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Moore announces Housing, Sports committees – Muddy River News

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June 18, 2025

QUINCY — Mayor Linda Moore has made her selections for the people who she wants to lead and be members of committees to work on a pair of projects she pushed for during her mayoral campaign.

Moore has created a “Strategic Task Force on Housing” and a “Sports Commission.” Each committee includes members and some ex-officio, or non-voting, members. They will also be broken down into subcommittees.

The committees are both large in numbers and Moore said about 100 people volunteered to serve on each of them.

Moore said the first few meetings will be “a lot of brainstorming” to see what can be accomplished. They will also be broken into sub-committees and, eventually, she envisions the overall committee to shrink in size.

The housing issue has been much discussed over the last few years and voters passed a non-binding referendum in April by a 60-40 margin that calls for the implementation of a comprehensive and proactive rental inspection program.

Quincy and Adams County also commissioned the Great River Economic Development Foundation to develop a study on housing and the County set aside $1 million in COVID-relief funds for building grants.

Alderman Karol Ehmen (R-4th Ward) will co-chair the housing task force along with former alderman and current supervisor of the Veterans Assistance Commission of Adams County, Paul Havermale.

There have also been discussions in the community about the feasibility of a sports complex to help the city better attract youth sports tournaments and events that would bring in tourism dollars via hotel stays and restaurant traffic.

“The commission will look into what sort of facility we might need, where we would locate that facility and how we would finance it,” Moore said on the Muddy River News program “Minutes with the Mayor.”

Alderman Kelly Mays (R-3rd Ward) will co-chair the sports commission along with David Adam. Adam, who is currently the news editor at Muddy River News, will leave that position for a full-time position with the city’s Planning and Development office in July.

Name	Organization
CO CHAIR	David Adam	City of Quincy, effective July 7.
CO CHAIR	Kelly Mays	3rd Ward Alderman
	Jessica Booth	Harvey’s Furniture
	Eric Entrup	1st Ward Alderman
	Josh Rabe	Quincy University
	Curtis Sethaler	Quincy Family YMCA
	Nick Smith	Cotter Pin Capital
	Todd Moore	Architechnics
	Blake Scheer	Bank of Springfield
	Gabe McClean	Restaurant Owner
	Dax Fohey	Town and Country Inn & Suites
	Jennifer Sousa	Quincy RUSH Soccer
	Jeff Rakers	Mississippi Valley Hunters & Fishermen
	Scott Ruffner	Refreshment Services Pepsi
	Wills Nixon	Hoopy Rose Foundation
	Rick Smith	Retired
	Scott Smith	State Street Bank
	Rick Gengenbacher	Retired
	Trevor Beck	Town and Country Bank
	Mike Willis	U.S. Cooler
	Darin Thomas	PHAST; indoor bike park
	Eric Ervin	Country Insurance
	Christine Stupavsky	Parent and youth sports coach
	Cheryl Loatsch	Cheryl Loatsch Studio
	Anna Bentley	Legacy Martial Arts
	Kerry Anders	Retired educator and coach
	Mike Dade	Jackson-Lincoln Pool
	Todd Fox	Retired superintendent
	Mike Elbe	Retired JWCC president
	Bill Bender	RC dirt racing

Advisory	Eric Stratman	Quincy Shootout
Advisory	Darin Dodd	Qtown Tournaments
Advisory	Nick Weiman/Gabbie Weiman	Club Four Volleyball
Advisory	Kasey Schuster	Krazytown Trampoline Park
Advisory	Mike Jenkins	Quincy Towne Center/Cullinan Properties
Advisory	Jason Stratton	Advance Physical Therapy
Advisory	George Crickard	Quincy Medical Group
Advisory	Jayne Pieper	Blessing Hospital

Ex-officio	Bruce Guthrie	Chamber of Commerce
Ex-officio	Rome Frericks	Quincy Park District
Ex-officio	Caren Kemner	Olympian/Quincy University
Ex officio	Holly Cain	SeeQuincy
Ex Officio	Bill Connell	Quincy Notre Dame HS
Ex Officio	Ryan Sparks	Quincy Public Schools
Ex officio	Dan Brink	City of Quincy
Ex officio	Pat Atwell	Culver Stockton College
Ex officio	Josh Rabe	Quincy University
Ex officio	Chris Landwehr	Oakley Lindsay Center
Ex officio	Ryan Hinkamper	Adams County Board
Ex officio	Kyle Moore	GREDF

