Geldert asks help with project

Rotarian Maurice Geldert is seeking volunteers for the club’s Wreaths Across America project on Saturday, Dec. 16.

During the event, volunteers will lay wreaths at veterans’ graves in the General Douglas L. McBride Veterans Cemetery.

Honoring deceased veterans is part of the national Wreaths Across America campaign started in 1992.

Geldert, an Army helicopter pilot wounded in the Vietnam War, is spearheading the Roswell event.

The McBride Veterans Cemetery adjoins South Park Cemetery at 3101 S. Main St.

Maurice said he is seeking volunteers from the club to help open boxes of wreaths and prepare them. He would like for volunteers to meet with him at the cemetery at 9 a.m. on Dec. 16.

He also is asking for volunteers to help direct traffic at the cemetery, starting at 11 a.m.

If you would like to help, contact Maurice at:

(575) 317-4664

doctor.mwg@gmail.com

District governor plans visit

Richard and Susan Haas

District Gov. Richard Haas will speak at the Dec. 7 Roswell Rotary Club meeting, attend the club’s Board meeting, and then be hosted at a reception.

The club will meet at its regular time and place. However, Haas will meet with the Board at 4 p.m. at the Pasta Cafe, followed by a reception at 5 p.m.

The reception, also to be held at the Pasta Cafe, is open to all Roswell Rotarians. It will feature a complimentary finger food buffet and a no-host bar.

Richard joined the Las Cruces Rio Grande Rotary Club in 2010 after accepting an invitation from a close friend.

Raised in the Texas Hill Country, Richard graduated from Boerne High School and studied architecture at Texas A&M University, graduating in 1980.

He received his master’s degree in architecture from the University of Colorado in 1982.

Richard has practiced architecture in Denver, Austin, San Antonio, and Santa Fe, and for the past 28 years in Las Cruces. He also taught architecture to interior design students at Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University) for seven years.

He currently is president of Desert Peak Architects in Las Cruces.

In 2007, Richard received the New Mexico Architect’s Medal.

 

Richard was president of the American Institute of Architects New Mexico Chapter in 2001, 2006, and 2019.

He and his wife Susan have been married for 43 years.