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Alumni Sandstorm Archive ~ APRIL, 2019
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Richland Bombers Calendar website
Funeral Notices website
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/01/19
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Curt DONAHUE ('53), Tom HEMPHILL ('62)
Earl BENNETT ('63), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Ray STEIN ('64), Clif EDWARDS ('68)
Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon DAHL ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary HOFF ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ed MITCHELL ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve MINOR ('73)
Richland Bombers on Facebook
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>>From: Curt DONAHUE ('53)
Those that really matter lost in March: Army Captain Antoine
Lewis - military; Cpl. Daniel Groves - police; Sgt. Holli R.
Bolinski - military; Spc. Jackson D. Johnson - military;
Deputy Ryan Thompson - police; Airman Shawn McKeough, Jr. -
military; Officer Paul Rutherford - police; Spc. Joseph P.
Collette - military; Sgt. First Class Will D. Lindsay -
military; Officer John Rivera - police; Trooper Brooke Jones-
Story - police; Lt. Col. Kevin R. Herrman - military; Maj.
James M. Brophy - military; Staff Sgt. Maximo A. Flores -
military; Cpl. Daniel E. Baker - military; Cpl. William C.
Ross - military; Lance Cpl. Riley Kuznia - military. Thank you
all for protecting us, and may you rest in piece!
-Curt DONAHUE ('53) ~ Kennewick
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>>From: Tom HEMPHILL ('62)
Re: Rosann BENEDICT ('63) - Mr. Dawald
I have many fond memories of High School and the history and
government classes taught by Mr. Dawald. Our Dad was a history
buff and from those two I learned a lot about our world
history, and why the United States was established as a
democratic republic (constitutional federal republic). For the
future of our kids, grandkids and generations beyond, I can
only hope that more young citizens will study history and
learn how and why our great nation became the leader of the
free world in less than 200 years. I learned from Mr. Dawald
and our Dad that Freedom & Liberty under good "Leadership" is
far superior to socialism under "Rulership."
Sorry about the political twist, but I am very proud and happy
that our great teachers taught us the truth about government
and history. Thank You Mr. Dawald.
I love history and I'm currently the Chairman of the Board and
co-founder of the Northwest Diving History Association, a 501
(c)(3) non profit corporation devoted to recording, preserving
and sharing the history of recreational and scientific Scuba
diving in our region. Please contact me if you have some good
diving history stories to share.
-Tommy HEMPHILL ('62)
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>>From: Earl BENNETT (Gold Medal Class of '63)
Maren:
The attached photo shows the kitchen cabinets that Dad (Earl
Bennett II (NAB), grew up in Baltic, SD) built and installed
in our house on Turner back in the '60s. It illustrates the
amazing range of talents/hobbies often demonstrated among
Bomber parents apart from their professional expertise. I
remember talking to a hobby shop owner in WallaWalla in the
late '60s who was lamenting the tremendous amount of hobby
money that got spent in Richland. My sister Sue BENNETT Meek
('68) and her husband Ken ('67) (who grew up near the river)
now own that house, and those cabinets if they didn't do
anything to them in their recent remodeling. Hope you can see
text that's sent to the email address for sending photos. I'll
copy this into another reply to you for Alumni SS entries.
[You can send everything in one email to
sandstorm@richlandbombers.com -Maren]
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ben/190401-Dads_Cabinets.jpg
The boy is my great nephew, Nathan Erlandson (NAB - Sue and
Ken's grandson).
Regards, ecb3
-Earl BENNETT ('63)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 4/1/19
Re: Col-Hi/RHS Gyms
I said in the 3/30 Alumni Sandstorm
"...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 ('63) "new" gym was named Dawald Gym.
1st ('43) gym was torn down when the 3rd ('63)
was built and pieces of the 1st ('43) gym floor
were sold but I never got my piece!! HA! 3rd ('63)
Dawald Gym is now the boys' gym and 2nd ('48) is
the girls' gym. -Maren"
So, I'm hearing from Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) that
there is a FOURTH gym... Bob said that he was President of
Club40 when they co-sponsored a "Taking Down The House" party
when #2 ('48) gym was demolished (2005 or 2007??) Bob further
stated that once #2 ('48) was demolished, there would be a new
gym (#4) built in the same location.
So, Will somebody tell me when gym #4 was built? Maybe
somebody could even send a picture of it? I'm thinking they
must have dedicated it?
It also sounds like from Ray STEIN's ('64) entry today that
the Dawald Gym #3 ('63) got new flooring? Can anybody tell me
when that happened? And what was wrong with the old flooring?
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 52° at midnight
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>>From: Ray STEIN ('64)
Re: Gym Floors
I gathered all my Bomber Gym Floor paraphernalia together for
the photo op below. (L-R) The pencil that says, "RHS Original
Floor", {a Bomber coin in front of the pencil-NOT from a gym
floor], a redeemed Bomber Booster bond, flooring from the
"Girls Gym" [Gym #2 ('46) "Col-Hi Gymnamium 1945-1963"],
flooring from the "New Gym" [Gym #3 ('63) "Art Dawald
Gymnasium Original Flooring 1963-2006"] and (in front) a
patch given to my Mom for selling Bomber Booster Bonds.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ste/190401-Gym_Floor_Stuff.jpg
Re: Bomber Booster Bonds
On a recent family trip to Richland to see Terry DAVIS Knox
('65) (the boy from the "hood" who made good) in "Night
Watch", we stopped by the high school to see Ben JACOBS
('69). He gave me several (but not all) of the redeemed 1963
Bomber Booster Bonds and asked if I could get them to family
members of the Bond owners. Since most of the bonds were
purchased by parents of my '64 classmates, I agreed to return
them at our 55 year reunion this September. The Bonds were
found in a closet at RHS and Ben thought they should go to
family (if wanted) rather than throw them away.
I believe the bonds were sold to buy bleachers for the "bigger
than normal" High School Gym. The bond states, "...with
interest at the rate of 4% per annum from date until paid.
Payable out of the Athletic Fund only..." Ben said he thought
about $40,000 was raised and the Bonds were all completely
paid off in about 10 years. In today's dollars (at 4% per
annum), that would be like raising $350,000. This page in the
'64 Columbian shows the bonds being redeemed at halftime of a
basketball game.
http://rhs1964.tripod.com/64columbian/ss/034.html
Re: "Daddy" Dawald
Not sure where the nickname came from, but Dawald certainly
had his quirks. I remember his pre-game locker room talk when
I was a sophomore playing my first game at Col-Hi. We were
about to play Gonzaga Prep and (like today) many of their
players were recruited. I glanced at their team during warmups
and thought they looked like "grown men". So here's how a
skinny, scared sophomore remembers what Dawald said, "You know
if we only beat these guys by 5 or 6 points, they might get
the idea that later on they could beat us. When we get ahead
we need to keep it going, pour it on." Never, never did Dawald
ever suggest we might lose! When the game started, all I was
thinking about was winning by a big margin. We won that game
by 18 points. Picture of Dawald from the '64 Columbian.
http://rhs1964.tripod.com/64columbian/ss/045.html
-Ray STEIN ('64) ~ Mead, WA where we are hoping the slow thaw
continues
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>>From: Clif EDWARDS ('68)
Re: Art Dawald (RIP)
I had Daddy Dawald (RIP) for the driving class he taught. The
thing was that I turned 16 in April and he taught the class
during summer school. I had already learned to drive (thanks
Mom) and had passed the driver's exam (first time!) and had
my first car, a '59 Ford Galaxy 500, so I even drove to the
class! Mr. Dawalt's reaction to that was when he was telling
the class the "rules." "No student, even if they already have
a drivers license, (staring at me) is allowed to drive to
class. There being a special exception to this; Brother
EDWARDS, who has to go to work on time, is allowed to do so."
Most of the class were not yet 16, and couldn't have a job,
were envious of me. I was told to park in one particular
place. Not be one second late, and wear what I had to wear for
work, which was a white shirt, and pants that were not blue
jeans. I was a bag boy at Keiser's Market, and they had strict
rules!
I really liked the class and have fond memories of driving
with Mr. Dawald. After pulling away from the curb, adjusting
the rear view mirror, "Oh, I see! NOW you are going to adjust
the mirror!" Just one of many of his digs.
I believe the moniker "Daddy Dawald" was his own doing. If I
remember right, (BIG ?), he told us that we should act just as
if we were driving with one of our parents. Hence the term
"Daddy Dawald."
Peace,
-Clif EDWARDS ('68) ~ Apache Junction, AZ where it is
beautiful and 80° with a slight breeze right now;
we may be heading for our first 90° day of the year
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: Beginning of the End
April 1st is the 75th Anniversary of the invasion of Okinawa
by the US Marines and US Army. The 1st Marine Division
distinguished itself in the battle. The only battle of the war
where both commanding generals were killed.
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in cold, but clear Plano, TX
Sent from my iPhone
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/02/19
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Sharon PANTHER ('57)
Jim DAUGHERTY ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lloyd KENT ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill CHAPMAN ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gail FRANZ ('64)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Re: '48 Gym
I sorta recall seeing pictures in this paper some years back
of the destruction of said gym.
But more to the point, there is a birthday of a fellow
classmate and Bomber to be acknowledged. I know that he did
not take "Safe Driving" from "Daddy" Dawald. No, Ray Juricich
was the mentor of that class. 'Corse he may have been in one
of "Daddy's" social studies classes; current events springs to
mind.
So, a tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!"
for Lloyd KENT ('54). Taking Betty ('54) to Taco Time for a
birthday celebration may not be one of your best ideas. It
certainly wasn't Kenitzer's ('54), Marla Jo ('55) says she
can still see the scars where the frying pan hit.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
spring weather has begun and April has come in somewhere
between a lion and a lamb.
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>>From: Sharon PANTHER Taff ('57)
I did enjoy Dawald's US government class that we needed for
graduation but he was intimidating to me. I remember another
name Dawald had for the girls in his class was "little
maidens .
