The Parks and Recreation Department is looking for volunteers to work in its six parks. They will join the Volunteers in the Parks (VIPs), who help keep the parks clean, check fishing passes, plant flowers and assist at special events.

        They must be doing a good job, for in a decade the Mason parks system has grown and flourished.

        Its parks are: Heritage Oak, 5001 U.S. 42 North; Pine Hill Lakes, 211 Kings Mills Road; Meadows Park, Lindemann Lane; Thomas P. Quinn, Tradewind Drive; Corwin M. Nixon, 6249 Mason-Montgomery Road; and Frank Hosea Woods, Hickory Woods Drive.

        Various activities are available. Parks naturalist Kendra Schide gives monthly programs on nature subjects. (Information: 398-3056).

        Fishing is offered at Pine Hill Lakes. (Season fishing passes cost $25 for Mason residents and $45 for non-residents.) In winter, Heritage Oak, Corwin Nixon and Pine Hill offer cross-country skiing and sledding.

        People interested in volunteering may call the department at 398-3056, or stop at the Municipal Building for an application.

        OXFORD — Miami University's School of Education and Allied Professions will observe its centennial today.

        A Reunion Weekend will be held from 2-5 p.m. at the McGuffey Museum, Oak and Spring streets. A short program will be held at 2:30 p.m. featuring Kay Walla, a former teacher education professor, who will discuss the role of the McGuffey Lab School.

        Other speakers: Kay Rousmaniere, associate professor of educational leadership, and Phillip Shriver, Miami president emeritus. He will discuss the school's historical significance.

        Visitors may tour the renovated museum, obtain a copy of the school's new history, and meet students and faculty of past and present.

        ANDERSON TWP. — The Anderson Library Committee's 22nd annual book sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. June 21, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 22 and noon to 4 p.m. June 23 at Nagel Middle School, 1500 Nagel Road.

        More than 50,000 used books and other items, including collectibles, will be sold at bargain prices.

        Information: 369-4573.

        GREENHILLS — The Stacey Memorial Gazebo has been dedicated and is ready for use on the Village Commons.

        The $100,000 gazebo, named in honor of Edward and Joanne Stacey, is for summer concerts and festivals and even weddings, said Councilman Fred Murrell.

        LEBANON — The Warren County Historical Society will present a Civil War encampment on the lawn at Glendower State Memorial, 105 Cincinnati Ave., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 17-18.

        The encampment will include units of the 35th Ohio Regiment Volunteers; the Birges Western Sharpshooters; the 5th Michigan Cavalry; the Sanitary Commission; the 19th U.S. Regulars; the U.S. Signal Corps; and the 1st Ohio, Battery C Artillery.

        Admission is free.

        Information: 932-1817.

        Randy McNutt's community column appears on Saturday. Contact him at the Enquirer, 7700 Service Center Dr., West Chester, OH 45069. Telephone: 755-4158. Fax: 755-4150. E-mail: Rmcnutt@enquirer.com.

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