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Kensington Community News
January 8th, 2012
ALR to serve Noon Breakfast at Legion
Sunday
The Kensington American Legion Riders
#166 will be serving a noon breakfast at
the Kensington Legion Hall Sunday,
January 17, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. On
the menu will be the typical pancakes,
sausage and eggs. Take the family out
for a leisurely meal and enjoy the
company of relatives and friends.
Freewill donations will be taken.
Proceeds will be used for flags and
equipment. The Kensington American
Legion Riders Post 166 appreciate your
support.
Election of new officers for the ALR
were held in December and are as
follows: Director--Mark Schemm; Asst.
Director--Garen Kuhlmann;
Secretary--Sherry Linneman;
Treasurer--Doug Rahjes; Chaplain--Dan
Moore; Asst. Chaplain--Tim Miller;
Historian--Doug Powell; Sgt. of
Arms--Paul Wisinger; Road
Captains--Larry Thompson and Gary
Littrell.
The winner of the Golden Boy Gun given
away by the ALR at the Thanksgiving
dinner was Deena Lamp of Phillipsburg.
Submitted by Sheila Dues, a proud
member.
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HOME Foundation Special Meeting Jan. 22
The Annual Home Foundation meeting will
be held at First St. John Lutheran
Church (on highway) on January 22, 2012
at 3 p.m. Due to the closing of the
Wellness Center on December 31, 2011
discussions will be held with the
options for the revenue that was made
during the sale of the equipment.
Discussions will also be held in regards
to options for the future of the Home
Charitable Foundation.
Please plan to attend this meeting as
your input is important to us. The
mission of the Home Charitable
Foundation is to enrich the quality of
life in our community and the
surrounding areas. We would greatly
appreciate the communities support and
ideas in this process.
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Change in TR School Calendar
Attention to Thunder Ridge parents,
grandparents, child care providers, etc,
there will be school on Martin Luther
King Day, Monday, January 16 with
dismissal at 2:30 p.m. This is a change
from the listing on Lions calendar and
Farmers' National Bank booklet.
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Praise Worship at St. John Lutheran
Saturday
The community is invited to the informal
contemporary praise service at St. John
Lutheran Church (north) Saturday
evening, January 14 at 5 p.m.
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Books are Fun Display at Library
The first Books Are Fun Display for the
new year arrived at the Kensington
Community/School Library Monday. This is
a perfect opportunity to purchase
birthday gifts or a little something for
yourself. The order will be faxed in on
Wednesday, January 18, and be ready for
pickup on Thursday, January 19.
There are fun board and learning books
for the little people in your life,
cookbooks with new recipes for your "New
Year Diet Plan", and a Mega Magnetic
Memo Board to help you stay organized
this year. We even have the WonderFile
that you may have seen on TV.
While you are browsing the display,
don't forget to check out the new books,
CD's and magazines that are available
for check-out. Winter evenings are a
good time to broaden your thoughts by
reading a good book.
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District Governor Visits Local Lions
Club
The Kensington Lions Club met for the
first meeting of the year on Monday,
Jan. 2 at the Kensington Community
Center. President Mike Isom introduced
the 17-L District Governor Rogers of the
Hugoton Lions. Governor 'Rogers gave his
annual visitation report and reviewed
some of the goals of the Kansas and
International Lions. These included
planting over a million trees worldwide
and many more have been planted this
year. The Yellow Dot Program which
promotes the placing of medical records
in your autos was also presented. This
aids in the case of an accident.
The Lions have also encouraged sight
screening for many years, but this year
the emphasis is on the very young as
most sight problems develop before the
age of six. The program of diabetes
screening is also an ongoing project.
The Governor gave a short history of the
Kensington Club. It was chartered in
May, 1959, and still has four active
chartered members, Dale Detwiler, Roy
Wangerin, J.S. Wagner, and Martin
Stenseng. He installed a new member,
Paul Pintor, to the Club. The Club
thanked the Women of the St. John
Lutheram Church for serving the meals
since September. The Women of the United
Church will be serving February through
August.
The next meeting will be Monday,
February, 7. The Ldies and Firemen and
EMS will be guests for the evening.
Bruce Hardacre and Max Kuhlmann are in
charge of the program. Submitted by J.S.
Wagner.
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USD-110
Activities
Wednesday, Jan. 11--Third Grade visits
Adopted Grandparents @ Prairie Haven,
10:30 a.m.
Thursday, Jan. 12--MS Basketball vs.
Lakeside @ Cawker City, 4 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 13--Bus Driver First Aid @
Phillipsburg Fire House, 8:30 a.m. to
3:30 p.m.
HS Varsity Wrestling Tournament @
Minden, NE, 3 p.m.
HS JV Wrestling Tournament 2 Superior,
NE, 4 p.m.
