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Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Corrie Turpin, Becky Dryman and Kenette Turner are dispatchers at Rabun County 911 and are dedicated to serving their community. Rabun County 911 Dispatch is the first point of contact during emergencies.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Corrie Turpin, Becky Dryman and Kenette Turner are dispatchers at Rabun County 911 and are dedicated to serving their community. Rabun County 911 Dispatch is the first point of contact during emergencies.

Hidden Heroes: Rabun 911 Dispatch is the first point of contact in an emergency

Megan Horn
Friday, June 17, 2022
Echo. Verify. Repeat. These are key instructions Rabun County 911 dispatchers follow as they are the initial step in the emergency process when community members call needing help.
Submitted photo. Event organizer Kathy Booker, donor Steve Raebel, Victory Home Director Mark Beach, and donor Mike Hammer stand beside the new tractor that was purchased for Victory Home.

Submitted photo. Event organizer Kathy Booker, donor Steve Raebel, Victory Home Director Mark Beach, and donor Mike Hammer stand beside the new tractor that was purchased for Victory Home.

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Donors major factor in Victory Home getting a garden tractor

News Staff
Friday, June 17, 2022
“Here it comes!” the excited group called out as they stood watching the new Kubota tractor and implements come rolling into the driveway of Victory Home. This tractor’s purchase and arrival at Victory Home was the culmination of a one-month fundraiser led by St. James Episcopal Church in Clayton.
Photo courtesy of Conner Horn. Rabun County Fire Services continue to fight a three-story house fire on Lake Rabun Monday night. Crews remained on the scene into the morning hours. The fire could be seen for miles. The vacation house was deemed a complete loss.

Photo courtesy of Conner Horn. Rabun County Fire Services continue to fight a three-story house fire on Lake Rabun Monday night. Crews remained on the scene into the morning hours. The fire could be seen for miles. The vacation house was deemed a complete loss.

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Fire destroys three-story Lake Rabun home

News Staff
Friday, June 17, 2022
A three-story, approximately 12,000 square-foot structure on Lake Rabun was a total loss following a fire on Monday evening at 989 Mathis Dam Rd. The firefighting effort led to five firefighters having to be treated by EMS for heat exhaustion and dehydration, but none were transported.

Fire destroys three-story Lake Rabun home; cause undetermined

News Staff
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
A three-story, approximately 12,000 sq. ft. structure on Lake Rabun was a total loss following a fire on Monday evening at 989 Mathis Dam Rd. The firefighting effort led to five firefighters having to be treated by EMS for heat exhaustion and dehydration, but none were transported.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Pictured are Bo Anderson; Brett Backer; Lilli Chase; Carlie Crane; Willow Fisher; Birdie Jordan; Caleb Long; Tate Ramey; Sarah Kate Roberson; Mackenzie Stancil; Jenica Steill; Loren Stiles; Anna Grace Thompson; and Jaycee Weber. Not pictured are Carson Becerra; Connor Horton; Garrett Horton; Blake Ramey; Dalton Ramey and Lizbeth Suarez.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Pictured are Bo Anderson; Brett Backer; Lilli Chase; Carlie Crane; Willow Fisher; Birdie Jordan; Caleb Long; Tate Ramey; Sarah Kate Roberson; Mackenzie Stancil; Jenica Steill; Loren Stiles; Anna Grace Thompson; and Jaycee Weber. Not pictured are Carson Becerra; Connor Horton; Garrett Horton; Blake Ramey; Dalton Ramey and Lizbeth Suarez.

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Students receive Lake Rabun Foundation scholarships

News Staff
Thursday, June 2, 2022
Lake Rabun Foundation Scholarship Program recipients were honored at the Lake Rabun Association annual Memorial Day meeting on Sunday. Students were introduced to membership and acknowledged at the Lake Rabun Pavilion.
Megan Broome/The ClaytonTribune. Dozens of family members and friends of Rabun County Detention Center Officer Courtney Faith Zajdowicz donned memory buttons of Zajdowicz during the May 25 court hearing. Jaime Avila Reyes was sentenced to 15 years to serve.

Megan Broome/The ClaytonTribune. Dozens of family members and friends of Rabun County Detention Center Officer Courtney Faith Zajdowicz donned memory buttons of Zajdowicz during the May 25 court hearing. Jaime Avila Reyes was sentenced to 15 years to serve.

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Reyes gets 15 years for detention officer’s death

Megan Horn
Thursday, June 2, 2022
With dozens of family members and friends wearing pictured memory buttons of their deceased loved one, a Clayton man pled guilty to homicide by vehicle on May 25 in superior court and was sentenced to 15 years to serve for the September 2021 fatal crash of Rabun County Detention Center Officer...

Library summer reading begins with a SPLASH!

News Staff
Thursday, June 2, 2022
With the school year coming to an end the Rabun County Public Library is gearing up to kick off its Summer Reading Program (SRP) for 2022 centered on the theme “Oceans of Possibilities.” The SRP will be held from Wednesday, June 1, and ending Thursday, July 14.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Roger Glenn, United States Army Military Police Officer, Cindy O’Neil, Chris Dinofrio and Crystal Zajdowicz Cross place a wreath in honor of the men and women who fought and died for our country. Glenn was the speaker at the event.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Roger Glenn, United States Army Military Police Officer, Cindy O’Neil, Chris Dinofrio and Crystal Zajdowicz Cross place a wreath in honor of the men and women who fought and died for our country. Glenn was the speaker at the event.

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Community honors fallen heroes on Memorial Day

Megan Horn
Thursday, June 2, 2022
CLAYTON– The Rabun County community and U.S. veterans from the county and surrounding counties came out to the Rabun County Courthouse to honor fallen heroes on Memorial Day. “Remember our fallen heroes. They are the reason that we are free,” the program handout noted.