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Kensington Community News
October 20, 2008
Shear Beauty
Opened Wednesday
A
new business on Kensington's Main Street
is Shear Beauty with Erin Kimerling as
hair stylist. Also available will be
manicures, pedicures and tanning. She
will be closed on Mondays, open on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from
noon to 8 p.m., Friday from 9 to 4, and
Saturday from 9 to 3. The phone number
is the same as the listing for Razr's in
the telephone directory, 785-476-3105.
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Soup Dinner at St.
John Lutheran Sunday
The weather is getting cooler and a
soup, sandwich and dessert dinner Sunday
noon, Oct. 26, at St. John Lutheran
Parish Hall (north) sounds inviting. The
Church Council is hosting the event.
Freewill donations will be taken and
used towards new windows for the
parsonage. Thrivent will match the
funds. The community is invited to come
and have dinner with them. Serving will
begin at about 11:30 p.m. after the
worship service. (You are also cordially
invited to come and worship with the
congregation at 10:30 a.m.)
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Town
Meeting on 1% Sales Tax Resolution
A special informational meeting on
the 1% sales tax resolution to support
health care in Smith County will be held
at the Kensington Senior Center, Monday,
Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. Carolyn Hess of the
Smith County Hospital will be present to
answer questions or concerns. If you
cannot be present, read the full details
of the resolution in the last issue of
the Pioneer.
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AARP Defensive
Driving Course Available
There will be an AARP Defensive
Driving Course at the Kensington Senior
Center Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 28 & 29
from 1 to 4 p.m. Attendance is required
at both sessions. If you took the course
two years ago, it will be necessary to
take it again to renew your certificate.
It reviews many of the laws of driving
which are often neglected. The course is
directed to anyone over the age of 50,
but and anyone is welcome to attend.
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Calendar
Corrections for Thunder Ridge Football
The Thunder Ridge High School
football team will be traveling to
Western Plains (Ransom) Friday, Oct. 24.
This is a correction from the calendar
listings. Also, the last home football
game will be played Thursday, Oct. 30,
with Stockton. The SALS and Kensington
Community Store will host the tailgate
party beginning at 5:30 p.m.
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Three Longhorns
Compete in Cross Country Meets
The Thunder Ridge Cross Country Team
has been competing with the Smith Center
Cross Country Team in meets since Sept.
4. Members of the team are Zach Davis,
Ryanne Rahjes, and Drake Reynolds. Zach
and Ryanne are new this year and have
been competitive in the junior varsity
events. Zach has been improving his time
at ever meet and recently placed
sixteenth at the Lake Side Invitational.
Also at Lakeside, Ryanne placed
fourteenth in the girls junior varsity
division. Drake Reynolds is the veteran
varsity runner for the team and has
placed first in every meet except one in
which he received second place.
Medals and awards in both divisions are
generally given to the top ten to
fifteen runners depending upon the
location of the meet. The Thunder Ridge
team will compete in the 1A Regional at
Wheatland on Oct. 25. The State meet
will be held at Wamego on Nov. 1. Good
luck TEAM!!!
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Thunder Ridge @
Kensington Calendar and Menus
Thursday, Oct. 23--GNEC Volleyball
Tourney @ Norther Vallen, 2 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 24--No Classes; Teacher
In-Service
HS Football vs.
Western Plains @ Ransom, 7 pm.
Saturday, Oct. 25--Sub-state Volleyball
Regional Cross Country @
Wheatland, TBA
Monday, Oct.
27--Scholars Bowl @ Stockton, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 28--Parent-Teacher
Conferences, 4 to 9 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 30--HS Football vs.
Stockton @ Kensington, 7 p.m.
Tailgate party by SALS & Community
Store, 5:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct.
31--Halloween parade, Prairie Haven,
2:15 p.m.; Dowtown, 2:30 p.m.
Elementary parties after parade
Menus
Monday,
Oct. 27--Spoonburger, mixed veg's, oven
fries, vanilla pudding, mixed frozen
fruit
Tuesday, Oct. 28--Tater tot
casserole, green beans, dinner roll,
cheesecake w/fruit
Wednesday,
Oct. 29--Italian dunkers, oven fries,
lettuce salad, crackers, mixed fruit
Thursday, Oct. 30--Sausage gravy,
biscuits, peas, cheese sticks, grapes
Friday, Oct. 31--Ham/scalloped
potatoes, green beans, orange smiles,
dirt cups, dinner roll
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Senior Center
Notes
Reminders for
the informational meeting on the 1%
sales tax resolution for health care in
Smith County, Monday, Oct. 27, 7 p.m.;
AARP Defensive Driving Course, Tuesday &
Wednesday, Oct. 28 & 29, 1 to 4 p.m.;
Pinochle party, Tuesday, Oct. 18 @ 7
p.m.; Halloween potluck supper, Friday,
Oct. 31 @ 5 p.m. (Table service and
drinks will be furnished).
