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Kensington Community News
November 16th, 2009
Weather Cooperates for Veterans' Day in
Kensington
The weather defied the forecasters and
Saturday, Nov. 14, dawned with sunshine
and mild temperatures (and no Kansas
wind) making a perfect day for the
annual Veterans' Day Parade and Barbecue
in Kensington. The crowd gathered early
on Main Street. The reviewing stand was
in place with Galen Larson manning the
sound system and Tad Felts of KKAN/KQMA
on deck to broadcast the parade for
those unable to attend. Alan Bates and
Ken Ellenberger were taking
registrations and arranging the parade
on north Main Street.
David Stephens, commander of the Sons
oif the American Legion, welcomed those
assembled at approximately 11 a.m. The
National Anthem was beautifully rendered
by six Thunder Ridge freshmen and
sophomore girls, Jackie Reneberg, Ashley
Schmid, Larissa Dettmer, Brittany
Kirchhoff, Casie Winchell and Madeline
Reneberg while the flag was being
raised. Standing at attention were the
Color Guards of the Kensington American
Legion Post #166, Mt. Surabachi Marine
Corps League, Agra American Legion Post
#357. Kensington Sons of the American
Legion and the Kensington Legion
Auxiliary. Becky Saddler, pastor of the
United Church of Kensington, gave the
invocation. Commander Stephens then
introduced the guest speaker, National
Guard Warranty Officer Mark Baxa, who
gave the challenge to take the time to
ask our veterans to tell of their
experiences, hear their stories without
interruption. and then thank them for
their service. (See related speech
printed elsewhere in its entirety in
this issue.)
The Color Guards were called to
attention, the twenty-one gun salute was
fired, and taps were beautifully played
by trumpeteers, Kenzi Reimer, Nolan and
Robin Billings, and Trenton and Deb
Ferguson. They were then dismissed and
the parade was ready to begin.
Bob Westbrook served as Master of
Ceremonies in announcing over 50 parade
entries. Deb Wagenblast, Lori Schultz,
and Mary (Arment) Taylor served as
judges.
The Thunder Ridge Jr. and Sr. High
School Band directed by Kristi Reneberg
ushered the entries with their spirited
music. The Sixth Grade Band also made
their marching debut. The entries
included interesting floats, vintage
cars, antique tractors, special interest
presentations, humor, etc., making an
exciting variety for the viewers.
Winners of the entries in various
categories, listed as first, second and
third, were as follows:
School---Sophomores, Freshmen, Seniors;
Church--First St. John Lutheran
Pre-School (only entry); Business--Cencon
of Kansas, LLC; Farmers National Bank,
Pro Ag Marketing; Organizations--Busy
Bees 4-H, American Legion Auxiliary,
Kensington Senior Center;
Miscellaneous--Dan and Trina Hrabe, Gary
Arment, Jan Davis.
The crowd then assembled at the school
grounds for the lunch of barbecued
sandwiches and beans. The food was done
to perfection and served with the
traditional efficiency/ It is estimated
that the crowd numbered about as usual
although the lines were never long
perhaps because of the beautiful day
which gave people comfortable time to
linger and visit. Also, the fall harvest
was still in progress. Earlier in the
morning, the Lions Club and KAYS had
taken food to the homebound and Prairie
Haven so they, too, could enjoy the
delicious and traditional feast. Food
was also delivered to the
Senior/Community Center for those that
were unable to stand in line and chose
to eat there. The Legion Auxiliary had
brisk sales at their pie stand.
The Thunder Ridge High School play, "Stepford
Students", was presented at the Agra
Middle School in late afternoon for
additional entertainment. It is reported
that it was very funny and well done.
Emily Blank was the director.
The free dance at the Legion Hall in the
evening with music by the Three Jacks
was also well attended. Names were drawn
for the prizes that were given away at
11:30 p.m. Legion Auxiliary raffle
winners of the handmade quilt was
Melinda Mazzarella of Colorado Springs,
the quilted patriotic wall hanging was
Vivian McDowell of Kensington, and the
ceramic Uncle Sam was Denise (Rice)
Werner of Mitchell, S.D. Sam Rice of
Athol will be able to enjoy hunting with
his new shotgun given away by the Sons
of the American Legion.
What is there to say about the 2009
Kensington's Veterans' Day Celebration
except that it was a perfect day? Again,
your correspondent would like to speak
for everyone that attended and thank
everyone who helped to make it possible.
It takes a community to make it happen.
