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Area law enforcement is taking it to the streets Monday to show their support for the Special Olympics as they participate in the annual Torch Relay for the Special Olympics.

“Law enforcement all across the state carry a torch to the opening ceremonies, which will be May 31 in Richmond, Kentucky, at the stadium at EKU for the Special Olympics, and we do it in support and to bring awareness and to prop those athletes up,” said Elizabethtown Police Department Communications Supervisor Chris Lee. 

The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office starts the county leg with the torch and is scheduled to hand it off to the EPD around 9 a.m.

“The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office will start their leg of the run, I believe they start on U.S. 62 West where it goes from two lanes to four lanes, and then they will run to the Cecilian Bank at Leitchfield Road and Ring Road by Central Hardin” Lee said. “We will take the torch from them there and we’ll run our leg, which is up Ring Road to Patriot Parkway and then northbound on Patriot to KY-220, where we will pass the torch off to the Radcliff Police Department and they will continue their leg, and I think they run from there to their station.”

Area residents can support the torch relay by cheering the officers on along the route, and you can make donations to the Special Olympics at each of the agencies’ offices.

Grayson County Sheriff Norman Chaffins is recognizing the quick action of one of his deputies Tuesday.

Body cam footage from Deputy Thomas Lane shows the deputy responding to a car on fire at the intersection of Shrewsbury Lane and Schoolhouse Road near Leitchfield shortly before midnight May 21.

The video shows Lane arrive on the scene to find the vehicle nearly fully engulfed in flames. After witnesses on scene told him the driver was still in the vehicle, Lane ran to the vehicle to assist.

The sheriff’s office says the driver appeared dazed in the vehicle, and witnesses on the scene said he initially was refusing to exit the vehicle. Lane pulled the man out of the car and got him away from the burning vehicle.

The sheriff’s office says: “Other than a few scrapes and scratches, no other injuries were reported.” The incident is under investigation.

Memorial Day weekend is here, and if the weather cooperates it means the first weekend for Elizabethtown’s American Legion Waterpark.

“Once we’re open, our hours this season will be Monday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and then on Sundays we’re open from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.,” said E-Town PArks and Rec Programs Coordinator Adam Case. “The season starts this Saturday. We will close at the end of the season. That’ll be Tuesday, August 6 this year.”

Daily pool admission is $9 for adults and $7 for kids ages four to 17, but you can save money by purchasing a season pass.

“We have individual season passes, and those are for adults or for children, and those are $125 for the season,” Case said. “Again, that’s good from May 25 to August 6 this season, and then we do have family season passes. That is good for six members. You can add an additional two for $35 a person, but for the six members, that’s $275.”

This weekend is also the opening weekend for the Colvin Community Center pool. Radcliff City Council Member Pamela DeRoche encouraged the community to take advantage of the pool’s offerings at this week’s council meeting.

“We have things at the pool such as swim lessons,” DeRoche said. “We also have AquaZumba. You can actually have a pool party. All of that, you need to contact Calvin Community Center to set those up.”

Find more information on each pool on the respective city websites.