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Kensington Community News
June 7, 2010
City-Wide Garage Sale is Saturday
Looking for bargains? Come to the
Kensington city-wide garage sale
Saturday, June 12. Maps will be
available at the Corner Corral,
Community Center, and Kensington Store.
The Community Center will be having a
bake sale during the event. To place
your location on the map, contact Ruth
Levin immediately.
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VBS Ends with Program and Balloon Launch
Seventy-two children attended the
Community Bible School last week at the
three churches in Kensington. The theme
for the week was "SonQuest Rainforest"
and offerings of $200 were rasied for
the Make a Wish Foundation. A large
crowd attended the final program at the
St. John Lutheran Church Friday followed
by a balloon launch on a beautiful
wind-free morning. The children from the
First St. John Lutheran Church and the
United Church were transported to the
program site on the Kensington fire
trucks driven by Pastor Dave Hutson and
Curtis Beach.
Tamra Portenier and Jeni Wallgren were
directors at First St. John Lutheran
Church with 27 youngsters aged 3 thru
Kindergarten in attendance. Pre-school
teacher and helpers were Tamra Portenier,
Darah Portenier, Michelle Palmer,
Shaylin Webb, Zach Wallgren, and Riley
Reneberg. Pre-Kindegarten teacher and
helpers were Sandy Reneberg, Larissa
Dettmer, Michaela Bienhoff and Dani
Riley. In charge of the Kindergarten
group were Madeline Reneberg, Jackie
Reneberg and Shelby Gordon. Madeline
Reneberg directed the music, and Alice
Rietzke served refreshments.
The United Church hosted grades 1 thru 3
with 31 in attendance. Emily Blank was
the director, Sharon Bearley was the
teacher, Lana Ratliff was in charge of
crafts and Becky Saddler led the music.
Helpers were Dianna Rice, Nolan
Billings, Lyle Kuhlmann, Kaitlin Boden,
and Chelsey and Courtney Panter. Annalee
Ratliff prepared the refreshments.
Fourteen students in grades 4 and 5
attended at St. John Lutheran Church
with Linda Rahjes and Melanie Molzahn as
teachers and Robin Billings and Tara
Seemann as craft directors. Kristi
Reneberg led the chime choir which the
children really enjoyed. Cindy Rahjes
was in charge of refreshments.
It takes many hours of dedication to
prepare and lead these Bible School
sessions. The parents and community
thank everyone who was involved in
making it a success.
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Bake Sale at Center Saturday
Items for the bake sale at the
Kensington Community Center may be
brought Friday or early Saturday
morning. The Center will be unlocked to
receive your items beginning at 7 a.m.
Saturday, June 11. Support your Center!
Tables are also available at the Center
for individuals to sell their items.
The Board of Directors will meet
Wednesday, June 9 at noon. Pitch will be
played Thursday evening, June 10 at 7
p.m. Dinner trip is plannted to Pooch's
in Smith Center, Saturday, June 12.
Leave at 4:30 p.m. June birthdays will
be celebrated Thursday noon, June 17.
Menus
Monday, June 14--Chili dog w/cheese,
augratin potatoes, mixed vegs, bun,
apricots
Tuesday, June 15--Shepherd's pie,
mandarin oranges, cornbread, brownie
Wednesday, June 16--Turkey, sweet
potatoes, pineapple, bread, pasta salad
w/vegs
Thursday, June 17--Meat loaf, creamed
potaoes & peas, watermelon, bread,
birthday cake
Friday, June 18--Ham & cheese sandwich,
tomato soup, gelatin w/fruit, bread &
crackers, cookie
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KHS
Class Reunions
The Class of 1955 of KHS, celebrated
their 55th class reunion at the home of
Coleen and Darrel Gale in Phillipsburg
Sunday afternoon and evening, May 30.
Those attending were Kenneth Ratliff and
Janice, Bonnie (Bierman) Youngquist and
Newton, and Carolyn (Gemaehlich)
Billings and Stan, all of Kensington;
Shirley (Miller) Hartman and Lyle of
Smith Center; Ila (Diercks) Walker and
Orval Lee Walker (both in class) from
Elizabeth City, N.C.; Ronald Sweat and
Janet of Manhattan; Wanda (Grauerholz)
Snow and Donald Snow of Agra; and the
hosts Coleen (Ratliff) Gale and Darrel
of Phillipsburg.
Class of 1980
Ron and Kristi Reneberg hosted the Class
of 1980 along with their families at
their rural home near Kensington on
Friday evening, May 29. On Saturday the
class members and their spouses met at
the Kensington Community Center for
lunch and further visiting. Those
attending Friday evening, Saturday
afternoon and/or the Alumni banquet were
Mike Westerman and Jolene, Wichita; Tim
Bartley and Francis Ice, both of Smith
Center; Bob Bienhoff and Amy,
Kensington; Karen (Ratliff) Funke,
Osborne; Scott Panter and Susan, Athol;
Cristi (Newbrey) Sowers and Kenny, El
Dorado; Mike Suchsland and Dee, Agra;
Kent Miller and Denise, Gage, Okla.; and
Ron Reneberg and Kristi, Kensington.
