KENILWORTH CIVIC
ASSOCIATION
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
The BR Metro Council District 12 candidate forum will be held WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1 at 6:30 pm at Kenilworth Middle School, 7600 Boone Drive. The Forum will meet in their newly renovated gym. All four candidates have agreed to participate. Thanks to the Central Highlands Civic Association for organizing this candidate forum.
The Advocate had a story on the District 12 candidates in their 19 September edition.
Remember to vote on Saturday October 4.
- KCA Meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month unless otherwise noted on the "KCABr" website. Meetings are held either at BREC's Perkins Road Park or at KCA Board members homes; contact Board members or check on the "KCABr" website ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KCAbr/) for information.
- The KCA will sponsor a Neighborhood Garage Sale again on Saturday October 18, from 7:30 am until Noon. KCA will take out a newspaper advertisement for the Garage Sale, listing the addresses of participating homes.
- INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE
The 2008 parade rolled at 6:30 pm on Thursday, July 3. The 2008 theme was "United We Stand." Thanks to all those who braved the rain, which shortened the parade. Hope and pray for better weather next year!
Contact the KCA through chezsic@bellsouth.net if your civic and/or patriotic group is interested in being part of the 2009 parade.
Congratulations to Erika Duffield, our Resident of the Year!
Benefits of KCA Membership include:
- Kenilworth-While newsletter several times a year
- Kenilworth directory
- KCA provides security patrols for the neighborhood
- KCA sponsors the annual Kenilworth Independence Day Parade
- KCA sponsors the annual Christmas Luminaries every December
- KCA represents our subdivision at the Federation of Greater Baton
Rouge Civic Associations
- KCA sponsors representative teens who reside in Kenilworth to
Boys and Girls State through the Albert L. Clary scholarship.
- The KCA Legal Committee looks at residential "sore spots" such as
blighted homes, to ensure maximum property values.
- KCA has open board meetings every month and the annual general meeting
every February. Minutes are posted online at the "KCABr" Yahoo! Group site.
All Kenilworth residents benefit from these efforts and other work, such as on
subdivision beautification (for example, the entrances to the subdivision). Please join KCA to
support these efforts and to support your community!
- HAVE YOU PAID YOUR KCA DUES?
Dues are $50 per year. Most of this goes into support of our
neighborhood Security patrols.
All this makes Kenilworth a safe and beautiful place to live.
Kenilworth neighbors, please join the
KCA. Contribute to our neighborhood and help support the Security patrols that
benefit all of us. To join KCA, send a check for $50 to:
Kenilworth Civic
Association
PO Box 80375
Baton Rouge, LA 70898-0375
- CHRISTMAS LUMINARIES
Christmas Luminaries will be let in Kenilworth on Sunday evening, December 21, 2008. We hope you enjoyed our Christmas lights and Luminaries last year and will do so again in 2008. Thanks to all who participated for sharing the Christmas and Holiday spirit.
- Thanks to Secretary of State Jay Dardenne and Bob Davidge from OLOL Hospital and their wives for serving as judges for our Christmas decorations in 2007. Winners were:
Best Live Portrayal: St.Edmunds Court
Best Block: Amesbury *
Best Lighting: 1103 Stoneleigh
Best Religious Theme: 917 Louray
Best Mailbox: 1221 Chippenham
Best Door: 1626 Stoneleigh
Most Original: 1518 Louray
Judges' Choice: 1038 Bromley
.....(* with apologies that our "Best Block" and "Best Mailbox" signs are missing)
- KCA members are encouraged to joint our "Yahoo!Group," KCAbr.
To
subscribe, send an e-mail to:
KCAbr-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
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- Neighborwood Watch information
- Christmas in Kenilworth
- KCA Board Members, 2007-2008:
Bill Freshwater,
President
David Pourciau (Vice President)
Max Scott, Treasurer
Mary Tessier, Secretary
Janet Dearman
Erika Duffield
Nancy Kahrs
Jay Lyles
Bob Mathews
Paul Sicard
Dorothy Thomas
Links:
- Baton Rouge City Government
- The Advocate
- Kenilworth
Club
- Balloon Festival at Pennington
- Magnolia Woods Civic Association
- Southside Civic Association
- Pollard Estates Civic Association
- Baton
Rouge Weather
Paul Sicard, KCA webmaster,
chezsic@bellsouth.net