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Parents who are interested in having their
child attend Kindergarten at Thunder Ridge
School next fall are asked to call Megan
Hudson at 785-476-3241. Kindergarten Roundup
is planned for Friday, May 2. This is a time
of orientation and getting ready for the
next school year. More information will be
available as the date approaches.
The Chet Kuhlmann Memorial 3 on 3 Basketball
Tournament will begin Friday evening and
continue thru this weekend at the Kensington
High School Gym. It is reported that the
usual large number of teams are registered
for this event.
The Kensington Music Club will be presenting
their thirteenth annual Young Artist Concert
on Sunday, April 13, at 2 p.m. at the First
St. John Lutheran Church in Kensington
located at 332 North Adams Street. Everyone
is invited to attend and enjoy the musical
talents of the young people in our area.
This concert is to inspire young musicians
to see the value of sharing their skills and
talents and be proud of carry them into
adulthood with the hope of inspiring other
young artists.
Refreshments and fellowship will follow the
concert in the fellowship hall.
The spring city-wide garage sale in
Kensington will be Saturday, May 3. Call
Ruth Levin, 785-476-2685, to get your
location on the map she is preparing.
A reminder that the K-town Kates are hosting
the annual Spring Tea for the Middle Cedar,
Home on the Range and K-town Kates Clubs
Tuesday, April 15 at the St. John Lutheran
Church (north), Kensington. Refreshments
during registration are from 6 to 6:30 p.m.
with the salad supper to follow at 6:30 p.m.
Club members are asked to bring a salad to
share. Former members of each club are
cordially invited to attend.
The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. and will
feature "The Birds of Kansas" presented by
Terry Manel. The bird photography of Connie
Gordon of Agra will also be featured. The
public is invited to attend.
Please R.S.V.P. to Loretta Struik, 638-2355,
or Ruth Levin, 476-2685.
The Kensington Community Store will be
electing two members to the Board of
Directors at its annual meeting Thursday,
April 24, at the Kensington Senior Center.
Anyone who is a lifetime member is eligible
to run for the board of directors.
If you are interested, contact Mike Isom
(476-3143) by April 11 to be placed on the
ballot for the annual meeting.
The Prairie Treasure Quilt Guild has donated
a subscription of McCall's Quilting to the
Kensington Community/School Library. These
issues along with other quilting books are
available for check-out to give quilter's
new ideas.
The horse collection of Monica Wagner is now
on display in the show case.
The pre-schoolers from Story Hour and
students are eagerly awaiting the hatching
of the chicken eggs in the incubator at the
Library the forepart of next week.
Thrusday, April 10--Jr. High Track, Northern
Valley hosts @ Norton, 9:30 a.m.
KU Honors Banquet and
Program @ Logan
Friday thru Sunday, April 11 to 13--Chet
Kuhlmann Memorial 3 on 3 Tournament, Gym,
TBA
Monday, April 14--Dismissal/Inservice, 2:30
p.m.
Tuesday, April 15--HS Track, Northern Valley
hosts, @ Logan, 3 p.m.
Wednesday, April 16--Grades 3 & 4 to visit
Grandparents at Prairie Haven, 10:30 a.m.
Thursday, April 17--Jr. High Track @
Osborne, 12:30 p.m.
Friday, April 18--HS Track @ Osborne, 3 p.m.
Saturday, April 19--Regional Speech Contest
@ Oberlin
Jr./Sr. Prom, gym
Menus
Monday, Apirl 14--Corndogs, tater tots, mac-n-cheese,
orange smiles, Jello striped cake
Tuesday, April 15--Taco, Spanish rice,
refried beans, potato triangles, strawberry
shortcake
Wednesday, April 16--Hamburgers, curly
fries, baked beans, applesauce, cookie
Thursday, April 17--Sub sandwich, nachos,
cooked carrots, dill spear, apples w/caramel
dip
Friday, April 18--Lasagna, lettuce salad,
crackers, dinner rolls, applesauce, no-bake
cookie
Senior Center Menus
Monday, April 14--Salmon patties, parslied
potatoes, creamed peas, bread, pears
Tuesday, April 15--Bierock casserole,
seasoned carrots, mandarin oranges, cook's
choice complement
Wednesday, April 16--Chicken fajita salad,
strawberries & bananas, chips or crax,
cherry crisp
Thursday, April 17--Roast beef, mashed
potatoes/gravy, Jello w/carrots/pineapple,
bread, birthday cake
Friday, April 18--Cook's choice entree,
broccoli/cauliflower salad, peaches, bread,
pudding
The 55th annual meeting of
Producers Agricultural Marketing
Association, Inc., was held at the
Kensington American Legion Hall Tuesday,
April 1, 2008. Voters' cards and patronage
checks were handed out during registration.
