Mitchell Porter placed 9th in Personal Finance.
Others attending and competing were Makayla Crow, Michaela Little, Ryan Ehrlich, Andrea Rietcheck, Ashley Rietcheck who are pictured below along with sponsor Nola Miller.
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Mitchell Porter 9th At FBLA Nationals
The Rossville High FBLA national convention attendees returned form Chicago Friday after having a great trip.
Mitchell Porter placed 9th in Personal Finance.
Others attending and competing were Makayla Crow, Michaela Little, Ryan Ehrlich, Andrea Rietcheck, Ashley Rietcheck who are pictured below along with sponsor Nola Miller.
Mitchell Porter placed 9th in Personal Finance.
Others attending and competing were Makayla Crow, Michaela Little, Ryan Ehrlich, Andrea Rietcheck, Ashley Rietcheck who are pictured below along with sponsor Nola Miller.
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Rattlers Split Tue Night.
The Rattlers played a double header against the Junction City Brigade on Tue. night.
The Brigade won the first game 11-5. Back to back homers by Tim Schaareman and Derrick McGreevey helped the Rattlers jump out to a 5-2 lead in game two which ended up with the Rattlers on top 7-3
As the league takes a break for their All Star game, the Ratters stand at 11-10.
The Brigade won the first game 11-5. Back to back homers by Tim Schaareman and Derrick McGreevey helped the Rattlers jump out to a 5-2 lead in game two which ended up with the Rattlers on top 7-3
As the league takes a break for their All Star game, the Ratters stand at 11-10.
TV Show About Town Team Baseball
A documentary TV show about baseball has started filming. Its first stop was the Joe Campbell Stadium in Rossville.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLaciGTG_RQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLaciGTG_RQ
MPL All Star Roster
TOPEKA, KS - The Mid-Plains League is proud to announce it's roster for the 2015 All-Star Game.
The game will be played on Sunday July 5th in Junction City, Kansas at 7:00 PM. This year's opponent is the Puerto Rican Summer Collegiate Baseball Club.
Each team in the Mid-Plains League has at least one representative at the All-Star Game, the Junction City Brigade and the Midwest Athletics both sent 7 players apiece.
The Mid-Plains League All-Stars will be coached by Seth Wheeler, the head coach of the Junction City Brigade. His assistant coach will be Rafi Cedeno of the Liberty Monarchs.
The game will be a 9-inning contest and will be held at historic Rathert Stadium in Junction City. Rathert was also the host to the 2014 MPL All-Star Game, which ended in dramatic fashion as Baldwin City's Tyler Moore hit a walk-off Grand Slam to win the game for the MPL All-Stars.
| 2015 Mid-Plains League All-Stars | ||||
| # | Name | POS | College | MPL Team |
| 2 | Tucker Perkins | 2B | Emporia State University | Midwest Athletics |
| 3 | Riley Krane | 3B | Washburn University | Topeka Golden Giants |
| 3 | Jacob Head | OF | Washburn University | Rossville Rattlers |
| 3 | Jared Lloyd | RHP | Missouri Western State University | Liberty Monarchs |
| 4 | Zach Lichten | LHP | Missouri Southern University | Junction City Brigade |
| 7 | Jake Hosey | RHP | Emporia State (Graduated) | Rossville Rattlers |
| 10 | Cade Bunnell | SS | Kansas State University | Rossville Rattlers |
| 12 | Connor Arcobasso | OF | Maple Woods CC | Liberty Monarchs |
| 15 | Riley Landuyt | DH | Creighton University | Baldwin City Blues |
| 15 | Jonathan Valenzuela-Reece | 2B | Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne | Rossville Rattlers |
| 16 | Danny Rowley | C | Missouri State University | Junction City Brigade |
| 17 | Aaron Marshall | OF | Ottawa University | Baldwin City Blues |
| 17 | Ryan Ihle | P/SS | Columbus State University | Topeka Golden Giants |
| 18 | Andrew Kreiling | OF | Pittsburg State University | Midwest Athletics |
| 22 | Tim Roberts | P | Avila University | Midwest Athletics |
| 23 | Travis Stroup | SS | Kansas City Kansas CC | Midwest Athletics |
| 24 | Tristan Perkins | OF | Scottsdale CC | Liberty Monarchs |
| 24 | Noah Draper | RHP | Garden City CC | Junction City Brigade |
| 25 | Chase Knott | DH | Rogers State University | Topeka Senators |
| 25 | Matt Fultz | C | Missouri State University | Midwest Athletics |
| 26 | Jacob Boylan | 1B | Pittsburg State University | Midwest Athletics |
| 33 | Bo Ritter | RHP | Arkansas State University | Junction City Brigade |
| 34 | Nick Brandecker | P | Pittsburg State University | Midwest Athletics |
| 35 | Brett Nickel | 1B | Johnson County CC | Junction City Brigade |
| 38 | Ben Dalke | P | Colby CC | Topeka Golden Giants |
| 51 | Sam Chadick | OF | Kansas State University | Junction City Brigade |
| 55 | Ethan Klosterboer | 3B | Kansas State University | Junction City Brigade |
Monday, June 29, 2015
Avian Flu Keeps Chickens Home
For the past four years, Rossville Rustlers 4-H Club member Leah Hudson has inspected her small flock of chickens to pick the best three to enter in the poultry division at the Shawnee County Fair.
