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An organizer of BBQ, Blues & Bikes said the event was lightning in a bottle, but downtown Elizabethtown sounded more like thunder Saturday afternoon.

Engines rumbled on motorcycles that lined the streets and wove slowly through the thick crowd.

The sounds mingled with sultry and up-tempo tunes from a music tent and the smell of slow-cooked meat and other treats from  food vendors.

Rik Hawkins, one of the organizers, said the event more than exceeded planners’ expectations.

Hot and dry conditions last year left Hardin County farmers with stunted, shriveled ears of corn that made for the worst season most of them have experienced.

For Bob Wade Jr., the difference water makes was visible.

He pulled a plump ear of corn out of a bag during Farm-City Day in November to show visitors the difference the extra water made for the 15 percent of his crop that was irrigated last summer. He then produced an ear with small, dented kernels that made up some of the fields that did not have that advantage.

Rain or shine, local police will run across the county Tuesday as part of the annual Special Olympics’ Torch Run.

Torch Runs have raised money for Kentucky’s Special Olympics for nearly 30 years. A run has been held locally for 22 years, said Darrell Brangers, dispatch supervisor at Elizabethtown Police Department and coordinator of the Hardin County Torch Run.

As many as 25 officers have run in the past, he said, but Brangers remembers making EPD’s 8-mile run with as few as four.

Bridge replacement on Ky. 1136 over Western Kentucky Parkway is scheduled to begin Tuesday. The project requires closure of the road at the bridge, according to a Kentucky Transportation Cabinet news release.

During demolition and construction phases, motorists must access locations east of the bridge by using a detour: U.S. 31W Bypass north to U.S. 62 east to U.S. 31W south to Ky. 1136. Motorists on Ky. 1136 needing to access locations west of the bridge must use the same detour, but in reverse order.