t3A JEWELL COUNTY RECORD
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~eloit group holds
~nd annual banquet
L More than 200 Heartbeat Pregnancy
_.,,,.,,,,~nter Partners met in Beloit recently
g0r the Second Annual Spring Ban-
ta ~i uet.
sp, ni CHOICES was the theme for the
aen ~t vening. A drama that emphasized the
tst ~aportance of a t'riend's presence in
9ur 9~ leface of critical decisions regarding
~gnancy was presented. Dr. Paul
on ;ti avis, an obstetrician and gynecolo-
st from Wichita, shared his insights
on, ~ ato the need for pregnancy centers
..... fr~ his exper.icnces with patients.
sh br Alice Thompson, director, reported
on the activities of the center since its
Thursday, April 24, 2003
d -lt~ning in August 2002. More than 30 [ng, cloth ng formu a furniture and
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d ~endshlp; parentmgclasses have been
ax~tirVa~n; and abstinence ed.ucat,,.m pro- Hesting,
• ,~l~,ams nave oeen prov,aeu ,n two Hestings celebrate
i~i ~rle~a~nlidPerp!ii~i?i~rg~i~iik" 50th anniversary
Paul and Ruby Hesting, Esbon cel-
ebrated their 50th wedding anniver-
ttct ~ :erning HPC and pro-life issues.
n p t Max Deers asked those present to
)ro n ~ome involved at Heartbeat Preg- lancy Center.
The response to the evening in-
g ~01Ved several w~lunteering to help on
ala(
:ommittees and donations in the
~ount of more than $9,000 in cash
~l'! ~ pledges of more than $8,000 for
!he remainder of the year.
IS i Heartbeat sponsoredtheNonhCen-
,Mor~ ~1 Kansas Christian Choir in Beloit
'o re ce ~arch 9 which netted more than $ 1,020
'of K~r the center, ts
mt~i.~lttle presen
~m t~pl.0
Gro~l~,_ gram at KSDAR
,+ Ka~, he Rev. Steven Little, pastor o1"
.J,~ankato Lutheran Church, presented
npion'l~!e program, "Pioneer Church Fur-
, a fe+V~hings and Symbolism," when mcm-
supers of KSDAR, Tobey Desire Sears
ttion'S~Uhapter, met April 14.
g the a|_ The program was at St. Luke's Luth-
Ass$~n Church on Highway 28 east of
that e~l~andall. Little explained basic church
lemo~ll,erms and told some of the history of
>ort 0fl~P.eehurch, built by immigrants of Scan-
heat !¢=navian descent. It is a country church
;dthe~~d cemetery kept in repair by a fund
tter 0 r0m a land gift many years ago.
fffic¢ Janelle Greene, regent, presided at
forrr ~e meeting.. An scripture and prayer
r pl~ 'ere by Pat Kemmerer, chaplain.
ted t Other presentations were National
ngui ~fense report, "North Korea and The
;me~ linton Years," Sherry Kostcr; Con-
+ld le~_:.itution sidelight, "William
sary with a 10 a.m. mass and a 2 to 4
p.m. reception Sunday, April 13, at
Sacred heart Catholic Church, Esbon.
The family presented a special pro-
gram. Many friends and relatives at-
tended.
Paul Hesting and the former Ruby
Tucker were married April 15, 1953, at
Beloit. Paul retired from the navy in
1957 and they both retired from farm-
ing in Jewell County in 1998.
Their children are Patti Welsh, Loui-
siana, George and Stanley, Colorado;
Twila Whelchel, Esbon, Matt, Burr
Oak, Theresa Stensaas, Concordia,
Marry, Wichita and Shane, McCook.
They have 21 grandchildren, three
step-grandchildren and four great-
grandchildren.
Deveh)pment members visit Topeka
North Central Kansas Rural Devel-
opment members visited with person-
nel at [lle Kansas Department ol'Com-
mercc and Housing in Topeka March
25. They received inlbrmation on avail-
able grants, upcoming meetings and
how to contact the various people
within this agen+:y.
Traveling to Topeka were Barbara
Rathbun, Lincoln County; Fawna
Barrett, Jewell County; Don Howard,
Clay County, and two from Cloud
County Community College, Joanne
Balthazor and Ted Kalthoff.
Randall UCW
An Easter lesson was featured at a
meeting of Randall United Church
Will hold Healthy
Cooking Workshop
A "Healthy Cooking Made Easy"
workshop will be held April 28 and
May 6, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Jewell
Community Center, Jewell. Class reg-
istration is due Friday at the Jewell
County Extension office, Mankato.
The instructors will be Tandy
Rundus, Republic County Extension
Agent. Extension agents assisting will
be Pat Gerhardt, Cloud County; Deanna
Sweat, Jewell County; and Kathy
Lupfer-Nielsen, Post Rock.
The two sessions will include infor-
mal discussions, recipes, cooking dem-
onstrations and tasting of all recipes.
The instructors are to show practical
and easy methods to reduce sugar, fat,
and sodium. Easy and simple recipes
are to be made and sampled. The spon-
sors advise those who may benefit from
recipes lower in fat, sugar and salt
should plan to attend the two sessions.
