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Kensington Community News
October 27, 2008
Last Home Football
Game of the Season
It's the end
of October and time for the regular
season of football to come to a close.
Thunder Ridge will be challening
Stockton at the home field Thursday
evening, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. The SALS and
the Kensington Community Store will host
a tailgate party beginning at 5:30 p.m.
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New Insurance
Services
Hardacre Insurance
Services opened at the new location in
the Bogart Building on Main Street last
week. Bruce Hardacre is the owner of
this new business. His primary interest
is Crop Insurance. Welcome, Bruce, to
the Kensington business sector.
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Floats Needed for Veterans Day
Kensington will again be hosting the
Veterans Day parade and barbecue on
Saturday, Nov. 8. The theme is "Spirit
of America." The SALS and Legion
Auxiliary are busy making plans for the
celebration. Tickets are available for
the drawings of the hand made quilt (on
display at Farmers National Bank) and
other prizes from the Auxiliary and the
gun provided by the SALS.
Alan
Bates and Ken Ellenberger are again in
charge of the parade. The are asking for
floats and entries for the parade at 11
a.m. Prizes will be awarded in various
categories. The usual barbecue will be
served after the parade.
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Lions Busy with
Community Service Projects
Kensington Lions Club members are
looking forward to a number of
activities of community service in the
next two weeks. The Nov. 3 meeting is
Veterans' Night in tribute to our
servicemen and women.
Activities
in conjunction with the Nov. 8 Veterans'
Day festivities in Kensington are: Candy
Day fun solicitation before the parade
to support Lions Sight programs; a float
in the parade; and the delivering of
meals by Lions with the help of Thunder
Ridge KAY members to Country View,
Prairie Haven, Community/Senior Center,
and individual homes. Anyone who wishes
to have their meal at the Center needs
to sign up with the Center's director.
People who would like to have meals
delivered to their home are asked to
please contact Lions President Don Wiens
by Thursday, Nov. 6, with the number and
names of people who need to be served at
that home. This allows for the service
to be made available to all who wish to
use it and assures no one is left out.
On Sunday, Nov. 9, the Lions
will have their annual Pancake Feed at
the Kensington American Legion. Serving
time will be 7:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.
Come and enjoy pancakes, sausages, and
eggs, and help support Lions Club
activities in the local community.
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Sunday Soup Dinner to
Benefit Athol's Main Street
The
Athol community will be hosting a soup,
sandwich, and dessert dinner Sunday,
Nov. 2 at the Athol Community Hall with
serving from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Proceeds will be used for improvements
to Athol's Main Street. Hunters and
everyone in the community is invited.
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Program to
Honor Veterans' at TR Middle School
The Thunder Ridge Middle School in
Agra invites all local veterans,
community members, parents and
grandparents to a special program on
Veterans’ Day, Tuesday, November 11th at
2:30 p.m. in the school auditorium. The
program will include patriotic musical
selections and readings by students, and
special recognition of all servicemen
and women.
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Students Help Load
S.O.S Packages
Thunder Ridge High
School conditioning class under the
tuterage of Scott Panter made quick work
of loading the S.O.S. materials from the
S.O.S. Center on Kensington Main Street
into a National Guard semi to be
transported to Hays Thursday morning. At
Hays these partially assembled materials
were packaged into boxes ready for
mailing to servicemen and women the
middle of this week in time for
Christmas. Volunteers in Hays packaged
the 1,000 boxes on Saturday. Melanie
Elliott is the local co-ordinator for
this gigantic project. Many local folks
donated items, helped sort, group
materials and pre-package them into
plastic bags, and baked cookies.
Mr. Panter rewarded each student with a
cold drink at the Kensington Community
Store after the loading was finished.
The students returned to their classes
with a good feeling that they had helped
with the S.O.S. project.
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Play Rehearsals Have
Begun at High School
Students at
the Thunder Ridge High School will be
presenting their fall play, "Hospital
HiJinx", on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 15
& 16 (this is the weekend after
Veterans' Day). The play is a comedy
that takes place in the emergency room
of a hospital and is directed by Mrs.
Emily Blank. More information on cast
will be available as the dates approach.
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K-town Kates to Meet
Janet Hoverson will host the meeting
of the K-town Kates at her home Monday,
Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. The discussion of a
book or news article that you have
recently read will be the program. The
Christmas party is tentatively set of
Tuesday, Dec. 2.
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Halloween Parade and
Parties Friday
The Elementary
Students will show off their Halloween
costumes to the residents of Prairie
Haven Friday afternoon, Oct. 31 at 2:15
p.m. They will parade down Main Street
at about 2:30 p.m. before returning to
their classrooms for their traditional
parties.
