Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Amanda Noffsinger sorts packages at the Clayton Post Office on Monday. The post office is receiving a higher volume of packages than usual for this time of year, receiving an average of 1,000 packages each day, according to Colby Nichols, acting supervisor for the Clayton Post Office.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Brooke Cannon, grant administrator, left, Laura Davis, Empowering Families coordinator, Kayla Talley, FAITH legal advocate, Monica Blalock, director of community awareness, present books to Dyana Costello Banks, library manager, for donation to the Rabun County Public Library, in front of the library display.

Graphic courtesy of City of Clayton Public Works Department. Clayton plans on replacing a 12-inch water main on Old Highway 441 South and a six-inch water main on Clayton Road, as well as smaller service lines in portions of south Clayton.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. A view of Scott Creek, an impaired tributary to Stekoa Creek, behind Clayton Municipal Complex. Once in Clayton, Scott Creek flows behind the Clayton Municipal Complex and is bordered by a field that is designed as a greenway zone and disc golf area. The Clayton Municipal Complex sits in the Scott Creek floodplain.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Tallulah Falls citizen Marybeth Hughes speaks to town council members last Thursday in opposition to rezoning 1.12 and 4.577 acre parcels on River St. and Hickory Nut Mountain Rd. from Single Family Residential (R1) to Business District (BD) for the development of short-term vacation rentals by J&D Irvin Holdings, LLC. Larry Hamilton, council member, left, and Clint and Brian Irvin, of J&D Irvin Holdings, LLC, back, listen to public comment on the matter.

Submitted photo. Kiwanis has been doing the Terrific Kids program in Rabun County for seven years. Students work with their classroom teacher to establish goals to improve behavior, peer relationships, attendance or schoolwork. All students who achieve their goals after a specified time are recognized as Terrific Kids.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Camp Rainey Mountain in Clayton is home to local Boy Scouts. In above photo, on the front row are Andy Leff, Tenderfoot, Nolan Houston, Tenderfoot, Lucas Daniel, Tenderfoot, Samuel Cochran, Tenderfoot, Ezra Early, Tenderfoot; back row, Grant Chartrand, first class, Britt McKissack, Life, Heron Eaton, Life, Alex Foster, Scoutmaster, Jerry McFalls, Assistant Scoutmaster. Not pictured are Jordan Ragsdale, second class, Dominic Vogelbacher, Eagle.