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  • Connor Ohnesorge, left, and Alex Kay, center, students from Christian Fellowship School in Columbia, practice writing the alphabet with quill pens in the log schoolhouse.
  • Valerie Altizer works with her husband, Tim, to take measurements on the Lawless farmstead property while Cheyenne Ericksen plays in the background.
  • Just a few blocks north of Main Street, Tootsie, QT and Moonie roam Richard Hodge’s 60 acres of land where a horse barn was built in 1972.
  • Johnny Whitaker, who played Tom Sawyer in the 1970s movie, signs a T-shirt on the back of a Country Store employee, Emily Vesser, and a tray of mugs for other store workers. In 2007, the town celebrated the 35th anniversary of the filming of “Tom Sawyer” in Arrow Rock.
  • A bobbin lace pillow used to create handmade lace is bathed in sunlight inside the J.P. Sites House.
  • Tom Hall, left, a medical doctor in the Kansas City area and president of the Friends of Arrow Rock, disputes an earlier comment by Gale Carlson, employed by the Department of Health and Human Services, during a presentation of health research related to Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations.
  • Cara Mitchell, a Columbia resident, and Dan Patterson, a Lee’s Summit resident, kiss outside of the State Historic Site building, a few blocks south of where the Craft Festival is taking place on Main Street.
  • The Editing Gallery
  • Luke Pickett, 18 months, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, will receive a donated umbilical cord blood stem cell transplant in China to attempt to improve his muscular and speech development. Cerebral palsy is not one of the approximately 70 conditions approved by the Food and Drug Administration for cord blood stem cell transplant treatment in the U.S. With the help of their friends and community, the Picketts raised roughly $30,000 for the cost of the procedure and travel expenses. Photo Editor: Ryan Gibbons; Photographer: Samantha Clemens
  • Luke Pickett, 18 months, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, will receive a donated umbilical cord blood stem cell transplant in China to attempt to improve his muscular and speech development. Cerebral palsy is not one of the approximately 70 conditions approved by the Food and Drug Administration for cord blood stem cell transplant treatment in the U.S. With the help of their friends and community, the Picketts raised roughly $30,000 for the cost of the procedure and travel expenses. Photo Editor: Ryan Gibbons; Photographer: Samantha Clemens
  • Luke Pickett, 18 months, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, will receive a donated umbilical cord blood stem cell transplant in China to attempt to improve his muscular and speech development. Cerebral palsy is not one of the approximately 70 conditions approved by the Food and Drug Administration for cord blood stem cell transplant treatment in the U.S. With the help of their friends and community, the Picketts raised roughly $30,000 for the cost of the procedure and travel expenses. Photo Editor: Ryan Gibbons; Photographer: Samantha Clemens
  • Luke Pickett, 18 months, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, will receive a donated umbilical cord blood stem cell transplant in China to attempt to improve his muscular and speech development. Cerebral palsy is not one of the approximately 70 conditions approved by the Food and Drug Administration for cord blood stem cell transplant treatment in the U.S. With the help of their friends and community, the Picketts raised roughly $30,000 for the cost of the procedure and travel expenses. Photo Editor: Ryan Gibbons; Photographer: Samantha Clemens
  • People in Washington, D.C., and around the world watched as Barack Obama, the first African-American elected to the executive office, was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. Photo Editors: Chelsea Goodwin, Erin O’Neill and Jim Buell; Photographers: The Associated Press
  • NASCAR driver Carl Edwards, a Columbia native, spends a weekend competing at the Kansas Speedway and grants exclusive access to a Columbia Missourian photographer. Photo Editor: Abigail Pheiffer; Photographer: Lyle Whitworth
  • NASCAR driver Carl Edwards, a Columbia native, spends a weekend competing at the Kansas Speedway and grants exclusive access to a Columbia Missourian photographer. Photo Editor: Abigail Pheiffer; Photographer: Lyle Whitworth
  • NASCAR driver Carl Edwards, a Columbia native, spends a weekend competing at the Kansas Speedway and grants exclusive access to a Columbia Missourian photographer. Photo Editor: Abigail Pheiffer; Photographer: Lyle Whitworth
  • NASCAR driver Carl Edwards, a Columbia native, spends a weekend competing at the Kansas Speedway and grants exclusive access to a Columbia Missourian photographer. Photo Editor: Abigail Pheiffer; Photographer: Lyle Whitworth
  • The Legion of Black Collegians Gospel Choir, a student organization that has been in existence for more than 30 years at the University of Missouri, praises God through song and focuses on spreading the messages of Christian faith. Photo Editor: Rose Brack-Kaiser; Photographer: Phoebe Sexton
  • New Neighbors
  • Leslie Anderson, exhausted from renovation work on the house, takes a moment to rest next to her husband, Keith, in front of the home they purchased in April 2007.
  • Leslie peeks through the doorway as Keith rips dirty carpet from the floor of the bedroom that the two are preparing for Keith’s mother, Wilma, when she comes to visit.
