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By KATHLEEN BUHRMANN/Missourian  ¦   Missouri's Michelle Collins, left, is second on the team with 17 points and shares the lead in goals.

By KATHLEEN BUHRMANN/Missourian  ¦   Missouri's Crystal Wagner, center, steals the ball from fallen TCU player Kat Tarr.

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By Photo courtesy of Rex Martensen  ¦   Dave Hamilton, left, and Rex Martensen pose for a photo while on a hike in New Mexico on the Ted Turner Ladder Ranch during the Cougar Field Workshop. Organizers of the event led participants on an excursion to locate and identify mountain lion sign.

By Photo courtesy of Hamilton family.  ¦   Dave Hamilton with a bobcat in 1979.

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By RYAN GIBBONS  ¦   From left, Kayla Rodes, 14, Carly Lancaster, 14, and Emily Peel, 14, play volleyball on a floating platform in Hulen Lake while Jack David, 14, in front, Andy Blackburn, 14, and James Carter, 14, attempt to operate a semi-functional paddle boat on Saturday. The group of West Junior High School students spent a couple hours swimming and playing water volleyball at a private residential neighborhood beach on Hulen Lake, located west of Stadium Boulevard off West Rollins Street.

By RYAN GIBBONS  ¦   Spikes in fecal coliform and e. coli levels in lakes often occur after rainfall. It is suspected that the runoff from geese feces increases these levels. On Sunday, geese gathered at Katy Lake, off of Scott Boulevard south of Chapel Hill Road. In August, Katy Lake’s fecal coliform count was above Environmental Protection Agency’s recommndations, but September levels have dropped below acceptable EPA levels.

By Amanda Lucier  ¦   As children poured through the front gate, anxious to witness the spectacle of Carson and Barnes traveling circus, ring master Brad Lee, left, and high wire and trampoline tumbler Eric Fernandes pass the time at the performer’s entrance. The circus was in Columbia on Monday for one night only.

By Amanda Lucier  ¦   Billy Morris, the elephant trainer for Carson and Barnes traveling circus, guides an elephant as she sets in place the first poles to raise the big top. Elephants have been a part of their family since the circus began four generations ago.

By TYSON ANDERSON/Missourian  ¦   Rock Bridge sophomore Kayla Burri has been golfing for just a few months but has already carded a competitive round in the low 80s. She said her family triggered her interest in golf.

By Steve Remich  ¦   Héctor Calzadillas practices with the dance group at Proctor Park in California, Mo. Nails are pounded into the heels of the boys’ black boots, to make spinning easier.

By Steve Remich  ¦   Yesenia Fuentes pauses for a moment before beginning a dance during a performance of the Hispanic Heritage Dance Group at the Annunciation Church in California, Mo. on July 15. The group performs throughout Missouri.

By Steve Remich/Missourian  ¦   Myriam Dominguez, the choreographer, speaks to dancers before a performance.

By AMANDA LUCIER/Missourian  ¦   While his mother chats with friends, Xavier Rolley waits on the steps to the basement of St. Paul's AME Church at 501 Park Ave. Xavier and his mother, Veronica Rolley, and little sister, Vonyae, had their family portrait taken at the church's fundraiser.

By AMANDA LUCIER/Missourian  ¦   Washington Elbert has been a member of St. Paul's AME Church for fifty years. Elbert waits to have his portrait taken with his wife for the fundraiser on Sept. 22.
"I've been coming to this church since 1957," Elbert said. "And not too much has changed. Older people pass on and younger ones join. I do wish we had more young ones."

By AMANDA LUCIER/Missourian  ¦   Christopher Hutchen, right, visits with Monica Rolley, who holds her niece Vonyae Rolley, was they wait to have their portraits taken. Hutchen was there to have his portrait taken with his mother, Tamara Hutchen, who was celebrating her 40th birthday.

By Courtesy photo  ¦   The Loneliest Road riders, from left, Kevin Sims, Mike Love, Rick St. John, Vander Davis, Alec Oughton and Randy Monroe pose Sept. 9 in Sacramento, Calif.

By AMANDA LUCIER/Missourian  ¦   Jeff Swank, left, and Bernardo Zamora, center, get advice from John Hagler during the Boone County Draft Horse and Mule Sale at the Boone County Fairgrounds on Thursday. Swank bought about 80 Missouri horses for a domestic animal theme park in Costa Rica. “It feels like Noah’s ark,” Zamora said.