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Kensington Community News
December 15, 2008
Soup Dinner at
Game
The Junior Class
will be serving soup and other
refreshments in the home ec room during
the Thunder Ridge/Logan basketball game
Friday night.
There is no school
on Friday as Christmas vacation will
have begun, but the basketball game will
be played as scheduled.
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Early Copy Needed Next Two Weeks
Christmas and New Year's Day both
come on Thursday this year which is not
conducive to the weekly newspapers. It
will be necessary for information to be
put into the column be turned in to your
correspondent, Ruth Bienhoff, by Sunday
evening both weeks, but preferably
Saturday the evening before Christmas.
Your corresondent is hosting her
family's dinner on Sunday evening, Dec.
21, and would prefer an earlier deadline
time would certainly be appreciated.
Please help her out and report all
pre-Christmas happendings as soon as
they happen.
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Hagman Sisters
Graduate with Degrees Saturday
Elizabeth Hagman completed a
Master's Degree in Music Education from
Wichita State University in July. She
has been published in the 2008 fall
issue of the Kodaly Envoy, a
professional journal for Kodaly music
educators. Her topic was "Music
Education in Rural Schools." Elizabeth
and Hannah Northerns, Satanta, Ks will
present a breakout session on the topic
at the 2009 Kansas Music Educator's
Association convention in Wichita in
February. Miss Hagman is a 5th year
teacher at Smith Center, she teaches K-3
general music and Junior and Senior High
instrumental music.
Graduation
ceremonies for WSU were held December
13. Elizabeth decided to forgo her
graduation to support her sister
Patricia Hagman. Patricia earned a
Bachelor of Science in Milling Science
Management with a minor in Business from
Kansas State University. Those
ceremonies were also held December 13.
Patricia will be employed with
Pest Control as their office manager and
begin working toward a Master's Degree
in Business at KSU in January. Her
parents, Junior and Nancy Hagman, and
her grandmother, Eulonda Hagman, all of
Kensington attended her graduation.
Others at the event were Kate Hagman of
Garden City, Rod and Anita Hagman of
Buehler, Brandon Hagman of Wamego and
her fiancé Craig Betzold of Manhattan.
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Christmas Senior Party at St. John
Sunday
The very cold, blustery afternoon
with snow flurries kept the attendance
smaller than usual at the annual
Christmas Senior party at St. John
Lutheran Parish Hall Sunday afternoon.
Robin Billings assisted by Nolan and
Kendra Billings and Morgan and Macee
Westbrook entertained with special
Christmas songs, and Robin led the group
singing of carols with Carol Rahjes as
accompanist.
A variety of
Christmas breads were served with coffee
while the guests were seated at
festively decorated tables with accents
of the decorated tree and a number of
poinsettia plants displayed around the
room. The program concluded with a
communion service with Pastor Patsy
Koeneke in charge assisted by Eulonda
Hagman. The afternoon of warm fellowship
was greatly appreciated by those
attending.
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Tribute to Ted Levin
Ted Levin was a quiet man, but he
was very predicatable. Each day,
sometimes several times a day, he would
get in his Chevy diesel pickup and drive
slowly (about 15 m.p.h.) around town to
check on his five rental houses, go to
the Country Corner for coffee.or get his
mail. So it was that his pickup driven
by his oldest nephew, Alan Levin, was
chosen to lead the funeral procession
from First St. John Lutheran Church to
the Germantown Cemetery.The end gate was
put down just like it was when he would
make his daily treks, but missing were a
few boards, paint cans, step ladder,
etc., that usually were protruding from
the back of the box.
Next in
line was Ted's cherished restored 1958
Bel Air Chevy car which he purchased new
driven by his nephew Jeff Levin. If
there were a parade within a 100 mile
radius, the blue cover would come off
this prided vehicle, he would polish and
then enter it so he could win and add to
his collection of trophies. He often
told that he courted his beloved wife,
Ruth, in this car. They were married in
1962. She preceded him in death in 2000
which left a big void in his life.
He worked his way through Kansas
State College and graduated in 1942. He
then enlisted in the Air Force and as a
B-24 pilot flew bombing missions from
northern Africa and Italy over German
targets. An interesting VCR of his
flights is in the Kensington Communit/School
Library and available for check-out.
Many ponds and terraces in this
community were built by Levin
Construction Company with Ted running
the earth-moving equipment before his
retirement.
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Two
Firemen in Family at Wichita
Darren Matthews, son of Michelle and
Larry Matthews, grandson of Shirley and
Jack Smith all of Wichita, and great
grandson of Lorraine Grauerholz of
Kensington, graduated December 12, 2008,
after completing 13 weeks of Firemen's
training school. He will be stationed at
Station 2 on S. Broadway. Darren's
father is also a fireman and has been
with the Wichita Fire Department for
almost 31 years. He is a Captain at
Station 16 on N. Tyler in Wichita.
