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Three more fire
stations
needed, chief will say |
Wake Forest’s rapid growth means
it needs not just one more fire station but
three stations, Fire Chief Jerry Swift will tell
the town board Tuesday night.
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Wake Forest added to
Main Street Program |
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Wake Forest Mayor
Vivian Jones, herself a downtown merchant, began
last week’s town board meeting by announcing
that Wake Forest has been accepted into the
North Carolina Main Street Program and hugging
the new chairman of the Downtown Revitalization
Corporation, Cristiana Walkley.
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WF electric department
now Wake Forest Power |
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It has a smart new logo and now the Wake Forest
electric department has a new name, Wake Forest
Power.
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Leaf collection begins Oct.
2 |
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It is fall, and that is what
leaves are doing – falling. The town will begin
collecting them next week.
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Chili chefs serve up
prize-winning recipes |
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Wake Forest Fire Station #2
walked off with the bragging rights for year
Saturday, when the judges chose Bill Wandrack’s
Bil’s Blazing Firehouse Chili.
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Gray Jones reunion Oct. 1 |
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The Gray Jones family reunion
will be held Sunday, Oct. 1, at Flat Rock
Baptist Church at 1529 Flat Rock Church Road in
Franklin County.
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Lake will speak
at Birthplace meeting |
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Wake Forest native I. Beverly
Lake Jr., who recently retired as chief justice
of the North Carolina Supreme Court, will be the
speaker when the Wake Forest College Birthplace
Society holds its annual meeting Sunday, Oct.
15.
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WF-R premiering new
play, ‘Esperanza Rising’ |
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An adaptation of a popular novel
for young teens, “Esperanza Rising,” is the
fall’s first offering by the Wake Forest-Rolesville
High School Drama Department and will be the
first time the play is presented on the East
Coast.
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Three to get free power
for a month |
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To
celebrate Public Power Week Oct. 1 through 7,
the Town of Wake Forest will give some of it
away.
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Parks and rec news
Sign up now for State Fair trip |
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The Wake Forest Parks and Recreation Department
offers programs for all ages and a variety of
interests. The following are part of the
department’s lineup for this fall.
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From the chamber
Expo registration deadline Friday |
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The registration deadline for the
Community Business Expo 2006 is Friday, Sept.
29, and the expo will be held Thursday, Oct. 26,
from 4 to 8 p.m. at The Factory. For a
registration form, go to
wakeforestchamber.org/ events_dtl.asp?id=19.
A notary class is planned for Wednesday, Oct.
18, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the chamber office.
The cost is $100 for members, $125 for
nonmembers. You can register at
tresa@wakeforestchamber.org. |
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VFW hosting yard sale
to benefit overseas troops |
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VFW Post 8466 wants all your
slightly used furniture, crock pots, coffee
makers, workout clothes you never quite got to
use, tools, toys and whatever else is cluttering
up your house.
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Cook’s corner
Shrimp chili cornbread casserole |
(This was in the October/November
issue of “Eating Well.”
(During one of my contemplation periods on the
couch, I decided it would benefit from more
vegetable...
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Gazette resumes
advertising |
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Publisher and editor Carol Pelosi
has begun selling advertising for The Wake
Forest Gazette.
Sales had ceased last year when she was ill and
had to suspend publication, and the advertising
banners currently at the top of the page are
left over and out of date.
She is offering two simple affordable plans for
businesses who want to advertise. The rotating
banner costs $75 a month, and the listing in the
business index costs $25 a month. For details,
call her at 556-3409 or send a message to
cwpelosi@aol.com.
The free online newspaper has a monthly average
of 6,379 individual hits, and Pelosi wants to
thank all her readers.
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Road Roundup |
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(Road roundup is a standing feature of the
Gazette, designed to keep people informed about
the progress of the various street and road
projects in town. New projects or updated
projects will appear at the top of each week’s
column in
blue.)
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Please send information about upcoming
events to
info@wakeforestnc.com
Send your stories to: Editor: Carol Pelosi
CWPelosi@aol.com
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Industrial subdivision,
last
Heritage tract on agenda |
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A rezoning request for a 15-lot
industrial subdivision will be the only public
hearing Tuesday night, but the Wake Forest
Planning Board will also review the plan for the
last tract in Heritage Wake Forest.
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Nominations needed |
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The Wake Forest Community Council
is now accepting nominations for the 2006
Organization/Club of the Year, Citizen of the
Year and the Peggy Allen Lifetime Achievement
Award.
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Hale receives Downtown
Award |
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Architect Matt Hale was named the
first winner of the 2006 Downtown Award during
the Downtown Revitalization Corporation’s annual
banquet last week.
“And he was very surprised,” Nancy Tebeau, the
interim downtown manager, said.
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Expect inspections
of transformers |
Last week the Wake Forest Town
Board discussed keeping vegetation away from
high-voltage electric equipment, including the
pad-mounted transformers for the underground
service in subdivisions.
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Wake Forest artists invite
visitors to their studios |
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The weekend of Oct. 7 and 8 will
again prove that the Wake Forest area has become
a center for art and artists.
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Club news
McKenney new Civitan president |
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Bill McKenney has been elected
the new president of the Wake Forest Civitan
Club and will take office Oct. 1.
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Get a head start on
Christmas |
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Christmas? It
still feels like summer some days. Christmas is
three months away.
Ah, yes, but the Work-at-Home Moms of Wake
Forest know just how quickly those days can slip
away. They are ready to give you a head start on
Christmas this year.
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At the library
Library card necessary Sept. 28 |
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The Wake County Library System
will be experiencing a county-wide computer
upgrade Thursday, Sept. 28, and a backup system
will be operating that day.
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Oct. 13 last day to
register to vote |
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If you plan to vote in the Nov. 7
general election – and the editor’s opinion is
that if young men and women have fought and are
still fighting and dying for our freedoms, then
we can at least vote – you have until the end of
day Friday, Oct. 13, to register, change your
party affiliation or change your address.
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Artists, sponsors solicited
for Autumn Arts Festival |
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The third Autumn Arts Festival
will be held in Wake Forest this fall on
Saturday, Oct. 14, and the underwriting
organizations, the Downtown Revitalization
Corporation and the Wake Forest Cultural Arts
Association, hope to attract people from
throughout the Triangle as well as from this
area.
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We welcome . . . |
The Wake Forest Gazette welcomes
and encourages readers to send us letters about
local issues and announcements about local
events including, but certainly not limited to,
church bazaars, fund-raising events by local
groups, plays, sports, or dinners.
The Gazette wants to be where you learn about
what is happening in the Wake Forest community. |
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Financial column
Using retirement distributions wisely
By Louis Mullinger, Edward
Jones |
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Are you getting close to
retirement? If so, you know that one of your
biggest challenges will be to manage your cash
flow in a way that allows you to enjoy the
lifestyle you have envisioned. One key part of
that cash flow can be the distributions from
your IRA and your 401(k) or other
employer-sponsored retirement plan.
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