Exchange students visit Roswell

Visiting Rotary Exchange students Emily Klein (left) and Bela Santos hug at the Feb. 22 Roswell Rotary Club meeting. Emily is from Germany, staying with families in Carlsbad. Bela, from Brazil, is being hosted by Artesia families.

RMAC director to speak

Caroline Brooks, executive director of the Roswell Museum and Art Center, will speak at the Feb. 29 Roswell Rotary Club meeting.

Brooks is expected to discuss the many changes occurring at the museum.

She has been executive director of the museum and art center for the past seven years.

Brooks holds a master’s degree in infrastructure planning and management from the University of Washington, a master’s in curatorial studies from Bard College, and a bachelor’s degree in studio art from Western Washington University. 

Baker to speak at Rotary

Dusty Baker, welding instructor at Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell, will speak at the Feb. 22 Roswell Rotary Club meeting.

The meeting will begin at noon at the Roswell Country Club.

Club to meet at Texas Roadhouse

The Roswell Rotary Club will meet next Thursday — Feb. 15 — at the Texas Roadhouse, 3611 N. Main St.

The meeting will begin at 11:30 a.m., said Marcos Nava, club president.

Presidential flashy socks

Club President Marcos Nava shows off flashy socks to honor his friend Larry Connolly, who died on Feb. 2.

Connolly assisted Marcos, as his righthand man, during the 2020 U.S. Census in Roswell.

Marcos recalled at the Feb. 8 Rotary Club meeting how Connolly, as a stylish dresser, was noted for wearing bright socks.

Marcos also announced he would buy lattes for all Rotary Club members who come to Starbucks on North Main Street at 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 10.

The socks Marcos wore — closeup at right — show the Beatles, the British rock group that took the world by storm during the 1960s.

Rotary Student of the Month

President Marcos Nava welcomes Roswell Rotary Club’s Student of the Month, Dylan Kermode, to the Feb. 8 club meeting.

Tobosa CEO to speak

Curt Harrison, chief executive officer of Tobosa Developmental Services, will speak at the Feb. 8 Roswell Rotary Club meeting.

Tobosa, now in its 40th year, is southeastern New Mexico’s premier service to adults and children living with developmental delays and disabilities.