News for 2/28/24

When you have that camping/lake fever but it's only February! Braxley Dean and Tamzlyn Hunter makeshift a campsite in their driveway over the weekend. 

HS BB Sub-State Semifinals

Thunder Ridge Girls will play Northern Valley Girls at Colby this Friday, March 1, at 6:00pm.  The game will be at the Colby Event Center, 1200 South Franklin Avenue.  Leave time will be 2:45. Best of Luck Lady Longhorns! 

If they win Friday, the girls will play again at 6:30pm on Saturday, March 2. 

TR Schools Schedule of Events

MARCH

Fri. 1- End of Quarter 3; HS Girls Sub-State Semifinals BB @ Colby 6:00pm

Sat. 2-  HS Powerlifting @ WaKeeney 9:00 lv @ 6:15am; Sub-State Basketball Finals at Colby Boys 5:00 Girls 6:30; MS Dance for 7th/8th grade at MS Cafeteria 6:30-8:30pm

Mon. 4- 2:30pm FFA Entomology/Ag Communications @ Downs

Tue. 5- MS Scholar’s Bowl @ Stockton 4:30pm

Wed. 6- MS Honors Program in auditorium @ Agra 3:15pm

Mon. 11-Fri. 15: NO School - Spring Break

Mon. 18- MS Track Begins

Fri. 22- STP Carnival @ Middle School in Agra

Tue. 26- 9:00am FFA Invitational Livestock Contest @ Smith Center; 3:15pm MS Track pictures

Fri. 29- Good Friday - NO School

Mon. April 1- NO School

Tue. 2- HS Track @ Beloit

Thur. 4- 9:30am MS Track @ Norton

Legion Friday Night

This week at the Kensington American Legion we have our short/long horn as our special and taco soup. These meals will have a dessert served with them. We will have our regular menu items as well and our kitchen is open from 6-8.  You can call 785-476-3204 to have your order ready for pick up.  Hope to see you Friday night!

Fireman’s Pancake Feed 

Join us at the American Legion in Kensington this coming Sunday, March 3, for a pancake meal provided by the local Firemen. Serving from 11am-1pm, all proceeds and free will donations go to purchasing equipment and supplies for our volunteer fire department.

Kensington Library News

We are pleased to announce that Kansas author Rosie Bosse will be joining us on Saturday, March 23, for a meet-and-greet the author plus book signing event. We have order forms available to purchase her books. These forms must be returned to us by Wednesday, March 20, to ensure enough copies will be available. Be on the lookout for more info! Follow us on Facebook: Kensington Community/School Library. 

For our digital patrons, you may have noticed some difficulties checking out items on Hoopla the past few months. We have attempted to remedy this by sending more funds to the company. However, there have been some changes taking place with budgets and it will cost our library more to continue funding this digital resource. We know many of you enjoy and appreciate this platform for your digital lending, and you might become discouraged when you receive the message stating to try again after midnight. Each checkout does cost us, so please be patient. We encourage the use of Libby app and the cloudLibrary as well. All you need for Libby is your local library card account number and pin. To access cloudLibrary, you will need a state library card. Your librarians are glad to help you with any of these.

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Weekly Inspiration

If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you must look forward, do so lovingly. However the wisest thing you can do is be in the present, gratefully. -Maya Angelou

We color the world, not with the darkness of our pasts, but with the rainbow of our hope. -Jenim Dibie