Overpriced Car Rentals at KCI Airport

    When I go home to Rossville,  I have always flown into KCI and rented a car right there.  This week,  when I priced a car rental,  the best price I could get for a compact car was $377.64 (including a whole list of misc. charges) for one week at Enterprise which seemed absurdly high (and more than my round trip ticket from Baltimore).  I checked to see what other car rental agencies were in the KCI area, but found that most were close to downtown KC.   However,  I did find one not far at all from KCI.  The Enterprise agency on Prairie View Rd. just south of the airport gave me a price of $157.23 total for the same car for the same days.  That is a difference of  $220.41.
    A taxi to and from the airport will add another $40 to the total,  but that is still about half price.
    If you or a friend plans to rent a car at KCI,  think twice about it.

Austin Stum (05) Graduates From BCCC

    The Spring 2013 graduating class as Barton County Community College included Austin Stum of Rossville.

Rossville Invitational Volleyball

    The Rossville Invitational volleyball tournament was held on Sept. 21.
    In pool play, the Dawgs defeated Wichita Collegiate 26-24, 25-18 and El Dorado 25-18, 25-19 but lost to Holton 17-25, 17-25 and Ottawa 19-25, 12-25.
    The overall tournament champion was Wamego who defeated Abeline 25-22, 27-25.  Third place was captured by Ottawa who defeated Clay Center 25-19, 25-22.

Mitch Buhler (11) Leads Washburn U. To 3-0

    Washburn University dominated North Eastern University in Oklahoma on Saturday night to the tune of 48-3.  Quarterback Mitch Buhler of Rossville  was 10 of 30 with one passing TD and two interceptions.  The #22 ranked Ichabods are now 3-0.

http://cjonline.com/sports/2013-09-21/defense-carries-washburn-48-3-win-nsu

RHS Wallops Waubaunsee 40-0

    The Dawgs played on the home field Friday night and easily whipped the visiting Wabaunsee team 40-0 after dominating the first half 34-0.   

Rossville (3-0)       14     20     6     0   ---    40

Wabaunsee (1-2)     0        0     0     0   ---      0

Rossville  scoring:

Horak (3), 8 run, 23 run, 33 run
Reesor 3 run
Steckel 31 pass from Horak
Morris 36 pass from Horak
PAT — Olson 3 Kicks; Martin Kick.

Czechland Polka Band Is Back

Back by 'popular demand'

J.D. Parr and the Czechland Polka Band 

at the Rossville Moravan (Bohemian) Hall

Saturday, October 12, 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. 

$5  

Party like its 1971 (when we began)!

Manhattan Triangular Volleyball

    The RHS volleyball team competed in the Manhattan Triangular on Tue, Sept. 27.  They lost to Clay Center 10-15, 18-25 and to Manhattan 12-25, 5-25. 

Morgan Cooper (09) Graduates With Honors

      Morgan Cooper graduated from Wichita University School of Nursing in May with the highest GPA in the class.      
      She is now a Registered Nurse in the SICU at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita in a unit that is specialized in caring for trauma patients  after a surgical procedure.

Faye Kelsey Passes Away

    Faye Kelsey of Edmund OK passed away on Sept. 15.  Her memorial service will be held at Parker Price Chapel in North Topeka on October 14, 2013.  Her obituary will be available at a later date.

Mitch (11) Buhler Throws Five TD Passes

   After a field goal to begin the 54-17  rout against the Ft. Hays Tigers, the Washburn U. Ichabods followed with seven straight touchdowns and eventually scored on their first nine possessions.           Quarterback Mitch Buhler of Rossville tied a school record for most touchdown passes in a half (four) and finished with five TDs among his 19 completions for 272 yards.
   http://cjonline.com/sports/2013-09-14/bods-crush-tigers-54-17

Wamego Invitational Cross Country.

    The RHS boys cross country team came in  12th in class 321A at the Wamego Invitational  on Sept. 14 but had no one medal.
 
    The complete results can be read at:
http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/athletics/crosscountry/13/13_wam.pdf

Child Acting Classes in Rossville

    Children ages 7 to 10 living in Rossville and Silver Lake soon will have access to acting classes through the Helen Hocker Center of Performing Arts.  The Shawnee County Commission on Monday approved a contract with Topeka Civic Theatre & Academy to provide weekly beginning acting classes in the communities for $20 per student. The classes must have at least 10 students each and will conclude with a “share-day production,” according to the contract.
    For more info,  go to:
http://cjonline.com/news/2013-09-16/helen-hocker-expands-rossville-silver-lake

Thompson and Markham Have a Girl

    Wesley Thompson and Nicole Markham of Rossville are the proud parents of a new baby  girl born  Sept. 13 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.

Dawgs Doing Fine With New Coach and QB

From CJ Online:

 If there was any question how Rossville would make the adjustment to a new coach (Derick Hammes) and new quarterback (Tucker Horak), the Bulldogs have answered them so far.

Rossville is 2-0 against a pair of 4A North Central Kansas League teams after beating Abilene 33-21 Friday night.

Horak has flourished replacing Dalton Catron. After rushing and throwing for more than 100 yards each in the opener, Horak completed 15 of 22 passes for 300 yards and four touchdowns against Abilene with Thatcher Horak catching four of those passes for 160 yards and three scores.