Happy Birthday to Gary B. Jones, from Nephi, Utah, now living in Alaska and known as G.B. Jones.

If you don't remember Gary, he was the scholar at Juab High, and won many of the speaking contests around. He was a gifted actor on stage in high school and BYU. He wrote three books including "Reflections"; "Among My People"; and "Winning the Iditarod-The G.B. Jones Story". During the Viet Nam Era, the US Army could call on Ranger Jones, who could parachute into a remote area and maintain silence and live off the land, as he did that as a kid. While serving an LDS Mission in Australia, Elder Jones was brought in to man handle any ten foot snake that needed to be re-located. After he and his dogs sped a thousand miles across Alaska to Nome, he needed time to relax, so took a week off and climbed the highest mountain around. To those of us in the Jones family, we are proud of him, but if you are a niece or nephew that want to visit with him, be prepared, as he still likes living off the land, and has more food caves that the Anasazi Indians. Happy Birthday little brother Jones!