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The Rotary Club of Lexington  held its weekly meeting Thursday, October 28,  at The Mane on Main and via Zoom. The program  featured  Bill Goodman, Executive Director, Kentucky Humanities. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. Are you intrigued and interested in a Kentucky history lesson every day that only lasts a minute? Bill Goodman, this week’s speaker, will tell us about Think History, a production of Kentucky Humanities that brings Kentucky history to life. The series includes unknown stories about famous Kentuckians and historic events and interesting stories about little known Kentuckians and forgotten events. Bill Goodman was appointed executive director [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington  held its weekly meeting Thursday, October 21,  at The Mane on Main and via Zoom. The program  featured  Jim Host, founder, Host Communications speaking on Name, Image and Likeness. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. Jim  Host was raised in Ashland, Ky. - was an outstanding high school and amateur pitcher receiving one of the first two full athletic scholarships in baseball at UK in 1955. After achieving an ERA of 1.66 in 1959 as a pitcher; he signed a contract with the Chicago White Sox, injuring his arm in his first year after advancing [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington  held its weekly meeting Thursday, October 14,  at The Mane on Main and via Zoom. The program  featured  Peter Baniak, Editor, Lexington -Herald Leader. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. On June 27, 2006, the McClatchy Company purchased the Lexington Herald-Leader as part of its acquisition of the Knight Ridder media company.  In June 2016, McClatchy announced that the paper would no longer be printed in Lexington, moving its printing operations instead to Louisville and announcing the Midland Avenue building would be put up for sale. Subsequently the paper moved its editorial offices to High [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington  held its weekly meeting Thursday, October 7,  at the Central Bank Center and via Zoom. The program  featured  John Calipari, Head Coach Men's Basketball, University of Kentucky. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. Lunch needed to be pre ordered and is currently sold out but you can always join us for the meeting! There will be extra seating. Parking is off of High Street, Gate 2.   A “players-first” coach with a penchant for helping people reach their dreams, this week’s speaker, John Calipari, has guided six University of Kentucky men’s basketball teams to the [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington will hold its weekly meeting Thursday, September 30,  on the campus of the University of Kentucky at E. S. Good Barn at noon. The program  features  the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment Dean Nancy Cox and 2 outstanding students, Maddie Varias and Katherine Ristola. Each year the members of our club are invited to attend the University of Kentucky’s Future Wildcat Roundup hosted by the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAFE) at the UK’s ES Good Barn.  The Roundup is held to provide high schoolers with an interest in agriculture an opportunity to get [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, September 23,  at the Red Mile and via Zoom. The program  featured  Mark Whitworth, VP for Athletics, Asbury College, and Former Assistant Director Southeastern Conference. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. To register for lunch click here  Weekly Meetings   Ever wanted to know what goes on behind the scenes at the Southeastern Conference (SEC)?  Well, here’s your chance to find out.  This week’s speaker, Mark Whitworth, worked at the SEC for 28 years. During his career there, Whitworth served with four commissioners, gaining experience in administration, multimedia rights, marketing, communications, [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington will hold its weekly meeting Thursday, September 16,  at the Red Mile and via Zoom. The program  features  Eric Brooks, Curator, Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. To register for lunch click here  Weekly Meetings   This week club member Eric Brooks, who is also curator/site manager for Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate, will address the issue of slavery at Ashland and the way the interpretation of it has changed dramatically, especially in recent years. Specifically, Eric will highlight Ashland’s Traces: Slavery at Ashland tour and ongoing research that informs it. [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, September 9,  at The Mane on Main  and via Zoom. The program  featured Kate Savage, Arts Connect Lexington. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. To register for lunch click here  Weekly Meetings   Arts Connect Lexington: Dedicated to creating more arts awareness and vitality in the community through programs, resources and meaningful engagement, and by supporting all forms of artistic expression and creative endeavors. If you’re a fan of good food, you’re probably familiar with the name of this week’s speaker, Kate Savage. Kate grew up against a [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, September 2,  at the Red Mile and via Zoom. The program  featured Steve McClain, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, Kentucky Retail Federation. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. To register for lunch click here  Weekly Meetings   The COVID-19 years have made life unpredictable for retailers here and elsewhere.  To bring us to speed on what’s happening now and what to expect down the road we’re pleased to have Steve McClain as our guest speaker this week. McClain has been the director of Communications and Public Affairs [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, August 26th,  at the Red Mile and via Zoom. The program  featured Chris eddie, Co-owner, Smiley Pete Publishing. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org.To register for lunch click here  Weekly Meetings   Smiley Pete Publishing began as a single community publication in 1997. College buddies Chris Eddie and Chuck Creacy started Chevy Chaser Magazine while working as pizza delivery drivers. They got to know Lexington’s neighborhoods, and began hand-delivering magazines to local residents. Since then, Smiley Pete Publishing has become a growing family of print and online publications [...]