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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 [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington will hold its weekly meeting Thursday, Aug. 1,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker is Mayor Linda Gorton. Rotary Club member Cathy Taylor will introduce Mayor Gorton. Linda Gorton, the longest-serving member of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council, is serving her first term as Lexington mayor. She was elected in a landslide on November 6, 2018, winning 63 percent of the vote. A native of Ohio, Mayor Gorton has lived in Lexington most of her adult life.  She is a registered nurse and a graduate of the [...]

Jim Duncan, Director Division of Planning Feb. 2, 2016. LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, July 25th ,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Jim Duncan,Director of Planning, Lexington Fayette Urban  County Government. His topic will be "Lexington Planning:  Growth and Boundaries."   Jim was previously the manager of long-range planning for LFUCG, where he oversaw the development of comprehensive and small area plans. In addition, Jim was the transportation planner for the city of Dothan, Alabama, and the affordable housing planner for the city of [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, July 18th ,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Dr. Andy Henderson, CEO, Lexington Clinic. His topic will be “Lexington Clinic – Past, Present and Future.”   Dr. Henderson was born in Williamson, West Virginia, where both of his grandfathers were coal miners. His grandfather Henderson moved his family from Kelty, Scotland, to Pike County, Kentucky, so that he could be a coal miner, live in a coal camp, and send his three sons to a one-room school in McVeigh, Kentucky.  Both [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, July 11th ,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The  day's program was the installation of Officers and Directors for 2019-2020 and the membership heard from the club's 2019-2020 club President Gerald Marvel. From President Gerald Marvel: The new Rotary year has begun and I hope you are as excited as I am for the positive impact that we, both as a club and as individuals, can and will have in the year ahead.  Your contributions of time, talent, energy, and resources to our various fundraising [...]

Photo by Bill Straus LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, June 27th,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The  program was a reflection of President Sharon Reed's service as President, 2018-2019,  of the Rotary Club of Lexington. She  recognized those members who have gone above and beyond for their service this year. PRESIDENT’S DAY MESSAGE Today will be my last day at the podium as your president.  This year has been amazing for me and such an honor to serve as the fourth woman president in our club’s 104 years! [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, June 20,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Dudley Webb. Dudley Webb, a Lexington attorney and developer, was born in the coal mining community of Hot Spot in Letcher County, Kentucky, located in the heart of Appalachia.  He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Webb Companies, headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky.  Mr. Webb is also a Senior Partner in the law firm Webb, Hoskins, Brown & Thompson, P.S.C. After attending school in Whitesburg, Kentucky, Mr. Webb went [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington will hold its weekly meeting Thursday, June 13,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program will feature some of the stars for the upcoming Lexington Rodeo June 14 & 15th at Kentucky Horse Park. Kids, old and young, the Lexington Rodeo 2019 has some new faces, new acts and new voices; and, yes, we have some bulls. That’s right! This year’s rodeo will keep you on the edge of your seat just before you have to slide back to stay in the chair while laughing out loud. The first thing [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, June 6,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program featured D Day - 75th Anniversary Remembrance. D-Day, June 6, 1944, was the day the world designated to stop the cancer that was spreading over Europe in the form of the German Army and end its attempted uncontested domination of the earth. Our fathers and mothers, “The Greatest Generation,” took on this menace, knowing it was a mandatory military and political mission unlike any that preceded it. It was a “win or all would be lost” [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, May 30,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. ROTARY CLUB OF LEXINGTON YOUTH PROGRAMS INVEST IN OUR FUTURE “Invest in our future!” “Plan for tomorrow.” “We cannot survive without them.” These are all refrains that are used quite often to describe our children in many organizations, and Rotary is no exception. That is why Rotary established the fifth avenue of service, Youth Services. It was first named New Generations and was later expanded to cover all Youth Services. Rotary Youth Services include: Interact at the High [...]