Springfield Wednesday Newsletter: April 29, 2020

Restrictions are easing up on social gathers and some businesses in Nebraska. Please be mindful of social distancing guidelines established by our local health department and local officials. The Springfield newsletter will continue to 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/

CITY OF SPRINGFIELD CLEAN UP DAY CANCELLED

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Springfield Cleanup Day originally scheduled for Saturday, May 2 has been cancelled to keep city employees and residents safe.

The city will try to hold a cleanup day later this fall.

Thank you for understanding!

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/

Reminder!

Return your early voting ballot request & voting ballot

Voting Information:

www.sarpy.com/offices/election-commission

Pantry April

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:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

SPRINGFIELD FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Auction online

Bidding open now

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: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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!

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Order Deadline: Friday May 1st

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/springfieldmemoriallibraryfriends

IT HAPPENED IN SPRINGFIELD HISTORY

Zimmerman Feed Yard

In 1915 Frank Zimmerman started a feed yard in Springfield. Zimmerman’s feed yard developed into the largest feeding operation in the area after he partnered with Mr. Gottsch. According to a 1922 Papillion Times newspaper article, the Zimmerman Gottsch Feed Yard was probably the largest and most finished stock feeders in the state of Nebraska, feeding in the course of a year three thousand head of cattle and four thousand hogs. In 1928 Zimmerman and Gottsch dissolved their partnership. Zimmerman continued the business until 1935 when due to the depression years and the war years, it was closed. At the end of World War II, Mr. Zimmerman and Mr. & Mrs. J.P. Latham once again began the feed yard operation. Mrs. J.P. (Hazel) Latham was Mr. Zimmerman’s daughter. The Zimmerman Feed Yard was located on the south side of Springfield.

Funny Story

My three-year-old son: I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up. Me: You can be anything you want. Son: (after a few seconds) I think I’ll be a mother. —Mary Lahl

*Reference: Reader’s Digest

Funny Headline:

Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendants

—Source: Timothy Haas in Boseman Daily Chronicle

Joke of the Week

Q: Knock, knock.

A: Who's there?

Q: Wooden shoe.

A: Wooden shoe, who?

Q: Wooden shoe like to know!

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HAPPENING NEARBY

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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 arriving. 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 exchange 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

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“Every single day is a good day no matter how bright or dark it is, because it always brings an opportunity to start a positive beginning in your life.”

– Edmond Mbiaka

Thanks to all Springfield E-Newsletter readers.

Connie Manzer

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