Recording secretary	Katalina Lopez	Quincy University

	STRATEGIC TASK FORCE ON HOUSING
Role	Name	Organization	Area of Focus
Co-Chair	Karol Ehmen	City of Quincy	Governmental – Alderman
Co-Chair	Paul Havermale	Adams County Veterans Commission	Governmental – Social Services
Ex Officio	Angela Caldwell	Quincy Public Schools	Education
Ex Officio	Judy Abbott	City of Quincy – Legal	Governmental – City of Quincy
Ex Officio	Michael Seaver	City of Quincy – Inspections	Governmental – City of Quincy
Ex Officio	Bret Austin	Adams County Board	Governmental – Developer – Landlord
Ex Officio	Jerry Gille	Quincy Housing Authority	Governmental – Housing Provider
Ex Officio	Ellen Vanderheide	Adams County Health Dept	Governmental – Medical
Ex Officio	Jason Parrott	City of Quincy	Governmental – Planning
Ex Officio	Maggie Hoyt	Quincy Township General Assistance	Governmental – Social Services
Ex Officio	Elaine Davis	Two Rivers Regional Council	Social Services
Ex Officio	Natalie Cornwell	United Way	Social Services
Ex Officio	Chief Steve Salrin	Quincy Fire Dept.
Ex Officio	Chief Adam Yates	Quincy Police Dept.
	Dave Bellis	QPS QAVTC Building Trades Teacher/Adams County Board	QPS QAVTC Building Trades Teacher/Adams County Board
	Brennan Hills	Q-Rile	Advocacy Group
	Dick Wellman	Historic Preservation	Historic Preservation
	Conlon Carabine	Landlord	Contractor
	Scott Koontz	Koontz Construction	Developer/Landlord
	Nick Smith	Private Equity	Financial
	Rocky Murray	QHA	Governmental – Housing Provider
	Carol Nichols	Quincy Builds	Housing Provider – Social Services
	Erica Perry Brockemeier	YWCA	Housing Provider – Social Services
	Heidi Howard	Salvation Army	Housing Provider – Social Services
	Marla Ferguson	Safe & Livable Housing Committee	Housing Provider – Social Services
	Brandon Buehler	Landlord	Landlord
	Cindy Eddy	Landlord	Landlord
	Thomas Hurley	Hurley Heating & AC	Contractor
	Spencer Schelp	Landlord	Landlord – Realtor
	Harrison Clark	Quincy Medical Group	Medical
	Lacy Moore	SIU	Medical
	Mark Philpot	Blessing Hospital/Public Defenders Office	Medical
	Dennis Williams	Bella Ease	Social Services
	Kevin Krummel	Housing Solutions Quincy	Social Services
	Mark Geissler	Horizons	Social Services
	Mark Schmitz	Transitions	Social Services
	Ryan Sparks	S H A R E	Social Services
	Jami Miller	Tenant	tenant
	Megan Duesterhaus	Quanada

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David Blitzer, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment

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December 8, 2025

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Influence 125 highlights the most influential sports business figures of the past quarter-century. See the list.

David Blitzer, a longtime Blackstone executive, ranks among the sports industry’s most prolific investors. He joined Josh Harris in launching Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment in 2017. That firm houses their ownership of the New Jersey Devils, Philadelphia 76ers and Crystal Palace F.C., among other assets, and has been a blueprint for sports-focused holding companies that followed. Individually, Blitzer touches two more sports through minority investments in the Cleveland Guardians and Washington Commanders; he has a path to control of the former. He’s bet on emerging leagues, such as League One Volleyball and TGL, and is increasingly powerful at the grassroots level: Blitzer and Harris are the lead investors behind youth sports roll-up Unrivaled Sports.

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Mechanic horrified after finding ‘ridiculous’ item lodged in tire: ‘I was floored’

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December 8, 2025

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Disposable vapes are a health hazard in more ways than one.

