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BRANDA MITCHELL Daily Egyptian Property taxes may increase in the Carbondale area due to the new property being constructed where 710 Bookstore was once located. Business owners are aware of the issue and already foresee it driving people out of the area. Rick Reeves, owner of Shawnee Trails Wilderness Outfitters, said the property tax is already an issue. “The problem Carbondale’s facing is we already have some of the highest property taxes in the area,” he said. “It’s what drove me to live in Carterville, in Williamson County.” The city approved a tax increment financing, or TIF, agreements with the developers in March, which allows them to redevelop their property while being reimbursed for some costs associated with the renovation. Any money the property generates in increased taxes due to increased value is set aside in an account to reimburse the developer, while the city keeps 25 percent. Acting Mayor Don Monty said the development is going to boost the local economy. “It’s going to bring more people into the downtown area,” Monty said. “Commercial space is going to generate money and jobs.” Monty said bringing in more commercial businesses brings the potential of gentrification, although it is usually not seen in this type of area. “Gentrification usually happens in a residential area,” Monty said. “In a commercial sense, perhaps some of the marginally profitable businesses would want to look at other areas to move.” Each project individually negotiates its TIF with the city council. The developers of the new building at 710 S. Illinois Avenue have requested about $1 million, which is reimbursed to them and the excess property tax collected goes to the other areas funded by the city, such as schools. “Other bodies in the short term don’t get any increment until we finish paying the developer,” Monty said. “I have seen some projects take 10 years to be reimbursed and others take 23 years.”

Two years after the controversial death of Molly Young, her father has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against former boyfriend Richard Minton. Her father, Larry Young, is suing for $1 million, claiming the death of his daughter, who died from a gunshot wound to the head March 24, 2012, resulted in a loss of her guidance, services and companionship and caused him continuous grief, sorrow and mental suffering. Larry claims the defendant was present at the time of Molly’s death, as stated in lawsuit documents. He claims Minton caused or contributed to the then 21 year old’s death by shooting and or providing the gun used, the papers state. Minton’s then roommate, Wesley Romack, called the Carbondale Police Department because he believed Molly was dead. Minton’s voice was then heard on the phone, where he proceeded to describe the situation, according to released phone records. Minton, a then Carbondale police dispatcher, identified himself to the dispatcher he personally knew. Minton showered, changed clothes and washed his hands after the shooting in an attempt to conceal evidence surrounding Molly’s death, according to Larry as stated in lawsuit documents.

Branda Mitchell can be reached at bmitchell@dailyegyptian.com

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Sarah Weasel, of Harrisburg, gives her daughter Halle a hug Saturday at the Street Machine Nationals at the Duquoin State Fairgrounds. Weasel’s husband had a vehicle in the event and this is their second year attending the Street Machine Nationals. For story, please see page 5

Molly Young’s dad files million dollar civil suit BRANDA MITCHELL Daily Egyptian

Father files lawsuit over son’s suicide TYLER DIXON Daily Egyptian The father of a Cambria boy who committed suicide last October filed a lawsuit Monday in the wrongful death of his son. Bradley Lewis, of Collinsville, is suing the Carterville Community Unit School District, Carterville Superintendent Bob Prusator, Carterville Principal Keith Liddell, Carterville football coach Dennis Drust, the Cambria Police Department, Erik Restock and 3screens.com. Lewis’s son, Jordan, 15, shot himself October 17 at his home. The lawsuit states the gun Jordan used to shoot himself was owned by Restock, who was living with Jordan and his mother in Cambria. Bradley said his son was bullied at Carterville and Jordan wrote a letter that said bullying is what caused him to commit suicide. The suit states several instances in which Jordan was bullied. It said students and members of the Carterville football team slammed Jordan’s head into lockers. Officer Paisley, of the Cambria Police Department, was sent to do a welfare check on Jordan the night before he died. The check was done because Jordan told his friend Alexis Moore he had suicidal thoughts. Moore told her grandmother who then called the police. Bradley’s suit is for plaintiff compensatory and punitive damages, pain and suffering, attorneys’ fees, expenses and cost of legal action. Tyler Dixon can be reached at tdixon@dailyegyptian.com

