Home ? > i By JUNE PI. EMMONS The Laurel Volunteer Firemen answered a 2:00 A.M. fire call on a re cent Friday Morning to the home of Wood row Bishop on Highway 212 on Shelton Laurel. Not being able to get to the house, which stands across the Shelton Laurel Creek with their truck, they hoisted their big water hose and other needed equipment across a foot log and frantically went to work on a chimney fire which ahd heated up so hot it had started the woodwork burning and flames were lashing across all areas surrounding the chimney. Chopping a hole in the roof they pumped water onto the blaze until it was contained, and a house was saved with minimum damage. All firemen had voluntarily hit the deck in the wee hours that morning to help a neighbor in need, so we the people of the Laurel community wish to express our appreciation to our Laurel Firemen. "Many thanks, guys for this and all the fine work you are doing." Beech Glen Church Salutes O ? /i ? - ? Senior Citizens The Beech Glen Baptist Church honored Its senior cititens last month with a "You Are Special" banquet in the dining hall of the Greater Ivy Community Center. The formal candlelight dinner was prepared by Mrs. Imogen* Radford and Mrs. Shirley Norton. The youth helped with the decorations and also assisted in serving. Those par ticipating were Sherry Peek. Susan Eatmon. Jennifer Maney. Karla Nor ton. Michelle Rich. Jimmy Briggs. Steven Davis, Chris Maney. Scott Norton. Ashley Norton, and Deamond Jamerson. To go along with the "You Are Special" theme the decorations were red. white and blue The plates and napkins were red with lacy heart designs. Placecards were also red. white and blue, with a heart in the center. Candles were placed in clear glass holders with white floral decorations. All invitations had a rose and the theme "You Are Special" on the front. The youth wore clothes to match the color scheme. All senior citizens in attendance were given a lapel, in the shape of half a heart, with a number on it. The other half heart with the correspon ding number was placed in a jar. and five names were drawn by Helen Penland to recieve boxes o I candy hearts. The winners were Lois Robin son. Gladys Radford, Ruth Robinson. Loye Riddle, and Johnny Jones. In the front of the dining hall was placed a beautifully decorated heart with the theme written in its center Before being seated, each couple or individual stood under the heart and had their picture taken by Arthur Davis. He also took many group pic tures. The speaker for the evening was the pastor Rev. Stanley Peek. For the scripture reading he chose Psalms 37:23-25 and Proverbs 17:22. The youth were encouraged to look to the older people for examples and the senior citizens were to be careful to set good examples for the youth to follow He mentioned that the senior citizens have had many experiences well worth sharing and encouraged them to be most generous in sharing these with the young people of the community. Rev. Peek reminded the citizens of. and thanked them for. their great in fluence on the youth, asking them for their continued presence, prayers and encouragement. DR. JOHN ADAMS. DeWITT TIPTON and Carolyn lumber son will perform during dedication concert Sunday afternoon at Mars Hill College. college's music faculty playing selec tions on the college s new concert grand piano. Dr John P. Adams, Carolyn H. Lamberson, and DeWitt Tipton will perform during the con cert. The new nine-foot ebony concert piano was presented to the college in memory of C.O. Ellis of Burnsville, a trustee of the school from 1974 to 1982 who died in June of that year. The piano peril presented by his wife Jean and yon Neill Eltfs also owned and operated the Burnsville Hosiery Mills. A native of Mitchell County, Ellis was chairman of the Board of Deacons in the First Baptist Church of Burnsville where he held numerous other positions. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the First Citizens Bank, a charter member of the Burnsville Lodge 717 AF and AM, and a member of the Charlotte Shrine Club. The public is invited to attend the free concert as well as the reception for Mrs. Ellis and other family members in the Edna Moore Parlor following the performance. N-Dump ?Continued front Page I bought a home, he though it was so beautiful. I wrote him and asked if he would buy a house if he knew it would be near a nuclear repository. He said, 'Never in a million years.' " McKinney, who stressed that WNC residents should not "cut and run" ? that is, sell their homes and flee the area ? said "there is no absolute necessity that the second home economy and land values in the county ha ve to deteriorate. ' ' Property values in the area will only decrease if landowners get in a race to sell their homes and leave, McKinney said. O'Connor agreed, saying "per ceptions are important. " If people perceive a tremendous threat from the repository, then land and property values will de crease, he said. ^ O'Connor compared the situation with financial institutions. If depos itors believe their bank is on the verge of failing, they will rush to withdraw their money before that can happen, actaully causing the failure they had feared. O'Connor also discussed the long-range economic impact that a repository would have on WNC. The facility could result in a tem porary boom in the local economy, followed by a slight depression, he said. WNC property owners can cause land values to decrease if they place an overabundance of property on the market, he said. "We could have a boom town go ing on for a while, like a Western mining town." O'Connor said. "Then it would be falling off some what." During the study and con struction phase of the repository, an estimated $2 billion would be spent on the facility, O'Connor said. Beginning in 1993, Department of Energy engineers would conduct site characterization studies, which would consist of the drilling of large exploratory shafts, O'Connor said. The four- or five-year phase could cost between $700 million and $1 bil lion, and some 300 workers would be involved. During the actual construction of the facility, another $1 billion would be spent over a six-year period. Some 1,500 workers would be in vovled, O'Connor said. After the facility is constructed, it would remain in operation for an estimated 25 years while the radio active material is put into con tainers and then placed in the ground. That phase of the operation would cost an estimated $6 billion and would require between 600 and 700 HELP IN CRISIS 24HOURSERV1CE BLUE RIDGE MENTAL HEALTH 649-2367 Dr. LeRoy S. Roberson, Optometric Office Monday 9:00 A.M. - 1 2 Noon Masonic Building, Marshall For Appointment Call: 649-3 1 7 1 Monday Discount Monument Center Burnsville Highway Near Mars Hill P.O. 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He knows that an auto or house is worth only so much, and its worth can be calculated almost to the dollar. But not so with the human being! No calculation can determine the worth of a person. No price is too great; no sacrifice too severe for one individual life. Someone calculated years ago that "the human body contains: ? enough lime to white wash a chicken coop; ? enough fat to make two bars of soap; ? enough potassium to set off a toy cannon; ? enough sulfur to rid a dog of fleas; ? enough iron to make a twelve penny nail; ? enough phosphorous to tip a box of matches; ? enough gases to fill a few jars, ? and the rest is water. Total worth at pre-inflation prices: 98 cents" But we. along with the insurance agent know better. We are created in God's image. Dust, ; Uairl, - ' 1 1 Mary's Restaurant Marshall By-Pass H9-I1IS Compliments of (at mmr Main Street, Weaverville, N.C. 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