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HomeMy Public PortalAboutEdwards, Lydia JusticeStatesman photo by Milan Chuckovich State Rep. Lydia Edwards unwinds from her hectic schedule by researching the origins of cookery Hobb prowdes food for thought By ROMAINE GALEY ETON The Idaho Statesman If you like to cook, you probably have some "gastronomic regenerators." Lydia Edwards does. That's what cookbooks were originally called. And looking for and through them is one way Edwards, ranch wife and state representative for District 9, "regenerates" herself. Edwards' hobby is tracking down the origin of things —especially if they have to do with food —although she's also involved in writing a documentary about her family and is looking for long - lost relatives named Justice, her maiden name. "Really old cookbooks aren't very easy to find," she said in a recent interview at her ranch in Donnelly. "They were used to death and you're lucky to find one copy left." She has better luck with old magazines and thinks the ads are fascinating. "They show changes in the economy and social attitudes. Advertisers didn't have any qualms "Put two ounces of unground coffee, slightly roasted, into a clean stewpan, which set upon a moderate fire, stirring the powder round with a spoon until it is quite hot, then pour over it a pint of boiling water, cover over for five minutes, pass it through a cloth, warm again and serve." — 1865 recipe for brewing coffee about claiming they were the best. They weren't misleading exactly, just emphatic." In her quest for food origins, Edwards has found some interesting tidbits. "The art of cookery developed after the first cavewoman accidentally dropped her portion of meat into the campfire and discovered it was easier to chew and more palatable. She then learned how to cook the meat without burning it to a cinder," she said. "Eons passed before the first written recipes for food preparation and seasoning were preserved on baked clay tablets of ancient Egypt for the pharoahs." Later on, recipes were scribbled on the walls of the cook rooms in Pompeii and Herculaneum — which were subsequently buried under volcanic ash from Mount Vesuvius — and these include basic guidelines from the Roman Empire that are still used today, Edwards said. One of the first gastronomic regenerators was The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, a cookbook written by Hannah Glasse in 1747. "This book was written in a clear and precise fashion with clarity of instruction for the inexperienced housekeeper," Edwards said. Even as late at 1824, it was a best seller. In the first American cookbook to challenge recipes drafted for European tastes, Amelia Simmons in 1796 used ingredients like buffalo steaks, wild turkey roasts and molasses, Edwards said. Many present day cooks probably have heard of Mrs. Beeton's cookbook, first published in 1861, she said. "The book has been brought up to date and is still a best seller." In in, the author, who died of childbed fever at age 28, for the first time removed the element of chance in cooking by publishing liquid and dry weights and measures, preparation time, number of persons a recipe would feed, and other detailed instructions, Edwards explained. Edwards also collects old coffee cans, so she was especially interested in finding an 1865 recipe from a man named Alex Soyer, an Englishman who experimented with several brewing (See EDWARDS, Page 5D) Statesman photo by Milan Chuckovich State Rep. Lydia Edwards unwinds from her hectic schedule by researching the origins of cookery Hobbj our By ROMAINE GALEY HON - -- - -- -- -- The Idaho Statesman "Put two ounces of unground coffee, slightly roasted, into a If you like to cook, you robabl p Y have clean stewpan, which set upon a moderate fire, stirring the i some `gastronomic regenerators.' ' powder round with a spoon Lydia Edwards does. That's what p on until it is quite hot, then pour cookbooks were originally called. And over it a pint Of boiling water, cover over for five minutes, looking for and through them is one way nays it thrnil itch a cloth •.a -m again anti larva " housekeeper," Edwards said. Even as late at 1824, it was a best seller. In the first American cookbook to challenge recipes drafted for European tastes, Amelia Simmons in 1796 used ingredients like buffalo steaks, wild turkey roasts and molasses, Edwards w� (continued froth Page 1D) methods before finding one to his liking: "Put two ounces of unground coffee, slightly roasted, into a clean stewpan, which set upon a moderate tire, stirring the powder round with a spoon until it is quite hot, then pour over it a pint of boiling water, cover over for five minutes, pass it through a cloth, warm again and serve." With the canning season in full swing, Edwards said cooks may be interested to know that Nicho. las Appert aeon a Parisian n 1809 the confectioner, perfected process of sterilization by hermet- ically sealing food in jars and boil- ing them in water. Some of the most interesting things Edwards finds are by acci- dent. For instance, while re- searching the origins of the can- ning process, she found out that Appert also invented the bouillon cube. Her research is not without its snags, however. Edwards has been stumped in her quest to find i the origin of false teeth and soap, "an important commodity that brought lots of social changes To find such facts, Edwards I �:u il picks up old magazines, newspa- pers and books at garage sales, and pores over books from vari- ous libraries. Sometimes she finds an old recipe that can be adapted to modern cooking techniques. Here's an appetizer that dates from medieval days: Brie Tart 1 (8 -inch) unbaked pie shell 1 pound brie cheese (with rind) 6 egg yolks 1/4 teaspoon ginger 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon saffron 1 teaspoon brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon granulated sugar Bake pastery shell in 425degree oven for 10 minutes to set; cool; reset oven to 375 degrees. Chill cheese and remove rind; cut rind into small pieces with moistened knife; reserve rind. Beat softened cheese, egg yolks, ginger, salt, saffron and brown sugar until smooth. Pour into pastry shell. Strew pieces of rind evenly over top of tart. Combine cinnamon and granulated sugar; sprinkle around edge. Bake about 30 min- utes at 375 degrees until set and golden brown. ff5 �YL'. E V4dARDS � `�REASUIR�R BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID Permit No. 88 Boise, Idaho On Thursday, March 22nd, I announced my candidacy for my 2nd term as Idaho State Treasurer. My three years as your State Treasurer have been truly revolutionary. I'm proud of my staff and our successes and I wanted you to know we've automated and redesigned our office to make NEW money. For this year alone, our interest earnings for the general account set a record of over 22 million dollars and we earned over 12 million dollars on the investments we made for local units of government. Our earnings for the three years I have been State Treasurer have surpassed all official pro- jections made by the Legislature and the Department of Financial Management. Overall, in my first three years, we've earn- ed 63 million dollars for the general account which saves money on the taxes you pay. In that same time, we've earned 27 million dollars for local units of government which saves you property taxes. We're a streamlined, efficient and smarter of- fice. We'd like to keep this office humming and whirring like the finely tuned machine it's become. �DNNt� AStIToN F�RQ'+' 4W(4�1�1A1�1 LYDIA JUSTICE EDWARDS STATE TREASURER Hometown News Donnelty Club news Betas award Rep. Lydia Edwards, R- Donnelly, right, receives an award from Gayle Wilde honoring Edwards as First Lady of the Year from the four area chapters of Beta Sigma Phi sorority. The annual award, voted by chapter members, honors an outstanding member of the community who is not a member of the sorority. The award was presented at a Founder's Day ban- quet April 30 at The Badlands in Donnelly. -THE STAR - NEWS -- WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1984 S 414 f i -� -/,� N Friday, January 2, 19137 New state