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Kensington Community News
May 3, 2010
Pro-Ag Marketing Buys Country Corner
The purchase of Country Corner in
Kensington by Pro-Ag Marketing from
Central Plains Co-op was finalized, and
Pro-Ag took over the ownership on May 1
according to Pro-Ag manager James Jirak.
A grand opening is planned in the near
future and the new name suggested by the
winner of the contest will be announced
at that time.
Mr. Jirak states that the services will
remain pretty much as before. New pumps
have been installed and the Pro-Ag club
cards can be used until the computers
have been changed over and new cards
will be issued. Farm and road diesel
will continue to be available at the
former station on Highway 36 making for
less large truck, semi, and implement
traffic and congestion at the station on
the corner of Highway 36 and Main
Street.
The community wishes to thank Central
Plains Co-op and their employees for
serving the Kensington community well
after building and running the business.
The new owners hope to continue this
same service for the community in the
future.
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Achievement Banquet Thursday Evening
If you haven't purchased your ticket for
the Thunder Ridge High School
Achievement Banquet Thursday evening,
May 6, do so immediately (like
yesterday) by calling the high school
office at 476-2217. Serving of the
banquet begins at 6:30 p.m. at the
Kensington Legion. Caley Cole-Robinson
will be the guest speaker. Student
honors, awards and scholarships will be
awarded at this time.
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Mothers' Day Scholarship Fundraiser
Dinner at Legion
There will be a Mothers Day dinner at
the Kensington Legion Sunday noon and
proceeds will be used for scholarships
for Thunder Ridge Seniors. On the menu
will be roast beef, potatoes and gravy,
rolls, salad bar, and dessert.
Honor your mother and give her a break
from cooking by bringing her and your
family to the Kensington Legion dinner
Sunday with serving from 11 a.m. to 1:30
p.m. Freewill donations for the meal
will be taken.
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NHS Induction Ceremony Tuesday, May 11
The 2010 Induction Ceremony of the
Thunder Ridge High School National Honor
Society will be held Tuesday, May 11 at
3 p.m. in the high school gym. The
candlelit ceremony will be conducted by
current members, Trent Ferguson and
Ryanne Rahjes.
New inductees are seniors, Cade Rietzke
and Cheyenne Grauerholz, and juniors,
KimbraLee Adams and Samantha Krueger. A
reception will follow for the members
and their families.
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TR Music Programs Tuesday, May 11, at
Agra
The elementary, middle and high school
students of Thunder Ridge will be
presenting their spring music concerts
at the Middle School Auditorium in Agra
on Tuesday evening, May 11. The featured
songs will be about "Wind."
The program will be divided into two
segments with Kindergarten thru Grade 4
performing at 6:30 p.m. and the program
for grades 4 thru 12 beginning at 7:00
p.m. (Please note the change of age
groups and times from those published
last week.) Featured groups in the
second session will be the high school
percussion ensemble and some of the
contest entries from the League,
Regional and state Music Contests.
You may attend either or both concerts
as there will be a short intermission
between the two sessions. Mrs. Kristi
Reneberg will direct the programs and
Mrs. Sandy Thomas will be the
accompanist.
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Alumni Banquet Coming up May 29
Have you made your reservations for the
Kensington/Thunder Ridge High School
Alumni Banquet on Saturday evening, May
29 at 6:30 p.m. ? If you haven't, please
contact B.J. Westbrook at 785-476-3209
or by mail to Kensington Alumni
Association, P.O. Box 72, Kensington KS
66951 with your payment of $15
immediately. Banquet tickets will not be
sold at the door. Pre-paid tickets will
not be mailed but may be picked up at
the door.
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TR Cheerleaders and Sapphire Dance Squad
Selected
Tryouts and selections for Thunder Ridge
High School Cheerleaders and the
Sapphire Dance Team were held recently.
The Cheerleaders for 2010-2011 will be
Sammy Krueger, senior; Madeline Reneberg
and Casie Winchell, juniors; Brittany
Kirchhoff and Amber Schmid, sophomores;
and Caitlin Boden, freshman.
