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Kensington Community News
June 15, 2009
Rains Soak Kensington Area
A thunderstorm moved through early
Monday morning leaving a soaking rain in
the Kensington area. The Bienhoff gauge
measured 2.80. Amounts varied, but were
substantial. The area was spared any
hail or wind damage. This amount on top
of the 1.70 inches which fell during the
past week in numerous small showers will
certainly bring rapid growth to the
newly planted spring crops and greatly
benefit the pastures and alfalfa yields.
It is hoped the heavy rains did not harm
the wheat crop as harvest appears to be
about two weeks away.
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Teselle and
Kuhlmann Play in All Star Game
It was a beautiful afternoon for the
8-man All-Star Division #1 football game
in Beloit Saturday afternoon. To make it
even more delightful was the win of the
West Team by a score of 44-40. Two
Thunder Ridge players, Matt Teselle and
Taylor Kuhlmann, members of the West
team, played hard to make this win
possible and were recognized in the
Sunday Salina Journal for their efforts.
Jerry Voorhees, Thunder Ridge coach, was
the assistant coach for this team.
Details and pictures are in the sports
section of this issue.
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Garage Sales
Successful
From reports
and also the traffic on city streets,
the Kensington City-wide garage sales
Saturday were a good success. Again, the
weather cooperated for these outings.
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Senior Center
Notes
The contributions to the Bake
Sale held at the Kensington Center were
greatly appreciated and a good crowd
responded.
June birthdays will
be celebrated at noon on Thursday, June
18. The Kensington Food Pantry will be
open Saturday, June 20, from 1 to 3 p.m.
at the Center. Please use the east door.
The monthly pinochle party will be held
Tuesday, June 30 at 7 p.m.
Armi
McPherson, director of the Center, was
on vacation kast week. She enjoyed
visiting relatives and friends in the
Omaha area. A visit to the Amana
Colonies in Iowa was a highlight.
Marlene Kuhlmann and Leonard Schultz
kept things moving smoothly at the
Center while she was gone.
Menus
Monday, June
22--Polish sausage w/kraut, mashed
potatoes, carrots, bread, cook's choice
fruit
Tuesday, June 23--Porcupine
meat balls, scalloped potatoes, peas,
bread, cantaloupe
Wednesday, June
24--Taco salad, peaches, chips, fruit
cobbler
Thursday, June 25--Oven
baked chicken, mashed potatoes/gravy,
corn, bread, strawberries & bananas
Friday, June 26--Hamburger mushroom
stroganoff, beets, fruit cup #1,
noodles, brownie
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It's Summer Time
An often heard quote is "It's
Summertime and the living is easy." That
may be true, but it is a hard time to
write an interesting news column. There
aren't a lot of scheduled events going
on in the community. Your correspondent,
Ruth Bienhoff, knows there are lots of
visitors in the area, folks going on
trips, and grandchildren spending time
with their grandparents. College
students and graduates are making plans.
(Let's brag on them a little bit.) She's
sure your friends, especially those not
living in the Kensington area, would
like to read about this.
All you
need to do is give Ruth a call at
476-2801, write a note and put it in her
mailbox or the container at the post
office, or drop her an e-mail at
ruthb@ruraltel.net. It's easy to say
that the paper has nothing in it, but
you can help this by turning in tidbits
of information from your family and in
the community. Please help.
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Death of Dorven
Beckman
Dorven L.
Beckman, 79, died Friday, June 12, 2009.
He was the owner of Grinnell Locker and
a farmer.
He is survived by his
wife Rosemary of the home; two wants
Wayne and wife Jolene of Kensington, and
brian and wife Dawn Beckman of Grinnell;
three duaghters, Judy and husband Randy
Ostmeyer of Oberlin, Deanna Beckman of
Grinnell, and Carol and husband Todd
Rapstine of Holdrege, Neb.; 13
grandchildren; and nine
great-grandchildren.
The funeral
was Wednesday morning at the Immaculate
Conception Church in Grinnell.
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Around the Community
Don Dodds, Sr., had a heart
procedure at Hays Regional Medical
Center last week. He is doing well and
will be back to work at Rural Telephone
next week.
Ann Ferguson is a
patient at the Phillips County Hospital
after suffering a stroke last Friday.
The planned George Seemann family
reunion on Sunday was postponed at this
time.
Sympathy is extended to
Sandra Kent, a resident of Country View
in Kensington, on the death of her
mother, Florence McGinniss, 98, at
Prairie Haven on June 8, 2009. The
funeral was Friday at the Olliff-Boeve
Chapel in Phillipsburg.
