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Kensington Community News
September 24th, 2007
Kensington Goldbug Homecoming Friday Evening
The Junior Class
of Kensington High School has chosen the
theme, "Lost in the Moment", for the
homecoming ceremonies at Goldbug Field
Friday evening. Crowning ceremonies of the
royal couple will be held at 6:30 pm. prior
to the football game with Jewell which
begins at 7 p.m.
Candidates for King are Randall Irving, son
of Errol and Marla Baumann, Ethan Kuhlmann,
son of Greg and Julie Kuhlmann and Annalee
and Alvie Ratliff, and Ethan Lamont, son of
Curtis and Missy Lamont. Queen candidates
are Ashley Bertholf, daughter of Kelly and
Tera Bertholf, Lindsey Grauerholz, daughter
of Darren and Nicki Grauerholz, and JoAnn
Yoxall, daughter of Jeff and Kim Yoxall.
Crown bearers will be Kindergarteners, Iva
Rust, daughter of Kirby and Michelle Rust,
and Cameron Grauerholz, son of Darren and
Nicki Grauerholz.
Different themes are being carried out daily
this week and are Monday, "Come as you are",
Tuesday, "Gender Bender", Wednesday, "Twin
Day"; Thursday, "KAY Day"; and Friday,
"Black and Gold/Hat Day". The Jr. Class has
decorated the halls festively with black and
gold for the event.
Everyone is encouraged to attend this last
homecoming for the Kensington Goldbugs
before their consolidation with Easter
Heights next year.
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Goldbug Memorabilia--Where to put it?
The SITE
Committee needs help from students, alumni
and patrons on ideas on where to go with the
Goldbug trophies, plaques, banners,flags,
etc. once the consolidation with Eastern
Heights becomes a reality next fall. There
are containers at the grocery store, Bank,
Country Corner, Post Office, and Library for
your ideas. Any suggestion will be reviewed-
at their next meeting on October 3. Please,
folks, present your ideas.
These are very meaningful, hard-earned
recognitions by our students and alumni and
should be preserved in a special way, but
where? Please, help answer this question.
You may also call Bobbi Struckhoff at her
home, 476-2430 or write her % USD-238 West
Smith County, Kensington, KS 66951.
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Food Pantry Sunday
Next Sunday is the fifth Sunday of the month
and designated as Food Pantry Ingathering
Sunday. The usual commodities are needed and
appreciated and may be left at one of the
churches where they will be picked up by
volunteers.
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Scott Panter and
Monica Wagner Introduced This Week
Scott Panter who is beginning his seventh
year at USD-238. He graduated from
Kensington High School and Kansas State
University with a BS in secondary education
in 1984. He worked in the automobile
industry in Wichita until 1997 when he and
his family moved to the family farm
north-west of Athol. He began teaching
social studies at Kensington High School in
2000 and was the successful head football
and boys' track coach for 7 years. He
continues to teach history, government,
economics, and geography and heads the track
department.
Mr. Panter is married to Susan who is the
elementary secretary in Smith Center. Their
children are a son, Austin who attends the
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and
plays on their football team, and three
daughters, Chelsey, 7th grader, Courtney,
5th graders, and Caley, Kindergartener. His
hobbies are raising labs and any type of
sports.
Monica Wagner is beginning her second year
as the librarian at the Kensington
Community/School Library, teaches Jr. High
English and geography and is assistant coach
for Jr. high sports. Mrs. Wagner graduated
from Eastern Heights High School and Ft.
Hays State University. She did her student
teaching under Mrs.Chris Kirchhoff,
Kensington's sixth grade teacher. She
previously taught physical education and art
in the elementary school and was a special
reading instructor before attaining her
present position. .
Mrs. Wagner and her husband Wade live on a
farm north of Athol. They have two children,
Ken, a first grader, and Kaley, aged 2. She
enjoys reading, the animals on their farm,
and her family. She also enjoys gardening,
and her huge pumpkins usually decorate the
Library in the fall.
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Thursday, Sept. 27--Cross Country @ Beloit, 4
p.m.
Friday, Sept. 28--Homecoming ceremonies,
Goldbug Field, 6:30 p.m.
High School Football
with Jewell, 7 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 1--HS JV Volleyball @ Smith
Center, 5 p..
Tuesday, Oct. 2--HS Volleyball @ Agra (Eastern
Heights & Logan), 4 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 4--Jr. High Volleyball @
Kensington (Logan, Northern Valley), 3:15 p.m.
