Tina Marie Avila and her husband Javier of Dunedin’s Casa Tina Mexican restaurant held their 24th annual Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration in Pioneer Park, where a play written and produced by Tina, a fashion show, costume contest, live music and folkloric dancing was followed by a candlelight procession down Main Street. Linda Gross, the owner of Advice Solutions advertising agency in Lakewood Ranch, has rejoined the board of directors of Designing Women Boutique, a nonprofit consignment shop that benefits local arts and human services organizations that she helped to start. Ken Burke, the Pinellas County Clerk of the Circuit Court and comptroller, received the National Association of Counties’ 2016 Achievement Award for his “Same Day Juror Pay Mobile Workstations” initiative. Senior Creative Manager Jennifer Fleming of Goodwill Industries-Suncoast Inc. greeted guests as they boarded the Yacht StarShip for its annual Ghoulwill Bash fundraiser, which helps support people with employment challenges in their efforts to achieve their full potential. 68 TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE | JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017 Kelly Renner, a mother of premature twins, chaired this year’s March of Dimes Signature Chefs Auction at the TPepin Hospitality Centre in Tampa to raise funds to improve the health of babies and to help end premature births and other serious infant health issues. ARTS COUNCIL OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY Martine Meredith Collier has become the executive director of the Arts Council of Hillsborough County. She will replace Art Keeble, who is retiring after 32 years of service. Collier is a certified fundraising executive who holds a Master of Arts degree in arts administration from Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theater from the University of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee. St. Petersburg’s Admiral Farragut Academy has begun the largest capital campaign in its history for its new multipurpose building. Capt. Robert Fine Jr., longtime head of the school, says the school’s new campus center will provide a gathering place and demonstrate the school’s commitment to provide its students with the best facilities for their education. Farragut was established in 1933 to serve students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 with an international boarding program in grades 8-12. In 1936, the academy was approved as an Honor Naval School by an act of Congress and is world renowned for its signature academic programs including aviation, engineering, naval science, leadership, scuba diving and marine science. ADMIRAL FARRAGUT ACADEMY MARC MENCHER Ron and Sherry Sacino were thrilled that the board of directors of Sherloq Solutions, a nonprofit charitable organization that was formerly known as Merchants Association of Florida, decided to donate $1,000 to the charity of choice to 100 of their guests at their holiday party for a grand total of $100,000. NORAA ELAINE ZAGAMI BuzzWorthyitems of note
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