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Alumni Sandstorm Archive ~ April, 2020
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Richland Bombers Calendar website
Funeral Notices website
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/01/20
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Diane AVEDOVECH ('56), Helen CROSS ('62)
Nancy MALLORY ('64), Betti AVANT ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon DAHL ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary HOFF ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ed MITCHELL ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve MINOR ('73)
Maren's Malarkey for 4/1/20 Northern Lights
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>>From: Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
Re: COVID-19 and hand sanitizers
I'm sure many of you are frustrated that face masks and hand
sanitizers are hard to find? Me too, so I decided to >make my
own hand sanitizer. I was able to order from the internet
(sometimes called "Isopropyl alcohol), and Aloe Vera lotion
(Aloe Vera Gel is better). The proportions to make the
sanitizer are One in Three, or one part Aloe Vera mixed
with 2 parts Isopropanol alcohol. They mix pretty easily.
After fruitlessly searching locally for a squeeze bottle or a
dispenser that I could put the solution in, I settled for an
old soap dispenser that my daughter gave me some years ago and
it works great. The strange looking soap dispenser is suppose
to be Cold germ (virus) with projections. see picture
attached.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ave/200401_Dispenser.jpg
Now for some brief science, there are a number of different
viruses that can give upper respiratory distress called
"colds". Most that I know about are spherical viruses
containing multiple single-stranded RNA, either a positive or
negative strand and have an envelope surrounding the virus
with projections for attachment to a host cell. So when I
found my soap dispenser I thought it looked a little like the
cartoon pictures of a coronavirus. Hence it became my hand
sanitizer.
One last note: You can order anywhere from 90% to 99%
Isopropanol on line. Do not use the 70% rubbing alcohol.
Alcohol by itself is incredibly drying on the skin. Stay away
from denatured alcohol - it contains methanol usually to
denature it. Aloe Vera gel or lotion is easy on the skin
moisturizing it. A spray bottle would be great if you can
find one, I couldn't.
Stay safe and good luck.
-Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
I am sending in a drawing that Peggy LEWIS ('62-RIP) did of me
years ago that I found in a scrapbook put together years ago
in going through old boxes.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Cro/200401-Peggy_Lewis_Draw.jpg
She was such a talented person, as well as a dear friend. I
still miss knowing when I do get to Washington State that I
might be able to get together with Peggy somehow.
Re: Ironing
I've heard about a mangle, but never used one. I used to hate
ironing my dad's white shirts. So glad I don't have to do that
any longer, and haven't done it for years.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ in the house by the little lake in
SE Indiana.
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64)
Re: This 'n' That
Well, I could discuss my cat Thor. She is busy right now
looking out the window at birds. Ok - movin' on ---- here in
west TN we've had over 15 days of rain in March. One stretch
was 12 days. Temps go up and down. Last night was above
freezing (maybe high 30s), but we also had some days of upper
80s. Not ready for hot weather, but tired of cold. Not picky,
no not picky -- just want some spring weather. Lawn (well red
clover and weeds) is getting taller (cat just came by to have
neck scratches), but it has been too soggy (like a bog) to
mow. Also mower problems. Oh well, not many will see it as we
are all at home!
Looking at Don Sorenson's (NAB) entry reminds of growing up
in Richland. I tell other people we didn't know what our Dads
did -- just that they worked for G.E. -- and you get strange
looks. You had to be there! No one believes that the evergreen
state has a desert either! I have described how big tumble
weeds are to some. We really grew up in a unique place. Talked
to my sister, Karen ('71) -- she said Hanford has closed down.
Some can work from home, but she can't. Brother David ('64) is
also off work.
Hope all are staying safe. They have even closed all parks
here in Jaackson, TN (a lot of folks rushed to them on one of
our nice days causing crowds). I talk to my Nashville area
family daily. My son is still working. He is my errand person.
-Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64) ~ in rainy west TN
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>>From: Betti AVANT ('69)
Re: All Bomber lunch
I'm going to stick my head out on a limb. I haven't discussed
this with others involved but know it's the right thing to do.
The April All Bomber lunch [scheduled for 4/11[ is cancelled
for now due to being on a stay-at-home order and the diner
being closed. Hopefully, come May we can meet once again but
I'll keep you posted. Thanks for understanding.
-Betti AVANT ('69) ~ Richland
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/02/20
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7 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
Steve CARSON ('58), Barbara SESLAR ('60)
Marie RUPPERT ('63), Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Linda REINING ('64), Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lloyd KENT ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill CHAPMAN ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gail FRANZ ('64)
Maren's Malarkey for 4/2/20 Northern Lights
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Past All Fool's Day safely (I think) which means that it is
time to wish Lloyd KENT ('54) a "Happy Birthday!". (ya think
he planned it that way?)
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
To: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
The drawing of you by Peggy LEWIS ('62-RIP) is a wonderful
treasure. She was an artist to be sure. I hope you have it
framed.
Re: Mangle iron
I lived with my grandparents while attending Portland State
University for my bachelor's and Master's degrees, and my
grandmother ironed everything with her Mangle Iron - sheets,
pillowcases, napkins, table clothes, handkerchiefs and
clothes. I remember I was a child when we visited the
grandparents and she had that Mangle and it was fixture of
her kitchen. You brought back some great memories for me by
mentioning that mangle iron. Thank you.
-Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
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>>From: Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
To: Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
Re: Make Your Own Hand Sanitizer
Thanks, Diane! Good idea!
-Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
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>>From: Barbara SESLAR Brackenbush ('60)
Re: 1960 Luncheon Saturday April 4 canceled
This note probably isn't necessary since everyone is aware
restaurants are closed in Tri-Cities. Maybe June? One day at
a time...
-Barbara SESLAR Brackenbush ('60)
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>>From: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
Re: Mangle
I remember that Lance's ('60) mother had a Mangle in her
basement that she used to iron mostly flat item like sheets,
table cloths, etc. Since I had always had to iron those items
on my ironing board, I really envied her. I was so happy when
permanent press was introduced and I didn't have to iron
sheets anymore! Then permanent press went out the window and
I was back to ironing big stuff again.
Sheets were easy compared to Lance's white uniform. When he
went back into the Navy after our daughter was born, I told
him that was okay by me, but he had to send his whites to the
laundry! That's what he did until he made Chief, but then he
continued to send his khakis out as I wasn't any good at
ironing in the shirt's back pleats. Dress uniforms were always
sent out and I would never attempt to iron a crisp white dress
shirt.
I still iron my pillow cases and sometimes the top fold of my
sheets, but it was much easier when we had a queen bed than it
is with a king. My son-in-law (a police officer) does all of
his own ironing. He learned in the Army and is picky. It's
just fine with my daughter!
Today I'm going to start putting away my winter stuff and
bring out the spring and summer attire. Have to do something
to keep from going stir crazy while we wait out this virus. My
allergies are working overtime, so my yard work will have to
wait a bit. I'm just itching to get out and dig in the dirt!
Keep safe and this too shall pass.
-Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63) ~ in springy Richland
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: Photographic proof of time travel
Well, I didn't think time travel was possible. Now I find
myself documented proof of it back in April 1969. In the
Alumni Sandstorm March 26, 2020 edition some of my photographs
of a USMC memorial service off Iwo Jima were published. I was
looking through other photos I took of that event and found
something I never noticed before. I didn't think too much of
the photo, but this time I noticed there is a guy one level
above the bridge... holding a cell phone!!! He is obviously
pretty much off by himself so no one will see him with this
strange device. Furthermore, like most smart phone users of
today, he seems oblivious to what is going on around him and
concentrating on his screen.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ham/200402_Time_Travel.jpg
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
Re: "Mangle"
Lynn Dunton (RIP), Richland school teacher, had one of
those... she had it sitting up in her living room in the
precut... I never used it-was too young, but I remember Patsy
Noble ('61-RIP), using it when she did ironing for Lynn. My
mom always ironed sheets, pillowcases, hankies, my dad's
undershirts, plus everything else! She even ironed t-towels
and jeans, once they were taken off the pants stretchers...
when I became old enough (think I was 10), it became my job to
iron the pillowcases, hankies and my dad's undershirts, plus
anything else that was deemed "easy". I hated ironing and I
don't iron anything, now!!!!!!! Was so glad when "permanent
press" became a "fashion"... put my iron away and never took
it out, again! *grin*
[I don't even own an iron. -Maren]
Re: Virus
We are on a 21-day "lock down"-started March 26th and won't
end till after Easter. We are taking precautions, but still
need to go to the grocery store and get essentials; my oldest
daughter works for the post office, so she's still working-
considered an "essential employee"; the rest of the family are
either working from home or going to their jobs and staying
as safe as possible. My youngest daughter is a teacher, but
schools are closed, so she's been keeping busy making masks
and donating them to nurses, care facilities and doctor's
offices. Our trip to Las Vegas to see the Reba/Brooks & Dunn
concert, in April, has been postponed... have NO idea when it
will take place... all of the casinos/hotels in Las Vegas have
been "shut down" and it looks like a ghost town! Will be so
glad when this virus is contained and life can get back to
normal!
Re: On a "lighter note"
We just had our first earthquake, last night!!!!!! was a 6.3
magnitude and we actually had walls and floors move - was so
weird... was sitting at my computer and my chair started
moving back and forth, then, I noticed the wall moving and my
bed was moving, too... the dog wasn't happy, she was laying
on it and got up and hid under the bed! No damage, but we
definitely were "rocking and rolling"! It was centered in
Stanley, Idaho (144 miles from us here, in Kuna, ID), so we
didn't have any damage and, so far, we haven't felt any after-
shocks, either.
Stay safe and take the necessary precautions to keep this
virus away from you and your loved ones.
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ Kuna, ID
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: Safety Fules For 204 Building
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/200402_00.htm
To: All Bombers
My post about Oak Ridge had a bit of information in it. It
wasn't the 205 Building it was 204, and there were a few more
hoods than I had previously reported and I was missing some
centrifuges. More on that later. About 22 years ago I was
given a lot of information about the 204 Laboratory in a brown
envelope. On the front of it a note to Homer "these might be
of use to you at Hanford". Inside this envelope was a map
of the laboratory, smear records, safety rules, special
maintenance request slip and a couple other real cool ones.
It's entirely possible these are the only ones that survived.
They tell a good story and add to some others I've heard. So
going back to Marge Nordman DeGooyer (RIP). Sometime in 1945
before August 6th Marge was working in 222-T performing an
analysis referred to as the Lanthanum Procedure. It was a long
process requiring several separation steps, it was one of her
favorites, involving use of a centrifuge. More on that and
the envelope in the next post. Enjoy the attached photos.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/03/20
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Helen CROSS ('62)
Tedd CADD ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeanene HOFF ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Garry O'ROURKE ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat GOBLE ('71)
Maren's Malarkey for 4/3/20 Northern Lights
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
All this talk of ironing and a mangle coincided with my
rewashing some ironing I've had laying around for years. SO I
rewashed it, and not having a mangle, tonight I heated up my
iron, added distilled water, and in 10 minutes did that
ironing. The red and green is a tablecloth my mother
embroidered... all the pillow cases were done by family
members. Doubt I will ever use them again, but I will put them
in my linen closet.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Cro/200403-mangle_stuff.jpg
Enjoy learning what went on at the area, where my dad
disappeared to every day or night (as sometimes he worked
swing shift). He rode the bus... caught it at the corner of
Cottonwood, near Lee; sometimes I'd take our dog, Pal, and
meet him when he got off; as I remember he got home at a
regular time, and dinner was always ready and going on or on
the table when he arrived home.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ where spring is in the air in the
house by the little lake in SE Indiana
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
Re: Mangle
Pam HUNT ('66) and I owned a mangle for a while. It was
really handy for tablecloths and napkins and the like. I don't
remember why we got rid of it. It might have begun to leak
oil from the gearing. I do remember it was quite heavy.
Re: Earthquakes
The earthquake in Idaho has spawned a flurry of aftershocks.
As of a little bit ago (4/2/20 at 7:20 am), there have been 88
with a magnitude of 2.5 or greater. Several that might
possibly be felt (3.3 to 3.5) and a couple that would be if
close enough (4.1). The quakes were centered about halfway
between Chalis and Cascade
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/
Re: Tornados
And a tornado in the Richland area.
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/04/20
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4 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Stephanie DAWSON ('60)
Linda REINING ('64), Linda McKNIGHT ('65)
Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janice BOOTH ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susan SEEBURGER ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jan NELSON ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda HOLDEN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Michael MARTIN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marlene WALTON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancy ERLANDSON ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Reneé WALTON ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Clif EDWARDS ('68)
Maren's Malarkey for 4/4/20 Northern Lights
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Not gonna mangle this one. Here's a "Happy Birthday!" shout
out to Janice BOOTH ('54). Sure hope it is a good one.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
To: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
I have some embroidered sheets and pillowcases like that. I
put them on the guest room bed whenever company comes that is
NOT children or grandchildren. Makes me feel gracious! And I
get out the cloth napkins. La-De-Dah!
-Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
Re: ironing sheets and pillowcases
My grandmother always had pillowcases with embroidery on them,
she also had some that she would crochet on the ends-she used
crochet thread. She would also embroider on t-towels---my mom
did the same---when she died, the t-towels and pillowcases
were split between my two daughters---they both use the
t-towels, but neither irons them. *grin*. My grandmother
taught me and my girl cousins to crochet with thread-find it
much easier to use yarn.
To: Tedd CADD ('66)
Re: earthquakes
We have had a few aftershocks here, in Kuna, Idaho (we're 144
miles SW from Stanley, where the earthquake was centered), we
had no damage, but sure was a shock---left CA to get away from
those blasted things!!!!!!!
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ Kuna, ID
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>>From: Linda McKNIGHT Hoban ('65)
Thank you to all the Bombers who have posted condolences on
Facebook about the recent passing of my beloved and wonderful
husband, Denny (NAB-RIP). I never thought this day would come,
didn't want to think about or discuss it. Denny, being the
organized and wise one, saw to it that we had burial plots
(actually a vault) and part of our funerals planned.
But who would have thought that a virus would immobilize
everything in our lives. Denny was hospitalized on March 25th
and passed away a day before his birthday on March 30th.
Throughout that entire hospitalization, I was NOT allowed near
the hospital because of the coronavirus. It was not until
6am on March 30th that I was allowed to enter the hospital
because he was dying. I cannot even verbalize in my voice how
devastating all of that was. I got to be with my wonderful
husband of 16 years for a mere 6 or 7 hours. At least I got
to say goodbye and kiss him one last time. Arrangements are
another horrible struggle.
My prayer for all of you who still have your husbands or
wives, please hug and hold them like there is no tomorrow,
because really all we have is today. My heart is broken and
now I sit all alone in my house because no one can visit, well
my daughter can and did and will be back. Thank God for her
and thank God for Facebook.
Bomber tears,
-Linda McKNIGHT Hoban ('65)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
To: All Bombers
To my last post, looks like I forgot to put the mis in the 1st
sentence, sorry. So back to Marge as I said that procedure was
her favorite so much it was well known amongst her co-workers,
who weren't fans, whenever it came up they would ask if she
wanted to do it. So a little background on T Plant operations,
it's a lot like washing clothes (no ironing!) removing dirt,
fission products, instead of detergent its Lanthanum Fluoride
so a series of wash and spin, centrifuge, cycles later the
process is complete. Now some procedures mimic the process, as
did Marge's (RIP) favorite. She became so good she was able to
shorten it. Her Supervisor asked how she did it so fast. After
Marge explained he told her "short cuts are Not allowed and
warned her to not do it again. What actually happened is she
proved the process could be shortened. Who knows how many
hours of process time could have been saved if he recognized
what Marge proved? The world will never know.
Re: Homer's Envelope
Going back to Homer's envelope. A couple of weeks after the
family gave it to me I took it to work to show the Radiation
Monitor group. To exit that part of 234-5 a personal survey of
your hands / feet and whatever you bring out. The envelope was
hot! Thankfully the contents weren't however I had to
surrender the envelope. Further analysis revealed it was
weapons grade Pu contamination. I actually had some of the
earliest Pu created, if I had any idea, I'd have framed and
hung it in my office at home! Sadly even after cutting the
contaminated portions out they threw it away.
Re: On ironing
My mom did a lot of it. I still remember the pop bottle with
the sprinkle top! I do all my laundry including ironing and
admit I can't make my white shorts look crisp.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/05/20
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4 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Rex HUNT ('53), Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
Floyd MELTON ('57), Tedd CADD ('66)
Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary MASSEY ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathy TAYLOR ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pam RUST ('66)
Maren's Malarkey for 4/5/20 Northern Lights
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>>From: Rex HUNT ('53)
Re: Earthquakes!
Read where Linda REINING ('64) moved from California to get
away from earthquakes! Now she has them in Idaho! Perhaps she
is a carrier!? Remember Typhoid Mary. Just a random thought!
(about the only kind I get now days!) they wander in and
wander out!
-Rex HUNT ('53wb) ~ from downtown desolate Hanford, CA where
the city fathers (also mothers) have slowed or stopped
street improvement because no one is using them right
now. You know LIKE "PEGGY LEE" and her song in 1941
"Manana" It's good enough for me!
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>>From: Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
Day 17 of self imposed Quarantine/isolation! We are staying
put at home... only been out to the post office once and get
outside for exercise once a day. We planed ahead with a good
supply of food and essentials on hand only ordering such
things as milk and bananas and such delivered once a week.
Haven't driven my car in the whole time. I suspended the
insurance. I took a couple of months off work with the
agreement to return when it's safe to do so. But the company
first furloughed me then changed it to termination? It was
explained to me that it was a temporary termination! So I
should be back to work in May.
-Grover SHEGRUD ('56) ~ in sunshiny Lynnwood, Martha Lake
Mill Creek' Bothell, WA
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>>From: Floyd MELTON ('57)
Re: Passing of eternal spouses
Most of you already know of the passing of my eternal spouse
Marlene Joyce FARLEY Melton ('59-RIP) due to cancer in 2001.
I married Leora Louise Jacobson (NAB-RIP) in 2003 my second
eternal companion who suffered dementia the last 7-8 years
of our marriage. She spent the last 2-1/2 years in care
facilities as i was not capable of caring for her any longer
but i was with her every day helping her and feeding her
dinner. She was unable to express herself and that was very
hard on her as well as myself. She passed away on February 18
in the Sun Terrace care facility in Prosser, WA and what a
blessing that was because if she had lived longer I would
not have been able to be by her side due to the COVID-19
restrictions. Blessings come in small and different ways
and we all need to remember that.
-Floyd MELTON ('57)
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
To: Linda McKNIGHT Hoban ('66)
So very sorry to hear not only of Denny's death but the
tragedy of the circumstances. Utterly heartbreaking (Bomber
tears).
