Dam failure
Ricks was a bishop, a stake president (during the 1976 Teton Dam failure and played a key role in local disaster relief efforts), and regional representative of the Twelve. He also served as the Nauvoo Visitor's Center Director for 25 months, completed an 18-month mission in Salt Lake City at the Missionary Department, and was temple president of the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple from 1999 to 2002.