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Education

  • Get Ready! Camp begins in Hardin County

    Paint samples and apples might not seem like educational materials, but at the Get Ready! Camp, teachers work to inspire learning from everyday objects.

    The Get Ready! Camp, an educational camp for children from birth through age 5 and their families, began Monday. The camp, created by the Central Kentucky Community Foundation and funded by PNC Bank, runs through June.

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  • Get Ready! Camp to start next week

    The school year has ended, but a summer of learning awaits the youngest community members.

    Get Ready! Camp, an educational program for children from birth through age 5 and their parents, begins at 11 a.m. Monday at three sites in Hardin County. The program is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday, through June 28. The camp is at G.C. Burkhead Elementary School in Elizabethtown, North Park Elementary School in Radcliff and Van Voorhis Elementary School on Fort Knox.

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  • Bicycles donated to elementary students of military families

    Several students at Meadow View Elementary School received gifts of appreciation this week for the parts they play in military families.

    Texas Roadhouse gave 25 students free bicycles Wednesday as a way to thank students for the sacrifices they make as part of military families.

    This is the second time the restaurant company has given bikes to Meadow View. The school

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  • EIS approves tentative budget

    Elizabethtown Independent Schools are weathering tight financial times with the district’s savings.

    The EIS board approved the district’s tentative budget Monday night at its regular meeting at Panther Academy. The budget shows the district spending more out of its general fund than it’s taking in, but a hefty contingency and starting balance in the budget allows the move, according to Finance Director Denise Morgan.

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  • Training accident kills Navy SEAL at Fort Knox

    A U.S. Navy SEAL was killed during a training accident this week at Fort Knox. Seven other service members were injured.

    Special Warfare Operator 3rd Class Jonathan H. Kaloust, 23, died Wednesday when the Humvee he was in overturned during a training exercise, according to a news release from the Naval Special Warfare Group Two.

    Seven others received minor injuries in the accident, according to the news release.

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  • Police to increase presence at schools

    In an effort to coordinate and improve safety in schools throughout Hardin County, local law enforcement is in the beginning stages of implementing an adopt-a-school program.

    Following the school shooting tragedy last December in Newtown, Conn., local agencies launched a series of meetings concerning efforts to increase safety of students and faculty in all schools in the county, including private and alternative.

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  • NHES principal suspended with pay

    A Hardin County Schools principal was suspended with pay Tuesday.

    Mark Thomas, principal at New Highland Elementary School, has been suspended with pay pending an investigation into “alleged actions,” said John Wright, HCS community relations director.

    Wright did clarify the “alleged actions” didn’t involve students.

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  • Students graduate, celebrate at ECTC commencement

    Almost 200 graduates walked the line into a new phase of their lives Monday as the school year ended at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College.

    The commencement ceremony for ECTC took place at Central Hardin High School. There were 186 graduates who participated in the ceremony, of 898 students graduating from the college this year.

    David Wallace, retired chairman of Nabors Completion & Production Services Company, gave the commencement address. He is a 1974 ECTC graduate and was named a distinguished alumnus in 2010.

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