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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/01/20 ~ HAPPY NEW YEAR
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11 Bombers sent stuff:
Rex HUNT ('53), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Helen CROSS ('62), Shirley SHERWOOD ('62)
Leoma COLES ('63), Carol CONVERSE ('64)
Susie DILL ('64), Shari NAPORA ('67)
Betti AVANT ('69), Jim DAUGHERTY ('70)
Gary TURNER ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barb MILLER ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Donna PARDEE ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ken DEERY ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mark PERKINS ('75)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today:
Bill HIGHTOWER ('49) & Shannon CRAIG ('50)
Richland Bombers on Facebook
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>>From: Rex HUNT ('53)
Re: Names!
Always been confused why so many denizens of Richland had 2
names! (Trisha Pritikin, Anna May WANN, Bob Carlson, etc), I
had enough just to keep up with one name. Had a few friends
who acquired a new name due to Legal or Illegal reasons! just
don't see this Hanford folks in such need.
The location of the bus lot in North Richland was right next
to all the Old Barracks where I relocated to as soon as I
turned 18. The trailer house was just too small with mom, dad,
and me living there. As I recall the buses were numbered and
you were assigned a bus when you started working behind the
fence. As each bus went to its own location, getting on the
wrong bus even by accident you can get your nose under a rock!
You sure didn't want to ride to White Bluffs if you worked in
200 West.
But I did not care for work out there, so I relocated to Sodom
& Gomorra (LA [I wonder if he means L.A.? -Maren]) to see what
the real world was like.
It's not worth the trouble so stay where you are.
-Rex HUNT ('53wb) ~ from lovely downtown Hanford, CA where
over night it turned so cold, you could be like the
monkeys in Zamboanga. (forgive me Hogey Carmichael)
in joke for us old timers.
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Re: Hanford busses
As I recall; within the city of Richland the gummint operated
busses that either went to the Main Bus Lot or the 300 Area.
Both of these cost somewhere between 5 and 10 cents per ride.
They may have gone as far afield as West ("by god") Richland,
but I have no knowledge of that.
From the Main Bus Lot, the buses ran to the individual areas
(except, perhaps, the 300) and were free to ride so long as
you had the proper credentials. You could also drive to the
Mail Bus Lot (plenty of free parking but sometimes a long walk
to and from the terminal). The whole shebang, plus motor pool
was located on the west side of Stevens Drive just north of
the By-Pass junction.
The other alternative was you could drive to work to any of
the areas. You might get your car inspected coming or going. I
did drive to 2-West on those Fridays that I went to Seattle
for the weekend. Out the north gate and be sure to observe the
speed limit whilst driving through Moxie City.
There was an inter-city bus that ran between North Richland
and Pasco. This bus, for whatever reason did not go into
downtown Kennewick.
"Happy New Year!"
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
The tag line in yesterdays's SS read:
"enjoying time with my 4-1/2 year
old grandson, my oldest son, his
wife, and 3 grandsons..."
Last nthree words SHOULD HAVE read: "and 3 grand dogs"
Happy 1st Day of 2020!!
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ West Harrison, IN
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Shirley SHERWOOD Milani ('62)
To: Trisha Pritikin, aka Patty THOMPSON ('68_)
Re: Bus Lot Question
My parents & my two sisters, Sharon ('59-RIP) and Susan ('63),
moved from Perkins to 1104 Wilson when I was in the 4th grade.
That house was right in front of the Main Bus Lot for the
areas. We kids used to play out there. My dad taught me to
drive his '36 pickup truck in that bus lot. It was located
right between Chief Jo and Jason Lee. We lived in a Pre Cut.
Playing hide & seek in the Bus Lot was a lot of fun. But even
my dad had to walk a couple of blocks to catch his bus to the
areas. My mom worked for Hanford (GE) at the bottom of the
hill from the high school (past the swimming pool). But, of
course, there were what seemed like hundreds of cars in that
Bus Lot.
-Shirley SHERWOOD Milani ('62)
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Leoma COLES ('63)
Re: Happy New Year
Wishing all my Bomber friends a very Happy New Year! So hard
to believe another year has gone by and my grandaughter will
be graduating from High School in June... I have 2 grandsons,
one in California and he's 14 and super soccer player!!
My other grandson is 4 and quite a character. I live with
the teenage girl and 4 year brother, my daughter and her
boyfriend. It keeps me busy and I love being part of their
busy lives. I hope to get back to Richland in the fall of
2020, especially if there is some sort of get-together for us
old folks... [Club 40 celebrates EVERY year the fist week end
after Labor Day in September. -Maren]
Hope all is well in Bomberland and that everyone has a
wonderful and prosperous 2020!!!
Take care,
-Leoma COLES ('63) ~ in chilly and damp Lincoln City, OR
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>>From: Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64)
Re: Buses
Just wanted to put my 2 cents into the pile. While in grade
school, my dad caught the bus on the corner of Fitch and
Douglass. I also lived on the corner, but a small distance
from the intersection. Curt DONAHUE's ('53) side yard ran down
a small hill to the intersection. (he lived on Fitch) and my
front yard was right next to his yard on Douglass. My cat,
Smokey, waited for my dad each day when he was on day shift
and walked him home. Like I said, we lived right there. Funny
how he knew it was time for the bus. He didn't do that on the
other 2 shifts that I'm aware of. After moving up to Cedar,
next door to the Beardsleys in 7th grade, I don't know where
he caught the bus. I just never paid any attention from then
on.
A side note: Smokey, my cat, walked me to school in the early
year of Lewis and Clark. He didn't walk me all the way, but a
good distance.
I want to say "Happy New Year" to all Bombers everywhere.
This being the last day of 2019, I'm thinking of all the new
chances that we have for a new beginning. Also, a new decade.
Funny, I've not ever thought about the decades before.
-Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) ~ Kennewick
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>>From: Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
Re: Happy New Year Everyone
HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone in Bomber Nation and all FOBs
(Friends of Bombers). I leave you with one of my favorite
quotes for this time of year:
"Be always at war with your vices,
at peace with your neighbors,
and let each New Year
find you a better man."
-Benjamin Franklin-
-Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
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>>From: Shari NAPORA Bennett ('67)
Re: Hanford Worker Bus Question
Trisha Pritikin aka PATTY THOMPSON '68 asked about a Hanford
Worker Bus Lot or pick up points.
I don't know about any bus lot.....
My dad met the Hanford bus at the end of our block, the corner
of Longfitt and Sanford Ave. It picked him up there every
morning and dropped him off every evening. He would walk in
the door to our house at exactly 5:00 pm every night. We were
to be in our seat at the dinner table when he walked in the
door. He would come in, set his lunch pail on the counter,
wash up and sit down to the dinner my mom had prepared. Once
in awhile, we were allowed walk the half block to Longfitt and
meet him at the bus.
-Shari NAPORA Bennett ('67)
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: bus lot
The main bus lot for the Hanford buses was on Stevens, just
north of the stores building. My late father just had to walk
around the corner to catch the bus. Until about the mid '60s
he rode the bus. When we needed a second vehicle as mom was
also working but in town we got another car. In Dec. of '65 he
was driving with others in a carpool when he got rear ended on
Stevens, so much for our Christmas trip to Centralia to visit
relatives. I did the B-reactor tour in August as part of my
50 year class of '69 reunion and prayed they had better buses
now since they had no air conditioning. The only ones I recall
were cream-colored with a burgundy colored trim.
-Betti AVANT ('69) ~ Richland
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>>From: Jim DAUGHERTY ('70)
Re: Hanford Buses
My Dad rode the bus to work. We lived at 1505 Cottonwood
since I was about 4 years old till I joined the Navy after
graduation (1970). We would try and meet Dad when he got off
of the bus, but we never knew what stop he was getting off.
He had two choices, the corner of Birch and Cottonwood or the
corner of Birch and Torbett. We would usually be on our bikes
and would find him before he got home. We usually stayed close
to home after he got home, as dinner would soon be ready.
The buses would go all over Richland and then return empty to
the bus lot on the bypass highway. We lived on the shelter
belt side of Cottonwood and when I was in my late 30s, after
getting out of the Navy and moving back to Richland, I told my
Dad that me and my friends used to throw rocks at the empty
buses. Not sure if we ever hit one. I thought he was going to
get up out of his chair and swat me! So much for telling Dad
what I did as a kid.
Not sure when, but my dad jumped the fence at N Reactor and
went to work for Washington Public Supply System (WPPSS) and
then he could no longer ride the bus. All the guys on the
shift would carpool. Sometimes Dad would drive by himself as
most of the guys he worked with were much younger and he
didn't like their music. They would tone down the music and
Dad would carpool again!
-Jim DAUGHERTY ('70)
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>>From: Gary TURNER ('71)
Re: Busses
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Tur/200101_bus.jpg
My dad worked in the 300 area and car pooled to work every
day... different carpools for different shifts. The entrance
to the 300 area was just before the barricade so it was the
only area available to private cars. I remember the huge bus
lot and adjacent parking lot out on Stevens next to JA Jones,
as well as the familiar burgundy and tan buses on many
neighborhood streets. The Reach Museum has one of the old
buses on display outside the main building...
[Watch tomorrow's SS for a better picture of
the one above. when I get it uploaded tomorrow,
the link will be:
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Tur/200102_bus.jpg -Maren]
-Gary TURNER ('71)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/02/20
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Grover SHEGRUD ('56), Margaret EHRIG ('61)
Bill SCOTT ('64), Terry DAVIS ('65)
Pam EHINGER ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary RALSTON ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve PIIPPO ('70)
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>>From: Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
Re: New Years Remembered
I remember going to the Uptown theater for new years eve
midnight show about 1953 or '54 and heard a crash in the line
in front of me. A bottle of some kind of alcoholic beverage
had slipped from under the coat of a junior girl and smashed
on the floor. I don't know if she got in to the movie but she
did get noticed.
Re: Hanford bus memories
We lived at 1320 Stevens drive and my dad would catch the bus
at one end of the block. My brothers Terry ('54, '55, '56) and
Allen, Jr. ('60) would meet the bus when dad got off and he
would share a slice of home made bread with Karo syrup on it
from his lunch bucket. I can still taste the super treat!
-Grover SHEGRUD ('56) ~ in overcast Lynnwood, Martha Lake,
Bothell, Mill Creek, WA
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>>From: Margaret EHRIG Dunn ('61)
Re: Bus lot info
The original bus lot was on Stevens just north of Van Giesen
next to the big electrical transformers (that are still
there). My dad was able to walk out our back door (708 Van
Giesen), across a large vacant lot to get to the bus lot to
get on the proper bus.
When we moved to the country in 1950 (before West Richland
was created) he had to carpool to the same lot. There were no
buses. I do not know when they moved to bus lot out past the
By-Pass. When he started having trouble with his back he
started driving to work over Twin Bridges and through the
Yakima barricade and it was quicker than having to wait at the
bus lot. I think he was at the N reactor by then. His back was
better but he missed his half hour nap each way.
For years when my folks would travel anytime he would get on
a tour bus he would immediately fall asleep. He had so many
years of going it on the cream and burgundy buses.
-Margaret EHRIG Dunn ('61)
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>>From: Bill SCOTT ('64)
Re: Busses
I grew up one house from the corner of Jadwin and Symons. Dad
rode the bus to work at Hanford, and we were fortunate to have
a bus stop directly across the street. And coming home, the
bus let him off directly in front of our house on our side of
the street. Never was quite sure whether there actually was a
bus stop there or the driver let him off in front of his house
as a favor. Dad would always come down the bus steps to the
ground with a big smile and a rolled-up newspaper in his hand
as we waited in the front yard for him during the summer.
Never once did I see him with a lunch box, so I don't know how
he handled that one. As I've no doubt written before, Mom and
Dad had fixed up our white house to look like a New England-
style cottage, replacing the gummint windows in front with a
cross-hatched small-pane window. At Christmas, we would always
drive up into the hills around Spokane and obtain some pine
branches which Dad wired onto a hula hoop, making a very large
wreath with a bow at the bottom, which was placed on the
outside of the house with a spotlight shining on it, to
present a cheery holiday scene to the men standing across the
street stamping their feet in the snow.
