Where the Buffalo Roam Rabun’S COVID-19 Cases Rising
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Wildcats win again INSIDE SSalutealute ttoo — PAGE B-1 THIS Rabun CCountyounty VVeteranseterans EDITION SSpecialpecial SSectionection Inside Rabun Hall of Fame — PAGE B-3 The Clayton Tribune , 2020 n THURSDAY, November 12 theclaytontribune.com Vol. 123, No. 45 $1.00 New branding to help market Rabun County tourism Special to The Clayton Tribune inclusive, and contempo- where visitors can enjoy “Exploring the out- Forward Rabun, a pub- rary market. coming for a day or more doors and stepping out of lic-private partnership Understanding that to explore the mountains the norm can be rejuve- that integrates tourism people need a way to and lakes, trails and wa- nating for many urban and economic develop- unplug and explore away terfalls, shops and activ- residents, and provides ment marketing under from the traffic, conges- ities, wining and dining, a much-needed break one organization, has tion, and noise in the city, and more. The new logo, from demands, devices revealed a new brand for the new Explore Rabun which pulls inspiration and routines. We want to Rabun County’s tourism brand was created to from vintage stamps and remind people that ad- entity, Explore Rabun. evoke a sense of urban luggage stickers, invites venture comes in many The new brand is a adventure, officials say. visitors to “send them- forms and is not just for sign of a renewed focus Rabun County is a selves” to the mountains a special few. Adventure and repositioning of the quick escape from the to experience living life is only a short trip away county’s tourism efforts metro Atlanta, Green- to its fullest while “enjoy- toward a broader, more ville and Charlotte areas, ing the ride!” Please see TOURISM, A12 Where The Buffalo Roam Rabun’s COVID-19 cases rising By Wayne Knuckles PCR tests (a COVID-19 The Clayton Tribune test) is greater than 10 CLAYTON—Rabun percent. County is one of a grow- All counties bordering ing number of com- Rabun County share this munities reporting an designation. increase in the number of Rabun County has had COVID-19 cases over the 447 cases of COVID-19 re- past month, according ported to date, according to the Georgia Dept. of to GDPH. Public Health. A total of 11 Rabun Rabun has been identi- County residents, rang- fied as both an “emerging ing in age from 37-90, county of interest” and a have died of COVID-19 “high transmission coun- related complications to ty” on the GDPH website. date. An emerging county The website also lists of interest is one that Rabun County COVID-19 has shown both with a cases by age group: greater than five percent The majority of positive Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune cases have been in the 18- Mary Serra and Mike English own nine bison that roam on a 48-acre farm off of Persimmon Rd. Serra named it Tallulah Bison Ranch. Eight increase in COVID-19 cases over the past week. 29 year old category with of the bison came from Montana and Minnesota. Serra said that owning a herd of bison is something she wanted to check off of her bucket 92, followed by ages 60-69 list in her life. Neighboring Union, White, and Habersham (71 cases), ages 30-39 (70 counties share the desig- cases) and ages 50-59 (63 nation. cases). Couple maintains herd at Tallulah Bison Ranch A “high transmission Rabun County has county” is one where the reported 31 new cases in By Megan Broome horses grazing in fields on Tallulah Bison Ranch, bison is something she’s 14-day transmission rate the past two weeks, for a Staff Writer on acres of family-owned along with four donkeys always wanted to do. is greater than 100 cases 14-day case rate of 182.5 farms. and a cow named Butter- “I guess this was on my PERSIMMON—The per 100,00 county resi- per 100,000 population. A detour onto Persim- cup. bucket list in my life,” roads of Rabun County dents and where the 14- twist and turn through mon Rd. from Highway 76 Mary Serra and Mike Serra said. She is an day average for positive Please see COVID, A3 the North Georgia Moun- W takes you by a centu- English own nine bison artist and said she loves tains. ry-old family farm that’s that found their way to painting and drawing A drive through the home to a more exotic Rabun County from Mon- different animals like countryside takes you animal. tana and Minnesota. Newspaper email service past pastures of cows and Bison grunt and roam Serra said owning Please see BISON, A3 out since Friday morning Clayton food truck ordinance approved The Clayton Tribune’s disruption. Currently, email service was in- none of The Clayton By Megan Broome censing fee costs for spe- terrupted last Friday, Tribune email address- Staff Writer cial events to distinguish and was still down at es are working, but we between vendors who did press time Wednesday have set up an alter- CLAYTON—Clayton