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that both the school’s Art and Design
department and its Film, Animation
and New Media department received
additional special accreditation from the
National Association of Schools of Art
and Design, and that the university’s
speech program, which received
the 2019 National Communication
Association Rex Mix Program of
Excellence award, is considered to
be the nation’s top undergraduate
communication program.
Peggy and Keith Leclerc, family
members and staff hosted their annual
Jane and Chef Walt
Wickman of the Olde Bay
Café & Dunedin Fish
Market and the Hog Island
Fish Camp in Dunedin held
soft opening parties in their
casual, beautifully appointed
new Water Oak Seafood &
Steak Bar at 201 Main St.
in Safety Harbor, where
guests enjoyed drinks and
samplings of house cut
fries with sautéed wild
mushrooms, Wagyu beef and
barbecue pulled pork sliders
on brioche buns, blue crab
claws and other tasty dishes.
Karol Bullard thanked her
husband Fred for making
her the namesake of their
new hotel on Ulmerton
Road in Pinellas County.
The Karol Hotel in Feather
Sound is a Marriott Tribute
Portfolio hotel with 123
guest rooms and suites,
the signature K Club Bar
& Bistro and the Vantage
Rooftop Bar. The Karol
Hotel embodies the couple’s
timeless personality and
style to reflect on their
remarkable life.
Chefs Frank and Linda Alfano created a six-course dinner that their daughter
Nicolette Alfano paired with wines, featuring the Girard Napa Valley winemaker
Glenn Hugo at their Alfano’s Restaurant & Splendido Lounge in Clearwater.