Environmental potrait and mug

Bud tender Scottie McKee is eager to help patients and customers at Going Green in Albany. Scottie assists customers by providing excellent product knowledge, outstanding customer service and a passion to make people smile. Scottie is defiantly an asset to his community,  he also has a job helping homeless vetrans find housing in Linn and benton counties. When Scottie does have free time from his two jobs, he enjoys exploring Oregon with his family.

Scottie McKee

Earth day 4-19-18 LBCC

Emily Jones(Right) and other students gather for Earth day at the LBCC main campus in Albany on Thursday, April 19.

               Students John Smith(left), and other dicuss the positive impacts of eco-friendly cars, as well as the development of electric cars.

Students explore earth day booths and enjoy the sunshine at the LBCC Albany campus. Activities started at 10:00A.M. and lasted until about 1:00 P.M.

humans of LBCC 2

Chris Mattson

“My name is Chris Mattson I have been a public safety officer here at LBCC coming up on Five years now. I started off as a bouncer at the age of 18 and I’ve been doing that for 22 years now. During my career as a bouncer I have been shot two times, once in the arm and once in the back by a man that was driving away after a bar fight.  I have also worked in the department of corrections up in Washington for several years as S.W.A.T./E.R.T. officer. I have also worked on government contracts and as a defensive tactics instructor at the police academy. I come from a long line of law enforcement in my family, all most everyone on my mom’s side of the family was involved in law enforcement.  In my free time I enjoy fishing and bow hunting all over Oregon.”

                                                             

                                                                               Garret Gates

“Hi, I’m Garret Gates I have been a student at LBCC for about a year and a half now. I’m currently pursing my associates of arts with an Oregon transfer degree. I really like LBCC because all the staff and students are super chill. After I finish my associates degree I plan to move to bend and learn to fly. My dream job is to fly people around on scenic tours of the Grand Canyon.  When I’m not studying or working I enjoy playing basketball outside with my friends even when it’s raining. One time I played for so long in the rain my fingers started getting all wrinkled like raisins. I also like to go riding my bike around Corvallis as well as fishing on the river.” 

week 2 blog forum

My photographer of the week is Dewitt Jones. Three facts, photographer for the national geographic for 20 years, he is a motivational speaker, always celebrates whats right.
I really enjoy Jones photos because he has a eye for capturing beauty that is hiding in plain sight.
Dewitt claim to fame is shooting beautiful nature scene while celebrating whats right.

Week one forum

TOPIC 1-My name is Mitchell banks; I’ve been at Linn Benton since the spring of 2016. I’m currently working on associates of arts since my major is still undecided. I really would like a career in aviation so I also recently started working on my student pilots license. I’m taking this class because it sound interesting and I enjoy taking pictures. The only experience I have with photography is taking pictures of my dogs and nature; I have no prior experience with lighting or shutter speed variations.

TOPIC 2- One of my goals for this course is to improve my photo taking skills by understanding focus on the subject. Also I would like to improve my communication skill while giving an interview. Another goal I would like to accomplish is improve my knowledge of internet blog sites.

TOPIC 3- I think some good subjects would be class elections I could shoot candidates giving speeches. The career fair would also be interesting I could interview an employer with a booth. Also I think shooting pictures of students doing lab experiments for science and physics courses.

Humans of LBCC

    

Eric Smith 

                                             

How long have you been cutting hair? “I’ve been cutting hair for 46 years, I’ve been here in sweet home cutting hair for five years now.”

What inspired you to be a barber? “The people. I enjoy meeting all the interesting characters, in all walks of life. My brother also inspired me to become a barber, I enjoyed working with him as a hair dresser.” Eric chucked as he said, “I was attracted to that line of work because of all the beautiful women.”

Where did you start cutting hair? “I started cutting hair in Los Angles with my brother in the late 70’s. we started off slow then went on to open 14 shops across Hawaii, California and Oregon.”

Does business pick up in the spring and summer months? “I’m busy all year around. Hair all grows the same, it doesn’t matter what time of the year it is.”

How many people do you think come in for a hair cut each week? “I see hundreds of people each week here. I’m open from 7 o’clock in the morning from about 5 in the evening and I’m busy most of the day.”

Rachel Moll

How long have you worked at LBCC? “I have been at LBCC since September 2017”

What is your favorite part about this job? “I get to work with food and I have really great co-workers.”

What is your favorite thing to make? “I like to make berry cobbler.” Rachel also jokingly added “she likes eating all desserts.”

What are your plans for after LBCC? “My future goal is to open my own restaurant with a seasonal garden so that its self-sufficient.” Rachel also added “I want to have a Greek themed atmosphere and menu as well, with the garden surrounding the restaurant.”