Jr. High Football @
Kensington vs. Northern Valley, 6:45 p.m.
Cross Country @
Phillipsburg, 4:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 5--High Football @ Kensington vs.
Pike Valley, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct.
6--High School Volleyball, Rock Hills
Tourney @ Mankato, 9 a.m.
Parents
Visitors For Lunch At School
The halls of Kensington Elementary School were
buzzing Monday noon. Students had their
parents as guests for the noon meal.
Excitement was mounting especially in the
lower grades. Because of all the activity, no
menus are available this week.
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Smith County-Wide
Dinner at Senior Center Oct. 4
The Kensington Seniors will be hosting the
fall County-wide Dinner and Program at the
Senior Center Thursday, Oct. 4. The meat and
table service will be furnished and those
attending are asked to bring a complimentary
side dish. Call Armi at 476-2224 for full
details. A great program is being planned!
The Board of Directors will meet at noon
Wednesday, Oct. 10, and pitch will be played
Thursday, Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. Birthdays for
October will be celebrated Thursday noon,
Oct. 18. Come and play pinochle Tuesday
evening, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m.
There were 22 present at the September
birthday party. Aleen Schalansky and Neva
Jensen were the honorees with September
birthdays.
Menus
Monday, Oct. 1--Swiss steak, broccoli rice
casserole, mixed fruit, bread, pudding
Tuesday, Oct. 2--Tuna salad, vegetable soup,
1/2 banana, bread, pineapple upside down
cake
Wednesday, Oct. 3--Cook's choice entree,
mashed potatoes/gravy, green beans, bread,
4-seasons fruit cup
Thursday, Oct. 4--County-wide dinner and
program
Friday, Oct. 5--BBQ meat balls, cook's
choice veg, ambrosia fruit salad, roll,
noodles romanoff
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Many New Books Available
at the Library
Adult fiction added to the shelves at the
Kensington Community/School library are
"Forever" by Karen Kingsbury, "The Widow"
by Carla Meggers, "What Matters Most" by
Luanne Rice, and "Leave a Candle Burning"
by Lori Wick. Non-fiction books are "Taste
of Home 5-Ingredient Cookbook" from
Readers Digest; "Let's Talk about Alcohol"
and Let's Talk About Drugs" by Sarah
Levete; "Egyptian Pyramids" and "Machu
Picchu" by Sheryl Peterson; "What is
Heaven Like?" by Beverly Lewis; "Quincy:
the Hobby Photographer" by J. Otto Siebold;
"Earth" from Eyewitness Books, "Guinness
Book of World Records 2008; and "Canto
Familiar" by Gary Soto.
The Young Adults will have a huge new
selection of books to enjoy. They are "Babyfact",
"Missing Pieces", and "What I Believe" by
Norma Fox Mazer; "Voyage:There's No
Turning Back Now" by Adele Geras; "Dancing
on the Edge" by Han Nolan; "Hitch" by
Jeanette Ingold; "Jubilee Journey", "Duchessina",
and "Marie, Dancing" by Carolyn Meyer; "Go
Saddle the Sea; by Joan Aiken;
More YA books are "Crusader" by Edward
Bloor: "Blackthorn Winter" by Katheryn
Reiss; "The Bomb" by Theodore Taylor;
"Fireworks" by various authors; "Cupcake"
by Rachel Cohn; "Saving Grace" by
Katherine Spencer; "Goal II Living the
Dream" by Robert Rigby; "Ithaka" by Adele
Geras; "Flora Segunda" by Ysabeau S. Wilce;
"Beyond the Billboard" by Susan Gates; and
"Cupid: A Tale of Love and Desire" by
Julius Lester.
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Death of Fauna Steele
Fauna Steele, 47, died at their home south of
Kensington early Monday morning, Sept. 24,
2007, after a long struggle with hepatitis
followed by a liver transplant. She was a LPN.
She leaves her husband Mike, two sons, s,
Kevin Michael (Mike), a freshman at Cloud
County Community College, and Dylan, a KHS
junior; a daughter, Stephanie, a sixth grader
at Kensington Elementary; her mother, Juanita
Conaway of Athol; and other siblings,
relatives and friends. Funeral services are
pending as this is written. A complete
obituary will follow next week.
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Around the Community
Jon Ferguson fell from a horse on Sept. 14
and broke his upper thigh bone in the area
where he had a hip replacement about three
months ago. He had surgery at the hospital
in Hastings and is home doing as well as
possible.