Fifty
flu shots were given at the Senior
Center Monday morning by the Smith
County Health Department.
Menus
Monday,
Oct. 27--Swiss steak w/tomatoes,
scalloped potatoes, corn, bread, plums
Tuesday, Oct. 28--Tuna & noodle
casserole, Scandanavian blend veg's,
cinnamon apples, bread, cook's choice
complement
Wednesday, Oct.
29--Hamburger, tater tots, Mandarin
oranges, bun, cottage cheese salad
Thursday, Oct. 30--Liver & onions,
green bean casserole, pineapple chunks,
bread, cookie
Friday, Oct.
31--Ham, sweet potatoes, lime jello
w/pears, rolls, pumpkin crunch
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Thunder Ridge
Support Staff
Sheila
Dues is the District Clerk of USD-110.
She graduated from Washburn District
High School in Washburn, Maine. She
attended various U.S. Army Schools while
on active duty for 13 years. She held
various accounting positions since
leaving the Army and has worked for
USD-238 for 11 years as the Clerk. She
was in the Army National Guard and
returned home in February, 2008, after a
15-month deployment in the 731st
Security Force in Support of Operation
Iraqi Freedom.
Mrs. Dues and her
husband Randy have been married for 22
years and have lived in Kensington the
past 13 years. Randy is the manager of
the Kensington Community Store. They
have three grown children, Randy,
Brittany, and Nickie and four
grandchildren. She enjoys painting
ceramics, reading, walking, and playing
iwth the handbell choir at St. John
Lutheran Church. She and Randy enjoy
waching reruns and "Survivor" on
television.
Megan Hudson,
elementary secretary and deputy clerk,
graduated from West Smith County High
School in Kensington and received a
business administration degree from Fort
Hays State University. This is her
fourth year working for the school.
Ms. Hudson lives in Kensington with her
two year old son, Kayden. She enjoys
scrapbooking, walking and exercising,
playing with her church's handbell
choir, and being a high school
cheerleading coach.
Steve
Wangerin is the technical coordinator
and is very busy keeping the computers
all in operation. He is also the
treasurer of the USD-110 Board of
Education. Steve graduated from
Kensington High School and attended
Kansas State University. He and his wife
Lynda live on an acreage north of
Kensington and are the parents of two
grown children, Keith and Nicole. When
asked about his hobbies, Steve's reply
was, "Computers, of course." .
Another support person is Dixie Rietzke
who graduated from West Smith County
High School. She attended Fort Hays
State University and then received a
Social Services certification from Cloud
County Community College. She was the
Social Services Director at Prairie
Haven for ten years. She has worked as a
para-teacher and lunchroom and
playground monitor in the elemenary
school for 18 years and has also been a
library assistant and pep club sponsor.
Mrs. Rietzke and her husbnad, Jerry,
have lived on the family farm north of
Kensington for 33 years. They have three
grown chldren, Ryan of Kensington,
Courtney Friesen of Salina and McKenzine
Bailey of Norton and five grandchildren.
She enjoys gardening and working in her
yard, camping and going to her
grandchildren's activities. Her greates
joy is having all her family visit so
she can cook for them.
Currently
helping as paras in the elementary
school are Lisa Bauman and Charlotte
Detwiler.
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Deaths of Local
Interest
Sympathy is
extended to Carolyn and Mark Verhage of
Kensington on the death of Carolyn's
father, William H. Nix, 75, of Agra on
Monday, Oct. 13, 2008. He was a heavy
equipment operator. Survivors include
his wife, Bobbie, of Agra; five sons,
four daughters, numerous grandchildren,
great-grandchildren and great-great
grandchildren. The funeral was Friday at
Olliff-Boeve Chapel in Phillipsburg with
burial in the cemetery at Naponee, Neb.
Our thoughts are also with Wilma
and Dennis Sweat on the death of Wilma's
sister, Thadene Haas, 72, of Smith
Center on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. The
funeral was Tuesday, at the American
Lutheran Church in Smith Center.
Complete obituaries are in another
section of this issue.
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Around the Community
Ted Levin returned to Prairie Haven
Saturday after hospitalization in the
Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Neb.
Framcis Gaines was taken by
ambulance to Hays Regional Medical
Center Sunday for further tests and
treatment.
Bobbi Struckhoff is
recovering at home after suffering
complications following surgery.
