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That's almost 135 houses, or 29 percent, more than the town originally envisioned for this 308-acre plot near a busy stretch of Route 332. The development is part of a growth shift in Ontario County from Victor to Farmington. But some Victor and Canandaigua residents warn that making exceptions to accommodate developers is the wrong way to go. They point to congestion and a loss of rural character that attracted many residents to their towns in the first place. "Time and again, the site is being made to fit the development rather than the development fitting the site," said Marge Elder, chairwoman of Victor's Conservation Board. In Victor, an example is the 106 acres of hilly, undeveloped land east of Eastview Mall. Almost all of this plot was supposed to be for housing but the scenic terrain, a kind of buffer between businesses and nearby residential neighborhoods, will be the site of three office buildings.
KCI airport closure stuns travelers
With Kansas City International Airport closed down in Sunday's bad weather and many people stuck there, John Heitshusen of Lawrence found that the most convenient chair around was a wheelchair in a baggage claim area. Heitshusen, delayed on a trip to a convention in Las Vegas, made some phone calls and watched the time during the five-hour, 40-minute closure, perhaps KCI's longest ever. The effects of the closure are still being felt today. .
Man Dies Following Assault At Monroe Motel
MONROE, Wash. -- A spokesman for the Monroe police department said a 46-year-old man was assaulted at a motel early Tuesday morning and later died at a hospital, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported. According to family members the victim is 46-year-old Kenny Wolfe. Tuesday evening police responded to the industrial area of Monroe arrested a man they said they believe is responsible for Wolfes death. Police said the victim was the manager of the Brookside Motel in the 19900 block of state Route 2. From what I heard it was somebody who had stayed here before and was into a lot of drugs, and had to be evicted, the victims brother-in-law Ed Slyter said. Slyter said he thinks the person who killed his brother-in-law returned to the motel Tuesday morning to confront the victim.
Three years later, Backman still trying to get to the bigs
There is a seafarer's look to the man; one too many days engulfed by the salty air. In the two years following the Diamondbacks debacle, Backman dabbled in this and that -- a fruitless search for fulfillment. Baseball? Who needed baseball? Wally and his brother Mike chartered fishing trips. Wally opened up Prineville's first authentic deli, the New York on Seventh Street Caf, and worked as its chef (the business didn't last). He went on dozens of hunting excursions. Mostly, though, he subconsciously waited. And waited. And waited. In his first season as a manager, with Catskill of the Northern League in 1997, Backman went 3-23. That was an aberration. In the six ensuing years, he suffered one losing campaign. After guiding the Lancaster JetHawks to an 86-54 record in 2004, managing future major leaguers including Conor Jackson, Carlos Quentin and Dan Uggla, he was named The Sporting News' minor league manager of the year.
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The vote count turned against the opposition leader, Raila Odinga, a Luo who also has broad support among the Kalenjin majority in the Rift Valley, in suspicious circumstances. But Magure and other Kikuyu from the town who are now refugees in a stadium in Nakuru, the area's major town 26 miles to the south, said the election dispute was a pretext and that the assault on them was a planned move driven by long-standing enmity from the Kalenjin that amounts to ethnic cleansing. She named Chelelgo and another councillor, Charles Koskei, as among those responsible. "We got the threats that we have to leave that place even during the election campaign. They said we are Kikuyu, we don't belong there. It was the Kalenjin youths but it was also the politicians, these councillors and chiefs.
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