To: Linda REINING ('64)
The Air Force offered us some interesting weather
opportunities. We were glad to move away from Virginia
(hurricanes). That was followed by my time in Vietnam (war)
On the heels of that came an assignment in Texas (Tornado
Alley) My final assignment (that I turned down) was a
"weather reconnaissance" squadron in Panama where they
wanted to upgrade my TS clearance and for me to attend
jungle survival school. It was focused on "weather" over
certain parts of the Caribbean.
After the Air Force, we moved to Santa Barbara so I could
attend Brooks Institute of Photography (Earthquakes and
Fires).
We lived through two hurricanes in Hampton, VA. In one, our
car was up to the seats in water.
War is war. I'm not sure if we have that here or not
- particularly these last few weeks.
We had a few tornado warnings and a couple of tornadoes nearby
in Austin, TX. I sat outside my intel unit at Bergstrom AFB
and watched 5 tails coming out of one cloud. One man was
killed on base as he was driving through base housing with a
loud hailer announcing the tornado warning (lightning strike).
The largest earthquake we experienced in Santa Barbara was 5.5.
Of course, we can't forget the famous California fires fueled
by the Santa Ana winds.
Those winds added a couple of exciting, very destructive fires
for us while we were there. One trapped my wife and kids near
Lake Cachuma. They got out driving through part of the fire.
Another burned right down into the city. I sat on the roof of
a building that night and watched the fire burning. I couldn't
get back home. It was January and the temperature was over 90°
with the winds coming off the fire.
We were grateful to move back to Richland in 1980 where we
only had random earthquakes (not to mention the Cascadia
Fault), a few hurricane-frce wind storms, and a couple of
tornadoes. There was the fire that burned down across
Rattlesnake and we had to evacuate. One of our friends upwind
from us lost their house in that one. Then there was a major
flood where our driveway was a few feet underwater but the
flood stayed 100 feet from our house.
Oh, and don't forget exploding volcanoes!
Ah, the safety of home!
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
To: All Bombers
Re: Shirts not Shorts
Apparently I really need to get into the habit of proof
reading my posts. To set the record straight I meant to say
shirts not shorts. Further I have never ironed my shorts.
Re: On another front
I was reading and old Richland Villager from 1948 in what must
have been the society page you know where stories of families
returning from vacations, who bowled what, engagements,
receptions describing the dress then where the couple is
honeymooning and T parties. These were social gathering for
women to bring handkerchiefs and other small linens for
embroidering initials or other simple things. Funny to read
Linda REINING's ('64) post about T Towels... makes me wonder
if she attended a few of these. It would be interesting to
know if anyone else kept their mom's work. If there is an
interest I can retype the article and submit. Thank you Linda
for your timely post.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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4 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Norma LOESCHER ('53), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Linda REINING ('64), Rick MADDY ('67)
Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barbara BERKELEY ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Randy DYKEMAN ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve KING ('73)
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>>From: Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53)
Re: Mental Health
Just be careful because people are going crazy from being in
lock down! I talked about this with the microwave and toaster
while drinking my coffee, and we agreed that things are
getting bad. I didn't mention anything to the washing machine,
as she puts a different spin on everything. Certainly not to
the fridge because he is acting cold and distant. The iron
straightened me out when she said everything will be fine; no
situation is too pressing. The vacuum was very unsympathetic
... told me to just suck it up. The fan was more optimistic
and hoped it would all soon blow over! The toilet looked a bit
flushed when I asked its opinion and didn't say anything, but
the door knob told me to get a grip. The front door said I was
unhinged, and finally the curtains told me to ... yes, you
guessed it & pull myself together!
-Anon
-Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53) ~ Richland
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>>From:Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Maren's Malarkey for 4/6/20 Northern Lights
To: Manny MANKOWSKI ('55)
Manny,
I have responded to more than one of your emails. Check your
SPAM/JUNK folder... I'm sending... just don't know where they
are going.
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 71° at 1am
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
To: Tedd CADD ('66)
Re: weather opportunities
Thankful that all I have EVER experienced have been a few
earthquakes-worst was the one in Northridge, CA, in the
'90s... that did a lot of damage to our home in Bakersfield,
CA and made me know I NEVER wanted to be in another one...
scared the dickens out of me... and we were more than 80 miles
North of that one... will admit that was the strongest one I
ever felt, but was enough to make me know I never wanted to be
any closer to one!!!
To: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: social gatherings/t-towels
No, never attended any of those... never even heard of them.
My mom did try teaching me how to embroider, but I never could
make it look like anything close to hers, so I gave up. Was
just easier to let her do it, then give the item to me. *grin*
I am not even sure the younger generations know anything about
embroidering, crocheting, knitting or any of the other
needlework crafts. Sad to think it's a dying art.
-Linda REINING ('64)
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>>From: Rick MADDY ('67)
Re: Easter NOT
April 5, 1968. Another day of life. Day late, of course.
My father turns 49 years old. Dad (RIP 1989) would be 101
yesterday, the 5th. I have outlived the old man three months.
Miss him every day. Martin Luther King, Jr. is shot to death
on the steps of the Lorraine hotel. Ever been there? I have.
100 yards with a .06. Piece of cake. Sad day. Then I went to
Elvis Presley's home to recover from the hotel visit. The
upstairs bathroom is closed to visitors. Ehh ...whaaaat?!!
Nice digs. My great grandson - Elvis who?
Beale Street for ribs.
Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey with most of his
Disciples in year -1, or is it +1? Pietro Lorenzetti, 1320
painting, has all twelve with the Christ pulling into town. I
count my blessing. Talk about bravery. In my case, nothing is
Written - that I can account.
On April 6, 1968 I land in a C-130 from California into
McChord Air Force Base, WA. I had spent five weeks in a
infectious amputee ward at the Camp Drake, 249th Army
General Hospital, Yokohama, Japan (now razed and a military
embarrassment - too many amputations). A real screamer of a
place. A severely wounded Marine being taken care of by Army
medics. One Army medic dressing my wounds telling me he had
heard Marines do not scream. Many years later I forgave that
medic for the verbiage he gave me. I was so angry, I wanted to
live, as I told him, so I could find him and kill him. He got
meaner and I got past that period later in life. Forgiveness.
A God thing I will not talk about. Personal. I now believe the
medic wanted me angry and the thought of finding him would
inspire me to live. He was correct.
I left the 249th with my extremities still clinging to my
body. After eleven more surgeries at the Bremerton Navy
hospital I was released from the USMC. I had made two ranks
laying in a Navy hospital bed for ten months. One year in
military hospitals. Nevertheless, I was given three chows a
day. Everyone left me alone. One of those 'Lifer' situations
I suppose. The Lt. Col. telling me the Marine Corps does not
retire PFCs. The Veterans Administration did not know my
name.
After all these years and too many people saying, "Oh, you
were in Vietnam for only two months." I finally came to the
point of no return. I had only witnessed the death of Marines
and Viet Cong (I am being politically correct here) and other
'folks' that did not need to die that I had no issues with --
exception; those trying to kill me. Tet Offensive 1968. The
moronic statements people make that were not combat vets or
not there at all ...are STILL TODAY disturbing, at best.
I refused to talk to shrinks at the VA hospital. I refused the
circle jerk with vets talking about their marital problems
while they were walking around in a jungle. What they did.
What they did not do. I just absolutely walked away from the
death and destruction and PTSD of combat and the screamers in
the hospitals. All of it. I am so tired and sick of non-quals
saying this and that about their Vietnam experience. Just as
much as you all are with me. What? Where? When? Get over it!!
And their pet survival/service dog. I was with the Fifth
Marine Regiment; the most decorated Marine regiment in Marine
Corps history. No place to hide. No place to run. I tried to
hide from it... but I am a very visual handicapped veteran.
"What's with your hands? You have arthritis?" I just tell
them, no I was hunting people in Vietnam and got hurt. End of
conversation. Frankenstein!!!
I do NOT need a pet with me to buy a burger at McDonald's.
Trust me.
And do not try to 'yea, but' with me. There is no, 'yea but!!'
I love dogs, but I do not need a pet to keep me from
killing a former Army medic, or to act civil, or get
compensation, or go dine in a high end Beverly Hills $$$$
restaurant with my mental furry savior with papers (sounds
Nazi, huh - P A P E R S !!) , or whatever. But, that is just
me. I went to college and got a degree in applied psychology -
special education - trying to figure out who I am and what was
wrong with MY psychology. Go figure.
Do you know who you actually are? Like as in a individual?
Without a person not breathing down your neck as you answer?
Well, good for you? I wear who I am on my sleeve. A single man
without a woman telling me what I should be saying - I truly
miss that.
I am a Veterans Administration SMC R-1 severely disabled vet
of the Vietnam war (how many of you even know what that is?)
and I get in line with the vet and his dog. Trust me. I am
nobody special. The dog gets way more attention. I live alone.
Have zero help from anyone. At least today I do not. My
housekeeper (duster) the VA pays for can no longer show up
here. Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVIC-19) has me standing on
my porch asking folks as they ride bikes or walk by if they
have a mask for sale.
Takes me back to the late '60s at Zip's trying to find/buy an
OZ. I do not have a N95 mask or any mask. And when you lose
the use of both hands and have not touched your face with your
left hand in 52 years, might not be a good idea for giving me
advice on how you make a mask with a used diaper, couple
rubber bands and just slip it on. Really? There is a multitude
of major and minor motor skills I dream of in between the
nightmares. One word. Velcro.
The Veterans Administration could care less. Like they can
keep track of us combat veterans purchasing guns and ammo,
with the exception of those warriors living in Pahrump,
Nevada.
David Rivers ('65 RIP) phoned me one day - couple years ago or
so - called me because Maren was concerned about a post I told
her to not publish. Rivers calls me. Asks me what's up. I told
David to not worry about me. And now I sit here thinking I
should have called David and asked him, "What's Up, David?!"
I just figured he would plow through these problems of war
veterans. Like me. Yea, right. And just another F* up by me to
live with.
McQueen - Movie Script (paraphrased) - "A guy goes up to the
10th floor and jumps. As he passes the 5th floor a guy yells
at him, "so far, so good."
I am not sure about tomorrow. BUT, Jesus rides a donkey into
Jerusalem with or without how many Disciples and "THEY' (the
government) are looking for him.
Happy Easter. I won't be coloring eggs this year. I don't have
any.
Send me a mask. please.
-Rick MADDY ('67) ~ from Huntington Beach, CA where tomorrow
will never be the same as yesterday.
PS. Thought you all might enjoy a laugh in tough times.
Take Care. Vietnam War Who?
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: U S S Nautilus
To: All Bombers
From time to time I get a few things from EBAY and several
months ago I picked up a letter to Mr. & Mrs. Fleming about
the Nautilus crossing under the North Pole with the thought
to share.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/200406_Nautilus_ltr_59.jpg
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Mary RAY ('61), Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Carol CONVERSE ('64), Dwight CAREY ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Abe DUNNING ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Harry MANOLOPOULOS ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary Lou METZ ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kelvin SOLDAT ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary Anne LAUBY ('73)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda PHILLIPS ('76)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Scott CROSS ('88)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Melissa DYKEMAN ('98)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today:
Jack ALEXANDER & Ginger ROSE ('55)
Maren's Malarkey for 4/7/20 Northern Lights
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>>From: Mary RAY Henslee ('61)
Re: Disposable Mask
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZUvWbyj6MFQ
I used this YouTube video up to a point. I tweaked parts that
didn't work out well. The main thing to keep in mind when
making a mask is getting the right fit and using the right
material. Must fit as snug as possible and be nonporous. You
don't need to use very much tape with mine Three staples
pretty much does the job. Staples in the areas where I used
them work better than tape, which can come loose. The mask is
disposable, cost virtually nothing to make, and doesn't hinder
breathing. I'm attaching five pics so that you can visually
see how it is made. A view of the front & under jaw portion,
the front, the side, the inside, and me wearing it (try not to
laugh). The paper towels are the half-size ones.
Changes I made to the video:
--I replaced the typing or notebook paper with two same sized
pieces of tissue paper (the tissue paper you stuff into gift
bags or boxes). The paper the video used is too stiff and
prevents the mask from fitting well. Attach the aluminum foil
strips to the second piece with a few pieces of tape (don't
want to use any more tape than necessary so that you can mold
the foil to fit). I tore two inches of foil off of the roll
and only folded once. The video shows a larger piece torn off
of the roll and folded more times.
--Place second paper towel on top of tissue paper so tissue
paper is in between both paper towels. Fold over extended
portions of paper towels at the top and bottom. Small pieces
of tape can be used to hold flaps in place while making the
center pleat.
--Fold in half width wise and make a half inch deep center
pleat. Fold each side of the mask over about a half inch and
staple pleats in place (smooth side of staple on the inside).
Pleat will not end up extending across mask as you see with
most masks. It is strictly for fit in this case.
--Eliminate the pleats around nose area. Just molding the foil
to fit works better in my opinion. If you wear glasses that is
even better.
--Have 2 one inch deep pleats meet at the bottom of mask in
the center. Secure together with a staple.
--Punch a hole at the top and bottom of each side about 1/4
inch from the top and bottom edge of mask. Attach a piece of
thin elastic to top holes to hold mask on. A single piece of
elastic that fits around your head and rests on top of your
ears works better than a small piece attached to each side and
placed around your ears. Gives a much snugger fit.
--Bring the two bottom corners together and secure with a
piece of elastic placed through the holes and tied. This part
fits under the jaw and can be sized to fit. Men may need a
little spread.
--Remove the elastic pieces before disposing of mask. Wash and
keep reusing for as long as possible to save time and cost if
desired.
I'm not a craft person so this is the best that I have been
able to come up with as far as a disposable mask is concerned.
Anyone who knows how to make it better or who has a better
idea for a mask whether disposable or not, please share.
Stay well and as anxiety free as is possible until this
nightmare is over.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ray/200407_00.mask.htm
-Mary RAY Henslee ('61)
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
To: Rick MADDY ('67)
Re: Vietnam
Thank you, truly, for telling it like it is. The next time the
mindless say to you "Oh, you were in Vietnam for only two
months," inform them that a full 40 percent of the American
combat deaths came in their first three months of deployment.
We have 58,148 names on the Vietnam War Memorial (which I was
able to visit in 1989). Some 304,000 others were wounded, over
ten percent of those 2.7 million who served. And, 75,000
Vietnam veterans, more than the "names" on the Wall, are
severely disabled. As a percentage of those injured (another
*&%## statistic!), amputations or crippling wounds were 300
percent higher than in World War II. Why the 300 percent?
Medevacs were usually quick, often to the offshore hospital
ship, USS Repose. But from a junior officer friend who served
on the Repose, partly during the 1968 Tet Offensive, I know
that the overload was too much-and that many died in the
passageways awaiting surgery. This partly because the
Commanding Officer either could not or would not admit to
higher command in the Pentagon that things were out of control.
I think of this when considering today's Captain Brett Crozier
who, instead and on the eve of April of this year,
misaddressed an email letter (re coronavirus) in order to
avoid this possible situation with his 5,000 sailors aboard
his close-quarters aircraft carrier, the USS Roosevelt.
Back on the date of which you write-April 5/6, 1968-I was
commissioned at Navy OCS in Newport, Rhode Island. And then
in September was deployed on an earlier aircraft carrier to
Vietnam for most of a year-BUT, honestly, have always known
that given the safety of the water I was "never really there."
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ Shoreline, WA
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>>From: Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64)
To: Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53)
Re: Mental Health - 4/6/20 Sandstorm issue
Thank you for laugh that I got out from this this morning. I
shared it on my Facebook page for others to enjoy. We all need
a good laugh during this troubling time. Thanks again.
To: Linda REINING ('64)
Re: Weather Opportunities
I hear ya girl! The largest earthquake we were in while in
Eureka, CA was a 6.1. It didn't do any damage to our home,
but a few of my dishes ended up on the floor. I was just
afraid that our china hutch was going to fall over, but it
didn't. That 30 seconds seemed like a life time and soooo
surreal. The house just kept shaking and shaking. Most of
quakes were in the neighborhood of 3 something to 4 something.
They didn't bother me as we got a lot of them. We were told so
long as you kept getting them, the pressure wasn't building
up to extremes. When I found out that my son and wife were
pregnant, I told my husband it was time to get out of dodge!
Took another 18 months to sell the house though, and I'm so
glad to be back up in the Tri-Cities! I wasn't very happy to
find out that we get them up here as well, but they are 1s and
2s.
-Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) ~ Beautiful spring
weather we're getting. Come Saturday, it's to be 78°.
Yippy!
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>>From: Dwight CAREY ('68)
To: Rick MADDY ('67)
Kudos to you for completing a Degree after 'Nam... applied
psychology -special education. Also Kudos if you ever worked
in the Special Education field, if that's what your Degree
focused on. I didn't complete a 4-year degree after my stint
in Vietnam. I wasn't focused enough to complete. However, I
did sire 4 offspring, one of which I feel was disabled by
Agent Orange contamination in me. He's had a rough life, but
he's always happy, very smart, and so are all his friends ... ..
You Can't do anything wrong with that group of people. My Wife
and I have been involved for over 30 years in his education,
sports, etc. Throughout my career, I never mentioned Vietnam
much ... . Even worked for Craig Davis for years ... didn't realize
he was a Marine Combat Vet. I didn't say a word about Vietnam
for 15 years... that's just the way it was. Gradually, I
started talking to my co-workers about it more. Now... I'm
proud to say I am a Vietnam Vet. And a Combat Vet... Ground
Pounder.
Your post yesterday jolted me a little. You went through a
lot, Mister. I don't know who said this... "For Those Young
Americans Who Got Caught Up In That, Most Do Not Choose To
Forget The Experience, No Matter How Miserable And Horrifying
That Experience Was".
Many have no choice ... we cannot erase the horrors of War. Keep
Your Spirit Up... Maybe they'll let us off the front porch
soon!!
-Dwight CAREY ('68) ~ Richland is warming up!!!!
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Dale ENNOR ('59), Helen CROSS ('62)
Joe FORD ('63), Linda REINING ('64)
John Prine ~ 10/10/46 - 4/7/20 - COVID-19 - RIP
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lorna SHAW ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathleen KINNEY ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John WINGFIELD ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lori BROWN ('71)
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>>From: Dale ENNOR ('59)
Re: Idaho Earthquake
Idaho experiences a number of earthquakes, especially in the
major fault area of Borah Peak. In 1983 the area experienced a
severe earthquake. The shock measured a magnitude of 6.9. It was
the most violent earthquake in the lower 48 states in over 24
years, since the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake in southwestern
Montana.
An informational sign along US-93 south of Challis states that;
"A strong earthquake along the west slope of Mount Borah on 28
October 1983 created some havoc. Buildings in Challis collapsed
and two children were killed. The quake caused the mountain
ridge to rise six inches while the valley floor slumped nine
feet."
