It was a privilege to meet Patty Goodwin; I walked away from this assignment feeling refreshed and energized and wanting to make difference. After working 34 years in the field of social work, Goodwin officially retired last Friday. And just from spending a little over an hour with her, I get a strong sense that...
This story makes me happy. Jeff Snowden and his business partner Richard Tatarski have teamed up with the Northeast Georgia Food Bank to help provide poor people greater access to fresh food. Here, Snowden hooks a root rake to the tractor that Tatarski will use to remove debris from the soil before planting seed recently...
I’ve been a busy bee shooting for the Banner-Herald/OnlineAthens.com this week! About 80 University of Georgia professors took their last furlough day of the academic year yesterday to volunteer-teach in local schools. Mark Farmer, head of the Department of Cellular Biology at the University of Georgia, entertained kids with his “Mr. Microscope” show. Read the...
Karyn Carson of Watkinsville, Georgia was diagnosed with ALS last June at the age of 39. Although her body has been weakened dramatically over the past year, she is so inspiring. For her courageous spirit, Carson was named the ALS Association of Georgia’s patient of the year for 2010, and will make appearances in around...
The annual Twilight Criterium is underway in Athens this weekend, and I shot some pre-race qualifying heats downtown yesterday. If you’re not familiar with a criterium, I thought Blake Aued from Online Athens put it nicely*: “For the uninitiated, a criterium, or crit for short, is a short street race that’s often compared to NASCAR...