treasurer fears letter from Moon misleads investors The Associated Press ° Republican state Treasurer - elect Lydia Justice Edwards said she fears a letter from the state's outgoing treasurer to participants in the Local Government Invest- ment Pool may leave a mistaken impression about where they should turn for assistance after Jan. 5. But Democratic Treasurer Marjorie Ruth Moon said Thurs- day the letter, dated Wednesday, was only a routine monthly note to people with whom she has worked for years. In the letter to members of the investment pool — including a number of cities, counties, school districts and other government bodies statewide — Moon said she would continue to be involved with governmental affairs after leaving office. "Even though I am leaving state government on January 5, I shall still continue my interest in the problems and progress of local governments and the tax- Lydia Justice Edwards ... says she'll maintain service payers, as well as in the govern- mental process as a whole," said the letter, written on the letter- head of the treasurer's office. The six -term treasurer, who lost a bid for lieutenant governor in November, also listed her Boise telephone number "if any of you want to call me." "She probably wanted to be helpful. But personally, it prob- ably made me look as if I were not willing to help," Edwards said Wednesday. "I guess my main concern is I hope the local people are not con- fused about where they should go for their service," she said. "I in- tend to continue the same quality of service that local entities have enjoyed." The former two -term state rep- resentative from Donnelly said state law allows public entities to hire private individuals to help manage their finances. Moon's letter could be a way of letting local governments know she would be available, Edwards said. "I don't know why she did it," Edwards said. "It seems like she was offering her help to them." But Moon said she plans to buy a newspaper in the near future and is sure Edwards will be able to give investment pool partici- pants all the help they need. "All I was doing was thanking them for their friendship over the years," she said. "I send a letter to them every month." ILL r 9 Hyks • < Y � f t � e b F d w BY TOM GROTE The Star -News Working conditions are better than they used to be for Lydia Justice Edwards. But then, her new job carries a lot more responsibility. Edwards moved in last week as the new Idaho State Treasurer, leaving behind her small desk in the Idaho House of Represen- tatives for a spacious, high - roofed office in the lower level of the Statehouse. Edwards, 0& Donnelly, was sworn in as treasurer on Jan. 5 along with other state dignitaries. She earned the office by winning primary and general election vic- tories in 1986. During a tour of her depart- ment on Friday, Edwards said she was still getting oriented to her new role as holder and in- vestor of the state's funds. But she admitted that the ad- justment was probably harder for her staff of 10 employees, who must now cope with a new boss. "It's a trying time for them," she said. "Suddenly they were con- fronted with a brand -new face." Edwards takes over as state treasurer from Marjorie Ruth Moon, who held the post for 24 years, but gave it up to run un- successfully for lieutenant gover- nor against C.L. "Butch" Otter. Part of the reason the transi- tion has been awkward is because Edwards, a Republican, was given limited access to the office after the election by Moon, a Democrat. Edwards first toured the office on Nov. 18, early after the general election, but Moon only allowed Edwards to visit on Tues- day and Thursday afternoons un- til she assumed office. Complicating the move was the raid on furniture between state agencies that usually accom- panies new administrations. The governor's office took one of her desks, while the Idaho Historical Society tried to repossess an antique sofa set in Edwards' private suite. She managed to obtain a replacement desk from the Idaho Supreme Court and still had the sofa as of last week. Edwards may be new to the physical surroundings of the $45,000 per year job, but she said she is more than ready to take command of the state's in- vestments, which last year pro- duced about $10 million in in- terest that did not have to be t*n from taxpayers. � U 4 12 y The state treasurer holds funds that are not immediately needed by state agencies for expenses. Depending on the time of year, as much as $100 million may be sit- ting idle for Edwards to invest. In addition, she invests funds from the Local Government In- vestment Pool, made up of idle funds from local governments, including the cities of Cascade and McCall. Her office receives a great deal of money from various state agencies and governments, but it doesn't stay around long. Trips to the bank. are made twice daily for deposits. Edwards said she has already made the rounds to corporations such as Boise Cascade Corp., Morrison - Knudsen Co. and Mer- rill Lynch for tips on how to (See "Lydia," Page A -2) Lydia- (Continued from Page A -1) choose the best and safest in- vestments. She also plans to appoint a council of financial experts to ad- vise her on the best use of state funds. Running such a complex operation will require Edwards to spend about $500,000 this year. She hopes to ask the Idaho Legislature for more funds for next year, which she said puts her in an unusual position. "I'm on the other side of the legislature now, and suddenly I'm the enemy," she said of dollar- conscious lawmakers. But her previous Statehouse ex- perience will serve her well, she said. "I know where I can go to get anything I want," she said. Now that she has a full -time job in Boise for the next four years, Edwards must make ad- justments to being away from her home in Valley County. She has rented the same house in The Highlands that she has us- ed in previous legislative sessions, but must give it up by April 1. Her daughter, Margo, 12, shares the house, and Edwards' hus- band, Frank, commutes there from the family home in Donnel- ly. Edwards noted Gov. Cecil An- drus' complaint that, under law, he had to live in the governor's mansion in the North End while already owning a home in Boise. She said she would gladly become caretaker of the mansion if An- drus wanted to propose changing the law. Meanwhile, she must cope with the city's air pollution as a per- manent resident. "I '­ad red eyes for weeks," she sa" of new Edwards enlarges staff responsibilities By RANDY'STAPILUS The Idaho Statesman Every work place has a grunt job at the bottom of the hierarchi- cal ladder. In the state treasurer's office, it's the bank runner, who carries checks and paper work to banks and savings and loan offices. "When I first came here, we had one person doing the bank run," said Republican Lydia Justice Ed- wards, who became state treas- urer in January. "She felt a little punished because it was supposed to be the lowest job on the totem pole. "So we changed that. We are to- tally democratic and share it every day. I go, too, just to say that all the jobs in this office are important." The change was one of many Ed- wards has made since January in rearranging and gently assuming an office run by the same person — Marjorie Ruth Moon -- for the previous 24 years. Moon, a Democrat who ran an unsuccessful campaign for lieuten- ant governor last year, had the i 7, r t y Karen Warren /Statesman Lydia Justice Edwards dons sneakers for "bank run." longest tenure of any Idaho treasurer. Moon left behind several people with 10 or more years of experience. When she took over, Edwards said, the vet- erans were unsure of her. "We had some nervous moments about each other, whether I could obtain their loyalty." The numbers suggest that she has. Two top deputies, one of them Edwards' opponent in the November 1986 general election, left before she as- See TREASURER, Sack Page Treasurer good also likes to maintain , relations with the Legisla- � ture, Continued from Page 1 A �) 1 `When I came here, the only She served two terms herself sumed command. The rest of one that came to visit me was before running for treasurer. She Moon's staff