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Thursday, November 3, 2016
Humboldt girl, 11, struck by pickup
Alison Fees and Jake Ard rehearse a scene from the Iola Community Theatre production of “Becky’s New Car,” which premieres Friday at the Iola Community Theatre Warehouse. Below, Gary Reeder sits forelornly in another scene. REGISTER/RICH ARD LUKEN
‘Becky’s New Car’ delivers laughs By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
Women tend to talk in code, Iola Community Theatre newcomer Alison Fees explains at the outset of “Becky’s New Car.” For example, if she says she wants a new pair of shoes, what she really wants is a new job. Likewise, if a woman says she wants a new house, she actually wants a new husband. And finally, any desire for a new car can be equated to wanting an entirely new life. Such is the story of the eponymous Becky in the Iola Community Theatre production, which opens Friday at the ICT Warehouse. Tickets sell for $18.31 (tax included) for adults and $12.88 for students. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Nov. 12 and a matinee showing at 2 p.m. Nov. 13. Fees, in her ICT debut, sparkles as the story’s protagonist, slogging her way through middle age, content (but not always happy) in her home, her marriage and her job as a receptionist and
office manager at a local car dealership. Becky’s husband (Jake Ard) makes a living as a roofer. Her son, a 26-year-old unemployed
Bigfoot search lands professor in hot water GALLUP, N.M. (AP) — The head of the University of New Mexico’s Gallup campus is under fire for spending money on Bigfootrelated pursuits. UNM Gallup’s Executive Director Dr. Christopher Dyer organized a two-day, on-campus Bigfoot conference in February followed by a Bigfoot expedition, costing taxpayers more than $7,000, KRQE-TV reported. “It was the largest and most well-attended event in the history of this campus,” Dyer said. UNM paid for advertising, meals for guest speakers, airfare and per diem. Selfprofessed Bigfoot expert Dr. Jeff Meldrum was paid a $1,000 honorarium plus expenses. The other guest
speaker, Rob Kryder, was paid a $500 honorarium plus expenses. Dyer is an avid Bigfoot hunter in his free time and says he only pursues the mythical creature when he See BIGFOOT | Page A5
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psychology major (Sam Terhune), is only too willing to diagnose each of his mother’s complaints about his inability to branch out on his own, or at
HUMBOLDT — Eleven-year-old Bridgett Neeley, Humboldt, is in a Wichita hospital today after being struck by a pickup while riding her bike Wednesday afternoon. The Humboldt Police Department reported Neeley, a fifth-grader at Humboldt Elementary School, was struck at the intersection of Ninth and Bridge streets. Neeley had entered the intersection when she was struck by a pickup driven by Jack Baker, 43, Humboldt. Baker was southbound on Ninth and had stopped at the stoplight, when he then had begun to make a legal, righthand turn and struck Neeley, officers said. Neeley and the bicycle were pinned beneath the truck and dragged a short distance until the pickup stopped. The bike may have been Neeley’s salvation, officers said, because it prevented the truck from rolling over her. A flood of nearby bystanders rushed to the scene until an ambulance arrived from Iola. Humboldt City Administrator Cole Herder and other B&W Trailer Hitches employees helped direct traffic while emergency crews tended to the girl. Staffers from nearby Ashley Clinic also rushed to the scene to provide aid.
least find a job. Meanwhile, it’s at work Becky’s path crosses with that
NEELEY WAS flown to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, where she was diagnosed with a skull fracture. She remains in the hospital’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
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The Chicago Cubs celebrate after defeating the Cleveland Indians Wednesday in Game 7 to win the World Series at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio. Further details from the thrilling Fall Classic finale are on Pages B1 and B6. CHICAGO TRIBUNE/BRIAN CASSELLA/TNS
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