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Kensington Community News
May 11, 2009
Twenty-Four Seniors
to Receive Diplomas at Thunder Ridge
Graduation ceremonies for the
twenty-four first graduates of Thunder
Ridge High School will be held in the
Kensington Gymnasium Saturday, May 17 at
5 p.m. Mrs. Patricia Walters will play
the processional and recessional.
Ushering the class will be Ryanne Rahjes
and Cade Rietzke, and Emi Fuentes and
Trent Ferguson will hand out the
programs. The Reverend Dave Hutson will
give the invocation and benediction.
Principal Phil Riedel will introduce
the class salutatorian and valedictorian
which have not been revealed until the
graduation ceremonies. These students
will then give their addresses to the
audience.
Superintendent Jeff
Yoxall will introduce the guest speaker,
Senator Janis Lee, who will address the
graduates and assembly. A power point
presentaiton of the Class of 2009 will
follow.
Mr. Riedel will present
the class and Mr. Joel Hrabe of the
Board of Education will give out the
diplomas. Assisting with the ribbon
cutting ceremony will be the class
sponsors, Mrs. Kathleen Boden and Mr.
Jeremiah Gregory.
After the
recessional there will be a reception
line outside the gym, weather
permitting.
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Thunder Ridge Middle School Promotion is
Tuesday
The Thunder Ridge
Middle School will have 8th grade
promotion ceremonies Tuesday, May 19 at
the Middle School gym in Agra at 7 p.m.
Please check the Agra column for full
details for this event.
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Memorial
Services are Sunday, May 24
The Kensington American Legion,
Auxiliary, and Sons of the American
Legion will have the memorial services
at the local cemeteries on Sunday, May
24. The group will gather at the United
Church of Christ at Athol for worship at
9 a.m. before beginning their cemetery
visits.
The schedule at the
various cemeteries is as follows: St.
John Lutheran Cemetery, rural Athol,
10:15 a.m.; Pleasant View (Myers)
Cemetery, rural Athol, 10:40 a.m.; St.
John Lutheran Cemetery, Kensington,
11:30 a.m. Lunch will be served fir
oarticipants at the Kensington Legion
Hall at noon.
Afternoon schedule
will continue at Olive Branch Cemetery ,
Kensington, 1:15 p.m.; Stone Cemetery ,
north of Kensington, 1:50 p.m.; and
Germantown Cemetery , 2:15 p.m.
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Reservations
Needed for Alumni Banquet
Plans are underway for the annual
Kensington High School Alumni banuet on
Saturday, May 23 at the Kensington
Legion Hall. The social hour will begin
at 6 p.m. and the banquet will be served
at 6:30 p.m. All classes ending in "9"
will be honored. Please make
reservations immediately to Kathi (Osthoff)
Boden at 785-282-6702 or
khsgoldbugs@gmail.com.
If you are
planning class reunions, your
correspondent would appreciate some
designated person to be responsible to
get this information to her at
ruthb@ruraltel.net or 785-476-2801
before/after the event occurs. Our
readers appreciate hearing about who
attended. Thanks!
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Student Missing a
Coat?
Rosie at the
Kensington Elementary School has quite a
collection of jackets and coats that the
students have left at the school. Check
your closets to be sure one of these
does not belong to your child, and if
you are missing one, call Rosie at her
home, 476-3197 and she will meet you at
the school so you can pick up the jacket
or coat. If not missed now, they will be
on the first cold day next fall, so
check your closets.
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TR Dancers and
Cheerleaders Announced
Try-outs for the Thunder Ridge Sapphires
and Cheerleaders for 2009-2010 were
recently held. Chosen for the Sapphires
(dance team) were Cheyenne Grauerholz,
Deveony Coomes, Kayla Linton, Kelsey
Atchison, Larissa Dettmer, Breck Miner,
and Ashley Struckhoff.
Serving as
High School Cheerleaders for 2009-2010
will be Ryanne Rahjes, Sammy Krueger,
Madeline Reneberg, Brittany Kirchhoff,
Amber Schmid, and Jackie Reneberg.
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Board Members at
Kensington Store
The
members of the Board of Directors at the
Kensington Community Store are Jeff Nech,
president; Mary Beach, v. president;
Bonnie Slavik, secretary; Tyler Blank,
treasurer; and Deb Levin, Stacy Cole and
Terri White, members at large. Randy
Dues is the manager and Dorothy Saar is
assistant manager. Store hours are 9
a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday thru Saturday.