I have no memory of ever seeing the bus lot on the Bypass
Highway, but then I didn't get out much, being very much a
homebody. There were large stretches of neighborhoods in
Richland I was never in, notably the pre-fabs. Speaking of
which, two writers have recently mentioned growing up in a
"pre-cut" house. I've never heard that term. Were those pre-
fabs by another name, or something different?
[Check out the "Houses That Hanford Built" page:
http://hanford.houses.tripod.com/ The pre-cuts
were letters "U" (2 bdrm) and "V" (3 bdrm). NOT
the same as pre fabs. -Maren]
Does anyone remember the bus service lot kitty-corner across
the street from the Chief Jo tennis courts? For many years
when I was growing up the remnants were there, long concrete-
lined trenches in the earth partially open to the sky. I
assumed those were trenches the buses would drive over for oil
to be changed or for other underside service operations. If
anyone knows more about these, please enlighten me.
-Bill SCOTT ('64) ~ from rainy, chilly Rockaway Beach, Oregon,
where we suffered through a 27-hour power outage the
week before Christmas.
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>>From: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Hey! We made the news!
Friend of mine from Houston just called. Said he was
watching NBC Nightly News and saw something about piles of
tumbleweeds blocking off HWY 240 for 3 or 4 hours. Had to use
snowplows and workers with day-glow vests and gloves and city-
issued pitchforks to clear off our old By-Pass for traffic.
But the fix is only temporary, because the tumbleweeds will be
back and because the tumbleweeds never went away in the first
place.
I thought they had, but they hadn't.
In 6th grade at Jason Lee I sat over by the row of
classroom windows that looked out across the vast playfield
separating the school grounds from the seemingly never-ending
stretch of sand and sagebrush and rocks and more sagebrush
between the town and the Hanford plant. I was a just-okay
student, so I spent a lot of time looking out the window.
And watching an occasional tumbleweed come rambling
across the field. They always seemed a little like stray
animals out there, moving past in that way they did--faster
than a walk, but slow enough that a 6th grade boy could
usually run and catch one if he tried. (The big ones, anyway;
the small ones, maybe not).
But then much of the land got filled in with houses out
there, and roads and sidewalks and a church and another
school, and I remember telling somebody at our 50 year reunion
that you didn't see many tumbleweeds around anymore.
Until last night, that is. And today they're even
talking about us in Houston.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Da/200103_Tumblewees.jpg
TDK '65'
-Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Sent from my Samsung SmartPhone
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>>From: Pam EHINGER (Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
Re: Hanford Bus Lot
I don't remember a bus lot on Stevens. I lived on the corner
of Thayer & Wilson. The bus lot was directly behind our house.
Along with Demiters and Mike HOGAN ('65).
There was a bus stop right in front of our house & Scott
ROBINSON's ('65wb).
We moved to Richland in '52 or '53. The bus lot was Huge! They
tore it down in late '50s or early '60s. We neighborhood kids
ran around in the basement left behind & played hide & seek!
But they caved it in and filled it with dirt. (Kill Joys) The
second Mormon Church was built there. Again we kids played in
the church while it was being built! We were Wild & Crazy
Kids!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! To one & All Bombers!
Bombers Rule
-Pam EHINGER (Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/03/20
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Stephanie DAWSON ('60)
Terry DAVIS ('65)
Patty THOMPSON ('68_)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tobe ROBERTS ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill SCOTT ('64)
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>>From: Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
Re: Tumbleweeds
I remember, back in the old days, seeing some of the big ones
blowing down the road a couple of feet off the ground. One day
we came home from school when we lived on Harris (1958 or
later) and the whole front door was blocked by a tumbleweed as
tall as the door. Fortunately, we all had keys to the back
door, so were able to get into the house.
-Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
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>>From: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Re: Tumbleweeds Trap Drivers,
Cause Road Closure in Washington State
http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/BBYwo7e?ocid=se
TDK'65'
-Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Sent from my Samsung SmartPhone
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>>From: Trisha Pritikin, aka Patty THOMPSON ('68_)
Dear Sandstormers-
SO many thanks for everyone's replies on the issue of Hanford
worker busses, bus stops, bus lots, lunch boxes, etc... you
are a wealth of historic information. I much appreciate all
the memories and tidbits everyone sent.
Happiest New Years,
-trisha (Patty)
-Trisha Pritikin, aka Patty THOMPSON ('68_)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/04/20
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7 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Norma LOESCHER ('53), Ray HALL ('57)
Paula BEARDSLEY ('62), Shirley SHERWOOD ('62)
Tom HEMPHILL ('62), Pam EHINGER ('67)
Don Sorenson (NAB)
Twitter: Trooper Thorson on Tumbleweeds:
video: https://twitter.com/i/status/1212403363326779392
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Paula Jill LYONS ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gloria KENNEDY ('66_)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda HANSON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ellen HORNE ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nina BERLAND ('69)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today:
Steve BOCK & Suzi O'MALLEY ('67)
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>>From: Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53)
Re: Happy 2020, Bomber Friends!
Classmate Curt DONAHUE ('53) is making a good, although
sometimes painful recovery from his stroke in September. As
always, Curt asks about everyone else's health and wishes them
well. He has 24-hour care and a private phone, 509-572-0096,
at Solstice Retirement Home in Kennewick. He welcomes phone
calls.
Re: Tumbleweeds
Our snowy, wet spring loosened and uprooted tumbleweeds
(Russian thistles) that piled up and blocked Highway 240 for
10 hours on New Year's Eve. Wind gusted up to 50 mph. Those
tumbleweeds, stopped by wire fences, buried four cars!
Then I remembered a collection of tumbleweeds I helped spray
pink to set the scene for "November Magic," a dance at Col-Hi
(now Richland High School again). That was the only time I
recall "Russian thistles" playing nice.
My family lived on the 400 block of Thayer Drive. I recall, as
a youngster, getting off a city bus at the wrong corner (flat-
roofed prefabs looked alike in a sandstorm) and having my bare
legs whipped by sand as I leaned into the wind. I found out
the next day that the Watts' prefab roof had blown off! Our
little part of the planet offers its own dramas.
Re: aaccidentsz 'n' such
I learned recently that both Rex HUNT ('53wb) and his wife are
battling cancer, and I pray for success in extending their
lives. Rex's story about receiving unnecessary free boxes of
food was an eye-opener. Nursing care right now could be more
useful than boxes of food.
Accidents, like our dear Maren's tumble downstairs, also cause
problems. Thirty years ago my friend was framing the second
floor of his new garage. He stepped on a piece of wood that
shifted, and he landed astraddle a 2 x 10. His wife found him
on the couch. For three months after his ER visit, he carried
a bag strapped to his leg and a tube punched through stomach
into bladder. Finally his crushed urethra was reconstructed.
He summarized, "Great way to improve your tolerance for pain."
It wasn't painful to send my annual $24 to Maren's, Inc.!
Happy 2020!
-Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53) ~ Richland
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>>From: Ray HALL ('57)
Re: busses
I lived at the corner of Wilson and Stevens. Bus lot was on
Stevens and ended on Thayer. One row of houses on Wilson
bordering bus lot
-Ray HALL ('57)
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
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>>From: Paula BEARDSLEY Glenn ('62)
Re: Death in the Bomber Family
Found out that Bob BUNDRANT ('62) passed away on Dec. 30. I
texted with Annette HALL Bundrant ('62), his wife. Memorial
service in the spring.
Re: Busses
All of the discussion about the busses brought up a memory for
me. Dad was in Hanford Patrol and rode the bus to work so Mom
would have a car with four kids at home. Dad was in uniform of
course, complete with his weapon. The bus dropped him at the
corner of Birch and Sacramento. As soon as I heard the bus, I
ran into the back bedroom and shut the door. I stayed there
until I heard the living room closet door shut which let me
know that Dad had taken his gun off and put it on the top
shelf of the closet. Then I would come out and give him a big
hug. I hated guns then and still do!
Re: The new year
I want to wish our Bomber family a happy and blessed 2020. I
hope the coming year treats you and yours tenderly.
-Paula BEARDSLEY Glenn ('62) ~ Richland
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>>From: Shirley SHERWOOD Milani ('62)
Re: Bus Lot
Just an add-on to the stories about the bus lot. I had told
you how my dad used to teach me to drive in the bus lot. He
even let me drive a friend's mom and two of their kids to
Montana to pick up their dad when I was 15. My dad was one in
a million (to me anyway). He was a Battalion Chief for the
Fire Department at Hanford.
You all probably don't remember or didn't know, but my dad
(and mom) had worked at Hanford for many years. I graduated in
1962 and my dad suffered a fatal heart attack in August, 1964
after bowling with his cronies at the newer bowling alley one
night. I'm told he died instantly. Our family was devastated.
I was living in Seattle at the time and I told my mom I would
move back home. She was in such a state of shock I don't think
she realized what I had proposed. I put in my application with
G.E. and was told it could be up to six months before I got an
answer. After two or three months my mom convinced me to move
back to Seattle and go on with my life.
I did as she said and moved back, married in 1966 and moved to
Livermore, CA. where my (1st) husband had been transferred. I
had my daughter in 1968 and stayed home with her until I
applied for work at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory. I knew
nothing about it other than it was walking distance from my
house. I had been told it would take three months or more to
get a security clearance so was real surprised when they
called me fairly soon and said I had a security clearance that
had been issued in early 1965. Turns out Richland had hired me
but I had already moved away. I don't recall being notified in
any way that I had gotten a job in Richland. Anyway I ended up
working 27 years at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
when I retired as a Principal Resource Analyst). Some of you
may know that LLNL was was run by the University of California
with funding from AEC, then ERDA, and finally DOE.
My badge read 6060XX HA, where most every other employee had a
CA at the end of their employee number.
I always considered myself very fortunate to work at a similar
facility as Hanford and still feel that my dad would have been
really proud that I worked there and what a coincident that it
was for a very similar purpose.
I retired the end of 1999 and moved to Oregon with my second
husband whom I married in 1977.
-Shirley SHERWOOD Milani ('62)
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>>From: Tom HEMPHILL ('62)
Re: Tumbleweeds
I'm pretty sure that everyone that grew up in Richland has
great stories about tumbleweeds. Well, I recall a trip to
Portland in 1965 between Christmas and New Years. It was cold
and windy, what a surprise. Diane BROWN ('64) and I made the
trip and encountered a "ton" of tumbleweeds, so we started
singing the western song "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and the more
beer we drank the better we got. By the time we got past The
Dalles we were world class singers. Then we had to pull off
the highway to discharge some filtered beer and got stuck in
the snow. My old '50 Plymouth (we called it the beater) was
not really an off-road vehicle and the tires were pathetic at
best. But, tired and cold and not too sober, we made it to
Portland anyway. It only took eight hours. What an adventure
and fond memories. I still like that song.
-Tommy HEMPHILL ('62)
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>>From: Pam EHINGER (Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
Re: Bus Lot
Ok I found out from my Dad, Max Ehinger, that the Hanford Bus
Lot went from Thayer to Stevens! It was Huge! So the Main Bus
Lot was the same lot behind my house! So just One Big Bus Lot!
I hope I got that all straightened out!!
Bombers Rule
-Pam EHINGER (Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: Bus Lot
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/200104_00.htm
To: All Bombers
Hanford bus lot, lotta memories for me. I remember November
1st, 1977, my 2nd day, wandering around trying to find the bus
going to 222-S. I ask the only person I know, in the crowd of
people going to their busses, Dennis McCain which one to take.
Good thing he was on the same bus because I still had no idea
of where to get off. After the 25 minute ride and getting our
badges checked by Patrol prior to going through the 200 West
main gate, then traveling less than two miles Dennis pointed
to the building and said there it is. He worked as a shift
manager in 234-5 and his stop was a couple more after mine.
The next day I was to report to PUREX and begin my 6 weeks
of training as a Chemical Technologist, but that's not the
interesting part of this story. 3 weeks later heading home on
the PUREX bus we're pulling into the bus lane, after coming to
a stop no one is getting off. Curious until I looked out the
window to the parking lot (the bus lane was next to the lot)
and I see all these police cars and a man with a hunting rifle
on the hood of his car!
The original bus lot was right behind Chief Joe middle school.
