Dorchester Times: DHS Announces Impressive List Of Boosters

Friday, September 19, 2008

DHS Announces Impressive List Of Boosters

The Dorchester High School Athletic Department has announced the names of this year's DHS Booster Club members. An impressive list of area residents, businesses, alumni and other DHS supporters comprise the Dorchester Booster Club's ranks. The 2008-09 Booster members are:

* Randy & Kelly Brummett

* Brian & Colleen Schwisow

* Joyce Karl

* Wayne & Cindy Havlat

* Matt & Donna Hansen

* Brad & Donna Havlat

* Roger & Lisa Wells

* Ron & Joyce Kahle

* Dave & Donna Parks

* Carol Schnell

* Rich & Deanna Sand

* John & Rochelle Bruha

* Dennis & Lori Pracheil

* Scott & Nancy Pohl

* Jennifer Feeken

* George & Jen Kasl

* Dale & Deanna Bird

* Russ & Tish Hewitt

* Matt & Donetta Hoffman

* Ron & Michelle Barak

* Eric Plonkey & Corby Aaberg

* Shaun & Annette Walton

* Toni Ladley

* Joel & Amy Weber

* Allen & Kellie Moyer

* Marvin Kohout

* Deb Spanyers

* Scott & Lori Vyhnalek

* Todd & Donna Jensen

* Terri Carroll

* David & Darlene Rasplicka

* Leornard & Jan Stehlik

* Dale Kasl

* Ron Velder

* Jerome Schnell

* Matt Carroll

* Aaron & Missy Stutzman

* Galen & Maurine Johnson

* Kevin & Carol Olson

* Loren & Judy Vyhnalek

* Jack & Dorothy Beekley

* Eric Stehlik

* Don & Louis Williams

* Michael & Lynn Feeken

* Bill Moser

* Larry Kaspar

* Earl & Karen Parks

* Peg Bergmeyer

* James and Daniel Sehnert

* Mr. & Mrs. Alden Johnson

* Doug & Kelly Feeken

* Tina Axline

* Jack & Ann Bruha

* Dorchester Times Staff

* Terry Gautreaux

* Bob & Judy Weber

* Rosie & Shelley Bruha

* Lowell Kotas

* Lori & Marc Cerny

* Wal-Mart

* Farmland Foods

* Farmers Cooperative

* Crete Area Medical Center

* Pepsi Cola

* Ben's Iron Salvage

* Dr. Kubicek/Friend Denatal Clinic

* Pinnacle Bank

* Bors' Tree Transplanting

* Dorchester Grocery

* Weber Feed Yard

The DHS Booster Club is comprised of Dorchester supporters of all DHS sports teams, raising money for much-needed supplies, equipment, uniforms, and/or capital items beyond what the school budget can provide. Through such financial support, the Booster Club enriches DHS' extra curricular activities for both students and community members.

It's not too late to become a DHS Booster. Your contribution of $10, $25, $50 or whatever you can afford will remind all Dorchester youth that self-motivation, the desire to excel, good health habits, and interscholastic competition are critical to the overall educational experience. Moreover, a DHS student will never forget the level of support shown by fellow community members during his/her school days.

If you would like to become a DHS booster, send you contribution of $10 or more to:

DHS Booster Club
506 W 9th St., Box 7
Dorchester, NE 68343

2 comments:

AnonymousSeptember 19, 2008 at 5:44 PM
It's great to see this list. I know 99% of these people. Possibly, more people have remained in Dorchester than originally believed. I hardly know anyone when I visit Wilber or Crete because my former contacts have moved away.
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AnonymousSeptember 20, 2008 at 11:11 AM
This is solid proof Dorchester has a great foundation to work from. We just need the right leaders to motivate us.
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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."