I'm planning on attending I-Fest 2008 and saw the note about motels vs. dorms. Last year I attended a puppet conference (I won't say which), stayed in the dorms, and was bitten over 30 times by what I believe were "bedbugs". I had an allergic reaction and had to go to the doctor. I'm familiar with bedbugs as my daughter had bedbugs in her apartment a few years ago, and my daughters were bitten over many months before they discovered but was biting them. They are very difficult to get rid of as pesticides that were used in the past are no longer used. I'm now a little dorm shy, but was thinking about staying in the dorms because of the reduced cost. Now I'm wondering if I should stay at a motel instead. Any comments?

I've never had a problem at I-Fest with bed bugs! Now the cicadas at night are a different story!

Brett

There are also married housing apartments on campus, though they are a little further than the dorms.
The lunch and dinner lines are long on Thurs., fri. and sat. but the food is excellent all week.
I have stayed on campus 8 different years and never had trouble, although you may want to pack a small fan. Also bring a collapsible umbrella.

Tony Borders will have the Axtell booth this year at the amazing IFEST convention. He will have the Hands-Free Remote Control puppets to demonstrate and our regular puppets as well!

All of our conventions are listed on the NEWS PAGE http://www.axtell.com/new.html

Ax

Dear readers, Mr. Borders is looking for "a small fan" to go to his annual convention.
Consequently, I have compiled a list of short fan candidates.
Mickey Rooney 5'3
Truman Capote: 5' 3
Sammy Davis, Jr.: 5' 3
Bo Derek: 5' 3
Judy Garland: 5' 3
Davy Jones (Monkees): 5' 3
Jennifer Jason Leigh: 5' 3
Hayley Mills: 5' 3
Jane Pauley: 5' 3
Bernadette Peters: 5' 3
Lisa Marie Presley: 5' 3
Paula Abdul: 5' 2
Linda Blair: 5' 2
Sally Field: 5' 2
Debbie Reynolds: 5' 2
Joan Rivers: 5' 2
Linda Ronstadt: 5' 2
Paul Simon: 5' 2
Tori Amos 5'2
Christina Aguilera 5'2
Paula Abdul 5'2
Bette Midler: 5' 1
Stevie Nicks: 5' 1
Carrie Fisher: 5' 1
Natalie Wood: 5' 1
Sally Struthers: 5' 1½
Danny DeVito 5'0
Mary Pickford: 5' 0( no way--she's Canadian!)
Paul Williams: 5' 0
Dolly Parton: 4' 11
Gary Coleman 4'8

Thank you for not listing the heights in centimeters!

Of course, if I had I would have done it in centimetres. Of for distance I would have used kilometres(keel-o-metres) because in Canader to pronouce kill it must have two els.
Of course, Excited States spell checks constantly rate our spellings as wrong.
Ron

I love going to IFEST....never had a bed bug....the cicadas are not a problem....but there are way too many puppets.

Ax