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FOL K The Heppner Gaiette-Times, 'You can set (Editor's note: The follow ing is the fourth and final part of a four part series featured weekly in the Gazette-Times. The author, Kay Anderson of Hcppner along with her hus-. band r'rankan area wheat rancher, recently traveled to India. ' as well as other countries, and has written an account of their interesting trip.) By KAV ANDERSON In the early afternoon we flew over some mountains to Meghauli, where we were met with fourteen elephants that were to transfer passengers to Tiger Tops. On our way, we also hunted through elephant grass, which grows about 20 to 25 feet tall. Marcia and I shared the same elephant, having left Frank back at the hotel to suffer with his cold. Our mahout succeeded in cornering a mother rhino and her baby. About five other mahouts brought their ele phants to help, as a rhino will charge one elephant, but not a number of them. We got some good photos and it was very exciting as all the elephants THEN CHECK OUT THESE gjj- Natural Wood PRICES ! OLD WORLD riKcujni COMPANION OAK BRIDGE PORT PORTSIDE PINE FIRELIGHT HARMONY BIRCH fi ft v RED OR GOLD USED OLD CHICAGO WHITE $J75 4sqft $00 U Sf WIS J y Voyageur with fan 'Zi ALL r.lETALDESTOS INSULATED STOVE PIPE "989-8586 SATELLITE TV SYSTEMS & EQUIPMENT PERFORMANCE - MAXIMUM RANGE AFFORDABILITY COMPETITIVELY PRICED SALES CALL 376-8424 121 AAAIN ECHO 567-747 AREAS FIRST & CALDWELL MFG SATELLITE SYSTEMS Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, tliere from here & back again, but it ainH easy' " . trumpeted at once before the rhino turned tail and disap peared. On our two hour trip to Tiger Tops we also forded three rivers on our elephants, one of them quite deep, which gave us the sensation that we were floating on the elephants. Tiger Tops seemed to be run in a fairly civilized manner. We had a very good dinner of buffalo shish kebab, our rooms were comfortable, lit with kerosene lanterns, we had the ever present bucket of water beside the toilet and a shower that worked. We also found hot water bottles in our beds. The evenings in Nepal are quite cool, but by midday the weather is very hot and humid. The next morning out we went on our elephants again for another game hunt through buffalo grass. We did see a barking deer, the smallest deer in the world-; about the size of a large fox terrier. We made the mistake of telling our mahout the day before how great he was for finding our rhino, so on this trip he put out even greater effort. He thought he heard $ 60 2) INSTALLATION COMMERCIAL (BUSINESS USE) RESIDENTIAL (ENTERTAINMENT) -'V). L ONLY MANUFACTURE" December 31, 1981 something in the brush, and determined to outrun it, he kicked that old tusker into a trot and we went like mad through tree branches and tall elephant grass for about half a mile. It was like Disneyland's "Wild Ride of Mr. Toad." Believe me, it's not easy to ride a trotting elephant. After our two hour elephant ride, we took off for our next camp, a tribal village inhabi ted by a tribe who had remained by developing an immunity to malaria. We went first by land rover to a very wide river, as wide as our Columbia, but quite shallow and full of crocodiles. These boats were shallow and flat, holding six people and the boat boy. My family knows I hate boats, and floating down a river full of crocodiles, with no life vest, and through two spaces of almost "white water" was about the longest 45 minutes I've ever spent. Raj kept telling me that crocodiles were very shy. There did seem to be a lot of them sliding off to the sand into the water. Our rooms at the tribal village were the same as usual, no electricity, and the toilet facilities were about 50 feet out back. But the toilets flushed, so that was an improvement, but there were no showers or baths. By this time we were used to being dirty anyway. We were entertained that evening by native dancers from the village, and the next morning we walked back to the river full of crocodiles, and moved slowly back across to the other bank where the land Crop Report The following Crop Report has recently been released from the Oregon Crop and Livestock Reporting Service: Winter Wheat Seedings Winter wheat acreage seed ed in the fall of 1981 for the 1982 crop in Oregon is placed at 1,150.000 acres, down seven percent from last year. Crop production, based on condi tions as of December 1, is placed at 62.100,000 bushels, 15 percent less than last year's crop. Seeding conditions were generally good this fall, but infestations of cheatgrass and crusting caused a consider able amount of reseeding to be done in some north central counties. Moisture supplies are ample to surplus in most areas. Nationally, winter wheat acreage is placed at 66.3 million acres, one percent more than 1981. Production of the 1982 crop, based on December 1 conditions, is forecast at 2. 