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News Briefs: Dorchester Deluged Again
Dorchester Drenched Again: The Dorchester area was soaked again in a series of violent storms Wednesday night. According to the state's Rainfall Assessment and Information Network (RAIN), the Dorchester area received 2.40 inches of precipitation in last night's soaker. That brings the June rainfall total to more than 6.5 inches -- with 17 more days to go!
- DHS Journalism Students Recognized: Several Dorchester High School journalism students walked away with top honors from the recent newspaper and yearbook competition held by the state Journalism Education Association. Schools were not divided by class size, making the DHS students' accomplishments even more impressive. Chelsea Stilwagon and Ashton Kotas received an "excellent" in Yearbook Theme Development and Yearbook Feature Writing. Wendy Boller received an honorable mention in Yearbook Feature Writing and an "excellent" in Yearbook Sports Writing. Earlier this spring, Stilwagon and Kotas were award winners at the NSAA's State Journalism Contest, along with DHS students Logan Mead and Valerie Cochnar. We at the Times tip our collective hat to the budding journalists of DHS.
- Bergmeyer, Schweitzer Plan June 21 Wedding: Tiffany Schweitzer and Craig Bergmeyer, both of Dorchester, are planning a June 21 wedding at Milford Mennonite Church. Tiffany is employed at First State Bank in Dorchester. Craig is a 2001 graduate of DHS, and is employed at Jim's Home Health Supplies in Lincoln. Our best wishes go to Craig and Tiffany.
- Krivohlaveks Celebrate No. 40: Harold and Virginia Krivohlavek of Dorchester celebrated their 40th anniversary last week. The happy couple was married at the Waverly Methodist Church June 8, 1968. Congrats to Harold and Virginia on this milestone.
Who says Dorchester doesn't have a swimming pool for the kiddies? Just look at the holes in the streets, especially the 6th Great Lake at the intersection SW of the city park.
ReplyDeleteAnd when the kids aren't playing in the stagnent water, the mosquitoes are.
Congratulations to the future muckrakers!For a small school, Dorchester seems to win a large number of journalism awards. Maybe one of you will be the future Woodstein. (Woodward and Bernstein of Watergate fame.)
ReplyDeleteIs there any information available on why the Dorchester Board of Education is having a meeting to discuss STUDENT FEES?
ReplyDeleteWhat will these fees be used for and why are they needed?
The school district has already passed a levy override and we just spent 4 million on a school and we are now asking parents for more money.
My kids should be able to go to this school and survive on the budget we have without having to throw in more.
I echo the sentiments of Mencken. However I hope you journalists-to-be are a lot more conservative than the Woodward/Bernstein generation that still controls today's news media. You know ... the same pool of liberal lapdogs who are drooling over the likes of Teddy Kennedy and Barack Hussein Obama. The same ones who want to execute any American who challenges the laughable dogma of man-made global warming. The same ones who worship at the alter of socialism and environmentalism.
ReplyDeleteThere's enough of those types already. We need someone in the press corps who isn't scared to pull back the curtain and expose the politicians, media elite and globalists who've sold out the United States. Is that too much to ask?
Dear 90s grad,
ReplyDeleteAs an old man, H. L. Mencken challenges you to live in many places and work in many jobs while you are young. Leave your comfort zone and then return to your town and make it a better place.
My friend, if you only knew...
ReplyDeleteGood luck future DHS journalists!
ReplyDelete"The media is only as good as its corporate owners."
Besides, H.L., on his gravestone, Mr. Mencken only challenges us to "forgive some sinner" and "wink at some homely girl." I've done both ... several times.
ReplyDeletePlease tell us.....
ReplyDeleteRead more of my writings. You may find a compatriot.
ReplyDeleteThis is to anonymous who is talking about the fees. Yes we did pass the levy for the 'new school'. Thats what its for... to build the school. They did put in for extra things that they need now. With the price of everything going up what cost 3.50 a gallon when we voted is reaching 4 now. things change and so does cost. get over it.
ReplyDeleteIs rudeness necessary?
ReplyDeleteAn explanation of the fee situation would have been sufficient.
The term “get over it” is a phrase that reflects the coarsening of our culture.
to anonymous...
ReplyDeleteYou answered nothing.
I would like to know why student fees need to be charged and what they are going for?
The levy override should have covered these expenses.
Are we charging students for fuel? If this is the case, get rid of busing kids to school. Parents choose to live in the country, they should be responsible for getting their kids to school. I forgot, this will never happen, all but one of the board members live in the country.
That’s great news about the DHS students winning the journalism awards. It’s especially poignant given the passing of Tim Russert. I noticed a previous poster remarked that the media is filled with liberal elitists. Yes, many in the national media have Ivy League connections. However, Russert worked for the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York before entering journalism. Russert said he told Moynihan that as the son of a garbage man from Buffalo, he felt intimidated by the Ivy Leaguers who worked on the Senator’s staff. Moynihan reportedly said, “What they know you can learn, but what you know, they can never learn.”
ReplyDeleteTo anonymous above........ I agree .......... parents who live in the country should get their kids to school ............. the district would save alot of money ..................... they should also do away with the school lunch program .............. the boys in Washington are picking the same pocket as the state and local governments ............... by the way I support the new school.......... I pay more property taxes than any of you in town..............
ReplyDeleteThe student fees hearing takes place annually. For Dorchester it is mostly a formality as we do not collect many of the fees that are listed (look in your student's handbook). However, by law we are obligated to meet to discuss the amounts that would/could be charged. As for raising fees, only the school lunch rates have risen which was approved at a previous board meeting as far as I can tell.
ReplyDeleteAs for the levy rising. Yes the approval of the bond issue did raise the levy to pay for the new school. However, the school will still need funds to operate aside from the additional building costs supported by the bond. Whether those costs will rise remains to be seen in the fall.
good ole cynical dick,
ReplyDeletewe finally agree on something. That makes me as cool as you.
now all i need to do is come up with a good nickname to match yours.
Get rid of the bus routes. Park the buses out back and make storage sheds.
That way when we have another auction in twenty years and make another 1000 dollars.
Keep up the good work dick, we will get them yet
Happy Anniversary, Harold & Virginia!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Harold and Virginia! Harold, I remember you from your bachelor days. You were quite the Lothario. You even dated a friend of mine. Lesson Learned: It pays to wait for the right person.
ReplyDeleteState law requires that if your residence if more than 4 miles from the school the school must provide bussing. Since a great many of the farmers are the ones paying the majority of the taxes for the new school, I'd suggest finding another bone to pick besides the bus routes.
ReplyDeleteProvide bus service or pay mileage to parents for bringing their kids to school. Those are the choices. Tranportation is a cost that is part of having a school.
ReplyDeleteTransportation is a deal created many years ago by our rural senators. Of course they are going to provide busing, it was a rural society many years ago and still is.
ReplyDeleteLets move ahead and provide all studunts with an equal education. If the farm kids are going to get bussed, pay the town parents a stipend which equals the same amount.
At 4 dollars a gallon, this is an issue that needs looked at.