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25 years of herding lobbyists…

Jan Eyth, supervisor of the legislative advisors for the past 25 years, at a surprise 80th birthday party the lobbyists threw for her Monday in a packed statehouse hearing room. (Betsy Russell / The Spokesman-Review)
Jan Eyth, supervisor of the legislative advisors for the past 25 years, at a surprise 80th birthday party the lobbyists threw for her Monday in a packed statehouse hearing room. (Betsy Russell / The Spokesman-Review)

Jan Eyth has been the supervisor of the legislative advisers, the lobbyists who use the legislative advisers' room in the Statehouse and check in with her for messages and such, for the past 25 years. Today, the lobbyists threw her a surprise 80th birthday party, complete with a huge cake. Lobbyist Skip Smyser asked her, "Can you believe this group could keep a secret?" as the clearly surprised and pleased Eyth was presented with the cake, cards and applause. "You really pulled it off," she responded, drawing a big laugh from the group packed into a legislative hearing room with this comment: "I love you all - some more than others."



Betsy Z. Russell

Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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