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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.

By AMANDA LUCIER/Missourian  ¦   Harley and Davidson, two 5-year-old paint horses, are offered for sale by Ken Boyer of Oklahoma City, Okla. “You know, men ride motorcycles nowadays,” Boyer said, “so I named them for Harley Davidson.”

By KYLE WAYNE STEWART/Missourian  ¦   Diana Moxon, left, and Nancy Mebed share a story during the 12th annual Saint Swithun's Day party on Sunday, September 23, 2007 at the O'Connor's home. "Saint Swithun's Day is actually July 15, but we decided it should be a floating holiday so we could celebrate it any day we want," Joane O'Connor said of the party hosted at her home.

By KYLE WAYNE STEWART/Missourian  ¦   Saint Swithun's Day plants sit outside of the O'Connor home. The plants are party favors for the guests of the 12th annual Saint Swithun's Day party, which took place at the O'Connor home.

By MEGHAN KRANE/MISSOURIAN  ¦   Todd Drone demonstrates how his grill swings into the back of his tailgate for storage during the long drives to Illinois State road games. Drone made the grill himself and said that he received a lot of advice about patenting the design. "You can't even feel it when it's back there," Drone said.

By AMANDA LUCIER/MISSOURIAN  ¦   Kareen Rush, center, scrimmaged with the Missouri men's basketball team Saturday morning at Mizzou Arena during an open practice. Rush left Missouri after his junior year and is currently under contract with the Indiana Pacers of the NBA.

By KELLI HOVEY/Missourian  ¦   Missouri tailback Tony Temple, left, ran for 101 yards and a touchdown, but five four other running backs contributed to the Tigers' 240 rushing yards against Illinois State.

By J.J. Gilmore  ¦   Ring referee Ron Cook pulls apart Mike Dey and Michael Johnson during the sixth fight at the Battle at The Blue Note III on Friday. The event featured 11 rounds of amateur cage fights.

By J.J. Gilmore  ¦   Ring referee Ron Cook announces that Kyle Carver, right, has beat John Phillips at the Battle at The Blue Note III on Friday. Carver won the fight with a tap out move.

By J.J. Gilmore  ¦   Kevin Croom, left, and Carlus Moore go blow-for-blow in the first fight of the night at the Battle at The Blue Note on Friday. After the fight finished in three rounds the judges unanimously ruled that Croom won.

By AMBER BRINKER Missourian  ¦   MU tight ends coach Bruce Walker, who is in his seventh year at MU, led both Martin Rucker and Chase Coffman to first-team All-Big 12 honors last year.

By AMY RYMER/Missourian  ¦   The Missouri marching band will join at least 17 high school bands from the area in a halftime performance at Saturday's game between Missouri and Illinois State.

By SUZY LAFFERTY/Missourian  ¦   Bill Mann, a visiting assistant professor of trombone, poses for a portrait on the balcony inside of the Fine Arts Building at MU on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2007. Mann is finishing a doctorate degree on performance anxiety that includes archiving prior research on the topic, and using a heart rate monitoring device on himself during some of his performances.

By AMBER BRINKER/Missourian  ¦   Susan Jensen plays the violin in her office on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2007. The rare instrument is dated back to the year 1697. She has played the violin and taught classes for over 20 years, but has only been the MU violin professor for two months.

By AMBER BRINKER/Missourian  ¦   Professor Susan Jensen poses with a 1697 violin Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2007. Jensen found the rare instrument online through a violin maker in Los Angeles. "Old Italian is what everyone wants," says Jensen. "And I'm no exception."

Afghan farmers have produced 193,000 hectares of opium poppies in 2007. Except for 19th-century China, whose population was 15 times larger than that of present-day Afghanistan, no other country has produced as much narcotics.

Afghan farmers have produced 193,000 hectares of opium poppies in 2007. Except for 19th-century China, whose population was 15 times larger than that of present-day Afghanistan, no other country has produced as much narcotics.

By ELAN COLELLO/Missourian  ¦   Columbia College setter Luana Branco, center, was named Cougars player of the week last week after recording 176 assists, 29 kills, 35 digs and 15 blocks in 14 games.