Wendell News Outlet

The Friday memo is being sent out early this week due to the Christmas holiday. We wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas.

Tonight will be the last night before Christmas that our downtown merchants will be open late for shoppers. Shop local and support Wendell.

The Town of Wendell sponsored two holiday contests this year - the Holiday Decoration Contest and the Shop Local Wendell Basket Giveaway.

The Holiday Decoration Contest had 13 participants: eight commercial entries and five residential entries.  The judging was very tough because each participant showed creativity, originality and artistic ability.  The winners are:

Residential: The Hunter Family at 265 S. Lakewood Drive

Commercial: Perry’s Retirement and Insurance at 124 N Main Street

More than 200 people from Wendell to Winterville signed up for a chance at one of three Shop Local Wendell baskets.  Several local merchants, Kannon’s Clothing, Kila Kompany, the Little Bakery, Ty Grey Consignment, Baynes and Company, Universal Chevrolet, Perry’s Retirement and Insurance, Hedrick Insurance, Mortex Factory Outlet, The Flower Shop, and Aubrey and Peedies Grill, donated items for the baskets.  The winners are:

Thank you to everyone who participated in the contests.  Look for several more in 2011!

The Wendell courtroom hosted the last district court session of the year on Friday, December 17^th.  When the session ended, so did a long standing tradition in Wendell as court has been a Friday regular for decades.  Beginning in January 2011, no court will be scheduled in Wendell and all court business will be scheduled in a Raleigh courtroom on various dates throughout the year.  Any questions about the scheduling of pending cases should be directed to the Wake County Clerk of Court’s office at (919) 792-4125 or your may find scheduling information at the Administrative Office of the Courts website: http://www1.aoc.state.nc.us/www/calendars/CriminalQuery.html

As some of you may be aware the 2005-2009 5-yr American Community Survey (ACS) estimates were released December 14, 2010.  The 5-yr ACS contains population and housing information based on data collected from a random sampling of households between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2009.  Communities of Wendell’s size do not receive 1-yr or 3-yr ACS survey results.  The benefit of the 5-yr ACS is that it provides a broader range of demographic and housing estimates between decennial census release years.  The 2010 decennial Census results, which contains population and housing data for all households is scheduled to be released in February of 2011.

A tutorial on the uses, benefits, and characteristics of the 5-yr ACS data can be accessed at: http://www.census.gov/acs/www/guidance_for_data_users/e_tutorial/

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Closing at 5:00pm

December 24-27, 2010

Closed for the

Christmas Holiday

We Will Reopen on Tuesday

December 28, 2010 at 6:00am

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Closing at 5:00pm

Friday, December 31,

Closed for New Years Day Holiday

We Will Reopen on

Monday, January 3, 2011 at 6:00am

Wendell Parks & Recreation is now taking registrations for spring sports of T-ball, age 4; coach pitch t-ball, ages 5-6; baseball, ages 7-14; softball, ages 7-15; and girls’ volleyball, ages 7-14. Deadline for registrations is February 3. Forms are available at www.townofwendell.com or at the Wendell Community Center.

DATE        TIME             EVENT                                               LOCATION

 12/24 – 12/27                    Town Hall Closed for Christmas

 12/31                                 Town Hall Closed for New Year’s Holiday

 1/10           7 p.m.              Board of Commissioners Meeting      Town Hall

 1/17                                   Town Hall Closed for MLK Holiday

 1/18           7 p.m.              Planning Board Meeting                     Town Hall

 1/24           7 p.m.              Board of Commissioners Meeting      Town Hall