Linda Rice, secretary at the high school,
missed all of last week with West Nile
Virus and is back for limited time this
week. Don Wiens and other teachers have
been filling in during her absence, but
everyone really misses her expertise and
wishes her a speedy recovery.
Sympathy is extended to Leonard and Lee
Beckmann of Prairie Haven on the death of
Lee's daughter, Margo Wolf of Eustis, Neb.
Mrs. Wolf often called on her mother as
long as her health permitted.
Sterling and Joan Hardisty spent last week
in Norfolk, Neb., with their son, Adam and
family, to attend the funeral of their
two-month-old granddaughter, Hannah
Hardisty. Hannah is the daughter of Adam
and Heather Hardisty and also has a 3
year-old sister, Hailey. Adam graduated
from Kensington High School in 2002.
Sympathy is extended to the family on
Hannah's sudden death.
September 15th weekend company of Lelia
Grauerholz was Eldon and Marilyn
Grauerholz of Cimarron, Brian, Bonny and
Brooke Grauerholz and Scott Grauerholz of
Kansas City, Mo., and Joan Wahrman of
Goodland.
Shelia Dues returned to her base at Camp
Adder, Iraq, last week after spending a
15-day leave with her husband, Randy Dues,
and family. Randy states that she was
privileged to ride first class all the way
on her flight.
Cory and Kelly Dues and children, Katie
and David Olcott, left late Friday
afternoon for their new home and location
in Maine.
Houseguests of Stan and Carolyn Billings
over the weekend were Merlin and Carol
Bonds of Silver Springs, Nev., Merlin is a
nephew of Guy Billings and a cousin of
Stan's. Joining Guy, Stan and Carolyn for
dinner at Duffey's in Smith Center on
Sunday were Ken and Janice Ratliff and
Joan and Steve Heide of Downs.
Scott Panter, Bruce Hardacre, Kiley Beach,
and Junor and Darren McDowell drove to Ann
Arbor, Mich., to watch the University of
Michigan defeat Penn State in football
Saturday. Austin Panter who plays for
Michigan U. saw limited playing time
because of a shoulder injury. Mary Beach
drove to North Platte, Neb., to visit
Amber, Elizabeth and Abigail Hardacre
while the men were gone leaving Curtis at
home with the dog, she says.
A son, Carter Leo, was born to Katie (Scheer)
and Michael Goodpasture of Kansas City on
Sept. 16. Carter weighed 7 lbs. 5 oz. and
is the grandson of John and Linda (Norden)
Scheer of Leavenworth.
Correction--It was Leonard and Genny
Rahjes who attended the baptismal dinner
for Camden Lee at the home of Leland and
Linda Rahjes on Sunday, Sept. 16.
Betty Tuxhorn announces that she has sold
her beauty shop on Main Street to Matt
Martin. His plan appears to make it into
living quarters when he is not working
with his uncle in Arkansas.
Robbie Bogart would like ideas for
possible businesses who would be
interested in his building on Main Street
that he plans to restore. Call him, if you
can think of something.
K-Town Kates are asked to reserve Saturday
evening, Oct. 13, to attend the Mexican
Dancers performance in Smith Center
sponsored by the Smith County Arts Council
for their October meeting. Watch this
column next week for full details which
will probably include dinner before the
show.
Get that garage, basement or storeroom
cleaned out for the fall city-wide garage
sale in Kensington on Saturday, Oct. 13.
The Legion Hall will have tables
available. Call Ruth Levin at 476--2685
for information or to get your location on
the map.
Ted Levin attended the reunion of his WWII
U.S. Air Force squadron and group buddies
in Kansas City over the weekend. There
were about 70 veterans in attendance along
with about 250 additional spouses and
family members. He reports a good time
with the number lessening each year as the
group gets older. The reunion next year
will be in San Antonio, Tex.
The weather has been warm and windy the
past week with no moisture. A cold front
is to come through later this evening
(Monday) with the possibility of showers.
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Prairie Haven Notes
Activity notes are unavailable from Prairie
Haven this week. The residents are enjoying
sitting on the front porch during the late
afternoon hours during these fall days.
Guests signing the register were Steve and
Susan Gouldie with Ruth Gouldie; Morgan,
Angela, Devin and Madisyn Reese of Salina and
Jean Boyd with Reba Brower; Eleanora Ratliff
with Neva Jensen; Carolyn Billings and Maria
Seemann with friends; Alvie Ratliff with Pearl
Ratliff; Don and Pat Bienhoff with Douglas and
Mae Donovan and Mary and Montra Jones.
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