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Former deputies claim mistreatment

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
CLAYTON--Three former Rabun County Sheriff’s Office employees will seek damages in excess of $1 million, claiming they were wrongfully terminated or forced to resign in retaliation for reporting alleged inappropriate sexual comments made by a sheriff’s officer supervisor to the wife of another...
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Keith Yunger, sign technician for the Rabun County mapping department, replaces one of the road name signs located on Warwoman Rd. that was stolen on Labor Day weekend. A total of 80 signs were reported stolen, along with one stop sign and seven stop signs damaged. Yunger installs all of the road signs in the county.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Keith Yunger, sign technician for the Rabun County mapping department, replaces one of the road name signs located on Warwoman Rd. that was stolen on Labor Day weekend. A total of 80 signs were reported stolen, along with one stop sign and seven stop signs damaged. Yunger installs all of the road signs in the county.

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Warwoman, Chechero signs gone

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
CLAYTON--No suspects have been identified in an investigation into the recent theft of 80 street signs located on Warwoman Rd. and in the Chechero community, according to officials. An incident of stolen street signs was first reported on Labor Day weekend.  “On Sept. 6, 2020 at approximately 6 a.

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Henry resigns as Clayton city manager

Wayne Knuckles
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
CLAYTON—Longtime Clayton City Manager Sylvia “Cissy” Henry resigned her post Monday. The surprise action followed a hastily-called two hour-plus executive session of the city council Monday morning. Henry, 53, had worked for the city since 2003.

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Water War Dispute has been dragging on for 5 years

Wayne Knuckles
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
CLAYTON—it’s been called the Water War. Rabun County and the city of Clayton have been fighting over water and sewer issues since at least 2015.  That was the year a Service Delivery Strategy (SDS) for water service expired.

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Commissioners hear zoning requests

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
CLAYTON--Building regulations and rezoning requests were topics of discussion at the Rabun County Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday.  Commissioner Will Nichols was not present at the meeting.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Retirees of Rabun County Schools, Judy Burch, 14 years, Becky Cross, 25 years, and Pop Wilburn, 13 years, were recognized at the September Board of Education meeting.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Retirees of Rabun County Schools, Judy Burch, 14 years, Becky Cross, 25 years, and Pop Wilburn, 13 years, were recognized at the September Board of Education meeting.

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School board votes to jump-start ESPLOST with bonds

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
TIGER-- The Rabun County Board of Education approved a motion to allow the sale of bonds with an interest rate of .82 percent in order to jump-start Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax Projects (ESPLOST), at their meeting last Thursday.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Jason Waldroup, public works director for the city of Clayton, graduated in August with a certification as a Certified Public Manager from the University of Georgia Carl Vinson Institutes of Government.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Jason Waldroup, public works director for the city of Clayton, graduated in August with a certification as a Certified Public Manager from the University of Georgia Carl Vinson Institutes of Government.

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Waldroup completes his certification as public manager

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Jason Waldroup, public works director for the city of Clayton, graduated in August with a certification as a Certified Public Manager from the University of Georgia Carl Vinson Institute of Government.  “It’s a really awesome program,” Waldroup said in an interview Tuesday.

Shirley named interim head at North Georgia Technical College

News Staff
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
ATLANTA, GA—Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) Commissioner Greg Dozier announced his appointment today of Dr. Michele Shirley as North Georgia Technical College’s (NGTC) Interim President after the recent death of NGTC President Dr. Mark Ivester. Dr.
Georgia is lagging in its count of the 2020 U.S. Census. (U.S. Census Bureau photo)

Georgia is lagging in its count of the 2020 U.S. Census. (U.S. Census Bureau photo)

State leaders press census with only days to go before deadline

News Staff
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Local leaders from Rome to Savannah pressed Georgians on Monday to complete the 2020 census with only 10 days left before the deadline. Georgia ranks near the bottom of states in its progress on the decennial count, which influences federal money allocations and political representation.