Since all events, meetings, and gatherings are cancelled for the foreseeable future, the Springfield newsletter will bring you news of announcements, important updates, fun tips, and maybe a joke or two. Check in for current information of up-to-the minute news. We’ll do what we can to make it through these times. Hang in there everyone!
Our local Covid-19 information resource provides up-to-minute updates:
Sarpy Cass Health Department
https://www.sarpycasshealthdepartment.org/
SARPY COUNTY HELP LINE
The Sarpy County Sheriff's Office along with Sarpy County Human Services has established a help line for the citizens of Sarpy County during the COVID-19 pandemic event. Starting today, people who are sick, elderly, or caretakers of this demographic in Sarpy County may call the Sarpy County Sheriff Helpline at 402-593-1593 for needs such as picking up prescriptions, groceries, or other necessities. A uniformed Sarpy County Sheriff's Deputy will pick up and deliver these items in a marked police cruiser. This helpline may also be utilized by the general public to make non-emergency police reports via telephone that do not require a police officer present in their home.
The following providers are participating in this program:
Walmart in Papillion
Target in Papillion (Groceries Only)
Bakers at 36th St & Twin Creek Dr
Bakers at 801 Galvin Rd (Pharmacy Only)
Springfield Drug (Pharmacy Only)
Please check the Sheriff's Office website and Facebook Page for any new updates to this program.
USEFUL RESOURCES DURING THE PANDEMIC
https://www.unitedwaymidlands.org/2-1-1/
https://www.nebraskachildren.org/covid-19-information-and-resources.html
-- https://www.thekimfoundation.org/
MEDICAL CARE FOR CHILDREN & TEENS
Children’s Hospital & Medical Center has launched a dedicated Respiratory Assessment Center to address symptoms of respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19, in children and teens. The Respiratory Assessment Center is located on Children’s main campus at 84th & Dodge Streets. Please enter off of 84th Street at the Specialty Pediatric Center entrance, make an immediate right and park; the center’s entrance is south of the main Specialty Pediatric Center entrance.
Symptoms consistent with COVID-19 are: fever, cough, shortness of breath and/or sore throat. If your child has these symptoms or you are concerned about a potential exposure, please call your primary care provider or Children’s COVID-19 Help Line at 402-955-3200.
If this is an urgent matter and your child needs immediate care on nights or weekends, please go directly to the Respiratory Assessment Center—not Children’s Urgent Care. Children’s Urgent Care will be sending patients with potentially infected respiratory symptoms to the center for care.
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Reminder!
Return your early voting ballot request
Voting Information:
www.sarpy.com/offices/election-commission
Springfield VFW Pancake Breakfast Update
VFW community pancake breakfast will plan to resume operation in the fall. We will tentatively plan to serve breakfast on the last Sunday of the month starting October 25.
ATTN:
Springfield Cemetery is in need of Board Members for maintenance and decision making for upkeep of our cemetery. Please contact Rod Nielsen
402-290-4873 email:
SPRINGFIELD FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
ALL SERVICES AT THIS TIME ARE BY STREAMING ONLY!
Sunday's Live at 9:30am on Facebook
Shop Local
Please remember to support Springfield’s local businesses during this difficult time.
Local restaurants/ cafes providing carry out or drive through service:
Black Sheep Coffee House
Sweet Rice Thai Food
Runza Restaurant
Trojan Tavern
Valentino’s
Wicked Hen
Open for business:
Springfield Drug & Soda Fountain
Do a home project! Get your supplies at Ace Hardware
Soaring Wings Vineyard: open plus delivery service available
These and all Springfield businesses need your support to survive these difficult times.
LIENBENTRITT FAMILY DENTISTRY UPDATE
WE ARE CURRENTLY OPEN FOR EMERGENCIES ONLY until at least 4/30/2020 as mandated by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. We are answering our phone, as well as E-Mail and text messages. If you are experiencing a dental emergency, please reach out.
