Do you have a good neighbor?

The Wake Forest Human Relations Council is soliciting youth and adult nominations for the sixth annual Good Neighbor of the Year Award. The award is designed to recognize Wake Forest residents who work to improve the quality of life in their neighborhoods without seeking or receiving recognition for their service. Nominees are sought in two divisions: adult and youth between the ages of 13 and 18. In order to qualify a nominee must be a Town of Wake Forest resident who has made a significant contribution to the community between Sept. 1, 2014, and Aug. 31, 2015. Employees of the Town of Wake Forest are not eligible. Nominations forms are available at the Wake Forest Town Hall, 301 S. Brooks St., and may be downloaded from the town’s website at www.wakeforestnc.gov/goodneighborday.aspx. Completed forms may be mailed to Town of Wake Forest, c/o Virginia Jones, 301 S. Brooks St., Wake Forest, NC 27587.

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Calendar

*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be open from 8 a.m. to noon in Renaissance Plaza on Brooks Street this Saturday, June 27. * The Malpass Brothers will take to the stage at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre for the Arts on Saturday, June 27, at 7 p.m. *The Wake Forest Fourth of July Celebration will be held over two days, the Friday and Saturday of July 3 and 4. The stadium and fireworks show will be held in Trentini Stadium on the campus of Wake Forest High School on Friday evening, July 3, and the children’s parade and activities in Holding Park afterward will be held Saturday, July 4. There will be more details in coming weeks. *The 20th Annual Tour of Artists is planned for Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 19 and 20, in galleries in Wake Forest and artists’ studios in the area. The self-guided tour is sponsored

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Obituaries

Nancy Jean Goethe Wake Forest Nancy Jean Goethe, 56, of Wake Forest, passed away Tuesday evening, June 16, 2015, at Duke Raleigh Hospital. She was born on January 7, 1959, in Flint, Michigan. Nancy was a member of the Wake Forest Presbyterian Church and was passionate in her several years of service to the family members of the YMCA of the Triangle Inc. in Raleigh. A service to celebrate Nancy’s life was held at 2 o’clock Saturday, June 20, 2015, at Wake Forest Presbyterian Church. Nancy is survived by her husband of 31 years, Greg Goethe; children, Jayne Pofahl and husband, Thomas, of Boston, Massachusetts, and Grant Goethe of Wake Forest; father, Edwin Shipley of Flushing, Michigan; brother, David Shipley of Flushing, Michigan; and nieces, Eleanor and Heather. She was preceded in death by her mother, Lois McDonald Shipley, and by a sister, Jane Shipley. Memorial contributions can be made to

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