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Kensington Community News
August 17, 2009
USD-110
School begins; vacation is over
Classes will begin Friday, August 21,
for a half day session at Thunder Ridge
Schools. Lunch will be served and busses
will run at 12:30 p.m. The teachers and
staff will have had a full week of
planning and training, and football and
volleyball practices have also begun.
Full time scheduling will begin on
Monday. More information will be
available soon about enrollment and new
teachers.
The swimming pool closed Sunday as many
youth enjoyed their "last day of
summer." It has been a relatively mild
summer, and the pool was very popular.
The college students will be heading
back to campus and routines will be in
place. Please watch for children going
to and from school.
USD-110 menus @ Kensington
Friday, August 21--Hamburgers, oven
fries, corn, diced peaches
Monday, August 24--Pig-n-blanket, baked
beans, potato triangles, fruit
Tuesday, August 25--Beefy mac & cheese,
green beans, potato smiles, rosy
applesauce
Wednesday, August 26--Sub sandwich,
potato salad, vegetable relishes, fruit
Thursday, August 27--Chicken casserole,
dinner rolls, peas, mandarin oranges
Friday, August 28--Sloppy joes, oven
fries, carrot sticks, creamed corn,
apples w/caramel topping
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Senior Center
Notes
Birthday Celebration at Center
August birthdays will be celebrated at
the Kensington Senior/Community Center,
August 20. Pinochle will be played
Tuesday, August 25 at 7 p.m.
Thirteen came out to play pitch last
Thursday. Al Lambert had high; Eleanor
Wehe had low; and Donna Westbrook had
the most 13's.
Menus
Monday, August
24--Baked fish, green beans, rice pilaf,
bread, mandarin oranges
Tuesday, August 25--Beef & noodles, peas
& carrots, tomato cucumber salad, roll,
blueberry coffee cake
Wednesday, August 26--Baked chicken,
mashed potatoes/gravy, corn, bread, rosy
applesauce
Thursday, August 27--Ham & beans,
cantaloupe, cornbread, cook's choice
complement
Friday, August 28--Hamburger, pasta
vegetable salad, fruit cup, bun, yogurt
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Fun Time at Old Fashioned Saturday Night
It was warm and humid, but there was a
nice breeze to make it more comfortable
as the crowd assembled for the Old
Fashioned Saturday Night in Kensington.
It had been cloudy, but no one
anticipated a shower of rain at 6 p.m.
shortly before the parade started. It
didn't last long as folks gathered under
the available awnings to stay dry. The
sun came out and produced some beautiful
rainbows in the eastern sky and a drop
of about ten degrees in the temperature
for a perfect celebration.
SWIMFEST--The afternoon had begun at
4:30 p.m. with the swimfest at the
swimming pool planned by the pool
manager, Ashli Bertholf, and her crew.
Winners in various categories are listed
as first, second, and third places and
prizes were awarded. In the age 8 and
under category the winners were: Best
Dive--Sydni Rust, Coltin Davis and Riggs
Reneberg; Biggest Splash--Reece
Struckhoff, Madelyn Davis and Tessa
Furlong; Most Original--Lindsey
Reynolds, Iva Rust and Maddy Riley;
Smallest Splash--Caden Leech, Isaac
Jirak and Cameron Grauerholz; Best Belly
Flop--Maddy Riley, Lindsey Reynolds and
Coltin Davis; Best Trick--Madelyn Davis,
Cameron Grauerholz and Maddy Riley.
Winners in the aged 9 and over category,
again listed as first, second and third,
were: Best Dive--Riley Reneberg, Ragen
Struckhoff and Brandon Grauerholz;
Biggest Splash--Chris Olesen, Lyle
Kuhlmann and Zach Wallgren; Most
Original--Zach Wallgren, Seth Boswell
and Dakota Polley; Smallest Splash--Dani
Riley, Riley Reneberg and Shaylin Webb;
Best Belly Flop--Dani Riley, Dominick
Jirak and Lyle Kuhlmann; Best Trick--Jon
Michael Furlong, Tristen Reynolds and
Gavin Taylor.
