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Idaho officials designing giant, glow-in-the-dark potato
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SEPTEMBER 06, 2017 2:35 PM
KETCHUM, IDAHO

Idaho officials plan to replace a 6-ton potato replica used for advertising
with one that glows in the dark.

Idaho Potato Commission officials say it will be lighter and leaner than
the Great Big Idaho Potato Truck's current Russet Burbank potato replica,
the Capital Press reported (http://bit.ly/2xOS7ng).

The potato truck is used to promote the Idaho brand and has travelled over
148,000 miles (238172 kilometers) and toured through 7,200 cities in six
years.

By making the new model two feet (0.6 meters) narrower, the potato truck
will be able to operate without wide-load restrictions, permitting it to
drive at night so the glow-in-the-dark spud can shine during nighttime
parades, Idaho Potato Commission President and CEO Frank Muir said.

Officials intend to make the new model look almost identical to the current
one and keep it at 27 feet (8.2 meters) long.

"The potato will look like it magically is glowing, and people will
absolutely love it," Muir said, while announcing the plans during the Idaho
Grower Shippers Association's 89th Annual Convention last month.
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