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Blog posts by Blake Aued and Jessica Silverman

  • Photo Gallery: Athens Restaurants Compete in School Lunch Challenge

    Blog: Grub Notes

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    A student judges a dish.

    Local restaurants competed Saturday for the chance to have a dish added to the Clarke County School District's 2018–2019 menu, with Dondero's Kitchen coming out on top.

    Dondero's won the annual School Lunch Challenge with its chicken fajitas and roasted sweet potatoes. The Food Bank of Northeast Georgia's turkey, cheese and veggie panini with steamed broccoli and lemon zest finished second in the student vote, while Taziki's Mediterranean Café's entry, a "pizzadilla" with chopped salad won the silver medal among adults. The Last Resort Grill also competed.

    By Blake Aued and Jessica Silverman | March 27, 2018

  • Photo Gallery: Lunar New Year Celebration at the Botanical Garden

    Blog: Culture Briefs

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    It's the Year of the Dog—or Dawg, if you prefer—and the State Botanical Garden helped usher in the lunar new year with a celebration Saturday featuring crafts, food, storytelling, music and more.

    Flagpole photographer Jessica Silverman captured the festivities, but if you missed them, don't worry: more are on the way, thanks to a Big Read project sponsored by the University of Georgia Department of Language and Literacy Education and the National Endowment for the Arts. This year's Big Read is based around To Live by Yu Hua and the work of the young-adult novelist Grace Lin.

    By Blake Aued and Jessica Silverman | February 20, 2018

  • Photo Gallery: Vulture Day at the Landfill

    Blog: In the Loop

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    Dozens of families gathered at the Athens-Clarke County Landfill on Saturday for the Solid Waste Department's fourth annual Vulture Day.

    The day began with a bird tour guided by the Oconee Rivers Audobon Society. Then, at the landfill's outdoor classroom, Bear Hollow experts gave a presentation on birds of prey. Lenetta Root of Watkinsville and other local artists worked on a mural. Children also had the opportunity to make vulture masks, pose for photos with an inflatable vulture and participate in educational activities, such as learning what "nature's recyclers" eat and how they digest their food.

    Flagpole photo intern Jessica Silverman documented the fun:

    By Blake Aued and Jessica Silverman | October 2, 2017

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