Rossville KS Alumni News

This blog is for posting all news of Rossville residents and Rossville High alumni. Bookmark this page and send any appropriate news (births, deaths, engagements, marriages, anniversaries, job changes, honors, etc.) items to: Frank.Ruff@juno.com . Feel free to add comments to any of the articles. Check this site often because I sometimes delete items. There are SEARCH (top left of page) and LINK (bottom of page) features. For photos, see link at bottom.

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

RHS Softball Splits With Wamego

The Lady Dawgs split with Wamego on April 29, winning the first game 13-9, but losing the second one 12-2 in five innings.
Rossville is now 7-7 for the season.

Ross 2 2 0 1 5 0 3 13
Wam 3 0 0 4 2 0 0 9

Ross 0 0 2 0 0 2
Wam 2 2 1 5 2 12

All School Reunion June 1

Rossville High School

All School Reunion, Dinner

and Scholarship Presentation

Saturday, June 1, 2019

Dekat Parish Center – 700 Main St.

Social Hour 4:00 p.m.

Catered Dinner 6:00 p.m.

The Rossville High School Alumni Scholarship Foundation has awarded over $26,000.00 in scholarships to graduating seniors of Rossville High since 1999. An endowment account was established in 2007. Interest from this account and a grant received from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation will be used for scholarships to be given. This year we plan to honor the three winners of $1500 scholarships at this party. We thank all alumni and friends for your tax deductible donations to this fund. Join us for the reunion party and/or consider making a donation to our Foundation.

Cost for the evening is $22.50. Meal by Wanda’s Country Cookin’. Program will follow the dinner. Scholarships awarded. Class roll call and pictures.

For information call 785-584-6080 or 785-584-6335 or email meburg@embarqmail.com

I plan to attend the Celebration (list number attending)_________

_____ @ $22.50 = ____________

Add’l Donation (optional) ________

Total enclosed is __________________

Registration deadline is May 25th. Checks are made payable to RHS Alumni Foundation

Mail registration to: RHS Alumni Foundation, PO Box 803, Rossville KS 66533.

Name ___________________________________ RHS Graduate? Y___ N___ Year__________

Address__________________________________City________________State-ZIP_________

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Monday, April 29, 2019

3A State Solo & Ensemble Music

Rossville musicians played and sang incredibly well at the 3A State Solo

& Ensemble Music Festival, hosted at Southeast of Saline High School.

NINE Outstanding (1) Ratings and TWO Excellent (2) Ratings! Go Dawg Music!

Camille Hoffelt - Flute Solo - 1

Adam White - Euphonium Solo - 1

Ava Stipp - Clarinet Solo - 1

Taylor Morelli - Clarinet Solo - 1

Hailey Steele - Vocal Solo - 1

Bryson Hase - Trombone Solo - 2

Clarinet Trio - 1

Flute Quartet - 1

Rossville Choir - 1

Brass Choir - 1

Low Brass Ensemble - 2

Garrett Jones

Rossville Jr/Sr High School

Band & Choir Director

Below are photos taken at the event. Click on each to enlarge

Joseph Muller Passes Away

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Joseph T. Muller (Rossville, Kansas), born in Saint Marys, Kansas, who passed away on April 28, 2019, at the age of 83, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends can send flowers and condolences in memory of the loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Joseph T. Muller to pay them a last tribute.

He was predeceased by: his parents, Frank Muller and Catherine Bennett Muller; his siblings, Francis Muller and Bonnie Brunin. He is survived by his children, Joseph T. Jr. and Tricia. Memorial contributions may be made to the Kansas Army National Guard Museum or Grace Hospice and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple Street, St. Marys, Kansas 66536.
A funeral service will be held on Thursday, May 2nd 2019 at 10:00 AM at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (208 W Bertrand Ave, St Marys, KS 66536, USA). Visitation will be held on Thursday, May 2nd 2019 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM.

The Piper Funeral has a much longer and very different obituary at: http://piperfuneralhome.com/obituaries/joseph-t-jody-muller/

Saturday, April 27, 2019

St. Mary's Inv. Golf

The Rossville boys golf team played in the St. Mary's Invitational at Rolling Meadows Golf Course in Topeka on April 25. The team finishes are as follows.

1 Sabetha 334
2 Frankfort 359
3 Silver Lake 364
4 Santa Fe Trail 369
5 Holton 372
6 Seneca 372
7 St. Mary’s Acad. 377
8 Jefferson West 387
9 St. Marys 393
10Lyndon 416
11Perry-Lecompton 432
12Rossville 446

Chris VanderPutten was the team leader with a 94.

