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Candidate filing deadline for several local races is Tuesday

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A deadline for folks looking to run for local office is coming up quickly.

“Tuesday, June 4 at 4 p.m. is the deadline to file for several local elected offices,” said Hardin County Clerk Brian D. Smith. “If someone has been thinking about running for local office, they need to make sure they get their paperwork in on time.”

Candidates looking to run for Elizabethtown City Council, West Point City Council, Sonora City Commissioner, Upton City Commissioner, the Elizabethtown Independent School Board, Soil and Water Conservation Supervisor, and Hardin County School Board Divisions One, Four, and Five will need to get their paperwork and fees to the Hardin County Clerk’s Office by the deadline.

“Interested candidates should start at the Secretary of State’s Office’s website,” Smith said. “There they can download instructions and the paperwork that is applicable to the office they’re filing for.”

Smith and the Hardin County Board of Elections will host the public ballot position drawing in the fiscal courtroom on Thursday, June 6 at 2 p.m. after the 1 p.m. election board meeting.

“This is a lottery drawing to determine which candidates come first, second, third, fourth, etc. for those races where we have multiple candidates,” Smith said. “The candidates are welcome. The public’s invited to attend. If you’ve never been to something like that, it’s worth checking out to learn a little bit about how elections work in the background.”

Contact the Hardin County Clerk’s Office for more information.

BBQ and Bikes rolls into Hodgenville Saturday

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American Legion Post 87 will host its fourth annual BBQ and Bikes event this Saturday, June 1 at the creek front in Hodgenville.

Russell Tucker with the Legion post says the festivities Saturday kick off with a charity bike ride hosted by KMA District 12.

“Registration starts at 8 a.m. with kickstands up at 10,” Tucker said. “They’ll get about an hour and 20 minute ride and then we’ll roll back into Hodgenville, there on the creek front. It is $20 per bike to register for that.”

The event will feature a burn out pit, a bike show hosted by Wolf Customs, vendors, food and drinks, activities for kids, and live music.

“We have four bands coming in,” Tucker said. “We have Austin Scott, we have Joe Morgan with Dirt N Water, we have Sticktight (he’s been traveling all over the world here lately, he’s touring), and we have Rock Station to wind up the night.”

Tucker says the event has something for everybody and has grown each year, a trend he wants to see continue.

“Last year I think we had somewhere around 200 bikes, and I’m hoping we can double that this year,” Tucker said.

All proceeds from the event benefit LaRue county veterans. Find more information on the Bikes and BBQ Hodgenville 2024 Facebook event page.

Kentucky offering food money benefit for kids in need

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Several school districts will be offering summer meal programs, but additional resources are available on the statewide level.

Kentucky has been approved to provide about 450,000 eligible school-age children with a one-time, federally-funded benefit for food purchases.

Governor Andy Beashear’s office says the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program “will automatically enroll students ages 6 to 18 who currently receive benefits through programs offered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services” such as SNAP, Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program, and Kinship Care.

About 80 percent of eligible students will receive $120 by June 30. Students not automatically enrolled who attended schools that participate in the National School Lunch Program with household incomes at or below 185 percent of the federal poverty level may qualify. Those families may apply at kysebt.ky.gov or visit their local Department for Community Based Services office.

Additional resources for Kentuckians facing hunger can be found on the state website or by contacting the United Way Helpline at 211.

Hardin County looking to improve safety on Springfield Road

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Hardin County Engineer Mark Absher presented to the Hardin County Fiscal Court Tuesday on the county’s efforts to improve safety on Springfield Road.

Absher said the county looked at crash data from the Kentucky State Police and drove the length of the road several times to identify areas that needed improvement. The Hardin County Road Department also conducted speed studies in two locations which showed average speeds well over the posted 35 miles-per-hour speed limit.

“We consider about 15 percent of the people are going to do whatever they want to do,” Absher said. “It doesn’t matter what you do, it doesn’t matter what you sign, they’re just going to do it, and so we try to look at whatever all the speeds were below that point, so the highest of that group is 53, and it’s 30 miles an hour posted. A couple of speeds were over 60 miles an hour.”

Absher said the county is looking at improved signage for the road, and the county will bring in the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for additional support.

“What they will do is provide us with more information on safety improvements they recommend for that same corridor for Springfield Road,” Absher said. “It also provides us with funding for that improvement because if they do the review and they make recommendations then they can grant us money to cover the cost.”

Springfield Road is just one of the roads the county is focused on.

“We’re not going to just stop at Springfield,” Absher said. “We’re going to continue to look at the different roadways and look at any kind of crash information, stuff like that that we’ve got, and so we’re taking a pretty proactive action on this to kind of move forward.”

You can report an issue to the county Engineering Department via the Hardin County website.

Heart of Kentucky Chorus hosting spring show Saturday

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If you are looking for plans this Saturday night, this will be music to your ears.

The Heart of Kentucky Chorus will host their spring show: Rock, Jive, and Hallelujah – A Celebration of American Melodies, which will be held this Saturday at 7 p.m. at the State Theater.

The chorus is under the direction of Aaron Dale, who says Saturday is an opportunity to hear a selection of songs in various styles.

“It’s about 40 men and women singing and a couple of small groups that will sing in and out throughout the show, but mostly the full chorus will be singing,” Dale said.

Donations will be accepted for the Living Waters Guatemala Partnership, which aims to install water purification systems in remote areas of the Central American country that have no access to clean drinking water.

Tickets are $10 and are available from chorus members or at the door when the box office at the State Theater opens at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday.