Last Thursday was the final day for Eloise Cramer to work at the only job she has known since graduating from high school. After 35 years in the municipal court system, Cramer retired from a job she said was never boring and now she is looking forward to spending more time with her three grandchildren.

ALGER — A New Year’s Eve party ended Friday morning with one of the guests stabbed multiple times and taken to a Lima hospital. The stabbing victim, Cory Duncan, 207 W. Carl St., Alger, was transported to Lima Memorial Hospital by private vehicle for treatment. An update on his condition from LMH was not available at press time.

MARION — The Palace Cultural Arts Association will present Lynn Trefzger at the Marion Palace Theatre on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. For more than 25 years, Trefzger has given life to a trunk full of comical characters.

LIMA — A blues concert by Geneva Red and The Original Delta Fireballs will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13 at the Allen County Museum, 620 W. Market St., Lima. Hosted by the Allen County Historical Society, in conjunction with the Blues Committee of Lima, this program is free and open to the public.

Cover crops offer farmers many benefits including protecting soil from wind and water erosion. Live plants provide the energy for soil microbes to recycle and store nutrients to build soil carbon and organic matter.

Just the other night I spoke with an old friend whose wife is dying from cancer. She has about four more months to live.

Kenton police Morgan Renee Bodine, 398 E. Forest Road, Apt. 32C, reported criminal damaging at her apartment.

The Hardin County Board of Elections will meet for its regular meeting Thursday, Jan. 7 at 9 a.m. at its office in the courthouse. This is a change from Jan. 14.

When Lisa Newman’s family needs help, she does whatever is needed for them. Her grandchildren needed a home and she took them in and has raised them as if they were her own. A foster child in need of a place to stay had to look no farther than Newman’s home at Kenton Village Apartments for a new family.

The Nov. 17 fire at the Scioto Village Apartments in Kenton was selected the top local story of 2015 in a poll of Kenton Times’ employees. Also on the list was the rape conviction of a former court bailiff, economic improvements to the community and the actions of a police officer in saving a woman’s life.