Dorchester Times: Volunteers Needed for Trash Pick-Up Day

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Volunteers Needed for Trash Pick-Up Day

It's time to show your Dorchester pride. The Dorchester Area Community Association (DACA) will conduct its trash pick-up day Saturday, April 28. This will be held in conjunction with the Great Nebraska Trash-Off and the Nebraska Department of Roads' Adopt-a-Highway program. More than 6,000 volunteers across Nebraska are expected to participate in this statewide marathon of picking up roadside litter.

Arrive in front of the Dorchester Community Building shortly before 1 p.m. The trash pick-up will take place on Highway 33 from Dorchester to the junction of Highways 33 and 15, west of town. The Roads Department will supply orange vests and trash bags, but you are advised to bring a pair of gloves. There is no age requirement, although those under the age of 15 will need to be supervised. Come and help your Dorchester neighbors make our area even more beautiful.

8 comments:

AnonymousApril 19, 2007 at 3:26 PM
will you be there?
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Village DwellerApril 19, 2007 at 3:34 PM
We hear that half of the town will be helping clean up the roadsides. Of course we'll be there.
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AnonymousApril 25, 2007 at 11:38 AM
How about picking up the town because none of the city employees will do it.
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AnonymousApril 26, 2007 at 10:34 AM
I will be there!!! are city employees dont do crap besides for drive around in there trucks!
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AnonymousApril 27, 2007 at 10:03 AM
I think it would be great to also pick up the town; however, truth be known, we usually struggle on getting enough volunteers to pick-up the highway west of town. On a positive note, the elementary kids have a village pick-up day scheduled for May 11th, the day before graduation.
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AnonymousApril 29, 2007 at 3:36 PM
It was perfect weather on Saturday, April 28th, to pick up trash and get some healthy exercise. Twelve volunteers showed up to show their support of DACA and cleaning up the roadside.

Approximately 10 large garbage bags were filled by Kyle, Cody, Ted and Lori Cerny, Carol and Kevin Olson, Judy Schweitzer, Kathy Palky, Don Eret, Tiffany Schweitzer, Marvin Kohout and Dale Hayek. DACA would like to thank these volunteers for their commitment to this semi-annual event.

Our goal is not to have to fill any bags.........are you doing your part?

Thanks again, DACA
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AnonymousMay 10, 2007 at 10:20 PM
They who throw slams at the Village workers ,obviousy does nothing to help clean up but only runs there mouth . When I go to work which is early I always see one person cleaning the park almost everyday. Mr Filipi I have to commend you for what you do every morning. The kids at the park have not been taught well to clean up after themselves what a shame .So I Challenge everyone that comments about the filth around town to come out on clean up day . Maybe they will have a better understanding and zip there lips!!!
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AnonymousMay 12, 2007 at 6:02 PM
I was there for the roadside trash pick up and I would just like to make a comment to "village dweller". Half the town was NOT there. While there were more there this time than have been in the past, we still could have used more hands. Also, you said you would be there....I understand that you consist of a "group of concerned citizens"...were any of you there? I certainly didn't pick out anyone there who I thought might belong to this "group". I understand that "of course we'll be there" is probably something you kind of had to say, but I really hope at least some of you back up your words and do attend these events like you say you will. I'm not trying to imply that you don't do your part, because you obviously care very much about the future of Dorchester. This blog is great and I do commend whoever is responsible for it. I hope it promotes positive change.
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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."