BRIEFLY.Byline: COMMUNITIES The Register-Guard Rose Parade trip details offered at Willamalane SPRINGFIELD Springfield. 1 City (1990 pop. 105,227), state capital and seat of Sangamon co., central Ill., on the Sangamon River; settled 1818, inc. as a city 1840. - Willamalane Adult Activity Center is hosting a presentation at 10 a.m. Wednesday Wednesday: see week. to familiarize people with its overnight trip to the Portland Portland, town, England Portland, town (1991 pop. 12,945), Dorset, S England. It is on the Isle of Portland, a small rocky peninsula. Portland stone has been used in St. Paul's Cathedral and other important London buildings. Lobsters and crabs are harvested. Rose Parade scheduled for June June: see month. 8-9. The trip to Portland is intended for those age 50 and older, and this year marks the parade's 100th anniversary. Call 736-4444 to receive more information about the trip. The Adult Activity Center is at 215 West C St. Citizen Police Academy applications available SPRINGFIELD - The Springfield Police Department will host its annual Citizen Police Academy starting on April 3 and ending June 12. Anyone interested in taking a peek behind the scenes at the police department has until March 9 to submit an application. The free, 33-hour training program, which includes classroom and hands-on hands-on adj. Involving active participation; applied, as opposed to theoretical: "We're involved in hands-on operations, pulling levers, pushing buttons" Arthur R. Taylor. instruction, is open to anyone age 18 and older. Academy classes are held from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Tuesdays. To graduate from the Citizen Police Academy, a student must attend at least nine of the 11 classes. Applications can be picked up at the police department at 344 A St., or found online at www.ci.springfield.or.us/police/home.html. Send announcements to: Briefly News at The Register-Guard, P.O. Box 10188, Eugene Eugene, city (1990 pop. 112,669), seat of Lane co., W Oregon, on the Willamette River; inc. 1862. A processing and shipping center in a farming area, the "Emerald City" has lumbering, food-processing, and microchip and other electronics industries. , OR 97440, fax 683-7631 or e-mail rgnews@guardnet.com. |
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