KIDDIE/PET PARADE--About forty
youngsters participated in the Kiddie/Pet
Parade with the KAYS in charge. Each
child was presented a dollar bill by the
Farmers National Bank. Winners were
chosen as follows: Best group--Iva and
Sydni Rust, Morgan and Maycee Westbrook,
Tylinn Blank, and Nick, Tyler and Lauryn
Davis; Most Humorous--Leah Bienhoff and
her dog, Sammi; Most Creative--Andrea
Seemann; Most Original--Kaleb Wagenblast;
Best Bicycle--Brock Wallgren; and Best
Pet--Raini Hrabe and her pet goat.
Other children in the parade not
previously listed were Peyton Chestnut,
Nichalus Hohner, Riggs Reneberg, Brennan
and Maggie Nech, Addie and Reece
Struckhoff, Brandon Grauerholz, Tristen
Reynolds, Owen Hrabe, Kaleb and Konner
Wagenblast, Lynzie Reynolds, Kaydence
Dodds, Abby and Elizabeth Hardacre with
Lilly Beach; Sydni and Iva Rust; Kyler
Seemann, Sadie and Shane Linton, Kendra
Billings, Courtney Miller, Lakin and
Layne Pettijohn, Cameron Grauerholz,
Zach Wallgren, Erin Clements and Amaya
Michael.
VARIETIES OF FOOD--A number of different
foods were introduced along the food
court this year to tempt all appetites.
Perhaps the favorites were still the
Lions Club's hamburgers which were still
priced at one dollar, the brats and
polish sausages, and the homemade ice
cream featured by the Busy Bees 4-H
Club. A number of contests were held and
the dunk tank was a favorite for the
teenagers. The Legion Beer Garden was
also popular on the warm summer evening.
ENTERTAINMENT--The Future Sapphire
Dancers, about 40 in number, coached by
the Thunder Ridge Sapphire Dancers,
dressed in their blue tee-shirts
delivered their dancing talents to the
delight of the audience.
Also featured were the Thunder Ridge
Middle School Cheerleaders. They are
Caitlynn Boden, Erika Norris, Jenna
Dennis, Brianna Shaw, Miranda Atchison,
Alexandria Randall, and Heidi Larson.
Their sponsor is Kathi Boden.
The Thunder Ridge High School
Cheerleaders led some cheers and
performed some elaborate pyramids. They
are Ryanne Rahjes, Sammy Krueger,
Madeline Reneberg, Brittany Kirchhoff,
Amber Schmid, and Jackie Reneberg and
are also sponsored by Kathi Boden.
The Sapphire Dancers entertained with
some lively routines in their sparkling
new outfits. Members are Cheyenne
Grauerholz, Deveony Coomes, Kayla
Linton, Kelsey Atchison, Larissa Dettmer,
Breck Miner, and Ashley Struckhoff and
their coach is Jennifer Dodds.
The time passed quickly with visiting
and reminscing. until the fireworks
display at the Football Field was set
off by the Kensington Volunteer Fire
Department. With the earlier rain, the
danger of fire was greatly diminished
and everyone could appreciate the
beautiful show.
The evening concluded with a street
dance with music by the Three Jacks who
had provided music throughout the
evening.
It was another enjoyable evening in
Kensington made possible by the
Kensington Commercial Club and the many
organizations and individuals who helped
by promoting the event as well as the
many folks who came together for an
evening of "old fashioned fun."
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Kates to Meet Monday
The K-town Kates will be journeying to
Smith Center the Monday evening, August
24, to tour the Historical Society
buildings. They will then go to a
mystery destination to have dinner.
Barbara Grauerholz is the hostess for
the evening. Members and guests are
asked to meet at Barbara's house ready
to leave at 6:15 p.m.
