The day in photos, February 17, 2011

photo by: Mark Fagan

Southwest Junior High School would trade "Junior High" for "Middle" for the next academic year, if students, parents, staffers and community members get their way. They recommend keeping the root of the school's original name. The "Bulldogs" mascot would stay, too.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

Chris Drinkhouse, left, is congratulated by fellow teacher Nici Coulson, right, after it was announced that Drinkhouse, the learning strategies teacher at Southwest Junior High School, was awarded Wednesday as the 2010-11 Lawrence Secondary Teacher of the Year.

photo by: Scott Rothschild

Gov. Sam Brownback’s budget director Steve Anderson

photo by: Kevin Anderson

Gabriel Bush is held by his father, Russ Bush of Lawrence, Oct. 14, 2010, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was one of 1,148 babies born at LMH last year.

photo by: Eric Risberg | Associated Press

Marijuana is shown for sale at the San Francisco Medical Cannabis Clinic in San Francisco in this Associated Press file photo from October 16, 2010.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Emergency personnel reload an ambulance after bringing a patient to Lawrence Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Anne Jacobson, of Glendale, Ariz., reads inside the Borders store in downtown Lawrence Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Borders announced Wednesday that the Lawrence store at 700 N.H. will be one of several stores nationally to close by the end of April.

photo by: Mike Yoder

A bicyclist walks through downtown Lawrence as thick fog covers the city Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011.