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Evans rescues woman from structure fire

Megan Horn
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
LAKEMONT-- An elderly, non-ambulatory woman was rescued from a structure fire in Lakemont by a Hospice CNA on Monday.  Habersham resident Hayley Evans works for PruittHealth Hospice of Gainesville and has been a CNA for 10 years. She’s served the Rabun County area for about two-and-a-half years.

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Suspect sought in Rabun Gap armed robbery

News Staff
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
RABUN GAP-- No arrests have been made in an ongoing investigation into an assault and armed robbery of approximately $775 at an Exxon gas station in Rabun Gap on March 8, according to the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday.  “At approximately 4:27 p.m.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Carla Kilby, second grade teacher at the Primary School, right, receives a Moderna vaccine from Gwen Stiles, RN in the OR and outpatient services at Mountain Lakes Medical Center, at last Friday’s vaccine clinic held in the Rabun County Schools Fine Arts Building.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Carla Kilby, second grade teacher at the Primary School, right, receives a Moderna vaccine from Gwen Stiles, RN in the OR and outpatient services at Mountain Lakes Medical Center, at last Friday’s vaccine clinic held in the Rabun County Schools Fine Arts Building.

School employees line up for vaccinations

Megan Horn
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
TIGER-- Employees in the Rabun County school system received the first dose of the Moderna vaccine at a vaccine clinic held by Mountain Lakes Medical Center (MLMC) at the Rabun County Schools Fine Arts Building last Friday.  Gov.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Althalene Waters spends her days making necklaces and bracelets out of beads and finds pleasure in gifting them to everyone she meets. She was born on March 20, 1920 and turns 101 on Saturday.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Althalene Waters spends her days making necklaces and bracelets out of beads and finds pleasure in gifting them to everyone she meets. She was born on March 20, 1920 and turns 101 on Saturday.

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Cheers to 101 years

Megan Horn
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
The last century has brought about many historic events like the Great Depression, World War II, the Vietnam War and countless other events, and inventions like computers and cars and rockets that shaped the course of history. And Althalene Waters has lived through it all.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Jay Green gives the FY 2020 audit presentation to Clayton council members at Tuesday’s meeting.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Jay Green gives the FY 2020 audit presentation to Clayton council members at Tuesday’s meeting.

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Auditor: Clayton finances 'in good shape'

Megan Horn
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
CLAYTON-- The city of Clayton is “in good shape” financially according to the FY 2020 audit presented by Jay Green at Tuesday’s council meeting.  Council member Ara Joyce was not present for the regular council meeting, but was present for the prior executive session.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Claude Dillard, Forward Rabun chairman, discusses strategies for planning for inevitable growth set to come to Rabun County in the near future at Tuesday’s Forward Rabun board meeting. This was the first meeting of Forward Rabun’s full, 21-member board.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Claude Dillard, Forward Rabun chairman, discusses strategies for planning for inevitable growth set to come to Rabun County in the near future at Tuesday’s Forward Rabun board meeting. This was the first meeting of Forward Rabun’s full, 21-member board.

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Collaboration called 'key' at first Forward Rabun board meeting

Megan Horn
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
CLAYTON-- Collaboration among community leaders was the focal point for Tuesday’s Forward Rabun board meeting held at the Rabun County Civic Center.  This was the first meeting of the full 21-member board since the conception of  Forward Rabun.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Ashley York, left, is the case manager for the nonprofit, Christ-centered recovery residence Freedom Ministries Lighthouse and Dan Crane is the director. The nonprofit began in 2015 and has been at the facility in Lakemont for two years.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Ashley York, left, is the case manager for the nonprofit, Christ-centered recovery residence Freedom Ministries Lighthouse and Dan Crane is the director. The nonprofit began in 2015 and has been at the facility in Lakemont for two years.

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Freedom Lighthouse celebrates 2 years at Lakemont facility

Megan Horn
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
LAKEMONT-- Freedom Ministries Lighthouse, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Rabun County, celebrated their two-year anniversary at the Lakemont facility last Thursday.  It’s a nine-month Christ-centered recovery residence for men. It provides in-house and outpatient services to people in the community.