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Serving the Public Safety Capital of Georgia
www.mymcr.net • VOL. 40 NO. 29 USPS 997-840
2 sections, 24 pages • Forsyth, Ga. • Wednesday, July 20, 2011 • 75$
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Bank hails
Judge
Clarke
SEE PAGE 3A
Meet
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wunderkid
SEE PAGE 1B
Paw Print
Classic is
under way
SEE PAGE 1B
Deaths
Thomas Lawrence
DeGarmo, Sr.
Mary Lee Tatum
Frances Leona Wright
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Billy Bob Thornton, right, pauses for a photo with Susan Payne of High Falls last week during filming of
“Jayne Mansfield’s Car,” which Thronton is directing. (Special to the Reporter)
Billy Bob: Right at
home in High Falls
Page 5A: Reporter paparazz i Laura Corley finds snakes, no stars
BY RICHARD DUMAS
High Falls became
Hollywood for a short time last
week when stars Billy Bob
Thornton and Robert Duvall
came to the area to film
"Jayne Mansfield's Car," a
movie directed by Thornton
that is expected to be released
in 2013.
Security was tight due to the
need for the filming to stay on
track, but about 10-12 High
Falls Campground visitors
were able to watch.
Kelly Dunn, who runs the
High Falls thrift shop Cabin
Clutter, and her friend Steve
Cosby were two of the lucky
few who got to view the pro
ceedings.
Dunn said she got to meet
Thornton and Duvall, who she
said were very nice and willing
to sign autographs for several
fans once shooting wrapped.
Dunn said members of the
crew told her that they were
See MOVIE page 2A
New
rules put
pinch on
Plant
Scherer
BY WILL DAVIS
Planning for future growth and hiring
at Plant Scherer is at a standstill after
the Obama administration’s
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
issued 1,300 pages of new regulations on
coal plants last week.
“There’s a lot of uncertainty,” said
Georgia Power spokesman Lynn Wallace,
talking about the power company’s coal
facilities. “Everything’s on hold.”
The EPA earlier this month unveiled
strict new regulations on nitrous dioxide
and sulfur dioxide emissions from coal-
See SCHERER page 7A
“There’s a lot of uncertainty.
Everything’s on hold.”
- Lynn Wallace,
Georgia Power spokesman
ON HOLD: Plant Scherer has suspended
planning after the EPA released new restric
tions on coal emissions. (File photo)
Kemp vows county-line verdict after tour
Surveyor Scarborough joins visit to disputed
boundary after Bibb Co. finally pays his fee
BY WILL DAVIS
Secretary of state
Brian Kemp said on
Friday that he’ll render
a verdict in the Bibb-
Monroe county line bat
tle within a “couple of
months” after wading
into the Ocmulgee River
on Friday to inspect the
disputed area. But
Kemp also repeated his
plea for the two counties
to reach their own set
tlement before then.
“If I make a decision,
somebody’s not gonna
like it,” said Kemp.
“Some citizens will be
hurt. The best thing is
for the leadership from
the counties to resolve
the issue.”
After making those
comments at an 8 a.m.
press conference in
Macon, Kemp spent
about four hours tour
ing the disputed bound
ary area with parties
from both counties, and
perhaps more impor
tantly, with surveyor
Terry Scarborough. The
Houston County man
whose survey of the
boundary is at issue
made his first appear
ance in the two-year
ordeal after Bibb County
See DISPUTE page 7A
Surveyor Terry Scarborough, middle, shows secretary of state Brian
Kemp, right, bolts in the Ocmulgee River which he says show it’s
the site of the Turrentine (Waller) Ferry from 1822. (Photo/Will Davis)
Sosebee wins, but confusion forces re-vote
One of Linda Sosebee’s two entries among eight finalists to be Georgia’s next li
cense plate. Sosebee was told she had won, until state officials decided to re-vote.
Forsyth artist Linda Sosebee
had been summoned to Atlanta
last week for a press confer
ence with Gov. Nathan
Deal to announce her
design had been selected
as Georgia's new license
plate.
And then, the state
changed its mind.
Citing confusion over
on-line voting, the state
opted to re-open the
selection process for all
eight designs that made the
final round, including two of
Sosebee’s entries. The confu
sion revolved around the words
"In God We Trust," which were
emblazoned on some designs
but not on others. The
Department of
Revenue Website,
which hosted the
on-line voting,
didn't make clear
that Georgia driv
ers will be the
ones deciding
whether to buy a
$1 sticker with
the "In God We
SOSEBEE
Trust" motto for
their plate, or sim-
See SOSEBEE page 7A
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