remains. Butch," she said, referring to Lt. was a moderate Republican — "There are no secrets," she Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter. "He'd she considers former Gov. Robert said. "I do not close that door and come and bang on the door and Smylie her "political mentor — in talk to a banking official without a say, 'Hi, honey. Are you in there ?' a House governed by Republican staffer present, so they will be He goes to all the offices. He's Speaker T.W. "Tom" Stivers, an here to answer questions. I'm kind of the link. arch- conservative. trying to develop a feeling that "I took the cue from him and "I never was able to get on every person is equally important went up and left messages (for JFAC," she said, referring to the in whatever they are doing." other state officers) when they budget - writing Joint Finance -Ap- "I Edwards is the only woman were out," she said. "The secre- propriations Committee. was now holding statewide elective of- tary would say, `Is there a mes- never able to get on the Revenue fice in Idaho. All 13 of the office's sage, Mrs. Edwards ?' And I and Taxation Committee. "Those I full -time employees are women. would say, `Yes. Tell him the were plums, and never did support the right speak - Though she has established state treasurer is lonely.' "I some new policies — "My style is "I think it's important to talk er," she said. won't say anyone to give new responsibility to each often," she said. punished me, but they made me staff member" — history remains The office became a focal point meaner and tougher. "Do know what Tom did for evident in the office. A chair once occupied by Treas- in the Statehouse Monday during the stock market crash. While you me? He made me become better urer Ruth G. Moon, mother of corporations and investors saw prepared on every bill. I knew Marjorie Ruth Moon, is among millions in paper profits vanish, there would be obstacles. ... He historic items on display. A rock- Edwards invested $12 million of made me tough." ing chair once owned by Treas- state funds in conservative repur- During one of her legislative urer Myrtle Enking sits nearby. chase agreements, which pay 9 terms, Edwards served as vice On the wall hangs a framed treas- percent. chairwoman of the House Re- urer's report nearly half a cen- "There's a demand for money sources and Conservation Com- tury old. right now, and that puts the state mittee. As a result, she retains a Under Moon, the office some- treasurer in a good position," she strong interest in the natural re- times seemed out of the main - said. sources area. She said she would ask the stream of state activity, Edwards State law prohibits the treas- said. She said she has tried, with urer from investing in stocks or Legislature next year to approve some success, to remedy that. mutual funds. a constitutional amendment add- ing the treasurer to the state Land Board. She has other ambitious ideas, such as establishing a central state registry of bonds and other debts of state and local govern- ments. No one knows what the state's total debt is, though the in- formation would be useful when dealing with bankers, Edwards said. "If local banks and savings and loans had access to that kind of in- formation, they could bid on that. But as it is, local districts must physically go from bank to bank to savings and loan saying, `How much will you give us for our money?'" As the job title suggests, the state treasurer keeps and invests the state's money. State laws tightly govern what she can do with the money. They even require that the state check- book not be out of balance more than 30 days at a time. Because tax revenues come into the treas- ury on one schedule and money for schools and other agencies are pulled from it on a very different schedule, cash flow can be a prob- lem. Toward the end of summer, Ed- wards took an entourage to New York, delivered a pitch to Stand- ard and Poor's financial rating service and won its best rating. "Marj (Moon) has done that in the past," she said. "What's dif- ferent about how I handled it is this: Because I was new, I went to (state budget director) Marty Peterson and I went to (Legisla- tive Auditor) Bruce Balderston, and I said, `I need help. I need to get a better handle on how the cash flow works.' "We began to meet regularly and they brought in CPAs, econo- mists. We created an in -house group of experts and use their ex- perience and expertise." Edwards lived in rural Donnelly before moving to Ada County, where the Idaho Constitution re- quires state treasurers to live. "At times I have yearned for my house on the lake at Cascade Reservoir, but other times I've said, It's wonderful, and it's worth the challenge.' "The drastic change in my life is the lack of time," she said. "The job and my family are all - consuming. The first to go are friends. Only those people deter- mined to be my friends still call and say, 'Don't you have time for lunch in September?"' But she said she would enjoy serving at least two terms. "I just love my job," she said. "It suits me." Tim Woodwud Opinion Cars can be friends, too I know just how Lydia Jus- tice Edwards feels. Edwards, the state treasurer, said she lost a good friend Monday when her 13- year -old Cadillac was demolished in an accident. She was driving to work when it hit some ice, rolled over and expired on a Volkswagen. The Bug was squashed. "It was my friend," Edwards said of the Cadillac, "even though it was old and its hub- caps were missing." Her words recalled a friend of mine that met with a similar fate, a 1961 Volkswagen Kar- mann Ghia. It was my second car. Unlike Edwards', it was relatively new (five years old when the friend- ship began); its hubcaps were intact. And compared with my first car, it was a Rolls Royce. Sport? My first car was a sports car; the sport lay in keeping it run- ning. It cost $400 to buy and another $400 to resuscitate. It had a rag top, two bucket seats and a malignant personality. The engine started when it felt like it, which wasn't often. The roof and floor leaked, the win- dows were nonexistent, the wheels fell off. It was British, in other words. The Karmann Ghia cost the formidable sum of $1,000. It had a real back seat. It had windows that rolled up, a roof that didn't leak, wheels that stayed put. It was beautiful -- burgundy red with a white in- terior. And, like some human friendships, it rias too beauti- ful to last. T ;ke m ^.ry early Volks- wagens, it had a reserve fuel supply, activated by a lever on the floor. If you ran out of gas, you flipped the lever and were good for another 20 miles. This was eminently comfort- ing, particularly on trips. You could run out and still have a good chance of making the next town. It was also a factor in an impulsive and wildly un- characteristic decision to drive to San Francisco in the middle of the night. It was one of those dead -calm summer nights when boredom clings like a straitjacket. So, I went inside and matter -of- factly told my parents I was going for a drive. "Where to ?" they asked. "San Francisco." "San Francisco! Alone ?" "Why not ?" "But you're only 19!" "Larry (a friend in Vietnam) is only 18." "What about car trouble ?" "No problem. I have a re- serve gas tank." I spent three days wandering around San Francisco, and en- joyed it. But the best part of the trip was the drive, just me and my friend the car, alone in the vast, dark desert. Today I detest a long drive, but then there was something almost in- toxicating about it. I'd give a lot to be able to recapture that 117 eling. year later, the journey was repeated with two cronies, one of them shoehorned into the miniscule back seat for 700 miles. We thought it was one of the best trips we'd ever had. The end My friend died late one Sat- urday night. My girlfriend bor- rowed it to take her sister home from a dance, and a drunk hit them. A witness told the police the car flew over the telephone lines before coming to rest, upside down, on a sidewalk. Neither girl was seriously in- jured, but the car was termi- nal. Like Ms. Edwards, I_spoke with a repairman about saving it, but it wasn't any use. i That was 23 years and al- most that many cars