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KIM COFFMAN Gastronomic Delights at AVDA Chairman Yvonne Cormier Host Becca Cason Thrash Chairman Barbara Elk W hen John and Becca Cason Thrash hosted the Home Safe Home Gala, guests sampled dishes by 12 elite chefs alongside wines selected by sommelier Antonio Gianola and cocktails shaken by Sean Beck. By evening's end, $211,000 was raised for Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse to help AVDA lawyers represent families and to provide psycho-educational counseling. Compassionate culinary fans: chairmen Yvonne and Rufus Cormier and Barbara and Rael Elk; AVDA's director Jackie Pontello; honorees Bonnie and Larry Likover; and supporters Ede and Bruce Weiner, Virginia and Dan Steppe, Linda and Jerry Strickland, and Sofia Adrogué and Sten Gustafson. Dana Barnes Claire Cormier Thielke, Kristy Bradshaw Luvi & Carlos Wheelock Jay Jones, Terry Wayne Jones Kevin & Alissa Maples Honorees Larry & Bonnie Likover Shannon Windham, Jackie Pontello Marie Bosarge, David LaDuca, Kimberly Cutchall Jeanne Ruberti, Letty Loya Sofia Adrogué & Sten Gustafson FEBRUARY | PAGE 15 | 2012 Dan & Virginia Steppe Chris Bradshaw Monica & Adrian Garcia Joan Blaffer Johnson, Seth Johnson Kaleta Johnson