Pilot Club lays out plans for Veterans Day events, details for luminaries

ASHEBORO — The Pilot Club of Asheboro will be honoring veterans with a luminary ceremony on Nov. 11, beginning at 4:30 p.m. following the Veterans Day parade. The event will be held at the Randolph County Historic Courthouse on Worth Street with luminaries lining the walkways in honor of or memory of military veterans.

Luminaries may be purchased by sending a $5 donation and the name, rank, branch of service of the person the luminary is in honor or memory of to: 

Pilot Club of Asheboro  
PO Box 3107  
Asheboro NC 27204.

Also, there will be an opportunity to purchase luminaries between 3:30 and 4 p.m. on the day of the ceremony. 

In addition, this year the Pilot Club will put a ticket for each luminary purchased in a drawing to win an Americana quilt made by one of the club members. Tickets can also be purchased at the Luminary Service for $1 or 6 for $5 by anyone wanting a chance to win the quilt. The winner will be drawn and contacted by phone in December. The drawing result will be on the Pilot Club’s Facebook page.

The itinerary for the Veterans Day program following the parade is as follows:

■ Luminaries lit at 4:30 p.m.

■ Opening prayer by Bishop Micheal Trogdon.

■ Presentation of Colors by the Asheboro High School Air Force JROTC with members Andrea Thornton, Cadet Senior Airman; Andreona Thomton, Cadet Airman; Kelly Hernendaz, Cadet First Lieutenant; Allison Zelaya Dubon, Cadet First Lieutenant; Gianni Blue, Cadet Second Lieutenant; and program leader Master Sergeant Craig York.

■ Patriotic music by Megan Crotty.

■ Speaker for this year is Lt. Colonel Higgins, who is a graduate of the Air Force Academy, served for 22 years, has flown A10 Warthogs and had 43 successful jumps with the airborne.

■ Reading of the names of those honored or memorialized on the luminaries by Pilot Club members.

■ A 21-gun salute by the Randolph County Honor Guard. 

Canned food may be donated that day and will be taken to the local Veterans Pantry. 

All money raised is used for donations or projects in line with the Pilot Club’s purpose, which includes Alzheimer’s, TBI, Autism Camps and Caregivers Projects.