Women's History Banquet to honor land stewards

Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Rita Olson
Elsie Mae Riggs
Faye L. Russell

At this year's Women History Banquet the Mountain Home Historical Society will recognize three local women for serving as "Stewards of the Land."

This year, West Elementary teacher Rita Olson and ranchers Elsie Mae Riggs and Faye Davison Russell are being honored for their work in the conservation of soil and water, improving the land and sharing their knowledge with children and who tend the land for future generations. See the {http://mountainidhomenews.id.newsmemory.com/mountainhomenews} for the complete story.

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  • I will try to make this respectful. However, at tonight's banquet, I saw the most disrespectful behavior I have ever witnessed.

    Those volunteers that were serving you were doing their best and you made comments about their appearance, their knowledge, their social lives, their boyfriends or lack of.

    I am ashamed to say I live in this town. When teenagers gave up their Saturday evening to help you have a nice night and honor outstanding women, all some of you could do was complain and act like highschoolers yourself.

    So you paid $20 for dinner, that does not give you the right to act the way you did.

    To the servers, I could tell that you were there for the right reason, community/volunteering. Please forgive the rude, crass and unneccessary actions of some of the attendees. I for one appreciate your service to your community. There were only four of you and you did an excellent job!

    -- Posted by SoThisIsSmallville on Sat, Mar 7, 2009, at 10:57 PM
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