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Kensington Community News
November 10, 2008
Reunion of
Claudell Catholic Church
Members and guests of the former St.
Francis Catholic Parish at Claudell
gathered for their annual reunion on
Sunday, November 9th. Father George,
pastor of St. Mary’s Parish in Smith
Center, began the celebration by
presiding at the 4 p.m. Mass.
After the Mass, everyone gathered at the
Gaylord Community Center for a potluck
meal and visiting. St. Francis Parish
was closed in 2003 and former members
had to choose another parish to join.
A special guest was Ruth Sweat who
will be 98 on Nov. 25, who was a long
time member of the parish until they
moved to Smith Center. Others attending
were Carolyn and Mark Johnson; Steve and
Annette Wingerson, Alexis, Landon, and
Sienna; Betty Lala; Francis and Colette
Sweat; Denis and Wilma Sweat; Mary
Sweat; Wayne and Jolene Beckman; Roy and
Geraldine Orr; Shane, Susan, and Hallie
McCall; Randy, Darcy, and Daveyon Orr;
Maria Seemann; Ann Marie Gower; and
Alice Elliott.
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Large Crowd Honors
Veterans
The sun shone
but temperatures which hovered in the
mid-40's with a chilly north wind
brought out the winter attire for those
attending the annual Veterans' Day
celebration in Kensington last Saturday.
Cars lined Main Street early for parade
viewing, but most folks stood as they
waited for the ceremonies to begin.
Color Guards from the Kensington Legion
Post #166, Agra Legion Post #257, the
Mt. Surabachi Marine Corps League and
the Kensington Legion Auxiliary #166
took their places. in front of the
reviewing stand at 11 a.m.
Jeff
Nech, Commander of the Sons of the
American Legion, welcomed the audience.
The colors were raised as Katie Powell,
Katie Larson, and Madeline Reneberg,
students at Thunder Ridge High School,
sang the National Anthem. Becky Saddler,
pastor of the United Church of
Kensington, gave the invotation.
Nech introducted the speaker, CPT
Wes Topel of the National Guard 170th
Maintenance Company of Norton. He spoke
how we owe honor and thanks to our many
veterans who served our country to
preserve our freedom in the past, but we
dare not forget the veterans that are
presently serving in Iraq and
Afghanistan and around the world. They
are a volunteer army who feel it is
their duty to serve our country. He
challenged the audience to respect this
new generation of veterans.
The
21-gun salute was fired and Taps were
played by an ensemble of trumpeters,
Kinze Reidel, Nolan Billings, Trent
Ferguson, Alyce Reneberg, and Kristi
Reneberg. The Color Guards were
dismissed and the parade arranged by
Alan Bates and Ken Ellenberger was ready
to begin.
Bob Westbrook
announced the parade which was led by
the Color Guards. The Thunder Ridge
Jr./Sr. Band and the Sixth Grade Band
under the direction of Kristi Reneberg
played spirited music. Judges of the 43
entries were Cindy Tuxhorn, Deb
Wagenblast, and Karen Panter. Winners of
the entries in the various categories
(listed as first, second and third in
each category) were as follows:
School--Seniors, Sophomores, Juniors;
Church--First St. John Lutheran
Pre-school; Business--Kensington
Community Store, Heartland Marketing,
Farmers National Bank;
Organizations--Busy Bees 4-H Club,
Kensington Legion Auxiliary, Thunder
Ridge Booster Club; Miscellaneous--Portis
Taxi (Gene Coop), 1915 Model T (Rod
Hagman), Phillipsburg Rodeo Queen, Joni
Hilburn.
The huge crowd then
gathered at the barbeque stand on the
school grounds. The delicious beef for
the sandwiches and beans had been cooked
and seasoned during the night and were
ready to be served by the many
volunteers. Their efficiency has been
passed down from generation to
generation and is the pride of the
community. Last year a new cook shack
was built and the serving stand was
redone to help with getting the meal
served in even a shorter time. Earlier
the Lions Club and Thunder Ridge KAYS
had delivered meals to Prairie Haven,
Country View, shut-ins, and the
Kensington Senior Center so these
residents could enjoy the traditional
food, too.
