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Richland Bombers Calendar website
Funeral Notices website
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/01/19
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Stephanie DAWSON ('60), Duane LEE ('63)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64), Jerry LEWIS ('73)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Elwin "Gene" BOYLE ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Charlie BURKE ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Suzie O'MALLEY ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Anna DURBIN ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat HAMMOND ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patricia INGHRAM ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sheri LUKINS ('75)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Deana SHIPMAN ('77)
Richland Bombers on Facebook
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From: Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
To: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Correction
Re: 1958 Hoops CHAMPS Victory Celebration at Camp Hanford
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/190228_00.htm
Loved seeing the program from the Camp Hanford victory
banquet. The 1958 tournament was the one year that my dad and
mom, Grover and Margaret Dawson, did not go to State. They
were huge supporters of Col-Hi sports and always helped the
coaches drive the team to Seattle for the 4-day tourney. In
early 1958 we moved to a new house and they were very busy
with that, so they skipped going. I went with Judy BOWEN Pies
('60-RIP) and felt terrible that the year we won it all was
the one year that my folks did not go. I see on the program
that my dad attended the banquet.
Don says the program was donated by Lee Edgar's daughter
Karen Miles NAB. Correction! Karen EDGAR Miles was in the
class of '60.
Thanks to Don for all the great entries and, of course, to
Maren for her dedication!
-Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
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>>From: Duane LEE ('63)
Re: 1958 Hoops CHAMPS Victory Celebration at Camp Hanford
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/190228_00.htm
A Mrs. C.W. Brown was listed on the third page. Was C.W.
married in high school?
-Duane LEE ('63) ~ Richland
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2019 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
TOMORROW (Saturday) is the Ceremonial start of Iditarod 47
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Iditarod 47 ~ 52 teams in 2019
The mushers have all drawn numbers from the official muckluck
for their starting position.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Idit/26-Mukluk.jpg
This year there are five (count 'em 5) former Iditarod
Champions, there are four who have come in #2... 17 women...
35 men... 9 rookies... the rest veterans.
For the ceremonial start in Anchorage, that's all about photo
ops and fun for the IditaRiders. The "real" race begins on
Sunday from Willow, AK. Starting positions remain the same on
Saturday as on Sunday. IditaRiders get to ride in the sled
with the musher for the first 11 miles to the Campbell Air
Strip. All teams then get to Willow by car for the "real"
start of the race.
It takes a couple of hours for all teams to get on the trail
as they depart in two minute intervals on both Saturday and
Sunday. These departure times "even out" after the mandatory
24 hour rest. In other words: The LAST team to depart Willow
can depart after resting 24 hours... the second to last team
to leave Willow has to wait 24 hours AND TWO MINUTES before
departing after their 24 hour rest. It's all very precise
and designed so that nobody has an advantage. The first team
to depart Willow has to wait 24 hours and [52 teams by 2
minutes] or 24 hours and 104 minutes. See how that "evens
out?
Position #1 is an honorary position and ONLY goes from
Anchorage to the Campbell Air Strip on Saturday.
Stay tuned...
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 66° at 3am
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>>From: Jerry LEWIS ('73)
Re: 1958 Hoops CHAMPS Victory Celebration at Camp Hanford
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/190228_00.htm
Fran Rish's last name is misspelled, both for him and his
wife as "Rich" in the program scanned and posted by Don
Sorenson (NAB).
-Jerry LEWIS ('73)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/02/19
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6 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Judi PEARSON ('54), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Dwain MEFFORD ('56), John ADKINS ('62)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66), Jim DAUGHERTY ('70)
Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Debbie HOLDEN ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John ADKINS ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Edye ISAACS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pam DYKEMAN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Roger TRUE ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Stan KAVECKIS ('67)
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>>From: Judi PEARSON Parker ('54)
Re: Robbie GELDNER Mulvehill ('54-RIP)
I just found out that a dear friend, Robbie, has passed away.
Robbie moved back to Minnesota after graduation but we were
able to see her a few times after that. The only time she
came back to Richland was for our 45 year class reunion. 34
years ago we (Marilyn RICHEY ('53-RIP), Betty RUSSELL Kent
('54), Judie HOFF Buxton ('54), Judy ALLEN Brothers ('54),
Janet HETZEL Jacobsen ('54) and I went to Minnesota to see
Robbie. We had a great time reliving memories, a trip we all
treasure. Go in peace, Dear Robbie.
-Judi PEARSON Parker ('54)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
If the weather guessers are anywhere near correct, it should
be a pleasant weekend in the Valley, all be it a bit on the
cool side.
But that's not the important stuff. There is a Bomber Babe
having a birthday today. I did, in fact, attend school with
her. That we happened to be in the same grade is mere
coincidence.
Hey, these things happen.
A deep flourish of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy
Birthday!" to Debbie HOLDEN ('54). It goes without saying
that she should... . At any rate, hope to see her at the big
party come this September.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where,
for the moment, the snow is staying in the mountains
and not on the ocean beaches or the valley floor.
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>>From: Dwain MEFFORD ('56)
Re: Iditarod
Maren, Netflix has a new documentary series called "Losers".
Episode 6 is about the Iditarod race. It features people who
you have been writing about for years. Now I see why you get
so excited about it. The series should be called "Winners".
[Yes! I'll be parked at my computer starting
around noon today (central time) watching the
live streaming ceremonial start of the 2019
Iditarod... and won't stray far from my computer
for the next ten days or so. -Maren]
-Dwain MEFFORD ('56)
Sent from my iPad
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>>From: John ADKINS ('62)
Re: Iditarod
I'll take this opportunity to wish all the participants and
their teams well in the great adventure, and wish old John a
Happy Birthday.
-"old John" ADKINS ('62) ~ Richland Finally a day with no new snow
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Bomber basketball
The Richland Bomber boys lost to the Federal Way Eagles on
Thursday. The score at the end of the 1st quarter was
Richland 18-14, at the end of the half it was Federal Way 42-
29, at the end of the third quarter it was Federal Way 67-41
and the final was 81-51 Federal Way.
Congratulations on a well-played game Friday morning at the
Tacoma Dome. Richland beat Kentridge 83-59. Next game is at
8am Saturday morning for a possible 4th place finish.
GO BOMBERS!
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland where our record
of snow for February is over 19".
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>>From: Jim DAUGHERTY ('70)
Re: Tri-City Herald
Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has been passing on
their stories about renewing their subscription to the Tri-
City Herald. I received a renewal notice several weeks ago
and the 13 week rate is $131.30. I have been paying around
$105.00 for 13 weeks after complaining. The one year rate
is $525.20! I stopped by the paper today and asked for the
senior rate, which the lady kind of sarcastically said
"There is no senior rate, but I can give you one year at
$189.50", which I promptly wrote a check for that amount.
She said after one year it would go up to $200.00, which is
still a great price compared to $525.00! People who have been
paying the priced listed on the renewal notice are getting
screwed big time. I do not understand why they just don't
offer the $189.50 on the renewal notices.
-Jim DAUGHERTY ('70)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
To: All Bombers
Re: Buzz
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/190302_00Buzz-105c-56.jpg
A couple months back an obit for Buzz JOCHEN ('51-RIP) was
posted, I had heard of Buzz a couple of years ago. My source
told me he worked in the 100 Areas doing research on slug
failures. Several years ago I interviewed Lou Turner,
Manhattan Project veteran from the MET Lab in Chicago, during
that time he told me he used underwater magnifying glasses to
determine why slugs failed. These visuals were carried out in
the discharge basins but there was a limit to what they could
do in them. Other tools were built increase capabilities,
like one developed to open the failed slugs, it was quite
ingenious. Designing fuel to handle the increased power
levels planned for each reactor was, in so many words,
imperative. C reactor had a larger discharge basin to hold
more fuel and to install more equipment for irradiated fuel
experiments. It was in C reactor this Bomber worked. I've
attached a photo of C reactors basin. When I found it a
couple years ago I sent it to his son who works on site. He
forwarded it to his dad. I always wanted to speak to him
about that time over the glow from the basin, it never came
to pass.
Re: Cool Snow Jobs
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/190302_000.htm
Still going with the snow theme with this entry. The photos
are of F Reactor from 1954, what you see are efforts to
remove a test assembly. Of course its very radioactive hence
the need for the crane and rope the several operators were
using to guide the assembly onto the truck bed. If I was a
betting man the "cooler" end will be pointed at the driver.
You know its too bad there wasn't a bigger push to capture
worker histories from these early radiation workers. There
have been efforts over the years but I'm afraid it started
too late, so much information has been lost that provides
details on how we worked with items like this. I've had a
"few" hot jobs I can say were fun and a few not so much.
Certain circles hearing that think its nuts to be involved
in this industry. To that I reply, there are hazards to many
industrial work places. Ours carries a lot of baggage.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/03/19
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2 Bombers and Don Sorenson (NAB) sent stuff:
Marie RUPPERT ('63)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carol HODGSON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Monique MANGOLD ('80)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steven PIIPPO ('09)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Trevor HAY ('09)
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>>From: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
Re: Bombers 3/3/19
Thanks to Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66), I was able to
follow the Bomber game against Puyallup this morning. When I
checked the brackets last night it had Richland playing at
8PM. I questioned that as the championship game was scheduled
for 9PM and it didn't seem right to have the games overlap.
My Sandstorm wasn't in my box this AM, but I looked up the
online site and read the entries and saw Shirley's post. Then
I brought up Max Preps and there it was! The Bombers won and
placed 4th in the state tournament. That's another thing I
didn't understand as I looked at the bracket schedule I
thought they were playing for 5th. Maybe someone can
enlighten me.
-Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63) ~ in sunny, cold, and snowy Richland
PS Happy birthday 3/2 to John ADKINS ('62)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Bomber Basketball
The Richland boys beat Puyallup at the Tacoma Dome 4A State
Basketball Tournament on Saturday by a score of 74-66 earning
the team 4th place!
Congratulations on a well-played season!
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland where it is 27°
with a wind chill of 15° at 9pm Saturday night
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: RIVERSIDE PARK & HOBO PICNIC
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/190303_00.htm
To: All Bombers
Scenes from the 1954 HOBO picnic in the former Riverside
Park. I have no idea what HOBO stands for perhaps some of the
grads after 1954 recognize parents or grandparents.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/04/19
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Marc LEACH ('63), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
John FLETCHER ('64), Lynn-Marie HATCHER ('68)
Betti AVANT ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ruth PATTY ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Vicki GILL ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancy BISHOP ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim WINGFIELD ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda DEVINE ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rich FLEMING ('73_)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Brad UPTON ('74)
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>>From: Marc LEACH ('63)
Re: RR sign
For Terry DAVIS ('65)
In case you want your own RR sign, forking over a couple
Benjamins might be less risky.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Lea/190304-RR_Sign.jpg
-Marc LEACH ('63)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2019 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
Iditarod 47 ~ 52 teams in 2019
THEY'RE OFF!!
Re: What does it cost to enter the Iditarod?
Conservative estimate of $10,000. MOST mushers have their own
kennel with about 50 dogs... some more... some less... ALL
those dogs have to be fed a special diet.... and there's
booties for the dogs... and harnesses... and sleds... and
mandatory equipment for the sled...
Consider, if you will your dog food cost If you have ONE pet
dog at home and you feed dog food that you buy at the grocery
store.
Re: Number of volunteers
Last year: 1300... This year 1500.
Re: who is racing
There are five former Iditarod Champions... four who have
come in #2... 17 women... 35 men... 9 rookies... the rest
veterans.
To: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
Matt Failor/Bib #17 (starting position) is a HUGE Buckeye
fan. He's from Mansfield, Ohio. This is his 8th race. He
trained with 4-time winner Martin Buser and first ran Buser
pups in 2012. In the 2013 race, Matt requested a pizza in
Unalakleet and a fan sent him a pizza that was waiting at
one of the next CheckPoints... Matt's best finish was #13
in 2018.
Matt has his own kennel now called The 17th Dog
https://www.17th-dog.com/ -- started when they brought 16
dogs to the starting line -- reduced to 14 this year. ANYWAY.
You see he's bib #17? Maybe this is his year. Watch him...
Re: Those I'm watching
~ Jessie Holmes/Bib#5 -- He was Rookie of the year last year
in 7th place.
~ Ramey Smyth/Bib#6 - No. No relation... AND he pronounces it
Smith anyway. Ramey has been #2 in the past... he could
win it all.
~ Pete Kaiser/Bib#9 - Just a feeling about this guy... he's a
consistent top ten finisher
~ Anna Berington/Bib #10 - I just like watching the twins.
They're so pretty.
~ Kristy Berington/Bib#26
~ Jessie Royer/Bib #14 - She's a consist ant top 20 finisher.
Her best finish: 4th in 2015.
~ Linwood Fiedler/Bib#15 - A "senior Citizen who has been
racing the Iditarod since 1989. Best finish: #2 in '01
~ Matt Failor/Bib#17 - See notes about Matt above in text to
Marie RUPPERT ('63)
~ Aliy Zirkle/Bib#19 - Aliy is always a crowd favorite...
often a big smile on her face... interacts with the
crowd and with villagers at all the CheckPoints. Her
best finish: #2 in 2014 (behind Dallas Seavey) and
2015 (Behind Mitch Seavey).
~ Nic Petit/Bib #20 - was Rookie of the year in 2011 when he
started racing the Iditarod. Best finish: #2 last year.
~ Martin Buser/Bib#21 - First Iditarod was 1980 and He was
racing against mushers like Susan Butcher (RIP) and
Rick Swenson (the winningest musher with 5 wins).
Martin has won 4 races. His last win was 2002 when he
set the speed record (8d:22h:46m:02s) that stood for
quite a number of years. Martin is one tough dude. In
2005 about 2 weeks before the race started, he cut his
finger badly with a table saw. He was in so much pain
as the race progressed that he got one of the vets to
cut it off for him at one of the CheckPoints AND KEPT
ON RACING. He knows how to win. Don't count him out.
~ Jeff King/Bib#23 - Another one who knows how to win with 4
wins under his belt, he'd love to tie Rick Swenson's
5 wins...
~ Joar/Bib #28 - He's Joar (pronounced your) something
Norwegian that I can't spell or pronounce. Joar has
been a top finisher ever since he started racing the
Iditarod in 2013 when he earned Rookie of the Year
honors at #7... been in the top ten since the
beginning.
~ Victoria Hardwick/Bib #30 - She's a rookie from Bethel, AK
and basically I'm watching her just because I have a
niece (my brother Tim's ('62) youngest) whose married
name is Hardwick.
~ Mitch Seavey/Bib #32 - Mitch has won three ('04, '13, and
'17) and you know he'd love to get win #4 and match his
son (Dallas), Jeff, Martin, and Lance).
~ Lance Mackey/Bib #44 - the ONLY musher ever to win 4-in-a-
row. Nuff said.
Re: note about Aliy and Jeff in the 2016 race
Aliy Zirkle and Jeff King were running first and second in
the 2016 race when a drunk snowmobiler charged their teams
outside the Nualto CheckPoint (Pop: 359). Aliy's wheel dog,
"Clyde" was injured when hit by the snow machine and he
couldn't continue the race. King's dog "Nash" was killed in
the attack. Aliy finished 3rd and King finished 9th.
Re: Most Current stuff (* on my "watch" list)
At this writing the first teams have departed the Skwentna
Station CheckPoint
OUT OF SKWENTNA (40 miles to Finger Lk - 875 to Nome)
GPS tracker on every sled shows two teams have
departed Skwentna heading for Finger Lake.
1. *Nic Petit/#20
2. Matt Hall/#3 (resting on the trail)
INTO SKWENTNA
Skwentna Pop: 90 - CheckPoint Joe & Norma Delia's
log home, AKA the Post Office. There is a store and
very limited lodging nearby.
~ Leaders due in here around midnight Sunday
Three are resting here
3. *Jessie Holmes/#5 (was the first one in)
4. *Jeff King/#23
5. *Mats Pettersson/#4 (from Sweden)
6. *Anna Berington/#10
7. *Ramey Smyth/#6
INTO YENTNA STATION (mile 53)
Yentna Station Pop: 8 - CheckPoint home of the
Dan & Jean Gabryzack family
Race leaders blew through Yentna Station, but
there are currently several teams there resting.
WILLOW (42 miles to Yentna Sta - 945 to Nome)
Willow Pop: 1,700
ALL teams departed Willow. I watched this streaming
on my laptop Sunday afternoon
CAMPBELL AIRSTRIP (90 min. to Willow by car)
ALL teams departed the Campbell AirStrip via vehicle
and went to Willow for the "real" start of the race
on Sunday.
Stay tuned...
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 44° at 1:30am
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>>From: John FLETCHER ('64)
Re: In the Service - 1968 Tri-City Herald News Brief
Hi Maren, Attached is a copy of a Tri-City Herald news brief
from 1968. Of special note is that Jeffrey DAWSON ('62) was
awarded the Bronze Star.
Also: Steve DENLER ('64), myself, and some Pasco dude.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Fle/190304_1968-Herald.jpg
-John FLETCHER ('64)
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>>From: Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
Re: HOBO
Don Sorenson (NAB) raised the question of the meaning of
"Hobo", which arose from the pictures he posted of the 1954
Hobo Picnic at Riverside (now Howard Amon) Park.
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/190303_00.htm
During the Depression years in particular, the designation
"hobo" was a point of pride for many men. It was said that a
tramp was a man who worked only when he had to, a bum was a
man who didn't work at all. But a hobo was a traveling
worker, who went wherever he could for work, often hitching
rides on freight trains - aka "riding the rails" - to get
from one place with potential work to the next.
Hobo is a contraction of "hoe boy", as many of these
itinerant workers carried their own hoes for doing field
work.
My own father went down into the coal mines of Colorado at
age 13. But for a while in his later teen years, he took a
break from those dangerous mines, and rode the rails as a
hobo himself. Hard-working man, like most of that generation.
-Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
PS - The term Hobo is said to have originally appeared
in vocabulary in the 1890s, first in the Western United
States.
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
To: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
Re: state basketball
Marie--it's too late now but KONA am carried both Richland
boys and Kamiakin girls at state, all of their games and
Chiawana girls game on Wednesday night. I know you can't
watch it that way but at least I had something to listen to.
BTW--the Kamiakin girls took 3rd with like the Bomber boys a
senior-laden team.
