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Submitted Photo. The full RCHS group poses for a photograph at Cherokee mud house on the Foxfire Museum property.

Submitted Photo. The full RCHS group poses for a photograph at Cherokee mud house on the Foxfire Museum property.

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Truly hands-on learning at Foxfire

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, November 20, 2025
When a group of Rabun County High School students got to take a trip to the Foxfire Museum property in Mountain City for a tour, they probably expected to gain a better understanding of how life was hundreds of years ago. Well, they got that experience and more, including muddy hands.

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Two Community Thanksgiving Dinners set for this weekend

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Thursday, November 20, 2025
Community Thanksgiving Dinners are planned for Nov. 22 and Nov. 23 in Rabun County. A Community Thanksgiving Dinner will be Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. or all dinners distributed. The food bank is located at 46 Plaza Way in Clayton.
Submitted Photo. Lainey Waldrip, Maddie Dixon, Miss RCHS Hayden Bass, Gracie Dunn and Cheyenne Queen pose for photo with their flowers.

Submitted Photo. Lainey Waldrip, Maddie Dixon, Miss RCHS Hayden Bass, Gracie Dunn and Cheyenne Queen pose for photo with their flowers.

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Crowning Achievement

News Staff
Thursday, November 20, 2025
The 2025 Miss Rabun County High School Pageant had one of the largest audience turnouts ever as the Princess Academy was held in the Fine Arts Building on campus prior to the crowning of this year’s overall winner Hayden Bass, who earlier this year also was honored as the RCHS Homecoming Queen.
Submitted Photo. Abigail Brenner ’26 of Franklin, N.C., and Allen Arbitter ‘26 of Clayton, portray significant roles in Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School’s production of Lux Nativitas, which is a walk through the Gospel account of the nativity, with live music, inspired circus arts, and dance.

Submitted Photo. Abigail Brenner ’26 of Franklin, N.C., and Allen Arbitter ‘26 of Clayton, portray significant roles in Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School’s production of Lux Nativitas, which is a walk through the Gospel account of the nativity, with live music, inspired circus arts, and dance.

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Celebrate the Season with Lux Nativitas: ‘The Light of the Nativity’ at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School

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Thursday, November 20, 2025
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School is proud to announce the return of Lux Nativitas, a breathtaking holiday production that celebrates the birth of Christ and the traditional Nativity story.
Submitted Photo. The Kelly Family

Submitted Photo. The Kelly Family

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Rabun Gap honors alumni at Homecoming 2025

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Thursday, November 20, 2025
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School held its annual Alumni Awards Ceremony on Oct. 11 in the Rearden Theater. The ceremony, part of Rabun Gap’s Homecoming celebration, honored alumni for their accomplishments in their careers and contributions to the school.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Doug Wayne of the Northeast Georgia Mountains Chapter 15 of Disabled American Veterans shakes the hand of former Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal at the 26th annual Veterans Appreciation Dinner at The Dillard House Resort. In the foreground is State Rep. Victor Anderson.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Doug Wayne of the Northeast Georgia Mountains Chapter 15 of Disabled American Veterans shakes the hand of former Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal at the 26th annual Veterans Appreciation Dinner at The Dillard House Resort. In the foreground is State Rep. Victor Anderson.

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300-plus pack Dillard House for Veterans Dinner

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, November 13, 2025
A sense that America and specifically Rabun County is heading in the right direction was evident with the patriotism in the air at The Dillard House Resport on Nov. 6. An excess of 300 filled the dining area of the iconic restaurant for the 26th annual Veterans Dinner.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. The annual Rabun County Schools “Teacher of the Year Banquet” was held on Nov. 10 in the high school’s Fine Arts Building. This year’s teachers of the year are (from left) Stefanie Anderson of the primary school; Sharron Littrell of the elementary school; Jacob Bennett of the middle school and April Jones of the high school. Littrell also was named the school system’s teacher of the year.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. The annual Rabun County Schools “Teacher of the Year Banquet” was held on Nov. 10 in the high school’s Fine Arts Building. This year’s teachers of the year are (from left) Stefanie Anderson of the primary school; Sharron Littrell of the elementary school; Jacob Bennett of the middle school and April Jones of the high school. Littrell also was named the school system’s teacher of the year.

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School system’s Teachers of the Year honored with banquet, recognitions

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Rabun County has an abundance of top-notch teachers. So, to be named among the best of their respective groups is an incredible accomplishment. Rabun County Schools honored their respective schools’ “Teacher of the Year” honorees with a banquet on Nov.

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Sky Valley tax vote slated for Nov. 18

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, November 13, 2025
The final one of three public hearings is the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 18, for City of Sky Valley’s announced intent to increase the 2025 property taxes it plans to levy this year by 6.62 percent over the rollback millage rate. The millage rate would be 9.6090 for 2025, just like it was for 2024.

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Federal food program to be funded for hungry

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Thursday, November 13, 2025
ATLANTA — The federal government said Friday that it will comply with a judge’s order to issue full benefits for this month to its food assistance program for low-income households. As of The Clayton Tribune’s press deadline, a potential end to the federal government’s shutdown appeared to be near.

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Church’s cookbook reprinted as fundraiser

News Staff
Thursday, November 13, 2025
For a fundraiser, Southern Appalachian Creations has had the Persimmon Church of God cookbook, “Hunting, Fishing, Cooking With Our Men” reprinted. It was first printed in the year 2000; the reprint should arrive here about Nov. 12.