Cole reports on flooding

City Manager Chad Cole describes community flood recovery during the Oct. 24 Roswell Rotary Club meeting.

Holiday fundraising on agenda

Captains Noel and Michael Evans will speak to the Rotary Club on Oct. 31 about the Salvation Army’s holiday fundraising efforts in Chaves County.

Flood, ag to be discussed

City Manager Chad Cole and ENMU-Roswell faculty member Andrea Stapp will speak at the Oct. 24 Rotary Club meeting.

• Cole will discuss flood recovery efforts
• Stapp will discuss the school’s agricultural programs

Loya named Student of Month

Bruce Loya was recognized as the Roswell Rotary Club’s Student of the Month on Oct. 17 by club President Chris Lauderman.

Rotary Mile cleanup successful

“We had a successful morning on our Roswell Rotary Mile,” said Gordon Patton, Rotary Club highway cleanup chair. “There were seven of us on this expedition, and we gathered 21 bags of trash.”

The cleanup was conducted on Oct. 12 along North U.S. 285 at Mile Marker 116.3.

Joining Gordon on the cleanup were fellow Rotarians Pancho Maples, Frank Sturges, Carolyn Mitchell, Bianca Cheney, Jon Hitchcock, and Ryan Vance.

Medical program director to speak

Cassandra Solis, director of the ENMU-Roswell Medical Assisting Program, will speak at the Oct. 17 Roswell Rotary Club meeting.

Farrer promotes concert

John Farrer, Roswell Symphony Orchestra conductor, speaks to Rotary Club members on Oct. 10 about the upcoming symphony concert at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 12, in Pearson Auditorium.

Wreaths Across America

Maurice Geldert addresses club on Oct. 10

Rotarian Maurice Geldert made a pitch for donations to the Roswell Rotary Club’s Wreaths Across America Project.

The project involves laying wreaths at the graves of U.S. military veterans at the Gen. Douglas L. McBride Roswell Veterans Cemetery in December.

Checks can be made to “Wreaths Across America” and brought to the Rotary Club meeting.

Highway cleanup this weekend

REMINDER: The Roswell Rotary Club has scheduled cleaning up its Rotary Mile along North U.S. 285 starting at 8 a.m. this Saturday, Oct. 12.

Club volunteers will meet just before 8 a.m. for coffee and snacks at Mile Marker 116.3, about one mile north of the overpass on U.S. 285.

Munoz to discuss engagement

Veronica Munoz, assistant vice president at ENMU-Roswell, will speak at the Oct. 10 Rotary Club meeting about student engagement efforts on the campus.

New Paul Harris Fellow

Oscar Armendariz receives the Paul Harris Fellowship lapel pin from his wife Crystal at the Oct. 3 Roswell Rotary Club meeting. Oscar is branch manager and assistant vice president at WaFd Bank and serves on the ENMU-Roswell Foundation board.

Club receives Rotary banner

Yasser Murga, Rotary District 5520 governor, presents the 2024 Rotary International club banner to Roswell Rotary President Chris Lauderman at the club’s Oct. 3 meeting.

Scouting Rotarian award

Chris Lauderman holds award presented by Yasser Murga

Roswell Rotary President Chris Lauderman received the prestigious Cliff Dochterman Award during the Oct. 3 club meeting.

Yasser Murga, Rotary District 5520 governor, made the presentation.

“The International Fellowship of Scouting Rotarians awards this recognition to exemplary Rotarians and Scouters,” said fellow Roswell Rotarian Karl Shelton, Conquistador Council Scout executive and CEO, who narrated the award presentation.

Karl said the award has been presented internationally to slightly more than 1,000 people since its inception in 2005.

Rotary clubs and local Scout councils nominate recipients.

Chris has served in Scouting since his youth when he earned Eagle Scout rank.

He joined the Conquistador Council board of directors in 2019 and served as council vice president of administration. He became council board president in 2022.

During his tenure as president, Scouting membership has grown to its highest level since the Covid pandemic.

The award is named after Cliff Dochterman of Moraga, Calif., a leader in Scouting and president of Rotary International.

Club to host district governor

The Roswell Rotary Club will host a joint reception for visiting District Gov. Yasser Murga with the Pecos Valley Rotary Club from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Pasta Cafe.  

Roswell Rotary will meet at its normal time Thursday at the Country Club.

During the meeting, the district governor will speak and auction off a gift basket from another club. Additionally, Rotarian Bianca Cheney will discuss the club’s ramp-building projects. Ramp chair Steve Smith will be out of town.

Bianca has asked members to bring canned foods and toiletries to the meeting for donation to Harvest Ministries.