Tampa news: Tampa welcomes Sarah Elizabeth David
By JANE VAJNAR
Tampa correspondent
(785) 965-2285
April 14-20
The Tampa community welcomes Sarah Elizabeth David, born April 11 to Scott and Sherry David. She was 22 inches long and weighed 8 pounds 7.6 ounces. She was welcomed home by two big sisters, Meghan, 6, and Emma, 4. Proud grandparents are Fred and Doris David and Ken and Doris Kohlenberg. Doris Kohlenberg spent a week here helping her daughter and getting acquainted with her new granddaughter.
Julie Rziha will compete Saturday at the state music festival in Wichita. Her vocal solos received a I rating April 1 at the regional festival in Hillsboro which qualified her for the state contest. Congratulations, Julie.
A group of senior citizens enjoyed a tour Tuesday to Hutchinson arranged by Tillie Hein. Jim Crowther drove the bus. Others participating were Ruby Vinduska, Leona Kleiber, Adeline Bernhardt, Martha Melcher, Jane Vajnar, Mary Clemmer, Mary Lou Kroupa, Joyce Medley, Betty Mueller, Dee Duggan, and Shirley Krause. After morning coffee at the local cafe, they drove to Hutchinson, where they ate dinner at the airport restaurant and visited briefly with Phil and Melissa Florey. They toured the air and space museum at the Cosmosphere and saw the IMAX movie "Mystery of the Nile," about the river in Africa. On the way home they stopped in McPherson for treats.
Lucy Young of Wichita spent Thursday with her sister, Lois Sklenar in celebration of Lois' birthday.
A Centre High School team consisting of Julie Rziha, Allie Will, and Nellie Hill, placed fifth Monday at an FFA dairy judging contest in Hillsboro. In individual competition Julie Rziha placed eighth in the upper-class division, and Nathan Barney placed seventh in the freshman division. Congratulations to all.
Tom and Dee Duggan went Monday evening to Herington to watch the soccer game. Their granddaughter, Kaylee Hall played on a team coached by her mother, Deb Hall.
Easter dinner guests of Ronnie and Lisa Hanschu, James and Anna were Frank and Anna Mae Stika and Tom and Lori Moldenhauer. Nikki Stenzel joined them for supper. An Easter egg hunt was enjoyed in the afternoon.
Tillie Hein and Jim and Kris Srajer, Grant and Cole spent Easter weekend in Omaha, Neb., visiting Don and Carolyn Srajer and Ted and Maxine Zielinski.
Adeline Bernhardt spent from Thursday to Monday with Barney and Linda Bernhardt and Megan of Wichita. They attended a Seder meal Thursday evening at Trinity Lutheran Church. Kathy Hubbard of Wellington stopped Friday to visit Adeline and Linda. The Bernhardts attended church services Good Friday evening and Sunday morning. Additional Sunday dinner guests were Carl and Kathy Hubbard and Clint and Andrea King of Wellington and John and Debra Haynes, Hailey and Heather of Wichita.
Clayton and Leah Kerbs of Omaha, Neb., and Glenn and Eloise Kerbs of Dodge City were Easter weekend guests of Reuben and Lucille Kerbs. Rustyn Kerbs was an additional Saturday supper guest. After-church visitors Sunday were Jesse and Ashton Smith of Salina and Russ and Julie Kerbs and Rustyn.
Forty-one children, including residents of the community and a number of visiting grandchildren, participated Saturday afternoon in the Easter egg hunt at the park. This annual event is organized by Melissa Stuchlik and Iona Dietrich with some help from Prairie Pals and other people in the community. All the children were given bags of candy, and names were drawn for Easter baskets to one boy and one girl in each age group. Winners for children ages two and under were Kyle Peterson and Reanna Brown. Lauren Spohn and Timothy Rziha were the winners among three- and four-year-olds. In ages five to seven, Adam Spohn and Meghan David were the lucky winners. Tyler Bentz won in the eight and older category; no girls attended in this age group.
Greg Sklenar of Wichita was an Easter weekend guest of his mother, Lois Sklenar. Valerie Hampton of Hillsboro was an additional Sunday dinner guest.
Easter weekend guests of Tom and Dee Duggan were Darla Hall and Adam of Lee's Summit, Mo., and Deb Hall and Kaylee of Herington. Darla and Adam were Friday overnight guests of Deb and Kaylee.
Lynn and Peggy Kleiber and Nicholas of Salina were hosts for a family Easter dinner at their home. Guests were Terry and Cindy Vinduska of Marion, Dean and Becky Routh, Melody, Allison, and Danielle of Augusta, Daniel and Melissa Stuchlik, Tanner and Allie of Pilsen, Armando and Jill Tarin, Amanda Kleiber, Andrea Kleiber, Tim Baxa, and Bethani Lee of Manhattan and Leona Kleiber. An egg hunt and desserts were enjoyed in the afternoon. The Rouths were Saturday overnight guests of Leona.
Easter dinner guests of Paul and Edna Backhus were Bev and Tom Reid of Marion, Don and Ophelia Jacobson and Greg Jacobson of Hope, Ron and Jody Heath, Dani and Tyler of Salina, Mike and Jennifer of Hillsboro, Phyllis Mueller, Rod Mueller, Brad Backhus, and Jason Backhus. Additional afternoon visitors were Wanda Lewis, Paul, Luke, and Sarah of Andover. There was an egg hunt in the afternoon and birthday cake in celebration of Bev's 50th birthday. Bev and Tom had just returned from a birthday cruise to the Cayman Islands.
Jane Vajnar attended the 125th performance of Handel's "Messiah" Sunday afternoon at Lindsborg. She had the opportunity to visit with several friends from her college days.
Easter weekend guests of Jerry and Jeanne Rziha and Julie were Wayne and Shannon Rziha, Cecilia and Anthony of Tulsa, Okla., John and Jeanne Rziha, Michael, Christopher, Joseph, Timothy, and Thomas of Atchison, Jim and Diane Herron, Andrew, Peter, and Maria of Solomon, and Cecilia Rziha of Hays. Most of the family attended the community Easter egg hunt Saturday afternoon and went fishing Monday.
Members of the Red Hat Society attending a chamber of commerce dinner Thursday at Herington included Dee Duggan, Adeline Bernhardt, Mary Christiansen, Joyce Cox, Rhea Kolling, Helen Sorenson, Rose Mary Deines, Karolyn Schlesener, Betty Schlesener, Alice Bell, Ramona Goracke and Liz Monnington.
Anna Mae Stika and Lori Moldenhauer and Nikki were hostesses Wednesday evening for a meeting of the Tabitha Society at Herington.
Because of your correspondent's faulty memory, a mistake was made in the report of a recent meeting of the Tampa Community Association. It was Mary Ann Frantz, not Carole Spohn, who is donating flower pots to decorate Main Street. Carole is furnishing the potting soil. Mary Clemmer will take care of the planting. Apologies.
