Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/05/15 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today: Tom VERELLEN ('60), Duane LEE ('63) David RIVERS ('65), Jim GEIER ('71) *************************************************************** *************************************************************** BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary MASSEY ('64) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pam RUST ('66) BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar Click the event you want to know more about.. *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>From: Tom VERELLEN ('60) Just a note about a newly found interest, with the coming Spring weather it brings the return of the "bats of near Lacey". As with all such occurrences there are the miscellaneous accidents such as the rare abandoned baby bats. These smaller species of insect eating bats require special care until they are able to begin hunting on their own. Not unlike birds of prey in the sport of falconry there are many similarities in the sport of (wait for it) "battery". Having to operate during nocturnal hours the little hunters are kept calm by shining a light in their eyes akin to the hood covering the raptor's head and eyes. They are released into the night to hunt down prey getting them to return to the perch is difficult using an ultra high frequency (unhearable to the human ear) sounds that call them back to the crib. "Bat rap" seems to be the most effective to lure the little guys back home. And then with the return of winter they must be taught to follow the time honored migratory habits and head south returning to the wild. So all set for another summer with the bugs and bats. -Tom VERELLEN ('60) *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>From: Duane LEE ('63) On Easter Sunday, 1944, Los Alamos received the first sample of Hanford-produced plutonium. Sure glad we beat Hitler to it. Proud of how many lives the two Bombs saved and the part that Hanford had in it. PEACE... and Happy Easter to everyone. -Duane LEE ('63) *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>From: David RIVERS ('65) Re: A new age I've said a million times that I am always glad to see my morning Sandstorm... even if AOL doesn't always cooperate on the morning part... but sometimes we can go a very long time without hearing from some Bombers out there so I often get a good bit of news from kids on Facebook... for people who don't just babble on like I do in the SS, I get a great deal of pleasure from communicating with kids I didn't get to know as well as I prolly should have in school... Tho he's not actively on facebook or SS, Terry DAVIS ('65) has spent the winter in Richland and it has been great fun for me to have him call and tell me all about this person or that person that I always assumed he knew as well as I did when we were kids... it's like he has entered a new world of new faces and new friendships... OK we all know I'm a sap for this stuff... I love my home town and the kids in it and from it... Today's Bomber-babe is one I've come to know much better as a result of Facebook... now the words "high tech" will never be linked to my name and I get very confused when I find out three months later that someone has sent me a message and I didn't figure it out till it was old history... but hey I do my bestest to keep up... I just got home from the Rat City Rukus here in Vegas and I must say summer is making a very good start... seems no matter where I moved my chair, my right arm was in the sun... the reason I mention it, is that it just dawned on me that I was up for the "red moon" this morning and was totally awed by it... it seems like a week ago I saw it and I just realized it was only a few hours ago... so before I totally get lost in this little post I'd better say HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Mary MASSEY ('64) on your special day, April 5, 2015... also, I want Katie SHEERAN ('61) to scold Kippy ('62) and Ellen ('63) for not waiting till I could be there to go see the cows... bad form ladies... bad form!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -David RIVERS ('65) *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>From: Jim GEIER ('71) Re: The Camino de Santiago When I was about to depart home in southern California for a yoga workshop in Thailand three years ago, I saw the movie "The Way" starring Martin Sheen, written and directed by his son, Emilio Estevez about a man who walked the Camino de Santiago (the Way of St. James) in northern Spain, ending at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela where the remains of St. James the Great are believed to be buried. A film about a man making a journey was fitting as I was embarking on a journey myself the next day, albeit a different kind. On subsequent journeys to northern Thailand, the memory of that film has stayed with me, and I have watched it a few more times. My parents named me after St. James, and now that both my parents have passed, I am thinking I will walk the 500-mile Camino de Santiago next year, starting in April 2016. Have other Bombers walked the Camino de Santiago? Thoughts? Comments? -Jim GEIER ('71) *************************************************************** *************************************************************** Bomber Memorial >>Brian FITZPATRICK ~ Class of 1958 ~ 1940 - 2014 Bomber Memorials *************************************************************** *************************************************************** That's it for today. Please send more. ***************************************************************