A special Holiday Event by Springfield Volunteer Fire & Rescue
Santa Claus is Coming to Town on a Fire Truck
Saturday December 18 starting at 2:00PM
Santa's bringing Goodie Bags for good boys & girls!
Here's Santa's route:
Get the kids out and ready to wave to Santa!
Also collecting pantry items for
First United Methodist Food Pantry
Springfield Community Foundation
Matching Program
The mission of the Foundation is to support activities which provide civic, educational, health, human services, or cultural improvements for the community of Springfield, Nebraska.
Please mail your donation to:
Midlands Community Foundation
217 North Jefferson St.
Papillion, NE 68046
Please designate your donation to Springfield Community Foundation
Donations are 100% tax deductible
SThe highlight of the Christmas season is the Springfield Volunteer Fire Department’s annual Christmas party for Springfield area children. Before the construction of the current Fire Hall, the party was held at the Community Building. The event began with a kid friendly movie on a big screen. Santa arrived just after the ending of the movie to visit with each girl and boy. Thanks to the generosity of the fire department, all kids received a bag of treats with candy and fruit. Each year the number of children who attended the party ranged from 150 or more.
We are open for IN-PERSON worship! We will continue to stream LIVE on Facebook. We are asking for pre-registration for attendance. Please contact the office 402-253-2270 to get your reservation!
Sunday Services at 9:30am
Tune into our Facebook page for live streaming Sunday Services at 9:30am.
https://www.facebook.com/firstunitedmethodistchurchofspringfield
OPPD warns scammers may try to take advantage of utility customers over the holidays.
The holidays often bring out the best in us. But they also bring out the worst in utility scammers, looking to bring in some extra cash by taking advantage of others. Reports of these calls tend to pick up steam several times a year, including between the Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day.
This long-running con targets customers of utilities here in our area and across the nation. Scammers typically call customers, claiming they are overdue on bills and need to buy a gift card or pre-paid credit card of some sort to settle up. Otherwise, they claim, power will be disconnected.
Most recently, the callers have been falsely claiming customers owe money for equipment, such as an electric meter. OPPD customers would not be responsible for such equipment.
The scammers can be quite aggressive and threatening in their tone. Here are some of the other ways they may try to con customers out of money:
Misleading messages
- Making claims that customers owe money through text messaging.
- Asking customers to pay using a cash app.
Robocall robbery
- Using robocall technology to leave a message, asking customers to call back and make a payment.
- Recording and playing back authentic utility messages to sound more convincing for customers who call.
Seasonal scam twist
- Making hollow promises of a gift card in exchange for payment.
OPPD is working in partnership with other local public power utilities to raise awareness among our customers, identify scammers’ trends, and get their phone numbers shut down, when possible. We want our residential and business customers to protect themselves by remembering the following:
- 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 never request payment via a purchased payment card.
- NEVER give personal or financial information to a stranger during an unsolicited phone call.
- Do NOT allow entrance to such a person, without proper credentials or utility authorization, appearing unannounced at your door.
- ALWAYS ask for identification or verification. OPPD employees always carry identification. Failure to produce identification should always be a tip-off to the customer that something is wrong.
- Be wary of sales pitches from companies claiming to represent or work with OPPD.
Customers who have any questions about service, their account or bill status, or if in need of financial assistance should call us at 402-536-4131 in the Omaha calling area or 877-536-4131 outside of the Omaha area.
HAPPENING NEARBY
Cornhusker Country Music Theater
Come on over and take a spin on our dance floor or just sit back and enjoy the music!
211 Main Street
Louisville, NE
1-800-480-8797, ext 211
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