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DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE Officers to sue They claim investigation of alleged 'gay-bashing' was result of pressure from higher-ups, Page 3B. OCA SECTION 2B i DEATHS 38 i LOCAL NEWS 5B STATE NEWS ROCHESTER, NEW YORK Demo6ratandChronicle.com TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 I Websfteir Tw Police suspect murder-suicide; gasoline found after explosion. DEMOCMUNDCHRONrCU.COM Click on this story for a photo gallery of the scene. netti of the Webster Police Department. The two were found in separate parts of the house.

Police seemed to dismiss the possibility that a third person might have killed the pair. "I'm not looking for a suspect at this point," Simonetti said. Bob Gazzetta, who lives across the street, said Jim and Rose Kinsella have lived there at least 20 years. He said he heard three loud bangs Monday morning before realizing the house across the street was on fire. The explosion blew de- appeared to be in their late 60s, were found dead inside.

The man had a gunshot wound to his head and a long gun was found near his body. Furniture and clothing were soaked with gasoline, authorities said. Police did not identify the victims. James and Rose Kinsella own the home, according to Monroe County records. State voter records show Rose Kinsella is 65.

KATE PERRY STAFF WRITER WEBSTER Police are investigating what they suspect is a murder-suicide after a house off Lake Road exploded Monday and two bodies were found inside. About 9:20 a.m. firefighters found the home at 507 Lakeview Terrace engulfed in flames with the front wall blown out. The fire was under control by 10:15 a.m. Police said that two people, a man and woman who bris 50 feet away from the house, officials said, and neighbors reported smoke enveloping the neighborhood.

Simonetti said it's possible a gunshot could have ignited the flames. The Kinsellas are known in the neighborhood for the garden in front of their house, said neighbor Jessica DiNoto. KPERRYiOenwcratandChrooicle.com tj-a. NEWS BEAT Fast waters bar river search The search for a man who possibly drowned while fishing Sunday could not be resumed Monday because of river conditions, police said. The Rochester police scuba unit was not able to go into the Genesee River because of the fast water flow, said police spokeswoman Officer Deidre Taccone.

Rescue crews responded about 6:20 p.m. Sunday to a man who fell into the river while fishing with two others south of the Driving Park bridge. The man reportedly did not come up from the water. Rescue crews searched points throughout the river and the shoreline without success, Taccone said. As of 8:30 p.m.

Monday, the whereabouts of the missing man remained unknown. RenSquare board to meet The Main and Clinton board of directors will TINA YEE staff photographer Firefighters work to extinguish a fire Monday morning at 507 Lakeview Terrace in Webster. The cause of death for house has not been deter-either person found in the mined, said Lt. Sal Simo- Victor supervisor resigns abruptly Timing of Bamann's move puts position up for Nov 4 election. What's at stake The job of supervisor in the town of Victor.

JAMES GOODMAN STAFF WRITER VICTOR Supervisor Leslie Bamann is expected to say more about her resignation as Victor's top official when she holds a news JAY CAPERS staff photographer Fire policeman Frank Wunder, right, talks with Frank Kuhn of Scottsville after a tree limb took down power lines, Effort to restore power KO'd by wind continues conference today. But Victor are not wasting any time get Bamann Victor Republicans met Sunday night to select a candidate, said Lyle Corey, vice chairman of the Victor Republicans. He did not disclose the name of the choice. Democrats were notified Monday of Bamann's resignation, which she submitted on Friday to take effect on Sept. 19.

They are now scrambling to find a candidate. The job pays $54,540 per year. "This is clearly, in my view, orchestrated by the Ontario County Republicans to avoid the possibility of a town board appointing a Democratic supervisor," said John Hurley, chairman of the Victor Democratic Committee. Bamann's letter says that she is resigning "to pursue other career panies estimate power may not be restored to all customers until midnight tonight or late Wednesday afternoon. In all, approximately 42,000 Rochester Gas and Electric Corp.

customers, 12,000 New York State Electric and Gas customers and more than 9,100 National Grid customers in the Rochester area were without power on Monday. ting their candidate for the supervisor job in place, with the introduction of the GOP candidate expected at Bamann's news conference. Bamann, 55, a Republican first elected in 2005 and reelected last year, would not have been up for re-election until 2009. But her resignation puts the top job in Victor on the Nov. 4 ballot.

Her decision to step down is the latest turn in the town's contentious political landscape. GARY MCLENDON AND VICTORIA E. FREILE STAFF WRITERS Power companies are scrambling to restore power to thousands of customers in the aftermath of strong wind gusts that hit our area overnight Sunday and Monday morning. More than 63,100 people in the Rochester area were without power Monday after the remnants of Hurricane Ike whipped through the region, and utility com ii yifk i i iHfi.ni JAMIE GERMAN0 staff photographer The driver of this van had to squeeze by a fallen tree on East Boulevard near Park Avenue in Rochester after high winds blew through the area. VICTOR, PAGS 5 WINDY, PAGE 4B meet at 830 a.m.

Thursday at the Ebenezer Watts Building, 47 S. Fitzhugh St The board oversees Renaissance Square, a $230 million development planned for Main Street and Clinton Avenue. Benefit for Dan Andrews' kids A fundraising event will be held Wednesday for the children of a Hilton man killed in June after a soft-ball game. Dan Andrews 36, of Hilton was struck in the back of the head June 29 by a member of the opposing team following a soft-ball league game. He was taken to Unity Hospital and then transferred to Strong Memorial Hospital with a severe head injury; he died the next day.

