Ear to Tampa Bay
Things Heard by The Ear
traveled to Savannah, Georgia to spend
time with their U.S. Army doctor son,
Capt. Wells L. Weymouth, and his wife
Rachel Weymouth…..Diane and Rob
Klingel of Redington Beach and Shirley
and Rick Zeller of St. Pete Beach stayed
at the 1907 vintage Old Faithful Inn while
visiting Yellowstone National Park and
enjoying side trips to Teton Lake and the
Moulton barn, plus Jackson Hole and the
Kemmerer’s Fossil Dig in Wyoming.....
Beth Chernes and Jessica Turner cochaired
The Little Black Dress Initiative
2021, the Junior League of Clearwater-
Dunedin’s annual campaign to raise
awareness about the effects that poverty
can have on women’s access to resources,
confidence and opportunities within our
community and to raise the funds needed
to correct this unfortunate situation in
north Pinellas County….. Rafael Sciullo,
president and CEO of Empath Health,
Karen Davis-Pritchett, its vice president
of access and inclusion, provider and
community relations, and Melissa Moré,
its director of volunteer services, hosted
a virtual “Volunteer Town Hall Meeting”
with the non-profit’s numerous dedicated
volunteers.....Jeannie Shapiro, chief
executive officer, and David Phillips,
a Clearwater attorney and the board
chair for the Clearwater Free Clinic,
thanked Susan Murbach and Meredith
Reagin for co-chairing the clinic’s annual
Martinis and Matisse art lottery benefit,
which this January was served “with a
twist” online, and included hand-painted
martini glasses and more for sponsors,
plus painting demonstration by artist
Penny Young, cooking and mixology
demos from local restaurants for those
who tuned in to this “toast-worthy
The Ear is wearing 18K white gold diamond
earrings with 6.96 carat total weight pear
shape fancy yellow diamonds, 2.03 carat
total weight pear shape white diamonds,
and 1.48 carat total weight round brilliant
diamonds from the Gold & Diamond Source
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Louise Collins and Al Wiseman
hosted a well-spaced brunch on the
verandah of their home in Tarpon
Springs.....Dr. Scott Kelley and his
wife Jill co-hosted an outdoor Super
Bowl Eve party with NFL quarterback
Jameis Winston at the Kelleys’
Bayshore Boulevard home in Tampa.
The safely orchestrated event, which
was attended by professional athletes,
celebrities and community leaders, was
held in honor of Tampa’s wounded
war veterans with a special tribute to
#SocialJusticeReforms.....Risa Nicholson
of Orlando was surprised by her husband
Reid and daughter Riley on her big
birthday, when friends from all over
the country attended her Zoom birthday
party.....Martha Margolis of Safety
Harbor was given a Zoom birthday part
by her son Josh Margolis and his fiancée
Michelle of Denver, Colorado, which
was “attended” by family members and
friends from as far away as Israel…..
Emily Carolyn Johnson-Weintraub of
Clearwater, the daughter of Julie Helen
Weintraub (Steve Weintraub) of St.
Petersburg and Brian Kent Johnson
(Lauren Amanda Boone-Johnson)
of Palm Harbor, and Rodney Joseph
Halapio of Clearwater, son of Fisiipeau
and Elevisi Halapio of St. Petersburg,
became engaged while on a family
trip to the Weintraub’s Utah getaway.
Emily, a GIA graduate gemologist, and
Rodney work at the Weintraub’s Gold
& Diamond Source in Clearwater.....
Judith and Barry Alpert of North
Redington Beach celebrated their 51st
anniversary with family members by
posing for their annual group photograph
at Fort De Soto Park in Tierra Verde.....
in Clearwater.
Eric Lang Peterson of St. Petersburg,
who is a well-respected fine art
consultant and appraiser, has enjoyed
spending time at his art-filled retreat
home in Inverness, Florida, surrounded
by works he began collecting 50 years
ago by 15 then-emerging Florida artists,
nine of whom have had representation in
New York City galleries.....Jim Carver,
his son Timothy, and daughter-in-law
Michelle, all formerly of Tampa and
now of Englewood, enjoyed sailing
their 25-foot Catalina sailboat between
Charlotte Harbor and Key West.....
Susana Weymouth, who recently joined
the Florida Orchestra’s staff as its chief
development officer, and her husband
Yann Weymouth, a world famous
architect, who reside in St. Petersburg,
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ASHLEIGH GOETTSCHE