pain specialist, but
nothing he's given me has helped. I've tried cannabis oil,
both under my tongue and rubbed into my arms, but that hasn't
helped either. An MRI of my neck wasn't definitive, so I'm
hoping I can get a referral to a neurologist. [Did you try
physical therapy? -Maren]
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ where the weather is very
comfortable now
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>>From: Lynn JOHNSON Andrews ('63)
Maren,
I agree with Gary BREHM ('64 Lion/Honorary Bomber) 100%. The
cost of Sandstorm is nothing weighed against what we receive
in return.
Technically I am NAB - General Electric transferred my Dad to
San Francisco after my Sophomore year - so I did not graduate
with the Class of '63. But my heart is still in Col-Hi. When
I renew my Sandstorm each year I pay Maren $50 and tell her
to keep the difference. She does so much to keep memories
alive... who can begrudge her a few extra bucks? I find it
hard to believe that so many people can't afford $ 2.00 a
month??
-Lynn JOHNSON Andrews (proud to be a non '63)
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>>From: Jamie WORLEY ('64)
Re: Thank You
Dear Maren,
I'd like to thank Gary Brehm ('64 Lion/Honorary Bomber) for
bringing the amount of work you do, Maren, to a large group
of people who have their morning coffee with what you put on
this website every night - or sometimes in the very early
morning.
I do not know anyone who would work 24x7x365 for $25 per
year. Each time you and I have discussed this subject, you
Maren, always reply, "it is a labor of love." I remember
clearly when I found out about the online Sandstorm. It was
August. It was 1999. I was heading home to Seattle from a
long drive. I spent the night at a hotel in Spokane. The
next morning, Jim VACHË ('64), came down to the hotel to
have breakfast. It was, coincidentally, the first day of
that year's law school class at Gonzaga. Jim was off to
teach constitutional law, or something equally exciting, so I
thought I was fortunate to have a few minutes of his time. As
we were leaving the restaurant he said something like, "have
you heard about the Sandstorm newsletter that Gary BEHYMER
('64) and Maren put on the internet?" Quite frankly, in
1999, I barely knew about something or anything called the
Internet. However, I found the SS and the rest is history.
Thank you, thank you, for everything you edit, explain, and
teach every single day. For me, the continuing history of
the town in which I grew up and loved continues through the
voices on this website.
I've been remiss in not saying something earlier to several
Bombers. First thank you to Jim HOUSE ('63) for your
magnificent contribution to the basketball courts of
Richland. To All of those, from friends to the City of
Richland, for helping Jim's vision become reality. For
those of us who were unable to attend the "Court of Dreams"
dedication, I would like to thank several Bombers for their
posts that made that weekend of 9/8/18, come to reality. How
great was it to see beautiful Kippy ('62) and Ellen ('63)
once again. However great his posts, I do worry that David
Rivers ('65) will eventually use up the world's supply of
exclamation points.
To Pete BEAULIEU ('62) thank you for the story regarding Mike
"Arky" HOLCOMBE ('62). There is nothing better than a story
that makes you laugh out loud. I didn't know Mike however
remember Mr. Pritchett and your description was right-on. A
light bulb moment - a bit like when one realizes that the
lyrics in the Christmas song Winter Wonderland say, "later on
we'll conspire not later on we'll perspire.
Again, thank you to Gary Brehm for sharing your precious
Marsha's last journey with this group of Bombers. Also, thank
you for thinking about Maren's incredible contribution. Thank
you Maren for your diligent attention to your "labor of love."
-Jamie WORLEY (The Magic Class of '64)
Sent from my iPad
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Sandstorm
Kudos to Gary BREHM ('64 Lion/Honorary Bomber) on his latest
post. I plagiarized... or rather posted it word for word on
face book... Now I've never been good at keeping track of
"dues" so now and then I have simply used the "block grant"
method of keeping up my feeble end... As perhaps the only
daily e-paper for any alumni inna world, we are so lucky to
have Maren ('63 & '64) in our ranks... I don't say that just
cuz she's my best ex either... she is one amazing broad...
oh poop I said broad... I mean it in the rat pack sorta way...
she's our Sherley McClain (I'm not gonna google that name
just for this analogy)... without her we would be clueless
and much further apart... oh sure we got face book, but half
of us don't speak to the other half on that rag... here, we
are the Bombers, mighty, mighty Bombers... all for one and
one for all just like inna good ol' days BOMBERS and a Lion...
We rock! Thank YOU, Gary; sorry I couldn't be there... Terry
DAVIS Knox ('65) had better have told you I was there in
spirit...
-David RIVERS ('65)
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4 Bombers and 1 Lion/Honorary Bomber sent stuff:
Floyd MELTON ('57), Steve CARSON ('58)
Earl BENNETT ('63), Mary Lou WATKINS ('63)
Gary BREHM ('64 Lion/HB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carolynn HAMILTON ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marilyn BAIRD ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joe JANCOVIC ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathy RATHVON ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Leo WEBB ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Fred BREEDLOVE ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Peggy HERTZ ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ron POLK ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sue OBERG ('79)
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>>From: Floyd MELTON ('57)
Re: Sandstorm
I confess that I don't send much in the way of additions to
the Sandstorm but I do read the Sandstorm every morning. The
thing that amazes me is after about the mid-'70s you don't
see anything from those classes at good old Col-Hi and I
often wonder about that. The other thing Maren you post
enough people passing on that, that automatically reduces the
number of people participate in the Sandstorm. Your annual
charge is minimal for all the wonderful work you do for us,
I pay (There was a little icon here that "translated" as
two question marks) it with thankfulness.
-Floyd MELTON ('57)
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
Maren, I'm in for an increase in the subscription rate.
-Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
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>>From: Earl BENNETT ('63)
Re: 10/11/18 SS I said
"Kerfuffle (sp? Is that a Judge Judy word?}"
Maren:
Reference your word question: I'm pretty sure my Mom used
almost that same word, but my memory would have spelled it
kerfluffle, with two separated Ls. I find both spellings on
line, and they seem to have about the same meaning.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Kerfluffle
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/kerfuffle
Regards, ecb3
-Earl BENNETT ('63)
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>>From: Mary Lou WATKINS Rhebeck ('63)
Re: Happy Birthday
The journey of a friendship... there are so many stories to
be told from our childhood in Richland to our friendships
today. How did this guy... who had a locker between Ellen
WEIHERMILLER ('63) and me at Col-Hi... and sat with us at
graduation... how did he become part of our online discussion
group... part of our sharing of family news... the leader
in joke telling (not often shareable)... our first & best
support on FB... how did he become a best friend? Never sure
of the magical chemistry of this Bomber family, but we know
it's real! With that we wish Leo WEBB ('63) the happiest
birthday ever... with family and cake!
