Plans are well underway for downtown Wake Forest’s annual Mardi Gras Street Festival on Saturday, Feb. 6. This family-friendly celebration is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and admission is free. Promising fun-filled activities for both children and adults, the Mardi Gras Street Festival will include face painters, strolling entertainers, live music, an inflatable playground, special contests and much more. Several participating downtown merchants will also offer exceptional discounts and activities throughout the day. One of the day’s highlights promises to be the Mardi Gras Walking Parade. The lineup will begin at 12:45 p.m. in town hall’s Centennial Plaza on Brooks Street, and the parade gets underway at 1 p.m. The parade route will extend from town hall, up East Owen Avenue, and north along South White Street before ending at the Depot Parking Lot at 110 South White Street. The walking parade is open to both children and

*The Jan. 7 meeting of the Wake Forest Woman’s Club will be held at the Wake Forest Town Hall in the ground floor meeting room. The Taylor Street entrance is the most convenient. The change in location is necessary because of renovations around the Community House. *The Wake Forest Farmers Market will return to Renaissance Plaza on Saturday, Jan. 9, with its usual winter hours, 10 a.m. to noon. *The Spelling Bee sponsored by the Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce will be held Tuesday, Jan. 12, at CenturyLink on Capital Boulevard. The event will begin with a Teachers’ Reception from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. to recognize local teachers and principals, and the Spelling Bee will begin at 5:45. See the chamber website, www.wakeforestchamber.org for information about joining or forming a team for the bee or to sponsor a team. All money raised goes to teacher grants. *The annual Wake

It is a new year and a good time to check the information about your club or organization. If what you see is incorrect, please 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.com or 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