Sharon Panther Taff 1957
-Sharon PANTHER Taff ('57)
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>>From: Jim DAUGHERTY ('70)
Growing up in Richland one of my most favorites memories was
going to Bomber basketball games. Went to many games in the
small gym with my parents. After they built the big gym, my
brother and I were at a pre-season game that the Bombers were
winning big. We decided go to the snack bar and get something
before they closed. While going back to our seats, we were
running under the bleachers and I tripped on one of the
supports and my forehead landed on the next set of supports.
Blood was rushing out of the cut and I couldn't get my
brother's attention as the crowd was cheering. He finally
looked back and saw me. He took me back upstairs to the
bathroom and an adult said he would get help. Mr. Fran Rish
came to help and took me down to the Bomber locker room. I was
in the sixth grade and was in heaven, the Bomber locker room!
That soon faded as Mr. Rish wanted to know my Dad's name and I
didn't want to tell him. He finally said "Is your Dad's name
Frank?" and I said "Yes." Then he said "You tell Frank that
you need stitches and to take you to the emergency room." So,
when I got home of course my Dad was sleeping, as he was
on graveyard shift. Mom woke him up and he took me to the
emergency room to get stitches. He was never in a good mood
when you woke him up early on graveyard shift. After this the
school put up some canvas barrier so kids like me couldn't run
under the bleachers.
Years later I had another encounter with Mr. Rish. I was
taking summer school driver's ed for I could get my driver's
license in October. He was in charge of the simulator class.
Once he caught me with only one hand on the steering wheel and
yelled at me. Minutes later he came up from behind me and I
had no hands on the steering wheel. He said to me "Daugherty
what do you think Frank would say if I kicked you out of this
class and he couldn't get the $35.00 back?" I had both hands
on the steering wheel for the remainder of the class.
As I remember, when they were building the BIG gym they ran
out of money and would not have enough to fund the upper level
seating. So, they came up with the idea to sell the bonds. The
bonds were $100.00 each. My brother Joe ('69-RIP) and I each
chipped in $50.00 and bought a bond. They had a plaque in the
foyer area between the boys' and girls' gyms with the names of
all the people who bought bonds. I was always upset, because
my brother's name was on it and not mine, I guess because he
was the older one.
-Jim DAUGHERTY ('70)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/03/19
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4-5 Bombers and Jackie Mattingly sent stuff:
Tom HUGHES ('56), David DOUGLAS ('62)
Pete BEAULIEU ('62), Lori SIMPSON and Mike HOGAN ('70)
Jackie Mattingly (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeanene HOFF ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Garry O'ROURKE ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat GOBLE ('71)
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>>From: Tom HUGHES ('56)
Re: Daddy Dawald - 1955
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Hug/190403_D_Dawald_1955.jpg
This is a picture of Daddy Dawald in 1955. He was Daddy Dawald
then. Here he was coaching the track team. An interesting
sidelight, Coach Wooten of UCLA fame made the comment that
Coach Dawald was the best High School Coach he had ever seen
with his pass and shoot offense.
-Tom HUGHES ('56)
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
Re: Speaking of old things, like gym floors:
I vaguely recall that during the time I was at Col-Hi (1959-
1962) one of the Junior Achievement "companies" sold "deeds"
to one square foot of the gym floor as their "product." I
bought one, but never identified which square foot it was a
deed for.
Re: Other old things:
My mom had an old trunk that she occasionally threw in
mementos of her four sons' growing up years - pictures we drew
in kindergarten, report cards, class photographs, newspaper
articles that mentioned us, etc. When each of us got married
she put her collection for that son into a scrapbook, along
with family histories, genealogies, etc. Although I was the
second son to get married, I was the last one to get his
scrapbook, probably because I didn't marry the girl Mom picked
out for me. Anyway, I was looking through my book for a copy
of my marriage license which my wife needed to show her name
change and ran across an old ration book, probably from when I
was younger than one year old as my address on it is Eudora,
and we only lived there a short while until Dad was discharged
from the Marines in early 1945 (I think) and we moved to
Richland. I don't know what the colors and codes on the ration
coupons represented as I didn't do the grocery shopping at the
time. Perhaps someone can enlighten me on that.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Dou/190403-War_Rations.jpg
In addition to my ration coupons I had a doctor's prescription
for unlimited bananas, which had to be shipped in while non-
war related shipping during WWII was strictly limited by the
war effort.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Dou/190405-Rx_Bananas.jpg
I was severely deficient in vitamins, especially vitamin D. I
was born with a stomach condition that caused me to vomit up
everything I was fed. Granddad Douglas, who lived in Eudora,
was a general practice doctor and thought I was allergic to
the foods. He kept changing my diet, but nothing helped.
Consequently, I practically starved to death. I was almost one
year old when he sent me to a pediatrician in Memphis. He
diagnosed the problem immediately. The treatment at the time
was surgery, but by then I was so weak he said I likely
wouldn't survive the operation and would either eventually
outgrow the problem or die. That's the first occasion I know
of that God was watching out for me, since I survived. My two
younger brothers had the same condition when they were born,
but not as severe as mine was. By the time they were born it
was treated with tranquilizers.
One side "benefit" of my illness was that I was underweight
when I grew up. I weighed 108 pounds when I graduated from
college. Shortly after that I got married, and six months
later I weighed 135 pounds and had to buy all new clothes as
some things I'd worn since junior high no longer fit.
Unfortunately, I didn't stop gaining weight at 135 pounds.
Marriage will do that to you.
Re: Not an old thing:
I enjoyed reading Rosann BENEDICT's ('63) email a couple of
days ago.
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ where the pool still isn't
warm enough for swimming (unless you're a duck), but
it's getting there
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Re: Rosann BENEDICT ('63) -- Art Dawald
The "Daddy Dawald" label was well-established by at least the
late 1950s. Heard about it from afar.
Another endearing gesture was Dawald's very predictable
routine during weekly oral reports from each student, standing
beside his/her own desk, on newspaper-or-magazine real-news of
the day.
After each two-minute report, there he would be behind his
desk, leaning back in his swivel chair, pointer in hand, and
inviting possible responses and the next volunteer:
"Questions?.... Comments? .............. Reee-ports......!"
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62), No more questions, yer honor.
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>>From: Lori SIMPSON Hogan ('70) and Mike HOGAN ('70)
Bill WEDBERG ('70-RIP) passed away Friday, 3-29-19. His
birthday was April 1, 1952. RIP best friend. [some kind of
emoji.. didn't show up.. named: Disappointed relieved -Maren]
His service is Saturday, April 6th at Richland Lutheran
Church, 901 VanGiesen, 11am.
-Lori SIMPSON Hogan ('70) and Mike HOGAN ('70)
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>>From: Jackie Whedbee Mattingly (NAB)
Re: Daddy Dawald Gym Floor mementos
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Mat/190403-DDawald_Gym.jpg
So did they sell these pieces of gym floor to raise money for
the new gym?
-Jackie Whedbee Mattingly (NAB)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/04/19
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Stephanie DAWSON ('60)
Jim HAMILTON ('63), Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Gary TURNER ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janice BOOTH ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susan SEEBURGER ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jan NELSON ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda HOLDEN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Michael MARTIN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marlene WALTON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancy ERLANDSON ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Reneé WALTON ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Clif EDWARDS ('68)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Well, I guess some of the mystery of where the gym floor came
from has been resolved. Now all we need to know, is there a
newer Gym [#4] in the place of the '48 Gym?
However, all that slides to the back burner as there is a
Bomber Babe I knew from the day celebrating a birthday. The
fact that she lives in Yakima should not be held against her.
As someone said, it's better than Pasco and/or Bakersfield.
A flourish of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!"
to Janice BOOTH ('54). At least you are within reasonable
distance from Miner's, if you so choose. It's not like you
have to come in from Gleed or Moxie City.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where we
are hoping the April showers will bring the flowers that
bloom in May. There is a beginning as the Wooden Shoe
Tulip Festival is going on just north of Monitor.
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>>From: Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
Re: Daddy Dawald
I had one major disagreement with Mr. Dawald in his government
class. He insisted that a person should choose a party and
vote straight party line. I was appalled that he truly
thought one should vote for the party and not the person.
He maintained that the only way achieve success in government
was to vote for the party or there would never be sufficient
agreement to get anything done. Hmm
In my government class his favorite person to pick on was
Jim MULROY ('60). His loudest voice frequently boomed out,
"Mr. MULROY...," administering some direction or threat.
-Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
All this talk of Daddy Dawald, got me thinking about his wing
man Ray Juricich.
I had Ray for Safe Driving. First Period, fall of 1961. I had
been driving in North Richland and out at the dump for a
couple of years, but the class was a formality to save my
Pop some jingles on his Spencer Kinney premium.
Saw Driving drove a red Falcon four door. Ralph Lee was in my
group, The other two were girls whose names I don't recall.
We were driving and one day in Columbia Park where we had the
drags on weekends. About the starting line, a tire went flat,
but only on one side.
Ray spent some time getting the driver, not Ralph, to quit
crying. Being as positive as Ray could be, he decided it would
be a good time for us to learn how to change a flat. Would
have been, had there been a spare.
This of course was well before cell phones and we were in a
pickle. Flat tire, crying girl, Ralph laughing as only he
could laugh and the clock was tickling. I'm kinda vague as to
how or when the County Mountie showed up, but a call was
eventually placed to Romeri Ford and someone showed up with a
tire and we went back to school a couple of periods late in
the demo, the tire changing became someone else's problem.
Ralph was miffed, not because we were missing other classes,
he'd already lettered in that activity, but that he couldn't
walk up to Ray's Grocery to buy a Pepsi and blow a heater
while we were waiting. Don't remember much more about Safe
Driving, other than we tended to stay a lot closer to school.
Ray was pretty unflappable, but his efforts to get the girl to
quit crying were truly epic. He was not exactly Mister Warm
and Fuzzy.
Not certain how "Daddy" would have handled it.
jimbeaux
p.s. I just remembered that we always listened to the radio
while we were driving in class, I think Ray was a KALE guy.
Another time one of the girls was at the wheel when there
was a siren on a spot and she about wrecked us pulling over.
Juricich didn't know what was happening, Ralph was howling and
yes, she started crying.