Busses had routes, Cottonwood, Thayer, Wright, Comstock and a
few others. I don't know if there were express shuttles or not
back then but each lane had a designation as to which area it
was going to. 100 Areas were singular it was either B, D or F
in the beginning. 200 Areas had a bit more variety, B Plant, T
Plant 273, 272, 241 maybe one or two more destinations in each
200 Area. The 200 North buildings probably had bus service
too. There was also 300 Area buses and one out to minor
construction in the old Hanford Camp. Bus service was a split
shift affair out to the areas while busses still ran around
town (that's old news to many Bombers).
Sometime in the early '50s when the A E C decided the original
lot had become into such a rat trap (temporary construction
you know) a new facility was built further out of town. See
attached photos. If anyone is going to use the attached photos
for publication, please give credit to The Department of
Energy
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Rex HUNT ('53), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Donna NELSON ('63), Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Nancy MALLORY ('64), Betti AVANT ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Roger McCLELLAN ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Louise HARTCORN ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pam EHINGER ('67)
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>>From: Rex HUNT ('53)
Re: Tumble weeds!
Before I went to work at the button plant, spring of 1954, I
worked for the Bureau of Reclamation out of Kennewick. During
the winter of '53, tromping thru the hills between Kennewick
and McNary dam the little valleys between every two hill would
fill with Tumble weeds and the snow sat on top and made it
impassable. did not take me long to figure out how to set a
fire in the brush at the base of the valley and with the snow
acting as a chimney it would draw the flames very rapidly up
the draw and the snow would then be laying on the ground as
the fire would race too fast to melt much. But at least we
could then walk up the draw doing our survey thing... wound up
scorching a coyote butt several times as they would burrow in
these draws as the snow covered tumble weed created a great
protected place. Till I came along.
-Rex HUNT ('53wb) ~ from clear and warm again Hanford, CA
where at night the fog gets so heavy it will over load
your truck!
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
The time has come to wish fellow classmate Roger McClellan
('54) a "Happy Birthday!"
It's done.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Donna NELSON ('63)
Re: Tumbleweeds
Take a trip through Hanford reservation and you will run into
tumbleweeds from Vantage to Richland. Actually not run into
but I sometimes slow down to avoid big ones cuz I don't like
to hit them and then they're stuck under my car. When it's
windy they're rolling all over.
I remember Mrs. Chitty sprayed one silver and decorated it for
Christmas.
A few years ago an apple orchard was taken out close to my
house and property owners didn't develop the acreage so in the
spring the wind blew the tumbleweeds that had grown during the
summer onto my property and after finding out who the owners
were and calling, they sent a crew two times to collect and
remove four truckloads of tumbleweeds. Wind blows all spring
until the snow on Mission is gone!
-Donna NELSON ('63)
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
It was long about 1963 or so, myself and some "associates"
found ourselves with too much spare time on a Saturday night.
While putting in some laps of the Uptown we noticed Bob
KEPLINGER's ('64-RiP) bathtub Nash parked outside the
theater. We also noticed a bumper crop of tumbleweeds and
thought that for public safety they shouldn't be left to blow
around the parking lot and so we decided to "secure" them
inside Kep's car. As we wrangled more, the more we put into
the car. Pretty soon we had it pretty well packed, as Pogo
would say, Tighter nor a drum .
Not sure who came out the worse as we were all pretty tore
up as were our short sleeve Penguin sweaters. Don't think
anything was ever said, any one was accused, but am pretty
sure it was an early evening for the couple.
Then again, Maybe it wasn't his car
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64)
Re: There It Goes Again [Nancy means gmail]
Well darn, phooey, rats, etc. [I curse WAY worse than that
Nancy!!]
It seems odd to me. For the longest the SS went right to our
inboxes -- years. Then once in a while it went to that SP*M
folder. In December almost all SS news went to that SP*M
folder. New year -- SS went straight to the inbox! Yea. Now
for 3 days it has gone back to the SP*M folder. What do
"they" want? I go in and check not SP*M each time. Sorry
Maren, not your fault.
[Happens to my SS, too, Nancy. -Maren]
Re: What weather do you want?
Wait a bit and it'll come. Christmas was shirt sleeve weather.
(my first xmas in the south - around '71 or so - was also
shirt sleeve weather - not Christmasy to me!). Last couple of
days have been rainy (lots of rain). Now back to cooler temps
for a few.
Re: Tumbleweeds
I have enjoyed the pics and stories about tumbleweeds! Will
show to my friends. Most don't know there is a desert in WA. I
worked in Gary, IN one summer -- one of the guys was a local
boy -- he found a tumbleweed no bigger than a basketball --
thought he had a treasure. Some of us laughed.
Now to get back to regular schedules. Maybe we can figure out
what day of the week it is!
-Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64)
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: All Bomber lunch
Here we are, the start of a new decade. Everyone is invited to
the All Bomber lunch, Saturday 11 Jan 2020 at JD Diner, at
noon. We'd love to see each of you.
-Betti AVANT ('69)
-Margaret EHRIG Dunn ('61)
-Patsy DORISS Trimble ('65)
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike WAGGONER ('60)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
Peter TURPING ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lora HOMME ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patricia REDISKE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Allyson SMITH ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Craig WALTON ('75)
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>>From: Mike WAGGONER ('60)
I remember giant piles of tumble weeds being burned (there
were also burns of big piles of Christmas trees). Suppose we
combine the burning tumble weed pile with the blowing, rolling
tumble weeds:
Lots of tumble weeds blow across the land. Some catch fire and
create a chain reaction of burning tumble weeds. The burning
tumble weed stampede approaches a small town, -- perhaps pre-
WW II Richland -- already buried in tumble weeds up to the
second story.
Can someone save this small town?
What if the burning tumble weeds ignited naturally-growing
hemp? Or marijuana farms?
Hollywood should provide the answer.
-Professor Michael WAGGONER ('60)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Bomber Basketball
The girls beat Kennewick Saturday evening in Kennewick 54-50.
The girls were trailing 20-6 at the end of the 1ST quarter. At
the end of the half it was 28-19 Kennewick.
The boys were ahead of Kennewick at the end of the 1st quarter
23-21. At the end of the half it was 42-37 Kennewick. The
final score was 78-60 Kennewick.
Bomber girls are now 6-4 overall and 5-1 in district. Richland
boys are now 6-4 overall and 3-3 in district.
The next game will be against Hermiston at Dawald on Tuesday,
January 7. The girls will play at 5:45pm followed by the boys
at 7:30pm.
The Hermiston girls are 5-4 overall and 2-3 in district/ The
boys are 2-7 overall and 1-4 district.
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland where it is 49°
with light drizzle at 2pm on Sunday afternoon.
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>>From: Peter TURPING ('70)
Re: Hanford Buses
We had a stop right in front of our house on Davison. We knew
the sound of the bus and it was always close to 5pm that it
dropped off my dad and other men who lived close by. Dinner
was on the table at 5:05. The one exception was in the summer
when my dad was playing in a golf league at Sham-na-pum. It
was a quick change and a snack before he headed to the golf
course.
Re: Tumbleweeds
I live right down the street from the trailhead at Badger
Mountain. For some reason our street seems to funnel
tumbleweeds from the foothills. It hasn't been as bad as a
couple of years ago but I have one corner on my property that
is a pretty good collection spot. I have two big garbage bags
ready to go right now. It is amazing how tumbleweeds can be
stomped down and how many you can get in a big garbage bag.
The real big ones I take to the park at Badger Mountain for
the city to deal with. Some of my neighbors are on the "catch
and release" program which just makes their problem someone
else's. I've had numerous interactions with the city on how
to be proactive on removing the tumbleweeds but they have
little interest.
-Peter TURPING ('70)
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carol DuBOIS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ann HEDGES ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary SCHAUER ('84)
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
To: Michael WAGGONER ('60) and Peter TURPING ('70)
Re: Tumbleweeds
From the first-named, an imaginative idea for a Hollywood
script dealing with tumbleweed wildfires taking out Richland;
and from the latter a tale about tumbleweeds at the west end
of town and the utility of garbage bag burials...
Concerning both, a recollection and a proposed story line.
First, I recall a surreal image out the dining room window
(also at the west end of town) from 1955 or so. An abrupt
desert blast blanked out Badger Mountain before darkening the
mid-afternoon sun. Even nearby houses ("A" and "B" and pre-
cuts) were obscured by the dust of an airborne desert, now
looking like brown cardboard cutouts. Vertical Lombardy
poplars across the field were pinned down nearly ninety
degrees in a horizontal direction, dancing up and down weirdly
without breaking off...
Then, west to east, airborne a few feet above Benham Street, a
garbage can went sailing by and held my eye. A full block
farther east, one corner of the can finally touched down to
the road only to be kicked back up several feet above the
pavement. The projectile disappeared out of sight without
hitting any parked cars and without hitting the ground again.
So, to Michael WAGGONER ('60), perhaps the movie plot shows
the prairie fire wiping out Richland (like a nuclear blast?),
to be finally stopped only at the River's edge? (In the sound
track the melody and lyrics of Woodie Guthrie's "Roll on
Columbia" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sH6CcsTafw]).
And across the River, beautiful and orphaned Pasco then rises
up, uncontested, to become the alabaster city on a hill that
political utopians sometimes write about. Even grander than
Kennewick!
And, to Peter TURPING ('70), your compacted and garbage-bagged
tumbleweeds become a national ecological symbol, because-just
as clearing-out and controlled forest burns reduce
catastrophic forest fires as at Yellowstone a few decades
back-such clearings-out of tumbleweed snags on the prairie
prevent range fires.
But then, maybe a few class-action attorneys get in the game,
and your bags are ruled illegal and removed from store shelves
(not biodegradable!). So, back to WAGGONER's ('60) range fire
scenario...
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/08/20
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4 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Pat HARTNETT ('59), Stephanie DAWSON ('60)
Linda REINING ('64), Spencer HOUCK ('71)
Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathy WEETMAN ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patti SINCLAIR ('77)
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>>From: Pat HARTNETT ('59)
Re: Medals
I have a question about a program that I took advantage of back
in 1969 for Washington state Vietnam veterans. The state offered
to send you a cash bonus for your service in Vietnam upon
receiving the medal awarded to you by the republic of South
Vietnam.
I jumped on the offer, it payed for an entire semester at
C.U.L.B.. My question is: What did the state do with the medals
and is there any way to reclaim a duplicate?
Another question has to do with nuclear testing in 1962
specifically Operation Dominic. The tests ran for most of '62,
we were issued dosimeters, they collected them, and issued new
ones after each test. The V.A. doesn't really seem to have a
handle on "nuke" vets.
These are kinda bucket list questions.
-Pat HARTNETT ('59) ~ in warm and toasty Torrance, CA
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>>From: Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
To: Pete BEAULIEU ('62), Mike WAGGONER ('60),
and Peter TURPING ('70)
Honestly, you guys crack me up! Especially since I knew all
three of you pretty well over the years (family friend,
classmate, and Hanford work, respectively) Coincidentally, we
all lived in the same neighborhood - McMurray, Hodges Court,
Davison; good old Jefferson Elementary. I am so glad to know
that senility has not set in and you are as clever, witty, and
wise as ever.
I, too, occasionally create scenarios and novels in my mind. One
of my latest involves ISIS taking over the US and how we triumph
over them (too many of us and not enough of them). It involves
the women of the Middle East(ME) destroying them psychologically
(all the 'smart' men leave the ME for the US and the ME women,
left behind and smarter than the men, refuse to live as second-
class humans). Now, do not anyone encourage me. I am too tired
and too busy to actually write this up and, besides, my fingers
don't type as well as they used to. Too many typos and too much
time wasted correcting them. People, feel free to use my idea if
it sufficiently intrigues someone!
I don't think the wind has stopped blowing for at least a week
or more in the Tri-Cities. I live on the high ground just
outside of West Richland, right in the wind tunnel coming from
Mount Adams. Last week we had gusts of 50 mph for a very long
time. Since then I don't think we topped 40 mph but it's still
pretty bad. It's nearly impossible to hold open the front door
or car door. And it's difficult to get a good night's sleep.
Several times in years past, our house lost shingles and roofing
pretty bad. A glass and metal table blew over on the deck and
scattered broken glass all over. Strange items blew from the
neighbors' houses and yards to ours. Last week a porta-potty
blew over that the landscapers were using in our yard. UCK!
