Bob Wood

Attention extraterrestrial visitors: If your travel plans include an Orange County flyover, you might want to stop by Bob's house. Bob Wood, a former director of research and development at McDonnell Douglas who holds a doctorate in physics, would like to chat. The 68-year-old Newport Beach resident has spent the last three decades trying to answer a single, basic question: How did you get here?

Attention extraterrestrial visitors: If your travel plans include an Orange County flyover, you might want to stop by Bob's house. Bob Wood, a former director of research and development at McDonnell Douglas who holds a doctorate in physics, would like to chat. The 68-year-old Newport Beach resident has spent the last three decades trying to answer a single, basic question: How did you get here?

Bob Woods, a former football coach at Mater Dei High in Santa Ana and Bishop Amat High in La Puente, died Saturday night of cancer. He was 55. The Rosary will be held tonight at the Brown Mortuary in Santa Ana and funeral services will be held Tuesday at noon at the Holy Family Church in Orange. Woods was at Mater Dei from 1959 to 1972, spending the last seven as head coach. He compiled a record of 47-15-2 before he was fired in January of 1973.

Bob Woods, a former football coach at Mater Dei High in Santa Ana and Bishop Amat High in La Puente, died Saturday night of cancer. He was 55. The Rosary will be held tonight at the Brown Mortuary in Santa Ana and funeral services will be held Tuesday at noon at the Holy Family Church in Orange. Woods was at Mater Dei from 1959 to 1972, spending the last seven as head coach. He compiled a record of 47-15-2 before he was fired in January of 1973.

What comes now? Another outsider, another potential threat. * This time, I'm the outsider. David Loyd's 22-foot aluminum work skiff carries us through blue-gray waters dotted with the thickly wooded hilltops of a submerged mountain range. Together they make up the San Juan archipelago. We are in the far northwest corner of the country, 30 miles east of Victoria, B.C., crossing swift, deep President Channel, where the winds and current can be treacherous.

Bob Wood of Nike has intentionally misinterpreted Phil Mickelson's remarks in order to create a controversy between Mickelson and Tiger Woods, and let the real issue -- the quality of Nike equipment -- slip out the side door. Mickelson never questioned Tiger's superior playing ability, he only questioned Nike's golf clubs. And by the way, Mr. Wood, how has David Duval played since he switched to Nike clubs? Tom Moore Los Angeles

He was paid to run fast, but not too fast. He was paid to run far, but not too far. Quick but harmless, Paul Pilkington was known to Los Angeles Marathon runners Sunday as the "rabbit." Somebody else was supposed to win. For $3,000, Pilkington was supposed to quit. But with nearly a two-minute lead and 10 miles remaining, Pilkington's legs had other ideas. Or was that his pride? Whatever, the rabbit pulled a marathon out of his hat.

Tim McGraw's "Indian Outlaw" is the fastest-rising country single on the pop charts since Billy Ray Cyrus' "Achy Breaky Heart" in 1992, but not everyone is celebrating. Two country radio stations in Minneapolis are refusing to play the song after complaints that some of the lyrics are offensive to Native Americans.

Mike Gillette kicked 5 field goals and Tony Boles rushed for 184 yards in 32 carries Saturday to give No. 14 Michigan a 22-7 Big Ten victory over Minnesota. Michigan, leader of the Big Ten, improved to 6-2-1 overall and 5-0-1 in the conference. A Michigan victory over Illinois next week would put the Wolverines in the Rose Bowl. The Gophers fell to 2-5-2 and 0-4-2. The victory was costly for Michigan, however.

Employees of Lockheed Martin Corp. in Palmdale rejected the aerospace company's three-year contract proposal Sunday and voted to strike. Of the about 1,000 International Assn. of Machinists and Aerospace Workers members who voted, 95% voted to strike, union spokesman Bob Wood said. The workers in Palmdale represent about one-sixth of the work force covered by the contract, he said. Results from other plants, including one in Marietta, Ga., were expected late Sunday.

A car show to benefit the planned children's wing of the Huntington Central Library will be held Sunday in Huntington Central Park. The fifth annual Huntington Beach Concours d'Elegance, featuring more than 200 cars ranging from Ford Model A's to a Lamborghini Countach, is expected to raise about $20,000 for the 50,000-square-foot library expansion, said Bob Wood, co-chairman of the committee sponsoring the event.

A voluminous report released to the public Thursday says jet fuel and solvents have contaminated soil and ground water along the main runway at Edwards Air Force Base, but that the pollution poses no immediate danger to employees or nearby residents. The 17-volume report, the most comprehensive measure to date of soil and ground-water contamination along one of the principal runways at the base, lays the groundwork for what procedures the Air Force can use to clean up the waste.