Lake house has
short reprieve

The deadline of Aug. 15 for the Lake house to be moved or demolished “has morphed into Aug. 24,” Gary Roth, the president and CEO of Capital Area Preservation said this week.
This gives him more time to finish raising the $20,000 needed to cut the house in two and re-assemble it on a North College Street lot and to get estimates from all the contractors who would be needed, including a structural engineer, plumbers, electricians, and house cutters.
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Northeast Plan
on retreat agenda

Although other topics may be discussed, two days before the Wake Forest Town Board holds its annual mid-year retreat, the Northeast Plan was the only agenda item.
The Northeast Plan, which the commissioners adopted unanimously in July, is the product of several neighborhood meetings and committee work. It seeks to address the issues northeast residents raised – community self-image and pride, home ownership, appearance, safety, jobs and services, development of the DuBois Center – by listing the type of action required, the agencies or people who would be responsible for the action and the priority.
The town, understandably, is a lead agency in many of the areas in the report.
The retreat is open to the public. It will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the Flaherty Park Community Center on North White Street.

Candidate forum
on Sept. 9

The Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce has set Tuesday, Sept. 9, for its annual candidate forum where the questions posed have been submitted by chamber members and others.
The forum will be from 7 to 9 p.m. in the meeting room at the Wake Forest Town Hall and will be televised on Channel 10.

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Board to consider
Purnell Place

At their meeting Tuesday, Aug. 21, the Wake Forest commissioners will make the final decision about Purnell Place Shopping Center in the northeast corner of the Capital Boulevard and Harris Road intersection. Click here for the complete story

Studio Tour set
for two weekends

There is already a crowded schedule for September in Wake Forest, so be sure now to mark your calendar for the two weekends of the Wake Forest Area Artists’ Studio Tour, Sept. 15 and 16 and 22 and 23.
Also, you are invited to the opening reception Friday night, Sept. 14, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Sunflower Studio on East Jones Avenue, where you can see samples of each artist’s work and visit with them.
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There is a honey
of a vendor

Look for a new honey vendor and his local honey, bees-wax candles and soap at the Wake Forest Farmers’ Market this Saturday, Aug. 18
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From the chamber
More changes at the chamber

A new deputy director, Jennifer Ingulli, took up her duties at the Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce last week, and Darren O’Connor, who has been the membership services director, announced at the beginning of August that he would leave at the end of the month to go into real estate or the health and fitness field. Click here for the complete story

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.

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.

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

Please send information about upcoming events to info@wakeforestnc.com
Send your stories to: Editor: Carol Pelosi CWPelosi@aol.com

Dean seen as hope
for Falls Lake

The eyes of the Raleigh Public Utilities Department are focused on Tropical Storm Dean because it could break the drought and fill Falls Lake.
Without Dean or some appreciable rainfall soon, the city is poised to begin Stage 1 water conservation which will restrict outdoor irrigation to one day a week and vehicle washing to weekends.
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The Growth Rate

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.  Click here for the complete story

Lake shrinking
under hot sun

Although other topics may be discussed, two days before the Wake Forest Town Board holds its annual mid-year retreat, the Northeast Plan was the only agenda item.
The Northeast Plan, which the commissioners adopted unanimously in July, is the product of several neighborhood meetings and committee work. It seeks to address the issues northeast residents raised – community self-image and pride, home ownership, appearance, safety, jobs and services, development of the DuBois Center – by listing the type of action required, the agencies or people who would be responsible for the action and the priority.
The town, understandably, is a lead agency in many of the areas in the report.
The retreat is open to the public. It will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the Flaherty Park Community Center on North White Street.

Theatre Maniacs
set to perform

Joe O’Keefe and his gang of merry pranksters will introduce live theater in Wake Forest this fall, and they want you to be a part of it, either as part of the performance or as the audience. Click here for the complete story

Last year more than 400 people of all ages went to the Wake Forest Boys & Girls Club one Saturday and packaged over 63,000 meals to send to the starving people throughout the world.
This year the Wake Forest Rotary Club and Stop Hunger Now want to do the same thing, but they need the money to buy the rice and other dry ingredients for the nutritious meals.
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The Friends of the Wake Forest Public Library will sponsor a free fall gardening program Thursday, Sept. 20, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Maggie Terry, the owner of 4 Seasons Garden Center and VisionScapes, will be the featured speaker. Terry is a professional interior and landscape designer, is a Master Gardener and a North Carolina Certified Plantsman.
She will talk about fall gardening projects and deer-resistant gardening.
The library is at 400 East Holding Avenue. Space is limited so people are urged to arrive early.
For questions, send an e-mail to friendswflibrary@yahoo.com or call Melanie Murphy (556-2100) or Mary Petretich (761-1130).

Autumn? Already? No, it will be here before you know it and so will this year’s Autumn Arts Festival on Saturday, Oct. 13. The Downtown Revitalization Corporation needs help of all kinds, from artists to show their wares to sponsors to volunteers to help plan and run the street fair for art. Applications for the artists are available at http://wakeforestdowntown.com/drc/ and you can call Tina Archer, the DRC executive director, at 441-9551. Her e-mail is tina@wakeforestdowntown.com.

Now linked to

WakeForestTimes.com

The Wake Forest Gazette and the WakeForestTimes.com, a new web-based information source for the Wake Forest area, have agreed to a mutually beneficial association. You will soon find a link to the WakeForestTimes.com site on the Gazette and there is a link to the Gazette on WakeForestTimes.com. Editor Carol Pelosi will be writing for WakeForestTimes.com and in return, in the future, will have support for the Gazette web site. There will also be opportunities for advertising on both.

Autumn? Already? No, it will be here before you know it and so will this year’s Autumn Arts Festival on Saturday, Oct. 13. The Downtown Revitalization Corporation needs help of all kinds, from artists to show their wares to sponsors to volunteers to help plan and run the street fair for art. Applications for the artists are available at http://wakeforestdowntown.com/drc/ and you can call Tina Archer, the DRC executive director, at 441-9551. Her e-mail is tina@wakeforestdowntown.com.

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.

Financial column
More of the same old thing?
By Louis Mullinger, Edward Jones (Financial planning)

Like most people, you probably gravitate toward things that you’re familiar with and that you like. If you enjoy classical music, your shelves may be full of Beethoven and Ravel. If you love pasta, your cupboards may be bulging with spaghetti and ravioli. In most parts of your life, there’s nothing wrong with this type of devotion — but, if it’s carried over to your investment portfolio, you could run into problems.    Click here for the complete story