E A R T O T A M P A B A Y
JAY COATES
Jim Previtera, St. Petersburg’s assistant chief
of police, and Laura Moody, morning anchor
for Fox 13 television, were given a wedding
reception at the Tampa home of Lance
Becatti and Jay Coates to celebrate their more
intimate October 3rd wedding at a vineyard
in Georgia.
grade student drop-out prevention
programs...Danny Lehan of Largo chaired
“Journey to Oz,” at the Largo Cultural
Center, the 19th Annual Gala benefit of the
Suncoast Performing Arts Foundation
(S.P.A.F.) of which he is president...Nancy
Preis of Largo spent her early summer in
Eurika, Arkansas as director of The Opera
of the Ozarks...James E. Coates, father
of former Pinellas County Sheriff Jim
Coates of Clearwater Beach, was presented
with a plaque from Pinellas County Public
Defender Bob Dillinger and his wife Kay
in recognition of the $75,000 gift he made
to Nourish to Flourish...Becca McCoy, a
local actress, singer and mom, wrote and
starred in The Pearl in the Hogwaller at
American Stage in St. Petersburg...Amy
and Glenn King of Dunedin, who
attended the Dunedin Historical Museum’s
“Victory on Main Street” celebration
dressed in nurse and sailor uniforms, were
selected as the Museum’s official Times
Square reenactment couple to be
photographed by Jim Goins in the kissing
pose made famous by photographer Alfred
Eisenstadt in 1945...ETSN Zachary La
Cross of Dunedin, son of Dawn La Cross
and Jim Davis of Palm Harbor and Robert
LaCross of Dunedin, graduated from 945
State Flags Division, Navy Basic Training
at Great Lakes Recruit Training Command
in Illinois as an Electronic Technician
Seaman...April La Cave and Lisa Gari
are the co-chairs for the 27th Annual
Holiday Fashion Show benefit presented
by Georgette’s Boutique and St. Joseph’s
Hospitals Foundation in December in
Tampa...Andrea Layman and Sandy
Barkley, both of Belleair, are co-chairing
the 2015 Clearwater Debutante Ball...Sonia
Raymund and Marcy and Bob Shuck,
all of St. Pete Beach, are co-chairing The
Florida Orchestra’s second annual Gala
featuring Michael Feinstein in St.
Petersburg in January...Diane and Ignacio
Ferras of Tampa are co-chairing Opera
Tampa’s upcoming Opera Ball in Tampa...
Melanie and Richard Gonzmart of
Tampa are the honorary chairs and Kris
and Carmine LaCognata are the chairs
for the 2016 Cattle Barron’s Ball benefit in
February for The American Cancer Society
in Tampa...Chloe Firebaugh of St.
Petersburg, a past president of the Junior
League of St. Petersburg, is chairing the
group’s 85th anniversary celebration
activities...John Coyne of Dunedin is
chairing the Dunedin Historical Museum’s
benefit reception, silent auction and
premiere of the Francis Wilson Playhouse’s
performance of The Secret Garden in
Clearwater...The Honorable Bob
Martinez, former Florida Governor and
Tampa Mayor, and his wife Mary Jane
returned from vacationing in Boca Grande,
Florida and the Asheville area of North
Carolina in time to serve as the honorary
chairs of the Tampa Bay History Center’s
gala benefit in Tampa...Lynne McCaskill
is president of the Island Estates Women’s
Club in Clearwater...Ken Hannon, vice
president and chief operating officer of
the Dunedin Fine Art Center, is this year’s
president of Dunedin Council of
Organizations...Eric Houghton, a
Dunedin attorney, was elected president
of the board at the Dunedin Historical
Museum’s annual meeting in its historic
Debbie and George Baxter celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary with an alfresco
party catered by Parkshore Grill at Sunken
Gardens in St. Petersburg.
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