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ROCHESTER WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2009 DemocratandChronicle.com 75 CENTS NEWSSTAND INSIDE TODAY At least 8 area people are being tested for it, health officials say. like the ordinary flu," said Dr. Andrew Doniger, director of the county Health Department. Two people in Ontario County who recently traveled to New York City also are suspected of having swine flu, as is one person in Wayne County who returned from Mexico, health officials in those counties reported. Suspected cases reflect the number of people who have recently traveled and show flu-like symptoms, including fever.

Cases are confirmed after testing by both the state and the federal Cen- variation of a Type A H1N1 virus a mix of pig, human and bird viruses that for ease was shortened to swine flu has spread among people like regular human flu, through coughs and sneezes and by touching something with flu virus on it and then touching your mouth or nose. Swine flu viruses do not spread through food. There is no vaccine for this swine flu. JUWANGDemocratandChronicle.com Includes reporting by staff writer Chris Swingle. Outbreak u.s.

deaths from swine flu likely, 6A ters for Disease Control and Prevention, which could take four to five days. The CDC on Tuesday confirmed 68 human cases of swine flu, including some hospitalizations, in California, Kansas, New York City, Ohio and Texas. Regular swine flu causes outbreaks year-round among pigs but is rarely transmitted to humans and had never spread beyond three people. By contrast, this new JUSTINA WANG STAFF WRITER As the worldwide swine flu outbreak intensifies, at least eight people in the Rochester area are being tested for mild cases of the disease. Local health officials said Tuesday that the residents suspected of having swine flu show mostly mild symptoms, and several are already recovering from their illnesses.

In Monroe County, health officials reported five suspected cases and expect the number to rise by today. All five people, including three who traveled together, are in their 20s and recently returned from vacations in Mexico. None needed hospitalization, but officials have advised them to remain home until they fully recover. Though the flu has caused dozens of deaths in Mexico, "we're very optimistic this problem in our country will be more A CITY WAS BORN 175 YEARS vv; r. i 'V Schools, too Students participate in celebration, 4A School of the Arts led the crowd in singing "Happy Birthday." Darius Clinton, a sixth-grader at School 12 and winner of the Frederick Douglass Oratorical Contest in Washington, LOCAL TWO DOZEN ALLEGED GANG MEMBERS INDICTED TURN TO PAGE IB SPORTS NY.

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Pledging that by the time he leaves Greece, "there will not be a rock unturned," new Public Safety Director Joseph Loszynski said he would be methodical, thorough and unrelenting in his review of police policies and procedures. "I have full authority to access any record or testimony from any sworn officer or civilian member of the Police Department," he said during a Tuesday news conference. He said he has no timeline yet because "as in any investigation, other tentacles may develop that I'm sure the town supervisor will want to pursue." Loszynski was hired last GREECE, PAGE 4A Sentiment soars as stocks rise, rates decline With consumer spending accounting for 70 percent of the economy, it's encouraging that an index of consumer sentiment soared in April. The Conference Board, a business research organization, found Americans buoyed by higher stock prices and lower mortgage rates. STORY: 5B AGO D.C., in December, recited part of a speech Douglass delivered in Boston in 1865.

"It's just amazing that I can be a part of a celebration that only happens every 25 years," said Clinton, 11. 175TH, PAGE 4A Brian Schramm Marine lance corporal was killed in action in Iraq. jeune, N.C. "Brian made the ultimate sacrifice," said Rep. Chris Lee, R-Clarence, Erie County, who introduced the measure on the House floor.

Lee noted that Schramm would be remembered with a federal building dedicated in his honor "just a few miles down the road" from where he grew up. BTUMULTYCaGannett.com ft: April 28, 1834. On Tuesday, the 175th anniversary of that event was celebrated at City Hall. Mayor Robert Duffy was joined by Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks, other elected officials, community leaders and about 100 citizens. Students from the Brittanee Drexel Gates Chili junior has been missing in S.C.

since Saturday. that the worst happened to her," she said. Drexel, a Gates Chili junior, headed to Myrtle Beach last Wednesday without her parents' permission. Oberer said she and the others on the trip did not know that Drexel had gone without permission. Oberer said that DREXEL, PAGE 4A i'' BENNETT J.

LOUDON STAFF WRITER In 1803, three Maryland businessmen, including Nathaniel Rochester, bought 100 acres of land for $1,750. That plot of land grew to become Rochester, and the state Legislature granted its charter on Greece post office to be named for soldier Monroe deputies join hunt for missing teen BRIAN TUMULTY WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON The House voted Tuesday to rename the Greece post office in honor of Marine Lance Cpl. Brian K. Schramm, who was killed in action as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Schramm, who died of shrapnel wounds south of Baghdad in October 2004, was on his second tour of duty in Iraq.

Schramm was 22 at the time of his death and was serving as a member of the 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Second Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Le- VICTORIA E. FREILE AND ERNST LAM0THE 1R. STAFF WRITERS Friends of Brittanee Drexel weren't immediately concerned that the 17-year-old didn't return to their Myrtle Beach hotel Saturday night. The group had gone their separate ways for much of their stay last week in South Carolina. Later, around 2 or 2:30 a.m.

Sunday after she didn't return phone calls or text messages, her friends grew concerned, said Jenn Oberer, 20, of Chili, who traveled to South Carolina with Drexel last week. "We're now thinking.