Student of the Month speaks

Joshua Theimer, Goddard High School Student of the Month, speaks to the Roswell Rotary Club on April 28.

Rotarians to discuss war crimes

Marlin Wells

Rotarians Marlin Wells and Jack Swickard will speak Thursday about war crimes from their viewpoint as military combat veterans.

Wells served in South Vietnam as an artillery forward observer and later as battalion/brigade artillery coordinator at Dau Tieng (Rocket Alley) and Cu Chi Base Camp.

During his combat tour, he earned 2 Bronze Star Medals and 2 Army Commendation Medals.

Swickard served as a pilot with the 118th Assault Helicopter Company, Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. During his 1-year tour, he flew 1,000 hours of combat assault, medical evacuation, and direct combat support missions in the UH-1D Huey helicopter.

Jack Swickard

His decorations include 2 Distinguished Flying Crosses and a Bronze Star Medal.

Superintendent addresses club

Brian Luck, superintendent of the Roswell Independent School District, speaks to the Roswell Rotary Club on April 21.

Superintendent to speak at meeting

The featured speaker at Thursday’s Rotary Club meeting will be Roswell Schools Superintendent Brian Luck.

Brian Luck

Luck, 49, was born in Portales and moved to Roswell in 1972 when his mother took a teaching position at Del Norte Elementary School. He attended Washington Avenue Elementary School, Del Norte Elementary School, Berrendo Middle School, and graduated from Goddard High School in 1990.

He then attended Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell for two years before transferring to South Plains Junior College. Luck then changed degree plans and finished up with a Bachelor’s in Science from Eastern New Mexico University in Portales in the fall of 1996.

He began his teaching career at Goddard High School in the spring of 1997, teaching general science, biology, honors biology, and honors integrated science.

Luck then pursued a degree in Education Administration. After graduating from Grand Canyon University in 2008, he was appointed assistant principal at Goddard High School.

In the fall of 2011, he served as interim principal of Berrendo Middle School and was appointed principal of Goddard High in the spring of 2012. He served as principal for 9 years until he was named superintendent of the Roswell Independent School District.

Luck and his wife Shelby have been married for almost 22 years. They are the parents of Addycen, a ninth-grader at Goddard High, and Ayden, who is in the sixth grade at Berrendo Middle School.

In his spare time, Luck officiates basketball games.

District conference attendees

Six Roswell Rotary Club members attended the Rotary District 5520 Annual Conference at Isleta Resort & Casino south of Albuquerque on April 7-9. They are (from left) Steve Smith; John Drusedum, district governor-elect; Carolyn Mitchell, Paul Moore; J.P. Cheney; and Bianca Cheney, club president-elect.

Carter discusses addiction treatment

Trent Carter, nurse practitioner and founder of Renew Health, addresses the Roswell Rotary Club at its April 14 meeting. Renew Health is a Roswell addiction treatment clinic.

Trent Carter to speak at meeting

Trent Carter, nurse practitioner and founder at Renew Health, will speak at Thursday’s Roswell Rotary Club meeting.

Carter, who originally is from Texas, moved to the Roswell area in 2021 with his wife, a native New Mexican who grew up in Roswell. This past December, Carter decided to open Renew Health, an addiction treatment clinic.

Trent Carter

“To help someone change their life for the better is a gratifying feeling,” he said. “It’s something I have not only chosen to do as a profession, but it is something I take very personally. Delivering the highest quality of care is a daily goal for me. We strive to impact everyone who comes through the doors at Renew Health in a lasting way.”

Carter attended Texas Tech University, where he earned his undergraduate degree, and the University of Cincinnati for graduate school, where he trained as a nurse practitioner.

“I was first exposed to addiction medicine while in school in 2020 and instantly felt the desire to focus on this patient population,” he said. “Fast forward to now, and Renew Health has been open for two months. We are currently serving a handful of patients struggling with addiction, and I am proud to say that they’re all on a constructive path to turning their lives around.

“My goal is to positively impact the patient, those around them, and the community.”

Bailey Coll addresses Rotary

Bailey Coll, art instructor and chair of the Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell Art Committee, speaks at Rotary this past Thursday on artwork she is curating for the campus.

Bailey Coll to discuss artwork

Bailey Coll, art instructor and chair of the Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell Art Committee, will present a Rotary program Thursday on artwork she is curating for the campus.

Reaching for the Stars

Some of the art she will discuss is a large mural renowned artist Peter Hurd donated to Walker Air Base in 1964. The painting has been restored and is in the ENMU-R Instructional Technology Center.

In addition, she will discuss paintings by Dorothy Peterson and a 44-piece collection by Peter Rogers.

Coll will provide an update on relocating the 35-foot-tall Reaching for the Stars sculpture by Doug Czor from New Mexico Military Institute to the ENMU-R campus.

Coll also will give details on an upcoming campus art gala, which will be held April 28, and an art camp for youth planned for this summer.

Rotary crew cleans highway

Roswell Rotary volunteers (from left) Steve Henderson, Sharon Drusedum, Gordon Patton, and Bianca Cheney prepare to clean the club's Adopt-A-Highway stretch along U.S. Hwy. 285 north of Roswell on March 26. 

Gordon Patton (left) visits with his crew, John Drusedum, and Bianca Cheney (right) after loading his truck with trash. Patton heads the Adopt-A-Highway effort for the Roswell Rotary Club.

Bond proposals subject of talk

Rotarian Jerry Grizzle, superintendent of New Mexico Military Institute, discusses the NMMI land grant status during a joint presentation with Shawn Powell, president of Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell, at the March 31 Rotary Club meeting. Grizzle and Powell also spoke about the state Severance Tax Bond Capital Outlay and the General Obligation Bond proposals, which would impact NMMI and ENMU-R.