Show kidSeibrifrOSUORmegi1 t t t - - gala ZIA tlit TJI TravelLifestyle SIMENIEMI - - Sunday Morning May 5 1991 Section F Page 1 :: -- —- ' - — — - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' 11 " 1 le (d — ' - ' 4V --- - 1 iF - There's a British World War II cemetery at Suda Bay on the island of Crete n LIVU - : - " and my heart beat "Crete" I murmured "Crete - Li LI LI Q-1-1 - LiS Ctermans flock to the Greek island to refuel their passions and warm their bones Passions t till be even more aroused this May — the 50th anniversary of the German invasion of Crete during World War It was the first major airborne — by parachute glider and air transport — assault in history And it was nearly a disaster for the Germans The Germans whose Afrika Korps was still fighting in the desert of North Africa against Allied armies desperately needed a base in the Mediterranean then dominated by the Royal Navy Crete looking like an old rumpled slipper measuring about 160 miles east to west and averaging 36 miles From Zorba The Greek by Nikos Ka:ant:AU By Robert H Woody Crete still makes the heart beat fast It is a lovely island in the eastern Mediterranean 60 or so miles south of the Greek mainland and 200 miles from the north coast of Africa And in May when the wild flowers are blooming and - the White Mountains are still capped by snow it be: guiles and beckons - : May and June mark the beginning of an invasion as : thousands of winter-wear- y Britains French Danes and 2 ' 1 4 l' L L: - - - - - ' - e : ' " t 7 I - ' t k 11 i - e t f' Keith Archibald Allen Stokes Logan are welleanomak—iset tkelt skilbrent-- ' LI ) ' - long-sufferi- 4 s -- i 1 1 ' 11 1 '' - ' - 4 ' ' - ' : a ' - ' ' ' ' ' r 1 $ - - ''' '''' 1A°' 4 r i 4' ' ' -- '''' I i I' " t '- - f- -i j l ' '- -' --- ' ! : - i- d'o :1 : I I ' '' ' c A n ' IA '' 't Cynthia Kerbs says Cache Valley birding offers hundreds of species She is an avid birder and member of the Bridgerting-AuttuboSociety birders-:—- -- fsfiA kl-2- L rfts 4 Nt I') f r0 AriteN '1!iD U ' 1 I ri ri t ' Itk I - ' n 7:"'"' I ' C n it 1 4 v- let ""4'k :: 4 t- --- st ' ' w :i 4r le" ° ( t 4 i'"-- Ixke 4 1k1YInff W!1P L 1 ' " It began early May 20 as Messerschmitt fighter airplanes swooped low to machine-guanything that moved along the coast Then came the droning German Junkers troop transports hundreds of them with troop- carrying gliders in tow They hit four major points along the north coast — the air field at Ma leme and the towns of Canea Retimo and Heraklion Maleme became a shooting gallery for sharp-eye- d New Zealand riflemen on the ground who picked off German parachutists in the air On the ground the Cre- tans a passionate and people under cen- hales of invasions and occupation by Venetiarui See F-- 2 Column 1 zi lel (‘ 0 i rwrv---00- 01' pr :7 41t- 14'7741 Robert H Woody wide looked promising Crete was home of kings who before Homers time had dominated the eastern Mediterranean Its civilization impacted Egypt Syria Greece Sicily and even the Adriatic area around Venice Cretans taught the Phoenicians — the ancestors of our alphabet — how to write In March 1941 British Australian and New Zealand troops who had been detached from the Allied desert command to help the armies of Greece resist the Fascist-Nainvasion of Greece had been forced to retreat to Crete The Germans planned their bold air assault of Crete calling it Operation Merkur o4 Lit ( - ! - 0 'tt t al VI LI At illm'I'' - 40 4 re""tiC 1F LAI 1 $ f : 1 ge 24 nr:nrin4-AwleF- x Ale" - - ' kt:-- ' : 414' A 0 I ) )"it i illistL- ": 7 4 ' -- 41 -- -- n e - - r '' - ' The tourist can find good restaurants and taverns facing harbor at Canea Crete rit4w1i3 t'e ' -tr 177-- )01t ' ' - fast : x 1 A 11NIMUMMEMIEMOISMINIUMOMEMP 1 : : z 0 irT ‘ lit : xi-41---- :414-1- 0 Bnte-A-r:llrtstrfir-- : 1- : f ::-- 1: : - $-- 4r I 1 N t44! - - tt-ilf- R 4''''t '11 - ti1'1 m - voi"0:::-3?::roii7eiif:0- 4- s k 4 11 el ' L 14' '' " ' k' - A I 4k ) i J i 1 By Paula Huff AMALGA — Cache Valley would have a secret on its west side if the noise didn't give ' it away Birds — about 300 species — have made yearly trips to their summer home in Cache County for eons But in the last decade the valley's popula- g tion has swelled and become known as the ground" for birds flooded out of the Bear River Bird Refuge near Brigham City in the early 1980s by heavy rtmcff said Alice Lindahl Logan a birder and member of Bridgerland Auduwell-ke- five territories with rookeries Since the cranes don't breed until they are 5 many roam the fields in groups Right now the birds are gray In a few weeks their feathers will be cinnamon from the reddish mud with which they cover their bodies No one understands the ritual Roosting habits of the sandhill crane are better Many of those birds are aflutter now with their mating rituals in the small community about 15 ' miles northwest of Logan "What is so unique about Cache Valley is you can go out and see a number of species in one day without even trying" said Cynthia Kerbs another birder and society member Yellow-heade- d blackbirds and perch on nearly every fence post along roads Birders can see sandhill cranes pelicans willets black-neckestilts curlew merganser pintails cinnamon teal cattle egret American avocet and hundreds of others Sandhi 11 cranes have divided the valley into THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE pt - ne' FROM FROM OlitaArlD SAL DIEGO kip a Rom$89 NEW I through SePt Daily fligtTts " if FROM begin May 31 through Sept 3 1991 Los Angeles ' ' 4 '' : c - :' tige-P 1 Y ' 44" '''- i It - ft " 4 t San Jose Oakland "Some tesibebobe sopty Totes meg be nimbi thy 31 MI end must meek Satutday try eery Imo meet be ortpteted r 669 ca W 4 i ' --1 - ' 4 1 fr 3l t ' t 1 t r $449 begin-lun- e 41 fig PWiTOM 6 1991 7-- 7Z PM WEDNESDAY MAY 11MIERTOVALIARTA1 FIROm TUESDAY - 8-- $349 (4 rughls ova OPERA TICIEETS 3 I x11(44 tor --4 '' f i) V ) 7Z ' - - 4c:12P MAY 7-- 8:15 PM 3 tug FROM $659t knell 47 8 4- o:iCa 17FROM $5gos One Island Package (7 nights hotel '144044 r i14p34 177:14: 4 gag IZEZ it 4 -- garsitialQUA Cltl391 tpikor FROM (5ntshot&RTair greeting) transfees) 7 (add on air tor S178 Puerto Vallatia (Remo and Fa) Cabo San Lucas CbmPlete ROM g paceages aiso available) AIR ' pacbge quad FROM DISIICEYLAND Inciatres RI air DIsneytaiod get-awa- S rkk te 3 1991 DAILY SERVICE BEGINNING MAY $911 pass 2 nights MK transterS quad FROM LAM packages unless otherwise indicated include: Round trip Transfers (where applicable) hotel accommodations y airfare i AIR SERVICE 4 MS3 SNP' Fitu:s Mazatlan Aulosuil 519 - a tifiE)tiCtifi rtniriErtil PM WEDNESDAY MAY 8:15 (fishing dormation and packars) add 150 Atr Ai litir FROM cat rental RIair) All way v AIR rt OaCkage cRUISE PM ClImPlete FROM1 FAIR by Get all the latest information via slides and videos on: Sightseeing Tours and Local Attractions ALL SEMINAIIS HELD AT260 E MORRIS AVE (2430 SO) SIC $609 festcwss Qbsf at News based be went trt Ode 120 lot orre wig ITN Ancborage ore San Jew oat my tare a 1149 LIS Vegas moons Saboday not My CA ter derade Sonie - Haag FROM E:C2 REFRESHMENTS OF THE 4 AY I Tatra 419 40 UAWAII Complete uJ(cUN:T:1 TUESDAY MAY pida C4m1)4te PORTS OF CALL— 3nwht"ckaget'orns139mvete 1 -I -b 4 - 1 CANCUN FREE TRAVEL SEMINARS ts Flig-h- T f- - - LASVEGAS 24- - PUERTO VALU1RTA e5!EMMII weimonownwlmlummol:gma eadivny June 2123 July 1244 July CatiLLIBO Sergembef 3 1991 NONIN WOW penods VOIY RchtS mut be food Me wel be cm the same Itinerary and bumble& at toe Swne mole PMEITCL1 June Saturday night stay is required So call today for detils! 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