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Monroe
County
test scores
surging
By Diane Glidewell
news@mymcr.net
Monroe County
students showed a
big improvement in
almost all areas of
the states Milestones
tests for 2017-18,
particularly at the
high school level, the
school board learned
at its June 12 meeting.
Monroe County
schools have received
preliminary scores
for the percent of
students scoring high
enough (at level II,
III and IV) to pass
for their grade level
and also weighted
See SCORES
Page 5C
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www.MyMCR.net • Vol. 47 • No. 24 4 Sections • 24 Pages • Wednesday • June 13,2018
YOU’RE FIRED: County fires one,
demotes another after more IRS mess
By Richard Dumas
forsyth@mymcr.net
Monroe County man
ager Anita Buice has been
demoted and finance officer
Ashley Wooley fired after
commissioners learned the
county failed to pay federal
and state payroll taxes for
the second straight year,
incurring over $50,000 in
interest and penalties.
Commissioners demoted
Buice on Tuesday, five days
after Buice fired Wooley
upon discovering the penal
ties. After Buice terminated
Wooley, Monroe County
commissioners held a called
meeting Monday morning
to discuss the matter. After
40 minutes in open session
with a handful of county
employees in attendance,
commissioners went behind
closed doors for two hours
to discuss personnel and
litigation. However, no
action was taken after the
closed session.
Commissioners then met
again in a second called
meeting at 1 p.m. on Tues
day. At the conclusion of a
two-and-a-half hour closed
meeting to discuss person
nel on Tuesday, Monroe
County commission chair
man Greg Tapley revealed
Buice had been removed
as county manager. He said
due to Buices “value to
the community and to the
county’ she was offered the
chance to stay on as county
zoning
officer,
which
she ac
cepted.
Buices
salary
dipped
from
$68,529
to buice
$45,017
as a result
other demotion. In Buices
place, commissioners ap
proved
human
re
sources
director
Janet
Ab
bott as
interim
county
clerk
See COUNTY - Page4C
WOOLSEY
One killed in high-speed pursuit
By Will Davis
publisher@mymcr.net
A Florida man was
killed and his passenger
severely injured after
Monroe County depu
ties used the PIT ma
neuver to stop a vehicle
in a high-speed chase
on Hwy. 42 North on
Thursday afternoon.
The driver, Guada
lupe A. Garcia, 28,
of Arcadia, Fla., was
pronounced dead on
the scene. The passen
ger, Luis A. Perez, 19,
also of Arcadia, Fla.,
was taken to Macons
Medical Center Navi-
cent Health, where he
was listed in critical
condition.
The chase started
when Garcia sped
away from a traffic
stop in a 2007 silver
Toyota Camry on 1-75.
A Monroe County
deputy had stopped
Garcia around 3:19
p.m. on June 7 on
1-75 North near mile
marker 192, one mile
south of Jolinstonville
Road, for a window tint
violation. Shortly after
deputies Jarred Dun-
See PURSUIT • Page 7A
Father of the Year Chip Dunn, left, with wife Cathy and children Lindsay
Harris, Melissa Herndon and Caleb Dunn. (Special to the Reporter)
Chip Dunn named Father of the Year
Chip Dunn of Forsyth has been
selected as Monroe County’s Father
of the Year for 2018. Dunn was
nominated by his grown children
Melissa Herndon, Caleb Dunn and
Lindsay Harris. He will receive a
free meal from 478 Country Buffet
and an free oil change and tire
rotation from Southern Commer
cial Tire/Pit Stop in Forsyth and
Bolingbroke (an $80 value).
Here is Melissa’s nomination.
T he definition of “dad’ is
one’s father. So that led
me to look up the defini
tion of “father” and it is
a man in relation to his natural
child or children. I am not the
natural child of the man that I call
Dad but the special thing about
him is that has never mattered in
See FATHER. Page7A
Local firefighters spent hours Monday night battling a blaze that erupted
shortly after 8 p.m. at a mostly vacant warehouse on East Adams Street.
The fire, which was reported by passers by who saw smoke, occurred
at a cotton mill formerly used by Trio Manufacturing. The building is
owned by Howell Newton, who is reportedly on an overseas trip. A ten
ant of the building, Gil Stroupe, was present at the scene and said the
only items damaged inside the building were some plastic palates and
chairs. Stroupe said most of his machinery and other valuable items were
in other parts of the building that did not receive significant damage.
City of Forsyth, Monroe County, Butts County and Macon-Bibb County
firefighters all responded to the scene, and Forsyth fire chief David Hern
don lauded the performance of all members of the crews. Herndon said
due to the size and age of the building, it was a particularly dangerous
undertaking to fight the fire. Herndon said lightning was the probable
cause of the fire, but Forsyth Deputy Chief Davis Norris will undertake a
full investigation.
Reporter named one of states top papers
The Monroe County Reporter
was named one of the best news
papers in the state on Friday by
the Georgia Press Association.
The Reporter won eight awards
for journalistic achievement in
2017 that all told earned the news
paper billing as the second-best
weekly its size for overall General
Excellence.
The awards were presented on
Friday night at the 132nd annual
convention of the Georgia Press
Association at the Jekyll Island
Club Hotel.
The heart of the Reporter, its edi
torial pages, once again grabbed
first place in the very competitive
and largest division of weekly
papers in Georgia, earning the
coveted J.C. Williams Trophy.
Journalists from Oklahoma and
Kansas, who judged the contest,
lauded the Reporter’s lively opin
ion section.
“The Reporter won first place
with its layout and ability to draw
interests from readers,” the judges
commented. “The pages include
the opinions of concerned parents,
military veterans, local graduates,
and the staff, both as a whole and
individually, and a lot more. The
cutouts at the top are real sharp.”
The Reporter’s opinion pages
have now won best in the state in
2017, 2016 and 2010.
See AWARDS • Page7A
Reporter
staff
(clockwise
starting top
left) Diane
Glidewell,
Will Davis,
Richard
Dumas,
Trellis Grant
and Carolyn
Martel hold
the newspa
pers many
awards. Not
pictured:
Brandon
Park. (Photo/
Abby Cox)