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Monday’s wind
knocked out power |
The
ferocious winds Monday toppled some trees,
damaged or destroyed some vehicles and
interrupted electric power in some parts of Wake
Forest, but the damage was not as severe as in
other parts of the state.
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Firemen’s fish
fry Friday |
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It has
been a community event for four decades or
longer, and the food continues to be excellent:
fried flounder, potatoes, hush puppies and a
drink.
It is the annual Wake Forest firemen’s fish fry,
and this year it will happen Friday, April 20,
from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Station #1 on East Elm
Avenue.
This year the Boy Scouts from Troop 500 at the
Wake Forest United Methodist Church will be
helping with the preparations, the cooking, the
packaging. It takes a lot of hands to prepare a
meal for 500-plus people.
The cost of a plate is $7, and you may eat at
the station in the truck bays or take out. There
is free delivery of 20 plates or more.
The firemen and the auxiliary will be happy to
accept donations of baked goods for the sale at
the same time.
To place an order or get more information, call
556-1966. |
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Friendship Chapel
sort of collector street |
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There are
two streets crossing the proposed Holding
Village south of the N.C. 98 bypass: Franklin
Street, a major local thoroughfare aligned north
and south, and Friendship Chapel Road,
designated a collector street which will soon
pretty much stretch from South Main Street on
the west to Jones Dairy Road on the east.
Holding Village developers – Entrust Holdings
and East-West Partners – have discussed their
plans for Franklin Street in detail, including
the estimated $3 million cost to build the
street from the bypass to the section in
Heritage north of Rogers Road.
They have not mentioned Friendship Chapel Road,
although that is about to change.
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Neuse ‘new
frontier’
for poor development |
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Saying
that it will be hard to match the damage done by
mammoth hog-farming operations in the Neuse
River watershed, the conservation group American
Rivers this week said that human waste, runoff
and habitat destruction could soon earn that
distinction.
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What is your
vision for WF? |
All town
residents and everyone with an interest in the
town are invited to a special town meeting
Thursday, April 19, to discuss the Wake Forest
Community Plan, which will be a blueprint for
the town commissioners and advisory groups as
they make future decisions about growth and the
town’s resources.
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It must be spring;
here come Six Sundays |
For
the 16th spring, the Wake Forest Cultural Arts
Association will present the concert series Six
Sundays in Spring.
These are free, family- and neighbor-friendly
concerts on the lawn at the Wake Forest College
Birthplace (the Calvin Jones House) on North
Main Street. People bring picnics, lawn chairs,
blankets, dogs, Frisbees and balloons and have a
rollicking time listening to good music, talking
to their neighbors, eating, playing with
children and dogs and soaking up the ambiance of
a small-town Sunday afternoon event. It runs
from 5 to 7 p.m.
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Rabies clinic set
for April 30 |
The
Wake County Animal Care, Control and Adoption
Center will be in Wake Forest Monday, April 30,
from 5 to 7 p.m. They will be set up in the
parking lot of the old Winn-Dixie in the Wake
Forest Plaza at 409 Brooks Street.
North Carolina law requires all dogs and cats to
have a rabies vaccination at four months, and
the failure to vaccinate your pet is a fineable
crime. Licensed veterinarians will administer
the shots.
The charge is $5 for each cat, dog and ferret
vaccinated. The first vaccination is good for
one year, and the booster shots thereafter are
good for three years. You must bring a written
proof of the earlier vaccination for the
three-year shot.
Your pet must be restrained by a leash, carrier
or other device. |
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From the
library
Donate now for book sale |
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It is time
to clean out the bookshelves and donate those
books you have read to the Friends of the
Library annual used book sale, which will be
held in the former Winn-Dixie on Brooks Street
on Saturday, May 5.
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Rabies clinic set
for April 30 |
The Wake
County Animal Care, Control and Adoption Center
will be in Wake Forest Monday, April 30, from 5
to 7 p.m. They will be set up in the parking lot
of the old Winn-Dixie in the Wake Forest Plaza
at 409 Brooks Street.
North Carolina law requires all dogs and cats to
have a rabies vaccination at four months, and
the failure to vaccinate your pet is a fineable
crime. Licensed veterinarians will administer
the shots.
The charge is $5 for each cat, dog and ferret
vaccinated. The first vaccination is good for
one year, and the booster shots thereafter are
good for three years. You must bring a written
proof of the earlier vaccination for the
three-year shot.