  • After a morning of hard work on their new home, Keith and Leslie take a lunch break with Clementine, left, and Truman. The couple had planned to discard the porch swing, but they decided to keep it after spending time rocking and relaxing.
  • Scott McElroy, second from left, and Lyceum Theatre actresses Sarah Mae McElroy, center, and Lauren Braton, second from right, discuss theater productions with Leslie and Keith, who were walking their dogs.
  • Keith, Leslie and Wilma Anderson, Keith’s mother, inspect the china in the dining room of the Sites House during their first official tour of historic properties in Arrow Rock.
  • Retiring to a Busy Life
  • Pat Murphy and her puppy, Scrubby, stop to check on Tom Beamer’s progress as he repairs the boardwalk ramp in front of the Country Store for neighbor Lisa Smith. “I’m sweating,” Tom said. “I swore that I would never sweat again unless it was for pure pleasure.”
  • Tom points down Main Street as he speaks with Phil Raines, an estimator for the road repaving project. The former chairman of the Arrow Rock town board, Tom agreed to supervise the job that took four years of negotiation with the state to actualize.
  • Tom and Mary sort previously stored merchandise and set it on tables in the back room of their house in preparation for the first big close-out sale at the House of Mary B, a store that features gifts and home decor. Tom helps Mary with tasks that are difficult to complete because of the arthritis in her hands.
  • Mary and Tom talk in the kitchen of their two-room home located behind their storefront on the boardwalk.
  • Mary totals receipts from the last day of business for the House of Mary B while Tom pauses to reflect on the exhausting work involved in closing the shop. “I didn’t even get my beer last night,” Tom said.
  • Citizens and guests celebrate the Fourth of July.
  • Citizens and guests celebrate the Fourth of July.
  • Arrow Rock’s postmistress, Tempe McGlaughlin, maintains one of the busiest locations in town and sees most residents on a daily basis.
  • Arrow Rock’s postmistress, Tempe McGlaughlin, maintains one of the busiest locations in town and sees most residents on a daily basis.
  • Arrow Rock’s postmistress, Tempe McGlaughlin, maintains one of the busiest locations in town and sees most residents on a daily basis.
  • Neighbor vignettes.
  • Arrow Rock’s volunteer fire department services about a 9-mile radius that includes farms in the nearby countryside.
  • Arrow Rock’s volunteer fire department services about a 9-mile radius that includes farms in the nearby countryside.
  • The Reeter family returns to their home in Arrow Rock every year to celebrate Christmas.
  • The Reeter family returns to their home in Arrow Rock every year to celebrate Christmas.
  • The Reeter family returns to their home in Arrow Rock every year to celebrate Christmas.
  • Thousands of visitors flock to the Annual Heritage Craft Festival.
  • Thousands of visitors flock to the Annual Heritage Craft Festival.
  • Arrow Rock citizens rally against factory farming at the Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. Residents became active in the cause after a farmer proposed to build a factory farm operation less than 2 miles from Arrow Rock.
  • Mary Burge cares for her husband, who has Alzheimer’s disease, while maintaining a full family life and schedule of volunteer activities.
  • Mary Burge cares for her husband, who has Alzheimer’s disease, while maintaining a full family life and schedule of volunteer activities.
  • Mary Burge cares for her husband, who has Alzheimer’s disease, while maintaining a full family life and schedule of volunteer activities.
  • Clay Marsh entertained and comforted loved ones as he battled esophageal cancer.
  • Clay Marsh entertained and comforted loved ones as he battled esophageal cancer.
  • Clay Marsh entertained and comforted loved ones as he battled esophageal cancer.
  • Slave to None, Servant to All
  • John Vinson, right, shares a funny passage from the newspaper with Kathy Borgman as they stand in the doorway of the Friends of Arrow Rock office. Kathy just completed a meeting with Mike Dickey, left, administrator of the Arrow Rock State Historic Site, where they discussed tour admission fees, sign postings and historic building access. “Arrow Rock has given me exposure and challenges that I would never have received in a bigger city,” says Kathy.
  • Kathy leads Laura Jackson, Shirley Gregory, Audrey Jones, Mary Burge and Sandy Selby on a tour of her home, Borgman’s Bed & Breakfast, a house she renovated with her mother, Helen, in 1982. To celebrate her 25th anniversary of living in Arrow Rock, Kathy hosted a coffee-and-cinnamon-roll breakfast.
  • At the Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, Kathy and Janine Gordon volunteer to clean up the area. Participants gathered waste, including 19 tires, and piled it in trash bags along the riverbank for a boat to pick up later in the week.
  • Whether it rains or shines, Kathy continues to lead a walking tour for out-of-towners attending the Design Guidelines Workshop where The village served as a case study for implementation of architectural preservation. Here, she points to the design of the Arrow Rock Tavern.
  • Kathy, a hospice caregiver, sings a hymn along with Helen Cole, a resident at the Living Center in Marshall. on this particular day, Mrs. Cole has a cold so she only croons briefly before drifting off to sleep.
  • Kathy bows her head in prayer during a Sunday morning church service at the Federated Church. Prior to moving to Arrow Rock, she served as a Lutheran deaconess in California for 10 years.
