Gathering of women presidents

Five former Roswell Rotary Club presidents join Rochelle Lentschke, Ruidoso Rotary Club president, on June 20.

The women presidents are (from lower left, clockwise) Bianca Cheney, Carolyn Mitchell, Cynthia “Cindy” Torrez, Lentschke, Betty Young, and Connie Harrell-Stone.

The former presidents noticed they sat together and asked J.P. Cheney to take this photo.

Lentschke also is president of the Ruidoso Chamber of Commerce and director of the Eastern New Mexico University-Ruidoso Foundation.

She was in Roswell after Ruidoso was evacuated because of the massive forest fires in the village and on the adjacent Mescalero Apache Reservation.

Bianca Cheney on program

Bianca Cheney, Rotary District 5520 assistant governor, will speak at the June 20 Roswell Rotary Club meeting.

Bianca, past Roswell Rotary president, will provide insights into district plans and operations for the upcoming year.

Rotary at Roswell Invaders

Declan Wright leaves the mound after throwing the first pitch

Rylan Vance

The annual Roswell Rotary at the Invaders baseball game drew some 25 club members on June 10.

Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts from Artesia presented the colors, Rotarians JP and Bianca Cheney’s grandson, Declan Wright, 7, threw the first pitch, and Rotarian Colt Gipson sang the national anthem.

Rotarian Ryan Vance’s son, Rylan Vance, 6, was a bat boy.

NMMI prep chief to speak

Dr. Nina Leacock, interim head of school at the New Mexico Military Institute Intermediate Preparatory Academy, will speak to the Roswell Rotary Club on June 13.

Students receive scholarships

The Roswell Rotary Club on June 6 acknowledged 16 students who received the club’s annual scholarships.

Shown at the meeting were (front row from left) Mercedes Torrez, Kylee Graham, Ava Flores, Dallye Burge, Elizabeth Berry, (back row from left) Noah Stinehart, Owen Gregory, Jacob Franco, Mya Albarez, and Lanie Apodaca.

Recipients not in the photo are Danique Blankvoort, Addycen Luck, Reese Melton, Mary Kathryn Olvera, C.J. Quintana, and Bennett Roehlk.

Rotary scholarships on program

Roswell Rotary Club scholarships will be presented to student recipients at the club’s June 6 meeting.

During the presentation, each recipient will be introduced to the club.

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Since the Roswell Rotary Club resumed regular meetings after the COVID-19 pandemic, the Roterrier newsletter has been published regularly.

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