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The facility and grounds where the Festival is held were once Clayton's high school gym and football field. The gym was renovated and became the Civic Center. Likewise, the football field serves other purposes now, as well. Part of the field spends the growing season as home to the Old School Community Garden, which offers plots, tools, and seeds for interested folks to raise their own food and build ties to other like-minded members of the community—those who like to know where their food really comes from. Of course, no garden is complete without a scarecrow to keep various birds and other critters from eating the tasty crops before harvest time.
While simpler things like aluminum pie tins and more complicated things like automated airhorns have come along to keep pesky critters frightened away, there's still something very satisfying about seeing a well-outfitted scarecrow standing guard over the summer's hard-won crops. On the day of the Festival, the Community Garden will be protected by a whole troop of stuffy-guys, created by local organizations and individuals. Be sure to take a stroll through the Garden, admire the remaining fruits (and vegetables) of the gardeners' labor, and pick out a favorite scarecrow. Wander through the Garden again later in the day and see if the contest judges agreed on that favorite, and maybe even place a bid on it in the silent auction. Proceeds benefit Sustainable Mountain Living Communities, the organization responsible for the Old School Community Garden.
For information on entering the scarecrow contest,
contact Mary Line at 706-746-7349.
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Clayton Tribune
Michael Leonard, Pub.
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Many thanks to the community
friends, organizations, and
businesses who contributed
resources and services to
last year's Festival!
Sheriff Frank Andrews
Appalachian Surveying
Neil & Joanne Bare
Vaughn & Lillie Billinglsey
Blue Ridge Music
City of Clayton
Charity Lane
Clayton Merch./Business Assoc.
Jody Cooley for GA Congress
The Clayton Tribune
Michael Cummings II, LLC
Duvall Automotive Group
Ed Grizzle Insurance Agency
Rutherford "Ruddy" Ellis
First American Bank & Trust
Betsy Fowler
Foxfire Community Board
The Fun Factory
Ledlie Graitcer
Charles & Jacqueline Groover
Holly Henry-Perry
AJ Hollman
Hunter Funeral Home
Wilma Hutcheson-Williams
Jim's Service Center
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Lair
Lake Rabun Fund/NGACF
Jennifer Marcellino/Medlink
Mary "Mac" McManus
Annette Modesto
Rabun County Bank
Rabun Co. Rec. Department
Rabun Gap–Nacoochee School
Reeves Hardware Company
Rotary Club of Clayton
Lessie Smithgall
Southern Grace Pageants
Jane Tomlin
Diane Turner
United Community Bank
Wildcat Football
Shawn Wilson for Sheriff
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