Taylor Kirk(15) and Washburn Softball

Washburn U. won two games from NW Missouri State U. on April 27. The first was by a 4-1 score and the second 9-1.
Taylor Kirk had 2 At-bats in the first game with 1 RBI. She had a sacrifice fly and a sacrifice hit.
In game two, she had 1 hit in 4 at-bats.
These were the final two regular season games. Washburn will be in the MIAA softball tournament at Oklahoma City May 2-4.

Leading Softball Batters

Per the Max Preps website, through the first 8 games of this season (they have played 12 games), the following are the leading batters for the Rossville softball team.
Batting Slugging
Kelcie Kippes .593 1.148
Kinlyn Lundin .455 .863
Caylee Zemek .370 .481
Caila Hill .346 .509

Silver Lake Softball Games

The Rossville and Silver Lake softball teams split in their April 25 encounter with the Eagles winning the first game 4-0 and the Lady Dawgs winning the night cap 6-4. Rossville is 6-6 for the season.

Ross 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
S.L. 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4

Ross 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 6
S. L. 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4

Seaman’s Camien/Welch Inv. Trqck

Rossville competed against 24 teams, including some of the largest high schools in Kansas, on April 26 at the Seaman Camien/Welch Invitational track and field meet.

GIRLS Team scores

Lawrence 103, Olathe North 79.5, Leavenworth 69, Carroll 61, Free State 56, Junction City, 55.5, Manhattan 38, Washburn Rural 35, SM North 29, Emporia 28, SM Northwest 24.5, Seaman 18, Wamego 18, SM South 17.5, Silver Lake 16.5, Topeka High 15, Topeka West 12, Santa Fe Trail 11, Jefferson County North 5, Rossville 5, Perry-Lecompton 3.5, Holton 2.

BOYS Team scores

Carroll 78.5, Manhattan 71.5, Leavenworth 58, Wamego 49, Junction City 45, Washburn Rural 44.5, SM North 42, Olathe North 38.5, Free State 36, Silver Lake 32, Santa Fe Trail 31, SM Northwest 30, Emporia 21.5, Seaman 21, Lawrence 21, Perry-Lecompton 20, Topeka High 18, Topeka West 16.5, SM South 14, Seabury 7, Rossville 7.

Friday, April 26, 2019

Video Of Mallory Mitchell Fundraiser

Here is a great video and story of the April 19 fundraiser at the American Legion for Mallory Mitchell.
https://www.wibw.com/content/news/Community-rallies-for-St-Marys-woman-recovering-from-brain-injury-508838651.html

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Special Spring Dance At Moravan Hall

The annual spring dance sponsored by the Rossville Moravan Lodge will be held at the historic “Bohemian Hall”, 86^th and Crawford Rd., six miles north of Rossville, on Saturday, April 27. The festivities begin at 6:00 p.m. with a meal catered by TNT, followed by the dance featuring the popular Czechland Polka Band from 7:00 to 10:30. The cost of the meal is $8, and admission to the Dance is $8 for adults ($4 for teens), although advance tickets are available at several businesses in Rossville for $7. This occasion is particularly special for two important reasons: It is billed as the Maxine Carver Memorial, in memory of Mrs. Carver who was the Moravan Lodge secretary and just named the Lodge’s prestigious “Fraternalist of the Year”. Part of the proceeds and donations from the evening will be utilized toward a Hall Project, completed in Maxine’s name. The other unique element of the evening will be the world premiere of “The Governor’s Polka”, performed by the band. The “The Governor’s Polka” was originally written and dedicated to the first Governor of Kansas, Charles Robinson, but has been forgotten for over one hundred years. One of the Lodge’s recent and most ambitious projects has been to lobby the Kansas Legislature to declare Polka Music as the State’s Official Dance and Music. Toward that effort, Doug Martinek, chair of the Lodge Board, discovered the piano sheet music of this historic song in the Archives of the State Historical Society. Jacob Anderson, son of the Czechland Band’s tuba player, Dave Anderson of Newton, was commissioned to arrange the “Governor’s Polka” for the specific instrumentation of the Band. Jacob is a student at Bethel and has composed or arranged several polkas for the band in the past. Because of the relevance of this polka’s first-ever performance toward the Lodge’s political project, Governor Laura Kelly has been extended a personal invitation to attend the Dance, as well as the entire legislative body. It is shaping up to be a truly memorable event and is open to the entire public.