Pictured is Layne Pettijohn running in the 4x800

Thunder Ridge Girls Place at State Track

The ladies 4x400 relay placed 4th and ladies 4x800 relay placed 6th in the state.

Mariah Stauffer handing off to Layne Pettijohn in the 4x400 finals

Girls 4x800 placed 6th in the state: Jaden Boden, Layne Pettijohn, Madelyn Davis, and Caley Panter (photo by Tony Ifland)

Girls 4x400 placed 4th in the state: Jaden Boden, Brennan Kirchhoff, Layne Pettijohn, and Mariah Stauffer

Kensington Swimming Pool Info

The pool is now open daily from 1:30pm to 7:00pm, weather permitting. If the temperature is too low, updates will be posted the the facebook page. Please watch the facebook page for more info: Kensington Swimming Pool. The first swim team practice was held May 30th. Practices are Mon/Wed/Fri and meets held on Saturdays. Call Amy Abbott at 720-384-7776 to sign-up for swim team. Also, swimming lessons will begin June 11. Contact Manager Amy for more info.

Water Fitness also began on Tuesday May 29 and will run through August 7th from 7:00-8:00pm. Sundays will be aerobics and Tuesday will rotate water aerobics and dance. Contact Bert Reinking at 785-282-0896 or Staci Foreman at 785-476-5066 for more information.

Kensington Library News

Summer library hours are: Monday 2-8pm; Tuesday through Saturday 9am-2pm. Our reading program theme this summer is “Libraries Rock!” Grades pre-K to 2nd grade will come on Tuesdays from 1-2pm and grades 3rd to 5th on Thursdays from 1-2pm. Grades are according to the recent 17-18 school year. These programs will begin the first week in June. Please contact Erica at the library at 785-476-2219.

American Legion

Serving from 6:00-8:30pm, the special this Friday night (June 1st) at the American Legion will be our chef salad. It's a bed of lettuce topped with tomatoes, grated cheese, hard boiled, and a chopped grilled chicken breast with your choice of salad dressing. We will have party potatoes, potato salad, and green beans that can be substituted for fries or added to a meal. Our dessert will be pumpkin pie with whipped cream. Please call us for to go orders or to reserve a table. Our phone is 785.476.3204. Hope to see you there!

Weekly Inspiration

A person's most useful asset is not a head full of knowledge, but a heart full of love, an ear ready to listen and a hand willing to help others.

Some people think that to be strong is to never feel pain. In reality. The strongest people are the ones who feel it. Understand it, and accept it.

Awaken each day with the expectation that something wonderful is about to happen.