She makes her selection based on which chickens have the most feathers, look the prettiest and are in the best condition. Her judgment has proven pretty good — one year she brought home a purple ribbon.
This year, however, Leah’s birds will stay in their pens when the county fair rolls around in late July.
The Kansas Department of Agriculture, Division of Animal Health, issued a stop movement order on June 9 that targets poultry and other live birds in an effort to prevent the spread of the highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza.
The order resulted in the cancellation of all poultry-related shows and events through Dec. 31 in Kansas, including county and state fairs, swap meets, exotic sales, live bird auctions and other poultry activities where birds of different flock commingle. More than 2,000 4-Hers will be affected statewide.
“It wasn’t really that much of a shock,” Leah, 12, an eighth-grader at Rossville Junior High, said, noting a positive case of avian flu had been found earlier this year in Leavenworth County.
While live birds will be restricted from county fairs, egg exhibits will still be allowed.
Lynette Hudson, Leah’s mother and a leader for the Rossville Rustlers 4-H Club, said she appreciates the KDA’s efforts to try to protect the state’s poultry industry and its decision to pull live birds from the fairs.
As a parent, it takes that hard decision off us,” she said, adding she also understands the disappointment of senior 4-Hers for whom this year was the final opportunity to show their poultry projects. “But, I’d rather not take (the birds) and get them exposed.”
K-State Research and Extension staff, county and state fair officials and poultry industry representatives are trying to find ways 4-Hers enrolled in poultry projects can still showcase their work without having their birds present.
Brooke Gray, 4-H youth development program assistant at the Shawnee County Extension Office, said Extension staff and others are working on options to the regular way 4-Hers participate in the poultry division at the Shawnee County Fair, which will run July 30-Aug. 2 at the Kansas Expocentre.
“It’s still a work in progress,” she said, adding 4-Hers might create a poster with photographs of their birds, give a talk or complete a project notebook as substitutes for exhibiting their birds.
Although Gray said she didn’t know how many poultry exhibits were entered in last year’s Shawnee County Fair, Cara Robinson, 4-H project manager for the Meadowlark District of K-State Research and Extension in Holton, said about 30 4-Hers typically exhibit poultry at the Jackson County Fair.
Robinson said those youngsters are being encouraged to enter posters, notebooks with photos and information, record books or videos explaining their poultry projects at this year’s fair, from July 27 to 31 at the fairgrounds in Holton.
“The majority of them also have other projects, like food or livestock,” she said, estimating last year’s fair brought in about 2,700 4-H entries.
Denny Stoecklein, general manger of the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson, said about 1,200 pigeons, chickens, ducks and other types of poultry were on display at the 2014 state fair.
Stoecklein said the ban on poultry gives the state fair — scheduled Sept. 11 through 20 — the opportunity to educate visitors about the avian flu while offering alternative ways 4-Hers can enter their projects in the poultry division. As an example, he said a youngster could use a stuffed toy bird instead of a live bird during the poultry showmanship competition.
“People won’t walk through the poultry barn and see an empty building,” Stoecklein said.
