Improving & Coming Back

IMPROVING &

COMING BACK!

Renovations and upgrades at Lake Lynn Community Center in North Raleigh nearing completion

PROJECTS, UPDATES AT NORTH RALEIGH RECREATION VENUES

Lake Lynn Community CenLAKE LYNN RENOVATION ter’s renovation and facility upgrade is nearing completion, though activities and AND UPGRADE programs remain limited due to the impact of COVID-19.

NEARS COMPLETION The Lake Lynn renovation project included waterproofing the building envelope, the addition of a new HVAC controller & equipment, a new roof membrane, restroom renovation, installation of a new wood floor in the gymnasium and interior painting. Contractors for the project – budgeted at $1.3 million – are Davis Kane Architects, PA.

Located at the headwater of Lake Lynn in North Raleigh’s Leesville neighborhood, Lake Lynn Park consists of 63 undeveloped acres – plus the 25,000 sq. ft. Community Center at 7921 Ray Road.

Due to COVID-19 and the renovations, activities and programs are still limited. “We look forward to welcoming the community back to enjoy the renovated facility when the time is right,” said Kellee Beach, Raleigh Parks and Recreation Services representative said.

Lake Lynn Community Center, located at 7921 Ray Road, is a 25,000 sq. ft. building with indoor and outdoor amenities to support a variety of programs including: A dance studio, fitness center, basketball courts, volleyball courts, pickleball, tennis court, bocce court, and baseball field.

For more information, visit parks.raleighnc.gov. Lake Lynn – which has a boardwalk/trail around – is located in Leesville at 79221 Ray Road.

We look forward to welcoming the community back to enjoy the renovated facility when the time is right.

KELLEE BEACH Raleigh Parks and Recreation Services

Photo Courtesy of City of Raleigh Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services

New baskets at Cedar Hills Park disc golf course in North Raleigh

DISC COURSE REHAB

VOLUNTEERS ENHANCE DISC AREA AT CEDAR HILLS PARK

One of Raleigh’s two disc golf courses received a big enhancement recently.

The course at Cedar Hills Park, which is managed by the Optimist Community Center, received new regulation size tee-pads – thanks to the Kentwoods Disc Golf Club, Capital Area Disc League and others.

The volunteers also added fresh mulch to the practice baskets (after earlier providing new baskets).

Cedar Hills Park is located at 5600 Sweetbrier St., Raleigh. For information, call 919-996-2880.

CEDAR HILLS PARK

MANAGEMENT: Optimist Community Center ADDRESS: 5600 Sweetbriar St., North Raleigh YEAR OPENED: 1975 SIZE: 38.5 acres FEATURES: Disc golf course, picnic shelter (60-100 capacity); basketball courts (concrete), tennis courts (dusk to 10 pm), softball field, playgrounds (lighted)

Wake County’s Blue Jay Upgrades Its Playground

Blue Jay Point County Park in North Raleigh recently reopened it’s playground – following a more than six months rehabilitation.

The project to replace the 20-year-old playground began in November 2020. “Just in time for fantastic… weather, the long wait is over and our playground is finally open (again),” park officials posted on social media. “Come enjoy the slides, balance beams, boulders, climbers fresh mulch, rubber surfacing, shaded seating, new rockers in the sand pit and swings.”

Blue Jay Point, at 3200 Pleasant Union Church Rd., Raleigh, is part of Wake County's parks system. The 236-acre park sits on the shores of Falls Lake in North Wake County and home to abundant trails and open space – along with Go Ape, a ropes course now open for the season.

The renovated playground has sections for kids ages two to five and five to 12.

For more information, call 919-870-4330 or visit bluejaypoint@wakegov.com

OVARIAN CANCER WALK

ANNUAL GAIL PARKINS MEMORIAL 5K SEPT. 18 IN NORTH RALEIGH

The Annual Gail Parkins Memorial Overian Cancer Walk & 5K Run is Saturday, Sept 18 at Sanderson High in North Raleigh.

In addition to the “In-Person” event, a “Virtual” event is planned for Sept. 4-18.

Funds raised by the Ovarian Awareness Event activities are used to support ovarian cancer research at Duke University Medical Center. The main focus of the Gynecologic Oncology laboratory research group is molecular studies that aim to elucidate the etiology of ovarian cancer.

To register for either the walk and 5K run or the virtual event, visit ovariancancerwalk.org.

