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Kiwanis Club hosting pancake breakfast fundraiser Saturday

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The Kiwanis Club of Hardin County invites the public to their pancake breakfast this Saturday from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Memorial Methodist Church, located at 631 North Miles Street in Elizabethtown.

“It’s $10 and you get pancakes, first of all, and eggs and sausage, and we have a variety of drinks that we’re also offering,” said Kiwanis Club member Hunter Hammer. “Orange juice, milk, coffee, all the good stuff.”

Children’s tickets for the pancake breakfast are $5. Meals are available for take-out in addition to eating at the church.

Kiwanis Club member Sharon Post says proceeds from the pancake breakfast go towards a special cause.

“Each year the money goes to provide an amtryke for a child with a disability,” Post said. “It’s an adaptable bike that we work with Baptist Health and they identify a child that otherwise would not ever ride a bike, whether it’s with their legs or their arms or just difficulty walking.”

Visit the Kiwanis Club of Hardin County Facebook page for more information.

Additional measles case confirmed in Jefferson County

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A second measles case has been confirmed in Jefferson County.

According to the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness, the second case is a known contact of the case reported in mid-July. The contact has been in quarantine since their exposure. There are no new public exposures with the second case, and health officials say the new case is unrelated to the measles outbreak in Woodford and Fayette counties.

Health officials say 14 cases of measles have been confirmed in the commonwealth in 2015, with 13 of those cases unvaccinated and one with only one dose.

Kentucky Chief Medical Officer and Commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Public Health Dr. Steven Stack says the best defense against measles is a simple one.

“Two doses of vaccine 97 percent guarantees you will not get measles,” Stack said. “Not just that it’s mild measles. You just will not even get measles if you have two doses of childhood measles vaccine, so it’s really, really important that parents have their child get the MMR immunization as a child along with their other routine immunizations.”

The most recent data for Kentucky kindergartners shows the MMR immunization rate is just under 87 percent. Stack says he encourages parents to talk with their primary care provider to learn more about the vaccine.

“It just troubles me that folks are misleading and confusing the American people about vaccines,” Stack said. “They are incredibly safe. The diseases are far more dangerous if you get them without having been vaccinated, and there’s virtually no risk for most of these vaccines.”

The Lincoln Trail District Health Department provides measles vaccinations at all of its health centers. Contact the health department or your primary care provider for more information.

Radcliff Police Department hosting backpack giveaway Saturday

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The Radcliff Police Department is looking to help area families as they get ready to send their kids back to school.

“This is gonna be our second annual backpack drive or backpack giveaway that we’re doing here in Radcliff,” said RPD Officer Jamaal Wilson. “We’re just trying to find ways to give back to the community.”

The backpack giveaway is open to all Hardin County students from elementary school through high school.

“You can meet us at the Radcliff Police Department this Saturday,” Wilson said. “We’re going to get started about 8 a.m. and we’re going to run until 12 p.m. or until supplies run out. We have over 100 backpacks to give out this year, so I’m hoping that we can give out every single one of them to go towards a family or a child that needs it, and that we can get them started off on the school year on the right foot.”

The donated backpacks came from several area businesses and organizations as well as from the RPD.

“All the backpacks and the supplies were all donated from either officers at the department or there were also some donations throughout the community, and also my church, which is Hope Temple Church of God in Christ which is here in Radcliff,” Wilson said. “They also partnered with me this year and gave a significant amount of backpacks and supplies.”

The Radcliff Police Department is located at 220 Freedoms Way.

Registration open for summer LIHEAP subsidy

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Registration is open for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program’s summer subsidy.

If you live in a Kentucky household and are responsible for your home’s cooling costs, you may be eligible for assistance through the LIHEAP program. The enrollment period runs now through September 12.

According to the Central Kentucky Community Action Council, income eligibility for the program is up to and including 150 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. At the time of registration, all applicants must provide all required documentation which includes proof of Social Security number or a permanent residence card for each household member, proof of income for all household members from the preceding month, your most current electric bill, and the account number and the name on the account for the electric bill.

Assistance is available on a first-come, first-served basis by contacting your local Community Action office. Hardin County Community Action Coordinator Julie Arney says walk-ins are welcome at the Elizabethtown office.

“We’re located at 233 Ring Road inside our Kentucky Career Center, or you can call us at 502-764-2222,” Arney said. “If you call, you can make an appointment. We do see those first, but you could walk in. Our hours are 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., but we take our last client at 2 o’clock.”

Visit www.ckcac.org to find the Community Action office nearest you.

ECTC student emergency fund established in honor of founding college committee member

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A new endowment at the ECTC Foundation will help support Elizabethtown Community and Technical College students while honoring one of the college’s founders.

The ECTC Foundation has announced the creation of the W.D. “Bill” Burks Memorial Student Emergency Fund, which “will provide support for emergency awards to ECTC students when they encounter difficulties, ensuring they can continue their education uninterrupted.”

“We want to remove whatever barriers we can to help them focus on their academic studies while they’re here,” said ECTC Director of Philanthropy Chrissie Angell. “A lot of our students aren’t able to work full-time jobs because they are focusing on classwork, so this will just allow us to have a little bit of flexibility to help students when they have emergencies arise that they just really aren’t anticipating.”

The endowment was established with a $100,000 gift from Burk’s daughter, which will be matched by the Kentucky Community and Technical College System Endowment Match Program.

“He was a part of the original committee that was determined to bring higher education opportunities to Elizabethtown, so his daughter Jo Anne García-Meléndez wanted to do something that would honor her father and decided to start an endowment with the college,” Angell said.

Members of the public looking to support ECTC students may also contribute.

“They can go to ectc.us/give to make a donation, and then they would just want to look for the Support Other Fund at the bottom, and they can make a donation of any amount there, and just let us know that it’s for the W.D. Burks Memorial Fund,” Angell said.

ECTC is set to host express enrollment for the fall semester from August 12 through 15, with classes beginning August 18.