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RAMALLAH, West Bank A Gaza teen stabbed to death by her brother while she prayed in her room has become the latest addition to a grim statistic: Palestinian women killed by relatives, often for allegedly shaming the family.

Twenty-six women were slain by relatives in the West Bank and Gaza in 2013, twice as many as the year before, according to official figures. The rise stems from mounting economic difficulties in the Palestinian territories, compounded by ongoing leniency for those killing in the name of "family honor" and social acceptance of violence against women, women's rights activists said Wednesday.

They urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to repeal sections of a penal code that allows for short sentences of at most a few years for the perpetrators. Abbas suspended one article of the code in 2011, but others remain on the books, said Hanan Ashrawi, a senior PLO official and former legislator.

Ashrawi said she repeatedly has urged Abbas to adopt legal reforms, especially of articles that discriminate against women, but so far to no avail. She said she last met with Abbas in November, but that he referred the matter again to his legal adviser.

She said that male politicians often brush aside women's concerns, with the argument that more important issues are at stake, such as ending Israeli occupation and establishing a Palestinian state.

Ashrawi said archaic laws harming women also undercut Palestinian aspirations. "We are fighting for freedom and human dignity," she said. "How can you deprive women of all these things?"

Abbas aides, including his adviser on legal affairs, did not return requests for comment.

So-called honor killings are committed regularly in traditional Arab societies that enforce strict gender separation and view an unmarried women's unsupervised contact with a man as a stain on the family reputation.

The most recent killing was carried out Saturday in the town of Bani Suheila in southern Gaza, according to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, which cited a police report.

The victim was identified as 18-year-old Islam al-Shami. The girl was stabbed in the neck with a kitchen knife while she was praying in her room, the rights group said. Her 21-year-old brother was arrested and later told police he killed his sister to defend the family honor, according to the rights group.

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A Gaza teen stabbed to death by her brother while she prayed in her room has become the latest addition to a grim statistic: Palestinian women killed by relatives, often for allegedly shaming the family.

Twenty-six women were slain by relatives in the West Bank and Gaza in 2013, twice as many as the year before, according to official figures. The rise stems from mounting economic difficulties in the Palestinian territories, compounded by ongoing leniency for those killing in the name of family honour and social acceptance of violence against women, womens rights activists said Wednesday.

They urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to repeal sections of a penal code that allows for short sentences of at most a few years for the perpetrators. Abbas suspended one article of the code in 2011, but others remain on the books, said Hanan Ashrawi, a senior PLO official and former legislator.

Ashrawi said she repeatedly has urged Abbas to adopt legal reforms, especially of articles that discriminate against women, but so far to no avail. She said she last met with Abbas in November, but that he referred the matter again to his legal adviser.

She said that male politicians often brush aside womens concerns, with the argument that more important issues are at stake, such as ending Israeli occupation and establishing a Palestinian state.

Ashrawi said archaic laws harming women also undercut Palestinian aspirations. We are fighting for freedom and human dignity, she said. How can you deprive women of all these things?

Abbas aides, including his adviser on legal affairs, did not return requests for comment.

So-called honour killings are committed regularly in traditional Arab societies that enforce strict gender separation and view an unmarried womens unsupervised contact with a man as a stain on the family reputation.

The most recent killing was carried out Saturday in the town of Bani Suheila in southern Gaza, according to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, which cited a police report.

The victim was identified as 18-year-old Islam al-Shami. The girl was stabbed in the neck with a kitchen knife while she was praying in her room, the rights group said. Her 21-year-old brother was arrested and later told police he killed his sister to defend the family honour, according to the rights group.

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A three-story addition to the Water Street Inn in downtown Stillwater is being proposed by the building's owner. (Image courtesy of the Water Street Inn)

The Water Street Inn in downtown Stillwater is planning a major expansion.

