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Mitus&ux £mtu 3J™ijkd volume 136 , number 180 v • 'i, y • > • ;l 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 111111 l 8 5108 00001* 4 'ip' Award-Winning Newspaper 2004 Better Newspaper Contest COOI * GEORGIA NEWSPAPER PROJECT Main Library UNIV OF GEORGIA ATHENS GA 30602-0002 3-DIGIT 306 September 13, 2006 Serving Houston County Since 1870 LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville Down on the ‘Pharm’ ** No sign locally of latest form of abuse, but Rx fraud is a pill Y Spf > • *'■> Wi' - y ■' if. • <■ . ■ u sfo ss nH| •' Metro Creative 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 jr T jABk r 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. chMM ... N«w York Style -1C 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.