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Kensington Community News
April 27, 2009
TR High
School Achievement Banquet is Thursday
The Thunder Ridge High School
Achievement Banquet will be Thursday,
May 7, at 6:30 p.m. at the Kensington
Legion Hall. Dr. Byron Grauerholz, a
graduate of West Smith County High
School and now an orthopedic surgeon at
Salina, will be the guest speaker. In
addition to the usual student awards,
the scholarships to the Seniors will be
handed out this year at the banquet
instead of at the graduation ceremonies.
Tickets may be purchased at the
high school office in Kensington at $3
each. Food assignments are freshman and
senior classes--salad and dessert;
sophomore and junior classes--potato and
vegetable. If you have more than one
child in high school, choose any two
items.
Anyone is invited to come
and honor our students and their
achievements.
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National Honor
Society Induction is Friday
The National Honor Society induction
ceremonies will be held at the Thunder
Righ High School Gym in Kensington
Friday, May 1 at 3 p.m. Parents,
grandparents, and the public are invited
to participate in this impressive
ceremony. Refreshments will follow.
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Kindergarten
Visitation is Friday
Prospective Kindergarteners for next
fall will have an opportunity to get
orientated on Friday when they will
visit the classroom. Children are to be
dropped off at the Kindergarten
classroom at 8:15 a.m. and picked up
11:55 after they have had lunch.
Transportation is available upon request
by calling the elementary office at
476-3241.
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Upcoming
Events at TR Middle School in Agra
The Thunder Ridge Middle School
Achievement Banquet will be Tuesday, May
12 at the school cafeteria in Agra at
6:30 p.m. It will be a covered dish
meal. The eighth graders will visit the
high school in Kensington on Wednesday,
May 13, for orientation. Friday , May
15, will be the last day of classes for
the eighth grade students, and there
will be an Accelerated Reading Beach
Party. The last day of classes at
Thunder Ridge Middle School will be
Tuesday, May 19 with dismissal at 12:30
p.m. Eighth Grade promotion ceremonies
will be that evening, May 19, at 7 p.m.
in the Middle School gym in Agra.
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State
Speech & Drama Festival
Four Thunder Ridge High School students
have qualified for the State Speech
Festival at Kansas Wesleyan U. in Salina
Saturday and will be accompanied by
their coach, Amber Hardacre. They are
Madeline Reneberg in Prose and Humorous
Solo Katie Larson in Prose; and Katie
Larson and Rachelle Bose in a Duet Act.
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Spring Tea at St.
John Lutheran Sunday
The
women of St. John Lutheran Church
(north) issue an invitation to women and
girls of all ages to their spring tea
Sunday, May 3 at 2 p.m. in the parish
hall. Linda Diercks and her committee
have an interesting program planned and
refreshments will be served. Anyone in
the community is welcome to enjoy an
afternoon of fellowship and fun.
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Bell
Collection at Library
Ruth Levin's bell collection is on
display at the Kensington
Community/School Library. Many of the
bells are from places she and her late
husband toured. They are beautifully
displayed on many hand crocheted
doilies. Come see the collection and
then check out the many items available
at your Library.
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USD-110 Thunder Ridge
@ Kensington
Thursday, April 30--Middle School Track
@ Stockton, 12:30 p.m.
Friday,
May 1--Kindergarten Visitation, 8:15 to
11:55 a.m.
National Honor Society Induction
Ceremonies, HS Gym, 3 p.m.
Saturday, May 2--State Speech & Drama
Festival @ Salina
Monday, May
4--State FFA Judging
Tuesday, May
5--State FFA Judging
Middle School Track @ St. John of
Beloit, 9 a.m.
High School Track @ Logan, 12 p.m.
Thursday, May 7--Middle School Track
@ Logan, 9:30 a.m.
High School Achievement Banquet @
Kensington Legion, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, May 8--Last Day of Class for
Seniors
High School Track, Rock Hills @ Mankato,
3 p.m.
