Speaker returns for Part 2

Donald Shawler of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will give Part 2 of his talk on recent U.S. Supreme Court cases at the July 30 Roswell Rotary Club meeting. Shawler presented Part 1 at the club’s July 23 meeting.

Rotary scholarship recipients

Recipients of Roswell Rotary Club scholarships were guests at the July 23 Rotary meeting at The Liberty. Of the 29 recipients of scholarships awarded this year, 22 attended the meeting.

Club has double program

The July 23 Roswell Rotary Club meeting will feature two programs.

One will honor Rotary Scholarship participants.

The other will feature Donald Shawler with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, who will discuss the federal courts.

This will be a lead-in to Donald’s July 30 Rotary Club program.

Sturges honored with pin

Frank Sturges received the special Paul Harris Fellow lapel pin with three blue stones from fellow Rotarian Betty Young at the July 9 Rotary Club meeting.

City librarian to address Rotary

Enid Costley, director of the Roswell Public Library, will speak at the July 16 Rotary Club meeting.

Rotary Board sworn in

Members of the Roswell Rotary Club Board of Directors were sworn in to office for 2026-27 on July 2 during a dinner meeting at the Backdraft Barbeque at Third Street Station. Board members attending are (from left) Jack Swickard, Ryan Vance, Secretary Bianca Cheney, Kezia Pieratt, President Steve Smith, JP Cheney, Assistant District Gov. Melinda Branin, Karl Shelton, and Treasurer Juan Rodriguez.

All in the Family

When Steve Smith was sworn in as president of the Roswell Rotary Club on July 2, he took office one day after his daughter, Barbara Evans, was sworn in as president of the Pecos Valley Rotary Club of Roswell.