Dr.
Steve Bienhoff of Oak Ridge, N.C., was a
Tuesday afternoon visitor with Ruth
Bienhoff. He had been at a KSU 25th
veterinary class reunion in Manhattan
and was also visiting his sister, Marcia
and Tom Bose and family of Cedar.
Melva and Marc McDowell of Wichita
were in the area over the weekend coming
especially to visit Gary Hainke and meet
Les Nicholson. They were happy to see
Gary making good progress following his
accident.
Dale Slavik is a new
resident in Kensington since his move
into the house formerly owned by his
mother, the late Clara Slavik on South
Washington St.
Darrell Pettijohn
has taken a job as a custom applicator
at Pro-Ag Marketing in Kensington. He,
his wife Tammy and daughters are living
on the farmstead owned by Larry and Lori
Miller near Agra.
James and Sandy
Jirak have purchased the house on West
Ash Street belonging to Dean Schenk of
Kearney, Neb. Dean lives in Kearney to
be near his daughter. James Jirak is the
new manager of Pro-Ag Marketing and is
anxious to move his family to Kensington
before school starts.
Duke Hrabe,
Tempe, Ariz., made a surprise stop on
Thursday to visit with his mother, Lois
Hrabe, on his way to a business meeting
in North Carolina. Also visiting with
Lois for the weekend were Mike and Diann
Hrabe, Canton, and Melinda Mazzarella,
Colorado Springs, Colo., so she was
happy to have all three of her children
home at the same time. On Saturday,
Lois, Duke and Melinda enjoyed having
lunch at the Bohemian Hall in Alton then
drove to Natoma to visit their
sister-in-law and aunt, Irene (Hrabe)
Russ. Mike and Diann helped Dan and
Trina Hrabe get their home ready to move
into later this month. That evening,
Dan, Trina, Raini and Owen Hrabe, Great
Bend, and Joel, Kindra, Blane and
Benton, Kensington, joined the family
for a BBQ supper at Lois' home.
George and Sandy Powell arrived home
Thursday evening from a Sunflower tour
out of Salina to the Great Lakes and
Makinaw Island. They were home in time
to enjoy watching their grandson, Matt
Teselle, and Taylor Kuhlmann play in the
8-man All-Star football game in Beloit
Saturday afternoon.
As this is
finished Monday afternoon, the skies are
covered with heavy clouds and it is warm
and humid. An evening thunderstorm would
not be a surprise.
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Notes from
Prairie Haven
Hair
stylings and nail care were done Monday.
One-one sessions are held daily. The
conversation Monday afternoon was
directed to changes that have occurred
in the past years. Residents are
enjoying doing some crafts. Bingo was
played Tuesday afternoon. Herbs created
interest Wednesday afternoon.
The
Heartland Worship Center had the
Thursday morning Bible study followed by
fellowship. Animals and their young were
afternoon discussions. The local news
was read from the county papers Friday
morning.
The June birthdays were
celebrated Friday with ice cream and
cake. Residents having June birthdays
were Ronald Molzahn on June 1 and Dorine
Kuhlmann on June 23. Staff with June
birthdays are Wanda Fink, Maxine
Horsfall, Holley Bailey, and Brittany
Braun.
First St. John Lutheran
Church had the Sunday afternoon worship
service.
Welcome to Prairie
Haven's newest resident, David Nichols
of Philipsburg.
Visitors signing
the register were Ada Gaines and Deanna
Schmidt with Clara Beckmann; Ronda
Randecker and Shelia Phillips bith Leah
Crowley; Georgetta Kinyon with friends;
Mildred Hadley, Mildred Dettmer, JoAnn
Rust and Jeanne Kilmer (?) with Doris
Kuhlmann; Sid and Beth Scott with Lola
Peters; Ora Elliott with Zelda Elliott;
David Wyrill with Norva Wyrill; Kenneth
Rose with Jack Rose; Arnold and Linda
Smith and Janet Hoverson with Ruth
Smith; Lois Runion with Georgia Endsley;
Other visitors were Mike
Wangerin and JoAnn Brooks with Marie
Wangerin; Gilbert Kuhlmann with friends;
Verron Kuhlmann with Doris Kuhlmann; Kim
Dennis with Ronald and Helen Molzahn;
Dianna Rice with Dorine Kuhlmann; Mary
Struckhoff and Linda Ferguson wtih Aleen
Schalansky; Micki Martin with Leah
Crowley. Tom Rice, Steve and JoAnn Rice,
and Mike and Dianna Rice spent Sunday
morning with Lola Peters.
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