Motorcycling dogs? A traffic turkey? ICT in 70 will feature these uniquely Wichita tales

Whether you find yourself simply living in Wichita or absolutely love good old Doo-Dah, chances are you might agree our city seems to have more than its fair share of interesting people and stories.

If not, then Wichita Eagle visuals editor Jaime Green just may convince you.

In a new mini-documentary series called ICT in 70, she and Kansas.com are going to highlight “some fun, quirky things happening in our area” through 70-second documentaries.

“It’s just a fun way to meet a lot of new people and to tell their stories to other Wichitans,” Green said.

Initially, she planned to make the videos 60 seconds, but since Wichita was incorporated in 1870, Green settled on 70 seconds.

Plus, she added, “I just need a little bit more time.”

It’s a challenge to tell a story in 60 or even 70 seconds.

“Because it’s so short, a lot of what I’m doing gets thrown on the cutting-room floor,” Green said. “The digital cutting-room floor.”

She said it takes about a day to shoot and edit the features.

For her debut documentary, Green profiled the turkey who hangs out on the corner of Central and Greenwich and the woman who thinks of herself as the bird’s publicist.

“It’s just been so fun to watch the turkey rise in popularity,” Green said. “It’s got a real cult following.”

Other early ones include a man who has little-bitty helmets for his two chihuahuas and takes them riding around town on his motorcycle. They rival the turkey in terms of attention.

Then there’s a woman, Linda Anderson, who has so many animal figurines on her car dashboard and elsewhere on her vehicle that people riding with her worry “that they’re going to go to the ER with a tiger embedded in their cheek or something,” she said in the video.

“But it’s never happened,” Anderson noted.

The fourth video is on a women’s pinball league called ICT Ball Busters.

Now, though, Green is looking for ideas.

“I’m really going to lean hard on people to give me ideas,” she said.

You can send her tips at jgreen@wichitaeagle.com.

Remember: The videos can be on people, animals, businesses — whatever — as long as they are uniquely Wichita, Green said.

The videos can be found on Kansas.com and The Eagle’s social platforms: Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X and Threads.

Green plans to produce the mini documentaries on a weekly schedule if her traditional day-job duties don’t slow her down. One way or another, the videos will be frequent — especially if good ideas pour in.

Working on shorter documentaries has been a great change of pace for Green, not to mention they’re a clever way to do what she loves best at work.

“The thing I love most about my job is getting to meet people, and this is kind of a hack for me to get to meet a lot of fun people.”

This story was originally published July 2, 2025 at 4:12 AM.