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Wakefields, SEBTS
campus plan on agenda |
The Wake Forest Planning Board
will meet early, at 7 p.m., next Tuesday, Feb.
6, for a short work session about the conflict
of interest policy the town board recently
adopted.
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Short work session agenda |
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There are only two items on the
town board work session agenda for Tuesday, Feb.
6, Town Manager Mark Williams said Tuesday.
Other items may be added later and frequently
are. One will probably be an update from Clarion
Associates about the progress of the northeast
quadrant plan. The commissioners may not need it
because four of them and the mayor were at
Tuesday’s meeting at the DuBois Center.
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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.
The meeting will run from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in
town hall with the architects, Little
Diversified Architectural Consulting, giving
brief presentations at 6 and at 7 p.m.
The architects will be available to discuss the
site layout, the exterior and the public meeting
spaces.
The town board has chosen a site on Brooks
Street for the new building and, in later years,
for a new public safety building. The town has
purchased the VFW property and the Green &
Wooten insurance company building and land. |
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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.
The black and white affair hosted by the
Downtown Revitalization Corporation and the Wake
Forest Junior Women’s Club will benefit the Wake
Forest Boys & Girls Club. CMI Jewelry Showroom
is the sponsor.
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Phone book recycling
begins Feb. 5 |
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.
Beginning Monday, Feb. 5, county residents can
drop off their old books at 21 locations.
In Wake Forest, the site is the recycling
drop-off center at the town’s operations center
on Forestville Road.
In Rolesville, the bins are at Rolesville
Elementary.
The county’s position is that all telephone book
companies should take responsibility for
recycling their products. This year’s
stewardship sponsors – who contributed $10,000
in cash and more than $140,000 in advertising –
are BellSouth, The Talking Phone Book, Triangle
Regional Directory and R.H. Donnelley, which
publishes Sprint.
You can find out more about the program by going
to
www.wakegov.com/recycling. |
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Basketball free throw
contest updated |
There were some errors in the
information submitted earlier for the annual
Knights of Columbus free throw competition. The
following information is correct.
The free throw contest, designed to be fun and
entertaining for boys and girls ages 10 through
14, will be held Saturday, Feb. 18, from 1 to 4
p.m. at The Grand Slam Sports Center in The
Factory on South Main Street.
The competing youngsters must bring proof age,
and the date of Jan. 1, 2007, will be used to
determine eligibility.
Trophies will be awarded to the top finishers,
and the winners in each age group will advance
to a district-level competition on March 3,
which will also be held at The Grand Slam Sports
Center.
Registration will be held at the site the day of
the event. For more information, call Paul at
754-7399. |
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From the library
Gardening program in February |
Three local Wake County Master
Gardener Volunteers – Liz Ford, Hugh Nourse and
John Pelosi – will be at the Wake Forest Library
Wednesday, Feb. 21, to share some gardening
expertise about the warming climate and other
topics 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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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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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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Meeting moves
northeast plan forward |
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“We have to beg for services. Why
can’t the town come and see what the
neighborhood needs.”
“Put cameras on the street lights. Catch them
(drug dealers) in the act.”
“Our children don’t have a place to go. The town
needs to plan for recreation services for
children from 6 to 18.”
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Fire board facing
communication bills |
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The directors for the independent
Wake Forest Fire Department are trying to
discover how much their share for 911, 800 Mhz
and Computer Assisted Dispatch (CAD) will cost
in the future.
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Koinonia raises $50,000
for local folks, charities |
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There was serious browsing along
the tables lined with the silent auction items.
There was spirited bidding in response to
auctioneer Jay Hoy’s rapid chant and teasing for
the live auction. An anonymous woman said she
would match cash contributions that night, and
there had already been contributions from the
event’s sponsors.
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New TV program
focuses on Wake Forest |
On Friday, Feb. 2, the Town of
Wake Forest will unveil its latest effort to
communicate with town residents, “Focus on Wake
Forest.”
The new program, which will air on Channel 10,
“will spotlight the best of the Town of Wake
Forest,” Bill Crabtree, the town’s
communications specialist, said.
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In the galleries
Two exhibits open Feb. 9 |
Two exhibits will open in local
galleries for the Feb. 9 Art After Hours.
Artist Mary Margaret Steele will be at the
opening of her show at The Cotton Company, and
members of the Triangle Chapter of the Colored
Pencil Society of America will have selections
of their work on display at The Sunflower Fine
Art Gallery and Studio for an event called
Explorations in Colored Pencil.
The Cotton Company will hold a reception and
wine tasting for Steele on Friday, Feb. 9, from
6 to 9 p.m.
Linda Burrell, the Sunflower’s owner, and her
resident artists provide music, wine and snacks
the opening nights of the studio’s exhibits.
Lori O’Brien’s exhibit of grass-roots
photography, Through My Eyes, will be at the
gallery through Feb. 4. It opened during
January’s Art After Hours.
At The Cotton Company, the January reception for
artist and photographer Leah Charbonneau of
Knightdale was interrupted by the smoky fire at
Over the Falls deli next door and was
rescheduled for Jan. 19. Her works are still on
exhibit at the restored cotton warehouse which
is now a marketplace for home furnishings,
accessories, jewelry and collectibles. |
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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 |
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.
Each $100 ticket admits two people to the part
and gives each ticket holder a one in 300 chance
of winning $7,500, pretty good odds. For another
$20, you can purchase a ticket number on the
sideboard and win an additional $2,500.
Tickets will be available at the chamber office
or from a chamber board member beginning
Thursday, Jan. 11.
Tresa Jalot, the deputy director for the
chamber, said there are still opportunities for
people and companies to sponsor the raffle and
the chamber is still looking for donations for
the silent and live auctions.
The money raised at the event is used to support
chamber programs and services. |
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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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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
After a loved one dies
By Louis Mullinger, Edward
Jones (Financial planning) |
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After a loved one dies, you have
to cope with grief. And yet, if you have even
partial responsibility for settling an estate,
you have no choice but to focus on some
financial matters. By handling these issues as
efficiently as possible, you can help ease some
of the strain that everyone in your family is
feeling.
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