Dorchester Times: Saline Co. Law Enforcement Cracks Down On Drunk Drivers, Dopers

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Saline Co. Law Enforcement Cracks Down On Drunk Drivers, Dopers

The Saline County Sheriff’s Office has announced the results of the “You Drink, You Drive, You Lose” national DUI/DWI enforcement mobilization, which took place Aug. 16-Sept. 2, 2013.

The campaign resulted in 37 citations being issued/and or arrests being made in Saline County alone.

The 37 citations and/or arrests issued during the event included two DUI arrests, 10 speeding citations, four possession of drug paraphernalia arrests, six drug arrests, three driving under suspension arrests, one open container citation, one possession of prescription drugs arrest, one resisting arrest arrest and five warrants cleared.

Law enforcement agencies throughout Nebraska participated in this nationwide high-visibility enforcement effort.

11 comments:

AnonymousSeptember 12, 2013 at 8:53 AM
Lets get these people in town to eliminate the go karts, four wheelers, and golf carts.

I don't know how it can be legal to haul around infant and toddlers in a golf cart with ro seat belts or restraints.
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SBWSeptember 12, 2013 at 9:58 AM
"These people"??? What the heck does that mean?

In a town of 615, you are "the people." Start up a petition for a new city ordinance. Call the county sheriff. Run for town board. Don't sit on your duff and mouth off on a blog. DO SOMETHING if you feel strongly (but we all know you won't.)

I'm curious - exactly how are go karts, four wheelers and golf carts harming you or your quality of life? If you really hate living next to your fellow man/woman, here's an idea: move to the countryside.

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AnonymousSeptember 12, 2013 at 1:34 PM
I agree with the golf cart person above.

It's ill eagle. No different than drinking and driving, or any other violations.

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AnonymousSeptember 12, 2013 at 5:20 PM
I think the village passed an ordinance about 2 years ago that it is legal to drive 4 wheelers & golf carts within the city limits. Might want to check city office
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AnonymousSeptember 12, 2013 at 9:24 PM
Get over it, how many accidents do u here of that it involve a golf cart
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AnonymousSeptember 12, 2013 at 11:02 PM
You you might want to check all the rules Einstein

10 year old kids don't qualify

And grandma cruising around with grand kids on the seat ain't right either

It's all wrong. Bust them
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AnonymousSeptember 13, 2013 at 7:27 AM
I don't mind the golf carts or 4 wheelers but when they are flying down 11th street not even letting off the gas when they come to an intersection that is where the problem is. If they are just putting around town fine but when they are going faster than a car down the street then there is a problem. I do know that the sheriff has been in contact with at least 2 of them as I seen him talk to each of them on 11th street.
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AnonymousSeptember 14, 2013 at 8:34 AM
What we need is golf carts with air bags & seat belts , they should have to pass a crash test , & grandma"s that need to pass a special operators licence, & responsable parent's, yep that should just about do it , ...wait I saw a guy walking his dog with a golf cart on a lesh....now we need animal control involved
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DavidSeptember 14, 2013 at 8:59 AM
"Nebraska, the good life?" I sometimes wonder in view of all the whining and complaining I see on this blog.
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AnonymousSeptember 14, 2013 at 9:59 AM
Same holds true where you live, too, David. Guaranteed if there are humans near you.
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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."