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BELOW THE Fold: Poker run raises thousands for cause
Wednesday
September 13,2006
The Home Journal’s
FRONT
PORCH
IN SPORTS
■ The good news for Warner
Robins’ footbal team is it may
have Mark Wright Jr. and Brian
Buford back when the team
travels to Central Gwinnett. The
Bears, however, may not be so
lucky.
Elsewhere, George Walton no
hits the Lady Hornets, the ICW
are eliminated from the playoffs,
local volleyball and lots more.
-See 1B
IN BRIEF
WRPD, Wal-Mart to
hold community event
The Warner Robins Police
Department and Wal-Mart on
Booth Road are planning a com
munity event Saturday from 10
a.m. until 2 p.m.
Booths will be set up for VIN
etching, Child Car Safety Seat
Check and Child Fingerprinting.
The Community Adult Resources
Extension Service will have a
booth offering informative literature
addressing specific issues con
cerning seniors such as personal
safety, older drivers, crime preven
tion and Alzheimer’s disease.
Other topics offered include
telemarketing scams and identity
theft. For more information contact
Capt. John Clay at 808-2117 or
929-6979.
Informed Citizens
United to meet
The public is invited to join
a special meeting of Informed
Citizens United Thursday at 6:30
p.m. at Fuddruckers Restaurant on
Margie Drive in Warner Robins.
Their special speaker will be
the Altamaha river keeper, James
Holland, who will discuss the
destruction of the environment by
out-of-control development, much
of which he says is totally disre
gards state and federal environ
mental regulations.
BIRTHDAYS
Sept. 12
■ Tonya Hipps
Today
■ Bruce Patton
■ Jesse Lee Sammons, 12
DEARLY DEPARTED
■ Jack Lyman Rozier
■ “Totsie” Evans
■ Florine Whitten Lima
INDEX
LOCAL 2 A
WEATHER 3 A
OPINION ... . 4 A
SPORTS. 1 B
PERIODICAL 500
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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
Down on the
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No sign locally of latest
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ByRAYIIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
A “Pharm Party,” is not a
square dance in the barn out
on the family farm.
The new term Mfk
“Pharm Party” ||J
refers to a party
where prescrip
tion drugs are
readily available
in a potential
ly deadly iriixture, warns
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Bikers prepare to leave for the poker run Saturday.
Poker run raises thousands for cause
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Riders from across the
state raised roughly $7,600,
before expenses, Saturday
for the Georgia Sheriffs
Youth Homes during the
fourth annual Poker Run.
“The total is not certi
fied yet,” said Sgt. Manny
Quinones Monday. Quinones
www.hhj news.com
■ Convicted child molester back behind bars
Narconon, a drug addiction
recovery program similar to
Alcoholics Anonymous.
The term “pharm” is short
for pharmaceuticals. Often
times mind altering psy
chotropic drugs like Zoloft,
Prozac and Wellbutrin, com
monly advertised on TY are
taken with other powerful
pain pills and tranquiliz
ers at these pharmaceutical
cocktail parties, where so
was one of the organizers
from the Houston County
Sheriffs Office for the event.
“And I’ve still got to pay for
T-shirts.”
Quinones said there were
287 bikers from all over
the state - from Bonaire to
Brunswick, from Centerville
to Lawrenceville and from
Elko to Nacoochee.
called “trail mix” is served
up in large bowls or baggies
and handed out to guests
like snacks and drinks at a
cocktail party.
Lt. Lance Watson of
the Warner Robins Police
Department Narcotics
Investigation Unit said he
hasn’t seen the parties here.
“It’s probably an under
ground activity,” he said.
See PHARM, page 6A
ENI/Gary Harmon
Riders came from at least
30 communities around the
state and around Middle
Georgia. Riders came from
Andersonville, Byron,
Cochran, Dublin, Eastman,
Fort Valley, Forsyth,
Hawkinsville, Macon,
Marshallville, Milledgeville,
Montezuma, Oglethorpe,
See R UN, page 6A
Three sections • 18 pages
■ Cabbie robbed at knifepoint
Perry residents voice
concerns over Hooding
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Karen and Stan Bycenski
are worried about sewage
overflows and stormwa
ter flooding around their
Cambridge Drive home in
Perry - but that’s nothing
new.