Re: All Bomber Lunch
It's time to get together again for the Richland High School
All Bomber Lunch.. Please note our "new" location and time:
When: Saturday, March 9th, 2019
Where: JD Diner Restaurant
3790 West Van Giesen, West Richland
Time: 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Management has requested we use the front/main entrance that
faces Van Giesen, not the side door that faces the parking
lot. That door is only for emergencies.
Please join us for good food, beverages and conversation.
-Betti AVANT ('69)
-Margaret EHRIG Dunn ('61)
-Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/05/19 ~ HAPPY MARDI GRAS!
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6 Bombers, Jackie Mattingly, and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Curt DONAHUE ('53), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Marie RUPPERT ('63), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Jake TATE (66_), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
Jackie Whedbee/Mattingly, Don Sorenson (NAB),
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat O'BRYAN ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: June PERKINS ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tom MATTIS ('66)
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>>From: Curt DONAHUE ('53)
Re: People Who Matter Most That Were Lost
n addition to the fourteen we lost in January, we lost the
following in February: CPL Shane Totty - Police; Agent Donna
Doos - Border Patrol; Officer Lucas Dowell - Police;
Detective Brian Simonsen - Police. May they all rest in
peace, knowing they sacrificed their lives to protect ours.
-Curt DONAHUE ('53) ~ Kennewick where the current temperature
is 11°
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
It would seem that the weather guessers are holding out for
the possibility of snow on the valley floor later in the
week. It is not supposed to last the day. And then there is
"the great time leap forward" (sorry Mao) come this Sunday.
All of this pales in comparison to the celebration of a
Bomber birthday. And, yes, I knew the lad, think we commuted
together from North Richland for a bit. That was before his
kinfolk got moved into town.
A tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!" to
Pat O'BRYAN ('54) is the order of the day. Perhaps we will
see his smiling face come this September. Just hope he makes
it.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
we are hoping the legislature acts fast and abolishes
the time change
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>>From: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
Re: Iditarod
To Maren: I'll be watching Matt Failor #17 in the Iditarod.
Have to support a Buckeye!
Re: Hoops
To: Betti AVANT ('69)
The final championship game in the 4A state basketball
tournament was broadcast locally on the ROOT channel. Mt. Si
couldn't keep up with Gonzaga Prep. The Bullpups play like
a college team. I doubt if our Bombers could have fared any
better than Mt. Si did. I followed the Bomber games on Max
Preps on my computer.
The high school tournament games in Spokane were broadcast on
SWX here, but nothing on the 4A tournament in Tacoma was
shown on any station until the final game.
Re: On another note...
I remember Neva HOUSTON ('58wb-RIP) from my school days
in Benton City. She was the older sister of Bobbie HOUSTON
one of my classmates. All of my friends were in awe of her.
She was gorgeous and very nice to us younger girls.
I attended Kiona-Benton schools until we moved into Richland
half way through the 8th grade. Let me tell you - Carmichael
was a huge change from my school days in Benton City!
-Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63) ~ in 12º Richland
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2019 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
Re: 3/4/19 observations
Every musher I saw on video today was raving about the great
trail and most were letting their dogs rest in the mid-day
sun... all saying it was too hot for the dogs to run...
Re: Early Iditarod days
I lived in Alaska when we used to get just radio coverage of
the race. the morning radio station (there was only one)
would give us Iditarod updates... that was in the days when
Rick Swenson & Susan Butcher (RIP) kinda traded off who
would win the race every year... and they spouted off to
reporters, too... who reported every barb that went back and
forth between the two at every CheckPoint. Those were the
days that started the bumper stickers that read:
"ALASKA! Where men are men and women win the Iditarod"
Re: Dog Booties
Another thing Musher is required to have in the sled 8
booties for each dog. The booties keep the snow from packing
into the pads of their feet which causes problems. Basically
a bootie is just a sock like affair usually with a velcro
strip around the top.. Mushers take all the booties off when
they're resting in a CheckPoint and then bootie Up just before
leaving the CheckPoint. 4 booties x 14 dogs. That's 56
booties off... and 56 on.
I THINK - I'll have to check this - that they are only used
once, so they must ship more to each check point, keep up
with the used, bring them home, wash and re-use them.
Re: Iditarod cost
Yesterday I think I said 10 grand... Friend of mine googled
it and found that Dallas Seavey said that when he won the
race in 2012, he won $50,000 and turned right around ans
spent $57,000 to feed his dogs. Dallas said it costs a
quarter mill to do the Iditarod right.
I just googled and came up with this:
"Iditarod Entry Fee in 2019: $4,000 per musher. Travel Costs:
$1,500. The Iditarod requires the musher to pay for flying
the dogs home from the finish line in Nome, Alaska, along
with themselves, at least one handler, and all the gear. Pre-
race Vet Checks: $350."
Re: Bibs
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Idit/26-Bib_36-in_ANC.jpg
Bib # and starting position number are the same.
Re: Berington twins wearing the 2018 bibs.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Idit/26-twin_Bibs.jpg
Mushers wear their bib for the ceremonial start in
Anchorage... and then for the "real" start in Willow the next
day... THEN I don't know what happens to all the bibs, but
they aren't worn during the race. And - like magic - they
have their bib on again when they cross under the burled
arch in Nome... I'll have to ask somebody how they DO that...
As another way to make money, mushers sign their bib and they
are auctioned off after the race.
Re: Most Current stuff (~~~ means on my "watch" list) I'm
using a combination of the official standings and the GPS
bleeps on the computer screen.
IN NIKOLAI (mile 263)
Nikolai Pop: 125 - Village store, an airstrip & limited
lodging w/advance booking. CheckPoint: Community Hall
It is said the winner is usually in the first 15 teams
to arrive. Leaders due in at about 8am Tuesday.
OUT OF ROHN (75 miles to Nikolai - 735 to Nome)
1.~~~Nic Petit/Bib#20
2.~~~Joar/Bib#28
3.~~~Aliy Zirkle/Bib#19
4. Ryan Redington/Bib#22
5.~~~Jessie (girl) Royer/Bib#14
6. Matt Hall/Bib#3
7.~~~Mitch Seavey/Bib#32
8.~~~Jessie (boy) Holmes/Bib#5
9.~~~Linwood Fiedler/Bib#15
10. Aaron Burmeister/Bib#38
INTO ROHN (mile 188)
Rohn Pop: 0 - actual Rohn Roadhouse is gone,
CheckPoint is a cabin built in the 1930s.
No facilities for visitors.
~ Leaders due in here around 10pm Monday
11. Mats Petterson/Bib#4
12.~~~Pete Kaiser/Bib#9
13. Richie Diehl?Bib#24
OUT OF RAINY PASS (35 miles to Rohn - 810 to Nome)
14. Jason Campeau/Bib#12
15. Travis Beals/Bib#51
16.~~~Anna Berington/Bib#10
17.~~~Kristy Berington/Bib#26
19.~~~Matt Failor/Bib#17
20.~~~Ramey Smyth/Bib#6
INTO RAINY PASS (mile 153)
Rainy Pass Pop: 2 (Steve & Denise Perrins)
Rainy Pass Lodge is open for food, fuel & lodging
throughout the winter.
http://www.theperrinsrainypasslodge.com/
23.~~~Jeff King/Bib#23
28.~~~Martin Buser/Bib#21.
OUT OF FINGER LAKE (30 miles to Rainy Pass - 845 to Nome)
38. ~~~Lance Mackey/Bib #44
INTO FINGER LAKE (mile 123)
Finger Lake Pop: 2 - CheckPoint: Winter Lake Lodge
51.~~~Victoria Hardwick/Bib#30
52. RED LANTERN
Stay tuned...
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 35° at 2am
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>>From: Jake TATE (66_)
Re: Fire Station
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Tat/190305-Fire_Sta_56.jpg
This picture of the Richland Fire Station was taken by my
dad in 1956.
-Jake TATE (66_)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Hardwood Classic 4A Boys
For those who might be curious, the Gonzaga Prep Bullpups
won their second consecutive state title beating Mount Si
69-43 Saturday night at the Tacoma Dome.
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland where it is 19°
with a wind chill of 9° at 11am Monday morning.
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>>From: Jackie Whedbee/Mattingly
Dear Bomber Classmates
I am seeking photographs of Larry MATTINGLY ('60-RIP) from
any time, but especially High School. He told many stories of
working on plays in High school and with the Richland
Players. He was so proud of his tight bonds with the Bombers
that he attended many reunions and lunches etc.,
Do any of you have any photographs of him? His family would
greatly appreciate your digging through memory lane if you
knew him to find whatever you might have.
All you need do is take a photo with your phone and text it
to 253-226-6424 in the next week before I have that number
turned off or email it to his email account.
-Jackie Whedbee/Mattingly
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: WORK AT HANFORD
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/190305_00.htm
To: All Bombers
The year was 1957 Hanford had 8 reactors two separations
plants, one on stand-by, and Sputnik would appear in the sky
over in October. In fact when it passed over Hanford workers
came out to watch it pass. According to wiki it took 90
minutes or so to circle the earth and made 1440 orbits in its
life cycle. According to Marge Nordman DeGooyer (NAB-RIP),
former 234-5 worker, "we knew when it passed by and we would
make time to watch it go overhead". Funny, to me anyway, how
Sputnik influenced operations at Hanford in this small way.
It's more than possible a few of these worker took a bit of
time to see a bit of history.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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4 Bombers and Don Sorenson stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Dale ENNOR ('59)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64), John FLETCHER ('64)
Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ray Wells ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAYS Today: Twins: Diane & Sue Hale ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John Browne ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Wayne Godwin ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Deirdre Johnson ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat Doriss ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Paul Tunnell ('69)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Can spring be far away? The daffodils along the front walk
are beginning to bloom, even though night time temps are
below freezing. According to the calendar, it's like 15 days
away.
Now to the point; as it is a trifecta of birthdays today -
two (2) Bomber Babes and a Bomber came into being on this
day. Knew him in school and sorta shied away from them for
reasons best left unsaid.
A flourish of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy
Birthday!" to Diane and Sue HALE (both '54); and a tip of
that same beanie and a "Happy Birthday!" to Ray WELLS ('54).
Not too certain about him, but I do expect to see the HALEs
at the big gathering come this September.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
the rain/snow is allegedly coming up from California.
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>>From: Dale ENNOR ('59)
Re: Northwest weather
Sent the recent photo of a snowbound space needle to my
sister who resides in Seattle. She gave it to an acquaintance
from Japan who forwarded it to her mother in Japan; mother
immediately telephoned to see if daughter was okay.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Smy/190214-SEA_Greetings.jpg
With the winter the Tri-Cities has been having I can't help
but wonder where the Chinook winds have been. They could wipe
out inches of snow in an afternoon and I recall friendly
wagers as to the date this would happen. Seems the 24th of
January was always a fairly reasonable choice. Not this year
I guess.
The range of temperatures has been amazing. Drove to Spokane
on Monday (the 4th), departing the Whitefish area at 6 AM
with the temperature at eleven below zero. Seventy miles down
the road, on the flat outside Hot Springs, Montana, the
thermometer read THIRTY-ONE BELOW! By 1 PM as we were
departing Spokane I checked the thermometer with a local
bank-both read 33 degrees ABOVE zero.
-Dale ENNOR ('59)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: Mardi Gras
It's over for 2019. I missed all the parades -- again. I
think EVERYBODY "needs" to do Mardi Gras at least once, but
once you've done it, I don't think you NEED to do it again.
Maybe I'll make a parade or two next year.
Re: April the Giraffe
Just in case anybody is still paying attention to April. She
dropped her calf last year on tax day (April 15th) and she's
pregnant again... ya gotta watch that boy giraffe, Oliver. I
hear all the boys want to do is eat, fight, and _____ (well
you know -- fill in the blank)... They have started the live
cam again this year and you can even sign up to recieve a
text when whe goes into labor... they "THINK" she might be
due the end of March.
Re: 2019 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
NOTE: # is their starting position
Re: 3/5/19 observations
Veteran musheer, Jeremy Keller/#48 says an ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of cure. He uses nice thick
coats on his dogs with little hand-warmer pockets sewed
into strategic locations around each shoulder and the chest
-- all around the heart area.
Re: ScreenShot of GPS
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Idit/190306-Bleeps.jpg
This screen shot has pretty much every number shown... though
the last one (Victoria Hardwick/#30) is missing the "0". All
the little bleeps look like little soldiers all marching
along in a straight line headed for the Nikolai (NIK)
CheckPoint.
Re: Joar first into Nikolai with 13 dogs
Lead dog "Yager" (from Norway - means Hunter) has been his
lead dog since the beginning.
Re: Nikolai
The Insider announcers said it again: The winner of the race
is "always" in the first 15 to arrive in Nikolai. 9 of the
first 15 are on my "Watch List".
So, in the first 15 we have 2 previous champs (Joar/#28 and
Mitch/#32), three who have finished #2 (Aliy Zirkle/#19, Nic
Petit/#20, and Linwood Fiedler/#15), both boy Jessie Holmes/#5
and girl Jessie Royer/#14, Matt Failor/#17 was there. The
other one on my Watch List is Pete Kaiser/#9. I really don't
think ANY one of the others (in the first 15 into Nikolai who
is not on my "Watch List") will win... HA! It's like ONLY
somebody on MY "Watch List" can possibly win. I know. I'm a
riot! We'll see.
Re: "In the lead" means NOTHING...
... until after everyone has taken their mandatory 24 hour
rest. Mitch Seavey/#32 said about that today "I mean, you
might come off your '24' and find yourself saying 'Uh Oh'".
The musher gets to choose where to take the "24" and it's
important to note who has and who has not taken their rest.
Re: Richie Diehl/#29...
Hasn't paying attention - looking at the scenery - and when
he turned around he got hit in the face by a tree branch...
black eye and scratch on his nose but apparently OK.
Re: Jessie (boy) Holmes/#5
Lost his back sled -- only noticed it while he was in the
process of passing Mitch Seavey... hadda turn around to go
get it. Lost some time, but still made good time into
Nikolai.
Re: Linwood Fiedler/#15 story
Just out of Rohn, he hit an 8" high tree stump that snapped
the line to his dogs... they broke free and took off. Mats
Pettersson/#4 came along, tied Linwood's sled to his and his
dogs pulled both sleds until they saw Linwood's dogs down
river all in a ball. His head lamp caught their eyes. He said
"When ya see the dogs all in a ball like that, there's
usually a fatality." but all his dogs were alive, though
there were a few injunies. It looks like he only had to drop
one dog as he left Nikolai with 13 dogs.
A note here: The only help allowed is help from another
musher. So like, villagers can't help feed dogs, or get
water... nothing like that. In 2015 Scott Janssen lost his
team/sled. Lance Mackey came along and found them, but no
Scott. He tied Scott's team/sled to his and told Scott's
lead dog, Cutie Pie "Let's go find dad!"..
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Idit/150411-Lance-TwoTeams.jpg
Re: Most Current stuff
~~~ means on my "watch" list
Using a combination of the official standings and the
GPS bleeps on the computer screen.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Idit/190306-Bleeps.jpg
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INTO TAKOTNA (mile 329)
Takotna Pop: 51 - Town has a store & a restaurant.
One of the smallest towns with one of the biggest
welcomes - famous for pies & homemade food for mushers
1.~~~Joar/#28
2.~~~Jessie (girl) Royer/#14
OUT OF McGRATH (18 miles to Takotna - 669 to Nome)
3.~~~Pete Kaiser/#9
4.~~~Nic Petit/#20
5. Matt Hall/#3
6. Ryan Redington/#22
7. Richie Diehl/#29
INTO McGRATH (mile 311)
McGrath Pop: 479 - Two stores, a bar and a restaurant.
Last av gas (except Galena) till you get to Unalakleet
Lodging is available with advance booking.
8. Travis Beals/#51
OUT OF NIKOLAI (48 miles to McGrath - 687 to Nome)
9.~~~Aliy Zirkle/#19
10.~~~Mitch Seavey/#32
11.~~~Jessie (boy) Holmes/#5
12.~~~Matt Failor/#17
13. Aaron Burmeister/#38
16. Mats Pettersson/#4
18.~~~Linwood Fiedler/#15
20.~~~Ramey Smyth/#6
22.~~~Martin Buser/#21.
23.~~~Anna Berrington/#10
24.~~~Kristy Berington/#26
27.~~~Jeff King/#23
30. Jason Campeau/#12
IN NIKOLAI (mile 263)
35.~~~Lance Mackey/#44
.~~~TEACHER ON THE TRAIL
OUT OF ROHN (75 miles to Nikolai - 735 to Nome)
52. RED LANTERN
.~~~Victoria Hardwick/#30
Stay tuned...
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 38° at 1am
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>>From: John FLETCHER ('64)
Re: Richland Players
After I graduated in '64 my Mom (Mary Fletcher) was in the
cast of "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof". I was gone to college, so I
did not see the play. Attached is the program. There is no
date, but it was probably 1965. There are some names that our
classmates may recognize in the Production Staff listing.
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Fle/190306_00.htm
-John FLETCHER ('64)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: Buzz JOCHEN ('51-RIP)
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/190306_00.htm
To: All Bombers
I knew I had the article about Buzz and his work at C Reactor
so I thought I'd send it along.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Stephanie DAWSON ('60), Helen CROSS ('62)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64), David RIVERS ('65)
Rick VALENTINE ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Melanie LAWSON ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ray FISHER ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rod JOCHEN ('80)
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>>From: Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
Re: Mardi Gras
Honestly, Maren, I don't know how you manage all your
wonderful monitoring of the Iditarod and still keep up
management of the Sandstorm at this time of year. You must
have a nearly paralyzed fanny from all the computer time!
We lived in Indiana 1966-'78. One year (I think it was 1976)
George (RIP) had an ongoing engineering project in Baton
Rouge and he took me down to Louisiana for Mardi Gras. What a
treat to leave 3 little kids at home with a reliable older
woman for a week! After a day or two in Baton Rouge, we went
to New Orleans, where we spent all day in the French Quarter
on Fat Tuesday.
We stayed at a Holiday Inn northeast (I think) of the city
and took transportation into town. If crowds can experience
gridlock, that's what we fought all day, but it was
exhilarating! Saw all the sights and the naughty displays up
on the balconies and went to Preservation Hall and to see
Pete Fountain, among other adventures. Came home with a slew
of cheap plastic necklaces thrown from all the floats.
