Martin honored as Harris Fellow

Martin Padillo, the club’s Rotary Exchange student from Spain for the past year, was awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship by Betty Young on behalf of the Roswell Rotary Club. In addition, Martin was given a handmade quilt signed by club members and a U.S. jersey from the current FIFA World Cup championship. The presentations were made on June 11.

Air Races CEO to speak

Fred Telling, chairman and CEO of the National Championship Air Races, will speak at the June 18 Rotary Club meeting.

He has been the CEO of the Reno Air Racing Association (RARA) since February 2018 and has served on the board since October 2017.

The National Championship Air Races in Roswell are produced each September by RARA, a 501(c)(3) corporation. This year’s races will run Sept. 16-20.

Fred has also been the president of the T-6 Racing Association since 2007.

He is type-rated in Citation jets and the DC-3, fixed-wing (Commercial) and rotorcraft (Private) rated, and has a collection of North American Aviation aircraft — “Lady B,” a P-51D, “Almost Perfect,” a stock T-6G, and “Baby Boomer,” a T-6 racer.