(Since I had two errors in this article last week I am running it again this week. Hopefully everything is correct. I mostly slept through the weekend and Florence so am not able to provide the candidates for school board, county commissioner and sheriff. Really, I will do it for next week.) The Wake Forest Gazette plans to ask several area candidates their views. To make it relevant to the readers in Wake and Franklin counties, we want to know what you would like to ask the candidates for the North Carolina legislature, the Wake County district attorney, the Wake County commissioners, the Wake County sheriff, the Wake County Board of Education, the North Carolina Supreme Court and the North Carolina Court of Appeals. We may have to dial it back a bit and concentrate on three or four races. Please send the questions you would like to ask to

Forest Moon Theater will present “Crimes of the Heart” Thursday through Sunday, Sept. 20-23, at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre on Brooks Street. Thursday, Friday and Saturday show times are 7:30 p.m., and Sunday’s show time is 3 p.m. The opening weekend of “Crimes of the Heart” was originally scheduled for Friday through Sunday, Sept. 14-16, but those shows were canceled because of Hurricane Florence. The performance on Thursday, Sept. 20, was added as a make-up date. The play depicts three sisters in a small Mississippi town who await news from the hospital where their grandfather lives out his final hours. Each woman has experienced hurt and failure of a different kind, yet each finds her own path to a promising new beginning. Along the way, the laughs and humor highlight the beauty in being human as the women take control of their future. This play is produced by special

The 39th annual Wake Forest CROP Hunger Walk will be held Sunday, Sept. 23, beginning with registration and activities for walkers at 1:30 p.m. The 5K walk through downtown Wake Forest will start at 2:30 p.m. from the Wake Forest Historical Museum at 414 North Main Street and also end there. There is a shorter 1.5-mile route also available. The walk brings the community together to raise money to provide food and other resources for families in the Wake Forest area and for projects for food and clean water around the world. Walkers are encouraged to bring non-perishable foods to donate to the Tri-Area Ministry Food Pantry. Residents from Wake Forest and surrounding areas, including religious communities, businesses, schools, non-profit agencies, organizations, and any person who wants to participate to help support those in need. Walk participants may invite their friends and family members to support them with contributions—cash or

Last fall festival-goers judged the first Wake Forest Dance Festival the most outstanding event of the year. And it will be back in town on Saturday, Sept. 29, in E. Carroll Joyner Park with a day-long event featuring international, national, regional and local dancers. With a format similar to last year’s inaugural event, the 2018 festival brings a day of dance to the Triangle in an outdoor, wooded setting. WFDF showcases a diversity of dance genres, including classical ballet, modern, contemporary, jazz and world dance, by international, national and regional professional dancers as well as local rising advanced dance performers. WFDF will begin with an educational technical rehearsal in the morning and conclude with a staged performance lasting through the early evening. During the day, mini dance performances showcasing various dance styles will take place in select areas of Joyner Park culminating with a staged performance. Presented by ARTS Wake

The Wake Forest Renaissance Centre will host a special screening of “Etchings in Stone,” on Sunday, Oct. 14, at 6:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Wake Forest Purple Heart Foundation and the Town of Wake Forest, “Etchings in Stone” is a filmed play featuring Vietnam veterans and their families about the feelings and emotions evoked by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial or “The Wall” in Washington, DC. Written by Wake Forest native and Vietnam veteran Ron Harris, “Etchings in Stone” places the audience inside “The Wall” thereby offering them the unique ability to experience firsthand its impact on visitors. Not only can the audience hear what visitors to The Wall “say,” they can also “hear” their unspoken thoughts. According to Harris, “Etchings in Stone” is another step towards reassuring Vietnam veterans that they are not alone in their transition back to civilian life. The filmed play endeavors to accomplish this by addressing

The Wake Forest Police Department has begun accepting checks and cash for its 12th annual Turkey Drive, and on Saturday, Nov. 17, it will accept donations of frozen turkeys at the Wake Forest Police Department Main Station on Taylor Street. The money will buy additional turkeys. On Monday, Nov. 19, police officers and staff will be at the Wake Forest Community House on West Owen Avenue to give the tuTrkeys to needy community families from 9 to 11 a.m. or until they run out of turkeys. Want to help? You can donate online using PayPal at www.wakeforestnc.gov/donate-to-our-turkey-drive.aspx<http://www.wakeforestnc.gov/donate-to-our-turkey-drive.aspx>. If you want to  give cash or checks, call or email Officer M.W. Sattler at 919-795-7270, msattler@wakeforestnc.gov<mailto:msattler@wakeforestnc.gov>. Officer Sattler organized the police department’s first Turkey Drive in 2007. Since then, the department has distributed nearly 7,000 turkeys to needy families in our area, including over 800 turkeys last year.

Because of Hurricane Florence, Music at Midday on Thursday, Sept. 13, has been cancelled. The concerts will resume with Jessica Lang on Sept. 20 and Into the Fog on Sept. 27. The short fall concert series – all in one month – provides a showcase for local musicians who entertain in Centennial Plaza in front of the Wake Forest Town Hall for an hour – noon to 1 p.m. – while people eat their lunch or just bask in the sunshine while enjoying the music. People are encouraged to bring lunch from home or from a nearby restaurant. For a sweet end to lunch, several dessert trucks will be in Brooks Street. Music at Midday is co-sponsored by the Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department and Wake Forest ARTS.

For most people, their beloved pets are simply part of the family. Likewise, they are also part of God’s beloved Creation, with their own patron saint, St. Francis of Assisi. On Sunday, Oct. 7, St. John’s Episcopal Church will honor St. Francis’ love of all creation through a Blessing of the Animals ceremony, beginning 4 p.m. Rev. Sarah Phelps will officiate and invites the public to bring their furry, feathery, or scaly friends—well-contained, of course, by leash, crate, or cage!–to gather at the church’s front entrance and then process to the front lawn’s large black walnut tree. There, Rev. Phelps will bless each pet individually. Those whose pets have died are invited to bring a photo or container with cremated remains for a blessing too. St. John’s is located at 834 Durham Rd. (across from McDonalds).  For more information, please call the church office at 919-556-3656.

Because of Hurricane Florence, Exploring the Heritage of the Ailey Young House has been rescheduled for Sunday, Oct. 7, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Alston-Massenburg Center, 416 North Taylor Street. The session is the first in a new series of presentations hosted by the Town of Wake Forest on the history of the northeast area of Wake Forest entitled Community Connections in Northeast Wake Forest. Free and open to the public, the Oct. 7 event will explore the heritage of the Ailey Young House and examine its link to the early history of the African-American community in Wake Forest. The occasion will include a panel discussion and historical presentation about the Ailey Young House, along with a screening of the new video, “The Ailey Young House – a Family Legacy, a Wake Forest Treasure.” Produced by Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and narrated by Ricardo Young, the great-great-grandson of

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department will host a Father Daughter Dance on Friday, Sept. 21, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Fathers and daughters throughout Wake Forest are invited to celebrate their special bond during an unforgettable evening at the Wake Forest Community House, 133 W. Owen Ave. Featuring music, dancing, and refreshments, this event is sure to create memories that will last a lifetime. The cost is $20 per couple (residents) and $35/couple (non-Wake Forest residents), plus $5 for each additional daughter. To register, visit http://wakeforestnc.recdesk.com/recdeskportal/. For more information about the Father-Daughter Dance, contact PRCR Program Superintendent Monica Lileton at 919-435-9563 or mlileton@wakeforestnc.gov<mailto:mlileton@wakeforestnc.gov>.