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LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington   held its weekly meeting Thursday, June 3rd ,  in person at Central Bank Center or via Zoom.  Guest Speaker Bill Owen, President & CEO Central Bank Center. The meeting will be in hospitality Club B on the west side of Rupp Arena. Attendees should  use Gate 2 off High Street where parking is provided, no charge. Cross High Street and look for the Club entry into the west side of the arena, a sign Rotary Club Meeting will be posted. Once inside the arena use the stair or elevator to Club B. Rotarian's [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington will hold its weekly meeting Thursday, May 27th ,  via Zoom.  Guest Speaker is Craig Skinner, head coach, Women's Volleyball , University of Kentucky. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. It’s been a long, dry spell since the University of Kentucky Men’s Basketball Wildcats won UK’s last NCAA Championship.  That dry spell ended on April 25, 2021, when a different UK team, the Women’s Volleyball team, won the NCAA National Volleyball Championship. To relate the team’s remarkable rise to national champions, we’ll hear from the architect of that victory, Head Coach Greg [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, May 20th ,  via Zoom. The program  was  the annual Tommy Bell Award Day. Guest Speaker was national recognized trial lawyer Pete Perlman.    To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. Our program featured the presentation of the annual Tommy Bell Award for Lexington’s Outstanding High School Student-Athlete and we heard from Pete Perlman, trial lawyer. Our club established the award in memory of Tommy Bell, who passed away on February 20, 1986. The Honorable Bruce Bell, son of Tommy Bell, will announce the winner of the award. [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington  held its weekly meeting Thursday, May 13th ,  via Zoom. The program  was  the annual Rotary Club of Lexington's Scholarship Day.   To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. Rotary International and the Rotary Club of Lexington believe in education, at all levels, as a powerful means to change lives and to shape the world we live in.  We invest in the future by giving scholarships each year to students who are already making a difference in our community and have the potential to change the world. The Rotary Club of Lexington started its [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting  in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Louisville virtually on Thursday, May 6th.  The program’s guest speakers were Governor Andy Beshear joined by Secretary Mike Berry, Secretary of Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet. Last week saw the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby before a live, albeit reduced, audience and Wallethub ranked Lexington as 15th out of 180 cities in unemployment recovery.  Things are clearly coming back although their final form is not yet clear. This week, as Kentucky continues its phased reopening of business and public life, [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, April 22nd ,  via Zoom. The program’s guest speakers  were  Rob Morphonios, President & CEO Kentucky Wired and David Flessas.  To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. As the KentuckyWired project nears completion, it marks a turning point for Kentucky’s vast digital divide: That chasm of opportunity that exists between Kentuckians with reliable internet access, and those without. It’s not merely a rural problem, as pockets of Lexington struggle with inequities associated with poor connectivity. To update us on KentuckyWired’s progress and expected impact, we are pleased to have [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, April 29th ,  via Zoom. The program’s guest speaker wass  Shannon Arvin, President & CEO Keeneland Association  & Tom Leach, Voice of the Wildcats and Handicapper for Oaks and Derby. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. On July 2, 2020, Keeneland Trustees named Shannon Bishop Arvin – who as a partner with the Lexington firm Stoll Keenon Ogden has served as corporate counsel to Keeneland since 2008 and as secretary and advisory member of Keeneland’s Board of Directors since 2015 – to succeed Bill Thomason as Keeneland [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, April 15th,  via Zoom. The program’s guest speaker was  Celeste Herbert.  To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. Celeste Herbert is a Major Gifts Officer for one of the world’s most respected humanitarian organizations, where she works one-on-one with Rotarian major donors, helping to turn their passionate service and philanthropic support into activities that address the world’s most pressing needs. Celeste comes to The Rotary Foundation with twenty years of development experience, and believes deeply in the essential role nonprofits play in strengthening communities. She has been a [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, April 8th,  via Zoom. The program’s guest speakers  were Michel A. Smith, MD, Director of Ultrasound & Senior Attending Physician, Medstar Washington Hospital Center; Langston D. Smith, DMD, Captain (ret), US Navy Dental Corp, Chair (ret), Department of Endodontics, Howard University College of Dentistry. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. As the number of vaccinated adults goes up, the discrepancy between the vaccination rates of white Americans and people of color and those with low incomes continues to grow.  And, yet, many Americans seem not to understand [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, April 1st,  via Zoom. The program’s guest speaker was Jamie Dockery, Horticulture Extension Agent, Fayette County Cooperative Extension  and Dr. Dan Potter, Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. If you would  like the Zoom link  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. DR. DANIEL POTTER Daniel A. Potter, Professor of Entomology, has been on the faculty of the University of Kentucky since 1979.  He is an authority on the biology of insects affecting urban landscapes, recognized in particular for applying ecological principles in developing sustainable [...]