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CDISPATCH.COM 50 ¢ Newsstand | 40 ¢ Home Delivery Friday | April 6, 2018 Plans go awry at Kerr-McGee redevelopment meeting Citizens offended by request for them to draw and color By Zack Plair site, a place to draw what they believed to [email protected] be the borders of their neighborhood, one to write about a memorable moment in A simple plan aimed to engage citizens their neighborhood and stick it on a map in shaping a redevelopment plan for the old and lastly, a booth where they were asked Kerr-McGee plant site backfired Thurs- Rev. James to illustrate their ideas for the old Kerr-Mc- E. Samuel Sr. day night in the Sim Scott Park Commu- Gee land “through drawing or coloring.” speaks during nity Center. Far from engaging the citizens in the the Greenfield It included moving the few dozen resi- process, Thursday’s plan deeply offended Environmental dents present through five stations. In the most of them, and they voiced their frus- Trust Group first, they were asked to place colored dots trations. community input meeting on a map representing where they “live, “You want us to walk through here like at Sim Scott work, shop and play.” Subsequent stations mice through a cheese room, and then you Park Thursday included a survey of what participants want to tell us what we ate,” Rev. James evening. would like to see developed at the old plant See Kerr-McGee, 6A Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff After crash, ‘Itchy feet’ Thunderbirds’ status unknown for ‘Wings Over Columbus’ CAFB: Rest of event still on schedule

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While Columbus Air Force Base plans to still hold Wings Over Columbus on April 21-22, it is still unknown whether the Thunderbirds will appear at the event. Del Bagno U.S. Air Force Air Demonstra- tion Squadron Slot Pilot Thunder- bird 4, Maj. Stephen Del Bagno was killed Wednesday in Nevada when his F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed during a routine aerial demonstra- Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff tion training flight. James “Hippie Jimmie” MacDougall and Tamara “Pipes” Murck stand on 18th Avenue in Columbus Tuesday after- The Air Force is conducting an noon. “We’re nomads, the last of the traveling gypsies. Work when we can, play when we can,” MacDougall said. investigation into the crash, and “I consider myself a traveling street musician,” Pipes said. the Thunderbirds’ next show, “The March Field Air and Space Expo” Pair of chance friends move through Golden up in the Golden Triangle this at the March Air Reserve Base in week to stay at a friend’s farm in California. A press release on the Triangle on way to hippie commune Starkville and for Murck, at least, Thunderbirds’ website said the sta- to play her guitar and sing along tus of the other shows hasn’t been By ISABELLE ALTMAN around the country. the roadside and at The Princess determined. [email protected] The two are, in MacDougall’s Tuesday night after MacDougall CAFB on Thursday expressed words, “ambling” their way toward convinced the local patrons to let condolences for the death of the ll Tamara “Pipes” Murck has a hippie commune in Tennessee, her have the mic. pilot and confirmed plans were still is her guitar, her clothes, her though they said they may make They admit it’s an unusual on to hold Wings Over Columbus. Asleeping bag, her spare tire stops and detours along the way, existence, but they like it. Two years “My planning team has been working for nearly a year prepar- and her hatchback, which she and such as helping set up and break ago, Murck had corporate office job ing for Wings Over Columbus,” her friend James “Hippie Jimmie” down a nearby traveling circus. in Minnesota that she hated. said Col. Doug Gosney, 14th Flying MacDougall are using to travel Murck and MacDougall wound See Travelers, 6A Training Wing commander, in a CAFB press release. “As our plan- See Thunderbirds, 3A 19-year-old arrested after fight PILGRIMAGE KICK-OFF PARTY: