[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 29, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E93]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 RECOGNIZING THE CITY OF DRIGGS, IDAHO

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                        HON. MICHAEL K. SIMPSON

                                of idaho

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 29, 2003

  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor one of Idaho's finest. With 
a zip code of 83422, Driggs, Idaho was recently featured in National 
Geographic Magazine ZIPUSA section entitled, ``Billionaires, Mormon 
potato farmers and skateboarders share an uncommon home in 83422.'' The 
town was featured in the publication because of its pristine location, 
nestled at the foot of one of the most photographed mountains in the 
world--the Grand Tetons.
  Driggs, Idaho is also one of the fastest growing towns per capita in 
the U.S. It's easy to see why. With friendly folks and beautiful 
scenery, Driggs is becoming a destination town. From Internet start up 
companies to third generation farmers, people flock and stay in Driggs. 
My wife Kathy and I are among them. We enjoy spending our weekends and 
holidays at our home with an incredible view of the Grand Tetons.
  Driggs is reminiscent of small-town, USA. The town's idea of a 
traffic jam is waiting for a tractor to go by. It's well known that in 
Driggs, the drivers you pass will wave at you, with one hand still on 
the steering wheel. It's like feeling you're home, even if you've never 
been there. There are no strangers in Driggs, Idaho.
  Main Street resembles the ideals of the past. You'll see the 
neighborhood malt shop, locally owned grocery store and the town 
bookstore, ``Dark Horse Books.'' The town is surrounded by fields of 
seed potatoes and gently sloping hills that roll to the foot of the 
mammoth Grand Teton Mountains. Perhaps Driggs' most famous attraction, 
other than the Grand Tetons, is the Spud Drive-in Theater. Locals like 
the old-time atmosphere of a drive in movie theater and the businesses' 
mascot, a giant cement potato in the back of a flat bed truck.
  I'm proud to represent and live in Driggs, Idaho. It's a place worthy 
of National Geographic praise and attention.

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