HS Basketball vs. Natoma, 4 p.m. Junior
Class Soup Supper
Monday, Jan. 16--Martin Luther King Day,
Regular School Hours, Dismissal at 2:30
p.m.
NPL BB Tournament @ Tescott/S
Grove/Lincoln, Monday, Tuesday, Friday
and Saturday
Thursday, January 19--Transportation
mtg. @ Agra, 8 a.m.
MS Basketball vs. Northern Valley @
Almena, 4 p.m.
Friday & Saturday, Jan. 20 & 21--NPL BB
Tournament @ Tescott/S. Grove/Lincoln,
TBA
Menus
Monday, Jan. 16--Vegetable beef soup,
crackers, dill spear, cheese sticks,
cinnamon rolls, orange smiles
Tuesday, Jan. 17--Oven fried chicken,
potatoes/gravy, dinner rolls, corn,
cheesecake, fruit topping
Wednesday, Jan. 18--Hamburger pizza,
lettuce salad, crackers, creamed corn,
1/2 banana
Thursday, Jan. 19--Corndogs, ranch cut
potatoes, vegetable relishes, spicy
pears, chocolate chip cookies
Friday, Jan. 20--Tex-Mex chili dippers,
potato smiles, Mexicali corn, fruit
salad
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Community Center Notes
Double deck pinochle will be played
Thursday, Jan. 12 at 6:30 p.m. January
birthdays will be celebrated at noon on
Thursday, Jan. 19. The Kensington food
pantry will be open Saturday, January 21
from 1 to 3 p.m.
Manager Armi McPherson has returned from
a long Christmas holiday visit with
relatives and friends in the Omaha area.
Marlene Kuhlmann did a good job of
filling in for her.
Menus
Monday, Jan. 16--Smothred steak, mashed
potatoes/gravy, beets, bread, peaches
Tuesday, Jan. 17--Ground beef stew,
gelatin w/fruit, biscuit, bar cookie
Wednesday, Jan. 18--BBQ chicken
sandwich, potato salad, baked beans,
bun, fruit crisp
Thursday, Jan. 19--Meat loaf, mashed
potatoes/gravy, mandarin oranges, bread,
birthday cake
Friday, Jan. 20--Turkey, sweet potatoes,
corn, bread, rosy applesauce.
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Mary Anthony Celebrates 100th Birthday
Eleven cousins, a bus load of relatives
from Colorado Springs, her children, Bob
and Libby Anthony of Corvallis, Ore.,
and Patricia and Dennis Gaschler of
Manhattan, and some of her grandchildren
were among the many relatives and
friends that gathered for a dinner at
the United Church fellowship hall on
December 26 to help Mary Anthony
celebrate her 100th birthday. It was the
climax of numerous smaller celebrations
for Mary's special day. She also
received many cards and telephone calls.
Her children, Bob and Libby and Patricia
and Dennis, took Mary out for dinner in
Phillipsburg on her actual birthday on
Dec. 22, and some of her grandchildren
that could not come for the celebration
were present.
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Death
Aleen Schalansky, 89, of Kensington
passed away Friday, January 5, 2012, at
Deseret (Prairie Haven) in Kensington.
She worked many years as a Bell
telephone operator in Phillipsburg
before her marriage to Aldrich
Schalansky who preceded her in death.
Survivors are three daughters, Sharon
Meyer of Kansas City, MO, and Linda
(Jon) Ferguson and Mary (Cory)
Struckhoff, both of Kensington; five
grandchildren; six great-grandchildren;
and two sisters, Eleanora Ratliff of
Smith Center and Ella Marie (LeRoy)
Dubois of Birmingham, Alabama.
The funeral was Tuesday afternoon at the
St. John Lutheran Church of Kensington
with Pastor Lorna Paulus
officiating.Burial was at the Bohemian
Cemetery south of Claudell.
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Three things to think about in 2012
Three words that never come back--Words.
time, and opportunity.
Three things that can destroy a
person--Anger, pride, and unforgiveness
Three things that you should never
lose--Hope, peace, and honesty.
Three things most valuable--Love, family
and friends, and kindness
Three things never certain--Fortune,
success and dreams
Three things that make a
person--Commitment, sincerity and hard
work
Three things that are truly
constant--Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
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Around
the Community
Pam Hudson states that she is making a
good recovery from her recent surgery
and doing everything the doctors are
telling her to do. The family is taking
good care of her.
LeAnn Smith of Bellingham, Wash., called
Thursday evening saying that Duane had
been admitted to the hospital for tests
and medication. He was improving but
still in the hospital Sunday evening.
They are very pleased with their new
doctor and live fairly close to the
hospital.
Larry Burns was moved to the
Phillipsburg Hospital where he continues
treatment for infection after knee
replacement surgery.
Don Norden is doing very well with his
"new" knee and says he is glad to be
relieved of all the pain.
