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ECTC accepting applications for 2025-2026 scholarships

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Students attending, or planning on attending, Elizabethtown Community and Technical College may now submit their applications for the college’s 2025-2026 scholarships.

According to ECTC, students only need to submit one application to apply for more than 50 scholarship opportunities. Some scholarships are available for all students while others are targeted to specific programs. The college says more than $108,000 was awarded through ECTC scholarships last year.

The local scholarships are joined by several federal and state financial aid opportunities, including the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship.

“Truly, it is a gift certificate for tuition if you’re going into a healthcare field, manufacturing, business, IT, transportation, automotive, any of those fields that the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship does pay for the tuition for any Kentucky citizen who does not already have a degree,” said ECTC President and CEO Dr. Juston Pate. 

Pate says the easiest way to learn more is by visiting the ECTC admissions office, and the college has Scholarship Day workshops and other events on the calendar to help students get started.

“We’re having express enrollment December 17 through 19, and that’s kind of your one stop shop,” Pate said. “Come in, get everything from initial financial aid work to registration, books. Those days are really set up to help students expedite that process.”

The scholarship application can be found on the ECTC website. The priority application deadline is February 28.

Tickets available for Heart of Kentucky Chorus Christmas show

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The Heart of Kentucky Chorus is gearing up for their annual Christmas show, titled “Christmastime is Here,” which will be held at the Hardin County Performing Arts Center at 3 p.m. on Sunday, December 8.

“I think we have 42 members, right now, that should be on the show,” said chorus director Aaron Dale. “We’ll have some breakout quartets, quintets, and some solos throughout the show.”

The chorus says it has been preparing for this year’s show, which includes a selection of religious and conventional holiday songs, since July. The chorus hopes to entertain audiences of all ages with a variety of songs.

The chorus says the Christmas show benefits local nonprofits. Tickets are available for purchase at www.thepac.net.

Volunteers needed for Room in the Inn winter shelter

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Winter homeless shelter Room in the Inn has opened its seasonal doors at 1113 Woodland Drive in Elizabethtown.

The shelter offers meals, shelter, and support for those in need.

“Room in the Inn is a homeless shelter open to anyone that can follow the rules from December 1, 2024, to February 28, 2025,” said Radcliff Council Member Terry Owens during the most recent Radcliff City Council meeting. “The night shelter’s open seven days a week and is run by all volunteers like yourself, like myself because I’m there.”

Multiple opportunities are available for anybody interested in volunteering their time to the shelter.

“If you like to cook, you like to sing, you have time to spend a social hour with someone, that is the thing to do,” Owens said. “There’s no heavy commitment. You can do it one time. You can do it for two hours. You can do it for 30 minutes. You may like to play board games. You want to talk with them before they go down for the night at 10.”

For more information, or to find the link to apply to volunteer, visit the Room in the Inn Hardin County KY Facebook page.

Deneen invites feedback from constituents via annual survey

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Constituents of Kentucky State Senator Matt Deneen are invited to provide their feedback. 

Senator Deneen is announcing the launch of his annual legislative survey, which he says “aims to gather valuable feedback from constituents of the Tenth Senate District.” The district includes all of Hardin County and part of Jefferson County.

The senator is seeking feedback to help better understand the priorities and concerns of Tenth District residents ahead of the Kentucky General Assembly’s 2025 legislative session, which begins on January 7.

The survey is available online on Senator Deneen’s legislative profile page at legislature.ky.gov. The deadline to submit feedback is Sunday, December 15. 

Senator Deneen says constituents with concerns are always welcome to contact his office via phone (502-564-8100) or email (matthew.deneen@kylegislature.gov).