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Hardin County Government offers six drop off locations for residents to use the county’s recycling program.

County officials, however, say they need residents to use the program more responsibly.

“We’re actually in jeopardy of losing our recycling program, just due to citizens not following the guidelines, and we do not want to lose this valuable program,” says Hardin County Public Relations Officer Megan McDougal.

McDougal says the county has been having issues with people bringing items to the recycling drop-offs that are not accepted by the recycling program.

“If it’s something we cannot take, it turns into trash, which in fact costs the program more money and the county, and so we won’t be able to continue that way,” McDougal says.

Users have also not been taking care to properly sort their recycling in the provided bins and not following directions to load trailers from front to back. McDougal also says improper care results in unwanted visitors to the trailers.

“All items have to be rinsed, and if not there are rodents and bugs and bees that intrude in the trailers at night,” McDougal says.

McDougal encourages residents to review the recycling guidelines to ensure they are using the program efficiently.

“There’s guidelines on our website (www.hcky.org) under ‘Solid Waste Department, Recycling,’” McDougal says. “There’s also signage, lists, and guidelines at every recycling spot, and there’s also a brochure online that really lays out everything really nicely on the same page.”

Residents can also call the Solid Waste Department at 270-360-9207 for more information.

Monday marks the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, and several ceremonies observing the anniversary will take place that day.

Fort Knox, in partnership with the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs, will honor those that lost their lives.

“We’ll have the Patriot Day ceremony at 8:15 a.m. on Monday, September 11 at Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Central in Radcliff,” said Fort Knox Garrison Commander Col. Christopher Ricci. “There’s going to be a ceremonial tolling of the Fort Knox fire station’s bell, a wreath-laying, 21-gun salute, and the playing of ‘Taps.’ We ask people to join us as we honor all of those who lost their lives that day.”

Stacy Humphreys is the chief of interpretation and resource management at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Park. The park has several events planned for Monday.

“We’re going to be doing a couple of special tours for people to come and remember the events of 9/11, and we’ll have a first responder speaking that day,” Humphreys said.

The 20-minute tours will go at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., and will acknowledge six pivotal points in time that took place during the attacks. The park will also follow the lead of other memorials to give visitors a chance to reflect.

“There’s several remembrance trees like the Witness Tree at Ground Zero, there’s trees at all of the monuments and memorials at Flight 93 and the Pentagon, so we’re actually making our own remembrance tree for the day where we have big paper leaves that people can write a memory or a child can draw a photo or picture and we can tie it to the tree and create our own remembrance tree for the day,” Humphreys said.

Contact the park at 270-358-3137 for more information.