Jean Taylor Passes Away

 Jean June Taylor, 86, of Silver Lake, passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2018.

She was born October 11, 1932, in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Albert and Ruth (Shellmer) Quinlan. 

Jean and her siblings grew up in the Irish/Italian neighborhoods of East Boston during the 1930's. She was nicknamed 'Quin' in her youth and made a name defending her twin sister Joanie against school bullies at East Boston High School. After she graduated high school she worked in the dietary department at Boston's Mass General Hospital. She was street smart, Boston tough, and Boston stubborn...all traits the beautiful 21-year-old brought with her to Kansas after meeting and marrying the love of her life, Merle Taylor. Merle was a crewman on the USS Block Island and had docked in Boston for a week. Jean saw him at a club, dropped her handkerchief to catch his attention, and the rest became history.

Jean and Merle were married on September 4, 1954 in Milton, Massachusetts, and then moved to Silver Lake where Merle farmed with his family. Jean adjusted to country life and together she and Merle raised five children. Through it all she never let the Boston accent go (you can take a kid out of Boston but you can't take the Boston accent out of Jean Taylor!). Jean operated an in-home daycare for years and then became famously known as Silver Lake's Pizza Lady, making pizza at Casey's General Store for 15 years. Jean's life was full of love, orneriness, and fun. She loved family gatherings and she absolutely loved spending time with her grandchildren and great granddaughter. She will be dearly missed. 

Jean lived for the past three years at Oakley Place in Rossville, where she endeared herself to all. She was well cared for by her children and the caring staff at Oakley Place. She was preceded in death by her husband Merle, her twin sister, Joan Moody; sister Barbara Vesowate, and brothers, Al Quinlan and Walter Quinlan. Survivors include children, Susan (Steve) Tate, Edward (Terri) Taylor, Mark (Jacque) Taylor, Bill (Janice) Taylor, all of Silver Lake, and Brenda (Ronald) Payne of Meriden; 12 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.

A Funeral Ceremony will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 1, 2018 at Parker-Price Cremations, Funerals & Receptions, 245 NW Independence Ave., Topeka, Kansas. Interment will follow at Prairie Home Cemetery, 35th & Menoken Road. The family will greet friends thirty minutes prior to service time at the funeral home. 

Memorial contributions may be made to the DARE program in support of the Silver Lake city-wide safe Halloween celebration (an annual event that Jeannie loved), or to the Topeka Rescue Mission.

To leave a message for the family online, please visit www.ParkerPriceFH.com.

Amanda Hill (17) At KS Wesleyan

    Amanda Hill of Rossville is a sophomore at Kansas Wesleyan University and is on their basketball team.    Her bio can be read at: 
http://www.kwucoyotes.com/roster/18/2/8354.php

Varsity Basketball Schedules

Nov.  
30. Wamego 

Dec.  
4.     KC Ward (at Chapman)
7.     Sacred Heart (at Chapman)
8.     at Chapman
14.   at Atchison 18.   at Silver Lake
20.    Perry-Lecompton

Jan. 
4.      at Riley County
8.      at Rock Creek
11.     St. Marys 
15-19.  at Oskaloosa Inv. (Boys)
22-26. at Jefferson North Inv (Girls)
29.     at St. Marys 

Feb.  
1.     Wabaunsee
5.     Osage City 
8.     Silver Lake
12.   at Wabaunsee
15.   Riley County
21.   Rock Creek.

Wichita Eagle Rates The Leagues

The Wichita Eagle has given each of the 44 high school football leagues in Kansas a power rating.  The Mid-East League is rated #3 of the 44 leagues.

Sub-State Champions: Riley County

Regional Champions: Silver Lake, Rossville

Playoff Qualifiers: Riley County, Silver Lake, Rossville

Teams: 5

Power Score: 22

To read the complete article and how they calculated the power ratings,  go to:

https://www.kansas.com/sports/varsity-kansas/varsity-football/article222174100.html

Boys Basketball Outlook

Coach: Eammon Bradley (2nd year).

Last year’s record: 6-15 (3-7, 5th in league).

Postseason: lost in 3A sub-state quarterfinals.

