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Kobe Bryant and the Idaho potato truck

The Idaho Potato Commission says its traveling advertisement, the Great Big Idaho Potato Truck, could roll on indefinitely. The Capital Press reports that IPC considered retiring the truck after its current tour, but recent comments from celebrities like retired Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant may have saved it. The truck is scheduled to cover 25,000 miles during its fifth national tour. Highlights include stops at the Kentucky Derby and the premier of Idaho the Musical in Las Vegas. This file photo from 2012 shows the truck in front of Idaho's state Capitol. (AP / John Miller)
The Idaho Potato Commission says its traveling advertisement, the Great Big Idaho Potato Truck, could roll on indefinitely. The Capital Press reports that IPC considered retiring the truck after its current tour, but recent comments from celebrities like retired Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant may have saved it. The truck is scheduled to cover 25,000 miles during its fifth national tour. Highlights include stops at the Kentucky Derby and the premier of Idaho the Musical in Las Vegas. This file photo from 2012 shows the truck in front of Idaho's state Capitol. (AP / John Miller)

The infamous giant Idaho potato truck might not be going into the garage after all -- thanks to an inquiry by NBA star Kobe Bryant. Betsy Russell/Eye on Boise shares from an AP story: Frank Muir, Idaho Potato Commission president and CEO, said ESPN sideline reporter Heather Cox told him that before a recent interview, Bryant referenced the running story line of the commission's ads: an Idaho potato grower's search for the "missing" potato truck. Cox is a spokeswoman for the commission. "How long have you been working with Idaho potatoes?" Bryant asked Cox, nicknamed "Spud" by professional athletes. "Have they found that truck yet?" More here.

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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.