In The News - August 8, 2004

Seen at the Betty Ferguson Foundation Woman of Honor Dinner
Michele E. Buttelman Features Editor     

The Signal’s super society reporter-ette Diana Sevanian reports that the Betty Ferguson Foundation Woman of Honor Dinner, which saluted Dianne White Crawford, attracted a large crowd to the Hyatt last Saturday. Seen at the soiree: Don and Cheri Fleming, Bob Kellar and Kathy Keysor Smith, Cameron Smyth, Joyce Carson and hubby, Doron Schleifer, Mike Lebecki, Connie Worden Roberts, Barbara Jo Waddell, Candace Wells, Bob Hudson and Margo Miller, John Green and Sherri Tomer, Ed and Valerie Masterson, Linda Lambourne, Marlee and Jim Lauffer, Candye Rucker, Sharon Bronson, Colleen Shaffer, Kathryn Johnson, Lynda Elms, Jane Bettencourt-Soto, Barbara Beebe, Erica Betz, Lisa and Dan Boaz, Kiki and Jeff Hacker, Allan Cameron, Patti and Harvey Fincher, Shelley and Marshall Hann, Pauline and Duane Harte, Pam and Steve Ingram, RJ and Patty Kelly, Carol Maglione, Gloria Mercado and Bruce Fortine, Michelle Razzano, Jerry and Myrna Shepro, Judy Cox and Marjanne Priest. In addition to Dianne’s family — including her mother Millie Herndon, husband Wayne Crawford, their children and grandkids — the celebrity contingent included television anchorwoman Laura Diaz, NFL Hall of Famer Deacon Jones and Stephanie Edwards the mistress of ceremonies.
    
Betty Ferguson Foundation WOH Dinner Auction, Headed up by Ed Masterson, the live auction featured 13 items. Among the top sellers: For $2,000 a Caribbean cruise donated by Paul Frease of Holiday Cruise Lines went to John and Glenda Cunningham; 12 bottles of Tandem Wines, donated by David and Cathy LaFollette, went for $1,400 per two groups of six each to Joel Cox and Tom Veloz; Keith Crawford paid $600 for a Mission Hills Ranch getaway in Carmel (owned by Clint Eastwood); created by artist Valerie Quale, a one-of-a-kind mosaic/glass mermaid picture went for $1,500 to Bob Hudson; a RSVP Catering meal for eight was bought by Marshall and Shelley Hann for $1,100.