There’s nothing worse than an unexpected visit to the mechanic, especially if someone else caused the damage to your car. A Reddit post on the r/Justrolledintotheshop subreddit showed the damage that litter can do to your vehicle.

One mechanic revealed how a single discarded disposable vape caused hundreds of dollars in damage to a car tire. — Photo Credit: Reddit

The photo shows a mangled disposable vape that had become wedged in a tire. “Don’t toss your vape out of the window,” the poster remarked.

It’s not just cars and bikes that are the victims of discarded single-use vapes; the smoking devices are made of lithium-ion batteries, which can explode or catch fire if not discarded safely.

With half a million vapes thrown out in America every day, the risk for unsafe disposal is high. The U.S. Public Interest Research Group estimated that fires caused by disposable vapes in waste facilities cost at least $95 million each year.

Sadly, finding brightly colored disposable vapes scattered around beauty spots is becoming incredibly common. They are a massive eyesore and can also present a choking hazard to pets and local wildlife.

This litter is particularly damaging because it contains plastic, nicotine, and lithium-ion batteries. Harmful chemicals and microplastics that have shed from these devices leach into water supplies and find their way into our food and beverages.

That’s not even to mention the damage that vapes can do to your health. Though touted as a healthier option to smoking, vapes still contain nicotine, which is highly addictive, carcinogenic, and can harm brain development in young people.

If you are a vaper, try to opt for reusable options to cut down on plastic waste, and make sure to recycle any vapes properly.

“I saw one of these in the bucket at my mechanic shop just a couple weeks ago,” another Reddit user commented on the post. “I was floored that one could do that.”

“The vapes that can’t be refilled should be banned, it’s ridiculous,” someone else added.

One person retorted: “Anything ‘disposable’ should be banned.”

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Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier to be arraigned in New York court over sports betting scheme

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December 8, 2025

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NEW YORK (AP) — Miami Heat player Terry Rozier is set to appear in a New York court on charges he helped gamblers placing bets on his performance in NBA games.

The 31-year-old point guard will be formally arraigned in Brooklyn federal court late Monday on federal wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy charges. He’ll also join five other co-defendants and their lawyers for a pre-trial hearing later in the day on the case.

Rozier previously appeared before a federal judge in Orlando on Oct. 23, when prosecutors first announced the indictment.

At the time, he was released with conditions. One of his lawyers, Jim Trusty, denied the charges, saying the Ohio native was “not a gambler” and “looks forward to winning this fight.”

Prosecutors say Rozier conspired with friends to help them win bets on his performance in a March 2023 game when he played for the Charlotte Hornets.

They say he informed the bettors that he intended to leave the game against the New Orleans Pelicans early with a supposed injury, allowing gamblers to place wagers earning them tens of thousands of dollars.

Rozier played the first nine minutes and 36 seconds of the game before leaving, citing a foot issue. He did not play again that season.

More than 30 people have been arrested in connection with the sprawling federal takedown of illegal gambling operations linked to professional sports, including several Mafia figures.

Rozier was one of three current or former NBA players ensnared in the investigation.

Portland Trail Blazers coach and NBA Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups was among a number charged with participating in a scheme to fix high-stakes, Mafia-backed illegal poker games.

Former NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones has also been charged in that poker scheme, as well as the separate scheme to help gamblers win bets on NBA games that also implicated Rozier.

Billups and Jones pleaded not guilty during their separate arraignments last month. Both Billups and Rozier have been placed on unpaid leave from their team as their court cases play out.

Rozier has earned about $160 million over a 10-year NBA career.

He had been a first round pick for the Boston Celtics in 2015 after starring at the University of Louisville. Charlotte traded him to the Heat last year.

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December 8, 2025

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Honor surprises coach, Santa, veteran, mentor

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December 8, 2025

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Bill Tyler thought he’d been invited to a dinner honoring Jimmy Bogue for Bogue’s contributions to youth sports.

However, Tyler was surprised to learn the honor was really for one of Bogue’s mentors: Tyler himself.

The December surprise was extra appropriate for the Cambridge City resident who portrayed Santa Claus for 40 years at community and private events and at stores that included Richmond’s mall.

