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Flat Tail Brewery

2010-03-05T23:31:00.000-08:00

Who:Ian Duncan and Associates
What:Flat Tail Brewery
Where: 202 S.W. First St. Corvallis Oregon
When: 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday-Friday
Why: Brand new restaurant in that just opened in town
How to contact: Ian Duncan (541) 231-0837

Restaurant connoisseur, Ian Duncan, has now accomplished setting a wide variety of restaurants throughout Corvallis’ downtown waterfront. By adding a fourth restaurant to his name, Duncan has now added a more laid back pub style restaurant called Flat Tail Brewery. Duncan’s owns three other restaurants, Terzo, Aqua, and Le Bistro and they are more of an upper class venue, also located in Corvallis’ downtown. Flat Tail Brewery has just opened on First St. in Corvallis.

Flat Tail menu consists mainly of burgers, appetizers, salads, and meat entrees. There are also a few surprises on the menu that people wouldn’t expect from a pub, like fried okra, tempeh, and humus. There are choices on the menu for every type of appetite in Corvallis.

They have put their own special touches to each section of their menu. Prices for beers are very reasonable at four dollars a beer. Food entrees are also priced very reasonable and are less than most other venues around town.

The main focus of the brew pub and hopeful claim to fame is their beers. While their brewery isn’t producing quite yet, they are contracting through Calapooia Brew Co.

“All of the beers that are being produced for them are original recipes made specifically for Flat Tail,” Owner of Calapooia Brewing Co., Mark Martin said.

Since Flat Tail is located in the old Fox and Firkin location, there was a huge renovation that went along with opening the new restaurant. The building was also used as the town’s creamery back in the 1930s. The restaurant part of the 10,000 sq. feet building opened on Feb. 23, but the renovations are no where near being over.

There are two phases left in the future plans of the building. “Phase two is getting the brewery section of the building up and running in the next two to three months,” Duncan said.

After getting the brewery going they will incorporate a brew club and VIP room in the upstairs sections. They will also be adding a billiard table and shuffle board to the two dart boards that are already there.

Phase three will be setting up the rest of the building for space needed to keep the products that will be being produced out of the brewery. They want to start distributing Flat Tail beers through out Oregon.

“We are excited to come to the opening day of the brewery and try all the new styles we are sure to see out of this place,” restaurant dinner, Eric Malrooney said.

After being open for two weeks the cities reaction to the new addition to Corvallis’ restaurant scene is explosive. Flat Tail Brewery will be sure to bring surprises in the future.

Writer choice story

2010-02-27T19:10:00.000-08:00

I am going to write a review on a new pub style restaurant called Flat Tail Brewery. It has taken the old location of the Fox and Firkin on first street in Corvallis. The restaurant is being opened by the owner of three other restaurants in Corvallis. The other restaurants are a seafood style one called Aqua, an upper class quite setting restaurant called Le Bistro, and an Italian cuisine called Terzo.

Stephen King- " On Writing"

2010-02-24T11:18:00.000-08:00

The most important thing I read in this book that I will take away with me in the future is the reference of the "tool box" something you always are working on and is always growing. You should see your self as the tool box.
Just write! Just let it flow. Then go back and edit later. I get stuck on not knowing how to say the things that are running through my head and getting them into sentences that sound goo.
"Writing makes my life a brighter and more pleasant place." I think that it is very important to have something in your life that does that for you. Writing has always been an outlet for me, ever since I was a little kid. Once I learned how to write words then I was filling up spiral notebooks with my random thoughts.

Haiti vs. Katrina

2010-02-21T20:49:00.000-08:00

Who: Haiti people, US government, and the people of the US
What: The issue of helping the civilians of Haiti compared to the efforts of sending aid to hurricane Katrina victims
Where: Country of Haiti
When: From January 2010 to the present
Why: I think it should be brought to some people’s attention
How to get involved: Do a Google search for Haiti earthquake aid and it will come up with a lot of organizations that are sending aid to the people of Haiti. You can pick which one you think is the most valid for you. ‘

As time has passed since the massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the country of Haiti on Jan. 12, I have been watching what has been being done in order to help the people of the country recover from the disaster. As information has been coming out I have been growing more and more bewildered by the vast amounts of money, resources, time, military sources and many other things that the United States have been sending to this country.

Not that I am not in favor of our country helping out another country that is in need. The fact that bothers me is the reaction that the people of the U.S. have had towards this disaster that happened in another country.
The citizens of our country and our government have jumped to high measures to help another country out when it took over a week for our government to get any type of resources to the people of New Orleans. Till even this day, New Orleans still needs rebuilding and there are still homeless people, but we just forget about them and move on.

