BEMIDJI 鈥� The Bemidji Area Full Gospel Businessmen's Fellowship will meet at 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 3, in the community room at First Baptist Church, 1555 Paul Bunyan Drive NW.
Attendees should park in the back of the church and use the rear entrance.
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A light breakfast will be served and all are welcome to attend.
This month鈥檚 speaker will be Beltrami County Sheriff Jason Riggs. His testimony will focus on how he has been a servant leader, devoting his life to public safety in the communities in which he has lived and worked, a release said.
Riggs was born in Bemidji but grew up and graduated from high school in Deer River. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1990 and served until 1995. He then enlisted in the Minnesota Army National Guard from 1996 to 2001.
He is a graduate of Hibbing and Range Technical College for law enforcement and started his law enforcement career in 2000. He moved back to the Bemidji area in 2002, serving as the police chief for the City of Blackduck from 2002 to 2004. He has worked for the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office since 2004.
Riggs has been married to his wife Kate for 27 years and they have six children ranging in age from 8 to 25. In his free time, he enjoys hockey, archery, hiking, camping, hunting and fishing.
