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Wheelhorse LEXINGTON, KY –  After a week off for the Thanksgiving holidays, The Rotary Club of Lexington will held its weekly meeting Thursday, November 29,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speakers were P.G. Peeples and Raymond Daniels from the Urban League of Lexington-Fayette County. Porter G. Peeples, Sr., is a native of Lynch, Kentucky, where he attended public school and graduated in 1964.  He earned a B.A. in elementary and special education from the University of Kentucky and has done graduate work at Eastern Kentucky University. Peeples spent one semester as a teacher in the Fayette [...]

Wheel Horse LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, November 15,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program's guest speaker was Jeffrey C. Hall, a combat veteran of the Persian Gulf War.  Hall was appointed National Employment Director for the 1.3 million-member DAV on March 31, 2014. From the DAV National Headquarters located in Cold Spring, Kentucky, Hall oversees special employment initiatives and works with private and public sector entities to develop and build partnerships to address joblessness and underemployment as well as facilitate job fairs and lead efforts to connect veterans and [...]

Wheelhorse LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington will held its weekly meeting Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018 , at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. Our Veteran's Day speaker was Captain Michael Zamperini, Commander, Coast Guard Sector Ohio Valley in Louisville, Kentucky. In order to respect his services as a Coast Guard, a coast guard flag and pennants can be seen at the speaking. Captain Zamperini oversees operations for an area of responsibility that includes all or part of 10 states ranging from the eastern portion of Missouri to the southwestern corner of Pennsylvania and from northern Alabama to [...]

Wheelhorse LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, Nov. 1 ,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speakers were Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Mayoral candidates Ronnie Bastin and Linda Gorton.      Ronnie Bastin has spent nearly 40-years in Public Service. He’s a graduate of the University of Kentucky, where he earned his bachelor’s in agricultural economics, and Eastern Kentucky University, where he earned his master’s in criminal justice. He is married to Dr. Sandra Bastin. They have two children, James and Victoria. Ronnie Bastin is a former Lexington Police Chief and Public Safety Commissioner. In his [...]

Wheelhorse LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, October 25,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Congressman Andy Barr. Congressman Barr has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2013, and during his time in office he has amassed a record of getting results for the people of the Sixth Congressional District. In addition to voting for historic tax cuts that added thousands of jobs in Kentucky and put more money into the pockets of Kentuckians, Congressman Barr has led the charge to roll back burdensome regulations [...]

[embeddoc url="https://rotarylexky.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/10-11-18.pdf" download="all" viewer="google"] LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington will hold its weekly meeting Thursday, October 11th, at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was UK Women's Basketball Head Coach, Matthew Mitchell. Mitchell’s teams are known for using three “winning tools” for success: honesty, hard work and discipline. So it’s no surprise that six seasons into his tenure as head coach he became the winningest head coach in program history. Now entering his eleventh season, Mitchell holds 271 wins and year after year assembles teams who are synonymous with winning on and off [...]

Wheelhorse LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington will hold its weekly meeting Thursday, October 4, at the Grand Reserve, Manchester Street. The program's guest speaker is Daniel Elliott, EnerBlu President and CEO. Mr. Elliott is a recognized leader in business development and strategy in the sustainable energy sector. He has worked globally, identifying and commercializing leading edge technologies and has led corporate mergers and acquisitions transactions, capital raising, technology validation, manufacturing plant construction, strategic partnership developments, and other key activities associated with business success and growth. Mr. Elliott has worked with leading battery chemistries, photovoltaic, and inverter systems for [...]

Wheelhouse - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0h1i29vt5df1oqy/AABRj1a9QPzZw7TeTiqwlJGTa?dl=0 LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, September 27,  at UK, E.S. Good Barn on Farm Road. The program’s guest speakers  were Dr. Nancy Cox, Dean, UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAFE), and student body representative Amelia Iliohan. This represents the 29th year that the Rotary Club of Lexington has joined the students, faculty, staff and alumni of the college as part of their Ag Roundup Week activities.  In addition to observing the excellent exhibits and displays relating to educational and service activities in the college at UK’s E.S. Good [...]

Wheelhorse LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, September 20,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speakers were TOM ASHFORD & J.T. WARRING            Tom Ashford grew up in Lexington and graduated from Lafayette High School after which he attended Transylvania University, where he graduated with a BA in business and the arts.  From 1956 to 2006 he was employed at Pieratt’s, Inc., where he retired as vice president of marketing in 2006 after 50 years of service. As a Rotarian, Tom served as president of [...]

Wheelhorse LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, September 13,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Dean Hammond, former member of the Board of Directors and club president in 2014-2015 and current district governor for District 6740.  A Lexington businessman and entrepreneur, Dean joined Rotary in 2007. Since then he has been active in nearly every facet of Rotary.  One of his earliest positions was in 2010 as aide to District Governor Robert Ryan, accompanying him during his President Elect Training Seminars (PETS), visiting all except three of [...]