A new exhibit plaque for Keith’s Super Market will be unveiled at 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, at the Wake Forest Historical Museum at 414 North Main Street. It was 1903 when Frank Keith began working as an employee at a grocery business in the Town of Wake Forest. This was the first step in launching a dynasty that eventually became a shopping mainstay for generations of local residents. Going to Keith’s Super Market was a Wake Forest tradition for nearly sixty years. Frank Keith progressed from employee to owner when he founded his own grocery business on South White Street in 1933. After a fire damaged his rented building in the 1960s, he moved to South Brooks Street to put up a larger store. That location, which today houses the Forks Cafeteria, was Keith’s Super Market and became famous for its high quality food and friendly atmosphere. Frank—who owned

Wake Forest is home to a new organization, Soroptimist International of Wake Forest (SIWF), focused on educating, empowering, and enabling young women in our community. Soroptimist means “best for women.” The Wake Forest chapter earned its charter last May. Soroptimist International (SI), founded in 1921, works to improve the lives of women and girls around the world. Two important programs they facilitate are: Live Your Dream awards grants to women who are the head of their household and who are working to further their education. These grants assist the awardee in any way possible to help them continue their education (paying for tuition, travel to school, babysitting so she can attend school, etc). SIWF plans to mentor our awardees throughout their educational career leading up to assisting them with resume writing, completing applications, and preparing and dressing for interviews. Dream It, Be It supports high school young women in pursuit

2019 has been “the best year yet” for the Wake Forest Police Department’s 13th Turkey Drive, Det. M.W. Sattler said Monday. The department already has enough money for 600 turkeys, and Sattler said they hope to have enough for 800 or more turkeys by Monday, Nov. 25, when they will distribute the turkeys and bags of donated food at the Wake Forest Community House. They will accept donations of frozen turkeys and monetary donations from 9 a.m. to noon at the main station for the Wake Forest Police Department, 225 South Taylor Street on Saturday, Nov. 23 Sattler said the Wake Forest community has been consistent in donating all during the turkey drive this year. “They have been very generous.” To donate online via PayPal, go to http://bit.ly/2019Turkey Drive. You can also send a check or cash by addressing the envelope to the Taylor Street address above with a notation

The Wake Forest Renaissance Centre for the Arts will host three performances of Live from Nashville – Merry Country Christmas on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 14-15. Saturday’s show time is 7 p.m., while Sunday show times are 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. It’s a Merry Country Christmas indeed, when all your favorite Christmas songs are presented in authentic Nashville country style with dazzling guitars and fiddles along with soaring harmonies. The joy of Christmas comes to you in this delightful production of toe-tapping, heartfelt music of the holidays. From the fun of “Old Saint Nick” to the profoundly moving “Oh Come all Ye Faithful,” and from the playful “Up on the Housetop” to the poignant “Silent Night,” songs of fun, faith and hope are presented by the finest musicians and singers steeped in the traditions of America’s genre – country! Tickets are $25 each plus tax and can be purchased

The Wake Forest Renaissance Centre for the Arts will host two performances of Joshua Lozoff’s Life is Magic on Friday, Nov. 22. Showtimes are 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. From his full stage show to his closeup Strolling Magic, Joshua Lozoff’s performances combine his love for the art of magic with his fascination with psychology and the powers of observation and influence. In one moment, he makes a drawing come to life just by pointing, and in the next he predicts an audience member’s choices even before she knows them herself. An evening spent with Joshua will amaze and entertain the entire family! To learn more about Joshua Lozoff, visit https://joshualozoff.com/. Tickets are $12 each plus tax for adults and $10 for children and seniors and can be purchased online with a Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover credit card at www.wakeforestrencen.org/tickets-events<http://www.wakeforestrencen.org/tickets-events>. Advance tickets may also be purchased with cash, check or

Beginning Monday, Oct. 14, the Wake Forest Loop or WFL, a weekday, fare-free bus for residents traveling within Wake Forest and a portion of Wakefield, will expand to offer an early/late extension along North Main Street and a mid-day extension into Heritage. At 6:32 a.m., 7:32 a.m., 8:32 a.m. and 9:32 a.m., the WFL will depart Wake Forest Crossing, 12536 Capital Blvd., and make stops at the intersections of North Main Street/East Oak Avenue and North Wingate Street/West Oak Avenue before proceeding to the CVS Pharmacy stop at the intersection of North White Street/Roosevelt Avenue. The late extension will repeat the sequence hourly from 4:32 p.m. to 7:32 p.m. The mid-day extension into Heritage will be offered hourly from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. At the top of each hour, the WFL will depart downtown Wake Forest and travel to a bus stop at the intersection of Heritage Branch Road/Branch

The Wake Forest Purple Heart Foundation and the Town of Wake Forest are pleased to introduce “The Wall That Heals in Wake Forest Commemorative Photo Book,” a treasure trove of pictures recording The Wall’s 2018 visit to Wake Forest. This beautiful 8.5″ x 11″ hardcover limited-edition volume is now on sale for $47.50 (price includes tax and shipping). Throughout the pages of this book, you can relive The Wall That Heals’ unforgettable stay in our community through hundreds of poignant photos submitted by amateur and professional photographers alike. From Oct. 18 to Oct. 21, 2018, the Wake Forest Purple Heart Foundation and the Town of Wake Forest hosted the replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at E. Carroll Joyner Park. Over those four days, approximately 20,000 people from across North Carolina and beyond visited the park to pay their respects to the more than 58,000 men and women who made

The Wake Forest Young Professionals will hold their holiday social on Tuesday, Dec. 3, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at The Real McCoy’s, 3325 Rogers Road. They will be collecting toys and gifts for children at this event for a Holiday Toy Drive sponsored by a local teen, Katie Haynes from Youngsville. The toy drive will benefit Duke’s Children’s Hospital. Call the chamber office for a list of items needed for the toy drive. There will also be an Ugly Sweater/Holiday Dress contest for those who want to get in the spirit. Call the chamber to register. Wake Forest Young Professionals is open to members ages 23 through 40. * * * * Schmoozapalooza, the chamber’s signature speed networking event that was originally scheduled for Dec. 6 has been rescheduled for Feb. 7. Call the chamber to reserve your seat and start off the new year with prospects in your

FINALLY! The Northern Wake Senior Center staff has approval to begin moving into the center on East Holding Avenue. It will be December or January before the center is fully up and running, it appears. At the Nov. 5 town board work session, David Williams, owner of Focus Design Builders which has the $3.9 million contract to renovate and enlarge the building and parking lot, said he expected to have a certificate of occupancy for the building by the end of Friday, Nov. 15. Well, it was close. Mickey Rochelle, director of public facilities for the town, said this week about the CO, “Although they were very close and did not make the date we now have approval to move staff into the facility and will be doing so soon. We are letting Resources for Seniors (which provides the staff and programs) decide when to begin having class back at

The Wake Forest Gazette has been a reliable source of information about the town of Wake Forest since 2003. The free online weekly newspaper is always available at www.wakeforestgazette.com. The Gazette is the only Wake Forest newspaper consistently offering news about the Wake Forest Board of Commissioners and Planning Board, events in town, calendar, obituaries and a list of community organizations and meeting times. There are also articles about town history, opinion from readers and once in a while we even print recipes. The Gazette currently has 1,500 subscribers and 1,500 people who read it without subscribing, reaching a substantial number of area residents. The advertising rate for the Gazette is $100 per month. There are no charges for obituaries or any news. If you want to advertise, please email or call the editor, Carol W. Pelosi, at cwpelosi@aol.com or 919-556-3409. #