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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/01/19
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Steve CARSON ('58)
Helen CROSS ('62), Carol CONVERSE ('64)
Dennis HAMMER ('64), Lynn-Marie HATCHER ('68)
Betti AVANT ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: George "Pappy" SWAN ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bob CRAENS ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cindy OATES ('66)
Richland Bombers on Facebook
MAREN's MALARKEY:
Get ahead of yourself. Send Sandstorm Stuff early.
Please put the "save for" date in the subject line...
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Well, I'm happy to see that alleys, fences and dogs is
pretty well settled. By the way, Maren, I don't believe,
pre-fabs, pre-cuts and ranches were alphabetized. Nor were
the "tract" (read pre-gummit) houses.
[BTW, Bob, OK... not pre-fabs or "tract"
houses, but the rest were definitely
lettered. See the letters
for ranch and pre-cuts here:
http://hanford.houses.tripod.com/
Pre cuts were "U" and "V"
Ranch houses were "Y" and "Z" -Maren]
All immaterial at this point. There is a younger Bomber,
seemingly known by all, celebrating a birthday today. He
might even be classed as a beloved raconteur. That he is
also a Gyrene won't be held against him, unless he has
spent too much time with the Junior one ('65).
A salute with the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy
Birthday!" to George "Pappy" SWAN ('59). I certainly hope
that he, his wife, the dogs and other inhabitants of the
yard out there in Burbank-by-the-Slough are reasonably well.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
weather guessers are hoping for a pleasant and dry 4th.
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>>From: Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
Lived in a Ranch House on Cedar. No alleys
[3 bedroom ranch was a "Y" house.
4 bedroom ranch was a "Z" house.
http://hanford.houses.tripod.com/ -Maren]
-Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
I enjoy reading about Richland during the years when I lived
there '49-'62, and the many years since of course.
Missed telling my former neighbor, Susan Walker ('64) on
6/29: Happy Birthday... and don't think I got to say Happy
Anniversary to Gene HORNE ('57) & Carol BISHOP ('60) on 5/25.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ from my house on the little lake
in SE Indiana where it's really gotten hot and humid
the last week. Thank heaven for AC and ceiling fans
is all I can say.
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64)
Re: Alleyways Part 2
As I wrote two or three days ago, we had an alley between 300
block of Douglass (where I lived) and Delafield. The more I
read and thought about it I realized that the alley wasn't a
long one. While being young, I imagined it being longer than
it really was. In actuality, the alley was just a little
longer than our house and Bill and Bob Hyatt's ('63-RIP)
house. They lived on the same side of Douglass as I did but
on the other side of the entrance way. There was an entrance
via Delafield and also on the other side of our "B" house.
Hope this makes sense.
-Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) ~ Kennewick it is
suppose to start warming up into the 90s by the end of
next week
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: Richland parking
Maren's 1949 map really cleared up some things in my mind. I
had always thought the parking had been behind the 1413 side
of the "B" house on McPherson Ave. Mainly because of our
lot having that extra square stuck on it and probably a
little South of it because there was a lot of room there. It
turns out there were three parking areas on that block. One
on the South end that could be accessed from either Symons or
McPherson. (Match Line of the map cuts off before Symons can
be seen.) One on the North end of the block that can be
accessed from either Thayer or Torbett. The third one in the
middle that only has access from McPherson between two B
houses, 1413-1415 and 1417-1419, and the parking is behind
the 1417-1419 "B" house. That area off Thayer I mentioned in
my entry two days ago that had two "B" houses and one "A"
house set back from Thayer where I thought was probably the
access to parking shows nothing there on the 1949 map so it
seems obvious to me that streetlet (it's a real word but not
sure I am using it right) had to be added when they sold the
town so there would be parking for those who bought those
houses. That streetlet is apparently still considered Thayer
Dr.
Soon after we moved here in summer on 1961 I heard a lady
talking about wanting to add an outside entrance to their
basement. They ran into a water line and had to move it, then
dug down further and ran into a sewer line. Neither one were
shown on the map. They could do nothing about the sewer line
and had to put the outside entrance on the other side of the
house. I remembered that and some fifteen or so years later
worked with someone who had worked on making the piping
drawings before they sold the town. Apparently there never
were any drawings made, but they had to make them before
selling the town. He said they were trying to find the pipes
with metal detectors so the drawings were made with what they
could find with the metal detectors and guess work.
To: Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
Re: being in "the older generation"
Just today I was thinking about your "American Pie" comments
and was reminded of something that almost happened to me two
or three years ago, which with the speed of time flying these
days may have been five or six years. I was at a burger
joint and almost ordered a "burger in a basket," but stopped
myself. It is called a "combo" these days and I'm sure none
of these young kids would have an idea what I was talking
about. Now days some of them places want you to order from a
kiosk get your drinks from a machine that makes about a
hundred different flavors. I don't want to hire a Jr. High
kid to go with me to order my food and get my drink!!!
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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>>From: Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
Re: Old city buses
Shannon CRAIG Hightower ('50) - you mentioned a city bus that
ran every 15 minutes. This is the first time I've EVER heard
of public transit from "back in the day". Do you (or anyone
else) recall when those buses stopped running?
Everything you mentioned was on the south end. (I'll add Wild
Bill's Market which predated Safeway, & the Carnation Milk
plant north across from Lewis & Clark - which provided to the
L&C end of year picnic & field day little single container
cups of ice cream that were eaten with a supplied wooden
spoon). So was the city bus running only before Uptown was
built?
Re: The southend
Dale ENNOR ('59) - I was born & raised on Cullum (across from
Lewis & Clark), and just moved back to Cullum last month
after 50 years away from this Avenue. I understand the
"loved" part you speak of regarding the south end, but not
the "reviled" part. Maybe because it was the oldest part of
town, & therefore the first to start falling into disrepair?
Well, I'm happy to report that it's certainly being "re-
gentrified" - slowly but surely.
Growing up, I never thought of being from the "poor side of
town". But it's true that none of the doctors, lawyers, &
AEC/GE (etc.) management-types lived on the south end. It was
at least 90% blue collar, with a few "supervisors" and
policemen scattered in the mix.
Re:Jim MATTIS ('68)
To: Barbra Williamson, aka Jeanie WALSH ('63)
Enjoy my classmate, General Jim MATTIS' ('68) visit to and
speech at the Ronald Reagan Library in September! He is a
delightful man, & a wonderful speaker. Just want to point out
that he is former Secretary of Defense, not State. Pretty
significant distinction between those two positions!
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So great to read everyone's comments & memories about the
special place called Richland, Washington!
-Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68) ~ Richland
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: Courts, etc.
As I recall, at least on Thayer there were numerous cul-de-
sacs. On the east side of Thayer the cul-de-sac was just a
continuation of that block of Thayer. The west side the cul-
de-sacs were designated with a name and court instead of the
continuation of that block of Thayer. Torbett is between
Richie Court and Townsend Court. I had friends who lived in
both of those courts and others, too.
The large asphalt area I mentioned previously could only be
entered off of Thayer on the 1400 block between a "B" house
and an "A" house as I recall.
-Betti AVANT ('69) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/02/19
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Mary ROSE ('60), Paula BEARDSLEY ('62)
Mary Ann VOSSE ('63), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Linda REINING ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lyman CHRISTOPHER ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jamie WORLEY ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David SHERRARD ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joan Donogh (Adopted '71 webmaster)
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>>From: Mary ROSE Tansy ('60)
Re: Lynn-Marie's ('68) entry on City Buses
I clearly remember my friends and I riding the city bus when
I was in Junior High so that would be around '55, '56, and
'57. That was well after Uptown was built. Previous to that,
when I was in grade school though, I remember riding the bus
to downtown where my mother worked and going home with her
when my father came to get her in our car. That would have
been '53 and '54. I never rode them in high school as I
remember!!
-Mary ROSE Tansy ('60)
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Paula BEARDSLEY Glenn ('62)
My Random Thoughts
Re: Alleys Or Not...
Growing up in our little corner of heaven on earth was such a
treat. Our first home from November of '44 til April of '45
when Dad enlisted in the Navy was a 2 bedroom prefab on the
NE corner of Williams and Wright. Then into an "A" on 1500
block of Marshall when we returned after Dad's discharge in
February of '46 where we stayed until January of '49 when Dad
qualified by reason of rank with the Patrol and that he had
4 kids for a 4 bedroom Ranch on the corner of Cedar and
Sacramento where I still live 60 years later. We didn't have
alleys in our neighborhood but we did have middle sidewalks.
As I progressed thru my cancer treatment three years ago,
my strength rebuilding efforts began with walking and I
was thrilled the first time I made it as far as the middle
sidewalk and over to Birch. Seemed like such a long walk as
I moved up Cedar and then over to Birch and DOWN the hill to
come home. It was several months before I was able to
climb up Birch "hill" and make it all the way around the
block.
Re: Gentleman Jim MATTIS ('68)
I was surprised last evening while grocery shopping to run
into Jim. He said he was glad to be home and enjoying our
beautiful Richland summer weather. I think he was just glad
to be out of California!
-Paula BEARDSLEY Glenn ('62) ~ Richland
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>>From: Mary Ann VOSSE Hirst ('63)
Re: Alphabet Houses
When my family first moved to Richland in 1952, we had to
rent a house in North Richland for 3 months while waiting for
a house in Richland to become available. I know a lot of you
think there were only trailers in North Richland, but there
was a whole section of houses there too. The house was the
second street back from the river and across the street from
John Ball, where I was in 2nd grade. My brother Patrick ('55)
rode the bus to high school.
Looking at the floor plans of the alphabet houses it appears
that we had the 3 bedroom precut, which looks like the same
floor plan as the "V" house.
[http://hanford.houses.tripod.com/
"U" house is the 2 bedroom precut
"V" house is the 3 bedroom precut -Maren]
Wish I had a street map from those days. I vaguely remember
the street was B Street, but this is a memory of when I was
7 years old.
[I sent Mary Ann a Plot Plan of North Richland.
Hope it helped. -Maren]
-Mary Ann VOSSE Hirst ('63) ~ Lacey, WA where we are having
gorgeous weather
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 7/2/19
The passing of Richard ANDERSON ('60-RIP) got me to thinking.
At 74 years of age, I need to find a younger Bomber to
help/possibly take over all this Bomber stuff if I turn up my
toes -- or get altzheimers. And maybe there needs to be TWO
younger Bombers who can take over. Define "younger".. Well I
started all this Bomber stuff when I was in my early 50s, so
50 is "younger" to me... maybe class of '77 'or '78 or around
there... maybe even younger?... with more time on their hands
than they know what to do with.
If something happens to me most of the richlandbombers.com
network would collapse like a house of cards... and it
wouldn't take long before most of the websites would stop
working.
Richard showed me what I needed to know to publish the Alumni
Sandstorm and do websites. I know he wasn't everyone's
favorite person, but without Richard there would not be this
huge fabulous network of Bombers. Got started on all this in
1998 -- with prodding from Gary BEHYMER ('64) -- and that was
just classes of '63 and '64. Now it's so much more than that
and I need back up.
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 85° at 3:30am
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
To: Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
Re: City Buses
I don't remember when they stopped running, but I do remember
riding on them, when I was around 5 years old---my mom and I
rode it to downtown Richland---have no idea where we "caught
it", but I do remember riding it.
It's been fun reading all the stories about the alleys---
didn't have them, once we moved from the prefab, on Rossell,
to the Ranch house, on Elm.
