Alumni Sandstorm ~ 07/19/15 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) Mike CLOWES ('54) David DOUGLAS ('62) *************************************************************** *************************************************************** BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gloria ADAMS ('54) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rod PETERSON ('63) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Karla SNYDER ('69) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Fred GRAZINNI ('71) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mandy WALTMAN ('71) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mollie RUTT ('71) '70 in '15 - 45 YEAR REUNION. BOMBERS IN VEGAS - MUST Register by Tomorrow (7/20) BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar Click the event you want to know more about. *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>From: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) To: Mike BRADY ('61) So sorry to read of your problems while in London. I'm hoping you were able to recover some of your things. Not likely, I know, but one can always wish. To: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) I hope you are enjoying the same wonderful weather my daughter, granddaughter, and I had during the 4 1/2 days we were in London! We always hear about how rainy England is but we had just 1 day of rain. It happened to be the day Janet and Jordan went to the Globe to see Richard the II. They got soaked on the walk there, but sat under a roof, so only the actors got wet during the performance. Isn't the Globe impressive! I chose not to go to the play, but on a previous day, we spent a wonderful afternoon on a tour of the place. Thanks for the photos. I have some but don't have the know-how to post them. Meanwhile [back in Richland at home on Downing Street]: This morning as I write this, both doors are open to the cooler temperature, a welcomed change. The destruction going on across the street has me almost speechless. (Yeah, I know: that'd be the day!) One of the huge old trees was taken down earlier in the week, roots dug up, the whole nine yards. All the blacktop and concrete has been taken up, including the sidewalk--which is too bad because there is no sidewalk on this side of the street. Then, they dug up the grass and leveled the surface. Then they dug down again, past the 16 or so inches of topsoil into river bed. Tons of gravel and topsoil are stored in mounds where the portables used to be. I find it interesting to watch the heavy equipment at work. There is still grass over on the Cullum side. Wondering, wondering! Maybe Betty AVANT ('69) knows what the plan is. My great-grandson will be disappointed that the play ground is gone. It was one of his favorite things to do when he came to visit. He and his family will be moving back to Richland later this month. Bomber Cheers, -Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) ~ in, like I mentioned, a pleasantly cooler Richland *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) Time for another birthday celebration of a Bomber Babe from the class of '54. I first became aware of her when I entered Carmichael for 9th grade. What a thought. We were "the big kids". Well, at least as far as the corner of Lee and Thayer. She has been a presence in my mind since. The fact that she ran off during senior year and got married has dimmed her. I know that sometime back, she professed to be of a "great age"; well she reached 21, enough said. It is always good to see her when she frequents Club 40, but I guess I'm gonna miss her this year as she has more pressing business to attend to. With that being said, it is now time to tip the ol' propeller beanie and say "Happy Birthday, Skippy!" on this momentous occasion and hope that there are many more to come. You still are a bright star and we appreciate your presence in life. In case you are wondering, all of this is for Gloria ADAMS Fulcher ('54). -Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where cooler temps are coming. *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>From: David DOUGLAS ('62) An auction company in Phoenix has a monthly police, estate and consignment auction which my wife and I frequented often when we were furnishing our house, especially with paintings and sculptures. We stopped when we ran out of wall and end table space. Also, I've avoided looking at the catalog because we're putting our 45-year-old son through the last two years of his bachelor's degree. However, I decided to look at the offerings for today's auction, mostly the paintings. The lot description is accompanied by a thumbnail picture – clicking on the picture gives you an enlarged version. One picture had a familiar background. It was a colorized photograph of the construction of a dam. The description gave the title of the picture as "The Dallas Dam" but I knew it wasn't anywhere near Dallas. The terrain on the other side of the river could only be Washington. I dragged my wife to the auction and we bought it for $10 – my bid was the only one. Now I have to find a place on a wall to hang it. http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Dou/150719-TheDallesDam.jpg -David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ where I had to cut my evening swim in the pool short - I ignored the rain since I was already wet, but my wife doesn't want me swimming when there's lightning in the area. *************************************************************** *************************************************************** Bomber Memorial >>Frank LUZZO ~ Class of 1972 ~ 1953 - 2015 Bomber Memorials *************************************************************** *************************************************************** That's it for today. Please send more. ***************************************************************