The day in photos, July 7, 2011

photo by: Kevin Anderson

Kansas University junior drum major Josh Maddux, left, waits for all of the children to line up behind him Wednesday for the march of the annual Children's Concert at South Park.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

The Kansas University chapter of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity is looking to move into two houses next to each other in the 1700 block of Louisiana Street.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Gov. Sam Brownback provides a progress report on his first six months in office Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at the Statehouse in Topeka. Brownback was joined by Cabinet secretaries and executive directors of state agencies and programs.

photo by: AP Photo | Ron Frehm

This April 8, 1983, photo shows people in the control room of the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Buchanan, N.Y. Commercial nuclear reactors in the United States were designed and licensed for 40 years. When the first ones were being built in the 1960s and 1970s, it was expected that they would be replaced with improved models long before those licenses expired. Instead, 66 of the 104 operating units have been relicensed for 20 more years, mostly with scant public attention. As of 2011, renewal applications are under review for 16 other reactors. Applications to extend the lives of pressurized water units 2 and 3 at Indian Point, each more than 34 years old, are under review by the NRC.

photo by: Kansas Wildscape Foundation

From catching frogs to pitching a tent, the Wildlifer Challenge encourages kids to get off the couch and venture into nature.

Reggie Smith (DJ Feast) and Tomo Mizuno (DJ Mitmo) joined up with Team Bear Club to create the Blasian dance party every Thursday during the summer at The Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Mass. The duo spin a wide variety of dance music from dubstep to foreign pop and the Jackpot have been enjoying larger Thursday night attendance because of it.