Last week Mayor Vivian Jones said she had been assured by state Senators Chad Barefoot and Neal Hunt and by Rep. Chris Malone that the proposed legislation which would take away the town’s ability to enact any ordinance regulating trees on private property has very little chance of being enacted. That said, experience has shown that what is said at the beginning of a legislative session can bear no resemblance to what is enacted during the session. We will keep watch. * * * * Ronnee Nelson was the winner of the gift basket drawing by the Friends of Wake Forest Library during their recent membership drive. The basket was presented to Nelson by Louise Bishop, the children’s librarian and acting manager, and Kathleen Ross, president of the Friends. * * * * Wake Forest ARTS is enjoying the tremendous community response to its Six Sundays in Spring concert series

The next Cash Mob Event will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 17. Look for the Cash Mob banner in front of Town Hall. We will hold a meet and greet there, divulge the business location, walk together to the never-before-mobbed-business and each spend $20 before going together to an eatery to continue the fun. There are regulars who come to almost every Cash Mob, but there are always new participants. Experience how Cash Mob can be another avenue to help you connect to your local community. Please consider joining us on a spring day for an hour or two before you get too busy with your weekend chores. Bring the kids to help you shop, and teach them at an early age how important it is to support Local Business!  

What is your vision for E. Carroll Joyner Park? Do you want ball fields and a community building? Do you want more walking and biking trails? Or perhaps you want a large children’s playground. You can make sure your voice is heard by attending one of the public meetings sponsored by the Wake Forest Recreation Advisory Board. There are only three left, and they are: Thursday, May 15, 10 a.m.; Northern Wake Senior Center, 235 East Holding Avenue. Saturday, May 17, 11 a.m.; Wake Forest Town Hall, 301 South Brooks Street. Tuesday, May 20, 6:30 p.m.; Hope Lutheran Church, 3525 Rogers Road ‘Picture Joyner Park’ is the name given to the town’s approach to updating the Joyner Park Master Plan. There will be a brief presentation, followed by an open forum discussion where attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and share suggestions. Discussions at these meetings will cover

Over 150 members of AmeriCorps will join Wake Forest residents Monday, May 19, to kick off five hectic days of AmeriCorps’ Build-a-Thon with Habitat for Humanity during which they will build three houses, complete two more and repair the exterior of eight Wake Forest houses. The kick off will take place from 8 to 8:30 a.m. at Olive Branch Baptist Church on Juniper Avenue. The community dedication will be held Friday, May23, from 5 to 5:45 p.m. at 406 Spring Street. Habitat of Wake County pledged earlier this year to build five houses in Wake Forest, and two are partly complete while the foundations have been placed for the three to be built during the week. The repair project is called A Brush with Kindness and has been carried out for the past few years by Habitat and its volunteers. This year’s AmeriCorps Build-a-Thon will also take place in Des

Good things continue to pop up at the Wake Forest Farmers Market each week, and you can find them all this Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon at the market behind CVS in the OneCare Inc. parking lot. This week Toxic Free NC, the only group in the state working to put people before pesticides, will be at the market, providing information and techniques for gardening without pesticides. Toxic pesticides are overused in North Carolina and around the world, adding pollutants to our food, our water and our bodies. Remember most of the produce at the market is grown in an organic, pesticide-free manner, and the meats at the market are from poultry and animals who are raised humanely. There will be plenty of sweet, juicy strawberries on offer along with fresh produce – lettuce, kale, swiss chard, bok choy, spinach, broccoli, sweet potatoes, mixed baby greens, cucumbers, hot house