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The Central Kentucky Community Foundation made an exciting announcement yesterday afternoon at the Home of Philanthropy in Elizabethtown. Mark and Sheree Nelson are giving an initial gift of $65,000 and ongoing support to the Financial Foundations Fund to help area high school financial literacy classes. All four area high schools are set to benefit from this donation. Other businesses and employers are asked to join in and help support this fund. Those wishing to give to the fund can visit ckcf4people.org.
The Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution are inviting the public to participate in their upcoming memorial to the patriots who lived in Hardin County in 1793. A six-foot tall obelisk with the names of the patriots will erected and surrounded by 250 donation bricks that the public can purchase for $125 to honor anyone. The memorial will be located at Freeman Lake Park next to the tennis courts.
Elizabethtown Mayor Jeff Gregory issued a proclamation yesterday morning, declaring this Saturday the 30th as Small Business Saturday due to the economic impact the businesses have on Elizabethtown. The proclamation was made in the presence of several small business owners and took place in the new heritage council building at the old Cobbler’s Café.
A team of students from Central Hardin High School won the 2019 Altec Innovation Challenge. Presentations, judging, and awards were held Friday at the Historic State Theatre, with the winning team receiving $10,000 to implement their idea. The Central Hardin team’s winning idea, which they will implement starting in January, is to create a raised bed garden system to produce food for those in need in the community. The team received some unexpected gifts as well, as Altec gave each student on the team $100 Amazon gift cards, and anonymous donors gave them $1000 scholarships to ECTC.
Kentucky State Police Post 4 will kick off their annual Cram the Cruiser food drive today. There will be a cruiser stationed at the old post on North Mulberry where people can drop off canned goods. Helping Hand of Hope is a partner for this event. They will also be accepting monetary donations, and those wishing to write a check should make them payable to Kentucky State Police Post 4.
Fort Knox will be holding a public meeting to provide information regarding the Fort Knox Compatible Use Plan. The meeting will take place tonight at the Meade County Courthouse from 5 PM to 7 PM. The meeting will seek to provide information and obtain public feedback in order to best help Fort Knox and surrounding communities.
The North Hardin High School Trojans football team defeated McCracken County by a score of 38-2 to win the regional championship. The Trojans next game will be this Friday where they will take on the Trinity Shamrocks at North Hardin.
Severns Valley Baptist Church is putting together their Youth Basketball League. The next registration and evaluation will be Saturday December 7th from 9AM- 11AM. The cost to join the league is $65 and is open to everyone regardless of church membership. For more information, contact the church, or follow SV Basketball on Facebook.