KENILWORTH CIVIC ASSOCIATION

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA

• LUMINARIES!
  
• It was almost cool enough to snow again when we lit our Christmas and Holiday luminaries on Sunday December 21, 2008. Thanks to all who joined in showing our Baton Rouge neighbors our holiday spirit!
  
  
• Prizes for best Christmas / Holiday decorations for 2008 were:
  
  Best Lighting: 838 Kenilworth Parkway
  Best Block: Amesbury Court (Hurricane theme)
  ..........(award poinsettia delivered to 7648 Amesbury)
  Most Original: 682 Kenilworth (Christmas Dalmatians)
  Best Religious Theme: 7738 Menlo
  Best Mailbox: 728 Daventry ("Santa Letters")
  Best Door: 740 Daventry
  Best Live Portrayal: 1314 Chippenham (mother and son saxophone players)
  and
  Judges Choice: 1103 Stoneleigh
  
  
• Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all who joined in lighting luminaries and decorating for the Holidays. Thanks to the judges for 2008, Jay Grymes of WAFB Channel 9 and Metro Councilman Smokie Bourgeois.
  
  
• Pictures of Christmas at Kenilworth
  
  
• December 2008 KenilworthWhile Newsletter
  
  
• The next Annual Membership Meeting of KCA will be WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 4, 2009, at the Kenilworth Middle School. All dues-paying members of KCA are invited to attend.
  
  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
  
  
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• KCA members are encouraged to joint our "Yahoo!Group," KCAbr.
  To subscribe, send an e-mail to:
  KCAbr-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
  
  
• 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.
  
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• Neighborwood Watch information
  
  
• Christmas in Kenilworth
  
  
• KCA Board Members, 2008:
  Bill Freshwater, President
  David Pourciau (Vice President)
  Max Scott, Treasurer
  Mary Tessier, Secretary
  Janet Dearman
  Nancy Kahrs
  Jay Lyles
  Bob Mathews
  Paul Sicard
  Dorothy Thomas
  
  
  Links:
  
  
• Kenilworth subdivision map
  
  
• Baton Rouge City Government
  
  
• The Advocate
  
  
• Kenilworth Club
  
  
• Balloon Festival at Pennington
  
  
• Magnolia Woods Civic Association
  
  
• Southside Civic Association
  
  
• Pollard Estates Civic Association
  
  
• Neighbors Magazine
  
  
• Baton Rouge Weather
  
  

Paul Sicard, KCA webmaster, chezsic@bellsouth.net