Owner Chuck Dougherty wants to build a three-story addition that would include a rooftop patio and a new primary entrance and lobby. It also would have a tower element, a nod to the clock tower that graced the old Union Depot train station that formerly stood on the site.

The 21,000-square-foot addition, designed by ARCHNET in Stillwater, would add about 20 rooms to the 41-room hotel. The hotel lobby in the southwest corner would be moved to the building's north side, and the existing lobby would become the main dining area.

Plans for the addition were considered in 2008, but the economic downturn "put it on the back burner," Dougherty said Monday.

He said the time is right to make a major investment in downtown Stillwater.

"I think with all the improvements, with the new bridge, with the bike trails -- both the Loop Trail and Brown's Creek State Trail -- coming into town, we're at a renaissance," he said. "In talking to the business owners, everybody is really seeing these as great, positive moves. The city rebuilding Lowell Park and the parking lots and the public restrooms and the amphitheater are all very positive moves, and we feel ... that the future looks very bright."

The project would require a variance to the front-yard setback and a special-use permit for the rooftop patio, said Bill Turnblad, the city's community development director. The matter is expected to go before the planning commission March 10 and the city council on March 18.

The proposed addition, at the corner of Water and Myrtle streets, would be in the "view corridor" of people who looked down Myrtle Street to the Lowell Park gazebo and the St. Croix River, Turnblad said.

"It's more or less exactly where the original tower was, but it's closer than our ordinance allows to the street now, so that becomes the public balancing act," he said.

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Menomonie school board mulls over hockey locker room By Pamela Powers Menomonie News Bureau Leader-Telegram

MENOMONIE Menomonie school board members tended to support a dedicated high school hockey locker room at a planned addition to the Menomonie Youth Hockey Association ice hockey arena but worried about funding it.

The cost of the locker room would be about $75,000, which could be paid over 10 years or in a lump sum.

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Developers have submitted plans for a five-story, 200-room hotel with two floors of underground parking to replace a parking lot between the Oxbow Public Market and the existing Copia building.

Developer Keith Rogal is working with the Copia Liquidation Trust and bondholder ACA Financial Guaranty Corp. to redevelop the former Copia site at 500 First St., which previously operated as a cultural center for wine, food and the arts.

Copia declared bankruptcy in 2008 amid falling attendance and debt totaling $78 million and has mostly been shuttered since then. The goal is to bring life to the site, said Rogal, and to focus on the unique attributes of the Oxbow area and bring them to a wider audience, including visitors and guests.

In addition to the hotel, a 7,200-square-foot subterranean-type addition would be built using the space currently occupied by Copias amphitheater. Three small buildings would be constructed along First Street offering room for retail, food service, restrooms and a cafe.

The details were presented in a design review and use permit application submitted on Feb. 11 to the city Planning Department. Rogal has also asked the city for a planned development zoning amendment of the area.

Rick Tooker, city community development director, said his team is reviewing Rogals application. At 60 feet, the height of the proposed hotel would meet the maximum height allowances that can be approved for that area, he said.

Even though Rogal has asked for the maximum height, maximums arent automatically granted, Tooker said. There are many issues that need to be considered, such as context, impact on adjacent buildings, views and aesthetics.

These will all be reviewed by the Planning Commission and City Council at future meetings, he said.

The Copia site south of First, including the parking lot, is not part of this application.

Rogals application is a revised reuse plan for the former Copia site. Incorporating earlier public criticism about a need for meeting space, Rogals plan now includes assembly areas in both the main Copia building and the hotel.

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Almost two years ago, Mary Grace and Manesh moved from a condo into a house. As you might expect, they didnt have enough furniture to go around. Their living room was bare, and has stayed that way all this time, because the two of them had very different visions of how theyd like to finish it off.

Maneshs wishes werent all that complicated. In a nutshell, all he really wanted was a big TV and a comfortable place to relax. Mary Grace wanted a room built for entertaining her style is definitely sophisticated comfort with a bit of built-in bling. The challenge was to take this blank canvas of a room and turn it into the social center of the home, combining Maneshs recipe for comfort with Mary Graces sense of style.