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Library Available to
All in Community
The Kensington
Community/School Library is available to
all Thunder Ridge students, children and
adults in the community. Middle School
students are especially invited to check
out books from the children's and young
adults sections. Extended Library hours
beside school time are Tuesday evenings
from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturdays from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Books can be returned
in the book drop south of the Library at
any time.
Middle School and
young adults will enjoy the following
new books: "Bright Purple", "Fool's
Gold", "Burnt Orange", "Better Rose",
"Blade Silver", "Harsh Pink", and "Moon
White" by the popular author, Melody
Carlson; "Kill Me, Kill Me" by Lauren
Henderson; "Evernight" by Claudia Gray;
"Lock and Key" by Sarah Dessen; "No More
Sad Goodbyes" by Marilyn Reynolds;
"Untamed" and "Marked" by P.C. and
Kristin Cast.
New titles for
adults include large print editions,
"The Last Embrace" by Denise Hamilton
and "The Seven Sins" by Jon Land, "The
Others" by Philippa Gregory, and
non-fiction "Lone Survivor" by Marcus
Luttrell.
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USD-110 Calendar and
Menus
Thursday, Oct. 30--HS
football vs. Stockton @ Kensington, 7
p.m.
Tailgate sponsored by SALS &
Kensington Community Store, 5:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 31--K-Grade 2 to
Prairie Haven for Halloween parade, 2:15
p.m.
Halloween parade on Main
Street, 2:30 p.m.; Classroom parties to
follow
Monday, Nov. 3--JV &
Varsity Scholars Bowl @ Lakeside, 3:45
p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 8--Veterans
Day Parade & Barbecue, 11 a.m.
Menus
Monday, Nov. 3--Hamburgers,
curly fries, creamed corn, apples
w/caramel dip
Tuesday, Nov.
4--Burrito, lettuce salad, crackers,
tater tots, pinapple chunks
Wednesday, Nov. 5--Bieroches, scalloped
potatoes, green beans, spicy pears, rice
krispy treats
Thursday, Nov.
6--Chicken casserole, whipped potatoes,
dinner rolls, peas, 1/2 banana
Friday, Nov. 7--Pig-n-blanket,
cauliflower au gratin, dill spear, ranch
cut potatoes, rosy applesauce
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Halloween Potluck at
Senior Center
Come and enjoy a
potluck supper and fellowship at the
Kensington Senior Center Friday, Oct. 31
at 5:00 p.m. Doors will open at 4:30.
Table service and drinks will be
provided.
The Lions Club will
meet Monday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. at the
Center. Menus for November are not
available.
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More About School
Staff
If you arrive at the
Thunder Ridge Elementary School before
noon on a school day, you will be
greeted with the wonderful aroma of a
good meal about to be served to the
students. All breads, buns, rolls,
cookies, etc., are homemade in the
kitchen by two very able cooks. Chris
Engelke has twenty years experience of
feeding the hungry throng. She is
married to Duane and they live on a farm
south-east of Kensington. They have two
grown children. She is a very busy
farmers helper, but enjoys scrapbooking
when she can find the time.
Mrs.
Engelke is assisted by Dianna (Susie)
Olesen who has five years experience in
the lunchroom. Dianna lives in
Kensington with her husband, Chris, and
son Troy who graduated from KHS in 2003
and Chad, a seventh grader at Thunder
Ridge. She has a total of five children.
She enjoys playing bingo and riding
motorcycles.
Custodians are
Curis Lamont, Andy Gibson, and Donna
Johnson. Mrs. Johnson also helps the
cooks serve the noonday meals. Connie
Nelson helps in the Library during the
morning hours. High school paras are
Travis Abbot, Sharon Bearley, and Marsha
Pennington.
The bus drivers keep
busy transporting the students to the
appropriate schools, to sporting and
school events, and on field trips. This
writer did not contact them as their
schedules do change. Special thanks to
all those involved in Thunder Ridge
schools who help to maintain a good,
safe education for our students.
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Around the Community
Many health concerns surfaced in the
community last week. Due to privacy
restrictions names will not be printed.
Please remember these folks and their
families in your thoughts and prayers as
you become aware of their problems.
Velma Black, 81, mother of Deanna
Nech, died Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008, at
Prairie Haven where she has resided for
several years. She was a former math and
science teacher. Survivors besides
Deanna are a daughter and two sons, all
of Topeka and nine grandchildren. The
funeral and burial was Sunday in Topeka.
