Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/13/16
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike CLOWES ('54), Helen CROSS ('62)
Dennis HAMMER ('64), David RIVERS ('65)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Wanda WITTEBORT ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Charles RAEDER ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David EDGAR ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Julie ALEXANDER ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jerry GILSTRAP ('83)
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
The Junior Gyrene ('65) almost had it right about walking
to school. Yes, it was up hill both ways; and it was also
through 6-feet of snow (both ways). Today's youths don't
realize how tough we had it back in the day. I have heard
of any fond memories of having the "board of education"
being applied to "the seat of learning". Wait a minute, I
have but I'm not too sure if they were "fond memories".
Enough said. The important business of the day is recognizing
a Bomber birthday. Hard to figure if one was (or is) born on
the 13th, is that lucky or does Friday the 13th figure into
the equation? That might be some sort of a double whammy if
one was born on Friday the 13th. Guess its all in how you
look at it.
Without further ado, a tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a
"Happy Birthday!" shout for fellow classmate Charley RAEDER ('54)
on this date. Keep havin' them Charley regardless of the day
of the week.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where
we are tethering the elephants and tying down the ox
carts in preparation although I haven't see the gulls
heading inland yet.
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Our exchange student, Jaime and I decided to take the
Greyhound bus to Washington, DC over his fall break. So here
we are waiting almost 2 hours for our first bus to arrive.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Cro/161013-Helen-Jaime.jpg
We are now in Cleveland waiting to board our last bus out of
Cleveland... Next stop Washington DC.
It's an adventure, like being with my grandson.
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
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>>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
To: Earl BENNETT ('63)
Re: "I recall one of them, not sure which, would flip his
guitar to avoid the other's and keep playing with equal
adroitness."
There Are No Cats Mentioned In The Bible
I watched Joe KEEFE ('64) and Ken FINLEY ('64) at Seekers
and other places many times and don't remember flipping the
guitar, but that would have to be Joe KEEFE ('64) because on
the video at about 00:26 he SAYS he plays the guitar "both
ways". A closer look and he is playing the guitar left-handed,
but the guitar is strung for right-handed. I would think that
would be really hard to do because you would have to know how
to play the chords upside down as well as right side up when
you flipped the guitar. At our 50 year reunion we sat at same
table with Ken and his wife and found they live near us
in Kennewick.
Trivia question: Which two presidents were ambidextrous?
I'll give you the answer now so you won't have to google it.
James Garfield and Ronald Reagan. President Garfield would
entertain groups of people having them tell him something to
write and would simultaneously write it in Latin with one
hand and in Greek with the other hand. Now I think that would
be even harder to do than flip a guitar and keep on playing.
Re: Ice Age Flood
Pete BEAULIEU ('62) mentioned the NOVA video "Mystery of the
Mega Flood." Very interesting video I have seen both on TV
and DVD from the library at least three times. It is on
YouTube; I will post the link. I barely remember as a kid,
maybe even before starting school, going to Dry Falls and
Palouse Falls. Didn't see either one again until only a few
years ago. I have a post card of Dry Falls parents must have
bought at that time, probably about 1950. It says the falls
were from an ancient river--so even then the ice age flood
was not accepted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1jTBSNHKiY
-Dennis HAMMER ('64)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: Special dayz
I heard on the radio this afternoon that it is fire
prevention week... I remember that being a very big deal when
I was young... At sometime before the middle of my 2nd grade,
I recall being in the fire prevention parade as a burning
house... got my picher inna paper and everything for that...
Fire Prevention Week
Then one time while at Spalding, I was walking to the "house
of hazards" with a brand new freshly sharpened pencil in my
pocket (prolly a # 2... think everything required a #2 pencil
back then)... somehow I managed to break the lead off in my
arm... eventually it swelled up the size of the credable
Hulk's and my Dad got it out with a razor blade... flew
almost to the ceiling!... yeah, I know TMI... well anyway
the b-day Bomber-babe knows "only you can prevent forest
fires"... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Julie ALEXANDER ('65) on your
special day, October 13, 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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That's it for today. Please send more.
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