RHS Seniors Named Kansas Honor Scholars

        The Kansas Honor Scholar Program sponsored by KU Endowment and Alumni Associations recognizes and awards high school seniors for their academic achievements.  This year, the alumni will gather in 12 locations across the state for an awards ceremony and reception. All high school seniors in the top ten percent of their graduating class are recognized and presented with a medallion to commemorate the event.  The Scholars are selected based on academic records through the end of their junior year.

           Rossville High School recognized five seniors at the Kansas Honor Scholar reception held on November 6, 2017, at Washburn Rural High School in Topeka.  The seniors recognized were Kylee Badura, daughter of Chad & Jody Badura; Ashley Douglas, daughter of Harley & Amy Douglas; Cory Hadsall, son of Scott and Angela Hadsall; Hannah Miller, daughter of Arnold & Ester Miller; and Kathleen Schuler, daughter of Steve and Lucy Schuler.

            RHS Kansas Honor Scholars pictured with their medallions are from left:

 Kylee Badura, Hannah Miller, Cory Hadsall, Kathleen Schuler, and Ashley Douglas

Amanda Hill At KS Wesleyan

    Amanda Hill is a freshman at Kansas Wesleyan University and is on their basketball team.  Her bio and stats can be read at:  http://www.kwucoyotes.com/roster/17/2/7548.php

Rossville Yearbooks

   The Rossville Community Library has a collection of Rossville High School Yearbooks that you may view there.
    If you have RHS yearbooks from years that are not in their collection and would like to donate them to the library, they would appreciate it greatly!

 Rossville High School

1917 (The Cardinal)
1921 (The Cardinal)
1940, 1942, 1946, 1948, 1949
1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989
1990, 1991
2014, 2016, 2017

Delia schools
The Shamrock, Washington Township High School, 1940
Delia Grade School, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004
Delia Charter School, 2008

Other
Dover High School 1961
Kansas State University Centennial 1963

 Rossville High School has digitized some of the yearbooks in their collection and they can be viewed at:  http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/digital_yearbooks.html

Rossville City Elections

Rossville Mayor
Kenneth Wichman: 82

Rossville Council Members (2 positions)
James Meyer: 73
Travis Van Vleck: 75

Kaw Valley USD 321 School Board Election

USD 321 District 1 Position 4
John Simecka: 158

USD 321 District 2 Position 5
Jody Mitchell: 159

USD 321 District 3 Position 3 Unexpired Term
Gene Lueger: 147

USD 321 District 3 Position 6
Michael Lett: 143

Marcia (Stevens) (52) Diehl Passes Away

Marcia Yvonne Stevens Diehl, 83, entered into glory November 6, 2017. 

Marcia was born on August 23, 1934 to Harold and Florence Malm Stevens, Willard, KS. At 15, she placed her faith in Christ. 1952 graduate Rossville High School. She worked at the First National Bank and Southwestern Bell. May 8, 1952, married Charles Ernest Diehl, Topeka, KS. Daughters, Stephanie Duggins & Charlene Hardee. 

Visitation November 8th - from 5 PM to 7 PM. Memorial Services November 9th at 10:30 AM, Chapel Oaks Cremation & Funeral Services, 235 SW Topeka Blvd. www.chapeloaksne.com

Marvin Cummings Is Student Of The Week

Student of the Week this week is Marvin Cummings 

Marvin found an item of value and decided to turn it into the office rather than keep it himself. This showed a lot of integrity from Marvin and is an awesome representation of his character and the Rossville Student body.

Pitt State Adds Win At Kearney

    Rossville's Tucker Horak carried five times in Pittsburg State's 35-13 win at University of Nebraska-Kearney on Saturday,  but doesn't show up on the news article about the game.

http://pittstategorillas.com/news/2017/11/4/football-pitt-state-defense-shines-again-in-35-13-road-win.aspx

Silver Lake Knocks Off #1 Nemaha

    Number 3 ranked Silver Lake showed they are back in business as a football power in 3A football.  They were on the road Saturday and knocked off Nemaha Central who were atop the 3A rankings for the whole season.
    For details,  go to:
http://cjonline.com/sports/highschools/2017-11-04/no-3-silver-lake-stymies-no-1-nemaha-central-25-7

Rossville Rattlers Cease Operations

David Streeter is with Tobi Cowdin.

