The day in photos, May 19, 2011

photo by: Scott Rothschild

Gary Sherrer on Wednesday leaves the Kansas Board of Regents meeting after announcing his resignation from the panel. Seated is Vice Chair Ed McKechnie. Board members said they were shocked by Chairman Sherrer's decision.

photo by: Cole Cottin

Dan Phelps, co-owner of MADD farm, weighs the radishes picked by students at Cordley School. The students picked 7 pounds of radishes at his farm on Sunday, May 15, 2011. They were served in the cafeteria the next day.

photo by: Jackie Stafford

Cordley School students, parents and volunteers pick strawberries Monday, May 16, 2011, at the Wohletz farm, southeast of Lawrence. The strawberries were served the next day for lunch at school.

Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department employees participate in a yoga session. The yoga session is part of a wellness initiative that started in June at the department.

This is an architectural rendering for a planned three-story addition to Mulvane Hall at Baker University in Baldwin City. This view looks at the building from the southeast. The addition begins where students are exiting the building, and continues east — that is, to the right — in the rendering.

photo by: Nick Krug

A Lawrence firefighter works the scene of a blaze on the 700 block of Maple Steet in North Lawrence on Wednesday, May 18, 2011. The fire was declared under control about 6:45 a.m.