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ECTC accepting applications for Pathfinder Academy

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Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is inviting area students in grades six through ten to their annual Pathfinder Academy.

“It is a week-long academy with various classes,” said ECTC Director of Advanced Manufacturing Accelerator Project and Pathfinder Coordinator Eileen Worthington. “We have VEX Robotics, CAD, soldering, LEGO Robotics, culinary arts, sewing, and robotic automation.”

The academy runs June 9 through 13, with class sections divided by age.

“Registration ends on May 30,” Worthington said. “It’s a lot of new classes, so new programming, new technical things that students may not have done before, so some of it’s going to be new and interesting, and trying something new is what we’re trying to get a lot of students to do.”

Campers will also participate in financial literacy workshops.

Advanced registration is required with spots available on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit the Pathfinder Academy page on the ECTC website or contact Worthington (270-706-8712) for more information.

E-Town accepting applications for Heartland Homecoming Parade

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The City of Elizabethtown is now accepting applications for the 2025 Heartland Homecoming Parade.

“It is Saturday, August 23,” said Elizabethtown Events Coordinator Beth Pyles. “Applications are being accepted for participants at www.etownevents.com. The theme for this year’s parade will be “A Walk Through Time: Remembering Our Past and Planning for Our Future,” and we’re encouraging all entries to decorate and theme their floats to match that theme.”

All are welcome to sign up to participate.

“There is no fee to enter as a participant, but spots are limited, so get those in,” Pyles said. It will step off at 10 a.m. as normal from Public Square and run north on West Dixie Avenue all the way to Saint John Road.”

Pyles says the Heartland Homecoming Parade is a tradition that extends beyond Elizabethtown.

“It’s a great time,” Pyles said. “It’s not just Elizabethtown. We get representatives from all over the county, from all the communities – Radcliff, Vine Grove, West Point – to come together and celebrate Hardin County, so we definitely call it the Heartland Homecoming Parade.”

Visit www.etownevents.com for more information or to register.

Kentucky unemployment in April same average as March

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Unemployment in Kentucky in April came in slightly higher than where it was the year prior.

The Kentucky Center for Statistics says the state unemployment average for April was 5.2 percent. That is up slightly from April 2024 when the average was reported at 4.9 percent, but it is unchanged from the March average.

Kentucky’s unemployment average also came in higher in April than the national unemployment rate, which the U.S. Department of Labor reported at 4.2 percent.

The Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet says the state’s civilian labor force, which includes people currently employed and people actively searching for work, saw an increase of 752 people from March to April, bringing the civilian labor force to a little more than 2,118,000.

The Education and Labor Cabinet says the Professional and Business Services, Educational and Health Services, Government, and Other Services sectors saw increases in April. Decreases were seen in the Mining and Logging, Information Services, Leisure and Hospitality, Financial Activities, Construction, Manufacturing, and Trade, Transportation, and Utilities sectors.

Visit the Kentucky Center for Statistics website for more about unemployment figures and labor market information.

FOHCAS launching campaign for ‘Snip Spot’

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Friends of Hardin County Animal Shelter is announcing the launch of a capital campaign that will lead to the creation of the organization’s first free-standing location dedicated only to spay and neuter efforts in Hardin County.

According to a release from the organization, FOHCAS says the Snip Spot will be operated in collaboration with Forever Homes for Paws at 2481 South Dixie Boulevard in Radcliff. The Snip Spot “will offer an additional option for affordable spay/neuter for owned pets which will help to reduce the amount of unwanted animals who are stray or surrendered.”

“The Snip spot is a longtime dream of ours,” said FOHCAS Board Member Sarah Fellows. “FOHCAS has been offering low-cost spay and neutering in our community for quite a while, but we know that that weight can get to be pretty substantial depending on how many applications we have. This new facility is going to make a big difference in our ability to meet that need.”

FOHCAS has set a fundraising goal of $150,000 to renovate the space housing the Snip Spot and to purchase essential equipment, with the goal to open by late summer of this year. Learn more about how you, your business, or your organization can contribute to the campaign by visiting www.fohcas.org.

Area nonprofits receive more than $206K on Kentucky Gives Day

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Kentuckians showed their support for nonprofit organizations during the 13th annual Kentucky Gives Day fundraiser Tuesday, and Central Kentucky Community Foundation Communications and Projects Coordinator Erin Hahn says this year’s event was the most successful Gives Day in the ten years the community foundation has been the regional sponsor.

“We had 24 nonprofit organizations participating in our region that we service, our nine county region, so we brought in $206,000 for those local nonprofits,” Hahn said.

This year marked a milestone for the community foundation, as over the last ten years more than $1 million has been raised for area nonprofits through Kentucky Gives Day.

Hahn says donors on Kentucky Gives Day come from all walks of life.

“Just alone for our area, we had 688 donors contribute 982 gifts, so if you think about that, these aren’t huge dollar amounts that are being sent to these nonprofits,” Hahn said. “It could be $5, it could be $10, but in some cases, some organizations even had matches offered that allowed them to kind of double their dollars.”

If you missed out on Kentucky Gives Day, there are still ways to contribute.

“They can go to our website www.ckcf4people.org, or give us a call at 270-737-8393, and we can get you connected to any of our local nonprofits,” Hahn said.

Hahn says as another testament to the local community’s support, five area nonprofits made it onto the Kentucky Gives Day leaderboard’s top ten.