To: Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53)
Re: Mental Health
I, too, sent your clever entry to friends, one of whom responded
by suggesting I could also go outside and talk to rocks but take
the chance of getting stoned.
-Dale ENNOR ('59)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
To: Don Sorenson NAaB)
First, Glad you straightened us out on shirts and shorts, Don.
Always appreciate all your history about Richland and "the area"
where so many of our dads worked. I just watched a TV show
called "Ariel View of Washington" state on Smithsonian channel;
interesting and comforting to revisit my home state.
To: Linda REINING ('64) and Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
The subject of t-towels came up. Of course, I got plenty of them
when I married, all embroidered I think. Sadly, I have used most
of them up long before I was married for 50 years. But I think
I saved one embroidered by my mom and mother-in-law. In fact.
I saved one my m-i-l painted. (she was really into crafts.)
I Might have ironed them when I first got married, but I gave
up most ironing rather quickly I think.
Now I'm using a lot of tourist towels from places we've lived
or visited over the years as "t-towels. But I never learned to
embroider, so never attended one of those parties Don talked
about.
To: Tedd CADD ('66)
Wow, I feel so fortunate, as we've managed to escape all serious
bad weather in our moves (mostly to California and Cincinnati
area, England and back. Even best the COVID-19 on our last
cruise, we got home on February 11.
To: Linda McKnIGHT Hoban ('66) and Floyd MELTON ('57)
My sympathy to you both on the loss of your spouses so recently.
Prayers that you both are able to get through this virus with
the added stress of suddenly being alone, especially to you,
Linda. Hope you are able to feel some sort of belonging by
reading our Sandstorm, and know all of us Bombers extend our
heartfelt sympathy.
Re: Tom HUGHES ('56-RIP)
My sympathy to your family at your death.
I was so shocked to read this on Facebook yesterday afternoon.
Tom and I had become reconnected via Facebook these past few
years.
I met his family when they became our next door neighbors on
Olympia Street in about '55. As Tom was in High school when they
moved in I was sort of in awe of him and his older sister,
Lenore ('55-RIP).
My fondest memory of Tom was watching practice of our schools
gymnastics team in his backyard. they would bring in a
trampoline and it was unreal to me how many tricks those
young men could do, and how limber and agile they were.
Tom told me he'd been in a wheelchair for the past few years (on
Facebook), and I always wondered if being on the gymnastics team
contributed to that.
Prayers and sympathy to his family.
I ALSO WANT TO ADD Happy Birthday late wishes to my cousin,
Scott CROSS ('88). Hope your day (quarantined) though we may be.
And lastly, I want to send Rick MADDY ('67) a belated thank you
for your service and sacrifices to our country. Your honest and
hard to read statements brought tears to my eyes as I remember
the horror of that war, just seeing it from afar.
We expect a lot from the young people we send into war, as your
experience relates.
Except for prayers for you, I am at a loss as to what I could
do. Pete BEAULIEU ('62) and Dwight CAREY ('68) thanks you for
telling you how it is and was, and I appreciate your (And their)
honesty.
And I too hope we will soon be allowed to travel a little
farther from home soon, as this pandemic hopefully recedes.
Thankfully, I found a mask my husband wears when he mows the
lawn, so I won't be having to make a mask. Thank you anyway for
the directions, Mary RAY Henslee ('61).
Love reading the Sandstorm about Bombers, past, present, and
future. Love your northern lights photos, Maren. And again, my
heartfelt thanks that you continue to be our patient editor!!
Bomber Cheers,
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ from SE Indiana where it is suppose
to be 78° today, and no where except the yard to go to
enjoy it.
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Joe FORD ('63)
Re: Rick MADDY ('67) and Vietnam
Thank you, Rick, for telling us how it is, and was, for a young
Marine in Vietnam, and afterward.
In the fall of 1968, as an Army medic, I was detailed to the
emergency room of the 312th Evac Hospital in Chu Lai, south
of Danang. My private interior Vietnam space is flooded with
sounds, images, and people from that year. Welcome home, Rick
MADDY ('67), and Jim HOUSE ('63), and David RIVERS ('65-RIP),
and Jim HAMILTON ('63), and Mike QUANE ('63-RIP) and the other
Vietnam veterans, some with us and some gone.
Thank you again, Rick, for reminding us what honor and courage
look like, and what they cost. I think someone is supposed to
say "Semper Fi" now but should leave that to a Marine. I
nominate Captain Jim HOUSE, number 32, another of my personal
heroes. Jim's Bronze Star gives him full standing.
And for the other heroes, like my medic buddy Ed, who went home
in a box with a Silver Star; we'll never forget you or your
sacrifice.
-Joe FORD ('63)
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>>From: 2Linda REINING ('64)
Re: Masks
They are saying if you use paper towels, to buy/use the ones
that are considered "shop" towels, since they are heavier than
regular paper towels. My youngest daughter, who is a school
teacher, but isn't teaching, since CA has closed all their
schools, has been making masks---donating them to care-
givers-she's made over 100 and has plans to make more, once
she can go shopping and buy more material.
To: Rick MADDY ('67)
Thank you for your service and your sacrifice during a horrible
time in our history, and for telling it exactly how it
is/was!!!!!!! I had an ex-husband who served 18 months in 'Nam
and NEVER talked about it---only thing he ever said was, "please
don't whisper, when I'm sleeping". I still say that was a war
we NEVER should have been in and the way the Vets were treated,
when they came home, and while they were serving, was a disgrace
that 90% of the American people should be ashamed of! Thank you
for your honesty in letting the rest of us know exactly what you
went through and what you're still going through. We owe you and
the rest of the Vets a debt we can never repay!
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ Kuna, ID
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3 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Pete BEAULIEU ('62), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
Mina Jo GERRY Payson ('68), Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary SETBACKEN ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tere SMYTH ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cathy WEIHERMILLER ('66)
MAREN'S MALARKEY for 4/9/20 ~ Happy Birthday, little sister!!
~ LOTS of Northern Lights
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Re: Armchair Generals
Not here to dispute the oft-heard pronouncement that the Vietnam
War was one we should never have been in, but only to recall the
unclarity of that moment. So, here, three of many less-familiar
and contradictory points...
FIRST, on display at the Bremerton Naval Shipyard as a monument
is the destroyer USS Turner Joy, about which, this-The
Congressional Tonkin Gulf Resolution declaring a state of war
was based on the report that this ship had come under direct
attack (Lusitania!). Turns out that the sonarman was simply
picking up the ship's propeller cavitation (air bubbles) from
each evasive rudder reversal-over two dozen "torpedoes" (e.g.,
William E. Simon, A Time for Truth, 1978). Influenced by the
geopolitical Domino-Theory, the declaration likely would have
pinned itself on some other more credible incident, but a lesson
here about ever directly elevating technical "data" into
national policy.
But then, SECOND, In the late '70s I knew a small-town mayor
(initials R.R.) who had been the four-striper personal courier
for General Westmoreland (top dog 1964-'68). R.R. routinely
flew back and forth to the Pentagon with a Top-Secret briefcase
handcuffed to his wrist. In the low-commitment early years of
the war Westmoreland had developed a strategy for pinching off
the absolutely essential Ho Chi Min supply line, at a single
point of geography where the many trails were forced to converge
(e.g., within the 25-mile range of the Battleship New Jersey,
de-mothballed only too late for less decisive shore
bombardment). This plan was rejected, I think I recall by
President Johnson.
Looking years ahead, Westmoreland and R.R. spent the night
converting Saki into tears until the sun came up. History might
have happened much differently, also especially for the people
of Vietnam (probably a quarter of a million South Vietnamese
soldiers killed, and two million civilians on both sides).
But, THIRD, the bigger Cold War picture? Some propose that the
budget drain on the brittle Soviet Union economy, as a back-
stage supplier for North Vietnam (added to the later cost of
their invasion of Afghanistan, 1980-'89), helped trigger the
unexpected collapse-for many reasons-of the entire Soviet Union
in 1991. A stretch, maybe, to link Vietnam to the historic 1991,
but also maybe better than announcing that we knew with
clairvoyant clarity from the start that flashpoint Southeast
Asia (and much continued suffering?) was meaningless.
So, agreed-an unpredictable, incomprehensible, humbling and
humiliating mess all around. Like the rest of history including
the present. But through it all, the personal valor and
sacrifice for each other at the front is forever a point of
light.
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ armchair whatever in Shoreline, WA
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Fred GRAY ('64-RIP)
Bomber tears,
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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>>From: Mina Jo GERRY Payson ('68)
Re: Embroidery
My mom taught me how to embroider when I was 6 or 7. My grandma
and great grandma did all of their tea towels and pillow
"slips". Great grandma even made me skirts and blouses out of
quarter-inch gingham fabric that she stitched flowers and other
patterns on in the white squares when I was in elementary
school. She made me a set of pillow cases with lavender flowers
one year for Christmas with a crocheted lace edging. I still
have them but they are too thin to use now. I did a set of tea
towels for my son and his wife as a house warming gift one year
and recently heard that they were in need of a new set as the
others had worn out. I will get on that one of these days, but
I prefer to do counted cross stitch now as it offers more of a
challenge.
Re: Ironing
Grandma had a mangle in her basement laundry room. It was
fascinating watching the linen bedding and table cloths go in
wrinkled and come out smooth with no creases. She did grandpa's
dress shirts and boxer shorts on it too. They sold it when they
moved as it was heavy... took up too much room and by then
everything was permanent press. Me? I iron once year, Ha Ha!
Actually little more often because I inherited several vintage
table cotton cloths that I like to use.
-Mina Jo GERRY Payson ('68)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: Safety - 1950's Style
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/200409_00.htm
To: All Bombers
When General Electric operated Hanford their safety program was
almost a clone to DuPont's. Like the former, GE's programs that
promoted rigid adherence to safety rules, specifically ones
that would involve possible physical harm. DuPont, being an
explosives company, were stern task masters on Monday morning
the previous week's accidents were reviewed with the crews
and asked the men if anything in their conduct would lead to
the same result. Their reasons were two fold, they really
were concerned for the man but the very close second was
productivity. Workers were hard to come by and time to complete
wasn't in long supply. G E came in and a large portion on DuPont
personnel left for home. I believe the Monday a.m. meetings
became a thing of the past after that. However they made up for
it with monthly safety pamphlets. I suppose with all of the
"keep safe, be safe" words I've heard over the past few days M.
E. Bugg's collection of said pamphlets came up. So for a few
posts I'd like to share them with you. Oh I should mention Mr.
Bugg was a Fireman in the 3000 Area.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Allan AVERY ('54), Donna BOWERS ('63)
Keith HUNTER ('63), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Dennis HAMMER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Norma CULVERHOUSE ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon BENEDICT ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Doug PAYNE ('73)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Liz SMITH ('97)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY today;
Mike CROWLEY ('66) & Debbie SKARSHAUG ('64)
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>>From: Allan AVERY ('54)
Thanks to Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53) on Monday, for the
Reassuring Advice from her Ironing Board. Merry (NAB) and I
were near finished MOVING out of our House, into an Elder Living
Facility in another City, when the COVID-19 lockdown hit, Now
we're clinging to Sanity in the almost Empty HOUSE where the Bed
is. AND Just Now the Desk I'm typing on, and the PC joining in,
said to me: Buster, You Are About Done. YOU HAVE 10 MORE WORDS
AND YOU'RE OFF TO THE ASYLUM! Oh, OK. PLEASE! Mom and Dad
COSMOS! COVID=19 Be GONE!
-Allan AVERY ('54)
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>>From: Donna BOWERS Rice (Gold Medal Class of '63)
We enjoyed Pete BEAULIEU's ('62) account of why we decided to
declare War in Viet Nam, but he must also know that there were
economic as well as religious reasons for Viet Nam. Religion...
Viet Nam was fast becoming a Catholic nation and N. Viet Nam
would change that + cause possible targeting of Catholics.
Economic.... Almost all our tire manufacturers relied on
production of rubber tires made in Viet Nam. Cutting off that
could possibly cut off our automotive industry because we were
just developing synthetic tires, the major market was rubber
based tires at the time. It would effect transportation +
construction if that were cut off. Also France, who had lost
their colony prior to WWII, wanted their colony back after WWII
and we became their proxy to get it back. We plan to read the
book that Pete suggested.
Mike RICE ('60) has long been interested in the reasons behind
Viet Nam.
-Mike RICE ('60) & Donna BOWERS Rice ('63) ~ from cold 40°
weather in STL, MO, that was 90° yesterday
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>>From: Keith HUNTER ('63)
Armchair Generals Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
You've Kind of hit the nail on the head. The issue with the
whole war was that the presidents ran it. Johnson was a terrible
person with his war mongering. If the Generals ran the war it
would of been over in a few months. Hanoi would be ashes, the
harbor shut down and surrender would be a must for the North.
You can not have a president run a war telling you who to bomb
when and where. If your in a war, your there to win! My opinion.
-Keith HUNTER ('63)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: 2020 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
An Iditarod 1 hour recap special will be televised by CBS Sports
Network TODAY, Friday, April 10, at 6pm Alaska Standard Time
(10pm EST).
"We want to thank CBS Sports Network and Lagardère Sports for
enabling mushing and all sports fans to enjoy an immersive view
of a life-changing journey through nearly 1,000 miles of off-
the-grid Alaska wilderness," said Iditarod CEO Rob Urbach. "In a
world that is increasingly disconnected from nature, heritage,
physicality, and now even each other, the Iditarod provides a
much-needed antidote at exactly the right time.
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 71° at 3am
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: Ironing . . . or maybe not ironing
Around 1954-'55 my parents bought one of those new-fangled
washing machines that didn't have a wringer on it, but they
didn't buy a dryer to go with it. They retired before they
bought a dryer. We hung them outside on the clothes line and
sometimes in the winter they would freeze stiff. When we lived
in the "B" house we also had a clothes line in the basement.
When we hung up the pants we used something I don't think I have
seen, heard about, or thought about in about 50 years. In fact,
I don't even know what they were called. They were metal frames
made out of something like spring steel flat strips maybe a
little wider than 1/8 inch. You would slide one down each pant
leg and adjust them at the top and bottom until they were tight,
They would dry that way and not need to be ironed, even leaving
somewhat of a crease in the front and back. I didn't like doing
that, but I guess it was better than using the iron.
Pants back then always had cuffs on them and I used to have to
take a brush and clean out all the lint, etc. that collected in
the cuff. I supposed I am not the only one of us doing that job,
but I really hated it. Was so happy when, I think it was during
High School, the style changed and they no longer had cuffs on
pants. Lately I have been buying pants that again have cuffs, I
can't seem to get ones that go around me and have short enough
legs. I have to rip out the stitching, Iron the creases out of
the material, cut it shorter, and sew it back, and you better
believe I leave that stupid cuff off!!! Yeah, I live in a house
with my wife and daughter, and I am the only one who can sew,
although I don't do very much of it.
When permanent press shirts first came out I called it
"permanent wrinkle." If you wanted them to look semi-good you
had to be right there when the dryer stopped and take it out and
get it on a hanger. If it sit there it wrinkled. When I was gong
to WSU I ironed my own shirts and one time a clothing store in
Pullman was selling regular old needs ironing shirts for dirt
cheap and I bought several of them. Told another student and he
said, "You're just throwing your money away." I didn't thing so.
Dad was the same shirt size and I think he helped me wear them
out while I was in the Navy. I had a couple of them left but by
then they had improved their permanent press formula.
Re: Face mask
Early Tuesday I went to Wal*Mart at their early Senior hour. Had
not worn a mask before but now they are telling everyone to wear
one so I wore a mask made for spraying paint. It was
uncomfortable to wear that long and I looked for elastic to make
one. I understand elastic is harder to find an TP. I found this
YouTube video that has a design I like. Best thing is it uses
clothesline for the straps, she demonstrates, you just put it
around your neck, pull it up tight, and tie it behind your head.
I already have some nylon line (rope) less than 1/4 inches in
diameter from hardware dept I am going to use. It has a pocket
you can put in a "filter" and you could just wash the mask and
replace the filter. Didn't say what to use for a filter; I
understand vacuum cleaner bags are good, but I think you might
need a different design with more surface to be able to get
enough air through. Maybe paper towel or a coffee filter. Have
heard cotton is best cloth for stopping virus for some reason. I
have an old shirt that is like a light weight denim tight weaved
and cotton. I am going to only use two layers, one piece instead
of three, just wrap it around once moving the pocket for the
filter from the middle to the near the top so I will not have to
sew the top and bottom, except to sew in the wire to shape it on
top. Then hem and run the nylon line through the pockets on the
side. I'll be doing that three times. Better have one for my
wife in case she has to leave the house, since she is the one
with the other health problems.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm_NmpdgWWA
-Dennis HAMMER ('64) ~ Just to add a little humor, I was trying
to think, what could I do to make a mask that would look
like something from Mad Max, but then I thought, with
everyone running around wearing all these masks, most of
them homemade, it already looks like a dystopian world.
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6 Bombers andd Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Floyd MELTON ('57), Michael WAGGONER ('60)
Pete BEAULIEU ('62), Carol CONVERSE ('64)
Linda REINING ('64), Tedd CADD ('66)
Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marsha FELTS ('66)
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>>From: Floyd MELTON ('57)
To: Dennis HAMMER ('64),
We called them pants stretches... my mom used them all the time,
I had completely forgotten about them, thanks for the memory.
-Floyd MELTON ('57)
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>>From: Michael WAGGONER ('60)
Re: Thoughts on the post by:
Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ armchair whatever in Shoreline, WA
Another factor in U.S. involvement in Viet Nam: In 1964 there
were Communist governments in the Soviet Union, China (the USSR-
China rivalry and not yet broken out into the open), North
Vietnam, North Korea, Tibet (there had been a border dispute
between China and India that came close to war in 1962), and
much of Eastern Europe. Sukarno headed Indonesia, a very
resource-rich nation on the other side of Viet Nam, and he was
pushing for more power and close alliances with USSR and China.
India was leading the Third World, unaligned nations that
sometimes favored the USSR, sometimes the West. A U.S.
strategist in 1964 might have feared that Viet Nam was not just
a domino, it nearly completed a wall or chain, between USSR-
North Korea-China-North Viet Nam to the north, and Indonesia to
the south, and possibly India to the west (there are other
nations between South Vietnam and Indonesia, and between
India and Viet Nam, but could they withstand the power of the
other nations allied with USSR?). The east side of Asia, and
perhaps the south side, might have become a bloc controlled by
hostile powers, much as had happened twenty years earlier in
Eastern Europe.
Then in 1965 there was a horrible blood-letting in Indonesia.