Interested participants must register
for the sessions. The first session will
focus on desserts and the second ses-
sion will be on main dishes and side
dishes.
Jewell Y-Teens
host supper
The joint Community Christian
Women and Y-Teens supper, hosted
by Jewell Y-Teens was in Jewell re-
cently.
A program of entertainment was
performed by high school girls: Laura
Butts, saxophone solo; piano duet,
Butts and Emily Burgess; vocal trio,
Ashley Lienberger, Jamie Sanborn, and
Darci Gibson, accompanied by Laura
Butts; Julie Hoel, forensic reading.
Tracy Bohnert and Sarah Birdsell
were awarded, by drawing, $100 schol-
arships by CCW.
A scavenger purse hunt was played
with teams of four women and two
girls. The members of the winning
team were awarded plants. Gilts were
exchanged with the revealing of secret
sisters, daughters, and mothers.
Mary Mayhew presided at the busi-
ness meeting. Sheets were passed
around lbr the ladies to sign up to bring
items for graduation, promotion, and
the awards. = ----- -
Thank you cards were read from the
FFA and the FCCLA. The group voted
to pay the postage for the periodic table
ordered for the school. Members of
the group agreed the new Community
Christian Women organization had a
good year and plans are to continue the
organization.
Announce engagement
Helm, Pumphrey
Paul and June Pumphrey and
Leonard and Jeannie Helm announce
the engagement of their children, Sa-
rah Jo Pumphrey and Ryan Nathan
Helm.
The future bride is a graduate of
Mankato High School and is currently
enrolled in Mr. Marry College,
Yankton, S.D., as a nursing major. The
future bridegroom is a graduate of
Wessington Springs High School,
Wessington Springs, S.D., and served
in the US Air Force after graduation.
He is currently employed by Primerica
Financial Services, Sioux Falls, S.D.
The couple will be united in the
Sacrament of mamage on May 3 I, at
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church,
Beloit. They will then reside in Sioux
Falls.
JC Friendship Meals
VFW, Auxiliary
meet for convention
The Sixth District Veterans of For-
eign Wars and Ladies Auxiliary Spring
Convention is in Russell Sunday
The Voice of Democracy program
and the Patriotic Pen awards will be
presented at the luncheon at 1 1:30 a.m.
The business meetings will resume at I
p.m...
The V.F.W. Sixth District Com-
mander Shane Petersen, Clyde, and
Sixth District Ladies Auxiliary Presi-
dent Sherri Boley, Maqkato, will pre-
side at the V.F.W. and Ladies Auxil-
iary business meetings.
Towns in the Sixth District having
V.F.W. Posts are Belleville, Beloit,
Clyde, Concordia, Downs, EIIsworth,
Glasco, Lincoln, Mankato, Minneapo-
lis, Osborne, Russell, Salina and Smith
Center.
Stauffer celebrates birthday
Makenna Stauffer, daughter of Mike
and Stacy Stauffer, Glen Elder, cel-
ebrated her second birthday April 12
with a Mickey Motise theme party at
her parents' home. A'et~okout was
held followed by cake and homemade
ice cream.
Attending the party besides her par-
ents were Ashlee and Jessica Stauffer,
Independence; John and Lila Frost,
Vera Frost, Shawn, Therese, Megan
and Paul Frost and Joe White, all of
Esbon; Shannon, Sheila and Grant
White, Belleville; Blake, Linda and
Taylor Miller and Jessica Hake, all of
April 28 through April 30
Monday: Meatloaf, baked potato,
corn and tomato casserole, wheat bread,
peaches.
Tuesday: Liver and on ions or smoth-
ered steak, creamed potatoes, carrots
and celery, wheat bread, strawberry
shortcake.
Wednesday: Beef and noodles,
green beans and onions, wheat roll,
ambrosia fruit salad.
Meals delivered by Rebecca Ci role.
Call by 9 day of meal. Center phone
378-3385.
Jewell County
plans relay for Life
The Jewell County Relay For Life
Committee met last Monday to con-
tinue making plans for the second an-
nual event June 13 at the Mankato
High School track field.
Karen Figgins, committee chair-
man, conducted the meeting. Packets
were given to the six team captains
present. It was noted more teams are
needed for the event. Activities, enter-
tainment and food booth plans were
discussed.
Anyonewanting to purchase a 17a-
minary to honor a survi.vor or in
memory of a friend or loved one may
contact Terri Melby or Elaine Lippold,
Mankato. Survivors may take part in
the Survivor's Walk and may contact
Vergaline Holdren or Kyle Lawrence.
More volunteers are needed ,
The next meeting will bd held Tues-
-day at the Pine Haven Meetin~ Room,
Mankato.
This event is sponsored by the
Peters hosts club
Elaine Peters was hostess for the
April 15 meeting of GFWC of Kansas
Progressive Study for Fine Arts Day.
Karen Mclntyre was a guest.
Lynell Sheahan had a display of
wood crafts created by her husband,
Richard. She explained the process of
making multi-layer wooden bowls as
well as steps in making science pic-
tures on wood. She showed a recent oil
painting she had done.
