Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/10/15 ~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARINES!
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11 Bombers sent stuff today:
Marilynn WORKING ('54), Ken HEMINGER ('56)
Mary ROSE ('60), Helen CROSS ('62)
Marie RUPPERT ('63), Gary BEHYMER ('64)
Linda REINING ('64), David RIVERS ('65)
Pat DORISS ('65), Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65)
Brad WEAR ('71)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gene CONLEY ('48)  
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill JOHNSON ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Carl DVORAK ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike ROWE ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dee SHIPMAN ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Fred MEEKS ('73)

BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
    Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From:Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54)

Re: Club 40 Fall Dust Storm

Members... or non members... we still need more articles for the
Fall publication of Club 40 Dust Storm.  Surely, some of you
have a comment or two!!

Go ahead and send them to Ann Thompson, aka Anna May WANN ('49),
our Editor.  She's working on it now!!

-Marilynn WORKING Highstreet ('54) ~ from a sometimes rainy 
      Tri-Cities... Nice 50s weather today   
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>>From: Ken HEMINGER ('56)

Re: Mr Harding - My Request

Thanks to Mike MILLS ('57) and Ray KELLY ('63) for the update 
on Mr. Harding. At least now I have some sense of what happened 
to him. I also had Mr. Harding for math at Chief Jo. He would 
use me at times to illustrate a math problem, and it usually
resulted in providing a wrong answer. Yup, I can say I turned
out OK too. Things were different back then and so much better
in my opinion. The PC crowd has perty much devastated all that
was good back then. I need to jump off my box as I get riled
just thinking about it..

Bomber Cheers..
-Ken HEMINGER ('56wb) ~ Great Falls, MT. temp 37°
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>>From: Mary ROSE Tansy ('60)

Judy CAMERON, you beautiful person... Happy Birthday [on 11/5]!!
You don't look even close to being a '60 graduate, my friend!!
Hope you had a wonderful birthday!!

-Mary ROSE Tansy ('60)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)

Re: Small (Bomber) World
   http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Cro/151110-Helen-Greg.jpg

Imagine our surprise when introducing ourselves at a table of 6
at the Denman Awards banquet in Lake Junaluska, NC the young man
across the table said, "I'm from Washington state." We, of
course, said, "Really, where in Washington?" And he replied,
"Richland."

It was Greg OBERG ('67 I believe), as in quickly trying to see
how we might have been connected we learned we both had attended
CUP (Central United Protestant Church), but at different hours,
and that he had been born 5 years after me. Oh, and that he had
graduated with my husband's cousin, Linda BOHRINGER ('67).

Not wanting to hog the conversation we gave up finding out more
similarities in our thoughts of Richland. I say thought because
Greg is a chiropractor who has moved away, but moved back, so he
still lives in Richland.

It was a nice evening, seeing our good friend, Harry Lyness get
the award for evangelist of the year. Just wish we could have
stayed longer to enjoy the area (sort of a mini-Lake Chelan; but
we had to drive back that night to Oldenburg, IN, as my husband
was serving on an Emmaus Walk that weekend; fortunately we had
good roads and almost 60° to drive in with little traffic, so
the 6-1/2 hour drive wasn't bad at all.

Adding this trip to our vacation out west, we have flown 4,000
miles and driven about 3,000 since October 19th when we began
our vacation. The only other time I remember running into
someone I knew from Richland was when Diane DAVENPORT ('62) and
I ran into each other on a tour of The Tower of London Ceremony
of the Keys. As Diane had graying hair, and I color mine (still
do I admit), she looked older to me, which wasn't true. As it
was in '96 or around then, we both were just over 50 then.
sounds so young to me now, as we are now over 70, and feeling it
as Ed WOOD ('62), also in our class, attested to in his comments
on his birthday.

Re: The 2 cute guys I left in Gardnerville, NV:  my grandsons
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-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Greetings from Hope, IN   where we are 
   enjoying late fall with sunshine, the last of the color in
   the leaves, and it's suppose to almost make 70° today. Not
   bad for November, it had snowed before we left Gardnerville,
   NV on Wednesday, November 4th. I miss my grand kids, specially
   my chunky sweet 6 month old. If he keeps growing I won't be
   able to carry him, as at 20 pounds I couldn't walk with him 
   for long.   
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>>From: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)

I was at the high school today [11/9] to pick my granddaughter
up for an appointment and while waiting for her to arrive I
noticed that a wall across from the office has the names of RHS
veterans with their graduation years hand printed on rectangles
of paper and stuck to the wall. Also, hanging from the ceiling
in the hallway are handmade banners of all of the wars. Rather
impressive!

Re: On another note

The entry from Grant RICHARDSON ('01) a few days ago about
needing funds to complete the baseball field is something we
alumni need to get behind. Checks may be sent directly to the
school noting the cause or you may contact Grant or the Bomber
Boosters directly. I'll admit to wanting this to be the best
season for Bomber baseball as it will be my grandson's last
(senior) year at RHS.

He's a pitcher and has already signed a letter of intent to go
to University of Jamestown in Jamestown, ND to play baseball
next year. A long way from home, but a good fit for him.

-Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
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>>From: Gary BEHYMER ('64)

Re: Tony, the Atomic Clown  
    with Burt PIERARD ('56), Jon VEIGEL ('56) & Others

I noted Jon VEIGEL ('56) because his family shared the other
half of a Mahan "B" house with our family. Mr. & Mrs. Veigel
(Walter 1905-1972) & Thelma (1903-1988), would 'baby sit' for 
my folks while they went dancing on Friday nights.

Re: Swamp coolers and the like

What many 'swamp coolers' had in common was that our Dads and
relatives had come out of the depression as necessary 'Jack of
all Trades'... Having little or no monies, they worked with 
what they, the neighbors, or friends might have in the garage or
basement. When we moved from the "B" house to the "F" house on
Hains in 1958, Dad took everything with him. Nothing was thrown
out. By 1978 when my Mom could no longer manage the steps in the
"F" house they moved to Kennewick... and 'the stuff' followed
them. In 1992/1993 when they passed away I threw out or gave
away pounds of used nails, 4 lawn mowers, paint brushes from the
1930s when he was a painter, and a blow torch that I remember
was used to peel paint on the Southwest side of the "F" house 
in 1960.

Our Dads continued to have great knowledge of most everything,
without YouTube or Google. When Dutch Elm Disease hit our area,
down came a very large elm tree in our yard. It was done so by
a 64 year old Dad, a hand saw, along with some supervision from
Mom. 

I'm sure many of you have similar family tales... time to share
them (;-)

-Gary BEHYMER ('64)
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)

Re: "Board Of Education"

I never had the "privilege" of that particular form of
education, but in 6th grade, at Spalding, Mr. Anderson was very
fond of "dishing out" dictionary work for "talking in class" and
since I was never one to be quiet, I would frequently be after
school, writing down EVERY word, plus EVERY detail, on at least
two pages (your punishment depended on how much talking you
did)... usually took two hours, so would be late getting home
from school... then, more punishment... one for being late,
another for getting in trouble at school. my mom always seemed
to know just what I had done, before I even had a chance to come
up with an excuse for being late! think more kids could benefit
from the type of education we received.

-Linda REINING ('64) ~ Kuna, ID   
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)

Re: Uncle Sam's Misguided Children

OK... we got two baseball greats today... as Bombers and in the
big time... but I am duty bound to wish my fellow Marines a very
Happy Birthday... I guess in a sense every Marine was born on
November 10th... without Tun's Tavern there wouldn't be no
Marines... I doubt any of us remembers our natural birth, but by
golly not one of us will ever forget the day we stepped on them
yellow footprints seeking to become a Marine. I say seeking
because just stepping on the foot prints wasn't enough... ya
hadda fer piece to go yet... some made it and some didn't, but
if you made it through graduation... you are and always will be
a Marine. I have no doubt that my blood is still on the sidewalk
in Sand Diego where the DI decked me shortly after I got off 
the bus... I knew that HEIDLEBAUGH's ('65) explanation about
swimming in sand was not quite the whole story, when shortly
before I headed for MCRD I asked him what it was like... he
still says: I just didn't know what to tell you... there were no
words... "Marines don't have attitudes about being the few and
the proud"... they just have pride... pride in Corps and pride
in their fellow Marines... it's a family... we all claim
relationship to Chesty tho many of us never met him... Kerry
PITMAN ('65) met him and I know he won't forget it... much 
like meeting Jim MATTIS ('68)... something one doesn't forget...
specially Mary Lou WATKINS ('63)... 'nuff said I have to make 
it thru the Christmas Chowder with Carol bash... now our 
Bomber-b-day guys are special to all of us... we are equally 
proud of them... one I only met once tho we corresponded for 
many years... he even donated an autographed baseball for R2K
that Gary WEBB ('64) recalls well (Sorry Gar, they said it was 
an auction) the other was one of my neighborhood heroes and I've
had the wonderful good fortune to come in contact with him again
after many years... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Gene CONLEY ('48) and Doug
LUKENS ('62) on your special day, November 10, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Pat DORISS Trimble ('65)

Re: '65 Ladies Lunch

WHEN: Friday, November 13th, 2015
TIME: 12:00 - 2pm
WHERE: Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, 1029 Columbia Center Blvd,
       Kennewick

Before everyone gets too stressed planning their Thanksgiving
dinner or making their shopping list for the Black Friday Sales,
this is to remind the wonderful Ladies of '65 that our monthly
get-together lunch is this Friday - the 13th!!

So, Ladies, mark your calendar and join your fellow Class of '65
Lady Bombers to share what's happened since we met last month
and catch up on news and gossip!

If you have any questions, please contact me!  

-Pat DORISS Trimble ('65) ~ West Richland   
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>>From: Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65)

Re: Marine Corps Birthday

Happy Birthday, and Best Wishes to all you Marines.

Semper Fi 

-Jim HEIDLEBAUGH ('65)
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>>From: Brad WEAR ('71)

Re: Marine Corps Birthday

Happy 240th Birthday to my Marine Corps brothers and sisters.
240 years of tradition unhampered by progress. Still the most
destructive fighting force known to man.

-Brad WEAR ('71) ~ in finally cool Plano, TX
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That's it for today. Please send more.
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