We love you, Leo...
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Wat/171020-Group_of_Five.jpg
-Mary Lou WATKINS Rhebeck ('63)
-Ellen WEIHERMILLER Anderson ('63)
-Cecilia BENNET McCarthy ('65)
(we know the other member of our crew will be
writing his own message!)
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>>From: Gary BREHM ('64 Lion/Honorary Bomber)
Re: How could I not respond!
I just finished sending a personal note to Maren which
neither of us would want to have published in the Sandstorm,
but it has been very funny and entertaining for both of us
to get in some good old teasing concerning the Bombers/Lions
rivalry of days of old. Some of the memories are just great
fun, but not for publication! Ray STEIN ('64) was even
mentioned a couple days ago in a certain football game where
the Lions trounced (OK, managed to win!) the Bombers and I
had some good old physical contact with Mr. STEIN. Speaking
of Ray, my son is in the process of moving to Spokane from
Portland, so now most of the family will be in Spokane
(Marsha's side is mostly Seattle) and I most likely will
be up there a lot more than in the past. My son swears by
Northern Quest casino, but I have yet to hear any stories
concerning jackpots or big wins!
I had not intended to get on the subject of Spokane and
the legendary Ray STEIN (BTW, I watched you play Cougar
basketball as a freshman at Wazzu, Ray!), but to bring once
again the point of paying our dues to Maren for her hard and
tireless (well, maybe just hard) work she does in getting the
Sandstorm to us each day. Not only that, in case you don't
know, she has been doing it with a very hurtin' back for
which she is under her doctor's care for the pain she has
been enduring!
Just for the record, yesterday I mentioned I would be writing
Maren a check and sending it to her for what she does, and
it's not to be put towards my account, as I'm paid up for
over two years yet. I did include a sticky note with the
check that it was not to be used for dues, but for her and
her hard work she spends all night sometimes getting the
Sandstorm out to us to have with our morning coffee.
I want to thank all you Bombers (especially Mr. RIVERS ('65)
who reposted my remarks on Facebook) that read you should
respond to Maren and pay her $$$ for dues (contributions) to
keep the Sandstorm going. She does truly enjoy and love doing
it and she goes above and beyond what most all of us could
do in getting it put out every day of the year! Most of you
don't know (after all I graduated as a Lion from a town down
river) I worked in the medium of broadcasting. Going to WSU,
I began my career in local radio doing a three hour show each
morning from the lobby of the Dessert Inn. On KALE, I think
it was 9:00 to noon, but my memory isn't what it use to
be. After a period with KALE I took the plunge and became
employed at #1 KORD working on the air with the name Ken
Chase. This was insurance against having little girls calling
me at home at all hours of the day and night and me trying
to explain to my then wife that this is a normal thing that
happens when you work on the air. After a couple years I
switched over to television working for KNDU for a couple
years, then on to bigger and better things in Portland at
KPTV for almost 20 years. I ended my career in broadcasting
by coming back to the good old Tri-Cities and KNDU for 17
years and retirement!!!
Now I spend my time reading the Sandstorm, writing notes of
praise to Maren, and encouraging all Bombers to please help
out by sending in your contribution to Maren to keep this
wonderful thing called the Alumni Sandstorm going for our
enjoyment every day. It's not a fortune folks and I'm sure
all you Richland Bombers can come up with a few bucks to
help. After all, if a Lion/Honorary Bomber (thank you,
Maren!) can manage to send in some of my Social Security
check to her, surely you can too. Think how good it will make
you feel knowing you are doing your part to help Maren and
keep this online publication going!! Sorry, David, I think
I'm using too many of your explanation points!!!!!\
That's all. I need to stop now, but please heed the need for
funds for Maren and drop that check in the mail TODAY!! If
not, I'm going to have to arrange for some of Mr. RIVERS' old
cohorts from his pre-judicial days to pay you a visit!!!
(There I go again with the !!!!!) Sorry David.
Sincerely signed,
-Gary BREHM, or Ken Chase, if you prefer ('64 Lion/Honorary Bomber)
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
David RIVERS ('65)
Betti AVANT ('69)
Julie SMYTH ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sandra WITHERUP ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Connie FOSTER ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lucy FOSTER ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lyle LAUGHERY ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marsha JEPSEN ('73)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jenny ANGUIANO ('98)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Stupid stupid stupid
Well there I go and I've done it again... one a my close
buddies hassa b-day and I think it's the next day... got
too busy around the house and didn't check... I mean we are
talking about the King of Auto Shop... the guy who paid Lyda
to let him locker next to Ellen WEIHERMILLER ('63) the guy
who can drive with one eye and scare me just as badly as when
he drives with two... plus he shares the day with a guy I
admire greatly as the Big Brother of two of my favorite
Bomber-babes and the girl who almost bit my hand off when I
tried to touh the vintage D.I. trash can... arrrrrrrrrrgh...
and today we got one a those twins from the longest birth in
history... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Leo WEBB ('63 on the 20th), Joe
JANCOVIC ('62 on the 20th), Kathy RATHVON ('63 on the 20th)
and Lucy FOSTER ('65) on her special day, October 21, 2018!!
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-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: not spam
Here it is Saturday morning and my Alumni Sandstorm wasn't in
my inbox as usual. Imagine my surprise when I brought up my
SPAM box and it had been deposited there. It's a good thing I
always check the SPAM box just in case like today something I
want is there.
-Betti AVANT ('69) ~ Richland
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>>From: Julie SMYTH Moss ('69-NAB)
Re: 10/17/19 entry from Tim SMYTH ('62)
Maren,
TIM SMYTH ('62), my brother, tripped a fire alarm??? I would
never believe that! Wasn't he perfect?
{He sure did! I remember it. You weren't born yet.
Maybe it scared him to perfect? -Maren]
-Julie SMYTH Moss ('69-NAB)
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NO Bombers sent stuff
NO Lions sent stuff
NO NABs sent stuff
NO HBs sent stuff
OH WELL!!
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jack GROUELL ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Leoma COLES ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Toby WHEELER ('65 & '66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Trisha SAUCIER ('77)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/23/18
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Marie RUPPERT ('63)
Linda REINING ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill HICKMAN ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jackie RICHMOND ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jean ECKERT ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mark O'TOOLE ('74)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tim O'NEIL ('76)
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>>From: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
Not again! This is so we'll have something to read.
My grandson, Cameron JENKINS ('16), was home from the
University of Jamestown in Jamestown, ND for a few days.
He was here to surprise his sister, Sydney JENKINS ('19),
on Senior Night (Thursday, 10/18/18) at the volleyball game
in the Richland gym. All six of the senior girls played the
full first set together. Richland won 3 - 0 against
Southridge.
