Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 2

I SECTION RoadworkB2 ObltuarlesBI 41 WeatherB16 Metro Editor Scott Rothschild 8863683 Designer Richard Waters 886-3797 CopytigN 887 Putting Company Sunday April 13 1997 Navy pilots jet parted ways after duck encounter Bird flew into engine forcing NAS-Kingsville fliers to eject Navy trying to Improve aafetyB4 Abrazo for Brem Borchard Squadron mates frequently ask the two pilots about the ejection The student pilot suffered a broken vertebrae from the ejection A fter parachuting to earth the two pilots found each other in the dark and shook hands By Vivienne Heines Caller-Times The canvasback duck was headed for warmer weather and the T-45 Goshawk jet was on a routine night flight when the two collided in midair over Naval Air Station Kingsville last winter The 44-ounce bird cost the Navy a $20 million 12750-pound train- are a costly co-habitant of the Navy officials reported 620 instances of birds striking an aircraft between 1993 and 1995 of those 19 caused accidents and damage to aircraft totaling $104 million according to Approach a naval aviation safety magazine 1 The Naval Safety Center in Norfolk Va has begun a pilot program to monitor spring migration of birds and to provide pilots with warnings of bird movements around their air stations Navy officials said Officials hope to help pilots avoid certain areas during peak bird migration times and to lower the number of bird strikes At NAS Kingsville the number Plus sea PKOTSB5 the instructor pilot and student to eject The plane crashed into a plowed field and caught fire Encounters between birds and planes military and commercial -are unavoidable Navy officials said been a problem ever since man decided to share the sky with the said Cmdr David Gangwer commanding officer of Strike Training Squadron 22 at NAS Kingsville "Airplanes have been brought down before and engines have flamed out due to large numbers of birds being ingested Birds routine hazard for Navy pilots particular during migratory season in South Texas The duck was blamed for the crash in a recently released Navy investigative report obtained through a Freedom of Information request filed by the Caller-Times The investigative report which details the crash and includes pilot interviews photographs and laboratory reports says the duck flew into the aircraft's single engine causing it to shut down and forcing Eidmann Higgs ing aircraft the instructor and student in the jet ejected safely into a field near the base Such airborne encounters are a 1 Her olive-branch offer provides banquet surprise I Public hugging on a spotlight I ed stage before hundreds of Corpus Christi's elite can make quite an impression Even more so when the two hugging are car dealer Marion Luna Brem and Nueces County Judge Richard Borchard Borchard and Brem have been at odds since the county judge removed Brem from the Port of Corpus Chnsti board of commissioners in December by deciding to appoint someone else when The two embraced in a bear hug before 500 guests at the 1 National Humani-I tarian Awards dinner Wednesday in what Brem said was the 1 of the evening" No one seemed to know what Brem the chairwoman of the event and master of cere- monies was up to when she announced going to do something off the program" She called Borchard to the i Pleasa sea PULSEB13 in fatal stabbing Man arrested in killing on Ormond Street Police arrested a 44-year-old resident of the house The fiancee's family said the victim was good to her children Reports indicated that the stabbing occurred after the two men fought By Gmston Ford Callcr-Tiiiu-s Thomas Kinard was trying to save some money until he got his commercial driver's license So he his fiancee and her two children moved in with another couple a month ago Authorities say that decision may have cost the Corpus Christi native his life Early Saturday morning 29-year-old Kinard was stabbed to death at the Ormond Street home police said Corpus Christi police officers arrested a 44-year-old man who also lived at the house in the 1300 block of Ormond Street Police reports of the incident indicate the men had gotten into a fight that involved a knife The suspect remained jailed Saturday night at the Nueces County Jail hut had yet to be formally charged According to police the incident happened this way: At 2:58 am a call came in about a stabbing on Ormond Street Officers saw a woman outside crying and upset She told them a man had been stabbed and pointed to the house When police