The Gossip Column: September 1, 2023
It’s only an island, but everyone wants a piece of it. So imagine trying to find a location for a dog show. ...
The ongoing saga of moving MADISON SQUARE GARDEN is again front and center in the news. The "GARDEN” sits atop the busiest rail station in the country with more than 600,000 commuters a day. It’s dark and dingy, in need of more tracks and amenities. Hence the problem: In order to build a proper and fitting station, the GARDEN has to move. The DOLAN FAMILY, owners of the GARDEN, wanted an operating permit in perpetuity, and the city has now offered them a five-year extension to operate at that location. ...
Remember the few years WESTMINSTER was held on the Hudson River piers 92 and 94, before the one pier was condemned? Well, Pier 94 will be known as SUNSET PIER 94 and become a television production studio with multiple sound stages to film television series and the like. New York is already the second biggest studio site behind Los Angeles and it’s a major industry for the city. ...
Multiple Olympic gold-medal winner and multiple-record-holding diving great GREG LOUGANIS is a man with a cause he believes in and supports. Of course, we in the dog-show world know him for his love of dogs and association with Great Danes in particular. A longtime supporter of LGBTQ+ causes and organizations, he is parting with items from part of his storied diving career. He will auction off his gold and silver Olympic medals and related items, including the bathing suit he wore at the Olympics, to raise money for the DAMIEN CENTER’S ONE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN initiative to help finance a new building for the non-profit, which provides resources and services for people affected by HIV/AIDS. The items to be auctioned will have traveled to be viewed from Los Angeles to London onto New York and back to Los Angeles to be auctioned off at BONHAMS on September 14. ...
For those of you who want to attend a WORLD DOG SHOW but don't want to travel overseas for the next three years to Croatia, Finland or Italy, you can wait until the 2028 WORLD DOG SHOW, which will be held in Mexico. ...
KIM & TONY CALVACCA recently celebrated their 19th wedding anniversary. Also celebrating Wedding Anniversaries … KAREN & GARY WILSON, PAM & BOB LAMBIE, GREG & SULIE GREENDALE-PAVEZA. ...
Celebrating Birthdays … GAYLE BONTECOU, VIRGINIA MURRAY, SCOTT SOMMER, MICHAEL SHEPHERD, ADAM BERNARDIN, GENE BLAKE, CAROL GROSSMAN, KATHY MENAKER, CHARLES BARIS, KIM CALVACCA, GEORGIA HARRIS, SIOUX FORSYTH-GREEN, MARY JANE CARBERRY, JOHN RONALD, WENDY KELLERMAN, MIKE STONE, CONNIE CLARK, RICK BAGGENSTOS, JUDY SILKER, KEN KAUFFMAN, HOLLEY ELDRED, JULIE LUX and TINA YUHL.