Knights of Columbus Fish Fry
St. Joseph Catholic Church
100 So. 9th Street, Springfield
March 6, 13, 27 & April 3
Prices: $10 Adults, $5 Kids (12& under)
$30 Family (Mom, Dad & Kids, no extended family)
Springfield United Methodist Church
Entering the Passion of Jesus by Amy Jill Levine is the basis
for our upcoming Lenten Worship series. Beginning with Ash
Wednesday we will look at a different aspect of Holy Week on
the Sundays preceding Holy Week and try to picture ourselves
in the events of Holy Week!
Ash Wednesday Feb. 26 - Drive Up Ashes in front of the church from 7:30 to 8:30 and 11:30 to 12:30.
Worship of Ashes at 7pm
April 5 Palm Sunday - Parade of Palms and Easter Egg Hunt!
April 9 - Maundy Thursday service 7 pm
April 10 - Good Friday Service 7 pm
April 12 - Sunrise Service 6:30 am with breakfast following!
Easter services at 8:30 and 10:45!
Beginning March 4th, Community Soup Suppers will be on Wednesdays
in Lent at 6pm. All are invited!
Springfield Days 2020 planning meeting
Thursday March 26
7:00 – 8:00pm
Springfield Memorial Library
Volunteers Welcome
VFW Breakfast
VFW Community Breakfast will be held on Sunday, March 29, 2020 from 8:00 am to noon at the Legion Hall, 166 S. 2nd Street in Springfield. Dine on pancakes, french toast, scrambled eggs, hash browns, ham and sausage. Milk, juice and coffee will round out the meal. Cost is $7.00 for adults, which includes a $1.50 donation and $3.50 for the youngsters under 12. Breakfasts will be held on the last Sunday of each month, now through April.
SPRINGFIELD CEMETERY FUNDRAISER
Springfield Cemetery is asking for donations to pave the cemetery streets. Every other year it costs $9000 to resurface the asphalt. Winter is coming soon. Roads will be tricky to navigate. Please help raise $100,000 to install pavement. A Go Fund Me page is set up. Please help: https://www.gofundme.com/springfield-cemetary-association
Donations can also be sent to:
Springfield Cemetery Association
c/o Rod Nielsen
15484 So. 108th Street
Springfield, NE 68059
“IT HAPPENED IN SPRINGFIELD HISTORY”
The Springfield Rescue Squad was organized in 1958 with sixteen members of which eight were women. Through contributions of almost $4000, the rescue squad unit was purchased from the Omaha Civil Defense Organization. The one-half ton truck was equipped with two stretchers, a bed, a complete oxygen and resuscitation apparatus, bandages and splints. All sixteen members completed Red Cross standard and advanced first aid courses. Rescue squad officers included: President Henry Glesmann, Vice-president George Erhart, Secretary –Treasurer Mrs. Troy (Erma) Buskirk, Squad Captain Jack Latham, and Assistant Captain Herbert Metzger. Other original members were: Marjorie Metzger, Burdette and Grace Hike, Herman and Blanche McBride, Howard Simon, Mrs. Bill (Janice) Hahn, Orville Jack Beck, Cecelia Beck, Mrs. Maurice (Bonnie) Erhart, and Mrs. Floyd (Gertrude) McCarty.
PLATTEVIEW CAMPUS LIFE
YOUTH FOR CHRIST
Programs offered:
Sixers Campus Life club for 6th grade students at Westmont
Campus Life club at Platteview Junior High
Campus Life club at Platteview High
For more info: Platteview Campus Life
Please call if you have any information. The accident happened in Springfield across the street from the Post Office.
You can earn extra money and help your community at the same time! Apply for one of thousands of temporary 2020 census jobs. In Sarpy County, Census workers make $17.50/hour.
ApplyToday at 2020census.gov/jobs.
WHY IS THE CENSUS IMPORTANT? The information collected in the 2020 Census will help determine how more than $675 billion of federal funding is distributed each year. Help make Sarpy County count!
