European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page6 b the stars and stripes monday March 18. 1991 Saga court becomes 2 switched continues As to nears Ion by Pat Leisner the associated press Sarasota Fla. A while Hollywood works to a bring the Story of babies a switched at birth to the screen the real life players arc heading to court in a bitter tug of War Over a 12-year-old girl. A the preliminary script we reviewed for the movie had a Happy ending and its our Hope that the real life Story will have a Happy ending also a said John Blakely an attorney who is seeking visitation rights for the biological parents of Kin it Berly a Hazel eyed sixth grader. But Bob Mays who raised the girl from birth Only to discover he was not her biological father is worried Ernest and Regina Twigg want shared custody of his Only child. A it a a we re still on our roller coaster ride a Mays  stories of two families who unknowingly raised the others child for More than nine years is being made into a television miniseries to be aired Over two nights on Abc Likely in Early May pro Ducer Michael of Hara said. Kimberly born at a tiny Rural Hospital in Central Florida went Home with the wrong parents a Mays and his late wife Barbara  of cancer in 1981. The girl bom to the mayses whom the Twiggs named Arlena died of a heart defect in  a a a a a a a a. A a a a a a a a a a a a a a just before Arlenar a death genetic tests showed she was not the Twiggs biological daughter. Their search for their biological dough Ter led them Back to Hardee memorial Hospital in Wauchula where mrs Mays and mrs Twigg gave birth within Days of each other in 1978 / the Twiggs quest eventually led to a  custody Battle Over Kimberly. Mays a Sarasota roofing Salesman re jelled repeated requests for genetic testing to resolve the mystery. The. Impasse was broken when the Twiggs agreed in writing in october 1989 not to seek custody of Kimberly even if she turned out to be their daughter. Under the agreement the Twiggs had the option to seek visitation. Genetic tests showed the Twiggs were Kimberly a biological parents and psychologists were brought in to make recommendations if and when meetings should occur no timetable was set. Since last june there have been at least five meetings Between Kimberly and the Twiggs and their seven other children Ages 8 through 23, attorneys said. Both sides agreed the children got along Fine but not so with the adults  the sensitive scars the ordeal has carved. Mrs. Twigg still reeling from arc Nav a loss was adopted herself at an Early age and getting to know Kimberly is perhaps especially important because of that background her attorney said. The Twiggs moved from Pennsylvania Back to Florida a couple of years ago in part to be near Kimberly. They settled in Sebring about 60 Miles from Sarasota. A they were on Cloud nine with each of Kimberly a visits a Blakely said in november Mays stopped the visitations. Quot a a a a a a a. A a a. A a v a. He said it was a temporary move at least through january because he had grounded the youth for falling grades and mood swings he did t understand. A they chose to have their attorney write us a letter which amounted to an ultimatum to have Kimberly about half of the Lime a Mays said a you would have thought it was a very amiable divorce Between mrs Twigg and  a in a not seeing the same child i knew a year or two ago a he said. A the doctors. Are working with her once we have a handle on in l la be a whole lot happier.�?�. F i 9 1 h actress ariane Richards left will play Kimberly Mays right in upcoming miniseries. Blakely said the Twiggs psychologist or. I Tarold Smith concluded visitation should be More frequent. In documents filed in circuit court mrs. Twigg quoted Kimberly As saying Quot i done to want to Hurt my dad s feelings so ill Call you or and mrs. Twigg in front of my dad but i la Call you mom and dad when in a just with you.�?�. No hearing Date has been scheduled. Noting the bitterness Between the two councilman finds dead Alligator on Hood of daughter s car in Fla. A St. Cloud Fla. Up a a controversial City councilman running for re election found a dead Alligator shot Between the eyes and stretched across the Hood of his daughters car outside his Home. Quot the first thing i thought of was that scene in a the godfather Quot where the  wakes up and finds in his bed the decapitated bloody head of his prize horse a councilman Larry Hobbs said. A Well this is the Southern Fried version of the  Quot a. Alligators Are considered an endangered species m Florida. Hobbs said lie found the dead Gator when he walked out of his House one Day last week. It had been shot Between the Eves and had its Tail sliced off. Quot maybe that a what someone wants to happen to me a he said. Hobbs 40, is running for re election tuesday. He has angered developers by making them foot the Bill for growth in the Community South of Orlando filed an ethics commission complaint against a fellow councilman and been unwilling to go along with the traditional Way of doing things. A he also  the Community be saying it was useless to spend Money buttling the american civil liberties Union Over removal of a Cross painted on the City a water Tower. A Quot Quot a fighting the  on that Issue would have been like pouring Money Down it rat Hole Quot he said a we had More if important uses for that Money. A the dead Gator Isnit the first strange thing to happen in St. Cloud during an election .j.uliahowes, the City managers administrative assistant said that in the 16 years she a worked at City Hall one candidate had his car and his office painted w it disparaging slogans. A one year we had a candidates House splattered with paint a she said. St. Cloud mayor Richard word said the dead Gator sends a a very unfriendly message a like someone saying a you re part of an endangered species a its the most bizarre thing in be Ever  Wilmington Del. Unfree aids tests have been offered to Quot the More than 1,2 10 patients of a Wilmington dentist who. Died of the disease this month state health officials said. Raymond Owens 61, was diagnosed with acquired immune deficiency syndrome in 1989, hut continued to practice until a few weeks before his death on March 1, officials said. Lie did not Tell patients of his illness a and stale officials Learned he had aids Only alter some of his acquaintances contacted them after he died said Lester Wright director of the Delaware division of. Public 1 Leith. Letters offering the tests were recommended by the National centers for disease control in Atlanta because of the ease of Florida dentist David acer who infected three of his patients with the aids virus a right said. The pc believes acer May have infected his patients by accidentally cutting himself and bleeding on open wounds in their Mouths during tooth extractions or Oral surgery. The cd has estimated that 1,248 dentists in the United slates Are infected with the aids virus. Sides of Hara said it was a a Miracle to get the two families to agree on the script. A a a a a a a a a a my goal has been a balanced Point of View a he said. A i Tell two parallel stories. In 1978 two people arc leaving the Hosp Tal and get on two trains. By the end of the first night the two trains collide. The second night deals with the emotional debris left All Over the tracks.�?�. The movie ends with the first meeting.  drowns during training from wire reports Quantico a. Marine 2nd it. Anthony l. Marchinda 24, of Troy Mich drowned saturday while participating in swim qualification training at Quantico Marine base ,. A. Quot v a statement from the marines said Marchinda who was assigned to co a of the Basie school was swimming underwater with other members of his training company in the Pool at Ramer Hall shortly before he w As spotted lying face Down on the Bottom of the  bomber color Offutt fab neb a the strategic air come said it will change paint schemes on its b-1b and b-52 bombers. A the 97 a lbs and 220 b-52s. Painted with a combination of Gray and Green shades will be changed to a uniform Gray color said it. Col. Alie Deroche sacks employment plans division chief. A the new Shade of Gray has proven to he the most effective color for contrast reduction a camouflage Quot Deroche said