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> From: Ken Chawkin <[email protected]> > Subject: Jim Carrey makes news in Fairfield > Date: July 18, 2013 11:54:34 PM CDT > To: Friends News Group 1 <[email protected]> > > Jim Carrey Fairfield sightings. In the last email I mentioned that Jim Carrey > was in town, staying at The Raj and meditated in the Men's Golden Dome. > Apparently he also paid a surprise visit to the David Lynch Foundation > Television offices in the Gate Ridge building. Canadian governor Frank Haika > met Jim Carrey at The Raj and had a picture taken with him. The Des Moines > Register's Kyle Munson picked up a neat story on Jim Carrey and a baseball > team from Pella. Jim really made these kids' day after they lost a baseball > game in town. He made them feel like winners. Now the Daily Mail covered the > story, with their own take on it. WHO-TV reported GOING DUTCH: Carrey Poses > with Pella as did Eonline: Jim Carrey Poses with Iowa High School Baseball > Team While on Meditation Retreat—Take a Look! Good PR for Fairfield, Iowa, > T.M, MUM and The Raj, and of course Burger King. The lady they refer to is > Jim's daughter, Jane. > > Pella baseball team caps season with Jim Carrey at Fairfield Burger King > http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2013/07/17/pella-baseball-team-caps-season-with-jim-carrey-at-fairfield-burger-king/article > > > 8:41 PM, Jul 17, 2013 | by Kyle Munson > > I’m starting to wonder whether summer in Iowa is poised to become the next > trendy seasonal destination for celebs who need a serious break from the > coastal grind. > > Ashton Kutcher returned home with Mila Kunis for a July Fourth parade. > > We all knew that David Byrne would perform at the 80/35 Music Festival, but > we didn’t realize how much time he would spend here analyzing us. > > And now Tuesday, flexible-faced actor Jim Carrey turned up in Fairfield at > the Maharishi University of Management, reportedly to pursue transcendental > meditation. (Or he may have spent the majority of his day at local Ayurveda > health spa The Raj, which has links to the university.) > > Carrey let the news slip by posting an exuberant “We love Iowa” photo of his > own — a quaint rural scene complete with giant round hay bales in the > background and his female companion (perhaps his daughter, Jane?) astride a > bicycle. > > But the social media chatter fired up today in earnest thanks to Carrey’s > encounter with the 19 or so high school players of the Pella Dutch baseball > team who ran into Carrey at the local Burger King in Fairfield. > > Coach Jesse Jablonski and his players stopped by the BK for ice cream after > their final game of the regular season, a 7-1 loss to Fairfield. > > “I kind of heard some whispers from a few of my guys in the background,” > Jablonski said. “I didn’t really think it would be (Carrey) at first. What > would he be doing in Fairfield, Iowa?” > > But the coach became more certain as he watched Carrey interact with his > team, because the actor “just has those unmistakable facial expressions as he > talks.” > > The launch of the TV series that helped catapult Carrey to fame, “In Living > Color,” predates the birth of these baseball players. But Jablonski was > surprised that his athletes had a workable knowledge of the broader Carrey > canon, “Dumb and Dumber” included. “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” is a > particular favorite. > > Carrey lingered at BK with about six other people, and one of them spoke to > Jablonski about the day spent at the university. (In that sense, Fairfield is > accustomed to the occasional visit by famous folks who are curious about or > dedicated to TM, whether it’s Oprah, David Lynch, Donovan, Moby, etc.) The > coach didn’t want his players to badger the actor, so as the boys filed out > of the restaurant with their ice cream cones he went back to where Carrey was > standing to make sure all of his students were aboard the bus. > > But Carrey ended up following him back to the bus. > > “Hey, let’s do this picture!” Carrey told the team as he bounded into the > middle of the Pella players. > > Carrey held up seven fingers to help record the 7-1 score of that day’s > disappointing defeat. And what he may have yelled just before the photo no > doubt gave the high school kids a laugh. > > The team had been understandably dejected, losing its last regular game — on > the heels of a three-game winning streak. So Carrey offered an instant morale > boost above and beyond ice cream. > > “Obviously, after that happened, the loss and the game were the last things > on their minds,” Jablonski said. > > Carrey also might have found the encounter refreshing. Other headlines this > week have focused on Carrey’s Twitter apology for his tirade against gun > owners in the wake of last year’s Denver theater massacre, followed by a > Funny or Die skit in March. > > So who’s taking bets on the name attached to the next Hollywood-Iowa moment > of July 2013? > > --------- > > Jim is coming out with a children's book this fall: How Roland Rolls by Jim > Carrey and Rob Nason (Sep 24, 2013) > > HOW ROLAND ROLLS is a story about a wave named Roland who’s afraid that, one > day, when he hits the beach, his life will be over. But when he gets deep, > he’s struck by the notion that he’s not just a wave — he’s the whole big, > wide ocean! The story shows humanity’s interconnectedness through the > metaphor of a wave in the ocean. > > The book is lavishly illustrated by Rob Nason, who won a Golden Reel award > for his work as Art Director on the film Anastasia, as well as an Annie > Awards nomination. His work on Thumbelina garnered the Hans Christian > Andersen award. His cover for the inspiring grass-roots children’s book, > Saltwater Taffy, was nominated as Cover of the Year and was a finalist for > the prestigious Benjamin Franklin award. > > ------- > > BTW, I apologize if I may have offended some of you with that crazy Bullett > article. It was a bit raunchy, but funny. It won't happen again. ; >) > >
