With Monday being Veterans Day, the Orange County Veterans Memorial’s leadership held its customary ceremony to honor the holiday and local veterans. Dozens of attendees – veterans, family members, elected officials and county staff – gathered in the Southern Human Services Center Monday morning for the event. Organized by the Orange County Veterans Memorial Committee, the event took place a few yards away from the outdoor memorial site due to wet conditions. But this year was different from those that came before not just because of the weather, but because a beloved member of the memorial's organizing group recently passed. Lee Heavlin, a retired Master Chief Petty Officer, died in September and this was the first publicized event at the memorial site since his passing. Head to our story on Chapelboro to learn more about Heavlin was honored Monday and his philanthropy around the Orange County Veterans Memorial – as well as the latest stages of construction around the site. . . . ....