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The Rotary Club of Lexington  held its weekly meeting Thursday, October 6th, at The Central Bank Convention Center and on Zoom. The program  featured John Calipari, Head Coach, Men's Basketball, University of Kentucky If you would like the Zoom link contact the Rotary office, trafton@rotarylexky.org. “No introduction of today’s speaker is needed” is a trite and oft-used phrase.  That said, if it is ever appropriately today would be the day given the identity of today’s speaker, UK Wildcat Basketball Coach John Calipari. A “players-first” coach with a penchant for helping people reach their dreams, John Calipari, has guided six teams to the [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, September 22, at The Mane on Main and on Zoom. The program featured David O'Neill, Property Valuation Administrator,  Fayette County, Kentucky. If you would like the Zoom link contact the Rotary office, trafton@rotarylexky.org. David O’Neill was appointed Fayette County Property Valuation Administrator by Governor Steve Beshear on February 11, 2009 and elected to full four-year terms in 2010, 2014 and 2018. Prior to his appointment, David’s entire career was spent in the Thoroughbred horse racing industry, most of which in management at The Jockey Club and Equibase Company – racing’s official database [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington will hold its weekly meeting Thursday, September 15th, at The Mane on Main and on Zoom. The program will feature Jason Wells, Chief, Lexington Fire Department. If you would like the Zoom link contact the Rotary office, trafton@rotarylexky.org. As these words are written on September 11, 2022, we are remembering the events of September 11, 2001, when hijackers crashed planes into the north and south towers of the World Trade Center, leading to the deadliest day in history for U. S. firefighters.  343 New York City firefighters, along with 23 police officers and 37 Port Authority officers [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington  held its weekly meeting Thursday, September 8, at The Mane on Main and on Zoom. The program featured Monica Conrad, Director, Parks and Recreation, Lexington Fayette County Urban Government If you would like the Zoom link contact the Rotary office, trafton@rotarylexky.org. Monica Conrad is Director of Parks & Recreation for Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government. She manages more than 100 parks ranging from small urban parks to destination parks with hundreds of acres along with recreational programming, special events and new park initiatives.  She works with a team of parks employees, citizens, council members and government leaders to [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, September 1, at The Mane on Main and on Zoom. The program featured Michael G. Adams, Secretary of State, Commonwealth of Kentucky. If you would like the Zoom link contact the Rotary office, trafton@rotarylexky.org. A June story from NBC News reported that a voting rights group planned to launch an “eight-figure” media campaign in support of a particular political party’s candidates for the Office of Secretary of State in five states (Kentucky is not one of them).  Regardless of party affiliation, one might wonder why this historically important but innocuous elected position [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, August 25, at The Carrick House, 312 N. Limestone, and on Zoom. The program featured Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig, Dean, College of Education, University of Kentucky. To join by zoom please requst link from the Rotary office, jenny@rotarylexky.org. Dean Julian Vasquez Heilig leads nearly 3,000 students, staff and faculty as the Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Education. While at UK, the College of Education achieved its highest ever U.S. News national rankings, implemented successful enrollment and diversity initiatives and co-created strategic planning for COVID-19. His research and practice [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington will hold its weekly meeting Thursday, August 18, at The Mane on Main and on Zoom. The program will  feature  Tina Bryson, Assistant Communications Director, Christian Appalachian Project. To join by zoom please requst link from the Rotary office, trafton@rotarylexky.org. Tina Bryson is the assistant communications director for Christian Appalachian Project, the largest human services organization exclusively serving Appalachia. In this role, she also serves as editor-in-chief of CAP’s magazine, The Mountain Spirit. Tina is native of North Carolina and moved with her family to Kentucky when her husband accepted a position with the University of [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, August 11, at The Mane on Main and on Zoom. The program  featured Melisse Brunet, Music Director, Lexington Philharmonic. If you would like the Zoom link contact the Rotary office, trafton@rotarylexky.org. In July of this year, Mélisse Brunet was named as the Music Director of the Lexington Philharmonic (LexPhil), becoming the first woman to hold the position.  Her selection was the culmination of a national three-year search that was interrupted by the pandemic.  She officially assumes the role of Music Director during the 2022-23 season, with an initial term of five [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, August 4, at The Mane on Main and on Zoom. The program  featured  Susan Douglas, Chief Executive Officer, Girl Scouts of Kentucky's Wilderness Road. With more than twenty years of experience in nonprofit leadership and development, Susan Douglas is a lifelong advocate for vital nonprofit causes. As Chief Executive Officer of Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road, Susan leads the premier leadership opportunity for female ambition in Kentucky, serving over 8,000 girl members across 67 counties. She is responsible for ensuring membership growth and sustainability and creating experiential leadership opportunities for [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, July 28, at The Mane on Main and on Zoom. The program featured Dan Patrick, environmental/biology teacher, Ret. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org.      Last Thursday, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) added the migrating monarch butterfly to its endangered species list.  Why that matters and what you can do about it are questions to which our speaker this week, Dan Patrick, will provide some answers. Dan grew up on farms in Fayette and Bourbon County, where his fascination with insects and other wild creatures started [...]