NovemberNovember 13, 13, 2019 2019 THE THE NORTHNORTH GEORGIAGEORGIA NEWSNEWS Page 3A Eubanks...from Page 1A years ago, I decided maybe I would try it. I got on their website, and they said to make a video and send it to them for consideration.” Eubanks’ daughter, Robin Casey of Woodstock, helped her make a video to submit over the internet. “Several months went by and I got an email from them that they had received it, and that they were going to come to Atlanta to hold auditions at a downtown hotel,” Eubanks said. “They invited me to come, so my daughter and I both went. “We did the audition process there along with a lot of other people, and we made the final cut.” Added Eubanks, “This was April of 2017. About a year later, my daughter received a call that they didn’t think they were going to be doing a family show that season, and would we consider appearing single, and she said yes.” Several more months went by before Eubanks got another email at the beginning of October this year, with show producers inviting her out to the Faye Eubanks served in the Women’s Army Corps right out of Sony Studios in Los Angeles, high school, from August 1958 to August 1961. California, to tape an episode on Oct. 10. Eubanks, who in 1958 joined experience of spinning the “We had to fill out a lot the Women’s Army Corps right Wheel of Fortune, Eubanks of paperwork and answer a out of high school. said it was “pretty heavy.” lot of questions, which is why The U.S. Army vet said “It was really hard for they knew I was a veteran and she was extremely nervous me to spin it,” Eubanks said. why I was asked to be on their during her time on set in Los “The stronger men can spin it Veterans Week show,” said Angeles. easily, but for little women, it “There were 15 of us was really hard.” because they were taping five The heavy wheel was Operation shows, and we were together all certainly worth the winnings, day,” Eubanks said. “Everyone but she got more out of the trip Care Package was nervous, but it was quite an than just money, she said. experience. “It was kind of a bucket “Vanna (White) came list thing for me. I enjoyed into the room where we were watching the show so much sequestered and said she just over all the years that I just wanted to meet us. Pat (Sajak) wanted to be on it,” Eubanks we just met on the set as we said, adding that she thought were beginning to tape.” of her husband throughout her Eubanks ended up performance and imagined him winning an all-cash total of smiling down on her. “It was all $12,500 playing Wheel of I thought it would be. I enjoyed Fortune, though there is a 120- the whole process.” day waiting period before she’ll Eubanks’ daughter Robin The VFW Auxiliary see the money. accompanied her out to Los Post 7807 in Hiawassee is in As far as what she plans Angeles, as she “definitely … need of monetary donations to to spend her winnings on, needed some backup.” help support “Operation Care Eubanks said that, first, she’ll “Everyone out there in Package”. Postage is needed give 10% to her church. And the Sony Studio was very nice to send packages to our troops though she could use a new to all of us,” she said. “I think serving over seas. dishwasher, she might also that’s important to mention.” Make checks payable to: save the money for a trip next Continuing, Eubanks VFW Auxilary, P.O. Box 624, year, but nothing is definite said, “If there’s something that Hiawassee, GA 30546, Attn: right now. you’ve dreamed of doing, give Operation Care Package. Speaking on the actual it a try. You never know.” LOCAL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT MONTGOMERY Tom’s Truck & Auto Randolph Jones 706-971-9313 CONCRETE Mattresses, Porch Rockers & More! Grading Gas & Diesel Engines ~ FOR ALL YOUR CONCRETE NEEDS ~ General & Major Repairs “From the Front Porch to the Forming through Finishing, House Slabs, Backhoe, Bobcat, Excavator, Driveways, Sidewalks, Stamped ASE Master Diesel Technician Back Door We’ve Got You Covered!” Dump Truck, Dirt, Gravel, Septic Colored Concrete. Top Quality Work! Specializing in FORD Powerstrokes Big Jobs and Small Jobs! 568 Blue Ridge St. • Blairsville, GA Tank Repair & Install & All F-Series Trucks Any & All Small Jobs Welcome! Serving North Georgia since 1997 • Insured FREE 706-835-1209 Tom Martin DELIVERY! Call 706-781-1806 90 Madeline Way, Blairsville, GA 30512 Mon-Fri 9am-6pm • Sat 9am-4pm • Closed Sun 706-897-4909 Southeast Geothermal & Spray Foam 706•400•2988 706-745-8685 1442 Blue Ridge Hwy. www.segeothermal.com 391 BLUE RIDGE HWY ALL INSURANCE ACCEPTED www.sesprayfoam.com

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