UFO Festival subject of talk

Tommi Jo “TJ” Conyers, city special events coordinator, will discuss the upcoming UFO Festival at the June 22 Rotary Club meeting.

The festival will run from June 30-July 2 this year.

TJ has worked in the city Public Affairs Department for a year and a half.

She was born and raised in Roswell, and is a 2006 graduate of Roswell High School.

“I love our beautiful city. From agriculture to the aliens, it’s all home,” TJ said. “When not at work, I enjoy spending time in the outdoors with my four kids and husband.”

Club builds handicap ramp

Volunteers worked Saturday (June 17) to assemble the Roswell Rotary Club’s third ramp under the New Mexico Ramp Project umbrella. The ramp was built to help a handicapped woman who lives in the 400 block of East 23rd Street. In top photo, Rotarian Jon Hitchcock screws a crossbeam, while in middle photo, Rotarian J.P. Cheney looks over his work.

New police chief addresses club

Police Chief Lance Bateman speaks to the Roswell Rotary Club at its June 15 meeting. Bateman, a longtime State Police officer, recently was appointed Roswell police chief.

Club seeks ramp volunteers

Leverda Otterbach home

Steve Smith, Roswell Rotary Club handicapped ramp coordinator, is seeking volunteers to build the club’s third ramp under the New Mexico Ramp Project umbrella.

Volunteers should meet at the home of Leverda Otterbach, 410 E. 23rd Street, Space 44, at 8 a.m. Saturday, June 17.

“I think we will be done before noon. We have some volunteers, but we can use more,” Steve said. “Mrs. Otterbach has been homebound for the past four months. This ramp will be a real blessing for her.”

New police chief to speak

Lance Bateman, Roswell’s new police chief, will speak at the June 15 Rotary Club meeting.

Bateman, retired State Police District 3 commander in Roswell, was born and raised in Roswell, where he graduated from Goddard High School.

Rotary night with the Invaders

Rotarians and friends at the Roswell Invaders baseball game

It was Roswell Rotary night at the Roswell Invaders baseball game June 6 at Joe Bauman Field.

Rotary club representative Hayden Wigley threw the first pitch and Rotary board member Elizabeth Prichard sang the national anthem.

Representing the club were 26 adults and several children.

The Invaders won 22-2 when the game ended after the fifth inning.

Club scholarship recipients

Roswell Rotary Club scholarship recipients who attended the June 1 club meeting are (front row, from left) Ava Jamison, Lanie Apodaca, Hayley Hampton, Kelsey Morley, and Lana Morley. Shown in the back row, from left are scholarship chair Chris Lauderman, and recipients Hayden Wigley, Reese Melton, Aurora Burnett, and Hailee Lance. Recipients not pictured: Danique Blankvoort, Ava Duer, Nicholas Fox, Ngoc Minh Pham, Ngoc Hong Pham, C.J. Quintana, and Emily Spaniel.