You may have seen the Mel Gibson movie. It is not clear to me
who started the blood-letting, Sukarno on the left or the
rightist Army and religious leaders, but the result was total
defeat of Sukarno and his allies, very many of them being
killed.
Two Questions:
Were these rightist forces emboldened by the U.S. involvement
win Viet Nam?
If this rightist victory in Indonesia had occurred earlier,
would it have made the U.S.> involvement in Viet Nam more likely
or less likely?
-Michael WAGGONER ('60) ~ Boulder CO
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
To: Donna BOWERS Rice ('63)
My earlier verbiage was prefaced as "three of MANY less-familiar
and contradictory points."
But as for synthetic rubber, this was invented during World War
II, in the 1940s and not in the 1960s, after the Japanese had
closed access to rubber from Southeast Asia. (I once had a
prominent Far East prof who confided in class that he testified
early and erroneously to Congress that an attack on Pearl Harbor
would come first, not later; "they should have done it my way,"
he snorted. Laughter from 100 students.)
The "proxy war" was not at all to restore post-colonial Vietnam
to France, but was part of the Cold War between the West and the
Soviet Union and China. A disputed point was whether the Domino
Theory was fiction, or not, although after Vietnam fell it was
only five years before Afghanistan was on the Soviet chopping
block (another domino?). Likewise, suppression of Hungary in
1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968.
As for the likely persecution of Catholics (and every other
religion) in a conquered South Vietnam, part of this layer of
history was already a mixed record with marginalization of the
majority-Buddhists by President Diem who, however, also had
Buddhists in his South Vietnamese government. Amidst always-
dramatic media coverage (Buddhist monk self immolation), Diem
was assassinated in early November 1963-only three weeks before
President Kennedy was assassinated (a curious coincidence to
some).
We might recall, here, one side-plate grievance prior to our War
for Independence. This was colonial anxiety over British passage
of the Quebec Act (following their recent victory in the French
and Indian War). The Quebec Act extended to Catholics in
neighboring Quebec freedom of religion and even the right to
hold public office! Only later did our federal Bill of Rights
resolve such a question, but at the state level "established"
and state-funded religions still persisted into the 19th Century
(Massachusetts the last in 1833).
So, as for complexity and factoids (both here and abroad), and
in equal reverence for natural and synthetic rubber, maybe we
all can agree with auto-tycoon and world history oracle Henry
Ford who simplified all of it for us: "history is just on damn
thing after another!"
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ time on my hands in Shoreline, WA
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>>From: Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64)
To: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: Ironing.
The pant frame that you were wondering about was called a PANTS
STRETCHER. I remember my mother using several for my father's
pants to dry outside. I still take out my dark clothes right
away from the dryer so they won't wrinkle. There are more and
more cotton clothes that need ironing that I seem to buy. I
don't mind ironing once I'm at it. But, I will put it off as
long as possible.
-Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) ~ Kennewick, where
it's suppose to get up to 80° today. Am going to go work
in the garden now
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
To: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Think those things you hung pants on, were called "pants
stretchers"... we had those, too, and hung them outside, on the
clothesline... my mom only had a washer, not a dryer... during
times it rained, she hung clothes in the utility room (we lived
in a Ranch house), on wooden clothes racks. I remember taking
clothes off the clothesline, in Winter, and they'd be ice cold
and stiff as a board.
Re: face masks
Am thinking I will send that tutorial to my youngest daughter...
she hasn't been able to go to work (all schools are closed in
CA), so to keep busy, she's been making masks to donate to the
hospitals, nurses and care-givers... the masks that nurse was
making is a lot easier than what my daughter has been making,
plus I like the idea of using clothesline instead of the
elastic-much easier on the ears.
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ Kuna, ID
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
Re: Who should run a war?
Yes, when politicians run the war, you get a tragedy
(Idiotocracy?) like what we had in Vietnam. But I'm not
convinced, either, that we could have won that war in any case.
We lost over 58,000 with 10s of thousands more wounded,
physically and mentally. We killed an estimated 1.5 million of
the enemy (not to mention the inhumane collateral damage). Yet
we lost.
I was there doing photo intelligence, processing and inspecting
tactical images from over the North and South. We identified
tactical targets and then a fighter (or fighters) would be sent
to take them out.
I learned we had numerous exclusion zones where we were not
permitted to bomb like the corridor between Hanoi and Haiphong
or the agricultural dams where they stored their fuel supplies
or the buffer zone with the border with China.
There were other restrictions on whether a pilot had any
discretion in choosing an alternate target-one he was not sent
after.
I could go on (and on... ).
I remember very clearly the intel images of the A Sau Valley. It
was a frequent intel target since it was an important part of
the supply line-a link between the Ho Chi Minh trail and the
South.
When I do a search about the A Sau Valley, I see references to
the Battle of A Sau Valley in 1966.
When I was there in '72-'73, I saw repeated images of that
place.
We bombed that place over and over. I suspect there were only a
very few places we concentrated on. What I saw was a honeycomb
that was the valley floor and even up the sides of the valley.
There was hardly any place to walk around the rims of the bomb
craters.
One day, you'd see the trail skirting around the rims in some
sort of ornate snake-like design. We'd go back and bomb it some
more. The next time, the trail was still there but looping
around in a different pattern. I don't think we even slowed the
supply line down.
I wondered about the Generals as well as the politicians. For
example, in my barracks, I kept my helmet and flak jacket under
the bed-we all did. That way, when the rockets came in, I didn't
have to stand up (above the revetments-the sandbags placed
around the buildings) exposing myself to the incoming attack.
One day, a general officer came through the buildings inspecting
our rooms. As I stood at attention next to my bunk, he asked me
where the Kevlar jacket and helmet were. I told him. He had me
hang the jacket on the post of the upper bunk and put the helmet
on top of that. He didn't care that it would force me to stand
up exposing my upper body to whatever was coming in above the
sandbags during an attack. Perhaps he didn't understand that?
Of course, when he was gone, they went right back down under my
bunk.
I trust there were better flag-rank officers out there, but I
have to wonder.
As evidenced by earlier Alumni Sandstorm entries, what we did in
Vietnam was worse than lose a war. The damage it did (and is
still doing) is beyond description. I can still hear the
incredible rumble of the Arc Light bombing many miles to the
West of me and the feeling of my bunk vibrating as it actually
moved in harmony with the destruction that was so unimaginable.
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: More Safety
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/200411_00.htm
To: All Bombers
Here's December 1951 and January 1952. The December issue is a
bit eerie considering what's going on these days. More to come.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
Dwain MEFFORD ('56)
Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: McGregor FOX ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Monita McCLELLAN ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patricia HUTCHINS ('60_)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Aaron HOLLOWAY ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David MASON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joan BELLISTON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sherrie SMITHWICK ('68)
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>>From: Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
Re: hand sanitizer NOT Witch Hazel
,
In regards to the COVID-19 pandemic, I've had some inquiries
about using Witch Hazel as a hand sanitizer. Here is an article
of why it is NOT recommended that Witch Hazel be used as a hand
sanitizer.
-Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
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>>From: Dwain MEFFORD ('56)
September of 1956 my mother sent me off to the University of
Washington with two pants stretchers and instructions on how to
use them and on how to wash my clothes. After a few weeks she
asked me how the pants stretchers were working. I said they
worked fine but my clothes weren't getting very clean. She asked
if I was separating whites from colors (yes) was I washing on
hot and rinsing on cold (yes)? Then aha asked how much soap I
was using. I replied soap ?
-Dwain MEFFORD ('56)
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
To: Michael WAGGONER ('60) and Tedd CADD ('66)
I have two anecdotal and concurring remarks.
First, Michael, thank you immensely for your concise and
comprehensive summary of the big picture. . .
As for the 1965 bloodletting in Indonesia, I've missed out on
the Gibson movie, but one of my dissertation committee members
(Dan Lev) at the University of Washington (1972-75) had done his
field research in Indonesia (the most complex politics in the
world, probably more so than India). At one point, in 1959 I
think, he had access as a visiting scholar (and as a golden
gloves boxer-Terry DAVIS Knox ('65), take note!), and on one
occasion took the end of the table, alone facing a room full of
Sukarno generals, and read them the riot act about violated
human rights--and got away with it!
Later, the summer events of 1965 were partly/largely (?) in
response to Communist infiltration and, Lev recalled, resulted
in roughly 150,000 deaths (in only a few months). Very quickly
the killing was random, anyone Chinese was a target, even taxi
drivers. Nearby Singapore, off the tip of the Malay Peninsula
(and the subject of my dissertation), was also scrambling in
what is referred to as The Confrontation (with Indonesia). Even
in the early 1970s the masts of rotting boats from the black-
market economy still could be seen sticking out of scenic
Singapore harbor.
You ask two leading questions. One interpretation is that the
U.S. engagement in Vietnam was emboldening against Sukarno's
agenda with Russia and China, and that a Communist-aligned
Indonesia was prevented (with unspeakable collateral damage),
unlike island Cuba in 1959 (and the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
off our own shores).
Second, Tedd, as for bomber pilots, a later fellow employee
(Roy) had been a Vietnam pilot, with many stories about the
difficulty of respecting precise, on-the-ground and off-limits
boundaries (especially the Chinese border) while flying at jet
speed. On his last mission Roy was tailed by a second jet with
the nose camera running. He was hit by a ground-to-air missile,
both wings instantly were sheared off and the fuselage was
flipped upside down into dive at low altitude toward the ground.
Pilots, Roy said, are trained not to think about ejecting-the
trained thumb on the throttle simply reacts. Within one second
he was ejected, straight down, as the plane exploded. Not much
time for the chute to break the fall. Two smashed legs, etc.,
but Roy was located and successfully extracted and then spent
six months or a year in a military hospital. Full recovery
except for a slightly misaligned eye. The rare film was used in
pilot training sessions for many years after. Over 3,700
American planes were lost in Vietnam, not counting many more
helicopters.
Nothing "political" in all this (!), just two possible footnotes
for today's breezy, often politicized, and unread high school
text books.
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ Shoreline, WA
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Helen CROSS ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dave BURNHAM ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dave FOWLER ('76)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nicole FILKOWSKI ('93)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY TODAY:
Harvey CHAPMAN & Sally FOLEY ('56)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Easter Blessings to all Bombers everywhere; sorry to be posting
this a day late, but still a sincere greeting.
I marvel at the depth of the discussion over the possible causes
of the Vietnam Nam war, and I agree it would be a good lesson
for all kids missing school to consider these thoughts in lieu
of attending history classes now.
Had to laugh at Dwain MEFFORD's ('56) post about the soap. I
remember the pants stretchers too.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ from Partly sunny SE Indiana
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Dennis HAMMER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bonnie MOTT ('64_)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Myra WEIHERMILLER ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Robin CORLEY ('69)
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Re: Lockdown
Well, at last, a bit of humor related to lockdown and solitary
confinement for singles like me.
As we all know, there are now only two kinds of businesses-
"essential" and other. Now, FedEx Office is essential. Without
photocopiers, FAX, the impulse-purchase candy counter, and
overnight delivery of TP, the entire world would sink into
primitive economic oblivion. And the only survivors would be
dominant-species knuckle-draggers who still have a clue about
the advantage of opposable thumbs-and that would be the next
generation with their smart phones and apps that we
septuagenarian Cretans have never heard of.
So, behind me at FedEx on a nearby copy machine-but surely more
than six feet distant in a clientele limited to only ten at a
time!-a busy professional-looking lady hollers "something's on
fire!" And even I, in my geezerhood, now can smell it. Smoke!
The lady steps back in dismay from her overworked copy machine.
The startled eyes of others turn to the ceiling's concealed
wiring. But surely the lady knows what's what-in friendly
chatter she has just told me that she travels, and has visited
no less than 76 countries (to which I had responded without a
pause, "you have 116 to go," for a total of 192!).
But the smoke? Others present now turn to the exit. But, some
now turn more curiously to the office door far behind the
counter. . . The smell of smoke now seems vaguely familiar.
Then, out from the back office comes a longhair with a proud
label on his chest: "Manager." Whatever is it that keeps these
FedEx techies on the job during lockdown, at risk of life and
limb?
All breathe a sigh of relief- exhaling lung fumes much farther
than the legal six feet! Announces the manager: "I burned the
popcorn."
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/00/200414_COVID-19-Seattle.jpg
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ Shoreline, WA
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: Dandy Lions, Tents & the Sandstorm
What is this??? All this time we have stuck at home these days
and only one entry in this morning's Sandstorm!!! This is not
the Patrick F. McManus short story "Two-Man-Tent Fever." We got
all sorts of things to keep us occupied these days, including
the internet/Alumni Sandstorm. Come-on guys!!!
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/dec/13/cred-quarters/
Re: I Fought the Lawn and the Lawn Won
Three or four days ago I mowed my front yard. Then just 25 hours
later I was backing out my car and saw that a number of the
dandelions had grown a long stem with a little fuzzy ball on
top, but not to worry, the wind had blown most of them off. Then
I spent hours trying to get the sprinklers to work. They all pop
up, but most don't want to pop back down. I had to replace two
sprinkler heads. I had extras, but it seems like no matter how
many spare parts you have, you still don't have the ones you
need. Station one did not work, found there were loose wires. I
guess I did not put wire nuts on that solenoid I replaced last
year, then found out I it was OK and had to replace the whole
controller. The valve in the house that turns the water on leaks
out the stem. I replaced the washer two years ago and I assume I
would have replaced the packing at that time, but now I have to
shut off the water to the whole house, take it apart, and find a
store that has it for that one. Haven't tackled the back yard
yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsfSYO5AgBE
Re: Dandelions and Civilization: A Forgotten History
I remember my dad going around with a butcher knife and cutting
down into the ground to cut the root of dandelions. Now I find
out if any part of that tap root is left, it will grow back.
When we rented that "B" house on McPherson I found a spray
that killed them quick. It was a spray can that sprayed a foam
straight out the top. You turned the can straight up side down
and sprayed the dandelion. In just a couple days the dandelion
was gone, just a little piece of the stem poking out of about a
four inch diameter patch of dirt. It took all summer for those
little areas of dirt to fill in with grass. Never used it again.
Here's another video from "The history Guy," one of my
favorite You Tubers, about the history of dandelions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyePMeGE3CI
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Dale ENNOR ('59)
Carol CONVERSE ('64)
Jamie WORLEY ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lanny WILSON ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sandy CARPENTER ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mickey LYNCH ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cindy DeHART ('67)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Hope this isn't too late for publication. Gotta take time to
wish Lanny WILSON ('54) a "Happy Birthday!" Keep well.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Dale ENNOR ('59)
Re: Lockdown
Forced sequestering doesn't mean one has to be a totally
uncommunicative recluse. For instance, try answering the
telephone robo calls and, if a real person is on the line you
may find there are some really nice people out there. And, if
one has a thespian bent, it is often possible to practice any
variety of dialects.
Just yesterday, Darrell, the I.R.S. agent who called to help
straighten out some problem with my account was happy and
proud to announce he was a first time father. We spent so much
time trying to figure out how we might get some pictures sent
through a landline telephone that, after he hung up, I
realized he had forgotten to confirm my social security
number. Oh well, maybe next time.
[As seen on Facebook: All of us stuck at
home should call random numbers in India
and ask them about their extended car
warranty. Oh, HA! -Maren]
-Dale ENNOR ('59)
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>>From: Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64)
To: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: Dandy Lions, etc
I thoroughly enjoyed the video on the history of the
Dandelion. I knew that people used to make soup and salads
from them. Did not realize that the whole plant was edible.
Loved the song "I fought the Lawn and the Lawn won". That was
my good laugh for the day. Thanks
We're getting our ducts cleaned out this morning. Don't laugh
but I didn't realize the vents were as white as they are now.
I don't think the ducts have ever been cleaned.
-Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) ~ Kennewick
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>>From: Jamie WORLEY ('64)
Hi Maren,
I received this yesterday from a friend. Have no idea about
the author. It made me laugh out loud which felt great. I
especially relate to number 2 and 9. Thought my Bomber
colleagues might laugh as well.
Be safe my friends.
My Self-Isolation Quarantine Diary
Day 1 -- I Can Do This!! Got enough food and wine to
last a month!
Day 2 -- Opening my 8th bottle of wine. I fear wine
supplies might not last!
Day 3 -- Strawberries: Some have 210 seeds, some have
235 seeds. Who Knew??
Day 4 -- 8:00pm. Removed my Day Pajamas and put on my
Night Pajamas.
Day 5 -- Today, I tried to make Hand Sanitizer. It
came out as Jello Shots!!
Day 6 -- I get to take the Garbage out. I'm So excited,
I can't decide what to wear.
Day 7 -- Laughing way too much at my own jokes!!
Day 8 -- Went to a new restaurant called "The Kitchen".
You have to gather all the ingredients and make your own
meal. I have No clue how this place is still in business.
Day 9 -- I put liquor bottles in every room. Tonight,
I'm getting all dressed up and going Bar hopping.
Day 10 -- Struck up a conversation with a Spider
today. Seems nice. He's a Web Designer.
Day 11 -- Isolation is hard. I swear my fridge just
said, "What the hell do you want now?"
Day 12 -- I realized why dogs get so excited about
something moving outside, going for walks or car rides. I
think I just barked at a squirrel.
Day 13 -- If you keep a glass of wine in each hand,
you can't accidently touch your face.
Day 14 -- Watched the birds fight over a worm. The
Cardinals lead the Blue Jays 3--1.
Day 15 -- Anybody else feel like they've cooked dinner
about 395 times this month?
-Jamie WORLEY (The Magic Class of '64)
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Jim ARMSTRONG ('63), Gary BEHYMER ('64)
Terry DAVIS ('65), Tedd CADD ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tony SHARPE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Greg JOCHEN ('76)
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>>From: Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
Re: At Home Humor
~ Tomorrow is the National Homeschool Tornado Drill.
Lock your kids in the basement until you give them the 'all
clear'. You're welcome!
~ 2019: Stay away from negative people. 2020: Stay
away from positive people.
~ The world has turned upside down. Old folks are
sneaking out of the house, and their kids are yelling at
them to stay indoors!
~ You think it's bad now? In 20 years our country
will be run by people homeschooled by day drinkers...
~ This virus has done what no woman had been able
to do... Cancel all sports, shut down all bars, and keep
men at home!!!
~ Do not call the police on suspicious people in
your neighborhood! Those are your neighbors without makeup
and hair extensions!
~ Since we can't eat out, now's the perfect time to
eat better, get fit, and stay healthy. But hey! We're
quarantined! Who are we trying to impress? We have snacks,
we have sweatpants - I say we use them!
~ Day 7 at home and the dog is looking at me like,
"See? This is why I chew the furniture!"
~ Does anyone know if we can take showers yet or
should we just keep washing our hands???