The Thunder Ridge High School Sapphire
Dance Team will be comprised of Michala
Linton, senior; Kelsey Atchison, Breck
Miner, Larissa Dettmer, and Ashley Doxey,
juniors; Ashley Struckhoff and Jackie
Reneberg, sophomores; and Sami
Struckhoff, freshman.
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New SAL Officers Elected
The officers for the Kensington Sons of
the American Legion (SALS) for the
coming year are David Stephens,
commander; Bruce Hardacre, vice
commander; Jeff Nech, secretary; Orren
Bronson, treasurer, Ron Rahjes,
chaplain; Todd Kirchhoff, Sgt. of Arms;
and Cliff Kimble, historian.
Ted Mogan is commander of the Kensington
Legion and Linda Ferguson is president
of the Legion Auxiliary. They need
volunteers to help with the Memorial
services at the local cemeteries on
Sunday, May 29.
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USD-110 School Calendar at Kensington
Friday, May 7--Kindergarten roundup at
Kensington
Monday, May 10--HS Track at Stockton,
Palco hosts, 3 p.m.
Tuesday, May 11--National Honor Society
Induction, Kton Gym, 3 p.m.
Spring music program at Middle School
Auditorium, Agra
K-Grade 4, 6:30 p.m.; Grades 4 thru 12,
7:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 13--GNEC track at Logan,
9:30 a.m.
Cheyenne/Pike Trail Track at Logan, TBA
Friday, May 14--Last day for Seniors
Tuesday, May 18--Middle School
Achievemenet Banquet, Agra, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 22--High School
Commencement, Kensington gym, 5 p.m.
Tuesday, May 25--Middle School
Promotion, Agra, 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 27--Last day of class,
12:15 p.m. dismissal
Menus at Kensington
Monday, May 10--Chicken fajitas, potato
triangle, crackers, refried beans, diced
peaches, milk
Tuesday, May 11--Hamburger pizza,
lettuce salad, crackers, corn, pineapple
tidbits, milk
Wednesday, May 12--Chili dogs on bun,
ranch cut potatoes, cauliflower, diced
peaches, milk
Thursday, May 13--Meat balls, whipped
potatoes, gravy, dinner roll, green
beans, cheesecake/fruit, milk
Friday, May 14--Beanie wienies, party
potatoes, vegetable relishes, cinnamon
rolls, mandarin oranges, milk
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May
Day Fling Enjoyable
The May Day Spring Fling was a huge
success at the Kensington Community
Center on Saturday. There were
twenty-one present for the delicious pot
luck luncheon. Thirty-five May baskets
were made and delivered to Prairie Haven
and additional baskets were delivered to
shut-ins, Ruth Wolf, Bessie Bierman,
Connie Ellenberger, Darlene Pierce,
Esther Norden, Pauline Richter, Myrnah
Ratliff, Barbra Rader, Lawrence
Reynolds, Roberta Kaba, Beth Lamont,
Sandra Kent and several others.
Pinochle was played Tuesday night with
twelve present. Howard Grauerholz and
Armi McPherson shared high honors while
Doris Slavik and Lois Hrabe had low
scores.
The Board will meet Wednesday, May 12 a
noon, and pitch will be played Thursday,
May 13 at 7 p.m. Come and join in the
fun.
Be sure to notice the new flags that are
now flying from the pole at the
Community Center. They are all weather
flags and should look nice for a long
time.
Menus
Monday, May 10--Meat loaf, augratin
potatoes, cook's choice vegs, bread,
pears
Tuesday, May 11--Taco salad, Dole
tropical fruit, chips, blueberry cobbler
Wednesday, May 12--Turkey, mashed
potatoes/gravy, cottage cheese salad,
roll, peaches
Thursday, May 13--Ham sandwich, tomato
soup, gelatin w/fruit, bread, cake
Friday, May 14--BBQ chicken, seasoned
carrots, macaroni salad, bread, mandarin
oranges
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Brian Maydew Speaks at Spring Tea
A large group of women gathered in the
festively decorated St. John Lutheran
Parish Hall Sunday afternoon for a
spring tea. The theme for the afternoon
was "Walking with Jesus." The program
was planned and announced by Melissa
Westbrook. She introduced the guest
speaker, Brian Maydew, who used a slide
presentation to tell of his visits to
and work with the Zambian missions in
Africa.
