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SEI2TEI2CED III SLAYING Despite a strong protest from her lawyer, Barbara Hoy was sentenced to a year in the Monroe County Jail yesterday for the shooting death of her husband. Story, 5B. WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 13. 1985 ROCHESTER NEW YORK SECTION 7B COMICS Democrat (flmmtrit i ii i a if iresSoims iPOSfi cho mm out at the Republican caucus four years ago and there's been a feud ever since." Lutz last night did not return a phone call, but his wife, Jean, said Lutz challenged Rennison for the job "because he (Lutz) believed the people's interests were not being served." Supervisor-elect Raymond Barend, an independent who defeated Republican nominee Julian Harter for the town supervisor's job, said last night he worked with Lutz to uncover what he said were irregularities in the highway superintendent's office after Lutz made him aware of suspected problems. "The matter was prompted by (Lutz) and investigated by me," Barend said.

Green said deputy highway superintendent Tom Stevens has been named as Rennison's replacement and that a new election for the post will be held next Claims of departmental irregularities investigated By Jack Jon Democrat and Cnromcle BRISTOL A week after being re-elected to a third term as Bristol Highway Superintendent, Gordon Renni-son has complied with a town board request to resign from his job. Outgoing Bristol Supervisor Robert Green who did not run for re-election said yesterday that Rennison is being investigated by the Ontario County District Attorney's office in connection with theft and misuse of town property. "We asked for his resignation and he resigned Monday night," Green said. "It's all in the hands of our town attorney and the district attorney now." Ontario County District Attorney James Harvey said yesterday that county prosecutors have been contacted by Bristol officials but that no charges have been filed. Rennison said last night he resigned from the job for "health and personal reasons." Rennison said he couldn't comment on Green's statement about missing and misused town equipment "because it's all in an attorney's hands now.

I have nothing to say until all the papers are drawn up." Green said the town began investigating Rennison because of charges leveled during the election by former highway superintendent George Lutz. Lutz ran as an independent against Rennison, a Republican. Rennison defeated Lutz 352 to 284. Green said the investigation was prompted by Lutz "and he (Lutz) is the one that's bringing all the charges now. The election is what started it Gordie beat George if m-ll HI 2 -w I 016.

I mm- 1 II 0 Kwm IHIcImN DemocrM and Chronicla Chris Jones, on the music library's staff, dry-mounts some sheet music in a niche made out of a corner of the basement. Ballot count in Ontario questioned By Jack Jones Democrat and Chronicle RICHMOND Democratic town supervisor candidate Brian Kolb said yesterday he has filed a complaint with the state Board of Elections about what he called irregularities in the counting of absentee ballots by county elections officials. Kolb, who had a 553-543 vote lead over incumbent Republican Robert Belmont after the polls closed Nov. 5, said he has consulted a lawyer and the state Attorney General's office and will seek to have all absentee ballots ruled invalid, regardless of whether he wins or loses the election when 39 absentee votes are officially counted this moming. State Board of Elections executive director Tom Wallace said he advised Ontario County Election Commissioner Sally Dwyer to stop counting the absentee ballots on Nov.

6 after independent town council candidate George Henninger 1 complained of suspected irregularities. All but four of those 39 ballots had already been opened and counted, but both Republican and Democrat election commissioners will reopen all absentee ballots and rule on their validity today. After 35 of the 39 ballots were opened Nov. 6, Kolb led Belmont 566-565. "The whole election in Ontario County has a black cloud on it because of the way those (absentee) ballots were opened," Kolb said.

"Even if I win, I'm still going to protest the mishandling of those ballots. It's just not right." Kolb said he became concerned after TURN TO PAGE 6B Deputies in budget for Wayne Supervisors approve proposal that adds 3 for road patrols By Craig Gordon Democrat and Chronicle LYONS The Wayne County Board of Supervisors yesterday approved a tentative budget that would increase county taxes by about 11 percent and add three road patrol deputies to the sheriffs department for the first manpower increase since 1973. A public hearing on the budget will be at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 26 at the Wayne County Courthouse in Lyons.

