In just 30 weeks, the Faribault Rotary Club will celebrate its 100-year anniversary on May 1, 2020. This week’s historical highlight is from 1988.
Club dues were set at $90 for the year.
On Feb. 10, 1988 Janine Sahagian (Sa hay gee an) was the first women inducted into membership in our club.
The club and spouses enjoyed a leisurely summer evening with a dinner cruise on the Jonathan Paddleford on the Mississippi River.
A program was presented on the future of Ethanol.
The club toured the Faribault Woolen Mills and its new retail store.
The Annual Student Honors Banquet was held at BA.
The club toured MRG Tool & Die.
The club toured Faribault Foods.
There was a program on the progress of the new Viratech construction project.
Dave Beranek gave the annual financial report of Faribault Youth Services Inc.
Our club’s 68th president in 1987-88 was Dave Peterson.
A note from the Feb. 24, 1988 Faribaultarian:
“Roger Koopmans, accompanied by Donn Johnson, led the singing last week. Donn played well, but Roger’s tie would never be found in Gentleman’s Quarterly. Roger says it was a gift from Steve Springmeyer! Wherever it came from….. I am sure there are no others in captivity.”