Kickstarter campaign will raise funds for production molds The current estimate is that more than 1 in 10 children ages 4 to 17 struggle to stay on task while learning and completing school work. Despite hundreds of wearable wristbands to track steps, stairs and calories, none of them provides a useful way to remind children to get back to their work. Local school psychologist Rich Brancaccio, who works with children with ADHD and who are on the autism spectrum, has developed a solution in his FocusLabs, which is one of the emerging companies in the entrepreneur development center in the Wireless Research Center of North Carolina in Wake Forest. Using the center’s resources, Brancaccio has developed a pre-programmed wristband which sends vibrating reminder signals, much like a tap on the shoulder.  It is not uncommon for children who regularly daydream and are off-task to suffer a lack of self-esteem, a

Are you a supporter of the Neuse Riverkeeper Foundation? If so, you might want to go to a local benefit concert for the group. It will be held Sunday, March 8, from noon to 5 p.m. at the Pour House Music Hall at 224 South Blount Street in Raleigh. The featured musicians are James Olin Oden, Hank Smith and Shawn, Michael Rank, Hey Brothers and Hank Sinatra. There will be raffles and local food. The sponsore are Pour House, Sweetwater Brewing, Clyde Coopers BBQ, Mellow Mushroom, Paddle Creek and other downtown businesses. Buy tickets at http://swiftchase.com/events/ss/tap-the-neuse-benefit-iii. * * * * For those grandparents, aunts and uncles who are serving as parents, there will be a meeting of Kinship in Action – formerly Relatives as Parents – at the Northern Regional Center in Wake Forest on Thursday, March 12, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The topic will be “Financially Squeezed?” by

The public is invited to attend the 3rd Wake Forest Memorial Flag-Raising Ceremony on Monday, April 6, at 11 a.m. The service will be held in Centennial Plaza, in front of the Wake Forest Town Hall on Brooks Street to honor Roger “Marvin” Hockaday who served his nation in the U.S. Army during World War I. Members of Hockaday’s family have been invited to participate in the ceremony which will include patriotic songs, special remarks, a memorial wreath laying and the ceremonial flag-raising by members of the Wake Forest High School JROTC. After raising the American flag, the JROTC will raise the U.S. Army service flag in recognition of the military branch in which Hockaday served. Both flags will fly in Centennial Plaza throughout April. Photographs and other remembrances of Hockaday will be displayed in Centennial Plaza during the ceremony, then in the town hall lobby through the end of

On Saturday night, March 14, at 7 p.m., WFHS Theater students will showcase student talent interspersed with classic comedy sketches from the iconic television show Saturday Night Live which premiered in 1975. Teachers,  parents, and students will work together to portray the comedy of such classic entertainers as Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Jane Curtain, Joan Cusack, Adam Sandler, and Tina Fey. Admission is $5 with discounts for students and senior citizens. All material is school appropriate. The show lasts approximately 90 minutes. Audience members can vote for their favorite entertainers.  Check the WFHS website on the WRAP Fine Arts Tab for updates on performance date and time due to inclement weather.  

Wake Electric Scholarships is now accepting applications for the following 2015 scholarships: The Fred M. Alford Memorial Scholarship Wake Electric awards one Fred M. Alford Memorial scholarship of $2,000. This scholarship is in memory of former Wake Electric employee Fred M. Alford. Requirements for the Fred M. Alford Memorial Scholarship include: Must be a child of or under legal guardianship of a Wake Electric member or live in a home served by Wake Electric Must be a high school graduating senior (cannot already be attending college) Must pursue a four-year undergraduate baccalaureate degree at an accredited institution in North Carolina Touchstone Energy® Scholarships 16 scholarships of $1,250 are awarded.  Requirements include: Must be a child of or under legal guardianship of a Wake Electric member or live in a home served by Wake Electric Must use these funds at a North Carolina college or university, community college, vocational or technical