{Many years ago, I used dental floss and took all
those plastic beads and made a garland for my
Christmas tree. Had it for years. Now days those
plastic beads aren't strung... they're all in one
piece. -Maren]
The only real difficulty was bladder management, but I had a
marvelous idea. We went to the Holiday inn in the Quarter. We
flashed our key cards from the other Holiday Inn at the door
(heavily guarded) and got right in. We marched smartly to the
elevator and went to the top floor. I figured that there
likely was a lounge on the top floor (correct) and that there
would be restrooms nearby for all those drinkers (correct
again). Soon after, we made our way back down to the lobby
and out the door. I felt so smart for having figured out a
nifty solution to an urgent problem. We left New Orleans the
next day for Pascagoula, Mississippi, and Mobile, Alabama.
That was our one and only Mardi Gras, but it was great!
[Bladder control can be a real problem if you
drink a lot. I remember starting to look for a
restroom (sometimes port-a-potty) AS SOON AS I
felt the slightest urge. -Maren]
-Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Love your stats from the Iditarod, Maren; I'd love to see
it someday, a wild dream? Did you see it when you lived in
Alaska? [Nope. Never did. Always got hourly radio updates
and had to use my imagination. -Maren]
Also, doubt I'll make it to a live Marsh Gras
And will follow the pregnant giraffe; currently there is a
sweet photo of a mother giraffe kissing her baby on FB. If I
weren't so digitally challenged, I'd send it to the
Sandstorm.
[I googled and found this:
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Cro/190307_Giraffe_Kiss.jpg]
The weather in the NW has been quite amazing this year.
especially interesting the differences in temps that were
noTed in the Montana to Spokane trip by Dale ENNOR ('59).
I looked at the Cat on the Hot Tin Roof program sent by John
Fletcher ('64).
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Fle/190306_00.htm
I only recognized the names of Sean LEWIS (Peggy LEWIS' ('62-
RIP)
younger brother, and Cindi RYAN, hairdresser ('62).
We are hoping for a warm up to above freezing here around
Cincinnati after a few days of 9-25 temps, but with only a
few inches on the ground and clear roads, we haven't had it
bad at all.
My husband Warren ('63, Brewster) is in Washington now after
the sudden death of his only brother, Bob last week.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ by the little frozen lake in SE
Indiana where I am sending prayers for David RIVERS ('65)
and his recovery process.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Cro/190307_Frozen_Lake.jpg
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2019 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
NOTE: # is their starting position
Re: 3/6/19 Maren's Malarkey
~~~ means on my "watch" list
The first "scratch" of 2019: Shaynee Traska/#7
Joar/#28 is the only one who has taken their mandatory 24
hour or mandatory 8 hour rest yet. I think all those
currently sitting in Ophir, Tokatna, and McGrath are taking
their 24 year now... We'll know who is really in the lead
then.
It was snowing heavily all day long.
Here's where the "southern route" begins. Everybody hangs a
left out of Ophir and heads for the Iditarod CheckPoint.
************
NEXT CHECKPOINT: IDITAROD (mile 432)
Iditarod Pop: 0 - This ghost town, once a community of
over 10,000 - the heart of the Iditarod Mining District
- from whence the trail got its name. Dog teams hauled
supplies and mail into this area and were then laden
with gold for their return trip. Between 1908 and 1925,
about $35 million in gold was taken from this area. At
that time, gold was worth around $20 an ounce. Iditarod
IS the official half-way point on the southern (odd
years) trail.
OUT OF OPHIR (80 miles to Iditarod - 565 to Nome)
1.~~~Aliy Zirkle/#19
2.~~~Martin Buser/#21.
INTO OPHIR (mile 352)
Ophir Pop: 0 - CheckPoint: Dick & Audra Forsgren's cabin
3.~~~Nic Petit/#20
4.~~~Jessie (boy) Holmes/#5
5. Aaron Burmeister/#38
6.~~~Anna Berington/#10
7.~~~Kristy Berington/#26
OUT OF TAKOTNA (23 miles to Ophir - 646 to Nome)
8.~~~Joar/#28
INTO TAKOTNA (mile 329)
9.~~~Jessie (girl) Royer/#14
19.~~~Pete Kaiser/#9
11. Matt Hall/#3
12. Richie Diehl/#29
13. Ryan Redington/#22
14.~~~Mitch Seavey/#32
15.~~~Matt Failor/#17
17. Mats Pettersson/#4
19.~~~Linwood Fiedler/#15
20.~~~Jeff King/#23
21. Jason Campeau/#12
OUT OF McGRATH (18 miles to Takotna - 669 to Nome)
.~~~TEACHER ON THE TRAIL
INTO McGRATH (mile 311)
31.~~~Ramey Smyth/#6
38.~~~Lance Mackey/#44
OUT OF NIKOLAI (48 miles to McGrath - 687 to Nome)
48.~~~Victoria Hardwick/#30
51. RED LANTERN
SCRATCHED:
1. Shaynee Traska/#7
Stay tuned...
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 58° at 2am
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Thank you
I want to thank all who have blessed me with prayers and
support.. ALL of you. Please allow me to send a special thank
you to my new friend, Manny MANKOWSKI ('55). God bless us all.
-David RIVERS ('65)
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
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>>From: Rick VALENTINE ('68)
Re: Spokane Bomber Lunch
The next Spokane Bomber Lunch of 2019 will be
WHEN: Saturday,, 2019
WHERE: The Hillside Inn Restaurant
Located at 3001 N. Nevada St in North Spokane
TiME: Coffee at 11:30 AM Lunch around 12:00 Noon.
Come and join us for lunch, All Bombers Their families and
friends are welcome, the more the merrier. (this is an all
class gathering, all class years are welcome)
Out of Towners welcome... See You There...
Any Questions or need directions contact me...
-Rick VALENTINE ('68)
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Curt DONAHUE ('53), Ken HEMINGER ('56)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64), Susie DILL ('64)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susan ANDERSON ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Eddy CHARETTE ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim ADAIR ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marcus REILLY ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susan SHEPARD ('67)
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>>From: Curt DONAHUE ('53)
To: David RIVERS ('65)
It was so good to see a message from you this morning, when I
opened the Sandstorm. God bless you for fighting your way
clear to be back with us, for a very long time, I hope!
-Curt DONAHUE ('53) ~ Kennewick where the snow appears to
want to melt a little today in the sunshine.
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>>From: Ken HEMINGER ('56)
To: Curt DONAHUE ('53)
Re: People Who Matter Most That Were Lost
Thanks for posting all the names for the fallen heroes for
Jan-Feb...
A local name will always get local attention, and well they
should.
But, all those other fallen hero names will largely go
unknown.
A Bomber salute to you and your efforts..
This Veteran appreciates it... .
-Ken HEMINGER, USAF Ret and a ('56wb) ~ Great Falls, MT after
31 days of subzero weather its warming up.. 20° now
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2019 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
NOTE: # is their starting position
Re: 3/6/19 Maren's Malarkey
~~~ means on my "watch" list
All the front runners have taken their "24" except for Aliy
and Martin. Both are doing that now. Aliy was the first one
into the Iditarod CheckPoint which is the half way mark and
that netted her a prize: some kind of a plaque AND $2,000.00
in gold nuggets... looked like about two hand fuls of
nuggets.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Idit/190308_Aliy_nuggets.jpg
Even though Aliy was the first one into Iditarod, she lost a
lot of tiMe on that run as there was a LOT of snow and she
was breaking trail for those coming after her. She said
sometimes there weren't even any trail markers
Re: Mushers helping Mushers
Rookie Musher Alison Lifka/#37 had the same kind of trouble
with a tree stump that Linwood Fiedler/#15 had the day
before. So she got to Nikolai with this jury-rigged/broken
sled. The musher who scratched yesterday offered Lifka her
sled. So the sled of Shaynee Traska/#7 continues on with the
race even though she has scratched.
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GRAYLING (mile 530) Iditarod Insider is here LIVE
Grayling Pop: 208 - Last village CheckPoint until
Kaltag. There is a village store here.
CheckPoint: old community Center
OUT OF ANVIK (18 miles to Grayling - 468 to Nome)
INTO ANVIK (mile 512)
Anvik Pop: 82 - first CheckPoint on the Yukon Riv.
Church bell signals the arrival of the 1st musher.
There are 2 two stores.
CheckPoint: lodge. limited accommodations.
Once they get to Anvik, there is a mandatory 8 hour
rest that must be taken on the frozen Yukon river (that
means: Anvik, Grayling, Eagle Island, or Kaltag)
OUT OF SHAGELUK (25 miles to Anvik - 486 to Nome)
1.~~~Nic Petit/#20 traveling at 9.6 mph
INTO SHAGELUK (mile 486)
Shageluk Pop: 139 - Name is an Ingalik Indian name
means "village of the dog people." Adolph Hamilton
helped race organizers find the original trail to
Iditarod, even though he had only been over it once
before with his father as a small boy.
CheckPoint: community hall.
2.~~~Joar/#28 resting - average speed 7.47 mph
OUT OF IDITAROD (55 miles to Shageluk - 511 to Nome)
3.~~~Jessie (girl) Royer/#14 traveling at 6.6 mph
4.~~~Pete Kaiser/#9 traveling at 9.0 mph
5.~~~Mitch Seavey/#32 traveling at 8.1 mph
6. Richie Diehl/#29 traveling at 7.6 mph
7. Ryan Redington/#22 traveling at 7.6 mph
INTO IDITAROD (mile 432)
8.~~~Aliy Zirkle/#19
9.~~~Martin Buser/#21.
10.~~~Jessie (boy) Holmes/#5
11.~~~Matt Failor/#17
13. Matt Hall/#3
14. Travis Beals/#51
15. Mats Pettersson/#4
16. Wade Marrs/#36
17.~~~Linwood Fiedler/#15
18. Aaron Burmeister/#38
OUT OF OPHIR (80 miles to Iditarod - 565 to Nome)
21.~~~Ramey Smyth/#6
23.~~~Jeff King/#23
28. Jason Campeau/#12
31.~~~Anna Berington/#10
32.~~~Kristy Berington/#26
35.~~~Lance Mackey/#44
INTO OPHIR (mile 352)
Ophir Pop: 0 - CheckPoint: Dick & Audra Forsgren's cabin
OUT OF TAKOTNA (23 miles to Ophir - 646 to Nome)
INTO TAKOTNA (mile 329)
??.~~~TEACHER ON THE TRAIL
OUT OF McGRATH (18 miles to Takotna - 669 to Nome)
INTO McGRATH (mile 311)
50.~~~Victoria Hardwick/#30
51. RED LANTERN - Jeremy Keller/#48
SCRATCHED:
1. Shaynee Traska/#7
Stay tuned...
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 61° at 5am
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>>From: Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
To: David RIVERS ('65)
So pleased to see your post in the Sandstorm. Hope this means
you are making progress in your recovery. Keep the faith &
know that your Bomber family is keeping you in our prayers
and thoughts.
Please keep us posted when you can & when you feel up to it!
-Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: My buddy my pal
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jimmie ADAIR ('67)!!!!! I LOVE YOU, MY FRIEND!
Next year I will spill alla beans on you. But for now you'll
have to settle for what I can muster.
-David RIVERS ('65)
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Carol CONVERSE ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rich HUSKE ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim STECKLINE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pam PANTHER ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Craig WYSS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary ROLPH ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bob JACOBS ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janet OLSON ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jean ALBAUGH ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Petra GIANGRANDE ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rob PEUTZ ('73)
03/09/96 Wendy Remembered:
http://krookmcsmile.tripod.com/WendyCarlbergRemembered.html
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2019 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
NOTE: # is their starting position
~~~ means on my "watch" list
Re: 3/8/19 Maren's Malarkey
EVERYBODY now has taken their "24" and a few have
started taking their mandatory 8 hour rest "somewhere
on the Yukon River".
Nothing too exciting today... Nic and Joar seem to be
trading places depending on who wants to break trail.
Those within striking distance: Jessie (girl) Royer/#14,
Pete Kaiser/#9, Mitch Seavey/#32, Aliy Zirkle/#19
and Richie Diehl/#29. All the rest seem to be too
far back to catch the leaders.
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OUT OF EAGLE ISLAND (60 miles to Kaltag - 346 to Nome)
INTO EAGLE ISLAND (mile 592)
Eagle Pop: 1 - Here the musher finds constant
battle with Yukon River cold winds.
CheckPoint: Ralph Conatser's cabin - the only dwelling there.
OUT OF GRAYLING (62 miles to Eagle Island - 406 to Nome)
1.~~~Joar Ulsom/#28
2.~~~Nic Petit/#20
INTO GRAYLING (mile 530)
3.~~~Jessie (girl) Royer/#14
4.~~~Pete Kaiser/#9
5.~~~Mitch Seavey/#32
6.~~~Aliy Zirkle/#19
7. Richie Diehl/#29
8. Ryan Redington/#22
OUT OF ANVIK (18 miles to Grayling - 468 to Nome)
9.~~~Matt Failor/#17
11. Aaron Burmeister/#38
INTO ANVIK (mile 512)
OUT OF SHAGELUK (25 miles to Anvik - 486 to Nome)
12. Matt Hall/#3
13.~~~Jessie (boy) Holmes/#5
14.~~~Jeff King/#23
15.~~~Ramey Smyth/#6
INTO SHAGELUK (mile 486)
17. Mats Pettersson/#4
18. Travis Beals/#51
19.~~~Linwood Fiedler/#15
22. Jason Campeau/#12
25.~~~Anna Berington/#10
26.~~~Kristy Berington/#26
OUT OF IDITAROD (55 miles to Shageluk - 511 to Nome)
29. Wade Marrs/#36
31.~~~Martin Buser/#21.
34.~~~Lance Mackey/#44
INTO IDITAROD (mile 432)
OPHIR (80 miles to Iditarod - 565 to Nome)(mile 352)
49.~~~Victoria Hardwick/#30
51. RED LANTERN - Jeremy Keller/#48
TAKOTNA (23 miles to Ophir - 646 to Nome)(mile 329)
McGRATH (18 miles to Takotna - 669 to Nome)(mile 311)
??.~~~TEACHER ON THE TRAIL
SCRATCHED:
1. Shaynee Traska/#7
Stay tuned...
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 68° at 12:15am
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>>From: Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64)
To: David RIVERS ('65)
Oh, the joys of seeing your name being posted these last
couple days! I want to thank you for my birthday greetings
last February. I felt very blessed that you felt up to being
able to do that. We've all missed your posts... your wisdom
and your silliness. It certainly hasn't been the same
without you on each and every day. I praise God for your
diligence and determination. Like so many others, we haven't
meant in person, but I feel as though I've really gotten to
know you. You've opened up your soul to us and we all respect
that. May God continue to watch over you in this season of
your life. Hope to see you on more often in the future!
-Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) ~ Kennewick I'm
hoping that the season is a changing. Second day that
the sun has been out in full. It reached into the 40s
yesterday and the melting of the snow has really begun.
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/10/19
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Allan AVERY ('54), Nola DAVEY ('56)
Dale ENNOR ('59), Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64), Mike FRANCO ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Diane DAVENPORT ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barb O'MALLEY ('70)
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>>From: Allan AVERY ('54)
Hello fellow ageing Richland High Schools folk! I've run
across a "medical" item, in my daily Science and "Public
Affairs" reading, that I think is worth sharing. It's about
the truly nasty, painful "Shingles" disease. The virus starts
with Chicken pox, (with those who get it that way). It then
hangs on dormant in you permanently thereafter, risking re-
emergence. Meanwhile Your- and everyone else's- dormant virus
is transmissible to Everyone in the environment, with or
without the pox history. My Source for this is the bi-weekly
magazine Science News Magazine, (to which I'll give a link
later.) It states that the virus is carried in 95% of the
population. Shingles Re-emergence tends to worse than
original experience; and the risk of both that and Original
infection rises with age above 50. So we of the 65th
Anniversary Club 40 Reunion in September are on the top rung.
(And we've surely been through more than one "wide exposure
period" along the way.) Before the first Shingles vaccine,
"Zostavax," was developed a few decades ago, there was no
help. Even today, apparently, there are few if any treatments
for the pain. But quite recently a New and apparently much
more effective vaccine, "Shingrix," (sp?) has been approved.
Unfortunately it's in short supply, nationally. There are
long "Wait Lists" everywhere. At all the several health care
facilities that I'm aware of, and I'm on them! Reportedly,
anyone who has Received the original "Zostavax" should get
Two injections of the New vaccine. Back when "Zostafax" was
in development, I happened upon a public invitation to join a
Trial of it. Knowing I'd had Chickenpox, I joined up. I think
it was the Final double-blind Trial prior to FDA Approval. At
the Trial's conclusion, I was informed that I'd Got the
vaccine. So I'm In for the "Shingrix." (sp) Back to "Science
News." The Magazine is well regarded in the "Real Science"
Community. On a Par with the best of the Journals of Research
Publication. Some Scientists read it to keep abreast of
what's coming up outside their own science sphere. It's a
Survey of the most interesting research findings from among
all of the Sciences. Yet it is "accessible" to non-scientist
"lay" folks like me. Also used widely in school and college
science classes. OK, To find the Article: (1) In your Net
Browser, enter:
https://www.sciencenews.org/
(2) on the screen you get,
Click on: Science News - Official Site
[I got no such option. -Maren]
(3) On that screen, (The Society for Science and the Public),
in the Search Box in the upper right corner enter: March 2,
2019. (4) There, double click on the Picture of the Orange
Flames enveloping the black image. And scroll. -Allan Avery
54
Maren, That 4 step worked for me just now. It scrolls down
through all the main stuff in the Article. And the "just
text" of the whole article would longer and more forbidding,
I think.
[I hadda scroll a lot, but better than half way
down the page I FINALLY found the headline:
WITH ITS BURNING GRIP, SHINGLES CAN DO LASTING
DAMAGE. -Maren]
-Allan AVERY ('54)
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>>From: Nola DAVEY Meichle ('56)
Does anyone know if there was an obituary for Hal SMITH ('56-RIP)?
Thank you,
-Nola DAVEY Meichle ('56)
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>>From: Dale ENNOR ('59)
Am I totally out of "sync," or did Don Johnson (Miami Vice)
set a standard (base) that has made all males on the "tube"
since look like they just got home from a two day outing? Not
a full beard or well cropped goatee, etc., but the two day
stubble.