~ I never thought the comment "I wouldn't touch
him/her with a 6 foot pole" would become a national policy,
but here we are!
~ Me: Alexa what's the weather this weekend?
Alexa: It doesn't matter - you're not going anywhere.
~ Can everyone please just follow the government
instructions so we can knock out this coronavirus and be
done?! I feel like a kindergartner who keeps losing more
recess time because one or two kids can't follow directions.
~ I swear my fridge just said "what the hell do you
want now?"
~ When this is over... what meeting do I attend first...
Weight Watchers or AA?
~ Quarantine has turned us into dogs. We roam the house
all day looking for food. We are told "no" if we get too close
to strangers. And we get really excited about car rides.
-Jim "Pitts" ARMSTRONG ('63)
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>>From: Gary BEHYMER ('64)
...somewhere back on February 22nd of this Covidiot year of
2020, I missed the last step in the stairwell between the
3rd and 2nd floor during a fire alarm. Bottom line chapter
one... two (2) breaks in my left leg. Made an emergency room
run... and they 'booted' me and told me to stay off of it.
Three (3) days later I am at my personal doctor... he removes
the boot and says I'll be spending the night in the hospital.
Bottom line chapter (2).. .major infection in my leg + 2
breaks... spent 6 days in the hospital. Third (3) chapter...
sent home... stay home... stay off the leg... let's see
if can heal by itself. Home turns out to be a different
apartment... one with wheel chair access. Been in that unit
since March 7th. Fourth (4) chapter... as of last Thursday my
left side boot has officially become a walking boot. I am able
to put weight on it. Two weeks from today I go back for more
x-rays... would love to be officially released at that time.
Forty days and forty nights... between the bathroom and my
chair... am sleeping in the chair also.
Who was that masked man in the chair sleeping? It was me.
Signed... Not whining from Colfax... or 'don't worry be happy.'
-Gary BEHYMER ('64)
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>>From: Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
Hiya!
Check out David's bench! Very cool.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Dav/200415-Davids_Bench.jpg
Thanks to every one of you for your donations. Truly.
And thank you especially to Cecilia BENNETT McCartney ('65)
and Jim HAMILTON ('63) for making it happen.
Looks pretty dang good, eh?
TDK '65'
-Terry DAVIS Knox ('65)
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
I love Jamie's Diary. Yesterday (4/15/20), I actually went
outside and sat on the porch. I pulled all the weeds I could
reach while keeping a proper social distance!
And Dandelions? A significant part of my photography is in the
macro mode. I have one note card I used to sell that has
pictures of three flowers on the front with their botanical
names. People generally love the yellow flower's closeup shot
of its center. Taraxacum Officinale, they read. On the back, I
give the common names. Most often, I hear surprise at the
discovery that it is a dandelion.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Cad/200415-Dandy_card.jpg
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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3 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Norma LOESCHER ('53), Jeanie WALSH ('63)
Linda REINING ('64), Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary JONES ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lance HARTMAN ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bob THOMAS ('64_)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim VACHÉ ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Shari NAPORA ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary Jane SMITH ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: "Jumbo" & "Wig" DAVIS ('82)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jeff JANICEK ('88)
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>>From: Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53)
Re: David RIVERS' ('65-RIP) bench
Thank you, Terry DAVIS Knox ('65), Cecilia BENNETT McCartney
('65), and Jim HAMILTON ('63) for conspiring to complete the
bench that honors David RIVERS (RIP '65). Many Bombers are
proud to have contributed money to help these three make that
bench a reality. I especially like the inscription on the
bench:
"David Rivers
RHS Class of '65
The Friend You Always Wanted
The Friend You Wanted To Be
WE LOVE YOU MAN!!!!
SEMPER FI."
Re: Gary BEHYMER's ('64) Fall
Gary, I am so sorry you fell, broke your leg in two places,
and are still suffering from it! Sepsis, an infection that may
have kept you in the hospital for so long, is really
dangerous. One of my classmates had it, following a cancer
operation. Forty days and nights, and you still have two weeks
before possible release. I pray your x-rays at that time show
good healing!
Re: Tedd CADD's ('66) Dandelion Close-up
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Cad/200415-Dandy_card.jpg
Tedd, your dandelion photo close-up is beautiful. My Co-Editor
of the Rose Herald has a granddaughter who insists on growing
a lawn full of dandelions, so their bees will have plenty of
pollen to make honey. She is an organic gardener, so it is
safe to serve dandelion greens in their salads.
Bomber cheers,
-Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53) ~ in Richland, social distancing
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>>From: Barbra Williamson, aka Jeanie WALSH (GMC '63)
Re: David RIVERS' ('65-RIP) bench
To all the Bombers who made this happen:
David would be so very proud.
Jeanie WALSH (Gold Medal Class of '63) ~ Simi Valley, CA
Home of the Ronald Reagan presidential library
Where it was 86° yesterday
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
To: Gary BEHYMER ('64)
Sorry to hear about your leg... not fun breaking things at
our ages. Take care, heal quickly.
Re: David RIVERS' ('65-RIP) bench
Will admit I got a little teary-eyed when I saw it and read
the inscription... and, putting it in front of the Spudnut
Shop was/is the perfect spot for it. Thanks, Cecilia BENNETT
('65) and Jim HAMILTON ('63) for all the work you did in
getting this accomplished.
-Linda REINING ('64)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: November '51 and Vacations
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/200417_00.htm
To: All Bombers
Here is November '51 and one titled Vacations, with no date.
After reading the November issue I was reminded all the
accidents listed can certainly happen at home or away. Some
may say "well duh Captain obvious" but quite frankly at a
younger age I paid closer attention to safety at work than I
did at home. Safety shouldn't take a vacation on the road or
at home. Safety (to me) is like defensive driving, keeping
distance, looking ahead and thinking about possible outcomes
before I act. When driving around I've seen a number of unsafe
behaviors, using two ladders to place a wreath on a house,
using a bumper jack to get under a car, walking in the wee
hours in dark clothes while Not using the sidewalk and my
favorite: ordering a dozen doughnuts from Spudnut Shop, at the
counter!
So read thru them and see if there's a connection to what you
might encounter at home or work.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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Don Sorenson (NAB) sent stuff:
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jane WALKER ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Debbie CONE ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gene SWIFT ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gilbert BLANKENSHIP ('81)
TODAY IN HISTORY:
Listen, my children, and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the EIGHTEENTH OF APRIL, in '75;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year... .
Paul Revere's Ride
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: Grease Monkey Business
To: All Bombers
Grease guns, I have owned two in my life and both work on
occasion, rare occasion. Put a new cartridge in and viola
three or four zirt fittings later no grease coming out. Who,
if anyone, gets theirs to work to the end of the job? Believe
it or not working on cars is relaxing for me but when the
grease stops flowing or the parts store sells me the wrong
part, not so relaxing. Working on my '71 F-250 front brakes
discover the grease seals were too small. Went to get the
right seals came home and they were .2 mm too big. Huh, so no
big deal worked on removing the old brake hose, collapsing the
caliper pistons and finish re-greasing the bearings. Then I
discover the new hose won't fit. Back to the parts store to
return the hoses and seals. They don't have what I need. After
3 parts stores I wonder if I should ask for a year newer or
older hose part. The '72 hose is the same, the '70 hose is
correct. I had forgotten that trick, bummer. So ordered two
new hoses 50 bucks and won't be in until Thursday. So an hour
before I write this post I remember a small business in
Michigan that makes them. 30 bucks free shipping would be here
sooner. Not so relaxing or productive however after reading
Bomber troubles, it's okay. Be safe.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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2 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Cecilia BENNETT ('65)
Don Sorenson (NAB),
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lila JENNE ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Richard CHARETTE ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda SWAIN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mark ROHRBACHER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Peg WELLMAN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Deb BOSHER ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike TESKY ('67)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Jeff LARSEN & Barbara GILE ('67)
04/19 TODAY IN HISTORY
1775 American Revolution began "shot heard 'round the world"
1995 Oklahoma City [25 years ago on my 50th birthday. -Maren]
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Before this goes much further, let's all take a moment to
wish Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) a "Happy Birthday!"
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Cecilia BENNETT McCartney ('65)
Re: David's Bench
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Dav/200415-Davids_Bench.jpg
Hi Maren,
I knew there was a reason I wrote everything down twice!
According to my records, The total number of contributors is
46... from the classes of '49, "50, '52, '53, '57, '59, '61,
'62, '63, '64, '65, '66,'67, '68, and '69. Hopefully I didn't
miss anyone or any years... had to search a little to find all
the right years.
Thanks to Jim HAMILTON ('63) for finalizing the inscription
with a perfect last minute suggestion/addition from
Butch MANTHEI ('65).
-Cecilia BENNETT McCartney ('65)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: Calipers Ghost
To: All Bombers
So the brake hose issue has taken a back seat, not that the
truck has one. In my last post I said I was collapsing the
caliper pistons before returning the hoses and seals. The
pistons were a bit harder to collapse than normal, so new
calipers are in order. The only side I can get thru any parts
store, except one popular store who wanted 150 bucks each, is
the left or is it the right well it doesn't matter which, I
need both. So enough of the brick and mortar, off to the
source of all knowledge and stupidity the web where EBAY
seemed to be the only source unfortunately even those sellers
offered one side not both. Sent messages with crossed fingers.
Now the real fun will begin when the hoses I ordered don't fit
my old calipers. Good thing I don't need the hubs, those are
about as hard to find as poltergeists.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Ken HEMINGER ('56)
Helen CROSS ('62)
Donna NELSON ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lan FUSMAN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dianne DICKMAN ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Chuck SHIPMAN ('7
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>>From: Ken HEMINGER ('56)
Re: Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday
If it wasn't for, and Thanks to, Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES
('54), this particular day would have gone unnoticed, as I was
totally oblivious to the meaningful day that it is..
With that said, here's a heartfelt wish to our dear friend,
Maren.
* Happy Birthday to you * *and many more*
*=cute little musical notes that don't show up in the "plain
text" Sandstorm.
[Thank you, Ken. -Maren]
-Ken HEMINGER ('56)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Happy Birthday, Maren ('63 & '64). You and Tim must be close
in age since he's class of '62. [Yep, 16 months apart. -Maren]
And Happy Birthday to my neighbor on Olympia Street, Mark
ROHRBACHER ('66) [I was in more than one class at Spalding
with Mark's sister, Suzy ('63-RIP). -Maren]
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ in SE Indiana where it is so
exciting we are starting to open up; however us "oldies"
are still encouraged to stay at home
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Donna NELSON ('63)
Happy Birthday Maren and Thank You.
I have wondered how much time you spend each day or night or
early morning (looks like 1 or 2am to me) that it takes to put
the Sandstorm together and post. Tell me the process after you
sit down at your computer... and no I don't want a job but I
know you have offered it!! Just curious and I appreciate your
daily commitment.
[Some days take longer than others... Sometimes
I turn on the laptop early and kinda get a head
start... IF I've checked email on my iPhone and
maybe I know there's a report of a deceased Bomber,
I might get started with that... Each one of those
takes about an hour... I get the Sandstorm test
document started with the date and the birthdays/
anniversaries/lunches and then I look to incoming
emails for entries... add the entries in the right
order to the daily document... once I get it
finished, I create the .htm document that I put
online at AlumniSandstorm.com and then I give it
to NetAtlantic -- the folks who actually email
the Sandstorm after I send it to them for
distribution. Once that is done, I can play
on Facebook! HA! -Maren]
-Donna NELSON ('63)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/21/20
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1 Bomber (ME) today:
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bonnie ALLEN ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Katie SHEERAN ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judy MANNING ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jane SMOLEN ('66)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: Maren's Malarkey ` 4/21/20
Well, I waited and waited... thinking SOMEbody would send in
a real late entry... didn't happen... OH WELL.. Nothing much
happening with the Iditarod... Nothing happening here... still
pretty much staying in... thanks for all the great birthday
wishes... Happy Birthday, Katie... that's it.... and this is
so we don't have a "NOT" issue.
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 67° at 6am
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/22/20
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Rex HUNT ('53)
Gary TURNER ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ellen WEIHERMILLER ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim COYNE ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancy METZ ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Meg CONE ('70)
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>>From: Rex HUNT ('53)
Re: Excess!
I found a way to unload a few of the excess groceries I had
accumulated from the Kings county office for the aged and other
old folks. I managed to take a walk yesterday. just 4 or 5
houses down the road and back. But I had tied a box to the seat
of my walker and filled it with canned foods, dry beans and
pasta and like the Easter bunny left a little pile at each
door. I was even called and thanked by one recipient.
So I may try it again unless I receive threatening letters!
I know not many of you are enjoying this shut down due to the
BUG. But if I were not told we were in shut down mode, I would
not have noticed. As I do not wander around much any more!
-Rex HUNT ('53wb) ~ from very quiet Hanford, CA where due to
the lack of cars, trucks, motorcycles, etc. it has
returned to the way nature intended. In The last week
I have had 5 night herons start to nest in one of my
pine trees. Really an awkward bird. Flies very irregular.
Perhaps that's why it is a night bird, its ashamed to
be seen flying!
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>>From: Gary TURNER ('71)
Re: Quarantine Humor
Okay... a "NOT" is unacceptable so I'll throw a couple of
humorous links down below. Fortunately, I have a devoted wife
who forces me to maintain minimal levels of personal grooming
and hygiene, but that doesn't mean I don't spend an inordinate
amount of time surfing the internet... at least enough to
unearth the gems below.
Shelter-in-place coping levels in cartoon bears
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Tur/20042_COVID_New_Skill.jpg
-Gary TURNER ('71)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/23/20
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1 Bomber sent stuff:
Rex HUNT ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike BRADLEY ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rita ECKERT ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary WEBB ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ken DAME ('68)
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>>From: Rex HUNT ('53)
NEWS UPDATE
My wife of 3 years was finally diagnosed! still not sure of
what particular cancer it may be... but we now know it is stage
4... and is scattered like buck shot! Also it is in her spine
and will no doubt make her bed ridden in the not too distant
future. Still looking at 2 months possible 10 weeks before
first treatment! HER INSURANCE IS A P.I.T.A) demanding that
such and such a procedure be done at one hospital and another
procedure at a second hospital then back to original hospital
Bad Karma can bite you in the a*s at any time!
Now you have a nice day''' you hear?
-Rex HUNT ('53wb) ~ and to make matters worse, there is NO
BASEBALL and the Dodgers to lull me to sleep.
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/24/20
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1 Bomber (ME!) today:
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat "Rex" WOOD ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Leslie SWANSON ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Denny CASTO ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Karen ROTAN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ben HAUSENBUILLER ('98)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: Maren's Malarkey ' 4/24/20
I waited and waited... again... there seems to be a problem
with not all emails gettinr thru... will look into it later
today. At least three that I know about didn't get thru...
PART of the problem is the email address. for some reason that's not working.
Re: 2020 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
Tim Pappas won the Matson Most Improved Musher Award... from
his previous best finish of 51st in 2016 to 20th place. Tim
was racing Martin Buser's "A" team this year... which Martin
usually does, but this year Martin chose to race his "puppy
team".
Re: 4 wheeler award
Northern Air Cargo (NAC) Honda Rancher 4×4 will be awarded
to a musher via a special Facebook Live broadcast Thursday,
April 30 at 4pm Alaska time (5pm PT, 6pm MT, 7pm CT, 8pm ET).
Normally the 4-wheeler is given away to a musher during the
awards banquet in Nome. Since we were unable to hold our
regular banquet, we have come up with this alternative. This
year we have 34 finishing mushers who will be drawing for a
chance to win.
Mushers will be attending via conference phone. We will ask
each musher in reverse finishing order to pick a numbered
key, from 1 to 34, - one of which will start the vehicle.
John Andrey, sales manager with NAC, will be proxy as he
will take each key and attempt to start the vehicle. When
it starts, we have a winner! If a musher is not available, a
random number generator will pick the numbered key for them.
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 69° at 5am
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/25/20
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52), David DOUGLAS ('62)
Helen CROSS ('62), Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Marie RUPPERT ('63), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Dennis HAMMER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Don WINSTON ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carla BOSHER ('64)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today:
Jerry SPEARS & Cathy CLUGSTON ('64)
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>>From: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)
As usual, I'm way late on reading the Sandstorms so much of
what I write is old news.
To: Rex HUNT ('53wb)
I'm so sorry to hear of your wife's cancer. Stage 4 is a bad
place to be and I wish her and you a good outcome.
Re: Pandemic:
Terry SHEGRUD ('56 or so), and I aren't much for staying
strictly at home during this COVID-19 scare. We always wear
masks when in stores and I am appalled by the number of
people who don't use them.
My dog, a 60 pound Boxer Bulldog mix, insists on being walked
around the neighborhood at least every other day. She prefers
a walk to Desert Rim Park, just a couple of blocks from the
house. Belle loves to meet people and other dogs and we can
usually count on meeting people and other dogs but we people
tend to keep our distance. We also are helping a friend clean
2 houses. One to move into and one to move out of so it can
be appraised. OMG--they are/were disasters! Still at least 2
weeks more. At least.
Re: Mangle
My Dad bought Mom a Mangle and she did all the flat stuff and
even got good on shirts and dresses. I only did flat things
when I was visiting from my first year of college at what was
then CWCE. Someone mentioned the cotton fabrics that seem to
be popular these days. I, too, have mistakenly bought some
and I do the ironing but admit I don't wear those items very
often.
I have to finish the off and fill in some blanks on a form
for selling the little house on Downing.
Re: David RIVERS'('65-RiP) Bench
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Dav/200415-Davids_Bench.jpg
Oh, BTW, I'm so happy to see the inscription on David's bench
and totally pleased to see where it is placed!
Re: Rock
On a recent walk we saw this sweet rock that someone had
painted and put next to the side walk on our way around the
Park. This Mallard landed in our back yard and stayed for an
hour or so. Very nice! My daughter, Keri Hubbard (NAB) in
Anchorage said a Mallard landed in her yard the previous
week. We wondered if this was related to the Pandemic. No,
probably not. But a nice thing to have happen.
Thanks, Maren, I hope you are staying well.
-Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) ~ in cloudy, cooler Richland.
Surprising after a day or 2 of 79!!
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
Considering the dearth of entries lately, I thought I'd chip
in my 1 cent worth.
Only two things have affected my life due to the virus.
First, without church service on Sundays, my writers' group
meeting on Mondays, and choir practice on Wednesdays, I no
longer can remember what day of the week it is. Then I
discovered what that fourth button on my Atomic Talking Watch
is for. I accidentally pressed it one day, and it told me the
day of the week and date. So now I have no excuse.
