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The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, July 21, at The Mane on Main and on Zoom. The program featured Melissa Coulston, co-sponsor developer, Refugee Ministries. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. Melissa Coulston joined Kentucky Refugee Ministries as Co-sponsor Developer in February 2022, where she works to engage groups and organizations to support KRM's clients and mission. Prior to joining KRM, Melissa worked with Episcopal Migration Ministries in event planning and program development and worked as a librarian at the Kentucky State Archives and the Jessamine County Public Library. A graduate of the University of Kentucky [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington will hold its weekly meeting Thursday, July 14, at The Mane on Main and on Zoom. The program will  feature the installation of officers, directors and Presdient Winn Stephens' vision for 2022-2023 for  Rotary Club of Lexington. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. Winn is originally from Princeton, Kentucky. His parents were both teachers. His father was a middle and high school band director and his mother was the guidance counselor and taught home economics. Growing up he played trumpet in the band, was captain of the golf team (although he notes his skills have [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington  held its weekly meeting Thursday, June 30, at The Mane on Main and on Zoom. The program  featured  Bill Wilson, President, Rotary Club of Lexington. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org.   President’s Day was an opportunity for outgoing Club President Bill Wilson to reflect on his tenure and for him to recognize Rotarians deserving of accolades.  Bill reminded everyone that his theme for the year was “Let’s Stay Connected,” with One Another, Our Communities, and the Global Community. Accomplishments under One Another included three social events—Keeneland outing, Equus Run concert, and a new member [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington  will hold its weekly meeting Thursday, June 23, at The Mane on Main and on Zoom. The program will feature Jerry Tipton, sportswriter, Lexington Herald Leader. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. In Sunday’s Lexington Herald-Leader, sportswriter John Clay voiced the unthinkable:  the Big Blue Nation might be showing more interest in the upcoming UK football season than in UK’s basketball season.  Can that possibly be true? Who better to address that question and reflect on his forty-plus years covering UK sports than this week’s speaker and Clay’s colleague at the Herald-Leader, sportswriter Jerry Tipton? [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington  held its weekly meeting Thursday, June 16, at The Mane on Main and on Zoom. The program featured Jay Blanton, chief communications officer at the University of Kentucky. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. Jay Blanton is chief communications officer at the University of Kentucky. In that role, he oversees media relations and executive communications among other communication areas. Previously, he worked in communication positions for former Governor Steve Beshear, former Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson and former state Treasurer Jonathan Miller. He has worked in the private sector for the Keeneland Association as well as [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington  held its weekly meeting Thursday, June 2, at The Mane on Main and on Zoom. The program  featured Devine Carama, Director, Lexington Fayette Urban County government Anti- Youth Violence Program To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. Devine Carama is a nationally renowned hip-hop artist, educator, community activist, & motivational youth speaker from Lexington, KY. He is the new director of the mayor’s anti-youth violence program, ONE Lexington where he has launched a number of youth programs geared towards reducing community violence. He is also the founder of a Kentucky-based nonprofit organization for youth called Believing In Forever Inc. [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington  held its weekly meeting Thursday, May 26, at The Mane on Main and on Zoom. The program featured Cameron Boutin, Park Guide, Camp Nelson National Monument. . To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. Cameron Boutin is a Park Guide at Camp Nelson National Monument and also a doctoral student at the University of Kentucky.  He focuses on Civil War history and is currently working on a dissertation that focuses on US and Confederate soldiers’ experiences with the weather in all parts of the military service.  He received a Master’s Degree from  Northeastern University in Boston [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington   held its weekly meeting Thursday, May 19, at The Mane on Main and on Zoom. The Annual Scholarship Program highlights outstanding Fayette County high school students as well as one student enrolled in an accredited healthcare professional program.The program was lead by Scott Neal, Chairman of the Rotary Club of Lexington Scholarship Committee. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. Scott Neal Rotary International and the Rotary Club of Lexington believe that education, at all levels, is a powerful means to change lives and to shape our world. We invest in the future by [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, May 12, at The Mane on Main and on Zoom. The program  featured Dr. Robert Farley, Senior Lecturer at the University of Kentucky Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. We seem to be living in “interesting times,” on the surface a blessing but beneath, a reputed ancient Chinese curse.  A year ago, our speaker, Dr. Robert Farley, Senior Lecturer at the University of Kentucky Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, emphasized the growing economic competition between the US and China. But, with [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington  held its weekly meeting Thursday, May 5, at The Mane on Main and on Zoom. The program  featured Shannon Arvin, President, Keeneland Association. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. We’re pleased to have as this week’s speaker Shannon Arvin, who with Tom Leach, will wrap up the year so far for Keeneland and share some thoughts about this year’s Oaks and Derby fields. In 2021, Shannon Bishop Arvin became Keeneland’s eighth president and the first woman named to the position. Arvin’s professional and personal connections to Keeneland give her a unique perspective of Keeneland’s rich history and [...]