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
To: David DOUGLAS ('62)
Re: Gym floor deeds
Those gym floor "deeds" have to be from the school year of
1961-'62 because I remember that, and it is the only year my
time and your time at Col-Hi overlapped. I do remember seeing
a map posted on the wall of the gym floor and each square
mapped out with the sold squares blacked out. Also remember
part of the sales pitch being something like imagine the
thrill of seeing the winning point thrown from your square
foot of the gym floor.
I also remember while that gym was being built a crane hit the
flag pole and bent it by maybe 30 degrees. It took a while to
get that fixed and I seem to remember some one drew a cartoon
of it that was published in the Sandstorm. Another thing that
happened during construction is they broke a water main and we
had a geyser as high as the top of Mac Hall. That happened
just before I was returning from lunch to biology class in Mac
Hall and before they got it shut off we had a torrent of water
going down the hill and a lake at the bottom.
I guess because we had a new gym the regional basketball
playoffs were in that gym. The outside steps at the South
entrance were there, but where sidewalk would go was still
dirt with some rocks. I was standing there with Dan HOOPER
('64-RIP) and others waiting for the doors to be opened when I
realized I was rolling a rock around with my foot. I picked it
up and it was about 3/4 to 1 inch round and almost a perfect
sphere. Showed it to Dan and he thought it was cool. Someone
nearby saw it and said, "So?" Dan said, "Don't you see how
round it is?" I put it in my pocket and took it home, putting
in my desk drawer with my pencils where it stayed through two
moves until we moved to Kennewick. My daughter was starting
High School so I cleaned out my desk for her to use and packed
up that rock. I still have it somewhere, but I have no doubt
when I am no longer here and she goes through my stuff it will
end up in the landfill.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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>>From: Gary TURNER ('71)
Re: Bill WEDBERG ('70-RIP)
I was saddened to read about the passing of Billy... he lived
next door to my good bud Jack SWANSON ('71) and was a regular
at the Swanson's Wednesday night backyard volleyball games
throughout high school and college summers, always adding a
lot of the laughter to those fun gatherings. Later on Billy
morphed into Bill and had a long career with Les Schwab. Les
Schwab Tires is renowned for their customer centered company
culture and nobody epitomized that more than Bill. I moved to
Portland after college and, after my Dad died in 1983, my Mom
really had little support when she had automobile issues.
Fortunately, she learned to take the car to Les Schwab where
she would patiently wait until Bill was available. Sometimes
it was an issue with the tires and brakes, or maybe she just
couldn't remember how to change the radio from AM to FM,
Whatever it was, Bill made her feel like she was the most
important customer in the world... I think she was convinced
that he lived for her visits! I'm pretty certain that all of
his customers felt the same way.
Billy, you left us way too soon... before I ever took the time
to thank you for the peace of mind you gave me, knowing my Mom
was being treated so well, so honestly and fairly.
THANK YOU and Rest In Peace, my friend.
-Gary TURNER ('71)
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Helen CROSS ('62)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary MASSEY ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathy TAYLOR ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pam RUST ('66)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
I ALWAYS FIND entries by fellow classmate: David DOUGLAS ('62)
interesting.
I RECENTLY read a book where the mother has lost 4 of her 6
children to the strange disease you had as a child, and I
remembered her having to give them bananas and very bland food
for them to survive and out grow this disease. (Sorry, I'm not
home to look up the name of the book right now). GLAD YOU
survived. Your poor mom being told you'd either die or manage
to outgrow it.
Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60): I had "Daddy Dawald for Home
Room my senior year. I don't even remember him saying you had
to vote a straight ticket in order for your vote to have
meaning, but I do remember my US History teacher, Gerald
Larson, saying that. I THOUGHT IT was odd, but I do understand
the thought behind it.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ West Harrison, IN
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 4/5/19
Re: Yesterday's extra issue dated 7/25/12
I did NOT do that. NetAtlantic (the outfit that actually sends
the Sandstorm - AFTER I send it to them for distribution) made
that up and sent it in an attempt to figure out why John
ADKINS ('62) hasn't received his Sandstorm since 3/25/19...
and they STILL haven't figured it out!!
They tried to suggest that perhaps Adkins accidentally hit the
"unsubscribe" link. First, there is NO "unsubscribe" link in
our Sandstorm. And second, even if there was, Adkins has been
on this list since 1999 and knows not to "accidentally" click
anything.
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 64° at midnight
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Ray STEIN ('64)
Gary TURNER ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barbara BERKELEY ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Randy DYKEMAN ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve KING ('73)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cindy RAEKES ('82)
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>>From: Ray STEIN ('64)
To: Jim DAUGHERTY ('70)
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ste/190406_Bond_Daugherty.jpg
{This] is a photo of the bond that you and your brother
purchased to help finance the bleachers in the "Big" gym in
1963. If you would like the bond, just contact me by email.
Your post also mentions a plaque that contained all the names
of people who bought those bonds. I wonder what ever happened
to that plaque? Seems like it should be displayed somewhere in
the "Big" gym area.
To: Maren SMYTH ('64) (I consider you part of our class! - Ray)
When I read my Sandstorm Entry of 4/1/19, I noticed you had
added several remarks in parentheses. For example: "[a Bomber
coin in front of the pencil - NOT from a gym floor]". Those
are your words, not mine. Since I also use ()s, it might be
hard for readers to tell your comments from mine. I actually
enjoy your clarifications and sometimes sarcastic remarks, but
usually you put "-Maren" before you close the ()s. I hope you
will continue that practice so you get full credit for your
pithy statements.
[Editor comments are SUPPOSED to always be in
brackets []s. SOMEtimes I put "-Maren" and on
occasion, I don't. The clue is brackets []s.
I leave parentheses ()s to readers. -Maren]
-Ray STEIN ('64) ~ Mead, WA
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>>From: Gary TURNER ('71)
Re: Mr. Juricich
The best teachers are the ones whose lessons keep showing up
throughout your life. By that standard, Mr. Juricich was a
great teacher because to this day I can't drive a car without
hearing...
- "look left, then right, then left again"
- "when you see a turn signal blinking on the car
in front of you, all that indicates for certain is
that the bulb isn't burned out."
I have driven for 50 years in constant fear of disobeying any
of his directives for fear that he will reanimate in the seat
next to me and, in that Sam Elliot voice of his, read me not
only the Riot Act but several other acts that he invented on
the spot!
[I never took safe driving from anyone, but
comments about Mr. J. in past Sandstorms have
made me "hear" him every time I go over a
bridge saying "Bridges freeze first!" -Maren]
-Gary TURNER ('71)
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
Stephanie DAWSON ('60)
Terry DAVIS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Abe DUNNING ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Harry MANOLOPOULOS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kelvin SOLDAT ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary Anne LAUBY ('73)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda PHILLIPS ('76)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Scott CROSS ('88)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Melissa DYKEMAN ('98)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Jack ALEXANDER & Ginger ROSE ('55)
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>>From: Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
Re: The passing of Lorin ST.JOHN ('55-RIP) 7/13/37 - 3/26/19
I was saddened to see that Lorin had passed away. He and I
were two of the few people who could whistle with a warble and
he was better at it than I. I grew up whistle-warbling with
the Meadowlarks and it always thrilled me to get them to
respond. Lorin had a wonderful talent and he was a great guy
to boot. Unfortunately, I lost my ability with 7 years of
painful electrolysis on my face.
My condolences to his family and friends. He will be missed
but I believe that he is in a better place. Rest In Peace
Lorin.
-Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
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>>From: Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
Re: Ray Juricich
I took safe driving from Ray Juricich the summer of 1958. I
have remembered his teachings well and have a near spotless
driving record. During my time behind the wheel in his class,
I had to drive over the old and narrow Kennewick-to-Pasco
bridge. I was terrified! I was certain that the car was wider
than my lane on the bridge. And to make things worse, in the
middle of the bridge a large tanker truck passed me going the
other way. When I realized that I had stayed in my lane and
safely reached the shores of Pasco, I learned a valuable
lesson: although objects truly are larger than they appear in
the mirror, no painted lane is narrower than your car, and
paying careful attention can be safer than riding the brakes!
And it gets you past the crisis faster.
My parents were friends with all the coaches, including Ray
and Marian Juricich, and Dad sponsored all the Bomber games on
the radio. I think that Ray was a little less caustic with me
than with some of the other safe driving students, because I
was respectful (nerdy) and paid attention. When my husband was
working on his PhD at Purdue 1966-70, Ray's daughter (Mary
Beth??) was a student there, but we were busy with our jobs
and new marriage, and she was busy with classes and a sorority
(I think) and we never met up. We sat next to Ray at Christ
the King church for many years. He was the first person to
sign up for the then new Charbonneau senior living residence
in Kennewick and we saw him there often in 2004-2005 when my
mother-in-law was there. I still miss that dry humor and, as
someone said, that Sam Elliott voice! What a pair he and Art
Dawald were *grin*.
-Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
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>>From: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Mr. Juricich taught Rick WARFORD '65' how to drive, and Rick
WARFORD taught me. And If he hadn't taught me, I might never
have otherwise learned. Because everybody needs somebody, some
first somebody, who'll let you slide in behind the wheel of
their car that first time, and who'll then sit there
watchfully in the passenger seat as you pull away from
some curb somewhere and move off down some road.
Everybody.
That's just the way it goes.
But I was nervous and slow to learn, and my mother was too
nervous to teach me. I was already a junior and still didn't
have my licence. But WARFORD had taken Safe Driving from
Juricich and been driving for a year, and he had his dad's new
green '62' Buick Special after school and on weekends. And so
it was WARFORD slash Juricich sitting there in the passenger
seat next to me the first time I ever pulled away from a curb.
Thanks, Rick. You were a cool friend. I still remember you
quoting a Juricichism when you were teaching me to parallel
park. I had successfully pulled in a foot from the curb and
turned off the ignition, one day, when you opened your
passenger-side door and pointed down at the curb and said:
"And just like Juricich would say, Davis, 'There's your
curb.'"
