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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 [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington will hold its weekly meeting Thursday, August 29th,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker will be Bill Samuels, Jr., former President and CEO of Maker’s Mark Bourbon. While his parents forever changed the bourbon industry with the introduction of Maker’s Mark Bourbon in the early 1950s, Bill Samuels, Jr., was born into a family that had been making whisky in the US for six generations. In 1784, Robert Samuels mustered out of George Washington’s Army, resettled in Kentucky with his father’s 60-gallon copper still, and began a [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, August 22nd,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Brigitte Blom Ramsey. Brigitte Blom Ramsey is the executive director of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence.  Before joining the Prichard Committee, Ms. Ramsey was director of public policy for United Way of Greater Cincinnati, focusing on state policy in Kentucky related to early childhood education.  Ms. Ramsey spent a decade as an elected member of the Board of Education in rural Pendleton County, Kentucky, and served as a governor-appointed member of the [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, August 15th,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Joshua A. Douglas. Professor Joshua A. Douglas of the University of Kentucky College of Law teaches and researches election law and voting rights, civil procedure, constitutional law, and judicial decision making. He is the author of Vote for US: How to Take Back our Elections and Change the Future of Voting, a popular press book that provides hope and inspiration for a positive path forward on voting rights. His most recent legal scholarship focuses on the [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, August 8th.  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was University of Kentucky's head football coach Mark Stoops. COACH MARK STOOPS Last year’s Football Wildcats set the tone for the year on September 8 when Stoops’ troops won at Florida -- the Wildcats’ first victory over the Gators in 32 years -- resulting in UK being named the National Team of the Week by the Football Writers Association of America. By the end of the season Stoops had “put together a masterpiece. Ten [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington will hold its weekly meeting Thursday, Aug. 1,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker is Mayor Linda Gorton. Rotary Club member Cathy Taylor will introduce Mayor Gorton. Linda Gorton, the longest-serving member of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council, is serving her first term as Lexington mayor. She was elected in a landslide on November 6, 2018, winning 63 percent of the vote. A native of Ohio, Mayor Gorton has lived in Lexington most of her adult life.  She is a registered nurse and a graduate of the [...]

Jim Duncan, Director Division of Planning Feb. 2, 2016. LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, July 25th ,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Jim Duncan,Director of Planning, Lexington Fayette Urban  County Government. His topic will be "Lexington Planning:  Growth and Boundaries."   Jim was previously the manager of long-range planning for LFUCG, where he oversaw the development of comprehensive and small area plans. In addition, Jim was the transportation planner for the city of Dothan, Alabama, and the affordable housing planner for the city of [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, July 18th ,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Dr. Andy Henderson, CEO, Lexington Clinic. His topic will be “Lexington Clinic – Past, Present and Future.”   Dr. Henderson was born in Williamson, West Virginia, where both of his grandfathers were coal miners. His grandfather Henderson moved his family from Kelty, Scotland, to Pike County, Kentucky, so that he could be a coal miner, live in a coal camp, and send his three sons to a one-room school in McVeigh, Kentucky.  Both [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, July 11th ,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The  day's program was the installation of Officers and Directors for 2019-2020 and the membership heard from the club's 2019-2020 club President Gerald Marvel. From President Gerald Marvel: The new Rotary year has begun and I hope you are as excited as I am for the positive impact that we, both as a club and as individuals, can and will have in the year ahead.  Your contributions of time, talent, energy, and resources to our various fundraising [...]

Photo by Bill Straus LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, June 27th,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The  program was a reflection of President Sharon Reed's service as President, 2018-2019,  of the Rotary Club of Lexington. She  recognized those members who have gone above and beyond for their service this year. PRESIDENT’S DAY MESSAGE Today will be my last day at the podium as your president.  This year has been amazing for me and such an honor to serve as the fourth woman president in our club’s 104 years! [...]