Those of us who have been around Schooner for a while, especially our many dog lovers, will be sad to learn that we have lost one of our favorites – Gizmo Schornstein.
Gizmo had a big heart in that little body. Sadly, it just gave out and now Panda will have to make his own way. The Schornsteins could use warm thoughts from Schooner friends. They had a tough summer in Minnesota with Sharon’s back surgery. She is still essentially confined to a wheelchair. She needs some good Landings life to get her going. We look forward to Sharon and Jim’s return.
Fred Ockerlund, the man with at least eighteen lives, celebrated his 96th birthday on August 30th, just two years behind Shirley Rasmussen, with Larry and Jackie Wagner, Donna Riggs, the Tausons, and, of course, Fred’s spectacular supervisors, Jonnie, and Sara. Jonnie made her renowned Swedish pancakes for all to enjoy. Jonnie and Fred’s son, Bill, recently won the feature race in the vintage trans am series at Laguna Seca in Monterey County, California. He was in his 1962 Mustang originally driven by Parnelli Jones. Fred will soon be catching up to him in his motorized chair!
In northern Michigan, Hank and Deb Lawrie were invited by Jim and Cathy Webb (Riverside) to spend the night at Webb’s beautiful Torch Lake cottage along with Jim and Gail Beck (longtime Landings renters) and Mark and Carol Foucher (Sunset Harbor). It was a great summertime reunion for three Volley Girl teammates and their spouses.
Congratulations to Lisa Cates on her recent hole-in-one on number 7, and thank you, Sherrie Lorenz, for your informative article on Cane Toads in last month’s Happy Landings.
We are looking forward to the upcoming return of our neighbors and learning more about their summer adventures and misadventures!
