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Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. This LED flashing light stop sign was recently installed at the northern side of the intersection on Franklin Street at Henry Dillard Street in Dillard City Limits. The intersection is now a three-way stop with a resolution adopted by council members on May 12.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. This LED flashing light stop sign was recently installed at the northern side of the intersection on Franklin Street at Henry Dillard Street in Dillard City Limits. The intersection is now a three-way stop with a resolution adopted by council members on May 12.

Henry Dillard and Franklin Street meet for three-way stop

Motorists traveling on Franklin Street at Henry Dillard Street in the city of Dillard will now notice a three-way stop sign at the intersection following a resolution adopted by city council members on May 12.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Veteran Bruce Gant, left and center under the tent, speaks to a large crowd of community members during the May 25 Memorial Day ceremony held in front of the Rabun County Courthouse. Pictured on either side of Gant are Capt. Chris DiNofrio, U.S. Marine Corps, and Major (Ret.) Doug Wayne, U.S. Army. Gant was this year’s special guest speaker. He was a Navy Corpsman from September 1965 to September 1971. He is a Vietnam Combat veteran and two-time Purple Heart recipient.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Veteran Bruce Gant, left and center under the tent, speaks to a large crowd of community members during the May 25 Memorial Day ceremony held in front of the Rabun County Courthouse. Pictured on either side of Gant are Capt. Chris DiNofrio, U.S. Marine Corps, and Major (Ret.) Doug Wayne, U.S. Army. Gant was this year’s special guest speaker. He was a Navy Corpsman from September 1965 to September 1971. He is a Vietnam Combat veteran and two-time Purple Heart recipient.

Memorial Day ceremony honors those who gave their lives for our freedom

Community members united on Monday, May 25, for a Memorial Day ceremony honoring the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country, as well as all military veterans who have served. The event was held at 11 a.m.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Lake Rabun Scholarship Program students from Rabun County High School and Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School were recognized during the May 24 Lake Rabun Association annual Memorial Day meeting.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Lake Rabun Scholarship Program students from Rabun County High School and Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School were recognized during the May 24 Lake Rabun Association annual Memorial Day meeting.

The Lake Rabun Foundation announces its Class of 2026 scholars

The Lake Rabun Scholarship Program recipients were honored at the Lake Rabun Association’s annual Memorial Day meeting on Sunday, May 24. Students were introduced to the membership and recognized at the Lake Rabun pavilion.

Celebrating Cinco de Mayo

Ishmael Santos, Tirana Vaknin Ciarlo and Nadine Bramlett performed on Cinco de Mayo, May 5, at Frida Taqueria & Cantina in front of a packed restaurant that is located at 77 West Savannah Street, Clayton. 
File photo/Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Event-goers to Foxfire Heritage Days this year will get to enjoy live, old-time music like last year at the Reeve’s Pavilion.

File photo/Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Event-goers to Foxfire Heritage Days this year will get to enjoy live, old-time music like last year at the Reeve’s Pavilion.

Emerse into Appalachian culture at Foxfire Heritage Days

Family fun is just two weeks away as the 18th annual Foxfire Heritage Days gears up on Friday, June 5, and Saturday, June 6, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. The event is sponsored by the City of Mountain City.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Candidates for Rabun County commission and magistrate judge listen to John Bradshaw announce some of the election numbers on Tuesday evening.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Candidates for Rabun County commission and magistrate judge listen to John Bradshaw announce some of the election numbers on Tuesday evening.

Incumbents who faced opposition retain posts

The incumbents who faced opposition retained their respective Rabun County seats in Tuesday’s General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election as two county commissioners and a local judge prevailed.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. A group of patriotic residents wave American flags at the passing convoy on the Highway 441 sidewalk near the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. A group of patriotic residents wave American flags at the passing convoy on the Highway 441 sidewalk near the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia.

Armed Forces Day Convoy travels through the county

A parade through Rabun County honored local veterans and celebrated America on Armed Forces Day on May 16 as a convoy rolled through Clayton and Tiger.  Also, the holiday Memorial Day comes on Monday, May 25, as a Memorial Day ceremony will be held at 11 a.m.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County High School Class of 1989 Kelli Marcus Wayne shares words of heartfelt gratitude with former science teacher Clayton Croom, 97, in his old classroom during the May 16 walkthrough down memory lane. Wayne told Croom that he was an inspiration for her.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County High School Class of 1989 Kelli Marcus Wayne shares words of heartfelt gratitude with former science teacher Clayton Croom, 97, in his old classroom during the May 16 walkthrough down memory lane. Wayne told Croom that he was an inspiration for her.

Hallways of memories

Rabun County High School (RCHS) graduates from the Class of 1978 to the Class of 2026 have walked the hallways of the current public school building with study books in hand ready for teachers to educate them for success in life.