Grades 7 & 8 Barbecue at Mrs. Blank's
Menus
Monday, May 4--Hamburger pizza,
lettuce salad, crackers, creamed corn,
diced peaches
Tuesday, May
5--Chicken patty/bun, potato salad, dill
spear, carrot sticks, strawberries &
bananas
Wednesday, May 6--Beef
burrito, lettuce salad, crackers, tater
tots, pineapple chunks
Thursday,
May 7--Hamburgers, oven fries, baked
beans, fruit salad, cookie
Friday, May 8--Beefy mac-n-cheese,
potato smiles, dinner roll, green beans,
grapes
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Senior Center
Notes
Volunteers
Honored at Community Center
Sixteen volunteers were honored on
Thusrday, April 23, for their service to
the Kensington Community/Senior Center.
Twenty-two were present for the noon day
meal. Evelyn Norden was presented a rose
for 19 years of service and Leonard
Sschultz also received a rose for 17
years of service. The Center is in its
twentieth year of service to the
community at the present site.
May events are Board meeting, May 13;
pitch games, Mary 14; birhday party, May
21; potluck dinner planned for Sunday,
May 17 at 5 p.m.
Menus
Monday, May
4--Salmon patty, green bean casserole,
mandarin oranges, bread, cook's choice
complement
Tuesday, May 5--Swiss
steak w/tomatoes, peas, rice pilaf,
bread, plums
Wednesday, May
6--Polish sausage w/kraut, mashed
potatoes, broccoli, bread, applesauce
gelatin
Thursday, May 7--Sloppy
joes, augratin potatoes, spinach salad,
bun, pears
Friday, May 8--Swedish
meat balls, Italian blend vegs, citrus
slices, noodles, cookie
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Mother-Kay Banquet April 20
The first Thunder Ridge Mother-KAY
Banquet was held Monday, April 20, in
the high school gym. The beautiful
decorations from the Jr./Sr. Prom
depicting Shanghai Nights were used.
Jessica Adams gave the welcome and
Alia Rice presented the prayer before
the banquet meal catered by the
Kensington Community Store was served.
The mothers enjoyed the fashion show of
KAYS modeling their formal banquet
attire arranged by Mrs. Hardacre, KAY
sponsor. The M & M sisters provided the
entertainment and a power point
presentation was shown. Seniors were
recognized and the KAY/Secret Mother
gift exchange followed. The KAY pledge
was recited before Ryanne Rahjes gave
the closing.
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Birth
A son, Jhett Brock, was born to
Brock and Lindsay Johnson of
Phillipsburg on Thursday, April 23.
Jhett weighed eight pounds eleven ounces
and was 21 inches long. He has a
3-year-old brother, Layton, for a
playmate. Their mother, Lindsay, is the
fourth grade teacher at Thunder Ridge
Middle School in Agra.
Grandparents are Bruce and Lisa
Grauerholz of Hildreth, Neb., Paula and
Cody Lyon of Kensington, and Kenneth and
Tina Johnson of Phillipsburg.
Great-grandparents are Howard and
Barbara Grauerholz of Kensington, and
John and Shirley Beim and Lloyd Johnson
of Phillipsburg.
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Around the Community
Margaret Stockton entered the Smith
County Hospital Thursday where she was
treated for pneumonia and other
complications. On Sunday she was
transferred to the Hays Regional Medical
Center for treatment of congestive heart
failure.
Gary Hainke has been
transferred to the rehab unit at Good
Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Neb.,
where he is receiving extensive therapy.
Vince and Victor Mazzarella called
their grandmother, Lois Hrabe, to share
the news that their rugby team at the
Colorado School of Mines won the west
regional rugby tournament and advanced
to the rugby nationals held in Orlando,
Florida, last week. Their team competed
with other college rugby teams from
across the U.S. This is the first time
in forty years that the School of Mines
rugby team played at nationals. Vince
and Victor, who are junior students at
the Colorado School of Mines, have
played on the Mines rugby team the past
three years.
Maria Seemann
recently accompanied Martin and Tara
Seemann, Aleah, Andrea, and Kyler to
Kansas City where they were joined by
Louis and Kristi Seemann, Alex, Ariel,
and Ava for a weekend at the Great Wolf
Lodge. The family planned this as a
special early celebration for Maria's
80th birthday which was April 22.
A 3 on 3 basketball tournament was
held in the Kensington gym last Saturday
and Sunday with the boys competing on
Saturday and the girls playing on
Sunday. No other details have been
provided.
