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“Consistent — that’s another word for them. They’re hardly ever in a bad mood but when they are, they never, never take it out on us,” added another student.
“Dropping A Bombi”
Their co-workers all remarked on Don’s sense of humor. “A beautiful sense of humor,” said one. “There’s a lot of fun in him,” said another. “His sense of humor. That’s a side most people don’t see,” noted a third.
It’s the only thing about the Bombergers that adults and kids disagree on. “Oh, for sure, he has a sense of humor but he tells awful jokes! Especially to his early morning math classes,” maintained one student.
“Not just the math classes — he tells them all day,” added another. In fact, Don’s jokes are so notorious that the kids at RCHS have coined a new slang term for a clunker of a joke. They call it “dropping a Bombi.”
But that’s the only near negative remark from a score or more of young people who enthusiastically endorsed the Rappahannock News’ choice of Don and Judy Bomberger as Citizens of the Year for 1983. And that can be attributed to their lack of appreciation for grown up witticisms and the good pun.
“When the going gets tough, the Bombergers keep on going.”
“They’re what Christmas spirit is all about — that it’s better to give than to receive. They give their time knowing that their only reward w ill be a job well done so, a kid learning a little bit more knowledge.”
“They go out of their way for students and for the school. They direct plays, arrange field trips for the
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