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Rabun County cheerleaders are, in back, from left, Rainny Patterson, Kasten Weems, Savanna Sullivan, Cassidy Richardson, Brianna Henslee, Miya Stewart, Faith Cofield, Carley Smith, Willow Fisher, Laurel Justus; in front, from left, are Ayla Jarrard, Jaycee Weber, Keianna Owens, Haley Hunt, Jailah Zanders (Universal Cheerleaders Association), Elizabeth Scruggs, Josie Darnell and Maci Varnadoe. (Submitted Photo)

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Rabun cheerleaders earn top cheer team honor

News Staff
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
The Rabun County varsity cheerleaders were recognized as the best cheer team at a Universal Cheerleaders Association camp in Lander University in Greenwood, S.C., last week. Rabun had five cheerleaders be named All-Americans, earned after individual tryouts. Willow Fisher, Jaycee Weber, Maci Varnadoe, Miya Stewart and Kasten Weems were invited to cheer at the New Year’s Day parade in London.
Florida high school baseball players and Fellowship of Christian Athletes members visit Sky Valley's Community Bible Church last week. (Submitted Photo)

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FCA brings Florida baseball players to Rabun

Glendon Poe
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
SKY VALLEY — Fellowship of Christian Athletes leaders Jason Schack and Jason Arnold wanted to give their group of Florida high school baseball players a chance to get away, while getting closer to their faith. Twenty-five student-athletes from Brevard County, Fla., took in a little bit of everything Rabun County and the surrounding area had to offer during their five-day retreat last week. “This is at the end of a summer where they’ve been investing spiritually. We’ve been praying with these kids, teaching them the word and we wanted to get them to a place where they could retreat,” Schack said.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. David Darugh, left, and Gayle Darugh, hold up their award for having Beechwood Inn honored for its wine program with the Wine Spectator Restaurant Award of Excellence for 2019. They have been a consecutive winner of the award since 2007.

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Beechwood Inn again honored for wine program

Megan Horn
Wednesday, July 24, 2019

CLAYTON— Beechwood Inn is known as Georgia’s premier wine country inn and has once again been honored for its wine program with the Wine Spectator Restaurant Award of Excellence for 2019.<

SDS mediator still not agreed on between cities and county.

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A year later, SDS is still stalled

Wayne Knuckles
Wednesday, July 24, 2019

CLAYTON—More than a year after all parties agreed on a mediator to lead proceedings in the costly Service Delivery Strategy (SDS) dispute between the county, the city of Clayton and other municipal