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Article: Monopoly tournament players hope to pass go, collect win
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- The Topeka Capital-Journal
- Article date:
- March 22, 1999
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At the Monopoly tournament held Sunday in Topeka, the players had
their own Mr. Pennybags to oversee the proceedings.
Jim Eddy was decked out in a tuxedo, a Fred Astaire-style top hat
and black shoes buffed and polished with enough elbow grease to make
a military officer proud. He had a cane in one hand and a bullhorn
in the other.
Eddy, a volunteer, was on hand for the Topeka White Lakes Optimist
Club's fourth annual Monopoly Tournament at Fairlawn Plaza Mall. A
sanctioned tournament, it is hosted by the Optimist Club with
proceeds going to help youth at the Topeka Rescue Mission.
Five tables were set up in the mall in front of the Kitchen
Gallery and Cake & Candy Supply. The boards were ...