We had lots of pictures taken down on the Bomber gym floor
standing on the R Cloud after the game.
All of Sydney's grandparents (5 of us) were able to come
watch her play and we all had a great time together this
past weekend.
Next year Sydney will be away at college like her brother is
now, so this was probably the last time something like this
will happen. It was a special time.
-Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
P.S. (Still crying over my Buckeye's meltdown on Saturday)
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
Dang! NO entries of any sort for October 22nd. That's so sad.
I don't write in that often---never have anything exciting or
"earth-shattering" to write about, that I think others would
be interested in, but I love reading everyone else's entries
and miss the Sandstorm when it isn't my in box-would hate to
see it "dry up and blow away". I appreciate all the hard work
that you, Maren, put into this publication that keeps all of
us connected and brings up so many memories from being born
and raised in the "best little town in the west". I have
tried explaining to others, the connection of being "a
Bomber" has, but they just look at me like I've lost what
little mind I have-they can't fathom a bunch of "kids" that
have stayed connected all these years, through a high school
newspaper.
It's Fall and soon time when it will be my favorite time of
the year---I know, most think I'm crazy, but I LOVE the snow
and am so happy to be living where I can enjoy all Four
Seasons and a White Christmas! I love the "nippiness" of the
mornings, even though scrapping ice off the windshield is a
chore I could do without. I am also "spoiled" in the fact
that my son-in-law has a snow blower, so none of us have to
be outside shoveling snow off the driveway and/or sidewalk.
Okay, now that you are thoroughly bored, I will stop.
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ "Jack Frost" has arrived in Kuna, ID
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Marie RUPPERT ('63)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David HOKANSON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gail HINKLE ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve RECTOR ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jimmy NACKE ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Paul CHARETTE ('71)
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>>From: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
Tonight (10/23/18) the Richland Bomber volleyball team lost
to Chiawana 2 sets to 3 at Chiawana. The Bombers are now
seeded #2 in the tournament that will start Nov. 1st at the
Bomber gym. Up until tonight they were undefeated, as was
Chiawana. It was a hard fought battle.
-Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Music music music
There was a boy from Washington who knew bout ever song been
sung, from Doo op, rock-a-billy clear to Rock n Roll... name
that tune was his game and it has brought him lotsa fame all
over the NorthWest and beyond... so now that you have a good
clue on who is celebrating his b-day, I can say that it was
sure great he made it to the Gold Medal 55 year along with
his beautiful daughters. They were the hit of the party.
Now I can pretty much be sure that all of you know who made
"Dedicated To The One I Love" popular (pre Beatles folks)...
ahhhhhhhhh but do you know who made it before the Shirelles?
Prolly not, but I bet he does! Likewise... everyone is aware
that the Diamonds took a ton of flack from the so called hot
shots for covering the Gladiolas "Little Darlin'"... but few
of you knew the earlier version before the Diamonds fantastic
rendition... I can't say the same for the Gladiolas version,
nor for the Five Royals' version of Dedicated to the One I
Love"... but hey... I know it's only Rock n Roll but I love
it, love it, yes I do! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG
('63) on your Wailin' Special day, October 24, 2018!!!!!!!!!
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-David RIVERS ('65)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/25/18
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Jim ARMSTRONG ('63)
Susie DILL ('64)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Leslie JACOBSEN ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jackie JANCOVIC ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barbara FRANCO ('67)
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>>From: Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
to David RIVERS ('65)
Thanks David, Rock on!!
-Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
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>>From: Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
Re: Lewis & Clark Grade School
Does anybody around my age (72), who went to Lewis & Clark
Elementary, remember anything about an old wooden canoe that
sat out front of the school? My recollection is that it was
"allegedly" an original canoe from the Lewis & Clark
pedition era. Can anybody else shed any light on that?
-Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: What
do ya call birthdays of two Bomber-babes from different
years? A two year party!!!!!!!!!!!! yeeeeeeeeee ha... being
a classmate of one of these babes I was much closer to her
and her famblie... but that doesn't mean I didn't swoon over
the other... Just sending these wishes to Bomber-babes always
reminds me of Weekends... cruzing the Uptown, cruzing Zip's,
High Spot, mixers and the music... I think Rock n Roll came
at just the right time as I cannot imagine us bopping to
"harbor Lights" (tho we did slow dance to it) or doing
the stroll to "in the mood"... sure, our rock was rather
immature, but then so were we... it was about us... I wasn't
ready for a lot of the "wow that's heavy stuff man" even when
it arrived... I was all Duane Eddy, Sandy Nelson (he's doing
pretty well by the way), Eddie Cocheran, Buddy Holly, Link
Wray, Wailers, Sonics, Gene Vincent... rock rock rock...
eventually I moved a bit forward, but my heart remains with
old time rock n roll... so when I think of Bomber-babe such
as ours today it's total teen-age romance... HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
Leslie JACOBSON ('64) and Jackie JANCOVIC ('65)!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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-David RIVERS ('65)
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Jim RUSSELL ('58), Mac QUINLAN ('62)
Pete BEAULIEU ('62), Marie RUPPERT ('63)
Carol CONVERSE ('64), David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sally SHEERAN ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Fran BARKER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Michael K. HOGAN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Richard FAUBERT ('66)
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>>From: Jim RUSSELL ('58)
To: Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
Re: Lewis & Clark canoe
I also remember the canoe that sat in front of Lewis & Clark
Elementary. Like you, we were told the same thing, that it
was one of the canoes from the expedition. I have no idea who
told the story, probably it was an "upperclassman" who handed
it down from what he/she was told. I don't think it was an
adult who had access to the records. I've wondered about it
off and on in my adult years, as well.
I found this bit of information on a website: Included in
their journals was Clark's first impression of the area of
Richland once he canoed up the Columbia to the Yakima River,
thus making him the first explorer to enter the area. He
wrote, "Rivers filled with 'incredible' numbers of spawned-
out salmon and shore was covered with many mat-covered Indian
lodges." This wasn't his only observation though, he went on
to write that he believed the Natives to have around 10,000
pounds of dried salmon.
Re: 3 cent Lewis and Clark Postage Stamp - 1954
Funny thing, 3-5 years ago I was driving through Richland
with some friends and wanted to show them my old grade school
which I heard was about to be torn down to rebuild a new
one in its place. Lo and behold, the "old" grade school was
already a replacement for my original Lewis & Clark building.
The school now is a third generation!
Cheers
-Jim RUSSELL ('58) ~ Mountlake Terrace, WA - wet
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>>From: Mac QUINLAN ('62)
Re: Anyone Know
I am trying to locate Linda MORGAN ('62). Does anyone
have her email address or know how I can contact her?
I'd appreciate any help I can get.