As of this date, “US government has sent 511 rescue workers with dogs, 2.6 million bottles of water, 2.2 million pounds of bulk food, 13,000 US military troops, 20 ships,125, 230 pounds of medical supplies, and more than 60 aircraft along with $ 379 million to aid Haiti,” Reported The New York Times and Associated Press.

According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) website, they have promised the city of New Orleans $5.8 billion to repair everything from the hurricane, such as libraries, schools, roads, and other things needed to get the city back in working order. Nearly five years after those storms hit. Recent FEMA documents have reported that two-thirds of the money promised for rebuilding work still has not been spent.

While reading an online blog by Gator Sports, I read the most interesting statement that sums of the idea of this article, “When will our government stop borrowing money from future generations to give it to places that do little to nothing to help themselves? This question doesn’t just apply to the Haiti situation, but to every other country we spent borrowed money into over the year with no sign of any sort of progress?”

Is this what we should be doing to our future generations by helping out other dependents from other countries by damaging the people of our own country? Should we be spending the citizens of our countries money for other greedy reasons for things other than trying to be good samaritans?

Photo Source:http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/extra/images/big/jan-june10/haiti.jpg

The Illumination Project

2010-02-19T12:41:00.001-08:00

The Illumination Project was brought to Linn-Benton Community College from Portland Community College on Feb. 19. It was a group project done by the students that attend PCC and are involve in social service program. The program was a a set of sketches that the students put on to show different situations that people face that involve racism. I haven't had to deal with much racism, so this made me see how it truly effects people and how racism happens all the time, in different ways, and even when people don't mean to. The main way that this performance effected me was that it made me have the courage to stand up for the rights of people that don't deserve to be treated like that even if I don't know them. We are all still part of this world and have that connections at the very least and that is enough for me to do something about it from now on. It was a valuable event to go to and everyone will connect with it, even if you having been directly effected by racism.

column outline

2010-02-15T21:42:00.001-08:00

I am going to.do a different take on the Haiti earthquake. I want to shed lights on the fact thy everywhere I turn there are people trying to help the people over know another country and focus on bhow when it comes to another country we are willing to help but lack in that when it comes to our own country when Katrina happened.

Review on other students blog

2010-02-08T11:34:00.000-08:00

Lacey J Blog on Student artist featured at Fall Festival

I liked that the article was about something that is a large part of Corvallis culture over the years. I also like that students our age and in our "student community" of LBCC was part of a bigger community and is making something our themselves with their talents. This story made me want to look up the artist and their work, which as a writer is a great thing to have a reader want to do.

Profile-Jeff Bullis

2010-02-05T13:05:00.000-08:00

Who: Jeff Bullis
What: Culinary Student
Where: Corvallis Oregon
When: Present
Why:A fellow student at LBCC
How to get involved: Contact LBCC culinary program College Center, room 214 Phone: 541-917-4391 Instructors: Scott Anselm or John Jarschke

After 27 years as an engineering technician for the American corporation Hewlett- Packard, Jeff Bullis’ job was shipped over seas to Argentina. After losing his job, Bullis decided to follow his true passion by enrolling in the culinary program at Linn-Benton Community College.

“I have always loved cooking and decided years ago that when I retired I would attend culinary school to become a chef.” Bullis said. “His true passion for cooking drives him to do so well.” Bullis' fiancée Lori Davis said.

Bullis' son, Jeremy Bullis said, “Dad is always practicing different kinds of foods. Our house always stinks of weird things he is trying out.”

When asked how attending LBCC's culinary program has enhanced his skill prior to enrolling he said, “The program at LBCC has prepared me for a culinary profession. It has taught me cooking methodology. It has greatly expanded my knowledge of industry practices and standards, and has been responsible for creating in me a deep desire to produce quality food products.” As Bullis finishes the last year of his degree, he has earned the position of Culinary Club president.

Bullis graduates June of this year and is purchasing a pizzeria chain, called Nick n' Willy’s, to start his career and put his degree to use. ”Well, originally I thought I was buying myself a job. Further education has taught me that I'm actually creating a new business. I'm excited about the pizza industry and what I can create with that business.” Bullis' plan to get his business started for the future is to expand his pizza line to four stores and then switch to a finer style restaurant in Idaho.

By finally doing what he loves Bullis, couldn’t imagine still working at Hewlett-Packard. Cooking is where his heart truly lies, but Bullis offered up advice for people who are considering going into the culinary field. “Don’t bother if you don't have true passion for food and providing for your customer the experience that they will never forget.”

