Amy and Gary Connors of Dunedin were at
Ruth Eckerd Hall’s Friends of Music Hawaiianthemed
pre-party, concerts by Mark McGrath
of Sugar Ray and by the Gin Blossoms, plus
the dessert party at the Capitol Theatre in
Clearwater.
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Department of Justice internship in
Washington D.C......ETSN Zachary
Scott LaCross, son of Dawn LaCross
and Jim Davis of Palm Harbor and
Robert LaCross of Dunedin, graduated
May 20th at the top of his class from the
ET “A” School of the Center for Surface
Combat Systems Unit in Great Lakes,
Illinois as a Distinguished Graduate
ETSN (Electronic Technician Seaman).....
Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, the
daughter of Dr. Tom and Beth
Goodgame of Belleair, has been
appointed as a United States District
Judge for the 7th District of Iowa in Des
Moines.....Kathryn Kolbe and her
husband, well-known artist Mitch
Kolbe, who recently moved from Tarpon
Springs to an organic sheep farm outside
of Asheville, where he will build his new
studio in North Carolina, are looking
forward to many return visits to see
family and friends in the Tampa Bay
area.....Joy Hillman, owner of Mirabella
Fashions women’s boutique in Dunedin,
and Peggie Sherman presented Erica
Wiedmann, the director of The Haven of
RCS charity, with a check that represented
funds raised from door prizes Mirabella
Fashions donated to a fashion show Joy
co-ordinated that Peggie chaired for the
East Lake Woodlands Country Club’s
social committee and from 10% of related
Mirabella sales made during the
following week.....Joanie Sigal is
chairing the Clearwater Community
Volunteers’ 13th annual “Fashions with
Flair” silent auction, luncheon, and
Pippa Pelure runway fashion show
in Clearwater.....Jeanie and David
Abelson of Oldsmar and their son Adam
are co-chairing “Raise You Up,” Ruth
Eckerd Hall’s Kinky Boots-themed 11th
Annual Gala dinner, dance and auction
to benefit the Hall’s Marcia P. Hoffman
School of the Arts in Clearwater.....The
Honorable Woody Brown, mayor of
Largo and his First Lady Jenny will
share duties as the honorary chairs with
Kim and George Feaster of Largo at
the Largo Cultural Center’s 20th
Anniversary Gala, which is being chaired
by Betsy Byrd of Safety Harbor and
Judy Hall of Clearwater.....Ellie and
Tom Dempsey of Wesley Chapel have
been selected as the honorary chairs,
Kay Meyer of Tampa as the chair,
Nancy Morrison of Tampa as the cochair
with the legendary band Chicago
as the entertainment for Florida
Hospital’s Starlight Gala in Tampa.....
Kathy Stahl of St. Pete Beach is chairing
“Through the Looking Glass,” Empath
Health’s 16th annual Suncoast Hospice
Ball in St. Petersburg.....Dr. Robert H.
Wharton, Jr. of St. Petersburg received
the 2016 Golden Baton Award from The
Florida Orchestra for his continued
support during its annual Golden Baton
dinner and auction that was held in
St. Petersburg.....Eric Houghton, board
president, and Vinnie Luisi, executive
director of the Dunedin Historical
Museum in downtown Dunedin, were
excited to announce that the Florida
Legislature appropriated $395,000
towards the Museum’s renovation and
expansion. 9
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Louise Collins of Odessa and her daughter-inlaw
Debbie McGinnis of Lutz dressed in their
vintage finery for the Dunedin Rotary Club’s
“Spring Fling” benefit of music, wearable art
and Cuvée 103 tastes, that was chaired by
Patricia Rawlings of Clearwater and held at
Julian Hartzog’s La Villa des Beaux Arts home
in Tarpon Springs.
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