Details on how to handle the poultry ban at the state fair, he said, will be discussed this week during a conference call that will include the state fair poultry superintendent and officials from K-State Extension and Research and the Kansas Department of Agriculture, Division of Animal Health.
Saturday, June 27, 2015
All-Star Game July 5th
The 2015 Mid Plains League All-Star Game will be in Junction City, Kansas this year on Sunday July 5th at 7:00 pm as the MPL All-Stars take on the Puerto Rican Summer Collegiate Baseball Club.
Archer Calls For Willard Bridge Closure
From the Capital-Journal:
Shawnee County Commissioner Bob Archer on Thursday called for the closure of the structurally deficient Willard Bridge in northwest Shawnee County.
Reading from a report commissioned by the county, Archer described the dangerous deterioration and gaping holes in the bridge, comparing it repeatedly to a Minnesota bridge that collapsed in 2007.
“I want to go on the record saying I think we should close the Willard Bridge to all traffic beginning October 1st,” Archer said.
Archer’s comments came near the end of a two-hour meeting and immediately after Public Works Director Tom Vlach gave a presentation showing no further deterioration of the bridge had occurred since an update one month ago.
“The bridge is still safe,” Commissioner Kevin Cook said before Archer’s remarks. “It has not had further deterioration.” “That is correct,” Vlach responded.
“I must respectfully disagree with Commissioner Cook,” Archer said as began reading from the county’s June 5 application for a federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, or TIGER, grant. In making the case for why Shawnee County deserves millions of dollars in federal funding to replace the Willard Bridge, the application bleakly details its deterioration.
“The bridge has the same fracture critical design as the I-35W Mississippi River Bridge that collapsed in Minneapolis, Minnesota to devastating consequences in August of 2007,” the report states.
“Compounding the issues related to the fracture critical design, there is substantial rusting in the superstructure of the bridge,” the report continues. “In many areas, there are series of holes that span over a foot long. Cracks in the copes appear near every floor beam in the substructure. Piles of rust debris show that the bridge is disintegrating.”
As the county’s chief engineer, Vlach has the sole responsibility of closing the bridge whenever he deems it unsafe, a duty he said “wears on my mind a lot.”
“You don’t know how much I wish the decision to close or not close the bridge didn’t fall on me. But it does, by state statute,” Vlach told the commission.
Commissioner Shelly Buhler, a Rossville resident who represents those most directly affected by the bridge, admonished Cook and Archer for not taking an interest in the bridge’s deterioration last year.
“I wish this would have been a priority of this commission last summer. I really wish we would have given it priority then,” Buhler said.
Vlach said his department is driving over the bridge “almost daily” and monitoring the worst portions of the bridge.
“We will get some indication that something is going on in advance,” Vlach said.
“This commission does not want a catastrophic event under its watch,” Archer responded.
“Neither do I,” Vlach said. “We all have the same opinion.”
Cook recalled a text message he received May 19 informing him a bridge had collapsed. While the text was referring to a pedestrian bridge at Heartland Park Topeka racetrack, Cook said his mind went first to the Willard Bridge.
“My heart sunk,” Cook said. Cook said he has spoken to residents near the Willard Bridge who continue to drive combines and farm equipment across it, despite a weight limit barring all but passenger vehicles and emergency vehicles. The commissioner advised warning residents of the dangers they face in disobeying the weight limit.
“We don’t have the ability to monitor the traffic on the bridge 24/7. We just don’t,” Archer responded. Buhler asked Vlach to rely on facts and the opinions of engineers in making his decision.
“The impact that will have on communities is huge,” Buhler said. “So there are other things that have to be thought of and are being thought of.”
Before the debate over closing Willard Bridge began, Vlach said he anticipated the county will know by the end of September whether it will be awarded a TIGER grant. He thanked U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins and U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran and Pat Roberts for issuing a letter of support for the TIGER application.
“That’s a really big deal, for them to come together,” Vlach said.
Vlach also told commissioners that the Kansas Department of Transportation had agreed Thursday to advance Shawnee County between $7 million and $10 million in interest-free loans for replacing the Willard Bridge. “That is tremendous news,” Vlach said, adding that he was “shocked” by KDOT’s decision. “That alone puts us in an extremely good position.”
