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Third Thursday in Downtown Elizabethtown celebrates Earth Day

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The Historic Downtown Elizabethtown Business Association invites all to attend their monthly Third Thursday event, which for this month takes place April 18.

The association says that as with any Third Thursday, downtown shops will extend their business hours to 8 p.m. and will offer specials and discounts, but Association President Dana Garrett says the fun doesn’t stop there.

“Each month on the third Thursday of the month we like to have a theme to kind of celebrate downtown and encourage people to come downtown, and our April theme is Earth Day,” Garrett said. “We thought it was fitting since Earth Day falls in April.”

The Earth Day theme means a chance to celebrate green thumbs and green living.

“We have a mini farmers market we’re going to have set up on Walker Square with some local farmer vendors,” Garrett said. “We also have some representatives from our local conservation district and the Hardin County stormwater agency that’ll have some giveaways for kids.”

Dr. Paul Gerard will be showing off his reptiles from 6 to 7 p.m., and interactive displays will be set up.

Garrett says if you’re looking for plans for this Thursday night, look no further.

“The weather looks to be phenomenal, so it’ll be a great night to come out and shop at our local stores, have some dinner with your friends and family, and then of course for the kids there’s lots of cool activities for them to see too.”

Visit the Historic Downtown Elizabethtown Facebook page for more information.

ECTC Toy Box Theatre invites all to show Thursday

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Elizabethtown Community and Technical College’s Toy Box Theatre will present Silly Tales From the Toy Box, a story of silly people and animals, this Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at ECTC’s Science Auditorium.

“This one’s called Silly Tales From the Toy Box, and I always adapt and write most of the plays, and so this one is one I did too,” said ECTC Communications and Theatre Professor Katrina Eicher, who founded Toy Box Theatre in 1998. “I adapted it from several different sources, and we usually run about 45 minutes so that young children’s attention spans aren’t, you know, taxed too much, and it’s very silly and it’s very funny.”

The cast is entirely composed of college students, many of whom are earning credits for ECTC classes.

“It’s a theater that uses common household props and very slight sets in order to encourage children to use their imagination, and we do a show every spring at ECTC and then we bring schools in from all around that we invite,” Eicher said.

Toy Box Theatre has performed for more than 11,000 people, and you can catch their 24th production this Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $2 at the door and free for children 3 and under.

“This is a bargain,” Eicher said. “It is so much fun. This is, as I say, only 45 minutes long. Children love it. Adults will love it in the ways that maybe the children won’t, and you can’t really go see a show for $2 or less.”

Tickets for this family-friendly show are cash only.

Radcliff council approves recovery residences ordinance

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The Radcliff City Council met for their second meeting of the month Tuesday.

The council approved the ordinance establishing certification requirements for recovery residences on its second reading. The ordinance mirrors similar guidelines established by the Elizabethtown City Council and the Hardin County Fiscal Court. The council also held the first reading of a zoning map amendment that converts about 8.5 acres on the west side of the intersection of Bullion Boulevard and North Logsdon Parkway from Commercial to R-4.

Radcliff Mayor JJ Duvall said a software issue was the reason why three of the city’s emergency sirens did not go off during recent severe weather.

 “Long story short, the company did come down, they did set them off, they did fix the issue,” Duvall said. “One of them had an issue up in the mechanical top of the rotation device that turns the siren around, so the sirens are all functional. They’re all working. They’re all back to where they’re supposed to be.”

The Radcliff City Council will next meet for a work session on May 13.

Transportation officials ask drivers to stay focused on the roadway during National Work Zone Awareness Week

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The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is reminding motorists to help protect themselves, their families, and their neighbors by using caution when driving through work zones as National Work Zone Awareness Week is recognized this week.

According to the KYTC, in 2023 Kentucky recorded 1,251 crashes in highway work zones which resulted in 247 injuries and 17 deaths, nearly triple the number of fatalities from the year prior.

KYTC District Four Public Information Officer Chris Jessie says the most important thing for a driver to do when on the road is pay attention.

“One of the main challenges in operating a work zone is distracted driving, and that’s not really anything new, and the phone continues to be that primary distracting factor for vehicle operators,” Jessie said.

The KYTC continues to try to implement safety measures in work zones, which come in many forms.

“The zones aren’t just those obvious big projects like we have going on at the interchange at Glendale or north of Lebanon Junction on I-65, but they’re mowing, they are striping when we’re repainting the road, patching a pothole, or replacing a pipe underneath,” Jessie said “So put that phone down, slow down, and pay attention to work zone signage. That’s for the safety of our crew that is out there working and our contractors, as well as your own as a motorist.”

Visit the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet on the web to learn more.

Voter registration deadline for Kentucky primary election this Monday

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The deadline for Kentucky voters to register for the May 21 primary election is less than a week away.

“April 22 at 4 p.m.,” said Hardin County Clerk Brian D. Smith. “That is the deadline to register to vote to participate in the May primary, so we want to make sure, especially the folks who have newly moved here to Hardin County, and we see that a lot in our growing community, come on in and register to vote.”

The April 22 deadline is for new registrations, as previously-existing registrations had to be set to their current party affiliation by December 31.

Smith says if you are eligible to register, come on down.

“You can stop by the clerk’s office, you can do it at govote.ky.gov, or you can call our office at 270-765-6762,” Smith said.

Smith says with 2024 being a presidential election year a larger turnout is expected, so the county is preparing by adding extra machines to larger voting locations and expanding options.

“Last year we had 12 locations,” Smith said. “We’ve expanded to 15 to kind of fill in some of the gaps in our community where we felt like we needed to add additional locations to make it easier for folks to vote. The three new ones are Cecilia Valley, Heartland Elementary, and then Glendale Christian Church.”

Visit www.govote.ky.gov for more election information.