Alumni Sandstorm - AGAIN ~ 12/27/21
	"Yay, Monday!" Said no one... Ever
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12 Bombers sent stuff: 
Norma LOESCHER ('53)
Rex HUNT ('53)
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Grover SHEGRUD ('56)
Steve CARSON ('58)
Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Tim SMYTH ('62)
Marie RUPPERT ('63)
Linda REINING ('64)
Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
Tedd CADD ('66)
Pam EHINGER ('67)
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>>From: Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53) 

Merry Christmas, friends! May we be gifted with a better,
healthier 2022, with plenty of joy and happiness.

Bomber cheers, 
-Norma LOESCHER Boswell ('53) ~ Richland
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>>From: Rex HUNT ('53)

I don't like snow even on Christmas cards! It's cold, cold,
cold nasty wet stuff. Now crushed ice I appreciate in my vodka
tonic, but even then, I keep it to a minimum so as not to water
it down too much! But Vodka has to be cold to be good!

Oh! by the way I received a bottle of Uncle Tito's Vodka from a
friend in Boise Idaho, where they are coming out of the dark
ages to imbibe in alcohol to the point they may return to the
Dark Ages.

-Rex HUNT ('53wb) ~ from Damn wet Hanford, CA where it is 
	raining so had, a neighbor walking her little dog, went 
	to curb him and he got caught in strong drainage flow 
	and damn near drown!
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)

12/27 Sandstorm Entry

Hey! I do not submit entries every other day (unless birthdays
fall that way)!

Since a birthday did (does) happen today, here's the entry:

Just taking a moment to wish Jeannine HUGHES ('54) a "Happy
Birthday!"

Now, four more entries and there will be an issue published.
From you, that is.

-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
	snow flurries are in the forecast.
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>>From: Grover SHEGRUD ('56)

Re: My whereabouts

Greetings and a happy holiday season to all!

We are all settled in our retirement home (a 700 sq foot
apartment at the north end of my youngest daughter's house). My
wife has been wanting to down size for a long time!! That makes
us available to assist with two of our grand kids and yard (1.7
acres) work also reluctantly 4 dogs. We settled in a small
town. Laurinburg, North Carolina. So far the weather here has
been like Seattle in June but we know we will pay for it next
July.

-Grover SHEGRUD ('56) ~ Temperatures right now high 60s to 
	low 70s each day.
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)

Dale Ennor's ('59) analysis of Santa was a pretty clear sign
that he is an Engineer.

I am sure that Santa is also a good manager and accomplishes
his task through effective delegation. 🙂 128578; 🙂 🙂

-Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)

To: Dale ENNOR ('59)

Re: "How does Santa do it?" (12-24-21)

Dale unpacks in fine detail the mathematics of Santa's
logistical problem, and even suggests that the calculation
"sounds like something the Beaulieu boys would have worked out
one rainy day [at] the U-Dub."

Beyond my depth, but thanks for the flattery (although it was
brothers John ('62) and Tom ('59) who excelled in the
sciences). Readers, please note that we and the Ennors lived on
opposite ends of the block on the south end of Douglass Street,
both in "H" houses. Mr. Ennor was even the scoutmaster for the
neighborhood patrol of Troop #38. I mention this adjacency
because Dale, in his fascinating essay, overlooks a different
kind of proof altogether, something less digital and more
anecdotal or even analogical (!)&

On the Christmas Eve of probably 1950, it snowed. The
logistical problems of Santa, especially with all those narrow
Richland chimneys, already lingered in the minds of we First
Graders (the elder Dale in Fourth!). In the morning, the
concrete evidence was clear and well noticed by all the littler
kids at the south end of the block. Running across all the
lawns was a clear path cut by the two runners of a sled! A
sled! The fat man's sled had left its tracks and he, his
footprints! Problem solved (but likely the early morning paper
boy). Dale, check the front lawn!

It was not until the Christmas of 1952 that the logistics
problem became most imposing and now unavoidable. Twin brother
John and I reasoned, however, that we could defer any
conclusions until after Christmas morning, that is until after
the loot was well in hand.

I recall how, before the Christmas break, my third-grade
teacher in Lewis & Clark Elementary, Mrs. Lester (three Col-Hi
daughters) carefully asked first for the hands of those who
awaited Santa, and then for the hands of those who did not. The
class was evenly split. And my hand went up half way on the
first question, and also half way on the second. Mrs. Lester
burst into laughter, but I stood my carefully ambiguous ground
for the reason given.

With decades of reflection now behind me, I conclude that-given
the choice between a random universe and its opposite-there
really is generosity at the source of all things, rather
not... rather than statistics and Quantum Mechanics alone. And, in
addition to the 3rd-century St. Nicolas who left his real
footprints it what is now Islamic Turkey, this too: 

"Yes,
Virginia, there is a Santa Claus." 

-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ Shoreline, WA
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>>From: Tim SMYTH ('62)

Re: Classmates who moved before graduation

Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) sparked my curiosity. Several '62
classmates who were friends but moved before we graduated. I
would be curious to know if anyone knows these classmates
whereabouts. Just a few:

Fred Dearing
Rod Mullineax
Barry Stevens
Ricky Hill 
Carlton Cadwell

-Tim SMYTH ('62)
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)

Re: for 12/25 SS

Merry Christmas and let's hope for a much better 2022 with an
end to the pandemic! 

I miss Bomber lunches and other events that have either been
cancelled or delayed until a time when we feel safe attending
same.

Hold you friends and family in your hearts.

-Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63) ~ in Richland
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)

Re: Pearl (aka Pat) Drotts ('64)

Have had quite a few responses to my asking if anyone knew
anything about Pearl -- have still not been able to get in
touch with her (both phone numbers, that I have, aren't
working), but at least I've been told that she's still here---
was really worried that she might have succumbed to
Parkinson's. 

Thanks, again, to all who responded.

Bomber hugs, 
-Linda REINING ('64)
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>>From: Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)

I had (mostly) good teachers at Spalding. My beloved first
grade teacher (I got to stand beside her in our class picture)
was Mrs. Vitulli (I'm sure that I am misspelling that). She was
Art Dawald's daughter! Of course, I didn't know that until much
later.

-Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)

I attended Spalding for a very short period of time. Don't
remember if I got to partake of the drills there. I did at
Lewis and Clark, though.

School had already started a few days (or more) by the time we
moved to the address on Winslow. I was supposed to be in
Kindergarten. My mom dropped me off and I went to the office.
The person there told me what room to go to. 

I walked down that long hallway by myself feeling really alone.
I remember standing in the doorway wondering what I was
supposed to do. I guess the teacher handled it well enough. 

My memory stops at that point of looking into the class and
seeing all those students looking at me. They were already in
their seats in the middle of some sort of lesson.

It was a terrible feeling.

We moved again in December to the Adams address and I finished
KIndergarten at Lewis and Clark.

-Tedd CADD ('66)
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>>From: Pam EHINGER (Blue Ribbon Class of '67)

Re: for 12/25 SS ~ MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Our Christmas will be Sad this Year. My Momma died on August
21, 2021. She was 94 would have been 95 on November 1, 2021.
December 27th would have been Momma & Daddy's 74th wedding
anniversary.

She is with us in spirit, but I would love to give her one last
hug & kiss. God bless one & All!

Bombers Rule
-Pam EHINGER (Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
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