In Memoriam To An Idaho Original
In his weekly column for the St. Maries Gazette-Record, Chris Carlson/The Carlson Chronicles tells of his
uncle Jack Briggs, an Idaho original, who died last week in Salmon at age 81: “We always could bring a smile to each other’s face by recalling the scene of his father, Fergus Briggs, Sr., a devout Baptist, holding a rake in hand extended toward the garage ceiling and jumping up in an attempt to hook that early Playboy Magazine pin-up of Marilyn Monroe in a diversion Jack had stapled to the ceiling where he could view it as he rolled out from under a vehicle on which he was working.”
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- Obama playing political games with debt ceiling /Adam’s Blog
- A lack of simplicity or simple lack of stuff /Dennis Mansfield
- Educating Idaho , and: Dust in the wind /Fort Boise
- Your primer on the phone hacking scandal /43rd State Blues
- Ski Idaho — in summer /Natalie Chavez, ICL
- Every serious person knows debt ceiling deal must be done /Marc Johnson
- A cozy relationship w/BlueShield of Idaho /Randy Stapilus
Question: Who would you describe as an Idaho original?
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