photo by: Richard Gwin

Bridge players, including, clockwise from front left, Shari Krentzel, Clarice Broz, Eldon Herd and Marilyn Martin, gather up to five times a week to play at a suite in the North Lawrence outlet mall. Often more than 50 people, many from outside Lawrence, come together to play the game.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Eldon Herd of Lawrence leads off with a king of diamonds and waits for a play by an opposing player.

photo by: Richard Gwin

After every hand in the bridge games played in North Lawrence, the cards are put into a box and sent to the next table to be played.