A delicious smothered steak supper was
served by Legion, Auxiliary, and SAL members
to about 150 members and their families.
William Jones, chairperson of the Board of
Directors called the meeting to order at 7
p.m. Don Wiens, member of the Board, gave
the invocation. A quorum was declared.
Secretary Donald Grauerholz read the notice
of the annual meeting and read the minutes
of the last meeting which were accepted as
read.
Other members of the Board of Directors not
previously mentioned are Kerry Ferguson, and
Robert Bienhoff. Special guests, Bob
Standage, representing the Kansas Farmers
Services, Assn., and Greg Daughhettee of
Lindburg and Vogel Certified Public
Accountants of Hays were introduced.
Daughhettee then gave the auditor’s report
for the year 2007 as printed and asked for
questions from the assembly. He stated that
it was a phenomenal year with substantial
earnings. The financial report was accepted
as printed.
Brian Dettmer of the nominating committee
stated that Kerry Ferguson and Donald “Doc”
Grauerholz were eligible for re-election. A
motion was made, seconded and carried, to
cast a unanimous ballot for Ferguson and
Grauerholz. Jason Dennis was elected to
replace Brian Dettmer on the nominating
committee.
Manager Dennis Graf presented the Leonard
Fink Memorial Employee Award for 2007 to
Jeff Nech. He then went on to state that the
good crops the past five years had been good
for the organization. Despite rust, frost
and hail in 2007, it, too, had been a
profitable year. Upgrades have been made on
equipment, and the project for 2008 will be
tearing down the wooden elevator in Glade
and upgrading the facilities there. He
concluded by stating that there will be
challenging years ahead.
The
evening concluded with the drawings for
prizes as follows: $25 gift certificates
to the Kensington Community Store to
Collette Sweat, Linda Rice, and Tonya
Westerman and $25 gas cards to Paul
Bienhoff and Sam Rice. The flower
arrangements on the tables were won by
Wesley Rahjes, Alice Rietzke, Gordon
Reneberg, Cheryl Synoground, Milford
Kirchhoff, and Kerry Ferguson. Insulated
coffee mugs were presented to all adults
attending.
TOPS SRD
(State Recognitio Days) was held in
Wichita, Ks. March 28 and 29. This
event is held every year to honor people
who have achieved weight loss goals
during the past year. Athol Tops
member, Delores Panter, was crowned the
state queen. Delores had reached her
goal weight on June 6, 2007 with a
weight loss of 68 lbs. To be a queen or
king or runner-up one must have
reached his/her goal weight in the year
of 2007. Delores had the highest number
of pounds lost to reach her goal and
therefore was honored by being chosen
queen.
Delores will go to Tops IRD
(International Recognition Days) to be
held in Chicago July 3-5. She will go
as Kansas State Royalty.
Other members atttending SRD in Wichita
were Carolyn Billings, Mary Arment, and
Cheryl Synoground.
The following results were received
at the Jr. High Music Contest in
Logan on April 2: Percussion
ensemble; Brittany Kirchhoff, flute
solo; Jackie Reneberg, alto
saxophone solo; Nathan Larson, tenor
saxophonoe solo; Madeline Reneberg,
voice; Madeline Reneberg, flute
solo; and Elly Miller, clarinet
solo, received I's; Girls ensemble
and woodwind ensemble, received a
I-; Percussion ensemble, Shelby
Gordon, voice, and Larissa Dettmer,
clarinet solo, received II's; Mixed
chorus, a II-; and Percussion
ensemble, a III+
The high school performed at the
Regional Music Contest at Ft. Hays
State University on Saturday, April
5. Their results were as follows:
Show Choir Girls, Girls' Ensemble,
Erin Ferguson, voice, Katie Hughes,
voice, Kellie Henderson, voice, and
Rachelle Bose, flute solo, received
II's; Rachelle Henderson, voice, and
Sammi Schirm, voice, received III's.