ago, and driving hasn't been the same since. Better cars have come and gone, but the thrill of be- ing a kid with wheels that will take you anywhere is a once - in -a- lifetime experience. Here's to old friends. Crash of old Cadillac leaves treasurer sad but uninjured By Colleen LaMay The Idaho Statesman State Treasurer Lydia Jus- tice Edwards on Monday lost a good friend — her 1976 Cadil- lac Eldorado, white on the out- side, red leather on the inside. She lost control of the old Cadillac while driving from her Boise residence to the Statehouse about 6:45 a.m. It hit ice, overturned and crashed into a parked car. "Going down a hill that's icy," she said, "there's no trac- tion, and the farther you go, the more momentum you gain." The Cadillac was pro- nounced dead at the scene. Edwards escaped with just a scratch and three broken fin- gernails. However, she was pinned in the wrecked car for several minutes until emergen- cy personnel freed her. FILM & CONVENTION BUREAU Box D • MCCALL, IDAHo 83638 • 208- 634 -7631 "They were there reassuring me," said Edwards, who still felt shaken Monday afternoon. She said she knew the hill was icy because she had jogged on it with her dogs earlier in the morning. But she was in a hurry as she headed to work, thinking about her busy day. Her moral: Don't think too much on the way to work. The loss of the vehicle hurt Edwards. "It was my friend," she said, even though it was old and its hubcaps were missing. , "It endured many insults around the state Capitol build- ing," Edwards said affection- ately. But the car ran well and was paid for. She wanted to have the Cad- illac rebuilt, but was told it was hopeless to try. So, she is donating its organs. "I want . some collector to salvage the good parts," she said. ST&Tz57�ah_- Spp?eMb.aa -o, t9�/ Treasurer's trip will aid Soviets The Associated Press LEWISTON -- State Treasurer Lydia Justice Edwards is travel- ing to the Soviet Union next month with a contingent of state treasurers to give democratic re- formers a lesson on taxation and money management. But Edwards is upset that anti - tax activist Ron Rankin of Coeur d'Alene alerted the media to her plans. The treasurer said Wednesday that she is paying her own ex- penses and using vacation time for the weeklong trip, tentatively scheduled to begin Oct. 4. Edwards opposes the 1 Percent Initiative, an effort Rankin is leading to cap Idaho property tax assessments. She contends he re- leased word of her pending trip in retaliation. The issue was that he was try- ing to intimidate me to try to get me to withdraw from my straight- forward ap- proach to dis- cussing the real rudi- ments of the 1 Percent and its impact on the economy, she said dur- ing a swing through Lew- Edwards iston. Edwards said she never an- nounces her travel plans in ad- vance since she believes her ab- sence from the office could leave the treasurer's office staff vulner- able to security problems. Rankin raised the issue of Ed- wards' trip earlier this week, questioning whether the treasur- er would be using state money and traveling on state time. "I can't understand for what purpose a treasurer of Idaho would be going to the Soviet Union," the Idaho Property Own- ers Association president said. "We didn't elect Lydia to go over to Russia to teach them how to bail out a damned bank- ruptcy." Edwards said the trip reflected her view that the West should provide the Soviets with expertise rather than a cash bailout. Big birthday bash noted for treasurer Edwards BY JONI FIELDS For The Star -News Donnelly has a celebrity indeed now, as Pat Barclay, ad- ministrative assistant to Idaho State Treasurer Lydia Justice Ed- wards, advised us by telephone last Thursday. Boise Mayor Dirk Kempthorne declared July 9, 1987, as "Lydia Justice Edwards Day," on the oc- casion of her birthday. Also, Lydia was honored by her entire staff with a surprise "brown bag" luncheon, and they rented the Boise Tour Train from Julia Davis Park, and took an ab- breviated tour of the area while eating lunch. They only had an hour to work in the short, but very successful surprise party for Lydia on the day before she left for a week's vacation. Also in honor of Lydia, the whole office staff arrived at work wearing red, her favorite color. It was really an "outstanding" office that day. Also giving homage to the popular new treasurer was Idaho's Washington D.C. delega- tion, Sens. McClure, Symms, and Reps. Craig and Stallings. Per- sonal appearances and con- gratulations were also extended by Idaho Gov. Cecil Andrus, Lt. Gov. Butch Otter, Attorney General Jim Jones and Speaker of the House Tom Boyd. Lydia remarked she had something very special, as she celebrated her birthday on the same day as Donald Duck and the Golden Gate Bridge. Tu 1 y l 5, /'N7 Outgoing treasurer never shied from unpopular stands One of the real characters in Idaho public life won't seek a fourth term next year. Treasurer Lydia Justice Edwards, who attained national acclaim in her crusade for better pantyhose, will hang up her green eyeshade when her term expires in January 1999. Though some consider Edwards the odd -aunt in the attic, she treads where others fear and sometimes is downright prescient. For more than two years, she com- plained about financial mismanage- ment in the Department of Health and Welfare. An audit earlier this month finally proved her right, find- ing that taxpayers were out $6 mil- lion. Edwards doesn't shy from unpopu- lar positions. She prompted howls from retailers for proposing daily col- lection of sales taxes. She opposed a term limits initiative in 1994, while 59 percent of voters favored the mea- sure. She has said tax hikes are in- evitable if the state is to meet the con- stitutional standard of a "thorough" education. "It's like, `Circle the wagons, here she comes,'" Edwards said. "I've become quite un- popular because I'm ask- ing questions. I get back terse letters saying, `Mind your own busi- ness."' Now, Edwards said, Dan she won't run again. "I love the job. It has more to do with the desire to look at new opportunities and plateaus." Fittingly, Edwards has unconven- tional retirement plans. First, she wants to hike the 2,165 -mile Ap- palachian Trail. Then, she wants to go to an international cooking school. Finally, she will return to her old Kentucky home. "I grew up on a tobacco farm and now I own it," she said. "I've always planned to go back." What Edwards calls "the shack in the holler" is a house in Carter Coun- ty, a breeding ground for country P music. Ashland, home of the Judds, is 18 miles away. "Please don't envision white picket fences," she said. "This is a very poor section of Ken- tucky. We don't raise horses." Edwards plans to PC spend part of her time in Idaho, where her two daughters live. She owns property in Donnelly, the town that sent her to the Legislature in 1982 and 1986 before she was elected treasurer in 1986. At least four Republicans want the job: Ada County Treasurer Barbara Bauer, Rep. Ron Crane of Caldwell, Sen. Evan Frasure of Pocatello and Trudy Jackson of Boise, a U.S. Bank vice president. Democrats say they'll target the open seat. Bauer saluted Edwards for helping local governments invest wisely in a state pool. "It's an opportunity to keep good, safe investments without spend- ing a lot of time trying to develop seri- ous expertise." Gem County GOP Chairman David Little, a former senator, said he'll miss Edwards' political savvy. "She knew what it took to get elected. I hate to see her go. She's a great vote - getter." While Edwards was the top vote - getter among contested statewide offi- cials in 1986 and 1994, she'll also be remembered for extracurricular work. In 1993, she joined with consumer advocate Ralph Nader to press manu- facturers to make sturdier pantyhose. She appeared on "Donohue" and "Maury Povich" to advance the cause. In 1994, she was at the Rockin' Rodeo with Lt. Gov. Butch Otter and persuaded him to enter a tight jeans contest that Otter wound up winning. "She served the state long and well," said Gov. Phil Batt. "I wish her the best in all endeavors." Dan Popkey's column runs Tues- day, Thursday and Sunday. Ideas: 377 -6425 or