Lois Hrabe enjoyed family members
visit at different times recently. Mike
and Diann Hrabe of Canton spent a
weekend to attend the football games of
their grandsons, Blane and Benton Hrabe.
Shane and Matthew Hrabe of McPherson and
Dan Hrabe of Great Bend stayed several
days. Duke Hrabe of Tempe, Ariz., also
stopped for four days on his return from
a business trip in Florida. Melinda
Mazzarella of Colorado Springs spent the
past ten days with her mother.
Maria Seemann drove to Overland Park to
visit her son and family, Louis and
Kristi, Alex, Ariel and Ava. They
attended a wedding of a family friend on
Saturday, Oct. 11, and helped Ariel
celebrate her eighth birthday on Sunday.
Don and Loretta Norden and other
family members attended the wedding of
their granddaughter, Ashley Roush, and
Keith Falkner in Labanon last Saturday.
Ashley is the daughter of Kelly and
Susan (Norden) Roush of Lebanon. The
newlyweds will make their home in Kansas
City. Don and Loretta also welcomed a
new great-grandson, Oliver Harrison
Roush, to their family tree on Oct. 9.
His parents are Scott and Brandi Roush
of Colton, Calif., and he has a big
sister, Izzy.
Phrocene Hoff and
Janis Mogan drove to Holdrege, Neb,
where they met Anita Sites. The women
flew out of the Omaha airport to attend
the wedding of Mrs. Hoff's
granddaughter, Christine, in Columbus,
Ohio, this weekend.
Dail and
Kathy Smith of Clay Center rode their
motorcycles out Sunday to visit his
parents, Arthur and Betty Smith of
Athol. Stanley Smith was an afternoon
caller and their grandson, Tim Smith of
Lawrence, stopped on his way back from
Colorado.
Lexy, 3 1/2, and
Logan,1 1/2, Beckman of Olathe
entertained their grandparents, Wayne
and Jolene Beckman over the weekend.
Dr. Mark Bienhoff and Troy Zwart of
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, were weekend
houseguests of Ruth Bienhoff. Joining
them for supper Saturday evening were
Paul, Deb and Leah Bienhoff, Joel and
Connie Bienhoff, and Megan and Kayden
Hudson.
An all day rain Tuesday
put another 1.5 inches on the already
soggy fields. Sunshine over the weekend
have provided some drying and farmers
are busy trying to get on with the fall
work. Quite a change in weather is
forcasted by midweek with much colder
temperatures and additional rain with
the possibility of light snow near the
end of the week are causing more anxious
concerns.
Reminder--The Thunder
Ridge football game Friday, Oct, 24 will
be played at Ransom at 7 p.m. The
location is incorrect on all calendars
and schedules.
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Notes from
Prairie Haven
Hair
care and manicures were given Monday
morning after the fun and fitness
exercises. One-one sessions are held
daily. The Hit Parade and various clocks
were discussed in the afternoon. Bingo
was played Tuesday afternoon.
Wednesday morning was fun time when the
Thunder Ridge third and fourth graders
came for their monthly visit with their
adopted grandparents. Ruth Wolf
entertained with piano music in the
afternoon.
Georgetta Kinyon of
the Heartland Worship Center had the
Thursday morning Bible study. Visiting
and snacks followed. Countdown 60 was
the afternoon entertainment. The local
news was read Friday morning and bingo
was played in the afternoon.
The
residents enjoy putting puzzles
together, playing cards, and watching
movies on the big screen television.
Lawrence Welk and Hee Haw are the usual
favorite programs.
St. John
Lutheran Sunday School shared their
lesson Sunday morning with residents.
Linda Miller and Ruth Bienhoff came in
the afternoon for the worship and
communion service. Pastor Koeneke is on
vacation.
Welcome back to Ted
Levin who returned Saturday after a
hospital stay. He was missed by all.
Family and friends who signed the
register were Lloyd and Rita
Kleinschmidt, Jerald and Karen Huiting,
Bob and Jan Ziegler, and Cheryl Gibbs
with Lucille Schoeni; Ada Gaines and
JoAnn Rice with Francis Gaines; Ken and
Janice Ratliff and Alvie Ratliff with
Pearl Ratliff; Leora Smith with Lorraine
Grauerholz; Esther Norden with friends;
Marvin and Jackie Mann with Esther Mann;
Ora Elliott with Zelda Elliott; Deke
Beckmann with Leonard Beckmann; Pat and
Don Bienhoff with Mae Donovan; Georgetta
Kinyon with friends; Darold and Joyce
Grauerholz with Lorraine Grauerholz and
Esther Mann.
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