District Conference Awards - Club Builder and Peace Through Service Awards

District Rotarians enjoyed a delicious dinner prepared by Chef Terry Crist and the fellowship of their colleagues during the Saturday night celebration banquet. The following awards were presented during the conference: 

Club Builder Award:  Keith Key, Jack McAllister, Dean Hammond for Visioning, Paul Claiborne of London Club, Paris Club for fundraiser with West Liberty Club.

DG Kathryn Hardman presents the Club Builder award to DGE Jack McAllister,
RC Lexington (left) and Keith Key, RC Lexington Sunrise (right)

DG Kathryn Hardman and Paul Claiborne, RC London

RC Paris President Ernie Trosper receives the
Club Builder award for the club's fundraiser with RC
West Liberty to benefit  tornado relief

District Peace Through Service Award:  Rotary Club of Falmouth

DG visits and club events

RC Whitesburg's President Joe DePriest welcomes DG Kathryn on August 14

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President Howard Roberts of RC Pikeville, DG Kathryn, and AG Seema Sachdeeva at the official visit on August 15.

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President David Hellmich of the RC Lexington Sunrise gave DG Kathryn Hardman the honor of assisting in the induction of four new members during the official visit on August 28. New members Michael Quillen, Kirsten Kegley, DG Gridley and Seth Lawless were joined by their sponsoring members Keith Key, Donna Sloan and Dale Torok. The membership drive was assisted by a successful after-hours social event hosted by the club earlier in the month.

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President Chris Jobes accepts an award on behalf of

RC Louisa for membership development.

 

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At the Heart of America Zone Institute in Huntsville, Al October 4-7, 2012 District Governor Kathryn Hardman and John enjoyed an evening with Rotary International President Sakuji Tanaka.

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DG Kathryn, Youth Exchange host parent Harry Chestnut and Youth Exchange student Guilherme Messon Messari (Brazil) were invited to ring the World Peace Bell following the multi-club meeting of Florence, Kenton, Covington and Campbell in Covington on September 18.

 

 

Join RC Lexington Sunrise on November 11th for a Gospel Concert featuring The Isaacs

The Isaacs, a multi-award winning family group who began singing 30 years ago, are based out of LaFollette, TN (30 min north of Knoxville). The vocalists are Lily Isaacs, Ben Isaacs, Sonya Isaacs and Rebecca Isaacs Bowman. Playing their own acoustic instruments and joined by other band members, The Isaacs have a unique style that blends tight, family harmony with contemporary acoustic instrumentation that appeals to a variety of audiences. Their musical influences immerge from all genres of music including bluegrass, rhythm and blues, folk, and country, contemporary acoustic and southern gospel. They perform frequently at the Grand Ole Opry, are active members on the Gaither Homecoming Videos and Concert Series and travel throughout the year performing internationally. Concert venues include civic centers, auditoriums, arenas, fair grounds, parks, churches and other locations. They have performed the National Anthem for many sporting events, including a Cincinnati Bengal's football game, several Nashville Predators Hockey games, an Astros/ Braves pre-season baseball game as well as various political gatherings. They also received a standing ovation for their patriotic performance at Carnegie Hall.

John's July Club Visits

In July District Governor John Adams visited RC Mt. Sterling, RC Nicholasville, RC Lexington Sunrise, RC Versailles-Woodford County, and RC Corbin. Many thanks to all the clubs for welcoming the DG and his family with such wonderful hospitality.

During the club visits we learned that RC Mt. Sterling is sponsoring an outbound youth exchange student, Morgan Danis, who will be living in Turkey during the upcoming academic year. The Mt. Sterling club is looking forward to its main fundraiser, Radio Days, in Spring, 2012.

RC Nicholasville reported on the $9000 in scholarship money it recently awarded to local youth. These scholarships are funded by the annual pancake breakfast held in February.

RC Lexington Sunrise recently celebrated local 5th graders at Arlington Elementary by hosting a graduation luncheon at which local news anchor Andrea Philpott shared words of wisdom with the students, who also received gifts from the club. Lexington Sunrise is looking forward to its Gospel concert featuring the Isaacs on November 11, 2011. In the mean time, its members will be hosting local youth during a fishing trip to the Salato Wildlife area in October.

RC Versailles-Woodford County will be sponsoring Repair Affair on September 9-10. The goal is to complete twenty-four projects during the event. Tan Keng Keng, Past President of RC Bugis Junction, Singapore, visited the club during a business trip to Versailles.

RC Corbin has begun preparations for its Empty Stocking event to be held in December. Other planned events include the London-Corbin International Dinner in February, a senior citizens dinner in November and a golf scramble in May. John had the privilege of inducting new member John Manon who was sponsored by Millie Burkhart.