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Photo courtesy Tallulah Falls School. The blue bowls of Tallulah Falls School senior Marina Dumas claim top prize in the Georgia Independent School Association Virtual Art School.

Photo courtesy Tallulah Falls School. The blue bowls of Tallulah Falls School senior Marina Dumas claim top prize in the Georgia Independent School Association Virtual Art School.

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Blue bowls bring home blue ribbon for TFS student Dumas

News Staff
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Tallulah Falls School senior Marina Dumas of Clarkesville won first place in the High School Pottery category in the 2025 Georgia Independent School Association Virtual Art Show. Upper school art teacher Stephanie Stuefer helped Dumas prepare her artwork for entry into the contest.
Photo courtesy of Tallulah Falls School. Clayton Rotary President Sheryl Webster, Tate Colston, Emma Ivester, history teacher Nancy Almoyan, Carsyn Griffis, Emily Cai, Danny An, and Timothy Beck participate in the annual Interact Conference in Cumming, Georgia.

Photo courtesy of Tallulah Falls School. Clayton Rotary President Sheryl Webster, Tate Colston, Emma Ivester, history teacher Nancy Almoyan, Carsyn Griffis, Emily Cai, Danny An, and Timothy Beck participate in the annual Interact Conference in Cumming, Georgia.

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TFS Interact Club attends conference

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Thursday, April 3, 2025
The Tallulah Falls School Interact Club traveled to Cumming, Ga, for the annual Interact Conference. Each club from the northeast Georgia area shared about their service projects this year and the difference their club has made in their community. Clayton Rotary sponsors the TFS Interact Club.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Savannah Dixon is sworn in as Rabun County Probate judge to fill the unexpired term of Judge Carlton H. “Hobie” Jones, III, who was recently appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp and sworn-in as a Superior Court judge. Dixon took the oath before Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge William R. “Bill” Oliver.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Savannah Dixon is sworn in as Rabun County Probate judge to fill the unexpired term of Judge Carlton H. “Hobie” Jones, III, who was recently appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp and sworn-in as a Superior Court judge. Dixon took the oath before Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge William R. “Bill” Oliver.

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Dixon sworn-in as Rabun County Probate judge

Megan Horn
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Savannah Dixon was sworn-in as Rabun County Probate judge by Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge William R. “Bill” Oliver on Wednesday, March 26, at exactly 5:01 p.m. in the main courtroom at the Rabun County Courthouse.
Submitted photo. Members of Forward Rabun’s Youth Leadershp spend time and tour Rabun’s Mathis Dam.

Submitted photo. Members of Forward Rabun’s Youth Leadershp spend time and tour Rabun’s Mathis Dam.

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Forward Rabun Youth Leadership truly ‘empowered’ with local visit

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Thursday, April 3, 2025
Forward Rabun’s Youth Leadership group concluded its final community visit of the year last week, as the group toured Rabun’s Mathis Dam and the Terrora Power Plant. Georgia Power played host to the group as Local Manager Jeremy Spradlin showered the students with the finest of hospitality.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. USDA U.S. Forest Service Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Chattooga River Ranger District personnel posted a bulletin board with fire information and map resources at Ingles in Clayton. Walmart also had a similar board.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. USDA U.S. Forest Service Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Chattooga River Ranger District personnel posted a bulletin board with fire information and map resources at Ingles in Clayton. Walmart also had a similar board.

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Crews keep battling Warwoman wildfire

Megan Horn
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Crews with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service continue battling a wildfire in the Warwoman Wildlife Management Area. The fire is located in the Chattooga River Ranger District and referred to as the “Big Ridge Fire,” according to a press release from the U.S. Forest Service.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Josh Bleckley, Rabun County Fire Services Station 2 Captain, operates Ladder 1 for a brush fire on Clayburne Street in Clayton on March 25.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Josh Bleckley, Rabun County Fire Services Station 2 Captain, operates Ladder 1 for a brush fire on Clayburne Street in Clayton on March 25.

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Services use 15,000 gallons of water to contain fire

Megan Horn
Thursday, March 27, 2025
An early afternoon fire during a Red Flag Warning this week required emergency personnel to control its spread. Rabun County Fire Services Station 1 was dispatched at 12:54 p.m. on Tuesday, March 25, for a brush fire on Clayburne Street at Highway 441 in Clayton.

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Wrong-way driver hit with DUI charge

Megan Horn
Thursday, March 27, 2025
A Commerce, Ga., man has been charged with DUI-less safe and driving on the wrong side of the roadway following a three-vehicle crash on Ga. 15 at Tiger Connector Friday, March 21. Steven Shane Keyros, 37, was booked into the Rabun County Detention Center with the charges on March 22 at 3:22 a.m.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Kim Cannon with Children’s Services at Rabun County Public Library reads “Miss MacDonald Had a Farm” by Kalee Gwarjanski during “On the Road Storytime.”

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Kim Cannon with Children’s Services at Rabun County Public Library reads “Miss MacDonald Had a Farm” by Kalee Gwarjanski during “On the Road Storytime.”

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Businesses celebrate Georgia Ag week with children’s activity

Megan Horn
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Georgia is home to a large Agriculture industry and we in Rabun County are blessed to have many local businesses who provide locally grown food. Bringing awareness to the community about the importance of agriculture is vital.