Can anyone name a popular male actor of recent exposure who
is cleanly shaven? Fat chance! Not that it matters any longer
for me, but is this appearance really something you lady
Bombers find attractive? I'd like to see a vote total.
{I'm with Dale. Give me a full mustache (Sam
Elliott, Tom Selleck, or Burt Reynolds) or a full
beard any day. Don't like no two day stubble. How
do I vote? -Maren]
-Dale ENNOR ('59)
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Back in the seventh grade at Carmichael, if you and some
"Bobby Soxer" were an item, you would let her wear your
sleeveless sweater vest. That's when I realized how cool
Dick PLOWS ('63-RIP) was, he had two vests in circulation
at any given time.
Fonzie, Fabian and James Dean were cool, but they were never
Dick Plows cool.
Happy Birthday RCP, that hole in the ozone layer is beginning
to close, 50 years after you opened it up by painting your
truck using rattle cans.
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: April the Giraffe Cam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E5odkrfvFA
Zee Keepers say April's "ready"..
Re: 2019 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
NOTES: # is their starting position
~~~ means on my "watch" list
Re: 3/9/19 Maren's Malarkey
Well dangit! I had two or three paragraphs here and they got
caught in the Daylight Saving Time Change... My fault.. I
wasn't paying attention and when asked if I wanted to reload
the old version of each document that I was working on, I
said yes without thinking... Guess that's what I get for not
thinking, huh?
One thing I had typed before was how did that Teacher on the
Trail get all the way from Iditarod (mile 432 and BEHIND all
the racers) all the way to Unalakleet (mile 737 -- ahead of
all the mushers)? Will have to check on that..
Re: Two more scratched
Marcelle Fressineau/#27 and Emily Maxwell/#18
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INTO UNALAKLEET (mile 737)
Unalakleet Pop 882 - Two stores, two restaurants
limited lodging by advance booking.
CheckPoint: in front of AC store.
??.~~~TEACHER ON THE TRAIL
OUT OF KALTAG (85 miles to Unalakleet - 261 to Nome)
1.~~~Nic Petit/#20
INTO KALTAG (mile 652)
Kaltag Pop: 234 - Check-in: Rich Burnham's house,
official CheckPoint/gathering spot: octagonal log
community building about a block away.
2.~~~Pete Kaiser/#9 (first into Kaltag - won the Fish First
Award -- I forget how many pounds of fresh caught
salmon (?) whenever they run -- in the spring? maybe
25 pounds?)
3.~~~Joar Ulsom/#28
4.~~~Jessie (girl) Royer/#14
5.~~~Mitch Seavey/#32
6.~~~Aliy Zirkle/#19
7.~~~Jessie (boy) Holmes/#5
OUT OF EAGLE ISLAND (60 miles to Kaltag - 346 to Nome)
8.~~~Matt Failor/#17
9. Ryan Redington/#22
10. Richie Diehl/#29
11. Matt Hall/#3
13. Travis Beals/#51
14. Mats Pettersson/#4
15. Aaron Burmeister/#38
16.~~~Jeff King/#23
17.~~~Linwood Fiedler/#15
18.~~~Ramey Smyth/#6
20. Wade Marrs/#36
INTO EAGLE ISLAND (mile 592)
21.~~~Lance Mackey/#44
22. Jason Campeau/#12 -- This guy used to be a hockey goalie
and hurt himself I think in last year's Isitarod. He's
now wearing a helmett durilng this race.
23.~~~Anna Berington/#10
24.~~~Kristy Berington/#26
OUT OF GRAYLING (mile 530) (62 miles to Eagle Island - 406 to Nome)
33.~~~Martin Buser/#21.
ANVIK (18 miles to Grayling - 468 to Nome)(mile 512)
SHAGELUK (25 miles to Anvik - 486 to Nome)(mile 486)
OUT OF IDITAROD (55 miles to Shageluk - 511 to Nome)
INTO IDITAROD (mile 432)
47.~~~Victoria Hardwick/#30
49. RED LANTERN - Jeremy Keller/#48 this is the guy who
has hand-warmer pockets sewn into all dog coats that
are specifically around each dog's heart.
Stay tuned...
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 69° at 7am
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>>From: Mike FRANCO ('70)
Wow... happy Birthday to two dolls [yesterday: 3/9],
Barbie and Jean ALBAUGH ('72) Sorry Jean, Barbie is younger.
Won't get into other attributes... Happy Birthday!!!
-Mike FRANCO ('70)
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4 Bombers and Don Sorenson (NAB) sent stuff:
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64), Linda REINING ('64)
Susie DILL ('64), Nancy ERLANDSON ('67)
Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jay McCUE ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill HERIFORD ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mandy HOLMES ('97)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike AUSTEN ('99)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: April the Giraffe Cam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E5odkrfvFA
Zee Keeeprs say April's "ready" and they've even laid down
extra bedding for her in anticiation of a week end birth...
I'm watching... She seems to be doing a lot of pacing... You
know giraffes give birth standing up. Yup... calf just drops
to the ground... Her last calf born 4/25/17 was 5'9" tall at
birth and weighed about 600 pounds (if memory serves). I'll
just bet she's REALLY tired about now... she keeps wandering
over to the barrier between her enclosure and baby daddy's
enclosure. I'm just betting there's some giraffe "talk" that
we can't hear: "Get over here, Oliver! Hold my hand. This
HURTS. YOU did this, you sorry SOB..." I know... I know...
I'm a riot!! Gotta find humor somewhere. Iditarod ain't so
funny right now.
Re: 2019 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
NOTES: # is their starting position
~~~ means on my "watch" list
Re: 3/10/19 Maren's Malarkey
Another one scratched: Cindy Abbott/#16
Earliest I'd expect a winner:
TOMORROW: 0520 Tuesday (AK time) 830 CT
Latest: 0713 Wednesday (AK time) 1030 Central
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OUT OF KOYUK (48 miles to Elim)
INTO KOYUK
Koyuk Pop: 258 - CheckPoint the City Rec. Ctr
OUT OF SHAKTOOLIK (50 miles to Koyuk - 171 to Nome)
1.~~~Nic Petit/#20 - Nic came in 2nd last year. Maybe he's a
driven man this year. Seems to be pretty far ahead of
the next three right now (Pete Paiser/#9, Joar Ulsom/#28
- last year's winner, and Jessie (girl) Royer/#14)
INTO SHAKTOOLIK
Shaktoolik Pop: 199 - CheckPoint: the armory.
OUT OF UNALAKLEET (40 miles to Shaktoolik - 221 to Nome)
2.~~~Pete Kaiser/#9
3.~~~Joar Ulsom/#28
4.~~~Jessie (girl) Royer/#14
INTO UNALAKLEET (mile 737)
??.~~~TEACHER ON THE TRAIL
5.~~~Mitch Seavey/#32
OUT OF KALTAG (85 miles to Unalakleet - 261 to Nome)
6.~~~Aliy Zirkle/#19
7.~~~Jessie (boy) Holmes/#5
8.~~~Matt Failor/#17
11. Ryan Redington/#22
12. Aaron Burmeister/#38
13. Mats Pettersson/#4
14. Travis Beals/#51
15. Richie Diehl/#29
16.~~~Linwood Fiedler/#15
17.~~~Ramey Smyth/#6
19.~~~Jeff King/#23
20. Wade Marrs/#36
21.~~~Anna Berington/#10
22.~~~Kristy Berington/#26
28.~~~Lance Mackey/#44
INTO KALTAG (mile 652)
31.~~~Martin Buser/#21.
33. Jason Campeau/#12
EAGLE ISLAND (60 miles to Kaltag - 346 to Nome)(mile 592)
OUT OF GRAYLING (mile 530) (62 miles to Eagle Island - 406 to Nome)
ANVIK (mile 512) (18 miles to Grayling - 468 to Nome)
SHAGELUK (mile 486) (25 miles to Anvik - 486 to Nome)
47.~~~Victoria Hardwick/#30
48. RED LANTERN - Jeremy Keller/#48 (hand-warmer pockets
sewn into all dog coats)
Stay tuned...
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 72° at 3:30am
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
Re: Allan AVERY ('54)
Re: shingles vaccine
Thanks for the news, regarding a new shingles vaccine---I had
the original a few years ago, after I turned 65 (insurance
would not cover it, til I was actually drawing Social
Security)---don't think I knew the name of the vaccine, but
I will be asking my primary care doctor about getting the
new one---I had chicken pox, so when the vaccine became
available, I made sure to get it. now, thankfully, little
kids are immunized against chicken pox---all of my
grandchildren have received the vaccine---they will never
have to go through "all that itching" and umpteen baths in
baking soda and "coats" of Calomine Lotion.
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ Kuna, ID
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>>From: Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
Amen to your Sandstorm post! This trend of looking unshaven
(unshaved?) has bugged me since it became vogue. Either grow
a beard or shave; but, make up your mind - one or the other.
The two- to three-day stubble just looks unkempt IMHO! I vote
NO to stubble!
-Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
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>>From: Nancy ERLANDSON Ballard ('67)
Re: Beard or Not
I agree with Dale ('59) and Maren ('63 & '64) on the beard
issue. I do not think it is a good look with just stubble. It
looks like they could not decide if they wanted to shave or
just did not want to bother.
-Nancy ERLANDSON Ballard ('67)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: Biology Group Picnic 1954
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/190311_00.htm
To: All Bombers
Another picnic Hanford workers and their families at Columbia
Play Field, circa 1954. With any luck some Bombers will see
parents, grandparents, cousins, uncles or aunts.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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2 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John RICHARDSON ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ralph KEPPEON ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeanie WALSH ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sue BENNETT ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathryn SANT ('79)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Well, I trust most of us have survived the traumatic and
needless time change. There are some who opted out of this
foolishness a long time ago. Now various state legislatures
are debating the issue as to keep it permanent. Here in
Oregon, if such a proposal passes, it would then have to be
signed by the Governor then put on the ballot for 2020. If
the people are in favor, the issue would have to go to the
federal gummint, and we know how they is.
So much for that. Now as to shaving daily or not I can see
the ladies side of the argument. Day old or older stubble can
be scratchy. On the other hand, most guys are lazy and not
having to scrape one's face gives us more time. Hey, I shaved
daily for most of my adult life because it was required.
Since I have retired, I gave it up, except for Sundays and
special occasions.
Trust the snow has melted and the roads have been plowed
sufficiently so the Girls of '54 can resume their monthly
luncheons.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where,
after the next rain, the forecasters are saying warmer
temps, maybe up to the 60s
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: April the Giraffe Cam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E5odkrfvFA
BIG CORRECTION.. ummmm.... memory did NOT serve!!! Yesterday
I said that when April's baby giraffe drops to the ground it
could weigh as much as 600 pounds... welllllll, it's more
like 150#... HA! STILL 150# baby... she's gotta be TIRED!!!
Pregnancy lasts around 15 months, I know how tired I was when
mine was born and she only weighed 7# 4oz!
Re: 2019 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
NOTES: # is their starting position
~~~ means on my "watch" list
Re: 3/11/19 Maren's Malarkey
3 more scratched: Robert Redington/#34, Lev Shvarts/#13, and
Nic Petit/#20
Earliest I'd expect a winner:
TOMORROW: 0520 Tuesday (AK time) 830 CT
Latest: 0713 Wednesday (AK time) 1030 Central
The Iditarod Insider team was headed for the White Mountain
CheckPoint (77 miles - ABOUT 6 hours from Nome). Once they
get the live stream set up, we'll know a little more .. I
hope.
Re: Nic
I don't know what happened to Nic Petit/#20... he was WAY out
in front when he left the Shaktoolik CheckPoint but looked
like he stopped for a rest a little bit outside the
CheckPoint. Kaiser, Joar and Jessie (girl) passed him and
went on into Koyuk and those three are now out of Koyuk and
leading and it LOOKS like Nic is maybe headed BACK to the
Shaktoolik CheckPoint (mile 777)? 12 teams have passed him.
There was an interview with him "out no the sea ice" early
Monday morning.. he spoke so softly that I couldn't make out
everything he said but it sounded like SOMETHING happened
with his team and all of a sudden they just wouldn't "go".
We'll know more later, I hope. He didn't go back to the
Shaktoolik CheckPoint and his GPS looks like it just sits
there... at mile 784 if I check it, it says that he's
traveling at (an impossible) 16.4 mph... maybe something
happened to his sled that disabled his GPS tracker?? Well now
-- literally as I watch the blips on my computer screen -
Nic's #20 is now GONE.. OK found it back a the Shaktoolik
CheckPoint... at least now it's not traveling at 16.4 mph..
well now I see what happened (sorta).. Nic scratched!!!
BUMMER...
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INTO ELIM (mile 827)
Elim Pop: 281 - CheckPoint: usually the fire hall
1.~~~Pete Kaiser/#9
OUT OF KOYUK (48 miles to Elim)
2.~~~Joar Ulsom/#28
3.~~~Jessie (girl) Royer/#14
INTO KOYUK
4.~~~Aliy Zirkle/#19
5.~~~Jessie (boy) Holmes/#5
6.~~~Mitch Seavey/#32
OUT OF SHAKTOOLIK (50 miles to Koyuk - 171 to Nome)
8. Travis Beals/#51
9.~~~Matt Failor/#17
10. Aaron Burmeister/#38
12.~~~Ramey Smyth/#6
13. Richie Diehl/#29
14.~~~Jeff King/#23
INTO SHAKTOOLIK
15. Ryan Redington/#22
16. Mats Pettersson/#4
17.~~~Linwood Fiedler/#15
18. Wade Marrs/#36
OUT OF UNALAKLEET (40 miles to Shaktoolik - 221 to Nome)
INTO UNALAKLEET (mile 737) .~~~TEACHER ON THE TRAIL
19.~~~Anna Berington/#10
20.~~~Kristy Berington/#26
28.~~~Lance Mackey/#44
29.~~~Martin Buser/#21
OUT OF KALTAG (85 miles to Unalakleet - 261 to Nome)
30. Jason Campeau/#12
INTO KALTAG (mile 652)
EAGLE ISLAND (60 miles to Kaltag - 346 to Nome)(mile 592)
43.~~~Victoria Hardwick/#30
OUT OF GRAYLING (62 miles to Eagle Isl - 406 to Nome)
45. RED LANTERN - Jeremy Keller/#48 (hand-warmer pockets
sewn into all dog coats)
Stay tuned...
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 65° at 2:30am
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: 1954 GENTRICS FASHION SHOW
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/190312_00.htm
To: All Bombers
1954 Gentrics fashion show held somewhere in Richland. I
would guess it was the Desert Inn but the ceiling doesn't
look like anything I've seen in that hotel. In case anyone
doesn't know who the Gentrics were. It was a club for G E's
women employees. According to someone I cant remember they
were responsible for G E Theaters actor Ronald Reagan 1st
visit to Hanford and Richland.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick WIGHT ('52), David DOUGLAS ('62)
Pete BEAULIEU ('62), Marie RUPPERT ('63)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary HINKLE ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carole SLEDGE ('63)
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>>From: Dick WIGHT ('52)
Re: Daylight Saving Time
The discussion goes on ad naseum! Having lived through over
70 years of this type of time change twice yearly, I can
only describe it as irritating, hardly traumatic! There are
a number of states, Washington and Oregon among them, who are
considering a permanent move to Daylight Savings Time. That
would be MY choice, and given some thought I fail to see how
most "modern folk" would oppose that. It extends evening
daylight which gives more evening "natural light" time to
folks, minimizes travel from work in darkness, and likely
reduces energy use by delaying the need for artificial light
at night. Seems win-win to me! I urge folks to support it!
-Dick WIGHT ('52) ~ in snowy Richland where winter won't give up!
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
Re: DST
Being fortunate to live in one of the states that does not
celebrate Daylight Saving Time twice a year, I didn't have
to change all the clocks in the house on Sunday. Which
doesn't mean I entirely escaped the DST ritual. I have an
Atomic watch, which automatically adjusts the time to DST and
back, since that's what the shortwave radio station WWV which
broadcasts the nation's Atomic Clock time tells it to do. So
in the spring I have to set the time zone to PDST to get the
equivalent to MST, and back to Mountain Standard Time in the
fall. I get dizzy watching the minute hand spin around to
reset the time.
Re: Snow
We've only gotten snow in Mesa once in the time I've lived
here (2000-2010, 2012 to present). However, we did get snow
on the Superstition Mountains just a few miles east of us a
couple of weeks ago, only the second time I've seen snow on
them.
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ where it was comfortable
outside for a few days but rained all morning Tuesday,
which makes the swimming pool happy because it doesn't
have to add water due to evaporation
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Re: Don Sorenson (NAB) post of Feb. 28
1958 Hoops CHAMPS Victory Celebration at Camp Hanford
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/190228_00.htm
What's the story behind the story? Why was the 1958 Bomber
Basketball State Championship celebration held at Camp
Hanford?
My memory from the time (as a mere 8th grader, but with a
brother as a Junior) is that the event was first scheduled
for a site in Kennewick. Only a day or two before the event,
the owners of the booked hall discovered that the Brown
brother super-heroes were not the right color, and proposed
to Bomberville that the event still continue as scheduled,
but that the C.W. and Norris stay on the opposite side of the
Yakima River.
The students, I recall, en masse boycotted the event, and
then must have rescheduled for a less Neanderthal location to
the north: Camp Hanford.
Does anyone have a memory like this one, or is this geezer
loozin' nit?
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ Shoreline, WA
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>>From: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
Well, it's March 12th and I'm watching the snow fall. We have
accumulated about 3 more inches since I got up this morning.
Spring starts next week and we may still have snow on the
ground then.
This reminds me of when we were stationed in Connecticut (in
rotten Groton). It snowed there into May!
Re: Stubble
My 2 cents worth on clean shaven men (my preference). Beards
belong on men in combat, patrol, hunting camps, and dry
camping situations; otherwise, shave your face! It's okay if
you are growing a beard to support a cause. If I support your
cause, then I support your choice. After all we women have
been shaving our legs to look good for you guys for ages so
how about cleaning up your faces for us? I hate the scraggly
5 O'clock shadow look that is popular now days.
-Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63) ~ in snowy Richland
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: April the Giraffe Cam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E5odkrfvFA
April is still pacing and looking huge... and tired... and ready...
Re: 2019 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
Re: 3/12/19 Maren's Malarkey
I'll be here today (tonight) till the first team crosses
under the burled arch in Nome:
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Idit/00-Burled_Arch.jpg
See all the scratches at the end of this entry.
Re: Nic Petit/#20
A Bomber sent this:
In the San Francisco Chronicle today (3/12) there
was a small article re. Iditarod that will answer
your question re. Mr. Petit.
I quote: "SLED DOGS QUIT: Musher Nicolas Petit
lost a huge lead in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog
Race on Monday when his dog team refused to keep
going after he yelled at one of the animals. A
dog named Joey had been fighting with another dog
on the team and jumped it during a break on the
way to the Bering Sea checkpoint of Koyuk. "I
yelled at Joey, and everybody heard the yelling
and that doesn't happen," Petit said. "And then
they wouldn't go anymore. Anywhere. So we camped
here." Several mushers passed Petit's team on the
trail, erasing his five-hour lead in the race.
Which just proves (AGAIN) that nobody MAKES these dogs run!!
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INTO NOME - 987 miles!! TEACHER ON THE TRAIL~~~
1. Pete Kaiser/#9~~~ 9d:12h:39n:06s
2. Joar Ulsom/#28~~~
OUT OF SAFETY - mile 976 - 22 miles to Nome
OUT OF WHITE MOUNTAIN (55 miles to Safety)
3. Jessie (girl) Royer/#4~~~
IN WHITE MOUNTAIN - mile 921 - 77 miles to Nome
(mandatory 8 hour rest)
4. Aliy Zirkle/#19~~~
5. Matt Hall/#3
6. Travis Beals/#51
7. Paige Drobney/#40
OUT OF ELIM - 46 miles to White Mountain ~ 123 miles to Nome
8. Mitch Seavey/#32~~~
9. Ramey Smyth/#6~~~
10. Aaron Burmeister/#38
11. Richie Diehl/#29
22.Linwood Fiedler/#15~~~
INTO ELIM - mile 875
13. Jeff King/#23~~~
14. Mats Pettersson/#4
15. Wade Marrs/#36
OUT OF KOYUK (48 miles to Elim)
16. Jessie (boy) Holmes/#5~~~
17. Kristy Berington/#26~~~
18. Anna Berington/#10~~~
19. Seth Barnes/#45
20. Jeff Deeter/#25
INTO KOYUK - mile 827
21. Matt Failor/#17~~~
25. Lance Mackey/#44~~~
27. Martin Buser/#21~~~
SHAKTOOLIK - mile 777 - 50 miles to Koyuk - 171 to Nome)
UNALAKLEET - Mile 737 (40 miles to Shaktoolik - 221 to Nome)
OUT OF KALTAG (85 miles to Unalakleet - 261 to Nome)
INTO KALTAG (mile 652)
40. Jeremy Keller/#48 (hand-warmer pockets sewn into
all dog coats)
41. Victoria Hardwick/#30~~~
42. RED LANTERN - Cindy Gallea/#53
It ain't over till they ALL cross under the burled arch in Nome:
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Idit/00-Burled_Arch.jpg
2019 SCRATCHED:
1. Shaynee Traska/#7
2. Marcelle Fressineau/#27
3. Emily Maxwell/#18
4. Cindy Abbott/#16
5. Robert Redington/#34
6. Lev Shvarts/#13
7. Nic Petit/#20
8. Niklas Wikstrand/#42
9. Brett Bruggeman/#35
10. Ryan Redington/#22
Stay tuned...
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 67° at 6:40 (central)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Mrs. Clarice F. Glenn, Richland teacher
"Richland woman celebrates her 104th birthday
with friends and family."
Mrs. Glenn was a 3th grade teacher at Spalding for the Class of 1966
http://richlandbombers.1966.tripod.com/gs/66Spa3rd-Glenn.html
and a 5th grade teacher for the Class of 1975 at Lewis & Clark
http://richlandbombers.1975.tripod.com/lcgrade5.html
Congratulations, Mrs. Glenn!
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland where it is 41° at
5:30 pm Tuesday evening. Perhaps our winter will
possibly turn into spring soon?
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/14/19 ~ HAPPY PI DAY (3.14 Yadda Yadda Yadda)
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Rex HUNT ('53), Allan AVERY ('54)
Mike CLOWES ('54), Bob CROSS ('62)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64), Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
Terry DAVIS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Diane DVORAK ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Donna ADAMS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary SCHULZ ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Karen PIERCE ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary HORTON ('75)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim MILLBAUER ('77)
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>>From: Rex HUNT ('53)
Re: Dick WIGHT's ('52) comments on daylight saving time
I most hardily agree. I do feel sorry for those who are so
mal-coordinated that changing a clock or several clocks twice
a year is such a handicap as to put them in mortal danger of
a herniated disc or a sprained wrist. Perhaps they have found
a job opportunity for a Grand son or daughter. That way they
will have employment 2 days a year instead of none. But start
advertising now that your child will be available to change
clocks on those terrible days. Perhaps you can set up a
training session to teach them how to change the hands on old
fashion Dial clocks as well as the modern digital ones. What
an upsurge in employment rates that would create.
-Rex HUNT ('53wb) ~ from Lovely downtown Hanford, CA where
the morally handicapped don't give a rat's patootie as
the sun still seems to rise in the same old place.
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>>From: Allan AVERY ('54)
Re: TIME
How to know what IT is? Whom-ever is keeping Track of the
ST/DST Record here, please put me in the "Make It Daylight
Saving Type All 360 Days Year" Column. Oh, Wait, then there's
Cosmology. Where maybe it's not even Real, in some Galaxy
(sp?) long Ago and Far Away. I'm OK with way we use it in our
Home one here. I'd just like get maybe a Day's notice when
Mines UP, and Id like to be Pain Free.
[Happy Face in the "signature" that does not
compute in the PLAIN TEXT Sandstorm. -Maren]
-Allan AVERY ('54)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Re: 1954 Gentrics Style Show
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/190312_00.htm
Well, has anyone cracked the mystery of where The Genetrics
held their style show as reported by Mr. (NAB) Sorensen?
Figure it has to be someplace where Bingo was held regularly.
About the only places I can think of would be the old Rec
Hall (very doubtful) or some church annex. From the looks of
construction, had to have been done to a CofE plan, modified.
At any rate, here in the Valley, the daffodils are blooming
along the front walk which would mean spring isn't that far
away.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
the Traeger grill just might make an appearance next Monday
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>>From: Bob CROSS ('62)
Re: Lost in my life
My life partner Celeste died on Wednesday 3/13. She was a
Boise High School grad but was dear to my heart. It was
sudden and unexpected.
-Bob CROSS ('62)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: April the Giraffe Cam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E5odkrfvFA
April is still pacing and looking huge... and tired... and ready...
Re: 2019 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
Re: 3/13/19 Maren's Malarkey
Teams are coming into Nome now... and Nome welcomes EVERY ONE
no matter the time of day (or night)... They set off the
siren when there's a musher on Front Street. When they hear
the siren, people come out of the businesses (bars?) along
Front Street to welcome in the newest finisher. There's
somebody there announcing the incoming mushers with a little
bio about him/her and sometimes they mess that part. I just
watched Mitch Seavey come in and they didn't even turn the
mic on for his bio. Race Marshall Mark Nordman appears to be
there to greet EVERY musher. Then there is a check for all
mandatory gear before the announcement of their arrival with
their race time. Also looks like the GPS is turned off as
soon as they arrive in Nome.
Re: Bib
Found out that the bib with the starting position is worn for
the start of the race and then removed. It is put back on at
the Safety CheckPoint.
Re: Only FOUR Iditarods closer
1978: Dick Mackey beat Rick Swenson by 1 second.
2007: Lance Mackey beat Jeff King by 1 minute 14 secs.
1982: Rick Swenson beat Susan Butcher by 4 mins.
1977: Rick Swenson beat Jerry Riley by 5 mins.
2019: Pete Kaiser beat Joar Ulsom by 12 mins 16 secs
Re: Nikolai CheckPoint
It is said that the winner of the Iditarod is "always" among
the first 15 teams to arrive in Nikolai. True again this
year. In fact... all but one of the top ten was among the
first 15 into Nikolai.
Re: The top ten
Then I'll hold off any more results until they're all off the
trail... hopefully by the time they have the Finisher Banquet
on Saturday night.
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2019 FINISHERS
1. Pete Kaiser/#9~~~
2. Joar Ulsom/#28~~~
3. Jessie (girl) Royer/#4~~~
4. Aliy Zirkle/#19~~~
5. Travis Beals/#51
6. Matt Hall/#3
7. Paige Drobney/#40
8. Ramey Smyth/#6~~~
9. Mitch Seavey/#32~~~
10. Aaron Burmeister/#38
Stay tuned...
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 72° at 3am
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>>From: Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
Re: 1958 Hoops
I did not get to go to the tournament, I was very young. My
dad did not get to go because he was "on call" that weekend -
too bad because he was a great Bomber supporter. My mom and
brother, Mike McLAUGHLIN ('58-RIP), did go with our friends
the Kennedys. But I can remember lying on the floor in front
of our big console radio listening to the games.
-Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
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>>From: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Re: Richland Players' Friday opening
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Dav/190314-Night_Watch.jpg
Hey there!
Friday night is opening night for "NIGHTWATCH" at the old
Richland Theater along GWay, still standing strong after all
these years.
The show runs the next three weekends.
I sent in a poster today with all the information. Check it
out. And I hope to see you there.
-Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Sent from my Samsung SmartPhone
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/15/19 ~ BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Susie DILL ('64)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ron HOLEMAN ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Roy BALLARD ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barbara SMITH ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Terry GANZ ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jessica AVANT ('95)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today:
Dave COCHRAN & Nadine REYNOLDS ('61)
BOMBER LUNCH TODAY:
Mostly '52ers, Noon, Sterling's Queensgate (Fridays)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: April the Giraffe Cam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E5odkrfvFA
April is still pacing... she's down and then up and checking
out Oliver in his enclosure... and looking huge... and
tired... and ready... sometimes just standing there
(sleeping?)... she's up and sometimes playing with some of
the extra bedding that ZooKeepers put down for her in
anticipation of delivery. Maybe she's trying to pitch it over
the barrier at baby daddy,Oliver.
Re: 2019 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
Re: 3/14/19 Maren's Malarkey
Got to get to the grocery store for corned beef and cabbage
so I'll be ready to cook it on St. Patrick's Day!!
Another one scratched: Rookie Sebastian DosSantosBorges/#48
Teams in Nome at this writing: 21... I'll list all when all
have arrived in Nome
The Nome Kennel Club gives an award for the team in the top
20 that's the fastest between Safety and Nome. Looks like
Linwood Fiedler/ #15 in 3 hours 00 minutes. Fastest I've seen
has been 2 hours 4 minutes... I THIN part of the problem this
year is that there isn't any sea ice so the actual trail had
to be on land all the way into Nome... not as fast as ice?
Stay tuned...
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 67° at 2am
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>>From: Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
To: Bob CROSS ('62)
I am deeply saddened to hear of your loss. May the love of
family and friends comfort you at this difficult time; and
may your happy memories sustain you through your grief.
-Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: HB
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Roy BALLARD ('63) and Thea WALLACE ('63-RIP)!!!!
I was so afraid I'd missed it, Roy.
-David RIVERS ('65)
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Dennis HAMMER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Hazel MORGAN ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Debra Anne CRANE ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tami LYONS ('76)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rhonda MILLER ('78)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 3/16/19
Re: April the Giraffe
April's live Cam
No giraffe baby yet. *tapping foot* waiting on April.
Re: 2019 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
9 teams mushing out on the trail. The last group of 6 is
currently in Elim - 95 miles to Nome.
It ain't over till they ALL cross under the burled arch in
Nome:
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Idit/00-Burled_Arch.jpg
Stay tuned...
OK... Dennis saved y'all from a "NOT" issue. read on...
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 53° at 5:30am
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
On a trip to the Oregon coast we visited a museum and they
had, I think it is called a cultivator. It had a big wheel in
front and two handles in the back, with some little blades
behind the wheel. Makes working your garden easier I guess.
We didn't have one, the old man just told me to grab a hoe
and get to work. I remember seeing them, lot of people we
knew had them, I think more people had gardens back then.
They also had a display of a family having a picnic at the
beach with their '50s station wagon there and on the picnic
table was a thermos jug. It had a pour spout on the top and
was metal finished in green hammer-tone paint. Ours was brown
and spout was near the bottom, but I remember people who had
that exact same jug. On the way out I told the lady working
there about them and said, "When I go to museums and see
things that I remember being in regular use . . . . "
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/17/19 ~ HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Marilynn WORKING ('54), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Richard ROBERTS ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat BADGER ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patricia LEIBEL ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon TEMPLEMAN ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary JACKSON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda LANG ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lisa LYSHER ('79)
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>>From: Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54)
Re: Loss of another 1954 classmate...
Sorry to hear that our classmate, Joy Elvira SIMPSON Gest
passed away on March 9, 2019. Her obituary was in TC Herald
on March 10th or 11th. Also saw in her obit that her brother,
Emrie "Lee" Simpson had already passed away. Didn't know that!
[See link to both obits in the "heard About" section
of today's Sandstorm. -Maren]
Re: '54 Ladies Lunch
Missed Friday's ladies' lunch as I had a husband under the
weather and wouldn't leave him. Heard that a group of our men
also met at Applebee's. Also heard that Jim MEFFORD is in
hospital awaiting a hip replacement. Speedy recovery to Jim!!!
Did get a chance to enjoy a dinner with gal friend classmate,
Joanie PHILLIPS Wile and her talented husband, Dale Wile. Yes,
my hubby was feeling better by then!
Re: Go Fire Football
Spent Saturday morning (3-16-19) at Toyota Center picking up
our season tickets to the new indoor football team, TC FIRE!!
Met all the coaches and owner and team. Nice to see members of
the Semi Pro team to be from Kamiakin High School and Richland
High. Some from Spokane, Eastern University, Yakima and out of
state players. Their first game is March 30th at 6 PM, if
anyone is interested in supporting a new team that is in place
of the TC FEVER. There will be 6 home games. Tickets are
reasonable. Check em out!!!!! Contact them at
https://www.gofirefootball.com/.
Soooooo thrilled we will NOT be having any more snow!!
-Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54) ~ Enjoying a dry 50s degree
weekend in Tri-Cities!!
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Well the dog race is over, and if the internet is to be
believed, the world has one more baby giraffe to worry about.
{Dog race NOT over -- see my entry (below). -Maren]
Not important as St. Paddy's Day is upon us. It just so
happens that three Bomber Babes and a Bomber were born on this
date. Naturally, they are people I know; went to school with 3
of them, not to mention I also went to school with his wife.
Coincidence, maybe? Happenstance, more than likely. Bye-the-
bye, one of the Bomber Babes is a fellow classmate.
Now a deep flourish of the ol' propeller beanie for Patti
BADGER ('53), Patricia LEIBEL ('54), and Sharon TEMPLEMAN
('55). I'll also tip that beanie to Richard ROBERTS ('49).
One hopes that too much green beer won't be spilled by any
of them and hope they are able to talk the leprechaun out
of his gold.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR were the
first day of Spring draw nigh (even if we are on DST)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 3/17/19
Re: April the Giraffe
April's live Cam
Sandstorm delivery was pretty late -- again, but at least I
have a pretty good reason this time. It was FINISHED by
about 10am and I was just checking on April when I got a text
message: "This is it!" so I watched till she delivered a male
around noon as a HUGE YouTube audience watched. Then I fell
asleep..
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Smy/190316_Aprils_New_Calf.jpg
Re: 2019 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
Nine teams mushing out on the trail. Three are almost into
Nome, two will be in Safety soon, three are in White Mountain
for their last mandatory 8 hour rest, and one lone musher,
Victoria Hardwick/#30, is on her way into White Mountain...
They all missed the Saturday Night Musher Banquet
It ain't over till they ALL cross under the burled arch in
Nome and the Red Lantern is extinguished.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Idit/00-Burled_Arch.jpg
Stay tuned...
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 53° at 2:30am
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Kadlec Hospital 1944-2019
2019 marks Kadlec's 75th anniversary. Take a look at this
aerial of Kadlec from 1955 [see Mac Hall under construction!].
Note the original George Prout pool and Columbia High School
in the top center of the photo.
[I can see Sheeran's "L" house on Long and
Wheeler's "L" house, as well. -Maren]
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Col/190317_Kadlec_1955.jpg
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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5 Bombers and Don Sorenson (NAB) sent stuff:
Jim McKEOWN ('53), Allan AVERY ('54)
Mike CLOWES ('54), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Lynn-Marie HATCHER ('68), Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carol BRADY ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Paul KIRZ ('66)
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>>From: Jim McKEOWN ('53)
Re: Birthdays
Happy belated Birthday to my old gal friend from Carmichael,
Patty BADGER ('53)... hope she enjoys the day with Gene, and
does something special....also, a happy birthday to a long
time special friend and always beautiful, Sharon TEMPLEMAN
Watts ('55)... have your boys take you out somewhere expensive
and have them pay for it... love to both.
-Jim McKEOWN ('53) ~ from sunny Sac Town, but leaving soon,
permanently, for Murietta, CA... where the 10 family
members down there will be able to help me with my
beautiful wife
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>>From: Allan AVERY ('54)
Re: Marilynn WORKING Highstreet's ('54) mention (3/17 Sandstorm),
of Jim MEFFORD's ('54) hip replacement
Best wishes with it, Jim. Do the Rehab! I know a lot of
fellow-Old guys who've done both hips & knees. They say the
hip is faster and a bit less painful rehab than the knee; so,
Good! (I need both knees. And the best of the surgeons (over
here on the snow-free side) tell me: Yep, they're both
"Eligible," but we won't do them. Because - in your overall
condition you could not rehab them. So - Any of Y'All out
there: Do you now a good ortho surgeon who does pain-free and
easy-rehab knee jobs? Let me know, Please. Anyway. We'll be
there in Sept, (baring any interim accident), Me on my Walker,
and maybe an electric seated scooter parked outside. And I'm
going to hobble around to ALL the '53, '54, '55, & '56 tables.