morning. native way to email us city council members ad- and did not already have an operating license. The newspaper relies until we can restore opted a food truck ordi- on the servers of its full service.” nance at a special called A draft of the ordi- nance read, “a special parent company, Com- You can still contact meeting on Tuesday. munity Newspapers, the newspaper by email Council members event license may be ob- tained for a 72-hour peri- Inc., located in Athens, theclaytontribune@ Michelle Duquette and Ga., for email service. gmail.com, by tele- Woody Blalock were not od and shall be obtained by the event organizer.” “We have experts phone at 706-782-3312 or in attendance. working around the by fax at 706-782-4230. The ordinance came Green said that if a food truck operator clock to fix the prob- Knuckles said he ex- about from recent lem,” Tribune Publish- pects the problem to be inquiries for food truck already has a license to operate in city limits that er Wayne Knuckles said resolved shortly. operations in the city. Tuesday. “We know this Updates on the situ- Before the motion Tina Barnes, left, and Lisa Overholt address Clayton City Council the organizer should not members at their meeting Tuesday requesting a speed bump be put have to pay an additional disruption is a major ation will be provided passed, minor changes inconvenience for our on our website, www. were made for clarifica- on Payne Hill Drive. fee. “An event organizer readers, our advertis- theclaytontribune.com tion. ordinance is pretty self Jordan Green. He sug- ers and our associates. and on our Facebook “This food truck explanatory,” said Mayor gested changes to the li- Please see FOOD, A3 We apologize for the page. 3 sections, 32 pages INDEX WEATHER Church ..................................A10 Obituaries ..............................A6 High 78-61 fi Classi eds ..........................B 5-7 Opinion ..................................A4 Low 53-36 Community Board ..................B8 Police Blotter ..........................A8 Partly Cloudy See page A2. 303 FALLING CREEK TRAIL, CLAYTON, GA 30525 &BDI0GGJDF*OEFQFOEFOUMZ0XOFEBOE0QFSBUFE 0 BLACK ROCK ESTATES, CLAYTON, GA 30525 NEW NEW LISTING (PSHFPVTNPVOUBJODBCJOXJUICJHQJDUVSFXJOEPXT LISTING "CFBVUJGVMMPUUPCVJMEZPVSESFBNIPNFPO EJTUBOUNPVOUBJOWJFXTMPDBUFEPO#BSUSBN3JEHF NJOVUFTUPUPXO#SFBUIUBLJOH MBZFSFENPVOUBJO OFBS$MBZUPO4PBSJOHWBVMUFEDFJMJOHT MBVSFMXPPE WJFXT$MPTFUP-BLF#VSUPO -BLF3BCVO IJLJOH GJOJTIFTUISPVHIPVU XPPECVSOJOHTUPOFGJSFQMBDF GJTIJOH SJWFSSBGUJOH TUBUFQBSLTBOEBMMUIFPUIFS HSBOJUFLJUDIFO BNBTUFSTVJUFPVUEPPSTQBDFT XPOEFSGVMUIJOHT/PSUIFBTU("IBTUPPGGFS#MBDL XJUIHSFBUQSJWBDZ Town & Country 3PDL&TUBUFTJTUIFQMBDFUPCF .-4t &4"7"//")45t10#09t$-":50/ (" .-4t Jon Barnwell t$FMM REMAX.COMt0''*$& Tambrie Kitchens t Cell: 706.490.5196 A2 November 12, 2020 The Clayton Tribune RABUN COUNTY CONTACT US News In Brief Main Line: 706-782-3312 Fax: 706-782-4230 Rabun Gap press release. It re- upcoming youth minis- Mail: 120 North Main St., P.O. Box 425, ported 2 quarantine tries. Food Distribution cases at Tallulah Falls Clayton, GA 30525 Middle School and 3 Email: thetribune@theclayton Rabun Gap Presby- quarantine cases at Food Bank of tribune.com terian Church’s Food Tallulah Falls Upper Northeast Georgia Website: www.theclaytontribune.com Distribution is a week School. early due to the holi- The Food Bank of Rabun Gap-Nacooch- Northeast Georgia has days in November and ee School reported ADMINISTRATION December. free books for kids of three confirmed posi- all ages available to the This week, the No- tive cases of COVID-19 vember distribution public. Publisher/Editor that were contained Visit the Food Bank, will be held on Satur- in a single classroom Wayne Knuckles day, Nov. 14. located at 46 Plaza [email protected] ’ at the Lower School, Way in Clayton, Mon- TODAY S In December, the dis- according to Megan day-Friday from 8 a.m. tribution will take place Morris, director of ffi on Saturday, Dec. 12. to 3:30 p.m. to pick up O ce Manager marketing and com- books. Volunteers are needed munication for Rabun Violet Tipton at 7:30 a.m. to help. Gap-Nacoochee School. [email protected] WEATHER Recipients in need “Students in the Rabun County will be provided several affected classroom, as weeks’ worth of food, well as employees who Public Library ADVERTISING meat, dairy, canned, were in close contact Rabun County Pub- CLAYTON, GA and dry goods. Distri- as defined by the CDC, lic Library is holding bution begins at 8:30 Senior Sales Associate have been quarantined Fresh Air Storytime at Debbie Martin a.m. and continues until out of an abundance of the pavilions behind [email protected] supplies run out. caution,” Morris said. the library by appoint- THURSDAY ment Monday-Wednes- City of Cub Scouts day. Families may visit Sales Associate o o www.rabuncountyli- Tony Penrose Sky Valley brary.org to schedule a Pack 6 storytime.