Brenda Autry Journalism Blog

Rules, Tips and Tricks for Taking a Trip During the Covid Era. As travel resumed in 2021, we learned that doing so in the Covid-era requires a little more planning, and a lot more flexibility. Travel interruptions due to Covid can affect both domestic and international travel. In the United States alone, almost 7,000 flights were canceled between Dec. 24 and Dec. 30 -- that’s over 1,000 flights a day on average.  So, if you choose to travel right now, what can you do to make sure Covid doesn’t ruin your plans? Plan Ahead When traveling outside the U.S., you’ll need to do a little research to find out what the entry requirements are for any countries you’re visiting. You’ll also need to comply with the rules of  any countries in which you have a layover.  Things to know: Are vaccines required? If so, how recent must they be?  Are booster shots required? Are negative Covid tests or proof of recovery required? How recent? Are there testing sites available for return tes...

Marc Rose is a full-time welding instructor and the department chair of the welding program at LBCC. Rose is an alumnus of the LB welding program. He lives in Lebanon with his wife, Kim, daughter Emma, 16, and son Luke, 14. This is his fifth year teaching full-time and he taught part-time for six years prior to that. The welding program has gone through a barrage of changes over the last few year. Just as things were beginning to settle down covid-19 hit and threw their program into disarray once again. Despite the challenges they've faced, the entire department has come together and found a way to teach hands-on skills online. Marc Rose How did you get started teaching? I wanted to teach right out of high school, but I wasn’t the most academic of students and I couldn’t see myself going to school for four more years. So, I kind of lost focus on that dream for a while. But about 11 or 12 years ago, Dean Dowless (a welding instructor at LB) contacted me about teachi...