BEMIDJI — The Bemidji Area Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship of America chapter is set to meet at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1, in the Beltrami Electric Conference Room, 4111 Technology Drive NW.

A light breakfast will be served and all are welcome to attend.

The keynote speaker will be Sam Smith. Born and raised in Bagley, Smith graduated from Bagley High School in 1997.

Smith joined the U.S. Navy during his junior year in high school and after graduation, he was shipped out to boot camp in Great Lakes, Ill. After completing boot camp, he was sent to Basic Enlisted Submarine School in Groton, Conn.

After spending a year in training on the East Coast, he was stationed aboard the USS Louisville SSN-724 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 1998. The Louisville was a Fast Attack Nuclear Submarine

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