FOUR-The Heppner GaieUe-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 10 i81
4Fom can get there from here & bach
again, but it ain't easy9
(Editor's note: The follow
ing is the first of a four part
series to be featured weekly in
the Gazette-Times. The
author. Kay Anderson of
Heppner along with her hus
band Frank, an area wheat
rancher, recently traveled to
India, as well as other
countries, and has written an
account of their interesting
trip.) -
By KAY ANDERSON
My husband. Frank, and I
have traveled quite a bit in
recent years and have seen
many interesting countries
and a lot of peculiar things. I
have been asked to write
about our travels before, but
never thought any of them
very entertaining for others to
read until the one from which
we have just returned. This
one was unusual, full of high
adventure, and something we
would probably not have done
had we known beforehand
what we were getting into.
On October 25 we took off for
New Delhi via an overnight
stay in Hong Kong, to Join
what was beautifully describ
ed in the travel brochure as a
"Himalayan Nature Tour."
We were also promised a tour
of farming in middle India and
time spent in game parks and
countryside instead of cities.
Our arrival at the New Delhi
Airport at 1 a.m. would have
been a culture shock in itself if
we hadn't already seen the
same thing in other Third
World countries-the floor of
the airport covered with
sleeping Indians. They sleep
there because they simply
don't have any other place to
sleep.
We were delivered to our
hotel at 1 a.m.. fell into bed
and slept until the next
afternoon.
We investigated our hotel
and found that one of its
restaurants had authentic In
dian food, so we thought we
should get ethnic right away.
. Indian food is not the common
peaceful type curry we think
of in this country as being
Indian. One bite of this food
and you have ruined your
mouth and throat and the top
of your head just flew off.
We had quite a little bit of
this type of food throughout
our travels and our stomachs
will probably never be the
same.
The next morning we met
our guide and the two other
people with whom we shared
the next 20 days. One was a
photographer from New Jer
sey, and the other was a lovely
lady. Marcia. from Seattle.
Our guide was a Mr. Raj Singh
who is about 35 years old. He
is a naturalist who also has a
law degree but had stopped
practicing in order to farm his
family farm, and to lead treks
into the Himalayas and nature
tours to hunt the elusive
Bengal Tiger and other game
in the game parks of India
which was what our nature
trip really boiled down to.
Raj first took us on about a
five mile walk through the
Delhi Zoo. supposedly the
largest in the world. I thought
it very ill kept and secretly
thought that he really wanted
to know if we old people could
keep up the pace. We also
toured New Delhi and Old
Delhi. I couldn't see much
difference between the new
and the old.
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The next day our high
adventure began. We flew on
Delhi Airlines to Lucknow and
took a six hour drive to Tiger
Haven. Raj said we would go
in limousines, which turned
out to be two Indian made cars
about the size of a small
foreign make. He had also
warned us that Indian roads
were very bad. That was the
understatement of the year.
We traveled less than 200
miles on fairly straight roads
and it took us about six hours.
The roads were the worst
I've ever been on anywhere,
crowded with people, carts,
goats, water buffalo, and the
ever present sacred brahma.
By the way. the Indians eat a
lot of chappatis. as we wheat
people know, but when they
fry them in the morning, no
matter how poor the family,
the first chappattis go to the
brahmas.
After six hours of horn
blowing, one flat tire, and one
broken shock absorber we
arrived at the turn off to Tiger
Haven. It had been raining, so
we were met by a couple of
native boys with a wheel
tractor, who towed us the I1?
miles into the haven ranch
headquarters. This was truly
a ranch that was situated next
to a national park, and the
Indians who owned the ranch
took in guests who wanted to
ride elephants into the park on
tiger hunts.
Our hosts also by the name
of Singh, but no relation to
Raj. were very high caste
Indians who had obviously
been educated in English
M.C. Cowbell es to
hold annual
luncheon
The Morrow County Cow
bcllcs will hold their annual
no-host luncheon on Friday.
Dec. 11 at the Heppner Elks
Lodge. The luncheon will
begin at 12 noon, said a
Cowbelle spokeswoman.
