On Monday, June 15, 2020 , the Rotary Club of Florence hear from one of their own members. Don Volland (@VollandDon) will be talking about Doing Business in the Soviet Union, A Historical Perspective. Don Volland is currently a local Realtor. Prior to his Real Estate career, Don retired from Delta Air Lines after 30+ years of various capacities in…
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On Monday, June 1, 2020 , the Rotary Club of Florence will be joined by Dr. Jim Detwiler (@JimDetwiler1), Deputy Superintendent/Chief Academic Officer of Boone County Schools. Dr. Detwiler will be sharing how our schools continued instruction using NTI (non-traditional instruction) during the COVID19 pandemic stay at home order. Guests are always welcome. Location: Zoom, also live streamed to the…
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On Monday, May 18th , the Rotary Club of Florence be updated on the COVID19 Pandemic and Kentucky Legislative issues by Chair of Health and Family Services State Representative Kim Moser. Guests are always welcome. Location: Zoom, also live streamed to the club’s Facebook page. When: Monday, May 11th 11:45 am – Brown Bag Buffet Snaking Starts ($0) 12:00 pm…
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On Monday, May 11th , the Rotary Club of Florence will have the pleasure of hearing from Bridget Striker, Local History Coordinator of the Boone County Public Library. Ms. Striker will be talking about the library’s initiative: African Americans of Boone County: Restoring History. The purpose of the African Americans of Boone County initiative is to give African Americans…
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Good morning! We just wanted to share a couple of helpful Zoom tutorial videos which will help you with today’s meeting: Joining a meeting – https://youtu.be/hIkCmbvAHQQ Joining & Configuring Audio & Video – https://youtu.be/-s76QHshQnY I have found recently with an update from Zoom that there is a glitch with the audio when an individual joins. It may show in the lower left…
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Rotary Club of Florence will halt all meetings in public due to the mandates and requests that are happening all around the state with the COVID-19 virus. public health departments in KY and OH strongly discourages gatherings over 100 folks. Our club skews to a older demographic and the COVID-19 virus is more susceptible to these folks. I have not…
Read MoreOn Monday, March 9th , the Rotary Club of Florence will have the pleasure of hearing about the role which Media Plays Today with former news anchor and now spokesperson for Heritage Bank, Rob Braun. Cincinnati TV personality Rob Braun announced a new role at Heritage Bank after over 30 years as an anchor on Channel 12. He has just now started…
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On Monday, March 2nd , the Rotary Club of Florence will be learning about the Boone County Conversation District with Susan Brown. Susan Brown was born and raised in Northern Kentucky. She received a B.S. in Environmental Science from Morehead State University and a MEd. in Environmental Education from Western Washington University. She has over a decade of experience creating…
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On Monday, February 24th , the Rotary Club of Florence will have the pleasure of hearing from Mirsada Kadiric, author of “I Am a Refugee: Finding Home Again in America.” Mirsada was born in Bosnia and immigrated to the United States as a war refugee in the summer of ’98 when she was sixteen years old. Not speaking the English…
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On Monday, February 10th , the Rotary Club of Florence will take a walk back into history as we learn about the William Howard Taft Presidential Library. William Howard Taft National Historic Site preserves the birthplace and boyhood home of William Howard Taft, the nation’s 27th President and 10th Chief Justice. The site was established in 1969 to give visitors an understanding…
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