Ear to Tampa Bay
Things Heard by The Ear
Dr. Ron and Sarah Tucker held a
crawfish boil with all the trimmings
at their home in Seminole…..Louise
Collins of Odessa was surprised by
Dr. Harry Barash and Pat Rawlings
with a birthday dinner party at their
home in Clearwater.....Jason Sulisufay,
manager of Jessi’s Restaurant in Pinellas
Park, returned from spending two
weeks in Europe to celebrate “Mama”
Shege Fekollar’s birthday at the
restaurant, which serves her Albanian
family recipes.....Jillian Nelson of
Clearwater, daughter of Janet and Phil
Henderson of Dunedin and Todd
Nelson of Palm Harbor, and Capt.
Mike Dailey of Clearwater, an Air Force
flight wing commander, based at
MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa,
became engaged in Albuquerque, New
Mexico, and are planning a December
wedding.....Morgan Prevatt of Tampa
and Michael Molinari from Chicago
are planning an October wedding at the
Breakers in Palm Beach…..Krista and
Scott Hamilton of Clearwater are the
proud parents of their new baby,
Hendrick Scott “Henri” Hamilton,
who joins his big sister Lily as a fifth
generation member of Clearwater
Beach’s renowned Palm Pavilion
family.....Kathy Gaye and Martha
Margolis, both of Safety Harbor,
attended the Savannah Book Festival
in Savannah, Georgia.....Lisa Rau of St.
Petersburg, executive producer of ABC
Action News’ Tampa Bay Morning Blend
television show, vacationed for two
weeks in Kailua Kona on the island of
Oahu in Hawaii with friends…..
Elizabeth Elmeer swam with the
sharks while she and the Honorable
Bob Schmidt, mayor of Belleair Shores,
were vacationing in Tahiti…..Lucy
Dowie of South Tampa spent two weeks
The Ear is wearing black opal statement
earrings accented with emeralds, sapphires
and diamonds that total 32.45 carats of
gemstones from International Diamond
Center in Clearwater and Tampa.
in New Zealand before taking a 25-day
South Pacific cruise.....Tony Armer, film
commissioner for St. Petersburg/
Clearwater (Pinellas County) visited
and toured with friends in Switzerland.....
Nancy Preis of St. Petersburg explored
the country of Kenya in Africa.....Ed
Cassidy and Robert Danielson of Las
Vegas and formerly of St. Petersburg,
enjoyed trips to Australia and New
Zealand as well as to the Mexican
Rivera, and Utah’s Zion and Bryce
National Parks.....Lyda Lindell and
Elise Lippincott, both of Tampa, Mardi
Bessolo and Jennifer Wright, both of
St. Petersburg, and Rochelle Nigri and
Susan Pelton, both of Sarasota, cochaired
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“A Woman’s Journey,” Johns
Hopkins All Children’s Hospital’s
annual informative mornings about
women’s health in their respective
areas.....Dean David Gudelunas hosted
the inaugural lunch meeting of the
University of Tampa’s newly formed
College of Arts and Letters Advisory
Board on the stage of the Falk Theatre
in Tampa.....Bette Ivey of Largo chaired
the annual College Fund of Pinellas’
luncheon and program held at the Anona
United Methodist Church in Largo.....
Ronnie Bottalico of Seminole chaired
Phi Beta Sorority’s annual luncheon
fashion show benefit for cancer
research.....Julie and Steve Weintraub
of the Gold and Diamond Source in
Clearwater were thanked by Linda
Schmidt of Wheelchairs 4 Kids in
Tarpon Springs for hosting and serving
as judges at her Jail and Bail benefit in
Tampa.....Frances Vecchi of Oldsmar
displayed his art during “Figures and
Faces and Faraway Places,” an afternoon
reception and retrospective of his works
at East Lake Woodlands Country Club.....
Jeannie Shapiro, CEO of the privately
funded Clearwater Free Clinic, which
treats low income and uninsured
patients from North Pinellas County,
welcomed supporters to “First Look,”
a reception for supporters at the clinic’s
new larger 11,000-square-foot location
at 1218 Court St. in downtown
Clearwater.....Aldo López-Gavilán,
Cuba’s pre-eminent classical and jazz
pianist, was interviewed by The Florida
Orchestra’s Music Director Michael
Francis following a special piano concert
at The Club, Treasure Island.....Steve
Weinberger, CEO of Clearwater Jazz
Holiday Foundation, welcomed
members and guests to the High Note
Society’s reception and special
performance by the Ruth Eckerd Hall
Youth Jazz Combo in Clearwater.....
Chick Corea, Grammy-winning jazz
musician of Safety Harbor; Bobby
Rossi, Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater’s
executive vice president of entertainment;