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Movie and
Picnic for Grades K-2
The
Elementary Students will go to
Phillipsburg on Monday, May 18 at 9 a.m.
to see a movie. They will enjoy their
sack lunches and play time at the
Phillipsburg Park for their final field
trip. School will be dismissed Tuesday,
May 19, at 12:15 p.m. (after lunch) for
summer break.
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Athol Homecoming is
May 24
The biennial
meeting of the Athol High School Alumni
and Homecoming will be Sunday, May 24,
at the Athol Community Hall. The hall
will open at 4 p.m. for visiting and
reminiscing. A catered meal will be
served at 6 p.m. by the Panter family.
Entertainment, a business meeting,
memorial service for departed Alumni the
past two years, and introduction by
classes will follow. No reservations are
necessary. Anyone with Athol ties is
welcome.
Questions can be
directed to Duane "Pete" Panter of
Hildreth, Neb., president; Fred Panter
of Athol and Lovelle Kirchhoff of Smith
Center, co-v. preseidents; or Ruth
Bienhoff of Kensington,
secretary-treasurer, 785-476-2801 or
ruthb@ruraltel.net.
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USD-110 Thunder Ridge
@ Kensington
Wednesday, May 13--8th grade orientation
@ High School, 1:45 p.m.
Seniors return from sneak in Branson
Thursday, May 14--GNEC track @
Logan, 12:40 p.m.
Cheyenne Conference track @ Logan, 3
p.m.
Friday, May 15--Last day
for 8th graders
Saturday, May
16--Senior High Graduation, Kensington
gym, 5 p.m.
Monday, May
18--Grades K-2 to Phillipsburg for movie
and picnic, 9 a.m.
Tuesday, May
19--Grades 3 -8 field trip to
Phillipsburg,
Dismissal for summer break, 12:15 p.m.
(after lunch)
Middle School promotion @ Agra gym, 7
p.m.
Menus
Menus for Monday & Tuesday, May 18 &
19--Cook's buffet
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KAYS Serve Special
Luncheon
The Thunder
Ridge KAY members served lunch to their
high school teachers and staff on
Wednesday, May 6th for Teacher
Appreciation Day. A committee consisting
of Taylor Kuhlmann, Drake Reynolds,
Blake Kirchhoff, and Alia Rice grilled
hamburgers and served baked beans,
salad, chips, and dessert to an
appreciative group of about 20 Thunder
Ridge High School teachers and staff.
Kensington Lockers donated the
hamburgers, and the Kensington Community
Store donated the macaroni salad and the
buns.
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Senior Center
Notes
Potluck at Community Center Sunday
Everyone is invited to a potluck
supper at the Kensington Community
Center Sunday, May 17 at 5 p.m.
Tableware and drinks will be furnished.
Come and enjoy the fellowship (great
food, too).
Other events coming
up are the pitch party Thursday, May 14
@ 7 p.m.; double-deck pinochle, Monday,
May 18 @ 1:30 p.m.; May birthday party,
Thursday, May 21 @ noon; pinochle party,
Tuesday, May 26 @ 7 p.m.
The
Center will be closed Monday, May 25,
for Memorial Day and no meals will be
delivered.
Menus
Monday, May
18--Hamburger steak, mashed
potatoes/gravy, peas, bread, applesauce
Tuesday, May 19--Chicken/veg
casserole, broccoli salad, mandarin
oranges, biscuit, cook's choice
complement
Wednesday, May
20--Lasagna, tossed salad, cook's choice
veg, garlic bread, pineapple
Thursday, May 21--Ham, sweet potatoes,
peaches, bread, birthday cake
Friday, May 22--Hamburger, cole slaw,
pork & beans, bun, fruit cup
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Birth
A daughter, Lexi Shea, was born to Kirby
and Michelle Rust on May 6 at the Smith
County Memorial Hospital. Lexi weighed
six pounds and fifteen ounces and has
two excited sisters, Iva, aged 7, and
Sydni, aged 4.
Grandparents are
David and Sharon Rust of Kensington and
Steve and Marlene Murphy of Smith
Center. Ellsworth and Marlene Murphy of
Smith Center are great-grandparents.
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Death of Lawrence
Conaway
Lawrence "PeeWee"
Conaway, 78, of Athol passed away
Saturday, May 16, at his home after a
long bout with cancer. He was a farmer.
He leaves his wife Norma, a son and
three daughters and their famlies. A
more complete obituary will be available
The funeral will be Wednesday afternoon
at 1:30 p.m. at the United
Congregational Church in Athol with
Pastor Becky Saddley officiating. Burial
will be at the Pleasant View (Myers)
Cemetery, rural Athol.
