June 20, 2013
Rafters with Southeastern Expeditions brave a cold and wild Chattooga in the early months of the season.
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Clayton and Rabun County may boast the slogan “where spring spends the summer,” but for local whitewater rafting outfitters it has this year felt more like the place where winter spent the spring.
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Barbara Woodall shows Ray Mears, with the BBC, a medicinal herb used by mountain settlers. She recently was interviewed about life in Appalachia for a survivalist documentary.
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Barbara Woodall of Rabun Gap has a saying about her more than 60 years of life in the Appalachian Mountains.
“I’m just an old chunk of coal from the embers long ago,” she said.
Woodall, author o...
Jason Owens loads one of the last pallet boxes onto the truck Sunday afternoon before the Monday morning departure.
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Loaded with more than 20,000 pounds of relief supplies, Tubby Zachary, Michael Chastain and Steve Hicks departed on the 18-hour, 1,000-plus mile drive to Oklahoma early Monday morning.
The three ...
Senior Class Mentor Angela Luke helps graduate, Michael Denike in the staging area before the ceremony.
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At sunrise they were students. They had struggled together, shared triumph and suffered defeat. They had completed 13 years of academic instruction and shortly after sunset, the 165 member...
The Rabun County High School Wildcat Literary Team poses on stage with its awards it received while competing at the 8AA Regional Literary Competition in March. RCHS placed first in the competition, and four students later competed in the state tournament.
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Whether it be from playing music, acting or just making good grades, Rabun County High School students made their mark this past year, claiming statewide and national recognition in more than a ha...
Darrell Billingsley, from left, and Steve Hicks help Allison Beck and her son, Timothy, carry boxes of donated goods to receiving containers for Oklahoma tornado relief. Residents can donate through 5 p.m. Sunday behind the Rabun County packing shed, Highway 441 North in Rabun Gap.
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Hearts from Rabun County and Scaly Mountain, N.C., are stretching across the continent with a relief effort for those affected by the May 20 tornado that devastated Moore, Okla.
Twenty-four people...
Tom Ramey Sr. is pictured with two of his granddaughters, Jacy, left and Jennica.
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Former mayor Tom Ramey Sr., a man who may have brought more change to Rabun County than any other person in modern times, died late Monday at the age of 82.
Ramey served two different periods as C...
The Rock House, located on the corner of Main and East Savannah streets, was built in 1935 as a community gathering place and fire station.
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For nearly 68 years, a piece of Clayton history has been sitting on the corner of Main and East Savannah streets.
The Rock House was built in 1935 as a community gathering place and still beckons ...
Fur Ball chairwoman Jenny Wilson displays donated auction items at Fromage & Other Fine Foods for the Paws 4 Life inaugural Fur Ball.
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Rabun County residents will be having a ball this weekend in support of local pets at the inaugual Paws 4 Life Fur Ball.
The ball, which starts at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Rabun County Civic Center, i...
Lighthouse Pointe, which has been on the market for a couple of years, is being sold at auction June 6. Previously listed at $10.95 million, it is owned by University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban and builder Jim Suddes.
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University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban and his partner are selling the $11 million house they co-own on Lake Burton at a June 6 live auction.
Concierge Auctions is holding the auction for...
Jill Howell, with the Baptist Mobile Health Ministry, assists Dr. Ralph Jackson with a tooth extraction May 2 at Tiger Baptist Church. The ministry provided extractions, restorations and teeth cleanings to 87 local residents last week.
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Dozens of Rabun County residents have a more polished smile after receiving free dental services last week from the Baptist Mobile Health Ministry.
The ministry is a nonprofit organization that pr...
State conservationist James Tillman, with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, from left, stands with NRCS representative Doug Towery, Terri Jagger-Blincoe of Clayton, NRCS representative Robyn Ledford and Jack Lewis, assistant state conservationist, while presenting Jagger-Blincoe a partnership plaque.
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Farm owner Terri Jagger-Blincoe is eager to share her farming techniques with others now that Ladybug Farms has been recognized as a Natural Resources Conservation Services partner by the U.S. Depa...
Rabun County High School band members Kaylan Greer, from left, Megan Dyer, Madison Marcus, Shannon Dunlap, Jasmine Ramey, James Burch, Andrea Lovell, Joe Denike, Chris Butler and Anna Dicker smile thinking about their recent contest wins.
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Rabun County’s high school and middle school bands were shining in Atlanta’s spotlight this month while participating in the Southern Star Music Festival.
Rabun County Middle School and Rabun Coun...
A handful of people Saturday walk on Main Street to visit vendors at Celebrate Clayton. Festival chairman Carl Butler said some vendors and downtown shops still received great business this weekend, even though attendance was down due to rainy weather.
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Cloudy skies and recurring downpours put a damper on the 14th annual Celebrate Clayton festivities last weekend.
Carl Butler, Celebrate Clayton chairman, said the event started off with a large cr...
Exhibitor Suzy Hart of Easley, S.C., paints a picture of a young girl during the 2011 Celebrate Clayton festival. This year’s event kicks off at 10 a.m. Saturday and will feature new entertainment groups and 75 exhibitors on display.
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Celebrate Clayton is returning to Main Street this weekend, bringing with it plenty of food, music and art displays that have been drawing big crowds for 14 years.
The downtown festival kicks off ...
Elijah Mote, left, races against Colton Fort during the 50-meter dash Friday during the 2013 Special Olympics competition.
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If Friday morning’s beaming sun didn’t warm the hearts of the 2013 Rabun County Special Olympics crowd, making dozens of athletes feel like champions surely did.
Everyone felt like a winner Friday...
Paulette Williams of Clayton, left, and Catherine Martin of Clayton view photography at a booth at last year’s Celebrate Clayton.
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Celebrate Clayton is returning to Main Street again this year, bringing with it the same artsy, musical festivities that have been attracting large crowds for 14 years.
The downtown festival kicks...
Chef Kyle Bryner serves creamy grits fritters to Cathy and John Jowers during an April 4 food tasting in the dining area of Rabun Manor. Rabun Manor now features a restaurant that serves a wide variety of meals made with local ingredients. The restaurant is open from 5-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday and serves brunch from 10 a.m.-noon Sunday.
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By Shelby Harrell
Staff Writer
Chef Kyle Bryner is bringing farm fresh food to the tables of Rabun Manor now that the restaurant is open for business.
The manor was purchased in 2011 by co-owner...
Clayton lawyer Allyn Stockton is pictured at his desk. A Hollywood production company recently filmed him and others in the community for a possible docuseries that would be called ‘Country Lawyer.’
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Local lawyer Allyn Stockton has been picked as the subject of a reality series that is being pitched to three networks.
Producer David Wendell said Stockton was referred to him by a casting direct...
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Barbara Woodall of Rabun Gap has a saying about her more than 60 years ...
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Loaded with more than 20,000 pounds of relief supplies, Tubby Zachary, ...
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