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Fargo West Rotary • A Brief History

Important Dates

• July 29th, 1983: The Rotary District Governor made a decision to give the Fargo Rotary Club authority to start organizational work to form a new Rotary Club in Fargo, ND.
• November 22, 1983: The Fargo Rotary Club signed the application along with payment of $200 (application fee) paid to Rotary International. The president of Fargo Rotary signed the application.
• April 20, 1984: Organized with 21 charter members who met the constitutional requirements for membership in a Rotary Club.
• May 30th,1984: Fargo West Rotary received its charter. A list of Past Presidents is attached.
• 1987: Betty Opheim, first female member was admitted for membership, sponsored by John Stern.

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Exchange Students

• 1996: Sir Mangerod arrives from Norway, Emiloe Mariano from Argentina
• 1998: Matt Biewer goes to Mexico, Michi Marianos arrives from Argentina
• 2004: Laura Ramirez comes from Columbia and Marshall Monda goes to Venezuela
• 2005: Paulo Sampieri comes from Brazil and Maggie Rousseau goes to Finland
• 2006 & 2007: No Exchange
• 2008: Inbound not yet named but outbound Max Monda going to Italy

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Past Presidents

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1. Bill Kennelly 1984
2. John E. Stern 1984-1985
3. John Hrubesky 1985-1986
4. Joel Meade 1986-1987
5. Steve Plambeck 1987-1988
6. Bernie Ness 1988-1989
7. Paul hannaher 1989-1990
8. Jerry Hargis 1990-1991
9. Betty Opheim 1991-1992
10. Phil Klemett 1992-1993
11. David Timmons 1993-1994
12. Mark Shaul 1994-1995
13. Bruce Opheim 1995-1996
14. Paul Hannaher 1996-1997
15. John Bennett 1997-1998
16. Renay Rutter 1998-1999
17. Brad Dahl 1999-2000
18. Dan Durkin 2000-2001
19. Pat Devine 2001-2002
20. Cory Badinger 2002-2003
21. Kim Kemmer 2003-2004
22. Paul Nelson 2004-2005
23. Dan Thomas 2005-2006
24. Steve Shark 2006-2007
25. Jill Berg 2007-2008

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