1 nabbed, 1 sought in F‘ville kidnap, robbery

A person who purports to be the man robbed and kidnapped Monday near the busy Fayetteville intersection of Ga. highways 85 and 314 apparently tells his own story in a remarkable comment in The Citizen’s online edition.

Cylenthia Clark pleads guilty to child cruelty charge; job now in doubt

DFCS official Cylenthia Clark Tuesday pled guilty to child cruelty and received a 10-year probated sentence in Fayette Superior Court.

While former Fulton County Department of Family and Children’s Services (DFCS) Assistant Director Cylenthia Clark was in court Monday on charges of first-degree cruelty to children, members of the Fayette County NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) were watching.

Nothing has changed in the past few weeks that might provide for increases in revenue for Fayette County public schools.

Elected officials from throughout the county gathered Tuesday morning to officially break ground on one of the county’s key transportation projects.

Changes in market conditions were cited as the reason for a rezoning request for the 38.15-acre Stella’s Place residential development located at 335 Grady Avenue.

Fayette County employees are in shock after one of their own was arrested Friday afternoon.

On Friday, the county issued a warrant for the arrest of a Fayette County government employee, Joyce Payne.

Tax Commissioner George Wingo is fighting back over a charge that he is not a currently licensed CPA.

On his political signs throughout the county, CPA — which stands for certified public accountant — is listed on the sign. But a letter writer in today’s paper wonders about the truth of that designation.

The Fayetteville Police Department is looking for local middle school students to attend its fifth annual Junior Police Academy July 28-31.

Two Coweta-Fayette EMC employees, Lanny Hammett and Chris Stephens recently spent several days in the Costa Rican community of Allemania helping wire a one room school house. Due to their dedication and hard work more children will now be able to attend school. Also, the line that is bringing electricity to this area was constructed in 2006 by a group of Georgia linemen, including two from Coweta-Fayette, through the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) International Foundation.

Fayette County resident, Rudjard Hayes received notice from the Office of Administrative Hearings that the challenge to his residency status as a candidate for District Attorney had been “removed from the hearing calendar and will be dismissed by order of the Judge,” without a hearing.

Mucklow's Fine Jewelry of Peachtree City recently presented Promise Place, the council on domestic violence, with a check for over $1,800. Much to the delight of local moms, the money was raised by children who lovingly handcrafted a piece of silver jewelry to present to them on Mother's Day.

The “Get Out the Vote Committee” of the Rotary Club of Peachtree City is sponsoring a public “Meet and Greet the Candidates Night” on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the McIntosh Ballroom at the Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center in Peachtree City.

The following statement was released early Friday evening by the Fayette County Commission:

Today, the County issued a warrant for the arrest of a Fayette County Government employee,. Joyce Payne. Mrs. Payne, an eleven-year county employee who was employed in the Human Resources Department, is suspected of falsifying documents during a period from February through September, 2007. The falsified documents enabled her to divert public funds in the amount of $6,218.00 for her own personal use.

Several Peachtree City government departments are teaming up to stop the recent proliferation of graffiti. In the past six months this form of vandalism has significantly increased in volume throughout the city and citizens are asked for assistance.

It was over quickly for long-time Tyrone Town Clerk Valerie Caldwell June 10 when an executive, or closed, session by the town council resulted in a unanimous vote to terminate her employment. Though no specifics were given, Mayor Don Rehwaldt after the meeting cited concerns by the mayor, council and town manager over job-related issues. Some in Tyrone have long-predicted Caldwell’s termination. It came Tuesday night but, in doing so a portion of the proceeding violated Georgia law.

The “Get Out The Vote Committee” of the Rotary Club of Peachtree City cordially invites the public to a “Meet and Greet the Candidates Night” to be held on June 17 from 7 -9 p.m. in the McIntosh Ballroom at the Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center.

The Peachtree City Council was somewhat receptive toward asking its citizens to approve a proposal to build an ice skating rink and fitness center at the Highway 74 Baseball and Soccer Complex.

The following arrests were made by the Peachtree City Police Department. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

A Peachtree City restaurant manager says her business is feeling the backlash from being erroneously associated with a controversial restaurant of the same name in Marietta.

Finishing off the new dock is the only work remaining at Huddleston Pond, and barring any weather delays it should be done by Friday, Peachtree City stormwater engineer Mark Caspar told the City Council June 3.

Meetings on zoning ordinances in any municipality run the likelihood of being sparsely attended. That was the case at the June 9 public hearing of Peachtree City Planning Commission on proposed amendments to the zoning ordinance relating to a portion of the city’s zoning districts. City Planner David Rast characterized a significant percentage of the changes as those where language had been in place for a number of years needed to be cleaned-up.

Cuts to expenditures from the proposed 2008-2009 Tyrone General Fund budget at the June 10 work session totaled $270,389. Council members started the meeting with $739,475 in proposed expenditures over revenues for the budget that begins July 1. Though the revenue side of the budget was not discussed at the meeting, a line item for “Funds Carried Forward” for the 2007-2008 budget and totaling $490,626 was left blank in the projected revenue budget for 2008-2009. The council will meet again June 19.

The Peachtree City Fire Department has released a map showing the 700-800 feet safety zone established for the annual July 4th fireworks show over Lake Peachtree.

Berta Mikulcik, 62, of Peachtree City died Wednesday of injuries received when she flipped over her bicycle while riding down a hill Tuesday morning in the north part of the city, police said.

The Coweta County Board of Education approved a final operational budget of $175.9 million for the 2008-09 school year at their regular board meeting on June 10.

Coweta County Airport Authority is looking for ideas that will spur quality economic growth.

“There has been a great deal of discussion regarding the future of the Newnan-Coweta County Airport,” said Coweta County spokesperson Patricia Palmer. “The Airport Authority welcomes any proposals that would benefit the airport and the community in terms of economic development consistent with the community’s vision for quality growth.”

It’s good-bye Goody’s. The Newnan clothing store at Newnan Pavilion on Ga. Highway 34 is set to close as a part of a corporate restructuring measure with the June 9 filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Though the closing date has not been set, the Newnan store is one of 69 across 20 states that will cease operation.

This week by appointment of Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney, Peter J. Skandalakis, Superior Court Judge Jack Kirby swore in Robert Stokely, Solicitor General of Coweta County as a Special Assistant District Attorney for the Circuit.

A large oak tree on the southeast corner of the historic Coweta Courthouse square will be removed this week. The tree was damaged in a May thunderstorm. The tree, a water oak, lost a very large limb in the storm.