The Schramm Speaker Series has been a great success and we sincerely thank all how have attended! However, because space is limited in our classroom, we now require a registration from those wishing to attend to ensure all patrons comfortably enjoy the event.
Please register here at this link
OPPD Customers Reporting an Uptick in Scam Calls
Omaha Public Power District customers are reporting a spike in scam phone calls today. The utility had received around 100 reports by early afternoon.
In 2019, OPPD received 1,336 reports of calls from scammers. That’s a 102% increase from five years ago. And the problem shows no signs of slowing.
This long-running scam targets utilities here in our area and across the nation. Aggressive callers pose as utility workers, trying to convince customers they owe money. They often instruct customers to use a pre-paid debit, gift or Green Dot card to settle up. Callers threaten to disconnect service if customers do not pay. Often, the scammers use “spoofing” technology so that caller identification appears to show a legitimate OPPD phone number.
None of these calls are from the utility.
Our call center representatives would never cold-call a customer demanding immediate payment. If customers were truly overdue on their bills to the point where service could be disconnected, they would receive written notice first. Authentic utility representatives would never request payment via a purchased pre-paid credit or gift card.
OPPD continues to work in partnership with local public power utilities to raise awareness among our customers and identify scam trends. If customers receive such a call, they can help us by noting the phone number used. OPPD is working with a leading toll-free phone number registry management company. As numbers are reported and verified to be non-OPPD numbers, we can get the phone number shut down.
OPPD stresses that customers should never give personal or financial information to a stranger during an unsolicited phone call. If such a person should appear at their door unannounced, claiming to work for the utility, ask for identification or verification. OPPD employees always carry identification. Failure to produce identification is a tip-off to the customer that something is wrong.
Customers with questions about making a payment, or about their account in general, should always call OPPD directly. Within Omaha, the number is 402-536-4131. Outside of Omaha, customers should call 1-877-536-4131.
Customers in our rural areas may talk with their local offices during business hours, as well.
COVID-19 Situational Update
As of February 27, 2020, there were 78,497 reported cases in China and 3,797 cases in locations outside China. In addition to sustained transmission in China, there is evidence of community spread in several additional countries. CDC has updated travel guidance to reflect this information
(https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/index.html).
To date, there has been limited spread of COVID-19 in the United States. As of February 26, 2020, there were a total of 61 cases within the United States, 46 of these were among repatriated persons from high-risk settings. The other 15 cases were diagnosed in the United States; 12 were persons with a history of recent travel in China and 2 were persons in close household contact with a COVID-19 patient (i.e. person-to-person spread). One patient with COVID-19 who had no travel history or links to other known cases was reported on February 26, 2020, in California. The California Department of Public Health, local health departments, clinicians, and CDC are working together to investigate this case and are identifying contacts with whom this individual interacted.
On February 26th the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services distributed a news release across the state asking Nebraskans with travel in the past 14 days to countries with community transmission of COVID-19 to contact their local health departments (http://dhhs.ne.gov/Pages/DHHS-Asking-Nebraskans-With-Travel-in-Past-14-Days-to-Countries-With-Community-Transmission-of-COVID-19-to-Contact-Local-HD.aspx). SCHD along with State and Federal partners are implementing measure, such as self-reporting to local health departments, to slow and contain transmission of COVID-19 in the U.S. SCHD is assessing, monitoring and providing guidance to travelers arriving from these areas.
If confirmed cases should arise, SCHD has systems in place to track and monitor individuals whom have come in contact with the confirmed cases to help identify secondary cases and minimize the potential for ongoing, undetected, person-to-person transmission.
We are continuing to encourage all our community partners (i.e. County and City offices, schools, businesses, etc.) to take action now to be prepared for the possibility of community spread of COVID-19. We have suggested that all businesses review and update their pandemic flu plans and/or continuity of operations plans. Additionally, we are encouraging partners to begin to think about non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) that could be implemented to help slow the spread of illness.
More information for businesses can be found on the CDC website at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/specific-groups/guidance-business-response.html.