The second thing that has changed is, my wife won't let me go
into the grocery store with her anymore. She's only 4'10"
tall and can't reach the top shelves, so I used to go in with
her to get things she couldn't reach. Now it seems I'm in a
high-risk group, due to my diabetes and heart surgery.
We're still enjoying our swimming pool. The new heat pump
keeps it at a comfortable 86 degrees. I was afraid it might
affect our electric bill, but our bill actually went down
$4.00 a month, from $18 to $14 starting in May (we're on a
"budget" bill amount that is adjusted every three months).
Thanks for keeping things going with the Sandstorm, Maren,
and a belated happy birthday.
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ where today is the beginning
of our 100+ degree weather season
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Come on Bombers, let's all agree to send in one entry at
least once every 10 days, that should provide lots of
interesting reads.
Happy Birthday, Katie SHEERAN (61) on 4/21; I remember when
you sent me some information when I turned old enough to get
Medicare. SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME AGO.
I've read articles on when the Spanish Flu hit the world
in 1918. They had masks, closed the schools, and public
gatherings. But they didn't shut down the economy. We may
need a WPA force to get us going. Last time they built some
fantastic roads like the one over Chinook Pass to Mt.Ranuer;
maybe this time they can repair infrastructure, like bridges.
I keep waiting for us to be free to go somewhere. They are
talking of opening up churches in the first phase here
(whenever that comes), but advising the "elderly", (still
find it hard to believe I'm in that category, but I am), to
stay in, so does that mean we still can't go to church, even
with a mask?
We are having beautiful spring weather here, and I am
starting to work on my garden. ( a never-ending project;)
Sunset by thelittle lake in SE Indiana
Spring y the little lake in SE Indiana
Stay Safe, Bombers.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ In SE Indiana in the house by the
little lake, where people are fishing -- Not us -- I
only fish at the supermarket and haven't done that in
a while.
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Jim HAMILTON ('63)
Let the celebrations begin. It's official, the entire Gold
Medal Class of '63 has had their 74th Birthday with Don "Tail
End Charlie" Winston ('63) lighting his candles today.
Obviously Don was "Green Shirted" and an "early admit" as his
birthday is some 168 days after Dick BOEHNING'S ('63) 75th
Birthday. In fact he's 178 days younger than Ray STEIN ('64)
who was obviously "Red Shirted". Now I'm exhausted and need
to sit down and watch the Forever Young and Always Lovely
Miss Nancy ('65) tend to the landscaping, which I might add
is simply stunning and worthy of a Sunset cover. -jimbeaux
-Jim HAMILTON ('63)
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>>From: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
Re: Jeo Burrow, LSU's legendary 2019 QB
Well, Maren, Joe is going home! So glad to see Joe Burrow
going to the Cincinnati Bengals. He is such a fine young man
and is doing so much good in his home town area of Athens,
Ohio.
{This kid is such a class act. Look at the
billboard he put up in Baton Rouge. -Maren]
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Smy/200425-Burrow_BBoard.jpg
He may have played for LSU, but he'll always be an [Ohio}
Buckeye! When my son was going to Ohio State he attended a
Bengals game in their Tiger's Den. He said it had the most
rabid fans he'd ever seen in Pro ball! I wonder if we'll even
have a college football season this year. Still waiting to
hear if summer baseball will happen for grandson, Cameron
Jenkins ('16).
-Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY ' 4/25/20
Re: Neighborly COVID19 UNfolding fence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF_5zx0JKBo
Re: Recent Sandstorm entries
So, FOR SURE has a problem. I'm
gonna delete it from the Sandstorm "footer" -- as soon as I
figure out how. The people at NetAtlantic (the outfit that
actually mails the Sandstorm after I send it to them for
distribution -- will need to call me back -- maybe today? In
the meantime, let's do this
1) Subject of your Sandstorm entry: 4/26 entry (use
the date you THINK/EXPECT your entry to be in the Sandstorm.
2) Send to Sandstorm@richlandbombers.com and include
your picture(s) with your text entry and send just one email.
3) I'll send a quick note that I received it... If you
don't get a note from me by evening time, resend your entry
to vegas68@gmail.com
If there's an entry that didn't make the Sandstorm in recent
days, please resend...
Bomber cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 72° at 1am
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Re: I Fought the Lawn and the Lawn Won (Part 2, The back
yard.)
I always have more problems with the sprinklers in the back
yard. Station one will not completely shut off, either if I
open the valve manually or with the controller. One sprinkler
still sprays out about 6". Then I went to station two and one
sprinkler only pops up half-way, the next one barely pops up,
and the third one not at all, although some water does come
out. Finally traced that down to an area behind my boxwood
shrubs and the white vinyl fence. I don't know what you call
it, but it a flexible tube about 1/2" that is used in drip
irrigation. The plastic is real hard there and is broken, so
that's where most of the water goes. There are what looks
like two large bricks there and the tubing was out in the
open. I think it also goes under come concrete and then to
more boxwood shrubs. I am guessing the previous owner tried
to block dogs from digging under the fence. I have had
problems with dogs digging under the fence. I am going to
have to trim back and maybe take out some or even all shrubs
to replace that tubing. I understand I can root boxwood
plants instead of buying that many. Have not researched that
much, but wonder if I can root cuttings in potting soil
instead of sand and just make sure it is kept really wet.
Then, how do I make it so dogs can't dig under and ruin my
piping again? Maybe drive metal stakes in the ground every 3
inches?
Re: Periodic Table of Elements
There really is a periodic (picnic) table of elements. It
is located at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North
Carolina. This has got to be the ultimate picnic table for
nerds. If I needed an outdoor table, and if I had the time
and patience to build one like it, I might try it. Looks like
the tiles are made out of ceramic, I bet that would be a job
to mold them and then glaze the lettering on them, and make
it look that good, but ceramic would be the way to do it that
would last in the weather.
https://www.strangecarolinas.com/2015/04/periodic-picnic-table-winston-salem-nc.html
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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14 Bombers sent stuff:
Richard ROBERTS ('49), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Grover SHEGRUD ('56), Dolores MOODY ('60)
David DOUGLAS ('62), Helen CROSS ('62)
Paula BEARDSLEY ('62), Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Donna NELSON ('63), Roy BALLARD ('63)
Bill SCOTT ('64), Carol CONVERSE ('64)
Linda REINING ('64), Nancy MALLORY ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lou Ann BINNS ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rosalie LANSING ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Allen STREGE ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Melanie DUKES ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Paul DUDLEY ('68)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sydney PERRYMAN ('19)
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>>From: Richard ROBERTS ('49)
Re: Col-High Original Gym Floor
My wife, Carol TYNER Roberts ('52), won a writing pen at
the reunion last year crafted from the wood of the original
Col-Hi gym floor. I wonder if that craft person might have
other items available for purchase? Anybody out there might
know who that person is and how I might get in touch? Thanks.
Cheers,
-Richard ROBERTS ('49)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Due to some unforeseen difficulties two of my Sandstorm
Entries didn't make it. Maybe this one will...
A belated "Happy Birthday!" to Ellen WEIHERMILLER ('63) on
4/22 and Rex "Pat" WOOD ('54) on 4/24. Hope you both had a
good day, with many more to follow.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
Day 39 of our self imposed quarantine and all is well here no
virus, no weight gained, no fights just time to take it easy
and stay home. We have had some meals delivered from local
restaurants: Spartas, MOD, pizza about once a week. Still no
knowledge of any close friends or family who contracted the
virus.
I was saddened to hear of Tom HUGHES ('56-RIP) passing he
was part of the 1300 block Stevens drive gang for baseball,
hiking, and general mischief and a friend all the way
through school.
Hey! there was a bit on TV about a guy giving neighborhood
concerts from his front porch some where in the Seattle
area which brings to my mind the Beyer family accordion
neighborhood concerts. Does any one else remember those??
-Grover SHEGRUD ('56) ~ in comfortably warm Lynnwood, Martha
Lake, Mill Creek, Bothell, Washington
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>>From: Dolores MOODY Stewart ('60)
Re: This 'n' That
I just want to thank each and every one of you for your
entries. I've laughed, learned and cried with each of you.
Most off all I want to thank Maren for all she does, but
most all for letting me know what day of the week it is!
-Dolores MOODY Stewart ('60) ~ Sheltering in Sun City West,
AZ & hoping to return to WA in May
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
I forgot to mention the highlight of the week in yesterday's
entry. My wife scored a nine-roll package of TP at Fry's
Foods. Now that isn't the highlight; any senior citizen who
wants to get in line, keeping to the tape strips on the
sidewalk 6 feet apart, at 3AM can probably do that. But my
wife got it at noon. We celebrated with ice cream cones from
DQ.
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Re: Goslings
You know it's a sure sign of spring when we see baby goslings
on the pond. (Sorry, I don't have a telephoto lens, so you
have to enlarge it to really see them. THE PARENT GEESE are
very protective, and don't want me closer; one flew at some
other geese he thought were too close.
Bomber Cheers,
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ West Harrison, IN
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>>From: Paula BEARDSLEY Glenn ('62)
I've seen several posts recently about your yards and yard
work. I love walking the neighborhood and seeing everyone's
yard come to life this Spring. The tulips and daffys are done
here, lilacs are in bloom and the dogwoods are gorgeous. It
seems so hopeful that this will pass and life will return to
normal. I've asked my hubby Bill (NAB) to enlarge our garden
space by half again. Not sure yet what to plant but after
seeing prices rising at the store, growing more of our own
food sounds like a good plan. Last year beans and tomatoes
did well and just used up the last I put in the freezer in
2019.
Re: Covid 19 restrictions
Between being a lung cancer survivor, CHF (Congestive Heart
Failure) and autoimmune hepatitis and celiac disease, I guess
I'm solidly classified in the at-risk group. I have made a
couple of in person grocery runs, tried the pickup method at
Fred Meyers and Wally World and sent hubby a couple of times.
We're not starving but I do keep a close eye on the dwindling
TP supply.
Re: Masks
I have occupied my days recently making masks for family and
friends. Using up my stash of quilting fabric, I've masked
about 75 people so far. Elastic seems to be in short supply
around here tho. For those who insist on paying (which I try
to discourage), I have been able to pass it forward to our
local Food Bank which is struggling to keep up with the
demand. We organized a cash drive with my Kiwanis club where
we are meeting virtually and in a week managed to raise over
$1400 for the Tri-City Food Bank which was very welcomed.
I pray for all of Bomberland, healthy and safe days ahead. Be
well, Bombers!
-Paula BEARDSLEY Glenn ('62) ~ Richland
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Re: Lockdown
In the interests of avoiding blank verse, so to speak, on the
Sandstorm, here's one Seattle-area version of lockdown.
To prevent crowds all the parks in Seattle and King County
seem to be closed. Swings and slides are yellow-taped.
Closures includes the 30-mile long Burke-Gilman bike/walking
trail from Puget Sound, north around Lake Washington, and
then south to Redmond. A paved-over abandoned railroad track
concealed often in trees and then paralleling the placid
Sammamish River.
One sees the "closed" signs at intervals (the international
red circle and diagonal, together with hyped-up verbiage)
as one, nevertheless, zips past on a bike or walks past,
unperturbed and undeterred. On this very linear trail (but
still defined as a crowd-attraction by "essential" desk-
sitters downtown) folks are usually 50 or a 100-yards apart,
or even a quarter mile on a slack day A bit more than the 6-
feet for "social distancing"! And while passing bikes might
skirt the bubble, even this proximity is for only for a half-
second if one is pedaling at, say, 15 mph. (Do the math at 22
feet/second).
So, the signs are universally ignored. Happy people
everywhere dressed in all manner of bright Nike colors. No
criminality here; just common sense. But wait, there's more!
Without warning and round the bend up ahead, at a rare road
crossing, there's suddenly in view a familiar display of
flashing red and blue lights atop three black patrol cars!
Beyond any reasonable doubt, a trap enabling a quota of
enforcement citations.
The split-second decision? Accelerate and don't make eye
contact!... Pretend (?) senility, and if necessary, feign
English illiteracy (the signs are also in Spanish)! And
deafness! The vulnerable half-second alongside slips
behind... Eat my dust!
But, then, nothing here out of the routine, after all. Three
cheek-to-jowl patrol cars plus-wedged between-a fourth car
with the trunk open, and a motionless small-business
entrepreneur who chose lockup over lockdown. Cuffs and all.
What a letdown-just another roadside drug bust in family-
friendly and law-abiding Seattle/King County.
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ Bomber decision-maker in Shoreline, WA
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>>From: Donna NELSON ('63)
Re: Mallards
I've been feeding a pair of mallards in my yard for the last
month... birdseed, not bread!! My property boarders a canal
and they swim and nest along the canal and have been for
years. Figure these coming back are previous years offspring.
The drake will keep watch while the hen eats and then he'll
eat when coast is clear if people aren't walking along the
road. He seems to do all the quacking!!
Had many duck dinners and made many feather pillow sets
because I was married to a hunter years ago.
-Donna NELSON ('63)
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>>From: Roy BALLARD ('63)
Re: Sausage
Anyone know where one can buy some good sausage... the ones
that are wound in a big circle????? Saw another one in a
cooking show that they said was very good.
-Roy BALLARD ('63) ~ Richland
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>>From: Bill SCOTT ('64)
Re: Yard Work
Well, I got an early start on yard projects this year because
I have so much lined up. The south side of the house has a
gravel walkway which was put in when the house was put in I
don't know when. Over the years the gravel had sunk into the
ground quite a bit from weather and feet treading on it.
Also, weeds from the neighboring vacant lot had made a
serious intrusion onto the walkway. This was one of those
projects that just seemed to get bigger the more I did. We
pulled all the weeds and thought that looked pretty good.
Then I decided to rehab the whole thing. Got 50 feet of
plastic yard trim, dug a trench for it, and put it in nice
and straight. That looked pretty good walling off the weeds.
Let's do some more! I bought two cubic yards of pea gravel
and had it dumped in the front driveway. I said to myself,
there's no way on God's green earth that at 74 I'm going to
go out there and shovel gravel. I mean, I've heard all about
people suffering heart attacks shoveling snow, and gravel is
heavier. Yeah, I thought, I'm going to hire someone. Sure,
you bet. Well, I shoveled a few shovelsful of gravel at the
end of the walkway near the pile. That wasn't so bad, but I
wasn't going to do the rest, nosirree! Not for this old man.
Well, you guessed it, Sherrie and I kept going, a little bit
at a time, and before long we had the whole two yards put in
place, with the help of a big plastic Lowe's bucket and a
furniture dolly to carry it to the spot, since I don't have a
wheelbarrow and I'm too cheap to buy one. We even had gravel
left over to do part of the walkway on the north side. Dang,
it looks good! Guess we're not ready for the rest home yet!
Next big project? Leveling the back deck, which is sinking
into one corner.
[How about a picture of all that shoveled
gravel, Bill!?. -Maren]
-Bill SCOTT ('64) ~ from beautiful Rockaway Beach, OR where
the natives are restless from all this stay-at-home
business.
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>>From: Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64)
To: Linda REINING ('64)
Re: Favorite Chore
My house also has blinds in every window. The windows
themselves seem pretty small so we took down the blinds from
the living room and my craft room. The bedroom blinds I just
dust. Much easier.
To: Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53)
Re: Mental Health
Thank you for laugh that I got out from this morning. I
shared it on my Facebook Page for others to enjoy. We all
need a good laugh during this troubling times. Thanks again.
To: Linda REINING ('64)
Re: Weather Opportunities
I hear ya girl! The largest earthquake we were in while in
Eureka, CA was a 6.1. It didn't do any damage to our home,
but a few of my dishes ended up on the floor. I was just
afraid that our china hutch was going to fall over, but it
didn't. That 30 seconds seemed like a life time and soooo
surreal. The house just kept shaking and shaking. Most
of quakes were in the neighborhood of 3 something to 4
something. They didn't bother me as we got a lot of them.
We were told so long as you kept getting them, the pressure
wasn't building up to extremes. When I found out that my son
and wife were pregnant, I told my husband it was time to get
out of dodge! Took another 18 months to sell the house
though, and I'm so glad to be back up in the Tri-Cities! I
wasn't very happy to find out that we get them up here as
well, but they are 1s and 2s.
-Carol CONVERSE Maurer (Magic Class of '64) ~ Beautiful
spring weather we're getting. Come Saturday, it's to
be 78°. Yippy!
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
Idaho is starting to phase reopening of all businesses... hope
to have all businesses opened by the middle of June. And,
now, they are making it mandatory for many employees to wear
masks... my thinking on this... a little late... like closing
the barn door after all the cows got out... where was the
worry about all the people that were working, from when this
started, back in March, til now????? My oldest daughter works
for the post office and has been working, steadily, since
this virus started... just this past week she was told that
everyone will be required to wear a mask, while at work...
why, now?
I also have my yearly exam with my heart doctor and was
informed that in order to keep my appointment, which is in
June, I will be required to wear a mask, or I will not be
allowed into the doctor's office! I don't want to get
political on any of this, but I feel it's MY right to wear
a mask or not, I resent being told I HAVE to wear one! I
understand there are many who have underlying health issues,
that need to be very careful, and the elderly (of which I
am one) also need to be careful, but I feel it should be my
decision as to whether or not I wear a mask! I haven't worn
one, this entire time and I also have not quit going
shopping, although, only to the grocery stores, since that's
the only stores that are open, but I refuse to "buy" into the
hysteria surrounding this "flu". Shutting down the economy
was, in my opinion, the wrong thing to do... how many people
are out of work and worrying about losing their livelihoods?
(if this is too political for the Sandstorm, I will leave it
up to Maren, as to whether or not this appears in print). I
think we should have been practicing "herd mentality" and
letting our bodies build up the necessary antibodies to
"fight" this blasted virus!
I will be glad when life gets back to normal, whatever that
will be, cause life will surely be different than what it had
been. Churches are still closed... they will be allowed to
open, the second week in May (I don't believe they ever
should have been shut down), in the meantime, we "attend
church" by watching it being "streamed" on the computer.
Maren, thanks for all you do to keep us all connected.
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ Kuna, ID
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>>From: Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64)
I do look forward to reading the SS every morning with my
cereal and OJ. (no coffee for me). Thanks, Maren!
When the powers that be want to send SS to SPAM I used to
have to go into that folder and click - NOT SPAM. My Son
clicked on some filter (link) to never send it to SPAM so
now when "they" want to send SS to SPAM it still comes to my
inbox, but, has a big banner on top wanting me to click send
to SPAM. Don't know why "they" consider it spam when many of
us repeatedly click NOT SPAM.
MY Son (who shares my house) picked up our grocery order
yesterday. There are items not available. Guess he will have
to go inside a store and get those before we run out.
Has anyone driven a zero turn mower? We just got one (old
mower only lasted 19 years). There is a learning curve to
those!
Talked to my sister Karen and Hanford is still on lockdown.
