A. S. S. ~ Alumni Sandstorm ~ 05/23/22
"Yay, Monday!" Said no one... Ever
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Ron HOLEMAN ('56)
Helen CROSS ('62)
Bill SCOTT ('64)
Dennis HAMMER ('64)
Nancy HARVILLE ('71)
Next A.S.S. will be published when we have an entry from 5 Bombers
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Sent: 5/5/22
A belated "Star Wars" Day (May the 4th) and a "Cinco de Mayo" Day to
one and all.
Most importantly a "Happy Birthday!" to Barbara KRAMER ('54).
SENT: 5/7/22
A "Happy Mother's Day!" to all Bomber mothers.
And, a "Happy Birthday!" to fellow Thespian Jim McKEOWN ('53).
SENT: 5/17/22
Here's a "Happy Birthday!" shout out to fellow classmate, Garth WHEELER ('54).
Keep on having them.
SENT: 5/19/22
Trying this from a different location and using the laptop just to
wish Allen AVERY ('54) a "Happy Birthday!"
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Ron HOLEMAN ('56)
SENT: 5/7/22
I received the following news from Ann Thompson's, aka Anna May WANN ('49)
son on Thursday May 5th and wanted to let you all know she fell and was
taken to the hospital. She fell Sunday night (May 1st) and cracked some
vertebrae in her neck requiring surgery with rods and screw to stabilize
the spine. She has no paralysis and everything looks good but it will be a
long recovery. Her email address is ann.thompson1@comcast.net if you wish
to send her a note.
-Ron HOLEMAN ('56) ~ Richland
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
SENT: 5/10/22
We are just starting the 13 hour trip (home after a wonderful family
vacation in DisneyWorld.
We walked our legs off to see the 3 parks we chose: animal kingdom, magic
Kingdom, and Epcot.
We have many fun memories and photos. My grandkids loved the big pool at
the resort where we stayed. Sadly we didn't plan an extra day just to
enjoy the pool in the great warm Florida weather. But hopefully we can
return and I can rent a wheelchair, so we can do it again, adding an extra
day just for the pool At the resort (or maybe steal over to a beach at the
ocean)! Either way, being with my little grandkids is a blessing to be
sure.
SENT: 5/16/22
I just read Joe FORD's ('63) entry where he claimed to be the next to the
last baby born at the Hanford Hospital with some unknown baby born after
him. Could Wayne MYERS ('62) have been that unknown baby born at Hanford
Hospital, so he would have been the last baby born there?
Just wondering if you are the Joe FORD who was part of the gang of kids
that we played with when we visited our cousins on McPherson (Allen ('59),
Bobby ('62), Carol (64-RIP)?
Well, I survived DisneyWorld and have a lot of great memories with my
grandkids
http://alumnisandstorm.com/Xtra/cRO/20220518-GKids-Disney_00.htm
So now I'm gearing up to go out and see my other grandson in Nevada in
June. After we get a few things done like my garden which is blooming and
growing. It was so cold, so late I didn't get much done before we went to
Disney.
We are having beautiful weather here now before the humidity hits. It's
lovely sleep with your windows open for a few nights.
And I am looking forward to our class of '62's 60 year reunion in
September. And visiting Washington in general, as I haven't been there
since the pandemic hit.
Missing seeing the Sandstorm, so trying to be one of the next 5 entries
sent in.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Heading back to the house by the little lake in
SE Indiana, tired (worn-out to be honest)
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Bill SCOTT ('64)
SENT: 5/10/22
Dear fellow Bombers,
I am sorry to report that my wife of 36 years, Cherrie TEMPERO Scott ('64)
had a major stroke on May 5th. She was transported to OHSU Hospital in
Portland that night, in hope of performing a procedure which would have
minimized the damage. Upon reaching the hospital, it was determined that
the procedure was unworkable and that the damage had been done. As of this
writing she is still in intensive care. The good news is that she is able
to sit and stand with assistance, and has movement in all of her limbs. So
there is apparently no paralysis, which is a huge relief. She is not
speaking, and her awareness is minimal. She is scheduled to be in the
hospital for about a week, then to be transferred to a nursing home for
rehabilitation. I hope that will be near home. There is a long road to
recovery ahead. We have excellent medical insurance, but it will not cover
nursing home care or any kind of rehabilitative services. Therefore, I
have set up a GoFundMe account to defray those expenses. If you wish to
contribute, anything, no matter how modest, will be welcome. Go to
GoFundMe.com click on the magnifying glass search symbol at the upper
left of the home screen, and type Cherrie A. Scott in the search box. That
will take you to the appropriate page. Blessings to all my fellow Bombers
for your consideration.
