SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) -An Ozarks native will be a contestant this week on Wheel of Fortune.

Beth Atkins says she’s been a fan of Wheel for years and years.

Atkins first applied to be on the show around three years ago. It didn’t work out that time, but she didn’t give up.

She applied earlier this year again and was asked to come to California to be on the show.

Atkins grew up in St. Louis. She lived in Springfield for 19 years, working as an assistant for Lasik and Glaucoma surgeries.

She also has 11 grandkids and was able to take two of them to the show, an experience Atkins said she won’t forget.

“I was so excited just to be able to do the whole thing. It was a lifetime experience. I have always wanted to be on Wheel of Fortune ever since I was much, much younger. So this was a dr

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