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Single Images

Redshirt freshman Tony Wilson lays on the field of Sanford Stadium after dropping a potential game-winning pass from quarterback Matthew Stafford in the Bulldog's 16-12 loss to South Carolina Saturday, Sept. 8. (Photo/©Kelly V. Wegel 2007)



Officer Jason Waasdorp detains five people for allegedly shoplifting food and wine from a local Wal Mart at the intersection of New Peachtree and Chamblee Tucker in Doraville, Ga. on Friday, April 13, 2007.
(Photo/©Kelly V. Wegel 2007)


Officer Jason Waasdorp arrests five people for allegedly shoplifting food and wine from a local Wal Mart at the intersection of New Peachtree and Chamblee Tucker in Doraville, Ga. on Friday, April 13, 2007.
(Photo/©Kelly V. Wegel 2007)


Sundiata Gaines, a University of Georgia junior guard from Jamaica, N.Y., goes in for a layup against the University of Tennessee basketball team while teammate Takais Brown, a junior forward from Flint, Mich. blocks Tennesee's No. 4 Wayne Chism, a freshman forward from Bolivar, Tenn. and No. 5 Chris Lofton, a junior guard from Maysville, Ky. in Stegmen Coliseum on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Ga. on Saturday, March 3, 2007. Although Gaines made the shot, the Bulldogs lost 65-71. (Photo/©Kelly V. Wegel 2007)



Kelly Hurlimann, a senior from Atlanta, counts darts during the Pi Beta Phi Dart tournament to benefit the Jeannette Rankin Foundation on Tuesday, March 27, 2007 in the Georgia Theater in downtown Athens, Ga. The Jeannette Rankin Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to awarding scholarships to low-income women.
(Photo/ ©Kelly V. Wegel 2007)


Josh Zaffos, a senior from Marietta, is a cite enucleator and removes eyes from cadavers and extracts the corneas. He poses here for portraits in his apartment on Wednesday, April 11, 2007. (Photo/©Kelly V. Wegel)


Clarke Central high school sophomore wide receiver Paris Allen (left) and sophomore tight end Timothy Juul (right) raise their helmets during the third quarter of the football game against Cedar Shoals High School on Friday, Sept. 8, 2006 at the Cedar Shoals football stadium in Athens, Ga. The two teams are long-standing rivals, and Clarke Central won the game 24-20. (Photo/©Kelly V. Wegel 2006)


Beau Thacker, 2, from Roswell plays in the smoke of his family's tailgate grill on the lawn in front of the Meat Research Building on the east campus of the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga. on the first football game of the year on Saturday, September 2, 2006. Thacker and his family come to the same spot every game to tailgate. (Photo/Kelly V. Wegel 2006 kwegel@uga.edu)060902_kvw_gameday1_002.JPG


Charlie Paulson, the backup guitarist for the ska band Goldfinger, performs with the band on Legion Field on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Ga. on Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. The Los Angeles quartet formed in 1994 and added its sound to the U.S. ska-punk movement of the '90s. (Photo/Kelly Wegel 2007 kvwphoto@gmail.com)


John Feldmann, lead vocalist and guitarist of the ska-punk band Goldfinger, screams to the crowd of students and Athenians during the band's concert at Legion field on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Ga. on Friday, Aug. 17, 2007.

Packages - Funeral

Mourners file by the caskets of mother Detra Rainey and her four children William Lee Rainey, 16; Hakiem Rainey,13; Malachi Robinson, 8 and Samenia Robinson, 6, during the viewing before the funeral ceremony for the family in the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, S.C. on Saturday Oct. 7, 2006. Over 2,000 people attended the funeral service. Rainey's husband, Michael Simmons, 41, was found at the scene of the family's death and is charged with five counts of murder. (Photo/©Kelly V. Wegel 2006)


Mourners file by the caskets of mother Detra Rainey and her four children William Lee Rainey, 16; Hakiem Rainey,13; Malachi Robinson, 8 and Samenia Robinson, 6, during the viewing before the funeral ceremony for the family in the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, S.C. on Saturday Oct. 7, 2006. Over 2,000 people attended the funeral service. Rainey's husband, Michael Simmons, 41, was found at the scene of the family's death and is charged with five counts of murder.(Photo/©Kelly V. Wegel 2006)