news@idstates.com Almost time irafl to hit the t Edwards leaves office with a goal: Never be bored By Tim Woodward The Idaho Statesman The state treasurer who chal- lenged governors and squared off with pantyhose manufactur- ers answers her door in tears. "I'm sorry," she says, dab- bing her eyes with a tissue. "I thought we had this all over with in March at my birthday and retirement party." It's Lydia Justice Edwards' last day of 12 years as Idaho's state treasurer, and a toast from co- workers has uncharacteristi - cally moved her. Three terms have cemented Edwards' repu- tation for being outspoken, tough, independent. Tears weren't part of her agenda. "Look at this," she says, shift- ing attention to a stack of hand - scrawled ledgers on an ancient rolltop desk left by her prede- cessor. "... They were bringing money in in shoe boxes when I came to work here. I automated everything. If I saw paper, I got rid of it." Edwards has revolutionized the way Idaho manages its money, and in the process more than tripled the state's annual interest earnings. She has criti- cized state agencies, opposed popular initiatives, achieved na- tional notice by crusading for longer - wearing pantyhose. Ida- ho loved it, repeatedly giving her more votes than any other candidate for state office. The rebel in the Statehouse raised eyeshades by making Idaho the first state in the nation to collect major tax payments electronically. She incensed re- tailers by proposing more fre- quent collection of sales taxes and stood alone among state of- ficials in championing causes of American Indians in Idaho. A Chinese proverb taped to her computer monitor was a daily reminder to temper inde- pendence with prudence: "Before going out to seek re- venge, dig two graves." Lydia Justice Edwards has been Idaho's state treasurer for 12 years. At age 61, she de- cided not to seek a virtually certain fourth term to pursue other interests — among them hiking 2,200 miles on the Appalachian Trail by herself. She describes herselt as "a work horse, not a show horse." "...I'm conservative and strict. The state treasurer has no political agenda. This office is where the truth lies. It's the last bastion of integrity in state gov- ernment. Taking unpopular stands has never bothered me. I'm more interested in responsi- bility than relationships." Add charm to the mix — her blue eyes twinkle, and her honey- accent- ed voice soothes even as it cuts — and the combination is hard to beat. As treasurer, state legislator and veteran campaign worker, Edwards, 61, nev- er lost an election. "She's charming, a talented money manager ana a good campaigner," former Gov. Robert Smylie said. "And she usually has the establish- ment against her, which is always a good thing in a campaign." A Republican who campaigned for Ronald Reagan and Bob Dole, Ed- wards does the unthinkable by con- sorting with Democrats. She says she learned her politics "at the feet of the masters — Bob Smylie, John Evans and Cecil Andrus." She's a board member for the Frank Church Con- ference on Public Affairs and counts Bethine Church among her friends. "If she believes in something, she'll fight anybody for it — even her own party," Church said. "She's a very gut- sy lady and one I admire very much." Political beginnings Edwards' first political job was as a Democrat. "I was 17. I was a poll watcher in Kentucky and got $20 a day from the Democratic Party. I was unsettled in my politics then." The seventh child in a family of 12, she grew up on a 25 -acre tobacco farm in Kentucky. "We had land, but we never had any money. The land made us a little better off than some. It was a poor area. We were lower middle - class," Edwards says. Her mother and Franklin Roose- velt made her a Republican. "She said he lied to heron the radio. He said he'd never send Americans to foreign soil, and then drafted two of. her sons. She was helpless to do any- thing about it, but she said I didn't have to be helpless. It was an indelible lesson. She was the strongest motiva- tor I had to achieve success." Success came gradually. A teen- age marriage brought a son and a quick divorce. She went to San Fran- cisco, where one of her six sisters was living, and worked hard at being a single mother. She went to school nights and weekends and worked two jobs — investment clerk and nanny. She was in San Francisco when she met Frank Edwards, a rancher and real estate developer from Don- nelly. He was looking for a pretty girl," she says. "We were married in 1968." Since divorced from Edwards, she's lived in Donnelly ever since. Valley County sent her to the Legisla- ture twice before she was elected treasurer in 1986. She was instrumental in getting a new highway built on the Horseshoe Bend hill. But it was a bill requiring child safety seats that she recalls as her political baptism by fire. "It was my bill at a time when it was thought to be a form of commu- nism. It was my hardest battle. I was a freshman fighting a seasoned chair- man. I didn't even leave to go to the bathroom or it would have been amended or killed. It made me mean- er or tougher than I'd ever imagined, but we got it through." As treasurer, her hottest issue had little to do with state government. In 1993, she joined consumer advocate Ralph Nader in lobbying for panty- hose that didn't run in a single wear- ing. The pantyhose war landed her on "Donahue," "The Maury Povich Show" and other television programs. The fight isn't over. "I was on a program in Minneapo- lis just last month," she says. "Every time I'm on TV, there's a surge of commercials by the pantyhose peo- ple. I think I've made their lives mis- erable. "Now it's a health issue. They make these things out of recycled garbage and carpeting, and it causes rashes and infections. I'm inter- viewed about it all the time. As a state treasurer, I have some credibility," she says. Advocate for natives As state treasurer, she lent her name and credibility to American In- dian causes. Edwards was the notable excep- tion when state officials tried to block gambling on Idaho's Indian reserva- tions. She has championed Sacajawea, a Lemhi Shoshoni, as the image to be used on a $1 coin that the federal gov- ernment has decided to mint. And she is the only state official to support the Lemhi tribe's effort to re- turn to its ancestral home near Ten - doy. On her last day at the office, Lemhi leader Rod Ariwite gave her an Indian blanket as a symbol of the tribe's appreciation. # 1 ' ' I— 1 people the Le on a pedestal: Clark, Ulysses 3, 1 Fa d e i ) "It's been wonderful, but it's time to be somewhere else. I'm not a desk person. I'm a farm person. I want to hear the whippoorwills sing," Ed- „„.,,1�.,,�' wards says. nhi put She declined �vllllaib certain fourth t reason —to e S' , wants to hike t , Grant, George Shoup (a governor who tried to keep the tribe at Tendoy) and Lydia Justice Edwards." ROD ARIWITE Lemhi leader "There are four people the Lemhi put on a pedestal," Ariwite said: "William Clark, Ulysses S. Grant, George Shoup and Lydia Justice Ed- wards." Clark and Meriwether Lewis were co- captains of the famous overland h for a water route to the Pacific to run for a virtually erm for an unexpected veryone but her. She he Appalachian Trail. It s the primary reason I'm leav- ing. It's something I've wanted to do all my life. I'm 61. I don't want to be 81 and sorry I never tried it," Ed- wards says. With her office cleared out, her goodbyes said, Edwards left Boise last week for Donnelly. The woman who handled hundreds of millions of the state's dollars now is working as a slush maker for an ice sculpture in the McCall Winter Carnival. The sculpture is of Sacajawea. In the spring, alone except for her dog Rocky, she'll brave 2,200 miles of Appalachian Trail. "I'm a good hiker, but I've never camped out alone," she admits. She seems unfazed by the dangers, Which include hypothermia, violent storms, bears and human predators. ocean commissioned by President "I'm not afraid of being old or ugly Thomas Jefferson. Grant and Shoup or poor," she says. "I'm only afraid of worked to create a reservation for the being bored. I don't ever want to be Lemhis at the tribe's