MARSEILLES — The gardens around the country home of Lovena Trautwein are a gardener’s dream. Hundreds of geraniums, marigolds, daisies and other annuals follow paths around a shallow fish pond and a small shelter house. The plants came from Lovena’s Greenhouse, the nursery the 89-year-old operates with her family just northwest of Marseilles in Wyandot County.

Judge Randall Basinger fell in love with the law at an early age. He is hoping voters will elect the 28-year Putnam County judge to a seat on the bench of the Third District Court of Appeals this fall.

Having practiced law as an attorney for 37 years, Scott Barrett is now in his third year as Hardin County Common Pleas Court judge and thinks it’s a great way to end his law career.

Giovanni Olivieri, 7, is all smiles as he prepares to have the mud washed off his face following a dive into the mud pit at the Abundant Life Church in Kenton. Giovanni is one of 225 young people taking part in the church’s summer camp, which began Thursday and continues through Sunday.

The residents of Blanchard Place were given a special program Friday afternoon when ballerina Hannah Honea performed a special number for them. Honea is a featured dancer with the Brierwood Ballet in Birmingham, Alabama and she, with her family, returned to Kenton in order for the young woman to perform for her grandmother, Sara Oates (at center in pink) and her friends.

The Ada High School marching band and color guard practices its show for the fall football and competition season during band camp Thursday morning. The show, “To Infinity and Beyond” will feature the music from “Toy Story,” including an original composition “I Believe,” Frank Sinatra’s “Come Fly With Me” and “You’ve Got a Friend In Me” by Randy Newman.

Danny L. Risner (left) puts the finishing touches on the barber’s pole at Espy Barbers as Lewis Meddles looks on. Risner, who has been a lifelong customer at Espy Barbers, said he volunteered to paint the pole out of a spirit of community pride.

Shaffer’s Auto Body and Paint has donated two colorful afghans to be raffled off to raise money for Not By Choice Outreach. The purple Survivor Afghans will be on display at the NBC office on the square in Kenton and the pink afghan can be seen at Shaffer’s offices on Harris Street in Kenton.