SPY's Newsletter 9/9/2025

  SPY’s Community Newsletter

#379

(9/9/25)

SPY’s  Honor James Bell

Pictured (right) is Craig Cappon, President of the Sunfield Area Sponsors of Programs for Youth, presenting the SPY’s “Outstanding Achievement Award” to James Bell, which took place on Friday night under the big tent at the Farmer’s Picnic.

James was being recognized for his tireless effort in digitizing all of the past issues of the Sunfield Sentinel newspapers.  He has been working on this project since 2022.  He is placing his work in a PDF format and has put it on a flash-drives.  Thus far, he has completed well over 20 years of historical formatting.  Eventually, his work will be “word searchable”, which will make his efforts a tremendous research tool.

May I Have Your Attention Please!

The final Adopt-A-Highway trash pick-up of the season will take place on Saturday, September 27th.  The SPY's pick-up trash along M-43 from Round Lake Road on the west side of town to Shaytown Road on the east side of town, three times a year in conjunction with the Michigan Department of Transportation program.  Anyone interested in lending a hand, just show up at 9 AM in the Best Tax Service parking lot just West of the Sunfield blinker light.  If you need more information please call our project chairman Derek Desgranges at 269-838-7686.

Derek says if for any reason you can’t make it on the 27th. but would still like to help out by doing some picking up on a different day, just give him a call and get some bags and he will give you a small section to take care of.

Notice #1

The incomparable Art “Country Boy” Meade is once again throwing a 50’ / 60’s Sock Hop.  It will be held on Saturday, October 4^th, at The Legacy, (formerly the Hasting Country Club). In Hastings, Michigan.

This will be the Fourth Annual “Remember When” 50’s & 60’s Sock Hop.  Stay tuned for further details.

Parting Comments

·      Deep Thought of the Week:  Do not regret growing older.  It is a privilege denied to many.

·      Notable Quote: “I’ve seen better days, but I’ve also seen worse.  I don’t have everything that I want, but I do have all I need.  I woke up with some aches and pains, but I woke up.  My life may not be perfect, but I am blessed.”.

·      That’s Puny Department:  The other day I happened to catch this ad in a magazine I was perusing: It was an ad from a company that manufactures safes.  The ad copy read---“If your stuff is stolen, it’s not our vault.”  (Pretty clever if you ask me).

·      Did You Know Section: did you know that an Alexander Selkirk was the inspiration for the fictional character Robinson Crusoe?  Selkirk (1676 – 1721) was born in Largo, Scotland.  He became a seaman under Captain William Dampier.  In 1704, objecting to the conditions of the ship he was on, Selkirk asked to be put ashore on Mas a Tierra, a tiny desert island in the Pacific Ocean off South America.  He lived alone on this island for four years and four months before being returned to England.  A free-lance writer, Daniel Defoe, read about him, and set out to meet him.  In 1719, Defoe published a book based on Selkirk entitled “The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner”.

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

2.             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.