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Cecilia Days festival back for 2023 edition

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The 2023 Cecilia Days festival will take place this Friday and Saturday.

“This is our fifty-third year for this event,” said Cecilia Ruritan Club President Mike Wimp. “It started back in 1970 by some local civic leaders. We’re pretty excited about it.”

Wimp says because Cecilia is unincorporated and therefore does now draw taxes Cecilia Days is the main fundraiser for the community.

“We fund the street lights in Cecilia, we fund and keep the upkeep on the South Hardin Baseball Park which is used by a lot of county residents,” Wimp said. “We actually own and furnish the facilities for the Cecilia post office, and there’s a lot of scholarships that we do throughout the year.”

Cecilia Days also serves as a homecoming celebration.

“A lot of people plan their vacations around this time,” Wimp said. “It’s always the second weekend in August, so we have a lot of people that will come back home and take the opportunity to see family and friends that they see no other time.”

Friday will feature the fish plate dinner and baby contest beginning at 6 p.m., followed by the Little Miss/Master, Princess, Jr. Miss, and Miss Cecilia contests.

Saturday kicks off with breakfast at 7 a.m. at the Cecilia Baptist Church, followed by the parade at 10 a.m. and leading into events and activities that continue until 10 p.m. For more information and a full schedule, find the Cecilia Ruritan Club Facebook page.

EPD assists in arresting man wanted for Indiana shooting

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The apprehension of a man wanted for an incident in Clarksville, Indiana, blocked traffic on Mulberry Street in Elizabethtown briefly Wednesday.

“We were contacted by the Clarksville Police Department, who requested our assistance in locating the suspect in a shooting that occurred in Clarksville,” said Elizabethtown Police Department Public Information Officer Chris Denham. “Members of our agency were able to locate the suspect, Eric Tabor, at the Motel 6 on North Mulberry Street. Our tactical team was alerted and responded to the scene. Tabor was taken into custody without incident. He was lodged in the Hardin County Detention Center.”

According to the Clarksville Police Department, Eric Tabor was wanted for a Wednesday morning shooting that left a man in Clarksville with a gunshot wound to the face. The victim’s injuries are considered non-life-threatening, and he is in stable condition in a Louisville hospital.

Elizabethtown Police respond to threatening subject at Baptist Health Hardin

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The Elizabethtown Police Department responded to the area of Baptist Health Hardin shortly after 4 p.m. Monday due to a male subject reportedly threatening to harm himself or others.

According to the EPD, hospital staff implemented lockdown procedures out of an abundance of caution. Officers quickly located the subject in question and determined him to be unarmed.

The EPD says at no point did the man present a threat to staff or patients. The man was determined to be of diminished capacity and was evaluated and stabilized.

Baseball legend Cal Ripken Jr. to serve as Heartland Homecoming Parade grand marshall

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A sports legend with a local connection will serve as grand marshall for the upcoming Heartland Homecoming Parade.

“We welcome everybody on August 26 to the Heartland Homecoming Parade, where we will have perennial Major League Baseball Hall of Famer and All-Star Cal Ripken Jr. representing the Ripken Experience, which is a partnership we have formed at the Elizabethtown Sports Park,” Elizabethtown Mayor Jeff Gregory said. “We ask everybody to come out and welcome him to our great community.”

Cal Ripken Jr. is a World Series champion, member of the 3,000 hit club, and owns the Major LEague Baseball record for most consecutive games played. The former Baltimore Oriole shortstop’s organization Ripken Baseball opened the Ripken Experience Elizabethtown at the city’s Sports Park this summer, hosting youth baseball and softball tournaments, camps, and experiences at the complex.

Elizabethtown Events Program Manager Beth Pyes said the city wanted to recognize Ripken for the Ripken Experience’s success.

“I don’t think anybody in our community can deny the impact the Sports Park has had on our community as a whole, so we thought it would be a great honor to have him be the grand marshall,” Pyles said.

Pyles also says Ripken fits in well with this year’s parade theme: World of Sports.

“We’re thinking about the impact sports has not only on our community but in everyone’s life, whether they have a favorite college team, professional team, or they go cheer on their children or their grandchildren at their soccer game or football game or baseball game,” Pyles said. “Sports is a pretty important component of pretty much everybody’s life whether they participate or are just a fan.”

The 2023 Heartland Homecoming Parade will make its way from downtown Elizabethtown to St. John Road beginning at 10 a.m. on August 26.