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Highway fund running dry CURTIS TATE McClatchy Washington Bureau WAS H I N G TO N — The U.S. Department of Transportation said Tuesday that it would start limiting payments to states for road and transit projects next month in an attempt to conserve the federal Highway Trust Fund’s rapidly diminishing cash balance. Usually, the department reimburses states for transportation projects upon request. But beginning Aug. 1, the states will have to live paycheck to paycheck, receiving funds only once every two weeks as money is collected through federal gasoline taxes. The move may put pressure on Congress to approve at least a short-term fix before its August break begins. The DOT estimates that the highway fund will hit zero in late August, potentially idling several hundred thousand workers as midterm elections loom in the fall. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx wrote his state counterparts Tuesday that they would see, on average, a 28 percent reduction in funds. “Depending on how they manage the funds, each state will feel the effects differently, but everyone will feel the impact sooner or later,” he wrote. Congress has only 16 working days to reach an agreement before the August recess. Finding even a short-term solution might prove difficult. Last week, the Senate Finance Committee attempted to move forward with a $9 billion proposal to restore the highway fund through year’s end. “I hope to see the committee take decisive bipartisan action and send a clear message that stabilizing the Highway Trust Fund is a priority now,” said Sen. Ron Wyden,

D-Ore., the committee’s chairman. But Wyden’s plan went nowhere after Republicans said it wasn’t bipartisan enough. “I am disappointed that the Senate appears to be heading down a partisan road on highway funding,” Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said in a statement last week. Since the Interstate Highway System was created in 1956, a per-gallon tax on motor fuels has supported federal spending on transportation. The tax has been stuck at 18.4 cents for gasoline and 24.4 cents for diesel since 1993, and it has lost its buying power to inflation. Since 2008, federal transportation spending has exceeded the balance of the trust fund, and Congress has avoided the gas tax debate by transferring more than $50 billion from the federal treasury to keep it afloat. While some lawmakers say they don’t want to resort to that approach again, they may have no other options if they can’t reach an agreement. Republicans want the general-fund transfers to be offset with spending reductions elsewhere, but Congress is running out of offsets. A proposal that Republicans in the House of Representatives circulated last month to pay for a patch in the highway fund by cutting back Saturday mail delivery went nowhere. Groups that represent business, construction, labor and trucking have been pushing to increase the federal gasoline tax. Last month, Sens. Christopher Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, and Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican, offered a bill that would raise the tax by 12 cents a gallon. But President Barack Obama has never endorsed a gas tax increase, and

Highway trust fund to run dry? The Highway Trust Fund, which pays states for road and transit projects, is expected to go broke soon; the projection, by month in billions of dollars: $10.5 billion 10

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Storm redirects soccer stream

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A crowd gathers in the Student Center Tuesday to watch Belgium’s 2-1 victory against the United States during the FIFA World Cup. The crowd gathered around a laptop to watch a live stream after the Student Center’s satellite signal was lost during a storm. The United States’ loss knocks them out of contention for the World Cup.

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Microsoft intern Lauren Kuan is enjoying the perks of a good summer job with good benefits, including transit, entertainment, and this subsidized apartment in Bothell, Wash.

The perks of being an intern today COLLEEN WRIGHT The Seattle Times Amazon.com, Microsoft and Boeing sweeten already-lucrative job offers in Seattle with subsidized, furnished housing. Transportation is covered from anywhere in the country, including airport food, baggage fees and taxis. There’s free breakfast and dinner, biweekly housekeeping, a private party with Macklemore and Deadmau5. And that’s just for the interns. “We are all competing for those top students,” said Heidi Dowling, intern-program manager for university recruiting at Microsoft, “and what can we do to make our program stand out and what is attractive for a college student to spend their summer with Microsoft?” Their strategies are working. More than 3,000 students have brought their talents to Seattle this summer to work at those three companies. Dan Masi is a Seattle intern veteran. One visit to a career fair at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst was enough to make an Amazon internship in Seattle his first choice last summer. A computer-science and mathematics junior hailing from a Boston suburb, Masi worried about the challenge of moving across the