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ Kuna, ID
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/03/19
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Jim McKEOWN ('53), Stephanie DAWSON ('60)
Helen CROSS ('62), Donna NELSON ('63)
Jim ARMSTRONG ('63), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ray HALL ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim OTEY ('61)
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>>From: Jim McKEOWN ('53)
Re: Dave KUNKLER ('54-RIP)
So sorry to see the notice in the Sandstorm on "Lefty" Dave
Kunkler's death... Dave and I grew up together, at least from
the 7th grade on, a close friend, one of the ushers at our
wedding in Tacoma... after I was married we saw little of
Dave, but would see him around town a bit... then completely
lost track after we moved out of town in the early '60s...
then we would come to the Club 40 events, and there he was,
but changed somewhat... I guess we all do, when you think
about it... I prefer to remember the kid that I bummed around
with in the early '50s, playing baseball and getting into a
little mischief... we all change as we mature, some better
than others... Dave, in the early '50s was a good, close
friend, and that is how I will remember him... rest in peace,
big guy.
-Jim McKEOWN ('53) ~ from our new digs in Murrieta, CA
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>>From: Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
Re: City Bus
I remember taking the bus in the summers from Davison (around
the corner from McMurray) to the old Richland Public Library
on GWWay in the 1950s, maybe 1952-1956 or so. It was either
free or about 15 cents, really cheap. I think it stopped
pretty close to the library, where I would sit near the
window and read all day. This was after I had read all the
books in our house except the Encyclopaedia Britannica, which
I loved for looking things up.
I hung out a lot in Uptown, but only went to 2 places
downtown, the library in the daytime and the Rec Hall on
Friday nights for square dancing (no buses at night). I
remember a room in the Rec Hall we were not allowed into that
seemed to have pool tables. Did it also have a bar? I can
picture a few older men hanging around the outside smoking
and (maybe) drinking? At least some of them had serious
balance issues! Oh well, they couldn't have been too bad off,
because I know that you could not live in Richland if you
didn't have a job, so they all had to be sane and sober
before their next shift started. I always felt bad for them.
-Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Re: City Busses
I think I talked about living in my aunt and uncle's 1/2 of
an "A " house and might have said the street wrong, it was
McPherson a block off of... (sorry can't remember name of
that Main Street running to the Uptown, I think; [Sounds like
either Symons or Williams. -Maren] And I don't remember the
address; my cousin, Bob CROSS (also 62) probably does
I remember riding those city buses in junior high to
downtown, then To Uptown, and then back home to 2309 Olympia
St... in the ranch houses, They might have stopped running
when the houses started being sold? As I don't think we had
any bus service when I was in high school.
Re: Sidewalks
The great thing about walking in Richland was the sidewalks,
having walked many places without them since. We had them in
the ranch houses and I think Swift, a Main Street to downtown
had them, and other main streets as well, as I recall.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ from SE Indiana where we have just
had a refreshing rain for about an hour. I love it
because it waters my plants!! It clears the little
lake too!!
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Donna NELSON ('63)
My grandparents lived on the corner of Hunt and Symons and my
Grandmother Bolke and I would walk down their the long steps
across from the Little League Park and get on the city bus
either on Symons or walk to GWWay and get on depending on
times they stopped. We paid with tokens, no money. I don't
know how she got the tokens but we'd ride to Penny's in the
Uptown to look at fabric and then downtown to CC Anderson's.
Some of the tokens were sewn on a skirt for my kindergarten
Halloween costume because they had a hole in the middle.
Great Memories!!!
[I sure THOUGHT I remembered tokens, too! -Maren]
Maren, Sooooo many great years of helping us remember!! Thank
You so much and I hope you get a response to your request!
-Donna NELSON ('63)
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
Not only did we have a parking lot on Haupt but we also had
some semblence of asphalt sidewalk.
Regards
Pitts
P.S. Should Lee Blvd name be changed? I say no. Before The
War he was the best engineer in The U.S.Army.
[Thought that was all settled and the plaque
for Lee was in somebody's PRIVATE yard? They
should name it after Duane Lee ('63). -Maren]
-Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 7/3/19
Re: Dogs in our neighborhood
"Lucky"-- Smyth dog... roamed the neighborhood freely but
mostly followed youngest brother, Ed, everywhere.
"Freckles" -- a mostly dalmatian with brown spots, one brown
eye, and one blue eye. He stayed pretty close to home...
unfenced yard.
"Smokey" -- Black, small-ish for a retriever looking dog...
was the Hawk's (Margaret-58 Lyle-62-RIP Donna-65 Marlene-71
Duane-75) was probably Mr. Hawk's dog since he's the one who
walked him every day. They kept "Smokey" tied up at home. I
was scared of that dog.
"Bambi" - Boston Terrier (I think). McGrath's dog.
Mr. McGrath trained her to NEVER go outside their unfenced
yard and she didn't. She'd go right to the property line but
would not go past. Can still see Mr. McGrath outside tending
his beautiful roses and "Bambi" ran to the edge of their
property to greet us.
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 80° at 11:30pm
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/04/19 ~ 4th of July
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5 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Mary ROSE ('60)
Helen CROSS ('62), Carol CONVERSE ('64)
Terry DAVIS ('65), Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Penny MITCHELL ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gale WALDKOETTER ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim RICE ('75)
for the 4th of July
John Wayne's God Bless America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFv-fqQ9D_Y
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Re: North Richland houses:
The pre-fab/cut houses in North Richland were not
alphabetized. There were two and three bedroom single houses
and some two bedroom duplexes on both sides of "B" Street and
on the east side of "C" Street. The exception was the 600
block which is where the John Ball School stood. By the way,
there was no "A" Street.
[I was NEVER talking about North Richland houses.
http://hanford.houses.tripod.com/ is all about
the Houses That Hanford built IN RICHLAND.. not
NORTH Richland. -Maren]
And a very "HAPPY Birthday!" to the Declaration of
Independence. If one remembers way back when, the Chevron
people put out facsimiles of both the Declaration and the
Constitution. Think they were in league with some teachers
who used them as an instrument to get their pupils to behave.
It ain't fun copying out either one. Especially since all
their "s's" looked like "f's".
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
the fireworks are going on tonight. Keep your ear plugs
handy
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>>From: Mary ROSE Tansy ('60)
Re: 7/3/19 entry from Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
The Rec Hall had a bowling alley in it too and I know a lot
of men hung out there and I am pretty sure alcohol was
available. I could be wrong on that.
I took Square Dancing lessons at the Rec Hall too. Absolutely
loved it. I think I was in grade school then!!
I worked at Ward's Ice Cream right next door to The Tahitian
Room. I worked from the time I got out of school and was left
alone to close, maybe 9pm. We had lots of people come out of
The Tahitian Room VERY inebriated and some would come in
Ward's. I never had a problem, but at times was a little
scary. Had they tested for blood alcohol readings at Hanford,
as they do test for drugs now, they would probably have fired
a few people.
-Mary ROSE Tansy ('60)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Just want to wish all Bombers everywhere a Happy 4th of
July!!
Also I think Maren's idea of finding someone or maybe a
couple of somebody's who are younger to start learning
Maren's craft of heading the Sandstorm!!
As I am older than Maren and not exactly what you would call
"computer literate"... "illiterate" is what my son would
say, I don't qualify for the job.
[Yes! I' looking for a YOUNg 50 year old. -Maren]
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ On the road to Memphis, TN where
our friends hold quite a celebration of the Fourth!!
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64)
Re: Buses
All this talk about buses. The only buses I remember are the
ones that carried our dads out to the bus lot and different
areas. Perhaps the south side didn't have buses running.
-Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) ~ Kennewick
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>>From: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Re: Buses and such
My dad was a security patrolman out in the area when I was
growing up. He'd catch his bus out on the corner there at
Perkins and Van Geisen, right in front of Jimmy HEIDLEBAUGH's
'65' house, and I always thought he looked pretty darn neat
leaving out the back door of our ranch house in his uniform
and carrying his lunch bucket, and on out our back yard and
down alley behind Charlie NEVIN's '65' house towards the bus
stop. We called it an alley, but it was really just the wide
grassy area behind the rows of houses during those years
before anybody fenced in their yards.
This was around 1951 or 2, I'm guessing.
Lordy...
By the time I was in 6th and 7th grades, those wide, grassy
alleyways between our neighborhood ranch houses had been
pretty much gobbled up by fences and property lines. Almost
everybody had a fence, suddenly. We had a fence, Charlie
NEVINS had a fence, and so did Jimmy HEIDLEBAUGH. But out of
custom and courtesy, some or most fenced yards still had
adequate space for kids to get through. Alleyways between
the back fences or pathways between the houses. You see, the
neighborhood kids all still had their long established routes
of passage back and forth to school. For years and years,
kids had been cutting across our backyard and then down the
short alleyway behind the NEVIN's house to HEIDLEBAUGH's
corner in order to cross Van Geisen to get to Jason Lee Grade
school or Chief Joseph Jr. High.
Every school morning I'd eat my toast while looking out
our kitchen window at the neighborhood kids coming up our
driveway and cutting across our backyard. Nobody thought
anything about it.
That's just the way it was. Kind of like the wildebeest on
Discovery Channel. You can't all of a sudden in 1956 throw up
a fence across their migratory path and expect them to go all
the hell way around the block and down to Sanford Ave. in
order to get to school.
On a snowy winter evening during 7th grade, while standing
with David RIVERS '65' in the alley behind HEIDLEBAUGH's
fence there on Van Geisen, David lobbed a snowball that
landed on the windshield of a passing car being driven by a
really tough high school kid named Benny Angel. Benny jerked
his car over to the curb and got out, and David and I took
off down the alley towards the gate to my backyard. While
running and sliding over the snow towards the safety of my
yard, we both knew to keep to the far left edge of the
alleyway, because months prior we'd dug a series of holes in
the dirt in the middle of the alley to trip anybody who might
someday be chasing us. And this was that someday.
But it didnt work. Benny Angel ran over our boobytraps like
they didn't even exist. And by the time we reached my back
door, he was already hopping over my back gate.
We scrambled inside and locked the door and hid there in the
furnace room in the little closet where the presto logs were
stacked.
Benny Angel banged on my back door with his fist, and David
and I crouched in the dark.
My dad was working swingshift and my mom was gone somewhere,
so my sister, Judy, '62' (RIP) was the only one home, and she
came back from out in the kitchen with her hair in curlers
and shouted through those little square windows in the back
door.
"Who is it?"
He'd been banging really hard, and I could tell from her
voice that she was probably a little scared. Plus, she wasn't
too happy about having some "boy" looking through the windows
at her in her curlers.
"What'you WANT?" she shouted at him.
His voice was muffled, but David and I could still hear. "I
wanna talk to your d*mn little brother, Judy." (Jeezuz! Benny
Angel knew my SISTER!)
"He isn't here," she yelled.
"Bullshi*t. I just saw him run in there. Him and his
friend."
"No, you didn't," she shouted. "He's not home." And
technically, she was telling the truth. David and I could
see her, but she hadn't seen us.
Benny Angel banged his fist on the door again
"Get OUTTA here, Benny! My mom'll be back home inna minute."
"You tell him I'm looking for him, Judy," we could hear him
say. But his voice was already fading away. "You tell'm
that."
And he was gone.
Off across my backyard and out the back gate and down the
alley. Because remember, he'd left his car half parked at the
curb on Van Geisen, maybe even with the keys in the
ignition--such being the nature of our safe little town.
