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FAYETTEVILLE faces OF MARY SAUCIER, owner of Mary Bill's Cafe has been in and out of Fayetteville since 1975. She has been in her Eutaw Shopping Center location for five years and before that on Skibo Road at Mary Do's Deli. Mary's favorite pie is pineapple and she learned the art of bak- ing from her mother as well as being self-taught. She jokes that she does not follow recipes well and she just adds ingredients to taste as she goes. Working seven days a week, she does not have very much free time, but enjoys reading and playing with her dog when she is not cooking up a storm. JIM CRENSHAW, owner of Always Flowers for 20 years, located in the Westwood Shopping Center, has lived in Fayetteville for more than 40 years. In his spare time he does oil and pastel paintings which he sells in his shop. He has painted for years and took lessons with Becky Lee eight years ago and attended several workshops, even in France. He has done commissioned portraits and many with pets. Jim says he hates the old cliché 'Fayettenam' and loves how Fay- etteville has evolved. He feels blessed that we have the economic buffer that the military brings. SUE BYRD, Executive Director of Operation Inasmuch, is one of our loyal, lifelong Fayetteville residents. While she does not have free time per se, she likes to walk her dog and read. Two good books she recommends: "The Same Kind of Different as Me" and the other one that has impacted her life the most is "Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life," by Robert Lupton. "It's changed the way I think about a lot of things," she said. Sue lives in the house she grew up in and said she loves down- town Fayetteville and has watched it grow with her and transform over the years. The relationship between Fort Bragg and Fayette- ville in the '60s was very fragmented and now those dynamics have changed. "The military are an integral part of our community and who we are," she said. CityViewNC.com | 71

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