Additional donations may be sent to Ovarian Awareness Walk at 7413 Six Forks Road #365, Raleigh NC 27615.

Sanderson High is located at 5500 Dixon Drive in North Raleigh.

North Raleigh Short Takes

n Millbrook High junior wide receiver Wesley Grimes, and Cardinal Gibbons senior defensive lineman

John Caramanico were named to the highschoolOT.com All-State Football

Team for the 2021 spring season. Grimes also was named to the Friday Nights in Carolina 4AA All-State

First Football Team. n Maya Rachael Kelly Pointer, a 2021 Leesville Road

High graduate, received a $500 scholarship from the

NAACP of Duplin County.

The daughter of Pamela

Kelly of Raleigh and the granddaughter of Marian and Tilma Kelly of Wallace,

Pointer is attending Appalachian State University and majoring in psychology. n Tracie Sanchez, former

Harris Creek Elementary

Principal, is now in the same position at Durant Road

Elementary. n John Warwick is now an

Assistant Principal at Leesville Road Middle, moving from Mills Park Middle. n Leesville Road High’s

Jackson Gardner

(offensive lineman) was named to the Friday Nights in Carolina 4AA All-State

First Football Team – as well as the highschoolOT.com

All-State Football Team for the 2021 spring season. n HomeTrust Bank of

Asheville is opening a new

Raleigh branch at 4700

Six Forks Road in North

Raleigh. n Brandon Kelley moved from Intervention Coordinator at Leesville High to

Assistant Principal at the campus. n Wake County Sheriff's

Department purchased two new jet skis to shorten response times on local waterways and lakes – especially at Falls Lake, which has narrow and shallow coves where rescue boats may have difficulty maneuvering . The lake has had several drownings in recent years. n Durant Road Middle substitute teacher Christen

Myers and teacher Rachel

Huber-Jones are now interim Assistant Principals. n Kazu Hibachi Japanese & Asian Restaurant is now open at 8111 Creedmore Rd. in North Raleigh. For information, call 919-977-8999 or visit kazuhibachi.com.

North Raleigh Events & Activities 9/16, 10/21

Monthly In-person Chamber Networking, 4:30-6:30 pm; North Raleigh Chamber of Commerce; Crafty Beer Shop, 8450 Honeycutt Rd, Raleigh. Info: northraleighchamber.org.

9/14, 10/12

Monthly North Raleigh

Chamber Zoom Net-

working, 4 pm. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom. us/j/9195502100. Info: northraleighchamber.org.

9/18

Sola Hot Mini 5K Run, 8:30 am (in-person & virtual), Sola Coffee Café, 7705 Lead Mine Rd, Greystone Village, North Raleigh. Info: fsseries.com, info@fsseries.com.

PEDIATRIC CARE

WakeMed Children’s, a major care NEW provider for families and children in WAKEMED Wake County — and PM Pediatrics, a leader in pediatric urgent care, are opening

NORTH RALEIGH a third pediatric urgent care office in North Raleigh. The new facility – at 8841 Six Forks Road,

FACILITY OPENS at the corner of Strickland Road – joins existing sites in Morrisville and Cary, extending exceptional child-friendly urgent care to families in the North Raleigh community.

Providers with WakeMed Children’s PM Pediatrics Urgent Care treat children and young adults and offer the full spectrum of urgent care services. The dedicated pediatric urgent care services offer the added convenience of nighttime hours every day.

Dedicated solely to the treatment of children and young adults, the practice is open 365 days a year and is staffed by pediatric experts – including board-certified pediatric emergency physicians and pediatricians, pediatric physician assistants, and pediatric nurse practitioners.

In addition to treating a variety of illnesses and injuries, including fever, infections, wounds requiring stitches, fracture management and respiratory care, the practice also treats dehydration, which is particularly important when treating heat-related illnesses. The location also features onsite digital X-ray, EKG, laboratory, and COVID testing.

WakeMed Children’s PM Pediatrics Urgent Care has provided developmentally tailored, evidence-based, specialized care for children and young adults in Morrisville and Cary, said Dr. Christina Johns, Senior Medical Advisor for PM Pediatrics. “We look forward to expanding our services within the community and hope to become the obvious, trusted choice for parents whose children need immediate medical care in North Raleigh.”

For more information, visit pmpediatrics.com.