Wednesday, June 18, 2008

News Briefs: Floor Poured For New School

  • Floor Poured For New School: Crews started pouring the foundation of the new Dorchester School addition this week. Rain has slowed progress on the new building and campus renovation, but the 2008-09 school year is still expected to start around Sept. 10, according to sources. When complete, the new 33,500 square foot addition will feature both elementary and high school classrooms, a multi-purpose room, stage, library and administrative offices.

  • Benefit For Chris Beekley Schmidt: On Sunday, June 29, a free-will offering spaghetti feed will be held at Dorchester's United Methodist Church for Christine Beekley Schmidt, a Dorchester native and DHS graduate. Christine was recently diagnosed with cancer. The feed will be held from 11:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. For those unable to attend, donations may be sent to the Dorchester United Methodist Church, Box 251, Dorchester, NE 68343.

  • New Economic Development Leader Selected: Those hoping to see more economic development efforts in Dorchester should know that the Southeast Nebraska Development District (SENDD) has announced that Norene Fitzgerald joined its staff as a Community Development Specialist. Fitzgerald, a native of Exeter, will be responsible for working with local governmental units in the identification of community and economic development projects; preparing grant applications to assist with accomplishing those projects; and, providing administrative assistance necessary to funded projects. Dorchester is included in her area of responsibility. Fitzgerald may be reached at 402/475-2560 or nfitzgerald@sendd.org.

4 comments:

  1. I wanted to leave a note with regard to the cancer benefit for Christine Beekley Schmidt. I am honestly not sure if I have ever met her but I do know what she is going through and will be happy to contribute to her benefit.

    When I underwent chemotherapy treatments in the Fall of 2007, there were people there for my family and I during our toughest times. With medical bills piling up and exhaustion from the treatment, you guys were there for us. We made it through this time because of the love, support and prayers that we received from residents of Dorchester and surrounding communities.

    I am happy to say that we have been able to pay off our last medical bills this month. You never expect to be the one in these situations, but sometimes you are. I encourage everyone to do what they can to help Christine with this benefit and to keep her and her family in your thoughts and prayers.

    Aaron Stutzman

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  2. Joye K said...
    Aaron, I am so glad that things are looking up for you and your family and so happy that you can put the burden of medical bills behind you.

    I would like to encourage everyone to give what they can to help Chris. She certainly has a difficult road. If we can make that road a little less difficult by helping with the huge amount of medical bills, lets do it!

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  3. I dont know exactly where to comment on this, so i will do it here.

    In the latest school board minutes that were printed in the Crete News, Don Pieper was hired by the School board as a consulant for a fee of $10,000.

    This is totally ridiculous. What is this board thinking. We hire two administrator at about 80,000 a piece and now we throw in another bunch of money for a consultant.

    Where is all this money coming from, and what will be the responsibilites of the consultant?

    Crazy things happen. Was this a job that others could apply for??

    It will be nice to see what kind of answers they come up with this time.

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  4. With all the rain we've been getting how behind schedule is the new school?

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