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Hardin County woman wins Kentucky Farm Bureau award

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A Hardin County woman is being recognized by Kentucky Farm Bureau.

Melissa Miller has been named the recipient of KFB’s 2025 Generation Bridge Advocate of the Year Award.

According to KFB, the award honors a Farm Bureau member “who demonstrates exceptional leadership and dedication to bridging generations within the organization – creating opportunities for members of all ages to engage, share experiences, and strengthen the future of agriculture.”

Miller is an active member of the Hardin County Farm Bureau Board, and has served on multiple committees for the organization. She is the executive director of the Kentucky 4-H Foundation, a graduate of KFB’s Leadership Enhancement for Agriculture Development Program, and a former KFB Excellence in Agriculture winner.

KFB says at the county level Miller “helps organize outreach projects, volunteers for community education efforts, and encourages new and longtime members to share ideas and experiences, fostering the intergenerational dialogue that defines Generation Bridge’s mission.”

Learn more about Kentucky Farm Bureau at www.kyfb.com.

Local organizations among domestic violence funding recipients

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Several area organizations were included in the latest round of funding aimed at helping prevent sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and staking in Kentucky.

Governor Andy Beshear on Thursday announced that 29 agencies and organizations across Kentucky would be receiving $2.1 million in federal grant funding through the Violence Against Women Act.

According to a release from the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, the funding comes from the federal VAWA Services, Training, Officers, Prosecution (STOP) Formula Grant Program, which allows state agencies to allocate funding for law enforcement, prosecutors, victim service organizations, and state and local courts. The program encourages a focus on projects that serve victims of intimate partner violence.

Area organizations included in the funding announcement include the Baptist Health Hardin Foundation, which received $80,475 for the sexual assault nurse examiner and forensic team program in Elizabethtown, as well as SpringHaven Inc., which received $51,019 to employ a victim advocate to provide outreach services. Silverleaf Sexual Trauma Recovery Services received $50,000.

More information on the funding program and a complete list of recipients can be found at justice.ky.gov. If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence and needs assistance, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE or online at www.zerov.org.

Final E-Town mobile food pantry event of the year this Saturday

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The City of Elizabethtown will host its final mobile food pantry event of the year Saturday at Freeman Lake Park.

According to a post on the city’s Facebook page, area residents in need of food should enter through the Freeman Lake Park Road entrance, which is the park entrance closest to Planet Fitness. The food distribution event will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday and continue until noon or until supplies run out.

The three mobile food pantry events the city organized are part of a $50,000 commitment the city made in partnership with Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland.

“At the last two distributions, we handed out food to a thousand households in each distribution,” said Elizabethtown City Council Member Julia Springsteen during Monday’s city council meeting. “We’ll have food for another thousand households this Saturday. We’ll have it similar to what we’ve handed out the last two weeks, but there will also be a protein box this time. Usually there’s a bag of chicken breast and some other things in there, so it will be a little extra in this distribution this week to hopefully help people have a better Thanksgiving.”

Volunteers will be on site Saturday to guide participants once they enter the park.

City of Elizabethtown holiday events set to make spirits bright

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The City of Elizabethtown is set to celebrate the holiday season with multiple events and activities coming up on the calendar.

Christmas in the Park returns to Freeman Lake Park for the 35th year beginning on Wednesday, November 26.

“That will run nightly from 6 to 11 p.m.,” said Elizabethtown Events Manager Beth Pyles. “This year we have over 115 displays from not only the city of Elizabethtown but many local community partners, and you will be surprised. We’ve got a lot of new displays, and a lot of new businesses have joined in.”

The annual Light-Up E-Town Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting event will be held Friday, December 5.

“It will step off at 7 p.m., and it’s our backwards parade, so we’ll be coming from St. John Road and Santa will take up the rear of the parade, and he and Mayor Gregory will light the Christmas tree when they come to Downtown E-Town,” Pyles said.

In addition to the parade and at the tree lighting, Santa has several planned appearances in Downtown E-Town coming up.

“Breakfast with Santa at the State Theatre tickets are on sale now,” Pyles said. “You can purchase those at www.thestate270.org. That is Saturday, December 6. And we are bringing back our Santa House again. I think this is our third year since we revived it. That will be December 6 and 7 from 4 to 7 p.m., December 13 from 2 to 4 p.m., and December 14 from 4 to 6 p.m.”

Tickets are also on sale for Christmas movies at the State Theater and the Holly Jolly Experience. Visit www.etownevents.com for more information.

Blood and platelet donors can get exclusive Red Cross/Pac-Man socks

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With the holiday season approaching, the American Red Cross is encouraging blood and platelet donors to “level up”.

Now through December 7, donors will receive an exclusive pair of Red Cross/Pac-Man socks. Donors in that same time frame can also get a custom Red Cross/Pac-Man Gashapon capsule toy. Successful donations will also receive free A1C testing.

According to the Red Cross, the organization has seen a drop in donations this fall. This means the Red Cross is counting on donors to keep their donation appointments as a typical decrease is also seen around the holidays.

“The need for Type O, O-positive and O-negative, is in an emergency need right now,” said American Red Cross Account Manager Tammy Ritchie. “Transfusions are happening when needed, but because that is the most common blood type, it is also the most needed, and in an emergency situation, that is what’s going to be transfused until we know that patient’s blood type.”

Visit www.redcrossblood.org to learn more and make an appointment to donate.