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Kensington Community News
January 25, 2010
St. John Lutheran Church of Kensington
to Celebrate 125th Anniversary
St. John Lutheran Church of Kensington
will be celebrating the 125th
anniversary of its organization on
Sunday, February 21, with a special
worship service. The theme for the day
will be "Raising Voices in Praise for
125 Years." Everyone in the community is
invited to join them on this special
day.
The celebration will begin with a hymn
sing at 10:00 a.m. The Holy Communion
worship service will follow at 10:30
a.m. with the Rev. Gerald Mansholt,
Bishop of the Central States Synod of
the Evangelical Church of America, as
the guest speaker. Special music will be
featured. The special offering will go
for Haiti Earthquake Relief. The usual
Sunday morning live broadcast from the
sanctuary will be at 10:45 a.m. on KKAN/KQMA,
Phillipsburg. A dinner will be served in
the parish hall.
It was ten years after Kansas was
granted statehood in 1861 that the
western part of Smith County and the
eastern edge of Phillips County were
homesteaded by pioneers from eastern
Nebraska, the eastern section of the
United States, and Germany. A large
portion of these settlers were of the
Lutheran faith. Although blest with
their material needs, a definite need
was felt for their spiritual lives.
Several traveling missionary pastors
held worship services in the sod,
dug-out, and log built homes of that
time.
It was on February 2, 1885 that the
charter for St. John Lutheran Church of
Kensington was signed by seven members
at the home of Karl Dettmer. The
congregation worshiped in the Grauerholz
schoolhouse two and a half miles
northwest of Kensington at that time.
Six years from its organization forty
acres of ground situated one-half mile
north of Kensington was purchased as the
future site of the new church; however
the new church building was not finished
until 1892 at a cost of $300 and a two
room house already on the acreage served
as living quarters for the pastor. The
growth of the congregation was beyond
the expectations of the planners, and a
new and larger church was built and
dedicated in 1900. A larger parsonage
for the pastor was dedicated in 1906.
After this church burned to the ground
on November 8, 1918, the congregation
voted to build a new church, and
construction began on the present church
in March, 1920 and was dedicated on
December 12, 1920 at a cost of
approximately $30,000 with many hours of
freely given labor by the members of the
congregation..
In January, 1960 a new milestone was
reached by the congregation in its work
of spreading the gospel when a half hour
portion of the Sunday morning worship
service, which included the sermon, was
broadcast on KKAN, Phillipsburg. This
broadcast has been continued each Sunday
morning to the present time. A parish
hall was added to the church proper in
1960. A new parsonage was dedicated on
October 21, 1979.
Thirteen pastors along with interim and
supply pastors have served the
congregation since its organization.
Pastor Patsy Koeneke is the present
pastor of the congregation. The members
of St. John Lutheran Church are proud of
their heritage and continue to "Raise
Voices in Praise to God for 125 Years."
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H1N1 Flu Shots in Kensington
The Smith County Health Department will
be giving H1N1 flu vaccinations at the
Kensington Senior/Community Center
Thursday, Feb. 4 beginning at 10:30 a.m.
The vaccinations are available for all
ages from six months to 100 years or
more. There is no charge for the
vaccinations.
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KAY Clubs to Assembly Health Kits for
Haiti
The Thunder Ridge KAY Clubs are
collecting Health Kits for Haiti as
their service project. High school
students are asked to please bring items
to the Library and Kindergarten through
Grade 8 should bring them to their
classrooms. Community members are also
encouraged to participate and bring
their donations to the Library by
February 12. Feel free to bring a
complete kit or just individual items.
The items for a package should include a
hand towel and wash cloth (preferably
dark in color), bath-sized bar of soap
(4 to 5 oz.), sturdy comb, metal nail
file or nail clippers with file, and six
band 1aids. PLEASE NO TOOTHPASTE. The
items will be packed by the Thunder
Ridge KAY Clubs and sent to the Lutheran
World Relief Organization to be
delivered to victims of the earthquake
in Haiti.
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Book Fair at Kensington Library Jan.2
thru 9
The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to
the Kensington Community/School Library
Tuesday, February 2 and will be open
through Feb. 9. Regular hours at the
Library are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday thru
Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday
with extended hours on Tuesday from 8
a.m. to 7 p.m.
