Photo by SANDI FAHY
PEOPLE AROUND TOWN: Meet Rebecca Avrin, a volunteer with SPCA Tampa Bay, who is shown with Pearl, her 7-year-old American Eskimo dog, at a recent event in Clearwater.

It's birthday time once again for Casey Carpenter, Gwendolyn Williams, Denna Shiben and Adam Burrell. Today, September 16, is their special day ... Hope you remembered Cynthia Nilson's birthday yesterday and the birthdays of Dorothy Richardson, Sharon Cotton, Doris Smith and Amy Long earlier this week ... Bring out the cake and ice cream tomorrow for George Wich, Bonnie Lovell, Joann Kip, Bill Morgan and John Krest ... Be sure to extend all best birthday wishes on Saturday to Mandy Peterson, Kathleen George, Betty Arnold, Marjee Hunt and Sue Roberts ... Marie Bellanger, Velia Evans, Bernadette Weiers, Martha Snow, Vicky Kott, Sue Johnson and Jeff Thomas are among those turning a year older on Sunday ... The birthdays of Angie Ford, Melissa Daniels, Marlene Eichelberger, Melissa Sands, Sara Connell and Glenn Morrison are coming up on Monday ... Did you know Tuesday is Ruth Bishop's birthday? Robert McEwen, Brenda Semple, Jane Hajvert, Peggy George and Hod Hunt share her September 21 birthdate ... You still have time to get cards in the mail by Wednesday to Donna Hoffer, Brenda LaPointe and Charles Bell ... A little bird told us that Doris Bintliff, Gary Kingston, Joy Greene, Patti Simon, Samantha Beran, Keith Clark, Debby Gibbs, Marian Rather, Gertrude Membrino, Elsie Lovelee, Sallie Rudolph, Cynthia Carter, Terri Faulkner, John Gallant, Charry Walker, Harry Mernaugh, Christine Milnthorpe, Carol Curry, Howard McIntosh, Gregory Lomas, Danielle Locicero, Vivien Grant, Courtney Browning, Ashley Gordon, Austin Pollock, Cherry Taylor and Gene Ginn, III recently had birthdays ... Congratulations and best wishes to the following couples celebrating wedding anniversaries in the coming week: Chris and Susan Lewis (Sept. 17); Donald and Lesley Pratt (Sept. 19); Larry and Mary Byrd, Patrick and Anny Tarrant (Sept. 21). It's anniversary #36 for the Byrds ... Belated anniversary congrats: Gene and Martha Ginn (Sept. 6); Andrew and Comfy Von Eitzen, Edward and Patty Grinnell (Sept. 4); Mark and Shirley Moon (Sept. 1) ... According to Marlene Havens, Nabisco uses more than 37 million pounds of chocolate a year to make Chips Ahoy cookies ... Have a great week, everyone.

Return to Home Page

Return to Current Edition

Contact us