Group Racing For Acreage

RUN PLANNED TO RAISE MONEY FOR FAYETTEVILLE NATIONAL CEMETERY

By STAFF REPORT

Posted: November 6, 2009 at 8:15 a.m.

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FAYETTEVILLE — A nonprofit group that supports the operation of Fayetteville National Cemetery will hold a 5K run Saturday to raise money to expand the cemetery’s borders.

The Veterans Memorial 5K race, organized by the Regional National Cemetery Improvement Corp., will start at 8 a.m. at the cemetery on Government Streetin south Fayetteville, just south of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

Registration begins at 6 a.m. and continues until 7:45 a.m. The entry fee is $25.

The course will run from the national cemetery north to Wilson Park then back to the cemetery.

Information is available at regncic.tripod.com.

“This is first real fundraising event we have ever done,” said Wesley Stites, the organizer for the group. “We have been very pleased with the response of businesses and runners. Tyson Foods stepped up as our major sponsor of the race. Hogeye Inc., a small local business that makes lapel pins, has also been incredibly generous in their support. Runners from all over the state and region have signedup for the race.”

Stites also said the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps unit at the university has volunteered to help run the race. “Considering that this is our first year, the response couldn’t have been much better,” he said.

The group intends to use money raised to purchase property along Hill Street to be added to the existing cemetery.

News, Pages 5 on 11/06/2009

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