I've been driving for about 60 years now, but I've never
really liked it and I'm still not much good at it. Not sure
why, but I'm just not.
Something to do with focus of attention, I'd guess. And stupid
mistakes related to lane changes. Whenever I can help it, I no
longer drive at night.
But I can parallel park with the best of them. Still. And
whenever I do, I quote Juricich: "And there's your curb." Rick
WARFORD taught Safe Driving at Selth High School, in West
Seattle, for 40 years. He was a natural at it, but he had to
retire 6 years ago due to a neck injury he sustained when hit
from behind by an 18-year-old driver talking on her cellphone.
True story.
So... A few years ago WARFORD and I had the first serious
quarrel we've ever had in our lives.
I was driving, at night, and he suddenly started yelling at
me about making an illegal lane change.
He may or may not have been right about that, to be honest
with you, but I yelled back at him that he was just over-
reacting because he was paranoid these days, since his
accident.
And stop your d*mn yelling.
Kind of thing.
He told me to pull over and let him out. And I did. And he
walked home.
As Juricich would say: "There's your curb."
But we're still friends. Known each other too long to be
anything else. By tacit agreement, however, we drive
separately. And Juricich is in full approval.
TDK '65'
-Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Marilynn WORKING ('54), Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Dennis HAMMER ('64), Susie DILL ('64)
Betti AVANT ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lorna SHAW ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathleen KINNEY ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John WINGFIELD ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lori BROWN ('71)
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>>From: Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54)
Re: Class of 1954 - 65 Year Reunion
Classmates:
I e-mailed information and request to about 60 of our
classmates the first of April, hoping to hear what the
majority of you would want to do to celebrate our 65th
anniversary of our Col-Hi graduation. June 3rd, 2019, it
will be 65 years since we walked to the beat of "Pomp and
Circumstance"!!! Love that music!! I know I am missing a lot
of addresses. Will add yours when I hear from you!!!!!!!!!!
I have heard from several and am hoping to hear from more of
you as to what kind of gathering you will want. We will do
something, just need to know how you all feel!!!!!!
I figured we would get together on Saturday, September 7, 2019
(the Club 40 weekend), somewhere for lunch. As asked in my
e-mail,
1. Do you want to have a bio booklet of your last 5 years
(since our 60 year)?
2. Do you want a personalized souvenir of some kind? Pen, etc.
3. What kind of restaurant would you be interested in?
4. Lunch with NO program?
5. If you want, only come to our celebration, even if you
don't plan on coming to Club 40.
6. Please e-mail me (even if you are local) and say whether or
not you plan to come. I would need to have some idea of how
many to reserve space in a restaurant.
7. This would be a "Dutch" lunch, so won't be a lot of $$! If
we do a booklet, might have some cost for printing, etc. Since
I have done the last 3 reunions (since 50 year), I would be
willing to put one together, but need your input soon, so I
can get started.
8. Tri-Cities has opened several new restaurants, so I could
send a list of them.
Look forward to hearing from you!!! Thanks to the friends who
have already sent me their suggestions and desires.
Hope this finds you all well enough that you can travel to
Richland. Club 40 will be held September 6th and 7th, 2019.
-Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54) ~ Looks like Mother Nature
wants to water some upcoming May flowers with the April
showers this next week! Cool, but nice!
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
I guess I kinda started the conversation about Ray Juricich.
Had a friend back in the day who remembered how to say Ray's
last name by asking himself, "Jours itch?, mine don't". While
trying to recall how to spell Ray's last name I looked into my
senior year Columbian and they had the names and pictures of
the faculty. Got the correct spelling, but also noted that
they had listed where each teacher had matriculated. Below
Ray's name was listed Butler and St. Joseph's, pretty decent
basketball schools. Would be interesting to know what got him
that far west.
As I perused the rest of the faculty I found some interesting
references. Most of the faculty appeared to have some kind of
Washington roots. We had a lot of faculty claiming Whitman,
along with the University of Washington, WSC, and Gonzaga. The
Ivy's were represented by Columbia and Al Vandenburg, who had
a cup of coffee at Harvard. Vic Hubbard my Chemistry teacher
was a Stanford grad and Dr. Ida Mae Mecum listed Northwestern,
probably adds some credibility to my "passing grade" in each
class. Pretty impressive stuff, but maybe they were cooking'
the books like the Student Council picture that year, where
just about everyone showed up.
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: Whistling
Even though Lauren Bacall told Bogart all you had to do to
whistle was put your lips together and blow I was never able
to whistle one little bit. I remember as a kid other kids
trying to teach me how and I never did learn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MheNUWyROv8
Must have seen that clip at least a hundred times, but have
never seen the movie.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64) ~ Looks like real soon I am going to
have tulips blooming.
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>>From: Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
To: Gary TURNER ('71)
Re: Mr. Juricich
I, too, have those driving lessons imprinted in my brain and
am forever thankful to Mr. J for being a safe and defensive
driver. Another great memory I have from his class is that
he gave me huge kudos because I (a girl) could spell
'carburetor' and none of the boys in the class could. Don't
know why that memory stuck with me; but I'll remember it
'till my dying day!
-Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: All Bomber lunch
It's that time again, the All Bomber lunch. It will be on
Saturday, 13 April 2019 at 11:00. It will be at JD Diner in
West Richland.
The management asked that we use the front door as the side
entrance is for emergencies only.
Come join us for some good food, drink, and conversation.
-Betti AVANT ('69)
-Margaret EHRIG Dunn ('61)
-Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Ann BISHOP ('56)
Helen CROSS ('62)
Paula BEARDSLEY ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary SETBACKEN ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tere SMYTH ('65)
[Happy Birthday to my first little sister!! -Maren]
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cathy WEIHERMILLER ('66)
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>>From: Sara Ousley, aka Ann BISHOP ('56)
Re: Mr Juricich
I took safe driving from Mr Juricich as well. Two things I
remember the most, one of him, one about him. He could not
believe my peripheral vision, so he checked it out 3 times and
then said he had never seen anyone with such a wide range
before!
The second was when I went to Kennewick to get my license. I
passed the written test, but when they realized I lived in
Richland they asked who my instructor was. When I told them
Mr. Juricich, I was told "anyone who can pass HIS test doesn't
need a road test" I got my license, NO road test!
-Sara Ousley, aka Ann BISHOP ('56)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
I see I missed my cousin's birthday. Happy Birthday, Scott
CROSS ('88), hope it was happy!!
We've finally had some beautiful 70s spring weather back
here. Leaves and blossoms are popping out everywhere, and we
don't need a coat when we go outside. Love it!!
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ in warm SE Indiana in the house by
the little lake where I am hoping we get some Canadian
geese babies on the lake!!
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>>From: Paula BEARDSLEY Glenn ('62)
Re: Class of '62 turns 75
Sending out a 'Save the Date' for the class of '62. Your
reunion committee is planning a 75th birthday celebration for
September 6 and 7, 2019. We will be getting more detailed info
out in a month or so. If you weren't at our 55 year reunion,
please send your email and contact info to my email address:
so we can get the invite to you. Let's celebrate our Diamond
Jubilee birthdays together! We've earned a good time!
-Paula BEARDSLEY Glenn ('62) ~ Richland
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Steve CARSON ('58)
David DOUGLAS ('62)
Peggy ADAIR ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Norma CULVERHOUSE ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon BENEDICT ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Doug PAYNE ('73)
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>>From: Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
Re: Mr. Juricich
One point he made in driving class was the day he brought in
a set of brake pads to show us how they worked and stopping
distances. He was awesome and a good football coach.
-Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
Re: More on Mr. Juricich
I also remember almost verbatim things that Mr. Juricich
taught us (more than I can say of English or any other course
I took). The one I recall best is his story of a previous
class member who was stopped for a red light on a hill behind
another car. Many (if not most) cars back then had clutch
transmissions. When the light turned green there was a moment
when the car in front of the safe driving car was shifting
into first gear and the car rolled backwards into the safe
driving car. He said, "Always leave enough room so that you
can see the road between you and the car in front of you."
I still do that, even when I'm not on a hill.
[I'm gonna start doing that. -Maren]
I've lost two cars on highways, one in Hawaii and one in
Arizona, due to being stopped where cars don't expect to stop.
The first time I was hit by a teenage girl driving a Cadillac
while she was talking on her phone. (The Cadillac was insured
by the state for a low-income person.) I had left space
between me and the car in front and managed to keep my car
from hitting it. My car was totaled - I couldn't get the
door open to get out of the car. My wife's seat back broke
completely and she couldn't sit up with nothing to hang onto.
The Cadillac was hardly scratched.
I lost the second car on the highway in Arizona that had all
but the two right lanes blocked off while police investigated
an earlier fatality accident. The two right lanes were so
congested traffic had come to a halt. I watched in my rearview
mirror and yelled to my wife, "She's not going to stop." The
driver could have taken out a row of cones instead of hitting
me, but I guess she panicked. She hit us so hard that even
with Mr. Juricich's advice she knocked my car into the one
in front of me. The lady driving was cited for causing the
accident and for not having a current insurance card in the
car. I still get nervous when I'm a passenger in a car and the
driver stops too close to the car in front. I lost a ten-year-
old Ford Tempo that I had bought at a state vehicle auction;
the lady who hit me had a brand new Kia. That made me feel
better. I'd bought the Tempo for $500. Her insurance paid
me $1200. I bought another ten-year-old Ford Tempo with low
mileage from the Tucson Airport sight unseen (the auction was
in Phoenix), for $650, and it was a better car than the first
one, with cruise control, powered driver's seat, and a full
tank of gas. The car had only been driven around the airport,
and had been serviced every three months. We eventually traded
it in for a new Toyota Sienna van - my wife's first new car in
43 years of marriage.
When we were at the Safe Driving car to go on our first on-
the-road exercise, Mr. Juricich asked if any of us had driven
before. I was the only one who raised his hand - I'd driven
our car from the driveway into the back yard to wash it. So
I led off the drivers that day.
