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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 [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, April 28, at The Mane on Main and on Zoom. The program featured Amy Sohner, Executive Director of Bluegrass Greensource. She  will present Encouraging Small Changes that Make a Big Impact in Twenty Years. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. April is the month we set aside to celebrate, protect, and ameliorate our natural environment through events like Reforest the Bluegrass and Earth Day. It’s also a time to focus one of Rotary’s seven causes, Protecting the Environment.  In that context we’re pleased to have as our speaker this week [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, April 21, at The Mane on Main and on Zoom. The program  featured the annoucement and presentation of the Tommy Bell Award. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. Tommy Bell was a highly respected and well-liked member of our community. While he may be best known for his 14-year career as an NFL referee, including two trips to the Super Bowl for Super Bowl III and Super Bowl VII, his participation in athletics included playing both high school and college football until a knee injury ended his playing ability as [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, April 14, at The Mane on Main and on Zoom. The program featured Lindsey Burke, AM, JD, Founder, Micah Legal. She   presented on Micah Legal’s mission to increase the availability of civil legal representation for Lexingtonians with moderate and low incomes. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. Lindsey Burke is a social worker-turned-attorney and native Lexingtonian. She is the Managing Attorney of Micah Legal, which she founded in 2017. Lindsey graduated from University of Cincinnati College of Law in 2015, and University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration in 2012. Lindsey [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, April 7, at The Mane on Main and on Zoom. The program will featured  Rotarian Andrew Shenkan. His presentation was " Rotary Club of Lexington Gets Heart Check-Up." To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. If you’ve been to your health provider for a checkup recently, your visit probably started with someone checking your vital signs—temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, pulse rate and a few more.  With those numbers and a short history, your provider probably decided whether more tests or interventions were needed or whether you were due an attaboy/attagirl and [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, March 31, at UK GATTON STUDENT CENTER on UK's  campus and on Zoom. The program  featurd Dr. Eli Capilouto, President, University of Kentucky. His presentation is " UK's Mision: Advancing Kentucky." To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org.   This week we’re pleased to visit the University of Kentucky (UK) campus to get an update on all things UK from Dr. Eli Capilouto. Dr. Capilouto became UK’s 12th president on July 1, 2011. Under his leadership, the Commonwealth's flagship and land grant research university has grown from $2.7 billion to $5.1 [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington  held its weekly meeting Thursday, March 24, at The Mane on Main and on Zoom. The program featured Brittany Roethemeier, J.D., Executive Director, Fayette Alliance. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. Brittany M. Roethemeier, J.D., joined Fayette Alliance as Executive Director in March 2019 after practicing real estate law at McBrayer PLLC since 2011, where she was named a “Super Lawyer-Rising Star in Real Estate” in 2017, 2018 and 2019. A passion for her community and a desire to ensure that Lexington continues to be an extraordinary place to live, work and play for all its [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington  held its weekly meeting Thursday, March 17, at The Mane on Main and on Zoom. The program  featured Carol Siler, Executive Director, Women Leading Kentucky. Her presentation is titled Connecting, Inspiring and Empowering Women. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. Carol Siler is the Executive Director of Women Leading Kentucky, a position that she has held since September 2013. During her tenure with the organization, events have been added to the programming including ‘Networking After Hours’, ‘The Leadership Awards Luncheon’, and a variety of workshops and special events. Before coming to Women Leading Kentucky, Carol [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington  held its weekly meeting Thursday, March 10, at The Mane on Main and on Zoom. The program  featured Dr. David McFaddin, President earstern Kentucky University. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. Dr. David T. McFaddin is the 14th President of Eastern Kentucky University. He was selected as the Interim President in December 2019 and was unanimously appointed president by the Board of Regents in August of 2020. Dr. McFaddin becomes the third Eastern graduate to ascend to the presidency, after Dr. Doug Whitlock and Dr. Robert Martin. In his role as Interim President, Dr. McFaddin [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington  held its weekly meeting Thursday, March 3 , at The Mane on Main and on Zoom. The program featured Mayor Linda Gorton, Lexington-Fayette County Government. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org.   This week marks the beginning of Women’s History Month, and who better to help us mark the event than our own mayor, Linda Gorton.  In her presentation on Thursday, Mayor Gorton will highlight some of the contributions made by the women of Lexington-Fayette County.  She’ll also give us an update on the state of our community and some of the challenges we face [...]