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The Elizabethtown City Council met for their first meeting of the month Monday.
Elizabethtown Fire Chief Mark Malone recognized the fire department’s Firefighter of the Year Dan Lockwood and Officer of the Year Mike Satterfield. Elizabethtown Mayor Jeff Gregory congratulated the two and recognized all of the city’s firefighters for all of their work that goes beyond responding to structure fires.
“What they’re doing is they’re responding to medical emergencies a good bit at the time, rescue situations, and car accidents, and people have no idea how many of those runs that they make and the expertise that they have to have past being great firefighters and dealing with fire issues,” Gregory said. “They also have to have the training for all those other things.”
The council approved two municipal orders. The first awards a Downtown Grant in the amount of $76,500 to 100 Public Square for exterior renovations. The second awards a $100,000 contract to Taylor Siefker Williams for work on the city’s Downtown Master Plan.
“Whereas the city wishes to promote and achieve community development efforts on behalf of the residents of Elizabethtown, and whereas in its Envision Elizabethtown 2040 comprehensive plan the city established a goal of investing in the downtown,” said Elizabethtown City Attorney Ken Howard, reading from the municipal order.
The Elizabethtown City Council will next meet March 10.
UPDATE: Due to the weather forecast for Wednesday, the statewide tornado drill will now be conducted Friday, March 7 at 10:07 a.m. EST/9:07 a.m. CST.
The National Weather Service wants to help Kentuckians be severe weather ready during Kentucky Severe Weather Preparedness Week, which runs now through March 7.
The NWS says severe weather can occur at any time of the year and can bring many different kinds of hazards to Kentucky including tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, large hail, lightning, heavy rain, flooding, and high winds. Severe Weather Awareness Week is an opportunity for the weather service to share information on how to prepare for severe weather and ways to stay alert of incoming danger.
The National Weather Service in Louisville is sharing information each day to its social media based on different themes. After covering recreational and beach safety for Kentuckians getting ready to travel for Spring Break, themes the rest of the week include hail and wind safety Tuesday, warning reception on Wednesday, tornado safety Thursday, and flood safety on Friday.
As part of Severe Weather Awareness Week, Kentucky families, schools, businesses, and organizations are invited to participate in the statewide tornado drill, which will be conducted Wednesday at 10:07 a.m. Eastern and 9:07 a.m. Central. The tornado drill will be sounded on NOAA weather radios, local TV and radio stations, and cable overrides, with local emergency management agencies deciding whether or not to include outdoor sirens in the test. The test is a great opportunity to practice tornado safety plans.
The weather service says you should always check the forecast before going out each day, and have multiple ways to get warnings such as local media and wireless emergency alerts. Visit the National Weather Service in Louisville on the web for more information.
Kentucky Career Center has several upcoming opportunities for job seekers, including their Let’s Talk Tuesdays virtual job fair from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.
“Job seekers have to sign in, so you want to go to LTCareerCenter.org/JobFair and go ahead and register,” said Kentucky Career Center Center Manager Robin Gooden. “Be prepared to upload your resume as a PDF on that platform, and then you can be ready to talk with employers. We are very excited because Tuesday afternoon we are going to have seven employers with over 100 positions posted.”
All job seekers are welcome to participate in this free event.
Kentucky Career Center is also gearing up for their in-person job fair at the Lincoln Trail center, located at 233 Ring Road in Elizabethtown, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on March 13.
“We have about 10 employers that are going to be committed to doing that, and we are so excited,” Gooden said. “Again, it’s for all job seekers. No cost to them, no cost to employers.”
Job seekers who would like assistance with their resume ahead of the job fair may contact the Kentucky Career Center. Find more information on both job fairs on the Kentucky Career Center Lincoln Trail Facebook page and website.
Each year, the Leadership Hardin County class at the Hardin County Chamber of Commerce selects a community project based on a need in the community.
Leadership Hardin County class member Chrissie Angel says this year’s class is putting together “Fostering Love Comfort Bags” to benefit local foster care children.
“Our goal is to ensure that these children can transition with dignity, knowing that their community cares for them, and our goal is to collect enough items to do 150 bags so that when DCBS goes to put a child in foster care they can give them something of their very own that they will have to take with them,” Angell said.
The class is seeking donations of necessities or comfort items between now and April 4.
“We’re collecting necessities like soap, toothpaste, and combs,” Angell said. “We’re also looking to collect things that would be a little bit more personal like stuffed animals or a small toy, books, pajamas size like two-year all the way up to 17-year-olds, bottles, sippy cups, pacifiers, things like that.”
Donations may be dropped off at the chamber or the following locations:
- Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, Regional Postsecondary Center Atrium, 600 College Street Rd, Elizabethtown
- Pritchard Community Center, 404 S Mulberry St, Elizabethtown
- West Point Bank (Radcliff location), 600 W Lincoln Trail Blvd, Radcliff
- West Point Bank (West Point location), 601 Main St, West Point
- German American Bank, 1830 N Dixie Hwy, Elizabethtown
- South Central Bank (Dixie Highway location), 1000 N Dixie Hwy, Elizabethtown
- South Central Bank (Ring Road location), 2908 Ring Rd, Elizabethtown
- WesBanco, 425 W Dixie Ave, Elizabethtown
- Peoples Bank, 1690 Ring Rd, Elizabethtown
- Swope Toyota, 1085 N Dixie Hwy, Elizabethtown
- Swope Hyundai, 1104 N Dixie Hwy, Elizabethtown
- Bob Swope Ford, 1307 N Dixie Hwy, Elizabethtown
- Swope Mitsubishi, 253 S Dixie Blvd, Radcliff
- Swope Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, 1012 N Dixie Hwy, Elizabethtown
- Swope Nissan, 1100 N Dixie Hwy, Elizabethtown
- Auto Detailing & More, 103 Warehouse Ct, Elizabethtown
To make a monetary donation, contact the Hardin County Chamber of Commerce.