Music was furnished by the music
talent contestants, who performed their
regional contest numbers, and Julie
Hoel: Hoel, flute solo; Ashley
Lienberger and Richard Shamburg,
vocal solos; Laura Butts, saxophone
solo. The latter three are private music
students of Kristi Vetter, who accom-
panied.
Stories of quilting were given by
Fawna Barrett. She displayed three
quilts made by her mother, the late Ida
Arasmith. She reviewed a bit about the
secret code quilts from the Under-
ground Railroad days.
Peters conducted the business meet-
ing. Correspondence was received
from Jewell County Resource Coun-
cil, international president and from
FCCLA about their cookbook. Inter-
national urged members to fly the flag
on Armed Forces Day, May 17.
Plans were made to do vorunteer
work during Federation Week April
21 to 26. Flowers will be planted in the
planters and possibly cooperate with
4-H cleanup day.
May 3 the Sixth District Board will
meet in Randall. The.noon menu was
planned, which will be served by the
club. District President Nevada Vetter
stated the Sixth District fall conven-
tion has been changed to Sept. 19-20 in
Jewell. She reported on the state con-
vention, which was held in Emporia.
Certificates for 25 years of member-
ship or more were presented to Faye
Novak, Florence Jones, Theresa Baxa,
Fawna Barrett and Vetter. The club
received a certificate for their work
with UNICEF and the yearbook re-
ceived a purple ribbon.
City of Mankato Utility Report
Connects: JoAnn L. Viekers, Rt. 1
Box 107; Laurie A. Neilson, 323 S.
High.
Disconnects! ++Anna Morgan-
Standley, 323 S. High.
Ladies Night Out
focuses on cancer
The Second Annual "Ladies Night
Out," breast cancer aware ness program
will be held at 6 p.m. Monday at the
Jewell Community Center, Jewell.
This event is being sponsored by
the Jewell County Rural Health Clinic;
Jeweil County Health Department; K-
State Research and Extension of Jewell
County; Salina Regional Health Cen-
ter; and with Avon-breast awareness
grant funds.
The guest speaker will be Kathleen
Craig, RN, ARHP. The topic will be
nutrition. There will be a free meal and
door prizes will be given away. For
reservations and information contact
the local sponsors.
Brownscreek
Garden Club
Brownscreek Garden Club met
Thursday at the Zion Lutheran Church,
Beloit with guest speaker Vaughn
Studer, the director of Agriculture of
the Kansas State University gardens.
Members of the Beloit Garden club
were guests.
Studer showed slides and told us
about the development of the gardens
and on going plans to enlarge and
improve them. They have a large visi-
tors center that used to be a dairy barn.
There are now several acres of flow-
ers, garden walkways and tbuntains.
They plan on adding more walkway,,+"
and rellecting pool with flowers and
public parking. Group tours are taker,
through the gardens.
On May 8, they are having a Garden
Party in Manhattan open to all garden
clubs. Time is 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Spaghetti Dinner
at St. Theresa Catholic Church
Mankato, Kansas
Sunday, April 27
11 a.m.- 1 p.m.
Eree will offering
~vingston, New Jersey Patriot." and
errmanPla ~rean WarCommemoration spots by Women. Several read articles relating Stafford receives scholarship Beloit; Rich and Peg Hartman, Glen American Cancer Society. For more
;ubcO~ ris Alexand~.r to the sacred celebration. Easter hats Jonah Stafford, Jewell, is the re- Elder; Russ and Louise Stauffer, information contact Karen Figgins, or Funds to help with remodeling project.
mditi{t Peggy Sp rd, registrar• , reported was the roll call. Two modeled hats cipientofan academic scholarship and Sabetha. Tami Kimminau, Mankato.
,ew member had been approved, and the others told memories of hats. an After Prom scholarship from Cloud
_. . Greene reported entries at state and . Karen Matteson and Charlotte County Corfimunity College for the I °
mm Jtlthcentrnlrooi(mdldvervwel and Andersonaretocontactaposs,t>tepro- 2003-04academicyear. J,W. (Red) and Pat Lwnberger
ats le has tl~c'nw,~rds t-o-n're'sent to the gram for guest night. A number of Jonah is a candidate for graduation
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~i~eLJ+i| l~ed on the State Convention. ~:~ ~11~ C~rUb~d/I? ?UUU ~:~ ~ The couple requests no gifts please.
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bi JitY tl |~;~Xander' vice regent; Janis McDitl'~"~ h ~ ~een ~ reatlv al~l~rec Ja[e~l ~ I~
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7.4 ~1u°rd, registrar; Koster, historian;
a'ciiv;t~ ~Bethany Roe, librarian. ~ Audrey Hamilton ~ Jlj~.~~ers and cards that we have received.lk~ank all of our family and friends
The ~by ~ertificates of awards were received I all of those_ who attended our 50th
: teleVi.~me chapter at state conference.
II~ ann~en house celebrati?n: Wealso want to
Ill~) ~ily for their efforts in mak-
|~1~ ing this celebration possible. _..
|[~ll~ Thank you and God bless,
Paul and Ruby Hesting
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