Re: OK next
The young, '66 Shirley COLLINGS Haskins' mention of the Kadlec
Hospital anniversary, and picture of Col-Hi and the big pool.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Col/190317_Kadlec_1955.jpg
My Col-Hi summer job was dressing room "basket boy" at the
pool. And since back then I had a "senior lifesaving" swim
rating: when the official "life guards" were on break, I was
assigned to go out and fill in. (Of course, as you'd expect, i
paid no attention to my young female classmates laying on the
pool deck sunning, in their swim suits. Oh no! Meanwhile: my,
and nab spouse Merry's, best to y'all. (That's "southern
language," which we became fluent in when we had a tiny little
2br - 1ba house on Clearwater Beach in FL. To which we
"commuted seasonally," for a decade until we noticed how much
was gone from the "nest egg." and how stressful and ridiculous
is trying to maintain 2 houses at our age. So we panicked and
sold. Since then we've been able, so far, to go down for a
couple of weeks once annually. To see old friends (some of
them like family) and our old haunts there. The one scheduled
this may could be the last. The "mobility," plus we haven't
got our 2018 result under the new tax law, from our hrb tax
man yet. The end here: and thanks to all you doing all the
work to keep club 40 going!!
-Allan AVERY ('54)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Gotta be one weird race where it ain't over until tail-end
Charlie drags a red lantern over the finish line days and days
after the first sled made it. Most other races is over when
the first person breaks the tape. Oh, sure, they also pick up
2nd and 3rd place finishes, but the race is over. The person
in last place may bother to cross the line, but generally they
tend to head for the showers.
[2019 First place in 9d:12h:39m:6s - that's 9 DAYS...
no other race takes that long and ALL finishers
deserve credit and recognition. Interesting FACT:
More people have summitted Mt. Everest than have
FINISHED the Iditarod... just sayin' -MMaren]
Noticed a name on today's birthday list that got me to
wondering if this Bomber Babe is actually the mother of one
half of a TV bunch. Not sayin its so, but, just sayin.
Don't know her personally, but I'll give a flourish of the
ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!" to Carol BRADY
('60). It could be true...
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
temps are expected to be in the 70s before the week-end
rain sets in
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 3/18/19
Yesterday's entry from Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
I goofed the link so for anybody who wants to see Kadlec plus
Col-Hi with Mac Hall under construction, the big pool and
Sheeran's and Wheeler's "L" houses, here's the correct link:
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Col/190317_Kadlec_1955.jpg
Re: April the Giraffe
April's live Cam
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Smy/190316_Aprils_New_Calf.jpg
Mother and baby boy are bonding beautifully. The vet is
supposed to do a baby check today (17th) and they'll weigh
baby boy at that time. He looks so tiny standing next to his
mother. Maybe I'll find out tomorrow how much baby weighs..
Re: 2019 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
One withdrawl: Richie Beatie/#50
Still one lone team on the trail.. now between White Mountain
and Safety (which is the last CheckPoint... She's a rookie
named Victoria Hardwick/#30
Stay tuned...
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 53° at 4:45am
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>>From: Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
Re: Widowhood
I am writing this on St. Patrick's Day, which would have been
my 15th wedding anniversary with Thomas PEASHKA ('68-RIP). I
have recounted many times here how he and I re-met because
of a post in our beloved Sandstorm, 33 years after our high
school graduation. He passed on 3.5 years ago, and I must
admit that I increasingly do not like being a widow.
However, it is still St. Patrick's Day, and I am still half
Irish. So I will not let the day go uncelebrated, at least in
my quiet way. Like many of you, I will be cooking up corned
beef and cabbage, with great leftovers for several days.
Re: Iditarod
Going back quite a few years now, I remember when I started
reading Maren's posts about this truly incredible race. At
first I thought I had very little interest, but as the years
have gone on, I have found myself following each post, day by
day. What an extraordinary relationship between humans and
dogs! And what unbelievable accomplishments these teams
achieve together! Thank you, Maren, for bringing my awareness
to its present level, and piquing my interest in the Iditarod.
I look forward to your recounting of the daily events every
year now!
Re: Moving in to Richland
Beginning the first week of April, I will be gradually moving
from West Richland back into Richland. (Over the course of
about 6 weeks). This is a very happy move for me!
When I was born, the baby of the family, we lived on the
corner of Cullum and Fitch the left-hand side of a B house.
Across Fitch to the south was another B house, and the next
house down was an E house. That a house was owned by the
Biggerstaff family. Dick Biggerstaff ('58) eventually became
our paperboy, and in 1964 married my sister, Sally ('60). (By
then we had moved 5 houses north, still on Cullum , to an F
house. What year was it that the government started letting
citizens buy houses? 1956 or 1957? Whenever it was, that's
when we moved).
That E house has been occupied by my (extended) family since
it was originally built - 1944. First, Dick's family moved in
there, having originally come from Nebraska for his Dad to go
to work at Hanford as a carpenter. His father died in 1970, &
his mother lived there until 1993, when she had to move into
long term care. At that time, Dick & Sally moved back to
Richland from the Midwest, & bought the house. They lived
there until moving to Goldendale in 2003, & two of their sons
(my nephews) took turns living there in the ensuing years.
Recently their youngest son migrated to Goldendale to help
them out on their farm place .... and the question arose,
"what do we do with the old family home "? None of us wanted
to see it leave the family. We all have so many MANY memories
centering around that place there - my first being at age 2,
when Sally took me there to see the bunnies Dick was raising
in the back yard.
Now ... what's all this have to do with me? Well, the house in
West Richland to which I moved in mid-2018 (from my farm in
Idaho) has turned out to have issues beyond those I want to
tackle - e. g. discovered it needs rewiring! Scary!!!
Simultaneously, the non-profit organization for which I
relocated to establish a psychiatric line of service has found
itself to be underfunded. As a consequence, the decision was
made to close that psychiatric practice. So my job ends
effective April 1st. And the insurance and remediation issues
at the farm (ongoing for 2 years, now) are still not settled.
So I can't sell it yet, and thus cannot buy another place
here. But - I HAVE DOGS! A huge part of my life. So where to
live?
Here's the best part :-) Dick and Sally were hoping to keep
the house on Cullum, and had begun work on converting the
basement into a (HUGE) one bedroom daylight apartment, while
refurbishing the upstairs. They needed to rent out at least
the top half. But they didn't want to just rent it out to
"just anyone". And they needed someone to live upstairs, while
they finished the downstairs - someone who would possibly be
willing to move to the downstairs, should they decide to move
back to Richland (and into the upstairs) at a later date. So
... guess who gets to move back to the old neighborhood? ME!!!
(And my dogs, of course).
This is so exciting to me - a total blessing! I get to move
back to where I started out in life .... right across from
Lewis & Clark Elementary School. My little grandchildren will
get to experience the same play areas with which I grew up.
The memories - it's just wonderful to contemplate all of the
joys awaiting me there.
Re: Organizing
Super timely for me is my discovery of the Maria Kondo method
of decluttering, letting go of what I really don't need/want,
and organizing. I can't imagine a better time to do this than
when I am moving to my new home. (In addition, the remainder
of my stored stuff from the farm will be arriving here in
early summer. That's a LOT to go through!). The new place
might be rather empty in the beginning. But the things that
will be there will be only things that "spark joy", as Maria
Kondo espouses. I am REALLY, REALLY, REALLY looking forward to
the calm that comes with being surrounded by less stuff - and
all of that stuff being organized and tidy.
Re: Future job
I am in the midst of interviews and negotiations for working
100% from home, doing remote Telepsychiatry. This is
definitely the wave of the future (actually the present),
which allows many more people to get psychiatric help (often
from the comfort and privacy of their own homes). I am very
excited about this opportunity, and would appreciate your
prayers and good thoughts toward this all coming together. (I
DEFINITELY don't want to have to relocate from my home town
again - but I do need to continue to work).
Thanks for reading!
-Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: HAPO
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/190318_00.htm
To: All Bombers
When I hired on with Rockwell in 1977 one of the first of
many suggestions I received was to get an account with HAPO. A
few days later I was waiting in line to do just that. I looked
around and noticed how many folks were wearing their badges,
mostly Q clearances and a few red badges. When it was my turn
I told the woman I worked at Hanford and was interested in
getting an account, she seemed disengaged so I mentioned where
I worked again thinking she didn't hear me. I don't know what
I was expecting, really. Expectations and realities at 21,
sometimes my learning curve is a bit steep. Anyway I located
a few early photos of HAPO from '54 of customers and board
members. Oh one last thing, I happened to run across a 1956
HAPO calender two years ago, the people who were selling it
thought it was one from the credit union however it wasn't, it
was one you would find in one of the many offices in Hanford.
The cool thing, for me anyway, it was a 1956, my birth year.
In great shape, looked like it was hot off the presses in the
712 Building. Well enough droning on.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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3 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
David DOUGLAS ('62), Helen CROSS ('62)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64), Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Don PANTHER ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cheryl RAEKES ('74)
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
Re: Alan AVERY's ('54) mention of his summer job
My first real summer job happened after graduating in '62.
My senior year I was president of Col-Hi's Quill and Scroll
Society (national writing/journalism organization). Toward the
end of each school year the Society would publish student
works in a magazine titled Sandscript. In prior years it had
been mimeographed. I decided I wanted it commercially printed
like the Sandstorm, so we could include pictures as well as
stories and poems. I went around to every printer until I
found one we could afford, provided I typed the articles. In
order to justify the right column the printer loaned me an
Executive electric typewriter that had two space bars, one two
units long, the other three units. I marked a line on the
paper where the right margin was to be, typed a line using the
three unit space key and then measured how many spaces I
needed to add (press the 2-unit bar twice instead of the 3-
unit bar) or subtract (replacing enough 3-unit spaces with 2-
unit spaces) to make the margin even, then type the adjusted
line next to it. He photographed the adjusted pages onto metal
lithograph plates, which allowed adding pictures as well. It
turned out so nice that he asked me to type other jobs for him
that summer.
In the fall I began Whitman College with a work grant - in the
Student Union Building snack bar standing up six hours a day,
which my legs couldn't take, for sixty cents an hour. (Schools
could pay less than minimum wage to students.) I'd taken the
postal exam to be a substitute carrier, so I went to the post
office to see if I could get a part-time job. Unfortunately,
the manager told me the test was only good where I took it -
Richland. He asked me what skills I had, and when I said
typing he gave me the address of a printing company in Walla
Walla. I went there, and the first question the owner asked
me was, "Do you know how to justify right margins with an
Executive typewriter?" "Of course, doesn't everyone?" I got
the job, at $1.25 an hour minimum wage. I worked there after
classes all four years while I was in college, getting a small
increase each year. My roommate my sophomore and junior years
was angry - he worked standing up scrubbing pots and pans in
the hot cafeteria kitchen for 60 cents an hour while I worked
sitting down in an air conditioned office at an electric
typewriter for minimum wage or better. My senior year, when I
was getting ready to be married after graduation I also
worked in the clerical pool office in my off hours during
the mornings. I ended up typing all of President Perry's
correspondence from a Dictaphone belt, as I could do them
without making a rough draft first. As final exams drew closer
I told the clerical manager I'd have to quit my job there to
have more time to study. She raised my salary 10 cents above
the print shop. I told the print shop owner I needed to quit
to have more time to study, and he gave me a ten-cent raise
too, so I ended up keeping both jobs. I still managed to
graduate.
I barely had enough for my airfare to Hawaii for the wedding,
plus a room at the newest Waikiki hotel for our wedding night.
I told my fiancée I didn't know how we were going to get back
to the mainland after the wedding. She said her sister was
giving us our airplane tickets and her aunt was giving us a
3-day honeymoon on Kauai. Most of her family's friends and
relatives gave us money for wedding gifts since they knew we
were going to the mainland to live. We started married life
with a small fortune (for me). My fiancée and I had our first
argument just before the wedding. I said after the reception
we were going to our hotel. She said no, we were going to her
parents' house to open wedding presents. I put my foot down
and told her no, I wasn't going to open presents first.
Anyway, by the time we finished opening presents we got to the
hotel after midnight. We arrived at the airport in the morning
for the trip to Kauai just in time to watch our plane take
off. Aloha Airlines was very laid back and put us on the next
flight - with a tour group composed of senior citizens. We
looked somewhat out of place. At the Lihue airport we couldn't
find our luggage. It turned out the tour group was staying at
the Pali Palms and we were staying at the Kauai Surf. All the
luggage on the plane was put on a truck and taken to the Pali
Palms. The airline said they'd get our luggage and deliver it
to the Kaui Surf. We checked into the hotel and went up to our
room. We took one look at it, went back to the front desk, and
told the desk clerk that two single beds would not do. They
gave us another room. Later there was a knock on the door
and the bell boy came in without waiting for a response. He
dropped the luggage, apologized, and left hurriedly without
waiting for a tip.
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ where the temperature went
from the sixties to the eighties overnight. Now if the
pool will just warm up.
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
First of all I could not bring up Wheeler's house in the
photo Of Kadlec Hospital. But as I used to walk to swim
team at least once a day for a few summers, I walked by
Wheeler's every day, remember it well.
[I goofed the link. Here's the right link -Maren]
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Col/190317_Kadlec_1955.jpg
To: Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
Prayers and best wishes to Lynn-Marie on her relocation and
job Search.
Re: Iditarod
And I love the coverage of the Iditarod too, and look forward
to Maren's coverage of it yearly.
Re: Spring
Spring is Coming to the Midwest; every day there are more
birds and ducks in the pond. Usually we have a family of
Canadian geese here on our little pond every spring.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ in SE Indiana where I am decluttering
if I love it or not. We've had 2 deaths in our family
in the last month which left us family members
overwhelmed with taking care of their stuff. One was
my brother-in-law in Brewster (NAB-RIP), and one was
my cousin, Bob Cross' ('62) life partner, Celeste (NAB-RIP).
Bobby, you know you have my sympathy.
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 3/19/19
On this day in 1982 my last divorce was final! 37 years!
Re: My Cataracts
Cataract surgery on my left eye is scheduled for 3/25. I THINK
I go in the hospital that morning and will be back to do the
3/26 Alumni SandStorm. Doc doing the surgery is a corneal
transplant specialist - because of the keratoconus on my left
eye - and should a corneal transplant become necessary as the
cataract surgery progresses.
Found the most/best information on the Rare Diseases database:
https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/keratoconus/
Keratoconus diagram
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Smy/Keratoconus.jpg
Once left eye is "up and running well" they'll then do the
cataract surgery on the right eye. Some of you may know that
in 1985 my right eye had a corneal transplant because of the
keratoconus. Apparently that still looks good, but again,
there's a possibility that they might have to do another
corneal transplant on the right eye... and I've got the doc
who can handle it all working on me.
Stay tuned...
Re: April the Giraffe
April's live Cam
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Smy/190316_Aprils_New_Calf.jpg
No baby stats yet. stay tuned...
Re: 2019 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
To: AKA ('54) - OK. NOW it's all over but the shoutin'. I hear
the fat lady singing. 52 teams began the race on 3/2/19 and
rookie Victoria Hardwick/#30 crossed under the burled arch and
extinguished the Red Lantern on 3/18/19. Her race time: 14d
22h 51m 49s -- compared to the first team in: 9d 12h 39m 6s
We had one withdrawl: Richie Beatie/#50 - one of Richie's
dogs, Oshi, died at the vet's in Anchorage with Aspiration
Pneumonia. Not much can be done about it. What I read sounded
like what occasionally happens with humans and my Mom called
it "going down your Sunday Throat". Food accidently gets into
the lungs instead of the stomach. Richie noticed a problem
just outside Nome and put Oshi in the sled for the rest of the
way to Nome. Vet in Nome sent her to Anchorage. All very sad
for Richie and his family. Haven't checked the rules, but
Richie Withdrew from the race and apparently also forfeits his
"Rookie of the Year" honor.
And we had one last scratch: Cindy Gallea/#53.
2019 finishers
1. Pete Kaiser/#9~~~
2. Joar Ulsom/#28~~~
3. Jessie (girl) Royer/#4~~~
4. Aliy Zirkle/#19~~~
5. Travis Beals/#51
6. Matt Hall/#3
7. Paige Drobney/#40
8. Ramey Smyth/#6~~~
9. Mitch Seavey/#32~~~
10. Aaron Burmeister/#38
11. Richie Diehll/#29
12. Linwood Fiedler/#15
13. Jeff King#25
14. Wade Marrs/#36
15. Jeff Deeter#25
16. Kristy Berington/#26
17. Anna Berington/#10
18. Matt Failoir/#17
19. Seth Barnes/#45
20. Mats Pettersson/#4
21. Ed Hopkins/#33 - '19 ROY
22. Martin Buser/#21~~~
23. Aaron Peck/#47
24. Charley Benja/#31
25. Michi Konno/#43
26. Lance Mackey/#44~~~
27. Jessie (boy) Holmes/#5~~~
28. Martin Reitan/#39
29. Ryan Santiago/#49
30. Jason Campeau/#12
31. Jessica Klejka/#24
32. Alison Lifka/#37
33. Michael Baker/#41
34. Sarah Stokes/#52
35. Anja Radano/#2
36. Blair Braverman/#11
37. Jeremy Keller/#48
38. Kristin Bacon/#8
39. RED LANTERN - Victoria Hardwick/#30~~~
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Tomorrow (maybe) I'll cover all the awards
Stay tuned...
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~56° at 5am
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: 1954 PENSIONERS DINNER PARTY
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/190319_00.htm
To: All Bombers
Desert Inn site of the G E 1954 Pensioners dinner party. Swell
get ups and early 1900s bathing suits and what looks like a
bit of booze and lots of food, they really knew how to party
then.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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5 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Pat UPSON ('49), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Nancy MALLORY ('64), Susie DILL ('64)
Lynn-Marie HATCHER ('68), Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Leah COLLINS ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joanna FAULKNER ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sherri DAUGHERTY ('67)
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>>From: Pat UPSON Tervooren ('49)
Re: Our dear Maren
Maren you know how much we all admire your talent, humor,
expert knowledge on anything to do with Bomberville and
constant sleepless dedication to us Bombers -- BUT -- it is
now time for you to get lots of sleep and rest in preparation
for your soon-to-be surgery and recovery!!! We will all be
praying for a very successful operation and recovery in record
time. We will ALL be willing to patiently wait to read a
Sandstorm UNTIL you truly feel up to it. God bless hon, you
will remain in my thoughts and prayers.