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Grauerholz Reunion Sept. 6
The descendants of the late Henry and
Anna Grauerholz will meet at St. John
Lutheran Parish Hall (north) Sunday,
Sept. 6 at 12:30 p.m. The meal will be
potluck. The hosts is the Mary
Gemaehlich family.
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New Hours at Library
The hours since school started at the
Kensington Community/School Library are
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday thru Friday with
extended hours until 7 p.m. on Tuesday
and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday. The
hours will follow the school calendar
and the Library will be closed when
school is closed.
New books recently added are "Western
Trilogy by Robert Parker: Appaloosa,
Resolution, and Brimstone"; "The Time
Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger;
and "Our Boys: A Perfect Season on the
Plains with the Smith Center Redmen" by
Joe Drape.
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Make This Your Column
It's not too late to report summer or
weekend visitors as this is what readers
enjoy knowing about. Also, the location
and occupations of your children and
Kensington alumni keep everyone informed
about their locations. After all, this
community raised and educated them and
their future is our extended future.
Send notes to ruthb@ruraltel.net or call
her at 785-476-2801. It will be
appreciated by your readers and
correspondent.
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Photography of
Julie Grauerholz Featured
"The Good Book Store" Hays, Kansas, is
sponsoring Julie Grauerholz's
photography for the second year during
the Hays Art Tour on Main Street in
downtown Hays on August 28 sponsored by
the Hays Arts Council.. This art event
is open to the public all day on Friday
but most people come to enjoy downtown
Hays with family and friends and look
for good artwork to purchase Friday
evening. Julie would like to invite her
relatives and friends to come and see
her display.
Julie's photography which was used by
the Hays Chamber of Commerce for
promotion of their Wild West Festival
during the 4 the of July Celebration is
now available on internet at
www.wildwestfestal.com @ image gallery.
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Leah Kuhlmann
First Year Student at KUMC
Max and Patty Kuhlmann attended the
White Coat Ceremony at KU Medical Center
in Kansas City on July 30th. Their
daughter Leah is one of 175 first year
medical students that were honored at
this special ceremony and have begun
classes in Kansas City. Leah graduated
from Kansas State University in
Manhattan in May, 2009.
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Around the Community
Leonard Schultz spent last week at the
Good Samaritan Hospital in Hastings,
Neb., for therapy. He is continuing the
therapy at home.
Mary Anthony was moved to Prairie Haven
on Monday of this week. She was assisted
by her daughter Patricia of Manhattan.
Marvin and Marty Hines are now at home
in Agra with only scheduled appointments
to Kansas City. Marvin is gaining
strength and feeling much better since
his kidney transplant.
Max, Patty and Taylor Kuhlmann and Joann
Yoxall attended the celebration of Irey
Kohrs' first birthday on August 9th in
Overland Park, at the home of her
parents, Jon and April Kohrs. Irey is a
granddaughter of Max and Patty Kuhlmann.
Denis and Wilma Sweat made a trip to
Albany, Oregon, to meet their newest
grandchild. Emma Ruth was born on July
7th and is doing well. They left on
August 5th, and visited with Lawrence
and Beryl Sweat in the afternoon. They
were overnight guests of their
daughter-in-law and gramdson, Apryl and
1 ½ year old Martin. Paul was gone on a
business trip so they, but they visited
with him over the internet. They enjoyed
the newly finished basement with a very
nice guest room!
Denis and Wilma left early Thursday
morning to drive to the airport for
their flight to Portland. Adrian met
them there and drove them to Albany to
see the new baby. Teresa and Emma were
waiting and they enjoyed their visit and
playing with Emma. They were also
privileged to be present for the Baptism
of Emma Ruth at the Catholic Church in
Albany. Paul and Apryl Sweat were the
sponsors for Emma, but since they
couldn’t be present, Denis and Wilma
stood in for them. Denis and Wilma flew
back to Denver on Monday and drove home
that afternoon. They arrived safely at
10:30 p.m. They had seen four bunches of
deer, but managed to miss them all!