And, of course, it always blows the night before early morning
garbage pick-up, so you have to secure the can and wait a week
to put it out. My can is pretty full and will be a real bear to
haul up the driveway to the street. Oh, the joys of living in
the countryside! Wouldn't trade it for anything, though.
-Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
P.S. If you have not seen the brand new Jefferson
Elementary, you would be amazed! No trace of the old
school is left. It's so bizarre to drive past and
imagine the old school. You probably can Google the
TC Herald and find a photo.
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
Just learned that Carol WILEY Wooley ('63-RIP) passed away in
March of 2019, from end-stage renal disease. Carol and I have
been friends since grade school (Spalding) and lived around the
corner from each other... I lived at the end of Elm and Carol
lived on Cottonwood.
Bomber tears,
-Linda REINING ('64)
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>>From: Spencer HOUCK ('71)
Re: Tumble weeds
To add my two cents, when I was at work we had a hay bailer
converted to bail the tumbleweeds. Since they compress easily
the bails were rather light and we would load them in a flat bed
truck to be taken to a large dumster. One day we even went out
the 300 area along the fence line along the river and gathered
all the weeds that had collected on the fence. Most of this was
done on overtime so it kind of made it worth the extra time to
clean up the complex.
-Spencer HOUCK ('71)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: The Button Plant
To: Rex HUNT ('53)
Read your 1/5 post where you mention the "Button Plant" you
must be referring to 234-5Z. How long did you work there? The
RMA Line would have been in operation for less than two years
I think. Well as of two weeks ago that building is down and
the remnants headed to ERDF. Lot of Cold War history in that
building... its roots trace back to Los Alamos. I worked there
for 34 years with a few of its original start-up folks. Santa
Claus worked there, too. When Sputnik passed over the workers
would go outside to watch and wonder. Fascinating place, cutting
edge.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/09/20
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Dwight CAREY ('68)
Mike FRANCO ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joan ECKERT ('51)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda REINING ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pearl DROTTS ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carole FATUR ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike FUNDERBURG ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pam HUNT ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lee BUSH ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Edna SMYTH ('71wb)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: Joe and Kristi MAGULA ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Stefan SCHERPEREL ('97)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Maggie PERRYMAN ('22)
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
To: Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
Steph DAWSON ('60) mentions the new Jefferson Elementary School.
As a one-time architecture student, let me begin by quoting a
former and less-than-eloquent national president, with this:
"Let me say this about that... "
I say one time, the only building I ever worked on was a duck
blind in the Yakima River flood plain with Steph's brother, Jeff
DAWSON ('62). Many paths were disrupted in the late '60s.
As for Jefferson School, while the final exterior color livens
things a bit, the multistory and small-window design reminds me
a bit of a WallaWalla-type prison blockhouse. The only thing
lacking is a high border fence topped with razor wire.
And, the identical design shows up, cookie-cutter style, at the
new Lewis & Clark Elementary School as well (where I actually
matriculated K-6, before moving north in 1956), and maybe
elsewhere in the blueprint-layout of boomtown Richland. Every
over-designed neighborhood centered on a grade school, and all
the grade schools originally centered predictably on a single
high school. (Not to mention the monotony of alphabet houses,
all originally in bland pastels, the only wartime colors
available.)
But our town grew size-wise and even personality-wise, and just
as the Downtown was matched by an Uptown in 1949 (Dawson-
Richards: the "first store to open its door!"), so too, at the
north end there's been for decades the accomplished and
rightfully-proud Hanford High School-with an earlier and better
design than the now-replicated elementary school version, but a
design for which I have a modest observation...
Built as a K-12 in 1972, and then transitioned into a high
school in the mid-'80s, the physical ground plan could have been
tweaked just a bit to arrive at a missed balance and harmony
between the same classroom wings-and a set of interlocked, more
generous and semi-enclosed exterior courtyards. A Yin and Yang
sort of thing creating a greater overall composition and sense
of place. Wings and courtyards, both--such was my two-quarter
project proposal in 1967-'68 as a fifth-year student for an
anticipated new high school in Richland.
This was my final year at the University of Washington College
of Architecture and Urban Planning. Otherwise, mine was not a
great design, much too conventional, but it was salvaged by this
overall concept. My selected site with athletic fields was also
different, and less foresighted, taking up most of the tract
bounded by George Washington Way and Jadwin, and south from
McMurray.) The gym, of course, was colossally out of scale, a
near replica of the double-deck Col-High gym with its multiple
courts and a flexible seating option for 6,000. (My "jury"
defense for this feature took some fancy talking.)
Back now to Jefferson Elementary.
As a sign of the times, and as a defense for the design we see
today, we might suspect that the multistory approach is dictated
by cost and a priority for student security. The number of
public entrances is minimized, and there might even be a fire
door to seal off the upper floors during possible lock-down. So,
while the outside form is off-putting, in my opinion, it might
be that the interior design is a prize winner. Haven't been
inside, and as un-escorted outsiders I/we might never even get a
hall pass (which places all of us in very good company--along
with any mention of God).
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ Shoreline, WA immediately north of the
Soviet of Seattle.
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>>From: Dwight CAREY ('68)
Re: Tumbleweeds
I don't know if anyone has suggested solutions to our Tumbleweed
problem, But I have one ........
For a younger, energetic entrepreneur ......
These are unique items we have in our own backyard, and a
continuing supply provided by God and Hanford.
My idea is to select our best, box them up, and sell them across
the World!! Cheap shipping costs, for almost empty boxes.
These are Free-Range, Rolling, Generic, Gluten-Free, Irradiated
Specimens.
Useful for Christmas Trees, Valentine's Day Presents, and all
kinds of things.
You can make Millions, I tell Ya!!!
-Dwight CAREY ('68) ~ Where They're Still Rolling Along
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>>From: Mike FRANCO ('70)
Re: the NEW Jefferson Elementary School
I noticed it last time I drove by. Stephanie DAWSON Janicek
('60), you are correct; NOTHING left of what we knew. Even the
"new" brick building is gone. Of course when that building was
destroyed with it went all traces of one of the epic events in
Jefferson history. Of course, I am talking about that fateful
day in kindergarten (must have been 1958) when one Peter TURPING
('70) managed to break a classroom window... WITH HIS HEAD!!!
Peter (also Obie AMACKER ('70)) can provide the details. All I
know is that was one of the early (of many) events of Dad
performing some repair work on one of my friends.
I would have paid good money for a piece of that window frame as
a keepsake of our days there.
-Mike FRANCO ('70)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/10/20
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Dale ENNOR ('59)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Norma CULVERHOUSE ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carl FRANKLIN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cheryl DeMERS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary BUSH ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sandi Szendre ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judy STEIN ('71)
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>>From: Dale ENNOR ('59)
To: Dwight CAREY ('68)
Sorry Dwight, someone has already come up with the idea of
selling tumble weeds to the unsuspecting wealthy. You'd have to
do the research, I don't recall who, where, or when.
I have another idea for their use, however, and it may help the
anti-dam crowd who want to free the Snake and Columbia Rivers
from their bondage. The idea came to me when recalling camping
trips along the Yakima with our scout troop in the early '50s. On
one occasion we camped at the old prisoner-of-war site between
Richland and Benton City. None of the buildings remained;
however, there were a number of the concrete lined basements
still in existence. Every one of the chock full of tumble weeds.
Well, on one occasion we endured a weekend when it was cold and,
tiring of the usual sports - like putting a raw egg in another's
back pocket then slapping him on the fanny - one of the scouts
decided to see how one of the basements would respond to a wooden
match. Wow! The heat and light generated was a sight to behold. I
think "Torch" disappeared and hid by the river until things died
down, including the fly-over by a Civil Air Patrol plane.
Anyway, I think given the inexhaustible supply of fuel and
existing furnace facilities, an enterprising society could
satisfy heat and/or electricity needs for a multi-state area.
There. I have presented the idea in simple layman terms; I leave
it to the mechanics to figure how to bring it to fruition.
-Dale ENNOR ('59)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Bomber basketball
Richland hosted Hermiston on January 7. The boys won 85-62, and
the girls lost 42-47.
The boys are now 7-4 overall and 4-3 in district, whereas, the
girls are 6-5 overall and 5-2 in district.
The next game will be January 11 at Pasco.
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland where it is 44° at
1:30pm on Thursday afternoon. However, we are in for a
cold snap with temperatures dropping to the mid 20s and
30s along with snow predicted beginning January 15 through
at least January 23.
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>>From: Peter TURPING ('70)
Re: Jefferson and entries from
Stephanie DAWSON Janicek('60) and Mike FRANCO (70)
You know you are getting old when the school you went to
Kindergarten at has gone through two major renovations and then
basically replaced. I spent one year at Jefferson before heading
to Christ the King for 8 years with the likes of Dan CARTMELL
(70), Chuck SALINA (70), Margaret CHARETTE (70) and others.
And yes as bought up by Mike FRANCO I did put my head
through a window (single pane back in those days) from a running
start before class one morning. I still have a small scar above
my right eyebrow as a reminder. It was not the only time Doc
Franco stitched me up. That being said it was known he used lots
more thread on the six Sinclair boys (Dunc, Bill, Rich, Paul,
Pete, and John).
-Peter TURPING ('70)
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1 Bomber (ME!) today:
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim RUSSELL ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kurt JOHNSON ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ken FORTUNE ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Len PARIS ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barbara SMYTH ('7wb)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bob LYSHER ('81)
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>>From:Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY - 1/11/20
Re: 2020 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
About the only Iditarod news is that the guy from Montana with
a Bomber last name (Brett Bruggeman) has withdrawn from the 2020
race. "Personal Health" and he hopes to be back next year.
There are currently 57 teams signed up. 4-time champion Jeff King
IS one of the 57. 4-time champion Dallas Seavey is NOT.
Bomber cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 72° at 1am
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Jim LONGWELL ('55)
Roy BALLARD ('63)
Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Annie PARKER ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tom HUNT ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Earl BENNETT ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Charles KNOEBER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Doug STRASSER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tim CORREY ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Roger McCOLLEY ('71)
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>>From: Jim LONGWELL ('55)
Re: Tumbleweeds
Bill SEEBURGER ('54) sent me the 'Sandstorm'.
It brings back memories. I remember my brother and I would head
to the open sagebrush land a short distance from our home. We
would be classified as 'free range children' today. On windy days
the tumbleweeds would start moving. Some of them as tall as us.
We made long lances and would go hunting for 'buffalo'. A strike
was when the lance stayed in the weed. We would have to chase
down the wounded 'animal' to retrieve our weapon. When the lance
stuck in the ground and stopped our prey it was a kill. It
was much fun at times when we were not catching moss in the
irrigation ditch or looking for arrow heads. Sometimes we would
even go out to the bombing range and look for 'duds'. These were
unarmed casings that were used for bombing practice. Those were
the days.
-Jim LONGWELL ('55)
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>>From: Roy BALLARD ('63)
Re: Birthday (on 1/11)
To: A very good friend who I've known for many years,
Kurt JOHNSON ('63)...
Hate to say it but we are getting up there. Have a very good
day and HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you. Maybe we should go out to dinner,
after the cold spell and the CAMARO IS GONE. Have a good day.
Roy and Nancy
-Roy BALLARD ('63) and Nancy ERLANDSON Ballard ('67) ~ Richland
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>>From: Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
Re: Fun never stops
It began 20 hours ago. Even though I spent all that money last
year for both doses of the super vaccine, I've been diagnosed
with shingles. Excruciating pain, no way to find a comfortable
position to sit, lie, stand, exist. Happy New Year (and I thought
2019 was bad)!
-Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Norma LOESCHER ('53), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Dennis HAMMER ('64), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill WENDLAND ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Luda STAMBAUGH ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David WILLIAMS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat RUANE ('75)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: Sharon and Karen POLK ('76)
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>>From: Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53)
To: Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
Re: Shingles
Oh, Patti, I had shingles in 1974, and I can testify to the
pain. I'm so sorry you have to endure it too! This year I got a
Shingrix shot at Safeway, hoping to avoid a second episode. I
don't know if there is a way to shorten the time of excruciating
pain. You are resourceful, and I'll bet you have probably
contacted your pharmacy or doctor about it. I pray your episode
will be short!
