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Watch your
water use
Stringent water rules began
yesterday |
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The City
of Raleigh – facing a water-supply lake that is
diminishing by the day and a prediction by state
drought officials that there is limited chance,
barring a hurricane, for the 15 to 25 inches of
rain needed to stem the drought – imposed Stage
1 water conservation regulations on Tuesday,
Aug. 28.
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Facts to consider
for Falls, Neuse |
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Although
the drought in North Carolina that is drying up
lakes and rivers is serious, there are a number
of other concerns about Falls Lake, currently
the only potable water source for 410,000
people, and the Neuse River, which also supplies
water to cities such as Goldsboro, wildlife
habitat all along its course and feeds the
Pamlico Sound.
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Second public
meeting planned |
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In April about 200 people went to the Wake
Forest Community House and offered over a
thousand ideas for the future of the town.
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here for the complete story |
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Divided Lake house
to move next week |
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The saga
of the Lake house is nearing its end.
This week David Williams Jr., president of
Williams Custom Building in Wake Forest, and his
crew are carefully cutting the 1920s
Craftsman-style bungalow in half, removing the
roof and saving everything they can, including
the dormer windows and window panes.
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Get out the albums;
town book needs pics |
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The Town
of Wake Forest will celebrate its 100th birthday
in 2009, and one of the ways the Centennial
Celebration Committee plans to commemorate the
event is by publishing a book filled with
pictures along with the history of those 100
years.
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There was lots of
heat
in their kitchens |
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In the
95-degree heat Saturday, Dean Sergent and Thom
Tomlinson were the Iron Chefs, hustling around a
temporary kitchen in the South White Street
parking lot next to the vendors in the Wake
Forest Farmers’ Market.
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Theatre Maniacs
set to perform |
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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.
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Homecoming for
Ruby Reid Sept. 8 |
There will
be a joint homecoming and fundraiser Saturday,
Sept. 8, at the Ruby Reid Child Development
Center, a nonprofit Christian childcare center.
There will be a silent auction and activities
for children of all ages. The money raised will
add toys and equipment for the classrooms.
There will also be food. The barbecue plates
will be $8, hot dog plates $4.
The event begins at 11 a.m. and will run to 3
p.m. Ruby Reid is at 222 Capcom Ave. off South
Main Street (U.S. 1-A) in Wake Forest. |
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Tommy Byrne Day
Sunday, Sept. 9 |
On Sept.
9, Wake Forest will honor Tommy Byrne Sr., a
Yankee pitcher who returned to his adopted town
to become a commissioner, a mayor and full-time
town supporter.
The celebration will take place on the grounds
and in the Wake Forest College Museum (the
Calvin Jones House) on North Main Street from
1:30 to 3:30 p.m. with a short program at 2.
Mayor Vivian Jones will present a proclamation
declaring the day to honor Byrne, and one of
Byrne’s sons, John, who is now the mayor of
Fuquay-Varina, will talk about growing up with a
major league baseball player as a father.
To entertain the children, Wooly Bull will be on
hand and there may be other attractions.
Tommy Byrne will autograph baseballs and the
money – his sons suggest a $50 contribution –
will go to the museum, which is providing the
baseballs. Ed Morris, the museum’s director,
said autographed Byrne baseballs sell for about
$95 on e-Bay.
“We hope to have a few other attractions, but
those plans are still in the works,” Morris
said. |
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Community Team
yard sale update |
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The
Community Response Team – local people you can
count on to help when there is a crisis or
emergency – will hold a yard sale to raise money
for their efforts on Saturday, Sept. 29, from 7
to 11 a.m. in the vacant lot in southwest corner
of South White Street and East Elm Avenue.
The team says they will schedule two dates in
September to drop off items at the old
Winn-Dixie in Wake Forest Plaza on East Elm.
Dates and times will be announced later. They
will accept food items for the sale on Sept. 28.
The Community Response Team board of directors
wants everyone to know they are sincerely
grateful for the support of local clubs and
individuals. |
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Sponsors needed
for Good Neighbor Day |
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Good
Neighbor Day, a relaxed time when Wake Forest
people from different cultures and different
backgrounds can meet and enjoy food and
entertainment together, will be Sunday, Sept.
16, this year.
