Springfield, Oregon renovation project, completed at a cost of $3.1 million. There are 15 elementary, 4 middle, and 4 high schools in the Springfield School District, making it one of the largest in the state. The largest public high schools, by enrollment, are Thurston High School and Springfield High School. Pioneer Pacific College also has a campus in the Gateway area of Springfield. The city took third in the voting to choose one of the sixteen possible Springfields in the U.S. to host the premiere of "The Simpsons Movie." The show's creator, Oregon resident Matt Groening, sent a plaque to the city
The Golden Book of Springfield and incomprehensible.” Lindsay was forced to continue performing his poems across the country to support his family. Vachel’s inability to turn his audiences’ focus towards the future, along with his deteriorating health and personal life, led to a severe decline that culminated in Lindsay’s suicide in 1931. In 1999, the Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company reprinted "The Golden Book", along with a preface by William Furry and an extended introduction by Ron Sakolsky. The Kerr Company’s synopsis is as follows: The overarching messages of both "The Golden Book of Springfield" and the fictional "The Golden Book of Springfield" are that