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Evanston City Manager's Office Intern Takes On 'Wheel Of Fortune'
Alyssa Tillmon, a 24-year-old Northern Illinois University student, is scheduled to appear on Thursday's broadcast, according to a report.
EVANSTON, IL — An intern working at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center is due to appear on Thursday's broadcast of the long-running game show "Wheel of Fortune."
Alyssa Tillmon, 24, a longtime fan of the fill-in-the blank world puzzle game currently pursuing a master's degree at Northern Illinois University, become a contestant on the show following a remote audition, Evanston Now reported.
“I had the mentality of ‘I got this, I got this. I’m going to win this game,'” she told Evanston Now.
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Currently an intern in the city manager's office, Tillmon taped an episode of of the game show in Los Angeles in mid-October with hosts Pat Sagak and Vanna White, according to the website. It is scheduled to air at 6:30 p.m. on WLS-TV, Chicago's ABC affiliate.
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