Neighbors

Information was gathered from previous years of The Shelby Sentinel, The Shelby News and The Sentinel-News. You can reach the writer at sharonw@sentinelnews.com.

Information was gathered from previous years of The Shelby Sentinel, The Shelby News and The Sentinel-News. You can reach the writer at sharonw@sentinelnews.com.

Saturday dawned bright and sunny, just perfect for a fundraiser designed to bring light into a young woman’s world.

More than 1,200 people attended “Save Savannah’s Sight,” held at the amphitheater at Clear Creek Park, which raised more than $22,000 to pay for a surgery that it is hoped will restore at least partial sight to Savannah Sanders.

The 21-year old, who was blinded in a childhood accident at age 10, was present at the event, and even performed a comedy act on stage.

Les Bailey just back from a Mediterranean Cruise, had to run around attending to chores he’d neglected during his vacation, he said

His son, Gary, describes him as “pretty amazing,”

Karen Walters, his daughter, who accompanied him on the cruise, calls him “my inspiration.”

He is known around his neighborhood as the unofficial “mayor of Scott Station.”