Double sapphire fellowship

Roswell Rotarian Frank Sturges received the double Paul Harris fellowship with sapphire from Carolyn Mitchell. With Frank (center) are club President Marcos Nava and Carolyn.

Students of the Month

Marcos Nava, Roswell Rotary Club president, on Thursday honored the club’s Students of the Month — Saleen Montoya of Goddard High School and Cadet Luciana Estrella Inda of New Mexico Military Institute.

 

Air traffic chief to speak

Matthew Chappell, air traffic manager at the Roswell International Air Center, will speak at this week’s Roswell Rotary Club meeting.

Chappell previously served 9.5 years in the Navy and 3 years at the Department of Defense. 

Grizzle to speak to Rotarians

Rotarian Jerry Grizzle, president/superintendent of New Mexico Military Institute since 2009, will address the Roswell Rotary Club on Thursday.

Grizzle, a retired Army major general, has a wealth of military, government, and business experience.

Before arriving at NMMI, he was president/CEO of Orbit Finer Foods, Skolniks, CD Warehouse, and AMS Health Sciences. Prior to his tenure with CD Warehouse, he was vice president/treasurer of Sonic Industries.

Grizzle has command experience with the Oklahoma Army National Guard, as well as the U.S. Army.

Immediately after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Grizzle entered active federal service and took command of the Department of Defense Joint Task Force — Civil Support, the only unit in the Department of Defense responsible for the planning and execution a response to any weapons of mass destruction attack within the United States. 

Maples to speak this week

Rotarian Pancho Maples will be the guest speaker at this week’s Roswell Rotary Club meeting on Thursday (Aug. 31). 

Club completes another ramp

Sterling and Anna Farmer join Steve Smith, Roswell Rotary Club Ramp Project chair, after club volunteers built a ramp for the couple’s mobile home on Brasher Road this past Saturday, Aug. 26.

Behavioral health subject of talk

Kimberly Rutley, prevention coordinator at La Casa Community Behavioral Health, will speak at this week’s Roswell Rotary Club meeting.

Kimberly has a Bachelor of Community Health from New Mexico State University.

She has 23 years of experience in public health policy, media relations, prevention curriculum facilitation, and coalition-building, including 11 years overseeing programs at the state level.