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NEWTON, Woodrow & wife, Ava
(Evening Shade)
2102 Willow Lane
Evening Shade, AR
Woodrow ("Wood") is a former pro football
quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers. A
graduate of the University of Arkansas, Wood
returned to his hometown to become the P.E.
teacher and coach for the The Mules football
team [on a losing streak] for Evening Shade
High School. |
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Wood is an alumnus of Evening Shade High School
where he earned the nickname “Thumper” while
playing on the football team [jersey #37]. As a
pro player Wood was called "Clutch" and wore
jersey #22. His favorite song is "Blueberry
Hill" by Fats Domino.
Ava [née Evans] is 33-years-old and a
prosecuting attorney. In her pre-teen days she
was overweight and nicknamed "Chubby Evans." Now
married 16 years, Wood and Eva share their home
with their four children: Taylor, a 15 year-old
who attends Evening Shade High; Molly, an
11-year-old who attends Evening Shade Elementary
School; Will, a 4-year-old; and baby Emily
Frieda who was born 5/6/91 despite Wood's
vasectomy. Brownie is the name of their family
dog. [Carl the mule is the high school team
mascot.]
The Newton’s friends are Ponder Blue, the
philosophical owner of a local rib joint named
Blue’s Barbeque Villa; Dr. Harlan Elldridge, the
town’s cranky physician and a member of the
Civil War Society; Merleen Elldridge, his sexy
wife; Evan Evans, Ava’s father, the publisher of
The Argus, the town’s newspaper [Evan still
holds a grudge against Wood for marrying his
daughter when she was only 18 and he was
thirty]; Frieda Evans, Eva's outspoken aunt;
Fontana Beausoleil, Evan’s new wife, a dimwitted
stripper who likes to run naked [she discovers
Merleen is her mother who had given her up for
adoption]; Herman Stiles, a wimpy math teacher
who works as Wood‘s assistant football coach;
and Nub Oliver, a slow-witted newspaper delivery
man who pulls around a little wagon nicknamed
"Chariots of Fire."
SOME EVENING
SHADE HIGHLIGHTS
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Wood discovers his most
celebrated high school touchdown catch
was actually out of bounds while
reviewing old game footage,
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Will Newton shaves off
half of of his dad's moustache as he
slept.
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At Christmas, Wood is
angered at his kid's materialism so he
gives all their presents to a needy
family
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Wood's high school
flame, Becky Kincaid Winstead returns
for his 30th reunion and causes some
jealous moments.
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Two talented teenage
girls (Yvonne and Yvette) want to join
The Mules football Team. The
women in town vote "Yes" and the men
vote "No!"
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On Wood's annual hunting
trip into the mountains, he and the guys
reluctantly invite the girls along.
After Wood tries to scare the girls
dressed up in a bear costume, the girls
get the guys back by stealing all their
clothes and leaving them totally naked
in the wilderness.
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Ava goes into labor
while Terry Bradshaw delivers a speech
at the Booster Club Sports. The baby's
umbilical cord is wrapped around its
throat so Emily Frieda must be born via
a Caesarian.
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A criminal named Harvey
Lujack breaks out of jail and heads to
Evening Shade to settle a score with
attorney Ava, who put him there.
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Wood cancels all of his
appointments to spend the weekend with a
special friend: Kenny Rogers.
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Bully cousin Readith
returns to Evening shade after 30
years (in a casket)
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Ava becomes Arkansas'
Attorney of the Year in 1992
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Fontana gives birth to a
girl, Scout Evans on 3/20/93
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The Mules
57-game losing streak is
broken on 4/3/93.
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In an attempt to show
Wood's little girl Emily that Halloween
is not scary but fun, he reluctantly
dons a fairy costume.
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Hollywood star Cynthia
Gibson comes to town and wants to buy
Evening Shade.
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Wood becomes Mayor of
Evening Shade in 1994
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