The LBCC Commuter

Haywood spoke with The Commuter about the talent show and their special love story moment from their perspective, in their own words. “What’s going on? He’s not walking. Please don’t throw up. Because he was so pale and shaking. Please stay upright. If you fall on me, we’re both going down. The only reason that I thought anything was going on, was he put his guitar on the ground. And I’ve never, in our nine months of being together, watched him put his guitar on the ground. Like, that thing is his baby.

Denali Bosco spoke with The Commuter about Paisley, a sweet and well-trained dog, who was a crowd favorite at the LBCC talent show My only problem is I couldn’t bring the dog to campus (today). I can only get away with that sometimes. She’s 7 now. She is a Catahoula with a smidge of border collie. Her name’s Paisley. Her brother is actually a national ranked border collie, competing. I’m like, he’s that special. And (Paisley’s) she’s going to the community college talent show. So that’s pretty funny.

Cory Stutz spoke with The Commuter about his path from a childhood of online school to the big jump of in person classes at LBCC. Also, how music has shaped his life. Everybody was like, I’d never heard “House of the Rising Sun” like that before. That’s the whole point. I want to branch out and see what I can do outside of the scope of just normal ukulele playing. My mom was telling me, “you should just do “Somewhere over the Rainbow.” Everybody likes that.” I’m like, yeah, exactly.

Learn how Daniel Amezquita went from a tough job, to training for an unexpected new career. Daniel Amezquita heard about LBCC’s Talent Show because he helps publicize SLC events. He loves his new nursing program. He is making friends which is also making the challenging coursework more manageable. He spoke with The Commuter about the Talent Show and his path to LBCC. “Oh, man, so before coming to college, I was working at a farm. And I think that was really where my personal curiosity for faith grew.

We can’t cover LBCC’s Got Talent without talking about Melodie Barnett. In fact, we can’t really talk about music at the school in general, without Melodie Barnett. Between winning 2nd place for her singing skills, while simultaneously running sound and lights, she had a busy night. Barnett talked with The Commuter about singing opportunities at the school and an amazing trip to South Korea. Well, originally I wasn’t part of the planning for the talent show.

Is someone yacking in the parking lot? The flu is going around, but it could be for other reasons. Many people have a very big secret to keep. More parking lot vomit is likely. Two or three other people could pass out, including the replacement emcee, who has just come aboard. Welcome to the LBCC talent show. By the end, a few hours later, the show’s finale would feature a raucous student crowd impatiently chanting that they wanted their way at the Tripp Auditorium on Feb. 19.

Back home there were themed and scripted group musicals at Angel Chajon Estrada’s school. One even had a karate demonstration, for reasons he never quite determined. There, parents were only focused on their own kids. He was an extra among all the friends he grew up with. But at the LBCC talent show, everyone in the theatre was looking at him. Some things he has found that are different in America–extra credit, advisors, scholarships–All these things don’t exist in Guatemala.

In their fifth season under Head Coach Andy Peterson, the Linn-Benton Roadrunners baseball team has defended its honor quite well as the NWAC South’s premier program. Currently sitting at a record of 28-4 and championing the South region standings with just a couple weeks left in the regular season, it has been an all-out team effort to get to this point. From the beginning, things have run through the Beaks’ lockdown pitching staff.

ALBANY – Linn-Benton’s baseball team showed why they are tops in their region, sweeping the Clackamas Cougars in the teams’ April 8 doubleheader. The Roadrunners won 4-1 in game one before a dominant 5-0 shutout victory in game two. Game one started slow for both teams, but action got started with a Leland Boswell RBI single in the top of the third to get the scoring started. It would be the only run CCC would plate all day.

CORVALLIS – Walking downtown Corvallis always has its charm, especially when stopping in on local businesses. Many stop to gaze at the historical Whiteside Theatre, to buy a book in Grass Roots, or to try some decadent coffee at Coffee Culture. But searching for that “groovy” record store is always a struggle. A couple of stores away, nestled at the corner of Southwest Monroe Avenue and Third Street, is Happy Trails Records; Corvallis’ grooviest record store.