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Kensington Community News
December 7th, 2009
Thunder Ridge School Program is Monday
The Thunder Ridge all-school Christmas
program will be Monday, Dec. 14 at 7
p.m. in the Kensington school gym. The
program will feature selections by
Kindergarten thru Grade 6, the 5th
grade, 6th grade, 7th & 8th grades and
high school bands, and the 7th & 8th
grades and high school choruses. Many
favorite Christmas songs will be
featured. Kristi Reneberg, director, and
Sandy Thomas, pianist, will be assisted
by the elementary teachers.
The program will be about one hour and a
half in length. Come and support your
school's music department and enjoy the
holiday music.
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Kensington Craft Fair is Saturday, Dec.
12
Need a last minute Christmas gift or
some goodies for the holidays? Come to
the Kensington Craft Fair Saturday, Dec.
12 from 9 to 3 p.m. at the Kensington
Legion sponsored by the Kensington
Commercial Club. Santa has indicated
that he will try to make it if his busy
schedule allows.
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St. John Lutheran Senior Party Sunday
The annual Christmas gathering for
Seniors will be held Sunday afternoon,
Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. at the St. John
Lutheran Parish Hall (north). A program
and carol sing will precede the Holy
Communion service. Christmas goodies
will be served while fellowship is
enjoyed. A welcome is issued for all
seniors and their helpers. If you need a
ride, call the church office at
476-3155.
The traditional Christmas Eve worship
will begin with the St. John Lutheran
Handbell Choir playing the prelude music
at 6:30 p.m. The children's program will
begin at 7 p.m. with the Holy Communion
worship to follow. Everyone is invited
to join them in this celebration of the
birth of Jesus Christ.
There will be a traditional Holy
Communion service Christmas morning,
Dec. 25 at 10 a.m.
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Christmas Program at Athol CC Church
Dec. 16
The Athol Congregation Church will have
their Christmas program, "The Cradle
that Rocked the World", Wednesday
evening, Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. The children,
Chelsey, Courtney and Caley Panter,
Nathan and Heidi Larson, and TyLynn and
KensLy Blank, will have special parts.
Emily Blank is their director. The
St. John Lutheran Handbell Choir of
Kensington will be playing and Melissa
Westbrook, Annette Riley, Robin Billings
and Carol Rahjes will sing. Everyone is
invited to come.
Worship services will be held as usual
at 9 a.m. on Sunday mornings.
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United Church Youth to Present
"Christmas Hang-Ups" Dec. 20
The United Church of Kensington Sunday
School youth would like to invite all
family and community friends to attend
their special Christmas performance on
Sunday morning, December 20 at 10:30
a.m. during the regular church service
time.
United Church youth ages preschool
through high school will be presenting a
special musical called "Christmas
Hangups" written by Dennis and Nan
Allen. The play is a delightful musical
that features Christmas ornaments who
come to life. When the “Hula Girls”
ornament comes out of the box, the
traditional Christmas Star, Angel and
Snowman don’t understand what this
unusual ornament has to do with
Christmas and give the Hula girls a
rather cool reception. A special parade
of children dressed as other ornaments
fills the stage when suddenly Joseph
appears to share the true meaning of
Christmas.
Everyone attending the program will
enjoy the fun and catchy music written
for the program and the youth who have
been practicing for several weeks for
this special musical performance.
A soup dinner will follow the program
with the soup provided by the church.
Each family attending is asked to bring
a finger food to compliment the
delicious soup. Table service, drinks
and soup will all be provided.
The United Church youth believe you will
be blessed by attending their program,
"Christmas Hang-ups", on Sunday,
December 20 at 10:30 AM.
The United Church will be holding
Christmas Eve services at 5:00. There
will be guest music as well as
congregational singing, sounds and
smells of Christmas. There will be an
open communion offered. The evening will
close with a lighted candle ring around
the interior of the church and singing
of "Silent Night". Come, Lord Jesus, and
bring us Light! The theme for the
evening is "Jesus is the Greatest Gift
of all!"
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Children's Program at First St. John
Lutheran on Dec. 20
The children's program at First St. John
Lutheran Church (on highway) will be
Sunday morning, Dec. 20 at 10:30 during
the worship service. The Christmas Eve
Candlelight Service will be at 7:30 p.m.
on Dec. 24. There will be no services on
Christmas morning.
