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

Financial advisors to speak

Two Albuquerque financial advisors will speak to the Roswell Rotary Club on April 23.

The meeting will be at the Backdraft Barbeque@Third Street Station, 301 N. Railroad Ave.

Speaking at the meeting will be Thomas Parr and Benjamin Alaimo-Monson of Morgan Stanley in Albuquerque.

Parr is the managing director of the Horizon Wealth Management Group at the Morgan Stanley office.

He focuses on advising business owners and their families about the intersection of their personal and professional wealth, including the transfer of ownership to the next generation and the pre-, during, and post-sale stages of an exit.

Alaimo-Monson focuses on working with individuals and families to serve their wealth management needs.

Parr earned a B.S. in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Alaimo-Monson earned a B.A. in financial management from the Anderson School of Management at the University of New Mexico.

Cheney to discuss conference

Rotarian Bianca Cheney will discuss the recent District 5520 Annual Conference during the April 16 Roswell Rotary Club meeting.

The conference was held earlier this month in Santa Fe.

Young to address canine question

Rotarian Betty Young will speak to the Roswell Rotary Club on April 9 about: “How do you know if the service dog is for real?” Betty is shown speaking at an earlier club meeting.

Highway cleanup on April 18

The Roswell Rotary Club will conduct its highway cleanup project on Saturday, April 18.

Members 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, said Gordon Patton, Rotary Highway Cleanup chair. 

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

National birthday chair to speak

City Councilor Juliana Schaffer Halvorson will speak to the Roswell Rotary Club on April 2 about how the community will be celebrating the nation’s 250th birthday.

Juliana is chair of the Roswell 250 Committee, overseeing this year’s national birthday celebration in the community.