A shingles attack on the body is much worse than my house
shingles and siding blowing off in the wind. I hope 2020 will
bring us blessings to compensate!
Bomber empathy,
-Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53) ~ Richland
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
If the calendar is correct; it's that time of year to wish
Bill WENDLAND ('54) a "Happy Birthday!"
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
To: Pat HARTNETT ('59)
Re: Medals
I got the Washington State Vietnam service bonus and did hot have
to turn in my medal. You said it was awarded by the "Republic of
South Vietnam." Are you referring to the Yellow one with three
red stripes or the one that is green and white stripes? The
yellow one was issued by the US govt you had to be there
something like six days, fired one round, or been shot at, or
something like that. The the green and white one was from The
Republic of South Vietnam and you had to be there six months. You
might talk to a (service officer?) with the American Legion or
the VFW. I saw a bus parked at Uptown one day that had something
like American Legion and veterans benefits on it. I went in to
talk about something else and I mentioned to him they had sent me
a certificate saying I was awarded a Good Conduct Medal but they
never sent the actual medal. He pulled down a form and sent it
in and I got one. If you don't want to go through that go to
Amazon.com and type in "Vietnam Service Medal" (yellow w/red
stripes) and "Vietnam Campaign Metal" for the green and white.
Be sure you order the full size one/s and not miniature and some
look a little phony to me, I think they are a poor reproduction.
If you are looking for the Vietnam Campaign medal you can't get
that one through the government because it was not issued by the
US govt. and the South Vietnam govt does not exist anymore. Might
also check ebay or just look for websites of companies that deal
in things like that.
To: Dale ENNOR ('59)
To: Dwight CAREY ('68)
Re: Tumbleweeds
Tumbleweeds are still making the news. Story with a picture of
them blocking highway on the news tonight and said they had
problems in several locations. My daughter came in New-year's Eve
and showed me pictures from the net some had sent to her phone
which they had gotten from somewhere on the internet. Local news
KNDU said that story had been covered on The Today Show.
I had read about the lady selling tumbleweeds a year or two ago
so I looked it up. Number of articles showed up. She just wanted
to figure out how to build a website and as a joke offered to
sell tumbleweeds and was really surprised that people actually
started ordering them. She is making about $40,000 a year. One
of the articles:
http://www.nichegeek.com/how_to_make_40_000_a_year_selling_tumbleweed_online
You Tube video: If what she call "large" really is large in
Kansas, we got a lot of 2X large and Extra Giant ones:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4UoIlYQ1Zw
To: Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
Re: shingles
So sorry to hear you are going through that.
I got the vaccine a few years ago and now they are telling me
it is no good and I need the new one that is expensive and the
insurance does not want to cover it. Now I am hearing from you
that the new one doesn't work either.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Bomber Basketball
The Bomber teams traveled to Pasco Saturday evening where the
girls lost 28/62. The team is now 6-6 overall and 5-3 in
district. Their next game will be against Southridge at home on
January 14.
The boys won a close game 57/48. Their next game will be at
Hanford on January 17. The team is now 8-4 overall and 5-3 in
district.
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland at 11:30am on Sunday
where it is 48° with 19 mph winds, so it feels like 41°.
Rain is in the forecast for the afternoon with much cooler
temperatures beginning Tuesday.
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3 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Rex HUNT ('53), Jim RUSSELL ('58)
Barbara SESLAR ('60), Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susan BAKER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jane ARMSTRONG ('66)
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>>From: Rex HUNT ('53)
Re: Shingles
Both my wife and I had shingles. Hers were horrific and left a
massive scar from her breast bone to her spine... it looked
live raw liver for over a year. Had to bandage her with Teflon
bandages after a gentle vinegar wash and application of
Zovorax each morning! Mine were a mere nuisance and lasted
about a month. we were told then by my wife's oncologist that
once you had them you did not have to worry about a
recurrence!
Re: Tumbleweeds
We have massive amounts of tumbleweeds here. especially on the
west side of the valley. I was trapped for 4 hours several
years back, when a strong winter wind filled up the highway
between banks of the roadway. Had to wait till the county sent
a large truck with a dozer type blade to crush them up and
dump them back on the downwind side of the road. But sometimes
watching them as they ricochet across the fields it is like a
wild ballet!
-Rex HUNT ('53wb) ~ from lovely Hanford, CA where I was
awakened at 6:05am today (13th) by some lady in Maryland
who got all irate when I told her it was too damn early
to be calling civilized people just to tell me her
company could not help me with my internet as I was
with the wrong company! She thought I should be pleased
to know that for a "few" extra dollars a month I could
use a different internet and use her proffered service.
I told her ... I did not need her services.
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>>From: Jim RUSSELL ('58
To: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Shirley, I really, really appreciate your reports on the
Bomber scores. The Seattle Times carries scores as they
receive them, but they don't always have them. And last week,
they showed both the boys and girls team losing to Pasco by
the identical scores of 62-28. I knew that couldn't be right,
but wasn't sure which game was accurate. So, thank you for
clearing that up.
I subscribe to the Times, and have done so for nearly 55 years
(or the now-defunct Post Intelligencer), because I believe
in a strong local independent press. I fear these days are
numbered and I know we'll rue the day when that is no longer
the case. Even private ownership of local television channels
has all but disappeared. And don't get me started on the
unreliable Facebook sources for news.
I don't mean to turn this into a political rant. The problem
is economical more than political. And the loss of local
investigative journalism sadly leaves us ill-informed.
Cheers,
-Jim RUSSELL ('58) ~ Mountlake Terrace, WA with an inch or so of snow.
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>>From: Barbara SESLAR Brackenbush ('60)
Re: Class of 1960 - 60 Year Reunion plans
The class of 1960 is celebrating their 60 year graduation
anniversary. Tentative plans are to celebrate with Club 40's
annual meeting the [first week end after Labor Day] in
September. There is a planning meeting set up soon - for any
and all to attend. Please contact Marsha LAWELL Hathcox or
Judy JASCHEK Smith for date and time. Looking forward to
seeing everyone.
-Barbara SESLAR Brackenbush ('60)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
To: dale ENNOR ('59)
Re: Columbia Camp
http://richlandbombers.com/gallery/0000s/ColumbiaCamp.html
You and "Torch" (great moniker) were camping at the old
Columbia Camp built in the early '40s for low level criminals.
It's name is taken from the Columbia River because the
builders thought they were building next to it. I believe it
was part of the Monroe Prison. We also know they worked the
White Bluffs and Hanford orchards. I have a report from either
Hanford Patrol or a construction worker complaining on the
reckless speed they were traveling while the truck was
brimming with workers. They were part of Federal Prison
Industries, besides tending fruit trees I know they built
wooden boxes to put the fruit in. My next door neighbor has
one with F P I painted on one of the slats, as a collector I'm
completely jealous. I googled F P I and learned a few things.
As far as P O Ws there was an Italian camp in Pasco, they
worked in parts of Big Pasco, quite a few had liberty to go to
shows and restaurants. I'm pretty sure I told the story of the
Italians waiting in line for a movie who, upon discovery by
servicemen, were told to get in the back of the line.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Pat UPSON ('49), Richard ROBERTS ('49)
Ken BRINKERHOFF ('61), Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ron RICHARDS ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Les TADLOCK ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ronna Jo LYNCH ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Clif HOOVER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patty YARGER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike FREEMAN ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancy SCHILDKNECHT ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY REMEMBERED Today: Wendy CARLBERG ('64-RIP)
http://krookmcsmile.tripod.com/WendyCarlbergRemembered.html
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today:
Roger FISHBACK ('62) & Sandy JONES ('65)
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>>From: Pat UPSON Tervooren ('49)
Re: Shingles
Decided to throw in some other information about shingles and
the relatively new vaccine being given. Some twenty years ago
I had shingles that placed itself behind my right ear and
traveled up the side of my head to the top. Fortunately it did
not go into the eye, which can really be a BAD occurrence. I
also was fortunate that although it was extremely painful, and
I didn't get much sleep, it was gone two months later. When
the newer vaccine for shingles came out a couple of years or
so ago my doctor said that there was always the 50/50 chance
that I COULD get shingles again - he strongly advised me to
get the newer two-dose vaccine because although there also was
a 50/50 chance you could get it again - even with the vaccine
given - they were finding out that shingles would be worse
without the vaccine. It is correct that it is a two-dose
vaccine and, at that time two years ago, the medical insurance
would not cover it and it was quite expensive although worth
it. This might have changed. But it would be advisable to get
more than one doctor's opinion if it would lessen a worse case
scenario without it. So thanks for the reminder because I
didn't make an appointment to do it and now definitely will.
So sorry for Bombers who have it and keep the thought "this
too shall pass!"
-Pat UPSON Tervooren ('49)
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>>From: Richard ROBERTS ('49)
Re: Columbia Camp
Maybe 1952-53, it was known to my crowd as "the slab"
referring to the concrete floors that remained after the
structure was removed. It was a popular place for young people
to gather on the weekend, bring beer and dump into a nearby
ice filled garbage can, spread some powdered wax on the slab,
hook up a record player to a car battery and have a dance
party in the moonlight. I remember driving out to it and
running over good sized jack rabbits that darted in front of
the car, attracted to the car lights perhaps. A good memory,
except for the jack rabbits.
-Richard ROBERTS ('49)
"Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but
how to dance in the rain"
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>>From: Ken BRINKERHOFF ('61)
Re: Kayla SAX Barron ('06)
Interesting article in Seattle Times this morning:
From Richland to the moon:
New Astronaut Kayla Barron Awaits Her First Space Flight
-Ken BRINKERHOFF ('61)
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>>From: Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
Re: Good news?
Well, my regular medical provider let me walk in yesterday.
She was aghast at the 'doc in a box' "diagnosis." I do NOT
have shingles. I have a deep muscle spasm. But the massage
guy that I went to HURT me badly. Now I'm worse than before.
Trying to type this is killing me. Thank you all the people
who have been sending me support. I appreciate you very much
- but I cannot answer you all right now. OW OW OW
-Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) - SCAM alert... sent to Bombers
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
Lynn-Marie HATCHER ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tom TRACY ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barry BYRON ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Stephanie DAWSON ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary TELFER ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jean SCHWINBERG ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rich SNIDER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sue FOSTER ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lucinda BARR ('69)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: Support Jayson Recovery - SCAM SCAM SCAM
I hope NOBODY sent any $$$ to this SCAM...
These people used OUR logo from http://richlandbombers.com/
in the email to I-don't-know who all ... it was a GoFundMe
request fo help with some baby named Jayson. We don't know
who Jayson's father is or what his father's class year is...
there's a clue right there...
They also used a bogus email address as the "from"...
info9@richlandbombers.com is totally bogus... there is
no such email address... I sent an email to that address
and it bounced.
Heard from several Bombers who got the request for help for
"poor baby Jayson"...
The way I figure this there is NO "Baby Jayson", there's NO
father of baby Jayson... it's all a SCAM to try to trick
Bombers into forking over $$$.
Bomber cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 68° at 1:30am
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Robert James "Bob"/"Bobby" McDONALD ('64-RIP)
1/15/20 Tri-City Herald
There was a new article in Wednesday's Tri-City Herald
regarding the tragic death of Bob McDONALD ('64-RIP).
Re: Bomber Basketball
I erred saying that the girls had a home game against
Southridge Tuesday evening. The next games will be Friday
evening against Hanford High School at HHS. The boys game will
be broadcast on 610 KONA radio for local listeners beginning
about 7:15pm.
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland where it is 25° at
12:30 Wednesday afternoon with a winds at 9mph making it
feel like 16°.
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>>From: Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68)
Re: Shingles Thank-You Note
Hi, and thanks to all who have been participating in the
shingles discussion. I happen to have a doctor's appointment
in one week. You have firmed up my resolve to ask for a
shingles vaccination (and updated tetanus) then.
I am one of the stereotypical medical people who has to be
dragged to see a provider. Many years I don't go at all. I'm
trying to make myself go once a year from here on out. (I'm
fortunate to be on only one low-dose medication for blood
pressure. And since it's not a controlled substance, it's okay
to self-prescribe it. So I do.