-Mac QUINLAN ('62)
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
To: Susie DIIL Atlee ('64)
Re: Canoe
That dugout wooden canoe that rested in front of the original
brick Lewis and Clark Grade School--
I also recall also thinking that it was one of the originals,
but it seems much more likely that at that early age of six
or seven we students just heard it wrong.
I can't imagine an original being left out there in the rain
to rot and split apart as it did before it disappeared.
When the very accomplished history-buff James MATTIS ('68),
Secretary of Defense, recently addressed a large group of
fellow-Tri-City folks (televised at the Three Rivers
Convention Center), he mentioned how the Lewis and Clark
expedition on their return voyage spent a night at Bateman
Island. Great local history and maybe they even left a boat
behind (!), but more probably ours was a craft made years
later by other Native Americans and claimed for the school
when it was built in 1938 or 1939.
I've never found any solid info about that memorable boat
next to the flagpole.
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
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>>From: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
Last night (10/24/18) we went to see 'The First Man', a movie
about Neil Armstrong. I had expected something along the
lines of 'The Right Stuff' and 'Apollo 13', but it was a huge
disappointment. When we left the theater we were all trying
to remember events and people who were involved in the time
frame of the movie. Nothing was very clear and people were
not identified who were instrumental to that time in
history. It should have been a great movie about a very
eventful decade, but it is sorely lacking. I don't recommend
it and we should have realized it when we were the only four
people in the theater. I kept waiting for it to get better,
but it didn't happen. There are some great scenes, but very
few and it's too long. Anyone who was not alive during this
time would not have learned anything and would have left
still in the dark about the events and people the movie was
supposedly about.
-Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63) ~ in gloomy Richland
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>>From: Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64)
To: Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
Yes, I remember that boat very well. I remember us going and
sitting next to the boat and talk about Sacajawea and it
being her boat. This wasn't just a one time event... we went
there several times. I remember telling others about how that
was the boat even after being out of school. It's kind of
like sitting on the steps of the old high school and dreaming
about when it was the 'real' high school back in the day. It
would be fun to know more about the boat, but then, it could
spoil our wanting to have it be Sacajawea's.
-Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) ~ Kennewick
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Bombers and the Law
When this Bomber-babe-s daughter was the Mayor of Wasilla,
Alaska, she sprung for the town's first radar detector...
Now it's known that some of us '65ers area little hard on the
peddle and I'm thinking he was roaring around the town in his
then '40 Ford two door... varooooooom would be the sound as
he blasted past the new gadget... yup, Jimmy HEIDLEBAUGH
('65) was nailed... now I saw the B-day babe sometime
later... she confessed she may have been the second ticket...
It was great to see her in Richland recently for her 60 year
reunion! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Sally SHEERAN ('58) on your special
day, October 26, 2018!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Mac QUINLAN ('62), Jeanie WALSH ('63)
Jim ARMSTRONG ('63), Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Susie DILL ('64), David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Terry CHRISTENSEN ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Alex CLARK ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Shawn SCHUCHART ('78)
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[Inadvertently snipped Linda's last name yesterday.
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>>From: Mac QUINLAN ('62)
Re: Anyone Know
I am trying to locate Linda MORGAN ('62). Does anyone
have her email address or know how I can contact her?
I'd appreciate any help I can get.
-Mac QUINLAN ('62)
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>>From: Barbra Williamson, aka Jeanie WALSH (GMC of '63)
Re: Bomber Luncheon
Hey SoCal Bombers...
How about a luncheon somewhere near Los Angeles?
Any Bomber interested in getting together send me an email
and I will coordinate:
Email me.
Bomber cheers
-Jeanie WALSH Williamson (Gold Medal Class of '63)
Living the dream in Simi Valley, Ca
Next to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
Re: Important Question!
The 1st McDonalds drive up was in 1975. Didn't Bys Burgers
have one in the '50s?
Hungry Bombers want to know!
Fast Food Regards,
Pitts(63)
-Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: What happened to the Post Office?!?!?!?!?!
I was in Richland today and needed to mail four letters,
two needed stamps so I couldn't just drop them in a mailbox.
Drove past the Federal Bldg and turned around in their
parking lot so I would be on the right side. Drove by the
front where there used to be parking, (I don't know maybe
they are worried someone might blow up the building), but
there was space right at the corner near the Post Office for
maybe two cars. Parked and went in the door. Where is the
Post Office? Just a bunch of mail boxes on the wall and an
empty room where the counter used to be. Finally found it. It
is in the old Safeway building!!! Lady there said they moved
about two years ago. Do I need to buy some sort of guide to
get around my old home town??? Even though it is only about
14 miles away!!!
I do also remember coming back to Richland from WSU Pullman
in about 1967 for a week-end, ride sharing with other
Bombers, and driving in on GWWay past the old-old post office
and everyone of was saying, "What happened to the Post
Office?" I think we all assumed they had torn it down, but
found out at the 10th Reunion of the Class of '64 that it had
been moved to the other side of the bypass and turned into
the Knights of Columbus Hall, which is where that reunion was
held. It had been modified so much that I didn't recognize
it, and if during the program they hadn't told us so, I still
wouldn't know.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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>>From: Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
To: Jim RUSSELL ('58)
Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Carol CONVERSE Maurer ('64)
Thank you all for your insights on the Lewis & Clark canoe.
Sounds like we may never know the true story. The last I
remember was that the canoe was sadly left to rot and crumble
in front of the school - don't know whatever happened to it.
It's probably more nostalgic to remember it as we all do and
enjoy the mysterious aura of it.
-Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: trademarks
So a great deal of time has passed since I left our little
town in 1966. I left the morning after the class of '66
graduation and didn't return home till my 20 year reunion. I
am often asked "remember this" "Remember that" truth is that
Richland, in many ways, remains frozen in time in my little
pea brain "as it was between 1946 and 1966. We got two guys
who will always be linked with items they had (and one still
has) back inna day... One a beige and "copper" '56 Chevie
two door hardtop and the other, a rather vintage Letterman's
sweater... ahhhhhhhhhh the good old days... HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Terry CHRISTENSEN ('61) and Alex CLARK ('65) on your special
day, October 27, 2018!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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-David RIVERS ('65)
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8 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick WIGHT ('52), Curt DONAHUE ('53)
Judi PEARSON ('54), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Steve CARSON ('58), Helen CROSS ('62)
Peter TURPING ('70), Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Anna May WANN ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Paul PHILLIPS ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Paula BERGAM ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judy CORDER ('66)
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>>From: Dick WIGHT ('52)
Re: Columbia High agriculture program
There are no doubt lots of younger Bombers who didn't know
Columbia High had an active agriculture program for quite a
few years. Any alumni out there who were ag students? After
being away from Richland for over 60 years, I moved back here
in '14 and live in north Richland just west of Hanford High.
