...looking for new glasses after loosing mine somewhere in the room in atlanta

12 Gauge

The Hills of Hocking

Deadline Assignment; Topic: Work

Jerry Shellman, manager of Roller Bowl for 10 years fixes a jam of the sweeper in one of the bowling lanes. Shellman has lived in Athens all his life, and puts up to 12 hours everyday keeping up the maintence at the Roller Bowl. "Something new happens everyday, thats what I like about this job.

Friday night lights

New Creations Taxidermy and Deer Processing

Jeremy Bennet of Logan, Ohio, works on a deer that was just dropped off. Bennett finds himself split between both aspects of his full time business, New Creations Taxidermy & Deer Processing. “We are the largest full time deer processing and taxidermist in southern Ohio, so it gets pretty busy around here at times.”

David

26.2 percent of Americans, about one in four adults, suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. David Harrington is one of them. Diagnosed with depression, and bipolar disorder since the age of 12, he is trying to live a normal life. David sits outs of The Gathering Place and smokes a cigarette. The Gathering Place is a community of people who congregate together that have mental illnesses. His fingers are stained from the cigarette buds that he picks up to smoke everyday. Either from the ashtrays on top of trashcans, or on the side of the road if the bud is smoke able David finds it. “I don’t have any money to buy them, or if I did I would.” He explains.

Kayak Class

Ohio junior Josh Ackroyd practices kayak rolls in the Fundamental of Kayaking class on Friday, October 22. Ackroyd is just starting to learn to kayak, but still plans to go on the winter kayaking trip.

Athens, Ohio

Water Zumba

Freshman Hollie Danhoff (center) exercises in front of freshman friends Kendall Fisher (left) and Deena Benkey (right) on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 during the new water zumba class offered through ping at Ohio University's Aquatic Center. The class is every Monday and Wednesday from 8:00-8:45pm, and cost $2 per class for students or $4 for the general public.

Pawpaw Fest

First year I went to Pawpaw fest, met some cool people, good music, can't wait for next year. People come and go at the 12th annual Pawpaw Festival in Albany, Ohio. Maurus Brown (left), Christopher Daw (center), and Hal Kneen (right) judge and closely look at each pawpaw during the Best of Pawpaw contest this past Saturday at the 12th annual Pawpaw Festival in Albany, Ohio. Ken Drabik, from Chicago, slices pieces of pawpaw for people to taste at Neal Peterson Pawpaw's tent this past Saturday at the 12th annual Pawpaw Festival in Albany, Ohio. "I met Neal in 2005, and have been coming to the festival and helping him ever since." Through out the weekend there was lots music, food, contests, and workshops. Jennifer Hill, master gardner in Athens County, points out different types of plants on the pawpaw walk about this past Saturday at the 12th annual Pawpaw Festival in Albany, Ohio. Through out the weekend there was lots music, food, contests, and workshops. Andy Moore, 25, searches for pawpaws during the pawpaw walk about this past Saturday at the 12th annual Pawpaw Festival in Albany, Ohio. Andy Moore, 25, breaks off fungi, known as 'chicken of the woods' during the pawpaw walk about this past Saturday at the 12th annual Pawpaw Festival in Albany, Ohio. Moore traveled from Pittsburgh for the festival from hearing about it from a friend. Through out the weekend there was lots music, food, contests, and workshops. Brian Funk, from Pittsburgh, competes in the pawpaw eating contest this past Saturday at the 12th annual Pawpaw Festival in Albany, Ohio. This is Funks first Pawpaw Festivial.

Tornado hit town