There was no program
planned for the afternoon this year. A
free dance with music by Three Jacks was
held in the evening at the Legion Hall.
The names were drawn for the
prizes offered. The Legion Auxiliary
quilt was won by Audrey Carter of
Kensington, the Americana flag wall
hanging by Geraldine (Reagan) Best of
Holdrege, Neb., and the Americana basket
of special items by Elaine Mooney of
Agra. Caitlin Boden, Thunder Ridge
seventh grader, won the 20-gauge shotgun
given by the Sons of the American
Legion. (Her father, John, says she
likes to hunt.)
Veterans Day,
2008, is now history, but it could not
happen without the help of the SALS who
plan and supervise the event, the many
volunteers who help with cooking and
serving, the many businesses and
individuals who contribute to the cost,
and those who clean-up after it is all
over, but most of all to the crowd that
came to give honor to our veterans, both
past and present, who were/are willing
to sacrifice their lives for the
freedoms we enjoy. Tell them "thanks"
and keep alive the SPIRIT OF AMERICA.
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High School
Play at Agra Auditorium
The Thunder Ridge High School play,
"Hospital Hijinx" will be presented at
the Middle School Auditorium in Agra
Saturday , Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. and again
on Sunday, Nov. 16 at 3 p..m. Tickets
will be available at the door. Please
note the change of location which should
be pleasing to the audience because of
improved seating and better acoustics.
The play is a comedy which takes
place in the emergency room o a
hospital. The large cast was listed last
week and is directed by Mrs. Emily
Blank. The Thunder Ridge patrons are
very supportive of the athletic
achievements. This is an opportunity to
give support to our drama department,
too.
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Correction
It was Pro-Ag Marketing of
Kensington that provided the sack
lunches for the many persons that were
responsible for harvesting the milo for
Gary and Grace Hainke recently. The
lunches were prepared by the Kensington
Community Store. State Farm Insurance
and friends of the Hainke's also
contributed. Elaine Bretton and Donna
Westbrook were not personally
responsible.
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TR High School
Football Season Ends
The
Thunder Ridge football team was defeated
in bi-district by Clifton/Clyde which
ends their impressive season (see sports
section). This week is "buffer week" at
the high school to give athletes a
breather before basketball practices
begin next week. The Middle School
basketball practices have already begun.
Their first games will be Tuesday, Nov.
18 with Rock Hills at Agra beginning at
4 p.m.
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JV and Varsity
Teams in Scholars Bowl
Both JV and Varsity Scholars' Bowl teams
competed at the Lakeside Scholars' Bowl
Tournament in Downs Monday, Nov. 3..
Both teams finished with a 1-4 record.
Varsity members attending included Drake
Reynolds, Katie Larson, Chris Cochrun,
Nic Irwin, and Taylor Shaffer.
Representing the JV were Nathan Larson,
Madeline Reneberg, Shelby Gordon, and
Larissa Dettmer.
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Food Pantry Open
Saturday
The Kensington
Food Pantry will be open Saturday, Nov.
15 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Kensington
Senior Center (please use east door).
Hosts will be Jeanne Bogart and Joyce
Grauerholz.
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Legion Thanksgiving Dinner to be Served
Yes, the Kensington Legion,
Auxiliary, SALS, and volunteers will
again be serving the community
Thanksgiving dinner at noon at the
Legion Hall. They will provide the
turkey and ham, mashed potatoes and
gravy, stuffing, vegetables, rolls, as
well as the table service and drinks.
Each family is asked to bring either a
salad or dessert to compliment the meal.
Donations for the cost of the meal will
be taken. No reservations are necessary.