13 billion bushels, one percent above 1981. Annual Small Grain Summary Record yields for both winter and spring wheat in 1981 pushed Oregon's wheat production to a near record high-77,380,000 bushels-just shy of the 77.4 million bushels produced in 1980. Winter wheat production at 73.2 million bushels is a record high; two percent above the previous high of 72.0 million set last year. The new record yield of 61 bushels per 7 h. r I i New Delhi Zoo rovers were awaiting us. The exciting part of this boat trip was that our boat was leaking and by the time we reached the vehicles we had about two inches of water in the bottom of the boat. And so we wended our way back to the airport at Meg hauli and to Katmandu to pick up Frank, then on to Delhi, Hong Kong, and home. Meghauli was very hot and the airport building, a small, thatched construction, was open on all four sides to let the breeze, if any, blow through. The air tower operation was a man walking around a grass airstrip talking into a walkie talkie which obviously wasn't working, and looking anxious ly at the sky. Also, there were four native boys fooling with a battery and pouring some thing into it from a lemon soda bottle. None of this was very reassuring. Finally, looking at the sky paid off and we were picked up by a seven passen ger plane and took off from our grassy field for Kat mandu. harvested acre is one bushel above 1980. It reflects the outstanding growing condi tions which prevailed east of the Cascades, which more than offset the sharply below normal yields caused by extensive disease problems in the Willamette Valley. Spring wheat production is down 23 percent from 1980, as the lowest harvested acreage since 1977 more than compen sated for the record equalling yield of 38 bushels per acre. Barley production in Oregon is placed at 11 .7 million bushels, 16 percent greater than in 1980, and the largest crop since 1972. Statewide yields averaged 60.0 bushels per harvested acre, the second highest yield on record. Nationally, all wheat pro duction was up 18 percent; winter wheat was up 11 percent, spring wheat (other than Durum) was up 37 percent; barley was up 33 percent; oats were up 11 percent; and rye was up 13 percent. BMCC board sets future election dates The Blue Mountain Com munity College Board of Education has voted to set March 30, as its operating levy election date and May 18 for the tax base election. Each year the college goes to the voters for its tax levy. State law requires taxing bodies to present the tax base question to the voters every two years, A BMCC news release stated College President Ron Dan iels presented the board with data outlining the impact on BMCC of potential state bud get reductions. Figures pre sented by the president show ed that community colleges GET READY INSULATE YOUR I 1 Call collect for a FREE ESTIMATF liOE IFJSULAIE3H & Assic. inc. 503-276-1097 We also install continuious gutters!! I I We traveled on this trip through many miles of farms in arid districts and in areas of higher rainfall and irrigation. Eighty percent of the Indian population live from the land and most of the farming is done in a most primitive style, by buffalos and brahma bul locks (the female Brahma is never used in the field), that pull very primitive tools. It appears that most of the potentially good farm lands have been cleared for farm ing. India is terribly over populated and it seems that their population will probably double in ten years. Due to religious reasons, and the large amount of illiteracy, they seem to have problems for which there will be no ready answer. Would we do it again? Yes and No. In spite of a lot of illness, and hard work travel ling, it was an