Alumni Sandstorm ~ 05/09/05
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7 Bombers sent stuff: 
Mike Clowes ('54), Lola Heidlebaugh ('60)
Jamie Worley ('64), Jim Coyne ('64)
Mike Perkins ('67), Doug Ufkes ('68)
Barb Hogan ('72)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pete Overdahl ('60) (MIGHT have been yesterday?)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: Bill & Mary Bailey ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Val Trent ('70)

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)

Re: From the "Well Informed" Dept.
    It was announced in the May/June issue of "Vets News" (a 
publication of the Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs; on 
the web at http://egov.oregon.gov/ODVA/) that the Moving Wall 
would be in Richland. I quote from that article:

    "The event in Richland, Washington will begin with opening
ceremonies at sunrise on June 8, 2005. The Wall will be open for
viewing around the clock (24 hours) at Jefferson Park in Richland
until closing ceremonies begin at sunset on June 12. To visit the
Moving Wall in Richland take the George Washington Way Exit off 182
heading North and continue approximately 2 miles to Jefferson Park."

Be of good cheer, 
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54) - still in slightly damp Albany, OR
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[The Moving Wall™ 2005 in Richland is also listed on the All Bomber
calendar. Click the link from the calendar and it'll take you to:
  http://www.themovingwall.org/skeds/05/schedule05.htm which has The 
Moving Wall™ Richland dates as 6/7 thru 6/13.    -Maren]
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>>From: Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60)

Re: Portland/Vancouver Bomber Luncheon

DATE: Saturday, May 14
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
PLACE: Shenanigan's - The Red Lion on the River
                        at Jantzen Beach (east side of I-5)
 
Please let Lola know if you plan to join the Portland/Vancouver Bomber
Luncheon - Come help plan the August 2005 Vancouver/Bomber Picnic!

And - don't forget to mark your calendars for the picnic - Saturday -
August 13, 2005 - Battle Ground Lake State Park!

See you Saturday!
-Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60)
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>>From: Jamie Worley Hills ('64)

    Many thanks to Dick Avedovech ('56) and Mike Perkins ('67) for 
your poignant picture in the May 8th Sandstorm. 
  http://richlandbombers.com/Xtra05/050507-Perkins.jpg 
    As I am a little behind on my Sandstorm reading I don't know the
story of the picture. As I've tried to explain to friends what my
company does, this picture speaks a thousand words. We take care of
children just like the one in the picture, in their homes. In a few
years, barring complications, with excellent home nursing, that baby
who probably weighs one pound, will graduate from all his/her tubes,
oxygen, ventilators, and nurses, and lead a very productive life.
Miracles do occur every day.

-Jamie Worley Hills ('64)
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>>From: Jim Coyne ('64)

To all the YOUNG ladies......
     Happy Mothers Day. Hope everyone has a great day

-Jim Coyne ('64)
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>>From: Mike Perkins ('67)

Re: Basrah Bomber Luncheon.
    For some reason my co-workers voted down, unanimously, my idea 
to post a BOMBERS WELCOME HERE sign outside our compound at Basrah 
International Airport, in southern Iraq. BOMBER SPOKEN HERE and 
BOMBER FRIENDLY ZONE were other ideas that were also vetoed, soundly, 
I might add.
    So, I guess I'll have to rely on the Sandstorm's gentle readers 
to let me know if there are enough of us in the area to justify a 
Basrah Bomber Luncheon.
    Please advise.

-Mike Perkins ('67)
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>>From: Doug Ufkes ('68)

    When I graduated from high school, all I wanted to do was to get
out of that town, like many people all over the world. And like many
of those people for the last 15 years all I have wanted to do was to
come back home. It is funny how things change for a person but there
is no place - and I mean no place - like the Pacific Northwest.
    I live in Tucson, AZ. Most of the year here is pleasant and I can 
see why folks want to live here but the summers are dreadfully hot, 
many summers there are 100 days in a row with highs over 100°... Days 
with 105°, 107°, 112°, and you can’t walk 100 yards without drinking
a gallon of water.
    You guys who stayed in Richland and built a good life there are 
lucky and someday, God willing, I will come home

-Doug Ufkes ('68)
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>>From: Barb Hogan Ham ('72)

    Just wanted to wish my "Big Brother Mike Hogan", and Happy B-Day.
Love ya, Big Brother
                           Your sister Barby

-Barb Hogan Ham ('72)
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That's it for today. Please send more.
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