Submitted photo. The band Sweet Charity with guest musician Greg Funkhouser performs at the Clayton Rotary Club Foundation’s Luau fundraising event April 22.

Submitted photo. Standing with his wife Sharon, Sonny Smart (far right) receives the Contribution to Amateur Football Award. A Rabun County resident, Smart is the father of current University of Georgia head football coach Kirby Smart (center). Among his career stops, Smart was the head football coach and athletic director at Rabun County High School.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. When Independence Day weekend comes in July, a new statewide legislation involving wakeboarding and wakesurfing on Georgia lakes may be enforced if Gov. Brian Kemp signs the bill into law. Here two ducks swim in the waters of Lake Burton last year as the Ski Patriots prepare to continue their miles-long trek around the lake in honor of America.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Pinwheels on display in front of the Rabun County Courthouse represent 129 victims of child abuse who were served in Rabun County this year. Pinwheels are also on display at Rabun County Division of Family and Children Services.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. This bench dedicated to the late Bob Powers will be placed near the Sky Valley pavilion and post office area in the city.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Clayton Rotary Foundation, Inc. recently awarded a $20,000 grant to Rabun County Schools’ Needy Children’s Fund and presented the check to Superintendent Dr. April Childers. Pictured are Rotarian Todd Faircloth (left); Rotary President Leif Ericson; Rotarian and grant sponsor Matt Mitcham; Superintendent Dr. April Childers; Rotarian Eric Thurmond and Rotarian Ray Pagano.