Photo source: Jeff Bullis

Profile Questions

2010-02-02T14:27:00.000-08:00

Who?
Past working experiences and school?
Past cooking experience and or history?
While in school did you specialize in anything specific?
Where and how do you want to use your schooling?
What made you decide to go for culinary school?
Who was your influences?
How do you improve your skills?
How has school improved your skills?
What do you think about the schooling at LBCC for the culinary program?

Movie Review- It's Complicated

2010-02-01T13:52:00.000-08:00

Who: Alec Baldwin, Meryl Streep, and Steve Martin
What: Romantic Comedy “It’s Complicated”
Where playing: Corvallis Oregon - Ninth Street Cinemas and in most cinemas around the country
When: Playing now
Why to see it: It’s a unique story line and the movie is hilarious

Finally, an original plot for a romantic comedy has come through the movie theater scene. Every time I go to the movies to watch a romantic comedy I feel like I can predict what is going to happen before the movie even starts. "It’s Complicated" is a refreshing move for that genre.

Starring Meryl Streep as Jane, a woman who has remade her life after divorcing her husband Jake, played by Alec Baldwin. As all of her kids are now graduating from college and moving out, Jane is beginning to feel her age and the loneliness of a house that holds all her memories.

At their son’s graduation, Jake starts having feelings towards Streep because of home issues he is having with his new young “trophy” wife. After a night of drinking the pair end up in bed together and start a roller coaster affair that is completely out of character for Jane because this is what broke the two of them up in the first place.

“The movie has been more then popular than any of us thought it would be. I think because people told their friends how funny it was and that it wasn’t just a romance movie,” Regal Cinemas’ worker, Aaron Goodwin said.

To make the title hold true, Steve Martin plays Jane’s architect and new love interest, Adam. This begins slowly as Jane is having a hard time trying to cope with the new situation she finds herself in. At first she is contemplating getting back together with Jake because of the feelings between them and for how quickly it ended, but after he proves to her that he truly hasn't changed she allows herself to fall for Adam and the comedy really starts.

While the movie does follow an almost predictable pattern from beginning to end as all romantic comedies do, this film threw in some scenes that were very out of the blue. John Krasinski plays Harley, Jane's son-in-law, a hilarious supporting role that breaks the tension in several scenes.

“I brought my girlfriend to the movie and I thought it was going to be a chick flick, but we were actually busting up laughing the whole time,” Movie seer, Trey Milne said.

All the actors in the movie gave excellent performances. “This was a different comedic performance than I am used to seeing out of Martin, but it was a refreshing one,” Mackenzie Larecy said of his performance. Streep was the perfect person to play this role. She pulled off being elegant, while still keeping the characters persona. Over all, the movie was an unexpected pleasure that I would recommend to anyone looking for a good honest laugh.

Photo source: http://newsblaze.com/pix/2009/1223/pix/Its-Complicated-Movie.jpg

Review Rough Draft

2010-01-24T18:14:00.000-08:00

I have gone to the movie "It's Complicated"
Done my interviews with- a viewer of the movie, an associate of the movie theater, and reviews posted online. I also have my facts organized in the order I want to write them out in and have written and outline, but have yet to type up the final version.

Stephen Kings

2010-01-22T11:04:00.000-08:00

I find it interesting that he could right such disturbing imaginative writing, but after reading his book I figured out where he could get the information for his book and where it all stemmed from. In a lot of situations when you are writing there are so many rules and you are always being judged on what you are doing. Reading his book it made me happy realizing that a majorly successful writer could be faced with difficulties. It was very aspiring. "The scariest moment is always just before you start." His writing made me realize that my writing ideas can come from everywhere you just have to dig for them sometime and the best way to start something is to just start it and let the words flow from you. You can look to your past, future, atmosphere around me, and every other aspect of my life. To be fully honest sometimes I get stuck and frustrated when writing doesn't just flow out of me, but reading this story gave me hope for future writings. I think this book will turn out to be a great book for the class to read and will help all of us on our own paths in journalism.

2010 Camaro raffle for Mario Pastega House

2010-01-15T11:27:00.000-08:00

Who: Mario Pastega Foundation and the Pepsi Foundation
What: A raffle of a 2010 Camaro for a fundraiser
When: Feb. 14, 2010
Where: Mario Pastega House
Why: To raise money for the Mario Pastega House
How go get involved: Contact the Pepsi Corporation in Corvallis at- (541) 758-1212 or The Mario Pastega House at – (541) 768-4650
Tickets can be purchased for $ 50 at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center Hospital, The Mario Pastega House, and at Heritage Mall in Albany, OR.

The Mario Pastega House is located on the campus of Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis, Oregon. It was built in 2004, as a place for out-of-area patients and their families to have a comfortable “home away from home” place to stay while their loved ones receive medical attention.

