| The big cat's whiskers
A partnership between Taj hotels and CC Africa promises to transform Indian safaris. Chris Caldicott reports from their wonderful new lodge on the edge of Pench National Park
Are you passionate about nature and wildlife? If so read on." Those who did read on, found themselves invited to apply for a potentially life-changing new career. The Indian hotel group Taj, in partnership with African safari specialists CC Africa, were recruiting staff to join them in an ambitious plan, combining their talents to offer a unique wildlife experience of India's National Parks. .
Evolving into dancers
SEVERAL HUNDRED BEJEWELED, gowned and black-tied guests mingled in the mezzanine at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel. However, a few in the crowd seemed a little on edge. Soon, 11 would be putting on quite a show for the crowd at the Alzheimer's Association gala, thanks to this year's theme - "Dancing with the Stars." Each had been rehearsing a specific dance style, and would soon be competing on the ballroom dance floor, in front of guests like party chairs Hannah Rodewald and Ellen Yankellow, P.J. Mitchell, Renee Wooding, Michael and Inez Eicher, Sylvia Mackey, Michael and Julia Keelty, Chris and Andrea Taylor, and Meryl Comer. .
Masons give Community Builders award to Houseman
Local homebuilder Tony Houseman was presented the Community Builders Award recently by Madison Lodge No. 126 of Orange.The award — presented annually to a person who has positively impacted his or her community — was established by the Grand Lodge of Texas in January 1991 to enable the Masons to recognize non-Masons who have benefited their communities."The Masons have had a presence in Orange for over 150 years," Orange Mayor Brown Claybar said. "Its members have been involved in community life all over Orange."Previous winners of the award include former Orange Chamber of Commerce president Betty Harmon, Orange police chief Sam Kittrell and Claybar, who said of the award, "It's one of the highest honors I've received in my life."A Port Arthur native, Houseman left Southeast Texas in 1966 for Los Angeles, where he went into investment banking.
Kenya: From Norway With Images of Motherland
Fatma Issa got into the realm of art rather by accident, for this is not what she had set out to do in Norway. She had just married a Norwegian in 1980 at the age of 20, and was settling down in the new environment when she figured out that she needed something to keep her busy. Before she left her home district as a teenager, she attended Lamu Polytechnic and learnt knitting in line with the Lamu tradition. .
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