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Kensington Community News
June 29, 2009
Wheat Harvest
Picking Up
Families
lingered after church for visiting
Sunday because farmers were having
trouble finding dry wheat to cut in the
Kensington area, but by mid-afternoon
most combines were in the field. A
pop-up thunderstorm Thursday afternoon
dumped from .60 to over and inch of rain
ins[de a small perimeter around
Kensington. Despite the uncomfortable
temperatures of around the century mark
amd above all last week with humidities
to match, the harvest was mostly moving
from field to field to try to find dry
grain.
With the expected
readings in the 90's and no predicted
rainfall, most of the fields in the area
should be reduced to stubble by the end
of the week. Good yields with
exceptional test weighs are reported.
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Many Books
Added to Kensington Library
The annual summer homemade ice cream
social will be held at the Kensington
Community/School Library Tuesday
evening, July 14. Set your tastebuds now
for many delicious flavors of ice cream.
Many books will also on sale for very
low prices. Watch for further
announcements!
The Junior fiction
shelves received some beautiful books
recently as a gift from Farmers National
Bank. They are "if I Ran the Zoo" and "I
Can Read with My Eyes Shut" by Dr.
Seuss, "Goldilicious" by Victoria Kann,
"Fancy Nancy-Bonjour, Butterfly" by Jane
O'Connor, "A Very Marley Christmas" by
John Grogan, "Finklehopper Frog" by
Irene Livingston, "Bats at the Beach"
and "Bats at the Library" by Brian Lies,
and "Priscilla and the Splish Splash
Surprise", "Priscilla and the Pink
Planet", and "Priscilla Superstar!" by
Nathaniel Hobbie.
Do you need
entertainment for the children on these
hot afternoons? New DVD's ready for
check-out at the Library are "Wall-E",
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button",
"Gran Torino", "Taking Chances",
"Quantum of Solace", "True Blood-The
Complete First Season", "Horton Hears a
Who!", "Space Chimps", "Barbie
Fairytopia-Mermaidia", and "Barbie as
the Princess and the Pauper."
Adult and young adult readers will enjoy
""Heat Lightning" by John Sandford, "Lonestar
Sanctuary" and "Lonestar Secrets" by
Colleen Coble; "Eclipse" by Richard
North Patterson;' "Divine Justice" by
David Baldacci, "From Dead to Worse" by
Charlaine Harris, "The Guernsey Literary
and Potato Peel Pie Society" by Mary Ann
Shaffer and Annie Barrows, "Olive
Kitteridge" by Elizabeth Strout, and
"Lucky" by Alice Sebold.
Also
books for adults and young adults are
"Horse Soldiers" by Doug Stanton, "The
Help" by Kathryn Stockett, "Maximum
Ride-School's Out Forever" by James
Patterson, "Along for the Ride" by Sarah
Dessen, "Fourth Comings" and "Perfect
Fifths" by Megan McCafferty, "Stargazer"
by Claudia Gray, "Just Another Hero" and
"November Blue" by Sharon M. Draper.
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Senior Center
Notes
The Kensington
Senior/Community Center will be closed
Friday, July 3, for Independence Day.
There will be no meals served or
delivered on that day.
Reserve
your spot now for the anniversary dinner
to be served Monday, July 6, at noon. It
was 20 years ago on July 6, 1989, that
the first meal was served at the
Senior/Community Center at the present
location. This has been a tremendous
service for the seniors in our
community.
The Center is missing
some dish towels. Please check to see if
you have some of the missing ones in
your home.
The Board of
Directors will meet at noon on
Wednesday, July 8. Pitch will be played
Thursday, July 9 at 7 p.m. July
birthdays will be celebrated Thursday,
July 16 at noon.The Kensington Food
Pantry will be open Saturday, July 18
from 1 to 3 p.m. (Please use the east
door.) Double-deck pinochle will be
played Monday, July 20 at 1 p.m. A
pinochle party will be held Tuesday,
July 28 at 7 p.m. Come and join in the
fun and fellowship.
