Walton Elementary School educational technician Cindy St. Hilaire wishes crossing guard Gordon Grant a happy 80th birthday Tuesday at the Auburn school. She met Grant at a store about a month ago and remembered he told her that he would be 80 years old March 21. Staff set out birthday decorations at the corner where he has been guard the past 10 years. Once the school bell rang, Grant went inside where he received birthday cards from students and staff. “I have never had a birthday quite as fancy as this before,” he said. “Time goes by so fast. Only yesterday I was young.” Daryn Slover/Sun Journal