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A somewhat trying season for the Springfield Titans is drawing to a close this month.

Springfield’s Police Planning Task Force is made up of your Springfield friends and neighbors. They live and work here, own businesses, send their children to school and drive our streets. Do you fit this description? Then think about filling one of our volunteer positions.

Jeez. Sharing living space with a big dog whose entire raison d’être is to eat, poop, pee, nap, scratch and shed copious amounts of hair, and who requires walks even when your ruined foot hurts and you’d rather not, is taking its toll.

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

It pays to be a math whiz. Springfield High School senior-to-be Michael Carson, 16, recently received a $500 check from the National Society of Professional Surveyors for placing first in the annual state Trig-Star math competition.

When Nici Vance was 19 and a sophomore at the University of Montana, her anthropology professor, the aptly named Dr. Skelton, offered students the opportunity to assist him in consulting on a forensic case for the local police department. Vance was the only student who volunteered.

Former Thurston High golf standout Tyler Falk continued his strong summer campaign at the Pacific Northwest Golf Association Amateur Championship this past weekend in Bandon. After qualifying for match play in June at the Oregon Amateur Championship, Falk picked up right where he left off.

Tips to be shared on preparing for fall harvest “Garden Preparation for a Fall Harvest” is the topic of a free workshop to be offered at 1:30 p.m. today at Willamalane Adult Activity Center, 215 West C St. Master Gardener Gail Karlsen will share tips. More information at 541-736-4444.

PeaceHealth Medical Group is upgrading its state-of-the-art patient portal, allowing patients to see their own records and interact with their provider’s clinic remotely, 24/7. In the mid-1990s, PeaceHealth was one of the first health care systems in the country to offer a patient portal.

Bury those utilities Fred Freeman’s letter dated July 2 (“Street Options Just Window Dressing”) about the South Willamette Street improvements in south Eugene is, in my opinion, exactly the correct thing to do. I keep wondering myself why our area keeps putting unsightly utilities above ground and polluting our views.