The Roswell Rotary Club sponsored a "Pints for Polio" fund-raiser at Pecos Flavors Winery on Oct. 26. Eradicating polio from the world is Rotary International's primary goal.

Destined for benches

Rotarian Steve Smith holds bottle caps collected by Roswell Rotary
Club members to convert into benches throughout the city.

November, December meeting locations

 The Roswell Rotary Club will meet at the Roswell Country Club, 2601 Urton Road, on Nov. 4, 11, and 18.

There will be no club meeting on Nov. 25, which is Thanksgiving Day.

On Dec. 2, 9, and 16, the club will meet at The Liberty, 312 N. Virginia Ave. The club will not meet on Dec. 23 and 30 because of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.

Meetings begin at 12:15 p.m.

November Rotary programs

Nov. 4 

Local and state updates on COVID-19 by Warren Yehl, CEO of Eastern New Mexico Medical Center, and Buddy Daniels, CEO of Lovelace Regional Hospital.

The program will be followed by a survey of Rotary members on the impact of COVID-19 on themselves, family and friends.

 

Nov. 11

Carrie-Leigh Cloutier, CEO of Chaves County CASA, will give an update on the program.

Nov. 18

Leland Gould, president and CEO of the New Mexico Oil and Gas  Association will speak about the energy industry in the state and nation.

Nov. 25

Thanksgiving Day (No Rotary Club meeting)

Nava new Harris Fellow

Rotarian Marcos Nava was honored at Thursday’s club meeting as a Paul Harris Fellow.

Nava, executive director of the Roswell Hispano Chamber of Commerce, was joined at the ceremony by two Hispano Chamber Board members, Veronica Arias and Alice Palma.

In addition to directing the Hispano Chamber, Nava headed the Roswell-Chaves County effort to assist with the recent U.S. Census.

Before being named executive director of the Hispano Chamber, Nava retired as a longtime regional and national officer of Boy Scouts of America. At one point in his career, Nava commuted regularly between his office at Boy Scout Headquarters in Dallas and his home in Roswell.

A special guest attending Thursday’s Rotary meeting was Larry Connolly of Roswell who worked closely with Nava on the Census.