Projections given to the commission Thursday show design for the new Willard Bridge will be completed by the end of the summer and construction will begin in February 2016. The new bridge is expected to open by the start of 2018, according to Vlach’s projections.
Reading from a report commissioned by the county, Archer described the dangerous deterioration and gaping holes in the bridge, comparing it repeatedly to a Minnesota bridge that collapsed in 2007.
“I want to go on the record saying I think we should close the Willard Bridge to all traffic beginning October 1st,” Archer said.
Archer’s comments came near the end of a two-hour meeting and immediately after Public Works Director Tom Vlach gave a presentation showing no further deterioration of the bridge had occurred since an update one month ago.
“The bridge is still safe,” Commissioner Kevin Cook said before Archer’s remarks. “It has not had further deterioration.” “That is correct,” Vlach responded.
“I must respectfully disagree with Commissioner Cook,” Archer said as began reading from the county’s June 5 application for a federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, or TIGER, grant. In making the case for why Shawnee County deserves millions of dollars in federal funding to replace the Willard Bridge, the application bleakly details its deterioration.
“The bridge has the same fracture critical design as the I-35W Mississippi River Bridge that collapsed in Minneapolis, Minnesota to devastating consequences in August of 2007,” the report states.
“Compounding the issues related to the fracture critical design, there is substantial rusting in the superstructure of the bridge,” the report continues. “In many areas, there are series of holes that span over a foot long. Cracks in the copes appear near every floor beam in the substructure. Piles of rust debris show that the bridge is disintegrating.”
As the county’s chief engineer, Vlach has the sole responsibility of closing the bridge whenever he deems it unsafe, a duty he said “wears on my mind a lot.”
“You don’t know how much I wish the decision to close or not close the bridge didn’t fall on me. But it does, by state statute,” Vlach told the commission.
Commissioner Shelly Buhler, a Rossville resident who represents those most directly affected by the bridge, admonished Cook and Archer for not taking an interest in the bridge’s deterioration last year.
“I wish this would have been a priority of this commission last summer. I really wish we would have given it priority then,” Buhler said.
Vlach said his department is driving over the bridge “almost daily” and monitoring the worst portions of the bridge.
“We will get some indication that something is going on in advance,” Vlach said.
“This commission does not want a catastrophic event under its watch,” Archer responded.
“Neither do I,” Vlach said. “We all have the same opinion.”
Cook recalled a text message he received May 19 informing him a bridge had collapsed. While the text was referring to a pedestrian bridge at Heartland Park Topeka racetrack, Cook said his mind went first to the Willard Bridge.
“My heart sunk,” Cook said. Cook said he has spoken to residents near the Willard Bridge who continue to drive combines and farm equipment across it, despite a weight limit barring all but passenger vehicles and emergency vehicles. The commissioner advised warning residents of the dangers they face in disobeying the weight limit.
“We don’t have the ability to monitor the traffic on the bridge 24/7. We just don’t,” Archer responded. Buhler asked Vlach to rely on facts and the opinions of engineers in making his decision.
“The impact that will have on communities is huge,” Buhler said. “So there are other things that have to be thought of and are being thought of.”
Before the debate over closing Willard Bridge began, Vlach said he anticipated the county will know by the end of September whether it will be awarded a TIGER grant. He thanked U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins and U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran and Pat Roberts for issuing a letter of support for the TIGER application.
“That’s a really big deal, for them to come together,” Vlach said.
Vlach also told commissioners that the Kansas Department of Transportation had agreed Thursday to advance Shawnee County between $7 million and $10 million in interest-free loans for replacing the Willard Bridge. “That is tremendous news,” Vlach said, adding that he was “shocked” by KDOT’s decision. “That alone puts us in an extremely good position.”
Projections given to the commission Thursday show design for the new Willard Bridge will be completed by the end of the summer and construction will begin in February 2016. The new bridge is expected to open by the start of 2018, according to Vlach’s projections.
Rattlers Rack Up WIN In JC
The Rattlers played another outstanding game to beat the Junction City Brigade 6-1 on Saturday night to take the series 2-1. Rossville outscored Junction City 19-6 in the three game series.
Fans attending the ballgame Saturday night at the ballpark were also treated to a fireworks display.
