Dorchester Times: Community Coffee At School Set For May 4

Friday, April 10, 2009

Community Coffee At School Set For May 4

Patrons of the Dorchester Public School district are invited to have coffee with DPS Superintendent Brian Redinger during a special meeting opportunity set for next month, the Times has learned.

The "community coffee" will be held in the new school library on May 4 from 7:30-8:30 a.m. Coffee and donuts will be provided.

"I would like the chance to meet and visit with our school's patrons about any topics of interest and answer questions you might have," Redinger said. Redinger also invites patrons to e-mail or call him to address specific questions or concerns.

Superintendent Redinger's e-mail is bredinger@esu6.org and phone number is (402) 946-2781.

9 comments:

AnonymousApril 10, 2009 at 11:24 AM
Where is the old school library? Just joking!!!
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hope all attendApril 10, 2009 at 12:07 PM
For those of you who comment all the negatives to the blog regarding the school, here is your chance to see what's going on and have any questions answered you may have. I hope to see many community members attend.
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AnonymousApril 12, 2009 at 6:13 PM
I am one of those people who does not think this blog is run by school staffers but recognize the school does a good job communicating and getting the word out to all. Keep it up! Nice going.
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AnonymousApril 12, 2009 at 10:06 PM
What happened to one of the comments on this page? Why did it get taken off? It was a favorable one. Wasn't it?
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AnonymousApril 12, 2009 at 10:37 PM
Oops! My bad, I found the comment that I thought was missing in another part of this blog. Sorry.
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Village DwellerApril 16, 2009 at 10:54 AM
'Anoymous':

Your comment has been rejected because you implied things for which there is no basis of fact.

We urge you to take your concerns directly to school officials and members of the school board.

We cannot alow this blog to become a forum for those who have personal issues with school administrators.

Thank you.
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AnonymousApril 16, 2009 at 8:52 PM
Come on dweller

who are you trying to kid??

on one side you say you wont post things that affect people directly, but in posts there were comments which applied directly to the school administration.

When the comments say "people who are making 100,000 should be doing a better job.

Interesting set of circumstances
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Fulton St. GalApril 19, 2009 at 9:36 PM
You're sour grapes, Anonymous. Have a great life.
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AnonymousApril 24, 2009 at 10:39 AM
Interesting,
The blog invitation in the newsletter was just that an invitation to attend, and an invitation to request that certain information be discussed by the person we have hired. How many requests are contained herein?

Finally, if you are going to include items in your postings, include the entire part. Especially the part that invites REQUESTS!!
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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."