Ryan's Journalism blog

Jeff Springer organizes Coffee and Conversation at Linn-Benton Community College on May 22 on the Albany campus in the courtyard right next to the library. He and a friend of his also organize a worship group on campus on Thursdays.  Linn-Benton baseball team on May 20. On this practice,  they where running as fast bases as a pair of three as fast as they ccould while the coach was trying to throw the ball to the catcher that was at every base. The practice  was played on the Dick McClain Field on the Albany campus.

 In the book “It’s What I Do” by Lynsey Addario we follow Lynsey, who is a photographer during some of the twenty-first-century war. One of my favourite moments from this book was when in March 2011, Lynsey was kidnapped in Libya while she was covering the fighting between the director Moammar Gadhafi's troops and rebel forces, why I found this interesting is because this is covered in multiple chapters and the final two chapters we figure out where Lynsey went while she was kidnapped. Another event that I found interesting is in chapter 9 titled The Most Dangerous Place in the World, Lysney and her partner were covering a war, and Lysney found out that her partner was pregnant, I found this to be interesting because Lynsey’s partner continued to help Lynsey with her work even though Lynsey wanted her to leave. How I would describe Lynsey compared to others is that she likes to get right in front to show us what is going on and to also show people's emotions, for instance, when...

Riverfront City Park has a bridge that leads to Minto Brown Park. The bridge opened on April 28, 2017. Salem Park also has a world map. There are always a lot of bikers that go on the Minto Brown Park bridge on the west side of downtown Salem.  Lori Bates has been a hair stylist since the 1980's. Her favorite part of her job is to talk to people and being able to work from her house. Lori lives in West Salem. She mainly does haircuts for people who live in her neighborhood.  Lori used to work as a hair stylist for a company, but recently is able to cut hair from her house.   On May 11 Salem's Saturday market was really busy. They are open from 9am- 2 pm. There are multiple different sections that you can go look at. This booth was selling cakes, pies, and fudge. Salem Saturday market is located near the capital building. 

Jeff Springer organizes Coffee and Conversation at Linn-Benton Community College on May 1 on the Albany campus in the courtyard. At Coffee and Conversation they have free coffee on Wednesdays for everyone along with great conversations with people who are a part of the club. Other than coffee, they also have a worship and Bible study that they do every Wednesday in the afternoons.  During Linn-Benton's free pancakes for students event on May 8 in the courtyard on the Albany campus, someone brought their week-old lamb. This was a part of the college's LBCC Gives Hope Day, which raised more than $38,000 to benefit students beyond the classroom.  On May 9, Linn-Bentons baseball team played a double header against the Lane Titans. LBCC lost the first game 4-2; and won game two by a score of 11-9. The game was played on the Dick McClain Field on the Albany campus. The next game is on Saturday, May 11. 

   Brian Reed is the engineering instructor at Linn-Benton Community College. He has worked in this position for fourteen years. His favorrit part of his job is interacting with the students, and to hang out with collegues. His first job was he worked at his parents print shop when he was eight years old.  Some of Brian's hobbies are electronics, wood working, and music. He's favorite way to spend the day off is to read a good sci fantasy book. One thing that makes his day instantly better is he lives out of town and sometimes he'll get to see wild turkeys, deer, and bunnies. He also likes wild life and it always puts a smile on his face. If he could time travel he would go 100 years in the future to see if we made it. 

 Josh Murane works in the Physical Science preparation department on April 25. Josh has worked in this position for eight years, and was an assistant for this department before this job. Some of Josh's hobbies are playing video games, and playing DND, and he likes to hang out with friends. The best vacation that Josh went on was to Hawaii with friends. He enjoyed this vacation because it was relaxing and he got to hang out with his friends. Nickel Sonneman, left, and Dylan Jorgensen have been working for the Lebanon Fire Department. Sonneman worked as a volunteer during the 2020 wildfires in Oregon. Soon after, Jorgensen joined after. They interacted with students at the career fair at Linn-Benton Community College in Albany on April 24. They were recruiting students who were interested in becoming firefighters and emergency medical techs.