-Pat UPSON Tervooren ('49)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 3/20/19
Re: April the Giraffe
April's live Cam
At birth: 5'11", 139# Now he needs a name:
https://namethegiraffe.com/
Re: Facebook Friends
Remember, ladies, I have NO IDEA who you are without your
maiden name..
Re: 2019 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
2019 OUT OF 2019 RACE
1. Michelle Phillips - Withdrew before the start
2. Mikael Jutila - Withdrew before the start
3. Katherine Keith - Withdrew before the start
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4. Shaynee Traska/#7 - scratched
5. Marcelle Fressineau/#27 - scratched
6. Emily Maxwell/#18 - scratched
7. Cindy Abbott/#16 - scratched
8. Robert Redington/#34 - scratched
9. Lev Shvarts/#13 - scratched
10 Nic Petit/#20 - scratched
11. Niklas Wikstrand/#42 - scratched
12. Brett Bruggeman/#35 - scratched
13. Ryan Redington/#22 - scratched
14. Sebastian Borges/#46
15. Richie Beattle/#50 - '19 ROY (NOPE)
15. Cindy Gallea/#53
AWARD WINNERS
Spirit of AK Award (1st to McGrath)
Framed print by Jon Van Zyle; $500 flight credit
Nic Petit
GCI Dorothy Page Halfway Award (1st to Iditarod)
$3,000 in gold nuggets, commemorative trophy
Aliy Zirkle '19
Millennium Hotel First to the Yukon (Anvik)
5-course feast at CheckPoint, $3,500 in one-dollar
bills on a gold pan
Nic Petit
Bristol Bay Native Corp Fish First Award - 1st to Kaltag
$2,000 & 25#s of salmon filet (delivered in June).
Pete Kaiser
Ryan Air 1st Gold Coast Award (1st to Unalakleet)
$1,500 in gold nuggets and a carved ivory piece
Nic Petit
Northrin Bank Achieve More Award ~ 1st to White Mt
check for $2,500 & print by Marianne Wieland
Pete Kaiser
Rookie of the Year to the top-placing rookie.
$2,000 check, Trophy
Ed Hopkins - accepted On behalf of Richie Beattie and
will give $$$ to Richie. Richie finished just ahead of Ed, but
withdrew from the race after his dog, Oshi, died from
aspiration pneumonia
Fastest From Safety to Nome ~ (must be in the top 20)
$500 check, commemorative trophy
Wade Marrs in 2h 38s using Nic Petit's sled.
Most Improved Musher:
$2000, commemorative trophy
Paige Drobny Improved 36 places
Sportsmanship (chosen by fellow mushers):
$3,000 check, Plaque
Mats Pettersson - rescued Linwood Fiedler when Linwood
hit about an 8" high stump that sent him over the handlebars
and snapped the line to his dogs. Team broke loose. Mats
hooked Linwood's sled to his and pulled both sleds and both
ushers down the trail till they found Linwood's team.
Most Inspirational Musher: chosen by fellow mushers.
Entry fee in next race
Lance Mackey
Herbie Nayokpuk Memorial Award: chosen by checkers along the
coast - musher who most closely mimics Herbie "The Shishmaref
Cannon Ball" - $1,049 "pocket change" inside an NAC jacket
Aaron Peck
Golden Clipboard Award - Commemorative Plaque
TIE: Rhon CheckPoint & Eagle Island CheckPoint
Leonhard Seppala Humanitarian Award to the musher who
demonstrates outstanding dog care while remaining competitive
throughout the race, chosen by the veterinary team - Entry fee
for next race, trophy
Aliy Zirkle
Golden Harness Award - chosen by musher to the most
outstanding lead dog - Coveted gold-colored harness
Pete Kaiser's "Marro"
Northern Air Cargo Four Wheeler Drawing Winner
Jeremy Keller
Red Lantern Award (symbol of perseverance)
Victoria Hardwick
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA 51° at 5:30am
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>>From: Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64)
Re: Cataract Surgery
Maren: I had cataract surgery on both eyes in January (two
weeks apart). Didn't have the extra problems you are having.
The main "problem" I have is adjusting to a new way of seeing.
I was near sighted all of my life -- started wearing glasses
in 4th grade. Now my vision is flip flopped - now far sighted.
I amazed that you can see to do the computer work you do. Will
keep your surgeries in my prayers.
Re: Snow
Made a hurried trip to the Tri-Cities in early February when
my niece Nicole passed away (daughter of sister Karen ('71).
Almost didn't get back out of Pasco airport due to the snow.
Karen said they had more last week on tuesday.
-Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64)
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>>From: Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
Re: Eye Surgery
To: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64):
I want to send you best wishes & good luck for your upcoming
cataract surgery. I hope all goes well and you will not need
the corneal transplant this time. Either way, PLEASE do not
concern yourself with rushing back to do the Sandstorm. We are
so grateful for your dedication to keeping us Bombers
connected; but you and your health comes first. Please take
whatever time you need to recover thoroughly before worrying
about getting the Sandstorm out!
[Wanted to let Bombers know that there
COULD be a problem around 3/26/19. -Maren]
Bomber hugs...
-Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
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>>From: Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
Re: Looking for Marie HEILING Armstrong ('60)
My sister, Sally HATCHER Biggerstaff ('60) was friends with
Marie HEILING Armstrong ('60) through Richland Lutheran for
many years.
They were college roommates for their junior & senior years.
They were in one another's weddings. You get the idea. Then
... gradually they lost contact.
Sally has been trying to get back in touch with Marie, but to
no avail thus far. Sally's not a Sandstorm subscriber, nor
technologically oriented. She DOES email, though. And she is
excited about me reaching out for help from our fellow Bombers
here.
If any of you have suggestions as to how I can help reunite
these two old friends, please email me.
Thank you!
-Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: 1954 PRIEST RAPIDS ICE STORAGE
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/190320_00.htm
To: All Bombers
Photos from 1954 of the Priest Rapids Ice Company I'm going
to assume it was on site. I'm wondering if anyone had heard
of it? It's kinda cool, no pun intended.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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8 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Curt DONAHUE ('53), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Frank DeVINCENTIS ('56), Stephanie DAW SON ('60)
Chuck WITTEBORT ('61), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66), Pam EHINGER ('67)
Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bini MILLER ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Donna McGREGOR ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marji BREWDER ('69)
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>>From: Curt DONAHUE ('53)
Maren:
I had cataract surgery several years ago and it was a piece of
cake. When I met with the nurse for the pre-op interview, I
mentioned how concerned I was about having this surgery. Her
response was, "You've had two open heart surgeries and your
concerned about this? This is nothing." I wish you well and
take whatever time you feel you need to fully recover before
you consider taking up the Sandstorm again. Blessings and
prayers.
-Curt DONAHUE ('53) ~ Kennewick where our record snow is
melting fast.
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
"Spring has sprung,
The grass has riz,
I wonder where the flowers is,
Burma Shave."
Yup, we're in to spring by almost one full day, and we hear of
cataract surgeries and hip replacements. Don't know if Allan
AVERY ('54) was aware of it; but when he mentioned Jimmie
MEFFORD's ('54) hip replacement, that was the first time "hip"
and MEFFORD had been used in a sentence in over 60 years.
So, to Maren ('63 & '64) and MEFFORD ('54), take it all in
stride and what ever happens will. I just wonder if Jim will
be in shape to dance with Jeanette ('54) come this September.
The fact that Allan plans on attending the September bash no
matter what form of self propulsion he uses.
Makes one think that maybe Ms. Davis was right when she
allegedly said: "Getting old ain't for sissies."
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
we are hoping the weekend rains will dampen things down
quite a bit. Too many brush fires around here lately.
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>>From: Frank DeVINCENTIS ('56)
Just want to send a thank you note to Sharon TEMPLEMAN Watts
('55) for her thoughtful and kind sympathy card for my sister
Grace ('50-RIP). She was always glad to see you and Jim out
and around Richland. Best wishes Sharon and happiness to you
and your family,
-Frank DeVINCENTIS ('56)
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>>From: Stephanie DAW SON Janicek ('60)
Two things for Maren
Re: Iditarod
Maren, I know nothing about the Iditarod but love it that you
keep us posted on all the happenings and outcomes. My favorite
part is when you describe all the awards. That is one of the
most telling aspects of the race and people and dogs. Love
your coverage!
Re: Cataract Surgery
I had my eyes done maybe 6 weeks apart in Kennewick at the
Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute in 1995 or 96. The PCLI
was founded in 1985 in Chehalis by Doctor Robert Ford and
others. It now has 17 locations in 6 states. Dr. Ford used to
fly in every week to meet with patients who came by the
busload from all over southwest Washington. I think I may have
been one of the last patients actually treated by Dr. Ford
himself in Kennewick. He is Seventh Day Adventist, and he
asked if he could say a brief prayer before he started. I said
"Please do!" I could not have been more pleased with the whole
process.
Re: Side note
I had berated my husband George (RIP) for choosing a paint
color with yellow in it for all the walls in our fairly new
house. I wanted white walls. Well, the minute I returned home
after the bandage was removed from my first cataract surgery,
I had to apologize profusely to George. The walls were not
yellow; it was my cataracts that made everything look yellow.
I was so amazed.
Bomber Cheers,
-Stephanie DAW SON Janicek ('60)
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>>From: Chuck WITTEBORT ('61_)
Re: Some Very Old Pictures (NOT Hanford but very interesting)
http://douglascountygensoc.org/photos002.html
http://douglascountygensoc.org/photos002.html
-Chuck WITTEBORT ('61)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 3/21/19
Re: April the Giraffe
April's live Cam
At birth: 5'11", 139# Now he needs a name:
https://namethegiraffe.com/
Re: 2020 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
350 days till the start of Iditarod 2020 (March 7, 2020)
Y'all ready??
Re: Cataract Surgery
OK, I'm getting excited now. I'm convinced it will go well and
I won't even miss one day of the Sandstorm... Can't remember
if I said it yesterday, but this eye doc was recommended by
two different eye doc (MDs)... at two different times. Start
with the pre-surgery eye drops on Saturday. Should find out
Thursday what time he'll do the surgery... I asked for "first
thing" since I'll be fasting from midnight... and I HATE being
hungry.
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 57° at 2am
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Jim MATTIS ('68) ~ Tri-City Herald 3/20/19
"Former Secretary Of Defense, General Jim MATTIS ('68),
US Marine Corps (Ret.), Returns To The Hoover
Institution At Stanford University."
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland where we welcomed
in the first day of Spring with much warmer weather and
most of the snow melted away. My crocus are blooming,
daffadils are up about 8 inches, and I mowed our lawn
for the first time this year.
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>>From: Pam EHINGER (Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
Maren! Take it easy after you have your eye surgery! You mean
a lot to us!
Bombers Rule
-Pam EHINGER (Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: 1954 RIDING ACADEMY on Van Giesen and other locations
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/190321_00.htm
To: All Bombers
More 1954 photos. I'm sure a few of you have seen these
before.
["Other locations": Safeway and Richland Jewelry]
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Earl BENNETT ('63), Mary Ann VOSSE ('63)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64), David RIVERS ('65)
Terry DAVIS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike RICE ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeanie CRIGLER ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kenny PETERSON ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nina JONES ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gordie McMASTER ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janet ELL ('72)
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>>From: Earl BENNETT (Gold Medal Class of '63)
Re: Maren's Malarkey
Let me add to the well-wishes and reassurances regarding the
upcoming cataract surgery. I've had one eye done, and have no
trepidation regarding the other whenever it's needed - it was
essentially a routine procedure as much as 15 years ago or
more. While it requires precision and appropriate attention to
post-op care, modern equipment makes it relatively simple with
little to no chance of errors.
Re: Jim MEFFORD's ('54) hip replacement surgery
It sounds like you may have already had the surgery or will
within a day or so, otherwise I would have advised you ask
your surgeon for the rehab therapy exercises (modified as
necessary for the pain and capability limitations prior to
the replacement) to do beforehand. I did that for about three
months prior to my second hip replacement, and it really
helped the recovery process - at 6 weeks after, I was about
two weeks ahead of where I had been after the first one. And,
to go along with all the Alumni SS entries I've just seen,
really focus on the rehab therapies, which I learned from
watching my mother's dedicated recoveries after her
replacement surgeries: One knee, one hip and one shoulder over
maybe 15-20 years. She should have had the other shoulder
replaced as well, but at 85+ she was no longer a candidate for
any serious orthopedic surgery.
-Earl BENNETT ('63) ~ from seasonably chilly and seriously
rainy Central Virginia (delaying construction of an
enclosed garden my wife has requested).
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>>From: Mary Ann VOSSE Hirst ('63)
To: Chuck WITTEBORT ('61)
Re: Old Pictures
http://douglascountygensoc.org/photos002.html
Thank you for sending in those old photographs. I found them
fascinating!
-Mary Ann VOSSE Hirst ('63)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 3/22/19
Re: Iditarod Back Stories
Both first and last place were won this year by folks from
Bethel, AK: Pete Kaiser i first place and Victoria Hardwick in
last place.
Haven't had an Alaska Native win since John Baker won in
2011... I remember when Baker won, too... he broke the speed
record that Martin Buser set in 2002!! and there was a Native
American tribe there beating on the drums for Baker, too!!
Nome has an air raid siren that goes off WHENEVER there is a
musher on Front Street... They had a web cam at the finish
line. I kept my computer on till the race was over and all of
a sudden (I could be in another room and hear it), I could
hear the siren... and then some announcer would say "We have a
musher on Front Street!"... people put their coats on and pour
out of businesses (bars? prolly?) on Front street at all hours
of the day and night... they scream and yell and clap for
whatever musher is coming in... the announcer then gives us a
"bio" of the musher(s) coming in... and when they get close
enough... and when Lance Mackey came in, last year's Rookie of
the Year 5 seconds behind him -- they were both on Front
Street at the same time... and the announcer said "Please
welcome to Nome TWO mushers on Main Street, the Amazing Lance
Mackey in 26th position and last year's Rookie of the Year,
Jessie Holmes in 27th position."... and this goes on for
DAYS... Pete arrived on Wednesday, 3/13 and the last team
arrived Sunday, 3/17.
Nic Petit could have won this year, BUT... he was just out of
Shaktoolik - hours ahead of Pete and Joar - about 150 miles
from Nome... one of his dogs, Joey, had an argument with
another dog and bit... Nic YELLED at Joey... and that just
doesn't happen.. Nic said "They all heard me, too... and after
that, they just wouldn't go." Nic had been running pretty much
first place the whole race and he sat there when both Pete
Kaiser and Joar passed him. SOOOO Nic scratched and it wasn't
long before along came Wade Marrs with a broken sled that he
had pieced together. Nic loaned Wade his sled so Wade could
finish the race. Now - and here's the cool part - Nic won the
"Fastest from Safety to Nome" award in '16, '17, and '18, so
Wade made up his mind that Nic's SLED needed to win that
award... and he did!!
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 66° at midnight
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY
I know it ain't what it used to be but I am trying to get
back to it... HAPPY BIRTHDAY Kenny PETERSON ('64) and Nina
JONES ('65) on your special day March 22, 2019!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65) ~ ain't no ol' grey mare
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>>From: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
To: Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
Re: Cataract Surgery
Stephanie,
Interesting about Dr. Ford and his prayers before surgeries. I
had mine done 2 years ago, and two different, younger doctors
mumbled prayers over me with the enthusiasm one expects at a
boardinghouse meal. Still, I was too superstitious to turn it
down.
Makes me think that old Dr.Ford insisted that his staff
doctors continue the tradition. But since it was mid-week, I
wasn't certain whether or not it was Seventh Day Adventist
inspired.
Working fine, though, so I am grateful for the steady hands
that did the job on my old, fallen-away Baptist eyes.
TDK '65'
-Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Sent from my Samsung SmartPhone
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1 Bomber and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Ron HOLEMAN ('56)
Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda EATON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary MULROY ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Skip FOWLER ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pete HEDGES ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim WADE ('76)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Michaela GONZALES ('11)
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>>From: Ron HOLEMAN ('56)
Re: Picture Boards for the Class of 1969
To: All Bombers
Need some help locating the picture display boards for the
Class of 1969 (the ones put on display at the Class of 1969
reunion gatherings). If you know where they be, please let me
know and I will pass the information on to Tom ALBERT ('69).
Thank you.
To: Maren
Leslie ('59) and I both had Pacific Lazar do our cataract
surgery, hers in Vancouver, WA and mine here in Kennewick.
Prayers were said, surgeries were done and no problems
following. Look forward to hearing about your experience
when you are ready to share.
-Ron HOLEMAN ('56) ~ Richland
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: HOT STUFF
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/190323_00.htm
To: All Bombers
For years failed process equipment was boxed up and buried
in long trenches then covered over with Hanford's sand. These
items, even though they were flushed before being removed
from the canyon, are still considerably hot so much that heat
is generated enough to cause the wooden burial box to burn.
Not burst into flames rather a slow burn like charcoal.
That happened at rail crossing just up the hill from 234-5.
Happened in the '50s with items from the REDOX building.
Attached are photos of burial gardens and some of the
equipment used to accomplish burial of this particular
type of waste.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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3 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64), Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65), Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lloyd MOORE ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sue THOMAS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike CUMMINS ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patsy KOLB ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cindy LUST ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rick DAHLIN ('72)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 3/24/19
Re: Cataract Surgery
Vicki OWENS ('72) sent this Bomber cheer:
Take it easy
Take it slow
Come on, Maren
Let's go!
Surgery scheduled for Monday, 3/25 -- started the pre-surgery
eye drops Saturday. I'm starting to get excited.
Re: Iditarod Stuff
Matt Failor started this in 2013 when he asked for pizza and
some fan had pizza delivered to him at the Unalakleet
CheckPoint...
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Idit/2013_Failor_Pizza.jpg
but what about pizza delivery outside the CheckPoint... on the
trail itself? Some fans in Florida ordered and had sent a
piping hot pizza this year to Jessie (girl) Royer... and the
"Pizza Man" brought it to her on the trail... she only took
one piece and was on her way. Here Jessie takes a photo of a
slice of pizza delivered to her on the Trail just outside the
Unalakleet CheckPoint. March 10, 2019.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Idit/2019_Royer_Pizza.jpg
Re: Nic Petit interview
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 61° at 3:30am
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>>From: Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65)
Sending Birthday Wishes to Sue THOMAS Lesh ('65) on the 24th,
Enjoy your birthday, and be careful with the candles!
-Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65)
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
To: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: Hot Stuff
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/190323_00.htm
Still trying to figure photo number 05 out. First off there is
a man standing there who appears to be the supervisor. He is
wearing a coat and tie and a hard hat. What? Does the guy
watching get to wear the hard hat and the guys doing the
physical work don't get a hard hat? More puzzling to me, is
that a mirror they are holding? In some ways it looks like a
mirror and in some ways it does not. That piece of equipment
looks like a crane with a pulley and a cable running through
it. I keep thinking of the old trick shot where the Annie
Oakley et al puts the rifle over their shoulder pointing
behind them, aiming the rifle using a mirror. Are the trying
to operate that piece of equipment that way? Photos 02 and 04
also show that mirror (?) at the top of the crane.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64) ~ Kennewick, where both my yellow and
purple crocuses are blooming, even saw a bee visiting
the purple ones. Usually the yellow ones come out first
then about the time they are gone the purple ones bloom,
but this year they are all blooming at once and the
purple ones seem bigger than usual.
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: Hanford Workers
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/190324_00.htm
To: All Bombers
From 1957 a photo array of Hanford workers in their
environment. More than likely a part of a series for G E NEWS
articles on their employees. On a similar note ever since the
demise of The Reach employee input, articles on other plant
events, safety articles and other important elements that make
up Hanford. The buildings and the operations carried out in
them were pretty cool to witness and be a part of however, as
I have said in the past its people and their personalities
that make it more unique than concrete and metal.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
p.s. Thank you Maren, can't wait to hear how your
surgery improves your eye sight.
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Curt DONAHUE ('53), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Susie DILL ('64), David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Frank DeVINCENTIS ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancy BEARDSLEY ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susan GUNTER ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Karen DAVIS ('76)
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>>From: Curt DONAHUE ('53)
Re: Richland players
Just returned from the Richland Players production of "Night
Watch." It was another excellent presentation, and I finally
got to meet Terence Knox, aka Terry DAVIS ('65).
[TerenceKnox.org/]
Marj and I always enjoyed the plays they present. This was
the first one without her. It was an emotional time for me.
-Curt DONAHUE ('53) ~ Kennewick where it appears that Spring
is on the way.
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 3/25/19
Re: Cataract Surgery
Surgery scheduled for TODAY, Monday, 3/25/19, 8am.
Fasting since 9pm LAST NIGHT, so y'all know I"m HUNGRY!! HA!!
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 68° at midnight
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>>From: Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
To: Maren Smyth ('63 & '64)
You probably won't see this before; but I wanted to wish you
the best of luck on your cataract surgery and recuperation.
Bomberland will be thinking about you.
To: Don Sorenson (NAB)
I want to thank you again for sharing all the historical
Hanford photos. They are so very interesting and bring back
memories of my childhood and simpler times in Richland. Keep
'em coming!
-Susie DILL Atlee ('64) ~ Central Oregon, where we still have
a foot of snow on the ground in many places in our yard.
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: God bless you
Not sure if there will be a SS Saturday morning but wanted
to be sure to honor my dear friend, Pat CALDWELL ('65-RIP).
Go with God, Pat.
-David RIVERS ('65)
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy SmartPhone
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/26/19
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Paula BEARDSLEY ('62), Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64), Terry DAVIS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim MILLER ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jon McDOUGAL ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: Dale and Gale GUNTER ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeffrey SUCHLAND ('90)
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>>From: Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
Maren, I wish you well for your surgery. I'm supposed to have
cataract surgery as well but I can't schedule it. The co-pay
is well over my means to pay so I'm looking into making a
change in insurance coverage. I've been told before I need to
get out of United Healthcare Insurance, now I'm at a point
where I need something more than diagnosis. I've been told by
many people that this surgery is quite fast and painless, so
my best to you for a quick recovery and great eyesight.
-Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
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>>From: Paula BEARDSLEY Glenn ('62)
Re: Maren's Cataracts
Sending prayers and good wishes for your big day! Hoping by
the time you see this, life is brighter and returned to
"normal". I've been thrilled with mine.
Re: David RIVERS ('65)
Glad to see you pop up again in the Sandstorm so hope that
means life has made a good turn for you. Keeping you lifted
in prayer.
Re: Baby Sis birthday
Sending happiest 72nd birthday wishes to my baby sis, Nancy
BEARDSLEY Lucke ('65) on March 25. She has been my rock and
best friend through some difficult times the last few years
and I hope the coming year is full of happiness and joy for
her. Love you Sis!
-Paula BEARDSLEY Glenn ('62) ~ Richland where the last pile
of snow finally melted away yesterday just in time for
the daffodils to bud out...
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: Cataract Surgery
Surgery went well... have follow up visit today 3/26. Surgery
was only intended to remove the cataract, which it did, but I
still have Keratoconus so my vision is still rotten... Will
have to see if the eye docs can get maybe contacts to improve
the vision.
Sorry... no "AH HA" moment --- because of the keratoconus...
google it.
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 68° at 1am
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>>From: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
To: Curt DONAHUE ('53)
Thanks for coming, Curt. I'm sorry we didn't talk more there
in the lobby before you left. I actually would have enjoyed
that. And there were a couple of people in attendance tonight
in particular who would have been excited to meet Curt
Donahue, an actor who was one of the true and original
pioneers of the Richland Players. But when I looked around,
you were gone.
My apologies, Sir. You were quicker on your feet than my
reflex of coutesy. Please give me another chance.
I'm having a closing night cast party at my place after next
Sunday's show, probably around 7:00--7:30. Please be my guest
of honor. And bring a friend.
I'm sorry about the loss of your wife, Curt.
My very best to you,
-Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Sent from my Samsung SmartPhone
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Shirley SHERWOOD ('62)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Char DOSSETT ('51)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancy MALLORY ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Georgia RUSHWORTH ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pam GRAYBEAL ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mark McCLANAHAN ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gayla ARMSTRONG ('74)
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>>From: Shirley SHERWOOD Milani ('62)
Re: Cataracts
I had cataracts removed from both eyes about five years ago.
Seems like it was a week apart, but I could be wrong.
But never have I witnessed a sadder thing then when my 11
year old Mini Schnauzer was stricken with diabetes. Within
two months she was totally blind due to cataracts that
accompany that dread disease in dogs. Dogs do pretty well
(with a LOT of help from their person) getting around, but
then other awful things happen to them too, then tough
decisions have to be made. Our "Keeper" made it until
yesterday. She could no longer get around & it would have
been cruel not to end her suffering. Some of you may have
experienced this too, and for those who haven't, I hope you
never do.
-Shirley SHERWOOD Milani ('62)
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Larry STILL ('15)
Congratulations to Larry who broke his own school record on
Saturday, pole vaulting for Eastern Washington University
clearing 17'1.72". The new mark is also No. 10 in the nation
among all NCAA competitors.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Col/190327-Still_pole.jpg
Re: Gonzaga Bulldogs
Congratulations, also, to the Zags who are now in the Sweet
Sixteen. Next game will be Thursday against Florida State.
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland where it is 57° at
7:30 Tuesday evening.
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: Bill & Judy ALLEN ('54)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
It would seem that all is well in Bomberworld. Maren SMYTH
('63 & 64) has had one eyeball recalibrated, MEFFORD ('54)
may now have a new hip, RIVERS ('65) has been heard from more
than once and AVERY ('54) may have put a "blown" Ford 60 on
his walker. Mix all that with some Jimmy Dean sausages and we
might have something.
Regardless, there is a brother and sister Bomber having a
birthday today. Probably not too hard to guess whom I'm
writing about as they are the onliest names on the Bomber
Birthday calendar today. What is important is that they are
fellow classmates, and lived further south on Sanford (which
sorta makes them neighbors).
A flourish and a tip (respectively) of the ol' propeller
beanie and a "Happy Birthday!" to Judy and Bill ALLEN (both
'54). Now, I figure to see her at the bash this September,
but it would be nice if he were to show up there also.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where a
partially damp, partly sunny spring break is winding down.
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: Privacy . . ./or/ . . . My how things have changed!!!
Going through my stuff I found what appears to be a bank
statement for my parents in 1942; on a post card!!!! What
must be the balance is "We credit as follows" There is
nothing that appears to be withdrawals or checks. Maybe that
was mostly done with cash. Living on a farm in those days
they did not have an electric bill, no sewer bill, no water
bill, and probably not even a phone bill. In other words my
parents were "living off the grid" before living off the grid
became cool. I did too for eight months, but of course I
don't remember that. Wikipedia says 2010 Census population in
Liberal, MO was 759 and at Milo, MO was 90. The two cities
are about 20 miles apart but I don't know how far or which
direction from Liberal the farm was.
Why do I even have it? My guess is it survived my soaking the
stamp off for my collection when I was in Cub Scouts.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ham/190328_Bank_Post_Card.jpg
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Betsy COFFMAN Murray ('66)
Betsy had a double lung transplant at U of W on March 22,
2019. Cards may be sent to her daughter. Send me email and
ask for her daughter's name and snail mail address.
Follow Betsy's recovery: https://www.caringbridge.org/
Person's Name: Betsy Murray.
Prayers for a quick recovery, Betsy.
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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3 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Terry DAVIS ('65), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
Lynn-Marie HATCHER ('68), Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pattie CRIGLER ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Anne JOCHEN ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carol WISE ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary CARPENTER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bonnie BRISTOL ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Brian JOHNSON ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary CROW ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tracy WEAVER ('89)
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>>From: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Re: NIGHTWATCH--Final Weekend
Okay, so these are the last 3 performances of NIGHTWATCH, at
Richland Players--Fri, Sat, and a 2pm Sunday Matinee. Place
has been near-capacity, so don't wait till the last minute.
It's a suspense thriller, and it's good.
But don't just take my word for it. Come take a look.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Dav/190329_Film6.jpg
TDK '65'
-Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Sent from my Samsung SmartPhone
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: NCAA men's basketball
Congratulations to the Gonzaga Bulldogs who beat the Florida
State Seminoles 72-58 Thursday in California. Next game will
be Saturday.
Go ZAGS!
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland where it is 51° at
8:30pm Thursday evening.
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>>From: Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
To: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: Postcard/Bank Statement
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ham/190328_Bank_Post_Card.jpg
Wow, Dennis, that bank statement on a postcard was
incredible! What a piece of history!! And, wow, how things
have changed ... so much in just our lifetimes !
Thank you for sharing.
-Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: Hot Stuff - Picture #05
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/190323_00.htm
To: All Bombers
The supervisor with the hard hat, typical staged photo.
Unless you are directly involved with crane operations
they're not required. Mirrors were a common tool, handy for
looking into "hot" areas to keep exposure to a minimum. The
Oakley reference is on point, great comparison. If you don't
mind I'd like to use that in future presentations. So back to
the photos, I believe they were for a magazine article in the
later '50s or early '60s describing how atomic waste was
managed.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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3 Bombers and Jackie Mattingly sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Lynn-Marie HATCHER ('68), Jackie Mattingly (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Wayne KILLAND ('48)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patsy McGREGOR ('54_)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda BELLISTON ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John BIXLER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda EDGAR ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Philip REITAN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Craig PERKINS ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Glenn GOLDBERG ('88)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
There must be something endearing seeing DAVIS ('65) dressed
up as "Hawkshaw of the Yard". Not familiar with the play, but
since this is closing weekend, best get on down there. Sorry,
won't be able to make it, Terry.
It is best to get to the business at hand, which is to
acknowledge a Bomber Babe birthday. I honestly don't remember
her from back then; but as she claims to be a member of The
Class of '54, I won't doubt her one bit.
A flourish of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy
Birthday!" to Patsy McGREGOR ('54). Trust that the weather is
of sufficient pleasantness for Jerry ('52) to take you to
somewhere other than the Artic Circle.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
wet weather is scheduled to welcome students back from
spring break and usher in the month of April.
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
To: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: Hot Stuff - Picture #05
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/190323_00.htm
Thinks for the explanation of the hard hat and mirrors being
used to see hot spots. Go ahead and use the Annie Oakley/
sharpshooter comparison. I don't mind and didn't think it
was all that original of a thought anyway.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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>>From: Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
I have no full details. But heard today of the very recent
death of William "Billy"/"Bill" WEDBERG, Jr. ('70).
-Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
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>>From: Jackie Whedbee Mattingly (NAB)
For those who don't know I am the newly widowed wife of Larry
MATTINGLY ('60-RIP) and sorting "stuff".
I am sitting here with a piece of varnished hardwood floor
(maybe 3" x 12") in a metal wrapped frame and an engraved
plate on the front that says "Daddy Dawald Gym Floor"...
Larry told me a long Larry-type story about this piece that,
of course went in one side and out the other after the story
kept getting bogged down with details . .
Can anybody tell me what the significance of this memento
might be? WHO was Daddy Dawald?
[Daddy Dawald (RIP) was the basketball coach at
Col-Hi for many years. Here's a picture of him
with Gene CONLEY ('48-RIP):
http://www.richlandbombers.com/classes/1940s/1948.html.
Dawald coached our first Basketball State
Championship Team in '58. Here he is with that
championship team:
http://www.richlandbombers.com/classes/1950s/1958.html
Here's a LONG article about Dawald in the Herald.
Others can tell you more about Daddy Dawald.
Also, there have been THREE gyms at Col-Hi.
http://www.richlandbombers.com/RHS-ThruTheYears.html
1st gym built in 1943. 2nd gym built in 1948
1st ('43) gym became the girls' gym.
2nd ('48) "new" gym was the boys' gym.
3rd ('64) "new" gym was named Dawald Gym.
1st ('43) gym was torn down when the 3rd ('64)
was built and pieces of the 1st ('43) gym floor
were sold but I never got my piece!! HA! 3rd ('64)
Dawald Gym is now the boys' gym and 2nd ('48) is
the girls' gym. -Maren]
Floor torn up from (which??) school, and possibly installed
?? Knights of Columbus Hall??
Can anybody tell me about it??
If anybody has spontaneous mushy memories I could send a
photo to where photos get sent (I am new to the Sandstorm.
[Send pictures to sandstorm@richlandbombers.com
"Stormers would love to see them. -Maren]
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Earl BENNETT ('63)
Rosann BENEDICT ('63), Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tonya DAY ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Anita KOLB ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Teri BOYER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Byrne HASKINS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary HASKINS ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kellie WALSH ('77)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marianne GALE ('93)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Re: Gym Floor
Maren, pretty good time line on Col-Hi gyms. But ya forgot
that the second ('48) gym was dismantled sometime in the
early 2000s. This may have been the source of the MATTINGLY
('60-RIP) piece of floor came from. When the original
Col-Hi gym was dismantled, portions of it were made into
mechanical pencil shells. I am not too sure if those came
from the floor as that gym was pretty much wood all around;
floor, walls, bleachers and ceiling.
Yes, a new gym was built in the place of the '48 gym. Where
the original ('44) gym stood is the courtyard between the
cafeteria and the gym complex.
[The 3rd ('64) gym was not built "in place of"
the 2nd ('48) gym... it was built next to it...
and was built long before the '48 gym was ever
demolished. 2nd ('48) gym was there for R2K --
that's where the alumni basketball game was
played. Sure was HOT. -Maren]
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
the elementary, middle and high schools have gyms of
their own. Not braggin', just sayin'.
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>>From: Earl BENNETT (Gold Medal Class of '63)
Re: Gym Floors:
Somewhere I, too, have a piece of the old Girls' Gym floor
that were sold as a fund-raising effort, and a second one
I bought went to a girl I had dated in Grandview (we
reconnected by email a few years ago, and I believe she told
me a year or so ago that she still has it - or at least that
she still remembers it). I don't recall precisely what the
proceeds were used for (possibly band or orchestra
instruments?)
I haven't framed mine yet, but I am closer to getting my
workshop properly set up to make that happen, since my wife
wants an enclosed garden and I'm building one from a kit we
purchased from Gardens to Gro. Yesterday I learned that Dad's
old radial arm saw can't be repaired because parts are no
longer available - he made a complete set of white oak
kitchen cabinets for Mom with it, I believe in the '60s (see
photo [no photo. -Maren]). Our parents were amazing, not just
hobbyists but producing essentially professional results
outside their areas of career expertise (Mom - legal
secretary but also community activist who helped get the YMCA
built; Dad - amateur astronomer who built his own telescope,
and cabinetry grade carpenter).
Warmest Christian regards, ecb3 - from early spring
weather in central Virginia: Second consecutive day
of sunny mid-70s where we are starting summer vacation
planning.
-Earl BENNETT ('63)
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>>From: Rosann BENEDICT ('63)
Re: About Art Dawald (RIP)
I think the "Daddy Dawald" moniker came more from Dawald's
classroom than from coaching basketball. That's not based
on much except a sense that some of the classroom antics
inspired the nickname. One of the clearest memories I have of
Dawald's Government class was his way of addressing female
students. Instead of calling on a student by her first name,
it was "Lady ALBERTOWICZ" or "Lady BENEDICT." I vaguely
recall that male students were addressed as "brother" as in
"Brother BARTRAM" or "Brother CLAYPOOL." I may be wrong on
the guys; the gals were definitely "Lady." And we were seated
alphabetically for his class.
Another of Dawald's specialties was walking around the
classroom with a lilt in his steps while we taking a test or
absorbed in some desk activity he'd assigned. He made sure
no one was misbehaving, talking, or cheating. Perhaps that's
where the "Daddy" nickname came from. By 1963, the nickname
was widely known and used. Maybe someone from earlier classes
might recall when the nickname began and why.
Dawald was a superb coach, but he was a good teacher, too.
I still remember some of his government teaching. His goal
was to make the critters he taught into good citizens, with
understanding of how a democratic republic (and state and
local) government works, and our responsibilities to it.
Today there is a serious lack of civics education, and I
think we are the poorer for it. As a former teacher, I look
back in admiration to Art Dawald for a job well done.
-Rosann BENEDICT ('63)
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: Stuff
Mixed emotions, Texas Tech beat Gonzaga. My boys and daughter
in law all went to Tech, and I coached hockey there for two
years. But I still have a strong link to anything Washington.
It was good regardless!!!!
Sad to hear about Bill WEDBERG '(70-RIP), he was a great guy.
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in Plano, TX where it was 50 today for
the opening of Texas Spring Turkey season.
Sent from my iPhone
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