My birthday is in December. I hadn't finished Safe Driving yet
but decided to take the driver's test anyway. It was just
before Christmas on a Saturday. Snow on the streets, Christmas
shoppers out in full force, and driving in Kennewick which
I wasn't familiar with. I passed the written test with no
problem, but one thing I hadn't had yet in Safe Driving was
parallel parking. I read in the book how to do it, but I was
so nervous I gave up after one attempt. The patrolman said I
had three tries, but with all the traffic backed up behind
me I wouldn't try again. When he gave me the results of the
driving test he had noted that I was a hazard for traffic
congestion. But he knew I was from Richland, which had only
three parallel parking spaces in the whole town, and he passed
me and I got my license on the first attempt. I did eventually
learn how to parallel park, but I still hate to do it today,
even with a backup camera for my Sienna van.
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ where the weather is nice but
the pool is still too cold for swimming
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>>From: Peggy ADAIR ('72)
Re: Gary Saunders ('72-RIP)
There will be a gathering of friends and family for Gary at
Denny's lounge in Richland on Saturday, April 13, 2019 at
11:30am. A very casual celebration of his life. Bring your
stories, share, and bring your appetite. Denny's will have
extra staff to take orders. Hope to see some of his old
friends from school.
-Peggy ADAIR ('72)
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Ron HOLEMAN ('56),
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>>From: Ron HOLEMAN ('56)
Maren,
I thought I should add another story or two regarding
driver training. No, I did not have driver training from
Mr. Juricich, I did not have an open class hour to fit it
in as I was taking six classes each day plus doing some after-
school activities. So in 1954 when I was sixteen my mother
hired a City of Richland police officer, who did driver
training on the side, to give me driving lessons. He had a
Buick sedan outfitted with duel controls (no dual steering
but brake and maybe a clutch pedal (I don't remember if it
was an automatic or not)). He picked me up at our home on
Rochefontaine Street about 4:30 PM on a weekday. After driving
around in Richland he then directed me to George Washington
Way. As we were driving south and near the Richland theatre,
he said put on your right turn signal and parallel park in
that open space just ahead. So you need to picture this: there
was heavy going home traffic behind me and he wanted me to
parallel park on an inside curve! So you had to turn your
wheels at a different time in the turning process to account
for the roadway curve and curb. Fortunately the going home
traffic was "kind" and did not pressure me or honk their
horns. I don't remember if he had a "student driver" sign on
the vehicle or not but we survived. After leaving the parallel
parking place he had me drive home and as I arrived there, he
said" I think you are ready to go get your license." Which
leads me to the next story.
One used to have to go to the Washington State Patrol offices
in Kennewick near their high school to take your written exam
and drivers test. My driving test was late in the day about
4:00 PM. The test person had me leave the State Patrol parking
area and enter a nearby residential area where she had me
parallel park. Next she directed me to go different places
where I used my turn signals and demonstrated turns, stops,
lane changes, etc. She also had me do hand signals with my
left arm in the event that I was driving a car with no turn
signals (remember 1954 not all cars before that time had turn
signals). As time went on she continued to direct me to drive
to different locations. What was I not doing right, was the
thought running through my mind; that and I guess I am not
going to pass this driver's test. I finally decided that I
would ask her what I was not doing correctly since she seemed
to not want to return to their offices. When I asked, her
reply was: "You are doing fine, I just don't want to give
another driver's exam today, so keep driving." A few minutes
before 5:00 PM she looked at her watch and said "OK, we can go
back now."
-Ron HOLEMAN ('56)
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1 Bomber's stuff:
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: McGregor FOX ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Monita McCLELLAN ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patricia HUTCHINS ('60_)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Aaron HOLLOWAY ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David MASON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joan BELLISTON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sherrie SMITHWICK ('68)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 4/12/19
Re: Yesterday's Sandstorm
SAID: Red Shirt Friday,
but it was really Tickled Pink Thursday. OOPS
Re: April the Giraffe
April's live Cam
Latest Giraffe baby: "Azizi"
born: Saturday, March 16, 2019
At birth: 5'11", 139#
Now: 6' tall, 170#
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gonzales, LA ~ 72° at midnight
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/13/19
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Paula BEARDSLEY ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dave BURNHAM ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dave FOWLER ('76)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY TODAY:
Harvey CHAPMAN & Sally FOLEY ('56)
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>>From: Paula BEARDSLEY Glenn ('62)
Re: Anthony CARROLL ('97-RIP)
Sending love and condolences to Pete ('65) and Judy CARAWAY
Carroll ('67) at the loss of their son, Anthony. As Pete
reminded me when we stopped by, this is wrong... we aren't
supposed to plan our children's funeral. I know Pete and Judy
will be as involved in their grandchildren's lives going
forward as they have been.
Re: Class of '62
The email address listed in my Save the Date note about
the upcoming 75 birthday celebration for Class of '62 was
incorrect.
It should be VkngBluMom@aol.com
Hope to see y'all September 6 & 7. Let me know if you have
updated emails so we can get invites to you!
-Paula BEARDSLEY Glenn ('62) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/14/19
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bonnie MOTT ('64_)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Myra WEIHERMILLER ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Robin CORLEY ('69
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Hope SOLO ('99) ~ 4/13/19 Tri-City Herald
Hope SOLO ('99) was a Richland soccer star and world champ.
Her story is bound for the big screen.
Re: Betsy COFFMAN Murray ('66) update
Betsy underwent a double lung transplant a few weeks ago. She
was moved to a regular room on Friday and on Monday will be
settled into the Transplant House (an apartment complex laid
out specifically for transplant recipients and their care
givers). Well wishes may be sent to her on her Facebook page.
Cards may be mailed to Kathy Lindekugel, daughter. Email me
for Kathy's mailing address.
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/15/19
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lanny WILSON ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sandy CARPENTER ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mickey LYNCH ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cindy DeHART ('67)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Well I trust you all have filed your tax returns, or at least
gotten an extension on so doing. Doesn't do to tick off the
IRS.
On a more pleasant note, the calendar show that there is a
Bomber having a birthday today. Heck of a note to have a
birthday on tax, but then it always wasn't tax day when he was
born. On the other hand, he cannot be blamed for the congers
changing tax day to suit themselves.
A tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!" to
Lanny WILSON ('54). Perhaps he will put in an appearance at
the bash Marilynn is planning like he did five years ago.
Certainly hope so.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
most of the Easter eggs have been gathered and taxes
have been filed.
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/16/19
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Gary BEHYMER ('64)
Tedd CADD ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barbara COLE ('50)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tony SHARPE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Greg JOCHEN ('76)
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: Notre-Dame de Paris
Heard the horrible news on the radio so went and turned on the
TV and watched while a nearly 800 year old building burned.
Have not been there but studied it in Architecture History
classe and while I only worked a little in the field of
Architecture I have kept up with reading about buildings
and especially cathedrals; have also watched a number of
documentaries about them. So disheartening. Imagine in the
Middle-Ages what people must have thought when the tallest
buildings were one or two stories, maybe three. Before the
Gothic style was developed cathedrals were of the Romanesque
style which had big massive walls and not too much in the way
of windows and not much sculpture work on them.
Gothic had those big high pointed arches with windows to let
in the light. Remember this was the Middle-Ages and imagine
trying to light a cathedral with candles. It was comparatively
narrow wall between the arches and arches tend to push out at
the bottom, so the flying buttresses were added to keep them
from collapsing. Then they had churches lots of light through
stain glass windows. However some have collapsed and many are
showing sighs of stress. At least one had a chain forged many
years ago (big long squared off links) to wrap around the
bottom of the arches and another is braced up with a bunch of
ugly steel beams. They have set up lasers and taken precise
measurements to try to find future trouble spots.
They say it will be rebuilt. I wonder if some of the stones
will be cracked or weakened what with getting them hot and
then pouring water on them. Maybe with our modern engineering
we can better solve these problems and with power tools and
cranes it could be re-built faster, but lately seems like it
is taking more time to re-build something than it did to
build it in the first place. They will probably spend years
studying, testing, and planning before they even start
construction.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64) ~ It is just depressing. Don't think I
will not put it back on my bucket because I doubt it
will be finished in time for me.
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>>From: Gary BEHYMER ('64)
Re: Ramblings...
Here's Byron Beck (Kittitas '63) & husband of Leslie JACOBSON
('64) ~ All Star Game ABA 1976.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf74tKRr8y0
Byron Beck Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mZtnqdr0P4
Richland Bombers vs Lewis & Clark ~ 1958 WIAA Championship Game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_xhAdQS9TI
-Gary BEHYMER ('64)
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
I have now joined the ranks of those with significant metal
in my body, I was wondering if any of my Sandstorm Sisters
and Brothers could share their experience with travel and
metal detectors.
March 6th, I had four vertebrae fused and am recovering
well (they tell me). I seem to understand (if I understand
anything) that the screws and rods and all are titanium but
I'll need to check.
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/17/19
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Duane LEE ('63)
Vicki OWENS ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary JONES ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lance HARTMAN ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bob THOMAS ('64_)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim VACHÉ ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Shari NAPORA ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary Jane SMITH ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: "Jumbo" & "Wig" DAVIS ('82)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeff JANICEK ('88)
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>>From: Duane LEE ('63)
Re: Bombers vs Lewis & Clark ~ 1958 WIAA Championship Game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_xhAdQS9TI
Thanks for Gary BEHYMER's ('64) U-tube of the '58 Bomber
state champs. My sister was class of '58 and went to state but
I didn't see her in the audience. No 3 point shot and no shot
clock. Dawald's teams were experts at ball control and "the
stall". Not sure he always agreed with the tactic (aka John
Wooden) but until they came up with a clock, his teams would
use it. Hard to double team those quick passes. Don't know who
that center was for LC but he was good. Glory days!
-Duane LEE ('63) ~ Richland
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>>From: Vicki OWENS ('72)
To: Tedd CADD ('66)
Welcome to the bionic life! Since you asked about travel
and metal detectors, here's my experience 2-1/2 years
post- bilateral TKR (double total knee replacement). My work
includes a bit of travel, so I've probably passed through a
dozen different airports in that time. Much of my travel is
to locations where security screenings still begin with a
metal detector. My knees always set them off. I try to alert
security personnel before I step into the machine, hoping that
will make it less of a shock. I point at my knees, use words
like "prostheses" or "new knees", even wave a card with x-ray
images of both knees, but nothing appears to help. When the
metal detector sings its song, a hand-held metal detector is
occasionally the next step. But more often the next step is a
pat search. (Back in the days of Dragnet we used to call it
"frisking". Is that word used anymore?!)
