The Body Shop, which is leaving town and moving its headquarters to New York City, will have a great sale of its products the last weekend of the month. The firm is donating lots ot bath, body, fragrance, skin care, accessories and men’s products to the Body Shop Foundation, which will sell them at “silly prices (usually 75 percent off the retail price).” The sale will be at Capital Warehouse 2727-101 Capital Boulevard in Raleigh. On Thursday, July 30, the sale hours are 2 to 7 p.m. with the last entry at 6:30 p.m.; on Friday, July 31, the hours are 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. with the last entry at 1 p.m.; and Saturday the hours are 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. with last entry at 1 p.m. and then 2 to 4:30 p.m. with last entry at 4 p.m. * * * *   Commissioner Jim Thompson, who

Coyotes have been seen near E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road, and a pack was heard recently near the silos for the old Holding farm which is being developed as Holding Village south of the N.C. 98 bypass. The Town of Wake Forest has issued a press release saying the experts say early summer offers more coyote sightings due to increased daytime activity, but coyotes usually pose no threat to people or pets. To prevent conflicts with coyotes the N.C. Wildlife Commission offers the following tips: Secure garbage in containers with tight-fitting lids and take them out on the morning of pick up, not the night before. Coyotes and other wildlife will scavenge trash. Don’t feed or try to pet coyotes. Feeding a coyote rewards it for coming in close proximity to people. Once a coyote be­comes habituated, it loses its natural wariness of people and may become bold

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department is launching it’s first-ever Sports & Recreation Equipment Exchange. You can donate gently used sports equipment that no long fits or is no longer needed tonight, Wednesday, July 22, and tomorrow night, Thursday, July 23, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Field #2 at Flaherty Park on North White Street. Then on Saturday, July 25, from 9 a.m. to noon the parks and recreation department will hold a free Sports & Recreation Equipment Exchange at the Flaherty Park Community Center. Give some, get some. What a great idea!

The newest Habitat Wake County ReStore will open in the Market of Wake Forest shopping center on Saturday, Aug. 1, and will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Market is anchored by Food Lion and Rite Aid. The grand opening will be celebrated from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with the Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce. The Wake Forest store is the fifth ReStore to be operated by Habitat Wake. The Raleigh ReStore has been open since 1991, and Cary opened its doors in 2011. In the past 12 months, Habitat Wake has opened ReStore locations in Apex and Fuquay-Varina. The Wake Forest ReStore location was selected because of customer demand and the impressive growth Wake Forest has experienced over the past few years. Habitat Wake is recruiting volunteers for this new location to assist with donation procurement, customer service, and merchandising. Cashiers are also needed.

Spend an evening in Wake Forest with family and friends and enjoy some foot-tapping, finger snapping good times during two upcoming concerts at E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road. Steph Stewart & The Boyfriends will perform the first concert on Sunday, Aug. 2, from 5 to 7 p.m., while the second performance will feature Lakota John & Kin on Sunday, Sept. 6. Both performances are free and open to the entire community. Fronted by singer-songwriter Steph Stewart on guitar and banjo, Steph Stewart & the Boyfriends also features Omar Ruiz-Lopez on fiddle and mandolin, Mario Arnez on guitar and Nicholas Vandenberg on upright bass. Together, they deliver a haunting sound fusing old Appalachia and top-shelf Americana. The band also released a new album, Nobody’s Darlin’ earlier this year. Area residents are encouraged to bring a picnic, leashed pets, a blanket or lawn chair and enjoy the music. Concert-goers are reminded