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Area hunters planning to hunt Canada geese in the month of September will want to make sure they do not run afoul of the new schedule.

In the past, the Canada geese hunting season for all of Kentucky has run September 16 through 30, but Lee McClellan with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife says changes were made to better accommodate hunters.

“Hunters approached their representatives on the Fish and Wildlife Commission,” McClellan said. “They felt that they would have more productive hunting in western Kentucky had the season opened earlier, so they split it and in west Kentucky now it is September 1st through the 15th, and in the eastern zone, which is a pretty big chunk of the state, it is the old date of September 16th through the 30th.”

Hardin, Meade, Breckinridge, Grayson, Hart, LaRue, and Nelson counties are all located in the western zone, while Bullitt County is located in the eastern zone.

McClellan says other than the September 1 through 15 dates for the western zone and the September 16 through 30 dates for the eastern zone, regulations for Canada geese season remain the same, including the daily limit of five per day.

Before hunting, all hunters must complete the Harvest Information Program survey available by clicking the “My Profile” link at www.fw.ky.gov.

The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their second meeting of the month Tuesday.

The court approved the first readings of two ordinances. The first is an amendment to the county budget to take care of about $6 million in unfunded receipts. Judge/Executive Keith Taul said most of those funds are library bonds for the expansion of the Hardin County Public Library.

“There’s money that’s being pulled in, bonds that were sold, and that money is coming into Hardin County government, into our treasurer’s department, and then being dispersed back as needed as they build and as they move forward with that,” Taul said.

The second ordinance relates to the creation of a guide for the design and construction of county roadways. During public comments, Settler’s Crest resident Dave Foreman said he hopes the new ordinance will make up for a lack of design that has been seen in previous road planning, which he says results in unsafe conditions for county residents.

“We need to make sure that what we do today is going to have a positive, lasting impact over the next 25 or 50 years, because on the rear end like where we currently live there was no planning, no ordinances or a lack of, and you end up with a very, very serious situation,” Foreman said.

The court also approved a resolution concerning a bid for the purchase of three new Type 1 ambulances.

During department reports, Hardin County Sheriff John Ward said from April through July the sheriff’s office made 409 arrests, issued 606 citations, and responded to 2,246 complaint calls. Ward said the office has responded to more than 12,000 calls so far this year, which puts them on pace to pass last year’s total of about 17,000 calls.

Hardin County Clerk Brian D. Smith said his office has seen about 100 new voter registrations each month. Smith said the county will be adding two new voting locations, the clerk’s office and the Colvin Community Center, and will replace the Pritchard Community Center as a voting location with Elizabethtown High School. The deadline to register to vote is October 10.

The Hardin County Fiscal Court will next meet September 12.

Friday, September 1 is the deadline to register for the Radcliff Days Parade, which will be held beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 9.

Radcliff Parks and Recreation Director Tim Jeffries says all are welcome to register for the parade, for which the theme this year is “Golden Days.”

“They came up with that as a combination between Gabby Barrett, the attraction for Boundary Oak’s Bourbon and Blades, and bringing back the old-time stuff from the Golden Armor Festival, trying to tie all that together,” Jeffries said.

Jeffries says the theme is a reflection of good times that were had as well as good times that are on the horizon.

“We’re getting a lot of growth with the Ford plant in Glendale,” Jeffries said. “A lot of that is kind of trickling up towards our area and we’re just to see it, and we want to celebrate it.”

There are no entry fees for the parade, but entry forms should be turned in by Friday.

“All they’ve got to do is just fill out the parade entry form that they can find on our Facebook page,” Jeffries said. “Just fill it out, then bring it over to Colvin Community Center and we’ll get you lined up in the parade.”

For more information, visit www.radcliff.org, or call the Colvin Community Center 270-351-4079.