84 TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE | SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2018
spouses took a family trip to Italy and
Tuscany.....Holly and John Tomlin
of St. Petersburg cruised the Baltic…..
Renée and Ron Vaughn, president
of the University of Tampa, led a
group of over 20 school supporters
on an excursion to Iceland.....Amber
Skjelset, manager and event organizer,
welcomed guests to a High Tea at the
Scientology Information Center in the
refurbished century-old former Bank
of Clearwater building in downtown
Clearwater.....Elizabeth Gelman,
executive director of the Florida
Holocaust Museum, invited the To Life
2018 sponsors to a special Operation
Finale preview screening at theaters in
St. Petersburg’s Sundial and Tampa’s
Westshore to watch MGM’s film about
the 1960 capture in Argentina of Nazi
Adolf Eichmann…..Sea Salt Executive
Chef Kennu Tufo oversaw creation of
the hors d’oeuvres for cocktail parties
with special guests, NBC TV’s Jerry
Penacoli and Broadway’s Deanna
Dys that benefited Make-A-Wish
Foundation at the award-winning
Ear to Tampa Bay
Julie Henderson of Clearwater and
Jeff Plummer of Gulfport, who are
planning a fall wedding in Maine, were
given an engagement party by Chef Chris
and Michelle Ponte at their Cafe Ponte
restaurant in Clearwater, where Julie is
the catering coordinator.
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