European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 a the stars and stripes saturday August 10, 1991 faces n places collector keeps Cool with antique fan collection a from wire reports while the rest of Washington is gasping through another abominable summer Keith Scripps is one Cool dude. He has a collection of antique electric fans that would blow you away a if All 150 of them were whirring at the same time. A a in a not a big collector a he said recently. A there Are some collectors if you can believe this who have Over 800  Scripps owns beautifully restored models of the first oscillating fans made by Westinghouse Emerson and general electric Between 1905 and 1911, their cast Iron motors gleaming with 12 cats of hand rubbed enamel and their brass Blades lacquered to a Rich gloss. Among the oddities in his elegant Washington condominium is a 1906 Westinghouse equipped with a couple of brass vanes that flip Back and Forth As they catch the wind of the Blades causing the fan to sweep from Side to Side. Scripps rarest Possession is a 16-Inch Robbins Myers a Feather fan a probably made in 1902, which features a clock like mechanism with Feather shaped tips a originally made of celluloid a that makes the fan oscillate. A a in be been fascinated by fans from the time i was 3 years old a said the 58-year-old scion of the Scripps newspaper publishing family. A i used to carry a Small electric fan around the House from room to room a he said. �?o1 Wasny to supposed to plug it in but of course i did when no one was looking. �?o1 was kind of mesmerized by the Blades and i was intrigued by the mechanics of it. At 5, 1 could take a fan apart and put it Back together  his parents fearful he would chop off his fingers gave him two Little fans with rubber Blades for Christmas when he was 4. A the next year i wrote Santa Claus a Long letter. It said a please done to bring me any More rubber fans Only fans with Sharp  my parents did no to give me any More fans for  in the late 1960s, Scripps bought eight antique fans at an estate auction in Charlottesville va., and began collecting in Earnest Miami has big Apple look the inscription on the Back of the postcard says a the Beautiful lights of  but the Sunset Skyline on the front is the big Apple not the big Orange. Instead of the entrust Tower and the lights of Bayfront Park reflecting off Biscayne Bay the 20 cent postcards on Sale at convenience stores in Dade county show the Empire stale building and . Headquarters. A we just assumed it was Miami a said Joe Huddleston owner of Russo sales the Brevard county based distributor of the postcards. A you know 1 done to know Miami that  Sharp eyed new yorkers will notice something else amiss the card has the United nations to the left of the Empire state building when seen from the East River. It should be on the right. The negative of the Sunset scene was flipped. Huddleston promised to collect All the unsold postcards before sunday Aroma of Tacoma the county is looking for a few Good sch nozzles to find out who a really responsible for the foul doors in Tacoma Wash. Tacoma has Long been known for the Pun Gesey of its air. A pulp Mill and other factories contribute to the mix known As the a Aroma of  now Pierce county air Quality officials Are recruiting a corps of Volunteer sniffers to help determine just How bad the place smells. A a they la be sort of like nose detectives a said Chris Parent a member of the county air Quality committee. A they will record the doors they re smelling and then we will be Able to Trace those doors to wherever they re coming  the smell patrols daily logs and odor complaints will ice tallied to see How widespread and annoying the smells Are. The data will be used to persuade offenders to sweeten their acts Parent said. St enches noted by the puget sound air pollution control Agency include burned glue from a plywood Plant dead animals from a rendering Plant and bleach and ammonia from chlorine makers. About a dozen people got wind of the plan and want to Volunteer a i had heard about the Tacoma Aroma All of my life but did no to realize the Impact of it a said Peggy Tillman. A depending on which direction the wind was blowing it was  the program wont Start until november following formal approval by the City and county councils said Rico Baroga the  Leader goes classical. Minister Louis Farrakhan militant Leader of the nation of islam showed up at the National association of negro musicians convention in Chicago and gave a Surprise classical violin performance. Farrakhan said it was his first performance before a live audience in 40  russian Belvard. Needles jr., a professor at Depaul University poses with some of the books he has written on accounting. One Book principles of accounting has been selected by a . Agency for translation into russian. It will be used at the University level through out the soviet Union. After a 10-minute speech tuesday on music and cultures Farrakhan accompanied by a pianist played two pieces on his violin. A no one knew about his performance. It was a Surprise to everyone a said Robert Harris conductor and director of choral organizations at Northwestern University. Farrakhan said he played the violin for the Boston civic symphony while in High school. He played meditation from the opera thais by Jules Massenet which he called his favorite a because there is no  Farrakhan also played Sardas by Vittorio Monti. I a Jtj stars and stripes Mike Bowers sports reporter. Keeping you in touch keeping you informed sports reporter Mike Bowers an avid basketball and racquetball player gets As big a kick out of covering sports As he does taking part. Bowers a North Carolina native was assigned to the stars and stripes a year ago from Southern California where he served As chief of Media relations for Headquarters 15th air Force. Bowers prior assignments also include Rhein main Public affairs where he covered such events As the Twa hostage release and identifying the remains of marines killed in the Beirut bombing. He was also at the base for the 1985 bombing of the Rhein main Headquarters building during which his office was damaged by the blast. At stripes Bowers has covered army european soccer and Continental sports conference football. When not reporting he spends time relaxing by playing basketball and racquetball. He is a member of the Continental sports conference racquetball team and helps Foster German american relations by playing on the Hoppenheim basketball team. If Vou have information or a news tip about the local sports scene give Bowers a Call at German civilian 06155-601269 or ets 348-6269. Covering