Adjutant general to speak

Maj. Gen. Miguel Aguilar, New Mexico adjutant general, will speak at the Jan. 16 Roswell Rotary Club meeting.

Aguilar is a native of Dexter and received his commission from New Mexico Military Institute.

Mayor to address Rotary

Jennings

Roswell Mayor Tim Jennings will speak on the State of the City at the Jan. 9 Rotary Club meeting.

Jennings has been mayor since March 2022.

He was born and raised in Roswell and graduated from New Mexico Military Institute. He then earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Creighton University in Nebraska and took courses in agriculture at New Mexico State University.

Lawmaker to address club

Jared Hembree

State Rep. Jared Hembree will address the Rotary Club on Jan. 2 about what to expect during the 2025 session after the state Legislature convenes Jan. 21 in Santa Fe.

Hembree serves on the House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee; the House Judiciary Committee; and the House Rules and Order of Business Committee.

He is a partner in the Hinkle Law Firm of Roswell.

Rotary Christmas Party

Rotarian Ryan Vance

Rotarian Wayne Glass

Rotarian Wayne Glass imitates the Golf Ball Man at the Roswell Rotary Club Christmas Party on Dec. 19.

Wayne was wearing the golf ball mask he drew during the white elephant gift exchange that highlighted the party at the Roswell Country Club.

Also shown with a white elephant gift is Ryan Vance, who received an actual knitted white elephant named ROTO (Terry).

Cheney receives pin again

J.P. Cheney, newly elected to the Roswell Rotary Club board of directors, receives a Paul Harris Fellow pin again from Rotarian Carolyn Mitchell at the club’s Dec. 19 meeting.

Rotarians lay veterans wreaths

Group that laid Wreaths during Dec. 14 ceremony

Roswell Rotary Club members, spouses, and friends laid wreaths on the graves of military veterans on Dec. 14 during the nationwide Wreaths Across America ceremony.

Maurice Geldert headed the ceremony for the club.

The wreaths were laid after an American Legion color guard opened the wreath ceremony at 10 a.m. at the General Douglas L. McBride Roswell Veterans Cemetery.

Marlin and Kathleen Wells lay wreath

Steve Henderson carries two wreaths

Charles Currier during wreath-laying

Two elected to club board

J.P. Cheney and Oscar Armendariz were elected to the Roswell Rotary Club Board of Directors at the annual business meeting on Dec. 12.

J.P. joins the board immediately, and Oscar will join on July 1.