My favorite personal story about the late Frank Henderson involves a holiday invitation that he and his late first wife, Lillian, extended to my family in December 1986. Mrs. O, son Seth and 11-month-old daughter Amy were greeted by a warm house and warm hosts that cold evening. I had been at the S-R for two years and counting. Frank, former publisher of the Post Falls weekly who died Monday, was at the relative beginning of a long, local political career that saw him advance from Post Falls mayor to Kootenai County commissioner to Idaho legislator. Sometime during the evening, our hobnobbing was interrupted by a noise coming from the Hendersons’ Christmas tree. Amy was pulling ornaments off. And it was teetering. We prevented it from falling. But it was an embarrassing moment for Amy’s parents. The Hendersons, however, shrugged off the near Yuletide disaster. That unflappable nature served Frank well for decades of enlightened political service. He’ll be missed/DFO, Sunday Huckleberries print. More here.