A. S. S. ~ Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/24/22
Sunday. Whatever makes you happy, DO THAT!
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8 Bombers and Don Sorenson stuff:
Ken HEMINGER ('56)
Ferna GAROUTTE ('58)
Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Joe FORD ('63)
Kathy RATHVON ('63)
Marie RUPPERT ('63)
Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Nancy HARVILLE ('71)
Don Sorenson (NAB)
Next A.S.S. will be published when we have an entry from 5 Bombers
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>>From: Ken HEMINGER ('56)
SENT: 4/4/22
Re: Bobby NICHOLSON ('56-RIP) ~ 2/23/38 - 2/11/22
I saw in the Sandstorm where Bobby Nicholson had passed away.
We were school mates and neighborhood friends in what is now West
Richland.
I have always wondered became of him, but his obit filled in all the blank
spaces.
I'm not surprised he took to the Rodeo circuit as he was quite into horses
even back then as a kid.
My condolences to his wife and family.
Rest in Peace, Bobby.
You can see Bobby here in the 6thgGrade and he's wearing a cowboy shirt.
(Middle row 3rd from the left)
http://richlandbombers.com/classes/1950s/1956/gs/56JB6th-Hensley.html
-Ken HEMINGER ('56)
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>>From: Ferna GAROUTTE Hicks ('58)
SET: 4/15/22
Re: Home
I have always considered Richland my home, now I have the opportunity to
return home. I will be living at canyon lakes in Kennewick. I will be
joining two of my classmates Dennis BARR and Joyce DAVIS Cowgill. I think
they should open up one wing of the apartment complex for just Bombers.
The only question I have is are there any other classmates from the class
of '58 that if Joyce, Dennis and I get into trouble they will come and
bail us out???
-Ferna GAROUTTE Hicks ('58)
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
SENT: 4/22/22
To: Joe FORD ('63)
Your information on your birth date at Hanford Hospital is news to me and
probably others, but is incontestable. I had always assumed that White
Bluffs, farther up the river, and Hanford were fully evacuated at the same
time.
On March 11, 1943, the Kennewick Courier-Reporter carried the headlines:
"Richland, White Bluffs and Hanford Area to be Taken by Huge War
Industry," and "Mass Meeting called in Richland to Explain the War
Projects to Residents." Hanford construction began on March 22, 1943, and
White Bluffs and Hanford were evacuated. BUT of Hanford, it is also
reported that "When construction of the plant facilities were completed in
1945, both the camp (the 51,000 workers at the Hanford construction site)
and the town were abandoned as living areas" (undated brochure, no
publisher or date identified, c. 1967).
So, the Hanford Hospital was still around sometime in 1945. A relatively
recent article in the Tri-City Herald adds this precision: "All the
buildings in the old townsite of Hanford, built by Seattle land speculator
Cornelius Hanford around 1908 to 1910, were vacated just after F Reactor
began operations in February 1945, as they were thought to be too near a
functioning atomic reactor" (Micheles Gerber, "The Hanford Legacy: site
has become an outdoor museum," June 11, 1995).
Your January 28, 1945 birth date fits in nicely. But, whatever should we
say to Wayne MYERS ('62) [Born: 7/30/44 - Hanford Hospital]?
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62) ~ Shoreline, WA
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>>From: Joe FORD ('63)
SENT: 4/18/22
Re: Births at Hanford Hospital, a reply to Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Hello, Bombers;
While I respect and admire Pete BEAULIEU's ('62) command of historical
statistics and facts about Richland and Hanford, I'm wondering if he
intended to say something different in his message that appeared in the
Alumni Sandstorm April 15. He wrote, referring to 1944, "The last Bomber
born in Hanford Hospital (July 30) was Wayne MYERS ('62), . . ." Perhaps
he meant to write that Wayne MYERS was the last class of 1962 Bomber born
in Hanford Hospital. I make this point because a witness no less certain
than my late mother Christine Ford swore to me, to my father, and to
whomever prepares birth certificates, that she gave birth to me (AKA Joe)
in January 1945 in Hanford Hospital. The specific date was January 28,
1945. And I'm a Green and Gold Bomber from the Gold Medal Class of 1963.
My Richland heritage is impeccable: Sacajawea Grade School, Chief Joseph
Junior High, Columbia High School.
Further, the expert witness that I always just called "Mom" (she didn't
stand on ceremony) told me that one additional birth occurred a few hours
later in Hanford Hospital, and that she shared quarters with the now
unknown mother-to-be. So I was the next-to-last baby born there. The last
baby born at Hanford may not have been a Bomber, but I am. Attesting
documents are available: birth certificate, high school diploma.
