The Wake Forest Farmers’ Market will offer seasonal vegetables, meats, crafts, and baked goods from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 17, in the depot parking lot on South White Street.     
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            ChurchNet will hold a yard sale and bake sale Saturday, Oct. 17, at its office on Front Street from 7 a.m. to noon.
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            The Wake Forest Youth Advisory Board will meet at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Flaherty Park Community Center.
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            The Wake Forest Board of Commissioners will hold its regular meeting Tuesday, Oct. 20, beginning at 7 p.m. in town hall.
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            OktoberFest with German food, music, beer and wine will fill Festival Park on South White Street from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24.
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            The Wake Forest Business Expo 2009 sponsored by the Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce will be held Tuesday, Oct. 27, from 3 to 8 p.m. at The Factory on South Main Street.
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            The Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce will raise money for its annual teacher grants during the Spelling Bee Thursday, Oct. 29, at The Forks Cafeteria. See article in this issue for more details.
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            Wake Forest voters will elect a mayor and two commissioners Tuesday, Nov. 3.
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            The Wake Forest Library will celebrate its 13^th birthday with a party on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 11 a.m. The Flow Circus will present a variety of acts.
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            The Wake Forest College Birthplace Society will hold its annual meeting Sunday, Nov. 8, at 3 p.m. in Appleby Hall on the seminary campus. After a short business meeting the group will hear about the exhibits planned in the new annex. The conclusion of the meeting will be a tour of that annex.
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            Veterans Day will be memorialized Wednesday, Nov. 11, with a ceremony at the Wake Forest Veterans Memorial beginning at 11 a.m.
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            The Wake Forest Boys and Girls Club will hold a Holiday Craft Bazaar Saturday, Nov. 14, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. in the club on Wingate Street. Hand crafters are encouraged to submit their applications, and the club members are also making holiday crafts for sale.      
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            On Thursday, Nov. 19, the Friends of Wake Forest Library will present a program about reading therapy dogs. The program will begin at 7 p.m. in the Northern Regional Center next door to the library.
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            The fourth annual Gobbler’s Run will be held at 8 a.m. Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, to benefit the Wake Forest Boys and Girls Club. See article in this issue for more information.
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            The Lighting of Wake Forest will take place Friday, Dec. 4, from 6 to 9 p.m. in the depot parking lot along South White Street.
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            The Centennial Community Christmas Gala will be held Saturday, Dec. 5, at the new town hall. The $25 tickets will go on sale next week for the semi-formal event.
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            The Wake Forest Christmas Parade will step out at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12, on South White Street in the historic downtown.

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            Light up the night with First Light on Dec. 31. The second year of this event should prove to be bigger and, it is sincerely hoped, warmer.