ancestral home- idle." lands near Tendoy. When her hike ends, Edwards will Edwards is part of a group workingsettle down on the Kentucky farm on the design of the Sacajawea coin. where she was raised. She owns it "I got involved because I think now. Another campaign, possibly for she's a heroine who deserves the Congress, is a possibility. honor. And I wanted cultural authen- "My life isn't over," she says with a ticity. I didn't want her to look like smile. "And the women of Kentucky Christie Brinkley in a headdress." need help." Taking a hike She says she'll miss the treasurer's office, but not very much. Pausing in mid - cleanup, Lydia Justice Ed- wards gets a farewell hug from a tearful Lisa Carberry, investment manager, on Edwards' last day in the trea- surer's office. Photos by Katherine Jones / The Idaho Statesman _<07c, lel a f o a��s a�. y1_ _191 Ex-treasurer hikes 1st hall of 2172 miles Jean Terra, bless her heart, has been keeping me posted on Lydia Jus- tice Edwards' hike along the Ap- palachian Trail: "Communique from Lydia dated June 22, Boiling Springs, Penn., re- ports she has passed the official halfway mark of 1,086 miles on the AT. What a great accomplishment! Only 1,086 more miles to go. Jean T." On July 8, Lydia called me from New York state, just after crossing Bear Mountain. "Now we're at Graymoor Friary, guests of the Franciscan fathers and Carmelite nuns," Lydia said. "We're camped in their ballfield. A lovely spot, with a solar- powered shower.... I got to clean up, brush my teeth, do my laundry in big sink. And it was lev- el! For the first time in four months, the ground under my tent is level, not falling off a mountain or clinging to a ledge or something. "I have been getting up at 4 a.m. to be on the trail by dawn at 6 a.m., be- cause it's so hot. It's incredible. Two days ago in Greenwood Lake, N.Y., I came off the trail, couldn't stand the heat. I rented a room in a motel and everybody who wanted to came with me. We all huddled in front of an an- cient 13 -inch TV and watched "Sodom and Gomorrah." "It was an old and not very good movie, but we had air conditioning. "Foolishly, I thought the trail would get easier. Virginia lulled me into thinking there's nothing to it now. But the last two weeks in Pennsylvania and New Jersey were tough, rocky and horrible. New Jersey is full of bogs and hellacious boulders. It will be hand over hand and rock to rock in Vermont. I can do it, but hope it won't be so hot. "Tomorrow is my birthday. I'll be 62 years old. In fact, I'll get my first Social Security check while I'm on the trail." TAP /c,��e U of I student crowned queen at Stampede Margaux Edwards, 21, daugh- ter of Frank Edwards of Donnel- ly and Lydia Justice Edwards of Boise was crowned Miss Rodeo Idaho 1997 after an eight day pageant in conjunction with the Snake River Stampede. � Edwards is a student at the Universi- ty of Idaho. She will be- Margaux Edwards gin her reign Jan. 1 and will represent Idaho at the Miss Rodeo America Pageant in De- cember 1977. She won the personality, ap- pearance and speech contests on her way to the title. Edwards' court includes Lesli Gail Wolery, Queen of the Jef- ferson County Stampede, first runnerup; Brandi Christenson, Oneida County Fair and Rodeo, second runnerup; Shelly Wil- liams, Riggins Rodeo, third run - nerup. Kimberly Williams, Twin Falls, is Miss Rodeo 1996 and will represent Idaho at the Miss Rodeo America Pageant in Las Vegas this December. Lydia Justice Edwards State Treasurer Lydia Justice Edwards State Treasurer Tom Fox /The Idaho Statesman Lydia Justice Edwards, Idaho State Treasurer, dropped in with fruitcakes on a silver service, hoping to tempt Judy Steele's taste buds to a more favorable opinion of this holiday dessert. By Judy McConnell Steele The Idaho Statesman The old joke about fruitcake is wrong. There isn't just one fruitcake that's been passed around for 80 years, although you might think it from some you've tasted. No, there are at least 28. All have spent time on my desk and — yes -- in my mouth. It all started several weeks ago when I quoted a survey showing that most people looked at fruitcake the same way I do, as a handy tool to mop up spills. The word "fruitcake" was barely out of my mouth when a fierce band of fruitcake advocates rose up in defense of their favorite holiday treat. Convinced I was dealing with an extremely small fringe group, I decided to issue a challenge. "Bring me your best." I said_ "and I'll eat it." I expected to have no takers. Piles of fruitcake later, I was forced to eat my words. The enforced fruitcake diet, ending in an orgy of cherries, nuts and enough liquor to knock out a rhino, left me with a stomachache. It also made me change my mind about one thing. No, I still don't like fruitcake. But — dare I admit it? — I do like the people who like it. The people who sent me samples — from Boise, McCall, Kuna, Caldwell, Cambridge and a few unnamed towns — were not folks who spend hours in the closet talking to their fruitcakes. They were full of good humor and stories. I've nibbled at 28 fruitcakes in Some confessed they didn't like most fruitcake. All were willing 'to put themselves on the line to make me like theirs. The award for all -out effort has to go to State Treasurer Lydia Justice Edwards. Announcing "I know how to lobby," she arrived in the newsroom bearing a silver tray with bud vase, demitasse cup of coffee and two kinds of fruitcake. Her cake was not bad. For fruitcake, that is. Some were philosophical about their chances of winning me over. Donald E. Watson wrote "if you don't like the cake maybe you would like to cook up some elephant stew to serve the Statesman crew." His recipe calls for one medium sized elephant, carrots, potatoes, onions, salt and pepper and one rabbit (for those who like to find a hare in their stew). No one else offered a recipe quite that unusual. But Janice Brock brought in a fruitcake made without flour that tasted like candy. And Diane Jastremsley made a fruitcake filled with papaya. Some tugged at my heart strings. Jimmy Markham brought in the Claxton Fruit Cake the Civitan Club sells every year as a fund raiser to help the mentally and physically handicapped. I like the cause, supported by thousands of fruitcake buyers, but will still have to pass on the cake. search of one like But my favorite dessert arrived in a white bag with note attached. The note, signed Jerry F. Witt, said, "By now, you've probably been flooded with fruitcakes, so I thought I would bring something different." The bag was filled with Christmas cookies. an 30, upper to feature appetizer favorites One of the most delightful -eur- -ent dining trends that is sure to past well into the decade of the )O's is having several appetizers .nstead of a giant entree. This my 'avorite way to enjoy dining out, ind I know lots of people who feel ;he same. So wait until you see what is ;oing to be on the menu on Feb. 8 it the Idaho Easter Seal /Goodwill Sweethearts Auction. You do not want to miss this strolling supper. The event is to be held at the Crystal Ballroom at 7 p.m. Guests will be treated to the huge array )f.hors d'oeuvres, prepared by Ed- ward's Crystal Ballroom Cater- ing. There also will be a no -host bar and entertainment by Phil Batt's "Little Big Band." Tickets are $12.50, a donation that will help Idahoans who have iisabilities. (The proceeds stay right here in our state.) For ticket sales information, call the Easter Seal /Goodwill of- fice at 384 -1910. You can charge your tickets over the phone to Visa or MasterCard and they will be mailed to you or hand- deliv- ered, whatever is your choice. You also can mail your check or drop it off at the office, 1350 Vista Avenue. The timing for this party is per- fect: You can bid on a special Valentine gift for your sweet- heart and you'll be all set. (Actu- ally, some of the items are so terrific that you will want to go Romaine Galey Hon Food ahead and get them for yourself.) What about enjoying a hot -air balloon ride, then following it with a champagne breakfast? To- bey Gandy, an aerospace expert and retired colonel, will take two lucky winners up in his balloon (named Night Fire) for an