Springfield Wednesday Newsletter: January 17, 2024

Countdown to Joy: Sunday Funday Extravaganza on January 21st!

Sunday Funday UMC

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Sign up for Driver Ed on

1/23/2024

https://www.esu3.org/DE/SPPLCAL

2024 Platteview Spring DRIVER EDUCATION INFORMATION page 0
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Sarpy County Chambers held its monthly "Coffee and Contacts" gathering at Springfield Soda Fountain. Keith, our fantastic host, treated participants to delicious homemade treats and a sample of Superman ice cream. The event was undoubtedly a success!

Elevate your presence by becoming a member of Sarpy Chambers. For more information, contact the Sarpy Chamber at 402-339-3050.

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IT HAPPEN IN SPRINGFIELD

On December 13, 1979

Mrs. Erma Buskirk retired after twenty years of service from the Springfield Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department. Mrs. Buskirk taught first aid classes for fourteen of the twenty years she was with the department. To teach, she took many classes in first aid, advanced first aid, disaster, and other courses. When she first volunteered in 1959, there were on sixteen members, eight male and eight female but the department had expanded to include over forty members. Living across the street from the Springfield Fire Department, she was ready to jump into action the moment a call came in. Lifetime residents of Springfield, Mrs. Buskirk and her husband Troy, had five children: Lorabell, Loree, Tom, Gary, and Gaynell. Many of her descendants followed her lead, volunteering with our local volunteer Fire and Rescue Department.

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Heat the Streets Run & Walk for Warmth

Register for Heat the Streets Run & Walk for Warmth by Dec. 31 to receive an early bird discount, while helping utility customers in need

Omaha Public Power District and Metropolitan Utilities District encourage you to give the gift of warmth and safety this holiday season by registering for the Heat the Streets Run & Walk for Warmth. Funds raised provide utility bill assistance for customers going through hard financial times.

Heat the Streets takes place March 2, 2024, at Zone 6 in Aksarben Village, 1911 S. 67^th St. in Omaha. This is the 17^th year Metropolitan Utilities District and Omaha Public Power District are hosting the event to raise money for utility assistance programs for customers struggling to pay their bills.

This year’s co-chairs are Jim Begley, vice chair of the M.U.D. Board of Directors, and his wife, Rebecca, and Matt Core, a member of the OPPD Board of Directors, and his wife, Katy.

Last year, M.U.D.’s HomeFund distributed $280,389 of bill assistance funding to 790 households in need. OPPD’s Energy Assistance Program distributed $319,987 in funding to 937 households in need.

Heat the Streets is the single largest fundraiser of the year for these programs. Last year the event raised $138,081. This year, the utilities have set a goal of registering at least 1,000 participants and raising at least $300,000.

Fundraising is especially critical right now, as a decrease in federal funding allotted to programs that help with utility bill assistance has put extra pressure on the utilities’ assistance programs.

The utilities host the run and walk during the winter to bring added attention to the struggle that so many face to keep their homes safe and warm. However, our customers’ needs are year-round. Unexpected events – a lost job, hospital stay, even car repairs – are a real hardship for those living paycheck to paycheck. Sometimes, just a little financial boost can make all the difference.

Funds raised are administered by Dollar Energy Fund Inc., a registered 501(c)(3), and then split between M.U.D.’s Home Fund and OPPD’s Energy Assistance Program to assist our customers living in Burt, Cass, Colfax, Dodge, Douglas, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson, Sarpy, Saunders, and Washington counties. All money raised is distributed through this local network.

Participation options, including a new 10k distance race path, and prices follow. The registration window opens Nov. 24, with discounts for early birds who register before the end of the year.

Timed 10K

$35 (Nov. 24 through Dec. 31)
$40 (Jan. 1 through Feb. 28)
$50 (Day of registration)

Timed 5K

$30 (Nov. 24 through Dec. 31)
$35 (Jan. 1 through Feb 28)
$45 (Day of registration)

Untimed one-mile walk

Children 12 and under may register for free with a registered adult.

$25 (Nov. 24 through Dec. 31)
$30 (Jan. 1 through Feb. 28)
$40 (Day-of registration)

Virtual run/walk

Participants may complete their choice on the path of their choice, such as a treadmill, in their neighborhoods or a local trail.

$35 (Nov. 24 through Feb. 28)

Awards will be given to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place male and female runners in each of the following age divisions for the timed 5K and 10K events: 12 and under, 13-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+. (No awards for virtual participants.)

You do not have to participate in the run or walk to help the cause. Just visit HeatTheStreetsOmaha.com to donate and view sponsorship opportunities.

Both utilities urge any customers who are struggling with their bills to call their customer service representatives and talk through their options. For OPPD, that number is 402-536-4131 in the Omaha area. Outside of the metro, customers may call toll-free at 877-536-4131. M.U.D. customers should call 402-554-6666.

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TEAM 2024 meetings

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Springfield NCWPFlyer 2018

HAPPENING NEARBY

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Nehawka VFD soup supper

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2023 11 29 LOFTE 2024 SEASON 1

For more info, click here:

LOFTE COMMUNITY THEATRE

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CORNHUSKER COUNTRY MUSIC THEATER

211 Main Street

Louisville, NE

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Come on over and take a spin on our dance floor! This is a family-friendly venue, so bring the kids, too!

CORNHUSKER COUNTRY MUSIC THEATER
211 Main Street
Louisville, NE
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NO SATURDAY EVENING SHOWS in JANUARY 2024!

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FREE, OPEN (AMPLIFIED) JAM SESSIONS!

1 - 4 PM

January 7, 14, 21 & 28

On February 11th, we'll go back to our regular 2nd Sundays only for amplified jams

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Bring your instruments, bring your voices or just sit in and listen!
Let's get together and have a good time!

NEW! STARTING FEBRUARY 25, 2024

4th SUNDAYS EACH MONTH

FREE ACOUSTIC JAMS ONLY

1-4 PM

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Email for more information: cornhuskercountrymusic@gmail>.com,

or call Larry, at 1-402-949-0668.

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Louisville Food Bank

SHARE PLEASE - WE NEED MORE TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD!
Mark your calendars! Stop down and stock up. There is no scary process or forms to fill out. Just good people helping good people.
Open days (always 6:00-7:00 pm)
Inside Hopes Closet 213 Main Louisville
Dec 21 right before Christmas
Dec 28

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Next year's dates are open! 6-7 pm
Jan. 11, 25
Feb. 8, 22
March 14, 28
April 11, 25
May 9, 23
June 13, 27

We strive to have the Food Bank open on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month, however holidays might change those dates.
Updates can be found here >>

Please come and pick up what you need for your household or a friend’s.
We have canned goods, boxed meals, breakfast items, frozen meats, bread, eggs, baking ingredients, cleaning supplies, personal care items, diapers, and wipes.

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"You can't get too much winter in the winter."
- Robert Frost

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