… Sid and Stacy Smith. Smith, the former state Repub exec and spokesman for U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, and his wife (a Boise elementary teacher and former Coeur d’Alene High sports star) welcomed first child, son Taylor Carlin Smith, Friday in Boise. According to Sid’s mother, Ruth, Sid will be in town next Monday to begin his duties as U.S. Sen. Jim Risch’s regional director. The couple has been trying to get back to Coeur d’Alene for years after living in Washington, D.C., and Boise.

One of former U.S. Rep. Bill Sali’s former aides has landed on his feet at the Idaho Republican Party. Jonathan Parker, a district director and a campaign worker for Sali before the one-term GOP Congressman lost in November to Democrat Walt Minnick, is taking over as executive director of the state party. Parker, who is also Young Republican state chairman, replaces former executive director Sid Smith, who took a job with new U.S. Sen. Jim Risch to run his Coeur d’Alene office/AP.

DFO: Hat tip to my old buddy Sid Smith. Who has worked at a serious of political jobs elsewhere, including PRmeister for U.S. Sen. Larry Craig before finally achieving his long-time goal of returning to his hometown of Coeur d’Alene. Sid and his wife, Stacy (daughter of Dave & Bev Chambers), both graduated from Coeur d’Alene High.