The Thunder Ridge Junior Class will be
serving a soup supper during the Natoma/Thunder
Ridge game Friday night.
Louis and Kristi Seemann, Alex, Ariel
and Ava of Overland Park came Christmas
Day to spend several days with Maria
Seemann and Martin and Tara Seemann,
Aleah, Andrea, and Kyler.
Stan and Carolyn Billings hosted a
Christmas dinner plus gift exchange on
December 26. Attending were Leonard and
Linda Robinson of Smith Center, Ariel
Robinson of Manhattan, Eric Robinson and
Sarah Chaloupa of Kansas City, Mo., Ron
and Sheila Jansonius, Molly and Morgan
of Oberlin, Tyrel Billings of
Phillipsburg, Joshua Billings, home from
pre-med school in California, and Greg
and Robin Billings, Nolan and Kendra.
They all had a Skyoe visit with Deb, Ed
and Ian Murdoch in North Carolina. The
large family had a wonderful time
together.
Coming Saturday evening to help Dean
Miller celebrate his birthday were Ed
and Janese Erickson of North Platte,
Neb., Heather Erickson of Boston, Mass.,
Scott and Sarah Naghtigal, Isabella and
Sam of Kearney, Neb., Tim and Denise
Miller, Jacob, Ellie, Logan and Courtney
and Darlene Miller. They enjoyed cake
and ice cream and lots of visiting. Kent
Miller of Gage, Okla., and some of their
family visited several weeks ago.
Happy birthday to Bessie Bierman who
will celebrate her 99th birthday on
Wednesday, January 11. IIt's wonderful
to see her attending church worship and
events at the Kensington Community
Center.
Darold and Joyce Grauerholz accompanied
Elliott and Judy Nielsen of Minden,
Neb., to Atichison where they were
weekend guests at the home of Harlan and
Barb Stutheit for their post-holiday
gathering.
The weather for the forepart of January
has been unbelievable with temps in the
50s and 60s with no moisture. There were
very light snow flurries Sunday noon but
no accumulation. A cold front with
strong winds and possible light snow is
forecasted for Wednesday. It is winter
and a good idea to keep a heavy coat,
hat and gloves available as weather
changes can happen suddenly. Enjoy the
nice weather, but we know winter
moisture and the inconvenience of snow
are necessary to produce summer crops.
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Prairie
Haven News
Monday began with orientation and
devotions. LeeAnn Zimmerman, ARNP was
here. The Christmas decorations were
taken down and a movie was shown. Brice
Wiehl came to be with Beverly, and they
celebrated their 34th wedding
anniversary.
Tuesday had the usual events with
residents celebrating Chocolate Covered
Cherries Week by enjoying eating them.
Wednsday was National Spaghetti Week and
spaghetti was served for lunch. Cooking
was done with Becky and they made Banana
Nut Bread.
A talking book, "A Question of Murder (A
Murder She Wrote Mystery)" was started
on Thursday. The beauty shop was open
Friday and manicures were given. Dr.
Conant visited and residents listened ot
more of the talking book. A movie was
shown Saturday afternoon.
The Sunday afternoon worship service was
by the First St John Lutheran Church.
Welcome to two new residents, Frederick
and Vada Fern Pennington from Smith
Center.
Sympathy to the family of Aleen
Schalansky who passed away on January 6.
She will be missed.
Visitors signing the guest book were
Maria Seemann with friends; Cindi Cole
of Spearville and Cierra, Devyn, Boyce,
Mena Barnhill with Doris Olson; Sid and
Beth Scott with Lola Peters, Ken and
Janice Rose with Ruth Smith; Brice Wiehl
with Bev Wiehl.
Last week's notes--Holiday carolers at
Prairie Haven were the Busy Bees 4-H
Club, CFF group, Girl Scouts, and St.
John Lutheran members. Thank you for
taking the time to enhance our Christmas
season.
Visitors signing the register the past
several weeks were Marlene Kuhlmann with
Clara Beckmann and Doris Kuhlmann; Maria
Seemann with friends; Steve Gouldie with
friends; Jim and Janet Schalansky with
Aleen Schalansky; Sid and Beth Scott and
Steve and JoAnn Rice with Lola Peters;
Mary Reeh of Atwood and Don Gitchel with
Ralph Gitchel; Pastor Becky Davidson of
Kirwin/Agra Methodist Churches; Pat
Bienhoff with Mary Jones; Bob, Annie,
Kyley, Emilee and Jake Russell of
Phillipsburg with Doris Olson; Marlene
Meyer of Texas, Terry and Teresa
VanderPlas of Arizona and Vernon
Kuhlmann with Doris Kuhlmann; Arnold and
Linda Smith with Ruth Smith; Teri Rose
with Waunetta Abbott and Ruth Smith;
Alan, wife and family with Waunetta
Abbott; Cathi Everett with Doris Olson.
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