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USD-110 Thunder Ridge School Activities
and Menus
Thursday, Dec. 10--Middle School
Basketball vs. Northern Valley at Agra,
3 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 11--High School Basketball
Tournament at Downs, 4 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 12--High School
Basketball Tournament at Downs, 5 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 14--K-12 Christmas program
at Kensington Gym, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 15--High School Basketball
vs. Rock Hills at Kensington, 4 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 16--KAY Cabinet, 3 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 17--Transportation
meeting, BOE Room, 8 a.m
Middle School Basketball at Logan, 4
p.m.
Friday, Dec. 18--High School Basketball
at Logan, 4 p.m.
Menus at Kensington
Monday, Dec. 14--Little smokies, mac and
cheese, mixed vegs, bread, mandarin
oranges
Tuesday, Dec. 15--Hamburger pizza,
lettuce salad, crackers, fruit,
chocolate chip cookies
Wednesday, Dec. 16--Chicken casserole,
whipped potatoes, dinner roll, peas, 1/2
banana
Thursday, Dec. 17--Pig-n-blanket,
scalloped potatoes, corn, strawberry
shortcake
Friday, Dec. 18--Chicken patty on bun,
oven fries, broccoli, mixed fruit
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Notes from Kensington Sr. Center
Pitch will be played Thursday, Dec. 10
at 7 p.m. December birthdays will be
celebrated Thursday, Dec. 17. Double
deck pinochle party is Monday, Dec. 21
at 1 p.m. Regular pinochle will be
played Tuesday, Dec. 29 at 7 p.m.
The Center will be closed Thursday and
Friday, Dec. 24 and 25, for Christmas
and no meals will be delivered.
The Christmas party will be held
Saturday, Dec. 18 at 2 p.m. There will
be a grab bag gift exchange, not to
exceed $5, for both men and women
Menus
Monday, Dec. 14--Chicken vegetable
casserole, dole tropical fruit,
biscuits, pudding
Tuesday, Dec. 15--Chef salad, bananas &
strawberries, crackers, fruit cobbler
Wednesday, Dec. 16--'Hamburger, potato
salad, corn, bun, peaches
Thursday, Dec. 17--Roast pork, Italian
blend vegs, cinnamon apples, bread, cake
w/frosting
Friday, Dec. 18--Poor boy stew, pears,
biscuit, brownie
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Scholarships Available
Scholarships are available on-line at
the school web-site. Students and
parents, please check out the
Counselor's Corner on the Thunder Ridge
Schools web-site: www.usd110.com. Go to
High School, then select Counselor's
Corner to browse the many scholarship
links posted.
The Kilmer-Miller Scholarship
application is now available! Applicants
must be Eastern Heights graduates or
students graduating from Thunder Ridge
who attended Eastern Heights during the
2007-2008 school year. This may be used
only at Kansas post-secondary schools
and applicants may not have already
obtained a BS or BA degree. Contact Mrs.
Boden for more information or if you
cannot access the web form.
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Julie Grauerholz Exhibits Photos
Recently Julie Grauerholz's photo was
accepted by the Hays Arts Council in
their annual "five" State Photography
Contest for Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado ,
Wyoming and Missouri. There were four
hundred photographers that entered the
contest with each contestant entering up
to four matted photographs.
Julie's picture will go on display,
along with the work of other final
artists, from December 14 thru January,
2010. The public iw welcome to see the
local photography talent during the
Downtown Hays Fall Walking Tour at the
Good Book Store in Hays.
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Larson Family Gathers for Thanksgiving
The highways leading to Kensington were
busy Thanksgiving weekend when the clan
of Norma Larson started arriving on
Wednesday evening. Lars and Christi
Fisher and Myles of Topeka were the
first to arrive followed by Addie and
David Jeudes and Karalee and John Fisher
and Charis of Topeka and two foreign
exchange students from Russia and
Denmark who are spending the school year
with Karalee's family. and others of
Karalee's family, Peder, Allegra and
Laurel. Also coming for the holiday were
Jan and Jay Smith, Andrew, Daniel,
Hannah and Deborah of Elgin, Illinois,
and Lea and J. D. Norcross Jr., Valerie,
J.D. III, Amanda and Timorthy Thaine of
Champaign, Illinois.
