Souvenir markers make unique gifts
By Jerry Zgoda 
Star Tribune Staff Writer
Minneapolis Star Tribune
July 2000

Sometimes inspiration can be summoned from the strangest places. From a 3-inch hole in her kitchen floor, a Minneapolis woman has created a growing business selling recreations of geographical markers you would find if you reached the summit of Mount McKinley or ventured to the South Pole.


Betty Risser, a Dayton's alterations fitter for the past 23 years, got the idea while remodeling her Northeast Minneapolis home six years ago. A friend, Minneapolis artist Stuart Klipper, was...

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Betty Green Risser has made it her business to replicate benchmarks that commemorate your accomplishments.

BY RICHARD CHIN
Pioneer Press
05/11/2007

Everyone who slogs to the finish line of a marathon can pretty much count on getting a nice completion medal. But trudge for hours through thin air to reach a mountain summit, and all you're likely to get at the top is out of breath and a nice view.

Then, Betty Green Risser came along.

The Minneapolis woman is the creator of a company that allows you to award yourself (or someone else) with...

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