February 8, 2006

  Volume 4, Number 6

Published in Wake Forest, NC

  Carol Pelosi, Publisher and Editor

 
 
 
 
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Murchison, facing a divided
board, resigns from DuBois

   Bettie Murchison, who has shaped and rejuvenated the DuBois Center campus and mission in her seven years as the executive director, has resigned because the chairman and several members of the National DuBois Alumni Association want to focus on different issues, she said.
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Owner plans to sell WF Country
Club to national homebuilder

    There have been rumors for a number of years, but last week Joe R. Young, the owner of Wake Forest Golf and Country Club, made it official. He plans to sell the golf course to Centex Homes.
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Planners recommend contested
Siena rezoning with restrictions

     Almost every household in the Holding Ridge subdivision signed the petitions and many of them came to the Wake Forest Planning Board meeting Tuesday night to object to a proposed commercial rezoning on Siena Drive.
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Town honors its volunteers
There are openings on three advisory boards

    Monday night the Town of Wake Forest honored the volunteers who serve on the nine advisory boards with dinner at The Forks Cafeteria, thanks and goodie bags.
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Tickets now on sale
for March 4 art auction

     The $10 tickets are now on sale for the live auction of donated art – and other items – that will benefit the DuBois Center School of the Arts.
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Heritage Day at Rock Cliff Farm
offers varied family fun

   The B.W. Wells Association will again open Rock Cliff Farm off Stony Hill Road for a full day of tours, games and exhibits at the retirement home of North Carolina’s pioneer ecologist and early botanist.
 
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From the chamber
Register now for BBH

   The Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce is planning some entertaining events in the next month – a salute to business women and the reverse raffle – as well as a lesson about Wake Forest history.
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The editor’s opinion
Another road to nowhere

I have a few questions this week. Well, actually, I always have a lot but I will only bother you with three this week.

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Financial column
Is your estate plan in place?
By Louis Mullinger, Edward Jones

Many of us do not like to think about estate planning because the process reminds us that we are not going to live forever. Yet if you want something of yourself to live on, you should have a comprehensive estate plan. And the best time to start your estate planning is many years before it will likely be needed.

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Clean water for 2025 and beyond
is goal for Falls Lake Initiative

    The next time you turn on the tap to brush your teeth, fill a pot for pasta or get a drink of water you might ask yourself: Will there still be clean water, and enough water, 20 years from now?
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WF Fire Department needs
$1.3 million for third station

    Wake Forest Fire Chief David Williams Jr., supported by most of the department’s board of directors, outlined the needs and cost for a third fire station on the west side of town Tuesday night to the town board.
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Sediment and erosion control
plans may be reconsidered

     The Wake Forest Town Board may revisit last fall’s decision to take over inspection and enforcement for erosion and sediment control but only match Wake County’s regulations.
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Anniversary to be celebrated

     The members of Evans Grove Missionary Baptist Church of Wake Forest will celebrate the first anniversary of the Rev. Willie C. Mosley’s pastorate on Sunday, Feb. 12, at 3:30 p.m.
       The church is located at 12700 Creedmoor Road in Wake Forest, and the church telephone is 870-8874

Kiwanis offers a fishy family
fund-raiser: lobster bingo

     The entire family is invited to a fish-based fund-raiser the Wake Forest Kiwanis Club will sponsor Saturday, March 4, at The Factory.
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From the library
Teen art entries sought

     March is Youth Art Month, and the four libraries in the eastern part of Wake County, including the Wake Forest Library, are accepting applications and submissions from teen-aged artists and performers for an art exhibit that will open April 7. Click here for the complete story

The editor’s opinion
What will it take?

    What will it take for the majority of the board of directors of the National DuBois Alumni Association to realize that the DuBois Center is no longer just their property?
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The editor’s opinion
Becoming the U.S. of Wal-Mart

I have just read a frightening book, “The Wal-Mart Effect” by Charles Fishman and then sampled some of the news articles I found about the company at www.walmartwatch.org. (The company has responded with www.walmartfacts.com.)

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Road roundup

(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.) Click here for the complete story

    

 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 
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