These folks converged on the homes of
Norma Larson in Kensington and Galen and
Arleta Larson, Katie, Nathan and Heidi
of Athol. Arleta's father, Raymond
Wildman of Phillipsburg joined the group
for Thanksgiving dinner at the Athol
Congregational Church.
The activity center of First St. John
Lutheran Church was the place for the
Larson Clan to gather for lots of
visiting, eating, watching movies,
playing wollyball, and putting jigsaw
puzzles together. Later in the evening
Carol and Russell Rose and Jared and
Teri Rose and Ethan of Agra, Jerry and
Jolene Rose, Kelsey, Katlyn and Janna of
Andover and Doug Ford of Kensington came
for visiting.
Isaac Fisher was unable to attend as he
is attenting college in Mexico and
Christian, Cheryl, Angela, and Aiden
Fisher of Topeka were absent because of
illness.
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Around
the Community
Good news from Dixie Hesterman. She is
making good progress and if this
continues as hoped she may be able to
come home by the end of this week.
Jerry Fulmer of Athol was taken to the
hospital Saturday and is in serious
condition.
There is some cookie dough still
available from the Middle School
Cheerleaders' fundraiser. Please contact
Mrs. Kathi Boden at the high school at
785-476-2217 if you are interested in
purchasing.more.
Thanksgiving guests at the home of Ron
and Carmen Rice were Denise, Jordan, and
Jessica Werner of Mitchell, S.D., and
Sara Duff of Greensboro, N.C.
Ryan and Jennifer Bruns of Marshall,
Minn., spent last week visiting her
parents and sister, Paul, Deb, and Leah
Bienhoff.
Winter weather arrived Sunday noon when
snow began falling and temperatures
dropped to below zero Sunday night for
the first time this season. It snowed
heavily all afternoon accumulating to
about 3 inches. The sun came out
periodically Monday, but the
thermometers didn't budge much. Heavy
snow with strong wind is predicted for
Tuesday into Wednesday. The children are
excited and the local business people
are happy because it means people are
shopping at home. Everyone hopes that
the cold, snowy weather will finish
before holiday travel begins.
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Prairie Haven Has Christmas Dinner
The residents and their families were
treated to a luscious Christmas dinner
Sunday noon. A large crowd was in
attendance despite the wintry weather.
Visitors are listed below.
The usual Monday hair care and manicures
were done. The Christmas tree was
decorated in the afternoon. Current
events were discussed and bingo was
played Tuesday . Favorite toys were
Wednesday's topic. The United Church had
the Thursday morning Bible study
followed by fellowship time. Ssvory
spice and fruit cakes were the afternoon
topic. Current events and the local news
were read Friday. Bingo was played in
the afternoon.
Because of the Christmas dinner, there
was no church service Sunday afternoon.
Bessie Bierman visited Lorraine
Grauerholz and friends and Maria Seemann
also called on friends.
Family members present for the Christmas
dinner with residents Sunday were
Jennifer Brumbaugh, Mike and Amy Rose
and Ken and Janice Rose with Jack Rose;
Lorena Stephens with Jesse Godsey;
George, Deb and Trent Feguson, Luann
Wilson, and Betty Sidman with Anna
Ferguson; Roy and Nadine Hyden with
Clara Beckmann; Jeff and Teri Rse with
Ruth Smith; Curtis and Mary Beach with
Isa Kienzle; Sharon Meyer D?? and Mary
Schalansky with Aleen Schalansky; Patty
and Joe Currey with Martha Currey;
Darold and Joyce Grauerholz with
Lorraine Grauerholz; Sid and Beth Scott
with Lola Peters; Coleen Gale, Ken and
Janice Ratliff , Lyle and Vergie Ratliff
and Alvie Ratliff with Pearl Ratliff;
Don and Pat Bienhoff with Louie
Bienhoff, Mae Donovan, and Mary and
Montra Jones; Greg Kuhlann with Dorine
Kuhlmann; Travis, Ann, Hailey. Justin
and Ron Abbott with Doris Berland; Leann
Marsh, Libby Kester, and Tim Cooper with
Douglas Cooper;
Thank you to all who attended the
Family/Resident Christmas dinner. We're
sure there are some guests that didn't
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