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Kensington Community News
August 30, 2010
House Fire Causes Heavy Smoke Damage
The Kensington Volunteer Fire Department
answered a call to the home of Duane and
LeAnn Smith about 7:30 a.m. Monday
morning. The Smiths were in Kearney,
Neb., where Duane was having extensive
tests, but it is reported that their
neighbor, Randy Countryman, went to pick
up their paper and noticed the front
door was hot. The house was filled with
smoke, and it appeared the fire had been
smoldering and started in the family
room. There is extensive smoke damage
throughout the house. The fire
marshall's investigation about noon
Monday determined the cause was an
accidental electrical shortage in a
wall.
Fire Chief Jeff Levin was out of town,
but according to those firemen answering
the call, they were there about 1 1/2
hours and several firemen stayed at the
scene to watch for any further
outbreaks. Pastor Becky and John Saddler
went to Kearney to relay the sad news to
Duane and LeAnn. A surgical repair had
been made on Duane's vein earlier this
morning which the doctors determined was
the cause of his problem, but they
wanted to keep him overnight (Monday)
for observation. Their son, Kent from
Washington state, is flying in to Denver
later tonight to be with his parents.
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Thunder Ridge School Begins Thursday
Classes at Thunder Ridge Elementary and
High School in Kensington and at the
Pre-School and Middle School in Agra
will be starting Tuesday, Sept. 2.
Children will be walking to school. The
busses will be arriving at both
locations and then transporting students
to their locations. Drivers are urged to
be alert and use extreme caution before
and after school.
The school year will start off running
with the first Middle School volleyball
and football games at Northern Valley
(Long Island) Thursday, Sept. 2, VB at 4
p.m. and VB at 6 p.m. The High School
will have a volleyball triangular with
Palco and Plainville at Kensington
beginning at 4 p.m. The first High
School football game of the season will
be Friday evening, Sept. 3, with Hill
City at Kensington at 7 p.m.
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Exchange Student at Thunder Ridge
Tsai-Yuan Yu of Taoyuan, Taiwan, will be
attending Thunder Ridge High School for
the coming school year. Fanny Yu, the
name she prefers, was met by her host
family, Brian and Linda Dettmer and
Larissa of Kensington at the Hays
airport last Monday. Fanny is 16 year
old and will be a sophomore at Thunder
Ridge High School. She speaks English
and hopes to become more fluent on this
during her year with the Dettmers.
Larissa Dettmer, a junior at Thunder
Ridge, will be lots of help in helping
her adjust to the community.
Fanny had never flown before, but
managed to make the trip with no
problem. She left the airport in Taiwan
on Sunday at 11:20 p.m., landed in Los
Angeles, then on to Houston, then
Denver. and finally to Hays. She didn't
miss any of her connections. Taiwan is
13 hours ahead of us in time, so her
host family tells her that she came
"back in time."
A feature story will be forthcoming
after Fanny has had a few weeks to
become familiar with her new family,
school, and community.
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Notes from the Kensington
Community/School Library
School is starting on Thursday, Sept. 2
and this is a reminder that the Library
will follow the school schedule as far
as closings, etc. The hours of operation
for the school year will be the same as
previous years, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday
through Friday with extended hours on
Tuesday until 7 p.m. and Saturday from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. The Library will be
closed Saturday, Sept. 4 and Monday,
Sept. 6 for Labor Day.
The glass case in the Library is empty
and needs help as it looks so desolate.
Anyone having or knowing of interesting
collections or displays is asked to come
in or call the Kensington
Community/School Library at 476-2219.
Perhaps you have an interesting hobby or
have been on a recent trip.
New materials at the library include the
adult DVD's, "Letters to God" and "Last
Song." Jr. DVD's are "Ponyo" and "Air
Bud: World Pup." A new young adult
fiction book is Mockingjay (3rd book in
the Catching Fire series) by Suzanne
Collins.
New adult fiction books added to the
shelves are Promises to Keep by Jane
Green, Scarlet Nights by Jude Deveraux,
Tough Customer by Sandra Brown, Postcard
Killers by James Patterson and Liza
Marklund, and The Girl Who Kicked the
Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson (3rd in
the series).
New CKLS books have arrived. Come in and
look them over.
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USD-110 School Calendar @ Kensington
Thursday, Sept. 2--Classes begin
MS VB & FB @ Northern Valley (Long
Island), VB, 4 p.m.; FB, 6 p.m.
Cross Country @ Concordia, 4:15 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 3--HS Football vs Hill
City @ Kensington, 7 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 6--No Classes; Labor Day
Tuesday, Sept. 7--HS VB Triangular @
Lincoln (Lincoln/Natoma), 4 p.m.
HS Jr. Varsity FB @ Hill City, 6 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 9--MS VB & FB @
Stockton, VB, 4 p.m.; FB, 6 p.m.