Brother David is also not working.
-Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64) ~ in E TN where today is rainy
and will be 71°
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8 Bombers sent stuff:
Grover SHEGRUD ('56), Stephanie DAWSON ('60)
Donna NELSON ('63), Leoma COLES ('63)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64), Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Tedd CADD ('66), Anita FRAVALA ('73)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill CHAPMAN ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim TADLOCK ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve UPSON ('65)
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>>From: Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
Re: THOUGHTS:
I take walk each day about mail time; my step counter thing
says its between 5,000 and 6,000 steps I loop around Martha
Lake grade school and Alderwood Middle School then back past
the house to the mail box then home. A good routine and the
people I see on this walk are very considerate about the
six foot rule. As I pass the track I count between 12 and 18
people doing loops being careful to not get too close to
others.
As to the question of what day is it: I make a point to
figure what day it was and what day comes next before I go to
sleep at night so I won't be confused when (and if) I awake.
The date Is a different matter for that I study my calendar
many times a day!
Investment thought: ZOOM!! This is a super gadget I notice
it in use all over the TV land. We use Zoom for our Changes
Parent Support Group meeting (We who have "been there done
that" assisting other parents in dealing with their kids
acting out problems). We also have a Zoom session Saturdays
for my kids and their kids and us. Also a session on Sundays
with My wife's family and all their family's. we have 12 to
18 people each time. Love it.
I think I could get use to this life style; my planed
retirement date is two years and one month off but who's
counting??
-Grover SHEGRUD ('56) ~ from cloudy Lynnwood, Martha Lake,
Mill Creek, Bothell, WA
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>>From: Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
WOW! What a lovely big bunch of entries for Sunday! Guess
Bomber Nation is awake after all.
Re: Quarantine
Because walking any distance on my lousy joints is wobbly
and painful, I have not minded most of the quarantine
restrictions. I am glad for a reason to stay home and
communicate with my severely compromised son by phone and
email so as not to infect him. I feel much more responsible
for keeping him safe, and others with health issues, than
if I were to go out mask-less. Other than driving to the
newspaper and mail boxes, I go out mostly to drive-in
services, except for a once-a-week kamikaze trip to a
grocery, fully masked. And thousands of us are able to attend
regular church online, where the sound is better and you can
see up close what is going on! I'm sure that God forgives us
for missing communion. I don't understand why some people
think that mask wearing is more inconvenient than getting the
virus from some other careless person and then inadvertently
passing it on to someone who cannot survive it. Come on
people, this too shall pass, and then we can talk about
it the way our parents talked about surviving WWI, the
Depression, and WWII. And the thing is, you may be infectious
long before you have any symptoms and even suspect that you
may have gotten "it."
Re: Shopping
The husband of one of my BFFs stands in line (I cannot do
that) at the Kennewick Costco beginning at 0 dark hundred to
stock up on whatever they need. She has brought me masks and
"rescue" TP. Greater love hath no man or woman than to lay
down their life and their TP for their friends! I hear that
there is a line at that Costco all day. One of my sons lives
in Bonney Lake (West side of the state) and says that there
is rarely any line at all at his Costco. Serves a smaller
population, I guess, and there are several within miles of
his house. The Kennewick Costco serves many thousands from
far and wide.
Re: Goslings
When I was still walking some distance, I used to walk the
Columbia in the spring and watch the flotillas of goslings
going up and down the river shore. There would be long lines
of little ones, with a parent in front, a parent behind, and
several other adults flanking the kids on the river side. It
always reminded me of kindergarten outings with all those
weary and wary teachers trying to keep count!
Our Springer Spaniel was a terrific hunter and retriever back
in the day when my Dad and brothers regularly hunted all
manner of waterfowl and gamebirds. When we lived north of
downtown on the Columbia, she somehow knew that the families
of geese, ducks, pheasants, quail, and others that brought
their families up to feed on our lawn every spring were
FAMILY PETS, NOT PREY. I am the same way. I love watching any
type of game without seeing them as a meal, although I grew
up on all sorts of winged, finned, and four-legged food
sources. And my mom used to decorate church hats with the
most glorious duck feathers!
Re: Draught
The Tri-Cities seems to have had a pretty dry winter. Those
of us who count on the canals to water our yards and gardens
have had to watch our flora struggling for a drink until the
canals filled, and a lot of plantings are late to leaf out or
blossom. Have already lost a few things.
Re: Days
Once I retired, I sometimes had trouble remembering what day
it was in the summer, when TV was full of reruns. Now the
schedules are more staggered, so I just have to remember
what program I saw last night and I'm good for recalling the
day of the week (if Oak Island and NCIS are on, it must be
Tuesday). Nothing is on Saturdays except sports, so sometimes
I have to leave a note for myself to be sure I don't mix up
Saturday and Sunday! I never forget to pay the bills on time,
so I'm not worried.
Re: Mail
My MSN mail (is it Outlook?) never deletes anything and I
don't think I have a SPAM folder. I sometimes wish I did;
lately I'm getting all sorts of "opportunities" to open and
reply to "urgent" messages about the virus, etc. Sometimes I
get 3 or 4 in a row (I send them straight to Delete). What
happened to that list of people who do not want SPAM? I'm
still on it but it doesn't seem to be doing the job anymore.
Maren, if you print all of this in one day, you are nuts!
Feel free to split it into several days worth of messages!
-Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
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>>From: Donna NELSON ('63)
Re Putting my garbage in plastic
Here's something I've thought about recently cuz I have time
to think. [happy face] When did I start using plastic bags in
my kitchen garbage can in order to carry it out to put in the
garbage can in the garage before pickup day? (don't have a
compactor and think they have a plastic bag lining, too). I
used to use paper bags which broke on the way out sometimes.
I don't remember my mother using paper or plastic in her
kitchen garbage can. Garbage was loose and just was poured
into a galvanized can with a lid.
I recycle everything since I retired from subbing and wonder
how much I contribute to the football fields of garbage in
the ocean.
-Donna NELSON ('63)
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>>From: Leoma COLES ('63)
I feel bad when I don't write in very often to the Sandstorm.
You would think that I should have a lot of time on my hands
with this time of confinement. Well, I seem to be busier
than ever! I live with my daughter and her boyfriend and 2
grandchildren. My daughter still works everyday at a small
drive-thru coffee shop, which she is in the process of
buying, so I am up with the 4 year old grandson, and doing
meals and homework and laundry and housecleaning! My 17 year
old granddaughter, a senior this year has been doing homework,
and together we have been making masks and working on her
Girl Scout Gold award project almost daily. She has been
making pillowcases to donate to Dornbecker Childrens Hospital
in Portland, in memory of a close classmate that died of
cancer two years ago. She has also been very disappointed
that school, prom, and possibly graduation has all been
cancelled due to COVID-19. Plus our family plans for vacation
in Southern California for graduation looks like it will be
cancelled as well.
I am just trying to keep a positive outlook that this too
shall pass, and we will become stronger and that I can be
there to support my family so that the future will be better
and we can look back and say that we survived. I hope that we
can take some time and go camping, and take a trip as soon as
all of this is cleared up enough to travel.
My best to all of you in Bomberland stay healthy and have a
great summer,
Take care,
-Leoma COLES ('63) ~ Lincoln City, OR where it's quiet and
sunny today
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>>From:Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY ' 4/27/20
Re: COVID19
~ Neighborly UNfolding fence
~ Dr. Erickson advice
Get the latest information from the CDC about COVID-19.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfLVxx_lBLU (51:56)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zed_U257j4o (28:39 essential cut)
Re: Recent Sandstorm entries
So, FOR SURE has a problem. I"m
gonna delete it from the Sandstorm "footer" -- as soon as I
figure out how. The people at NetAtlantic (the outfit that
actually mails the Sandstorm after I send it to them for
distribution -- will need to call me back. They might call
tomorrow (Monday).. I don't think they are there on the week
ends.
In the meantime,, let's do this
1) Subject of your Sandstorm entry: 4/26 entry (use
the date you THINK/EXPECT your entry to be in the Sandstorm.
2) Send to Sandstorm@richlandbombers.com and include
your picture(s) with your text entry and send just one email.
3) I'll send a quick note that I received it... If you
don't get a note from me by evening time, resend your entry
to vegas68@gmail.com
If there's an entry that didn't make the Sandstorm in recent
days, please resend...
Re: 2021 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
OH MY! This IS news. Youngest winner and 4-time Iditarod
champion, Dallas Seavey, will enter next year's Iditarod...
his dad - oldest and 3-time winner, Mitch, will NOT race next
year... they are combining the best dogs from both kennels
for Dallas to train.
Bomber cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 70° at 12:30am
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
WOW!!! 14 Bombers sent stuff to the Alumni Sandstorm. Just
like in the good ole days!!!
Re: David's Bench
I happened to be over in Richland today and just as I was
heading for home in Kennewick, I thought, I should go to the
Emptytown Shopping Center (formaly knows as Uptown) and see
David's bench. I took my bottle of water and sat on the
bench. Then I thought . . . I should take a selfie!!! Well I
got one of these newfangled smart phones recently. Had no
idea how to take a selfie, so after several tries, this it
the best selfie I was able to get.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ham/200427-Davids_Bench.jpg
My old car in the background is one of the very few cars
there, thus I am calling Emptytown instead of Uptown.
RIP David, we miss you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Dennis HAMMER ('64) ~
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) is right about signs of Spring!
At Howard Amon Park in Richland, the Canada Geese are pretty
tame. When their babies hatch, they get a little more
protective, to be sure.
Still, you can get some pretty great views of the little
cotton balls waddling after momma or swimming in a line
behind her.
Here is one shot I made a couple ol years ago. I was no more
than 10 feet away. The little one is pretty tuckered out.
Tedd's Gosling Picture
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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>>From: Anita FRAVALA Griffin ('73)
Re: COVID-19
I am so thankful that Governor Inslee shut down Washington
state when he did to get this disastrous pandemic under
control and "flatten the curve". We were the first state,
along with California, to be hit with this horrible virus
(which according to scientists is NOT the flu). As of today,
April 26, in the U.S. alone, there are almost 991,000
confirmed cases of COVID-19 (that they know of), with 56,000
deaths (again, that they know of). I am flabbergasted the two
times I've had to go into Costco and see people without masks
and gloves. It is certainly their right to shop that way but
it is MY RIGHT to be safe from them. I am doing everything I
can to protect myself and my family and wish others would do
the same. Fortunately, all the grocery stores have started
curbside pickup so we utilize that and don't have to come
into contact with any shoppers that are without masks or
gloves.
Stay home, stay safe.
-Anita FRAVALA Griffin ('73)
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10 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
Paul WEBSTER ('56), David DOUGLAS ('62)
Pete BEAULIEU ('62), Bill SCOTT ('64)
Shirley COLLINGS ('66), Rick MADDY ('67)
Irene WALDNER ('69), Mike DALEN ('72)
Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dick WIGHT ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Betty WHITTEN ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marilyn SIMMONS ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dale HOSACK ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda ABBEY ('71)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Take a moment to wish Betty WHITTEN ('54) a "Happy Birthday!"
The only problem I have with wearing a face mask is that it
redirects my breath and I fog my glasses and can't tell if I
am outside the 6-foot zone. Maybe it is time for science to
develop personal force fields.
[Immediately before wearing a face mask,
wash the spectacles with soapy water and
shake off the excess. Then, let them air
dry or gently dry off the lenses with a
soft tissue before putting them on. -Maren]
Take care and be safe.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
In an email from my friend Manny MANKOWSKI ('55), he happened
to mention that his baby sister, Mary MANKOWSKI Hewitt ('60)
passed away after a period of hospice care, in March. I
know how hard it is to lose someone you grew up with in
your family that you are close to, and way too young to die.
It leaves a hole in one's soul. We lose our parents and
grandparents often because it's their time and that is hard
enough - but the loss of your beloved younger brother or
sister often seems to be that much more difficult to bare.
My heartfelt condolences to Manny and his family.
-Diane AVEDOVECH ('56)
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>>From: Paul WEBSTER ('56)
Re: Tom HUGHES ('56-RIP) ~ 7/29/38 - 4/6/20
I initially read and entry from Tom HUGHES (12/22/2019) on
"His Angel". His need as an alumni calls into question (by
me) why Club40 continuea to offer annual scholarships while
some of our alumni suffer financial hardship due to health
issues. I have always supported Club 40's participation in
annual scholarships and understand they are important to the
applicant. Yet Tom's need had me reflecting on the allocation
of Club 40 scholarship funds. I have never thought they
were the determinant in the applicant going on to a higher
education. That said I am asking myself where can we do the
greatest good with our money as an Alumni and Sandstorm
member. I think establishing a fund to help our alumnus who
are in financial need due to health issues far exceeds the
limited help we offer scholarship applicants. Perhaps the
real question is as follows: Is that hole really too big for
us to fill? In Tom's case it was well within our capabilites
and the real Angel could have been us. If after review the
alumni group feels we can make a difference I will be happy
to partisapate in a fund of this nature.
-Paul WEBSTER ('56)
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
Re: Excitement
Had a little excitement when my wife and I were coming into
the house from the swimming pool. I was behind my wife, so
she had to tell me what happened. According to her, a lizard
came into the house with her. Big mistake. Our cat Tinkerbell
waits at the door because I give her the Temptations treats
that she loves. (She's even learned what the word "treats"
means and rushes to her dish when she hears it.) Anyway,
the lizard didn't last ten seconds. Tinkerbell swooped in,
grabbed it with her teeth, and disappeared somewhere for
dinner. She's been a housecat ever since she was a kitten,
but apparently she hasn't forgotten her skills as a hunter
that she got from her wilder ancestors.
Re: About masks
I refuse to wear a mask unless it's required for ingress,
like my doctor's office. Unless you have one of the masks
that doctors wear (N95, I think it's called; it filters out
95% of airborne particulates) the mask you wear will NOT
protect you from an infected person. It's worn to protect
people around you from YOU, if you are infected. I'm not
infected, so I don't wear a mask. Please don't get after
me if you happen to meet me (in Mesa, AZ - my wife doesn't
let me drive out of town anymore).
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
To: Stephanie DAWSON ('60), Tedd CADD ('66)
Re: Ducks and Geese
Can't help but inflict two of my own duck stories onto the
Sandstorm captive audience. In the later 1950s a treasured
moment was to be the first to the River's edge on early
Saturday mornings at the north end of town. More fog in those
days, and the ducks were beyond counting, covering the river
bank in a dark blanket upstream and downstream. Stirring this
spectacle to swim out en masse and then fly to the islands
was almost surreal.
Then in the 1960s, now at a Navy port-o-call in the
Philippines, a fellow junior officer (Bob, from Albuquerque)
befriended an abandoned duck egg with the idea of saving it
from scavengers. In the shoe box under his bunk, and in a
bunk room shared with 26 others--it hatched.
We all know (except Bob) that hatched ducklings bond to the
first thing they see moving. Momma Bob! After a month of
bread crumbs and tender care at sea, and now back again, the
critter was making too much noise. Quack, quack! Even Bob saw
the necessity of unloading the duckling, somewhere, on the
expansive Subic Bay Naval Base.
I checked out a car and we set forth with the shoe box. Bob
finally selected the right swamp and released his duck. As we
made haste back to the road the creature already could be
seen tripping over the low grass frantically trying to follow
Mom. Quack, quack! Wrenching to behold. I chose not to
enlighten Bob of the impending future, but still thought to
myself, "it'll be over soon, a python will have it before
sundown."
And now, as for pythons. . . one of the young enlisted men
in my division had unusually dexterous toes and was adept
at climbing barefoot up the jungle canopy, even palm trees.
Months later I found that, for the second time in his short
career, he had captured a python. Under my nose, he had
hidden it for months, coiled in the empty bottom shelf of my
hole-in-the-wall "office" filing cabinet. Pythons don't
quack. It occasionally engulfed raw hamburger smuggled from
the galley. Upon our return to the West Coast it was donated,
again, to the San Diego Zoo.
Just another day at the office.
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ Shoreline, WA
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>>From: Bill SCOTT ('64)
Yesterday Maren prodded me to send in a picture of my gravel
project. I unfortunately don't have a picture of "before",
but here is one "after". I thought it came out well for
someone who'd never done it before.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sco/200428_Gravel_Project.jpg
-Bill SCOTT ('64)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Cool Desert Nights Cancelled
The event has been cancelled for this year.
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland where we are
experiencing high winds at 1:50 Monday afternoon.
It feels like 75°, though.
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>>From: Rick MADDY ('67)
Re: Something new
So, now when I open a AS sent photo (this one is David's
Bench by Dennis HAMMER ('64) - yesterday (4/27) I get this
(see my photo).
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Mad/200428_Suspicious.jpg
[I think this is JUST a gmail thing.
Vicki OWENS ('72) got the same thing today.
REST ASSURED, Bombers, I have checked EVERY
LINK in the Sandstorm. Dunno why gmail suddenly
think alumniSandstorm.com is suspicious...
we've had that domain name since 2013. -Maren]
I did click the proceed and it did go to the photo.
[There were two links and two pictures.. -Maren]
This is the sort of geniuses we all are now enduring by
screwing up a working system that is not broke for their
'better idea' which is an obvious FAIL. From SPAM to more
SPAM in the name of safety.
Reminds me of my new Apple phone and new car engines that
shut off by design when they stop at a red light... I could
go on, and will.
I do not open emails I do not know. The ones I do know at
times depending on my mood, but only because I have not yet
'unsubscibed' (at the bottom of the email with the small
print) for whatever reason. Most I delete them and empty the
trash with BLOCK & DELETE marked, which does work at times
because some I never see again. I do not answer phone numbers
unless it is the Veterans Administration (I know that number)
... even stated businesses I do know (they will leave a
message, or not). Or, I call them back if need be. I do not
even answer knocks on my door (I should invest in a peep
hole). And I have had about zero problems because of this.
Simple rules to be left alone. Try it, unless you are lonely.
... and then there is the pounds of mail I have to shred.
-Rick MADDY ('67) ~ just sayin (if you call, leave a message,
please)
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>>From: Irene WALDNER Russell ('69)
To: Richard ROBERTS ('49)
Re: About your wooden pen
It was I who donated that pen, two actually, for the Club 40
scholarship raffle last September. I'm in Kennewick/Finley
and had lunch at Li'l Randy's Restaurant in Kennewick and
saw pens in a display case as I was paying my bill. Quite
surprised, as I hadn't seen this man's work in some time.
His name is Dick, and I think he sold his work under the
name "Dick's Woods". The girl behind the desk said that she
believed or knew that Dick had passed away, and that his son
put these in the restaurant to sell. Right now I don't know
how to contact anyone, as Li'l Randy's is closed up.