country, especially for only 12 weeks. “I think the little things _ finding my own housing, dealing with flights, dealing with relocation _ would’ve just been really difficult,” Masi said. “It would kind of push me to find something closer to home. It probably wouldn’t have been my first choice.” But Amazon recruiters were clear: Relocation wouldn’t be an issue. Amazon and Microsoft both contract with ABODA, a Redmond, Wash.-based corporate housing company, to cater to interns. ABODA rents out rooms in more than 150 locations in Seattle, including apartment buildings, hotels and spare housing at the University of Washington. ABODA also fully stocks rooms with televisions, bedding, towels, dishes, electronics and more. And it offers housekeeping and catering. “It’s basically turnkey,” said Marci Abinanti, vice president of corporate housing at ABODA. Interns get quite a break: Corporate housing generally is subsidized. Microsoft interns who choose housing over a housing lump-sum stipend of about $2,500 for the summer have three options: a studio for $550, a one-bedroom for $900 or a two-bedroom with a roommate for $625 a month. About 60 percent of the company’s 1,600 Puget Sound

interns choose corporate housing, with the rest taking the lump sum, said Dowling. Lauren Kuan, a computer-science senior from Cornell University, chose to live in a two-bedroom apartment in Bothell during her internship at Microsoft. The 21-year-old interned at Goldman Sachs in New York City last year. There, she said, she received a small housing stipend but very little help finding a place to stay. “You were completely thrown in on your own,” Kuan said. As a program manager intern at Microsoft, Kuan opted for corporate housing in part to have a roommate. She drives a rental car courtesy of Microsoft for the freedom of exploring the Pacific Northwest. “It shows that they really do care about employees and interns and so on,” Kuan said. “They want to make you very happy and make it very easy.” Amazon and Boeing declined to offer specific details about the costs of their programs. While Boeing has long offered a housing stipend and search assistance, the company this year also began offering managed housing, and about 20 percent of its 1,000 Seattle-area interns have chosen that option. Boeing contracts with Altair Global Relocation to furnish its apartments.

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Blue Lightning at Street Machine Nationals STOREY MAYER Daily Egyptian People from all generations flooded the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds all weekend to celebrate one thing: their love for cars. The 2014 Car Craft Street Machine Nationals, which was Friday through Sunday, continues to provide a place for car lovers to gather since it was brought to Du Quoin in 1985. The nationals were moved because of rowdy and reckless behavior in 1998, which returned last year after a 14-year leave. Rick Monroe, owner of a 2009 Dodge Challenger RT Classic, traveled to the event from Springfield to reminisce, show off his car and admire fellow street machines. Monroe said he has had an avid

relationship with cars since he was 16 and attends about 50 shows a year. “I love cars and I love speed,” Monroe said. “Everybody’s got their niche and mine is cars.” He bought the car in 2012 from a bank after the vehicle was repossessed from its original owner. An over-theroad truck driver who never made a payment on the vehicle formerly owned the car. The Challenger was hidden in a secluded country barn on someone else’s property. The truck driver was eventually found after a two-year search and the vehicle was repossessed. Monroe said he bought the Challenger for $20,000 less than the sticker price and has spent more money on modifications than the car itself, changing practically every single aspect. The car now has blue LED lights

everywhere imaginable, sticking true to its namesake, Blue Lightning. The headlights, rim lights, interior lights, custom door seals, gauge cluster, under hood and trunk all project a blue hue. Even the bottom of the car has a blue under glow. “It is really cool at night,” Monroe said. “It looks like a UFO.” Monroe said he has never participated in the competitions at the street machine shows. The amount spent on tires and keeping the car in prime condition outweighs the desire to compete. “Put it this way, if we’re out cruising at night, I might do a burn out,” Monroe said. “But no, I wouldn’t do a contest.” On one such occasion, he destroyed a new set of $150 tires overnight. Monroe said young adults should