Your pet must be restrained by a leash, carrier
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Miller Park
bridge removed |
The
largest of the three bridges in Miller Park
behind the Wake Forest Town Hall has been
removed because of safety concerns, Susan
Simpson, director of the town’s parks and
recreation department, said early this week.
The decision was made, Simpson said, after an
inspection showed a large amount of soil erosion
around the base of the bridge. “We’re erring on
the side of caution and safety. “We determined
the best thing to do was to go ahead and remove
it.” Tape and cones warn part patrons of the
removal.
Simpson plans to replace all three bridges in
the park after the start of the fiscal year on
July 1. There is some erosion around the two
smaller bridges but they will remain open for
now, with Simpson and her staff monitoring their
safety.
The town’s parks and recreation department
manages 561 acres of parks, open space, natural
land and trails. This includes five
baseball/softball fields, three soccer fields,
one pool, six picnic areas, eight playgrounds,
eight lighted tennis courts, a dog park, the
Wake Forest Community House, Flaherty Park
Community Center, and more than two miles of
greenway trails. |
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Artists wanted! |
The Wake
Forest Area Artists’ Studio Tour is seeking
local artists who will open their studios and
share their art during the 2007 tour.
It will be held on two weekends – Sept. 15 and
16 and Sept. 22 and 23. The opening reception,
where an example of each participating artist’s
work is displayed, will be held Friday, Sept.
14.
The deadline to submit applications is May 14.
Those applying will have their work juried on
May 17.
The tour began in 1995 and is an annual event
designed to provide the public with an
opportunity to observe the artistic process and
support local artists. You can find more about
the tour at
www.artistsstudiotour.com. Call Lauri
Arntsen at 556-2147 or Robin Hendricks at
617-9269 for more information. |
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The editor’s
opinion
Send a bus |
The town
board has heard at least two presentations from
the Triangle Transit Authority in recent months,
full of information about plans and committees,
partnerships and studies.
The next time I wish they would just send a bus.
If they send us a bus or two we could surely
find some qualified drivers in a day or two and
we could figure out a schedule within a week.
There is no telling how much money TTA is
spending on its committees and commissions,
though Mike Hendren, who is representing the
area, might be able to tell us. Is it enough to
buy a bus?
I cannot say I really followed the TTA’s
light-rail project closely because it was
obviously not going to benefit Wake Forest, but
it seems they studied and committee-d until the
project became totally unworkable. I know, the
feds refused to fund it, but maybe for once
Washington was onto something.
We do not need a dozen more committees to think
about how to solve the transportation problem.
We need some vehicles and drivers, something
real and something now.
Just send a bus next time. |
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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.)Click
here for the complete story
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How to get a notice |
If you are
reading The Wake Forest Gazette but do not
always remember to find it each week, let Editor
Carol Pelosi send you a notice on Wednesday
evenings that the newest edition is online.
Just send her an e-mail at
cwpelosi@aol.com and she will add your name
and e-mail address to her notification list. The
messages are sent as blind copies to respect
your privacy.
The free online newspaper had a monthly average
of 7,645 hits from individual computers for
September through December, 260 a day in
December. The editor thanks all her readers. |
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Bridges announces
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Rob Bridges announced late last week that he
will be a candidate for one of the three open
seats on the Wake Forest Town Board in November.
“I wanted to do it [announce] early to give
plenty of time to build a good solid base,”
Bridges said.
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Fire chief asks
$4.3 million for growth |
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Wake Forest Fire Chief Jerry Swift says the
capital needs of the independent fire department
to construct three fire stations and equip them
come to $4.3 million over the next three fiscal
years.
The Wake Forest commissioners looked at Swift’s
request very briefly last week during their work
session on the Capital Improvements Plan and did
not discuss the fire department except to
perhaps agree that someone from Wake County’s
public safety department be asked to come speak
to them.
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The Growth Rate |
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If you have questions about what is being built
where, please call 556-3409 or send a note to
cwpelosi@aol.com and we will try to
answer it.
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CPC sends 2
projects
to planning board |
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Tuesday
morning the town’s Comprehensive Planning
Committee agreed two projects – a 32-unit
townhouse development on West Chestnut Avenue
and The Landings at Bishop’s Grant with 153
single-family homes on 34 acres – go to the
planning staff and planning board.