My sister never saw us. We stayed quiet against the presto
logs until she went back out through the kitchen into the
livingroom.
Then we crept out the back door and down the side driveway to
Turner Street.
We'd had enough of alleyways for awhile.
TDK '65'
-Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: Class of '44
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/190704_Class_of_44.jpg
To: All Bombers
Some of you may have seen this before, but I don't ever
remember sending it in. 25 graduating Seniors. I wonder how
many of their children are still in Richland.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Anna May WANN ('49), Curt DONAHUE ('53)
Tom HUGHES ('56), David DOUGLAS ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon PANTHER ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike HUSKE ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Paul TAMPIEN ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Danny WALKER ('71)
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>>From: Ann Thompson, aka Anna May WANN ('49)
Re: Don Sorenson's (NAB) picture of Class of '44
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/190704_Class_of_44.jpg
Don't know about how many of their grandkids are around but
want you to know Jo DRESSER Dudley ('44), is a long time,
paid up member of Club 40.
Re: Class of 1949
Talking about old timers... Class of '49 wants to get as many
as we can of our classmates together this year at Club 40,
September 6th and 7th, Red Lion in Richland.
This is our 70 year since graduation. I have lost contact
with so many of them that I would appreciate any of you who
know or are related to anyone from class of 1949, that you
send me their phone #, e-mail address, or snail mail so I can
extend an invitation to them. We already have reservations
from Rex DAVIS ('49), Glenn TURNER ('49) and Bonnie COLLINS
Turner ('49), Richard ROBERTS ('49) and Carol TYNER Roberts
('52), and several more, but I am having trouble finding the
missing ones. If you have any info, would you please send it
on to me. Thanks,
Bomber Hugs,
-Ann Thompson, aka Anna May WANN ('49)
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>>From: Curt DONAHUE ('53)
Re: LOST
Those who matter most lost in June: Deputy Joseph Solano -
police; Deputy Chief Steven Silks - police; Detective Joseph
Calobrese - police; Officer Derrick Bryson Taylor - police;
Janice Arsenault - fire fighter; Officer Tara O'Sullivan -
police; Officer Michael Langsdorf - police; Deputy Troy
Chisom - police; Officer John David Hetland - police; Cpl.
Jose Espericueta - police; Master Sgt. Michael B. Riley -
military; Sgt. James G. Johnston - military; Officer Luis
Alvarez - police. May you all rest in peace, and thank you
for protecting us.
-Curt DONAHUE ('53) ~ Kennewick
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>>From: Tom HUGHES ('56)
When we lived on Stevens just north of Sacajewa we not only
had the parking area behind the "A" houses but there was a
large grassy area where every summer evening there was a
softball game. Billy EVERT ('56-RIP), Grover SHEGRUD ('56),
Terry SHEGRUD ('56), and others were always there. David
RIVERS ('65) was just a baby but his Dad would sit in the
back yard and watch the games.
A Mr. Paulson lived behind us and he had a red, curly haired
Cocker Spaniel named Patsy that would come visit us across
the alley. Mr Paulson moved to the south end, I believe on
Adams at the same time as we moved to Willard by Marcus
Whitman. The Paulsons took Patsy with them. One day I was in
the yard and here came Patsy, Somehow she had found us. After
a few days she disappeared so we called the Paulsons and she
was home. From then on she would come to our house for a week
or two and go back to the Paulsons for while. One day she
quit coming and the Paulsons called and told us she died. The
only dog I ever "owned".
-Tom HUGHES ('56)
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
I too have been enjoying the stories of life in Richland. I
want to give a special thanks and my admiration to Terry
DAVIS Knox ('65) for sending a very long article on his cell
phone. I've only managed to send one short text message on
mine; my fingers are too big for the tiny keyboard.
[HINT: Use a stylus. -Maren]
Re: This fellow
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Dou/190705-This_Fellow.jpg
I went out to go swimming in the pool last evening and found
this fellow floating with his spindly legs pointing up. Three
and a half inches long. I've been told they are Palo Verde
beetles and typically show up in Arizona in July. They can
grow to five inches, but they are harmless, unless one lands
in your hair and you have a heart attack.
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Ray HALL ('57)
Stephanie DAWSON ('60)
David RIVERS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim BRUNELLE ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David BARGER ('72)
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>>From: Ray HALL ('57)
Thanks to all who sent well wishes on my birthday. Your
thoughts are greatly appreciated
-Ray HALL ('57)
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>>From: Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
Re: LOST
Bravo to Curt DONAHUE ('53) giving us the names of the brave
men and women who put their lives on the line every day to
keep us all safe. And shame shame on the people who never
grew up into real men and women and who value life so little
that they think nothing of taking the lives of others.
Re: Fireworks
I miss the fireworks reports from my old grade school
neighbor, Larry MATTINGLY ('60-RIP). He was so passionate and
dedicated and gifted regarding bringing "blooming skies" to
others. Larry's video of the December 31, 2018, fireworks
show in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, is on YouTube. Just Google
Dutch Harbor fireworks. The video is quite long, but if you
are a fan and are patient, it's a nice final tribute. He died
one month later on January 29, 2019. They were able to hire a
new company for the July 4 show, but mourned his passing. He
gave so much to that little community, and they loved him for
it. I doubt that he paid for a meal or drink for some years
there. Rest in peace, my friend.
Bomber Tears,
-Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Memories
One thing Terry DAVIS Knox ('65) failed to mention was that
was the day his sis spilled the beans and Brian JOHNSON ('65),
Richard BRUNELLE ('65) and I learned one of his middle names
was Angel!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick PIERARD ('52), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Bill SCOTT ('64), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
Lynn-Marie HATCHER ('68), Lori SIMPSON ('70)
NO BOMBER BIRTHDAYS Today
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>>From: Dick PIERARD ('52)
Re: Bus service
With regard to the ongoing discussion about city bus service
in Richard during the early days, I actually have a copy of
a bus ticket in my numismatic memorabilia. When the service
ended, I cannot say.
-Dick PIERARD ('52)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
What a day. We learn that DAVIS's ('65) had a middle name of
Angel. Think we already knew that from a previous entry from
"The Tooter" ('65). Perhaps it was a nervous reaction to the
earthquake reaching out from Californey to Lost Wages, NV.
Speaking of calamities, there are no known (at least to the
Bomber calendar) Bomber birthdays on record for this date.
Guess the 7th of July was not too fashionable back then. Who
knew?
So, as a song said: "A very, merry un-birthday to you!"
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
temps have been, for the most part, in the comfortable
range (mid to upper seventies) and Oktoberfest is only
two months away.
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>>From: Bill SCOTT ('64)
Re: Busses
This talk about city buses in Richland is a revelation to me.
I lived on the corner of Jadwin and Symons the first 17 years
of my life, where I certainly would have seen them. Yet I
have no memory of them at all. Didn't even know they existed.
Wife Sherrie ('64) has no memory of them either. Weird.
-Bill SCOTT ('64)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Lisa BRATTON ('14) ~ Tri-City Herald July 5, 2019
"FORMER TRI-CITIES STAR SETS WORLD UNIVERSITY
GAMES RECORD
"Richland swimmer Lisa BRATTON won the women's
200-meter backstroke final on Friday at the World
University Games in Naples, Italy.
BRATTON, who recently graduated from Texas A&M,
finished the final in 2 minutes, 7.91 seconds.
That set a World University Games record in the
event.
It also was BRATTON'S fastest time in the event,
eclipsing her 2:08.20 she had while finishing
third in the event at the 2016 U.S. Olympic
Trials.
BRATTON, who was elected one of four U.S. team
captains for the WUGs by her teammates, finished
ahead of runner-up (and U.S. teammate) Asia
Seidt, who finished in 2:08.56.
BRATTON surged over the final 50 meters to pull
away and set the record.
Great Britain's Chloe Golding was third at
2:09.57.
BRATTON'S next competition will be in October,
when she competes for the D.C. Trident in the new
International Swimming League."
NOTE: Lisa was home-schooled but swam for RHS with the
class of '14.
Congratulations, Lisa!
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland 78° at 2pm Sat.
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>>From: Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
Re: Larry MATTINGLY ('60 - R.I.P.)
Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60) wrote about Larry yesterday. I
never met him that I know of - but I, too, miss him, having
"known" him through his "blooms in the sky" posts in the
Sandstorm.
So ... (this all relates back to Larry, so keep reading,
please) ...
On the 4th, I was with my son's family here in Richland for
our barbecue. Their oldest child just turned 4, & was really
delighted with fireworks shopping with MeMaw (me), and having
Daddy light worms, smokers, sparklers & cones. Their 16
month-old liked whatever was bright & noisy. The two
neighbors across the street shared theirs, too. So that was
all very special & fun & reminiscent of "back in the day".
Now I'm not going to mention where my son's family lives,
because of what went on just three doors down on the corner.
It was WONDERFUL to witness, but totally illegal.
Those people put on what HAD to be a multi-thousand dollar
aerial fireworks display. My kids, my little grandkids, all
the neighbors (for miles around, I'm sure) & I were thrilled.
It was spectacular!!!
I remember Larry's stories of starting off with pyrotechnics
at the Bomber Bowl. He may already have been learning his
trade there as my sisters and I sat an Army blanket on the
grass of that football field one year in the mid-'50s, with
our parents up in the bleachers. That was the only year we
three girls got to sit on the field, as Mom discovered a burn
hole (from a stray falling ember) in the blanket when we got
home. After that year, we were back in the bleachers!
Anyway, this 4th of July night, I thought of Larry all the
way through the neighbor's spectacular (albeit illegal)
aerial display. And I'm sure many, many other people were
thinking of him that night.
-Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68) ~ Richland
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>>From: Lori SIMPSON Hogan ('70)
Re: An Interesting Project Maybe...
How many Richlandites/Bombers are back living in the house
they grew up in? I believe on the 400 block of Douglass there
are 4 families of Bombers, Myself being one of them. My
family moved into this house in June of 1947 and has never
left the family since then...[Happy Face that doesn't show up
in the plain text Sandstorm. -Maren]
Re: Don Sorensen's (NAB) Question:
Are there any children of the 1944 graduates still in town?
Fred RUTT's ('44-RIP) wife, son and grandson are still in
the Tri-City area. Fred and his wife were some of my parents'
best friends
-Lori SIMPSON Hogan ('70)
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Steve CARSON ('58)
Mary ROSE ('60), Mina Jo GERRY ('68)
Betti AVANT ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Betty RUSSELL ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pam DeVRIES ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tammy JANES ('78)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Deanna Sue LUKINS ('79)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
To tell the truth, the only buses (other than school) I
remember were the ones that picked up workers and took them
to the bus lot or the 300 Area. Think they cost a dime to
ride. The buses from the bus lot to the outer areas were
free. There was also an "intercity" bus that ran between
Pasco and North Richland with stops in Kennewick and
Richland. As I recall, it looked like a school bus only
painted green or o.d.
Off the point, however. Today we celebrate the birthday of a
Bomber Babe. Rumor has it that we went to school together and
were even in the same graduating class. It is highly doubtful
that we "interfaced" back then as we moved in different
circles. I think here may have been to the right.
A flourish of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy
Birthday!" to Betty RUSSELL ('54). I certainly hope that you
current husband will treat you well this day and won't make
you cook or wash the dishes. And, tell him that a trip to
Taco Time is out of the question.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
rain may be in the forecast for Wednesday.
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>>From: Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
Spent the 4th with Phil ('58) and Dorothy GROFF in Port
Orchard, WA. Third year attending the neighborhood
celebration. What a great experience. Friends since Chief
Joseph.
