Our very talented classmate, Carol Ladewig, has been busy creating new artwork during the pandemic, dividing her time between The Berkshires in Massachusetts and Oakland, California. See the following email excerpts about her exhibitions in Oakland and Berkeley, California as well as her online exhibit. Here’s your chance to view some of Carol’s most recent work.

“I am excited about all the things coming up and hope you’ll be the  part of it!” – Carol

Our extremely talented and super-fit classmate, Lenore Plummer (Rishel), leads a very busy and active life. Not only is she a professional singer, but she’s also a licensed real estate broker, a general contractor, a competitive tennis player and a cocktail lounge manager.

Lenore has been singing with Paul Stevenson and Robbie Robinson at Ichabods in Las Vegas for about 2 1/2 years. Robbie was in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice and “is a great talent and even greater inspiration,” Lenore said.

Lenore Plummer Rishel with Robbie Robinson

If music is her first love, tennis runs a close second. She is in three USTA leagues and plans to compete in Boise at Sectionals in October.

Since her mom passed away about a year ago, Lenore has been running her cocktail lounge in Yucca Valley, California. She currently splits her time between her home in Henderson, Nevada and one in Yucca Valley.

Not one to let the grass grow under her feet, Lenore is a licensed real estate broker in both Nevada and California and is a general contractor in California. She just listed a property in San Diego with a harbor view and it’s now in escrow. Her sons and grandsons live in San Diego, which makes doing business there even more enjoyable.

“Seems like I have to hurry up and do all the things I love… as time is moving on! I’m sure we all know that feeling,”  Lenore said. She’s still trying to decide where to live, but for now, she’s content living in two places.

Following is a press release announcing Sheila’s cookbook:

01/25/2016. For immediate release                                              
Contact: Sheila Hansberger, (909) 797-4435
PO Box 1181, Yucaipa, Ca 92399

ALUMNI ARTIST PUBLISHES COOKBOOK
1961 AHS alumni, Sheila Garver Hansberger, proudly announces the release of her latest project, The Better Than Average Apple Cookbook. This is an updated version of a sold-out cookbook that was carried exclusively by Snow-line Orchards in Oak Glen, California over a quarter century ago. From the mid-1970s until 1988, the Hansberger family lived in the mountain community of Oak Glen, working the everyday operations. Each autumn, they sold apples and cider directly to the public from their century-old packing shed.
“Many of our customers bought apples by the bushel. Depending upon the size and variety of apple, the average bushel can weigh thirty-eight to forty-two pounds. That’s an awful lot of fruit to prepare. I’m sure more than one customer got home and panicked,” says Sheila. “I decided I could offer a solution by creating an apple cookbook from all the recipes I’d collected.”
The original cookbook was a very basic edition—mimeographed pages stapled between a simple cover printed by a local firm where Sheila worked part-time as a graphic artist. The latest version features a full-color glossy cover and contains the same recipes as before, but has been updated to include over thirty apple-themed illustrations spanning her career as a professional artist. Several of the artworks depict Oak Glen barns and buildings which no longer exist, or have been remodeled, making the book a unique collector’s item.
The Better Than Average Apple Cookbook is available online at Amazon.com. It can also be found in Oak Glen at the Five Seasons Gift Shop, Snow-Line Orchards, and the Kopper Kettle Kafe in Yucaipa. To see more of the artist’s work, please visit: www.sheilahansberger.com. She invites you to “like” her Facebook page at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/Sheila-Hansberger-Artist-Author-430820077027597/?ref=bookmarks.