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[embeddoc url="https://rotarylexky.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1-10-19.pdf" download="all" viewer="google"] LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington will held its weekly meeting Thursday, Jan. 10th,   at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Brian Engle, SMSgt (ret). Brian Engle is originally from Harlan, Kentucky.  In 1967 he left college to join the US Air Force, beginning what would become a 21-year first career.  Originally classified as a computer technician, he volunteered for Vietnam, serving a 15-month ground tour, in part working with Air Force Security Police in base perimeter defense.  Returning to the US, he retrained into Strategic Air Command (SAC) ...

[embeddoc url="https://rotarylexky.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1-10-19.pdf" download="all" viewer="google"] LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington will held its weekly meeting Thursday, Jan. 3rd,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Carey Cavanaugh a former U.S. ambassador/peace mediator who is currently professor of diplomacy and conflict resolution at the University of Kentucky and chairman of International Alert, a London-based independent peacebuilding organization.  He had a 22-year Foreign Service career focused on conflict resolution, arms control and humanitarian issues.  In addition to assignments at the State Department, Pentagon and on Capitol Hill, Cavanaugh served at U.S. diplomatic missions in Berlin, Moscow, ...

The Rotary Club of Lexington held its annual holiday luncheon on Thursday, December 13, at 12:00 p.m., at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road.   The week’s “speaker” was St. Nicholas himself, commonly known as Santa Claus.  Santa brought Christmas gifts from generous Rotarians to 25 special guests, children from Booker T. Washington Elementary ranging from five to eleven years old, many of them children who might otherwise not have a gift this year—or even a Christmas tree.  The children were treated to a holiday lunch of Christmas favorites like mac and cheese, chicken strips and Christmas cookies and they joined Santa’s elves ...

Wheelhorse LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington will hold its weekly meeting Thursday, December 6,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker is Renee Shaw from Kentucky Educational Television. Renee Shaw is the managing producer and face behind KET’s public affairs programs, currently serving as host of KET’s Kentucky Tonight and Connections with Renee Shaw. During sessions of the Kentucky General Assembly, she produces and hosts KET’s nightly Legislative Update.   In election season, she hosts KET’s live primary and election night coverage, and throughout the year serves as a contributing host for several other ...

Wheelhorse LEXINGTON, KY –  After a week off for the Thanksgiving holidays, The Rotary Club of Lexington will held its weekly meeting Thursday, November 29,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speakers were P.G. Peeples and Raymond Daniels from the Urban League of Lexington-Fayette County. Porter G. Peeples, Sr., is a native of Lynch, Kentucky, where he attended public school and graduated in 1964.  He earned a B.A. in elementary and special education from the University of Kentucky and has done graduate work at Eastern Kentucky University. Peeples spent one semester as a teacher in the Fayette ...

Wheel Horse LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, November 15,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program's guest speaker was Jeffrey C. Hall, a combat veteran of the Persian Gulf War.  Hall was appointed National Employment Director for the 1.3 million-member DAV on March 31, 2014. From the DAV National Headquarters located in Cold Spring, Kentucky, Hall oversees special employment initiatives and works with private and public sector entities to develop and build partnerships to address joblessness and underemployment as well as facilitate job fairs and lead efforts to connect veterans and ...

Wheelhorse LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington will held its weekly meeting Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018 , at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. Our Veteran's Day speaker was Captain Michael Zamperini, Commander, Coast Guard Sector Ohio Valley in Louisville, Kentucky. In order to respect his services as a Coast Guard, a coast guard flag and pennants can be seen at the speaking. Captain Zamperini oversees operations for an area of responsibility that includes all or part of 10 states ranging from the eastern portion of Missouri to the southwestern corner of Pennsylvania and from northern Alabama to ...

Wheelhorse LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, Nov. 1 ,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speakers were Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Mayoral candidates Ronnie Bastin and Linda Gorton.      Ronnie Bastin has spent nearly 40-years in Public Service. He’s a graduate of the University of Kentucky, where he earned his bachelor’s in agricultural economics, and Eastern Kentucky University, where he earned his master’s in criminal justice. He is married to Dr. Sandra Bastin. They have two children, James and Victoria. Ronnie Bastin is a former Lexington Police Chief and Public Safety Commissioner. In his ...

Wheelhorse LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, October 25,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Congressman Andy Barr. Congressman Barr has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2013, and during his time in office he has amassed a record of getting results for the people of the Sixth Congressional District. In addition to voting for historic tax cuts that added thousands of jobs in Kentucky and put more money into the pockets of Kentuckians, Congressman Barr has led the charge to roll back burdensome regulations ...

[embeddoc url="https://rotarylexky.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/10-11-18.pdf" download="all" viewer="google"] LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington will hold its weekly meeting Thursday, October 11th, at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was UK Women's Basketball Head Coach, Matthew Mitchell. Mitchell’s teams are known for using three “winning tools” for success: honesty, hard work and discipline. So it’s no surprise that six seasons into his tenure as head coach he became the winningest head coach in program history. Now entering his eleventh season, Mitchell holds 271 wins and year after year assembles teams who are synonymous with winning on and off ...