The 76th Wake Forest Community Dinner was held Monday at The Forks and was well attended. The Wake Forest Community Council sponsors the annual dinner and the members nominate and vote for three awards: Citizen of the Year, Organization of the Year and the Peggy Allen Lifetime Achievement Award.
Michael Burger, chairman of the Tri-Area Ministry Food Pantry, was named Citizen of the Year; the Wake Forest Rotary Club was named Organization of the Year, and Tilda Caudle was awarded the Peggy Allen Lifetime Achievement award.
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Just an update on the drought situation — mild drought — and the water level in Falls Lake. On Sunday, Dec. 3, the lake was at 248.13 feet and had lost 0.02 feet since the previous day. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers try to maintain the lake at 252 feet and full pool — the highest level it can reach before excess water begins running down that spillway to the right of the dam.
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UNC is playing in the Duke’s Mayonnaise Bowl? Duke in the Pop Tarts Bowl? What’s next? Here are some other 2023 bowl names -really — that may bemuse you: Famous Idaho Potato, Famous Toastery, Quick Lane, Pinstripe, First Responders, Guaranteed Rate and ReliaQuest.
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