My recollection is that the Col High school farm - perhaps
120 acres or so - was on the land now occupied by Hanford
High and the WSU Tri Cities campus.
The program started in 1950. A WSU grad named Evans was hired
as the teacher, and a resident caretaker lived on the farm. I
was a "charter member" and remember Richard GIBSON ('51) and
George BRUNSTEAD ('52) as two of the dozen or so of us in
that first class. We raised pigs and also had a flock of
sheep given to us by the AEC. Our sheep were apparently a
"control flock" for others on which radiation experimentation
was being conducted.
Each of us had the opportunity to farm 5-acre plots as
individual enterprises. I tried raising registered seed stock
alfalfa on 2 of the plots, with only moderate success. I also
raised 2 Hereford steers and did well financially on them.
We students bought shares in the collective enterprise, and
I had two shares purchased for $35.00 each (a huge sum in
1950! - no doubt subsidized by my parents!). I never redeemed
mine, and many years later (early 1970s?) was contacted by
the school district. I could redeem them or donate them to a
WSU scholarship fund. I chose the latter, and later heard
rumors that the shares had quite a bit more value than they
had in 1950! Anyone else recall anything on this subject?
In casual conversations with Hanford High students, I
sometimes let them know that their school is built on top of
Columbia (Richland) High cattle manure. Ha!
-Dick WIGHT ('52) ~ in sunny Richland
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>>From: Curt DONAHUE ('53)
To: Jim ARMSTRONG ('63)
Yes, By's Burgers was going strong in the fifties. On Friday
night after a ballgame you could hardly get a car into the
lot to get a burger. Inside was standing room only if you
were strong enough to keep from being crushed by the mob.
It was a great place to be on those football and basketball
nights.
-Curt DONAHUE ('53) ~ Kennewick (Yup. Moved again!)
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>>From: Judi PEARSON Parker ('54)
Re: By's Burgers
http://richlandbombers.com/HOs-ThruTheYears.html
Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63) asked about By's in the '50s.
It was THE place to be after the "Sock Hops" following the
football or basketball games on Friday nights or after
Hi-Spot on Wednesday and Saturday nights.
http://richlandbombers.com/HiSpot/00.html
Marilyn RICHEY ('53-RIP) was often cooking making 'Sweeney
Burgers" or the best grilled ham and cheese sandwiches. We
would drive around in circles to see who was there and who
was with who. Straight out of "American Graffiti". Part of
the great memories growing up in Richland during the '50s.
[Recipe for By's Burger Relish in the 6/17/00
Alumni Sandstorm by Marilyn RICHEY ('53-RIP):
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Recipes/RecBYs.htm
Marilyn died in 2004. -Maren]
-Judi PEARSON Parker ('54)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
To: Jim ARMSTRONG ('63)
Not too sure if By's had a drive-up window. There was a
window, but that was for the use of the car hops.
Now to the important reason for this entry. An older Bomber
Babe of my acquaintance is celebrating a birthday today. That
is probably going to interfere with either her golf game or
watching the Seahawks on TV. It depends on the weather. Plus.
She may devote at least 15 minutes a week keeping the books
for Club 40.
A deep flourish of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy
Birthday!" to Ann Thompson, aka Anna May WANN ('49). As a
pointy eared science fiction character would say: "Live
long and prosper."
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
the monsoon weather may extend to All Hallows Eve.
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>>From: Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
By's Burgers was a pull in and park with car side service as
I recall. Seem to remember wait staff on roller skates but
that may be somewhere else. Remember "cruising" uptown to
Bys in Downtown then repeat. [thre were three different
happy face icons that do not appear in the "plain test"
Alumni Sandstorm. -Maren]
-Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Montreal was cold (32 and below), but beautiful
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Cro/181028-Montreal.jpg
I just got back from a fun week just north of Montreal,
Canada visiting some Dutch friends I met when I was an
exchange student (August '62 to August '63) in Holland.
They immigrated to Canada in the 1990s to be closer to
their daughter and 5 grandchildren.
I felt like I had returned to Holland, as this couple lives a
very Dutch life in their food particularly. I had forgotten
how good cheese and apples or grapes could be for dessert.
I also got to know their daughter as an adult, not the
toddler I babysat for when I lived in Holland.
It was great fun to be able to return back into that fun time
for a week.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ back by the house by the little
lake in Indiana where it's in the 40s and 50's, so
much warmer, and raining cats and dogs
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>>From: Peter TURPING ('70)
Re: Tri-City Herald
I did my annual dance with the Tri-City Herald to subscribe
for another year of the paper as I still like a newspaper
to lay out while eating breakfast. Maybe I'll eventually
transition to the electronic version. So the new rate on my
invoice was $332.80, up $26 from last year. I called and
talked with Nick at the customer service number. With Nick
being a female and having a heavy accent I was pretty sure
that was not her real name. She was very nice though and
tried to explain that the new pricing was due to increased
printing and delivery costs. It was evident she was reading
this from a script. I let her know I wanted to pay what
I did last year and she excused herself to go talk with a
supervisor. She came back and said she was able to honor last
year's rate of $306.80. Then I went on to my father-in-law's
account that was also up for renewal. His statement showed a
new rate of $369.20. I questioned why his rate was different
as he lives two miles away and like us has been a long
term customer. No real answer to that but I asked for the
same rate we were getting and she came back with $312. I
communicated I really thought his rate should be the same
rate that we were paying. She again went to the supervisor
and came back saying they could meet the same rate. I'm not
sure I got the best rate but sure I was sure entertained by
the interaction.
Re: Tri-Cities Prep
Tri-Cities Prep is the Catholic High School in the Tri-Cities
and is located off of Road 100 in Pasco. It is an excellent
school and is truly a preparatory school as 97% of the
students go on to college. I served on the board for a number
of years and still hold ties to the school. The current
chairman of the board is Kevin GHIRARDO ('78) and he has the
last of his children going there and had many more before
her. Their football team is currently 8-0 and heading to the
playoffs. They had a narrow win earlier this year against
St. Bernard's out of California, a nationally ranked team for
their size. Their sideline doctor is Rich JACOBS ('75) and
his wife Lisa is president of the school. It is really fun
football to watch. They play most of their home games at
Chiawana High School in Pasco.
-Peter TURPING ('70)
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: Wazoo
Wahoo go WSU!!!! Only one of my big three that won this
weekend. Now if Texas loses to OK State I'll be more than
happy. [Longhorns lost 38-35 -Maren] Texas Tech and the Dawgs
let me down!!!
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in sunny warm Plano, TX where we'll be in
the 80s today.