In late July, a grand jury charged Sean L. Sanders, 27, of Irondequoit, with criminally negligent homicide in Andrews' death. Andrews' friends and former bowling teammates 2u organizing the auction, which will run from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Mario's Italian Steakhouse on Monroe Avenue. The money raised will go to a fund set up for Andrews' three children.

Hamlin crash injures two A BMW and a Honda sport-utility vehicle crashed head-on Monday morning in Hamlin. Barbara Oleszckuk, 56, of Greece was eastbound on Roosevelt Highway when she veered into the other lane and struck a westbound SUV operated by Shirley Coloney, 38, of Greece, said Cpl. John Heifer of the Monroe County Sheriffs Office. Oleszckuk was trapped in her car for about 40 minutes and had to be cut out by firefighters. She had injuries to her legs and neck and was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital via Mercy Flight.

Coloney was trapped in the other vehicle for about five minutes and suffered an ankle injury, Deputy Jon Strong said at the scene. She was taken to Strong via ambulance. Sun glare might have been a factor in the crash, authorities said. For more News beat, turn to Page 5B COMING UP Area voters explain views Local residents talk about why they support presidential candidates. In Wednesday's Democrat and Chronicle Man who threw rocks on cars admits guilt Santos Martinez He hit five cars with rocks from bridge over Route 104.

when State Police arrested him Aug. 31, admitted that he threw rocks onto Route 104 from a railroad bridge over the highway near St. Paul Street in Rochester. Five cars were hit and a woman in one car was slightly injured when glass from her broken wind plaints from motorists whose cars were hit. As a condition of his plea, Martinez agreed to pay restitution of no more than $2,000 for damage to the cars.

The final amount is expected to be about $1,600, Schlia told Miller. MZEIGLER fi DemocratandChronicle.com less endangerment. Acting Monroe County Court Judge Stephen T. Miller will sentence him to one to three years in prison Oct. 10.

Until his sentencing, Martinez will be held in Monroe County Jail. Martinez, who gave the name of Santos Ramos shield got into one eye, said Assistant District Attorney Robin Schlia. Martinez threw about 20 rocks about 3 inches in diameter onto the highway, which is also known as the Keeler Street Expressway. State Police caught him in the act after receiving com MICHAEL ZEIGLER STAFF WRITER A Rochester man will go to prison for throwing rocks from a highway overpass, damaging five cars and injuring a woman. Santos Martinez, 40, pleaded guilty Monday to a felony of first-degree reck Politics is serious business, but it should also be fun MARK HARE Contact him at: Democrat and Chronicle 55 Exchange Blvd.

Rochester. NY 14614 (585) 258-2351 mhm DwnocratandChfonlcte.coni stories involve the late Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, who tapped him for the state chair and whom he recalls fondly "as a second father." They traveled in Rockefeller's private jet and stayed in the best places. The plane was equipped with caviar, but the governor always preferred Oreo cookies, he recalls. On one late-night trip back from Minot, N.D., Rockefeller asked Rosenbaum if he'd ever seen Mount Rushmore.

"I said and I thought maybe we'd stop over. Instead the governor made a phone call and all of a sudden, as we were flying by, Mount Rushmore was lit up like it was daytime. We made three passes and it went dark again." Rockefeller had evidently called in a favor with someone in the National Park Service. baum got up to speak to an administration official. "And Charlton Heston came in the room," Rosenbaum says.

"I said, 'Mr. Heston it's a great pleasure to meet you. I thoroughly enjoyed your comments yesterday." Heston, he says, gave him a funny look. Back at the table, son Matt informed his father that Heston had merely led the Pledge of Allegiance. Rosenbaum knew he'd laid an egg, but bluster (also known by more earthy terminology) is part of politics.

And you have to laugh at yourself when you put foot in mouth. Rosenbaum recounts meeting an Associated Press reporter at the 1980 convention. He told the young woman from Albany that he was happy she wasn't like another "obnoxious pushy" AP reporter from Albany only to learn moments later that she was in Oswego, where he started losing his hair as a child because of a condition called alopecia areata. He was on the receiving end of many a cruel wisecrack, "but I've been blessed by it," he says. "I learned humility and I learned compassion." He recounts the stunning City Hall victory he engineered as county chair in 1969.

Rosie kept the candidates on a grueling schedule, greeting workers at the factory gates, ringing doorbells and handing out literature. The Republicans took eight of nine seats on Council and won the school board, too. It was a victory not repeated since. The best part about his life in politics is that it was all fun, especially the wins. "You have to have fun," he says, summarizing his book.

"And not take everything to heart." When the Republican National Convention convened in Dallas in August 1984, Richard Rosen-baum, then a national committee member and former Monroe County and New York State Republican chairman, had heard enough speeches. "I was in the amphitheater and I just didn't want to listen," says Rosenbaum, 77, of Penfield. "I was bored and then Charlton Heston came up to the podium, I was not a big fan so I left." The next day, Rosenbaum, often called "Rosie" by his friends, attended a lunch for national committee members and heavyweights in President Ronald Reagan's administration. He brought his son Matthew, then a convention page and now a state Supreme Court Justice (as was the senior Rosenbaum in the early 1970s). At some point, Rosen married to that reporter.

They've all laughed about it ever since. Rosenbaum retells lots of stories in his new book, No Room for Democracy: The Triumph of Ego over Common Sense (RIT Press, September 2008). It's part autobiography, with stories of his growing up in Oswego, and part philosophy Rosenbaum believes political parties are at their best as quasi-dictatorships, with clear agendas and no freelancers raising money for themselves. Many of Rosenbaum's favorite Rosenbaum recalls growing up.