SPRINGFIELD NEWSLETTER

What’s New in Springfield, NE

April 25, 2007

With all the sadness and tragic events going on in our world, it’s time to think happy thoughts. What makes you happy? I can think of the usual things that fulfill my life …my family, friends, pets, my job. Sometimes it’s the little things in life that keep us content. Cake makes me happy! Cake with yummy, sweet frosting! Visiting at a recent family event, I found out my cake obsession maybe an inherited trait. My grandfather ate yellow cake everyday at his noon dinner meal and more than one family member admitted to the same fondness for this sweet treat. Imagine your life without those small things that help you make it through your day. Just think, it may be a genetic characteristic you inherited from your ancestors. Now, will someone please open a bakery in Springfield?

A hint from the 1967 Farmer’s Almanac:
“How Children Should Act With Their Parents in Public”
• Treat your mother like a lady and your father like a gentleman, and you can’t help impressing the world with your own charm and poise.

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SPRINGFIELD

April 26 - 7:00 pm Springfield Days Meeting at the American Legion Hall.

May 1 - 12:00pm Senior Lunch at Springfield United Methodist Church. Free will donation is welcomed.

May 2 - 6:30pm Annual Mother Daughter Banquet at Springfield United Methodist Church. Make your reservation by calling the church office at 253-2700. Adults/ $8.00. Children/ $5.00.

May 5 is the date set for the city wide Garage Sale. Gather up all your sale items and register at City Hall.

May 5 - Friends of the Library Plant Sale at Springcreek Gardens, 122nd & Main St. The sale will run from 9:00am - 3:00pm. Activities for the kids will begin at 1:30pm. Proceeds from the sale will help purchase replacement computers for the library.

Springfield Memorial Library needs teen volunteers for the summer. Young persons ages 12 and over are needed to help Library staff supervise a Summer Reading Tent program one day a week beginning in June. Youth ages 10-12 are needed as reading buddies for younger children. Stop by the library or call 253-2797 to volunteer, or for more information.

May 12 - 12:00 - 9:00pm Spring Wine and Blues Festival at Soaring Wings Vineyard.

May 19 - Springfield Community Clean Up Day.

Springfield Historical Tidbit:
April, 1907
A complete skeleton of a buffalo was found 16 feet underground at the clay pit southeast of Springfield. The bones were found by workman digging into the bank.
-Reference: “Fifty Years Ago”, The Springfield Monitor, April 25, 1957 issue

~How little a thing can make us feel happy when we feel we have earned it.
-Mark Twain

News to the Editor:
Please send all your Springfield news to me. Announcements, area events, and pictures are welcome. Your items will be added to upcoming newsletters. Thanks in advance for all your help. Send to Editor@SpringfieldNebraska.com