But, let us never forget the purpose of
Veterans' Day is to give honor and
homage to all the veterans as well as
our current servicemen and women who
have served and been willing to
sacrifice their lives to preserve the
freedoms of our dear United States of
America. Don't forget to thank them when
you see them. Our service personnel that
are deployed would greatly appreciate
mail from home and our prayers. Remember
those especially far from home during
the holidays coming up. We dare not
forget them. God bless America!
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Community Praise and Thanksgiving
Service Sunday Evening
Everyone in the community is invited to
attend the annual Praise and
Thanksgiving worship service at First
St. John Lutheran Church in Kensington
Sunday evening, Nov. 22 at 7 p.m. For
the abundant harvest and many answers to
prayer, it is a good time to give thanks
to God for His many blessings. The
churches in the area and volunteers are
asked to contribute special music. For
more information, please contact Pastor
Dave Hutson.
An offering will be taken for the
Kensington Ministerial Alliance.
Refreshments will be served after the
program by members of First St. John
Lutheran Church. Come and join the many
others in giving thanks to God for his
bountiful blessings!!.
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Books are Fun Display at Library
If you need some help with your
Christmas shopping, stop by the library
to see the new Books Are Fun display!
There are lots of great gift ideas!
Place your order before Tuesday,
November 17, and your items will be
delivered on Tuesday, November 17 to the
library!
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Thanksgiving Dinner at Legion Hall
The traditional community Thanksgiving
dinner will be served at the Kensington
Legion Hall on Thursday, Nov. 26 at
noon. The turkey and ham, potatoes and
gravy, vegetables, rolls and table
service will be provided by the Legion.
Families attending are asked to bring a
salad or dessert to compliment the meal
along with a monetary donation for the
main course.
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USD-110 School Activities at Kensington
Thursday, Nov. 19--Transportation
Meeting, 8 a.m.
Friday, Nov. 20--MS Mid Terms Mailed
Monday, Nov. 23--Cheyenne Conference
Vocal Clinic at Northeran Valley;
Concert, 7 p.m.
Tuesday Nov. 24--School Dismissal for
Thanksgiving, 12:15 p.m.
Thanksgiving Vacation, Nov. 25 thru 27.
Monday, Nov. 30--Classes resume
Menus, K-3 & 9-12 at Kensington
Monday, Nov. 23--Pig-n-blanket, whipped
potatoes, baked beans, orange smiles,
rice krispy treats
Tuesday, Nov. 24--Hamburgers, oven
fries, lettuce salad, strawberries &
bananas
Wednesday thru Friday, Nov.
25-27--Thanksgiving vacation
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Student Achievements at Math Relays
On November 12, 2009, the following
students from Thunder Ridge High School
attended the Fort Hays State University
Math Relays: Cade Rietzke, Cheyenne
Grauerholz, Chris Cochrun, Cory Rahjes,
Deveony Coomes, Emi Fuentes as an
alternate, Justin Abbott, Kayla Linton,
Larissa Dettmer, Madeline Reneberg, Mike
Yoxall, Nic Irwin, Ryanne Rahjes, Taylor
Shaffer, Trent Ferguson, and Zach Horn.
Forty-eight schools with 572 students
participated.
Trent Ferguson received a twelfth grade
individual sixth place in Informal
Geometry and Measurement. The team
consisting of Cade Rietzke, Nic Irwin,
and Larissa Dettmer received an eighth
place in the twelfth grade event of
Applications of Algebra Arithmetic.
Congratulations to all of our students!
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Winners of Veterans' Day Poster Contest
The American Legion Auxiliary in
Kensington sponsored a Veterans' Day
Poster Contest. Contestants were from
grades 4, 5. and 6 of Thunder Ridge
Middle School. All posters submitted
will be displayed at the businesses in
Agra and Kensington from November 12 to
November 20.
Winners in the fourth grade were Morgan
Westbrook & Kelli Glennemeier, first;
Lauryn Davis & Ashlyn Atchison, second;
Kennedy Rietzke, third; Seth Loyd, Ron
Southerland, Lillie Massey, Justin
Pruitt, Bruce Massey, Dakota Polley,
John White, Brock Wallgren, and Tristan
Reynolds, participants;
Fifth grade winners were Kyle Barnes,
first; Monica Jirak, second; Emily Lowe,
third; Althea Esteller and Courtney
Miller, participants.
Winners in the sixth grade were Darah
Portenier, first; Dani Riley, second;
Brennen Nech, third; Shaylin Webb, Sadie
Linton, and Clifford Massey,
participants.
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Senior/Community Center Notes
The Center hosted about fifty people for
the BBQ sandwiches and beans along with
a variety of pies on Saturday, Veterans'
Day. Several Seniors rode on the float
in the parade with the theme "Come Watch
Us Enjoy Our Freedoms." Bags of popcorn
were tossed out along the parade route.