Pitch will be played Thursday, April
10 at 7 p.m. Anyone eighteen and
older is welcome to come. Everyone
brings a snack food which is enjoyed
during the 15 minute break around
8:30 p.m. Come and have some fun and
fellowship.
A group of Seniors are going to the
Black Powder Restaurant in Franklin
Saturday, April 12. We will
leave from the Cente at 5 p.m. Come
in and sign up if you would like to
go.
Birthdays will be celebrated
Thursday, April 17. Call and make
reservations for lunch and help
those born in April celebrate their
special day.
The annual Bake Sale is May 3.
Decide what you would like to bring.
This is one of the annual
fundraisers. Put it on your
calendar. Coffee and rolls will be
served that morning.
Manager Armi McPherson reports that
she has another great-grandchild
born April 9 to her grandson and
wife, Carl James and Jasmin Thomas
of Yutan, Neb. Cayden John weighed 7
lbs. 10 oz. and is the eleventh
great-grandchild for Armi.
Death of Gene
Muller
Funeral services were held Saturday, April
5, for Dr. Gene Alan Muller, 65, at St.
Paul's Lutheran Church in Grand Island. Dr.
Muller is the husband of Diana (Currey)
Muller, all of El Paso, Tex. Dianna is the
daughter of the late James and Bertha
(Smith) Currey and is graduated from
Kensington High School in 1970.
Gene's death occured unexpectedly when he
was stricken after attending his brother's
funeral a few days previously in Grand
Island.
Gene was a professor of History and Border
Studies at El Paso Community College
for thirty years and was involved in a broad
range of projects in his chosen profession
and in his church.
Survivors are his wife, Diana; a son,
Nicholas, a sophomore at California Lutheran
University in Thousand Oaks, Calif; three
daughters, Dr. Michelle Mehta and her
husband, Dr. Sunil Mehta of Dallas; Alyssa
Muller, a junior at Texas Lutheran
University in Seguin, Tex., and Alexandra
Muller, a sophomore at New Mexico State
University in Las Cruces, N.M.; and two
grandchldren, Kesarin and Sundari Mehta.
Relatives attending the funeral from this
community were Ruth Levin, Donna and Royce
Levin, Lois Hrabe, and Jan and D.A. Hoverson.
Irene (Fessler) Smith, 88, of Kensington,
died at Prairie Haven in Kensington Sunday,
April 6, 2008. She was preceded in death by
her husband, Ray, in 1988.
Survivors are her son and wife, Terry and
Teresa Smith of Kensington; a grandson,
Kelly Smith of Kensington; a granddaughter,
Crystal Roberts of Ashland; and a
great-granddaughter. Dylan Solida of
Ashland.
The funeral will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at
the United Church in Kensington with Pastor
Becky Saddler officiating. Burial will be in
the Olive Branch Cemetery, Kensington. (A
more complete obituary will
be available next week.)
Jerry and Melba Hagman are expecting
their nieces and families from
Anchorage, Alaska on April 12. They are
Cindy, Roger and Marley Parr and Julie,
Bob and Logan Foster. On Sunday, April
13, they will be at First St. John
Lutheran Church in Kensington for
visitation from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. and
for the memorial service for their dad,
Brian Myers. Brian's ashes will be
spread by the buffalo on Sunday where
the ashes of his wife, Linda, were
scattered earlier. Brian's sister will
also be at the visitation.
Chase Rice, son of Michael and Dianna Rice
of Athol, and Abby Hess, daughter of Michael
and Lori Hess of Smith Center, were joined
in a pretty wedding ceremony at the Catholic
Church in Smith Center Saturday afternoon,
April 5. The reception, dinner and dance
followed in the VFW Hall in Smith Center.
Abby is a graduate of Kansas University and
Chase is a pharmacy student at KU. They will
make their home in Lawrence.
Duane Smith was a patient at the Good
Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Neb., last
week for treatment of blood clots.
Ted Levin is currently getting his strength
back as a resident at Prairie Haven
following hospitalization with flu and
pneumonia.
Doug Ford of Mankato is staying with Orren
and Earlene Bronson while regaining his
strength since his dismissal from a Wichita
hospital where he was treated for pneumonia.
