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Pousrimt Baiig SJmumaJ, LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville VOLUME 136, NUMBER 203 Friday October 20, 2006 The Home Journal's FRONT PORCH IN SPORTS ■ It's not just a big game, it - the Perry versus Peach County foot ball game - is being called the biggest in school history. Warner Robins on the other hand, will be facing a team in Coffee County that has knocked off two No. Is. Also look for news on local golfers contending at the 21st Annual Georgia Women’s Team Championship and pics from the CGSAs TOPSoccerama. -See 1B IN BRIEF Southside Baptist to hold festival Southside Baptist Church of 1040 N. Houston Lake Rd. in Warner Robins is having a Family Fall Festival Thursday from 6-9 p.m. According to a release, there will be food, fun and fellowship for all ages. There will be also be games, rides, candy and "great'’ food at rea sonable prices, the release states, as well as live entertainment. Costumes are welcomed. (Please no witches, devils, ghosts or ghouls). There is also no admission charge - only a food donation for a local community food bank. (Small jars of peanut butter, jelly, can goods, dry milk, small bags of flour and sugar and rice.) Call 953-9388 for more. University women to offer book sale The Warner Robins Branch of the American Association of University Women will hold its 41st annual used book sale at Houston Mall Oct. 26. 27 and 28. On sale will be tons of books - from antique to travel. The sale will open with a sneak preview from 5-6 p.m, Oct. 26. Those who attend the $5, one-hour preview will have the first opportunity to browse through the books. There will be no admission charge during the remainder of the sale from 6-9 p.m., Oct 26; 9 a.m. - 9 p.m., Oct. 27; 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Oct. 28. All books will be half-price on Oct. 28. For further information visit www. aauwwrga.org. Correction In Wednesday's article: “Political forum offers a bit of all,” it was reported that HCBOE candidates Bob Swecker and Kathy Brown were "not invited.” In fact, they “were” invited to attend, just not to speak to the group, necessarily. BIRTHDAYS Today ■ Joseph 0. Graham ■ Buddy Collins ■ Margaret Heck ■ Beth Huff PERIODICAL 500 Award-Winning Better Newspaper Voe—jFW Contest xfeytfx 1..11.11....!1..11.,...1,i1!...11...11»...1.11...1l COOI * GEORGE WIBWSPWPtR PROJECT Main Library UN IV OF GEORGIA ati *r— kirv a nnno m i vjm 3-DIGIT 306 October 20, 2006 Serving-Houston Below the Fold: Police arrest missing absconder City of Warner Robins to hold surplus sale Man faces prison, millions in fines in fraud By RAY LIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer A former Robins Air Force Base employee faces millions of dollars in fines and five years in prison for workers’ compensation fraud. Rufus Edward Hickman was con victed by a federal jury in Macon, Tuesday, of nine counts of making false statements regarding Federal Pretty in pink | £ r ’• * JF >|| . jPp- & / ■ / K, , H * MM ■ ’ W*.^ **2 ; M ■ ** * .JHPP • ■■ * m * iriF' 5 v '.«*"■ ~ t "" . -vtr ■3g2B: r .ftp*!®, ■:;* 'J&k'Mil' ' iJ&KS -■ * r t J ' - ■ • i,': » - * J-- ll[ |l 'iiw. l .i.Tl!J. | y .-IiHW" .. Hi I 'i.i. 1,11 . immSF'imwi,, ■MBwBi - tin#*. • fWlf .. v* ...•#*• I City of Warner Robins to hold surplus sale at * mm*.,: ~i P HM ENI Gary Harmon CGSA volunteer Laura Williamson helps Tyler Boyd score a basket during the Central Georgia Soccer Association’s TOPSoccerama held Wednesday. For more, see 18. www.hhjnews.com Workers’ Compensation Benefits in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1920, explained Max Wood, United States Attorney, Middle District of Georgia. The verdict was returned after a two-day trial and approximately three hours of deliberations, Wood said. Hickman faces a maximum possible sentence of five years imprisonment, and a $250,000 fine By RAY LIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer Warner Robins will be selling its surplus stuff off Nov. 4. “Stuff” is the operative word. There’s everything from tables, chairs, phones, cars, trucks and even a sink on the lot entitled “Office Stuff.” Above the rim per count. Sentencing will be scheduled on a date to be determined by the Court before the Honorable C. Ashley Royal, United States District Judge. The charges against Hickman stem from an investigation conducted by the United States Air Force and the United States Department of Labor - Office of Inspector General. Assistant U.S. Attorney Harry J. Most of the items for sale are val ued under SSOO including a couple of the trucks. The city declared the stuff sur plus at Monday’s meeting as the items - 461 individual lots - are no longer needed for public use or have become unusable for the purpose intended and it’s in the best inter est of the city to sell them. Police catch absconder By RAY LIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer Timothy Wayne McClure was arrested Thursday morning. The 33-year-old con victed sex offender had absconded from probation, never actually showing up once released from prison. The address he gave the Department of Corrections when he got out - 120 Williams Street, Warner Robins, - was not true according to the warrant taken out Sept. 29, after the address was checked on Sept. 27. “That happens a lot of times, they get out and don’t bother to report,” said a probation officer from the Dublin Probation Office approximately two weeks ago. “He got out and Two sections •12 pages Fox Jr., Middle District of Georgia, handled the prosecution. Hickman was a civilian employee at Robins AFB, employed in the area of materials expediting. In 1987, he suffered a work-related injury, and was awarded workers’ compensa tion. Subsequent to his injury, Hickman became involved in the See FRA UD, page $A The sale by public outcry or bid will be at the old city barn. Besides city supplies like fold ing chairs, typewriters, Christmas lights, a podium, doors, door frames, “random rolls of carpet”, metal desks, filing cabinets, cam eras, TVs and 10 boxes of “radios and miscellaneous parts” the items See SALE, page y-l hasn’t been seen since.” He has now. He was locat ed on East Marie Drive, Lot 5, off Dunbar Road. The arrest has also been attrib uted to a Crimestoppers’ tip. McClure was one of those featured in last Saturday’s Macon Regional Crimestoppers as well as the one run weekly in the Houston Daily Journal. There was also a story on him in the Oct. 5 newspa per. McClure was released Aug. 2 from the D. Ray James Correctional Facility in Folkston after complet ing a 5-year sentence for a theft by taking conviction in Putnam County. That crime was committed July 13,1996. See CATCH,page §A Members of Houston Healthcare recently wore pink to show sup port for continued research and edu cation efforts in the area of breast cancer. ABOVE: Houston Medical Center staff. LEFT: Staff mem bers from the Perry Hospital. For more, see 6A. Submitted