Has anyone heard from Dave "Spike" SHINE ('58), our third
musketeer?
-Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
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>>From: Mary ROSE Tansy ('60)
Re; Buses
We also used to ride a bus from the gas station above the
park on the south end of town to the Kennewick Highlands to
visit a friend who had moved there. 25 cents each way. It was
a bus that went to Kennewick and Pasco. That was around 1956.
-Mary ROSE Tansy ('60)
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>>From: Mina Jo GERRY Payson ('68)
Re: Living in the family home
I live in the house I grew up in, a 3-bedroom Ranch on
Cottonwood. We weren't the first family in the house, though.
We moved in in 1956, just before my youngest brother was
born. We had lived in a 3-bedroom Prefab and mom was sure
there was no place for a third baby except a dresser drawer.
I remember the weekly trips down to look at the housing list
to see where we were. I was spending a few weeks with my
grandparents when the move happened. I guess if you wanted to
move, you had better jump on the offer. Mom and dad sold the
house in 1971, during the big shut down and moved back to the
west side. We moved in (again) in 1978 being the third family
to purchase the house since the folks left. Since then we
have update and remodeled to fit our family. I love this
house for the memories and for what we have done to make it
our own.
-Mina Jo GERRY Payson ('68) ~ on a sunny Sunday morning in
Richland where the temperature hasn't ratcheted up yet
The forecast predicts a cool 85° today.
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: All Bomber lunch
July is upon us and it's time once again for the All Bomber
lunch. JD Diner at 11:00 on Saturday, 13July2019 is the place
to be. Come enjoy some good conversation, food, and drink.
-Betti AVANT ('69)
-Margaret EHRIG Dunn ('61)
-Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Helen CROSS ('62)
Terry DAVIS ('65)
Frank STANDEFER ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ken HEMINGER ('56)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Nice to hear from David RIVERS ('65) again. My brother's Roy
CROSS ('65) class, though he never writes to the Sandstorm.
Re: Club 40 and Class of '62 registration.
Could the people in charge of registration for these 2
events, please give us the directions to register for them
again. I plead computer illiteracy for not being able to look
up what to do, but I hope to come this year!!
[Club 40 registration form was in the most recent
DustStorm. If you don't get that, try the Club40
website at http://www.richlandclub40.org/ current
information wasn't there yet, but I asked that it
be added. As for '62, I have no clue. Check with
John ADKINS ('62). -Maren]
Also, Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60): I thought of Larry
MATTINGLY ('60-RIP) fondly with all the 4th of July fireworks
going on. Yes, I'm sure Dutch Harbor, Alaska misses him, as
do all those who knew him personally.
As I turned the calendars to July (late, I admit, as it was
after the 4th; I was shocked to realize Christmas will be
here in about 150 days. Time for me to start searching for
the Christmas stuff I haven't found since we moved out of the
parsonage 2 years ago, as my little grandkids (2 and 1) won't
be little forever and be thrilled with Santa things (which is
what I'm looking for??
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ by the little lake in SE Indiana
where it is getting pretty hot and humid these days.
Thank Heaven for AC and dehumidifiers
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Re: City Buses
There was a city bus my sister and I used to catch on Sanford
Ave in the morning that would end up dropping us off at that
big daycare center on the corner of Jadwin and Lee, across
the street from CC Anderson Dept Store. Then we'd sometimes
catch it home from the bus stop across the street there in
front of the store if my mom wasn't home to come pick us up..
I was about 5 or 6 and my sister Judy (RIP) was about 8 or 9.
My neighbor John COONS '63' used to ride there too, I think.
All the way across town.
Re: Video Called RICHLAND WASHINGTON [2:17]
I just sent the link to a YOUTUBE music video called
RICHLAND WASHINGTON.
https://youtu.be/_mLggVjwO_w
Not too bad. Actually kinda cool.
There's a picture in there of some of those buses.
TDK '65'
-Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
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>>From: Frank STANDEFER ('72)
Re: Houses and buses:
From research information on a senior project:
City bus service commenced Jan 3, 1944 and
ceased operations June 30, 1953.
The government started offering houses for sale on
June 12, 1957. The first sale was an "M" house on
Hodges Court on June 20, 1957.
The last house sold was 1525 Haines on May 24, 1960.
That's all from the peanut gallery.
-Frank STANDEFER ('72)
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Anna May WANN ('49)
Linda REINING ('64)
Jillian ANDREWS ('07)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dale McLEAN ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Keith BEIERS ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill RULON ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim HODGSON ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judy SCOTT ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susie DILL ('64)
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>>From: Ann Thompson, aka Anna May WANN ('49)
Re: Club 40
I am sending Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) copies of the
registration form by e-mail this morning.
In order to get the Dust Storm you have to be a current
member of Club 40 and there is only a small charge of $10.
which I will accept from anyone who wants to join us.
Just e-mail me and the form will be in your in-box within minutes.
-Ann Thompson, aka Anna May WANN ('49) ~ from beautiful sunny
Bothell, WA
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
Thanks to Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)for the link to the song,
"RICHLAND, WASHINGTON"
https://youtu.be/_mLggVjwO_w
Was it sung by Michael PETERSON ('77)? I noticed that Michael
has a new song/album coming out---he had a few Country CDs,
then switched to making Christian music---don't know if his
new album is Country or Christian---will have to wait til it
comes out, in the Fall, I think.
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ Kuna, ID
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>>From: Jillian Gardner-ANDREWS ('07)
Re: Atomic Frontier Days
Good morning! My name is Jillian and I am Project Coordinator
for the Hanford History Project at WSU Tri-Cities. I have
been working alongside Sherry Gartside with the City of
Richland on planning Atomic Frontier Days (AFD) for the 75th
Anniversary of the Manhattan Project. Atomic Frontier Day
will be held on September 14th from 11:00 - 9:00 and feature
a parade, swing band, many community performances, a mess
hall style dinner, and much more. All events for AFD other
than the parade will be held in Howard Amon Park (which will
be renamed Riverside Park for the day) and the Richland
Community Center.
I am reaching out to you in hopes that you can help me with
something in regards to the parade which will be at 11am on
the 14th and circle John Dam Plaza. I had the idea months
ago that it would be awesome to have a float with all of the
former Miss Richlands who are still with us. I have compiled
a list of all of the former queens (see below) and have been
working for a few months to find either contact information
or if they are still living or not. I have been having a
tough time with this as I'm sure many of the women married
after being crowned and I only have maiden names. So far I
have found that four of the woman have passed but am still
missing information on the other 10 or 11 women. I also have
no name for who won Miss Richland in 1949.
I know that this is a long shot but I figured with your wide
followers base that you may have contact information or
married names for these women, or know individuals who may
know them. I really appreciate any help that you can give and
we at the Hanford History Project are so grateful for the
resources available on your page. Please let me know if you
have any questions about AFD or the Hanford History Project
or anything.
Thank you!
Richland Days/Atomic Frontier Days Queen
1946: Sally Byers
1947: Fran NORDMAN Trudell ('44wb/'45wb - Deceased 05/2018)
1948: Barbara Wiltz
1949:
1950: June Higgins
1951: Carole WEEKS Cawdrey ('52-RIP - Deceased 08/2006)
1952: Maureen Henry
1953: Doris Lemon
1954: Eileen Reitman
1955: Nancy WINGFIELD ('55 - Deceased)
1956: Janice Kersteetter
1957: Cathy PULEO ('55 - Deceased 06/2006)
1958: Olla Rae Elmore
1959: Sharon TATE ('61wb - Deceased 08/1969)
-Jillian Gardner-ANDREWS ('07)
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Jim McKEOWN ('53), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Susie DILL ('64), David RIVERS ('65)
Rick MADDY ('67), Rick VALENTINE ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rex HUNT ('53_)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Roger MIKULECKY ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pete CARROLL ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John HEFFNER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barbara GILE ('67)
BOMBER/NAB ANNIVERSARY Today:
Rex DAVIS ('49) and Alice Davis (NAB)
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>>From: Jim McKEOWN ('53)
Re: Atomic frontier days
My aunt, Susan Wilkes, at that time, was crowned something in
1949, in North Richland, and I remember that Judy Canova was
the star performing... I did not attend, of course, but
remember the excitement when they came home... I'm pretty
sure it was Miss Richland... she was a very attractive
strawberry blonde, my Mother's younger sister... she passed
away from Altzheimers just this past year... I was a Jaycee in
the mid to late '50s, and we were the ones planning and
putting AFD on... I remember the nightmare of the Hollywood
stars one year that almost destroyed the event for future
years... they almost drank us into a huge debt... I remember
Paul Beardsley shooting off the fireworks every year, and he
had me help him one year... what a blast that was... fond
memories.
-Jim McKEOWN ('53) ~ from going to be very hot Murrieta, CA
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
One of the older Bombers of my acquaintance got married on
this date. It was a mixed marriage as she is not a Bomber.
"Happy Anniversary!" to Rex DAVIS ('49) and Alice (NAB). Keep
at it as you are something of an inspiration.
There is also a Bomber celebrating a birthday today. We might
have known each other in school, but I don't recall having
any classes with him. Kinda hard to do, since I majored in
Study Hall.
So, a tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!"
to Roger MIKULECKY ('54). Perhaps we shall see each other at
the Big Lunch come this September. I know the date, but I
cant tell you where it is just yet.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
the "Homer Davenport Family Festival" is the next big
thing on local calendars.
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>>From: Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
Re: Video Called Richland, Washington
https://youtu.be/_mLggVjwO_w
to: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Thank you for posting that link to the Video Called RICHLAND
WASHINGTON. I posted it on FB for my friends to see, many of
whom have absolutely no clue about Richland and Hanford or
how we grew up.
-Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Peter Joe CARROLL ('65)!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy SmartPhone
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>>From: Rick MADDY ('67)
Re: Hanford Houses For Sale
Thanks for the info Frank STANDEFER ('72) on the Hanford
housing for sale.
My sister, Sheila MADDY Kelly ('66) was born in Yakima; Oct.
1947. My parents soon after moved back to Iowa too help my
dad's uncle on a project and also be closer to my
grandparents Maddy. Dad had gotten a bit of an education with
FDR's Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) from 1937-1940 out of
Natchez, WA. Then he joined the Marine Corps.
I was born in Knoxville, Marion Co., Iowa; June 1949. In the
Spring of 1854 my ggg-grandfather, Thomas Maddy, family, some
of his siblings and neighbors had come from Indiana by wagon
train, lock, stock and all into Marion county.
Dad, forever looking for greener pasture, worked at Boeing
in Wichita, Kansas until I was two. He was at work when a
twister came through Mulvane, split into two destructions,
both missing our house. He immediately came home and told my
mother to start packing. My earliest memory was picking up
Dad at the Boeing gate. He came in a golf cart-like train
with matching cars for taking workers to the various parking
lots. I wanted to ride that 'train'. That did not happen and
I was mad. Ahhhh, the things we remember and why.
Child psychologists say children forget nearing 98%
(something like that) or more of their lives after the age
of seven into adulthood. What they do recall is obviously
noteworthy. Probably exaggerated or skewed in a young mind,
possibly not, nevertheless without doubt, extraordinary. I
never got over not being able to ride in that very 'cool'
train that looked very much for a person of my age and
stature.
Dad told the family he was headed back to 'God's Country'.
