Celebrating 250th BIRTHDAY of Our Nation! Come join us for hamburgers and hotdogs provided by the Kensington American Legion. Begins at 6:30 PM on Saturday, July 4th. Everyone attending is encouraged to bring your favorite side! We will finish with an amazing FIREWORKS DISPLAY! Sponsored by the James & Billings families along with POST 166. Kensington Community Farmers Market Something new is coming to town! Be sure to check out the Farmers Market held the 4th Saturday in

L-r: Bob Bearley, Matt Flint, Darold Grauerholz and Lions President Mike Isom. New Lions Club Inductees Kensington‘s Lions has inducted three new members in the past few months. Matthew Flint was sponsored by Bob Bearley; Tyler and Emily Blank were sponsored by Mike and Becky Isom. Darold Grauerholz does inductions of new members for the club. Mike Isom is the current president. L-r: Darold Grauerholz, Mike Isom, Tyler Blank, Beccy Isom, Emily Blank. City-wide Garage Sales

Rashad Stafford takes the podium at 6th place with a time of 15:58 in the 110 hurdles! TR at State Track Proud coaches, Joel Struckhoff and Reece Struckhoff, were pleased to take 6 TR athletes down to compete for State Track at Cessna Stadium in Wichita, KS on May 29 and 30. QUALIFIERS included: Hannah Nelson-3200 M; Tristan Taylor-100 M/200 M/Long Jump and 4 X 100 Relay; Evan Slavik-High Jump/ 4 X 100 Relay; Rashad Stafford-110 M Hurdles/ 4 X 100 Relay; Tate Foreman-4 X 1

Congrats to Rashad Stafford (110 Hurdles 1st place) and Tristan Taylor (100m dash 3rd place) for qualifying for the state track meet! #HornsUp VBS Special Program! Kids have been enjoying the Kensington Community bible school this week. Sessions were held each morning for youth to learn new bible songs and lessons. A special program will be held at 11:00am Friday morning at the United Church for family and friends to attend! KAY Blood Drive in June TR KAY will host the next B

Senior members of Thunder Ridge KAY Front (l-r): April Webb, Peyton Tweedy, Khloe Reimer, Gracie Rice, Olivia Runyon. Back row: Shiloh corbitt, Michael Furguson, Collien Knuppe, and Evan Slavik. KAY High Point Top Gold earners (500+ points) Michael Furguson, April Webb, Leanka van der Linden, and Hannah Nelson KAY Gold Point earners (400-500 points) Alanna Bretton, Lexi Rust, Jasmine Ferguson, Daniel Ferguson, and Cameron Hardacre Thunder Ridge KAY End of Year Banquet Cele

Photo by Dale Stephens Thunder Ridge High School Graduation Graduation took place Saturday, May 9, at the TRHS gymnasium. Family and friends gathered to celebrate and recognize this wonderful achievement. New alumni of TR include: Christian Bales, Shiloh Corbett, Michael Ferguson, Khloe Reimer, Gracie Rice, Olivia Runnion, Evan Slavik, Dawson Stephens, Peyton Tweedy, Henryk Watkins, April Webb, Kaden Werle. And honorary grad, foreign exchange student, Collien Knuppe. 8th gra

It’s Alumni Time! Please plan to attend the annual Alumni Banquet on Saturday, May 23, 2026. The class of 2006 is looking forward to hosting you. Do you recognize these kids? Summer Reading Program at the Kensington Library Join us for “Unearth a Story” SLP 2026! Starting Tuesday, May 19, (skipping the 26th for VBS) and running every Tuesday in June! Littles age 3 through 1st grade @ 10:30am. Big kids grades 2nd-5th @ 12:30pm. Stop by Kensington Community/School Library and

TR music instructor Annie Adams and freshman Daniel Ferguson. State Contest Danny Ferguson nailed a 1 on his xylophone solo at State Music Contest at Bethel College Saturday! Way to go Longhorns! TR Schedule of Events APRIL Thu. 30- 9:30am HS Achievement Ceremony (NHS Induction to follow), in the HS gym; 1pm MS Track @ Lincoln; 3pm HS Track @ Wakeeney MAY Fri. May 1- Seniors Last Day! Mon. May 4- 2pm MS Track @ Logan (hosted by NV) Tue. 5- 8:30am grades 5-11 Sports Physi

Father/Daughter Dance TR KAYS will host the first annual Father/Daughter Dance on Sunday, April 26, from 5-7pm in the HS gym (using the prom decorations). Snacks and drinks, plus masquerade masks, will be provided. $15/couple and $5 for extra daughters. For ages Preschool-8th grade. The Mother/KAY Banquet will be Monday evening, April 27. Buddy Bench As part of Thunder Ridge KAY’s “Be the Spark” grant, to promote mental and physical health, the club had the entrepreneur c

L-R: Annie Adams(instructor), Heath Hopson, Addison Molzahn, Daniel Ferguson, Michael Ferguson and Dawn Meyer (accompanist). Music Contest Saturday, April 11, TRHS music contestants traveled to Concordia for the Regional Solo and Small Ensemble contest. Great day with these young folks! Danny Ferguson will go on to state in a couple weeks. Special thanks to Dawn Meyer for lending her expertise at the piano!!!! Annual Alumni Banquet May 23 Postcards have been mailed out: C