Extension agent to address Rotary

Andrew “Drew” Garnett, Chaves County agricultural extension agent, will be speaker at this week’s Roswell Rotary Club meeting.

Drew was raised in Dexter, where he fell in love with entomology through Future Farmers of America.

He received his BS and MS degrees in Agricultural Biology, with an emphasis on Entomology, from New Mexico State University.

Drew moved to Florida, where he taught high school science but returned to his love of entomology by working for Walt Disney World Horticulture for the past five years.

He moved back to Chaves County in the winter of 2021 as the NMSU agricultural extension agent. 

Honoring Vietnam War veteran

Pecos Valley Quilters Dietta Hitchcock (bottom left) and Carolyn Mitchell show the patriotic-themed quilt presented to Marlin Wells, a Vietnam War combat veteran, at last week’s Roswell Rotary Club meeting. Dietta is the wife of Rotarian Jon Hitchcock; Carolyn and Marlin are Roswell Rotarians.