The problem is an ongo
ing one that the Perry City
Councl has promised to
repair.
The Bycenskis just want
to be sure it is repaired
before more homes are built
in their neighborhood.
Stan Bycenski told the
Perry Planning Commision
Monday they have no objec
tion to the new homes in
the Cambridge Road sub
division which will be built
by the Knight Group.
That development would
add 39 single-family dwell
ings on an 18.04 acre site
near the Bycenski’s home.
He and his wife are con
cerned about the possibility
of further flooding and raw
sewage overflows unless
the existing problem is cor
rected.
The development will
be located in the older
residential area of Perry
between Main Street and
Perry Primary School, off
Cambridgeßrrw).*
The Bycenski’s got a
sympathetic hearing from
Commission Chairman
Marvin Beeland, who sug-
Cabbie robbed at knifepoint
By RA Y LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
A 60-year-old taxi cab
driver was robbed at
knifepoint Monday at the
Jamison Inn.
Uniformed officers of
the Warner Robins Police
Department were dis
patched to Jamison Inn,
2731 Watson Blvd., in ref
erence to an armed rob
bery Monday morning, and
found that a 60-year-old
white female had been
robbed at knife point.
Police said the woman, a
White Top Cab driver, had
picked up a fare at the cor
ner of Watson Boulevard
and S. Pleasant Hill Road.
The fare was taken to the
Jamison Inn where he pro
duced a knife and robbed
the victim of an undisclosed
amount of cash.
She did not see a direc-
Child molester back in jail
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
A convicted child molest
er is back in jail for viola
tion of probation.
Jerry William Ayers Sr.,
was arrested Monday for a
violation of the terms of his
probation from Superior
Court. Ayers, 66, of 36
Green St., Lot 15, Warner
Robins, originally pled
guilty to child molestation
on Jan. 8, 2001, for an Aug.
3, 1998 incident.
At the time, Ayers was
sentenced to 10 years, to
serve 60 days minus time
served, and was eligible for
early release from proba
tion after seven years, at
the discrimination of the
Probation Department.
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gested delaying approval of
the Knight Group’s pre
liminary plat for the devel
opment until information
could be provided on the
City Council’s plans to
address the sewage and
drainage problem, a proj
ect that has been estimated
at a cost of as much as
$1 million. City Building
Official Steve Howard told
Beeland he would look into
the matter.
Neal Koelbl, represent
ing Knight at the meeting,
took the position that the
city would have to correct
the problem regardless
of the plat approval step,
and Commission members
finally voted to approve the
plat, so that planning for
the subdivision could con
tinue.
In other business, the
planning commission
■ Delayed an infor
mational hearing on an
annexation and rezoning
application for Georgia
Sod’s proposed Big Indian
Creek Development until
Oct. 23.
Beeland explained that
issues with the plan had
been raised by the staff.
Howard said that signs
with the new meeting date
would be posted.
This project, if approved
would involve the devel
opment of housing in
a Planned Unit
Development at the end
See CONCERNS, page 6A
tion of travel, said Det.
Tom Williams.
The victim was not
injured during the inci
dent, just shaken up, said
Williams.
She provided the follow
ing description of the sus
pect - a white male, 5-foot,
10-inches to 6-feet tall, 170
pounds, with brown hair
and was wearing sunglass
es. The suspect, possibly
between 25 and 35 years of
age, was armed with a knife
and should be considered
armed and dangerous.
“Hopefully we’ll bring it
to a close pretty quickly,”
Williams said.
Anyone having informa
tion about this crime is
asked to contact Williams
at the Warner Robins Police
Department Criminal
Investigations Division at
929-6911 or 929-1163.
He was indicted twice by
the Houston County Grand
Jury in
Aug of
1998 and
again in
October
of 2000,
before
finally
entering a
guilty plea
on Jan.
8, 2001,
AYERS
according to the Houston
District Attorney’s web
site.
He was released and
began probation Jan. 29,
2001.. His residence was
last verified on Aug. 28,
according to the Georgia
Bureau of Investigations
Sex Offender Registry.