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/29/18
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8 Bombers sent stuff:
Allan AVERY ('54), Ann BISHOP ('56)
Steve CARSON ('58), Donna NELSON ('63)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64), Terry DAVIS ('65)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66), Gary TURNER ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim DAUGHERTY ('70)
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>>From: Allan AVERY ('54)
Re: SANDSTORM TODAY OCT 28
Maren, and HI to Y'all, Col Hi and RHS Classmates before,
with, and after me in 1954,
I really enjoyed Today's (10/28) "Issue." With things like
By's Burgers; the Col Hi Ag program- which I had forgotten-
thanks for the re-set; the TC Herald; and the WSU Cougars
(WSC in my day). Thanks to you all. But first some other
Thank Yous long overdue from me. All of you classmates- and
no doubt many family members- who did all the work to put on
the 2018 Club 40 Reunion. My 64 year. Provided I'm still on
my feet, I'll see you at my 65 year, to thank you again.
And our Treasurer Ann Thompson, aka Anna May WANN ('49). I
suspect you spend a good deal more than 15 minutes on it. Big
Thanks. Maybe in this probabilistic world we'll run across
one another over here on the wet side before we're gone, so I
can Thank You in person. And Maren once again. What you are
doing for us would Pay much better in the Private Sector.
We'd better Thank Our Lucky Stars for You! Wait, by the way.
How much time does it take you to put in those many lines of
!!! ? ?? Oh, of course, just one click? Bac to those several
topics. By's (Burgers). We just knew it as By's. Oh what
memories! The Col Hi Social Headquarters, along with Hi-Spot.
Related to them. I think that, because we'd almost all come
from somewhere else and thus began making new friends all
at the same time, our various "venues" may have been less
"cliquish" than other communities. Not to say we didn't start
with a normal wide range of personal sense of inclusion and
confidence. (Including my own maybe over-compensation, for
some self-doubt I wasn't aware of; and maybe have used as
an excuse for less committed effort on things I was truly
interested in, later on.) But with all the "normal" teenage
self-identity issues, it seems to me that we had a definite,
unusual, sense of "togetherness;" from Marcus Whitman and
all, through to (and now beyond) Col-Hi. Wow. All that
speculation around By's Burgers?
On to the TriCity Herald. I'd love to be able to read it. But
I'm so far under water with my three daily Papers (Seattle,
Tacoma and NY Times); eight science and public affairs
journals, and plus the obligatory Smithsonian and NGS Mags.
Plus Bob JOHNSON's ('54) (really Good- True) Essential
Reading List; and then Larry "Sonny" MURPHY's ('54)
nominations from his personal Library. Hey, matter of fact,
if anyone would like anything from my piles of unread or
partially read Issues referenced above, Let Me Know. I'll
identify them individually and give you links and/or mailed
copies. Really. One really good periodical is titled "Issues
In Science and Technology." By a consortium of Arizona State
U, U Texas Dallas, and all of the National Academies of
Sciences, Technology, and Medicine. Outstanding content of
The New, and debate of it all. It's accessible even with my
very modest knowledge. But the TC Herald? All the Newspapers
these days are struggling to survive financially. And they
are- we need to accept this, it's their Role- our lifeline to
the most reliable of factual public report. However less than
always perfect. Let's support them so far as we're Able to
pay. [Happy Face shows as two question marks in the "plain
text" Alumni Sandstorm. -Maren]
Those Pullman cougars? I'm more a Baseball fan. Hey! It's NOT
too Pokey. There's drama on every pitch. Well, more sometimes
than others. But I Do read the sports section when any Cougs
are in the limelight like now.
Hm. What else did I want to say. I'll sit here a minute and
see if I can remember. These Golden Years! Maybe I should
have foreseen this better. It's now minutes later, and I
close my rambling for now. Bravo to You All. (The Y'all at
the beginning is from the dozen years Merry and I spent
commuting seasonally to our terminally cute little house on
Gulf Coast Florida-Clearwater Beach- the funnest time of our
lives- burning up the Nestegg before we panicked back up here
in 2010 to save some of it.)
-Allan AVERY ('54)
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>>From: Sara Ousley, aka Ann BISHOP ('56)
Guess I didn't get the Sandstorm questioning By's Burgers.
Yes, they DID have a drive up window. Some of my friends and
I used it at lunch once in awhile. Of course, Wanda DAVIDSON
('56) and I "cruised" a few times as well!
-Sara Ousley, aka Ann BISHOP ('56) ~ SOON to be moving to
Texarkana, TX ('bout 15 miles or so)
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>>From: Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
The Ag farm was South of the drive in.
-Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
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>>From: Donna NELSON ('63)
My dad took our family to By's Burgers on a Fri night and we
went in and sat in a booth. It was a night Mom didn't have to
cook and a treat for all of us and where I developed my love
for hamburgers. The chocolate malted milkshakes were so thick
we needed a spoon!!
-Donna NELSON ('63)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: Hints/Knowledge from MyComputerWorks.com
Some Of MCW's Most Helpful Blogs
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/MCW/181027_Helpful_Blogs.htm
Go to the Archives page for a list of all tips.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/MCW/00_MCW_archive.htm
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 71°F at midnight
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>>From: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Great game against Hanford the other night. That school up by
the river there has gotten good while we've been watching.
They ain't no easy foe no mo. They're pounding at the gates.
I mean, it was close, AND it seemed like they had more fans
over there on their side.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Dav/181029_Other_Side.jpg
Sat up top by the stairway closest the school with Terry
JONES (' 64), Ray STEIN ('64), and Gaynor DAWSON ('65).
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Dav/181029_Ray-Gaynor.jpg
And a real nice fella named Dan HAGGARD from the class of 7.
So... there we were...
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Dav/181029_Dick-TDK-Ray.jpg
I sent you a picture.
I'd forgotten what it was like, watching from up there.
Simply forgotten.
But then I began noticing the gathering groups of people
camping on blankets there on the grassy hillside there
alongside the bleachers, that hillside as you come down from
the gate closest the school and walk towards the bleachers.
By the 2nd quarter it was packed with families--little kids
running up and down the hill, and junior high-age kids down
along the fence at the warning track throwing a snurf
football back and forth.
THAT'S what I remembered about Bomber games as a kid: the
happy mischief of scrambling around on that hill and under
the bleachers, gleeful in my ignorance of the actual game
being played down on the field. And sneaking in.
Yeah, it was a good game, and we won. And from where we were
sitting up at the top of the bleachers beside the grassy
hill, I could see it all.
-Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: High School Football ~ TC Herald
KEY READ LEADS TO LONG TD AS RICHLAND HOLDS OFF
HANFORD IN MCC FOOTBALL
By Jeff Morrow
GO, BOMBERS!