  • Donna Rogers surveys tornado damage produced by Hurricane Ivan in front of her house south of Hamilton, Va. The tornado removed a portion of the roof, but nobody was harmed.
  • Leslie Steele of Arlington, Va., hugs her husband, John, a student pilot, after the plane he was attempting to land at Leesburg Airport drifted off the runway and lodged in the trees. Steele was not injured and exited the plane immediately following the incident.
  • Perry Ballard celebrates after defeating Booker T. Mullins in the WBE “World” Welterweight Championship at the National Guard Armory in Leesburg, Va.
  • Maggie Sakaan believes her mood can affect the attitude of others and is conscious of how it influences her friends.
  • Keep the Home Fire Burning
  • Cindy Smock leans over Martha, 14, one of her five daughters, during a home schooling lesson as she searches for an answer to Martha’s question among some reading material. Martha picks at a cottonseed as she learns about the growth of cotton plants for a botany class taught by Cindy.
  • The Smock family prays before Sunday dinner. Conversation included what the girls had learned in Sunday school, how the devil is an enemy to all people and whether Christians should or could love terrorists.
  • Cindy listens as Martha, left, and Priscilla perform for fellow members of their Christian rock band during a group rehearsal at the director’s home.
  • Priscilla, 11, reads a passage from the book of Proverbs as Cindy follows along in her Bible. The family reads from the Bible most days. When Jed is not traveling he leads the Bible studies and helps with some household tasks, such as grocery shopping.
  • Cindy laces up her roller skates as she speaks with Tricia Murphy. A group of home school parents and children gather at Empire Roller Rink every Wednesday for two hours. Cindy playfully declared that she was the best skater of the floor.
  • Students break into small discussion groups during the Critical Thinking in U.S. History class that Cindy teaches to a group of about a dozen home-schooled students in the Smocks’ basement. Cindy offers some help to one group that included Justina, left center, Priscilla, right center, and Martha, bottom right.
  • Cindy uses a whistle to quiet the students in her history class when their attention wanders.
  • Sister Cindy clenches her fists in anguish as she speaks of sin and hell in front of students gathered at Speaker’s Circle on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia during a confrontational evangelical preaching session that is part of the Campus Ministry USA program run by her husband. Cindy’s primary focus is her role as mother and wife, but she occasionally preaches on campus. “I have confidence in the spirit of God as I’m preaching,” Cindy said.
  • The back wall of the Smock’s garage includes signs used when preaching on campus to aid in drawing a crowd.
  • Potomac Falls High School seniors Anna Orona, left, and Denise Arevalo dance the Cumbia, the national dance of Colombia, during the Virginia school’s sixth annual multicultural show.
  • A woman examines an inscription on a gravestone located in the cemetery adjacent to St. Anne’s Church, completed in 1866, in Annapolis, Md.
  • Carl Stephanus of Berryville, Va., parks Danny in a spot across from the post office and pays the meter. Stephanus and his wife, Eileen, ride their horses into town once or twice a week to collect the mail, go to the coffee shop, buy groceries or visit the bank.
  • Pam Morris of Round Hill, Va., holds Michael, her 8-month-old son who has a liver disorder and will receive a liver transplant from her friend and neighbor.
  • Kristen Thorpe, 15, left, and Nikki Broy, 13, right, tackle Ashley Thorpe, 12, of Berryville, Va., during a snowball fight.
  • Loudoun Valley High School students Sarah Burdick, Madi Nease, Emily Cheeber and Christian Amonson, the event organizer, dance at the low-budget Roaring 1920s Anti-Prom at the Philomont Firehouse in Virginia. Approximately 45 students attended the alternative to the school’s traditional prom.
  • Cowboy Bobby Simms rides Wingnut in the International Professional Bull Rider event produced by Circle B Cattle Company at the Loudoun County Fair in Virginia.
  • Spectators watch the Fourth of July fireworks at Franklin Park in Purcellville, Va.
  • Officials assist the medical examiner as she investigates the fatal crash site of a private plane that hit about 30 yards from a residence near Waterford, Va., the day before Thanksgiving.
  • Monica Avalos, left, of Sterling, Va., collected $280 from neighbors and the Sterling Walmart for four families, including Hilsa Flores and Kiara, 3, who were displaced from their townhouses by a fire that gutted three homes.
  • Political Protesting
  • Michelle Grise, center, of Purcellville, Va., holds an “Impeach Bush” sign, and Patti Nelson, back right, of Leesburg, Va., waves a white dove cutout as the protesters march through the streets of Washington, D.C.
  • Fake coffins arranged by Rise and Shine protesters in Malcolm X Park represent those who died during the military action in Iraq
  • A protester marches with a large George W. Bush doll with fake blood dripping from the fingers to symbolize the deaths due to military intervention in Iraq.
  • The mass of protesters who characterized George W. Bush as an international war criminal move down a sloped road to walk under an overpass.
  • Silent protesters act as if they are sleeping in the street near the site of official inaugural activities.
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