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Paul Penn gingerly turns a hollow bronze cylinder in his palm to reveal a delicate engraving of flowers delineated by a series of tiny surface punctures. This artillery shell casing, he explains, was impressed with the design by an American soldier using only a rudimentary tool — one that might have been used for airplane repairs — and a little spare time.

Alex Wegener could see himself getting used to this.

It might have been a little strange to shake hands as head coaches, these two men who had, at one time, both been at Rock Bridge High School.

Most teams consider playing at home an advantage. For Hickman basketball coach Jim Sutherland, playing at home is a disadvantage and a factor in the Kewpies’ 67-51 loss to Hazelwood Central on Tuesday.

The National Collegiate Baseball Writers’ Association named pitcher Max Scherzer to its preseason All-American first team. Scherzer, last season’s Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Year and second team All-American, led the Big 12 with 131 strikeouts and a 1.86 ERA during the 2005 season.

Paula Hertwig Hopkins fought her way up the mountain in the Canadian Rockies, battling the snow, the slope and her own apprehensions. A friend lured her to the spot, daring her to ski down the mountainside, which was clearly beyond her skills.

Maddie Callis, a senior at Hickman High School, wants a rigorous academic program when she goes to college. She also wants to play golf.

The first public meeting of the newly created Mid-Missouri Attentive Driving Always Matters group will take place Thursday to focus attention on fatal accidents among teenage drivers and to provide support for family and friends.

A national investigative television program plans to air a segment tonight about the evidence used to convict a former Columbia police officer of the June 2004 murder of Jesse Valencia, a 23-year-old MU student.

The Center for Religion, the Professions and the Public at MU will receive a $1.5 million renewal grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts, which helped the center begin in 2003.

Part of the university-owned Sinclair Farm — the more than 500 acres between Nifong Boulevard and Route K — is expected to be put up for sale soon. Money from the sale is planned for the MU Sinclair School of Nursing.

A 1993 Ford Ranger got an unexpected lift Tuesday afternoon, thanks to a black Honda Accord that wedged itself underneath the white truck at the intersection of Broadway and Seventh Street.