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Kensington Community News
June 1, 2009
City-wide Garage Sale is June 13
Whoops! the date for the Kensington
City-Wide Garage Sale was incorrect in
the paper last week. It will be
Saturday, June 13. It's not too late to
get your location on the map by calling
Ruth Levin at 476-2685 immediately.
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67 attend
Community Bible School
The Kensington Community Vacation Bible
School was held Tuesday, May 26, thru
Friday, May 29, from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m.
The closing program was held Friday at
11 a.m. at the St. John Lutheran Church
. The program again concluded with a
bubble and balloon release. It was a
beautiful still morning and all of the
balloons ascended to amazing heights
before being carried to the east as far
as the eyes could see.
There were
67 children in attendance. The offerings
came to a total of $472.02. This year's
offerings were given to Feed the
Children out of Oklahoma City .
The children from the United Church of
Kensington and First St. John Lutheran
Church were transported to the St. John
Lutheran Church for the program by the
Kensington Fire Department with Pastor
Dave Hutson and Curtis Beach driving the
two trucks. This is always a fun
highlight for these children, and the
Fire Department is sincerely thanked for
making this possible. .
Children
ages 3 thru Kindergarten totaled 24 and
attended at First St. John Lutheran
Church . Tamra Portenier and Jeni
Wallgren were the directors.
Preschoolers were taught by Madeline
Reneberg, Larissa Dettmer, Michaela
Bienhoff, and Ashley Struckhoff. Tamra
Portenier, Jackie Reneberg and Shelby
Gordon taught the pre-kindergarten
class. Liz Hagman and Ryanne Rahjes were
the teachers for the Kindergarteners.
Alice Rietzke, Elsie Fiene and Ada
Gaines prepared the snacks.
The
21 first thru third graders attended at
the United Church of Kensington. Emily
Blank was the director and Sharon
Bearley was the teacher. Lana Ratliff,
Denise Miller and Caitlin Boden were in
charge of the crafts, and Dianna Rice,
Stacy Cole, and Claire Cole were
helpers.
Robin Billings was
director of the 22 children of grades 4
thru 6 that attended at St. John
Lutheran Church . Teachers were Robin
Billings, Melanie Molzahn, Linda Rahjes,
Aleah Seemann, and Trent Ferguson. Megan
Hudson was in charge of the crafts.
Kristi Reneberg directed the chime
choir. Cindy Rahjes helped with snacks
in the kitchen.
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Kensington Landmark
Torn Down
The large
wooden grain elevator west of the
concrete elevator was torn down last
week. It is reported that the smaller
wooden elevator, further west , will
also be torn down in the near future.
It would be interesting to know
how many bushels of grain were hauled
into these elevators during the time
they were used. For old-timers, this was
a place to be remembered for getting the
harvest ready to be sent out on the
train cars. Times do change, but
memories linger.
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Senior Center
Notes
Agenda for Community Center
The Board of Directors will meet
Wednesday, June 10 at noon. Pitch will
be played Thursday, June 11 at 7 p.m.
Double deck pinochle is scheduled for
Monday, June 15 at 1 p.m. June birthdays
will be celebrated Thursday, June 18 at
noon. Pinochle games will be Tuesday,
June 30 at 7 p.m. Additional activities
are listed on the calendars. Come and
enjoy the fun and fellowship.
Fourteen were present to play pinochle
and winners were Al lambert and Marlene
Kuhlmann, high; Donna Westbrook and
Gilbert Kuhlmann, low.
Menus
Monday, June
8--Spanish rice w/hamburger, winter mix
veg's, plums, bread, pudding
Tuesday, June 9-- Turkey , sweet
potatoes, green beans, roll, mixed fruit
in gelatin
Wednsday, June
10--Sausage gravy, tater tots, cook's
choice veg's, biscuit, mandarin oranges
Thursday, June 11--Chef salad, Dole
tropical fruit, bread sticks, cake
Friday, June 12-- Cheeseburger
upside-down pizza, spinach cheese salad,
applesauce, bread, cookie
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KHS 60th
class reunion
The
Kensington High School Class of 1949
celebrated their 60th reunion Saturday,
May 23, at the Kensington Senior Center
with a luncheon. Amy Bienhoff gave a
short program followed by the class
members taking a tour of the high
school.
The Class of 1949
graduated 23 students. Twelve are
deceased. Attending the gathering were
June (Sims) Van Loenen of Prairie View;
Elaine (Kelling) Bertrand and husband
Dick of Lincoln, Neb., Waldean Dettmer
of Centennial, Colo., Marvin Wilhelms
and wife Carmen of Coffeyville, Francis
Sweat and wife Collette of Cedar, and
Howard Grauerholz and wife Barbara of
Kensington. Darlene (Leitner) Pierce of
Kensington joined the class at the
Alumni Banquet.
