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Beporter
March 2, 2022
Everyday Hero: Betty Sanders in 36th year at Forsyth BK
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Each week, the Reporters Everyday
Heroes in Monroe County series fea
tures men and women doing thank
less, ordinary jobs to keep our busi
nesses and community going. Everyday
Heroes are not only
recognized in the
Reporter, but Jason
Connell of Volume
Chevrolet is giving
each of them $150
for their loyalty and
willingness to serve.
Its a way to celebrate
the men and women
who make Monroe
County work. This weeks recipient is
Betty Sanders, who’s been serving For
syth at Burger King for 35 years.
By Steve Reece
stevereece@gmail.com
When you order a Whopper at the
Burger King at 179 North Lee Street
you can be sure that it will your way if
you’re greeted by Betty Sanders who
has been having it her way by work
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ing at the restaurant for 35 years.
Betty was born and raised in For
syth and was in the 1984 Mary Per
sons High School graduating class. In
1986 construction was completed on
the Lee Street BK build
ing and even though it
has a well-maintained
appearance, it has only
been remodeled once.
In 1987, Betty was hired
at the location as a salad
girl and has been work
ing there since. She said
jobs were hard to find in
the 80s and after filling
out several applications, passing out
resumes, and going on numerous
interviews, she promised herself if she
ever landed a job, she would never
quit. She said she didn’t want to go
through that process ever again and
it didn’t matter what job she got; she’d
stick with it. That’s a promise she
kept.
She currently stands behind the
register and is proud that she is the
person the customer communicates
with, considering herself to be a rep
resentative of the company. She spent
time in the kitchen for around 9 years
and dealt with customers for a while
at the drive thru. She related a story of
a woman who had a 60-cent dispute
over her total and threw money at
her before driving off with only some
landing in the window tray and the
rest ending up on the ground outside.
She said those types of incidents are
extremely rare, and the lady later re
turned the following week acting like
nothing had happened and they been
good friends ever since.
Betty said the best things about her
job are her customers and the friends
she has made over the years. Burger
King has gone through staffing issues
like a lot of other businesses lately and
Betty has watched a lot of coworkers
come and go. She has worked under
several different managers and said
she didn’t want to be in a manage
ment position because she’s a team
member, not a team leader. One more
everyday hero from Monroe County.
Betty Sanders has been serving Forsyth for 35 years at the
local Burger King.
Survey says: County wants opinions on RVs, campers
By Will Davis
publisher™ my mcr.net
Monroe County is asking
residents to take an 11-ques
tion survey about blight, RVs
and campers on its website after
commissioners voted 3-2 last
Wednesday to seek more public
input.
District 2 Commissioner Eddie
Rowland proposed the survey as
commissioners face criticism over
efforts to enforce the county’s
long-time ban on people living
permanently in RVs and camp
ers. Commissioners Lamarcus
Davis and John Ambrose voted
against doing the survey.
Ambrose said he would prefer
to have a public hearing and let
people share their thoughts on
the issue. County public informa
tion officer Richard Dumas said
people who take the survey will
remain anonymous. But Davis
said people need to stand up like
a man or woman if they want
their views heard rather than be
ing scared to express themselves.
Commissioner George Emami,
who’s spearheaded the enforce
ment effort, said the survey is
important because people are
scared to speak out publicly.
“In four years I never have been
more attacked over trying to rep
resent people in my district,” said
Emami. “They see the stuff that
happens to us on social media.
Why chime in and be subject to
an attack?”
Emami apologized to Jim
Menge and Kerri Swearingen for
being combative toward them
during a previous debate on the
issue. But he said that none of
Monroe’s surrounding counties
allow people to live permanently
in RVs and campers.
“Monroe County is the only
county that doesn’t enforce this,”
said Emami. Emami noted that
owners of RVs and campers only
pay a $1 tag fee every year, and
that’s only the ones who bother to
register.
He said the county will have to
double taxes when Plant Scherer
shuts down, so allowing people to
live in RVs and campers tax-free
is not fair to those paying prop
erty taxes.
If you go to www.monroecoga.
org, the survey will automati
cally pop up for most. Among
other questions, the survey asks
people what they consider blight
and what they think the county
should do about it. Commission
ers agreed to have the results go
to the Regional Commission in
Macon, which will then give a
summary of the results to com
missioners to further protect
people’s privacy.
Even as they survey the public,
commissioners already voted
3-1 last month to give residents
90 days to comply with the ban
on living in RVs and campers.
There are an estimated hundreds
of people living in them. Com
missioners said they want code
enforcement officer Jeff Wilson
to focus on blighted properties
and RVs and campers with open
sewer lines. They have said they
also want to change their ordi
nance to allow temporary visitors
to the county and people with
some land and proper utilities to
live in RVs and campers legally.
Karl Cass of Pine Lane Trail
near Juliette told commissioners
his 78-year-old mother in law is
in bad health and living in an ex
pensive camper next to his home.
He said he wanted to hear it
straight from “the horse’s mouth”
whether he is going to have to
throw her out.
“The last thing we want to do
is throw your mother in law out,”
said commissioner John Am
brose, adding with a smile, “but
you can throw my mother in law
out.”
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