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Rabun Apparel workers diagnosed with cancer may secure cash benefits
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Pictured clockwise are Tony Lima with spouse and board member Molly Lima; board member Curt Haban; Kitty Panell, secretary for superintendent; Dr. April Childers, Rabun County Schools superintendent; Ella Lima; and Bristol Lima.
Rabun County Schools BOE members honored during recent ‘School Board Appreciation Week’
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. April Biagioni (center) talks to David Ruth (left) and Vickie Prater about the Rabun County Seed Library and the different heirloom vegetable, herb, and flower seeds available to the public at the soft opening on March 16.
Rabun County Seed Library sprouts at local library
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Kami Ahrens, curator and director of education for Foxfire, is excited to hold a book launch event for the book she wrote and edited titled “The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women: Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South.” Crowds of people attended the event held at the Rabun County Civic Center Diner.
Celebrating Women’s History Month with release of ‘The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women’
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Gwen Fink (center) reacts to seeing husband Robert “Bob” Noble Fink’s memorial plaque hung as a dedication to the late Rotarian in the lobby of Community Dental, a dental clinic for low-income adults through Clayton Rotary Foundation, Inc., located at the Rabun County Health Department. Also pictured is Rotarian Tony Penrose (left). A dedication ceremony was held March 10 for Fink, who was a Rotarian instrumental in the establishment of the Community Dental Clinic.
Late Bob Fink honored with plaque at Community Dental
Dillard to hold meetings in preparation for DOT’s widening of U.S. 441
Georgia Court of Appeals to hold oral arguments at Tallulah Falls School
Photo courtesy Rabun County 4-H. Rabun County ninth grader Peyton Hicks (left) won first place in the Georgia 4-H Northeast District Project Achievement for veterinary science at Rock Eagle 4-H Center from March 10-12. Hicks is shown with Stephens County’s Luke Roesch, Northeast District senior board member; and Denise Everson, Northeast District extension director.
Rabun County 4-H student wins first place
Submitted photo. Volunteers at the Currahee Brewing Company nonprofit night March 2 show support to the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia Food 2 Kids Program as the community came out and raised $2,900.