Cards are
played each Tuesday afternoon. Please be
present before 1 p.m. If no one shows up
to play, the Center will be locked up.
The Center is available for
family gatherings. Please call 476-2224
for more information.
The
monthly potluck on June 26 was attended
by 7 persons. A good meal and fellowship
was enjoyed. Games were played
afterwards.
Menus
Monday, July
6--Creamed chicken, biscuit, green
beans, citrus slices,cook's choice
complement
Tuesday, July 7--Chef
salad, cantaloupe, crackers, brownie
Wednesday, July 8--Pork roast,
mashed potatoes/gravy, seasoned carrots,
bread, applesauce gelatin
Thursday, July 9--Chili dog, bun,
broccoli salad, peaches, cookie
Friday, July 10--Swiss steak w/tomatoes,
scalloped potatoes, peas, roll,
blueberry/banana salad
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Baptism of Jhett
Johnson
Jhett Brock
Johnson, infant son of Brock and Lindsay
Johnson, was baptized at the Emmanuel
Lutheran Church in Stuttgart Sunday
morning, June 28. Jhett's sponsor was
his aunt, Rachel Jones of Smith Center.
Brock and Lindsay hosted a barbeque at
their farm home after the worship
service.
Family members
attending were Rhett's brother, Layton;
grandparents, Ken and Tena Johnson of
Phillipsburg, Bruce and Lisa Grauerholz
of Hildreth, Nebr., and Paula Lyon of
Kensington; and great-grandparents,
Lloyd Johnson and John and Shirley Biem
of Phillipsburg and Holward and Barbara
Grauerholz of Kensington. Others in
attendance were Lantz Grauerholz of
Hildreth, Nebr., Luc Jones of Smith
Center; and Hannah Grauerholz, Amy
Bienhoff, Deidra and Peyton Chestnut of
Kensington.
Those unable to
attend because of work commitments were
Justin Chestnut, Cody Lyon, Bob and
Blayne Bienhoff, and Josh Ramriez, all
of Kensington.
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Holthus Celebrate
Special Events in Oregon
Howard and Barbara Grauerholz and Amy
Bienhoff flew to Grants Pass. Ore., on
June 18 and returned on June 23. They
were present to help Barbara's brother
and wife, Ernie and Marge Holthus
celebrate some important events. Ernie
was celebrating his 85th birthday,
Marge's 80th birthday, and the couple's
60th wedding anniversary.
After
the group had attended worship together
at the St. Paul's Lutheran Church Sunday
morning, their children and
grandchildren hosted an open house at
the home of their daugher Dineen and
Chuck Degener in the afternoon.
Monday afternoon eleven members of the
family enjoyed the Whitewater Excursion
of the Wild Scenic Rogue River of Grants
Pass. The hi-lite was the jet boat that
went 40 miles on the river with 40
persons on board. Halfway through the
ride, the group stopped at the O.K.
Corral Dinner Lodge for a wonderful
meal. After the four hour trip, everyone
returned home after an enjoyable
experience.
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Death of Twila Ames
Fulmer
Twila Ames Fulmer,
88, of Athol passed away at the Hays
Regional Medical Center Sunday, June 28,
following triple by-pass heart surgery.
She and her husband Jerry, who survives,
had the Second-Chance Antique Store in
Athol.
No services will be held.
Cremation is planning and cremains will
be taken to Oklahoma.
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Around the Community
Sandy Powell had knee replacement
surgery at the Mary Lanning Hospital in
Hastings, Neb. last week. She is now at
home working on her therapy. She hopes
to be going full swing in time to drive
her school bus route when school begins.
Lelia Grauerholz accompanied Joe and
JoAnn Wahrman of Goodland to Kansas City
on June 20 for a weekend visit with her
grandson and family, Brian and Bonnie
Grauerholz, Brooke and Bree. They went
especially to attend the baptism of
Bonnie, Brooke and Bree at the Hosanna
Lutheran Church in Liberty, Mo., Sunday
morning. Also in attendance were Eldon
and Marilyn Grauerholz of Cimarron and
Scott Grauerholz of Kansas City.