The Bronson's grandson, Nathan William, son
of Brian and Dena Bronson of Salina, has
been released from the hospital in
Hutchinson where he was a patient since his
birth.
Sympathy is extended to Clara Beckmann on
the death of her daughter-in-law, Karen,
following open heart surgery. Karen is the
wife of Royce Beckmann of Tuttle, Okla. and
leaves three children. The funeral was
Saturday.
Matt Sidman has purchased the house on the
corner of N. Washington and N. Cedar from
Kevin Ost and has moved into the property.
Easter visitors of Darrell and Elaine
Bretton were Crystal Bretton, Colorado
Springs; Mindy and Scott McDowell, Denver;
and Sharon McDowell, San Diego, Califl.
Esther Norden and Justin Bretton joined them
for Easter dinner. On Monday, March 31,
Darrell, Elaine and Esther drove to Tipton,
Iowa, to attend the funeral of a close
family friend, LaVern Wood, who was injured
in a farm accident. They returned on
Tuesday. LaVern and his wife Irene have
visited in the Kensington area many times
and had purchased several locally owned John
Deere tractors.
The keyless entry to the H.O.M.E. Fitness
Center is now in place. The usual keys will
no more work to open the door.
Plans are formulating for the Kensington
High School Alumni Banquet Saturday, May 24,
at the Kensington Legion Hall. The Class of
1988 will host the event and all classes
ending in "8" will be honored. Alumni should
be receiving information soon.
It's been a chilly, damp week, with very
little moisture. The wind was fierce on
Saturday reminding us that it is spring in
Kansas. Rain is a possibility this week and
would be welcome as farmers report that the
soil is very dry when digging post holes
while fixing fence (a job that all farmers
do not look forward to doing).
Margy and Ray Michalski of Tehachapi,
Calif., were guests of Jerry and Melba
Hagman and Tamra, Kent and Darah
Portenier the last of March. Margy is a
first cousin of Jerry's. Margy and Melba
visited with Eulonda Hagman Monday after
enjoying lunch at the Kenington
Community Store. They celebrated Margy's
birthday early Monday evening. Margy
recently retired from the California
Prison System and Ray is Captain of one
of California's Wildlife Fish and Game
Boats doing studies and testing from
Southern California to Oregon. They go
out as far as 200 miles into the ocean.
Earlier in the week, Melba's high school
and college friend, John Swanson,
stopped for a visit with Jerry and Melba
Hagman. He was on his way from South
Dakota to Ashland, Kans.
The usual Monday events were held with the
beauty shop being open and manicures given.
The Resident Countil met. Music was enjoyed
and game shows were watched on
television. Bingo was played Tuesday
afternoon. Bird quizzes kept the residents
guessing and rainbows were discussed on
Wednesday. The United Church had the
Thursday morning Bible study and fellowship
with refreshments followed. Word games were
played in the afternoon. The local news was
read Friday morning and bingo played in the
afternoon. Evening entertainments were game
shows and movies on television.
First St. John Lutheran provided music on
the intercom Sunday morning and the
afternoon devotions.
Welcome to Ted Levin who is spending some
time here for therapy and recuperating from
a hospital stay. He enjoys company and
hearing what is going on in Kensington.
Dorine Kuhlmann attended the wedding of her
grandson, Chase Rice, at the Catholic Church
in Smith Center Satuday afternoon. She
enjoyed seeing all her children and
grandchildren.
Lucille Schoeni was thrilled to have her
daughter and husband, Rita and Lloyd
Kleinschmidt of Agra, come to see her. Rita
is recovering from extensive surgery.
Guests signing the register were Gilbert
Kuhlmann with Betty Kuhlmann; Darold and
Joyce Grauerholz, Julie Grauerholz of Hays
with Esther Mann and Lorraine Grauerholz;
Jeff Levin and Shawn Levin with Ted Levin;
Maria Seemann with friends; Karen Huiting
with Lucille Schoeni; Alvie Ratlifff with
Pearl Ratliff; Anita Hagman and Betty
Kirchhoff with Dorine Kuhlmann; Ada Gaines
with Francis Gaines; Pat Bienhoff with
Douglas and Mae Donavan and Mary and Montra
Jones.
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