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Houseman displays a trophy gemsbok. “The catch of the day” is often served for brunch at the Visser compound.
This impala bears many battle scars on its face, the marks of romantic conquests and rejeciions in its life on the veld.
An African Experience
The Safari
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was excellent, and Africa is a beautiful country,
despite all the problems."
During their nine-day stay, the hunters gathered for
brias, or barbecues over a fire pit, in the evenings
before retiring for an early morning on the veld.
After their expeditions they returned to the Vissers'
place for brunch, one of the highlights of the day.
"Chicken fried gunsbok, impala pie, leg of
woodhog—which is sort of like pig—kudu liver, eland
steaks," Tony listed the fare which often consisted of
"the catch of the day," game shot by hunters in the
party.
"The flavor of backstrap of eland is better than
eating beef," he commented.
After such a meal, the next order of the day was a
nap.
On this safari, Tony was looking to bag a trophy
warthog and and a prize antelope.
"If you were hunting warthogs, which are probably
the homeliest animals in Africa, you set up by the
waterholes," Tony explained.
Eventually all the animals show up at the
waterholes, and Houseman will happily describe
each one and its history. He has often had a hand in
rescuing species from extinction, an apparent
contradiction--the hunter rescuing the prey—but
responsible hunters do help save endangered animals,
through monies garnered from licensing and the
conservation programs they fund. •
An avid hunter, Houseman appreciates the work of
his taxidermist, "an art form," he said. His trophies
are memories of great hunts and good times. They
also represent a roll call of animals that might now be
extinct in Africa had it not been for (he contributions
to preservation made by hunters.
On the Visser safari. Houseman and those of his
party hunted on 12,500 acres near the Botswana
border. North of Thabzimi in the northern Transveld,
it is bush country, high plains, much like King's
Ranch in Texas, Houseman said, a huge, sprawling
spread. Depending on the quarry, hunts often moan a
lot of moving around from place to place following
the animals, some done in Land Rovers, some on
foot. A lot of it is done "in waiting."
But patience has its rewards.
"I took an exceptional kudu (large antelope),"
Houseman said, "and an impala who had been the
main 'guru' in the area for a while. He had won a lot
of ladies, and he had lost just as many, you could tell.
He had been in a couple of brawls and his face
showed battle scars, but he was something special. I
really admired him. He had lived well and took on
whatever came his way."
A man who is lovingly obsessed with Africa and
its well being. Houseman worries not only about the
plight of the animals, but that of the human
inhabitants of the land and their current
governmental situation, things he said the world
community has no idea are going on.
"Twenty years ago, when I first started going there,
it was different," he said, "but not long ago, a
Lutheran minister in Nebraska, who was giving 10
percent of the church monies for missionary work in
Africa through the World Council of Missions,
decided he wanted to go see for himself what the
money was doing.
"He went to Vancouver," Houseman continued,
"and started rooting around. What he found was that
the money was not helping the people, but buying
weapons for the ANC. He came back to the U.S. and
reported what he knew to the Council. Their
comment was, 'God works in mysterious ways.'"
When the preacher refused to send any more of his
congregation's money, the Council excommunicated
them; Sixty Minutes TV news magazine did a report
on the situation.
"The fact is, any of us may be paying for terrorism
and not even be aware of it," Houseman warned.
Of South Africa's political situation. Houseman
said the Marxist government and its leader. Nelson
Mandella, are in a tenuous position. Chapter 12 of
Mandella's new constitution makes the statutes and
role of the traditional tribal leaders of the land
subject to the central government's regulations.
Houseman said, "and those regulations are still being
devised, which means the people are under laws that
don't exist yet. That doens't make sense to the tribal
kings, or anyone else, for that matter."
Mandella, himself, was bom into the Tembu tribe's
royal family and has consistently acknowledged the
status of his fellow traditional leaders, leaving "well
enough alone," according to Houseman. However,
Mandella will not run in the next election, and the
kings and chiefs don't trust the man he has tapped for
his replacement. .
"This could be a very interesting situation,"
Houseman said. "You don't push 10 kings too far."