We were able to keep some elements of the existing living room, including the floor and window shutters. Working from the top down, we scraped off the old popcorn ceiling and installed new recessed lighting to brighten things up.

When it comes to providing comfort and a lot of seating, you cant beat a sectional sofa. We selected an L-shaped model and positioned it to face a new built-in media center, containing you guessed it Maneshs TV. Working down the rooms longest wall, we installed a gorgeous ethanol fireplace beside the TV, and finished up with more custom cabinetry housing a bar. The cabinets feature open shelving to show off pretty pieces, and antique mirrored glass doors to hide the things that arent nice enough to display. To add the perfect finishing touch, we installed hardware with just a touch of bling providing a bit of shine just for Mary Grace.

Beside the bar is a cozy lounge area, complete with two stylish armless chairs flanking a glass cocktail table. And, in addition to those chairs and the sofa, there are lots of other flexible seating options in this space. Two ottomans are positioned in front of the fireplace, ready to be drawn up into the conversational circle. A front hall bench also provides even more seating when Mary Grace and Manesh are entertaining a large group. It will take just a minute to reposition these pieces to accommodate guests, and they can be tucked back in place when theyre not needed.

Mary Grace and Manesh love to travel, and theyve accumulated quite a collection of photos. To inject this space with their personality, I decided to create a special gallery wall using custom molding to frame sections of elegant grasscloth wallpaper. The wall covering is shimmery, but also natural and classic, and it provides the perfect backdrop to their treasured travel photos. This is the wall you see as soon as you come into the house, so it was important to add that personal touch.

Finally, we painted the wooden spindles on the staircase the same color that we used on the cabinetry, helping to pull it all together. Theres no doubt this is a finicky job, but one that is well worth the effort.

Its always a delicate balance when one half of a couple wants glitz and glamour, and the other half just wants, well, a big screen TV and a remote with good batteries! In this case, though, Mary Grace and Manesh agreed on one thing: they wanted a living room that felt familiar and welcoming a space perfect for entertaining larger groups and equally functional for those quiet movie nights.

We struck a good balance with this project by incorporating elegant touches such as the fireplace, the mirrored glass, and the shimmery wallpaper with comfort pieces, such as the sofa and the familiar travel photos. Its a wonderful place to come home to, but its also a welcoming place to visit. I have a feeling Mary Grace and Maneshs new living room will become the gathering place of choice for their circle of friends.

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Voting on the Town Meeting warrant will be by Australian ballot on Tuesday, March 11, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., in the community room of the Silsby Library/Municipal Bu ilding

Charlestown Security, convenience, space and improved accessibility are why resident Albert St. Pierre is urging voters to approve a petition article at Town Meeting for a $450,000 bond to build an addition off the Bakery building, which houses the Selectboards office, and connect it to the nearby Silsby Library building.

The addition, which the Selectboard opposes right now, would allow all of the town offices, including the town administrator, to be moved into one location on the same floor.

Having the town clerks office in the same location as other town offices provides convenience to residents, St. Pierre, the town moderator who gathered signatures for the petition, said.

All public services would be in one place. One-stop shopping.

The addition would provide an entrance on Main Street and include bathrooms and an elevator in the hall connecting the buildings. Once inside, residents would go to the right inside for the town offices, left to the library or take the elevator downstairs to the community room beneath the library.

The most important improvement would be in the area of security. The main thing is (addressing) security, St. Pierre said.

The departure of the police department two years ago from below the library to a new building on North Main Street has created increased security concerns for both the town clerks office and library upstairs, he said.

Librarian Sandy Perron said when the library is open at night there often is no one downstairs, which is where the entrance is, as well as the handicap access ramp and elevator, and the bathrooms.

It is only my staff here and it is difficult to safely monitor downstairs, Perron said.

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