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By KYLE WAYNE STEWART  ¦   Jim Frech holds his daughter Katie, 2, during the Holiday Parade. The parade began at 3 p.m. at the intersection of Broaday and Fifth streets.

By KYLE WAYNE STEWART  ¦   Parade-goers line the street as the Holiday Parade makes its way downtown.

By KYLE WAYNE STEWART  ¦   Santa and Mrs. Claus greet paradegoers Sunday in downtown Columbia.

By Photo courtesy of Todd Gingrich  ¦   Todd Gingrich, 22, is one of 32 Americans selected to receive a Rhodes Scholarship for study at Oxford University in England.

By Sheila Johnson  ¦   Sarah Natani uses a Navajo lap spindle during a workshop to demonstrate the Navajo method of spinning wool into yarn.

By RYAN GLADSTONE/Missourian  ¦   Missouri guard Keon Lawrence takes a uncontested shot during the first half Friday night.

By J.J. GILMORE/ Missourian  ¦   Missouri defender Kat Tarr, right, tries to keep the ball away from Southeast Missouri forward Courtney Alexander.

By KYLE WAYNE STEWART  ¦   Chris Mazurek, a psychology professor at Columbia College, poses in front of the bookcase in his office on Friday. Mazurek was a contestant on Jeopardy last fall and recieved an invitation to compete in the Tournament of Champions. Mazurek advanced to the semi-finals of the tournament and won $10,000.

By RYAN GLADSTONE  ¦   Missouri's Marshall Brown (15) is one of many Tigers seeing significant playing time this year.

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By MARY ELLEN POFF/Missourian  ¦   Diamond Bigham, 8, center, watches people walk by while (from left to right) Taelor Campbell, 9, Tiffanie Sinks and C.J. Campbell, 5, eat lunch at the Imani Mission Centers' Harvest Dinner at the mission center, on Saturday.

By MARY ELLEN POFF/Missourian  ¦   Al Brady and Karla Manlaney serve lunch at the Imani Mission Centers' Harvest Dinner at the mission center, on Saturday. Both Brady and Manlaney have been volunteering at the dinner since it began nine years ago.

By PHOTO COURTESY OF BOONE COUNTY JAIL  ¦   Steven Rios

By RYAN GIBBONS  ¦   Fourth-grader Cedreana Hoover, 10, adds facial detail to her clay relief portrait during Kathy Dwyer's art class at Rock Bridge Elementary School. "The fun part (is) you get to get messy," she said.

By AMBER BRINKER  ¦   Kindergartener Clarence Moore, 5, cuts out his painting in art class. "I made Batman," Moore said. "No wait, I made a Mama Monster."

By RYAN GIBBONS  ¦   Fourth-graders Kaitlynne Kaempfer, 9; Maddi Albrecht, 9; and Hannah Schafer, 10; work on clay relief portraits during Kathy Dwyer's art class at Rock Bridge Elementary School.