Alumni Sandstorm ~ 06/30/15
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3 Bombers sent stuff and Memorial INFO today: 
Jack GARDINER ('61)
David RIVERS ('65)
Tedd CADD ('66)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carol WILEY ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susan KINNEY ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sherri RAY ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Cathy FULLMER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Glenna HAMMER ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lori KILLAND ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Chris ECKERT ('80)

BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
    Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From: Jack GARDINER ('61)

Re: Buz

I got a call 5pm Monday afternoon [6/29] from Jon ('67), Buz's
brother that he wasn't communicating today and that his body was
shutting down. So I put my ball uniform on real quick and went
to see him. I left him at 6pm... sometime before 7pm Buz passed. 

Besides Buz's family and friends, baseball was his first love. 
He always envied me because I was still able to play. Tonight 
we beat the number one team in the league 9-7. this game is
dedicated to you, my good friend... God Bless!!

-Jack GARDINER ('61)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)

Re: I am blessed

For all of you who are easily bored, time to just skip this post
cuz it's gonna be long and disjointed... what they call scream
of conshusness... I got home late this morning [6/29] from my
yearly trip to Richland and the joy and memories are flooding
in... I can't really call it the Sorry 7 or '65er gathering, as
it was so very much more and in ways much less... a whole buncha
kids didn't make it this weekend but those who did filled it to
the brim... I won't go into the trip on Ally-giant but I didn't
get to the DQ till around 9 and many kids had split... korse
Jimmie ADAIR ('65-'67) and Kathie MOORE ('69) were there in
spite of all Kathie has been and is goin' thru... she was a
trooper... Friday morning a whole bunch of us met at the Spudnut
Shop... Somehow Ron SLEDGE ('65) drove from Vegas and still beat
me... John COLE ('66), Larry GREER ('65) and I made plans for
the secret get together in the later afternoon (Sorry Roger
GRESS ('61) from now on I will give you the high sign)... Katie
SHEERAN ('61) showed up in cog neeto (no Kim Novak shirt, but
she made up for it Saturday)... we touched base with as many as
possible in the heat then around noon we were all gone...
Cecilia BENNETT ('65) and I hit the Farmers' Market for some
nice breads and smoked salmon which we forgot to put out... as
the day progressed Mont ('63) and Jimbeaux ('63) started
bringing over chars and ZZ Top hats (a how how how) and CMOORE
('65) and sister Nancy ('70) made their way over... Rosalie
('63) and Chuck arrived and things were getting perfect... now
for those of you who missed it and haven't seen the pix on face
book... this event had been the subject of months of work by
CMOORE, John COLE, Mick HEMPHILL ('66), Gary WEBB ('64) and
several others... it was an effort to place Pierre REMILLARD
('65) and Jack KEENEY ('65) in the spotlight to receive Quilts
of Valor for their service to our country during the Vietnam
War... as time progressed, John was bright enough to realize we
needed a mole... at that time John brought Pierre into his
confidence to be sure and get Jackson to the church on time...
no easy chore I will say... of course he neglected to tell Pete
he was being honored as well... Jack, Pierre and Dick STEPHENS
('66) showed up a little early, but they were busy playing tunes
and caterwauling... er I mean singing... the crowd began to
gether... now sure how I forgot to tell Ken DAME ('68) the
procedure, but I did... thankfully he called me early and I told
him the plan for the boyz... As he did for my Quilt last summer,
Ken got right on the phone and called General Jim MATTIS ('68)
who came flying over with a plate of goodies in hand... Steve
HAGGARD ('65) became my BFF by showing up with some fruit Rush
Limbaugh teas... I hate sweet tea... not any more!... Terry
DAVIS ('65) was in awe as he missed my presentation last year...
I am pretty sure John CAMPBELL ('63) reacted pretty much to
meeting Jim as Mary Lou WATKINS ('63) did last year except he
didn't try and shake his hand with a glass of red wine in his
hand... oh wait... I'm not supposed to tell that... nevermind,
ML! The presentation by John and Mick was superb as always... I
was sure KEENEY cried way more than I did, but Carolyn ROE ('63)
has assured me that is NOT the case... Jimmie ADAIR (a recipient
of a quilt) wanted to impress some people and introduced the
General as one of his "Army buddies"... the response was to be
expected: "I'm a Marine". Corse only Adair could run over a land
mine and get a butt reduction so consider the source... Ellen
WEIHERMILLER... THAT'S WEIHEERMILLER ('63) and Doug HAWKINS ('62
also a recipient) made it on time and Doug and I hugged as
though we had known each other all our lives... OK OK I did give
Ellen a peck onna cheek... OK I gave alla girls at least one
peck onna cheek... hey why waste the moment... It was a truly
magnificent and touching evening... Eventually I got dinner at
Denny's around midnight with Cecilia and the Adairs... 

Saturday, was early Spuddies again... Katie did her best Kim
Novak and I fell in love all over again... Terry DAVIS ('65)
brought Craig DAVIS and wife Pat and I was able to catch
up with my best Spalding friend ever... Pancakes with the
DeJongs was about all I could do in the heat and off I went for
a nap... Doug and Ellen went to see the Cows at Katie's, but I
missed the field trip again... listening to Katie explain the
fine art of washing cow butts was about all I could take (did
you know those things just stare at you while they poop!)... I'm
sure Oklahoma Doug got a real kick out of it... by the way... if
you happen to hook up with Doug, you need to scream in his left
ear... but don't mention I told you to... in the evening, the
party at Myra WEIHERMILLER's ('67) was intimate and a whole
lotta fun... Myra and I played Doug and Ellen in a game of
something or other and whooped ass... after the game Myra came
running over to me and kerplow... I thought she was trying to
jump my bones after all these years, but I learned she was doing
a belly bump... I'm told it is whatcha do when you win a game...
I liked the bone jumpin' idea better...

Sunday was special. I haven't been able to catch Jim STULL ('62)
in a couple of years... as you probably know, Jim has been
battling cancer since about 2002... Ken DAME ('68) picked the
Divine Ms. Hoff ('64) and me up and ran us out to Jim's... Jim
looked great and it was so refreshing to spend half a day with
him just reliving old times... I wouldn't have missed it for the
world. As I said, I am blessed... I no longer use the word
"luck"... I have escaped death enough times to know that luck
has nothing to do with it.

I am sending a picture of the Boyz and General MATTIS with this
post. I can only say that no matter the size of our gatherings,
she are VERY special events!

  http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Riv/150630-Boyz-Quilts.jpg
Jack KEENEY ('65), Jim MATTIS ('68) and Pierre REMILLARD ('65)

-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)

Re: unusual summer heat

Not to be bragging but the Tri-Cities is forecast to have
temperatures at least 10 degrees above Death Valley, CA for
the next week... 

I think Hades might have sprung a leak somewhere nearby.

-Tedd CADD ('66)
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NOT a Bomber Memorial - only INFO today

Re: Darlene "DJ" LOHDEFINCK Peterson ('77-RIP)

From the Einan's site:
Viewing for friends and family:
  Tuesday, June 30 from 6pm to 8pm at Events at Sunset.
Graveside services: 
  Wednesday, July 1 at 10am at Sunset Gardens; 915 Bypass Hwy
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That's it for today. Please send more.
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