Curious program at Rotary

Elaine Howe and Nancy Fleming of the Miniatures & Curious Collections Museum will speak at the Oct. 8 Rotary Club meeting.

The museum, at 320 N. Richardson Ave., is dedicated to preserving the heritage of Roswell’s Los Pocos Locos Miniature Society.

Artist Elaine Howe is the retired founder and former director of the Creative Learning Center — the Roswell Independent School District’s Art in the Schools Program.

Nancy Fleming, artist and art educator, is former director of the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art.

Crew cleans up on highway

Highway cleanup crew

The Roswell Rotary Club had a very successful highway cleanup day on Oct. 3, picking up trash along U.S. 285 from MM116 to MM117.

The weather was perfect, as were the coffee, doughnuts, and kolaches! Six Rotarians participated in the program: Shawn Powell, JP Cheney, Bianca Cheney, Matt Joy, Steve Smith, and Gordon Patton.

Thanks to everyone for a job well done.

—Gordon Patton

Club to meet at St. Mark's

Roswell Rotary Club will begin meeting each Thursday at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 2911 N. Main St., starting Oct. 1.

Parking is available on the north side of the church.

Texas Roadhouse will cater lunch.

Oct. 3 date for cleanup

The Roswell Rotary Club will conduct its highway cleanup project on Saturday, Oct. 3.

Participants will meet at Mile Marker 116.3, about 1 mile north of the overpass over U.S. 285 at 8 a.m.

Coffee and doughnuts — as well as gloves, trash bags and safety vests — will be provided.  

“It takes an ideal group of 12 people about an hour and a half to clean our mile on both sides of the highway,” said Gordon Patton, the club’s highway cleanup chair. “Your participation is encouraged to keep our mile from being trashy!”

Student speaks at Rotary

Kailah Velez, Roswell Rotary’s Student of the Month, speaks to club members at its Sept. 17 meeting at Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell. She is a student at Roswell High School.

Appeals judge addresses club

Judge Kristopher Houghton of the State Court of Appeals speaks at the Sept. 17 Rotary Club meeting held at Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell. He discussed the U.S. and state Constitutions.

State bond issue to be discussed

Col. David West, New Mexico Military Institute chief of staff, and Shawn Powell, ENMU-Roswell president, will give a joint program at the Sept. 24 Rotary Club meeting.

West and Powell will discuss their respective campus projects in the upcoming state General Obligation Bond question for higher education capital projects.