Rattlers 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 6 9 3
Brigade 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 3
The offense was led by RF Collin Scribner with two hits and one run. SS Cade Bunnell also had two hits and drove in one run.
Jacob Head pitched the first four innings allowing just two hits no runs, three walks and two strike-outs. Derrick McGreevy pitched the next three innings allowing two hits, one run, two walks and two strike-outs. Taylor Mah finished the game allowing one hit, no runs, and getting two strike-outs in his two innings on the mound.
Fans attending the ballgame Saturday night at the ballpark were also treated to a fireworks display.
Rattlers 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 6 9 3
Brigade 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 3
The offense was led by RF Collin Scribner with two hits and one run. SS Cade Bunnell also had two hits and drove in one run.
Jacob Head pitched the first four innings allowing just two hits no runs, three walks and two strike-outs. Derrick McGreevy pitched the next three innings allowing two hits, one run, two walks and two strike-outs. Taylor Mah finished the game allowing one hit, no runs, and getting two strike-outs in his two innings on the mound.
Friday, June 26, 2015
Rattlers Get 10-0 Win Over Brigade
It wasn’t pretty at Rathert Field Friday night for the Junction City Brigade as the Rattlers bounced back from their Thur night 5-3 loss..
Four errors helped lead to a 10-0 Rossville victory in a game called after seven innings due to a 10-run rule.
Brigade coach Seth Wheeler said it was the second night in a row Junction City didn’t play good defense.”When you have that many bad defensive plays in a game it’s going to be tough to win.”
Wheeler noted the Brigade are a young team and commented, “If you keep doing something that’s not right and you keep getting away with it you’re not going to change it. ” Wheeler added his team got away with it in a 5-3 win over Rossville Thursday night so they didn’t do the necessary adjustments to change it.
Brigade coach Seth Wheeler said it was the second night in a row Junction City didn’t play good defense.”When you have that many bad defensive plays in a game it’s going to be tough to win.”
Wheeler noted the Brigade are a young team and commented, “If you keep doing something that’s not right and you keep getting away with it you’re not going to change it. ” Wheeler added his team got away with it in a 5-3 win over Rossville Thursday night so they didn’t do the necessary adjustments to change it.
Rattlers Lose To Brigade 5-3
Rossville put two men on base in the top of the ninth, but a fly ball to deep right field by Cade Bunnell was caught by Junction City’s Noah Arni, allowing the Brigade to hold on for a 5-3 baseball win over the Rattlers Thursday night at Rathert Field.
Noah Draper turned in a strong performance on the mound for Junction City.
Brigade Coach Seth Wheeler said the reason Junction City won the game is because of Draper. He noted Draper went six innings on the mound. He gave up only one run despite four errors by the Brigade in the field.
Rossville 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 2
Brigade 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 - 5 11 2
Leading the Rattler offense was Jeremy Thomas with two hits and one RBI.
The starting pitcher for the Rattlers was Jake Hozey who worked five innings allowing five hits and four earned runs along with three walks and two strike-outs. Taylor Mah was on the mound for the last three innings giving up three hits, no walks, one earned run and three strike-outs.
Brigade 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 - 5 11 2
Leading the Rattler offense was Jeremy Thomas with two hits and one RBI.
The starting pitcher for the Rattlers was Jake Hozey who worked five innings allowing five hits and four earned runs along with three walks and two strike-outs. Taylor Mah was on the mound for the last three innings giving up three hits, no walks, one earned run and three strike-outs.
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
History of Olive Branch Cemetery
The following article is from Recollections: Kansas
Olive Branch Cemetery, one of three public cemeteries in Rossville township, is located in the NW ¼ of Sec. 9 T10S R13E, at the corner of N.W. 86th and Bailey Rd. It was started in connection with the Olive Branch Chapel (United Brethren), which was about a mile east on the Rossville to Delia Road.
The land on which the cemetery is located was part of the railroad grant received by the A. T. & S, F. railroad from the U.S. Government (Certificate dated 17 Oct 1669 Patent dated 16 Sep 1873 filed with Shawnee Co. Register of Deeds,Bk. 16 p 426 and Bk. 37 p 91).
In June 1881, the entire quarter-section was sold to A. S. Stanley, who then sold the west half of the quarter-section to Fred Franklin later in the same year.