Let the head-shaking and forehead-slapping commence. *LOL*
-Lynn-Marie HATCHER Peashka ('68) ~ Richland where it was
almost 60° last week, with major winds for 5-7 days.
Now still & a bit snowy and 13°.
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Steve CARSON ('58)
Mina Jo GERRY ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Denis SULLIVAN ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Teresa HOLMES ('93)
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>>From: Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
Re: Baby Jayson Scam
I received this request and it felt "off". Clever SCAM and
they must be doing it widely.
[See entry below from Mina Jo ('68) -Maren]
Thanks for the alert, Maren.
-Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
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>>From: Mina Jo GERRY Payson ('68)
Re: Baby Jayson Scam
Maren, thanks for your warning!
My husband is active in a reunion group for the USS Midway. A
year or so ago, the group was a victim of the same scam. No
father was named, neither were years on board or any info
about his assignment. We had several soft-hearted vets donate
before the notice that this was a scam went out.
Bombers, PLEASE do your homework before you donate to anyone
you get info about in an email!
-Mina Jo GERRY Payson ('68) ~ Richland where the temp has
finally gotten above freezing. It is 33 right now
Sent from my iPad
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Gus KEENEY ('57)
Susie DILL ('64)
Peggy ADAIR ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Missy KEENEY ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeannie SHANKS ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathy O'NEIL ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bob DeGRAW ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sheila DAVIS ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Connie MARSHALL ('74)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Eric HOLMES ('90)
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>>From: Gus KEENEY ('57)
Re: Happy Birthday, Missy!!!
Almost Eighty!!!!!
-Gus KEENEY ('57)
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>>From: Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
Re: Baby Jason Scam
Like many others, I also got this scam email. What bothers me
is that they have my email address. How did they get that?
Anyone have any ideas?? Thanks for the heads-up, Maren, to
keep us from falling victim to yet another internet/email
scam!
[Not sure where/how they got everyone's email
address... this goes to MANY class years: '49,
'55, '57, '58, '64, '66, '68, '72 (that I know
about!)... it bothers me, too! -Maren]
-Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
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>>From: Peggy ADAIR ('72)
Re: Baby Jayson Scam
Thanks so much, Maren, for the heads up as I just received
the email.
-Peggy ADAIR ('72)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/19/20
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Norma LOESCHER ('53), Rex HUNT ('53)
David DOUGLAS ('62), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Rick MADDY ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Donna BOWERS ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jan LAWSON ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jean ARMSTRONG ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dwayne WILSON ('81)
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>>From: Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53)
Re: Baby Jayson SCAM
Maren, I also got this scam email. Thanks for the heads-up,
to keep us from falling victim to an internet scam!
Re: Death of Jo DRESSER Dudley ('44-RIP)
I always enjoyed talking with Jo at Club 40. I'll miss her.
Re: Missy KEENEY's ('59) Birthday
Belated Happy Birthday, Missy! Keep on singing bass!
Bomber cheers,
-Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53) ~ from snowy Richland
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>>From: Rex HUNT ('53)
Re: Scam mail!
I have received a lot of scam e-mail the last few years!
The most popular one says "Hello Uncle I was speeding thru
Oklahoma and got caught, I am in some dank little mean jail
and no money to bail out. Can't get a hold of Mom and dad for
funds to get out of here. Please send $800.00 before noon
tomorrow so I can get out of this invested dump!" signed "your
favorite nephew"
Well I don't have any favorite nephew so I knew it to be a
scam. But even if I did I would let him rot in jail if he
deserved it! I am not going to bail anyone out of anything who
doesn't have the guts to call and ID themselves personally!.
-Rex HUNT ('53wb) ~ from Downtown Hanford, CA where I am a
curmudgeons of the first order.
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
Re: Baby Jayson SCAM (Where did they get our emails?)
I didn't get the email (or I deleted it without reading), but
it's easy to get our email addresses if you know about our
class web pages. Most classes have a list of emails for class
members - I've used it occasionally to get reconnect with past
friends. I've responded to two GoFundMe requests, one for a
personal friend and another for a classmate, but I'll be
careful to vet any in the future.
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ where we're getting a solar
heat pump to warm up our pool; they had to use a huge
crane to lift the big device over the house and set it
down beside the pool
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: Support Jayson Recovery - SCAM
This SCAM was sent to the following class years (those that I
know about): '49, '53, '55, '57, '58, '59, '64, '66, '67, '68,
'72.
Still trying to figure out how they got everyone's email address.
Re: LSU - National Champs
Do y'all understand what just happened?
A head coach who wasn't good enough to be a head coach.
A quarterback who wasn't good enough for a scholarship then
- wasn't good enough to start with Ohio State; he wanted to
go to Nebraska and was told he wasn't good enough. Burrow
threw for 57.8% completion percentage, 2,849 yards and 16 TDs
in 2018. In 2019 he threw a 77.6% completion percentage,
5,208 yards, and 55 TDs (before National Championship). Broke
multiple SEC records. Broke playoff records. Won a Heisman
trophy.
A running back who was too small and wasn't relevant. A wide
receiver who didn't even have a composite ranking (Justin
Jefferson) was a 2 star recruit for those of you who didn't
know.
On a team that has had a stagnant offense for 10 years, a
defense that wasn't capable and in the matter of 7 months,
learned a completely different and very precise and
complicated offense, and perfected it.
First team to have a 5,000+ yard passer (Burrow) wasn't good
enough, 1,000 yard rushers (Clyde) wasn't big enough. And not
one, but two 1,000 yard receivers (Jefferson) 2 star and
(Chase). Won 6 games against top 10 opponents. With a coach
who was "illiterate" and "unintelligent". And after all
that, beat a 7th top ten team that was on a 29 game win
streak... BY 17 POINTS FOR A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!!
NEVER allow anyone to make you believe you aren't good enough!
-Written by Beau McClure
Bomber cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 69° at midnite
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>>From: Rick MADDY ('67)
Re: Baby Jayson SCAM
I also received the scam email.
-Rick MADDY ('67)
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Mary ROSE ('60)
Bill SCOTT ('64), Betti AVANT ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Don RAY ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marlene MANESS ('57_)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jack ANS ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Audrey CHAMBERS ('74)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Hey! It's that time of year I get to wish Don RAY ('54) a
"Happy Birthday!"
I also got one of those scams and recognized it for what it
was. I also got one from some financial business that started
out: "Beloved". Dumped that one too.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Mary ROSE Tansy ('60)
Re: Baby Jayson Scam
I also received this scam.
[Now I've heard about 15 different classes.
I've discovered that GoFundMe is not involved.
If you click the link to donate, it goes to a
PayPal account -- NOT a GoFundMe account. -Maren]
-Mary ROSE Tansy ('60)
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Bill SCOTT ('64)
Re: New book - "Reach for the Sky"
I'm very pleased to announce that the draft of my new novel,
"Reach for the Sky" is done! It's a monster at 147,064 words
and 567 typed pages. Not a Diana Gabaldon doorstop (those dang
things must be a million words each) but it's the largest
novel I've ever done. So this is an update of good news for
my feverish fans who bemoan that my novels are over too soon
because they want to keep reading. My goal is to have it out
by August. Stay tuned!
[Does this mean that you've already started the
book that will follow this one?? -Maren]
-Bill SCOTT ('64)
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: Baby Jayson Scam
I saw the baby Jayson scam on facebook posted by a Bomber.
Don't know where she got it though. I was pretty highly
suspicious when I read it as there was no date or where this
Jayson lived. I'm glad word has gotten out that it is indeed a
scam. One must be very diligent these days.
-Betti AVANT ('69) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/21/20
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Rex HUNT ('53)
Terry DAVIS ('65)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Claris VAN DUSEN ('48)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tony DURAN ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judi WILSON ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Leona Mari ECKERT ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janey ZWICKER ('71)
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>>From: Rex HUNT ('53)
Re: scams
There are even more charity fakes out there.
WOUNDED WARRIOR has been shut down 3 different times. each
time it changes a word or two of the parent company and reopen
with same old ads.. I have heard that less than 10 cents on
the dollar actually goes to any veteran or veteran
organization.
Also sidewalk (or on line schools) are all fraud. Phoenix is
one of the larger ones. Capella I see has just reopened. Once
they admit you, regardless of how soon after you discover
their skullduggery and drop out, you are still indebted to
them and you have to pay. You signed a contract and are stuck.
While I have met a few who have actually gotten jobs based on
a diploma from one of them, most or all of their studies are
not transferable to a brick and stick school.
-Rex HUNT ('53wb) ~ from delightful downtown Hanford, CA where
the weather has come back as in days of yore. It's as
cold as a well-diggers lunch bucket or a witch's shirt
pockets.
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>>From: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Re: David
There's no easy way to say this, but David is gone. His
wife Kathy called me a few minutes ago to tell me, and out of
respect for her and David's daughter, Sarah, I need to leave
it at that.
Except to say... David was in a dark, terrible place,
and had been for 18 months. Day by day, for over a year and a
half, he'd become convinced there was nothing anybody anywhere
could do that would help him.
And now there truly isn't. And now I can't think of
anything else to say about the loss of my closest friend.
T D K
-Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Sent from my Samsung SmartPhone
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Bomber Basketball
Richland played at Hanford on Friday, January 17. The girls
were upset by Hanford 51-50. The boys won 86-55.
The teams hosted Southridge on Saturday evening. The girls won
47-27, and the boys won 79-67.
The next games will be at Chiawana on Tuesday, January 21,
with the girls at 5:45pm and the boys at 7:30pm.
Overall the Bomber boys are 10-4 and 7-3 in district. The
Bomber girls are 7-7 overall and 6-4 in league.
The Chiawana boys are 13-0 overall and 9-0 in league. The
Riverhawks girls are 11-2 overall and 8-1 in league.
Our Bombers will need to be ready to play their best games in
order to defeat the Riverhawks.
GO BOMBERS!!!
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland where most of our
snow has melted. At 11:15 Sunday morning it is 39°.
The forecast is mid to high 40s for the upcoming week
reaching 53 on Friday, with rain most of the week.
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/22/20
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15 Bombers sent stuff:
Norma LOESCHER ('53), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Grover SHEGRUD ('56), Helen CROSS ('62)
Dave HANTHORN ('63), Frank WHITESIDE ('63)
Marie RUPPERT ('63), Carol CONVERSE ('64)
Dennis HAMMER ('64), Gary BEHYMER ('64)
Linda REINING ('64), Susie DILL ('64)
Terry DAVIS ('65), Betti AVANT ('69)
Brad WEAR ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marie RUPPERT ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Deedee WILLOX ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tony RHEINSCHMIDT ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim SCHODT ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Paul BOEHNING ('85)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sarah AVANT ('94)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY:
Randy RHOTEN and Kathryn SANT ('79)
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>>From: Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53)
Re: David RIVERS ('65-RiP)
To: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Terry, I am so sorry you have lost your best friend, David
Rivers ('65-RIP)! Over the last few years, David told Bomber
readers bits and pieces of what he was suffering. I could tell
things were miserable for him, and I sent messages letting him
know I was praying for him, and was glad he had his wife,
daughter, Sarah, and Bomber friends in time of need. David was
surely a life force, almost bigger than life. Now I pray that
his wife, daughter and friends like you will be comforted by
many, many fond memories.
With sympathy and love,
-Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53) ~ in Richland where even the sky
is raining tears
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Re: David RIVERS ('65-RIP)
Brother DAVIS' ('65) news of yesterday may bring great sorrow
to fellow classmates and friends of David "Junior Gyrene"
RIVERS ('65). I'll just say that no matter what the past year
may have been, ya done well, kid.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
Re: Dark day in Bombersville!
I remember David as a 2 year old neighbor kid when he lived
at 1324 Stevens Drive. My sisters Beverly ('50) and Marg ('49)
would babysit David. then much later reading his posts in the
Sandstorm website. His spirit will be missed.
-Grover SHEGRUD ('56) ~ in Lynnwood, Mill Creek, Martha Lake,
Bothell, WA where the snow is 99% gone!
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
So sorry to learn David RIVERS ('65-RIP) has left us. I am
thinking when is the last time I wrote an encouraging word
to him? As I know it wasn't this past week; I am ashamed of
myself, as I knew he was having a difficult time.