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Kilmer-Miller
Scholarships Available
Kilmer-Miller Scholarship
Applications are now available. This
scholarship is available to any Eastern
Heights graduate and students graduating
from Thunder Ridge High School who
attended eAstern Heights during the
2007-2008 school year. Applicants must
attend any two or four year Kansas
public or private college or any Kansas
vocational technical school and have not
already obtained a BS or BA.
Applications may be picked up at the
Thunder Ridge High School counselor's
office in Kensington or the Middle
School office in Agra. The form will
also be available on the school web-site
www.usd110.com under High
School Counselor's Corner.
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Senior Center
Notes
Christmas Dinner at Senior Center
Saturday
The community is invited to a
fund-raiser Christmas dinner at the
Senior Center Saturday, Dec. 20, with
serving starting at noon. The Center
will furnish the meat, pies and
tableware along with drinks. Those
attending are asked to bring a salad or
vegetable (no desserts, please) to
compliment the meal along with a
donation which will go for expenses of
the Senior Center. The Christmas party
will be held at 2 p.m. There will be a
grab bag gift exchange for those that
care to participate.
The Center
will be closed Dec. 24 thru the
remainder of the week for Christmas.
There will be no meal deliveries.
The annual meeting of the Kensington
Community/Senior Center will be
Wednesday, January 14 at 12:45 p.m.
There will be election of officers and
other business will be voted on. Watch
for further announcements.
Menus
Monday, Dec. 22--Tuna noodle
casserole, stewed tomatoes, cook's
choice fruit, bread, pudding
Tuesday, Dec. 23--Ham, sweet potatoes,
cranberry apple salad, roll, cake
Wednesday thru Friday, Dec. 24 to
26--Senior Center closed; No meals
delivered
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Deaths of Local Interest
Death of Esther Mann
Esther Mann, 97, died Thursday, Dec. 11,
2008, at Prairie Haven in Kensington.
She and her husband farmed south-east of
Kensington before their retirement and
moving to Kensington. Willis died in
1993. Esther was a faithful member of
St. John Lutheran Church of Kensington
where she was the oldest member. She had
been a resident at Prairie Haven for the
past 15 years.
Survivors are her
daughter and husband, Joyce and Darold
Grauerholz of Kensington; her son and
wife, Marvin and Jacklie Mann of
Plainville; six grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
The funeral
was Monday morning at St. John Lutheran
Church of Kensington with Pastor Patsy
Koeneke officiating; burial followed on
the curch cemetery.
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Around the
Community
John Saddler's shoulder surgery was
postponed last week and is scheduled for
this week.
Justin and Tonya Lee
and Camden of Denver, Colo., and Steve
and Risa Bayliff, Trevor and Emily of
Lakin spent the weekend with Leland and
Linda Rahjes for their early family
Christmas celebration.
A good
deed by a group of Thunder Ridge High
School students is noteworthy. Friday
evening when Justin Abbott was called by
his grandfather, Myron Abbott, to come
and help him when his cattle got out,
not only did Justin come to assist but
he brought a group of high school
friends who made quick work or rounding
up the cattle and then hurrying back in
time for their basketball practice. Yes,
we have some terrific kids in our midst
which should be appreciated.
Alice Rietzke was honored with a
surprise party for her 80th birthday at
First St. John Lutheran Church Saturday
afternoon hosted by her family. A large
group of relatives and friends enjoyed
wishing her a happy birthday. visiting,
viewing a power point presentation of
her life, and enjoying refreshments.
If you don't like the weather in
Kansas, wait 24 hours and your can have
a drastic change. Saturday was beautiful
with temps near 60 degrees, but the
weather firecasters had warned that a
drastic change was coming, and it did.
Sunday got colder and the wind got
fiercer as the day progressed with light
snow flurries. By Monday morning, the
readings were below zero, but the wind
had died down and the sun shown during
the day, making it seem better. However,
it reminds us that it is December and to
be prepared.
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Prairie Haven
Notes
The usual
activities were held. The Adopted
grandchildren (third and fourth graders
from the Thunder Ridge Middle School)
came to visit Wednesday afternoon.
Pastor Becky Saddler had the Thursday
morning Bible study followed by
fellowship with coffee and cookies. The
Pioneer was read Friday morning. Bingo
was played in the afternoon.
The
United Church of Kensington had the
Sunday morning Bible study and afternoon
worship service.
Sympathy is
extended to Joyce Grauerholz and Marvin
Mann and families on the death of their
mother, Esther Mann.She will be greatly
missed by staff and residents.
Doris Kuhlmann enjoyed attending the
surprise birthday party of Alice Rietzke
Saturday afternoon.
Visitors
this weeek were Gilbert Kuhlmann with
Doris Kuhlmann and friends; Don and Pat
Bienhoff with Mae Donovan and Monta and
Mary Jones; Janice Ratliff with Pearl
Ratliff and friends; Bessie Bierman and
Luetta Beckman with Lorraine Grauerholz,
Clara Beckman and friends; Darold
Grauerholz with Lorraine Grauerholz.
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