Familiar face turned out to be famous

BY BETSIE FREEMAN
OMAHA WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

Traveling for work has perks beyond subsidized meals and the occasional luxury hotel room. You just might run into someone famous at the airport.

Alesia Montgomery, a trainer for Girls and Boys Town, was in Nashville, Tenn., with a colleague recently when they spotted a tiny, red-haired woman who looked familiar. She had a young boy in tow and was carrying a bike helmet.

"That looks just like Reba McEntire," Montgomery's colleague said as they passed the woman in the corridor.

Montgomery backtracked and followed her into a bookstore.

"Are you . . . ?" Turns out it was. McEntire, star of the Grand Ole Opry, Broadway and a WB TV sitcom, was most gracious, signing autographs and visiting with the Omahans.

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