hour and then feed them well. Make a party of an evening at the Morrison Center. Velma Mor- rison has donated her personal box for any performance you wish - and it seats 10 people. Here is the fabulous menu that Executive Chef Fred Silva of Ed- wards will prepare for the party: Stuffed Croustades (light pastry cups filled with delicacies), Chicken Angelo (sauteed chicken breasts with seasoned wine sauce), Stuffed Beef Roulades, Crab -Pasta Salad, Antipasto, Stuffed Celery Hearts, Cheese Puffs Filled with Chicken Almond Salad, Shrimp Aspic, Assorted Canapes, Black -eyed Pea Pate, and Hot Dilly Salmon Dip. Lydia Justice Edwards, our state treasurer and chairman of the event, is a good cook who provided her own recipe for the Hot Dilly Salmon Dip. She says, "I love dill and try to get it fresh from Jack and Florence Kangas in Donnelly whenever possible. This is a favorite recipe of mine." Lydia Justice Edwards' Hot Dilly Salmon Dip 1 (7 3/4- ounce) can salmon 1(8- ounce) package cream cheese 1/2 cup sour cream 1 (101/2- ounce) can cream of shrimp soup 1/4 teaspoon onion salt 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard 3 tablespoons sherry 1/2 teaspoon dried dill weed Drain and flake salmon, reserving liquid. Combine salmon liquid with remaining ingredients. Heat over low heat, stirring occasionally until smooth. Add salmon and heat through. Can be served in a crock pot, fondue pot or chafing dish to keep warm. Serve with vegetable dippers, chips or crackers. Makes about 3 cups. another item that can be served at any time of year — plus it's a terrific one to have at New Year's, when dining on black - eyed peas is supposed to bring you luck. Hobby provides food for By ROMAINE GALEY HON The Idaho Statesman If you like to cook, you probably have some "gastronomic regenerators." Lydia Edwards does. That's what cookbooks were originally called. And looking for and through them is one way Edwards, ranch wife and state representative for District 9, "regenerates" herself. Edwards' hobby is tracking down the origin of things — especially if they have to do with food —although she's also involved in writing a documentary about her family and is looking for long - lost relatives named Justice, her maiden name. "Really old cookbooks aren't very easy to find," she said in a recent interview at her ranch in Donnelly. "They were used to death and you're lucky to find one copy left." She has better luck with old magazines and thinks the ads are fascinating. "They show changes in the econoz '•y and social attitudes. Advertisers didn't have any qualms about claiming they were the best. They weren't misleading exactly, just emphatic." In her quest for food origins, Edwards has found some interesting tidbits. "The art of cookery developed after the first cavewoman accidentally dropped her portion of meat into the campfire and discovered it was easier to chew and more palatable. She then learned how to cook the meat without burning it to a cinder," she said. "Eons passed before the first written recipes for food preparation and seasoning were preserved on baked clay tablets of ancient Egypt for the pharoahs." Later on, recipes were scribbled on the walls of the cook rooms in Pompeii and Herculaneum — which were subsequently buried under volcanic ash from Mount Vesuvius —and these include basic guidelines from the Roman Empire that are still used today, Edwards said. One of the first gastronomic regenerators was The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, a cookbook written by Hannah Glasse in 1747. "This book was written in a clear and precise fashion with clarity of instruction for the inexperienced thoUgllt' 'Put two ounces of unground coffee, slightly roasted, into a clean stewpan, which set upon a moderate fire, stirring the powder round with a spoon until it is quite hot, then pour over it a pint of boiling water, cover over for five minutes, pass it through a cloth, warm again and serve." --1865 recipe for brewing coffee housekeeper," Edwards said. Even as late at 1824, it was a best seller. In the first American cookbook to challenge recipes drafted for European tastes, Amelia Simmons in 1796 used ingredients like buffalo steaks, wild turkey roasts and molasses, Edwards said. Many present day cooks probably have heard of Mrs. Beeton's cookbook, first published in 1861, she said. "The book has been -brought up to date and is still a best seller." In in, the author, who died of childbed fever at age 28, for the first time removed the element of chance in cooking by publishing liquid and dry weights and measures, preparation time, number of persons a recipe would feed, and other detailed instructions, Edwards explained. Edwards also collects old coffee cans, so she was especially interested in finding an 1865 recipe from a man named Alex Soyer, an Englishman who exverimented with several brewing methods f *foreYin'�ttg Orl'e o his liking: "Put two ounces of unground coffee, slightly roasted, into a clean stewpan, which set upon a moderate fire, stirring the powder round with a spoon until it is quite hot, then pour over it a pint of boiling water, cover over for five minutes, pass it through a cloth, warm again and serve." With the canning season in full swing, Edwards said cooks may be interested to know that Nicho- las Appert, a Parisian brewer and confectioner, perfected in 18M the process of sterilization by hermet- ically sealing food in jars and boil- ing them in water. Some of the most interesting things Edwards finds are by acci- dent. For instance, while re- searching the origins of the can- ning process, she found out that Appert also invented the bouillon cube Her research is not without its snags, however. Edwards has been stumped in her quest to find the origin of false teeth and soap, "an important commodity that brought lots of social changes." To find such facts. Edwards Dicks up old magazines, net I Kars and books at garage s ;,nd pores over books from ous libraries. Sometimes she all old recipe that can be ad, to modern cooking techniques Here's an appetizer that d from medieval days; Brie Tart I (8 -inch) unbaked pie shell 1 pound brie cheese (with rin S egg yolks 1/4 teaspoon ginger 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon saffron 1 teaspoon brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon granulated sugar Bake pastery shell in 425-degr oven for 10 minutes to set; coo reset oven to 375 degrees. Ch cheese and remove rind; cut rin into small pieces with moistene knife; reserve rind. Beat softene, cheese, egg yolks, ginger, salt saffron and brown sugar until smooth. Pour into pastry shell. Strew pieces of rind evenly over top of tart. Combine cinnamon and granulated sugar; sprinkle around edge. Bake about 30 min- utes at 375 degrees until set and golden brown. Statesman photo by Milan Chuckovich State Rep. Lydia Edwards unwinds from her hectic schedule by researching the origins of cookery P_ STATE TREASURER LYDIA JUSTICE EDWARDS Born in Carter County, Kentucky, attended Prichard High School, San Francisco State and the University of California. Served 41/2 years in the Idaho House of Represen- tatives. Received the 1983 Disabled Ameri- can Veterans Citation of Merit; 1985 High- way Users Motorvator Safety Award; Beta Sigma Phi Sorority First Lady of the Year and the Outstanding County Chairman Idaho Republican Hall of Fame Award. Member of Childhelp USA, Kiwanis, Idaho Mothers, Inc., and has served as delegate to four Republican National Conventions. Alexandra and Margot. She has three children, Mark, Address: Room 102, State Capitol, Boise 83720 -0091 Phone: (208) 334 -3200 Fax: (208) 332 -2960 Internet Site: www.state.id.us /treasur /sto.htm E -Mail Address: ledwards@sto.state.id.us Political Party: Republican Duties: Receives all state monies, accounts for the receipt and disbursement of public funds; invests general account and agency pooled cash for the best possible interest return, producing large amounts of new, non -tax revenue for the state; issues instruments of state debt and pays all state obligations. By statute, the State Treasurer is a member of the State Board of Canvassers. Administers the Local Government Investment Pool under the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, which allows Idaho governmental units to benefit through the higher interest produced through volume purchase of allowed investment instruments. Custodian for Endowment Funds. Custodian of Workers Compensation Security Deposits by insurance companies. Administers State Debt Information Depository, recognized by the SEC. 48 IDAHO BLUE BOOK CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES A"9�it o�ciiL� ,Pirr�.P�t�e�iutecf.