The Mario Pastega House offers many things that a hotel room wouldn’t. Guests have access to a chapel, outdoor patio and garden areas, children’s playroom, central kitchen and dining area, living/recreation areas and on-site laundry facilities. There are also RV hookup sites outside of the house. It is open seven days a week and rooms are available at the low rate of $20 a day.
“The house makes it less horrible to be away from home and everyone that you care about while you are here taking care of your loved ones. Everyone deserves that while they are going through tough situations like this,” Pastega resident, Edna Stover said.

Leading contributor and fund raiser for the house, Mario Pastega, is partnered with Pepsi-Cola and because of this it had him entered in a contest where a team of people each got one key out of the total 30 keys. If you were the one with the key that fit the 2010 Dr. Pepper red Camaro, then you were the winner of the car.

“One of Mario Pastega’s team members had the key that fit the car,” Event Coordinate, Lanez Kay Vauble confirmed.

After winning the car, Pastega decided to donate it so that it could be raffled off to make money for the Mario Pastega House. The house is solely based on donated money, so fund raising is vital to sustain the house’s availability. The money made from the raffle will cover the cost of operating the Pastega House.
"100 percent of the proceeds go towards keeping the costs down for patient’s families staying in the house,” Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation director, Jeff Larson said.

Tickets can be purchased for $50 apiece now through the Feb. 14 2010, unless all 1500 available tickets have been sold already. Tickets can be purchased at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center Hospital, Mario Pastega House, and at Heritage Mall in Albany, Ore. The drawing will be held on Feb. 14th at 1 p.m. at the Pastega House.

Photo source: Jordan Johnson

Good review includes.

2010-01-15T11:22:00.000-08:00

has overall details and not just about one part of the subject you are talking about. Include interesting facts.
If a movie give details of the plot with out giving away any surprises or key events.
Give quotes.
Give moods.

I am going to do my review on the movie its complicated. Most likeyly

Ideas for Feature Story

2010-01-06T11:13:00.000-08:00

I am going to do my story on a fund raiser for the Mario Pastega house, where Mario pastega won a 2010 Camaro from Dr. Pepper and is giving the car away to the winner of the raffle.
the people you interview- People at the Mario P. house, krkt- country station that is involved in the raffle,
the questions you need to ask-
- What made Mario want to raffle the car off?
-What will the money raised go twards?
-When will the raffle be?
- How much money is a raffle ticket cost?
- Where can people enter the raffle at?
- Who is running this fund raiser?
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LBCC Livestock Judging Team Winning Nationals

2009-11-29T22:02:00.000-08:00

Who: Linn-Benton Community College Judging Team
What: Judging Team winning National Championship
Where: Louisville, KY
When: November 18th, 2009
Why: Accomplishment of LBCC on a national level.
How to get involved: Contact Judges Clay Weber's (weberc@linnbenton.edu) and Rick Klampe's (klamper@linnbenton.edu)

The LBCC Livestock Judging Team became National Champions at the North American International Livestock Exposition, November 18th in Louisville, KY. For the second time in 34 years a west coast team has won the competition, which is like "the Super Bowl of livestock events" said coach Rick Klampe. The team of six won by a two-point margin, and a total team score of 4,215 points. Followed closely by Black Hawk East CC from Illinois, and Butler CC from Kansas in second and third place. "We were surprised when we placed higher than schools from the Mid-West because they have such an advantage; they are literally surrounded by livestock." said Jordan Baumgartner, a sophomore and local of Albany, OR.

The team flew in to Louisville on Saturday and the competition began on Wednesday morning. Twelve officials were judging 26 teams from all over the United States, with more than 120 individuals being tested on their knowledge of cattle, sheep and swine. They were happy with their win, but thought that their team weakness in the consistency of their reasons would bring their total down. "We all have an ability to speak really well and score high, but sometimes our nerves get the best of us and we make simple mistakes," said Madi McGuire of Dallas, and nerves were high at such a big competition.

The Roadrunner's won the overall reasons, and placed 2nd in overall Sheep, 3rd in overall Swine, and 4th in overall Beef. To be proficient at what you do, knowing and recognizing different breeds of animals is very important. Each member of the team has grown up around livestock and animals, and Hannah DelCurto of Cove, OR said, "to be successful you need 5 solid competitors, it's not a one person activity at all. Each of us were especially consistent with our individual scores" ranging only 15 points from eachother.

The team hopes that the freshman team members will be prepared to participate in many of the upcoming events next season. They travel all over the US to compete in competitions of the same degree as the one held in Louisville this month.

