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LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, October 10th,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Hall of Fame Jockey, Pat Day. If you’re a patron of Keeneland, a fan of Thoroughbred racing, or follow the news in the Bluegrass, you know the name, Pat Day, our speaker this week. Day established numerous records while based in Kentucky, where he is the all-time leading rider at both Churchill Downs and Keeneland. While riding in Illinois, he once had 8 winners in one afternoon at Arlington Park, and at Oaklawn [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, Oct. 3rd,  at the Grand Reserve, Manchester Street. The program’s guest speaker was  John Calipari, Men's Head Basketball Coach, University of Kentucky. A “players-first” coach with a penchant for helping people reach their dreams, John Calipari, a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer, has guided six teams to the Final Four, led one to a national championship and helped 49 players earn selection in the NBA Draft during his 27-year college coaching career. Calipari guided Kentucky to its eighth national championship and his first national title in 2012. [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington eheld its weekly meeting Thursday, September 26,  at the Grand Reserve, Manchester Street. The program’s guest speaker was Everett McCorvey. Everett McCorvey, tenor, is a native of Montgomery, Alabama.  He received his degrees from the University of Alabama, including a Doctorate of Musical Arts.  He has performed in many cities around the world and theaters across the country, including the Metropolitan Opera, the Kennedy Center, Aspen Music Festival, Radio City Music hall, Teatro Comunale in Florence, Italy, Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, England, as well as performances throughout Spain, the Czech and Slovac [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, September 19th ,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Coach Matthew Mitchell. The Kentucky Women’s Basketball Program has been recognized as having a winning tradition from its beginning in 1902 to its return from a 50-year absence in 1974. The program has earned nearly 800 wins on the shoulders of some of the game’s best players. Now entering its 46th year, Kentucky women’s basketball is known nationwide as one of the premiere programs in the country under 13th-year Head Coach Matthew [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, September 12,  at University of Kentucky's E. S. Good Barn. The program was the Annual AG DAY ROUNDUP. Rotary District Governor John Hutchings  addressed the members and community prior to hearing from Dean Nancy Cox and student Paige Geer, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky. As part of Rotary’s Ag Day celebration, District Governor (2019-2020) John R. Hutchings, IV, brought greetings to fellow Rotarians and guests.  Besides being district governor for District 6740, he lives on and farms the land that has been in his [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, September 5th ,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Alex Elswick. Alex is a tireless advocate for people with substance use disorders.  He earned a BA from Centre College, an MS from the University of Kentucky, and is currently finishing a PhD at UK.   Alex’s knowledge and experience with addiction is multifaceted.  His professional experience, non-profit work, and research agenda all focus on long-term recovery.  But most importantly, he is himself a person in long-term recovery from the chronic disease of [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington will hold its weekly meeting Thursday, August 29th,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker will be Bill Samuels, Jr., former President and CEO of Maker’s Mark Bourbon. While his parents forever changed the bourbon industry with the introduction of Maker’s Mark Bourbon in the early 1950s, Bill Samuels, Jr., was born into a family that had been making whisky in the US for six generations. In 1784, Robert Samuels mustered out of George Washington’s Army, resettled in Kentucky with his father’s 60-gallon copper still, and began a [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, August 22nd,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Brigitte Blom Ramsey. Brigitte Blom Ramsey is the executive director of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence.  Before joining the Prichard Committee, Ms. Ramsey was director of public policy for United Way of Greater Cincinnati, focusing on state policy in Kentucky related to early childhood education.  Ms. Ramsey spent a decade as an elected member of the Board of Education in rural Pendleton County, Kentucky, and served as a governor-appointed member of the [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, August 15th,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Joshua A. Douglas. Professor Joshua A. Douglas of the University of Kentucky College of Law teaches and researches election law and voting rights, civil procedure, constitutional law, and judicial decision making. He is the author of Vote for US: How to Take Back our Elections and Change the Future of Voting, a popular press book that provides hope and inspiration for a positive path forward on voting rights. His most recent legal scholarship focuses on the [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, August 8th.  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was University of Kentucky's head football coach Mark Stoops. COACH MARK STOOPS Last year’s Football Wildcats set the tone for the year on September 8 when Stoops’ troops won at Florida -- the Wildcats’ first victory over the Gators in 32 years -- resulting in UK being named the National Team of the Week by the Football Writers Association of America. By the end of the season Stoops had “put together a masterpiece. Ten [...]