Ear to Tampa Bay
Things Heard by The Ear
Deborah Kynes, a Dunedin city
commissioner, hosted her annual ladies’
Halloween party at her home in
Dunedin.....Liz and Jim Smith of
Clearwater and Janet and Phil
Henderson of Dunedin hosted a dinner
party at Island Way Grill on Island
Estates in Clearwater.....Andrea, Geoff,
Spencer and Hannah Simon hosted a
Hanukkah celebration party at their
home in Tampa.....Amy, Gary and
Macklin Connors hosted an open
house at their new home in Dunedin.....
Dr. Harry Barash and Pat Rawlings
had a holiday brunch in their Clearwater
home.....Lisa Mansell of the Church of
Scientology introduced the entertainment
for a holiday brunch at the historic Fort
Harrison in Clearwater.....Susan
Peelman’s annual holiday party was at
her home in Feather Sound.....Pat and
Bill Blizzard hosted the annual Victoria
Shores holiday party in their Dunedin
home.....Karen and Brett McMullen
held their annual Christmas party at
their home in Clearwater.....Dr. Ron
Vaughn, president of the University of
Tampa, and his wife Renée hosted their
annual Christmas party at their home
in Tampa.....Susan and Jim Rolston
held a holiday party at their home and
his adjacent art studio in St. Petersburg.....
Linda and Roger Dow invited guests
to bring unwrapped toys to a holiday
party, complete with carolers in their
new St. Petersburg home.....The
Honorable Bob Schmidt, the mayor of
Belleair Shore, held a Christmas Buffet
dinner with entertainment at the Belleair
Country Club.....Sandra Nesbit and
her husband Greg Willsey, principals
of GFS Private Wealth in Clearwater,
The Ear is wearing one of a pair of 18k white
gold earrings with 5.08 carats of 238 round
diamonds totaling 5.08 carats from
Cappello & Co. in Seminole.
held their annual Christmas buffet
dinner party at their home in
Clearwater. . . . .Marlene Rose,
internationally acclaimed Clearwater
glass artist, was surprised on her
birthday by friends, who sent stories,
memories and photos, which were
compiled for her by Celeste Bacher,
also of Clearwater.....Jeff Turner
celebrated his birthday during the 38th
annual Clearwater Jazz Holiday’s
Saturday night Michael McDonald and
Kenny Loggins concert with Jane
Strong, owner of Happy Feet Plus, and
other friends.....Dr. Robert Entel of
Clearwater Beach, whose Beatles
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collection can be seen at his new Penny
Lane Beatles Museum in Dunedin, was
given a surprise birthday party and a
meaningful plaque by the radiology
department of Morton Plant North Bay
Hospital, where he is medical director
and medical staff president-elect.....
Gary Puckett of Gary Puckett & the
Union Gap fame, celebrated his birthday
in Warren, Ohio with his wife Lorrie,
her parents Dr. Allen and Judith
Haimes, all of Clearwater Beach, several
friends, plus the 2,000 fans who came to
see him perform. The Pucketts departed
the following day for a vacation in
Italy.....Brad Morse of St. Petersburg
blew out the birthday candles, while
Maria Zouves and her husband Sherrill
Milnes of Tarpon Springs celebrated
their anniversary during a lunch party
at Luna in the Hilton St. Petersburg
Carillon Park.....Sarah and Jason
Carrión, who live in Austin, Texas, and
were married there June 4th, were given
a reception in their honor at Carlouel
Yacht Club on Clearwater Beach by her
parents Gail and Chip Gamble.....
Dominique Heller and Eric Wagman
of Safety Harbor had a son, Vander
Heller Wagman, the grandson of Beth
Houghton and Scott Wagman of St.
Petersburg…..Jeanine and Brooks
Nelson of Gainesville are the proud
parents of Harris Overton Nelson, who
is the grandson of Janet and Phil
Henderson of Dunedin…..Joanie and
Steve Sigal of Clearwater are excited
about their twin grandchildren, Strider
Oak and Willow Grace, whose big
sister Pixie and parents Jeanie and
Adam Sigal live in Los Angeles,
California…..Anna and Marc Mencher