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More than $212worth of coupons insideSunday, October 30,2005KINSTON, NORTH CAROLINACharles Buchanan / The Free PressGathered around a table with a layout of Maplewood and Cedar Grove cemeteries, William Chantry, Norman Smith, Irene Smith, Pat Humphreys and Jo Ann Huetti document the placement of family graves Saturday.City cemetery a diverse burial groundCommunity Day focusis preserving historyMaplewood, Cedar GroveINSIDE: Thecemeteriesof graveyard's occupantsBy KAREN McCONKEYStaff WriterStephanie Hedgepeth talks about her great-great-grandpar-ents, Redding and Olivia Pope, with the relaxed familiarity associated with close family ties.“Hi, Olivia,” she said, brushing her hand across the face ofher great-great-grandmother’sheadstone.The Popes lie side by side in the Maplewood Cemetery and Hedgepeth visits them frequently in her quest to know more about her family history.I know my great-grandfather fought in the Civil War, Hedgepeth said. I’m working on finding which specific company he was with, and trying to find outpie and families buried in the(*day in pictur0S.“We realized Page Cl we knew very lit- -ftJeremy Falls / The Free PressHighlighted area shows location of Maplewood and Cedar Grove cemeteries in Kinston.IItery marking Community Day on Saturday.Herb Spear is chairman of the Historic Cemeteries Task Force.tie about this cemetery,” Spear said. So this is where we’re starting first.Spear said learning more of the history of Maplewood and Cedar Grove ties in with other community historical preservation initiatives.“It fits right alongside the events and research that is going along right now, he said.Leslie Creech and Kenny Smith are members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, CSS Neuse Camp. They are tending to the mass grave marked by a granite monument that pays tribute to 44 unknown Confederate soldiers buried there.Creech said the Confederate graves are a significant part of Lenoir County and Maplewood’s his tory. The original monument was$1.00J I-I T ~ J La_____ CSides sparover gunlaw’ssuccessBy BARRY SMITHFreedom Raleigh BureauRALEIGH — In a little more than a month — Dec. 1, to be exact — North Carolina’s concealed handgun law will be 10 years old. Both gun control advocates and gun rights supporters say that the law, which allows law-abiding citizens to obtain a permit to carry concealedhandguns under certain circumstances, has been a success.However, they give different reasons for saying the law has workedwell.Lisa Price, executive direc tor of NorthCarolinians Against Gun Violence, said that is because herorganization and other gun control advocates fought to make sure that certain restrictions and training requirements wereConcealed handgunrestrictionsState law prohibits concealed handguns being carried:: In police buildings and prisons.P In banks and other financial institutions.In any space occupied by state or federal employees, including state and federal courthouses.In schools or on school grounds.In areas of assemblies, parades, funerals or demonstrations.In any place where alcoholic beverages are sold and consumed, such as some restaurants.In any area where concealed handguns are prohibited by federal law.II In any place of businesses that has posted a sign banning concealed weapons on its premises.I By any person while consuming alcohol or whileunder the influence of alcohol or any controlled substances, unless obtained legally andtaken at the direction of a physician.included in the law.Paul Valone, president of Grass Roots North Carolina, a gun-rights organization, said that many of the restrictions placed in the state’s concealed handgun law actually hinder its effectiveness.“We think it’s worked exactly as it was intended,” he said. “We now have tens of thousands of permit holders and very few cases of demonstratedabuse.
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