SPRINGFIELD NEWSLETTER

What’s New in Springfield, NE

November 21, 2007

GIVING THANKS

 Celebrating the holidays begins tomorrow with Thanksgiving Day. Let us remember the importance of giving thanks. We thank our families for supporting us through times of happiness and sorrow. We thank friends who for enrich our lives with the gift of friendship. We are grateful for nice homes, good food, gainful employment, and a great community. We should all be thankful for living in this magnificent country. As Americans, we sometimes take for granted the privilege to live as we do with our freedoms of speech, religion, and all the rights the constitution affords us. Let us all stop and say a prayer of thanksgiving on Thanksgiving Day.

Aren’t there always little things that we should also be thankful for? You know those small luxuries or little necessities that help us make it through life. I am so thankful for whoever invented them.

My list:
Cinnamon rolls – yum!
Thick socks – oh, my aching feet
The remote control – I can veg on the sofa.
Showers – nice & hot
Garage door openers- Who wants to get out in the rain?
Liquid soap – ditch those bars
Cell phones- remember pay phones, ugh! (could be conceived as an important necessity)
Paper clips – keeps me organized

And speaking of being grateful (the list goes on and on, doesn’t it?), I would like to thank John and Irina Harrington at Wirebuilt for all their hard work and determination for keeping this enterprise going. They give all the community editors support and keep the community websites up and running.

Thanks to all our advertisers!

 A big thanks to all our readers!!!

I hope all of you venture onto the Springfield, NE website and take advantage of all it has to offer. Links are available for the city office (read those council meeting minutes), local businesses, churches, schools, the library, and various other local organizations.  The library and SSAP have new websites to browse. Find all your Springfield happenings at www.springfieldnebraska.com

A “Happy Thanksgiving” to all our military troops serving overseas away from family and friends during this Holiday season. .  We appreciate your service to our country.

Found near Buffalo Park – a Mongoose bike. Call 253-2797 to claim.

Greeting Springfield Cemetery visitors is a magnificent new sign at the new entrance. Check it out:

Springfielder At Heart Committee Needs Help! Manpower is needed to make the dinner a success. Sign up at your church. Each of the three churches in Springfield receives the proceeds from the free will donations collected. The dinner will take place on December 8th from 5-8pm. Turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, apples, stuffing, rolls, cake, and beverages will be served.

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SPRINGFIELD

November 21, 7pm – St. Joseph’s Church hosts the annual Thanksgiving Prayer Service in conjunction with the First United Methodist Church. Rev. Eldon Davis will preach. Please bring a nonperishable food item for the Food Bank. A social follows  the service.
November 22 & 23 - South Sarpy School District 46 – Thanksgiving Break
  November 23 & 24 – Christmas Open House at Eclectic Designs & Salon and Homespun D-Zigns on Main St. in Springfield.  Store Wide Sale with 20- 50% off all merchandise. Featuring country gifts, jewelry, furniture & more!
November 25, 8am – 12:30pm – Springfield VFW “All You Can Eat (wow)”  Breakfast at the Springfield Legion Hall. Cost is $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for children.

December 1, 9am – 1pm Christmas Cookie Walk at Springfield Memorial Library. Cookies needed! Call the library to volunteer.
December 8, 5-8pm – Springfield at Heart Community Dinner at the First United Methodist Church. Free will donation accepted.
Purchase Village Inn Pie gift certificates for $10.00 from the Friends of the Springfield Memorial Library.  Great for holidays and gifts. For more information call the library at 253-2797.
Soaring Wings Vineyard continues Acoustic Sundays through December from 1-4pm.  Free admission!

And For Events Happening in Nearby Communities:
Elmwood, NE
November 24 8:00am-4:00pm Holiday Extravaganza Garage Sale Mania - A benefit for the Elmwood Volunteer Fire Department.  For more information go to: www.elmwoodvfrd.org

Purchase your Elmwood Rescue Squad Tickets Today $20 a Ticket for a chance to win $100 a week for 52 chances to win for the Year of 2008. To purchase contact the address Below:
Elmwood Rescue Raffle
P.O. Box 3
Elmwood Nebraska 68349
For More Information: Call Ed Blunt at 994-3295

Louisville, NE
December 8, 9am-4pm  Ringing in the Season  Christmas Tree Lane, crafts & lunch at the Senior Center, Horse drawn carriage rides & Gingerbread House Display at the school. Live Reindeer & Santa. Local businesses & restaurants open.

Weeping Water, NE
November 30-December 2 Come Home for the Holidays: Click for more information!

SPRINGFIELD HISTORICAL TIDBIT:
November, 1917 – Springfield rallied to the YMCA War fund drive Sunday evening and subscribed $790 within thirty minutes.
-Reference:  “Forty Years Ago” - The Springfield Monitor, November 21, 1957 issue

~ To the outside world we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters. We know each other as we always were. We know each other's hearts. We share private family jokes. We remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and joys. We live outside the touch of time.

-Clara Ortega

Connie Manzer

GO HUSKERS!!!

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.