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By JESSICA CHERRY/Missourian  ¦   MU senior Eric Hobbs showed barely any emotion during the Missouri volleyball team's 3-0 loss to Texas on Saturday evening at Hearnes Center. Hobbs had also seen the Tigers football team lose to Baylor on Saturday afternoon.

By Elisa Day  ¦   Pastor Tim Carson gives a hug of congratulations to Hannah Overfelt, 16, for her family's first-place finish in the car decoration contest at the Broadway Christian Church's trick or treat event on Saturday, Oct. 31. Hannah and her parents, Jeff and Terry, decked their vehicle out as a pirate ship and dressed in costumes for the event. Judy Salinger, decked out in a witch's hat, helped give out the awards.

By Elisa Day  ¦   Pastor Tim Carson chats with 5-year-old Cameryn Jackman during a Halloween trick or treating event at Broadway Christian Church on Saturday, Oct. 31. Church members decorated their cars and handed out candy to the trick-or-treaters. Jackman came as not just a skeleton, but a "Rocker Skeleton."

By Daisuke Nakamura  ¦   Redeemer Presbyterian Church members celebrate Reformation Day on Oct. 31. Pastor Joe Rolison, front, leads a prayer.

By PATRICK T. FALLON/Missourian  ¦   Senior Toy Richbow started 28 games for the Missouri women's basketball team as a sophomore.

By JESSICA CHERRY/Missourian  ¦   Hickman freshman runner Nicole Melo, left, competes in Saturday's Class 4 state cross-country championships. In her first state competition, Melo claimed an impressive 19th place finish.

By JESSICA CHERRY/Missourian  ¦   The Rock Bridge boys cross country team lines up for the start of the 2009 Class 4 state championship Saturday at the Oak Hills Golf Center in Jefferson City. Rock Bridge sophomore Caleb Wilfong, No. 1287, led the team with a 15th place finish in 16:54.

By Elisa Day  ¦   Dr. Alison Goate, a professor of genetics in psychiatry at the Washington University School of Medicine, speaks at the Second Annual Research Forum of the Alzheimer's Association Mid-Missouri Chapter on Friday. A molecular geneticist, Goate led a team in England in 1991 that identified the first early-onset Alzheimer's mutation in the APP gene. Subsequent research has discovered two more mutations that contribute to the development of Alzheimer's.

By Elisa Day  ¦   From left: Gilbert Pritzel, Judi Hasler, Kay Niemeier and Art and Pat Geren listen as Dr. Alison Goate lectures on the genetic factors that contribute to the development of Alzheimer's at the Lenoir Woods Community Center on Friday. Pritzel's wife, the mother of Hasler and Neimeier, passed away as an Alzheimer's patient. The three drove to the forum from Jefferson City to further their understanding of the disease. They all credit the support they received from the Mid-Missouri Alzheimer's Association as something that helped them to deal with the disease. The Gerens have been residents of Lenoir for over 20 years and wanted more information on the disease, which Pat was diagnosed with over 4 years ago.

By PATRICK T. FALLON  ¦   Hy-Vee employees place price tags on a shelf of specialty cheeses Friday afternoon in preparation for the Tuesday grand opening of the supermarket on Nifong Boulevard.

By PATRICK T. FALLON  ¦   The exterior of Hy-Vee as employees leave a training session Friday afternoon in preparation of the store's Tuesday grand opening.

By PATRICK T. FALLON  ¦   Hy-Vee employees Ryan Peterson, left, and Jason Pryor move produce displays into place at the front of the store in preparation for the Tuesday grand opening of the supermarket on Nifong Boulevard.

By David Kennedy  ¦   Kenji Jackson, center, cries out in frustration after a dropped interception at Memorial Stadium in the fourth quarter of Saturday's loss to Baylor.

By Patrick Fallon  ¦   Missouri sophomore center Steve Moore blocks Truman State sophomore center Vesko Filchev during Missouri's exhibition game Friday night.

By Patrick Fallon  ¦   Truman State junior forward Andrew James tries to recover the ball from Missouri sophomore forward Laurence Bowers during Missouri's exhibition basketball game against Truman State Friday night. The Tigers defeated the Bulldogs 96-33.

By Patrick Fallon  ¦   Missouri junior forward Justin Safford drives into Truman State junior forward Andrew James during Missouri's exhibition basketball game against Truman State Friday night.

By Patrick Fallon  ¦   Zou Crew fans cheer for Missouri basketball during their exhibition game against Truman State Friday night.

By Daisuke Nakamura  ¦   Missouri sophomore Miguel Paul dribbles the ball up court during the second period against Truman State Friday night.

By Daisuke Nakamura  ¦   Missouri junior Justin Safford goes in for a layup during the second half of Friday night's exhibition game against Truman State. Missouri won 96-33.

By Daisuke Nakamura  ¦   Missouri senior Keith Ramsey holds the ball on offense against Truman State's Mark Misiewicz during a home exhibition game Friday night.