Competitors stare each other down before the demolition derby at the Boone County Fair in Columbia, Mo., July 24, 2011.

Timothy Mathis Jr. gets tattooed by Tyler Acey at STL Ink in Florissant, MO. Acey used to be a graffiti artist until he ran into trouble with the law. He has been tattooing ever since.

An overturned car sits in front of the Plaza Apartment complex which is uninhabitable after the tornado that hit Joplin, Mo. two days before. Dozens of fire alarms still ring in the dormant apartments. May 24, 2011.

Harvey Cleveland, Dick Lemons and "Radio" Ron Rollins push a 3/4 scale replica Fokker DR-1 into a hangar at the Columbia Regional Airport, May 26, 2011, Columbia, Mo. The Fokker is a World War I era plane that Cleveland will fly at the Memorial Day Airshow.

From right, Sam Rhoads of Columbia, Austin Fuhlage of Fayette and Tory Chasteen of Columbia await their turn in the calf roping portion of the Missouri High School Rodeo State Finals, June 6, 2011 in Columbia, Mo.

Stan Chisolm is a St. Louis based rapper, DJ, and visual artist. His most recent release, Unstrumental Raps, is stripped down to only his words; it is completely devoid of music or beats.

Rebecca Preston, Brigid Foley, and Sydney Pursel wait out the rain at Arch & Columns in Columbia, Mo. The ladies are participants in an all girl bike crew called PCBC.

A member of T.A.S.C. tests out the sparks flying from two rotary saws before their Halloween eve suspension performance, Oct. 30, 2011. T.A.S.C. is a Missouri based group that specializes in suspension and other forms of body modification. They were performing suspensions as a part of Charity's Haunted House in Macon, Mo.

Paramedics and firefighters pull the driver of an overturned car out of the top of his vehicle on Broadway near College Avenue on Friday morning, July 8, 2011 in Columbia, Mo.

Kate Walker prepares to do a dead lift during her training session at Optimus: The Center For Health July 9, 2011 in Columbia, Mo. At 62 years old, Walker has been competing in powerlifting for the past four and a half years.

Sunbathers take advantage of Central Park on one of the first nice days of the season on May 22, 2009 in New York, New York.