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Hardin County Extension Homemakers hosting Spring Bazaar Saturday

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The Hardin County Extension Homemakers invite you to their Spring Bazaar, which will be held this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hardin County Extension Office, located at 111 Opportunity Way in Elizabethtown.

More than 40 vendors will be on hand with crafts, gifts, and unique homemade items for sale. Stop in for lunch with soups, sandwiches, and baked goods available. Admission is free, and all proceeds benefit local students.

For more information, contact the extension office at 270-765-4121.

Federal, state, and local officials on hand for ANP ribbon cutting

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Several high-profile guests were on hand for a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Advanced Nano Products Enertech facility in Elizabethtown Wednesday.

“We’re here to see Advanced Nano Products’s nearly $50 million investment for a facility that will produce parts for EV batteries,” said United States Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen. “It’s part of a boom in EV-related investments in Kentucky, and those are part of the massive investments in manufacturing and clean energy being made across the country.”

The secretary credited state incentives along with incentives created by the Inflation Reduction Act with helping to bring the facility to Elizabethtown.

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear was also on hand for the ceremony. Beshear called Wednesday a banner day, and credited the hard work of local officials.

“When we made the announcements, we were excited,” Beshear said. “We knew it changed everything, but the reality is coming. And Mayor (Jeff Gregory), this right here, this city, this county, is becoming the center of our EV universe. Thank you for all of your work, and everybody, no matter what you did, you played a role.”

Korean Ambassador to the United States Hyundong Cho said the work of local officials to create partnerships with Korean companies makes developments like ANP no surprise.

“It’s not a coincidence that ANP chose to build their plant in Hardin County,” Cho said. “Governor Beshear and your local officials have sought out foreign investment and taken the necessary measures to bring factories and good jobs right here.”

The ANP facility is due to open in May.

Give 270 matching donations to Down Syndrome Association of the Heartland

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Down Syndrome Association of the Heartland is looking to raise $21,000 by World Down Syndrome Day on March 21, and local nonprofit Give 270 is looking to help in that effort again. 

Between now and March 21, Give 270 will watch all fundraising donations up to $2,100.

Down Syndrome Association of the Heartland Executive Director Tonya House says the donation match allows generosity to stretch further.

“It means a lot for them actually to do this for the second year in a row, to be able to provide so many resources for our families with that money that we bring in, and we can offer extra programming and things like that, so it’s a really big boost for us to try to meet our goal for the $21,000 that we’re trying to raise,” said House.

The association supports area individuals with Down syndrome and their families, and the fundraiser directly supports those efforts.

“It’ll go towards some activities, social events, programming, things like that,” House said. “Resources for our families and things that we can do, outreach in the community just to advocate for our families and in the community.”

The fundraising deadline is World Down Syndrome Day on March 21, which is celebrated in part by participants rocking their brightly colored mismatched socks. House says the local community has been great at showing support for the association and its efforts.

“World Down Syndrome Day is always well supported with our area schools and businesses rocking their socks and tagging us on social media, so it’s always a busy and fun week to see everybody,” House said.

Learn more about Down Syndrome Association of the Heartland and learn how to donate to the fundraising campaign by finding them on the web or on Facebook and Instagram.

Breckinridge County Schools pleased with feedback from recent survey

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More than 200 parents and caregivers of Breckinridge County Schools students submitted responses to a survey sent out by the district in February, and Superintendent Dr. Nick Carter says that feedback is a gift.

“The goal of the survey was to receive feedback and input about how our parents and caregivers in our school district feel about the educational experiences of their children,” Carter said.

Respondents were asked to score statements on the district on a one to five scale. Carter said the statements that scored best reflect efforts made across the district.

“We strive for our schools to be a place of respect and stability and positivity, and so to hear that positive feedback, there’s been so much emphasis on that,” Carter said. “Also, ‘I feel comfortable approaching school administration’ was another high area, and that’s terrific. I know that our school principals work really hard to build relationships, and that’s wonderful.”

