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Events scheduled by Willamalane Park and Recreation District for the week of Aug. 10-16. Saturday, Aug. 10 Family Fishing Day — Ages 3 and older. The afternoon at the Leaburg Fish Hatchery is tailored toward children and first-time anglers. Take home two rainbow trout.

Program addresses in-home care, hospice “Home Health or Hospice?” is the question to be addressed at 1:30 p.m. at the Willamalane Adult Activity Center, 215 West C St.

Thanks to 4-H savior It’s back, Horse 4-H in Lane County ... and it’s due in great part to a woman named Jean Sirotek. The funny thing is, Jean doesn’t even have a child in the program anymore.

Incidents FRIDAY, JULY 26 1Burglary: 6:10 p.m., 100 block A Street. A resident said she awoke from a nap to find her purse missing from a table in her apartment. Keys and a roll of quarters were also missing. The resident said the front door was closed, but unlocked.

Many of us are spending time outdoors this summer for a variety of fun and exciting activities, but it’s important to be aware that soaking up too much sunshine can lead to health problems down the road.

One of the benefits of working at City Hall is the opportunity to interact with so many different people. Visitors from out of town and abroad are especially fun to get to know.

It turns out I’m thin-skinned. No, not as in overly sensitive; actual shallowness of epidermis. Every bump or poke and I bruise or bleed, and at the moment have three Band-Aids on one arm.

EDITOR’S NOTE: In Case You Missed It is a digest of recent Register-Guard articles of interest to Springfield readers. The Springfield School District is proposing a $60 million bond measure for the November ballot that would replace a middle school and make several upgrades to other aging buildings.

Rollie Keeney and Susan Beebe like to call their Q Street shop, My Classy Cowgirl, a family business. Keeney’s mother and sister help out, they’ve welcomed their store manager into the fold as well, and the women like to call themselves twins.

The summer doldrums have been cured for 25 students at Page Elementary who signed up for a free gardening camp that started July 29 and ends today.