Changes can be made at that meeting, after which the supervisors will approve a final budget. If approved as is, the $41.4 million budget would increase county taxes to about $8.11 per $1,000 assessed value, or up 82 cents per $1,000. Sheriff Richard J. Pisciotti's request for three more deputies survived yesterday's daylong dissection of the 140-page bud- TURN TO PAGE 6B MM High cost overrun at Canandaigua CANANDAIGUA The Common Council will be asked tomorrow night to approve $138,800 to pay for cost overruns in building a new police station yidjafl. The building was to have been ready for occupancy in June, but the move-in date wont be until this month or next City Manager Carl Luft said the city anticipated a cost overrun on the new $1 million building because low bids received before the building started were below the architect's estimates.

Luft said the city has set aside more than $100,000 to cover cost overruns that include an additional $32,375 in architectural and engineering fees. finger Lakes Radio sold PENN YAN Finger Lakes Radio Int, which includes Dundee radio station WFLR, the 107-year old weekly newspaper The Dundee Observer and an circulation, free shopper called the Lake Country Weekly, has been sold to a Genesee County company. vThe announcement was made yesterday by Finger Lakes Radio owners Jack plancy and Donald Stork of Perm Yan and by Brian Clark, owner of Brian Clark Printing Co. Inc which purchased the communications group. The sale will become final when the Federal Communications Commission approves the radio licenses transfer.

The purchase also includes the firm's Yates Legal Bulletin and a job printing shop in Dundee, Yates County. The Brian Clark company publishes a group of free weekly circulation shoppers in western New Divestment policy changed Trustees of Hobart and William Smith Colleges have modified their position taken last spring on investments in firms dealing with South Africa Last spring the board voted to buy no more stock in firms doing business in South Africa. That was modified Nov. 2 to permit purchase of stock in firms that have signed the Sullivan Principles, a set of guidelines calling for companies to prac-v tice- non-segregation and follow fair em- ployment practices in South Africa. Colleges President Carroll Brewster 'released statement after the Nov.

2 vote saying the board changed ha policy after extensively' reviewing its South Africa investment policy since May. Charged in three counties MONTOUR FALLS A 16-year-old Ontario County youth faces charges in three counties after police said he led them on a high-speed chase and then fled on foot Monday night Greg A Arnold, of East Naples, was taken into custody at 6:30 am yesterday while he was walking on Route 96A near Sampson State Park in the town of Romulus, Seneca County, according to state police at Waterloo. Police said they had searched all night for A person who took a 1978 Thunder-bird in Montour Falls at 2 p.m. Monday without the owner's permissioa At 10 p.m. Monday, the car stopped at the AM PM Mini Market on Exchange Street in Geneva, Ontario County.

The driver filled the tank with gas and left without paying, police said. Geneva police who spotted the car going through a red light pursued the vehicle at high speeds on Routes 5 and 20 and Route 96A into Seneca County, where state police and deputies joined the chase. The car went off the road near Sampson park and police began searching for the driver, who had escaped on foot Arnold was charged by state police in Waterloo with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and petty larceny. Geneva police charged him with speeding, failure to comply with a police officer's order and failure to stop for a stop sign. Arnold' was turned over to Schuyler County deputies, who added another un- authorized use charge.

He was in the Schuyler County JaU last night in lieu of $1,000 bail to await court appearances. United Way goal topped SENECA FALLS Seneca County United Way's 1986 fund campaign exceeded the $212,500 goal by about $4,600, campaign chairman Frank Zonarich said. With last-minute donations still arriving for the campaign that ended officially on Oct 31, pledges counted Monday totaled $217,128 for an all-time high. Contributors pledging at least $70 to the campaign are eligible to win two free plane tickets to anywhere in the continental United States. The winning name will be drawn by Zonarich during a local radio talk show Monday.

Entries in the sweepstakes are due by Friday. Art exhibit at Geneseo GENESEO Three former members of the art faculty at State University College at Geneseo will have their works shown at a Retired Faculty Appreciation Exhibit in their honor at the college's Bertha V.B. Lederer Gallery. A reception from 8 to 10 p.m. Friday at the gallery will open the exhibit of works by Jay Arnold, Richard Beale and Gordon Miller.