The lowest scoring statements involved parents and caregivers receiving feedback on how their children are doing in school, but Carter said he was pleased that even the lowest scoring categories still scored in positive ranges. He said the feedback is already guiding district plans.

“Our district and school leaders have reviewed the data and had conversations about next steps,” Carter said. “They are also working to share this information with all of our teachers and staff, and then what we do is we use the feedback to continue to improve, to highlight the great things that are taking place in our district, and then look at the areas that maybe scored lower and think about what can we do to help with that.”

Carter said more opportunities for feedback from district families will be coming, and encouraged anybody with questions to reach out.

Hardin County Fiscal Court meets

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The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their first meeting of the month Tuesday.

The court approved, as part of its consent agenda, an updated inter-local agreement with the City of Elizabethtown allowing for use of the city’s enforcement officer for recovery residences in the county. That agreement will run for one year beginning July 1, with the city paying for the enforcement officer and the county paying for needed involvement of the county attorney.

Also approved was the adoption of goals and objectives for the county comprehensive plan. Judge-Executive Ketih Taul thanked the members of the county’s Planning and Development Department for their hard work getting the plan ready for adoption.

Planning and Development Director Adam King said 16 plots have been recorded and 20 new lots created to this point this year, which is already up from this point in 2023. King encouraged anybody planning on doing building to contact his office to avoid delays.

“What I’m not thrilled about here is we’ve already done 18 stop work orders for the year,” King said. “So just educational: you need a building permit even if you’re out in the county.”

Deputy Judge-Executive Vicki Meredith gave a presentation on behalf of the county’s Engineering Department concerning the county’s Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Permit application process.

“The MS4 permit has six minimum control measures, so these are actual activities that are included in this permit,” Meredith said. “When I came on board in 2006, I said ‘this is the most comprehensive permit I’ve ever seen,’ but actually it works very well because it addresses all different elements of activities that need to be worked on to make sure that erosion and sediment control and controlling the storm water is done effectively.”

Meredith’s presentation also gave information for homeowners with septic systems to look for to help keep those systems running compliantly.

The Hardin County Fiscal Court will next meet March 26.

Disaster Preparedness Awareness event in Meade County Thursday open to all

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Meade County Family and Consumer Sciences is hosting a Disaster Preparedness Awareness event at the Meade County Extension Office Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m.

Meade County Extension Agent Jennifer Bridge says area responders will have more than 20 booths set up at the event.

“Those are primarily service agencies, people that you would contact in the event of a disaster,” Bridge said. “We’ll be giving away a lot of just helpful items that you can put in your disaster preparedness kit, and then they will have information on who to contact and what their role is.”

At 6:30 p.m. a panel discussion will be held on how the community responds to a disaster.

“Let’s say a disaster has happened,” Bridge said. “What happened, what are the next steps? And as a consumer, what do you need to do? Like, do not call RECC or LG&E if you don’t have electric. Who do you get your information from? So we’ll talk about our community response to disaster.”

All are welcome to attend and admission is free.

“We are giving away some really nice door prizes, two of those which are really, really nice disaster preparedness kits,” Bridge said. “There’s all kinds of things in there that you might need.”

Find the Meade County Family and Consumer Sciences Facebook page for more information.

Officers ‘found nothing’ after report of active shooter at BlueOval SK

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Officers with the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office and the Kentucky State Police Tuesday night were once again at the BlueOval SK construction site in Glendale in response to a threat.

“At about 6:25 p.m. 911, Hardin County Control, received the call of a possible active shooter at the BlueOval location in Glendale,” said Chief Deputy David Lee with the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office. “Then there was another report of someone brandishing a weapon in the parking lot, and someone in a building with a weapon.”

Hardin County deputies and KSP troopers were on the scene for about four hours.

“We’ve completed some searches of bags, we have searched a car with negative results,” Lee said. “Nothing was found, and there’s nothing that says anyone here brandished a gun or had it. We located nothing.”

The incident comes within weeks of a previous rumor of an active shooter at the site as well as two previous bomb threats. All the incidents have resulted in searches by police that revealed no threat.