A Quit-Claim deed from Fred K. Franklin and wife Maria J. to the trustees of the U. B. "Christ" Church, dated 6 Aug 1885 and filed 28 Dec 1886, is found in Bk. 124 p 177 of the Shawnee Co. Reg. of Deeds' records.
Trustees named in this deed were Benjamin Franklin, Isaac McCullough, Silas Joy, Wm. Hook and S. P. Zickafoose. For a consideration of $30.00, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin relinquished all claims to "a strip or parcel of land 40 rods long and 12 rods wide running north and south off the NW ¼ of Section 9.10.13 to be used as a cemetery by said church,"
The Olive Branch Chapel was disbanded about 1923 and the cemetery was turned over to Rossville township by the U, B. Church trustees. A Quit-Claim deed signed by J. M. Franklin, Mrs. L, A, Lasswell, Silas Joy and R. D, James as trustees for the U. B. Church of Rossville twp, dated 9 Mar 1921, was filed 23 Nov 1923 with the Shawnee county Reg. of Deeds and recorded in Bk. 492 p 319. The church was sold about that time for a Czech church, and the building was torn down about 1955•
An article appearing in the Topeka State Journal for Saturday,
19 Sep 1959, tells of the fifth annual picnic for members of the former church which was to be held that Sunday afternoon in the Rossville City Park. The picnics were begun in 1955 by Miss Miriam Franklin, a former teacher at Washburn and a granddaughter of one of the original members.
The first two picnics had been held on the old Franklin farm. In 1959 Emil Kovar was president of the picnic group and Glenn A. Page was sec-retary.
A list of inscriptions were submitted to the committee at different times by Mrs. Katy Matthews, Mrs. Livonia Jacobe and Mrs. Ruby Rezac. The cemetery was visited in 1977 by Mrs. Helen King and Mrs. Shirley O'Toole and seemed to be well cared for.
If anyone would like digital photos of tombstones in the cemetery, contact frank.ruff@juno.com who photographed most of the cemetery in 2009..
Olive Branch Cemetery, one of three public cemeteries in Rossville township, is located in the NW ¼ of Sec. 9 T10S R13E, at the corner of N.W. 86th and Bailey Rd. It was started in connection with the Olive Branch Chapel (United Brethren), which was about a mile east on the Rossville to Delia Road.
The land on which the cemetery is located was part of the railroad grant received by the A. T. & S, F. railroad from the U.S. Government (Certificate dated 17 Oct 1669 Patent dated 16 Sep 1873 filed with Shawnee Co. Register of Deeds,Bk. 16 p 426 and Bk. 37 p 91).
In June 1881, the entire quarter-section was sold to A. S. Stanley, who then sold the west half of the quarter-section to Fred Franklin later in the same year.
A Quit-Claim deed from Fred K. Franklin and wife Maria J. to the trustees of the U. B. "Christ" Church, dated 6 Aug 1885 and filed 28 Dec 1886, is found in Bk. 124 p 177 of the Shawnee Co. Reg. of Deeds' records.
Trustees named in this deed were Benjamin Franklin, Isaac McCullough, Silas Joy, Wm. Hook and S. P. Zickafoose. For a consideration of $30.00, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin relinquished all claims to "a strip or parcel of land 40 rods long and 12 rods wide running north and south off the NW ¼ of Section 9.10.13 to be used as a cemetery by said church,"
The Olive Branch Chapel was disbanded about 1923 and the cemetery was turned over to Rossville township by the U, B. Church trustees. A Quit-Claim deed signed by J. M. Franklin, Mrs. L, A, Lasswell, Silas Joy and R. D, James as trustees for the U. B. Church of Rossville twp, dated 9 Mar 1921, was filed 23 Nov 1923 with the Shawnee county Reg. of Deeds and recorded in Bk. 492 p 319. The church was sold about that time for a Czech church, and the building was torn down about 1955•
An article appearing in the Topeka State Journal for Saturday,
19 Sep 1959, tells of the fifth annual picnic for members of the former church which was to be held that Sunday afternoon in the Rossville City Park. The picnics were begun in 1955 by Miss Miriam Franklin, a former teacher at Washburn and a granddaughter of one of the original members.