Relatives here received word of the
death of Ralph "Bud" Wiehl of Junction
City Saturday, Oct. 25. He graduated
from Kensington High School in 1938. It
is hoped that a more complete obituary
will be available at a later date.
Eleanora Ratliff will celebrate her
90th birthday Sunday, Nov. 2. Cards may
be sent to her at 115 S. Lincoln , Smith
Center, KS 66967.
Lance Steiger,
son-in-law of Sterling and Joan Hardisty,
was seriously injured in an auto
accident last week. At last report, he
was still in a coma.
Kelli
Johnson, daughter of Lee and Donna
Johnson, spent the weekend of October
17-20 in Dallas, TX with her sister
Misti Johnson, and future brother-in-law
Matt Olthoff. Kelli drove to Lawrence
Friday to spend time with her good
friend Beth Nech. While in Lawrence,
Beth styled (cut/highlighted) Kelli's
hair. Beth then took Kelli to the KC
Airport. Kelli's flight arrived at
Dallas Love-Field Airport Friday evening
where she was greeted by Matt, Misti,
and Kenna (beagle puppy).
Misti
and Kelli visited IKEA, PetCo, and a
Pump-it-Up 5th birthday party for one of
Misti's former students on Saturday and
the evening was spent at the loft,
enjoying a home-cooked meal by Matt and
watching the Wildcat football game.
Sunday morning, Misti and Kelli walked
to the JFK Memorial Plaza and toured The
Sixth Floor Museum at Dealy Plaza,
downtown Dallas, about 6 blocks from
Matt and Misti's loft.
Monday
morning, bright and early, Kelli's
flight left Love-Field. When she arrived
in KC she was picked up by Beth Nech.
After stopping in Lawrence, Kelli headed
back to Hays making it in time for her
afternoon class at Ft. Hays State U.
Rod and Judy Billings of Colorado
Springs were here several days last week
with Guy Billings.
Kansas
pheasant hunting will begin early
Saturday morning. The washed out roads
and muddy fields may prove interesting
for the city visitors that come for this
annual event.
The freezing
temperatures early this week have killed
the tomato vines and flowers that were
still in bloom. Trees are losing their
leaves without turning the usual fall
colors.
Soggy fields and many
mud holes are the result of the 4.5
inches rains which fell during several
days last week. The ground was already
saturated from previous rains making a
total of about ten inches during the
month of October to date. The bright
note is that the predicted possible snow
did not materialize with the strong
winds which accompanied the slow moving
weather fronts. A killing frost is
predicted for tonight (Monday) before a
warming trend with sunshine moves in for
the coming week. Farmers are antcy, and
it's better to tread lightly when
mentioning the weather and fall harvest
awaiting the combines.
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Notes from Prairie
Haven
The usual greetings and fun
and fitness excercises are held each day
with regularly scheduled one-one
sessions. The beauty shop was open
Monday and manicure were given. The
Men's Club met and the biggest bonfire
was discussed. Bingo was played Tuesday.
Fetured world records and Alaska were
Wednesday's topics.
The
Heartland Worship Center had the
Thursday morning Bible study followed by
fellowship and visiting. The Pioneer was
read Friday morning to those interested
and bingo was played. The Lawrence Welk
Show, Hee Haw, game shows and movies
were enjoyed on television. Other
puzzles and card games were held in the
evening.
The Heartland Worship
Center with Pastor Darrell and Jeri
Schmit and Georgetta Kinyon had the
Sunday afternoon worship service.
Welcome to Helen Bates of Lucas who
is Prairie Haven's newest resident. She
is the mother of Alan Bates. Helen and
her husband lived in Kensington one
summer while her husband worked for
Pro-Ag.
Sympathy is extended to
the family of Velma Black, especially to
Deanna Nech of Kensington and others in
the Topeka area. She will be sadly
missed by residents and staff.
Jeff Levin took Ted Levin to his home
for a short time Monday afternoon.
Dorine Kuhlmann attended church and went
for a drive with her son Greg Sunday.
Guests signing the register were
Lois Hrabe, Melinda Mazzarella, Bob and
Jan Zeigler, and Rita Kleinschmidt wih
Lucille Schoeni; Mildred Hadley with
Doris Kuhlmann; Georgetta Kinyon with
friends; Mercedes Wilmot and Adele
Miller with Forrest Ewing; Ada Gaines
and JoAnn Rice with Francis Gaines; Mike
Wangerin and JoAnn Brooks with Marie
Wangerin; Alvie Ratliff with Pearl
Ratliff; Pat Bienhoff with Mae Donovan.
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