Dorchester Times: Baseball/Softball Sign-Up On April 3

Friday, March 28, 2008

Baseball/Softball Sign-Up On April 3

Soon, the cry of "Play ball!" will echo throughout the village.

In preparation for the upcoming season, the Dorchester Baseball & Softball Parents Association will hold a meeting this Thursday, April 3, at 6:30 p.m. at the Dorchester Fire Hall.

It is important that all parents with children who want to play on the diamond attend this meeting.

The meeting agenda will include player sign-up, discussion of finances, committee voting. Also discussed will be maintenance and improvement plans for the ball field and dugouts.

The Parents Association will be accepting applications for all coaching positions. All ideas and concerns are welcomed and encouraged.

Those with questions should call on of the following Parents Association representatives: Corbey Aaberg at 826-7046; Lisa Wells at 826-0774; or Brian Pribyl at 826-3045.

11 comments:

AnonymousMarch 29, 2008 at 8:55 PM
Maybe we can get Thad Weber of Friend to come and give a talk to the kids. For those who don't know, Thad is a starting pitcher for Nebraska. The Huskers are whipping up on pre-season Big 12 pick Texas. Thad has 5 wins and just threw a shut out against Texas. Back in the day, Dorchester used to be one of the few teams who gave him trouble.
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AnonymousMarch 30, 2008 at 5:45 PM
Will ball park improvements be discussed at this meeting? Will a village official be present?

We should have citizens of the town be willing to donate supplies and time/labor but it will take some leadership from the village to insure year after year success.
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AnonymousMarch 30, 2008 at 10:16 PM
you didnt want the city to be involved in the operation of the ball program, now you want money.

The city has always supported the ball program.

sometimes you cant have it both ways
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Corbey AabergMarch 31, 2008 at 7:12 AM
A village Member will not be present. 2 years ago the village handed over the money and decision making to the parents. Which is not all bad. We WILL be discussing improvments to the field. We will be calling on as many people as possible to help us with this task. We have weeds to deal with, rocks in the field, dugouts to be rebuilt ect. We will post on the blog when we are ready to have a volunteer clean up day at the field.
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Corbey AabergMarch 31, 2008 at 7:13 AM
A village Member will not be present. 2 years ago the village handed over the money and decision making to the parents. Which is not all bad. We WILL be discussing improvments to the field. We will be calling on as many people as possible to help us with this task. We have weeds to deal with, rocks in the field, dugouts to be rebuilt ect. We will post on the blog when we are ready to have a volunteer clean up day at the field.
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AnonymousMarch 31, 2008 at 10:04 AM
Some new attitudes on the village board would go a long way.
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AnonymousMarch 31, 2008 at 12:14 PM
We can't allow the kids to suffer for the lack of coordination between adults. Let's go, folks. Everyone attend this meeting.
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AnonymousMarch 31, 2008 at 4:10 PM
What day is the meeting? Is it on Tuesday or is it April 3rd. It can not be Tuesday April 3rd. Which is it?
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Village DwellerMarch 31, 2008 at 6:15 PM
The error in the headline has been noted and corrected.
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AnonymousMarch 31, 2008 at 6:37 PM
I second the idea above on thad weber.
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AnonymousApril 1, 2008 at 6:51 PM
Hey cj are you running for the village board of the school board?
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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."