get involved in cars. “Young kids need to get back into cars like they used to be,” Monroe said. “Maybe then they would stay out of trouble and drugs and alcohol.” He said he believes that if young people would put their attention and effort back into vehicles, the rate of drug addiction, alcohol addiction and trouble in general would drop drastically. Clint Faugust, a street machine fan from Pleasant Plains, held a similar opinion as Monroe. “Most people have addictions related to drugs, alcohol and all that kind of stuff,” Faugust said. “Automotive is an addiction for other people.” Grant Wilkinson, 15, of Jerseyville, said if kids truly got into cars, it would definitely keep them out of trouble, although they would have to

watch their speed. “If they started making them really, really fast, I could see them drag racing and basically getting into more trouble,” Wilkinson said. Monroe said when he was younger, he spent money on other things. “When we were younger, we didn’t waste money on drugs or alcohol. We worked to make our car pretty and take our girls out,” Monroe said. “Now, don’t get me wrong, we drank a little, but nothing like it is these days.” He said he enjoys fixing up a stock model into a car people really notice. It doesn’t even have to be his own; he just loves to do it and recommends others to get involved. Monroe said he already has car events scheduled for the next two months in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

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Brian Spiese, of Kanakee, and his son Gaven, walk the Duquion State Fairgrounds Saturday during the Street Machine Nationals.

Marrow transplants can reverse adult sickle cell LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer C H I C AG O — Bone marrow transplants can reverse severe sickle cell disease in adults, a small study by government scientists found, echoing results seen with a similar technique used in children. The researchers and others say the findings show age need not be a barrier and that the technique may change practice for some adult patients when standard treatment fails. The transplant worked in 26 of 30 adults, and 15 of them were even able to

stop taking drugs that prevent rejection one year later. “We’re very pleased,” said Dr. John Tisdale, the study’s senior author and a senior investigator at the National Institutes of Health. “This is what we hoped for.” The treatment is a modified version of bone marrow transplants that have worked in kids. Donors are a brother or sister whose stem cell-rich bone marrow is a good match for the patient. Tisdale said doctors have avoided trying standard transplants in adults with severe sickle cell disease because the treatment is so toxic. Children can often

tolerate it because the disease typically hasn’t taken as big a toll on their bodies, he said. The disease is debilitating and often life-shortening; patients die on average in their 40s, Tisdale said. That’s one reason why the researchers decided to try the transplants in adults, with hopes that the technique could extend their lives. The treatment involves using chemotherapy and radiation to destroy bone marrow before replacing it with healthy donor marrow cells. In children, bone marrow is completely wiped out. In the adult study, the researchers only

partially destroyed the bone marrow, requiring less donor marrow. That marrow’s healthy blood cells outlast sickle cells and eventually replace them. Sickle cell disease is a genetic condition that damages oxygen-carrying hemoglobin in red blood cells, causing them to form abnormal, sickle shapes that can block blood flow through the veins. It can cause anemia, pain and organ damage. The disease affects about 100,000 Americans, mostly blacks, and millions worldwide. Results from the adult study, involving patients aged 29 on average, were published Tuesday in the Journal

of the American Medical Association. The usual treatment hadn’t worked, a drug called hydroxyurea, and they had transplants at an NIH research hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. The treatment failed to reverse sickle cell in four of the 30 patients and one died of a disease-related complication. Another patient died suddenly a few weeks ago — an elderly man whose transplant four years ago had been a success. Tisdale said that man had lived longer than the normal lifespan for sickle cell patients but that his death was unexpected and an autopsy was to be performed.

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Wiggins’ start with Cavs heals his father’s jagged past JASON LLOYD Akron Beacon Journal

