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Proceeds of the annual Eric and Joe Show will go to a Kentucky-Based nonprofit. The Eric and Joe Show is an annual holiday variety show hosted by Give-270 as a fundraiser to raise money for various nonprofit organizations. It was announced yesterday that, this year the funds have been designated to go to therapeutic living foster care and adoption program which provides residential and community based behavioral health services, therapeutic foster care and adoption services, supportive services for homeless young adults, and long-term care for medically complex or terminally ill children. The show is set to take place November 18th through the 20th. To find out more information visit theericandjoeshow.com.
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A community orchard may be coming to Elizabethtown. Last night, at the Elizabethtown City Council Meeting, the idea of a community orchard at the nature park was discussed. The Central Kentucky Community Foundation is looking to partner with the City of Elizabethtown to make it happen. CEO of the Central Kentucky Community Foundation Davette Swiney stated, “The idea to look at public spaces that might be a good fit for that and of course the nature park being the obvious place that, that would really tie in and give a focal point and a reason to drive people to the nature park from a tourism and community development standpoint. A collective area that would look at community life, volunteer opportunities, places for families to come together and do something they may not have the space to do.” DOW Chemical has pledged a grant of 200,000 dollars to support this initiative should it be decided upon. The meeting was a work session and no decisions have been made at this time.
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Warm blessings community kitchen announced a new capital campaign project. Executive Director Dawn Cash stated, “We have plans to build a new headquarters, where we will have our offices and all of our existing services with some expansions in those services, as well as, eight units of transitional housing.” The announcement was made at the first ever warm blessing fundraising gala last Saturday. Cash continued, “The most exciting news is that we have our very first community partner onboard. Operation round-up has met with us several times and they have made their announcement that they are the first contributors to our capital campaign for 100,000 dollars.” Operation round-up is a nonprofit that awards community impact grants to local organizations by Nolin RECC members who volunteer to round-up their bill to the nearest dollar each month.
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A semi oil tanker flipped over in Larue County yesterday. Larue County Sheriff Russell McCoy stated, “We received a call of a possible injury accident on Highway 61 between Buffalo and Mount Sherman area. Upon arrival we discovered a tanker truck trailer had run off the side of the roadway and flipped upside down in a ditch and actually the tractor became dislodged from the trailer.” The tanker was carrying about 5500 gallons of oil that is used in laying black top. The wreck caused some of the oil to spill out onto the surrounding area. A hazmat situation was declared causing the roadway to be completely shut down and traffic diverted during the cleanup process. The driver was not injured and there were no other injuries reported.
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