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By Laura Latzko  ¦   Boone Industrial Boulevard is a road in the northern part of Boone County that is used mainly by tractor-trailer and delivery trucks. It was built in the 1970s. Recently, the county began work to replace pavement that has become rough and cracked. The county uses numbers on construction projects to mark the areas of a road where it will be doing work.

By Amy Conn Gutierrez The Associated Press  ¦   Chris Wyatt, founder of GodTube.com, talks about his Christian Web site at his office in Plano, Texas, on Oct. 23. In the future, GodTube.com, a video-sharing site with Christian content, plans to produce entertainment programs.

By Amy Conn Gutierrez/The Associated Press  ¦   Chris Wyatt, founder of GodTube.com, talks about his Christian Web site at his office in Plano, Texas, on Oct. 23. In the future, GodTube.com, a video-sharing site with Christian content, plans to produce entertainment programs.

By MARY ELLEN POFF/ Missourian  ¦   Stephens freshman Lauren Holman, center, talks with teammates during a break in practice at Stephens Natatorium last week. The team recently moved from Division III to the NAIA under the leadership of coach Laura Wacker.

By MARY ELLEN POFF/ Missourian  ¦   Stephens freshmen Lauren Holman, front, and Gabrielle Newton, back, take their goggles off to get mid-lane feedback from coach Laura Wacker during a practice at Stephens Natatorium.

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By RYAN GIBBONS  ¦   Champa Luhnpo spoke at Hickman High School on Tuesday. Lhhunpo spoke in an Advanced Placement World Life and Literature class concerning some of the basic foundations of the different forms of Budhism. Currently Luhnpo teaches at the University of Kansas at Lawrence. He has been visiting Columbia and Hickman High School since 1998.

By RYAN GIBBONS  ¦   Champa Luhnpo was a member of the Dalai Lama's monastery and personal entourage for more than three months. Originally from Tibet, Lhhunpo and his family fled to Nepal in 1959 at the age of 4 when the Chinese entered Tibet. From there they traveled to India in 1964. He recently returned to Tibet for the first time in 48 years. Luhnpo spoke Tuesday at the Hickman High School.

By Missourian file photo  ¦   Kathy Ritter was named principal of Rock Bridge High School on Tuesday.

By Missourian file photo  ¦   Kathy Ritter was named principal of Rock Bridge High School on Monday.

By SHEILA JOHNSON  ¦   John Tinker plays with his 3-year-old son, Fisher, on Thursday in the gymnasium turned playroom of their home in Fayette, which is the former Laurence J. Daly School, built in 1928. Tinker bought the school, which students last attended in 1978, and has been working to convert it to a living space. He and his wife, Patricia Fischer, moved there with their son in June.

By KELLI HOVEY  ¦   Patrick O'Hanlon shuts the main door to his new residence in the old Fitzgerald hospital in Marshall. He lives on the lowest level of the hospital, which used to be the entrance to the emergency room.

By Map courtesy of the United Way  ¦  

By LYLE WHITWORTH/MISSOURIAN  ¦   Hickman running back Tucker Bounds, center, lost his father earlier this year but rebounded with a stronger relationship with his teammates, family and coach.

By KELLI HOVEY  ¦   William Moore (1) leaps in the air at a recent Missouri Tigers fooball game.

By Ryan Gibbons  ¦   From left, Jerry Bieverly, Trevor Craghead and Kem Craghead install a wreath on the front of the First National Bank off Broadway Boulevard on Tuesday morning. Jerry Bieverly and Kem Craghead have been installing the wreath since First National Bank began hanging it almost 10 years ago. Columbia Sign Co. is owned by Kem Craghead.

By KELLI HOVEY/MISSOURIAN  ¦   Missouri guards Keon Lawrence (2) and J.T. Tiller (4) block Fordham's Brenton Butler (24) as he tries for a layup during the first period of Missouri's Tuesday night win.

By L.G. PATTERSON/The Associated Press  ¦   Tony Temple and the Tigers are pointed toward a top bowl game after clearing a path to their ninth victory on Saturday against Texas A&M.