Mid-East All-League Baseball Team

First team

Caleb Bird, jr., St. Marys; Marcus Catron, sr., Rossville; Alex Feldkamp, jr., Rock Creek; Jace Freeman, jr., Silver Lake; Jackson Goodmiller, jr., Rock Creek; Brett Hammett, sr., Rock Creek; Zach Haya, sr., Wabaunsee; Dailin Kruger, sr., Silver Lake; Devin Morris, sr., Rossville; Trace Nelson, jr., Riley County; Zach Nitsch, sr., Rossville; Cody Renfro, jr., Silver Lake; Noah Rignell, so., Riley County; Caleb Rogge, so., Rock Creek; Shilo Schaake, jr., Rock Creek.

Honorable mention

Kobe Brown, jr., Riley County; Kyler Byers, jr., Silver Lake; Jesse Correll, sr., Rock Creek; Dustin Harrison, sr., Rock Creek; John Homan, sr., St. Marys; Thatcher Horak, jr., Rossville; Tucker Horak, so., Rossville; Jeff Kleinsmith, fr., St. Marys; Drake McMillan, jr., Silver Lake; Nick Reesor, jr., Rossville; Cole Simecka, sr., St. Marys; Drew Smith, jr., Wabaunsee; Ethan Woodcock, jr., Rossville.

Brett Cowdin Memorial Night

RATTLERS' ANNOUNCE COACH COWDIN MEMORIAL CEREMONY

ROSSVILLE - The Rossville Rattlers Summer Collegiate Baseball team will host a Brett Cowdin Memorial Night on Saturday June 14, 2014 at 7:00 PM.  The Rattlers will be taking on league rival, the Baldwin City Blues. The organization will be retiring Brett's number 14 in a pre-game ceremony and are welcoming all former players, fans, friends and colleagues of Brett Cowdin. Brett Cowdin, founder of the Rossville Rattlers and Topeka Golden Giants, passed away unexpectedly November 13, 2013. Coach Cowdin also served as a baseball and football coach for numerous Topeka and Rossville high school teams during his career. He was coaching with Washburn Rural High School as well as the Rattlers at the time of his passing. "We want to fill Joe Campbell Memorial Stadium on June 14th to honor a great coach, mentor, and friend. We encourage everyone whose lives were touched by Brett, to come out Saturday night and join in on a memorable night," said Rattlers General Manager David Streeter. Admission to all Rattlers' games are free - following Coach Cowdin's founding philosophy of providing free events for people of all ages to enjoy. The Rattlers will have BBQ available for purchase, along with commemorative t-shirts to benefit the Rossville Rattlers mission of helping players reach their collegiate and professional goals. For more information, please e-mail rossvillerattlers@gmail.com.

RHS Curriculum Completers

    Rossville Jr./Sr. High School had four seniors this year who completed the required curriculum as set forth by the Kansas Board of Regents and earned the designation of State of Kansas Curriculum Completer. In order to earn this distinction, students must have completed 4 years of English, 4 years of Math, 3 years of Science, 3 years of Social Studies, and 2 years of Foreign Language. The students who met these criteria are Sydney Marney, Samantha Thompson, Therese VanderPutten, and Davis Warton

    All Curriculum Completers are then eligible to be considered for an additional award. The Kansas Board of Regents on behalf of the Kansas Legislature ranks these Curriculum Completers based on their GPA and ACT scores. Samantha Thompson and Davis Warton were designated as 2014 Kansas State Scholars.

    In addition to this award, the Kansas Dept. of Education and the Board of Regents honor students for exceptional academic performance based on their ACT. Davis Warton received a score of 34 on the ACT assessment and has been designated as a Kansas ACT Scholar.

Class of 2014 Photos

Photos of each member of the RHS Class of 2014 can be seen at:

https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6686118982916056392#allposts/postNum=0

Rattlers Games Postponed By Rain

    The Rattler's Monday night double header at the Baldwin City Blues was postponed because of rain.   And,  the Tuesday night game against the same team has been postponed as well.
    The Rattlers are scheduled to play host to the Baldwin City Blues on Thur, Fri., and Saturday nights at Rossville beginning at 7:00 PM each evening.

Patrick & Jean (Stiles) Schneider Celebrate 45th

     Patrick and Jean (Stiles) Schneider, Rossville, are celebrating their 45th anniversary. They were married June 10, 1969, at St. Stanislaus Church in Rossville.
    They are parents of Charles, Chicago, and Michael (Kandee), McPherson, and grandparents to Hayden and Perrin.

