Photo by SANDI FAHY
Meet (from left) Jeff Tobey of Scuba West, Bill Hardman of Aquatic Obsessions Scuba, Jenny Donaldson of Ocean Sports, Teresa Hathaway of Jim's Dive Shop and Capt. Joyce French of Narcosis Scuba, who teamed up to present the 2010 Florida Scuba Olympics at the Long Center last month. Tobey and French are founders of the event, which benefits the Special Olympics.

Congratulations to the following couples celebrating wedding anniversaries: Don and Valerie Ward (April 15); Ray and Pat Smith, Michael and Sara McGilvary (April 19); Blanton and Lela Garnett (April 20) ... Belated anniversary congrats go to Kenneth and Clarice Carl (March 20); Fletcher and Barbara Warner (April 7); Rick and Katie Moore, Jonathan and Christy Dunn (April 10); Herbert and Helen Gerhardt (April 12) ... Did you know today is Beverly Brewer's birthday? Allison Blanchard, Kathryn Perkins, Carolyn Weinschenk, Gloria Love, Judy Warner, Betty Kemink, JoAnn Maddux, Joseph Morrison, Ann Gonser, Betty Fraley, Chris Sorenson and John Whitcomb are among those who share her April 15 birthdate ... Hope you remembered Manda Hunt's birthday yesterday and the birthdays of Brooke Waring and Ann Brewer earlier this week ... Bring out the cake and ice cream tomorrow for Joanne Jones, Krista Loutitt, Beverly Ann Reilly, Fern Barker, Emily Stimson, Barbara Jacobs, Rebecca Gecan, Barbara Quinton, Michael Kennedy, Bill Moravec, Eleanor Rowe and Keith Simpson ... Friends and relatives will be singing "Happy Birthday" on Saturday to Mary Black, Betty Beck, Jennifer Muller, Ed Clement, Mimi Elias, Jack Regan and Bill Byrd ... Be sure to wish Father Bob Wagenseil, Barbara Taylor, Amanda Fleming, Bob Stricker, Rachel Hessling, Jonathan Gibbs, Katherine Turner, MacKenzie Blair, Bill Kebler, Tom Bishop, Charles Gargola and Michael Urban all the best on their special day, which is Sunday ... The birthdays of Flo Bell, Betty Dixson, Joyce Martin, Alice Katterhenry, Diane Lincoln, Donald Lomas, Rebecca Hallas, Christian Dauble, Kathy Bell and Shelby Schmitt are coming up on Monday ... Peggy Perkins, Elaine Pepi, Donna Garen, Sarah Rusher, Kelly Cruxon, Rhiannon Sharpe, Michael Byrd, Peter Hessling, Mary Corbitt, Ron Davis and Todd Brooks will turn a year older on Tuesday ... Wednesday brings the 21st day of the month and the birthdays of Anne McKay Garris, Juliet LeBeau, Jill Whitney, Ruth Lord, Jim Davis, Camella Kane, Dakota Perry, Dorothy Brashear, Bob Bergman, Hazel Kirk, Bob Cates and Stephen Morris ... A little bird told us that Betsy Reynolds, Susan Stansbery, Janice Ridgway, Lynn Warden, Britt Warden, Ashley Hendrickson, Athalie Cogswell, Richard Hemme, Gladys Bonnington, Nancy Cerwin, Debra McMaster, Heather Robinson, David Mason, Marie Evans, Jody Sepulveda, Carrie Whitman, Julia Merrill, Ruth Teal, Peggy Fletcher, Ria Norris, Brian Hirsch and Peter Tardif recently had birthdays ... Barbara Morin advises it was Mark Twain who said, "Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been" ... Have a great week, everyone.

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