reporter's notebook
leavin’ on a jet plane
By CAROLINE PETRICH
Of fh« Emerald
When I left for Seattle-Tacoma airport at 6:30
p m , the flakes started falling I wondered if
Eugene was receiving a similiar calling card
I'll be there within an hour, I thought naively
Hah' I didn't roll in to Eugene until 2:30 am,
eight hours later It wasn't snowing either
This was after investing $83 in a plane ticket
to avoid a long trip
The passengers on Might number 875 were
supposed to board the DC-10 at 7 30 pm, take off
at 7 45 p m and fly in to Mahlon Sweet Airport at
8 37 p m We didn't get near the mechanical bird
until 8:30 p m
After stashing my backpack under the seat, I
guessed our landing time would be 9:37 p m
Then I glanced out the window From the looks of
it. about two inches of snow had accumulated on
the plane's wings and it wasn't melting The
stewardess looked concerned
An hour later, the captain politely asked us to
de-board for a "few minutes" while workers
installed a new. and — I hoped — reliable de-icing
machine for the wings
We politely left the plane Only a few mum
bled under their breaths The others were too
tired from traveling all day One woman had spent
all day traveling from Calgary, Alberta to Spokane
and then to Seattle-Tacoma Not surprisingly, she
had little patience left
At 10 45 p m , the television screen that
displays all the information for incoming and
outgoing flights gave us some very sobering info
Our flight had been cancelled'
As luck would have it, the new de-icing
machine didn't work That meant a flight to Port
land ($61) and then a bus ride to Eugene Such
luck sucks
We marched on to an Oregon-bound plane
full of disgruntled travelers. This plane had been
grounded for the past two hours. One self-pro
claimed hillbilly from Ohio wryly noted that the
wait was four times longer than the 24-minute
flight to Portland
By this time I needed a drink, scotch and soda
please, and make that complimentary A new
stewardess said no
My flight delay was mechanical and the air
line's fault That warranted free booze However,
this plane's delay, caused by the still falling snow,
was the weather's fault; the airline therefore
would not pay for mother nature’s mistakes
The plane finally took off and cruised over
Portland before we knew it. As the plane neared
the runway, the gloomy mood that pervaded the
atmosphere dissipated. Passengers began to
relax; some people were finally getting home
When the plane bounced with a heavy thump
onto the runway, all conversation stopped. For
one second, people wondered if they would get
home Why, oh why, did this seem like AIRPORT
82?
"Welcome to Portland," announced the
stewardess, her voice betraying a false optimism.
Everyone belted out a laugh of relief Welcome to
Portland indeed!
12:30 a m the Evergreen bus departed from
the Portland airport with forlorn travelers who
nostalgically intoned, “There's no place like
home, there's no place like home
My venture seems like a Sunday drive com
pared to the terror-ridden drive my friend Marian
took over the Siskyiou pass She tackled trea
cherous I-5 during the worst of Sunday's weather
After a 15 hour roadtrip that usually demands only
nine hours, a few gray hairs decorate her brown
locks She had one consolation At the Oregon
California border, she viciously threw snowballs
at the "Welcome to Oregon” sign
Oh, Oregon my Oregon
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"The Four Seasons" Friday at
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"Love and Death" Friday at 7
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Diana Jackson (soprano)
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Helen Hoff (bassoon) Mon
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Lightscapes, a collection of
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Jan 10 Adults $1, children 50
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CONTINUING
University Museum of Art:
"Danzig 1939: Treasures of a
Destroyed Community" opens
Jan. 13. Photography at Oregon
Gallery: Ted Orland, black and
white photographs
Aperture Gallery: Mike Walsh
Shows through Jan 20
LCC: Dan Dykes, sculpture
Shows through Jan 27
"Latin America Women as
Artists and Artisans" at the
Eugene Council for Human
Rights in Latin America, Jan
13-27
Compiled by Matt Meyer
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