An election of officers will
be held and committee reports
will be heard. Door prizes will
also be awarded, she added.
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schools because they had very
Rritish ways of thinking and
talking. We had tea. and our
hostess said to me. "Would you
likeabawth?" I don't usually
bathe at 5:30 in the afternoon,
so I said I thought I'd wait
until bedtime. She said. "Oh,
my deah, you must have it
now as the bawth boys go off
duty at 8 p.m." So the
"hawthboy" fixed my bawth
and I was led to my room . My
tub was a tin, oval shaped,
wash tub sitting in the middle
of the floor. The same old
Saturday night special we had
when I was a kid. But the boy
had filled it with hot water and
when I finished mv bawth. he
fixed one for Frank. We also
found in here what we were to
come to know as the Indian
toilet-it always had a bucket
of water sitting alongside
because it didn't flush.
The next day we took our
first elephant ride through the
bush in the park. All we saw
were tiger pug marks and a
couple of monkeys. The
weather continued to worsen,
and I thought it was sort of like
snipe hunting. The Indian host
even baited a tiger with an old
buffalo cow and the tiger did
make the kill. Frank and the
others went out in the blind to
watch for him to come back,
but I didn't think this was too
sporting so stayed in camp.
When they came back they
had seen nothing and were
covered with leeches. I was
glad I hadn't gone.
to be cont inued next week
Grange meeting
rescheduled
The Rhea Offk Oranpe
meeting scheduled for Friday.
Dec. 11. has been re-scheduled
for Friday. Dec. 18. announ
ced a grange spokesperson.
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The noon hour was not
ncnrlv long eimui'h Wednes
day, Dec. 2. for all the
activities which took place nt
the Heppner senior mealsite.
H V Karen Thomas, who
conducted her regular first
Wednesrbv of the month blood
pressure tcstinB. was intro
duced hv Committee Chair
man Rill Collins hefore the
meal when he announced that
the mealsite cooks reallv need
n food processor. The idea of a
benefit sale at noon on Dec. Ifi.
was suggested hv the site
committee as a means of
obtaining funds and was
approved bv the seniors pre
sent. Folks are to bring
homemade foods and miscel
laneous items which they will
contribute to he sold to raise
mnnev for the purchase of i a
blender.
After the meal Chairman
Collins introduced Pat Brin
rile. Morrow County director
for the Rlue Mountain Eco
nomic Development Council,
who carefullv explained the
facts about the current enercv
assistance progrem which she
is supervising in Heppner nt
the Neighborhood Center and
also in Roardman and Irrignn.
Next Jo Ann Rugarski. who
brought a film from Pendle
ton, was introduced. She
"explained the film on Acci
dental Hypothermia, a winter
hazard for the elderly, which
is being shown around Oregon
in conjunction with MEAP
Vlnw Income Energv Assis
tance Program). It stresses
the importance of senior
citizens protecting themselves '
against too low body tempera
tures by keeping their homes
at fin degrees and by dressing
warmly, eating properly,
staving active during waking
hours, keeping warm in bed
and. if they are alone, having
someone checking on them
regularly.
Symptoms of accidental
hypothermia are a change in
appearance or behavior, stiff
muscles. slurred speech,
shallow, verv slow breathing,
slowed, sometimes irregular,
heartbeat, weak pulse, low
blood pressure, confusion,
disorientation, drowsiness or
coma. If anv of the above
svmploms are present, the
senior's temperature needs to
be checked, and if it is below
9f degrees, medical help
should be obtained, said
Thomas.
Don't know what to give?
Give a Carol Gram
Heppner High School chorus
students will soon be deliver
ing Carol Grams, an annual
enterprise, said Chorus Direc
tor Kitty Coon.
The Carol Gram project is
an annual fund raiser for the
group.
