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One street
construction
project planned for 2007 |
After three years of construction
clogging main streets in town, there is only one
possible project in 2007, the Franklin Street
roundabouts and medians.
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Second Northeast
meeting Jan. 29 |
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The second meeting for the
Northeast Neighborhood Plan will be held Monday,
Jan. 29, at 7 p.m. in the gym at the DuBois
Center.
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2nd Renaissance Ball
planned for Feb. 17 |
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Last year’s was such a success, they had to do
it again. The second Renaissance Ball will be
held Saturday, Feb. 17, in the Event Gallery at
The Cotton Company.
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Phone book recycling
begins Feb. 5 |
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Six different companies will
begin distributing telephone books and
directories throughout Wake County during the
next few days, and the county’s solid waste
management is ready to handle the onslaught with
its annual telephone book recycling program.
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Boys & Girls Club
news
Street hockey, basketball underway |
Youngsters at the Wake Forest Boys & Girls Club
are involved in street hockey games in the
afternoon, and the teen basketball program fills
the early evening hours.
See Hugh McLean or Andrew Bost about joining a
team.
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Club friends and members should mark March 27 on
their calendars. It is the date for this year’s
Steak and Steak dinner. More about this in
future weeks. |
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From the chamber
Raffle set for March 29 |
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The chamber has set the date for
its biggest fund-raising event of the year, the
March Madness Reverse Raffle and Auction. It
will be Thursday, March 29, beginning at 6 p.m.
at Luck Stone, 10920 Star Road. Dinner will be
catered by Jeff Dowdle, the chef at Heritage
Grill of Heritage Golf Club.
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Get your tickets now
for Koinonia dinner |
There are only two days left to
buy your tickets for the 2007 Koinonia
Foundation dinner Saturday night.
When you do, you will be part of an effort to
raise $55,000 to support an array of Wake Forest
organizations and individuals.
The $30 tickets are available from board members
– chairman Heather Holding, Beverly Whisnant,
Mark Fleming, Kenille Baumgardner, Mike Johnson,
Velma Boyd-Lawson and Todd Warrick – or by
calling Donna Marshall at 556-5418.
The buffet dinner and silent auction at The
Forks Cafeteria begin at 6:30 p.m. with the live
auction featuring Jay Hoy as the auctioneer
begins at 8 p.m. |
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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. 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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Installation of New Officers Click here for the complete story |
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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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Town launches
community plan |
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In a fast hour-and-a-half
meeting, the 11 people named to the steering
committee for the Wake Forest Community Plan,
the mayor and commissioners and six planning
board members arrived at an array of problems
and issues the town faces now or will face in
the next decade.
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Meeting Feb. 1
about new town hall |
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The architects and town staff and
officials will be on hand Thursday, Feb. 1, to
unveil the conceptual plan for the future Wake
Forest Town Hall.
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In the galleries
Colored pencil exhibit Feb. 9 |
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Linda Burrell, owner of The
Sunflower Fine Art Gallery and Studio on East
Jones Avenue, said the featured exhibit for the
Feb. 9 Art After Hours will be Explorations in
Colored Pencil featuring the work of members of
the Triangle Chapter of the Colored Pencil
Society of America. “It should be a great show!”
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WF chorus
recruiting singers |
The Wake Forest Singers Community
Chorus will begin rehearsing tomorrow night,
Thursday, Jan. 25, for its next major concert,
The Greatest Hits, scheduled for April 15.
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Basketball free throw
contest Feb. 17 |
The annual Knights of Columbus
free throw competition will be held Saturday,
Feb. 17 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Grand Slam
Sports Center at The Factory on South Main
Street.
All boys and girls between 10 and 14 are
eligible. You must bring proof of age, and age
will be determined as of Jan. 1, 2007.
Trophies will be awarded to the top finishers,
and winners in each age group will advance to
the district competition on March 3, also at
Grand Slam Sports Center. |
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From the library
Gardening program in February |
Three local Wake County Master
Gardener Volunteers will be at the Wake Forest
Library Wednesday, Feb. 21, to share some
gardening expertise and answer questions.
The program, sponsored by The Friends of Wake
Forest Public Library, will begin at 6:30 p.m.
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Trinity Academy
plans open house |
Trinity Academy, a private
preparatory school in north Raleigh, will hold
its winter open house for the middle and high
schools Friday, Jan. 26, from 9 to 10 a.m.
The school is at 10224 Baileywick Road in
Raleigh. It offers a complete curriculum for
grades kindergarten through 12. Its motto:
“Where faith and reason meet creative
expression.”
For more information, call 786-0114 or go to
www.trinityacademy.com. |
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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 . . . |
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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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Financial column
Don’t misplace your investments
By Louis Mullinger, Edward
Jones (Financial planning) |
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You can lose your gloves. You can
lose your keys. But you would never lose track
of your investments, would you?
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