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Rabun Ramble runners ready for Saturday

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, June 30, 2022
To celebrate the Independence Day weekend, the annual Rabun Ramble 10K and 5K road races will be Saturday, July 2. To register for the July 2 races, applications are available online at www.rabunramble.com or at Rabun Chamber of Commerce.

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Fun Run totals projected to hit 1,300

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, June 30, 2022
The 37th Lake Burton Fun Run is at its limits, but a few extra spots may still be available. Annually, 1,250 runners participate in the two-mile event that begins at the Moccasin Creek pavilion in Clarkesville at 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 2. The registration fee is $35 for the remaining spots.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. With some of the hottest days this year statewide, Rabun County outdoor summer youth camps have been challenged in finding ways to keep participants cool. Here, Cowen Gilbert, does a head-first slide on a tarp soaked with water and dish detergent during the last day of the Wildcat Baseball Camp on June 16.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. With some of the hottest days this year statewide, Rabun County outdoor summer youth camps have been challenged in finding ways to keep participants cool. Here, Cowen Gilbert, does a head-first slide on a tarp soaked with water and dish detergent during the last day of the Wildcat Baseball Camp on June 16.

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July hot with rec department camp

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Monday, June 27, 2022
Seven days a week the Rabun County Recreation swimming pool is open and July has summer programs remaining for the Rabun County Recreation Department. Monday through Friday the pool is available as people can assess the pool from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Saturday hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Registration deadline approaches for July 2 event

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Monday, June 27, 2022
Tuesday is the deadline to sign up for the 37th Lake Burton Fun Run. A projected 1,250 runners are expected for the July 2 two-mile event that begins at the Moccasin Creek pavilion in Clarkesville at 9 a.m. The registration fee is $35 as the registration ends during the morning hours on June 28.

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Rabun Ramble getting ready to rumble

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Monday, June 27, 2022
Next weekend in celebration of Independence Day the annual Rabun Ramble 10K and 5K road races will draw hundreds of runners. To register for the July 2 races, applications are available online at www.rabunramble.com or at Rabun Chamber of Commerce.
Photo courtesy of Melissa Elzey. Runners begin last year’s Lake Burton Fun Run at the Moccasin Creek pavilion in Clarkesville. Annually, a total of 1,250 participate.

Photo courtesy of Melissa Elzey. Runners begin last year’s Lake Burton Fun Run at the Moccasin Creek pavilion in Clarkesville. Annually, a total of 1,250 participate.

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Lake Burton Fun Run to draw 1,250 entrants

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Monday, June 20, 2022
The course for the 37th Lake Burton Fun Run will once again be filled with runners on July 2 as the entrants start their two-mile trek at the Moccasin Creek pavilion in Clarkesville.

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Rodeo shows coming to arena in Tiger

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Monday, June 20, 2022
The popular rodeo returns to the Rabun Arena on the evenings of June 30 and July 1 with bucking broncos, barrel racing, calf roping, steer wrestling and bull riding. The gates at the covered arena open at 6 p.m. and the rodeo starts at 8 p.m. Tickets can either be bought online at Eventbrite.
Photo submitted. Georgia Southern University’s Ashley Judson (center) conducted a two-day Standing Air Rifle clinic for the Tallulah Falls rifle team.

Photo submitted. Georgia Southern University’s Ashley Judson (center) conducted a two-day Standing Air Rifle clinic for the Tallulah Falls rifle team.

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Tallulah Falls busy with sports camps, conditioning

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Monday, June 20, 2022
The Tallulah Falls School Sports Fitness Center is open throughout the summer and camps continue in June and next month. The fitness center is overseen by the former multiple Division I university strength and conditioning coach Dianna Neal.