Blog post- Review on New Moon

2009-11-29T19:21:00.000-08:00

Who:New Moon actors
What:Second Twilight Movie
Where: Corvallis Oregon
When: Monday night November 23rd, 2009
Why: For the love of the books.

On Monday night, November 23rd, I saw the newly released movie named New Moon. New Moon is the second book in the Twilight series of books. There is four books total in the series.

Twilight is about the lives of a teenage girl ,named Bella, and her vampire boyfriend, Edward. The first book was about how the two met and fell in love. The new movie is about the second book, New Moon. This book is about when Edward leaves Bella because he doesn't want her to get hurt living a life full of vampires, even though him and his family, the Cullen's, don't feed on humans.

These books and movies have become hugely popular in the teenage fan base. This series has also sparked numerous vampire shows, like Tru Blood and Vampire Diaries. The newest movie had good action and the special effects were done well. The actors had improved their acting skills since the first movie. The books are more entertaining and better done than the movies, but I recommend watching them.

Press release blog

2009-11-22T18:54:00.000-08:00

Ancient penguin DNA raises doubts about accuracy of genetic dating
New DNA evidence, found by Oregon State University Researchers, from 44,000 year old penguins challenged the accuracy of the way genetic aging was determined. The new information suggests that scientist have been "routinely underestimating the age of many specimens by 200 to 600 percent." This means that "100,000 years old may actually be 200,000 to 600,000 years old." Professional journal, Trends in Genetics stated. “We believe that traditional DNA dating techniques are fundamentally flawed, and that the rates of evolution are in fact much faster than conventional technologies have led us to believe.”

In order to find this new information scientist used a range of mitochondrial DNA found in the bones, "ranging from 250 years to about 44,000 years old." They used this information to compare it to other bones. This new evidence was made possible by the fact that, "In a temperate zone when an animal dies and falls to the ground, their DNA might degrade within a year,” scientist, Dee Denver said. “In Antarctica the same remains are well-preserved for tens of thousands of years. In the study the DNA was compared to the known ages of bones and their results were found to be a lot different than original knowledge. Another huge discovery for this study was that, "researchers also determined that different types of DNA sequences changed at different rates.

To follow up with more information regarding this story, you can contact the Dean of the College of Science department for Oregon State University, Allan Wilson Center for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, or Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.

Fady Joudah Speech

2009-11-16T22:07:00.001-08:00

Who: Poet Fady Joudah
What: Literature reading
Where: Oregon State University Valley Library
When: Friday, November 13th at 730 pm
Why: As part of the Visiting Writers Series for OSU

On Friday November 13th Oregon State University welcomed poet, Fady Joudah, as part of their “Visiting Writers Series.” Joudah talked about all the interesting places and things he saw while he participated in Doctors Without Borders. He has translated the work of Mahmoud Darwish in The Butterfly’s Burden and If I Were Another, and he is the winner of 2007 Yale’s Younger Poets Prize for his first book The Earth in the Attic.
The audience was lucky enough to hear readings from all of his work and get exposed to a type of writings that most of had never been exposed to.

During Fady Joudah’s speech, he spoke about his recent missions to Darfur-Sudan and Zambia, read poems from his book, and read literature from his favorite authors. His writings were very unique and written in abstract ways. Joudah read writings about his Palestine family heritage, the practices and sufferings of other countries, his favorite poem, A Conversation with Death, from the books he had translated into English, and a poem he had written for his wife. In one of Joudah’s writings about his missions, he spoke of a time where a man asked him “May I please bring along a bag of peanuts for the ride to sell for money to feed my sister bleeding in the hospital?” This got his message across of how hard the times over in Darfur are and just how much our way of life differs. The faces of the audience dropped after hearing of such hardship that was seen.

As he reads the whole audience listens intently because they don’t know what words will be following. Joudah spoke of how his focus is more centered around his family now. He told us a particular story about his daughter, “’my daughter wouldn’t hurt a spider that had nested between her bicycles handles. For two weeks, she waited until it left. If you tear down its web it will simply know that this isn’t a place to call home’ I told her. She replied ‘Isn’t that how people become refugees?’” I thought this story showed how his life had made an impact on a lot of people.

After his readings were over, Joudah took time to answer some questions. Most questions were geared towards his writing methods and style. While others were asked about the personal details behind his readings, for these he declined to comment further due to his depth of personal attachment to them. "More people should give themselves experiences like the one we got tonight." Student Jeremy Bullis of LBCC reflected.

