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'It's entertainment' February 23, 2008
The clock tolled 5 p.m., marking the beginning to another Friday night Bingo at the Elks Lodge, 43 W. Victory Way. On a given Friday night, for the next hour and fifteen minutes before the first numbers are called, as many as 80 people will show up, sit down and start sifting through numerous sheets of numbered paper. Each person has his or her own system, each adorned with their lucky charms and assortment of colored dotters. "It's fun," said Jim Meineke, who said he's been calling Bingo at Elks Lodge and the VFW since the early 1970s. When asked why he's done it for so many years, he replied, "It's entertainment."
Ruby Wooden marks her card in a game of "Blackout" during Bingo on Friday night at the Elks Lodge. Wooden, 88, keeps everything in a precise order, something she's learned in the 30 years she estimated she has played.
Jim Meineke checks to make sure all of the balls are accounted for before starting Bingo night on Friday. Between six to eight volunteers help out to make Bingo night at the Elks Lodge possible.
Shane Thomas, esquire games manager, sells Bingo packets Friday at the Elks Lodge. Each packet contains 15 colored pages, with each colored page corresponding to a game with names such as Layer Cake, Anyway "T", Letter "X" and Blackout.
Jim Meineke talks with his grandson Tyler Stuart before beginning Bingo Friday night.
An assortment of daubers awaits in a bin Friday night at the Elks Lodge.
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