The recognition took place during the annual Citizen of the Year dinner on Tuesday, Dec. 9, at Golay Community Center in Cambridge City.

New Day Kiwanis President Nathan Ulerick, a 2019 winner, and 2024 winner Brad Bowman presented a plaque and gift basket to Tyler. The last seven Citizen of the Year recipients currently living in the community select the honoree.

Cambridge City Evening Kiwanis started the award in 1961 to recognize a western Wayne County resident who makes a long-range impact on the community.

Trina Fultz congratulates Bill Tyler after he received Cambridge City’s Citizen of the Year award during a Dec. 9 dinner at Golay Community Center. Photo by Millicent Martin Emery

Tyler’s influence can be felt locally, statewide and nationally. His military service was followed by 31 years as a disabled veterans specialist with Indiana Department of Workforce Development. He served hundreds, possibly thousands, of veterans across the state at offices in communities including Richmond, Connersville, Winchester, Muncie and Portland.

Tyler then worked a few years as a substitute teacher for Western Wayne Schools before fully retiring, but he has influenced countless youth as a coach.

Several of Tyler’s former athletes attended the dinner, sharing the impact that he made on their lives during his decades of developing young players.

“I appreciate the community and all the support over the years,” Tyler said.

Tyler, a Michigan native, lived in Cambridge City in the 1950s as well as Wayne and Dearborn, Michigan, during his youth. After high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army before returning to civilian life in Dearborn, but enlisted in the Navy in 1966 and became a Seabee.

When he and his family moved to Milton in October 1974 after his honorable discharge from the Navy, Tyler brought a great deal of athletics experience. He was a standout four-sport high school athlete and traveled the world as a softball pitcher during his eight years in the Navy.

Tyler’s Navy career included three tours in Vietnam during the war as well as time in Morocco, Maryland, Guam and Rhode Island.

In 1975, Tyler responded to a knock on the door from a Milton group asking him to coach. That led to coaching football, basketball, wrestling and softball for junior high and high school students at Lincoln, Hagerstown, Tri, Richmond and Northeastern.

Tyler helped develop what became Western Wayne Girls Softball League. He served as league president and coached hundreds of young ladies in league play as well as travel ball, teaching life lessons in winning, sportsmanship and grit. Tyler and friends also helped bring fast-pitch softball to Lincoln.

He also served as a pitching coach at Earlham College for several seasons. He’s currently a coaching volunteer at Tri, where he helped the Titans win regional and semi-state championships and a trip to the state finals.

Angie Siggers said she’s known Tyler since childhood, remembering him as Santa as well as a great person who’s always willing to help.

“He’s always been a part of our family,” Siggers said. “He’s a very special part of our lives … You couldn’t find a better man than him.”

Former softball player Trina Fultz said Tyler has remained a supportive friend, and he was one of the first people to visit her and her new baby when they came home from the hospital.

“He always wants to know what’s going on in your life,” Fultz said.

In retirement, Tyler enjoys spending time with his wife, Diane, their children Cheryl and Kevin, granddaughter, Kinsey, and great-grandson, Grayson.

Tyler’s contributions also were recognized in 2023 when he was named grand marshal of Cambridge City’s Canal Days parade. He was Milton’s 2017 Citizen of the Year.

A version of this article
will appear in the December 10 2025 print edition of the Western Wayne News.

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Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell, WME-IMG/Endeavor

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December 8, 2025

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The 2014 acquisition of IMG Worldwide for $2.4 billion enabled Hollywood super agents Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell to form WME-IMG and, ultimately, turn it into the wide-reaching and influential Endeavor empire. Their acquisition of UFC for $4 billion is one of the industry’s greatest success stories, and at its height, Endeavor had tendrils in everything from athlete representation and event management to youth sports and professional bull riding. Today, Emanuel is executive chair of a leaner WME Group, and at TKO he sits atop the $39 billion parent of UFC and WWE. A newly independent Whitesell acquired WME Football to form player representation agency WIN Sports Group, and he’s separately backed the red-hot Omaha Productions through a new Silver Lake-funded venture.