Christian Rainey is comforted by his pastor during the funeral ceremony for his mother, Detra Rainey, and his four younger siblings, William Lee Rainey, 16; Hakiem Rainey,13; Malachi Robinson, 8 and Samenia Robinson, 6, in the North Charleston Coliseum in Charleston, S.C. on Saturday Oct. 7, 2006 Christian is the only surviving child of Detra Rainey. Rainy's husband Michael Simmons, 41, is charged with five counts of murder. (Photo/©Kelly V. Wegel 2006)

Packages - The Petit Le Mans

The No. 3 Corvette, driven in the first third of the race by Ron Fellows of Windsor, Ontario, speeds by Turn One of the Road Atlanta racetrack in Braselton, Ga. during the American Le Mans Series on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006. Car 3 placed fourth in its class and eleventh overall with a best lap time of 1:19:282. (Photo/©Kelly V. Wegel 2006)


Driver David Hinkel from Knoxville, Tenn. waits for the tow truck with his car on the side of the road on Turn One of the Road Atlanta Track in Braselton, Ga. during The Panoz Racing Series race on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2006. The car had to be towed off the track after spinning off into the grass. (Photo/©Kelly V. Wegel 2006)


Darrell Silvey and his wife Maria (not pictured) work on their 2001 Viper's electronics in the parking lot beside Le Petit Le Mans road race at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Ga. on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006. Silvey was having problems with the car's battery. (Photo/©Kelly V. Wegel 2006)


Cars round Turn 10A (background) and 10B (foreground) right before the Suzuki Bridge at the Road Atlanta racetrack in Braselton, Ga. during Le Petit Le Mans race on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006. (Photo/©Kelly V. Wegel 2006)


Members of the Corvette pit crew work on Car No. 3 during the last third of Le Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Ga. on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006. The car, a Corvette C6-R driven in the last third by Max Papis of Florence, Italy, finished fourth in its class and eleventh overall, and had a best lap time of 1:19:282. (Photo/©Kelly V. Wegel 2006)

Photo Essay - The Monastic Life

Mother Immaculata Colin is the mother superior of the Monastery of the Visitation in Snellville, Ga. Twelve nuns live in the Monastery, and they have all taken vows of poverty, obedience and chastity. The Order is cloistered, meaning they do not leave the monastery grounds, but in recent years doctors have stopped making calls to the Monastery, so the sisters have special permission from the Archdiocese of Atlanta to leave the grounds for medical care and grocery shopping. The monastery has been on its 27-acre plot in Snellville for almost 30 years.


Mother Immaculata Collin is the Mother Superior of the Monastery of the Visitation in Snellville, Ga. She became a nun in 1946 at the age of 16 and recently celebrated the 59th anniversary of her vows. Mother Immaculata is shown here on Sunday, May 6, 2007 in the Monastery of the Visitation in Snellville, Ga. (Photo/©Kelly V. Wegel 2007)


Mother Immaculata Collin counts donations and sends thank-you notes to the donators in one of her offices in the Monastery of the Visitation in Snellville, Ga. on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007. Mother Immaculata performs duties such as this one which involve money and bookeeping, while other sisters are in charge of cleaning, cooking or washing. (Photo/©Kelly V. Wegel 2007)


Mother Immaculata Collin (back) helps Sister Mary Josepha Chicoine prepare the evening meal in the kitchen of the Monastery of the Visitation in Snellville, Ga. on Monday, Feb. 5, 2007. Most of what the Sisters eat has been donated to them by individual Catholics. (Photo/©Kelly V. Wegel 2007)


Sister Mary Josepha Chicoine from Quebec reaches for a knife in the kitchen on the Monastery of the Visitation in Snellville, Ga. on Monday, Feb. 5, 2007. She was making tuna salad from a recipe from the Depression Era Recipes cookbook. (©Kelly V. Wegel 2007)


Sister Jeanne Marie Hill gives a message to Mother Immaculata Collin in her office in the Monastery of the Visitation in Snellville, Ga. on Monday, Feb. 5, 2007. Sister Jeanne Marie is the portress; it is her duty to answer the phone and the door.(Photo/©Kelly V. Wegel 2007)


Mother Immaculata Collin shows the electrician the different fuses in the Monastery of the Visitation in Snellville, Ga. on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007. She often is the one to interact with visitors, as she has the most authority in the Monastery. (Photo/©Kelly V. Wegel 2007)


