MAY/JUNE 2018 | TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE 67
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light lager features classic American
cluster hops, German pilsner barley malt
and pours bright like the Florida sun.
Big Storm is one of the fastest growing
independent craft breweries in the state
and has won 14 medals at these annual
competitions including the top award in
2016 for its Oktoberfest Märzen Lager that
was voted Best of Show.
David Miscavige, the leader of the
Church of Scientology, has announced
the launch of the Scientology Network
that will air on DIRECTV’S channel 320
and streaming services such as Apple TV,
Roku, iTunes and Google Play. Miscavige
says the network will reveal the answers
to many of the questions that the public
has about the church.
Susan Churuti, a St. Petersburg
attorney, has been appointed to the
campus board of University of South
Florida St. Petersburg by the USF board
of trustees. Her experience as the Pinellas
County attorney for more than 20 years
and her extensive background will benefit
the campus board that provides guidance
and advisement in the operation of the
school.
Ray Weaver’s ninth novel, Hart
and Soul, features two wild and crazy
private investigators, Emily Hart and
Bradford Soul, hence the title. Ray lives in
Clearwater and volunteers at the Francis
Wilson Playhouse.
Brian Lang, curator
of the BNY Mellon
Corporate Art
Collection, thanked
Lisa Simington,
president of the Florida
West Region for
BNY Mellon Wealth
Management, and
Christopher Swink,
senior director of
BNY Mellon Wealth
Management, for
arranging for Lang to
speak to guests of the
Tampa Bay Businesses
for Culture and the Arts.
L.J. Govoni and Mike Bishop, co-owners of Big Storm Brewing Co., have opened a third Florida
taproom in Cape Coral. This makes Big Storm, which brews more than 80 beers, the first
independent craft brewer in Florida with more than two locations.
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Vinnie Luisi,
executive director of the
Dunedin History Museum,
thanked Fairlie Brinkley, the
museum’s board president,
for arranging a dinner at
Island Way Grill in Clearwater
with Jack D. Warren Jr. of the
American Revolution Institute
of the Society of the Cincinnati
in Washington, D.C., who spoke
on “The Vanishing American
Revolution –– How Changes
in Education Jeopardize Our
National Identity.”