One of the challenges of researching my great-grandfather's life is that he was in the newspaper all the time. It would likely take me years to track down every scrap of coverage of his band rehearsals, band concerts and band-related news published during his 60-year directing career.
I think he would be pleased to know that he's once again making news in one of those newspapers, the Crookston Daily Times, 90 years after he moved from the town.
Here's the link to the article: Riggs: A ‘real-life music man’ - Crookston, MN - Crookston Times
My appreciation goes out to Natalie Ostgaard, for meeting with us and writing the article; to Kay Hegge, for taking us into the newspaper office and introducing us to the staff; and to my mom, for being seen with Dad and me as we toted G. Oliver around (in his cardboard cutout form) to his old Crookston haunts.
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