15th Super Bowl Scramble Winners:

• 1st Low Gross: Randy Moore/Stiles Mitchell
• 2nd Low Gross: Jay Inzenga/Gar Carter
• 3rd Low Gross: Gene Marionneaux/Jerry Beauchamp
• 1st Low Net: Steven Inzenga/Randy Goff
• 2nd Low Net: Tommy Jester/Scottie Southall
• 3rd Low Net: Mike Beuche/Cary Efferson

Wednesday Family Night Buffet We all seem to be in such a hurry. Take time with your family and enjoy dining at the Bluffs. The Wednesday Family Night Buffet cost is: Adults $8.95/Children (8-12) $6.95/Under 8 Free

Re-Opening Celebration With Live Music, Food & Fun The official Re-Opening Celebration is set for Saturday, February 26th from 1:00pm-5:00pm. Live music by Emily Branton, enter a drawing for a beautiful view of The Bluffs from a Hot Air Balloon!!!! balloon rides will take place on March 5th (weather permitting), Food and FUN. No purchase Necessary. For more information, contact the Sales Office by calling our direct line (225) 634- 0777 or via email sherry@thebluffs.com.

Spring Horticultural Seminar Series: Saturdays, February 12 & 19, 2005, 10:00 am-12:00 pm. Horticulturist Patricia Aleshire conducts this popular spring garden program. The February 12 program will focus on "Rose Pruning," in which participants will be instructed in the proper pruning methods for both contemporary and heirloom varieties of roses. The February 19 program is entitled "Camellias: Varieties and Care." Aleshire will discuss the historical background of the camellia, numerous varieties of both heirloom and contemporary camellias, as well as the care needed for these plantings to thrive in a southern garden. Both slide lecture sessions will be followed by a walking tour of selected areas of Rosedown's historic gardens.

African and Caribbean Influence in Southern Antebellum Cooking:Friday and Saturday, February 18-19, 2005, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. In recognition/celebration of Black History Month, Rosedown Plantation Living History Presenters Michelle Roth and Barbara Bryant and Volunteer Stella Pitts will discuss and demonstrate the tremendous influence of African and Caribbean peoples to the cooking heritage of the Antebellum South. Visitors will receive printed menus and recipes of all dishes perpared during this demonstration, highlighting the specific African and Caribbean influences in each recipe. There will also be a collection of African-American and Caribbean images and artifacts on display. For more information, please call (225) 635-3332.

Spinning: Friday, February 18, 2005, 9:30 am - 1:00 pm. Learn how the spinning wheel works and how to prepare wool to spin by carding. Pre- registration for school groups is required. For more information, please call (225) 635-3739.

Life of a Slave: Friday and Saturday, February 25-26, 2005. This program gives visitors a hands-on living history experience starting with a slave cabin tour. See and feel what life was like for the slaves on Oakley Plantation by viewing their living conditions and participating in some of their duties. Friday is a school program held from 9:00am-1:00pm. Saturday's program will run from 10:00am-4:00pm. Pre-regristration for school groups is required. For more information, please call (225) 635-3739.

Cookie booth sales only come around once a year and are right around the corner. February 25th - March 14th start stocking your pantry with those mouth-watering Samoas, Tagalongs and Do-Si-Dos for $3.50/box all while supporting your local Girl Scout Council. If you weren't at home to receive a visit from your neighborhood Girl Scout, don't fret because it is not too late to buy cookies. Cookie booths will be located at area businesses from February 25th - March 14th.

A spoiled palate is not the only effect of purchasing Girl Scout cookies. Through this annual activity, girls ages 5-17 learn how to work together as a team, set goals, and develop plans for reaching those goals. Additionally they cultivate a sense of business ethics, public speaking and interpersonal communication skills and acquire a knowledge in marketing, money management, and customer service. Proceeds from the annual cookie sale support Girl Scout program for girls in a 10-parish service area known as the Girl Scouts - Audubon Council. If you need an excuse to satisfy that Thin Mint craving, just remind yourself that you are doing a great thing by supporting an organization that truly is "Where Girls Grow Strong"!

To feed your annual thin mints craving, contact Grace Clymer, Service Unit Chair at (225) 683-9368 or Sherrel Johnson, Service Unit Manager at (225) 634-2376.

The St. Francisville Chapter of the Baton Rouge Symphony Association will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, February 15th at 5:30 p.m. at Jackson Hall. Please note that the meeting has been changed due to Mardi Gras on February 8th.

Bank of St. Francisville, as part of its American Heart Month celebration, is sponsoring a blood drive, Tuesday, February 22, 8am-Noon at BSF Parking Lot. OLOL Bloodmobile will be parked in the parking lot for all to see. Please donate in the name of Robert Edward Daniel.

A couple of weeks back we moved into the house we built at The Bluff's and I have been amazed at the traffic delays that Judy and I have to encounter on our way to work. Everyday I'm amazed not by the cars but by the wildlife we encounter. West Feliciana truly is an outdoor paradise. In the past two weeks I have enjoyed first hand several of the creatures that live among us. The deer travel in herds and several times I have had to stop to let them cross. This morning my traffic jam was caused by eleven doe. A week ago it was a red fox. He just trotted down the road in front of me for a hundred yards with little concern that I was behind him. Then there was the otter that was crossing the road between Thompson Creek and the Club house pond. It never got in a hurry as it caused me to come to a complete stop and wait on him; when it got to the side of the road, it stopped and looked back as to say, you can go now.

This is truly a blessed place and those who live and visit here should consider themselves fortunate to have the opportunity to do so; I know I do. It also means that we have a responsibility to make sure that whatever the future brings in our growth, it is not at the expense of what we have. Now every morning and every evening, I look forward to the traffic delays that I hope to encounter. Steve