Members that
were unable to come were Elsie (Macklin)
Smith of Derby, Keith Krob of Omaha ,
Neb. , Lloyd Gemaehlich of Woodland Park
, Colo. , and Lavona (Dettmer) Gruber of
Concordia.
Doris (Smith) Blanke
and husband Kenny of Russell came in the
afternoon to visit with the group.
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KHS Class of
1959 reunites
Did you
hear a sound from the past last Sunday
afternoon? You may have heard the peals
of the old school bell which tempted
many to ring it. Jerry Hagman brought
the bell to the 1959 class reunion at
the Senior Center as part of the
memorabilia. There were 15 out of the 19
remaining class members present. Others
including Mr. J.S. Wagner of Kensington,
Joe and Mella Mildrexler of Colby, and
former KHS students and friends were at
the open house on Saturday, May 24..
Pictures of families and former school
items were viewed. Cake, cokes, tea and
coffee were served.
An evening
meal of smoked chicken, brisket, fried
green beans, and roasted garlic Italian
potatoes was catered by Tim and Annette
Riley and served to the class members.
After such a great time, it was hard to
say goodbye. Present were Rod and Judy
Billings of Colorado Springs, Ross and
Bev Bohm of Yuma, Colo., Siegfried
Seemann of Lakewood, Colo., Jerry and
Melba Hagman of Kensington, Danny and
Sherry (Reagan) Newbrey of Cedar (both
in class), Carolyn (Freeman) and Bill
Williams of Alton, Bethie (Watts) and
Bob Smith of Smith Center, , Brenda (Gemaelich)
Jerby of Phillipsburg, Marjorie (Grauerholz)
and Lawrence Conrad of Gaylord, Barbra (Searight)
Rader of Kensington , Sharon (Ralston)
and Gib Meyer pf Smith Center, Barbara
(Sweat) and Garland Ford of Holly Lake
Ranch, Tex., Sharon (McCartney) and Walt
Zimmerman of Camdendon, Mo., and Linda (Currey)
DeLay and John of Brighton, Colo.
The class is thankful to be from a
community like Kensington where parents,
teachers, and community bond together to
give children and students such high
ideals for life. Next reunion will be in
5 years.
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Two Graduate from KSU
Two students from Kensington
graduated from Kansas State University
in Manhattan on May 9. Leah Elizabeth
Kuhlmann, daughter of Max and Patty
Kuhlmann, received a bachelor of arts
and will be attending KU Medical School
in the fall.
Laci Anne Rahjes,
daughter of Doug and Wanda Rahjes,
received a bachelor of science in family
studies and human services. She will be
attending Ft. Hays State University in
the fall to study speech pathology.
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Hesternan/Leasman
Wedding Saturday
Kyle
Hesterman and Allison Leastman were
married May 30 at the First Evangelical
Free Church in Wichita , KS . A dinner
and dance followed the ceremony at Hotel
at Oldtown. Kyle is the son of David and
Dixie Hesterman, Agra , and the grandson
of Iona Hesterman of Kensington and
Agnes Conrad of Gaylord. Trent Hesterman,
brother of Kyle, served as the best man.
Kyle graduated from West Smith
County High School in Kensington and
from Kansas State University in
Manhattan and is a first grade teacher
for the Andover District. Allison
graduated from Derby High School and
Kansas State University and teaches
first grade at Derby.The couple will
make their home in Rose Hill, Kans.
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Wagner/Schulda
Exchange Vows
Jessica
Wagner, daughter of Bart and Cindy
Wagner of rural Kensington, and Brian
Shulda, son of Claygatt and Connie
Shulda of Cuba , were married at the
Harmony United Methodist Church in
Mankato Saturday, May 30.
Jessica is a 1997 graduate of West Smith
County High School and Ft. Hays State
University . She is a special education
teacher at Rock Hills Schools in Mankato
. Brian graduated from Cuba-Hillcrest
High School and Kansas State University
. He works as the Vice President of the
State Exchange Bank in Mankato .
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Athol Notes by
Betty Smith
Arthur Smith
had "stop-over" visitors last week when
two Beach cousins stopped at their home
in Athol. Jordan and Sharon Beach from
Fotana, Calif., and Junior and Pat Beach
from Memphis, Tenn., were enroute to
Blue Hill, Neb., to visit their brother,
Clifford Beach and wife.
Betty
Smith attended the funeral in Franklin ,
Neb. , Friday, May 22, for her aunt,
Mildred (Rust) Sweet, wife of the late
Bert Sweet.