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Buses and littering
on short agenda |
Tuesday
night Damien Graham, the government affairs
manager for the Triangle Transit Authority,
spoke to the Wake Forest Town Board about TTA’s
future and funding, the area-wide concern about
congestion and a new advisory commission charged
with finding solutions.
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Hope Lutheran
sponsors auction |
An
auction, delicious desserts, Dixieland jazz and
childcare will all be available Friday, April
27, at Hope Lutheran Church on Rogers Road. The
church is sponsoring the auction to send a group
of youths to a National Youth Gathering in July.
Admission is $10 per person and includes
beverages and desserts from Anna’s Gourmet
Goodies. Childcare is available at $5 per child.
Reservations are necessary for the auction and
the childcare and must be made by Friday, April
20, by calling the church at 554-8109.
Music for the evening will be by the Dixieland
Jazz Band.
The doors will open at 6 p.m. for people to
sample the goodies and look at the silent
auction items, and the live auction begins at
7:30 p.m. |
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Treat
your senses
at HerbFest |
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Rosemary,
basil, lavender, oregano and thyme will perfume
the air Friday, Saturday and Sunday when Bob
Johnson welcomes a host of visitors to downtown
Wake Forest for the eighth HerbFest.
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The Market takes
a break this week |
The
Wake Forest Farmers’ Market will give way to
HerbFest this week, but your favorite vendors
will be back the following Saturday, April 28,
from 8 a.m. to noon.
The crowds who made the opening day a success
returned last week, with organizer Terri
Wilkinson estimating between 250 and 300
shoppers.
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Garden tour
tickets on sale |
The Wake
Forest Garden Club will host its biennial tour
of area gardens – The Secret Life of Gardeners …
Look and Learn – the weekend of May 19 and 20,
and pre-event tickets are now on sale.
The tickets sold before the event are $8 each;
they will be $10 the days of the tour.
Garden club members have tickets, and they are
also for sale at the Wake Forest Chamber of
Commerce, The Purple Poppy, NC Specialty Shops,
Wake Forest Auto Spa, The Lighthouse Candles and
Gifts, all in Wake Forest, and The Ink Spot in
Raleigh.
The ticket is a brochure listing the gardens
that includes a map of how to find them. |
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Picture caught
bank robber |
It was a
likeness his mother could have admired, but she
certainly would have preferred it without the
gun in his hand.
The pictures of Delance Cardero Young, 19,
caught on the surveillance cameras at Fidelity
Bank in the Market of Wake Forest Wednesday
morning, April 11, were so clear someone who saw
them in Thursday’s News & Observer could
recognize him. That person called the Wake
Forest police, who caught up with Young late
Friday, arrested him with one count of armed
robbery and placed him in the Wake County Public
Safety Center under $100,000 secured bond.
Young has been living in Apartment 205 at 3351
Wills Grove Lane.
He left the bank with an undisclosed amount of
money. |
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Schools the topic
for second summit |
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The Wake
Forest Human Relations Council plans its second
annual Community Leadership Summit for Thursday,
April 26, at the Wake Forest Elementary School
on West Sycamore Avenue. The program will run
from 6:30 to 9 p.m.
Education and schools were two of the areas of
concern that were raised during the first
summit.
The HRC has invited the Wake County
commissioners, Wake County Board of Education
members and other school officials to attend.
Area residents and government leaders are also
invited to attend to discuss the future of
education in the county and look toward
solutions. The summit will end with the
formulation of an action plan to address the
voiced concerns.
For more information about the HRC, you can call
chairman Mitch Lawson at 554-2293, vice-chairman
Charles Martin at 761-1147.
Or go
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How to advertise |
You can
now advertise your business or service in The
Wake Forest Gazette at a reasonable cost.
A rotating banner at the top of each page costs
$75 a month, and a listing in the business index
costs $25 a month. To begin advertising, call
Editor Carol Pelosi at 556-3409 or send her a
note at
cwpelosi@aol.com. |
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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
Can you benefit from bonds?
By Louis Mullinger, Edward
Jones (Financial planning) |
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If you
have just had a child, you are no doubt excited
and happy, though you could probably use a
little more sleep. And if you are like most new
parents, you have big dreams for your little
one. But to help make those dreams come true,
you need to make the right financial moves. And
the best time to start is now.
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