It was especially fun on the sunshiny
day.. The float took third place in the
organizations' category.
Fifty meals were served at the Center
last week and twenty-eight meals were
delivered. The eight members of the
pinochle club met Monday, Nov. 9 at the
Center. EstherBelle Baumann was the
hostess and served a delicious dessert.
Tuesday evening, Nov. 10 , six seniors
boarded Gilbert Kuhlmann's van and
headed for Black Powder in Franklin,
Neb., for dinner. Enjoying the evenings
were Evelyn Norden, Marlene Kuhlmann,
Armi McPherson, Al Lambert, Phrocene
Hoff, Luetta Beckman and Gilbert, the
driver.
The board of directors met Wednesday
noon, Nov. 11. Norton Glass will install
the automatic handicap door opener and
Randy Countryman has agreed to install
the light for the flag and the handrail.
It was voted to designate another
handicapped parking spot and to check on
the cost of a weatherproof flag. All six
members and the manager, Armi McPherson
were present. The St. John Lutheran
Quilting Group came for lunch.
November birthdays will be celebrated
Thursday noon, Nov. 19. Pinochle will be
played Tuesday, Nov. 24 at 7 p.m.
The Center will be closed Thursday, Nov.
26 and Friday, Nov. 27 for Thanksgiving.
No meals will be delivered.
Menus
Monday, Nov. 23-- Wiener w/kraut, mashed
potatoes, corn, bread, rosy pears
Tuesday, Nov. 24--Turkey slice, sweet
potatoes, cranberry salad, roll, pumpkin
dessert
Wednesday, Nov. 25--Cook's choice
entree, hash brown casserole, green
beans, bread, mandarin oranges
Thursday & Friday, Nov. 26 & 27--Center
closed for Thanksgiving and no meals
delivered
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Death
Cheryl M. Radar, 51, of Kirwin died
Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, at the Hays
Regional Medical Center. She was a
highly respected nurse aide at Prairie
Haven for a number of years. She is
survived by her father and stepmother,
Charles and Vicki Rader of Harlan; life
partner, Randy Vaughn of Kirwin; her
mother, Cecile Peterson of Vancouver,
Wash., and a brother, Chris Rader of
Lindsborg.
The memorial service was Thursday, Nov.
12 at the Oliff-Boeve Chapel in
Phillipsburg. Creamation was planned.
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Around
the Community
Harold and Delores Standley are
presently staying in Kearney, Neb.,
where Harold is having more chemo
treatments.
Harry Rader is back home after another
hospital stay in Kearney, Neb. He is
having breathing therapy at the hospital
in Phillipsburg three times a week.
Dixie Hesterman had surgery at the
Clarkson Hospital in Omaha last Thursday
and more surgery was continued on Friday
to complete the procedure. She is doing
as well as possible. She was moved into
a private room on Sunday. The family
solicits your continued prayers.
Lawrence Reynolds received three
fractures of the pelvis in a farm
accident last Thursday and is in a
hospital in Lincoln, Neb. The projection
is that he will be there 8 to l0 weeks
for therapy.
Andy Gibson of Kirwin, custodian at
Thunder Ridge High School, has returned
home from the hospital after suffering
injuries in an ATV accident several
weeks ago. He will be missed at the
school during his convalescence.
Marlene Kuhlmann had out-patient
laparoscopic knee surgery in Kearney,
Neb., last Friday and is recuperating at
home.
Sympathy is extended to Vergie and Lyle
Ratliff on the death of Vergie's mother,
Mary Oma Young in Oklahoma. Vergie had
spent a lot of time in Oklahoma helping
with her mother's care in recent months.
The funeral was last Thursday. It's
hoped an obituary will be available
later.
Sympathy is also extended to Julie Cole
of Kensington on the death of her
mother, Eleanor Shoemaker, 72, of Glen
Elder. The funeral was Monday at the
Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in
Cawker City with burial in Glenwood
Cemetery. Julie is a part-time
cosmetologist at Illusions in
Kensington.
The new modular home of Milton and
Charlotte Detwiler arrived at their lot
in south Kensington Friday. They are
anxiously awaiting getting it set up and
ready to move into before winter sets
in. They have lived for many years on
the farmstead of the late Virgil and
Beulah Schoeni southeast of Kensington.
The local Red Hatters drove to Kearney,
Neb., Sunday, Nov. 8, to meet former
member, Judy Graf of Bassett, Neb., for
dinner and lots of catch up visiting.
