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Town board heard
a theme of money |
The new fire chief said it would
take $16 million to build, equip and staff three
new fire stations, the town hall architect
submitted a report...
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Three new fire stations
needed for faster response |
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One of the most
critical elements in providing effective
life-saving techniques and fire protection is
response time, the length of time before a fire
truck and EMTs or firefighters reach the scene.
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Town can use
impact fees for growth |
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Wake Forest is facing some hefty bills to pay
for its new town hall, a future police
department building and three new fire stations.
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Firemen rate apartments
most hazardous in a blaze |
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We all look at buildings based on
our interests, our work. When a fireman looks at
a building, he is sizing up how he would attack
a fire in there and what the hazards would be
for the residents, for him and for his fellow
firefighters.
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Capps, Griesedieck
re-elected to fire board |
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About 160 people, including a
sizeable contingent of firefighters and their
families, gathered in the parking bays at
Station #1 Thursday night for the Wake Forest
Fire Department’s annual meeting.
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Outages affect
entire town |
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All of the town served by Wake
Forest Power went dark Saturday, Sept. 30, at
4:47 p.m. when a Progress Energy transformer
tripped off.
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Firemen schedule two
practice burns |
The Wake Forest Fire Department
has scheduled two practice burns of houses in
the downtown area.
On Wednesday, Oct. 18, the firefighters will
practice in and then burn the house at 239 E.
Jones Ave. that was formerly John Lyon’s
Appraisal House.
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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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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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You could win 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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At the library
WF branch sees heavy use |
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Yvonne Allen, the Wake Forest
branch manager, recently told the Friends of
Wake Forest Public Library that 410 new patrons
received library cards at this branch in August
and the branch circulated 43,000 books during
August.
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From the chamber
Time to spell for the teachers |
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Thanks to a lot of people who
could – or could not – spell their way out of a
paper bag, the Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce
raised $10,000 last year that went directly to
area teachers for special projects and special
equipment.
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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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Cook’s corner
Fish with roasted tomatoes |
(I found this in Cooking
Light, but my clipping does not have a date.
(In addition to the grape tomatoes, I add a
handful of our homemade dried grape tomatoes
after reconstituting them in a small amount of
water in the microwave for a minute. I add the
dried tomatoes with the fish.
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The editor’s opinion
Guess what? |
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Someone finally
mentioned a centennial committee in the board
room at the Wake Forest Town Hall.
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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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The Corner ice cream
shop closes the door |
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A Wake Forest institution for 29
years, The Corner ice cream store served its
last ice cream cone Sunday night.
The reason? The insistence by the Raleigh Public
Works Department, which owns the town’s water
and sewer systems, that owner Kathaleen Chandley
install a grease trap at the shop in an old
brick building at the corner of North Avenue and
North Main Street.
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Response team
‘rescues’ expectant mom |
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With the help of two local
companies, the Wake Forest Community Response
Team was able to ensure that Christy Brown will
be able to get to a hospital to deliver her
first child in about a month.
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So you want to
be a fireman . . . |
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A lot of people want to be a
firefighter, and it is not just your 5-year-old
or the 19- and 20-year-olds who usually apply.
The Wake Forest Fire Department has one man who
left a good career at the age of 40 to go
through the training and become a fireman.
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Home building remains
steady in September |
Wake Forest issued a total of 67
permits for dwelling units – 48 single-family
homes, two duplexes, 10 town houses and seven
condominiums – during September.
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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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Leaf collection began
Monday |
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It is fall, and that is what
leaves are doing – falling. The town began
collecting them Monday.
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Club news
‘Christmas Carol’ tickets on sale |
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The Wake Forest
Kiwanis Club is selling advance tickets to a
performance of Ira David Wood’s “A Christmas
Carol” on Thursday, Dec. 7, at Raleigh Memorial
Auditorium.
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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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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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Are you one of 510,000
voters? |
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There are close to 510,000
registered voters in Wake County, and the Wake
County Board of Elections knows the number will
increase as because of a number of voter
registration drives.
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Sontag to compete
in teen pageant |
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Kathryn
Elizabeth Sontag of Wake Forest learned Monday
she was chosen to participate in the Nationals’
2006 Miss Junior Teen Raleigh pageant on Oct.
21.
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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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The editor’s opinion
The growth bills come due |
The piper of growth has kept
everyone dancing the past few years. Now it is
time to begin paying.
The price tag just for adequate fire protection
today and five years in the future is about $16
million.
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The editor’s opinion
Affordable for whom? |
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Lately I have taken to asking
town employees – not the department heads or
chiefs, just the Indians – where they live. The
answer, except for those few who have been with
the town 20 years and more, is Youngsville or
Granville, Franklin and Johnston counties.
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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
Five investment guidelines
By Louis Mullinger, Edward
Jones |
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Is there a magic formula for
achieving investment success? Not really,
although you would never know it by reading all
the advertisements touting "surefire winners."
The truth is that there are few valid guarantees
in the investment world.
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