I N D E PE N D E N C E, Ohio — Mitchell Wiggins has struggled for more than 20 years with the way his NBA career ended. He played six seasons in the league, primarily as a backup, and appeared in an NBA Finals before drugs soiled his promising future. He was suspended for two years after testing positive for cocaine use and later returned, but enjoyed most of his success overseas. He feels like he let down his former Houston Rockets teammates, and although he won’t directly admit it, he sounds bitter over the way it all ended. Mitchell Wiggins was back in an NBA facility last week sitting in the front row of chairs while his son, Andrew, shined in lime green socks and spoke about his passion for defense, the explosion in Canadian basketball and his dreams of winning Rookie of the Year next season with the Cavaliers. His father once had NBA dreams, too, many of them left unfulfilled. For the first time in a long time, he can accept that. “This just gives me closure,” Mitchell said after Andrew held up his No. 21 Cavs jersey as the No. 1 pick in Thursday’s draft. “I’m able to let go of some of the things I wasn’t happy with when my NBA career ended. I’m tremendously proud of Andrew.” Andrew is listed at 6-foot-8 and a wispy 200 pounds. He’s sleek, stylish and has less fat than a T-bone. The only part of his life more outlandish than his draft-night suit is his 44inch vertical leap. Blessed with incredible genes (in addition to his father, his mother is a two-time Olympic silver medalist in track), Wiggins could dunk

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Cleveland Cavaliers head coach David Blatt, from left, first round draft pick Andrew Wiggins, and General Manager David Griffin pose with Wiggins’ number 21 jersey during a news conference at Cleveland Clinic Courts on Friday, June 27, 2014, in Independence, Ohio. as a 12-year-old, caught Michael Jordan’s eye at 15 and was once hailed by LeBron James as the game’s next great talent. “This is a player that was really coveted,” Cavs general manager David Griffin said. “And we coveted.” Wiggins tried most sports while growing up in Canada, but never gravitated toward the national pastime of hockey. He ran track like his mother, Marita Payne-Wiggins, who won two silver medals racing for Canada at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Andrew credits her for his speed and leaping ability, and perhaps most importantly, his metabolism.

“I can really eat whatever right now and stay thin,” he joked. But he didn’t have the drive to stick with track. He was a terrific runner like his mother, but he quit his freshman season after he lost in the 100 meters for the first time. “He wants to win,” Mitchell said. That will be welcomed in a Cavs locker room that hasn’t done much winning the past four years, but they’ve certainly gathered top talent, specifically top Canadian talent. The additions of Wiggins and Dwight Powell, acquired by a trade during the second round of Thursday’s draft, gives the Cavs

four Canadians on their roster. Wiggins is clearly the most high profile. He already has a relationship with Tristan Thompson from their AAU days and with Anthony Bennett from the national team. Wiggins will make his Cavs debut on July 11 in a summer league game in Las Vegas. His father surely will be watching. Mitchell Wiggins scored more than 3,800 points during his own NBA career. He averaged 6.8 points as a reserve guard for a Rockets team, led by Ralph Sampson and Hakeem Olajuwon, that advanced

to the finals in 1986. Wiggins had a key offensive rebound in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals, when the Rockets eliminated the Los Angeles Lakers, then had a big basket in the Rockets’ Game 3 victory over the Boston Celtics in the finals. The Rockets eventually lost the series in six games, and Wiggins returned the following season as a starter. But former Commissioner David Stern received a tip about cocaine use and both Mitchell and teammate Lewis Lloyd were banned for two years after failing a drug test. “When you play with Hakeem and Ralph Sampson, you’ve got to make sacrifices because they’re big men who demand the ball,” Mitchell Wiggins said. “I was a good player, a good fit with them. I just felt like I let them down when I had my issues. I should’ve played 8-10 years with them.” Instead he was reinstated for the 1989-90 season and averaged a career-best 15.5 points as a starter with the Rockets. It didn’t matter. Perhaps because of the drug suspension, Mitchell was released after the season, played one more year with the Philadelphia 76ers and was out of the league by the age of 32. He bounced around the CBA and overseas for another decade before finally retiring from basketball in 2003. “My NBA career, I thought I was a good player getting better,” said Mitchell Wiggins, who believes his older son, Nick, will also play in the NBA. Nick Wiggins will be going to the summer league in a few weeks with the Sacramento Kings. “I’m ready to let it go,” Mitchell Wiggins said. “Maybe some of the things I was feeling when I left the league . . . I can sleep better now.”

