Things Heard
The “Hendersmiths,” Janet and Phil
Henderson of Dunedin and Liz and Jim
Smith of Clearwater, co-hosted a dinner
party at Island Way Grill in Clearwater...
Dr. Zena Lansky and her husband
Warren Rodgers of Clearwater hosted a
“Welcome Home” dinner party at the
Belleair Country Club for Mary Ann and
Brad Morse of St. Petersburg to celebrate
their return from Laguna Beach,
California...Charlene and Mardy Gordon
of Crystal Beach hosted An Evening of
Entertainment, a cocktail and dinner party
with opera singers and dancing at
Maestro’s Restaurant of the Straz Center
for the Performing Arts in Tampa...Mary
Ann Morse of St. Petersburg was almost
surprised by her husband Brad with a
birthday dinner party at Cafe Ponte in
Clearwater...Virgil Kelly and Gus
Shafman, owners of Kelly’s for Just
About... Anything!, the Chic-A-Boom
Room and Blur in Dunedin, sampled
shows and dining favorites while in New
York City to celebrate Virgil’s birthday...
Felicia and Ryan Berger of Tampa
celebrated their daughter Avery Joyce’s
first 18 months in October...Chef Linda
Alfano, who owns Alfano’s Restaurant
and Splendido Lounge in Clearwater with
her husband Chef Frank, enjoyed a girls’
“staycation” on Clearwater Beach with
her sister, who was visiting from
Pennsylvania...Christopher Still of
Tarpon Springs, known for his modern
masterpieces, spent the month of August
painting in St. Augustine and in Crescent
Beach...Karol and Fred Bullard of
Clearwater saw the fall leaves in North
Carolina...Vilma and Zev Buffman, CEO
and president of Ruth Eckerd Hall,
celebrated their birthdays with a trip to
Asheville, North Carolina...George
Feaster of Largo attended his 60th high
school reunion...Connie and Don
Whitehead of St. Petersburg celebrated
their 25th wedding anniversary by driving
5,500 miles through 15 states on a seven
week trip to visit their daughters in
Minnesota and Pennsylvania and attending
their grandson Kyle’s wedding in New
E A R T O T A M P A B A Y
By The Ear
The Ear is wearing one of a pair of earrings
crafted by A. Link with 176 diamonds set in
18k white gold with six Forevermark 1.28
carat diamonds for a total carat weight of
3.43 from International Diamond Center
in Clearwater and Tampa.
Jersey...Janet and Phil Henderson of
Dunedin visited friends and saw the aspen
leaves in Colorado...Gail and Chip
Gamble and Madge and Burt Amman
of Dunedin visited the Grande Canyon,
Monument Valley, plus Bryce, Zion and
Yellowstone National Parks...Marilyn and
Ley Browder of Clearwater enjoyed
cruising the Inland Passage and visiting
Denali National Park in Alaska with their
family members...Mary K. and John
Wilson took their children and
grandchildren on an Alaskan cruise...Betty
Perry of Clearwater spent her birthday
with 18 family members and friends
cruising to Cozumel and Cancun...Holly
and John Tomlin of St. Petersburg
vacationed in Paris, France...Betsy
Schweitzer of Largo and Audrey Raley
of Belleair Beach traveled from Rome to
Venice, cruised the Dalmatian coast with
visits to Croatia, Montenegro and more...
Dr. Andrea Pelle and John Matter,
president of Matter Brothers Furniture,
honeymooned on the Amalfi Coast of Italy
and on St. Barts before returning home to
Siesta Key...Beverly Austin and Mary
Jane Martinez were the honorary
co-chairs, while Pauline Holovak, Denise
Chavez and Sue Cox were the chairs of
“Christmas in October,” The Red Cross
Angels’ Annual Silver Coffee benefit at the
home of Carmen and Harry Barkett in
Tampa...Mary Ann Morse of St.
Petersburg, the president of the Dalí Guild
and her husband Brad hosted a buffet
luncheon at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club
to thank Jody Morelli of St. Petersburg,
outgoing Guild president, and Montserrat
and Emmanuel Cerf of Treasure Island,
co-chairs of the Guild’s upcoming Dalí
Surrealist Ball...Michael Jones, project
manager, thanked Mary and Paul Jacobs,
the Clearwater Yacht Club and Carlouel
Yacht Club for providing refreshments at
the opening of The Heritage Museum’s
new McKay Creek Boat Shop on the
Heritage Village campus in Largo...Lorrie
Puckett and her husband, singer Gary
Puckett, of Palm Harbor, who along with
his The Union Gap group had six
consecutive gold records and sold more
records than any other recording act,
attended and assisted at the Tampa Bay
Austin Healey Club’s 29th annual All
British Field Meet and Autojumble car
show benefit for the Special Olympics held
in Safety Harbor...Lynne Knowles,
volunteer coordinator for the NOPE
(Narcotics Overdose Prevention and
Education) Task Force of Hillsborough,
welcomed participants to the group’s fifth
annual Candle Light Vigil at Hillsborough
High School in Tampa and thanked emcee
Candace McCowan of WFLA, keynote
speaker former Tampa Police Department
Chief Jane Castor, and entertainers Officer
Mark Holloway and the Steinbrenner
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