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Kensington Community News
January 5, 2009
Music Club Enjoys
Party and Makes Plans
The
Music Club met at Janet and Don
Hoverson’s lovely home on Sunday
evening, Dec. 28, for their annual
Christmas party. They enjoyed several
kinds of soup, dessert, and all the
trimmings. The evening was spent
visiting and singing Christmas carols.
The next meeting is Saturday,
Jan. 10, 2009, at the Senior Center for
a noon salad lunch. The featured
scholarship recipient from the past is
Annette Newbrey Riley. She will
entertain with singing and telling some
history of her musical talent. Members
are reminded to bring a salad and invite
a guest. The officers will furnish table
service, coffee & tea
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Boys Compete in
Little Kids Wrestling
Four boys from Thunder Ridge School with
the Phillipsburg Little Kids Wrestling
Group competed in the Novice Tournament
in Plainville several weeks ago. Tyler
Krueger won first in the 90 lbs. weight
class; Ben White took second in the 49
lbs. weight class; and Tristen Reynolds
took fourth in the 100 lbs. class.
Braden Brenneman also competed but his
placing is not known.
Treylan
Gross and Tyler Krueger took second in
their respective classes at the
tournament in Hoxie on Saturday, Jan. 3.
Ben White also competed but did not
place.
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Wedding of Dena Panter
and Zack Hiller
Dena Panter, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Dean Panter of Athol, and Zack
Hiller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Brian Hiller
of Hays, were united in marriage at
First St. John Lutheran Church in
Kensington on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009,
with Pastor Dave Hutson officiating.
Grandparents of the couple are Donald
and Detta Panter of Athol; Goldie Brunow
of Smith Center, and Jerome and Bettie
Wester of Waterloo, Iowa.
Dena
graduated from Kensington High School in
2004 and is continuing her education
through Ft. Hays State University while
working part-time for Collier Abstracts,
Inc., in Smith Center. Zach attended
Hays High School and graduated from
North Central Kansas Technical College
in Hays. He is employed at Central
Plains Co-operative in Athol. They are
making their home in Smith Center.
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USD-110 Thunder Ridge
@ Kensington
Thursday, Jan. 8--Middle School BB @
Damar, 4 p.m.
High School BB vs.
Hill City @ Kensington, 4 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 9--Grade cards handed out
Monday, Jan. 12--Cheyenne Conf. BB
Tourney @ Palco, TBA
Tuesday,
Jan. 13--Cheyenne Conf. BB Tourney @
Palco, TBA
Thursday, Jan.
15--Cheyenne Conf. BB Tourney @ Palco,
TBA
Saturday, Jan. 27--Cheyenne
Conf. BB Tourney @ Palco, TBA
Menus
Monday, Jan. 12--Shepherd's pie,
biscuits, rainbow salad, peanut butter
cookie
Tuesday, Jan. 13--Taco,
mac & cheese, potato smiles, vegetable
relishes, jello w/fruit
Wednesday, Jan. 14--Sub sandwich, tater
tots, dill spear, apples w/caramel dip
Thursday, Jan. 15--Spaghetti, bread
sticks, lettuce salad, crackers, potato
patty, ambrosia
Friday, Jan.
16--Hamburgers, curly fries, baked
beans, jello w/applesauce
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Senior Center
Notes
Kensington Community/Senior Center
Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Kensington
Community/Senior Center, Inc. will be
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, at 12:45 p.m.
There will be election of board members,
and pertinent business will be
discussed. All members are urged to be
present. If you wish to enjoy the meal
before the meeting, reservations must be
made by noon on Tuesday, Jan. 13.
Other upcoming events are the pitch
party, Thursday, Jan. 8, at 7 p.m.;
Birthday dinner and party, Thursday,
Jan. 15; Double deck pinochle party,
Monday, Jan. 19 at 1:30 p.m.; and
Pinochle party, Tuesday, Jan. 27 at 7
p.m.
There were twenty-nine that
enjoyed dinner together on New Year's
Day at the Center. The food and
fellowship was enjoyed by all.
Menus
Monday, Jan. 12--Baked spaghetti,
green beans, pineapple, garlic bread,
pudding
Tuesday, Jan. 13--Chicken
fajita salad, pears, tortilla chips,
apple crisp
Wednsday, Jan.
14--Cook's choice entree, Calif. blend
vegs, noodles romanoff, roll, apricots
Thursday, Jan. 15--Meat loaf, au
gratin potatoes, fruit mix, bread, cake
w/frosting
Friday, Jan. 16--Ham &
beans, carrot/raisin salad, cornbread,
mandarin oranges
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Deaths of Local Interest
Myron Abbott
Myron Abbott, 73, of Agra died Monday,
Dec. 29, 2008, at a hospital in Omaha
from injuries suffered in a tractor
accident at their farm north west of
Kensington. He was an aerial crop duster
and farmer. He leaves his wife,
Virginia; a son, Travis and wife Anne of
Kensington; and two grandchildren,
Justin and Hailey Abbott.
The
funeral was Friday at St. John Lutheran
Church of Kensington with Pastor Patsy
Koeneke officiating. Burial was in the
St. John Lutheran Cemetery. (A complete
obituary is in another section of this
issue.)
