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The smoke at left is from the starting cannon. Runners don't mind being temporarily deaf, it seems. Though they had no choice . . .

After a house is closed, cleanup begins. The uninitiated would be surprised at how quickly yards go from total mess to free of debris.

With Athens Fire Chief Robert Rymer keeping her company, Service Safety Director Paula Horan-Moseley watched fest-goers leave Palmer Street. It was her last fest -- she is retiring in a couple od weeks -- but if that fact caused her anguish she was very good at hiding it. It was suggested that there could be a special Paula Fest in her honor, but she declined.

An entire issue of Vogue could be photographed at one Athens spring fest.