The Sandstorm will miss his enthusiastic posts and boundless
memory. May you have found peace at last, dear David. My
sympathies to his wife and daughter.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ in SE Indiana where it is in the
20s, but fortunately, we have no snow.
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Dave HANTHORN ('63)
Re: David RIVERS ('65 R.I.P.)
Oh David. I'm so sorry. Bomberville has been diminished. Yes,
you are very much missed.
Bomber tears.
-Dave HANTHORN (Gold Medal Class of '63)
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>>From: Frank WHITESIDE ('63)
Re: David RIVERS ('65-RIP)
I know I haven't written to Sandstorm for a long time but feel
compelled to express my tremendous feeling of loss for the
best friend our Bomber world has ever known!!! I have missed
our frequent communications and wished there was something
someone could have done to help him in his tremendous time of
need. My prayers for David and his family. He will be sadly
missed and loved by everyone who knew him. RIP, friend, until
we meet again.
-Frank WHITESIDE ('63) ~ Bayou Gauche, LA where I had to
scrape ice off of my car windows this morning for
the first time this year.
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>>From: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
Re: David RIVERS ('65-RIP)
So very sorry to learn of the loss of David RIVERS. He was a
classmate and high school friend of my brother, Gene RUPPERT
('65). I know what PTSD can do to people and I'm so sorry that
it has claimed another victim. (I'm only speculating on the
cause, but I know he suffered from this debilitating illness.)
I know he was treated as a little brother by many of my own
classmates and will be missed by all Bombers who read the
Sandstorm and will remember his entries and!!!'s
Rest in Peace at last, David.
-Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63) ~ in rainy Richland
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>>From: Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64)
Re: David RIVERS ('65-RIP)
I'm in such a shock to read the Sandstorm this morning and
learn of the death of David! We will all mourn him.
-Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) ~ Kennewick
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: David RIVERS ('65-RIP)
I was rather shocked to hear about Dave RIVERS yesterday.
Didn't know he was that bad, but then I had not emailed with
him for about the last year and a half or so. I just thought
I would give him some space and wait for his recovery. He
did make a few short posts on in the Sandstorm so I thought
I would just give him some space and looked forward to when
he would start posting again. As he said, we "met" via
the Sandstorm and did occasionally email over stuff in the
Sandstorm or other things we had a common interest in. Then
one day I got an email telling me he was going wish me a Happy
Birthday in the Sandstorm, but Maren had told him he it was
not my birthday. He was a month off and I emailed him back
saying that was OK, I could wait another month to be a year
older. I looked it up and here is what he wrote at the end of
his post for 01/31/2015: "... now as for today's Bomber-b-day
Guy, had it not been for the Sandstorm I might not have ever
'met' him... have no clue the subject matter but over the
years we have become buds from corresponding over this and
that we read or said in the Sandstorm... it was just meant to
be... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Dennis HAMMER ('64) on your special day,
during the correct month this time, January 31, 2015!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
So thankful for the Sandstorm where I was able to meet him!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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>>From: Gary BEHYMER ('64)
Re: David RIVERS ('65-RIP)
Salute!
-Gary BEHYMER ('64)
Sent from my iPad
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!! I am sitting here with tears streaming
down my face----the news of David RIVERS' death is so hard to
hear! He was a friend to everyone of us-some more than others,
but he was a dear friend to all that knew him... I don't even
know what to say, other than he will be missed SO much and
am so sad to hear that he gave up on life and felt he just
couldn't take what life was handing him, anymore. I won't even
pretend to know what he was going through---there isn't any
way any of us can know the pain or despair---unless you're in
that place, you can't know what it was like. We are losing way
too many of our Vets to a way out that they think is their
only option.
Bomber tears,
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ Kuna, ID
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>>From: Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
Re: David RIVERS ('65-RIP)
"... David is gone." Those words hit me like a ton of bricks.
I didn't know David, other than through Facebook; but I so
wish I had been one of the lucky ones to call him friend.
My life has been enriched by crossing paths with this true
Bomber. My heart is incredibly sad with the loss of this
amazing man. He was a Bomber and American through and through,
so compassionate and giving. I am so grateful for his generous
and dedicated service to our country and what he gave to the
world by his presence. He was a proud Veteran and very much
admired... rightfully so. I thoroughly enjoyed his wicked
sense of humor and long tales of his childhood in Richland.
This world will not be the same without him. I am hoping and
praying he has found peace at last...
-Susie DILL Atlee ('64) ~ Sending thoughts and prayers to
David's family and loved ones.
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>>From: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Re: David pics
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Dav/200122-David2008.jpg
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Dav/200122-David2018.jpg
-Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Sent from my Samsung SmartPhone
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: David RIVERS ('65-RIP)
David RIVERS, may you rest in peace. You reached out to me
7 years ago when I got my cancer diagnosis and it was much
appreciated. Deepest sympathies to your widow and daughter.
-Betti AVANT ('69) ~ Richland
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)
Re: David RIVERS ('65-RIP)
What a loss. A true Bomber leader, a brother Marine, the
keeper of the birthdays.
I'll miss you David. Semper Fi, and Bomber Cheers!!!
-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in Princeton, TX where the rain can hide
my tears.
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Mary Lou WATKINS ('63), Bill SCOTT ('64)
Susie DILL ('64), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Billie LAWELL ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ann McCUE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cherrie TEMPERO ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Frank STRATTON ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ted SMITH ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Debra HARDING ('77_)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Matt HASKINS ('81)
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>>From: Mary Lou WATKINS Rhebeck ('63)
Re: David RIVERS ('65-RIP)
Dear Bombers,
As I read the entries today (Wednesday) I was so moved by the
love shown to our friend, David. I know we all have a story...
a reason he was our friend and I would like to share a couple
with you.
There was a gathering of several Bombers at a funeral of a
Bomber spouse, David being one of those present. We were all
sitting around after the service on a beautiful deck in the
northwest talking about our friends... and the name Ray STEIN
('64) came up. My daughter and son-in-law were there, and she
innocently asked "Who is Ray Stein?". There was dead silence
and threatening movement to throw her over the deck...
that's when David swooped in and in a fatherly, lawyerly
and instructive voice educated her about Ray. (Cut her some
slack... she's a California kid and she has met Jim HOUSE
('63) who was at our home for a '63 Bomber birthday party).
David loved all things Bomber and didn't mind "helping" others
along. David attended several house parties either at Ellen
WEIHERMILLER Anderson's ('63) home or at mine. He was always
given the worst bed... either in a freezing basement with
Jiminy Cricket or on a horrible pull out sofa with dogs trying
to invade... he never complained and was always the best and
least grumpy houseguest! He even stayed awake with me to watch
a Terence Knox movie about a giant lizard... while the sissies
went to bed!
He was part of an email group that discussed everything there
is possible to discuss... from gossip to politics to deep
philosophical issues... we have & will miss him as he always
added something wonderful... or something irritating... but he
was part of our "Five".
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Wat/171020-Group_of_Five.jpg
He loved my Hoquiam Grizzly husband, he loved my daughters
and son-in-law and he loved me. Not only was he part of this
amazing special Bomber family, he was part of my family.
Rest in Peace, my friend... see you in time.
love,
-Mary Lou WATKINS Rhebeck ('63)
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>>From: Bill SCOTT ('64)
Re: David RIVERS ('65-RIP)
Though I didn't know him, I'm saddened by David's passing.
This is not the first time I've been closely connected to a
veteran who left the world in this manner. And it probably
won't be the last. It is shameful that the VA doesn't do more
to help these brave soldiers. Simply giving them money each
month isn't enough. What the solution might be is probably
multi-faceted. I'm so grateful I was not called to go to
Vietnam during my service. These men and women gave their
lives for this country, even if they were never wounded
or killed in combat. And America owes them everything.
EVERYTHING. And too many of them are not served.
Rest in peace at last, brother.
-Bill SCOTT ('64)
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>>From: Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
To: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Thank you for posting those photos of David RIVERS ('65).
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Dav/200122-David2008.jpg
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Dav/200122-David2018.jpg
They will help us all to remember him in happier times. Still
reeling today from the sad news; and I only knew David through
Facebook. I can't begin to imagine the loss you must feel...
Bomber hugs to you and all those missing this extraordinary
man&
-Susie DILL Atlee ('64) ~ Still snow on the ground, but warmer
temps on the way.
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: David RIVERS ('65-RIP)
alumnisandstorm.com/Obits/pics20/RIP65RiversDavid20.jpg
Words cannot express the sorrow all Bombers are feeling with
the passing of David. May you now rest in peace, David.
Re: Bomber Basketball
The teams traveled to Chiawana on January 21. Both Bomber
teams lost to the Suns. The score of the boys game was 89-61,
and the score of the girls game was 51-32.
The boys are now 10-5 overall and 7-4 in league. The girls are
7-8 overall and 6-5 in league.
The Bombers will travel to WallaWalla on Friday, January 24.
The Blue Devils boys are 12-2 overall and 8-2 in district. The
girls are 10-4 overall and 6-4 in league.
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland where it is 45° at
7pm Wednesday evening. We had rain most of the day, but
the temperatures are rising.
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Rex HUNT ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Edith McLENEGAN ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judy LEY ('67)
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>>From: Rex HUNT ('53)
Re: David Rivers!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I did not know David well! We met at several Las Vegas "Bomber
Lunches"... and a few personal e-mails. He was gregarious,
funny, and feeling! He seemed to possess a wisdom that allowed
him to communicate with you on whatever level you wished. He
struck me as intelligent, kind, and gracious. We had several
diverse opinions on certain subjects and we tended to avoid
them!
I only wish I had known him better as he had so much to offer!
-Rex HUNT ('53wb) ~ from downtown Hanford, CA where the winter
gloom has settled in till the middle of February and
the over cast disperses... always just in time for the
Blossom trail for those who enjoy seeing all the fruit
trees in bloom... and where I just sit and wait for
baseball season!
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/25/20
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sue FARLEY ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jack ARMSTRONG ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Scott FULCHER ('81)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Glad to report that it is time to wish Sue FARLEY ('54) a
"Happy Birthday!"
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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1 Bombers sent stuff:
Gus KEENEY ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Doris VAN REENEN ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ron HOGLEN ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kerry FORSYTHE ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: Greg and Sharon MARKEL ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ben JACOBS ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Robert MILLER ('96)
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>>From: Gus KEENEY ('57)
Re: David RIVERS ('65-RIP)
I am still recovering from the call from my brother Jack ('65)
about David. All the memories from the last two decades have
been cascading through my tattered mind!
My great friend is in god's hands from this point ... Semper
Fi and fair winds, David.
-Gus KEENEY ('57)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/27/20
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill HIGHTOWER ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Betty CONNER ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary Lou WATKINS ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Laura PARKER ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rob TURPING ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barbara KESTER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kay SCHAFER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Greg GRADY ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Norm ENGLUND ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Darcy FORSYTHE ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Darwin PERKINS ('69)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Just a quick note to wish "ML" ('63) a "Happy Birthday!"
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: Telling on myself -- WARNING for y'all
OK, I just wanted Microsoft Publisher 2016 so that I could
create a document for the DustStorm of the memorial names so
Ann Thompson, aka Anna May WANN ('49) wouldn't have to RETYPE
what I send to her.
So I googled and found Publisher 2016 for $49.00 here:
https://digitalproductkey.com/
I ordered, paid for, and received a "key". HOWEVER, when I
tried to install, I ran into a problem. I contacted them and
they told me:
"Since your software is an ISO file format I
invite you to use the virtual CloneDrive method
to install your Publisher 2016. I would like to
inform you that Publisher 2016 is an image file
that you need to open via Virtual CloneDrive.
Please download Virtual CloneDrive from the
following link:
https://virtual-clonedrive.en.softonic.com/
Once you finish the setup of VCD, please right
click on the downloaded ISO file of Publisher 2016
and Open with Virtual CloneDrive then launch
the installation from "Setup". "
I STILL had trouble so I called MyComputerWorks.com for help
and what they told me was that it was an illegal version of
Publisher 2016 and they couldn't help me.
