San Diego is the site of this years Produce Marketing Association meeting. The Idaho Potato Commission has always used this major produce marketing show to attract attention to the states most famous product. Potato Commission president Frank Muir says Denise Austins appearance in their booth at one show attracted big crowds, so did some of the cast members from Gilligans Island. So whats up for this year?

MUIR Were bringing back Mary Ann from Gilligans Island, Dawn Wells and Dawn is bringing a very good friend of hers who everyone will know as Jeannie from I Dream of Jeanie, Miss Barbara Eden.

The PMA event is right around the corner. It opens Sunday, October 22nd and runs through the 24th at the San Diego Convention Center. Eden will have to skip the first day.

MUIRA play called Love Letters with Larry Hagman has been held over in a city so she wont be getting in there until Sunday night.

Dawn Wells has been a big promoter of Idaho potatoes. She operates an acting camp from her home in Driggs and has been a solid backer of a music and entertainment event know as Spud Fest. Muir says its celebrities like Wells and Eden who bring produce industry people to their booth and thats his chance to let them learn more about Idaho potatoes.

Todays Idaho Ag News
Bill Scott