The Interact Club of Boone County is inviting all students who are interested in learning more about applying for scholarships to attend its 7PM February 24th meeting at Scheben library. According to Dan Bisig from College & Beyond, the evening’s presenter, there are too many scholarships that are never awarded because the potential recipients are not aware of them. Mr.…
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Burlington is Home to One of the Nations Top B&B’s
Nancy Swartzel, owner of Willis Graves Bed and Breakfast Inn in Burlington, recently addressed the Florence Rotary Club. The club meets almost every Monday at noon at the Hilton in Florence. The Willis Graves Bed and Breakfast Inn was listed as one of the Top Ten Bed and Breakfasts in 2013 by bedandbreakfast.com (http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/travelers/awards/2013/2013-top-10-us). Here a video of the accommodations…
Read MoreAttention Inventors!
Do you have an invention but not sure if someone else has already filed a patent for it? The NKY Center for Intellectual Property Awareness Center can help you find out and it’s free! Mr. John Schlipp, Intellectual Property Librarian and Associate Professor of Library Science works in an unknown resource in Northern KY which be found at the NKU…
Read MoreCincinnati Reds AGM Dick Williams Visits Florence Rotary
FLORENCE – Market size is not the only factor in Cincinnati Reds CEO Bob Castellini’s baseball decisions. There’s a fan factor, too, says Assistant General Manager Dick Williams. “Bob wants so badly to make everyone proud of the Reds,” Williams said. “That’s why he’s made some of the decisions he has made. “We rank in the middle of the league…
Read MoreNational Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) Visits Rotary
National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership-based organization that builds resiliency in communities nationwide. It serves as the forum where organizations share knowledge and resources throughout the disaster cycle — preparation, response, recovery and mitigation — to help disaster survivors and their communities. The organization was founded in 1970 in response to the challenges experienced…
Read MoreGetting Uncomfortable with John Salyers
Melissa Stewart: INDEPENDENCE – More than a year ago, John Salyers suddenly found himself outside his comfort zone. He was at a health care center in Cameroon, Africa. He had traveled there on Rotary business with the United Nations Foundation and congressional staff members. Salyers had been participating in polio immunization and was observing HIV and malnutrition treatment at the…
Read MoreNorthern Kentucky University is No Longer a Hidden Gem
NKU President Geoffrey Mearns has traveled across the great Commonwealth determined to help the residents discover one of the great hidden gems in Northern Kentucky. His goal is for the university to not be a “hidden” gem anymore. President Mearns shared many items of “good news” about NKU. NKU has over 15,000 students with 85% being of the undergraduate level. …
Read MoreBoone County Interactors Shine at Kentucky Youth Assembly
On December 4, 5 and 6, 2014, five of the Interactors of Boone County participated at Kentucky Youth Assembly in Louisville and the Kentucky State Capital chambers in Frankfort. “The Kentucky Youth Assembly (KYA) is a three-day experiential learning conference in which students participate directly in a simulation of the Commonwealth’s democratic process. Acting as Senators and Representatives, students write,…
Read MoreTony Lamb Shares a Key Ingredient to the Kona Ice Success
FLORENCE – Never mind the colorful trucks, the joyful music and the clean-cut, mannerly drivers. Tony Lamb credits the survival and explosive success of his shaved ice trucks to community involvement. Kona Ice, Inc. of Florence has grown from a single truck to 575 franchises in 44 states in seven years. The company has helped raise more than $21 million…
Read MoreRotary District Governor John Salyers Shares Vision
Rotary District Governor John Salyers shared his vision with the Florence Rotary Club earlier this month. As District Governor, he travels to multiple clubs in various locations throughout Kentucky. Said Salyers, “Rotary Clubs are doing great things around the world. “ One of the challenges is sharing the good news about Rotary’s mission of service above self. Salyers said, “We…
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