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By SHEILA JOHNSON  ¦   Roots' biodiesel Veggie Bus is fueled by recycled vegetable oil from Columbia area restaurants and is used to take the students on field trips.

By Missourian  ¦  

Stephen Prothero.

By ORLIN WAGNER/The Associated Press  ¦   Suspended Chiefs defensive end Jared Allen can be on the practice field, but only by himself.

By TYSON ANDERSON  ¦   Harvested tomatos await washing before being made available for sampling in the festival. Master Gardeners from surrounding counties helped prepare for the event.

By TYSON ANDERSON  ¦   Leslie Shaw, horticulturist at the Bradford Research and Extension Center, picks tomatoes for the center's third-annual Tomato Festival, which will be held on September 6.

By TYSON ANDERSON  ¦   Peppers are harvested for the third-annual Tomato Festival, at the MU Bradford Research and Extension Center, which will take place on Sept. 6, 2007.

By TOM GANNAM/The Associated Press  ¦   Cardinals starter Mark Mulder is consoled by a teammate after giving up three runs in the second inning Wednesday against the Pirates.

By ANDREW ASTLEFORD/Missourian  ¦   Notre Dame's main administration building is widely recognized because of its golden dome.

By AMY RYMER/Missourian  ¦   Assistant coach Mindy Bullard, right, uses her recent experience as an MU golfer to relate to players like Tiger junior Denaye Dollens.

By AMY RYMER/Missourian  ¦   Rick Roeber finished in just under four hours at Monday’s 48th Annual Heart of America Marathon. Roeber has now run 29 marathons without shoes.

By TYSON ANDERSON/Missourian  ¦   Lloyd Jacobs, left, a starting forward for the Columbia College men’s soccer team, said he chose Columbia over a bigger city because it felt more like his hometown of Middlesbrough, England.

By JOSH GILMORE/Missourian  ¦   Hickman senior Tucker Bounds, left, once the Kewpies’ starting running back, now starts at quarterback after Doug Luetjen’s injury.

By Nick Boney/Missourian  ¦   Missouri long-snapper Steven Blair knows his job doesn't make headlines, unless something goes wrong.

By MARY ELLEN POFF/MISSOURIAN  ¦   Rock Bridge High School Freshman Kelsey Kinderknecht volleys a ball to an opponent during a doubles match.

By RYAN GIBBONS  ¦   Local artist David Spear paints a traffic control box in downtown Columbia on Tuesday morning at the corner of 9th Street and Broadway. Spear worked until 4 a.m. Tuesday on the piece, took a break and resumed his work a little before 10 a.m. While he has been commissioned to paint this first control box, he says he hopes other artists will ask permission to decorate boxes throughout downtown.

By RYAN GIBBONS  ¦   Artist David Spear paints a traffic control box in downtown Columbia on Tuesday morning at the corner of 9th Street and Broadway.

By RYAN GIBBONS  ¦   Artist David Spear paints a traffic control box in downtown Columbia on Tuesday morning at the corner of 9th Street and Broadway.

By KYLE WAYNE STEWART/MISSOURIAN  ¦   Ashley Farmer, center, signed a letter of intent to play softball for Columbia College. Farmer, a Rock Bridge senior, will graduate early so she can join the Columbia College team next spring.

By SHEILA JOHNSON  ¦   Christine Clay, an artist and volunteer staff member at Roots, a Columbia-based, self-directed learning community, uses a marker to decorate her 3-year-old daughter Hannah's dress Tuesday.