Denver. Mom told me he blasted through that one horse town
without even blinking. My guess, Yakima was actually 'God's
Country'. In hindsight, when you were raised on a farm with
four older sisters in south central rural, Iowa, watching
your father disappear and reappear all day long behind two
horses and a plow, there were a lot of places known as God's
Country - just my opinion.
Yakima did not last long. Dad got a job at Hanford. Laborer.
We were in Benton City when my brother, Roger is born in
Kadlec Hospital; Nov. 1954. Spring of 1955 my parents moved
to the Brown's [Russell BROWN's ('66) parents] A house
(I think it was an "A" at 520 Douglas, Richland... God's
Country. Finally. There is parking for cars in the back yard
area between Douglas and Delafield. Not sure how my dad got
to that parking area. I have a photo of that place somewhere.
Late Summer, 1957. Dad buys a 3bdrm pre-fab at 707 Downing.
Mother told me it cost ... $1570 or was it $1750? Something
like that. With the past few days of talking about this in
the Sandstorm, I had a flash back of those figures while
looking for my shoes in my refrigerator.
-Rick MADDY ('67)
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>>From: Rick VALENTINE ('68)
Re: Spokane Bomber Lunch
WHEN: Saturday, July, 13th.
WHERE: The Hillside Inn Restaurant
3001 N. Nevada St., North Spokane.
TIMES: Coffee at 11:30 AM
Lunch around 12:00 Noon.
Come and join us for lunch, All Bombers their families and
friends are welcome, the more the merrier. (this is an all
class gathering, all class years are welcome)
Out of Towners welcome... See You There...
Any Questions or need directions contact me...
-Rick VALENTINE ('68)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/12/19
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Richard ROBERTS ('49)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Terry DAVIS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cindy PAYTON ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sandra MILLER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Trudy SPILMAN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Debra BELLISTON ('74)
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>>From: Richard ROBERTS ('49)
Re: YouTube song called RICHLAND WASHINGTON.
https://youtu.be/_mLggVjwO_w
Interesting Richland, Washington, video.
I was quite surprised to see my wife, Carol TYNER Robert ('52)
in her bathing suit sitting on the passenger side front
fender of that '53 Buick convertible in a Frontier Days
Parade. On the opposite front fender was Bev WILKINSON ('54wb)
a partner cheerleader of mine in 1953. Good days.
Hope to see everyone at the Club 40 reunion in September.
Bomber Cheers,
-Richard ROBERTS ('49)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 7/12/19
Re: Barry
We have an eye on Barry... I MAY just go stay with my friend
in Gonzales, LA till the whole thing blows over... flooding is
kinda scary. Will know more when the sun comes up..
The Mississippi is well above flood stage already.
Already they have issued a mandatory evacuation for "lower"
(southern) Plaquemines Parish.. and that's where my ex sister
& brother-in-law live... with her 92 year old mother (that's
my EX mother-in-law). There is some kind of a "flood gate"
(that I don't quite understand) but once they close that, you
can't leave the parish. They evacuated the old gal... just to
Belle Chasse, LA (in northern Plaquemines Parish) where her
home is... she's not living there now cuz she can't take care
of herself. House is still there.
Will keep everyone posted.
ABCs,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 90° at 2am
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>>From: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
O man!
That Rick MADDY '67' is a fine writer with fine stories to
tell--not all of them happy, but every single one of them
worth reading.
Smart guy. And sometimes a smart a*s.
But the boy has style. I always look for his name.
TDK '65'
-Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Sent from my Samsung SmartPhone
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/13/19
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Terry DAVIS ('65), Tedd CADD ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jack ALEXANDER ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary LAWRENCE ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Glen ROSE ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Terry KLUTE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Katie VACHÉ ('66)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARIES Today;
Ken FORTUNE ('66) & Paulette KRAJCIK ('67)
Rick POYNOR ('68) & Cathy BURNET ('69_)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Just checked the "Coming to Dinner Roster" on the Club 40
web site and I am wondering just who "Robertson" is amongst
The Class of '54 attendees.
[AKA - I think Robertson is supposed to be YOU...
and what the heck am I doing with class of '54?
Nate needs to move me to class of '64. -Maren]
But, I digress. There is a younger Bomber celebrating a
birthday today. Not too sure what he did while in school, but
he has certainly helped the Club 40 Scholarship Fund grow
with his efforts on running the raffle during the annual
meetings.
A tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!" to
Glen ROSE ('58). Just be nice to your current wife and all
will be given (or is it forgiven?).
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
we are experiencing nicer weather than those living in LA
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 7/13/19
Re: Barry
I'm staying put... Went to the grocery and stocked up with
stuff that doesn't need refrigeration.
IF I loose power, there probably won't be a Sandstorm. Not
sure I can do one without power. So if you're all worried
about me, text me .. I have a solar powered charger for my
cell. Tell me who you are in the FIRST SENTENCE. If I don't
know who is texting, I don't respond.
It's now approaching 2am and it's raining, but not very hard.
and no wind to speak of.
Bomber cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 87° at 2am
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>>From: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Former Col-Hi thespian Curt DONAHUE '53' seems to be enjoying
his chocolate shake and chili burger at the Spudnut Shoppe,
Friday.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Dav/190713-Donahue-lunch.jpg
O yeah, no question about it.
The hour spent in your company was a pleasure, Sir. Thank you.
TDK '65'
-Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
Re: USCG and more
For those who typically think of the USCG as the men and
women who rescue people in the water: we also do law
enforcement, often putting our lives at stake. Here is one of
the more dramatic ones. One of our men boarding a submersible
carrying cocainewhile it is underway in stormy seas.
Link
Then as a bit of counterpoint to the bad news we seem to
bathe in each day: Link
Proud to be a Coastie, LCDR Tedd Cadd, USCGR Retired (66)
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick WIGHT ('52), Marilynn WORKING ('54)
Mike CLOWES ('54), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Phyllis CUNNINGHAM ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Shirley STREGE ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Thora METCALF ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bonnie FOSTER ('66)
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>>From: Dick WIGHT ('52)
Re: Coast Guard
Tedd CADD ('66) had it right about the Coast Guard. It
has been a law enforcement and regulatory agency of our
government since its inception in 1790 (called the Revenue
Cutter Service in the beginning), and those are the USCG's
prime missions today, along with homeland security. The
service added lots of additional duties/missions over the
years. Since it was the only federal service with armed
vessels for some years, it was our only maritime fighting
force for a while - and its national defense function
"stuck", leading eventually to congressional action
designating it as one of our five military branches (and
it remains so today). USCG has fought in every conflict
our nation has experienced (except, of course, the American
Revolution). Maritime safety, aids to navigation, search
and rescue and other missions were added on over the years.
It remains a small outfit with a big set of missions!
During my years of active USCG service (1952 to 1986) I
had duties in many of those missions - military readiness
including anti submarine warfare training, search and
rescue, law and treaty enforcement, boating safety, aids
to navigation and others. I helped prosecute those missions
from Spain to Japan, from the Arctic Ocean to the Caribbean
Sea - and places in between!
I was -am- proud to be a "Coastie"!
-Dick WIGHT ('52 - captain, USCG (ret)) but now firmly
landlocked in Richland
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>>From: Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54)
Re: Class of 1954 celebration - 65 years!!
I am trying to reach as many of my '54 classmates as I can
to remind them of our celebration for our 65 years since
graduation reunion that will be held during the Club 40
weekend of September 6th and 7th. Our class will meet for
lunch on Saturday, September 7th about noon to 2 PM.
I am in the process of checking on many restaurants, hotels,
etc. to see what is available with the anticipation of around
50 or so who will be here. Please continue to sign up for
Club 40 as the deadline is August 25th.
I am putting together another booklet and would like to have
as many '54ers as possible to send me an article of what your
life has been in the last 5 years, since our 60 year reunion.
I need to keep getting these so I can have it put together in
time. Doesn't have to be a long story, just whatever you feel
like, i.e. "HI" or whatever!! *LOL*
Time is flying by and there is about 7 weeks until September
celebration. Go to http://www.richlandclub40.org/ - Club 4o
website and click the REUNION INFO link at the top of the
page and see who has reserved their spot at Club 40 dinners.
We will have a big group. You don't have to come to Club 40
to attend our lunch for our class of 1954 lunch!!! We look
forward to seeing many!!!
{Hey, Marilyn... please ask your Club 40 webmaster
to move my name from class of '54 to class of '64.
Not that I don't like class of '54 but... -Maren]
Re: Maren
So happy to hear the rain where you are has stopped!! Been
concerned about you. Watching the news and it didn't look
good!
Stay safe!!
[Actually hasn't stopped... may be raining right
now.. but not very hard. We're not out of the
woods yet. Still watching Barry. -Maren]
-Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54) ~ in warm/hot Tri-Cities..
enjoying beating Spokane in Dust Devil baseball!! LOL
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Hunker down, Maren, perhaps the high winds, water and
whatever will pass you by. Just watch out for flying
alligators. Seems the last storm blew a 'gator all the way
to Chicago.
Which brings us to the subject at hand; the birthday of a
Bomber Babe from my era. Well, we graduated the same year, so
that should cover the era biz. Don't think we shared a class
room, but, maybe study hall. And I did know that she was
Charley's ('54-R.I.P.) girl. 'Nuff said.
It will, however, bring about a deep flourish of the ol'
propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!" to Shirley STREGE
('54). Make the lunch this Friday and let us know where the
Big Lunch will be this September.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where I
still wonder how Maren, as young as she is, graduated
with The Class of '54. Not that we wouldn't welcome her
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{Give credit where credit is due... OBVIOUSLY the NAB Club40
webmaster knows NOthING about this Bomber AT ALL. -Maren]
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 7/14/19
Re: Gmail
OK gmail put the 7/13 Sandstorm in the SPAM folder -- again.
This is the 2nd time in about a week. Anyone with gmail,
check your SPAM folder if you are ever missing a Sandstorm.
Re: Barry
So far I continue to have power. Saturday was a ho-hum day
for weather. There was a little rain but nothing significant.
There was occasionally a little wind, but I've seen lots
worse here before...
I'm prepared.. friend of mine here says the weather people
are just trying to scare old people.
Bomber cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 88° at midnight
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>>From: Phyllis CUNNINGHAM Coates ('64)
Re: '64 Reunion in 2019 - 50 years
Two months from today I will be hanging out with friends and
classmates right here in River City. We will be right down
the road from what used to be 'The Rose Bowl," (greeting
folks as they entered the All American City) celebrating good
times, good weather, and a good view.
Also that weekend, Richland will host a 75th anniversary
edition of "Atomic Frontier Days." There will be a parade
down GWWay and a day full of fun activities in Howard Amon
Park renamed, Riverside Park, for one day only.
This is the current list of classmates registered for all
these fun events. I will update the list frequently from now
on.
Tom ALKIRE, David ALLRED, Jean ARMSTRONG, Anna Margaret BELL,
Diana BENNETT, Jeff BOSTON, Norma BOSWELL ('53-Honored Guest)
Fred BREEDLOVE, Sharon BROWN, Mary Kay BURNSIDE, Jim COCHRANE,
Bill COMPTON, Carol CONVERSE, Phyllis CUNNINGHAM, Ken DALL,
Barb DAINS, Rex DAVIS ('49-Honored Guest), Teresa DeVINE,
John FLETCHER, Connie HANSON, Terry JONES, Dennis JONES,
Jalene HENRY, Kathy HOFF, Karen KASS, Karma KING, Mary MASSEY,
Alexandra MANOLOPOULOS, Linda MERRILL, Mary Beth MEYERS,
Jo MILES, Brit NEDERHOOD, June PERKINS, Ben REPPOND,
Kathie ROE, Jo ROSE, Gary SETBACKEN, Robert SHIPP,
Richard SWANSON, Maren SMYTH, Frank STRATTON, Paul TAMPIEN,
Jim WEAVER, Carol WISE, Jamie WORLEY, and Veronica YATES.
