Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/08/16
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4 Bombers sent stuff and memorial INFO for 2 Bombers today: 
Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52), Dennis HAMMER ('64)
David RIVERS ('65), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susan SHERWOOD ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ted DAVENPORT ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jackie VALDEZ ('86)

BOMBER LUNCH: Patti's All Bombers, 12:30, JD Diner, W.Richland 
(every 2nd Saturday)

	COLLEGE FOOTBALL TODAY:
LSU @ Florida ~ Postponed due to Hurricane Matthew
11:00 (CT) ~ ND @ NC State Wolfpack ~ ESPN 
5:30 (CT) ~ UW @ Oregon Ducks ~ FOX
9:30 (CT) ~ WSU - Stanford Cardinal ~ ESPN 	

BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
    Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From: Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52)

This is our last night for the Rambling Rovers Senior Travel
Group in Branson, Missouri. It has been a great time! We've
seen 2 shows a day, including "It" a musical with 5 Hughes
brothers, their wives and a bunch of their kids. Terrific.
The next day we saw "Puttin' on the Ritz" a GREAT show with
wonderful talent. Then the "'70s Music Celebration"--
nostalgic of course. Next we saw "The Irish Tenors and the
Celtic Ladies". WOW--talent galore! This show featured the
same wonderful artists (songs, dance, dialogue) that we had
enjoyed in Puttin' on the Ritz. Next came The Barry Williams
show (Greg on The Brady Bunch) and he covered some of the
'60s music. Another great show, more nostalgia! I had no idea
he is so talented. He had a great support group, too. No
wonder Branson is known as the Music Capital of the (world?)!
On Wednesday afternoon, we boarded the Branson Belle
Sternwheeler for dinner and another very fine show while we
traveled around on a Lake. Flat Table Lake? Maybe. Purely
delightful! Thursday we saw The Brett Family Show: Dad, Mom,
2 sons and a daughter. Gosh--lots of laughs with those folks!
Then we went to Branson Landing for shopping, etc. before
having dinner at the Wheelhouse Restaurant Buffet and musical
entertainment. (Actually, there was, unfortunately for my
bank account, quite a bit of shopping time. Eating time, too.
Not an awful lot of sleeping time.) Last show of our trip was
the wonderful "Million Dollar Quartet". I thought I wouldn't
like it but it was really terrific. Guys impersonating Elvis,
Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and oops...I don't remember the
last one's name but he sang "See ya Later Alligator, After
while Crocodile". This show was done as a play--supposedly
true to life--and I truly enjoyed it. After the show I got my
photo taken with all 8 cast members (which is very unusual
for me) and took advantage of the opportunity to ask the
young man playing Jerry Lee Lewis (who had those moves and
the piano playing down to a "t") what ever had happened to
him. He is still alive and performing at the age of 81!! I
didn't ask where, but I imagine Las Vegas.

Every Show we went to, they honored veterans from all
Military groups: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast
Guard. Also, every Show included a praise of God. Very
touching. They sure don't worry about being "politically
correct" here in Branson. Hurray for them!

Storms are threatening to be in our path going home. We had
lightning and thunder this afternoon but just a little bit of
rain.

-Marilyn "Em" DeVINE ('52) ~ in delightfully entertaining
             Branson, MO
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)

Re: Miss Tri-Cities (U-26) AKA The Submarine

Years ago someone mentioned in the Sandstorm the Miss Tri-
Cities and I knew I had taken a picture of it sitting on a
pylon. I tried to find that post but gave up. Today I found
the negative and scanned it. It seems like I also took a
photo of the Allison engine displayed on the ground by it,
but didn't see the negative so it is either somewhere else or
did not take one. This photo was taken at the intersection of
what is now 395 and Vista Way, Clearwater is on the other
side of 395. Looking under the hydroplane the building across
the highway is where a Burger King was later built and now a
Walgreens is there. I believe it is at the corner of a lot
that WAS a 76 gas station or what we used to call a "service
station" back in the day. This photo was taken in 1968 in
either July or August, just before I went in the Navy. 
Later on it was moved to Columbia Park until it was badly
deteriorated and replaced by a newer boat. Then it sat at 
the miniature golf course on the Kennewick side of the Cable
Bridge for years until I read it was bought by someone, I
think from West Richland or Benton City, who was going to
restore it. Later on read in Tri-City Herald it was too far
gone to restore.

