Local woman sets out to find ship-in-a-bottle created by her NAS Lemoore veteran father
Growing up in a Navy family, Cheryl Symonds was used to leaving things and places she loved every few years. Her father, Peter Bauer, was a Naval Officer in hospital administration. He and his beloved high school sweetheart, and wife of over 50 years, Claire, grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, but raised their three daughters around the U.S., where ever the Navy sent them. Peter was quite the craftsman, his love of history and old ships collided in a beautiful way when he started building model ships as a side hobby. His ships were never from a kit, but from plans he would find, making all of t...