More information on non-pharmaceutical interventions can be found on the CDC website at https://www.cdc.gov/nonpharmaceutical-interventions/index.html
If you would have any questions regarding COVID-19 please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Sarah Schram, MS RD
Director
Sarpy/Cass Health Department
701 Olson Drive #101
Papillion, NE 68046
SARPY/CASS BABY CAFE
The Sarpy/Cass Baby Cafés are licensed sites run by trained staff that provide a high-quality standard of care for breastfeeding families. Please join us every Tuesday from 10am-noon, at the Sarpy/Cass Health Department for pregnancy and breastfeeding support. Learn more on our website at sarpycasshealthdepartment.org/maternal-and-child-health
FREE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE
The Sarpy/Cass Health Department offers free transportation assistance to women with a mammogram appointment. The service includes home pick up, hospital/clinic drop off, and return home drop off. Eligibility includes women aged 40-75 years living in Sarpy or Cass counties. Please call the Health Department at 402-537-6968 for more information.
NEST 529 Supports “Big Dreams” With $40K Giveaway
Eight Young Winners to Each Receive a $5,000 NEST 529 Account Contribution
Lincoln, Neb. (January 2, 2020)— Nebraska State Treasurer John Murante and First National Bank of Omaha today announced the NEST 529 Big Dreams $40K Giveaway. Open nationwide to children 10 years old or younger, eight randomly selected winners will each receive a $5,000 NEST 529 College Savings Plan account contribution. Entries can be submitted online or by mail from January 1, 2020 through March 31, 2020.
For full details and to enter the giveaway, visit NEST529.com/BigDreamsGiveaway. More information is also available at NEST529.com or treasurer.nebraska.gov.
HAPPENING NEARBY
Sign Up:
https://ssp.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_06eNidmd00tlvQp
Information on the different workshops offered:
https://entomology.unl.edu/bee-lab#tab3
T.E.A.M. Hires Cass County Coordinator
Cass County, NE – Tobacco Education & Advocacy of the Midlands (T.E.A.M.) has hired Rachel Brandenburg as Cass County Coordinator.
Brandenburg is an experienced senior care and public health professional with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & health care industry. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Management from Bellevue University and a Master of Public Health from Creighton University.
In her role prior to joining T.E.A.M., Brandenburg was the Volunteer Coordinator at Hillcrest Health Services. Brandenburg lives in Plattsmouth with her active-duty spouse and three children.
Jenny Steventon, Assistant Health Director of Sarpy Cass Health Department and Chair of T.E.A.M. Steering Committee, said “We are very excited to have Rachel on board. Her depth of experience and knowledge and community relationships will complement our growing coalition.”
T.E.A.M. is a community coalition based out of CHI Health Midlands that specializes in local tobacco control. For more information, call 402-593-3022 or email
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Funding provided by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services/Tobacco Free Nebraska Program as a result of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.
Bring the family for a fun night of LIVE entertainment! Come to dance or just sit back and enjoy the music!
UPCOMING SHOWS:
Only $4 admission to shows for those over 13 years old. Younger kids admitted FREE!
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Saturday, March 7, Nightriders Band, 7:30 pm.
Saturday, March 21, Rayne McGill & Friends, 7:30 pm
Saturday, April 4, Nebraska Country Roads with Elaine Behrends, 7:30 pm
Saturday, April 18, Plum Tuckered Band, 7:30
JAM SESSIONS:
Sunday, March 8, 1 pm
Sunday, April 12, 1 pm
We jam the 2nd Sunday of each month, at 1:00, except in May when it's the 3rd Sunday.
Beginners are always welcome! Bring your instrument and a snack to share. Jam Sessions are FREE!
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For updates call 1-800-480-8797, ext. 211 or drop us an email at
Cornhusker Country Music Theater, 211 Main St, Louisville, NE, is a nonprofit, 501 c 3, organization
Like us on Facebook @ Cornhusker Country Music Theater.
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-Eleanor Roosevelt
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