June 19, 2008 -- THAT Joanne Herring, the Texas patriot portrayed by Julia Roberts in "Charlie Wilson's War," spoke last night at a $1,000-a-head dinner at Bobo thrown by the Rebuilding Afghanistan Foundation. Herring was active in arming the resistance fighters in Afghanistan in the early '80s . . . THAT Wilbur Ross bought the house next to his Palm Beach estate for $14 million and plans to tear it down and build a pool house . . . THAT state First Lady Michelle Paige-Paterson, Deputy Mayor Robert Lieber, Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden and women's rights advocate Faye Wattleton will be honored today by the Women Builders Council for supporting women and minorities in the construction industry . . . THAT Brazilian graffiti artist Felipe "Flip" Yung is painting gigantic murals on seven walls of the Surf Lodge in Montauk and finishing with a performance Saturday at 7 p.m. with Sagatiba Cachaca cocktails.