Entire families, grandparents, and
friends are invited to participate by
visiting the Library during Book Fair
Week. You and your child will be able to
purchase best sellers, award winning
books, chapter books, picture books and
hundreds of other items only available
through the Book Fair. Your child's wish
list and the teachers' classroom wish
lists will be posted and there will be a
signup for special prize drawings.
A Family Event will be held Monday, Feb.
8, from 4 to 8 p.m. during
Parent-Teacher Conferences. The grade
school class with the greatest
percentage of parents in attendance at
the Family Event earns free books for
their teacher's classroom library!!
Displays are also needed for the
showcase at the Library. If you have a
collection or know of someone who has
something to display, please call the
Library at 476-2219 during school hours.
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SAL Groundhog Pancake Feed Sunday Noon
The Sons of the American Legion will
have a groundhog pancake feed at the
Kensington Legion Sunday noon, Jan. 31
from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. On the menu
will be pancakes, sausages, sauerkraut,
and eggs. Freewill donations will be
taken.
A Super Bowl party will be held at the
Legion Sunday, Feb. 7 beginning at 5
p.m. Make your reservations now to take
your "sweetheart" to the Valentine's
dinner Saturday evening, Feb. 13. RSVP
to Karen Pollock. Tickets are being sold
for the shotgun (on display at Country
Corner) and a gift certificate to
Kensington Lockers. Winners will be
announced at the dinner.
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USD-110 Calendar at Kensington
Thursday, Jan. 28--KAY Unit Conference
at Northern Valley
Middle School BB vs. Logan at Agra, 3
p.m. (C-team games)
Friday, Jan. 29--Grades 4 & 5 to Kansas
Day at Logan
Middle School Mid Terms Mailed
High School BB vs. Logan at Kensington 4
p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 20--Scholars Bowl at
Kensington, 9:30 a.m.
Monday, Feb. 1--High School BB with Hill
City at Kensington
GNEC BB Tournament at Logan, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 2--High School BB at St.
John of Beloit, 4 p.m.
Scholastic Book Fair at Kensington
Library thru Feb.9
Wednesday, Feb. 3--Class Meetings, 3:15
p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 4--GNEC BB Tournament at
Logan, 4 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 5--High School BB with
Northern Valley at Kensington, 4 p.m.
USD-110 Menus at Kensington
Monday, Feb. 1--Hoagie boy sandwich,
oven fries, baked beans, diced peaches,
yellow cake, milk
Tuesday, Feb. 2--Tater tot casserole,
green beans, dinner rolls, strawberries
& bananas, milk
Wednesday, Feb. 3--Potato bar w/chili,
peas, creamed corn, cinnamon rolls,
cheese sticks, diced peaches, milk
Thursday, Feb. 4--Chicken stir fry,
rice, dinner rolls, sugar cookies,
pineapple tidbits, milk
Friday, Feb. 5--Roast beef, whipped
potatoes, gravy, dinner rolls, green
beans, peach cobbler, milk
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United Church Installing Elevator
The United Church of Kensington will
soon have an elevator (lift) to make it
more handicapped accessible into the
sanctuary and basement. It is being
installed at the south-east corner of
the front of the church. Randy
Countryman is the person in charge and
is being helped by members of the
congregation.
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Senior
Center Notes
A H1N1 flu clinic will be held at the
center Thursday, Feb. 4, beginning at
10:30 a.m. for all ages. There will be
no charge for the vaccinations, but
bring your Medicare and insurance cards
with you.
A "Souper Bowl" dinner will be held on
Feb. 7 with serving beginning at 11:30
a.m. One the menu willbe super soups,
salads and relishes. Donations will be
taken at the door. Everyone is welcome.
The Center is having problems meeting
the requested 300 meals per month. We
neeed your help. With budget cuts at the
state and federal levels we need to show
that the meal site is important to this
community. You can help by eating at the
Center once or twice a week.
Meals are delivered daily by volunteers,
Evelyn Orden, Marlene Kuhlmann, Shirley
Conaway, Georgetta Kinyon and Lucinda
Migalski and substitutes, Carmen Rice,
Lelia Grauerholz and others, and their
help is greatly appreciated. About 100
meals per month are served and about 170
meals are served at the Center.