By the way: we listed the food choices for Saturday night as:
chicken or salmon, but we did not put a place on the form to
write your choice. If you have already sent in your form
please contact Kathy HOFF at: KConrad6318@charter.net and
let her know your choice.
-Phyllis CUNNINGHAM Coates ('64)
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Karen COLE ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: Judie and Jackie COLE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rick DENNIS ('67)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today:
Gary DAVIS ('77) & Karen WHITNEY ('76)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
It is good to hear that Marilyn ('54) is hard at work trying
to find a place for the whole bunch of us to have the Big
Lunch come this September. I should get busy soon on sending
in my addition to the Memory Book.
Speaking of memories; I seem to remember these two Bomber
Babes being dragged, kicking and screaming onto the gym
floor during either a pep rally or a basketball game by
their older sister Patti ('52). But, hey, that was long
ago and my memory may not be quite accurate as it should be.
A flourish of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy
Birthday!" to Jackie and Judie COLE (both '63). Just don't
let your older sisters bully you into doing things you don't
want to do; like scarf down the birthday cake.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
we are hoping not to see a dramatic rescue down there
in Gretna, LA. Maybe we should all sing another chorus
of "River Stay Away from My Door."
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>>From: Karen COLE Correll ('55)
Happy birthday to our sisters Judie and Jackie ('63). Our
wish and prayers are for you to continue to be cancer free
Judie, and Jackie to continue to have good health. Wish we
could be with you today Judie, but we'll see you in a couple
months. We're taking Jackie and Bill to Bryan's cabin for a
few days of cards and beach lounging. Our attire will be a
little different than our "Sisters" trips. Hopefully our
"Sisters" trips will resume soon. Have a wonderful special
day you two.
Love, Barbara ('50) Patti ('52) Karen ('55) John ('66)
-Karen COLE Correll ('55)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/16/19
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1 Bomber (Me!) sent stuff:
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Don LYALL ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barbara ISACKSON ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Scott HARTCORN ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janet BENNETT ('71)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 7/16/19
Re: Barry
Monday morning dawned with sunshine, no wind, and just little
puddles in the driveway.
Re: 2020 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
June 30th every year is the picnic for volunteers and the
initial sign up for the 2020 race.
We have five previous Champions (Martin Buser, Mitch Seavey,
Lance Mackey, Joar Norsky last name I never can pronounce,
and Pete Kaiser). MISSING from the list of Champions is Jeff
King and Dallas Seavey. They both have till -- I forget for
sure -- but like November 30th?? to sign up.
There are four who have placed #2 before and this could be
their year: Aliy Zirkle, Ramey Smyth (pronounced Smith), Nic
Petit, and Linwood Fiedler.
The pretty Berrington twins are in the mix again... Brett
Bruggeman from Montana (apparently not related to any
Bruggeman Bombers), two Redington boys (related to Joe
Redington - father of the Iditarod).
7 rookies, 11 women.
Countries: USA, Canada, Italy, Denmark, and Norway.
Stay tuned.
Bomber cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 91° at 1am
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Curt DONAHUE ('53)
Earl BENNETT ('63)
Lynn-Marie HATCHER ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dean ANSON ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Denny LYTLE ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Stephanie MACAK ('71)
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>>From: Curt DONAHUE ('53)
To: All
I have written "A Layman's Daily Devotional," and purchaser's
opinions, have nothing but good to say; such as, "I like the
way the message is tied to the issues we deal with on a daily
basis." And, "illustrations which are used bring the message
home more clearly than other devotion books I've used." And
finally, "Most of the language, or words, used are in the
vocabulary of most children of ten years or older. "A
Layman's Daily Devotional" is a great way to start the day
and a great way to start a young life. I trust that this
little "commercial" does not trigger an offense from any of
the Sandstorm readers, but if it does, please direct it to
me. I invite you to view the you tube video I have listed
below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c53g-ImAIDQ
Thank you for your consideration.
-Curt DONAHUE ('53) ~ Kennewick where we are headed to the
nineties over the next several days.
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>>From: Earl BENNETT (Gold Medal Class of '63)
Re: Tedd CADD's ('66) parachute fabric wedding dress post
I recall as a child, along with my sisters Diana ('64) and
Cecilia ('65), seeing and playing with some parachute fabric
Dad brought back from flying P38s in the Solomon Islands
during WWII. Don't remember what became of it.
Also still have the broom-handle Mauser pistol (7.63 x 25)
he received from a soldier who had arrived in theater from
Europe, which includes the wooden holster/stock made for it -
gunsmith told me it appears to be still functional, but I've
never shot it, even though I found and bought some ammo and
stripper clips a few years back. I'm attaching pictures that
I found on-line. Special memories.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ben/190717-Guns.jpg
Regards, ecb3 - from real summer weather (and
thankfully functional AC) in central Virginia, after
driving back from Florida yesterday and today, after
returning 13-year-old granddaughter Jasmin to son Roy.
-Earl BENNETT ('63)
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>>From: Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
Re: Searching for recording
As many of you know, my husband, Thomas PEASHKA ('68-RIP)
died in August, 2015. Sadly I do not have any recordings of
his voice.
Does anyone out there have a recording of the Isle of Phyve
(his original band, out of Richland) or The Factory (2nd
band, out of Seattle)?
If you don't have a recording, but have an idea as to how I
might track one down, please be in touch with me.
Thank you so much.
-Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Pam ROBINSON ('61)
Myra WEIHERMILLER ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ann BOREN ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judy LAWSON ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike LANGE ('67)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Looks like most of the usual suspects will be in attendance
at the Annual Club 40 meeting and general whoop-de-doo. But,
thus far, for The Class of '54, about a normal gathering.
Need more people to sign up or Marilynn ('54) will have all
lined up at the take-out window at Tasty Freeze. Come on,
gang, do we want that? Too bad By's is closed.
At any rate, there is a Bomber Babe having a birthday today.
I did go to school with her and have a vague memory of her.
On the other hand, it will be understandable if she has no
memories of me.
A flourish of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy
Birthday!" to Ann BOREN ('54). Perhaps we might get the
chance to converse at the Big Lunch.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
it would seem the July monsoons have passed and warmer
weather may be upon us.
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>>From: Pam ROBINSON Torborg ('61)
To: Earl BENNETT ('63)
Re: Guns
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ben/190717-Guns.jpg
My husband the gun maven says that's a 9mm Mauser. Want to
sell it? Have you had it re-calibrated? He recognized it
immediately and said "That's a red 9!" The nine being a sign
that it was not 30 mauser anymore.
-Pam ROBINSON Torborg ('61)
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>>From: Myra WEIHERMILLER ('67)
Re: '67's 70th Birthday Party
The class of 1967 70th birthday celebration is on September
20 and 21. Please send in your registration before August
10th. Open the following link for details:
Class of '67 70th Birthday Party
-Myra WEIHERMILLER ('67)
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rod PETERSON ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Karla SNYDER ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Fred GRAZZINI ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mandy WALTMAN ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mollie RUTT ('71)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
So, another historic day. Too bad every one lost interest in
going to the moon and doing the other things because it was
too hard. Not what JFK wanted, but he was out of the picture
by then and Milhous was in charge(?).
On another note, this also happens to be the birthday of a
Bomber Babe whom I knew way back then. Hadn't seen her for
many moons until we met at a Club 40 Annual Meeting. That was
fun. Saw her at several annual meetings since.
A very deep flourish of the ol' propeller beanie for Gloria
"Skippy" ADAMS ('54 R.I.P.). I certainly hope that she and
Clarence ('51 R.I.P.) made the connection.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Tony HARRAH ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barry DILL ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Terry WERNER ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Geoffrey ROTHWELL ('71)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Ned BARKER & Susan BIRGE ('59)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 7/20/19
Re: Gmail did it again!!
Gmail users heads up!
Gmail put my 7/19 Sandstorm in the SPAM folder -- AGAIN --
instead of forwarding it. I'm gonna report this here every
time they do it. They SAY if I go and report that it's NOT
SPAM that gmail will stop doing that. EVERY TIME I report
and they still keep putting my Sandstorm in their stewpit
SPAM folder anyway.
Bomber cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gonzales, LA ~ 77° at 1am
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: Moon Landing
July 21, 1969 (Yes I know any source you look up says it was
July 20, but I was on the other side of the International
Date Line so it was July 21 for me). One of the greatest
events of the 20th Century and I have no memory of hearing
about it. I know I was off the coast of Vietnam as a Radioman
working 12 hour days in shifts of 6-on/6-off. I was aware of
it at the time and wondered for years why I have no memory of
it. I finally came to the conclusion it happened while I was
asleep and I was told when I came on watch. I'm sure the guys
in radio would have been the first to know about it, and if I
had been on watch at the time there would have been some
excitement about it and I would have remembered.
My wife tells of her grandmother being in the hospital and
asking where the astronauts were, saying she probably was not
going to last long enough to see them get there. She did live
long enough to know they landed and died by the next morning.
We have a copy of the Tri-City Herald (it was an evening
paper at the time) which has the Moon landing and her
obituary in the same paper. Imagine, her grandmother was born
in the little town of Athena, OR only 31 years after Whitman
Massacre and even 24 years before the Wright Brothers flight,
and she lived to see them land on the Moon. Family used to
talk about how long she lived but my wife's mother lived even
longer, coming within just under eight weeks of being 101.
Re: parachute wedding dresses
In the last eight months or so I went to three programs at
the Kennewick Library, one by myself, one with my daughter,
and one with my wife. I think it must have been the last one
which was about history of transportation in the Northwest
and she mentioned wedding dress made out of parachutes. Don't
remember, could be there is one at the Boeing Museum of
Flight in Seattle???
I first heard of them probably 10+ years ago in a documentary
on the Battle of the Bulge. This one does not have a happy
ending, but I have remembered it, maybe even a little haunted
by it. One man tells of a young lady working as a nurse in a
hospital in Bastogne (I don't know if she was a real nurse
or a volunteer and if it was a real hospital or just a make-
shift hospital). When the fog lifted and the Allies started
dropping supplies the young women would go out and get the
parachutes to use in making their wedding dresses. One young
woman kept going out time after time, but for some reason
never got there in time to get one. Then she finally was able
to get one, but soon after a German shell hit the hospital
and they buried her in the parachute.
My dad bought a surplus one for me, seemed very small, he
said they were used not for people, but for supplies. I guess
he thought I would use it for a tent. Unfortunately it was
left out on the ground and got wet and was all covered with
mildew. I did cut the cords off it and used them for various
things kids would use something like that for. At least I
didn't take it up on the roof and try to jump off with it.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64) ~ Still here on planet Earth
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>>From: Tony HARRAH ('65)
A poem by the late Betty "Jane" REED Roop ('62-RIP_), which
provides a glimpse of her early life in Richland. I wish I'd
known her.
North Richland Childhood
We came from Oklahoma, momma,
daddy and me, after the war, dirt poor,
to live in a twenty by eight foot trailer,
on a thirty by thirty foot lot, with other
electricians, pipe fitters, teamsters, janitors,
proud to be part of this "atomic business"
living in the Largest Trailer Court in the World,
big enough to have our own ghetto, two blocks
of dark, delicious smells - frying fish, boiled greens,
hot cornbread.
