European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Sailboard or has a those encounter with two humpbacks in Newfoundland Ben Vitta Bay. Newfoundland Atlantic Toast it known at it Borg watching for whales by Mercer Cross National geographic scanning the Bare Atlantic horizon fro the Bridge of Mariner his 65-foot sport fishing Boal Darrell Nottingham sighs i Veseen pm so thick you could l count and the other 52 people aboard Are looking for whales peering across the Choppy Ocean Wilh binoculars and Bare eyes for the trademark soul of a Fin whale second largest variety of the world s largest creatures and an important citizen of global Waters. To no Avail. Afler More than 10 Windy Chilly hours at sea Collingham and his disappointed passengers return to the Talbot Street pier in Ocean City. My. Whatever whales dwell in those Waters have kept their whereabouts a secret earlier in the Day As the Mariner tosses and pitches to Miles Easl of Ocean City one of the iwo naturalists aboard. Hal Wierenga can Only Shako his head. Today the chances Are Way Down he says. This is not an optimum Wierenga estimates that he s been out 88 times and most of those times he s seen whales. As the boat neals Home the sea calms color returns to the faces of the Lew seasick passengers and the other naturalist Wayne Klickner waxes philosophical probably within 100 Miles of us North and South there Are hundreds of he says. Bul for some reason the route they re travelling does t coincide Wilh Erma Bombeck despite the probable discomfort and the possibility of seeing no whales nature enthusiasts in the mid Atlantic Region have been signing up for the whale watching rips Lor the past 15 years. They usually have la work to Lind them although whales Are a common sight Oil the . Pacific coast and farther North in the Atlantic they re less common in the mid Atlantic because they like deep water and the Continental shelf does t crop Oil until it s nearly 60 Miles out irom he Maryland Shore human beings have a tremendous salinity for these mammals of the sea says Ron Naveen of Cooksville my org Nijor of the rips there s something about our culture that has bred a lot of excitement about when one of the monsters is sighted the Fin whales areas Long Ashema Rinbrand sometimes surface Quile close toil the passengers shout excitedly and jump up and Down says Naveen an ebullient. 10-year-old Bachelor who gave up a successful career As a lawyer five years ago to pursue his interest in nature it s a visceral emotional Type of most of the trips Are More productive than this one. Nave in recalls voyages on which the whale watchers were rewarded with sightings not Only of Fin whales Bui o sperm Minke and killer whales. Nottingham produces photographs of a sin whale hat got right under the Bow i turned Oil the engines because i was afraid i d run tight up his Mariner is the Only boat at the Dock that s regularly chartered for whale watching and Bird watching trips. Nottingham a taciturn but Good natured Man who has spent 36 of his 49 years on the water puts up Wil h substantial ribbing in rom his Pillow report fishing Skippers. A decade ago Naveen says " it was considered a Bil impish to say the least to have these people take us of Nottingham who Naveen says has the Best eyes in the mtg he dispute lha assessment Loday. He s developed his own expertise in sea Birds As Well As whales and he s Learned to like the nature lovers. Silling before Mariner s electronic controls on the swaying Bridge he says these people Are a Tot More Hardy Ihan fishermen. Of these were fishermen half of pm would be sick by Nottingham and Lynn Jarmon his Youthful mate on Mariner have been on the boat since 6 . Often their trips with the naturalists last 12 or is hours. Rough Waters shorten this one by keeping them from going beyond shelf. Fishing getting Nottingham says. I en0y this. But it s such a Long Day you could t do ii All the it s kind of like being a detective out there trying to solve a mystery Naveen says Ai the whales intelligent creatures who seem reluctant to share their secrets with humans. We really Don t have the faintest idea where these whales come from or where they re those of us who do Dally Battle with calories and put a gag on our talking scan finally have something to have just released studies that suggest too much exercise May be hazardous to your health and Middle age spread is an indication of a Long life. Bes Lull my beating heart t personally have Noi left so exhilarated since i Learned miss americas have to Wear dress Shields Lor sweat Runoff. All this business Aboul daily exercise is under close scrutiny. Now they re saying 30 minutes of moderate exercise every other Day is enough for most women. Not Only that it is perfectly Normal Tor a woman s weight to increase with age. In fact after age 20, a Normal lean person can expect to put on Aboul one Pound a year. While the dimpled Elbo crowd is on a Roll Mayba we should Start to question some of the other myths of proper diet and nutrition. What if. Alter All these years of stuffing our faces with Belluce. Me discovered it was a thigh builder producing a hormone that caused highs to grow together making us sound like we Are being followed every Lime we walk across the floor think about that. And All you sanctimonious disciples of cottage cheese How would you Leel if alter ail these years of gelling Lille curds caught in your Teeth you discovered collage cheese made you retain water sometimes t feel like we Are All pawns o the diet Industry. Anything that has the word Lite natural or a Grain of wheal on a Box Well buy in. If a food leaves a bitter aftertaste in your Mouth has the consistency of Ioam rubber or grows in your Mouth when you Chew it a Stock it. I say this is Only the lip of the iceberg. When will someone admit Tofu is not a Plant bul a Mineral and that Spaghetti Squash was named by an advertising monday june 9, 19b6 Agency and builds false Hopes. I d like to see this entire fitness movement put under a Bright Light and questioned. For example who is the author of the insurance charts i m talking names. For years these faceless writers have made people paranoid about their height. If they could jus grow a Little the weight would tie absorbed there s a contradiction within the exercise fashion Industry. If overweight people Are the ones who need to jog and exercise the most then How come exercise clothes Are made Lor Barbie dolls it s time someone noted that the Only Way some women can keep their thighs up is because the leotards Triumph aver Gravity. Fitness disciples Haven l heard the last of us who until now have kept our Hough secret. There Are a lot Olu soul there Wolhafe Wexlar pounds and Don t forget we do live longer. Or maybe in s just because we have More i Olive foe. In he. Lot Angeles Tolmei s the stars and stripes Page 17
