Tick infesteation in NYC Theater

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New York Daily News - http://www.nydailynews.com

Miss. sisters ticked off by B'way show

BY BILL HUTCHINSON and DON SINGLETON

DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

Sunday, June 11th, 2006

Three Mississippi sisters claim their night at a Broadway show turned into

an

attack of the ticks last week.

Lula Green and her sisters, Dannie Eubanks and Iris Blakney, said they paid

$111 each to see the hit musical " Chicago " in the Ambassador Theater on W.

49th

St. Thursday night.

But before the end of the second act, they say, they were forced to flee

after Dannie noticed three bloodsucking ticks on her.

" We had to get up and leave - we weren't going to sit there in the ticks, "

said Green, a retired schoolteacher from Lucedale, Miss. " My sister was

scared

they might be in her clothes. "

Green said the three left their orchestra seats 0112, 0113 and 0114, and

went

into the lighted hallway, where they found more ticks crawling on Eubanks'

shirt.

The sisters claim they complained to a theater usher, who saw the ticks on

Eubanks and went to get the manager, but the manager refused to acknowledge

the

infestation.

" She said, 'We don't have ticks here. I never heard of a tick living in New

York,' " Green said.

" Well, we ain't stupid, " Green said. " We're from Mississippi and we know

what

ticks are. "

Representatives of the Schubert Organization, which owns the theater, did

not

return calls.

After a sleepless night, the sisters returned to Mississippi, where Green

spoke by phone to the Daily News.

" We saved one of those ticks, we have it in a plastic bag, " Green said.

" What

we would like is to have our money back.

" I would never go back into the Ambassador Theater, " she said. " I think the

Health Department needs to go over there and do something about it, because

they have bugs in there. "

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I can't help but think that someone should call those women and tell them that

the least of their worries should be getting their money back! They should be

more concerned about their health and getting that tick tested!

P.S. We are going backpacking this summer, in an area that is known to have

ticks. I am concerned, does anyone have any advise besides wearing protective

clothing to protect yourself from the ticks. For instance, I know that eating a

lot a garlic several days before we go will help keep the misqotoes away..is

there anything to take to discourage ticks?

thanks in advance..

LymeAngl@... wrote:

New York Daily News - http://www.nydailynews.com

Miss. sisters ticked off by B'way show

BY BILL HUTCHINSON and DON SINGLETON

DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

Sunday, June 11th, 2006

Three Mississippi sisters claim their night at a Broadway show turned into

an

attack of the ticks last week.

Lula Green and her sisters, Dannie Eubanks and Iris Blakney, said they paid

$111 each to see the hit musical " Chicago " in the Ambassador Theater on W.

49th

St. Thursday night.

But before the end of the second act, they say, they were forced to flee

after Dannie noticed three bloodsucking ticks on her.

" We had to get up and leave - we weren't going to sit there in the ticks, "

said Green, a retired schoolteacher from Lucedale, Miss. " My sister was

scared

they might be in her clothes. "

Green said the three left their orchestra seats 0112, 0113 and 0114, and

went

into the lighted hallway, where they found more ticks crawling on Eubanks'

shirt.

The sisters claim they complained to a theater usher, who saw the ticks on

Eubanks and went to get the manager, but the manager refused to acknowledge

the

infestation.

" She said, 'We don't have ticks here. I never heard of a tick living in New

York,' " Green said.

" Well, we ain't stupid, " Green said. " We're from Mississippi and we know

what

ticks are. "

Representatives of the Schubert Organization, which owns the theater, did

not

return calls.

After a sleepless night, the sisters returned to Mississippi, where Green

spoke by phone to the Daily News.

" We saved one of those ticks, we have it in a plastic bag, " Green said.

" What

we would like is to have our money back.

" I would never go back into the Ambassador Theater, " she said. " I think the

Health Department needs to go over there and do something about it, because

they have bugs in there. "