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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>>From: Gary TURNER ('71)
Re: TriCity Herald
Last week I renewed my electronic delivery only TCH
subscription for a year for $99. Living in Portland, it is
my only option, but it is also the option I use for my local
paper, The Oregonian. Being a set-in-my-ways old fogie, I was
initially resistant to the idea of not having a full size
print paper. It didn't take me long to realize that reading
the paper on my iPad is much easier and more convenient,
especially if I happen to be in a coffee shop or other public
setting. The daily paper comes as a replica, so I am looking
at the same page I would get if it were in print, but can
enlarge a particular article... definitely a blessing for my
66 year old eyes!
Since we have all been very critical (deservedly so) of the
TCH, it is only fair to give them kudos for their recent
addition of a local sports column a couple of times per week
written by long time sports editor Jeff Morrow. He previews
upcoming high school games and gives updates on local
athletes who have gone on to college and other locally
focused highlights... a very nice improvement to their local
sports coverage.
Of course, the extremely early publishing time means we still
wait two days to get nightly scores, but at least they are
making some improvement.
-Gary TURNER ('71)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/30/18
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
David RIVERS ('65)
Vicki OWENS ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Karen COLE ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Betty PYLE ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ray STEIN ('64)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
All this talk of By's Burgers could make one hungry. Except
there aren't too many independent burger joints around. The
ones that are could fall into the "fast food" category, but
your order wouldn't be ready when drive up to the window
after telling the whatever what you wanted. And, with some
of those "fast food" places, you might wonder what's in the
burger. I remember going to a place called Whimpy's in
London, England, and getting a burger that was made with
"mystery meat". That was in the mid fifties. And as Sonny
once said: "The beat goes on."
Regardless; today we celebrate the birthday of a Bomber Babe
whom I remember from school. We weren't in the same grade,
and I'm not sure if we were ever in the same classroom at the
same time. She is sorta in the middle of a large group of
sisters. There is one brother, but I think he is at the end
of the line. They may all chime in with their own wishes on
this date.
Ergo, a deep flourish of the ol' propeller beanie and a
"Happy Birthday!" to Karen COLE ('55) on this special day.
Just remember that Nine Mile Falls is not Richland, so tone
it down.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
we do have our very own burger joint called "Burger
Time". Good burgers and good shakes.
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: "numbuh ten"
The b-day Bombers have something in common that would not
ordinarily be associated with either of them... I am fairly
certain that when the Bomber-babe's younger brother ('66)
felt the hit, loss of power and the horrible sensation of
his chopper falling under him, he uttered some thing stronger
than "numbuh ten!"... but I always like to give guys the
benefit of the doubt when it comes to strong language... he
never reads the Sandstorm but his B-day Bomber-babe sis does
so I am sure he'll get the message... the "other" number 10
carries much more happy connotations as we all swarmed to
watch him and his good Buddy Number 32 ('63) storm the
court... what great memories... we were able to relive them
a bit last month at the Court of Dreams dedication in Jim's
honor... but today it's b-days I'm celebratin' so HAPPY
BIRTHDAY Karen COLE ('55) and Ray "Number 10" STEIN ('64) on
your special day, October 30, 2018!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Vicki OWENS ('72)
Reading our Bomber "elders'" accounts of cruising By's
Burgers in the Col-Hi years brought back many fun memories of
tooling Zip's. Gas was a lot cheaper in the early seventies,
so tooling was a big part of our teen years. Funny enough I
don't ever remember eating a Zip's burger! I do remember
tooling Zip's to see who was there and to wave and smile at
those we knew (and duck from those we were avoiding!). The
next stop was usually PayLess parking lot across the street
for the same purpose. If we found friends gathering, we'd
park to enjoy one another's company. Sweet, simple times!
So, fast forward. Last week I was on duty travel in Kerman,
Iran. After office hours my driver thought I should visit the
bazaar, experience local, rosewater-flavored ice cream, and
generally get a taste of the town. It felt somehow familiar
that he included a couple of stretches of "dor dor". In the
Persian language "dor" means "turn", so "dor dor" means to
drive down one of the downtown boulevards along upscale
shops, make a u-turn and drive down the other side, before
making another u-turn. Turn and turn equals dor dor. It seems
there are a lot more similarities than differences between
people in this world of ours!
-Vicki OWENS ('72) ~ visiting Tehran, Iran
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/31/18 ~ HAPPY HALLOWEEN
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8 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick WIGHT ('52), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Karen COLE ('55), Rich BAKER ('58)
Earl BENNETT ('63), David RIVERS ('65)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66), Rick MADDY ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rex DAVIS ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carol HARSHMAN ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Peggy SUNDBERG (?67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Phil COLLINS ('67)
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>>From: Dick WIGHT ('52)
Re: Tri Cities and retirement
Yesterday I read an on-line article prepared by Kiplinger
Magazine that named their selection of the best retirement
communities in each state. The pick in Washington was
Kennewick (Tri-Cities) and acknowledged that Pasco and
Richland are included in the selection. The population of the
community was listed as 245,000, which must include adjacent
unincorporated areas, West Richland et al. Riverfront parks
and trails, recreation on the Columbia, Snake and Yakima
Rivers, lots of wineries, affordable homes were among
attributes listed.
I agree! We moved back here 4 years ago and have enjoyed the
community immensely! What a difference from the 1950s!
-Dick WIGHT ('52) ~ soaking up the Tri-Cities sunshine on a
crisp fall morning
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Let's get right down to it. Today is the birthday of one
of the older Bombers I know. He was long gone before I got
there. Up to the wilds of the Palouse, I think. Didn't meet
him until Club 40. His impact on a younger generation of
Bombers as a coach and teacher speaks well for him. Besides
that, he's a nice guy.
A tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!" to
Rex DAVIS ('49). Don't scare too many people today.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
weather guessers are saying that it might be a soggy
Halloween.
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>>From: Karen COLE Correll ('55)
Re: Birthday wishes
Thank you Bob Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) and David
RIVERS ('65) for the kind birthday wishes, they were much
appreciated. As to Nine Mile Falls, WA it's a pretty exciting
town. Our post office opens at 9am and closes at 11am for
lunch, our annual moose has visited in the neighborhood, and
an ice cream social was held this summer. It's a great place
to live, especially now that we have sister Jackie ('63) and
brother-in-law Bill ('64) across the lake.
Thanks again,
-Karen COLE Correll ('55)
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>>From: Rich BAKER ('58)
Re: By's Burgers Question
Maren, I got in a little late on the By's Burgers discussions.
I believe By's Burgers was originally located in Kennewick.
It seems to me I can remember my Dad driving to Kennewick to
get us a By's burger. I don't want to mention this if someone
has already talked about it in the Sandstorm.