Dennis and Judy Graf of Bassett, Neb.,
were checking out old friends over the
weekend and enjoyed the Old Fashioned
Saturday Night. They were trying out a
new camper for future trips, fishing and
visiting area lakes.
Donald and Cathy Bronson of Stephenson,
Tex., and their son Travis, Tiffany and
granddaughter of Overland Park were
happy to be back Saturday evening to
visit with their relatives and friends.
It is reported that the "Praise in the
Park" festival at the Roadside Park was
well attended Friday evening, and
everyone enjoyed the singing, fellowship
and ice cream.
Pastor Becky Saddler was honored with a
surprise birthday potluck dinner at the
United Church parlors Sunday noon.
Weekend guests of Don and Jan Hoverson
were Don's sister, Sandra Black of
Garden City, and their children and
families, Paul and Tammy Daubert, Megan
and Shanon of Dallas, Tex., Jon and
Lynda McKee, Braden, Brenna, Brielle,
and Brylee of Brewster and Lori Hoverson
of Hays. Stacey (Smith) Crum of
Concordia came Saturday afternoon to
visit with the girls. They all enjoyed
the festivities downtown Saturday
evening.
Monday supper guests of Ruth Bienhoff
were Bob and Bernice Jording of Quincy,
Ill., and Virgil and Ellen Leenerts of
Loveland, Colo. Bernice and Virgil are
siblings and met in Phillipsburg for a
visit at the motel.
About Athol High Alumni--Leona (Henrichs)
Conaway of Smith Center had a
complicated gall bladder surgery in
Kearney, Neb., recently. She was due to
be released from the hospital early this
week. Ilene (Smith) Voorhees also of
Smith Center is recuperating from a
broken hip at the Smith County Hospital.
Surgery was done in Hastings, Neb.
Lucille (Gerstenkorn) Kibler celebrated
her 80th birthday Monday. She is in a
rest home in Manhattan to be near her
daughter after suffering a stroke about
a year ago.
Kensington received .60 rain in several
showers Saturday night to keep the
crops, gardens and lawns looking good
and ushered in a cool front with highs
only in the low 80's on Sunday. We're
happy to report that the area north of
Kensington that had been on the short
end all summer received an inch of rain.
Light rain is falling as this column is
written Monday morning.
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Prairie Haven
Notes
The usual activities were held on
Monday. Hand shucking of corn in years
past was an activity many of the
residents could elude and were willing
to share during discussions in the
afternoon. Bingo was played Tuesday.
Rare vacations were discussed on
Wednesday.
The United Church had the Thursday
morning Bible study followed by
fellowship with coffee and cookies.
Garage sales and special bargains found
were discussed in the afternoon. The
local news was read Friday morning.
The August birthdays were celebrated
Friday afternoon with ice cream and
cake. Residents having birthdays were
Ruth Smith on August 12 and Doris
Berland on August 18. It was a popular
month for staff birthdays. Staff
celebrants were Wilda Conaway, Jean
Molzahn, Donna Campbell, Deb Lamont,
Elaine Portenier and Connie Pennington.
The Kirwin Methodist Church with Pastor
Nancy Harris had the Sunday afternoon
worship service.
Mary Anthony is a new resident at
Prairie Haven since Monday. Don't forget
to remember our residents with short
visits. They mean so much to them.
Visitors signing the register recently
were Lawrence and Beryl Sweat, Jim and
Janet Schalansky; Darold and Joyce
Grauerholz and Steve and Kathy Scobee
with Lorraine Grauerholz; Mary Sweat and
Jean Holstander of Point, Tex., with
Martha Currey; Dawn, Taylor and Gannon
Veh with Pearl Ratliff; Carol Billings,
Maria Seemann and Pat Bienhoff with
friends.
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