Well, in what seems like an odd choice to me, our flagship local newspaper has chosen my mug (among a couple others) to feature on the front page in their big above-the-fold photo covering yesterday's peace rally. Though I hardly consider myself among the most worthy to be the face of this effort, I have to say it's pretty fun nonetheless and I'm proud of participating in this and other peace-related events. Of course the real local heroes in this effort are the dedicated regulars of Mid-Missouri Peaceworks, most notably organizer Mark Haim.

See below for my tabloid spectacular, and also see a sharper PDF version which can be zoomed to reveal the following caption (which is the only real written coverage given to the event, sadly):

From left, Desiree Long, Hugh Curran and Kevin Gamble join scores of others yesterday in circling the Boone County Courthouse Square during a peace rally. Hundreds of people from around the region traveled to the rally to mark the three-year anniversary of the war in Iraq. Similar rallies took place in other parts of the United States and around the world. The local event, sponsored by the Columbia Peace Coalition, featured speeches, live music and the reading aloud of Iraqi and U.S. casualties of the war.

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