Dorchester Times: Boller, Lawver Receive All-State Honors

Monday, December 1, 2008

Boller, Lawver Receive All-State Honors

The Lincoln Journal-Star has awarded all-state honors to two members of this year's Dorchester Longhorn volleyball squad.

DHS senior Wendy Boller and junior Karmen Lawver were named among the handful of Journal Star's 2008 All-State Volleyball Honorable Mentions in Class D-1.

Last month, both Boller and Lawver received Crossroads Conference honors.

Our congratulations to both Wendy and Karmen on this impressive accolade.

On a side note, we were particularly impressed by the comments of Papillion-La Vista’s Gina Mancuso, a Husker recruit who was named co-captain of the Journal Star's all-state team. Mancuso shared her philosophy on athletic leadership.

“When I was younger, I kept my mouth shut and led by example,” Mancuso said. “Now that I’m older, I try to make sure I say something after every play, either congratulating someone for a good play or encouraging someone if they need it. I’m not scared to tell people what to do if they’re doing something wrong.”

Good words of advice for all student leaders, whether they are on or off the court.

13 comments:

AnonymousDecember 1, 2008 at 11:08 PM
I’m not scared to tell people what to do if they’re doing something wrong.”

She will learn this will not work once she leaves the confines of school.
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AnonymousDecember 2, 2008 at 8:47 AM
Congratulations to these Lady Longhorns for your success. You guys are a fine example for our students hard work and keep on working hard. It does make a difference. Good job, ladies!!
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AnonymousDecember 2, 2008 at 9:46 AM
Nice going girls. You are role models.
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AnonymousDecember 2, 2008 at 5:10 PM
these two athletes rock and will go on to do great things.

I hope the young kids of dorchester are taking notes.
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AnonymousDecember 2, 2008 at 6:21 PM
Village Elder,
Are you saying that we should not "redirect" people if they are doing something wrong?

No matter where a person exists (school, work etc.), shouldn't they assert themselves if they see wrong?

Are you saying that people are not free to speak up or lead, or risk being singled out?

Please clarify,
Young Leader
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AnonymousDecember 3, 2008 at 2:16 PM
It depends on your position(title) and what you consider “wrong.”

In regards to a team or the workplace, it might be wise to escalate the issue to someone who has the authority to correct the situation.
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AnonymousDecember 3, 2008 at 2:50 PM
If you've been named co-captain of the All State team you've probably earned the right to correct a peer. Just my 2 cents...
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AnonymousDecember 3, 2008 at 9:47 PM
I don't believe most of us react well to unsolicited "advice."
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AnonymousDecember 4, 2008 at 9:17 AM
Being part of a team requires that you be able to both give and take constructive criticism. If you can't handle it, you'll never cut it in the work world and you'd best plan on being an self entreprenuer.
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AnonymousDecember 4, 2008 at 11:19 AM
Interesting comments about criticism. Usually in the work world the criticism that matters is given by those in authority.
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AnonymousDecember 4, 2008 at 11:27 AM
don't know how this turned into a debate on criticism.

great job DHS girls!!!! keep it up in basketball season. i'm predicting you'll make it to state this season.
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AnonymousDecember 4, 2008 at 3:15 PM
I read that the Wilber girls haven't had a winning basketball season for 22 years.

Makes me see things in a completely different light. Success isn't always defined by making state!
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AnonymousDecember 4, 2008 at 4:28 PM
What!

Wilber girls have not had a winning season in 22 years?

That's very demoralizing.

I played one year, but flat feet inherited from the Czech side of the family did me no good. (or the team)

Good Luck DHS!
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Dorchester: A Good Little Family Town

Dorchester, Nebraska (est. population 630) is located in northern Saline county. Close in proximity to Interstate 80, Dorchester is only 25 minutes from the state capital of Lincoln (est. population 250,000) and about 55 minutes from Omaha (metro population 725,000).

Dorchester's median resident age is 37 years. In 2005, Dorchester had a median family income of approximately $35,600. The median house value was about $63,000. About 95 percent of Dorchester residents commute to work via Interstate and highways.

The village has a quality public school, which received a $4.1 million expansion and modernization in 2008; it offers a small classrooms and individualized attention. Total enrollment of grades K-12 is around 230-250 students.

Ancestries of the Dorchester area are primarily German (42.4%), Czech (24.9%), Irish (12.5%), English (5.4%), and Dutch (4.9%).

Dorchester Historical Facts

* On July 4, 1871, the railroad reached Dorchester.
* Incorporated in 1881, Dorchester's population grew from 200 to 500 by 1882.
* In 1882, Dorchester had 90 buildings, 35 of which were businesses or public facilities. Brick buildings lined both sides of Washington Avenue for two blocks.
* Dorchester's longest-running newspaper was The Dorchester Star, which was published until the late 1940s.
* By 1889, Dorchester's population is said to have reached 800, while the town housed an opera house, a two-story brick schoolhouse with a bell tower, and four churches.
* By the 1910s, Dorchester had electricity, a water tower and a fire department.
* Dorchester's main arteries, Highways 6 and 33, were graveled in the 1940s.
* Dorchester's first irrigation well was drilled on Chris Weber's farm and rural electrification was finished following WWII.

A Village with History

Dorchester is one of the "alphabet towns" on the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad line built west from Lincoln. The town site was selected for its pleasant location in the northern part of Saline County, about eight miles west of Crete. This situation is an attractive one, being on the level prairie land, midway between the West Blue River and Turkey Creek. The first named stream is three miles north, and the latter about the same distance south from the town. Dorchester was platted in 1870 and incorporated in 1881. The name "Dorchester" came from either for a suburb of Boston by that name or a town in England. No one is sure. Two of the very first settlers were James Seely and Edward McIntyre, who both made Dorchester their permanent home.

Dorchester: In The Beginning

Here is a look at Dorchester around 1890, less than a decade after its official incorporation, as documented by Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska:
* POPULATION: "About 300, and is made up of a substantial and progressive class of citizens, who are moral and industrious. ... The town grew but very little until the year 1879, for the reason that Pleasant Hill, on Turkey Creek, a short distance south, was the county seat and naturally drew a trade for quite a large scope of country."
* BUSINESS: "The business and professional interests of the town are represented by three general merchandise stores, two drug, one grocery, one furniture, two hardware, and two millinery stores, one bank, two restaurants, two hotels, three livery stables, a post office, one newspaper office, two elevators, two lumber yards, two coal yards, two blacksmith shops, two lawyers and four physicians."
* SCHOOL: "The schoolhouse is a good one. The schoolhouse was built in 1872, since which time the public schools have been continually kept up. The present schoolhouse is 24' x 40' in size, two stories high. The school is graded and consists of three departments. The house is found too small, and arrangements will soon be made to increase its size."
* CHURCHES: "There are three substantial churches."
* HOMES: "The residence portion of the village is made up of neat houses of different styles of architecture, but none of them very large."
* NEWSPAPER: "The Dorchester Star, which was established August 21, 1881, by H. C. Bittenbender, who edited it until January 19, 1882, when he sold it to Ryerson & Bullock, the present proprietors. The Star is a bright weekly paper, five-column quarto, in size, and is Republican in politics."