Several members of Lois Hrabe's family
spent the past week enjoying the hunting
season, especially since many were able
to fill their quota of bow hunting deer
along with hunting pheasants and water
fowl. Everyone enjoyed attending the
Middle School basketball game and
Veterans' Day festivities. Saturday
evening the November birthdays of Lois,
Mike, Joel, Matthew, and Raini were
celebrated with homemade ice cream and
cake. Those in attendance at Lois' home
were Mike and Diann Hrabe of Canton,
Shane Hrabe and son Matthew of
McPherson, Melinda Mazzarella of
Colorado Springs, and Dan, Trina, Raini
and Owen Hrabe and Joe, Kindra, Blane
and Benton Hrabe, all of Kensington.
Sunday afternoon Lois Hrabe and Melinda
Mazzarella drove to Plainville to visit
with the family of Thomas Hrabe. Tom,
age 94, passed away the last Friday and
was the older brother of the late George
Hrabe. Out of the fourteen children in
the Hrabe family, one sister, Irene Fuss
of Natoma, survives.
Fred and JoLinn Rogers of Minneola and
Otto, Audrey, and Beverly Kuhlmann of
Wiggins, Colo., helped Gilbert Kuhlmann
celebrate his birthday and enjoy the
weekend.
Irene Wood of Tipton, Iowa, and Eugene
Edler of Waterloo, Iowa, visited their
cousin, Esther Norden, several days last
week
Weekend guests of Darrell, Elaine and
Justin Bretton were Crystal Bretton of
Colorado Springs, Mindy, Scott amd
Madison McDowell, Joel McDowell and Tim
Billings of Denver. Saturday evening
guests also included BJ, Melissa, Morgan
and Maycee Westbrook; Bob and Donna
Westbrook; Esther Norden; Ed and Matt
Norden; and Ed Smith.
Kensington's maintenance man Lee Johnson
took advantage of the beautiful warm
days last week to put up the Christmas
wreaths on Main Street. The street was
also swept in preparation for the
Veterans' Day parade on Saturday.
No one, except perhaps some of the
children, was disappointed that the
heavy snow predicted for Sunday night
and Monday failed to materialize. The
amount in the rain gauge measured about
.20 before the sun broke through Monday
afternoon. Most of the soybeans have
been cut and the milo harvest is nearing
completion, but farmers say the corn is
still carrying a lot of moisture.
Temperatures in the 50's with little or
no rain or snow are forecasted to return
giving the farmers time to, hopefully,
get the fall harvest completed so
everyone can enjoy a nice Thanksgiving
with their families. Be sure to drive by
the huge milo piles south of the
swimming pool and Highway 36. The
different varieties make picturesque
mounds. Have a happy Thanksgiving
remembering that all this bounty is a
gift from God!!
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K-Grade 3 Entertain at Prairie Haven
Wednesday, Nov. 11, was an exciting day
for the residents of Prairie Haven when
Kristi Reneberg and Sandy Thomas brought
out the students from the Thunder Ridge
Elementary School to sing patriotic
songs. Sandy Powell, bus driver, brought
Grades 1 and 3 out in the first group
and then went back to the school to
fetch Kindergarteners and Grade 2 while
the first group was performing. Each
group included about 40 students and
filled the living room with their
enthusiastic singing. Most of the
residents were able to be out for the
program and enjoyed brief visits with
the students afterwards. Thanks to the
students of Thunder Ridge Elementary
School and their teachers.
The usual greetings, exercises and
one-one sessions are held daily. The
beauty shop was open on Monday and
manicures were done. The residents
watched "The Price is Right" on
television. Current events were
discussed Tuesday and bingo was played
in the afternoon. The school children
came to sing on Wednesday. Ruth Bienhoff
of St. John Lutheran Church led the
Thursday morning Bible study and
visiting followed. The local news was
read Friday morning and November
birthdays were celebrated. Card games,
watching movies and television , and
putting puzzles together were Saturday's
entertainment.
Kirwin Methodist Church had the
Sunday Afternoon Worship service.
Guests signing the register were Erma
Jansonius wtih Garrett Jansonius; Maria
Seemann with friends; Curtis and Mary
Beach, Kenny and Alice Beach and Ron and
Janet Post with Isa Kienzle; Colleen
Gale with Pearl Ratliff; Rod and Anita
Hagman with Dorine Kuhlmann; Steve and
JoAnn Rice with Lola Peters; Leora Smith
and Darold and Joyce Grauerholz with
Lorraine Grauerholz; Kenneth and Janice
Rose and Verlene Childers with Jack
Rose;
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