European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Compiled by Marian Hamilton Kon of forgo a Spray of mud Marks the passage of Steve Hart s keep through the course in Hanau West Germany in May. More mud races Are scheduled there this summer and fall. Did you read about the mud races at Hanau West Germany a couple of weeks ago and did you wish u had been Able to watch a or even participate if so you did t miss your Chance. The races continue this summer and fall at the Hanau Rod and gun club near Gros nauheim Kaseane with events scheduled Une 24, july 15, aug. 12, aug. 26 and set 23. The season s final race is the first european mud racing championship which will offer larger trophies and Cash prizes. There Are categories for vehicles of various types and separate classes for men and women. Registration begins at 8 . Racing starts at 11 . Breakfasts will be available at the Rod and gun club starting at 8 . On race Days and fans can buy hot dogs Wurst Beer and soft drinks during the Day. Souvenir hats and shirts also will be sold. Spectators pay 4 Marks or $2. The entry fee for vehicles is 25 Marks or $15. For More information Contact Stan Langley at ets 322-8561 or civilian 06181-14084.3 races in Stuttgart the West Germany City of Stuttgart will Host competitions june 24 for Novice intermediate and advanced runners. The beginners course will be six Kilometres and there will be a 10-Kilometer race for intermediate runners. Both events Are open to anyone. To participate in the 15-Kilometer championship race men must log a qualifying time of 40 minutes or less in the 10-Kilometer event and women must finish in 45 minutes or less. The six and 15-Kilometer races will Start at Schloss Platz Konigs Bau. The 10-Kilometer race will Start at Theodor Heuss Strasse . Entry fees Are 25 Marks about $15 for adults 15 Marks $9 for students and 45 Marks $27 for families of three. There is a 5 Mark $3 fee for each extra family member who signs up. For More information and or to obtain entry forms Contact organisations Giro stut Garter City Lauf co Roth und Lohre a Mph Bismarck Strasse 69, d-7000 Stuttgart 1, West  boat to Bath if you like to travel the Scenic route there s a new Way to get from London to Bath England. The Quot new route actually is an old one that has been extensively renovated the 87-mile-Long Kennet amp Avon canal. This waterway which was completed in 1810 to carry barges deteriorated so badly that it had to be closed in 1951. The canal has been reopened As a a linear Park Quot that meanders through some of England s Best scenery. During the 10-Day trip to Bath accomplished at a stately 4 Mph you May see the longest set of Broad locks in Britain 29 locks in two Milesa pair of classical aqueducts and the world s oldest working steam pumping engine. Several stately Homes including the Tudor Manor House of Little Cote Border the waterway. For details on this and other boat trips in England Contact manager Kennet amp Avon canal British Waterways Devizes  in the mountains a six Day 200-Kilometer bicycling tour is being offered in the Fichtel mountains of Bavaria. The route starts in Mark Redwitz West Germany and winds through the Steinwald nature Park bad alexanders bad Wun Siedel Weissen Stadt and Crossen Kornberg. The return trip goes through Weller and Egerdal and Back to Mark Redwitz. Prices vary according to hotel categories but normally Range from 25 to 72 Marks about $15 to 43 per Day including breakfast and Luggage Transfer. For details Contact  historic Hes Rathaus d-8590 Mark Redwitz West Germany Tel. 09231-501128.vacation brochures several new brochures Are available to help you plan a summer vacation in West Germany. You can discover the romantic past of Baden Wiir Temberg on one of the Many round trip Tours described in Wir Setzen Ihram Urlaub die Krone auf we Crown your vacation. It lists the Region s fortresses castles and abbeys and describes 700 attractions in 351 places. Castle hotels and restaurants in historical settings Are also listed. For a free copy Contact Prospek service Postrach 420, d-7290 Freuden Stadt West Germany Tel. 07443-3181. For a free Black Forest camping guide that lists 15 campsites in such places As Hochrein Hotz Enwald and Wiesenthal Markgraf Lerland Contact Vermehr Gemeinschaft Sud Licher Schwarzwald Postrach 1642, d-7890 Wal shut Wiengen West Germany Tel. 07751-86444. Bicycling enthusiasts May enjoy a Booklet that lists Tours in the East part of the Wuneburger Heath Between Luneburg and Gilhorn Ulen and Luchow Dannenberg. For a free copy of  auf Radferd Wegen Contact Verk Ehrsam d-7881 Herri schwied West Germany Tel. 04131 -42006. Fishing vacations in the Ebendorf part of Bavaria with one week arrangements for 155 Marks $94including lodging breakfasts and fishing licence Are described in a brochure available at no charge from Verk Ehrsam brai Gasse 2, d-8488 Ebendorf West Germany Tel. 09682-2327.Mosel balloon trip the Village of Schweich West Germany is offering a Mosel land balloon trip. The package includes one night s lodging two meals and the balloon trip starting at 375 Marks $122. One Day extensions Cost 45 Marks $27 and up. Some of the areas to be seen during the ride include the Mosel Valley Trier the Eifel Valley or the mountains of the Hunsuck. For More information Contact Mosel land touristic Postrach 1330, d-5550 Ber Kastel Kues West Germany Tel. 06531-2091.Lufthansa discounts Lufthansa is offering up to 30 percent off the regular Cost of air fare throughout Europe through the end of August. This includes Scandinavia great Britain France Italy Austria Yugoslavia the Netherlands and parts of Eastern Europe. For More information about specific prices and cities offered in the discount program Contact Deutsche Lufthansa a Presse und information Lufthansa basis d-6000 Frankfurt main 75, West Germany Tel. 069-696 2999.Innsbruck test on june 23, the City of Innsbruck Austria will erupt in non Stop entertainment a bands Folk dancers parachutists gymnasts acrobats fashion shows skateboarding and rollerskating at the Landa Usulatz Rock n Roll and break dancing shows and a body building exhibition. The annual City fest will be topped off with fireworks and the illumination of Innsbruck s Castle. For More information Contact Insbrucker Stadt fest Clemens Holzmeister Strasse 2, 6020 Innsbruck Austria Tel. 43 0512-891095.bodensee vacations the focus is on arts and crafts sports and sightseeing for vacationers in the City of Dettinger Wallhausen West Germany this summer. Action packages Are available in such varied pursuits As landscape painting puppetry nature studies pottery weaving and silk screening. For the sports minded there Are sailing windsurfing and Tennis packages and various excursions to Points of interest in the Bode see area. For More information Contact Vermehr Siiro  4, d-7750 Konstanz 19, West Germany Tel. 07533-1 744.festival at Lindsey Lindsey air station in Wiesbaden West Germany will Host its 13th annual German american Friendship fest on june 15-18. Carnival rides games and vendors will fill the grounds food and beverages will be sold and free entertainment will be provided. Various musical groups will perform on stage in the main fest tent from 11 . To 11 . Each Day. There will be Bingo in the tent from 3 to 7 . June 15 and 18 and from 2 to 6 . June 16 and 17, and tvs in the tent will be tuned in to the world cup soccer games. June 16 is family Day. Children will be admitted free to the rides from 10 . To noon that Day. Because parking on base is limited shuttle buses will run from Wiesbaden a and Lindsey stopping at the Haine Berg housing and Exchange area the american arms and Amelia Earhart hotels and the main Wiesbaden train station. June 14, 1990 stripes Magazine 17