Cross Country @ Rock Hills (Mankato),
4:30 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 10--HS FB @ Hanover, 7
p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 11--HS VB Tourney @
Southern Cloud (Miltonvale), 9 a.m.
KSU Middle School Band Day @ Manhattan
Menus @ Kensington
Monday, Sept. 6--No School; Labor Day
Tuesday, Sept. 7 Pig-n-blanket, baked
beans, potato triangles, fresh fruit
Wednesday, Sept. 8--Beefy mac & cheese,
green beans, potato smiles, rosy
applesauce
Thursday, Sept. 9--Sub sandwich, potato
salad, veg. relishes, fruit choice
Friday, Sept. 10--Chicken casserole,
dinner rolls, peas, mandarin oranges
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Labor Day Potluck at Senior Center
Anyone in the community is invited to a
potluck dinner at the Kensington
Community/Senior Center on Labor Day.
There will be no delivery of meals and
many folks will be eating alone. Bring
your favorite dish and join together for
a good time. Drinks and tableware will
be furnished.
The Board of Directors will meet
Wednesday, Sept. 8 at 12:45 p.m. Pitch
will be played following a potluck
supper at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9.
The September birthday celebration will
be at noon Thursday, Sept. 16.
Menus
Monday, Sept. 6--Labor Day--No meals;
Potluck dinner at noon
Tuesday, Sept. 7--Hot dog, macaroni &
cheese, broccoli, bun, cook's choice
fruit
Wednesday, Sept. 8--Salmon loaf,
parslied potatoes, 5-cup salad, bread,
cookie
Thursday, Sept. 9--Baked chicken, mashed
potatoes/gravy, cook's choice veg,
bread, cantaloupe
Friday, Sept. 10--Chef salad, Dole
tropical fruit, bread sticks, brownie
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K-town Kates Enjoy Fossil Collection
The K-town Kates traveled to Smith
Center, Saturday, August 28 to view Bob
Levin's fossil collection. They report
that it was very interesting and
informative, and didn't realize his
collection was so large. They also
enjoyed seeing Linda Levin's doll
collection. They had lunch at the Second
Cup Cafe with a short meeting following.
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Middle Cedar Unit has Brunch
Members of the Middle Cedar Unit
gathered at the St. John Lutheran Parish
Hall for brunch Monday morning. Their
guests were Mary Arment and Cheryl
Synoground from the Home of the Range
Club and Jeanette Stalling and Eulonda
Hagman. Future club projects were
discussed and everyone enjoyed visiting.
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Grauerholz Family Reunion
The Grauerholz reunion will be held at
the St. John Lutheran Parish Hall
(north) Sunday noon, Sept. 5. All
descendants of the late Henry and Anna
Grauerholz are encouraged to attend the
pot-luck dinner. Drinks and table
service will be furnished. The family of
the late Elizabeth (Lizzy) Goll will be
the hosts.
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Smiths to Gather in Athol
The annual carry-in dinner for the
descendants of the late John and Etta
Smith will be held at the Athol
Community Hall Sunday noon, Sept. 5.
Drinks will be furnished. Friends are
invited to come and visit.
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Bell Bunch
to Meet
The "Bell" ladies will meet at Duffy's
in Smith Center Wednesday, Sept. 8 at
11:29 a.m. It has been awhile since they
have gathered together so they hope for
a good turnout.
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Birth
A son, Jonas David, was born August 23,
at the Good Samaritan Hospital in
Kearney, Neb., to Darren and Elizabeth
Wiens. Jonas weighed 7 lbs. and 6 oz,
and his siblings are Solomon, 3, and
Eden, 2. Grandparents are Don and Doris
Wiens of Kensington and Bill and Marge
Hofer of Cedar.
Solomon and Eden spent several days with
their grandparents, Don and Doris Wiens,
after their new brother arrived. All are
doing well.
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Death
Eldon A Rietzke, 89, of Salina passed
away Wednesday, August 25, 2010. He was
born on a farm north of Kensington,
graduated from the Agra High School and
Fort Hays College in Hays and taught a
school in rural Smith County for three
years. He married Dorene Prior, a
teacher at the Kensington High School,
in 1950. He owned and operated Rietzke
Supermarket and Dry Goods in Kensington
for 30 years. They moved to Salina where
he was a meat cutter in several grocery
stores.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years,
Dorene, of the home; two sons and
daughters-in-law, Tim and Marilyn of
Coldwater and Tracy and Cindy of Kansas
City, Kans; a daughter and son-in-law,
Jill and Randy Ptacek of Mentor; 11
grandchildren; and three
great-grandchildren. Alice Rietzke of
Kensington is a sister-in-law.
The funeral was Saturday morning at the
Salina Church of Christ followed by a
graveside service in late afternoon at
the Germantown Cemetery near Kensington.
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Around
the Community
Duane Smith will enter the hospital at
Kearney, Neb., Monday morning for
extensive testing and observation.
Floyd and Susan Gross are back to
long-distance trucking after being off
while Floyd was recovering from back
surgery. They left August 30.