Rattlers Drop Two At Midwest As

The Rattlers lost both ends of their Sat. night double header at the Midwest As,  6-0 and 4-0.

Rattlers Lose Opener

The Rossville Rattlers to the Midwest A's  6-4 on Friday night in their  Mid-Plains League opener.

The teams will go at it again on Saturday night in a double header starting at 6:00 pm in Peculiar, Missouri.

Ralph Marney (60) Obituary

 Ralph "R.W." Marney,  age 72, born March 2, 1942, peacefully left us Monday, June 2, 2014 surrounded by his family at Stormont-Vail Hospital. He was born in Rossville, Kansas to Glen and Ina (Nitzsche) Marney. Ralph graduated from Rossville High School in 1960. He married the love of his life, Donna (Keen) Galbraith on March 4, 1965 in Holton, Kansas. He was a veteran of the US Army. He retired from the State of Kansas printing plant in March of 2002. Ralph also served as the president of the Machinist Union for many years. He was a life-long supporter of the labor unions.

Ralph was a man of many hobbies, his latest being knife making. He would not want us to dwell on his death, but remember his life. He was always laughing, joking and making others laugh. 

Ralph is survived by his wife Donna, daughters Cindy (Richard) Flint, and Sherry (Mike) Greene; grandchildren, Ronnie (Dayna) Beavers, Tara Jefferies, Trevor Hall, Joey (Candi) vonSoosten, Bret vonSoosten, and Billy Greene; great-grandchildren Alyssa Howard, Grant Jefferies, Jada vonSoosten, Grady Jefferies, Joey (Billy) Gibson, and baby vonSoosten due in October; great-great-grandsons, Wes and Charlie Gibson; and 4 legged baby daughter, Shotze. 

Ralph was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Dean and Laiten Marney; and sister, Beverly Dale.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Legion Post 1 Attn: Ralph Marney Memorial 3800 SE Michigan Ave. Topeka, KS 66609

Ralph was the biggest Kansas basketball fan the Jayhawks ever had. Donna has requested Jayhawk attire be worn to the memorial service to be held on Saturday, June 7th at 2:00 p.m. at Dove Cremation & Funeral Service. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service.

You can leave condolences at:  http://www.dovecremation.com/obituary.aspx?src=value&obitid=85602&fname=Ralph%20%22RW%22&lname=Marney&city=Topeka&st=Kansas

Police Chase Through Rossville

From CJOnline:

ST. MARYS -- A man and a woman were arrested Wednesday after a vehicle chase that began just west of St. Marys, Pottawatomie County Sheriff Greg Riat said in a news release Thursday.

Riat indicated Ashley L. Gillispie, 28, and Jason Lee Gillispie, 30, both of Higbee, Mo., were being held in the Pottawatomie County Jail at Westmoreland.

Riat gave this account:

A Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s deputy at about 4 p.m. Wednesday stopped a white pickup truck with a freezer in the back on the Oregon Trail Road, about three miles west of St. Marys.

The deputy learned from a dispatcher that at least one of the truck’s two occupants was wanted on an arrest warrant out of Missouri.

Meanwhile, the two people fled in the vehicle and drove east toward St. Marys.

The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office, St. Marys Police Department, Kansas Highway Patrol, Rossville Police Department and Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office took part in the ensuing chase, using stop stick devices on several occasions to deflate the pickup’s tires.

The pickup went east to Silver Lake, where it went off the end of the road at the T-intersection of Railroad Street and Rice Road.

Both occupants fled on foot but were quickly taken into custody.

Both were arrested on unspecified, outstanding Missouri warrants, and in connection with possessing illegal drugs.

Ashley Gillispie also was arrested in connection with fleeing to elude and possession of drug paraphernalia, while Jason Gillispie was also arrested in connection with obstructing the legal process or official duty.

Rattler Roster and Bios

    The complete roster for the Rossville Rattlers along with a bio for each player can be read at:
http://www.leaguelineup.com/teams_baseball.asp?url=rossvillerattlers&sid=26301991

Ralph Marney (60) Passes Away (Updated)

Ralph Marney passed away June 2 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.
No obituary is available yet,  but will be posted here as soon as there is one.