-Bill SCOTT ('64)
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
SENT: 5/19/22
Re: Notre Dame de Paris
In the 04/16/19 Alumni Sandstorm I posted about the fire and thought it
would take a long time to finish restoring it.
From time-to-time I would check videos and see the progress they were
making. Had not seen too much other than wood bracing of the flying
buttresses and I think some sort of temporary roof. Just a few days ago I
found a YouTube video "Rebuilding Notre-Dame with Lucy Worsley" and it is
amazing what they are doing. They now have scaffolding like you wouldn't
believe and a sliding temporary roof. They can tell the difference between
middle-age stained glass and the glass used in repairs that were done in
the 1800s and have hired a company that still uses the medieval method. Of
course they are using power saws and lifting things with a modern crane
instead of having a person walk around in a big "squirrel-cage" for power.
Surprised me they were having to clean up lead dust. I knew the roofing
material was lead, but thought the fire would melt it and they would have
puddles of lead not dust. If you don't mind watching an hour long video I
found it very interesting, but then I was an Architecture major.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctpx4MHpAfw
Re: Bus rides
In Kennewick where Garfield street crosses the place where W 1st street
turns into W 4th; actually it turns into W Vineyard Dr for a block or two,
I think there is only one W Vineyard street sign and the street angles off
to 4th. Anyway, where Vineyard crossed the canal, there is a little bridge
with a curb and a sidewalk on each side. About three weeks ago I noticed
there was yellow barrier tape strung across and most of the chain link
fence on the outside was taken missing. I wondered if someone drove off
into the canal. It has been fixed now. It also reminded me of something
that happened to me. I told my daughter about it as we drove by it one
day. In the Navy we went to Bangkok once. The ship was too big to get
upstream to Bangkok itself so we had a four hour bus ride. Trip up there
was in an old bus with wooden bench seats, but the trip back was a new bus
with upholstered seats. They were small buses, but for some reason they
didn't have just a bus driver, there were were four or five other Thais on
the bus. Why??? The trip back was mostly at nighttime and I noticed that
every time we crossed a bridge over a canal the driver would move over to
the left side of the bridge (like most of the world, they drive on the
wrong side there). Then crossing one bridge he pulled over too much and
bus was stopped with the two wheels over a curb or something and leaning
over at a pretty good angle. Had some sailors yelling everyone on the high
side and I think one or two half out the windows. I was in the very front
seat, I didn't panic, maybe too scared to panic, but I was a little
concerned. Had a Chief yelling for everyone to calm down. Well that makes
sense, don't want a panic and make things worse. These extra employees got
out, the door must have been over a lower sidewalk or something instead of
just hanging over the water. One sailor said something like, "You know
Chief, we should all just calmly walk out of here one at a time." I
thought that was a good idea but, basically he was told to shut up. I
guess those extra Thais directed the driver and he drove the bus off the
bridge. I didn't like that, I would have much rather been off that bus
before they drove it off the bridge.
Trivia: Don't know if this is true, but it sounds logical. Why do we drive
on the right side of the road while most of the world drives on the left
side? Because in the early days of the automobile some manufactures put
the steering wheel on the right and some on the left side. Henry Ford put
it on the left side of his Model-T and he made so many of them that the
other American car companies followed suit.
Another time, still in the Navy, I was on a bus in the United States and
the driver stopped at a railroad crossing. Then just as he started to
cross we hear a train whistle, the driver slammed on the brakes just as a
train passed right in front of us at a rather high rate of speed. You
haven't heard someone getting cussed-out until you have been in a bus full
of Sailors, and maybe a few Marines, and the driver almost got us hit by a
train.
You know, I don't like riding on buses much.
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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>>From: Nancy HARVILLE ('71)
SENT: 5/19/22
To: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
I shared your entry with my brother Dan ('68), and we both found it very
entertaining. I am definitely amused by the Dear Abby reference. My
brother says he remembers shooting baskets for years at the Dawson's house
until Richard Lascik's ('69) dad put a hoop up in our own driveway. He and
Richard (who passed away several years ago) then spent hours practicing
their 3-pointers. The Dawsons were clearly very generous with their
basketball court and we always enjoyed watching Gaynor ('65) carry his
scull over his head as he headed to the river to go rowing.
-Nancy HARVILLE ('71)
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