European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 01, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes Friday. September 1, 1989  i i err  .--.m.�-��.-.-.-.-.--ct�-��mo-iy�=T��= script Colls for Reading scriptures on Way to Scales from ire reports hundreds of people Are looking on High to lose weight Here below. They take off the fat through a program called first place which combines prayer and Bible study with diet exercise and support meetings. There s More to losing weight than just losing  said Kathy Whitlock first place Leader at Parkway Christian Fellowship in Birmingham. Ala. There s the pan of you that needs spiritual fullness. It takes someone bigger than you to keep it  Whitlock has dropped 65 pounds her husband has lost about 60, and their 11-Ycar-old daughter has slimmed Down by 10 to 15 pounds. Nine Alabama churches offer or arc adding the program which began in Houston in 1981. The idea is for participants to concentrate on giving god first place in their lives and letting god help them curb their eating said to Liaison a minister at Dawson memorial Baptist Church. The first place food plan is called  rather than diet because the first three letters of diet arc die " Batson said. Reagans visit cancer victims former president Reagan and his wife. Nancy greeted four soviet girls recovering from cancer Dur ing a tour of a Camp for children with the disease in Malibu Calif. The reagans visited Camp Ronald Mcdonald for Cood times wednesday. The girls whose cancer is in remission Are spending a week at the Camp with their doctors. Anglla a Lav and Tanja  both 13. Joined 11-year-Olds Alina Ivanova and Nina Degonda in serenading the former first couple in russian. Vintage wine in our time the grape Harvest in the Bordeaux France wine Region has begun several weeks earlier than usual because of hot. Dry weather and growers predict an exceptionally Good Vintage. Jean Bernard Delmas director of chateau Haut Brion. Said picking of grapes destined for White wines began tuesday in his vineyards with the  wine Harvest Likely to Start later in the week. I can assure you. At least if it does t rain that the 1989 Vintage will be the greatest in the century1," Delmas said. Taffy men in Blue or. Blackwell the celebrity fashion critic known for his annual acerbic worst dressed list is glad to a lift from the top Frog Bill stood a self styled doctor of Frog psychology delights in watching his favorite Frog Doc Holiday do a Bench press at the Michigan state fair. Steed whose performing croakers Are regulars on the state fair circuit Ore named and sponsored by celebrities. See the Beverly Hills Calif police department rec Ogni?.ed for its nastiness. The department won a special achievement award in a National Best dressed police contest. I think it s because in Beverly Hills there is a greater sense of grooming Blackwell said. There Are never any  top honors in cities with fewer than 200 officers went to the police department of Hickory . An orthopaedic cyclist when Bob Breedlove set a double transcontinental cycling record the starting line and the finish line were in the familiar heartland but Uphill terrain on the last leg gave him some trouble. Coming Back from new York to Alton Iii it was very difficult. I ran into significant mountains. 1 was fatigued. I m not used to climbing mountains in Cen trial Iowa said Brycc Plovc 37, an orthopaedic surgeon from Des  hiked Back into Alton sunday night 22 Days. 13 hours and 36 minutes after he left on a trek that took him West to California and cast to new York  Haldeman of Harvard iii., set the old record of 24 Days and two hours on a trip Between Newyork and Santa Monica Calif., and Back to new York said Trisha Mcnerney spokeswoman for the Ultra Marathon cycling association. Thes ipes so bailout plan approved Senate also oks Rise in Dob limit officer pulled from Berlin Job during probe algerians playing extra Par  a touch of Home delivered. Serving overseas and far from Home it s important to keep in touch with what s happening Back in the . That s Why a subscription to the stars and stripes is just what you need to provide the in depth news it takes to keep on top of what s happening daily in . News and sports. And there s International and military news to keep you in touch with world events and what s happening in the ranks. Contact one of our circulation offices today listing on Page 11 for your subscription to the stars and stripes. Or write to the stars and stripes attn sales promotion ap009211 the stars and stripes we re your Hometown newspaper overseas