�/lt2tes toz�o-t� O U �h2CG, 12Ct. G' C�l L�e32�ER� ,c'�,2PLi2'��tG.G`Cy,tl2�°/ � C�z� a�u, iU %tate cccunt. ,a e.� CYL92PiJ1,2l22 C�i��2Q /I!P/,�J,OLPP�i/,�O-�P/�Z�I�C f/t�l 0 0 CL2t,GC CF/C�.�� �/J�iCCLt�J. GR�GO7?J JANUARY 10, 1878 • 19TH AMENDMENT FIRST INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS MAY 21, 1919 ♦ PASSED OV THE HOUSE JUNE 4, 1 g 19 • PASSED BY THE NECESSARY TWO-THIROS A%A)ORITY IN THE SENATE AND SENT TO THE STATES FOR RATIFICATION FEBRUARY 11, 1920 * IDAHO, THE 30TH STATE, RATIFIED THE ANIENDA►EHT AUGUST 26, 1910 4 OFFICIALLY PROCLAIMED A PART OF THE U.S CONSTITUTION AFTER THE NECESSAaVj6 STATES HAD RATIFIED. bah, Noonan Scribr Eds, OS Monday, October 16, 1995 THE BOND BUYER IDA.NO ""reasurer's Letter s treasurer of the State of Idaho, I am faced daily with two primary responsibilities experienced by treasurers in all other states: dealing effectively with the volume of state investments; handling investment of state income from all sources at the highest possible interest rate. Two factors make this difficult for all of us. One is the Legis- lature that spends independently. The other is a reluctance on the part of the Chairman of the Federal Reserve to call before he tinkers with interest rates. Our job is handicapped by having responsibility but no control. In the case of a small state such as Idaho, we've concentrat- ed on effective handling of cash resources using a "lean and mean" management approach. One method has been development of fast turnarounds in collecting, processing and depositing checks and other income. We've become proficient at moving dollars going to vendors and municipalities faster through increased use of electronic fund transfer. We have established a two-way direct deposit system with nearly all Idaho cities and coun- ties. State taxing agencies and districts are handled similar- ly. I have proposed speeding up Idaho's method of sales tax collection on a weekly rather than monthly basis and am working with the Legislature to develop the idea 23A 45twta #WW 4549ft Idaho was the first state to collect all tax payments of $100,000 or more by electronic transfer which has elimi- nated "float." We were the first state to establish a debt repository We have tried to be responsive to the needs of children and single parents by working with county officials to devel- op a direct deposit system for child support collections. Pay- ments originating in other states and foreign countries are also handled this way. To minimize the burden on taxpayers, we've automated our investments. We initiate our own wire transfers, price our own investment inventory, and use Bloomberg for broker confirmations and offerings with no intermediary. We also directly access international markets and trends. One other note. our staff size is 15. That's the same number we had 20 years ago. Absent legislative consulting before spending and without a regular call from Alan Greenspan, Idaho has gotten beyond in the "green eyeshade and quill pen" era and we are well ahead of many states in the use of technology. Faced with far greater volume and increased complexities in the marketplace, we are challenged but not over- whelmed. Born in Carter County, .Kentucky, attend - ` certain bank certtftcates of deposit and ed Prichard High School, San Francisco commercial paper for the best possible State and the University of Caltfornia, interest return,,, producing large amounts Served 4.5 years in the Idaho House of of new, non -tax revenue,for the state. Representatives. Received the 1983 DO- Issues instruments of state debt and pays abled American Veterans Citation of warrants (state checks) issued by the State Merit; 1985 Highway Users Motorvator Controller's office. By statute, the State Safety Award; Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Treasurer is a member of the State Board First Lady of the Year and the Outstared- of Canvassers. Administrates the Local ing County Chairman Idaho Republican Government Investment Pool under the Hall of Fame Award. Member of Childhelp ,joint Favercise of Powers Act, which allows USA, Kiwanis, Idaho Mothers,_ Inc., and Idaho governmental units to benefit , has served as delegate to three Republican through the higher interest produced National Conventions. She has three cbil- through volume purchase of allowed dren, Mark, Alexandra and Margot. investment instruments. Custodian for Endowment Funds. Custodian of Workers Peceiios all trx0 monies accounts for the Compensation Security Deposits by incur- w. , teceipt and di3bursement of public fu nds. ' ance companies. Maintains a state infor -' Inver sgeftef —V agency and agency tnatiart dioOsitory for all rhunicipa! debt podded cash governrHent 3ecfizrtNes itrccl � Issued in tfle state of Idaho. STATE OF IDAHO FY 1996 GENERAL FUND Millions of Dollars (% of total) "Where the money comes from .... " Corporate income Tax / $1226 (9.1 %) Sales Tax $479.4 (35.5 %) Other Sources ;81.0 (6.0%) Total Revenue Available - $1,350.5 All Other Agencies $200.7 (14.9%) Health and Welfare 5224.3 (16.8%) !then Educabon $88.8 (6.6%) College & UnivsrxWes X5171.0 (127 %) ".... Where the money goes " Public Schools $864.0 (49.2%) Total Appropriations - $1,348.8 14 THE CAPITOL Watercolor by Angela Schwarzkopf Highly visible from all over Washington, D.C.'s Mall, the Capitol building is the center and focal point of the "spoked wheel" layout of the nation's capital. The seat of the Senate and House of Representatives, the Capitol building itself was the result of a nationwide design contest wort by physician William Thornton. The cornerstone was laid by George Washington on September 18, 1793. In 1814 the British burned the Capitol down. Reconstruction began immediately and was finally completed in 1863 including the addition of the great cast -iron dome. A victim of constant expansion, the present day Capitol far exceeds the size of the original design. ' }n i igs This card represents a contributio to the NSDAR Constitution Hall Fund ii lWerqjefj . r The National Society Daughters of the Amerideh fie�dutforr, _ 1776 D Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006 - 5392, is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization. Printed in U.S.A. © 1993 National Society Daughters of the American Revolution postcard back Woman suffrage History 1848 300 people attend first women's rights convention in Seneca falls, N.Y., at which the first formal demand is made for woman suffrage. 1868 The first federal woman suffrage amendment is introduced into congress. 1869 Women gain right to vote in Wyoming Territory. 1871 Idaho Territorial legislature defeats territorial woman suffrage bill. Similar bills fail in 1885, 1881, and at the state constitutional convention in 1889. 1878 Susan B. Anthony's Woman Suffrage Amendment is introduced into congress. P/ 1895 Adaho legislature passes SJR 2, a proposed constitu- tional amendment granting women the right to vote in state and local elections. 1996 aho vo ers p rove suffrage constitutional n ndment and it survives a court challenge. 1919 U.S. (ongress passes a woman suffrage amendment and refers it to the states for ratification. 1920 On Feb. II Ida becomes tll 30 e th state t� ratify the 19th Amendment. 1920 Proposed suffrage amendment, having been ratified by 36 states, is proclaimed the 19th Amendment to the U.S. constitution on Aug. 26. legacy 15. Photos and led from the woman sullrage movement in Idaho, will he The Kiwanis Club of Boise Active Member This is to certify that Lydia Justice Edwards is elected to active membership in this club and thus accorded the fellowship, privileges and responsibilities thereunto appertaining. Date