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COLUMN: Camping on the river with Dad

Glendon Poe
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
We found ourselves in the same place we’d been dozens of times before. But this time was different. My dad and I set up camp, got ourselves some cold beverages and found a shallow spot to sit in the river. 
Rabun County senior football players are pictured with coach Jaybo Shaw at Currahee Mountain. (Submitted Photo)

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Cats climb Currahee

News Staff
Wednesday, August 7, 2019

The Rabun County football team made its annual summer visit to Currahee Mountain in Stephens County last weekend.

Destiny Deetz (23) attempts a kill while teammate Lyndee Hollifield (25) looks on during a match against Prince Avenue Christian at Ken Byrd Court in Tiger on Tuesday night. (Glendon Poe/The Clayton Tribune)

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Rabun County splits volleyball season opener

Glendon Poe
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
TIGER — In the final set of Match 1, Rabun County’s first-year volleyball coach Reggie Rider called a timeout and asked his team for seven straight points. The Wildcats obliged, defeating the Prince Avenue Christian Wolverines 2-1 (25-21, 19-25, 15-11), before forcing a third set against the East Hall Vikings in a 2-1 (18-25, 25-23, 15-7) loss at Ken Byrd Court on Tuesday night. “We have to learn to finish,’” Rider said during the timeout against the Wolverines. “We’ve learned to play, now we have to learn to finish.”
Courtney Ledford is the new head coach of the Rabun Gap- Nacoochee varsity volleyball team. (Photo courtesy of Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School)

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Rabun Gap volleyball, baseball get new head coaches

News Staff
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
The Rabun Gap-Nacoochee varsity volleyball and baseball programs will have new head coaches this season. Courtney Ledford will coach the volleyball team and Clark Wright will coach the baseball team. Ledford is a 2008 Rabun Gap graduate, playing 7 years of volleyball at Rabun Gap and was a team captain. She played setter and libero.
Judge: It's time for a new courthouse

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Judge: It's time for a new courthouse

Megan Horn
Thursday, August 1, 2019

CLAYTON— Chief Judge Russell Smith of the Ninth District Mountain Judicial Circuit gave a presentation addressing the need for a new courthouse at the Rabun County Board of Commissioners meeting on

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Stephanie Howard, Rabun County library manager, will have her last day on Wednesday, August 7 after almost eight years of service.

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Library leader leaving a legacy

Megan Horn
Thursday, August 1, 2019

CLAYTON— There’s no place like home and after serving almost eight years as the Rabun County Library Manager, Stephanie Howard is moving back to her hometown of Pickens County, S.C.