Police chief to address club

Roswell Police Chief Lance Bateman will speak to the club on March 28.

Bateman has been police chief since last summer after retiring from the State Police.

Rotarians collect 44 trash bags

Rotarian trash cleanup crew

A team of Roswell Rotary Club members picked up 44 bags of trash on Saturday, March 23.

Gordon Patton, the club’s trash pickup committee chairman, said this is a record number of bags the club has collected on U.S. Hwy. 285 between Mile Markers 116-117.

Besides Patton, the participants were Marc Reischman, Steve Henderson, Ryan Vance, J.P. Cheney, Dan Whitfield, Steve Smith, Juan Rodriguez, Frank Sturges, and club President Marcos Nava, who also provided burritos and doughnuts.

Welcome to the club!

Marcos Nava, Roswell Rotary Club president, officially welcomes (from left) Juan Rodriguez, Ryan Vance, and Robert Norris into the club with a Certificate of Membership on March 21.

Jim Gill services Friday

Funeral services for Rotarian Jim Gill are scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday (March 22) at Grace Community Church, 935 W. Mescalero Road.

Director to discuss UFO Museum

Karen Jaramillo, executive director of the International UFO Museum and Research Center, will speak at the March 21 Rotary Club meeting.

The UFO Museum annually draws more than 240,000 visitors to Roswell and Chaves County. This makes it the largest-drawing museum in New Mexico.

The Museum is also home to the world's second-largest library of UFO material, surpassed only by the Vatican Library.

Chris receives ‘magic’ banner

Chris Lauderman, Roswell Rotary Club president-elect, receives a “Magic of Rotary” banner from District Gov.-elect Yasser Murga at the PETS training session in Las Cruces.

The Rotary International theme for 2024-25 is “The Magic of Rotary,” so each club president-elect received a magician’s hat along with a banner.

PETS training was conducted March 8 and 9 in Las Cruces.

Murga is a member of the El Paso Rotary Club.

Scholarship applications posted

The Roswell Rotary Club is accepting scholarship applications from high school seniors and current college students from Chaves County.

Chris Lauderman, club president-elect and scholarship chair, said applications are due by April 1.

Completed applications should be sent by email to: roswell.rotary.scholarship@gmail.com

Mayor Jennings to speak

Mayor Tim Jennings will speak at the March 14 Roswell Rotary Club meeting.

Jennings served as a Chaves County commissioner before becoming a state senator for 34 years, including time as the Senate Pro Tem.

He was born and raised in Roswell and graduated from New Mexico Military Institute. He then earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Creighton University in Nebraska and took courses in agriculture at New Mexico State University.

As a rancher in southeastern New Mexico, he has raised sheep and cattle.

Club honors student of month

Katlyn Miller is honored as the Roswell Rotary Club’s student of the month during the March 7 club meeting. Marcos Nava, club president, presented her with a Rotary certificate.

City engineer on Rotary program

City Engineer Louis Najar will speak at the March 7 Roswell Rotary Club meeting.