E A R T O T A M P A B A Y
Emily Smeraldo of Dunedin and Jeff Rubin of
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, who were married at
the historic Omni Hotel in Philadelphia, will
reside in nearby Narberth, Pennsylvania.
Clearwater, took her father George
Durgin, who was a bomber pilot and
fought in the Battle of the Bulge during
World War II, to receive the prestigious
Knights Medal of Honor from the French
Government.....Sana and Gino Tiozzo of
Donatello’s in Tampa took his father
Guido and their four children on a two
and a half week tour of Venice, Tuscany,
Verona, Florence and more.....Tara Toohill,
daughter of Marte and Dan Toohill
of Clearwater, spent a year traveling
throughout Australia before accepting a
job in Sydney with Indigenous Business
of Australia, a nonprofit, which trains the
Aborigines so that they can find work.....
Megan Toohill Bonafonte and her
husband Carlos Bonafonte of Palm
Harbor took their son Caleb Luke
Bonafonte to Spain to visit his paternal
relatives.....Betty and Ed Proefke, Syd
and Dr. Irwin Entel and Gail and Chip
Gamble, all of Dunedin, were the honorary
chairs of “Expanding Creative Visions
2016,” the Dunedin Fine Art Center’s
“Rise to the Occasion Luncheon” catered
by Stephen Michael’s Palm Cafe at the
Center.....Montserrat and Emmanuel
Cerf, chairs of the Dalí Museum’s Sueños
de Dalí 2015, which will take place there
on October 24th, hosted an exclusive prebenefit
Cava Reception for sponsors and
VIPs in the Museum’s Avant Garden.....
Kim Beaty and Rod Collman organized
a fundraiser for the Dunedin Boat Club in
conjunction with the Dunedin Historical
Museum’s exhibit showcasing the
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