• Give the Jaguars credit – they aren’t asking for any. Football fans now have the option of signing up with a noncredit based payment option to purchase season tickets. Customers can set up a payment plan with eLayawaySports at its Web site, www.elayaway.com, and the payment plan amount will be deducted from a bank account, according to the plan. Anyone 18 or older with an active bank account can sign up and tickets will be delivered when they are paid in full. The service will be available for tickets to the 2010 season. eLayaway is based in Tallahassee and was founded in 2005.
• The City of Jacksonville and Adamec Harley Davidson will be sponsoring the “Freedom Ride 2009” on July 4. Ride begins at 2:30 p.m. at Adamec Harley Davidson on Baymeadows and ends at Metropolitan Park. Check in is 11 a.m. For more information call 630-3690.
• Smooth deal: Today, and for the third year in a row, Tropical Smoothie Cafe is hosting Flip Flop Day, when patrons who come in wearing the summer footwear receive a free Jetty Punch smoothie. A portion of profits from the day also go toward Camp Sunshine, a nonprofit organization that assists critically ill children and their families. Buddy Lawrence, North Florida Area Developer for the franchise, estimated that more than 5,000 people have taken part in the promotion the past few years.
• Correction: It was incorrectly reported Tuesday that Jacksonville Community Council, Inc. (JCCI) would hold its annual meeting June 24. The meeting taking place June 24 from 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m. at Theatre Jax in San Marco will be for JCCI Forward.
• The Duval County Fair Tax volunteers are having a meet-and-greet with appetizers Tuesday from 5-8 p.m. at the Seven Bridges Brewery, 9735 Gate Parkway, just south of the Tinseltown movie theater). During the event, the group will introduce the new Florida FairTax Educational Association. Call 613-4893 for more information.
• One of the guests Wednesday at the Property Appraiser’s Office where Gov. Charlie Crist signed HB 179 was Bill Donegan, who was handing out two-sided business cards. On one side Donegan is identified as “Orange County Property Appraiser.” On the other side his title is “Tasador de Propiedad del Condado de Orange.” Donegan explained that almost 30 percent of Orange County’s population is Hispanic.