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A Saturday garage sale for a good cause

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 4, 2010 - 11:16am

A garage sale for a good cause is planned for Saturday, May 15, at 9380 N. Dixie Highway, Bluffton.

Proceeds for the garage sale will go to the annual Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance walk, held May 22 in Centerville. The May 15 garage sale was created on behalf of Kevin Sehlhorst. He is the 21-month-old son of Ben and Beth (Wasserman) Sehlhorst. Ben is a 1999 graduate of Bluffton High School. Beth is a 2003 graduate of Bluffton University.

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A Saturday garage sale for a good cause

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 4, 2010 - 11:13am

A garage sale for a good cause is planned for Saturday, May 15, at 9380 N. Dixie Highway, Bluffton.

Proceeds for the garage sale will go to the annual Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance walk, held May 22 in Centerville. The May 15 garage sale was created on behalf of Kevin Sehlhorst. He is the 21-month-old son of Ben and Beth (Wasserman) Sehlhorst. Ben is a 1999 graduate of Bluffton High School. Beth is a 2003 graduate of Bluffton University.

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You are correct, April was warmer than normal

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 4, 2010 - 10:46am

Yes, April was much warmer than normal. According to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, the 2010 April average temperature was 55.2 degrees. That's much higher than the normal April daily temperature of 48.5 degrees. And, yes, it was not as wet as previous Aprils. In 2010, April registered only 2.83 inches of rain. The normal rainfall for April is 3.29 inches. The high temperature reading of the month was 83 degrees on the 15th. The low was 30 degrees on the 18th.

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Victory finds sweet victory at trout derby

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 4, 2010 - 8:51am

Raymond Victory arrived at Bluffton's annual trout derby at 8:15 a.m. - much later than usual, but still nearly six hours before the 2 p.m. starter's gun would sound. He was carrying two poles - one with which to fish, the other to lay on the ground to stake off his three-foot section on the quarry's bank.

As the derby began, Victory announced to those nearby: "That guy (the number one tagged trout) is in this area. One of us will catch him." Victory was joking, but just 15 minutes later, that joke turned into reality.

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Improved CNB business bill payment now available

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 4, 2010 - 8:20am

Citizens National Bank recently announced an improved business bill payment product available to all its online business customers.

Provided through CheckFree, a leader in the bill payment industry, the service provides the time-saving benefit and convenience of paying all bills from one website. Business customers may now pay anyone onlline that they currently pay by check.

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Game review: Prince of Persia - not overly difficult, but rarely easy

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 4, 2010 - 3:14am

TEH. BEST. GAMES. EVAR.
By André Swartley

Issue #22
Prince of Persia
Developer: Ubisoft
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platform: PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Rating: T for Teen

The original Prince of Persia appeared on home computers in 1989. It was designed to be a brief game, with an hour~Ac^a'not^a"cs time limit imposed on the player from the beginning. Current ~Ac^a'notA"speed runs~Ac^a'not^A

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