Things Heard by The Ear
Cappelli Gordon is chairing the
LAMPLighters of Tampa’s annual
“Fall Into Fashion” show and lunch
in St. Petersburg.....Kiersten Finchum
and Kim Kurey are chairing The Arc
Tampa Bay Foundation’s Festival
Trees Premiere Night and three-day
“Winter Wonderland” benefit at The
Long Center in Clearwater.....Melissa
Yarbrough, founder and executive
director of the Inspire Equine
Therapy Program in Clearwater, who
was recently certified as an Equine
Facilitated Learning Practitioner
through the Herd Institute, is
spearheading Inspire’s 5th annual
Boot Scootin’ Barn Dance fundraiser,
featuring music by The Angie
Rey Project and food from Baystar
Catering.....The Honorable Bob
Schmidt, mayor of Belleair Shore, and
his fiancée Elizabeth Elmeer have
been named the honorary chairs for
Charity Works’ upcoming Monopoly
Night dinner, gaming and auctions
benefit in Belleair.....Debbie Trujillo
of Tampa, president of LAMPLighters
of Tampa, announced that the group’s
32nd Annual LAMPLighters Silver
Christmas Coffee will be chaired
by Laura Maddalon of Tampa, cochaired
by Lisa Wolf of Tampa, and
be held at the home of Gail Norman
on Davis Islands in Tampa to benefit
the homeless children of Metropolitan
Ministries and foster children of
Joshua House.....Deidra and Bruce
Livingston of Belleair will serve as
the honorary chairs for the Clearwater
Free Clinic’s annual Martinis + Matisse
Ear to Tampa Bay
ASHLEIGH GOETTSCHE
The Ear is wearing is wearing one of a kind
23.63 carat total weight pear-shaped emerald
drop earrings with 5.51 carat total weight
marquise and round brilliant diamonds
from Steve and Julie Weintraub’s Juleve
Collection from their Gold & Diamond
Source in Clearwater.
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Nancy McKibben and her fiancé
Dan Shouvlin, an owner of Clear
Sky restaurants, attended a Boston
Red Sox baseball game and visited
Martha’s Vineyard while touring
New England; attended his sister’s
birthday party in Charleston, South
Carolina; and visited Wyoming
and Montana.....Ginger and Bill
Francisco of Dunedin visited their
daughter Suzanne Claassen and two
grandchildren in Ireland.....Diedra
Livingston of Belleair and Kristi
Pettit of St. Petersburg will co-chair
the Salvation Army of Clearwater’s
2nd annual decorate your own
gingerbread house fundraiser, “Home
Sweet Home,” while Amy Connors of
Dunedin chaired and Margaret Word
Burnside and Aaron Fodiman, also
of Dunedin, will be honorary co-chairs
for the event’s evening VIP sponsor
party, which like the morning party,
will be held at the Belleview Inn in
Belleair.....Steve Weinberger, CEO
of Clearwater Jazz Holiday, and The
Honorable Frank Hibbard, mayor
of Clearwater, welcomed supporters
to a reception to announce that the
Clearwater Threshers/Phillies Florida
are an important part of the team, as
the 42nd Clearwater Jazz Holiday,
“Experience It!” moved to the team’s
BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater. The
stadium was transformed for four days
and nights into the Tampa Bay area’s
outdoor jazz fest party featuring Kool
& The Gang, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy,
Gloria Gaynor and more….. Drs.
Susan and Peter Betzer of Tampa,
board members of Sing Out and Read,
orchestrated the “Success Stories
Soirée” benefit for struggling at-risk
young readers at the James Museum
of Western Art and Wildlife in St.
Petersburg.....Marcy and Bob Shuck
of St. Pete Beach were the honorees at
the 53rd Annual Golden Baton Award
Ceremony to benefit The Florida
Orchestra, which was chaired by Sara
Galiger and held in St. Petersburg.....
Lauren and Chris Schellman of
Tampa were the presenters of “Let’s
Give Cancer the Boot,” the American
Cancer Society of Tampa’s Cattle
Baron’s Ball held in Tampa.....Michelle