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A 26-year parks and recreation veteran joined Willamalane Park and Recreation District last week. Seve Ghose succeeds Jason Genck as the district’s deputy superintendent. Genck took a similar position in Colorado in April. Ghose was most recently director of parks and recreation with the city of Davenport, Iowa.

As the too-short summer winds down, most families we know are starting to buzz with back-to-school preparations. Springfield’s new school superintendent, Hertica Martin, is looking forward to starting the new school year with an address to the staff at her Superintendent’s Welcome event at 8:30 a.m. on Sept.

Arlen Sage of Springfield was back at work as a truck driver for Umpqua Dairy, slightly more than a month after he suffered a potentially fatal brain aneurysm.

What we have here are a metal crate and fleece bed with a separate foam mattress to give it more squish.

Starting about right now, thousands of cars will pour along rural roads onto an 80-acre plot of Lane County parkland at the northern edge of the 2,363-acre Howard Buford Recreation Area that surrounds Mount Pisgah south of Springfield.

In a remarkably clean Noti garage, Denny Conn is poised before a hydrometer flask, checking the buoyancy of an opaque yellowish liquid. Taking careful notes and scrupulously cleaning his instruments, he looks more scientist than beer maven.

Craig Brown was planning his death when something surprising happened — fishing saved his life. Brown, of Springfield, is nearly blind and suffering from kidney failure that requires regular dialysis treatments.

Events scheduled by Willamalane Park and Recreation District for the week of Aug. 16-23. Monday, Aug. 19 Green Engineering With Lego Camp — Ages 7 to 11. Design and build machines powered by alternative energy sources.

Planner to talk to City Club today Lindy Paul, principal planner for the city of Springfield since 2001, will be the speaker at today’s Springfield City Club meeting at 11:45 a.m. at the Willamalane Center, 250 S. 32nd St.

Incidents FRIDAY, Aug. 2 Dispute: 8:59 p.m., 900 block Main Street. Police responded to a dispute between two men near a bowling alley. A caller said one of the men kept lifting up his shirt, saying he had a gun. Menacing: 6:36 p.m., 42nd and Main streets.