European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. Nownbf24, 1993 faces n paces the stars and stripes Page 23 Arkansas from wire report when you re trying to sound like a Duck you can t afford to be  tuesday 59 sportsmen were quacking their Way through the very serious 58th annual world championship Duck calling contest and wings Over the Prairie festival in Stuttgart  the Calls May sound silly participants Are All  contest Call is very High pitched and a flawless routine with no squeals or squawks said festival spokeswoman Heather  instruments or Calls used in the contest Are about 5 inches Long and have double Reeds inside. The Calls can be made of Wood acrylic or  s really considered an instrument Audirsch said. There s an. Art to contest calling you d blow unlike a clarinet there s a lot of  competitors have 90 seconds to demonstrate fou different types of Duck noises. The calling is to impress judges not ducks. To qualify the sportsmen had to have won in state or regional contests. This gear s Winner will go Home with$6,000 Cash. The five Day event Drew 60,000 people in 1992, and As Many Are expected again this , a City of 10,000 about 50 Miles East of Little Rock Calls itself the Rice and Duck capital of  it s Home to Riceland foods inc., the nation s largest Rice and soybean marketing cooperative and the har vested Rice Fields attract southbound ducks along the Mississippi flyway. Julia plans Camel ride Hollywood s pretty woman is about to become Camel Riding australian adventuress. Julia Roberts has the Lead in tracks a movie base Don the history making Camel ride across Australia s Outback by Robyn Davidson. Julia is looking Forward to playing a woman whose spirit and determination carried her across a Conti nent Roberts agent Elaine Goldsmith said monday. Roberts other credits include pretty woman steel magnolias sleeping with the enemy and dying Young. Ginger Rogers helps theater Ginger Rogers dipped into her past to help a Meo Vford. Ore., theater survive the future. The movie Star returned to Crater an theater stage she first graced in 1926, when she was a 14-year old member of a vaudeville troupe. Rogers returned tothe theater for a fund Raiser by a group that wants to turn it into a performing arts , 81, was serenaded by a male chorus and took questions from the invitation Only audience sunday night. Shown on the big screen were Rogers 1942 film Cas attend on to ducks -.-.". I sing me Bank  a petted to perform on the album include emmy Foo Hartfi Vince Gill Alabama Andi Willie Nek Odd couple Fox television s Good Day now York program brought together an unusual pair monday. For Mer israeli prime minister Yitzhak Shamir left greets entertainer boy George in the Green room before taping of the show. Roxie Hart and a clip from the 1938 film Carefree Hank Howll of the Crater an performances co. Said the event was a tribute to Rogers As Well As an Effort to raise $2.9 million for the 69-year-old theater. Singers to Honor Haggard music will be More than food for the soul after group of country singers makes an album of Merle hag Gard songs to Benefit a National food Bank in Nashville Tenn. I m honoured that my music is held in such High esteem As to warrant a tribute album Haggard said monday. The fact that the proceeds from this album will go to the second Harvest food Bank makes this Honor even More important to , 56, is a major country music figure whose hits include mama tried okie from Muskox cd and son. R. Topic no longer taboo remember that episode of the Brady Bunch i which Marcia Brady talked about birth control with her mom Carol of course not. The topic would have been unimaginable on the 1970s  years later Maureen Mccormick who played Marcia is a Mother herself and has been speak ing at birth control seminars at colleges across the  have some friends whose lives have been really deeply affected by getting the wrong information an being afraid As teen agers to talk to doctors Mccormick said. I really feel there s a real need for some thing like  Mccormick 37, has participated in five seminar sponsored by Upjohn co. The seminars resume in Chi Cago in  does not focus on a birth control method up John spokesman Philip Sheldon said. She talks about the need for  Upjohn makes Dipo Provera an inject Able contraceptive that is effective for three months at a time. He s still a Prince of Guy Prince Charles says if people paid attention to his work instead of his marriage they would t be sur prised at the projects he takes  the announcement of his separation from Prin Cess Diana almost a year ago Media reports have speculated that the Prince is trying to carve out a new Solo role for himself perhaps As an ambassador for British Industry overseas. But in an interview published monday in the Finan Cial times Charles rejected that characterization. The idea i am searching to redefine my Job is rot he said. It is just that since the Day i got married peo ple have chosen to ignore the things i continue to Doday in and Day  the paper also said the Prince is frustrated by the Lack of government support for his overseas trips most recently to the Middle East to promote projects involving British companies. The 45-year-old heir to the British throne has asked various government departments to coordinate a strategy for his visits but has had Little Success the financial times said. Prime minister John major s office refused to com ment but the British news Agency press association quoted a source in major s office As saying the prime minister is very keen on using members of the Royal family to develop British exports overseas. 31 Days til Christmas but there s still time to Send in your Christmas wish list to Santa and enter the stars and stripes Christmas colouring contest. Letters to Santa. Letters to Santa have been arriving by the hundreds. Well Forward each letter to Santa for a personal reply from the Jolly old Elf plus each letter writer will have their name appear in the stars and stripes. Don t fret if you Haven t sent Yov Christmas wish list in yer. There s still time. Address letters to Santa Glau the stars and stripes apoae09211 colouring contest you la find rules and entry forms in upcoming issues of the stars and stripes. Grand prize is a bicycle for first place winners in categories for children aged 3 to 7 and 8 to 12. There s pries for honorable mentions too. Santa would Lov to get your Christmas wish list. Nobody does it better