photo by: Terry Rombeck

Liesl Nelson, 18 months, grabs the side of the pool at the Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center as her mother, Heidi, helps her float.

photo by: Terry Rombeck

Above, Ben and Heidi Nelson balance their children, 18-month-old Liesl and 3-year-old Finn, on a floating stump at the Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center. The Nelsons started both of their children in swimming lessons when they were 6 months old.

photo by: Nick Nelson

Firefighters attack a smoldering blaze in a home at the Riverside Manufactured Home Community, 420 North St. in Lawrence, on Sunday, May 29, 2011. A mattress inside the home had caught fire.

photo by: John Young

Free State graduates shift their tassels from the left side of their mortarboards to the right side during the final moments of their graduation ceremony Sunday, May 29, 2011 at the FSHS stadium. The shift symbolizes the transition from high school student to high school graduate.

photo by: Bo Rader/Wichita Eagle

"The businesses they put down here were for men only," says Bill Starr, owner of Starr Antiques, the Wolf Hotel and the Ellinwood Underground. Starr leads tours of the tunnels beneath Ellinwood.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

Lawrence High graduates toss their mortarboards in the air during the graduation ceremony at LHS Stadium on Sunday, May 29, 2011.