Refreshments of fruit slush, tea
sandwiches, and toffee were served by
Morgan and Maycee Westbrook, Elizabeth
and Abby Hardacre, and TyLynn and
KennsLy Blank assisted by women from
workgroup I.
The program continued with Jenny Reilley
singing "Footprints in the Sand" in
keeping with the theme for the day.
Carol Rahjes read two humorous
selections, "A Mother's Wisdom" and "The
Mommy Test." Door prizes of foot
lotions, in keeping with the theme, were
awarded to the youngest girl over the
age of fifteen, Addie Funke; most mature
woman, Bessie Bierman; traveling longest
distance, Karen Funke; coming shortest
distance, Pastor Patsy Koeneke; bringing
most guests, Eleanora Ratliff; and
mother having most children, Ruth
Bienhoff.
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Roy Wangerin and Montra Jones on Honor
Flight
Roy Wangerin of Kensington and Montra
Jones of Prairie Haven left from Beloit
early last Thursday morning in a van for
the Kansas City Airport. They joined 53
other WWII Veterans with 12 being
confined to wheel chairs for an Honor
Flight to Washington, D.C. and other
sights. They flew into Baltimore where
they were honred with a reception and
banquet that evening.
The next day they traveled to
Washington, D.C. to see the WWII
monument and other Veterans memorials
and visited the Arlington National
Cemetery and Aero-space Museum. They
toured around the government buildings
and the Pentegon. The next day they went
to Ft. Henry in Chesapeake Bay where
Betsy Ross' first American flag had
flown. Roy was privileged to be one of
the four veterans that lowered the flag
over the Fort. It was 17 feet by 25
feet. The Garrison flag had 15 stars and
15 sripes. A group of high school
students on tour sang the National
Anthem during the flag ceremonies.
The group flew back to Kansas City
Saturday and then were transported to
Beloit where Roy's daughter, Jeanne
Bogart, met him. Montra stayed overnight
in Beloit before returning to Prairie
Haven the next day. Roy states he has
many fond memories and it was a trip of
his lifetime. He states it was very well
organized.
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Death
Harold Standley, 80, of Kensington
passed away at the Phillips County
Hospital on April 28, 2010. He and his
wife Delores, moved to Kensington
shortly after they were married when he
worked at the station in south
Kensington owned by Home Oil Company,
and they rapidly became supporters of
the communty, school, and their church.
He later purchased the station and
changed the name to Standley Oil
Company. He built a new station on
Highway 36 and served the community
until he sold it to Pro-Ag Marketing in
1995. He continued to work there
part-time for several more years. He and
Delores lived in Kensington for 58 years
until declining health caused them to
move to Prairie Winds Villa Assisted
Living in Phillipsburg. (Complete
obituary in another section of this
issue.)
The funeral was Friday morning at the
United Church of Kensingon with Pastor
Becky Saddler officiating. Burial was in
the Lucas Cemetery, Lucas, KS.
Death
Linda Hohner, a long-time resident in
Kensington, passed away at the Mitchell
County Hospital in Beloit Saturday
morning, May 2, 2010. She worked as a
CNA in nursing homes in the area.
Immediate survivors are two sons,
Michael and Mathew, two daughters,
Janelle and Jenifer, and a number of
grandchildren. Her daughter, Jenifer
McMurdo and children of Ft. Drum, N.Y.
were due to arrive Sunday afternoon and
Jenifer's husband, Ron, is coming from
Iraq where he is serving with the U.S.
Army.
Funeral services will be at the McDonald
Funeral Home in Beloit Friday morning at
10 a.m. with Pastor Patsy Koeneke
officiating. An inurnment service will
be held after the service.
