The tiny Clermont County village of Moscow will mark the anniversary of a devastating tornado with a community gathering.Village administrator Sandra Ashba says residents Saturday will share a pot-luck dinner and tales of survival from the storm and the recovery efforts of the past year."We've been so busy," Ashba said. "We've been struggling for a year to try to rebuild. We want people to get together and tell their stories."Village leaders also want to discuss the future for a community that dates to 1816.Vice Mayor Linda Carter says she sees signs of progress among the tarps and debris piles that can still be seen in parts of the village."These make me feel better because it's an improvement and that's what we are trying to focus on now, rebuilding and making things better," she said.Special Section: March 2 tornadoes / Images from MoscowCarter's sister-in-law, Village Councilwoman Carol Forste, was killed by the tornado. Forste's husband, Harry, took over her council seat. He was among the first to rebuild, and along the way, he had a damaged tree in his home's yard carved into something his wife loved."Because the tree was damaged so badly, he wanted to save that much of the tree to make a bear in her memory," Carter said.All 101 structures in Moscow had at least some damage. Nearly half had major damage.Twelve homes were destroyed, and the village hall and post office were heavily damaged.The post office re-opened Thursday in the community center, and new council chambers are being readied there.Cleanup crews, utility workers and volunteers from all over helped the village clear most debris within a few weeks, and donations have helped fund a major tree-planting effort. But rebuilding has been slow."It's not as redeveloped as I thought it would be by now," Moscow resident Rick Beasley said. "It's sad. There are people who are still struggling."Beasley's home, which was flooded and had its windows blown out and roof torn away in the storm, has been redone. But some other houses are still uninhabitable, and several former residents put their lots up for sale rather than try to rebuild.Reconstruction is still under way in one of two stately early 19th-century houses on the riverfront that were heavily damaged; the other one's future is uncertain. They were part of the Underground Railroad system that helped slaves fleeing the South to reach freedom.Village officials want people to look ahead, too."We want to hear from them their ideas about what kind of village they want," Ashba said.They estimate the village has some 180 residents now, down from 225 a year ago. They're still hoping some of the departed residents will return and rebuild, or that they can attract newcomers who want to join a quaint, close-knit village that dates to 1816 and bills itself as a peaceful spot on the river. Planning is also under way for a bicentennial celebration in two years."It's been a nice little quiet place," said Beasley, a Procter & Gamble Co. employee who moved here with his wife 35 years ago to raise their children in a bucolic community with small classroom sizes. "Little or no crime. And I think it (the tornado) really has brought the village even closer."There has been a post-tornado addition to his household. The storm left abandoned pets roaming the village, and a black cat he named "Shadow" that was hanging around is now part of the family.