Monday, November 13, 2017

Rossville Switches To KanPay

TOPEKA, Kan.--()--The city of Rossville, Kansas, is pleased to announce the launch of KanPay Counter, a solution provided by Kansas.gov that conveniently processes credit card and eCheck payments over-the-counter and online.
The city of Rossville, in collaboration with Kansas.gov, is now providing KanPay Counter payment processing for various constituent payments including utilities and court fines. Visit the city website at www.rossvillekansas.us to pay online today.
KanPay Counter is designed specifically for state and municipal governments to process credit card and electronic check payments. The partnership between Kansas.gov and the state operates under a self-funded model where no tax dollars were used to develop and maintain the payment service.

Tucker Horak Helps PSU In Win

    Tucker Horak had 23 yards in Pittsburg State's 56-7 win in their final game of the regular season.
    You can read about the game at:
http://www.pittstategorillas.com/news/2017/11/11/football-gorillas-roll-to-56-7-win-over-lions-in-regular-season-finale.aspx?path=football

Sunday, November 12, 2017

MEL All-League Volleyball

MID-EAST ALL-LEAGUE VOLLEYBALL FOR 2017
First team
Marissa Bates, Silver Lake; Lexi Cobb, Silver Lake; Ashley Douglas, Rossville; Josie Harrison, St. Marys; Hope Havenstein, Riley County; Reagan Hurla, St. Marys; Daryn Lamprecht, Silver Lake; Alyssa Lohmeyer, Wabaunsee; Jade Mountain, Silver Lake; Jalyn Porter, Rossville; Abby Ruder, Rock Creek; Mariah Schindler, St. Marys.
Honorable mention
Rachel Allen, Riley County; Breaira Bergstresser, Rossville; Ames Burton, Riley County; Joceline Eicham, Rock Creek; Alexis Hafenstine, Wabaunsee; Maci Schoemann, St. Marys; Megan Strait, Wabaunsee.

Rick Towers Story and Photos

    Rick Towers of Rossville fishes a lot on the Kansas River,  Cross Creek, etc.  His opinions of cleaning up the river,  and a large group of photos he took while fishing can be seen at:
http://cjonline.com/sports/outdoors/sports-columns/2017-11-11/josh-rouse-reader-catches-wiper-catfish-kansas-river-hopes

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

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

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

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.

Sunday, November 5, 2017

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

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 CowdinKatie RalstonMarcie Cowdin, Bruce Cowdin, Tiffany LangerJim GormanMakaila CowdinBarbara Cowdin, Maisie Cowdin, Jaxon Cowdin, Natalie Whitt, Craig Thornburg, Lisa ThornburgJacob Thornburg, Hailey Thornburg, Perry Foster, Alan Foster, Ann Foster, Amelia Foster, Jason Leathers, Nicole Farr-Leathers, McGwyre Leathers, Ryan Leathers, Ronnie Bailey, Braedyn ForkenbrockMichaela ForkenbrockJayda Forkenbrock, Lou “Paps” King, Travis Van Vleck, Christy McKenzie, Steve Alfrey, Karen AlfreyDan GlotzbachLaurie 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!