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SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2002 5B DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE DemocratandChronicle.com CITY LIVING UR plans to rebuild Wilson Boulevard School hopes reopening road will boost public access to Riverside Park. versity of Rochester's Rush Rhees Library. The talk is free and open to the public. Hoodbhoy attended college in the United States. He has written and spoken extensively on issues of nuclear disarmament and wrote the 1991 book Islam and Science.

He has been actively involved in writing, organizing and promoting consciousness concerning democratic freedoms, ecology, arms control and disarmament. For more information, contact the UR department of religion and classics at (585) 275-5378. tivational message. Admission is $3. For more information, call (585) 428-7266.

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER Pakistani scholar to give lecture A professor from Pakistan will discuss "The Teaching of Science as a Subversive Activity" next week. Perez Hoodbhoy, a professor of physics at Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad, will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Welles-Brown Room of the Uni Section of Wilson Boulevard to be reopened. A Wilson BM p. orrony tviemoruu 70S V4 mite Crittenden Blvd.

KELLY EGAN staff artist said Mary Wells, executive director of the South East Area Coalition, a neighborhood group. She added that the park provides one of the best views of downtown but few people are aware of that. Dan Buyer, executive director of the South Wedge Planning Committee, said some residents were concerned about an increase in the number of vehicles passing through the neighborhood, but they were appeased by the university's steps to slow the traffic. The City Council's Parks, Public Works and the Environment Committee has recommended the project. The council is expected to approve the project at its meeting Tuesday.

2 ousted role to play." Bowers deferred questions about the process of removing a PTO president to district officials, a -a 3 University of I Rvthater 'A mite I been forgotten because of its location few people traveled onto the campus to go to the park, he said. The university hopes to complete the project this summer, Kraus said. Wilson Boulevard will "not go back to being a major thoroughfare," he said. "It will be very much like a park road." The roadway will include a landscaped median from Inter-campus Drive to Library Road, traffic circles and raised crosswalks to slow traffic, said Richard Pifer, UR associate vice president for facilities and services. The university also will change parking along the road from perpendicular to parallel.

Park improvements include new sidewalks along some sections of the park road. The university also plans to clear undergrowth along the east river bank. "It's a win for the university and a win for the neighborhood," ZZZZJ TOYOTA We will beat any deal in Western NY. for car. Option for Option.

With or without a trade. 3399 West Henrietta Road Rochester, NY 14623 Toll free Soon BY STAFF WRITER RICK ARMON Wilson Boulevard will once again wind uninterrupted along the Genesee River. The University of Rochester plans to rebuild and reopen the roadway closed in 1990 between Ford Street and Elmwood Avenue as part of about $1 million worth of improvements to the area. University spokesman Robert Kraus said the changes are intended to improve public access to and awareness of the city-owned Bausch Lomb Riverside Park. The county trail system also runs along the river there.

"It's a park that is really not on the public consciousness," city Councilman Wade Norwood said. "This will enhance its beauty and increase access and integrate it into the life of the university and the neighborhoods." The 18-acre park has largely PTO chief BY STAFF WRITER LARA BECKER LIU The president of the Parent Teacher Organization at School 2 has apparently been ousted from her position after receiving a letter Friday morning informing her the administration would no longer "interact with you as a leader." Valerie Johnson-Bentley said she was being punished for being "too involved." She also claims that the administration, led by acting principal Michele Liguori-Alampi, has mistreated her, canceled meetings and events, and stopped sending out a PTO newsletter. Liguori-Alampi was not available for comment Friday. District officials said they were looking into the matter. "The more information I have received, and the more I have held the school accountable," the more she has been criticized, said Johnson-Bentley.

The letter, signed by Liguouri-Alampi and dated April states that Johnson-Bentley's duties "should cease as of this date" and outlines several "major areas of concern." They include: failure to follow the rules associated with timelines, fiscal accountability, fund-raising, principal sign-off and access to the school." The letter also accuses the PTO president of "undermining TAMIrlUTII CAT 877 418 4444 New Artisan Stand Mixers Locally owned and operated since 1978 by friendly, knowledgeable people. Offering professional quality cookware, bakeware, cutlery, appliances, housewares, and Featuring Kitchen Aid's 0 fE5ULRSf Free Telephone Qualification! UWI.III1TEIJ i "i 458-8050 Moneyline New York, LLC JM ALUfTUk HIKU3 rnrth 311 Alexander Street, Sultm 214 AiraaTHunc Rochester, MY M604 ESTIMATEj Registered Mortgage Broker. NYS Banking WsTJ Mortgages through third party providers 1 I DOWNTOWN Jewish women honor mayor The Greater Rochester section of the National Council of Jewish Women has named Rochester Mayor William A. Johnson Jr. recipient of the Hannah G.

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