Statuary garden update on agenda

Rotarian Steve Smith will give a brief update on the “Lest We Forget Historical Statuary Garden” at the May 21 Rotary Club meeting.

Also on the meeting agenda will be honoring the Four-Way Test winners from New Mexico Military Institute.

Time set to sort bottle caps

I have scheduled a time for members to help sort and weigh bottle caps that are made into the benches we’ve purchased for the parks.

Saturday, May 16, 2026,  from 9 a.m. to noon

Hawk's Automotive, address is on S. Lincoln — ENTER FROM WALNUT, just east of the tracks, through the gate.

This project has been uploaded to the EPICDAYOFSERVICE website.

THANK YOU. I hope people can make it, even if for an hour, on such short notice.

Bianca Cheney

District Youth Exchange Team

Assistant Governor, East 

(575) 637-8811

Police chief to speak at Rotary

Police Chief Alberto Aldana will be the guest speaker at the May 14 Roswell Rotary Club meeting.

Aldana became Roswell police chief on March 1, succeeding Lance Bateman.

Kelly Pigott to speak at Rotary

Dr. Kelly Pigott, minister of First Presbyterian Church in Roswell, will speak at the May 7 Rotary Club meeting.

During the past 30 years, Pigott has served as pastor of various churches.

He formerly served as the Cook-Derrick Professor of Church History at Hardin-Simmons University, where, in addition to church history, he taught courses in Bible, ministry, and spiritual formation for undergraduate and seminary students.

He has published numerous popular and scholarly articles and has contributed to and written several books, including “From Eden to Heaven: Spiritual Formation for the Adventurous” (Smyth and Helwys).

He has two children in graduate school, Nathaniel and Eliana. His wife, Susan, is the rector at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Roswell.

Wealth managers to address club

John Farrell and Joel East with UBS Private Wealth Management in Fort Worth will speak at the April 30 Rotary Club meeting.

Farrell joined UBS in 2021 as a senior vice president, responsible for managing the financial affairs of high-net-worth families in Fort Worth, West Texas, and southeast New Mexico, most with a large concentration in oil and gas assets.

Before joining UBS, he spent 10 years at J.P.Morgan.

East joined UBS in 2021, after departing J.P.Morgan’s private bank as an executive director specializing in investments and portfolio management.

He spent nearly 15 years with J.P.Morgan, where he most recently worked in the Fort Worth Private Bank advising high-net-worth clients.

Club receives award

Rotary Club President Nicole Wieser receives a Rotary District 5520 award for Membership Growth from Bianca Cheney, assistant/area district governor. The award, in the large club category, was announced at the recent District Conference in Santa Fe.

Rotarians gather fugitive trash

The Roswell Rotary Club had a great morning on April 18, removing fugitive trash from our two-mile stretch along both sides of U.S. 285.

We collected 26 bags of trash, one tire tread, one tire, and an area rug (very heavy!).

The coffee, doughnuts, and colaches were all consumed!

Rotarians Marc Reischman, Bianca Cheney, JP Cheney, Kezia Pieratt, Jeremy Pieratt, Frank Sturges, Charles Currier, Dan Whitfield, Steve Smith, Nicole Wieser, and I participated in the cleanup. A big THANKS TO ALL!

— Gordon Patton

Roswell Rotary Club trash crew