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Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune

Food Bank Christmas

News Staff
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Sarah McKissack, left, Brenda Nash and James Brim, manager of the Food Bank Mountain Branch, pass out holiday treat bags at the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia on Monday. Brim said that they wanted to pass out holiday treat bags as a gift to the children.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Byron Youngblood is the supervisor of customer services at the Clayton Post Office and retires at the end of the year after 34 years of service to the United States Postal Service.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Byron Youngblood is the supervisor of customer services at the Clayton Post Office and retires at the end of the year after 34 years of service to the United States Postal Service.

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Youngblood leaving post office after 34 years

Megan Horn
Thursday, December 17, 2020
CLAYTON-- Customer service has always been the top priority for Byron Youngblood during his 34 years at the United States Postal Service.  He began working at the Clayton Post Office on Oct. 11, 1986 and retires at the end of this year.
COVID-19 Local Update

COVID-19 Local Update

Test results show high rate of spread

Wayne Knuckles
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Rabun County continues to have one of the highest rates of positives among those tested for COVID-19, which is a leading indicator of the rate of community spread, health officials say. As of Tuesday, the Georgia Dept. of Public Health reported 197 new cases of COVID-19 in Rabun County.
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Rabun schools go to virtual learning

News Staff
Thursday, December 17, 2020
TIGER--Rabun County Schools will implement virtual, distance-based learning for all instruction until the end of the year due to an increase in COVID-19 cases, officials announced this week. All instruction will be virtual, distance-based beginning Wednesday, Dec.
Photo courtesy Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School. Lucy Barry ’22 of Tiger, GA and Sam Watts of Thomasville, GA perform in Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School’s production of “Into the Woods.”

Photo courtesy Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School. Lucy Barry ’22 of Tiger, GA and Sam Watts of Thomasville, GA perform in Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School’s production of “Into the Woods.”

'Into the Woods' performed at Rearden Theater

News Staff
Thursday, December 17, 2020
"The show must go on" - it's a mantra the Rabun Gap arts department truly took to heart this season as they created and produced a one-of-a-kind musical experience in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Rabun Gap students performed "Into the Woods" as this year's fall musical.
Tiger Mountain Vineyards was recently awarded two gold medals in the annual 2020 Georgia Trustees Wine Competition.

Tiger Mountain Vineyards was recently awarded two gold medals in the annual 2020 Georgia Trustees Wine Competition.

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Rabun's Tiger Mountain Vineyards awarded 2 gold medals in Georgia competition

News Staff
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Tiger Mountain Vineyards was recently awarded two gold medals in the annual 2020 Georgia Trustees Wine Competition. Gold went to Tiger’s 2018 Cabernet Franc and to the 2018 Tannat, an unusual French varietal pioneered in Georgia by TMV founder, the late Dr. John Ezzard.
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School will offer Pre-K for age 3 starting in the 2021-2022 school year. Applications are now open for the new program. Learn more at www.rabungap.org/earlylearning.  

Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School will offer Pre-K for age 3 starting in the 2021-2022 school year. Applications are now open for the new program. Learn more at www.rabungap.org/earlylearning.  

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RGNS to open Early Learning Center for 3-year-olds

News Staff
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School is excited to announce the creation of our Early Learning Center which will include the addition of a half-day PreK program for three-year-olds.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Clayton First United Methodist Church was the second place winner in the judging contest for the Clayton Christmas Parade last Saturday with the theme “Jesus is the Sweetest Treat.” Pastor Zack Martin waves at bystanders as the float travels down Main Street.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Clayton First United Methodist Church was the second place winner in the judging contest for the Clayton Christmas Parade last Saturday with the theme “Jesus is the Sweetest Treat.” Pastor Zack Martin waves at bystanders as the float travels down Main Street.

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A very Clayton Christmas

Megan Horn
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
CLAYTON-- COVID didn't stop Christmas from coming to downtown Clayton last Saturday for the annual Christmas parade.  "The Christmas parade was absolutely fabulous," said Juanita Shope, president of the Rabun County Chamber of Commerce.