November 3 at 11:30am · 

We posted the news this morning on Facebook, we’ve decided to cease operations of the Rossville Rattlers.

For those who don’t know, I’ve been involved with the Rattlers since their inception in late 2011. It has been a wild ride through six seasons of summer collegiate baseball, but we all agreed as a whole it was time to move on.

There is an old saying, “Only Nixon would go to China”. That’s how I felt about the initial idea of putting a team in Rossville, “Only Brett Cowdin would go to Rossville.” The man had a dream and he was right about it, it worked! We had a successful team in Rossville, it was a year-round job though; one that could be very consuming.

When Brett passed away in November of 2013, I remember thinking this whole dream was over. Luckily we had some damn amazing people to help get things in order and steer this ship in the right direction. I am immensely grateful and thankful that I had these people around.

Tobi Cowdin, Katie Ralston, Marcie Cowdin, Bruce Cowdin, Tiffany Langer, Jim Gorman, Makaila Cowdin, Barbara Cowdin, Maisie Cowdin, Jaxon Cowdin, Natalie Whitt, Craig Thornburg, Lisa Thornburg, Jacob Thornburg, Hailey Thornburg, Perry Foster, Alan Foster, Ann Foster, Amelia Foster, Jason Leathers, Nicole Farr-Leathers, McGwyre Leathers, Ryan Leathers, Ronnie Bailey, Braedyn Forkenbrock, Michaela Forkenbrock, Jayda Forkenbrock, Lou “Paps” King, Travis Van Vleck, Christy McKenzie, Steve Alfrey, Karen Alfrey, Dan Glotzbach, Laurie King Glotzbach, Doug Leonard, Anita Leonard, Dan Fischer, Connie Fischer, Rod Brown, Brenda Brown, Tony Eakin, Toby Brown, and I know I’ve forgotten some!

That is what it took. They try to give me too much credit, but that list is the essence of #Venom.

Thank you all for everything. It was an amazing ride and I’m glad I was part of it!

No Rattler Baseball Next Summer

ROSSVILLE, Kan. (KSNT) — One summer baseball team will not be forming a team next season.

The Rossville Rattlers made the announcement online early Friday.

The games were played at Joe Campbell Stadium in Rossville for the past six seasons.

The Rattlers were able to win two championships as a vital member of the Mid-Plains League.

More than 150 collegiate baseball players have gone through the summer ball program over the past six seasons.

The Rattlers Organization says “thank you” for all the great memories.

Nemaha And Silver Lake Meet Sat.

    Number one ranked Nemaha Central meets number three ranked Silver Lake Nov. 4 in the early rounds of the 3A state tournament.  To read about the teams,  go to:
http://cjonline.com/sports/highschools/2017-11-02/way-too-early-no-1-nemaha-central-no-3-silver-lake-meet-saturday-class

PSU Knocks Off #1 Northwest Mo.

    The Pittsburg State Gorillas (5-4, 5-4 MIAA) snapped the Northwest Missouri U. Bearcats (8-1, 8-1 MIAA) 38-game winning streak – the second-longest winning streak in NCAA Division II history – as well as Northwest's 34-game MIAA winning streak in front of 6,541 fans.
    The last time the two-time defending NCAA Division II National Champion Bearcats lost an MIAA game, Pitt State handed them a 35-17 setback on Oct. 18, 2014, at Maryville, Mo. This marks the third time Pitt State has upset a No. 1 ranked Northwest Missouri team since the 2011 season. The Bearcats are 84-9 since the start of the 2011 season with four of those nine losses coming to the Gorillas.
    Tucker Horak from Rossville  had one pass completion and also one pass reception for 11 yards. 
    For complete details of the game,  go  to:  http://www.pittstategorillas.com/news/2017/10/28/football-gorillas-stop-no-1-bearcats-streak-with-20-10-win.aspx?path=football

1961 Meeting Of W.S.C.S. Friendly Circle

    The Women's Society of Christian Service held its regular meeting at the Rossville Methodist Church Thursday, March 23, 1961.    The minutes of the meeting have a lot of women's names that are familiar to people living around Rossville for a long time.
    To read the minutes,  go to:
http://www.recollectionsks.org/items/show/1396