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Thurston ended its boys lacrosse season with a 9-7 first-round playoff loss to Liberty last month, ending the 2013 season with an 11-6 record overall. After finishing second to Roseburg in the Midwestern League, Thurston was well represented on the all-conference teams with three players earning first-team all-league honors.

When the Oregon baseball season ended earlier this week, so did the collegiate careers of four talented UO seniors. After losing to 20th-ranked Rice in the NCAA regional baseball final at PK Park on Monday night, Oregon bid farewell to senior infielders J.J.

Fireworks can be fun, and even beautiful, but they have risks that require judgment and great care. Consumer fireworks cause serious preventable injuries among children and older fireworks users and bystanders in the United States. An estimated 6,000 child fireworks-related injuries are treated in U.S. emergency departments each year.

After a long winter and a short spring, looks like we’re getting launched headlong into summer! So what are some good ways to keep cool, without getting hot under the collar when the bill comes? Don’t cool unused rooms. Instead, shut the door, lower the blinds and close off vents.

Phooey. Sort of. For the first time in three years and since we dug them up from our friends’ front yard — friends who were moving out of state and happy to put them up for adoption — the peonies have come on like gangbusters.

EDITOR’S NOTE: In Case You Missed It is a digest of recent Register-Guard articles of interest to Springfield readers. Kathleen Commander wasn’t going to let a little thing like being assaulted and having her car stolen stop her from finishing her newspaper route early Saturday morning.

Springfield has welcomed a new eatery with the recent opening of Back in the Day Bakery and Cafe.

Barbara Radillo’s new hobby has all her friends raising the same question. “People keep asking me, ‘Where’s the weight gone?’ ” she said.

Incidents FRIDAY, MAY 17 Burglary: 8:16 p.m., 700 block 28th Street. A caller said a man was trying to break the front window of a residence at a mobile home park. The caller said the man was carrying a puppy. Dispute: 5:05 p.m., Centennial Boulevard and Tenth Street.

Events scheduled by Willamalane Park and Recreation District for the week of June 1-7. Tuesday, June 4 Jump and Shout — Ages birth to 3. Discover the magic of music, rhythm and movement. This class focuses on imagination, coordination and having a great time together. Tuesdays through June 25.