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USD-110 Thunder Ridge
School @ Kensington
Saturday & Sunday, Nov. 15 &
16--Thunder Ridge play, "Hospital Hijinx"
at Middle School Auditorium, Agra, Sat.,
7 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m.
Tuesday,
Nov. 18--MS Basketball vs. Rock Hills @
AGra, 4 p.m.
Thursday, Nov.
20--MS Basketball @ Jewell, 4 p.m.
Menus
Monday, Nov.
17--Hamburger pizza, lettuce salad,
crackers, peas, apricots
Tuesday,
Nov. 18--Tacos, creamed corn, potato
triangles, strawberry shortcake
Wednesday, Nov. 19--Hoagie boy sandwich,
oven fries, baked beans, diced peaches
Thursday, Nov. 20--Chicken patty on
bun, Oven fries, broccoli, mixed fruit,
chocolate chip cookies
Friday,
Nov. 21--Turkey, sweet potato, gravy &
whipped potatoes, dinner roll, corn,
apple crisp
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Senior Center
Notes
Thirty-six
enjoy Veterans Day at Senior Center
Thirty-six seniors gathered in the
Senior Center to enjoy their sandwiches
and beans from the Veterans Day
celebration. The food was delivered by
the Lions and Kays. Some watched the
parade from the west windows and others
enjoyed the sunshine and being out of
the wind on the south side of the
building. Pies and homemade ice cream
were also available.
Upcoming
Events
Thursday, Nov.
11 pitch party at 7 p.m.
Monday, Nov.
17, double-deck pinochle at ? p.m.
Thursday,
Nov. 20 November birthday party
Tuesday, Nov. 25, pinochle party at 7
p.m.
The Center will be closed
Thursday and Friday, Nov. 27 & 28, for
Thanksgiving.
Menus
Monday,
Nov. 17--Baked spaghetti, tossed salad,
corn, garlic bread, cook's choice fruit
Tuesday, Nov. 18--Chicken & noddles,
pea salad, jello w/oranges & pineapple,
muffic, pudding
Wednesday, Nov.
19--Salmon patty, Calif. blend veg's,
peaches, rolls, rice pilaf
Thursday, Nov. 20--Meat load au gratin
potatoes, apricots, bread, cake
Friday, Nov. 21--Chili w/beans,
applesauce gelatin, crackers, cinnamon
roll
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POW's Story
Kensington
subscribers of the Monday edition of the
Salina Journal excitedly read the story
of E.R. "Bud" Nech, 86, featured on the
front page by Gary Demuth. It tells
Bud's story of being a crew member of a
B-24 during World War II and being shot
down over German-occupied Yogoslavia and
spending a year in a German prisoner of
war camp.
"Bud" had for years
not spoken of his experiences until he
received a Veterans Day invitation from
the Kensington Elementary School to tell
of his experiences to the students. .
After he had told his story, a child
asked him if he thought the sacrifice
was worth it. He replied with tears in
his eyes, "When I look at you kids, I
know it was all worth it."
Readers are encouraged to find a copy of
this issue of the Salina Journal and
read Bud's story. (A copy is available
at the Kensington Community/School
Library.) Bud and Rosalee live in
Kensington.
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Deaths in the
Community
Death of Margaret (Bierman) Snair
Margaret D. Snair, 97, died in Sun
City, Arizona on Monday, November 3,
2008. Margaret Snair was born on May 23,
1911 on a farm near Kensington, Kansas,
the daughter of Julius and Bessie
(Allard) Bierman. She graduated from
Kensington High School in 1929. She
received her B.S. degree from Kansas
State University in Manhattan where she
studied home economics with the
intention of working in the restaurant
business. Finishing in the height of the
depression, she worked in several
counties in Kansas for the Farm-Loan
Program in the Farm Security
Administration doing home demonstration
projects to help families best use their
limited resources. She married Olin C.
Snair on October 5, 1941, and the couple
lived in Ottawa, Kansas. In 1950 they
moved to Burlington, Iowa. and retired
to Sun City in 1972. She was an active
member of the First Presbyterian Church
of Sun City. She was also a member of
the League of Women Voters, PEO and Zeta
Tau Alpha sorority.
