Public input is being sought as officials look at improvements along US 62 on the western side of Elizabethtown. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and local officials have established the Drive62 website to receive feedback on aspects of the project for the corridor. “The Drive62 website is integrated with that survey. It’s kind of a unique setup to ask questions. So it tells you a few things and then it asks you a question about that particular aspect of the project. It’s not just a straight form survey. It’s more of a ‘Here’s what’s going on. How do you feel about this? Here’s something else going on. How do you feel about that?’ And again, we need all the input we can possibly get,” Transportation Cabinet Spokesperson Chris Jessie. Reminders about the website will be posted on Transportation Cabinet social media accounts. The survey questions will be available through April 23.
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Bernheim Forest is hosting an Earth Day event that focuses not only on a healthy planet but a healthy you. Festivities for the Restore: Healthy Planet Healthy You event will take place on Saturday April 22 from 10 am to 4 pm. Drop-in self-care activities and a variety of experiences that teach sustainable practices that could be implemented into daily living activities are available. The activities will take place along a mile-long walking path that runs through popular attractions like the edible garden and the newly renovated sensory garden. You can also adopt a tree for a donation, see a cooking demo and help plant milkweed for monarch butterflies. The cost is $10 per person for members, $15 for non-members and children 13 and under are free. More information is available at Bernheim.org
During the Radcliff City Council meeting last night, Mayor JJ Duvall and Tim Jeffries, Director of Parks and Recreation, discussed a struggle that could affect community pool hours and services. “In dealing with the pool and lifeguards, we are having a little bit of a tough time. Right now, we’re still a little bit understaffed where we need to be to have our swim lessons and then to keep the pool fully staffed. Which means if we don’t get more people applying and people trained, some of the services may be reduced due to the fact that we don’t have staffing.That’s kind of our dilemma right now that we’re in. We have to strongly consider, obviously, what we can and can’t do. Some depend on how many lifeguards we get and will depend on how we either have swim lessons – and we’re getting really crunch time on the swim lessons – hours of the lifeguards able to walk work all day and then how long we keep the pool open,” shared Mayor JJ Duvall. Jeffries stated that the pool has three returning life guards and four new applicants that would need to be trained and certified. For more information, visit the City Of Radcliff Facebook page or contact the Radcliff City Hall.
The Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park is looking for volunteers for an annual event coming this weekend. “This coming Saturday, our park will be holding our second annual park care day. Specifically, our big task that day will be planting the historic interpretive garden out at the boyhood home up at Knob Creek where the Tavern Visitor Center is. We’re trying to plant heirloom varieties seeds similar to what we think the Lincoln family would have planted while living at Knob Creek. And we’re asking for anyone who would like to volunteer for this special event to please call our birthplace visitors center and just let us know that you’re planning on attending,” said event spokesperson Stacy Humphreys. For more information, visit the park’s website at nps.gov/abli or their Facebook Page by searching Lincoln Birthplace NPS.
The Drug Enforcement Administration will be conducting its 24th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday. The Take Back Day offers free disposal of unneeded prescription medications whether they are old, unwanted or expired. Collection sites will not accept sharps, syringes or illicit drugs and liquid medications like cough syrup should be tightly sealed in the original container to prevent leaks. The Take Back Day event will take place from 10 AM to 2 PM local time and you can find the location nearest you by visiting DEATakeBack.com.