Silas's Photo Blog

Tangent City Hall This is City Hall of Tangent, back in this reporters younger years when things were simpler, this used to be a home of a woman the entire elementary school next door thought was the lair of the "Crazy Cat Lady" There was a simple rumor that passed through the school about when the woman died. The rumor was that when the owner died she left her entire estate to her cats. Remember this is just hearsay but what made it stick is that some of the teachers at the school made comments about the cats owning the house next door.   Tangent Elementary This is the school this reporter went to as a child, far to the right of this photo is City Hall (first photo). This is the spot I would sit every day for lunch back in the day, most left me alone but that was the the favored outcome for this reporter. Years after my departure from this school it seems the only thing that has changed is the brightly colored paying equipment in the background.  The Los...

Julia Yee Mrs. Yee is an instructor here at LBCC. Mrs. Yee teaches a class that is a light workout for those who have issues with, disabilities from life changing events such as injury, old age or even recovering from surgery. The current class size is about 15, so if you have mobility issues this class could help you in leaps and bounds. This 50min class is meets three times a week from 12:00 to 12:50 in Luckiamute hall in room 130. Mrs. Yee has 10+ years of experience in being an instructor. The biggest struggle is not her class mind you, that was the easy part. The learning of a new culture when she came to the states was the biggest issue she faced. Mrs. Yee is well adapted to the culture of the U.S.A and has even gotten a motto for her class. "listen to your body" and that is quite a note worth moment in ones life, when one looks to an unknown situation and comes out on top. Many props to you Mrs. Yee do not loose that spark that keeps your students coming back.  ...

Gillian Chase This young woman is not only taking classes at LBCC but she is also duel enrolled at OSU. currently Mrs. Chase is taking classes in pre-med and wishes to shed light on the devastation of HIV and AIDES. Just cause an individual has Aides or HIV does not mean to just give up. Aides is no longer a death sentence in our time.  Mrs Chase is and has made networks in V.A.I.N (Valley Aides Information Network) to get the message out there that your not alone, you don't need to take on this beast alone but you need to make the first step to assistance. Lets get out there and get people's attention!

Makayla Atwood Mrs. Atwood is the president of the Linn Benton Community Collage Anime club, The club got its start in January of 2018. Thats right the Anime club is a new club here on campus that was formed this last winter. The main objective of the Anime club as it stands is to gain membership and different anime ideas to watch and discuss. The members currently meet up at NSH 206 on Thursdays from 15:00 to 16:00. The love for anime and assistance from a drama club on this same campus. With that experience making of the anime club looks to be an easy achievement form an outside perspective Mrs. Atwood would most likely disagree fully about forming and keeping a club intact being easy.  This reporter is sending out the call to arms for all us Anime Freaks come join and let your inner Otaku out! 

Horst Faas  Born April 28, 1933- Berlin Germany  Died May 10, 210- Munich Germany (1)- Horst Faas , German photojournalist, captured the fear, suffering, and exhaustion of war in images taken for the Associated Press (AP) during the Vietnam War and other international conflicts. After Faas grew up in World War II Germany, he got a job in 1951 at the Keystone photo agency in Munich. He joined the AP in 1956 and photographed conflicts in Algeria and central Africa before being assigned to Vietnam in 1962. Mr. Faas became the chief photographer. This allowed Mr. Haas was also a key figure in getting Eddie Adam's "Execution heard Around the World."  (2)- The risks taken by Faas to get his pictures were enormous, and on at least one occasion he was fortunate to survive. On December 6 1967 he was wounded in the legs by a rocket-propelled grenade at Bu Dop, in South Vietnam’s Central Highlands.  Faas was a shrewd ...

Final Project Ideas! Who; Micheal Mc Daniel or Matthew Olivio Salinas What; Mr. McDaniel- Army Base, From-A rmy recruit To- Full rank carrying soldier. (Or)  Mr. Salinas  - Shadowing a RN, for a day or two in a hospital.  When-  Mr.  McDaniel's  event is pending, as for the Mr. Salinas event- Invitation is being  negotiated as your reading this (May-11-2018) Where- Army base in either Northern Oregon or in the state of Washington, As for the hospital visit, that will be in Salem Oregon. My first event (Military base tour) my main objective would be to capture how a bright faced new recruit gets molded into a full on soldier, from start to finish and capture all the difficulties as well as the formation of a combat brotherhood. My second event (Shadowing an RN in hospital) my main objective for this event is to track the daily work load of a Nurse, from taking a blood draw to an emergency surgery as well as the emotional hardships of...

Bert Guptill (aka OG-P.I.T.A)                   Mr. Guptill has been standing up for healthcare for several years, decades even, prior and durring Obamas administration, this former writing teacher really kicked his rear in gear when Bernie Sanders ran for president on 2016. The self proclaimed "oldest millennial" has a heavy dislike for the labels like Red or Blues, Republican or Democrat. All these labels do is divide the people and make it easier to control the masses.  Don't live in fear because labels will soon follow. In closing this Berniecrat has set up the Wave To Save movement that has helped ban lead shots for hunting in the late 60's The group seems to have gone to sleep, with the rising tide and the midterms elections coming up gives this P.I.T.A a chance to be that thorn in in the ass of the establishment. Go get them Mr. Guptill, the youth of this country are starting to wake up and when they are done with their m...

  The time Mrs. Addario spent in Lybia sounds horrifying, watching the revolution and seeing how some people fought with rocks againsts assault chopper.   One thing; that made an impression that only once a day could Mrs. Addario could talk to her husband this shows how hard it is to get communication in but out as well. The second thing; is watching bombs drop trying to guess where they would land its one of those things you cant explain...only live through, enough said.  Sacrifices? This lady made sacrifices our current media only wishes the had the stones to do like for starters She is in a warzone being shot at by loyalest soldiers as if she was a freedom-fighter dont make me get too into this one, haha.  This lady has seen many things in her days as a photojournalist many photos that held so much information makes it almost impossible to choose just one.  

Mike Westphal, Ruben Beltran, and Eric Randall Extreme Velocity Tactical The hosts of this event had a profound impact on the mood of the lobby as the airsofters got ready for the next fight. Super fun super cheep 25$ to start and it comes with 5,000 bb's pretty good deal if you ask me. This mock-war-time reporter got put under massive pressure being tossed onto a battleground armed with nothing more than a camera and hope. As the bb's whistled past this reporters head and flash-bang grenades going off close by, his reporter survived to tell the tail. (haha, just fun and games here) Hold The Line! Covering Fire PT1 Covering Fire PT2 Frontline Confusion Unknown Taction

Jack Burright  Mr. Burright has been the Head Instructor at a local dojo called called Counter Strikes. Mr.  Burright worked in the law enforcement field for 18 years in the criminal division with 34  years of martial arts experience and has a 6th degree  Black Belt in mixed martial arts. You would expect one of this  experience  t o be a hardened and opposed to the "kid gloves" of life. to that you would be wrong. Mr. Burright teaches kids as well as adults.  A wide range of people and children come from all over the valley to learn from Mr. Burright's experienced hands.  Counter Strikes dojo, has a set of rules for the instructors or would-be instructors that teach.  Be Dependable,  Enthusiastic,  Patient,  Believe in your students, b e sensitive to students' needs,  Be a good finder, b e approachable, b e prepared, b e sure to practice good personal hygiene, and b e constantly striving to improve your persona...