Ear to Tampa Bay
Harbor co-chaired “Diamonds Are
Forever,” Our Lady of Lourdes’ annual
Saints and Sinners Gala benefit held at
the Conmy Center in Dunedin…..Mary
K and John Wilson of St. Petersburg
invited family members and friends to
attend a special preview showing of
The Commuter, a movie starring Liam
Neeson and Vera Farmiga, along with
their youngest son Patrick Wilson
in a surprise role…..Lucile Casey
of Clearwater is the chair for “Spring
into Summer,” the Clearwater
Community Woman’s Club’s annual
fashion show, Daisy grants awards and
luncheon in Belleair.....Syd Entel of
Dunedin, founder of Syd Entel Gallery
in Safety Harbor, will chair the Sterling
Society of the Dunedin Fine Art Center’s
annual Mothers’ Day Tea and Fashion
Show.....Kay Dillinger and Cat Coats
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John Gillis, president of Friendly Kia,
and artist Patricia Gorrow, both of
New Port Richey, cruised the
Southern Caribbean.
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Jennifer Mara, business manager of the
Show Palace and Nader/Mara Entertainment and
daughter of Vicki and rock ‘n’ roll great Tommy
Mara, married Anthony Cavaliere of Spring Hill
at La Casa of Mason Creek in Homosassa.
will again co-chair the Beth Dillinger
Foundation’s “Value Me” luncheon in
St. Petersburg.....Patsy and Gene
McNichols of Tampa have been selected
as the honorary chairs for “Alice in
Wonderland,” Tampa General Hospital
Foundation’s 21st annual Gala in Tampa,
which is being chaired by Dr. Tom
Bernasek and Tammy King of Tampa
and Laura and Joe Williams of
Tampa.....The Honorable Jim Coats,
former Pinellas County sheriff, and his
wife Cat of Clearwater Beach will serve
as the honorary chairs for CharityWorks’
18th annual Monopoly Night fundraiser
in Belleair, which will again be cochaired
by Toni Behr Blackshear of
Largo and Suzan Decker Ross of
Decker Ross Interiors in Clearwater.....
Lauren Dungy of Tampa, who has coauthored
nine award-winning children’s
Lynnette Vaughan of
Tarpon Springs, chair of the
43rd annual International
Miniature Art Show of the
Miniature Art Society of
Florida at the Dunedin Fine
Art Center, and the society’s
president Kathy Pollak
of Dunedin welcomed
participating artists from
around the world to the
show’s annual Awards
Brunch that was held at
Bon Appétit Restaurant in
Dunedin.
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Erin Brockovich, center, was
thanked for being the special
guest speaker at the Women
of Temple B’Nai Israel’s
“Truth, Humanity, Justice”
scholarship fundraiser in
Clearwater by its coordinators
Becca Gross Tieder and Katie
Burns Blaxberg.
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