Wake Forest’s 35th annual CROP Hunger Walk 2014 will take place Sunday, Sept. 28. Walkers will sign in at Wake Forest United Methodist Church at 905 South Main Street at 2:30 p.m. The walk will step off at 3 p.m. The route is approximately 5K. Drinking-water stations will be provided. It is not a requirement to walk the entire distance. Register online at http://www.cropwalkonline.org/wakeforestnc or at the sign-in table on Sept. 28. Invite your friends and family members to do the same. Make tax-deductible donations online or at sign-in. Consider donating either the price of a meal that you enjoy at your favorite restaurant or the dollar amount of a week’s groceries in support of “Ending hunger one step at a time.” Bring along non-perishable foods for donation to the Tri-Area Ministry’s food pantry. Youth volunteers will stack all the cans and boxes of food and will encourage everyone to

There is no such thing as a perfect candidate to vote for. Sometimes we are forced to pick between the “Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.” The candidate who is average, the candidate who is bad, or the candidate who is terrible. In North Carolina we have to pick between average Democrat Senator Kay Hagan and terrible Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate Thom Tillis. Democrat Kay Hagan will support the majority of the wants and needs of the North Carolina citizens. Thom Tillis by his prior actions and speeches has made it perfectly clear that he only supports the wants and needs of the 1 percent of the very rich and powerful citizens of North Carolina. We the citizens of North Carolina must vote for the candidate that will represent the wants and needsof the majority o fcitizens. Kay has also been put at the top of the Koch

On Sunday, September 28, the Wake Forest Historical Association will present a forum featuring four local men who fought in World War II and came home to their family and friends or experienced war through their family. Retired Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court I. Beverly Lake Jr. will be the moderator for the panel made up of Herman Choplin (Battle of the Bulge and Patton’s Army), the Montague brothers, Billy and Bobby (their brother Wilson was shot down over Germany), Elrie Walton (who not only fought in Europe but remained in the U.S. Army to fight in Korea and Vietnam), and Willis H. Winston (Guadalcanal). Several other World War II veterans have been invited and may share their experiences. The forum is being held in conjunction with the current museum exhibit, Wake Forest in World War II, showing some of the ways people left at home were

Some of the members of Wake Forest Arts will be at the Wake Forest Farmers Market Saturday – open from 8 a.m. to noon in the Renaissance Plaza on Brooks Street – with art materials to provide a fun art/craft projects for children. The live music will be by Christy Dixon, and the scene is lively these days in the market’s new location. Fall means mums and there are plenty to choose from as well as seasonal fresh-cut flowers. There is beginning to be a crisp fall note in the air and the vegetable vendors have squashes, bok choy, carrots, onions and potatoes for those heartier fall meals. You can also buy spinach and other cool weather bedding plants to grow your own greens. Try some different flavors of honey for your hot afternoon tea. Add micro-greens to your salads. Buy some of the locally-made cheddar cheeses for snacks and

The Wake Forest Civitan Club is once again pre-selling its delicious and plump first crop pecans and other specialty nuts. A pound bag of shelled pecans is $11.00. For more information concerning the specialty nuts and/or to place an order, please contact Betty Rothman at 919-435-6115. Please place your order by October 8, 2014.

The Wake County Historic Preservation Commission is pleased to announce an historic preservation themed essay contest for 11th graders in Wake County. The theme for this year’s contest is Endangered Historic Properties in Wake County. Each entry should include a completed official entry form, essay, and three original photos or illustrations of an endangered property within the confines of Wake County. The essay must be between 3-5 pages in length, with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spaced, and with 1” margins. The essay will be submitted in hard copy form and a CD. Source citations should use the Kate L. Turabian citation format which can be found online. Essays may be mailed (Wake County Historic Preservation Commission, c/o Capital Area Preservation, PO Box 28072, Raleigh, NC 27611) or delivered to Capital Area Preservation, 1101 Haynes #001, Raleigh, NC 27604. The student’s example should highlight an historic property that is

*The Wake County Housing and Community Revitalization five-year strategic planning meeting will be held Thursday, Sept. 25, from 6 t0 7:30 p.m. in Room 163 at the Northern Regional Center on East Holding Avenue to hear about local needs. See article in this week’s issue. *The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be open its regular summer hours, 8 a.m. to noon, on Saturday, Sept. 27, in its new home, Renaissance Plaza, at the intersection of East Elm Avenue and Brooks Street. *The Wake Forest Historical Association will sponsor a forum about World War II experiences Sunday, Sept. 28, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Wake Forest Historical Museum on North Main Street. Retired N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice I. Beverly Lake Jr. will be the moderator at the panel of four World War II veterans. The forum is free and open to the public and association members and there

Many of the clubs and organizations listed below have recently elected new presidents or representatives. Plea.se help in keeping this list current by sending the names and contact information about the new people to the editor at cwpelosi@aol.com. * American Legion Post 187 meets the second Thursday at 7 p.m. in the American Legion Hall at 225 East Holding Avenue. The dinner begins at 6 p.m. and costs $5. For information and membership, call Commander Dave Goetze at 569-0471 or visit www.alpost187.org. * American Heritage Girls (AHG) meets at 6:30 p.m. at Hope Lutheran Church on Rogers Road on the second and fourth Thursdays. Contact Amy Minor at chrisnamy34@hotmail.comor see the website, www.hopelutheranwf.org. * The General James Moore Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution meets the third Tuesday but does not meet in June, July and August. Call 880-1915 for the location and time. * The Kiwanis Club