Brenda Autry Journalism Blog

The clock tower located at the Albany Train Station is illuminated at sunset on Wednesday Nov. 9.   Rod Bigner, who co-owns the Pix Theater, can be found behind the ticket counter taking and selling tickets nearly every day of the week. The Pix Theater, located at 321 SW Second St in Downtown Albany, shows first run movies in their historic one screen theater.You can find tickets prices and what's playing at albanypix.com . Hunter Perez, four-years-old from Lebanon, waves his flags excitedly as the military tanks pass him during the Linn County Veterans Day Parade, Friday, Nov. 11. Albany is home to one of the largest Veterans Day parades in the country. People from all over Oregon line sidewalks of SW Pacific Blvd., SW Lyons St. and SW 2nd Ave. and SW Ferry St., in downtown Albany to watch the more than 100 entrants parade past. This year was the 71st Veterans Day parade in Albany, and it was made extra special because this is the first year the parade has run normally since ...

Steve McCurry is one of America's most iconic photojournalists. With the exception a short stint as a staffer on a local news paper near his home in Pennsylvania, McCurry has worked solely as a freelance photographer, and yet has created some of the most iconic images in history. McCurry started photographing at the age of 19. After he graduated high school in 1969, McCurry left to travel Europe for several months. He took with him his first camera, a Kodak Instamatic, that his father, who loved photography showed him how to use, and he took photos of his travels. After about two months of wandering, he ended up  living in the home of a family in Sweden whose teenage son was an amateur photographer. McCurry recalls in his series, "Becoming Steve McCurry," that during that time he and this boy would take long walks together in Stockholm just to photograph. "It was my first experience of wandering the streets of the city with no purpose, no expectation, just to look, o...

Every year Linn-Benton Community College holds a Halloween office decorating contest. Here are some of the entries and participants from this year's contest.  Lena Gates and Kim Hammer from the Apprenticeship Dept. show off their creativity as the Sanderson Sisters from the movie "Hocus Pocus" during the Halloween office decorating contest on Monday Oct. 31 on LBCC's main campus.  Some of the elaborate decorations that went into the overall set of the Apprenticeship department's Halloween theme, Hocus Pocus, during the Halloween office decorating contest on Monday Oct. 31 on LBCC's main campus.  Some of the elaborate decorations that went into the overall set of the Apprenticeship department's Halloween theme, Hocus Pocus, during the Halloween office decorating contest on Monday Oct. 31 on LBCC's main campus.  Decorations in the Student Leadership Office during the Halloween office decorating contest on Monday Oct. 31 on LBCC's main campus.  Decora...

  The sports mural on the Activities Center on LBCC main campus as seen from above Wednesday Nov. 2. Lena Gates and Kim Hammer from the Apprenticeship Dept. show off their creativity as the Sanderson Sisters from the movie "Hocus Pocus" during the Halloween office decorating contest on Monday Oct. 31 on LBCC's main campus.  Some of the elaborate decorations that went into the overall set of the Apprenticeship department's Halloween theme, Hocus Pocus, during the Halloween office decorating contest on Monday Oct. 31 on LBCC's main campus. 

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, 17,  and son Luke, 15. This is his sixth year teaching full-time and he taught part-time for six years prior to that. Before he started teaching, he worked at a local pulp and paper mill in Albany -- Warehouser which became International Paper.  When they closed he went down to Springfield and started at a mill down there as a pipe-fitter and eventually became a supervisor. Marc says the most satisfying part of teaching welding is when his students have "that aha moment where everything just clicks and they get it. That's the best."

Steve Aoki performs outside the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles Wednesday, Oct. 19 during the Adobe Max Bash. Adobe Max is a creativity conference hosted by Adobe that brings together creatives from around the world and includes both learning sessions and great entertainment. Aoki is a world-famous electro house musician, music producer, D.J. and music executive. Alyssa Cortez grooms a dog at Urban Tails Grooming shop in Albany on Friday Oct. 21. Cortez, who is from Albany, started her career by going to cosmotology school but quickly decided she'd rather work with dogs than humans. She's been a groomer for five years and has worked at Urban Tails for a little over a year. Urban Tails, which is owned by Chantal Jaques, has been open since February 2020. It is located at 930 Elm Street in Albany and is open Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM.

  LBCC Culinary Arts student Abbi Sanchez puts the final touches on a fruit tart just before the Commons Cafeteria lunch service begins Wednesday, Oct. 12. The Commons serves breakfast and lunch Monday - Thursday from 9 AM - 12:30 PM. Second-year Culinary Arts students Jena Albert, Matthew Denham and George Krohn, work the line during lunch at LB's student run Commons Cafeteria Wednesday, Oct. 12. The Commons Cafeteria serves food to the students and employees of LBCC. Culinary Arts student Evelyn Hersha awaits the rest of an order during the LB Commons Cafeteria lunch rush Wednesday, Oct 12. Instructors Josh Green and Audrey Anderson, in the black aprons, take orders and supervise the students as they prepare meals.