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Around
the Community
Kendra Billings, daughter of Greg and
Robin Billings and fourth grader at
Thunder Ridge Middle School, fell from
her horse Saturday afternoon and
suffered a skull fracture. After
consultation at the Smith County
Hospital, she was air-lifted to Lincoln,
Neb. She is making a good recovery at
last report and hopes to be home again
soon.
Monday evening information on Kendra
Billings--Kendra was released from the
hospital in Lincoln, Neb. Monday
afternoon where she had been under
observation and treatment for side
effects of a concussion suffered when
she was bucked from her horse Saturday
afternoon. She is to rest at home for
the remainder of the week and will
return to school on Monday, May 10. She
will be returned to Lincoln on May 11
for a follow up checkup. Her parents,
Greg and Robin, would like to thank
everyone for the outpouring of calls,
offers of help, and especially all the
prayers. God heard your prayers, and
they feel very blessed to be surrounded
by such a loving community!
Doris Kuhlmann spent several days in the
hospital in Kearney, Neb., for
observation and treatment.
Ken and Wanda Ellenberger enjoyed having
their family, Stephaie and Tyler Spears
and Aiden of Andover, with them last
weekend.
Mary Hagedorn of Tucson, Ariz., and
Janese Erickson of North Platte, Neb.,
spent last week with their parents, Dean
and Darlene Miller, and visited other
relatives and friends.
Visitors of Evelyn Levin for a long
weekend to go turkey hunting were her
grandson and wife, Alex and Kimberlee
Levin of Phoenix, Airz., and Kimberlee's
brother and family, Curtis and Jennifer
Swanson and Brooklyn of Denver.
As this column is written Monday
afternoon, it is a beautiful spring day
with little wind. The spirea is lovely
and in full bloom. Nightime temperatures
have been in the 30's and farmers hope
that the danger of frost is over as the
wheat heads are in stalk. It's a busy
time for farm, garden and yard work with
lots of special events happening in the
community.
Notes from Prairie Haven are not
available this week.
Thought for the week: "Don't be sad
about the things you want and don't get.
Think how many things you don't want
that you don't get!"
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Prairie
Haven Notes
One-one sessions are held daily.
Manicures were given Monday and kites
were discussed. Bingo was played on
Tuesday and Friday afternoons. Current
events were presented Tuesday and
Wednesday mornings.
The beauty shop was open Thursday
morning. The United Church had the Bible
study. Trivia was shared in the
afternoon. The local news was read from
the Pioneer Friday morning. Puzzles,
cards, and television and movie watching
were Saturday activities.
Armi McPherson and a group of friends
rfrom the Community Center brought May
baskets to the residents Saturday
afternoon. They were very pretty and
greatly appreciated.
The Heartland Worship Center had the
Sunday afternoon worship service.
Guests signing the register were Sid and
Beth scott with Lola Peters; Greta
Smedley with Lois Roller; Lyle Allen and
Patrick and Sherry Allen with Aleta
Duchman; Mark and Shelli Younger with
Doris Berland; Maria Seemann with
friends; Molly Norman and Deb Ferguson
with Ann Ferguson; Janet Hoverson with
Marie Wangerin; Janet Hermanns and
Loretta beckmann with Dorine Kuhlmann;
Ora Elliott with Zelda Elliott; Teri
Rose with Ruth Smith; Gilbert Kuhlmann
with friends; Mary Struckhoff with Aleen
Schalansky; Pat Bienhoff with Louie
Bienhoff; Kenneth Ratliff with Pearl
Ratliff; Doris Nanfito and Phillips
Gitchel of Holdrege, NEb., with Helen
and Ronald Molzahn.
Welcome to Prairie Haven's newest
resident. She is Beverly Wiehl of Smith
Center.
Montra (Gene) Jones had the privilege of
joining other WWII Veterans on a trip to
washington, D.c. to view the WWII
Memorial and other interesting things.
He enjoyed it very much. Montra's medals
include the Victory medal, Bronze Star,
Purple Heart, Oakleaf Cluster, Honorable
Service, and Philippine Liberation
Medal.
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