Ralph's funeral will be at the Dove Crematorium @  4020 S.W. 6th 
Avenue, Topeka, Ks. on Saturday.  The visitation will be at 1 p.m. and 
the funeral service will be at 2 p.m.  If you prefer to sent a donation in lieu 
of flowers, contact the Dove Crematorium on their Web Site to donate 
to the American Legion #1 or to leave condolences for the family..
The family asks that Jayhawk attire be worn.

http://www.dovecremation.com/obituaries.aspx?src=value&m=Dove

Class of 2014 Plans

CLASS OF 2014

GRADUATING SENIOR	FUTURE PLANS --SCHOOL (MAJOR)	SCHOLARSHIPS
Ashlynn Biehler	Cloud County CC (Undecided)	CCCC Cheer, Rossville United Methodist Church
Marcus Catron	Highland CC (Undecided)	HCC Baseball
Cheyanne Daniels	Allen County CC (Biological Systems)	ACCC Softball, H & R Block
Brenden Dankenbring	KSU (Criminology)
Jason Davis	Allen County CC (Communications)	ACCC Theatre
Andrew Day	U.S. Air Force
Hailey Dick	KSU (Political Science)	KSU Leadership, YWCA Future Leaders, Cecile Zlatnik Memorial
Tori Dubois	Washburn/Air Nat. Guard (Undecided)
Briena Duryea	KSU (Human Ecology)	KSU Activity
Kyle Ehrlich	KSU (Undecided)	KSU Memorial
Caleb Falk	Ozark Christian (Youth Ministry)	Cole Arnold Memorial, RCDC
Jacob Gentry	Washburn Tech (Electricity)	Rossville Rustlers 4-H, Kaw Valley Limousine Livestock, RCDC
Macy Gillum	Emporia State (Physical Therapy)	ESU Academic
Darian Grimmett	KU (Accounting)
Austin Hester	Employment with Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
Stephen Jenkins	Sterling College (Communications)	Sterling Academic, Topeka 1st Christian Church
Brandon Justice	Washburn Tech (Auto Tech)/Highland CC
Tagen Lambotte	Univ. of Iowa (BioChem)	Iowa Wrestling, Pete Darting Memorial
Battice Mahkuk	Employment with Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
Mariah Mahkuk	Washburn Tech (Nursing)
Sydney Marney	Washburn Univ.(Undecided)	WU Presidential
Miranda Martin	Highland CC (Graphic Design)
Dakota McGlumphrey	Tulsa Welding School
Zhaquarius Miller	Highland CC (Business)
Devin Morris	KSU (Athletic Training)	KSU Medallion
Zach Nitsch	Highland CC (Undecided)	HCC Baseball
Skylar Olson	Wichita State (Aerospace Engineering)	WSU Heritage Merit
Jordan Pickens	Washburn Tech (Auto Tech)
Dominick Reynolds	Allen County CC (Business Mgmt)
Cassie Sanders	Washburn Tech (Nursing)
Karey Sublett-Nichols	Washburn Univ. (Elem.Ed.)	WU Academic, RHS Alumni, P.E.O., KVEA, Duane Parr Memorial, ABWA
Samantha Thompson	KSU (Accounting)	KSU Leadership, Lloyd & Pearl Burley Memorial, Elks, Shawnee County Farm Bureau, RHS Alumni
Therese VanderPutten	Dodge City CC (Sports Mgmt)	DCCC Softball, Marjorie Helen Lanning Memorial, Topeka Legal Professionals, Bryan Lindstrom Memorial, Doug Perine Memorial, Les Hallmark Memorial
Davis Warton	William Jewell College (BioChem)	Wm Jewell Football & Academic, Custom Woods, KS Nat. Guard Foundation, Rossville United Methodist Church, Rossville Booster Club, Rossville Opportunity
Rocky Welch	Washburn Tech (Auto Tech)	Ron Monhollon Memorial

Tom Mansfield (69) Passes Away (updated)

    Thomas James Mansfield, 63, of Hinsdale, IL. 
    Beloved husband of Mary Munoz. Loving father of the late Tommi Lea Purdy. Cherished grandfather of Samuel. Dear uncle, brother-in-law and friend of many. Devoted son of the late Lloyd and Esther Mansfield.     Tom was an avid outdoorsman.      He was formerly on the Advisory Board of the Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources. Tom was the Bass Tournament Director for the Paralyzed Veterans of America for 13 years, and he was former Outdoor Sports Coordinator for the Vaughn Chapter of the P. V. A.
    A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 A.M. Friday, June 6, 2014 at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Rossville. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. Thursday, June 5, 2014 at the church where there will be a rosary recited at 7:00 P.M. Interment will be in the Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Kansas. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to Ronald McDonald House are appreciated and may be sent to Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple St., St. Marys, Kansas 66536. Online condolences may be sent to www.piperfuneralhome.com.