European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                From the cover killing time 1 continued from the cover i what to do with time on your hands make a Kite. Keep a Lizard on a Leash. Re id a Book. Read another boo count flies swatted. Write.3 act tors a Days and there s  Bowling Alley for example was Only a minor setback for Marketon and his men. They forged ahead by inventing the game of a tape Ball a the Sand kept wearing out their softball so the soldiers replaced it with a Ball made of dec trial tape. A tape Ball is bigger than a baseball and smaller than a softball. It is thrown and hit like a baseball but its soft enough to be caught with Bare hands. A Good lick with the Bat will Send a tape Ball about 15 1feel, said Marketon. Dung Beetle races were another popular Way to kill a Little time the Captain said. Each Day after lunch the critters were released from their racing farms water bottles stuck in the Sand Atid taken to the Racetrack an Are Box converted into four racing lanes and a starting Gate. The 1 races were going fairly smoothly until the entry from Marketon farms grew tired of running and flew across the finish line one Day drawing cries of foul from the owners of Lloyd stables and Mallcy Manor. 1 one Soldier in the battalion began a Lizard collection consisting of 15 types of reptiles including a larger one that he kept on a Leash during the Day. _ interviewed recently on a typical Day in the. Sami spec. Ginger Butler recommended running away from boredom As she did the previous a night. She jogged eight Miles after finishing her duties with the 483rd medical det. She is usually assigned to the 168th medical Del in Berlin. But the Clov Crdal calif., native said no one could be stranded in a place worse than saudi Arabia., no Way you can be a As bored in the United Stales As Here a Butler said.  care whether you re stuck in the tiniest town in Idaho or Wisconsin a a spec. John Sanchez said the key to battling boredom can be  along a Nintendo game boy a miniature video game that he said is guar an 1  to pass the and less hours and on Ertain at the same time a no matter How Long you re stuck you can play different games Quot said the Davis i calif., Ruu Ive who is assigned to the 89th or Bri Gadjen saudi Arabia. Davis was playing one of the 52 games on his game boy As he sat in the Back seat of a humvee while taking a break from directing traffic. He said that any electronic game should be supplemented with a thorough Supply of batteries of course. Books Are the Best Way to Battle boredom a Accord ing to spec Lorri Dodson a Mont Texas native who stuffed More than a desert Sturm vet and disappointed howler capt. Kevin Marketon strikes a Roadside pose in saudi Arabia. Quot. 2tk novels into two footlockers and a Rucksack before she deployed. A i do a lot of travelling myself a said Dodson who works at the 15th evacuation Hospital bom Folk Polk a. Tic two things on my list for trav cling is Reading and trying different types of food Quot White waiting for a bus to arrive Dodson was passing the time by sitting on top of a Cement Barrier and Reading lady aurelian a bequest by Sheila Walsh she said she usually does no to read Romance novels but the limited Choice of books available prevented her from Reading the science fiction that she prefers. Dodson said singing is another Good Way to while away the hours. She told about the time she was pulling guard duty at 3 . During a scud v missile attack. When someone started humming the Tunc to Gill gang a Island Dodson said she and the other soldiers on duty picked up on the Tunc and soon broke out into song. Staff sgt. Dan Calpito also recommends Reading which might sound funny coming from a Man who said he Hasni to read a Book since he joined the army nine years ago. But since coming to saudi Arabia Calpito has finished five novels and plans to continue his new Hobby when he re turns to the 317th eng in in Eschborn Germany. The Fresno calif., native became so immersed in Reading that he used a flashlight on night to finish a Book his wife sent to him his first Book was about Saddam Hussein. In addition to the More offbeat boredom strategies such As Bowling alleys and dung beet Eraces the Supply and logistics soldiers from the 2nd in 66th army regt from Garl Studt also did the More on beat activities such As volleyball horseshoes and card games like Tonk Spades and poker. A one of the main things we did was to play Spades and Tell War stories Quot said spec. I _ Chaco Johnson. A of course Thev had to make up half of  a Tell him How Many tanks i took out with my Bay oct a said spec. Ron Witt As he passed by a tent at he King Abdul Aziz a w Here soldiers were sitting in the Shade eating pants of ice Cream. Witt said thinking about All of the Good things he will do when he returns Home to Oroville calif., helps him pass the hours. Another Good activity he said is to Tell jokes and keep the humor going. Besides making furniture such As chests and dressers out of Are boxes Johnson said his unit members also entertained themselves by playing horseshoes. Watch ing portable television and having a Baghdad Betty race in which soldiers pushed then howitzers across the desert. Warning howitzer racing can be hazardous to your health tit acc members of the i5th evacuation Hospital offered a laundry list of activities that included writing letters playing miniature travel games building Sand castles and swatting flies. A i killed 50 in one hour during guard  Sard spec. Matt. Johnson a combat medic from Seattle. In the Sand department he advised that you a a make sure you take a shovel and pail he noted that soldiers enjoyed building Sand castles Aswelt act filling sandbags until they reached no. Too Torso. Writing Fetters to family and friends was another Good survival technique for Johnson who said he wrote about 30 letters during his first week in country a just to keep from going  but he said some soldiers wrote that Many every Day. Finally sgt. Daniel Hope advised that Yugo fit a Kite if you re stranded and bored. The Portland ore., native from eschbomts3l7th eng bit constructed a Kite made of welding rods and plastic garbage bags one Day w Hen the wind started getting on his nerves. A i got tired of sitting in the wind  Solbu Ift a Kite a Hope said. Page 6 sunday. May 26, 1991