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By KATHLEEN BUHRMANN/Missourian  ¦   Roy White adjusts his large-scale kite before flying it at the One Sky One World kite flying event in Cosmo-Bethel Park. It took White four months to complete his homemade patriotic kite. "It's a lot easier (to fly) than it looks," White said.

By KATHLEEN BUHRMANN/Missourian  ¦   Seven-year-old Corelia Whitaker, left, screams "It's coming!" as she runs away from a kite and toward her sister Dajah Whitaker, 10, at the One Sky One World Day Kite flying event. Corelia and Dajah had never seen a kite fly and hadn't ever flown one themselves until Sunday's event.

By Amanda Lucier  ¦   Bill Youmans spends a brisk autumn afternoon casting into a pond he's stocked with a variety of fish.

By Amanda Lucier  ¦   Bill Youmans fishes off the dock on Oct. 10.

By Amanda Lucier  ¦   A channel catfish caught by Bill Youmans spends a few moments out of the water before being released back into the pond.

By Amanda Lucier  ¦   Bill Youmans tries a variety of lures to catch the fish in one of the ponds he has stocked.

By KYLE WAYNE STEWART/Missourian  ¦   Missouri sophomore Meghan Pfeiffer (3) heads home the Tigers' lone goal against Oklahoma State on Sunday at Walton Stadium.

By NICK WASS/The Associated Press  ¦   Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs (55) deflects a pass by Rams quarterback Gus Frerotte.

By KATHLEEN BUHRMANN/Missourian  ¦   Richard Campbell rolls toward the back of Personal Energy Transportation Project’s new warehouse as the interfaith blessing and reception comes to a close Sunday.

By KATHLEEN BUHRMANN/Missourian  ¦   Wooden toys were among the other items PET gave away.

By JOHN SLEEZER/The Associated Press  ¦   Chiefs tight end Tony Gonzalez makes his 63rd career touchdown catch in the first quarter Sunday against the Bengals.

By KYLE WAYNE STEWART/Missourian  ¦   Chase Daniel committed two turnovers in MU’s loss at Oklahoma on Saturday.

By JENNIFER WHITNEY  ¦   A convergence of factors has left Michele and Charlie Silvey, plus their two young children, on the street, struggling to find shelter and security.

By Staff  ¦   Stuart Loory, who holds the Lee Hills Chair in Free-Press Studies at the Missouri School of Journalism, is the moderator for the weekly radio program “Global Journalist.” It airs at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays on KBIA/91.3 FM or at www.globaljournalist.org.

By KYLE WAYNE STEWART  ¦   Cousins Janelle Williams, of Mexico, Mo., and Bill Stewart, of Columbia, head back to their car with a wagon full of pumpkins after a rainy morning at the Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival in Hartsburg, MO on Saturday, October 13. "We usually make a day of it," Williams said, "But it's just too wet."
Despite the weather, several hundred people still turned out to partake in the Festival.
"We're taking these home for pumpkin carving — indoors, where it's dry and warm," Stewart added.

By J.J. GILMORE  ¦   Transfer forward, DeMarre Carroll is expected to play a major role on this year's men's basketball team

By Alex Lowe  ¦   Cryopreservation is a procedure by which cells are preserved in liquid nitrogen. Using animal ovaries, MU scientists will refine this process with the hopes of creating a system by which the ovarian
cells of female cancer patients can be preserved to help restore patients’ fertility after treatment.

By Sheila Johnson  ¦   Raydell Wright makes an omelet at Broadway Diner on Oct. 4. Wright, who has worked at the diner for the last year, moves in the kitchen with the grace of someone who's been at it for a long time — dropping french fries, making an omelet and dishing up biscuits and gravy. "I've been a cook for 30 years. I know it doesn't seem possible, but I have," he said.

By RYAN GLADSTONE/Missourian  ¦   Despite not getting much playing time, Jason Ray plays a key role in the team’s success.

By MARY ELLEN POFF/Missourian  ¦   Rock Bridge’s Jarred Henry will have to sit and watch as the Bruins take on his former teammates Friday night.