Elaine Harris will receive the Bluffton Lions Club Citizen of the Year award for 2011 during a 6 p.m., Tuesday, March 20, dinner meeting at Maple Crest Senior Living Community, Bluffton.
Harris and her husband, Bob, own Twin Lakes Campground, 3506 Township Road 34, Bluffton. Harris is a vice-president of the Bluffton Lions Club, is on the board of the Bluffton Lions Foundation and chairs of the club's pancake breakfast and chicken barbecue.
In addition to her role in the Bluffton Lions, she is active in many other Bluffton organizations.
Bluffton council released the wording of the one-quarter percent income tax for town hall renovations that was repeated on Monday. Bluffton voters approved the tax on March 6 for capital improvements. That tax will replace the town hall tax when it expires Dec. 31.
The ordinance is available in the attachment at the bottom of this story.
Town and Country Flowers, 121 S. Main St., Bluffton, celebrates its 30th year in business with a spring open house in each of its five locations, including Bluffton.
Hour are:
o Thursday, March 15, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
o Friday, March 16, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
o Saturday, March 17, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
An open house special includes 20 colored roses in a vase for $30 (cash and carry - no coupons).
Messiah in the Passover, a demonstration showing how Jesus fulfilled the ancient feast of Passover, will be held at 6 p.m., Sunday, March 18, at Riley Creek Baptist Church.
Messiah in the Passover begins with the traditional Passover Seder table - complete with all the articles of this important Jewish celebration.
