photo by: Nick Krug

Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo.Lawrence High senior bass drummer Willie Johnson, right, squints as he faces the sun while in formation during drum line practice on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 at the LHS football field. Monday's clouds provided a bit of relief from the heat during the morning hours but quickly faded in the afternoon despite the Lions' practice schedule. At left is senior snare drummer Scott Friesen.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt was the Rotary Club guest speaker Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, at the Holiday Inn Lawrence.

Douglas County Jail booking photo of Thomas C. Leahew, 29. Leahew, a Eudora police officer, was arrested around 5 a.m. on August 7 on a battery charge.

photo by: Nick Krug

Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo.Hayley Luna, an incoming Lawrence High freshman, works to secure a cucumber vine to plastic netting on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 at the West Junior High School community garden. Popularized in the last few years, community gardens at schools are providing healthy and local foods to school lunch menus.

photo by: Scott Walstrom/NIU Media Services

Northern Illinois coach Dave Doeren offers encouragement from the sideline during a Huskies practice. Doeren served as Kansas University co-defensive coordinator in 2005 and recruited some of the most memorable names to Lawrence. NIU will visit Kansas this season for a Sept. 10 contest in Memorial Stadium.

photo by: Nick Krug

T.J. Everett works to turn a compost pile on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, at the West Middle School garden. Everett has worked on the "Growing Food, Growing West" project since it first began in spring 2009.