Photo source:http://www.catranslation.org/blog/images/fady-joudah.jpg

The Commuter- Scantron

2009-11-16T11:14:00.000-08:00

In the November 12th issue of The Commuter there was an article about the issue of charging student for the cost of scan trons, while in the past they have always been provided. It has been an new issue of teachers charging students for extra materials needed for class that are usually included in our tuition fees. " Where will this end?" That is a great question; who will regulate what schools can charge us for and what can't they? The cost of furthering your education is already sky high and most people are struggling to just make it day by day. If our money isn't going towards class materials that are needed through out the year, than what is the money going for? How can anyone plan a head for charges like these? In the article it said, " If you are going to make us buy our own scan tron sheets then I would like my financial aid to reflect the fact that I have to make additional purchases..." If the school is going to be charging for unexpected fees like this, it should be for seen in the amount of money you are given for the term. This article was a great subject to bring to the students attention; if we are aware of this maybe students will take a stand against schools over charging students for unnecessary fees.

Jamie McEldowney

2009-11-08T23:10:00.001-08:00

Who: Jamie McEldowney
What: Rockstar promoter
When: Through out the year
Why: Promote the sales for Rockstar
Where: Willamette Valley

Every college campus is alive with extracurricular activities, and Oregon State University is no different. Amongst all the sponsored parties and bar events you can be sure to catch a glimpse of ,22 year old, Jamie McEldowney's smiling face.

Born and raised in Corvallis, being a local has aided McEldowney with his work as a Rockstar energy drink promoter. Many of the events he sponsors consist of parties and bar events, but he also enjoys promoting at extreme sporting events, businesses, and block parties. “We give free products to people hoping that they will buy it later.”

McEldowney didn't always work on promotions, he began his career with a sponsorship from Rockstar for Motocross racing. When a couple of his racing buddies who worked for the Northwest Division for Rockstar offered him a job as the Rockstar Promoter for the Oregon State campus, McEldowney jumped at the opportunity.

“Working for Rockstar has effected my life in a positive way. I've met a lot of really cool people and now have my foot in the door to a great business.” He hopes to advance within this company, and maybe one day call himself manager of the entire Northwest Division, who is in charge of promoting at all colleges in the Northwest and parts of Canada.

Not only does he promote for Rockstar at college events, McEldowney has also worked for Mod Quad, a four wheeling company located in Albany, as an associate at Tony's Smoke Shop, and even has co-ownership of a clothing line named Live to Ride. Clearly, “sit still” is not a term that McEldowney knows too well. McEldowney started Live to Ride with a few close friends, who wanted to create clothes that are custom made for people.

Currently they have a location off of 9th street, but hope to someday have a place big enough for design, production, and retail all under the same roof. "We hope to succeed where other clothing shops in town have failed by having fresh, new ideas with more choices and more flexibility to incorporate work done by local artists that will appeal to students at OSU." Jamie's business partner, Mike Barat stated.

Jamie McEldowney has built his career from the bottom up. Using his skills in networking and becoming closer to his clients, on a personal level, has helped him succeed in promoting Rockstar all over Corvallis and eventually the rest of the Northwest in the upcoming future.

Jamie's room mate, Alex Hendrixson, describes him as having "tremendous passion for all aspects of his life and of having a big heart." “I just want to be able to support my family and be happy by doing what I love to do.” says McEldowney of his future life.

What I learned in News Reporting

2009-11-06T11:19:00.000-08:00

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Being a big shot news reporter doesn't just get handed to you; its a long process that has to be earned. I wasn't trying to become a news reporter when I first took the class News Reporting, taught by professor Rob Priewe. I needed this class for the requirements for my public relations degree. I had previously been taking writing classes and was in the state of mind of writing like that, but when I started this class I had to change the way I had been taught to write. You are learning how to appeal to a different audiences, write about things people want to know more about, bring people information they wouldn't be able to reach with out news reporting, and writing a compelling fresh story. News Reporting has been my favorite class of this term, from starting out in a place where I didn't have much interest in news reporting, but as the term has progressed I have really enjoyed putting my self out of my normal comfort level and meeting new people and going to different events. I really like the interaction with the people. I think this class is worth while to take for anyone not just people who are in the journalism majors because it is a fun class where you learn new things.

Possibilities for article #3

2009-10-26T11:32:00.000-07:00

PROFILE ON SOMEONE:
Chef Adam or Iain with his new restaurant.

Running a company- Coffee shop, the competition,CANT DO ON BOSS.

Pit bulls becoming illegal in our state. some who is trying to make them illegal or fighting for them not to be.

Interview people at the humane society. for the problems they face.?

Actually surviving as a student. What it takes, what issues we face, tips on things to help yourself, things you absolutely have to do.