Call or text: 402-253-2868
E-mail:
If you had an appointment scheduled in April, please call, text or e-mail to reschedule.
We will be opening additional days to see patients once we can operate normally again. We will do our best to make sure all of our patients can get back on schedule.
Thank you for being our patient during and after these tough times. We will not only get through this, but we will emerge stronger after it!
Flower Power Fundraiser
The growing season is fast approaching! Upgrade your landscape with flowers by shopping from home (which we are all doing right now) and support the Friends of the Library. The Flower Power fundraiser gives back 50% of all sales and deliveries are sent directly to your door with a flat shipping rate of $6.00 per order. A 100% grow guarantee comes with all products. Log on to our special website to shop:
https://www.flowerpowerfundraising.com/…/springfieldmemoria…
IT HAPPENED IN SPRINGFIELD HISTORY
Springfield Public Library building constructed in 1951
The Springfield Library was organized in January 1926 by the Springfield Woman’s Club. It was housed over Joern Grocery Store on Main Street. Woman’s Club members acted as librarians and community members donated books. A six member committee governed the library: Mrs. Grover Armstrong, Mrs. Joe Elwell, Mrs. John Elwell, Mrs. Clara Mueller, Mrs. Stella Starry, and Miss Gertrude Smith. Eventually the city voted to maintain the library and a librarian was appointed. The first librarian was Mrs. Rose Davis. After years of moving to different locations, a library building was built in 1951 by donations, time, and talent generously given by area residents. The Springfield Public Library was located next to Springfield State Bank which was on the southeast corner of Main Street. The building also served as the Town Hall.
OPPD Online Board Meeting
Regular Board Meeting: Thursday, April 16, 2020
4:00 p.m., via Webex Events audio/video conference.
Public may attend by going to www.oppd.com/BoardAgenda ahead of the meeting to access the WebEx link and view instructions.
Funny Story
Living in rural Minnesota, I find driving through crowded Minneapolis difficult. “I have trouble figuring out when to turn and what lane to be in,” I complained to my grandson. His wife could commiserate. “I know what you mean,” she said. “I never know at which cornfield to turn when we come to visit you.”
*Reference: Reader’s Digest
WHAT TO DO WHILE YOU’RE HOME
Make gifts for next year’s Christmas. Get a head start!
Make up a story and write it down
Learn some new jokes
Go fishing
Learn the constellations in the night sky
Start a blog
Make a budget
Go for a drive to a new place
Build a fort
Teach your kids something new
Go camping in your backyard
Donate blood
Have a scavenger hunt
Phone a friend or family member that you haven’t talked for a long time.
Funny Headline:
Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
—Source: Timothy Haas in Boseman Daily Chronicle
Joke of the Week
* Question: Q: What do you call someone who can't stick with a diet?
* Answer: A desserter.
HAPPENING NEARBY
Zero Hour - Cass Local - Listen Audio
A major goal for the CassLocal.com project, was to make small business support as convenient as possible. If you have a small business, you know that job one, is to make your businesses as simple, and convenient as possible to interact with.
The Corona $1200 checks, are starting to arrive this week. We know that some fortunate Nebraskans are not desperate and might consider helping struggling small businesses, Churches and Non-Profit organizations with a donation or better yet buying Gift Cards. We encourage restaurants, bars, basically any small businesses to get a Gift Card account from companies like Square. This is a convenient way for fortunate Nebraskan's to inject life saving cash into the business, in echange for Goods and Services later when the storm passes. None of this is possible, unless you add your business or Organization to www.CassLocal.com free. Any questions? TEXT VM/402-968-0821
ALL SHOWS CANCELED TILL FURTHER NOTICE!
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“2nd SUNDAY JAM SESSIONS”:
JAM SESSIONS CANCELED TILL FURTHER NOTICE!
“Sing like no one’s listening, love like you’ve never been hurt, dance like nobody’s watching, and live like it’s heaven on earth.”
-Mark Twain
Thanks to all Springfield E-Newsletter readers.
Connie Manzer
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