BESTBets
The Motorola T600 H₂0 two-way radio
receives National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration weather channels and alerts
and can be micro-USB charged.
Point of Light Awards
PARC’S Top Chefs
This third annual fundraiser to benefit PARC’s Culinary
Arts Program will be held on Saturday, July 15th in the
grand ballroom of the Birchwood Hotel on Beach Drive in
downtown St. Petersburg. Laurie Stogniew, who helped to
create this signature event for PARC, will be this year’s chair.
Top restaurants such as Guppy’s on the Beach Seafood Grill
& Bar and the new Clear Sky on Cleveland in Clearwater will
serve delicious food and drinks. For tickets, call (727) 341-6930
or visit parc-fl.org.
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Susannah DVD
The St. Petersburg Opera has released
the first ever DVD of Carlisle Floyd’s
American classic opera, Susannah,
which the company performed in 2014,
and featured Susan Hellman Spatafora
and Todd Donovan. The DVD is on
the Naxos label and can be ordered
from amazon.com or by calling the St.
Petersburg Opera, (727) 656-8257. The
cost of making the DVD was subsidized
by Belinda Dumont and Barbara Smith.
This is the company’s 11th season of
producing professional, fully staged
operas in St. Petersburg’s Palladium
Theater.
Go Anywhere
Two-Way Radios
Motorola’s Talkabout T600 H₂0 two-way
radios are rugged and fully waterproof
in order to keep you connected during
your wildest outdoor adventures. These
handheld sets can float and have wateractivated
flashlights, along with LED
lights to help preserve your night vision.
Their normal range is 2 miles, but on
open water they can be used for up to
6 miles and from mountains to valleys,
they can work up to 35 miles. Three AA
Alkaline batteries will give you up to 23
hours of power, or you can charge the
radios with USB connectors. To order, call
(800) 448-6686 or visit motorolasolutions.
com/talkabout.
The Lighthouse of Pinellas will hold its
11th annual Point of Light Luncheon on
September 8th at the Hilton Carillon in
St. Petersburg. Margaret Word Burnside
and Aaron Fodiman, the publishers/
editors of Tampa Bay Magazine, will be
the 2017 Beacon of Light Honorees, and
the John Wilson Spotlight Volunteer
honoree will be Joan Kline, who serves on
the Lighthouse board. For tickets to this
inspiring event that helps to raise funds
for the Lighthouse of Pinellas, call Anna
Cottos at (727) 544-4433, ext. 224, or email
her at acottos@lhpfl.orgPointofLight.
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Guppy’s on the Beach Seafood Grill & Bar
in Indian Rocks Beach is among the
restaurants that will serve delicious
food at the July 15th event.
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