For $2. a small group of
students will deliver a Christ
Santa to visit Story Hour
Santa Claus will be on hand
Thursday, Dec. 10 at Story
Hour at the Heppner Public
Library at 10:30 a.m. to visit
10th Annual
HOOP SHOOT
Sat., Dec.
from 9 to 11 a.m.
at the Heppner
and lone High
School gyms,
whichever is
most convenient
SHERIFF'S REPORT
The Morrow County Sher
iff's Office at the Morrow
County Courthouse in Heppner
handled the following calls
during the past week:
On Dec. l nn ambulance was
requested for a woman re
portedly having chest pains.
A Roardman ambulance re
sponded to the call,
Also on Dec. 1. a trailer was
reported on fire at the Shirley
Rugg ranch at Three Mile.
SimTag and Boeing respond
ed. In another Dec. 1 Incident
Frederic Glenn Roy was
arrested by the Albany Police
Dept. on a Morrow County
Circuit Court warrant for
alleged violation of a proba
tion order. Roy was lodged at
the Linn Co. Jail.
On Dec. 3 a flue fire was
reported on Chase St. resi
dence unknown. The Heppner
Fire Dept. responded.
Again on Dec. 3, an ambu
lance was requested for a
timber faller on Wetmore
Road. A Heppner ambulance
responded.
In another incident occur
ring on Dec. 3. an ambulance
Area Scouts to
carol, offer
Xmas trees
Area Cub Scouts are ex
tending an invitation to the
public to join them in singing
Christmas carols in local
communities next week, said
a Cub Scouts spokesperson.
Those interested in joining
the Scouts in caroling should
meet at the Heppner City Park
on Wednesday. Dec. 16 at 6:30
p.m. to carol in the lone and
Lexington areas. Scouts and
others interested in caroling in
th Heppner area on Thurs
day Dec. 17 should meet at
the park at 7 p.m.
Scouts are also offering
Christmas trees for sale this
year with prices ranging from
$2.50 to $7. Trees are
available at Les Schwab's
Tire Center in Heppner and at
City Hall in Lexington,
A group of Scouts and
leaders cut the trees above
Heppner on Sunday, Dec. 6.
said a spokesperson. It was
also reported that the group
en joyed some sledding during
the outing.
mas carol and card that states
who the carol is from, to
anyone living' in the Heppner
Lexingtnn area, said Coon.
Carols will begin being
delivered on Wednesday, Dec.
9 and continue through Mon
day. Dec. 21. To order a Carol
Gram, call 989-8557 after 5
p.m.
with preschool children.
Christmas stories will be
featured at this special event,
said a spokesperson.
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was requested at the Heppner
Elk's Lodtfe. A Heppner
ambulance responded to the
call.
On Dec. 5 a one vehicle
Hc'ciilcol occurred on Hwy. 207
approximately three miles
south of Hardmnn at about 10
p.m. The passenger side of
the vehicle struck a rock wall.
Killed was Gerald William
Cox, 2-1 of llermiston. Driver
of the vehicle. LeRoy Keith
Rea. lone and another pas
senger, I.ori Fllen Pemherton,
Umatilla were injured and
transported to Pioneer Mem
orial Hospital In Heppner, A
Morrow Co. Sheriff's deputy
and the Oregon State Police
responded .
Grand Squares
hold Christmas
dance
The Grand Squares dance
club held their Christmas
dance on Saturday. Dec. 5 at
the lone American Legion
Hall, reports Dorothy Warren,
secretary.
The hall was decorated with
Christmas decorations and a
Christmas tree.
Ron Davis of Rock Creek
called some of the dances.
A gift exchange of one pound
of anything usable was held.
Some of the unusual Rifts
included a can of motor oil
additive, one pound of clothes
pins, dry onions, a one pound
package of note pads, a lfi
ounce container of glue as well
as the usual nuts and candy,
rejxtrts Mrs. Warren.
The next dance will he held
at the lone American Legion
Hall on Saturday, January 9 at
8 p.m.
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Sunday, Dec, 13. 5::io p.m.
which will feature Christmas
carols to be performed around
the community Christmas
tree by the Pendleton Salva
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Heppner schools slate
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Heppner jr. and senior high
schools, grades five through
eight, will hold their winter
concert on Tuesday, Dec. 15.
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