November 17, 1944

Not content to have just finished an undefeated football season, the Blue Jay squad, under the direction of Coach Hinderliter, played a “family affair” on the local field last Friday evening. A good attendance watched the boys play as hard as if against an out-of-town rival. The squad was divided into two teams called the Rocks and the Ports. The game was won by the former, 12-0. Both teams “played for blood,’’ with Hinderliter doing the officiating and making the boys perform up to regular season par.

This year the Atchison County Farm Bureau will celebrate its silver anniversary, a quarter of a century of service to the farmers of Atchison County. Atchison was one of the early organizers of a county Farm Bureau.

November 13, 1969

This year the kindergarten teachers are aided by Mrs. Sharon Gaines, wife of Tony Gaines, who is also a teacher at Rock Port. Mrs. Gaines graduated from Rock Port in 1958, and went on to Tarkio College where she received her Bachelor’s degree in 1964. She then was employed as house mother and women’s Physical Education instructor at Tarkio College for a year. She spent three years as girls’ Physical Education and freshman English teacher in Waterloo, Illinois. While working on her masters degree at Maryville, she temporarily taught P.E. at Tarkio College.

November 17, 1994

Four Blue Jay volleyball players were chosen to the All-District Tournament team last week. They were: senior Patti Gubser, 1st team; senior Halley Evans, 1st team: junior Jamie Burke, 2nd team; and junior Eryn Loucks, 2nd team.

Several members of the Blue Jay football team were chosen All-Conference. Chosen on offense were: senior Zack Smith, 2nd team, tight-end; junior Waylon Ross, 2nd team, quarterback; junior Dana Brion, 2nd team, runningback; and junior Waylon Ross, honorable mention, punter. Selected for defense were: junior Gavin Makings, 1st team, defensive end; junior Ryan Kingery, 1st team, defensive tackle; junior Dana Brion, 2nd team, defensive linebacker; sophomore Tyler Gebhards, 1st team, defensive back; and junior Waylon Ross, 2nd team, defensive back.

Mr. Stephen Gaines, a 1989 graduate of Rock Port High School, has had the opportunity to be the teacher, not the student. He is currently student teaching Mrs. Lyn Simmons’ 5th grade class and Elementary P.E. Stephen is completing his senior year at Peru State College in Peru, Nebraska.