News about the chamber

The Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce is asking for volunteers – about 50 of them – for the Business Expo on Tuesday, Sept 19, from 3 to 7 p.m. at Richland Creek Community Church on Burlington Mills Road presented by CenturyLink. The volunteers, including high school students, are needed during the event and the day before for set-up. Go to http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0b4baaab2fa7fc1-20171 to sign up. Also, only five booths are available: two standard, one premium, one bronze and one silver. All the food booths are sold out. Go to https://wakeforestchamber.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2017-Expo-Booth-Registration-Packet.pdf to register. * * * * Issues & Answers return Wednesday, Sept. 6, from 7:45 to 9 a.m. in Wake Electric’s Community Room at 100 South Franklin Street. The following topics will be covered: Insurance: What is driving the increase in auto premiums that we have seen over the last year or so and when we might see some relief

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Calendar

Everyone is gearing up for fall, and that includes the many civic and interest groups in Wake Forest. Below is a list of groups – and if your group is not included and should be – please send a note with the information to cwpelosi@aol.com. If the information about your group is wrong or out of date, please send a note with the corrections to that same email address. Aren’t we lucky to have so many groups that benefit our town and its resident! * 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.

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Club meetings

Everyone is gearing up for fall, and that includes the many civic and interest groups in Wake Forest. Below is a list of groups – and if your group is not included and should be – please send a note with the information to cwpelosi@aol.com. If the information about your group is wrong or out of date, please send a note with the corrections to that same email address. Aren’t we lucky to have so many groups that benefit our town and its resident! * 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.

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Obituaries

Curtis Glenn Kinton Youngsville Curtis G. Kinton, 65, passed away on Monday evening, August 28, 2017, at Rex Hospital. He was born in Wake County, the son of the late Zelma Pearson Kinton and Dennis L. Kinton. A funeral service will be held at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon, August 31, 2017, in the Chapel of Bright Funeral Home with the Rev. Rodney Harp officiating. Curtis is survived by his wife, Evelyn Marshall Kinton; a daughter, Amy Walker and husband, Brad, of Youngsville; a sister, Betty Pearce and husband, Kenneth, of Wake Forest; a brother, Bobby Kinton and wife, Pam, of Youngsville; and grandchildren, Katie Zinn and Derek Walker. Memorial contributions can be made to the UNC Rex Cancer Center, 11200 Governor Manley Way, #102, Raleigh, NC 27614. Friends may visit with the family for an hour before the service at Bright Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 405 South Main Street,

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