Bobby Leonhart
Bobby Leonhart, 69, of Kensington died
Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008, at the Hays
Regional Medical Center. He was born and
grew up at McCracken, Kans. He worked
for carnivals until his retirement when
he moved to Country View Village in
Kensington. After his diagnosis with
cancer he was cared for by his nephew
and wife, Steve and Audrey Carter, in
Kensington.
A memorial service
will be held at the Heartland Worship
Center west of Agra with Pastor Darrell
Schmid officiating on Friday, January
16. The time will be anounced later.
Inurnment will be at McCracken.
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Around the
Community
Arriving in the Dennis and Judy Graf
home the weekend after Christmas to
celebrate the holiday were Rod and Amy
Graf, Jordan, Megan, Ashley and Alyssa
of Woodstock, Ill., Troy and Jackie
Graf, Dayton, Trey and Briley of
Lincoln, Neb., and Keith and Tami
Cosgrove, Cash, Skylar and Allie and
Joey and Tricia Anderson, Carson and
Adisyn, all of Bassett, Neb. Also
joining them on Saturday were Larry and
Phyllis Lane of Bassett, Neb., to help
celebrate their daughter, Jackie Graf's
40th birthday. A Sunday afternoon
visitor was Dr. Steve Graf of Almena,
Kans.
Stan and Carolyn Billings
had their entire family home for dinner
and a gift exchange on Christmas Day.
Those present were Debbie, Ed & Ian
Murdoch of Hendersonville N.C.; Linda,
Leonard and Ariel Robinson of Smith
Center, Eric Robinson of Manhattan;
Leonard Robinson, Sr. of Phillipsburg;
Sheila, Ron, Molly and Morgan Jansonius
of Oberlin; Greg, Robin, Nolan and
Kendra Billings of Kensington; Joshua
Billings of San Bernardino, Calif.; and
Tyrel Billings and Randi Horn of
Manhattan. Most of this group were
supper guests of Linda and Leonard
Robinson Friday evening. Debbie, Ed, and
Ian Murdoch were able to spend the
entire week with the Billings' families.
They were missing Grandpa Guy Billings
due to his ill health. Rod & Judy
Billings of Colorada Springs stayed with
Guy at his home.
Duane and LeAnn
Smith returned home Jan. 1 after flying
to Bellingham, Wash., Dec. 23 to spend
Christmas with the Kent Smith family. A
most enjoyable time was spent visiting
and being with some family members that
had not been together since Christmas,
2007. Duane and LeAnn's grandson, Joel
Smith, was there from Boston, Mass.,
where he is employed at Sasakia &
Associates Architecture Firm, and
granddaugters, Natalie Smith from
Alamosa, Colo, where she is a Residents
Director at Adams State College and
Danielle Smith of Federal Way, Wash.,
where she just completed her first
semester of teaching at the Camelot
Elementary School. Friends of the
grandchildren who joined the family were
Nadia Al-Masri of Boston and Sara Trane,
a student at Washington State from
Sweden.
The northwest is
experiencing a most stormy and unusual
winter with much snow, rain and cold
temperatures. According to reports, the
records show Bellingham, Wash., has not
had snow on Christmas Day since 1861.
Duane and LeAnn had a special time with
their family but were thankful to make
the trip without plane delays, etc., and
arrive home safely.
A cold front
moved in over the weekend but without
moisture which ended the pleasant
weather enjoyed last week. Weather
predictions are for warmer weather to
return during this week. With all the
adverse weather reported across the
northwestern and northern states, there
is nothing to complain about in this
area.
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Prairie Haven
Notes
The beauty shop was
open Monday and manicures were given.
One-one sessions and fun and fitness
exercises are done daily. The Resident
Council met Monday. Bingo was played
Tuesday afternoon. A New Year's Eve
party was held Wednesday afternoon.
The Pioneer was read Firday morning
and bingo was played in the afternoon.
Other activities include watching movies
and television shows. Card games and
putting puzzles together are other
activities.
The Heartland
Worship Center had the Sunday afternoon
worship. Gospel music was played over
the intercom in the morning.
Four new residents have been welcomed
into our group. They are Guy Billings of
Kensington, Jennie Capps and Florence
McGinness of Phillipsburg and Ruth Smith
of Agra.
Welcome back to Dorine
Kuhlmann who spent two weeks in the
hospital in Smith Center.
Visitors signing the register are David
and Rusty Billings with Guy Billings and
Pearl Ratliff; Dan, Jeanne and Janna
Billings, Stan and Carolyn Billings, and
Janice Ratliff with Guy Billings; Mary
Sweat with Martha Currey; Norma Larson
with Jennie Capps, Pearl Ratliff and Guy
Billings; Maria Seemann with friends;
Elaine Hamilton, Daphne Kuhlman and
Vernon Kuhlmann with Doris Kuhlmann and
Myrtle Larson; Gilbert Kuhlmann with
friends; Pat Bienhoff with Mae Donovan,
Mary and Montra Jones and Louie bienhoff;
Lois Runion wiht Georgia Endsley.
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