In the past it has been an undertaking by the
Human Relations Council, but this year another
town advisory group, the Greenways Board, will
join the council.
Both groups say they need sponsors to help
offset the costs of this event, which include
food and entertainment.
For information about the event and the
sponsorships, call 554-5100 or see the insert in
the Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce August
newsletter. |
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How to advertise |
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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 . . . |
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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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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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Water supply
dwindling |
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On Tuesday
morning, Aug. 27, the remaining water supply
pool in Falls Lake was at 59 percent and the
lake level was continuing to drop, falling just
below 247 feet later that day.
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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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Rumor untrue |
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Some people in town have heard a rumor that Anne
Hines, a candidate for the three seats on the
Wake Forest Town Board, has withdrawn from the
race.
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Entrepreneurs fit
better in WF |
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The big
deals such as the sale of a couple hundred acres
to Novartis in Holly Springs spark headlines,
but in Wake Forest the land available for
industry comes in smaller lots.
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Raleigh, Wake
Forest,
Franklin still in standoff |
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There is
no date yet for a meeting between City of
Raleigh, Town of Wake Forest and Franklin County
officials about an impasse created when
Raleigh’s Director of Public Utilities Dale
Crisp sent an e-mail to Raleigh City Manager
Russell Allen.
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Planners left
with a blank agenda |
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For the
first time in years, there are no rezoning or
special use permit requests to hear, no master
plans to review. There is nothing to put on an
agenda for the Wake Forest Planning Board’s
Sept. 4 agenda.
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Meetings set for
North Regional plans |
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Ross
Yeager, the executive director of Wake County’s
North Regional Center, wants to talk with folks
in the north Wake area.
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Studio Tour set
for two weekends |
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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.
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Million Meals
needs money now |
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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.
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Pecan presale
begins |
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You may
not want to contemplate holiday baking this
week, but it really will not be long before you
think about pecan and pumpkin pies, holiday
cakes and lots of cookies. You will want a lot
of fresh whole pecans then.
The Wake Forest Civitan Club has begun its
annual pecan presale for the nuts that will be
delivered later this fall.
Each one-pound bag of first-crop shelled pecans
is $7. The money the club nets helps the Wake
Forest Civitan Club continue their community
projects.
To order, call Betty Rothman at 521-4389. |
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Pottery Fest ’07
Sept. 8 |
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Everyone
is invited to Pottery Fest ’07 where they will
find a wide array of work by local potters for
sale, demonstrations of pottery techniques,
activities for children and food.
The date is Saturday, Sept. 8, from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. at Under the Oaks, 2033 Wait Avenue (N.C.
98 east of town). The rain date is Sunday, Sept.
9.
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WF Historical
group’s
first meeting Sept. 9 |
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Do you
have an interest in Wake Forest area history? Do
you have any old photographs which show people
or buildings that could help illustrate that
history?
If so, you need to be at the Wake Forest Chamber
of Commerce Sunday, Sept. 9, at 4 p.m. for the
first meeting of the Wake Forest Historical
Association.
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From the
library
Fall gardening program Sept. 20 |
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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 Arts
help needed |
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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.
Artist applications are available at
http://wakeforestdowntown.com/drc/
and you
can call Tina Archer, the DRC executive
director, at 441-9551. Her e-mail is
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Job training
begins Sept. 20 |
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The
Wakefield Women’s Resource Center, a career
transition training resource for people who are
out of work or have been dislocated, will begin
workforce/job development training Thursday,
Sept. 20.
If you are interested in new employment
opportunities, call 554-9786 or go online to
http://www.wakefieldwomenscenter.org.
The class size is limited to the first 25
people. Pre-registration is recommended.
The center is in the Friendship Chapel
Professional Center on South Main Street (U.S.
1-A) in Wake Forest. |
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Now linked to
WakeForestTimes.com |
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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. |
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How to get a notice |
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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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Financial column
Don’t get the jitters
By Louis Mullinger, Edward Jones (Financial
planning) |
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If you
watch the financial markets, you've seen just
about everything in the last few months.
First, the Dow Jones Industrial Average raced
from 13,000 to 14,000 in record time. Then, in
about four weeks, the Dow lost all these gains
and fell below 13,000.
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