ROTARIAN BECOMES ‘KENTUCKY COLONEL’

Keith Douglass, past president of the Rotary Club of Marathon and past Rotary assistant governor, became the 11th Kentucky Colonel in Monroe and Miami-Dade counties. Rotary International and the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels have much in common. The “toast” to new colonels reflects what the order, started in 1813 by a colonel in the Kentucky Regiment, stands for. Worldwide, it has thousands of members, who must have distinguished themselves in local, state, national and foreign activities. Membership is granted by the governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Andy Beshear. Presenting the award are, from left, Colonel Jeffrey Berger; Colonel Roberto Munoz, scout executive/CEO of the South Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America; Colonel Keith Douglass, commander of the South Florida Chapter of the Kentucky Colonels and president of the South Florida Council Boy Scouts of America; and Colonel Roy Gonas, past district governor of Rotary District 6990. CONTRIBUTED