County commissioners review
construction delays
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The roof attached by Hanley
Enterprises of Bridge City is made
of two-inch rib-panels.
According to Orange County
Judge Carl Thibodeaux, “The
problem isn’t with the different
panels; it’s the difference in height
of the new roof. If the two roofs
had matched up, nobody would
have noticed the different panels.”
The new roof, according to
Magnuson, is 3/4 of an inch lower
than the existing roof.
“If the county wants to accept the
roof as it is, (Hanley) has informed
me they can be finished up in about
two weeks,” Magnuson said. “(The
current roof) does meet building
code standards; it only doesn’t
match the requirement that it match
the existing structure.”
Precinct 2 Commissioner C.J.
Huckaby argued, “It looks a lot
lower than 3/4 of an inch to me.”
Magnuson said the county’s other
alternative is to have the existing
roof raised to match the current
roof through the addition of inserts
welded to the steel structure.
The downside of raising the roof
lies in the soffits surrounding the
building.
“If we raise the roof, the existing
soffits will be 3/4 of an inch higher
than the ones on the old part of the
building,” Magnuson explained.
“But you won’t be able to see the
soffits from the street. But the
appearance of the building will be a
lot better if we (raise the roof).”
Magnuson blames the delay on
the contractors for the project.
“When they found out that we
couldn't get the three-inch panels,
they should have come to us and
told us then. They shouldn’t have
just put (the two inch panels) on,”
Magnuson said.
Huckaby said, “I am about ready
to file a breach of contract lawsuit
over this. It’s been going on far too
long.”
Port
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Magnuson also updated
commissioners on the Courthouse
Administration Building.
“I met with the general
contractor, the mechanical
subcontractor and the air
conditioning subcontractor Friday
to discuss the air conditioning. And
the readings they have been getting
out of the grills are not sufficient
air quality,” Magnuson said.
~ Currently, there is doubt if the
existing air conditioning system
will be able to maintain an
acceptable air temperature
throughout the building.
The contractors and engineers are
currently investigating the air units
to make certain they are operating
properly. Following these tests, the
duct work through the building will
be examined to make certain it is
working correctly.
Lynda Gunstream and the tax
collectors office was supposed to
move into the new building last
month. Their move is now
tentatively scheduled for Aug. 10.
“The subcontractor has said that
he will be able to tell me what the
problem is,” Magnuson said.
Thibodeaux replied, “But that
doesn't mean they’re going to solve
it. We know what the problem is on
the other building but I don’t see it
being solved. We have to have that
fixed and we need to get that
building utilized.” >
position.
The Port of Orange has been
without a general manager since the
departure of Roger Richard last
January.
Richard, who had been active in
the local community, departed the
port to take the position of general
manager of the Port of Baton
Rouge.
The four finalists are: Kenneth
Dunagin of Morgan City, La.,
Eugene Bouillion, Jr. of Sikeston,
Mo., Lt. Cmdr. Norman Bond of
Vidor and current port director of
administration and finance Tom
Harmon of Orange.
Port commissioners voted
unanimously to accept the four
finalists. Alan Sanders, lawyer for
the Port of Orange, was instructed
to write letters to inform the four
finalists and all other applicants of
their current status.
Lt. Cmdr Bond’ s last position
was the commanding officer of the
Naval Reserve Center in Orange.
He recently retired from a naval
career that spanned nearly three
decades.
Bouillion, who is originally from
the Crowley, La., area, is currently
a rice merchandiser with the Louis
Dreyfus Corp. in Missouri.
Bouillion also has experience
dealing with exports from the Port
of Orange.
Harmon currently has more than
nine years experience at the Port of
Orange. His duties as director of
administration and finance include
supervision of all financial matters
pertaining to the port as well as
management of full-time personell.
Dunagin is currently the general
manager of Carnival Shipping
Company in Morgan City, La.
In this role, Dunagin handled all
aspects of cargo handling with the
company.
Port commissioners will be
meeting as a group in the coming
weeks to interview the four
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