Back to you, Pete.
Cheers.
-Joe FORD ('63)
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>>From: Kathy RATHVON ('63)
SENT: 4/21/22
What a special day it is when the Sandstorm is in my mailbox in the AM. I
love hearing the news of Bombers.
Re: Cataract Surgery Problem
I have a need. I hate to say I hope someone out there in Bomber Land has
run into this situation, because it is mildly concerning. Has anyone gone
in for cataract surgery and had the doctor not be able to put in a lens? I
went in for surgery 2 weeks ago and the doctor discovered that the zonules
in my eye were too weak and deteriorated to support the lens, so I was
sent home with no lens in my right eye. Besides not being able to see much
out of my right eye, it really messes with depth perception. Now he wants
to stitch in a lens. Has anyone had a stitched in lens? How long have the
sutures lasted? How was your vision afterwards? Complications? Any
comments would be helpful.
[Cataract lens and corneal transplant lens are probably
different? I had a corneal transplant lens stitched in
in 1985 and it is still doing very well according to every
opthamologist who has ever looked at it. -Maren]
-Kathy RATHVON ('63) ~ from rainy Camano Island, WA
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>>From: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
SENT: 4/16/22
Tomorrow (4/17) is Easter Sunday and hopefully we will have no more snow.
It is also my husband, Lance HARTMAN's ('60-RIP) birthday. I will take
yellow roses to the cemetery in remembrance as he always sent me yellow
roses for special occasions.
-Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63) ~ in Richland
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
SENT: 4/21/22
Re: April Snow
"Due to supply chain problems your December order for snow is being
delivered in April." That is what our minister said during in the
luncheon following Easter services.
My response was, "I didn't order no snow."
Re: My windshield wipers -- update
I mentioned in the Sandstorm a year ago I may have found a solution to
those garbage wiper blades they are selling us these days. Very expensive,
cheap garbage, that is, and I had learned that the "el cheapo" made in
Vietnam blades lasted longer than the name brand Michelin ones did. The
answer; silicone wiper blades. Researching them and reading the comments
by customers on Amazon. Measuring mine, (seems they come in two different
widths these days) I bought two blades that fit my existing Michelin blade
holders. I'm cheap, and I didn't like their blade holders very well
anyway, but you can buy them already installed in a new blade holder. Sure
fit tight, I put a little Armor All on the spots where they slide through
trying not to use much and make them slippery so I couldn't hold on to
them. It was work, but I did get them installed. I have only had them on
for about 50 weeks, but they are the first set of blades since they
started only selling us that garbage that have lasted me full winter,
(Winter is over, . . . . isn't it?)
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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>>From: Nancy HARVILLE ('71)
Thank you to whomever attached a link to an article about Dr. Harville.
That was Marc LEACH ('63) and here's the link:
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Lea/220409-atomic.doc.jpg
My brother, Dan, ('68) and myself ('71) had never seen that article since
it was before we were born. It is a true treasure! We had heard that Dad
delivered the first twins in Richland, but I had never known their names.
Thank you Pete BEAULIEU ('62) for your details. That was such fun to learn
about an event from an actual participant. In my mind, Dad was an
extraordinary doctor who cared intensely about his patients, and I was
always very proud of his personal commitment to his chosen career. I sure
miss him and his humor.
-Nancy HARVILLE ('71)
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>>From: Don Sorenson (NAB)
SENT: 4/21/22
To: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Pete
After reading your April 15th post I'm wondering what your dad was doing
for Hanford then? I was under the impression he worked in the 200 Area
laboratories. Joe Jordan talked about working with him at 222-S, because
of what Joe said I assumed he started in the process labs 1st. The 200
Area chemists didn't begin arriving around Sept / Oct '44 so when I
learned your family was here in July, I thought I'd ask the question.
I've attached a floor plan of Hanford Hospital #1 where you and
your brother arrived
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/220423_Hanford_Hosp_44.jpg
and the org chart of the Medical staff.
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/Sor/220423_Medical_Staff.jpg
SENT: 4/22
To: All Bombers
I worked with Sandra KUHLMAN back in 1984 at PUREX. She was a nuclear
operator and her mother Mary worked in the lab. Sandra would take the
process samples at the beginning of the shift and her mom along with 5
other techs would analyze them. Sad to hear she passed away at such a
young age.
-Don L. Sorenson (NAB)
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