Submitted photo. Scholarship recipients from Rabun County were introduced to members during the July 15 LBCA annual meeting held at Camp High Harbour. Scholarship receipients introduced include Ashley Slappey, Bailey Maloney, Ayla Jarrard, Madisyn Ramey, Mary Lovell, Alliyah Hunnicutt, Emma Jackson, Delaney Webb, Hailey Hutcheson, Jack Lewis, Bailey Shriver, Emiliano Otiz-Ruelas, Riley Maloney, Caroline Bahin, Sam Flaherty, and Rodolfo Lopez-Ramirez.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Local students participate in the Foxfire Summer Leadership Program and help Foxfire Museum Director Barry Stiles hew logs to prepare building the miniature replica Blacksmith Shop that will be featured at The Children’s Village. Pictured are Stiles; Rabun County High School students Luke Thompson, Sam Flaherty, Celton Littrell, Sean Flaherty, Brinn Justice, and Gavin Sharpe; Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School student Lily Karplus; and home-schooled student Olivia Nixon.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Bradford Pear trees located near the Rabun County Public Library and Rabun County Tax Commissioner’s Office were recently cut down due to safety reasons and an expansion of the parking area. The trees are classified by the Georgia Forestry Commission as an “invasive” plant.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Crews continue work on construction of the 750,000 gallon ground-level water storage tank located on Yorkhouse Road in Rabun Gap. It is scheduled to be completed and on line in late September-early October 2023, with a 90-day function testing period to follow.

Photo courtesy Habersham County Public Information. Law enforcement vehicles are parked in a line on Sunday, July 16, at the crash scene in Habersham County as five people died.