SPY's Newsletter 8/3/2025

Christina Grosshans
Aug 5
4 min read

SPY’s Community Newsletter

#374

(8/3/25)

SUNFIELD FARMERS PICNIC PREPARES FOR OPEN CLASS CRAFT EVENT

We are pleased to announce that this year’s Open Class Craft event sponsored by the Sunfield Area Sponsors of Programs for Youth will be held on Saturday, August 16^th with the judging starting promptly at 10 a.m. under the small tent in the Floyd Van Buren Park. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to show off that homemade item and possibility receive a cash prize and ribbon. Do you can your own pickles or make applesauce each year--- how about a lovely flower arrangement with flowers from your garden? Are your vegetables in your garden extra special this year? Taken a picture that is special to you? These are all items that are welcome for this event. Do you do a craft that you would like to share? How about all those quilters out there. Sunfield and its surrounding area has many talented people and this event is an opportunity for you to show your talent off to the rest of the community. The categories include Art, Baked Goods, Baskets, Canned Goods, Carving, Ceramic, Crafts, Flowers, Silk Flower Arrangements, Garden Produce, Glass Etching, Kids Crafts (up to age 11), Needlework, Knitting, Crocheting, Latch Hook/Cross Stitch, Leatherwork, Painting, Paper Craft, Photography: Animals, Nature, People, Other, Quilts, Sewing, Woodworking and even Craft Vendors can enter their items.

As always, there are a few rules, such as the work must be your own, not from a kit. Baked goods must be made without commercial mixes. Each entry is judged on its own merit and each category may have a “Best of Show” ribbon awarded at the judge’s discretion. Remember you can only enter 4 items per person and only 2 per any one category. Additionally, one entry form is required per item. For additional information, watch for the forms, as they will be at the Sunfield District Library and Marko’s Citgo in Sunfield and at Mapes Furniture starting August 2. (There is also an application attached to this Community Newsletter). For additional information, you can contact the event’s chairperson, DeAnna Clark, at 517-231-2527 by leaving a message.

Fire Department Auxiliary’s

“Fire In The Hole” Golf Scramble Returns

Contributions

· David Fisher donated prizes to the Dime Toss Booth activity.

Notice #1

Mapes Furniture is having their 31^st. annual Tent Sale Thursday, August 7^th thru Saturday, August 9^th. The hours are 10 AM to 7 PM on Thursday and Friday, and 10 AM to 5 PM on Saturday.

Stop in and join them under the big top. There will be free hot dogs, popcorn, and soda pop starting at Noon each day.

Glassware Donations Sought

Clean out the cupboards and round up any glassware, (especially logoed glasses), that the SPY’s can use in their Dime Pitch Booth at the Farmer’s Picnic. If you have anything to donate please contact our project

chairpeople, Zeke & Samantha Cappon at 517-331-3360, or drop off any donations at the Best Tax Service office.

Notice #2

The next meeting of the Sunfield Area Sponsors of Programs for Youth (the SPY’s) will take place Tuesday, August 12^th. It will be held at the Best Tax Service building starting at 6:30 PM. Guests are always welcome!

Parting Comments

· Deep Thought of the Week: When life shuts a door…..open it again. It’s a door. That’s how they work.

· Notable Quote: “Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is---we’ll find it.”

· That’s Puny Department: Why did the man dig a hole in his neighbor’s yard and fill it with water? (He meant well)

· Did You Know Section: Before the acceptance of the germ theory of medicine in the late 1800’s, surgical bandages were made from rags, pressed sawdust, and other unsterile materials. English surgeon Joseph Lister changed all that with his studies on antisepsis. He presented his findings to the Philadelphia Medical Congress in 1876. Brooklyn pharmacist Robert Johnson was in the audience, paying close attention.

Johnson and his two brothers partnered and began packaging sterile dressings of gauze and cotton. Calling their company Johnson & Johnson (for some reason referring to only two brothers), they also came up with a zinc oxide adhesive tape and other products in the 1890’s. Their most famous and successful product was invented in 1920 by an employee, Earle Dickson, whose wife was continually nicking herself in the kitchen. He prepared several ready-made bandages by placing pieces of gauze along a strip of adhesive tape. To keep the tape sticky, he put crinoline on it. When a bandage was needed, his wife simply had to cut one off and peel away the crinoline. Dickson demonstrated the first aid item to James Johnson, and the company began making Band-Aids.

The product sold slowly at first. But after the company gave away huge numbers of Band-Aids to Boy Scouts and butchers, people began taking notice.

Final Notices

1. If there is any organization or business out there that has something they would like to advertise or promote, please feel free to submit it to this Newsletter and we will help publicize it. There is no charge.

2. We are glad to provide this means as a public service to help keep the community informed.

3. If you are looking for further information about the SPY’s events---Corporate or Platinum Sponsorship information---scholarship forms---youth sports reimbursement forms---past SPY newsletters---etc.---just go to the SPY website at www.sunfieldareaspys.com.