Hope all is well,
-Rich BAKER ('58)
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>>From: Earl BENNETT ('63)
Re: Dr. Vicki OWENS ('72) on "dor-dor" in 10/30/18 issue:
The operative phrase in my era ('60-'63) was "Tool Zip's, go
to A&W." That was when A&W still had the burger family, and,
of course, my favorite was the Teen Burger because of the
bacon. However, on occasion I did partake of Zip's offerings,
most notably the "salad burger." It was essentially a
hamburger with coleslaw on it. It could be really messy if
you weren't careful - I think occasionally an employee might
have used too much of some fluid ingredient and it would drip
all over everything. Pity the auto shop hot rod customizers;
but at least Naugahyde cleans up fairly easily.
Regards, ecb3 - from seasonably cool and sunny
central Virginia with fall colors abounding.
-Earl BENNETT ('63)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: and the winner is...
It's the ol' Tooter commin' atcha with stacks a wax and
pounds a sounds... now it dawns on me that some may never
have heard that on the old radio... many have never listened
to am radio and the sole medium of the day... I get in the
rockin' mood every time I hear the Fabulous Wailers playing
Tall Cool One on '50s on 5... Of course I'd blow a tube
(nuther radio term) if I ever heard them play the real Louie
Louie! Ah but we must settle for the version from the band
that didn't know the words from Across the Columbia in
Oreeeegone... but then that's on '60s on 6... The other night
while listening to Alex Ward's show "Pink n Black Days"
taking it's name from Narvel's song of that name and I
heard a song called "Thank You Buddy" I forgot to note the
singers' names and contacted Alex... He was nice enough to
let me know and to let me know the show would re-air on
November 1st... so check it out... Alex is on face book if
you are interested... I'll put the song thingie at the end of
this post... But today it's Birthdays... we got the King of
the Reunion "crashers", though he is always a welcome
guest... He taught many of us and if I recall '62 was the
first class to be in his tutelage... (way before '62 tho)..I
am proud to consider him a good friend... we also got A kid
I ran with from the time I moved to Jason Lee, though didn't
really spend a lotta time till Chief Jo, as he was a CtK dude
and a fellow Marine... then we got my new friend from Face
book also celebrating... what a gang... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Rex
DAVIS ('49), Bobbie MATTSON ('64-RIP) and Phil COLLINS ('67)
on your special day, October 31, 2018, Nevada Day!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thank You Buddy
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Nicole FILKOWSKI Anderson ('93) ~ 11/3/18
Dancing with the Tri-City Stars
Unfortunately Nicole is unable to participate on Saturday.
She will be having unexpected eye surgery this week that MUST
be done, so her dancing career will be put on hold. "She is
so, so, so bummed. Those who were planning to attend, she is
sorry to disappoint and thanks you for always supporting
her.
Dancing with Tri-City Stars POSTER
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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>>From: Rick MADDY ('67)
Re: UH-OH
I don't do the birthday wishes that often. I don't recall the
last one. Nevertheless, this one is different. This birthday
is for the big Seven Ohhhh. 70. Who woulda thunk that?
Yep, a Halloween day birthday for my friend since 8th grade,
Phil "Not That Phil Collins" COLLINS ('67).
Tenth grade... this meant Phil was now a licensed driver
and more important, he had a car. '52 Ford flathead 8, if
I recall correctly. Black. I don't recall ever noting it
as a bedroom on wheels. I left that note for my parents'
generation before me. This automobile was more like a one
wheel drive girl chasing slash off road slash tavern slash
ammo & gun toting type of vehicle. Chasing girls around the
Tri-Cities, jackrabbit or rat hunting in the desert or dumps
and now and then getting a few bottles of whatever, however.
Lucky store in Pasco comes to mind. Not sure why. THEE CAR
and the reason behind one of Phil's greatest lines at the gas
stations. "Check the gas and fill it with oil."
I had ripped a boys bathroom door off its hinges at
Carmichael during the eighth grade year and Phil was curious
who this 'tough' guy was. We finally did meet after my
several days of suspension. Phil in the 8th grade could bench
press a lot of pounds. His older brothers Dale and Frank
"Sonny" COLLINS, both Col-Hi grads and about fifteen years
older than us were both weight lifters. Hence, little bro was
going the same route. When we did first meet in the halls of
Carmichael, the first thing Phil did was start laughing. And
forever since when we get together we have never stopped the
laughing.
Instant friendships. Coupled with Alton SPENCER ('67-RIP),
the James DEAN of this bunch; a great street fighter and the
girls loved him, oh my, and we still miss him immensely. Ken
WEBB ('67), the one with a brain and still has it. We all
finished high school after several years of fun loving
mischief and... well, a lot of mischief. Some of it actually
cringe worthy.
THEN, fresh meat for President Johnson, right out of high
school, in a very bold move, Phil and I join the Marine Corps
during this non-war named Vietnam place that was probably on
a map somewhere. Didn't matter where or why, a war or not.
We had talked about joining up from day one as children at
the beginning of our friendship. Our fathers had been WWII
Marines. We did not want to be grabbed by the Army. College?
I loathed the high school dysfunctional enterprise...
reading, riting, rithmatic. School's out. Forever. Marines
in those days wanted to know one thing. Q; Can you pull a
trigger? A: Uhhhh, yes. Matter of fact, my father taught me.
I was ten. And I really had no idea what I wanted anyway
other than getting out of town for some adventure. Did not
want to spend five years in a pen for not showing up for the
draft... are they serious!?! Or go to Canada. Too cold. And,
trust me, the adventure did happen. Collins and I were in.
Let's do it. 'Be careful what you wish for' is a true
statement! 1968 Vietnam was wicked.
High school graduation. I then turn eighteen on June 24,
1967. First day of boot camp, July 31 and on the "Buddy
System." And since Collins' last name starts with a C and
mine an M, we never talked again until around 1970 or so.
Welcome to the Marine Corps. Now, the kicker here is when I
was married, Phil wasn't. Then when I wasn't married, Phil
was. We both believe if we had both been single at the same
time we would probably still be living at the big house in
Walla Walla. *DNH - did not happen.
We still talk now and then. I will call him today (31st). We
will have a couple of laughs and go back to our lives. Phil
is married with grandchildren and living the dream around his
wild four-legged type furry Washington state creatures that
surround his two homes at the lake south of Spokane... and
rattlers too. I have been divorced (twice from the same
woman) for twenty-four years now and living the dream here in
SoCal. One granddaughter. I am at my best when alone. Not bad
for a couple old guys that rule nothing and thought they
would not see twenty.
Love you my brother. Happy Birthday and Semper Fidelis. Give
my love to Lois and the family.
-Rick MADDY ('67) ~ Huntington Beach, CA
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