Lola Peterson's family visited her
over the weekend at Prairie Haven. They
were her daughter-in-law, Mary Ellen
Peters of Lakewood, Colo., and
granddaughters, Laura Bucar of Denver,
Colo., and Pattie Stewart of Midland,
Tex.. Lola's only son died more than
twenty years ago.
Mason, Kaylee
and McKenna Levin of Colorado Springs
entertained their grandparents, Steve
and Deb Levin, recently while their
parents, Spencer and Amanda Levin, were
vacationing.
Jeanie Kilmer
Wathen of Denver, Colo., spent several
weeks in Kensington with JoAnn and Roger
Rust. Jeanie enjoyed seeing friends and
relatives and attended the Alumni
Banquet. JoAnn and Jeanie went to
Wichita where Jeanie spent several days
with Ruby Hale DePew and Doug. Jeanie
returned to Denver the last of June.
Linda Rahjes is spending this week
in Kansas City helping to help care for
and get acqainted with her new grandson,
Karsten Lee, born to her son and wife,
Scott and Lisa Heeke, on June 22.
Jason Sales who recently returned
from serving in the armed forces in Iraq
and is now stationed at Fort Riley is
visiting Errol and Marla Baumann. `
Hannah Grauerholz and Josh Romriez
purchased the house of the late Guy
Billings and moved there over the
weekend. They had been living in the Ted
Levin rental across the street from the
United Church.
No sooner had the
Thunder Ridge High School Cheerleaders
begun selling fireworks Saturday when
the "banging" began all over town
lasting well into the night. Since they
will be on sale until the close on July
4, the girls should have excellent
receipts for their many expenses. Kathi
Boden is there new cheerleading sponsor.
The wet, muggy summer has been just
what the mosquitos were looking for.
They are extra large and very eager to
find a prey for their dinner. Time of
day is not an issue, they are out early
morning, noon, and into late at night.
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Notes from
Prairie Haven
The usual
greetings and exercises were held Monday
morning and manicures were given. Jenny
Reilley was unable to do hair as she was
suffering from the painful shingles.
One-one sessions are held daily. A
belated Father's Day celebration was
held. Bingo was played Tuesday
afternoon. Trivia discussions were held
Wednesday afternoon.
The
Heartland Worship Center had the
Thursday morning Bible study. A coffee
klatch was held afterwards with lots of
visiting. Lois Hrabe entertained with
piano music during the lunch hour. The
Residents' Council met in the afternoon.
The local news was read from the
Pioneer Friday morning. Bingo was played
in the afternoon and a movie was shown.
Card games, movies and watching
television were weekend actiities.
Pastor Patsy Koeneke assisted by
Linda Miller had the Sunday afternoon
worship service and distributed Holy
Communion. Ruth Bienhoff was the
pianist.
RN Amy Timmons took
some vacation time to help out with a
new grandson. She was missed.
The men enjoyed a Fathers' Day
celebration on Monday. Crackers, cheese,
summer sausage, frosted pretzels, coffee
and tea were served. Tractors and
anything related to farming were
discussed. The men told where they
worked most of their life. It was an
interesting afternoon.
Leah
Crowley had a group of cousins visit her
last week. She had a great time.
Visitors signing the register were
Leora Smith with Lorraine Grauerholz;
Esther Norden with friends; Pattie
Stewart, Mary Ellen Peters, Laura Bucar,
and Bill Peters wtih Lola Peters; Janice
Ratliff and Robin Einspahr with Pearl
Ratliff; Vernon Kuhlmann with Doris
Kuhlmann and Gilbert Kuhlmann with
friends; Mary Struckhoff with Aleen
Schalansky; Lois Runnion with Georgia
Endsley; Sara Wyrill with Norva Wyrill;
Kim Dennis with Ronald and Helen Molzahn.
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