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LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington will held its weekly meeting Thursday, Nov. 7th ,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Eric Pounds, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Air Force. AIR FORCE COMBAT FLYER SPEAKS OF LEADERSHIP, FLYING, AND FAMILY    In honor of the upcoming Veterans Day, our speaker today has all the trappings of a modern “air warrior.” Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Eric Pounds is a 2004 Air Force Academy graduate, with a bachelor’s in management major, elevated by an MBA from Liberty University and a master’s in counseling and leadership [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington e held its weekly meeting Thursday, October 31,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Alan Cutler, WLEX Sportscaster (Ret.) In 1959, when he walked into Yankee Stadium for the first time, Alan Cutler fell in love with sports.  He considers himself one lucky dude for spending a career in something he loved to do.  Like anything in life, there were ups and downs in TV and radio, but he ended up having the Number 1 rated sports talk show in three markets----Lexington, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.  And [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, Oct. 24th,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Dr. Eli capilouto, President, University of Kentucky. Dr. Eli Capilouto became the twelfth president of the University of Kentucky (UK) on July 1, 2011. Under his leadership, the Commonwealth's flagship and land grant research university has grown from $2.7 billion to $4.2 billion in total operations and has gained significant momentum in fulfilling its multi-faceted mission of teaching, research, service, and health care. President Capilouto has led a seven-year, $2.4 billion transformation of the campus, [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, October 17,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was John Cheves. John Cheves is an investigative projects reporter for the Lexington Herald-Leader. John joined the Herald-Leader as a courthouse reporter in 1997 and later worked in its state capital bureau in Frankfort and its Washington bureau. His recent projects include stories about deaths and injuries in Kentucky's under-staffed, low-rated nursing homes; law enforcement's failure to charge adults after children are killed and wounded by loaded guns left accessible in their homes; and [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, October 10th,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Hall of Fame Jockey, Pat Day. If you’re a patron of Keeneland, a fan of Thoroughbred racing, or follow the news in the Bluegrass, you know the name, Pat Day, our speaker this week. Day established numerous records while based in Kentucky, where he is the all-time leading rider at both Churchill Downs and Keeneland. While riding in Illinois, he once had 8 winners in one afternoon at Arlington Park, and at Oaklawn [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, Oct. 3rd,  at the Grand Reserve, Manchester Street. The program’s guest speaker was  John Calipari, Men's Head Basketball Coach, University of Kentucky. A “players-first” coach with a penchant for helping people reach their dreams, John Calipari, a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer, has guided six teams to the Final Four, led one to a national championship and helped 49 players earn selection in the NBA Draft during his 27-year college coaching career. Calipari guided Kentucky to its eighth national championship and his first national title in 2012. [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington eheld its weekly meeting Thursday, September 26,  at the Grand Reserve, Manchester Street. The program’s guest speaker was Everett McCorvey. Everett McCorvey, tenor, is a native of Montgomery, Alabama.  He received his degrees from the University of Alabama, including a Doctorate of Musical Arts.  He has performed in many cities around the world and theaters across the country, including the Metropolitan Opera, the Kennedy Center, Aspen Music Festival, Radio City Music hall, Teatro Comunale in Florence, Italy, Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, England, as well as performances throughout Spain, the Czech and Slovac [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, September 19th ,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Coach Matthew Mitchell. The Kentucky Women’s Basketball Program has been recognized as having a winning tradition from its beginning in 1902 to its return from a 50-year absence in 1974. The program has earned nearly 800 wins on the shoulders of some of the game’s best players. Now entering its 46th year, Kentucky women’s basketball is known nationwide as one of the premiere programs in the country under 13th-year Head Coach Matthew [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, September 12,  at University of Kentucky's E. S. Good Barn. The program was the Annual AG DAY ROUNDUP. Rotary District Governor John Hutchings  addressed the members and community prior to hearing from Dean Nancy Cox and student Paige Geer, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky. As part of Rotary’s Ag Day celebration, District Governor (2019-2020) John R. Hutchings, IV, brought greetings to fellow Rotarians and guests.  Besides being district governor for District 6740, he lives on and farms the land that has been in his [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, September 5th ,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Alex Elswick. Alex is a tireless advocate for people with substance use disorders.  He earned a BA from Centre College, an MS from the University of Kentucky, and is currently finishing a PhD at UK.   Alex’s knowledge and experience with addiction is multifaceted.  His professional experience, non-profit work, and research agenda all focus on long-term recovery.  But most importantly, he is himself a person in long-term recovery from the chronic disease of [...]