Once a month from the top of tall poles
warning sirens wailed, the children, black
and white, raced past swings, monkey bars,
the tetherball ring, to the sandy ditch behind
John Ball school, strung ourselves face down,
like paper dolls, clenching our fear behind closed
eyes. A useless defense against nuclear attack,
but we would have been easy to bury there.
Jane Roop
-Tony HARRAH ('65)
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Peg SHEERAN ('63)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Tedd CADD ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Phil GROFF ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janet VOORHIES ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jackie HANSON ('67)
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>>From: Peg SHEERAN Finch ('63)
Re: Old And New Pics
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/She/190720-Old_Friends.jpg
Marilyn SIMMONS Arnold ('63) and Peg SHEERAN Finch ('63) in
1952-ish between our yards on Long Avenue (with a light pole
in the parking lot in the back ground.
We tried re-creating the pose yesterday in Spokane.
-Peg SHEERAN Finch ('63)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 7/21/19
Re: Gmail did it again!!
Gmail users heads up!
Gmail put my 7/19 and now 7/20 Sandstorms in their SPAM
folder -- AGAIN -- instead of forwarding it. I'm gonna report
this every time they do it. They SAY if I go and report that
it's NOT SPAM that gmail will stop doing that. EVERY TIME I
report "not SAPM" and they still keep putting my Sandstorm
in their stewpit SPAM folder anyway.. grrrrrrr
Bomber cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Denton, TX ~ 90° at midnight
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
Re: Moon Landing
I was just reading the Washington Post's articles about the
landing and the background. One article
Click here for the article
chronicles a number of things about the program and helps
give the scale of the undertaking - it was so very manual.
One theme was the role of women (or lack of women) in the
project. I found this delightful note quoting one of the
women engineers talking about the atmosphere (Poppy is
another female engineer):
"There were a couple of guys who were pretty 'handsy.' Nobody
did a thing about it," (Parrish Nelson) Hirasaki says. But
"nobody was going to mess with Poppy (Frances Northcutt).
They'd ask her to make them coffee, and she would say,
'My ovaries do not uniquely qualify me to make coffee.'"
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Donna NELSON ('63)
Jim HAMILTON ('63), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larry BRUGGERMAN ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: John & Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary GREER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Chuck CRAWLEY ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Paula VINTHER ('69)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Did anyone alert Homeland Security? I notice that Gretna's
own is now in Denton, TX. Oh, the shock, the humanity.
All very much off the point. There is a Bomber celebrating
one of life's milestones today. Think I knew him from back in
the day. At least I saw the back of his head while we were in
the diploma line together.
A tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!" to
Larry BRUGGERMAN ('54). Hope we can have a chat during the
Big Lunch this September, but it won't be at the Tasty Freeze
as I have been informed that place has morphed into a coffee
joint. Have these baristas no shame?
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR in the
warm northern part of the Willamette Valley.
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>>From: Donna NELSON ('63)
Re: Old And New Pics
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/She/190720-Old_Friends.jpg
To: Peg SHEERAN ('63)
Love your picture Peggy!!
Maren, Speaking of Spam, my Maui family loved it... the kind
in the can!!! I just got back from visiting and made SPAM
fried rice for dinner (I had to look up a recipe) one night
cuz I saw a big display in a Maui grocery store. Guess
there's a SPAM Jam on Oahu in April and it's a cooking
contest creating new SPAM recipes. My granddaughter is on a
rowing team and her coach makes it sometimes for breakfast
before practice. She said mine was as good as his!!!
-Donna NELSON ('63)
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Re: Old And New Pics
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/She/190720-Old_Friends.jpg
That Marilyn SIMMONS ('63), what a fashionista and trend
setter. She was wearing jeans with ripped and blown out
knees, sixty plus years before Nordstrom was purveying a
similar item for major big bucks, of course her's probably
had the requisite side zipper.
Now we can all just sit back and wait for her saddle shoes to
make a revival.
Reminded me, that nothing is new.
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 7/22/19
Re: Gmail did it again!! Third day in a row
Gmail users heads up!
Gmail put my 7/19, 7/20, and now 7/21 Sandstorms in their
SPAM folder -- AGAIN -- instead of forwarding it. This is my
third day reporting to any gmail users... could be happening
to everyone who uses gmail. They SAY if I go and report that
it's NOT SPAM that gmail will stop doing that. EVERY TIME I
report "not SPAM" and they still keep putting my Sandstorm
in their dumb SPAM folder anyway..
Bomber cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Ft. Garland, CO ~ 66° at 1am (MDT)
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
David DOUGLAS ('62)
Helen CROSS ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill MURRAY ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jerry ANS ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Keith GOSNEY ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Peggy ADAIR ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mickey JANES ('75)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Aric BUCK ('95)
BOMBER by ADOPTION BIRTHDAY Today: Agnes Hughes ('02BBA)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Wow, Maren's really on the move. Almost like tracking Santa's
trip from the North Pole, only slower. Wonder where today's
entry will be datelined?
But enough of the fol-de-rol; there is a Bomber celebrating a
birthday today. And, yes, Horatio, I knew him but without the
alas and the alacks.
A tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy Birthday!" to
Bill MURRAY ('54). Try as he might, no relation to Arthur
("He Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry") Murray. Certainly hope
that he can join the rest of us for the Big Lunch, although
we seem to be running out of venues as it would appear the
baristas are taking over all the old haunts. Except (I hope)
for the Uptown Tavern. But I doubt that Marilynn would take
lunch there.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
the temps are at least seasonal but not way too hot.
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
Re: gmail
Maren, I have a gmail address as well as my peoplepc.com
account. Could you find it in your Bomber heart to send a
couple of issues to me via gmail along with my peoplepc.com
address? Maybe if recipients complain to gmail they will fix
it. I can tell them I never have problems receiving Alumni
Sandstorm through peoplepc, so why am I having problems with
gmail?
[Added your gmail to the list. Thanks. -Maren]
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ where it is quite warm these days
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
I did know Janie "BJ" REED Roop ('62-RIP).
I knew her in high school as a fellow classmate, and then the
summer of '97 I met her again at that swim health center in
Kennewick near Columbia Center.
My dad had had surgery and I was in the Tri-Cities spending
time with him, and was at the swim center to reduce stress,
and she surfaced at the end of a lap, and I said "You sure
remind me of BJ Reed", and she said "No one has called me
that in years."
Went to dinner at her house (I knew Joe, her husband briefly
from WSU before he went into the Viet Nam War. Jeff DAWSON
('62) another classmate of mine I've not seen much of was
there.
Janie was better friends with Carol RICE Forester ('62-RIP),
a long time close friend of mine.
Sad they are both gone now. I was curious how BJ's poem
surfaced?
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ actually just arrived at Myrtle
Beach, watching my semi granddaughter in the pool now,
relaxing after driving down with 4 kids in the car.
Ages: 1, 2, 14, 16!!
PS: I'm also wondering how to register for the class
of '62's 75th Birthday party this September.
Sent from my iPhone
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pete HOLLICK ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gay EDWARDS ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David DERBY ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rick ALLEN ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathy HARTNETT ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill AYOTTE ('71)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today:
Gene KELLER ('50) & Pat BADGER ('53)
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Re: Apollo XI
Less celebrated than the Apollo XI "liftoff" and lunar
"footprint" (July 20, 1969) was the final and more mundane
step of "splashdown" and recovery/retrieval in the southern
Pacific on July 24, some 950 miles southwest of Hawaii. This
bookend for the overall story was caught on film---which
then was lost in the back of a private garage in Virginia for
a quarter century. (It had been boxed and given to the
Executive Officer of the recovery ship (the aircraft carrier
USS Hornet, CVS-12).
Here's the link to an edited 8-minute segment from that
longer unofficial video. One of the shown UDT frogmen, Mike
Mallory, was from Washington state (Alderwood Mannor a few
miles north of Seattle). A Richland Bomber also had a role
in hooking and fishing the Command Module from the water
("sinking is not an option"). The Richland guy (yours truly)
shows up, briefly, with the white helmet and walkie-talkie
(at minutes 5:21 and 6:37). By the random luck of the draw I
had wandered into a science fiction story I pulled from the
shelf at Chief Jo Junior High as a 7th-grader only twelve
years before.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hX7AN3e1R4
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ Shoreline, WA still exhilarated to
have been on the mop-up crew---a small part of the
team of 400,000 Apollo contractors,
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 7/24/19
Re: Gmail
Gmail users heads up!
Gmail put my 7/19, 7/20, and 7/21 Sandstorms in their SPAM
folder. That was the third day in a row reporting to gmail
users... could be happening to everyone who uses gmail?
So the 7/22 and 7/23 issues did NOT go into SPAM, but the
very first one (7/23/19) sent to David DOUGLAS ('62) DID go
to his SPAM folder on gmail.
They SAY if I go and report that it's NOT SPAM that gmail
will stop doing that. EVERY TIME I report "not SPAM"...
Hoping this will clear up soon!!
Bomber cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Ft. Garland, CO ~ 59° at midnightAlumni Sandstorm ~ 07/25/19
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Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Deanna CASE ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Wayne CAMPBELL ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pam BUCKNER ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Betty NOBLE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lynn DAVENPORT ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve PORTER ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mark McALLISTER ('74)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 7/25/19
225 days till Iditarod, 2020. Everybody ready?
Re: Gmail
Gmail users heads up!
Gmail put my 7/19, 7/20, and 7/21 Sandstorms in their SPAM
folder. This is my third day reporting to any gmail users...
could be happening to everyone who uses gmail.
So the 7/22, 7/23, and 7/24 issues did NOT go into SPAM, but
the very first one sent to David DOUGLAS ('62) DID go to his
SPAM folder on gmail.
They SAY if I go and report that it's NOT SPAM that gmail
will stop doing that. EVERY TIME I report "not SPAM"...
Hoping this will clear up soon!!
Bomber cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ McKinney, TX ~ 72° at midnight
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Deanna CASE ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Wayne CAMPBELL ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pam BUCKNER ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Betty NOBLE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lynn DAVENPORT ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve PORTER ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mark McALLISTER ('74)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 7/25/19
225 days till Iditarod, 2020. Everybody ready?
Re: Gmail
Gmail users heads up!
Gmail put my 7/19, 7/20, and 7/21 Sandstorms in their SPAM
folder. This is my third day reporting to any gmail users...
could be happening to everyone who uses gmail.
So the 7/22, 7/23, and 7/24 issues did NOT go into SPAM, but
the very first one sent to David DOUGLAS ('62) DID go to his
SPAM folder on gmail.
They SAY if I go and report that it's NOT SPAM that gmail
will stop doing that. EVERY TIME I report "not SPAM"...
Hoping this will clear up soon!!
Bomber cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ McKinney, TX ~ 72° at midnight
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
David DOUGLAS ('62)
Paul TAMPIEN ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: DiAnn SCHUSTER ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Virginia WEYERTS ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gloria FALLS ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barbara SHARP ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jill LANGE ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Frank BOLSON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sarah HICKAM ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judy MOYERS ('67)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
I certainly hope it wasn't the height of the Rockies that
made Maren turn back toward the flatlands of Texas and other
places.
Anyway, this is a day of celebration for two Bomber Babes.
