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The Sanford Herald
FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2014 • SANFORDHERALD.COM
Abby, Bridge, Horoscope .. B5
Classifieds .........................B7-10
Comics ...................................... B6
Community calendar ..........A2
Graham ....................................A3
Opinion ....................................A4
Scoreboard ............................. B4
Stocks .......................................A7
To inform, challenge and celebrate
INDEXHAPPENING TODAYSANFORD: Sharon Kathleen White, 56BENNETT: Kenneth Leroy Kester, 68CARTHAGE: Arthur Edwin Bryant, 85FAYETTEVILLE: Leon Valentine, 79SILER CITY: Demetrius Elliott Headen, 38; Leroy Bowden, 92
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OBITUARIESHigh: 84Low: 62
More Weather, Page A10
facebook.com/SanfordHerald @sanfordheraldsanfordherald.comSTAY INFORMED
J.S. Waters seventh grade will hold a chicken tenders dinner and auction from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. at the Goldston Fire Department. The cost is $7 per plate; carry out or delivery available. The auction begins at 6:30 p.m., and all money will go toward a class trip.
CALENDAR, PAGE A2
High: 87Low: 65
TODAY
TOMORROW
QUICK READ
Whether you’re a seasoned gardening pro, or a timid beginner, N.C. Cooperative Extension in Lee County will offer a class in organic gardening. This class will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the McSwain Extension Education and Agriculture Center, 2420 Tramway Road, Sanford. The class will include the history, practices and application of growing an organic garden. Come learn how you can provide healthy food for you and your family while being environmentally responsible. If you would like to attend this free class, call (919) 775-5624 to register.
ORGANIC GARDENING
SOUTHERN LEE HIGH
GRADUATIONSouthern Lee
High School held its 2013-14 graduation ceremonies last night. Please see Saturday’s Herald and www.sanfordherald.com for coverage and photos from the graduation.
SUMMER SUNFLOWER PAINT CLASS
A Summer Sunflower Mixed Media Paint Class with Stephanie Gerace will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. tonight at Karma Boutique, 137 Wicker St., Sanford. Participants will learn the basic techniques for creating a mixed media canvas from start to finish (8-by-10 size). No experience needed. The cost for the class is $25 and includes all supplies. This class has limited seating. Please call to pre-register over the phone and reserve a space at (910) 297-4965 or come in and do it in person.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?Seniors at Lee County high schools will celebrate a life milestone this week and next as they graduate from high school. What do you wish you would have known when you graduated?
Darren Fincher“Go to college. Education is the key.”
Dorothy Kusky“Continue your education. I wanted to go to college, to nursing school, but I couldn’t. And I always wish I had.”
Chris Marcum“Don’t party too hard, and pay more attention to your books than to your friends.”
Heather Hannah“I wish I had known how hard it is to find a real job. Just going to high school isn’t enough anymore. You practically need a college degree to work at McDon-ald’s. So pay attention, and maybe party a little less.”
Jacob Ashworth“Start investing early. And if you’re working, start saving. If you want to go to college, put aside some of that graduation money.”
SEE MORE COMMENTS ON PAGE A3Photos by Will Doran | The Sanford Herald
S A N F O R D
It has been 70 years since American soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy as part of
what Sanford resident Mark Gilles — and historians — consider the most significant operation of World War II.
Gilles, 94, served as a fighter pilot in the 95th Bomb Group of the 3rd Air Division and flew 32 missions between November 1941 and September 1944.
“Most of our bombing was strategic bombing on big targets,” Gilles said. “My crew went after bridges pretty big to try to prevent the Germans from sending reinforcements.”
Gilles still recalls the day he learned what his part would be in the June 6, 1944, Allied invasion of Normandy, known as D-Day.
“We got into the briefing room,” he said. “They pulled back the screen, and we saw the map of what was going to be D-Day. Everyone started cheering. I think we were just relieved that it was here. We’d known it was coming, but we didn’t know exactly when.”
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BY ZACH [email protected]
SANFORD — After months of waiting, local hotels are finally starting to see guests trickle in for the U.S. Open tournaments.
Two large in-town hotels, Comfort Suites and Holiday Inn Express, have both been sold out for these coming weeks for about
a year. Comfort Suites front desk manager Leah Dixon said most of the hotel’s guests are people who will be working at the Pinehurst tournaments — drivers, vendors and other employees — who will generally start coming into town this weekend for the men’s tour-nament, which starts Monday.
“This is my first time in the
hotel industry doing a big event like the U.S. Open,” Dixon said. “So I’m excited.”
This year is also the first time the men’s and women’s tourna-ments have ever been held back to back at the same place. Local hotels have all reported being completely booked for the men’s Open, from June 9-15, and mostly
booked for the women’s Open, June 17-22
At the Holiday Inn, assis-tant manager Angie Minnick said most of her guests came in Wednesday night. Many of them are caterers and members of the media, she said, some staying
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Sanford hotels booked as U.S. Open approachesBY WILL DORAN
Above: Mark Gilles, who served as a fighter pilot in the 95th Bomb Group of the 3rd Air Division of the United States Air Force, is pictured in his home Wednesday before leaving for the 70th D-Day anniversary in Bedford, Va.
Wesley Beeson | The Sanford Herald
Left: Mark Gilles, pictured bottom row second from left, with his crew in front of their B-17 bomber before the D-Day invasion.
The Sanford Herald‘Doing what we had to do’
Men reflect on service in, significance of, D-Day
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