European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Hick Maze staff writer Germany secs your friends might Tell you its just like t Little Houseboat cruise on the Chesa but dont believe raft being sponsored by recreation centers throughout really take h out of you ii you had it in the first on a recent the Darmstadt ares recreation Centera sponsored a con test on the main River Here Twenty seven attempting to prove to themselves and a crowd of about 500 spectators that they could paddle a rubber As Sault the learns for the most part found it want easy ral dont tip Over one of the Good things about rubber raft races is the Rait wont tip Over the Bud thing is that it wont move unless you and paddling a very from the Start of the first heat it was evident Many of the member raft teams knew nothing about before entering the each participant was required to put on a use items which were apparently alien in the life Vesta went on inside upside Down and occasionally backwards that was the after getting on the ran and finding a reasonably Comfort july w7 the an strik Page 9 the dashing deltas of co 94th engr in foreground take a slim Lead near male River fun Luh Lou Johnson away from the Dock and line up in the one team found it  even paddle away from the the team a bit of a Veteran As far As ran races told his lets bul the rail didst they paddled unable to believe the race was going to require tvs much the water was churning around the rubber but the boat didst the crowd and the Raita helmsman wait a were still tied to the the rest of the race want much better or that which had trouble paddling in a straight they we rent the Only ones Ullh that the race was Kilometres about a at a mile upstream and another by the end of the stepping onto the Dock was More Effort than possible for some participants who rolled off the raft into the the Competition was won by co Mth engr in from whose dashing deltas said All that was necessary to win was paddling in unison and digging the oars deep into the water with every paddling in unison seemed impossible for most whose oars appeared con stantly to clash and poke at the males and occasionally second place was awarded to learn from the Frankfurt lie creation 11 was rumoured before the Start of the final heat that several teams would prefer to place second because first was a trophy while second would bring a of but the excitement was too much for the four Loams of Strok Cre in the who went All out to be first across the other recreation centers in Germany have raft races planned for this if you like water and Start looking Lor a scuba class opens new world for Neu Ulm is Story and r my by de Hill Stuttgart Bureau chief Neu Ulm Sis the most important thing Ive Learned is that it is almost impossible to drown even with cramps As Long As you take the right Steps to pro Ted yourself and dont 5 Bela from Mich was describing the scuba diving class he is taking at Neu Many Miles from the nearest sea or Large he grew up in an area with a lot of water and did a lot of Ive always wanted to go underwater but Haven had the Chance until that Chance came when John from was As signed to Neu Ulm As director of housing and Donahue is a member of the profession Al association of diving instructors an International group with head quarters in Costa caliche is certified to instruct intermediate and advanced scuba diving and to certify assistant avoid drowning Ive been diving for the last 10 years and am very interested in promoting underwater said i am convinced that Moat of the drowning deaths could be avoided if swimmers knew Basic scuba 4 Scott from new York is enthusiastic about the Ive never been a very Good 1 took this course to build up my Confidence in the water and it has Ive Learned 8 the classes Are not just for in the first three of the u students Are members of the German these classes Are another Way Loim prove German american relations said we have also established Contact with German diving associations advisory group in the Dona Hue helped the local offshore ant crime units develop their underwater Rescue and recovery he personally trained More than 400 divers and helped form the local association of diving instructors under the auspices of they had a real a lot of crimes were going unsolved because the evidence was disposed of by throwing 11 Over now he police Are Able to recover that stuff and criminals Are getting con said he received an award Tram the Philip Pine offshore ant crime constabulary for Donahue students also will team re covery techniques should the need he we will have a group of people Here who can recover equipment or the of drowned but that the grim Donahue and his students Are already planning trips to the Mediterranean Spain go White we will be going to have a Good said Many of the dives were planning will be Steps toward higher he summed it up when he scuba diving can teach a person How to handle emergencies that might come up while swimming and make them More Comfort Able in the it can also open up a new world of enjoyment and i want to share Hurt with and will be working together with while assigned to the joint joint military major Jobb Donahoe demonstrates on German army get Fenot