Springfield Wednesday Newsletter: January 11, 2023

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Students are offered a Driver Education course through Educational Service Unit #3. Students are required to complete 20 hours of classroom instruction and driving lessons leading to the successful passing of the DMV-approved road test. Driver Education includes (1) basic defensive driving, skills, and safety procedures, (2) study and application of rules and regulations that affect our driving. This course is graded and requires a learner permit before behind-the-wheel driving lessons are given. Driving arrangements are made with the instructor allowing flexibility in scheduling. All students must pass all written tests and the DMV-certified road test to obtain a waiver for a Provisional Operator Permit.

IT HAPPENED IN SPRINGFIELD HISTORY

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Snow removal on a Sarpy county road

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A one-way path on Platteview Road west of Platteview High School

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Law enforcement officer digging out

Springfield and the surrounding area experienced a major blizzard on Friday January 10, 1975. Omaha reported nineteen inches of snow. Many Springfield residents working in Omaha were unable to return home that Friday evening. Fortunately, no major problems incurred during the plowing of Springfield streets. Mayor Allen Kreifels praised city maintenance superintendent, Bud Penny’s job of clearing city streets. After plowing through to open the roads, work began to widen traffic lanes in town. Springfield State Bank president, Bob Iske, resorted to traveling by snowmobile the two miles from his residence to reach the bank on Monday after the snowstorm.

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*HAPPENING NEARBY*

*QUACK OFF JANUARY 28TH, 2023*

We want to start by saying thank you for all of the interest in supporting our fire department. After having to cancel the past two years, we would really like to see the Quack Off come back, better than ever! Being as the Quack Off is our main fundraising opportunity, we are looking forward to seeing everyone and hoping to raise enough money to purchase life saving equipment for our department. We can't do it without you!

Registration will be from 10:00am-12:00pm. The registration fee is $40. Registration will take place at the Avoca Town Hall as normal (623 House Street). Races start at 1:00pm

Fass Help Needed

A big and heart-felt THANK YOU comes from Mark and Sondra Buell from the 3B Homestead for the wonderful support, help, prayers, and participation in The Living Nativity 2022. Exactly 150 people volunteered for this year’s event, using their talents to serve in a variety of ways: storytelling, parking cars, serving cocoa, set-up, tear-down, greeters, musicians (vocalists, keyboard, church choirs, and bands), providing cookies, and caring for the animals. Members of the Cass County Creative Cats 4-H Club provided poultry for the event. Besides the weekend public events, private events included a church, two assisted living facilities, four home-school associations, a youth group, and two drive-through events. Thank you to all! Visitors and guests came from seven states and two countries, tripling attendance from past years. Even though some of the days were cold, hearts were warmed, animals were well loved, storytelling was enlightening, and The Real Reason of Christmas, the birth of Jesus Christ, was celebrated!

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Lofte Theatre

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JOB OPPORTUNITY

Applications are now being accepted for the position of 4-H Extension Assistant at the Nebraska Extension - Cass County Office in Weeping Water. This is a full-time County paid position, with some night and weekend hours required. Benefits include Health, Retirement, Vacation, Sick and Holidays. Hourly rate will start at $17.

Position description including responsibilities, required skills, and preferred experiences available online on the Cass Extension homepage https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/cass/

Submit cover letter and resume to the Cass County Extension Office by Sunday, January 15th. Applications can be mailed to Cass County Extension 8400 144^th St Suite 100 Weeping Water, NE 68463 or emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. References will be requested after further review.

Cornhusker Country Music Theater

211 Main Street. Louisville, Ne 68037

HAPPY NEW YEAR

We will not be having shows during the month of January but resume starting Feb 11th at 7:30 PM. We will be having jam sessions every Sunday in January starting on the 1st at 1:00 PM. There is no charge to get in, everyone welcome. Bring your instrument and play along. we do have drums and bass equipment also PA is supplied, but everything else you will need to bring if you want to play. Hope to see some new faces. We are a classic country music theater.

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