Alumni Sandstorm ~ 02/03/15 ~ THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED - 1959
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8 Bombers sent stuff:
Steve CARSON ('58), Derrith PERSONS ('60)
Helen CROSS ('62), Tim SMYTH ('62)
Roy BALLARD ('63), David RIVERS ('65)
John ALLEN ('66), Gary SCHAUER ('84)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gail DAWSON ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Glenda LATTIN ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Suzanne COWAN ('71)
BOMBER LUNCH: John Ball "Kids", noon, Sterling's Queensgate
(every other Tuesday)
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>>From:Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
To: Duane LEE ('63)
Ray's Drugs and Densow's served a green Lime Phosphate.
-Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
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>>From: Derrith PERSONS Dean ('60)
Re: thank you
I would like to thank all that have prayed for me... please don't
stop... February. 3rd I start my fourth month of chemo...doc wants
me to do three more.. before another scan to see where I stand...
the last scan showed that the cancer is getting smaller.. Praise
God for that...
I have really enjoyed reading all of the memories from yesteryear..
I will write in about that one of these day's.
Again thank you all.. God bless you..
-Derrith PERSONS Dean ('60)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
To: Duane LEE ('63)
Could the strange green drink have been Green Rivers?
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Hope, IN where we again escaped tons of
snow
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>>From: Tim SMYTH ('62)
Re: Perkins/Spalding kids - Barry Stevens, Fred Dearing,
Denny Casto ('63). Kenny Gray ('64-RIP)
I was thinking the other day about some boys in our neighborhood in
the early '50s who I think moved sometime before graduation. Does
anyone know of the existence any of these kids? Just curious.
[Don't know about Barry or Fred. Don't think Castos
moved. I've got Denny on Facebook. Grays did move up
somewhere by the dike (Hainees?). Kenny died in 1984
(agent orange). -Maren]
-Tim SMYTH ('62) ~ Snowbirding on Anna Maria Isalnd, FL
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>>From: Roy BALLARD ('63)
Re: lots on Symons and Goethals
http://richlandbombers.com/gallery/0000s/Symons.html
Duane LEE ('63) mentioned the house next to the aforementioned was
owned by Mrs. Lucky who was at one time my English teacher a CHS
Columbia High School, and I thought the gas station across from
Campbell's market was a Flying A at one time. Also there was a
Flying A at the corner of Lee and Jadwin that was owned by Jeff
Darden who I believe was also a Bomber grad.
-Roy BALLARD ('63) ~ Richland
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: I wuz surfin' when surfin' wuzn't cool
So as I understand it, the ground hog came out and declared the
ball wuz too deflated to play er sumthin' like that... yeah but
that's old news... today is the day many say the music died...
butcha see... music doesn't die... oh sure maybe in book "1984" it
died... but then we all waited for 1984 to happen and it was
pretty much like every other year... at least then... no further
comment... I remember back in the early dayz a rock 'n' roll, I had
this little short waive radio... Keith PETERSON ('65) and I would
sit and surf the stations (tho we didn't know we wuz surfin' at the
time) till we got us a rock 'n' roll song and we would just relish
the music... Buddy Holly became one of my first idols... I mean
Elvis was cool and all, but there was just something about Buddy...
later, I would be lucky enough to see Elvis twice a year on opening
night right at the stage... never seen anything like it and doubt
I ever will again... I've seen some greats and some close ta
greats... Even drank with Chuck Berry one night when I was sittin'
with Paul Revere and Mark Lindsay and Chuck... Chuck was buying my
wife champagne coolers er somthin' and the boyz 'n' me wuz relivin'
the days of the KISN corner in Portland... Chuck wuz a tad
surprised when my wife left with me... but earlier, the music was
truly magic... nothing like it in the world... The post about one
of our local stations having a no rock 'n' roll policy didn't
surprise me much... some girls weren't even allowed to go see Elvis
movies... the music changed my life... what could be better
than' sittin' listening to Gene Vincaent and his Blue Caps, Eddie
Cocheran, Link Wray, Hank Ballard, the Clovers and the Statues...
The Robins and the Coasters... one of my favorite memories is a
bunch of us sitting in the swings at the park across from my house
when Stuart ZIEGE ('57) came south on Stevens and turned west on
VanGiesen winding up each gear and then letting the pipes rumble
(no not Link Wray rumble... the pipes) as he shifted into the next
gear with Finger Pippin' Time blaring loud enough to hear it all
the way to the Uptown... That Impala, those pipes and that music
took us to a wonderful land where we weren't just little Jr High
kid wanna be's... we wuz the real thing... Brian ('65) driving
his dream '59 Buick and the rest of us driving what ever ride
we happened to fancy at the time, as we raced from Richland to
Yakima... Jack MOOREMAN'S ('54-RIP) red '34 Ford coupe sitting in
his Mom's back yard was always one of my dream cars... I remember
after February 3, 1959, Tommy Dee would cut a record called "Three
Stars" about Buddy, Ritchie and JP... Eddie Cochran did a pretty
good version too... I remember Linster the Spinster ('57), with his
theme song "Straight Flush" by the Frantics playing Blue Velvet by
the Clovers and the Statues... I could never decide which was
best... I now prefer the Clovers... in those days the Real Don
Steele was second string to Lyne and moved on to Yakima, then
Portland at KISN, then L.A. and finally syndication... I have two
huge boxes of "Live from the sixties" in my garage, many of which
Michelle transferred to CD for me... I think each record holds 6
shows... great stuff with all the old commercials and stuff... I've
never learned how to use the machine that transferred the records
to CD and it is sitting over at Big Mike's... some day I'll get it
back and learn to use it... for me the music never died... it
changed while I was in Vietnam so I mostly listen to '50s on 5...
but it never died... When the preacher (who legend says was the
Killer's cousin, Jimmy Swaggart) made the famous statement about
"the beat the beat the beat, being evil" he couldn't have been more
wrong... we don't care what the people say ROCK 'N' ROLL is here to
stay... so Mama, don't make me hang up my rock 'n' roll shoes!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: John ALLEN ('66)
Re: Modern Vocabulary & Argument Vs. Invective
A few weeks ago, I received an E-mail from a fellow Bomber where he
described certain folks as being "mouth-breathers." Because I had
some knowledge of this Bomber and also due to the context in which
"mouth-breathers" was being used, I was pretty certain this was NOT
a compliment. Nevertheless, although I had previously heard the
term, I really didn't know the origin of the word or its true
complexity. Ultimately, after quizzing a half dozen of my above
averagely literate friends without finding an answer, I resorted to
googling the word. According to "UrbanDictionary.com," a mouth-
breather is "someone who lacks enough intelligence that they never
learned to breathe through their nose." Now, if you find yourself
referred to in this fashion, you will know more precisely HOW you
are being insulted. (I suppose if you have a congenital or injury
caused nasal blockage, you may be thought of less negatively for
breathing through your mouth.)
Finally, I would make the following observation regarding the use
of personal invective (insult). When people find themselves on the
losing end of an argument/debate, they will often resort to this
tactic in an attempt to marginalize their opponent. (For example,
if you're a "mouth-breather," nothing you say can be of any
importance; right??) If you pay attention, you may be surprised at
how frequently people do this. When you find this technique being
used against you, just know that you have already won the debate
because the other side is out of logical/intelligent response.
-John ALLEN ('66)
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>>From: Gary SCHAUER ('84)
I'm not sure how many caught the subtly of receiving this edition
twice on Ground Hogs Day or if it was an accident or email glitch,
but whatever the case, I appreciated it the humor. :-)
-Gary SCHAUER ('84)
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