Seth Godin On standing out

2009-10-23T11:08:00.000-07:00

Living in a world that flies by at the speed of lightning, it's easy to get lost in the crowd. In order to make a difference, you have to stand out. Seth Godin gives a speech on how to stand out and to make a difference. In his speech, Seth Godin talked about how sliced bread was a failure till Wonder bread picked up the idea and spread it across the world by advertising. The success of any product or company depends on its advertising. Godin describes, "Buy adds,get more distribution, sell more products, buy more adds." In order to compete with your product competitors you have to be different then all the other companies. Companies spend "hundreds of millions of dollars a year on advertising." No one will know about their products if they don't hear about them in some way.As a society we are susceptible to seeing a wide variety of ads. Things are going to fast in our world to focus on all things that we see. So this is why we ignore things.The advertising field has to keep things "new and fresh." They have to be interesting and new to keep our attention. The whole idea is to "figure out what people really want and give it to them."

Heart and Soul of Corvallis Football

2009-10-22T15:31:00.000-07:00

Who: Corvallis High school Football Team
What: Varsity Football team
Why: Support Local Football teams
When: Friday, October 16th at 7 pm
Where: Corvallis High school
How to get involved: Contact Corvallis High School football coach at Chris.McGowan@corvallis.k12.or.us
541-757-3826

On Friday, October 16th, Corvallis High School football team played the Silverton Foxes football team. The game got off to a quick start and CHS put up 21 straight points in the first half, before giving up a late score to Silverton right before halftime. The Foxes used that momentum to score 14 more points in the third quarter to tie up the game at 21. The Spartans scored again in the 4th to take the lead, however Silverton battled back to score one more time but could not convert the extra point giving the Spartans a much need league victory. Final score, 28-27.

In 2007, Corvallis High School Football team won the 5A State Championship against West Albany. They earned that title by going into triple overtime and winning with a successful field goal.

"After that season we lost a lot of key players and have we haven't been able to get to that same level of performance. We are working hard at being the team we all want to be." Head Coach, Chris McGowan.

This season started off slow with three straight loses for the team before winning their first game against Dallas. This seasons record is four wins and seven loses. Unfortunately they didn't make it past the first round of playoff.

The Spartans have a plan for changing all that for this for next season, right outside linebacker, Alberto Nunez, explains “We are spending a lot time doing individual drills in our positions. We are working with second string to make them the quality of first string players, so that we are stronger as a whole team. You are only as strong as your weakest player.”

Varsity player, Austin Waid, wants everyone to know that, “Everything that people say about the team doesn’t affect us because they aren’t the ones putting all the hard work into being better players. We are a young team with the right expectations for ourselves.” The entire Spartan varsity players are coming back to play next year, giving them a huge upper hand against rival teams in the upcoming season.

How to survive zombies

2009-10-16T11:12:00.000-07:00

They are coming for your brain.
Identifying Zombies-
dark eyes
pale skin
legs limply
bloody
don't eat candy just brains
don't dance
shoulder slouch
bloody
stumble

To survive:
Need proper equipment
high altitudes
cant swim so stay on water
counter attack
go to larger location with supplies -Costco

how to kill:
kill brain
large bullets
chain saw
decapitation
granade

if someone is wounded then they need to be killed because it is too late.
dont underestimate their speed.

Lee Lefever
Common craft show

2009-10-12T11:10:00.000-07:00

To be fully honest I have no idea what I am going to do. I spent the weekend doing other homework. My plan is to ask friends/ family if they know of anything that is going on in town that would be interesting. I am also planning on looking in the newspaper and the commuter to see if they have anything in there that would be fun and interesting to go to. I am hoping to find something that I can write a really great story about.

ADD ON*
I found out that there is a high school game on Friday for CHS, which is where I went to high school. I am not sure if the Lebanon races are still going on, but I am going to check about that. I am sure LBCC has some kind of sport going on before the end of this upcoming weekend. I wanted to try and go to a special event that usually isn't here. So I am going to check the local and surrounding areas newspapers to see if they have anything. I am also going to look in surrounding places like Salem, Portland so that I could maybe take a day trip this weekend.
5 questions:
1. How was your experience at the event?
2. what would you of liked to see that was different/ or ways it could be improve?
3. Would you come to this same event again?
4. What was your favorite/most important part about the event?
5. How would you get the word out about this event so that more people heard about it?

