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Game review: Black & White is an experiment worth checking out

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 6, 2010 - 8:02am

TEH. BEST. GAMES. EVAR.By Andr'e Swartley

Issue #26Black & White
Developer: Lionhead StudiosPublisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: PCRating: T for Teen

Few game developers have r'esum'es as diverse as Peter Molyneux, current Creative Director of Microsoft Games Europe. A few games early in his career made waves critically and commercially-Populous and Dungeon Keeper spring to mind-but he did not truly blossom as an auteur until he founded Lionhead Studios.

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Summer mode

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 4, 2010 - 9:00pm

Tha's right, school's out for summer! This guy is already switched from school mode to summer mode. The last day of school for Bluffton students was June 3. (Angela Green photo)

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Click here for state track meet results link

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 4, 2010 - 11:52am

The Bluffton Icon provides the following link for viewers to obtain up-to-the-minute results of the Ohio High School Athletic Association state track meet. Click here for the latest results.

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Hospital construction update

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 4, 2010 - 11:45am

As the Bluffton Hospital construction continues, The Bluffton Icon will update viewers each week on the construction plans. According to the hospital, here are the construction plans for the week of June 6:

o Continuing to tear down the old garage facing Harmon Road

o The back row of parking spaces in the Harmon Road ER lot will not be available due to recycling dumpsters needed for building products

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CNB offers online tool that calculates FDIC insurance coverage

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 4, 2010 - 11:41am

"Since Citizens National Bank is an FDIC-insured institution, qualifying deposits are insured by the federal government," said J. Michael Romey of Citizens National Bank. "And when money is FDIC insured, you can't lose a penny, no matter what. But as with any insurance, there are coverage limits and requirements that must be met."

To help customers determine their insurance coverage, Citizens National Bank has added to its website, www.cnbohio.com, an easy-to-use online FDIC tool called EDIE The Estimator*.

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The barbecued dinner that wasn't

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 4, 2010 - 7:14am

Picture this. It's Memorial Day and the annual parade route rolls right past your house. A slew of people will be walking past your house. What do you do? Half of the Steiners take advantage of the opportunity to market two of the bicycles ousted from the family stock. Within minutes they were snapped up.

Now picture this. It's 11:30 a.m. and the husband casually announces to daughter number one that the Legion is having a Harlan's chicken bbq. Never one to turn down Harlan's, she is in the car before words are out of his mouth.

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