The Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Park will be hosting several events over the next few days. “We will be doing Shakespeare In The Park. We partner with Kentucky Shakespeare to present their spring production of Hamlet. The play is free. We’ll be holding it at the birthplace unit at 6:30 PM. And as in years past we will be sitting visitors on the steps of the memorial building, and the play will be taking place at the bottom of the stairs. So we’re asking visitors to bring blankets or cushions to sit on and also bring a flashlight and probably some bug spray because it will get dark during the production. So we hope to see everyone there,” shared Park Spokesperson Stacy Humphreys. Saturday the park will celebrate Junior Ranger Day. “On Saturday, we are capping off National Park Week with National Junior Ranger Day. We’re going to be having special activities for free for kids specifically ages seven to twelve years olds. Of course, younger children can come and participate, they may need help from mom and dad. Those activities will be running at the birthplace unit from twelve pm to four pm. Kids will be able to do a special Junior Ranger book and get a special badge in honor of Junior Ranger Day. We’ve set up a special photo booth station in our birthplace visitor center. We have little props that you can hold and we’re asking everyone to take a picture and then tag us on their social media.” Saturday the park will also remain open until 7:30 pm for prom attendees to stop by the park for pictures for the evening. Follow the park for additional information on events on social media or at the website at http://nps.gov/abli
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The Hardin County Solid Waste Department will be hosting the E-Scrap Recycling event tomorrow. Starting at 8:00 am and going until 2:00 pm, you can bring your old electronic devices such as printers, cell phones and video game equipment to the AGC Automotive Plant to be recycled. On Monday you can bring your shredding to the Road Department between 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm and drop it off. You need to pick up your bag at the Solid Waste Department office ahead of time. One bag per household. To get more information and see future dates for the shredding event, visit the http://hcky.org/your-government/departments/solid-waste-department/
The superintendent of a local school district has announced that she will be taking a leave of absence starting next week. Mrs Kelli Bush, superintendent of Elizabethtown Independent Schools, shared that it was necessary for her health and well-being to take leave from her role starting May 1. She announced that Assistant Superintendent Chase Goff would be handling her duties and responsibilities in her absence. The district wanted to reassure students, parents and staff that the district’s commitment to excellence in education and services would not be impacted by Bush’s leave.
The Elizabethtown City Council held its regularly scheduled work session meeting last night. “Nellie Thomas with Mission Hope for Kids, which is now Hope Academy, came and spoke. She went through, what they do and what their program looks like. Larry Vance spoke about the World War II Reenactment that will happen at the Nature Park and that’s going to be on May 27 and he has a full lineup of activities. Ed Poppe talked about some things we’re doing in-house, giving an overall capital projects kind of a wrap up because we’re heading into the end of the fiscal year,” shared City Of Elizabethtown Spokesperson Amy Inman. Inman also wanted to remind citizens that this is the last week for the Elizabethtown Spring Cleanup. “If you have appliances, you need to call Public Works to make an appointment for them to come pick those up but this is the last week of that. We have done several loads. We’re really trying to encourage everyone to be a good neighbor and to do the right thing. So if you have junk or debris laying around your house, go ahead and bring that up to the curb and our Public Works team will take care of that.” The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held on May 1.
The U.S. Army Human Resources Command will hold its eighth annual Raise The Bars Motorcycle Ride on April 26. “April is the Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month and it’s highlighted all across the U. S Army at all of our installations and globally. This is just one of many events that we’re highlighting over the month. We do this to bring awareness to sexual assault and harassment, but also to help protect our people with the prevention of sexual assault and harassment. The motorcycle ride is one of those events where we get to gather, we get to reaffirm our commitment to the prevention and the resources available to survivors,“ shared Public Affairs Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Ally Scott. HRC has 43 credentialed sexual assault victim advocates within its command who ensure that victims are made aware of local, regional and national support services. “The Chief of Staff of the Army, General James McConville, says we are all charged with setting conditions that enforce Army standards to prevent sexual offenses. Protecting our people is protecting our mission. We take that very seriously here at the Human Resources Command and across the Army. If we can create a happy health life balance here at work and at home, that is our goal with all of our service members and staff.” The event is open to the public and begins at 1:00 PM at the Human Resources Command on Fort Knox. The rain date is April 28.