Rob Priewe Interview

2009-10-11T20:10:00.000-07:00

Rob Priewe started out his Journalism education while he was still in college, where he served as his schools newspaper editor. After high school Rob attended University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and got his degree in Mass Communication-Journalism and English. After that, he spent some time in Arizona before making Oregon his permanent home. Rob has a long list of impressive accomplishments in the field of journalism. He spent over 20 years with the Gazette Times as Managing Editor, works for Oregon State University on their Professional Advisory Board for Media Communications, as well as being the head of the Journalism department for Linn-Benton Community College. Even though Journalism is one of Rob’s life passions’, teaching is where his heart lies. While serving on his high schools’ paper, he realized that the power of leadership was a “humbling experience and that [he] could make a difference.” In my brief interview with him, I could tell that he truly cares about his students and about making a difference in their lives. Rob is still continuing his education by getting his MBA in Business of Administration. Once he finishes his degree he plans to apply his knowledge to making himself a better teacher and spending more time with his wife and three kids.

Corvallis Local Economy

2009-10-07T11:11:00.002-07:00

At a glance:
Who: Corvallis Business'
What: Corvallis local economy
Where: Corvallis, Oregon
When: As of October 6Th, 2009
Why: Interesting to the people that live here.
How to get involved: Shop locally, go to local events, and go out every once in a while to keep business flow going.

In the past several years, the nation’s economy has plummeted and everyone has taken a hit. The struggles that Corvallis has faced in this economic slump may not be seen by some people that live here. We have all seen many local businesses, like Fox and Firkin, Michael's Landing, The Gables, and Urban Minx Boutique have all been forced to close because business flow wasn’t enough to meet demands. There are many reasons that play into why businesses either succeed here or they don't. They have to have enough customer pull to get the local people when a majority of the students go away during school breaks and the summer. The audience that companies are trying to attract have to be focused on the locals and the realistic needs of the town.

Hewlett-Packard is one of the major players in the town's economy and has suffered job reductions numerous times in the past year. What's left of the once vibrant HP FAB has felt a crumbling blow. “Everyday HP gets closer to discovering a more efficient method to produce the special microchips that are produced in our FAB, bringing the life of our FAB to a complete halt,” Eddie Hanson an engineer from Hewlett Packard informed me. This means hundreds of people will be out of work due to their jobs being shipped overseas for cost reduction. When this happens, Corvallis will experience unemployment like never before.

Another huge contributor to the local economy is Oregon State University. Having a university in Corvallis adds value to our town because it gives people a reason to come here. According to OSU website, enrollment has jumped 8 percent since last school year. This means that since more students are in town their parents will come to visit them, take them out to dinner, buy them things they need, and just gets people out on the town. This means more business for the local businesses.

"There are two different reasons people come to Corvallis to live: The first reason is because they see it as a place to get an education, grow as a person, and to party. The second reason people come here is to settle down and start raising a family." OSU student Jaci Bullis said. The two far end of the spectrum cause ample opportunity to have businesses. In this economic time people cant be opening businesses that don't apply to the people who live in the town. According to economy.com, the cost of living in Corvallis is much higher than that of the United States. Luckily not all of Corvallis has taken a hit, head chefs of Aqua and Terzo Restaurants,Adam Kekahuna and chef Iain Duncan, are opening a new restaurants this fall in Corvallis. It is named Flat Tail and it is going to be an upscale pub. This is good news for Corvallis this means that we have been able to survive and not fall to bad into the recession.

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News story #1Raugh Draft

2009-10-05T11:16:00.000-07:00

Local Economy in Corvallis

In the past several years, the Nation’s economy has plummeted and everyone has taken a hit. The struggles that Corvallis has faced in this economic slump may not be seen by some people that live here. We have all seen many local businesses forced to close because business flow wasn’t enough to meet requirements.There are many reasons that play into why places either succeed here or they don't. They have to have enough pull to get the local people in through out the summer when the students all go away for the summer. The audience companies are trying to attract has to be actually in Corvallis and be realistic about what we really need in town.

Hewitt Packard is a huge player in Corvallis’s economy and they have been cutting more jobs monthly it seems. Once Hewitt Packard figures out how to use another material besides gold in the microchips then the Corvallis FAB will be shut down and all the work will be shipped over seas. With such a huge place shutting down this will cause Corvallis’s unemployment rate will shoot even higher. Another huge contributor to the local economy is Oregon State University.

There are two different reasons people come to Corvallis to live: The first reason is because they see it as a place to get an education, grow as a person, and to party. The second reason people come here is to settle down and start raising a family. The two far end of the spectrum cause ample opportunity to have businesses. In this economic time people cant be opening businesses that don't apply to the people who live in the town. There are lots of areas to look at when it comes to opening any kind of new business. For instance it probably isn't the best idea to open a pizza parlor in a town that already has three other ones, there just is to much competition to survive. Overall Corvallis has been able to survive and not fall to bad into the recession.