The Walter E. Cole American Legion Post 187 will celebrate Veterans’ Day with a community ceremony at the Wake Forest Veterans Memorial located on the grounds of the Heritage Golf Club at 11 a.m. Thursday November 11, 2021. The Veterans’ Memorial is located at 1250 Heritage Club Avenue, Wake Forest.  Ample signage along major roads throughout greater Wake Forest provides direction to the Veterans’ Memorial. As our nation honors the over 23 million living veterans from the Greatest Generation to the Latest Generation, let us never forget the awesome debt of their endeavors. No government commission or single dollar amount can adequately re-pay what has been given by all during our nation’s history through their blood, service and sacrifice. Please join the Wake Forest community and veterans as we display the honor and respect due these gallant and brave warriors. For more information contact Rich Heroux, (919) 494-2707 or email Rheroux1@nc.rr.com. #

By George Shaw Summary The jobs market continues to send conflicting signals.  The unemployment rate continues to improve while millions remain outside of the workforce.  Job openings continue at near record highs and exceed unemployment by 25%.  Increases in employment, however, continues to disappoint.  North Carolina is the only state among the ten largest for population to have rates of unemployment and virus deaths below the national average. Raleigh also continues to outperform its peer group of 13 high growth metro areas.  Yet, employment locally in the lowest paying category (Leisure and Hospitality) continues to struggle.  Meanwhile, our area ranks third among the high growth hubs for job categories paying above average salaries. National The three main sources of data on employment tracked by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics continue to give conflicting signals.  This is because they measure different things for different purposes.  There are currently 25% more job openings than there are

(There are pictures of the three Wake Forest College buildings destroyed by fire on the placard in the depot parking lot on South White Street.) It was the 1932, the great Depression stalked the land, there was little work at local cotton mills and the price for cotton had hit bottom. The town commissioners had asked the Wake Forest College trustees to help with two great needs. The first plea was, “. . . owing to the second local bank failure and the long discontinuance of work in industry here” to allow 20 young women who had just graduated from high school to enroll in the college for the 1932-1933 year. The request was denied. The second was for a good fire engine for the town because the only equipment the Wake Forest Fire Department, established in 1921, had beyond some extra hose and two hand-pulled hose reels was an

On Thursday, Nov. 11, Veterans Day, a food distribution will be held at Friendship Chapel Baptist Church on Friendship Chapel Road off South Main Street from 9 a.m. until all the food is distributed. The distribution is hosted by the Christian Faith Assembly Community Church in partnership with the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina. First Come, First Served! The distribution is drive-thru only and it is limited to one box per family. The trunk of the car must be open and clean for the volunteers to place the box in the trunk. The same is true of the beds of pickup trucks. #

The Koinonia Foundation invites the public to help neighbors in crisis by participating, sponsoring or donating to its second Pace for Grace 5K Race. Koinonia is a nondenominational Christian 501(c)(3) that provides financial support to nonprofit organizations that address human needs not adequately funded, as well as one-time emergency benevolent assistance to individuals and families in need in Wake Forest, Rolesville and Youngsville. In June, Koinonia gave $22,000 in grants to eight local charitable organizations. Runners and walkers of all ages can support Koinonia by participating in its virtual 5K on or before the weekend of Nov. 12-14, 2021, and sponsors and donors can contribute before Nov. 14. “As a virtual event, our Pace for Grace 5K Race gives participants flexibility in choosing how they wish to experience the event, and when and how they want to run or walk it,” said Holden McLemore, Koinonia Foundation Board member and race coordinator. “However, you don’t have to be a