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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 [...]

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 [...]