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A grand compromise Are you fed up with seeing innocent lives ended by violence? Let me offer a solution, a grand compromise. It requires bold thinking and the brave willingness to give up a liberty you cherish. Lives are at stake.

Events scheduled by Willamalane Park and Recreation District for the week of May 24-31. Friday, May 24 Special Play Swim — Splash! at Lively Park. 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. In a Galaxy Far, Far Away — Kindergarten through fifth grade.

Program for teenagers offers video games and snacks Teens are invited to come to the Springfield Public Library, 225 Fifth St., from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. today to play PS2 and Wii games, have a snack and hang out. The activity is free.

The spring sports schedule is coming to an end for several local teams, completing a handful of strong campaigns for Springfield and Thurston.

In what’s guaranteed to be a busy weekend at Hayward Field, the Springfield and Thurston track and field teams will be well represented when the OSAA state championship meet kicks off this afternoon.

It’s fitting that PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center recently received notification that its Advanced Primary Stroke Center has won a national award for quality care, because May is National Stroke Month.

Park playgrounds will once again be centers of organized fun when Willamalane Park and Recreation District’s free Summer Playground Program kicks off next month.

Betty Boo is beside herself with the desire to acquire one of the swallows nesting in a birdhouse hanging from the eave outside my bathroom window. The sill is wide, with just enough room for an ample-size cat.

Editor’s note: In Case You Missed It is a digest of recent Register-Guard articles of interest to Springfield readers. Springfield City Councilor Dave Ralston pleaded not guilty Monday morning to a drunken driving charge and was told he will have to hire his own attorney to defend himself.

The kids in Nicola Shaddon’s fifth-grade class at Page Elementary School are studying rocket science — in a sense. On a recent school day, they designed and built experimental rockets from drinking straws. “Today, we’re going to add the variable of changing the length of the straw.