Former Atholite,
Keith Robertson and wife Pat from Minden
, Nevada , flew in to Smith Center
coming for the Athol homecoming. They
headquartered at the home of Sid and
Beth Scott in Smith Center .
Aaron Meyer from Billings , Mont. , was
in the area visiting family and friends.
He also was here for the Athol
homecoming
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Around the Community
Emily Blank had emergency
laproscopic gall bladder surgery at the
hospital in Beloit Friday. She was able
to return home later that day.
We're happy to report that Margaret
Stockton is steadily gaining strength
and feeling better each day. She
continues to go to Hays for dialysis
three days a week.
Mary Beach
reports that her brother, Bob Beckman of
California , spent 9 days in the
hospital for intravenous treatment of a
viral infection and has been home for
about 2 weeks still receiving treatment.
He is feeling much better.
Mary
Hagedorn of Tucson , Arix., is spending
several weeks with her parents, Dean and
Darlene Miller and other relatives in
the area.
Darah Portenier and
Melba Hagman went to Greensburg to see
Melba's cousin's new home for their
third annual after school trip. The
first trip was to Ellis County and last
year they went to Abilene . Since cousin
Ron works for Greensburg city, they got
to tour the new city building under
construction. The 50,000 bricks from the
city power plant that was destroyed by
the tornado will become a part of this
building. They visited the "incubator"
where people can rent spaces for their
stores and businesses until theirs are
built. Darah purchased a necklace there.
They went to the Hand Dug Well and took
pictures. Darah played on the playground
equipment constructed by the CBS Morning
Crew.
Melba and Darah drove by
the new John Deere facility east of town
on their way to the Meteorite Museum and
had an interesting tour. They had just
uncovered another meteorite and it had
been cleaned up and was already in the
museum. They returned to the Greensburg
town area for more picture taking and
went through the Art Building built by
K.U. students where Richardson 's Flint
Hill Photography was being shown. They
also went to see the Fair Ground
Building provided by New Yorkers.
They left for Ashland to have dinner
with Melba's cousins at Hardesty House,
stayed in the Wallingford Inn Bed and
Breakfast and decorated graves at the
cemetery that evening. They had
breakfast with five aerobatic pilots who
were in Ashland practicing for summer
competitions. A stop at the Asland
Airport to watch them perform, to take
more pictues, and to ask questions
provided Darah with a chance to sit in
one of the planes for a picture.
Heavy rains fell in the area west and
south of Kensington with amounts varying
from 2 to over 4 inches. Kensington city
reported a total of .60 with lesser
amounts towards the Athol area. The
wheat in the areas where the rains did
not fall is showing drought stress.
Thunderstorms are predicted for later
today (Monday) with the possibility of
high winds, hail and possible tornadoes.
We wish for the rain, but hope the bad
storms do not happen.
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Notes from
Prairie Haven
Greetings
and one-one exercises are held daily.
The beauty shop with Jenny Reilley is
open and Carmen Rice does manicures on
Monday. Bingo is played Tuesday. A
memorial service of loved ones was held
Wednesday, May 20.
First St. John
Had the Bible sudy Thursday morning
followed by fellowship. The Resident
Council met. Bingo was played Friday
afternoon.
Worship services were
held by St. John Lutheran Church on
Sunday, May 17, and by the United Church
on Sunday, May 24. These worship
gatherings are always deeply
appreciated.
Doris Bergland,
mother of Ann Abbott of Kensington, is a
new resident. She had been living at
Country View Village . Welcome, Doris .
Visitors signing the registry were
Sandra Kent and LeRoy Keim with Florence
McGinnis; Pat Bienhoff with Mae Donovan,
Louie Bienhoff and Montra and Mary
Jones; Kim Dennis with Ronald and Helen
Molzahn; Linda Wyrill with Norva Wyrill;
Kenneth Rose with Jack Rose; Dawn Veh
with Pearl Ratliff; Ora Elliott with
Zelda Elliott; Donna Hall Bright and
Peggy Richardson with Ruth Smith and
Aleen Schalansky; Sid and Beth Scott,
Laura Bucas and Mary Ellen Peters with
Lola Peters.
Also visiting were
Teresa VanderPlas and Calli Terrell with
Doris Kuhlmann; Shirley and Jack Smith
and Steve and Kathy Scobee with Lorraine
Grauerholz; Janice Ragsdale with Ronald
and Helen Molzahn and Jesse Godsey;
Shirley and Darrell Olliff with Lois
Roller; Nicki Martin and son and Ali
Martin with Leah Crowley; Rod and Anita
Hagman and Dianna Rice with Dorine
Kuhlmann and Lois Roller; Gerald Bethke
and Jeannine Bethke with Doris Kuhlmann
and Garratt Jansonius.
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