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Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Kathy Lee addresses Clayton City Council members at their meeting Tuesday to discuss meter cost concerns on a property she owns in Mountain City where she plans to have a community of tiny homes.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Kathy Lee addresses Clayton City Council members at their meeting Tuesday to discuss meter cost concerns on a property she owns in Mountain City where she plans to have a community of tiny homes.

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Clayton resolves disputed water bill with county

Megan Horn
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
CLAYTON— Clayton City Council members passed a motion that resolved the heated conflict between the city and the Rabun County Water and Sewer Authority (RCWSA) regarding an August 2019 water bill at the city council meeting on Tuesday.
E. Lane Gresham/Tallulah Falls School. From left are former Tallulah Falls School Board of Trustees’ chairwomen Amy Atkinson, Ellen Alderman, President and Head of School Larry A. Peevy, former board chairwomen Carolyn Freelander, Gewene Womack and current board chair Gail Cantrell.

E. Lane Gresham/Tallulah Falls School. From left are former Tallulah Falls School Board of Trustees’ chairwomen Amy Atkinson, Ellen Alderman, President and Head of School Larry A. Peevy, former board chairwomen Carolyn Freelander, Gewene Womack and current board chair Gail Cantrell.

TFS celebrates payoff for renovations

News Staff
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
With a dramatic flourish, school leadership celebrated the pay-off of outstanding debt incurred in 2002 for dorm renovations at Tallulah Falls School. The school retired the $3 million loan for Westmoreland Hall and Fitzpatrick Hall as of Dec. 17, 2019.
Submitted photo. The Lake Burton Civic Association purchased this 1949 fire engine pumper truck as part of a restoration project to recruit volunteer firefighters and to commemorate the contribution volunteer firefighters make to the Rabun County community.

Submitted photo. The Lake Burton Civic Association purchased this 1949 fire engine pumper truck as part of a restoration project to recruit volunteer firefighters and to commemorate the contribution volunteer firefighters make to the Rabun County community.

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Old fire engine being restored to recruit volunteers

Megan Horn
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Rabun County Fire Services is made up of 150-160 volunteers, and the Lake Burton Civic Association (LBCA) hopes to recruit more volunteer firefighters through a restoration project of a 1949 fire engine, dubbed “Big Red 2.”
Submitted photo. A vehicle was overturned down an embankment following a one-car motor vehicle accident on Lake Rabun Road at Appaloosa Lane in Lakemont on Sunday, January 19. Station 4 volunteers were among those who responded to the accident.

Submitted photo. A vehicle was overturned down an embankment following a one-car motor vehicle accident on Lake Rabun Road at Appaloosa Lane in Lakemont on Sunday, January 19. Station 4 volunteers were among those who responded to the accident.

Lakemont rollover results in DUI charge

News Staff
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
LAKEMONT— A Tiger man was arrested for DUI after overturning his vehicle down an embankment on Lake Rabun Road at Appaloosa Lane in Lakemont on Sunday, January 19. Austin Gregory Ramey, 25 of Tiger was the driver of black 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Schools recognized December Employees of the Month at their recent council meeting. Jay Fowler, RCPS Principal, from left, Jennifer Green, RCPS Employee of the Month, Laura Welborn, RCPS, Kelly Nixon, BOE Office, Jessica Cantrell, RCES, Stefanie Taylor, RCMS, Vicki Tyler, RCMS Principal, April Marshall, RCHS, Justin Spillers, RCHS principal, Jake Davis, Transportation Employee of the Month and Marty Dixon, Transportation Director.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Schools recognized December Employees of the Month at their recent council meeting. Jay Fowler, RCPS Principal, from left, Jennifer Green, RCPS Employee of the Month, Laura Welborn, RCPS, Kelly Nixon, BOE Office, Jessica Cantrell, RCES, Stefanie Taylor, RCMS, Vicki Tyler, RCMS Principal, April Marshall, RCHS, Justin Spillers, RCHS principal, Jake Davis, Transportation Employee of the Month and Marty Dixon, Transportation Director.

Board of Education recognizes top employees

Megan Horn
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
TIGER— Rabun County Schools Employees of the Month for December were recognized at the Board of Education meeting on Thursday, January 16. Each school votes on employees of the month and coworkers make remarks about why that person was chosen.
The Rabun County Historical Society and county archives are housed in this building at the corner of Church and Hiawassee Street in Clayton.

The Rabun County Historical Society and county archives are housed in this building at the corner of Church and Hiawassee Street in Clayton.

Historical Society keeps Rabun County history alive

News Staff
Thursday, January 16, 2020
Why should anyone care that Clayton was founded at the convergence of five important Cherokee trails? Or about how the coming of the railroad early in the twentieth century put Clayton on the map and forged its future?
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Brendan Thompson, general manager for the RCWSA, left, Claude Rickman, Dallas Taylor, Greg Peters, vice-chairman, Kent Woerner, County Commissioner, Roger Mullins, Jerry Krivsky, Jeff Hunter, Brett Cohee, and Darrin Giles, county administrator, stand inside their new office-shop building located on Yorkhouse Rd. in Rabun Gap.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Brendan Thompson, general manager for the RCWSA, left, Claude Rickman, Dallas Taylor, Greg Peters, vice-chairman, Kent Woerner, County Commissioner, Roger Mullins, Jerry Krivsky, Jeff Hunter, Brett Cohee, and Darrin Giles, county administrator, stand inside their new office-shop building located on Yorkhouse Rd. in Rabun Gap.

RCWSA moves into new office/shop building

Megan Horn
Thursday, January 16, 2020
RABUN GAP— After five years of saving and many months of construction, the Rabun County Water and Sewer Authority has moved into its new office-shop building and held its first meeting of 2020 on Tuesday, January 14. The building is located at 1650 Yorkhouse Rd., Rabun Gap.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. The newly-elected Clayton City Council holds their first meeting of 2020 at the Clayton Municipal Complex on Tuesday. From left, Woody Blalock, Michelle Duquette, David Cross, Cissy Henry, city manager, Jordan Green, mayor, Mitch Baker, city attorney, Ara Joyce and John Bradshaw.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. The newly-elected Clayton City Council holds their first meeting of 2020 at the Clayton Municipal Complex on Tuesday. From left, Woody Blalock, Michelle Duquette, David Cross, Cissy Henry, city manager, Jordan Green, mayor, Mitch Baker, city attorney, Ara Joyce and John Bradshaw.

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Food Bank agrees to repair culvert on Chechero

Megan Horn
Thursday, January 16, 2020
CLAYTON— The culvert at the intersection of the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia and Chechero Street, what’s been an ongoing controversy between the Food Bank and the city of Clayton, might be one step closer to being repaired.