She is
survived by twin daughters, Sara Groves
of Baltimore Maryland and Sandra Stumme
and husband John of Chicago, Illinois,
four grandchildren, four
great-grandchildren and two
great-great-grandchildren. Her husband,
stepdaughter, and son-in-law preceded
her in death.
A memorial service
was held on Saturday, November 8, 2008
at 10 a.m. at the First Presbyterian
Church, Sun City. Memorials are
suggested to the Agua Fria Food Bank,
405 E. Harrison Dr, Avondale, AZ 85323
or the First Presbyterian Church of Sun
City, 12225 N. 103rd Avenue, Sun City,
AZ 85351.
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Around the
Community
Grace
Hainke remains a patient at the Phillips
County Hospital.
Mary Anthony had
successfull hip fracture surgery in
Salina and will soon be moved to
Manhattan to be near her daugher,
Patricia Gaschler.
Ted Levin has
returned to his home after spending time
regaining his strength at Prairie Haven.
Word was received here from Lea
(Anderson) Holste of Ludell that her
mother, Lavaille Anderson of
Wallingford. Iowa, had suffered a heart
attack on Nov. 5 and was flown to the
Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls,
S.D. Surgery had to be postponed because
of complications with fluid retention in
her lungs and the cartonic shock is
resolved. Lavaille is the wife of Pastor
Virgil Anderson who served St. John
Lutheran Church from 1963-1978. He and
their 11 children have been near her
side.
Larry and Lori Miller
received the sad news that their
daughter-in-law, Gail Miller, had been
killed in an auto accident in Las Vegas
Sunday evening. She is survived by her
husband, Carey, and son, Taylor.
Emily Slavik, Palestine, TX, is
happy to be back in Kansas for the next
two weeks. On Saturday November 1, her
fiance, Scott Lane, drove her to Enis,
TX, where she met Matt Olthoff and Misti
Johnson who brought Emily to Dallas,
where they shared brunch and then took
Emily to DFW Airport. Emily arrived in
Kansas City to be greeted by Megan
Beckman before going on to Hays where
Emily was greeted by her family. Emily
is excited to spend the next two weeks
in Kensington with her parents, Daryl
and Bonnie, and her family and friends
and to attend the funeral of her
grandmother, Clara Slavik. Planning her
upcoming wedding will be on the agenda.
Emily will be in Kensington until
November 16th.
Some of the
visitors with home folks with your
correspondent's church friends over the
weekend were Mindy and Madison McDowell
of Denver with Darrell and Elaine
Bretton; Steve and Risa Bayliff, Trevor
and Emily of Lakin with Leland and Linda
Rahjes; Dr. Ben and Angela Dolezal and
Lauren of Lindsborg with Ron and Cindy
Rahjes; Dr. Byron and Leanne Grauerholz,
Ellie and Ben of Salina with Darold and
Joyce Grauerholz; Mary Hagedorn of
Tucson, Ariz., and Ed and Janese
Erickson of North Platte, Neb., with
Dean and Darlene Miller; Rod and Anita
Hagman of Buhler and Brandon of Wamego.
Visitors with Lois Hrabe over the
weekend were Mike and Diann Hrabe of
Canton, Shane and Matthew Hrabe of
McPherson, Dan, Tina, Raini, and Owen
Hrabe of Great Bend, Joel, Kindra, Blane
and Benton Hrabe of Kensington, and
Melinda Mazzarella of Colorado Springs.
Friday evening the family enjoyed
helping Matthew celebrate his 11th
birthday at the Legion, and Saturday
afternoon a special party was held to
celebrate Lois' 85th birthday.
