Jeff Steinkamp
QUINCY – United Way of Adams County, Inc., and the Rotary Club of Quincy honored Jeff Steinkamp and Cheryl and Dennis Williams with the 26th annual Joe Bonansinga Community Service Awards on Tuesday, May 9 at the Rotary Club’s meeting at the Holiday Inn, 4821 Oak. The Joe Bonansinga Community Service Award was established in 1998…
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QUINCY — Alan Hickman will get a head start on his four-year term as a Quincy Park Board commissioner by filling the remainder of the late Jeff Steinkamp’s term. Hickman’s name was drawn from a hat late Wednesday afternoon by Park Board president John Frankenhoff. Hickman’s name was one of three in the hat, representing…
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J. Robert Gough discusses the sudden passing of community leader Jeff Steinkamp and Ashley Conrad talks to Drew Quintero from Cornerstone about the upcoming Dancing with the Local Stars fundraiser.
Read Full Article QUINCY — During a meeting where the Fiscal Year 2023 budget was unanimously passed and Rome Frericks, executive director of the Quincy Park District, was given a raise, most of the debate centered around the Quincy Riverfront Development Corporation’s request for a $25,000 donation for startup costs. The corporation, created earlier this year, is led…
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QUINCY — John Frankenhoff put his cards on the table, then challenged other Quincy Park Board commissioners to do the same. Some showed their hand. Others chose to keep their cards close to their chest. The future of Art Keller Marina, which has lost money in each of the past three years and is on…
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QUINCY — Voters may get to weigh in on the sale of a small portion of Parker Heights Park on Quincy’s north end. Carla Gordon and John Gebhardt asked commissioners not to sell the 1.13-acre parcel of land to Knapheide Manufacturing during Wednesday night’s Quincy Park Board meeting. Both were concerned that if the property…
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QUINCY — Now that the creation of the Quincy Riverfront Development Foundation is complete, the Quincy Riverfront Development Corporation wants to know how it’s going to function. Quincy Mayor Mike Troup announced the creation of the Quincy Riverfront Development Foundation on Tuesday afternoon. The first three members of the foundation are Hal Oakley, chairman of…
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QUINCY — Interim airport director Gabriel Hanafin hopes representatives from the two airlines bidding to become Quincy’s essential air service provider will make presentations before a Quincy City Council meeting in late July or early August. However, members of the Aeronautics Committee expressed reluctance during Wednesday’s meeting in City Council chambers to give their blessing…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Riverfront Development Corporation is formed, and board members are selected. The next step is determining how the corporation will handle the money it receives. That topic dominated Wednesday afternoon’s meeting in City Council chambers. The nine-member board will guide the implementation of the riverfront master plan and oversee the development of…
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A long-time employee of Harris Corporation’s Broadcast Communications Division (now GatesAir), Don Carpenter was manager of Harris’ TV service department 20 years ago when, at 8:45 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 11, an airplane slammed into the World Trade Center’s North Tower. “I was in shock,” Carpenter recalls. “On a television near my office, I…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Wednesday’s special meeting of the Quincy Park District Board of Commissioners was designed for local boat owners to offer ideas for stemming the loss of income at the Art Keller Marina. About 30 people attended the meeting, and many of them discussed issues concerning cleanliness, security, accessibility to Quinsippi Island, low water levels…
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