Returning starters: (4) Taegan Sumner, G, sr.; Kaleb Badura, G, jr.; Tyree Sowers, F, so.; Bo Reeves, C, so.

Other returners/newcomers: none listed.

Outlook: Bulldawgs lost 10 of first 11 games last year before going 5-4 over final month. ... Graduation claimed leading scorer and first-team all-league selection Sheldon Hulbert. ... Sumner averaged 10 points and 3 assists per game last year. ... Sowers averaged 5 points and 5 rebounds a game and Reeves averaged 4 points and 5 rebounds a game.

Girls Basketball Outlook

Coach: Michael Bell (6th year).

Last year’s record: 12-10 (4-6, 4th in league).

Postseason: lost in 3A sub-state semifinals.

Returning starters: (1) Caila Hill, F, 5-10, sr.

Other returners/newcomers: Taylor Morelli, F, 5-9, jr.; Katie Glotzbach, C, 5-6, sr.; Julia Streit, G, 5-4, so.; Mary Shults, C, 5-1, jr.; Gracie Rabe, F, 5-8, so.; Destiny Bergstresser, F, 5-6, so.; Michaela Paulsen, G, 5-4, jr.; Kaylee Zemek, G, 5-4, fr.; Erika Hatina, C, 5-10, jr.

Outlook: Bulldawgs will be young and inexperienced after graduating five seniors who played a lot of minutes. ... Hill was leading scorer at 13 points per game and also averaged 7 rebounds a contest. ... Morelli added 3 points and 3 rebounds per game but no other returner had significant stats. ... New additions Paulsen (didn’t play), Zemek (freshman) and Hatina (injury) will help depth.

Girls Basketball Roster

#    Name          Grade 
35  Briar Gillum        9
13  Vanesa Quinones 9
4    Alexis Zabala      9
22  Caylee Zemek     9
14  Destiny Bergstresser 10
10  Kitty Jordan 10
21  Gracie Rabe 10
33  Mallorie Salmon 10
3    Julia Streit 10
12  Lika Botchoriscvili 11
20  Erika Hatina 11
15  Camille Hoffelt 11
2    Hiede Magangcong 11
31  Taylor Morelli 11
1    Michaela Paulsen 11
5    Jenna Rodehorst 11
11  Mia Sellenmerten 11
40  Mary Shults 11
25  Katie Glotzbach 12
30  Caila Hill 12

Head Coach: Michael Bell
Assistant Coaches: Trent Kraus, Paula Stucky

Elizabeth Entsminger Passes Away

Elizabeth "Betty" Marie Entsminger, 93, of Topeka, KS died Tuesday, November 20, 2018.

She was born November 17, 1925 in Delia, Kansas, the daughter of Lloyd and Marie Cowan.

Betty was a member of Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church where she volunteered in the church office.

Betty married Robert Ford Entsminger on December 16, 1946. He preceded her in death on March 29, 1986. She is survived by two children, Chad (Karen) Entsminger and Megan (James) Essary along with three grandchildren, Brandy (Grant) Treaster, Andrew Entsminger and Dawson Essary.

The family will receive friends from 9:30 until 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church where a Parish Rosary will be prayed at 10:30 a.m. Following the rosary, Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m.at the church. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Kansas.

2018-19 Cheer and Dance

ootball Cheer Kendall Abernathy Destiny Bergstresser Dani Bittner Emily Broxterman MaKenzie Decklar Tatum Gentry Madison Horgan Breck McCrory Danielle Moore Taylor Morelli Allison Perry Peyton Price Savannah Redmon Cheyenne Reese Emma Streit Sydney Wonnell

Basketball Cheer Kendall Abernathy Dani Bittner Emily Broxterman MaKenzie Decklar Tatum Gentry Madison Horgan Breck McCrory Danielle Moore Allison Perry Peyton Price Savannah Redmon Cheyenne Reese Emma Streit Sydney Wonnell

Dance Team Jordan Bittner MaKenzie Decklar Katie Dohrman Caila Hill Stacey Keithline Breck McCrory Amiley Mendoza Danielle Moore Michaela Paulsen Maxine Smith Emma Streit Julia Streit Sydney Wonnell Caylee Zemek

