European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday february 21.1986 my v 4 5, i byte Evili Rashit Winner maj. Thomas Vereb is hot on the heels of it. Col. Wayne Johnston on Snow covered Trail. Running club on the Trail of different kind of sport by Chris Estes staff writer Darmstadt Germany they Call it hash House harrier but they Aren t sure Why. They run sometimes nearly five Miles. There is no finish Fine just a Circle of sawdust that no one crosses or Steps into. There is no Winner but there is a prize a toilet scat called a u is awarded for stupidity clumsiness or bad taste. The runners follow a course marked along the Way with piles of sawdust or shredded paper. But there Are also false trails which can Lead a runner 100 Yards out of the Way. It s a British sport. And it s perfect for the 32nd army air defense come Swift and sure troopers who care to join. They comprise the Core of the hash House harrier stiff and sore runners. Why would perfectly sensible people leave War offices to run nearly five Miles in the Snow not really sure if they re on the right track until they have finished we do it to build morale team spirit and because we ref stupid said a runner who would t identify . Col. William Sullivan brought hash House to the 32nd Aad com. An intelligence officer he Learned the sport when he was a defense attache in Pakistan in 1981. Basically it s a paper Chase he joked. Someone goes out and lays a Trail of shredded paper or saw and they Chase it. He said the first leg of the run goes about a Quarter or half mile from the Start when the runners nit the first Check. That could be an intersection of paths or where one path ends. The runners usually have Choice of routes and they have to find the Good Trail. If they Are on a false Trail it ends in 100 Yards or they have to run Back and find the Correct Trail. A runner finding a Trail yells on on1." if the Trail turns out to be false he yells Back Back he described the usual hash House course As up Hills Down Hills across streams and through and what do they do when the run is finished you stand around and Tell jokes Sullivan said. He also hinted there would be a Supply of Beer at the finish. There 30 runners participated in the mid february run twice As Many As took part in the first on newyear s eve. At the end they cracked open two cases of sodas and two cases of Beer. And stood around telling the february run capt. Bonnie Franklin said she was going to try it because it looks like a lot of fun. I la try anything at the finish when she was told she could Stop. Franklin gasped of thank sgt. Albert Becker set out the sawdust for the second run. I ran in the first one he said. I got Tost in the Woods. The Only thing running through my mind was that there was a lot of Woods in these forests. Finally i ran across some other runners on a path. Good i thought they can Tell me which Way to go. Then they asked me which Way to maj. Thomas Vereb won the prize for his Amaz ing i it up the run arranged for the Beer and forgot the opener he explained. Before the run maj. Rundell Galles was asked Why he would do such a thing. It says much for my mental Quality does t it he said the sport was started by the British in Malaysia in the 1930s and spread to Australia and other places. The hash House harriers of the 32nd Aad com say anyone can join their stiff and sore running club. Anyone seeking information can Call Sullivan at Darmstadt military 2371-6447 or 8312, or Darmstadt civilian 06151-69-6447 or 8312. Military Roundup 6 electronic combat aircraft being moved to Sembach a Ramstein a. Germany St dec 130h electronic combat aircraft will be stationed at Sembach a begin Ning in Early 1987. Safe officials said. The addition of the four engine tur. E Aon o prop Compass Call aircraft will include the arrival of about 600 Active duty personnel Over the next 1 2 to 1 8 months in the Sembach area. The announcement follows the redeployment two years ago of 46 ov-10 aircraft Back to the United states from Sembach a. About 800 military personnel were involved in that relocation. The Compass Call aircraft will be assigned to the 66th electronic combat Wing with Headquarters at Sembach which also commands a Squadron of of a 1 1 a Raven air Craft at Raf upper Scyford England. Safe officials also announced that the 26th tac recon Wing at Wei Bruecken a will gain six Rf-4c phantom aircraft and about 200 More people next year. The aircraft and personnel will be transferred to Wei Bruecken from the 10th tac reconnaissance Wing Raf Alconbury England. Pitburg a wins award for installation excellence Ramstein a Germany Tilburg a has won the 1985 Safe commander award for installation Excel Lence and will represent Safe in the air Force wide Competition officials annual award sponsored by the president recognizes the outstanding efforts of the people who operate and main Tain air Force installations worldwide. It is intended to encourage greater efficiency and High performance standards in the accomplishment of an installation s Mission. In evaluating Pitburg a for the award officials focused on imaginative and innovative management action that resulted in improved readiness increased work Force productivity and an enhanced Quality of life for assigned members and their recently completed expansion of Pitburg s heating plants permitted the base to shut Down older less efficient Coal fired heating systems in 23 separate facilities. Base officials also negotiated an agreement with a local brewery to buy waste heat to warm Pitburg s 1,200 Mili tary family housing units. The brewery arrangement will save about $500,000 in labor and fuel costs each year and will eliminate environmental problems associated with dissipating the waste heat. Last Spring Pitburg acquired a former French Cavern located next to the base s housing area. Renovation of that property to meet current and future facility needs will save the base millions of dollars in new construction costs. 10 boy scouts Tell Rogers about activities in Europe shape Belgium ten american boy scouts told Gen. Bernard a. Rogers supreme Allied commander Europe that participation in scouting by boys and adult volunteers in Europe is growing. Boy scouting gives me the Opportunity to expand my knowledge of the world i am about to enter Christopher b. Finch 17, told Rogers during their meeting feb. 14. As commander of the is. European come Roger is honorary president of the trans Atlantic Council of boy scouting. The 10 scouts were chosen by 10 districts in 17 european countries to Tell the general about scouting activities in 1985. The boys said District wide events were Well attended in spite of Long distances Between troops within some countries. It. Gen. Carl h. Cathey Safe vice commander and president of the Council said boys and adults in the american military Community in Europe participate More than those in any other Community with which boy scouts Are associated. Relaxed soviet television airs citizen summit7 Moscow up soviet television surprised Mil Lions of viewers wednesday with a program showing americans in Seattle accusing the soviet government of human rights abuses and involvement in Afghanistan. Foran hour and 10 minutes soviet War veterans workers housewives and students in a Leningrad television studio were shown answering pointed questions rare in the soviet Media. An announcer before the program and the news Agency Tass said an earlier american showing of the program bad Cut out sequences dealing with social Security the right to housing and a free education and Freedom of religion in the soviet billed As the first citizen Summit meeting of the two countries the program was taped dec. 29 and shown inthe United states the same night. A satellite connection Between Leningrad and Seattle allowed audiences to ques Tion and answer each other on any subject. The answers May have been lame but Uvyn bringing up Afghanistan human rights and other things is rare and very important for us said a Moscow writer. A was simply a Good although the soviet version was edited Down from an original 2vi hour taping it pulled few punches when it came to sensitive issues. The plight of dissident Andrei Sakharov the soviet occupation of Afghanistan and the inability of soviet jews to emigrate were All brought up Early in the program. Television Host Phil Donahue baited the Leningrad audience and its Host Vladimir Posner by saying quite a few americans believe that you follow the official party line. And if you did to you would face psychiatric treat ment or possibly even laughter was heard from the soviet audience and a teacher quickly said that s silly. We support our government. And Why because the soviet government do snot want there Are no members of the Kab state Security police waiting to pounce on our every word and take us off to a psychiatric Hospital a Young journalist added. An american then said if that is so then what about Gorky the closed City where Sakharov is exiled ? Why i there a place like that a soviet indignantly answered Sakharov called on even you America to wage War against us. The govern ment sent him to a City where there Are no foreign Consul ates which could establish Contact with him and use him for anti soviet propaganda. And we support the govern ment in
