European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday january 23, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 9 jeopardy Confes Fanf heading for la. By Connie Dickey staff writer the first Winner of the european auditions for the jeopardy game show will head for sch Angeles sunday 16 begin taping the show. Sgt. Glenn Jones a linguist with co a. . Army Field station. Berlin said he found out dec. 2s that his appearance on the show would be taped Jan 25. The test was hard and it s great to be o Winner and 10 have gotten this far Jones said i m excited. My a year old daughter is i rifled. I think the whole jeopardy audition tour Over Here was just a great morale builder winners Sharon Beanie from Munich and army cant. Kevin Frear from Hauhn Lucr will be leaving fur later taping. A critic was the Winner in the Stu Wigart auditions. It was the hardest lest i have Ever taken she said of the 5q-q, exam applicant had to pass before competing in a mock jeopardy show. Applicants had 13 minutes to Complete the test. Be attic got a Call from the show s production assistant at the end of december to inform her that the show in which she will appear will begin taping March 7. It s great for us because my family is from the los Angeles area so we in inert to Lake a couple of weeks leave and visit while we re there be attic said. Friar with he co 2nd brigade 8lh inf div Muchin Baum older participated in the Heidel Berg auditions. He was contacted last week about taping the show March 22. An officials do not know when the shows will be aired. We do carry the jeopardy game show five Days a week and will definitely show them when they become available said Tom baiter of an. He said in would be at least six months before the shows will be available but an will do special promotions to announce the air limes. The show s search team and Host Alej Trebuck were in Germany in december for auditions Anil screening of applicants. The auditions sponsored by the United service organization Drew 700 participants. Auditions were held in Frankfurt Heidelberg. Stuttgart and Berlin from dec. 19 until dec. 26. The winners received round trip airline tickets and hotel reservations from the us and jeopardy game show. Safe offices of itt sprucing up image by in 1 a White travel Eili tur Usai ii information Tirkel and tour offices have changed their name and launched a promotion pro Gram designed by a civilian firm in Hopes of changing i heir image. Now called itt destinations unlimited the offices Are sporting a new Loyo modernizing facilities and handing out souvenir passports As part of the program devised by Olk wort lung of Munich. All our t a pcs arc said Terry Jacob inn. Usage s itt chief a Hom Stcin a Germany that includes some -10 offices in in Many. Turkey hol Lind the United kingdom. Italy Greece Spain nor Way and actg cum. A Purdi disc Doreler for ,19,1x10 German Marks about $23,636 has been awarded to dec Werbung. Primarily for the passports said copt. Albert j. Novack chief of Safe s cimral contracting division at Lindsay As Ger Many. He sri id a contract for 8-1,879 Marks about ssi. 441 is being worked on for additional promotional efforts such As i acc and openings and publicity. We have sent 100.000 passports n our office throughout Jacobson said. The passports arc tra Al planning calendars. Each month one coun try is featured. Information about travel such As currency Gas coupons or whether a visa is needed is included. The 12 countries flags Are pictured in the Back of the passport when someone boots a trip at itt for one of those countries the tag is stamped. At lire end of Fth year that Page can he pulled out and framed As a souvenir the passports also include the addresses of All Safe itt offices and of National tourist information offices. Monthly listings include suggestions for travel activities and festivals or other events going on in various countries. When clients come into itt offices we will also give them a dream Sheet to fill Oul Jacobson snid. It is a Survey to find out what the people want what information about what destinations two Model itt offices arc being set up As Proto types at Ramstein and la enhance the new image. Grand openings for the offices will be March 12. They have state of the Art equipment and Furni Ture. They arc built like civilian travel agencies Jacobson said. They arc not yet computerized hut plans Are in the works for computers and applications have been made for the necessary licenses for on the spot airline ticketing. Although officials said plans Call for upgrading All the air Force offices they could not say when improvements would Lake place. This was a result of a 1987 Survey which showed that the itts needed an upgrade said Judy Cornell of Rhc. The recommendation was to make the itts More like civilian travel she noted that the promotional program is Only for air Force itts but that army personnel can use air Force offices. Cornel wrestling humps hoofs and tons of fun Selcuk. Turkey Al when Coral and Black lightning entered the ring once used by roman gladiators the Camel wrestling fans went wild there Wai no doubt that each contestant was two tons of trouble. The spectators have a big Hirst for the bizarre sport pitting the desert beasts of Burden against each other in a series of tournaments that run from november the Start of the camels mating season to mid March. But the Corn Clilon still faces its big Gest Hump alack of contestants. A recent male at the sigh annual Selcuk Camel or citing Lii biggest of the tournaments Drew 25,000 turks and foreigners to the stadium of ancient Ephesus a major Cir co roman City of Asia minor hat is now an open air museum. Owners and assistants led the 34 pairs of camels decorated with coloured packs and Bells into the ring to the accompaniment of Drums and double Reeds played by local musicians. The camels whose jaws Are bound shut to prevent biting Are goaded into Battle until referees one in the Field and five on the sidelines decide there has been enough. Each Camel has nine assistants who separate the animals when they get locked in combat. The beast that brings its rival Down so its Hump touches the ground is declared the Winner. Victory also is declared if one Camel Fortes the other to give up and run away. A match ends in a draw if they reach a stalemate or one is injured. Sometimes the camels get so excited they run Over the wire fences to the alarm of the spectators who keep up their spirits with barbecued food and plenty of alcohol. The d hoofed contestants Mouths bound shut to pm Cal biting go at it in hemp to Hump combat disputes often break out even after a . Being a referee is most difficult. If a Camel wins they say it because in was stronger when they lose or draw they blame it on us said Hus Macllin Masog la the held referee Baisoglu 34, an Engineer who also has raised Lour Champion camels said the matches Aren t allowed to go on for More than 15. Minutes because of the risk to the animals. We used to have matches lasting up to 45 minutes. But we cannot do in now As the number of wrestling camels is decreasing continuously Biu Oglu said. All the wrestling camels arc male off Spring of Hadrian fathers with two humps and dromedary mothers with one Hump. They Start wrestling at age 7 and arc retired at about age 25. There have been no Bactria is in tur key for the past 15 years. If the govern ment docs not Imp on a few soon this sport will be a thing of the past in Iii than a decade lamented Ali Over 68. Who owns four camels Ozcar a poultry Farmer said he raises camels for fun like most other Camel men but there Are a few others who can Cam an average of about 12,900 if hey participate in about 20 tournaments a surrounds the matches. The title of Aga a kind of honorary presi Dent for the year was auctioned to Farmer Hasan Kayali for about s 1,150. Lie received a special jacket a shawl a Silver plated Bell and a pocket watch As Well As the right to strut about the ring
