Die-hard Ebertfest fans not deterred by obstacles for tickets

CHAMPAIGN – It's 7:10 a.m., it's dark, 39 degrees out – isn't this supposed to be spring? – and two friends are the first in line for individual tickets at Roger Ebert's Film Festival.

Jo Ellen Brown and Jeannette Lewin, Champaign friends for 21 years, have barely slept. Lewin had just gotten back Thursday night from Florida, her tan glowing in the morning chill as evidence.

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