I admit that I despise pat searches. Yesterday I flew out of
Entebbe and got an especially zealous security officer who
performed a pat search that left no doubt that I was carrying
zero contraband. Even though a female security officer always
checks women, pat searches feel invasive and ugly. In European
and Islamic nations the pat search is usually performed
outside of the public eye, which is definitely better.
Whenever I see a millimeter wave machine, I try to get in that
line for security screening. Millimeter wave machines look
like a space capsule and require you to raise your hands over
your head. My knees don't sound an alarm on those and I love
proceeding on my journey without the fuss and muss of a pat
search.
Those are my thoughts, Tedd. In any event, I hope that the
reduced pain and improved health levels will more than make up
for any travel hassles! That's my experience and I'm forever
grateful for my new knees.
-Vicki OWENS ('72) ~ Bangkok
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/18/19
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Earl BENNETT ('63)
Tedd CADD ('66)
Anita FRAVALA ('73)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jane WALKER ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Debbie CONE ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gene SWIFT ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gilbert BLANKENSHIP ('81)
TODAY IN HISTORY:
Listen, my children, and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the EIGHTEENTH OF APRIL, in '75;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year... .
http://oldnorth.com/longfellows-poem-paul-reveres-ride/
Paul Revere's Ride
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
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>>From: Earl BENNETT (Gold Medal Class of '63)
Re: Tedd CADD ('66) / TSA
Vicki OWENS' ('72) response was spot-on. I've had both hips
replaced (2002 and 2010), and most airports are pretty good at
getting me through with minimum hassle. As she said, the best
ones have the scanner that rotates around you while you
raise your arms, but that's pretty expensive equipment, not
available at smaller places. I remember once I went through
the Pasco TSA, first passenger in the morning, and the scanner
didn't alarm: I told him he'd better check the calibration
again and why. He didn't appear to care.
Regards, ecb3 - from beautiful spring weather in
central Virginia, where we've finally sold off
nearly all our archery equipment that we haven't
used in easily 30 years: All that's left is
one hunting bow with five arrows (never shot
anything) as well as a string-making jig and
some of its supplies.
-Earl BENNETT ('63)
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
To: Vicki OWENS ('72)
Thanks, Vicki.
It is reassuring at least a little bit. I am hoping that the
wand will be sufficient. Due to some unfortunate experiences
at the hands of a few men as a child, I don't want to know
what a pat down would feel like.
But also, I wonder if women are often chosen for the more
invasive checks by the TSA. Given the track record of how
women are treated in general, it wouldn't surprise me.
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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>>From: Anita FRAVALA Griffin ('73)
Re: "Pat" Searches at Airports
To: Tedd CADD ('66)
Leaving Grand Cayman a few weeks ago, I was one of the lucky
ones that was "chosen" to be searched. A man had already
wanded me and then was going to pat search me. I stuck my hand
in his face, wagged my finger at him and said, "No, no, a
woman." He looked dumbfounded for a minute - like he couldn't
believe I would stop him. Well, when she was done, that woman
had really gotten a feel for everything. Let's put it this way
- she didn't use the back of her hand like they do in the U.S.
I was very glad I'd made sure a woman had "pat" searched me!
*LOL*
-Anita FRAVALA Griffin ('73)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/19/19 ~ HAPPY 74th @ 3:10am (PT) to ME!!
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), David RIVERS ('65)
Terry DAVIS ('65), Betti AVANT ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lila JENNE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda SWAIN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mark ROHRBACHER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Peg WELLMAN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Deb BOSHER ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike TESKY ('67)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Jeff LARSEN & Barbara GILE ('67)
TODAY IN HISTORY
1775 American Revolution began "shot heard 'round the world"
1993 Waco ended
1995 Oklahoma City
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
I certainly hope that the eggs have been boiled and set aside
for later coloration. When the time comes, just don't hide
them too well; but if you did, they would be easier to find.
All of this boils down to the fact there is a Bomber Babe
having a birthday today. Maybe, back then, she wasn't as well
known as she is today. If it weren't for her and the Bomber
who now resides in Connell [I think he means Gary BEHYMER in
Colfax. -Maren], we wouldn't be having this forum. 'course it
took them a while to get it going. They had to wait for Al
Gore to invent the internet and a few other obstacles. Once
those were figured out, it was practically smooth sailing
(except when she forgets to hit the send button before falling
asleep).
A deep flourish of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy
Birthday!" to Maren SMYTH ('63 &'64) on this particular day.
Trust all is well down there in the Louisiana bayous (which
are the same as swamps in other places), and you aren't
inundated by alligators.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where I
may get around to mowing the grass (sometime).
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Best ex
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Maren SMYTH ('63 &'64) the goodest bestest ex
inna world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Re: Between Terry and Earl BENNETT ('63)
EARL (4/18/SS):
...sold off nearly all our archery equipment that we
haven't used in easily 30 years: All that's left is
one hunting bow with five arrows (never shot anything)
as well as a string-making jig and some of its supplies.
TDK:
Earl, I'm trying to imagine you with a hunting bow and
serious intent, and I just can't. O, yeah, there was a
BB gun here and there in the neighborhood, growing up,
and John COONS ('63) always had an assortment of
weaponry. But I don't remember either you or me being
hunter types. The sparrows and robins were always safe
in our trees.
However, I can easily imagine you getting very good
on a target range and having flawless technique, and
preparing your own bowstrings. Even crafting and
cleverly mounting your own targets.
Yeah, the Earl I knew woulda done that...
As always, Terry
EARL:
Terry: Walking back to the car after a field tournament,
I had my strung bow in hand and the quiver still on my
belt. There was a rabbit about 20 yards from me, but as
you say, it was safe. I knocked an arrow and shot it,
spot on between the rabbit's legs to see how high it
would jump - slower reaction than I expected, but it did
get pretty high, and ran out of sight very quickly.
Once a bow is tuned properly, the beauty of an arrow
arching the length of a football field to a 4-foot
target and landing in the gold or near it is very
satisfying. It does take a while to reach that level of
skill. I recall the owner of the archery range in a
re-purposed old bowling alley (John was my Best Man at
our wedding) giving me good advice. I stated my
intention early on to participate in a FITA tournament
(the former Olympics round that involves 30 arrows shot
at each of 90, 70, 50 and 30 meters - long day), and he
said I would want to do a lot of serious practice first,
because searching for your arrows in the grass while
everyone else is pulling them out of the target is not
fun. He was right, and I found a great practice spot a
five-minute walk from my house. After lots of practice
and the first couple of tournaments, I was keeping
nearly all my arrows ON the target.
Regards, ecb3
TDK:
Earl,
I KNEW it! Thass m'boy!
You made my day, old friend. Thank you.
You were always an accomplished, trustworthy kid to have
in the neighborhood there at the Potter/Turner Street
intersection.
(And the fact that you brought four sisters along with
you didn't hurt, either).
Terry
-Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Happy birthday Maren on Friday 19 April 2019. My great niece
shares this day with you-she will be 17. She chose to attend
Hanford High School for their drama program but her mother-
Sarah AVANT ('94) and grandfather Robert AVANT ('69) are
Bomber grads.
-Betti AVANT ('69) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/20/19 - that's 4/20
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Earl BENNETT ('63)
Bill SCOTT ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lan FUSMAN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Chuck SHIPMAN ('71)
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>>From: Earl BENNETT (Gold Medal Class of '63)
Happy birthday yesterday (the 19th) by the time this gets
published, Maren!
To: Terry DAVIS ('65)
Terry: Five sisters:
Diana/"Diney" ('64), Cecilia ('65), Susan/"Sue" ('68),
Sally ('71), and Beth ('74)
Regards, ecb3 - from a pleasant but gray morning in
central Virginia.
-Earl BENNETT ('63)
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>>From: Bill SCOTT ('64)
Re: New book
I know there are plenty of lovers of my books among Bomber
alumni, so here's my forecast for feverish fans: A new novel
is underway! It doesn't have a title yet, but I can tell you
a few details. I figure I've probably done all the writing I
want to do about the Old West, so I'm turning to another era
that fascinates me, the 1920s and 1930s. This book begins in
southern California near San Bernardino in 1929, and features
feuding Irish clans, a runaway fourteen-year-old girl, vintage
airplanes, WWII, and time travel. You can read the opening
scene on my facebook author page:
https://www.facebook.com/jamesscottauthorelectric/
I'll post updates now and then.
And by the way, Happy Birthday Maren! You deserve many more.
This community wouldn't exist without you.
-Bill SCOTT ('64)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/21/19
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Helen CROSS ('62), Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Linda REINING ('64), Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bonnie ALLEN ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Katie SHEERAN ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judy MANNING ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jane SMOLEN ('66)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
To: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Happy Birthday, late. I've been babysitting a lot more; the
other grandma is out of town, and reading the Sandstorm
doesn't always get done each day.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ West Harrison, IN where we had a
soggy walk for water to raise money for digging wells
in Africa, then an indoor Easter Egg Hunt, as the
ground was soaked.
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Re: Bill SCOTT ('64) on publishing
You invite comments on publishing experiences, so here's one
saga on the alternative of not self-publishing. In summary, a
good way to lose money, but this is not an issue if one has
other goals.
DUMB AS A STUMP, I at first did not know about the role of
agents, and submitted manuscripts without them. Serendipity,
some publishers still accept rogue manuscripts. I did this
with three manuscripts and in each case had the experience of
being rejected (as you remark) up to a dozen times (but was
encouraged that there was at least some interest about 25% of
the time).
Sometimes, in addition to a rejection form letter, they might
even send suggestions (free advice!) on how to improve the
manuscript. Before self-publishing, I've read, only one
submitted manuscript in a hundred ever made it into print. Now
I read that 80% of the books on shelves are money-losers; the
publishers survive on big-name contracts or the very few big
fish with a million sales.