Weekend houseguests of Stan and Carolyn
Billings were Jay and Twila Hickman of
Tonganoxie and Tim Hickman and Amy Bolt
of Kansas City. Other visitors were Lee
and Cathy Gemaehlich and Dean and Kathy
Gemaehlich and Justin of Dodge City, and
Doug and LeAnn Yost of Overland Park.
Evelyn Levin enjoyed having Alex
and Kim Levin of Phoenix, Curtis and
Jennifer Swanson of Denver, Jeff and Pam
Thompson of Paola, Dale and Jennifer
Kennedy of Wamego, Alan and Carol Erick
of Dallas, Rachel Levin of Kansas City,
and Larry and Marlene Sanders of
Holdrege, Neb., along with her local
families help her celebrate her 80th
birthday with a Saturday evening supper.
Chris and Elyse Bates and
Jackson of Donnelly, Idaho, and Amanda
Bates of Olathe came for the funeral of
their grandmother, Helen Bates at Lucas.
On Saturday, Jackson's first birthday
and the second birthday of Kaitlyn Rothe,
daughter of Crystal and Jeremy Rothe of
Phillipsburg, were celebrated at the
home of Alan and Judy Bates.,
Anyone having out-of-town guests is
encouraged to report them and they will
be printed next week. Readers like to
know where former Kensingtonites are
located.
Farmers have been
battling the weather with fall harvest
as an early morning thunderstorm today
(Monday) and 100 percent chance for
further rain later today and tomorrow
put a "hold" on getting it finished. The
earlier forecast of snow the forepart of
this week seems to have been taken out
as this would be even more discouraging.
Some farmers are finished as the
mountains of milo south of the swimming
pool and by Highway 36 keep growing. The
variety of colors is most interesting,
but the darker browns seem to be more
dominate this year. The steadily
lowering temperatures are a reminder
that it is November. Areas north of town
state that the ground was lightly
covered with snow the forepart of last
week although temps rebounded to highs
near 80 degrees with fierce winds before
the cold front moved in again Friday.
As this column is completed late
Monday evening, rain has been falling,
at times quite heavily, all day.
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Notes from
Prairie Haven
Jack
Rose, Douglas Cooper, Gerald Anderson,
and Gene Jones were privileged to ride
in the Prairie Haven van in the
Veterans' Day parade Saturday. Jim
Struckhoff was the driver. Francis
Gaines and Louie Bienhoff were unable to
make the trip.
Francis and Ada
Gaines celebrated their 60th wedding
anniversary when the family brought
supper to Prairie Haven so Francis could
enjoy it with them. Attending were Ada,
Paul, Kathy and Kyle Merklein, Steve and
JoAnn Rice, J. R. and Angel Rice, and
Brian, Linda and Jordan Dettmer.
Sympathy is extended to the family of
Forrest Ewing. He will be sadly missed
by residents and staff.
Greetings, exercises, and one-one
sessions are held each day. The beauty
shop was open Monday and manicures were
given. The Men's Club met and trivia was
shared in the afternoon. Bingo was
played Tuesday. Present and past
election stories were shared Wednesday.
St. John Lutheran Church had the
Thursday morning Bible study and
fellowship followed. Veterans' Day
parades were discussed in the afternoon.
The Promise Keepers had their Friday
morning devotions at Prairie Haven.
Local news was read from the Pioneer.
Bingo was played in the afternoon.
Puzzles, card games, dominoes,
watching movies and television shows are
enjoyed on weekends and in the evenings.
Hee Haw and the Lawrence Welk Show are
the favorites.
The United Church
of Kensington had the Sunday morning
Bible class and afternoon worship
service.
Visitors signing the
register were Mary Sweat with Martha
Currey; Kathy and Steve Scobee with
Lorraine Grauerholz; Ashley Jones, Ali
Martin, Mickie Martin with Leah Crowley;
Pat Bienhoff with Mae Donovan, Louie
Bienhoff, and Montra and Mary Jones; Ora
Elliott with Zelda Elliott; Carlie
Thompson, Leland Ewing, and Gale Ewing
with Forrest Ewing.
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