Mother Immaculata Collin speaks to the Sisters of the Visitation in their monastery in Snellville, Ga on Friday, March 9, 2007. Mother Immaculata leads all prayer and group meditations.
(Photo/©Kelly V. Wegel 2007)


Mother Immaculata Collin (right) peers into a box of Baklava sent by a friend of the Monastery while Sister Mary Josepha Theadotia opens the accompanying letter in the Monastery of the Visitation in Snellville, Ga. on Monday, Feb. 5, 2007. The donor makes the baklava from scratch and sends it to the sisters as a treat. Since the sisters have taken vows of extreme poverty, they recieve many gifts from Catholics. (Photo/©Kelly V. Wegel 2007)


Mother Immaculata Collin gives a treat to J.J., the monastery dog, outside the Monastery of the Visitation in Snellville, Ga. on Friday, March 9, 2007. J.J. stays outside all day and sleeps in the basement of the Monastery at night. (Photo/© Kelly V. Wegel 2007

Photo Story - Ashley

Ashley Willis was an 18-year old high school student at the time of this story. At the age of 15, Ashley was raped by her stepfather and gave birth to twins, Christian and Christina. She attended the Classic City Performance Learning Center in Athens, Ga., an alternative school that offers child care for students' children. During the course of the story, she gave birth to her third child, Cristal. Ashley is a lesbian, explaining her third pregnancy as a "drunken night" that cost her the relationship she had with her girlfriend Marissa. Ashley is currently finishing her high school degree at a mainstream high school and wants to become an author.


Ashley Willis, 18, cares for her twins Christian and Christina, 3, in their Athens, Ga. home on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2006. She is expecting her third child, a daughter named Cristal, in December. (Photo/Kelly V. Wegel 2006)


Ashley Willis, 18, cares for her twins Christian and Christina, 3, in their Athens home on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2006. Photo/Kelly V. Wegel 2006)


Ashley Willis, 18, a sophomore at the Classic City Performance Learning Center in Athens, Ga., works on peer editing during Dana Siegmund's class on Monday, Nov. 6, 2006. Willis was raped at the age of 15 and gave birth to her twins Christian and Christina, 3. She has another child, Cristal, due in December. (Photo/Kelly V. Wegel 2006)


The twins listen to Goldilocks and the Three Bears read by Ashley Black, an intern from Athens Tech, during class at the Even Start Early Learning Center in Athens, Ga. on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2006. The Early Learning Center is housed in the same building as the Perfomance Learning center, where the twins' mother Ashley is a high school student. (Photo/Kelly V. Wegel 2006)


Christina looks at her mother Ashley's sonogram during recess at the Even Start Early Learning Center housed in the Classic City Performance Learning Center in Athens, Ga. on Monday, Oct. 30, 2006. Ashley is having her daughter, Cristal, in December. (Photo/Kelly V. Wegel 2006)


Ashley receives an IV from Alecia Luke, RN in preparation for delivery of her daughter Cristal in Athens Regional Medical Hospital in Athens, Ga. on Monday, Dec. 4, 2006. (Photo/Kelly V. Wegel 2006)


Ashley's friend and ex-girlfriend Marissa plays with Ashley's 3 year old daughter Christina while Ashley watches TV and her sister-in-law Kelli Hull watches Ashley's contractions in Athens Regional Medical Hospital in Athens, Ga. on Monday, Dec. 4 2006. (Photo/Kelly V. Wegel 2006)



Ashley Willis, 18, laughs with her friend and ex-girlfriend Marissa Stevens while waiting to deliver her child Cristal in Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens, Ga. on Monday, Dec. 4, 2006. The two broke up when Ashley became pregnant with Cristal. Stevens is to be Cristal's godmother. (Photo/Kelly V. Wegel 2006)


Dr. J. Judson Shelnutt delivers Cristal Willis at about 5:55 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec 5, 2006 in Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens, Ga. Ashley was very excited to hold and nurse Cristal right away because she had not been able to do so with the twins, who were born premature. (Photo/Kelly V. Wegel 2006)


Ashley succumbs to exhaustion after delivering her daughter Cristal in Athens Regional Medical Center on Tuesday, Dec 5, 2006. (Photo/Kelly V. Wegel 2006)


Ashley Willis cradles her week-old baby daughter Cristal in her home in Athens, Ga. on Monday, Dec. 11, 2006. Ashley hopes to return to a typical public high school in the Spring rather than the Classic City Learning Center. (Photo/Kelly V. Wegel 2006)