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Around the Community
Audrey Carter was the thrilled
winner of the laptop computer given away
at the Kensington Community Store.
Proceeds from the raffle will be used
for new refrigeration equipment.
Ken and Janice Ratliff attended the
high school graduation and reception at
Elwood , Neb. , of their granddaughter,
Allison Einspahr Saturday. Allison is
the daughter of Rich and Robin Einspahr.
Others from the area attending were Lana
and Emalee Ratliff and Leonard, Linda,
and Ariel Robinson of Smith Center,
Alvie and Annalee Ratliff of Athol, and
Darrel and Colleen Gale of Phillipsburg.
Jerry Rietzke has much relief of
pain since his recent back surgery at
the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney.
This is good news as his harvest crew
will soon be leaving.
Margaret
Stockton is regaining strength and was
able to come home Saturday from the
Wichita hospital. Commutes to Hays for
dialysis will be necessary three days a
week at this time.
Gary Hainke
is receiving therapy at his home for his
back injury. Needless to say, the
recovery is going far too slowly for a
busy farmer this time of the year.
Mary Beach states that her brother,
Bob Beckman, is serious ill with a
serious staff infection at a hospital
near their home in Santa Rosa,
California. He is receiving intravenous
antibiotics. For further information,
please contact Mary.
Mother's
Day guests of Loretta and Don Norden
were their daughter, Connie and Brian
Ortgier of Kennesaw, Neb., and their
granddaughters and families, Ronnie Cook
of Kennesaw, Neb., Candace and Luke
Lister and Carson of Concordia, and
Jamie and Cody Shelton, William and Addy
of Spaulding, Neb. Shannon Hays of Clay
Center, Kans., was an additional dinner
guest.
Melissa, Morgan and
Maycee Westbrook spent the weekend with
John and Linda Scheer at Leavenworth.
Bob and Donna Westbrook joined the group
Sunday for the baptism of Olivia Scheer,
infant daughter of Tim and Christina
Scheer, at Lawrence. They also helped
Bailee Scheer celebrate her third
birthday.
The Kensington area
received .70 rain in several night-time
showers lsat week and Mother's Day
brought drizzles, but no measureable
amounts, but warmer temperatures are
spurring spring growth. Farmers are busy
planting spring crops and getting cattle
to pastures. The children are enjoying
the great outdoors.
Thought for
the week--Everything that happens to us
happens for a reason. Never brush aside
anyone as insignificant. Who knows what
they can teach us?
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Prairie Haven
Notes
National Nursing
Home Week at Prairie Haven
There are lots of special activities
going on at Prairie Haven this week in
special observance of National Nursing
Home Week. Come and see all the
remodeling at the home and visit some of
the residents. They love company.
A Mother-Daughter Tea was held
Sunday afternoon. Thanks to Charlene
Smith for helping with the tea. Guests
were Colleen Gale and Janice Ratliff
with Pearl Ratliff; Marsha Pennington
with Myrtle Larson; Eulonda Hagman with
friends; Mildred Hadley with Doris
Kuhlmann; Teri Rose and Carol Rose with
Ruth Smith; Leora Smith and Darold and
Joyce Grauerholz with Lorraine
Grauerholz; JoAnn Rice with Lola Peters;
Glenda Sturvevant of Milfored, Neb. and
Marlene Kuhlmann with Clara Beckman;
Dianna Rice and Anita Hagman with Dorine
Kuhlmann and Lois Roller; Pat Bienhoff
with Mae Donovan and Mary Jones; Eva and
Charlotte Young with Nora J. Wyrill; Joe
and Patty Currey with Martha Currey;
Gary and Doris Mulder and Erma Jansonius
with Garratt Jansonius.
Other
recent visitors were Vic and Betty
Kirchhoff with Dorine Kuhlmann and Doris
Kuhlmann; Marsha Pennington with Myrtle
Larson; Lois Runion with Georgia Endsly;
Kenneth Rose with Jack Rose; Kim Dennis
with Ronald and Helen Molzahn; Dale and
Dorothy Detilwer with Ruth Smith; Maria
Seemann with friends; Betty and Ralph
Gitchel with Mary and Montra Jones.
The usual activities were held last
week. The May birthday party was held
last Friday. Leonard Beckman (5-14) and
Phillip Doctor (5-24) were the only
residents with birthdays this month.
Staff member, Bonita Smith, was also
honored.
First St. John Lutheran
Church is having the May Bible studies
on Thursday mornings and also had the
Sunday afternoon worship service.
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