Elizabethtown Community And Technical College celebrated area leaders at their annual Beacon Of Light Awards Ceremony. The Award honors African American leaders for their successes, service and commitment to leadership. The full list of recipients is available on the Elizabethtown Community And Technical College website.
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The Elizabethtown City Council met for their regularly scheduled work session Monday night. Dr Jillian Carden, Executive Director of Silverleaf Services, provided an update on what the non-profit accomplished In 2022 and what is coming this year. Rita Davis, Director of the City Stormwater Department, also provided updates on several projects around the city. Elizabethtown Fire Chief Mark Malone provided information on bids received to make improvements at the fire training center and what those improvements would mean for training. “So, the fire department has needed a way to set fires and put them out repeatedly without burning a building down, so that we can get good at our job. This training tower will give us the opportunity to do that. It has three separate burn rooms so you can set fires in different areas of the building. So you can give different scenarios to the firefighters then they can learn about basement fires, second floor fires, things like that. It’ll have a standpipe system in it so they can practice hotel fires, where we have to hook a hose inside a stairwell. So if we’re handed those situations where it’s unfamiliar, then we’ll have a chance to practice that.” The next regularly scheduled meeting for the City Council is on March 6 at 4:30 PM.
The Central Kentucky Community Foundation wants to remind students to utilize their online portal to apply for scholarships ahead of the upcoming deadline. “Scholarship Central has been open since January 1 and the deadline is 11:59 PM on March 1, but it’s a great way to have access to about 80 scholarships and it’s one application that you fill out. It takes maybe about forty five minutes to an hour, you submit (it), and then at that point, you’ll get a list of all of the scholarships that you’re eligible for based on those answers,” said Spokesperson Erin Hahn. Students will need to complete the FAFSA before applying for scholarships at CKCF4People.org
The Elizabethtown Police Department has announced plans to host a DARE class for homeschool students. ”Beginning March 6, Officer. Larry Robinson will host a DARE class for homeschool students between the ages of 9 and 11 years old. The class is free to attend and will be held at the Elizabethtown Police Department on Monday evenings through April 24. The purpose of this course is to guide our youth in making safe and responsible life decisions with an emphasis on drug and alcohol abuse,” said Elizabethtown Police Spokesperson Chris Denham. For more information check out the Elizabethtown Police Department Facebook page or email Officer Robinson at larry.robinson@elizabethtownky.gov.
Fort Knox Officials want to share information with residents near the installation of increased noises during upcoming training. “We’re going to have some aviation-related training from February 26 to March 1st. This may result in louder than normal training noise and vibrations during both daytime and nighttime hours. The most important thing to remember, as well, this training may cause more disturbances than usual, it’s a vital aspect of maintaining the critical capabilities and Readiness of all units involved. We certainly appreciate the patience and understanding of the greater Fort Knox,” said Fort Knox Media Relations Officer Kyle Hodges. Residents can monitor the Fort Knox website or Facebook page for more information.