The reception and exhibit are free and open to the public. nnsn DEATHS Cochrane, Nora, 91, Geneva, Nov. 11. Wilson, E. Granger 65, Geneva, Nov.

11. tan 'til aBi 11 Sibley Music Library Director Mary Wallace Davidson, left, stands in the stacks in the basement and examines a warped book. She says damage might have been caused by dryness, and welcomes the proposed Eastman Place, above. Music library likes proposed new home yesterday unveiled preliminary plans for Eastman Place at a meeting of the Cultural Center Commission, which was formed1 by Rochester and Monroe County five years ago to promote revi-talization of the eastern part of downtown, near the Eastman Theatre. The commission approved a resolution supporting the project and encouraging the city to support it.

Some materials in the library considered to have the most extensive music teaching and research collection in the nation are stored in the basement, Davidson said, where the public cannot go because the ceiling is too low. Staff members visit the basement twice a day to bring up items that people request. "We have about one-half million items, and the library was built in 1937 for a maximum of 150,000 volumes," she said. "Our space would double in the new (proposed) building." The library, part of the university's Eastman School of Music, has been renovated once since its construction. It is full, with about 250,000 volumes, 60,000 record albums and cassette tapes, and special collections of sheet music, art work and manuscripts.

Among the special collections are manuscripts on music theory from the 11th and 12th TURN TO PAGE 4B Eastman School's collections cramped By Claudette James i Democrat and Chronicle Relocating the University of Rochester's Sibley Music Library would allow the public better access to the rare and unique collections, the director of the library said yesterday. "We welcome a new building," Mary Wallace Davidson said about a proposal unveiled yesterday to move the library to a proposed four-story building to be known as Eastman Place. The project developer, Wilmorite Big Brother-Big Sister helps make Geneseo group's birthday special "Increased traffic and speed would be a hazard to our children, and the rustic beauty of the road would be permanently altered," said Judith York, of 6255 Rosier Road. Rebecca Loy, of 6335 Rosier Road, said her family dog was killed by a car on the road last week, and she is concerned that paving the road "will increase the traffic and I don't want one of my kids to be hit." Ldy, York and other residents said they chose to build houses on the road because of its low traffic volume. They said they became alarmed after the town highway department began widening the eastern portion of the road in preparation for paving next year.

But Samuel Casella, who lives at the intersection of Woolhouse and Rosier roads, and Robert Damann, 5854 Rosier Road, said paving would make it safer for school buses and other vehicles and reduce the toll on their farm implements, trucks and cars. TURN TO PAGE 6B Controversy brews about town's plan to pave Rosier Rd. By Jack Jones Democrat and Chronicle CANANDAIGUA About 20 Rosier Road residents who attended last night's town board meeting couldn't agree on whether to pave the tree-lined dirt thoroughfare. Fourteen persons of the 17 families along the road presented a petition asking the town to abandon plans to widen and resurface it. Rosier Road runs about three miles west from Route 21 in Canandaigua before joining County Road 32 and Route 64 in Bristol.

The residents said they fear paving will lead to increased traffic the -heavily traveled Routes 64 and 21 and might spur commercial and residential development in the countryside. College Volunteer Center celebrating its 10th year By Bob Bickel Democrat and Chronicle GENESEO David Vickers is a Big Brother who met his first Little Brother two years ago when Vickers became a student at State University College at Geneseo. He spent every Sunday with the boy while school was in session, stayed at the boy's foster home, brought him to the college for an occasional weekend, took him to Seneca Park Zoo and Niagara Falls, shot baskets with him. When the boy was sent to a children's shelter in Rochester, Vickers started visiting a young son of those foster parents, while still keeping in touch with his origi nal Little Brother in Rochester. Vickers said the benefits for him have been as great as those for the children because it helped him set priorities.

"What I saw before as difficult in my life has become less so. Tests and things like that don't amount to much when you see that going to school in itself can be a problem for a child. Your major crisis becomes nothing." Vickers is one of about 100 Geneseo students enrolled in a Big Brother-Big Sister program which is the largest component of the college Volunteer Center celebrating its 10th birthday this week. The center originally opened in a part-time office with a single part-time director. Now the Big Brother-Big Sister service alone has a separate office with six TURN TO PAGE 6B.