Public transportation study seeks survey responses from Hardin and Meade County residents

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The Radcliff/Elizabethtown Metropolitan Planning Organization, a division of the Lincoln Trail Area Development District, is conducting a public transportation study to look into the possibility of implementing a fixed-route public transportation system in the area.

LTADD Executive Director Daniel London said this is the third such study the Radcliff/E-Town MPO has undertaken.

“The committee felt like that it was time to take another look at this given the economic development sea change, and the fact that there are some more publicly-available dollars at the federal level potentially for sustainability of such a system,” said London. “The cost, from a local government standpoint, has always been a very key concern and a key barrier.”

The study is looking for feedback concerning the MPO’s urbanized area which includes Elizabethtown, Radcliff, Vine Grove, Fort Knox, and Glendale, along with potential improvements in Meade County.

“What their concerns are, what the barriers may be to public transportation from their point of view, and what they would like to see included,” London said.” As we move through this study, the consultants will take a look at that, compare that to what’s feasible, and provide some recommendations to potentially move forward.”

The deadline to submit feedback is April 5, after which consultants hired for the survey will review and compile the results.

“They look at comparison of public input and what might be available and feasible for the region as far as transportation modes such as fixed route rail, whatever the case may be, and then what the dollars would look like in terms of the cost and sustainability compared to what’s available,” London said. “We look for the study to be completed sometime in September of this year.”

A link to the survey can be found on the Radcliff/Elizabethtown Metropolitan Planning Organization Facebook page.

Elizabethtown and Radcliff city councils hold work sessions

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The Elizabethtown City Council met for a work session Monday.

City Administrator Ed Poppe discussed an ordinance that will be introduced to restrict parking on Skyline Drive in the Glendale Hill neighborhood. Poppe said a citizen contacted the city with concerns and the city’s Planning and Development Department reviewed the request.

“They looked at that area, looked at pavement widths, looked at accidents, and the recommendation was that yeah, we need to restrict on-street parking along that roadway because of various factors,” said Poppe.

Poppe said looking at that request led to a review of other needs in the neighborhood including adding a crosswalk near the Wesley Hilltop House to accommodate its parking lots and widening Miller Street along property recently donated by the city to Habitat for Humanity.

The Elizabethtown City Council will next meet for a regular session on March 18. 

The Radcliff City Council also met for a work session Monday. The council discussed an ordinance concerning the certification and regulation of recovery residences that comes on the heels of similar ordinances passing in Elizabethtown and going up for approval from the Hardin County Fiscal Court. Radcliff Mayor J.J. Duvall said it is important for area entities to take a unified approach.

“We believe, in partnership with Vine Grove and Radcliff, that since Elizabethtown has passed this ordinance and they begin to work towards enforcement, we feel that it’s important that both of our communities have this put in place, same as Elizabethtown” Duvall said. “That way all of us are on the same page, and you don’t see them skipping from city to city trying to bypass these regulations.”

The ordinance will go up for its first reading at the next regular city council meeting, which will be held March 19.

Overnight lane closures on Western Kentucky Parkway over I-65 begin Tuesday

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Work to replace deck joint seals on the Western Kentucky Parkway over Interstate 65 will require lane closures this week.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says the outside/right lanes will be closed in both directions Tuesday, March 12. Ramps to and from I-65 will remain open but traffic on the ramps will be impacted. The inside/left lanes will be closed in both directions Wednesday, March 13. Work will begin each night at 8 p.m. and finish by 7 a.m. the next morning. If additional time is needed, work will be completed Thursday, March 14.

“That’s a heavy volume area there at the I-65 Exit 91 interchange and we’re doing this work at night,” said KYTC District Four Public Information Officer Chris Jessie. “It minimizes impacts to traffic as well as with that lower volume makes it safer for our workers out there doing that bridge maintenance, as well.”

Motorists should slow down, minimize distractions, and pay close attention to directions when approaching and driving through work zones.