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Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. With some of the hottest days this year statewide, Rabun County outdoor summer youth camps have been challenged in finding ways to keep participants cool. Here, Cowen Gilbert, does a head-first slide on a tarp soaked with water and dish detergent during the last day of the Wildcat Baseball Camp on June 16.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. With some of the hottest days this year statewide, Rabun County outdoor summer youth camps have been challenged in finding ways to keep participants cool. Here, Cowen Gilbert, does a head-first slide on a tarp soaked with water and dish detergent during the last day of the Wildcat Baseball Camp on June 16.

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July hot with rec department camp

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Monday, June 27, 2022
Seven days a week the Rabun County Recreation swimming pool is open and July has summer programs remaining for the Rabun County Recreation Department. Monday through Friday the pool is available as people can assess the pool from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Saturday hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Registration deadline approaches for July 2 event

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Monday, June 27, 2022
Tuesday is the deadline to sign up for the 37th Lake Burton Fun Run. A projected 1,250 runners are expected for the July 2 two-mile event that begins at the Moccasin Creek pavilion in Clarkesville at 9 a.m. The registration fee is $35 as the registration ends during the morning hours on June 28.

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Rabun Ramble getting ready to rumble

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Monday, June 27, 2022
Next weekend in celebration of Independence Day the annual Rabun Ramble 10K and 5K road races will draw hundreds of runners. To register for the July 2 races, applications are available online at www.rabunramble.com or at Rabun Chamber of Commerce.
Photo courtesy of Melissa Elzey. Runners begin last year’s Lake Burton Fun Run at the Moccasin Creek pavilion in Clarkesville. Annually, a total of 1,250 participate.

Photo courtesy of Melissa Elzey. Runners begin last year’s Lake Burton Fun Run at the Moccasin Creek pavilion in Clarkesville. Annually, a total of 1,250 participate.

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Lake Burton Fun Run to draw 1,250 entrants

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Monday, June 20, 2022
The course for the 37th Lake Burton Fun Run will once again be filled with runners on July 2 as the entrants start their two-mile trek at the Moccasin Creek pavilion in Clarkesville.

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Rodeo shows coming to arena in Tiger

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Monday, June 20, 2022
The popular rodeo returns to the Rabun Arena on the evenings of June 30 and July 1 with bucking broncos, barrel racing, calf roping, steer wrestling and bull riding. The gates at the covered arena open at 6 p.m. and the rodeo starts at 8 p.m. Tickets can either be bought online at Eventbrite.
Photo submitted. Georgia Southern University’s Ashley Judson (center) conducted a two-day Standing Air Rifle clinic for the Tallulah Falls rifle team.

Photo submitted. Georgia Southern University’s Ashley Judson (center) conducted a two-day Standing Air Rifle clinic for the Tallulah Falls rifle team.

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Tallulah Falls busy with sports camps, conditioning

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Monday, June 20, 2022
The Tallulah Falls School Sports Fitness Center is open throughout the summer and camps continue in June and next month. The fitness center is overseen by the former multiple Division I university strength and conditioning coach Dianna Neal.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County High School head tennis coach Bryan Getty watches Tagg Bedingfield bounce the ball off his racket during a “Summer Tennis Camp” Monday at the Kingwood Golf Club & Resort tennis courts.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County High School head tennis coach Bryan Getty watches Tagg Bedingfield bounce the ball off his racket during a “Summer Tennis Camp” Monday at the Kingwood Golf Club & Resort tennis courts.

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Rec department’s jammed-packed summer

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Friday, June 17, 2022
The swimming pool is open for the season; the 7th Annual Recreation Shootout Golf Tournament is this month; and a slew of summer programs are on the calendar for a busy Rabun County Recreation Department. The pool will be in operation for swimmers seven days a week.