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THURSDAY
August 11, 2005
Volume 135, Number 414
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Demons,
Panthers to meet
The Panthers will meet
the Demons in a pre-sea
son scrimmage today in
McConnell-Talbert
Stadium.
Sports, page 1B
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Gibbs Hasty
Wendell Ratterree
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Many happy returns!)
Area DEATH
Richard F. “Rick” Bauer
Obit, page 2A
INDEX
CLASSIFIED 7 A
COMICS 6A
CROSSWORD ... .6A
ENTERTAINMENT .8A
LEGALS 3B
OBITUARY 2A
OPINION 4A
SPORTS 1B
TV LISTINGS 6A
WEATHER 2A
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" LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry ; city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
Centerville to move water main
Dunbar Road project falters; Andrews says he won’t run for mayor
By WILLIAM JOHN HAGAN
HHJ Staff Writer
The Centerville City
Council held its monthly
department head work ses
sion on Tuesday night. The
primary topics of discussion
were the funding and lack of
funding for development
issues facing the city.
Councilman Cameron
Andrews introduced a fund
ing ordinance dealing with
the relocation of the water
main on Houston Lake
Boulevard. Andrews has
been working with City
Superintendent Mike
Brumfield and officials of
Houston County to avert
possible future problems
that could stem from the
widening of the Houston
Lake artery.
See C’VILLE, page 3A
Robins airman charged in wife’s murder
Suspect surrenders to authorities in Kentucky after Tuesday killing
From staff, wire reports
Tech Sgt. David Rushin, 34, Robins
Air Force Base, was arrested in
Lexington, Ky., for the Tuesday mur
der of his wife in Detroit, Mich.
Detroit Police said Rushin, of the
52nd Combat Communications
Squadron and was on approved mili
tary leave, waited for his wife Velzeta
Riley, 34 to come home when he
attacked her. Riley had recently filed
for divorce, which is the primary
motive as the investigation continues,
Wayne County prosecutors said.
According to the murder warrant
issued Tuesday, Rushin reportedly
stabbed Riley to death in or around
her home on city’s east side at 4:30
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business leaders and municipal officials at the 2005
Georgia Chamber of Commerce Congressional
Luncheon at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and
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Members of the Perry High School Air Force JROTC color guard stand at attention
before the beginning of the 2005 Georgia Chamber of Commerce Congressional
Luncheon on Tuesday.
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Councilman Sherod Wilson (center) reports on his unsuccessful meeting with the
Dunbar Road developers. The Councilman is flanked by Mayor Ronnie Brand and
Councilman Bob Smith.
a.m. that day. She was found dead in a
car in her driveway.
“There’s no more heartless crime
than lying in wait to kill your spouse,”
said Wayne County Prosecutor Kym
Worthy. “I grew up in a military family
and know the challenges and sacrifices
that are made. There is no circum
stance that can justify using deadly
force to resolve a domestic dispute.”
The couple had a 15-year-old
daughter, who was-home at the time
but was not injured, police said. The
teen called a relative, who called 911
after the incident.
Rushin apparently negotiated his
surrender through his first sergeant
at Robins over the phone as he drove
south on Interstate 75 into Kentucky,
according to a base spokesman.
Rushin has been stationed at
Robins since July 2003. He joined the
U.S. Air Force on Aug. 5, 1998.
Rushin was pulled over in a gray
GMC Envoy with Georgia plates at
around 11 a.m. Tuesday near
Lexington and surrendered to author
ities. He is expected to be extradited
to Michigan and arraigned later this
week.
“My heart goes out to the daughter
of the victim, who has lost two par
ents in this tragic situation,” Worthy
said.
Georgia Chamberof Commerce brings
Congressional Luncheon back to Perry
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
U.S. Sen. Johnny
Isakson commented on the
war in Iraq and on recent
congressional legislation
before a gathering of busi
ness and community lead
ers at the Georgia National
Fairgrounds and
Agricenter in Perry on
Tuesday.
More than 1,400 people
crowded into the Miller-
Murphy Howard Building
for the 2005 Georgia
Chamber of Commerce
Congressional Luncheon,
according to the Georgia
Chamber.
Isakson, a Republican
who was elected to the U.S.
Senate in 2004, began his
speech by commenting on
the Defense Department’s
base realignment and clo
sure (BRAC) recommenda
tions. Four Georgia mili
tary installations were rec
ommended for closure,
including Fort McPherson,
Fort Gillem, Naval Air
Station Atlanta and the
Navy Supply School in
Athens.
“Georgia ended up com
ing out better than 48
other states in BRAC,”
Isakson said. “Only the
state of Maryland came
out better than the state of
Georgia.”
Isakson pledged to work
with the congressional del
egation to continue to push
to save the four bases.
Isakson also commented
on a flurry of recent legis
lation passed in the U.S.
Senate, including the
Central American Free
Trade Agreement, known
as CAFTA, a comprehen
sive energy bill known as
the Energy Policy Act of
2005, and a highway reau
thorization bill.
“We actually did a great
deal of work in a short
period of time,” Isakson
said. “...In the course of 48
hours, we ratified CAFTA,
we passed an energy policy
for this country for the
first time in more than a
decade, and we passed a
highway bill that puts
Georgia where its rightful
place should be in terms of
investment in terms of
transit and transporta
tion.”
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VERNON SELLERS
Sellers
arrested
for rape
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
Vernon Sellers, 31, 211
Wheelus St., Kathleen, was
arrested Tuesday afternoon
at his residence by the
Southeast Regional Fugitive
Task Force.
He is being charged in the
March 4 rape of a 69-year
old woman at a Jackson
Street residence. Sellers was
arrested without incident
about 4:15 p.m., according
to Warner Robins Police
Detective Scott McSwain.
Sellers was processed and
transported to the Houston
County Jail, where he
remains without bond.
Police said the investiga
tion has been ongoing since
the incident by the Criminal
Investigations Division and
the Criminalistics Division.
The Criminalistics Division
was able to link Sellers to
the crime scene through
forensic evidence gathered
during the investigation.
McSwain, Lt. John
See SELLES, page 3A
JAN CARY
Cary to
leave
Rainbow
House
By TIMOTHY GRAHAM
HHJ Staff Writer
Jan Cary thought he had
made the final job change in
his life when he took the
reigns of the Rainbow
House Children’s Resource
Center in June, but he
never thought he would be
blindsided by “the opportu
nity of a lifetime.”
Cary has announced that
he will be leaving Rainbow
House to assume duties as
the public safety operations
See CARY, page 3A