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Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. With Larry Walker holding the award, Rabun Pickleball Club members celebrate being named the GRPA’s statewide “Volunteer of the Year.”

Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. With Larry Walker holding the award, Rabun Pickleball Club members celebrate being named the GRPA’s statewide “Volunteer of the Year.”

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Rabun Pickleball Club honored as GRPA statewide ‘Volunteer of Year’

Wade Cheek
Thursday, November 14, 2024
The Rabun Pickleball Club was recently named as this year’s Georgia Recreation and Parks Association (GRPA) statewide “Volunteer of the Year.”  The award recognizes the club’s community service work in and around Rabun County.

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Vet-to-Vet Café brings veterans together

Megan Horn
Friday, November 8, 2024
Camaraderie among military Veterans is extremely important. One way those who have served can connect with others is through the monthly Vet-to-Vet Café sponsored by Forward Rabun. The Vet-to-Vet Café is held every second Tuesday of the month at 10 a.m. Its new location beginning Nov.
Submitted. Army veteran Jon Jones received a promotion in March of 1989. Jones retired as a Major after 20 years of military service. Below: Gary Cantwell served in the United States Army. He was deployed overseas to Vietnam in October of 1968 and returned in 1969.

Submitted. Army veteran Jon Jones received a promotion in March of 1989. Jones retired as a Major after 20 years of military service. Below: Gary Cantwell served in the United States Army. He was deployed overseas to Vietnam in October of 1968 and returned in 1969.

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VFW Post 4570 leaders are Army veterans

Megan Horn
Friday, November 8, 2024
Rabun County is blessed to be the home of many veterans who proudly served in the United States military. Gary Cantwell is commander for VFW Post 4570 and Jon Jones is quartermaster for VFW Post 4570.
File photo/Conner Horn. Rusty Russ salutes during the Veterans Day Ceremony at Veterans Park in front of the courthouse Nov. 11, 2023. Russ is a retired Army National Guard and served in the military for 16 years.

File photo/Conner Horn. Rusty Russ salutes during the Veterans Day Ceremony at Veterans Park in front of the courthouse Nov. 11, 2023. Russ is a retired Army National Guard and served in the military for 16 years.

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Ceremony to be held at courthouse on Veterans Day

Megan Horn
Friday, November 8, 2024
There are many ways veterans can be appreciated by the communities they live in. In Rabun County, there is no shortage of people honoring the brave men and women who sacrificed much. Each year a ceremony is held at the military monument in front of the Rabun County Courthouse, 25 Courthouse Sq.