interesting trip. We just should have under taken it twenty years sooner. I think our strongest feeling is that Morrow County is beautiful. have received fewer dollars in proportion to growth increas es than either elementary and secondary schools or the four-year colleges and univer sities. The president said, "If the state reduced the alloca tion to BMCC by 20 percent, it would require a 12.7 percent increase in local taxes to make up for the loss of state funds." Figures presented by the president indicated that a ten percent increase in the college budget, coupled with a 20 percent cutback in state funding, would require an increase of 33 percent in local property taxes. The president noted, "An increase of that amount would be more than the college could even consi der. Therefore, a combination of a nominal tax increase and a reduction in existing college programs would be neces sary." In other business: A savings of $12,512 was approved by the board through change orders on its construction and remodeling project. The savings came through changes including less expensive light fixtures, a lesser quality of carpeting, and the extension of certain construction deadlines. Also on the remodeling and construction project, the board authorized the college to accept a bid of $11,600 from Ohngren's Office Furniture and Supplies of Hermiston for room dividers and counters for the new Admissions Office Business Office areas. The college will also be purchasing office furniture, including files and desks from this same firm. The total amount budgeted for the room divi ders and office furniture was $15,500. FOR WINTER HOUSE TODAY! I i Christian The Christian Women's Club will hold a salad luncheon on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 6:45 p.m. at the Degree of Honor Hall in Hcppner. Theme for the luncheon will be "Molding a New Year." The annual birthday party will be held during this meeting. Special feature for the Road Report The Morrow County Public Works Department has re leased the following Work Report for the week ending December 19: Pot holes were patched with cold mix on the following roads: Cutsforth-Baseline, Baseline, Jordan Grade, Ione Boardman, Juniper, Bombing Range, Rugg-Jordan, Brenner Canyon and Upper Rhea Creek. Weeds and- brush were burned and culverts cleaned on Black-Horse Rond, Piper Canyon Road, Morgan East, Strawberry E., N. Find of lone Goosebcry, Baseline, Baker E.W., E.W. Slock Drive, Bergevin Road Cecil Road, Ely Canyon, Paul Tews and Baker E.W. Gravel was spread on D. Smith-McNab W., Smith Road, Halvorsen-Eight Mile, Joe Kenny Road, McElligott, Zinter, Barlow Canyon, Dal zell Ridge, and Dolven (Wag en blast). . Roads bluded were: Baker E.W.. E.W. Ella. D. Riet mann, A. Lindstrom'and Lena Hisler. In the Bourdman-Irrigon area, dirt and sand were removed from road No. 761. Brush and weeds were remov ed from ditch lines, signs checked and reset. The main county crusher on Clarks Canyon road operated each dnv. Do you have a morbid fear of tha number 13? Then you have triskaidekaphobia. 3K Unas aii3flvdlo All Models In Stock and arriving daily! HONDA CIVIC FE 41 City, 55 Highway EPA rated HONDA ACCORD - Hatchback b 4-door sedan HONDA PRELUDE Sports coupe Gets You Into Any 1982 C3GCJDA ! G7GGCI! On approved credit you can lease our Hondas for 48 months with this low down payment. 1520 Southgate Women's Club to Meet ,,i i i... .,1 hnp liucuuuiim will bO evening will be ceramics by Joan Tanory, Music will be provided by Karen Slack, Lilly Mae Nis-' tud, Janice Polen and Paul ine Mutheny. Featured speaker will be Liz Thnyor of Pasco, Wush. Thayer escaped from East Germany in 1948 and came to the United Stales in 1952. Title What's Your Opinion? J Question: "Are you going to muke any New Year's resolu tions for 19)12?" "Of course," said Valerie Doherty, Heppner. "Making them is traditional. So is breaking them." The U.S. National Academy of Design held an art com petition and awarded sec ond place to a work which the judges then loarned had been hanging upside down. I Auto Body & Repair Auto Glass Installation Now 20 OFF Custom Motorcycle Access PIG IRON PH: 676-5435 t"! fLjjjl grjgjf ?j"'t fjll . .1 j-! or hir i sctiKN on will ne "From a concentration ciimp to skid row." 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