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Terry and Marion Forcht Receive 2024 Award of Excellence from East Kentucky Leadership Foundation

Terry and Marion Forcht have been named the 2024 winners of the Award of Excellence for Private Individuals by the East Kentucky Leadership Foundation.  The Forchts were presented the award during a dinner and ceremony at the 36th Annual East Kentucky Leadership Conference, which...

Terry Forcht celebrates 85th birthday with special honor at Wild Health Field in Lexington

There was a lot to celebrate in Lexington on Friday, April 28. Not only was it opening night for the Lexington Counter Clocks, formerly known as the Lexington Legends, but it was also Mr. Terry Forcht’s 85th birthday. Employees, family and friends celebrated along with him at...
Posted On 11 May 2023

Forcht offers insight at 13th Annual Business Forum for Young Professionals

When Dr. Terry Forcht first came to what was then Cumberland College in 1964, he had a wife, four children, a beagle and they all arrived in town in a Volkswagen bug. There wasn’t much need for seatbelts. Everyone was packed in their pretty tight, Forcht recalled. Today, the...
Posted On 09 Apr 2022

Enjoying an 83rd birthday celebration…

Forcht Group employees and friends helped Terry Forcht celebrate his 83rd birthday on April 28th at Copper Roux in Lexington. Photo above, arriving at the event, left to right, Roger Alsip, David Witt, Latoshia Davis, Marion and Terry Forcht, Dennis Cupp, Brittani Norman, Brenda...
Posted On 06 May 2021

Mike Sharpe receives Visionary Award

Mike Sharpe was honored at the 10th Annual Daniel Boone Visionary Award Dinner, on April 15, as the 2021 Visionary Award Recipient. The event was a fundraiser to support the Mountain Laurel District Boy Scouts. London troop 572 Scouts were in attendance for the event. They...

The impact of three men, Al Smith, O. Leonard Press & Terry Forcht

I wish all of you could have known Al Smith. I first knew about him from watching the program he started on Kentucky Educational Television, “Comment on Kentucky,” but I had never met him. My first contact with him came via telephone call. A lady on the phone asked if I would...
Posted On 28 Mar 2021

Forcht Bank honors long-time employees

 Forcht Bank Chairman Terry Forcht presents a “15 Years of Service” award to Haley Gabbard, of Williamsburg. Forcht presents another “15 Years of Service” award to Dena Sutton, of Williamsburg. Forcht Bank was recently named to the 17th Annual Best Places to Work in Kentucky...
Posted On 12 Mar 2021
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COVID-19 vaccinations ramping up

Terry and Marion Forcht of Corbin arrive at  Williamsburg Health & Rehabilitation Center on Jan. 21 to receive their COVID-19 Pfizer vaccines from CVS Pharmacy representatives. Mr. and Mrs. Forcht reported no adverse effects from the vaccines and encourage everyone to take...
Posted On 29 Jan 2021
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Reeling them in…

    Terry Forcht of Corbin and grandson Craig Shockley of Lexington spent a few days before Christmas on a fishing trip around Marco Island, Florida. Third generation fishing guide Dylan Naftal of Marco Island Backwater Fishing led the group to his favorite spots. Terry...
Posted On 30 Dec 2020
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Senate President Robert Stivers Presented with Kentucky Chamber MVP Award

Last Friday, Senate President Robert Stivers was presented the Chamber MVP Award by Kentucky Chamber Director of Political Affairs Travis Burton and Forcht Group Chairman and CEO Terry Forcht. President Stivers was among a select group of legislators who “went to bat” for...
Posted On 22 Oct 2020
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