Ryan's Journalism blog

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.