Zemek and Thomas Have a Girl

      Derek Zemek and Patricia Thomas of  Rossville are the proud parents of a new baby girl born Sept. 25 at St. Francis Hospital.

Garrett Larson (05) at Oct 4 Artwalk

    Rossville automotive artist Garrett Larson’s unique brand of artwork will be featured at Swinnen and Associates, 921 S.W. Topeka Blvd., during the First Friday Artwalk on Oct. 4 beginning at 6 PM.

    Garrett, who graduated from Washburn University in 2009 with a degree in fine arts, has been painting cars, doing custom fabrication and creating artwork for the past 10 years. He runs a shop called Show Stoppers Studio, where he does commission work for customers and tricks out cars and motorcycles.

    Read more about Garrett at:
http://cjonline.com/news/2013-09-26/automotive-artist-be-featured-during-oct-4-artwalk

Hayden Invitational Golf

    The Rossville girls golf team finished 8 out of 10 teams at the Hayden Invitational held at the Cypress Ridge Golf Course.    Sidney Marney led the Dawgs with a 46, which tied for 11th best individually.

http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/athletics/girls_golf/13/13_hayden.pdf

Onaga Invitational Cross Country.

    The Rossville Cross Country Team competed in the Onaga Invitational on Sept. 19.  The boys team was 9th out of 14 teams.  The top runner for Rossville was Clayton Rubio who came in 6th of over 100 runners.  Other top finishers were Dalton Kelley #32, Skyler Olson #44, Jake Gentry #54, Derek entry #61, and Fred Schuler #62.
    The girls team attained no points so were in a tie for places 6-12.   The top runner from Rossville out of the 61 competitors was Alyssa Thompson who came in 35th.

http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/athletics/crosscountry/13/onagaresults.pdf

Message From RHS Booster Club

Dear Rossville Booster Club Member,

First of all THANK YOU for joining the Rossville Booster Club. Without you, support to our students wouldn't be possible! We are going to try and send out information to our members occasionally to keep you informed of various activities and events. This week has had all students and teachers busy with homecoming activities! Rossville Residents - don’t be alarmed if you see RHS students “snaking” through town under police escort Thursday night…. It’s the annual snake dance. Activities will start for the students at 6:30 at the football stadium and they will walk around town and end up back at the City Park for a bonfire. If you see them out – let them know you support the Red and Black! The homecoming parade will be at 2:30 Friday afternoon. The homecoming candidates are -  Tori Dubois, Hailey Dick and Ashlynn Biehler and Marcus Catron, Tagen Lambotte and Devin Morris. The crowning will take place before the kick-off Friday night at 6:30. Your Rossville Dawgs will take on the Riley County Falcons. Activities during the football game – · Booster Club will be selling fan apparel and other items – stop by and check us out. We have new apparel items including polo shirts and fleece pullovers · The Rossville Wrestling Club will be selling fresh kettle corn · Rossville Boy Scouts, Pack #99 will be selling popcorn Booster Club Meetings - Our meetings are open to anyone – so please feel free to join us on the second Wednesday of the month at 7:00. Our meetings are held at Rossville High School in the Library.  If you would like additional information or have suggestions for us, please let us know. For daily announcements – please click the following link. Announcements are updated daily and will provide high school and junior high information. http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/announcements To find a full list of our athletic schedule – http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/athletics Again, THANK YOU for supporting Rossville High School students.   Rossville Booster Club President

 Shari Gentry

RHS Vs. Silver Lake Volleyball

   The RHS volleyball team played Silver Lake on Sept. 24.   In match one, Silver Lake defeated. Rossville 25-9, 25-8.  In match two,  Silver Lake defeated Rossville 25-13, 25-9 once again.

Cara (Channel) (84) Craig at Moundridge

Cara (Channel) Craig graduated from Tabor College in 1988.  She started  teaching at Moundridge right after graduation and has been there for 25 years.  She has taught 4th grade, 6th grade, 7/8 language arts, and is currently a special education teacher for K-12 students.  

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.