Hardin County Treasurer Denise Althauser reminds all property owners that real estate tax payments are due Wednesday, Feb. 14. The last day to pay manufactured home (trailer) tax in Hardin county without a penalty is Wednesday, Feb. 28.

The Hardin County Recorder’s Office reported the following transactions for the month of January: Financing statements filed – 1; deeds filed – 77; mortgaged filed – 58; amount of mortgages filed – $20,811,871.01; releases filed – 65; partial releases filed – 2; land contracts filed – 3;

MONDAY, FEB. 12 Kenton City Council – 7 p.m., chambers McGuffey council – 6 p.m., chambers

The quartet Latter Rain will appear in concert at Kenton Full Gospel Church, 129 N. Wayne St., at 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11. All are welcome to come for an evening of Southern gospel music and praise, and prayer for the sick.

Some time ago, I remember seeing a hypnotist on some TV program. The volunteer after being told he was eating an apple, took a bite of a raw onion.

FOREST — Forest village officials call one of their workers a “hero,” but Jeff Moore brushes off such talk and said he was just in the right place at the right time to potentially save a life. Village Administrator Wes Davis made the town council aware of Moore’s response to an incident which took place on Jan. 10.

A lone gunman robbed the Kenton Rite Aid store of an undisclosed amount of narcotics Thursday night. According to a release from Kenton Police Chief Dennis Musser, a the gunman entered the store at 130 S. Detroit Street shortly before 8:45 p.m., brandished a handgun and demanded specific narcotics.

The mobile home owned by Matt Fry, on Marion Township Road 100 (Cottonwood Road) was totally destroyed by fire Thursday about noon. According to McGuffey Fire Chief Jerry Ault, there was a woman at home when the fire broke out.

MOUNT VICTORY — The work being done by Mount Victory Mayor Mike Trout and the village council is not going unnoticed by residents. Laura Williams, former village mayor and co-owner of Mt. Victory Drive Thru, came to Thursday’s regular meeting to thank all the village officials for their continued work.

McGUFFEY — Every day in the United States, an average of 950 plus people suffer what we know it as sudden cardiac arrest,” said Doug LaRue, EMS Manager at Lima Memorial Health System and EMS Chief of USV Alger EMS. This equates to 350,000 people across the United States who suffer a sudden cardiac arrest event each year.