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At home at work
If you’re a business owner in Springfield, you probably know Bill Kievith. Since becoming business development director at the Springfield Chamber of Commerce in 2008, Kievith has brought in more than...
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Museum restoration work to require two closures
A contractor for the city of Springfield on Monday began repairing mortar and replacing significantly damaged bricks on the historic building that houses the Springfield Museum. The repairs are...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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...
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WILLAMALANE HIGHLIGHTS
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 —...
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BRIEFLY SPRINGFIELD
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...
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Season ends for Colts, Millers
The spring sports schedule is coming to an end for several local teams, completing a handful of strong campaigns for Springfield and Thurston. The Millers’ baseball team dropped a 3-2 game in eight...
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Locals fly into state track meet
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....
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Sacred Heart honored for its care of stroke patients
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...
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Parks get ready to host summer drop-in program
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. The safe and supervised drop-in...
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An ode to the joy of one feline’s desirings
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...
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Council member pleads not guilty
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...
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Teacher mixes low and high tech
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...
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Students tuning in to science at Springfield’s A3
Trombones built out of copper pipe. Guitars made from cigar boxes. Drums created from buckets. Those are just some of the instruments constructed by students at downtown’s Academy of Arts and...
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Springfield police log May 17-23
Incidents FRIDAY, MAY 17 Burglary: 8:16 p.m., 700 block 28th Street. A caller said a man was trying to break the front window of a residence at a mobile home park. The caller said the man was carrying...
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WILLAMALANE HIGHLIGHTS
Events scheduled by Willamalane Park and Recreation District for the week of June 1-7. Tuesday, June 4 Jump and Shout — Ages birth to 3. Discover the magic of music, rhythm and movement. This class...
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Briefly Springfield
First-graders take part in literacy event The eighth annual Gift of Literacy Celebration will get under way this morning at Lane Community College. The Springfield School District will bus 897...
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Colts’ season reaches its end in quarterfinal
Thurston’s season ended in the Class 6A state baseball quarterfinals last Friday at Clackamas. The Colts (22-8) concluded a strong season with a 12-0 loss to the top-seeded Cavaliers, registering just...
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Goodier looks great at state meet
Jesse Goodier had never raced at Hayward Field before. Yet, at the OSAA Class 5A track and field championships this past weekend, the Springfield senior was in a league of his own, lifting the Millers...
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For men, seeing a doctor is the healthy thing to do
Women readily point out, and men admit when prodded, that the supposedly stronger sex doesn’t always take very good care of his health. Most men feel indestructible and dislike going to the doctor,...
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This summer, don’t just carry a life jacket, wear it
As the weather warms and we start recreating on our beautiful lakes and rivers, drowning becomes a real risk. Often adding to the heartbreak of a lost life is the fact that many of these accidents are...
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