The first two picnics had been held on the old Franklin farm. In 1959 Emil Kovar was president of the picnic group and Glenn A. Page was sec-retary.
A list of inscriptions were submitted to the committee at different times by Mrs. Katy Matthews, Mrs. Livonia Jacobe and Mrs. Ruby Rezac. The cemetery was visited in 1977 by Mrs. Helen King and Mrs. Shirley O'Toole and seemed to be well cared for.
If anyone would like digital photos of tombstones in the cemetery, contact frank.ruff@juno.com who photographed most of the cemetery in 2009..
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Rattlers Lose Close One
The Midwest Athletics pulled a dramatic comeback in the bottom of the seventh inning to get a 3-2 victory over the Rattlers Tuesday evening.
Rattlers 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 0
Athletics 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 6 0
Leading the offense for the Rattlers was short stop Cade Bunnell and DH Michael Higgins with two hits each. The only RBI was driven in by 1B Grant Weber.
Jake Michelski piched the first three innings allowing only two hits, one earned run, five walks and one strike-out. Triston Johnson pitched the last 3 1/3 innings allowing four hits, two earned runs, three walks and two strike-outs.
The Rattlers are now 8-8 for the season.
Rattlers 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 0
Athletics 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 6 0
Leading the offense for the Rattlers was short stop Cade Bunnell and DH Michael Higgins with two hits each. The only RBI was driven in by 1B Grant Weber.
Jake Michelski piched the first three innings allowing only two hits, one earned run, five walks and one strike-out. Triston Johnson pitched the last 3 1/3 innings allowing four hits, two earned runs, three walks and two strike-outs.
The Rattlers are now 8-8 for the season.
Laurel Jackson Honored At Retirement
Rossville High School honored Ms. Laurel Jackson for 39 years of teaching.
On the last day of school she arrived in style in a Limousine provided by Russ Miller. The students surprised her by picking her up at her house and riding with her to school. Student Council made pancakes for the all the students in the morning for breakfast. Teacher Feud was played with survey questions the students answered. It was men versus the women teachers. At the end of the game, the women teachers won.
Another surprise was in store for Ms. Jackson, because she has read out loud to many students, the seniors returned to read Pete the Cat, one of her favorites to her. Mrs. Cathy Copeland invited former students and their parents to write a note or letter to Ms. Jackson. It was kept a secret, and the book contained over 200 letters. Luke Foster and Terry Horak, former students, read their notes to her. Ms. Pam Sumner shared a video of favorite memories from Delia Grade School and Rossville High. The students gave Ms. Jackson Candy Bar Awards, like a Snickers bar for helping us to laugh at our mistakes and keep trying. Ms. Jackson has Bulldog pride and always encouraged all students to sing and stand up for the school fight song. To honor her the students stood up and loudly and proudly sang our fight song. Student Council then grilled hot dogs for the students and staff and then played activities like dodge ball and charades. It was a great last day of school.
On the last day of school she arrived in style in a Limousine provided by Russ Miller. The students surprised her by picking her up at her house and riding with her to school. Student Council made pancakes for the all the students in the morning for breakfast. Teacher Feud was played with survey questions the students answered. It was men versus the women teachers. At the end of the game, the women teachers won.
Another surprise was in store for Ms. Jackson, because she has read out loud to many students, the seniors returned to read Pete the Cat, one of her favorites to her. Mrs. Cathy Copeland invited former students and their parents to write a note or letter to Ms. Jackson. It was kept a secret, and the book contained over 200 letters. Luke Foster and Terry Horak, former students, read their notes to her. Ms. Pam Sumner shared a video of favorite memories from Delia Grade School and Rossville High. The students gave Ms. Jackson Candy Bar Awards, like a Snickers bar for helping us to laugh at our mistakes and keep trying. Ms. Jackson has Bulldog pride and always encouraged all students to sing and stand up for the school fight song. To honor her the students stood up and loudly and proudly sang our fight song. Student Council then grilled hot dogs for the students and staff and then played activities like dodge ball and charades. It was a great last day of school.
To honor Ms. Jackson and celebrate the unique way that she touched each student and inspired a love of reading and learning, a scholarship has been established at the Rossville Community Foundation. To make a donation, send your contribution to Rossville Community Foundation, PO Box 74, Rossville, KS 66533
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