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NEWS FROM THE METROPLEX AND TEXAS Fort Worth Region DallasStdte 5B Obituaries 9-11B Opinions 12-13B 1 Friday April 18 2003 WWWSTAR-TELEGRAMCOM Students hone their judging skills and broaden their expertise at an event sponsored by the American Paint Horse Association Bomber is still without a home The giant 10-engine bomber is in the middle of a dispute over where it will be displayed DFW Airport or outside Naval Air Station Fort Worth Today 78TH LEGISLATURE Looking to Senate for help Soon aftej the House adopted a budget that would halve the number of youngsters on state-paid health insurance and force schools to make do with less money social service activists looked to the Senate for help Story on 5B REGION Hail can be as costly as hurricanes The Insurance Council of Texas compares the cost of damage from a spring hailstorm in North Texas to that of a major hurricane Story on 5B DALLAS Doctor testifies at murder trial Although gripped by cocaine delirium Abel Ochoa 1 Jr was still able to select relatives as targets kill them then reload to kill again a psychiatrist testifies at trial Story on 5B NORTHEAST TARRANT Decision expected on trial A state district judge could rule next week on whether to certify a Watauga teen as an adult in the fatal shooting of his mother in February Story on 8B I REGION Trinity tops in award nominations I Trinity High School receives the most tions for the third annual Betty Lynn Buckley Awards designed to honor excellence in high school musical theater Story on 8B By CHRIS VAUGHN STAR TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER FORT WORTH Three months ago a proposal to send one of the last Cold War nuclear bombers to DallasFort Worth Airport for display looked like a done deal But the 400 men who saved the B-36 Peacemaker from ruin are now rallying behind a less costly alternative that would still keep the giant aircraft in Fort Worth Under their plan which the Fort Worth City Council endorsed Tuesday in a resolution the B-36 would go on display in a museum outside the main gates of Naval Air Station Fort Worth not perfect said retired Brig Gen Bill Guy who leads the restoration group But the plan is we can would like to have the $15 million or $35 million site but the Fort Worth Aviation Heritage Association has been trying to do that for 15 Guy said need to put the airplane where it will be More on AVIATION on 9Bf Testing said Tina Anderson director of shows for the APHA She said many of the students get most of their practice via videotapes host this competition each year because we want students involved in equine studies and to gain practical Anderson said is a unique opportunity for these students to judge and view some of the top horses in our In the sweepstakes the students judge horses and riders in 10 classes STAR TELEGRAMJILL JOHNSON Charmion Lee kneeling a Texas University student and Paula Chenault right a student at Oklahoma State University take notes during judging Some of the top horses in the paint horse breed were brought in for a rare judging opportunity Their scores and oral comments are compared with the scores and observations of a team of professional judges The judging skills were judged in 10 show classes In the four halter classes the animals are judged on their conformation physical appearance and structure The six performance classes are about interaction between horse and rider The classes included both English and More on JUDGING on 8B Frost blasts redistricting proposal Republicans and Democrats argue over whether there is a need to change some congressional districts in Texas including three in North Texas By JACK DOUGLAS JR STAR TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER FORT WORTH Flanked by southeast Fort Worth community leaders Rep Martin Frost the dean of Texas Democrats accused House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on Thursday of attempting to dilute the voting strength of minorities in southeast Fort Worth Frost D-Arlington said DeLay a Houston-area Republican has proposed redistricting changes that would shift some of District 24 constituents to District 12 or District 6 both of which are solidly Republican Rep Kay Granger R-Fort Worth holds the District 12 seat Rep Joe Barton R-Ennis represents District 6 Dividing the predominantly black southeast side of Fort Worth among three congressional districts would weaken the minority vote and violate the federal Voting Rights Act Frost said press secretary in Washington Jonathan Grella accused Frost More on POLITICS on 9B Board calls for better inspection of shuttle tiles 4A four camps that served as staging areas for search efforts began folding up its tents The other three camps in Nacogdoches Flemphill and Corsicana are scheduled to close during the next two weeks More on SHUTTLE on 9B Weatherford Westworth Village White Settlement By PAUL BOURGEOIS STAR TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER FORT WORTH Up-and-coming horse judges were judged Thursday at the 2003 Intercollegiate Horse Judging Spring Sweepstakes at the WR Watt Arena More than 130 students representing 17 universities and colleges competed in the sweepstakes sponsored by the American Paint Horse Association a lot of live judging Freedom to say to vouchers While words do matter changing what you call something change the nature of the thing itself Around our newsroom colleagues sometimes point me out as one of the people still around who has not only about our newspaper but especially about my hometown and the whole of North Texas That description is generally considered a compliment and I suppose it is But also a polite way of saying the old one the one been around the longest and as far as we know he still has all his The problem or the benefit of being around for a while is that you do have memory Longevity certainly does not make you wise like Solomon but it does make you wise enough to realize that is nothing new More on SANDERS on 9B Burleson- Cleburne Crowley Edgecliff Village A day of fun down on the ranch A Parker County ranch is opening its doors and I many historic buildings from 9 am to 6 pm Saturday for a day of music demon- strations and other activities Story on 2B open closed on Good Friday Federal and state offices and agencies will be open on Good Friday but it will be an optional holiday for state employees Tarrant County offices agencies and courts will be closed Municipal offices in most suburban cities will be closed Those include Aledo Azle Benbrook Crowley Edgecliff Village Everman Forest Hill Lake Worth Lakeside and White Settlement City offices will remain open in Burleson Fort Worth River Oaks Sansom Park and Westworth Village OPEN Banks Post offices Fort Worth libraries The Herd will be moving To help you quickly navigate the Star-Telegram look for summaries with our longer stories Each summary begins with a topic label in white type on a black bar Serving Aledo Azle Benbrook Blue Mound Artful moves John Kippy an art student at Tarrant County College Northeast Campus moves a pawn on the oversized chess set in the center of the campus in Hurst on Thursday The game other activities music and food were part of the 13th annual Mad Tea which celebrates the art department Search for shuttle debris coming to a close STAR TELEGRAMM GRAY This week in Palestine the first of four camps that served as staging areas for search efforts began folding up its tents and the other three camps are set to close soon Forest Service workers NASA has been methodically crisscrossing East Texas for fragments of Columbia This week in Palestine the first of Lake Worth River Oaks Saginaw Sansom Park By BILL HANNA STAR TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER As the attention remains on Iraq the exhaustive hunt for remnants of the space shuttle Columbia is winding down in East Texas The shuttle which broke apart over Texas on Feb 1 left a debris field stretching from Corsicana to Fort Polk La With the help of thousands of US Everman- Forest Hill- Fort Worth Granbury.