Of course the cast covering her broken right wrist is orange.
"I told them when they were putting it on that I didn't care," Lila Jeanne "Shorty" Eichelberger said. "But my friend who was with me told them it had to be orange."
One of the biggest Illini supporters you'll find, Shorty slipped while pulling weeds and faces six more weeks of living left-handed. The 88-year-old from Champaign should be a full strength, however, when she receives a whopper of an honor Oct. 7 in Chevy Chase, Md. Shorty and 15 others will be inducted into the National 4-H Hall of Fame, an exclusive club that was 344 members nationwide.