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https://youtu.be/AT5WunO8BBk Wheelhorse LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, February 16th, 2017  at Fasig-Tipton, 2400 Newtown Pike. The program’s guest speaker was Bill Goodman. Bill began serving as the chief executive officer of the Kentucky Humanities Council on January 2, 2017. He comes to the Council after a 21-year career with Kentucky Educational Television (KET). A native of Glasgow, Ky., he has served as host and managing editor of the Emmy Award-winning public affairs series Kentucky Tonight on KET since 1996. Additionally, Goodman served as host for Education Matters, KET’s election night coverage, and One to [...]

Wheelhorse LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, November 17th,  at Fasig-Tipton, 2400 Newtown Pike. The program’s guest speaker was     For additional information, or to attend this meeting, please contact Peggy Trafton at trafton@rotarylexky.org.  401 West Main Street • Suite 305 • Lexington, KY 40507 • (859) 389-8100

Wheelhorse LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, November 3rd,  at Fasig-Tipton, 2400 Newtown Pike. The program’s guest speaker was Bettie Kerr, Historic Preservation Officer and Director of the Division of Historic Preservation of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Bettie works with a wide array of historic preservation programs and projects in Lexington-Fayette County.  An architectural historian, Ms. Kerr is a native of Lexington and graduate of Transylvania University.  In addition to her experience in the government’s historic preservation program, Ms. Kerr was formerly the executive director of Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate.  The author of [...]

Wheelhorse LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, September 8,  at Fasig-Tipton, 2400 Newtown Pike. The program’s guest speaker was archeologist Dr. Christopher Begley. His topic was underwater archaeology, and how community participation is central to the success of our projects. Dr. Begley will focus on work over the last two years in Greece, El Salvador, and Kentucky. Dr. Christopher Begley is an archaeologist with 25 years of experience working in North America, Latin America, and Europe. He earned his doctorate from the University of Chicago (1999), where he focused on the archaeology of the remote jungles [...]

https://youtu.be/nY3yMwbEprs Wheelhorse LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, August 18th, at Fasig-Tipton, 2400 Newtown Pike. The program's guest speaker was Isabel Gereda Taylor. Isabel Gereda Taylor, a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, JD, and received an LLM in International Business Law from the University of London - London School of Economics. She began a career in law in Gulf Oil Corporation's International Law Department based in Houston, TX, then went into private practice in Austin; retired from the practice of law and moved to Kentucky to be surrounded by beautiful horses. [...]

Wheelhorse LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, August 4th,  at Fasig-Tipton, 2400 Newtown Pike. The program’s guest speaker was Susan B. Speckert – Executive Director, Fayette Alliance. Susan spoke on the 10th anniversary of the Fayette Alliance and the work it has done in the area, "growing our city, promoting our farms." Susan comes to the Fayette Alliance after serving over six years as General Counsel to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. Prior to her position at the Commission, Susan was an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney in Fayette County, and an Associate at Stoll Keenon Ogden, [...]