http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ham/161008-MissTri-Cities.jpg

Re: Punt Gun

Another negative I found today is of an uncle of mine taken
in WWII. I feared this one was lost as I asked my parents
after they retired where the negatives were and they said
they threw them away. My reaction was "WHAT!!!" I had/have
the darkroom equipment (you can't even give that stuff away
now days) and wanted to re-print some of them. Most of their
pictures were contact prints and some are badly faded. I used
the dark room in the Architecture building at WSU (Carpenter
Hall) and printed it as an 8 x 10 and didn't know what kind
of gun he was holding. A classmate did know, said he had read
about it in National Geographic. It was a large shotgun taken
out in the water for the commercial harvisting of water foul.
Shortly after my uncle showed up unannounced from about 1200
miles away and knocked on the door. I showed him the photo
and he said he found it in a castle in Germany and did not
know what it was. I told him what I had learned about it and
gave him the photo. I still did not know much about it until
I saw the movie "Tremors 4: The Legend Begins" where Michael
Gross uses one against the dirt dragons as they were called
in that movie. They were called punt guns because they were
used on small boats call punt boats where one would lay down
on their stomach with the gun and paddle out to get in range
where the birds were. There use was outlawed at the turn of
the century (the one at 1900) because they took too many
birds. I am no expert on firearms but it looks to me like the
other gun he is holding is a M-1 carbine.

 http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Ham/161008-Punt_Gun.jpg

-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Bombers Bombers

everywhere and notta drop... uh... well ok that doesn't work
real well... I'll work on it... the point is that no matter
where you go you are very likely to meet up with Bombers...
today, Ellen WEIHERMILLER ('63) was asking about a radio guy
from Tacoma and wondering if he was a Bomber... I emailed him
and Mark FRANCO ('70) of KLAY 1180 AM is the brother of Mark
('66) and Barbara ('67)... so it can be a very small world
out there... there have been many times wearing a Bomber
Shirt or driving a car with the Bomber car plaque or the
Bomber license frame I have been asked if I was from
Richland... Now this has absolutely nothing to do with
today's Bomber-babe but it keeps me from drooling on my keys
thinking of that great picture in the cut offs and sweatshirt
at page 119 of the '63 Columbian... 
   http://rhs63.tripod.com/63columbian/ss/108.html
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Susan SHERWOOD ('63) on your special day, 
October 8, 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)

Re: Max Jensen Richland Invitational ~ 10/7/16 Herald 

      "Saturday's 48th annual Richland Invitational
      cross country meet at Carmichael Middle School
      will honor the person that started it all.

      The meet has been renamed the Max Jensen
      Richland Invitational. Jensen, who was Richland
      High School's first cross country coach, began
      the Richland Invite in 1969.

      Jensen guided the Bombers to three consecutive
      state titles from 1970-72 - part of a then-
      record five championships in a row. He twice was
      named the WIAA cross country coach of the year.

      Jensen later coached at Spokane Community
      College and Ferris High School. In 1994, he was
      inducted into the Washington State Cross Country
      Coaches Hall of Fame. He still lives in Spokane.

      'We're going to have Max hand out some awards at
      the end of the meet,' Richland coach Jay
      Bartlett said. 'It should be a pretty cool thing
      for everybody.'

      About 2,400 runners and 70 teams are expected at
      Saturday's meet."

-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland   
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>>Norm HARDING ('50-RIP)

Celebration of Life: TODAY, Saturday, October 8, 2016, 2-4:30pm
Einan's Event Center, 915 Bypass Highway in Richland 
Dorothy would love for any of his friends to drop by.
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>>Mike HUMPHREYS ('76-RIP)

SERVICE: TODAY, Saturday, October 8, 2016, 1pm
Richland Baptist Church, 1632 GWWay
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