entered the living room they found Kinard lying face down unconscious on the sofa I Ic had a large cut to his left upper arm and his face Another man was sitting on the sofa cradling Kinard He was arrested Police said both were covered in blood Police officers would not release information on the type of knife used in the stabbing Kinard's fiancee Mary Gonzales her 13-year-old daughter and a friend of the girl's were at home when the fight happened said Rodrigo Sifuentes Gonzales' brother Gonzales and her daughter declined to talk about the incident Athletes take part in something special Excitement esteem exhilaration mark Area 2 Special Olympics in Flour Bluff Corpus Christ! water osage April 1-11: 724623 millioo gallons 1997 583066 miilion gallons -19530 lower than last year 'a: A- -r Reservoir system level Combtnad system leva! 1 322 of total capacity Lake Corpus Christ) Jj Max capacity: 94 teer- Cheka Canyon Reservoir Max capacHyr22S'5 faet 1922 feat tjMk ijnctianged Yy Corpus Christ! rainfall A Last significant rath: 'y- -01-Apiflt2' Forecast: The National Waathar Service predicts a 20 percent chance of rain today and a 30 percent chance Monday fellow athletes during Friday's opening ceremonies said the Special Olympics up your self-esteem and make you feel good about yourself People around you cheer you on and your family cheers you on" A mixture of serious competition and positive reinforcement the games offered 17 events for athletes to prove themselves ranging from the 10-meter assisted walk and the mile run to the tennis-ball throw and the long jump Please sea ATHLETESB14 About 600 athletes from 13 South Texas counties competed The Special Olympics offered 17 events for its athletes 'f ft 1 ByGUOTQNFORD Calkr-Tlmw Lupe Zuniga couldn't contain his excitement as he talked about the Special Olympics won 'two bronze he said shaking the medal lions that hung around his neck like The 23-year-old Corpus Christi resident is on his way to the state competition in Houston next month He was one of 600 athletes from 13 South Texas counties who gathered at Hornets Stadium at Flour Bluff High School on Friday and Saturday for the Area 2 Special Olympics At these games even those who make it to state leave a winner Jeremy Lopinlo26who spoke to his Pleasa saa STABBINGB2 Corpus Christi resident Louis McAfee celebrates 100th birthday I Water restorations 1 Whvtijwator your lawn iJOn watering wO be allowed 8 only every 14 days before 10 I am and after 6 pm 4mj I I 17 a And he lets everyone know he expects to have many more throne-like wicker chair McAfee was treated to lasagna (his favorite) gifts songs of happy birthday and a 27z-foot-long cake decorated to look like a $100 bill with McAfee's photo in the middle McAfee who traveled in a covered wagon as a child and has lived in Corpus Christi since the late 1940s said he loved the party didn't think I would" he said gripping his cane thought it would be just another birthday But this has been different I received well over 200 birthday cards So many people are interested in my birthday what makes it so wonderful glad 1 was able to make it to A big celebration was fitting said Linda Spiess 48-ycar-old granddaughter has so many friends that love him and wanted to share this time with Spiess said been such an inspiration Judy Senter of Cleburne shows her grandfather Louis McAfee a poem she wrote for his 100th birthday Saturday during a celebration among friends and relatives Eighty-nine friends and family gathered to celebrate his birthday McAfee traveled in a covered wagon as a child lie has worked as a mechanic welder reut estate salesman and restaurateur By Dan Parker Caller-Time Louis McAfee has lived to be 100 years old on a steady diet of eggs caffeinated coffee and not-so-lean beet And the lasagna at Restaurant Confectionery Bar hasn't seemed to hurt any either McAfee has dined at Crystal's nearly every week since the Corpus Christi restaurant opened 14 years ago On Saturday 89 friends and relatives threw a party at to celebrate McAfee's 100th birthday Dressed in a blue suit and seated on a I Watering of other vegetation euchaefiowor beds shrubs end trace will be permitted only on even-numbered deye lor restdances or buetneasea with even-numbered etreet addraaeei and on odd-numbered deye tor premises with odd-numtwad etreet addressee Hours are i restricted to 6 am to 9 a and 6 to 9 pT) if i flVbu can wash yftff car only with a bucket or at a commercial carwash Gang 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