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The Tornado of 2011: One Year Later
'It's been a rough year'
BY RICHARD DUMAS
AND WILL DAVIS
One year after a devastating
tornado struck Monroe County,
affected families are learning
to adjust to life A_D., After the
Destruction.
The Reporter talks to three
families this week who were hit
hard by the storms of April 28,
2011 on what their year has
been like, what they've learned
and where they go from here:
THE LANDERSES
Chris and Cristi Landers
decided to rebuild on
the same Weldon Road
lot where just a year ago, on
April 28, 2011, the two, along
with Landers' daughter,
Logan, were flung through the
air by a violent tornado barrel-
ing through their home.
Remarkably, none of them
See TORNADO page 7A
Sheriff's
deputy
Chris Lan-
ders sur-
veys the
damage the
day the tor-
nado de-
stroyed his
home. (File
photo)
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Members of the Mary Persons baseball team pile on senior Spencer Welch (No. 13) after he hit a three-run
walkoff home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat then first-place West Laurens 9-8 Wednesday.
Welch said afterwards that the moment was the best of his playing career. It was Welch's second three-run blast
of the game, having hit a game-tying shot in the fifth inning. Despite the huge win, the Bulldogs still face a tough
road in their quest to reach the AAA state playoffs. At 17-7 overall (11-5) in Region 2-AAA, MP likely must win
both games this week to get into the playoffs. Senior Night festivities were scheduled to take place before the
Dogs' home finale against Central at 5:55 p.m. on Tuesday. (Photo/Kim Holderfield)
Nom/nate morn as Mother of Yea"
Honor your Monroe County mom for Mother's
Day this year in a way that will touch her heart.
Do it by nominating your morn as Monroe
County's Mother of the Year for 2012. The
Reporter is sponsoring the Mother of the Year con-
test. Simply write in 400 words or less why your
mom should be Mother of the Year.
The winning nomination should include specific
details about how mom has sacrificed to meet her
family's needs. She must be a Monroe County resi-
dent, but the nominator doesn't have to be.
Nominations are due at 5 p.m. on Thursday, May
3.
The winner will be featured in the Reporter just
before Mother's Day, May 13, in the
May 9 issue. She will receive spe-
cial gifts from local businesses. The
top nominations will be printed as
well.
Nominations should include the
name of the mother and the
person nominating her.
Email to
publisher@mymcr.net, faxed to
994-2359, mailed to P.O. Box
795, Forsyth, GA 31029 or
dropped by our office at 50
N. Jackson Street.
Sctierer
owner:
Ca1 bon
rules can
kill plant
BY WILL DAVIS
An owner of Plant Scherer told a
Forsyth audience last Tuesday that
if the federal government insists on
regulating carbon dioxide emissions
it's one thing that could force the
plant to close.
Steve Jackson, vice president of
power supply for the Municipal
Electric Authority of Georgia
(MEAG), spoke to the Forsyth-
Monroe County Kiwanis Club on
April 17.
The city of Forsyth zs a member of
MEAG, which supplies power to
municipalities, and i. a part owner
of Plant Scherer.
Jackson described the huge,
multi-year environmental projects
under way at Plant Scherer, part of
a $3 billion upgrade to comply with
EPA regulations. He said Plant
Scherer has come a long way in
cleaning up emissions like mercury
See SCHERER page 6A
MEAG vice president Steve Jackson
talked about the challenges to the
power industry in Forsyth Tuesday as
the guest of city councilman Mike
Dodd.
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Monroe County school superintendent
Anthony Pack oversees a $33
million annual budget of tax-
payer money, but apparently
may have trouble maintaining
his personal finances.
Recent filings in the Monroe
County courthouse show super-
intendent Pack has been sued
by two different credit card
PACK
See PACK page 3A
Superintendent
Anthony Pack
filed this letter in
Monroe County
Superior Court
in response to
one of two law-
suits against him
for more than
$50,000 in credit
card debts.