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.

Historical society on program

Amy McVay Tellez, executive director of the Historical Society of Southeastern New Mexico, will speak at the Feb. 1 Roswell Rotary Club meeting.

UFO experts at Rotary meeting

Dennis Balthaser, UFO expert and lecturer, meets with Cat Martinez (left) and Karen Jaramillo after he spoke to the Roswell Rotary Club on Jan. 25. Martinez is assistant executive director of the International UFO Museum & Research Center. Jaramillo is executive director.

Honoring student of month

Lexi Pinon, Roswell Rotary Club student of the month, receives a certificate from club president Marcos Nava on Jan. 25.

UFO expert to address club

Balthaser

UFO researcher and expert Dennis Balthaser will speak at the Jan. 25 Roswell Rotary Club meeting.

Balthaser worked 33 years in civil engineering with the Texas Highway Department until he moved to Roswell.

He has been researching UFOs for more than 30 years, primarily about the 1947 Roswell Incident. His work also includes extensive research about Underground Bases, Area 51, and the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.

He operated Roswell UFO Tours until the Covid-19 pandemic forced him to retire.

Today he remains active with the International UFO Museum & Research Center, giving mini-lectures and interviews to visitors.

Wilson discusses health care

Rachel Wilson, an ear, nose, and throat specialist at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center, speaks to the Roswell Rotary Club on Jan. 11.

Extension agent to address Rotary

Agricultural extension agent Drew Garnett will speak at the Jan. 18 Roswell Rotary Club meeting.

Garnett was raised in Dexter, where he fell in love with entomology through FFA. He attended New Mexico State University, where he earned his B.S. and M.S. in Agricultural Biology with an emphasis on Entomology.

He moved to Florida, where he taught high school science but returned to his love of entomology by working for Walt Disney World Pest Management for five years.

Drew moved back to his beloved Chaves County in the winter of 2021 as the NMSU agricultural extension agent.