The tragic death of 13-year-old Alicia
DeBolt of Great Bend took on even deeper
meaning and sadness in the community
when it was learned that Alicia's
mother, Tamra Conrad, was married to
Danny Conrad of Gaylord this past June.
Danny is the son of Marjorie (Grauerholz)
and Lawrence Conrad of Gaylord and is a
nephew of Doc Grauerholz of Kensington.
Another tragedy that shook the community
was the two-motorcycle double fatality
wreck early last Monday morning on
highway 36 on the Smith/Phillips County
line. Both men, in their 30s, were from
Phillipsburg. Sympathy is extended to
the families of Raymond Bannister and
Dustin Steeley.
The Kensington Legion Auxiliary and SALs
served over 300 at the fried chicken
dinner at the Legion Sunday noon. People
like to eat out for Sunday dinner and
appreciate these home cooked meals.
Donations will be used for Veterans' Day
expenses and to help the cheerleaders
and dancers who helped with the Monday
evening bingo events.
It's good to have the Highway 36
resurfacing project coming to an end. It
was especially stressful when they were
working on the stretch through
Kensington last week.
Gilbert Kuhlmann accompanied his
daughter, Sandra Rogers of Battle Creek,
Mich., to Branson, Mo., for a long
weekend where they enjoyed the sights
and shows. They also stopped to visit
Gilbert's cousins, Bruce and Harry
Larson in Mount Vernon, Mo. His son,
Dick Kuhlmann, came to help Gilbert
catch up with his lawn mowing jobs after
he came home. The grass just kept on
growing while he was gone. He states it
was a wonderful trip, but it is good to
be home again.
Arthur and Betty Smith met Dee and
Roseanne Panter of Elkhart for some
camping time in the Woodland Park area
in Colorado for several weeks. They
enjoyed the cool weather and the annual
tractor pull in that vicinity.
Vernon Kuhlmann accompanied Mildred
Hadley of Phillipsburg to the wedding of
his granddaughter in Arizona.The wedding
was held in the yard of the parents of
the bride, Teresa and Terry VanderPlas.
(This item is sketchy because contact
with family members if not available.)
Summer temperatures and wind has
returned, but a cold front it to move in
later tonight (Monday) which could usher
in some showers that would be welcome
again. Take a drive into the country
during these cooler evenings and see the
beautiful colors of the milo fields. (Do
watch and avoid the many deer and wild
turkeys that can create havoc to your
car.) The fall crops are all beautiful
and interesting, but the milo never
ceases to amaze this writer. The crop is
planted in mid-June, grows rapidly, and
reaches maturity by late September, and
the ripe heads transform into many
colors depending upon the variety.
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Prairie
Haven Visitors
Visitors signing the guest register were
Marlene Meyer with Doris Kuhlmann; Mark
and Shelli Younger with Doris Berland;
Dianna Rice with Dorine Kuhlmann and
Lois Roller; Marlene Kuhlmann with Clara
Beckmann; Maria Seemann with friends;
DeeAnn Showalter and Dawn Veh with Pearl
Ratliff and Wauneta Abbott; Eileen
Stackhouse with Jean Wyrill and Ruth
Smith; Sid and Beth Scott wtih Lola
Peters; Ora Elliott with Zelda Elliott;
Norma Larson with Pearl Ratliff and
friends; Lorena Stephens with Jesse
Godsey: Vernon Kuhlmann, Mildred Hadley,
and Teresa VanderPlas pf Arizona and her
son Michael VanderPlas who will soon be
leaving for Iraq with Doris Kuhlmann.
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St. John Lutheran Church to Host
Homecoming Picnic
The members of St. John Lutheran Church
of Kensington invite members, former
members, friends, and the community of
Kensington and Agra to join them in a
picnic on the church lawn Sunday
evening, Sept. 5, at 5 p.m. This will be
the finale of their 125th anniversary
celebration. The informal gathering is
planned for lots of visiting and
reminiscing. A program will be held and
Luke Rahjes has prepared a power-point
presentation of the history of the
congregation to be shown in the parish
hall. Heritage and new quilts will also
be displayed.
St. John Lutheran Congregation also
invites you to join them in the Holy
Communion worship at 10:30 a.m. on
Sunday, Sept. 5. Holy Baptism will also
be a part of the service which will be
broadcasted at 10:45 a.m. on KKAN/KQMA.
Sunday School for all ages will begin at
9:15 a.m.
The formal 125th anniversary celebration
of the actual date of the signing of the
charter of St. John Lutheran Church of
Kensington on February 2, 1885, was held
in February with the Central States
Bishop of the ELCA, the Rev. Gerald
Mansholdt, as guest speaker; however, it
was a stormy, snowy day. The anniversary
committee felt a more informal gathering
was needed on this holiday weekend to
make it possible for more to come and
join in celebration. Members of St. John
Lutheran are looking forward to having
you help them celebrate on September 5.
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