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Springfield’s Mercedes Russell gave Tennessee Volunteer fans a glimpse of what the nation’s No. 1 recruit hopes to provide on a nightly basis at Thompson-Boling Arena next season.

The Thurston softball season is well under way, and coach Jim Patrick appears to have the Colts on the upswing at just the right time. Thurston got off to a slow start to its 2013 campaign.

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There’s a new weapon in the fight against atrial fibrillation now available to appropriate patients at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center. Balloon cryoablation is a minimally invasive procedure that uses a thin, flexible tube called a balloon catheter to locate and freeze heart tissue that triggers an irregular heartbeat.

This morning I realized that I have never — with the exception of 10 months in 1969 when First Husband and I lived in Eugene — been without a cat or a dog in my life. Well.

EDITOR’S NOTE: In Case You Missed It is a digest of recent Register-Guard articles of interest to Springfield readers.

Some of Gloria Tinker’s paintings have traveled around the world. They’ve been in shows in Italy and Hawaii — and now they are hanging in the Island Park Art Gallery at Willamalane Adult Activity Center.

Young, upcoming designer Ashleah “A.J.” Bullock of Springfield is the artistic force behind the costumes for the Eugene Ballet’s production this weekend of “Mowgli: The Jungle Book Ballet.” The recent Academy of Arts and Academics graduate rendered the original designs for the 58 costumes in the show based on Rudyard …

Events scheduled by Willamalane Park and Recreation District for the week of April 8 to 14. Monday, April 8 Better Baking — For adults 18 and up in the Adaptive Recreation program. Explore different recipes and take home healthy baked goods. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. $28. Willamalane Center.

Marriage semantics Words have more power than we realize. Would assigning different words about the reality of people forming unions and spousal rights of people of the same gender make it easier for us to get along?