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July 29 - August 4, 2010 Vol. 8 • No. 30 Woodfin • Weaverville • Barnardsville Fifty Cents Two lifelong passions merge for Emory


By Matt Tate Worth Emory was 18 years old


when he was helping build the cur- rent sanctuary at Ivy Hill Mission- ary Baptist in 1951. Little did he know that he was


laying the foundation for two life- long passions. Emory cut his carpentry teeth


with the construction of a church he would one day come to minister for half a century. Fifty years presiding over one


congregation is an amazing feat, a fact not lost on the reverend. “I didn’t realize 50 years would


roll by and I’d still be here,” he said. Emory’s golden anniversary cel-


ebration will be held during a drop- in reception from 3 pm to 5 pm on Sunday (Aug. 1) at the church. A 10 am Sunday service as well as a luncheon will be held prior to the reception. Given the amount of dedication


he has given to the Ivy Hill Road church throughout the years, a simi- larly remarkable achievement is the fact that Emory’s name is as nearly as synonymous with joinery as it is with Jesus. “He’s built a lot of houses in the


area, including my own,” sister-in- law Marjorie Emory said, who has sat in the pews nearly all of his 50


NBACC files response to recent libel lawsuit


By Matt Tate Te battle between the owners


of a concrete plant and local resi- dents has moved to the courts. Tis week the North Bun-


combe Association of Concerned Citizens and its president, Aaron Pohl-Zaretsky, filed their re- sponse, along with a motion to dismiss, to a libel lawsuit against them levied by Blue Ridge Con- crete. Brian Gulden, attorney for


Worth Emory is going strong after 50 years.


years. “He is just a wonderful per- son.”


Finding his calling Tere was a time when Ivy Hill


was a bustling area of North Bun- combe. Tere was a post office and grist mill among other development. Te church itself was founded in


PETE


1896 in a small structure not too far from where it is today. Emory grew up in the area. He


announced his calling into the min- istry in November 1956. However, less than six months later, he found himself in the Army. It was an experience Emory said


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HELPING OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS!


the concrete plant, filed the ini- tial suit in May amid allegations over misleading and incorrect information about the plant and its organizers that was posted on the NBACC Web site. Te NBACC response in-


volves the opposition to the lo- cation of a concrete plant that is now under construction on Murphy Hill Road in the Flat Creek area.


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Construction is moving forward at the Blue Ridge Concrete site in Flat Creek. Picture used with permission from Blue Ridge Concrete.


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