SPRINGFIELD NEWSLETTER
What’s New in Springfield, NE
May 14, 2008
 To Platteview High’s Graduating Class of 2008, we in Springfield join together to offer our sincerest congratulations and best wishes in all your future endeavors …
~I hope your dreams take you to the corners of your smiles, to the highest of your hopes, to the windows of your opportunities, and to the most special places your heart has ever known.
--Author Unknown
 Surf into Springfield on June 6 & & for Springfield Days. This fun family event features a vast array of activities for young and old. So be sure to invite your family and friends for Springfield Idol, the fireworks show, the flea market, the kid’s band “The String Beans”, the parades, the street dance and a number of other events. Check out the list of happenings on the “Events” page under “What’s New” at www.springfieldnebraska.com
 “Catch the Reading Bug” at Springfield Memorial Library this summer. Summer Reading Club registration begins May 19th. Programs with books, special guest presentations, and crafts will be taking place throughout the months of June and July. Be sure to stop by to sign up to read and to pick up a brochure with all the information about the library’s summer activities. You may also check out the library’s web page at www.springfieldnelibrary.com
 Springfield Clean Up Day is this Saturday, May 17. Haul your items to the city’s Maintenance Dept. on 1st Street from 8:00am to 3:00pm. We’re going to beautify Springfield!
The Platteview High School Celebrate Safe Committee would like to thank additional donors to our 2008 Post Prom event. Please join us in thanking:
Pepsi, Lee and Lori Fowler
I-80 Speedway
Old Chicago, Shadow Lake
Mr. Goodscents
Ek-lec-tic Designs Salon and Boutique
We appreciate all you do to support PHS students through your donations. Thank you for helping us keep students safe.
--The PHS Celebrate Safe Committee
We hope you are all supporting this worthy cause:
Toilet paper: an important necessity of everyday life. If it weren't for the founding fathers of Quilted Northern, Charmin or Angel Soft, who knows what we would be using? Therefore, the Methodist Youth Group has taken initiative to help others who can't help themselves to a decent roll.
We are hosting a toilet paper drive, "Wiping out Poverty One sheet at a time" for the month of May. A table will be set up in the narthex to promote the drive and the kids will do a house to house drive through Springfield May 4th from 4-6. All the toilet paper will be donated to Together Inc and the Pearl Pantry, both charitable corporations. The UMC district office is "behind" us 100%.
The kids and I thought a toilet paper drive was something out of the ordinary and a fun way to get involved in missions. We hope to collect 1,000 rolls of tissue which will stock the organizations for months with toilet paper. We also hope to alleviate some of their costs. If everyone takes a "swipe" at it, it will help out the overall cause.
Please bring in a package or bale each week to help us out. :-)
Submitted by Ron Smith, United Methodist Youth Group Leader
Doesn’t spring smell glorious? The flowering trees and shrubs are perfuming the air in and around town. Since last fall and winter’s odiferous emissions from the landfill seemed to have disappeared, we can now luxuriate in the nature’s treat for the nose.
The time is finally favorable for spring planting! Springfield area farmers are now “getting into the fields”.
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SPRINGFIELD
May 16 & 17 – State Track Meet at Omaha’s Burke High. Platteview High’s Steve Nelson & Jim Walter will be competing. Good Luck!
May 16 – 7pm Soaring Wings Vineyard Friday Night Music Series. Heidi Joy & the Riverside Anthology will be playing. There is a $5.00 cover charge.
May 17 -8am-3pm Springfield Clean Up Day
May 18 – 2-5pm Soaring Wings Vineyard hosts Acoustic Sunday with Mark Irvin folk Guitarist. Free admission!
May 19 –Summer Reading registration begins at Springfield Memorial Library. Sign up to read during the summer and find out about all this summer’s “Catch the Reading Bug” activities.
May 20 & 21 – South Sarpy District #46 schools semester finals & early release.
May 20 – 7pm Springfield Days meeting at Springfield Memorial Library
May 22 - South Sarpy District #46 schools semester finals & early release. Last day of school!!! Have a fun & safe summer!
May 25 - Springfield American Legion Post 143 will host a Memorial Day Observance at the Springfield Cemetery on Sunday, 25 May 2008 at 6:00 P.M. All are welcome.
May 26 - Memorial Day
June 6 & 7- Springfield Days “Surf Into Springfield”
June 6,7 &8 – Bugeaters Flea Market at the Sarpy County Fairgrounds. Open Friday 5-10pm, Saturday and Sunday 8am-4pm.
Happening in Louisville, NE:
May 17 – “Air Your Art Festival” in downtown Louisville features professional and amateur artists, live music and entertainment, a parade, and much more. Log on here to find out more: http://www.louisvillenebraska.com
SPRINGFIELD HISTORICAL TIDBIT:
The Advent Church stood at 360 Main Street and was converted into a home by Lester Ball in the 1930’s.
~"Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic."
--Short and funny quote by, Anonymous
Connie Manzer
News to the Editor:
Please send in all your Springfield area news. Pictures, announcements, and events will be added to the upcoming newsletter. Thanks in advance for all your help. Send to Editor@springfieldnebraska.com.
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