Grosscup plans to continue the tradition

By Alan Rusch

WILSON — Cathy (Dowling) Grosscup of Kansas City, Mo., has been named the new director of the Miss Kansas Czech- Slovak Queen Pageant. She succeeds Lynn Kasper of Wilson, who has been coordinator of the Miss Kansas Czech-Slovak Queen Pageant for the past 30 years. Kasper and her husband, John, who is 100 percent Czech and was the pageant’s emcee, have announced their retirement.

Grosscup, who was the 2004 Miss Kansas Czech- Slovak Queen and first runner up for the 2005 Miss Czech-Slovak US, said she feels very honored to succeed Kasper.

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