Photo gallery: The day in photos, August 31, 2011

The day in photos, August 31, 2011

photo by: Courtesy of Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism

Populations of bobwhite quail are declining across Northeast Kansas.

photo by: Kansas State University

EcoKat still wants you to change your light bulbs.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

Congressman Kevin Yoder, left, visits with Sunee Mickle, a Health Care Access clinic board member, on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011, during a tour of the clinic at 330 Maine. The clinic provides medical care for low-income, uninsured Douglas County residents.

photo by: Gary Bedore

Kansas coach Bill Self participated in his golf tournament to benefit Boy Scouts on Monday and Lawrence Country Club.

photo by: Kansas University Memorial Unions

This rendering features an early design of one of six information kiosks planned for locations at the Kansas Union and at the Underground dining facility at Wescoe Hall. Mike Reid, director of public affairs for the KU Memorial Unions, said that the final product may not look exactly like this rendering, but it will likely be close.

photo by: Sarah Henning

Plenty of peppers from the garden, the CSA, the farmers' market and neighbors.

photo by: Theron Hawley

Tom Hartley and Valerie Hawley tailgate while waiting for a pig on a spit to be completely cooked before the first game of the Kansas University football season last year.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

Jacey Yanek helps her 21-month-old daughter, Reagan, jump into the water Wednesday at the Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center, 727 Ky., in this June 2011 file photo.