BUT HERE'S THE DEAL... the manuscript has to fit the overall
mission of the publishing house; then it has to fit their
current business model a few years out; and then it has to
fit their whimsical taste at the particular time that it is
submitted. So, it can be as much about fit as it is about
unworthiness. I know one author of poetry who over the years
tried 36 publishers before landing one, and now has a couple
of books in print.
The overall fitting process might lead to a lesser publishing
house, but on the other hand it might be the unwitting path
to the best or most fitting publisher in the litter. My
experience, providentially for sure, has been the latter. In
each case, after two or three years of blundering along and
while still writing-thus was my amateur experience. Publishers
usually want only a prospectus and outline, and an initial
chapter (they all have detailed and clear website guidance).
But my left-handed and convoluted mind works the other way
around; I don't even know the outline until over half done.
So, I always sent drafts of the entire manuscript, cold off
the street.
NOW, AS TO FINANCES. Publishing houses are in a bind-nobody
reads books, and those who do don't buy from bookshelves.
Instead, Wikipedia, TV, twitter and tweets! So, publishers
have had to reinvent themselves to also go electronic, and to
hire legal staffs to fight off the underpricing business-model
of Amazon. Then there's also the websites that somehow offer
free downloads. Copyright laws and cases are forever trying to
keep up.
Book stores go out of business, and publishers seek refuge
under broader letterheads, like Hamilton Books now under
Rowman & Littlefield. A thin-edge profit margin, although
used-book stores now have been sufficiently bludgeoned and
culled that those still in business are stable.
To land a big-time publisher, the author must agree to get
gouged. S/he is required to buy, up front, maybe 50 or 100
copies at the full price to get the press rolling, depending
on the publisher calculation of marketability versus
overpricing. Also, a typesetting fee in some cases, based on
the number of pages. Due to timely good fortune I have been
able to eat the cost. The contract requirement is not to write
more within a few years (as apparently with self-publishing),
but simply to give first right of refusal for future work.
(Such refusal is easy to get!).
Over the long term, payback is a graduated percentage up to
10% of the wholesale price (not shelf price), once a threshold
number of sales is reached (maybe 1,000 copies or so). Unlike
self-publishing, the publisher gets only 50% of the total
price while the retailer gets 50% (that is, a 100 percent
markup from the wholesale price, very typical of anything on
any store shelf).
SO, SALES ARE MEAGER, and I'm in the hole for five digits, and
always will be. Free download sites, largely, have pulled the
rug out from under me and the publishers. My guess is 90% of
the readers.
I think the publisher's buy-in requirement imposed on authors
might reflect a business-model effort to harvest selected
works that otherwise would drain off into the expanding field
of self-publishing. It's all about marketing ink and processed
cellulose. The publishers' traditional role in steering the
final product and bickering over edits was, for me, zero. Much
to my delight, no changes. A bargain at half the price. And it
seems that "editing" now is done mostly by computer (which can
miss a lot in terms of continuity and so on).
My non-fiction, academic publishers are all New York. Big
wins, and like I say providential, a chance in a million.
I'm not really a writer, but have gotten away with cobbling
together some above-my-head efforts: Crossroads Publishing Co.
("Kristi: So Thin is the Veil," 2006); Rowman & Littlefield
imprint University Press of America ("Beyond Secularism and
Jihad: A Triangular Inquiry into the Mosque, the Manger &
Modernity," 2012); and Rowman & Littlefield imprint Hamilton
Books ("A Generation Abandoned", 2017).
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ Shoreline, WA
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
Re: A White Sport Coat & Pink Carnation....
https://biggeekdad.com/2013/01/the-best-of-times/
Brings back SO many memories... loved watching "American
Bandstand"... learned how to do all the dances, watching the
"kids" on that show. Too bad life isn't that care-free,
anymore. The cars and the music... Wow!!!!!!!!!! Hugs, Linda
[Full Screen... Sound on. -Maren]
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ Kuna, ID
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: Class Song
Listening to CSN&Y tonight for "Teach Your Children", still
has a lot to learn for future generations. I know Jim MATTIS
('68) used it in a presentation for a Central WSU several
years ago. You need a code regardless of what you do. Here's
to all of the class of '71. Listen to our class song any time
you can.
[found on YouTube by Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyU0P6iqyw4 -Maren]
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in 80° plus Plano, TX
Sent from my iPhone
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Lynn-Marie HATCHER ('68), Gary TURNER ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ellen WEIHERMILLER ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim COYNE ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancy METZ ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Meg CONE ('70)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Trust that no one got sick or died on egg dye. Even worse,
got caught in a egg hunt stampede or run over by escaping
bunnies.
Nay the less, there is a Bomber Babe not of my acquaintance
celebrating a birthday today. From what I have heard she
is of age to be allowed into adult watering holes. And, if
rumors are correct, too much class to frequent the bowling
alley or the Uptown Tavern. I say this in hopes that her
secret admirer (?) won't blurt out some on warranted tale
of youthful indiscretions as he has been wont to do from time
to time.
A flourish of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy
Birthday!" to Ellen WEIHERMILLER ('63).
If the Junior Gyrene doesn't come up with something, maybe
ML ('63) will.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
rain maybe back in the forecast.
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
How apropos that the Birthday Girl shares her special date
with Bettie Page, that other famous American Pinup.
Happy Birthday to Ellen WEIHERMILLER Anderson ('63), ya'
still got it
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
Re: Telescoping time
This evening (4/21) I was watching "The Highwaymen" in which
Woody Harrelson & Kevin Costner play the two Texas Rangers
who came out of retirement to track down Bonnie Parker &
Clyde Barrow.
I never saw the 1967 movie, "Bonnie and Clyde". But when I
was doing some research on their back story tonight, I was
amazed to discover that they died just 33 years prior to the
making of that film. May 23, 1934 - ages 22 & 25.
And that brings me back to my subject line: telescoping time.
Because I find it so incredible that, in 1967, "33 years ago"
felt like true back-in-time history. Now, "33 years ago"
feels just so VERY recent.
I guess I have lived long enough to become absolutely
astounded at how quickly life on this earth passes!
Ponderingly yours,
-Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
PS - And this rapid passage of time, by the way, is my
excuse for how I missed our beloved Maren's birthday
recently! But I think it's not too late to wish her a
wonderful year to come!
[DEFiNITELY not too late! -Maren]
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>>From: Gary TURNER ('71)
Re: '71 Class Song - Teach Your Children
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyU0P6iqyw4
Thanks, Brad WEAR ('71), for the reminder that our class
really nailed it with our selection for class song. Had we
commissioned someone to write a song that fit the times and
occasion, that would have been the result. As I recall, the
vote was a choice between "Teach Your Children" and Black
Sabbath's "Paranoid."... in retrospect, a pretty easy call! I
believe one of the classes before us chose the Dino Valenti
anthem "Get Together" for their song... another inspired
choice that is still relevant 50 years later.
So here is the question for the group: What was your class
song? Good choice or bad choice? and why? Please show your
work...
-Gary TURNER ('71)
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Tedd CADD ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike BRADLEY ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rita ECKERT ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary WEBB ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ken DAME ('68)
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Re: Heinekenite
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ham/190423_Helenite.jpg
These couple of days I've received two magazines (Smithsonian
and Autoweek) with ads for a "Uniquely American Stone" with
some pretty desirable powers created from the eruption of Mt.
St Helens. Now I've lived here at Rancho Cerveza in Kirkland
since said eruption in 1980 and I've never heard of
"Helenite". I've been to Columbia, seen their emeralds
and I'm thinking this "precious gem" is more probably
"Heinekenite.
Anyone out there in Bomberland able to shine any light on
this, and where would one wear it?
-jimbeaux
p.s. I did receive a B at WSU in Dr. Rahm's Geology 101 class
back in the spring of 1964, so it's not like I don't have a
strong foundation in Geology
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
To: Gary TURNER ('71)
Re: Class Song
All I remember is that it was some "meaningful" work. I do
remember jokes about selecting "We Gotta Get Out of This
Place" instead-primarily for the chorus.
-Tedd CADD ('66)
PS: Even so, an whole bunch of either stayed or came
back!
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/24/19
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Karen COLE ('55)
Stephanie DAWSON ('60), Earl BENNETT ('63)
Carol CONVERSE ('64), Dennis HAMMER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat "Rex" WOOD ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Leslie SWANSON ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Denny CASTO ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Karen ROTAN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ben HAUSENBUILLER ('98)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Won't be long now until we get the flowers that bloom in
May as a result of April showers (not to be confused with
tropical downpours and/or gully washers)
There is a Bomber birthday to acknowledge today. I went to
school with him, fact, even graduated at the same time, day
and in the same gym.
So, a tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!"
to Rex Patrick WOOD ('54). Please do not confuse him with
Eugene Rex "Red" WOOD ('54-RIP) just because they have a
couple of names in common. Hope to see him (Pat that is)
at the celebratory luncheon come this September.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
the grass is green and growing and won't get cut until
the mower comes out of the shop
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>>From: Karen COLE Correll ('55)
To: Gary WEBB ('64)
Here I am again, one day behind! Happy birthday on 4/23 to
our "Adopted" brother. Hope you had a wonderful day, with
many more to come.
Love, Barb ('50) Patti ('52) Karen ('55)
Judie & Jackie ('63), and John ('66)
-Karen COLE Correll ('55)
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>>From: Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
Re: jimbeaux ('63) and Heinekenite/Helenite
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ham/190423_Helenite.jpg
The green helenite is glass made from the ash of Mt. St.
Helens. It has been around as a minor gem since a year or so
after the big blow. It is available as a pendant, earrings,
ring, necklace, bracelet, brooch. Oh, and Christmas
ornaments.
I'm only a very minor pseudo-geologist. Hope some real
experts chime in. John BEAULIEU ('62)???
-Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
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>>From: Earl BENNETT (Gold Medal Class of '63)
Re: Jimbeaux ('63)/Heinekenite
I know zilch about geology (Dad and I did collect some agates
when I was at Chief Jo and Col Hi - another of his many
hobbies, all pursued with a fervor that would give credit
to a professional). I asked my wife if she would find it
appealing, considering the source: She said she has something
similar in appearance already (my bad - really don't remember
that), and I was concerned it might clash with her blue eyes.
It is a striking piece of jewelry, but the advertising is
off-putting in a way that gives me bad vibes. What on earth
do you mean by "desirable powers:" Are you referring to the
"romance guaranteed" hype?
Regards, ecb3 - from a gorgeous spring day in
central Virginia that raised some sweat while I
was working on the garden enclosure my wife wants
- and I just noticed I put on two of the boards
backwards; now I have to move some dirt, remove
and re-attach the boards, then put the dirt back,
which will stretch into tomorrow.
-Earl BENNETT ('63)
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>>From: Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64)
To: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Re: Helenite/Heinekenite
I googled this:
Helenite jewlery is made from the Mt. St. Helen's volcano
ash. Pottery is also made from the ash.
Heinekenite is beer. Never heard of that so I'm wondering if
you were teasing about this one.
-Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) ~ Kennewick we
are having beautiful spring weather with temps up in
the high 60s to low 70s.
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
To: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Re: Helennite
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ham/190423_Helenite.jpg
According to Wikipedia 'Helenite" is a green glass made
from Mt. St Helens ash and marketed as a gemstone. It was
"discovered" accidentally when workers from Weyerhaeuser
were using acetylene torches to salvage their equipment and
noticed the heat melted the volcanic ash and it turned green.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helenite
I remember back in the day potters were using Mt. St. Helens
ash in their glaze and you could buy ceramic items glazed
with St. Helens ash. I do seem to have somewhat of a vague
memory that maybe they were also making jewelry with the ash.
I do know (and this was a surprise to me) that each volcano
has its own unique ash. When they find a deposit of ash, they
can identify the volcano it came from. In the layers of silt
left by the ice age floods they found St. Helens ash, which
is how they determined that the flood happened repeatedly and
there was not one but probably about 40 to 45 floods. Someone
I worked with probably around the St.Helens eruption (the one
we all remember) that in building that shopping center on
GWWay and McMurray (?) they found ash from Mt: Mazama, AKA
Crater Lake. At the time I was skeptical, wondering how they
knew it was from Mt. Mazama.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/25/19
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Mary ROSE ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Don WINSTON ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carla BOSHER ('64)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today:
Jerry SPEARS & Cathy CLUGSTON ('64)
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>>From: Mary ROSE Tansy ('60)
Re: Mt. St. Helen's Ash
I was working for Engineers/Scientists in the 300 area when
Mt. St. Helen's blew. They made small drops of the ashes and
gave us some. I had a tie tack and a ring made with mine.
They are not green though, they are dark grey/charcoal. I
also had a tube of the ash from Richland!
-Mary ROSE Tansy ('60)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/26/19
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Rex HUNT ('53)
Jim HAMILTON ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lou Ann BINNS ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rosalie LANSING ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Allen STREGE ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Melanie DUKES ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sydney PERRYMAN ('19)
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>>From: Rex HUNT ('53)
Re: Sandstorm
So on the 14th of April Maren sent me a heads up saying she
had received notice that I was "explicitly BANNED" from the
Sandstorm. Well I have for the last several years been stuck
with AT&T as my server. So naturally I jumped online and went
to their help page. After some 3 hours of jacking around, I
was told that my mail was all fixed. Morning of the 15th: NO
SANDSTORM. Maren tells me I am still banned. Back to AT&T
this time my helper said he had never come across any one
banned from receiving mail, just sending mail. But that I am
cured. Several days later Maren tells me I am still banned.
Yahoo being my .com for mail I went to them. They never heard
of such. To compound matters my phone line helper has a HUGE
3rd world accent and with my poor hearing we can resolve
nothing. Now I am growing with a major discontent. So 23rd
of April, I contact the downtown Yahoo office. (where ever it
is). in polite terms I let them know I am one er urinated off
individual. After several hours the evening of 23rd and later
they called me on morning of 24th saying my Email has been
purged and should receive my Sandstorm. Well today - some 12
days later - I got my Sandstorm (in my spam folder) So all's
well that ends with me winning.
-Rex HUNT ('53wb) ~ from lovely downtown Hanford, A where the
cotton fields and walnut orchards are disappearing and
pistachio orchards are springing up every where. Oh
well. It's just nuts.
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Re: For sale in an Antique Store in Snohomish
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ham/190425-Megaphone.jpg
$56.00 is that a good deal?
-jimbeaux
[Range 19" to 32" molded plastic $22 to $33
cheerleading.com - you'd have to paint it. -Maren]
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/27/19
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52), Helen CROSS ('62)
Jim HAMILTON ('63), Gary TURNER ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill CHAPMAN ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim TADLOCK ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve UPSON ('65)
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>>From: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
On most Sundays, my "significant other", Terry SHEGRUD
(class/es of 54, 55, 56 or something like that) and I have
lunch at DJs in West Richland with his son and daughter-in-
law. On a fairly recent Sunday, an old school chum, Harvey
CHAPMAN ('56), stopped by to say hi. I suggested that he
probably had known my younger brother, Richard ('57-RIP)
and he enthusiastically said he knew Richard as well as my
older brother, Terry ('52). I love meeting people who knew
my siblings...especially when they have really nice things
to say about them! Thank you Harvey.
To: Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peascha ('68)
I, too, am amazed at the rapid passage of time. Like the
old saying so aptly puts it: life is like a roll of toilet
paper...etc, etc, etc.
Now that I'm busy with Terry and integrating our lives (by
the way, many of you probably don't know that at the age of
83, he still operates his Terry's Barber Station 4 days a
week, at The Barking Lot, 1209 Thayer!!) I don't get to my
emails very often, so I'm way behind in lots of the very
interesting topics of late, but I do read them and enjoy
being part of the "Family of Richland Bombers".
Best regards to each and all,
-Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) ~ in beautiful Richland, where
the temps fluctuate almost on a daily basis, the
flowers and trees stay true to their appointed
destinies, and I'm excited that my brother will be
back from his sojourn to Mexico this week. He has
been sorely missed by his family and many friends.
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
We lived in Ohio when Mt. St. Helens blew. My aunt in Richland saved me a film canister of the ash dust; I still have it "somewhere".-
Looking forward to the class of '62's 75th birthday celebration on September 7th.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ from rainy Indiana, but still
above 50° so spring is still blooming.
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Re: BOMBER Megaphone
Oooooooooh, it just keeps getting curiouser and curiouser.
Our grandson Michael, who we share with Mary WINSTON Wymer
('54) is the one who scoped the Megaphone out At Antique
Station Victoria Village in Snohomish. He told me tonight
that it has "Debbie" written on the inside and he thinks it's
from the '60s because of the psychedelic script. I reminded
him that the '50s last 15 years and the '60s about four.
Anyone, anyone?
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: Gary TURNER ('71)
Never too early to start your Christmas shopping...
The World's Most Dangerous Toy
-Gary TURNER ('71)
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65), Tedd CADD ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dick WIGHT ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Betty WHITTEN ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marilyn SIMMONS ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dale HOSACK ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda ABBEY ('71)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Well, the lawn mower is fixed and the lawn is mowed. In
other bad news; the walnut tree is beginning to leaf out.
Oh, happy day!.
In the good news department; a fellow classmate and Bomber
Babe is celebrating a milestone in her life. If my
calculations are correct she is either celebrating her 28th
or 29th. Sometimes it's kinda hard to tell.
A flourish of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy
Birthday!" for Betty WHITTEN ('54). Perhaps we shall meet
and talk at the grand luncheon come this September.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
there will be a wine tasting at the Festhall on
Saturday the 4th.
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>>From: Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
To: The DEVINE Miss "EM" DeVINE ('52)
It runs in the family. Even though I'm a lot younger (16
months or so) I still work a full 40+ hour week as a
contractor repairing computers all over northwest Washington.
Although I am considering retirement in 5 years or so.
I too remember Dick DeVINE ('57-RIP) from High School.
Re: Bomber passing
While I'm at it we neglected to up date the Sandstorm on the
passing of Terry's and My sister Beverly SHEGRUD ('50-RIP) on
Mothers day last year.
-Grover SHEGRUD ('56) ~ in sunny Lynnwood, Bothell,
Millcreek, Martha Lake Washington
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>>From: Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
Re: BOMBER Megaphone - seen in Antique Shoppe in Snohomiish
To: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Maybe Debbie LYONS ('65)
-Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
Re: Computer question
One of you intense computer techs out there:
Is there any reason to keep *any* of the files in the Temp
folder? My guess is not since they disappear after a few
days.
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/29/19
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Jim HAMILTON ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Phyllis BENJAMIN ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dan WARNER ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nora SZULINSKI ('66)
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Re: "BOMBERS" Megaphone - in an Antique Shop in Snohomish
I'm good for a few bucks to purchase it.
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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Is this picture of it in the 1970 Columbian??
http://colhi70.org/columbian/org_cheer.html
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/30/19
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Jim ARMSTRONG ('63)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve HAGGARD ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda LEE ('66)
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NOTE: This note in yesterday's Sandstorm was supposed to have
been from Pitts and I made it from Jimbeaux. OOPS! -Maren
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>>From: Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
To: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Re: "BOMBERS" Megaphone - in an Antique Shop in Snohomish
I'm good for a few bucks to purchase it.
-Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 4/30/19
Re: "BOMBERS" Megaphone - in an Antique Shop in Snohomish
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ham/190425-Megaphone.jpg
Found the original owner. Looked at every set of cheer
leaders and song leaders starting with the 1960 Columbian.
Only two named Debbie and we had determined that it was NOY
Debbie LYONS ('65) cuz she didn't have a megaphone.
Original owner is Debbie WAGGONER McDonald ('69) and she
thinks she may have even painted it. Since I had her in my
address book, I sent her an email asking if it was hers and
she responded.
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 72° at midnight
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March, 2019 ~ May, 2019