The United Church Women will be serving
the Lions on Monday, Feb. 1 and for the
rest of the year.
Menus
Monday, Feb. 1--Salisbury steak, Italian
blend vegs, garden rice, bread, pears
Tuesday, Feb. 2--Open faced turkey
sandwich, mashed potatoes/gravy, peas,
bread, blueberry cobbler
Wednesday, Feb. 3--Hamburger stew,
tossed salad, biscuit, apricots
Thursday, Feb. 4--Liver & onions in
gravy, parslied potatoes, green beans,
bread, cook's choice fruit
Friday, Feb. 5--Hot dob w/kraut, mashed
potatoes, fruit cup, bread, pudding
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Death of
Don Sheley
Don Sheley of Colby died at a hospital
in Denver, Colo., on Friday, Jan. 22,
2010. He was an employee of Bell
Telephone before his retirement.
He is survived by his wife Irma (Grauerholz)
Sheley; two children, Deb and husband
Tom Waldron of Manitowoc, Wisc., and
Mike Sheley of Colby; four
grandchildren; a sister, Sandra and
husband Leland Stutheit of Lincoln,
Neb.; and two sisters-in-law, Evelyn
Levin of Kensington and Ruby and husband
Paul Schreiber of Central City, Neb.
The funeral will be Thursday afternoon
at 2 p.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church
in Colby.
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Around
the Community
Francis Sweat had heart surgery at the
Hays Regional Medical Center last week.
He had several setbacks but is now doing
much better.
Don Norden will begin daily radiation
treatments this week in Salina.
Word was received for the prayer chain
as this column was being completed
Monday afternoon. Cathy Diercks began to
bleed internally and was air-lifted from
the Hays hospital back to Omaha. She was
making good progress and this is very
sad news.
The sun is shining, but a fierce wind is
blowing as this column is written Monday
afternoon and everything that isn't tied
down will be in Oklahoma by nightfall.
Perhaps the farmers are appreciating the
wind to help dry the feedlots and farm
yards to make choring easier. Temps are
above freezing, but it seems very
chilly. Much colder temperatures are
forecasted for midweek and the
possibility of snow. The only snow left
is in drifts in protected areas which
are probably waiting for more snow.
Most of last week was drizzly and foggy,
so it is good to see the sun again.
Several old adages came to mind with all
the foggy weather last week. "Fog in
January means frost in May" certainly
brings worrisome thoughts when we
consider that most of the wheat is in a
critical stage in late May. Or perhaps
you like this one better, "Fog in
January means rain in 100 days." An
older woman once remarked, "January is
gone, February is a short month and then
comes March with its seven summer days."
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United Church Children Visit Prairie
Haven Sunday
Coming from the United Church of
Kensington to help with Sunday worship
were Sunday School students and their
teachers, Britt Bauman, Emalie Ratliff,
Caitlin and Raegan Boden, Tallon and
Tinley Rentschler, Layne Pettijohn,
Chesney, Allie, and Lilli Countryman,
Jade Reece, Emily Lowe, Lauryn, Isaac
and Michelle Gaddis and Kathi Boden.
Their enthusiasm was certainly
appreciated by the residents and staff.
Welcome to Ralph Gitchel of Agra as
Prairie Haven's newest resident.
Other activities last week were the
usual morning exercises and one-one
sessions. The manicures on Monday are
always enjoyed. Martin Luther King, Jr.
was discussed Monday. Current events
from the news were shared Tuesday
morning and bingo was played in the
afternoon. Various types of cooking were
discussed on Wednesday.
First St. John Lutheran Church had the
Thursday morning Bible study. The beauty
shop was open. It was "pie day." Words
of wisdom were shared. The local news
was read from the Pioneer and bingo was
played. Puzzles are always in various
stages of completion and card games help
pass the time. Movies and television
shows are Saturday's entertainment.
Signing the register this week were
Janice Ratliff with Pearl Ratliff;
Sharon Bearley with friends; Loretta
Beckmann with Dorine Kuhlmann; Ora
Elliott with Zelda Elliott; Betty
Gitchel with Ralph Gitchel and Montra
and Mary Jones; Pat Bienhoff with Mae
Donovan, Louie Bienhoff, and Montra and
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