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By Catalin Abagiu  ¦   A woman makes his way through downtown during a snow shower that passed through Columbia on Saturday night.

By Catalin Abagiu  ¦   The snow that arrived in Columbia on Saturday forced some people to abandon their bicycles on the streets.

By KATHLEEN BUHRMANN  ¦   Bonnie Bennett, left, checks out Judy Hicks's, right, purchase on November 16. Judy and her husband have stopped in Nostalgiaville about five times.

By KATHLEEN BUHRMANN  ¦   An open sign points to the parking lot of Nostalgiaville in Kingdom City, MO. Ron Dunwoody, "Town Fool of Nostalgiaville" and wife, Judi, "Mayor of Nostalgiaville," have owned the store for about 12 years.

By KATHLEEN BUHRMANN  ¦   For the last three years, Betty Boop collectibles have been the number one selling category at Nostalgiaville.

By KATHLEEN BUHRMANN  ¦   An open sign points to the parking lot of Nostalgiaville in Kingdom City, Mo. Ron Dunwoody, "Town Fool of Nostalgiaville," and wife, Judi, "Mayor of Nostalgiaville," have owned the store for about 12 years. “I just love the fifities and sixities," Ron Dunwoody said. "They were a very real innocent time. I think I was very fortunate to have been born and raised in that time period.”

By TYSON ANDERSON  ¦   Dr. Henry Liu displays a new brick he has created by compressing fly ash from coal-fired power plants. The manufacturing process requires only 20 percent of the energy it would take to create a normal brick because the bricks do not have to be baked at a high temperature. The bricks were featured recently in TIME magazine as one of the best inventions of the year.

By TYSON ANDERSON  ¦   Henry Liu has developed a brick made solely from fly ash.

By CATALIN ABAGIU  ¦   A woman walks in downtown Columbia in a snowstorm that hit the city on Saturday.

By CATLIN ABAGIU  ¦   Some Columbians were forced to abandon their bicycles during a snowstorm that hit the city Saturday night.

By Mu Li  ¦   Alejandro Tovar-Mendez's family celebrates Christmas in a mix of American and Mexican traditions.

By MU LI  ¦   James Lee, a Hong Kong-born resident, misses the city's colorful Christmas.

By MU LI  ¦   Shinya Yuge, a Japanese postdoctoral student, likes to spend Christmas with American families.

By MU LI  ¦   Jagat Lamsa, a Nepalese doctoral student, enjoys seeing the Christmas decorations in Columbia.

By CHIARA DELLA CAVA  ¦   Daniela Orozco

By Sheila Johnson  ¦   Sarah Brockman

By CHIARA DELLA CAVA  ¦   John Nichols

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By Chiara Della Cava  ¦   Students hoping to raise awareness about AIDS on Friday included, from left, Caelum Johnson, Jennifer Heman, Lauren Orschelm, Laura Oberbeck, Maggie Kauffman, Sainy Hussam and Daniel Burke-Agüero.

By Chiara Della Cava  ¦   Friday’s fundraising walk included elements of a “kick-me” campaign, playing off signs placed on kids’ back as a prank. This sign, worn by 17-year-old Rebecca Akutekha, is meant to encourage activism.