BORDERLAND Rotary welcomed a new member who has recently returned to the country after having spent the last two decades in the north-west of the USA.

Steve Jerman has recently come back to the area of his youth after living in Boise, Idaho.

Steve grew up in Weston Rhyn and his family ran the the petrol station on the cross-roads at Gledrid before the bypass was built in the ‘70s.

He attended Oswestry High School where he did an ‘A’ level in a very rare subject in those days - Computer Studies.

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Steve said: "I loved my time in Idaho but just felt it was time to return to my roots and, as I can happily work from home, it just seemed right.

"I have very happy memories of Oswestry, the surrounding countryside and the people and over the last year I have re-acquainted myself with all three.

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"As I met my wife through Rotary in Gloucester, many years ago, I decided to get back involved and I’ve been made most welcome at Borderland and I look forward to getting involved with all their activities

He went on to Liverpool University and then to jobs with Hewlett Packard and Cisco Systems which prompted the move across the ocean to the United States.