Profile-Jeff Bullis

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.”

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Movie Review- It's Complicated

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.


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Review Rough Draft

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

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

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

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