I've been trying to get my $49.00 back since then. Requested
on 1/17, 1/19, and 1/20. They gave me the same "instructions"
as above and I told them it wouldn't work and again requested
refund. They responded to that by inviting themselves to get
on my computer to install it "for" me. That's when I told
them that Microsoft wouldn't help me because it was an illegal
version of Publisher 2016 and again requested a refund on 1/23
with no response... and what I called "third request" on 1/25.
Next I'll tell them that the SS has 5,000 readers (think I
should tell them 10,000?) and I'm informing you all never to
buy anything from digitalproductkey.com if they don't return
the money they basically stole.
IF they finally refund the money they stole from me, I'll let
y'all know. In the meantime, DO NOT buy anything from them.
Bomber cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 55° at 1am
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Bomber Basketball
The Bombers traveled to WallaWalla on Friday, January 24.
In the first game it was 11-9 Bomber girls at the end of the
first quarter, at the end of the half it was 27-23 Pirates, at
the end of the 3rd quarter it was 38-33 Pirates and the final
score was 61-41 Pirates.
At the end of the first quarter for the boys it was 16-10
WallaWalla, at the end of the half it was 34-29 Richland, at
the end of the 3rd quarter it was 48-47 WallaWalla and the
final score was 66-54 WallaWalla.
Saturday night, January 25, the Richland teams hosted
Kamiakin.
In the first game it was the girls taking on the Braves. At
the end of the first quarter it was 14-4 Bombers, at the end
of the half it was 38-21 Bombers, at the end of the third
quarter it was 48-39 Bombers and the final score was 67-53
Bombers.
At the end of the first quarter for the boys it was 13-9
Kamiakin, at the of the half it was 30-21 Kamiakin, at the end
of the 3rd quarter it was 50-40 Kamiakin and the final score
was 64-53 Kamiakin.
The girls are now 8-9 overall and 7-6 in district. The boys
are now 10-7 overall and 7-6 in district.
On January 31st Richland will host Kennewick.
The Kennewick Lions girls are 13-1 overall and 10-1 in
district. The Kennewick boys are 10-4 overall and 8-3 in
district.
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland where it is 48° at
noon on Sunday.
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ferna GAROUTTE ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Betty NEAL ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Terry DURBIN ('62_)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joe FORD ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary Beth MEYER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Vince DONIHEE ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathy GOBLE ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jennifer HASKINS ('91)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Josh JANICEK ('93)
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
As she is wont to do, the Birthday Girl "occasionally" reminds
me that her birthday is forthcoming. The closer, the more
often she reminds me. It's at these time that I'm reminded of
when we first met. Some 60 or so years ago about this time, I
boarded the Ski Bus, pre dawn, out in front of BB&M. I knew
only one other soul, Cliff CUNNINGHAM ('62), a fellow Cougar.
The rest of the bus were all kinds of folk from "Over In
Indian Country" They all knew each other, talked about the
"mahvelous" cucumber sandwiches that were served at lunch,
afternoon tea dances and none of them smoked. They were of a
different ilk. Someplace between the Pulp Mill and Milton-
Freewater, the Birthday Girl appeared from the back. Tuesday
Weld in light blue stretch pants and black cat eye glasses.
She cooed, as only she can coo, "Aren't you a Southend Boy who
goes to Carmichael"? Totally intimidated, I nodded yes. She
then asked if she could sit next me to me. Knowing she was
from Chief Jo, my first words to her were, "OK, but keep your
hands to yourself".
Or at least that's how I remember it went down.
Happy 75th Birthday to Mary Lou WATKINS on 1/27/20. Since it's
your special day, and if you've been really good, Van might
take you to the Golf Club for a Patty Melt and a couple rolls
of 4-5-6.
-jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Basketball Mascots Correction
In two of my previous entries regarding Bomber basketball I
said that the Chiawana team was the Suns, and they are the
Riverhawks. Southridge are the Suns. Additionally, the
WallaWalla team is the Blue Devils not the Pirates. Davis are
the Pirates.
Bomber Cheers ~
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland where it is 48° at
11am on Monday. Highs are expected to reach the 50s-60s
in the next week.
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1 Bomber (ME!) sent stuff:
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda STEWART ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carl BEYER ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Robin FRISTER ('73)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sheryl ROMSOS ('76)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2020 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
37 days to go till the ceremonial start of Iditarod 2020,
Saturday, March 7th.
the "real" start is Sunday, March 8, 2020
Are y'all ready?
Nothing much new... just counting the days..
57 teams of 14 dogs is 768 dogs. MOST mushers will bring 16
to 20 dogs and make their final choice of 14 dogs before the
start. ALL dogs have to be chipped, checked by a vet, and
certified healthy to race. These dogs even have an EKG before
the race. There is a volunteer vet at every checkpoint so that
every dog gets looked at at each checkpoint along the way.
This years race has 6 previous champions, 4 who have come in
2nd, 1 who came in 3rd in a previous race, 1 who came in 4th
in a previous race. 12 rookies, 14 women, most are from
Alaska, other countries represented: Canada, Norway, Denmark,
and Italy, besides Alaska other states include, Michigan,
Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
Bomber cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 59° at 12:30am
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1 Bomber (ME!) sent stuff:
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dave RHODES ('52_)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Vikki LYTLE ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: April MILLER ('92)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today:
George BRINKMAN ('60) and Betty NEAL ('62)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Maren's Malarkey for 1/30/20
Re: 2020 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
36 days to go till the start of Iditarod 2020, March 7th.
Are y'all ready?
Somebody asked... if a dog is dropped, are they replaced with
another dog? No... if a dog is dropped for whatever reason
(injury, sickness, dog fight, dog in heat) the musher
continues the race with the dogs he/she has left.
For many years, they began the race with 16 dogs. Maybe last
year or the year before, that changed to 14 maximum. The
musher MUST have five (5) dogs IN HARNESS at the finish line
in order to qualify has having completed the race.
Re: Volunteers Making Dog Collar Tags
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Idit/170215_Dog_Tags.jpg
Pictures from the 2012 race... I'm GUESSING they use a
different color each year?
Dogs are marked in two ways, by the microchip identification
system and by collar tags.
Upon establishing the starting position of each musher
(happens Thursday Night before the race), they are given a
packet of items at the pre-race banquet that includes their
handlers' armbands, truck passes to get into the chute area
and the all-important dog tags. Each tag has the bib number of
the musher and a letter of the alphabet. The musher puts the
tags on the dogs prior to the start in Anchorage on Saturday.
At the start, he/she will turn in a list showing the dog that
corresponds with each tag number. For example: 'Chopper 20-D'.
The returned dog coordination office at the Millennium Hotel
has a copy of this list and if for any reason they cannot get
a scan on a dog, they can use the tag.
When a musher leaves a dog at a checkpoint, he/she fills
out a form on that dog and the checker scans the dog for the
microchip and checks the collar tag. This information is noted
on the 'returned dog paperwork' which will remain with the dog
as it is moved back to Anchorage. The dog collar and microchip
is rechecked each time the dog is moved along his/her trip to
Anchorage. Once in Anchorage, the information is checked by
the crew that will transport the dogs to the Eagle River
Correctional Institute where a group of inmates care for
them until the mushers' handlers arrive to take them home.
Re: Volunteers Making Dog Paw Ointment
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Idit/26-Ointment-00.htm
Bomber cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 51° at 3am
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2 Bombers & 1 Bomber offspring sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Wayne MYERS ('62)
Randy Bossert (son of Barbara CROWDER ('55-RIP)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gene BARFUSS ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tina FRASER ('89)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Better wish Gene BARFUSS ('53) a "Happy Birthday!" before we
get into "Maren's Malarkey".
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Wayne MYERS ('62)
Re: Iditarod
Maren, Thanks for keeping Sandstorm interesting.
I saw a news report that after 7 years of mild winters, AK is
experiencing really cold temps. Have you picked this up &
discussions of how this might effect the race to return to
"normal" below zero temps along much of the route?
[To answer your question: No, I hadn't heard that.
You can go to Iditarod.com... and click on "Race
Center" and in a sub menu there you will see
"Iditarod Weather Center"... If you click that,
you can click on each checkpoint and find the
weather at each checkpoint. -Maren]
-Wayne MYERS ('62)
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>>From: Randy Bossart
Re: Barbara Lee CROWDER Bossert-Hopkins ('55_RIP)
November 18, 1936 - January 26, 2020
Barbara L was born on November 18, 1936 to Teddie Mae Mallory
Crowder and Paul Crowder. Barbara died on January 26, 2020.
Mom was born in Old Hickory, Tennessee and gave birth to four
children, Lynne Bossert Kelley, Robin Bossert Yamin (RIP),
Randy Bossert, and Wendy Bossert Golick.
She is survived by Lynne, Randy, and Wendy, and four
grandchildren, Ryan Kelley, Ashlyn Kelley, Kian Yamin, and
Natalie Golick. Robin died at the age of 37 from cancer.
Many of you know that Mom struggled with cancer beginning in
the 1960s. Her first diagnoses of cancer was long before we
understood that toxic exposures in our environment would be a
possible link to why, at such a young age, Mom suffered with
this illness. Again in 1981, she heard those words "You have
cancer". But even then, and as challenging as this diagnosis
was for Mom, she never stopped fighting her disease. Rather
than take her doctors words to heart regarding her prognosis,
she chose instead to focus on living. She looked forward to a
long and bright future, one in which she would enjoy many,
many more years with some of you, and of course, her beloved
family. In the 1990s, once again, Mom had to hear those words,
"You have cancer". As luck would have it for her, this
diagnosis was made due to an injury from Boogie Boarding in
Hawaii. An early diagnosis this time was helpful in beating
the odds. She went on to thrive in spite of her illness.
By 2010, after owning 2 small businesses, seeing her
grandchildren be born and enjoying the things Grandmas love
about having grandchildren, once again those words were
spoken from a doctor, "You have cancer". Even then, and as
challenging as this diagnosis would prove to be, her immediate
response was, "It's ok, I've got this". And, despite the
prognosis from her doctors all along the way, she proved them
all wrong. When Mom died, she did not die from her cancer, she
died of antibiotic induced kidney failure.
Mom loved reading the Sandstorm and keeping informed about her
friends. She still enjoyed going to lunch every day and ending
at Starbuck's with a small coffee, heavy cream, and a cookie.
Up until a few years ago, Mom was walking with Buster Brown,
her chocolate lab, about 5 miles per day. As this became more
challenging, she bought a recumbent bicycle and rode often.
Mom recently moved into a new house that was built to
accommodate her changing needs. Every morning, her lovely
chocolate Labrador and her golden retriever would run into
her new bedroom and greet her, stealing a Walker's shortbread
cookie from her night table. She was able to look out her
window and celebrate the joy of nature in her new landscape
with Sutter's Jay birds enjoying their breakfast from her
bird feeder.
She was savvy with her iPhone, iPad, and MacBook. She loved to
look up things of interest using her web browser, she often
"face-time" spoke with Lynne and Wendy, and let's be clear
that shopping on-line was appreciated. Every evening, she
enjoyed Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. Often, we took her with
us to a movie theater and out for dinner. She truly just loved
being active and "doing things". The Oregon Coast was an
additional pleasure she celebrated as often as possible. An
occasional stop at a Casino made her happy. The one armed
bandit was often her friend, or so she said.
Mom loved to travel. She was able to enjoy many travels to
fun places. It's not clear if she had a favorite spot but,
her instructions were for her surviving children to take her
remains to Hawaii and scatter her in the sea where she would
know that she will never be cold. Mom disliked cold weather.
She loved the bright sunny days of her youth in the Tri-Cities
but probably would have been happier without so much wind and
sand.
We are devastated to loose her now. But, we are thankful that
we had such a loving and wonderful Mom for so many years
despite the odds. For me personally, she gave me so many
gifts, some of which are easy to not recognize because they
just become a part of who I became. One of my most treasured
gifts from Mom is the gift of swimming. Mom ensured that each
of her children learned to swim and for me that included
several years on the Kennewick Swim Team. At 59 years old
now, I still workout almost daily in a pool. Thank you Mom
for affording me this opportunity to have a life long love
of the water. Your sacrifices to your family are noted
and appreciated.
In loving memory of my Mom and my friend.
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-Randy Bossert
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