Denis and Wilma Sweat
have been very busy traveling lately.
They were at Salina for the Easter Vigil
Mass where David’s wife, Michelle,
joined the Catholic Church. The
following weekend they traveled to
Colorado to visit Paul, Apryl, and
Martin Sweat. Paul has been finishing
his basement and is getting pretty well
done. Wilma had made some drapes for
them and took them out, and wanted to
see what they’d all done.
The
weekend of the 25th & 26th, the Sweats
traveled to Overland Park to attend
their grandson Adam Sweat’s, First
Communion, on Saturday. He is the son of
Stephen and Sarah Sweat. On Sunday, they
visited Brenda and Joe Rongish, and
celebrated Kaitlyn’s 3rd birthday, which
is the 28th.
Denis and Wilma
hope to travel again on Mother’s Day
weekend. Nathan Rongish, Brenda and
Joe’s son, will make his First Communion
on Saturday at Lenexa; and on Sunday,
Brent Coats, Glen and Sharon’s son, will
make his First Communion at Emporia.
Pastor Patsy Koeneke of St. John
Lutheran Church attended the wedding of
her daughter, Kelly, in Phoenix last
Saturday. She was happy to also visit
with her elderly mother who lives in
Phoenix and with her son, wife and
grandson who live in California. She
also will attend a conference in
Atchison for several days. Paul Bienhoff
led the worship in her absence. She will
return later this week.
Wednesday supper and overnight guests of
Ruth Bienhoff were Elton and Dot
Haarberg of Colorado Springs who were
enroute to Virginia to visit their son,
David.
Dennis and Judy Graf of
Bassett, Neb., were in Kensington
checking up on old friends. They had
come for the funeral of Lee Matteson in
Phillipsburg on Tuesday.
It was
an extreme weather change when a front
came through Friday afternoon dropping
temperatures from a "hot" 90 degrees and
shorts apparel to a cold 40 degrees and
sweat shirt and coats. The front failed
to bring any measureable moisture;
however, severe weather with tornadoes,
destructive winds, hail and heavy rain
hit south and east of us. We are glad to
escape these adverse conditions, but
would appreciate a nice rain in the near
future.
Remember these five
simple rules to be happy: 1. Free your
heart from hatred. 2. Free your mind
from worries. 3. Live simply. 4. Give
more. 5. Expect less.
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Prairie Haven
Notes
The usual fitness
exercises and one-one sessions are held
daily. The beauty shop was open Monday
and nail care was given. Facts about
April were presented Monday afternoon.
Bingo was played Tuesday afternoon.
An appreciation tea was held for
volunteers Wednesday afternoon with
Wanda Fink in charge. Several residents
were also able to attend.
The
United Church had the Thursday morning
Bible study followed by fellowship. Lois
Hrabe entertained with piano music
during the lunch hour. A Bible quiz was
held in the afternoon. Bingo was played
Friday afernoon. Card games, puzzles,
and watching television were other
entertainments.
Steve and Linda
Miller and Ruth Bienhoff had the Sunday
afternoon Holy Communion Worship.
Welcome guests were Melissa and Maycee
Westbrook. Six-year old Maycee charmed
the residents by singing "Jesus Loves
Me" and Melissa also sang a hymn.
Visitors signing the register were
Linda Nebel and Taylor Haven, and Emily
Blank with Myrtle Larson; Jack and
Shirley Smith and Kathy and Steve Scobee
with Lorraine Grauerholz; Larry Jones of
Idaho and Raymond and Shirley Jones with
Montra and Mary Jones; Sid and Beth
Scott with Lola Peters; Dale and Dorothy
Detwiler and Janet Hoverson with Ruth
Smith; Maria Seemann with friends; Bruce
Wyrill with Jean Wyrill; Pat Bienhoff
with Mae Donovan and Montra and Mary
Jones; Lois Runion with Georgia Endsley;
Mary Struckhoff with Aleen Schalansky;
Teresa L-----with Gerald Anderson; Mike
and Dianna Rice with Dorine Kuhlmann,
Lois Roller and Lola Peters; Ora Elliott
with Zelda Elliott; Kim Dennis with
Ronald and Helen Molzahn; Darrell and
Shirley Olliff with Lois Roller.
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