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Census shows Rabun population grew 5.3 percent in 10 years

Megan Horn
Thursday, September 16, 2021
The results are in for the 2020 United States Census, and Rabun County’s population grew 5.3 percent in 10 years.  Data from the U.S. Census Bureau revealed Rabun County’s population as 16,883 as of April 1, 2020.  This increased by 607 people from the April 1, 2010 number of 16,276.
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Sunday kicks off National Child Passenger Safety Week

Megan Horn
Thursday, September 16, 2021
National Child Passenger Safety Week is Sept. 19-25, and Safe Kids Rabun along with the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office are sponsoring a free car and booster seat safety check for the community.  The event will take place Saturday, Sept. 25, for “National Seat Check Saturday” from 10 a.m.

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Rabun schools release latest COVID statistics

News Staff
Thursday, September 16, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) classifies community transmission in Rabun County as high, according to the website’s data tracker.  District 2 Public Health released updated COVID-19 case rates as of Sept. 10.
Staff and volunteers pictured are Dr. Janet Dunwoody, Mike Hammer, grant chairman for the Lake Burton Civic Association Foundation (LBCAF), Dr. Tom Callahan, Sherry Spur, Melissa Elzey, Dr. Brian Davis, Marcia Ranney, Dr. Rebecca Hobbs, Tim Ranney, president of the Clayton Rotary Foundation, and Jeff Fincher, president of the Rotary Club of Clayton.

Staff and volunteers pictured are Dr. Janet Dunwoody, Mike Hammer, grant chairman for the Lake Burton Civic Association Foundation (LBCAF), Dr. Tom Callahan, Sherry Spur, Melissa Elzey, Dr. Brian Davis, Marcia Ranney, Dr. Rebecca Hobbs, Tim Ranney, president of the Clayton Rotary Foundation, and Jeff Fincher, president of the Rotary Club of Clayton.

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Community Dental receives $10,000 grant from LBCA Foundation

Megan Horn
Thursday, September 16, 2021
CLAYTON-- Community Dental, organized through the Clayton Rotary Foundation (CRF),  recently received a $10,000 grant from the Lake Burton Civic Association Foundation (LBCAF) for new dental equipment.
Photo courtesy of Pam Martin/Casablanca Photography. Habitat for Humanity of Rabun County held its “Raise the Roof for Habitat Rabun” event at Chota Falls on Aug. 30. Board members and members of the community attended to support the organization. Pictured front: Don Martin, president of Habitat Rabun Back: Amanda Harrold, left, Pat Stueck, Jay Couey, Kallie White, Tim Ranney, Susan Smith, Barbara Anderson, Cheryl Crouse, Ed Steil, Jeanine Marlow, Steve Weintraub, Rosa Icela Carter and Cynthia Pagano.

Photo courtesy of Pam Martin/Casablanca Photography. Habitat for Humanity of Rabun County held its “Raise the Roof for Habitat Rabun” event at Chota Falls on Aug. 30. Board members and members of the community attended to support the organization. Pictured front: Don Martin, president of Habitat Rabun Back: Amanda Harrold, left, Pat Stueck, Jay Couey, Kallie White, Tim Ranney, Susan Smith, Barbara Anderson, Cheryl Crouse, Ed Steil, Jeanine Marlow, Steve Weintraub, Rosa Icela Carter and Cynthia Pagano.

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Habitat for Humanity of Rabun holds fundraiser at Chota Falls

Megan Horn
Thursday, September 16, 2021
CLAYTON-- Habitat for Humanity of Rabun County held its “Raise the Roof for Habitat Rabun” event at Chota Falls on Aug. 30.  Barbara Anderson, chair of fundraising for Habitat Rabun, said that the event was successful.  She said that auction items sold ranged from $30 to $1,000.
Don Fraser/CNI News Service. Amanda Harrold, Clayton City Council candidate, advised better council planning for spending if a tax hike is approved. She spoke at a Tuesday public hearing. A third and final hearing is scheduled for council’s regular monthly meeting Sept. 21.

Don Fraser/CNI News Service. Amanda Harrold, Clayton City Council candidate, advised better council planning for spending if a tax hike is approved. She spoke at a Tuesday public hearing. A third and final hearing is scheduled for council’s regular monthly meeting Sept. 21.

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Clayton taxpayers may be paying more

News Staff
Thursday, September 16, 2021
While Clayton City Council is proposing holding the city’s millage rate at 8.769 for Fiscal Year 2022, city government will actually receive an additional $123,000 to spend because the city tax digest –land and home values- has increased during FY 2021. Approximately two residents attended a 9 a.m.

Rabun Ga-Nacoochee home football game tonight cancelled

News Staff
Friday, September 10, 2021
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School’s Friday home football game with A.C. Reynolds of Asheville, N.C., has been cancelled due to a COVID-19 outbreak on the Reynolds team, according to a statement on the RGNS athletics Twitter page. The scheduled 7:30 p.m.

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Officer remembered as 'one of a kind'

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
The law enforcement community in Rabun County is mourning the loss of one of its own sisters in blue, Detention Center Officer Courtney Faith Zajdowicz.  Zajdowicz, 26 of Mountain City, passed away Sept. 1.

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Guffie pleads guilty to obscene Internet contact with a child

News Staff
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Kenneth Jake Guffie, 35, of Clayton pleaded guilty to one count of obscene Internet contact with a child in Rabun County Superior Court August 31. The plea agreement states “Nol Pros” to one count of computer pornography and one count of criminal attempt to commit a felony.