Taylor Kirk Leads WU Softball Team

Taylor has been selected as a 2018-2019 Washburn University Senior Softball Team leader for the upcoming spring season. She rotated as the starting first baseman and starting shortstop for the Ichabod’s her junior year starting all 53 games.  Batting in the clean-up spot (4 hole), she led the team with 12 homeruns and currently ranks 2^nd amongst career all time Ichabod players with a .989 fielding percentage and holds the record for most RBIs in  a single season game with 7. Taylor was selected as a member of the MIAA 2^nd team as a result of her work on the field. Helping take Washburn to its 2^nd conference title in school history  (the last being 2002) plus only their second appearance in an NCAA regional.

Taylor remains dedicated with her studies as well.  She is a current member of the Dean’s list  (Spring 2018) and is pursuing a double major in ARTS and Communication with a minor in coaching

Casey Conley Is Student Of Week

    Casey Conley is the RHS Student Of The Week  He was recognized by his peers for cleaning up trash around the school. This showed a lot of respect and pride in his school.

Schaefer and White On State Honor Band

I'm very proud to announce that, for the first time ever, Rossville has members in one of the John Philip Sousa Honor Bands.  These are two statewide honor bands, regardless of school size, open by audition to grades 6-9.  You must submit a recorded audition in October, and we have just received results that Elizabeth Schaefer (9th Grade - Flute) and Adam White (9th Grade - Baritone) have made one of the ensembles!  This is a great honor, and they have both worked hard to achieve it.

Adam and Elizabeth will prepare their music in advance and then students from around the state will converge to Lawrence, KS to have a few short rehearsals on Friday evening and Saturday morning, January 25th-26th, 2019.  Then they will present a concert at the Lied Center in Lawrence at 2:00 PM pm on Saturday, January 26th.

Here's a breakdown of the full honor band rosters:

http://ks-sousahonorband.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/SOUSA-HONOR-BAND-2019-BLUE.pdf

You can find more information about the honor bands in general here:  http://ks-sousahonorband.org/

Congratulations Adam and Elizabeth!

Garrett Jones

Rossville Jr/Sr High School

Band & Choir Director

2018-18 Boys Basketball Roster

Name         Grade

Lance Buskirk 9

Raphael Cooney 9

Aiden Garcia 9

Mshewe Hale

Torrey Horak 9

McGwyre Leathers 9

Brody Leitz 9

Bronc Reser 9

Thomas Trice 9

Kai Western 9

Bryson Balch 10

Kaiden Brown 10

Brody Jackson 10

Parker Kenney 10

Austin Klesath 10

Bo Reeves 10

Woodrow Rezac 10

Damian Roberts 10

Tyree Sowers 10

Chris Vanderputten 10

Kaleb Badura 11

Eddie Brockamp 11

Andrei Kim 11

Joao Lovisi 11

Randy Morelli 11

Derek Balch 12

Trevor Johnson 12

Taegan Sumner 12

Head Coach: Eammon Bradley

Assistant Coaches: Eric Anderson, Kraig Westhoff

Kent Paine (63) passes away

    Rossville—Kent W. Paine Sr. 72, died Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at his home in Rossville.
    He was born in Rossville on December 24, 1945 to Chet and Evelyn Baird Paine. Kent graduated from Rossville High School in 1963.
    Kent worked in the Santa Fe Shops at Topeka for over 40 years retiring in January 2006. Hunting and fishing were his passion. He was a member of the NRA and IBEW Local Union No. 226.
    On May 20, 1967 he was united in marriage to Donna Freeby at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Marys. They were married 51 years. She survives of the home. Together they have two sons, David Allen (Melissa) Paine, Gardner and Kent (Lisa) Paine Jr., Kansas City, MO; four grandchildren, Aspen, Jorden, Max and Layten; one great-granddaughter, Rowan.
    He was preceded by his brother, Ed Paine.
    Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Rossville. Inurnment will be in the Rossville Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Midland Hospice Care or Helping Hands Humane Society and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple Street, St. Marys, Kansas 66536. To read a full obituary or to leave online condolences go to www.piperfuneralhome.com.