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Photo courtesy of Teka Earnhardt. Several Clayton Cafe employees and community members attended the cookbook signing event on Sunday. Pictured are Cheyenne Dulucai, Chyanne Vinson, Bella Andrews, Valerie Haggerty, Lisa Shilling, Seth Curtis, Bonnie Edmonds, owner, Will Curtis, Carleigh Rae Sturm, Amy Watts, Gary Sossebee, Ranee’ Thomas, and Monica Fortson. Bonnie Edmonds and Tom Edwards are the authors of the cookbook “A Northern Cook in a Southern Kitchen."

Photo courtesy of Teka Earnhardt. Several Clayton Cafe employees and community members attended the cookbook signing event on Sunday. Pictured are Cheyenne Dulucai, Chyanne Vinson, Bella Andrews, Valerie Haggerty, Lisa Shilling, Seth Curtis, Bonnie Edmonds, owner, Will Curtis, Carleigh Rae Sturm, Amy Watts, Gary Sossebee, Ranee’ Thomas, and Monica Fortson. Bonnie Edmonds and Tom Edwards are the authors of the cookbook “A Northern Cook in a Southern Kitchen."

Clayton Cafe’s Edmonds holds signing for ‘A Northern Cook in a Southern Kitchen’

Bonnie Edmonds is a Northern cook in a Southern kitchen. She owns Clayton Cafe on Main Street in Clayton and held a signing for her and Tom Edwards’s cookbook “A Northern Cook in a Southern Kitchen,” where she signed copies for community members to buy.

Outdoor ed students aim at archery lessons

A session with Kathy Church, Georgia Department of Natural Resources wildlife interpretive specialist, delivered archery lessons to Sara Roberts’s Outdoor Education class. Church is with the Smithgall Woods Education Outreach Program, where she’s been leading programs for the past six years.

Trails lead to Rabun

Rabun County offers many attractions for adventure-seekers with various interests to enjoy, especially in the outdoors. And now there’s even more to enjoy because Clayton-Rabun County has been designated as an Appalachian Trail (AT) Community by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy.
Photo courtesy of Rabun County Fire Services. A 12-year-old and a 16-year-old were air-lifted following a two-vehicle crash at Ga. 15 and Walmart Drive in Clayton Saturday morning.

Photo courtesy of Rabun County Fire Services. A 12-year-old and a 16-year-old were air-lifted following a two-vehicle crash at Ga. 15 and Walmart Drive in Clayton Saturday morning.

DUI-charged motorist’s crash results in youths life-flighted

A Michigan woman is charged with DUI after her 12-year-old and 16-year-old passengers were air-lifted following a two-vehicle crash on Georgia 15 Saturday.

‘Tis the season for Clayton Christmas

The festival celebration of the 2021 “HomeTown Christmas” Parade will be Saturday, Dec. 4, as the community rings in the season in historic downtown Clayton on Main Street.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. A Georgia State Patrol trooper investigates the damage to the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office vehicle. The deputy driving to a scene was not injured in the crash.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. A Georgia State Patrol trooper investigates the damage to the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office vehicle. The deputy driving to a scene was not injured in the crash.

Sheriff’s Office deputy involved in crash while responding to call

A Rabun County Sheriff’s Office deputy was involved in a minor crash while responding to a four-vehicle crash Friday. Deputy Dakota Dills was involved in a Rabun Gap crash with a tractor trailer while responding to a crash in Dillard.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Sheriff Chad Nichols stands in front of the new Rabun County Sheriff’s Office building on Bowen Creek Rd. in Tiger as it is under construction. The facility is located across the street from the Rabun County Detention Center. The project is funded with monies from the 2019 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST).

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Sheriff Chad Nichols stands in front of the new Rabun County Sheriff’s Office building on Bowen Creek Rd. in Tiger as it is under construction. The facility is located across the street from the Rabun County Detention Center. The project is funded with monies from the 2019 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST).

Rabun County Sheriff’s Office/Detention Center projects progressing

TIGER-- Construction on the new Rabun County Sheriff’s Office and detention center expansion are underway and “progressing nicely,” according to Rabun County Sheriff Chad Nichols.
Photo courtesy of Rabun County 4-H. Pictured (from left) are Rabun County 4-H winners fo the Northeast District Contest Peyton Hicks, Jacob Burrell and Carson Carpenter with Rabun County 4-H Educator Joey Eller.

Photo courtesy of Rabun County 4-H. Pictured (from left) are Rabun County 4-H winners fo the Northeast District Contest Peyton Hicks, Jacob Burrell and Carson Carpenter with Rabun County 4-H Educator Joey Eller.

Rabun County 4-Hers win Northeast District Trivia Contest

Rabun County 4-H’ers traveled to Jackson County on Nov. 22 to participate in the Northeast District 4-H Trivia Contest that is held twice a year. Rabun County had held the title until earlier this year when they lost to Jackson County 4-H in a close match.

Library hosts Food for Fines

During December, patrons of the Rabun County Public Library can pay overdue fines with canned food as part of the Food for Fines program. Each canned or non-perishable food item with an unexpired “used-by” date that’s donated pays up to $1 in overdue fines.