Dick used to show up all around the Tri-Cities at Christmas
bazaars; he made pens (I bought Pasco gym floor pens for
stepsons), key chains, a lot of items. Earrings -I have his
earrings made of sagebrush wood.
Give me a few weeks to get back to that restaurant and ask -
unless someone else reading this has a more timely answer and
can find Dick's children.
-Irene WALDNER Russell ('69)
Thanks, Maren. You're a hero.
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>>From: Mike DALEN ('72)
Don't run into too many Bombers in Huntsville, Alabama, but...
Mechanic, an old guy (my age) got stuck in my pasture picking
up a lawn tractor for repair. I had to yank him out of the
mud with my 4WD pickup (no gun rack or confederate flag
decals despite the stereotypes).
He wore a Navy ballcap, I asked if he'd gone to the academy
and I mentioned I went to Coast Guard Academy. I asked where
he grew up and he answered "a little town in eastern
Washington named Richland".
Told him I was a Bomber, Class of '72 and he about had a
heart attack. He grew up on Thayer [I'd say about the 500
block, if memory serves. -Maren] and moved to Alabama when he
was 11. His sister was a Bomber, class of '64. His name is
Ron BLOOM ('65), don't recall his sister's name [Sandy]. They
attended Marcus Whitman and Carmichael. Said his dad worked
for GE and Battelle, where my father worked.
[Also other Bombers in the Bloom family:
"Buddy" ('59-RIP) and several younger ..
I didn't know the little ones. Dad was
Johnny - friend of my dad's -- I think
Mom's name was Jeri?? -Maren]
Now I'm hoping for a big Bomber discount on my lawn mower
repair bill.
-Mike DALEN ('72)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: Churches Construction
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/200428_00.htm
To: All Bombers
While going thru some old files from 1949 I figured some will
bring up memories for those who graduated a few years after
then and perhaps a view for those who did not wander the
dusty parts of the Village and see it grow. Best to all and
enjoy.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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8 Bombers sent stuff:
Steve CARSON ('58), Stephanie DAWSON ('60)
David DOUGLAS ('62), Helen CROSS ('62)
Marc LEACH ('63), Peg SHEERAN ('63)
Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64), Dennis HAMMER ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Phyllis BENJAMIN ('49)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dan WARNER ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nora SZULINSKI ('66)
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>>From: Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
To: Paul WEBSTER ('56)
I read your post with interest and understanding. I am an
active member of Shoreline Rotary and we face this kind of
decision regularly. Currently we are working with our school
system to make sure that the students who depended on school
meals for nutrition are not forgotten and it is the same
question that a program you suggest has. WHO and HOW! Who
would receive support, who would decide and how would the
funds be distributed. In our case we are working with the
"student advocates", the PTA and the City. The Student
Advocates are aware of The Who. Rotary, the PTA and the City
of Shoreline raise the funding for grocery gift cards and the
advocates do distribution. Even on lockdown these advocates
are staying involved.
There are many Service Clubs involved ongoing community
support programs and economic support for our fellow Bombers
is probably not best handled by Club 40. This is not why it
was formed and staff and resources wouldn't be adequate.
Paul, thank you for bringing this up. There may be another
way to approach this. embraceshorelineschools.org is a tool
used by many providers to alert the community to specific
needs through posting on that site. A member of our Rotary
monitors that site and we budgeted $200 per month to address
a specific need.
-Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
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>>From: Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
Well, here I go again. Not that I have the time, but I have
been doing a lot of reminiscing lately, and some of the
Sandstorm entries call up old memories.
Re: Animal Stories
In the first 4 years of our marriage (1966-1970) in West
Lafayette, Indiana, before kids, we practiced our parenting
skills by raising Siamese cats and Afghan hounds (smuggled
the mother hound out of Afghanistan and into Pakistan, from
whence we shipped her home with our born-in-Kabul Siamese
male). It was good practice for providing regular feedings,
grooming, cleaning up barf and that other stuff on the Afghan
carpet, and all the joys of caring for someone other than
yourself and your mate. (Note that barf is the Farsi word for
snow, so you could say that it was barfing outside; rain was
borone, pronounced BEAU RONE).
Anyhoo, we raised litters of Siamese cats, mostly for fun,
not profit (later is was good sex ed for the kids). Sometimes
we let the cats out the back door so they could practice
being NOT domestic. Our mama cat was a good hunter, and we
never had a mouse problem in or out. One day when she was
nursing a new litter, we found a claw and beak and a couple
of robin feathers near the back door. We concluded that she
needed more meat in her diet and so captured a robin and
gobbled up the whole thing except for those few leftovers.
We were very proud of her for her capture skills and for the
primitive instinct that told her she needed the protein for
her babies. Pretty neat in our view. We always understood
that carnivores must eat!
We lived in Rochester, Indiana, from 1970-1978. Gave the
hounds back to the in-laws but kept raising Siamese until the
kids were out of high school and the cats all died of old
age. While in Rochester, we added to the menagerie from
creatures found in the pond south of town (called Millpond)
and converted our aquarium to a terrarium in the living room.
The residents were a pond frog (those little round toes),
assorted small turtles, and a beautiful black salamander with
big yellow spots. Sometimes the frog would croak the neatest
song. One day we found the frog about half way down the
throat of the salamander. George quickly rescued him and it
never happened again. I guess we upped the reptile food we
provided! I remember raising a shoe box of mealy bugs in the
sun room. Our parenting knew no bounds!
We moved to an "A" house on Thayer in 1978; kids were 3, 6,
8. From then on the primary nonhuman residents were Siamese
cats and a terrific Springer Spaniel. The kids regularly
smuggled other creatures into the house. Jeff ('88) often
had a snake or scorpion or blue skinks in his room (I was
deliberately oblivious) and once tried raising a mouse in a
TP nest on the TV, which kept him warm. Jennifer ('90)
captured a Goffin's Cockatoo that flew into the yard during
a time when many people were moving out of Richland. We
advertised but never found the owner. The bird starred in a
Richland Players production of "Painting Churches." It lived
with us for some years, but likely died of loneliness after
she went to WSU, Josh was never home, and we were at work all
day. I don't remember son Josh ('93) bringing any animals
into the house, but I'm still learning about my kids'
childhood adventures to this day. Probably just as well, as
we all survived the Janicek zoo.
Re: Anonymous Calls and Mail
Like Rick MADDY ('67), I avoid all calls that I cannot
readily identify. My tv identifies them for me, if I am in
the family room. We have a lot of out-of-state family and
friends whose area codes I never remember, but I seldom
answer a call that I didn't want. I mute the tv and wait for
a message. Clue, if they ring 4 times and hang up, or have a
V at the beginning of the number, it's not worth answering.
If 5 rings, I usually answer and am glad I did. I, too,
delete a lot of stupid emails. The titles usually give away
the sender/subject without needing to open them.
I sometimes wonder how productive it is for companies to
spend their money on all those irritating pop-up ads on the
computer. I never click on a single one, and I delete them if
they have that little x in a box. Some pages are so annoying
that I just delete the entire entry. Life is too short, even
at our ages, or especially at our ages!
I know people who shred tons of paper/mail with their name,
address, and/or a bar code (you never know what the bar code
may say about you). But I have considerably cut back on
shredding by tearing the personal information off of mail,
magazines, and catalogs, and only shredding the personal
stuff. The rest is recycled or discarded. Most of the items
we used to recycle in Benton County (not in town) I have
been told is not profitable any more and it all goes in the
landfill. This is very discouraging, but I still do what I
can. I have a place for aluminum/tin and recyclable plastic.
The rest is iffy, because I seldom go out.
Re: Wooden Pen Guy
I bought some of those wooden pens a number of years ago and
had family names engraved on them. The guy was from Portland,
and when not selling in the Tri-Cities he sold at the market
beneath the Burnside Bridge. Maybe someone is still making
and selling them in Portland?
[Sounds like Portland Saturday Market. -Maren]
Re: Running into Local People
Straight out of college in 1964, a girlfriend and I spent a
glorious 100 days in Russia, Scandinavia, and the rest of
Europe. It was really cheap in those days, especially if
you carried a copy of "Europe on 5 Dollars a Day" and had a
Eurail Pass (no biking or hiking for us). We were sitting in
an outdoor café in Nice, France, and struck up a conversation
with a couple of Americans. Through exploratory conversation,
one of them turned out to have been stationed at Camp Hanford
during the final days of the Army presence here. It was
really weird; we even knew a few of the same people, although
not well. We rarely spoke to Americans, but when we did, they
had trouble figuring out where I was from if I didn't tell
them. Gail was easy to identify with her Chicago accent, but
apparently Richland natives and near-natives do not or did
not have an identifiable accent (I was born in Longview and
lived in Vancouver before Richland, so I have a strictly
Washingtonian accent, whatever that is). Europeans thought I
was French, based on my looks (nope, 1/2 Polish, the rest
English, Irish, Scottish, Norman, Norwegian).
OK, this extrovert has spilled enuf brain cells for today.
Stay safe and healthy. Remember, you may not know that you
carry a virus until you have already been contagious for
several days. The air you exhale may work its way to someone
who has a compromised immune system (like some of my family),
and by then you may have infected or even killed someone.
It's not worth a few weeks of "freedom" for you if it harms
others. Just sayin'... ...
-Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)
Re: Rick MADDY's ('67)
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Mad/200428_Suspicious.jpg
This wasn't a gmail issue. I have peoplepc.com email, and I
got it too. I think it's a browser or, more probably, an
anti-virus issue. I use Firefox browser (I dislike anything
Google) with Norton's anti-virus add-on that warns me of
suspicious (unknown) websites.
To: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/200428_00.htm
I enjoyed the pictures of churches under construction,
especially the ones of Richland Baptist Church. My parents
missed being charter members by a couple of months. I
remember going to church there as a young kid and recognized
the building. If you aren't already, Don, you should be an HB
(Honorary Bomber) instead of an NAB. I always enjoy your
historical posts.
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
To: Tedd CADD ('66)
Re: Sleeping Gosling
Love your photo of mother goose with the sleeping baby, Tedd.
I saw the parent geese without their babies this morning;
hope they are alright; I've been working in my garden in
front all day, so haven't had a chance to check on them.
Another perfect day weather-wise to work in the garden
They (the geese family) aren't in sight now. Years ago we
tried to make a box for some ducks on the pond in a very cold
winter, and learned wild things like to keep it natural. Not
sure where they sleep around the lake.
to Stephanie DAWSON Janicek ('60)
You wrote on almost every subject. I love to walk by the
river when I get back to the Tri-Cities, and love all the
birds I see, almost any season I happen to be there.
I remember someone talking about your brother, Jeff DAWSON
('62) and George BRINKMAN ('60) driving to and from WSU with
their rifles on the dashboard so they could stop and hunt
anything they might see along the road.
I'm too tired to walk around the lake to see if I might see
the goslings in our last half hour of good light.
But I did see one new visitor to the lake today; actually
I've seen him twice before, but wasn't able to get a good
photo til today.
And I forgot to start with this picture, so I'll have to send
another email.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Cro/200429-Visitor.jpg
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ in the house by the little lake
in SE Indiana.
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Marc LEACH ('63)
Since an epic summer in 1966 traveling Europe on a Ducati
I've always had a love of Italian motorcycles. Sleeping on
beaches staying in hostels never knowing where I was headed
until the day began.
I saw this bike with side car in Seattle and have never seen
another anywhere. Google says it's an appliance
company. Has anyone ever heard of it?
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Lea/200429_bike.jpg
-Marc LEACH ('63)
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>>From: Peg SHEERAN Finch ('63)
Re: Marilyn SIMMONS' ('63) Birthday
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/She/200429-BDay_Party.jpg
Marilyn doesn't get the Sandstorm, but I found and sent this
picture to her today - her 75th birthday. There are so many
of our classmates in the picture, I thought it'd be fun for
them to see it, too. Guessing the year was 1953-54?
-Peg SHEERAN Finch ('63)
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
MAREN'S MALARKEY ' 4/29/20
Re: COVID19
This is sorta political, but I'm about sick of all the
CONFLICTING advice and opinions about this stewpit virus...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wVs5AyjzwRM
... and there's this thought:
If we all started wearing masks with "Trump 2020" on them,
how long before experts decided we don't need them anymore?
~ Neighborly UNfolding fence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF_5zx0JKBo
~ Dr. Erickson advice
Get the latest information from the CDC about COVID-19.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfLVxx_lBLU (51:56)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zed_U257j4o (28:39 essential cut)
Re: 2021 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com/ - Official Iditarod Site
OH MY! This IS news. Dallas Seavey will entry next year's
Iditarod... his dad, Mitch, will NOT race next year....
Bomber cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 66° at 1:30am
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
To: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Re: Orphan Birds
Maybe ducks are different than pheasants. Before moving to
Richland in 1960 I was living on an orchard three miles out
of Milton-Freewater, OR. I was given a bunch of pheasant eggs
from a nest that had been run over by a tractor. Pheasants
must lay a lot of eggs because I was told that about half of
them had been broken. I put them under a setting hen and when
we candled the eggs only four were viable, so I threw out the
rest. Now I never thought they would stick around and be my
pets, but I did think they would imprint of the setting hen,
think it was their mother, and stick around until they became
young adults, then they would take off. That is not what
happened at all; they came out of those shells wild. They
looked up at the setting hen and said, "What are you trying
to pull here? That's not our mother!" There was a lot of food
for them there, but they were very young when they took off
and I never saw them again.
I had posted that story in the Sandstorm Dec 2008, but since
then I told it to a lady who worked at a place that rescued
and released wild birds, if possible. She said they may well
have taken up with other pheasants. I had never thought of
that before.
Re: Corona attack in my back yard.
Last winter, before anyone ever heard of coronavirus, I woke
up early one morning, looked out the window, and saw little
sparkling spots all over my patio. I thought, What? Looks
like rain drops, but it was not supposed to rain. I went
outside and saw it was little pieces of glass. Then my
daughter said, "Don't go out there with bare feet, there is
broken glass there." I could tell that by then and was being
very careful where I stepped. I have never seen a bottle
broken into so many little bitty pieces and scattered over
such a wide area. There was glass pieces 50 feet away from
where it hit. The cement pond had a pool cover over it and
also had glass all over it. (That's the good part--what would
I do if all that glass was in the pool?) The largest piece of
glass I found was the top 1/2" of the bottle with a cap on it
that said "Corona." Someone threw that beer bottle over my
back gate and hit the sliding door on my daughter's bedroom.
Second good part is those sliding glass doors made with
tempered glass, or I would have had a busted sliding door.
The back fence is chain link and on my side has a wall of
arborvitaes so the only place it could have been thrown from
is over the gate. There is another fence about two feet from
mine and with the arborvitaes growing through it, I can't
imagine why anyone would want to go through that narrow space
to get to the gate. Had to get out brooms and the shop vac
and spend a lot of time cleaning it up, and am still finding
pieces of glass. Yesterday I opened the gate and stood there
and as it is, I can't see how anyone could do that and be
good enough to hit that sliding door. Was thinking about
getting a taller gate and running those slats down the chain
links, but now I am wondering if I can run some sort of line
between those arborvitaes on each side and get them to grow
together and block the area above the gate. I have seen
shrubs grown and trimmed into the shape of elephants and
such.
I don't know what Corona beer tastes like, never been a fan
of adult beverages, but I did buy a bottle of cheap red wine
about 13-14 years ago. I have stored it on its side, but
wonder if that is OK, or will I have to re-cork it. Got a
little dust on the bottle. Maybe I'll have to open it one of
these days. Not a selfie, wanted a good picture, so had my
daughter take this one. Are barber shops going to open soon?
I either need a haircut or a tie dye t-shirt.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ham/200429-Red_Wine.jpg
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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3 Bombers and Don Sorenson sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Nancy MALLORY ('64)
Tedd CADD ('66), Don Sorenson (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve HAGGARD ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda LEE ('66)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
To" Dennis HAMMER ('64)
I have tried Cheap Red Wine; it is not too bad and beats the
h*%@ out of Gallo Red.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR (No
baby ducks or geese, but many doves and squirrels.)
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>>From: Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64)
Re: COVID19 advice
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wVs5AyjzwRM
Maren,
The video about the virus cleared up all my questions!
laughed hysterically!! Thanks.
Sometimes I get "warning" banners inside a SS entry as well
as one at the beginning. Tiresome. Have clicked the not ***%
$* button a lot. My son put a filter on so it does not go to
that folder anymore -- will see if this entry goes thru.
People have been saying gas prices are down -- great! Now
that I'm not going anywhere!
It's hard to come up with news. Thor -- my cat -- is looking
out the window. She likes to grab my feet/ankles when I am
walking. no good.
My sister (in Kennewick now) says Hanford is still shut down.
Sure do enjoy my SS each morning with my cereal!
-Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64) ~ rain today in W TN. By the way
we got a new mower (son picked it) zero turn -- anyone
drive one of these? Can we say learning curve!?
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
To: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Re: Gosling picture
Thank you, Helen, for the compliment. It's one of those
examples of the most important lesson I got from my time at
Brooks Institute of Photography: Photographers don't take
pictures, they make pictures. Seeing the opportunity, finding
the right distance, framing the little one in the curve of
mama's neck while hoping that she would keep that curve and
stay put and that the little one would not wake up... It's
what I love about photography.
Re: Crazy phone calls
One of my favorite is a call we got a few times purportedly
from GESA Credit Union. It would have been more believable if
they didn't have Pakistani accent and mispronounce GESA. We
finally dumped our land line when we realized that anybody
who knows us called our cell phones and the only calls we got
on the land line were robo calls. That was almost 10 years
ago.
For a while, I was getting emails (40-50 of them total I
think) wanting to blackmail me for my alleged pornography
viewing. The author said he had hacked into my system and had
used his enormous IT skills (he actually bragged about it) to
not only record what I was watching but also simultaneously
record me responding to it. The threat was to send the split-
screen video he had created to my entire mailing list if I
didn't send him 800.00 USD worth of Bitcoin.
It might have been a bit more frightening but for two things:
I don't visit those sites and I have literally covered my
laptop's camera with a piece of cardstock.
I suspect that sort of scam does capture enough of the
"guilty" to make it profitable. I haven't seen one for a
while.
At the beginning of 2012, I was getting an unusual amount of
spam. So, I started keeping track. To date, I've received
almost 108,000 spam emails with the worst single day topping
out at 118. A month ago, I had 70 in one day but mostly it
runs between 5 and 12 per day. Unfortunately, both my primary
email addresses are published on the web and easily mined.
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
Re: Womens Orthopedic Guild - Home Made Crafts - April, 1949
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/200430_00.htm
To: All Bombers
Any Bomber Moms belong to the Orthopedic Guild? Seems the
Village had many groups such as this, kind of a follow on
from the Hanford Camp days.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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