Wild winds ruffled
the area Sunday

Ferocious wind gusting more than 40 miles an hour ripped through the Triangle area Sunday, hampering firemen fighting large brush fires in Franklin County and causing several problems in Wake Forest.
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The Growth Rate

The Well, a coffee house that doubles as a church on Sundays, opened Monday in its new location at 1248 S. Main St. It is a wireless hot spot, and it has expanded its food offerings to include sandwiches.
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Use, drought sucking
up Falls Lake water

Tuesday night’s rain, perhaps 0.4 inches around Wake Forest, did stem Falls Lake’s steady decline, but the lake will continue to fall if there is not substantial rain this winter.
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Downtown Streetscape
plan on agenda

Wake Forest people have been waiting three years for the South White Street Streetscape Plan – and the end is in sight.
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Win a briny feast
at Lobster Bingo

The Wake Forest Kiwanis Club will again sponsor a family favorite, Lobster Bingo, at The Factory Friday, Feb. 22, beginning at 5 p.m.
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Wakefield garden
symposium March 22

The FFA chapter at Wakefield High School and the FFA Alumni will host a garden symposium Saturday, March 22 , from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the school.
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Community water
forum Feb. 23

If you are wondering where Wake County’s water will come from in the next few years, how global warming will affect our rainfall and water supplies and what you should be asking community leaders to do now about water, you may find some answers at a free community forum on Feb. 23.
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Chamber offers
wage/hour seminar

The Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce will host a seminar about state and federal wage and hour rules on Tuesday, March 4, at the chamber office.
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Youth ball
registration starts

Registration has begun for Wake Forest Parks and Recreation baseball, softball and T-ball for boys 5 through 17 and girls 5 through 15. It will end Friday, March 7.
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Falls Lake
program Feb. 21

Local author Janet Steddum will discuss her book, “The Battle for Falls Lake,” on Thursday, Feb. 21, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
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March madness returns

Tickets and sponsorship opportunities are on sale for the Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce’s annual March Madness Reverse Raffle and Auction, which will be held this year at Luck Stone on Star Road on Thursday, March 13, beginning at 6 p.m.
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Road Roundup

Barnhill Contracting in Tarboro may or may not begin work on March 3 on the final leg of the N.C. 98 bypass from Retail Drive to Thompson Mill Road.
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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.

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. To begin advertising, call Editor Carol Pelosi at 556-3409 or send her a note at cwpelosi@aol.com.

Don’t fall for this

Recently there have been telephone calls in this area in which a nice-sounding woman warns you to act quickly to reduce the rate of interest on your credit card.
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New line ousts
family from Wake

“How would you feel if you woke up one morning and someone told you that even though your house was in the same place you could not vote, go to school, must change your address, and you are no longer a part of what you thought you were?”
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Some drilling
irrigation wells

A reader reported there had been at least four wells drilled recently in one Wake Forest subdivision to allow the homeowners to irrigate their lawns and shrubs.
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WF Golf Club
on town agenda

At the close of what could be a lengthy meeting, the Wake Forest mayor and commissioners will go into closed session with attorney Eric Vernon to discuss the purchase of the Wake Forest Golf Club. Club owner Joel Young offered it to the town earlier this year.
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Get a free tree
Saturday, Feb. 23

You can get a free tree seedling – a flowering dogwood, a wild plum, a bald cypress, a chestnut oak or a white ash – Saturday, Feb. 23, when the Wake Forest Urban Forestry Board holds its third annual give-away at town hall.
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Over half a million
registered to vote

More than half a million people were registered to vote in Wake County at the end of 2007 with more registrations anticipated as the election season begins.

Chamber hosting
SBA express loan lunch

If you are planning to start a small business or already have one, you need to attend a lunch meeting at the Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce where you can learn about a loan program through the federal Small Business Administration – and apply for a loan on the spot.
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Telephone book
recycling starts

The bins are open and there is no waiting to recycle those 2007 and older telephone books.

Softball registrations
now underway

Registration for a number of softball leagues began early in February.
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Mardi Gras is coming;
get tickets now

Billed as the social event of the year, the third annual Renaissance Ball, a Mardi Gras Masquerade, will be held Saturday, Feb. 23, in the Event Gallery at The Cotton Company on South White Street in historic downtown Wake Forest.
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Support for bereaved
parents begun

The Morning Glory Center for Creative Healing will host a Bereaved Parents Support Group beginning Tuesday, March 4, at 7 p.m.
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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.

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.