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The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, Feb. 10 ,  via Zoom. The program will featured Tiffany Brown. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org.   One day shy of a year ago, our club heard a report from Mrs. Roszalyn Akins and Mr. Gerald Smith, Co-chairs of Lexington’s Commission for Racial Justice and Equality, on the work of the Commission. The two summarized the 54 recommendations contained in the 68-page report compiled during the work of the commission and talked about next steps Lexington might take to dismantle systemic racism in the community. Subsequently, Mayor [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington  held its weekly meeting Thursday, Feb. 3 ,  via Zoom. The program   featured Yvonne Giles  . To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. This week marks the beginning of Black History Month and our series of speakers selected to help us celebrate it.  We’re pleased to have as our first speaker Ms. Yvonne Giles, known to many as “The Cemetery Lady.” Giles is one of the city’s leaders spearheading efforts to preserve African American history in Lexington.  She was the first Black woman ever elected to the LaGrange City Council and founded the Isaac Scott Hathaway [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington  held its weekly meeting Thursday, Jan. 27th  ,  via Zoom. The program featured Rob Rumpke, CEO, Bluegrass Tomorrow  . To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. Rob Rumpke, a 40-year marketing and association management veteran whose career has spanned from the Cincinnati Reds to Host Communications to the President/CEO of the Kentucky Tourism Industry Council, to his own company where he managed the Richmond and Woodford County Chambers of Commerce, is currently the President/CEO of Bluegrass Tomorrow, an 18- county regional planning organization that focuses on partnership, collaboration and quality of life innovations and works to [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington  held its weekly meeting Thursday, January 20th  ,  via Zoom due to the winter weather. The program will featured Mark Royse, Executive Director, RADIOLEX. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. RADIOLEX, The Voice of the People RADIOLEX is a go-to information resource for thousands of listeners in Lexington’s underrepresented neighborhoods—especially our Black, Latinx, Asian, Immigrant & Refugee, and LGBTQ+ communities as well as others whose experiences and concerns are not represented in mainstream news media. RADIOLEX also plays a critical public safety role by providing real-time, community-level information during severe weather, disasters, and other local [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington  held its weekly meeting Thursday, January 13th,  at The Mane on Main at noon  and via Zoom. The program  featured Mr. Bob Babbage. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. Starting his 25th year as a lobbyist following 20 years in elective and appointive public service, Bob Babbage is recognized as a leader on major issues and ideas. The firm he founded, Babbage Cofounder, continues its impact here and in all 50 states along with Washington. The name “cofounder” came from Bob’s role in starting the exceptional Leadership Kentucky program as well as getting the Lexington [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington  will hold its weekly meeting Thursday, January 6th,  at The Mane on Main at noon  and via Zoom. The program will feature Mr. Dave Hatter. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. Dave Hatter is an accomplished, enthusiastic, award-winning technology professional and servant leader with nearly 30 years of software development, cybersecurity, and project management experience. He has earned numerous industry certifications including CISSP, CCSP, CSSLP, Security+, Network+, MS Azure Fundamentals, PMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA, PSM 1, PSD 1, and ITIL Foundation V3 and holds a BS in Information Systems from NKU. Dave has delivered more than [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington  will held its weekly meeting Thursday, December 16th ,  at The Mane on Main at noon  and via Zoom. The program was the club's Annual Holiday Party with student from Booker T. Washington. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. This week we are pleased to celebrate Christmas with students from Booker T. Washington Elementary. Let's all enjoy Christmas through the eyes of these children, the musical talent of Jim Richardson, and, of course, our very own Santa Clause. I am very thankful for all the Rotarians who stepped up to donate gifts to grant the [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington  held its weekly meeting Thursday, December 7th ,  at The Mane on Main at noon  and via Zoom. The program  featured Dr. Mark Newman. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. Mark F. Newman, MD, joined the University of Kentucky in 2017 as the executive vice president for health affairs. He is responsible for the university’s health system, UK HealthCare®, and oversees the UK College of Medicine in conjunction with the provost. A native of Owensboro, Kentucky, Dr. Newman attended Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green while continuing to work on the family farm in Ohio [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington  held its weekly meeting Thursday, December 2nd ,  at The Mane on Main at noon  and via Zoom. The program featured Timothy Johnson, President & CEO, United Way of the Bluegrass. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. Timothy Johnson is the President and Chief Executive Officer of United Way of the Bluegrass where he leads a 100-year-old, philanthropic organization charged with delivering impact throughout the ten counties of Central Kentucky. Previously, he served as Chief Strategy and Impact Officer at United Way of the National Capital Area where he oversaw the organization’s marketing and communications, [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington  held its weekly meeting Thursday, November 18,  at The Mane on Main at noon  and via Zoom. The program  featured Rotary District 6740 Govenor Michael Noftsger. To attend via Zoom  please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. When Holger Knaack became Rotary International president for 2020-21, he announced as one of his basic principles, “When we get together, it has to be fun.” This week’s speaker, Michael Noftsger, took that principle to heart when he arranged for new officers of the Somerset Rotary clubs to make donut sundaes at their induction ceremony. Now, as our district governor for 2021-2022 and [...]