Fire district receives grant
By JANE VAJNAR
Tampa correspondent
Marion County Fire District #7, which serves Tampa, Blaine, and Clark townships, has received a $4,000 matching grant from Kansas State Forestry. The money will be used for a new pump motor and a portable tank. With a matching grant the district will raise $2,000 to match the $2,000 grant. News of this grant has come on the heels of last week's notice of a $67,573 grant from FEMA, for which the district will have to match only 10 percent. This means the community will need to raise about $8,500 to get more than $68,000 worth of much-needed equipment.
Many relatives and friends from here attended the wedding of Teresa Gfeller and Albert Jirak Saturday in Lincoln, Neb. The couple plans to live at Goddard.
Jim and Mary Clemmer met Dale and Sandy Clemmer and Cassie of Salina at Abilene Sunday, and all went to Topeka where they visited Nyle and Kathi Sutton, Alex, Meaghan, and Kyle and helped Nyle and his sons celebrate their birthdays.
Steve Spohn of Hope, Gary and Carole Spohn and Georgia Spohn were guests of Ryan and Claudette Spohn of Manhattan for a cookout Sunday evening.
Ernie and Darlene Kite of Bartlesville, Okla., spent from Friday to Tuesday here visiting Deb Hall and Kaylee of Herington and Tom and Dee Duggan. Kaylee accompanied them home after spending 10 days with the Kites. Darla Hall of Lee's Summit, Mo., joined them Friday evening and Saturday. Adam Hall did not come with his mother because he was at Boy Scout camp.
Weekend guests of Jerry and Jeanne Rziha, David, Cecilia, and Julie were Jim and Diane Herron, Andrew and Peter, Sister Mary Cora Rziha and Jane Rziha of Wichita, Wayne and Shannon Rziha and Cecilia Marie of Tulsa, Okla., Caterina Rosman of Overland Park and Emilio Iata of Saint Louis, Mo. All went to Lincoln, Neb., for the Gfeller-Jirak wedding.
Lori Moldenhauer and Nikki spent Saturday in Manhattan.
Nicholas Kleiber was a Saturday afternoon and supper guest of his grandmother, Leona Kleiber.
Geraldine Noonan of Dallas, Texas, arrived Saturday to spend several days with her mother, Helen Schwartzman. John and Pat Schwartzman of Salina were additional Sunday supper guests. Visitors later in the evening were Gary and Sharon Mueller of rural Hillsboro, Martha Melcher and Eleanor Murphy.
Greg Sklenar of Wichita spent Sunday with his mother and sister, Lois Sklenar and Valerie Hampton.
The Kansas Water Well Association held their annual get-together over the weekend. Paul and Edna Backhus attended the cream can supper Saturday at Marion Reservoir and the hog roast Sunday at the Marion Country Club. Ron and Jody Heath of Salina came for the golf meet Sunday morning. Others joining them for the picnic were Tom and Bev Reid of Marion County Lake, Tyler and Danielle Heath of Salina, Michael Jay of Hillsboro, and Brad Backhus.
Tom and Lori Moldenhauer and Nikki, Lisa Hanschu, James and Anna and Frank and Anna Mae Stika attended the vacation Bible school program Friday evening at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Herington. Lori was the accompanist for the program, and Anna was one of the children performing.
Leona Kleiber accompanied Betty Mueller Thursday evening to see a performance of "Guys and Dolls" at the Great Plains Theater in Abilene.
Reuben and Lucille Kerbs went to Salina Wednesday and watched the Bogeys' slow pitch softball team play the Green Lantern Blaze and Kick Grass teams. Their granddaughter, Molly Kerbs, played on the Bogeys' team, which her father, Tim Kerbs, coaches. Others in Molly's cheering section were Marchelle Kerbs, Ashton Kerbs, and Jesse Smith of Salina, April Kerbs of Emporia and Russ and Julie Kerbs and Rustyn.
Tom Duggan honored Dee Duggan with breakfast out for her birthday Tuesday. Deb Hall of Herington treated Tom and Dee to dinner out and brought her mother a corsage and birthday cake. Dee also received birthday greetings by telephone from her other daughter, Darla Hall, and her grandchildren, Adam Hall and Kaylee Hall. In the evening Jessica Gilbert and Pat Wick of Ramona and Tom and Dee enjoyed supper out and the performance of "Guys and Dolls" at the Great Plains Theater in Abilene.
Andrea and Nicholas Kleiber were Tuesday supper guests of Leona Kleiber.
Enjoying a party at Jumping Joe's in Salina Tuesday evening were Lisa Hanschu, James and Anna, Ryan Daugherty, Bryant Brunner, Josh Leach, Nikki Stenzel, Lori Moldenhauer, and Anna Mae Stika. The occasion was a celebration of James's 13th birthday.
Several members of Tampa Triple T's 4-H Club participated Monday in the 4-H Food Fest. Members prepared a table setting, centerpiece, and menu and brought one of the foods on their menu. The also competed in quiz contests. Cecilia Rziha won the senior division and Meghan Leihy won the junior division. Julie Rziha took a blue ribbon in the intermediate division.
Art and Betty Mueller met Lola and Jack Ware of White City Sunday in Herington for dinner.
Jim and Mary Clemmer recently visited Rannie Vogt in Emporia, and the three enjoyed dinner out. The Clemmer and Vogt families were neighbors in Hillsboro when Rannie and the Clemmers' sons were children. Mary wondered if some of Rannie's old friends might like to drop him a line. If so, he lives in Apartment 505 at Broadview Towers on West Sixth Street in Emporia.