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Cole/Arment Wedding Saturday Evening
Claire Cole, daughter of Wesley and
Stacy Cole of Kensington, and Jesse
Arment, son of Galen and Teresa Arment
of rural Smith Center, were married at
the United Church of Kensington Saturday
evening, June 5. The reception and
dinner were at the Kensington Legion.
Claire is a 2007 graduate of West Smith
County High School and a May graduate of
Bethany College in Lindsborg with a
degree in Accounting and Finance. Jesse
is a 2006 graduate of Smith Center High
School and graduated from Wyoming
Technical Institute in June, 2007. The
couple will make their home in Salina
where both are employed.
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Death
Darlene Miller and Wesley Rahjes were
saddened to receive word of the death of
their nephew, Mark Baker, as a result of
a motorcycle accident near Wichita on
May 24.
Col. (ret) Mark Olin Baker, 54, was born
June 8, 1955, in Mt. Vernon, Ill., and
passed away Mary 24, 2010, in Wichita.
He was preceded in death by his father,
Wiliam F. Baker, and uncle, Bob Baker.
He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth of
Edmond, Okla.; his mother and
stepfather, Arvella (Rahjes) and James
Riat of Wamego, Kans.; two daughters,
Lindley and Lorin of the home; two
brothers, Kevin Baker and wife Jo and
James Baker and wife Jayne; a sister,
Ann Marie Riat and husband Rob, and many
other relatives and friends.
The Mass of Christian Burial was Friday,
May 28, at St. John the Baptist Catholic
Church in Edmond, Okla. His cousins,
Kent and Denise Miller of Gage, Okla.,
attended the last rites.
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Around
the Community
Memorial weekend guests of Stan and
Carolyn Billings were J.V. and Twila
Hickman of Tonganoxie and David Billings
of Branson, Mo. Dan Billings of Hesston
also stopped for a quick visit Monday
forenoon.
Skylar Tuxhorn from Connecticut was a
houseguest of his aunt and uncle, Susie
and Chris Olesen, and cousin
Christopher. He came especially for his
ten-year class reunion. He is in the
U.S. Navy and it was wonderful to see
him as it had been 5 years since he had
been here. On Sunday they all went to
Susie's brother Rydal and Melany Tuxhorn
in Muden for a dinner. Susie's niece and
husband, Samantha, Annie and Hannah were
also there for a great family reunion.
Skylar left on Tuesday.
Fred and Margaret (Baker) Wachs of
Satanta were in Kensington for awhile
over Memorial weekend to catch up on
Marge's KHS Class of 1950 during the
social hour at the Alumni banquet. Their
time was limited as they were having a
family reunion in Stockton.
Memorial weekend houseguests from May 27
thru June 1 of Don and Janet Hoverson
were Janet's aunt, Elsie (Kusel) Beavers
and her granddaughter Wendy Kemp of San
Diego, Calif. They came especially for
Elsie to attend the Cedar High School
Alumni meeting in Gaylord. She graduated
at Cedar with the class of 1933 and was
the oldest granduate present. They also
visited relatives in the Smith Center
area. Other guests over the weekend were
Lori Hoverson of Hays and John and Linda
McKee and family from Brewster. Stop-in
visitors were Dean and Karlea Landman of
Topeka and Max and Sharilyn Currey.
Brandon, Kameron and Shane Hrabe of
Chandler, Ariz., arrived last Saturday
evening for a weeks visit with their
grandmother and great-grandmother, Lois
Hrabe.
Arthur and Betty Smith of Athol were in
Franklin, Neb., last Friday, June 4, for
the funeral of Betty's uncle, Bob Sweet
who lived in Fireside, Colo. Also
attending their uncle's funeral were Dee
and Rosanne Panter from Elkhart and
Duane Panter from Hildreth, NE.
It's been a rainy Monday morning with
intermittent heavy thunderstorms which
dumped about 1 inch of rain in Kensigton
City. As this column is completed in
late afternoon, the sun is shining but
further storms are still in the
forecast. The hot days the end of last
week has gave the wheat more golden
tinges making the farmers even more
antsy to get the spring row crops into
the ground before the wheat harvest
demands their attention. It is a busy
time.
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Visitors at Prairie Haven
Visitors who recently registered in the
guest book were Anita Hagman with Dorine
Kuhlmann; Rosalie Seemann and Craig
Seemann of Colby with Ann Ferguson, and
Martha Currey, Marie Wangerin, Aleen
Schalansky, and Ruth Smith; Erma Zink of
Phillipsburg; Janice Smith of
Marysville; Bob and Linda Cain of
Overland Park; Robin Einspahr, Janice
Ratliff, and Dawn, Darrin, Taylor and
Gannon Veh with Pearl Ratliff; Kay
Medlin of Virginia Beach, VA, Michelle
Brown of Lyons and Lyle Allen of
Phillipsubrg with Aleta Durchman; Wayne
Larick of Agra with Loren Larick; Ron
Wolf with Ruth Wolf; Mary Struckhoff
with Aleen Schalansky; Lorena Stephens
with Jesse Godsey; Curtis B-each with
Isa Kienzle; Alfred Durchman with Aleta
Durchman.
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