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