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Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Kami Ahrens, curator and director of education for Foxfire, is excited to hold a book launch event for the book she wrote and edited titled “The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women: Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South.” Crowds of people attended the event held at the Rabun County Civic Center Diner.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Kami Ahrens, curator and director of education for Foxfire, is excited to hold a book launch event for the book she wrote and edited titled “The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women: Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South.” Crowds of people attended the event held at the Rabun County Civic Center Diner.

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Celebrating Women’s History Month with release of ‘The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women’

Megan Horn
Thursday, March 16, 2023
The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center celebrated Women’s History Month recently with a book launch event on Saturday, March 11, at the Rabun County Civic Center Diner for the newly released “The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women: Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Gwen Fink (center) reacts to seeing husband Robert “Bob” Noble Fink’s memorial plaque hung as a dedication to the late Rotarian in the lobby of Community Dental, a dental clinic for low-income adults through Clayton Rotary Foundation, Inc., located at the Rabun County Health Department. Also pictured is Rotarian Tony Penrose (left). A dedication ceremony was held March 10 for Fink, who was a Rotarian instrumental in the establishment of the Community Dental Clinic.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Gwen Fink (center) reacts to seeing husband Robert “Bob” Noble Fink’s memorial plaque hung as a dedication to the late Rotarian in the lobby of Community Dental, a dental clinic for low-income adults through Clayton Rotary Foundation, Inc., located at the Rabun County Health Department. Also pictured is Rotarian Tony Penrose (left). A dedication ceremony was held March 10 for Fink, who was a Rotarian instrumental in the establishment of the Community Dental Clinic.

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Late Bob Fink honored with plaque at Community Dental

Megan Horn
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Locals honored the legacy of the late Robert “Bob” Noble Fink in a special way on Friday, March 10, with a memorial plaque dedication event at the Community Dental Clinic.
Photo courtesy Rabun County 4-H. Rabun County ninth grader Peyton Hicks (left) won first place in the Georgia 4-H Northeast District Project Achievement for veterinary science at Rock Eagle 4-H Center from March 10-12. Hicks is shown with Stephens County’s Luke Roesch, Northeast District senior board member; and Denise Everson, Northeast District extension director.

Photo courtesy Rabun County 4-H. Rabun County ninth grader Peyton Hicks (left) won first place in the Georgia 4-H Northeast District Project Achievement for veterinary science at Rock Eagle 4-H Center from March 10-12. Hicks is shown with Stephens County’s Luke Roesch, Northeast District senior board member; and Denise Everson, Northeast District extension director.

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Rabun County 4-H student wins first place

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Thursday, March 16, 2023
Georgia 4-H had its Northeast District Project Achievement at Rock Eagle 4-H Center in Eatonton on March 10-12. Around 400 students from ninth-12th grade competed in a project of their choosing.
Submitted photo. Volunteers at the Currahee Brewing Company nonprofit night March 2 show support to the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia Food 2 Kids Program as the community came out and raised $2,900.

Submitted photo. Volunteers at the Currahee Brewing Company nonprofit night March 2 show support to the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia Food 2 Kids Program as the community came out and raised $2,900.

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Currahee Brewing Company nonprofit night raises $2,900 for Food Bank

Megan Horn
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Currahee Brewing Company raised a glass to the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia for the Food 2 Kids Program on Thursday, March 2, during its nonprofit night where $2,900 was raised for the program. “It was a great event.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Dozens of people attend the Mountain City council meeting Tuesday night to ask questions and discuss the recent sudden closure of the Mountain City U.S. Post Office.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Dozens of people attend the Mountain City council meeting Tuesday night to ask questions and discuss the recent sudden closure of the Mountain City U.S. Post Office.

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Concerns pile up for Mountain City postal customers

Megan Horn
Thursday, March 16, 2023
MOUNTAIN CITY– Questions about the future of the Mountain City Post Office continue to pile up as residents are growing increasingly frustrated at the lack of information from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) after the Dotson Street office was suspended suddenly in late February.
Photo courtesy of Dee Daley. With Clayton Mayor Kurt Cannon standing in front, the room at city hall was filled at the March 2 planning and zoning meeting.

Photo courtesy of Dee Daley. With Clayton Mayor Kurt Cannon standing in front, the room at city hall was filled at the March 2 planning and zoning meeting.

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Clayton Planning and Zoning Board tables variance vote

Megan Horn
Thursday, March 9, 2023
CLAYTON – The City of Clayton Planning and Zoning Board tabled its vote on a height variance request for a parcel of land located at 0 Ginger Creek in downtown Clayton.
Photo courtesy Roger Glenn. Roger Glenn (center) stands with Lt. Col. Michael Kelvington, professor of military science, and Doug Huber, the current president of The Ohio State Army ROTC Alumni Society, at Glenn’s induction ceremony into the university’s ROTC hall of fame.

Photo courtesy Roger Glenn. Roger Glenn (center) stands with Lt. Col. Michael Kelvington, professor of military science, and Doug Huber, the current president of The Ohio State Army ROTC Alumni Society, at Glenn’s induction ceremony into the university’s ROTC hall of fame.

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Rabun County resident inducted into Ohio State Army ROTC Hall of Fame

News Staff
Thursday, March 9, 2023
Rabun County resident and Col. (ret.) Roger Glenn was recently inducted into The Ohio State University Army ROTC Hall of Fame for 2023.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Fire Services deploys defensive and offensive tactics to knock down a structure fire at 338 Turpin Street in Tiger March 2. The structure was determined to be a complete loss.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Fire Services deploys defensive and offensive tactics to knock down a structure fire at 338 Turpin Street in Tiger March 2. The structure was determined to be a complete loss.

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Tiger structure fire a complete loss

News Staff
Thursday, March 9, 2023
TIGER– A structure fire in Tiger on March 2 was determined to be a complete loss after Rabun County Fire Services worked two hours and used approximately 8,000 gallons of water to extinguish the fire.