SEPTEMBER 27 - OCTOBER 3, 2019
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VOLUME 4 ISSUE 39
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L I L V E G SP RIN TIMES
The official newspaper of the Town of Concord, and the Village of Springville. Serving Springville, the surrounding communities and Springville-Griffith Institute Central Schools
14th annual Springville Oktoberfest is this Saturday
The calendar may still read September, but everyone in Springville is ready for Oktoberfest. The 14th annual German celebration will take place on Sept. 28 from 2 to 8 p.m. at Firemen’s Park, 70 Nason Blvd off Waverly Street in the village. The annual event, held rain or shine, features music, German and American food and draft beer and wine, as well as trade show and vendor areas from local businesses. Oktoberfest is a Springville Area Chamber of Commerce event with proceeds helping to promote the growth and retention of business and commerce in the Springville area. “One thing that’s emerged in our planning is this fall festival is going to be a celebration of the Springville area’s commerce and business,” said Mayor Bill Krebs, festival chair. “There’s quite a robust diversity that’s in the Springville area and they’ve all participated in this.” Krebs said planning began in the spring and
regular meetings throughout the summer to try to keep the tradition going strong. “We had a wonderful Oktoberfest last year to build on,” he added. “Gene Ellis was the leader of that for 13 years and this is our 14th.” The leading musical act in the Musik Festhalle is the Springville Community Jazz Orchestra, which Oktoberfest goers enjoy every year. New this year is the Bergholz German Band, which will provide the traditional German music, singing and dancing expected at Octoberfest. “That’s all very familyfriendly,” Krebs said. “They’ll get everybody up dancing and singing along.” The Bier Garten will feature local craft beers as well as the Spaten Oktoberfest, Lager and Optimator beers imported from Germany. Wine will also be served. The music entertainment at this venue will be Hintz of Thunder and Hastings & Sampson Duo. The Kitchen will serve German and American food
prepared by Springville area restaurants. Traditional German food provided by Mark Maussner owner of Tacocat includes bratwurst, knockwurst, sauerkraut and a special pork and dumpling platter. All the meats are supplied by the Meat Shoppe. “That’s a change this year because Gene Ellis used to cook all the food,” Krebs said. “(Maussner) and his sister and bringing the German recipes and food to this festival.” Tim and Bonnies will bake the traditional Oktoberfest pretzel, Apple Dumpling is preparing an apple strudel dessert. For those enjoying American food, the Springville Youth Incorporated/The Club will be grilling hot dogs and hamburgers and Tim and Bonnies will provide pizza. This year there is a $10 admission fee for which the Oktoberfest goer gets a voucher for 10 food or drink tickets. Children 12 and under are free. The voucher is redeemable at the ticket counters in The Kitchen and Bier Garten, where food and
Griffins looking for goals in tight games as girls soccer season heats up
Image courtesy Springville Area Chamber of Commerce
drink tickets are sold for $1 each. Also this year, Oktoberfest is hosting a Car Cruise-In for cars from 1980 and earlier. Dash plaques are available for the first 50 cars. Sponsors will be demonstrating their products in the trade show and vendors will have their crafts for sale. “We tried to reach out to as many local
businesses as possible,” Krebs said. Special events include the traditional apple dessert contest. Judging will be at 4 p.m. at The Kitchen. The contest for the best Traditional German Oktoberfest Attire will be at 7 p.m. in the Musik Festhalle. Also new this year, there is a bounce house for children. Although the hours have
been slightly shortened for this year, Krebs said they’re still hoping for as big a turnout as every year. “We are a smaller festival, but we still have lots to do,” he said. “It’s good for the Springville area because it celebrates our commerce and our business, and sometimes we forget how important the business community is to the rest of our community.”
Art’s Cafe to host open house Saturday
Photo submitted Members of Art’s Cafe Community Owners who recently gathered for a dinner at the Olmsted Camp in Sardinia on Sept. 14. Sam Wilson photo Pictured is the 2019 Springville-Griffith Institute varsity girls soccer team. Front row (from left): Hannah Goetz, Mabel Robinson, Morgan Kotlarz, Shay Ellis, Erin Schneider, Shelby Stisser. Second row: Karagen Heferle, Annemarie Harrigan, Hannah Carrow, Jackie Roggie, Erin Drewiega. Third row: Gracie Attebery, Autumn Snyder, Logan Lukert, Coach Holler, Nyah Solly, Jacy Schelble.
By Sam Wilson Goals are always at a premium in soccer, and last year the SpringvilleGriffith Institute girls team had plenty of them.
The Griffins scored 71 goals over 16 games last season, good for an average of 4.4 per game as they went 12-1-3. Eric Holler, in his fifth season as the SGI varsity
girls soccer coach, said this year’s team hasn’t had as much success piling up goals so far. “We have had difficulty scoring in tight See Girls Soccer page 3
If you’ve been trying to see what is happening at Art’s Cafe, then this Saturday, Sept. 28 is for you. Art’s Cafe is hosting an open house with coffee and light refreshments from 9 to 11:30 a.m. to give residents a chance to see how construction has progressed on the building.
The renovation of this Main Street building was started several years ago by Springville Center for the Arts. The project features a green roof, second-story apartments and art workshop space all centered around a main floor cafe and bakery. The once collapsed building is nearing completion and
visitors on Sept. 28 will get a feel for how the Cafe will be laid out. Construction has been steady at the building and Art’s Cafe is on track to complete initial interior construction by year’s end. Construction is being funded primarily by a loan from a statewide preservation See Art Cafe page 2
A Look Back: The Travels of Edgar Spaulding – Part 6 By Jolene Hawkins
Looking back to Edgar Spaulding’s journal he kept when, in 1926, he and his family went on a Motor Camping trip. Last week they have finally arrived in Florida, and that is where Part 6 begins…. There are many fine parks in Jacksonville here and there throughout the city. Flowers were in bloom and aside from the clouds and rain it looked more like
June than November to us. Quite cool nights, however. Phoenix Park Camp is a big place in an oak grove on the edge of the city. At the time we were there, over 600 outfits were on the grounds, with an estimated population of over 2,000 souls. The rate is one dollar per week. A poor man’s paradise. There is a big community building with free entertainment nearly every night, and Church services on Sunday nights. Neese and Wood came in from Lake City on the third day. They seemed like old friends. Now that our party was together again
we had our own campfire each night and even if there was clouds and rain, it was not such a bad life after all. The best fuel in the world for the campfire is an old automobile tire. They burn with a bright hot blaze that lasts well and can be lighted with a single newspaper. We used to spend our spare time hunting for them and had from 3 to 5 tires each night. After 10 days of Phoenix Park, the three outfits of us move to St. Augustine. Nine-foot brick road nearly all the way. Had not gone more than 20 miles before the sun was shining and it looked like a different world. All along this road land is being cleared for this or that. Big signs tell us that
we are for sure to be rich if we will but buy lots in some “Heights” or some “Shores” or some “Gables” and all is beautiful, the sign says so!
At St. Augustine we stopped at Dillon’s Camp. A small privately-owned place, good and clean. St. Augustine, as everyone
knows, is the oldest city in the United States and is very fascinating with its old fort, its old buildings and See A Look Back page 3