Former Auburn star Lutzenkirchen killed in car crash ROSALIND BENTLEY MICHAEL CARVELL CHIP TOWERS The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLANTA — Former Auburn star tight end Philip Lutzenkirchen was killed in a car crash near LaGrange, Ga., early Sunday. The 23-year-old from Marietta, Ga., died around 3 a.m. in a one-vehicle accident at the intersection of Upper Big Springs Road and Lower Big Springs Road, the Georgia State Patrol said. The University of Georgia’s Joseph Ian Davis, 22, of Dunwoody, Ga., was driving a 2006 Chevrolet Tahoe with three passengers, including Lutzenkirchen, who was in the back seat of the SUV, GSP said. At the T-shaped intersection, Davis apparently missed a stop sign. The SUV barreled about 450 feet through a church yard and flipped over several times before coming to rest on its roof. Davis was partially ejected and killed. Lutzenkirchen was ejected. Two others were injured, the GSP said. Back seat passenger Elizabeth Ann Seaton Craig, 22, of Eatonton, Ga., was transported to West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange. Front seat passenger

Christian Tanner Case, 20, from Dadeville, Ala., was treated and released from West Georgia Medical. Case was wearing a seat belt, the state patrol said. Blood was drawn from Davis to determine if he had been drinking before the wreck, authorities said. Davis, a baseball player who attended UGA, was listed on GeorgiaDogs. com, but was not on the team’s spring roster. Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn issued a statement in the wake of the accident saying: “On the field, Philip was a great player and competitor, but more importantly, he was a great teammate and friend off the field. My thoughts and prayers are with Philip’s parents, Mike and Mary, and all of his family and friends who are grieving his passing. This is a sad day for the entire Auburn family.” Auburn Athletic Director Jay Jacobs echoed those thoughts in his own statement, calling Lutzenkirchen, “the epitome of an Auburn man. I came to know Philip well and I admired everything about who he was and the way he lived his life. He had a strong faith, a big heart and a burning desire to help others. Philip was a bright light this world desperately needed, and his death leaves a void that can’t possibly be filled.” Lutzenkirchen was one of the state’s top

college prospects out of Lassiter High School in Marietta in 2009 when he signed with Auburn. While at Lassiter, the 6-foot-5 Lutzenkirchen caught 72 passes for 1,000 yards, was named the No. 6 tight end by ESPN.com, and was named to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Super Southern 100. At Auburn, he went on to rank first in the number of touchdown catches by a tight end: 14, still the school record. He was a member of the Tigers’ 2010 national championship team. Lassiter High’s @LassiterSports account tweeted: Trojan Nation mourns the death of our beloved Phillip @lutzenkirchen. Our deepest sympathies to his family and others. Lutzenkirchen was a teammate and close friend of Georgia quarterback Hutson Mason from their days at Lassiter High. Even after he was at Auburn, Lutzenkirchen would come back to Lassiter, especially to watch his younger sister, Abby, play soccer, said Jep Irwin, current Lassiter head football coach. “He’d come work in the weight room or catch passes with Hutson if he was around,” Irwin said. “He gave so much back to the Lassiter community and that group of players he was a part of in 2008 really put us on the map. He was a major player in that.” Davis, a junior at UGA, was a catcher who

transferred to Georgia from USC-Sumter Junior College this past fall with the hopes of making the Bulldogs’ 2014 roster. He did not make the team, but remained close to the players and coaches. An honor roll student, he was set to graduate and his baseball career was over. “You’re just kind of speechless when you hear something like that,” said Georgia baseball coach Scott Stricklin, who heard news of the crash from another Bulldogs player early Sunday afternoon. “He was a kid who had so much ahead of him. He was just a great kid, one of those kids when he walked into a room he lit it up. A really, really bright kid who everybody liked being around. We’re all just really, really heartbroken and our thoughts and prayers go out to his family.” Stricklin said he had not yet been in touch with Davis’ parents, Swanton and Geena Davis of Dunwoody. “It’s a bit of a whirlwind right now,” he said. “I can’t imagine what they’re going through.” As for Lutzenkirchin, Irwin said the former player had been doing some work with a private school in Montgomery and was looking toward being a coach. “We were just rooting for him to have wonderful life,” Irwin said.