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Cops deserve thanks I’ve completed both citizens police classes (Eugene and Springfield) and I’m here to tell you, I wouldn’t wish to experience what our sworn officers go through each and every day of their careers.

Events scheduled by Willamalane Park and Recreation District for the week of June 30-July 7. Monday, July 1 Qigong — Ages 18 and up. Qigong uses posture, exercise, breathing and concentration to enhance health. Great stress reducer. Mondays through Aug. 12. 4:30 p.m. $28. Adult Activity Center.

Incidents FRIDAY, JUNE 14 Suspicious subject: 11:02 p.m., 800 block South 31st Place. A man with a dog was reported approaching homes and knocking on doors.

Tickets are on sale now for Springfield’s biggest one-day event — the Light of Liberty Celebration brought to you each Fourth of July by Springfield Utility Board. Join SUB and thousands of your neighbors as we welcome country music legend Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives to Island Park.

In May, PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend hosted more than 20 physicians from hospitals around the country who came to learn a minimally invasive procedure to treat patients living with a complete blockage of a coronary artery.

Here’s the news: I’m three days into an illicit affair with glitter. My mother is twirling in her grave with this bulletin, like a chicken on a spit; glitter is not something we allowed indoors in our family.

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

Lydia Espinoza warns those interested in Zumba classes that the Latin-inspired fitness program is habit-forming. “Zumba is pretty addicting,” she said with a laugh at her downtown fitness studio, On The Move Fitness. Espinoza, 31, teaches all manner of Zumba classes six days a week.

Jim Cupples and Jim Polston would not be diverted. Ask them anything, and the answer was “Bricks.” Not just any bricks, but historic bricks that have been in the heart of Springfield for more than a hundred years and are now being restored with loving care.

Incidents FRIDAY, JUNE 7 Found property: 10:09 p.m., 1500 block S Street. A caller said he had found a firearm in his house. He said he didn’t know what type of gun it was, and the serial number had been scratched off. Suspicious conditions: 6:21 p.m., 1100 block Pleasant Street.