One I know and sometimes even talk to, the other I can
remember from school vaguely. And I'm sure I graduated with
both of them. If not, Marilynn ('54) will let me know, as she
will check her copy of the graduation program.
Therefore and deep flourish of the ol' propeller beanie and a
"Happy Birthday!" is in order for DiAnn SCHUSTER and Virginia
WEYERTS (both '54). I sure to see one of them at the Big
Lunch, wherever it may be. It would be nice if both could
make it.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
we are, in the words of a TV weather guesser, having a
roller coaster ride with the temps.
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
On March 29 I submitted a request to the State of Hawaii
Office of Vital Records for a copy of my marriage license.
My wife needs it to get one of those new-fangled driver's
licenses that lets you fly, more or less. The office sent me
a tracking number to follow its labyrinthine progress through
the state bureaucratic jungle. I'd check on it every couple
of weeks, but it always indicated the same thing: "Pending
verification. Requests take an average of 29 business days to
process." On July 7, I finally got fed up and sent an email
asking if the State of Hawaii was still functioning. I got
an effusive apology on July 11 from Hawaii Information
Consortium/eHawaii.gov Customer Liaison, saying my order had
gotten lost, and she submitted an urgent request to Vital
Records to expedite sending it to me. I got another email the
next day saying that it was being mailed that day.
I had complaints about the State of Hawaii in the past.
I was on the union negotiating committee the year we were
bargaining for our second contract. We ended up going on
strike for three weeks, illegally. In order to legally strike
we had to be at an impasse. However, the Hawaii Public
Employees Relations Board (HPERB) determined that we were
not at impasse. In order to be at impasse, both sides had
to negotiate in good faith. HPERB ruled that we were not at
impasse because the State had not bargained in good faith. We
went on strike anyway. At the next negotiating session, the
State's chief negotiator brought with him a stack of arrest
warrants with our names on them. In the middle of the strike
I got a letter from the Dept. of Education saying when I was
hired I was put on the wrong pay step in error; I owed $5000
to the DOE, please submit a check immediately. I did not.
Once the strike was over, I made an appointment with the
State Superintendent of Schools to find out why they thought
I was in the wrong pay category. When we met, I was told they
disallowed my masters degree in education because I received
it from a religious school. We argued over that for an
hour. ("So you think children learn religious information
differently from other information?") Finally I brought out
a letter I had gotten from the school ahead of time stating
that (a) a bachelor's degree was required to enroll in the
master's program and that (b) the school was accredited to
grant advanced degrees by the same organization that
accredited the University of Hawaii. The superintendent
hemmed and hawed and finally said they needed to look at
each course I took. Fortunately, my bachelor's degree was in
English, so they had to count my Bible courses as literature.
I had a teaching minor in history, so my Church History class
was acceptable. Even my pastoral counseling course was okay.
As a result, he counted every class and agreed I was in the
correct pay grade.
The other time I had trouble with the DOE was when my son
was in the second grade. We had a meeting with his teachers,
attended by the school counselor. The language arts
curriculum had 12 areas that students were measured in. My
son rated 5th grade in reading, but first grade in spelling.
The teachers said they would not allow him to read any more
until he brought his spelling up to grade level. Before I
could say anything the counselor told them, "No, children
don't learn different skills at the same rate," but the
teachers wouldn't listen. I kept his report card that year
showing he made no further progress in his reading skills the
rest of the year. During the summer I applied for a district
exception that would allow him to attend a different.school
in the fall. As the reason I put down, "Incompetent
teachers." I knew, of course, it would be refused, so I
appealed to the district superintendent. Before our meeting
I sent letters to every senator and representative from the
district explaining my problem. One of them called me and
offered to go with me to the meeting. I thanked her but
declined. I met with the district superintendent and showed
him my son's report card. I also learned that he got four
phone calls from legislators in one day about my case. A
couple of days later I got a letter upholding the denial.
However, the same day I got a call from the school principal
telling me that if my son went to a babysitter in another
school's service area the request would be approved. My wife
was a stay-at-home mom, so there was no babysitter, but I
sent in a request with that reason. It came back approved. I
had to apply for it every year, so the next year I submitted
the request with the same reason. It came back approved.
The third year I got a phone call from the school secretary
asking for the babysitter's name, address and phone number. I
told her I didn't need to provide that information. She said,
"You must. If you don't, the request will be denied." I told
her to check with the principal. The request was approved.
After sixth grade we put him in private schools.
Hawaii's a nice place to visit (unless you're there when the
announcement is made that incoming missiles are headed for
the state), but dealing with the government isn't easy.
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ where the monsoon season is
arriving - we had a down payment Monday with rain,
thunder and lightning
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>>From: Paul TAMPIEN ('64)
Re: In town for Tri-Cities Water Follies
My wife, Sally, and I will be in Richland for the Water
Follies this weekend. We are meeting for Spudnuts on Saturday
morning at 9am and then going to Columbia Park to enjoy the
boat races. We will have a canopy set up with an American
flag next to it, if you would like to join us.
-Paul TAMPIEN ('64)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/27/19
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
John ADKINS ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Paula BEARDSLEY ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ellen BOHRINGER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: TWINS: Richard & William RATHVON ('71)
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>>From: John ADKINS ('62)
Re: Class of '62 - 75th birthday Party
Schedule of Activities.
Friday, 9/13/19. 5pm - W. Richland Golf Course - Taco Bar
Saturday, 9/14/19,
9am - Spudnut shop
11am - Frontier Days Parade - GWWay
11am and throughout the day - Howard Amon Park -
Frontier Days Activities, at the Community Center and at or
near the Fingernail
8pm - Wine tasting - location TBD
Payment: $15.00 - to:
Bonnie Asher, 2217 W Grand Ronde Ave., kennewick 99336
Re: Frontier Days Information
-John ADKINS ('62) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/28/19
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1 Bombers sent stuff:
Bob CROSS ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Perry MOORE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon McDERMOTT ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mark GERKEN ('77)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Melanie LEE ('93)
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>>From: Bob CROSS ('62)
Re: Upcoming surgery
On Monday July 29, I will be undergoing a triple coronary
bypass and will be in the hospital for about 5 days. My
brother Duane CROSS ('79) will be with me and help me for
a while after I leave the hospital. everyone stay safe!
-Bob CROSS ('62)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/29/19
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
Helen CROSS ('62), Terry DAVIS ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Vern McGHAN ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dixie TROUT ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tom HUGHES ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeff LUKE ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Christine SIMEK ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Calvin SHIRLEY ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Matt WAGNER ('06)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
No earth shaking news to comment on, so I might as well get
right to it. Got a Bomber Babe and one of the younger Bombers
celebrating birthdays today. Knew her, only because we were
in the same class (school not social) and met him much later
at a Bomber Lunch or two in Fife.
A flourish of the ol' propeller beanie and a "Happy
Birthday!" to Dixie TROUT ('54). Perhaps we can discuss at
the Big Lunch come this September. I have it on reasonable
authority the lunch will not be at the Uptown Tavern,
although they do have good burgers there.
And a tip of the same beanie and a "Happy Birthday!" to Tom
HUGHES ('56). Hope it is a good one and you are reasonably
healthy, given your age and all.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
(in nearby Silverton) the annual Homer Davenport Family
Festival will occur this coming weekend.
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>>From: Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
To: Bob CROSS ('62)
Hey Bob! I did a triple bypass about 4 years ago "piece a
cake". only thing I didn't like was the total weakness after,
but I got past that and got back to full time work 30 days
later.. By the way the doc gave me a 5 year limited warranty
on the job. (vary limited).
-Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
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>>From: CROSS Kirk ('62)
Want to send prayers and good thoughts to my cousin
Bob CROSS ('62) as he faces triple bypass heart surgery
on Monday, the 29th
Re: Pic of grandkids at Myrtle Beach [Margaritaville ?]
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Cro/190729-GKids.jpg
Bombers Cheers,
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ back home in Indiana in the house
by the little lake where it's pretty hot and muggy
Miss the South Carolina breezes of last week at
MyrtleBeach!!
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
To: Bob CROSS ('62)
Bob Cross,
I don't really know ye personally, Bob, but I'm earnestly
wishing you well here. The good news is that these surgeries
are a whole lot easier than they used to be, and you get to
go home from the hospital pretty dang quick with a cool
little heart-shaped pillow to hold tight against your chest
whenever you cough. You'll start noticing the surprising
number of people who are carrying these pillows with them in
Yokes and Fred Meyer. Always be sure to nod hello. They are
on your side.
As am I, Sir.
-Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Sent from my Samsung SmartPhone
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/30/19
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Susie DILL ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Wayne MYERS ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gregor HANSON ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marti Jo DREWERY ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carol BOYD ('72_)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Diane HARTLEY ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kim RICHEY ('74)
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>>From: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
Re: Recommendation please
Can anyone recommend an Ear, Nose and Throat doctor for my
sister-in-law? I thought I was doing her a favor by cleaning
her ears with an Ear Wax Removal Kit before a doctor
appointment and her hearing is much worse. I hate having
to shout in her ear but that's the only way she can hear me.
The doctors and nurses don't like it either!
Re: Bomber death
I was stunned to see that a '52 classmate passed on. Reta
SHAFFNER was at a lunch just a few weeks ago. I didn't know
her well in school but always enjoyed her when she came to
the "'52 lunches" and admired her gumption to travel around
the States in her camper.
Re: Train Room
Progress on friend Terry's ('54, '55, '56) "Train Room"
continues. He and I put in all the insulation and hung the
Sheet rock except for the ceiling, which will be finished up
tomorrow. I have started mudding the screws and will do
taping soon.
-Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) ~ hot Richland where the Boat
Races have finished and we get wonderful produce and
other stuff at the Farmer's Market on Fridays
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 7/30/19
220 days till Iditarod, 2020. Y'all ready?
Re: Gmail users heads up!
I contacted NetAtlantic.com (NA) - the outfit that actually
sends the Sandstorm after I send it to them for distribution.
1. NA sent me a link to help us all understand WHY our
Sandstorm ends up in the gmail.com SPAM folder:
how-to-avoid-emails-going-to-spam-in-gmail
2. Not exactly sure what this means: NA "substreamed [our]
mailing list which means that [our Sandstorm] will be sending
from it's own mailstream and IP address - there will be no
other mail from any other Net Atlantic client sending mail
with [us]. [Today's Sandstorm] will automatically go out on
[our] own mailstream.
PLEASE let me know if you have ANY problem with gmail.
Hoping this will clear up soon!!
Bomber cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 84° at midnite
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>>From: Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
To: Bob CROSS ('62)
Best wishes and prayers to you on your bypass surgery.
Praying everything went smoothly and you'll be back home
soon and on the mend!
-Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/31/19
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Helen CROSS ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jerry BOYD ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Stan McDONALD ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marilyn STEWART ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tom HEMPHILL ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim OTT ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marvee HUXOL ('66)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Re: Bob CROSS ('62)
Glad my cousin's heart surgery went so well, and that he
will soon be home and on the mend.
Re: A few Bombers Happy Birthdays
Hope you enjoyed your big Roth day, Wayne MYERS (also '62)
and Gregor HANSON (65).
Re: September Parties
Looking forward to the class of '62's joint 75th birthday
party September 13, and hope I can attend something from
Club 40 as well.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ back home in Indiana where
babysitting these little grandkids (ages 1 and 2) is
becoming more and more of my life, as I am recovering
from a fall on a miniature golf course in Myrtle Beach,
SC. So fortunate nothing broken, just black & blue face
Sent from my iPhone
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