European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Of ctr Grantham started the Soldier s attic in Augsburg Germany after seeing a similar operation in Texas. Useful castoffs flow freely through Augsburg s attic Sast Noo a Toft by Ron Jensen Nurnberg Bureau rce food. Free clothes. Books Puz Les Coffee makers and frying pans at. No Price. It s overwhelming. It is said Julie Tracy wife of spec. Darrel Tracy while browsing at the Soldier s attic on Reese Cavern in Augsburg Germany. The attic an army Community services activity staffed totally by volunteers offers donated merchandise at no charge to soldiers and their families providing a Welcome boost to the monthly budget. Whenever we come in Here and visit we re probably saving $30," said Darrel Tracy. That does t sound like a lot but when you come Here once a month it  Vicki Grantham arrived in Augsburg a year ago from a base in Austin Texas. There she said a Soldier s attic was a bustling Enterprise. In Augsburg she saw a need to establish one since people were constantly leaving and tossing put things they did t have room for or did t want to pack. People were throwing things into the dumpster that other people could use Grantham said. Since january Many of those items and those from other families an individuals have been donated and placed in the hands of military families in pay grades e-1 to e-4 via the Soldier s attic. Higher ranks can use the facility under special circumstances. The crowded facility the fourth since the service began is three times the size of Augsburg s first Soldier s attic. But the new place is still full with tires and toasters baby clothes and belts. We just keep growing and growing and growing Grantham said. All of this stuff would be pitched or mild Ewing  this is not a place for recycling useless or worn out items. Only the Best of the donated merchandise is put out for use. Julie Tracy said she appreciates the staff s attention to the Quality of the items. I Don t have to worry about torn clothes or stains she said. Similar centers under different names Are common at military bases throughout Europe. One of them has been in place on . Darby Cavern in Furth Germany Julie Tracy inspects piles of clothes. For about two years said Gaby Healy army Community services officer with results similar to those in Augsburg. Finders keepers As it is known recently moved to a larger facility near the base Library. Grantham said the Augsburg store has established limits on How much one family can take during the one visit allowed each month. A family can take 10 clothing items 1 5 food items one targe household item such As a bed or table and two Small household items such As a frying pan or Coffee maker. It really helps people stretch their dollars Grantham said. That s what we re Here  More converts join yoga s fold in hectic 90s by the new York times when he was in High school Rudd Simmons Learned a few yoga poses. But Only this year did Simmons a 40-year old film producer in new York begin using yoga regularly to stay fit a lot of the stigma people May have Felt in the 70s and 80s is relaxing Simmons said. Yoga he said perfectly accommodates his erratic schedule. It is sometimes difficult for me to get to a Pool or go out for a Bike ride but this is something i can do at  yoga which once seemed too difficult or too strange for Many americans is finding its Way into the mainstream of fitness. A Calm gentle yet rigorous exercise yoga seems to be benefiting from a growing awareness that the health of the body and of the mind Are intricately linked. A wider variety of people Are practising yoga said Nancy Ford Kohne president of Unity in yoga a National organization in Alexandria va., and a yoga teacher for 21 years. Because of its adaptability she said yoga can fit into lots of parameters from kids to seniors and triathletes to people with multiple  while yoga Breaks have not yet become common on the floor of the new York Stock Exchange yoga is reaching people  would never have considered it before. And while not every doctor is embracing yoga As a path to improved health Steps Are being taken to integrate yoga with traditional medical treatments. A typical yoga class consists primarily of asanas or postures and breathing exercises. Each pose is designed to improve the health of Muscles and internal organs and to stimulate the circulation in a part of the body. Yoga can be adapted to individual strength and flexibility. Those  can t twist their bodies into All the positions Don t have to and can still Benefit from the exercises. Short subject the ultimate Honor a guinness record by Edward a. Gargan the new York times for 30 years Romesh Sharma of new Delhi India has raced toward glory demolishing challengers stupid Yang observers troubling manicurists. In 1962,1 started As a sort of Hobby offered Sharma a Man of formality and precise words. As he settled himself on a Couch he eased his left hand to the cushions to reveal 196 combined inches of Fingernail playing from his fingers Tike humanoid tentacles. In 1973, it earned him a citation in the guinness Book of records. The Book a 700-Page volume chronicling the Pinnacles of human achievement the largest Lollipop the fastest crocheted the Best Beer Keg lifter is fast becoming India s holy rail its barometer of social status its own Arena of International acclaim although India s Muttitt Johp Tes left the Barcelona olympics empty handed last year its champions of eccentricity an determination Are battering Down hurdles that defeat Ordinary mortals. They Are exploring new frontiers of imagination conquering Everest of creativity. In Bombay Anthony Harakal 62, beams Ashe displays the clippings of More than 3,700 letters to the editor he has managed to have published since 1954, a feat burying the record held by an englishman  chalked Upa rather paltry 130. In Madras the chief minister of tamil Nad Jay Lalitha Jayaram is chugging toward renown for filing More than 200 defamation suits against newspapers political opponents and journalists. And in new Delhi an Astro psalmist i staking claim to the world record for Palm Reading More than 300,000 Palms Over the years 41 Palms every Day for 20 years. While perhaps two dozen indians have made their Mark in the guinness Book no one has attacked the Challenge of littering its Pasesas has Dipak Syal a 22-year-old enthusiast of ingenuity and patience. Each year he juggles and refines his various achievements desperately struggling to retain his records. This year alas his chef a oeuvre writing on a Grain of Rice was inexplicably missing from the volume leaving him with but one mention in the sacred Tome. It is on Page 292 the tallest single column of coins Ever stacked on the Edge of a Coin was made up of 253 Indian one Rupee piece son top of a vertical five Rupee Coin by Dipak Syal of Yamuna Nagar India on 3 May 1991." Syal got his Start at record breaking when he heard about a single Grain of Rice in a museum in the City of Hyderabad on which a portrait was painted. I said i could try it he recalled. And i got  by slicing a single human hair into 10filaments, Syal creates a Brush for his Canvas. In 1990,1 wrote 813 alphabets on a Rice Grain he said referring to the letters of the alphabet i got my name in guinness. Now have written 2,557 characters on a Rice  when told that his Rice calligraphy had been omitted this year Syal churned through his Well thumbed copy of the new edition muttering to himself. Mollified somewhat by his citation for Coin balancing he quickly told of his new exploit. I have balanced six Tennis baits on each other he said but it s not a world record. I have to balance at least nine or 10 balls. I want to break at least 11 world records and then i will be on top of the world. That is my Mission i a y 28 Thi stars and stripes monday november 15.1993