New Athletes at Columbia's recently opened Catholic high school

I recently started as a Staff Photographer for the Columbia Missourian. Here are a few images from one of my first assignments at Fr. Tolton Regional Catholic High School's  Fall Sports Pictures and Media night.

Freshman Church Brennan looks into the hood of a Ford Mustang being raffled on Thursday at Fr. Tolton Regional Catholic High School.

Players and coaches of the new Fr. Tolton Regional Catholic High School line up for a team photo at the Tolton Catholic Fall Sports Pictures and Media Night on Thursday at Fr. Tolton Regional Catholic High School. 

Kelsey Bequette hugs her teammate Margaret Oberkrom while Father Mike Coleman speaks to the new softball team at Tolton Catholic Fall Sports Pictures and Media Night on Thursday, Aug. 25 at Fr. Tolton Regional Catholic High School.

Monsignor Mike Flanagan gets into the Mustang being raffled at Fr. Tolton Regional Catholic High School on Thursday. 

Small-town residents saddened by prospect of post offices closing

In Missouri, 167 post offices have been identified to be evaluated for closure. I went to three post offices west of Columbia where residents expressed their opinions on the possibility of closing. Here are a few shots from inside the historic Arrow Rock post office. 

Read the full story in the Columbia Missourian here.

Kathy Borgman of Friends of Arrow Rock examines postal tools displayed in the Arrow Rock post office. The U.S. Postal Service is proposing a "village post office" alternative which would move operation of postal services to local businesses.

Yvonne Rennolds stops by the Arrow Rock post office to get her mail and bring postmaster Tempe McGlaughlin leftover pasta salad. The post office serves as a community gathering space for Arrow Rock.

Post office boxes at the Arrow rock post office.

Old letter openers, rubber stamps and other tools of the mail trade are displayed at the Arrow Rock post office